The Straits Times, 18 June 1946

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    20 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER ESTABLISHED OVER A CENTURY EIGHT PAGES. SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, JUNE 18, 1946. PRICE 10 CENTS,
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    FAR EAST INTEREST IN PARIS TALKS
    598 1 Test Of Soviet Relations With United States PARIS, Monday. THE first critical test of the cordial atmosphere here m the Foreign Ministers' Conference is expected today when the "Big Four" renew their efforts to write the Italian treaty. The clash between Russia and the
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    Muslims Likely To Accept Viceroy's Plan
    187 1 Muslims Likely To Accept Viceroy's Plan NEW DELHI, Monday. IT is thought here that the Muslim League is likoiy to accept the interim government named by the Viccny, Visccunt Wavell, and the British Cabinet Mission. The influential section of the C< n»ress Parly Working Committee opposed the Government. but ths
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    Twelve Sailors Killed
    36 1 FLUSHING. Sun.— Ten Indor."iian and two Dutch sailors wen killed when they jump?d overboard af;er th? 8.000-ton i Dutch steamer Meertierk struck a rr at the entrance to the F I I Estuary.
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    MacDonald Announces Move
    117 1 MacDonald Announces Move From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Monday. THE Governor-General, Mr. Malcolm MacDcnald, m an official statement today announced the removal "m the near future" of his herdquarters from Penang to S!n?apore. "Until now," Mr. MaeDonald's statement says, "my headquarters staff have been located m Penang. "In view of
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    THEIR MAJESTIES ON VICTORY DAY
    58 1 The King, the Que-n, and the Princesses drove around th? route m a Slate carriage to the saluting bas« m the Mall on Victory Day. The Royal Family is here seen entering the park. Four of the Windsor Greys draw the carriage which is escorted
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    Jap War Crimes Suspect Jumps From Train
    105 1 Jap War Crimes Suspect Jumps From Train From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. ris reported that the Japanese war crimes respect, Sgt.-Major Yuichi Minami, escaped from an armed escort by jumping from the train while being taken from Kuala Lumpur to Kota Bahru for an identification parade. Minami, who
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    RUBBER CRISIS THREAT
    343 1 LONDON, Sunday. WITHOUT a big advance on the utterly inadequate price of tenpsnee per pound fixed by the British Government for growers the United States pays one shillingthere may be a serious crisis m the Malayan rubber industry," declares Mr. O. M. Green m the Observer today.
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    Rubber Battle To Be Settled In 1948
    141 1 Rubber Battle To Be Settled In 1948 Akron, (Ohio) Mon.— The battle between synthetic and natural rubber, which has been raging since the Inception of the synthetic variety, and which has been heightened by the quick development of synthetic rubber during the war, Is expected to be settled In 1948.
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    JEWS BLOW UP EIGHT JORDAN BRIDGES
    316 1 JERUSALEM, Monday. lINIFORMED Jewish extremists, usin^; automatic weapons, land mines and bombs, blew up eight bridges along the Palestine-Trans Jordan frontier during the night m co-ordinated attacks, it was officially stated today. Earlier it was reported that all five bridges across thr> river Jordan
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    The King On Atomic Research
    298 1 The King On Atomic Research THE King, opening the Royal Society's Empire Scientific Conference m London toclay, said that tho production of the atomic b>mb must never be usod m an argument against scientific research. "It shot-Id rather lead us all to seek lor ways and means of increasing our
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    Indonesians Make Fresh Proposal
    90 1 BAT AVI A. Mon.— A high-: ranking Dutch spokesman tonight confirmed that Indonesian counter proposals were today oresented to Dr. Hubertus Van Mook. Lieutenant GovernorGeneral of the Netherlands E.^st Indies, trough an intermediary British officer The spokesman said the pM of the orooosals would *>c cabled
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    "JAP LEADERS PERVERTED YOUTH"
    354 2 Prosecution Charge At Tojo Trial TOKYO, Monday. JAPAN used her schools to fill youth with the fanatical belief that Nippon had a "divine mission" to East Asia, a Marine Lt. Colonel today testified as the first prosecution witness at the trial of Hideki Tojo, Japan's wartime
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    England Halts Battleship Building
    192 2 England Halts Battleship Building LONDON, Sunday. BRITAIN'S programme of naval construction is likely to mark time until the major problems affecting the future role of aircraft carriers are resolved. The Navy's capital strength is being cut to five battleships and six major aircraft carriers and new building is virtually nonexistent.
