The Straits Times, 24 June 1946

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    20 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER ESTABLISHED OVER A CENTURY KKJUT PAGES. SINGAPORE, MONDAY, JUNE 24, 1946. PRICE 10 CENTS
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    RUBBER PRICE "COULD NOT BE HIGHER"
    371 1 Companies Urged To Look For Cheaper P roduct ion Methods From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Sunday. lyillLE the Iyondon representatives of Malayan rubber producers are m general disgruntled at the price decision an nounced on Friday, whereby America agrees to buy rubber at one
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    Kidnapped Officers Released
    381 1 Kidnapped Officers Released JERUSALEM, Sumluy. THE British military au.ho1 ntics today disclosed that two of the five British ufflcen v;h) wore kidrappe:! from an offlcert' club m a i\l Aviv hotel lest Tuesday had been released. Thy w:re freed within a few yards ot the hotel from which they abducted
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    Arabs Demand Tolal Independence
    67 1 CAIRO. Sun—Abdul Raham A?;.'.am Pasha, Secretary-General of the Arab Lea^uo, said trr'ay t!i:>t the League is to demand the total independence of Palestine iriM-n Britain. He sairl that the League has fvnt a memorandum to Great Britain reques ins negotiations but baa received no reply. If
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    "As Much As Could Be Hoped"
    113 1 Hoped" LONDON, Sat.—Th,' Evcnin? Standards City E^ito- says the new rubber price does not meet the lull demands of most Malayan producer.,, but the twopence increase is probably as iruch as could have been hoped. Producers wanted a larger increase In view of the
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    Another Fire In Singapore
    53 1 PIRE bro".:e out again last night 1 In Havelock Road rear the spot where fires occurred on Thursday and Friday nights Working m close co-onpraiion, members of the Army Fire Service and the Municipal Fire Brigade sned to the scene immediately. The fire was under control
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    MONTGOMERY'S TOUR Lord Louis With V-Contingent
    131 1 MONTGOMERY'S TOUR Lord Louis With V-Contingent NICOSIA. Cyprus, Sun —FieldMarshal Viscount Montgomery, designate Chief of the Imnerlal General Staff, who has been touring the Middle Fast and also visited* India, arrived here by air yesterday and later left for Greece.—Reuter. From Our Owi Corr:^p«.mdent LONDON, Sunday. .VI ml. Lord Louis
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    A Princess To Visit Russia
    43 1 TEHERAN. Sun.-The Soviet Red Cross l:as invited Princess Ashraf Reza Pahbvl, sister of the Shah of Persia to visit eipht Soviet eltles mcl"dm? Moscow. Kiev. Stalingrad, Leningrad and Karkov. a high ranking Persian Government spokesman said today.— Peuter.
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    Italian Senate Abolished.
    59 1 ROMS. Sun.—A decree was issued yesterday by the Italian Government abolishing the Senate. The Italian Senate or Upper Chamber was created under the constitution of 1343 and was retained during Mussolini's Fascist regime. It was composed of eight Royal Princes and an un--Decifiod number of nominees of
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    DECISION ON INDIA TODAY
    449 1 DECISION ON INDIA TOD A Y NEW DELHI, Sunday. PANDIT NEHRU, jut ro turned from Kashmir, accompanied by two <> her representatives of Ihe ''n|RM Party saw the Vi r -y and the Cabinet Mission tonight m an attrmpt to bra* a deadlock between th> Co-.-gnss Party and th? Brit]
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    Questions To Egypt
    270 1 LONDON, Sunday. THE British Ambassador m Cairo has been instructed to make representations to the Egyptian Government over the presence m Egypt ot Haj Amin el Husseini, Grand Mufii of Jerusalem, the Foreign Office spokesman stated yesterday. Informed quarters m London believe that the Ambassador, Sir Ronald
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    Princess With ATS Cadets
    45 1 Print ess Kiizabtth. m the uniform of a junior tommanjrr m the Auxiliary Territorial S?rvice, talking to one of thr ATS cadets at the Imperial Services Coilese, V»'i idsar. Princess Elizabeth took the salute at a march past of the cadets.
