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Title Section20 1946-09-05 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER ESTABLISHED OVER A CENTURY i:i«in pages. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1946. PRICE 10 CENTS20 words
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Article378 1946-09-05 1 "We Have Won Back Three Freedoms" (Exclusive To The Straits Times.) A MESSAGE to the peoples of Malaya to strive to work in close partnership with the Governments n solving the problems of the future comes from the Uovcrnor-General, Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald, on the anniversary of the378 words
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Article206 1946-09-05 1 U.S. REJECTS YUGOSLAVIA PROTESTS WASmwtriON, Wednesday. THE United States Government today rejected Yugoslav protests against alleged violation of Yugoslavian territory by United States plane. Ihe Acting U.S. Secretary oi Stale, Mr. William L. Clayton, m a lormal note delivered to the Yugoslav Charge D Affaires, reviewed m detail the chargesReuter - 206 words
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Article36 1946-09-05 1 WASHINGTON, Wed.— Th? Secretary of State, Mr. James Byrnes, plans to deliver a speech on the United States zone of Germany, at Stuttgart; on Sept 6, the State Department spokesman said today. Reuter.Reuter - 36 words
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Article64 1946-09-05 1 SPECIAL FREE PRESS TODAY THE Singapore Free Press Liberation Anniversary num. ber, to be published today, the first anniversary of the landing: of British liberation forces and the raising of the Jap yoke on Singapore, will consist of 12 pages. There will be special pictures, not previously published in Malaya,64 words
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Article337 1946-09-05 1 PORK BAN PARTIALLY LIFTED AS a result of official re- presentations made to the Malayan Union Government, the ban on the export of pigs from the mainland to Singapore has been partially lifted, and the first lorry load of pigs once again allowed Singapore crossed the causeway a few days337 words
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Article208 1946-09-05 1 MR. Molotov, the Soviet Foreign Minister, returned today to the Peace Conference from a four days' Moscow consultation, apparently prepared to give his American, British, and French colleagues the views of Marshal Stalin m the Big Four meeting this afternoon. The 22 nations attempting to write peace treatiesReuter; AP - 208 words
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Article, Illustration45 1946-09-05 1 ALFSEA's C.-in C. mm mmKm, I r^HHM^^HP^K4HHHIMI Lt.-Gen. Sir Neil Ritchie who is to succeed Lt.-Gen. Sir Montagu Stopford as Commander, m. Chief, Allied Land Forces. South-Fast Asia. A photograph taken m his mobile head, quarters m the desert when he was GO.C. Eighth Army.45 words
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267 1946-09-05 1 HONG KONG, Wednesday. THE senior Japanese defence counsel, Mikio Takahashi told the War Crimes Court here today that he has called Sir Franklin Gimson, Governor of Singapore, to testify to the good character of a Japanese civilian interpreter, Genichiro Niimori, who is accused of267 words
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Article164 1946-09-05 1 LONDON, Wed.— The protracted negotiations between Nigerian and Malayan tin producers and the Ministry of Supply about future tin prices have been virtually concluded and an announcement will be made soon. The reason for delaying the announcement is somewhat obscure. Relation Of Prices It is understood thatReuter - 164 words
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Article51 1946-09-05 1 TOKIO, Wed.— The Japanese Government's stabilization board will repudiate approximately 20,000,000,000 yen in war- bonds issued by special companies, newspapers predicted today. This prospective action follows the recent Government cancellation of all war-indemnities and war-loans and similar economic gestures by the Military Government during the war.— a.51 words
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199 1946-09-05 1 BOMBAY RIOTS SWITCH TO NORTH OF CITY BOMBAY, Wednesday. THE riot danger zone has switched to the northern 1-+ industrial area of the city where big forces of troops and police are maintaining constant patrols. About 800 people have been arrested sine* Sunday. Bombay hospital authorities, faced with a continuousReuter - 199 words
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Article126 1946-09-05 1 NEW YORK, Tues.— The Wai! Street Journal reports that v month feud among Federal agenc.es over rubber prices have reached a climax and only a formal directive from the Reconversion Director will prevent the Reconstruction Finance Corporation from ra sing the price of natural rubberReuter - 126 words
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Article77 1946-09-05 1 BERLIN, Wed.— An American sentry shot and killed a Russian soldier when a German taxi in which a Red Army sergeant and two companions were riding, failed to halt^it the sentry's challenge at the entrance to the American Army Rifle Range in the American sector of Berlin. MilitaryUP - 77 words
