The Straits Times, 15 October 1947

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    18 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADirG NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 EIGHT PAGES SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1947. PRICE TEN CENTS
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    RUSSIA SUPPORTS U.S. ON PARTITION
    400 1 RUSSIA SUPPORTS U.S. ON PARTITION Early End To Palestine Mandate Urged LAKE SUCCESS, Tuesday. COVIET Russia in a major policy statement to the United Nations Palestine Committee yesterday, joined the United States in endorsing in principle the proposal for the partition of Palestine into separate Arab and Jewish countries. The
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    Singapore Rubber Strikes End
    233 1 Singapore Rubber Strikes End A SERIES of rubber strikestwo of which had been associated with riots— ended in Singapore yesterday after the Rubber Workers' Union made agreements with the Dunlop Rubber Company and th^ Joo Seng Mill. Four hundred women returned to work at Dunlop's dockside godown after a strike
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    RUBBER PRICE UNCHANGED
    64 1 Quiet conditions prevailed on the local rubber market yesterday, and the price was maintained all day at 34J cents. This was Monday night's closing pric. Th" volume of business transac.od was small and sellers were reserved Closing prices last night were: sheet f.o.b. 34 cents per lb.
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    LARGEST POST-WAR LINER LAUNCHED
    60 1 LONDON. Tuesday. The 30.000-ton Orient passenger liner i 3 was launched here today by Lady Moishead. wife of Sir Leslie James Morshead. Sydney manager oi the Orient Line. It is the 1 irgeat passenger liner to be launched anywhere In the world the war ended. The
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    CHARGED WITH AMOK MURDER
    201 1 CHARGED WITH AMOK MURDER From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. CJLJRROUNDED by an armed w guard but calm and obedient to orders, Mat Taram bin Sa'al, alleged to have been an amok responsible for the deaths of 11 people, was produced in the Kajang Police Court this morning. He
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    $93,000,000 FOR FRANCE
    81 1 WASHINGTON, Tuesday. In answer to French pleas for help, the United States Government yesterday gave France permission to divert $93,000,000 in United States loans funds to purchase American coal and other raw materials. Government officials said that tbe American Export-Import Bank had approved this diversion in response
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    George Medal For Ipoh Heroine
    192 1 THE London Gazette last night- recorded the award of the George Medal to Mrs. Sybil Kathigesu, wife of Dr. A. Kathigesu of Ipoh, Perak, for services to the forces m "Malaya during the Japanese occupation, says a Reuter message. "l Dr. and Mrs. Kathigesu were
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    33 1 Some of the ZOO pupils of the primary section of the Methodist Girls' School, Mount Sophia Road, Singapore, cheering during celebrations yesterday for the school's 60th anniversary. Story m page 5. Straits.Times photo.
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    Flying-Boat Down In Mid-Ocean
    111 1 Flying-Boat Down In Mid-Ocean GANDER, NEWFOUNDLAND, Tuesday. A BOEING flying-boat of the American International Airlines made a forced landing m the sea, 1,400 miles west of Ireland today and 70 persons are awaiting rescue. The control authority at Shannon, Ireland, said two Skymasters were hovering over the plane. It landed
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    JULIANA SWORN IN
    31 1 THE HAGUE, Tuesday. Princess Juliana of the Netherlands was this afternoon sworn m as Princess Regent to act instead of Queen Wilhelmina during the Queen's temporary retirement.— Reuter.
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    INDIA MAY BUILD MERCHANT SHIPS
    42 1 NEW DELHI. Tuesday— India is takiii- measures to build ud a bis merchant navy, it was understood here yesterday. The Government was reported to be actively helping Indian shipping companies to 1-uy and construct additional tonnage. Reuter.
