The Straits Times, 26 September 1947

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  • 18 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 bliill'l PAGES SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1947 PRICE TEN CENTS
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  • 622 1 TWO BANDITS KILLED IN RAID ON GANG HIDEOUT Police And Troops In Battle With Sten Guns And Grenades From Our Special Correspondent KLUANG, Thursday. TWO notorious Chinese bandits were killed and four of their companions woun* ded when Kluang police, helped by a detachment from the Dorsetshire Regiment, fought a
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  • 193 1 India Claims 1,500 Refugees Killed THE Government of India 1 Information Services, through their Singapore office, claim that 1,500 non-Mus-lims were killed when a refugee train was attacked on the way to Amritsar, on Sept. 22^23. Quoting a New Delhi delayed message, an official report says: "Of the 3.500 non-Muslims
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  • 63 1 GALVESTON, Texas, Thursday.—Two men were trapped in the tngine room of a tanker. Cedar Mountain, and presumed burned to death when fire and explosions 6wept the vessel shortly before midnight last night. Texas City was the scene of a major disaster last April. two vessels exploded
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  • 53 1 GUAM. Thursday.— A fire, accompanied by heavy explosions, completely destroyed a US. inter-island transport ship at Apra Harbour dock today, causing severe injuries to three of the Crew and two Filipino stevedores. The origin of the fire is not yet known. The blaze was fought for three
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  • 406 1 PTE. G. Mules, of the Dorsets, says he will "remember all his life" the heroic act of a Chinese detective who stepped forward while he was helpless on the ground and received the bullet meant for him. Pte. Mules had been knocked down by a bandit
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  • 267 1 INTENDING voters hav e until midnight tonight to register 1 at the G.P.O. central registry or until 10 p.m. at their district electoral office. Forms sent by pot will be accepted if they have today's postmark. Registry offices will also be open tonight at the
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  • 150 1 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Thursday. rthe end of July, mining equipment worth more than £2 million had been despatched to Malaya, leaving I only about £500,000 worth of I orders unfulfilled, I am officij ally informed t»day. In addition, engines, pumps, monitors, etc.. worth £600,000
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  • 228 1 A MIDDAY hold-up took place in a corridor on the th'rd floor of Fullerton Building, Singapore yesterday. mi. n f tUa Vinlri-im I was Mr. Gordon Ahin, a 22-year-old Eurasian employed by Lyons Motors Ltd., Singa 3 pore v«™*a at thP nnin' He
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    45 1 Four members of the crew of H.M A.S. Warruambool were killed when the ship struck a mine off the coast of Queensland. Picture above shows a woman greeting one of the survivors with an embrace when he arrived in Sydney by air after the disaster.
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  • 66 1 BATAVIA, Thursday. MR, JUSTICE KIRBY, Australian representative on the three-nation commission appointed by the I'nited Nations to investigate the Indonesian oi.spuu-, will arrive at Singapore on Oct. 1. It is hoped the commission will begin work shortly afterwards, it was reliably learnt here today. The
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  • 149 1 Rubber Up Another 3/8 Cent RUBBER yesterday, continued its steady ris c of the last few days. It gained 3 8 of a cent on the Singapore market. The price has now risen 1 J cents since Tuesday, on the expectation that the United States Government will shortly be buying
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  • 62 1 BANGKOK, Thursday. Slam today formally presented to India the priceless Siamese version of a complete s?t of Buddhist scripture, the Tripataka. in a simple impressive ceremony at the Na. i.ional Museum here. Royal permission was obtained for th? gift, which was written on Siamese parchment
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 50 1 "A thing of liciiuty is a Joy for Ever." For JEWELLERY SILVERWARE Visit De Silva Bos. 3 Kaffirs Place. Trl: *****. Singapore. EAA lm IS c#/>#*k REPRESENT CARRON COMPANY IRONFOUNDERS BY ROYAL APPOINTMENT FOUNDED 1759 STEAM JACKETED RICE COOKER for preparing Steamed Rice or "Kunji'' As used in Changi Goal.
