The Straits Times, 3 August 1946

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    20 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER ESTABLISHED OVER A CENTURY I.KJHT PAGES SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, AUGUST 3, 1946. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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    PALESTINE PROSPECTS FADING
    734 1 Britain And U.S. Far Apart LONDON, Friday. niPLUMATIC authorities report that the United States and Britain, after nearing agreement on a Palestine plan, are again far apart on the whole issue. I'rospects for the early admission of 100,000 Jews to the Holy Land are described as slight.
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    ATOMIC CONTROL BILL SIGNED
    159 1 WASHINGTON, Fri.-The Atomic Control Bill, fruit of eight months of study by a Senate commi t^e. wac signed by President Truman yesterday, thiu vesting m a civilian commission almost complete authority over the domestic development of atomic energy. The President has not yet announced his choice
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    U.S. PALESTINE DELEGATES
    32 1 President Truman's Cabinet Co mmittee which has been discussi ng the Palestine question with British delegates m London, photographed »1 no-vninj Street. Mr. Truman has now recalled the Committee."
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    FAR EAST LINK-UP IN AIR EXPANSION
    247 1 WASHINGTON, Friday. TWO round-the-world airlines, and a network of air routes which will link most of the major cities of the Orient, became a reality yesterday when the Civil Aeronautics Authority announced authorisation for vastly expanded routes to the Far East, Australia and Alaska
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    France's Plan Forlndo-China Federation
    141 1 France's Plan Forlndo-China Federation SAIGON, Fr.uay. F'RANCE will place her plans for the proposed IndoChinese Federation before three of the country's live states at a conference at Dalat, writes Harris Jackson, Associated Press correspondent. The Republic of Vietnam, comprising Tonkin and North Annam, will not be represented. A French Government
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    INDIANS BEATEN BY AN INNINGS
    270 1 TAUNTON, Fri.— Somerset bea« the Indians by an innings and 11 runs here today. The Indians, who were all out for 64 m the first innings madJ a great effort at recovery m the second, scoring 431 be f ore they were all out.— Rcuter.
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    World Statistics On Rubber
    348 1 World statistics on natural »"d synthetic rubber are riven m the first monthly bulletin issued by the London Knbber Secretariat, a body established by the Governments of Britain, France and Holland. LONDON, Friday. FE London Rubber Secretariat, established by the Governments of Britain, France and Holland,
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    U.S. DEFENCE AGAINST THE ATOM
    217 1 U.S. DEFENCE AGAINST THE ATOM WASHINGTON, Friday WAR Department official directives revealed yesterday that Gen. Biaenhowet had outlined the United Statos army plans for defend- ing the United States against atomic bomb attack. In a general circular Gen. Eisenhower told army command- ers that they must modify their (plans and
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    LIE ON THE VETO
    262 1 NEW YORK, Friday. FE future of the United Nations depends on the Big Powers seeking agreement m the spirit of compromise and mutual understanding, said Dr. Trygve Lie. Secretary-General of UNO, as the much-debated veto power moved into the spotlight. Dr. Lie declared that the veto
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    BYRNE S'S CLASH WITH SOVIET
    574 1 PARIS, Friday. AS the Committee on Rules and Precedure resumed its bitter debate this morning, the United States Secretary of State Mr. James Byrnes, engaged in his first public disagreement with the Russians when tJv Russian Foreign Minister, Mr. Molotov, supported Poland's bid to sit
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    'Grave Turn' In India
    139 1 'Grave Turn In India LONDON, Fri. Mr. Gudlrrv Nicholson (Cons. Farnhami .1 member of the parliamentary del^cation which recently visited Ind a. said during a, discussicn of future parliamentary business m the House of Common^ yesterday that new^ from India had take. 1. a irave turn He asked if the
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    295 Drowned In Wreck
    60 1 DAR-ES-SALAAM. Fri.—Many Muslims of the Isrnaili section, on their way here for next week's Diamond Jubilee csl?brations o* Ik? Aga Khan, are feared to have been among the 295 persons drowned when the Lake Nyasu steamer Vitya overturned and sank m a storm near Florence Bay
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    NEUTRAL ZONES SETTLED IN CHINA
    336 2 Improvement In The General Position PEKING, Friday. THE Advance Section of the Executive Headquarters today announced that agreement was reached in Changchun for the establishment of a neutral zone in the vicinity of the Sungari River bridgehead, and I he continuance of a local truce.
