The Straits Times, 12 August 1948

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    18 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, AUGUST 12, 1948 PRICE TEN CENTS.
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    35 1 DR. O. C. SCHMEDEMAN, an American geologist, who is visiting Malaya to investigate the bauxite (aluminium) ore position. It is possible that mining may eventually restart m Malaya. Story m page five. Straits Times picture.
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    Siamese C-in-C's Meet
    182 1 Siamese C-in-C's Meet From Our Own Correspondent BANGKOK, Wed. pHIEFS of the Siamese Army, Navy and Air Force today discussed coordinated action against a possible Communist outbreak in South Siam. Additional Siamese naval units, including three landing craft, were ordered to move south and patrol the coast, to prevent Communist
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    AUSTRALIA 'BANK GRAB' FAILS
    963 1 Move To Nationalise Invalid MELBOURNE, Wednesday. THE Australian Government's "Bank Grab" Act which provided for the nationalisation of Australian trading banks was declared invalid by the High Court today. Referring to the arguments ba3«d on the nationalisation of the Bank of England and the British coal
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    Union Delegation To Malaya Request
    178 1 From Our Own Correspondent MELBOURNE, Wednesday. T»HE Emergency Committee of the Australian A Council of Trade Unions decided today to ask the World Federation of Trade Unions what action it was taking: about a proposed trade union delegation I to Malaya. This followed a widelypublicised
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    Mr. Kenneth Gould
    25 1 Mr. Kenneth Gould has been appointed to be a Secretary of the Singapore Bar Committee hi place of Mr. J. K. Gale.
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    Palestine Men Arrive
    135 1 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. ALHUTIN ANT-COLONEL, two police superintendents and five sergeant* the first group of 300 former Palestine police who are to train the Federation Special Constabulary m anti-terrorist tacticsarrived m Malaya by air yesterday. Lt. -Colonel C. H. A. Sturge, senior officer
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    20 ESTATE MEN GO ON TRIAL
    56 1 From Our Own Correspondent SEOAMAT, Wed.— The case against 20 labourers of Chan Kang Swee Estate, charged with rioting on June 1, opened today before Che Hamid bin Dato Mustapha m the Segamat District Court. The court house was guarded by armed police. The
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    MALAY YOUTH PLEDGES AID
    74 1 From Our Staff Correspondent BUNOEI PATANT, Wed.— The Kedah Malay Youth League has pledged full support for the Government In its fight against terrorism. The League, passed a resolution calling on all members to Join the Vigilantes Corps and Police Auxiliary Constabulary thereby "participating actively In
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    DYAKS HERE TO FIGHT
    36 1 A number of Dyak volunteers from Sarawak have arrived m Malaya. They will help In operations against the bandits. The Federation authorities may ask for a further small party to be sent.
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    Rangoon's Tense Night
    142 1 RANGOON, Wed. A RMED patrols were toA night enforcing an eight-hour curfew m Rangoon, where action was feared from Burmese Army deserters sympathising with Communist Insurgents. In a tense atmosphere the inhabitants heard police vans .announce the first curfew since Premier U Aung San and five other
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    168 SEGAMAT ARRESTS
    62 1 BEGAMAT. Wed. There were 168 arrests under the I Emergency Regulations m Sezamat District for July, a police spokesman told the Straits Times today. Combined police and military parties clashed with the Insurgents a few times and i killed three people well up on the police wanted
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    33 1 Filipino wild animal trapper John Royola demonstrates how to 'milk' the venom from on* of the 14 black cobra* he is taking from Singapore to America. Strait* Timet pieturt. Story m pag seven.
