The Straits Times, 10 February 1947

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    20 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER ESTABLISHED OVER A CENTURY EIGHI PAGES SINGAPORE, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1947. PRICE TEN CENTS
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    BRITAIN FACED WITH 'DISASTER'
    616 1 Grave Warning By Fuel Minister LONDON, Sunday. OH I ILK the British Fuel Minister, Mr. Einar.uel Shinwell, declares "complete disaster" m 10 days awails Britain if industry and the-pubiic fail to carry out his sweeping coal conservation measures, almost chaotic conditions are reported m the huge
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    Penang Amok Kills His Baby
    111 1 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Sunday. T*HE Fire Brigade and Flying 1 Squad were called out and police officers armed with revolvers and tommy-guns stood guard and fired several warning shots as Inspector W. Ingham arrested an amok yesterday. He was Neoh Choy Chuan, a
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    BERLIN NIGHT CLUB TRAGEDY
    74 1 BERLIN, Sunday.— An official Police commurrque announces that one person is known to be dead, and 40 were injured, m a fire which levelled a Berlin night club last night. It said 500 persons, mostly Germans, were jammed into the Cafe Lubel m Spandau Borough, British
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    DISARMAMENT IN THE BALANCE
    333 1 NEW YORK, Sunday. A THREAT to the whole future of Ibt r nited Nations disarmament plan will have to be faced by the Security Council when it meets here on Tuesday. The difference between the United States and Russia on the atomic bomb issue, already sufficiently
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    Truman Greets Marshall
    40 1 FreiMteat Truman shakes hands with Gen. Marshal! after the ceremony at the White House, Washington, at which the General was sworn m as United States Secretary of State. Centre is Mr. James Byrnes, retiring Secretary of State.
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    MOSCOW ATTACKS BRITAIN
    175 1 MOSCOW, Sunday. BRITAIN is accused of trying I to reshape Middle East .states according to British strategic and political .plans in an article in Izvestia, organ j of the Soviet Government, attacking British policy in] Palestine. The paper's International observer writes that it is "not accidental that
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    20 KILLED IN RAIL CRASH
    63 1 BUCHAREST, Sunday.- Twenty persons were killed and 42 seriously injured when a mixed freisht-passenger train collided on Friday night with a passenger express on the line from Crajova to Calasat. Two cars overturned. The railway administration announced that the wreck was caused by signal failure,
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    ITALIAN SENTENCED
    37 1 SHANGHAI, Sunday.— G. Bordandini, former Commander of Italian naval forces m Shanghai was sentenced to life imprisonment by a Chinese court yesterday for collaboration with the Japanese The defence will appeal against the sentence. Reuter.
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    CIVILIANS IN JERUSALEM BEHIND WIRE
    204 1 JERUSALEM, Sunday. CECURITY measures restricting British civilians to four wired-in and guarded areas of Jerusalem came into force at 2 p.m. yesterday. There officials must now work and live and no one will be able to enter or leave the areas without a pass. v
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    Vanguard Half-Way To Cape
    154 1 Aboard Vanguard, Sunday. ftUEEN Elizabeth waved goodbye and the King I'lom the turret top of the Vanguard acknowledged farewell salutes when the escorting warships, Implacable, St. Kitts, Cleopatra and Diadem parted company today from the Vanguard, which is now over halfway to the Cape. Planes from
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    KESSELRING ON TRIAL TODAY
    122 1 VENICE. Sunday Fieid-Mar- shal Albert Kesselring, Germany's i ablest field commander, who sue- f&sfully led the most remarkable! delaying action of the European i war m "the 20 months campaign j up the Italian peninsula, v .1" fight the final battle for his life; before the
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    HUGE DEMAND
    30 1 LONDON. Sunday— M. K. V. Kiselev, Byelo-Russia's Foreign Minister demanded of the Foreign Ministers' Deputies today that Germany pay Byelo-Russia reparations tc nd amounting to US. $I,soo,ooo.ooo.— Reuter.