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    • 173 1 y.i» jtinsf a m Prize Winners List No. 17 TIGER RHYMING COMPETITION Below is the seventeenth list of prise-winners. Successful entries are published twice weekly— watch the newspapers. Drink your "Tiger" and relax. And forget this income taxWhile there's income there is scope, While there's "Tiger" tftere is hope. Philip
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  • Cable Flashes
    • 1156 2 make as she was moving one of these days from Stockholm u> Uppsala, she added. The 89 year-old King of Sweden has not yet announced his decision.—A.P. Peace Move LONDON, Thursday. A move to end the Smithneld strike was made yesterday by Ernest
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    • 64 2 LONDON. Thursday.— The British Minister of Fuel and Power. Mr. Emmanuel SMnwell, told a dinner audience on Tuesday gas might be the next in Britain's spreading nationalisation scheme. He told a dinner celebration on the inauguration of British nationalising of electricity that he would like
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  • 386 2 "IRRESPONSIBLE ACTS:" PROTEST BY THE U.S.A. lension Continues In Trieste WASHINGTON, Thursday. THE United States has protested to Yugoslavia against the "irresponsible Yugoslav actions" iv the Trieste area and on the Yugoslav boundary. The Acting Secretary of State, Mr. Robert Lowett, in a formal statement, said the United States considered
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  • 299 2 PLAN TO OVERCOME VETO LAKE SUCCESS, Thurdsay. fTHE U.S. Secretary of State, 1 Mr. George Marshall's plan for a continuous session of a new United Natiais General Assembly Peace and Security Committee was yesterday being completed in detailed draft form. It will be presented to General Assembly delegates today for
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  • 42 2 PARIS, Thursday.—Representatives of all Cochin-Chinese political parties yesterday unanimously accepted the offer of Bao Dai, former Emperor of Annam, to mediate between the French Government and the Vietnam people, ihp French news agency: reported from Saigon. Reuter.
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 850 2 NOTICES NOTICE TIIE HONGKONG Si SHANGHAI Banking Corporation. Singapore, has installed a NIGHT SAFE for use of in constituents. Deposits can be nade Day or Night. Sundays and Holidays. THE SOUTH BRITISH INSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that i th<- Transfer Bojks of the abave Cornpa y will
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    • 496 2 NOTICES AT THE CATHAY BUILDING STORE HANDY ROAD AT 10.30 A.M. SATURDAY, S7TH SEPT.. 1947 AUCTION SALE ol Miscellaneous desks, tables and chairs; bed frames and spring mattresses; latex cups; steel cabinets; carpets; wardrobes: hatstands: operation table; wooden shelves; radio cabinets; zinc sheets; 6" x 6" brottles; steel Dines: steel
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    • 217 2 SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY WATER DEPARTMENT Tenders closing noon Tuesday. 31 October. 1947. are invited for the "Purchase of damaged Steel Plates." Deposit $50. Tender form obtainable from Municipal Secretariat. P. W. D. TENDER NOTICE Construction of approximately 200 (two hundred) permanent type class VIII quarters at Kampong Pandan housing site. Circular
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  • 341 3 Survivors Tell Their Story In Lahore KARACHI, Thursday. TASUALTIES in the attack near Amritsar on a refugee train are now estimated at more than 3,000 killed and 1,000 injured. Six hundred survivors from the train, including 400 wounded, reached Lahore, in Pakistan's West Punjab, yesterday.
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  • 30 3 Four Chinese were convicted yesterday at the First District Court of being in possession of chandu pipe and lamp on Sept. 24. They were fined $35 or 10 days' r.l.
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  • 123 3 From The Times Correspondent NEW DELHI, Thursday. JT [i reasonable to estimate that four million people are now on the mov c in tne Indus valley and part of the plain of the Ganges, seeking to fl<-o either east to Irrdia or West to Pakistan.
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  • 80 3 range radio reception blackouts experience^ by Sing- apore news agencies yesterday may hnve been due to the activities of a powerful "pirate station." Reuter, whose afternoon re-,' ception from London was interrupted, reported that the inte r t< rence was not atm^pheric. nolsea were identifiable as
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  • 186 3 SINGAPORE Chinese, Teoh Kirn Tung, of Kheam Hock n Road, who helped to hide British and Australian soldiers for two years during the Jap occupation of Malaya, was presented yesterday with a commendation certificate signed by the former Supreme Allied Commander in South-East AsiaAdmiral
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  • 103 3 THE Singapore Overseas 1 Chinese Importers and Exporters Association has obtained permission to evacuate refugees from Bagan Bahru, situated in the centre of Sumatra. The local lmmigraiion author!, ties gave permission on the understanding that the Association would entire ihe refugees going back to Bagan Bahru
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  • 147 3 New S'pore Pre-Fabs. Tenanted CEVERAL Singapore families J hav e moved from their wood and attap huts in the Balestier PPlani n area into the new-type, semi-permanent pre-fabricated Improvement Trust houses at Kirn Keat 1 Road. Among the first families were I vegetable gardeners and squat- 1 ters, whc«e old
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  • 102 3 Without being called upon to make his defence, Pang Wee Ngoh, who was alleged to have been concerned in illegally bringing 23,318 katties of Siamese rice from the Malayan Union into Singapore on Sept. 7 was acquitted by the Second District Judge. Mr J. P. Mrrson,
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  • 62 3 Malayan Airways will, from tomorrow, start a new weekly passenger-freight service to Medan. on the East coast of Sumatra. A plane will leave Singapore every Saturday morning' for Medan and return in the evening Passenger bookings for tomor- row's flight are reDorted to be heavy. Malayan
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  • 84 3 Saying he had "no money, no friends and no relatives," 39--year-old Kua Boon Chang pleaded not guilty in the Second Police Court yesterday to the theft of a piece of iron railing, value $5, the property of the Registrar of Vehicles, from the Registrar or
