The Straits Times, 9 October 1946

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  • 20 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER ESTABLISHED OVER A CENTURY KMiHT PAGES SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1946. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • 198 1 20 Passengers And Crew Feared Lost YORK passenger aircraft, which crashed into the sea north-west of Penang on Sunday afternoon, was carrying 11 Service passengers and a crew of six, Hi well as IHI2 lbs of mail, it is stated in an official IvAF
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  • Article, Illustration
    79 1 '1 hese pictures taken when the Nazi leaders were sentenced at Nuremberg 1.1 t week show now Goering and RibbcniTop received their death sentences and Hess his life term. Above. Goering lcoks bored while Hess, who was suffering from stomach pains and had later to be removed from the court,
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  • 93 1 Test Pilot's Body hashed Up By Sea WHITEHALL, Kent, Tues. IHE sea to-day washed up Urn body of Mr. Geoffrey de Havilland, Britain's mo?t mir.ous test pilot, whose experimental jeiplane exploded in the air on Sept. 26 as he prepared to assault the Bri--1 ish-held world speed record or GIG
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  • 81 1 NEW YORK. Tues.-The United Nations Security Council at i 1 closed meeting yesterday, f on|.;idered the draft of the special report for the General Assembly on admission of new members It is understood that the amendments which were suggested were no* controversial. The report contains an
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  • 109 1 London. Tues. The British Minister of Supply, Mr. John Wilmot. told the International Tin Conference today that ample •uppliea of the metal might be freely available to consumers all over the world in the not too distant future." The conference whi.h started •his morning, is
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  • 103 1 LONDON, Tue.s.— The three speed records between recognised points set up in August by the R.A.F. Lancaster Aries during a liaison flight to Australia and New Zealand have b:en confirmed by the International Aeronautical Federation, the Royal Aero Club announced today. The records were: LondonKarachi 3,945.81 miles,
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  • 80 1 HANGING OF JAP CANNIBALS Guam. Tueg. Tbc execution of ♦hree hij;h- ranking Japanese ofllcers, convict.d of war crimes and cannibalism on Chiehijima. has been ordered to take place within five days of their Oct. 4 sentencing. Details of the execution order are not announce, but there are k-ations^f preparations for
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  • 89 1 BOMHAY. lues. Six Knife attacks in Bombay lruni sunrise to midnight the smallest number dents for the week— were reported in last night's communique. tmoniqiM added: "Tile •light Imprtnremi at in the general situation which was first nut iced this morning had bejn mere or loss maintained
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  • 96 1 TEHERAN, Tuc3— Persian GHQ announced here yesterday that fighting in southern Persia had ceased. Nasir Qashqai, leader of the Qashqai tribesmen who revolted in southern Persia, has sent a note to Ghavam es-Sultaneh, the Persian Prime Minister, asking him to reopen negotiations and has ordered his
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  • 34 1 APELDOORN. Holland, Tues.A further three victims of the Dutch plane crash have died, all pupils of the school on which the plane crashed. This brings the number of boys killed up to 12.— Reuter.
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  • 276 1 Small Powers Must Be Heard, Says Spaak PARIS, Tuesday. M. Paul Henri Spaak, the Belgian Foreign Minister and Prime Minister and President of the United Nations General Assembly, bitterly criticised the Peace Con ference procedure in a final address before the plenary session this morning, and served notice that Belgium,
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  • 150 1 WASHINGTON, Tuesday. DRITISH officials announced D today that the Britisn Government was prepared lo lend the United States armed forces in Europe twenty million pounds of meat from the British food reserves to offset the present American meat famine, providing Britain was given certain definite
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  • 91 1 WASHINGTON, Tues.— Twenty thousand Poks out of 125,000 in displaced persons campj in the American zone of Germany have consented to return home, Lieut.Gen. Lucius D. Clay informed the United Statos War Department today. American military authorities polled the camps, offering each Pole who returned
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  • 15 1 LONDON. Mon.— C.R.W. Ncvinson, celebrated artist, died here todjiy at the age of 57.— Reuter.
