The Straits Times, 3 October 1947

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    15 1 MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 184S EIGHT PAGES SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1947 PRICE TEN CENTS
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    INCOME TAX CONFERENCE IN K.L. TODAY
    414 1 INCOME TAX CONFERENCE IN K.L. TODAY Mr. Heasman Flies Back To Attend From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. pFTE joint committee from the Malayan Union and Singapore to report on the Heasman income tax legislation will meet m Kuala Lumpur tomorrow and sit until their deliberations have been completed,
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    Johore Bus Meeting Deadlock
    201 1 From Our Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Thursday. CJEVENTY drivers and cony ductors of the South Johor c Bus Company who went on strike last Saturday were told by the adviser to the Labour Union Johore Bahru, Ungku Abdullah bin Omar, yesterday that they had "put themselves
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    NARCISSUS STAYS ON
    155 1 THE Singapore Film Appeal I Board decided yesterday not to ban the British film Black Narcissus. The Film Censor delayed for 40 minutes the second public screenIng at the Pavilion Theatre on Tuesday while he heard objections from clergy of the Roman Catholic Church. Black Narcissus Is
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    Home Press i Replies >C To Malacca
    176 1 Home Press i Replies >C To Malacca LONDON, Thursday. THE Liberal Manchester Guardian today published a letter from Malacca! criticising the new Malayan constitutional proposals. The letter was signed by Mr. Tan Cheng Lock, President of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce m i Malacca, and Mr. Goh Chee Van. chairman
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    More Lights On Than Ever
    154 1 "THEf Singapore Electrical Engineer, tor. C. C. Payne, said 1 yesterday that th c response for economy m electricity had been so completely ignored that consumption was sometimes heavier now than befor e the appeal was launched. Mr. Payne said that any consumer using only
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    U.S. NOMINEE IN TALKS IN JAVA
    57 1 WASHINGTON, Thursday. President Truman has appointed Dr. Frank Porter Graham, to be the United States representative m the Security Council's efforts to solve the Netherlands-Indo-nesian dispute. Dr. Graham will serve with Mr. Justice Kirby, of Australia, and M. Paul Van Zeeland, of Belgian, on
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    Used Bayonet To Make Man Talk
    385 1 ONE of six masked Chinese gangsters who raided a house 150 yards from a police station m Singapore at dawn yesterday tried to intimidate a victim by scratching his chest with a Japanese bayonet. i w^lie "robbed the seaman When the gangsters departed, they
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    TOJO FAMILY IN MORE TROUBLE?
    60 1 TOKIO, Thursday. Kikuro Tojo, who was stated to be a brother of General Tojo, now on trial for alleged War Crimes, was yesterday arrested for theft. He is alleged to have been caught stealing a satchel from a t^xin m ToMo. Another brother. ShlcWo Tojo,
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    Rubber Still On Increase
    125 1 RUBBER continued to rise steadily yesterday and on the local market made a gain of 1/2 a cent. The price has improved by nearly 3 cents since the rise started ten days ago In anticipation of further buying by the United States Government for its stockpile
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    Girl Sent "Air Freight"
    166 1 KRANKFURT, Thursday. 21 -year-old German girl was discovered today inside a box left by an American G.I. at the American Overseas Airways office here for shipment to New York. The Rirl, Doris von Knoblock, was wearing only a skirt, sock? and brassiere. She had m the
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    98 1 In a sailing ship, these four Argentinians recently retraced the 17, 000-mile voyage from' Palos, m Spain, to the Island of San Salvador, first completed by Columbus, the great Spanish navi. gator who discovered America. After a rest m New York, they will add a farther 10,000 miles t o
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    "MONTY" REPORT DENIED
    131 1 LONDON, Thursday, A REPORT that Field-Mar* shal Viscount Montgomery was about to be replaced as Chief of the Imperial General Staff by Gen. Sir William Slim, or by "anyone else," was categorically denied today by a War Office spokesman. The report stated that Gen. Slim, former commander
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    45.000-Ton Carrier Commissioned
    98 1 PORTSMOUTH, Virginia, Thursday —The 45,000.t0n aircraft carrier, Coral Sea, hailed by the Secretary of the Navy, Mr. John L. Sullivan, as a demonstration of the American people's determination "to resist aggression," wa6 placed m commission yesterday as a major unit of the nations first line of defence.