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  • 305 3 Servants Stole From Major rLLOWING detective work by a British army major, his cook boy and the boy's amah wife were charged with theft in the Second Police Court, on Wednesday. The majoi became suspicious of the servants after the theft of his wife's handbag, because sand on a window
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  • 98 3 SHIPS alongside the Singapore wharves yesterday (godowns in brackets) were: Main Wharf: Limburg (31-32), President Monroe (36-37). Agapenor (38). Dunera (42-43). West Wharf: Cornelius Maersk (1-2), Templar (10-11), Glenartney (12-13), Empire Palace (14--15). Empire Colne (16). Empire Dock: Lake Winnipeg < 23-24). East Wharf: Vasna (44). Sheers Wharf:
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  • 353 3 ON the second anniversary of the signing o f the Japanese surrender, the Bishop of Singapore, the Right Rev. Leonard Wilson, C.M.G., launched an appeal for £100,000 for the diocese of Singapore. The Singapore diocese covers a vast area stretching from Siam to Java. Sumatra
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 105 3 Messrs. RUSTON BUCYRUS, LIMITED, We are pleased to announce, have a I) Pointed us as their Sole Distributors in the undernotcd territories: MALAYAN UNION, SINGAPORE ISLAND, SOUTHERN SIAM. Your enquiries covering their worldrenowned products will receive our careful and prompt attention. HARPER, GILFILLAN CO., -TD KUALA LUMPUR. RAFFLES HOTEL TONIGHT
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    • 233 3 HEALTH MEANS fSHH HAPPINESS. !^JH However wholesome a I meal Is. unless you are BQR 1 In Rood health you canBwSp^jlj 1 not enjoy tt. 1^55 Why not let De Witt's I 5 Si I Antacid Powder helD Elll*---* M3y you regain that health so that you obtain the maximum
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  • The Straits Times
    • 883 4 Johore police, wiui the full co -operation of a platoon of the i Dorsetshire Regiment, yesterday engaged in acuon a number vi gunmen ut Niyor, near Kluang. They killed at least two and wounded several others in the battle that followed the throwing of a
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    • 161 4 Nonsense From A Shanghailander The Straits Times yesterday published in its Thursday Magazine for the greater edification of its readers one of the most extraordinarily misinformed articles on this country that has probably ever appeared in print The article was written by a Chinese journalist publishing a newspaper in Shanghai
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    • 177 4 rVT the people of Britain] will loyally observe whatever regulations the Government decides are necessary to meet the present crisis everyone knows, but it is also worth while to note what Confucius has to say about the conditions prevailing today. Confucius, when asked about Government by
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  • MAN-IN-THE-STREET
    • 543 4 TF direct taxation must be" A introduced, may I venture to suggest an Excess Profits Tax as an alternative to income tax. Excess profits may be defined as the amount of excess of the total profits of a current year over the total profits of
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    • 124 4 TT is incomprehensible to 1 me why one should not register as a voter, in spite of what PUTERA and the AMCJA have to say. Is it not more effective to accept the right to vote and refuse to exeroise that right when the time
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    • 207 4 THE Education Department, Negri Sembilan, recently inserted newspaper advertisements inviting applications with the required qualifications for appointments as teachers. As one who applied. I was told to call at the Education Department. Seremban, for an interview at my own expense. If I were successful, I
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    • 59 4 VOL have drawn ait.mion to 1 the filthy way in which fish is dried on roadways. What about sawdust? This is spread out anywhere to dry, and when stored in open boxes in cofTe?.shops makes conveni. ent spittoons. Iced drinks are not usually boiled, and just washing
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    • 350 4 T WANT you and your readers 1 to b e the first ones to know that I have at last found a use for Australian whisky. I mean apart from using it as a hair tonic or slipping it over on a friend when his back
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    • 37 4 IT is about two months since the Malayan (Union Advisory Council approved payment of Passive Defence Services' gratuities. Members of the P.D.s would be grateful to know when such payment will be made. tX-OltlCUi r.L>±.
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  • 246 4 A SURPRISING amount oi nonsense has been tai d Ly the Government on th question of the penalty ot banishment and I cannot understand why no banishment can be ordered without reference t 0 the Secretary of' State. Why be squeamish on this question? Government
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  • 137 4 DEFORE the war, anyone who trespassed on the Forest Reserve was liable to a tine or imprisonment. But now hundreds of people enter the prohibited place. The forest is being destroyed "rom three sides Bukit Panjane. Rifle Range Road and Thomson Road. Every day hundreds of
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  • 268 4 AS one who ha.s iived in many parts of Malaya lor the past thirty years, I endorse the Straita Times views on the question of banishment. 1 spent Marls six v> Pahans after 103 a and duri Japan a i d ike In U Dunne that
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  • 100 4 WHILE at Cameron Highlands, it surprises me that I can get a copy of the Straits Times in the aft. moon on the same day of its publication, and at Kuala Lumpur even as early as seve n in the morning. Congratulations for the initiative, for,
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 899 4 CLASSIFIED AOS At Per ang Maternity Hospital, on I3rd S p timber, to Eleanor (Betty) fnee Smith) wife of Y. S. Walker. Office Jelebu. a son. 'VIUJAMS. At K. K. Hospital. S p >re on 24th S pt. "47. To J s 'p--lii wife of W. 0.1. S M. Williams
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    • 15 4 BABY BELLING COOKER. Now Available from Stock. Ii v T M. ltd.. Ilitjh Street, Sin^pore.
