The Straits Times, 11 August 1946

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    19 1 THE STRAITS TIMES THE LEADING SUNDAY NEWSPAPER rs MALAYA No. 576 SINGAPORE, SUNDAY, AUGUST 11, 1946 PRICE 10 CENTS
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    QLord Louis As Godfather
    96 1 Lord Louis As Godfather \diii Lord Louts MountSattrn Mood »<* mdfathrr tv KHMi t»f infant son of Winf <dr v, I Mrs Alan < ampoell Johnson, at thr christening rerr- -i Faiths < haptl. unstrr Abbey Th f t*ing -\ed on lord i.iJT a» Combined Operations and in South f-a-i
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    Army camp with no rank distinction
    149 1 Army camp with no rank distinction I MONTY'S m. nof tomorrow <>ver 1,000 Londoi Cadets i tie-dress encamped at Ncwhaven. Sussex are being given experimental 'Memotra.ninp." Then is no rank di.iaic mp. and of the Ortnadur Guards and Territorial Army mix freely with the Cadets re under heir supervision. i
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    ST.UKE 'TO AID THE PUBLIC
    104 1 STRIKE 'TO AID THE PUBLIC' LONL»o>! Sut T i'JSANDS ol Londoners *i drenched in long queues today held up in heavy rain ori lightning strike by i!iT <:.•■: uid condu" London Transport <S< n tram depot). The men bepan a 24 -hour token! 1 midnight in pr o "unroad wo:
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    33 1 ;lINOTON. Sat -Tno US. Secretary o! State. Mr. heson. ha~ already signed un agreement with France, and the Netherlands for The ultimate disposition of more than 100.000 one-time secret Geramn prtont* A P
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    TRAFFIC ACCIDENT RECORD
    459 1 Big jump shown in new figures Sunday Times Reporter JULY saw the highest traffic accident figures ever recorded in Singapore's history. There were 477 cases, in which 24 people lost their lives, while another 117 were injured. These reports came under the direct investigation of the Singapore
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    EIGHT DEAD IN BURNING PLANE
    45 1 HONOLULU, Sat— Three army officers and five enlisted men are missing after a crash of the Seventh Air Force twin-engine PBY "Dumbo" flying-boat which caught fire in the air and crash--1 ed just beyond Oahu coral ree' i Larrter.— U.P.
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    DARING EFFORT TOLOOT TRAIN
    221 1 DARING EFFORT TO LOOT TRAIN Sunday Times Reporter A DARING attempt to loot Singapore goods tram carrying large quantities of rice and flour destined for up-country was nipped in th 1 bud by the Singapore Police early yesterday morning. Fifteen Chinese, including two women, are under arrest. The train left
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    TWICE AS BIG AS A 829
    155 1 FORT WORTH. TEXAfe Sat rE U.S. Army has si fully tested the world; largest land-based bomber th I B 36, almost twice the size ol th" B-29 which bombed Japan The aircraft which was ordered early in the war to cam load-, of bombs
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    ANGRY SCENE AT PARIS TALKS \
    252 1 ANGRY SCENE AT PARIS TALKS PARIS. Saturday. THE Wnmtk Premier. M. Georges Bidault, demanded vainly from the chair at the peace conference today that the Soviet delegate, M. Vishinski, respect his position a.< presiding officer, after tiying with pounding gavel and a clanging gong to halt him ill a speech.
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    CONGRESS ON INDIA PLAN
    83 1 BOMBAY Sat. TIIE Congress r orking Committee at its meeting at Wardha ,in the United Provinces tonight passed a resolution reaffirming acceptance of the Cabinet Misiior.'s lon^-tcrm plan for India. Replying to the Muslim Lea Eve's contention that Congress acceptance was only conditional 1 the resclutlon
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    Officer Dead\ In Siam Rail Accident
    112 1 Officer Dead In Siam Rail Accident Sunday Timed Correspondent Penang, Sat. ONE British officer was killed and two otner men injured in a rail accident reported to have occurred near Haad Yai <Siam) in the early hours of Wednesday I morning. The remains of the British officer Capt. D. B.
