The Straits Times, 28 February 1948

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    18 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1948 PRICE TEN CENTS
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    Ban On News To Czechs
    244 1 Ban On News To Czechs PRAGUE. Friday. THE Press Section of the Czech Ministry of Information has banned publication of the Joint British. French and United States communique condemning the recent events m the country. Tne Big Three jointly condemned as a "disguised dictatorship" of Communists the new Government set
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    SHAHRIR DUE IN COLONY
    101 1 BATAVIA. Friday —The Australian deputy member of the Security Council Good Offices Committee (Mr. T. K. Critchley) left oy R.A.A.F. plane this morning for Bukit Tlnggi to pick up Sutan Shahrir. former Premier of the Indonesian Republic, and fly on to Singapore. Critchley and Mr. Shahrir
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    '300,000 TROOPS USED IN MALAYA'
    577 1 Japanese Version Of Campaign TOKIO, Tndaj. THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND Japanese troops participated m the Malayan campaign, according to figures given m Tokio today. This confirms, and exceeds, Lt.-Gen. A. E. Percival's estimate given m his report on the campaign which was published today of Japanese
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    Percival's Criticism
    147 1 Percival's Criticism From Our Own Correspondent MELBOURNE, Friday The Melbourne Argus 4 today featured its London bureau's interview with Gen. Percival in which he declared that Ma j.- Gen. Gordon Bennett should have stayed in Singapore with his troops instead of escaping after surrender. Gen. Percival added in the interview
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    TALKS ON TIN
    25 1 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON. Friday- Discussn ns between Malayan tin leaders and the various Government departments concerned continued yesterday ana adjourned.
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    48 1 The Mufti of Jerusalem, Haj Amin el Ilusseini (right.) with Mohamed Ali Allouba Pasha, Egyptian delegate to the Arab League Council and chairman of the Nile Valley Committee for Saving Palestine. This A. P. picture was taken on Feb. 12 after an Arab Liague Council meeting m Cairo.
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    Debate On Malaya Asked For
    198 1 Debate On Malaya Asked For From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Friday, t r. Walter Fletcher (Conservative) pressed the Government, in the House of Commons today, to carry out the promise to allow the debate on Malaya to be held in the present session. Th: Lord President of the Council (Mr.
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    WEST JAVA'S 'PARLIAMENT'
    42 1 BATAVIA Friday. The Bandoeng conference considering a constitution for the proppsed new state of West Java has been officially Tecognised as a temporary state parliament by Dr. Hubertus van Mook, the Dutch Lieutenant Governor-General, It was learned today. Reuter.
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    Controls Are Off Meat Storage
    375 1 THE Cold Storage Company will no longer store all frozen meat imports to Singapore and free trading will be permitted m future among Singapore firms which can provide storage space at a temperature below 20 degrees fahrenheit. Revealing this to ther Straits Times last night,
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    Handing In Of Butter Cards
    272 1 Handing In Of Butter Cards FXDD Control authorities have extended the date tor the handing in of private butter ration cards to March 6. Any cards not handed in by March 6 will be cancelled. It was decided earlier this week to make frozen butter a Government rationed commodity on
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    29 1 Lt.-Col. Ernest Arthur Ash, D.S.O.. formerly of Klang, is I reported by our London cori respondent to have died at iPort Sudan while on his way 1 to Kenya.
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    Japanese Textile Trade With Colony 'Stopped'
    301 1 Japanese Textile Trade With Colony 'Stopped TOKIO, Friday. DOLLAR shortage m sterling areas has resulted m "almost complete stoppage" of sale of Japanese textiles m those areas, including Singapore, an official of Supreme Command, Allied Powers, stated here today. He said that the inability of buyers to pay dollars for
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    Troops In Cruiser For Honduras
    82 1 Troops In Cruiser For Honduras LONDON, Friday. THE admiralty announced today that ti;e 9,850-ton cruiser Devonshire was leaving Jamaica tonight for Belize, British Honduras, with troops on board. The 9,100-ton cruiser Sheffield was expected at Belize tonight. An official announcement Dy the Foreign Office yesterday said the ship had been
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    ASSASSINATIONS IN BURMA
    68 1 RANGOON, Friday. patches from Mandalav t<^;ny reported the assassination f Thakin Tiji Maung Gyi, er of the Upper Burma Peasant Association, and Hla Bu, an executive of the orßjmisation. The reports said the victims had been shot and bludgeoned. As a result of the murders all arms
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    Air Showroom Due Here
    157 1 From Our Own Correspondent BANGKOK, Friday. CARRYING 11 prominent American busi- j nessmen on a world j marketing survey, the Sky Merchant, one of the I world's most remarkable showrooms, is expected shortly m Singapore. The Sky Merchant Is a foi r- engined Douglas D.C. 4
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      "Authority On Murder" Charged With Assault
      85 2 NEW YORK. Friaav. fIANIEL Ahem, author of "How To Com m it Murder And Get Aw ;y Wln »l, has V been charged with robbery and assault. Twice released after being charged with homicide, he is now accused of beating and robbing a department
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      Tracks Burned Up
      43 2 LIVERPOOL, Friday. While police were investigating a mysterious fire at the White City greyhound track at the Old Trafford, Manchester, another outbreak occurred yesterday at the Brock Park Greyhound track m Liverpool. In both cases considerable damage were caused Renter
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      Nationalised
      35 2 SOFIA, Friday.— The Bulgarian National Assembly has nationalised all land, houses and flats except those belonging to workmen. The Btate will compensate all owners except former Fascist police and collaborators with the Germans Reuter.
