The Straits Times, 12 September 1946

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  • 20 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER ESTABLISHED OVER A CENTURY VMiin PAGES SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1946 PRICE 1<» CENTS,
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  • 530 1 Kiilearn Off To Batavia On Saturday BATAVIA, Wednesday. PREMIER SUTAN S.IAHRIR'S Indonesian Socialist Party will ask theTnited Nations Organiwtion and international Labour Organisation m Paris to take action against Dutoh aggression m Indonesia, it was learned today. A resolution passed at the Party Congress m
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  • 111 1 BOMBAY. Wednesday. BOMBAY was today returning to normal after ten (lavs of riots which originated with the Moslem "black flag" protests against *he format 'or. :of the all-India Interim GovI orrtment headed by Pandit Nehru. Congress president. Casualties m ths disturbances totalled 244 dead and 726
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  • 172 1 A review of the rice situation in south east Asia, issue! from the office of the Special Commissioner last night, appears on page two. The main points are as follows: Hongkong: Rice stocks were exhausted last week and there will be no ration unti* about Sept.
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  • 84 1 LONDON. Tuesday. COMMENTING en the Tin Cony fersnee, scheduled to open m London on Oct. 8, the Financial Times expresses the hop*? that the occasion will be seized to announce a pi left agreement after th 3 exasDerating de'av. There is no doubt that British producers
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  • 255 1 PARIS, Wed. •IRAQ estimated her losses m I money and property as the result of war at rather over i £1,600,000,000 m a merrorandum to the Paris conference today. Human losses were given as 680 dead, 796 wounded and 571 missing. The memorandum said Iraq considered herself
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  • 17 1 EiJt was signed at the M unicipal c««ncil chamber on Sep t. 12. 1945
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  • 252 1 TOKIO. Wednesday. POL. Cyril Wild, continuing his evidence before the War I Crimes Tribunal 10-day, described the massacre of >atients by Japanese soldiew, who ran berserck through the rooms of the Alexandra Military Hospital at Singapore, bayonet ling and shooting everyone they saw. Col. Wild
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  • 65 1 BUENOS AIRES, Wed—lnformation close to the Foreign Ministry said tonight that tbe Indian Food Mission and Don Miguel Miranda, president of Argentina's Central Bank, had signed an agreement whereby India would sell Argentina aOJ tons of crude rubber and would receive 500 tons of Argentine products
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  • 151 1 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Wed THOUGH he was a newcomer to Malaya he har discovered that Malayan: possessed the qualities ncede*in the slow, difficult task a repairing the ravages of war and gathering the fruits of victory, says the Govern r General m a
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  • 61 1 ALGIERS Wed— An earthquake of considerable intensity occurred somewhere on the African continent today. The tremor was apparently withn 75 miles of Algiers, but because of lack of communications Its location and the extent of the damage w«s not known. Oscillations were sim lar to tfio«e recorded
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  • 413 1 3 SENTENCED TO DEATH IN SIME RD. TRIAL THREE sentences of death, one of life imprisonment. and one of seven years were passed yesterday by the War Crimes Court in Singapore on the five Japanese members, of the former Singapore Civilian Internment Camp staff, who had been tried on charges
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  • 33 1 Belgrade, Wed.-A people s court at Zagreb has oegun the trial of 12 Catholic priests and six other persons accused of collaboration with Yu?ocilavia's wartime quisling go /eminent, and of war crimes ATV
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  • 254 1 Arab States Are Opposed To Partition LONDON, Wednesday. THE Prime Minister, Mr. Clement Attbe, th Foreign Minister. Mr. Erat3t Bevin, and the Secretary foi th* Colonies, Mr. George Haltwere present at the second day of the Pale3tinr> cr>n f ence at Lancaster HourLondon, this morning to h e» y the
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  • 34 1 TOKIO. Tues- Kyodo report;, that the Commerce ana Ind I^try Ministry has l"fcim?d tre Diet that Japans industrial oro. duction woaclty will be h^l-^n a.s a result of the removal eaui^mrnt for reoa-atiors AP.
