The Straits Times, 17 March 1947

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  • 18 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSFAfEK: ESTABLISHED 1X45. SIGHT PAGES SINGAPORE, MONDAY, MARCH 17, 1947. PRICE TEN CENTS
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  • 189 1 Some Time After Next June, Says Governor Income tax is likely to be introduced tn Singapore this year. This was indicated by the Governor, Sir Fran Klin Gimson, at a press conference on Saturday. He said that the Government was anxious to have the
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    41 1 T t-renrh Foreign Mi.iMer M Bi ault (Ml), and the Hr..ish Foiritn Se»-r: tary. Mr. Bevin si :ninr the Anelo-Frwch tr aty at Dunkirk, left: Mr. Brvin ie ivinit with Mr Duff Coop r, British Ambassador m Paris after the signing.
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  • 200 1 NEW YORK, Sunday. THE three-nation subcommittee, set up by the Security Council to investigate British charges against Alban a in connection with the mining of the Corfu Channel. has failed to reach any conclusion after ten meetings, it |a disclosed. Indications are that the Council iwill do
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  • 40 1 TOKIO, Sur.d,i,. ih*- firs; Japanese shipping company to be formed since the end of th« war was established today un<ler the name of the Toho Ma tine Transportation Company The Company has Vujght 1* vessels Reuter.
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  • 88 1 Tne thrilling story of i audai clous Commando operations on Timor la tomorrow's Strait* i i Times Battle Report feature This gripping account s written by one of the 600 Australian^ *ho fought 23,000 Japanese- J*mm Taylor, now a member ..t he Straits Times staff The
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  • 134 1 PESHAWAR, Sunday. AN India Government Relief Pany has reached isolated villages in Chajian, 100 miles north of here, to find the mangled bodies of 47 Hindus and Sikhs who were killed in communal fighting. The discovery has brougnt to 150 the number of Indians killed
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  • 173 1 S. T. C. Ultimatum To Strikers WEDNESDAY will be a decisive day for the emplo- I yees of the Singapore Traction Company, whose strike is now m the seventh week. Any employee of the Company who faila to report for work on Wednesday «TK>rni»«g. under offer of police pro'ection, il
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  • 222 1 LONDON, Sunday. NEW blizzards swept the British Isles last night, and flood-s which burst into the Thames Valley water works during the day brought a threat of disease to millions. The new heavy snows were general from the South of England to Scotland, s'AU virtually cut
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  • 90 1 WASHINGTON, Saturday.— No products will b* under international allocation recommendations after June 30, 1917, owing to the fact that world supply is coming into approximate balance with effective demand. Hiis wsu announced by the International Emergency Food Council. The commute? recognized that shortages may continue
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  • 352 1 BID A UL T SA YS FRANCE WILL TAKE GERMANS MOtiCOW, Sunday. THE French Foreign Minister, M. Kidault, rever>injf the traditional dislike shown hy his country for (Jerman immigrants, announced to the Council <>f Foreign Ministers yesterday that she was ready to welcome some of Germany's surplus population. He made
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  • 183 1 JEIiL'SALEM. Sunday. QTATUTORV martial law m »J Palestine is to be re; innjorrow. Military rule imposed on more than 250.000 Palestine J w> on March 2. alter a serie, ot underground attacks with bum i gunfire which claimed 29 l.yes, will be discontinu d at 10
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  • 259 1 BATAVIA, Sunday. SUTAN SJAHRIR, the Indonesian Republican Premier, in a formal reply to-day to the Netherlands Commission General request for the Indonesian viewpoint on the Cheribon agreement, said that the Republican Provisional Parliament has authorised him to signi only the draft settlement initialled by both sides last
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
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  • 524 2 "Success Can Be Guaranteed 79 The Times Correspondent WASHINGTON, Sunday. fONGRESS'S immediate problem concerns the na- ture of legislation to be introduced to implement President Truman's recommendation for assistance to Greece and Turkey. It is expected to take the form of an omnibus resolution which' will
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  • Article, Illustration
