Malaya Tribune, 6 November 1946

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    58 1 The Malaya Tribune BY THE PEOPLE FOR THE PEOPLE THE ONLY NATIONAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA Now printed simultaneously i n Penang P re KUala L vm P ur l *°h 'Phone Numbers: Editor .5813 Editorial 5811 Advertising 5812 Circulation Accounts 2005 I PAGES SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1946 TEN CENTS.
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    175 KILLED IN PATNA
    576 1 MORE TROOPS SENT TO BIHAR PROVINCE NEW INDIA RIOTS Reuter A.P. BOM 3AY, Nov. s—One hundred and fifty people including police official were reported killed in a communal riot in ullage of Teihara in Patna district on Sunday, according to an official statement Six poiice constables
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    Americans Go To The Polls
    200 1 Reuter. X Nov. 5. Bu-iiie-> masiUl in America c >untry went to ct a new. Congress p litlcaJ observers nave a repuolican- j M use 01 Kepre«-enta- en possibly tne Senate. mill on to 40,000,--l< ct are choosing 432 [the ol Reprentatives, 35 Senators. 33
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    Court—Martial System to be reviewed
    190 1 Reuter. LONDON. Nov 5. -The terms j i r. Terence ol the committee which s to inquire into the Brtish Court-martial system w r announced in Parliament today as follows: 'To bring under review in the J light ot experience gaimd In the late war
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    Gandhi Threatens Death—Fast
    124 1 Reuter. patna, Nov. S.—Mahatma uanutn nas resolved To undertake a fast unto death if the comr?iunai noting in Bihar does not <top within 24 )iou>>. This u-as announced by Dr. Rajcnd}a Prasad, Gov ernment of India Food Member and most respect ed Bihat leader here today Meanwhile.
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    5,000 OPPOSE SMUTS' CLAIM
    122 1 Reuter. London. Roy. I.—Pour organise tien- of coiov ltd Manic Oreo* Brita-n wi»h combiner! membership of over o.0t»0 are submit) tie memo* randan to the Dni ed Nations onpeeing tbe S .nth tfrion claw [o former Gorman Soctflweet Ifr'can err to ies. The Cnranisal inns srC
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    MORE PAY FOR BRITAIN'S POLICEMEN
    100 1 Reuter. LONDON, Nov. 5. All police, irrespective of rank or whether uniformed or plain clothes, will, subject to Treasury approval, get an increases of 15s. per week in pay, probably from Jan. 1 if not before at the cost of £2,000,000 a year, it ha>
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    Quake Rocks Soviet Towns: Serious Damage
    112 1 Reuter. LONDON, Nov. 5. —Serious damagp and casualties were reported to have been caused by an earthquake which £hook several districts in Soviet Central Asia during Sunday night, Moscow Radio stated today. Uzl ek jind Kirghiz were 1 :;ior l e 1 to M
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    BAKSI STOPS MILLS IN Rd. 6
    69 1 Reuter. LONDON. Nov. s—Joe Baksi af the United States beat Freddie Mills. British light-heavy weight champion, who retired at the end of the sixth round of a scheduled 10-round heavyweight contest at Harringay Arena t. night. Mills scaled the heaviest weight of his car
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    Arrested while reading newspaper
    177 1 (Tribune Stuff Reporter) an unsuspecting Chinese n< usenoldei in Lng Hoon street openea nis backdoor in answei o violent Knocks at uoout '<.3u this morning, he was comronied uy three armed Chinese. me inmate- of the house ►voi'' herded into a room and held up at
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    REINFORCEMENTS AND TANKS REACH HOPEI
    44 1 A.P. TIENTSIN, Nov. 5. —Nationalists reinforcements entered Pact ng, "he be'eagrtiered capital of Hopei. on noon Monday and were given a rousing welcome l>y the inhabitants, he "Ta Kuvg Pao" reportc. The reinforcements wire supported by 10 tanks. —A.P.
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    PASHA PROTESTS
    46 1 Reuter. CAIRO, Nov. 5— Ismail Sidky Pasha, Premier of Egypt, has lodged protest with the Governor-General of the Sudan, Lieut-Gen. Sir Hubert Huddleston, against the recent antiEgyption demonstrations at Khartoum, which included the wrecking Of a club and injuring caused to 16 persons.' —Reuter.