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    25 2 TEHERAN, Mon.— The Persian Cabinet has approved the settlement of the negotiations with the northern "home rule* province of Azerbaijan. It was announced here yesterday.
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    UNO Considers Franco Spain Question
    252 2 UNO Considers Franco Spain Question NEW YORK, Monday. THE Security Council goes back into session today with at least eight votes assured for the adoption of the sub-committee's report, tailing for the 51-nation general assembly to take action against the Franco regime in Spain. M. Andrei Gromyko. the Russian delegate
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    39 2 PORT SAID, Sun.— The Gra: d Mufti of Jerusalem, Hal Am m el Husseini. was not round on board the British troopship Devonshire when she was searched by a party from the destroyer Virago, it was learned here today.
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    Britain Has Very Few Drug Addicts
    393 2 LONDON, Sunday. DESPITE years of heavy attack coupled with stringent rationing of food and drink the British people did not turn to opium smoking and the use of narcotics as a means of forgetting their worries. This is one of the three main points
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    TANKS ENTER THE MALL
    34 2 The mechanised column passts through the Admiralty Arch to the Mall on Victory Pay m London. There were 480 mech anised vehicles ranting from jee pt to the heaviest tanks
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    DE GAULLE BACK IN POLITICS
    281 2 PARIS, Monday. PENERAL Charles de Gaulle has re-entered the political U arena as a possible candidate for the Presidency of the French Republic. He abandoned his self-impost d silence yesterday and expressed strong support for a two-chamber constitution headed by a President with real powers
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    Reds Refuse To Join Coalition
    127 2 PARIS, Monday. THE Fiench Communist Party has refused to iaKe part in the coalition government headed by MRP (Progressive Catholics), the strongest patty in France The Central Committee of the Party passed a resolution favouring continuation of the tripartite government under Socialist leadership. The resolution
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    Monty Flying To India
    119 2 Monty Flying To India JERUSALEM, Sun.-Field Marshal Montgomery left Palestine today by air for India, it was officially stated here tonight. A Palestine Government statement says that Montgomery later left Lydda for India m an R.A.F. plane. The statement does not say anything about Montgomery's mission to India. The Field
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    No Interference With Poland
    102 2 WARSAW, Sun.— The British Attorney-General, Sir Hartley Shawcross, stated here today that Britain has no desire to Interfere with the internal affairs of the Polish Government. In a press conference, Sir Hartley denied that the bringing of General Anders* army to Britain had any political significance,
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    BRITAIN LIKELY TO CUT BREAD
    279 2 LONDON, Monday. DRITAIN'S Food Minister, Mr. John Sirariiey last night laid the prospect of bread rationing directly before the British people. He said the nation could offer no better proof of its international good faith. Mr. Strachey not only said that bread rationing was "highly
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    Toscanini To Conduct In London
    219 2 Toscanini To Conduct In London LONDON, Mi nd:iy. {N bringing his full La Scalu Milan orchestra of 120 to play at a concert here for th^ first time on July 3 M. Arturo Toscanini, the world famous conductor, will be creating England's greatest postwar musical attract;on. Already before the concert
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    B. B. C. Quoted By Mihailovitch
    102 2 B. B. C. Quoted By Mihailovitch BELGRADE. Sun.— The E.B.C. figured in the tnal of Gen Dragomir Mihailovitch, Chetnlk leader accused of collaboration, v;hich was resumed here today Cross-examined about the "Black Troikas" who are described in the indictment as an "organisation for assassination," Mihailovitch said it had bee 1
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    Europeans Break Up S. A. Indians' Camp
    102 2 DURBAN. Mon.— About thirty Europeans last night cut down and carried away the tento at a camp which was established last Thursday by seventeen Indians, including six w men. m prjrest I the »siati-: Land Ttnun Bill. Dr G. M. Naijker, President of
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    Hunt For Bose On India-Burma Border
    64 2 LONDON. Mon -The Exchange Telegraph, m a dispatch from Calcutta, said today that the newspaper Hindustan Standard had reported that Scotland Yard and Indian Police authorities are maintaining a vigilant watch along the entire India-Bunr.a border m an effort to capture Subhas Chandra Bose
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    PREFAB GODOWNS FOR S.H.B.