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    Wharf gangs fake £1 million
    109 1 Wharf gangs Take £1 million LONDON. Sat. ORGANISED gangs ol wharf thieves are costing shipowners nearly C 1.000.000 a year and senously impairing Britain's export driv. The thefts are on a large scale, not petty pilfering, and a special dock detective force has been created These thefts, it was stated
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    SMALL HOPE OF CHINA PEACE
    288 1 NANKING. Saturday. IKE U.S. Ambassador io China, Mr Leighton 1 Stuart and President Tru- mans Special Envoy. Gen. 1 George Marshall, issued, an unprecedented joint >t. ment today that it "appear.- 1 impossible" that the Nationalists and Communists will reach a settlement for "com-! pUtc
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    Miss Australia! in Britain
    56 1 Miss Australia! in Britain Mi-s Australia.' lovely Rhondda Kelly, waves a greeting to Britain, where she is to make a two months tour and then go to Canada and t.i r I 7 riel statfs She w»»n an all Australia contest with 1.000 intrants, is a masseur in Brisbane and
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    TROOPS READY FOR NEW CRISIS
    285 1 Palestine LONDON, Saturday. AS BRITISH authorities awaited today the start of the signal from London for "Operation Round-up" the British plan to stop illegal immigration into Palestine —a mysterious telephone call to the headquarters of the Palestine land settlement centre in Jerusalem warned that the
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    30 1 The death-roll in the Dominican Republic a* a result of a success on of Caribbean sea-floor earthquakes is now reported to amount to 73. according to the Columbia Broadcasting System.
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    Phantom Rockets Big Range
    98 1 Phantom Rockets Big Range New York. Sat— A special dispatch from Stockholm to the New York Times, giving, for the first time, details of the phantom rockets which have been shooting across Sweden, almost nightly s.nce June, says the speed averages 875 miles an hour with a range of at
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    AGAKHANSWEIGHr' IN DIAMONDS
    32 1 AGAKHAN'S WEIGHT IN DIAMONDS DAS-ES-SALAAM, Sat.— The Aga Khan today took part in a magnificent ceremony in which he, as the spiritual leader of 20.000,000 Ismaili Moslems, was weighed against diamonds.— Reuter.
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    ARAB STATES MEET IN EGYPT
    55 1 ALEXANDRIA, Sat.— Foieigu Ministers of Arab states are expected to arrive here during the weekend for Monday's conterence on Ihe Palestine question. It was summoned by Egypt at the request of Iraq, whose Foreign Minister, Dr. Fadil Jamali, has been accompanied here by Gen. Nuri
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    SPOTLIGHT On MALA YA AND MALAYANS
    1559 2 SPOTLIGHT On MALA YA AND MALAYANS CALLY Gilmour, brilli- ant ballet-dancing tlauehter of Dr. and Mrs. lmour, of Singaored a new racem in "Mr. Punch" by the Ballet Rambert at Sadler*! Wells Theatre. On the Punch-and-Judy theme, the choreography is Walter Gore and the mu«ic is by Arthur Oldham. Fame
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    Gen. bcopiord At Service* Police Ball
    94 3 Gen. Stopford At Services Police Ball hall nil >•• at •I' \t la :.u l!all round roni I- ft '.o rig t < i > II < (apt •> In- .i.i i i <lhM Mr R 1 "m*aisfi*atr of i -tor* < .ot < olville Na- ifl Mi \d7.i I
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    24 3 sgi.-.Tisjor i inaxa niaro, condemned to death by hanging for war crimes at Banting, has been re. aptured by Chinese residents of Kua!a Lumpur
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    TOWKAY F7NED FOR HOARDING
    144 3 TOWKAY FINED FOR HOARDING Sen la* limes (orrespo.ideni TAIPING. Sat L\)R hording 40 bag* ol wheat flour and 25 sac 1 of Siamese i Ah Yok. a Taiping basim. wa^ fine< $1,500 by Mr C P Newton, the District Judge Ooi had no licence to deal In rationed commodities nor
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    KIDNAPPING AND ROBBERY CHARGE
    54 3 TTj>i KheK Tonf Lian. and j a. i udonesian. Rahmat Zln. app«\itvd in the Fi.th Court yesterdiv when tv.o chafes, one of rub '.wry and tl.e other of kidnapping a m;»!i. wrc explained »o Police bail ot $500 each lend?!, am. thr case was fixed tor.
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    Gaiety PlayeVs In New Show
    47 3 Gaiety Players In New Show IOHN DRINKWATEKS Bud k Hand," a three-act play with an interesting plot, will be presented by the Gaiety Players of No. 1. British Transit Camp, at the Victoria Theatre, to-morrow nifcht. They play will bo repeated on Aug. 1 3 and 14.
