The Straits Times, 11 May 1948

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    19 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING JfEWSPA PER: ESTABLISHED 1845 TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, MAY 11, 1948 PRICE TEN <.i;\l>
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    KOREANS DEFY RED TERROR Heavy Poir As 22 More Die
    455 1 KOREANS DEFY RED TERROR Heavy Poir As 22 More Die SEOUL, Korea, Monday. rOMMUNISTS in American-occupied South Korea were completely defeated in their bid to wreck the nation's first general election to-day. When the polls closed to-night, it was estimated that 85 to 90 per cent of the 7,000,000 electors
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    Holy City Red Cross Agreement
    289 1 JERUSALEM, Monday. BOTH Jews and Arabs have agreed in princi-j pie to accept a plan toj demilitarise Jerusalem andj place the city under the protection of the Red Cmsa it was announced here tonight. Although the 'cease fire', still continues in the city, I about
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    'London' At Nanking
    37 1 NANKING. Monday.—The j British cruiser H.M.S. L^don flagship of Sir Dennis Boyd Commander of the British Pacific Fleet, arrived in Nanking today for a flve-day courtesy visit accompanied by the dispatch vessel H.M.S Alert.—A.P.
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    30 Schools To Close
    26 1 BANGKOK, ivlonday.— The Siamese Ministry of Education today ordered the closure of 30 Chinese schools for violation of the flag-hoisting regulation. Reuter.
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    35 1 India's future GovernorGeneral, Chakravarti hajagopalachari, seen at Government House, Calcutta, with Earl Mountbatten. At present the Governor of West Bengal, Mr. Rajagopalachari acted as Gover-nor-General last November when Lord Mountbatten was in London, A.P. picture.
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    S.H.B. Replies To New Demands
    394 1 THE Singapore Harbour Board last night 1 replied to 14 demands which they had received from 3,500 Chinese labourers. The labourers are those who are now working at the S.H.B. wharves while a strike called by the Singapore Harbour Labourers' Union on .April 17 is
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    Thakin Nu's Successor
    71 1 RANGOON, Monday. r THE Deputy Premier (Bo A Let Ya) is "clearly j marked out" as successor to Prime Minister Thakin Nu who intends to resign in July, reliable sources said here today. By the time the new Premier takes office, the Com- munist disturbances should i
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    41 1 PRINCESS ELIZABETH, wearing a veiled Spring hat and new-length coat, after opening the Church Army's most up-to-date hostel for girls, at Cosway-street. Marylebone, I o'idon. With her is the Re*. Hubert Harold Treacher, General Secretary and Head of the Church Army.
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    Workmen Strip 'Malaya'
    195 1 From L. C. HOFFMAN EDINBURGH, Monday. AT the navy graveyard in the Clyde Estuary hundreds of workmen are da-ly stripping the 33-year old H. M.S. Malaya of hei fittings and guns before sending her into the melt-ing-pot. Today, after a 200- mile Journey through some of the
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    Truman Acts In U.S. Rail Crisis
    236 1 Truman Acts In U.S. Rail Crisis WASHINGTON, Monday. PRESIDENT Truman was to take over American railroads at noon today in a final effort to avert a nationwide strike tomorrow. The union response almost Immediately was that the smke order still stood. With the railroads under the control of the United
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    WARNING ON CONTROLS
    164 1 CANBERRA. Monday.— The Australian Premier (Mr. Joseph Chlfley) warned the nation today that without price controls the Government could not continue the present subsidies. A breakdown in the Australian economy would be another setback for Britain, he i said in a broadcast. Urging a vote in favour
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    Spitfires Collide Over Seletar: One Pilot Killed
    161 1 Spitfires Collide Over Seletar: One Pilot Killed TWO Royal Air Force Spitfires collided in midair and crashed near Seletar at noon yesterday. The pilot of one was killed. The other pilot, Flying Officer R. F. Adams, escaped from his aircraft by parachute and landed in the sea near Changi. He
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    Pioneers In New Riot
    89 1 A PARTY of Ceylonese troops rioted at No. 1 Sub-Depot, Base Ordnance Depot, Kranji, yesterday afternoon. The men. members of the Ceylon Pioneer Corps, were working at the depot. They stoned a military lorry and broke the windscreen. Military police were rushed to the scene, and
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    BLACKOUTS FEWER NOW
    73 1 The acting Municipal Engineer (Mr. R. A. Waddle) told the Straits Times yesterday that an extra 2,000 kilowatts I was now available at St. James Power Station. This means that blackouts are now of less frequency and of shorter duration. Mr. Waddle emphasised, however, that there was
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    U.S. Loan To Siam
    31 1 BANGKOK, Monday. The United States Government has agreed to grant Siam a loan of ten milliard ticals (£250,000) for economic rehabilitation, it was learned here today.— Reuter.
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    Demand On Siam Govt.