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    "More And Better Bombs" Byrnes Urges
    365 1 "More And Better Bombs" Byrnes Urges WASHINGTON, Tuesday. MR. James F. Byrnes, the former Secretary of State, proposes that the United States should answer Russia's "obstructionism" on atomic energy and the German peace treaty agreements with "better and more" atomic bombs and a decision to drive the Rod Army out
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    RISE IN SUGAR RATION
    142 1 •THE domestic ration of sugar 1 in the Malayan Union and Singapore will be increased from four and a half to six tahils a week with effect from Oct. 20, it was officially announced yesterday. There will be no alteration in the basic rate for heavy
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    SULTANS IN CONFERENCE
    250 1 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. HpHE Rulers in the Malayan Union today began important talks o n matters arising out of the now Federation of Malaya as it affects each of their states. The Sultans are accompanied by their advisers, and among the questions they
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    U.S. CONGRESSMEN SHELLED IN GREECE
    472 2 Premier 's Rally Against 'Tyranny Of Minority 9 ATHENS, Tuesday. TWO members of the United States House of RepreA sentatives were fired upon by mortars north of Kilmis, Greece, near the juncture of the Greek, Bulgarian and Yugoslav frontiers, yesterday. They were not wounded. The
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    43 2 The ex-Premier of Republican Indonesia, Sutan Shahrir (left), talking: with the British Minister for Economic Affairs, Sir Stafford Cripps, at India House, London, on Oct. 2. They were among the many distinguished guests who gathered to celebrate Mahatma Gandhi's 79th birthday. A.P. picture.
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    Egypt Plague Grows Worse
    85 2 CAIRO, Tuesday— With the cholera epidemic entering its fourth week and only 15 per cent of Egypt's 20,000,000 inhabitants vaccinated, the death toll from the dread disease continued yesterday to show a steady increase. For the second time since the outbreak of the plague the death
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    PROTEST TO KASHMIR
    227 2 KARACHI. Tuesday.— Pakistan Government yesterday "protested to the Government of Kashmir against attacks by armed bonds on villages in Poonch district of Kashmir bordering on Pakistan, it was officially announced tonight. The note issued by the Pakistan Foreign Affairs Ministry said: "According to soldiers of the Pakistan
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    DISTILLERIES TO CLOSE IN US.
    42 2 WASHINGTON, Tuesday.— Chairman of the Citizens' Food Committee Mr. Charles Luckman announced yesterday that the whole distilling industry would close down for 60 days at midnight, October 25. to conserve grain for shipment to Western Europe. A.P.
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    CHINESE BRIDES FOR AMERICA
    31 2 SAN FRANCISCO, Tuesday.— About 200 Chinese brides of American servicemen are among 900 passengers who arived from the Far East today on board the General Meigs. A.P.
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      No Wedding Invitations For The Windsors
      121 2 rpHE Duke of Windsor's secretary stated yesterday that the A Duke and Duchess had no. received any invitation to the wedding of Princess Elizabeth. He did not believe that they would attend the wedding. A Buckingham Palace i spokesman said that many, of the
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      King Adopts Leper
      72 2 LONDON, Tuesday.— The Kins and Queen and Princess Elizabeth are each to adopt a leper child, for whose medical care and education they will be responsible. The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester are also adopting leper children. There are many thousands of children awaiting adoption and the
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      Hungary Bans Gable
      42 2 BUDAPEST. Tuesday. Union employees of the Hungarian film industry decided today to boycott Clark Gable films on the grounds that Gable was a leader of a Hollywood move to brand the actor, Charles Chaplin, as a Communist sympathiser. Reuter.
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      Persian Earthquake
      41 2 TEHERAN, Tuesday. Five villages were completely destroyed by an earthquake near Birjandi in the province of Khorasan. East Persia, a Teheran evenine paper reported today. Two hundred and ten bodies have been recovered from the ruins so far. Reuter.
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      Six-Course Austerity
      42 2 SHANGHAI, Tuesday— Chinese restaurants in Shanghai will only serve six coursss of Chinese food as a meal and one soud in Western meals. This is part of the austerity measures which the Municipal authorities are enforcing from Oct. 20.— Reuter.
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      Sidney Webb Dead
      83 2 LONDON. Tuesday.— Lord Passfield, who preferred to be known as Sidney Webb, died at his home at Liphook, Hampshire, yesterday, at the age of 88. One of the early members of theFabian Society, Mr. Webb held office in the first Labour Government (1925) as President of the
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      "Handsomest Soldier
      29 2 LONDON. Tuesday.— Field Marshal Sir Archibald MontgomeryMassinberd, described m Lancashire as "Britain's handsomest soldier," died today at the age of 75 at his home m Spilsby. Lincolnshire.
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      Police Strike Threat
      39 2 CAIRO, Tuesday Cairo police officers have threatened to go on strike tomorrow unless demands for an improvement m salaries and promotion are met. The Egyptian Prime Minister, Nokrashy Pasha, has personally Intervened m the matter.— A.P.
