The Straits Times, 31 May 1948
1948-05-31
1
8
https://www.nlb.gov.sg
https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/browse/straitstimes
The Straits Times
-
Title Section18 1948-05-31 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 EIGHT PAGES SINGAPORE; MONDAY, MAT 31, 1948 PRICE TEN CENTS18 words
-
Article, Illustration308 1948-05-31 1 DEVELOPMENT H.Q. IN COLONY Financial Expert New Chief From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. CTNGAPORE is to be the headquarters of the first regional office of the £100,000,000 Colonial Development Corporation to be established m the British Empire. Mr. Frank S- MacFadzean, who is resigning from the service of308 words
-
Article173 1948-05-31 1 Indonesia Talks To Go On BATAVIA, Sunday. A NETHERLANDS spokesman said hrre today that the Dutch had not received a satisfactory answer from the Indonesians on the reported exchange of consular representatives between Russia and the Republic. He emphasised, however, that the Dutch would not usr the incident to breakReuter; UP - 173 words
-
Article15 1948-05-31 1 Singapore had a day free from infantile paralysis yesterday. There were no deaths.15 words
-
175 1948-05-31 1 From Ovr Staff Correspondent IPOH, Sunday. R. BALAN, president of Ifae Planting Labourers' Union of Perak State, was arrested this afternoon under ttie Restricted Residence Ordinance. The warrant for hist arrest was ordered by the Meniri BetM* (Dato Pang-; lii* Bukit Gantanp,. /he arrest175 words
-
Article86 1948-05-31 1 PRAGUE, Sunday. pZECHOSLOVAKIA today o approved the Central Action Committee's selection of a new Parliament. With an old compulsory law that provided stiff fines or Imprisonment for non-voters, übout 8,000.000 people went to tfwprffc There were 300 candidates. After the February coup, the local86 words
-
Article122 1948-05-31 1 WASHINGTON, Sunday. r\NE of Britain's Far Eastern Vf experts is here conferring with United States officials on matters affecting the Orient, particularly the question of thf Japanese peace treaty. He is Mr. M. E. Dening, British Foreign Office Assistant Under-Secretary In charge of Far Eastern122 words
-
Article78 1948-05-31 1 MADRAS Sunday. A PROMINENT Indian Communist leader. V. Anandan, was shot dead on Friday night by police m the Malabar Forest, press reports said. He was being sought for a number of alleged armed holdups. The Madras Revenue Minister (Mr. Kala VenkaU Rao) appealed for supportAP - 78 words
-
Article148 1948-05-31 1 NEW YORK, Sunday. I\B9PERAtE ciews oi U farmers, businessmen, soldiers and police were battling today against surging flood waters that have already taken 15 lives and damaged vast areas. Areas affected are Washington. Oregon. Montana, Idaho, and British Columbia. The floods, caused by spring thaws and148 words
-
Article, Illustration50 1948-05-31 1 WAX TALKS: King Farouk of Egypt vi visit to his Army H.Q. m Cairo, where he discussed the Palestine campaign. From left to right are: The Minister of Defence (Mohamed Haidar Pasha), King Faronk, and the Chief of Staff (Oman Mandi Pasha). Behind them are other senior officers. A.P. picture.AP - 50 words
-
Article33 1948-05-31 1 MANILA. Sunday.—Francis Cardinal Spellman celebrated early morning Mass In the. private Malacaaan palace chapel today for President Quirino and his family only He later he*! a public Mass. —UP.UP - 33 words
-
Article196 1948-05-31 1 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday' THE unconditional re-, 1 lease or release on bail of seven Indiana arrested! in connection with the re-, cent attack made on a European labour manager! at Port Swettenham has been demanded by a conference of trade unions in Klang and196 words
-
Article182 1948-05-31 1 LAUSANNE, Sunday. FORMER King Michael; r of Rumania and Princess Anne of Bourbon Parma may fly to Athens early next week to be I married there, probably next Saturday or Sunday, a source close to Michael eported today. From Copenhagen a report] said that PrincessUP - 182 words
-
Article89 1948-05-31 1 ALL QUIET AT SUM RIVER I From Our Start Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Sunday. —"All quiet" was reported today at Klapa Bali and Lima tßlas estates m 81tm River I where military and police are standing by m anticipation of trouble from strikers who are I under eviction orders. Hourly patrols89 words
-
Article105 1948-05-31 1 WARSAW, Sunday. The Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs yesterday rejected a United States protest against the arrest of people claiming to be American citizens. This was m reply to an American note of May 25 accusing the Polish government of sabotaging the work of a mixed commissionUP - 105 words
