The Straits Times, 8 October 1947

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    19 1 The Straits Times t MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 EIGHT PAGES SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1947 PRICE TEN CENTS
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    BRITISH PLANTER DIES IN JOHORE BANDIT AMBUSH
    968 1 W if e Stru ggles With Gunman In Car EUROPEAN planter, Mr. Archibald Nicolson, 40, was killed and his wife was n injured m the head by four Chinese bandits m Johore on Monday night. Mr. Nicolson was driving his car at the
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    POSTAL STRIKE CALLED OFF
    311 1 ITNIFORMED men of the Postal and Telecommuni- cations Department have decided both m the Malayan Union and m Singapore to call off the strike which was scheduled for today. The Singapore decision was taken yesterday evening following news of the withdrawal of the strike notice m
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    RUBBER JP ON U.S. BUYING
    93 1 Continued buying by the U.S. sent the price of rubber up by i a cent m Singapore, yesterday. The price of No. 1 sheet closed last night at 33 7/8 cents buyers, the highest it has been since early m June. F.0.b., sellers, closed at
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    Comments By Planters
    240 1 Comments from grim-looking planters at the graveside of Mr. Nirolson: "Things will start moving now." ■'There's simply no security left m Johore now." "I don't feel like having my wife m this part of the world any longer." "One more example of this sort of thing, and
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    STOP PRESS
    71 1 LONOCN, Tuesday. The Prime Minister tonight announced changes m the British Labour Government. The Minister of Fuel, Mr. E. Shinwell, becomes Minister for War, m place of Mr. F. Bellenger, without a seat m the Cabinet; Secretary for Commonwealth Relations, Mr. Philip Noel-Baker; Secretary for Scotland, Mr. Arthur
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    Plakhin Deals Steadied Mart
    130 1 rDE Soviet trade representative, Mr. Nichoiai Plakhin, who left by air for Bangkok yesterday, purchased from local firms a total of approximately 30,000 tons of rubber during his nine-months stay m Singapore. This was stated yesterday by Mr Lee Kong Chian, head of the Lee Rubber
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    K.L. GUNMEN SEIZE PAYROLL
    148 1 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. TTIREE armed Chinese gun1 men raided the Tang Lee mining kongsi at Ampang, a few miles from Kuala Lumpur, yesterday and escaped with $3,500 which was part of Vfrc ldlxmrers* pay roll drawn from the Overseas Chinese Bank earlier
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    New Strike Threat By SHB Men
    247 1 npHE Singapore Harbour 1 Board Staff Association threatens a strike of 1,000 clerks next month if the Board does not pay members three months' salary as was done m the case of Government servants and increase their cost of living allowance. The Association: yesterday
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    TREE KILLS WOMAN ON SICK BED
    70 1 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Tuesday.— An 80-foot coconut tree fell on an attap house m Tupai on Friday and killed a 34-year-old Chinese woman named Ho Yoke. The woman was lying on a sick bed while the tree was being cut. Despite precaution
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    New Moves In German Occupation
    376 2 WASHINGTON, Tuesday. UNITED STATES proposals for a completely centralised administration for the Anglo-American zones of Germany are likely to be put forward when the Anglo-Ame-rican Conference to revise the present merger begins here this week, it was learned authoritatively here last night. It was also
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    SMALLPOX CASE IN HARBOUR
    92 2 A 25-year-old Malay seaman on beard the Straits Steamship j Company vessel. Mentakab. was found to be suffering from smallpox on the ship's arrival m Singapore from Malacca yesterday. He was immediately taken to St. John's Island and quarantined by the port health authorities. Crew members
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    SHIP GETS ITS NEW SHAFT
    73 2 Singapore Harbour Board engineers were yesterday fixing the new propeller shaft to the Canadian freighter, Lake Chilco. The ship is now m the Keppel Harbour King's Dock. The propeller shaft was flown to Singapore on Monday m a 1 (all. fax bomber and taken to
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    GRENADE CHARGE AGAINST CYCLIST
    76 2 A young Chinese Li Ah Hong was committed to the Singapore Assizes by the Magistrate. Mr. E, S. de Banzie, m the Seventh Police Court, yesterday, charged with taurying a hand grenade m New Bridge Road, Singapore, on July M Prosecuting, Mr. D. E. Nickels, ASP.