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    Black market poster contest
    107 3 Sunday lime. Correspondent riirbt the black market, a poster competition will he held among schoolchildren in Singapore. Prizes of S5O. $20, and $10 are offered fo: the first three best posters submitted, and $5 to each of the following .six highly commended ones. Entries for the
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    SUMATRA TERRORISM
    465 3 "Force must be met with force, —Deli Sultan 'TORCH must be met with force and I think the time has come to use the maximum force to put down terrorism on the east coast of Sumatra, but don't mistake me, I am a Malay nationalist and want the
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    Chinese classes for Cambridge exams
    203 3 Sunday Times Correspondent CHINESE classes are to begin again to-morrow for Raffles Institution and Victoria School pupils who are taking Chinese as ?n extra subject in their Cambridge examinations. First Introduced in 1941, these classes are being financed by Mr I Lee Kong Chian with
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    17 3 Mr. W. H. YeUon, of Singapore, has passed his final examination of the Chartered Institute of Secretaries
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    Storm Over Teacups
    72 3 4 (Inn steward of the ni v. Prometheus. Leong Wing, was charged yesterday with causing hurt to Leonard Doyle, the chief steward, in the Fourth Police Court, and fined $39 or three weeks' imprisonment. It was alleged that on Aug. 9. Doyle nad instructed Lrong not to
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    28,000 Grow Own Food
    93 3 Sunday Times Correspondent PENANO, Sat. OUT of an estimated total population of 465,000 in Penang and Province Welles ley only about 28,000 are officially classified as "selfsupporting", it is understood To these padi cultivators the Government issues no rice, but provides sugar and other rations. Of
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    Malaya has only free press in S.E. Asia, says American
    532 3 By Sta n Swinton Associated Press Correspondent t ESS than a year after liberaii tion, freedom of the press one of the chief human rights for which the Allies fought already is a casualty in Siam and Indo-China. In all
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    Allegedly Offered $500 Bribe
    116 3 Allegedly Offered $500 Bribe AN allegation that a Chinese interpreter, Leah Yoon Shen, told him that his friend would pay hLn $500 every ten days if ie could help him to obtain a licence for 2xporting cigarettes was made by Mr. O. O. Griffiths. ASP., in the District Court yesterday.
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    MR. C.E. HENDERSON
    51 3 Sunday Times Reporter MUAR. Sat. THE funeral of Mr. C. E. Henderson, manager of the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank's Muar branch, took place on Thursday at Malacca Mr. Henderson died of a heart attack at Muar Rest House on Wednesday night. Wreaths w?re sent by relatives and
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    Tanaka Caught, Weeps
    254 3 Sunday Times Reporter KUALA LUMPUK TANAKA HIDEO, condemned Japanesi who escaped Irom Pudu Gaol in Kuala Lumpur m one of the most daring gaol breahs in the history of the prison, as caught late last night. He wept as he was tal:en away to the condemned cell.
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    Food Inspector Charged
    54 3 A FOOD Control Inspector. D. Hogan, was charged In ti Second Police Court on Saturuu. with extorting $60 from Ra.nnat. proprietor of a coffee shop, bi threatening h m with arrest. Hogan who pleaded not guilt y t. the charge was granted $500 bail. The case was
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    35 4 DEATH Kull KCNO lIOR. aged 30 died 7th August. 1946 leaving his beloved will A: iw and 4 ch.ldPrtends and relatives are for services nndered. wieaths aitd tetters of c •ndotenc? and loan of cars.
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    l\ MLMORIAM
    34 4 IN MEMORIAM In Memory of Mr. George Christian sVe-edun who dird In Sum Road on ."list 1945 t "THOU HASETH DEPARTED BUT 611 A I I. NEVET. BE FORGOT rEN" VOW I Kit VI.