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    TREATY SIGNING IN DOUBT
    187 1 PARIS, Sunday. A DISQUIETING shadow of uncertainty hung over Paris yesterday as delegates gathered for the historic ceremony of signing the peace treaties with five former enemy satellite nations at the Quai D'Orsay tomorrow. Paris was asking: "Will Yugoslavia Join with other nations m signing on
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    SPLIT IN INDIAN MINISTRY
    475 2 Nehru 's Letter To The Viceroy The Times Correspondent DELHI, Sunday. IT is apparent from Pandit Nehru's letter to the Viceroy concerning the position of Muslim members of the interim Government that the facade of the coalition ministry, which was never being convincing, has now split
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    JEWISH REFUGEES FOR AUSTRALIA
    78 2 MARSEILLES, Sunday.—Nearly 1.000 Jewish refugees Irom Poland, Austria and Hungary left Marseilles yesterday on board the Dutch iiner Johan De Witt 1 10.474 tons) bound for Australia, where they w il settle. Some 390 of the refugees were on board the liner when she reached Marseilles
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    ELLEN WILKINSON'S FUNERAL
    44 2 LONDON, Sunday.— The tuneral of Miss Ellen Wilkinson, Min'stcr of Education, who died on Thursday wil' take place at Perm I Buckinghamshire, tomorrow. jt .wJI be strictly private, and only .about 20 members of the family 1 will be present.- -Reuter.
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    Germans Not Wanted In Denmark
    145 2 COPENHAGEN, Sunday. A CALL to the Allies to settle the question of 200,000 German refugees still m Denmark was made tonight by rians Hedtoft, leader of the Dan sh Social Democrat Party, at a political meeting m Frederikshaven. Denmark was disappointed, ne said that the
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    LOWER PRICES IN FRANCE
    122 2 PARIS Sur.day.— M. Ramad Sjcia ist Premier of Franre. >n a broadcast address to the nation last night, announced thac th? second general five per cent decrease m prices would be introduced during the com ng week This Ml three weeks m advance of the date
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    KACHIN STATE DEMAND
    80 2 RANGOON, Sunday.— A demand for a separate Kachin state us among a series of resolutions discussed at the Panglong conference of tribal rulers and chieftains ot Burma's frontier areas, according to an unconfirmed report receved here. Many of the delegates attending the conference are reported to favour
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    COMMUNIST AS PRESIDENT
    70 2 ROME Sunday.— UmbertD Terraclni. Communist, was yesterday elected President of the Italian Constituent Assembly with 279 votes out of a total of 435 deputies present. Signor Terracini. a 51-year-old lawyer, is the first Communist t~ hold this office. He spent 16 years in a Fisccst pr son
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    NAZI GENERAL'S DEATH
    87 2 MUNICH, Sunday. The d ath of Gen. Franz Ritter von Epp. chief of the famous Bavarian "tnrrj c ecrof :n Germany's turbulent between wars psricd, and a fcutitr ni.imate, was announ^.d m the German press yesterday. He was 78. Gen. von Epp's last pubu.- ro.'e was his
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    Shinwell's Removal Demanded
    344 2 LONDON, Sunday. A DEMAND for the removal of Mr. Shinwell from his post of Minister of Fuel and was adopted yesterday in a resolution passed by members of the Liberal Party. The resolution said "the present catastrophe" was foreseeable nd that a first class businessman could have
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    POLICE QUELL COAL RIOTS
    99 2 LONDON, Sunday- The xmce were called to qnell three "coal riots' at Shoreditch yesterday as crowds of men and women -aided coal yards refusing to s°'' them fuel. No arrests were made and ne police "had no difficulty m li3persing the people," according to the Shoreditcb
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    CHINA COLLAPSE FEARED
    244 2 SHAN^i-lAI- Saturday. •the oomptev rcpttomie collapse oi Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalist China, on which the Commun- j •sts are counting m their ;trrggle for power, looms as very real danger as the Chinese, urrency continued its dizzy Jeaoent. This morning the exharge rate was one U.S. dol.ar
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    DEARER RADIOS IN THE UNION
    184 3 Increased Import Duty Announced From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. DEOPLE in the Malayan Ifnion will have to pay more for their music now as a result of the increased import duties on radio receivers and musical instruments and records. Wireless receiving sets (excluding
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    PRESIDENT OF UNION GAOLED
    226 3 From Our Our Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, Sunday. AN Indian, K. K. Kurup, stated to be the President of the Kuala Lumpur Selangor Labour Union, was sentenced to four months' rigorous imprisonment by Mr. Justice Spenser Wilkinson m the Supreme Court, Kuala Lumpur on two charges of
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    MILLIONAIRE'S OTHER SON IN COURT
    198 3 TAN Eng Khcng, 22 year-old sc of the well-known Chinese millionaire ard managing-director of the Aik Hoe Rubber Co., Ltd.. Mr. Tan Lak Sai, was allowed bail of $50,000 m the Singapore Third Police Court on Saturday. He was charged with having conspired with Gar.
