The Straits Times, 14 February 1947

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    20 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER ESTABLISHED OVER A CENTURY EIGHT PAGES SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1947. PRICE TEN CENTS
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    RICE PIRATES ACTIVE IN S'PORE
    582 1 L igh ters Looted A t Rate Of Million Dollars Month DIKATi^S m Singapore Harbour are stealing rice m .such huge quanlities that it is estimated that the prtieai monthly average value of rice lost is $1,000,000 calculated at retail prices). The rice looted from
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    Helicopter For Rescue
    44 1 The Royal Air Force is to make lu'l use of helicopters for future air-sea rescue operations, following trials which have been made by the Air Sea Warfare Development Unit, RAF Thorney Island Picture shows a dinghy m tow at 8-10 knots.
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    BAN ON EXPORT OF SUGAR
    68 1 WASHINGTON, Thursday. Legislation prohibiting the export of sugar from the United States was introduced m Con'.;r"ss by Representative Dahiel Reed (Republican. New Yorki yesterday It provides penalties of a US$lO,OOO fine and a year's imprisonment. Mr. Reed said these measures would not interfer? with sugar
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    SHIPS DAMAGED IN HAIFA PORT
    286 1 JERUSALEM, Thursday. A LAUNCH belonging to the Department of Agri- culture and Fisheries was m Haifa harbour when an explosion occurred which blew out the bottom of the vessel early this morning, says an official statement. Shortly after another explosion blew a hole m the
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    Commission On Arms Reduction
    195 1 NEW YORK, Thursday, j rE United Nations Security Council yesterday voted i nine to none to create a commission to study the reduc- lion of all armaments except i those alreay being examined! Dy the United Nations Atomic' Energy Commission. Russia and Polj j abstained from
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    RECOGNITION OF BULGARIA
    92 1 LONDON, Thursday. Britain yesterday formally recognised the Government of Bulgaria as a direct sequel to "he signing of the peace treaty with Bulgarian m Paris on Monday Tb« note contain:ng the <?:eision of Britain makes it clear ;hat while granting de jure recognition to the Bulgarian Government,
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    LABOUR WINS A BY-ELECTION
    85 1 NORMANTON. Yorks, Thursday:—Mr. G. O. Sylvester, Labour, was returned m the byelection at Normanton caused by the appointment of Mr. Tom Smith as Labour Director of the Northern Regional Coal Board. The result was Mr. Sylvester 19,085, Mr. J. E. Powell, Conservative, 4,258; Dr. W. D.
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    TWO STRIKES OVER
    273 1 •TWO strikes were settled m 1 Singapore yesterday by a towkay arbitrator. They were the nearly monthold strike of about 180 carpenters, masons and builders' labourers employed on a building project for the Special Commissioner's staff by the Nanyang Structural Company, and the strike of about 1,000
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    FRENCH CRISIS OVER MEAT
    104 1 PARIS, Thursday.— The Frencn governmental crisis is brewing I over the price of meat, which m:;v spell the end of the Socialist experiment to lower the inflated commodity prices. The plan of the Food Htjh Commissioner, M. Georges Rastel, tc coax more animals to :he big
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    STRIKERS DASH SETTLEMENT HOPES WITH 8 NEW DEMANDS
    411 1 Straits Times Reporter CTRIKE leaders m Singapore yesterday m one decisive move turned what seemed the imminent settlement of the Municipal strike into one of the most serious deadlocks m recent strike history m Singapore. At 2.15 p.m. yesterday the strike was
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    JAPS GET JUSTICE
    51 1 LONDON. Thursday Tue AjiMinister. Mr F.J Brl!eng°r. said yes erday that he saw r.o reason to believe that J a Piunderlings were b? ng dispropoi tionately punished m war crimes courts for t.he part they playea under the orders of their super ur officers. Strai s Times
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    ARMED JAPS STAND AT BAY
    164 1 MANILA, Friday. DETWEEN 60 and 100 wellarmed Japanese troops, apparently ignorant of the end of the war, have barricaded themselves on remote Palawan Island, according to reports received today by Major R. R. Prewi t, Chief Investigator of the United States War Crimes Legal Section,
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      5 1 'falMJL-^itw TIGER CUB Gathering Strength
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    LONDON GETS COAL AT LAST
    334 2 50,000 Tons In 23 Colliers LONDON, Thursday. TWENTY-THREE coastal colliers brought coal to power-starved London today as the Prime Minister, Mr. Attlee, planned to give the House of Commons a full account of the fuel emergency. The first of the coal fleet from Britain's north-east
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    34 2 A G?iman V 2 rocket beingr loaded on board the Shaw-Saviil liner Karamea at Kins George V Dack London, for transportation to Australia, where it is destin-d for the Australian War Memorial at Canberra.
