The Straits Times, 24 October 1947

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    18 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 EIGHT PAGES SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1947 PRICE TEN CENTS
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    CHILDREN IN MACHINE-GUN MASSACRE
    648 1 CHILDREN IN MACHINE-GUN MASSACRE From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. UOW women and children were at Sungei Lvi, a village in Negri Sembilan, herded into a house and machine-gunned was described by a police officer at the Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Court today. Charged with complicity in this massacre
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    CHILDREN IN MACHINE-GUN MASSACRE Navy Likely To Quit Airfield At Sembawang
    290 1 CHILDREN IN MACHINE-GUN MASSACRE Navy Likely To Quit Airfield At Sembawang fLOSING of the 750 acre Royal Naval Air Station, H.M.S. Simbang at Sembawang, is likely to be one of the British Government's first naval economies m Singapore. It is expected that the station will be put on a care
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    SULTANAH ON WAY TO STORE
    54 1 The Sultanah of Johore, ac_ companied by her mother Mrs. Mendl, will arrive m Singapore by the 20.000- :cn Nederland Line Bhip Oranje on Oct. 28, from Southampton. The ship has more than 200 passengers from Amsterdam and Southampton for Singapore. There are about 800
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    23 1 Mr. Tan Ah Tah (above) and Mr. Tan Thoon Lip (below), who have been promoted to the Colonial Legal Service. Story page 5.
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    GANDHIS WARNING TO INDIAN PRINCES
    79 1 NEW DELHI, Thursday. Darndhi said at his prayer meetIng last night: "If any of the princes dream of becoming absolute rulers they are greatly mistaken. "They can live only on the g'jodwill uf their people." Most of the princes had acceded t-> the Indian Union
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    Accident To Lieutenant Mountbatten
    62 1 Accident To Lieutenant Mountbatten LONDON, Thursday. Lieut. Philip Mountbatten, who is to marry Princess Elizabeth on Nov. 20, was hurt m a car accident on Tuesday night. He was shaken, and suffered a twisted knee. The accident occurred near Winchester. A.P. All-party address to the Princess from the House of
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    45 MEN HELD BY POLICE
    116 1 45 MEN HELD BY POLICE SINGAPORE uniformed police tJ interrupted a religious procession m Havelock Road on Wednesday night when a disturbance was created, and detained 45 Chinese. Police state that the disturbance occurred just before midnight when thousands were taking part m a procession of the Nine-Emperor Gods "Kiu-Ong-Eah."
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    GOODWILL MISSION
    26 1 SHANGHAI. Thursday. The British Parliamentary goodwill mission held a round-table conference here today with Chinese labour leaders to exchange views on labour problem*,— Reuter,
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    LIAISON PLANE AT COLOMBO
    91 1 COLOMBO, Thursday. The modified Lincoln bomber, Aries 11, belonging to the Rjyal Air Force Navigation School, arrived ai Colombo today after a 2.600- j mile flight from Habbaniya, Iraq, m 13 hrs. 25 minutes 15 minutes behind schedule. She will take off for the eight, hour
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    NO DISCUSSION ON BURMA BILL
    36 1 LONDON, Thursday. The Burma Independence Bdll was introduced by Prime Minister Mr. Clement Attlee m the House of Commons today and formally read a first time. There was no discussion.— Reuter.
