Malaya Tribune, 7 May 1946

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  • 29 1 The Malaya Tribune The Newspaper Of The People Of Malaya Telephone: 5811. FOUR PAGES SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, May 7, 1946 PRICE 10 CENTS The Malaya Tribune Tuesday, May 7, 1946.
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  • 132 1 Reuter. BATAVIA, May 6.—PanJLiicaharlal Nehru has eni the following message to Dr. Shahrr, Indonesian Fremier: •I learnt the ts that you have been enough to offer to sen oDO.OOO tons of rice from mesia 'o India to relieve ne conditions here ded -he necessary
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  • 387 1 A.P. NANKING, M\y 6 —Communist troops have cap-tu-cd Isi s har the third largest city in Manchuria, 1 miles northwest of Harbin. Same of the 260,000 Communist] in Shangtung province are infiltrating m Maif hcrla where the Ccmm mi ts now possess 70 aircraft. Meanwhile, in
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  • 87 1 Reuter. LONDON. May 6 The majority of Polish troops who fough: r he Western Allies during war have refused to return P land al hough the Polish G rnmeni had given the asirance that they would not be oused it was stated autho- dvely hrre
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  • 84 1 Reuter. MADRID. May 6.—Two women were among four people arrest °d in Madrid presumably on Wounds ;na f .hey took a responsible part m clandestine Socialist activity, it was learned today. One of rhe two women was Senora Del Cone, widow of Rafael Del Corte, Socialist
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  • 30 1 'N Sultan of Selangor has just i from the Cocos Islands and in Singapore. He will have res idonce either in Singapore or i'*nang.
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  • 21 1 Indians Worcester Cricket Scores Wi -ce?tershire 191 and 230 for Ind ans 192. Bmdt Page for description of second dc's play.)
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  • 606 1 "PRORLEM SOLVED/* SAYS PERSIAN MINISTER A.P. Reuter. TEHER\N, MAY 6—RED ARMY TROOPS TO-DAY WERE MARCHING OUT OF T IBRJZ, CAPITAL OF NORTHWEST PERSIAN PROVINCE OF AZERBAIJAN. 1 HRtH GH CROWDED STREETS DECORATED WzTH RUSSIAN AND PERSIAN FLAGS, ACCORDING
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  • 91 1 Reuter. JERUSALEM. May 6: The Palestine Arab Higher Committee at the special meeting on Wednesday trill consider 1 u-hether to send a delegation to Moscow. The meeting is tc d scuss the Anglo-American re- port on Palestine. The Committee's chairman. Jamal Husse ni. said tonight: "Our
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  • 100 1 Reuter. CAIRO, May 6.—Sir Ronald lan Campbell, the British Ambassador, members of the Embassy staff and British military leaders did not attend the biaj reception given tonight by Ismail Sidky Pasha, Egyptian Prime Minister, to over 1,000 persons in honour of the anniversary
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  • 432 1 A.P. Reuter. PARIS, May 7.—The Big Four Foreign Ministers' Conference yesterday, conceding failure at least temporarily of its attempts to write the ItaMan Peace Treaty, shelved the deadlocked Yugoslav-Italian frontier issue and decided to begin examination of treaties wi h fo mer Axis satellites in the
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  • 71 1 A.P. PARIS, May 6.—Virtually complete official returns from May 5 showed France, in a surprise setback to the Leftist bloc, has rejected the Com-munist-Socialist-sponsored constitution for the fourth republic by a majority of more than 1,100,Complete official figures announced by the Ministry of the Interior
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  • 155 1 Reuter. JERUSALEM, May 6.—'Sheikh Abiul Miiz Abdul Sattar of the Moslem Brotherhood (Arab organisation) told a gathering of more than 1,000 Palestine Arabs here to-day that an "Army" had already been rais d in Egypt ready to respond to any call for help from
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  • 163 1 Reuter. THE HAGUE. May 6.—Members of the Lower House of the Dutch Parliament today accused the Government of being "unconstitutional" and unwise in the negotiations with Dr. Sutan Shahrir of the so-called Indone-» sian Republic. They were debating las Thursday's statement on
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  • 90 1 Reuter. PARIS, May 6.—The plane which was taking Gen. AlphonsJuin. French Chief of Staff, to Calcutta crashed at Mergui airfled in the extreme south of Burma and was badly damaged said an official announcemen from Saigon. Indo-china. Neither the General nor anyone else aboard
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  • 56 1 Reuter. BATAVIA. May 6.—The Indonesian police have arrested two Japanese and three Indonesians alleged to have killed three Australian war crimes investigators near Buitenzorg hill station, south of Batavia. last month, the Indonesian "Ministry of Information" announced today. The announcement said the two Japanese
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  • 50 1 A.P. Jerusalem. May 6.-—Police reinforcements were called out today. Monday, to disperse a shouting crowd of 300 Moslem women, who staged a noisy demonstration in the bazaar ol the old city and then attempted to break through the police lines into parts of Jerusalem.—A.P.
