The Straits Times, 28 February 1947

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    19 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1X45. ElttHl PAGES SINGAPORE, FRIDAY. FEBRI ARY 2«, 1947. PRICE TEN TENTS
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    Fire Brigade Fights Snakes
    125 1 Float Oui Own urrcspondent •TNANti. Thursday Penan* I Brigade was tailed out lasl •{ushint; to BeaMeaej Road m n sponsc to a summons from tli.' Ma -r t i > Hospital, an engiae unrtiT Superintenn« l nt A K. Little began opeiations auainst a vusrweted snake
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    SOEKARNO THREAT TO BESIGN
    128 1 MALAN.i. ...A.i. i.^i-ciay. THREAT th.it Indonesian fV Presiuo t S>«'k;:rr.o and < Presldeni Mohammed Hat a wou';i re« gn unieaa the I c'onesian Ir..' laional Parliaiv. Nt ratiTf! (be pi^.-i u-'cree re'huflUng Eta memb^rship v.a- in«de time •••"hv by Hatta. The Repti.)..-an Na iooaj Worti. roran-.'f
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    RAILWAY DEATH ROLL 195
    72 1 TOKIO. T!iu raii disaster at X >n Tuesday became tho worst In Japanese aa th* ri r v. toll i ri s° to i )a A himar. a and s ■nty-eight v re .:illed outrighi and hundreds injured 1"" ii :our of car i::.n left ihr
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    CRUISER JOINS IN SEARCH FOR PLANE
    377 1 Aircraft Pick Up Faint SOS Signals PAINT SOS signals were picked up yesterday by aircraft searching the sea off the east coast of Malaya for trace of the lost R.A.F. Dakota. A cruiser of the Koyal Navy, which left Singapore yesterday afternoon, i? joining
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    NAVAL BASE UNREST
    199 1 UfrkibjSk at i<>" aii.fctofrK)!"*Naval Bttl is likely to be the suhj<i^v conference within the next few davfc between the Naval B*ue Union, the Commissionfr for Laoour, Mr. R P. Bingham. and the Trade Union Adv Mr. S. Garrett. About ***** Aaiaucs ere employed at the Naval Bast
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    Malaya Questions In Commons
    442 1 LOMH>N. >liursui*>. rE Secretary lor th« Cvkmim. Mr. Irwh Jones, m Ihe Common* yesterday amwv'ied the following questions om Malaya asked by Mr. Walter Flelcber (Conservative) 1. Landing bdfitfa. Tor planes m Sn.ganore. 2. Restrictions on Ertish .-hipping m Indonesian waters. 3. Payments m Japarese occupation
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    PLANE FOUND
    51 1 SHANGAI. Thursday. The wreckage of the CNAC AirUner which disappeared on January 2b while nearing Chungking from Hong Kong was found 100 miles east of the wartime capital with j all the 19 aboard dead including pilot James M. Blackmore. Los Angeles, the sole person aboard not Chinese
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    TEST MAY BE DELATED
    115 1 SYDNKT. Thursday i THE start of the Fifth Test match here tomorrow j may be delayed because of the i saturated state of th* tnrf around the wicket. Over five inches of rain has fallen since the start of the 1 week and further rain is
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    NEW AMERICAN AMBASSADOR
    119 1 President Truma n has appointed Mr. Lewis W. Douelas as Ambassador to London Mr. Douglas, son of a leading Arizona mine operator, was an early and enthusiastic support -r President Roosevelt. When Mr Roosevelt was inaugurated as President m 1933 Mr Douglas res:gned his seat In Con-
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    RUBBER LOANS EXPECTED
    85 1 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON. Thursday. Thr Financial Times anticipates an early Colonial Office announce- ment regarding Malayan Government rehabilitation assistance to rubber estates. The paper believes that the plan provides for S6O million (St raits i to be advanced by the banks against Government guarantees bearing
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    MURDERER HANGED
    36 1 MANCHESTER. Thursday Walter Graham Rowland 38 exRoyal artillery man was executed j at Strangeways Prison, Manchester, this morning for the murder! of Oliv- Balchin On a Manchester bombed site on Ot 1« last Reuter.
