The Straits Times, 17 August 1946

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    20 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER ESTABLISHED OVER A CENTURY SINGAPORE SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 1946. PRICE 10 CENTS. EIGHT PAGES
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    50,000 CHEAP MEALS EACH DAY
    705 1 New Food Plan For Singapore THE launching of two new schemes envisaged by Government m an effort to provide 50,000 cheap meals a day for the people of Singapore, thereby delivering a severe blow to the black market operators m food, was announced by Mr.
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    BURMA TO HAVE OWN CURRENCY
    84 1 RANGOON.— Burma is to have its own currency, managed an.i controlled by a currency board, as from next April. The board is to be established m London m October. There are to be 5 members, two or whom will be Burmese. The exchange value of
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    Jewish Immigrants On Hunger-Strike
    224 1 LONDON, Friday. MORE than 1,400 illegal Jewish immigrants on ships lying off Haifa were last night reported to be on hunger-strike. A batch of immigrants put up a strong opposition and pelted marines from the British cruiser Ajax with bullybeef tins, m a battle to prevent
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    Soekarno May Give Up Powers
    101 1 BATAVIA, Fri.— The Indonesian "President," Dr. Soekarno, 13 expected to give up his '•dictatorial" powers to the new Cabinet which he has asked Sutan Sjahrir to form, the Netherlands News Agency said today Dr. Soekarno assumed full powers m July after Sjahrir and other ministers
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    NAZIS' TRIALS
    38 1 NUREMBERG, Fri.— The War Crimes trial here drew to a close as the prosecution completed cross-examination of the last defence witness appearing 'or tnt SA organisation. A verdict is expected by early September.— A i J
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    Britain Says No Troops To Enter Persia
    138 1 Britain Says No Troops To Enter Persia TEHERAN, Thursday. TEHERAN Radio said last 1 night that Britain had formally denied that Indian troops in the Iraqi town of Basra, on the Persian border, have instructions to enter Persia for any reason. The broadcast said the British statement was made in
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    "Keep The Gates Open"
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    Turkey Stands By 1939 Pact With Britain
    170 1 Turkey Stands By 1939 Pact With Britain ANKARA, Friday AHOUTS of "never, never' 1 J from deputies greeted an announcement m the Turkish Assembly of the SoViet request for a direct share m the defence of the Dardanelles. The terms of the Russian note requesting a re7i 'on of the
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    SA Colour-Bar Talks In Prague
    34 1 LONDON, Fri.— The question of colour-bar m South Africa will be raised by the India delegat.on at the International World Students' Congress which opens m Prague on Sunday.— Reuter.
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    VISHINSKY DENOUNCED BY JORDAN OF N.Z.
    265 1 PARIS, Friday. NEW ZEALAND'S delegate to the Peace Conference, Mr. W. J. Jordan, denounced today the Soviet delegation for delay and long speeches during the meeting on Rumania. "Let us do something," Mr. Jordan shouted, obviously out of temper. "Here we sit listening to
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    PUPPET RULER TELLS WHY HE TOOK A THRONE
    291 1 TOKIO, Friday. APPEARING as a witness at the War Crimes trial here today, Henry Pu-Yi, the last Emperor of China, the man chosen by the Japanese as their puppet ruler m Manchuria, defended his acceptance of the throne of Manchukuo by attacking
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    Siam Has No Fixed Rice Export Quota
    120 1 BANGKOK, Fri.— Replying to the Singapore report that S:am's failure to mainta n the agreed rice schedule was a factor :n the food crisis m South-East Asia, Phra Chot Phitayakum, Chairman of the Siamese Government's Rice Purchasing Commission, said that Siam was not
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    Stolen Textiles Recovered In K.L.