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    ARRIVED FROM AUSTRALIA
    184 3 THE following passengers from Fremantle disembarked from the Blue Funnel liner Charon which arrived m Singapore yesterday. Miss M. I. Adamson. Mrs. M. E. Baker. Miss S. Broadhead, Mi-. A. C. S. Brearley, Mrs. E. L. T. Brearley. Mr. J. P. Brown, Mr. H. N. Bulford, Mrs.
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    C.Y.M. ASSOCIATION
    72 3 At tho Annuai General Meeting of tne CathcHc Young Men's Association (Church of the Sacred Heart) held recently the following were elected officecearers Tor the current year:— President, Mr Chye Kirn Heng; Ticepresident, Mr. Fu Wa Chu; hon. secretary, Mr. Roland D. Tseng; asst. hon secretary, Mr. Michael
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    Dal force Leader Back In S'pore
    267 3 Dal force Leader Back In S 'pore I Led Chinese I Volunteers I lEUT.-COLONEL J. D. Dalley, ex-prisoner of war and daring leader of Dalforce, a Chinese volunteer unit which operated against the Japanese, was enthusiastically welcomed back to Singapore, by about 200 members of his force at a reception
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    Return Of Chinese Troubador
    144 3 From Our Own Correspondent j PENANG, Saturday. HENANG'S "Mandolin Man" I is back again. A familiar sight of the pre-war era with tiis hanging lantern, his fortune-telling ballads and his Jhinese "Lang Tin Tang," this nocturnal troubador has staged i welcome re-appearance. He is popularly credited
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    DOG THEFTS A NEW RACKET
    95 3 i OEVERAL imported dogs of good w pedigree which l?ave arrived !in Singapore from Australia m -cent months have been stolen from their owners. One of the latest losses Is that. Of Flight-Lieut. R L. Scott, whose five-months-old Scottish t-'rrier. i a wedding present to
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    IVOR THOMAS IN SINGAPORE
    47 3 jUR. IVOR THOMAS, Under- Secretary of State for the Colonies arrived at Changi by air from Australia yesterday morning. He wa3 met on arrival by Mr G. Patterson, Private Secretary to the Governor-General. 1 1 Mr. Thomas is ■tav|*»« •!••:>• v.- Govemor-Ge-eral at Tyersall.
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    DELEGATE RETURNS
    127 3 From Our Malay Correspondent IjNCHG A. Rahim Ishak Msuayi delegate to Asian Students Con- i j fer^nce at New Delhi, returned I to Singapore yesterday. 1 Inche Rahim had been away m i India lor six weeks, during which time ne was the guest of the In- I
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    'IRON CURTAIN' IN INDO-CHINA
    144 3 THE existence of what he describes as "iron curtain of censorship" imposed by the French authorities m Saigon has forced Doon Camobell, Reuter's Special Correspondent, to send an ac- i j count of an important pronouncement by the Vietnam Premier, Ho Chi Minh by special courier
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    ARMED ROBBERIES
    43 3 Armed with a hand-grenade and pi'tol, th-eo Chinese robbed $60 from a shop m Tanglin Road on Saturday afternoon. About 5.30 p.m. the same day, four Chinese, two carrying pistols, i robbed a Cantonese family at Serangoon Road of $400. J
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    2 MORE AREAS PROTECTED
    140 3 TWO new "Protected Places" 1 where the "Shoot to Kill" :rder operates have just been created and are included m the Protected Places Order (1946) as from last Friday. They are: Domestic site of 59 M.T. Coy., R A.F. Singapore and rechnical site of 59 M.T.