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  • 387 1 No Reply Yet From Truman To Attlee LONDON, Tuesday. AN informant in the Prime Minister's office said today that the reply to Mr. Attlee's last communication to President Truman on the Palestine problem had not yet been received. The informant did not indicate what Mr. Attlee had said which would
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  • 506 1 STATEMENT THIS WEEKONKLUANG SENTENCES LONDON, Tuesday. THE new War Minister, Mr. Frederick Bellenger, in :j statement to the House of Commons today on the sentences passed on the paratroopers at the Kkumg court-martial, said he was awaiting the advice of the Judge Advocate-General on the legality of the proceedings. He
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  • 49 1 BAGDAD, Tues. The •>< King Feisal of Iraq returned to- day to Bagdad, his capital from his four months' visit to Britain. The regent and members ot the cabinet received him and .1 salute cf 21 guns was tired. Todny has been proclaimed a national holiday. Reuter.
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  • 118 2 Fresh Truce Proposals In North China NANKING, Tuesday. UNCONFIRMED reports that U Gen. George C. Marshall has proposed a new truce in the Chinese civil war gained wide circulation to-day. The reports came at a psychological moment, with the Government threatening Kalgan and the Communists attacking Paoting in an offensive
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  • 343 2 Dutch Troops Are The Main Issue BATAVIA, Tuesday. THE Indonesian Premier, Sutan Sjahrir, and Profes- sor Schermerhorn, chairman of the Dutch Commission General, conferred privately to-day for the second time within 24 hours. Dutch officials expressed satisfaction over the "fast progress" of the political negotiations
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  • 143 2 LONDON, Mon— Lady Elizabeth White. 28-year-old actress daughter of the "^wager Marchioness of Townshend, and sister of the Marquis, and Paul Anthony Walsh, aged 40, described as naving no occupation, were at Marlborough Street magistrate's court today sent for trial to the central criminal court.
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  • 71 2 WASHINGTON, Mon. —The Secretary of War, Mr. Robert Patterson, stated here tonight: "There is no truth whatsoever" in the report broadcast by Drew Pearson last night that a stock of atom bom')s had been give-n to Britain uy the United States. Pearson said in his
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  • 80 2 BERLIN, Mon.- Ueut. Gen. Lucius D. Clay, deputy military Governor of the United States zone in Germany, said here today: "It is possible that Germany might become a threat to peace but this is not a matter of two or three years. It would be
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  • 47 2 Ri.ngoon, Mo-..— The six-hour night curfew, imposed in Rangoon last month because of th 2 police strike, was lifted today. Train and steamer services for civilians were resumed and the 15-day-oUi ban on private t:lecraias was withdrawn. Conditions are returning to normal.— Rcuter
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  • 79 2 NANKING. Mon.- -Dr. P. Le, head of the Central Government's comfort mission to the Netherlands East Indies, who l?'t Nanking for Hong Kong accon^panled by four advisers this morning, stressed th e Government's "great concern over the welfare of overseas Chinese." He added: "Thi& is
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  • 76 2 SEATTLE, Tues— The Boeing Aircraft Company has received a U.S. Army air forces order lor an additional '"substantial quantity" of B-50 superfortresses, developed from the B-29. Sixty were previously ordered, the first of which will be completed in a few months. An official of the aircraft
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  • 31 2 NANKING, Tues.— Chou Fu Sai, the puppet Finance Minister and Mayor of Shanghai until the end of the war, has been Indicted with treason in the Nanking High Court.— U. P.
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  • 186 2 SHANGHAI, Monday. OVERSEAS Chinese Chambers of Commerce have applied for membership following news that an All-China Chamber of Commerce Federation is being formed here. The new body, which is expected to wield considerable influence over the Government's financial and economic policy, wiii probably be
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  • 59 2 SAIGON, Mon. Five Japanese officers, one non-combatant, were condemned to death and trvo others sentenced to life imprisonment and hard laboui, al the conclusion of Indo-Chlna's first war crimes trial before the permanent military tribunal h?re today. The accused were charged with assassination ot five French
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  • 75 2 STUTTGART. Mon. Fo'-lov-ing his arrest by Backnan po'k c »n charges under denazification laws, HJalmar Schacht, one of the three acquitted Nazis, lias lodged a prc.est against his arrest. Nuremberg reports say that Hermann Goering and the ten othe r condemned Nazis will I*? executed not
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  • 152 2 ISERLOHN, (Germany) Tues TWO British officers, one »f them the son of Air Chief Marshal Sir Keith Park, former Allied Air Commander. Southeast Asia, pleaded guilty here yosterday to manslaughter in fatally wounding a 10-year-old German boy with guns from an armoured car during
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    • 278 2 NOTICE. Tilt EASTERN I'NITKD ASSURANCE CORPORATION LIMITED. Appi ration has been made to the l).rettor F of thi; Corporation to issue h liuDl.rUp Certificate for 10 shares d 5C146 to ***** both incluj. ye la the above Corporation registered in the name of Tye Kong Weng \;p>n the statement that
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    • 459 2 NEGRI SEMBILAN PLANTERS' ASSOCIATION. A General Meeting of the Association will be held at the Sungel Ujong Club. Sercmban. at 2 p m. on Thursday the 10th ln«t.. to discuss thf following agenda ACiENDA. 1. To connrm the Minutes of the General Meeting held on the 20lh July 1946. 2.
