The Straits Times, 21 August 1946

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    20 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NFAVSPAPER ESTABLISHED OVER A CENTURY RIGHT PAGES SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21, 1946. PRICE 10 CENTS
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    150 DIE BY FIRE & SWORD
    340 1 150 DIE BY FIRE SWORD Bengal Report Of Atrocities CALCUTTA, Tuesday. k REPORT of mob slaughter m the Bengal village of lihowanipur where 150 men, women and children were tossed screaming into flames, reached Calcutta today. The story said that a mob, armed with swords and guns, literally sacrificed the
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    Mr. Mac Donald Horrified At Palace Costs
    222 1 Mr. Mac Donald Horrified At Palace Costs "THE Governor-General, him1 self, was horrified when he learned that any essential repairs to the Istana Besar m Johore Bahru would cost nearly $200,000," said a person close to Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald m Singapore, to a Straits Times reporter, yesterday. No decision,
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    EGYPT TALKS 'BROKEN OFF'
    38 1 ALEXANDRA. Tues —Observers m immediate contact with the Egyptian delegation discussing the An^lo-Egypt.ian Ireatv levisior.s believe that negotiations have "completely brcken off." Egyptian pol tical circles now state: "There is no more tope."— Renter.
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    A.T.S. Releases Las Behind
    109 1 LONDON. Tues —During July 198.800 men and women wer? released or discharged from th? forces, auxiliary and nursing services, bringing the total from June 18 last year to 3.689.770 At the end ol July, releases m the men's section were >? GOO beyond the p r
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    Indonesians Open "State Bank"
    70 1 BATAVIA, Tues— The 'Republican Indonesian State Bank" officially opened yesterday at Jogjakarta, and at the same lime a branch office was opened m Batavia. The bank holds a capital ofi ten million guilders "Repubr-! '.an' currency. but although, sDecimens have been printed Republican" guilders have not
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    Ship On Fire At Singapore
    97 1 HUNDREDS of people thronged the Singapore seatront last night to watch a iormer Japanese vessel on fire m the haroour. The fire was first observed at about 9 o'clock and it was not until about mdnight that it was brought under control. By this time
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    VAN MOOK ON NEI FUTURE
    318 1 BATAVIA, Tuesday. INHERE is not the slightest intention to restore anything resembling the colonial system," said Dr. Van Mook. Lt. Governor-General of the Netherlands Indies, at a press conferenca this afternoon. •Tt is the Dutch Government's nrm intenton to promote this country as quickly as
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    Molotov's Opponent
    43 1 Dr. Herbert Evatt of Australia, the most vigorous champion of small nations' rights at the Paris Peace Conference and a constant opponent of the Russian d derate, Mr. Molotov, addressing the Procedure Commission durin* th« critical debate on methods of voting.
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    Jewish Agency To Be At London Talks
    286 1 LONDON, Tuesday. THE British Government has issued invitations to representatives of the Jewish Agency to attend the forthcoming conference between Jews and Arabs m London to discuss the Palestine situation. No acceptances have yet been received from the Jews, but it is stated
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    Greek Plebiscite Barred By U.K.