    309 3 EIGHT prefabricated transit sheds of stool and corrugated iron sheets have been erected in the Singapore Harbour Board area, lour more are being completed. and a further 14 are to be built. It is hopL'd that the erection of all these "prefabs" will Le completed by
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    Penghulu B.E.M. Winner
    155 3 Prom Our Own Correspondent SEGAMAT, Sat.—Sixty-one-year old Che Puntong bin Lajim, recently awarded the British Empire Medal m the King's Birthday Honours, is a wellknown Se?amat personali y. He is Penshulu of Jerrentah, a small town 14 miles from Segamat on the road to Muar Due to
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    New French Crisis Threatens
    99 3 PARIS, Sun.— The threat of a serious new French political crisis od yesterday as trie Comnnmi.st Party gave si ;ns of balkin^ at a government headed by the present Foreign Minister, M. I s Bidanlt. Speakers at a meeting of the party's central committee advoca>d a
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    CATHOLIC SEA SCOUTS
    81 3 The first Catholic Sea Scouts (Bt. Peter's) Troop has been l m Kampon-; Bahru. On Trinity Sunday, at an impressive ceremony. Rev. Father J. Fox. the Scoutmaster of this Troop. the Investiture, sno'te of tli> significance of the occasion. Tli<> Troop was nn.mcd Si. Peter's Tr.iop and
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    Saturday's Wedding
    22 3 Mr. Pat de Souza and his bride (formerly Miss Margu<:ite van Too.en) photographed after thrir wedding m Singapore on Sa'urday.
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    Malay Nationalism Astonished MPs
    731 3 Malay Nationalism Astonished MPs LONDON— (By Air Mail). LIEUTENANT-COLONEL D. R. Rees-Williams and Captain L. D. Gammans, upon returning to London from their six weeks tour cf Malaya and Sarawak, spent over two hours reporting on their mission to Mr. George Hall, the Colonial Secretary. As might be expected from
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    Accused Major Testifies At Local Court Martial
    576 3 Accused Major Testifies At Local Court Martial 'Not In Financial Need, 'Says Counsel "UY client will deny any evidence of the alleged loan and evidence will be given that at all material times he was not m financial need," declared Mr. G. M. Coltart yesterday. He was dealing with some
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    Fatal Accident
    33 3 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Mon.— Three persons were killed and one seriously injured when a car m which they were travslling collided with a miJitoiy truck at Bagan Ajam, Butterworth
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    Malayan Exhibition, Aug. 3-5
    197 3 Malayan Exhibition, Aug. 3-5 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. THE Malayan exhibition organis- ed annually by the Malayan Agri-Horticultural Association will be revived in Kuala Lumpur during the August Bank Holiday week-end this year. It will open on Saturday. Aug. 3. l:id continue until Aug. 5. In spite
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    Chinese Life And Art Exhibition
    71 3 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.— More than 10,000 people Including a number of Europeans and British servicemen visited the Chinese life and art exhibition held at Kuala Lumpur during the five days beginning l«st Wednesday. The exhibition was held under the auspices o/
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    Blow At Colour Bar In U.S.