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    • 300 2 VICTORIA THEATRE The Stage Club Presents On 10th. Hth and 12th OCTOBER at 8-30 P M. "TONIGHT AT 8.30" THREE ONE ACT PLAYS BY NOEL COWARD Booking Plans now open. Tickets $2.50 SI can be obtained from ROBINSONS, Rallies Place 9.30 a.m. —12.30 p.m. and Theatre Box Office 2 p.m.
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  • 48 3 MALAYAN experts of rubber during the month of September totalled 57.579 tons. Of his amount 35,641 tons went to the U.S.A. and 12,576 tons to the United Xi lgdom. Imports for the same month total! d 19,017 tons, of which 15,924 came into Singapore.
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  • 160 3 From Our Own Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, Tuss. MUNIANDY, a Tamil, wanted in connection with a robbery, who twice managed to escape from the police, once after memDers of his gang attacked the police, was today convicted in tne Kuala Lumpur police court and sentenced to "18 months'
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  • 383 3 Privileges For Govt. Employees Criticised niSCRIMINATION between Government and Municipal employees on the one hand and commercial office workers on the other, should be removed in the matter of public distribution of goods, the Singapore Clerical Union suggests in a letter of protest yesterday to
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  • 145 3 UOW a police trap resulted in eight Chinese looters being brought to book was told by the prosecutor in the Fourth Police Court yesterday. Th e eight Chinese, who were charged with the theft of 41 iron pipes from a military depot in Alexandra
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  • 60 3 THE Singapore Trishaw Labour Union has decided to observe Oct. 10, China's national day, as a holiday, states the Chungnan Jit Poh. The paper also states that the Union has been informed by the Government that thc-lr members will oe supplied with textiles. It is
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  • 278 3 FIVE members of the 13th Parachute Regiment who were "unable to attend the previous trial for various reasons, including sickness will be tried by Court Martial at Johore Bahru on Friday, Oct 11. The announcement from ALFSEA Headquarters yesterday reads: Five men, including Pte.
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  • 68 3 THREE well-dressed Chinese, on c of whom had a loaded .38 revolver were arrested by a jeep patrol operating from Kandang Kerbau police station on Monday at about 10 p.m. The men were found in a lane off Kitchner Road in the Jalan Besar area. Detectives and
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  • 32 3 Th e Rotary Club of Singapore meets at 1 p.m. today in the roof garden of the Adelphi Hotel. Rev. R. K. S. Adams will speak en "Rebuilding with Scouts."
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  • 87 3 K. L Police Ch ief's Boy Stole Ring From Our Own Corrcsfoiitfcnt Kuala Lumpur, Monday. LIM AH USE, house "boy" employed by Sc'.ansor's Commissioner of I'olitc Mr W. AC. Haines, w.i~ today sentenced to six months' rigorous Imprisonment, for stealing a sapphire ring. The riu- belonged io Miss \.i tallic
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  • 156 3 Gov.-Gen. And Price Control Protest From Our Own Correspondent PenanK, Tues. THE Governor-General, Mr. Mal- colm Mac Donald. reolylng to petitions sent to him last w^ek .rom over 120 tradini: associations in Penang, today stated that he had no administrative or executive functions In the Malayan Union and, therefore, could
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  • 91 3 ON Sunday evening a viclin recital was given n the Union Jack Club h} Miss Ethel Low. ths young Sirgapcre artiste. Mi.->s Sheila Foster, W V.S.. was at the piano. The chef work la the programme v,as Bach's concerto for two violins In D minor.
