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THE "TOI SHAN"
The circumstances of the sink
the the
When 150 Indian Infantry the Erigace must be commented. 24354 3231Brigade sails for lud.an tomorrow on the way it has been carried it will be leaving Hong Kong out and the inaterial help it after just over a year's service in jafforded us ze speedy rehabilita- the Colony. The Brigade Contien of the Colony. Gen. Festing with mander, Brigadier P. Lindsay has honoured both units
Japanese who himself, raised 'the brigade, the presentation of a brought there in December 1943. Gun in teken of their good and In particular, the departure of steadfast service. the Jodhpur Sardar Infantry and There are retained other and the First Travancore Infantry more festive memories. Long to (the Jaipur Guards left in be remembered is the Swimming SOUTH EAST ASIA TRADING CO. (SIAM) Ltd. ing of the "Tei Shan" and the November) will be a sad low. to Gala last summer held in ald of heavy loss of life caused in con- the many for whom they bave The Governor's Relief Fund, ably 69, Connaught Road West.
and dec:ratively organised by the sequence are quite obviously the long becime a familiar sigh
and Travancores. There was in both State an eager proper subject for an official in-
march of welcome awaits these spectacular hearly quiry of a public nature, either
Regiments who have been abroad Jodhpurs, headed by their Pipe by the holding of an inquest of from their homes for six years band, through Kowloon, on the by Harbour Offer
H.H. of action. of war service. The Travanceres celebration
birthday: the Breaches of port regulations ap-saw service in India, in Assam, Maharajali's
ten party given al pear to be suggested and justify and were ear-marked for opera- Travancores investigation designed to show tion in Burma when the Japanese Gun Club Hill for three hundred what measures are or cann be surrender brought the campaign poor children; the taken to prevent such breaches, to an abrupt end. The Jodhpurs brigade sports meeting directed
further must successfully by Major Trivandrum, where, in a matai [Other allegations made are offcund themselves yet
occasions, in the beach. he intercedis f
size of his -neule. much more serious nature, with afield, campaigning as far from Dungar Singh. These
festival the aften Jodhpur, on a direct conflict in statement be home as Eritrea, Italy and Sicily. muriced by the friendliness which the
Colony, owes a debt to these reginents rween the master of the vessel and to these two regiments and to shown, proved a delight to Dashera, the teepy maneli In Ihn sume of the passengers. on the the Brigade as a whole. Arriving who attended them.
On their return bone, the men point of the availability of life-bere at a time whch Hong Kong saving apparatus. It
the was still under Military Adminis-and cfficers of both tegiments,
resunte once more sheerest chance that the disaster tration, the Brigade, in common will be able occurred close to Tai-O and that with 3 Commando Bdr. had the the distinctive part they play in annual celebrations of difficult and often arducus task their
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H.H. The Maharaja ef Jodhpur and the officers of the Jodhpur Sardar Infantry.
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is fired 1 honour the urs memer of Ram Chandr time King of India." This Khe vega spicingle banished by his father it becure a ereal hom
ve his slaving exile
ill-famed King Bawan, Ceylon
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BARCLAY ON BRIDGE
By Shepard Barclay. "The Authority on
YOUR ONLY
PROTECTION
Authorities",
ther, could have read South's blar, zould have come in with His A on the spade Kand then In his smug position. with should have fired back the club partner to be misled, the declarer which would have set the "can_false-card, to his heart's, con- |
- Bangkok – Singapore - Manila there were a good many fishing of keeping a watch on law and State, when Shanghai-
junks in the vicinity able to ren-order while the Civil Adminis-form the main contingent in San Francisco
assistance and pick
uptration set about the restoration these resplendent processions. survivors, Even so, the death-coll for the Colony normality.7 In addition to such rejoicings was clearly very heavy and the Detachments of its units were as birthdays and levees, there are reliable ten sent far and wide on ruch religious celebrations such as the C-54 “SKYMASTER" 4 ENGINED PLANE difficulty of obtaining a
Arst
procession which included anti-yearly lestirate provides, merely one more duties. Troint for investigation. Too many piracy operations with a party of Travancore. At this, His Highness, nosˇahve-rh: for-the-ready actually is. Your sole prateelien:
dressed in the clothes of a simple friendliness which has been such his a marked feature of its officers escorted by The police" and security werk peasant,
barefoot has been an exacting job, and forces,
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The Brigade will :ng be re- and willy nilly do all sorts membered in Hong Kong for its of things in try to bamboozle his the Colony's Pponents. Skillful work on his vart may create Illusions that his contribution incorts in the last year, and, perholding is different from what it meainst some of this fenagling is to signal the best you can to your cartner about your own toldings. 10 a 7 It is up to your associate, how- ever, to natice your signals. If he doesn't, your love's labor is lost. 985 2
to and men.