    88 3 NEW YORK, Sun —A blow has been struck at th> segregation of Neg I and white travellers by a rum.i given by the baited js kd Supreme Court that segregation on buses engaged in intcr-state business is ilbgal. The ruling was given in a
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    Tortured Man Gave 10 Names
    401 3 ALLEGATIONS that he had to sign six or seven statements, m one of which where he was asked to give the names of people who had been discussing Allied war news he gave ten names at r?ndom. were made by S. V. Murugupillai, signal master
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    Occupation Detective Charged
    376 3 Occupation Detective Charged From Our Own Correspondent MALACCA, Mon. 1 preliminary inquiry into a charge of voluntarily can^'"" grievous hurt to a Malay, Haji Amat bin Haji Laiip. with a view to extorting ft confession, against VV. Tudor alias Tudor Wimalasurendra. was heard todav before Lt.-Comrr.ander T. F. Penny. Tudor,
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    Penang Clerks Ask Back Pay
    137 3 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Mon— The Penang Clerical Union is to take up the question of back pay for mercantile staffs, it was decided at a recent meeting of the Unions Committee. This decision follows the compilation of statistics received from members showing that
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    REMITTANCES AND EXPORTS FROM SIAM
    117 3 AN important question afT-Tt- ing rice exooris from Siam was asked by Mr I). Wai! rSmith (Tons, Hertford) who asked the Chancellor o» t»«c Exchequer in the Hoi Commons recently whether facilities yet exist for mnittinj» money between the I'niicd Kingdom and Siam. Mr. Dalton:
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    GUERILLAS LAY DOWN THEIR ARMS
    204 3 GUERILLAS LAY DOWN THEIR ARMS From Our Ojvn Correspondent IPOH, Monday. IN the little township of Lenggong in Upper P« rak, about 150 remnant guerillas returned their arms to the British on Saturday. Present at the ceremony were Win? Commander D. Thomson and Ilui Meng Hoong. Chinese Consul of Kuala
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    Memorial To British Dead Is Unveiled
    138 3 DATA VIA, Sunday. A MEMORIAL to Brithh Var dead was unveiled by Lieut. -Gen. Muntagu Stopford. C-in-C. ALFSKA, in the 124-year eld British chw.cti in Bataviu tcday. The memorial is a marble plaaup, bearins th? crests of the three servi.-es and the insigna of
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      62 3 STRAITS TIMES PRINTING DEPT. has received stocks of coloured lightweight manifold paper. We are now able to quote reasonable rates for order books, requisites books, sales books and all printed matter requiring the use of coloured copy sheets of lightweight paper. Following colours are ava.iaoio: CJreen Mauve Apple Green Blue
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    IN MEMORIAM
    36 4 In loviug memory ol toe late Mr. Andrew Goh Slew Kirn, age 24 years. Of tlu C.rioo.ldated Accounts Depl., Mun.cipality, Singapore, who passed r.way en tue 2nd May, 1946. Inscr.ed by his sorowlul wile.
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Tues., June 18, 1946. Forcing The Issue
    889 4 The Straits Times Singapore, Tues., June 18, 1946. Forcing The Issue Britain, for so long under a charge of keeping India in bondage against the will of an overwhelming majority of the fndian people, is fine ing It extraordinarily difficult to force that unhappy country to accept the complete lndepend?nce
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    Heresy In An Embassy
    298 4 Lord Inverchapel, Britain's new Ambassador in Washington, 'is a man of great courage. Nat 'only did the storm centres of Mos[cow and Batavia fail to ruffle his equanimity; he has now given even greater proof of his fighting spirit by declaring publicly that cricket is the
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    QUEEN AND CRICKETER
    24 4 The Queen, talking with Alan Fairfax, the Australian cricketer, at the King Edward VII Sanatorium at Mid hurst Sussex, last month.
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      Plenty Of Transport, Mr. Bartley!
      200 4 CONSIDERING that there are V* literally thousands of serviceable lorries and trucks lying in and around Singapore unused and deteriorating, the statement by the Municipal President in his letter to the Ratepayers' Association that "heavy transport for handling refuse is totally inadequate and can only
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      Hooligans Only
      278 4 Fis most disheartening that gangs of hooligans are disturbing the peace ol two sister communities In Singapore. It is more disappointing when news oi this hooliganism is splashed as a '•Hindu-Muslim Clash," etc., in the P:ess. Tho display of news of this nature may create a bad atmosphere
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      Apples At The Docks
      111 4 I heartily agree with the Merchant Service correspondent who wrote In your columns on Pilfering at the Singapore Docks. When I arrived baci in Malaya from West Australia by the Gorgon, our cargo included several thousand cases of apples. These were unloaded before our excess baggage.
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      Good News Coming?
      71 4 I FEEL extremely happy to learn of the cost-of-living allowance of $45 per month, at a flat rate, to be piven to Government servants I hope an increase of wages will follow, especially the Singapore Harbour Beard. An employee of the Harbour Board with 11 years' service
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    In A Suburban Zoo
    292 4 AFTER a rpate of opinions on "political consciousness", It was refreshing to read B. L. Narang under the emotion "Why Cocks Crow" m your paper. It Is reassuring to find that somewhere the sense of "domestic consciousness" is still alive In chorus with B. L. Narang
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    MALAYAN CIVIL, SERVICE?
