The Straits Times, 28 May 1948

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    18 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 EIGHT PAGES SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, MAT 28, 1948 PRICE TEN CENTS
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    ONE-DAY STRIKE IN COLONY
    266 1 Protest Over Prison Sentences THE Singapore Rubber Workers' Union last night decided to call a one-day strike from 6 a.m. tomorrow m protest against the imprisonment of 38 of its members. The men, workers of the Tai Thong rubber factory, were sentenced to three months' imprisonment
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    59 1 EIGHT DIE IN EXPRESS CRASH: This aerial picture shows the wreckage of the London -Bradford Holiday Express which jumped the rails m Yorkshire on May 18 killing: eight and seriously injuring 36. One of its two engines is m the right foreground; other straddled a stream. The black streaks m
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    ARABS WANT TO BARGAIN
    298 1 CAIRO, Thursday. WAR in Palestine raged on today without a sign of any concerted plan for ending the mounting bloodshed and destruction. Arab rejection of 'the United Nations cease-fire plea aroused grave concern among its delegates. An anonymous spokesman lor a big power delegation predicted the
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    Latins In London
    29 1 LONDON. Thursday. The Argentine press delegation eras guest yesterday of the London County Council which gave them an Insight into the progress of social welfare. U.P.
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    MARELLA COSTS DOUBLE TO RUN
    63 1 From Our Own Correspondent MELBOURNE, Thursday. THE cost of operating ships between Singapore and Australia had more than doubled since 1939 the chairman of Burns Philp and Co. Ltd. (Mr. J. Burns) told the annual meeting m Sydney today. The Marella m 1938 cost £393
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    Gift Plane Sets Out
    135 1 From Our Own Correspondent MELBOURNE, Thursday. THE Commonwealth Gov- ernment's Santa Claus" Dakota which left Sydney today for SouthEast Asia was arranged by the Minister for External Affairs (Dr. H. Evatt) after a report by the Australian Commissioner m i Malaya (Mr. Claude Mas-; isey), according
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    PRINCESS SPEAKS FOR WOMEN
    99 1 CARDIFF, Thursday.— Prin- 1 cess Elizabeth today struck a blow for feminism. She told I a gathering here that she j hoped the freedom which I women had won for themselves m this century would "from now on be recognised m form as well as m
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    U.K. COAL TARGET IN JEOPARDY
    55 1 LONDON, Thursday. The "Minister of Fuel and Power (Mr. Hugh Oaitskell) warned yesterday that Britain might not reach the 1948 coal target of 421,000,000 tons. Production dropped more than 1,000,000 tons last week, partially because of Whitsun holiday, whereas until last week weekly production was
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    KOREA BORDER AMBUSH
    139 1 SEOUL, Thursday. TBE United States Army 1 here announced today that three American civilians were ambushed and one wounded by Sovietcontrolled North Korean constabulary yesterday along the Soviet-United States occupation border. The Third Army reported the wounded man's condition was "good." Police reports said the Americans were
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    'THREATENED BY BAYONETS'
    61 1 LONDON, Thursday. A Russian Tass news agency despatch yesterday circulated a report of the Tabriz newspaper Ahtare that the Teheran Government was oppressing residents of Persia's northwest provinces. Persian troops were sent to Azerbaijan in 1945 to put down disorders. Minor Teheran officials are exploiting the district
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    ONE NEW CASE OF POLIO
    61 1 One more fresh case of infantile paralysis was reported in Singapore, yesterday. The latest victim was a Chinese child. Cases in the Colony now total 84. Three Malay children suspected to be suffering from polio were admitted to the T ipoh General Hospital. One of
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    Nine Accused Of Killing Gandhi
    247 1 NEW DELHI, Thursday. NINE men were formally accused m a special Court today of assassinating Mohandas Gandhi on Jan. 30. They are to go on trial on June 14. Sitting on wooden benches m the prisoners' dock, the defendants chatted among themselves as a blackrobed
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    POCKETS WILL JINGLE AGAIN
    72 1 MILLIONS of dollars worth of shiny new cupro-nickel coins in denominations of five, ten and twenty cents will shortly replace the paper notes of equivalent value in Singapore. The Chief Currency Officer, Singapore (Mr. C. G. Dickens), told the Straits Times that these new coins are
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    Offered Singapore To U.S.