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    'URGENT PLEA'TO FRENCH
    219 1 'URGENT PLEA' TO FRENCH SAIGON. Thursday. VIETNAM President, Mr. Uo Chi Minh, m the blest nppral to President Vituriit Auriol and the French pe«»pl« says: "Wp tn k >'•>»! to make known your opinion of (in.* bloody and meaningless conflict." Aciure.v-.inB a B "wceni appeal to the French Government and
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    28 1 V. Marshal Vimwt Alex, andrr (centre. foreground), Ciovernor-(irnp« al *f Canada, reviewing the Val'.ed sin«> Cadet Corps tfuiing a visit u> the L*it«d Vmm MiHUr? Aiatlemy. Wet P«int.
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    GOODS TRAINS DAILY
    73 1 Krom Our Own orr s^ondrnt KUALA LUMPUR Thin Intermediate goods trains between Prai and Sin apon wttrtl were reduced to three a wee* have now be n re^to^o: to a dai:y service Malayan Ra lway na* under consideration proposals for improving the pa^enger .iraiii services by restoring
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    STAR'S DEATH ENDED BIG GEM DEAL
    215 1 Fr»m Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Thursday. GRACE Moore, world-famous soprano, was negotiating to buy the Star of Egypt diamond when she was killed m a plane crash near Copenhagen (Denmark) last month. Her death frustrated one of the greatest single diamond deals m the
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      73 1 seißM7tfie\ mtXHUMWOH A OUALIFIEO OPTICIAN C S. CHOnr, oa.f'oc Hoard awards 48-hour week, rejects backpay m Hatu Arang Arbitration Case Page Five. I MMlisters \+4IHU V«'<> l'l. l illll! 1 *****111 l BICKFORD'S |J REFRESHING INVIGORATING ftOOK *>f%LO ««"<|Uiillrd for its caoUnc */tTH STIMULATES THE LIVER 1 Tl" -iT St**'
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      35 1 IN OTHER PAGES Ru-uoai. \pprn\al of Maidatf 2 Naral Base Warninj U I'nion 3 FdiUtrtal Bata Arams ArbUratioa KindJafs 5 rior.-Gen. on New Maimy% FiMinoc 7 i Leacse Soccer: Malays beat >< I 1M1..-I N»«>1» g
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      8 1 TIGER CUB Gatkct- tn^ Strength i j^^ ajo
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    RUSSIAN APPROVAL
    502 2 OF MANDATE Britain's Answer To U.S. Proposal LAKE SLCESS, New York, Thursday. DUSSIA'S approval to the major terms of the United States request that America be designated the sole administrator of the former Japanese mandated Pacific islands was ;;iven today when Mr. Warren Austin, the United States delegate,
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    BRITISH REDS LOSE MEMBERS
    148 2 London, Wed. r£ British Communist Party strength declined by about 20 per ctnt. m the past year, it was disclosed at the Empire Communist Party Congress today. The present membership m Britain was given at 43.000. a decline of 10.000. Char s exhibited at the Congress
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    NILE EVACUATION BY MAR. 31
    86 2 LONDON. Thursday— The Minister for Defence, Mr. A. V. Alexander, announced m the House of Commons yesterday that Britain was planning to complete a military evacuation of the Nile Delta area of Egypt by March 31 He dismissed suggestions that the evacuation was taking too
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    BRIDGE CLASH NEAR HANOI
    87 2 PARIS. Thursday French and Vietnamese trcops clashed for the control of Pont Des Rapides Bridge, over th e Rouge R-ver, on the northern outskirts of HanJi French reports said several score Vietnamese were captured Several Frenchmen were killed or wounded. The dispatch d'd not say whether
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    AIR APPOINTMENT
    30 2 LONDON. Thursday— Air ViceMarshal FYancis Frederic Inglls has been named Senior Air Stan* Officer, Far East Air Command, it wa s announced by the Air Ministry yesterday. Reuter.