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    SHOT AT DUTCH SHIP
    51 1 BATAVIA, Thursday. The Netherlands Naval Information service announced to.day that a Dutch Naval corvette, the Ternate, was shot at yesterday near the Straits of Bengkalis, on Sumatra's west coast, when two anchoring prahus were being examined. There were ntp Dutch casualties,, or damage, tha report added.
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    TRUMAN TO BROADCAST TALK ON IFOOD CRISIS
    329 2 TRUMAN TO BROADCAST TALK ON IFOOD CRISIS Drive For Voluntary Saving In U.S. WASHINGTON, Thursday. DRESIDENT Truman* will address the American nation on the world food crisis on Sunday night. His address will be part of a broadcast programme launching a voluntary food conservation drive directed by the Citizens' Food
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      i Duke's Visit To England Is On ''Private Business"
      237 2 i Duke's Visit To England Is On ''Private Business" DOVER, Thursday. THE Duke of Windsor, who arrived her c yesterday on his way to London, said he was on 1 "private business." H e would not say whether his visit was connected with Princess Elizabeth's marriage next month. When a
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      Global Air Tours
      96 2 NEW YORK, Thursday.— PanAmerican Airways has announced the inauguration of bi-weekly round-the-world flights on Oct. 4. All flights will be routed through Calcutta, 40 hours out of New Yort via Shannon. London. Istanbul, Damascus and Karachi. Alternative routes will be offered for crossing th^ Pacific one via
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      Sailors' Strike
      64 2 BUENOS AIRES, Thursday. A sit-down strike of crews of Norwegian ships m port here might spread world-wide. The strike is a protest against sailors' income tax and was provoked by the Communist-domi-nated Scandinavia Seamen's Union. The Norwegian consul here said he expects that the Norwegian government will rt-main
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      Grenade Kills 4
      28 2 ROME, Thursday. Five young boys four of tihem brothers were killed m Sicily yesterday when tihey threw stones onto a hand grenade they found. AP.
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      Surgeon Dies
      30 2 Montreal Thursday— Dr. James Robert Goddall, internationally i" nous surgeon, scientist, philosopher and linguist, has died In hospital after a short Illness at the age of 69.— A.P.
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      Job Conscience
      76 2 MANCHESTER. Thursday. Mrs. Amy Paton who was recently appointed manageress of Manchester's Civic Restaurants Service at a salary of £820 a year, has asked to be released. Councillor H. Quinney. Chairman of the Civic Restaurants Committee, said that Mrs. Paton had told him that outside representations had been
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      Huge Aircraft-Carrier
      62 2 PORTSMOUTH. Thursday— The United States $90,000,000 aircraft carrier Coral Sea, the last of three huge 45,000-ton carriers laid down during the war, was commissioned today. The Coral Sea has been over three years' under construction, and like her sister ships Midway and Franjdin D. Roosevelt, has a flight
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      A Son's View
      120 2 MEMPHIS, Thursday.— General Mark Clark told reporters yesterday one of his chief worries during his Italian campaign was how his son Bill was taking his father's success. He said Bill, then 22 and a cadet at West Point, was just another son who would not write often
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      On The Chain
      101 2 RICHMOND, Thursday. A chain letter received at the post office today aimed at "bringine happiness p ed business and professional r ett." It read: "J his chain letter started m Reno. "Unlike most chain letters this one does not cost money. "Simply send a copy to five
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      General Arrested
      92 2 parts, Thursday. French police yesterday announced the arrest of General Paul Etienne Beynet, former High Commissaner m Syria, an charges of "trafficking m gold." His arrest and indictment arose out of his purchase of a mansion on the Riviera for 5.000,000 francs, part of which he paid m
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      Film Men Missing
      52 2 STOCKHOLM, Thursday.— Two film producers and a crew of two are believed to have crash landed m the mountainous area of western Norway. Rescue work is impossible because a heavy snow storm is ragThe two producers ordered the taxi plane to take pictures for a new educational
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      Present For Shahrir
      59 2 LONDON. Thursday. Sutan Shahrir, Indonesian ambassador-at-large; tonight received a presentation of books and gramo- phon c records from British actor-producer Derek D e Marney, who represented the organising committee of last year's highly successful British tour of Javanese dancers. The gifts ar> Intended for the National Library
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      Prospector's Luck
      139 2 SYDNEY, Thursday— A chance explosion near Parker's Range m th e Western Australian goldfields netted £6.000 wortli of gold for Camillo Reghenzani m three weeks. For sixT weeks Reghenzani had been workine on an aero cf virgin ground. After sinking a number of holes with negative results, h*
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      Sentenced To Death
      49 2 3OFIA, Thursday.— Two of 12 businessmen, charged with black market dealings m attar of roses, Ivan Papazon, 46, and Djelal Mahmud Reflck, 32, were sentenced to death by a Sofia Regional Court yesterday. The remaining ten wer*3 given sentences ramging from life imprisonment to ten years.
