The Straits Times, 25 June 1948

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    18 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 EIGHT PAGES SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, JUNE 25, 1948 PRICE TEN CENTS
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    COLONY 'EMERGENCY' ARRESTS
    408 1 Seven Men Held: MDU Close-Down AN important member of the Malayan Com- munist Party, a former employee of the British Far Eastern Broadcasting Service, and five members of the Indian section of the New Democratic Youth League are among the seven men arrested by the C.I.D. under
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    Troops Cross Causeway
    57 1 Troops Cross Causeway From Our Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs. A military convoy of 22 vehicles arrived here from Singapore this evening. The convoy had brought officers and men of the Seaforths. All arc fully equipped for field service. Wireless units are attached. The convoy left half an hour later
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    Kuomintang Man Killed
    130 1 ANOTHER murder was reported in the Federation yesterday. A Chinese shopkeeper, Ding Leng Kce, believed to be a Kuomintang man. was the victim of the fourth murder by killer gangs \n Perak thi6 week. He was shot and stabbed in .daylight by five Chinese at Simpang Tiga,
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    ACCUSED VISIT MURDER SPOT
    80 1 NEW DELHI, Thursday.— While 200 police stood by with rifles four of the eight persons accused m the assassination of Mohandas X Gandhi visited the prayer ground today where the religious leader was killed on i Jan. 30. The prosecution proposed the visit and four defend-
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    MDU'No Longer Of Use'
    229 1 MDU'No Longer Of Use' rHE Malayan Democratic i Union issued a statement on Wednesday night. It said that, 'm view of the serious curtailment of civil liberties and th e chaotic political situation' the executive committee was convinced that the MDU could no longer serve any useful purpose. The statement
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    R.-G. On Test In Page 8
    52 1 A RUNNING commentary on the first day's play m the second Test by R. C. Robertson-Glasgow, the eminent cricket critic, appears m page eight. "R.G." is covering the Tests exclusively for the Straits Times m Malaya. Australia were 258 for seven at the close
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    Russians Cut Off Berlin Power
    172 1 BERLIN, Thursday. TTHE Russians tightened \lieir grip oi) Berlin 1 today, cutting electric power' to the Western Allies' sectors of the city and halting all food shipments on rail lines running from Western Germany. j In Heidelberg, Gen. Lucius D. Clay, American Military Governor, said
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    Plea For Children
    38 1 LONDON, Thursday. The British Government tonight called on seven Eastern European governments to respond to an appeal made to them by the Greek Government to return children carried away from guerillascontrolled areas of Greece. Reuter.
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    Tin Output Increasing
    50 1 THE HAGUE, Thursday.— World production of tin -ore is increasing slowly but is still substantially below the pre-1941 level, says the May issue of a statistical bulletin issued by the International Tin Study Group. March world production was up 2.000 tons above that of February. A. P.
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    Shot Dead In Burma
    107 1 RANGOON. Thursday. MR. H. J. Forbes. British manager of a coffee estate ir the Shan States, northeast Burma, and his wife were murdered by gangsters on the night of June 19 according to the semi-official New Times of Burma today. About 30 men armed with sub-machine
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    FRESH CLASH IN KOREA
    62 1 TOKIO, Thursday. Japa-nese-Korean violence flared again last night and four persons were Injured at Aomori. northern tip of Honshu Island, said Kyodo today. Thirty Japanese and Koreans were involved m the fight which the News Agency said started over "business deals." This presumably meant rivalry dyer
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    Siam Police Watchful
    165 1 From Our Own Correspondent BANGKOK, Thursday. •THE Siamese authorities 1 fear that the Communists who escaped the recent roundup here may join forces with Chinese Communists infiltrating into Siam from Malaya. The Siamese police are tightening their control on societies engaged In suspicious activities and border guards
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    Fire Bombs On Rebels
    84 1 ATHENS, Thursday. fTHE Greek Army rainx ed 500-lb. fire bombs today on Communist rebels fighting desperately to defend the eastern flank of their Grammons Mountain stronghold. Captured guerillas said their losses on Amouda Ridge, north-west of Nestor ian, were "terrific." They were hammered by artillery and
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    65 1 STRIKE BATTLE: French Security guards, using their rifles as clubs, go into action against Communistled strikers who tried to resist the authorities m Cler-mont-Ferrand (central France) on June 16. After a daylong battle, at least 500 people were injured, 30 of whom are m danger of losinjc their sif ht
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    INDIA ADVANCE IN KASHMIR
    72 1 NEW DELHI, Thurs.—Indian Army troops in Kashmir advanced further west yesterday and captured the important town of Mendhar, an official communique said last night The surprised anti-Govern-ment forces retreated in chaos, leaving large supplies of arm s and ammunition. The communique added that the Muslim leaders
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    Planter On "Death List" Retires
    166 1 \|R. W. J. Wallace, on whose life an attempt was made on June 7 by seven armed terrorists m Johore, left Singapore by Constellation aircraft to Australia today, on retirement. He is believed to have been high on the terrorists' "death list" because of his
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    COLD RECEPTION
    46 1 PEKING, Thursday.— The American Ambassador to China (Mr. J. Leighton Stuart) arrived m Peking yesterday afternoon and went to Yenching University. He was received coldly by the students, of whom he is still president, on account of his criticism of their anti-Ame-rican movement.— -UP.