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    Reasons For Soviet Agreement
    310 2 The Times Correspondent LAKE SUCCIi^S, New York, Thursday. HITHERTO, the American delegation to the United Nations Security Council had) been re?koning with objectio; s lrom the Soviet Un.on as we, l as Br,i.ain and Australia, i.ot to Amer, can tru.stctship as, such but to the le^a
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    No Vote In Lords India Debate
    369 2 LONDON. Thursday. AFTER a strong speech b> Lord Ha fax, fo.mer Vice o> of India, m favour of the Government's de-i-i n to hand over power m India by June. 1948. the second day of the Hoitee of Lords debate on Ind a end
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    TRUMAN ANSWERS BEVIN
    296 2 WASHINGTON, Thursday. I STATEMENT issiud from the Whlt c House today described as "most unfortunate and misleading" th e implication of the debate on Palestine m the British House of Commons yesterday that United States interest m Palestine and settlement of J ws there is motivated by
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      844 2 NOTICES NOTICE. NOTICE is neieoy given that Madam Annes Lei of No 23 Tanglin Road. Singapore has applied to the Board of Licensing Justices for a First "Class Public House Licence <Beer and Stout onlvi at No 25 Tanglin Road, iingaprrp md her application will be heard In the Court
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      101 2 NOTICES NOTICE. In re the Estate of Peter Charles Victor Cabbold who died m the hands •f Japanese, at Long Nawan. Borneo In 1942. Any Companies m whom the deceased owned shares are hereby requested to get m touch with the undersigned. THE BORNEO COMPANY LIMITED KUCHING, SARAWAK As Attorneys
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      761 2 NOTICES NOTICE OF REMOVAL. UNIVERSAL RADIO HOUSE. Customers please note that the new address of Jniversal Radio House is No. 56 Selegie Road. Tel 6142 as from, Ist. March 1947. NOTICE. SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING 2nd March 1947. Spore Hire Car Association 25 Beach Road at 2 p.m. harp. ALL Members
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      823 2 NOTICti UNITED PLANTATIONS LTD., BERN AM OIL HALMS LTD.. The effective records >i these Cjmpani -s nnve disappeared during 'he occupation of Malaya Debenture Ho!drs nd Sharehr lders "vho havt ,iat yet received the Companies' eireu 1 rs are requested to send to th« Secretary. Jendarata Estate. Teluk Anson. Mai.
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    NAVAL BASE WARNING TO UNION
    2656 3 "Warships May Be Sent Elsewhere" A warning of how Asiatic employees of Singapore's Naval Hase might be affected by any increase m the cost of conducting the Base is contained m a letter by the Superintendent, Commodore W. H. I). Friedeberger. to the general secretary
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    NEW AMERICAN CARRIER PLANE
    41 3 Tbe Douglas Skyraider, a carrier-based aircraft now m production m America. In addition to 12 five-inch rockets and two "Tiny Tim" rockets under the wings, it carries eith«r a torpedo or a two-ton bomb under the fuselage.
