The Straits Times, 27 February 1948

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    19 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 EIGHT PAGES SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1948 4JL PRICE TEN CENTS
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    THE PERCIVAL SUPPLEMENT-SEE INSIDE
    658 1 Governments Reject Trusted Cost-Of -Living Scale THE Goverments of Singapore and the Federation of Malaya have 1 rejected the recommendations of the Trusted Salaries Commission on temporary and cost of living allo wances. Announcing this at the meeting of the Singapore Advisory Council yesterday, the Colonial
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    Navy And Air Force Despatches
    63 1 Navy And Air Force Despatches THE despatches of ViceAdmiral Sir Geoffrey Layton on the loss of Prince of Wales and Ri pulse and those of Air Vice Marshal Sir Paul Maltby, Assistant A.O.C. Far ilast. during the Malayan campaign a«"e released today for simultaneous publication with the Percival report. >c
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    U.S. Navy Employee Murdered
    116 1 NEW YORK, Thursday. A FORMER naval officer. travelling under orders from thu Navy Department, was found strangled m his ransacked hotel room here last night. He was Harvey Haeberle, 35. a civilian employee oi thf Navy Photographic Divis:on at Anacostia Air Station m Washington. H\s hands
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    CRUISER OFF TO BELIZE
    54 1 LONDON. Thursday.— The British cruiser Sheffield is on its way to Beliz?. British Honduras, because of "possible incidents which may be s'aged by certain irresponsible element v m the neighbouring Central American Republic of Guatemala. Guatemala has a lyngding dispute with Britain i.. which she claims
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    DROP IN H.K. DOLLAR
    116 1 HONG KONG, Thursday,— The Hong Kong dollar, which has been steady at 254 U.S. cents since the war, dropped to 16 U.S. cents yesterday m the open market on rumours that sterling was to be devalued. The rumours were promptly denied by a British Government spokesman.
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    KILLEARNS BACK IN SINGAPORE
    42 1 The Special Commissioner m South-East Asia (Lord Killearn) and Lady Killearn returned to Singapore yesterday from Ceylon by BOAC Lancastrian aircraft. They left Singapore on Feb. 9 for Colombo to witness the opening of Ceylon's Srst Dominion parliament
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    American Appeal On Palestine
    287 1 j LAKE SUCCESS, Thurs. <THE United States yesj x terday submitted a 1 resolution during the Security Council debate on Palestine appealing to all the Governments m and around Palestine to take action to prevent disorders m that country. The U.S. delegate. Senator Austin, proposed the
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    70 STUDENTS AT A.B.M. AT HOME
    41 1 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON. Thursday.— More than 200 former Malayans attended the Association of British Malaya's Winter At Home at Grosvenor House. Seventy Malayan students attended as guests of the Association. Straits Times Copyright.
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    Fire Destroys 24 Homes
    80 1 From Our SU IT Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. A fire m Pulau Langkawi, an island off Kedah, destroyed 24 houses and the Government Dispensary yesterday afternoon. There was no loss of life, but material damage is considerable. Relief supplies, organised by the State Welfare Officer, Kedah,
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    67 1 Walking hatless between twoiilain-clothesmen is Donald Oorge Thomas, wanted for questioning m connection with the murder of Police Constable Nat Edgar at Winchmore Hill on Feb. 16. Arrested with Thomas was Noreen Winkless. Both were taken at a boarding -house m Stockwell, London. Thomas was caught by 6ft, 16stone Inspector
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    Purge Starts In Czechoslovakia
    362 1 PRAGUE, Thursday. WORKERS' action committees, called into being m factories, ministries and offices throughout Czechoslovakia, today began a purge of 'treacherous elements" m public and private life. Prace the trade union I paper, reported that the] executive committee oi the Foreign Ministry had .formed a sub-committee
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    War Claims Query
    92 1 LONDON, Thursday. MR. Leonard Gammans Conservative, asked m the House of Commons yesterday if a decision had yet been reached on compensation for personal effects lost during the Japanese occupation of Malaya. The Under-Secretary for the Colonies said the Malayan War Damage Claims Commissioner was m London
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    B-29 CRASHES IN FLAMES
    95 1 MERIDIAN, Texas, Thursday. A B-29 bomber, en route from Carswell airfield at Fort Worth to the Pacific Coast, crashed and burned here today. Eight of the crew of 12 aboard parachuted to safety. The fate of the other four is m doubt. Col. Alan D. Clark,
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    Imam's "Buried Gold"
    189 1 CAIRO. Thursday. j> A N entirely new account of i\ the assassination of the former Imam of Yemen, as- j serting that he was shot after burying Royal treasure m the desert sands, was published m trie Arabic newspaper, Al Misri, here today. Earlier reports had said
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    Malaya: Moscow's Version
    141 1 Malaya: Moscow's Version MOSCOW, Thursday. r THE new Federation of 1 Malaya showed that "the British are determined to strengthen th^ir i grip on Malaya, not want I ing to lose a country so rich m resources," the Soviet Trade Union paper, Trud, declared today m an article broadcast by
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    Special UN Session On Korea?