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      Divorce Suit
      30 2 LOS ANGELES, Thursday.— Rita Hayworth, has filed a long promised divorce suit against actor producer Orson Welles ohaTging cruelty. They have been separated for nearly two years. Af.
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    LASKI ATTACKS "NONSENSE" ON PALESTINE
    202 2 LASKI ATTACKS "NONSENSE" ON PALESTINE NEW YORK, Thursday.—Professor Harold J. Laski, former Chairman of the British Labour Party, In an article m the New Yr>rk weekly "The Nation," declares. 'It is nonsense to believe that Britain would ever move out of Palestine unless they were absolutely sure that the United
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    COLONEL REFUSES TESTIMONY
    240 2 JERUSALEM, Thursday, j r«OL. Bernard Fergusson, V D.5.0., who commanded a Chindit brigade under the late Major-Gen. Wingate m Burma, refused to testify yester-^ day at a court-martial m which Capt. Roy Alexander Farran was accused of the murd •of a 16-year-old Jewish youti Alexander Rubowit":. Col.
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    Truman "Hopes for A Miracle'
    312 2 Truman "Hopes for A Miracle' By The limes Corie&pon Jent WASHINGTON, Thursday. •THERE is a feeling i>f pro1 found disappointment m Washington at President Truman's announcement on Monday that he was calling various Congress committees to meet as soon as possible to approve plans for aid to Europe. It seems
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      745 2 NOTICES Trotestantse gemeente doopdienst <n do Wrniktt Churcli Fort Canning Road as. Zondngavond 7.30 n.m. nger Ds. W. A. Smit. NOTICE KUALA LUMPUR WATER SUPPLY Between the Ist and the sth October alterations are belne made to trunk wa'er mains. Tta avoid Rfneral Inconvenience It is requested that water be
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      262 2 NOTICE THE HONGKONG SHANGHAI Banking Corporation. Singapore, has installed a NIGHT SAFE for use of Its constituents. Deposits can be nade Day or Night. Sundays and Holidays. SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY. Tenders are invited for the supply of "Corrugated Asbestos Roofing" for he Water Dept. Details Tende. Forms available from the Office
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    REFUGEE SHIPS NEARING PALESTINE
    442 3 Planes, Destroyers Blockade Coastline JERUSALEM, Thursday. AS two ships carrying 3,300 illegal Jewish immigrants from Bulgaria and Rumania were reported last night to be nearing Palestine, British aircraft patrolled the coast and three British destroyers stood by at Haifa to prevent their arrival. All preparations are
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    54 3 Bassia's deputy Foreign Mir.iste r, M. Vibhinsky (left) and tie British Minister of State, Mr. II ci tor McNeil, giving each other a warm handshake on September 22 at Flushing Meadows (New York) just before the General Assembly session m which Mr. McNeil vigorously attacked M. V ishinsky's accusations against
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    SIGNS OF RICE GLUT
    156 3 By Our Market Correspondent rS open rice market m Singapore shows signs of a glut. In three weeks the price of No. 1 white rice has fallen from $147 to $104 the picul a drop of about 30 per cent from the Sept. 8 price. The
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    Cholera Spreading m Middle East
    389 3 CAIRO, Thursday. AS the Ministery of Health announced last night that the number of cases m the cholera epidemic had reached 800, with 166 deaths, dispatches from Palestine stated that he disease had broken out there m the southern district of Gaza where two people
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    COFFEE TOO CHEAP?
    33 3 Singapore coffee shop proprietors have decided to petition Government to increase the contra! led price or a cup v; controlled price of a cup of trolled price is 10 cents.
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    DENIAL OF KEDAH INCIDENT
    105 3 PENANG, Thursday. Allegations by the General Secretary of the Federation of Kedah Rubber Workers Unions that the manage, ment of Palen Estate, Kuala Ke. til, had ordered several patients to leave the estate hospital were denied today by the Deputy Com. missioner for Labour, Mr. R.
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    24 3 IPOH Thursday—A young Chinese electrician crashed through the asbestos ceiling of a new cinema m Chamberlain Road. Ipoh, yesterday and died of his injuries.