    238 1 NEW YORK, Thursday. pOLLIER'S Magazine v» publishes an article tomorrow which says that Mr. Churchill ait one period of the war in Europe asked America to take over the Singapore bast 1 Mr. Churchill warned President Roosevelt that the British Army would destroy the Suez Canal
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    U.K. CAREFUL ABOUT PAYMENT TO JAPAN
    196 1 STERLING payment tor Japanese cotton textiles purchased through private Malayan trade channels is being directed through the Government of India by the Governments of the Federation and Singapore, said an official of the Singapore Secretariat for Economic Affairs yesterday. Shipments to Malaya of privately
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    WORLD CITIZENS' SWOP PASSPORTS
    76 1 PARIS, Thursday. The American Embassy confirmed last night that Gary Davis, Broadway actor, had renounced American citizenship to become a "citizen of the world." Davis Is reported to be a disciple of the United World Movement, of which the American society leader and art parton, Mrs.
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    BRITONS MUST GO ABROAD
    62 1 LONDON, Thursday. Britain must send 13,000,000 of her 48,000,000 people to the Commonwealth and Empire to ensure military and economic security for the 35,000,000 who would remain, the Earl of Portsmouth declared m the House of Lords last night Lord Fairfax urged that Britain must think
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    Pilgrims Stopped
    39 1 MANILA, Thursday. The Philippines Foreign Office has temporarily closed the issuance of passports to Moros planning to make their traditional visit to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, m view of the current Palestine conflict, it was reported today.— Renter.
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    Russia Reports Consul Exchange With Indonesia
    225 1 Russia Reports Consul Exchange With Indonesia JOGJAKARTA, Thursday. THE official Soviet news agency said yesterday that consular relations had been established between the Soviet Union and the Republic of Indonesia. The Indonesian News Agency said today that Republican Governments circles know nothi-ij? "officially" about the establishment of diplomatic relations with
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    19 1 MISS NORA TANBI UN will take charge of an Almoner's Department planned for Singapore hospitals. Story m Page 3.
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    AJAX FOR CHILE?
    41 1 LONDON, Thursday. The Admiralty says negotiations are proceeding for the sale of the British cruiser Ajax to the Chilean Government. [The Ajax is a veteran of the British River Plate victory against the German battleship Graf Spec.]— U.P.
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    Cardinal To See Chiang
    93 1 NANKING. Thursday. /CARDINAL Spellman will be V/ received by President Chiang Kai Shek. during his two-day visit here on June 2 and 3. A reception will also be held to welcome him by Catholic and civil bodies. The Cardinal is due to reach In Manila tomorrow
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    President Again
    17 1 BEIRUT, Thursday.—Zachari El Khoury, the Lebanese President, was today re-elect-ed for another six-year term. —Reuter.
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      Foundation Stone Laid For New House Of Commons
      495 2 LONDON, Thursday. USING a century-oid mallet and trowel older than Parliament, Colonel Clifton Brown, Speaker of the House of Commons, yesterday laid the foundation stone for a new House of Commons to replace the structure wrecked by German air raids. Mr. Winston
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      How Right He Was
      58 2 HONG KONG. Thursday —Three men entered Tone Sap's fortune telling establishment, shoved a cun m his watch, cold ring and his watch, goldring and about $10. About three hours earlier, Ton? told police, one of the men had come to him as a customer. Tone predicted
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      'People In Glass Houses...'