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      Pacific Rescue
      69 2 PEARL HARBOUR. Tuesdav.— Three Americans were rescued from one of four minesweepers on which they had drifted for 19 days in a remote region of the Pacific by a U.S. Navy patrol craft. The powerless sweepers disappeared off Palmyra on Sept. 24. A spokesman said two of the
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      Baseball Preferred
      60 2 MOSCOW, Tuesday— The Mos-]?< cow newspaper Trud's special << correspondent in New York re- >; cently declared that some delegates to the United Nations General Assembly preferred attendance at the World Series baseball games to sessions of the f Assembly. The correspondent only men- I tloned one delegate
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    Editor Faces Seditious Libel Charge
    320 2 Editor Faces Seditious Libel Charge ENGLAND, Tuesday. TAMES GAUNT, editor of the Weekly "Morecombe and Heysham Visitor," pleaded not guilty yesterday to a charg e of seditious libel against the Jewish Peoples consisting of anti-Semitic article published m his newspaper. The article appeared on August 6 at a time of
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    New Soviet Allegation Against US
    215 2 LAKE SUCCESS, Tuesday. RUSSIA yesterday accused the United States of using the International Bank and the International Monetary Fund for its own purposes. M. Arutinunian. chief economic adviser to the Russian delegation, told the UNO General Assembly's Joint Economic and Social Committee that the United
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      179 2 NOTICE ISSIE OF COLONY OF SINGAPORE TREASURY BILLS The Government of the Colony of Singapore will invite tenders for an issue of $5 millions by Treasury Bills on the 25th October, 1947. subject to the ceneral oonditlons governing the issue and repayment of Colony of SlnRaoore Treasury Bills. 2. Copies
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    T.B. HOSPITAL, FOR MALACCA
    530 3 Latest Methods Of Treatment Planned From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. MALACCA General Hospital is to become a tubercuw losis hospital under Dr. A. L. Shield, of the Malayan Medical Service, it was announced today. Dr. Shield has just returned from a year's special study
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    PRISONERS GET NEW SENTENCE
    134 3 From Our Staff Correspondent. KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday.— Two Indians, Nallasamy and Savarimuthu, already serving two years' prison sentences each for escaping from custody, received additional terms of three and two years' imprisonment respectively at the Selangor Assizes today for unlawful possession of a rifle. The offence,
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    BROOKE'S REPLY TO CRITICISM
    324 3 TTHE fallowing statement 1 has been issued by Mr. Anthony Brooke, former Rajah Muda of Sarawak, m reply to criticisms of the anti-cession movement m Sarawak: "I have been authorised by the leaders of the anti-cession associations m Sarawak, with whom I have recently been m
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    ARMS OFFENCE
    92 3 IFOH, Tuesday.— The chance discovery by Customs officers of some rounds of ammunition and a pistol when they raided a house for chandu led to the ocoupier, a 50-year-old. Chinese, being sentenced to four years imprisonment today at Ipoh Assizes for possession of arms. At the time of
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    JAP SHIPS TO ARRIVE TODAY
    75 3 Britain's fourth allocation of former Japanese naval vessels arrived at the Straits of Johore from Japan last night. They will berth at the dockyard of Singapore Naval Base today. The vessels include a second class transport, the minesweeper, Wakataka, a submarine chaser, and an escort
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    CHILDREN'S PARTY FOR POPPY DAY
    60 3 The organisers of Poppy Day Appeal have announced that a children's party is to be held at Eden Hall. 28, Nassim Road. Singapore, on November 1 from 4 p.m. to 6.30 p.m. There will be races, games, pony-rides, music, a magician, and possibly weight-lifters. Tickets,
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    Attempted Suicide By U Saw?
    144 3 Attempted Suicide By U Saw? RANGOON, Tuesday. USAW, former Burmese Premier now on trial m Rangoon on charges of plotting against the Burmese Government, made a vain attempt to commit suicide m prison, according to yesterday's Rangoon Mirror. The Rangoon Mirror is an Eng-lish-language daily paper. The newspaper said the
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    SEVEN YEARS FOR ROBBERS
    135 3 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday.— Sentencing two Malays to seven years' rigorous imprisonment each at the Selangor Assizes today on a charge of robbery, Mr. Justice Spenser Wilkinson said he would not prescribe corporal punishment as he was not sure that the men were
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    MEDAL FOR LEADING RAID
    278 3 i. rum Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. r VHE King has approved the 1 award of the Colonial Police Medal for Gallantry to Inspector Hisham bin Haji Nawai, of the Johore Police Force, who led an action against armed gangsters on July 17. A case
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Wed., Oct. 15, 1947. THE MDU THEN AND NOW
    1179 4 The Straits Times Singapore, Wed., Oct. 15, 1947. THE MDU THEN AND NOW When the Malayan Democratic Union first began to attract attention shortly after the liberation, it was regarded with interest, sympathy and hope by many people, immigrant as well as domiciled, European as well as Asiatic. Here at
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    WHY ONLY BROWN?