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    Rail Tragedy: Reds Blamed
    206 1 BATAVIA, Thursday. ARMED attackers derailed and shot up the Batavfa-Bandoeng express causing the death of at least 10 people yesterday, Dulch sources here today reported. The attack was the latest incident in a wave of lawlessness attributed by a Dutch spokesman to "Communist influence." Unofficial reports
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    BIG DECREASE IN POLIO IN FED.
    70 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs According to the Federation Health Intelligence Report, released today, there w°ve only seven, cases of infantile paralysis in the week ending June 19 and no deaths. In the preceding week there were 16 cases of which three were fatal. Out of
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    61 1 MR. LEE KENG 11 AN the first Asian Trade Union Adviser to be appointed to the Singapore Labour Department has been selected for a nine months' course in Britain. He will study British trade union organisation under the aegis of the Ministry of Labour and the TUC. Mr. Lee was
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      137 1 5 I I o^u iz I m- 130 Prizes to be Won DO YOU KNOW? (1) The year Sir Stamford Raffles first landed m Singapore? (2) When the Seat of Government was transferred from Penang to Singapore? (3) The year Saint Andrew's Day was first celebrated m Singapore? (4) The
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      Three Planes Collide Over City, Crash In Flames On Houses
      85 2 NEW YORK, Thursday, pIREE U.S. Navy planes collided and Crashed during a flight over Detroit yes1 lerday. Three houses are said to have been set on fire by one of the pfenee which crashed on them. Mr. R.C. Stottz, an
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      "Strange Case"
      93 2 •THE STRANGE CASE" o« the Russian Colonel J. D Tasso/ev (above) has been' raised in Parliament. The Russians say: "Col. Tassoyev, head of the Soviet Reparations Mission in Bremen, disappeared on May 6 in the British Zone. "He was brought to London by plane, held captive hi a
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      U.K.Soviet Talks
      31 2 LONDON Thurs. Russia has accepted an Invitation from Britain to open talks on a long-term trade agreement, it was officially announced yesterday. Exploratory discussions will be opened shortly. UP.
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      Boy Murdered
      63 2 MANCHESTER Thurs. Nine-year-old Alfred Lester was found murdered at his Manchester home last night. This Is the third slaying rf a Lancashire child in the D*st two months.* Police said they did not believe there was any connection between Lester's death and the "Moon Killings" at Blackburn and
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      Ship-Building
      49 2 LONDON Thurs.— The Civil Lord of the Admiralty (Mr. W. J. Edwards) told the House of Commons yesterdav that British shipyards expect to complete building more than 1,000,000 gross tons of merchant shiDpin* this year This compares with 862,667 tons in 1938 and 198,847 tons last year. U.P
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      Gift To Fiji
      59 2 LONDON. Thurs. The Colonial Secretary (Mr. Creech Jones) said yesterday that the Government has decided to make Fiji a Rift of £2,000.000 advanced as loans between 1943 and 1946. The reason, he explained in the House of Commons, was that Fiji spent "substantial amounts" of it« own
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      Smuggled Films
      50 2 MELBOURNE. Thurs.— Mr. John L. Cremean. Victorian State Labour member, said yesterday that Communist propaganda films with innocuous titles were beine smuggled into Australia bv the Soviet legation. In a speech in the Legislative Assembly he called for an inquiry into "such an abuse of diplomatic privilege.^— Reuter-AJLP.
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      "Penny-Foolish"
      27 2 LONDON, Thurs—Louis Tragonette, 33, yesterday pleaded guilty to attempted suicide by swallowing 3* British pennies. A doctor testified that be recovered 23 pennies by an operation.—U.P.
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      Turkish Visit
      53 2 LONDON, Thurs—A flight of naval aircraft will take off from the light carrier Triumph, and land m Ankara and Istanbul when the British Fleet visits Tukey next month. A total of 27 Fleet units will be scattered among the ports of the Eastern Mediterranean during the height of
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      Real Diamonds
      39 2 Miss South Africa (Avelyn Mapaskill), who is now in Paris, wearing a brooch and bracelet of African diamonds and a fine African wool cowl. The diamonds were set by the top Paris jewellery firm, Boucheron, A.P. photo.