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    Bank Is Clearing Confusion
    235 2 The Times City Editor LONDON, Thursday. THE Hong Kong and Shan-! 1 ghai Banking Corporation's declaration of dividend, while not up to the pre-war rate of 110s., is a plain indication not merely of a good year's trading but progress m clearing up the confusion m
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    PANIC EXODUS FROM CANTON
    87 2 The Times Correspondent HONG KONG, Thursday.— Re percussions of 'the financial crisis mi n Shanghai are now affecting Canton, where there have been conditions of panic since Tues- j day, with banks, shops and restaurants closing and the price of rice rising to CN$3OO,OOO per picul.
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    ARRESTS IN LAHORE
    29 2 LAHORE, Thursday. Sixty Muslims were arrested here yesterday and charged with defying th« puDlic safety ordinance by marching yesterday at the head of a procession. Reuter.
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    DAY OF CALM IN S'HAI
    151 2 SHANGHAI, Thuralay. WITH big operators generally holding off until there were clearer indications of what the Chinese Government intends doing, the Shanghai foreign exchange market today experienced the first calm day this week with fluctuations m gold bars and United Stales dollars limited to comparatively
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    ASSURANCE TO AMERICA
    130 2 WASHINGTON, Thursday.— Lord Invrchapel, British Ambassador to the United States, has assured Gen. George Marstiall, United States Secretary of State, that it is still the basis or the British Government's policy that intimate and uninterrupted AngloAmerican collaboration is a fundamental of world peace and security, it is
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    HONG KONG TO EXECUTE JAPS
    119 2 < HONG KONG, Thursday.— The death sentence wa s passed by tlie War Crimes Court here today on Col. Tokunaga Isao, Japanese cemmandaru of the notorious i Shamshuipo PoW ramp, together with Dr. Saito S-^unkiehi, his I medicnl officer. Col. Tokunaga was found guilty of
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    DUTCH AGREE TO CHINESE RELIEF
    91 2 NANKING, Thursday. Dutch authorities have agTced to the transportation of medical goods and 10,000 yards of piecegooas from Singapore to Southern Palembang (Sumatra* for the relief of Chinese victims cf the recent Dutch-Indonesian clash semi-official Chinese reports stated today. The Chinese Government is reported to
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    RANGOON BANKS PICKETED
    93 2 RANGOON, Thursday.—Strikers, carrying Anti-FascLst Peoples' Freeze m League flags, toaay picketed Rangoon banks as about 2 000 bank clerks j:ined the slrik3-bcund labourers and commercial firms employees estimated at 40 000. Early iv the afternoon all banks m the city shut their d:ors, displaying notice that the
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    DEATHS FROM COLD
    55 2 LONDON, Thursday.— Mr. J. B Hynd, Chancellor of the Duchy jf Lancaster, told the House of Commons yesterday that 53 persons died from cold or exposure and 799 were treated m hospital for frostbite or other maladies due to the cold m the British zone of Germany
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    LEAVE PROBLEMS IN S.E.A.