    102 4 "MARKET HIT BY SOVIET SUGAR" says a heading m the Straits Times Can anyone tell me where the white sugar goes? My weekly ration Is always brown. I have suggested to the shop, keepers that the brown sugar go on the 'Blackmarket' and the white sugar be
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    OFF THE BEATEN TRACK IN JOHORE
    1785 4 OFF THE BEATEN TRACK IN JOHORE A Ramble With "Taan Djek" TF you are like me, you have A often wished, when motoring up-country, that you could stop and explore on e of those side-roads leading off through the rubber that the car leaves behind almost before the thought enters
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      The Salaries' Report
      221 4 r VHE wage-earners are very 1 grateful to the Officer Administering the Government, Mr. P.A.B. McKerron, for being 'considerably concerned' about the belated Salaries Commission's report. However, one cannot forget that the Salaries Commission is a Government body. These two contradictory points are Indeed noteworthy m view
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    POLICE SEEK CO-OPERATION OF SIAM GOVT.
    227 5 Move To Combat Border Banditry From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Tuesday. TWO police chiefs from the Malayan Union will leave for Siam tomorrow to discuss the question of banditry and lawlessness on the Malaya-Siam border with the Siamese Government. The talks are expected to
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    Special Plans For Students
    83 5 from Malaya, the »C) Philippines and other areas will D special facilities for study In .i new university now being built m Shanghai on the initiative of overseas Chinese. The plans for the university arly completed, the Singa1 hinese Consul-Gensral, Dr. Wu Paak.shing, told the Straits
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    GEORGIC WILL CARRY GIFTS
    93 5 I n.in Our Stall Correspondent. KUALA LUMPUR. Tuesday. The Malayan Union's wedding gifts to Princess Elizabeth will be carried to the United Kingdom by thi G'-orgic. commanded by Capt. 1 ;ge. The sifts will arrive well m time for the wedding. The carved table forming the
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    SINGAPORE SCHOOL AGED 60
    322 5 TTHE Singapore Methodist 1 Girls' School yesterday celebrated the 60th. anniversary of the foundation of the school. The school, was founded by Miss Sophia Blackmore, the first woman Methodist missionary in Malaya, with nine little Indian girls as its only pupils. It now has 840 pupils.
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    ARMY RETURNS GAOL TODAY
    83 5 The Army today will hand over Changi Gaol to civil administration. The $2,000,000 gaol, completed In 1936, since the war has confined Japanese war criminals and suspeots. It has been the execution place for most war criminals sentenced to death by courts in Malaya. The transfer
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    SINGAPORE DIARY
    193 5 TO«>AY: Art exhibition, sponsored by Society of Chinese Artists. Chinese Chamber of Commerce, 47, Hill Street, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Rotary, Mr. J.B. Neilson, Director of Education. Singapore, on United Nations Educational and Scientific Council. Adolphi. 1 p.m. Singapore Chess Club, 5 p.m. Y.M.CA. Art Clib, 6
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    Woman Assaulted At Night
    271 5 A 29- YEAR-OLD Dutch wot\ man yesterday described ttn attack on her by a young English soldier, who tried to rob her mi n Singapore on Monday night. The woman is a boarder m the Yoims Womens Christian Association m Fort Canning Road. The attack took
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    CENSUS NUMBERS
    21 5 Census numbers of houses must not -be removed until the end of March states an official release issued yc-sterday.
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    S'pore Jap Trade Envoy Rebuffed
    377 5 T'HE first attempt from Malaya to re-establish trade with x Japan has resulted m a temporary set-back. The attempt was made by Mr. Inder Singh, a partner of Gian Singh and Co., Singapore. Gian Singh and Co. have had more tha n 25 years' trade
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    50 5 ■jnose Indonesians were yesterday loading a Malayan Airways plane with a medical supplies for Republican Sumatra. The plane, with three Egyptian doctors aboard, was due to take off from Kalian* at dawn today. Its first stop is Padang to clear Uutch controls, thence to Bukit Tinsgi— Straits Time s picture
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    SIR F. GIMSON DUE
    27 5 The Governor of Singapore, Sir Franklin Gimson, is due to arrive at K-llang Airport on Friday at 9.30 am., after leave m Brit?in.