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      Retribution
      35 2 HAMBURG, Friday.—fifteen German war criminals were executed at Hamelin yesterday. They Included IS concerned with killing Allied Air Force officers recaptured *fte r escaping from a prison camo In Silesia eajly In 1944 —Reuter.
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      No Sale
      54 2 LONDON. Friday. The British Government has rv -f\,e4 the sale of the 23.000-ton turbo-electric liner Monarch of Bermuda to an Argentine company Th« reason Is understood to be that she would becomr: a potential competitor to British shipping. Negotiations for the sale were complete and awaited only Ministry
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      Elephants Knelt
      60 2 PARIS, Friday— Two hundred elephants yesterday kneeled before M. Emils Bollaert. French High Commissioner In Indo-China. m the solemn ceremony of the Moi clan known as the "Great Oath," Presse France reported from Saigon that after the ceremony M. Bollaert declared: "France will remain here to protect the
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      Devoted To Franco
      51 2 MADRID. Friday-Spain's new Council of the Realm, set up under the law of succession approved by public referendum last July, offered allegiance and "personal devotion" to Gen. Franco when It was sworn at Madrid yesterday. Gen. Franco said: "I pray the Holy Ghost may inspire your deliberations."—
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      Strikers' Return
      32 2 DONCASTER. Friday. Yorkshire mJn&re who have been on strike over shotflrers' wages are expected back at work this morning. Of 38,000 strikers 18,000 In eight collieries went baclr yesterday— Reuter.
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      Eye Declined
      73 2 TORONTO, Friday.— John Berezanskl, 85, blind Toronto businessman whose "seeing eye" dog was killed by burglars, has turned down an offer from a war veteran who want- fd to give him onp of his eye/? He refused because I would never forgive myself if anything happened tn man's
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      On The Barricades
      46 2 On The Barrica des PARIS. Friday. Rop,,rr s from Marseilles yetterdftj 2,000 strikers fought the police on barricades erected at approaches to a sugar refinery. The strikers adopted methods similar to those used last year when Marseille wrecked by a wave of Com-munist-inspired strikes.— A. P.
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      13 Confident
      39 2 HOBART, Friday— An Onposition vote o- no confidence asainst Mr. Robert Cosg'ove. re-elected Tasmania^ Premier after his acqui;tal on a eh« c of acceotine bribes, was defeated m the Assembly yesterday by 13 votes to 12. Reu'er.
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      Foster-Brother
      44 2 VIENNA. Friday. Jospf Mayrhofer, foster-brother of Hitler and Nazi Party member since 1930, faces trial on high treason charees before a People's Court In Vienna His father, who acted as foster-father for Hitler, was Burgomaster of Leondlng, where Hitler's parents arc buried.— A.P
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      Plane Crashes
      48 2 MERIDAIAN. Texas. Friday. Four were killed when a B-29 plane crashed into a hillside near Meridian. E!«rht others parachuted to safAccording to a Malta m ssagc. Lieut. Eric Stanley shall, R.N.A.S.. was killed when his Seafire alrcr.ift crashed Into the sea between Gibraltar and Toulon. UP.