    102 1 LONDON, Tues.— Britain has iniormed the Greek Government that she is not able to undertake supervision of the plebiscite on the future of the Greek monarchy due to be held on September 1. the Foreign Office spokesman stated m London. Informed quarters m London believe
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    "Obstacle Over Tin Is Removed"
    115 1 LONDON, Tnes.— The City Editor of the "Evening Standard" writes: The announcement from New York, that the United States Government has agreed to pay the equivalent of £370 per ton for Bolivian tin removes the last obstacle holding up negotiations between the British Ministry of
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    Major Cousens Charged With High Treason
    203 1 SYDNEY, Tuesday. WARTIME broadcasts from Tokio by Major Charles Cousens had been largely concerned w*th stirring up the American people's disapproval with their leaders, the Australian Crow n prosecutor, Mr. William Dovey. said m the police court today where Major Cousens was charged with
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    "ITALIANS KILLED POLES' Poland
    131 1 "ITALIANS KILLED POLES' Poland PARIS, Tueiduy. ROLAND urged the Peace I Conference today to reject as "completely uniounded" an Italian declaration that Italy had not been at war with all th? 21 nations at the conference. The Polish delegate said, "Polish sold ers fought m North Africa an,. Italy. Polish
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    EX-KING MOVED FROM PALACE
    73 1 ROME Tues.— Vittoro Emmanuel, ex-king of Italy, and his queen have been evicted on 24hours 1 notice from their Ca'ro palace by King Farouk. Ex-king Victor-Emmanuel was asked to leave because the premises were needed during the Pan-Arabic conference. After a frantic search for new lodgings,
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    C.S.M. WITNESS IN KLUANG TRIAL ASSAULTED
    244 1 C.S.M. WITNESS IN KLUANG TRIAL ASSAULTED From Our Special Correspondent .xr ..r^ KLUANG, Tuesday. INJURED on Saturday night m Malacca, C. S. M O'Brien, a prosecution witness who identified s<* Paratroopers m the trial of the 262 men of the 13 Paratroop Battalion, is m Malacca hospital with a fractured
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    Prices Rise In China On Dollar Drop
    126 1 Prices Rise In China On Dollar Drop SHANGHAI. Tuesday. TVERYTHING from stock* E and shares to imported necessities and Chinese bash commodities, 3uch as riec\ had gone up substantially m price following the latest depreciation There was gloom m many sections of the community over tbla reaction. The ordinary man-in-the-street.
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    Evacuation Of Java PoW's
    62 1 BATAVIA. Tues —The British military spokesman at Allied Headquarters stated here today that Major-General I F. R Forman. the newly-appointed Chief of Staff, is leaving for Soerakarta to fix all details of the evacuation of Allied pnsoners of war from the Java interior. The spokesman addeo:
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    Mines Killed 43
    47 1 TRIESTE. Tues.— l he search for bodies was still going on to- day round the huge crater on I Gergarola beach near Po'.n Venezia Giulia. where 43 peouve were killed and 57 injured yesj terday when a pile of swept I mines exploded —Reuter.
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    STRONG PROTESTS TO YUGOSLAVIA
    559 2 Britain And America Send Notes LONDON, Monday. BRITAIN and the United States have protested to Yugoslavia on the subject of incidents m the area of Ursina on July 12, and of the hostile attitude of Yugoslav troops towards Allied forces and the opening of fire without
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    SINGAPORE IMPROVEMENT TRUST.
    90 2 Tenders are invited for Sundry Maintenance Work at Albert Street Tenement Flats. Specification and Form of Tender may be obtained at the Office of the Singapore Improvement Trust on payment of a deposit of $50 which will be refunded if a bona fide tender Is s^iDmitted. Sealed
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    Hess Declared Sane
    49 2 NUREMBERG, Tues. The prison psychologist reported to the War Crimes Tribunal today that Rudolf Hess the former Deputy Fuehrer, was not insane, and that there were no indications that he was insp.ne at the time of his activities for which he is now on trial. Renter.