    33 2 Michael Ha>es. WUIK worker, ha* a cold job indeed, as he works with pick axe on bomb ruins m London after another niffht of "bliziards" St. Paul's Cathedral is seen m the background
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  • 164 2 The Times Correspondt nt |HE situation m t c North- We o v a...,-" ng, but healthy, although no large scale outbreaks of mob violence have been reported The Muslim League ag. against the Red Shirt Ministry continues on a minor scale although the religious leader Pii
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  • 66 2 ROME, Sunaay. 'JHE Italian Foreign Office announced today that ihe n-a-tionTs deficit on the balar^e of payments is over $650,000,300 and that negotiations are under wsiv with Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, Portugal. Prance, Belgium and Spain to liquidate the ->bt,.. through expanded foreign trade. IThe deficit, i:
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  • 71 2 COLOMBO. Sunday Miss L E Bodmcr and Mr. R Rao members of the staff of the International Labour urgan^t tion, are now visiting Ceylon toj 1 study labour problems of the Island for the I L.O. Conference m New Delhi next October. Mr. Rao and
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  • 52 2 BUENOS AIRES, Sunday. The Paraguay rebel radio at Conception announces that the whole of the Chaco forces have Joined m the revolution. Th e radio added that the rebels have seized Pena Hermasa, where 1,000 Army officers have 'remained under Governmert arrest during (he iMt few
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  • 67 2 LONDON, Sur.day.-Police reserves wer e called to London's Savoy Hotel today where negotiations to end the strik e by service personnel protesting against the suspend n of a waiter, broke down, assurng the continuation of the stoppage of work over the weekend. The police said no
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  • 38 2 BANGKOK, Sunday. Preliminary talks have been concluded between the Siamese, British and American Go vernments, to elevate the British and American Legations In Bangkok, and the Siamese LegatJons m London and Washington to embassy status. UP.
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  • 256 2 LONDON. Sunday. pvELEGATES from British poli- tlcal, trade union, religious, educational and social organisations together with members of the India League this afternoon attended a delegate meeting, organised by the South African Committee of the League protesting against racial discrimination In the Union of
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  • 155 2 FK. I'M, Saturday rE firs' tiiai 4 leading Na»» ndu>triali*ts has opened before an American military court in N. emburg Friedrich Flick, seic to have been the richest man n Germany a' the erd of ttve war, and four of his associates are charged with war
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  • 265 2 FRENCH 'REPRISALS' AGAINST BULGARIA PARIS, Sunday. PE French Foreign Office yesterday officially confirmed that reprisals are being taken against the Bulgarian Government for incidents m Sofia on Mar. 7 and 9 m which French Legation officials and news correspondents were reported to have been treats with unnecessary rouehnews by Bulgarian
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  • 184 2 LONDON. Sun-^;. rE Foreign Office announced last night that Sir Huber. Huddleston, the Governor-Gen, eral of the Sudan, is quitting that office. Sir Hubert has long been the object of b-ttter criticism from the Egyptians. The British Government is m c ntact with the Egyptian Government
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 613 2 NOTICES. MU M ICIPAL ARCHITECT AND BUILDING SURVEYOR'S DEPARTMENT Appointment of a Stenographer Grade 111 Applications are invited for the appointment of a stenographer m the Municipal Architect and Building Surveyor's Department In Grade 3 of the salary scheme for subordinate officers at a commencing salary of $120 p.m.. plus
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    • 687 2 TENDERS. H.M. VICTUALLING YARD, H.M. DC KYARD, SINGAPORE. Tenders are Invited for the purchase of the following foodstuffs of which samples may be seen at the places mentioned beside each item Vinegar— 2,7so gallons— No. 1 Store, H.M. Naval Base .aid H.M. Victualling Depot, Trafalgar St. Dehydrated Potatoes 62,388 lbs.—
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    • 346 2 SEWING MACHINES PARTS NCEDLES KM > IKS liana Machines Siuu rasa One Drawer Rnvntf corer— Treadle ins < lw« Drawer Drop heart— Treadle S2«a rhes* style* are now m Stora wi-h SINGER SEWIRG MACHIRE GO., Incorporated wltn Umited inmutT m USA »«-4« reek >eak St OS RUrwelt HA. Slnrapor* Phone