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    U.S. "MAKING MILITARY BASE" OF GREECE
    551 2 U.S. "MAKING MILITARY BASE" OF GREECE New Onslaught By Mr. Vyshinsky LAKE SUCCESS, Tuesday. THE Soviet delegate to the United Nations, Mr. Vyshinsky, continuing his offensive against American foreign policy yesterday, accused the United States of converting Greece into a military base for the United States. In a 35-page address
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      London Crowds See Young Woman Shot
      122 2 LONDON, Tuesday. pROWDS of people yesterday saw a man fire three times at a pretty 26-year-old woman named Michele Le Comte, m busy Piccadily, m the heart of London The woman fell on the pavement outside Berkeley Hotel The British Press Association identified the
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      "Flying Brain'S" Return
      56 2 "Flying Brain' S" Return LYNEHAM, Tuesday. Ttae United States Air Force special automatic C-54 Skymaaler—"fly*3g brain"— will be leaving Lyneham aerodrome today if weather condttßOOfi ace suitable on the first stage ot the return flight to America. The automatic pilot will take the aircraft off and it is hoped tttiat
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      Bound, Telephoned
      85 2 LONDON; Tuesday.— A garage man, Arthur Tomlin; 34;- of Padding ton, who was attacked, gagged and bound m an early mornine raid at Lex Garage, Saint Johns Wood, dialled 999 with his hands tied behind bis back. Four thieves got away with £100 and a big black car.
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      Prisoner Amok
      78 2 MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE, Tuesday.—A Negro prisoner was inlted and two deputy sheriffs were wounded when an armed Negro prisoner ran amok m the county gaol here yesterday, it was ani.ounced by Detective Chief M-A. NLnds. "A Negro prisoner went crazy «xtd started shooting all over the place," Hinds reported.
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      In Grip Of T.B.
      62 2 BERLIN, Tuesday.— The Am<I rican licensed newspaper, Neve I Zeitung, yesterday reported 80,000 cases of tuberculosis m Berlin and said that the death toll had increased 200 per cent compared with 1938. The Dewspaper said that an I average of 2,300 new cases were reported every
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      Unfit To Plead
      61 2 NUREMBERG, Tuesday.— Field Marshal Maxmillan von Weichs, on trial here with 10 other Nazi generals for alleged war crimes jin the Balkans, has been de_ clared unfit to plead, because 'of bad health, Dena, the Ger1 man news service m the j United States zone said yesterday.
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      Hotel Television
      43 2 WASHINGTON, Tuesday.— Two Texas oil-men, who are planning to build a 47-storey hotel m Dallas, Texas, will equip each room with television screens. The men have been granted a federal license to build a nev, commercial television rlition m Dallas.— AP.
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      Order Plea
      128 2 HONGKONG Tuesday. Capt. Mayazumi Harue. commander of I the Japanese warship Tone, mereI ly carried out orders when 65 survivors of the British ship. Behar, 1 were executed aboard the Tone m i March, 1944. said Mii Junsuke before a Hongkong war crimes trial court yesterday. The Tone
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      Sad Homecoming
      77 2 LIVERPOOL, Tuesday. The Canadian Pacific liner-troopship Empress of Scotland arrived from ttoe Far East yesterday with a case of infantile paralysis among the 2,300 Army and Airforce personnel on board. TSie man, an airman, who embanked when tiie liner reached Bombay from Hongkong and Singapore, was immediately transferred
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      Stolen Jewels
      49 2 NEW YORK, Tuesday.— Police or. Monday released a partial list of the pieces of jewellery stolen from Mrs. Gari Gabor Hilton m her pentfcouse on Saturday. Hw jewels were insured for the total of $120,900. Estimates of the jewels previously ranged from $250,000 to $750 000.— A.P.
