The Straits Times, 27 June 1946

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    25 1 The Straits Times 3MMV/1 f 5 LEADING NEWSPAPER ESTABLISHED OVER A CENTURY I 11. HI rAGES SINGAPORE, TWVRS^a\ JTNE W, 194«. PRK'F. \0 CF^ i«
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    MALAYAN LIVING COST ALLOWANCE
    361 1 Committee's Proposals For Clerks And Labourers ACOST-OF-LIVING allowance for (Joy erMMfit servaats in the Malayan Tnion and Singapore is mom mended by the Wages and Cost of Living; Committee, whose report wu published last night. The committee recommends payment ;> from April i ol a tempormry
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    Siam's King Believed Murdered
    180 1 Siam's King Believed Murdered BANGKOK, Wednesd J IT was toarned ten today that medical <ri > studied by board <><" eig do .ton, in the questio i ol th< t,i ath of Kin d »1 Siam, i if p: rl •<> a co :ib!;> cxl at Hie ry > was
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    $50 Million Loan For Singapore
    72 1 Id ■.mc.-... (iivrrnmert I* lo l*c»e a r >» million lna» > Mill <<> h» Mj ll|i> l>.m into rlfprt will i>»» i"< Km -i «t «"H«» «i meelinc »f Iks r^ ico ••Miiuil Also liefor^ the o ii j; the .i-ppiv MM 1m «e-onH
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    Gov.-Gen. Sees Malay Leaders
    119 1 Gov.-Gen. Sees Malay Leaders From (>-ir Own orrMp«nf?»"«t MJ v\ d Onn I' i for poli qt the The nature o the jvas i 'inderir|ntr a »p<; friTTl Perils, Kedah and Penan? Btt-end^d at 'he invitation of the fi'ivpr,, r Oen^rai. Thr statp mPr ivwnor- CNneral'a 'The f»ov»rnor-Oeneral enter-'aine-j tho
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    Hitch In Moving Internees
    64 1 Hitch In Moving Internees BATAVrA, V/ed An Indonesian Ministry of Information announcement received here from ■fonrjakarfn ?ays that the Indonesian zovernment will not be able to transport internees from the interior by ran, v hid been i upon with the British. mnouncement soirl the rail transport was to have begun
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    Officers Still Held
    189 1 JERUSALEM, Wednesday. rTitish authorities, still without a clue as to the whereabouts of the three remaining kidnapped British officers, dis losed today that they had attempted unsuer^sgfully to obtain their ralease by negotiating through intermediaries with the'r captors. Hi»h Government officials said, that no negotiations were now
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    Memorial To Gen. Patton
    65 1 f;»n. l»wh T Meftttaey mnundlrt^ CJrnrrnl nf ('nltr-d Mate* Pared 'n ibp Fnrnpmn Theatre, nrntlt nprwri the nrw Paftnn RrMte, btrlt arm« tb* RhHr nt t'rlcrne to rnmmemornt" the dash t» the RMnp f»>rl h» th- l*t« '""n GtltM P«t<on on, MrNmrnpy (rJ?ht) wjth It Oe«.
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    INTERIM PLAIN TO BE SCRAPPED?
    265 1 INTERIM PLAIN TO BE SCRAPPED? NF.N l»l »IF, Vted. I HE AM i" Sim J»">pue hp«» ifn I in the infer'm Indian f»ov«»rn»Tipnf proposed by «h» F?riM«?» t .i.inM Mhiion ;m»i the Viceroy, V««rr>upf Waveil, if s nnnunced l»v <h«» Lfnpp»» Sprre'arr, NnvrabTada Khan. By i»- Rctloti III accepting t!ir
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    French Support For U.S. Atom Plan
    264 1 French Support For U. S. Atom Plan NEW YORK, W d U AF.FXANDRE P French Megate, 'old the United Nations A Pd in principle the United trol and for < the atomic bomb. He «Tid h« cnns!d?r?d the plan 3 'generous rori'r 1 on of th? probTurning to the Union
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    PARIS HOPES OF TRIESTE SOLUTION
    118 1 PARIS HOPES OF TRIESTE SOLUTION PAR1 IVedneM] PRENCH newspaper* tw)t| printed unconfirmed ports thnt the Soviet Foreign Counttafti Ml Molotov, wns PTperfin?: a telephone rail frnrv uhuh »iv"lit bring «ntp\ "lopment in the Trieste issuo, whirh i«? the U* 1^ to Itnlinn penro m tia<'«'»i« There Wfti no kno^-T basi
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    LocaL Volunteers Demob
    30 1 \1! n wHJ b< lisrr! and tlis-mh idler! In An nrdlnanre to b? Into thr* \c'\ thr It h 1 1 1 1 1 r mbly.- A.P.