    232 2 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Thursday. |N reply to questions m the House of Commons yes terday, the War Minister, Mr. F. J. Bellenger, said a soldier m South-East Asia Command was allowed 30 days' leave during his overseas tour but it was impossible to allot
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      852 2 NOTICES MALAYAN UNION TRADING CO. NOTICE Is hereby given that as from the 12th of February. 1947. Mr. Teo Hock Chuan has left the services of the above Company and has no authority whatsoever v act for or otherwise represent the said Company. Mr. Chua Yong Seng the sole proprietor
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      441 2 NOTICES THE SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD. SALE OF SUGAR MILL MACHINERY AND BOILERS Tenders are invited for the purchase of a quantity of Sugar Mill Machinery and Boilers which have been abandoned on the Board's premises. Permission to view this machinery, etc.. may be obtained upon application to the Board's Traffic
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      718 2 NOTICES HENRY WAUGH ft CO., LTD. ALTERATION OF TKI rPHONE NUMBERS. 5141 Piece Goods Department. 5142 Director's Office. 5143 Engineering Department. 5144 General Goods Department. 5145 Accounts Department. CHANGE OF ADDRESS FOOD CONTROL DISTRIBUTION DEPT. It L- notified for general information that as from 17th February 1947, the new address
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      726 2 NOTICES SALE BY TENDER. By Order af the Director *f Disposal, Far Eastern Area. (M.0.5.) The BRITISH STORES DISPOSAL BOARD (MALAYA) Is authorised U re-eive Tenders for the following Lots. Located at "B" Section, WATER TPI COY. RASC. PORT SWETTENHAM. Lot No. 1 Passenger lav nrh "PERI. CLES" Serviceable Lot
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    Penang Chamber Supports Federation
    622 3 "Proposals Offer Way Out Of Impasse" From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Thursday. V% ihe belief that the constitutional proposals "pro- vide a compromise to present political differences and offer a way out of the present impasse," the Penang Chamber of Commerce is prepared to support them
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    REBIRTH OF A STEAMER
    56 3 Bearing the same name as the .1) fated 8.350-ton Ben Line vessel which was sunk by a German bomber off Oban (Scotland) m 1941, the Bonvorlich (above), new 10,000-ton ship, is m Singapore today. Built last year, the Benvorlich is operating on the same United Kingdom-Far
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    Details Can Wait —Thomas
    322 3 Details Can Wait Thomas from Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR Thursday. "THE important thing is to 1 get the new consitution* working fairly quickly and not be too precise about the, ietails" said Mr. Ivor Thomas, Undersecretary of State for the Colonies, at a press conference here today. Mr. Thomas
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    TODAY'S MENUS
    52 3 The toil: wing are the men;is at the Singapore Peoples' Restaurants todfcy: Thirty cent m e als: fried rice bean cak« meat and egg ball, long bean sambal, Choy Sam. Fifteen tentt c nt meals rice, meat balls, carrots, spinach. Eight cent meals: rice, meat and vegetable, black
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    Court Exonerates Col. Allen
    158 3 LIEU T.-COL. J. A. B. Allen was exonerated by the war crimes court yesterday of charges made by Kutron that a confession was forced cut of him under duress. Kutron a Hungarian vcho with two Japanese N.C.O.'s, Tokumaru and Taki, is charged with taking part m
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    8 NEW DEMANDS BY STRIKERS
    549 3 THE following are the eight new demands made by the Singapore Municipal strikers to the Commissioner of Labour, Mr. R. P. Bingham, who acted as mediator m the strike (see Pace 1): I 1. The 16 answers must be made known to representatives of the
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    "Blinkers" Policy Warning
    647 3 Fiom Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Tnursday. PPEAKING as an "lndepen«J dent critic and observer" i before the Cheeseman Consul- ta lye Committee, which opened its Penang session at the Supreme Court this morning. Mr. Lim Cheng Kung, J.P., ex-pres-ed the view that P f laya 'is not
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    Clerks May Send Man To London
    274 3 WHEN Singapore Government junior civil employees meet at the J.C.S.A. tomorrow to discuss the question of back pay, a suggestion will be made uy the President of the As sociation, Mr. S. A. Karun. that a subscription be started for a fund to enable
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    DEATH
    24 4 P. H. Howard— from 1912-1929 Manager of the General Electric Co., Ltd., m Malaya, on 10th February at 112 Ropeway. Hayes, Bromley. England.