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    • 18 1 RADIOS K£E iIUAT RADIO G ttl-H4 ORCHARD QD. TEUPUOn 1566 Xl AI.A LUMPUR PENANC G /F3£^V 111 P\-
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  • 1273 2 Killearn Reviews S.E. Asia Position A DETERIORATION in the food supply situation in Southeast Asia and in India is noted in a communique, issued last night from the office of the special commissioner, after a two-day meeting of liaison officers from South-east Asia. Th?
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    32 2 Mr. Ttygve Lie, Secre ary-Gene ra i o f th e tinted Nations, photographed during a press confer ence which he held at the Savoy Hotel during his recent visit to London.
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  • 259 2 BOMBAY, Tuesday. THE Muslim leader, Mr. Mohammed AH Jinnah, tonight warned that India's 400,000,000 peoples "now stand at the brink of ruinous civil war" which only prompt matic negotiations could avert. In an interview, he described the Calcutta and Bombay disorders as "undoubtedly symptoms of the nearness of
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  • 297 2 Shanghai Capital Moves To H.K. SHANGHAI, Tuesday. THE trickle of idle capital from Shanghai to Hong Kong, which started a few months ago, has increased considerably as business conditions in Shanghai remain uncertain. Among many reasons given by financial circles for this accelerated flight are the spreading civil war, the
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  • 325 2 GREAT WALL PASS CAPTURED PEKING, Wednesday. niSPATCHES from Chinchow today to the Central Daily News, the official Government organ, said Nationalist troops had captured Kupikou, the strategic Great Wall pass, at noon on Monday, isolating the Communists in Eastern Hope! and forcing them to fight with their backs to the
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  • 72 2 COLOMBO, Wed— With Ceylon'? rce stocks rep6rted down to five days' supply, a shipment of 7,500 tons has arrived at Colombo from Rangoon— the first from Burma since the outbreak of the Pacifl'' War. The cargo was today being discharged from the 7,500-ton British ship Nawab.
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 489 2 MALAYAN UNION TREASURY BILLS. 1. The Financial Secretary of the Malayan Union Invites tenders lor three months Treasury Bills to tot value of $3,000,000 to be Issued on 16th September 1946. 2. Terms of issue can be obtained from the Financial Secretary Malayar Union or can be sein at the
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    • 495 2 ENSA DUpowls Board Singapore. Tenders are invited for the purchase of the following: 1. Item 1. 4 3 -ton Pordson Vans complete with Pubic Address and Radio equipment unused, ex U.K. *tern 2. 10 Generators. a). 5 C.C.E. Lighting Plants. b). 3 Hobart, Oh o, U.S.A. c). 2 X.V.A. Item
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    • 138 2 V DAY TO-DAY: 3— «.3»— 9 p.m. Hadha's LIFE OP DIVINITY! 6hr leaves everything to The fai h of the ALL-HIGHEST! A transformation from ra?s to su|H rrmp Beauty! RADHIKA' i ln Hindustani) featurin" NA T INT JAYANT m THS TITLE role, su'jpTtri hHarish. J--oM and Knnhalrl CHUNGKING Tan P»f»r
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  • 87 3 MOTOR-car dealers in Singapore were inundated yesterday with urgent requests to orier American cars for clients in view of the official statement that imports of private cars were possible conditional t.» shlpawat by Dec. 31. 1946. What the official announcement did not state, however. was that
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  • 95 3 YOUN3 Chinese, Urn Piu Tee. *as sentenced to seven years' rig irons imprisonment with six strokes o: the rotan by Mr. Justice Worlsy m the Second Siniapoie Assizes yesterday when the rommoi jury returned a verdict of guilty of armed robbrry against him. Lam with
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  • 58 3 A CHARGE of criminal breach of trust involving 51 cases of cigarettes valusd at $15,000 was explained to two Malay drivsrs, Taib bin Dhali, and Fat?h Moha. mcd. in the Third Police Court, yesterday. A Chinese. Chiong Ek Xi, and J. S. Sohan Das were also charged with
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  • 56 3 NEW I.S.P. SECRETARY Mr. J. N. Hughes, the new Secretary of the Incorporated Society of Planters, arrived in Singapore on Tuesday by air from London. He is proceeding to Kuala Lumpur dur ng the nexf few days following which he will gain contact with all members of the Society who
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  • 1270 3 Jap Counsel Blames "Superior Officers" THAT the cause of most of the sufferings in the civilian internment camp in Singapore was due to Capt. Sakae Susuki, the first accused, not exercising proper supervision and control over his subordinates, was a submission of prosecuting counsel,
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  • 253 3 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. THE Building Inspector, Kuala i Lumpiv Town Board, in a me- 1 morandum placed before the ineeting of th-e Board today sub- mitted plans for a housing schem; in order to relieve the i acute shortage of accommodation >
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  • 85 3 A CABLE received from the j Commonwealth Relations Department, the Government of India m New Delhi, states tnat ther e is no foundation whatsoever m the rumour that Mr. N. Raghavan of Penang is shortly to take over from Mr. S. K. Chettur. I.C.S as Reprasentative
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  • 30 3 Brigadier c. C. Clark being presented w.th the American Legion of Merit Medal by Ma lor R B. Hooey U.S. military liaison officer in Singapore, yesterday.