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    HUN LINER FOR P.&O.
    5 1 HUN LINER FOR P.&O. UP
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    MALAYAN COST OF LIVING REPORT
    2725 2 Important Recommendations To Government "AH Families Spending Beyond Incomes" IMPORTANT recommendations are contained in a report drawn up by the Government-sponsored Wages and Cost of Living Committee which was published last night. The Committee was made up as follows: Chairman: Mr. C. J. Pyke (Economic
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    Many Casualties In Harbour Fire
    114 2 NEW YORK, Wei.— A racing fire swept through the twostorey Staten Island ferry terminal In New York har-"our yesterday killing three persons and injuring 20. It was feared that dozens more were trapped in the building which was wrapped in smoke and flame three minutes
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    Indians In U.S.
    51 2 WASHINGTON. Wed -Legislation to permit 100 nationals of India to enter the United States annuallv and become eligible for naturalisation was approved by the United States Senate last nipht. Only House of Representatives aDproval is now needed to send the measure to President Truman for signature A.
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    German Plan To Destroy Czechs
    130 2 NUREMBERG, Wea. -ih e prosecution produced surprise documents at yesterday s sess.on of the Nuremberg war crimes trials, declaring that Baron Constantine Von Neurath, first Reich Protector of Bohem a and Moravia, had advanced a Dlan lor destroying the Czech race by systematic eliminator) of
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    N. Borneo Company Agreement
    88 2 LONDON. Wid. 5-li.i hoMen of the British North Borneo Company, one of the last prrat chartered trading comnanies which contributed vi mii^h to the buiMintr up of the Rritish Colonial FTi^iry n th? 17th. 18th and 10th ■•onturics. vrsterc^ay o°r? <1 to h^rd over the Comnanvs
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    Hong Kong Imports Up On 1939
    71 2 HONG KONG. I Trade figures for the fWt five months of 1946 show that Hon^kone; is regaining: its pre-war eminence. Imports are already higher than in 1939. An improved trrde with Malaya is recorded. Imports for the Janur r n?riod totalled fi^ compared with
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      685 2 SALE BY TENDER 1. The Custodian of Property, Singapore, invites tenders toi the purchase of the following particulars of which arc as follows: Lot 1. 9 Japanese aeronautical enginr-s, 57 Japanese aeroplane propeller blades. 1 Small lot if aeroplane parts approx 1 ton. l\!ng at Elim Camp. 9i rr.s Pasir
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      222 2 MALAYAN EXCHANGE BANKS ASSOCIATION All members of the above Association will be clos;d for business or Mondoy 1st July. wMch has boon aeclared a Bank Holiday •PAY The foLowing personnel cf .11 Volunte r Fore s and locally calisled personnel of the regular aimy. who are not now in cUil
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      116 2 AISTRAI.'AN MJTIAL PROVIDKNT SOCIETY. I I a: Ti 1 Street, S dnrr lost roucv. li li the 1-ite.rkw of the Socie'y en or after l.t 1956 to issue a Snc-iil Pel tv .n lieu cf Policy No 14^9383. on th Cl:ristcphrr Henry Bower W.i -;.t <-fTeetcd ty H nry E
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    Local Volunteers Demob On June 30
    414 3 Pay Allowances To Cease ALL Volunteer Forces in the Malayan Union will be demobilised and disembodied on Sunday, according to an ordinance issued in Kuala Lumpur yesterday for early introduction into the Advisory Council of the Malayan Union. The Local Defence Corps of the
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    BRITISH NAVY ARE HOSTS AT MEDAN
    46 3 The British Navy t**rew a ten party for Dutch children at Mcdan. Stinia'tM recenHy. Her«» is the jc;p train, driven by Lt -Cdr A. Tvson. Senior Naval Officer at Marian which gay trips round th" earden. (Army Film I'nit Piiture).