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      Bribe Attempt
      114 2 YOKOHAMA, Tuesday.— Three Japanese were yesterday sent to oriscn amd fined for attempting to bribe an American officer. The officer, who was not named, was approached by Mrs. Takuko Yamagucfhi with the proposal that he release construction material to the three Japanese. If he consented he would receive
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      Abbey Fire
      81 2 I/3NDON, Tuesday. Smoke j poured from the roof of Westmim- ster Abbey library yesterday. The fire brigade rushed to the Abbey but the fire fighting staff had dealt wth the fire before they I arrived. Painteiv. had been using I blow lamps to clean off the old paint
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      "BOTH PLAN TO STEAL OIL"
      132 2 VERMONT, Tuesday. The [Former American Vice-president, Mr. Henry Wallace, m a speech here yesterday said that both the United States and Russia were planning "some international thievery" to win control of Middle Eastern oil resources. He said that both nations had tried to 'steal" elections
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    DUTCH PAY $77,000 TO CHINESE
    134 2 DUTCH PAY $77,000 TO CHINESE DUTCH consular authorities m Singapore yesterday paid to five Chinese trading firms $77,000 (Malayan) as compensation for the seizure of Chinese cargoes by the Netherlands Indies Government m Indonesian areas last January. The Dutch Consulate-Gem ral yesterday announced: "Vhe amounts paid represent a voluntary compensation
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    PENANG HARTAI OCTOBER 20
    54 2 PENANG, Tuesday IN conformity with the decision of the Associated Chambers, the Penan j Chinese Chamber of Commerce will hold a hartal from 6 a.m. to 12 midnight on Monday. Oct. 20. It is understood that the Chamber will also refuse nomination of its members to
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    ALLEGED ATTEMPT TO EXTORT
    72 2 Two young Chinese, Teo Kang Choo, 17, and Toh Eng Khin. 18, both of Hokkien Street, Singapore, were charged m the Second Police Court yesterday with attempting to extort protection money from Mr. Chew Chong Keh, by putting him m u-ar of injury at Tanjong Pagar
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    GI KIDNAPS SON, FLIES TO U.S.
    136 2 LONDON, Tuesday. k FORMER American GI arrived m New York today from Heathrow with his infant son whom he is believed to have "kidnapped" from his "estranged British war bride." The American is Curtis Elmer Vincent Carolina. Scotland Yard detectives searched Leeds and London
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      668 2 NOTICES j Winding Up Of College Of Medicine Singapore, Provident Fund Remaining On 31st January, 1942. Claims should be- submitted to the Principal. Colleste of Medicine. Singa pore not later than 31st. December 1947. after which no claims will be entertained. A.C.S., IPOH OLD BOYS In connection with the Golden
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      79 2 <£%=*> VB-CARS. TRUCKS ARE NOW AVAILABLE WITHOUT PRIORITY PERMIT V 8 SALOON FROM $4525 (SINGAPORE PRICE) WHY PAY MORE Buif a Totd and Bank ike Balance Previously it was necessary for you to file an application and obtain a permit to purchase a •new car or truck. You are now
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    WORLD CONDEMNS REBIRTH OF COMINTERN
    480 3 "A Declaration Of War'% Says Iraq NEW YORK, Tuesday. REACTION throughout the world on the rebirth of the Communist International is summed up m the words of the Iraqian Foreign Minister, Fadhl Jamali, —"a declaration of war an ideological war." The French Socialist Party issued
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    45 3 The car m when a European planter, Mr. Archibald Nicolson, was killed on Monday night after he nad run into an ambush by armed bandits. The car overturned when Mr. Nicolson was trying to evade gun-fire from the bandits.— Straits Times picture. Story Page 1.
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    ACCOUNTANT CHARGED
    110 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday.— An accountant, Law Sau Choon, who was charged on Saturday m! the District Court with cheating '< the Foh Hup Omnibus Co. of! $12,036 m January, 1946, appeared aguin m Court today m answer to two further summons charges of selling two lorries to the
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    ROBBERY IN TAXI
    197 3 From Our Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Tuesday. A CHINESE driver and three Chinese passengers m a taxi travelling along the 7th mile Ayer Hitam Road last week robbed a fourth pas- j senger m the taxi of $100 m cash and his wristlet watch and fountain pen.