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  • 191 3 60- Year- Old Man Surprises Armed Robbers TWO Chinese robbers who attempted to rob a 60-year-old Kheh in a small attap house off Cross Street yesterday received the surprise of their lives when the old man turned on them, fighting them with Chinese "koon tau." The flght was about five
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    • 871 3 NOTICE. ftppHtartßl re lnvifd (< r the poit ol BMntMV to the Planters' LoanI .v and terms of employmint will b- jr<-<>rl:nß to quallti- < i ns. Applii-at mi.' will l>- r. iiv. d up If !9»r, aid should be ad<l:<- <d t> Hir Financial Secretary. ivins si:( RFi \RIAT
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    • 579 3 TRADE MARK RIGHTS M SINGAPORE AND FEDERATED MALAY STATES. The nolie? ct thp Public Is drawn to the fart that the f llowing Trade STANDARD is the property of THE STANDARC MOTOR COMPANY, a British Company. Manufacturers, of Canley Coventry. Warwickshire. England; in r<>fp?ct of M >tor vehicles and parts
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    • 130 3 PERFUmE-EfIUDE COLOGPE LOTIOn-LIPSTICKS m j PAR I First Post-War shipment oi world famous Im~~ ventheric Beauty Preparations havo just It arrived from Paris. If fl Obtainable at leading store* i/ Make Jlfc^K, Your teeth "*^F White and Sparkling 41 with M, TOOTH PASTE yp^' ~^L Sold by oil \»3d\nq d
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  • 969 4 The Straits Times. Singapore. Wed.. Oct. 9. 1946. The Taciturn Dutchman What extraordinarily secretive people the Dutch are! When the British Cabinet mission went to India several months ago, the whole world knew beforehand what that mission was going to offer. Mr j Attlee, while the mission was I still
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  • 70 4 Calcutta, Mon. Twenty of the 26 Calcutta newspapers which suspended publication last Tuesday in protest against the Bengal Government "presr gag order" have announced that they will return? publication tomorrow. In a resolution the papers said that "in view of the political and food developments in India, it
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  • 1326 4  -  R. BO YD By M.C.S. [Here is advice on personal and domestic adjustment to present troubles in Malaya from a civil servant who, as Director of Co-operation i n Malaya, is specially concerned with the social side of economics. The following comments were
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  • Man In The Street
    • 329 4 LAST week, while 1 was having a hair-cut in a barber's i shop at Geylang, I saw the j barbers closing the doors at 5.45 p.m. I asked why the> I were in such a hurry, and the reply was as follows:— The General Labour Union
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    • 99 4 (NOTICE that in conversation people of other races refer to the Chinese President as "Chiang, though they may not mean any impoliteness. Wha* would the British think of if they heard other races referring their King as "Edward" and their Queen s "Elizabeth?" The proper and polite way
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    • 134 4 {i the r-mooe past, the maj- ority of foreign inhabitants in tliis country were Indians who had immigrated from Kalinga. a state ol India. Later the Tamils, and Scuta Indians as a whole, were called Xalingar. I n the period when many languages flowed into this country, the
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    • 95 4 IAM a Ceylonese and have referred to almost all the dictionaries to find out the meaning of the local word "Kilinjr," but no such word appears there. Some pcopl c say that in the past persons convicted of murder from Ceylon and India were sent to the Straits Settlements
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 921 4 MRS. WONG YON HOI, nee Rose Chan 109 Tank Road. On Bth October, 1946 at Dr Bryne's Clinic. A son and ihild nrll. On Oct. sth 191 C. At All Sa'nts Man Ei. id Gray Hut- ui^lit r of Mr. Mrs. L.C. Hn'rnings. to Kenneth J. Chidwick. SITUATIONS VACANT K
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    • 102 4 Specializing ONLY in TERMITE EXTERMINATION PROPERTY MAINTENANCE PROPERTY CONSERVATION Damage and the necessity of constant repairs as a result ol white ants are completely eliminatrd by car Termite Extermination. Property maintenance and Property Conservation Service. Our record and Clientele prove oar leadership in specialised h>ld C. P. TAYLOR LIMITED Temporay
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  • 282 5 Caldecott Hill Estate Sold For $912,500 Biggest Land Deal Since Liberation IN probably the biggest land deal in Singapore since the liberation, Caldecott Hill Estate has been sold to Mr. N. R. Mistri, managing proprietor of Phoenix Aerated Water Works, Singapore, for $912,500. The purchase includes over 81 acres of
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  • 105 5 Pyke Allowances For War Dept. Civilians WITH <nV<t from Oct. 1, the Pykr its', of living al'owhu will b- naiJ to rivi Un employers of the War Dcpartmrnt IT or to that date War l>cpartment emnloyecs were paid an overall Tatf whi -h inclnied ;in element for cos', of Hvins.