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  • 207 3 rtneet the long felt want of civilian emp oyees at H.Q. ALFSEA a Civilian Canteen has recently been openeJ m Tanglin Barracks where a 35 cents meal may be bought. Until a permanent building is available, the can'eeu will be located m a tent behind the
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  • 81 3 Cameronia Stowaways Bound Over ONE hundred and flUy-liv? Indian* wore produced bsfort Mr. Ahmad bin Ibrahim, in ths Fourth Police Court yesterday, charged with being stowaways on the 16,000- ton trooper Cameronia. All except five of the Indians pleaded guilty to the charge, and were bound over to be of
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  • 100 3 TV'ITH a donation of »82» 50. the W proceeds of the char.ty foo.ball ma'ch between the Combined V MCA. on Aug. 8. rontr.butlons to th» V.M.C.A. Fund no* S $23 501.15 including J22.361 4o previously acknowledged. Further donations: Mr KG. Lundon. $103: Mr M. Has.an. £50;
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  • 80 3 INQUIRING into the death of 1 Flying Officer Norman O Goodings who was found lyi.ii on Changi beach on Sept. 4 witn a gun shot wound to the h°a r J, Mr. W. G. Porter, the Sin?aooi? Coroner, yesterday recorded a verdict of suicide Goodings who was
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  • 28 3 No bread is to be issued today by bakeries because of the Victory Day holiday, but bread will be issued on Euniay. Sept 15. nstead.
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  • 628 3 \N hMNMt of flour issues to taic^ro and an enlarged d'St.ll.utlon to selected retail shops a? fro.n 8-p'. 15. s announced by the Food Control D;-""*!•-"should be realised however, that even with th? increased quo .as thare is an insufficient supply for a dally purchase b 7
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  • 219 3 Brig. Clark Gets U.S. Decoration FOR outstanding work when representing the Rn.isli Army Staff and the R.itish Supply Mission in the t'nit-d States front INI to I!) 15. Rri. gadier Cliffor 1 Claude Clark, now Director i f Disposals. Far Eastern Area, with headquarters in Sincapore. was decorated yesterday with
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  • 48 3 The proceeds of the IntrrService Police Ball helo at tr»" Victoria Memorial Hali on Au^. 19 amounted to $1.879 89. Th<* committee of the function deeded enc n Aug. 26 that the pio^eert. should b? sharod equally amon? the benevolent fund> of the thi<v Services.
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  • 63 3 ThTe is now r>r> o-jstici > trading or to rommTrial refa tJons m eenerp! "'ith Dnanm French Indo-Chin3 insofar a Tr*dtr><? with the Eno.Mv I lat'nM is "nn"TPPd All lps'iict:o-sl ps' iict o-s p c on. nos°d biv* n ■>'•/ b^en r^rr^ 1 t by the nubHratior
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    • 152 3 T^ I Clilf'iV\flin'liii TOMORROW NIGHT SPECIAL DINNER MIXED GRILL SATURDAY 14th Special Tiffin CHICKEN EGG CURRY Bookings 2125. It b rrgreitcd that owing to unfors-cn cirrumstanefs the CHARITY BALL advertised to be h?ld on Monday 16th September, m the Mpiho i.»l Hall has h»4 to be CANCELLED. VifTARY Commemoration LEBRATIONS.