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      557 2 NOTICES NOTICE Tenders are invited far the supply of a) Diets and Extras not supplied by Price Control, to the State Welfart Hume, Johore, 3rd Mile Jalan Seudai, Johore Bahru. for 3 months from 1st. April to 30th June, 1948. 2. Form* and particulars can be obtained from the State
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      711 2 NOTICES Pursuant to Seetton 2* of th» Trustee Ordinance Mid In the Matter of the sktates of JOSEPH WILLIAM (U PXRO WUtlAM TA8M AN ANDERSON ALEXANDER BROWN KATB LOUI8I KUNRO DONALD MTJNRO FRANS OEORQB MARIA JOSEPH ANDREOLI ALAN STUART MACKIB RONALD WALTIR McKKRROW NOTICE is hereby given that creditors and
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      634 2 NOTICES ST. ANDREWS CATHEDRAL. SINGAPORE NOTICE is hereby given that th« annual parochial meeting will be h^ld at the V.M.C A., Orchard Rtwd, on Wednesday, 10th March, 1948. at 5.30 p.m. KINROSS NICHOLSON. Chairman, PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL MALAYA/CHINA/JAPAN CONFERENCE Notice is hereby given that as from the Ist day of
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      323 2 KUALA LUMPUR TOWN BOARD 1 Tendure a:e invited flor the supply and installation of vehicle actuated traffic light* at the following points In Kuala Lumpur: I) Junction of Batu Road and Mountbatten Road. (II) Junction of Malacca Street, Mountbatten Road and the kanbankment. Sealed tenders will be received at the
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    'LESSONS UNLEARNED'
    886 3 Percival: "1941 All Over Again" WARE, Hertfordshire, Friday. THE lessons of the Malayan campaign described m his despatch had not been learned, said Lieut-Gen. A. E. Percival last night. Recalling Britain's total unpreparedness for war m the Far East m 1941, he declared: "The same thing is happening
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    45 3 Mrs. L. H. Cox (left.) .wife of the G.O.C. Singapore District, *nd Lady Kerr, wife of Maj.-Gen. Sir Reginald "err (M.G.A.. G.H.Q., FARELF) at Gillman Barracks, Singapore. They attended th c opening there of th« Army's fourth Singapore welfare and health oentre. Army P.R. picture.
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    TAXI DRIVER SOUGHT
    98 3 Singapore police are anxious to contact the driver of a taxi In connection with a robbery and assault of a Chinese vegetable hawker In Tai Jin Road (off Balestier Road) last Sunday. Police yesterday said that about 5 p.m. four men drove j up to a coffee
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    Colony Candidate Urges Hustings
    550 3 MR. Richard C. 11. Lim, Independent candidate for Municipal North East, advocates the adoption of the old Anglo-Saxon ''hustings" for electioneering purposes m the Singapore elections. Hustings were the oldfashioned meetings of all the contestants of an election, held m the AngloSaxon countries who used to
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    Polling Job Offered To $400 Voter
    257 3 j\fß. Koh Yong Sung, the lone registered voter of the Tuas, Jurong, polling district, may not, (after all, cost the Government $400 to collect his vote. He may get $15 on Polling Day, March 20, instead. It had been calculated that to provide full
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    $25 FOR TELLING FORTUNE
    57 3 Lav Ah Peow, a 31 -year-old Chinese who professed to tell fortunes, was yesterday charged before the Second Police Court Magistrate. Mr. L. C. Goh. and fined $25, m default two weeks' rigorous imprisonment. Ah Peow was caught telling fortunes on the flve-foot-way of Fish Street
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    Singapore Diary
    128 3 TOOAT: V.M.C.A.. Orchard Road, chess club, 3 p.m. Bervlce of Songs, Bethesda, Katong, 6 p.m. Charity dance. In aid of Pamadasa Memorial Fund, S.V.C. Headquarters, Beach Road. 8 p.m. Union Jack Club, North Bridge Road, "A Date with the Gibson Sisters," a C.S.E. play, 8 p.m. Y.W.C.A., Leap
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    'THREAT TO KILL'
    517 4 A llega tion By Factory Driver THAM WEE, stated to be the president of the 1 Mutual Aid Association of the employees of Cressonite Industries Ltd., Pasir Panjang, was produced in the Singapore Third District Court yesterday on three charges of criminal intimidation of fellow workers. Pong
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    Labour Chief Departing
    110 4 TTHE Deputy Commis1 sioner for Labour (Mr. R. H. Oakeley) will leave Singapore tomorrow for eight months' holiday m England. Mr. L. Brewer, Assistant Commissioner for Labour, will accompany Mr. Oakeley. The labour situation In Singapore at present is relatively quiet. Mr. Oakeley who joined the Malayan
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    No Interest In Religion
    105 4 From Our Own Correspondent TAIPING, Friday. HTHE fact that members 1 are losing interest in Hinduism is deplored by the Young Men's Hindu Association here in its annual report. "It is painful to note that less and less people are attending poo j as and activities
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    Rubber Gain Of ½-Ct.