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    CAMERA HUNT FOR ANIMALS
    214 3 THRESH from the Australian bush, from a lonely farm 10 miles from the nearest town, a young man has just arrived m Singapore for a three-year stay m Malayan jungle country to study the habits of wild animals. He is 31 -year-old Mr. Arthur Gibson who
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      252 3 SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY Tenders are Invited for the supply of the following for the period Ist March —31st December. 1947. Standard Antl-Malarlal Mixture. Tenderers must specify the composition of the Anti-Malarial Mixture and must forward a sample of the oil to the Municipal Health Officer when submitting the tender. The Antl-Malarlal
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    PERSONAL
    33 4 WAKEFORD LOWNDES. ConsultIn? Engineers. 6 7. Telegraph Street. /Singapore have pleasure In advising the return from England of Mr. C S. Ashbroo*. A.M.I.E.E.. M. Inst. R. by the U Empress of Australia.
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Monday, Feb. 10, 1947. Here's The Law: Let's Use It!
    1044 4 One of the main reasons why business men m Malaya are 90 critical of Government on the trade-union issue is that while Government is endeavouring to foster this movement, and have appointed Trade Union Advisers who
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    'No. 1 COMMUNIST IN U.S.A.'
    117 4 WASHINGTON, Sat. TTHE House of Representatives I Committe c on Un-Amen-j can Activities yesterday asked I the United States Department j of Justice to charge Gerhart j jEishler, de.-xr.bed as chief [Communist agent m thei I United States, wi' h conspiracy I to overthrow the
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    Fascists are behind the Jewish terrorists
    1747 4 REPORT ON PALESTINE— 1 This is the first of three articles by Andrew Pot It, special correspondent m Palestine. Roth has spent two months investigating Jewish terrorist organisations, the men who lead them and the motives that inspire them. His second article will appear
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    The Colonial Office Rubber Stamp
    297 4 AND so the coining of British Colonial rule to Sarawak is going to bring no changes save thos c that are considered necessary for the progress and welfare of its people? In a corner of the Government Gazette on Feb. 1, there was a highly
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      852 4 CLASSIFIED ADS. The er „agement is announced between lan AlasUlr Lyall of Glasgow and Eileen Patricia Ainge of London. SITUATIONS VACAHJ WANTED Juiui r Cleric and Salesman Apply Bex No A714, ST. WANTED young male shorthand typist for factory office. Letters to Box No. A743 S.T. WANTED very efficient European
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    Brooke Has Visitors
    56 5 Leaders of the Malay National I'nion of Sarawak, now visiting Singapore, called on Mr. Anthony Brooke on Saturday. From left to ri^ht the Dayang Muda (Mr. Anthony Brooke's mother i: Haii 80l Hassan, vicepresident of the I'nion: Mr. Brooke: Abang Haji Zainie, president of the I'nion; Edham
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    FRENCH WIDEN HANOI WEDGE
    111 5 PARIS, Sunday.— French tai.ks and motorized forces surprised and routed a concentration »f V (tnamese troops during a F.^neh advance which was ele.-.r-ivg the areas north and west v' Hinoi, f> Frr^r'i commu'iq'i" from Indo-China announce: 1 day. The advan.e w.dened Frt cfch'ld territory outside the
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    IMPROVEMENT IN WORLD RICE PROSPECTS
    254 5 Slow Recovery In Surplus Countries WASHINGTON, Sunday. THE United States Agricultural Department today predicted an increase in world rice production to almost prewar levels during the crop year 1946-1947 with the largest gains in primary consuming and producing countries of the Far East. "Substantial increases