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119 1946-09-05 1 Bevin Demands Answer From The Jews LONDON, Wednesday. THE British Foreign Secretary, Mr. Ernest Bevin, has demanded an answer from the Jewish Agency to the invitation to attend the Arab-Jewish Palestine conference next week, it was disclosed here today. It is understood that Mr. Bevin insisted on a prompt decisionUP - 119 words
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Article85 1946-09-05 1 PARIS, Wed.— Twenty persons were killed when a Paris-London airliner crashed this morning and hit a factory shortly after taking off. The disaster is the biggest fatality on the Paris. London air line since before the war. Six people survived from the crash. The aircraft carried 21Reuter - 85 words
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Article46 1946-09-05 1 LONDON, Wed— Prince Bern, hard of the Netherlands was showered with broken glass to. day, but was unhurt when his car collided with a Dutch Army truck m London. The car was damaged but he entered another vehicle end continued to his hotel.— A.P.AP - 46 words
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Article72 1946-09-05 2 COPENHAGEN, Wed.— The polce said that between 25 and 30" passengers and crew members aboard an Air France DC3 air liner were killed when the machine crash, ed on Tuesday afternoon at Stevens Klint on the eastern coast of Zealand. The air liner was totallyAP - 72 words
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Article129 1946-09-05 2 BATAVIA, Wed —A mass grave believed to contain more than 400 corpses has been discovered in Balikpapan, in East Borneo, according to a report received from the Dutch Resident of the district. The report states that the bodies of 264 victims who were sentenced toUP - 129 words
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Article396 1946-09-05 2 Premier Sailing To Invite Him Home PARIS, Wednesday. MR. CONSTANTIN TSALDARIS, Greek Premier, m who has been m Paris, is going to London today to see King George of the Hellenes and inform him that the Greek people want him to return to his throne.Reuter; AP - 396 words
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Article327 1946-09-05 2 JINNAH ON DANGER OF RUSSIA BOMBAY, Wednesday. rE Muslim leader, Mr. M. A. Jinnah, said in an interview with the United Press yesterday: "I believe Russia may have more than a spectator's interest in Indian affairs, and they are not very far from India either." "It is a serious menace,"UP - 327 words
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Article107 1946-09-05 2 NEW YORK, Tues. Stocks broke more than U.S. $4,000,000,000 today m one of the sharpest declines since before the outbreak of the second world war. Trading ouickened on the break and the ticker repeatedly ran behind the market. Volume for the first four hours topped 2,000.000 issuesUP - 107 words
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Article34 1946-09-05 2 TAIWAN, Formosa, Wed.—Medical authorities said today that a serious outbreak of cholera had broKen out m southern Formosa, resulting In many deaths, but that the outbreak was now under control. A .P.34 words
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Article39 1946-09-05 2 TORONTO, Wed.— Mrs. Olivia Dionne, mother of the quintuplets born m 1934. has given birth to a baby boy weighing 8 lbs. She has now had 14 children— 13 of them still liv.ng.— Reuter.Reuter - 39 words
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Article223 1946-09-05 2 NANKING Wednesday. THE Communist spokesman, Mr. Wong Ping-wan, today raised the possibility that the Communists might not participate in the five-man peace talks called to reorganise the Government, and said that it would be impossible for the committee to hold the meeting arranged for tomorrow. The CommunistUP - 223 words
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Article, Illustration29 1946-09-05 2 Mr. Mackenzie Kin*, the Canadian Prime Minister, laying the corner-stone of the Dieppe monument commemorating the Canadian raid and the men who fell m the operation.29 words
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Article282 1946-09-05 2 LONDON, Tuesday. AT the court martial of Major Cecil Boon, who faces charges of aiding the Japanese while a PoW, referring to the examination of parcels by Boon, Ronald Cushley, former lance-corporal m the Royal Scots, said that on one occasion two Red Cross parcels wereReuter - 282 words
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258 1946-09-05 2 China Relief Held Up By Civil War SHANGHAI, Tuesday. RELIEF and rehabilitation work m many parts of China has been brought to a virtual standstill by the spread of the civil war. In eastern Honan, for instance, all relief operations by UNRRA have besn suspended following the launching of aReuter - 258 words
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Article68 1946-09-05 2 Republican Mayor Arrested BATAVIA, Wed.— Mr. H. B. Dachlan Abdullah, acting republican mayor of Batavia, has been arrested by the Dutch civil police and imprisoned m the Struiswi.ik gaol. Although police headquarters declined to publish the nature of the charges against Mr. Abdullah, an Aneta message says he is accused68 words
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Article412 1946-09-05 2 "WAR WAS THE WORK OF TOJO" TOKIO, Wednesday fHE prosecution introduced evidence m the war crimes trial today, flatly naming former Japanese Premier, Hideki Tojo, as the man who advocated war against the United States and Britain. A statement by Lieut. Gen. Susumu Morioka, a former member of the Japanese412 words