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    4 Rengam Murders In One Night
    313 1 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE B AHRU, Wednesday. TNSURGENTS murdered four Chinese m the Rengam district of Johore last night. There were three separate attacks, all within an hour. First, six ChlntM with rifles, pistols and parangs went to Senda Estate and attacked some
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    McKerron Returning
    55 1 The Colonial Secretary (Mr. P. A. B. MeKarron) la expected back In Sinyaoore this week-end. Mr. McKerron went on an urgent TlsH to England several weeks ajro because of Mrs. McKerron's illness. Mr. A. Gilmour. who ha* been Acting Colonial Secretary will resume his normal post as Secretary
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    UNTRAINED MEN WILL NOT GET STENS
    146 1 UNTRAINED MEN WILL NOT GET STENS rPHE Federal Secretary for Internal Security In a statement Issued last night denied allegations that Sten guns were issued only to Europeans. "The Issue of automatic' weapons Is strictly controlled by the police, who require to be satisfied that in each lndidual case a
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    Air Incidents Over Berlin
    398 1 BERLIN, Wednesday. DRITISH and American air officials were u today studying reports of Soviet air activity over the western sectors of Berlin in the air bridge corridors before deciding whether to protest. The pilot of an American Skymaster transport on the "ration run" to the capital
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    Police Move On Mills
    97 1 BOMBA*?. Wed. DOLICE parties moved into Bombay's mill area last niRht on the eve of a threatened one-day strike of the city's major textile industry today. The strike is planned as a protest by 200.000 workers against staff cuts in two mills. The police arrested ona
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    FLYING BOAT ON FIRE
    52 1 From Our Own Correspondent SYDNEY, Wed.— A Catalina flying boat warming up to take oft for Singapore caught fire here today. The flre was put out. The wireless operator fell Into the water and was taken to hospital suffering from shock. Two Chinese businessmen were the
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    EARTH TREMORS RECORDED
    60 1 NEW YORK, Wednesday.— Earthquake shocks were recorded on two seismographs in the United States early today. The John Carroll University at Cleveland. Ohio, reported "strong" shocks which appeared to be near Mexico city, or on the Mexican coast of the Gulf of Mexico. Pordham University, New York,
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      The Right Of The Australian Man
      130 2 SYDNEY, Wednesday. 'XH)UB bottle* of beer a day 1* the requirement and right of every working man In the Northern Territory." This statement was made by Dr. V. H. Webster (Member for Tennant Creek) to the Legislative Council In Darwin. He was speaking on
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      Signs But Objects
      63 2 WASHINGTON. Wed.—President Truman yesterday signed the Republican Party* Housing Bill while accusing Congress of "deliberately neglecting" people who most needed living quarters. He said he was signing the bill because it would be "of some help" In meeting the critical housing shortage. "Congress deliberately neglected those who
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      Delayed Action
      40 2 TOKIO. Wed.-Cables connecting Nagasaki with Shanghai and Vladivostok damaged by the atom bomb will be repaired by Aug. 17 according to the Nagasaki Telegraphic EngtneerlnBr Bureau The work, costing 30.000,000 yen. has been going on sine* November.— Reuter-AAP.
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      Raids
      45 2 SHANGHAI. Wed.— Police rounded up 27 alleged blackmarket ROld foreign currency dealers in a raid on seven downtown firms. They seized documents "showing extensive Drivat* remittances between China and Manila as well as other South-East Asia points." The police said UjS.$120.000 was involved. UP.
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      9 BLOOD-STAINED MEN IN A BOAT
      45 2 NICOSIA (Cyprus). Wed. WINE Australian* d rested In blood-stain*! Saudi Arabia uniforms arrived at Famacusia in a small boat on Monday. They (old newspapermen they wanted repatriation but had no documents of identity. One wore an officer's uniform. A.P.
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      Fines Inflated
      54 2 SHANGHAI, Wed. The District Court has, in line with inflation, at last revised ably choosing fines. Fines in lieu of prison have been based on CN$1 0,000 one-tenth of an American cent a day. Offenders have been invariably choosing fines. The new rate is CN$600.« 000 six American
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      Jets Returning
      44 2 NEW YORK, Wed.— The six Royal Air Force Jet fighters left for Ontario yesterday on their way home to England. The crews, mostly bachelors, carried gifts for their girls. The planes appeared In the air show dedicating New York's new International airport.—AP.
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      Hail & Stay
      53 2 Hail Stay TEL AVIV, Wed.— Hebrew language newspapers yesterday unanimously hailed the arrival of the Russian diplomatic mission as "a great event in the life of our young state." The Soviet flag was hoisted above the hotel in which the mission is living. The U.S. consular staff live in the
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      Countess Aids Two Sailors
      82 2 NEW YORK, Tuesday,— Countess Alexandra Tolstoy reveals that her Tolstoy Foundation has helped to "escape" to Paraguay two Soviet sailors who did not want to return to Russia. The Countess says she it "unable" to remember the names of the sailors or the names of their
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      Post For Author
      22 2 PARIS, Wed.— Dr. Lin Yutang, celebrated author, yesterday became head of the arts and letters division of UNESCO.— AP.