    67 1 KUAi A UMPUR, Fri.— The police, fin. carried out a raid on the uildin? which houses, besides o.*ier offices, the Headquarters 01 the Malayan Union Department -f Public Relations, and the capit. I's radio station, recovered $'i,O<M worth of textiles whicti were allegedly stolen from
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    Hindu-Muslim Riots In Calcutta
    162 1 CALCUTTA, Fnday. HINDU-MUSLIM clashes broke out in Calcutta toi day and were mounting in ferocity. At least 5 people were reported to have been killed and 100 taken to hospitals. Hindu shops were onfire in some parts of the town. Ttt€ battle began wnh Isolated incidents
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    J'burg Strike Ends
    24 1 JOHANNESBURG, Fri.— T h c police announced tnat the mine-workers strike has ended and all miners were back at work.— Reuter,
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    VITAL RAILWAY CUT BY COMMUNISTS
    337 2 UNRRA Supplies For Dyke Project Hailed SHANGHAI, Friday. HNRRA supplies for the Yellow River dyke project, v North Honan, were halted yesterday as a result of the cutting of the Lunghai railway by Communists between Hsuchow m north-west Kiangsu, and Kaifeng, provincial capital of Honan.
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    Albania's Case For UNO Membership
    186 2 Albania's Case For UNO Membership NEW YORK, Friday. ALBANIA'S explanatory memorandum supporting her application for membership m the United Nations was today under examination by the Security Council's Membership Committee. The Albanian replies were to questions raised by the Membership Committee. The memorandum, drafted by the Albanian Minister of Stat.\
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    RELIEF HELD UP BY STRIKE
    79 2 CLEVELAND, OHIO, Thurs.— Grain cargoes for overseas relief were threatened with a standstill today as 1,100 members of the National Maritime Union went on strike. The strike seriously impaired Great Lakes shipping and threatened to tie up over 300 vessels, many of which carry grain
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    No Shipments To China Yet
    74 2 WASHINGTON, Fri. MajorGen. Lowell W. Rooks, Acting Director-General of UNRRA, indicated yesterday that the UNRRA embargo on shipments to China would probably contnue at leas^ through September. Major-Gen. Rooks sad nonessentials had arrived m China despite the embargo, because they were already en rout© when
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    BOMB OUTRAGE ARRESTS
    66 2 BEYROUTH, Fri.— The Lebanese Government announced m a communique yesterday that it had arrested two Arabs who were alleged to have confessed go tossing bombs into the United States Legation and the British Consulate on the night of Aug. 4. The communique said the Arabs were not
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    Indian Textiles For Indonesia
    92 2 BATAVIA, Fri.— Twenty million yards of textiles, with a first consignment of five million yards awaiting shipment m Indian ports, are being kept by the Indian Government for Indonesia, stated Mr. K. L. Punjabi, Indian Government representative, m Batavia yesterday. Mr Punjabi added: "I am very
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    Anti-Russian Campaign Of Polish Paper
    266 2 Anti-Russian Campaign Of Polish Paper NUREMBERG, Friday. I IEUT. Josef Bialascewicz. L the Polish editor of the "soldiers' newspaper," against which Poland protested to UNRRA o n Wednesday, readily admitted yesterday that the newspaper was against the Warsaw Government and Russia. Far from being a clandestine publication, he said, the
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    TREATY PROGRESS
    134 2 CAIRO, Friday. BRITAIN is nearing agreement on a new alliance with Egypt. The months-old deadlock m the negotiations for a revision of the 1936 Treaty today showed signs of breaking up. It is reliably reported that the Brit'sh have agreed to complete evacuation of their armed forces within
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    JAP TERRORIST LEADER CAUGHT.