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    COPRAFROM N.E.I. FOR AMERICA
    211 2 COPRA FROM N.E.I. FOR AMERICA Tuesday. THE Agriculture Department £^u ha that the Netherlands East Indies has agreed to sell its egay-^ States or to foreign countriewhich have been allocated supplies by the International Emergency Food Council. The agreement runs for a year beginning on Sept. 1, with the price
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    TROOP MOVEMENTS IN IRAQ
    167 2 LONDON, Tuesday. PERSIAN Press reports quoted yesterday by Moscow Radio said British troops, on Aug. 12, occupied two small Iraqi towns across the river from Abadan, where the largest refineries of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company are situated The bro*u>,:»st reported that "British trpoos entered a sm*ll
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    CHARGE AGAINST JAP GENERAL
    100 2 TOKIO, Mon. Lieut. -Gen. Yoshihida Hayashi, one of tihe most recent arrivals at Sugamo prison awaiting prosecution on war crimes charges, was revealed today as the Japanese commander suspected of having ordered the execution of the late Jose Santos, Presidentdesignate of the Philippines. Hayashi, wiio served
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    First Civil "Halifax"
    51 2 Lady Winster. wife of the Minister of Civil Aviation, christening the Falkirk, first of the fleet of Handley Paire Hat ton aircraft which will go into service shortly with the British Overseas Airways Corporation, at Radlett, Hertfordshire. The Halton is th> civil transport version of the Halifax
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    Japs "Planned To Invade Russia"
    351 2 TOKIO, Tuesday. JAPAN was "making military preparations to invade the Soviet Union/ even though Russia had no territorial designs on Manchuria, Henry Pu-yi, the former Manchurian ruppet emperor, declared m evidence before the war crimes trial today. He said the Japanese weic constructing railway lines
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    Priests Put In Prison By Communists
    228 2 NANKING, Tuesday. GRAVE concern is felt for the safety of several hundred missionaries m Communist areas m south Shantung, following first-hand reports that Eis hop Hoowaarts of the Steyl Mission, three priests and seye n sisters have been imprisoned and subjected to indignities. Archbishop
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    Children Burned To Death
    86 2 QUEBEC, Tues.— Nine Montreal children were burned to death m a fire r 7hich destroyed the centre of the village of Petite Riviere. Saint Francois, 40 miles west of Quebec. The children belonged to two families and all were spending summer holidays In the village with
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    ANOTHER N.E.I CONFERENCE
    85 2 BATAVIA, Tuts.— Consultative discussions with other Indonesan groups of the Netherlands East Indies which were not represented at the Mai no conference last month, and also *vith re». tni atives of the Chinese and Arab communitir and groups of various nationalities wishing to co-operat with the NPtberl
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    NEW ZEALAND'S WAR DEAD
    55 2 WELLINGTON, Mon.— All recoverable remains of New Zealanders who fell dur ng the war m the South-west Pacific have been concentrated m t*o military (••meter*' at Pourn.il v ft Caledonia, nnd Suva island It Bo"rail 240 are burifd The cemeteries will b- banded over to the
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    COMMUNISTS TO MOBILISE
    420 2 NANKING, Tuesday. AN order to 130 million Communists to mobilize for a full-scale civil war against the Kuomintang, to shatter Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek's offensive was broadcast last night by Kalgan Radio. It is learned officially that the Chinese Government lias issued an ultimatum to the Communists, warning
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      15 2 I VI j-Jags'j -Jags' COMING TO THE^ ALHAMBRA i tin >c I ailiil t. Is.
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    Paratroop Officer Tells Of Camp Conditions
    262 3 Paratroop Officer Tells Of Camp Conditions 600 Ceylonese Destitutes For Repatriation THE Empress of Scotland whicn 1 is expected to arrive m Singapore shortly will take 600 Ceylonoie destitutes to Ceylon, according to a statement issued by Mr. A.I. Raja Slnnam, the represenlative of the Government of Ceylon m Singapore.
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    Smuggler's Appeal Dismissed
    57 3 Smuggler's Appeal Dismissed AN appeal by Vlsvalmgam to have his sentence of 12 months' imprisonment reduced to a shorter term, was diinissed by Mr. Justice Ihorogood at the second Singapore Assiz°s yrsterday Visvallngam had been cony ct"d earlier by a magistrate for .■-muegHng dutiable tobacco into Singapore, and was fined
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    Tents Waterlogged After Rain
    767 3 From Our Special Correspondent KLUANG, Tuesday. "THE tents of B Coy. at Muar were pitched on the ground which was not normally soggy, but which, af terrain became muddy and to a certain extent waterlogged," said Major E. Dean, of "B" Coy of the 13 Paratroop
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    Textile Control