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      Royal Procession
      49 2 CAIRO, Thurs. Egypt's Royal guest, King Abdullah of Transjordan, yesterday drove m procession through cheering crowds from the palace where he Is staying to the Al Rifal Mosque m Cairo's Old Citadel Square. He laid a wreath on the tomb of King Fouad, father of King Farouk.—A.P.
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      1417 2 NOTICES NOTICE NOTICE is hereby given that Viktor Grosz of No. 4, Arthur Terrace, Singapore, is applying to the Governor for naturalisation, and that any person who knows any reason why naturalisation should not be granted should send a written and signed statement of the facts to the Colonial Secretary.
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      290 2 BY ORDER OF THE ARMY KINEMA CORPORATION AUCTION SALE OF 11 Canadian Ford Trucks. 15 cwt. with bos-type bodies, also 3 "Hobart" Generators powered with 11 H.P. 4 cylinder engines (All m good running order) To be sold by Messrs. Cheong Hock Chye A Co., Ltd., At No. 885 East
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      291 2 AUCTION SALE of SINGAPORE TOWW PROPERTIES to be held at Nos. 4 A 4-1. Collyer Quay, Singapore ON TUESDAY. 29TH JUNK, 1948 at 2.30 p.m. 1. Freehold land and shophouse No 3« TANJONQ PAGAR ROAD. Area 1.270 aq. feet. Assessed monthly rent $56/25 2. 999 years leasehold land and shophouse
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    8 RED NATIONS MEET
    185 3 Molotov Goes To Warsaw WARSAW, Thursday. rE Foreign Ministers of Russia and seven Eastern European nations are meeting m Warsaw to discuss the question of Germany, a Moscow broadcast said last night. The meeting, it was said, was called on the initiative of Russia and Poland.
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    35 3 KING FBEDERIK (right) and Queen Ingrid of Denmark ride with their daughter Mar grethe, and Prince Wilhelm, In the State procession through Stockholm to celebrate the 90th birthday of King Gustav of Sweden. Planet picture.
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    MUTINIED ON EVE OF RELEASE
    93 3 CAIRO, Thursday. TIGHT British soldiers H have been sentenced! to terms of imprisonment j ranging from six months j to three years for mutiny, on the Suez Canal zone. Refused To Go On Guard The eight men, members of the Second Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, refused
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    U.K. Keeps Clear Of Hyderabad
    114 3 LONDON, Thursday. •■THE British Government yesterday rejected a re1 quest by Mr. Churchill that it should offer its services as mediator m the dispute between India ;and Hyderabad. The Secretary for Commonwealth Relations (Mr. PhiliD Noel-Baker) told the Commons it still remained f he Government's
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    AMERICAN WAR DEAD TO SAIL
    66 3 MANILA, Thurs. A shipment the third m recent weeks of about 4,000 American war dead from the Pacific area will leave the Philippines between July 1 and 5. The victory ship Sgt. Morris E. Cram recently left for San Francisco with the remains of 1,939
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    £20,000 CAN'T BUY
    33 3 SYDNEY, Thursday.— Three Sydney surgeons, each willing to pay £20,000 for a house, cannot find a seller. They have advertised daily for three months without a single reply.— Reuter— AA.P.
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    Newspaper Reborn
    30 3 «"3W YORK, Thurs. The New York Star, reborn from the old P.M., appeared on New York streets today as a morning paper, with a new tabloidsize format.— U.P.
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    Republicans Field Six In U.S.A.
    139 3 PHILADELPHIA, Thursday. RESPITE liie optimism of Mr. Thomas DeweyV U supporters, tihose of Senator Robert Taft ane» Mr. Harold Stassen were confident yesterday thaf they could block the New York Governor's choice a* Republican nominee for the American Presidency. The Republican Convention at Philadelphia yesterday
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    Pole Sailed Underwater
    127 3 TOLEDO, Ohio, Thurs. A POLISH youth, charged at Toledo with trying to sell a mortgaged car, claimed to have entered America m a I one-man submarine which he had sailed from Germany to New York. Nick Brill, 22, told immigration officials it took him 29 days from
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    31 3 REPUBLICAN "KUNNER": Mr. Earl Warren, Governor of California, on c of th P six men from whom the Republican Party will choose its nominee for the American Presidential election.— A.P. picture.
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    Japs Seek Customers
    41 3 MANILA, Thursday.— A Japanese firm, Kanzo Ito Trading Company of Nagoya, dealing m electrical products, has sent a letter to the Mayor (Senor Manuel de la Fuente) asking his help m locating pre-war customers m the Philippines.— U.P.