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    "Russia Does Not Have Atom Bomb"
    259 1 By The Times Correspondent WARSAW Thursday. THE secretary of the Russian Communist Party 1 v Central Committee, M. Zhdanov, is the first Soviet leader openly to admit that for the time being Russia does not possess the atom bomb. The admission is contained m
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    Wouldn't Budge A Foot
    137 1 Wouldn't Budge A Foot From Our Staff Correspondent NEW YORK, Thursday.— Two women bargain-hunters yesterday staged an BVz-hour battle for one pair of shoes at a shoestore sale. When the store doors opened both women rushed for the same pair of shoes the only pair of its type m the
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    UNION WINNING WAR ON CRIME
    208 1 -Mr. D. R. Rees-Williams From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Thursday. fONFIDENCE that the battle against lawless elements m Malaya was being steadily won was expressed by the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies, Mr. D. R. Rees-Williams, m an exclusive statement to the Straits Times
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    U.S. May Use More Natural
    96 1 U.S. May Use More Natural From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Thursday. TT is still thought likely that 1 a higher proportion of natural rubber will be allowed mi n American tyres, say 3 the Financial Times. This is despite a denial In Washington of a report that the UnKed States
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    RUBBER MART IS STEADIER
    116 1 Although rubber on the local market yesterday regained a 1/4 of a cent after Wednesday's set back, it closed a 1/4 of a cent, below Tuesday's price which was the best since early m May. Producers taking advantage of the higher prices were yesterday, still sellers
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      Explosion Inquiry
      64 2 LONDON, Thursday A recommendation that m each division of the National Coal Board there should be a first class common fire-fighting service is made by A. M. Bryan, Chief Inspector of Mines, m a report of an Inquiry he held into an explosion and fire which caused the
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      Bomb Tests
      88 2 LONDON, Thursday.— Tests on the effect of "near misses" on warships are being carried out with bombs, mines and torpedoes m a Scottish lake, the Admiralty announced last night. The Admiralty statement said that a cruiser, three British destroyers and an ex-German destroyer and smaller ships were beine
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      Chinese "Mata Hari" Sentenced To Death
      112 2 SHANGHAI, Thursday. THE Hopei High Court yesterday afternoon sentenced to 1 death Yoshiko Kawashima, known as the "Mata Hari of the Far East," on a charge of treason to China and espionage for Japan. She was allowed to appeal to the Nanking Supreme Court
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      Floating Dock
      39 2 BARROW-IN-FURNESS. An electrically operated floating dock capable of lifting about 9,000 tons has arrived here as part of Germany's war reparations. The dock, which is m first class condition, took a fortnight to tow from Germany.— Reuter.
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      Inheritors
      57 2 LONDON, Thursday. Miss Ellen Cicely Wilkinson, MP, formerly Minister of Education, left £7.253. She left all her property to her sister. Anne Elizabeth Wilkinson. Ex-prisoner of war, Bryan Knowles, has inherited about £29,000 left to him by an aunt m the £54,843 will of Mrs. Fanny Margaretta Forester of
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      Meals At School
      43 2 LONDON, Thursday—One hundred and fifty thousand London school children are now getting a midday meal at school compared with the 10,000 prewar, according to the report on school meal services by the Education Committee of the London County Council.— Reuter.
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      Chinese Vote
      39 2 NANKING, Thursday. The Chinese Government is considering measures whereby overseas Chinese can vote m the forthcoming Chinese elections without infringing on the sovereign rights of countries m which they are residing. These measures will be announced shortly.—Reuter.
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      Stamp Exhibition
      64 2 LONDON. Thursday. More than £250,000 worth of postage stamps are on view at the British Philatelic Exhibition which opened here yesterday. The exhibition includes rare stamps from all parts of the British Commonwealth anc" the Empire. There are official exhibits by the Governments of Canada and New Zealand
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    LEFT-WING LEADING NORWAY ELECTIONS
    66 2 OSLO, Thursday.— Norway's Left-Wing parties, tine Social Democrats (Labour Party) ard the Communist party, continue to hold their majority m the returns from the municipal elections m the Greater Oslo area. Tttie percentage of votes cast for these two has fallen but at 90,988 and 32,045
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    N. PLAKHIN IN SIAM CAPITAL
    209 2 BANGKOK. Thursday. Mr. Nicolao Plakhin, plump, tonslehaired Soviet trade representa. tive, has arrived m Bangkok from Singapore, but says he wants more than anything else to go back to Moscow. Mr. Plakhin denied that he had come here to join the Russian Legation which Is
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      772 2 NOTICES THE SINGAPORE AUCTIONEERS FOR SALE (At Pre-War Prices) A first-class collection of solid sterline silverware. Salvers. Trays. Jntree Dishes. BALI-HEADS, large Chinese rwrcelain plates, beautiful diamord-cut pure crystal-ware, eld brass eor.gs. best German-made cameras Cine-camera. ETC ETC. o- rt*w -t no Ri rhiilia Street. THE SINGAPORE AUCTIONEERS AUCTION SALE