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    Premier's Pledge To Union Leaders
    295 3 LONDON, Thursday. THE Prime Minister, Mr. Attlee, assured British trade union leaders yesterday that the Government had no intention of imposing wages freezing by administrative action or of interfering with the free working of voluntary negotiation between workers and employers. A communique iasued from 10
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    Ban Lifted On Foreign Dealings
    231 3 Ban Lifted On Foreign Dealings LONDON, Thursday. THE British Government lifted its ban on dealings m United States, Canadian, Swedish and other foreign securities yesterday, restoring relatively free dealings to the London Stock Exchange 'or the first time since the beginning of the wax. Under »c new Exchange Control Act,
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    YMCA RECITAL OF RECORDS
    58 3 The Singapore V.M.C.A. Music Club will hold its weekly recital of recorded music tonight at 8 o'clock. The programme will be: Mozart, overture, 'The Magic Flute"; Be-ct-:oven, symphony, No. 5 m C minor; Chopin, Polonaise m A flat major; Liizt, Liebestraum; Dukas, The Sorcerer's Apprentice; Charbriet,
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    PAKISTAN RELIEF
    29 3 Tjhree thousand rupees were yesterday remitted to the Pakistan Relief Fund, Karachi, from Singapore. The money was remitted m the name of the Indian Muslim Welfare Association.
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    DEATHS
    40 4 RUSHTON Douglas Alfred died :2nd. Sent. '47 British Military Hospital Deola!i India. English papers please copy. MEYER George William 933 Upper Serangoon Road Singapore. Expired 2/10/1947. Aeed 74 years. Funeral 3 10/47 at 4.30 p.m. Bidadari Cemetnr Deeply Regretted.
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    Singapore, Friday, Oct. 3, 1947. WE SUFFER: SO YOU SUFFER
    1093 4 Singapore, Friday, Oct. 3, 1947. WE SUFFER: SO YOU SUFFER In all pronouncements on the new austerity policy that is being introduced m this country the Malayan Union and Singapore Governments have never admitted that they are acting under instructions from London, but have let it be supposed that their
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      HOW MUCH LONGER ON THE FENCE?
      137 4 RflY inclinations are neithei yet to the 'Right' nor to j the 'Left' m th c adolescence of civic consciousness m Malaya. Neither can I be sitting on the fence long as the day is fast dawning for one to decide. But your two
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      THE SENSEI
      867 4 Old-Style Chinese Medicine In Modern Singapore TWO correspondents recently 1 wrote on the subject ©f "Senseis" m your Saturday Forum. "Pong the Frank" made wholesale condemnation of "Senseis" by citing the case of a "Sensei" who could not cure himself of tonsilitis, supported by "A Chinese," who wanted
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      AUSTERITY BY DECREE
      699 4 nOUBTLESS it has already been reported m youri columns that as a result of recent unofficial strikes of coal miners m Yorkshire, approximately half a million tons of urgently needed coal production has been lost; also as a result of this loss, it will be necessary for
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      "POCKETFUL OF UNPAID BILLS"
      365 4 I'THERE is a prevalent ten1 dency m the world today to regard the worker as downtrodden and the administrative classes as standing on him. A very large proportion of your excellent paper is daily devoted to the reporting of the wage increases granted to the workers
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      AT BREAKING POINT i
      344 4 IN th c editorial of Sept. 30 you wrote that the strike proposed by the Pan-Malayan Council of Government WorKers must fail. It must be admitted that a strike of this magnitude will never go through, and if it does it will only end m defeat.
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    RUBBER ROADS: BRIGHT FUTURE
    387 5 A STRETCH of rubber roadway m Singapore's Chinatown, laid down 11 years ago, may one day have a pronounced effect on the prosperity of Malaya's rubber industry, according to Mr. H. W. Cowling, a Singapore construction engineer. A pioneer of rubber roads, Mr. Cowling laid the
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    MORE CARBIDE DUMPED
    84 5 The Fire Brigade is still clearing carbide from the tongkang that blew up m Singapore River with the loss of at least two lives. River traffic k<cps to the opposite bank and, as a tongkang is towed out daily, road traffic is stopped for a few minutes
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    40 5 PENANG, Thursday. Census returns from Penang, packed m n'ne cases, have been forwarded to tiu; Malayan census headquarters m Ipoh. The Assistant Superintendent of Census, Penane:. said tc'av that the work of collecting these returns took three weeks to complete.