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    France Wanis Spain Kept Before UNO
    91 1 NEW YORK. Sunday. T-HE French dekfate to the United Nations Security Council, M. Alexnndre Paioii. demanded fttterdaj thar the controversial Spanish question should be kept bcfoi. United Nations despite tbf Soviet Union's veto. In a broadcast speech he declarod: "We must not permit conditions
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    PEACE TALKS DATE OPPOSED BY MOLOTOV
    430 1 PEACE TALKS DATE OPPOSED BY MOLOTOV PARIS, Sunday. AN unsuccessful proposal to call a European Peace Conference on July 15 was made yesterday at the **B\g Four" Foreign Ministers Conference by the United States Secretary of State, Mr. James F. Byrnes, according to American informants. The Soviet Foreign Commit ar,
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    Atom Rehearsal Today
    168 1 NEW YORK, Sun.—A message from the atom bomb trst fla&sbi» 'Mount MeKinle.v sa\s the full-dress rehearsal of 'O;i. ration Crossroads" the dropping: of the atomic bomb —has been postponed til tomorrow heraus? afl had weather sine* the atom test fleet arrived at Bikini %<oli m the Pacific—Renter.
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    Chinese Priests Go On Strike
    127 1 'Ficni Cur Own Correspond nl) PENANG, Sunday. PHINESS priests attached to the Penang Buddhist Association have cone on strike .t is iearned today. It is understood, they asked for extra pay and when this was not forthcoming they .staved la fr.r\r rooms and refused to
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    U.K. MAY RATION BREAD FROM JULY 21
    63 2 Ten To Sixteen Ozs. Per Person Likely LONDON, Sunday. IV (ircat Britain decides to ration bread, and the move appears almost certain, rationing will beLcinc operative on July 21. The Cabinet is expected lo reach a decision by the end of the week.
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    I WINGS READY FOR FLIGHT
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    British Are Criticised By Huns
    172 2 HERFORD, (Brifsh Zor: of Germany) Sunday. A SENIOR officer of the Military government he has admitted that the task o. f governing the area is becoming more difficult in wv, of a mass of critic sm openly expressed by the man tn the street against
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    N.E.I. Inquiry Into Death Of B.O.R.
    94 2 N.E.I. Inquiry Into Death Of B.O. R. BATAVIA, Sun— lnquiries ar3 being made here i"to the death of a British soldier who was shot through the heart late on Friday night near ths Batavia Palace of Dr. Hubertus van Moolc, Lieut. -Gov. -Gen of the Netherlands East Indies There w°re
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    Japs Arrest Chinese For Assault
    87 2 TAKAMATSU, Sun— The Japanese police here have apprehended four Chinese for allegedly assaulting Japanese m what the Kyodo news agency said was the first arrest of foreign nationals by the Japanese police since the surrender. The Chinese reportedly beat two Japanese dance hull employees and
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    Pro-German Units Under Mihailoviteh
    84 2 BELGRADE, Sun.— Kosta Musicki, wartime commancier of the Serbian Volunteer Corps, has testified before the War Crimes Tribunal here that his units fought side by side with the Germans against th? partisans. He declared while operating In one area, he placed himself and his units under
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    VERSAILLES BRED WAR SAYS NAZI
    462 2 NUREMBERG, Sunday. BARON CONSTANTIN VON NEURATH told the War Crimes Court yesterday that the framers of the Versailles Treaty and the League of Nations were responsible for the Nazi party and for the second world war. He was German Ambassador in London till Ribbentrop succeeded
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    U.S. Officers Imprisoned In Tabriz
    119 2 U.S. Officers Imprisoned In Tabriz TEHERAN, Sunday. COLONEL SEXTON, ihe American military attache m Teheran, returned yesterday from Tabriz, the Azeibaijan capital, and reported that he and his three ailfrs had been imprisoned there for eight hours by the Azerbaijan democrats. An Amer can Embassy spokesman said that a protest
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    Report Says 800 Jews Intercepted
    35 2 JERUSALEM, Sun.— An unconfirmed report from Tel Aviv says that an illegal immigrant ship carrying eight hundred Jews was inW ?ptel inside Palestine territorial wat*Ts yesterday by British destroyers.— Reuter.