    284 1 Special UN Session On Korea? LAKE SUCCESS, Tbun. NORWAY suggested yt.-s-terday that a •pec.al session of the Unit d Nations Assembly be to deal with "the wry difficult and complicated problem of Korea. The Norwegian delegate Mr. Finn Ifoe) suggested that representatives of Korea should be present if such a
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      PetthSchoolsBook Pupils For 1960
      77 2 PERTH, W. A., Thursday. HOARDING schools m Western Australia are already D booking pupils as far ahead as 1960. Guildford Grammar School headmaster, Canon R.E. Freeth, said recently that one man had booked his three sons for Guildford m 1955, 1957 and 1959. The reason, he
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      Corfu Incident
      104 2 THE HAGUE. Thursday The Corfu Channel incident In which two British destroyers were mined m Oct.. 1946, resulting m 44 British sailors killed and 112 injured will be debated m the first post-war public session of the International Court of Justice here today. A few months earlier two
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      Cholera Outbreak
      82 2 ALLAHABAD, Thursday. A cholera epidemic is raging m Sangam where 3.004.000 persons gathered to watch the final immersion of Gandhi's ashes. Official reports say at j least 325 have died among 59% rases of the disease which broke out simultaneously with the final cere- monies for Gandhi at
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      14 Mines Close
      44 2 DONC ASTER, Thursday. Fourteen Yorkshire coal miru-s. producing about 115 000 tons of coal a week. were closed down yesterday by a shot-firer's unofficial '< strike for higher wages. Eighteen thousand miners j are estimated to be idle as a rr-sult.— AJ».
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      Buses On Thames
      45 2 LONDON. Thursday— Four water buses are to be run on the Thames through London between Tower Bridge and I Putney starting on June, the Minister of Transport announced yesterday. They will each be capable of carrying between 150 and 170 people Reuter.
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      Queen And Sheik
      28 2 LONDON. Thursday. Queen Elizabeth received the Saudi Arabian Ambassador. Sh*ik Ha&iz Wahba. and the Burmese Ambassador and Lady Gyee at Buckingham j Palace yesterday. A.P.
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      Prohibition Law
      69 2 MADRAS. Thursday.—lntoxicating liquor will be prohibited im Madras Province from October next. It was announced yesterday. The Finance Minister, presenting next year "s budget m the provincial Assembly, said this will entail a loss of 17,000,000 rupees m general revenue and cost 1,000,000 rupees for enforcement officers. With
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      Blind Battler
      78 2 SYDNEY. Thursday A I blind, one-armed veteran j with the use of only one finger i and a thumb of other hand Intends to resume his life as a business executive. He is Capt. R. O. Blackmore, of Brisbane, first Aus- I tralian blinded soldier to be rehabilitated
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      Inventor s Suicide
      78 2 LONDON, Thursday. Geoffrey Nathaniel Pyke, inventor of many strange devices, committed suicide because of worry, the St. i Pancras Coroner found yesterday. Pyke, 54, conceived the wartime idga, for a time con- sldered by Mr. Churchill, of building aircraft carriers of artificial ice. I Pyke was found
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      Strikers Arrested
      56 2 MARSEILLES, Thursday.— A woman was injured and six persons arrested after a clash here last night between 300 police and 1,000 strikers from the St. Louis petrol refineries. The police intervened when the strikers, now idle for three days, held a public meeting despite an official ban. .The
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      To Visit U.S.
      33 2 WASHINGTON, Thursday Ex-King Michael of Rumania and his mother will shortly visit the United States, the State Department said today. The visit would be "entirely unofficial," it was added Reuter.