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    NEW PARTY DENOUNCES "HARTAL"
    181 5 NEW PARTY DENOUNCES "HARTAL" From Our Staff Correspondent MALACCA, Thursday. •pHE newly-formed Sino- 1 1 Malay Socialist Party, at a public meeting at Pulau Sebang, declared its solid determination to resist "by active campaigning among the people" the staging of the Malayan-wide "hartal" by "the 'leftist political parties of Malaya."
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    76 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Thursday.— The Naval authorities are pro. 1 poeing to serin H. M. S. Manxman, a fast mine layer, on a cruise of; the west coast of Malaya shortly, j It will leave Singapore on; October 9. and is expected to arrive m Penang at 8 a.m. oni Saturday.
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    6,000 CELEBRATE MR. GANDHI'S BIRTHDAY
    400 5 'His Greatness Will Never Die '—rev. Adams MORE than 6,000 were present at three public meetings m Singapore yesterday to celebrate the 79th birthday of the great Indian leader and world figure, Mahatma Gandhi. The biggest gathering, about 6,000, was at Jalan Besar Stadium for
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    INDIA-PAKISTAN HARMONY NEEDED
    145 5 Two thousand attended the meeting, called by the Singapore Regional Indian Congress, at the Waterloo Street Padang. The meeting was presided over by Mr. R. Jumabhoy who hoisted the Indian Union flag. Speeches were made i*i Tamil, Maiayalam, Hindustani and English. Mr. Philip Hoalim, president of the
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    TRACTION CO. UNION MEETING
    76 5 Pour hundred members of the Singapore Traction jCompany Employees' Union celebrated the Mahatma's Birthday at the Union Headquarters last night at a nyiss meet inc. Mr. R. P. Bingham. Commissioner of Labour, was among those present. Mr. R. K. Samy, president of the Union, spoke on
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    K.L. INDIANS WALK IN PROCESSION
    128 5 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. From four points within two miles of Kuala Lumpur town Indians walked m procession to a mass meeting held on the Indian Association Assembly Ground m Taylor Road this evening to celebrate Mahatma Gandhi's 79th birthday. The celebration
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    INDIAN FLAGS FLY IN IPOH CELEBRATIONS
    40 5 IPOH, Thursday. Indian homes and business houses m all parts of Ipoh were decorated with Indian flags to mark the 79th birthday of Mahatma Gandhi today. Many Indians, including women and children, attended the
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    Bound Body lir Sack Found In Perak River
    83 5 From Our Own Correspondent. TELOK ANSON, Thursday. Police this morning found a sack Moating on the Perak river m which here was a bloated body of a Malay, with hands and feet bound, and a two-and-a-half-foot-long iron weight. The body was later
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    GANDHI'S BIRTHDAY SAME AS ANY OTHER DAY TO HIM
    96 5 GANDHI'S BIRTHDAY SAME AS ANY OTHER DAY TO HIM NEW DELHI, Thursday. Mahatma Gandhi will spend most of his 79th birthday today m prayer or sitting cross-legged spinning while all India celebrates the occasion as a public holiday. Apart from abstaining from taking vegetables, goat's milk, or fruit juice because
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    GOVT. PADI PURCHASE SUCCESS
    203 5 GOVT. PADI PURCHASE SUCCESS GOVERNMENT padi purchas* *J m the Malayan Union had reached a most satisfactory figure, approximately three times as large as last year's purchase, it was reported at yesterday's meeting of the South-East Asia Liaison officers' conference. The meeting was held m the Special Commissioner's cfllce, Singapore.