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    • 106 4 Our Carpet-Department is CLOSED, but we have received one more consignment, which we offer at an exceptionally low price. These carpets have plain cream or fawn centres with plain coloured borders and can be used on both sides. BANGALORE WOOL CARPETS 4x7 6x6 sxB 6x9 $35 $40 $45 555 HARVEY
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  • 932 5 CROWD AT FUNERAL 'EXTREMELY AGGRESSIVE' MPAJA Leader Accused Of Breach Of Permit traffic obstruction naa Deen causea. Using a motor cycle, he encountered the procession at HiU Street and followed it along its entire length. He noticed that the number of people was considerably In excess of that stipulated in
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  • 190 5 PUBXEEN hunu/vd enumerators have returned nearly 100,000 schedules to the ffli'ers !n charge of the Singapore section of the Malava-ui-V ma us. Schedules compiled by tht t "ffic r on (hri tx\ M Island territory ted iy will be Uip last lodged. Tliey hp.ve to
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  • 81 5 i From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday, i TTHE Malayan Union produced 1 58,743 piculs (3,497 long tuns) of tin ore concentrates during August. These figures were announced by the Chief Inspector of Mines, Malayan Union today. Pcrak led production with 37.407 j piruls «2.227
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  • 128 5 The possibilities of a closer eco- nomic co-operation between Singapore and the Netherlands East Indies were explored at the recent trade talks held in Batavia. The Singapore Government was represented by Mr. T. Van Der Gaast, Assistant Secretary for Economic Affairs, and Mr. M. W. Himsuorth,
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  • 28 5 In the Batu Pahat Government! i English Schools camera club competition announced in last Wednesday's Straits Times the name Tow Siang Yoke should be Tow Siang Yeow. I
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  • 75 5 Part of Tanglin district was blacked out three-quarters of an hour from 7 o'clock last night electricity consumption threatened to overload Municipal turbines. A spokesman for the Electricity Department said tfhe load last more slowly. Coon in economising during the 6 p.m. to 10 p.m emergency period
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  • 41 5 LONDON. Thursday. ViceAdmiral Clillord Caslon. former Commander of the battleship has been named Flag Oflifcr. Malaya, jr. succession to Roar Admiral H. J. Egrrton. the Admiralty announced last night. Admiral Caslon's appointment s effective in December.— A.P
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  • 155 5 From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH, Thursday. ALL Government servants were at their desks and posts today, which was hartal day here. Town Board and conservancy labourers were present in full force Most Asiatic business premises were closed. Public transport, with the exception of yellow t >p
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  • 141 5 rE Royal Navy, Army, and the Royal Air Forces in Singapore have been taking steps to save petrol. The Navy has reduced consumption 17 per cent, the Army 20 per cent and the Air Furce 23 per cent. A scheme has been put into effect that
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  • 112 5 The Immigration Department i officially informed the Straits Times yesterday that contrary to published reports no restrichad been placed or. the entry of CWnnse into this country. The Department*- spokesman said the fact was that existing restrictions had been eased Whereas previously employers of labour
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  • 140 5 Two Chinese and a Malay robbad a cycle shop in Middle Road, Singapore, yesterday of $1,645 in cash and valuables. The shop had just opened for.) the day and the proprietor. Mr. Chew Boon Seong. was alone inside reading a newspaper when the robbers entered. He
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  • 90 5 x lie oiu^apuic run iroira Amendment) Rules. 1947. were passed by the Singapore Advisory Council yesterday. The Rules lower maximum charjes for lighterage fares in the port 3f Singapore. The Attorney-General. Mr. G. VfcL. Henderson, said that in July last year lighterage charges were ncreased. It was
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  • 64 5 From Our Staff Correspondent. KUALA LUMPUR. Thursday. A strike vote will be taken when the Pan-Malayan Council of Government Workers mcc's here in a full emergency session tomorrow I afternoon. Outstation members of the Council hav c been summoned to Kuala Lumpur by telegram for the
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  • 34 5 Aviation, Lord Nathan, returned to Singapore by special Lancastrian yesterday after a week's visit to Hong Kong. Nanking and Bangkok where he was the guest of the respective Governments.