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    14 BOMBS EXPLODE IN MADRID
    79 1 A.P. MADRID, Rot. 6.—Madrid newsp iperl reported yesterday tha fou. persons were injured, one seriously, in the explosioi of several"' small 1 ombfl throughout >*he city Monday n -jrht. The «atholic paper Ya said 14 bombs explc Yd between 0 p.m. aid 10 p.mal of
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    NEW GERMAN FLAG
    59 1 Reuter. BERLIN. Nov. s:—The first German flag to be officially hoisted since the Swastika was hauled down will he broken in Stuttgart On Dec. 10. It will be the black, red and gold standard of the State of Wuerttemberg Baden which begin: its official existence that day
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    PURGE IMMINENT JAPS JITTERY
    265 1 A.P. Tokio, Nov. s.—Japanese political, economic and publishing circles stirred uneasily with seemingly well-founded reports for a forthcoming strict application of a S.C.A.P. purge directvie which, if carried out rigidly, they fear would shake the Yoshida Cabinet and dethrone many of the nation's top industrialists and
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    UNO SITE
    46 1 LATEST CABLES A.P. NEW \URK, Nov. 6.—The Steering Committee of the United Nations Assembly approved a United States proposal to widen the headquarters site question to include consideration of New York City and San Francisco. The corjimittee rejected Europe as a possible future home.—A.P.
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    U.S. ELECTIONS
    35 1 A.P. WASHINGTON. Nov. 6.-The Republicans stepped swittly out ahead in five >enatorial races a> first isolated return> flowed in from the "off-year" election. The early evening count was small, however, and inconclusive. A.P.
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    COLD WAVE STRIKES CHANGCHUN
    40 1 A.P. TIENTSIN, Nov. 5. —Chinese Press dispatches rr ported that a cold wave has struck Chanpchun. the capital of Manchuria, will a heavy fall of snow sendinp the mercury down to 20 doprrpe* below zero. —A.P.
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    New Town: 150 Object
    100 1 Reuter. Three Bridges. Sussex. Nov. 5 More than Iju objection.-, many from local property owners, farmer- and businessmen, will be heard at a public enquiry into the proposed satellite town of "No. 2." which opened in the little treclined town of Three Bridges. It is expected
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    Record Crops Expected From Kempas Estates
    216 2 That the future of the rubber industry could be viewed with quiet confidence, was the view expressed by the chairman. Mr. F. M. Edmonds, 0.8. E., at the annual meeting of Kempas Limited held at the Company's registered office in Singapore. "I do not
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    Beauty Queen Was Too Modest
    151 2 (Tribune Staff Reporter) For poise, beauty and elegance, first prize vent t° Misa Leong Ying L»ng a< last night's beauty contest *l the Great World Cabaret and for modes:y too. Miss Leong rpparently thought he* chance of winning was negligible and left baton the results
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    Corruption Case: More Evidence
    155 2 Further evidence from military personnel was recorded in tht j Special District Court yesterdaj when the case in which Lim j Cheong Hoe. Kan Kee F ng alia* Steven Kan and Low Kuan art 1 charged on three counts of bribery' was continued. Sergeant Thomas Edward
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    Armed Robbery Charge
    66 2 Hi ig Yet Moi, a Cninese, was ordered to he remanded in custody for 48 hours, after a charge of armed rubbery of $2,815 in cash, from a house at Tio-g Bahru Road On Nov. 2, had been explained to him la the Fourth Police Court yesterday.
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    Elderly Chinese On Trial For Murder
    125 2 An elderly Chinese came up befolf Mr. justice G. L. Joblmg yesterday at the Assizes to answer a charge of murder of a compatriot, Tay Bak Heng. on June 16. Accoiding to the prosecution the accused and the deceased living in the same house
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    Overcharged 10 Cts, Month's Gaol
    53 2 The control price of a two lb. loaf of bread is 40 cents, but Foo Fock Sot k. aged 60 year-, sold It for 50 cents at a stall in River Valley Road on Nov. 2. Mr. T. T. Russcil sentenced him to a month's
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    STORE FOOD, PRODUCE MARKETS
    310 2 (By Our Own Correspondent). Prices quoted below are for plcul weight except where otherwise stated. Foodstuffs: —Yesterday's quotations were "Meehoon": Siam $78. Indo-China $65; Kedah $65. Slam glutinous rice $100; Kedah glutinous rice $85; Siam rice milling £38. Rock Sugar. -Best quality $75. medium quality $70.