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    196 5 TODAY Y.W.C.A. Malay class. 8. Fort Carmine Road. 9 a.m. and 10 a.m., 11. Leonie HiU Road. 5.30 p.m. Tea party m honour of Lt. Col. Chen Chye Aun. of the China Air Force, and Mrs. Chen, given by Mr. and Mirs. I Sect Tiong Hln. Kalians: Civil Air Port
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      "Scion Of Moghuls" Wires For Peace
      130 5 "Scion Of Moghuls" Wires For Peace A TELEGRAM to Indian and Pakistan leaders urging them to stop the communal bloodshed has been sent by the president of the Indian Muslim Welfare Association and Indian Seamen's Union. Mr. Majid describes himself m the telegram as "a scion of the Moghuls, who
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      Boys' Greetings
      114 5 Sixth standard boys of an elementary school run by the Central University, Nanking; h&vp. sent greeting to boys of the same standard m Malayan The greetings were brought by Mr. J B. Neilson; Director of Education, and Mr. E. C. S. Adkins, Secretary for Chinese Affairs, who have
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      Killed Chasing Hat
      160 5 A verdict of death by misadventure was recorded at a Singapore inquest yesterday, -on 'a lorry attendant, See Chien Ann, who was killed when he jumped from a moving lorry after ills hat, which had blown of? his headHe received fatal injuries to thp head. Th P
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    Death Sentence On S 'pore Gunman
    197 5 A 28- YEAR-OLD Chinese gangster who used a gun while taking part m an armed robbery m Arab Street, Singapore, on Feb. 10, was yesterday sentenced to death by Mr. Justice Jobling at Singapore Assizes. Cheong was found guilty by a common jury of
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    PROTEST RALLY IN PENANG
    136 5 PENANG, Thursday.— A protest meeting against the constitutional proposals for Malaya is to be called m Penang shortly. The date for this mass rally will be fixed at a meeting to be held on Sunday at the headquarters of the Penang Federation of Trade Unions. Various
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    SIAM HELP AGAINST TRIAD GANG
    584 6 SIAM HELP AGAINST TRIAD GANG Ang Bin Hoay Men A wait Banishment From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Thursday. TIGHT former leaders of the Ang Bin Hoay m Penang are now serving prison sentences m Siam. They will be banished for life when their sentences end. Announcing this today, the Penang
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    All-Malaya Muslim Conference
    115 6 All-Malaya Muslim Conference From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Thursday. A THREE-DAY Pan-Malayan Muslim conference is to be held m Penang next month. At a meeting at the Ptnane Indian Muslim League, the dates for the conference were fixed for Nov. 14-16. The meeting also decided that the chairman of the
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    SINGAPORE SHIPPING
    91 6 SHIPS alongside the Singapore wharves yesterday (godowns m brackets) were: Main Wharf: Celebes (31-32), Mount Davis (33-34), Cape Fear (36-37). Prometheus (38-39), George Chamberlain (42-43). West Wharf: Empire Wye (1-2), Salong (3). Mount Rogers (6-7), Glenartney (10-11). Tydeus (13), Atreus (15-16). Empire Dock: Cefyn-y-Bryn (17-18). Hugo de Vries
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    TEACHERS MEET IN K.L. TODAY
    94 6 Th«> Executive Council of the Malayan Teachers' Union is to meet at Kuala Lumpur today. The Union which is a f«deraiion of State teachers' unions, was formed on Sept. 12 on a resolution moved by the Negri Sembilan Teachers' Union and seconded by Penang. The
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    LABOUR HELPS TO REDUCE COSTS
    140 6 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Thursday.— The action taken by employers to reduce high labour charges m Penang is meeting with response from the labourers themselves. The Chinese and Indian sections of the Harbour Labour Union, it is understood, are now revising their scale of
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    GOODWILL MISSION
    31 6 LONDON, Thursday. Seventyeight British airmen left England yesterday aboard six RAF Lincoln bombers on a goodwill mission to Turkey. They will visit Ankara and Istanbul for a week.— A.P.
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    ARCHITECT EXAMINEES
    303 6 A POOR standard of draughtsmanship, shown by candidates for Institute of Architects of Malaya examinations, is commented on by the board of examiners. "Many condidates". said the board, "did not appreciate the standard of draughtsmanship expected from a Grade II Draughtsman." The examinations referred to, for Grade II
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    KLANG TEACHERS FETE STUDENTS
    82 6 KLANG, Thursday.— The teaching staffs of the Anglo Chinese School and the Methodist GUIs School, Klang, entertained three students, Miss Charlotte Sinnathamby and Messrs. C. Maheswaran and K. Purushothman, who are going up to Raffles College. Singapore. Mr. Maheswaran has been awarded a Malayan Unio/ scholarship.
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    MALACCA CHRIST CHURCH FETE
    59 6 From Our Staff Correspondent MALACCA, Thursday Lady Gent will open the fete organised In aid of Christ Church, Malacca, at the Bandar Hilir English School grounds at 4 p m on Saturday. Thf. Bishop of Singapore, the Right Rev. J. L. Wilson; and th^ Resident Commissioner,
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    LONDON STOCKS
    428 7 LONDON, Wednesday. AN encouraging start was made to the new account today on the London Stock Exchange with interest mainly centre^ on British Government stocks, Banks and home Railways, says Reuter's financial correspondent. British Funds recorded further sizeable gains as a result of small but persistent investment demand.