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    IN MEMORIAM
    42 4 HILL AND SHAW— In sweet and loving memory of my two darling daughters, Nellie and Jean. God takes our loved one from our homes but never from our hearts. God bless you, my darling*, youi loving MotherMary Moger, nee Morey.
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Friday, Feb. 14, 1947 The M.D.U. And Mr. Rayman
    1158 4 The statement issued by the Malayan Democratic Union on its efforts to mediate m the Municipal strike increases the uneasiness felt by many people as to the attitude which the Municipal Commissioners and th2ir President are adopting.
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    S.A. REDS IN COURT
    64 4 Dr. H. J. Simons, lecturer at Capetown University, who is one of eight South African Communist Party lead rs now being examined in Capetown on a rharge of sedition, acknowledge] at yesterday's hearing that "in a technical s me Communists v, _re agitators,'' reports Reuter. D".
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    A CONTRAST WITH HANOI HEADLINES
    41 4 i'nese charming little Annamite nuns were photographed on their way home from market by Dickson Bonn, ?r>ecial correspondent of the News Chronicle, m a Hanoi street, while fierce fighting was going on elsewhere m the town.
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      $750,000 Internment Camp Bill: After Back Pay Bonus
      561 4 'IT is rather surprising that r the provision of three quar- 1 ters of a million dollars from the public funds of this country for repayment of the loans raised for the purpose of buyjing extra food for European I internees has
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      Lower Deck View
      189 4 AN article m the Straits Times on the ATS m Singapore prompts me to write this letter. In ten months I spent m Colombo I was never out with any Bri ish girls, as they will not assooate with' the lower ranks of the Navy, although they
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      City Of Smells
      124 4 UNLIKE the pre-war days we now see an intense feeling ol sympathy for the labouring class amongst the public. In letters, papers, magazines, and m fact everywhere, we now see and realize what labour means, and how everything depends on it. I need not comment on the
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      Labour's Share
      66 4 CONGRATULATIONS on your v sober editorial "One Week In Malaya". But may I point out that it is not necessary for labour to be told that the people of Malaya can improve their lot only by increasing production. Give labour a decent waee. and they will make Malaya
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      The Widow's Mite Withheld
      202 4 MY husband, on whom I had been solely dependent, died at the hands of the Jans, and ever since my four children and I have been struggling to keep ourselves alive Soon after the liberation new hope sprung with n me, as I knew that 1
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      INDIA'S INDUSTRIAL LAW: A LESSON FOR MALAYA
      670 4 (A commentary on the Straits Times leading article on the Industrial Courts Ordinance headed "Here's The Law: Let's Use It!") I WELCOME your leader on this subject. There is however one aspect of this subject which I would emphasise. You regard Industrial Courts
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      44 4 PORTABLE GRAM APHONES. Indoors or out, a Portable givet music at any time, anywhere music of your own choice. Columbia "Sll" 170.Decca "1947" 75.H.M.V. "M" 7«.H.M.V. "1W 95.(Postage $1.10 extra) Outstatlon: Please send cash with order: no COD. at nresent 61/63 High Street, Singapore.
