The Straits Times, 9 June 1948

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    18 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 EIGHT PAGES SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9, 1948 PRICE TEN CENTS
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    EMPLOYERS DEMAND GOVT. ACTION
    373 1 Gent May Consult Whitehall From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. DEPRESENTATIVES of industry and comA merce talked with the Secretary-General to the Commissioner-General (Sir Ralph Hcne) and the High Commissioner (Sir Edward Gent) at King's House this morning at a special conference on lawlessness. It
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    59 1 D.i'OK 1 hi): These two Chinese and their Australian wives, who were refused permission to land m Singapore on their arrival here 19 lays ago from Australia, were sent back to Australia on Monday on the Marella. They are, from the lift: Mm, Hui Tong. her husband, Mrs. Foo Kai
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    Next Stop China For Deportees
    134 1 CANBERRA, Tuesday. MR. Joseph Chifley, the Australian Prime Minister, said today that the two Chinese and their wives who had been refused admittance to Malaya after being deported from Australia would be "looked after here until they can get transport to China." 3« had been
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    'RED PLOT IN BURMA'
    50 1 RANGOON. Tues.— A gue- j rilla captured m Central j Burma wao on his way from Communist headquarters in Yamethin to Communist leadera m Upper Burma with de- i tailed instructions for an up- j rising, the newspaper New j Light of Burma said today. Reuter.
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    MacDonald In Canton
    65 1 HONG KONG, Tuesday. MR. MALCOLM MACDONALD Commission-er-General of South-East Asia, arrived in Hong Kong by aeroplane from Singapore yesterday. Today. Mr. Mac Donald flew to se e Mr. T. V. Soong, Governor of Kwangtung. Mr. Soong met him at Canton airfield. Mr. Mac Donald, is leaving tomorrow
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    Polio: One More Case
    104 1 ONE more case of infantile paralysis was reported in Singapore yesterday. The case was that of a Chinese child. Heads of Singapore English Schools and officials of the Education Department will meet on Friday morning to discuss matters arising from the temporary closing of schools in
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    Cars For Disabled
    35 1 LONDON. Tues.— A email number of disabled ex-ser-vicemen and desabled wo?kers may receive free cars. Mr. OlenvU Hall. Financial Secretary to the Treasury, said m the House of Commons last night. -Router.
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    PLANE CRASH
    33 1 A rocket-carrying Spitfire crashed after landing on arriving at Kuala Lumpur for yesterday's air display. The pilot was not hurt. The plane overshot the runway and tipped on to its nose.
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    The Toll Of Terrorist Violence
    891 1 THE following is a list of terrorist incidents m connection with industrial disputes m Malaya since May 1. There were 33 such crimes m the Federation. They were: Mines JUNE 3: Two labourers of a tin mine near Salat South shot and killed by Chinese
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    ARAB-JEW CLASH IN MOROCCO
    227 1 ARAB- JEW CLASH IN MOROCCO PARIS, Tuesday. PRENCH troops and tanks have been called out to quell Arablewish rioting in Oudjda, Morocco. Reports reaching here say that 39 people were killed and about 30 Injured. Reports from Oudjda said that about 150 shops in the town were pillaged, largely by
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    46 1 REHEARSAL for this year's Royal Tournament, beginning at Olympia (London) tomorrow when spectators will see a R.A.F. unit giving a realistic performance of establishing a forward airfield m enemy territory. Picture shows "Japanese" infantry dashing for cover as a Spitfire zooms m to attack. A.P. photo.