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      791 2 TENDERS P.W.D. TENDER NOTICE. Tenders will be received at the office of the Chairman, Town Board, Kuala Lumpur, up to 3 p.m. of the 7th No* vember, 1947 for the Construction of Labour Lines at Temple Road. Kuala Lumpur. Plans and specifications may be en and all particulars obtained at
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      45 2 CHANGE OF NAME_ GEROHDAL SIN6APORE LIMITED, With effect from 21st October. 1947 the name of the Company has been changed to PICKARD CO., LTD. 51, Robinson Road. Tel: ***** 4095. KALAMAZOO LOOSE-LEAF BOOKS m STRIP INDEXES W. McMULLAN tfc CO., 414 Uatoo Bide X«i: tf3so«
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      158 2 [CAPITOL I Air-Condiiion:d Phone 515!) GALA OPENING TODAY 11 a.m., 2, 4.15, G. 30 and 9.15 p.m. mni Lough and Song Show' jLi 1/ -i'" EUGENE PALLETTE I pi£ /A/ mf^y CHARLOTTE GREENWOOD B^ gIT "ISif"// EDW. EVERETT HORTON I y% nifJ/V I /I TONY D£ MARCO /2/j/J// fL**' I
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    DUTCH-INDONESIAN MEETING
    376 3 DUTCH-INDONESIAN MEETING In Prepa ration For UNO Commission BATAVIA, Thursday. INDONESIAN and Dutch officials met yesterday for 1 the first time since hostilities started on July 21 m an attempt to ascertain each other's positions before the arrival of the United Nations Security Council's Commission. The Committee, comprising representatives of
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    Ramadier Excludes Gaullists
    238 3 PARIS, Thursday. THHE French Premier, M. Ramadier, today formed a new Cabinet to face what he described as France's "grave economic situation." The new cabinet includesMinister of State, Yvon Delbos Radical Socialist: Justice, Andre Marie, Radical Socialist; Interior Edourd Depreux, Socialist; Education, Marcel Maegelen, SocialistNational Economy, Jules
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    All-Party Address To Princess
    477 3 LONDON, Thursday. MR. Attlee and Mr. Churdtill joined forces m the House of Commons yesterday to pass an all-party motion to present an address of congratulation to the King and Queen and Princess Elizabeth on the approaching marriage of the nciress to the throne. Announcing that
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    ELDERLY WOMEN ON FIGHT CHARGE
    69 3 Two elderly Cantonese women, one wfruh a bandaged head, appeared m the Singapore Second Police Court yesterday on a charge of disorderly conduct by fighting m Jalan Besar ai 1.55 a.m. yes-erday. T!he injured woman was ac- quitted by the magistrate, Mr. ,L. C Goh,
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    Singapore Diary
    337 3 i TOD4T Y.W.C.A. Malay class. 8, Fort i Canning Road, 9 a.m. and 10 a.m.. Pioneers Club meeting for embroidery I and lace making, 11, Leonie Hill Road ;4 p.m. Reel practice St. Andrew's Society, I i Victoria Memorial Hall. 6 p.m. Life saving land drill and theory,
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    SIX-TIER WEDDING CAKE FOR PRINCESS
    198 3 SIX-TIER WEDDING CAKE FOR PRINCESS MELBOURNE, Thursday. SIX-TIERED wedding cake, more than five feet high, is to be flown to England as a wedding gift to Princess Elizabeth and Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten, from the Country Women's Association of Australia. It will be one of 10 accepted by the Princess from
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      276 3 They all go to LIDO because it I L keads the way Id supplying all your needs m ■delicious meals, delightful atmosphere and \Kwf course, wine and song li mile PASIR PANJANG, SINGAPORE 19th ANNIVERSARY SALE From 23rd. October to Bth November Idrastic reductions on all lines Far Ladies For
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Friday, Oct. 24, 1947 They "SACKED" THEMSELVES
    1034 4 Is an employer m Malaya within the law if he refuses to re-engage employees who go on strike Much publicity has been given this week to a judgment by the Chief Justice of the Malayan Union, Sir Harold Willan,
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    Free Rice Market
    203 4 Much is being said about the efforts that are being made m the Malay Peninsula to increase the area under padi, the yields from the existing padi areas, and the sales to Government under the Pad Purchase Scheme for the Pan-Malayan ration. There is, however, one further
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    CAPE ROMANIA
    777 4  -  FATHER CARDON A Landmark Of The Portuguese To Modern Johore By TN The Straits Times 1 recently, "El Diuu" questioned the existence of a cape which according to "Tuan Djek" is called Rumania and forms the southernmost headland of the Malay Peninsula on its eastern side. There is,
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    ALOR STAR'S STAR
    180 4 SEVERAL weeks ago "Tuan Djek" referred to one of the best-known and most puzzling names in the geography of Malaya Cape Rumania, on the south-east coast of Johore. opposite Singapore Island. A correspondent signing himself "El Diuu" followed this up with a letter in which he mentioned
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      Frustration By Export Permits—For Tea
      382 4 Frustration By Export Permits —For Tea AN Saturday afternoon Ir U went to the Post Office with the intention of sending Ito England a small packet j containing 1 lb. of tea. I was informed that I had to have! an export permit but that it could not be issued
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      TIMBUCTOO, TIENTSIN, TIPPERARY?
