The Straits Times, 17 September 1947

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  • 18 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 KKJIIT PAGES SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1947 PRICE TEN CENTS
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  • 352 1 ASKED FOR Police Chief On Malaya's "New Policy" From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. THE Commissioner of Police, Malayan Union, Mr. 11. B. Langworthy, agreed in an interview today that since civil government returned about 200 applications for banishment had been made by
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  • 144 1 Hurricane Causes 2,280 Casualties TOKIO, Tuesday. nrORUENTIAL rains folluw--1 ing i n the wake of a hurricane which just mi Bed Tokio last night, today caused 2,280 casualties in 15 prefectures of Japan. Waters from two rivers which burst their banks almost reached the wives of houses in 50 villagea
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  • 147 1 "10-YEAR PERIOD OF DOUBTS" NEW YORK, Tuesday. DR. Oswaldo Aranha, retiring President of the .United Nations Assembly, said today that "the world will organise peace or hasten war" over the United Nations Council tables, and warned that "the next 10 years may be envisaged as a period of doubts and
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  • 343 1 i^viiu, lursoay, rpHE Commissioner of Police, 1 Mr. D. W. Macintosh, said today that 39 alien Chinese criminals had been cleared through Hong Kong from Malaya to Chinese coastal ports since May 2, and 20 more were due shortly. Hong Kong had deported 540 between Jan.
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  • 258 1 Queen Wilhelmina THE HAGUE, Tuesday. HOLLAND'S financial position will force a reduction of her armed forces in Indonesia and the transfer of military tasks to the civil authorities, Queen Wilhelmina said today in her address from the Throne in the opening of the
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  • 35 1 LONDON, 1-uesday. The United States Secretary of the Treasury, Mr. John W. Snyder, called at the Foreign Office today for his first face-to-face talk with the British Foreign Secretary, Mr. Ernest Bevin. tteuter.
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  • 108 1 SINGAPORE, N.E.I. TRADE TALKS IMPORTANT trade talks be- 1 1 twee n the Singapore and Netherlands East Indies Governments will be held in Batavia this week. Representing the Singapore Government, the Assistant Secretary for Economic Allairs, Mr. T. Van Der Oaast. and the Deputy Controller of Foreign Exchange, Mr. M.
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  • 48 1 ABERDEEN. Maryland. Tuesday—Nine people were killed when a flying fortress crashed into the Buss river at the Aberdeen Army Training grounds yesterday One man, a member of the army survived the crash. The bomber crashed during a routine training flight. Reuter and U.P.
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  • 55 1 The second R.A.F. D?.kcta ol 48 Squadron to carry Red Cross supplies anrt comforts for the Indonesian Red Cross left Singapore at dawn on Monday for Jogjakarta. It Is carrying in two tons of medical supplies and will make a 6top at Batavia to be
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  • 331 1 DEFENCE CUTS MIGHT AFFECT SPORE LONDON, Tuesday. HTHE future of Singapore 1 naval base, and future British strategic commitments in the Pacific in general are to b e discussed by the Commonwealth conference of Prime Ministers in London in November. This re-examination of strategy will be undertaken in the light
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  • Article, Illustration
    113 1 Men of the Malay Regiment in position beside the Kroh Police District Headquarters. They are part of the military guard which the Army authorities have set aside to protect the community of North Kedah. Men of the Cameron Highlanders and the Malay Regiment have been sent to the district after
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  • 406 1 Pomp At Johore Royal Birthday Celebrations From Our Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Tuesday. THE pre-war pomp and pageantry of Malay royal events will be revived tomorrow when His Highness Sir Ibrahim, the Sultan of Johore, celebrates his 74th birthday at the Astana Besar. One of the highlights of the celebrations
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 33 1 ELEtMT JEWfUfRT P.H. HENDRY IKUI 1.1.ER with an Established Malaya-wide Reputation 7S North Bridge Road SINf. \rORK Jfßjr Extra Quality \|5E Cigarette yn m* N?3 Sp ■oil SJ^iYGBJJ MADE Bra Qua 1 ENGLAND