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    23 DIE IN SHIP FIRE
    77 2 Twenty-three passengers including five nuns, m addition to ten of the crew were reported to have perished m «i fire m the Duqne Ce> Caxias, Brazilian transport off the coast of Brazil. The fire followed a boiler explosion when the 4,566-ton vessel was one day
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    JAP BRIDES BAN CRITICISED
    116 2 LONDON, Thurs— After the War Minister. Mr. Lawson, had I made a statement m the House iof Commons permitting servicemen to marry aliens similar to that made by Lord Nathan m j the House of Lords. Mr Churi hill asked on what grourds an exception was
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    Case For The Hague
    33 2 PARIS. Fri— A Government spokesman said today tha: France had proposed to place her frontier dispute with Siam before the International Court of Justice at the Hague.— A. P.
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    15 2 Lt.-Col. Vtrfjadhar Jajrml, •>** and Lt.-Col. Gyani, OBE. photographed at a recent investiture at Buckingham Palace.
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    TO ACTUAL MANUFACTURERS OF CANVAS SHOES
    50 2 Required by EngJiih Wholesale House established 100 years and supplying til principal buyers m the United Kingdom, sole agency for Canvas Shces. Samples required. Large sales pjaranteed when export restrictions removed. On'y reliable makes contidered. J. LAHGDON SONS, LTD., The Duke Street, Warehouse. LIVERPOOL.
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    Another Postal Strike
    47 2 PARIS, Fri.— French postal workers went on strike again this morning m Paris, halting the despatch of press reports from the Peace Conference. Originally the workers staged a ten-hour "token" strike on Tuesday m protest against delays with their claims for higher wages. Beutsr.
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    GESTAPO PLANNED GENERAL'S MURDER
    269 2 NUREMBERG, Thursday. k GESTAPO plot to assassinate a French general, rt General Mesney, held prisoner of war as he was transferred with four other generals to a new prison was disclosed m documentary evidence produced before the War Crimes Tribunal here today. The documents, which were
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    BigUNRRA Thefts At Trieste
    149 2 BigUNRRA Thefts At Trieste BELGRADE, Friday. MR. La Guardia, DirectorGeneral of UNRKA, in a strongiy-worded cable to the Allied Force Headquarters in Caserta, Italy, has protested over the theft of "millions of dollars" worth of UNRRA supplies in Trieste. He described conditions in Trieste as 'deplorable and intolerable' and the
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    London Stocks
    90 2 LONDON, Thurs.— There has been rather more colour on the stock markets today though on balance movement has been adverse. Increased attention wapaid to industrials with stores attracting provincial buying. Colliery shares have been steadily bought on hopes of favourable compensation on nationalisation. Continued uncertainty of the Indian
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    Argentina Would Be Ally Of America
    72 2 BUENOES AIRES, Thurs.—President Juan Peron, said to^.ay that if another World War should come Argentine would fight on the side of the United States and othe* America., nations. "We all know there is a potential danger of another conflict, and if unhappily the statesmen
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    HOW BRITAIN RATIONS BREAD
    65 2 In districts m Britain whtre bread is still delivered when rationing was first introduced roundsmen had to tut out bread-units from their customers' ration books. As they had to deal with three citeimi of rationed persons adults, adolescents and children this added long hours to the
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    HEAT KILLS SOLDIER IN MAURETANIA
    172 2 HEAT KILLS SOLDIER IN MAURETANIA From Straits Times Special Correspondent SS MAURETANIA, At Sea. JUST before the Cunard White Star liner-trooper Mauretania arrived at Suez on her present trip to England, carrying nearly 5,000 troops from S ngapore. Signalman Freeborn, aged 32 collapsed and died. It is understood that heat
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    Jap Raparatios Body Changed