    787 4  -  "JUNIUS" By Or Just The M.C.S. I HAVE read with admiration the recent leaders in the Straits Tana on the position of local men in Government service. The recent promotion of a member of the General Clerical Service to the Malayan Civil Service, however, shouM not blind
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    London Talks On Future Of Borneo
    615 5 London Talks On Future Of Borneo Rehabilitation Of Territory Pla nned THE fate of British North Borneo vis-a-vis the Chartered Company, which m pre-war days reigned supreme over the territory, is not known yet. Discussions are at present going on m London between the Chartered Company and the Colonial Office
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    LEAST DEATHS IN SIAM
    174 5 Jap OSSicer Says 'R Jap witness in the Sixth Slngapore War Crimes Court yesterday gave a new explanation of why PoWs on the SiamEurma railway were made to go out and work when sick. Describing a meeting of PoW camp medical officers held at Saiyon to
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    66 5 A tea-party was hela on behalf of the Alor Gajah Indian Association at th? premises of the local Recreation Club, at P n.rr on June 12, in honour of Dr. S. S Rao and the Government of India Medical Mission. Among those present were Major A W. Lamond. District Officer.
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    Important Talks In Singapore
    45 5 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. THE Governor of tie Malayan I'nion, Sir Edward Gent, is flying to Singapore on Wednesday morning for impotant discussions on administiative prohlcrrs nith the GovernorC'.r reral of Mala- a and the Governor of Singapore.
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    38 Gaoled For Holding Unlawful Assembly
    335 5 Hindu-Muslim Disturbances A SEQUEL to the Hindu-Muslim disturbances m Singapore was heard yesterday when 11 Tamil Hindus, their ages ranging from 16 to 35 years, were produced before Mr. R. C. Hoffman m the Fourth Court, and charged with holding an unlawful assembly while
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    Chinese Appeal To Consul-General
    106 5 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. A meeting of Pan-Malayan Chinese relief associations held m Kuala Lumpur on Sunday under the chairmanship of Mr. Tan Kali Kee resolved to approach the Chinese Consul General at Singapore for effective action to be taken for the repatriation
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    Empire Society Greet V-Paraders
    91 5 Empire Society Greet V-Paraders THE Royal Empire Society held a tea party in London on June 13 for members of the Colonial Victory Contingent. Detachments for East and Central Africa. West Africa, Malaya, Coylon. Fiji. Malta. Bermuda and Leeward and Windward Islands were present. Guests were welcomed by Major General
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    European Member Of S.I.B.Gaoled
    395 5 ON pleading guilty to charges of possession of an automatic pistol and seven rounds of ammunition, 32-year-old Ronald Charles Marriot who appeared before Mr. Paul Storr yesterday. was sentenced to six months' rigorous imprisonment and fined $50 or 14 days' imprisonment respectively. In passing sentence Mr.
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    Malayan V-Paraders
    66 5 The De-uty !VTa>or of Sou'hamp'.on, Conn Mlor P. J. M a accompanied by Air Commodore, M. Howe and Brigadier V.C. A. Hanney met t^e Malayan contingent to the Victory pa ade recently at Southatrp'on. The picture above shows a policeman, a member o! Fo-cs 13G and two meinbtrs
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    Demob. Groups In Malaya: Commons Query
    492 5 Demob. Groups In Malaya: Commons Query (From Our Own Correspondent) LONDON, June 7. A GRIEVANCE of service-men •m Malaya awaiting demobilisation was discussed In the House of Commons this wee!:, when a Conservative member, Lt.-Cdr. G I C. Hutchison (Edinburgh. West) asked the Secretary of State for War whether he
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    COURT STORY OF THEFT OF TIN INGOTS
    234 5 COURT STORY OF THEFT OF TIN INGOTS THE story of how a of 30 Chinese entered the Straits Trading Company's smelting works at Puiau Brani on the night of Dec. 16 la.st year, and co emitted roobery ot 340 tin ingots valued at $C 3,000. was told tc tr. Justice
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    First Singapore Assizes Opens
    277 5 SINGAPORE'S first Assizes after more then four yer.rs was v held yesterday, but unhke previous openings with n:> ceremonial. Mr. Justice R. Moor took the bench shortly after 11 a.m. Before him was a li.-t of 14 cases which the AariM Court will deal with during
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    K.L. Trial For Kempei Man
    55 5 From Our Own Cutreipondent KUALA LUMFUR. Mon. SGT. KhhJ Yoshir.obu, prominent mentcr of t!»« 1 Kerr.pcitai both i i Singapore ani Kuola Lumpur, v :il come vi :cr trial here on Monday. June -JJ. Nishi is charged with ment of civilian residents contrcry to the
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    TIENTSIN FACES DIFFICULTY