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    SINGAPORE, AUGUST 11, 1946. Dangerous Roads
    625 4 THE STRAITS TIMES SINGAPORE, AUGUST 11, 1946. Dangerous Roads THE Singapore road accident figures for the month of July are convincing proof of the need for a concerted effort on the part of the Government, the Services and all drivers to raise the standard of safety on the road-;. There
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    FREE PORT PENANGIS 160 TODAY
    647 4 FREE PORT PENANGIS 160 TODAY Francis Light is back and... QN Aug. 11, 1786, 160 w years ago, Capt. Francis Light formally took possession of Penang as a new colony in the name of King George IV and for the use of the Honourable East India Company. At a simple
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    Special Coupons For Queen
    135 4 Special Coupons For Queen THE Board of Trace and Buckingham Palure officials at present are discussing a special clothes coupon issue for the Queen and Princesses in order to replenish tfte Royal wardrobes for the com»ng tour of South Africa. The aim is twofold: To provide a Royal wardrobe that
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    Boy Scou's had all answers for jungle warfare
    776 4  - Boy Scout's had all answers for jungle warfare 808 GILMORE Air Mail letter from Melbourne, Aug. 1. AUSTRALIAN Lieut.-Gen. Stan Savige (GaUipoli, Sinai, France, Dunsterforce, New Guinea, Solomons), back in Civvy Street reveals that his now standard manual, "Tactical Administrative Doctrine for Jungle Warfare" is based o n Baden Powells
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    NOW LA BAMBA
    269 4 VELOZ and Yolanda, tamous Latin American dancers. have predicted that Jitterbug dancing will boon join the Charleston and the Lindy Hop on the list of forgotten fads. Replacing it, they aver, is La Bamba. "The Latin influence in dancing is al its height right now, says Prank
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    30-year plan to rebuild The City'
    368 4 30-year plan to rebuild 'The City' PENTIMENTALISTS may 0 grieve, but practical idealists are willing to sacrifice quaint corners in the old City of London I r a 30-year plan of reconstruction to relieve traffic congestion. The City, oldest of the greatter London boroughs, is only one square mile in
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    GOVERNOR SEES STRIKERS
    525 5 Hospital men tell him I of intimidation Sunday Times Reporter U7HKX the Governor, Sir Franklin Gimson, toured the Singapore General Hospital yesterday, he spoke with striking hospital attendants and servants, many of whom told him of intimidation and threats of 1 violence to themselves and their families
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    TEA PARTY FOR MR E.FERNANDO
    63 5 UR T. Ernest Fernando, former- ly of Far East bureau of the Ministry of Information, who was recently awarded the M.8.E., was the guest of honour at a teaparty given by his friends at the G. H. Cafe yesterday. Among the large gathering present were
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    Princess Bira In Cornwall
    40 5 A new picture of Princess BiraIxmitse, wife of Prim* Birabonrse. the Siamese racing motorist who is now living in < ornw&U. Durinc the war the Princess, who is well-known in I Singapore worked on a farm. I
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    LADY KILLEARN RE-OPENS Y.W.C.A
    186 5 AN appeal for more women to join the Y.W.C.A. and participate in its activities was made by Lady Killearn, wif.- of the Special Commissioner for South East Asia, yes- when accompanied by the Governor, Sir Franklin Gim<on, she declared the Y.W.C.A. hostel at Fort Canning re-opened.
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    SIAM GETS RAILWAY ENGINES
    118 5 SIAM GETS RAILWAY ENGINES ARRANGEMENTS initiated by t^e offlc* of th« Special Commissioner to sp«ed up the rehabilitation of railways In Siam by the provision of rolling stock ar« advancing rapidly. Twenty unassembled locomotives have been declared surplus to Malaya ai d are be.ng moved up to Kuala Lumpur for
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    42 5 Ird waggons. jAr A W. Bellamy has cen appointed Crown Counsel, Singapore and Mr. A. Hyde to act as Deputy Fnancial Secretary. Singapore. Mr. J. D 11. Smith has been nominated a member of the Council of the College of Medicine. SinKapore.
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    TEACHERS GREET MR. C.A. SCOTT
    68 5 Sunday Times Reporte PENANG. Sat— One hifhdred and fifty teachers from various English Schools in Penang and^ Province Welles'.ey held an end of term dinner in last night and took the opportunity of extending a welcome to the new Scnor Inspector of Schools. Mr. C.
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    SARDINES RETURN
    19 5 Malaya has been given an allocation for tinned salmon and tinned sardines for procurement through commercial channels.