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    No Favours For U.S. Vessel
    183 3 TH E IsbrandUen Steamship U n:p«»nv ship Martin BehrMktMk list reported as loading ,rBrx. at Cheribon, Java, to run the Dutch blockade will find itself subject to Dutch export regula-! t.oas m tIM same way v other ahipa Dr J. E. van Hoogstraten, D raptor
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      542 3 NOTICE. NOTICE is n.reby given that Pun Ec See, of No. 300 Souih Bridge Road. .Singapore, has applied to Uie Board ot Singapore, for a fust Class Public- House Licence to sell Wines, Spirits. Be<r and Siout tor con- .sumption on th" ground floor cf house No. 458. G«\ljiik Road
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      169 3 j^K ft y w NOTORIOUS... SEWING MACHINES PARTS NEEDLES Kri'\lK> Hand Machine* $19* caak On* Drawer. WLtmn* c»»«c— rrearfle rw« Drawer, Dray beadTreadle rbeat Style* arc now m Stork «nb SINGER SEWING MACHINE CO., Inroroorateci with Limited Uabu.it m U 8 A M-M reca MAS) SI •>« MaiweU Ko Sinxapora
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      131 3 Manibft DEBILITY KeepYouno "with OKASA Distributors: GRAFTON LABORATORIES, LTD. 2Ob,ColLyer Quay, 3"pore. BIR X U ELEITKK IKo i CfIVM ■> M \n wti Kt— l IS !••—!>• -3H-IM-4N t I I BJtHtl r\ I IM)IN*. Hit Sole I •V* W^A tigV»/ r '^m 4b. Orchard Kd S pore fhunr Itfi
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      137 3 HAD1O MALAYA Singapore RICH Nl i.UIKK !thlne»«- Induni :I5 metres: *ho 12 p.m. lo i \> m. UN M per second (61 metre band) »nd 7.45 p.m. to 9.3* p.m. 4 825 mc«»tfttm per second (61 metre band) BLUB NETWORK: (Mala; English 485 metres; also 12 p.m to 2 p.m
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      150 3 struu.iT.;*!; 9.00 Sardust; 9.30 A* Singapore: 9.45 Accent on Rhyth.n 10.00 Radio play; 10.30 Dance music; 10.55 News summary; 11.00 Close down. BBC m p m. U 1« 4S p m CSV 16 Ml and IS. S3 noire* It 45 p m to MM p.m. CSV li.84 melrn; II M
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      152 3 8.30 p.m. News; 8.40 Anaouiue-.i-*nts; 8 45 Radio newsreel; 9.00 Tiplop tuoea; 30 Australia Englai.d, summary of the day's play; 9.45 Hubert Selby at the theatre organ; 10 IS interlude; 10.25 Rugby football. Army v. Navy; 11.10 Interlude: 11 20 Aaaociatton football. <th round. P. A. Cup: 12.15 a.m. Announcements;
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  • Obituary
    IN MEMORIAM
    40 4 VELGE: Treasured memories of a dear husband and father, Oswald Uonel. A bitter grief, A severe shock. A sad day recalled.. February 28th A <ad day recalled. Feb. 28, 1945. Ever remembered by his wife and I children.
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Friday. Feb. 28, 1947. 1937 And 1947 Bus-men
    1057 4 Today 'j. the 28th day of the strike of Singapore Traction Company employees. Only a small minority of the population of this city, namely those who are fortunate enough to own cars, have not experienced the intense inconvenience
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    URANIUM IN INDIA
    76 4 NEW DELHI, Thursday. AN Indian Government spokesman disclosed m the Central! Assembly today that uranium bearing minerals have been founQ "m small occasional" speclmeoa m South and Cintral India, including two native 6 ates. i Answering questions from membeis, the Secretary of Works, Mines and Power of
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    WOMEN LEAVE BOMBAY
    77 4 LONDON, Wed. rE Australian Information Bureau disclosed today that the passage of 600 to 1,000 Australians due to salt to Britain had been cancelled upon a British Ministry of Transport order to save the space for the urgent necessity of evacuating 600 worne n n d children
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    The Great Crisis in Britain: What they're saying
    874 4 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Feb. 15. (Air Mail) TABLES from Britain have already told the main facts of the Great Crisis: the failure to build up, during the summer, reserve coal stocks for winter; the beginning of winter with bottom-of-the-barrel coal
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      A New Municipal Trade Union Is Ethically Backward
      317 4 1DO not know whether pub!;cation of this letter will j help in any way, but with a mixed feeling of hope, disgust I and disillusionment I pen these 1 words to urge the public to unite and demand that the Municipality, the
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      Indonesia In Baghdad Street
      121 4 The N E I Government has io right to exUnd its export contr J regulations over Indonesian t<?rr<- tories. particularly Java, Sumatra and Madura, in which they had I earlier recognis.d the de fac a Government of the Republic In- donesia. i The Governor nt of
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      The G.G's Kite
      199 4 THE man-in the-stroer must I thank your Ipoh correspondent for the wonderful news that our Governor-General and his wi^e "took a hand at flyirg kites and thoroughly enjoyed themselves" when entertained by the Sultan of Perak at Kuala Kangsar. The man-in-the-street is fur. ther told what a
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      Teochew Comparisons
      123 4 r— Swatow of the Ea.*t. ana the Teochew population nere Behaves much better tr.an that in Singapore none oi those unreasonable Teochew clubs, which, at the expease of others, "cling-clang away at :ull blast their wretchea cymbals deep into the nikjht in Singapore Let t-he Chines* population :n
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    ANOTHER VIEW FROM HOME
    287 4 ASINGAIO..E busn.es> an i t>> 'he Stnulfl nines t;e lo OVBg txi Xt irorn a ct e- ir>m H<»me whi h .s intore>;in-; is g^mg a British viompo nt with i I 'ri is v hich i- ot i -üblicity. "In vi« of our crisii. I
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      893 4 CLASSIFIED ADS. PERSONAL MR. J. K.OOY, late ot Maison Marcelle Is bark attain and will start to attend to Ladies Hairdressing as from the Ist. March. Phone 3046 (or appointment. HEEREN BEAUTY SALOON (for ladles gentlemen) 240, Orchard Road. Heeren Building. Singapore. SITUATIONS VACANT WANTED an experienced male Shortbftnd typist.