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  • 277 3 $20 Purchase Price Front Our Staff Correspondent IPOH, Sunday. MOKE than 40,090 piculs of padi have been pur- chased by the Government mills since the fixing of the purchase price at $20 a picul, said Mr. A. VAston, Perak Resident Commissioner, yesterday speaking of
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  • 285 3 THE Department of Education is planning to provide adults with educational fadlitiea of as many different kinds ;ii possible. Evening classes m Xu c i;i Lumpur are being ard m all subjects for which there to a popular demand and competent instructors are available. All who
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  • 75 3 THE Kuantan-Kemaman road from the sth mile is still under <♦ ruction and a number of i :r.ber bridges built during the Japanese occupation are of Jbtful stability. All road users are therefore warned to exercLse caution m crossing these bridges which are not considered to
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  • 71 3 Members of the Malayan delegation who are leaving for New Delhi to attend the Inter-Asiea onference were entertained *o a •a party at the Malayan Detn*cratic Union premises on Saturday. Among those who were: I Dr. Burtianuddin President of I the Malay Nationalist Party. I '"hang
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  • 580 3 SATUKDAV evwi.ng heavy downpour washed out the pa.-sin^ out parade at the Police Training School which waX held yesterday evening, but it d:d not dampen the spirit* and enthusiasm of the 354 recruits who gave a demonstration of their prowess to a presa party
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  • 135 3 THE Office of the Controller of Supplies, Malayan Union. ;n its report giving a summary of prosecutions for infringements Of Food Control Proclamations in the Malayan Union for January, 1947. reveals that officer* of the Department have had a busy time in their work of control,
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  • 114 3 AN extra-ordinary general meeting of the Singapore EJ.as an Association was held on rhnrtday, at which it was d«vd°:i to throw open membership tn *ira- sian women. lor the purpose o; admission vo membership of the Eurasian the meeting adopted \tt*t rule that only Eurasian British subjects
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  • 100 3 From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH. Sunday. Uapt. f-y -d Shaidali. who retired as headmaster of th« Government English School at Batu Oajah after 38 years m the educational service m Malaya, was today entertained by the Perak Teachers' Ass elation to a luncheon at th? J
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  • 42 3 Recruits demonstrate revolver practice at the Police Training School m Thomson Road, Singapore, as part ef an exhibiion connected with the passing out parade of 43 recruits. Right, an instructor and recruit during a demonstration of riflV .shooting
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  • 30 3 The Ceylonese Association meeting which was arranged to be held on Saturday was postponed to Wednesday. The meeting will be held at 5.30 p.m. at 11 Handy Road.
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  • 289 3 nun Ow Staff Correspondent IPOH, Sunday. CIVICS should be taught to senior students," said Mr. F. G. H. Parry, hon. secretary of the Perak Teachers' Association, when he spoke to a meeting of the Association, at Ipoh, on Saturday. There should be special courses where the
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 108 3 THE SINGAPORE TRACTION COMPANY, LIMITED. (Jncoi-}>orated m England) The Company earnestly appeals to all employees now on strike to resume work on Wednesday, 19th March, 1947, on the und.rBtanding that Government will immediately take steps to investigate the demands submitted prior to the sti'ike. Police protection will be afforded to
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    • 264 3 ava kiN In «wMr m mr btfrr it CUSSONS' WHITI CROSS lAlr l fOWOIK. Tint Mi ««r 1 t..'«~«1, Km. MkhW) y«rfu»«U mt tm' m nwm IMtllW| IIM. k urtKxtortj Imptr. imt —4 Dt—uff to f*j am tlw »»"<" H t»rM»I»W f'f t*)r o* I'M t*m at Mt *o4 r
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    • 129 3 lost £MtROY, ffltNGW<" d flTAUff«9*'" c When Tired GLANDS frayed NERVE CELLS are re-nourished When you (etl Wnk, Rundown, Depreiied, your glands are wmply tired dnC'l up.' But you can now n-\iv« them. This amazing double-action tonic Pczex acts m tuo way* It nourishes tired )fland> it feed* ■««"ve cell*.
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  • 17 4 At Sydney on nth March 1947, C A. EDGAR of Edgar Brothers Ltd •taffapore, aged 67.