    154 2 WASHK-CTON. Fri.— T was learned .;oday that the F^r Eastern Commission has be;—. a^<* c; to Chang?: its organisation fov Japanese rc-varations and to c'art over again 03 the basis of r. nev American rjro/.osal. The p poeal was submitted Inst week and is I now
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    UNO REJECT SIAM APPLICATION
    146 2 NEW YORK, Thursday. f«IAM'S "declaration of m tention to file an application for membership m the United Nations" was rejected by^the Security Council ?ut>committ^ today. Siams membership therefore may be delayed unless the Bangkok government hastens to send a formal application because the Council must send
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    Opposition To Army Made Cabinet Fall
    134 2 Opposition To Army Made Cabinet Fall TOKIO, Fri— The influence of the Japanese Army m rrippone.se "olltical affairs was outlined be fore the International Military Tribunal today as a prosecution witness testified that military opposition to the then Premier. Baron Tanaka m his plan to punish instigators of the killing
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    Rehabilitation Advances Examined
    1068 3 Malayan Chamber Of Mines Meeting A PPLICATIONS for advances for the rehabilitation of tin mines in Malaya are now being examined in l,ondon by Government representatives specially appointed for the purpose. Thi.s fact was disclosed at the annual general meefng >i Ihe Malayan Chamber of Mines (Incorporated)
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    Malayan Tamils Learn Hindustani
    111 3 Malayan Tamils L earn Hindustan i PRMATION of an Alt-Malay-an Hindustani Prachar Sabha to propagate Hindustani among Malaya s 50.C00 Indians will be discussed at the AllMalayan Indian Congress opening at Kuala Lumpur today. "Plans include establishment of separate Hindustani s< Mil where practicable. They would be under the auspices
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    7 Years' Gaol For Resisting Kedah Police
    207 3 7 Years' Gaol For Resisting Kedah Police From Our Own Correspondent ALOR STAR, Frid. I must take a serious view of I this matter. You were there that night in company with roobers who actually killed a polieej man who was going to arrest a pe-son. I am determined to
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    Sunday's Church Services
    149 3 Churr-h of England: St. Andrew's T, 8, 10.30, 5.30; St. Peters: 7 30 9 30. 10.30, 7.30; Garrison (Tanglini 7 15. 9, 9.45. 8.30: Christ Church: C 10.30. 5. 6.30; St. Hildas: 8 3.30 ;St. Paul's (Serangcon*: 8. Salvation Army: 10. 3. 4. i Christian Science Society:
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    More Camps For Services In Singapore
    113 3 More Camps For Services In Singapore i From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Thursday. A DDITIONAL schemes tor new temporary accommodation for the troops in Malaya nave baen approved in th e last two days I and consequently the releas* of housing should be further speedi ed up in the next
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    "BANANA" FUEL FOR K.L. FIRE
    181 3 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA iA/MPUR. Frid. THREE thousand to four thousand cases of Japanese "banana" currency notes stored at the Bungsar paper mill in Kuala Ljn.pur ?re being burnt, states the Custodian of Property, Malay Peninsula. This is being done df the Kuala Lumpur
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    South Johore Estate Staffs Meeting
    164 3 South Johore Estate Staffs Meeting GENERAL meeting of Estate Staffs m South Johore was held recently M Johoie Bahru. under the chairmanship of Mr. P. E. Manimsn. i Mr. .J. A. Brazier. Industrial Relations Officer. Malayan Union. Mr. V. M r.. Menon. General Se-retary of ihe j Ml- Malayan Estate
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    Two Dead In V-Day Lake Tragedy
    345 3 From Our Own Correspondent A MALAY clerk, Wan Man, was complimented' tor'reLuing n five people when tragedy marred the V-Day celebra lions at Taip.ng. Two school-boys were drowned when a barge carrying ten people submerged during the waTer fett on the Taipuig Lakes which
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    THE HULA-HULA TO KRONCONG MUSIC
    47 3 THE HULA -HULA TO KRONCONG MUSIC A girl dances the bula-hula to the strains of the music of a kronchong party at the New World. This picture wis taken by a Straits Times photographer at the 23rd anniversary celebrations at the New World, Singapore, now m progress
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    S.C.S.C. TO HOLD DINNER-DANCE