      323 4 TIMBUCTOO, TIENTSIN, TIPPERARY? MR. H. S. Lee's denial, published m your correspondence columns on Oct. 20, 1 made me find out ho.se words your leader of Oct. 15 had apparently misquoted. Your Kuala Lumpur staff correspondent had it that the speaker was Mr. Ec Yew Kirn, of Malacca. The passage
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      Oct. 20 In A Pahang Kampong
      243 4 Oct. 20 In A Pahang Kampong I GIVE below a conveivat on piece I overheard m Mentakab on Hartal Day, 1947: Ponnusamy: Good morning: Mr. Ramasamy. why haven't you gone to work today? Knmasamy: I do not know. A Chinese told us not to turn ud to work today. Ponnusamy:
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      "MAU TOLONG-HATI TA' BRANI!"
      176 4 r HAVE read very carefully the letter by "A kampong card holder" of "banyah karchor" on Sundays. Accord-* ing to him he had recognised the man he was certain was a clerk employed m the Food Control Department. Now that being the case, it is useless
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    PROMOTION FOR CHINESE LAWYERS
    292 5 PROMOTION FOR CHINESE LAWYERS Raised To Colonial Legal Service TWO Chinese have been promoted from the Straits Settlements Legal Service to the Colonial Legal Service. They are the first two Chinese to be admitted to the higher service. They are the Acting Registrar of the Supreme Court, and Sheriff of
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    Rescue Bid In Sewer Praised
    121 5 Rescue Bid In Sewer Praised •THE Singapor c Coroner, Mr. 1 W. G. Porter, at an inquiry yesterday, suggested formal recognition of the conduct of Cpl. D. J. Skipp of the R.A.F. Police, who attempted to rescue Municipal labourers trapped m a manhole filled with sewer gas on Oct. 16.
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    Disregarded Danger
    137 5 According to the workers, EdWardi went m through the manhole m an attempt to save one of his men. Appavoo, regardless of personal danger. Edwards was overcome by sewer gas just after he had tied a rope round Appavoo. Ponnusamy and the chief overseer, J. Silberman, went m
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    STAMP AUCTION TO AID T.B. FUND
    76 5 The Singapore Stamp Club will hold a public auction of stamps on Tuesday at 5.30 p.m. at the Raffles Hotel. This auction is dn aid of the Rotary T.B. Clinic Fund. Mr. Cheong Hock Chye of Messrs Cheong Hock Chye and Ca Ltd., will
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    18 5 Rev. Ho Sens Ong. M.A.. present principal of the Anglo-Chinese School, Ipoh, which celebrates its Golden Jubilee today.
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    'TROOPERS' FOR STORE
    100 5 CERVICE families and Bri*J tish Service personnel cr e expected m Singapore by the Nevassa from Madias and Rangoon on Oct. 29. The ship will embark British troops for the United Kingdom when she leaves Singapore early next month. O".her "troopers" are expected to arrive m Singapore
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    PASSIVE DEFENCE
    67 5 Payment to non-ir.tcrned members of the Passive Defence Services will be made next week at Volunteer Forces Record Office. Beach Road between 9 a.m. and 12.30 p.m. and 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. as follows: Special Constabulary, Monday; A.R.P. "D" Division, Tuesday and Wednesday: M.A.S. St. Andrew's Depot,
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    STORE PARADE ROUTE FIXED
    233 5 The route for the Chinese lantern procession to celebrate the wedding of Princess Elizabeth was fixed at a meeting of the Singa- i pore Chinese Chamber of Com- 1 merce celebration sub-committee yesterday. The procession, which will start at 7 p.m. on Nov. 20, the wedding
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    PERAK STATE NOMINEES
    142 5 From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH, Thursday.— Dato Panglima Bukit Gantang and Inche Zainal Abindin bin Haji Abas are the candidates recommended to the Sultan of Perak by the Perikatan Melayu Perak (Malay League) for the key appointments of Mentri Besar and State Secretary. Perak, under new Constitution.