-
Article110 1948-05-31 1 From Our Staff Correspondent MALACCA, Sunday. A BATTLE on Dunlop's Sagil Estate, Tangkak, ;was described today by !Mr. A.S.T. Maddams, manager of the estate, and I a spokesman of the Tang- kak District Rubber Workers' Association. The Union spokesman said that 13 labourers including four women110 words
-
Article298 1948-05-31 1 CAIRO, Sunday. THE bitter Palestine fighting continued ton ght wilh 1 both Jews and Arabs silent on truce prospecK little more than 24 hours before the deadline set by the Security Council m its latest cease-fire call. Based on a British resolution, the latest, appeal wasReuter - 298 words
-
Article31 1948-05-31 1 M LONDON, Sunday. The Bishop of Fulham paid a 30 shillings fine for parking his car illegally while he purchas- Ed a bun at a Woking bakery shop.— UP.UP - 31 words
-
Article204 1948-05-31 1 New Trade Crisis In UK Feared LONDON, Sunday. FINANCIAL quartersfeared today that Britain was heading rapidly for a new economic crisis. They said that once again the government had overestimated its ability to reduce Britain's trade deficit. Even Marshall aid. they said, could not close the yawning gap. And theUP - 204 words
-
Page 1 Advertisements
-
Advertisement33 1948-05-31 1 YTu COItMAN ST^mi |\_fc PENFOLD S MINCHINBURY" Gbampagne and Bftrooafcf No finer sparkling wine for any occasion Pints $4.80 Quarts $8.80 "The height of a grape's ambition— PenfoUis Winel" c£in<f*f>o r ORCHARD ROAO33 words
-
Advertisement27 1948-05-31 1 OIOfST RELIABLt COHT**CTUI 70 MM. fMClsf Tiger Testimonials Mrs. Kitchil Mackann the popular Hostess, said modesuy m "My parties owe their success almost entirely to TIGER Beer"27 words
-
-
Cable Flashes
-
437 1948-05-31 2 No Control Of Rents, Prices Australians Decide SYDNEY, Sunday. THE Australian people have refused to grant their Federal Govern- ment power to control rents and prices. Mr. Herbert Evatt, Minister of External Affairs and Attorney-General, yesterday admitted defeat of the Government-sponsored proposal. Latest returns on the day's balloting gave aboutAP - 437 words
-
Article77 1948-05-31 2 LONDON, Sunday—Rotarians from 1. -Me. France, visiting Folkstone, Kent, returned home to-day with a new Union Jack for their oak standard presented to the dab by Folkstone 27 years aro. During the war the standard disappeaerd, bat was recently found hidden hi a roof mAP - 77 words
-
Article, Illustration39 1948-05-31 2 Father Edward J. Flanagan, 61-year-old founder of Boys Town, Nebraska (U.S.A.) seen arriving at Berlin airport a few hours before his death there. He had flown to Germany to study youth conditions m the American zone.39 words
-
Article74 1948-05-31 2 GLASGOW, Sunday.— A pretty 22-year-old French blonde, charged here with contravening the aliens order, wept when she was told she would be deported. Henrictte Delmarre WM said to be living with a British soldier she met in France in 1945. The soldier was said toAP - 74 words
-
-
Page 2 Advertisements
-
Advertisement692 1948-05-31 2 NOTICES SURVEY DEPARTMENT Applications are invited from residents m the Federation for appointment as APPRENTICES m the Survey Department. Candidates, who must be between the ages of 16 and 25, should have passed the Senior Cambridge Examination and be physically fit for outdoor work. Selected apprentices will attend a course692 words
-
Advertisement497 1948-05-31 2 NOTICES RAFFLES INSTITUTION GOVERNMENT EVENING CLASSES The date of re-openlng Government Evening Classes al Raffles Institution is postponed indefinitely and will be announced m the press when approval for resumption has been obtained. E. H. WILSON. Superintendent. Government Evening Classes 27.5.48. REMOVAL OF DEAD BODIES Tenders will be received by497 words
-
Advertisement613 1948-05-31 2 NOTICES CHANCE OF ADDRESS From Monday May 3lst oar new address will be: 28—31 Meyer Chambers. Telephone*: 8*484 ml ***** OVERSEAS CORPORATION (AUSTRALIA) LTD. (Incorporated In Australia) Of Interest To ResUaraaU, Boardiaf Hones Aniwfft Parks ft Furniture Dealers The NAAFI Disposals Committee, B.S.A. Far Cast. Singapore, intimate that a quantity613 words
-
Advertisement666 1948-05-31 2 NOTICES REMOVAL OF MGHTSOIL Etc Tenders will be received by the Colonial Secretary, Singapore before 12 noon, June 12th, IMS, for removal of nlghteoil etc., from Police tmnnw^ for 3 months; commencing from Int. July, 1948. Further details from Police H.Q., South Bridge Road. NOTICE, CHANGE OF ADDRESS The office666 words
-
Advertisement501 1948-05-31 2 NOTICES SHERIFF'S SALE Execution No. S5/48. In toe High Court of the Colony of Singapore. Suit Wo. 167 of 1948 In the Cause of Parnham Co (Plaintiff) versus Tbong Siong Bus Co. (Defendant) The following Dodge and Chevrolet Buses (six m number) Nos. 8.5476, S.S47S. 5.3482, 8.3480. 8.5478 and 8.3484.501 words