    150 4 Rubber Gain Of ½-Ct. FOR the first time m some days, rubber gained m price m Singapore yesterdaj. It rose by half a cent over Thursday's closing price. No. 1 sheet f.o.b. buyers closed last night at 39A cents per lb. The gain was caused by a rumour of sterling
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    CHURCH SERVICES
    335 4 r-MORROW'Sr -MORROW'S services In Singapore churches are as follows: Church of England: St. Andrew's Cathedral 7 a.m.. 8 a.m.. 10 30 a.m.. 11.15 a.m. and 5.30 p m.: St. George's Garrison Church (Tanglin) (open to civilians) 7 15 a m.. 9 a.m.. 9.45 a.m., 6.30 o m Christ
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    ROBERTS CASF CONCLUDED
    59 4 The case against C. W. Roberts, until June last year omcer-in-charge of the Singapore Food Control Inspectorate, was adjourned until Monday for judgment by the Third District Court Judge (Mr. A. D. Farrell) Roberts was charged with abetment of unlawful possession of 21 bags of controlled rtce
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    Colony Women & Tennis Tourney
    451 4 Colony Women Tennis Tourney By Our Woman Correspondent SINGAPORE'S first tennis championship since the liberation will open without any separate events for women. Women will participate only m the mixed doubles, there being no women's singles or doubles events on the programme. The secretary of the Singapore Lawn Tennis Association
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    WAS IT WORTH THE EFFORT?
    512 5 From A Suburban Diary FEBRUARY 21st The day of the Races dawns with frightening rapidity. I Jttive left Seeing to my Clothes till the Last Morrunt as William rekfl with some truth and. having hurric-diy dug out my only posk for Riices and jriven it
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    Colonial white and Malay magnificence
    1167 5  - Colonial white and Malay magnificence "FEMINA IN THE FEDERAL CAPITAL By TO the privileged few who witnessed the first conference of Rulers on February 18 unique m Malayan history as the first time when all nine sultans met and conferred m the one place at the one time it was
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    Use And Care Of Your 'Fridge
    326 5 IF you are lucky enough to have a refrigerator, it is well worth the trouble of using it properly and to the fullest advantage. Here are a few rules to helD you to do this. All foods, with the exception *f fresh fruit and
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    DEATHS
    46 6 PHARAOH. On February 25th, suddenly at LAYTON, BLACKFOOL. VIOLET PHARAOH, boloveri wife of MAJOR A. J. PHARAOH, late B.S.V.F. Spore. OBITUARY: At Batavia 26.2 48 Huibie infant son of Mr. Mrs Jan R Speyer, 99 Cavenagh Rd. Internment at Bldadari 28 2.48, 2 30 pm.
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Sat., Feb. 28, 1948. COME, COME, DR. ONG!
    1156 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Sat., Feb. 28, 1948. COME, COME, DR. ONG! This week should not be allowed to end without a mild protest from Singapore, voiced more in sorrow than in anger, at some unkind remarks about this Settlement that were made by a spokesman of a sister Settlement
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    APPOINTMENTS
    75 6 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON. Feb. 17. A NUMBER of new appointments to the Colonial Service m Malaya are announced by the Colonial Office today. They Include the following: Administrative Officer: Mr. R. N. Jackson. Education Service: Mr. J. A. Park < European Master. Science). Mr. G. Sutcliffe (European
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    THE BEST BANANAS ARE HOME-GROWN
    1815 6 THE BEST BANANAS ARE HOME-GROWN A Malayan Countryman 's Diary I OOKINO out of the window of an early morning, my eyes are gladdened by the sight of our first plantings of bananas. The banana plant, or tree, is a beautiful sight for the first twelve months of its life,
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    MR. MALLAL REJECTS CHALLENGE
    782 7 'Excuse Not To Fight Election 9 ]y|R. N. A. MALLAL, a Progressive Party election candidate, has rejected a challenge by Mr. S. C. Goho, an Independent candidate, to meet him at two public meetings. "I have no intention of providing him with an excuse for withdrawing
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    Powers To Control Buildings
    147 7 Powers To Control Buildings SINGAPORE Municipal Commissioners agreed in principle yesterday to amend a section of tne Municipal Ordinance which will give them powers' to control buildings or structures erected during the occupation or in the period of the B.M.A. They decided that the pefor failure to comply with the
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    CITY BOARD TO MEET LISTOWEL
    69 7 Arrangements have been m.idt> lor Singapore Municipal Commissioners to meet ter of State for Colonies "Lord Listowel) at rnment House at 3 p.m. :arch 5. The Municipal President <Mr. L. Rayman) suggested to th«.' Commissioners yesterday at a l! -eting that if they had any
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    Gunmen Fail In Escape Attempt
    277 7 Gunmen Fail In Escape Attempt TWO Singapore Chinese prisoners, who have since 1 been condemned to death in the Supreme Court, made an unsuccessful attempt to escape from Outram Road gaol shortly before dawn on Thursday. 1 The prisoners were Choy Tak, and Soh Khim, both of whom have been
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    COBRAPYTHON FIGHT
    184 7 A SIGHT that lias probably never been seen i before in Malaya a fight between a hamadryad (king cobra) and a python is described in a report i published by the Straits i Echo, Penang, on Wednesi day. The Ballk Pulau correspondent of this newspaper wrote as follows:
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    JET ON DISPLAY
    41 7 The Vampire jet aircraft will be on display to the public at Kailang Airport from 2 p.m. to 4.30 p.m. today: Immediately afterwards, Pt. Lt J. w. Wilson, the pilot, will give a flying display over the airport.