    98 3 THE Singapore Ch:n?<;e Swimming Club will hold its first poslTar dinner and dance at the club on Aug. 10 from 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. The social i 3 open to members and their famil a only, and admission will be by ticket. There will be
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    G.L.U.'s Statement On Swettenham Strikes
    252 3 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. THE Selangor State General Labour Union m a circular 1 issued m Kuala Lumpur and signed by its Chairman. Mr. Chan Siong. directs an attack against what it describes as "an unprecedented anti-labour campaign waged by the Public
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    One Year's Salary To Doctor's Widow
    74 3 From Our Own Correspondent Kuala Lumpur Frid. rE payment of a gratuity of £700 to the w dow of the late Dr\ Donald Ferguson Irvine. Health Officer. Malayan Medical Service, who was killed lay enemy action while on duty on Feb. 15. 1942, has
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    European's Appeal Dismissed
    181 3 BLEEDING that he had to maie f trios to Sumatra and therefore needed a revolver for selfprotection, a 21 -year-old Europeai, e\ G. Thomson, who pressed the qualifications o' third officer of a ship, appealed ajamst a sentence of six monthrlf JffNM imprisonment m tho High Court
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  • Obituary
    DEATH
    55 4 Mr. Au Wai Tong Shiu-Cheung) at Mun Dispensary, aged 00. i'assed away peacefully at hie reMd♦■nce, 71, Clemencef.u Avenue, on 31st July. He left behind him his beloved v if e 4 sons, 2 daughters and one son-in-law to mourn his death. Funeral v ill take place on Tuesday,
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Saturday Aug. 3, 1946. The Case For Mr. Jinnah
    639 4 The gleam of hop* that recently illumined Britain's unwearying struggle to give India her independence appears to have given place lo an even more dismal blackness than before. it is truj that Mr. Jinnah, possibly with belated
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    HUSH-HUSH
    387 4 There is a large, thick, printed publication circulating m Malaya at the moment, stamped "Confidential." It is the official report of the B.M.A. It has not beersupplied to the Press. Perhaps there are good reascr.s lor treating this document as secret and withholding its contents from the public, but
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    Governor's Conference
    35 4 Sir Franklin Gimson, Governor of Singapore, has gone to Kuala Lumpur, where he will meet the Governor-General and the Governor of the Malayan Union. Sir Franklin Is expected bad: m Singapore on Sunday.
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    What The White-Collar Worker Really Wants
    827 4  - What The White-Collar Worker Really Wants One Of Them By The Malayan Clerical Union is holding ils first conference at Kuala Lumpur this week-end. This article explains h >>• the outlook of the clerical worker m Malaya changed during the occupation and what his ideas and aspirations art' today. WHAT
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    PAY-DAY IN THE NEW ERA
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      Malayan Chinese Or Chinese Malayans?
      872 4 MR. John Eber writes m your columns: is it not pertinent to ask bluntly what business it is of the Chinese Government on what lines the education of Chinese »n Malaya is carried on?" Not only is it not pertinent to ask it is the
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      10 4 OTHER LETTERS—PAGE SIX The Banana Legacy In Malaya -Occupation Document.
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      16 4 TIGER YOUR ILLS ISH>/ HEADACHE CURE POWDER TIGER BALM ENG AUN TONG THE TIGER MEDICAL HALL
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    Chinese Aims In Malaya Defended
    636 5 Malacca Entertains Two Governors From Our Own Correspondent MALACCA, Friday. A PLEA that the Governor-General, the two Gover- nors of the Malayan Union and of Singapore, the British Government, Parliament and the public should not give the "slightest credence" to tales of Chinese intentions to
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    Christ Church Service
    29 5 A service for the Malayalam congregation will be held m Christ Church, Dorret Road, on Sunday, Aug. 4, at 9.30 a.m. and on every alternate Sunday.