    306 2 BATAVIA, Thursday. IN a patrol action m the Celebes, east of Macassar, Dutch troops captured the Japanese leader of a band of terrorists, says a Netherlands Indies Army communique. Operations against robber gangs, the communique added, are being continued. •'One patrol encountered about 150 armed horsemen,
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    SIAM CLOSES FRONTIER
    74 2 BANGKOK, Fri.— Siam, orderled her frontier with Indo-China to be closed yesterday. The closure order was issued by the Minister of the Interior and labelled with the word "unconditional." He instructed officers at three border towns— Batambang, I Phibunsonggram and Champasulc to effect the closing. The clos'ng
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    LABOUR MISSION RETURNS
    102 2 LONDON, Fri.— The Labour Party goodwill mission to Russia returned by air to London yesterday, the mission met Marshal Stalin in Moscow. The party consisted of Mr. Harold Laski, Mr. Harold Clay, M.P., Miss Alice Bacon, M.P., and Mr. Morgan Phillips, secretary. "We met most of the
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    Indonesians Fire On Patrols
    74 2 BATAVIA, Fri.— Machine-gun i and rifle nre on British patrols, and the use of artillery by Indonesian troops, are reported officially today from Bandoeng, Sourabaya and the area south of Buitenzorg. Patrol clashes are reported from the western sector of Batavia, while m the eastern sector
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    Nile In Flood
    51 2 £AIRO, Fri.— The Egyptian Government yesterday ordered all Cairo cellars to be cleared as the Nile rose two and a half feet m 24 h-.urs to the highest flood levels m recent years. The swiftly rising river is endangering crops up and down the long Nile valley.—
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    No Indian Politics Here, Muslims Told
    192 3 No Indian Politics Here, Muslims Told Hartal Observed In Singapore IN a mass rally of All-India Muslim League adherents m Singapore yesterday morning, Mr. M. Karim Gani, president of the South Indian Muslim League, and a former minister m the Azad Hind Government of Subhas Chandra Bose, asked Indian Muslims
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    SETTLERS TO REMAIN ON ESTATES
    223 3 SETTLERS TO REMAIN ON ESTATES From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Thurs. THE position of settlers on estate:, m Province Wellesley and measures being taken to safeguard their future were clarified by the Resident ComvnLssioner, Mr. S. N. King, at a Press conference yesterday when ne emphasised that the squatters •wouid
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    Clothes For Volunteers
    119 3 rE Honorary Secretary of the War Prisoners (Singapore) Association wr.tes: "In reply to a letter of mine on July 18 enquiring whether he had taken any steps to obtain allocation of textiles for distribution to Volunteers one demobilisation, the Officer Commanding, Volunteer Forces Record Office, replied on
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    July Rubber Crops
    66 3 RUBBER crops harvested durthg the month of July wjre as follows: Allenby Rubber Company Ltd. 43.-00 lb. Benta Rubber Estates Ltd. 47.000 BY Joram Kuantan Rubber Estates Ltd. 44.000 lb. Kundong P.ubber Es'at? Ltd. 17 000 lb. Min*akab Rubber Co. Ltd. 61,00) lb S'i-"?ei Bagan Rubber Co.
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    Musa Uddin At Klang
    91 3 From Our Own Correspondent KLANG, Thursday. TENGKU Musa Uddin. brother of the present Sultan of Selangor who was Sultan during the occupation, arrived m Kiang, this morning, from Singapore, where he has been staying, since his release from f'ocos Islands. He has been given official permission
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    Singapore Trishamen's Petition
    125 3 Singapore Trishamen's Petition By Chinese Correspondent rLLOWING the abolition of the use of rickshaws m the streets of Singapore, the Singapore Trishamen's Union have submitted a petition to the Registrar of Vehicles Department. The petition says that the Ur ion agrees to the aboLtion of rickshaws, but asks for more
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    SUNDAY'S SERVICES
    209 3 Church of England: St. Andrew's: 7. 8, 10.30, 5.30; St. Peter's: 7.30, 9.30, 10.30, 7.30; Garrison (Tanglin); 7.15, 9.45. 6.30; Christ Church: 8, 10.30, 5, 6.30; St. Hilda's: 8, 5.30; St. Paul's (Serangoon) 8. Salvation Army: 10, 3, 4. Christian Science Society: 6.30. Methodists: Wesley 10.30. 5: Straits
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    Vessel And Tobacco Confiscated
    209 3 Vessel And Tobacco Confiscated order for the confiscation ol a 25- ton vessel and 666 lb. of Siamese tobacco from Bangkok, was made by Mr. K. M. Byrne tone Third Police Magistrate yesterday, when a 22-year-old Siamese, Kraiyont, the master of the vessel, and the Chinese purser, Hong Tay, aged
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    Malacca Chinese Form Union
    300 3 Malacca Chinese Form Union From Our Own Correspondent MALACCA, Fri. AT a meeting held at the pre- mises of the Chinese Chuniber of Commerce, presided over by Mr. Tan Cheng Lock, CJB.E., the following were elected officebearers to organise the Malacca Chinese Union: Chairmen, Mr. Tan Cheng Lock: vice-chairmen. Dr.