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    ART DOES NOT PAY IN S'PORE
    120 5 No painter in Singapore could live by his art alone, the president of the Society cf Chinese Artists, Mr. Liu Kang, said yesterday. Mr. Liu said that the people in Singapore who could alford to patroni.se art were not yet artconscious. The bociety ol
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    YOUKS AIR SERVICE ALTERATION
    75 5 The terminii6 of the York Transport Command's Lyneham to Singapore air service was temporarily removed yesterday from Changi to Tengah, the RAF. announced. This move is a preparatory step to clearing the Changi airfield of its more important commitments so that any construe, tlonal work, if
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    Escaped Prisoner Still Free
    115 5 Escaped Prisoner Still Free SINGAPORE police yesterday 1/ were still searching for' the Indian remand prisoner, who escaped from police custody o n Saturday morning after obtaining a magistrate's permission to get a change of clothing in town. A police spokesman said yesterday that the escaped prisoner led his two
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    Big Cloth Robbery From S'pore Shop
    180 5 FUR Chinese robbers removed $5,000 worth of woollens and sharkskins from a shop m Coleman Street, Singapore, at 4 a-m. yesterday and escaped m a motor car. Two of the robbers carried pistols and all four had torches which they shone into the faces
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      Extortioner Gaoled On Victim's Report
      151 5 •THE First District Judge, Mr. E. J. Shanks, yesterday com1 pliimnted a shopkeeper of lh c 101 h mile, Changi, on his courage m reporting an extortioner, m spite of a threat to destroy his business. I Mr. Shanks had just sentenced to two years'
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      Murder
      94 5 KUANTAN, Tuesday.— A verdic of murder by person or persons unknown was returned by the Coroner at an inquest into the death o f Ah Fatt, a trishaman. In evidence; the widow said Ah Fatt did not allow his family to touch his money. They did not know his
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      Kuantan Collection
      46 5 KUANTAN, Tuesday. The Kuantan District Committee has raise $10,000 for the South China Flood Relief Fund. Collections were made m Kuantan, Gambang, Sungei Lembing, Panching, and Beserah. Kuantan had the largest collection. The total had been remitted to the sister organisation m Singa- pore.
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      Proceeds of Pawn
      59 5 MALACCA, Tuesday. A Malay Itx who pawned his ring m a pawnshop at Bung a Ray a ou Saturday was watched from oiuside the shop by three Chinese. At Bridge Street Street they attacked him and took $5 and the pawn ticket. One man has been arrested
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      Teachers For Tax
      91 5 rpHE Malayan Teachers' Union, a federal body of Government and Government-aided English school teachers' organisations m Malaya, has written to the Sin- gapor P uovernment a»a me Malayan Union Government intimating its support of the Governments m the introduction of income tax Letters sent on Monday said
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    RAIDS ON SECRET SOCIETIES
    277 6 Sinsei Recommended For Banishment N From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Tuesday. A SECRET society "sinsei" has been recommended by the Penang police for banishment. The Criminal Investigation Department, m its review of crime for September, stated today that the sinsei had admitted having conducted an initiation
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    "HARTAL SHOULD BE PEACEFUL"
    195 6 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. PUTERA and the All-Malaya Council of Joint Action, campaigning for the Malayan hartal proposed for Oct. 20, urge the necessity of a peaceful observance of the day among "hartal" supporters. They suggest the best way to ensure this would
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    DISCUSSIONS ON S'PORE HARTAL
    104 6 To discuss preparations lor holding the Malaya-wide hartal on Oct. 20, the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce will hold a committee meeting today Arrangements are also being made to convene a meeting oi local Chinese organisations to discuss t<he observance of the hartal m Singapore. The
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    WEDDING FUND
    90 6 No house-to-house collection for the Princess Elizabeth Wedding Fund will be authorised within the Mumicypal Area, states a press release from the Public Relations Department. Arrangements have been made for contributions to this fund to be paid over the counter at the General Post Office or at any
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    NO PERMIT TO EXPORT RICE
    70 6 Caught loading ten bags of broken rice (1.597 katties) into a motor junk alongside Boat Quay on Sept. 3 without an export permit, a 31-year-old Chinese named Kwak Geok Ban was fined 51.000 or six months' rigorous imprisonment by the Second District Judge. Mr. J.