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  • 966 4 Notice has been served on the trade-union movement m Malaya. m official announcements made c the last ?ex days, that It Hther put it.self within t»-e c law or be treated as illegal. Thf •ration of all April
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  • 174 4 CBATAVIA, Saturday. APTAIN Rudy Gray, skipper of the American Liberty ship I Martin Behrman, which was deJ tamed and escorted to Batavia by a Dutch destroyer, hae presented a demand to the Netherlands Indies Government through the US. Consul for damages totalling $10,000,000. Captain Gray,
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  • 1214 4  -  MAJOR E. W..SHEPPARD By (m The Spectator, London./ THE United States 1 Strategic Survey, whoHe report on the results of Allied air attacks on Germany was analysed m The Spectator a few weeks ago, has now issued a similar report on the effect of air power
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  • MAN IN THE STREET
    • 251 4 rDUR correspondent "Another Victim" staw-s that he pain* only 2 cents when he sello a pikul <»f rice by retail. Hp can Ml that to the Mai in. <; Aa I am a shop assistant working in a rlop «thnp, I append below
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    • 119 4 IHAVE read the two letters about rice retail dealers' difficulties m Singapore, and now I want to tell you what happens m Vhe Malay Peninsula. As a retailer mysell I find that there Is no profit m dealing m rice. I have to lay out $6.***** on
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    • 174 4 AS a "working man" I realise the great value of trade unionism. In the U.K. I was a member of the Amalgamated Engineering Union myself at one time. But there are NO true unions in Malaya. Here it is not a case of trade mmnif backing a
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    • 219 4 IAM one of 25 Malay soldiers of the R.A.S.C. who have been sent to the R.A.S.C. Training School, Far East, and lam glad to mention here a few things which will draw the attention of my Malay brothers to the training, education, discipline and
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    • 86 4 rail the correspondence on back pay I have not yet' seen anything on the subject from rubber planters. My recompense for sticking to my post was six months' leave pay so that I could recover from the effects of Internment, and while I was interned my dependents
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 768 4 CLASSIFIED ADS. At Singapore Mar. 14, John Brook IWd only son of the late Mr. 8t Mrs. R C. Oould of Sheffeld Sc Malacca t Surgery only daughter of H. W. Welch I*. Mrs. Welch of Tynemouth, Eng SITUATIONS VACANT BRITISH Import firm requires lin Mediately experienced lady stenogra >her.
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    • 26 4 MAKERS OF PRECISION WATCHES SINCE 1856 I v FOR LONCLASTING SERVICE AND SATISFACTION I ir 0 A LIMITED SELECTION AT I 16, COLLYER QUAY t r
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    • 98 4 R.V.JJ4Uf£) If**"! OPTIOHM Pelkm or tbe Inn. Ooc uimnuc Opuciabs < England > Peno* of tbe Worshipful Company of Bpectaele-M&ken >Enu Freeman of tbe Citr tf Locmloo OPTICIAN BY APPODfTMENI TO M. FOBCBS SOOTB EASY ASIA BAFFLES PLACE (OPP LITTLES) PHONE &0641 C. P. TAYLOR LIMITED Temporal? AMrew c c
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  • 226 5 Stronger Powers To Fight Gangsterism CTRONGER powers are being sought by the Govern- ment from the Secretary of State for the Colonies to deal generally with lawlessness and secret societies whose members tote guns and whose existence contribute so much to gangsterism m Singapore today.
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  • Article, Illustration
    23 5 Ait mtormal p cture of MajorKien. L.H. Cox, G.0.C., Singapore District, who opened the Indian Forces Club at Waterloo Street, Singapore, on Saturday.
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  • 262 5 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, S'.maay. THE, Johore Resident Commisioner. is understood to have relected what is regarded as tantamount to an ultimatum Issued t>y the Johore Government Labour Union demanding thj reieas 1 of ihe union's president and two members who w?r< arrested following
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  • 238 5 From Oar Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Sunday. THE Government Rice Mill erected in pre-war days at the 5th mile Johore Banru-Scuaai Road which nas not been functioning s'nce the liberation, is to be transferred to Kedah. The decision has been taken because it has not
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  • 115 5 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Sur.viay JUG KEE CHOE, clerk m a rjnber dealer's shop at Batu P-ahat, was convicted by the Johorv MaS«™i* on a charge of ihe*t of $105 from Su Kee Lim and was fined $200, m default two m >r. hs rigorous
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  • 250 5 f**m Our Own Correspondent MALACCA, Sunday. INTERFERENCE by Dutch naval units on inter-island trad ing has resulted m the lose of nearly $100,000 to Malacca Chinese traders. The Dutch authorities axe reported to have thrown a naval ring around Tanjong Balai m Asahan and Belawan Deli
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  • 313 5 T"HE first man to join the Singapore Police am an inspector 1 and rise to the rank of Commissioner in Singapore is Mr. E. V. Fowler, Chief of the Criminal Investigation Department of the Singapore Police. He will act for Mr. R. E. Foulger, the Commissioner
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  • 118 5 PONTIANAK, West Borneo, Sunday. Rubber smuggling caused the loss of 15,000,000 guilders' worth of foreign exchange during the second half of last year, according to experts' estimates announced today. January this year was even worse, and the Netherlands Indies Hubber Export Agency supplied only 800 tons as
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  • 50 5 APPOINTMENTS approved fcy the Secretary of State for the Colonies, gazetted In Singapore :sterday, Include those of Col. W. L. Rolleston, as an Assistant Secretary to th; Governor-Gene-ral, and Mr. W A. Horeford and Mr. W. C. Rtes, as cadets of the Malayan Customs and Malayan Civil Services respectively.