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    SINGAPORE HARTAL
    214 3 INDIAN Muslims of Singapore yesterday observed a hartal m compliance with the request of Indian Muslim leaden m India. All Muslim business houses and shops were closed for the day and the crescent flag was flown. ever. We are a trading community which neither wants to interfere m
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    Army Jeeps For Police
    76 3 A N example of the co-operation of the Army with the civil authorities m the war against crime is the transfer of 25 Jeeps to the civil police. These will increase the mobility cf the police when those engaged m crime have got their own transport
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    RICE RATIONS IN SINGAPORE
    123 3 The present rice ration m Singapore is: Men 21 katls per week; Women M katis per week; Children katl per week. The new ration which comes into effect tomorrow will be: Men U kat'-s Ptr week: Women 1 kail pei week Children jf katl per week
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    CHARGE OF ABETMENT OF FRAUD
    147 3 PR abetting the offence of criminal breach of trust as a servant m respect to military property valued at $6,000 Dy instigating Mohamed Sadigu to dispose of the goods, 23 year-old Ho Ah Kaw was produced In tlh>e Third Police Court and charged. It was
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    Dutch Liners Bring Back Malayans
    108 3 Dutch Liners Bring Back Malayans MORE than 450 passengers, the majority of whom are Malayans, will arrive m Singapore from the United Kingdom and Holland by two Dutch rfMps early next week. First of these vessels to put into port will be the 20,000-ton liner Oranje on Monday, with 192
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    Remembrance Day For The Navy
    95 3 SUNDAY will b e observed as "Navy Remembrance Day" m St. Andrew's Cathedral. High service officials and the Governor of Singapore will be present at the service which begins at 10.30 a.m. The Cathedral authorities have reserved eight rows of pews m the centre of
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    Planters Urge Heavier Sentences For Rubber Thieves
    205 3 Planters Urge Heavier Sentences For Rubber Thieves RUBBER stealing on estates m Johore, particularly on Isolated estates, is rife, declared Mr. O. W. Husband, chairman of the Johore Planters Association at the general meeting m Johore Bahru yesterday. He urged that magistrates oe empowered to impose far heaviar sentences on
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    Singapore Power For Johore
    259 3 C ING A POKE is to supply Johore Bahru with an ac! ditional 200 kilowatts of electricity to save half the town from the prospect of being suddenly plunged into darkness for lack of supply. A power cable now feeding Johore Bahru belongs to the naval
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    EVERBRIGHT OPTICAL CO. 19 CHULIA ST. SPORE TEL : 4435
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Saturday, Aug. 17,1946. Pigs, Politics And Unity
    965 4 T he Stra its Times Singapore, Saturday, Aug. 17, 1946. Pigs, Politics And Unity The story of the Johore pigs is one of the most extraordinary things that has ever happened m the history of Malaya. As a correspondent pointed out m this page recently, In the years before the
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    World Food Board
    114 4 LONDON, Thurs. AN international food plan de- signed to prevent famine and avert a possible agricultural crisis m 1949 (if there are poor harvests next year) were disclosed by Sir John Boyd-Orr, Director General of the Food and Agricultural Organisation of the United Nations, today. He said
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    Life In England: By A New Arrival
    945 4 [Here is a reply to "Fed-up Malayans. Please Note..." published m this page on Thursday That article was not m fact written for publication but was a personal letter. It was published as a frank and interesting document of present-day England, one which
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    Man In The Street
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    A Chinese Defence Of Shinozaki San
    534 4 WITH all the vitriolic outbursts against the Japanese m the English and Chinese newspapers, of Malaya, the psychological aftermath of these vindictive ideas and statements will certainly lead us to another catastrophic upheaval. Certain of the outbursts were not so much directed against the