-
Advertisement20 1948-05-31 2 "The Picture of t Thousand Memorable Moments" JENNIFER JONES GREGORY PECK JOSEPH COTTEN LOST!! A HONEYMOON! FINDER REWARDEDAPPLY MANAGER, CATHAY.20 words
-
Advertisement138 1948-05-31 2 Sensational COMMENCES TODAY! 1001 PRINTED SILK DRESS LENGTHS at $8.50 each Other Bargains.— PRINTED LAMBSKIN 40" $2.75 a yd. PRINTED JERSEY 42" $2.75 a yd. PLAIN COLOURED SEVEN HEAVEN CREPE 36"— 38" $3.40 a yd. LADIES' PURE WOOLLEN DRESS MATERIAL 54" $7.95 a yd. PRINTED SPUN LINEN 36" $2.25 a138 words
-
-
Article481 1948-05-31 3 S. Africans Ask 'What Of Future?' PRETORIA, Sunday. FEVERISH speculation on their future swept the people of South Africa yesterday after the election defeat of General Smuts. The silence of both Gen. Smuts and the victor, Dr. Malan, Nationalist Party leader, heightened the speculation. Dr. Malan,AP - 481 words
-
Article, Illustration34 1948-05-31 3 THE INTERIOR of the Jewish hospital m Tel Aviv, after being bombed and strafed by Arab fighters on the third day of Arab air raids on the new Jewish state of Israel. A.P. picture.AP - 34 words
-
88 1948-05-31 3 NEW DELHI, Sunday. A SETTLEMENT be- tween the princely state of Hyderabad and the Dominion of India has been agreed upon, and the formal signing will be m New Delhi about June 5. This was reliably learned here today. This followed reports of the movementAP - 88 words
-
Article46 1948-05-31 3 KARACHI, Sunday.—Negotiations between a Japanese trade delegation and the Pakistan government entered their fourth day yesterday. The delegation leader, Mr. W. R. Eaton, offered to supply Pakistan with cotton textiles at cheaper i than those offered by the Indian Union.— A.P.AP - 46 words
-
Article60 1948-05-31 3 WASHINGTON, Sunday. Young Jeung Vim, President of the Korean Affairs Institute said yesterday the results of the May 10 elections m South Korea constitute a defeat for Sygman Rhee's right party. He said: "A government m such a shaky position can sustain itself only asAP - 60 words
-
Article87 1948-05-31 3 TO-DAY Exhibition of pictures by Mrs. M. L. Bainbridge. Mrs. P. A. Roughton and Brigadier A. C. Bailie. Robinsons. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Legislative Council, special meeting, to discuss the Government Servants' cost of living allowance. Victoria Memorial Hall, 10 a.m. Thirteenth anniversary of Salvation Army m87 words
-
Article38 1948-05-31 3 LONDON, Sunday. Nine members of the Czechoslovak Embassy here resigned today in protest against elections in Czechoslovakia. Among those who resigned were the air and military attaches, the chief deputy, and two ranking secretaries. U.P.UP - 38 words
-
Article347 1948-05-31 3 By Our Woman Correspondent tOR an average of eight hours a week, Mrs. Claire Corridon drills, instructs and encourages Singapore housewives and working girls with dances and exercises to correct figure faults. Mrs. Corridon and Mrs. Willy Blok Hanson are co-partners m a "Keep Fir*347 words
-
Article86 1948-05-31 3 SHANGHAI, Sunday.— A 35-year-old civil servant, Hsu Yi-cheng, offered his corpse after death to the National Medical College for anatomic study but forgot to tell his wifr. College authorities went to Hsu's house to confirm the offer. His wife spent an agonized hour searching forUP - 86 words
-
Article132 1948-05-31 3 PARIS, Sunday. TH E recently-formed Central Vietnam Government may be incorporated into the French Union as an "associated state," an Agence France press report said today quoting well-informed sources. The incorporation. the French agency added, might result from talks between M. Emile Bollaert. French High CommissionerReuter - 132 words
-
Article31 1948-05-31 3 HONOLULU, Sunday.— The shipment of fresh pineapples and coconuts from Hawaii was banned yesterday by the U.S. Department of Agriculture because of an Oriental fruit fly infection.— AP.AP - 31 words
-
Article319 1948-05-31 3 PEKING, Sunday. f MATIONALIST head111 1 quarters today said the Communists were making another threat m Jehol, where a triumph would jeopardize the whole Nationalist position m North China. It said about 7,000 Communists had infiltrated Into the area between Chengteh and Lanping, railAP - 319 words
-
Page 3 Advertisements
-
Advertisement177 1948-05-31 3 JO4IN mOfitV COL LTD EIKTDICM S NECHMICAI ENGINEERS C COfflMClUff INCOUPOAATEO IN THE COLONY OF SINGAPORE WILL RESUME BUSINESS AS FROM JUNE Ist I^4B TEi 8. '67 TEItGPAMS CABItS TRlCl> HOUSE" JOHN MORIY' MIIES BUKIT TIMAH ROAff V POST BO* 374 SINGAPORE A Give yoar skin 4ik 3fc I hat177 words
-