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  • 237 5 FORMATION of a Malayan 1 team to compete in the World's Ballroom Dancing Congress in England is proposed by the general secretary of the Institute of Dancing Teachers, Singapore. Mr. Matheson Sinn. "It will indeed be lamentable," he says, "if Malaya, with its many capable teachers and
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  • Malayan Round-up
    • 130 5 From Our Staff Correspondent KEMAMAN, Thursday. A MALAY rubber plantation owner was carried away by a ti^er at Pundoh Ltati wh le ho wis out tapping: rubber. I A se rch party was organised when the planter, who tapped his own trees on his small
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    • 92 5 Jo urnalist's Dea th PENANG, Thursday. The funeral took place yesterday evening of Mr. George Pcrera. a member of the editorial staff of the Straits Echo. Mr. Perera came to Malaya from Ceylon in 1930 and had been resident in Penang ever since. His early journalistic career wa.- with the
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    • 44 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Thursday.— Fifty-eight traffic accidents were reported in Johore Bahru during August, compared with 50 In July. This total caused six deaths and 22 injuries. In July eight people lost their lives in traffic accidents and 13 persons were injured.
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    • 61 5 KUALA LUMPUR Thursday. Vtterinary officers will shortly tour Johore Bahru. Batu Pahat, Muar. Segamat and Kluang to inoculate fowls against rar.ikhet disease. Ranikhet disease, which Is highly infectious. is causing poultry keepers in this country heavy losses A successful vaccine for prevention of the disease will be distributed
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    • 35 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. Passages to Ceylon will cease to be controlled by the Immigration Department. Kuala Lumpur, as from September 24. All intending applicants should obtain their tickets direct from the shipping agents.
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    • 38 5 ffUALA LUMPUR Thursday. All Malay ex-Membeis of Force 136 and the Inter-Services Liaison Department in thf; Malayan Union are requested to forward full particulars of th?i;service to Major Ibrahim bin Ismail, M.8.E., Records Officer. Johore Bahru.
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    • 49 5 THE Malaya premiere of a firstclass British picture called Thunder Rock last night raised more than 53.000 for Singapore's Convent of The Good Shepherd. Proceeds were by courtesy oj Shaw Brothers, proprietors of The Rex Cinema. The Band of the Royal Northumberland Fusiliors introduced the programme.
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 24 5 9HB PP^^^S F6M l BEST TODAY StHI better tomorrow KIRfiBTOWE TYRB A. RUBBER CO. (S.S.) LTD.. 22 GEYLANO RD. SINGAPORE PRICE TAG SHDPS j
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    • 35 5 Prmted JUfcPfc)) '-Spun HR'Jlir Rayons in v? <*%^L I Pleasing *^|p|) Designs. Select Your Choice of Colour from the [I Artistic Shades of Blue, Rose Pink, Lime, Fawn, Gold h w?dth 38" $1.95 per yard
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 221 5 Annual general meeting Eurasian Association. S.R C 5.30 p.m. Chess Club. 7 p m.. beginners welcome; Darts tournament. 8 p.m., Union Jack Club. North Bridge Road. Recorded music recital, V.M.C A., Orchard Road. 8 p.m. TOMORROW Remembrance celebration of the* founding of Pun Kio Joo Lim Association, lal Tong Restaurant,
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  • 219 6 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. —An inquiry into the qualifications of the Malayan Union Town Planner, Mr. R. P. Davis, was asked for by a member of the Kuala Lumpur Town Board yesterday, following an announcement that the Board would have to abandon a
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  • 46 6 Summoned before the Third Police Magistrate, Mr. F. B. Ohlers. yesterday, a European named G. W. Moss denied that he used criminal force and abusive language against an Indian. Chanan Singh, on Sept. 10 The case will be heard on Oct. i
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  • 226 6 Prison 'Did Not Cause Lin's Death' MEDICAL REPORT ON COMMUNIST LEADER THE death of the Singapore Communist leader, Lin Ah Liang, was not caused by his imprisonment, says an official statement yesterday. Quoting medical reports prepared by the acting Director of Medical Services, the statement declares that the cause of
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  • 113 6 SITIAWAN, Thursday. TWO young Chinese criminals, both handcuffed, took their escorts by surprise and leapt into the Parit River at the Blanja Ferry. They have not been seen again by the police. The two youths were being escorted from Batu Gajah Prison to be produced before
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  • 122 6 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Thursday.— Four former members of the Green Dragon Mountain Society of Salak South appealed unsuccessfully to the Malayan Union Court of Appeal yesterday for reduction of sentences imposed for offences under the Public Order and Safety Proclamation. Th" men were:
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  • 44 6 From Our Staff Correspondent. KUALA LUMPUR. Thursday. i The Governor of the Malayan Union. Sir Edward Gent, will give a broadcast on "Malaya Today" on Sunday at 9.45 p.m The broadcast will be carried by I all stations of Radio Malaya.