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    Nine In One Family
    329 4 AS one who suffered pangs of hunger, fear, the lack of freedom of speech, internment and finally the loss of nine members of my family through the Japs, I join with the people of Malaya and emphatically say tha people like that born crook, sd> and
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      912 4 1 ENGAGEMENTS The engagement Is announced between Mr. Un Hon Shing of Singapore aid Miss Pauline Wong ot Ipoh on the 17th August 1946. The engagement Is announced of Doris Gomez, eldest daughter of the late Mr. Alex Gomez of Middleton Hospital and Mrs. Gomez to Sgt. John Thomas, son
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    Johore Chairman Appeals To Labour
    872 5 Johore Chairman Appeals To Labour Lower Costs Mean Rubber Prosperity WARNING estates that if the plantation rubber m"- dustry is to prosper it must keep its costs down so as to compete with synthetic rubber manufacture, Mr. G. W. Husband, chairman of the Johore Planters' Association, speaking at the general
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    Dutch Reply To Chinese Merchants
    108 5 Dutch Reply To Chinese Merchants DUTCH authorities m Singapore, referring to reports ol seizure of Chinese vessels sailing to and from the N E.I. and their cargoes, said yesterday that these seizures have been made betause *<be vessels were carrying either "arms or illegal goods including looted property." Th e
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    Kluang Court Martial Adjourns
    209 5 Kluang Court Martial Adjourns By Our Special Correspondent KLUANG, Fri. THE Field General Court Mar- tial before which 262 men of the 13th Parachu'e Battalion are on trial on a charge of joining in mutiny rose after the morning session today and will resume its sit; ing on Monday morning.
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    IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN AN A-BOMB
    49 5 A picture which looks very mnc h like the atom-borrb explosioni at th e Bikini Atoll last month. It was taken m Si-gapore this week when a larg e explosives dump near Nee Soon transit camp was set ablate by a grass fire.
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    Planters Protest At Heavy Taxation
    309 5 A PROTEST against the heavy taxation which the rubber industry has to bear today was made m Johore Bahru yesterday by Mr. G. W. Husband, chairman of the Johore Planters Association, when he spoke at its general meeting. The Malayan Union 3ov-r eminent, he said,
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    Straits Malays Back Java Republic
    319 5 Straits Malays Back Java Republic "THE Malays m Malaya bound by the blood of their forefathers to the Indonesians share the jubilance of their brother Indonesians on this historic day of the independence of Indonesia," states Utusan Melayu, the Singapore Malay newspaper today, m an editorial on the first anniversary
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    SHIPPING NEWS
    123 5 BO ADS E. Passmore, British. 387 tone* from Bangkok Aug. 15, destination &nd d£tc of departure unknown. Tairea, British, 3.756 tons; from Kure Aug. 15, destination and date of departure unknown. Bidor, British, 436 tons; f.-um Bangkok Aug. 15 destination and date of departure unknown. Bucrgi, British, 2,863
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    Plea For Reopening Toddy Shops
    396 5 DECAUSE they are unable to obtain toddy, conditions among Indian labour on rubber estates m Johore torlay "bear comparison with the period of prohibition m the United States," declared Mr. G. W. Husband, the chairman, when speaking at the general meeting m Johore Bahru yesterday
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    Johore Planters Assn. Resuscitated
    385 5 THE Johore Planters Association was resuscitated yesterday I with the first general meeting of members m Johore Bahru under the chairmanship of Mr. G. W. Husband. In his speech, Mr. Husband referred to the last days of Johore when, he said, planters had done their best
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    CLERICAL MEETING
    40 5 A meeting of members of the General Cle-'cal Service m Singapore will Ie held today at 4 p.m. at the trymriasium of the Junior Civil Serve? Association to consider the advisability of formMc a Otneral Cereal Service Association.