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    EXTORTIONER FINED
    69 6 A 19-year-old Cantonese, Lu' Wing, who extorted $3 :rom a dry cleaner at Geylang Road on June 29, was yesterday sentenced to twenty months' rigorous imprisonment, fined $300 m default nine months' rigorous imprisonment and ordered to undergo police supervision for two years, by Mr H. A. Forrer
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    POSSESSED SAMSU
    54 6 Lim Kai Liang, a 30_year-old Chinese was fined $150, in default one month's r.i. by the Third Police Court magistrate, Mr. F. Bernard Oehlers yesterday for possessing 2" 2 gallons of dutiable liquor. Revenue officers found the samsu in two sections of rubber tube. The duty due on
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    UNLICENSED PRESS
    39 6 V. P. Abdullah, managing partner of the People's Press was fined $250. m default two months' r.i. by the Third Police Court Magistrate, Mr. F. Bernard Oehlers, yesterday, for running a printing press without renewing the licence.
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    Labourers' Rates Down In Penang
    263 6 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Tuesday. A VOLUNTARY reduction in existing labour rates and working regulations was announced last night by the President of the Penang Harbour Labour Association, Mr. Lee Eng Thye. Mr. Lee told Chinese and Indian merchants that now that local trade
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    48 6 Mr. Roger Falk, 0.8. E., head of D. J. Keymer, British advertising practitioners of 104 years' standing, who is now on a week's visit to Malaya contacting business people. His father, Mr. Lionel D. Falk, then chairman of the company, passed through Singapore m 1936. Straits Times Picture.
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    ALLEGED THEFT FROM SISTER
    97 6 A Chinese, Koh Ah Kok, who was alleged to have taken away a Malay girl, Mahani btaite Haji Ahmad, without the consent of her guardian, was discharged when tire case against him came up for mention m the Fourth Police Court yesterday. The magistrate, Mr. R.
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      124 6 HIGHLIGHTS RADIO MALAYA (STORE) 1 p.m. Viva America. RADIO AUSTRALIA 6 p.m. Wieniawski's Concerto No. 2 fn D Minor for Violin Orch. iIAUIO MALAYA (K.L.) 8.35 p.m. Lives of the Great Masters 7 schaikovsky RADIO SEAC 8 a.m. Music; 8.45 Morning Star; 9.00 Light Orchestral; 9.45 B.B.O. Dance Band Production;
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    LONDON STOCKS
    441 7 LONDON, Monday. IN general there has not been a great deal of activity, says Reuter's financial correspondent. Gilt-edgeds had been m the limelight and some substantial Improvements were recorded, though m final dealings most pprices were an eighth below the best. There was a further general marking down
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    RUBBER
    58 7 The Singapore ChamDer ot Commerce Rubber Association's Drtces at noon yesterday were: Cta. Ota. oer ib. w ib [o. 1 R.S.8 Spot loose nominal 33% 34% to. 1 R8.8 rob in bales Oct. 344 34% lo 2 R.S.8. fob in bales Oct. 34 34% Ic 3 RS.S fob in
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    SEPT. TIN OUPUTS
    69 7 Outputs of tin concentrates for companies under the management of Anglo-Oriental (Malaya) Limited for the month of September, 1947, are: Piculs Ampat Dredging 1.410 Batu Selangor Dredging 350 Berjuntai Dredgng "30 Kamunting Dredging 2,283 Klang River Dredging 535 Kramat Dredging 573 Kuchai 1 55 Larut Tin Fields
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    Singapore Share Prices
    733 7 By Our Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, Tuesday. AN the local share market Tin shares were again quiet and a little easier, in line with London. Industrials were stimulated by fair inquiry for a number of stocks, in. eluding Straits Steamships, Cold Storage, Henry Waugh and Goodwood Parks. Small
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    SUGAR PRICES UP
    314 7 Produce Market By A Market Correspondent AN all-round rise m sugar prices was reported yesterday. The upward movement was a result of the non-arrival of new stocks from Hong: Kong. i Most of Singapore's imports ;of Taiwan, Cuba and Soviet i sugar come through Hong Kong. Shortage
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    LATE MR. T.MORE
    26 7 Mr. Thomas More, who has died at his home at Norwich, was a director of Bukit Ijok (Selangor) and Carnarvon (Selangor) Rubber Companies.