    85 1 From Our Own Correspondent. BANGKOK. Monday. The Muslim League here has demanded a full statement of policy by the Siamese Government regarding the treatment of the Islamic population of the four Malay speaking southern provinces. The demand. which followed the recent communal clash in Narathiwart, has
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    "Decisive" Red March On Mukden
    149 1 NANKING, Monday. FIVE powerful Communist columns are converging on Mukden in what a Government military spokesman today called "the prelude to a decisive battle for the city." The Communist commander, Lin Piao, suddenly marched two columns southward from Itung. 35 miles south of Changchun, while
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      29 Warships, 135 Planes In Big North Sea Exercise
      142 2 LONDON, Monday. STARTING on Thursday, the British Navy will hold its most extensive J exercises since 1939 in the North Sea off Norway. The Foreign Office stated yesterday that the North Sea was chosen because it was an ideal place and
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      Babies Switched
      90 2 BOLOGNA, ftt-isT Two 21-year-old rigfe fe. ■mnded yesterday that they be restored to their right parents after discovering they had been mistakenly exchanged at the hospital where they were born m\ Mrs. Anglea Paarmiggiani and Mrs. Assonta Mazzap, their parents, supported the girls' claims. They said that they
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      Ugliest Race
      91 2 i jKIO. Monday. The Japanese face ranks second or third ugliest among the races of the world, according to the Toklo Magazine "Van." "What's more the Japanese today are the filthiest people of the World, with 90 per cent of them blljfhted by parasites and tuberculous bacilli," the
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      Gandhi Stamp
      68 2 d^XSltiil memorial stamp VT design, in denominations of 1* 3} and 12 annas, which will be on sale fat India in three months' time. The stamps are being printed by a Swan firm because the India Secmlty Press lacks the necessary photogravure rsjaiiwi n< To meet the demand
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      Radio Address
      52 2 WASHINGTON, Monday.— Senator George W. Malon (Republican) said yesterday that the 18 European Recovery Programme coun- tries should agree to provide the United States with strategic bases for defence purposes. In a radio address, he dedared that this should be done before any ERP funds were alloted to
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      Pope Sees Unionists
      52 2 VATICAN CITY, Monday— The Pope yesterday received in special audience a group of leaders of the World Federation of Trade Unions which has been in session in Rome. Those received Included Messrs. Arthur Deakin, Vincent Tewson and Toin| O'Brien, all of Britain, and E. Kupers, of the
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      Royal Relics
      86 2 HANOVER, Monday. The' Duke of Brunswick will today show the Princess Royal the ancient relica of the Kings or Hanover— ancestors of Britain's present ruling family. The Prince* in in the British lone visiting: units of I the Amur. The Duke, who is related to the British Royal
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      663 2 NOTICES ART EXHIBITION. An Exhibition of Water Colour Paintings and RkeU-hes by Mr.. M. A. BATEMAN who studied Art In Paris and hag exhibited paintings in the Salon des Beaux Arts. Paris, will be held in the premises of Messrs. Robinson A Co. Ltd. Raffles PUe*. Stagapare. from Saturday. 8th
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      588 2 NOTICES IMPORTATION OF CHEESE AND GHEE FROM AUSTRALIA Applications for the importation of the above commodities into the Federation of Malaya from Australia may now be submitted to: the Comptroller of Customs. Federation of Malaya. Kuala Lumpur and the Assistant Comptroller of Customs, Penan*. Applications must be supported by the
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      360 2 SHIPPING NOTICES ROYAL ROTTERDAM LLOYD m. "ST. CLOUD VICTORY" from USA Atlantic ports due Singapore May 11 For Delivery Orders please apply to: LO.H.V. "ROTTERDAM" Shipping Dept. 97 Robinson Road Tel. ***** HOLLAND EAST ASIA UNE sa 'ALPHACCA' due Singapore 12th May 1948 loading cargo alongside 8.H.8. Wharves for Port
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    'LET NONE DARE TO MOLEST HER'
    516 3 Churchill 's CallUnited Europe AMSTERDAM, Monday. Winston Churchill, before a cheering Ams- terdam crowd of 30,000, yesterday called for a United Europe so strong that "none will dare to molest her tranquil soil." He spoke as honorary chairman of the European Congress. He spoke
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    TRUMAN DENIES STALIN RUMOUR
    77 3 WXSHINGTON, Monday.— Senator Millard E. Tydings <l> nocrat) yesterday quoted Pr;<ident Truman as denying rumours that Marshal Stalin had made peace talk overtures. Mr. Tydinss said in a radio spc?en "1 asked the President whether or not Stalin or anyone else -epresentinj Russia had made oeace
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    Tudor IV Back After 3 Weeks
    156 3 Tudor IV Back After 3 Weeks LONDON, Monday. SIR Frank Spriggs, managing director of the group of aircraft companies who make the Tudor IV airliner, expressed "great satisfaction" with the plane when he returned here from South America after a 14,000-mile demonstration flight. Sir Frank, accompanied by a group of
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    81 3 Superintendant and Mrs. Richard Haig-Brown after their wedding at Nee Soon. The bride is the daughter of Major and Mrs. Falkland Carey. Mr. Hais-Brown is a Superintendant in the Hong Kong Police and son of Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Haig-Brown, of Godalming, Surrey. Raffles Studio picture. Picture on right
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    Self-Help Scheme In Berlin
    225 3 Self-Help Scheme In Berlin HELMSTEDT, Monday. AN official "self-help", scheme for British and American drivers along the 120-mile autobahn between Berlin and Helmstedt is to be put J into operatiQn today. The scheme is intended partly to replace the services of the two autobahn aid stations closed last month as
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    Culture Bar, Say Czechs
    121 3 LONDON, Monday. CZECHOSLOVAKIA has accused the British Government of violating the Anglo-Czechoslovak cultural pact. A news bulletin published by the Czechs in London said: British officials had inspired the refusal of British Universities to attend the 600 th anI niversary of Charles Univer- i sity; The
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    Scientists Watch Sunspot Effect On New Volcano
    165 3 ROTORUA, New Zealand, Tuesday. T*HE effect of magnetic and radio disturbances 1 upon New Zealand's newly-activated volcano, Ngauruhoe, is awaited with interest by geologists meetinc herp I Mr. I. L. Thomson.! Director of the Carter Observatory in Welling- 1 ton, predicted sunspot j
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    Colony's Dogs Have A Lot To Learn
    421 3 By Our Woman Correspondent L~RS. D. Witherington, Singapore's only qualified LT woman veterinary surgeon suggests that the ...layan Kennel Association should publish a book on dog deportment. "The standard of Singapore dogs exhibited at the Happy World show last week was quite high,"
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    New Look Bride
    159 3 MISS Gunvor Anita Ohras who arrived in Singapore on board the "Oranje" on Saturday was married at St. Andrew's Cathedral yesterday evening to Mr. Franklyn Hildred Godric Wagner, General Electnc Company engineer. The bride is the daughter of Mrs. Gunnor Ohras of Uddavalla. Sweden. The bridegroom is
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    'AN OLD MAN IN BLACK'...
