The Straits Times, 10 September 1945
1945-09-10
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Title Section18 1945-09-10 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING SEWSPAPER— ESTABLISHED M4S, 2 PAGES SINGAPORE, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10. 1915 PRICE 10 CENTS18 words
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Article430 1945-09-10 1 There is a most urgent and imperative need m Singapore foi an announcement by the British Military Administration as to the steps which it intends to take tc put the new Malayan currency into circulation. The situation which exists now, following the news that there is to430 words
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Article800 1945-09-10 1 Japanese Dollar Thrown Into The Waste- Paper Basket BUT MALAYAN DOLLARS NOT YET IN CIRCULATION There were half a million people m Singapore yesterday asking, "What do we use for money?" The great majority of the population of this city suddenly found themselves unable to buy food800 words
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Article67 1945-09-10 1 Food was being distributed "free on production of food control cards m several markets m Singapore yesterday by some stall owners because of the currency situation. "People are hungry," said one stall owner. ''They need food, but they have no British money to pay for it. Many of67 words
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Article, Illustration135 1945-09-10 1 The new Malayan dollar note, reproduced above, bears the date July 1, 1941, and the signature Weisberfi." Mr. K'eisberg (who has spent the last three and a half years m internment on Singapore Island) icas at that time Colonial Treasurer, Straits Settlements. The note bears an135 words
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Article223 1945-09-10 1 COLUMN ONE shows normal prires of essential foodstuffs m Singapore m the former British Malayan canenej before the war. COLUMN TWO shows the prices m Japanese paper money of those commodities m the black market m Singapore, before the fall of Japan. COLUMN THREE shows the astronomical effect223 words
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84 1945-09-10 1 British justice began to function again m Singapore yesterday. The oath was administered by Brigadier P. A. B. McKerron (m peace-time an officer of the M.C.S.* to Lieut. F. J. G. Cunningham aa President of the District Court m the Police Courts Building m South84 words
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Article28 1945-09-10 1 Lady Louis Mountbatten arrived m Singapore ywtwday. i making t ">ur of the hospltal to prisoners of W< ■aid a radio broadcast last night28 words
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598 1945-09-10 2 FORMER MALAYANS IN UNIFORM Liaison Between The Army And The People REORGANISING FOR RETURN OF CIVIL ADMINISTRATION So far as the civil population is concerned, the first aims of the British Military Administration, Malaya, are these:— To restore law and order among the civilian598 words
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Article51 1945-09-10 2 Civil Officials For Johore It h oxoected that very shortly renresentTtivps of the C vil Adtninstrative SPrvipp, MTiaya.— a branch Of the Military Administration—will move into Johore to tnke control. Tho Japanese have bepn inler^d to Mraeuatc s neapore compl^tPlv rxrert for md 1 Btrtet tn tnmre of dumDs and51 words
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Article251 1945-09-10 2 Released P.O.Ws. Look On Thousand? of people, in- eluding members of the I Asiatic population. officers and men of the Occupation Forces and released British and 1 Allied prisoners of war lined the Esplanade yesterday to watch several hundred Japanrs? war J prisoners cleaning the251 words
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74 1945-09-10 2 The M e t9T Navm "Pose w ll be fn^jv operative within a few wppks. The rin(«kvnrd<s h^ve rnfforpd snmo rtiTm^o by bnp"*bs. st^te^ a rnmrnunjon° hut fill fon'riTnorit T-rns h»"n l^ff m no"d'tlon h" *bo .TTi-inriP 1 0 whi h°vo h op n74 words
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36 1945-09-10 2 Relief For Services Man's Families Qr>rir o n A/f Or) n'Vt n WPTm v.r-f i >-, j -Vio"M r nr*\ct-- r f n v^Tj,f T ,i4.V| TT M.!^,., rV>l*^«t«l fp- Tr,f« r t FV-fH^^, P,,HdinP.. 139 14936 words
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38 1945-09-10 2 Northern Malay States Freed From Siam Adnrml Lord Lou's MountVntten. J?unr«rr>r. AlliPd CommaiHl^r 9tm*h E<m AH«. issued •> tr-o^lnrnnti^n revokl"t» the T^n-^r.^ ""iff of th- four fV i ov *+«+Of of V-Hih *>0.,; c. ir«4«ftt*ti -nd TrenfraiHl. to Sim.38 words
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Article188 1945-09-10 2 Rice, sugar and salt are to be distributed free the whole population of Singapore by the British 'MiVitary Administration, beginning today. This news was made known to the public yesterday I 'placards displayed outside all retail food shops and was hailed with jubilation, particularly188 words
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Article109 1945-09-10 2 There are over 2,200 German prisoners m Malaya, and a further 250 m Java. Majority of the Germans are naval and military personnel. The naval men consist largely of submarine crews and maintenance staff. When Germany surrendered to the United Nations, a number of U-boats,109 words
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Article280 1945-09-10 2 Sime Rd. Dream Comes T rue From Prison Camp To Hospital Ship A dream came true for one hundred and ten men and women at the Sime Road internment camp, Singapore, yesterday. Alter months of sickne;> under most trying condiu- tv these internees were put on board a hospital sh.p280 words
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Article73 1945-09-10 2 The present size of the Straits Tim^s is the standard size temporarily fixed for Malayan newspapers by oflfi•ill order m order to ration storks of newsprint. It i« honed to relax these restrictions j n t \y,. nP:)r f f t, In the meantime, with the acute73 words
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Article58 1945-09-10 2 Tho curfew was lifted m Sins;aporp v^sterdnv by the Bri- th Military Administration, after having been m force only thr°p rlavs. Making this announcement. t>->e B n«aDore mdio station Mid 1 thnt this d'd not npnlv to the 1 .Jamn°<?n vho must cont'nue to n^mnlv with thp curfew58 words
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Article34 1945-09-10 2 One hundred Chines* have arrived nt the S :r internment camp to cook fi *j Inl >rnetu, \vh i° a labour which arrived limuli *j has started c.lear.in ,v camp. |T34 words
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Article23 1945-09-10 2 Admiral Sir ArthW a Comm-ind o r-jn-Chief. E tr r s Fleet vsitod r^v-'l r r on»ri of war at eh m yesterday23 words