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      36 4 JUST UNPACKED! H. M. V. RECORDS of World FaJnonK Symph«ni«f by:— BEFTHOVEN, BORODIN, BRIHMS, DVORAK. CAESAR FRANCS. HAYDN. MOZART. SCHUBERT, SIBELIUS. TSCHAIKOWSKY. VAUGHAN-WILLIAM9 Etc.. Etc. jj_ ti.» „.n(i-.M*> Please call at 61/63 High Street. Singapore. j
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      170 4 I POCKET CARTOON byOSBERT LANCASTER "-And fartut not, dearly bdoxed brethren, thsre'll he rio jucl cmi there!" •'m n; uaily txprrssi R.v. ifieflfA |r»*^OPTICIHN Fellow of tht mm JVMMMBmi «mm cngland) FeDow of the Worshipful Commnv ->! Spectacle- Makers 'Ens > Freeman of the Cltv if London OPTICIAN BY APPOINTMENT
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    BATU ARANG ARBITRATION FINDINGS Board Awards 48-Hour Week; Rejects Back Pay
    3206 5 Strike Pay Described As Astonishing Demand From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. IN twelve single-spaced pages of judgment, the ArInflation Board which inquired into the dispute between the Malayan Collieries Ltd. and the Colliery Workers Trade Union rejected
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    Seremban War On Smallpox
    78 5 From Our Own Correspondent SEREMBAN, Thursday. /COMPULSORY vaccination v at road blocks has followi ed the outbreak of six cases of sma lpox m Kampong Padang Lebar and Rembau, m Negri Sembilan. One case has are^dy b^en fatal. The ror.d blocks nay? ieen set up at
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    SIAMESE WAGONS
    40 5 Seventy-trtree good.s w.g v.. M the Siamese Ralways nave irrived m Si! gapo-e ov th 0 t Wala-e frcm Chlttagonf wagons will oe unl<> d»o the vessel draws ale gsiae 'i»- r Empire Dork b*>rth later 'nis week
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    EXTRA POLICE FOR KEDAH
    220 5 From Our Own Correspondent. PENANG, Thursday. 1 DETACHMENT of 30 Sikh Police constables, led by a European officer, has left Penang to reinforce the Sungei Patani pol cc and stand by In the event of the present labour unrest on estates m Kedah taking a turn
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    Brunei Sultan On Cession
    340 5 THE opinion that Brunei should have been consulted before Sarawak was ceded to the British Government. *«is expressed by His Highness Ahmad Tajuddin, C.M.G., Sultan of Brunei, m an interview with the Straits Times yesterday. Declaring that Sarawak MM once part of Br.'noi, he Mid that
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    THREAT OF FIRE FROM CRASH
    165 5 rE Muiiicip.il Fire iiiigade, the Fo!i-o a-id tho Army Fire Service were ?o\\-d out at 11 a.m ;AS'er;lav t<. T.iKe precautioM:;rv rincuuri s against a I ri<>u^ thnat <>f fire when an R.A.K. ui,.k wagon, with 3 TOO galloni of high octano petrol, overturned at
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      73 5 ELSIE MARY 2nd FLOOR. BATTERY BUILDING 13. BATTERY ROAD. SALE NOW ON of DRKSSKS FOR VU. OCCASIONS RAFFLES HOTEL DANCING NIGHTLY e»c P „„„<„„ 9 p.m. to midnight yVed. sth Mar. The Ballroom will be exclusively reserved for the Notary Club Dinner Dance. Sat Bth Mar.— Childrens' Aid Society Dance
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      69 5 Just Arrived from England Anodised Aluminium v*are Lustrous Finish for Dining Table Sideboard TRAYS 18" X 12" each $6.00 FRUIT BOWLS (cupped) 8" Diaaeter each $12.75 FRUIT BOWLS (cupped) 10" eachsl7 50 FRUIT BOWLS Upei) 8" e«K$ll75 FRUIT BOWLS («pe 1)12" eachsl7.so D^oyWfflTE Ants BY SCIENTIFIC PROCESS Consult the Leading
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    GOV.-GEN. ON NEW MALAYA