    399 4 Story Of 5-Hour Initiation A five-hour initiation ceremony was described in the First District Court yesterday by the first accused of 88 Chinese on trial. They are charged with attending a meeting of an unlawful society on the night of March 4-5. Ang Thiam Seng,
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    50 4 A 36-year-old Chinese, Pang Ah Seng of Lorong Tai Seng, was at the Seventh Police Court yesterday remanded in custody until May 13 on a tentative charge of murdering Tay Keng Guan in a rubber estate near 10 milestone, Yeo Chu Kang Road between May 13 and 20 last year.
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    Property ComingUp For Sale
    158 4 Property ComingUp For Sale QEVERAL commercial ana J residential properties in Singapore will be offered for sale shortly for the reason that most of them are estates due for division among; the beneficiaries. Mr. Cneong Hock Chye, an asse sor and auctioneer, told the Straits Times. The land market Is
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    Judge Told His Fortune
    96 4 who professed to tell fortunes by means of a bird and chips had his own fortune told in the Second Police Court yesterday. He was 49-year-old Ho Hee. who pleaded guilty to telling fortunes. He was fined $30, or three weeks' rigorous Imprisonment. Ho Hee was
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    Singapore Dairy
    102 4 iooAir Exhibition of paintings by Mrs. Bateman. Robinsons, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Teachers of Music, weekly class Monk's Hill School. 3.30 p.m. Singapore Stamp Club, social meeting, Capitol Restaurant, 5.15 p.m. Youne People's Group. Mr. Cecil Tetkey on ""Christian Leadership, Bethetda
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    Two Men Had Hand Grenade -Court Told
    144 4 LEE AH KIT, aged 31 of Orange Road appeared in the Seventh Police Court, yesterday charged with possessing a .38 revolver and six rounds of ammunition, in Yeo Chu Kang Road on May 8. Another Chinese, Ho Soo Han, aged 20 also of
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    NEW COMMITTEE OF RAFFLES UNION
    89 4 The following have been elected office-bearers of Raffles College Union for 1948-49: President (Mr. 8. Thiruchelvan), vice-president (Mr. P. Rajendra), chairman (Mrs. Alice Lee Siew Keng), hon. sec (Mr. O. Leembruggen) hon. treasurer (Mr. Tan Telk Beng), hon. sporte we. (Mr. C. Maheswaran), third year
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    TREASURER RETIRING
    47 4 PENANO. Monday The Municipal Secretary and Treasurer (Mr. J. E. Clark) yesterday praised the (rood work of the Municipal Services Union. Mr. Clark, who is going home on retirement on May 22, was speaking at a farewell tea party given to him by the Union.
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    27 4 SPRING COMES TO MOSCOW— and children father on the quayside to watch the ice floating away down the Moscow River. On the other bank is the Kremlin.
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    'DISSATISFIED WITH DUTCH STATEMENT'
    235 4 CHINESE merchants in Singapore are not satisfied with the official Dutch statement on the control of trade with Netherlands-con trolled territories. The Secretary of the Singapore Overseas Chinese Importers and Exporters Association, Mr. Lau Yew Hock, stated yesterday that exchange regulations imposed by the Dutch preclude
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    SIAMESE IS ACQUITTED
    95 4 INANG, Mcnday The fligiH clertc of a Siamese Airways planes, Chamnong Nivatanond, was today acquitted by tJh e District Judge (Mr Fietdber Rogers) of bring**? ltoreJgn currency without permission in*o Penang. Chanuiaa^ was arrested at Bayan Lepas Aerodrome on Feb. 13, shortly after his ptane had landed
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    LEGAL VIOLATION —BY RED PETROL
    137 4 LEGAL VIOLATION BY RED PETROL I ONDON, Monday. The L Government faces criticism in the House of Commons today on the ground of violating an ancient British legal principle. The principle is tfcat a man is innocent until proved guilty and the violation occurs, the critics say, in a proposed
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    Chinese Had 'Persecution Delusions'
    131 4 Chinese Had 'Persecution Delusions' WHEN a 40-year-old Chinese, Loke Leong Peng of Changi Village appeared in the Seventh Police Court yesterday on a tentative charge of murder, a medical witness said that he was suffering from persecution delusions. Loke was alleged to have killed an Indian, Kasavan, with a chopper
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    JOHORE COUNCIL MEETING: MAY 26
    25 4 JOHORE BAHRTJ. Monday. A meeting of tine Jdhore Council of State win be held at the Dewan on BsJMr X.
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    What Is Malayan Reaction?