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    Five New Ships For Malaya
    161 5 Five New Ships For Malaya •TOREE 394-ton vessels, the 1 Empire Maymead, Empire Maybury and Empire Mayland, formerly employed on the West African coast, have been purchased by the Straits Steamship Company for Malaya's coastal trade. The ships arrived m Singapore recently from \he United KingI dom and will be
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    TWO ROBBERIES OFF BEACH ROAD
    69 5 Two robberies at sea off Beach Road occurred simultaneously m the small hours of yesterday morning. In the first, three Chinese, one armed with a pistol, robbed a Banjarese sailor of cylinder oil valued at $500 and $8 m cash from a motor boat. In
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    DAGGER CHARGE
    67 5 Lim Yew Tat, 25, was yesterday fined $200, In default three months' rigorous imprisonment lor possession of a dagger. Police found the dagger under I his pillow when they raided he workers' quarers of Heap Hoe Rubber Factory a: Thomson Road on Tuesday morning. Accused told the Sirgaporj
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    Police Seek Man In $135,000 Case
    247 5 THE Chinese manager of a Chinese shipping company m 1 Singapore yesterday alleged tltat 750 bags of copra were substituted for a consignment of 750 bags of pepper for which he had issued three bills of lading. He said that the discovery was made
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    36 Chinese On Society Charges
    111 5 36 Chinese On Society Charges THIRTY-SIX Chinese pack1 ed the Second PoLce Court dock m three batches yesterday on secret society charges. Their ages ranged from 17 to 61. The oldest among them, Chan Hok, a Hokkien, was charged with assisting m the management of an unlawful society— the "Oh
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    LIQUOR OFFENCE
    52 5 Toh Ah Heng. a 36-year-old Chinese was fined $100. or four weeks' r.i.. by the Third Police Court Magistrate, Mr. F. Bernard Oehlers, yesterday, for possessing dutiable liquor. In the same court, a 26-year-old Chinese, Au Yeok Keng was fined $810, m default three months' r.i., for possessing
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      MALAYAN ROUND-UP Six Boats Lost In Kuantan Blaze Smallpox Death
      225 5 MALAYAN ROUND-UP Six Boats Lost In Kuantan Blaze Smallpox Death It is believed the fire was caused by children. It started m one boat and when the wind suddenly changed direction spread to the other boats tied up alongside. The fire brigade from Kuantan had to be brought over m
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      Fire Walkers
      61 5 I rfiAIPING, Thursday. Climax1 ing their nine-day festival, 'he Kew Ong Yeah (Nine Sea Gods) Temple held a fire-walking ceremony yesterday. Led by two mediums. 30 devotees walked across a hot charcoal bed 12 feet long before a large gathering including Europeans. One devotee when interviewed later said:
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      Malayans In London
      100 5 MR. and Mrs. Dussek recently entertained about 40 Malayan students at a reception at the Royal Empire Society, London, to meet Mr. J. L. Keith, 0.8. E., Head o: the Colonial Office Welfare Department and Mr. H. R. Cheeseman, Director of Education, Malayan Union. Malayan interests m
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      Remembrance Day
      42 5 IPOH, Thursday.—Remembrance Day m Ipoh will be observed at a service at the war memorial on Sunday. Nov. 9. A guard of honour at the cenotaph will be furnished by the Ist Battnlion i Queen's Own Cameron High- I landers.
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      Y.W.C.A. At Home
      67 5 THE Y.W.C.A. Business and Pro- fessional Women's Club will hold an At Home tomorrow at 5 p.m. at the Y.W.C.A.. Fort Canning for members and friends Among the guest artistes will be piarist, Kathleen Seth, who has just returned from Hong Kong where she broadcast a fortniuhtlv
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      To Be Councillor
      58 5 PENANG, Thursday.— The Penang Chamber of Commerce has nominated Mr. Jules Martin, a past chairman as their represent- ative to sit on the Malayan Union Advisory Council. The nomination followed an undertaking given by the Governor, Sir Edward Gent, at the last Council meeting, that a Penang
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    $100,000 OFFER TO FIGHT T.B.