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  • 190 6 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG Thursday. TWO people were killed in -1 the storm which raged through Penang, Province Wellesley and Kedah on Tues-j day night and Wednesday' morning The two fatalities reported today occurred in Province Wellesley. An Indian cowherd. Suppiah, j
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  • 447 6 Australian Rice And Malaya rE Governments of Singapore and the Malayan Union yesterday issued a statement on ric c availabilities from Australia in reply to the leading article in the Straits Times on Sept. 24 on the subject. The statement follows: At the end of last year Australia advised that
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  • 111 6 The disabled 7,165-ton Canadian freighter Lake Chilco is expected to reach Singapore at 7a.m. today after a 500-mile tow by the Singapore Harbour Board tug Griper. The Lake Chilco lost a propeller in the South China Sea on Sept. 18. two days after leaving Singapore. The
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 330 6 wSmmmmmatLJKkK^Kk Wj^v-- iBHBRRVMiIMHHM^ RADI S?NC^^ YA UfCUUCHT OtJff%^JSBTJS 1 p.m. <Ss?£K%o. DanieU; ADI ALAYA (S>P RE) wSS ISS? ifS^ 1.40 Band Music. 8.20 Friday Prom; 'TV l^ V om 829 P m Main World Affairs (Wickham Steed)- 12 00 9.45 Forces' Quarter Hour; 10.00 Work Beethoven's Symphony in E AU
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 605 7 MANSFIELD C 0. f LTD. (Incornoratea in Singapore) BLUE FUNNEL LINE SAILINGS FROM U.K. AND OS. A. "Llmburg* From t.S.A Q. ?1 "Talthybiui" Doe from IK Sept 26 -St Cloud Victory" Due Iroro I.' S.A Sept. 86 "Tydeas 1 Due from U.K. Sept. 37 "Antilorhus" Due from U.K Oct. 11
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    • 584 7 LONDON STOCKS THE stock markets were again very quiet generally, the only section to show any definite trend being that for British Government securities. This, after sagsing at first, closed with small net gains, writes Reuter's financial correspondent. Certain Industrials were Inclined to follow this lead, but business was very
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    • 914 7 Produce Market Standstill In Sugar Transactions Correspondent. ns in the Singapore sugar standstill with the anional Emergency Food Cound to remove the international sugar. Sarawak White $122; Lampong Black $85. Sago Floor: Llngga $19.85; Rhlo 115.25: Sarawak $14.50. Sago Pearl: Local $34. Tapioca: Malaya No. 1 $29: No 2 $26:
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    • 226 7 SPORE SHARES By Oar Market Correspondent. SINGAPORE, Thursday. mWENTY-SEVEN Tin shares X were marked op in price on the local share market yesterday, including sterling issues. Industrials continued steady, but the main Interest was In Tins. Changes in price quotations given by the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association were as follows: INDUSTRIALS
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  • 50 8 Big Golf Triumph For Cotton ST. ANNES-ON-SEA (Lanes), Thursday. HENRY Cotton, Britain's Ryder Cup captain has struck a shrewd blow for British golfing prestige. In opennig round of the "News of the World" professional match play championship, yesterday he defeated the diminutive Australian Norman Von Nlda four and two.— Reuter.
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  • 659 8 Tee Siang Plays A Good Game Chinese Seniors 3; H.M. Dockyard 1. ALTHOUGH they fielded a faster forward line which gained numerous opportunities of scoring, the Chinese Seniors finished poorly in front of goal and were only able to eliminate H.M. Dockyard from the Singapore
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    33 8 YU YIU TAX. the Sing Tao goalkeeper, who created a favourable impression in Britain, conceded seven goals to the Blue.White (Blauwit) Club of Amsterdam on Wednesday. The tourists lost I—71 7. A.P. picture.
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  • 210 8 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. T^HE possibility of encour- aging rugby in Kuala Lumpur schools was a subject discussed at a meeting of the Selangor Rugby Union held in the Selangor Club. It was decided that every effort should be made to
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  • 30 8 The Singapore Traction Co., Employees Union have formed a soccer team. Their first game will be against the Singapore Rangers' 2nd. XI on Sunday at Teluk Kurau.
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  • 697 8 LEARNING THE CRAWL SHOULD the beginner in swimming, learning the American crawl, keep his knees hard, stiff and straight? WingCdr. A. G. Dudgeon, who has considerable experience in teaching R.A.F. personnel, says ye,, but Mr. G. Creighton, .of the Singapore Harbour Board Police and
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  • 48 8 MOSCOW, Thursday.— A new women's world Javelin record Is claimed here for Claudia Mayuchaya. Soviet champion, with a throw of 165 ft. 01 in. The existing record. 154 ft. Hi in. was set up by the German girl, Annelise Stelnheuer, in Frankfurt in June 1942.— Reutrr.
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  • 22 8 TODAY: High water. 8 00 p.m. (7.7 ft). TOMORROW: High water, 9.48 a.m. (7 8 ft), 905 p.m. (8.2 ft.).