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    "HELD BY RUSSIANS"
    40 3 VIENNA, Thursday. AUSTRIA has demanded the immediate release of Herr Anton Marek, the Minister of the Interior, held by Russians on espionage charges. The demand has gone in a strong note to the four occupying powers. A.P.
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    Mountbatten Welcomed In England
    152 3 Mountbatten Welcomed In England LONDON, Thursday. EARL MOUNTBATTEN, who retired on Monday as the first and last British Gov-ernor-General of the Dominion of India, arrived at Northolt Airport last night where a large crowd gathered to greet him. He was accompanied by Lady Mountbatten and their daughter, Lady Pamela Mountbatten.
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    SYDNEY THREAT
    45 3 SYDNEY, Thursday.— The coal crisis, which threatens to dislocate industrial and home life here, took a graver turn yesterday when a compulsory conference, called to try to settle the dispute on northern coalfields over the rate of pay for machine-cut coal, failed. A.P.
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    Coal Board Resignations
    50 3 LONDON, Thursday. pENERAL Sir Reade God\J win-Austen, South-West-ern Division chairman, and Mr. J. B. Drinnan, South Derbyshire Area general manager, have resigned from Bri- tain's National Coal Board. The resignations were announced last night. Sir Charles Reid resigned from his post as Production Member last month. Reuter.
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    STRIKE HITS MEAT RATION
    169 3 LONDON, Thursday. rE unofficial dockers' strike cut London's dwindling fresh meat supplies yesterday as the Government sent troops to unload food from 147 idle ships. A committee representing the 19.000 workers m the strike quickly proposed a meeting with Government and trade union officials to talk
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    The Straits times Singapore, Fri, June 25, 1948. A CITY TRUST 1927-1947
    993 4 The Straits times Singapore, Fri, June 25, 1948. A CITY TRUST 1927-1947 A welcome move towards enlisting the interest and support of the Singapore citizen in housing reform has been made with the publication of an illustrated booklet which gives a review of the Singapore Improvement Trust from its foundation
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    "Bodies & Souls"
    178 4 "Bodies Souls" There are very few people in Singapore who do not have grateful memories of some doctor or other, and there are none who can be certain that they will not have to drag some weary doctor out of his bed this very night So there must have been
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    Malay Mass Marriages: A Muslim View
    1033 4 By OUR MUSLIM CORRESPONDENT TWO important questions dealing with marriage and divorce are occupying the minds of Singapore Muslims today. The powers of a Kathi to perform the marriage ceremony and to dissolve marriages have been questioned. Recently, also, the subject of mass marriages
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    38 4 ABOVE: A Chinatown cubicle fai Singapore. The mother who is seen with her baby on the bed is a T.B. case. BELOW: A Modern block of flats m Tiong Bahru erected by the Singapore Improvement Trust. (S.I.T. picture).
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    33 4 A READER, Penan r: Your donation of $50 for the Singapore Leper Welfare Fund has been received with thanks and has been forwarded to the Hon. TreaI surer of the Fund.— Ed. S.T.
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  • MAN-IN-THE-STREET
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      Mubarak Ahmad And Bacha Of Malacca
      422 4 Mubarak Ahmad And Bacha Of Malacca YOUR footnote to a let- 1 ter published in the' Straits Times on Wednesday under the heading "MUBARAK GOT A CARD" does not tell the, whole story of an incident which called for undoubted courage and devotion to duty by two Malacca police officers.
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      POLICE MEDAL AWARDS
      143 4 I wish *o draw your attention to a letter written by "K" in your issue 01 June 23, in which allegations ar^ nade concerning the distribution of awards to Police and it is inferred that medals are reserved for European officers, or Asian police officers "who rnay
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      YOUNG MALAYANS
      68 4 •THE concluding words ot 1 your most admirable leader "INTERPRETING TERRORISM" need to be spelled out m letters >f fire: to build up a social and economic order that will be impreirn: bk•to the Communist creed.' That is the important thing for all of us to labour for
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    'WE WILL SMASH WRECKERS-GENT
    959 5 "All Possible Action Taken" From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. MILITARY and police forces to liquidate the menace m the Federation are being immediately increased and all possible urgent action has been taken to increase the mobile and other equipment needed by the police. This
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    51 5 The bullet-riddled saloon car of Major C. H. F. Pierrepont, manager of the Sedenak Estate, Johore who was shot at by terrorists on Wednesday. A bullet grazed Major Pierrepont's hand and another injured his polio escort's shoulder. The car was driven into Singapore yesterday and attracted many sightseers. Straits Times
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    Less From Small Estates
    188 5 Less From Small Estates I MB uur Staff Co-respondent tvUALA LUMPUR. Tnurs. RIMBEtt production by smallholdings in the Fed i ration fell by over a 100 p.T cent in May compared Wth April production. cures released by the Fe-d-ration Registrar of Statistics shojv smallholdings produced in May only 16.313 tons,
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    WITNESS IS IN SUMATRA
    69 5 The preliminary hearing into the alleged armed robbery of $11,446 from the College of Medicine, has been postponed for a week for mention, because of the absence of an important witness. He is Ibrahim bin Mustapha. who went to Sumatra in a tonukang and is expected
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    FIVE YEARS IN ARMS CASE
    65 5 Two Chinese. Lee Buk Choo and Ng Chia Kee, who had fallen into what Mr. Justice Gordon Smith yesterday. In the Singapore Assize Court, described as a police "trap", were sentenced to five years' rigorous imprisonrru nt each. The two men had agreed to 6ell
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    25 5 Mr. C. C. Tan, member of the Singapore Legislative Council for the Municipal South West Constituency will broadcast from Radio Malaya tonight at 8.18 p.m.