    88 5 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. THE Central Welfare Council will donate 5100,000 to any future anti-tuberculosis campaign which may be launched by the Government. The Council has also decided to write to the Malayan Union Government suggesting that the time is now op.oortune
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    Lawyers' Comments On Strike Ruling
    303 5 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. LEGAL authorities, commenting on the judgment of the Chef Justice, Sir Harold Willan, o n the question of employment agreements m relation to strikes, stated that its implicat ons were "definite." According to Sir Harold's judgment, certain labourers
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    MR. J. D. M. SMITH
    46 5 Mr. J. D. M. Smith, has been appoint to act temporarily as Colonial Secretary Singapore, from Oct. 22. m addl *>j to his own du.ies as Actirg Financial Secretary, during the absence of Mr. P. A. B. McKerroi or casual leave.
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    GURKHA SACRIFICE CEREMONY
    339 6 Bulls 9 Heads Cut Off With Kukri From Uur Stan correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. pURKHA troops in the Malayan Union today sacri- ficed animals and fowls in their observance of the Hindu festival of Dushehra and the worship of the weapons of their profession. The highlight of
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    "Out And About" Is Lively
    361 6 "Out And About" Is Lively "Fancy Free," the new "Revuette" presented this week by C.S.E. at the Victoria Theatre is a genial, clean, I unpretentious little show, j which went down well with the Singapore first night audience, and is likely to prove very popular with the troops generally. With
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    A.C.S. MAGAZINE
    71 6 An enlarged number of the Singapore Anglo-Chinese School Magazine for 1947 will be published m November. It will contain special articles and pictures m honour of Mr. T. W. Hinch 0.8. E., and other personalities connected with the school. Old Boys of the school and others who require
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    2,500 JAPS OFF NEXT WEEK
    40 6 Another group of 2,500 Japanese surrendered personnel will leave Singapore next week by the Japa- nese-manned ship Kizan Maru for Japan. The Japs will embark on board the vessel at the Seletar Naval! Base. I
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    SINGAPORE SHIPPING
    112 6 SKIPS alongside the Singapore wharves' yesterday (godowns m brackets) were: Main Wharf: Sloterdijk (31-32), Marine Leopard (33-34), Steel Architect (36-37), Eumaeus 3839), Maron (40-41), Aletta (42-43). West Wharf: Samos (1-2), Salong (3), Mangola (4-5), Sumpitan (6-7) Antilochus (10-11), Polydrus (13-14). Empire Dock: City of Alma (1718), Bredero (19-20),
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    125 6 Capt. Roy Farran, D.5.0., triple M.C. (left) chatting with an army public relations officer on his arrival m Liverpool after a court martial m Palestine had acquitted him on a charee of murdering a Jewish youth. A Reuter cable yesterday from London stated that the British Colonial Office had announced
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    SHIPPING OFFICE
    30 6 The Shipping and Port Clearance Office as well as the Registrar of Imports and Exports Office will be open from 10 a.m. to 11 ajn. tomorrow, Hart Raya
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    Woman Says She Saw Moonlight Murder
    243 6 From Our Own Correspondent A VftIJU/ BATU PAHAT, Thursday. YOUNG Indian woman, Manikamah, told the Magistrate's kT* hhre re J oda y that th nj gfat of August 28 sh c had watched an Indian cook named Manikam stiw ff lin ff m the
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    LONDON STOCKS
    236 7 LONDON, Wednesday. FOR the first time for a considerable period, certain sections of the London Stock Exchange today recorded an increase m activity, althourh m general trading they remained under normal, says Reuter's financial correspondent. Oil shares were the brightest, encouraged by fur-th-r favourable press com. ment. Industrials,
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    Pepper And Sugar Arrivals
    457 7 Produce Market By A Market Correspondent THE arrival of 250 tons of Lampong; black pepper has sent the price down by $3 the picul. There was little buying interest even at the new price. The arrival of more than 1.000 bags of Java white sugar was
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    S'PORE SHARES
    103 7 By Our Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, Thursday. TIIE market in all sections remained quietly steady with no special features to report. Changes in quotations given today by the Malayan Sharcbrokers' Association were as follows: INDUSTRIALS Buyer Seller Henry Waugh 25.50 26.00 M. Colls 2.30 2.35 Oversea Chm. Bank 51.00
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    RUBBER
    64 7 The Singapore ChaffiDer ot Com- merce Rubber Association's orlces j at noon yesterday were: Buyers Sellers CU ft*, j ocr Ib ci ib. No. 1 RSS. Spot loose nominal 38 38' 2 No 1 RSS tob m bales Nov. 38*6 38% No 2 RSS tob In bales Nov. 38.i
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    Dow Jones Averages
    23 7 Oct. 21 Oct. 22 Stocks 66.14 65.88 Industrials 185.09 184. iO Rails 60.88 50. a5 Utilities 35.62 35.62 "A .P.