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      Typhoon Crash
      38 2 MANILA. Thursday— Three airmen were killed and three seriously injured yesterday •when tneir planes crashed during a test at Lipa air bas°, 60 miles south of Manila. The plane had been damaged by a typhoon. A.P
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      Tourist Slump
      61 2 BRUSSELS. Thursday. Belgian holiday resort offi- cials and hotel owners com- plain that British tourists are allowed only £5 when coming to Belgium while they are allowed £35 for other European countries. They decided yesterday to ask the Belgian Government to urge the British authorities to gra it
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      Not Good
      84 2 LONDON. Thursday— Mr Rees-Williams told 'he House of Commons yesterday that a man m Kenya had threatened that anyone who did not come' out on a proposed strike should have his ears cut off. 'The British Government does not feel that this constitutes good trr.de union practice." he
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      Had His Fun
      70 2 SYDNEY, Thursday—Reginald Cook. 19-year-old labourer, had lived like a millionaire on X 6,000 he made last year from a racket m petrol coupons, which he sold for 3d each the special Federal Court was told yesterday. Cook pleaded Kuilty to charges of unlawful possession of petrol ration
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      Helen Keller Tour
      63 2 SYDNEY, Thursday— Helen Keller. 67. listed as one of the outstanding 12 American leaders of the century, will visit Australia next month. Miss Keller, who lost her sight, speech and hearing at the age of two, will conduct a lecture tour. She has particularly asked to meet
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      Quads Born
      45 2 ATHENS, Thursday. Anna Havanl, or Preveza, mother of six children, gave birth yesterday to male quadruplets. The Ministry of Health has j ordered four bundles of clothing to be sent to her. The mother and quads were were reported m excellent health— UP.
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      Possession Order
      47 2 WINDSOR. Thursday.— The County Court yesterday granted the War Office possession of the married quarters m the barracks at Windsor occupied by four men now demobilised It stated that the accom- modation was urgently needed for families of soldiers coming back from Palestine. —Reuter. I
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      396 2 NOTICES TENDERS Separate tenders will be received for the supply of the undermentioned to the Johore Bahru, Muar and Malacca Prisons [respectively for a period of 3 months commencing from Ist April. 1948:— (0 Rations to Prisoners (ii) Rations to Warders. 2. Particulars and terms of the contract can be
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    NEW N.E.I. REGULATIONS
    343 3 Malayan Export Trade To Benefit THE Dutch Consulate-General m Singapore announced yesterday that new regulations had come into force m the N.E.I, with a view to promoting the export trade from Singapore and the Federation of Malaya. The object of these regulations was to make it easier
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    Bandoeng Talks Plea
    135 3 BATAVIA, Thursday. THE Bandoeng conference, considering a constitution for the proposed new state of West Java, has decided by 62 votes to 35 to ask Dr. Huberts van Mook, the Dutch Lieutenant-Gover-nor-General, to recognise the conference as a provisional state parliament. The Netherlands East Indies News Agency,
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    BANKING ACT CHALLENGED
    79 3 MELBOURNE, Thursday.— Jrdsments of the United States Supreme Court were quoted m the Australian Hieh Court yesterday by counsel attempting to show that the Federal Bank Nationalisation Act was invalid. Australia's Constitutional case, m which the Federal Government's legislation is being challenged, is now m Its 12th
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    Singapore Diary
    134 3 TODAY: Royal Asiatic Society, annual ral meeting, Raffles Museum. 6 p.m. V.M.C.A.. Orchard Road, commercial classes. 5.3 p.m., recital of recorded music, 8 p.m. Y.W.C.A., Malay classes, 8, Fort Canning Road, 9 a.m.. 10 a.m. and 5.30 p..m.. Pioneers meeting, 11, Leonie Hill Road. 4 p.m., general committee
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    90,000 Tons From N.E.I. This Year
    167 3 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Thursday. THE Amsterdam correspondent of the Financial Times says that semi-official estimates of estate production m Java and Sumatra give the potential production I of rubber at 315,000 tons. I The estimated output for 1948 ii 90,000 tons and
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    'OFFENSIVE' ATTACK
    99 3 LONDON, Thursday.— The British Foreign Secretary (Mr. Ernest Bevin) told Par- liament yesterday that he would consider protesting to the Soviet authorities about an "offensive" attack on Bri- tain and the United States made by the Soviet Commander m Austria. The attack, made at a Soviet Army Day
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    Cheque Case: Cashier Tells Of Receipts
    307 3 AT the request of Sim Swee Khoon, a cashier employed by the Social Welfare Department, Chan Li am Chye, a member of the staff, wrote out and signed five receipts to the total value of $20,557.42 without receiving any monty or knowing whe ther
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    TO AID MISSION
    28 3 A variety entertainment m aid of the Ramakrishna Mission Orphanage will be i held on March 2 at 6.30 p.m. |at the Victoria Theatre, Singapore.