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    ECHO OF FALL OF PENANG
    230 3 ECHO OF FALL OF PENANG From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Wed. THE dramatic story of how a Malay, nicknamed "Eddie Polo", had led a party of about 80 arm?d men tc Sungei Pinang Road and had given orders to "kill ail Chinese", as a result of whLh several were wounded
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    Importance Of Education
    113 3 Importance Of Education From Our Own Correspondent MUAR, Wed. CTEESSING that it is of vital importance that the education of pupils should be unbroken the Acting Superintendent of Education. Jchcre. Mr. G. L. Bavl'ss, in a notice to parents. lnsteta that parents should not keen their sons nway from school.
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    Former Inspector Charged
    62 3 From Our Own Correspondent MALACCA, Weci. Mohanna Kriahnan, a former Inspector of Police, anpeare in the Magi3-t.-;.i"s Cc urt m Monday on a .summons of causing hurt to Annie Fernandez and Adelaide Hendrlcks, at the Portuguese Settlement. ,-iisc w.is adjourned to July B lor hearing, Mr. C.
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    Licensing Board
    47 3 From Our Own Correspondent SEUEMBAN. Wed.—The Rubber Supervision Licensing Board for Seremban for 1!>46 has been appointed as follows:—The District Officer iSeremnan). The Chairman. Town Board, Seremban. The Deputy Commissioner for Labour. N.S. and Malacca. Mr. Koh Lian Chin. Che Mohaaied Hashim bin Huji Talip.
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    Juveniles To Be Separated
    65 3 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG. Tuesday.— During the >>olie n court sitting today the magistrate. Mr W. Foulsham. directed the court insoector, Mr. G. Windsor, to take disciplinary action against these resronsible for putting a juvenile offender inside the police court cell. In making this order
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    Buddhist Ceremony
    22 3 New-Moon Day celebrations will be held at the Sinhalese Buddhist Temple, 96 Cutiam Road, on June 28, at 7 p.m.
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    Singapore Kempei Man Gets 7 Years'
    150 3 CENTENCE of seven years" u rigorous iaprlMimvm! was pund by the Sn.g \rj.t War Ciimes Court ptttelday on Sgt. Okaya'ra HI; ji former Y.M.C.A. Komp'lii "interrogator"', who wafound guilty of ill-tr;atruenc of Singapore c.v.l ans and others airested in Chmgi in'ernment camp. Two of
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    Fined For Not Stopping
    119 3 IGNORING the signals of a 1 Revenue Officer to stop at the Woodlands Customs barrier on the afternoon of April 29, a well-loaded military lorry cont nued on its way towards Johore. The Revenue Officer save chase on a motor-cycle and caught up with the lorry
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    "Brief Encounter"
    59 3 Owing to its tremendous popularity in Singapore. Noel Coward's "Brief Encounter," an Eagle-Lion production, is having its season extended and will continue over the weok-enri at the Pavilion. Tonight, at the 9.R0 show onlv, there will be a Malayan premiere of Eagle-Lion' 'Seventh Veil at which the Governor,
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    Spore In Empire Radio Network
    295 3 CINXJAPORE is to be the centre of a vast Imperial radio link between the United Kingdom and Australia. It is understood that the Imperial Government plans to set up a powerful broadcasting relay station in Singapore, to link the radio systems of Australia, Ma by
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    "Natural Causes"
    68 3 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG. Tuesday.— In the coroner's court today a verdict of death by natural causes was returned by the jurors on a Chinese accused, Tan Keng, who had died in the hospital lockup ward after having been formally charged with abetment of attempted murder of
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    United Malacca
    31 3 Crop figures for United Malacca Rubber Estates, Ltd., are as follows: February 4.860 lb., March 23,250 lb.. Anrll 36.550 lb.. May 37.400 lb. Total for four months: 102.060 lb.