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    Man Tells How Jap Scalped Indonesian
    209 5 Man Tells How Jap Scalped Indonesian COEMORGJO, an Indonesian •J medical orderly yesterda" told the War Crimes Court how his compatriot Puk Tareong was scalped and his abdomen cut open by the camp doctor, Kar.ioi, following the former's arrest on suspicion of theft of clo'hb g in July, 1945, at
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    $24,000 Worth Of Naafi/Efi Goods Stolen
    143 5 rOODS to the value of $24,449 u were stated to have been stolen from a Naafi'Efi store in Read b.reet on July 25. Yesterday a Chinese was sentenced to 18 months' for taking part m the housebreaking. In his defence he stated that he
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    STREET SCENE IN SINGAPORE, 1946
    51 5 Street scene m Singapore today shows the temporary attap houses which have been put up m several parts of the town and which house shops selling a variety of articles. The Municipality have promised a more rigid enforcement of the building by-laws relating to temporary
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    Interest In Food Crops Being Maintained
    429 5 REPORTS from all over the Malayan Union show that satisfactory interest is being maintained m the production of food crops, including vegetables. An over-all picture of food crop cultivation is seen from the latest report of the Malayan Unions Department of Agriculture. In Kedah,
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    Bartley To Advise On Municipality
    103 5 MR. W. Bartley, Singapore Municipal president, has been asked by the Government of the Malayan Union to advise on the establishment of Municipality at Kuala Lumpur He has agreed to do so. It is understood Mr. Bartley is making bi» own arrangements as regards his
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    CHINESE CAPTURES KEMPEITAI
    178 5 A CANTONESE, Chow Lam, who works on a plantat on in tne Kempas area, has made a dra1 matic recapture of an escaped Japanese wanted for interrogation by War Crimes for offences in the Batu Pahat area ir> Johore against PoW's and the Ch-nese populace. The Japanese,
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    KILLEARN LEAVES
    53 5 l ORD Killearn, Special Com- missioner m South-East Asia, left yesterday for Kuala Lumpur where he will attend the inauguration of the Malayan Agricultural Exhibition. The exhibition will be opened by the Governor-General, Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald, at 11 a.m. today. Lord Killearn is expected to return to
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    IndiansTo Discuss Abolition Of Toddy
    439 5 TODDY dunking, long a 1 favourite habit of Indian labourers on Malayan rubber estates, is expscted to receive its most severe blow with the formation o a permanent prohibition committee at the three-day AllMalayan Indian Conference which opens m Kuala Lumpur todpy. A nucleus of
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    Government Lists Dealers And Prices
    345 5 Government Lists Dea lers And Prices THE Government of Singapore ha s recently released 1 through appointed agents 1,200 cases of soap, 1.1 UO cases of candles, 265 gross of dress buttons and a quantity of clasp knives for retail sale to the public. An official li«t was issued yesterday,
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    Application For Professorships
    106 5 Application For Professorsh ips APPLICATIONS for professorships vacant m the King Edward VII College of Medicine. Singapore, are bein< accepted from local candidates for the first time m Malaya. An official statement Lssued yesterday states that there arc professorships of medicine, pathology, anatomy, biochemistry and biology m the College of
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    Korean Charged With Beating Po Ws
    84 5 SUSPECTING that Japanes2 sergeants were the objects of riducle m the course u f an entertainment by Allied PoWs at Nong Pladuk camp m Sam m June. 1944, j. Korean guard, Takamine, is alleged to have pulled out three of the PoWs and assaulted
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    Appeal By R.C. Marriott Dismissed
    141 5 y^N appeal by Ronald Char!.' Marriott against a sentem of six months' rigorous imprisonment for possession of a revolve wa.s dismissed by Mr. Justice C. M. Murrey Ainslsy m the Hk.. Cou^t yesterday. Marriott stated that during th period of nis ssrvict with the Bp2cial
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    NOT COMPETING WITH CHINA
    317 6 British Companies' Statement CHANGHAI, (By Air Mail)— In face of the growing Chinese criticism of their activities in Chinese waters, the two largest British shipping companies in China Butterfield Swire and Jardine Matheson Co., Ltd. have written to the press revealing that Iheir present activities are
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    Chinese Leader Reappears
    154 6 CHANGOHUN, Fri Li U-ss..\ me of the extraordinary figures of Chinese communism around whos? head ther? rage.1 in the early thirties a controversy whi>»n threatened to split the party in two. has reappear?d in Chin:* from Russia. He was last seen a few days ago in Harbin,
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    English Equipment For Dnieper Dam
    72 6 LONDON, (By Air Mai!)-Rus-sia may insta £100.000 worth of electrical equipment in the structed Dnieper Dam, says the London Daily Telegraph. Negotiations with an English company are in progress for turbines, generators, and transformers. The Red Army did not completely destroy the Dnieper Dam in