    535 6 College Of Medicine Graduation THE controversy over the constitutional proposals for a 1 Federation of Malaya "will end soon m the establishment m practice of new constitutional arrangements m Malaya and Singapore," said Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald GovernorGeneral, at the graduation ceremony of the King Edward
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    RELIEF FOR INDIANS IN MALAYA
    148 6 MR. S. K. Chettur. Agent of the Government of India, said yesterday that the relief scheme begun m August of last year was progressing well and destitute Indians were getting a fair share of the relief goods supplied under the Indian Government's relief and welfare
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    NEW MUNICIPAL COMMISSIONERS
    100 6 The Governor of Singapore has appointed 14 n ew Municipal Commissioners to restore them to their former number of 24, pending the re-constitution of the Commission m whatever form it may take. The new Commissioners are: Mr. J. V. West, Mr. Yap Pheng Geek, Mr. C. F
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    TODAY'S MENUS
    34 6 The following are menus at the Singapore People's Restaurant* today: Thi«ty-oent meals: Rice, dic^dl potatoes, egg curry, pumpkin, brinjal. Fifteen-cent meal*: Rice, rabbit curry, brinjal. FiKht-cmt meals: Rice, potatoes, meat and vegetables.
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    ASSISTANT CORONER
    19 6 Mr. Oon Khye Klang began his duties yeserday at the Slnga- pore Poitcs Couru as Assistant Coroner.
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    Will Case Charge Altered
    262 6 WHEN the hearing of the case against a lawyer's clerk. Tan Tiong Thor, was resumed m the Singapore Extra District Court yesterday, the charge against Tan was amended from 'fabricating" to "intentionally giving" fal.-e evidence on a will before the Commissioner of Oaths on June 1,
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      397 6 ■J Old ar» thcwc hat depend upon an un^ift'-overable sinslt'.on n pai ntrs hand. I refer to such a as t'i^ following: South. d«>al*r But-West vnln»r*hl€. noktii x t I K >.( I Ufr-I MM 10 I I h if I H 7 4 .1 i a to i i;
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      201 6 good in this case. True, it located one ace in the South ham), but this did nothing to assua e Norths naturae four that tneYe might be two immedia-e heart tr. k, off ;he hind. In u, -r words. North re«liied that Sou h would have nad to bid as
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    Singapore Produce
    294 7 SINGAPORE, Thursday. r PODA¥ t S prodaee purr* arc. RICE: Slaaaeae No. 1 $99, No. 1 (98, No 3 $97. Indo China $65. Kaitfoon $65 lil.l IIMIIS RICE: Siam $B*. Ranfoon $42. •tit .MOOULavS. Na i Slames* $92, Kedah $74, China $10* Local SSS. liuiu... $70. Rl« t
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    INDUSTRIALS AGAIN ADVANCE
    201 7 Local Market Very Strong (By Our Market Correspondent) SINGAPORE, Thursday. THE local share market was very strong again today, 1 Industrials being a particularly bright spot and further advances were recorded m several shares. Straits Traders were inquired for and taken at $19.25, United Engineers were buyers
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    PROTECTION FOR U.S. PRODUCERS
    148 7 WASHINGTON, Wednt-sday President Truman, yesterday, issued an execu ive order making crocedural changes m the rejiproosl .ade agreement programme, one ot which provides for a clause m future trade agreements to protect domestic producers President Truman ordered thai all future trade agreements should contain the clause