    58 3 Under the Price Control Proclamation, the export of any length of textile m ex.. of ten yards is Droh bited except with the written permission of an Assistant Pr.ce roller. In the oast only cer'»*•« 'rinds of cloth were controlled. All c'oth is now con*™' under the latest
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    Food Broadcast By Lord Killearn
    63 3 THE Special Commissioner for S.E, Asia, Lord Kllleam, will broadcast today an important announcement on the foo 1 crisis m Asia. His talk will be broadcast at 9.45 pm. simultaneously by Radio Malaya on 300 metres and m the 61 metre band: and r>y the
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    $50 For New Municipal Clerks
    146 3 $50 For New Municipal Clerks THE minimum salary ocini ofTered by the Singapore MuniriDal Commissioners to apprentice clerks m the Muaiclr.alit? will be $50 per month, acceding to a decision of the Municipal Commissioners made at v recent committee meeting. The Munichoal Sscre»a.v explaining this move on the part of
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    SHIPPING NEWS
    96 3 COORABIE. British. 193 tons from Sbu Aug. 19. destination and date of departure unknown. F. SENNERVILLE. BritL.li. 4.245 tons: from Cairns Aug. 15. to Vancouler Aus. 23 RAJULA. British. 4 7?2 tons; from Calcutta Aug. 20. to Hongkong and japan, date uncertain. NAN CHIANO. British. 1.483 ton?: f;om
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    Victory Day In Singapore
    97 3 THE anniversary of the offl- cial surrender of the Japanese forces m South East Asia to Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten, which took place at an impressive ceremony m Singapore's Municipa* Buildings, is to be celebrated this year on Sept. 12. Victory Day as the day is
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    DEATH OF MR. MURRAY SCOULAR
    121 3 DEATH OF MR. MURRAY SCOULAR From Our Own Correspondent PENANG. Mon. CALLING 30 feet from t,he balcony of a houre m Brown Road, Penang, at 3 o'clock on Sunday morning;, Mr. James Murray Scoular. manager of the Ipoh branch of Boustead it Co. Ltd.. sustained fatal injuries and died soon
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    Gaol For Taxi Theft
    126 3 lOW KIM SENG, a 23-y:ar-old Chinese, was sent to prison for six months by Mr. KM. Byrne, the Third Police Magistrate yesterday, lor the theft of a taxi belonging to an Indian, Sankaran. Aduan. the Tamil driver of the taxi, alleged that Low had engaged his
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    Charge Of Shooting At Policemen
    64 3 Charge Of Shooting At Policemen ALLEGED to have ftrea a revolver at two policemen hi 16th milestone. Jurong Road on Aug. 18, and of robbing Koh Ah Moh at pistol-point, a 22-year-old Malay, Ahmat bin Jadl was produced m the Fourth Polic? Court, and had the charges explained to h'm.
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    Heavy Fines For Textiles Offences
    185 3 PINES totaling $"4,000 were im- posed on two Chinese and a Malay m the Second District Com by Mr. T. T. Russell, yesterday, for exporting textiles from Singapore without a permit. On Aug. 19 when Revenue oflicers boarded a motor vessel m tha inner roads
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    East And West Society
    37 3 Mr J. E. fcurr «.ill be deliver !\>, a talk b 'Malaya as I se? it a: the East ?nd West Eori" fv m?etr to b«» held m th* V.M.C A II I tomorrow.
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    False Rubber Grading Charge
    646 3 (From Our Ow n Correspondent) TAIPING, Monday. A CASE of considerable interest to rubber dealers m this district was heard by Mr. C. P. Newton m the Taiping District Court when Yeoh Tong Kua n and Quah Cheng Cheong, two employees of the Malayan Rubber and
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    NEW CHARGE IN ALSAGOFF CASE
    416 3 HUSSEIN Ali Alsagoff, Ignatius Carvalho and P. Suppiah. officers attached to the Special Branch of the Police during the Japanese regime, were on trial on new charge before Mr. Justice Worley and a common jury mi n the Second Singapore Assizes yesterday. The original charges
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Wed, Aug, 21. 1946. Blood On The Roads
    974 4 The Straits Times Singapore, Wed, Aug, 21. 1946. Blood On The Roads Traffic accidents and street casualties have been alarmingly frequent m Singapore ever since the liberation, and so far from getting better, this civic menace is getting worse. The figures for last month were the highest ever recorded m
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    Murder In Putney
    117 4 LONDON, Mon. LEONARD R. Warrens. 46, bachelor, who gave up a life of leisure to take a secret Job at the War Office s x years ago, was found dead yesterday m Westleigh Avenue, Putney, with two bullet wounds m the head. He lay opposite the home
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    Black Market Business: Behind The Scenes
    726 4 Black Market Business: Behind The Scenes Jl LOT has been said and written with regard to the black market, find many suggestions have been put forward for smashing it. Government has also set up several schemes with this end in view. However, my opinion, which many will share with me.