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  • 97 5 TANG KAM CHOON, a Food Control clerk, was found Kuilty on two charges of bribery In connection with the issuing Of rice ration cards. Tang was sentenced to six months' rigorous imprisonment on tach charge by Mr. Tan Thoon Lip at the Singapore District Court yesterday,
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  • 233 5 O!-VENTY-FOUR passengers arrived O in SingMpcro on Monday by U» Blue rVinnel iiner Gorgon from ■■•tic. tin. 8.D.1. Adams and child. Mi.v. M. Anderson. Mr. and Mrs. 1.1. Aiooeoo. Mr A. Baker, Mrs. J. Me H.-.te and daughter. Mr. R.T. Becktoa, Mrs. PS. B3il. Miss B.A.
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  • 103 5 rH SWEE KOON, a Chinese interpreter in the Jap military police station at ths V.M.C.A. during the occupation, was yesterday sentenced to four yews' rigorous imprisonment for causing hurt to three Singapore residents. The three prosecution witnesses, Messrs. Choy Koon Hens. 0.8.E Tan Yew Cheng and
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  • 117 5 CCHOLARSHIP students from w th° Malayan Union left by air last week tor the United Kingdom to further their studies. They were: Inche Zaleha binte I Mohameti A.li who holds a Malayan Union scholarship, will study Social Welfare at th c London School of Economics.
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  • 26 5 The Geylanp Methodist Curch will hold a social tomorrow afthp church hall at 730 pm. Light supper will bp served, followed b\> en i v r;ainm3nt.
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  • 73 5 THERE was busy scenes at the Singapore Harbour Board wharves yesterday when two I troopers, the Orient Liner Otranto and Blue Funnel ship Antenor drew alongside the docks within two hours of each oth?r. While the Otranto disembarked only six civilian passengers at Singapore, the Antsnor brought
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  • 52 5 lICENCES for the import of textiles from India are now being granted. Applications from Malayan Union importers should b e forwarded to the Comptroller of Customs (Import Control 1 Customs Office. Brickfield Road Kuaia Lumpur. Singapore importers should continue to apply to the Registrar of Imports and
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  • 169 5 British Ship Diverted For Dutch Seaman A VALIANT but successful attempt to save the life o.' a Dutch seaman suffering from j acute appendicitis on board trie > Royal Netherlands ship Van Kinsbergen was made by the chief surgaon of the Otranto whilst the vessel was in the Indian Ocean
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  • 47 5 Found guilty on a charge of exporting 517 pieces of cloth (about 15,880 yards) without a permit. Lav Teck Soon was sentenced to six months' rigorous imprisonment and fined $1,000 or three months' imprisonment by Mr. T. T. Ru*sell. the Second District Judge, yesterday.
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  • 582 5 Master's Evidence In Be ntong Collision Inquiry EVIDENCE recorded yesterday v from Capt. C. J. 8. Agate, master of the motor vessel Bentong, at the inquiry yesterday into the damage sustained by the Bentong which collided with some floating submerged object on its approach to Singapore harbour on July 19,
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  • 377 5 MORE than 500 Chinese nationals who had been stranded in Europe as a result of the war, including a number who had resided in Germany and Italy for several decades, are in Singapore today on their way back to China. The majority, however, are
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  • 86 5 Four Malays Commissioned From Our Own Correspondent j Kuala Lumpur. Tu;s. TOVERNORS Commissions were awLided to three Warrant Officers and a servant o: the Ist. Battalion, Malay Regiment at a parade held at the headquarters! of the battalion in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. The men awarded the commissions were: C.S.M. Mohd.
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  • 48 5 FIRST of Singapore's rice ships to arrive this week, the China— Siam liner Halvdan has brought 1,104 tons of rice from Bangkok. The Messarcries Maritimts vessel Aususte Pa vie, is expected in Singapore tomorrow with a shipment of 1.10<) tons of rice from French IndoChina.
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  • 81 5 THE Singapore police are on the look out for a gang of seven armed men. five of th3m masked, who forcibly removed a Chinese. Yeo Ah Bee, from his home and shot him on May 20. at the 9' 2 milestone Bedok Road. Yjst?rday, the Singapore
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  • 361 5 From Our Muslim Correspondent MR. M. A. MAJII), proprietor of the Indian Employ- ment Bureau, has proposed the foundation of a Muslim Boys' Home in Singapore where orphans and children of poor Muslims could be admitted and cared for. He is prepared to donate
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  • 41 5 Du e o arrive in Singapore from Japan today are two Japanese Generals wanted for questioning in connection with the Chinese massacre in Singapore in February, 1942. They are Lt. Gen. Mataguchi a n d Ma J Oen Kawamura.