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    FRESH AIR AT GOVT. HOUSE
    66 5 A man discovered under the verandah at the house of the Deputy Colonial Secretary (Mr. A. Gilmour) in Government House grounds was fined $10 in the Third Police Court yesterday for wilful trespass. Mr. Gilmour's private secretary detained the man, who said he was getting
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    $2,800 For Lost Leg
    172 5 IN Indian grass cutter nam- ed Gani, who lost a leg i2i a motor car accident at the junction of. Bukit Timah Road and Cavanah Road, last year, was awarded $1,430 special damages and $1 080 general damages by Mr. Justice Brown m the Singapore Supreme
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    NO SUPPRESSION IN MALAYA
    257 5 LONDON, Thursday. "THERE is no suppression of trade unionists at all in Malaya," the Colonial Secretary (Mr. Arthur Creech Jones) told the Commons yesterday. He was answering questions from Mr. John Platts-Mills, recently expelled from the Labour Party for alleged pro-Communist tendencies, about the decision to
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    A VALIANT STRUGGLE
    123 5 Last night the Changi Dramatic Society produced J. B. Priestley's "When We Are Married" at the Little Theatre. Priestley's reputation as the dramatist of the British common man depends on nls pieces about the Midlands. This Is one of them, but of the more drab sort. The
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    'THE UNSUSPECTING' WARNED
    191 5 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. ■'THE indiscriminate use of the drug streptomycin by unsuspecting patients is fraught with very grave dangers." This warning was given today by the Federation Director of Medical Services (Dr. R. B. McGregor). "At worst," he said, "it does the patient
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    81 PILGRIMS SET OUT
    82 5 81 PILGRIMS SET OUT Singapore's second batch of 81 Mecca pilgrims left Singapore yesterday afternoon by the Blue Funnel Melampus for Jeddah. Among the pilgrims was an 80 year -old man, Wan Dah bin Mohamed, and a 70 year-old 1 woman, Haji Baidah binte Haji Mat Yassin. Pilgrims consist of
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    Variety Show For Mission Funds
    207 5 By Our Woman Correspondent AN appeal for funds m the form of a variety show is being launched by the Wesley Women's Society of Christian Service on July 7 and 9. Part of the proceeds will furnish a scholarship for one girl student to the
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    Many Will Want To Join In This Fight
    267 5 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. THE first non-Government body which will have as its primary object the fighting of tuberculosis m the Federation of Malaya will be formed on Sunday at a public meeting m the Chinese Assembly Hall. It
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  • Malayan Round-up
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      "Heartless" Motorist, Says Penang Judge
      147 5 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Thursday. A MOTORIST who failed to help a girl cyclist with whom his car collided was today told by the District Judge (Mr. M. R. Fletcher Rogers) that his behaviour was "heartless and "disgusting." "For all you knew, you might
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      Tengku Mahkota
      26 5 KUANTAN, Thurs. The Tengku Mahkota has left for England to further his studies. He will receive private tuition instead of going into a college.
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      10 Detained
      25 5 KUANTAN, Thurs. Three Chinese m Pekan, and seven Chinese, including two women, m Kuantan have been detained by the police, it is reported.