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Article65 1946-09-05 2 YEW YORK, Wed.— One hundred thousand members of the International Seafarers Union are due to go on strike along the Atlantic and Pacific coasts and on the Gulf of Mexico tomorrow. The Union's vice-president, Mr. John Hawk, announced yesterday that the strike had beenAP - 65 words
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Article109 1946-09-05 2 JOHANNESBURG. Wed.— Fiftj alleged Communists, including Hilda Watts, a Johannesburg city councillor, and Abram Fischer, a Johannesburg advocate, were charged yesterday with "furthering" the recent strike of native mine.workers at the Wit. watersrand mine. A letter was Introduced in the proceeding yestrrday, signed by the CommunistUP - 109 words
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Advertisement535 1946-09-05 2 DAY-OLD CHICKS AVAILABLE AustnlMrt loading chicken hatchery can supply a number of day-ola chicks, Ja;id<d by ftlr m Singapore. The chicks leave Sydney on Tuesdays •no arrive at Singapore on Wednesday White Legnorn. Black Orphington Rhode Island Red chicks are recoainvndro as the b-?st types for Malaya R H^ks are535 words
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Advertisement179 1946-09-05 2 Ist IN MALAYA AND NOW ANNOUNCING NEW LINES THOMAS COWAN CO. PEST CONTROL EXPERTS WHITE ANTS— BUGS— LICE— FLEAS— ROACHES Kit FUMIGATIONS D. D. T. SPRAYING Co THE BORNEO COMPANY LTD. PENANii— IPOH SINGAPORE KUALA LUMPUR ivieais at Prime's ure a rare aeiigra.... perfectly prepared, tastefully served. I Prince's offer179 words
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Article269 1946-09-05 3 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Tues. >3NCE that deceased was addicted to sleepwalking was L given at an inquiry held by the Penang Coroner to-day ini<> the death of Mr. J. M. Scoular, the well-known "Malaya Cap" rugger player and Ipoh manager of Messrs. Boustead ;.»J269 words
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Article62 1946-09-05 3 Malaya G.O.C. Flies To Siam A BRITISH military spokesman on Wednesday said MajorGeneral J. N. Arkwrirht, Acting GOC, Malaya Command, flew to Hanjrkok on Tuesday to discuss "banditry along the !\*aiaya-Siam frontier" with Major-General G. Brunskill, GOC, Crit sh Troops m Siam. The spokesman described General Arkwri'ht's trip as "fntirely62 words
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186 1946-09-05 3 Doctor Tells Of Kempei Atrocities From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Tues. TESTIFYING today at the 1 resumed hearing of the war crimes trial m which 35 members of the Japanese Kempeitai face charges of atrocities (luring the occupation, Dr. Letchumanasamy, Assistant Medical Officer m the General Hospital, gave evidence of186 words
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Article50 1946-09-05 3 Miss J. Hayden was the only Bii ■-s-nore passenger en board tre the 8.0.A.C. flying boat which left for the United Kingdom yesterday. Mr. R. N. Fox arrived m Singapore on Tuesday from India, while Group Capt. E. T. T. Nebon left by Qantas pl3iie for Australia.50 words
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Article135 1946-09-05 3 tin following donations are acknow(»d°rd with thai Us: The Chartered Ban?: of India. Aus-tral'-i China $500. Szc Hal Tons )s:i;i!i $50, Dr. Willinm Heng $50, Meir.rv Low Tang Chens Ltd., $50. Dr. t<?p Choo Neo $40. Mr. Teo Koon Kirn $:0. "Anonymous" «English) $30, Mr G.E.N. Oehltrs $25.135 words
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Article214 1946-09-05 3 NEARLY 4,000 officers, 1* servicemen and women are expected to leave Singapore by two ships this month for the United Kingdom as part of the Services demobilisation and repatriation scheme. First of these vessels is the 27,000-ton White Star liner Britannic, which is expected to arrive in214 words
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Article90 1946-09-05 3 From Oar Own Correspondent PENANG, Wed. MINETEEN thousand dollars- worth of cloth, allegedly stolen from a train near Buklt Mertajam, formed the subject of the:t charges m Butterworth court today against four Indians. Kadir Gopal, Subramaniam, Baboo and Vairathamby. Two other accused, Tan Ah Weng and90 words
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Article94 1946-09-05 3 Another 3 Flour Ships Expected The arrival of 4,500 tons of flour by the Sheaf Crown m Singapore on Tuesday night, will be followed closely by thres more ships. These four consignments will put Singapore stocks m what !j officially described as "a very gratifying position." It is pointed out94 words
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Article35 1946-09-05 3 Entering a house m Upper Hokkien Street shortly after 9 o'clock on Tuesday night, three Chinese, one of whom had a pistol, robbed a woman of $150 m cash and some jewellery valued at $550.35 words
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Article, Illustration31 1946-09-05 3 One of the five 22-ton locomotive tenders being unloaded by the giant Nimrod floating crane at the north wall of the Singapore Harbour Board Empire Do rk yesterday.31 words