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    N.Y. MARKET DECLINES
    75 7 NEW YORK. Thursday.—Althcui/h liquidating pressure slar'r- I enrd early dealings, the market a e .p i. viv ol.ii a 5.. ...ii. on balance losses of fractions to one pj;r:i oy noni yesterday Another rapid but effective selling wave In the afternoon forced pr ces down to three
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    MANILA LABOUR DISPUTES
    116 7 MANILA, Wednesday. The Court of Industrial Relat'ons has ordered the re-opening ot the Am r.can-own d Luzon Br k rage C.mpany. p no ing the dec sion m the d spu e w th labour unions. The company which hand es 50 percent of Manila's per w
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    LONDON RISES WELL SPREAD
    120 7 I LONDON, Thurs --Ine marI *ets finished the ,ir-t day of th^ new account m a flrm manner wi*h risei 'airH *.-li sp:-»ac Popular Indus' mis including Breweries, S'.ores Iron and "teel* and ShiDping improved British Government stocts also participated m the movement with gains varying
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    RUBBER PRICES
    71 7 I THR Singapore Chamber of Com- ir.rrcr Rubb-r Association'* 1 rublxr prices at noon yesterday wer^: Bayer* Sullen Cta. Cte. prr Ib. per Ib. n.i 1 B S S. Soot Ioom 4144 U So. 1 R.S.S. fob la bale* March *t\ 42% No. 2 R S S. fob
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    FOR MOSCOW
    27 7 CANBERRA, Thurs The Australian Cabinet on Thursday announced the appointment of Mr. Allan Stewart Watt, 46-year-old career diplomat, as Minister ro Masco w A. P.
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    19 7 Tide limes today m Singapore are: High: 2.15 a.m. and 2.45 p.m low 8 ?4 a.m. and 8.35 p.m.
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    HUGE SUM TO BE RAISED ANNUALLY
    152 7 LONDON Wednesday Ihe es'mate tha' £1.000.*****0 annually would have to be raised for at least five years If the requirements of the Goverrment and wdustrv wer- to oe satisfied was made by Mr AN Enser. Chief General Manager of Lloyds Bank. Limi M m
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    JAPAN'S COTTON
    70 7 TOKYO, Thursdjy. Jaruary output of cotton >am totaled 26.898,424 pounds. This was a decrease of sixteen percent compared with December, the Jaran Trxt/le As.vra'r. reported no Wednesday. Out of Jar.nary import 780 OCO cotton bales. 360 000 bales v c [made into yarn. Cotton tfx ll* pr duo",
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    Along The Singapore Waterfront
    577 7 alongside the Singapore wharves un to 3 o m. "esterdav were MAIN WHARF Godown 31-32; Tawali. God wn 33-34 City of Yokohama. G... wn 3--3J Scott E. Land. G (limn 38-39. Ida Baake. Godown 40-41 Empire Adur. G do-vn 42-43' Fr >r\ Laird. WEST WHARF Godown
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    S.C.C.C. HAVE STRONG XI
    386 8  -  Linesman Sport light Hy HUTSTANDIN& side m tne newly stared Singapore Cricket Season s^cm to be the Special Commissioner's Cricket Club. V. i ching them piay last weekend and previously again.st RAP. Ohanui. I was impressed by their all-round efficiency They bat aggressively and mount a
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    NEW NEGRO CONTENDER
    76 8 Biily 21 year old Philadelphia io whum many conslddr a". :r Joe Louis- worid title, ended his I(J| vorid lightheavy t.tle umorrow night at" the Madi.son Garden against gus Lesnevich. Kux who loolu lik^ Louis, has j rw tame slow motions and < yen tn« tame chc<colat-