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    HORSES GIVEN WINDING-UP GALLOPS
    557 8  -  EPSOM JEEP Constance Young Lucius Outstanding By PENANG, Thursday. XHE going was firm and the track was very fast this morning, when most of Saturday's runners were given their winding-up gallops. Constance (Bagby) did the best gallop, clocking 1371 37 sec. for 3f. m a tryout
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    KEEP YOUR EYE ON...
    188 8 EPSOM JEEP Says DRB: Showed a wt'.come return to form m XL. Ran second to Grand I P: x II over lMn. Had race m hand until Grand Prix II made his i devastating spurt a furlong out. CHATSTER: Has come on since Ipch. Nicely weighted.
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    GOLD CUP SOCCER
    80 8 THE Singapore Malays and Johore Malays meet In the I southern zone final of the Sultan's Gold Cup soccer competition at the Jalan Besar stadium this evening. The winners will qualify to meet Selangor, winners in the I western zone, Trengganu. the only side from the eastern
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    Bird To Fight In Australia
    132 8 Bird To Fight In Australia TTIE promising Eurasian 1 welterweight boxer, Jimmy Bird, will be leaving for| Australia shortly to fulfil a three-month contract there. Mr. Kow Kirn Lin, who j manages Bird, Baltazar and Iha j nez, said yesterday that Bird j I would take the first available boat
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    Teams For Army Rugger Trial
    89 8 An Army rugby trial will be held today at 5 p.m. at the Police Training School ground m Thor- son Road. Teams will be: PROBABLES: Griffiths: Williams, Rees. Stothard, Murphy; Leslie- Jones, Newby; Hall, Austin, Sloper, Sparrow, Naylor, Howd, Gibson, Williams (R.W.F.). PROBABLES: Skuse; Eke,
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    SHANGHAI MEET T.P.C.A. TODAY
    48 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. Kuala Lumpur will have another opportunity of seeing the Shanghai touring soccer eleven m action tomorrow, when they meet th s year's Selangor first division league soccer champions, the T.P.C.A., at Princes Road. The Tamilians are fielding their j strongest side.
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    THRILLING GAME IN BELFAST
    117 8 BELFAST, Thursday. TFrifhTeSulrn after each side had scored twice 11 dramatic onenina with thrfe goals fn^the first ten minutes. Ireland then leading. Stubbins scored first, but MeDowell equalised, and put his side ahead. Stubbins levelled the score before half-time Pye and Hagan next scored for England,
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    COMBINED COLLEGES vs. S.C.C. TODAY
    123 8 The following will turn out for the Combined Colleges at hockey against the Singapore Cricket Club on the padang today at 5.15 p.m. Wong Tons Seng (R.C.); M. C. Kailasapathy (R.C.). J. S. Mahadevan (M.C.); C. J. John, (M.C.), S. D. Williams (M.C.), G. M.
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    COLTS v. R.N.P.