      92 2 'People In Glass Houses BIRMINGHAM, Albama, Thursday Commissioner Eugene "Bull" Connor challenged Senator Glen H. Taylor to eliminate segregation in his own state of Idaho before coming south "to tell us what to do." Connor said Idaho has a law providing that no Indian, Chinese or Japanese can vote. He
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      816 2 NOtICES SURVEY DEPARTMENT Applications are invited from resident* m the Federation for appointment as APPRENTICES m the Suncy Department. Candidates, who must be between the ageb of 16 and 25. should have p.-ussed the Senior Cambridge Examination and be physically fit fnr outdoor worlt. Selected apprentices will attend a course
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      139 2 NOTICES ESTATES OF Frederic Faithfull TURNER deceased who died on 28.11.47. Joseph Henry WOOD deceased who died on 16.9.43. Brigadier William Aird SMITH deceased who died on 17.2.42 John INGRAM deceased who died on 4.3.47. William Coghill McGAVIN deceased who died on 7.1.48. All persons having any CLAIMS against the
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      708 2 NOTICES TRADING WITH THE ENEMY ORDINANCE No. 22 of 1939 CUSTODIAN OF PROPERTY PROCLAMATION No. 14 of 1945 Notice is hereby given that any person or persons having a claim to the property described In the Schedule hereto are requ-jsted to forward such claim to the Custodian of Property, Supreme
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      265 2 SHIPPING NOTICED HOLLAND EAST ASIA LINE "ALPHACCA" sailed from Singapore 23rd. May 1948 Per.ane 24th— 28 May, 1948 Port SwetWnham 29th May 3nd June. 1948 loading cargo for Aden/Port Said /Genoa/Marseille*/ Antwero tRotterdam /Hamburg Por cargo and particulars apply to: NEDF.RI.AND LINE ROYAL DUTCH MAIL Agents: Holland East Asia Ltae
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      423 2 ANGLO-CHINESE EVENING SCHOOL Coieman Street, Singapore. New classes beginning 1.8.48. Shorthand: Absolute Beginners' Class and 4 Speed Classes from 50. 70. 100 and 120 w.D.m. English Classes: Std. 1 to 8. Special Classes m English and Elementary Mathematics for the School Certificate Examination. Accommodation limited. Enrol Early to avoid disappointment
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      128 2 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE NOTICE School For Training In Agricultural Mechanisation, Central Experiment Station, Serdanp A second course of instruction In the operation and maintenance of tractors and agricultural equipment will be held at the above School, Central Experiment Station, Serdang, from 12th July to nth September. 1948. The fees for
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    CONTROL OFRUHRPLAN
    235 3 New Effort To Reopen Danube LONDON, Thursday. SI X nations m conference last night broke a major deadlock to the political and economic future of Western Germany. The United States, Britain, France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg agreed on broad powers for an international control board over Ruhr
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    34 3 ROYAL CHILDREN: Prince Vittorio Emmanuel and Princess Maria Gabriela, children of ex-Kin; Umberto of Italy, at their confirmation service m the private chapel of th« Cardinal Patriarch of Lisbon on May 17. A.P. picture.
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    CZECH ISSUE IN COUNCIL
    156 3 LAKE SUCCESS, Thurs. SIR Alexander Cadogan yesterday told the United Nations Security Council Russia's double vel o m the Security Council case on Czechoslovakia made nonsense of the key parts m the United Nations Charter. On Monday, the Soviet delegate (Mr. Gromyko) used two vetoes to
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    Anglo-Saxon Menace
    30 3 PARIS. Thursday. —M. AnJre Maurois. noted French author, told the Latin-Ameri-can Press Association luncheon yesterday that AngloSaxon culture was menacing French supremacy m South and Central America.— UP.
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    'Tit for Tat In U.S.-Malayan Trade'
    245 3 'Tit for Tat In U.S.Malayan Trade' LONDON, Thursday. MR. R. De La Bere, a Conservative Member of Parliament, suggested yesterday that the Government should adopt a policy of "tit for tat" with the United Stales over Malayan rubber and American tobacco. He urged in Parliament that as Britain was paying
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    Senator Suggests "Tin For Aid"
    257 3 WASHINGTON, Thursday. QENATOR W. Morse (Republican) suggested yester.J day that Britain be required to supply the United States with tin ore m return for Marshall aid. Senator Morse was speaking at a meeting of the Senate Armed Services SubCommittee. The committee was studying a proposal
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    Thakin Nu Resigning
    49 3 RANGOON. Thursday. Premier Thakin Nu announced yesterday that he would resign on July 20. He said he had made the decision after taking a religious vow. Thakin Nu became Premipr m January when Burma was given independence after more than a century of British rule. -A.P.