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    CAMBODIA SEES RARE CEREMONY
    205 5 The Times Correspondent PNOM PENH (Cambodia), Sunday. VESTERDAY was memorable in the annals of the Kingdom of Cambodia, for there was celebrated with due pomp* and popular rejoicing the anointing, naming and reception into the Royal Palace of a young white elephant. These albinos occur in
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    Vegetarian Societies Growing
    107 5 Straits Times Reporter. VEGETARIANISM is fast; becoming popular m Malaya and propaganda spread" i by the Malayan Vegetarian. Society the first society of its kind here^ has brought 60; "converts" from Singapore j while Kuala Lumpur has started its own branch with, 20 members and there are
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    New Coins Are Under. Scrutiny
    140 5 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. 1*HE Governments of the Malayan Union and Singapore have had under consideration the question of replacing part of the existing paper currency with nickel coins, and three denominations have now been prepared of five cents. ten cents and
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    RUSSIANS GO TO THE POLLS
    83 5 MOSCOW, Sun.— Tne Soviet Union's millions of voters go to the polls today to eiect the Supreme Soviets of the 16 Rspu.hli&s of tne Union The elections correspond to state elections m ether ccv.r. tries as t'"ie Supreme Soviet of the whele union was elected
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      Singapore Needs Special Police, But Why European?
      218 5 J AM particularly interested 1 m that part of the letter, which th c Singapore Associa- j tion has addressed to the Governor requesting that Gov- j ernment will immediately raise a special police force to deal with the prevailing crime wave. In
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      These Girls Don't Think Us Unfriendly
      193 5 ON behalf of my ATS collea-i gues I should like to express strong disapproval of youri article headed THESE GIRLS THINK US UNFRIENDLY m the Straits Times of Feb. 6. It is obvious that this article has beer, compiled from a few ra* dom
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      Trade Union Adviser: Critics And Friends
      194 5 I AM not at all surprised that the Singapore Association, a body representative of employers, should accuse the Singapore Trade Union Adviser oi being partial towards employees, of being unhelpful to employers and of making "provocative speeches that can only tend to more strikes."
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      Lift To School
      94 5 r TRE Military, and military 1 contractors, can help a lot m the present transpoit crisis m Singapore. In one incid:nt that I noticed, a number of school-children were waiting at a point on Upper Serangoon Road, visibly disappointed at the sight of over- i crowded buses,
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      Money For Noise
      120 5 AS a Chinese, I should like to voice a criticism of the cracker-firing at Chap Goh Meh. The firing started at about 6 i 5 p.m.. continued at intervals, and was at its climax at about 10 p.m. This involved thousands of dollars' worth ol crackers which
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      Are The Unions Wholly To Blame
      192 5 IT is surprising that with such an out-of date Trade Unions Ordinance as we have m Singapore, unions should be severely criticised for not having acquired proper registration. The common experience of unionists is that registration is usually delayed three, four, five or more
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    ARRIVAL OF LADY RITCHIE
    261 5 HAVING spent the night on board the 25,000-ton Royal Mail flagship Andes m tha Singapore Roads, Lady Ritchie, wife of Lt. Gen. Sir Neil Ritchie, the new Commanderin Chief of S.E.A.L.F. and her two children, were met by her j husband on the ship's arrival at