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    Thrilling Chase Follows $14,000 Cinema Holdup
    314 3 (Tribune Staff Reporter) In an almost deserted lobby of the Cathay Cinema yesterday morning, while hundreds were inside the theatre enjoying the laughs of "Hellzapoppin", two armed Chinese held up two of the cinema cashiers as they were about to go to the bank,
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    More 10 Cent Breakfasts
    82 3 Ten-cent breakfast are being sewed as from today in the Peoples Restaurants at Teluk Ayer, Out ram N Road and Queen's Street. These breakfasts which i consist of tea or coffee with milk and sugar and bread and jam sandwiches, were introduced last week at the
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    Australian On Arms Charge
    84 3 Charges of being in possession of arms and ammunition were explained in t"je Fourth Police Court >estcrday Alfred Donald Levy, an Australian, who was found with two Smith and Wesson revolvers and 3f rounds of .38 ammunition, at the quarters of the Australian War Crimes Unit,
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    Theft Of Pepper (Worth $26,000) Alleged
    116 3 A charpe of abettirp in the ef :"ence of house-breaking into a godown in Havelock Road, on Oct. 27, in order to commit theft of 244 sacks of black pepper valued at ?26.348 was explained to Sim Bah Bee, Leng Kai Tee and Ang
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    PICKPOCKET GETS HIS DUE
    134 3 C.S.M. H. Jefferies, of the Nee j Souu .transit camp tola the '•an. yesteruay, now he caugnt Ng Keng Hong, in the act oi picking nis pocKet, at the Oreac world ParK, on Nov. 2. A\g was sentenced in the Fourth i-ulice Court yesterday, to three
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    OLD VICTORIAN ASSN.
    29 3 An extra ordinary general meeting of old boys of Victoria School, Singapore, will be held on Saturday, Nov. 16, at 2.30 p.m. at the school hall.
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    Bandit To Hang
    148 3 Sentence of death was passed >n a Chinese. Kw k Chin Choy. by Mr. Justice G. L. Jobling at ■.h n Singapore Assizes yesterday Convicted on Friday by the jury m two charges, armed robbery tnd earring arms. Kwek had h s •entente deferred to yesterday. Vest
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    36 3 For untitled and fatt at $2.40. (control pric> being S'J.iO). N't; Kirn Beow, carrying on business at Paya Lebar Market, was sentenced to a month's rigorous imprisonment by Second District Judge, Mr. T. T. Russell yesterday.
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    Shooting Of Looters Justifiable
    211 3 Verdict of "justifiable homicide" was returned by the Coroner. Mr. W. G. Porter, at the close of the inquiry yesterday into the death of Teo Chia Thiam (27) and Krishnan (34) both of whom were shot dead by Indian sentries on guard at the Japanese Hospital.
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    POLICE LOOK FOR TAXIMAN, COUPLE
    105 3 The C.I.D. are ABziottg tfet in touch with a Ida ay taxi dr.ve who. touch with a Malay taxi, picked un a Eurasian mac and woman at Upper SeVanjjtfocn Road 4th. rale, a* rftfa't 7.16 p.m. o-i Oct. 31, land then drove to Tarapenia roa3,
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    Counter Clerk Cheats $3,500 Gets Gaol
    237 3 Au Ming Sang i 33). described as a counter clerk who had beer employed in a dispensary foj the last ten years, was sentenc ed to six months' rigorous im prisonment for cheating J. I Cohen, a Jew, of $3,572. According to the prosecutiox
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    Free Rubber Market News Has Favourable Reaction
    241 3 OUR FINANCIAL SECTION (Our Financial Correspondent) The official announcement of a free marke: in rubber had favourable reactions in the rubber share market yescerday. There has been a decided improvement in prices and a number of shares which have been on oiler for
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    Spore Market
    74 3 (Our Market Correspondent* The local rubber commodity mar fiet firmed yesterday with the official announcement from London that the v.arket will he free to resume it normci activities on Nov. 18. A fair amount of business was reported yesterday at li Cts. abov the New York levels for
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    UK Holds 138,958 Tons Rubber
    125 3 Reuter. LONDON, Nov. 4.—The Government held 13&30H tons of natur-t 1 robber I inctadlng latex) and 2,485 tOns of synthetic rubber on Sept. 7, Professor Hilary Marquand, Secretary for Overseas Trade, announced in the House of Commons tcday in reply to a question about the
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    GLIMPSES OF INDIA
    34 3 There will be a lecture at Cu. Singapore Theosopmcal Societ„ "No. a Cairn mil Koaa on Thui. nay at b.3U p.m. Tne subject v "Glimpses ot India" by Mr. Frt_ Harvey.