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    Film Today In Tokio War Crimes Trial
    197 2 TOKIO, Sunday. rE war crimes trial resumes tomorrow morning, when the prosecution will exhibit a propaganda film "Japan m Time of Emergency." The prcstcuTin state that t:. 1^ film v;ill sho-w that the former Minister for War, later Minister of Education, Gen. Sadao
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    America's 1931 Policy To Japan Revealed
    485 2 America s 1931 Policy To Japan Revealed WASHINGTON, Sunday. HITHERTO secret American state documents on the Manchurian crisis m 1931 reveal that the then United States Secretary of State, Mr. Stimson, pursued a policy of peace with Japan at any price. The documents show that Mr. Stimson, who was US
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    GLOOMDEEPENS IN MANCHURIA
    533 2 NANKING, Sunday. THE American branch of the Executive Trues Headquarters has been flatly refused permission io send c east -fire teams into eight Communfst held areas of Central MmtiiurLa. The peace committee met here today m an atruuspfiere of deep pessimism. A Changchun despatch says tha^ the
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    Dead President Taken Home
    64 2 BALBOA. 'Panama Cana Zone). Sun— The hue US aircraft carrier P'iice'on cl^nred th" Panama canal today for the west coast, where the Hte President Quezon's body will be Dut on board for tr?n. snort back to his home m the Philippines. President Quezon, hea'i of the
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    Rubber Storage And Transport Investigation MALAYAN UNION AND NEW PRICE
    740 3 Rubber Storage And Transport Investigation MALA YAN UNION AND NEW PRICE From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. AS a result of a speech made by Mr. S. B. Palmer at the Malayan Union Advisory Council meeting recently when he alluded to the difficult situation confronting the rubber industry due
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    Explosion On Ship Kills Four
    164 3 Explosion On Ship Kills Four From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Sun. AN explosion aboard a vessel which occurred on March 30 this year, resulting m four men being killed two Malay members of the crew and two Japanese PoWs formed the subject of an inquiry held yesterday by the Coroner,
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    Hindus Ask Commission Of Inquiry
    130 3 Hindus Ask Commission Of Inquiry •THOUSANDS of Hindus m Sing- apore attended a mass meeting m the compound of the Sri Perumal Temple In Serangoon Road yesterday at which it was unanimously decided to appeal to the authorities to set up a comm ssion immediately to investigate the recent disturbances
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    First Jap Hangs In Burma
    126 3 First Jap Hangs In Burma "Please Kive my medals to the prisoner m cell No. 6" w?re the last words spoken by Captain Uneyo Masakaru, before he was leci, shrouded head to foot m white, to the gallows m the quadrangle of Rangoon Central Jail en Wednes-lay. Uneyo Masakaru is
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    Reference Books Still Available
    109 3 SOME useful work of reference on technical and other subjects as well as conies of Colonial and departmental papers are available m Singapore and ran be bought from the Superintendent of the Government Printing Office Among the books are "A Dictionary of the Economic Products of
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    Far Eastern Health Intelligence
    232 3 Far Eastern Health Intelligence THE office of the Special Com- missioner. Lord Killearn, has temporarily assumed the responsibility for a Health Intelligence Section run on the I'nes of th« old League of Nations Far Eastern Health Bureau. This Bureau was created to provide a clearing house for the collection and
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    Co-ordination Of Accountants
    103 3 1 1 Speaking at the annual din- ncr of the Sheffield anj District i Society of Chartered Account- ants recently, the President of the Institut2 of Chartered Ac!|countans, Sir Harold Hewitt, 1 j made the important statement that at a meeting held earlier, agreement had been reached
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    Reasons For Malaya's Crop Failure
    192 3 Reasons For Malaya's Crop Failure ipotTTLED condition* and v wrong weather at the time of planting and apain when the ron ripened, Jack of manure and. finally, soil exhaustion caused by overcropnlnc wi.h Taiwan uadi I by the Jnpanejc. are blarred for i noor r'T" crap m MaliP'a'ji r^Tin rice
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    Disney Premiere At The Jubilee
    67 3 The latest Walt Disney tcaturelength picture, "bambi which opened at the Jubilee Theatre over the weekend should appeal equally to the adult and the child It is, like all Disney's pictures an exciting event and the most mature production Disney has yet offered the DUblic.