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    Existence Of Non-Govt. Sugar Admitted
    252 6 UNION FIXES PRICE AT 50 CENTS PER KATI From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. IN his weekly note the Price Controller of the Malayan Union points out that the existence of non-Government sugar is now recognised by a Gazette notification, which fixes the maximum
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    BLIND SINGER OF MALACCA
    144 6 From Our Own Correspondent MALACCA, Sunday.— Born blind 37 years ago, Tan Eng Ann sings his way through life. Tan, who is a member of the Chaya Bulan Party that broadcasts over Radio Malaya at Malacca, has not allowed his blindness to handicap him. Besides singing
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    MALAYA HAS RECOVERED RAPIDLY
    121 6 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Sunday. F[E rehabilitation m Malaya had progressed far more rapidly than m any other country he had visited, Dr. W. H. Kauntze, Chief Medical Adviser to the Colonial Office, stated m an interview here yesterday. Dr. Kauntze, who arrived oy air
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    CINEMAS TO TOUR PERAK ESTATES
    57 6 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday.— Arrangements have been made between the Central Perak Rubber Planters Association and the Public Relations office for a cinema tour covering most of the big estates m central Perak for February. Altogether 18 of the big Euro-pean-owned estates
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    BAKERY'S APPEAL ALLOWED
    89 6 from Our staff Correspondent IPOH, Sun.— Holding that there was no evidence before the court that the bread m question fiad been made from wheat flour, Mr. Justice L. E. Cox Evans today allowed an appeal of the Paris Bakery, who were convicted m December last m
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    EURASIANS MEET AT SEREMBAN
    83 6 From Our Own Correspondent SEREMBAN, Sun. Leading members of the Eurasian, community of Negri Sembilan at a meeting lield on Friday discussed several matters of importance to the community. It was decided to hold a general meeting of all Eurasians next Sunday at 9.30 a.m. at
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    WOMAN HELD UP
    37 6 From Our Own Correspondent PENANO,' Sun.- -Three armed bandit^ held up a Chinese woman at Ayer Itam early on Friday morning. After ransacking her house they made off with $2,000 m cash and jewellery.
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    GOVT. PLANS NEW OFFICE IN PENANG
    165 6 i i»m Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Sunday. r I'HE question of builamg new 1 government offices m the place of those bombed during me war is being considered, it is officially stated. While plans have not been prepared, the choice of th? site and
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      653 6 The declarer In today's deal adopted a line of play for his slam contract that pave him the vital "extra chance." North, dealer. North-south vulnerable. NORTIf J 10 6 A542 A J 10 A 65 WEST EAST Q72 *9S KQ 108 V J 763 ♦965 8742 4107 4 98 3
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    INDUSTRIAL DEMAND NOT SO GREAT
    688 7 By A Special Correspondent IN a week when our hydra headed administrations promulgated separate and un co-ordinated Public Holidays m Singapore and the Mainland, two days interchange between Malayan markets were lost but nevertheless the total of business written must be regarded as satisfactory. In
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    Bonus To Chinese Exporters
    168 7 NANKING, Sunday. Premier T. V. Soong today announced that the Chinese Governmer.tr Is granting 100 per cent bonus to .Chinese exporters In ar. ewoii to give immediate stimulus to the nations faltering forsigr LrMte. The subsidy, he said, would be financed through ar. ad m'tam surcharge
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    ILLEGAL TRADE FROM N.E.I.