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    Another 'Occupation' Inquiry Begins
    333 3 ABOUT 30 witnesses will be called by the prosecution to give evidence before Mr. H. A. Forrer in the Seventh Ponce Court at an inquiry which began yesterday into charges ol causing huit against P. P. Webb, a 30-year-old Eurasian police inspector Chief Inspector A. H.
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    Praise For Penang Blitz Girls
    128 3 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG. Wed. THE courageous manner in which Penang's telephone girls had stuck to the-r posts, thereby keeping open the (oral telephone communications during air-raids on Penang, has b en officially recognised by th; award of a commendaton by th? King to
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    Penang Man On Assisting Enemy Charge
    123 3 Penang Man On Assisting Enemy Charge From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Tuesday— In the police court today a young Bur-mese-Chinese, Ong Ban Lee alias Barne Yong. was produced on a charge of assisting the enemy by beinc; an informer to Cant. Eda of the Japanese army intelligence and causing the
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    PENANG RELIEF CHAIRMAN
    77 3 From Our Own Correspondent PENANO, Wed. Mr. Ong Keng Seng, Chairman of the Penang China Distress Relief 7 and. returned here yesterday after a visit of sevoral months to China. He is leaving for Singapore within the next few days to attend the Chines? Government's Overs?as Education
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    Marines Charged
    61 3 Charged with theft of a wristlet watch valued at $30 the property of a Chinese, Soon Vai Fok. from a house in Jalan Besar on the evening of June 25, E. D Tavlor and Morrel. two Royal Ma r ines, cla med trial before Mr. L. O. noli
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    SERKMBAN JUSTICES
    155 3 From Our Own Correspondent 3EREMBAN, Wed —The Kesidem Commissioner, Negn Sembilan, has appointed th2 tollowin? to be members of the Board or Visiting Justices to the SeremDan prison for the year 1948:—District Judge, N.S (ChttnMUK, Secretary to Resident Commissioner; District Officer. Se*rcmban: State Agricultural Officer; Deputy Commissioner of
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    Big Jump In U.K.-Malaya Trade
    276 3 Big Jump In U.K.Malaya Trade IMPORTS to Singapore from the I'nited Kingdom during May, on civilian account, were the highest since the liberation and more than double those for April, according to official figures. They totalled $3,677,341, compared with $1,512,721 in April. Britain's exports for May passed the 1938 average
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    10 CENTS COFFER
    60 3 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG. Wed. Coffee shop proprietors in Penang arc meeting on Thursday to decide the q lestion of reducing the r>r!?e o* a cup of coffee to ten cents, it is understood. This discuss on follows a suggestion made earlier by the Assistant Price
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    Andamans Japs Hanged At Changi
    140 3 Andamans Japs Hanged At Changi POR torturing and killing Andaman Island civiluu.s during the occupation, >>x JapsMM were hanged on he Chanpi iclay. I'hcy were Chief II J < t cer Nagao o Hirio, Potty Ott',cer Tada Miyashi, Chii f. P. tt f Ofßc-r Azaki S-jkuichi. Civ:! Administrator Mttsubashi Mataic'ii.
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    Airport Fire Threatens Explosives
    121 3 AN explosive store at Ctiungl Airnort was threatened whsn a children's bonfire spread to lnllanes r.earby at about 6 nm. on Tuesday The airport crash tcr.d-i attacked immediately, but U a steady h-ecze fanned the finme, toward rfc" ex-ilo'ive store the RAF -a'led in the Municipal
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    Envoy To China In Singapore
    65 3 Sir Horace Seymour, r Ambassador from Nanking arrived in Singapore aboard H MS Anson on his way home to UK. Lady Seymour is expected by plane. Sir Horace and Lady Seymour will stay at Bukit Serene as guests of Lord and Lady Killearn. S'.r Horace
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    34 3 Indians who reauire repa.r ntion cards can apply with two photographs of themselves at the Indian Assoc ation premises. No. 6, Race Course Lane, between 5.30 pm. and 6.30 p m. on week days.