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    Big Demand For Malayan Fish
    481 5 Sunday Times Reporter MALAYAN fancy fish, which can be seen in all the world's large aquariums, are again in great demand. Fish fans from America and Europe have written to Mr. Teo Way Yon^, one of Singapore's live-ftsh exporters, asking him to supply them with
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    23,000 Vaccinated Against Smallpox
    236 5 TAKING advantage of the Municipal Health Department's free offer of vaccination against smallpox, more than 23,000 persons have been vaccinated at the Municipal clinics in Kreta Ayer Road, Prinsep Street and Joo Chiat Road from June 5, to Aug. 8. Of this number, 8,239 are cnildren
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    "Enemies In The Service" —Inspector
    221 5 "Enemies In The Service" Inspector Sunday Times Reporter Malacca, Sat. AN allegation that he had "enemies inside the service" was made by T. B. Mohana Krish an, a police inspector, at his trial at the Assize Court here, before Mr. Justice Pretheroe on a charge of voluntarily causing hurt to
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    Social Welfare Workers Leave
    69 5 TWO of Singapore's three candidates for special training In welfare work. Miss Maureen Boswell and Mr. Seoh Yun Chong and three candidates from tfhe Malayan Union, who are awaiting passage to England, will leave by the Monarch of Bermuda which arrived Ihere yesterday and is scheduled
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    HUNT FOR SI 764 IN PHANTOM CAR MURDER MYSTERY
    383 5 HUNT FOR S 1 764 IN PHANTOM CAR MURDER MYSTERY Sunday Times Reporter THE Singapore Police, radio cars, and the nter-Servic s 1 Police are keeping a keen lookout for a phantom motor car in connection with the murder of a Chinese whoso body was found last Wednesday night in
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    Arms Clean Up Drive In Kedah
    84 5 Arms Clean Up Drive In Keda h Sunday Times Correspondent A I. OR ST\R. Sat. DURING July, the number of serious crimes in Kedah and Perlis continued to rise. There were In all 27 robberies and six murders, firearms having been used in all except five of these cases. The
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    JAP FLIES TO WAR TRIAL
    112 5 JAP FLIES TO WAR TRIAL Sunday Times Reporter. A QANTAS Airways Liberator aircraft which left Singapore early yesterday morning for Sydney haa among its passengers a Japanese naval captain wanted in Rabaul m connection with alleged atrocities against prisoners of war in Amboina. The Japanese was Kawasalce Matsukel who upon
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    Nurse Holds Longest Leave Pass
    112 5 Nurse Holds Longest Leave Pass LONDON Sat. NURSING Sister Frances Anderson passed through London airport on her way to New Del'ii this week. She holds probably the longest leave pass ever ssueci by tli e British Army The pass was issued at New Delhi on April 19 this year aiii
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    Detective On Robbery Charge
    84 5 A letective attached to iho Singapore police, Abdul Nasir, was one of four men produced before In^he Ahmad bin Ibrahim in the Filth Police Court yesterday when a charge of armed robbery was to them. The others were Har.him Samat, Sal^mat Dolmh md a Chinese, Loh
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    URBAN COST CF LIVING
    52 5 URBAN COST OF LIVING C o\ei!im ii s tejM ;o refer to a committee the question whether conditions in Sit just fv the payment to the lower paid worker on a daily wage of a special urban rust of Hvn lowance. according to a statement ssued by the Controller of
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    PANCHO TIRED WHEN WINNING
    684 6 Rv Mcrv Williams. Boxing Editor, Sporting Globe MELKOt RNE, By Air Mail. PR some inexplicable reason Kid Pancho didn't have nearly much fire and dash on Aug. 3 against Billy Alexander as uhen they fought a month ago. This and the fact that Alexander crowded Pancho
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    NEW GRIFFINS TO RACE IN PENANG
    88 6 Sunday Times Reporter PENANG. Sat. THE batch of 24 new griffins ordered from Australia for the Penang Turf Club are expected to arrive her e in time to race at tl.e Christmas and New Year Meeting for wh eh the GovernorGeneral is offering a
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    Fights Next Saturday
    93 6 From Mrrv Williams MELBOURNE, By Air Mail. TIGER AMANS thumb, injured in his boat with Mick McKay, is mending satisfactorily and be is in training for his bout with Mickey Carr in Melbourne on Auk 17. Carr should suit Aman better than McKay the Southpaw He is
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    NEGRI SERVICES
    136 6 v T.P.C.A. TODAY Sunday Times Reporter SEREMBAN, Sat CCHEDULED to take place at a Scremban tomorrow is an interesting game of soccer between the Combined Services Team drawn from various Military units stationed in Negri Sembilan and the T.P.C.A. of Kuala Lumpur The Co nbined Services have a
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    QUEEN'S PARK BUILD A TEAM
    749 6 George Chisholm's Sportsreel LONDON, By Air Mail. WITH the Scottish football season almost at hand it •oens on 10 August Queen's Park, the amateur club, are so hard put to raise a team of the required standard thnt they have been holding three practice games
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    NA VAL TEAM DEFEA TS THE S.C.C.