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288 1946-09-05 3 GOOO progress m the growing of food-crops is recorded m the July Report of the Department of Agriculture, Malayan Union. .In Province Wellesley and Penang, Japanese surrendered personnel cleared approximately 100 acres of land on a local rubber estate but planting had to be put288 words
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Article742 1946-09-05 3 Jap Accused Tells His Story "Only Two Acts Of Violence TIKKO TOMINAGA, the second accused in the Sime Road camp case whom witnesses described as "the evil genius of the camp*' and "a vicious brute," yesterday told the War Crimes Court that, he committed only two acts of violence. Mr.742 words
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305 1946-09-05 3 CINGAPORE'S biggest floating crane the Nimrod, with v lilting power of more than 80 tons was used by the Singapore Harbour Board authorities yesterday m the big project of safely ferrying locomotive tenders from the Blue Funnel liner Samoa across the Empire Dock. The305 words
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Article147 1946-09-05 3 Re-Burial Of Jap Victims THE remaini of Mr. Justice Adrian Clark and Mir. G. H. S. Mayor, both of whom died m Singapore during the occupation, are to be re-bun-ed m Badadari Christian Cemetery. Singapore Municipal Commis. sioncrs havo set aside* two grave plots for this purpc:? and no fefs147 words
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Article142 1946-09-05 3 Appeal Court Increases Sentences From O«r Own Correspondent IPOH, Wed. WHEN Karam Chand, Low Kow and Wong Chow Kee appealed against sentence of seven years which has been passed on all three of them by Mr. Justice L.E.C. Evans for gang robbery, the appeal judge Mr. C. H. Willan, not142 words
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Article91 1946-09-05 3 Iron Our Own Corre pondeat PENANG. Wed. FOR the first time since bread control was lifted, bread queues were seen m Penang yesterday evening, when all bakeries m town worked overtime coping with the rush of housewives, anxious to get their share of the loaves. There91 words
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Article99 1946-09-05 3 FUND guilty by a jury of carrying arms, three Indians Shanak Singh, Suaran Singh, and Sunda Singh were sentenced to ten years' rigorous imprisonment each by Mr. Justice Thorogood at the second Singapore Assizes yesterday. The accused were riding m a taxi m Upper a?rangoon,99 words
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Advertisement203 1946-09-05 3 TENDER NOTICE. Tenden are mvited for the purchase or tho following 10 old incomplete niultiiubr'ar boilers; raeh weiphinp 15 tons; ran b- converted into tanks of 25 tons capacity. 10 old incomplete coolers for sugar bailings; each welshing 7 tons; can be used as over he?d tanks of 25 tons203 words
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Advertisement315 1946-09-05 3 BRITISH STORES DISPOSAL BOARD (SINGAPORE) TENDER NOTICE. I. Tende.s are invited for the purchase of the following:— Lot No. I—Scrap1 Scrap Tcntage. Approx. 260 tons. Lot No. 2 Unserviceable Tarpaulin and Canvas. Approx. 40 ton". lot No. 3- Leather Scrap, Approx 1 ton. Lot No. 4— Anti-Gas Equipment, Approx. 3315 words
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Advertisement73 1946-09-05 3 VICTORIA THEATRE COMBINED SERVICES ENTERTAINMENT Prearnts The Reunion Theatre Company London •ARMS AND THE MAN" Opening Today at ».JI p m. for 3 Nights only BOOKING AT ROBINSONS RAFFLES SQI ARK Daly between 9 a.m.— l 2-13 p.m. and 2 p.m. onwards at Victoria Theatre. RAFFLES HOTEL TO-NIGHT DANCE 973 words
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1000 1946-09-05 4 The Straits Times Singapore, Thurs., Sept. 5, 1946. An Echo On e hundred and twenty-six years ago the British flag was hoisted at the ceremony to which we now look back as the birth of modern Singapore and the beginning of its history as a British possession. Yesterday, almost on1,000 words
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Article113 1946-09-05 4 1-HE 2nd Battalion, the 2nd Punjab Regiment which has taken part in three Burma Campaigns and is well known in Malaya by its crest of a galley and the motto "Khusnki wa Tarn" ("By land and Sea") will soon be return, ing to India. The 2/2113 words
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Article, Illustration1090 1946-09-05 4 Harry Miller - Harry Miller By SINGAPORE HARBOUR ON LIBERATION DAY IT was on the morning of 1 Sept. 3 that the Japanese flag in Sime Road internment camp was supplanted by the Union Jack, but for so many long suffering years had the red blob1,090 words
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Article573 1946-09-05 4 L. C Hoffman - By L. C Hoffman Q£PTEMBER 5: From a jar0 red passage-way on the second floor of a prison block 1 saw a tableau of liberty which will outlive my longest memories. Looking out from behind those bars at the long procession of men in green uniforms573 words
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Article436 1946-09-05 4 Hugh Savage - Hugh Savage By THERE, in the outer Roads of Singapore \as an armada the like of which we had never seen, but only heard of during surreptitious moments with a concealed radio -< Centre of focus was the cruiser, Sussex, which rode at anchor towards the436 words