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    28 4 Mr. A. P Ponnuthurai and family thank all those who attrrded the funeral ol the l.itp Mrs. A P. Ponnuthurai. sent wreaths, telegrams and loan of can
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    IN MEMORIAM
    21 4 In I/)\in^' Memory of my dear husb::iul Wi liam N'.sket (Billy) Sc.g SSVF curd POW Tnailand. 27th Jun« 1043.
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    PERSONAL
    53 4 DEPARTING on leave. Miss L. K. Baeb wiabM to thank ail kind liclp.r, sympathizes. Any information rr her father Mr. J. E. Bach (MICE.) Killed Long Nawang, Bi rneo, Aug. Si pi. 1912. Co;nmunuate Mrs. VaUphaa Peltrs (act ns on h r behan) "Burnside" 28 Tomlinson Rd. S'poro. Up-country
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    The Straits Times Singapore. Thurs., June 27, 1946. A Hell Of A World
    959 4 The Straits Times Singapore. Thurs., June 27, 1946. A Hell Of A World If thtre is one feeling that i5 sl.ared by all thinking people m Malaya, domiciled and immigrant. Asiatic and European, employed and employer, Englishspeaking and otherwise, it is a sense of growing uneasiness as they read their
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    Mails To Malaya
    125 4 t NUMBER of passenger liners and cargo liners leaving Britain for Malaya were from Liverpool, sailing via Cochin, and two were from London, which sailed direct. The Minister of Transport, Mr. Alfred Barnes, sating this in the Common^ y:stertiay in reply to a question, said mails for
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    India After the British Hand Over: Gandhi's View
    777 4  - India After the British Hand Over: Gandhi's View LEONARD R. HARRIS By WIPING the mist from his oldfashioncd spectacles. the little man smiled and spoke: "Not yvt o'clock in the morning; and here's an American journalist come to cross-examine me!" But Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was wrong my primary purpose in
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      Malaya's Civic Signature Tune: "The Authorities"
      1219 4 THE mapiity of lctle.s from your readers expre-s tfcc view that "the author.!.. I should do something," a \a this phrase has been seen s i fiequently that I new looK upon it with c >nt jmpt. Precisely what is required is rarely stipulated,
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      Seven Children— $200 A Month
      292 4 Seven Children $200 A Month IIIAVF. 20 years' service, and I am now drawing $104) a month. 1 ha- c seven children, five of whom are In school. It is unnecessary for me to detail my mt>nt:ilv buiget, because there is not a c»nt left before the lth of each
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    $50 Million Govt. Loan For Singapore
    313 5 $50 Million Govt. Loan For Singapore TODAY'S ADVISORY COUNCIL MEETING THE Government of Singapore is to issue a 1 $50,000,000 Loan. A !/»an Hill to authorize the Financial Secretary, Mr. Nelson Jones, to raise this money will be brought before the Singapore Advisory Council when it meets this morning. The
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    NEW NAVAL C-in-C AT HONG KONG
    44 5 ArHvtag in lions Konr abnarl the aircraft «-a«rirr Vc:icrablr. rrrently. the new C-in-C British Pacific PHti, Vice- tdmiral Sir Denis W Boyd. was met -t Queens Pier by th» (i O.C. Land Forcrs. Hone Konc. >laj-(ien. Frank Festing.
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    St. Andrew's Boy Replies
    113 5 To Hie Editor. Straits Times. YOUR publication or a letter by a St Andrew's schoolboy nrHer the obnoxious heart Ing "Tost-Syonan Spelling" was v< rj provoking indeed, and your nr»ss has. unconsciously or otherwise, contributed much to prejudice prhlic opinion •fatest the school. It would in.ierd
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    Raffles: Ceremony On July 6
    182 5 THE Goveriicr, Sir Fran.cl n Gimson, will unveil tr>c statue of Sir Stamford Raffle? at a ceremony marking ihS replacement of ths statue 01 the founder of Singapore vi Empress Place, tentatively fixed for Saturday, July G, at 5.30 p.m. Invitations to the ceremony have
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    'The Empress' Leaves With 2,900 Aboard
    256 5 THE "Empres of Australia'' moves out of Singapore this morning bound for England with 2,900 officers and men and Servicewomen aboard, which is about 100 short of her normal load as a troopship. The '"Empresn" arrived in Singapore last wee'< with a.v proximately 6CO
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    Brit. Guerilla Major Is Acquitted
    207 5 MAJOR I. A. McDonald, estate manager and a fo :i r member of Force 136. the underground o:jjai,i that was parachuted into Malaya before the liberation. \va.-. acquitted yesterday by the District Ju :Ig«\ Parit Buntur, on a charpe of Cawing d'n«h by a rash
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    Tea For Malaya
    41 5 An allocation of 600 tons tea has been made available to Malaya from Ce>Ion and Import licences will be issued by the Registrar of Imports and Exports, Singapore, up to a total of this quantity against firm offers.