"Officers of the First Trayancare Infantry,
The Rubble That
Cologne
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Ten years should be
Sino-Siamese
Incidents Complaint
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Nerui-South
After West lends the diamond 12 azninsi South's 3-No Trumps, the and K being played, how should probabic trick ecunting establish the declarer's plan?
EX-CRETE C.-IN-C. TO BE TRIED
Athens, Jan. 12. General Andre. German Cem- to the 10 with the J, South.count-mander in Crete in 1941 has.
been handed over to the Greek security police by the United States authorities for trial as a war criminal.
ed up eight tricks av sure that one, plus five in diamonds and two in hearts. His game depend- ted on eking cut a spade trick before the defenders could ลงด their clubs. If West had the spade A he could afford to lose a trick to that card. as the clubs would till be guarded. But It Eust won dlift spade trick, he could be wrecked by a club return through
the K.
He will be tried on charges of mass murder and atrocities against the population. of Crete.
CLEMENCY TO DEPORTEES
rally for action with the cry, "Palestine for the Arals. Perish Zionism." The Zionists demand that Palestine be established as a Jewish Commonwealth. U Aung San, thé, chief member of the Burmese, delegation to London to discuss the future of his coun try. instucts the "People's Volunteer Firce," which is his
Two other German generals, OWE creation, to be ready fur
who were in eammand in Crete direct action "if we don't succeed
from 1942 onwards, Brauer jin securing our demands." In
and Mueller, were sentenced to India,, Mr. Narain, a leader of
Bangkok, Jan. 1
death by the Greek wap trimi- the Socialist left-wing of the Con-
Slam has complained to Chin long problem Is prodigious. It is
To protect himself against that!nal court in Athens ou Dec. 10
last year. Reuter gress party, from whose Working enough to clear the rubble from joggravated by lack of labour and about the continuance of
South Jald down the diamond A Committee he has
resigned, Cologne, the first city to be recked all kinds of building materialscidents between Chinese residents until he first had a spade trick.
in Bangkok and Siamese. Mr. Direk Chainan, Sanese Farsign and K, then fed the spade K. If predicts the break-down of the by a 1,000-plane air raid. When except salvaged bricks.
East had the A, thought South Interim Government and of the the rubble has been cleared, the The war left 12,000,000 icns of Minister, decored here today.
build-rubble in Cologne, plus the jagg- skeleton walls of gutted
that would make East beleve Constituent Assembly, and urges ings must come down. Then the fed walls which jut from the
'Mr. Chainon said he had sent that the declarer had no. more the people to prepare for a "re-real job of rebuilding can begin. wreckage. At first, the debris a detailed report to the. Stare diamonds and was trying to build volutionary struggle" All these
the Ambasade in Vanking vester the spade Q into a dummy entry. Cologne is as spectacular amcrely was shoveled out of
day for abmission to the Chines East. "seeing through that
Athens, Jan. 12. gop leaders plainly believe that rain as any of the 50 first cities streets to permit resumption
Government.
When the Greek Chamber of the British Government can
achine," played low on the K. be of Germany.
*1# more traffic: moulded to their will by threat. spectacular than most.
'Re'ntion bween the large whereupon South, ran the needed Deputies resumes it session on In addi- Rain and sun tave "melted
Chinese population
Thursday the Government will Presently, a point must he tion to damage from many
'alt {down" this mass into a putly- and the Siamese have bony
West blew up then. "Didn't you announce measure of clemency reached at which even a Socialist ruids, the city suffered from like substance laced with stone, strained ever since the Japanessee me play the 9 and then the affecting deported persons Covernment must declare that it heavy ground fighting in the out-steel and wood. It has become Furrender, which was followed by on the diamond. A and K?" he speed up consideration of HI- will not negotiate under menace. skirts.
jan elmost immovable whole.
clashes between Chinese civilians
asked.