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      3 Transfers
      55 5 KUANTAN, Thurs. Raja Mahmud. Agricultural Officer, East Pahang. has been transferred to Raub as Malay Agricultural Officer-in-Ch-rge Pahang, Mr. Goh Kirn Swee, Chinese Agricultural Assistant, East Pahang, has gone to Serdang as acting lecturer m the College of Agriculture. Mr. D. Bok, Electrical Department Technical Assistant, has been
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      Scholarship
      58 5 -FAIPING. Thurs. Dr. S. Ka1 napathi Pillai. surgeon of .Taiping Hospital, will leave for Dublin m September to take up a post-graduate scholarship at Dublin Medical University He was awarded the scholarship as a token of gratitude for services rendered by Singapore Medical graduates to graduates of Dublin University
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      Registration
      88 5 TWO new centres for the registration of new voters for th e SingaprnLegislative Council elections have been opened, the Supervisor of Election's Department announced yesterday One will be m the front ha;l j of the General Post O.Tice and will open daily except Sundays between 9 a.m. and >
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      Rotary Dinner
      41 5 MALACCA, Thurs.— Malacca Rotary Club will hold an installation dinner at the High School hall on July 3 at 8 p.m. The High Commissioner (Sir Edward Gent) and Lady Gent will be present. Rotarians of other states are wteome.
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      Coming Here
      45 5 MR. D. W. Hall, of Glasgow, has been appointed 10 the Colonial Administrative Service in Malaya. Mr. Hall served in the Indian Army Signal Corps, the Indian Army Frontier Force, the Chin Levies, the 14th Army in Burma, and the Burma Frontier Force.
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      34 5 Mr. G. G. Thomson, Director of Public Relations, will be the Guest Speaker at the meeting of the Singapore Lodge Theosophical Society tomorrow at 6.30 p.m. His subject will be: "United Nations and Malaya."
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    TEXTILES ON QUOTA
    208 6 Ban On Imports Until Oct. 1 THE Pan-Malayan ban on all imports of textiles A from hard currency sources is to be imposed until Oct. 1, when imports will be resumed on a quota basis. These imports have already been suspended m order to work out a
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    20 6 British Broadcasting Corporation television cameras concentrate on Monia Liter who. some years ago, led the orchestra at Raffles Hotel, Singapore.
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    Engineer Gaoled For Cheating
    375 6 Engineer Gaoled For Cheating "IN a community like 1 this, it is particularly unfortunate when Euro, peans are charged with offences of this nature because they tend to react on the whole of the European community," said Mr. Justice Gordon Smith yesterday, in the Singapore Assize Court, when he sentenced
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    Singapore Diary
    129 6 TODAY Y.W.C.A., new course In Malay conversation for men and women. 8, Port Canning Road, 9.15 a.m. and 5.30 p.m. Y.W.C.A., Pioneers' meeting, 8, Fort Canning Road, 4 p.m. Y.M.C.A.. Orchard Road, commercial classes, 5.30 p.m., film show, 7 p.m., recital of recorded music, 8.30 p.m. Wesley Methodist
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    Singapore Shipping
    200 6 gHIPS in port and ships alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves yesterday (godowns in brackets) were: Main Wharf: Silver Oak (31-32> discharging; Glenstrae (33-34)' discharging; Mentakab (36), loading; Atreus (42-43), loading. West Wharf: Seremban (1), loading; Empire Pacific (2), loading; Johannes Maersk (4-5), discharging; Glengyle (8-8), discharging; Sumpitan
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    1,468 T.B. Deaths In Colony In 1947
    169 6 LONDON, Thursday. LAST year 1,468 people died from pulmonary tuberculosis m Singapore, said the Secretary of State for the Colonies (Mr. Creech Jones) m Commons. The 1944 figure was 3,324. the 1945 2,764, the 1939-41 average 1,714. Answering a question from Dr. Barnett
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    U.S. Flotilla To Visit Singapore
    109 6 HONOLULU. Thursday. The UJS. heavy cruiser, Toledo will leave Japan next month for a goodwill tour of South-East Asia, the U.b. Navy announced yesterday. She will be accompanied by the destroyers. Gavalier and The flotilla will call at Singapore on August 6 and Trincomalee, (Ceylon)
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    Sir Godfrey Mitchell
    36 6 The chairman of George Wimpey and Co. (Sir Godfrey Mitchell), who addressed the annual meeting of the company m London, on Wednesday, was made a Knight Bachelor m the King's Birthday Honours List.
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    "4-Pronged Attack"
    184 6 Mr. Walter Fletcher M.P., later violently disagreed with Lord Klllearn's description of Malaya, and attacked the "weakness of the Government" there. Owing to the lack of firm government during the last two or thr,ee years, said Mr. Fletcher, the position has greatly deteriorated. "Yon have a Singapore mind
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    Losers Take Most
    63 6 Mr. Fletcher, in his Royal Empire Society speech, spoke about food in Malaya. "Great improvements have been made," he said "but the fact remains that the average rice ration until recently was four and a quarter ounces, whereas that in Japan was about 16. "It is hardly
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    MALAYA DOING WELL: KILLEARN
    223 6 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Thursday. MALAYA is doing extraordinarily well, said Lord Killearn until recently Special Commissioner m South-East A-sia at a meeting of the Royal Empire Society m London yesterday. "Malaya is booming" he said. "Politically, you have an area of good government and
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      34 6 RADIO MALAYA (K.L.) 8.30 News; 8.35 Malayan Police Band; 9.00 "Music for the Connoisseur"; 9.30 News; 9.45 Talk: by Maj-Gen. DAL. Wade; 10.00 "Famous Jazz and Swing Combinations"; 10.45 Keyboards and Pedals; 11.00 News.