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    Ex-King's Quiet Wedding
    92 1 ATHENS, Tuesday. EX-KING Michael of Rumania and Princess Anne of Bourbon Parma will Ibe married here at noon on Thursday in the Greek Orthodox Church by Archbishop Damas Klnos. Announcing this, a palace statement said that the wedding would be attended only by members of the royal
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    GUNMEN KILL CONTRACTOR
    313 1 A CHINESE contractor was murdered and another contractor had a narrow escape on Monday night when four masked Chinese gunmen burst into the kongsi on the Tong Hin Estate, Masai, south-east Johore, and fired four shots The murdered man was Pang Piew of the Kong Kcng Ertate
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    Man Shot In Fight'At Sea
    129 1 Man Shot In Fight' At Sea HONOLULU, Tuesday. A MEMBER of the crew was shot and seriously injured when a fight broke out aboard the freighter Angus McDonald, which was carrying a cargo of bauxite from Singapore. The ship put back into Honolulu harbour for an official investigation into the
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    'INDONESIAN VITALITY'
    69 1 MOSCOW, Tues.— Pravda, Communist Party newspaper, declared today that the Indonesian agreement for an exchange of consular officials with Russia was proof of the vitality of the "Indonesian national liberation movement" "Influential circles in Holland and the United States are using their efforts to hamper the development of
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    NO CONFIDENCE
    20 1 TEHERAN, Persia, Tuesday. The Government of Premier Ibrahim Hakimi Ibrahim fell today on a test of confidence. A.P
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    'Fleet For The Colony'
    176 1 'Fleet For The Colony' HONG KONG, Tues. HEADQUARTERS of 11 the British Pacific Fleet would be transferred m the "near future" from Hong Kong to Singapore, a source close to the Government said today. The first fleet elements to leave for Singapore will be several hundred personnel from the snore
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    New Russian Threat To Cut Off Berlin
    160 2 New Russian Threat To Cut Off Berlin BERLIN, Tuesday. •QUSSIANS m Germany i\ today threatened to cut communication between Berlin and the Western zones if the British insisted on the Soviet-con-trolled Berlin Radio being removed from the British sector of the city. The station was occupied by the Russians when
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    30 2 KING GUSTAV of Sweden, (centre) who will be 90 on June 16, discussing birthday celebration arrangements with the Swedish Prime Minister, Mr. Erlander (left), and Major Ernest Killander. A.P. picture.
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    CRISIS LOOMS ON FRENCH CABINET
    93 2 PARIS, Tuesday. FRENCH Governmental acceptance of Hie six-power r recommendation for partition and federation of Western Germany has brought tfce wrath of both Right and Left. A crisis is threatened in M Schuman's Coalition Government. Gen. de Gaulle is expected to make a statement tomorrow
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    Food Protest
    35 2 BERLIN, Tues. protesting against "bad food conditions," 35,000 workers left their jobs at Ludwigshafen m the French /one of Germany yesterday. This was the first Urge post-war walkout m th industrial city.— A.P.
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    CONTROLS OFF QUESTIONS
    61 2 LONDON. Tuesday.— lt was decided in the Commons yesterday that M.P.S should have greater latitude in the questioning of ministers about the running of nationalised industries. Hitherto, the Government has been reluctant to answer these questions on the ground that the national boards in charge of the
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    Protest Rejected
    30 2 BANGKOK, Tuesday.— The Siamese Government to-day rejected a Chinese protest against the closure of a number of Chinese schools m the country for alleged violation of regulation.— Reuter.
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    Cabinet May Oppose Hanging Abolition
    106 2 LONDON, Tuesday. /GOVERNMENT leaders are expected to tell Hie ParVJ liainentary Labour Party tomorrow tSiat the Cabinet cannot support the House of Commons motion completely to abolish the death penalty The Cabinet will Drobabl recommend that hanging be retained for exceptionally brutal or louk premeditated
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      Peers Cheer End Of Privilege
      105 2 LONDON, Tuesday. •THE House of Lords last night cheered the passage 1 of a law ending the ancient privilege of the British peerage to be tried by a jury of peers m criminal proceedings. From now on a peer wiil have the same trial proceedings
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      Cotton Profit
      29 2 CAIRO, Tuesday. The Egyptian Government, it wats stated yesterday has made £27,000,000 profit this year from sale of cotton most of it from this year's crop. A.P.
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      Murder Charge
      36 2 LONDON, Tuesday.— George Russel, 45, an Irish gardener, was charged yesterday with the murder of Mrs. Minnie Faceman Lee, 89, whose boci> was found m a trunk at her hnnic last Tuesday .—A P.
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      Burma Assurance
      35 2 MADRAS, Tuesday.—Burma's Finance Minister, U Tin. gave an assurance yesterday that suitable compensation would be paid to Indian bus! nessmen if Burma nationalised any of their concerns, a press report stated. A .P.
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      Flat Denial
      44 2 LONDON, Tuesday. The Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food (Dr. Edith Summerskill) yesterday denied allegations made m the U.S. House of Representatives by Mr. John Taber that British potatoes werg rotting m r-'^ounta while potatoes were being rationed m ■n«r'~->1. A.P.