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    Cost Of Living
    419 4 The fundamental problem behind the strike of Harbour Beard Employees is the cos: of living. It would seem unnecessary to sta.e so obvious a fact were it not for the almost sublime disregard which the administrations both of Singapore and the Union display for the major crisis
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    ONLY SPANIARDS CAN GET RID OF FRANCO
    964 4  -  By James Oldfield in New York this week, the United Nations will discuss international policy towards Franco Spain. Brawny, .six-foot 32-year-old Don Juan, the Spanish Pretender, sees his future as Saviour of Spain much rosier these days as he talks politics and plays
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    Road Lighting In K. L.
    149 4 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR THE PEOPLE'S POSTBAG Sir- There have been several robberies recently around the Perak Penang Rd. area, and as a preliminary precaution t > euro tne gangsters may I suggest the immediate provision of better lighting, and that the present bulbs be
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    Java Street
    117 4 Sir. —The changing of Java Street to Mountbatten Road in Kuala Lumpur has given dissatisfaction t 0 Malays. Why is it that in the first Instance the Malay community leaders were not consulted, and also business houses along Java Street to avoid unnecessary controversy and illfeeling? The voice
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    Free Malayans
    301 4 Sir.-Alter the rehabilitation of Malaya, every son and daughter of Malaya wants to b° free from fear and want, and free to speak for himself and for a country we can boldly call their own. We want to see Malaya march toward self-government, giving her children complete freedom
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    Overworked Doctors
    371 4 Sir.—Some commercial firms in Penang have retained European doctors to treat their employees. The waiting rooms of these doctors are daily crammed with the sick who come for medical treatment. It is a sad state of affairs that patients who go to these doctors have to wait hours
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    ANGLO—U.S. TRADE "ONESIDED"
    129 4 Anglo-United States trade has for long been very "onesided" Mr. Hugh Gaitskell. Parliamentary Secretary for the Ministry of Fuel and Power, said at a luncheon of the American Chambers of Commerce in London. In 1938. Great Britain imported from the United States nearly six times as much
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    A-Bomb Kills By Sun Tan
    423 4 NEW YORK.— The first official and definite suggestions ol possible defences against atomic bombs used against cities were made in a report by the Mar. hattan district, the United Statesatomic bomb organization, on the damage done to Hiroshima and Nagasaki This report was issued recent.
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    BACK FROM DEAD
    77 4 A.P. OREGON CITY. Oregon.— Henry W. Hagemann has decided, after all, to return from the dead. In 1931 he was declared legally dead after more than seven years' absence prospecting in Alaska. A few years later he learned of it. but decided not to reopen the matter.
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    ENGLAND'S VOTERS STILL MIDDLE OF THE ROAD
    568 4  -  By DEWITT McKENZIE A.P. NEW YORK. Nov. s.—England's municipal council elections give us a further good indication of the general political trend in that tight little island—good enough, in fact, so that we are safe in labelling it as being fairly close to
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    Building A House In 24 Hours
    95 5 Reuter. v s.—Technical the Ministry of consider the use which, it is claima concrete house •Tournalayer." in sites in the It is a mobile 20.000 workit 214 horseshaped trailer m aid. and a con- giant mixer is the mould to form ;nside. sets in
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    VICTORY SAVINGS CERTIFICATES
    83 5 > Certificates will Singapore from ArmM As this is a pub- 11 however be on V Offices only from 'V Savings Certieriea on sale in 3input up for auction tifi iti will be given to All proceeds mal value of the cernated to the Lord md. "AU
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    CHINESE PRINTERS STRIKE
    23 5 A.P. .Nov. :».—Ht.ntr Kong's reading public was today as a result of era demanding highr ra the colony's dozen —A.P.