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  • 73 4 CHIA KIM CHENO. a!*; Charlie Chia. aged 39, of 56, Spottiiwoode Parlc Hoad. parytu away peace i'l'v at 129, Paslr Panjans Road, on 9th Sept. 1946 »i 5 a.m. He lsaves behind two wives, four sons and four daughters to mourn his loss. The funeral took place on the
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  • 63 4 A LOW MAS 3 w:il be said at 6 30 m. on Monday the Ifth. inst at the Church of Our Lady of Lourdes, V r Roadl s »ns?apore for the lat* Phelomina Pereira of Kuala Trengganu vno passed away at Kandan? Kerbau >.o pital, S.ngapjre on the
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  • 987 4 2the Strait* Sftmrs fcir.sapore, Thurs., Sspt. 12, 1946. Rejoice We Cannot Today we celebrate th€ formal surrender of the Japane?e forces m Malaya to the Supreme Allied Commander m South-East Asia. Our thoughts go back to that day a year ago when Singapore was electric with excitement and jubilation, when
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  • 119 4 LONDON. Wed.— lhe warnji^ that if the Russian attitude rtTmain unmodified it must nnaiiy dislocate the United Nations mach nery was uttered yesterday by Viscount Cecil of Chelwooo, V ice-President of the Unitea Nations Assoc ation. Speaking at a luncheon m London, he declared:
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  • Man In The Street
    • 417 4 TIME was when a n Englishman's home was his castle, when cve n English civilians in colonies might look with some pride and sense of security upon their right to furnish and inhabit some place they called their own. All that is changed: ther? is
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    • 139 4 ONE is amazed that of all matters, the subject of a crematorium was brought up at the last meeting of the Municipal Commissioners With shortage of rice, transport ulties soaring prices the till low. increased taxation, etc who cares whether he is buried or cremated when he finishes
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    • 272 4 '4 AM replying to the letter signed A. M. Macphail appearing in your paper of Sept. We are his nextdoor neighbours on the east s de. We are flattered to be mentioned in the same breath as "•S.E.P." This is understanda'Hi as they are the people who
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  • 1188 4  -  R.D.B. MITCHELL Reviewed By PACIFIC VICTORY. A Short History Of Australia's War Effort In The Pacific. By Hugh B«»*y.B «»*y. Australian Department of Information. PENERAL Douglas MacArthur has said that m proportion to her population no nation m the world made a moro
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 713 4 Burr— Registrar and inspector of motor vehicles Kclantan and Trem?ganu to Mrs. Violet Marjory on J-9-4G a daughter. BIRTH— On 6th September. 1946 to Soon Kiah. v/lfe of ChJa Saon Ann. th- pift of a son. Chia Hoe Pheng. SITUATIONS VACANT WANTED: Past and accurate Typist. Snortmnd not necessary, for
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    • 35 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, O.D. F.P.O.C.
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    • 114 4 r rf^| Ihetoolhbrushjy that j JI "Jumps to \rJK This is a Wisdom Tooth- Urjil brush, the brush that gives a brisker, certain f if clean. Your teeth fee) si) if fresher and there's a I sparkle m your mouth. > jgl The anchored Nylon I *>> 17 I "*n
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  • 747 5 Singapore Observes Anniversary Of Surrender The Changi Flag Today 9 s Procession Through The City By A Special Correspondent. ONE year ago today, the surrender of well over half a million Japanese troops m South-East Asia was formally signed at Singapore— l,374 days after the first Japanese bombs fell on
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  • 108 5 Hospital Workers To Have Canteen rOLLOWING a three-hour meeting in the Director of Medical Services office yesterday evening, representative of Singapore's hospital attendants who have been on strike since Aug. 9. signified their readiness to return to work tomorrow. They are going back to work on the same terms offered
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  • 45 5 Wali Mohamed, an Indian soldier, was sentenced to three years' rigorous imprisonment and fined SI, OOO or six months' imprisonment by Mr. T. T. Russell, the Second District Judge, yesterday, for unauthorised possession of a revolver and ammunition In Bukit Timah Road on July 8.