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    17 Chinese Deported
    93 7 SEVENTEEN Chinese O were deported from Singapore to China last Monday, a police state- 1 ment revealed yesterday. This brought the total number of persons deported from the Colony since the beginning of last year to 141. Police said that among the 17 deportees were 10 notorious
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    Aided PoWs: OBE Award To Swiss
    240 7 Aided PoWs: OBE Award To Swiss A MEMBER of the Swiss community m Singapore, Mr. Albert Tanner, has been awarded the 0.8. E. (Honorary), for assisting Allied prisoners of war m Japanese camps' on the Burma-Sam Railway during the war. Mr. Tanner who is 42 years of age, is the
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    Local Czechs Concerned
    168 7 •THE majority of the 1 Czech community in' Singapore are not in sympathy with the present developments in Czechoslovakia. This statement was made to the Straits Times yesterday by a Czech business man who has lived in Singapore for some years. The community were anxious about the
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    BUDDHIST TALK
    38 7 Ven. Narada Thera. of Sri i Lanka, will deliver a sermon In Sinhala on Lord Buddha, Greatest World Teacher todav at 7 p.m. at the Sinhala Buddhist Temple 96, Outram Road. All Sinhalese are ini vlted.
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    AIR CONFERENCE NEXT WEEK
    73 7 Delegates from all international airline operators m the Asia-Australia-Pacific area are converging on Sydney for an International Air Transport Association conference next week. The I.A.T.A. is a co-oper-ative body which works for simplification of airline problems such as travellers' con- nections, fares, rates, and 1 agencies.
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    STRIKERS FOR A DAY
    234 7 A TOTAL of 1,688 Sin/x gapore Municipal labourers, out of a total labour force of 2,500, absented themselves on Feb. 1 when a one-day strike was staged m the Colony m protest against the inauguration of the Federation of Malaya. Reporting how this 24-hour strike affected
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    Millions Wasted Due To Plant Delay
    200 7 T«HE Singapore public might have been saved blackouts and the Municipality millions of dollars if the Electrical Engineer^ (Mr. C. C. Payne) had been allowed to order extra plant for St. James Power Station during the B.M.A. This was stated by the Municipal President
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      Development Chief Is Calling Here
      85 7 RfR. Nutcombe Hume, Director of the Colonial m Development Corporation, will be calling at Singapore on his way back from Australia to the United Kingdom. He will arrive on March 8 and stay until March 23. Mr. Hume will have consultations with the Governments of
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      Air Parcels
      60 7 IfUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. 11 —The Controller of Imports and Exports states that m accordance with the pre- sent Government regulations, h* is unable to issue export I permits to individuals for air parcels of foodstuffs exceeding a nett weight of s.ven lbs I even though the air companies
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      Rice For Penang
      92 7 I DENANG, Friday. Penang will be receiving ship- j ments of rice totallii.g 52,000 tons within the next two months the Assistant Food: Controller (Mr. E D. Ingram) announced today.' Mr. Ingram said that, m vtew of these largo supplies. she would be asking the j Federal
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      Farmer's Club
      79 7 iIfUALA LUMPUR, Friday.— The first younx farmers' cl~., im Malaya was lormtd :at Mcru, m Klang District, on Sunday. Among those present at the m-Him- wore Mr. M. C. Shcppard. (Deputy Resident Commissionei, Coast), the sponsor of the scheme: the Agricultural Oflictr. (Inche Zakariah bin A. Raofi the
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      For Observation
      51 7 MUAR, Friday.— A middle1" aped Patban. Nadar Khan, is to be sent to Tanronß Rambuta*n for observation. Nadar Khan was an extrapolice constable at Tanikak Estate, m Bulumancr. H is at.j"i to have commit od the doublp murder of his wife amd a conductor of the estate, last
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    BRITISH PLIGHT IN JAVA
    1463 8 "Plans Were Frustrated By Dutch C.-in-C." RESPITE an order from Queen Wilhelmina of Holland three days earlier that there should be no surrender, the Dutch Commander-in-Chief in Java (Lt.-Gen. Ter Poorten) ordered surrender to the Japanese in March 1942 of all forces under his command Including,
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    False Report Cost Britain Prince Of Wales & Repulse
    635 8 False Report Cost Britain Prince Of Wales Repulse A FALSE report of Japanese landings at Kuantan, on tlie East Coast of Malaya, cost Britain her most disastrous naval defeat of World War II loss of the battleship Prince of W?les and the battle cruiser Repulse. Both ships, pounded by high-level