    375 6 TIENTSIN, Fri:— North China's leading port city, Tientsin, gateway to a rich hinterland, faces a difficult situation. Ten months after the end of the war, the port has received practically no merchandise, foodstuffs or supplies from abroad through private trade channels. A very limited quantity of merchandise
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    Chinese Squadron At Honolulu
    95 6 Chinese Squadron At Honolulu HONOLULU. Mon— Flying the Chinese flag, a sauadron of eight war vessels of the new Chinese Navy have today steamed proudly into Honolulu harbour. Port Kamahemaha thundered a 21-sun salute as the flagship moved to anchor in Kewalo basin. The Chinese Consul-General Mr. King Chau Mui,
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    Champion Typist Earns £94,000
    72 6 Champion Typist Earns £94,000 NEW YORK, Sun.— Albert Angora, of Evans'.on (Illinois) has earned more than £94,000 as a typist. Ango a has been seven times world champion. He has averaged 112 words a minute in a boar's test and hit sperds as hi;Ii as 175 words a minute. One
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    Duchess Buys In Paris
    148 6 Duchess Buys In Paris PARIS, Mon. THE DUCHESS of Windior has proved a boon to Par's shopkeepers by purchasing her entire summer collection here. Low cut evening gowns are scarcely seen in Paris. A'.d the Fi«nch designers make taem only for export. The Duchess purchased two from Lucien L^long. One
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    Taxi Drivers Attack Troops
    134 6 LONDON, Mon.— Attacks on British troops by Egyp tians in Cairo are mounting daily, according to the Sunday Dispatch Cairo correspondent. The worst offenders, he says, are taxi drivers. "They have beaten up dozens of British soldiers to the point of unconsciousness, stripped them naked, robbed
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    RAF To Make Films
    60 6 IL» Air Ministry is planning its own film to make entertainment films for the R.A.F. The unit is to be named the R.A.F. Film Corporation and will be run entirely by Service personnel. E.N.S A. may be invited to advise and assist. Films on technical subject:
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    TO DEVELOP INDIAN PORTS
    180 6 CALCUTTA, Men.— Plans for the development of India's major ports of Calcutta and Bombay and for improved ccastal traffic are now fcefcre the Government of India. The port technical committee has reported to the Government a number of recommendations covering both major and minor ports. It
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    123 6 BANGALORE, Mon.—India's first all-metal railway coach for third-class passen- gers constructed at the Hindustan Aircraft Factory has been turned over to the Government of India for tests. The streamlined coach is the first of its kind to be built in India, from Indian materials and by
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      689 6 SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY SMALL POX Owing to the occurence of Small Pox among children m 3'neapore the Municipal H?alth Officer nrong'y advises that all children under five years of age should be Vbccinated. whether they have been "vaccinated previously oi not, as nrich of the vaccine used during the Japanese occupation
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      290 6 RADIO PROGRAMMES SINGAPORE RED NtlUORK from noon to 2 p.m. and u 30 to 11 p n> on 225 metres from noon to Z pro on 4.825 mcs'sec. In 61 metre band and from 7.45 to 9.30 p.m. on 4.78 msc/sec in 61 metre baud. CHINESE noon to 115 pm
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      233 6 urn GSF 19 82 metres. 10.50 Dm— 12-22 am GSN 25.38 metres JUNE 18 7.30 ajn. Radio newsre?l 7.45 ajn. Music-hall. 8 30 a.m. Ne.«s 7.30 p.m. Variety band-box. «.15 p.m. Robb Wilton, 8.30 p m. News, 18.35 p.m. Piano parade, 8.45 p.m. Homeward bound, 9 p.m. Itma 9 30
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      284 6 4 p.m. If music be 4.33 p.m. Over to you, 5 p.m. Fro?i the orchestra pit, 5.30 p.m. Those wtie the hits. 8 p.m. Music from the ballet. 6.30 p.m. News, 6 45 p.m. Ke-. board club 7.15 p.m. Irdia and Ceylon half hour, 7.45 p.m. Om of the ovtn
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    Czechoslovakia's Real Democracy
    873 7 Czechoslovakia's Real Democracy A Contrastßetween Prague Warsaw By SAMUEL LUBELL DRAGUE, (By Air Mail)— What is it that the Czechs have which the Poles do not have? This question has kept popping up m my mind while watching the orderly happy manner m which the Czechs have gone about their
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    278 7 A TOMIC HAZE OVER U.S. |*E\V YORK, Mon.— A haze ll o:' rado -active part c'cs i; expect d to spread ovar the U.S. seen aftrr the atonic i omb explosion. The r.tcmic bomb will be exj loded on Bikini Atoll on July 1 A thin, almost invisible haze is
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    WAR ORPHANS
    38 7 CAPETOWN. Sun— Mr. Clark.son, Minister of the Interior, told the House of Assembly recently thnt the Government was nrepared to admit 5,000 war orphans to South Africa from Europe. About 400 of them would be Jewish.