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    Pope's Letter
    45 3 WARSAW. Thursday.— The Pope's recent letter to German bishops is getting great publicity m Poland. A storm of protest has been aroused by his expression of sympathy for "millions of Germans expelled from former Eastern Germany which is now part of Poland."— A.P.
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    92 3 TOIGHT Czech airmen— five pilots and three mechanics walking away from the "borrowed" aircraft m which they escaped to Britain. The pilots join the wives they married m England when they were serving with the RAF. Meanwhile. m London yesterday, a Czech diplomat said that President Benes of f*xecho.slu\uKia was
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    Gen. Smuts Leads In Elections
    130 3 JOHANNESBURG, Thurs. fHE United Party of the 1 Prime Minister (Gen. Jan Smuts) holds the lead m the first returns m South Africa's general elections this morning. The latest state of the parties Is: United Party 52 seats, Nationalists (Dr. Malan) 11; Labour Party four;
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    Singapore Shipping
    131 3 SHIPS m port and ships alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves yesterday (god owns m brackets were: Main Wharf: Katong (32), Tydeus (33-34), loading; Glengyle (36-37), discharging; Cleodora (38-39), discharging; Katong (4041), loading; President Polk (42-43), loading. West Wharf: Welteverden (1-2), discharging; Ajax (4-5), discharging; Breconshire (6-7), discharging;
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    MORE LOOTED GOLD FOUND
    83 3 From Our Own Correspondent BANGKOK. Thursday. Ten more cases of gold formIng part of shipment stolen recently while being transported from Don Muang airport to Bangkok have been recovered by the Siamese police. The police searched the home of an influential resident of Bangkok suspected of
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    Almoner's Dept. For Singapore
    212 3 By Our Woman Correspondent 'THE Singapore Govern1 ment is setting up an almoner's department to look after the social, economic and health problems of needy hospital patients and dependent. Miss Nora Tanburn will be m charge of the department. Miss Tanburn said yesterday that the department
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Fri., May 28, 1948. THE MINIMUM: $50,000,000
    1058 4 The Straits Times Singapore, Fri., May 28, 1948. THE MINIMUM: $50,000,000 The Singapore Medical Plan, which was the subject of much controversy last year, is now to be considered m a revised form by a select committee of the Legislative Council. The original plan, drafted m 1946, proposed capital expenditure
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    AUSTRALIAN BAN ON GREEK SHIPS
    92 4 SYDNEY. Thursday— lt was announced m Sydney last night that the Seamen's U/.ion has placed a ban on Greek ships m Australian ports. The union decided to refuse to apply replacements for vacancies m crews on Greek vassels and also to refuse to work on
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    Allied Unpreparedness For Invasion Of Norway
    1923 4  -  The Right Hon. Winston Churchill THE SECOND WORLD WAR— 37 By Despite ail the previous discussions, Britain and France were caught unprepared by the German invasion of Norway. Allied plans for such an eventuality failed against the "extraordinary and reckless gamftling" which involved the
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      Agriculture And The Future Malayan University
      272 4 VfOUR articles and edito- rial on the CarrSaunders' Report made no mention of that moat important subject of agriculture. Does that meaii that the Committee thinks that lagriculture is nothtng compared with those new faculties recommended, and that we must be content with the
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      THE OTHER HALF
      30 4 WE have heeded one half of what was said by William Blake (*****827). The whore and gambler, by the state Licensed, build that nation* fate. ROSEAU Fexak.
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    N.E.I-JAPAN TRADE HITS COLONY
    266 5 Textiles Exports Show Decrease DIRECT importation of textiles from Japan by the Netherlands East Indies Government has directly caused a heavier adverse balance in Singapore's trade with the N.E.I, last month. Singapore's exports to the N.E.I, in April fell by $2,100,000 compared with figures for March.
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    47 5 Hundreds of people saw the Corpus Christi procession at the Catholic Church of Our Lady of Lourdes m Singapore yesterday evening. Top: Young girls with baskets of rose petals kneeling during the procession. Bottom: Th<> procession round the Church grounds after a Vespers service. Stmits Times pictures.