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      287 8 nood Calcium (S^r^ea Protect your Health this new, pleasant way ll v pci i medical opinion estimates thai nine people out of ten an MM m Calcium one out of two m Phosphorus. Bone deformity, tevclopinent, loss of teeth, general debility these are the penalties ire paying, often without knowing
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  • Straits Times SATURDAY FORUM
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      An Indian Girl Reads 'Tuan Djek'
      501 9 An Indian Girl Reads 'Tuan Djek IN your last Saturday Forum I read "Bukan Tuan's" letter and your answering note. I a.sree with you m thinking that the writec's attitude is very puzzling indeed. I have read "Tuan Djek's" article again and again and I cannot find m it anything
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      RUBBISH BINS FOR SINGAPORE
      145 9 RUBBISH BINS FOR SINGAPORE I WANT to bring to the i attention of all householders m Singapore the! m ci'ssity of installing rubbish bins m all houses. Beiore the war. Sanitary Inspectors used to check every house m order to satisfy themselves that a rubbish bin provided. "oday. however, rubbish,
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      DISPENSARIES
      74 9 MORE out-door dispen I saries are an urgent need m Singapore. I find that there are far toe many clinics for the treatment of children but only] a few for the adult popu lation Considering the poor system of transnort available at present and the impecunious state of the
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      AN EX-POW WRITES TO A JAPANESE
      254 9 1WAS surprised to see a Japanese popping into print to defend his country's treatment of Koreans, and wonder how much he knows about the subject. He says that the "harsh" treatment of Korean Labourites is no worse than that of Japanese at the hands
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      A Japanese Reads Tuan Djek
      118 9 WITH reference to "Ter- I atek's" letter regard- j ing the Chinese characters on the "Monuments Of Murder," pictured m the Malayan Countryman's Diary recently, I would like to inform him that these are phonetical transcriptions of a Sanskrit phrase, "Nam Amitabha Buddha." I am
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      Should The Blackout Befit The Crime?
      213 9 NOTICES in the Pre^s have explained the trials and tribulat ons of the Electricity ment vLs-a-vis the public V increasing power con Mimpton in spite of appeals to save electricity. ;s it not possible that a laige percentage of the increase in power consumption
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      TECHNICAL COLLEGE— A REPLY
      321 9 I READ with great interest the article by Mr Loh Pang Kay in the Saturday Forum of your paper recently under the heading "THE TECHNICAL COLLEGE FROM INSIDE." I have nothing very much really against what Mr. Lah wrote except the paragraph where he writes. "The
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      Selfishness — Boarding House Brand
      374 9 Selfishness Boarding House Brand MUCH has been written about Singapore boarding houses, mostly condemnation about the houses themselves, the people running them or the fantastic prices expected, but, so far as I can remember, no one has yet written about the types of people one is forced to live with
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      MECHANICAL CAR PARKS
      66 9 IN your editorial "ON FINLAYSON GREEN' dealing with the relationship between traffic con gestion and skyscraper? m Finlayson Green, you omitted to mention one partial solution to the problem, which is, to re quire the ground floor oj j all new buildings m the town area above
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      A MODERN CHINESE ON CRACKERS
      144 9 A MODERN CHINESE ON CRACKERS IT is beyond all aoubt that cracker-fir: ng is a nuisance of th« li 8t magn tuch. espcir.lly to a ne ghbour who is ill or has a small baby. The Government should adopt drastic measures oy imposing a heavy tax on ill crackers imported
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      631 9 Declarer had to play todays lginal pass. South could not know hand pretty well to fulfil his H, of course, but there was no doubled contract! need to make what must have East, dealer. been intended as a sacrifice bid 1 Both sides vulnerable. against four hearts, inasmuch as I
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    LONDON STOCKS
    382 10 MINIKIN. Friday. rf I rrrninn Rtork market* tw again In one of their incl«-t«rmlnaU> moodA jrnlerdar. PrJr«-% were moailjr qiioUd hlthrr drtpit* farthrr pronounced l»rk of inU-rrnl, %ay% Keulrr'% Allanrial rorrrnpondrnt. Allh'mgh th« foreign pr>lttiml •ii "till r'/ntr ifnitM toward*' lh*> l:i'k 'if '»f rntATprl*«. It WU h
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    Singapore Share Prices
    867 10 (Tttn On Market Correspondent; SINGAPORE, Friday. DM RIVING tttUc nn«n tram London, Tto» were •■fc*«r today on the local share aarfcet thaa f«r many weeks past. Little easineat was reported. Most Issues were marked down, font there wu a tend-f-nry for prices to harden at Xhr close.