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  • 379 5 Fr.»m Our Own Correspondent. SEREMBAN, Sunday. DEFERENCES to the quantity of rice rations, the policy of "appeasement" and political dictation from Whitehall as contributory causes of labour unrest, were mentioned by Mr. D Farquharson. President of the Negri Sembilan Planters Association, at the annual meeting
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  • 249 5 rrom uur stall Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. rE Pan-Malayan Conference of Clerical Unions here today decided to forward a petition to* employers for payment to their employees for 12 months' salary as rehabilitation grant m respect of the period of Japanese occupation. This
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  • 316 5 B> Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. THE arrest of leading members of a notorious Kuala Lumpra 1 secret society which had its headquarters in a rubber estate off Salak South, was largely responsible for low seriou* crime figures in Selangor for
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  • 86 5 SINGAPORK mis made tbeir. second bt« haul of op.um within forty-^ight iiours yesterday when they srized ISt pounds of opium valued at S375.000 from the Dutch Tank»r CU veils. Th tanker which had be*-n to Bahrein and Bombay was fuelling alongside the wharves and the opium
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  • 77 5 From Our Staff Correspondent i IPOH, Sunday:— At an extraor- dinary meeting of the P rale t Teachers Association held yester- day the following rpsolutlon was passed for submission to the j Council of Representatives of the Malayan Teachers Federation J meeting at Kuala Lumpur
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  • 160 5 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Saturda THE list I f m Jks now contro;- led has been added to by •ha introduction of certain othei brands of evaporated milk which are now arriving and this should |to some extent help supply the apparently insatiable demand, says
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 142 5 BEAI'TIFCL A EFFICIENT ■linW^ Look ttt tne Chromium Plated 3^ '^1 streamlined body and you will •5|^L_JL.^S agree that the BEBOOL is Indeed |^3n .;3j Kf TIM I. I ILJ^ 1 il Doils 3 pint 6 ol water In 5Vi L. H,XB |P-*. 'iSM minutes and the "Elephant Autofc^__, matic"
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    • 127 5 —STOCKTAKING SALE Now on from 17th March to 27th March VISIT WASSIAMULL'S (DEPARTMENTAL STORE) HIGH STREET 'PHONE 3454 YOUR IMMEDIATE REQUIREMENTS OP PRINTS FOR ALL PROJECTS We specialise Jn maWne BLUE PRINTS: WHITE PRINTS; CLOTH PRINTS from tracings of all Architectural and Engineering Drawings. Prompt service Reasonable charges. PRIMAR PRINTING
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  • 231 6 GOVT. GIVES CLOTH TO PERLIS FARMERS From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday MORE than 75,000 yards of cloth has been distributed by the Government so far to padi cultivators m Perlis on the barter system of one yard of cloth for one picul
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  • 158 6 Prom Omr Own Correspondent PENANO, Sunday.— A warning I to traders that under the exist ing regulations they must know In advance what goods they would be receiving or run the risk of having these goods seized, was given in the District Court, yesterday, when the Senior
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  • 78 6 From Our Staff m pond, nt IPOH, Sunday:— At the annual general meeting of members of the Perak Bar yesterday, the following were elected to the Bar Committee- Mes&rs. M. S. Mabendran. Leong Yew Koh, S. K. Dns. H. T. One. J. M. M. L«wts. Mr Tan Cheng
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  • 145 6 From Our Own Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, Sunday. THE Malayan Collieries coal1 mine at Batu Arang has been handed back to the company. An order creating the Chief Inspector of Mines as competent authority during the recent strike has been revoked on the grounds that It
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  • 81 6 From Our Own Correspondent ALOR STAR. Sunday. Two Europeans who gave their names as Smith and Dennis were convicted m the Aior Star Magistrate's Court on two charges of cheat njt and wprp fined $30" tach. According to the prosecution the accused are believed to have
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  • 50 6 The Malacca Women's Service League has not been dissolved as stated m the Straits Times of Saturday but the commute? of the League has been disbanded and three new erotins have been lormed The increased activiuc-.s of the League have necessitated the formation of these groups.