    314 4 From Our Muslim Correspondent |N one of his speeches some time ago Dato Onn bin Ja'afar as the executive head of the United Malay Nationalist Organisation is reported to have said that the Malays were not ready for self-government. I am sure that the Malays who
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    SIAM RICE SHIPMENTS
    100 4 BANGKOK. Monday— April shipments of Siam rice wore: Malaya. 33.130 tons; Home pong, 6,799 tons; Borneo, 3,200 tons; Sarawak. 2,750 tone; tfae Netherlands East Bodies. ***** tons; ttve United Kingdom, 3,500 tens; Eire, 500 tone; India, 3,900 tons; and the FhiMnptnes, 8,508 tons. Rice shipments to tihe
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    TWO DIE IN JUNGLE
    61 4 From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH, Monday. A Chinese and a Tamil who went cl? shooting a fortnight ago at Sitiawan were found dead on Friday in the jungle two miles off Ayer Tawar. The shotgun they carried is missing. The Chinese had a shoteun wound in
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    PARKS MAY HAVE SEATS FOR TWO
    65 4 LONDON, Monday. Couples who frequent London's parks this summer may have benches built for two. The suggestion came from Mrs. George Strauss, chairman of the London County Council Park Committee. She said: "It must be very awkward when a young couple want a private
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    Cloud Beat Five 'Eclipse Teams'
    160 4 WASHINGTON, Mon. FHE sun's eclipse was A hidden from five of seven parties of scientists who fanned out in a 5,300-mile arc over the Pacific, from Tokio to Rangoon. But the other two had good luck, it was reported here. The National Geographic Society sponsors
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    Poland Attacked And Britain Declares War
    2564 5  -  Winston Churchill THE SECOND WORLD WAR—22 By The Rt. Hon. In this first extract from Book II of his narrative a section which he calls *The Twilight War"— Mr. Churchill describes the fruitless attempt of Mr. Chamberlain to compose an all-party Government in September,
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Tues., May 11, 1948 THE MALAY GRADUATE
    1135 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Tues., May 11, 1948 THE MALAY GRADUATE Raja Ayouh bin Raja Haji Bot, secretary to the Council }f Rulers and president of the Selangor branch of UMNO, said in Kuala Lumpur last week that he regretted that the University of Malaya would be established in the
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    INDUSTRIES FAIR AT ZAGREB
    64 6 BELGRADE. Sunday. South-East Europe's first international Industrial fair, j 1 which opened at Zagreb today, [gave the first overall picture! 'of Yugoslavia's production under her five-year plan. Russia new cars attracted > much attention Export poods from Switzer- land, Holland. Italy. France and otner western countries
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    Singapore Studies—6
    62 6 Singapore Studies— 6 —Photograph by C. A. Oibson-HUI. IN THE HEART OF SINGAPORE. Bukit Timah golf course and the Macßitchie Reservoir. (This picture in our 'Tuesday series will bring back poignant memories to many of our readers, for it shows the view which the "Heavy Changkollers" from Sime Road internment
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      Need For Chinese Translation Of Tax Laws
      249 6 Need For Chinese Translation Of Tax Laws TN his recent address at a Rotary Club luncheon, Mr. D. H. Tudor, the Singapore Comptroller of Income Tax, said that unfortunately, income tax laws could never be made very easy reading. I admit that the Income Tax Ordinance of 1947 is not
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      'UNIVERSITY PROTEST UNJUSTIFIED'
      447 6 'UNIVERSITY PROTEST UNJUSTIFIED' MAY I BE PERMITTED to comment on the I report in your issue of 1 May 7, 1948, regarding a I statement made by Raja! Ayoub bin Raja Haji Botp to your Malay correspon dent. He regretted "that the i Malayan University would j be established in
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      P.A.Y.E. SYSTEM ADVOCATED
      190 6 •PHOUGH Mr. D. H. Tudor ex- plains very capably the practical diffioulty of assessing income tax on the current year, he seems to have overlooked a very practical, and obvious, difficulty and in some cases the unfairness of the present system of taxing on the income of
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      BLACKOUTS: ANOTHER SUGGESTION
      181 6 BLACKOUTS: ANOTHER SUGGESTION MAY Ibe permitted tc add a little to the recent letters published on the subject of electricity blackouts in Singapore. I believe I am correct in assuming that the overload during peak hours is of a general nature on St. James Power Station, and not on local
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      Teachers More Concerned With Spare-Time Work
      329 6 IT would seem that there has been and still is, a strong tendency on the part of local teachers to threaten their students with dismissal unless they pass such and such an ex- 1 animation. This threat, not infrequently is accompanied by the j
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    Malay On Mixed Marriages
    316 6 Malay On Mixed Marriages I READ wilh interest A)c report of your Pel correspondent on Apr;. In the opi. ion <>: vie Melayu Tulin (pure Malay) mixed marriages as suggested by Dato Onn, the Presid.nt of the UMNO are Riosa foolishness. Such marriages will neither str ngthen nor improve tho
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    EXAMPLE SHOULD BE FOLLOWED
    105 6 MAY I tender my sincere thanks to the European gentleman, who travelled along the Geylang Route on the morning of May 1, for the lift he voluntarily offered to me and two other people. His kind and sympathetic gesture shown to people facing transport difficulties like
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    LOST BOY DEAD IN EMPTY HOUSE
    355 7 Son Of Penang Rubber Merchant From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Monday. TWELVE YEAR OLD Heah Hock Lee, missing son of the prominent Penang rubber merchant, Mr. Heah Joo Seang, was found dead last night in a vacant compound house opposite his home in Rangoon-road.
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    Singapore Children's Charter
    146 7 Singapore Children's Charter A DRAFT ordinance I which deals compre- 1 hensively with Singapore's juvenile problems has been submitted to the Government by the Department of Social Welfare. Announcing this yesterday. tihe Secretary for Social Welff* (Mr. T. P. F. McNrice) said the draft bill sets out to provide legal
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    REPARATIONS ARRIVE
    52 7 Singapore received her third shipment of nearly 200 tons of Japanese reparation goods, including light and heavy machine tools, by the B.I. ship Sirdhana from Kure yesterday. The goods included electric steel furnaces, grinders, drilling and boring machines and cranes. Two reparation cargoes recently arrived by the Loksang
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    DEATH OF ERIC PETERSON
    85 7 Dr. H. H. Peterson, principal of the Anglo-Chinese School, Singapore, and Mre. Peterson suffered a sad bereavement at the week-end. They left with their children last Friday for a holiday at Frasers Hill. Their eldest son. Eric, aged six. seemed unwell on arrival. Later that night
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    Singapore Polio Cases Now Total 55
    161 7 A EUROPEAN adult, a Eurasian adult and a Malay child were yesterday's victims in the infantile paralysis epidemic in Singapore. No deaths were reported. The total number of cases of polio now reported Is 55 with eight deaths. One case of smallpox was reported
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    58 7 The 1941 Nash saloon motor car which was looted by the Japanese during the occupation and shipped to Japan, is bring repaired by its owners, the Eastern Auto Co. Ltd., Singapore. The ear was traced by the United Kingdom Liaison Mission in Tokio early this yes*, a«d arrived in Singapore
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    GUN BATTLE IN SINGAPORE
    120 7 A CHINESE gunman who refused to surrender to a pokce posse yesterday was shot in the back, chased for half a mile in the Jalan Sultan area and captured. Inspectors Chiam and Campos, with two detectives, went to Jalan Sultan on information that a wanted pick-pocket,
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    Tigers Chase The Bus
    253 7 From Our Own Correspondent KUANTAN, Monday. •TTIGERS in the jungle 1 close to Kuantan have killed all 23 dogs in one village, have chased a mail truck and a bus, carried away stray cattle and even run under villagers houses while hunting wild boar. So far
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    First Bank Opened At Changi
    173 7 tARS. J. Whitworth- Jones, the wife of Air Vice-Marshal Whit-worth-Jones, the A.0.C., Malaya, yesterday opened Changi's first bank. The new bank, a branch of the Chartered Bank, will be marag d by Mr D. A. Blunt. It has a staff of four. At yesterday's ceremony.