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    UNDERTONE IS GOOD
    236 10 THK Increase or 3.316 tons shown m the Malayan rubber production ft*ur*a tor J» nß «nr started off some setljnr. Price* dnrlnr the week fell away about two cenK The undertone nevertheless continues to be good, says Lewis Peat's weekly market report. Fnrh level finds from the
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    N.Y. STOCK EXCHANGE
    67 10 NEW YORK, rrlday.— Stocks nmmltf retreated to yesterday's New York market, although there were scattered exceptions. Declines of fractions to m point were widespread Transfers totalled 630.000 shares. Speculative and investment sentiment was chilled by the Czechoslovakia coup the critical Palestine situation. Modest gainers included Union Pacific,
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    Dow Jones Averages
    20 10 Stocks ndustriata Jtimira Feb. 25 Feb. 26 60.74 60.50 168.39 167.56 4B.96 4«.75 31.06 31.68 —A. P.
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    Women Are Australia's Best Olympic Hopes
    998 11  -  GEORGE MULGRUE By TAKEN ob form, and in c«npairieon with the world's best, Australian women stand a tetter chance of winning events ia the comkig Olympic Games tksm d» most »f A I the men. The exceptions are easy to pick. Sprinter John Treloar,
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    Walcott Agrees
    56 11 CAMDEN. New Jersey, Friday.—"Jersey" Joe "Walcott l«u>* night ugreed to terms for a return world heavyweight championship fight with the champion. Joe Louis. Walcott's attorney said the contract would be signed today. Louis, before leaving for London, threatened to fight someone else if Walcott did not agree to
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    COLONY MALAYS BADMINTON
    80 11 Tbe Singapore Malays' badminton tournament will start oi) March 8. The games wUl be played at the Clerical Union hail. Seventy-six entries were received for the junior singles, 45 for the junior doubles and nine lor the veterans' single*. Twenty parties are represented For the first three
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    S.A.F.A. LEAGUE
    46 11 The second and third division* of the Singapore Amateur Football Association League win start about the middle of next month. The S.AP.A. committee is making arrangements to secure the use of ground' controlled by the Services for games in the second and third division*.
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    Chinese Athletic Appeal To MCFA
    328 11 rl Chung Huh Football (tub (Chinese Athletic) have appealed to the Malayan Chinese Football Association in connection with the decision of the Singapore Chinese Football Association deferring the club's application for re affiliation. The application for re■iffiliation, states the honorary manager of the C. A.
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    TONIGHT'S WRESTLING
    113 11 T|X)NIGHT at the Great A World arena. King Kong meets Ali Riza Bey in a return fight. It will be recalled that when the pair met a fortnight ago. the police had to Intervene, Bey and Kong being engaged in a furious fight out- side the ring. j
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    TOSHACK IS PASSED FIT
    77 11 SYDNEY, Friday Ernie Toshack. Australian and New! South Wales left-arm mediumpace bowitr. was passed In today and will accompany the Australian cricket team which is to tour j England this summer. All other selected members of I the team passed the doctor's examinations lest week, but
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    WEST INDIES XI MAY TOUR INDIA
    48 11 BARBADOS, Friday.— The Barbados Cricket Association have decided to recommend to the West Indies Board of Control the acceptance of an invitation from the Indian Board of Control to send a team to tour India from November 1948 to February 1949. Reutpr.
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    NO PLAY AGAIN
    50 11 GEORGETOWN, Friday.— Yesterday was again a blank day m the return match between British Guiana and the M.C.C. The weather turned fine, after a downpour had made play impossible on Wednesday, but hopes of play after lunch were dispelled by the outfield remaixun? waterlogged m places. Reuter.