    294 7 NA VAL TEAM DEFEATS THE S.C.C. I Padang Cricket j Mr I TING Singapore Cricket Club team o n the padang yesterday, 11. M.5. Simbang, Sembawang, showed a derided superiority over the Club to wi n by seven wickets. The Club batted first and were soon in difficulties ady bowling
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    Paint Offered For Stadium Goalposts
    125 7 Paint Offered For Stadium Goalposts I'IIK hanci tin tea fcava take* a %rry view of the goalposts at Jilin Br-aar Stadium While art iHcsaatlwg to offer this a an rsraur far th. ir defeat ii. the hands af tar gssg.nrt t'hiaese Football Amaaeialts* a fartaight ago, they feel thai it
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    Ponniah Takes Five Wickets For 6 Runs
    252 7 1 Sports Club yesterday I beat the Police by 53 runs In a gan.e played at Thomson Road. un-.aru tile Ceylonese skipper .isiiipitm batted well for to sccre 54 not out and i ly. •he bow.'ollowed r the i sw b.itt.d wtll for
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    TABLE TENNIS RESULTS
    119 7 THE J C A a. d Scr- playtd faro fricndlv tatle tennis games at the Sharkl? Club recently, sharing honours or. both occaJ C S A. playerr, mentioned fii.«t. lIK-^r M\T<H J. Nalpon lost to Ek/cln 0-3. Ckitizc i. idham 3-1. S. Suppiah aurteton 32. A Mallique
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    British Soccer Players Want Aussie Homes
    178 7 SYDNEY, By Air Mall. MORE than 100 British soccer play- > ers have written to Sydney officials, expressing their eagerness to set'..e here and play with city clubs. The applications originated from a letter from a Leichhardt-Annandaie soccer official publisher In a British newspaper,
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    TONIGHTS BOXING
    78 7 1 > -SH Sen ices will nu-et the Rest m to-night's junior boxing programn.e at the Happy W.i-id BtaML Six evi'nts have been arranged, with Fox and R.H. Panton in Use mail rrenl om six 'Mirees." A particularly good scrap should be that betveen Jack Ptrch and Nai
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    V.M.C.A. SOCCER
    71 7 Y.M.C.A. SOCCER Mil IV kMtCh tVtWC. tlu- tud Army V.M C.A. RAF. (Se'etar) will be played 'alan Bewtr Stadium on Wedr«\MUv Ann 2H in ::d of the YMCA ■'•ItntWui Fund ii»wi>ik have beea selected to I f>r tn* Combiner V.M C.A s in a lihl m«trh asainst :.ie RA Wednerjicly
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    Ban Lifted On Movement Of Ipoh Horses
    129 7 Ban Lifted On Movement Of Ipoh Horses Sunday Timrs Reporter IPOH, Sat. AFTER nearly eight months' imposition, the ban on the movement of horses into or out of Ipoh has now been lifted. The liftirg of the ban was announced by the •■•etelnerary official who reveal- ed this morning that
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    Today's Charity Soccer At Jalan Besar Stadium
    96 7 Today's Charity Soccer At Jalan Besar Stadium AT Jalan Besar stadium to-day, starting at 5.15 p.m., the Northamptonshire Regiment Mill meet the SCF..V in a game of soccer in aid of the dependants of S.A.F.A. League and Cup players who lost th.Hr lives during the war or who are missing.
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    R.A.F. Tengah Avenge Defeat
    212 7 From (pi. Phillips <Ch..n C ii R.A.F. <Trn;ah)..2 R.A.F. <rhan«i)..l yJCORING two goals In the last five minutes of the first half of the game. RAF. Tenrah scored a deserv- i ling victory over Changi Airfield by the j i odd goal in three in a
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    .LOUIS TRAINING
    32 7 LOUIS TRAINING NEW YORK, Frl. \V "OFJUD heavyweight boxing cham- pion. Joe Louis, arrived from Detroit today and prepared to start his training for the Taml Mauriello bout on Sept. 18— U.P.