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  • 55 6 From Our Own Correspondent MUAR, Sunday. -A Chinese. Er Boon, who moved 321 katles f rice without a permit, was flr.ed $100 or In default to under, go one month's rigor us imprisonment by th c District Judge Che Ham'd bi n Mustapha The rle«
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  • 125 6 rropj Our Own Correspondent BATU PAHAT, Sunday Tomorrow the remains of prominent local Chinese of Batu Pahat. who were ma&facred by the Japs m li>42 will b» ro-'nten-Ti at \\>>r Item. The most o .ufa. p.ace oi Johore roads from Johore Bahr-j, Kluang. Segamat and Batu
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 276 6 fSfgpj TO-DAY I jl^ Wil 11 a.-.-X p.ss.-4.1S pas. TEL. 4.Q4-2. QIR-COnpiTlpnE^ GEi-.rf Hides to a MEW HIGH lv SUNNY! r^MTvSJW It^s FUNNY LAUGHS. SONG DANCE! EJaSj^J^P^JSWc' STREAMLINED CAST! CRUELTIES TORTURES! The SHOCKING TRUTH! It*. j J^aii about Old IxHidon's ill-famed mM 'BEDLAM The BLACKEST HOUSE of HORROR! Lj^uL! Horls
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    • 215 6 TO-MORROW CAPITOL UtAn Bill Stern Announces The FUNNIEST BASKETBALL Game m History I SEE Abbott Costello PLAYING BASKETBALL (with the girU!) WRESTLING the MASKED MARVEL! HH LAST DAY TODAY CCLUMBIAS •j MIGHTY ACTION l»A( XXI) W^ SIM < I I m KEYES Willard PARKER Z^\ Larry PARKS Edgar BUCHANAN BJj
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 364 6 Singdpor. MONDAT 1 00 pm. Music !or Romance; 1.30 pm. Nm, 40 pm Mualnl Octnedy Memories; 2.00 p.m. dose Down: a. 15 p.m. News Headline*. 1.11 p.m. Accent "ii Rhythm; I 30 p.m. In a Musical M'kxJ; 9.00 pm. Harry Utrtinet and I'li Royal Hawaiian* 9.30 pm New*. :> 45
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    • 551 6 w. n the opening ieader can pu' doan an ace against a fTand-iUm contract, he can't be blamed very much for doing so. But If hU partner has doubled the srrand slam, things may take on a difTrrent complexion' For example South, dealer Nortr<-S™ith vu!n*rah!» NORTH EAST A Q 7
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  • 834 7 Weekly Market Review ALTHOUGH reduced from the scale of recent business the week's turnover in Malayan markets must be regarded as highly satisfactoryProfit taking which was fairly general in Indus trials caused a number of quotations to recede. Tins continued firm in the
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  • 347 7 I (From Syoney Gampell, Renter's Financial Editor) TWO things which have overstrainea Britain are the pre- mature success of her export drive and the Government's overseas commitments. In retrospect the export drive bit off more than Britain could chew. In 1945 when negotiating the size of
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  • 61 7 THE Singapore Chamber of Commerce Robber Association's I lubber prices at noon on Saturday weie: cu. cu. per Ib. per 1b. No. 1 R.S.S. Spot looae 42 4*', No. 1 R.S.S. fob in bales M»r 43', 43'., No. 2 R.S.S. fob in balm March 42 *t% No. 3
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  • 111 7 Net profit for 1946 ol the Eastern Bank Ltd. £110.916-16-1, making a total with the amount brought forward £180.834-13-9. The annual meeting will be held o« Mar. 26 at which the Directors will recommend the payment of a final dividend at the rate of three shillings and sixpence
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  • 90 7 LONDON, Friday.— Postal services to the following places In Palestine have been temporarily suspended: Tel Aviv, Petah Tiqva, Ramatgan, Oivaatayim, Beneiberaq and the part of Palestine under mai>t.ai law. The Postmaster-General announces that air mails for Hong I Kong and the greater part of China, also Navy
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  • 450 7 Produce Review By Our Chinese Correspondent L,*>R the nrst time since liber- ation. tapioca-flour has come into demand in the produce mar- I ket. Pepper became easier during the past week. Since c< mrol on export of Sagofl ur and Tapioca-flour was lifted by the authorities, market for
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  • 45 7 Rubber outputs for February, of the fallowing Companies were: The Changkat Serdang Estates Ltd. 34.895 lbs.; Haytor Rubber Estates Ltd. ***** lbs.; Luna* Rubber Estates Ltd. .W300 lbs.; The Nyalas Rubber states Ltd. 38.300 lbs; The Tapah Rubber Estates Ltd. 105 364 lbs.
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
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