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    • 87 1 For RELIABLE EPUTABLB ESPONSIBLE DRY CLEANING MENDING) HIM. NANKING DRY CLEANING SHOP 16. Tanglin Rd. Spore. PING WAH CO., 68 Selegte Rd. SUBSCRIBE $5.00 towards building Sin g a pore's First Tuberculosis Clinic Buy a Ticket to ROTARY CLUB Entertainment Games for Valuable Prizes at Great World Cabaret on Wednesday
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  • 161 2 Lost Share Certificates APPLICATIONS have been made to the Directors of the above Company to issue to the following Shareholders duplicate Certificates upon the statements that the original Certificates have been lost, mislaid or destroyed. Notice Is herein (tvm that if within 30 dajs from
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  • 550 2 LONDON, Tuesday. THE Italian peace treaty has been ratified. Two strands of barbed wire mark the provisional ItaloYugoslav boundary. The Italian President, Signor Enrico de Nicola, last night regretted the terms of the treaty, which sever large territories from
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    • 874 2 TRIESTE, Tuesday. A BRITISH girl was stripped to the waist yesterday by a crowd of Italian youths, seven British soldiers were beaten up and Allied newspapermen attacked by demonstrators celebrating the rebirth of Trieste as a free port. The girl, 24-year-old Doio-t thy Gane-Sale,
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  • 313 2 United States Of Europe Proposed PARIS. Tuesday FRENCH leadership in United States of Europe with Gen. Charles De Gaulle as chief of state —was advocated by M. Jacques Soiutelle, former Minister and Seer, tai y al of De GftuUe'fl Rally Of the French People, at a meeting of 3,000 people
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  • 25 2 LONDON Tuesday. Charles Seaton, who was sentenced to death at the Sussex Assizes on July 14 for murdering his seven-month-old daughter, has been reprieved.—Reut?r.
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  • 76 2 COLOMBO. Tuesday.— Five morv United National Party men, another Independent Socialist and a third Indian were returned today to Ceylon's First House of Representatives under the new constitution. This makes the latest party position in the general elections: U.N.P. 33. Sama SamaJ Party 9. Bolshevik
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  • 216 2 Continued from Page 1. Commissioner about which he has been prepared to protest. "I have had no complaints from any other Chief Police Officers. "I know of no case where Resident Commissioners have blocked an application for banishment under the impression that there has been a virtual
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  • 158 2 I AM quite satisfied with the number of banish- ments in Singapore," the j acting Commissioner of Police, i Mr. E. V. Fowler told the Straits Times yesterday. "The Government has not refused an application for banishment, except where a man was born in this country." he said.
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  • 64 2 The Singapore Government is prepared to, and does, in fact, exercise Its powers of banishing undesirable alien persons from the colony when it is clearly In the interests of public peace and good order to do so, the Straits Times is informed. In the nine months this
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  • 259 2 ESCAPE FROM RUSSIANS IN SAILBOAT BOSTON, Tuesday. 4 PARTY of 24 men, women and children are fleeing from Soviet Russia in a 24-foot sailboat in which they) to cross the Atlantic. The Reverend Oswalt Blumit, of Massachusetts, New England, Director for Latvian Relief, said the party left Sweden after escaping
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 589 2 NOTICES INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS OF MALAYA. The above Institute are proposing to commence a School of Architecture upon an Evening basis wh?n the Student potential Is known. Those Students who wish to register themselves for courses please apnlv- to the Hon Secretary. PO. Box N< 569 before September 24th '94i
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    • 657 2 NOTICES SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY Tenders are Invited for the 'Supply of Malleable Cast Iron Pipe Fittings and Miscellaneous Special Fittings" for the Water Department Tender Form ard Specification frnm Municipal Secretariat. Room No 235 Tenders Closfl 4 pm. Monday. 13 October. 1947. COCONUT OIL FOR BURMA A FURTHER quota for the