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    REOPENING ON JULY 7
    28 3 The Singapore Swimming Club, ieroxnised m pr-war days as one of the finest m thr East, will be re-opened to members on July 7.
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    Occupation Tenancies Adjustment Bill
    288 3 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. T-lIF Japanese occupation of Malaya has given rise to many difficult probleir.. relr.ting to land and buildings and m order to adjust those problems a Bill will be introduced at the next meeting of the Malayan Advisory Council to
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    RamakrishnaMission
    57 3 The Ramakrishna Mission, Singapore, at presant maintains 88 boys and 48 girls m their homes. These children are orphans cr helpless de>j^ndants of Indian labourers. The mission is appealing for frnds to maie up the necessary $2,000 which Is ne3ded to run the establishment Contributions shorld be sent to
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    Women Charged With Attacking Man
    63 3 From Our Own Correspondent SEGAMAT, Sun— Two women, Loh Mcc (42) and Chee Ai Yun (17) were produced before Che Haron bin Ahmad charged with causing voluntary r;urt with a parang to a man. Wee Fong, at Bukit Tebing Tinggi. They were allowed oui on
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    Compelled To Be Informers
    353 3 From Our Own Correspondent MALACCA, Frid. EVIDENCE that they were compelled to act as Kctnpeitai informers was given by a railway employee, Clarence Matthias Pinto. and a school-teacher, Francis Yong, at the continued hearing o* the inquiry into a collaboration charge agr.inst P. C. Dominic. Pinto
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    Govt. Labourers' Petition
    110 3 Govt. Labourers' Petition From Our Own Correspondent) KUALA LUMPUR, tr.. A JOINT committee of all union of labourers sn Government employ m Kuaia Lumpur have submitted demands to the various neadJ of departments which cover living and working conditions. The departments conce.ned are the Electrical Deoa>u ment, the P.W.D., the
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    39 YEARS IN SERVICE
    117 3 From Our Own Coirratxindent TAIPING, Sun. AFTER 39 years' service m all parts of Perak. Raia Salim bin Raja Mohd Yusof. District Judge. Perak North, has gon? on leave prior to retirement He Joined Government service m 1907 as a Settlement Officer at $50 per month,
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    Pineapple Growing In Johore State
    61 3 Pontain district, main pineapple district m Johore neglected during th« occupation, has been replanted m the old pineapple areas and 100 piculc are exported dally to Singapore for army requirements. Reporting this, the Malaya Union Agricultural Department adds that a fair crop was harvested at
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    37 4 Mrs. Seet Beng U«p lainJy Mr. Sot Beng Oils th.tn!: «11 ir.en relatives who seru S n;iay>. Wreaihs, Lrtt-Ts ol Cooui.-t.ot. tool cars, y--- •<- n.ght visits aitjndpd tli» iu:i.i»l ol Lit iaic M:. 5.---» Uca^ Liap.
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Mon., June 24,1943 Government And Rubber
    1079 4 The new Anglo-American rubber agreement has been received m Malaya with a mixture of resignation and relief, which, however, is only relief at the falsification of reports that the Americans were standing out for the former pric?. With the present
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    140,000 Repatriated
    76 4 MELEOURE Fn.—Of the 145,000 Japanese and Kor._ns m Australia and the New GuineaSolomons Isiai ds at the end of the war. 140,000 have been repatriated, according to the Australian Army M.nister, Mr. Francis Forde. Four thousand Japanese are due to leave Rabaul, once of Japan's South Pacific strongholds,
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    MALAYAN STRATEGY IN THE RUBBER WAR
    1565 4  -  R. P. HARDWICK The plantation rubber industry of Malaya is doomed unless it replants with the new highyielding rubber developed by science..,. By (The writer of this article has been a planter and visiting agent m Malaya and Borneo for thirtyfive years, recently carried
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      566 4 HA WKER-CLERKS WHILE agreeing m the main with the editor.al vkw expressed m the Straits J\mes that the number of hawkt'is should be decreased, it may be presumed that you have either ignored or missed the side-issues and have no: put the position quite fa rly. In the first place,
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      Chin Chew St. Gang
      127 4 THE presence of pick-pock .Us m Chin Chew Street i i a source of trouble to the people m that neighbourhood. I was an eye-w.tness ot a scene m which a man was r.ie cilessly beaten after o;mg D.ckpocketed. This man was '.rv.ng to purchase a
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      127 4 I WOULD advise resident* m the Tanjong Pagar area to give Chin Chew Street a wide berth. I was walking there recently with a few friends when we .saw a group of lads, good-looking and well-dressed. We susnectod them of being plck-DOckeLs. and one of my friends shouted a warning.