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    5 Banished From Colony
    57 5 5 Banished From Colony A LEADING member of a notorious unlawful and dangerous society was one of five persons who were banished from Singapore on May 26. Two of the banishees were persons who had been convicted of house-breaking by night, one was a habitual criminal and one ItM a
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    Police, Troops In Big Raid: 9 Held
    252 5 From Our Staff Correspondent SUNGEI PATANI, IN one of the biggesi combined operations launched m Kedah since 4 he war, over 200 police and troops destroyed an abandoned camp north of Baling yesterday. They made nine arrests m a squatter's hut and seized
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    LICENCES AT 90 PER DAY
    94 5 More than 60,000 driving licences have been issued by the Singapore Traffic Police and licences are still being issued at the rate of 90 a day. Reasons for this growing number of licensed motorists is the far greater number of vehicles on the road today,
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    Two Barges Towed Here
    153 5 rO ocean-going tugs, the Humber and Dorset, have just completed a 4,000-mile voyage from Sydney to Singapore towing two dumb barges with cargoes of food, coke and steel for the Shell Company. The voyage took 63 days, j The Humber ran into a heavy cyclone off
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    MAGISTRATE WAS WITNESS
    81 5 The Eighth Police Court Magistrate (Mr. R. W. P. Rule) was a witness m the Second Police Court yesterday m a bribery case Magistrate Ooh fined Tan Bah Ban $250 m default three months' hard labour on a charge of abetting illegal gratification. A court interpreter. Yong
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      Preparation For Army Tattoo
      90 5 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. UNITS all over Malaya are hard at work practising for the big searchlight tattoo which is being held during the Kuala Lumpur Services Week which starts on June 7. Army units are at pre-j sent practising separately,, but at
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      Fishermen Shift
      59 5 AS a result of the Changii airfield extension scheme, 70 Malay fishing families living m the Beting Kusa area have to move out as a village. As compensation, the Government is paying a total sum of $30,000 to the families affected by the scheme for the purpose of
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      Lottery Fine
      24 5 KUALA KANGSAR, Thursday—For running a public lottery for a bicycle, Ah Sang was fined $100, or m default three months' rigorous imprisonment.
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      Man-Eater
      38 5 A LOR STAR, Thursday —A Malay school teacher, Mohamed Yatim bin Abdul Raob, is reported to have been carried away and eaten by a tiger. The Assistant Game Warden (Tuan Syed Abdullah) is tracking down the man-eater.
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    'Pushed Off Window'
    196 5 A GUNMAN pushed a woman on to 'the road when she climbed on toi the window sill to aall for help, it was stated m the Singapore Seventh Police j Court yesterday. The woman was Fan Pee Neo, a widow living m Kampong Bahru Road. Two men,
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    The Way To Get Trust Houses
    230 5 T*HE correct and only way <to obtain tenancy of Improvement Trust houses was described m ■the Fourth Police Court yesterday by the Singapore Improvement Trust's Estates Officer. Mr. H.C. Tinsley. He was speaking after the conviction of Joyce Chua Ah Soon, a 24-year-old woman
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    STC MEN'S DEMANDS REJECTED
    104 5 STC MEN'S DEMANDS REJECTED npHE Singapore Traction 1 Company yesterday turned down a demand by 560 artisans, fitters and labourers employed m its engineering department for a "general" increase of wages. A statement by the S.T.C. General Manager (Mr. A. A. Ewing) to the S.T.C. Employees' Union, through which the
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    Ovation For Miss Baillie
    262 5 MISS Isobel Baillie last night again drew to the Victoria Memorial Hall a full house. For this recital. Miss Baillie had an entirely different programme from the one she j gave on Tuesday. Her clean, steady voice shamed the dingy stone age cave which is all
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    BOMBERS OUT TOMORROW
    77 5 The longest exercise flying mission tackled by the "Red Lion" Lincoln Bombers of No. 97 Strait* Settlement Squadron, since their arrival m South-East Asia, will take place tomorrow. The squadron will be m the air for 11 hours involving a round trip of over 2,000 miles. Leaving
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    38 5 The Assistant Coroner, Mr. Choor Singh, returned a finding of death by misadventure at the inquest yesterday on the body of Yun Yuen, a carpenter, who was drowned In the King's Dock at Keppel Harbour on May 24
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    Colony Service Employees 'Fed To The Teeth'
    152 5 Colony Service Employees 'Fed To The Teeth' BECAUSE they have not received similar advances of pay given to the local Government servants. Ihe 6,000 members of local staffs employed by Serv ce departments in Singapore are stated to be "fed lo.tlie A 1L The statement is made by Mr. M.