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    Y.'s MEN'S CLUB OFFICE-BEARERS
    108 5 Y.'s MEN'S CLUB OFFICE-BEARERS ihe v M n ub n 111 1 an «xtra general m i their luncheon m Restaurant v.itn Dr. Loh POOB I i;i p i'lm Th>ili ctkm of ofll < Bl follows Ik L,'i>i Pooa Lio: vice-president, Mr Boh Ghee 8oon hoci r. Mr. I. i:n
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    Trade Union Adviser
    46 5 Mr. X P Qarrett, Trac)<- Union Adviser for Bingacore. who wished to g"t into touch with all Sinxap.. Uaiuns. invites all Unions to send kl lowing information to him at tho Chinese Protectorate Building: their title a-iri address and name of thfir Secretary.
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    Conference On Wharf Charges
    177 5 From Our Own Correspondent PENANQ, Wed. OCAL traders and merchants together with members of the tnree local Chambers of Commerce and representatives of the General Labour Union, Lorry Driver.-; and Harbour Labourers Associations met at a two-hour conference at the Labour Office, today, with the Deputy
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    WELFARE WORKER CHOSEN
    316 5 WELFARE WORKER CHOSEN PT./LIEUT. K. H. Tan. who leaves fcr Engl^.d today on the Empress o: Australia, is one of trn Sm gapore candidates who Wil) undergo a two-y?ar course ol training in social w.-ra.o work at the Schrol of Ec:n mics, London. He is ac o npanied by h.'s
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    KEMPEI MAIN TO HANG
    150 5 KEMPEI MAIN TO HANG From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. CGT. NISHI. dreaded member of |ka K.L. Kcmpeitai. was sentenced to death by hanging bv the military tribunal in Kuala 1 Lumpur this morning. The court found Nishl eu'lty of ill-treatmrnt and torture of civilians and causing the death
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    Jap Sent British Officer To Underground Cell
    534 5 Jap Sent British Officer To Underground Cell THE signed testimony of n British Army captain who had spent 80 days in solitary confinement, part of ihe time in a water-logged, underground air-raid shelter and had only emerged from his "cell" when Japan surrendered, suffering fOMU blackwater fever, confusional insanity and
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    "No Fraudulent Intention "— Major
    736 5 "No Fraudulent Intention Major MAKING his defence at the licld Rrnoral court-mcrlial -n Singapore jesterchiy. Major I. T. Mcllirri 11. R.E H I di-nirtl :ill allegations ol fraudulent intrntion. Major Mrthcroll is facing five fnalgi (if fraudu'ent convi'ision of motor vehicles pwrtg ;tnd bicyc entrusted to his care, while he
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      India's 275 Highest Ever Against England
      315 6 BEDSER SHA PES LIKE MAURICE TATE (By LEARY CONSTANTINE) LONDON, Wed. ALTHOUGH India lost the first Test match against England by ten wickets she put up a much better fight than the scores would suggest and the tourists in getting 275 in the second
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      254 6 our work in that department. It was a city our catching d.d not come up to the same standard." 'Lost To Better Team Mr. Gupta, speak.'.!* to me in the dressing room \fter the match was over, said: "I am quite satisfied. Iucia lost to
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      19 6 n-Jiy N:-tha»» fr- r '*i star arrives for the Wimbledon i hampior.sniijs .si.'c uun her opening tie on Tuesday.