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    44 3 MEN WITH WINGS: R.A.F. cadets received a briefing from the meteorological man before taking off on a tr»ining night m England. In a course which lasts 49 weeks each pupil pilot obtains a total of 195 hours m the air.— Sport and General picture.
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    Fishery Experts Meet
    188 3 BAGUIO, Thursday. FISHERIES experts of r eight nations, attend- ing the United Nations Food and Agriculture meeting here, left a wayj open for Russia and Japan to join an Indo-Pacific Fisheries Council to help increase the food supply fur hungry Asia. Delegates of Burma, China, India, the
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    ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
    56 4 15 Rodiipui", v.->hes to thank all 'h> so kindly atI th? funeral of her de- husband John Rodrirues and who sent letters of condolnrreaths and supplied transA Requiem Ma^s will be .Mm? a: the Cathedral of the Good rd at 6.15 am. on 2 '3 '48. The attendance prayers
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  • The Straits Times Singapore. Fri. Feb. 27, 1948 THE FALL OF MALAYA
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      1126 4 The official despatches of Lieut.-General A. E. Percival, who was General Officer Commanding during the Malayan Campaign, have at last been released for publication. The despatches do not contain any of the sensational charges or bitter criticisms which it has been repeatedly stated Gen. Percival had to make against troops
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    The "New Order" In A North China Village
    1135 4 The "New Order" In A North China Village By A Correspondent In The Manchester Guardian VUHSIEN is a village m Chinese Communist territory on the North China Plain. It lies on the northern bank of the Yellow River near its intersection with the Grand Canal. The gently curving roofs of
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      Co-operators As Wholesalers: Help From Britain
      142 4 IF co-operators read the' editorial m the Sunday Times of Feb. 15 headed "STEADY DOES FT" I hope they will not have cold feet. The delegates to the forthcoming Co-operative conference at Kuala Lumpur on Mar. 6, lam sure, will have the courage of
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      K.L. Conference
      90 4 Again, today, on the eve of the deparure of the co-oper-a ive delegates to the cooperative conference, with resolutions for the expansion of the movement, the Sunday Times sees fit to publish a leader with exactly the same motive. I would ask co-operators to display the same courage
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      Co-Op. Help
      160 4 Here is an example I would like to quote: The Queensland Poultry Farmers' Co-op Society m Australia was at one time finding it impossible to obtain supplies of cement to sell to its members. Repeated applications had been made to the manufacturers to supply cement and to add
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      PAYMENT FOR COUNCILLORS OPPOSED
      227 4 PAYMENT FOR COUNCILLORS OPPOSED AS a prospective payer of income-tax, I strongly oppose the suggestion that has been made by Inche Abdui Rahim Ibrahim that members of the new Legislative Council should be paid as are the Members of Parliament m Britain. My reasons are these: The payment of a
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      HOLIDAY FOR VOTERSASKED
      140 4 HOLIDAY FOR VOTERS ASKED MANY voters may bo prevented from going to the poll on March 20, owing to their not being able to get a day off from their work. For the various districts we have the following voters: 1. Municipal South-West 8.849 2. Municipal North-East 8.668 3. Rural
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      TRAFFIC AT JOO CHIAT
      244 4 rOSE who are concerned with this city's traffic problems are advised to visit Joo Chiat Road, near Geylang Serai during the morning and evening and see for them selves the shameful pandemonium which prevails there everyday. Drainside hawkers, with a few cents worth of vegetables, and
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      TRAFFIC SIGNS IN ALL LANGUAGES
      139 4 I AM gratified indeed by the prompt response with which my query on "Roundabout Procedure' was met. However, now that we all know what the law is,— that is all of us who can understand English— would it not be as well if steps were
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    MR. GOHO CHALLENGES MR. MALLAL
    619 5 Debate On Merits Before Public MR. S. C. GOHO, Independent candidate for the Rural West constituency m the Singapore Legislative Council elections, has thrown down a challenge to Mr. N. A. Mallal, Progressive Party candidate for Municipal South-West The challenge is to meet Mr. Goho
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    Lady Gimson Gets Gifts
    102 5 lADY UIMSON. wife of J the Governor of Singapore, wa* orrsented with tun India-made handbags and a wwrl box inlaid with I at the Indian Trade Kxhibitioa yesterday morniii On arrival at the exhibition entrance. Lady (Jimson i~ received by the ReinrMMitative of the Government of
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    4,500 Tons Meat For Malaya
    354 5 By Our Woman Correspondent MAI .AY A S meat quota for 1948 has been fixed at l.:> 00 tons. Meat is no longer under Government Since the liberation, distribution was made through Government agents m Singapore. Ttoee-quttten of the Malayan allocation wili cum*' fee Singapore.