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      The Cyclist's Share Of The Road
      159 4 IT stems that we cyclists are slowly being pushed off the roads. With the huge size of the military trucks m Singapore nowadays, we have io confine ourselves to a much smallei share of the roadway. The sketch enclosed with this letter shows myself
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      A Stunning Blow
      123 4 THE new cut m the rice ration is a stunning blow to the general public and a refreshing breeze to the black marketeers. The government's efforts to stamp out the black market were just beginning to show effect when the cut was announced. The black-marketeers had really
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      Very Queer Days.:
      214 4 IT is to be hoped that the Straits Times has not degenerated to the lev c J of their lordships, the judges of Ipoh, that you take delight m the fact that a number of poor souls have been condemned w the gallows just for goinc about
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      The Local Bing
      175 4 AUR Receiver at 9.15 i m. on Aug. 13. received a very unusual copied number of Bing Crosby's "Don't Fence Me In." In which a local product tried to impersonate the much-loved crooner To the keen ears of Mr. Crosby's fans, I am sure, the local Bing
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    Requisitioned Furniture To Be Returned
    292 5 Requisitioned Furniture To Be Returned Services Announce Oct. 31 As Target ACT. 31 is the Services' target date for returning all requisitioned civilian furniture m Singapore, according to an official statement from Headquarters, SACSEA. To achieve this great strides have been made by the Services m obtaining alternative furniture, much
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    Governors' Meeting At Penang
    107 5 Governors' Meeting At Penang Irom Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Tues. THE Governor-General, Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald, presided at a meeting of Gover- »-"-<= which began at Penang today. acting Governor of Sarawak and the acting Governor of British North Borneo were present besides the Governors <if the Malayan Union and
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    jap Naval Chief Held For Questioning
    175 5 jap Naval Chief Held For Questioning From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Tues. THE Penang War Crimes team, investigating the deaths of British and American s?amen m rrlls at the Penang Convent during the occupation, have brought here for questioning, Captain Ilidaka, ex-Chief of Japanese Naval Intelligence, Penang, who was one
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    Australian Foodstuffs For Singapore
    154 5 Australian Foodstuffs For Singapore rS Singapore Joint Supply Board hay« purchased large quantit es of foodstuffs from the Australian Commonwealth Disposals Cor.imission It is not expected that the goods will arrive m Malaya for some time but the Board hope that Its importation w 11 be of benefit to the
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    Control On American Books Lifted
    152 5 Control On American Books Lifted PERTAIN restrictions imposed by v currency regulations on the direct importation cf printed matter into Singapore from the United States of America, have been removed, it was stated m Singapore, recently. Individual members of the public may send subscriptions to publishing houses In America without
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    Sequel To Raid On Kanipong Minyak
    86 5 AT the conclusion of a preliminary inquiry held yesteraay m the Third Police Court, Lim Seng Yong was committed for trial at the next Assizes, on a charge of carrying a .38 revolver. Inspector E. J. Linsell stated that m a raid en Kampong
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    New List Of Controlled Prices
    118 5 IN the latest list of toodstufTs and prices issued by the Price Control Department, under the Price Control Proclamation, the price of sweetened condensed milk has been raised from 45 cents retail to 50 cents per tin. Beef is not included m the latest control
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    AMATEUR AND ARMY COOKS
    80 5 Dressers have taken on the duties of rooks at the Tan Tock Sens Hospital during: the strike of attendants there. The picture above shows dressers preparing: a meal at the hospital kitrhen ytfterday. Below, are two Army rooks who are preparing: meals at the nurses's hostel
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    FOOD CAN BE BOUGHT CHEAPLY
    172 5 "I have set out to prove to th«» people" stated Mr. T. P. P McNeice, of the Social Welfare Department on Monday, "that It is not necessary to eat pork all the time, and that people can actually buy fish, chicken, etc, at controlled rates
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    200 Kalis Of Rice Cost $2,000
    117 5 200 Kalis Of Rice Cost $2,000 AH Cheng Moh, a Chinese, VII fined $2,000 m the Second District Court yesterday when he laced two charges of having been In possession of 200 katls of white rice without declaring it, and removing it without a permit. It was alleged that on^Aug.