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    'Clogged With High Powered Personnel'
    536 3 Cassandra's Views On Malaya LONDON, Tuesday. AA.SSANDRA, columnist of the London Daily Mirror, returned from a tour of Southeast Asia and Australia, today criticised the cost of the administra- < tion m Malaya m a three-column article on the main editorial page of his newspaper.
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    ESTATE MEN REFUSED TO STRIKE
    166 3 ESTATE MEN REFUSED TO STRIKE From Our Own Correspondent SEREMBAN, Tuesday. A CONTRACTOR who refused to be intimidated into stopping ,work on Ladang Geddes Estate was congratulated by the District Judge, Mr. B. V. Rhodes, today, on his public spirited action. The judge sent the leader of a gang of
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    ATTACK ON TRADE CONTROLS
    395 3 AN attack on rubber and tin controls was made by Mr. Lee Choon Seng, presidJ ing m the absence of Mr. Lee Kong CChina n at the annual meeting of the Eastern Realty Company Limited, held m i Singapore on Saturday. The unstable post_war conditions of
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    Colman Becomes King For A Week
    194 3 IF I Were King is a delightful i satire on 15th Century mis- I rule from Paris. Much of the 1 film, which is showine at the I Rex, is factual. The people of Paris are starving, I for the Duke of Blirgundy has
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      3 3 11$ PILSENER BEER
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  • Obituary
    DEATH
    24 4 The beloved mother of V. Nagalingam Of the Civil District Court, passed away on the 6th Instant at her residence m Jaffna. Ceylon.
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    34 4 The family of the late Mr. George William Meyer thank all relativs. friends and Sunday School children Who attended the funeral of their beloved father and/or sent wreaths, telegrams and letters of condolence.
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    Singapore, Wednesday, Oct. 8, 1947 THE GANGSTER AND HIS GUN
    1345 4 Singapore, Wednesday, Oct. 8, 1947 THE GANGSTER AND HIS GUN And so the bandits have killed a Johore planter. The shocking news of the death of Mr. Archibald Nicolson m an ambush on the Pontian road on Monday night follows repeated and insistent warnings by the planting community of Johore
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  • MAN-IN-THE-STREET
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      To The Singapore House-Boy And Artisan
      1428 4 [The writer of this letter is one of the oldest European residents of Singapore and has been engaged since the liberation m rehabilitating his business, after three and a half years m Changi Gaol and Sim e Road. The Straits Times has no intention
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      LEGAL RIGHTS OF COMMUNITIES
      593 4 yOUR London correspondent's message on the recent letter from Malacca written to the Manchester Guardman m criticism of the new Malayan constitutional proposals, has more than usual interest and the remarks that follow herein are based on an except from the Guardian leader on the letter
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      PRICE TAGS NOT CONTROLLED
      103 4 MR. Lim Wee Pian quoted m his letter to you his experience m a Price-Tag shop. It is the best illustration of the purpose of the campaign which is to enlist the support of the customer. Price-Tag prices are not controlled prices, but they are publicly
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    WHITE PAPER PLAN NOT TO BE CHANGED
    368 5 WHITE PAPER PLAN NOT TO BE CHANGED Delay Undesirable, Says Creech Jones From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. THE appointment of a Royal Commission to revise the new constitution for Malaya would only "perpetuate that state of uncertainty from which the cquntry is now being relieved.** The Secretary of
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    113 5 Mrs. J. Egerton, left, and Mrs. F. J. Kemlo, yesterday opening a case of poppies imported specially from England for wreath, making for this year's Poppy Day, November 11. Lady organisers of the Poppy Day Appeal yesterday gathered at Mrs. Egerton's home. 51, Grange Road, Singapore, to make wreaths to
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    Britisher Gaoled For Trying To Cheat
    442 5 SENTENCE of 12 months' rigorous imprisonment was pas»s sed by the Singapore District Judge. Mr. E. P. Shanks, yesterday on a 47-year-old Britisher, Frank Vandersmagh Beven, for attempting to cheat the National City Bank of New York of £40Q. He was alleged to have
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    GAOL FOR JAPS WITH DRUGS
    149 5 A British Army officer was commended by the District Judge, Mr. E. p. Shanks, yesterday for his interpretation m a case m which two Japanese were charged with illegal possession of de_ leterious drugs. He was Capt. John Healy, an intelligence officer, who was specially
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    GODOWN ROBBED
    29 5 Thieves broke into a godown m Clarke Quay, near the Singapore River, on Monday, and stole cloth and matches valued at $3,707. No arrests have been made.