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    NO FINANCE FOR INDIAN TENNIS
    93 8 '•AI.CUTTA. Thursday 0w- to tb.e inadequacy oi flr.an■■ial sup-. th« plan to send an i dian tarn to competp m the !tjona| and World Table Trrinis Cl.rimpionship m Paris h.'s oeen dropped, the Honorary Secretary of the All India Table. Tennfp F 'rption :<nnounced' ben
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    AMATEUR ATHLETES
    45 8 AM ATEUR ATHLETES i PORT CHICAGO, l^uuslav-. Brundage, Pr».sii<\'' cl 'lie Untied Btatai Olympic A^>o-:ia-! t on di-'lnrcd that Kw.c,ktlon hid rejected a oropo:al I imatear Olym athletrs i il owi d to -oil broken tun pay equivaKr t< wagts ■■'vie eompetlnx imaieuia I r
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    MALAYS WIN FOUR GOALS TO ONE
    618 8 Easy Victory Over Club DROVINCi to be superior m every department of the game, the Malay Football Association, scored a 4-1 win over the Singapore Cricket Club m a SJLFJL league game at the Stadium yesterday. The Club might have lost by a narrower
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    £250,000 Demand On Football Pools
    249 8 LIVERPOOL, Thursday I7OOTBALL pool promoters have had a demand from th« Inland Revenue authorities for a sum estimated at £250,000 as purchase tax on the wholesale value of the pap^r used for coupons sent to clients during this mm ;t nd las;. Legnl advicps on
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    Fifth Test Today
    114 8 THE fifth and last Test will 1 begin m Sydnej today at 9.M a.m. Malayan time. Of the four Test* already played Australia won two and the other imj were drawn. It is still doubtful whether Hammond will be fit enough for play but at presen, ihe
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    Home Soccer Games For Tomorrow
    305 8 Home lootball fixtures tor lonoriow and the nin^ w*ek areENGLISH LfcAOlE FIRST DIVISION Ar4*i.al v Chelse« Blackburn R. v. Leeds Utd. Blackpool v. Bolton W Portsmouth v. Grimsbjr T. Sunderland v. Manchester U Wolves v. Stoke City ''-by Co v. Brertford ■MM DIVISION ri.dltM-d v.
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    19 8 A .-.Ml.n diitl m thr snow.i'id on Feb. 15. between Crystal Palate and Watford. rystal Palare won two nil.
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    ST.ANDREWS AUTHORITY CHALLENGED
    261 8 LONDON. Wed THE unchallei.ged au horny of Ji' Royal and Ancient OoU Club ul St. Andrews as the world s rulers ol Rolf |4eems to ha\? ended with the Kovai <and Ancient announcement on lues- day riijilit mat the United States Golf Association ha* decided to adopt
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    TEAMS AND FIXTURES
    472 8 Ir. a triendly badmiratou match laat Saturday the NAAFI EFI Srxirts C To beat the Fraaer and Neave Sports Club by six games to one Detailed results are as follows i NAAFI players mentioned first i Singles: William Tan lost to Teo Heok Kwang 5-2: »-15: 10-15;
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    1-ALL DRAW IN MUAR FOOTBALL
    93 8 1-ALL DR AW IN MUAR FOOTBALL From Our Own < orn .pond^nt MUAR. r..::r. d Tht Your.g.sleng p ti Hi «oce»r U) t. l> \'n?,r P'/.u-c ill Winners i to a one a' l d the flrs^ rourd o,' Mur ball league ronr^ldOß n It* Mu?r Club pad.v yesterday lh^
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    WERDTLING
    32 8 Tomorrow night's wrestling ,m>rramme »t tr^e i.'appv W will be Jefi CondK vs MM Bom. a A■* v& ria-h Hammond Chu Kmnv M Alex Bha:>d; W hn<* Butcher *l Kwong Seng
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