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    GOVT. PENSIONERS ASSOCIATION
    79 5 miTH a view to forming a Govn ernment Pensioners' Association, a provisional committee consisting of Dr. Lav Pock Hiong (President) Mr. A. Chelliah (secretary), and Messrs. C De Souza, E. Fernandez, Ong Kirn Tiang, Eng Choon Yee and Klong Chin Eng (committee), was formed at an informal
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    B.O. A.C. Planes To Skip Penang
    222 5 B.O. A.C. P lanes To Skip Penang CINGAPORE air passengers at present making use of the 80.A.C. flying boat stop at Penang will find themselves without any means of air transport to that port from Aug. 25. Penang is being omitted from the 8.0. A.C. schedule and aircraft will fly
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    No 'Boom 'In S'pore Land Market
    302 5 No 'Boom 'In S 'pore Land Market DRICES realised on landed property m Singapore today are fabulously high but although increases on the pre-war figures have registered up to 40 per cent, the present trend cannot be regarded as constituting a boom because of an "inflatory*' tendency brought about by
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    7 Years' Gaol And 'The Cat' For Robbers
    159 5 7 Years' Gaol And 'The Cat' For Robbers PIVE young Chinese wure sen- tenced to seven years' rlporous Imprisonment and six strokes of 'the cat' each by Mr. Justice Thorogood at. the second Singapore Assizes yesterday when tho common Jury returned a verdict of guilty ot armed gang robbery against
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    Observer Corps
    35 5 Arren ol pay tor a per od fore eb. 15 will be mace 11bers of the Observer Corps who should first see their ren ative at 9-A, B:mham Buildintj, S n^pp.re. for details.
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    FIVE-YEAR PLAN FOR CHINA
    358 6 Foreign Capital And Skill Welcomed CHANGHAI, Tuesday. Foreign capital and foreign J materials and technical aid are counted on m a five-year plan drafted by the Chinese Government for the rehabilitation and expansion of the country's communications. A start will be made m January next. The
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    Congress Gets Clear Majority
    110 6 CALCUTTA. Tuesday. -The In dian National Congress has gained an absolute majority m th? Constituent Assembly. It has spcur?d 207 seats m a nouse of 385 including the J3 seats of the Indian states. j*ho latest position of the respective parties are: Joigress 207: Muslim Leasue
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    Training For Boys
    54 6 NEW DELHI: (By Air Mail*.— Over 10.000 Indian boys are now being trained by the Indian Aruy to become potential leaders and specialists of the post-war force Recruited at the age of 15, trey are posted to special Boj's 1 Companies where they receive an extensive educational
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      403 6 "European" Food: A Late Echo Ff is a pity your leading article entitled 'European' Food" should have been allowed to go without comment by the man-in-the-street. I was looking forward to reading a lood of correspondence m your succeeding editions, but I was sadly disappointed. Do your readers think that
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      $2 For Trishaw
      162 6 THE public are very tha:iKfuJ 1 indeed for the distribution of infant milk food undertaken by the Municipal clinic m Singapore to all children under two years. But I would like to draw comment on the footnote supplied by the Lady Medical Officer to thletter appearing m
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    Bill To Better Indian Clerks' Condition
    154 6 Bill To Better Indian Clerks' Condition NEW DELHI: (By Air Mail).— An all-round improvement m the lot of India's clerks is contemplated In a new Dill sponsored by the Government o: India. The new measure aims at regulating conditions of employment of clerks m business houses, commercial and industrial concents,
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    CHINA NEEDS COTTON
    139 6 CALCUTTA, Tuesday —The official Indian trade mission to China reports that "despite domestic difficulties, there is a wide range of commodities which India can supply to China and which the latter country will need." In a six-week tour covering 8.000 miles by air, the mission examined the
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    BARREN WOMAN BURIES BOY
    104 6 LUCKNOW: (By Air Mail..Believing m a village witch doctor's "cure" for barrenness, an Indian woman from Belgaon. near here, sacrificed a neighbour's four-year-old ooy by burying him alive under a pile of bricks. Ihe woman had been married several years but had no children. The "witch