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  • 53 5 One and a hail million do worth of sugar was amen; losses caused by fir^ at Kenmon, Rhio, which brok^ ou'- cr.i Bundi morninr. reports the Sim? Pau The pacer states thai near a'l the 200 hous:s in 'h^ tow. wer- levelled flat. »rd ab per .is
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  • 20 5 Today's menu for ople'i Restaurants in Sincapnr^ w»l! be: Kicc; bean cm:" wi'h jurnishment; peanut bill er, sambal
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    • 349 5 ORIENTAL GOVERNMENT SECURITY LIFE ASSURANCE CO., LTD. < Incorporated in India, 1874). Branch Office: o ien:al BolMlnc Moantbatttn Road, Kuala Lompur. (1 S! KOI s POWC— WOW TO OI'R I'OI.U'VIIOLDKRS IN MALATA I vtrn-ion <( Time for Revival of Toliries up to BM December, ID4C. The Company is gad to
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    • 192 5 Vv'c piobabJy io^t your sLverware in 1^42 ou j 1 loBt ours about that time and a whole 'M el it too!) We know you dent want to carry on indefinitely without some of the more hlSUriouf things of life. What about repli.cng that ii some cheery silver tea set,
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  • 92 6 From Our Own Correspondent KRIAN, Mon. DADI planters in Krian district ara faced wilh a new worry. Reports have been receivel from padi planters in Semanggol. Selinsing and Briah ot the presence of wild pigs on their padi fteid* The pigs, bes des causing alarm
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  • 27 6 Mr. C. Forster, who recently returned from recuperative leave in England, has assumed the h°ad mastership of the Malacca High School, reports the Straits Times correspondent. Malacca.
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  • 51 6 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. SIP Edward Gent, the Governor of the Malayan Union, was --ntertained at a tea party by the Resident Commissioner of Pahang. Mr. Arthur Sleep, and Mrs. Sleep on Thursday at Kuala Lipois. Prominent citizens of Kuala Lip^s also attended the
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  • 300 6 Afghanistan Needs To Be Closely Watched NANKING, Thurs. DUBLIC opinion has been focussed so strongly on the ■i Mediterranean by the Soviet-British contest ot spheres of influence there that most people forget the two have almost common borders separated by only a thin buffer corridor
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  • 145 6 From Our Own Correspondent SEREMBAN, Tuesday. rE agri-horticultural show in Seremban was declared open at the King George V School on Sunday by the Yang di-pertuan Besar of Negri Sembilan. In asking the Yang di-pertuan Besar to open the show the District Officer, Mr. L.
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  • 53 6 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. ■THIRTEEN revolvers, 30 pistols. 1 230 rifles, 30 shot guns and Sterj guns, 170 hand-grenades, 62 bombs, one bayonet and 2,783 rounds of ammun Ucn w?re recovered by police acticn in Kedah from January to September of this year, accirdix-.^ to :i Public
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
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    • 435 6 FOR SALE FOR SALE Hilhnan 10 Hl' 1941 inock-1 in perfict ccndUloa $4,000 apply Nam Iluat Motor. 44-50, Cavenagli Road FOR SALE Sunb.am Talbot Tourer 1939, Engine overhauled, general condition gocd. $1500/-. can be seen a. 4.i. Aiab Street, between lo a.m. and 5 p.m. MODERN HOUSE situated off Holland
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    • 219 6 LARGEST SRLE Uv "lke llni&iL K'tM.ciAc'U* Sole Distributor* Papinrau Flyol 6clc( ten/ FLIES. MOTHS AND ALL INSECTS ALSO IN POWDER FORM A FUBEX PRODUCT Sole Agents SIM AH KOW <Sc CO., 25. Bon ham Bid?, Singapore Phone 3027 Buying M^H^S^B Selling Tuning I'rpairinf We have In stock to offer a
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 707 6 In todays deal tfie declarer W.st opened tho heart J;^k. thought he had to guess between Dummy's ac e wa s put up and the two lines cf play that apparently diamond was led. East had equal chances. Unfortunate- -j^ayed the ace and laid down the ly, he guessrd wrong,