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    Two Die In Bus-Truck Collision
    201 5 Two Die In BusTruck Collision rO Chinese labourers were killed when a 15-cwt truck hi which they were travelling was m collision with an S.T.C. bus opposite the gates of Bidadari The truck was carrying! four labourers and a load of pigs into Singapore when the accident occurred. The 25-year-old
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    BUDDHIST MEETING
    81 5 A special meeting of the representatives of all Buddhist Societies and of the Ramakrishna Mission will be held on Feb 29 at 7 p.m. at The Smirapore Buddhist Association. 96, On tram Road. There will be a discussion of important matters Correspondence regarding the declaration of Vesak, the
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    Checking Of Ships' Papers Tightened
    222 5 Checking Of Ships' Papers Tightened rE Netherlands Con-sulate-General m Singapore states that an in-i creasing number of vessels! calling at Netherlands indies checking ports en route to non-occupied ports are not m possession of the required ships' and crews' papers. The announcement states that the following regulations will m future
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    BIG GAME AND ROMANCE
    95 5 Unii«d Artists' "The M2comber Affair." which open* I at the Rex today, has a locale ar,d cast to make H a refreshine drama. It's about an estranged husband (Robert Preston) who thinks a hunting excur- sion m Africa with wife Joan iB. net* will natch up
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    PORT RULES AMENDED
    246 5 r TVE Sinjfapore Marine Police will be able to exercise more effective control over the movement i and berthing of vessels m i Telok Ayer Basin through j the passing of the Singapore Port (Amendment) Rules m the Adv sory Council yesterday. Tie motion passed was one
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    Food By The Shipload
    194 5 LARGE shipments of Australian food are expected m Singapore m a few days by two Blue 'Funnel ships, the Gorgon and the Charon. The Gorgon, arriving on Sunday will bring 2,775 sheep for civilians and 83 sheep for the Services. Civilian cargo will include also 300
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  • Malayan Round-up
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      Paintings Of Malaya Ready For B.I. F.
      112 5 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Thursday. THE Penang artist, Yong Mun Sen, has now completed three of the eight pictures which h e has been commissioned to paint for the British Industries Fair to be held m London m M:iv Mun Sen s
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      Hammond Organ
      104 5 rpHE Hammond Electric OrX gan, which has been recently installed at the Wesley Methodist Church. Fort Canning Road, will be heard on the air for the first time since the occupation on Sunday evening from 5.30 to 6.30 over Radio Malaya. The organ has been com- pletely rehabilitated
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      Conference
      65 5 IPOH, Thursday.— The first post-war conference of the Methodist Youth Fellow- ship will be held at Ipoh starting on April 15 and endI ing on April 17. About 200 young men and women from all over Malaya j are expected to attend, and the dean of the All-Malaya Institute
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      New President
      68 5 ¥>ENANG. Thursday. The ivlce-president of the Perang Rotary Club (Mr. T. E. Conag-han) was yesterday installed president m place oi Mr. M. Saravanamuttu, who is at present m Ceylon. Mr. Koh Sin Hock was elected vice-president. Addressing the members, Mr. Conaghan referred to the new era m the
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    "Guinea Pigs For National Home"
    274 5 r THE head of a Singapore Eurasian household told the 1 Straits Thnes yesterday that his and other Malayan Eurasian families .would go as colonists to Hollandia, m Dutch New Guinea, "as guinea pigs for the formation of a national home for our people The
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    Death For Murderer
    141 5 A 25-year-old labourer, Choy Tak, was yesterday sentenced to death by Mr. Justice Brown at the Singapore Assi c-, lor the murder of Chong Ngit Crteong, a detective attached to the Criminal Investigation Department. Choy Tak was unanimously found guilty by a common jury of shooting Chong
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    CIVIL LIABILITY CLAIMS
    665 6 Proposal To Set Up Tribunal From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. f EGISLATION is to be introduced into the Federation for the setting up of a tribunal to consider volunteer civil liability claims. There will be power to grant ex-gratia assistance to an appropriate extent m
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    Trade For January A Record
    177 6 Trade For January A Record MALAYA began the year with a record $265,«500,000 January trade, the highest monthly total since the liberation, figures issued yesterday revealed. There was an increase of $36,000,000 over trade m December. The January total exceeded last year's record by $4,000,000, although exports at $135,849,441 were
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    Teachers To Sue Govt.?