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    BRITISH TEXTILES FACE HARD DAYS
    603 7 BRITISH TEXTILES FACE HARD DAYS Chemists Improve Cotton And Wool Products UANCHESTER, Tues.— The cotton, wool and silk industries vital parts of Britain's economic system are today fully aware that during the next few years they will have to face intense competition from new synthetic and semi-synthetic materials, many of
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    COAL BEING REPLACED BY OIL
    138 7 COAL BEING REPLACED BY OIL LONDON, (By Air Mail).— Britain's long-distance railway companies are preparing to charge over from coal to oil fuel m order to save coal, says a Daily Mai' report. The famous Great Western Railway will run its first oildriven passenger express from London to Bristol as
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    Two Britons In Love Banished
    191 7 LONDON 'By Air Mail >— "Keep away from Germany for five years" was the sentence, announced m Berlin on two British cemob lised soldiers who went back m a bid to marry two German girl* with whom thpv fell m love white ?ervin* ii Cologne,
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    2½ Million Tons Of Food Sunk
    61 7 Food lost by the sinking of ships during the war totalled J. 589.000 tons, ln add tion, :<09.000 tons were lost m air raids, although of this one-third was salvaged or used for animal feeding. This was dsclosed m a booklet, issued by the
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    SALOP SEATS SHUFFLED
    110 7 LONDON, Mon A reconstitution of the four Parliamentary seats m Salop is announced m a statutory notification. The proposal will reduce the number of seats to three by the elimination of the Oswestry division. The greater part of Oswestrv will be absorbed by the Wrekin division which
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    Ganges In Floods
    62 7 BENARES: (By Air Mail).— Thousands of cattle were marooned on an islet formed by the rising waters of the Ganges river, which has reached almost unprecedented heights. The Benares temple was flooded and at several points, bridges were damaged and even breached. Inhabitants of low-lying villages on
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    14 7 IN A MANCHESTE R WAREHOUSE Inspecting, creasing and making up textile pieces for stock
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    Women Wear Gay Dress
    180 7 LONDON, Tues.- There is a gay- er quality m British women's clothes this summer perhaps inspired by the colourful hats of the season. Britain's belated victory celebration or simply heightened optimism among designers over unconfirmed rumours that more clothing coupons may be issued this fall. True,
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    Roman City In India
    60 7 MADRAS: (By Air Mail).—Beneath ne old seaport town of Pondicherry m French India, lie the ruins of an ancient Roman city, according to Prof. Monod Heraen, French archaeologist and educationalist. Prof. Herzen. who is now m Pondicherry to resume excavations which he started some years ago,
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      589 7 West in todays deal put up a defense that was little short of magnificent. North, dealer Both sides vulnerable NORTH A K 6 IAI1I 96* Q 9 WEST EA Q T .1 8 5 10 9 «9 Q J 6 i t A 10 8 8 2 Q K J
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    NO PLAY ON THIRD DAY
    264 8 Final Test Match Drawn THE OV \L, Tues. DLAY was abandoned here today m the final Test, without a ball being bowled. Soon after the captains arrived it was announced that play was extremely unlikely. The game, m which the Indians were showing up particularly
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    Segamat Win Against N.S.
    422 8 Up Country Sport (.Prom Our Own Correspondent > SEGAMAT. Mon. THE Segamat Cricket Club scored a flve-wcket win over the N.S. Club in ther return cricket fixture on the Segamat town patiang yesterday. A feature of the match wer the good bowling of H R i
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    SEREMBAN CRICKET
    49 8 (Wnecn Our Own 1 om»-po-ic 1o 'it'> Rerembpn. fit. A cricket match was pla T? ed in 3rpmb"i tod?v be*we<?n Port Dic':son nr«l "W.D XI. i P.W.D. XI batted fust anl scored TS. Prrr. Dick-on noUtd w:th 1^4. The princiorM reorer was Llr.it. B'ak? :A\o eeorrd 47.
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    SOCCER TEAM
    77 8 Th- Biriadari Cosmopolitan; team will be selected from thp following: la nlav r> frl«rdlv socr'-r match against the P.VF. S"*l?tar on Sunday. Playfs rnd fU'inort^'s will nssemb'c r.t No. 217 Upper Srran^oon Road at 4.15 p.m. I fo" ♦ra^spnrt. to SMotar. M. A. Mecpa. L°o-nard. A. Rahim. Tabat.