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    No. 1 White Rice Down To $104 The Picul
    307 7 Produce Market By A Market Correspondent THE full effects of the removal of control over rice movement m Singapo re have become apparent. No. 1 white rice dropped to $104 the picul yesterday. Conditions m the sugar market remain stationary ex-
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    STORE SHARES
    144 7 By Our Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, Thursday. TIN share remained a feature of the market and business again passed at slightly higher quotations. Industrial issues, were reported quietly steady. Rubbers continued neglected. Changes In r>rice quotations <*iven today by the Malayan Sharebrolcers' Association were as follows: INDUSTRIALS Buyers Sellers
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    RUBBER
    62 7 The Singapore ChamDer ol Commerce Rubber Association's orlces at noon yesterday were: Buyers Sellers Cts. Pt«. oer 1b er Ib No. 1 RS.S. Spot loose nominal 32% 32% No. 1 R.BB fob to bales Oct. 33% 33% No 2 R.S.S fob In bales Oct. 32% 32% No. 3 RS.B.
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    GOAT'S SKIN DOES THE BEST GALLOP
    555 8 GOAT'S SKIN DOES THE BEST GALLOP Hints From K.L. Track Work By EPSOM JEEP KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. VERY fast workouts were carried out on the Kuala Lumpur race track this morning, m spite of the soft going caused by the rain yesterday and the day before. Goat's Skin (Morsillo) clocked
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    EARLY K.L. SELECTIONS
    84 8 H.. CL 1, Div. 1, SHF.—KASHMIRI SONG, Trousers. H Cl. 1, 9F— GRAND PRIX 11, Wings. H., CL 1. Dlv. 2, SViF.—LACKEY, Rex Flash. 11., Cl. 2, Div. 1, 6F.— SPEAR MIRTH, Minstrel Boy. H., Cl. 2. Div. 2, 6F.— NORTH. WELL. Kandy Kid. H., Cl. 2,
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    TAKEN AWAY EV STRETCHERS
    75 8 T MOSCOW, Thursday. HE sporting newspaper, Soviet Sports, criticised a soccer football between Turkish und Greek teams m which a number of Greeks were injured and taken off the field m stretchers. 'Commentary Is really not needed," the paper said. "It Is only necessary to add
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    SOCCER AT CHANGI
    60 8 The following will represent the Fraser and Neave Sports Club. Singapore, In a friendly game of ssccer against the Air Ministry Works at Changi tomorrow transport will leave Trafalgar Street at 4 p.m.): Willie Soh Awang Chit, Ene Kee, J. NonLs. Azz W C. McKean, G. McGully,
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    Lawton Flays Chelsea
    78 8 LONDON, Thursday. rpOMMY Lawton, England's X centre-forward, does not believe that any footballer is worth the "fantastic" sum of £17,000 fee Chelsea have placed on him, and describes as "onfair" the decision of Chelsea not to accept any of the oners made so far for his transfer.
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    Learning The Hard Way
    288 8 To The Sports Editor, Straits Times I QUAIL before th e mass of competent contradiction quoted by Mr. G. Creighton m the Straits Times of Sept. 26 on the subject of stiff knees m learning the American crawl, and I hasten to state that I have
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    Table-tennis Fixtures
    162 8 rO important fixtures m the Singapore table-ten-nis inter-club tournament will be played off tomorrow I and on Sunday at 8.15 p m at the Great World. Tomorrow the Chinese Sports Association meet the August I 8.P., and on Sunday the Chin Woo A.A., who surprisingly defeated the C.S.A.
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    7-A-SIDE SOCCER
    50 8 The Singapore C.V.M.A. (Church of the Sacred Heart) will continue their seven-a-side soccer competition tomorrow from 4.45 p. m. to 5.20 p.m. on the St. Joseph's Institution ground. The teams to play tomorrow will be "D" and "E" teams. The competition will be continued on the following Saturdays.
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    32 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday.— A meeting to discuss the proposal to revive the Malayan Kennel Association will be held at the Selangor Turf Club, Ampang Road, Kuala Lumpur, at 6 p.m. next Tuesday.
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    Sompong vs. Baltazar On Oct. 19
    190 8 Sompong vs. Baltazar On Oct. 19 By Our Boxing Reporter rE Singapore boxing promoter, Mr. Nai Kirn Lin, stated yesterday that arrangements were being made for a' return fight between Sompong and Baby Baltazar on Oct. 19. This, however, is only a tentative date, for Sompong has not yet returned
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    YANKEES SCORE SECOND WIN
    118 8 NEW YORK, Thursday. THE New York, Yankees blasted lour pitchers for 15 hits to overwhelm the Brooklyn Dodgers 10 to 3 and take a two-nil lead m the basoball world series. The Dodgers were a sorry sight and looked badly shaken Cowards the end. While their
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    S.C.C. TEAMS
    125 8 (J( J' HE following players have been selected to represent the Singapore Cricket Club against the 223 8.0.D. Army at rugger tomorrow at 5.15 p.m. on the padang: pp. T. Homer; T. A. Roper, R. P. Droogleever. J. A. Busbridge, C. M Quayle: J. Frame, G. S. Taylor;
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    ORIENTAL B.P.