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      Thyssen For Trial
      63 2 FRANKFURT, Wed.— Fritz ffcywtn, 74-year-old steel mutate, will be tried by a court of neighbours on MonThyssen, who fled from Nazi Germany, has been charged as a "major Nazi offender" under the German denazification laws. He is alleged to have helped boost Hitler In the early 1930s.
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      Bad Company
      37 2 VIENNA, Wed.—The VS. authorities have handed over to the British an officer alleged to have been travelling m a truck with 600,000 cigarettes. He is Captain Wilfred Gamble, apprehended on Sunday night near Salsburg. —AP.
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      Sun Blamed
      46 2 BERLIN, Wed.—The French Foreign Office yesterday denied that war materials were responsible for the Ludwieshafen blast disaster two weeks ago. It said the flrst explosion occurred In a tank wagon containing a liquid ether bas* probably set off by the heat of the sun.—A.P.
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    4th MOSCOW MEETING
    305 3 Envoys Await Instructions MOSCOW, Wednesday. A FOURTH meeting tonight between the Soviet Foreign Minister (Mr. Molotov) and the Western Powers' envoys was believed possible by well-informed sources here. The British, French and United States embassies were said to be awaiting instructions from their respective governments. It is
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    36 3 BABY GETS "PARKED": little Christopher John Tedder, aged 'our months, looks a little dubious about the whole affair as his mother "parks" him with Wren M. Brown f t during Portsmouth Navy Day celebrations.— Reuter photo.
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    4 3 THE GAEKWAR OF BARODA
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    'GET OUT' CALL TO GAEKWAR
    182 3 BOMBAY, Wed. 'THE Baroda State Legisla- ture has accused its Maharaja of misusing the equivalent of £250,000 of State Treasury funds. The Legislature also demanded the Maharaja's abdication and the institution of a Regency Council. The Premier of Baroda (Dr. Jlvraj Mehta) said that the
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    FIRST ARMS, NOW AMMUNITION
    93 3 RANGOON, Wed. Captain David Vivian, British Army officer sentenced to five years' imprisonment in Rangoon on Monday for aiding in the smuggling of arms, was yesterday sentenced to a further five years' Imprisonment and fined 10,000 rupees or iy 2 years' imprisonment when he was convicted
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    Truce Stage Nearer
    65 3 KARACHI. Wed. THE United Nations Com1 mission has ended its talks with Pakistan military leaders on the fljfhtin* between Azad Kashmir (free Kashmir) and Indian forces. Military observers will fly to Kashmir to examine the flrine line and one commissioner may go to Britain soon taking details
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    Students Condemn Senatorial Trip
    59 3 MANILA, Wed. Students demonstrated against two senators leaving on the luxury liner, President Cleveland, for j the United States. The senators are going to lan inter-parliamentary conference at Rome and three 1 others are expected to follow jby plane. Students claimed I that the trip involved
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    British Cotton Board Eases Export Control
    138 3 LONDON, Wednesday. AS an experiment the British Cotton Board has abolished the differentiation between exports to hard currency and to British Commonwealth markets. The new policy will operate till the end of September. The change follows assu- j ranees by exporters that It j
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    China Advised To Guard Border
    191 3 NANKING, Wednesday. TWE Ministry of Interior Commission investigating 1 the Slno-Burmese border issue today advised the Chinese Government to send a contingent of armed forces to guard the border demarcation and prevent Illegal traffic. Civil engineers of the Commission, after a sev*n monthj survey of
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    U.S. SPY HYSTERIA WARNING
    126 3 U.S. SPY HYSTERIA WARNING NEW YORK, Wed. r<EN. Elsenhower today warned against national hysteria over the U.S. spy scare. He said he was confident that the United States had lost no important secrets. Meanwhile. Miss Elizabeth Bentley, the 36-year-old exCommunist New York typist, yesterday appeared again In the Washington investigations
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    "Intolerable, "Says Sir Eric MacFadyen