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    R.A.F. HOLD SHANGHAI TO 2-ALL DRAW
    419 8 Tourists Twice A Goal Behind A CROWD of 10,000 saw the Royal Air Force, Singapore, draw two-all with the Shanghai Chinese soccer tourists in their third match in the Colony, played yesterday at the Jalan Besar Stadium. The Shanghai team, who played their second
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    NEGRI BEAT MALACCA
    126 8 From Our Staff Correspondent MALACCA, Tuesday. IN spite of stiff opposition by Malacca's defenders, Negri Sembilan registered a threenil victory over the Settlement in a thrilling inter-State soccer match played here in aid of the Pamadasa Memorial Fund. The Resident Commissioner, Malacca. Mr. E. V. G. Day,
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    Payments To Test Players
    109 8 A USTRAUAN cricketers playA ing in the coming Tests against India will receive A.A50 a game, the most ever paid to Australian cricketers. Last season they received £A40 a game. They will also receive £A10 a match for incidental expenses. In addition to this, the Australian
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    AUSTRALIA vs. ENGLAND TESTS
    193 8 LONDON, Tuesday. CRICKET fixtures for next yew's tour in England by the Australians were announced to-dav. Beginning as usual with a match against Worcestershire, the Australians will meet all 17 first-class counties while Yorkshire. Lancashire and Surrey each have two games. The five Test matches are
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    SELECTORSPICK 3 CAPTAINS
    92 8 GEORGETOWN, 'British Guiana), Tuesday. qnHE West Indies selectors have X adopted the unusual course of selecting Miree captains ior the four Tests to be pUycd against the Marylebone dicket Club tourists m th? forthcoming tcur of the West Indies. George Headley, at present leading Jamaica m an
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    ADELAIDE GAME
    65 8 ADELAIDE, Tuesday. Don Bradman will captain the South Ausralian team, which oppose India here, starting on Oct. 24. Th e full South Australian team will be Don Bradman (captain), Bruce Dooland, Ron A. Hamence, Ron James; Reginald J. Craig, Jeffrey Noble t, A. Neihuus, Philip Ridings, Rowland W.
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    77 8 Winners m the Malayan Union weiffhtlifting championships held m Penang last week-end: left to right: Long Wei Tek, who broke two Malayan records; Tho Fook Hong of Penang, who smashed the British bantamweight record of the two hands press with a lift of 192 s i lbs.; Miss Lee Swee
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    TOURISTS AT THE NETS
    224 8 L PERTH. Tuesday. ATE today members of the India team were happy at last to practise on a turf wicket. The spin bowlers were able to turn and prop up the ball to Rive tn? batsmen no practice for Australian wickets, but the work allowed the
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    2 CHANGES IN POLICE TEAM
    166 8 THE following have been chosen to represent the Singapore Police 1st XI at hockey against the Y.M.C.A. at the Police Training School ground at 5.15 p.m. on Friday. Cpl. Bulat; Insp. Sanderson. Insp. J. F. Teng; G. Ross, Insp. P. Pennyfather (capt.). Insp. Cheah Kim
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    DRAW FOR S.B.A. CHAMPIONSHIPS
    52 8 The draw for the open Singapore badminton championships will take place after the junior and veterans' finals on Saturday at 4. p.m. at the Clerical Union. There will be a committee meeting of the Singapore Badminton Association tomorrow at 5.15 p.m. at Messrs. Cheong Koon Seng
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    S.R.A. SHOOT
    78 8 FALLOWING are results of the V Singapore Riffe Associations Spoon Shoot held at Scletar range last Sunday: I All II I > .1"" 1. Maj. R.D McLcod 33 2. Insp. Jangcer Singh 25 TYROS 1. Tan Kirn Seng 23 2. AQMS R. Hazell 26 NEWCOMERS 1. Lee Siow
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    S.A.F.A. FIXTURES
    44 8 At a committee meeting of the Singapore Amateur Football Association held last evening, it was decided to hold the S.A.F.A. Cup final on Oct. 28. The game between the Lien Hwa (Malayan Chinese) and the S.A.F.A haa been fixed for Oct. m.