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Advertisement905 1946-09-05 4 1 IM-TAN. The engagement Is announced between Mr Llm Keng hhoon .aid Miss Livia Tan Mul Tiring on 5.9 46 TAN-NEO—The marriage of Tan Kirn Slew 2nd son of Mr. Tan Chin Swee and the lhte Mrs. Tan Chin Swee to Mists Neo Poh Neo 2nd daughter of Vr. Neo905 words
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Advertisement35 1946-09-05 4 Even the keenest mind may be dulled by Whether you wear glasses or not, it is advisable to have a proper examination if you experience the slightest eye discomfort. Consult: C. S. CHONG. 0.D.. F.P.O.C.35 words
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Advertisement112 1946-09-05 4 Drisker, fresher teeth-cleaning '§3® with a Wisdom $m This is the Wisdom Tooth-. (^Bl5/ brush. Its anchored 1 Nylon tufts give your teeth a 1,1/1 ,1/ brisker dean. Your teeth are J^jy really cleaner, your mouth Mml feels fresher, after the tonic MIImI touch of Wisdom. No wonder 11/ffl'li Wisdoms112 words
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693 1946-09-05 5 Singapore Liberation Day Messages 'Confident Of Future Says Governor ANE year ago to-day Singapore welcomed with nearhysterical joy the entry of British liberating troops and the official ending of a regime of terror which had lasted three-and-a-half years. Today, the Straits Times publishes messages from representatives of the liberating forces693 words
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Article185 1946-09-05 5 THE celebration of Sept. 12th, the anniversary of the Armistice Ceremony In Singapore, will be centred on the Municipal Chamber. The Chamber will be opened during the morning from 10 o'clock to 1 o clock, arranged as it was on the day of the ceremony. There185 words
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Article348 1946-09-05 5 World Hears Voice Of Ex-Internee ON the evening of Singapore's liberation a year ago. listeners at receiving gets in England, Australia, and India— as well as Singapore and Malaya heard the first liberated voice to broadcast from the radio station just t^ken over from the Japanese. The talk was given348 words
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93 1946-09-05 5 A MASS meeting of Indians in Kedah was held at the premises of thy? Kedah Indian Youth League at Alor Star yesterday evening to celebrate the formar tion of the new Indian Interim Government. Repesentatives of the Chinese community, the New Democratic Youth League,93 words
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Article50 1946-09-05 5 There will be no Social Meeting of the Singapore Stamp Club this week. In future, the meetings will be held on the second and fourth Fridays of every month. The next meeting will be on Fri. day. Sept. 13, m the Army V.M.C.A. S.C.C. building, at 5.30 p.m.50 words
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Article177 1946-09-05 5 SINGAPORE, Wed. A BRITISH military spokesman today officially denied an Indonesian Ministry of Information report that the island of Bali was the scene of constant fighting between Indonesians and Dutch. The British denial, the spokesman said, was based on reports of a British staff officerAP - 177 words
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Article, Illustration76 1946-09-05 5 SIME ROAD SMILES ON SEPT. 5, 1945 This picture was taken at Sime Road camp just one year ago today. It te Us two stories that of three-and a half years' starvation on physiques and that the first day's libera. tion on these men's faces. Left to right: Mr. R.76 words
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223 1946-09-05 5 Macdonald At V-J Dinner In Penang From Our Own Correspondent PENANG Wed. (•PEAKING at a Victory Dink) ncr held by the Chineso community last night, the Union Governor Sir Edward Gent, denied allegations made in Malayan newspapers that the rice shortage m this country was due to favouritism and incompetence.223 words
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Article134 1946-09-05 5 ROTARY TOASTS VICTORY l ADY Kiilear n last night broke Rotary tradition m Singapore. She became the first after-dinner woman sptaker m its history, and m replying to the toast of the guests, she paid a tnbut o the women of Malaya for the courage and the fortitude hey had134 words
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259 1946-09-05 5 ■THE revival of Land and Sea sports will be sponsored by A 1 meeting to be held at the Singapore Cricket Club on next Monday evening. In spite of War activities in Singapore, the sports were held in 1941. The next year saw259 words
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123 1946-09-05 5 QINGAPORE S Water Distribuw tion Engineer has replied to a letter which appeared in the Straits Times on Tuesday. Our correspondent complained that a stand-pipe in front of Loron; Mydin, at the SM: mile Changri Road, cut by the Japanese, has not been repaired,123 words
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Article36 1946-09-05 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Following the example of Gov-ernment-sponsor?d.canteens, employees and employers of the engineering industry hay? organised a canteen for work'rs at Sungel Besi Road. This i* the first to be unofficially established in Kuala Lumpur.36 words