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    Air-Sea Hunt For Japanese Mines
    193 5 m Ro§ Ff'oa. Aboard the "Plymouth Sound") Penang, Tuesday, h Sound" a Sunderland flying boat of 209 n RAF. landed a: Glugor anchorage this afterm Singapore on a special combined opera:i with the Royal Navy, to bo carried out tiorrow morning of Nicobar Islands. I
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    Harbour Board Strike May End Today
    327 5 (Tribune Staff Reporter) A meeting of the South E ast Asia Freight Movement Committee will be held today to consider the situation created by the strike at the Singapore Harbour Board. The meeting will also consider what precautionary measures should be taken in case
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    Franco Makes 200 Arrests
    132 5 A.P. MADRID. Nov. 5.—A semiofficial source said yesterday that the entire central committee of the Spanish Communist Party is being held incommunicado at the National Police Headquarters in Madrid. Generalissimo Franco's police were reported earlier to have arrested 200 person> during the last two weeks in
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    French Deny Siam Report
    87 5 A.P. ißy Vital Sattltlier) SAIGON. Nov. 4— < Delayed).— The French Federal Information department today denied Siamese reports of an anti-French uprising by '"Free Cambodians" in Cambodia. The federal department said there had been no disturbances in Phnom Penh, the Cambodian capital, as the Siamese Ministry
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    Food: India Had Surplus Areas
    95 5 A.P. New Delhi. Nov. 5. Dr. Rajendra Prasad, the Food Minister, told the Central Legislature Assembly of India, that Ind'a had passed through her most critical period without permitting starvation, but November and December would still be anxious months. He said the monsoon had been
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    Savoy Flag Starts Riot
    59 5 A.P. Naples. Nov. 5 —Display of the flag of the exiled House of Savoy during celebrations of Italy's World War I victory over Austria started a riot a Torre Del Greco. A number of persons wer? wounded and many were arrested when Republican supporters opened fire
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    S'pore Civilians Will Come Out In Carrier
    60 5 Reuter. Plymouth. Nov. s—The embarkation began in Plymouth last night of 520 civil an passengers who are to leave on Wednesday lor Singapore and Hongkong in the 30.000-ton aircraftcarrier Victoria, which during the summer brought Australian brides to Br tain. The civilian passengers
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    54 5 Reuter. PORTLAND, Nov. 4.—The destroyer Btanajairti coiawtssjwtod to J&34 bid r«rcwell to the Home Fleet al Portland today on her last voyo** fo<- Plymouth, vlterc .-hu goe* Into WamPM to be brokfu up. Tho EbcuB*df had a RfcC w..r record Submarine hiui.auj in the English Channel r%u«- r..»d tiir" O-twats
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    Mystery Of Missing Amah
    149 5 r i J (Tribune Staff Reporter) S S Mystery surrounds theyL i disappearance of a j year-old Cantonese amah from the Marella soon after the vessel left Fre- mantle harbour bound for Singapore. The woman, Ng Ah Lum, had boarded the ship at Melbourne on her
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    MP ASK S: WHAT IS GOVT. DOING?
    444 5 MALAYA'S RICE SHORTAGE Reuter. London. Nov. 5. —Viscount Elibank. Conservative, referred in the House of Lords to-day to the "very grave shortage" of rice in Malaya. Declaring that there was a large surplus of rice estimated at one-and-half million tons in the adjacent
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    Barracks Thief Wore P.C.'s Shorts
    143 5 Ismail bin Kantil (20), a Malay who was arrested in Beach Road police station barracks on the night of Nov. 2. was found to be wearing a pair of shorts belonging to a constable living in the barracks. In addition, he had also with him
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    RESALE OF COUPONS ALLEGED
    67 5 Foo Tai Shan (51» and Tan Joo Oh (28) who were alleged to have ie-soid cash coupons which had already been sold to a member or the Swimming Club (Singapore Lido I. appeared before Second Folice Magistrate L. C. Uoh. yesterday. The men claimed trial to
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    TAXI ROBBERY ALLEGED
    68 5 R. J. Metcalfe (22», a British soldier, had a charge of robbery explained to him when he appeared before Second Police Magistrate L. C. Goh, yesterday. He was alleged to have robbed Mohamed Noor bin Yusoff of $35 in a taxi in Geylang Road on Nov. 3.