Advertisement255 1948-05-31 3 COLUMBIA PICTURES tftiOU Rita HAYWORTH Orson WELLES Shanghai A DRAMATIC THUNDERBOLT SHORTLY »i the CAPITOL LATEST ARRIVALS WARP QUALITY MATTINGS Size W z 40 yds. Each Roll SEA-GRASS MATS Charming Colour-Borders SIZES' 12X15, 12x12, 9x12, Bxlo, 6x9, 4X7 4X6WASSIAMULL'S CARPET MUSEUM 35. HIGH STREET SINGAPORE HERCULES flit Finest Bicycle m255 words
-
-
1026 1948-05-31 4 Singapore, Mon., May 31, 1948. SALARY AND A HALF Today the Government services feel that they are nearing the end of their long battle to get a fair readjustment to this new Malaya m which the cost of living is estimated to be twice as high for Europeans as it1,026 words
-
Article47 1948-05-31 4 V.I.—Please arrange correspondence address. Try G.P.O. Catl? urgent.—B.M./RE. E. 'VILL any OLD WELLINOTONIANS interested m Joining In at a DINNER DANCE at the Raines Hotel on Saturday. 19th, June 1948, please communicate uith Capt. C. H Oorkran e/a. Messrs. The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Coron. Singapore47 words
-
Article97 1948-05-31 4 The following is from the April number of the magazine British Malaya: "We understand that a book, with coloured illustrations and containing m one volume descriptions of all the birds found m the Malay Peninsula and Singapore, is now completed and will shortly be m97 words
-
2236 1948-05-31 4 Hon. Winston Churchill - Hon. Winston Churchill THE SECOND WORLD WAR— 39 By The Right Plans to seize Trondheim by direct assault "Operation Hammer" were at first approved by the Chiefs of Staff. Subsequently, to the disappointment of Sir Roger Keyes (later Lord Keyes), who was to lead2,236 words
-
MAN-IN-THE-STREET
-
Article218 1948-05-31 4 rview of the prevalence, of poliomyelitis m Singapore and the Federation,' the following information j culled from the latest! issue of the British Medical Journal (April 17, 1948 p. 766) may prove interesting to your readers. NOTIFICATIONS (POLIOMYELITIS ONLY) (wttmatwl correct figure). According to the218 words
-
-
Page 4 Advertisements
-
Advertisement741 1948-05-31 4 CLASSIFIED ADS. SITUATIONS VACANT WANTED immediately accurate imoice typist. Salary according to ability. Box No. A2997 S.T. EXPERIENCED shorthand typist required for civil engineerIng contractors office. State details of experience, salary required etc to Box No. A2986 S.T. PROMINENT British Snipping Company requires the immediate services of an efficient stenographer.741 words
-
Advertisement17 1948-05-31 4 The precision built Swiss typewriter for air traval.. Height 2%" Weight 9 lbs. 16, Colly er Quay17 words
-
Advertisement85 1948-05-31 4 H. B. WINTER MERCHANT TAILOR SHIRTMAKER VAN HEUSEN SHIRTS with double Van Heusen Cuffs WHITE with collar attached STRIPED with 2 collars to match. VIYELLA GOLF HOSE— White Khaki 18-E. BATTERY MM FIRST FLOOR PHONE 3660 doHi/o qeaaeo ike Itme /ohop has just received JAEGAR FINE WOOL DRESSES SUITS HxxTrleQ85 words
-
-
685 1948-05-31 5 Export Duty Not Aimed At Texas From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. THE Economic Adviser to the Federation of Malaya (Mr. C. J. Pyke) today replied to American criticisms of Malaya's special export duty on tin ore made in Washington last week. The685 words
-
Article160 1948-05-31 5 Left Red China For Singapore QALVATION Army ofli»J cers have been transIt ired to Singapore from Peking because of the Communist advance m North Ch na. "We don't have anything to do with politics." Colonel Darb--\ the Army's Commanding Officer m Singapore, told the Straits Times yesterday. ieadquarters In North160 words
-
Article114 1948-05-31 5 The following donations have been received by the Friends of Singapore for the Clemen ti Portrait Fund: Municipal Commissioners. Singapore. $1000. D. S. Marshall $10. P. A. B. McKerron $50. L. Rayman. $25. T. H. Stone, $25. R. M. Meyer, $50. B. Lowick. $10. Mrs. D. E. Pickering.114 words
-
Obituary20 1948-05-31 5 MCKELLAK. At 11 Shanghai Road. Singapore, on 30.5.48 Granville Durand. Aged 72, Puneral at 5.30 Bldadari Cemetery, this evening.20 words
-
Article130 1948-05-31 5 Singapore Rubber Workers* Union officials last night would not confirm a report that 200 workers of the Bin Seng rubber factory had accepted an offer of compensation from the management. The Bin Seng management was reported to have offered a total of one and a half month's wages130 words
-
Article, Illustration60 1948-05-31 5 NEW TRAFFIC CONTROL: This new roundabout of barrels was laid yesterday m Empress Place as an experiment to keep traffic moving and reduce accidents at a spot where many drivers have not known where to turn. The new control will be later linked with a prohibition on vehicles turning right60 words