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      117 4 Wedding Specials! Bridal Wreaths, of orange blossom, etc.. $1.00; 2.50; 5.50; 7.00 Satin Halos, white, pink, blue, rnly $5.00 Also Latest Plastic Belts for ladies m fancy effects and colours, only $3.50. at HARVEYS 8, Raffles Quay (beyond Finlayson Green) Singapore. ff»*^ OPTICIAN Fellow of the inst. Ophthalmic Opttduu tEnglana)
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    Coal Miners Present Case To Arbitration Board
    2279 5 MALA YAN COLLIERIES REPLIES TO DEMANDS BY WORKERS From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. DEWILDERMENT and lack of compre hension of the procedure involved m an D arbitration court was exhibited by representatives of the Colliery Workers Trade Union of Batu Arang
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    THE NEW GUARD TAKES OVER
    35 5 "New Guard" and "Old Guard" at Government House, Singapore, yesterday morning, when the Ist Battalion, the Seafortb Highlanders, handed over guard duties to the Ist Battalion, the Queen's Royal Regiment.
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    CHEESEMAN ON TEACHERS' PAY
    203 5 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Thursday. THE Director of Education, Mr. H. R. Cheeseman, speaking at a dinner held m his honour last night, promised I*enang teacher* he would do what he could for them with regard to the "two sore questions" of back pay and
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    ROTARY CLUB
    31 5 As Mr. Angus Mitchell will not be arriving until Sunday, the informal meeting of the Singapore Rotary Club, arranged for today, Friday, to meet Mr. Mitheil, has been cancelled.
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    PIANO RECITAL
    20 5 Booking for Clifford Huntsman's piano recital at the Victoria Memorial Hall on Sunday, Feb. 23, has now opened.
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    CONTROL YOUR LUNCH COST
    286 5 ADVICE on how to deal with Singapore restaurant proj prietors who overcharge for meals [was given to the Stratrs Times yesterday by an official of the Colony's Food Control Department. "It is the duty of every restaurant to supply meals costing not more than $2.50," he
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    BETTER RICE FOR S'PORE
    148 5 OINGAPORE'S Food Control De- partment has received ac»- > eral complaints recently concerning the quality of rice retailed to members of the public. An official statement from Food Control points out that, by a new system of checking smarted only this week and reported m yesterday's
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    ANOTHER BACK PAY DEMAND
    105 5 From Our Own Correspondent. PENANG. Thursday. The question of back pay for cleric.nl workers m mercantile firms will be taken up at the next PanMalayan Clerical Union conference to oe held m Kuala Lumpur on March 16. Mr N. Ponnudura!, President of the Penang Clerical and
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    MALACCA FIRM OPENS CANTEEN
    58 5 From Our Own Correspondent. MALACCA. Thursday.— A new canteen for the employees of Wearne Brothers was opened on Monday by the Manager ->f 'he firm Meals can be purchas d at 35 cents inclusive of coffee or lea. Tea wit* bread and lam at i<n cents
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    ADVISER'S PLEA TO EMPLOYERS
    854 6 Must Co-operate With Labour AN appeal to Chambers of Commerce m Singapore to encourage associations of employers to deal with labour as well as trade questions was made by the Singapore Trade Union Adviser, Mr. S. T. Garrett, m an address to the East- West Society
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    Ipoh Pays Tribute To Col. Rae
    136 6 From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH, Thursday. THE cosmopolitan gathering which braved torrential rain last evening to attend a memorial service for the late Col. Cecil Rae, C.B.E., bore ample testimony to the high esteem in which he was held here. The servio?, which was