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      Strike Wave In Federation
      117 7 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. 4 N OTHER wave of strikes appears to be spreading through the Federation. Latest reports are that 1,200 oil palm estate labourers In Slim river in Perak, are out on strike. There are disputes on estates in Central Johore.
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      Farewell Party
      65 7 MUAR, Monday.—The Muar Administrative Officer (Mr. C. R. Forsyte) and his wife were entertained at a farewell tea. party at Muar Club yesterday by Dhe staff of the Land Office. The POTsyths axe going to Australia on leave dhortHy. Speakers were the Senior Assistant Collector of Land Revenue
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      Sewerage Decision
      79 7 KLANO, Monday. —If money Is available next year, the possibility of a sewage scheme for Klang and Port Swettenh&m will be investigated, the Town Board has decided. Other decisions of the Board are: All temporary structures In Klang and Port Swettenham used by stallholders are to be demolished.
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      U.K. Art Show
      50 7 SEREMBAN, Monday.—The British art exhibition, which has already been shown at various towns In Malaya will open at the King George V School on May 17 for three days. The exhibition will also be held at tine Tuanku Mohammad School, Kuala Pilah, on May 21 and 26.
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      Statue Ceremony
      42 7 rpHE coronation of Our Lady 1 of Fatimah will take place at the Church of St. Joseph Victoria Street, on Thursday at 5.30 p.m After the coronation the statue of Our Lady of Fatimah will be carried through the streets.
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    Bookmaker Fined In KL
    151 7 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. PLEADING guilty to I using an office in Kuala Lumpur as- a common betting house for the collection of bets on horse racing, T. Thuriappah, an Indian dispenser, was today convicted and fined $1,800 by the district judge (Mr.
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    College Entry Is Not Affected
    185 7 THE late arrival of the Cambridge examination results 1 would not in any way affect the entry of successful candidates to Raffles College or Medical College or to colleges and universities outside Malaya the Director of Education (Mr. J. B. Neilson) said yesterday. Mr. Neilson
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    FLYING TO AUSTRALIA
    73 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. Mr. Leong Thoe Soon, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Leong Hoe Yeng, of Kuala Lumpur, is flying to Australia this week to farther his studies. Mr. Leong, an old boy of the Victoria Institution, obtained a Grade I in the Cambridge School Certificate
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    HOUSES TO BE DEMOLISHED
    68 7 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA TRENGGANU, Monday—Houses in the business area flanking Jalan Kampong China are to be demolished. The houses were built during the Japanese occupation. Health authorities here stress the need for imorovinec town sanitation and ixint to the possibility of great damage in
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    Passengers Are Not Worrying
    132 7 Passengers Are Not Worrying ABOUT one per Cent, of the passengers travel* j ling by air in this country insure themselves. Although insurance policies are available in all airways offices in Singapore, very few people worry about them. Statistics show that it is safer to travel by air than by
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    NO HOME FOR P.I. CONSUL
    53 7 •THE Philippines Consul1 Generai In Sydney, Mr. I Manuel A Alzate, who pas.si ed through Singapore a few weeks ago. is still unable o 1 find a Sydney office or a suiti able home for his family j He arrived there with a sta.T jof
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    TWO HURT IN TAXI ACCIDENTS
    57 7 Taxis were involved in two accidents in Singapore last night. A taxi and a motor cyclist collided in River Valley Rand I at 8 p.m. and the motor cj 1 was admitted to hospital with serious injuries. Another taxi knocked down a pedestrian in South
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    54 8 BEST ACTOR AND ACTRESS: Robert Morley and Peggy Ashcroft are seen holding their Oscars after being named best actor and actress of 1947 by the Ellen Terry Theatre Awards. Mr. J. B. Priestley was named best author and veteran C. B. Cochran received a special award for his services fr>
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    Big Expansion Plans For Singapore Bank
    154 8 TM) provide Singapore with banking facilities similar to those in financial centres like London and New York, the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation in the Colony is planning extensive expansions. In addition to the open ing of a new office at Orchard Road next
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    23 8 The Vampire, whlcb has been touring Malaya piloted by Flight-Lieut. J. W. Wilson, flew from ButterworUi to Tengah in 47 minutes yester1 day.
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    SQUADRON'S 6 AIR EXERCISES
    236 8 Low Flying Over Malayan Towns MO. 97 (Straits Settlements) Squadron will carry out six exercises in operation "Red Lion" while based at Tengah Airfield during the next month. The squadron of Lincoln bombers arrived from Ceylon on Sunday. One of the exercises will be low-flying over
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    Johore Weekly Letter
    512 8 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Monday. AS a first step towards establishing a state Arabic school, the Department of Religious affairs plans to lay down minimum teaching standards in existing Arabic schools. These schools are now being run by philanthropic persons with the aid of the
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    Grenades In Lallang— Court Story
    207 8 Grenades In Lallang— Court Story rS story of the finding of a box containing 23 hand grenades, in a Singapore rubber plantation was told in the Singapore, Assize Court yesterday. A young Indian, Kopal Maniam. was charged with unlawful possession of 25 hand grenades. The Deputy Public Prosecutor M. Buttrose)
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    SLAPSTICK FILM
    46 8 Ole Olsen and Chic Johnson, two of America's most famous exponents of the "crazy" school of humour, are the stars of "See My Lawyer," the film which opens to-day at the Cathay. High pressure, slapstick comedy and catchy music make this film good entertainment.