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      Death Jump
      53 2 ROME, Tuesday. Lino Barsotti, 30-year-old unemployed war veteran, jumped to his death yesterday from the famed 12th century I caning T -.ver of Pisa. Barsotti, without a cent to pay fof 'mission, sneaked into the tower with some tourists. He ran to the sixth floor and took the
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      Police Attacked
      36 2 RANGOON, Tuesday. The Paungdawthee police station, 100 miles from here, was a: tacked by a force of insurgents yesterday. Three insurgents were kii ed and 30 were capture; No police casualties were reported. A.P.
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      Arab Leader
      39 2 Arab Lea der Fveign Mir.lster *n' >audi Arabia (Emir Feisal) on his arrival by air m London last week from a New York conference. Men of the 6th Airborne Division and their band paraded to welcome him. Pix photo.
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      736 2 NOTICES AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATION SINGAPORE. All interested m the formation cf this Association are cordially Invited to a General Meeting to be held at the Adelphi Hotel Hoof Garden on 9 June. 1948, at 6.15 D.m. SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY Tenders are invited for the 'SUPPLY OP RUBBER METER PARTS FOR USE OF
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      486 2 NOTICES SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY TENDERS are invited for the Purchase and Removal of various scrap at Municipal Gas Works. Kallang Road. Tenders close at 13 noon on Monday. 21 June, 1948. Tender Form and Specification from Municipal Secretariat, Room No. 235. Deposit $200/- required. NOTICE NOTICE is hereby given that »s
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    MORE CZECHS RESIGN
    219 3 'All Hope Is Lost In Prague PARIS, Tuesday. ]M. VACLAV. BENES, nephew of the CzechoIVA Slovak President Dr. Edouard Benes who resigned yesterday and M. Karel Hanus, a fellow diplomat, have resigned their posts with the Czechoslovak Embassy m Paris, an Empassy spokesman stated today. M. Benes,
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    BENES: A PROFILE
    147 3 BORN m May, 1884, m Bohemia. Edouard Benes was the youngest son of a peasant couple. While attending Prague University, he met Thomas G. Masaryk and joined m a political conspiracy aimed at freeing Czechoslovakia from the Austro-Hungarian Empire. After the Treaty of Versailles, Czechoslovakia, formed from
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    NEW U.S. FLOOD CRISIS COMING
    65 3 PORTLAND, Tuesday.— The Columbia River, for the third time m two weeks, will rise toward a new flood crest m the Portland area late this week. United States Weather Bereau forecasters said this last night. Melting shows m the Canadian Rockies and Eastern Washington checked
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    STRIKE ENDS
    41 3 ROME. Tuesday.— The 13- 1 day farm-hands strike m Cremona Province, which has resulted m the death of one and injury to 15 persons and about (U.S.) $1,666,000 dam- age to cattle and farm equipment ended last night.— U.P.
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    THE PENALTY WAS £5
    85 3 THE PENALTY WAS £5 LONDON, Tuesday. GUNNER Harry Bishop, aged 19. of Wharton, was fined the maximum of £5 at Winsf<jrd Court yesterday for pulling the communication cord of the night passenger train from Glasgow to Kns'nn on April 7. After the cord had been pulled a train ran into
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    Too.Busy.For Racial Talk
    79 3 Too.Busy.For Racial Talk WASHINGTON, Tuesday. A MERICAN Senators yesterday defeated by 67 to seven a proposal to forbid racial segregation m the Services. By voice vote they defeated a proposal to forbid discrimination against Servicemen travelling on a common carrier. Neither vote was a real test of the civil rights
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    Aid Director Has Much To Learn
    142 3 SHANGHAI, Tuesday. Mr. Roger D. Lapham, former Mayor of San Francisco who will handle the multi-million-dollar American aid programme for China, said today: "I have a great deal to learn." Frankly, he did not know what he would do towards bringing about the rehabilitation
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    FRENCH-INDIA'S FUTURE
    45 3 PONDICHERRY. Tuesday.— An emergency session of the French-India Representative Assembly has been summoned for tomorrow to hear an announcement on the agreement reached between the Governments of the Indian Union and France regarding the future of French-India, it was learned here today.— Reuter.
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    New Parliament
    29 3 JOHANNESBURG, Tuesday. —Dr. D. F. Malan, new South African Premier, has decided that the Parliament will assemble m Capetown on August 6, press reports said to-day. Reuter.