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    Halifax Flying Classroom At Changi
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    454 5 (Tribune Staff Reporter) The Burns, Philp liner Marella which airived yesterday afternoou from Australian ports brought among her 227 passengers ior Singapore the family of Mr. Claude Massey, Trade Commissioner for Australia in Singapore, consisting of Mrs. C. Massey, the Misses Lorna and Dulcea
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    204 5 Six representatives from the Singapore Chinese Federation for Ft see a:id Democracy in china, \< terday caile<. on the American Consol-Genera!, Mr. Paul Josselyn, am! handed him the letter of appeal for withdrawal of American tro pa from China, to he transmitted to
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    401 6 IPOH.—With the express purpose of implementing the decision of both the Malayan and Chinese Governments to abolish opium smoking, the customs and excise authorities throughout the country are making a determined drive to wipe out the habK which has proved such a curse to
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    208 6 HQ ALFSJiA hai sanctioned i vjrant of $200 to £mbong in Ah as a reward for saving the. life of Bomhan.ier J. Waft en, H Q. v .iis rewa' :i has been awarded fee Kin! onir. a native cf K'.iaia TrengKanu. for his gallaat ar.''. exemplary
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    52 6 A.P. Guam. Nov. —-The war crime* tr al of three Japanese naval officer? charged with lv heading and stabbinjr seven Ame/irar. prisoners of war on Truk on Feb. IS. 1V44. starts to "ay. The defendants are (apt. Masahara Tanaka, Lr.-Conidr. Tomeroku Danzaki and Sub.-Lt. Yeshiharu
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    Straits Steamship Co. Being Transferred Back To S'pore
    3858 7 CHAIRMAN'S SPEECH AT ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING tnual general Singapore hip Company oodon on Oct. man, Mr. C. hi. Sjj b irq, said: ng with the BalProflt and Loss re you, I think I to some explacomes about n October 1946 ting you
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    Australia's Biggest Need—Opening Bats
    176 8 Australia's Biggest Need —Opening Bats Reuter. SYDNEY, Nov. s.—Writing in the Sydney Herald to-day W. O'Reilly, former Australian bowler, says: 'The England and Victoria match has shown that Australian selectors must continue to search for the opening Test batsmen as neither Meuleman nor Tamblyn revealed anything like Test form. In
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    180 8 Reuter. Melbourne. Nov. s.—Russia won the Melbourne Cup at Flemington Race Course here today with On Target second and Carey third. Russia won in the easiest possible manner by five lengths, although carrying topweight of 9 stone. Russia, who started at 16-1. also equalled the
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    87 8 The lei low ing will represent the Eclipse B.P. in a friendly badminton match of 4 singles and 3 doubles .igainst the Dapat Badminton Party t f johore Bharu on Sunday at 4 p.m. in Johore Bahru: S. Ahmad Alhabshee, Cheona Hock Whatt, Chia Chin Soon. Chan Khuk
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    KING WILL OUTLINE UK's CONSCRIPTION BILL
    187 8 FIRST PEACE—TIME CALL—UP Reuter. LONDON, Nov. 5. —A legislation for conscription on a permanent basis with 18 months service in the forces for all young men and five years on reserve will be outlined hi the King's speech opening the new session of Parliament
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    149 8 UK Defence Reuter. LONDON. Nov. 8. —The lefence of the British Commonwealth should le disposed among its members Hn d away from the highly vulnerable British Is'es. Field-Marshal Vi-eount Ala-brooke. former Chief of the Imperial Gene Hi Staff tod the ROya) Empire Society meeting
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    Palestine: Byrnes Takes Over
    104 8 A.P. NEW YORK, Nov. 5. —The 0 9 Secretary of State, Mr. Jan.es F. Byrnes. ha- notified rhe B itish Foreien Secretary. Mr ErttOSt Bevn, tha. he :s tak'np OWtt the hrndline of f he Palestine problem fom President Truman. He indicate"! a new American willinfjnesfl
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    276 8 A.P. LAKE SUCCESS. NEW YORK, Nov. 6.—Sharply attacking official American hospitality, White Russia yesterday asked the Uni'ed Nations to consider a European site for permanent or temporary headquarters and particularly mentioned the old League of Nations headquarters in Geneva. The White Russian proposal, tiled with Secretary General
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    116 8 Reuter. Vienna. Nov. s.—The Soviet authorities announced here today that they have begun the return to rightful owners ot property seized by the Nazis and lately administered by the Rus sians as German foreign asset* under the Potsdam fr'd?. ration. The announcement detailed a number oi
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    70 8 Reuter. FRANKFURT. Nov. s.—Four antiFascist parties in Berlin—Social Democrats. Socialist Unity Party. Christian Democrats and Libera) Democrats—hfrve asked the Allied Kornmandatura for increase in supply of electric current and for coal deliveries accortjing to ration. Electric power was severely cut in Berlin yesterday through short,
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    70 8 Reuter. Northumberland. Nov. |.—Joe <'ra'-dock, Britain's No. 1 coalminer, has beaten his own record. Working a I ft. 6 ins. seam at Sleekburr Colliery, Bedling'.on. yesterday hr shoveled 73 tubs of coal (37 tons) in six hours, three tubs more than his previous
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    BOMB DERAILS TRAIN
    41 8 A.P. Jerusalem, Nov. 5. —A bomb ex*d urv'er the locomotive of Palestine Railways t'tuin near Tel Aviv injuring the engineering and f*rem»n Military source-; Laid that ■watt! feet of track were uprooted and the train wt& 'trailed. AP.