-
Article133 1948-05-31 5 WHEN Malaya's Olympic hope, Lloyd Valberg, goes to Britain for the Olympic Games, he wilJ be able to take in with him anything he needs, duty free. It was announced yesterday that the Customs authorities had decided to allow all competitors to bring food, clothing133 words
-
Article106 1948-05-31 5 SINGAPORE port authoU rrties will introduce today a 24-hour daily morse lamp signal service between ship and shore. The service will benefit shipowners and agents with urgent messages for ships' masters. It will supersede inadequate "flag signalling." The Government Signal Station at Mount Faber and the106 words
-
Article37 1948-05-31 5 Raffles Institution Speech Day and Prize-Giving will be celebrated m the school hall at 10 a.m. on Saturday. School Certificate and Standard Eight Classes and prizewinners will attend a rehearsal at 10 a.m. on Wednesday.37 words
-
Article175 1948-05-31 5 THE Secretary of the 1 Malayan Democratic Union (Mr. Eu Chooi Yip) yesterday attacked the office of the Trade Union Advisers m Malaya as an "anomaly" J Mr. Eu was speaking as a guest m a discussion on trade unionism held by the Army Civil Service175 words
-
337 1948-05-31 5 Malayan Round-up From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Sunday. OECAUSE his cows were frightened by a low-flying aeroplane, a bullock cart driver, Arulandul, was pinned under his cart and killed. The Coroner (Mr. A. M. I. Austin) was told this yesterday. An eye-witness of the337 words
-
Article74 1948-05-31 5 A LOR STAR, Sunday. The driver of a Penang car fainted outside the Magistrates court here today when police stopped his car and found over $35,000worth of raw opium hidden inside. The car had passed the Chungloon border and was in Alor Star town when74 words
-
Article83 1948-05-31 5 Mila Dashitsky, of 731 Embankment Bldg.. Shanghai, wishes to trace Mrs. Thomas Alexander Clark (nee Kyra Vachtel), formerly of 47 Holland Road, Singapore. The Sunday Times said yesterday, under the heading "Cables In English and Arabic only; that cables for Egypt, Syria and Iraq would be treated as83 words
-
Article150 1948-05-31 5 Fftom Oar Staff Correspondent LONDON, SUNDAY. MANY Malayans were guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Ward at a cocktail party at Malaya House on Friday evening m honour of Sir Geoffrey Ca/tor. Sir Geoffrey was presented with a George m silver tea caddy with the150 words
-
Article117 1948-05-31 5 From Our Own Correspondent SEREMBAN, Sunday.—People supporting the Chee Fan lottery helped subversive elements to prosper, District Judge Rhodes said yesterday. The Judge fined a beggar, I a tapper, a tailor and a woodcutter $2,000 each, or six months' gaol, for assisting m the management of117 words
-
Article37 1948-05-31 5 From Our Own Correspondent ALOR STAR, Bunday.— A 24-year-old Malay, Bahalan bin Shaari, was charged before Che Ahmad Sheriff yesterday with possessing a revolver and 20 rounds of ammunition. The hearing was adjourned.37 words
-
Article87 1948-05-31 5 A UNION of 10,000 manual employees of the Army is to be formed m Singapore next month. This move is being made by the Army Civil Service Union an organisation of 5,000 clerical workers of the Army. The A.C.S.U. president (Mr. S. S. Manyam) told87 words
-
Article63 1948-05-31 5 The president of the Army Civil Service Union (Mr S. S. Manyam) yesterday criticised i the eviction of workers for trespass from the Tai Thong rubber factory. Mr. Manyam, speaking at a union discussion meeting, said he felt that the employer's notice of one month was insufficient63 words
-
Article255 1948-05-31 5 "llf ALAYA is very far m IV1 advance of other countries in South East Asia in forestry reseaicn and her timtor potentialities are tremendous." Dr. M. A. Huberman, Forestry Representative of the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations, who has come from Washington on255 words
-
Page 5 Advertisements
-
Advertisement9 1948-05-31 5 vs sons|» j^ v' 0^23 I llillii *Jwft%P^ fill9 words
-
Advertisement25 1948-05-31 5 Singapore Anti-Tuberculosis Association. Singapore Anti-T.B. Association Hon. treasurer: Mr. W. H. Jowtt. c/o Mercantile Bank. AU donations, however small, will be gratefoJly received. Subscription: SWayear.25 words
-
Advertisement123 1948-05-31 5 CHARNAUX i ~?\<£jr\ FOR BETTER FIGURE I 'XjfV**^^^ L I Nl 5 ml AND R\|k UNRESTRICTED COMFORT J "ANONETTE" JffSL PuU On 27 30 $**-5O ii i4Sj|\ liook Side 27 /30 $30.00 |iyjs| "DENTELLE" WL T^/f p u l n 28/30 $35.00 «^Hpy Zip p 27 /30 $39.50 l f123 words
-
-