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    Selection Of Johore Malay Soccer Team
    218 8 To Sports Editor, Straits Times I WISH to state here all the facts relating to the selection of the Johore Malay XI, which held the Malacca Malays to a draw recently in the Gold Cup soccer competition. The Muar Malays Football Association has been
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    GRAZIANO WILL DEFEND TITLE
    68 8 NEW YORK. Tuesday. ROCKY Graziano, who won the world middleweight boxing title by defeating Tony Zale in six rounds last July, has agreed to defend the title against Zale at Miami. Florida, on Dec. 2. All profits from the fight will go to charity, although Graziano
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    BOXER'S MOTION BEFORE COURT
    142 8 LONDON, Tuesday. 'THE motion by Jackie Paterson, the Scottish boxer, against the British Boxing Board of Control for an injunction to restrain the Board from recoKnisine any person other than Paterson as the world and British Empire flyweight champion, came into the law courts today. On
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    NETBALL FIXTURE
    68 8 The Straits Chinese Methodist Youth Fellowship Singapore, will be meeting the Girls' Sports Club in a friendly game of netball tomorrow at 5.30 p.m. on the S.R.C. ground. The team representing the Straits Chinese M.Y.P. will be chosen from the following: Caroline Heng, Daisy Tan (Capt.). Ooh Pui
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    RUGBY RESULTS
    20 8 LONDON. Tuesday. U.K. Rugby Union results yesterday were: Lancashire 27. Ulster 3; Cross Key« 0 Maesteg B.— Reuter.
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    2ND. TEAMS DRAW
    28 8 The Singapore police 2nd. team drew with the Naval Police 2nd. XI In a gam? of hockey at Thomson Road yesterday. There was no scoring.
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    18 8 The Lorong Limau Youngsters, Singapore, beat the Idris XI 2—l2 1 at soccer on tho Victoria School ground
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    W. Australian XI v. Indians Chosen
    378 8 PERTH (WESTERN AUSTRALIA), Tuesday. rE West Australian selectors were compelled to rely largely on last season's form m the choice of their team to meet India m the opening match of the tour next Friday. The team is: Keith Carmody, (captain) Lawrence Dandy, A.
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    Cesarewitch Probables
    131 8 LONDON, Tuesday. pROBABLES and jockeys for 1 th c Cesarewitch Stakes to be run over two-and-a-quar-ter miles at Newmarket tomorrow at 1.45 p.m. GMT are: Monsieur L'Amiral. Charlie Smirke; Roscofl, Ken Gethin; Parhelion, E. P. H. Smith or Tommy Weston: Ramponneau, Gordon Richards; Sea Lover, W. H. Carr;
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    Island Club Golf
    110 8 THE October mixed foursomes competition of the Island Club, Singapore, which took place on Sunday afternoon, resulted m a win for Miss J. Eu and C. A. R. Bateman with a net score of 37. The following were some of the best cards returned Miss J. Eu
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    NOVICES TOURNEY
    42 8 Entries for the Novices tournament of the Singapore Amateur Boxing Association will close today. Semi-finals of the tournament will take place on Oct. 23 at 8 p.m. at the Happy World. The finals will be held or. the following night.
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    R.E. RUGGER CLUB
    77 8 The Singapore R.E. Rugger Clubs first team against GHQ FARELP at Thomson Road on Saturday at 5.15 p.m. will be: Capt. Dixen (39 CREj; Lt. Davies (711 A.Tps), Cpl. Giles (L.E.F.), Sgt. Stodard (BGREi, Capt. Sim (177 CRE); 2 Lt. Stagg (23b W/Sect), Lt. Adams (BGRE): Lt.
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    21 8 The finals m the Sportlight Badminton Party's tournament will be played on Saturday at 4.30 at *****, J arisen, Road Singapore.
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    Move To Form Johore Hockey Association
    155 8 Move To Form Johore Hockey Association From Our Own Correspondent SEGAMAT, Tuesday. PLANS are afoot to form an All Johore Hockey Association and, with enthusiasm for the game as great as it is today, especially in south Johore, there is every prospect of such a governing body, coming into being
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    28 8 Yap Kwee Lin breaking the Malayan Chinese record in putting the shot at the Selansor Chines? athletic meeting during the week-end. He made a throw of 11.31 metres.
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    CYCLINGEVENTS
    65 8 OPEN Malayan grass-track cycling championships are being organised by Mr. Ee Lye Seng of Singapore, and will be held on the padang on Oct. 26 at 2 p m. The championship events arc: i-mlle sprint. :i -mile sprint, one-mile sprint and inter-State relay over four miles (four riders per
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