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    • 107 2 V* DENIS COMPTON DENIS COMPTON famous English batsman smokes V SMOKKS Martin's Non-throat V the Sportsman' II k W\ ITI f ]t T fl Cigarette that Is \M W \X made to a Keep Pit lfl IV 1 11 1 iJ formu!a V Af^ CORK TIP DENIS COMPTON SWe J\/Yll
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  • 396 3 PREFERENCES OFFER FAILS TO PLEASE U.S. Dominions Asked To Reconsider Reduction GENEVA, Tuesday. THE United States asked the Commonwealth countries yesterday to reconsider their latest offer for the reduction of preferences, with a view to further reduction and many more eliminations of preferences, as United States and Commonwealth delegations met
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  • 265 3 U.K. May Disregard UNO On Palestine BAGHDAD, Tuesday. ■"BRITAIN will not b e bound by any resolution adopted by the United Nations on fV tine." According to the Iraqi Independence Party newspaper, Al Yaddur, the British Charge d'Affaires M Baghdad has given this assurance to the Party leader, 'Timed Mehdi
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  • 95 3 LONDON, Tuesday. The Iraq nment plans to make its pr.nv ne of tho largest and best equippt'd n-)t only in the Middle E.is* but in the world." a high n official stated yesterday Bn th.' arrival of the Iraq military i n tn London. Tho
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  • 103 3 The Singapore C.I.D. yesterday arrested an Indian who is wanted by both the Singapore and the Kuala Lumpur Police, and Is alleged to have recently escaped irum a Singapore-Kuala Lumpur train while under police escort. A Singapore police spokesman said they had been looking for an Indian
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  • 113 3 MR. R. J. C. Wait has succeeded Mr. H. W. Nightingale as Fourth Police Court Magistrate in Singapore. Mr. Nightingale, who has returned from leave, will probably take one or two part-heard cases before being transferred to the Singapore Secretariat of Economic Affairs. Mr. Wait
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  • 98 3 - SHIPS alongside the Singapore wharves yesterday (godowns in brackets) were: Main Wharf: Glaucus (31-32).; Mount Mansfield (33-34), chanaa! (3«-37>, Longview Victory (38-39) Benlomond (42-43). West Wharf: Eurypylus (1-2) i Talma <4-s>, Einpj'e Passmore (6), Trewidden (7-8), Segamat (9), Welsh Prince (10-11), Calchas '13-14). Empire Dock: Cefn-y-Bryn (17-18), Tressilian
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  • 291 3 WASHINGTON, Tuesday. BRITAIN'S decision to sell £20,000,000 worth of gold to the United States announced yesterday was made on her own initiative. The United States took no shar c in the deci>i»n. United States Treasury officials said last night. The sale was made under
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  • 80 3 The defenc" counsel, Mr. A. J. Br.iM, and the Crown Counsel, Mr Murray Buttrose, made their submissions at the Singapore Assize Court yesterday in the oase in which Irwin Oliver Jones is charged with the murder of Maurice Fox at the Malayan Seminary on Oct. 31 last
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  • 140 3 A British soldier, to treat whom an urgent call for streptomycin was made, died in Singapore early yesterday morning; despite the use of the drug. In response to the radio and press appeal by the Registrar, British Military Hospital, the Civil General Hospital delivered
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  • 177 3 NINETY-NINE per cent. of|j the- nativ e population of awra^ak want Mr. Anthony ii Biooke, former Rajah Muda, 1 to be Rajah, said a Sarawak! iVlalay anti-cossionist, lnphe Mohd. Nor bin Haji Hassan,) in Singapore yesterday. Inche Mohd. Nor is an active number of the Malay
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  • 118 3 f 1 ENSUS enumerators in Singapore and the Malayan Union can expect to receive an initial payment for their work as soon as they lodge their "covers," the Singapore Census Officer, Dr. W. E. Hutchinson, said last night. A Klang enumerator, in a letter in the
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  • 90 3 I The Finance and Revenue Committee, Singapore, yesterday held its first meeting, which was largely exploratory. The committee was appointed recently under the chairmanship of the Financial Secretary to in. quire into and report on the Colony's finances, new sources of j revenue, and economies in
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  • 21 3 Registration for the Singapore electoral roll closes on Sept. 26. All information at Central Registration Office, G.P.0., Singapore.