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      38 6 RADIO AUSTRALIA 4.00 p. .m. Dinner Music; 4.40 Wurlitze Organ Recital; 5.00 Victor Silvester; 5.30 As You Like It; 6.45 Song Recital; 8.15 Pianist; 8.45 p.m. Music for Millions; 9.10 Hits from the Pllms; 10 25 Today's Singer.
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    LONDON STOCKS
    390 7 LONDON, Than. CONTINUATION of the Lon- don dock workers' strike has restricted trading in the London stock markets, says Reuter's financial correspondent. Business was at a low ebb yesteirday. Prices were inclined to more to lower levels. A marked note of caution was evident. Losses In Industrial shares
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    Malayan Shares
    106 7 From Oar Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, Thursday. rE Malayan share market remained quietly steady to day. Business was done mainly at unchanged' quota tions. Price changes announced by the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association were: INDUSTRIALS Gammon 6.10 Henry Waugh 33.80 Overseas Assur. 10.00 BtralU Trading 15.00 Wearne Bros. $1 stock
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    CHERAS RUBBER £2,216 PROFIT
    75 7 fHERAS Rubber Estates last year made profit of £2,216. "rtie previous year saw a loss of £3,141. The amount brought in was £5,807 (£5,887 In 194«) Provtston for Eastern claims not now required amounted to £2.200. The sum available was £10,223. Tax on profits was £1,070.
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    N.Y. STOCK EXCHANGE
    62 7 NEW YORK, Thursday.— Ralte made the sharpest over-all advance for two weeks on the New York stock market yesterday. Many Rails reached new peaks 'or a year or longer. Steels and Zotors tried to keep up. Transfers totalled 1,760,000 shares. Dow Jones Averages Stocks Indue trials Rails
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    ALOR PONGSU'S 1947 PROFIT
    46 7 J^LOR Pongsu Amalgamated made a profit of £4,438 last year. There was a loss of £10,200 the year before. The 'company*! subsidiary, Bedong (Malaya) Rubber also showed a profit. TWs was of £4.582, compared with a toss of £4,870 the previous year.
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    SINGAPORE RUBBER
    132 7 ■yESTERDAY saw the SingaX pore rubber market quiet and slightly easier, with very little business passing. Prices were marked down slightly from Wednesday's. F o.b. closed a quarter of a cent below Wednesday's dose. Closing prices yesterday were: No. l sheet f.o.b. buyers 45 7/8 cents per lb..
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    Whiteaway Laidlaw
    75 7 WHTTEAWAY Laidlaw Company's trading profit was slightly less last year (£421,000) than m the previous year (£430.000.) Dividends are paid on both classes of Preference capital, but the surplus goes entirely to reserves. The stock figure is up from £1,149,000 to £1,623,000. Cash declined by £304,000 to £96,000.
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    PRODUCE MARKET
    69 7 From A Market Correspondent OLACKNESS In coffee bean v business brought sharp decreases in quotations on the Singapore produce markets yesterday. Other sections were quiet and unchanged. Price changes yesterday were: Glutinous Rice: No. 1 $60; Nc. 2 $45. Rice Unctaasined: Unpolished $24. Coffae: Ball old quality No.
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    ENGLAND ATTACK SUBDUES AUSTRALIA
    2126 8 ENGLAND ATTACK SUBDUES AUSTRALIA Bradman Once Again Trapped From R. C. ROBERTSON-GLASGOW By Special Arrangement LORD'S, Thursday. AUSTRALIA, having won the toss, Bedser opened the match with a maiden over that severely taxed Barnes and at the end of it his partner, Morris, walked down to do a little helpful
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    S.R.C. TEAM
    47 8 The following will represent the S.R.C. at cricket against R.A.P. Changi on the S.R.C. ground on Sunday. V. C. Westerhout, R. Bain. J. Anchant, G. Clarke, C. Colling, P. d'Almeida, E. Ebert. W. Galistan, R. Hoffman, E. le Mercier, D. Ross; C. Schubert, J. Sanderson.