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    58 3 LORD WAVELL at the traditional ceremony in London on June 1 when he was installed as Constable of the Tower of London. Picture shows him with the garrison of the Tower and the Yeoman Warders. H e is preceded by the Chief Warder (A. H. Cook) who is carrying the
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    TASOYEV: RED SILENCE
    72 3 LONDON, Tuesday. A Foreign Office spokesman said yesterday that the British Government had received no communications yet from the Soviet Union regarding the Russian Colonel Tasoyev. Whitehall was surprised at the absence of any formal Soviet representations of the Tasoyev case m view of the grave accusation
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    Protest On Malay Marriage Customs
    484 3 By Our Woman Correspondent EOUR Malay sketches designed as a protest against existing Malay marriage customs will be performed at Seletar on June 12. The sketches have been prepared and written by Che Zahara binte Noor Mohamed, (President of j the Malay Women's Welfare Association)
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    PRIEST BEHEADED IN INDO-CHINA
    156 3 VATICAN CITY. Tuesday.— Word has been received m the Vatican City of the beheading of Father Cian Petro Indiart. of the Paris Foreign Missions, by the Vietmlnh at Chapa, Indo-China. According to the scanty information, the priest was beheaded on May 18 m the church of
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Wed., June 9, 1948. THE LABOUR UNREST
    1033 4 The Straits Times Singapore, Wed., June 9, 1948. THE LABOUR UNREST The murder of a Malay village headman and a Malay settlement officer in Perak, the murder of a Chinese estate manager in Fahang, and an abortive attack by an armed gang on a European estate manager's bungalow in Johore
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    CARMELITE NUNS
    122 4 YOUR reporter was quite correct in saying that there were twci Carmelite Nuns at thej funeral of Fr. Cardon j "Adrian" has made a mistake, not ne Strait? Times. It is true that the Choir Nuns of the Carmel are strictly enclosed and see no one. Conversation when
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  • MAN-IN-THE-STREET
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      Four Days Of Murder: A Call To Action
      440 4 IVIY dictionary informs I me that a Govern- ment are those who RULE, D I REC T, GUIDE, OR CONi TROL. On April 23 it was reported in the Free Press that one Liew Sang, a Klian Intan gang-robl?er, j who pleaded
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      SUPPRESS THE COMMUNISTS
      158 4 VIOLENCE SWEEPS MALAYA" was your! headline in Sunday's paper and Government has admitted that it knows who is causing the trouble. I am referring to the scum of the earth, the Communists. In view of this fact, it is not enough for the Government to stop all
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      "THEY LIVED HAPPILY EVER AFTER"
      322 4 "THEY LIVED HAPPILY EVER AFTER" /~INCE upon a time, a representative of the British Government m Malaya, apropos unlawfulness m the Federation, reluctantly, and with majestic ponderosity, gave forth this solemn warning: "We shall meet force with force." The words were spread throughout the land, blazoned the Press, carried ov
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    THE ENGLISH VILLAGE
    1362 4  -  SIR GEORGE MAX WELL By An Example For Malay Kampongs- 1 K.8.E., C.M.G. IN an article entitled "The Penghulu in the New Federal Malaya," in the Straits Times of Nov. 15, last, I submitted that a penghulu, as the essential link between a rural community and the
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    New Tin Quotas Issued
    87 5 WASHINGTON, Tuesday •VHE Combined Tin Com1 mittee today announced the distribution o! 39,486 long tons of tin fai the first half of 1948. T ncluding previously anno inced allocations, the princiml recipient nations are: United States (20.400), Franc* (5.440). India (2.800), Canada <2.175>. Brazil (1.075), Poland
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    Export Tax Defended
    125 5 1 rom Our Own Correspondent LONDON. Tuesday. THE Times City editor comments on a recent meeting of the US Senate armed services sub-committee at Washington in which harsh words were spoken on the "hamstringing" effect of the "prohibitive" export tax on Malayan tin ore. A member of
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    'BAR IMMIGRATION TALK': EVATT
    460 5 Cable Sent To MacMahon Ball From Our Own Correspondent MELBOURNE, Tuesday. THE Australian Minister for External Affairs (Dr. Herbert Evatt) has cabled Mr. W. MacMahon Ball, telling him that discussion of Australian immigration policy is outside the Goodwill Mission's province. Dr. Evatt said m the House
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    Dressmakers Go On Strike
    116 5 EIGHTY Chinese men and women dressmakers in 30 Singapore shops struck work yesterday following their employers proposal to reduce the piece-work rates. Shopkeepers claim that they are reducing the $5 shop charge a dress, and want this cut to be made from their workers' piece-rate wage