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    102 8 Reuter. Teheran. Nov. s.—Dr. Salamullah David. Governor-General Of the "Home Rule" Province of Azerbaijan, left here yesterday for Tabriz, the provincial capital, afUr 70 days' negotiations wth the Persian Government on the future status of the Province. Observers gained the impression that David's talks
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    77 8 Reuter. London. Nov. 5.—A 45-year-old Indian woman, Mrs. Jai Kishori Handoo. to-day persuaded K. K. Chatterjee. the Indian who had fasted in London for five days, to break his fast. Chatterjee had said he would "fast until death unless assurance was given that immediate ly and
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    BISHOP CALLS OUT TROOPS
    166 8 Reuter. Beirut. Nov. 5. —Bishop Banna Hajj. Maronite Metropolitan of Damascus, called out troops to restore .order after an official, acting on behalf of the Papai Legate in Beirut had been attacked by villagers at Ashkout. seat of the Bishop's Palace, it was learned here to-day.
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    KRUPP TO BE TRIED
    116 8 A.P. FRANKFURT, T'ov tmerican »:nd Bri.Msh war ir'me- author te« here were reported ye.-'« Mr-ayMr- a y o hay? •cache' an ap:;t!.,en f wlie'fhy the British wi'l try .'j Krupp, yunhful head of 'he r;es Krnni Armament firm, a wa.- criminal. Scurees cio>e tn negotiations between
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    62 8 Pleading truilty t<> voluntarily causing hurt to Tan Ton*; Ginp with a knife in a coffee shop at Teo Honic );<>ad on Nov. I, Goh Ah Hok was r.entenred to six weeks r.i. by Magistrate Ahmad bin Ibrahim yesterday. The complainant was wounded on
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    First Undersea Telivision Girl
    59 8 Reuter. SURBI TON, M s.~Miss Gillian W the first girl v nouncer to be derwater broactr 19 with television tor, Bob Dougalt. cend into a diving submarine work One camera will them submerging m cameras focuss] thick glass to tank will follow to the bottom. Miss
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    BRITAIN HAS CARRIED OUT OBLIGATIONS
    62 8 A.P. NEW YORK. Nov pation laid on Brit Nations Chafer in i Leapue of Rations, B sentative. fofterday debate that Trustees tee. He flatly eontrad; t« by the Soviet Pore;-- M V. M. Molotov. thai iftei two years, not a ting !>cen taken by cOunti
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    Arabs Fire On Jew Settlers
    72 8 Jerusalem. Nov. 5 lagers opened ftie tiers at Massuoth I hills south of Jerusa When Jewish aux fired in the air I persed No one was sn< I but two Jews wer jured by stones I Arabs. This was thr three days by the Jewish
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    66 8 The Young Mt< tion will have the matches as follows On Friday. Eleven at Mcnair K°™ 5.00 p.m: On Si Kinta Bangtrs at Ground at 5.00 p: day, Nov. 13. aganWorkshop at Mt at 5.00 p.m. The V M.M. A. selected from the Angullia. Haron. J* Yusof Nawawi.
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    10 8 Reuter. LONDON. Us* result: —Guy- H 28. —Reuter.
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