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    PASSIVE DEFENCE: BACKPAY
    197 5 A DEFINITE announcement regarding back pay tor members of the Singapore Passive Defence and Essential Services is expected to be made by government b. f >re the end of this month, tho Straits Times undtr>ta:idi. The announcement will be wei:omcd by members and dependents of members who
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    More Buildings For Release
    88 5 More Buildings For Release OY the beginning of next month the Singapore Chinese Swimming Club Is to have it? nremit.es ccroDletely derequisitioned. The NAAFI canteen for the R.A.F.. which has been occupyin? the ground floor, is exo c rtei to move out by the end of the month. The first
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    V.M.C.A. Released
    49 5 From Oar Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Sat— Kuala Lumpur V.M.C.A. has been derequisitioned by the military. and plans are being made as soon as possible to get an organisation working on a pre-war status m order to cater for the entertainment of both civilian and service personnel.
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    Strong Police Action On Hawkers
    308 5 Strong Police Action On Hawkers City Council Plea To Government CTRONG police measures are to be taken against Singapore's 20,000 unlicensed hawkers who have not only resisted with force recent night raids but, m some cases, have attacked shopkeepers for underselling them. It is understood that Singapore Municipal Commissioners have
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    Grapefruit Drops To 30 Cents
    254 5 Grapefruit Drops To 30 Cents ALTHOUGH i.eariy a qtiuiter of a million grapeliu.t arrived m Singapore Horn Australia recently, malca'g »t possible to flood the aWWirttl with this <yp. of fruit, a "ring" of reUilcrs res been attempting to mrnan an artificnlly high prce J>v nfusing to place more Unui
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    War Against Food Pests
    128 5 TATS, squirrels and wild pi<s which are giving trouble to the Malayan Union Agricultural Department, already harassed by other difficulties m its ehorts to raise Malaya's food production, are to De the victims of an "organised" war which the Department is preparing for. A report from
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    Fire At Peirol Pump
    53 5 From Our Own Correspondent KRIAN, Sat— While refuelling petrol from the petrol pump In River Street, Parit Buntar. a lorry caught fire. The petrol pump was threatened but the Parit Buntar F.re Brigade, on its first call since the liberation, was soon on the scene and
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    Post-Syonan Spelling
    89 5 (From the Straits Times Post-ba?) Dear Magastish the King I thank you from the bottom of my heart for the kind ticket for a free show m the Cathay. Th film was a very goo 1 one. And above all 1 should like to thank you for an
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    Trade Union Adviser For Singapore
    175 5 Trade Union Adviser For Singapore MR. S. P. GARREIT na^ now taken up his duties as irade Union Adviser for the Colony of Singapore. Mr. Garre t has varied experience m Trade Union work m Britain and i:i Canada. He started his working life as an apprentice hi the shipbuilding
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    Demand For Fresh Nuts
    87 5 The demand lor Iresh nuts M killing th copra industry m Malacca, the Malayan Union Agri ultural Department reports, ridding that a similar tendency is noticed m South and North Johore where producers prefer I selling fresh nuts to preparing I copra. In other parts of
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    Who Will Ration Petrol?