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  • 469 1 Simla Talks SIMLA, MAY 6. —AFTER A TWO-HOUR SESSION OF THE ROUND-TABLE CONFERENCE THIS AFTERNOON IT WAS OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCED THAT THE DELEGATES WOULD NOT MfcET AGAIN UNTIL WEDNESDAY AF TERNOOX "TO GIVE THE PARTIES AN OPPORTUNITY TO THINK OVER AND DISCUSS THE
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  • 211 1 Reuter. RANGOON. May 6. Physical training units are drilling with dummy rifles and Bren guns in a lumber of districts, and in one district similar drilling is taking place with live handgrenades, according to a statement issued today by the burma Government. Declaring that such
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
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  • 708 2 The Malayan Union is to undertake an economic survey, designed, among other things, to establish a periodical computation of the cost of living. The publication of a cost-of-living index will serve a useful purpose in several directions, and, while not guaranteed to reflect a strictly accurate picture,
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  • 689 2 Associated Press LONDON MAY 6. —EUROPE'S MILLIONS LOOK BACK TO-DAY ON A YEAR OF PEACE MARKED BY A HISTORY-MAKING SURGE OF SOCIALISM FROM THE BRITISH ISLES TO THE BLACK SEA, WRITES ASSOCIATED PRESS CORRESPONDENT ROBERT DEWITT. The rebuilding of war-wrecked ciiie» went hand-in-hand
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  • 438 2 Status of Singapore May I ask through the medium of your leading journal the follow ng Singapore from time immemorial was grouped under the Straits Settlements. As I am the son of the Singapore soil. I wish to ask wha» does Singapore come under to-day —John F Klync.
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  • 57 2 Reuter. MELBOURNE, May 6.— Three men, a James Miller and his two sons, who are working a claim in Chewton gold area, near Victoria goldfield of Bendigo, reported today a promising find of rich coarse gold only 30 feet down. They said a reef had been
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  • 59 2 Reu ter. NEW YORK, May 6. —Broadcasting from New York last n.ght, the President of the India League of America said: "The death sentence on millions of Indians wJI be passed by the United States unless America will share a Lttie 10l her food with
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  • 191 2 Reuter. LONDON. Hay 6.—Th« v creased interest shown Princess Elizabeth in the tm has led to speculation wheth* she will not shortly become 2 owner herself. If she does 2 will be setting a precedent' S! it has not been the custom 2
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  • 575 2 Reuter. BANGKOK, May s.—Deep disappointment over Siam's failure to ship out any appreciable quantity of the promised million and a half tons of rice was expressed by Mr. Herbert Hoover, former I.S. President anil head of President Truman's World Famine Committee, when he was in
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
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  • 79 3 Seah Seek Heng. (27) who was brought up before Mr. L. C. Goh in the Second Police Court yesterday morning had a charge of armed robbery explained t 0 him. He is alleged to have robbed Lim Lum Wah and several others of 54,000
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  • 114 3 No order was made in the claim for compensation against Mohamed bin Khamis. a tax>driver. by E. F. Ekpenyon, a West African sailor, before Mr Paul Storr, in the first police court yesterday. Ekpenyon. who was arrested and charged on an allegation that he had stolen
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  • 81 3 Ng Boon Seng (39) who claimed to have been a carpenter employed by the Singapore Fire Brigade for the last seven years, and who, according to D.strict Judge Mr. Paul Storr. had "quite an armoury" was sentenced to 12 months' r.i. for possession of ihree pistols, a
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  • 74 3 The first case to be called up in the newly opened Second Criminal District Court to deal with Food Control cases before Mr. Tan Toon Lip. was that in which four men were alleged to have sold wheat flour above the regulated price and having dealt
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  • 68 3 Two American sailors, Robert A. Watkins and Robert R. Byres, were sentenced to six months' r.i. in the Fourth Police Court yesterday when they pleaded guilty to d'shonestly retaining 52 pieces of bedsheets, belonging to s.s. "Marine Arrow." The accused were arrested in Jalan Besar with the
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  • 63 3 Two Indian soldiers M. Sinasamy (28) and Q. Periasamy <26i appeared before Mr. Paul Storr, in the first police court, on an allegation of having dealt in arms. The offence was alleged to have taken place at Bukit Timah Road on May 4. The case was postponed
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  • 527 3 COLONIAL SECRETARY'S INTERVENTION SOICiHT The Singapore Ratepayers' Association recently addressed the Colonial Secretary asking his help and intervention with the military authorities and anyone else concerned, in connection with the attitude of the Claims and Hirings Department to Municipal Assessment for 1945. The letter
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  • 133 3 Be: ween now and May IS 20,000 tons of flour will be shipped to Malaya from Sydney and comparable shipments are expected from South Austral a and Western Australia. Railirays have given first priori lo bring flour from the mills, which are working tnree shifts,
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  • 172 3 Alleged to have beaten and tortured an Indian named Ov. ran ai Port Blair in May 1944 in consequence of which the later died within 24 hours, Superior Petty Officer Nakano Chuji was arraigned in ttie Sixth War Crimes Court yesterday before
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  • 286 3 DOCKERS' STRIKE As a sequel to the reported incident which occurred on Saturday at the Singapore Docks as the result of which 10,000 civilian labourers went on strike and which was subsequently called off on Sunday afternoon, a Court of Inquiry was held at Headquarters, Inter-Services Police, Singapore,
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  • 141 3 Poonasamy. a labourer in the Singapore Harbour Board on whole account a general Dockers' strike was colled last Saturday was broueht up before Mr. K. M. Byrnes in the Th rd Dis- trict Court yesterday morning and was charged with wrongful possess on of a
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  • 27 3 Indian repatriates have b-en allotted 450 deck spaces by the Chesh re wh.ch is scheduled to sail for Madras on May 9 from Singapore.