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    ALLEGED THEFT OF THREE GOATS
    82 5 Alleged to have stolen three goats, valued at $80 the property of Kandasamy, at Woodleich. on Monday. K. V. Gopal, a 45-year-old Indian, appeared m the Second Police Court, yesterday. At the same court A. Thividaram. a 37-year-old Indian, was charged with dishonestly retaining the
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    Help For Sumatra Refugees
    221 5 BRITISH and Dutch authorities have granted concessions m their respective! Government regulations to j allow Chinese refugees fromi alleged Indonesian terrorism m Sumatra to escape to Singapore. Singapore Immigration authorities have granted temporary refuge permits to allow the Chinese to land In the Colony and Dutch
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    FILM MAGNATE IN SINGAPORE
    125 5 The Fress publicists of an American film magnate, who will arrive m Singapore this morning, say he will bring to Malaya "all the benefits of film entertainment, to rubber plantations, tin mines, small kampongs. schools. I institutions and so forth." The magnate is Mr. Seymour R.
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    YEAR'S DECREASE IN CHEATING SENTENCE
    64 5 A former hotel manager, Webster Noordln, sentenced to three years' rigorous imprisonment at the Seventh Singapore Assjzes for cheating, had his sentence decreased by one year at a Court of Criminal Appeal yesterday. The Court of Appeal comprised the Chief Justice, Singapore. Mr. I Justice
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  • Malayan Round-up
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      Banishee Claims Japs Sent Him Back
      127 5 PENANG, Tuesday. DETURNED banishee, Ng Seng Hock told the Assiz c Court today that he was sent back to Malaya by the Japanese. Ng claimed that he was a member of a "forced labour"! gang from Amoy and was posted during the war for
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      Girl Guides
      136 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday.— Membership of the girl guide movement m Malaya is now more than 2,000, Mrs. A. W. Pinnick, Girl Guides Commissioner for Malaya, revealed at a meeting m Kuala Lumpur recently reorganise the Girl Guides' Association council. In her report on the development of the movement
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      Policeman Appeals
      84 5 A POLICE sergeant with more than 20 years' service gave notice of appeal yesterday against a sentence of six months' rigorous imprisonment passed on him by District Judpe Mr. J. Jennings. The sergeant, Hassan bin Isahak was convicted on an alternative charge of making a false statement before
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      Kuantan Ceremony
      107 5 KUANTAN, Tuesday.— The Sultan of Pahang hoisted the UMNO flag m Kuantan for the j first time on Friday before a j gathering of about 1,200 at the! Malay Association. The President of the Association, Che Rashid, m his speech, appealed to those present to work I harder
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      Boy Found Hanging
      24 5 I JtAIPING, Tuesday.— Suppiah, a J. 20-year-old "boy" employed by War Graves Unit 46 was found yesterday hanging m his quarters.
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      Died After Kick
      64 5 rpAIPING, Tuesday. 18-year-1 old Mohamed Amil. a labourer on Malaya Estate, Selama, came to his father's house at Taiping on Sunday, told him he had been kicked m the stomach by a fellow labourer over a debt of $10 and collapsed. The father rushed the boy to
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      Four Arrested
      24 5 rUR Chinese have been arrested by the Malacca police m connectio.. with two attempts at extortion m the town of Tampin yesterday.