Article920 1948-05-31 6 Hopes Raised By K.L. Stnte>wn&nf From A Market Correspondent DU6INESS on Malayan markets was main tamed m satisfactory volume during the Tins commanded most attention. Industrials came m for good investment demand and m some stocks for speculative interest. Loans had moderate turnover and Rubbers were920 words
-
Article495 1948-05-31 6 Output Soars In U.S. NEW YORK, Sunday. MARKED improvement in relations between management and labour helped boost the rate of industrial activity last week. Attaining a full spring stride, interrupted only her* and there by retarding influences, overall output was the best of the year in some lines and close495 words
-
Article71 1948-05-31 6 TELOK (F.M.S.; Rubber, which I has paid a four per cent dividend Xor 1947. estimates th« 1948 crop will be 360,000 lbs. The 1947 crop was 348,821 lbs.; the 1946, 234.952 lbs. The company showed a n»t profit m 1947 of £2,05» (previous year £1,462 loss).71 words
-
Article34 1948-05-31 6 THE 1947 trading profit of the j Merton Rubber Syndicate was £757 (previous year £1370). To rehabilitation £1,094 (£4.034), reoccupation adjustment £35 c 'nil), taxation provision £1.466! nil), forward £853 (£2,690). |f34 words
-
Article149 1948-05-31 6 I The directors of London Tin Corporation, which has large 1 Interests in tin -mining companies, have decided to de1 dare an interim dividend of •6 per cent., leas tax, for the year ended April 30, 1948, but tt will not be their intention to recommend149 words
-
Article46 1948-05-31 6 The New York stock and curb exchanges and all other security markets in the UjS. were closed on Saturday, starting the summer schedule' that will keep them Idle on Saturdays until October Cotton markets also closed but the Chicago Board of Trade operated.— AJ\46 words
-
Article109 1948-05-31 6 Pakistan Extends Licensing KARACHI, Sunday. PAKISTAN Government, In 1 an official announcement, I yesterday removed licensing 1 restrictions for Imports and extended It from the Commonwealth sterling area (except South Africa) to all soft currency countries. This liberalisation of the Import policy Is In some meajsure experimental, and the I109 words
-
Article64 1948-05-31 6 TH£ latest official figures of 1 Dutch investments m the Netherlands Indies, on the basis of pre-war prices, says the Amsterdam correspondent of the Financial Times, are: Plantations 1,250-1,400 million guilders. Mining 400-600 million. Railways 300-400 million. Banking 200 million, Wholesale Trade 200 million. Industry64 words
-
Article50 1948-05-31 6 r £BS board of Malacca Rubber Plantations Limited recom- mend a dividend of 30 per cent, less tax on Preference stock, as arrears for four years to the end of 1944. Net profit for the year to Dec 31. 1947, was £21.424. The carryforward is £137,249.50 words
-
Article205 1948-05-31 6 Lewis And Peat's Report JnpHE sudden drop during 1 the week m the New York spot price would indicate that the short position there for near delivery has been satisfied, says Lewis and Peat's weekly market report. This decline was reflected to a lesser degree on the forwards, and a205 words
-
Page 6 Advertisements
-
Advertisement203 1948-05-31 6 LAST DAY I 11-4-4.15-6.30-5.15 tgjijr wono hK^S**«S2S3 CROSBY AO4OI ir HOfff TO D|a 8 mL\ PLUS! MAI^YAIT|«Kj[JiS/?|3j UJy GAZETTE No. 2 {^Z^S^S^ "FACE OF MALAYA" c^CAPITOLIIIiL OPENS TOMORROW ONE OF THE BEST BRITISH! PICTURES IN A LONG TIME! A^Jlfc. f HERBERT LOM tfhj "ts^Mf >dWWk X PHYLLIS DIXEY &/X* T203 words
-
Advertisement373 1948-05-31 6 AMERICAN MAIL LINE FAST SERVICE To Los Angeles, San Francisco Portland Seattle Vancouver Also accepting cargo for Central and S. American ports "OREGON MAIL" loads Penang 16th June P. Swettenham 18th June Singapore 19th June EVERETT ORIENT LINE LOADS For Rajang, H.K. Foochow. Shanghai Ft Saigon. Hongkong. Amoy" R3S 57373 words
-
-
Page 6 Miscellaneous
-
Miscellaneous129 1948-05-31 6 U«mJLJLJ Rj£a!iiiI3 1 jvttj^i «adh> halai/i rroai) 9 a.m. to noon Schools; Broadcasts; 1 p.m. Raymond Scott Music; 1.30 News; 1.40 Light Music. 2.00 Close. 8.15 News Talk, Announcements; 8.30 Music; 9.00 Travellers' Joy 9.30 News; 9.45 World Affairs; 10 00 My Kind of Music; 10.30 Joa Loss Orchestra; 11.00129 words
-
Miscellaneous139 1948-05-31 6 ternational Affairs" by W. V Pennell; 10.00 "The Three Aesthetic PhiJoeophers" by Arland UaBher; 10.20 "My Songs for You." by Maurice Keary, Ughl Baritone; 10.45 The Monday Talk; 11.00 Hecital by Artur Schnabel; 11.30 News News Analysis; 11.45 Science Review: 13.00 Close. RADIO AUSTRALIA Two Stations.— 10.30 a.m. Aus- tralian139 words
-
Miscellaneous130 1948-05-31 6 Master Pianist Sergie Rachmaninoff; 8.00 Tenor Alan Jones, Mezzo Sop. Gladys Swarthout; 8.15 Dance Music: 8.30 News; 8.40 Bass Feodor Challapln; 9.00 Agricultural Bulletin; 9.05 Paul Whlteman Orchestra; 9.15 OlebrKy Violinist— Natan Mllsteln; 9.30 Everyman's Music; 9.45 The Industrial Scene; 9.55 Tonight's Pianist; 10.00 News; 10.10 Lener String Quartet; 10.15130 words