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  • 105 5 THREE Indian soldiers who were members of guard outside a military stores depot m River Valley Road were sentenced to seven years' rigorous imprisonment yesterday by Mr Justice Thorogood for armed robbery. It was alleged that the soldiers induced two Chinese to enter
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  • 439 5 INDIAN AGENT CRITICISES OFFICERS BEHA VIOUR f'RITICISM the behaviour of members if the Principal Sea Transport Off <.er's staff during the embarkation of 300 Indian passengers aboard fee Cameronia m Singapore on 3-p\ 9 is made m a statement issued to (hC strait*: Times yesterday by Mr. S. K. Chettur,
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  • 369 5 EXPENDITURE totalling $1,581,465 and an estimated L revenue of $381,800 are 1947 figures budgetted for by the Singapore Rural Board, it was announced at yesterdays meeting of the Board by Mr. C. W. A. Sennett, the Chairman. At the outset of the meeting Mr. Sennett
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  • 271 5 A SERIES of 16 cases of alleged corruption, involving Singapore policemen, clerks and a contractor, Ls to be tried during this month and the n?xt before Singapore's Additional District Court, which opened yesterday. Established specially to deal with corruption charges, the Additional District Court sent
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  • 135 5 Fis not often that we see two excellent amateur productions at the Victoria Theatre in one week, but "Hawk Island, a drama produced by the Stage Club last nifcht. was equal to the success of "Rebecca," played by a fine cast at the beginning of
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  • 52 5 Tan Oh Tai was sentenced to six months' rigorous imprisonment by Mr. T. T. Russell, the Second District Judge, yesterday for iiTongful possession of 37 bags of Siamese rice. He was fined $1,000 or six months' imprisonment on another charge of transporting the rice
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  • 380 5 From Our Own Correspondent ALOR STAR, Tues. MORE arrests of Siamese, alleged gang rnhbers, recently recall the death of Din Ann, notorious Siamese bandit leader last April, when villagers chopped off his hend during a fi 'lit. Since then the Investigation Branch at Alor Star
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  • 197 5 ON tne list to b hanged yesterdny In company with 14 other Japanese condemned for war atrocities, Lieut.. Naeataro Kokubo, "indifferent 1 and per. penally drunk" comnnnd> r o1 a PoW camp on the Siam-Buima death railway, had h's tato postponed without his knowing \h:\z hs
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  • 59 5 Tan Tiong Ihor appeared .n the Third Police Court yesterday and clamed trial to a chnrpie of giving false evidence on June 1. It was alleged that Tan m%dl a fal-e derlarat'on at the Sur. rem° Court, b^oie the Commissioner of Oaths resrardii.g a will.
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    • 87 5 You are eager fi JaP We are eager r—Dut supplies come slowly J^^^^ Almost every Business House is waiting for Royal Typewriters and Roneo Equipment. Supplies are coming through, but unfortunately, very slowly. Please register your requirements for delivery upon arrival. Phone 6480. |"vNL. LTD 104, Robinson Road, Singapore. JAMS
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    • 91 5 THEM IS MO BETTFP mtO THAN Murphy THE STATION MASTER WE ha-e been ehOM »s their Agents m th s ecu-try and we are prouc, to int-odure these famous Brltlrh Sets to you. Ycru will be pica an My surpri ed a£ their natural tone and the.r reliability A^d d
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  • 305 6 Malays Get Death For "Brutal" Murder From Our Own Correspondent ALOR STAR, Tues. f ONCURRING with the finding of one of the assessors, Mr. Justice Moor m the Kedah Assizes yesterday sentenced Taib bin Hassan and Bakar Arshad, two Malays, to death for murder of
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  • 127 6 From Our Own Correspondent RAUfi, Tuesaay. SIR Edward Gent, the Governor of the Malayan Union, w 11 be the Ku^st of honour at a luncheon party to be «iven by the Pahang Chinese community next Monday at Raub. Mr. Tsu Meng Tsung. the Chinese Consul at
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  • 69 6 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. A Si!:h bus conductor 0: the Len Seng Bus Company, Kuala Lumpur, was shot dead by three Chinese armed robbers who broke into his house m Setapak m the early hours of thil morning. The Chinese came masked and
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  • 49 6 The supply relief ship chartered by the Singapore Overseas Chinese Importers and Exporters, which was to have sailed today lor Muntok, Banka island, where a number of Chinese-owned trading vessels are detained by the Dutch authorities, has had to postpone its trip owing to passport difficulties.