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    PlanForNew Waterfront
    111 5 QINGAPORE'S new EsD planade water-front will be made as attractive as possible, said Mr. J. M. Fraser, manager of the Singapore Improvement Trust, yesterday. A specially- formed committee to look into the matter has Just submitted its recommendations to the Colonial Secretary (Mr. P. A. B. McKerron) for
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    'WOULD DISCREDIT AIR FORCE
    155 5 A STATEMENT that :h< hearing of a divorce case locally wou<d rewound to the discredit of h3 R.A.F. m Singapore was read out m the Supr lr.e C<>urt yesterday. The statement was made m a reply by the respondent (Squadron Lead?r Derrick Martin Butcher* to a
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    AIRMAN TO SEE COMMISSIONERS
    66 5 The Officer Commanding No. 97 Straits Settlements Squadron, Squadron Leader A. K. Passmore will be received by the Deputy Municipal president, Mr. W. L. Blythe, and the Municipal Commissioners at the Council Chamber at 2 p.m. today. The Squadron which is at present taking part in
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    TROUBLESOME YEARS'
    357 6 No Respite For The Planter From Our Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Thursday. 'THE planting industry has, since the reoccupation, been passing through the most troublesome years of its existence, and, while conditions improved in some respects during 1947, there was no respite in the amount of energy, ingenuity
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    23 6 HOLLYWOOD VISITORS: British Aim star Ronald Colman raises his hat to Britain on arrival with his wifr Benita Hume, from Hollywood. A.P. picture.
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    Tree Of Life' Is Up For Sale
    118 6 MORE than 300 carpets and rugs valued at $300,000 will be sold on June 5 at Chang Keng Lee's salerooms, Singapore. Rugs with romantic names like "Tree of Life." "Royal Black Bokhara," "Two Blue Star Shiraz," are already being carefully examined by Singapore
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    Strikers To Be Evicted
    182 6 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. DOLICE from Tanjong 1 Malim and Slim R,ver are to enforce a court order of eviction served on 79 Chinese and Indian strikers on Klapa Bali and Lima Bias Estates.A special police party from Kuala Lumpur has been despatched
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    HIRD ACQUITTED
    61 6 C pl Geoilny Hird. of the Military Police, was acquitted and discharged by Mr. Justice Brown at the Singapore Assize Court yesterday after a common jury returned a majority verdict of "not guilty." Hlrd was tried on a charge of being found m unlawful possession of 26 rounds
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    Singapore Diary
    107 6 TODA* Malayan Christian Council, special meeting to discuss the lottery agitation, 77, Prlnsep Street, 6 p.m. Wesley Methodist Youth Fellowship annual oratorical contest, 4. Port Canning Road. 7.30 p.m. Plfleen speakers will take part. Teachers' Repertory, Macbeth produced by Mr. David Lyttle Victoria Theatre. 8.30 p.m. Chinese Y.M.C.A..