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  • Malayan Round-Up
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      Malaya To Buy Typhus Drug
      80 5 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. MALAYA has begun negotiations with Parke Davis and Company, the American chemists, for the early production of chloromycetin. Chloromycetin cures scrub typhus instantly. Large-scale production has not yet started and a time lag is inevitable, state local medical
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      Price Cut Drive
      57 5 AN active drive to bring down prices m all Municipal and private markets is being planned m Singapore. The Deputy Food and Price Controller (Mr. A. D ButlerMadden) told the' Strait* Times that he already had wide powers under the Food and Price Control Proclamations, but would
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      Loan A Success
      54 5 SINGAPORE'S Municipal Treasurer (Mr. J. R. Hill) says the Municipality's new $30,000,000 loan has been very successful. The loan, the biggest floated in Municipal history, has been fully subscribed. 95 per cent, by public subscription. Financial observers regard the ready response as a mark of public confidence
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      Power Station
      70 5 MR Pickworth, of the Lon- don consulting engineers of Preece, Cardew and Rider, will shortly visit Singapore for talks with the Municipal Commissioners on the $10 000,000 scheme to extend St. James Power Station. The acting Municipal Electrical Engineer (Mr. R. A. Waddle) says on-the-spot consultations are customary
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      Peace Ideal
      61 5 THE Singapore Lodge of the Theosophical Society will hold a meeting on June 26 to explain the United Nations to the Singapore public. This directive has been sent to branches throughout the world because the United Nations stands for the same ideal as that of Theosophical Society— the
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      Staying On
      50 5 ALL quiet" was reported yesterday morning at the Chua Guan Hong rubber factory in Jurong, where 80 dismissed employees are still staying, despite the expiry of a management ultimatum to them to leave on Tuesday. The men were dismissed on March 1, but have firmly refused to leave.
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      Army Civilian Pay
      54 5 HEADQUARTERS, Singapore District, has written to th^ Army Civil Service Union stati- 3 that their request for the lpltnipntation of the Toint f mittee's recommendations on wages and cost of living allowance has been forwarded to the War Office. Navy and Air Force civilian j employees have
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    Spitfires In King's Birthday Parade
    107 5 TWELVE Spitfires and a Vampire will take part in 1 the King's birthday celebrations to be held on the Padang, Singapore, tomorrow morning. An impressive parade which will include contingents of the Royal Navy, Army, R.A.F. and Singapore Police, has been arranged. The Governor of
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    97 5 BLOOD DONORS: The President of the Malay Women's Welfare Association (Che Zahara binte Noor Mohamed, headed a band of 20 Malay women who gave their blood at the Transfusion Centre yesterday. Most of them were the wives of Malay police constables who answered Che Zahara's appeal to women to help
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    'Try Something New In Malaya9: Listowel
    1037 5 'Try Something New In Malaya 9 Listowel From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Tuesday. ADMITTING that banditry and la wlessness continued to be a grave menace to Malaya, the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies (Lord Listowel told the Association of British Malaya, at the annual dinner in London yesterday,
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    Officials To Study In U.K.
    222 5 Officials To Study In U.K. From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. FO courses of ins ruction for officers aj*pointed to the Colonal Service will be attended by Malayans. The first course will attended by officers immediately after their select 1 n and before their departure for the Colonies. The
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    DEMAND FOR ACTION
    409 6 Perak Planters Cable To Gent From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH, Tuesday. HEMAND^for immediate action against lawlessness in Perak was made today in a telegram to the High Commissioner (Sir Edward Gent). This followed an extraordinary general meeting of the Perak State Committee of the Malayan Planting Industries
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    THE FLAGS OF GOODWILL
    48 6 AS a gesture of existing goodwill and loyalty the Singapore Chinese Chamber •>f Commerce has issued circulars through schools, associations and members requesting Chinese business premises and residences to fly the Chinese National flag side by side with the Union Jack on ceremonial occasions.