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  • 239 6 Mass Burials In Penang Recalled From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Tuesday. EVIDENCE of mass imprisonment and mass burials in 1942, when the Japanese staged wholesale round-ups in Penang, was given at the war crimes trial of 35 Kempeitai members today. Ismail bin Mat Taib, subwarder at the time of Jap
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  • 91 6 From Our Own Correspondent MALACCA, Wed. MALACCA People's Restaurant.' selling 35. cent meals, w?s officially opened yesterday by the Resident Commissioner Mr. E. V. G. Day. Tea and coffee with millc are also being sold at live cents per cup. the rostaurant Ls situated at Bunga
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  • 76 6 2 Years Gaol For Keeping Revolver From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Tues. "^NY possessor of unlicensed arms is looking for the maximum sentence," said Mr B J Jennings, District Judge, today when an English speaking Chinese was sentenced to two years' imorlsorment. Cheng, who was arrested with a revolver and
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  • 177 6 Straits Tiwes Pott-Bag CAN anyone tell us why cigarette rationing was dis continued in Johore? Was it because cigarettes were available in large quantities? If so, why is it that we cannot get them when we ask for them from the retailers? Any brand of
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  • 145 6 THE rice famine now prevailing m Singapore is attributed mainly to the inability of the Siamese to fulfil their promise to supply the full amount of rice alloted to Singapore. Whatever rice may have been supplied to the Singapore public through the ration cards it is certain
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  • 214 6 {•OME months ago a notice v was printed m your paper that "Driving licences obtained during the Jap occupation will be valid and can b? renewed as and when they expire." As my licence had not expired. 1 did net bother to renew it when I saw
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
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    • 569 6 REWARD. A suitable reward will be paid to anyonj giving Information leading to ths recovery of all or any of the follow Ing articles which were deposited In two cases and left In storage with Thos. CTJbk it Son, Ltd Robinson Road. Singapore. (DA large antique Sheffield Plate tea-tray engraved
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    • 429 6 FAMOUS A. V. M. PRODUCT EAGLE BRAND fiubboc Coagulating Acid Sole Distributing Agfnls CHID A FRANCIS <Sc CO.; H.M. Arm* Contractors Sht;>rhandlers 113-A Cecil Street; Stngapoie. Tel. 2952 We have the Goods now You nav c no longer v. wait out droD 'n ana see tor sometnine if unavttMaoir m
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 185 6 RADIO PROGRAMMES RADIO MALAYA KH> NtiHUKK frv.r aooo to p.m «nd 3.30 to 11 p m on 425 metres from r.oon to i p.m on 1.525 me*, see in SI tnetrr Mad and from 7 43 to 9 30 p m on 4.78 nn sec in I melrr band CHINESE
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    • 141 6 session apen* at o p. m {rr Mt neadine» BiC pjn anc riews at ».3O pm MALAY aoon to l pm <»>ewa at 12.45 p.m.) anc from 8 am to 8 15 i.m (n»wt id Malar »t t3O cm.) TONIGHTS HIGHLIGHTS 3.30 p.m. News Headlines; 8.32 I p.m. Radio Orchestra;
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    • 123 6 dials and their organs; 8.15 a.m. Current events; 8.30 ajn. News. 7.30 pm. Music Hall; 830 p.m. News; BJS pjn. London Calling; 8.40 p.m. Interlude; 8.4S p.m. Home Survey; 9.00 p.m Mantovani; ».30 p.m. Scottish variety orchestra; 10.03 p.m Forever Arthur; 1040 pan. Radio Newsreel; 10.45 pjn. London Calling, 10.50
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  • 624 7 Processions And Sports Everywhere COUNTRYWIDE celebrations are taking place today in honour of Victory Day. A year ago today the official surrender ceremony took place in the Singapore Municipal Building. Below we give details of how the anniversary will be celebrated in Malacca, Muar and Seremban.