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    CHINESE ON $10,000 BAIL
    206 6 CHINESE ON $10,000 BAIL HAIL of $10,000 each was allowed to Tan Geok Eng, a middle-aged Chinese woman, and Peh Bah Goh, a lorry driver, who were charged in the Eighth Police Court yesterday with possession of dutiable tobacco. They faced an alternate charge of abetting the offence of possession
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    Amendment To Printing Law
    74 6 Under an amendment to the Printers and Publishers Ordinance, said an official statement yesterday, three printed copies of every book published m the Colony must now be, sent to Raffles Museum and Library one month after printing. This is similar to U.K. leglsla/on which provides for
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    EQUALITY WITH COLONY
    198 6 EQUALITY WITH COLONY PENANG, Thursday. pENANG businessmen I today, four days before the Benham Report is tabled m the Federal Legislative Council, welcomed the report's recommendation that Penang should be "a free port m fact as well as m name, enjoying the same privileges as Singapore." The Chamber of Commerce
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    RAIDED LIQUOR STORE: 6 YEARS
    96 6 Two of the five gunmen who raided a liquor shop last June were sentenced to six years' hard labour and eight strokes of the rotan m the Singapore Assizes yesterday. They were Ong Kee Lai and Tan Kirn Po. A third arrested after the raid,
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    PRIESTLEY PLAY NEXT MONTH
    70 6 At the Little Theatre, Armenian Street, on June 4, 5, 7, 8 and 9. "They Came to a City" will be presented by the Little Theatre Players, at 8.30 p.m. each evening. In this play, J. B. Priestley puts forth his opinions on the times m
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    RADIO CALLS FOR FIREMEN
    106 6 RADIO equipment, to be installed as soon as possible m Singapore's Municipal fire engines and accident ambulances, will give the Colony the most modern fire fighting service m this part of the world. Two fire engines and two ambulances will be equipped with very high frequency
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    AID FOR LEPERS
    81 6 Singapore's Leper Welfare Committee has launched a campaign to collect funds to aid children m the Leper Settlement by form of nonlegal adoption. Subscribers can name a child, who will benefit directly from the money given. Another advance made by Dr. R. J. Grove-White, who is m
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    LONDON STOCKS
    260 7 LONDON, Thursday. rE suggestion of an American loan to Israel unsettled London's stock markets yesterday, says Renter's financial correspondent. With few exceptions, the various sections recorded a marking down in price levels. British funds started a slide that was arrested only around mid-day by the belated appearance of
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    Malayan Shares
    286 7 From Our Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, Thursday. BOTH Industrials and Tins were active on the Malayan share market today. Most counters were marked up. Gammons were a feature, business passing at steadily increasing prices. Price changes announced by the Malayan Sharebrokers* Association were: Tongkah Harb 7/- 7/6 Tronoh Mines
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    PRODUCE MARKET
    239 7 From A Market Correspondent THE Singapore coconut oil market was flexible yesterday. Dealers quoted a variety of prices to attract buyers. Rice was much easier with the announcement of an increase m the Government ration. There was as yet no price reaction, however. Other sections on the produce
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    SINGAPORE RUBBER
    135 7 AFTER opening very steadily yesterday morning on good trading inquiries, the Singapore rubber market eased up. There was a certain amount of selling from up-country. F.o.b. closed quarter of a cent above Wednesday's closing price. Closing prices yesterday were: No. 1 sheet f.o.b. buyers 43% cents per lb.,
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    N. Y. STOCK EXCHANGE
    84 7 NEW YORK, Thursday.— Motor shares led slocks upwards on the New York exchange yesterday. Demand for Motors appeared to derive from the belief that the two-year settlement of General Motors' union negotiations foreshadowed an extended period of stability. Selected Steels, Aircrafts, Parm Implements and Electrical Equipments
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    Gopeng & Pengkalen Pay Dividends
    68 7 Gopeng Pengkalen Pay Dividends From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH, Thursday.— Oopeng Consolidated Limited has declared a dividend of five per cent, payable on June 9, on account of the profits for the year to Sept. 30. 1947. Pengkalen Limited has declared a 15 per cent Preferred and five per cent
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    MALAYS WIN HARD GAME 2-1
    430 8 QUESTIONABLE tactics and frequent interruptions spoiled whbit was otherwise a hard fought game when the Singapore Malajv Association beat R.A.F. Changi by two goals to om*, m a first division fixture jat Jalan Besar, yesterday. Both teams indulged m a tendency to play the man
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    35 8 Mrs J. Whitworth Jones presenting: the R.A.F. Malaya tug -of- war challenge cup to the captain of the winning tctim, R.A.P. Tengah. at R.A.F. Malaya sports meet held at Change on Wednesday. Straits Times picture.