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 381 3 rSr I 9 out of IO I lof ijou can have good health Id if mou RI 'NOURISH l^r qour BLOOD and NERVtSf maUS. V^ lM a R H EAL TH, STRENGTH i Ibuildsup" 0 "novtauty I I «out of 10 people «re Nervous, Wemk, J Rundown. Tired because they
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    • 189 3 LADIES HAIRDRESSING SALON Mr J. KOOY and European Staff in attendance RING 6908 for appointments. WHITEAWAYS First Post-War Models B. S. A. MOTOR CYCLES c 250 cc O. H. V. Model 350 cc O. H. V. and Competition Models 500 cc O. H. V. and Twin models Now Available at
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    • 460 3 T«.js^ ,A*>J^^MYYaMI Last 3 Shows 3. 6 15 9 15 p.m. A Mad MiKlral I.tiiuh-Qu.ik CRAZY HOUSE with 25 Stars and 5 Rands! —Opening To-morrow "GREAT EXPECTATIONS" QUEENS THEATRE Last Day: 3 00. 6 30. 9.15 nm. Love, daughter. Dan^rr. DeatSi! LISBON STORY n With Davi>* Karrar Pat Burke Openinc
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  • 1347 4 The Straits Times THE SULTAN OF JOHORE Singapore. Wed.. Sept. 17. 1947 Before the war the Sultans birthday was always a gala day in Johore Bahru, with a ceremonial parade of the Johore Military Forcei and a regatta on the Straits and all the bright confetti of a Malay crowd
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  • 12 4 I^%ST OF THE OLD SCHOOL— Exclusive Straits Times picture.
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  • Man In The Street
    • 501 4 NORMALLY I do not aidu gti in the p.easure oi an ing my views in the press, but my pour human understanding is injured by the Association of Liv- As.-urance Offices of iWa aya's lvp.y to Pound of Flesh" as set forth in your i~-u fc
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    • 279 4 ALTERNATIVES to income H tax were recently requested in your paper, and I would lik c to suggest the following: That a 10^ tax is charged on all money exported from Malaya, but a rebate of 7' 2 r < is granted on ci.f. price of
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    • 166 4 A PARCEL was sent to my relatives in India from Singapore on July 14, com prising Nestles chocolate?, Glucose D, and dried fnrts, net weight 7 lbs, valued $21, with the usual export permit and customs declaration duly completed and registved, with a postal charge of
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    • 105 4 rE pictures and descnptions of the Chinese tirnpie in Teluk Ayer Street, Singapore, published in y<mr Saturday picture page, were most interesting, and I hope w t. shall get more. However. I would point error in the name of the "G a- dess of
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    • 246 4 U[E frequently read in the papers that, our Government wants to increase old taxes and introduce new ones because they are short of funds to govern the land we live in- Malaya. But one of the r< u.-ons for thlfl heavy expenditure of our Government is that
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    • 197 4 ANOTHER political or^anl <*■ sation was born in Sinnapore recently. This is anothei testimony to growing poli tical consciousness in this country. The aims of this new party have been publicised, and if vigorous action is pursued towards the attainment of *hese aims the party will indeed
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    • 412 4 R URAL JOB IN SINGAPORE ONE of the greatest commitments I ever had w:is a part-time job I took up ig census enumerator for a it>muneration of approximately $40. I wa.« allocated to a "block" cotisiflting of about 87 house* seven miV- distent from Singapor c town. Thes« houses wer
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 886 4 CLASSIFIED ADS. MCGREGOR SYME On September 1. 1947 at St. Thomas' Cathedral. Kurhi: g. Sarawak, by thr R-v C. A. Oakley. Malcolm FredericK K McGregor, only son of Mrs. Madeline Lsnbel Aitken of Penar.g. Malaya. to Lorna Valtna Svme. youngest daughter of Mr nnd Mrs. Charles Black McParlane Svme of
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    • 72 4 LEXINGTON De Luxe Waffle i/orThe long-awaiiati *.-.c Iron or finest finish can now be obtained frr»r> our H'"h Strati OTce. This M the flr t post-war Wai:ie Iron to be made in Eng'.a.'d. Of Aluminium throughout, the body and di'h-t ay are both so policed that they look like E'crling
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    • 72 4 FOR YOU^INSUfIfAMp, A 7 \r THE COMMERCIAL ONION 6ROOP:- Commercial Union Assurance Co, Ltd. J < Union Assurance Society, LuL (London) Palatine Insurance Co., Ltd. y'Styfo J Liverpool Victoria Insurance Corp: j British Oeneraj Insurance Co. Ltd. Brarcb Offices:— IPOH (P.O. Bo* 47 /J^ J^frf SINGAPORE (Ta1:574) W m± C
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  • 495 5 LAWYER FINED $500 FOR CONTEMPT Singapore Judgment Against Goho THE Singapore lawyer, Mr. S. C. Goho, was fined $500 by Mr. Justice Brown in the High Court yesterday for contempt against Mr. H. E. Kingdon, president of the Rent Assessment Board. He was also ordered to pay the costs of
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  • Article, Illustration
    48 5 Chines* children buying paper lanterns from a lantern shor> in North Bridge Koad in readiness for the Moon Festival on the 15th of th" Kuhtli Moon, Sept. 29. The prices of lanterns vary according to shape and size. They tost between 50 cents and $2. Straits Tim-s picture.