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Article522 1946-09-05 5 ILTHOUGH 100,000 United n. Btc%3S seamen, according to a New York message, have threatened to go on strike today, the men's action will not affect American ships m Singapore or any foreign port. Capt. A. E. Brady, master oi the American President Lines freighter Willamette Victory,522 words
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Advertisement140 1946-09-05 5 SINGER SEWING MACHINE CO., INCORPORATED WITH LIMITED LIABILITY IN U.S.A. Official Prices HAND MACHINE *190 CASH I DRAWER TABLE COVER 240 J CABINET TABLE 275 S CABINET TABLE 280 f CABINET TABLE 300 DRAWING ROOM CABINET 360 WE HAVE STO.K3 OP SOME OP THESE STYLEB AT OUR TEMPO =IAP.v PREMISES140 words
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Article269 1946-09-05 6 From Our Own Correspondent SEREMBAN, Wed. MEGRI Sembilan's first People's Restaurant, tastefully decorated and housed in the spacious premises of the former Supply Distribution Unit at Birch Road, Seremban, was declared open by the Resident Commissioner, Mr. W. A. Gordon Hall, yesterday. A large number of269 words
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547 1946-09-05 6 SurplusSEAC Red Cross Stores' Sale Straits Times Post-Bag T AM painfully surprised to note that SEAC and the British Red Cross have what they call "surplus bulk stores" and that they have advertised for buyers. Are they trying to prove to the outside world that since the liberation they have547 words
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Article142 1946-09-05 6 Forgery Charge In Malacca iFrom Our Own Correspondent; MAIACCA, Wed. A CHINESE, Gan Tiong Swae, who wus alleged to have signed the nair? of a Malay, Salleh bin Kechut. on a permit to mova padi issued by the Food Control Department, was tried m the Magistrate's Court today on a142 words
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71 1946-09-05 6 Parade For V day In Negri Sembilan From Our Own Correspondent SEREMBAN. Tues. 17ICTORY Day. September 12, will be fittingly celebrated by a'l communities :n Negri Semoilan. In Seremban there will be a parade m the morning m which members of the D"rham Light Infantry and civil defence corps will71 words
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69 1946-09-05 6 (From Our Own Correspondent) MALACCA, Wed. A HOKKIEN. Lav Kirn Poo, who was found with a fully loaded five-chembercd revolver m h:s ro?s:ssion by a Chinese detective m a coffee shop at Bung a Raya on July 8. was committed to stand trial at the forthcoming69 words
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207 1946-09-05 6 Chinese Robbed And Friend Stabbed From Our Own Correspondent TAIPING, lues. AN their way to Penang by car on Saturday, a Malacca Chinese merchant and his companion were stopped by three Chinese at Bukit Berapit, 12 miles south o; Taiping, and the merchant was robbed of $13,000, while the companion,207 words
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Advertisement536 1946-09-05 6 APPLICATIONS are invited for the post of Probation Officer. The salary offered is »800/- p.m. and the appointment is for a period of two years. Applicants should have had previous experience m probation work and Bhould be able to train a local candidate for probation work during the 2 years536 words
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Advertisement330 1946-09-05 6 MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE one Philips Radio Battery Set 1939 model, 6 valves, m perfect working condition. Apply Llm, 6 Stanley Street (behind Straits Times Office) Singapore. FOR SALE. Strong Mllner's Safe, Bentleys complete Phrase and Kendal's Codes case measurement Reckoner. Apply Box 120 aT. FOR SALE: Vauxhall 12 model 1939,330 words
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Advertisement579 1946-09-05 6 NOTICE TO TRISHAW OWNERS As from 4th September 1946 no registration of Trishaws will be effected. After this date all unlicensed Trishaws plying for hire will be dealt with under the Road Transport (Singapore Proclamation W.A.M. WATTS Registrar of Vehicles Singapore, 4th September, 1946. NEGOTIATIONS are Invited from parties, m579 words
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Advertisement407 1946-09-05 6 FAMOUS A. V. M. PRODUCT EAGLE BRAND Rubber Coagulntine Arid ££h Sole Uistnbatinc AjrrnU: CHIDA FRANCIS 6c CO., H.M. Army Contractors Shipchandlers. 11J-A. Cecil Street; Singapore. Tel. 3952 READ HOW HE CURED Dhobi Itch There is not the slightest reason why you should go on enduring the torment of thi»407 words
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Miscellaneous264 1946-09-05 6 RADIO PROGRAMMES session opens at 5 pjn (news headines > BIC p.m anci news at A3O p m.> MALAY noon to 1 p.m. (news at I 12.45 p.m.) anc from 8 p.m to 815 i o.m mew» tn Malay at 30 p.m.) TONIGHT'S HIGHLIGHTS 8.30 p.m. News Headlines; 8.32 p.m.264 words
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Article422 1946-09-05 7 NO FREEDOM OF PRESS IN CHINA Democratic Magazines Published Illegally CHANGHAI, Wed.— Freedom of the press, though solemnly guaranteed by Chinese law and promised many times by Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek and the Ministry of Information, exists only on paper for the 40-odd vernacular dailies and periodicals of Shanghai. When censorshipReuter - 422 words