    464 4 Fr )m Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Wednesday. "f AM reluctantly unable to accept official assurances <hat the Government has yet been supplied with military strength to settle the situation m Malaya" says Sir Eric MacFadyen, chairman of Lanadron Rubber Estates. He makes this reference m
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    IMMIGRANTS AT JOHORE BAHRU
    64 4 JOHORE BAHRU Wed Twenty-four Chinese refugee Immigrants, including three women, have arrived here and are at present accommodated m the State Welfare Home pending inquiries regarding their former places of abode When these Inquiries have been completed they will be dispersed to the areas m which
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    RESTITUTION IN COURT
    130 4 A gold ring valued (560, and $339 cash changed hands In the Third Police Court yesterday and Jessie Tham Fong Fun a cabaret girl was acquitted on a charge of criminal breach of trust. Jessie is alleged to have pawned, between Apr. 15 and Aug. 3, the
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    DUSTBIN THEFT
    61 4 Llm Jit Pin, a cook-boy employed at the Nee Soon transit camp, was fined $75 and sentenced to one day's simple Imprisonment for the theft of three katls of meat, three bars of soap, one tin of Jam and four apples from the camp on April 17. Llm
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    "Malaya Needs Engineers"
    295 4 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. A LTHOUGH there was to be a Department ol Engineering within the proposed University of Malaya, a new Technical College would still have a vital part to play m providing the technically qualified man below university level for industry and
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    Methodist Delegate Returns
    150 4 AFTE~ five month* In the U.S. Or. M. D. Dodsworth, Malaya's representative at the General Conference In Boston, Massachusetts in April last, returns to Singapore today. He Is a passenger on board the American Mail Lines' cargo liner, 12,500-ton vessel American Mail. Rev. Dodsworth is superintendent of
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    ALLEGED THEFT FROM REDS
    68 4 Soon Le Vat, a 48-year-old man, was charged m the Fourth Police Court yesterday with having committed theft of a wooden stand valued $10, the property of the Communist Party, from their Singapore headquarters at Queen Street last Tuesday. He pleaded not guilty to the charge
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    RICE CARGO FOR JAPAN
    74 4 A shipment of 8,000 tons of Egyptian rice has arrived In Singapore on the American freighter Stephen Vincent Bennett on the way to Yokohama. This is the second shipload of a total of 40,000 tons of rice which Japan has contracted to import from Egypt during
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    ASSIZES PLEAS
    34 4 Mr. Justice T. A. Brown will record pleas next Monday morning at the Singapore Assize Court In the supplementary list of Assize cases for August. There are 38 cases on the list.
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    Chance For Hold-Up Boy
    233 4 A BOY Just past his 15th year who took part ln a Singapore street holdup with three other youths was yesterday given another chance to lead a useful life by Mr. Justice T. A. Brown m the \sslze Court. Two of his older companions tad been
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    AMERICANS SURVEY IDLE MALAYAN BA UXITE MINES
    199 5 AMERICANS SURVEY IDLE MALA YAN BA UXITE MINES AN American reconnaissance survey '-eaded by Dr. O. C. Schmedcman, chief geologist of Reynolds Metals Co., is m Malaya to investigate prospects of bauxite mining. The Japanese began mining bauxite 14 Malaya m 1936. Four mines were opened. The industry operated until
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    Malayans On Study Holiday
    182 5 Malayans On Study Holiday ONE of the biggest of the American Lykes Lines' steam cargo freighters, the 7,855-ton Norman I Lykes arrived in Singapore yesterday with 6,200 tons of bauxite, which is being shipped from Kidjang, Java, to the U.S. gulf port of Mobile, Alabama. The freighter will lift 2,500
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    RESTAURANTS TO CLOSE
    47 5 The last two Peoples Restaurants conducted by the Singapore Social Welfare Department will be closed on Saturday. At one time, the Department ran ten of these restaurants. "It was no longer possible to keep the organisation functioning as a paying proposition," an official said.