    71 8 The following players will repre;ent the Oriental B.P. agr.inst the Liberty B. P. m a friendly match to be played at 331, North Bridge Read, tomorrow at 2.30 p. m. Vincent Ong, Tan Peng Koon, Peck Seek Beng (Capt.) Charles Nicholas, Paul Wee, Tony Goh, Lee Kiat Lim,
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    GOLF FINAL RESULT
    45 8 BIRKDALE (Lancashire), Thursday.— ln the final over 18 holes of the amateur and professional foursomes tournament R. J. White, England amateur inter, national, and Charles Ward, Bri. tish Ryder Cup player defeated Duncan Cameron and Max Faulkner by two and one. —Pouter.
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    TOURISTS' SUCCESS
    16 8 LuNDON. Tbunday Australian rugger tourists beat the Combined Services 19-8 at Twickenham yesterday. Router.
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    LEAGUE FOOTBALL
    26 8 LONDON, Thursday. BRIGHTON and Hove, playing at home, were beaten one-nil by Swansea yesterday In a third division (southern) English Football League game. Reuter.
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    NAVAL BASE SOCCER
    56 8 The following players have been invited to turn out for Naval Base hiiis Sports Club, Singapore, m a friendly match of soccer against 11. M.5. Affray tomorrow at 5 p.m. on the .Suara pitch, Naval Base: Yahaya. Peter Then (rapt.). Dawood, Johan, Moideen, Ibrahim, Basil. Rajco, A.
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    Keep Your Eye 0n...
    188 8 Kashmiri Song: Hard to beat on a soft track. Lackey: May be regarded as a good bet on Ipoh form. Narrowly beaten by Grand Hill over the straight course and did not get a clear run over six. Grand Prix II: Unlucky m Victory Cup at
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    Cameronians Hold Chinese
    135 8 From Our Staff Correspondent. IPOH, Thursday. IN one of the most keenly contested games of the season, the Cameron Highlanders and the Perak Chinese Football Federation's senior team drew one-all m the semifinal of the Lim Seng Fook Cup competition yesterday. The Cameron Highlanders did very well
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    MUSLIMSPORTS
    154 8 THE second annual Muslim new year sports, Singapore, will be held on Nov. 16 at the Jalan Besar Stadium. The programme 1% as follows: "A" Division: 100 yds. 220 yds; 440 yds; one mile bicycle race; interclub relny (by Invitation); interMuslim club relay; hurdles; high jump; broad Jump; putting
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    jS.T.C. Registers 5,000 Members
    190 8  -  "Trespasser" By I PPROXIMATELY five thouA sand members, including those who have renewed their prewar subscriptions, have been registered with the Singapore Turf Club, and many more are coming m. Meanwhile, the club staff are busy completing preparations for the first postwar meeting, sche- duled to
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    MALAYA TO HOLD OLYMPIC GAMES
    236 8 SINGAPORE will not participate m th« World Olympiad v next year, but preparation are beinr» marie for participation m the 1952 games. It is proposed to hold a Malayan Olympic meet m 1949, when talent will be scouted, and training facilities streamlined to equip our
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    Badminton Results
    349 8 BEFORE a large fathering the Frasor and Neave Sports Ciub, Singapore beat the Singapore Municipal Services Union by six games to one m a badminton fixture played at the Clerical Union hall on Tuesday night Results (P. N. players mentioned S.nyles: Ong Poll Uni beat S A iJurai
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    FIRST DEFEAT FOR ASIATICS
    174 8 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday The Selangor Asiatics sustained 1 their first defeat of the season this evening, when the Combined Army XV beat them by 11 points (a goal and two tries) to five (a i goal on the padang. The Asiatics led
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    FIGHT STOPPED
    41 8 STOCKTON (Calif). Thursday.Luis Castillo of Mexico was awarded the verdict over Star Murillo of Manila last night, the referee stopping the fight at the end of the eighth round when Castillo's eye was cut by an accidental butt.— A.P.
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