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    SCOREBOARD
    154 8 INDIA— IST. INNINGS Merchant run out l J* Mushtaq Ali run out j PaUudi b Edrich Araarnath b Edrich Harare c Compton b Go»er 11 Modi b Langridge Hafeet b Smith Mankad b Bedser *j Nayudu c Washbrook B-'djer 4 Sohoni not o<i« Hindlekar Ibw Edrieh Extras 1> Total
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    SINHALESE CRICKET
    71 8 I The rsvival of the Sinhale-e A.ssoc!a!tion Crick»t Team was con-Herd nt a scoring h-ld on Sunday. Will all SinhateM wfllrm to play, plea-e vrlte to the President as early as possible. Th° f••—nil WU N r"'~"-M by th* 1 Army authorises and will be m Rood condition
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    Counter Offer To O'Reilly
    143 8 Counter Offer To O'Reilly THE departure of Bill O'Reilly from Australian Test cricket owing to his contract to write for the British press has caused great concern throughout Australia. A well known sportsman and racehorse owner has written O'Reilly offering to compensate him ii he will cancel his contract. He
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    Lightweight Champion Knocked Out
    66 8 Lightweight Champion Knocked Out PHILADELPHIA, Tues. WESLEY Mouzon, 19-year-old Philadelphian. knocked out Bob Montgomery. lightweght champion of the world, m 1.49 minutes of the second round of a scheduled 12-round bout. An estimated 15.000 spectators were caught completely by surprise as Mouzon uncorked a surprse attack that floored Montgomery, an
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    TAIPING SPORT REVIVAL
    131 8 (From Our Own C"Te-r>ondcm i Talplng, Sun WITH the return of former Europeen residents to this district and the opening of all the pre-war clubs, sportins activities are expected to see a great revival here. It is proposed to resuscitate the North PeraU Tennis Championships which used
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    France Declines Aust. Tennis Association's Invitation
    419 8 MELBOURNE. Tues THE !act that Australian tennis players, including Dinny Pails and Ceofl Brown, did not compete m t'ne French championship^ was given on Monday as one of j the main reasons why the French i Lawn Tennis Association decllnled the Australian invitation to
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    Croupier Best Backed In St. Leger
    119 8 LONDON, Tues. A feature of today's Victoria Club callover on the St. Leger running at Doncaster on Sept. 11 was the relapsi- m the betting of Lord Durham's colt Wrrte Jacket who was offered with no takers at 100- 1. Croupier was the bes'
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    216 8 LONDON. Mon. TAINING a first innings lead over Middlesex and scoring 82 for two wickets m their second innings. Yorkshire are now almost certain to carry off the County cricket championship again this year, especially as their nearest rivals. Lancashire, have had the worst of the first
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    INDIA TO TAKE PART IN WORLD CYCLING
    92 8 I.endun. Tues. Th? Indian cycling team which arrived hsre a lew days a?o, has left London to take part m the forthcoming world cycling champlonshtps. The leader of the Indian team, Janld Dass. Is an author and a Bka ftar who has been
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    STEADFAST B. P.
    119 8 In a friendly kit natcli on Runrlnv. t'.ie Steidfar-t beat fi? M»rridale by four games to throe, the results of whirh ere as fo'lows: Tan Gnan Hong b-at TanK»»eYon<; <14— U. 3—o> (13—3': lam Joon Shu lost to Po'i Km Yam (14—14. 3—o> (0—15) (7—l5 1: Seah
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    102 8 The following are requested to represent the Playfair Badminton Party m a friendly badminton match of four singles and three doubles against the Amateur Athletic Union to be played at the Happy World Covered Stadium on Friday at 7.30 p.m. Low Siak Chuan. Koh Ken»? Slang. Cyril Wee,
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    34 8 (Prom Our Own Correspondent > Seremban.. Sat. In a hockey match olavd M Seremban today the P.W.D. XI beat Port Dickson by three goals to nil, the scorers were Toft and Collett (2).
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