    97 5 CINGAPORE Municipal Com- miss.oners have decided that the Vehicles Registration Department should not undertake the work of netrol rationing. A suggestion was made by Government that as the B.M.A officer m charge of petrol rationing was due to sail for England this month, the Vehicles Department
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    Eurasian As College Professor
    243 5 Eurasian As College Professor THE distinction of teint; th? first Iccal-bom doctor m Malaya to be appointed to act as a Professor m the Collet of Medicine. Singapore, %oe* to a 39-year-old Euras an, Dr B. H. She-ires, a spec al\st m midwifery m the Kanil«n« Keibau Hospital. An official
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    New Malayan Appointments
    101 5 THE Secretary of State lor the Colonies has approved the following appointments: Mr John Wilkinson. Mr. Philip Johnson Steel and Major Thomas Maddocks to be Administrative Officers, Malayan Administrative Pool. Mr. Peter Andraw Durgnat to be a Probationary Assistant ConI servator of Forests Malayan Forest Service. Major
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    Condolence Meeting
    52 5 Under the auspices of the Ceylon Tamils' Association. Singapore, a coodc'encc n^eetln? m memory of the late Mr. M. V. Pillai. will be held tomorrow June 26. at the Association premises, 11 Handy Road. Singapore, at 5 p.m. All members of the Ceylonese community and friends are invited
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    Malayan Pontoons To Save 3,000-Mile Trip
    328 5 Malayan Pontoons To Save 3,000-Mile Trip THE acl.ieven.ent ot Army engi- neers has mad the transport of rice from the rich pad-fields oi eastern Siam to the needier areas of South-East Asia now only a matter of days. The destruction of Rama VI railway bridge, which spans the Bangkok river
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    Planters Object To "Food Scheme"
    531 5 (By Our Planting Correspondent) A GREAT deal of dissatisfaction is being expressed by planters and agency houses m the allocation by Government of 2 per cent, of estate areas under the "Food Production Scheme" together with the whole expenditure being carried by the plantation owners
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    Free India May Extend Machine Age
    245 6 Free India May Extend Machine Age Industrialisation First Result Of Independence By. J. M. ROBERTS, Jr. Associated Press MEW YORK, Sat.— One result of Indian independence may be the extension of the machine age to an additional one-fifth of the world's people. Industrialization has been crawling forward m India for
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    Ceylon Forms New Political Party
    290 6 Ceylon Forms New Political Party COLOMBO, Sat.— A ne* political party called the United National Party has been formed m Ceylon, and Mr. D. S. Senanayaice. Leader of the State Council, is to be invited to become its leader; The new party has been organised m order to fight the
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    Masons To Keep Hospital
    45 6 Freemasons will, it is expected, shortly learn from the Crar.d Lodge of England that the Royal Masonic Hospital. Ravenscourt Park. W a voluntary institution, has been exemoted from nationalisation following discussions between the hosnita! authorities and the British Ministry of Health.
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    Rocket Staiion
    47 6 SYDNEY, (Australia! Fri.— The Australian and Brit sh governments intend to co-onerate m the establishment of a rocket research station m Central Australia. The project has not yet advanced very far and Australia's momentary role is mainly to provide s tes for the research stations.—A.P.
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    RIOT GLASSHOUSE' DEMOBBED
    47 6 Northallerton Military Prison, where a number of prisorers mutinied last March, is to be handed over by the War Office to ti Home Secretary at the end of June. It was a one-time civil jail and was taken over at the outbreak of war.