-
-
Article390 1948-05-31 7 LONDON, Friday. CHARE prices tumbled hi the v mining section of the London Stock Exchange today, says Renter** ft"*"^ 1 correspondent. The defeat of the United Party fern the South African elections came as a shock to dealers, who promptly lowered Sooth African fold shares as a precaution390 words
-
Article162 1948-05-31 7 NEW YORK, Sunday. FJE threads of a new synthetic rubber will outwear the best natural rubber "possibly by as much as 30 per cent," the United States Rubber Company said yesterday. The company said that the implications were worldwide and many. If the new syntheticAP - 162 words
-
Article72 1948-05-31 7 The Singaport Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association's noon prices on Saturday were, m cents per Ib. Buyers Sellers No. 1 R.S.S. Spot loose nominal «J 44i Nc l R.S.B (ob m bales June 43 J 44i No. 2 R.S.S fob m bales June 43 431 No. 3 RSB fob72 words
-
Article231 1948-05-31 7 From A Market Correspondent /ANLY minor changes took I\J place on the Singapore produce markets at week-end, including a slight increase m the prices for coffee and soya beans. The markets were generally quiet and transactions were recorded for sago flour and sugar. Weekend quotations were: Bice Cntlaarinrs:231 words
-
Page 7 Advertisements
-
Advertisement791 1948-05-31 7 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. (incorporated m Singapore) BLUE FUNNEL LINE SAILINGS FROM O.K. AND U.S.A. ••Tvdetw" ..From UK O. 31 "\drastus" Due from U.K. and Holland June 3 "Neleus" Dae rrom U.K Jans It "Mentor" Due frm U.S.A. June 17 "Atreus* Due from U.K June It SAILINGS FOR LIVERPOOL, GLASGOW AND791 words
-
Advertisement349 1948-05-31 7 PRESIDENT LINE SAILINGS TO NEW YORK AND BOSTON vfa INDIA EGYPT MEDITERRANEAN PORTS MARINE FLIER Singapore Arr. May Penang Arr. June SAILING TO SAN FRANCISCO AND LOS ANGELES THENCE NEW YORK, BALTIMORE BOSTON VIA PANAMA. DARTMOUTH VICTORY Barty June Singapore Swetteaham Penant; AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINES. LTD. UNION BLUti le.L. SUI349 words
-
Advertisement385 1948-05-31 7 tD jr. II HQ^ ai Of ft /OT| |av# eiA.**- J P. and O. U. K. CHINA JAPAN LINE EMPIRE RAJA Due June 2 From U.K. /P. Soudan/ Bombay Sails June 19 For Calcutta TBEVOSE Due June 5 From U.K./P. Sham gafls Juao IS For H'K»ng*Slial Japan TBEVELYAN Dae June385 words
-
Advertisement597 1948-05-31 7 ELLERMAN KLAVENESS BUCKNALL lAYtNt >> HAVRE. LONDON, PACIFIC PORTS ANTWERP, HAMBURG FRANCISVILLE "CITY OF LUCKHOW" g-por. P. Swetteaaam Penang S P Sh m n nK tI-MJ«t.J-^IJ-yt-4J.ry J}« AveaOK McAUSTER CO., LTD. (Inoorporatea m SmaaDore) PHONF 5906 BOUSTEAD&CO, LTD. LLOYDS AGENTS Agents for Malaya J fail ways rtm i mi: salkn-skauukn597 words
-
-
230 1948-05-31 8 SINGAPORE OVERWHELM N.S. AT CRICKET Colling Again In Great Form From Our Own Correspondent SEREMBAN, Sunday. CINGAPORE defeated Negri Sembilan by 187 runs m their inter-State cricket fixture, which concluded today Singapore declared their second innings at the overnight total of 156 for four wickets. Negri Sembilan, faced wWh a230 words
-
Article, Illustration28 1948-05-31 8 Osman An?ullia, Singapore's goalkeeper, sidesteps a charge by an opposing forward m Saturday's Malaya Cup fame between Singapore and Army-Navy Combined. Singapore won 3—3 0. Straits Times picture28 words
-
Article219 1948-05-31 8 PARIS, Sunday. FRANKIE Parker (United States) won the men's singles title at the French lawn tennis championships by defeating Jaroslav Drobny (Czechoslovakia) by 4, 7—5, 5 7, 7—5 in the final yesterday. Twice the hard-fought match was interrupted by rain and high wind. One of theReuter - 219 words
-
Article, Illustration32 1948-05-31 8 MISS MAUREEN GAKDNER (Oxford), who •rr.tted a new British record m the 80 metres women's invitation hurdles race at the Polytechnic Harriers' Sward Trophy meet at Chiswick. Her time was 11.5 sec.32 words
-
Article133 1948-05-31 8 iUALA LUMPUR, Sunday A HAT-TRICK" by Ismail m the first ialf, followed by two more joals m the second half, 'nabled Selangor to beat Combined Services 5—25 2 this evening. The match was played m kid of the Social Welfare •"und and among those present were the133 words
-
Article197 1948-05-31 8 From VERNON MORGAN LONDON, Sunday. i ANE of the biggest Derby i yJ fields of all time will line up at Epsom on Saturday. June 5, m a bid to win Britain's richest Derby ever. This year's race will be worth 13.000 to the winner. AlthoughReuter - 197 words
-