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      WOMEN'S DAY AT WIMBLEDON
      425 6 WIMBLEDON, Tues. TWO pre-war Wimbledcn tennis favourites Betty Nuth i!>, 1 Britain, and M. Anhieu, France, renewed rivalry when drawn to meet in the first round of the women's singles. Miss Nuthall was playing the first match since returning from America recently and while both lacked
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      311 6 NOTICE. I, Wee Kirn Moh of Ko. 11 Lorong 106, Changi Road, Singapore, hereby notify the public that lr.y wife Llm Kwan Neo has left my protection since July 1945 and that I will not hold myself responsible for her nets or debts contracted by her thereafter. WEE KIM MOH.
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      212 6 RADIO PROGRAMMES SINGAPORE w Ktu NEIWOBK from aoon to 2 p.m. and 630 to 11 on> on 225 metres from noon to 2 pm on 4.825 mcs/tee <n 8i metre band and from 7.45 to 930 p.m on 4.7S •nsc/iea <n 6! metre oand CHINESE noon to 115 >m (news
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      325 6 1 p.m. Wew*. 1.01 p.m What 1 It to you? 1.30 p.m. Chappell's Queens Hall light orchestra, 3 p.m. News. 2.01 p.m. Yours for the asking. 3 p.m. Music for romance 3.30 p.m. News. 3.40 p.m. Bandstand, 4 p.m. Geraldo. 4.30 p.m. Mus-c from opera. 9 p.m. How to build
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    150 Million Face Famine In Europe
    418 7 150 Million Face Famine In Europe Overseas Supplies Only Way To Save Them DARIS, Wednesday With the possible exception of London, there is not an unoccupied capital in Europe today where one cannot buy the richest, most lavish kind of food if he has the money. Yet in this same
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    44 7 Tbe German minrr is the best- fed man in the British lone in Germany. The pirtur* shows miners being served with a meal of m at and-vfst able soup at the ca-.t.en of the Minister Stein colliery near Dorinund, Germany.
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    86,000 Men Held 415,000 Italians
    207 7 LONDON, Wed. When Italy entered the war m June, 1940, she had about 215,000 troops in Libya an 3 ever 200,000 in East Africa Opposing them ths British had garrisons, totalling unde:* Co.GOO men, of which no single unit was fully equipped. This great disparity,
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    116 7 LONDON, Tues.— Biit.nn has the pheromena 01 noi only tempoiary homes 1 lit temporary wives and hu.<banas, said the Rev. H. J Powell recently. Mr. Powell, rector of Gravesena, Kent, added: "Accompanying this ep.demic of immorality we have juvenile delinquency and delinquency far from juvenile. "Dishonesty
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    86 7 IONDON, Tues. Latest Lt men's fashion la London is a bri2ht beret with flashy feathers. And men are rushing to buy them. The berets are black, navy blue, bcttl? green, light green, and fawn. The feathers, mostly synthetic, have gay splashes of colour. The berets and feathers
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    61 7 Baby Born In Running Car NEW YORK, Tues.— Speeding at over 50 miles an hour in a car driven b y her husband, Mrs. Rita Gatreau, a former nurse, delherei her own 71b. son and arrived al the hospital holding the baby iij her arms. Her husband said: "We hit
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    43 7 NEW YORK, Sun.— New York society's "uncrowned Queen," Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt -who is nearly 80, told her astonished family yesterday that she is going to marry again— to a man of The bridegroom will be wealth-. Mr. Charles Andrew Munroe.