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  • 370 5 Moon-Cakes For "15th Of 8th Moon" Celebration have been manufactured to suit the pockets of rich and poor, i They range from high quality con- fections, stuffed with pigs' livers. seed, to those made with bean jam. Moon-cakrs will be the chief I article ol worship of the Moon-, I
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  • 105 5 Five Cmncse. Sing wa Che, 42 I Chua Lai, 43, Lee Chew, 44, Yec I Keng Hock, 20, and Eng See Boon. 18, were charged in the Fourth Police Court yesterday with loitering in the vicinity of Telok Ayer basin on j Monday to com". The magistrate, Mr.
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  • 140 5 From Our Stall Correspondent PENANG. Tuesday. A ONE-DAY hartal in pro test against the British •Government's acceptance of the reused constitutional proposals has been planned by the Penang Chinese Chamber of Commerce, but the date for holding this hartal has not yet been fixed. This decision
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  • 92 5 RUBBER UP TO 30 3/4 Cts. RUBJiER, continuing its steady piice rise of the last few day?, gained of a', cent yesterday. No. i sheet f.o.b. buyers closed last night at 30- 4 cents per lb and sellers at 31 cents. Spot loose buy rs at close of business were
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  • 64 5 THE charge against George Cui-! wick, a Singapore Harbour Board auxiliary police officer, of abetting the offence of housebreaking at a Harbour Board codown on the nieht of June 1-9 has been withdrawn oh the ins- tructions of the D.P.P. in the Third Police Court. Culwick
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  • 365 5 NINE hundred workers of the Singapore Aik Hoe Rubber Factor}-, who have been on strike since Friday, will return to work this afternoon following discussions, which representatives of the strikers and the Singapore Chinese Rubber Workers Union had with members of the factory's management
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  • Malayan Round-up
    • 519 5 PENANG, Tuesday. A PASSENGER bus crushed through closed level crossing gates at Sungei Patani railway station on Sunday and was hit by an oncoming train which swept it 40 yards along the track before coming to a halt. The bus was completely smashed but
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    • 397 5 CO.>>l .MLKS of electricity are i reminded that the call for voluntary rationing becomes effective tonight. The Electricity Department I says electricity will be cut oil in the following ureas if the appeal to keep consumption to a mini, mum is not observed: New Bridge Koad.