    488 7 THE recent statement m London Dy the chairman of the Namoe Tcngan Rubber Estate to the effect that 900 tens of the Company's rubber, known to nave b-^en m stock on the estate m August 1945. is mss ng because of looting has aroused ocas' der-
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    AUST. EXPORT MARKETS
    111 7 CANBERRA. Sunday- Australia must try to build up her export mai kets m other countries m cas? Britain is forced to abandon Empire preference as a result ot forthcoming International Trade Organisation talks, it was stated officially today. Increase m export trade with the United States was
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    GUILDERS DECLINE IN PRICE
    343 7 By Our Chinese Correspondent THERE has been a severe fluctuation m the financ.al market m Singapore during the week with heavy drop m N E.I. guilders and Chinese dollars, and a r.se m gold prices. The Chinese boycott threat against the Dutch is the main reason
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    PRODUCE REPORT
    149 7 SINGAPORE, Sunday. Sago flour featured y sterday's produce market with considerable uantities takpn over bv Bomfcav imDort-rs. Prices, however, did not change. Quotations for Lingga qua'ity was $18. p?r picul. Sarawak *>t $15 per picul and others at $15.75 per picul The ruber market was rather firm yesterday
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    74 7 NEW YORK. Saturday— Grains up to two points or more were soon registered today though trading was less active Best support was for Minings, Metals, Soft Drinks, Textiles and Foods. Steels were reasonably supported despite the scrap price Increase, wh'le Oils were aided by the heavy fuel price
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      137 7 RADIO MALAYA Singapore BED NETWORK (Chine* Indian "25 metres; also 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. 4.323 megacycles per srcond (61 metre Innilv and 1.45 pan. to 9.30 p.m. 4.78 mec* cycles per second (61 metre band) BLUE NETWORK. (Malav tn; Usb 485 metres; also 12 p.m to i p.m. 1.2'i
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      130 7 B.B.C Feb. 10 7.30 a.m. Radio newsreel; 8.00 a.m. Musical counties: 8.30 t m. News. j 7.30 p.m. Sporting record; <J.OO p.m Forces favourites; 8.30 p.m. News; 8.40 p.m. London calling 8 15 pin. Parliamentary summary; 9. CO pjn. Navy mixture: 9.30 p.m. Variety band box; 10.30 p.m. Radio new?re»i;
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    FOUR CUP TIE DECISIONS Soccer Under Icy Conditions
    1618 8 LONDON, Saturday. RISKING limbs on treacherous ice bound grounds which elsewhere prevented 23 big games in England and Scotland being started, professional footballers more than earned their weekly wage today. The struggle was the fiercest in the English F.A. Cup "Fifth Round
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    24 8 Len fiullon bowled by Jounson for 76 m the second ir.nmss <>t the fourth Test match, which w as drawn at Adelaide last week.
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    JOLLILADS WIN 3-0
    91 8 The Medidal College was beaten by l I the Jollilads Athletic Union by three-! i nil Saturday at the college ground m j a soccer match. The match was played on a slippery j ground m which there was no score m j -.he first half. j
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    CHINESE WIN 4-NIL AGAINST S.C.C.
    359 8 THE S.C.C. making their debut against a first-cla^ eleven, 1 the S.C.F.A., at soccer, were soundly defeated by four goals to nil at Jalan Besar yesterday. Played in aid of the Club r.'-' habilitotion fund, the game providec scores of thrills, and was featured by
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    International Contest For Polo Trophy
    208 8 LONLGN, Saturday. Probably the most iamous p^lo tropny m the world the Westchester Cup -may become open for competition to the world. Beiore the war the contest was restricted to England and the United States. American hopes ot resumption by 1950 have only the faintest
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    MALAYS WIN 3-2 AT MUAR
    135 8 From Our Own Correspondent MUAR, Friday.— Had the forwards struck a better combination, Muar might have created a sensation yesterday when they met the Singapore Malays at soccer on the Muar Club padang. The Singapore team won by the odd goal m five. Muar forward
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    WEST YORKS DISAPPOINTED
    115 8 Keenly disappointed, the West Yorks Rugby team will leave Singapore for their stations m MaJavu today, with a rer rd of having played only two of the four games arranged for theii visit to Singapore. They won the first game against H.MJS. Sultan 10-5, and their second
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    GOLF MATCH
    33 8 The four-ball match played between the Island Club and the [Singapore Golf Club yesterday, I resulted In a very close finish. I The Island Club won by 13V 2 to 12.
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    AMATEUR BOXING
    51 8 Straits Times Reporter The Council of the Singapore Amateur Boxing Association will meet on Tuesday at 6-p.in. m the Board Room of the Singapore Police headquarters- In South Bridge Road. It is understood that a proposal to run an amateur tournament m Singapore will be discussed at this
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    IRELAND BEAT ENGLAND 22-0
    290 8 DUBLIN, Saturday. TRELAND beat England by 22 j 1 points to oin the Rugby: Union international here to- day. I <viand established an early over England m the first postwar meeting of the countries Pubjjr Unnn international ti'-r- t >Jay. Five minutes after the start! the
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