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    231 7 DUBLIN, (By Air Mail). Eixe's greatest UKd most lv. rative industry horse breeding which had been at a slanrisf.ll since 1939, is rapidly get tine oark to normal. Eight days after the relaxation of the Irish Government's ban on the export of horses on June 1, a first
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    113 7 Z ONDON, Tuts. Married i< men are respons ble fo: almost half the illrgi.in.ato children born in Britain, s tys Marianne FLuilow, w^liare worker of Greenwich, Londen. "In most cases their wives know nothing of the happening she adds. "Cf 300 cases of unwanted ba'o'es I dealt
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      291 7 A declarer's lot is not always a happy one his problems may be so abstruse that only a sup-r-expert could solve them in the limited time available. This, however, makes it all the more imperative that simple opportunities sfcovld not be overlooked. Take today's hand for example No complicated coup
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      167 7 West opened the heart kins. Dummy won and a trump was led. East went up with the king and, deciding that his best defense was to try for a diamond ruff, returned his singleton. From that time declarer was playing a lost cause. He won with the diamond ace and
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    ATHLETES BEAT JOHORE BAHRU 2-1
    372 8 C.A 2. Johore Bahru 1. MEETING strong opposition, the Chinese Athletic team made better use of the opportunities that ctme their way to beat Johore Bahru by the odd goal in three in an exciting and evenly contested football match played at Jalan Bcsar stadium
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    29 8 Sir John Jarvis Reynard Volant (Eph Smith up) wins the Ascot Stakes from Star Lover and Wily on the opening day of the Ascot meeting on Tuesday last week.
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    146 8 pLAYINO on Sunday nUht at Paoir Panjan?, the second string of the Maxfli Badminton Party be*t the Mount Faher Badminton Party if a return badminton match by sevt n frames to two. The following were the results (Mafli BP. players mentioned first). SINGLES: Tay Swee Hock beat
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    SELANGOR MALAYS FOOTBALL LEAGUE
    75 8 A CUP presented by Mr. C.J. Perkls in 1920 is now again open to competition pmong Malay cuccer teams in Selangor. Eleven teams have entered for this competition and there w li be three opening matches on Satirday between the Kajang Malays and Kampong Baharu A"
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    U.S. Opponent For Freddie Mills?
    46 8 NEWARK, New Jersey, Tues. CHARLIE Chancy, (167 lbs.) of Baltimore, knocked out Steve Ilostrk of Newark in the fifth round of their fight and immediately matchmaker Bade Culnan was trying to match Chancy and Freddie Mills, the British cruiserweight champion. A.P.
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    454 8 County Cricket YORKSHIRE WIN AGAIN LONDON. Tues. ALL County cricket games ended decisively today, and among the winners were Yorkshire, with an innings victory over NoUs, and Middlesex, who beat Gloucester by 133 runs. Lancashire, having won on Monday, still lead in the championship table with 100 points, with York
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    74 8 q^HE following will represent the Y.M.C.A. at cricket against the Australian War Graves Unit at Changl at 2 p.m. on Saturday. J.P. Chrynostom (capt.), Di V. Xavier, P.W. Marsh, I.B. Suratta, V.N. Pillal, Cecil Wong, Cheong Thiam Sil-w. M.C. Schubert, Tan Ouan Hong, Tan Guan Klat, K.J. Htaly
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    WELSH RUGBY TRIAL
    39 8 WELSH RUGBY TRIAL i be imai Welab Rugby ulnl in prewration for the Services international fcusjby tournini.: i.t will be held on the :ierodrome to-mo-ri-w at 5.30 .m. All who participated in the last rial are asked to attend.
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    Mentakab Enjoys Its Schools' Sports Again
    330 8 THK custo.-nary quiet and monotony of the little town of MenUiab were broken last Saturday, when the local Government English School, the Abu Bakar School. held its fUst annual athletic sports since the Üb3ration. thus taking the lead ol all English schools in Pahang
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    LOOKING AHEAD TO AUSTRALIAN TOUR
    327 8  -  Vernon Morgan (By LONDON, Wed. IN view of the forthcoming England cricket tour of Australia, the holding of another Test tral match ten days before the second Test match against India, which begins on July 20, is significant. This will provide the selectors with an
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    Junior Kolapore Cup Safe
    313 8 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Wed. RUMOURS that there could be no Junior Kolapore Cup Shoot at this years Bisley meeting because the trophy was blieved to have been lost after the Jan invasion of Malaya, have now been contradicted. It has been officially revealed that
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    46 8 MANILA. Tues. THE rank outsider. Amadeo, paid 3,182.50 pesos for two pesos on a win ticket, the largest payout in a straight ticket in Philippines horse racing history. Amadeo paid 393.50 pesos for a place. (A peso is worth roughly $1.00 (Straits).— A. P.
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