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  • 272 5 I i ..i Out Own Corres|mn:Unt I I.A LUMPUR, Ti,osu;,>. aN increase in the Ifalajun A Un on i October-Decem-ber export quota ol coconut oil lor Burma, described l>v officials M substantially more than tl\. pivvi.nis quo't;i i<«r the name period, was announced in Kuala
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  • 140 5 With reierencc to tne report from Sydney headed "A Gold Racket Operated Throimh oi.ng:pore," published in the Straits T.mes yesterdaj, it has been pointed out that the mention of the Singapore branch ol the Mercantile Bank of India in cunnection with this case have led the ordinary
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 23 5 if roe nbd GODOWN SPACE KNQI IKE OF TRANSPORT STORAGE LTD., 1) HONGKONG BANK CHAMBERS SINGAPORE. Telephone 6577. 0* kUll 4»/ vi «i:i-iiJm.J
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    • 25 5 FASHIONABLE RiEN'S WEAR SMART AND UNOBTRUSIVE NECKWEAR HOSIERY SHIRTS DRESSING GOWNS HANDKERCHIEFS TAILORED CLOTHES BY OUR LONDON CUTTER Wftaae tefaukmq mad. j*KS^J f i/CU C4Ut'
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 214 5 TODAT: Y.W.C.A. Katong Junior and senior group's meeting, St. Hilda's School. 4.15 p.m. Singapore Chess Club, 5 p.m., V.M.C.A. Art Club, 6 p.m., Y.MCA Orchard Road. Half-yearly general meeting, Government Servants Co-operative Thrift and Loan Society, Council Chamber, Secretariat, 5.30 p.m. Y.W.C.A. Keep fit class, 8, Pott Canning Road, 5.30
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  • 1993 6 ELECTION "APATHY" REASONS Progressive Party's Reply To Mr. Eber A REPLY to the recent articles in the Straits Times by Mr. John Eber on the reasons for the lack of interest shown in Singapore in the coming elections I was issued yesterday by the president of the Progres- sive Party,
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  • 144 6 SEREMBAN, Tuesday. A resolution strongly condemning the Malayan Union Government policy in the election of delegates to the (international Labour Office conference, to be held at New Delhi in October, was nassed yesterday at the end of a threeday meeting of the Negrl Sembllan Rubber
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 260 6 SENSATION PILED UPON SENSATION! UNDREAMT OF, SENSE STUNNING SUCCESSION OF FEATS! t fc BATMAN" MIGHTIEST HERO OF THEM ALL ROBIN, THE BOY NOW: Ist. INSTALMENT BEY FIVE TIMES DAILY I\LA,, am 2p m 4.15, 6-30, 9.15 MIDNIGHT PREMIERE I WJi^am* TOMORROW AT 12 V^ BATMAN 11. 1 IS. 4IS OH
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    • 260 6 WESTERN CANADA STEAMSHIP CO. UD. NORTH PACIFIC SHIPPING COMPANY LTD. AS GENERAL AGENTS DIRECT SERVICE TO:— LOS ANGELES, SAN FRANCISCO, PORTLAND, SEATTLE VANCOUVER. LAKE CHILCO Loading Singapuu .^ptember 16th LAKE WINNIPEG. Loading Singapore about September 22nd For Freight Particulars Apply: THE BORNEO CO., LTD. (Incorporated in England) MERCANTILE BANK BUILDING.
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 376 6 KADIO MALAYA .MOW AUSTRALIA, „> S3 SSS <— SINGAPORE Jean Cerchl. Ai Royal; 10.00 City of KALHU ■>■£■. A. V*. 1 p.m. South American Dance Birmingham Orch; 10.15 Musical 8 a.m. Music; 8.45 Morning Star; Music; 1.40 Strictly Instrumental: 8.20 Comedy Gems; 10.40 Requests; 11.00 9.00 Light Orchestra; 9.45 BBC
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  • 467 7 LONDON, Monday. IT was very quiet today on the Stock Exchange with business restricted by the prospect of an autumn Budget and the threat of a further coal stoppage, says Renter financial correspondent. The main movement was in Industrials where those issue* connected with the export programme, «uch
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  • 746 7  -  Our Market By Correspondent. SINGAPORE. Tuesday. rE local share market was again generally quiet but one or two Industrials changed hands at slightly better prices. Sterling tins were again easier on London price. Price 'quotations given today by the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association were as follows Borer Seller
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  • 64 7 The Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association's orlces at noon yesterday were: Buyers Sellers Cta. Ota. Der lb. -pt Ib i No. 1 R.S.S. Spot loose (nominal) 29% 30 No. 1 R.SS. fob in bales Oct. 30% 30 No 2 R.SS. fob In bales Oct. 30 30 \k No.