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    U.S. Faith In Far East Trade
    197 8 U.S. Faith In Far East Trade HpHE United States has 1 considerable faith in the future of Far Eastern trade, according to the vice-President of American President Lines, Mr. M.J. Buckley, who arrived in Singapore yesterday by air from Hong Kong. Mr. Buckley Is making his first post-war visit to
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    ACCUSED OF ROBBERY
    117 8 Lan Tlew Eng (21) of Tembeling Street and Wee Siang Min (23) of Bain Street, were provisionally charged in the Singapore Seventh Police Court yesterday with armed robbery in a house in Changi Road on May The prosecution alleged that Lan and Wee, in the company of
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    67 8 HAMBURG MAY DAY RALLY: Signs carried in Hamburg's May Day trade union rally are( from th e left) Militarism riding down Freedom; A man telling hungry people. "We can't help yon: while in the last sign the same man is crying "Help the money bag is threatened. Over 12.000 people
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    Merchant Gets A 7- Year Sentence
    259 8 From Our Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Monday. WONG Peng Wah, described as a merchant with extensive trading interests between Malaya and Sumatra was sentenced at the Assizes here today to seven years' rigorous imprisonment. He was found guilty ot the unlawful possession of arms
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    NEW C.I.D. CHIEF
    38 8 Mr. E. V. Fowler. Assistant •Commissioner of Police. Singapore, takes over the duties of Offlcer-in-Charge of the CIH. with effect frpm today. Mr. Fowler who has Just returned from leave teplaces Mr. J. C. Barry.
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    Rubber Mill To Restart
    157 8 rE Bn Seng Rubber Factory in Bukit Timah Road resumes mi.ling today, after hav.ng been idle for on? and a ball months. The factory stopped work on March 24 because, the management said, of shortage of raw material. Its labour force of 300 men and women
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      596 8 Successful partnerships depend tag the nine With no knowled«» S-S^nTUK-^SS Veiled HfS hU .helpmate Observe this typical aS^JST^iaSff^W^S S«ih Hp*w hU Partner's request. What If ia^?We« v^ilnerabl, East could fl the r ound <* K^hSiith?r^»rt <««. club8? That would onlv North-South. 30 part-scon. tn^ for defence an d west s
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    The destructive urge in the young
    1062 9  - The destructive urge in the young NURSE ELIZABETH MOTHERCRAFT IN MALAYA By Norse Elizabeth Is qualified in the care «f hahlcs mmt you* children. If yo« have any »i whk mi and seed her help, write to: Nurse Elizabeth, e/o Straits Times. Otd Wmt, Singapore. Please (ire a pseadony m
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    Jewellery And The Woman
    497 9  - Jewellery And The Woman RADHA JANARDANAN By •THE FONDNESS for 1 wearing personal Jewellery is a woman's birthright, and from time immemorial she has been, seeking to increase her loveliness by the use of fine raiments and glittering ornaments. In post-war Malaya, however it would appear to the casual observer
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    Hair tints as an aid to beauty
    505 9 t rom Our Own Correspondent WOMEN would be more attractive if they tinted their hair to becoming 1 shades and wore hair styles which suited their features. This is the opinion of English hair sty list Leonard Simmons, who has just arrived in
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    From an estate bungalow
    288 9 °1|OW dull Malacca ist' II I overheard a visitor say. "But have you really seen it said someone else. "Well, I think so," said the first. "Alter all what U there to tee? A few small shops, a dirty otd river, and that seems to be
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    37 9 Ava Gartner, M.G.M. actress finds this bare midriff outfit of white sharkskin the best dress for a hot day. The fun circular skirt features a ridged waistband to blend with the ridfftno running from the boat-shaped neckline.
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    HELP, FOR FARMERS
    304 10 Step To Lower Food Prices SO that pork and poultry in Singapore can be bought more cheaply, attempts are being made by the Rural Board to help breeders and chicken farmers cut their rearing costs. A scheme has been adopted, under which Village Committees will purchase in
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    Official Anti-Polio Warning
    126 10 ¥«HE following advice on 1 precautionary measures >to prevent the spread of i infantile paralysis has been officially issued: Apart from going about ones essential daily duties, the keynote of all personal precautions is stay at home. Always wash one's hands after going to the latrine and
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    Top Requirements For Colonial Nurses
    324 10 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Monday. fITITH the announcement that the Queen Tl has given her consent that the Colonial Nursing Service shall be given the title of Queen Elizabeth's Colonial Nursing Service, it is also announced that as from next year, higher qualification will
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    KNITTERS TO WIN DOLLARS
    59 10 CANBERRA. Monday.—Australian manufacturer* plan an export drive in Knitted goods to win more U.S. dollars. A joint organisation of manufacturers Is being formed to market knitted goods "in hard currency" countries. Supplies of knitted goods are sufficient for domestic demand and the Australian Government has removed
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    47 10 CHILD GETS FILM CONTRACT: With her doll in her arms, five-year-old Mary Jayne Saunders sits in court in Los Angeles to obtain approval of a seven-year contract which rives her a starting salary of $125 a week. Her studio visualises her as another Shirley Temple. A.P. picture.
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    51 10 HEAVIEST BABY: Nurse Agnes Dempsey takes a weight reading of Kathleen Ann Monico who tipped the scales at 14 pounds five ounces at her birth in Nebraska. The heavyweight daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Monico and is the heaviest baby ever born alive in the state. A.P.
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    'Must Be Colony Death Penalty'
    292 10 From Oar Own Correspondent LONDON, Monday. NEITHER public opinion nor public advancement in the colonial dependencies could possibly justify the abolition of Uhe death penalty as in England, and there could not be slightest doubt that nobody, with the personal knowledge he had, could possibly
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    New Term Of School Broadcasts
    139 10 New Term Of School Broadcasts "THE new term of school 1 broadcasts began yesterday. Singapore schoolchildren with radios at home were able to listen to the broadcasts, although their schools are still closed. This term, the broadcasts will include a series for Standards 8 and 9 called "Sound and Sense".