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    LYNCH'S FUNERAL
    25 7 SCOTLAND. Frl. T<KE entire cemetery was Jammed today for the burial of f.-rmer flyweight chamolon Benny Lynch, who died early this week— U.P.
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    YACHT CLUB
    38 7 THE second race for the Chants Chr.llrn?e Cup starts at the Royal Singapore Yacht Club at 10.30 a.m. today. At 10 40 i.m. the "C" class will hold i three races for the True Challenge Cup.
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    Edrich 'Booked' For Australia?
    720 7 LONDON. Sat. mi time getting short and two. I y\ possibly three, more players to be Itelertetl for the Australian tour, those .n the running are making last minute i n ru to catch the selector's eye. General opinion is that Laurie Fish- l.wk o' Dennis
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    CORPORAL WINS M'CYCLE TRIALS
    409 7 WITH only 37 points lost on a course which tested man and motorcycle to the limit, Cpl. Dixon of 10 Light Rec. Coy., IM Ml. won the award for the best individual performance in the motorcycle trials held yesterday by 2nd Div. Crosskeys. Dixon's consistent riding
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    I. A. CRICKET
    71 7 THE following will represent the Indian? In a cricket match against the Devonshire Regiment at Changi starting at 10 a.m. today. Wazir Singh, Dharma Raj. P. K. Bhaskaran. C. K. Narendra, Solakhan Singh. Hussein Shdh, Choor Singh, Gurdial Singh, Percira, Mewa Singh, and P. Oupta. Reserves: B.
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    Son OS Famous Horse Shames His Sire
    60 7 Son OF Famous Horse Shames His Sire Salem, New Hampshire. Fri. rACK followers agreed today that Man <)' War. on c of the horse-track's immortals, would be ashamed of his grandson "Cruiser' who sat down and stayed there when the "ire went up in the eighth race here. About 150
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    Europeans And Rest Cricket To Be Revived
    235 7 Europeans And Rest Cricket To Be Revived SEGAMAT NOTES Sunday Times Reporter Segamat. Sat. AN effort Is being made to revive the North Johore Europeans versus I Rest cricket fixture lor a trophy and If things turn out as planned the J match should provide fitting finish to this year's
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    MAYFLOWER B. P
    122 7 AT the general meeting of the May-i flower Badminton Party the following were elected office-bearers:—Pre-sident, Lav Pau Song, vice-president*. Tan Miang Theng, Lim Kok Huat, Lee Jouy Seah, Neo Peng Heng. Hon. secreItary, Chan Chlm Bock; hon treasurer, |Ho Choy Klan; hon. asst. treasurer, iWong Peng Soon;
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    WEIGHTLIFTING
    60 7 Sunday Times Reporter SEREMK^N. Sat. '"PHE Adonis Weight Lifting and Physical Cuture Party which was recently organised in Seremban Tried off as many as seven prizes at the Kuala Lumpur Exhibition Weight Lifting Competition In the lightweight class Koh Eng Thon? was the champion, while other members of the
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    MERRYTIME B. P.
    27 7 A MONTHLY committee meeting of f h» v»rr.-time Badminton Party ~i'i be he'd *t No. 28. T nrong 34. Geykagi at 2.30 p.m. today.