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  • 187 8 f ATEST classifications of horses issued by the StraiU Racing Association are as follows: Transfers: From Class 2 to Class 1 —Double Aries (late Regent); class 2 to class 3— AimweU. Double Scotch. Locksmith. Wildey; class 3 to class 2 Constance (late Cavalti); class 3 to class
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  • 66 8 PARIS. Thursday. Monsieur Deniel Saint's four-year-old BerirtinK at 13 to 2. won the handicap De La Seine (French Cesarewitch). run over two miles an 110 yards at Maisons Lantte here yesterday Berril beat the tavourite. Super Linnet, by one length, with Bangkok, a further two
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  • 22 8 The eighth annual Singapore Chinese athletic meeting will be held at the Jalan Besar stadium on Nov. 11 and 12.
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  • 265 8 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Thursday. k KEEN tussle for the presidency of the Penang Turf Club is expected next month, when the club holds its annual general meeting. The election is likely to lie between the present president. Mr. Lee Toon Poon, and the
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  • 115 8 fiON BALASIS. the apparently \j invincible Australian wrestler, meets a new type of opposition at the Great World tomorrow, when he fights Jagindar Singh, the Ipoh heavyweight champion. Jagindar, who is one of the best wrestlers in the Malayan Union, relies on fitness and agility and
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  • 47 8 The three-ball handicap billiards final of the Chinese Swimming Club, Singapore, will be played at 7.30 this evening. The flr.alists are Teo Slew Sun (—200) and Tan Kong Guan (—200). The highest break so far in the tournament is 58, made by Teo Slew Sun.
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  • 51 8 The following players nave been selected to play football for the Nelson Sports Club, Singapore, against the Supply Reserve Depot on Sunday on the Victoria School ground: Tony, Talib Hussain, Hass?nsah, Haniff, Osman, Jaffa, Samadsah, Doll, Sulong and George. Reserves: Choon Watt, Hamid, Rahim, Sidik and Haron.
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  • 177 8 LONDON. Thursday. MILLIONS of Britons whoi spend a considerable" amount of time and money each week in entering for football pools have been assured by no less an authority on soccer than Sir Francis Joseph. President of Stoke City Football Club, that they are pursuing a
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  • 109 8 The Singapore Old Joaephiana will revive their soccer activities or. Sunday at 4.30 p.m., wl\en Colours meet the Whites in a practice game on the St. Joseph's ground. Teams will be: Col°urs: Ah Koon, J. Lopea, James Tan, Ronr.ie Lim, Chwee Leng, Keng Wah, Hoi Meng,
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  • 31 8 From Our Own Correspondent IPOH, Thursday. The colt foaled by Harlem Princess has died in hfe stall. The colt had been fed with cow's milk since his birth.
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    • 209 8 REX CHILDREN'S CLIB I MATINEE TO-MORROW AT 11 A.M.I X/% V» "THE WAR OF THE WILDCATS" I M MM* -J^ I** AIR^M THE GIRL WHO PLAYED TO WIN <*>*\ locks heorfi with the mon who never y^J I^V loses. See who gives ip— in thii omozmg, J^QB^X omosing romonce, »ef
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    • 100 8 fTjfffTff^^ Singapore Merriiads The following will represent the Singapore Merriiads against the Scrangoon Association at soccer on Sunday at the Serangoon School ground in Simon Road: Glm Soo. Cheow Hln Swee Hock, Hock Guan. Ronnie Lim Kirn Swee, Patrick Ee. Eng Klat. Kirn Hock, Kirn Chene and Kwee Wah. Reserves:
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    • 88 8 WHITES: Oeoree: Ch«oa War- Amin bin Awang; R. Dollah; HanlfT; Rahman; Osman; John; S. Dollah; Sidlk; Kadir. N.A.A.F.I. Beat Cosmos The Singapore NAAFI football team boat the Cosmos XI 4-J at soccer on the Government Printlne Office ground Chop Seng played brilliantly in goal for the NAAFI side. All Manan
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    • 108 8 Pc*r.&:wtoaiam, V. John. E. DoraUamy, C. Thuraisingam, Kuhadass, W. D. Ponnambalam. S. Kulaslnßam W Ponniah, 8. Yogarajah. Resenres: A. C. Shegran and D. M Peter. Return Encounter The Perhlboran 8.P.. Singapore defeated the Senyum B.P. 6-2 In a friendly return match In badminton. Results (Perhlboran players mentioned first): Haron beat
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  • 113 6 SITIAWAN, Thursday. TWO young Chinese criminals, both handcuffed, took their escorts by surprise and leapt into the Parit River at the Blanja Ferry. They have not been seen again by the police. The two youths were being escorted from Batu Gajah Prison to be produced before
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  • 220 6 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Thursday. —An inquiry into the qualifications of the Malayan Union Town Planner, Mr. R. P. Davis, wa« asked for by a member of the Kuala Lumpur Town Board yesterday, following an announcement that the Board would have to abandon a
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  • 48 6 Summoned before the Third Police Magistrate. Mr. F. B. Oehlers, yesterday, a European named G. W. Moss der.ied that he used criminal force and, abusive language against an Indian. Chanar. Singh, on Sept. 10 The case will be heard on Oct. i 17. I
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  • 128 6 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Thursday.— Four former members of the Green Dragon Mountain Society oi Salak South appealed unsuccessfully to the Malayan Union Court of Appeal yesterday for reduction of sentences imposed for offences under the Public Order and Safety Proclamation. Th" men were:
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  • 43 6 From Our Staff Correspondent. KUALA LUMPUR. Thursday. i The Governor of the Malayan Union, Sir Edward Gent, will give a broadcast on "Malaya Today" on Sunday at 9.45 p.m The broadcast will be carried by all stations of Radio Malaya.