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  • 114 7 NEW YORK. Tuesday: The New York stock market drifted lower for the eighth consecutive day yesterday. It was one of the quietest sessions of the past three years. I.l^ht losses among some Industrial Issues overbalanced narrow advances by favoured rails. Transfers totalled 500,000 shares— the smallest since
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  • 345 7 By a Market Correspondent A REPORT that 300 tons of Soviet sugar had arrived in Hong Kong has been confirmed. It is now learned that practically the whole stock has been bought by importers in Singapore. It will be brought to Singapore as soon as arrangements
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  • 58 7 PARIS. Tuesday. Two of the biggest Indo-Chlna rubber plantations show marked expansion in output for the first eight months of this year. The Compaqnie dv Carabodie figure of 4,216 tons compares with 2.501 tons in the corresponding period of 1946. The Plantations des Terres Rouges output
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  • 39 7 The following August rubber crop figures are announcedlbs. Alor Gajah Estate 22.000 Ayer Panas Estate 81.000 Olenealy Plantations 59.000 Kluang 59.000 Pajam 179.000 Tambalak Estates 28.0C9 Teluk Anson Estate 80.155 Ulu Benut Consol. 41 ,210
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 661 7 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. (Incorporated In Singapore) BLUE FUNNEL LINE SAILINGS FROM V.K. AND US A "F.urypylus" Krom I R lor H'Konf A S'hai G.I A hll lloff' From U.S.A Roadi ••C.laucos" from U S.A 0.31 I.'mhurir" Dn« Iran U.S.A. iept. 29 •St (loud ViclorT* Due from V S.A Sept. 23
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    • 147 7 RUBBER ESTATES AUGUST CROPS The following rubber rrop*'. harvested durinu An"tL«t, are announced: lbs. AUenby 42.000 Benta Estates 52.800 Jeram Kuantan EsUte 68.000 Kundonß Estate 39.000 Montakab 94.000 Sunfjri Bag&n 1200n.t Sandycroft 21.000 Tanjong Pau Estate 53.000 P R ESI DEN t L I N E SAILINGS TO NEW YORK
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    • 178 7 Shippers and others Interested in Shipping Intelligence are referreo to advertisements in Cal. 6 and 7 apposite pace P. O. AND B. I. P «c O HOMEWARDS "TRESILLIAN" ...for Genoa and London In Port "TREWIDDEN" ...for Genoa and London late Oct "TKF.VEAN for Genoa and London 11 Nov. "CANTON" for
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    • 626 7 EUERMAN BUCKNALL s.s co.. an. (Incon •<: jieo in Ensland^ lIWRR. LONDON CITY OF KIMRTOtJM Due IS Sept. LONDON ANTWERP a.*. CITY OF OABIISI4 Due Early No». KLAVENESS LINE (Incorporated with Limited Uabilit* Is Norway* SAN KRAM IS«o VW'CCHVFI? Oner (iIONVILLE" One 9 .>rt. Calls P. Slium Prnamc McALISTER CO,
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  • 1166 8  -  Minstrel Boy May Win Ist Time Out By EPSOM JEEP IPOH, Tuesday. thing on the card at Ipoh tomorrow, tin second day of the Perak Turf Club September 'meeting, is Democrat, an ex-Kuala Lumpur maiden, who has proved his superiority in class 4 more
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  • 1117 8 DELOW are the fields for today, the second day of the Perak Turf Club's September meeting, showing acceptances and order of running. The Double Totes are on races 3 and 4, and races 7 and 8. The Big Sweep is on race 8. Race One 2.15 Horses
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  • 102 8 Race I.— DARK CERANE, Skipper. Race 2.— DEMOCRAT, Skittals. Race 3.— PATHFINDER. Lucky Ace. Race 4.— TACTFUL LADY, Game Law. Race S.— PLEASE. Ang Idea. Race 6.— FRIAR'S LAST, Vivacious. Race 7.— DESERT QUEEN, Blackpool. Race B.— MINSTREL BOY, Double Aries. Race 9.— GOLDEN HARVEST, Land Act. Tips
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  • 228 8 From Our Racing Correspondent IPOH, Tuesday. THREE well-bred English horses will be put up for auction 1 after the last rac c of the Perak Turf Club September meeting on Saturday, Sept. 20. They are Satarap, Honey Comb, and Sylvia Kid. Another new English importation,
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  • 45 8 The Singapore Recreation Club are making preparations to hold their annual athletic meeting on Oct. 4. All members who intend to compete are to turn up for the heats, to be held on the Club nadang at 5 p.m. on Sept. 23.