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    PoW Camp Marked On Jan. 1945 Map
    152 5 PoW Camp Marked On Jan. 1945 Map DECAUSE a map found Allied soldier landed by parachute m January. 1945, had the location of the PoW camp marked on it and because there were Ac-Ac guns, around the camp PoWs at Palembang were locKed m their huts during air-raids and prohibited
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    Three Women Acquitted At Assizes
    104 5 Three Women Acquitted At Assizes THREE v.omen wen acquitiec and discharged by Mr. Justice Worley yesterday when a common jury returned a verdict of not guilty against them on a charge of having dishonestly retained stolen property, the proceeds oT an armed gang robbery The worn?;: Thomas Mi-ndo-za. Mabel Santa
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    NINE NEWCOMERS IN CONGRESS
    365 6 Nehru Finds New Blood And Youthful Talent DOMBAY, (By Air Mail).— For the first time m the history of the Indian National Congress, a woman has been appointed Joint General Secretary. In his search for new blood and youthful talent, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, the new Congress
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    Siam Will Buy Indian Cloth
    89 6 NEW DELHI, (By Air Mail).— A Siamese Purchasing Mission is expected to arrive here shortly for negotiations with the Finance and Commerce departments of the Government of India. According to Prince Wlwatjoa Jayant, who signed th» AngloSiamese treaty m Singapore last April, on behalf of
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    British Civilians Leave Ceylon
    83 6 COLOMBO, Fr:day. The former hospital ship, Atlantis, which was diverted from her voyage to Bombay m order to provide accommodation for civilians In Ceylon, is nov: homewardbound with 434 passengers— the largest number of British civilians to leave the Island m a single vessel since the
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    Desertions Cripple China's Army
    148 6 Desertions Cripple China's Army NANKING, (By Air Mail).— Army desertions, never admitted by either side, must be crippling the effective combat strength of many units, if there is any truth m Nationalist ard Communist claims. Stating that only 4,000 :r.en out of his original force of 60,000 are left to
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    QUININE SEEDS FLOWN IN 1942
    130 6 SILO, HAWAII, (By Air Mail).-Quinine-producing cinchoi a lre*s, nurtured from seeds flown from Bataan to Australia m one of the last American planes leaving the Phi'Jppines m 1942, are reaching maturity here. The quinine content of the t-ark will not be known until the 1947
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    Silk Industry Facing Bankruptcy
    271 6 SHANGHAI, (By Mr Mail) J The Chinese silk industry, second m importance to cotton spinning and weaving, is facing bankruptcy mainly as a result of the nations chaotic economic situation. Only substantial Government subsidies, it Is stated, can avert the total extinction of one of China's
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    School Fees, Youth, And China
    183 6 School Fees, Youth, And China I WRITE this to ask my countrymen to open their eyes and think more deeply over what should be done for the benefit of the Chinese younger generation. Chinese schools m my little own town of Batu Pahat and m other towns, too, If I
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    Our Public Brothel
    76 6 LAST night I spent an hour walking around the Padang, Stamford Road and the Raffles Museum areas. I was disgusted at the sight of the Service men and the local prostitutes using tf*s locality. One incident that struck me was the sight of two civilian police walking
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    In Australia
    68 6 WITH reierence to the correspondence m your paper On the national anthem, may I add a note, as a visiting Australian. In cinemas and ot>&er places of amusements m Australia "God Save the King" is played at the beginning of the performance. We look forward to it and
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    RADIO PROGRAMMES
    439 6 RADIO MALAYA RED NETWORK rrotn aooa 3 p.m. and 6.3* to 11 *m. on tHi metres from noon to 2 r> m. on iJtZI mrs/see. In 81 metre band and from 7.45 to 9.30 p.m on 4.78 msc/sec la 61 metre band CHINESE noon to I.lb pjn. (news
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    GLAMOUR TO 1920 ANTIQUE PLUMBING
    31 7 Lovely jfcA^.N*. UjCAam gives glamour to plumbing of the 1920's when she takes a bubble bath m one scene from the forthcoming 20th Cen-tury-Fox film, "MARGIE".