Article39 1948-05-31 8 Colonials Cricket Club easily defeated Johore Cricket Club yesterday at Johore Bahru. i Johore C.C. scored 69 (S. Moore 40 not out). The Colonials knocked ud 156 for seven wicket* <T A Dole 50>.39 words
-
Article44 1948-05-31 8 LONDON, Sunday.— The finalists. John Bromwlch, Australia's No. 1. and Geoffrey Palsh. British Davis Cup player, will sharthe iii-ns singles title in the Surrey U-twis championships, it was decided yesterday. Their final yesterday could not be played owing to rain. A. P.44 words
-
Article20 1948-05-31 8 SYDNEY. Sunday— New Zealand Kiwis beat Australia 21—19 i the i season's first Rugby League Tfst yesterday ReuterReuter - 20 words
-
Article153 1948-05-31 8 LONDON* Sunday. IF not despised, the flyweighit division of boxing has not always been very popular with promoters, but recen* results m the British rings appear t 0 have revived interest m that section. In America, too. there is a growing interest to see the "littleReuter - 153 words
-
Article143 1948-05-31 8 A WOMAN and her young daughter contested the singles championship m the Singapore Malays' badminton tournament at 'he Clerical Union Ha!l last nißht. Eleven-year-old Halimah I<mail won the title by defeating her mother, Yang Chik, 2—ll, 11— a, 10—10 (2—l). Both players were from the Setia Party.143 words
-
Article203 1948-05-31 8 YESTERDAY'S cricket match on the padang I between Singapore Cricket Club and Ceylon Sports Club was abandoned at 3 p.m. owing to rain. rr<v ~n«— The home team were an out for 95 (L/t. Perera three for 12). and the Ceylonese had replied with 36 for 'two203 words
-
Article331 1948-05-31 8 LONDON, Sunday. pRANK Stranahan of America won the Bri- lish amateur golf championshlp yesterday when he beat Charles Stowe, the Midlands golfer and i Walker Cup player, by five and four m the 36hole final on the Royal St. George's course at Sandwich, Kent. FromReuter - 331 words
-
Article263 1948-05-31 8 Ra in Aga in Ma rs County Cricket LONDON, Sunday. pOUNTY cricket, which last Wednesday suffered its worst wash-out since before the war. was again seriously affected by the weather yesterday, when not a ball could be bowled at five grounds in the south of England. Play was possible, how>ver,Reuter - 263 words
-
Article52 1948-05-31 8 TO-DAY SOCCER: S.A.F.A. Leafae, Div. I— S.CC. v R.A F. ReleUr, p*d»nc; A. A A. r RAP. Chanfi, Jal&n Besar stad'um; Dlv. II Singapore Chinese Fn-glnf<-rln^ Assn. v Singapore District Slfnab, Geylanf; Kot* Raja v 19th Air Formation Senate. SRC. BADMINTON: Malay tournament flnak. Clerical ITnlon hall. 752 words
-
Article248 1948-05-31 8 INDIAN Association beat Dockyard XI by 54 i runs m a cricket match at Seletar yesterday. A feature of the game was a bright 82 by R. Sltharam which included seven sixes. He reached 50 runs m 15 minutes. R. V. Singam was the Indians' best bowler,248 words
-
Article210 1948-05-31 8 pOOD batting by Rowan VJ (53 retired), Lippiard and Barber enabled R.A.F. Tengah to defeat a Singapore Cricket Club side at cricket yesterday. The match was played at Tengah. The S.C.C. were all out for! 70 (Brand four lor 12) Tengah easily passed this total, but210 words
-
Article280 1948-05-31 8 POSSESSING a more dashing forward line and a I dependable defence, the Chines© Athletic gained a three-nil victory over Permuda, 4he present leaders of the Jo-bore Bahru Football League, m a friendly game played at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. Although Permuda had two Johore State280 words
-
Article155 1948-05-31 8 BATAVIA, Sunday. »t»HE Chinese Olympic 1 football team, now touring the Netherlands East Indies, today beat the Batavia XI. the -lava 'champions, by 3—o3 0 I (their second match here before a crowd estimated at 15,000. The Chinese displayed .better form and played more IAP - 155 words
-
Page 8 Advertisements
-
Advertisement412 1948-05-31 8 CLASSIFIED ADS. (Continued from Pane 4> LOST SMALL White puppy. Terrier M 7 pink nose. In Clunv Road. Saturday evening. Reward. Phone i ***** (officet or *****. TUITION. DRIVING LESSONS Riven tit qualified instructor. Enquiries: TAY. 53-B Robinson Road Phone: 4131 or *****. WHY WASTE tune and money Exprrirncrd Pianoforte412 words
-
Advertisement147 1948-05-31 8 P*tt COKK TIPPJD if riH&IMtA ff l^C IGARJTTES jg |Hp fir' *j Made specially to fffils¥ prevent tore t^ roat§^^fm i if 50*8 Air-tight tins J^^KSf %*8 Packets jr* AV W'ff with Kasy- Access hin« lofl A ■arf >lloph<in«* »rappin»l fm Itnporttfd from mSi^lli London. England J CAmtKHAI If YIAUr147 words
-
-
Page 8 Miscellaneous
-
Miscellaneous26 1948-05-31 8 SINGAPORE TIDES Today: High Water, 5.26 pm. (6 ft. 9 in.K Tomorrow: High Water. 4.34 am. <1 ft. 0 in); 6.24 p.m. i? ft. 1 in.>.26 words
-