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  • 72 7 From Our Own Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, Wednesday. OFFICERS and men of the in. vestigation branch of the Kuala Lumpur police, following the a'fternoon performance in the Pavilion cinema today, arrested four Chinese sus. pected to be responsible for a number of armed robberies in Kuala Lumpur.
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  • 58 7 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. rE marriage took place at the Methodist Episcopal Tamil Church. Kuala Lumpur, o n Tuesday between Miss Ranee Navaratnam, daughter of Mr. M. W. Uavaratnam, assistant auditor of the Malayan Railways and President of the Ceylonese Association. Selangor, and Mr. C.
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  • 184 7 FATHER, SON SON-IN-LAW TO DIE From Our Own Correspondent MUAR, Wednesday. AT the conclusion of a four-day trial in the Muar Supreme Court, Mr. Justice Laville passed a sentence of death on three Malays, Haji Abdul Karim bin Bachok, Mustapha bin Lasalik, Haji's son-in-law, and Laputeh bin Haji Abdul Karim,
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  • 105 7 $2,000 Million Goods From US NEW YORK, Wed.— The magazine, Business Week, say s that British purchases in tha United Siates as a result of the American credit probably will total U S. $1,000,000,000 (Straits $2,120,000,000) by the end of 1946 and that similar or larger amounts will be spent
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  • 166 7 Brothers Point Out Mistake In Awards From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Wed. THREE brothers who wrote to the authorities disclaiming credit for helping the crew of a crashed Blenheim bomber in December, 1941 in Kedah averted th? Governor-General's presentation of the Supremo's certificates and cash gifts to the wrong people
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 192 7 VICTORY PEACE IN ITS TRAIN! TO-DAY'S AUSPICIOUS OPENING OF BRITAIN'S CLOSEST ALLY'S ALL-SOLDIER SHOW! (^sjvflsfllipmppi^^^^ Famous Composer .^^Hlfet. BpßPWy^^rf*wlff^ffT^ rsS nukes film debut I J2^^^^22uM^£jsl i^fl an< Sings 'HCC^"IS^L CT^pßiPfy^ /^M- THE MORNrNG HMwSS Yw'ti* (83JD Hsfi^; N %m.— 1— ».15— 65»— 9.15 p.m. W 1 J'ri mk MoMl# A
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    • 512 7 American 'resident Lines, Ltd. NtW VOKH rim Bombay and Mediterranean Port* WILLAMETTE VICTORY* In Port A>VIS McHENBT HOWE* Doe to Arrhre Sejt 'RKSIDtNT POLK Doe Ui Arrive Srnf 24 •Irrftbt only For Freight ant) Passengers appij AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINES Union Bid*., Teh: 6Zi» A MM WATERMAN LINE U.S. ATLANTIC COAST
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    • 541 7 It is pleasant to defeat a dou- t bled contract several tricks, but. c putting first things first, the im- portant point Is to defeat it and 1 then to think about the extent of i the victory! South, dealer. North-South vulnerable. NOKTU KJ9862 96 +AQ 9 8 2 WEST
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    • 208 7 ire ace, cashed the heart K.n.i, iisrarding dummy's diamond 'her. took th« trump finc^s:. East's spades were easily ruffed away and the contract became a laydown. West's shift to the spade was inexcusable! True, East had dou-bi-d five spadfrir— but since whtn has a double guaranteed possession of the ace
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  • 330 8 Easy Victory For Favourite rE three to one favourite Airborne won the St. Leger Stakes from Murren with Fast and Fair third. The winner was 1 Vi lengths ahead of Murren while three lengths separated second and third. Eleven horses ran. Betting on Murre n was
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  • 467 8 PLAYING their best game founded critics by beatin on- at Jala Besor yesterda] It must be said that the their best players but that die play. Both sides had equal c better use of them. Outstanding in the winning 1 side were Davidson,
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  • 84 8 Letter WHEN will the "Wembley Stadium" (Anson Road stadium) be released by the Military? It the S.A.F.A want more lunds. then let them appeal u> the Military for the rels«ae of the .stadium There are many occasions when hooligans spoil a game at Jalan Besar
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  • 43 8 Footballers By Parachute KARACHI. (By Air Mail) The Second Airborne Division, which has made a number of sports fixtures m northern India, has proposed that its football team should be dropped on the field by parachute at the time of the match. Reuter.