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      166 10 _4 Hji i t'^^^^^^H RADIO MALAYA SPORE 1 p.m. Radio Orcbsetra: 1.30 News; 1.40 Rhythm Parade; 8.15 Programme and Newt Summary, Topical Talk <te Announcements; 8.30 Show Business; 9 Beau Oeste. 9.30 News; 9.45 Songs by Owen Catleg: 10 Listeners' Post; 11 Last I News Summary. RADIO MALAYA H.L.: 1
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      174 10 9.30 Programme Summary; 9.40 Interlude; 9.45 Navy Mixture; 10. IS Music for Sally; 10.30 News and Items from Tuesday's Papers; 10.45 It's Fun Finding Out; 11 Band of the Week; 11.30 In Lighter Vein; 13 Noon Fiesta; 12.15 p.m. Collectors' Corner; 12.40 Yankee Quarter; 1 World News Headlines: 1.02 Heard
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      163 10 March. Goldman Band; 5. IS Australia Day by Day; 5.25 Everyman's Music; 5.30 Forces Requests; 6 Tuesday at 8.30; 6.30 News; 6.45 Mitchell Ayres and his Band; 7 Orchestral Half Hour; 7.30 Australian Topics; 7.35 Starlight— BBC Programme; 7.50 Massed Brass Bands; I Famous Choral Groups; 8.15 Celebrity Violinist Albert
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    MALAYAN SHARES
    105 11 From Oar Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, Monday. THE Malayan share markets opened quietly. Only a small volume ol business passed today. Price changes announced by the Malayan Sharebroken' Amociation wen: INDUSTRIALS Buyer Seller 8.8. Petrol 44/9 45/6 Goodwood Park 1.45 l.M* Robinson Co. Ord. 9.70 9.90 Singapore Cold Storage
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    AUSTRAL MALAY COMPANIES
    67 11 Austral Malay Tin Limited announce the following April returns: X a m p o n g r«iwinyt^ Tin Dredging— s62 hours ran; 112,000 cubic yards dug; 437 piculs of ore recovered. Thabawleik Tin Dredging 497 hours; *****0 cubic yards; 840 piculs. Austral Amalgamated Tin Asam Kumbang Section,
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    SELAYANG TIN
    79 11 From Oar Own Cm rwynnd«sM LONDON. Monday.— The accounts of Selayang Tin Dredging Ltd. for the year ended Sept. 30 last show that the cost of rehabilitation to date was £37,790. A dividend of five per cent. Is proposed. The chairman (Mr. C. Jackson), in his statement for
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    April Rubber Crops
    26 11 The following April rubber crops are announced, m lbs.: Ayer Molek 36,363 Henrietta Estate 160,300 Kuala Reman Estates 173,900 Sungel Matang Estate 41.300
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    Duff Development: A Sample History
    305 11 THE gr&dB&l expansion of interest in Rvbber shares fa 1 warranted fey the history for instance of Daft* Development, says Diarist in the Financial Times. The company, he says, had a good record up to the time of the Japanese occupation of Malaya. Dividends for
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    KILLINGHALL TIN
    97 11 Accounts for year to September SO, 1947, show balance brought forward £15,313 (£4,450). After expenses, etc. deficiency for year £9,444 (£9.247 after £20,110 adjustment Malayan current assets), leaving £5,5» forward. Chairman's statement says: Latest advices received by cable anticipate that normal production of ore will have begun by
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    254 11 From A Market Correspondent CUGAE price* improved on the Singapore produce market* yesterday. Dealers believed the continuation «f the ban on private import of mcar would result in a decrease of stocks. The coconut oil sad copra markets sagged after often to overseas market* bad been turned down
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    14 11 The April rubber crop Orf tba 1 Bukit KfttU Rubber btttai ni J5.311 lbs.
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    SINGAPORE RUBBER
    117 11 FE Singapore robber market was quiet and slightly easier yesterday. Little business passed. F.o.b. buyers closed three-eighths of a cent below the noon price of Saturday. The closing prices yesterday were: f.o.b. buyers 43% cents, MOers 43%; spot loose 43%, 43%. The Singapore Chamber of Commerce Robber Association's
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    TREES COMPETING WITH SYNTHETIC
    94 11 REPLANTING 4»-year-oal trees wHh new variety seedlings woold eaaUe aataraay grawa robber t* compete with syntheiic robber, said the chairman of Bukit Kate, Port Swatfrr^-—. and Jafam Keban Rnbber CompanW (Mr. P. J. Glass) at the annual meeting fat Australia. As eaoted la the India Rabber
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    KRAMAT TIN DIV.
    90 11 Tbe directors of ir>«m»± Tin Dredging have declared a dividend of 35 per cent.: less 30 per cent. Malayan and standard U.K. In-come-tax; payable May 13. The financial year ended on March 31. This is the first dividend since tha 1941-43 financial year when 30 per cent,
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    17 11 In the six months ending March 31, Selayang Tin Dredging Ltd. recoTered 109 tons of tin concentrated.
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    AUSTRALIANS ALL OUT FOR 632
    234 12 Weak Opposition From Surrey LONDON, Monday. THE Australians 'were all out for 632 runs in their first innings against Surrey today. Lindsay Hassett, their vice-captain, became the third batsman to complete a century in the match. Don Bradman and Sid Barnes had made centuries on
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    Scoreboard
    175 12 AUSTRALIAN— 1st INNS. A. Morris ibw McMahon 65 S. Barnes Ibw Sauires 176 Bradman b Bedser 146 L. Hasse't b Bedser 11* N. Harvey b McMahon < I. Johnson e Fishlock b Bedser m. 46 lindwall b Bedser 4 Tallon not out 50 Ring b MrMahon 2 i B.