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    Bette Davis And Clamour
    152 6 HOLLYWOOD, Sun.— A woman does not have to be 11 and wear sweaters to have sex appeal, Mfl the Mm star Bette Davis, who is 38 and rarely weais sweaters, and never.helcss iemains attractive. "If a uoman keeps her figiuc, her complexion ard a youthful outlook
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    15-Year Programme
    132 6 15- Year Programme But the Indian leaders realise that their country's £21?,000.000 export trade is of true importance only as a basis for helping to secure capital with which to raise the people's living standards, both by the development of industries which will make poods the people will buy and
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    Feudal System
    341 6 Improvement of methods is deemed essential. An Indian acre may produce 96 lbs of cotton, compared with 245 lbs on an American acre; or 1.133 Its of rice, compared with 2.293: or 641 lbs of wheat, compared with 882. Under the Moguls, tax collators took 10 per cent
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    NEW NAVAL SQUADRON
    52 6 The Brit s cruiser Nigeria i and the sloop Nrreide are to be sent to Slmionstown naval base, 1 South Africa, to form a South Atlantic Squadron. it was i officially announced m ;;aDPtown says Reuter The Nigeria will i become the flagship on ncr arrival about
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      306 6 RADIO PROGRAMMES SINGAPORE BED NhlUOKK rrom noon to 2 p.m. and u 30 to 11 o m on 225 metre* from noon to 2 p m on (.825 ones see in til metre band and from 7.45 to 9 30 p.m on 4. 78 one we <n 61 metre baud.
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      246 6 JUNE 24 I 7.30 a.m. Radio newsieel. 7.45 a.m. Christianity and Atomic Power, 8 a.m. Report on Nur-smbers. 8.:<J a.m. News. 8 p.m. Skyrockets dai<c orchestra. 8.:<0 p.m. News. 8.35 t, m. Cricket commentary: First Test Match, 8. 4* 'p.m. Facts and nguies. <» p.m. Navy mixture: 9.30 p.m. Janj
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      307 6 9.30 p.m. BBC r/ws. 3 4) pm. Bandstand, 4 p.rr Globe trot. 4 30 p.m. Playhouse, 5 p.m. Tliree o'clock special, S.30 p.m. Musi: with a lilt. 6 p.m. Programme for West African Forces or Guest atar. 6.30 p.m. News. 6.45 p.m. Keyboard club 7.15 p.m. India and Ceylon half
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    Malayan Share Markets Show Unusual Strength
    587 7 Malayan Share Markets Show Unusual Strength TUJ KING the week ending June 22, share markets showed considerable strength with an increased turnover, states the Malayan Sharebrokers Association report. In the tin section sterlings London was quieter but prices were well maintained. Dollars and Australians showed further advances m a number
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    49 7 King George visited the troops camped m Kensinxton Gardens, London, for the Victory parade, on June 8. The above picture shows tar King m conversation with ("apt Charles rpham (next to sailor) of the New Zealand Army, who has the rare distinction of having won the Victoria Cross twice.
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    Kluang Rubber Co.
    126 7 [N a notice to shareholders, the secretaries of Kluang Rubber Co., Ltd., report that one of the man difficulties facing them at present is reconstruction of the company's records wheh were almost entirely destroyed during the occupation. Rehabilitation work was commenced soon after the reoccupatlon and tappine,
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    Malayan Share Quotations
    772 7 The following arc prices at June 22. supplied by the Malayan Sharebrokcrs Association: INDUSTRIALS Buyer Seller Alexandra Brickworks Ords. $150 $2.10 Alexandra brickworks Prefs 2.40 2.60* British Malaya Trustee <fe Kx.x- 00. 7.00 8.00 Consolidated Tin Smelters 23 9 25 Consolidated Tin Smelters Prefs. 27/- 29 Eastern
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    Malacca Rubber Estates
    221 7 THE report of Malacca Rubber 1 Plantations, Ltd., which held its fortieth annual meet ins at the R.G.A. offices m London JO June 11, shows a credit balance of £83,285 to be carried forward for the new year's workins A general report was p yen shareholders of
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      264 7 Certain r with them such unmistakable intent that the wonder is that partner can fail to understand what is required of him. Yet, far better than average players often do misunderstand— proving that there is need for further education. Note today's hand: Fast, dealer. North-South vulnerable. Match-point duplicate. NORTH. K