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  • 117 8 FOLLOWING an Australian offer to Ike Williams to defend his world lightweight title aia.nst Vie. Patrick, Australian rhampion, m Sydney, a report from London states that Williams has refused on the ground that the offer of £6.500 is not sufficient. Williams received th* equivalent of £8.000
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  • 57 8 The following will represent the lamll Brotherhood Amoc atioc against I the R.A.F. (Changl) a*, a friendly Same oi soccer to be placed at the Police Depot today: Slthatrbaram Abdul Rasak: G Somoo; M. Shinta: V.R. SabapaUiy: Ouani: Haron: Maniandv; VHiaretaam; Silawad n and Muthiah Rsserv«:—A. Berry;
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  • 36 8 After a hard and fast gamp on Monday. the team of >o. 2 Br. Field Company, re ran out winners by three goals to two, wh^n they m-t 16RAM Company. R.E. at Johore Bahru at soccer.
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  • 69 8 London, Tu«s. The British Boxing Board of Control today announced a derision of the European Boxing Association to recognize as th2 JEuropean mldllewe ghi champion the winner of the fight between Vines Hawkins of Britain and Marcel Cedram of Prance. The ruling gives the two contestants unt-i
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  • 90 8 London, Wed. Three Hackney Wick Stadium Kennel boys have been sent for trial at North London on a charge of administ?r:ng drugs to greyhounds. Ball is allowed. The prosecution said the boyj made a statement that they got Into touch with a bootmaker and gave him tips of
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  • 31 8 Buenos Aires. Tusa rtaelio Serra won the Argentine professional golf championship by defeating th? defending champion, Poberto de Vincenco, 5 pud 4 m a 36holc final of the Hurlin.Thatn Club's course.—A.P.
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  • 42 8 Pittsburgh, Tues L'RED Perry and Frank Kovacs. numx ber one, won the doubles championship of proi'ssional masters of tennis. defeat n-? the second seeded of Welby Van Horn am* Bobby Rl-^s 6-2 6-4, 3-6 9-7— A. P.
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  • 55 8 The Ceylon Sport. Club will play cricket against the Johore IndoCeylonese at Sigamat on Eatiirdav and Sunday. Their t?am will te: T.E.K. R«tnam (Oapt .">. V.R. Saba'-a'.hy. K. Muthucumaru. S.K. Sundra-n. S. Yojorajah. A. Vijia-etnam. V.N. Pillai. E. r>>ra s?my. S.A. Darai. W. Ponniah. S.
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  • 90 8 The Combined Army XI to play the (hne<f Athletic Assoria ion at soccer at Jalan Besar Stadium this afternoon will be: Si?. Goram (Alfaem): 1./Cpl. Champion <R.F.M E.I. Drr. Stevnson (711 T. Coy. R.K.); Staff Set. Llo?d fAlfs^a). Cpl. Galloway (711 T. To R.E.). S?t.
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  • 191 8 CLEVELLAND. Wed. THE National Boxing Associa1 t on has ordered Marty Servo to defend his welterweight title against Ray Robinson by Dec. 1 this yeai, or voluntarily rehnqu sh his title says United Press. In making the decision M.B.A. refused to support the New
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  • 133 8 INDIAN CRICKET ABANDONED SCARBOROUGH. Tues. IN the cricket match between India and H. D. L >veson Gower's Eleven Indiu scored 19 1 for eight at lunch unie when th? game was abandoned cf,i.n to rain Jcorers were INDIANS lsi Ions. 13 LEVESON GOWEB'S XI 313 INDIA— 2ND INNS. Sirwair b
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  • 59 8 i ENGLISH cricketers are losing I** weight as the Stirling Castle passes through the Red Sea. cables Norman Preston. Reuter's special correspondent travelling with the team. The temperature yesterday was 138 degrees m the sun and 110 In the shade. Ship's officers say they cannot remember
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  • 437 8 'From Our Own Correspondent' MALACCA, Mon. DOR the purpose of resuscitating T the activities of the Malacca Amateur Football Association, the Malacca Cricket Association and the Malacca Hockey Association, a general meeting of prewar office-bearers and committee members of these associations was held at the Malacca
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