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      Petrol Theft
      76 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Tuesday. THF driver of a motor truck be- longing to the Admiralty was sentenced to six months' imprisonment m tine District Court today for stealing 14 gallons of petrol. The driver, Sinnafcamby, was seen by a plain clothes policeman draining petrol from the tank into a
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      Gaoled For Killing
      20 5 IPOH, Tuesday.— A middle-aged Malay Arshad bin Taib, was sent to prison for ten years today by
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      European Charged
      146 5 A European G. C. G. Hutton was summoned before district judge Mr. B. J. Jennings on a charge of using criminal force on a constable. Sheriff Din. Sheriff said m evidence that on the night of August 31 he was on rounds with another constable. They had been
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      Friendship Move
      208 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Monday.— "To foster a feeling? of brotherhood and friendship among the Dost dudlls of St. John's Institution and other Christian Brother schools", was one of the objects adopted at the inaugural general meeting of the St. John's Old Boys' Association held on Sunday at the St.
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    Attack On "Ragging" Ban
    298 5 WHILE the Principal of Raffles College, Singapore, has banned "ragging" between students under penalty of expulsion from the College, the Medical College, Singapore, will permit "mild ragging:" to continue. The Principal of the Medical Colle-ie. Dr. D. W. G. Farris. told a Strarts Times reporter yester.
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    Free Tin Market In 1948 Plea
    321 5 Free Tin Market In 1948 Plea PENANG, Tuesday. THE view that a free market m tin should be declared from Jan. 1, 1948, was exJ pressed today by the general manager of the Eastern Smelj ting Company, Mr. D. A. j Mackay. Mr. Mackay. who is chairman of the Penang
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    SINGAPORE DIARY
    153 5 TODAY: i Army safety week exhibition, Vic-* toria Memorial Hall, 9 a.m. to noon and 2pm. to 5 p.m. Open to the public Rotary, Mr. P.C. Chornton on I "Radio Programmes," nAdelphi, 1 p.m. Y.W.C.A. Katong groups' meeting;, Pioneers for handicrafts. Seniors to bid farewell to Mrs. J.D.M.
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      43 5 —-GRAND OPENING AT THE LIDO 4« Mile, Pasir Panjang Rd, Singapore Grand Opening by MAJ-GEN. LH. COX, C.8., C.8.E., MC 7.30 O'CLOCK TONIGHT, Bth OCTOBER COCKTAILS AND BUFFET The Band of the ROYAL NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS will be m attendance Also LIDOS OWN BAND
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    5 YEARS' GAOL FOR ABDUCTION
    206 6 5 YEARS' GAOL FOR ABDUCTION Police Heard Of Crime From Press From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH, Tuesday. CENTENCE of five years' rigorous imprisonment was imposed at the Perak assizes today by Mr. Justice Cox Evans, on two Chinese abductors. The men, Loo Choon Chuan and Teh Chow Leng, had pleaded
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    More Cuts In Sterling Countries
    239 6 More Cuts In Sterling Countries LONDON, Tuesday. STERLING Commonwealth countries are expected to cut deep into their purchases m hard currency areas as a result of the dollar-saving talks which ended m London yesterday. Likely expenditure for the I period ending June 30, 1948, was considered and courses of action
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    AIR CHIEF'S TOUR
    35 6 Air Marshal Sir George Pirie, Air Commander-in-Chief, Far East, will leave Chanei m an RAF York aircraft for Ceylon on Oct. 20 for a three-week inspection of RAF units on the Island.
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    S'pore GOC Opens Army Safety Week
    163 6 AN exhibition was opened by the G.0.C., Singapore District, Major-General L. H. Cox, yesterday m the Victoria Memorial Hall to make Army drivers conscious of their responsibilities. Though primarily meant for Army drivers, it is open also to the general public. The exhibition is
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    Where Landlords Can Increase Rent
    561 6 A MEMORANDUM issued by the Singapore Rent Concilia- tion Board gives the amounts to which landlords are permitted to increase the rent of their houses under the Control of Rent Ordinance, 1947. There are three heads of i increase 1. Up to the standard rent.