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  • 395 8 R.A.F. (Seletar) 4 R.A.F. Base H.Q 1 AFTER a fairly even first half, in which they were only able to scor c only once, the R.A.F. Seletar asserted their able in the second session to score a convincing 4 l win over the R.A.F.
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  • 60 8 THE Bukit Timah race-course, Singapore, was opened yesterday for training for the first time since the liberation. Fifteen horses, belonging to the stables of Turley, Major Heddle and Sherida had workouts on the third track which was the first to be ready, after the
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  • 260 8 The women's junior singles final of the Singapore badminton championships will be decided on Sunday. Following are the fixtures for this week-end. SATURDAY AT 2.15 P.M. Veteran's Singles (Semi-Finali E.J. Vass Diehard) vs. Koh Keng Siang (Playfalr). Men's Junior Singles lOuari. rFinalM Poh Kirn Yam (A.A.U.)
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  • 73 8 Mr. and Mrs. W. J. M. Warden became the Singapore Cricket Club mixed doubles tennis champions for this year when they beat. R. F. Smith and Mrs. A. Greenhill in the final of the club championship yesterday, 7-5, 2-6, 6-0, on the club courts. I The
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  • 37 8 NEW YORK, Tuesday. Joe Louis will defend his world heavyweight title against Jersey Joe Walcott over 15 rounds at Madison Square Garden on Dec. 5, it was announced last night. Reuter.
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  • 78 8 LONDON, Tuesday. Port Vale scored the biggest victory in yesterday's English Football League games, beating Watford seven-nil. In the first division Blackpool, playing away, drew one- all with Blackburn Pull results were: FIRST DIVISION Blackburn 1 Blackpool 1 SECOND DIVISION Coventry 1 w. Bromwleh 0 Sheffield W. 2
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  • 55 8 There will be two meetings of the Singapore Hockey Association this week tomorrow and on Friday at the S.R.C. at 5.30 p.m. Tomorrow the secretary-con-venors of all affiliated clubs will attend a meeting at which fixtures will be arranged. On Friday, there will be a meet- 1
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    70 8 Sylvia Cheese.nan. IS. oi *.«>:i...mi (left) and Maureen Gardner. 19. of Oxford, arc getting used to the iidtniriiv; glances of 12!) men at Loi'^hhoroiuh College. I.eieestenhlre. The college runs a training course in athletics for men only: Sylvia and Maureen went there on a names course hut they've m;uvi';ed to
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  • 34 8 By scoring 246 for Middlesex against the Rest at the Oval on Monday, Dennis Compton beat his highest score ever made in England (235 a&iinst Surrey and Lord's last year).— Reuter.
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  • 18 8 Today: High water, 12.25 p.m. (9.2 ft). Tomorrow: 0.37 a.m. (10.2 ft), 12.51 p.m. (9.2 ft).
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  • 222 8 From A Special Correspondent BERNE, Tuesday. HORNUSS or farmer's tennis, is Switzerland's national cricket-cum-golf-cum-tennis. It is a game of delicate skill and considerable physical stamina, and those who complain that cricket is too slow should be delighted with the game— played with a cylinder of hardwood
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  • 176 8 Playing at the Victoria School before a large gathering of old boys from both schools, the A.C.S. Old Boys' Association beat the Old Victorians' Association by five games to four in a friendly badminton match. Results (AC 50. 8. A. players mentioned first): Singles:
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  • 68 8 Following are the results of a spoon shoot held by the Singapore Rifle Assocla'ion at Seletar range on Sunday. EXPERTS 500 600 Tot. 1. J.B. Best 32 29 61 2. AW. Baigent 32 29 61 TYROS 1. CSM King. RAF. 20 27 47 2. F Lt. Penrose,
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  • 302 8 From Our Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Tuesday. •THE Non-Benders of Singapore and the Johore Cricket Club 1 played their last match of the season on the Trade School ground here. Ihe result was a draw. Owing to rain, the gamei began i n the afternoon.
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