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    Many Leper Children Are Adopted
    367 6 Many Leper Children Are Adopted IF people want to adopt a leper child they will have to hurry, the chairman of the Leper Welfare I Committee, (Canon R.K. S. Adams) told the Straits Times yesterday. Canon Adams said that the response to the scheme to aid children by informal adoption
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    T.B. FLAG DAY RESULT
    69 6 The Flag Day organised by the Singapore Anti-Tubercu-losis Association last Friday realised $14,258 for the Association's T.B. campaign funds. There is a possibility that this sum will be further increased. The chairman of the Campaign Committee of the SATA, Mr. S. H Peek, yesterday thanked the
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    Singapore Diary
    74 6 TOOAI. Singapore Urban Co-operative Union Ltd., committee meeting, Municipal Building, 5.15 p.m. Wesley Guild, discussion on "Do Symbols Help in Worship," 4, Fort Canning Road, 8 p.m. Medical College Alumni Association, Prof. F. C. Meckie will read a paper on "Fractures." Department of Pathology, General Hospital. 8 p.m.
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    OFFICER ON TRIAL
    115 6 Lt. W. J. Mizen, RA.O.C, yesterday faced a general court martial at 223 8.0.D Alexander Road. He was charged under Section 40 of the Army Act with "conduct to the prejudice of good order and discipline." The charge read: "In that he, at Singapore between November, 1947,
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    DRIVE TO GET VOTERS
    136 6 The Supervisor of Elections (Mr. Gerald Hawkins) expects at least 50.000 names on the electoral roll in the next six weeks. Mr. Hawkins, made this statement yesterday when commenting on the fact that in the first week of the present six-week registration period, only 70 new
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    FAREWELL TO MR. MENON
    110 6 Members of the Bench and Bar of Singapore were present at a dinner held on Monday night at the Cathay Restaurant in honour of Mr. X P. K. Mnom, the Singapore lawyer who is leaving Singapore shortly. He is returning to his native province of Malabar,
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    'Use Referendum To Attack Govt.'
    233 6 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Tuesday. A MORE effective method of pressing home any attack on the Government would be by means of a referendum, said Mr. E. H. Bulford yesterday evening at the first open meeting of the Settlement of i Penang Association. Referring
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    Singapore Shipping
    132 6 Ships m port and ships alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves yesterday (gouowns m brackets) were: Main Wharf: Steel Fabricator (32—33), discharging; River Mitta (35 36). discharging; Purnea (38 39), discharging; Trevaylan (42 43). discharging. West Wharf: Bulan (1), loading; Derwant Shield (4—5). discharging; Bali (6 7), discharging;
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    JET TESTS SUCCESSFUL
    139 6 A Vampire, which has been undergoing trials in Singapore and the Federation, has proved that it is a suitable machine for bombing, strafing and general operations under existing climatic conditions here. This was disclosed last night by Flight-Lieut. J. W. Wilson in a broadcast over Radio Malaya
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    N.S. UNION DENIAL
    109 6 Referring to a report in the Sunday Times headed "Police raid Negri Red HQ," the Negn Sembilan Rubber Workers' Union says in a letter that "the so-called headquarters of the Communist Party in Negri Sembilan is in fact non-existent." ..The tetter adds that the N.S.R.W.U. has no
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    46 6 NEW CABARET: Miss Leong Choy Chan, a well-known Shanghai film star, acts as master of ceremonies at the opening of the Diamond Dragon Dance Palace at the Southern Hotel, Singapore, last Friday night. The manager, Mr K. Lai, is in the background. Photograph by W. Lee.
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    LONDON STOCKS
    409 7 LONDON. Tuesday. A BLANKET of depression covered most sections of the London Stock Exchange yesterday. Markets appeared well set for a period of gloom. The cause was m the proposed cuts m the Marshall Plan, says Renter's financial correspondent Tin shares, exceptionally, advanced. SellinK. although small, vac widespread.
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    Dow Jones Averages
    16 7 Stocks Industrials Rails Utilities 69.75 190.18 59.75 35.15 69.70 190.13 59.51 35.30 A.P.