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    PERAK MEN HONOURED
    125 6 From Our Own Correspondent. KUALA KANGSAR, Tuesday. rpHE Resident CommisA sioner, Perak, Mr. A. C. Jomaron, presented cards of commendation to Mr. Tara Singh Mann and Mr. John Foo at a ceremony m Kuala Kangsar recently. Mr Singh, who was educated at Raffles Institution, Singapore, received a
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    AWARD FOR N.S. TEACHER
    76 6 From Our Own Correspondent SEREMBAN, Tuesday.— A card of commendation will be presented to Mr. L. V. De Souza. a school teacher of King George V School, Seremban, by the acting Resident Commissioner. Mr. E. E. Pengilley, tomorrow. The presentation will take place at a Scout
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    S.A. GOLD FOR BRITAIN
    141 6 JOHANNESBURG, Tuesday The Governor of the South African Reserve Bank, Dr. M. H. Dekock, arrived m Johannesburg by air this week-end from London after completing negotiations for aid to Britain by supplying her with more gold. It is understood that the immediate help will be the
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    LONDON STOCKS
    417 7 LONDON, Monday. MARKETS on the London Stock Exchange today showed few distinguishing features and the turnover was relatively small, says Renter's financial correspondent Foreign Bonds provided the outstanding movements with Saarbruecken registering a rise of eight points to 65 following the election results, but Peruvian debentures lost five-and-a-half
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    RUBBER
    60 7 The Singapore Chamber ol Commerce Rubber Association's orices at noon yesterday were: Buyers Sellers Cts. rta. oer Ib. 'er lb. No. 1 R.S.S. Spot loose nominal 32% 33>4 No. 1 R.S.S fob m bales Oct. 33% U% No 2 R.S.S. fob m bales Oct. 33V, 33% No 3 R.S.S.
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    N.Y. STOCK EXCHANGE
    127 7 NEW YORK, Tuesday Llj mited but persistent profit-taking brought narrow irregularity for a while yesterday, but pressure was absorbed and buyers regaining control of the situation pushed the market to new high levels for the day. Gains of fractions to one point predominated, led by motors, oils,
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    Singapore Share Prices
    721 7 By Our Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, Tuesday. THE market continued to maintain its Interest m the share section. A few profittakers appeared, but had very little effect on the market. Industrials were quiet, Hongkong Banks beinsr a notable exception with further rises m price' recorded. Quotations given today
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    NEW ACTIVITY IN SAGO FLOUR
    340 7 Produce Market By A Market Correspondent rpHE local sago flour market, which had been quiet for J. more than a fortnight because dealers had not been buying for export to India, suddenly came to life yesterday Apparently New York importers j nho used to rely
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    LUCKY ACE IS TIPPED TO WIN AGAIN
    836 8  -  4 Best Bets For Selangor Races By EPSOM JEEP KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. JUCKY Ace (E. Donnelly) looks the safest each- way wager on the card at Kuala Lumpur tomorrow, the second day of the Selangor Turf Club October meeting. Spear Mirth (Tankard) is
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    FIELDS FOR TODAY
    1294 8 BELOW are the fields for today, the second day of the Selangor Turf Club's October meeting. The Double Totes are on races three and four, and races seven and eight. The Big Sweep is on race nine. Race One 2.15 Horses Cl. 3, Div. 3— 5"/ 2
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    Selections For Today
    182 8 "Epsom Jeep" "Trespasser" "Pointer" Race 1 1 2 3 LENA DEAR Apollo New Era LENA DEAR FRIAR'S LAST Friar's Last New Era Geestring Apollo Race 2 1 2 3 KANDA Gay Selection Fereleth 1.08 U LADY WONDER BIRD Kanda Gay Selection Tin Pocket Virtuoso Race 3 1
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    S.O.S.C. MEETING
    78 8 A meeting of the committee of management of the Singapore Olympics and Sports Council will be held at the V.M.C.A. today at 5.30 p.m. The meeting will receive the reports of the sub-committees concerning the meeting with the Singapore Amateur Football Association and the question of raising funds.