    215 6 THE Malayan Teachers') Union may take legal action against the Governments of Singapore and the Federation of Malaya. The union will resort to this action failing a satisfactory reply m two weeks to the Union's request for the I restoration of the $50 diploma I allowance
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    Girl Accused Of Murder
    105 6 A 14-year-old Chinese girl was committed yesterday by Mr. R. W. P. Rule, the Singapore Eighth Police Court Magistrate to the next Assizes on a charge of murder. It was alleged that she caused the death of a two-y^ar-old girl by administering a dose of caustic
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    JET DISPLAY
    35 6 The Vampire jet plane will ■i view to the public at Kallang airport from 2 to 4.30 Immediately afterwards. P; .1 Fit Lt J. W. Wilwill give a flying display jver the airport.
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    Singapore Shipping
    100 6 SHIPS alongside the Singapore wharves yesterday fgodowns m brackets) were: Main Wharf: Priam (33-34), Tegelberg < 38-39 Elpenor (42-43). West Wharf: Bendoran (4-s >. Benvorlich (6-7), Tresillian (8-9). Trevaylor (1011), Zeeland (13-14). Empire Dock: Bredero < 1718). Fort Deaslake (19-20). Kajang (27-28). Merlimau (29). Mantin (30). East Wharf:
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    Penghulu Installed
    246 6 Malay News From Abdul Aziz Ishak INSTALLATION of the Terj*■ ritorial Penghulu of Luak iTerachl, Kuala Pilah, was carj ried out recently with an impressive ceremony at the.-c- sidence of the new holder of th? title at Mile 17, Kuala Parit. Terachi. Over 1.000 Malays from the surrounding
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    Trade Union Men Are Acquitted
    216 6 THREE Singapore trade unionists, P. Veerasenan, P. Govindasamy and Amuthalingam, were acquitted yesterday ol housebreaking to commit mischtief and committing mischief on Nov. 6 last year. The prosecution alleged that the three men were concerned m breaking into the premises of Ganapathy and that they
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    Revival Of Trade With Palembang
    221 6 Revival Of Trade With Palembang THE re-opening of the Palembang branch ol the Oversea Chinese Banking Corporation Ltd ;on Monday marked a further step towards the restoration of normal trade conditions m that I port. Before the war there was a large trade between Singapore Palembang. A Chinese business man
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      337 6 RADIO MALAYA 3 PORE I I News: 1040 Ught En 1 p m. Phil Green Orcb.; 1 40 HIGHLIGHTS semble; 10.45 Sporte Page from Pare Dare Colliery Band; 2.00 AV c MM .v AuustralU; 11.30 Tunes from the Close. 8.15 News, Singapore Food RADIO MAI«A*A (J> pore) Movies; 11.30 Close.
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    LONDON STOCKS
    243 7 LONDON, Thursday. THE start of the new account yesterday did nothing; to dispel the heaviness of London's stock markets. Although most prices were quoted lower there was litUe sellling, says Renter's financial correspondent. The OTer-niffht Gorernment announcement of price pegging for a large amount of consumer goods brought
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    INDIES EXPORTS
    91 7 BATAVIA. Thursday. The Government Central Statistical Office yesterday released export figures of Indonesia for December 1947. Total export was valued at 42.000.000 NEI guilders. Rubber export amounted to 9.500,000 guilders, nearly half of which came from Sumatra. Copra export was of 8,971 tons. Of a total export value
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    RUBBER FUTURES
    48 7 NEW YORK, Thursday— Rubber yesterday closed 34 to 60 points 2' e foi n New ork Gales total16a 182 contracts. ,TT°£? r8 »*f re: March 1930 cents obld;o bld; Ma y 18W Jmy 17.87; September 17.56. No. l ribbed smoked sheets 191 cents nominal. A. P.