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    RUGBY RESULT
    27 11 LONDON, Friday. Guys Hospital beat St. Bartholomew by nine points to nil m a se-cond-round match m the Hospitals' Rugby Union Cup tournament yesterday. A.P.
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    SPORTLIGHT B.P.
    42 11 Tne anasiai gwnral mrettae of the aportUght B.P., Singapore, will be held at 103»-B. Jansen tUmA, today at 4.M p.». The park's aeoaid aanlverwry will IK celebrated Umonxm -with picnic at Pw* Rto <trao«port Veavw tte court ai ».M am).
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      363 11 g^ffcfp MALAYA .STORE -r—^-> Movies; 9 4s Mu*>c lor MU1ions: 10.00 Variety Bandbox; 1 p.m. Radio Orchestra; 1.45 g a.m. Music 8.A& Viominc 10.10 E<guests; 10.40 Aadr* Dance Muiic; 2 00 Light Orches- Star; 1.00 BBC OrcfeaatxaJ Con- Kostclancw Ouch 10.4* Song* traJ. 2 SO Ocwbojr Songs; 3 00 aert:
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    THREE GOOD BETS FOR PENANG
    774 12 THREE GOOD BETS FOR PENANG Sir Keith, Lovely Bore Renown From EPSOM JEEP PENANG, Friday. DENOWN, Sir Keith and Lovely Bore are three safe each-way wagers at Penang tomorrow, the first day of the Penang Turf Club Leap Year Meeting. Catherine looks the pick of the griffins, while United Pisces
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    Today's Race Card
    1247 12 BELOW is the card for today's Penang races. There will be no Double Tote. The Big Sweep I will be drawn on race nine. Race 1—2.15: First Griffin Handicap, 5 F. Val. $1,800 CATHERINE 8.00 "Premantle Stable" Lewi* SIR JAMES 9.00 Capt. R. Mcßae Pattie Owner OUR
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    Latest Hints
    41 12 LATEST hints on today's Penang races from the Straits Times racing correspondent, "Epsom Jeep", will appear in today's Singapore Free Press. "Epsom Jeep" will give the latest information from the track and indicate the final state of the going.
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    Fine Play In S.C.C. Trial
    201 12 EXCELLENT individual performances were put up m the Singapore Cricket Club's second soccer trial yesterday. J. Aitken, who kept goal for k Colours, was outstanding. W. Richardson also shone m the Colours' defence. B. F. McCulloch led the at1 tack well, but was weak m
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    S.C.C. GAME OFF
    27 12 Owing to the bad condition of the ground, caused by rain the S.C.C. have cancelled their home and home cricket match arranged for tomorrow
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    Today's Probable Jockeys
    335 12 PROBABLE jockeys for to- i day's races are: RACE 1: Catherine (Bagby), l Sir James (Harper), Our Hope (Turner), First Watch (not fixed), Batti n (Tankard), Efflingham (Tait), Baroness (Lawler). RACE 2: Rock Lady (not fixed), Sir Lancelot (Spencer), Lovely Bore (Ellery). Shubel (Mawi), Avant Tout (Wahab),
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    Straits Times Selection
    186 12 "EPSOM JEEP" "TRESPASSER" "POINTFR" CE 1 1. CATHERINE 2. Sir James 3. Effingham SIR JAMES Catherine Effingham CATHERINE Sir James Batti II RACE S 1. LOVELY BORE CRAIGMOUNT 2. Thirteen Fair Week 3. Fair Week Lovely Bore LOVELY BORE Fair Week Peter Con RACE (E t t
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    FAR EAST ARMY BOXING FINALS
    254 12 HARD hitting featured the finals of the Far East Land Forces boxing championships at the Happy World Stadium last night The Governor of Singapore, Sir Franklin Gimson, gave away the prizes at the conclusion of the bouts. Malaya District won the inter district championship cup.
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    Valberg Fund Gets Support
    327 12 Valberg Fund Gets Support •THREE associations have 1 promised to give the entire proceeds of tbeit tournaments to the Singapore Olympic and Spoils Council fund which wll be used to help defray the expenses of sending the high jump champion. Lloyd Valbcrg, to the World Olympic Games. This was anouncod
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    Sports Diary
    252 12 TODAY RUGBY: England v. Wales (replay), Jalan Besar Stadium, 5.15 p.m SOCCER: SC.F.A. Interdistrict League "B", Braa Basah Road T. Mackenzie Road, Geylang Stadium. 4 p.m.; "A", Jalan Sultan v. Balestier Road, same ground, 5 p.m.; Joyful Juniors T. Bluewhite Rovers ('A' and 'B teams), Telok .Kurau English
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