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    Veterans Show Youngsters
    74 8 IN last evenings friendly game at Jalan Besar stadium between the Veterans and the Rovers "A" team, it was a case of the ''old 'uns" showing the youngsters how to play football. Although the game resulted m a goalless draw, the Veterans displayed the* better points of
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    Rain Stops Play In K.L. Cricket
    299 8 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. rE cricket match between the Federation of Malaya and Hong Kong on the Kuala Lumpur padang today, the final day, was abandoned 54 minutes before time owing to rain. The visitors declared j their second innings clos-j
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    GUN CLUB SHOOT
    50 8 'T'HE Singapore Gun Club's fort1 nightly competition, held at Scletar range yesterday, resulted as follows: Inspector Tan Teclc Khlm (50 out of a possible 75 points) winner: 2. Tan Huck San (45); 3. tie among Wilson Heng, ASP. Bu Cheow Yang and Ong Tiang Guan (35 each).
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    S.H.B. POLICE WIN 4-2
    82 8 T N a thrilling Div II League game at Thomson Road yesterday, the Singapore Harbour Board Auxiliary Police beat 223 8.0.D. 4—2. The S.H.B. Police spoilt several attacks by being "off-side." Bird (two) and Morrisey gave the S.H.B. Police a 3 o lead m the first
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    S.C.C. v KRANJI
    57 8 The following will represent the Singapore Cricket Club at cricket against Kranji W/T on the Padang at 2 p.m. tomorrow: H. V. Thorne, R. M. Nelson, P. W. Holt, R. A. Murray, J. H. Mills, S. J. Masters, J. C. Smith, A. R. Bromley-Davenport, J. A. Busbridgc,
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    KRANJI TEAM TOO GOOD
    92 8 Kranji Wireless Station had some good shooting practice when they met the Singapore Chinese Engineering Association at Geylang j stadium yesterday. Kranji won by five goals to one. Only some good goalkeeping by Sum Seng in the Engineers' goal kept the score down to 5 1
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    CHIAM GETS FOUR GOALS
    99 8 JJAVING the better of the exchanges, the Police beat the Malays II 5—35 3 m an S.A.P.A. Div. 2 League fixture at Thomson Road yesterday. The Malays playe with ten men. Chiam, the Police captain, scored four goals m the first half to give his side
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    Olympic Swimmers In Singapore Today
    73 8 The Australian Olympic swimmers are passing through Singapore today. They have been invited to the Singapore Swimming Club. They will do some training m swimming m the late afternoon. The captain of the S.S.C. is endeavouring to arrange a water-polo match against, them, starting at
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    China Team Arrive Today
    232 8 THE China Olympic soccer team are returning to Singapore at 5.30 this evening by plane from Batavia. They will stay at the Goh Loo Club, m Club Street. Whether they will leave on July 3 or stay here until July 9 will be known only after
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    Sports Diary
    20 8 IOD.II Soever: Malaya Cup, Malacca v. Army-Navy, Jalan Besar stadium, 5.15 p.m. Tennis: S.L.T.A. championships, S.C.C., 4.45 p.m.
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    Scoreboard
    91 8 AUSTRALIA— Ist. Inn*. Barnes c Hutton b Coxon Morris c Ilutton b Coxon 105 Bradman c Hutton b Bedser 38 Haasett b Yardley 4? Miller Ibw b Bedser 4 Brown Ibw b Yardley 24 I an Johnson c Evans b Edrich 4 Tallon not out 25 Lindwall not out
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    Malay Pair In Final
    192 8 TIE Malay pair, Kamis and Yadi, easily accounted for Llm Hee Chin and Robert Chia, 6 4, 6—3 to enter the men's doubles final of the Singapore lawn tennis championships yesterday. The- Malays combined better and were superior in courtcraft. The junior boys' final was keenly
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    MALAYAN TENNIS TOURNEY
    162 8 MALAYAN TENNIS TOURNEY From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Thursday. DENANG will definitely be the venue of this year's Malayan lawn iennis championships to be held over the August Bank Holidays. Matches will be played on the courts of the International Club at W^s- rn Riad fr >;n July 30 to
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    TITLE FIGHT
    69 8 NEW YORK. Th 'T'HE LouLs-Wairntt fivfht was po tponrd 24 hours owing to bid weather and is to take pla"f ;unight. Loui« is at present a 5 o 11 favourite, but the edds may narrow down to 1 to 2 by the rime ♦*>■> flßht starts. Louis weighed
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    GOLF POSTPONED
    25 8 The women's goll march Oftween the Royal Singan< r<> Golf Club and the Island Cl-b fixed for Monday. June 23. has been postponed.
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    DEATH
    29 8 POTGER. Reginald Stephen. aged 66 years, passed away pi fully at 34, Brank-cme Road it 6.15 p.m. yesterday. Funeral n Birtadari Cemetery at 5 n.m today. Deeply rotrf'trd.
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    Game Postponed
    16 8 YESTERDAY'S first division X League soccer match between Seaforths and GHQ Signals was postponed.
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