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    Singapore Shares
    320 7 From Our Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, Thursday. WHERE was little support on the local share market A today for Tins or Industrials. All prices eased. The market was still affected by uncertainty on the London stock exchange. Little business was reported. The two-day rise m Gammons was checked. The
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    3/8-CT.DROP INRUBBER
    154 7 rruiE price of rubber m SinX gapore yesterday dropped by three eighths of a cent, to make a total drop of IS cents since Tuesday. No. 1 sheet f.o.b. buyers closed last night at 38 5/8 cents per lb with sellers 38 7/8 cents. Spot loose buyers were
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    N.Y. STOCK EXCHANGE
    104 7 NEW YORK, Thursday The New York stock market yesterday advanced for the second straight day for the first time m nearly a month. The rally was moderate. Major Industrials and Rails led it. Of 945 issues traded, 523 gained and 195 declined. Altogether 710,000 snares were traded.
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    SIR KEITH & BULLRING IMPRESS
    555 8  - SIR KEITH BULLRING IMPRESS EPSOM JEEP By Final Gallops On Penang Track PENANG, Thursday. CIR Keith and Bullring revealed outstanding form on the training track here this morning, when most of Saturday's runners were given their final gallops. The going has improved after a brief shower yesterday afternoon, and the
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    50 8 Roimond. the Grand National favourite who fell m the Great Yorkshire Handicap steeplechase on Wednesday, is seen on the left while training at Compton, Berkshire, under George Beeby (riding on the extreme right). Behind Roimond are Silver Fame, another National candidate, and Flexton, a Lincoln shire Handicap entrant. A.P. Picture.
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    S.A.F.A. League Fixtures
    272 8 S.A.F.A. League Fixtures THE Singapore Amateur Football Association's first division league will start on Monday, with a match between the Seaforths and the S.C.F.A. (Tiger S.C.). Following is the list of Div. 1 fixtures (all games to be played at the Jalan Besar Stadium unless otherwise stated): Monday. March 1:
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    KRAMER WINS
    27 8 DENVER. Thursday. Jack Kramer today increased his lea^ over Bobby Riggs to 22— 15 m their nation-wide professional tennis tour, winnine 6-2. 4-6. 6-3.— UP.
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    GAME CANCELLED
    38 8 The Singapore Hockey Associa- j tion knockout tourney match between the Shell XI and the Police, arranged for yesterday, was postponed owing to the unfit condition of the ground. Today's and tomorrow's fixtures have been postponed.
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    O.R.A. MEETING
    40 8 A meeting of th^ Old Rafflesians' /ssociation, Singapore, will be held today at 5.30 p.m. la the schoolhall. All members interested m sports are requested to attend. Suggestions for the running of the sports section are «nI v.ted
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    SINGAPORE TIDES
    20 8 Today: High Water, 12.28 p.m. <10.3 tt.K Tomorrow: High Water. 1.09 a.m. '9.1 ft.>, 1.10 p.m. (10.0 ft.".
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    New Turf Record
    53 8 MIAMI, Thursday. THE horse, Stud Poker, set up a new American record for the mile and a half m winning the $15,000 Miami Beach Handicap at Hialcah Park yesterday. He covered the distance m 2 mm. 20 1/5 sec. Local racing officials claim this to be a
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    IPOHRACE PLANS
    185 8 "THE programme for the 1 Perak Turf Club's Easter Meeting on March 27 (Saturday), 29 (Easter Monday) and Apr. 3 (Saturday) provides twe runs each for horses classes 1 and 2. The distances and stakes are: Horses class 1: first run, stf. straight (div. 1 $2,500 and a
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    INQUEST ON FOOTBALLER
    77 8 DURHAM, Thursday. A verdict of death by misadventure was recorded at a Spennymoor inquest on James Sharp 23, of Dumfries, a professional footballer, who collapsed while playing a match on New Year's Day, 3rd died shortly afterwards. He was a half-back wih the Workington Football Club of
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    DUKE OF WINDSOR IN GOLF TOURNEY
    54 8 PALM BEACH. Florida, Thursday.— The Duke of i Windsor' will play as partner to Bobby Locke of South Af rij ca in next week's annual tournament at the exclusive Semihole Country Club. About 32 top-ranking professionals entered this year. Each will be teamed with
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    No Increase In Totalisator Tax
    316 8 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LL'MPI'R, Thursday. SPEAKING at the annual general meeting ol the Selangor Turf Club this evening, the president, Mr. S. B. Palmer, disclosed that there will be no increase m the Government tax on totalisator transactions. Mr. Palmer said that. when