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    SEAC RED CROSS STORES SINGAP O R E
    300 7 Surplus Red Cross Stores Bulk Sales 1. The Commissioner, S.E.A.C. Red Cross, will dispost of surplus Red Cross Stores in bulk at S.E.A.C. Red Cross Bulk Btore. Main Entrant* No. 2 Dock Oate. 2. The list of items offered for Sale are
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    BRITAIN GAVE A-BOMB PLAN TO AMERICA 1941 decision
    192 8 BRITAIN GAVE A-BOMB PLAN TO AMERICA 1941 decision NEW YORK, Sat. CIR GEORGE THOMSON, scientific adviser to the British delegation to the United Nations Atomic Commission, disclosed in a broadcast here that a detailed plan for making atomic bombs was delivered to the United States scientists in 1941. It was
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    Emperor Approves Occupation
    119 8 Emperor Approves Occupation TOKIO, Sat. ADMIRAL Knntaro Suzuki, who dined with Hirohito recently, said the Emperor is mo.si HtUM with the Allied occupation. Suzuki, who was the* remier of the cabinet that ended the war, told Un.ted Press that he hao discussed the occupation in detail with the Emperor. He
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    SAUDI-ARABIA GETS BIG LOAN
    74 8 WASHINGTON Sat THE Export-ln>port Bank an--1 nounced today the formal agreement to lend $10 million U.S. to Saudi Arabia, for the purchase of American food and o'her commodities. The agreement omitted to mention payment of interest be- cause officials explainrd Saudi Arabia is a Mohammedan country,
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    FIGHTING ROUND ANGKOR WAT
    273 8 BANGKOK, Sat. ARMED bands are til roaming the lands around the famed Angkor Wat ruins aitp r a two-day outburst of I fighting between French colonial troops and band.; of Laotn. Cambodian and Annanrte guerillas at Siem Reap, j according to border reports reaching Bangkok. FightiiTr
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    Drugged 'Fags' £2 For Ten
    118 8 LONDON Sat DRUGGED cigarettes, made of Indian hrmp tobacco, arc bring sold in the West End of London, according to the Daily Graphic Indian hem? is bought from lascars when ships deck and resold at 100 per cent profit, but addicts pay as much as
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    Paratroopers' Court Martial Tomorrow
    204 8 Paratroopers' Court Martial Tomorrow Sunday Times Reporter THE mass trial of 263 British paratrooper.? on chargei oi mutiny opens before a court martial at Kluanj tomorrow. This is probah'. the largest number of accused in any court martial in British history. It is unlikely that every accused w 11 be
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    Ma gne tic Mine lls On Show!
    38 8 Magnetic Mine is On Show This is the first Germun magnetic mine laid in the Thames estuary. After recovery, the Royal Navy unravelled its secrets and it is now on show to the public at a London exhibition
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    Services Release Scheme
    262 8 LONDON. Sat. THE Ministry of Labour has announced the release proeramrae for the rest of this year. From Oct. 1 to th« end of December 311.3C0 men and women will be released bringing the total from Jun e 1945 to 4.292,000 These an» the Army release »,Toups:
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    SIAM KING TO GO TO EUROFI
    75 8 SIAM KING TO GO TO EUROFE BANGKOK. Sat. King Phumiphon Aduldct of Slain will go to Switzerland on Aug. 19, it, is stated. The King is making a health trip to get away from the strain of the past weeks, then returning for cremation rites of his late brother, planned
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    PLANES COLLIDE AT DISPLAY
    67 8 GREAT FALLS, Montana, Sat. Four Army airmen and two civilians were k.lled as a result of a collision of three United States Army aircraft during an air show here today. The three aircraft were flying in a tight formation and collided over the state fair grandstand
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    PU VI IN TOKIO
    61 8 PU YI IN TOKIO TOKIO, Sat. UENRY Pu Yi. the last Emperor of China and Japanese puppet "Etrpero. of Manchukuo," arrived here overnight from Vladivostok to give evidence before the International Military Tribunal trying Japanese war criminals In ToLIo. He Vvas accompanied by a party of Russians. Pu Vi is
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      STORM FLOODS CRICKET PITCH
      130 8 CHELTENHAM, Sat. 1 VIOLENT storm which upn rooted tents and Hooded the pitch struck the college ground Just before the scheduled starting time for India versus Gloucestersh.re match. With dramatic suddenness the light shower turned to a hurricane. Sheets of wind-dr.ven rain swept over the grounds
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      NIRGAL TO RUN IN St. LEGER
      116 8 PARIS. Sat. MARCFL Bcu sac's colt Nlrgal win tun In St. Letter at Donca-t:r en Sept. 11, his owner stated today. Following Nirgal's IMP victory in the Prix Rldgway at Deauvuie on Wednesday, Marcel Boussac said he had decided to send the colt to
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      U.S. PROTESTS TO RUMANIA
      66 8 WASHINGTON. Sat. THE United States Government has sent a strong protest to the Rumanian Governmeir. against the detention of Romanian citizens employed by United Stat<; military and pol tical missions at Bucharest, diplomatic sources here stated today. The same sources stated that it is thought these
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    240 MALAYANS COME BACK
    344 8 Sunday Times Reporter pASSENGERS who arrive I in Singapore yesterday evening by the 22,000-ton Monarch of Bermuda, onetime luxury liner and pride of the Furness Withy fleet of ships, related the tale so often told by returning Malayans "it was a dry ship." The vessel, still
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