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    Million Dollars For University
    44 7 NEW YORK, Sun— Mr. John D. Rockefeller, Junior, has jiven :>OO,OOO dollars anJ promised another 500,000 to New York University as Dart of a 15,000 000 dollar diivp to bnilJ a new 14slorev medical ien*rc rover»«« four city blocks. A.P.
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    Extremist Animal Shot By Troops
    70 7 Extremist Animal Shot By Troops BATAVIA. Mon.— A crocodile m Medan zoo (Sumatra)—apparently driven mad by the strain of the confused situation and the uncertain future of Sumatra left its cage and started running through the streets. Men of the Indian field regiment shot the extremist animal, it is learned
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    WHERE PEOPLE'S VOICE IS HEARD
    19 7 On the banks of the Molian: A striking view of Prague, the Czechoslovakia!! capital.
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    ENOUGH BRAIN POWER FOR ALL EMPLOYERS
    353 7 LONDON, Sun.— The Ministry of Labour has brain-power on tap for all employers. That is the opinion after studying one of Britain's 13 Regional Appointments Officers at work. These are not employment exchanges, but a medium to enable the right employers to meet the
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    65 7 If Washington Were Atom Bombed WASHINGTON, Mon._ An emergency Government to head the United States in the event of Washington being atom bombed and destroyed and all leading officials killed was propos?d in Contr^ss by Representative Tiimbl?. He introduced a Bill providing that in such a contingency rai.kbBf officers of
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      168 7 All Very Strange? Well, m "I Married a Witch" which is due for its premiers to-morrow t the JUBILEE Theatre, a witch and her sorcerer-father, flr^t appear as neie SDirits— wisps of smoke, before adopting bodies. They start snooping m smoke form and dive into bott'.es to escape detection. t
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      284 7 It is an excellent idea, on d?fense. to stop and figure what the declarer must hold for the bids be made, but any estimate of this sort must take second place to the far more reliable guide of the cards played, high or low, by oi?'s own par.ne.-. Consider today's
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      230 7 that no lesser bid seemed to fit the case. Whsn North, reading the South hand as repl?te with aces and kings, jumped all the \va v to six hearts. South took the contract back to no t.ump because it was inconceivable that if £ix hearts could be made. s no
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      INTERNATIONAL RUGBY CONTEST
      232 8 Dates Fixed For S 'pore Games THE Singapore Inter-Services international Rugby tournament, between teams representing England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales, will begin early next month with a game between England and Wales at Jalan Besar stadium on Saturday, July 6. Subsequent matches, which will all be played
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      Portugal Beats Ireland At Soccer
      92 8 Portugal Beats Ireland At Soccer LISBON, Sun. PORTUGAL beat Ireland by three coals to one aft?r leading three nil at half-time in an international football match here before a crowd of 60,000. This was the first time an all-Ireland team, embracing Northern Ireland and the Fre« State, had flayed an
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      S.A.F.A. XI v CROSSKEYS TO-DAY
      328 8 IN the first of a series ot talentfindins games, the Singapore Amateur Football Assoriation is fielding a strong side this afternoon to meet the second Division <Crosskeys> in a friendly ?arr.e of soccer at Jalan Besar Stadium. The Crosskeys have proved they are a fine
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      PLAYFAIR B.P.