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  • 167 4 The Army beat the R.A.F. by six goals to two in a charity soccer match at the Jalan Besai Stadium yesterday evening, In aid of the St. Dunstan's Home for the Blind. The Army was superior in all departments of the game, although the R.A.F.
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  • 77 4 IPOH.—Following are weights for the Ipoh Races on Saturday: Horses, Class 1, 6 furs.: Goat's Skin 10.00, Mickey Rooney 9.12. F.emembrance 9.8. Ballymun 9.8, "Distinguished 9.00. Horses, Class 2. 6 furs.: Gentian 10.00. Edna Star 9.10. Harlequin 9.10. Adieu Sagesse 8.10. Houlichan 8.8. Proof 8.6. Horses, Class 3.
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  • 16 4 Reuter. ATHENS, May 6.—Athens city police today arrested seven leftists accused of concealing arms.—Reuter.
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  • 297 4 When Alexander William McPherson (29). who claimed to be a merchant seaman who had missed his ship seven months ago in Singapore by being drunk, was charge*! with housebreakin-r by entering the Church of Scotland to commit theft, he told District Judge, Mr. Paul
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  • 135 4 An inquiry to be held before Coroner, Major C. H. Koh. into the deaths of five civilians who were among those who died when a Sunderland flying boat crashed :n the Johore Strait on Mar. 27. was mentioned in Chambers ana hearing was adjourned until May
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  • 51 4 At 2 a.m. on Monday night, fifteen Chinese of whom tivo were armed with pistols, successfully made aivay wth five cases of paper, several rad o receiving sets and miscellaneous radio equipment altogether valued at $20.000 from a Cable Wireless emergency station al Thompson
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  • 163 4 (Tribune Correspondent) ~P ENA NG. Commenting e n tne indiscriminate hosting of the Chinese Nat onal Flag on Labour Day. Mr. N. K. Lee Penang Chinese Consul, remarked at a press conference that the National Flag should not have been used on Labour Day al
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  • 152 4 An allegation that by puWn* Lee Chun Kai. an ex-newspa-perman, in fear of death or grievous hurt at the hands fo the Japanese miliary police, they induced him to sign and deliver t G one of them Chinese notes of assignment purporting to transfer to
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  • 981 4 Second Day's Play: Full Report Reuter. WORCESTER, May 6.—At the close of to-day's play Worcestershire, taking their second lease at the wicket, had scored 230 for six when stumps were drawn. This score was in reply to the Indian cricketers' 192 all out, which gave
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  • 71 4 A Mandarin vers on of the Safety First film, 'You Are Lucky To Be Alive Today has been completed by the A r m y Film Un.t at the request of the Public Relations Department, and will be shown at the Ma jestic for a
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  • 80 4 Reuter. JERUSALEM, May 6.—ln a petition submitted to Gen. Sir Alan Cunningham. High Commissioner of Palestine, 13 cinema owners declared that unless the order shutting all cmemas and cafes after 8 p.m. nightly is rescinded they will cancell ail contracts with British film companies. The Order was
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  • 261 4 The first prel minary inquiry into the series of cases involving police officers, detectives, and prison officials will be held or May 8. On that date, the case against K. Vadivellu Pillar, who is facing a murder charge and charges of causing grievous hurt, will
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  • 133 4 "Forever And A Day", RKO production which has grossed large sums in box-office receipts for various charities, will before long be shown in Singapore in aid of some local charity. Mr. Leon D. Britton. Far Lasten Supervsor RKO RadiD Pictures, Inc.. said that he
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  • 37 4 Reuter. LONDON, May 6.—Cable and Wireless Ltd. announce that the 1.520-mile cable between Singapore and Hongkong has been restored to service after being in Japanese hands from January 1942 until the surrender of Japan.—Reuter.
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