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      200 7 rctur ~d tfc* s^ude ia.ic. Declarer covered and West won. At this point !t should have been rorrnletely obvious to West that East was begging (or a snp.de ru/T. otherwise there would have been utterlv no point in the overtake at the first trie* and the shift tin to dummy's
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    TEST OPENING CROWDED WITH INCIDENTS
    1008 8  -  Leary Constantine (By LONDON, Sat. THE first day's play in the three-day Test between England and India the first of three Tests— ended with England scoring 135 for four wickets in reply to India's 200, thus leaving the match in a most interesting position. Very
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    SCOREBOARD
    159 8 INDIANS— IST INNS Merchant c Oibb b Bedscr 12 Amsrnath il»v lledser Mankad b Wright 11 Hazare b HfdV-r 31 Modi r.ot out 57 lataudi c Ikin b Bedser 9 Gul Mohamed b Wright 1 Hafetz b Bowrs 43 Hinc!ckar !!>» Bedser 3 Nayudu st Gibb b Bedstr 4
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    Royal Ascot Meet Ends
    260 8 ASCOT. Sat. 'THE Royal Ascot, which the weather clerk did b?at but ni not ab:e to ruin, ended yesterday lr glorious sunshine wim more successes for the French stabler. Three of 'he six races on the card went across ".he Channel, while the fourth crossed the
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    Irish Success
    145 8 The race to go to Ireland was the big sprint handicap. Worlcingham Stakes, of sn: furlongs. TMs went to The Bur. ownrd by the bothers Wachman. who made their second successiful raid on England. He put up a i magnificent performance Ie win the valuable stakes, for not
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    BOWLING
    97 8 S.C.C. G.K. Stein t Watts b S-hubtrt 7 J. LnJf c Penncfather b Janscn 0 T. W Cutti c Jansea b Shub-rt H. Tinker b Jansen 3 A. Growder b D'Almeida 18 J. Ncwdick b Penntfathcr 21 E. Bishop c Choppard b Schubert 7 G. Dear c J»nsen b
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    BOWLING
    28 8 R. Jansen C. Schubert ,P. Pernefather |P. DAlneida O 7 1* 5 7 M R 2 19 2 30 2 20 1 14 \V 1 1 2
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    TEST TRIAL
    31 8 LONDON, Sat. The Krnt County Cricket dub have informed the M.C.C. that they are prepared to undertake the Test tral at Canterbury on July 10, 11 and 12.— Reuter
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    Segura Beats Pails In Terrific Duel
    253 8 LONTON, Sat. A USTRALIA'S number two, Dinny I-**- Palls. Wimbledon's "seedrd" number one. lost a terrific duel with Francisco ''Pancho" Segira. colourful South American who r-irk* number three tn Ihe United States In the final of the London grass courts lawn tennis championships &t
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    RECS BEAT S.C.C. BY TWO RUNS
    214 8 I\ESPITE a good bowling effort by Bishop who took six wickets for 22 runs, the S.C.C. lost to the Re"s en the Police Depot ground yesterday, the match ending m a thrilling finish with the Recs ahead by two run s after batting first
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    Bobby Locke Wins Again
    122 8 MANCHESTER. Sat. DOBBY Locke, 29-year-old South African trolf champion, for the sreond time m a month has won another major British tournament th* f 1.500 three-day Brand-Lochrv event which ended h^re today. It was the last bi? tournament before the British Open on July 1. Locke
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    County Cricket Scores
    68 8 County Cricket Scores LONDON. Sat. To-days County cricicct closs of play scores are: At Buxton. Derbyshire T& (Garliclc 4 for 19) Lancashire 235 for 6 (King 66, Place 88). At Brentwood. Essex :<23 for 9 declared <Avery 102) Northamptonshire 8 for 0. At Gloucester, Middlesex 152 (Goddard 6 for 72)
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    RUSSIAN VICTORY IN RADIO CHESS
    71 8 LONDON, yun. RUSSIA defeated Great Britain 18 games to six m a four-day Chess match, playec by radio vhich ended Saturday. Russia was defeated by an American team In a similar tournament last year Mr. Botwinnik, the Soviet Champion and contender for the vtcant worla
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    SEGAMAT MALAYS WIN AT TAMPIN
    88 8 (Prom Our Own Correspond, nt) Uegamat, MM. THE Scgamat Malays travelled up to Tampin and met the Tanrun Malays In an e\citlnic roccrr gime and erne ged winners by t u e o.ld gcal m three. Talcing a lms: t me to settle <nwn. Segamat
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