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Article140 1946-09-05 7 SHANOrIAI, Wed.— China has the highest mortality rate in the world at 38 deaths per thousand population each year, declared Dr. Chang Wei, the Shanghai Health Commiss oner, during a recent review of the health work of his bureau. Reporting the Commissioner's statement, the Municipal Press140 words
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Article166 1946-09-05 7 SHANGHAI, Tues.- Chin- se wl'l supplant English as the official language of the Chinese Maritime Customs after a period of six months, according to a senior 0 ncial of the Inspectora^eG^nerml of Customs. One result of this decision is tl'.at fiom some time in January allReuter - 166 words
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50 1946-09-05 7 NANKING, Tnes.— The Executive Yuan has announced the extension of Chinese daylight saving till the nd of this month, it is announced here trday. The measure was recommended by Dr. T. V. Soonr and has been designed to conserve electrical energy to increase production U.P.UP - 50 words
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Article134 1946-09-05 7 NANKING, Wednesday.— One year after the signing of the Sino-Soviet treaty of friendship and alliance m Moscow the relations between China and her northern neighbour remain far from either the letter or spirit of the pact. Chinese leaders who claim they signed the 80-year agree, ment givingAP - 134 words
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161 1946-09-05 7 SHANGHAI, Wed. tlvfErtcElX'Y repairs to the 2UO-miie-iotig Cnicn Tang Dyke a. Banetaow Hay at the mouth or tee Chie n iiang Fiv:r, in Chek•.^.l,s Province, ai"e rapidly nearing compMUon weil in advance oi tue \eariy tidal avalanche of v. o.c-r known as the Haining Bor:,AP - 161 words
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Article117 1946-09-05 7 NEW DELHI, <By Air Mail)— Caravan trade between Ind'a and Sinkiang province in Chinese Turkistan will be resjmed soon it wa.s reported here Already in the last few months, a few caravans are stated to have got through from Kashmir to Kashgar but others have beenReuter - 117 words
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Article93 1946-09-05 7 SHANGHAI, (By Air Mail) The Chinese Government is expected to collect a total of 117,566,920 piculs of rice in land tax for the current year, according to estimates published here. Of this total *****,600 piculs will be retained by provincial governments. Only Shantung and SinkiangReuter - 93 words
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83 1946-09-05 7 New Motion Picture Company Formed CANTON, Tues.— A new Chinese motion picture producing company has been formed in Shanghai with the backing of a number of wealthy financiers and industrialists, it was disclosed by Mr. Lo Mini* Yap, well-known producer now affiliated with the Luen Hwa studios in Shanghai. TheUP - 83 words
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Article143 1946-09-05 7 NANKING, Wednesday. The capital city of China is the kind of place where a home-owner paid "squatters" a million Chinese dollars to get possession of his own house then failed to get in when three or four families living there refused to move. That caseAP - 143 words
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Article271 1946-09-05 7 Famine Threat V anishes C'HANGHAI. Tuesday.— From all parts of China, including Manchuria, come reports of record harvests of rice and wheat. With harvesting already in progress in many areas, and nearly completed in some, the possibility of last minute damage by the weather has practically vanished. Szechuan province, whichReuter - 271 words
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Miscellaneous506 1946-09-05 7 Comparatively little judgment is required in determining whether or not to open the bidding the traditional 2» a honor-tricks with a biddable suit cover a large proportion of cases. The matter of rebids, however, is not nearly so simple. Here the player must rely more on his own Judgment than506 words
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Miscellaneous190 1946-09-05 7 technically speaking, in jumping to three hearts on the second round. Inasmuch as he had four honor- tricks with a six-card suit. But frm the point of pure logic his retold had little to recommend it. North had been able to make no more encouraging response than one no trump,190 words
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167 1946-09-05 8 CHAMPION LOSES CROWN Refused To Defend Title NEW YORK, Wed. THE New York State Boxing Commission headed by Eddie Fagan stripped Marty Servo of his world welterweight championship because Servo was pretending to have hurt his nose m training and refused to go through with the match for his titleUP - 167 words
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Article, Illustration27 1946-09-05 8 Aii incident in the soccer match between the Dutch Army and thr. R.A.F. (Changi) played at Jalan Besar on Saturday. The Airmen won fiive.one. Straits Times picture.27 words
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547 1946-09-05 8 Middlesex Runners Up: Lancashire Finish In Third Place LONDON, Tues. RAIN seriously interfered with many of the last County championship matches and may have been the cause of Middlesex finishing runner-up to the champions Yorkshire instead of Lancashire who had to be satisfied with third place. Lancashire were well placedReuter - 547 words