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    TEAMSFOR WEEK-END
    350 8 rRICKET teams for sports j fixtures this week-end i are: The S.C.C. vs. Ceylon Sports Club "A' tomorrow at 2 o'clock j on the Padang. A. Baker. E. W. Lloyds, J. P. Pearcey. P. W. Holt. S. J. Masters, K. I. G. Stewart. A. Gilmour, D. B. Haig,
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    Goalkeeper Shines
    152 8 THE Tigers had their goalkeeper. Ah Chua. to thank for their second division victory over the Indians at St. George"s 1 Road ground yesterday. Ah Chua brought off some excellent saves which deprived the Indians of at least two goals. Although the teams were pretty well balanced, the
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    Sports Diary
    17 8 Sports fixtures for today are: SOCCER: Div. 2: R.A.F. Tengah vs. Aux. Police at Ten&ah.
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    Derby Probables & Riders
    164 8 Derby Probables Riders LONDON. Thursday. i>ROBABLE runners with jockeys so far engaged for the Derby, running over one and a half miles at Epsom on Saturday, June 5, are: My Babu, C. Smirke; Overhead, no jockey; Djeddah, E. C. Elliott: Tory, T. Burn; Prince Hardy, C. Rowley; Hope Street, W.
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    HAPPY LASS IMPRESSES AT IPOH
    821 8  -  EPSOM JEEP BY Strong Chance Saturday IPOH, Thursday. HAPPY LASS (Woods) ran half a mile m 50-3/* and three m 38-2/5 seconds on a yielding track m what was about the best tryout of the morning at Ipoh. Fairlyn (Robinson) was her galloping companion. Happy
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    S.R.C BEATEN 3 GOALS TO 1
    84 8 The Municipal Treasury XI beat the 8.R.C. at soccer by three goals to two on the Padang yesterday. K. R. Muthiah scored both goals for the Municipal Treasury and A. Clark (2) and Oilstin (1) recorded for the SRC. Because the referee failed to
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    Bukom Win Good Game
    266 8 THE Pulau Bukom Sports Club gave an exhibition of clever football, when they trounced the Xranjl W.T. by four goals to one, m a S.A.FA. second division encounter at the Geylang Stadium yesterday. The winners were superior m every department and outclassed their opponents m positional
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    K.L. State Soccer Players' Inquiry
    226 8 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. T'HE Council of the Football Association of Selangor 1 is to hold an inquiry into the conduct of two State players— Shariff bin Awang and Mohd Noor Yunus for alleged "refusal" to play for Selangor against Penang last
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    Home Cricket Fixtures
    135 8 LONDON, Thursday. /BOUNTY cricket fixtures up V/ to June 9 are as below: May 29: Lord's Middlesex t Lancashire; Derby Derbyshire t Glamorgan; Southampton Hampshire v Worcestershire; Melton Mowbray Leicestershire v Kent; Nottingham Nottinghamshire v Australians: Wells Somerset v Warwickshire; Oval— Surrey v Gloucestershire; Sheffield Yorkshire v.
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    Australians Lose Quick Wickets
    175 8 MANCHESTER, Thursday. MINETEEN-YEAR-OLD Malcolm Hilton, a left arm IN spin bowler on the Lancashire ground staff, who had previously played m only two county matches both last season achieved fame by taking the wickets of Don Bradman, lan Johnson and Sid Barnes m 12 overs for
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    Scoreboard
    106 8 AUSTRALIA Ist INNS. Banes c Cranston b Hilton 31 Morris c E. H Edrfeh b Pollard 22 Bradman b Hilton 11 lan Johnson Ibw b Hilton 5 loxton b Roberta 39 Harvey b Roberts 36 Hamence b Pollard t Lindwall c Lawton b Hilton n Saggers not oat 22
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    SINGAPORE TIDES
    22 8 High Tides In Singapore today are at 12.56 a.m. (8 ft. 9 ins.) and 2.45 pjn. 7 ft. 2 m.
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    Late Goal Saves C.A.
    211 8 A LAST minute goal, saved r% the Chinese Athletes from being beaten by the Police m a Div. 11, S.A.F.A. i soccer game played at the Police Depot, yesterday. The i game ended In a two -all draw. The Police were a faster and better-balanced side.
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