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  • 208 6 From Our Staff Correspondent i PENANG, Thursday. T*WO people wer c killed mi 1 the storm which raged j through Penang, Province Wellesley and Kedah on Tues-j day night and Wednesday morning. The two fatalities reported today occurred in Province Wollpsley. An Indian
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  • 111 6 The disabled 7.165-ton Canadian freighter Lake Chilco i< expected to reach Singapore ai 7a.m. today after a 500-mile to\n by the Singapore Harbour Boarc tug Griper. The Lake Chilco lost a propellei in the South China Sea on Sept 18. two days after leaving Singapore. The
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  • 227 6 MEDICAL REPORT ON COMMUNIST LEADER THE death of the Singapore Communist leader, Lin Ah Liang, was not caused by his imprisonment, says an official statement yesterday. Quoting medical reports prepared by the acting Director of Medical Services, the statement declares that the cause of
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  • 446 6 Australian Rice And Malaya THE (iovernments of Singapore and the Malayan Union yesterday issued a statement on ric c availabilities from Australia in reply 10 the leading article in the Straits Times on Sept. 24 on the subject. The statement follows: At the end of last year Australia advised that
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    • 342 6 RADI S ?NG I A^ R f YA HEIGHT j tiW^ii^SSff'-SS ,p. m c5Sf 22^40. Daniels; J^™ MALA (S P BE) T* pS pSS? u'STSfi 1.40 Band Music. 8.20 Friday Prom; lmr Fr d *J p pomJ om 8 -2« P«n-: Main World Affairs (Wickham Steed)- 12 00 9.45 Forces'
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  • 181 7 By Our Market Correspondent. SINGAPORE. Thursday. rENTY -SEVEN Tin shares were marked up n price on the local share market yesterday, including sterling tesues. Industrials continued steady, but the main interest was In Tins. Changes In price quotations given by the Malayan ShareI brokers' Association were as follows:
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  • 69 7 The report for 1946 of the Sungel flinching Rubber Estates statos thut the balance brought j lorward was £5.807. Prom thi^ s rteducted the loss for the r «ir of 1.433 (compare! with tine previous -»r's £843). This left a nadft >rward of £4.:-t Shippers and
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  • 417 7 TUE stock markets were again very quiet generally, the only section to show any definite trend being that for British Government securities. This, after sagging at first, closed with small net gains, writes Reuter's financial correspondent. Certain Industrials were inclined to follow this lead, but business was very
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  • 336 7 Produce Market By A Market Correspondent. SMALL lots apart, transactions in the Singapore sugar market came to a complete standstill with the announcement that the International Emergency Food Council in Washington had decided to remove the international control of the distribution of sn*ar. Most speculators said
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  • 60 7 The Singapore Chanaoer of Commerce Rubber Association's orice: at noon yesterday were: eta. ru dct lb. er ib to. 1 R.S.B. Spot loose nominal 31% 31 H lo 1 RS.B. fob in bales Oct. 31% 32 to 2 RB.B. fob In bales Oct. 31% 31* lo 3 RB.S fob
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    • 299 7 PRESIDENT LINE SAILINGS TO NEW YORK AND BOSTON via INDIA EGYPT MEDITERRANEAN PORTS Passenger Freleht PRES. MONROE Singapore Gd. 36 37 Sis. Sept. 38 Prnan< Sept. 19 Sto. Oct. 1 Passenren embarking 1 p.m. Sunday Freight Only MOTNT DAVIS Slnaganore Arr. Sept. 2* Penan* Arr. Oct. MOINT ROGERS Slnjraapore Arr.
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    • 368 7 P. €C O. AMD K. ;p o 3 HOMEWARDS r -TRUVIIHjfcN" ...for Genoa and London l.im Oct. i "TREVTAN for Genoa snd London II Nov. "CANTON" for London Sails Nov. 30 dur London 22 D*e. I M TWARDS I "BENRrOCH" from D.X 7 I Sept. "BKNLEDI" from I' K 4
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