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    SINGAPORE RUBBER
    123 7 WITH what appeared to be some short-covering, the Singapore rubber market showed an appreciable advance yesterday. Prices were marked up over half a cent on Monday's prices. Closing prices yesterday were: No. 1 sheet f.o.b. buyers 44% cents per Ib., sellers 44\; spot loose buyers 44% cents, sellers
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    Malayan Share Market
    851 7 From Our Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, Tuesday. rl Malayan share market was quiet m all sections today. Business was done at slightly lower levels. Prices quoted by the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association were: INDUSTRIALS Bvyer Sedet Atlas Ice IS 00 14.00 Alex. Brick Ord. 1.60 1.10 Pref. 3.00 S.1S
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    COCONUT OIL BETTER
    221 7 From A Market Correspondent ONLY coconut «1 was better on the Singapore produce markets yesterday. little activity, however was seer, at the increased price. Other sections of the markets were quiet and unchanged. Yesterday's quotations were: Bice Unclassified: No. 1 M 5; 2 $60: 3 $52: 4
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    AUSTRALIA'S BATTING IS STRONG
    451 8  -  R. C. Robertson Glasgow By Many Centuries Possible rhN years ago in the hrst test at Nottingham there were seven centuries scored (four by England, three by Australia) and the cynics here are saying that 1948 will see another seven but not by England. There has
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    AUST. TEAM
    557 8 A UST. TEAM LONDON, Tuesday It was unofficially reported today that the Australian team to meet England in the first Test match starting at Nottingham on Thursday will be elected from the following 12 players: S. Barnes, A. Morris. D. Bradman. A. L. Hassett, K. Miller. W. Brown, I. Johnson.
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    31 8 In a county match at Gloucester. Hampshire beat Gloucestershire by 137 runs. Hampshire 258. 167 (Herman not out 53. Barnett five for 41). Gloucestershire 114, 174 (Bailey four for 33).— Rcuter.
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    Indians Win Three-Nil
    231 8 nLAYING with better I combination and anticipation, throughout the game, the Indians defeated the 19th Air Formation Signals by three goals to nil in yesterday's division II S.A.F.A. league game played at the Gey'ang Stadium. Feature of the game was Urquhart's fine goal-keeping which saved the Signals
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    Rovers Beat Malays
    340 8 FIELDING a team .superior in all departments of the game, the Rovers, beat the Malays by three goals to nil, in a Div. 11, S.A.F.A. soccer fixture, at the padang, yesterday. The Rovers forwards displayed perfect understanding with one another and got tlie Malay defenders working overtime.
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    REX B.P. TEAM
    59 8 The following have been selected 'to represent the Rex B.P. in a 1 friendly badminton match against the Marigold B.P, at the Clerical i Union Hall tonight at 7 p.m. Khco Soo Seng, Cheong Eni: Leong. George Tan. Ong Bong Soo. LJm Ong Huat, Koh Cheng Hock,
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    INTER-CLUB GOLF MATCH
    558 8 THE draw and starting tiruos ior the match between the Royal Singapore Golf Club and the Island Club on Sunday morning over the Island Course are as follows. The first named pair to itart from the Ist Tee and the second from the 10th Tee: 8. 30
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    500 Miles To Go
    23 8 Picture of the start of a 500 miles Indianapolis speedway race which took place late last month. A.P. picture.
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    Yadi Plays In Best Form
    447 8 Yadi Plays In Best Form BEATING the favourite for the singles title, Australian G. Holloway m two straight sets, former Singapore doubles champion, Yadi, provided the climax to another evening of thrilling tennis m the Singapore lawn tennis championships beinjr Dlaved at the S.C.C. 3 In the second set. Holloway
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    NAVAL XI'S 2-1 VICTORY
    47 8 The Naval Stores b*-at tho Customs Sports Club 2-1 m .1 division three soccer fixture at St. Georges Road yesterday After a goalless first half Vivian Roberts scored for the Navy. He then scored a serond goal. Chang Kee scored for the Customs.
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    Weights For Ist Day
    440 8 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Tuesday." THE fallowing are the handicaps for the first day of the Penang Turf Club's Summer meeting on Saturday: Horses Class 1, Div. 1—6 Furs. Gold Goat's Skin 7.12 Medallist 9.07 Dear 7.10 Rosewells White Boy 8.13 Socka 7.09 Oriental 8.09
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    Navy Draw With Late Rally
    383 8 AFTER being m winning vein, the S.R.C. failed «.o gain full points when they met Navy m a First Division League fixture at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. The score was a draw of three-all. The Recs were in fine| trim and maintained a two-goal lead
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