    93 8 THE Singapore Colts will play 1 their first hockey match of the season tomorrow against the Royal Naval Police at the Naval Base. Under the guidance of tne wellknown Malaya and Singapore hockey player, Noel Hay, the Colts possess a team of promising young players who should
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    Early Penang Selections
    89 8 By EPSOM JEEP H., Cl. 1, 7 Furs.— Dßß, Chatster. H, Cl. 1, 6 Furs.— TARABAH, Counsel 11. H.. CL 2. 7 Furs.— GULA MALAKA, Game Law. H., CL 3, Div. 1, 6 Furs.— FRIAR'S LAST, Egyptian Queen. H., CL 3, Div. 2, 6 Furs.— LENA DEAR,
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    3 CHANGES IN INDIAN TEAM
    80 8 ADELAIDE, Thursday. C. N. SARWATE joined the Indian cricket team tonight and will play against South Australia m the match beginning here tomorrow. -Tiree changes are being made from the side which played a t Perth, Sarwate, Naiyudu and Sen replacing Rangnekar, Amir Elahi and
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    BRADMAN TURNS DOWN OFFER
    134 8 ADELAIDE. Thursday. DON BRADMAN has rejected an offer of £1,000 to write for a London Sunday newspaper and has publicly stated that "no sum will tempt him to write provocative articles." Bradman made this announcement m a letter to the press tonight m reply to a
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    MANY KNOCKOUTS IN NOVICES' BOUTS
    187 8 MANY knockouts were seen when the Singapore Amateur Boxing Association's novices competition was continued last night at the Happy World Stadium. Results were: Lightweight: Baba b. Abd. Rahim (Police) t.lc.o.'dßabab. Abdul (Police) in Ist rd.: J. Prior (Police) k o.'d L Brown (E O S
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    Crack Teams At Soccer
    120 8 Group photograph taken at Seramban on Wednesday, when the lien Hwa team beat the Shanghai tourists one-nil. Back row (left to right): Tan Kal Ban, Han Lun Poh, Moo Kirn Seng, Wu Chi Hsiang, Tan Kai Sow, Chang Pang Run, Mr. Eugene Chong (manager of Shanghai
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    MEDICALS KEEP GATER CUP
    476 8 Medicals 17; Dentals 0. THE Medicals retained the Gater Cup yesterday when they 1 defeated the combined Dental and Pharmacy faculties m the annual inter-faculty rugger fixture played on the Medical College ground, the score being 17 points (a goal and four tries) to nothing. After
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    S.C.R.C. AND POLICE RUGGER TEAMS
    101 8 The following will represent the Singapore Chinese Recreation Club in rugger against the Singapore Police tomorrow at 5.15 p.m. at Thomson Road: Patrick Ye«; Low i Kee Pow, Ng Wood Kan, Wee Leong jSow, Wee Beng Chye; William Func, George Loh; Ong Chew Bee, Mah
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    G.S.C. WIN AGAIN AT NETBALL
    193 8 G.S.C. WIN AGAIN AT NETBALL ACCURATE shooting by lr's Mathews and Mavis Plunkett contributed largely to the Girls' Sports Club victory over the Crazy Gang by the wide margin of 37 to 11 &oals mi n a netball game played at the padang yesterday. The Crazy Gang, a new team
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    DOCKYARD TEAMS
    79 8 The following players will represent the Dockyard League XI In a friendly soccer match against the R.A.S.C Training School tomorrow at 5 p.m. at the Naval Base: MacKenzle, Martin, Towel, Hopkins, Robinson, White. Jones, Logan, Neil, Weatherby. Sparkes. (The following players will represent the Naval Dockyard XI against
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    Muar v. Kota Raja
    76 8 From Oar Own Correspondent MTJAR, Thursday The Muar Chinese soccer team will travel to Segamat on Saturday to play a charity match against the Kota Raja team from Singapore. The team will be selected from Lim Kan chong, Cheah Tuan Joo Long, Yeo Koon Nong, Woon
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    HARLEQUINS TEAM
    78 8 The Harlequins Hockey XI to meet GHQ FARELP tomorrow at 5 p.m. on the SRC ground will be selected from: R. Minjoot, R. Rozarkj, K. Cordeiro, P. Neubronner, H. Hoeden; O. Clarke (capt.), N. Barker. N. Vanderputt, R. Barker, A. Watts, C. Camptiell, A. Clarke. E. Ebert. Sanction
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    C.S.C HOCKEY XI
    72 8 The following- will Dlay hockey for the Ceylon Sportts Olub a*auist the Naval Dockyard XI at the Naval Base tomorrow at 55.15 D_m. (transport leaves at 4 D.m. from the Kanrlane Kerbau Dolice station): V. N i'lliay. K. 1 Muthununaru. A. PonnamDalam. V. John. E. Doraisamy. A.
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