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    Boycott Threat In Penang
    131 6 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Thurs. A three-day ultimatum to lighter owners to settle their two-month-old dispute with the lightermen is being sent by the Penang Harbour Labour Association, i; is understood. If on the expiry of the period on Monday the dispute is not settled,
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    K.L. DECISION ON 'PREFABS' TODAY
    72 6 K .L. DECISION ON 'PREFABS' TODAY From Our Own t i >spond KUALA LUMPU .rnrsday.The Kuala Lurnpu Pown Board's proposed scheme i I -ion of prefabricated houst Sungei Besi Road is awaiting ire decision of the Malayan Uniai Housing Commitee. which m^ets tomorrow. If approved the Town Board will call
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      725 6 Few players short of expert I heart ruft and five diamonds thus rank know just how far to sup- 1 coming out with two tricks over port a vulnerable overcall made contract by partner. Consider this case: Examination of the bidding North dealer makes it obvious enough that the Both
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    BRITISH SECURITIES DROP
    487 7 Holders Switch To Overseas (From Sydney Gampell, Reuter's Financial Editor). LONDON, Thursday. A FEATURE of the London Stock Exchange on the third day of Britain's industrial crisis was the accelerated decline m British Government securities which lost more than m the first two days together. Switching from
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    FURTHER RISE IN RUBBERS
    122 7 By Our Market Correspondent. SINGAPORE, Thursday. PTEREST continues m rubber shares m the local market today and there were further rises m selective shares, both Pa jams and Sungei Bagans reaching $1.75 during the day and Kempas $2.05. Sungei Ramals were taken at 75 cents: Lambaks
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    RUBBER PRICES
    66 7 J TIIE Singapore Chamber of Com- merce Rubber Association's! rubber prices at noon yesterday were: Cts Cts pcrlb. No. 1 R.S.S. Spot loose 41 '/a No 1 R.S.S fob in bales Feb. 43 No. 2 R S.S fob in ha Is Feb. 42 li No 3 K S
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    SHANGHAI MONEY
    24 7 SHANGHAI. Thursday- Today's quotations on the Shanghai bl-ackmarket exchange are: US. dollar CN $13,000; Gold CN $640,000: Hongkong dollar CN $2,300.— DP.
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    RUBBER OUTPUT
    19 7 The crop of the Bukit Katil Rubber Estates Limited, for the month of January, was 32,850 lbs.
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    Singapore Produce
    302 7 SINGAPORE, Wednesday. TODAY'S produce price* were: RICE: Siamese No. 1 »1«3, No. 1 $101, No. 3 $100, Indo-Chin* $84. BanfMiß |80. KlCfc NOODLES: N* I Statneae Mi. Kedak *51, China *M, I*cal $8;., Burma $70. KICE FLOUR: Slam $37 and $32. TAPIOCA FLOUR: No. 1 $S«. N». t
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    TEA RATIONING TO GO ON
    132 7 LONDON, Thurs.— The British Government declined to accept a suggestion m the House of Commons yesterday to end tea rationing m Britain m the near future. Mr. Peter Freeman. Labour, had suggested this "m view of the large stocks of tea m Britain and the
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    Along The Singapore Waterfront
    429 7 Ships alongside the Singapore wharves up to 3 p.m. yesterday were: MAIN WHARF Godovn 31-32: Willis Vick«rr Empire Maypori alongside. Godown 33-34: Teucer. Godown 36-37: Samtruth. Godown 38-39: Marella. Godown 41: Klang. Godown 42-43: Forr Laird. WEST WHARF Godown 1-2-3: Straat Malakka. Ocdowa 5: Maydream. Gouown
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      334 7 SINGAPORE TIDES High Tides today in Singapore will be at 4 18 a.m. and 5.54 p m. headlines; 8.18 p.m. Musical memories; m-niature; 10.00 pjn. Skyrocket* dance RADIO MALAYA 8.3O p.m. Friday prom.; 9.30 pjn. News; orchestra; 10.30 p.m. Radio newsreei; 9.45 p.u. Talk; 10.00 pjn. Music hall; 10.45 p.m.