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  • Around The Markets
    • 152 7 By Our Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, Tuesday. THERE was a snail interest in the local market this morning in rubber shares. Transactions were confined to one or two selective lines which had dropped over the past few months. Mentakab6 at 36 cents and Kempas at
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    • 146 7 LONDON. Monday. The better sentiment which developed during the last few days of last week has been consolidated today. Oi.ce again although (he volume of Uiying orders was not considerable there was sizeable and wellspread ln\fcstment inquiry. Breweries were the prominent feature, especially South Alrican companies. Industrials
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    • 98 7 NEW YORK. Monday. Stocks shuttled back and forth over a narrow range with selective demand for favourites occasionally propping other sections. Tobaccos were aided by cigarette r>rlce*rises by two lar?-e companies and expectations that other major producers would follow shortly. Amusement issues drew attention by r?norts that current
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  • 223 7 Singapore, Tuesday. ROCK sugar rose in price to-day. the reason given being the sngar firf at Kerhnon, in Khio. Observers do not think such an increase justified, says the Chinese press, became the local market ha* been Hooded with ready stork, and there are still prospects of farther
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  • 74 7 Shanghai. Mori. The exchange builncss Is stifled following the official order that prices cannot be quoted at more than five per cent, higher or lower than the official rate. There are no sellers of U.S. dollars and observers say tliat a 4.200 level is round which business could
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  • 93 7 Washington. Mon. The Commodity Credit Corporation, which buys all American-grown wool, is considering a five per cent, increase ■n the price at which it sells the wool. The agency at present buys the domestic clip at an average of US $1.21 a pound and sells
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  • 98 7 LONDON, Monday. rE Board of Trade announces that the Combined Rubber Committee has allocated a total of 74,000 toius v>f rubber to all countries for the fourth quarter of 1946. This amount is additional to the 200,000 tons recently allocated to the United States. The
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  • 165 7 EXCHANGE RATES Direct exchange rates as fixed by the Control are: READY RATES SELLING T.T./O.D. New York 47-l;8 Canada 47-1116 Switzerland ..303-14 Holland Guilders 125-18 N.E.I. 125-I|B Swedish Kroner 169-1,2 Belgium 2063-14 French Francs 5C21-1 2 Pesos $4-78 Danish Kroner 226-14 BLTLNG Air Mall New York T.T. 47-12 New York
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  • 46 7 WASHINGTON. Thurs— The Office of Price Administration has increased the kapok price, placing domestic ceilings on the basis of cost plus the usual mftrgin of profit. Foreign prices. OPA said, have Jumped 40 to 50 pet cent above termer domestic ceilings A. P.
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  • 40 7 Ipoh. Monday Following the Anglo-American rubber agreement, the position here has improved. The present quotation is $46 per picul for Chinese No. 1. Certain European firms have been started purchasing, thotgh many still prefer to wait and see.
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  • 331 7 SHIPS positions in Singapore yesterday were: MAIN «11-.RI Godown 31-32: Lyeaon. discharging stores. Godown: 33-34 Alcinouf. loading stores for U.K. Godown 35-36: City ct Evsnsville. loading stores for U.K. Godown 38-39- D^ebanlr. dtscrrargtng stores Godown: 40 Empire Pacific, loading stores for Port Swettenham. Godown 41: Darvel.