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    The Banana-Legacy In Malaya
    515 6 The BananaLegacy In Malaya Fis high time we forgot our girl friends kissing tnose in uniform and talked of our stomachs and matters affecting our stomachs. The Banana-Mcney Era still has its after-effects and poson. The fact that, despite much Government effort to counter cr.me and inflation, many p^ple no
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    Diet Deficiency
    60 6 HONG KONG. Fri— The Government will do its beat to remedy the nutritional deficiency m the diet m this colony, the Governor, Sir Mark H Young, recently assured a meeting of the St. Paul's School. The governor's promise followed his disclosure that there were a few cases of
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    BOGUS U.S. BILLS IN CHINA
    144 6 BOGUS U.S. BILLS IN CHINA CHANGKAI, Fri— With the 3 trickle of counterfeit US$20 00 bills swelling to a stream, t!"»e Criminal Investigation Division of the United States Army Tories in China has urgeo closj ecrniUif of all bi.Us of this denomination and askea that suspscted bogus bills be brought
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    PRESSWELCOMES TRADE MISSION
    117 6 SHANGHAI, <B> Air Mail).— The news that a British Commercial Mission is to visit China at the end of September is welcomed by the Chinese press. Editorials point out that the visit will provide an excellent opportunity for China's leadins traders to acquaint British importers and exporters
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    98 6 SHANGHAI, Friday. The Secretary-General of the People's Fre:dom Protection Association of Shanghai, Mr. Ho Yuan-ming. announced his assoc ation has sent in an official protest to the police against the "police vls.t" system. This system, which gives polcemen the right to enter private houses whenever they
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    487 7 CAMERA MAGIC TOLD By Howard C? Heyn HOLLYWOOD, Air Mail. APIECE of black velvet, a cigar and some supposed oriental magic made Chinese cameraman James Wong Howe famous in Hollywood overnight. "Whatever ability 1 have," he says, "cume later." Howe, a stocky, genial, Ironygrey Chinese, is perhaps the most envied
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      Conda To Defend Belt To-night
      141 8 JEFF Conda, the unbeaten Malayan wrestling chan-pion will defend his Seac Gold b?it against Harry Rove!, former champion of Queensland, in the main event of tonights w:?;-.tl-ing programme at the Qreat World. The giant Australian cnallsngjr has an impressive record having knocked out Bosca Boa.
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      64 8 FE following will represent the Indian Association at Cricket against L. O. C. Signals at Fort Canning at 2 p.m. to-day: Players are requested to meet at 111 North Bridge Road at 1.30 p.m. Wazir Sinp;h. P. K. 3haskaran. Hussein Shah. Choor Singh Solakhan Singh. Dharma Raj,
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      583 8 POLLARD SMITH FOR AUSTRALIA LONDON, Thurs. THE Marleybone Cricket Club has invited Dick Pol- lard, Lancashire, and Peter Smith, Essex, to accomp«r> the Engkwd team to Australia Fourteen men have now been chosen with two or three more yet to be selected. Pollard, who was singularly successful India, is a
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      Indians Facing Defeat
      149 8 Indians Facing Defeat TAVNTON. Thurs, COMERSET, scoring 506 for six declared, and d'smissin? one Indian batsmen for 20 runs m the second innings are m a strong position m this match against the Indians which ends tomorrow. Scores were: SOMERSET— Ist INNS Lee run oat 7ii Gimblett c Merchant b
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      46 8 A FRIENDLY badminton match ry ot five singles and five doubles was played at the P.F.S Hall last Sunday between the Young Ansonlans B.P. and the Hu Yew Seah. The Youne Ansonians beat the Hu Yew Seah by seven games to three.
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      393 8 A LEAGUE soccer competition will be held m Singapore next month. This decision was taken at a meeting of the Singapore Amateur Football Association held last night at the S.C.R.C. with Mr. L. C. Mulchings, president of the S.A.F.A., m the chair. The league competition
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      73 8 London. I'r. THE King s filly Hyper* urn bas met with an accident and will not take part in the St. I.eger for which she was last quoted 33 to one. C hales Moore, the Kin»'s -acing manager, stated today that Hypericum was found cast
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      99 8 The Sir.gapore Chinese Swimming Club will hold its first postwar dinner and dance at the club on Aug. 10, from 8 p.m. to 2 a.m Admission will be by ticket and to member.- and their families only The programme will include a night swimming gala, floor
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      59 8 LONDON, Frid. r-DAY'Sr -DAY'S County critket results were: At Hull, Yorkshire beat Northamptonshire by an innings and 23 runs. Northamptonshire 183 and 138. (Coxon 5 for 33). Yorkshire 344 for 5 declared. At Worcester, ombined Services beat Worcestershire by 5 wickets. Worcestershire 232 and 280. Combined Services 429
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