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    IMPRESSIVE WORK AT K.L. Fighting Fish Should Win
    547 8 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday QEVERAL impressive gallops came under observation m O the morning's preparation for Saturday's races. Most impressive were Fighting Fish, Diplomat, Muffleld. First Lady, Avant Tout, Appolo, and Zargun. Fighting Fish had Precious Stream and Houlichan
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    Hammond Has Played His Last Test
    113 8 PI is likely that Wally Hammond has playfed his last Test match A Reuter message fr m Austral 1 a says he is unlikely to play again on this tour. Hammond withdrew from ihe match against the Victorian Country XI on Wednesday and is
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    1-ALL DRAW IN COLLEGE SOCCER
    505 8 MEDICAL College entnusiasts turned up m full strength yesterday at their College grounds to witness the historical annual soccer match played between the Anatomists and the Biologists, when ooths teams were held to a ii 1 draw. This match, a College tradition was first m.tiated
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    Service XI Out For 18
    200 8 p.R.E. 162 Works defeated 95 F.S.S. by 104 runs at Bidadari on Wednesday afternoon. Batting first, the engineers scored 122 for eight wickets and declared. In reply, the F.S.S. were all out for 18. The scores were: Cll Mattock b Thompson t Davison run out
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    LOCKE BEATS SNEAD 8 AND 6
    58 8 JOHANNESBURG, Wednesday: —A. D. Locke, South African golf champion, defeated Sam Snead, American holder of the British open championship, by eight and six m a 36 holes match today Locke was one down after nine holes but playing superbly had a three holes lead
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    ST. PETERS WIN IN MALACCA
    131 8 From Our Own cu.iLspondciit MALACCA, Wednesday. ln a return match of three singles and four doubles played against the New Market B.P. at their Cohrt on Saturday the St. Peter's Brigade won by five games to one. One singles match was abandoned owing to Insufficient
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    MALAY SOCCER IN MALACCA
    75 8 From Our Own Correspondent MALACCA, Thursday. Arrangements are bring made to run a special Malay Soccer League competition m Malacca confined to all Malay football teams. It is understood that there are already twelve teams of note In Malacca and many more are expected to participate
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    CLUB NOTICES AND TEAMS
    461 8 rS following will represent the S.C.C. at soccer against the Halkowyu Sports Club at 5.15 p.m. on the Padang tomorrow. J. J. Bell; M. Roberts, G. Verrall; B.S. Clifton, A. H. Mitchell, H. Twist; G. Moxon, W. Mcßeath. J. H. Warfleld. C. Milton and H. Eichelsheim.
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    WRESTLING
    31 8 Saturday night's wrestling programme at the Great World will be: King Zombie vs. Len Hicks; Dara Singh vs. Bert Egerton; Roughhouse Jeffreys vs. Nill Birch; Flash Hammond vs. Tiger Amat
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    P.W.F.A. LEAGUE
    102 8 Entries can be made up to Feb. 17 for the Province Wellesiey Football Association League; and should be addressed to Hon Sec. P.W.F.A c/o District Office. Butterworih. It is expected that 12 Uams will compete Last year nine teams played and the league was a great success. The
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    M'BORO WIN 6—2
    198 8 M'BORO WIN 6— 2 LONDON, Wednesday UFII.FRED MANNION, English international inside-left, scored the last three goals during Middlesbrough's second-half rally which eliminated Nottingham Forest from the F.A. Cup. Middlesbrough played better football on the snowbound ground and Spohler opened the scoring, but Barks and Edwards scored within two minutes and
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    M.C.C. TEAM TO PLAY VICTORIA
    83 8 BALLARAT, VICTORIA. Thursday.—Norman Yardley will captain the MCC four-day match against Victoria at Melbourne beginning tomorrow. The team will be chosen from 12 and will omit Hammond. Hutton. Compton. Edrich and Langridge. Apparently the three leading batsmen Hutton, Edrich and Compton are being rested so
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    IPOH HOCKEY DRAWN 2-ALL
    57 8 IPOH, Thursday This evening m the Kinta district hockey league knockout 1 competition Perak Chinese Re-, creation Club and Perak Colts drew two-all. Im Ohan Quan Chor.g scored for the Chinese while Nvaradnam and Oliveiro scored for the Colts. Extra time was allowed but no further
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