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    • 338 7 SINGAPORE TIDES TODAY: High water: 10.08 am. 8 ft. S In.: 9.47 p.m. 8 ft, 9 in. TOMORROW: High water: 10.31 am 8 ft 7 in. 10.28 p.m. 9 ft. 5 in. RADIO PROGRAMMES m.MMW m%wn on rhythm; 8.32 p.m. HosplUl hnlf- News; 8.35 p.m. London Calling; 8.40 RADIO MALAYA
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  • 175 8 From Our Own Correspondent. SEREMBAN, Mon. THE Singapore Malay XI emerged once again victorious In their second game against a Sino-Malay XI played here on Srnday at the Station padang. The visitors, although winning by the odd goal in three, did noi hyve matters their
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  • 288 8 From Our Own Correspondent. MALACCA. Monday. The Selangor Eurasians had to go all out fOT victory in their match tgrunst the Malacca Rompers en Saturday on the Malacca Club ground when they deservedly snored the winning poal five mlnutfs from the end. Th- game was played
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  • 309 8 S.C.C. WIN PADANG RUGBY EIGHTEEN-NIL PLAYING with only 14 men the Singapore Cricket Club beat the R.A.F. Tengah by 18 points (one goal, one dropped goal and three tries) to nil in the rugby match played on the padang yesterday. The game was a poor ore, generally, and was dominated
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  • 55 8 PERTH Tues. THE Wes» Australian XI to meet the M.C.C. here In a threeday match, starting on Friday is: George Robinson (captain), Alex Jakkas, Ke n Cumming, Alan Edwards, Morgan Herbert. Wally Langdcn, Tom O'Dwyer, Charlie Puckett, Bent Rigg, Dave Watt and Glen Kessey with Jim Tetlaw
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  • 66 8 Chinese Selectors: Victory Cup Team THE Singapore Chinese Football Association have appointee} •hree former Malaya Cup players to form the selection committee to choose the Chinese side for »he forthcoming S.A.F.A. Victory Cup competition. The selection committee lachairman, Mr. Koh Hor Khoon, and Messrs. Lim Yong Liang and Chua Boon
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  • 73 8 SYDNEY, Mon. E. Randall's Oordale by Conspirator out of Lady Possendule, carrying 8.7, and starting at 6.1, won the £5,000 Duke of Gloucester Metropolitan at Randwick here today over one mile and lr'2 furlongs before ***** spectators. Chayton carrying the same weight and starting 8-1 was second, two
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  • 128 8 BIRMINGHAM, Mon. BIRMINGHAM City Football Club beat Sparta (Czechoslovakia) three-cne at Birmingham today after a halftime score of one-all. Sparta took the lead in the 28th minute through centre-forward Haj.'k but within two minutes Trigg. Birmingham centreforward, headed through from a left-wing corner kick. Inside-left Wilson Jones,
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  • 97 8 LIEM JOE DJIEM, the Java tennis chp.mpion, will give another exhibition on Mr. P. F de Sonza' court at 267. Thomson Road at 4.30 p.m. today. He will meH Kamis, the former doubles champion of Malaya in a singles matrh. Other players will be Liem Boen
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  • 53 8 $25,000 CLASSIC BUENOS AIRISS. Tues Seductor, the favourite, won Argentina's annual turf classic, Gran Premo National after a great stretch or batlle with Cabure. Seductor started slowly in the 2,500-metre race and made a bid for the $25,000 first prize when 200 metres from the finish Ejectlve was
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  • 117 8 OELANGOR Hockey Association is writing to sister organisations in Malaya on the question of slate matches this year. This was stated at yesterday's general meeting by the Chairman Mr. E. C. Jumeaux. Among matters discussed was the question of amending rules to enable
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  • 222 8 SYDNEY, Tucs TOMPLETE itinerary of the M.C.C. cricket tea~i in Australia as supplied by the Associated Press is as below: Oct. 11—14 vs. Western Australia at Perth; Oct. 17—19 vs. Combined XI (including four players from Eastern States) at Perth; Oct. 22—23 vs. South Australian Country
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  • 285 8 Stronger Oppositionln Frema ntle Match (From Norman Preston, Reuter's special correspondent travelling with the M.C.C. team) FREMANTLE, Tuesday. FEW England county grounds are prettier or better equipped than the spacious Fremantle oval where the M.C.C. today became the first international side to play there. In comfortable surrounding I enjoyed the
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  • 472 8 LONDON, Tuesday. OOME surprise was cccasioni3 ed when Foxnail was mentioned in the Cesarewitch callover at the Victoria (flub tonight, but it was generally thought leading London bookmakers appear to have taken ordinary precautions though future market operations may divulge the strength of this French
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  • 54 8 sr. louls, Tues. THE St. LouJs Cardinals, of th 3 American National League, defeated the Boston Red Sox, or the American League. 3 o on Monday in the sreond game ci the world series. Boston won the i. g .rr.° o[ the ieT— sa*ne series on
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  • 91 8 From Oar Own Correspondent. Sercmban, Mon. In their first Inter -state matches at hacker. R.S.R. ColleU's XI and the I Indians beat Sathi's XI from Kuala Lumpur In two games played here by j I—o1 0 and 3 2 r« pactively. Warbuton's XI drew with Ratnam's XI at
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  • 58 8 London, Vpn. MILLWALL. the only team in the F.A. League which had not won a match this season broke their spoil to-day with a two-nil victory over Luton Town. before the match started Mill wall's figures were: B_o_3_s_B— H— 3. In another second division .-a me
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