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    S.C.C HOCKEY XI vs. A.C.S. OLD BOYS
    47 8 The following have been selected to represent the Singapore Cricket Club against the A.C.S. Old Boys at hockey at the padang on Friday at 5.15 p.m.: Barnes, Pearcy, Reeves, Tabor, Elliot, Gutridge, Read, Machin, Maugham. Stdart, Busbridge. Umpire: Mr. Daniels.
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    R.S.G.C. CONTEST
    32 8 The final m the Royal Singapore Golf Chub's Duffers Cup competition, between E. G. Staunton and J. B. Martin, was played at Bukit Timah on Sunday. Staunton won two up.
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    STORE HORNETS
    59 8 The Singapore Hornets' hockey eleven against the Johore Cricket Club at Johore Bahru on Saturday will be: E. Noble, R. H. Barth, M. Toledo, R. S. Barth, F. Noronha, J. Scheerder, D. N. Booth, B. Scheerder and B. Bailey. Re. serves: P. Wood ford and G. de Cruz.
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    SCOTTISH LEAGUE
    23 8 LONDON, Tuesday Dundee, playing at home, beat Hearts 2—l2 1 m the M A" Division of the Scottish League yesterday. Reuter.
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    BAN ON IMPORT OF RACEHORSES
    55 8 From Ou Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. Parallel action with Singapore m prohibiting the importation of racehorses is under consideration by the Malayan Union Govern- mant. Until the territory conforms with the situation m Singapore the import control authorities are holding up the issue of
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    S'hai Captain May Not Play Today
    340 8 THE eighteen members of the Shanghai Chinese Combined 1 football team, including a manager and a coach, arrived m Singapore last evening by a specially-chartered plane from Bangkok. Captain of the team is 40-year-old K.S. Suen, who played at right-inside for the Chinese Olympic
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    YANKEES WIN CHAMPIONSHIP
    50 8 NEW YORK, Tuesday. TIE New York Yankees, American League champions, won the 1947 world baseball series yesterday, when they defeated the Brooklyn lsodgers, winners of the National League, by flv e runs to two m the deciding game of the best-of-seven series at Yankee Stadium here.— Reuter.
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    S.C.C. "A" XV
    74 8 Following is the Singapore Cricket Club's "A" rugger XV which will meet the GHQ Army Signals on the padang today at 5.15 pan.: T. O'Brian; E. Saunders, T. A. Roper, C. Mielon, R. M. Nelson; S. T. Masters, H. B. Wilson; H. T. Grieve, B. T. North,
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    N.Z. TEST TOUR?
    56 8 WELLINGTON, Tuesday.— The Wellington Cricket Association are recommending the New Zealand Cricket Council to adopt the suggestion of C. S. Dempster, former New Zealand and Leicestershire captain, that a New Zealand team should tour either South Africa or the West Indies m order to improve the standard
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    J. Donnelly Not Riding
    79 8 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR Tuesday. 1 (Micky) Donne' !>■ will not ride at the Kuala Lumpur races tomorrow. He had a nasty spill on Prince Avon m the fourth race on Saturday, but recovered sufficiently to ride again, bringing home the winner of the
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    S.R.D. Soccer Successes
    126 8 •THE first eleven of the S.R.D. 1 (R.A.S.C.) football team, Singapore, have had an excellent run of success since Aug. 29. Their biggest achievement was against Pulau Brani Combined last Saturday, when alter being one goal down and losing their centre-forward Morrison, they scored twice to win.
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    INDIAN TEST TEAM IN SPORE TODAY
    75 8 THE Indian Test team stepped over m Penang last night °n their way by air to Australia. They will arrive m Singapore this afternoon and will be met at Kallang airport by Mr. J A. Thivy, representative of the dominion of India; and Dr.
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    R.E. RUGGER CLUB
    135 8 I The following is the team playiing (for the R.E. Rugger Club, Singapore, against the Nee Soon and 2nd Echelon jon the Nee Soon ground this evening at 5.30: ///5 4cmfwyp emiw pycmlwpy cmwfy Sgt. Graves (L.E.P.); L/Cpl. Strattoo (232 w/Seet.), Opl. OUes (CEP.), Cpl. Wakeflpld (711
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