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    Hollywood Stars Turn Free-Lance
    444 7 THE American motion picture industry is now m the midst of a revolution which may prove as important as the introduction of sound. This is the era of the independent producer and the equally independent, or so-called free-lance, actor and actress. There was a time, not
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    Danish Actor Interviewed Over Phone
    103 7 HOLLYWOOD, Fri.— Jean Hersholt Danish -born screen actor and Motion Picture Academy president, was the recipient of a recent teel nhone ca^ which marked the re-establishment of the trans-Atlantic service with Denmark The call came from Aarhus. Denmark, to Hersholfs Beverly Hills home. Members of
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    PAULETTE GODDARD IS BUSY
    123 7 PAULETTE GODDARD IS BUSY HOME from a three-week trip to London, Paris and German: actress Paulette Goddard Is busy with conferences concerning her forthcoming co-starring role with. Gary Cooper m "Unconquered," Cecil D. Demilles next pVduction. The cast, highly international, Includes British Boris Karlon* and Henry Wilcoxson, Austrian Mike Mazurki,
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    Eric Wilton Plays Butler
    61 7 HOLLYWOOD, Friday. -Eric Wilton, a British character actor, had played many a role on the London stage, but never a butler. In Hollywood he has enacted practically nothing else. "I got a brief respite during the war, when the demand for film butlers dropped to zero."
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    DISNEY FILMS TOO COSTLY
    57 7 HOLLYWOOD, Friday. The Walt Disney Studio will lay oil 450 of its 1,060 workers because of "eco.omic cond.tions reflecting lneitased wage demantls by rnion crafts m aaditxn to other inflated costs." Employees have been told that prcc'uctlrn will op 0.. all j iture productions except lour
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      764 7 TENDERS. Tenders are Invited for the purchase and removal of 21 timber houses situated at H.M. Naval Base, Singapore. These houses contain large quantities of good seasoned timber In "seful sizes and other building matt. The buildings my be inspected between Monday, 19th August and Saturday, 24th August and orders
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      382 7 CROSSWORD NO. 26 p~t w~\ pn i* m! 4 in* i m f~ 1. Dingo, for instance 9 I I (4. 3), 6. Temporary P«S «a L_ I I3sa shape? (5). 9. Near a ruined amphitheatre (5), siE Ws 12 f 1 353 i^S 10. "Or bends with the— p«
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      DAVIS CUP PREPARATIONS
      294 8 U. S. A. Likely Challengers AUSTRALIA is making; elaborate preparations to defend t\ the Davis Cup m the Challenge round at Melbourne at the end of this year. With America as the likely Challengers and with such a formidable record at Wimbledon behind them, the holders will
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      Spin Bowlers On Top In Home Cricket
      382 8 Spin Bowlers On Top In Home Cricket LONDON, Thurs. Spin bowlers completely dominated the play throughout the day m the match between Yorkshire and Hampshire, 34 wickets falling for just over 300 runs. Hampshire m reply to Yorkshire's first innings total of 160 could reach only 97 tn two hours.
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      FOOLPROOF CRICKET LAWS URGED
      74 8 Tighter cricket rules are urged by a Sydney (Australia) club secretary, Mr. o Stone. In his annual report to his club, Cumberland. Mr. Stone said: There is no doubt that mr ly of the bylaws of the game are outxiciently t-lastic to permit the 'bush lawyers'
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      CRICKET ON S.R.C. PADANG TO-DAY
      41 8 (CRICKET on the Singapore Recrea- tlon Club half of the padang will be started today when an S.U.C. team meets the Air Ministry Works Directorate Sports Club. The game will be played on a matting wicket.