      71 8 The following have been selected to represent the Playfalr B.P. in a iiicndJy badminton matcn against the Army Y.M.C.A. team at the Y.M. C.A. court at the Singapore Cricket Club ut 7 30 p.m. to-day; I ow Klak Chuan. 8. A. Durai. Koh Ken* fciang. Cyril Wee, Robert
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      Perak Turf Club To Run Golf
      96 8 From Our Own Correspondent IPOH, Mon. TPOH'S so'.e functioning golf club which since the liberation has been running under the name of the International Golf Club will henceforth bf known as the Perak Turf Club Golf Club. A peneral meeting on Saturday decided this
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      U.S. Wins Davis Cup Tie
      65 8 ST. LOUIS, Missouri, Mon. THE United States Davis Cup tennis team made a clean sweep of i's international match with the Philippines without losing a single set. Frankie Parker, top-ranking American player, downed Amado Sanchez, 6 1, 6 4, 6—0, in one of the two
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      Athletes Beat Johore Bahru
      62 8 THE Chinese Athletic beat Johore Bahru by three goals to one m a soccer match played at Johore Bahru on Surday Tee Siang scored for the Athletics from the kfck-off and Dollah equalised a few minutes after. Before the interval Chye Hee and Lian Sin scored
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      37 8 With league and f rierr ly game*, Tenant is »n'o>ing an interesting soccer season. This pictu re shows a cha.ity match in prosres.-, between the Penang Chinese, league leaders, and the Combined. Services.. Th; Chinese won two-one.
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      Test Team Selection Finds Approval
      187 8 LONDON. Mon. ENGLAND'S Test team attracted far less criticism m the Sunday press than might have been expected probably because, with a night m which to sludy the question thoroughly, there is less ground for criticism than immediately after the team was announced. As R.
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      Latest Scores
      207 8 NOTTINGHAM Mon. LATEST score, in the match between the Indian tourists and Nottingham are: INDIAN— 1ST. INNS. Merchant not out 81 Mankad c IVoodhcad b Jipson 37 Extras 14 Total (for one wicket) 132 At linch time India wire 113 for no wickets. Renter. cause they feel the
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      Mangrum Wins U.S. Open Golf Title
      216 8 CLEVELAND, Ohio, Sun. ILOYD MANGRUM of Los Angeles won America's highest golfing honour the United States Open Golf Championship— when he triumphed by one stroke over Byron Nelson and Vie Chezzi m a second 18-hole replay. The end to one of the most bitterly
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      Favourite Wins French Derby
      105 8 PARIS, Mon. M. PAl'L Boyrivcn's Prince Chevalier, which started favourite, won the Prix Du Jockey Club (French Derby) over a mile and a half at Lonzrhamps racecourse beatin Elsenur by three-quarters of a l?ngth, with the French Guineas winner Pactore third. Prince Chevalier, by Prince Rose
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      PERAK RACE WEIGHTS
      94 8 From Our Own Correspondent IPOH, Mon. THE following are the weights for the Perak Turf Club's rnces on Saturday, Jure 22. HORSES. CLASS 1. 5 FURLONGS Goatskin 9.5, Bal'.ymun 9.4 Mickey Rooney 8 12. Remembrance 8.6. Remember Me 8.1. HORSES CLASS 2. 5 FURLONGS Gentian 9.2, D'stinguls^ed
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      SIONG BOO WIN TABLE TENNIS MATCH
      115 8 A LARGE crowd turned up at Mv Chinese Swimming Club on Sun I day to witness an interesting ta'> i tennis match between the Siong B o Athletic Association and ha CSC. which Siong 800 won by four gatues to two. The following will
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      Y.M.C.A. TABLETENNIS
      43 8 The follow'ng will represent Y.M.C A. at table-tennis against the Queen's Photo Studio team at the tennis pavilion to-moncw: Singles: Fung Ouan Chye, Chi Cheong Wah, Nr Klan Seng, E. L). Sanders, Henry Oh. Reserves: Chjng Kum Cneong, \.«o Seng Peck.
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      Y'S MEN'S CLUB
      34 8 The V's Men's Club of Sirgapore will hold their fortnightly luncheon meeting at the Capitol Restaurant on Saturday, June 22 at 1.15 p.m., atttr which a general meeting will bj held.
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      SEGAMAT SOCCER
      33 8 Straits Times Corr. SECtAMAT, Sat.— Meeting a combined Sino-Maliv XI. the Sth Paratroop Brcj^de tHQ. 1 from Kluang »u-re held m one all draw at soccer on the town padtr.i; yesterday.
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