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    S.C.C. SOCCER TRIAL TODAY
    100 8 The following have been selected to play m the Singapore Cricket Club's second soccer trial on the padang today at 5.15 p.m.: COLOURS: J. Aitken; D. H. Hamilton. G. Verral; W. Richardson, C. McCulloch, F. Hutchlnson; B. F. Clifton, E. Fletcher B. F. McCullock, C. Milton,
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    Tomorrow's Rugger
    229 8 T omorrow' s Rugger rE replay between England and Wales m the Singapore international rugby series will take place at the Jalan Besal Stadium tomorrow. On March 6 Scotland will meet a team representing Ireland and the Rest. The winners of these two games will clash In the final on
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    Inter-College Athletics
    203 8 rHE 11th inter-College athletic sports meeting will be held at Bukir Timah tomorrow at 2.30 p.m., when the Raffles and the Medical colleges, compete for the Kay Mouat Challenge Cup. This annual series began m i 1933 and was keenly contested each year till 1941. when war j
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    Mishap To Favourite
    142 8 DONCASTER, Thurs. T ORD Bicester's Roimond, who was made ante-post favourite for the Grand National steeplechase m the first official call-over on Tuesday, surprisingly fell m the Great Yorkshire handicap steeplechase, valued at £2,730 and run over three miles here yesterday. The race was won by Major
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    Bromwich's Plans
    41 8 Bromwich' s Plans SYDNEY. Thursday.— John Bromwich is believed to have indicated to selectors that he will be willing to go abroad with this year's Australian Davis Cup team. Bromwich had earlier expressed a desire for a rest at home. Re-uter-AAP.
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    RECORD BENEFIT FOR BOWES
    488 8 Cricket And Cricketers THE Yorkshire County Ci shows that the benefi Yorkshire and England ft £8.084 a record amount. This is more than twice the previous highestRoy Kilnear's £4,016 In 1936. The Bows fund gained a net return of only £988 from the match with Middlesex—
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    SCFA Plan For Own Stadium
    193 8 THE Singapore Chinese Football Association hopes (o 1 have a stadium of their own some time this year. Announcing this at the S.C.F.A. council meeting yesterday, the vice-chair-man, Mr. Sim Kwang Tow said that ways for raising funds would be discussed as soon as a
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    Sports Diary
    43 8 TODAY BOXING: Far Kast Army, finals. Happy World. 8".O p.m.. SOCCER: S.C.C. Trial, padang. 5.15 p.m JtHcM I. .ids v. Chinese Engineering .V n Geylang Stadium, 5.15 p.m. Meeting of Singapore Olympic and Sports Counril, V.M C A 5.30 p m.
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      12 1 Straits Times The Percival Report FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 194? SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT SINGAPORE
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      EVENTS LEADING TO THE WAR
      8830 1 THHE following Despatch was submitted to the Secretary of State for War on April 25, 1946 by Lieut. -Gen. A. E. Percival, C.8., D.5.0., 0.8. E., M.C., formerly General Officer Commanding, Malaya. It was officially released for publication by the War Office m London last
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      THE WAR COMES TO MALAYA
      7272 5 When war broke out with Japan on Dec. 8. 1941, there were some glaring weaknesses m the arrangements for the defence of Malaya. The Navy no longer controlled the sea approaches to Malaya and thtre was a great shortage of craft suitable for coastal defence.
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      Malayan Campaign
      7332 8 •topped by local counterAttacks. During the night, however, the enemy effected a deep penetration down the road and at 7 a.m. attacked the Headquarters of the 6 Brigade. All the officers except the Brigadier himself were killed. There was a large gap now between the main road and
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      THE WITHDRAWAL TO JOHORE
      4033 11 On Jan. 9 m accordance I with instructions received from the Supreme Commander, South West Pacific, I issued outline orders for the withdrawal to Johore, and the defence of that State. On Jan. 10 I held a conference at Segamat. It was attended by the Commanders
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      THE BATTLE OF SINGAPORE
      9177 13 On Jan. 27 I received a. telegram from the Supreme Commander South West Pacific giving me discretion to withdraw to Singapore Islano if I considered it advisable. On that day tne full significance of the dispersal of the Batu Pahat Force ar.d the opening to th°
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