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    2 Malayans In Finals
    211 12 SHANGHAI. Monday. ALL events in the Chinese national athletic mcct except table tennis were postponed today owing to steady rain, which turned the grounds into mud pools. In one of the few table tennis j games played, the Malayan ChiI nese. Yau Yee Hung, eliminated Taiwan's
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    Leicester Win
    35 12 LONDON. Monday. At Cambridge, Leicestershire beat Cambridge University by an innings and 115 runs. Leicestershire 304. Cambridge 92 (Sperry five for 36, Walsh five lor 38; and 97 (Walsh six for 39).— Reuter.
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    Observers Invited
    49 12 The Indonesian Olympic Committee has announced in Jogjakarta that it had been invited by the British Olympic Committee to send a party of observers to the Olympic Games in London this sum!mer. The Indonesian Committee stated that the Sultan of JogI Jakarta would probably lead the party.
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    Arbar Wins
    106 12 PARIS, Monday. MARCEL Boussac's Arbar (Djebel Asftronomie) I /esterday won the 1,000,000 francs Prix Dv Cadron"! over 2*4 miles at Longchamps by four lengths from Bayeux, with Tourment, a further four lengths behind, third, in a field of eight. All three carried nine stone Arbar won easily, drawing
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    N.S.W. RUGBY PROPOSAL
    87 12 SYDNEY. Monday. THE New South Wales Rugby League has recommended that its secretary. Mr. Keith Sharp, should go to England to study oversea administration. Approval of the Board of Control Is expected. If i!- does grant permission, the Board of Control will fix Mr. Sharp's itinerary, which
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    MY BABU'S NEXT START THE DERBY
    53 12 LONDON, Monday. My Babu, winner of the 2,000 Guineas, is expected by his trainer, Fred Armstrong, to resume strong work tomorrow, but he will not race again before the Derby It is understood that the colt has had leg stiffness, the normal reaction, following
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    31 12 British Olympic "hopes." Jean Desiorges of London (left) and Maureen Gardner of Oxford, hear all about the new starting traps from Don Finlay, the Olympic hurdler, while studying the m closely.
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    Ten New Horses Running At K.L.
    424 12 From EPSOM JEEP KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. T*EN new horses have entered for the Selangor Turf Club May Meeting. They are tfolong Lagi II (late Kelfalin), Tin Saturn (late Chan tic), Camden, Miss Jewel, Broadway (late Scar Ra), Heart of Oak, Bill Papillon, Coronation Lady,
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    Sports Diary
    53 12 TODAY SOCCER: S.A.F.A. League. Div. 1— Seaforths t. K.A.F. hangi. JiUn Beaar stadium; DiT. II— Kota Raja t. Singapore District Slfiuls, S.C.C.,; DiT. Ill— Singapore CivU Service v. Mertal Hospital XI, McNair Road; Social A. P. t. S.H.B. Boys' Club, C.Y.M.A. (round, St. George'i Road, (All games start
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    Midget-car Races For London
    252 12 From VERNON MORGAN LONDON, Monday. MIDGET car racing, born in Hollywood 15 years ago, makes its British debut in London this week. It is safe to say that Stamford Bridge track, home of the famous Chelsea Foot- ball Club, will be packed out 1 on Thursday
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    Island Club Golf Ties
    264 12 SCORES and starting times for the qualifying round of the Island Club's open invitation j golf competition on Saturday, May 15, are given below. Members are to note that the first and tenth tees will be reserved for the competition between 2.55 pjn and 3.35 p.m.
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    Young's Claim To Place In Test XI
    248 12 LONDON, Monday. IN the opinion of many cricket experts here, Jack L Youngr, the diminutive Middlesex left-arm spin bowler, has staked an early claim to a place in England's Test attack to meet Australia by his fine performance in taking 12 wickets for
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    Last-minute Goal Gives Win To Malay XI
    429 12 Last-minute Goal Gives Win To Malay XI Malaya 5; S.C.C. 4 A GOAL scored in the final minute enabled the Malay Football Associaton to snatch a 5 I victory over the Singapore Cricket Club in a fast S.A.F.A. Div. 1 game at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. The Club, although not
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    Chinese XI Checked
    110 12 From Our Own Correspondent BANGKOK, Monday. rE Chinese Olympic soccer team suffered a serious setback when they were held to a two-all draw by the Siamese Chai Sod side in their second game in Bangkok yesterday. A heavy shower, which f ell after the first 15 minutes,
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    CHESS HONOURS
    17 12 MOSCOW. Monday. Mihhail Botvinnik of Russia won the vacant chess championship of the world yesterday,
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    C.A.2ND XI Drop Point
    193 12 C. A.2ND XI Drop Point WEAK finishing cost the Chinese Athletic II a point when they met the Katong Eurasians in the Second Division of the SAJ.A. League at Geylang yesterday. Their short and accurate passes enabled them to launch repeated raids, but they were unable to drive home their
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    Player Sent Off Field
    205 12 WAH Kee, the Rovers II centre-forward, was ordered off the field In yesterday's S.A.F.A. Div. II League match on the padang against 19th. Air Formation Signals. Excellent goalkeeping by Teow Seng was a feature of the game which the Rovers won 3-1. Playing a much faster
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    26 12 fciley Bennett, a Queensland aboriginal, who won the Australian bantamweight boxing: title by knocking out Mickey Francis in the third round of their flight at Melbourne.
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    SCF A League Positions
    208 12 BELOW are the present positions of th? tea™* in the Singapore Chinese Foot ball Association's inter-dis-j trict League P W D L F A Pts Jal Snltan 6 5 111 11 0 11 Ba!<*t»f Rd. 6 5 1 M 2 11 Tk. Blangah 6 4 2
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    WOMEN'S HOCKEY CHAMPIONSHIP
    47 12 AMSTERDAM, Monday. The Netherlands defeated Spain 5-0 yesterday in the first match of the world's women's hockey championship. Teams from England. Scotland, Wales, Irelaau, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, United States ana France are ftlso competing. Czechoslovakia withdrew at the last minute. A. P. and U.P.
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