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Article67 1946-09-05 8 The Tamil Brotherhood Association will meet the R.A.F. (Sembawang) at a friendly game of soccer, to be played at Sembawang on Saturday. Players and supporters are requested to assemble at the Jalan Bcsar Stadium at 3.30 p.m. for transport to Sembawang. The Brotherhood's team v.i 1 be:67 words
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Article173 1946-09-05 8 From Our Own Correspondent SEREMBAN, Mon. A LARGE gathering was present at the K.G.V. School Hall on Sunday to witness the Starllcht Badminton Party of Seremban defeat the Adarievean B.P. of Malacca by four games to three. The Starlight B.P. won two singles and two doubles against173 words
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Article46 1946-09-05 8 H.M.S. Sultan beat th<» R.N.A.S. seven goals to nil In a soccer match played at Blakang Mati; three weeks ago the naval side won four-one at Sembawang. For the winners Jones scored six goals and the other came from McLcod.46 words
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Article40 1946-09-05 8 LONDON, Tiles. ny>-DAY'S football results were: A FIRST DIVISION Grimsby Town 0. Wolves 0. THIRD DIVISION (Northern) Rochdale 0, Wrexham 1. Southnort 1. Tranmere rovers 2. IRISH GOLD CUP (fir t ro-.nd) Belfast Celt'c 3. Coleralre 0 ReuterReuter - 40 words
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Article36 1946-09-05 8 FOREST HILLS. New York, Wed.— ln the postponed third round match. Herbert Flam. National junior champion, ousted Ampon Felicismo. Filipino Davh Cup player. 6—4.6 4. 3—6. 6—l.6 1. B—B. l from the National tennis championship.—A. P.36 words
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Article20 1946-09-05 8 AN Alfsea hockey XI, including Indian Army players, will meet the Police first team at Thomson Her.d today.20 words
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Article62 1946-09-05 8 The following are Invited to play cricket for the Police against Nondescripts Sports Club on Saturday, at the P.T.S. ground. Thomson Road, at 2.00 p.m. R. Haxworth (Capt.), J. E. Jeans. J. Sanderson, Gurdial Singh, Eu Cheow Yang, Chia Kirn Swee, H. M. Mahpuz, K. Madhavan, S. K.62 words
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Article53 1946-09-05 8 The former Java Road Youngsters Badminton Party is bein<; re-organised under the new name of Perhimponan 3adminton Party, situated in the compound of No. 25. Java Road, with two newly built courts. Will all former monbsrs who Intend to reioin, please ocminunlsate to Mr. A. Sujak, e/o Hassnn Mckhtar 73.53 words
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Article137 1946-09-05 8 Selangor Sikhs Visit N. Sembilan From Our Own Correspondent SEREMBAN, Mon. THE Selangor Sikh Union visited Seremban on Saturday and Sunday and played the Negri Sikh Union at cricket, soccer and hockey. The soccer match was played on Saturday on the N.S. Club padang and Negri Sikhs won by four137 words
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Article122 1946-09-05 8 IT was decided at the Singa. pore Cricket Cluo rugby meeting, held at the Club on Tuesday evening, that a trial match would probably be held on the last Saturday in this month. Mr. J. B. Potter was elected captain; R. J. Maxey, vice.captain and A. Cromarty122 words
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Article119 1946-09-05 8 THE Penang Turf Club will hold their September meeting over two days, opening on Sept. 28 and ending on Oct. 5. There will be two rum: for each of classes one, two, three and four horses. distances and stakes will oe: horses, class one, 6 furs and119 words
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Article78 1946-09-05 8 WASHINGTON, Wed. T T.B. Army Ground Forces announced U plans for an "unparalle'.ed" sports programme for regular army soldiers. Six hours training time each will be i spent in organized competitive athletics. Sports will be considered part of Im'litary duty rather than fparetime activity. Most78 words
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Article86 1946-09-05 8 LONDON. Tues. THE British Boxing Board of Control" has been notified by the National Boxing Asso. ciation of America that NBA. would recognise the title fight on Sept. 4 between Tlie Wil. Hams and Ronnie James of Wales as a world's championship lightweight bout.AP - 86 words
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Article311 1946-09-05 8 931.GH 3 V.M.C.A 0 DLAYING one man short and without the services of three of their regulars, the V.M.C.A. went down to the 93 I.G.H. at soccer yesterday evening to the tune of three goals to nil at the Telok Kurau Road School ground. The match started311 words
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Article261 1946-09-05 8 TABLE TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS The following are the further fixtures for the Singapore table tennis ln^pr-club league championships of 1946. All ties will be played at the Great World table tennis arena from 8 p.m. nightly. Thursday: Table 1. Chlate Sin* Athletic Union vs V.M.C.A. "Spartans". Table 2. Slong 800 Athletic261 words
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