leged political offences and re- The result was the. Glinost Under 0 To both India and Burma have complete wreckage of the inner clearance programme, every man according
voluntary rubble and Siamese diers, in which,No, I didn't notice the size of duce the number of prisoners
Lo Chinese sources 肇 been conceded the power to leave city--the area inside the suml-between 18 and 00, and every
about 25 people were killed and those cards," answered the cul- in Greek guals and places the British Commonwealth, if circular ring road" which starts woman between 18
prit in the East. If he had, he exile. and 45 is 132 injured, they so choose. Meanwhile, both and ends on the east bank of the asked to contribute a nine-hour Clashes were sait to have would have known they indicated This was announced today
administered by leaders of Rhine. Scarcely a building-from work day every four months,
dispute as la a two-card holding, with South by Dr.. Constantin Taaldaris, their own choice, and in neither the famous Cathedral to the tiny Ninety-two per cent of the able whether Chinese were entitled to retaining another diamond. He the Prime Minister. Reuter.
By their national flag to celebrates Case is there any allegation that houses in the narrow alleys-bodied residents of Cologne wurk
victory the Viceroy or the Governor has escaped-serious-damage,
their share. But unless the job exercised his overriding powers.
In the city us a whole, 80- peř | can be speeded, children Further
buildings of the
were eight will be summoned progress towards the
damaged. Before the final form of self-Government is Cologne had a large tourist trade.
wur, task. nor hampered by any action of To accommodate visitors, it had the British Government, which 17,000 hotel rooms. Only 100 are has shown-itself-only-too-willing | left. The largest hotel" has the rid of responsibilities, but rooms intact.
arc
cent
13
by the clash of parties within the Cologne's prewar population of countries themselves. In the 762,000 shrank to 40,000 at the endeavour to resolve these
time of the city's fall, but new in-
has risen, to 520.000. The housing ternal differences conferences have been arranged in London.
That of the Indian leaders fail Meter
ed in its purpose. It is not
#
happy augury for the success of
the Burmese talks that U Aung Measures
San, who for a period co-operated
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Iparently believe that the right inute for the occasion is truculent
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NO BOMB OUTSIDE HOTEL
Maybe-s
New York; Jan. 13. A new. opinion meter that registers all shades of opinion as well as simple yes or no-- is described in the review of scientific instruments.
If a person is 75 per cent in favour of something or only
of
+
arisch
out of a
in Bangkok tricks for game.
without hoisting the Siamese flag as well. Many more CARNIVAL rf elashes
have, occurred
and the to the series of inekients is rapidly com-
Children To
ing to the climax-Reuter.
Sentenced Hang
New York, Jan. 13. į`
Two Negro boys both fourteen, have been senten- ced to hang in Jackson, chief city of Missis- sippi State having been indicted, tried and convicted on the same day...
According to their defence At their trial both boys plead lawyer, a confession that they ed not guilty, but were given shot their employer, a farmer, little opportunity to defend them-
was wrung from them while jselves.
un angry mob outside the gaol When the jury was being were demanding that the boys chosen one Juryman jumped up be turned over to them,
rhouting: "I say kill them.. I say
After the boys, James Adams bang them."
Judge overruled a defence mo-
and Robert Truesdale, were sen He was discharged, but the tenced to death, Mr., W. D. Coleman, their lawyer, appealed
tien tirat the rest of the fury be
William Lauderdale, editor of
Rome Jun. 12. The British military police to- day denied that a bomb. had been 15 per cent for it, his opinion to Mississippi Supreme Court dismissed, found outside the Royal Air registers in those fractionsi The appeal was dismissed, Force hotel "Miand" in Rome, The meter will take 150 News of the sentence became the Jackson News, told, the Dally as was reported by the Italian different opinions, of this kind known nationally only yesterday Mirror, New York, correspondent police in all Rome, newspapers. at one time and in 10 seconds when Mrs, Blanche Melers, 55, last night;
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Dr. Bottino, chief of the Rome average and show the result on mother of eight with only a few """We" are not getting excited political police, admitted to & dial that reads from 0 to months of live, left her bed in-about this case because we feel Reuters today, that the misunder-100 per cent
Oakland, California, yesterday, to that, the Governor can deal with standing had arisen over an in- The meter was developed by go 2,000 miles to the boys aid. H. We are hardened to outside accurate report handed in by the General Electric Company -"I cannot belleve that eveni [ridicule in this State." one of his police officials, who for use in conferences and poli-junder any circumstances; children Mississippi's population is one was sent to the hotel yesterday tical meetings. Associated should be given the extreme third black. It is the State of for investigations-Reuter.
Press,
penalty," she said."
Negra-haling Senator. Bilbo,
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