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      COLONIALS
      55 8 /"•OLONIALS against tha Naval Base cricket team on Sunday at Jalan Br-sar Stadium. Play starts at 11 a.m. A.E. Delilkan (Capt.). L.C. Delllkan, R. Delilkan. W. Ratnayake. C. Colling. L.S. Nathanielws. E.P. Maclleyzer, D.R. Miller, A. Fernando, D.E. Anderson, Thiagarajah, Albert, Ariyachandra, J. A. B. Gallegoda, J. Delilkan. Umpire:
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      TABLE TENNIS rONIGHrS WRESTLING
      196 8 TABLE TENNIS rONIGHrS WRESTLING rPIIEr PllE following will represent the A Chinese Swimming Club m a friendly table tennis match against the dilate Sinr; Athletic Association tomorrow at the Club's premises at 2 p.m. Ng Yew Wing. Eddie Fung. Chio Eng Quee, Loe Meng Kong, Lim Choo Ann, Tan Koon
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      Voce And Pollard Out Of Test
      34 8 LONDON, Fri. England s bowlers Vote and Pollard have been pronounced unfit and will not play m tomorrow's Test against India. Their substitutes will be chosen later. Reuter.
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      Bosanquet Was Inventor Of "Googly" LJNDRUMS TO INVADE BRITISH BJ/-LIARDS
      303 8 Bosanquet Was Inventor Of "Googly" LJNDRUMS TO INVADE BRITISH BJ/-LIARDS Recently you published a cable .teui reporting the death ol Brnie Vogler, inventor cf the guogly." Vogler was .certainly not the inventor of the googly. This honour belongs to the late B. J. T. Bosanquet, the Middlesex cricketer, and the
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      NONDESCRIPTS
      66 8 r FHB following have been invited to play for Nondescripts 'A' Team against HMS Terror, Seletar. Players are requested to meet at 11.45 a.m. near Kandang Kerbau Police Station on day of match. P.K. Bask ar an, D. Dharmaraj, P. Cook, O.K. 'Narendra. T. Doraal. E. Le Mercier, F.
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      Army XI For Today 'sSoccer
      150 8 THE undermentioned have been selected to represent the Army versus SCFA at Jalan Besar Stadium, today. Goalkeeper: Sic Goram (ALF Sigs, Hibernian); left back: Dvr Stermson (711 Army Tpa Coy RE, India Comd), right back: L|Cpl Champion (REME Base Wksps); left back: sjt McCarthy (69
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      SOCCER TEAMS
      119 8 'pHE Jtovers soccer team to play R.N.A.S. Sembawang at Samba wang today will be chosen from: Ong Eng Hoe, A. Rahman, Tan Chin Lye. Ong Swee Hock, Ilaiith bin Oman, I.J. Va3s, Ong Leong Hoo, Chew Kwan Leong, Sharlff Mardon, Hajl Orahan. Kenny Lembruggan, Chla Boon Leong, Tan
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      Johore Football
      176 8 At s general meeting of the former and Interested members of the Johore Chinese Football Assn. to revive the Association. Johore Bahru. the following* were elected office bearers for the year 1946: Patrons: Messrs. Wong Shee Fun: Wong Shee For*: Ser Llan Tul: Quek Keng Kang: Ng Chin
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      S.R.C. MEETING
      36 8 rpHE Singapore Recreation Club will 1 be ho'^i" a meetln? Nt the clubnouse on Friday, Aug. 23 for the purpose of electing sports office bearers. Playing and non-playing members are requested to turn ud.
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      Penang Eleven Win One-Nil
      581 8 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Thursday. Penang l. c. A. (j. IN a poor game, marred by incidents m the latter stages, th enan ff stat e Football eiaven defeated the Singapore Chinese Athletic Association by one j?oal to nil m the final soccer match of
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      Smith Fit For Third Test
      78 8 LONDON, Thurs. DETER Smith, Essex rtghtarm spin bowler, who is m the England team against India on Saturday, has made a good recovery from a chill which confined him to bed. Smith, who had to drop out of the Second Test team owing to a
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