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    Missing Wife Decision
    95 5 LONDON, Wed. A FORMER R.A.F. sergeant who could not find his wife when he was evacuated from Singapore was granted a decree of presumption of death at the Birmingham Divorce Court today. Sgt. Hood married a Singapore Government Health Department employee at Singapore, in August 1941. He
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    19 In Ship Turned Off By Dutch
    105 5 19 In Ship Turned Off By Dutch NINETEEN passengers found aboard the Chinese barter ship Hong Thong, which sailed from Singapore for Pakan Baroe at the end of last month, were turned back by the Dutch authorities at Tanjong Uban. The Hong Thong was making a trial run under the
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    Flats Scheme at Disused Teochew Cemetery
    155 5 A SCHEME for building flats and other premises on the fringe of the Teochew Community's disused cemetery m Orchard Road has been approved, m principle, by the Ngee Ann Kongsi, the ancestral association of Singapore's Teochews. > The proposed scheme would cost several million
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    King Visits Cadet Camp
    34 5 ALDERSHOT VISIT: The King (seated at left of centre seat) travels m a German half-track vehicle during his recent tour of the Army Cadet Corps camp at Aldershot. A.P. picture.
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    Chinese Girl Will Study Art In U.K.
    296 5 By Our Woman Correspondent MISS Gloria Lim, eldest daughter of Sir Han Hoe xTA and Lady Lim of Singapore, leaves for England on Sunday to further her studies m ballet dancing and pianoforte. Gloria tells me, however, that she has made no Concrete
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    Many Aided By Welfare
    153 5 IN a hut so dilapidated that It would soon have been uninhabitable, the Social Welfare Department found a widow living with her chll- dren. Her husband had been i killed by the Japanese. Repair of the hut was one of the many humane acts of the
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    Malay-Indonesian Women Link
    209 5 Malay-Indonesian Women Link HTHE Malay Women's Welfare Association of Singapore will send two representatives to the coming Indonesian women's congress to be held at Surakarta m mid-Java on August 26, 27 and 28. The President of the Association (Che Zahara blntl Noor Mohammed) m an interview with the Straits Times
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    50 5 tfAJtAW.V.T t RESENT ATiONS: Awards were presented recently by the U.S. Naval Liaison Officer (Lieutenant Commander S. L. Smith) to 71 people. Ten widows, whose husbands were killed by the Japanese for assisting U.S. Naval personnel, were among the recepients at the Residency ceremony, Limbang. U.S. Naval Liaison Office picture.
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    Canal Clean-Up To Stop Colony Floods
    156 5 THE Municipal Engineer (Mr. G. Edmond) told A the Straits Times that work on the clearing of obstacles from canals would be pushed ahead to help reduce the flooding of certain parts of Singapore. In a survey of the flood problem m Singapore, Mr.
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    MRNVR Commissions
    28 5 The following further commissions m the Malayan Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve have been approved by the Governor: P. H. Dalmahoy (Lieutenant), L. A. J. Berry (Lieutenant).
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    DEFECTIVE NUMBER PLATES
    116 5 A CHECK-UP is being made in Singapore on defective nUmber plates on motor vehicles. The Registrar of Vehicles, Singapore. (Mr. W. A. M. Watts), said yesterday that the steps taken by Vehicles Inspectors mainly concerned i those vehicles whose registration numbers had been painted on to plates.
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    Singapore, Thur., Aug. 12,1948 MR. SHARKEY'S SURPRISES
    604 6 Singapore, Thur., Aug. 12, 1948 MR. SHARKEY'S SURPRISES The General Secretary of the Australian Communist Party (Laurence Lewis Sharkey) received a rude surprise in Sydney on Monday night when he learned for the first time that Communists captured In the current operations in Mtilaya had involved him directly in the
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    Little Progress In Moscow
    188 6 Little Progress In Moscow Anything like reliable reports are not yet available regarding the Moscow negotiations over Berlin, but if one thing is certain it is that nothing has yet happened to give rise to optimism. Indeed, early indications are that the Soviet will not agree to a four -Power
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    Unfreezing The News
    252 6 Unfreezing The News When he addressed the last meeting of the Federal Legislative Council in Kuala Lumpur on July 27, the General Officer Commanding Malaya District (Major-General C. H. Boucher) said that he would remind the Council that people heard of the enemy's successes with far more emphasis than of
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    IN SEARCH OF A LOST CONTINENT
    1377 6  - IN SEARCH OF A LOST CONTINENT Professor HANS PETTERSSON Probing the depths of the Indian Ocean By m The Times AFTER a brief but unforgettable visit to the lovely island of Bali, the Swedish Deep-Sea Expedition set out for the Indian Ocean, only to meet with the first bad weather
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      National Registration: Is It An Immediate Need?
      480 6 A 8 a humble observer of- the times we live ir. and an avid reader of the reports of the various murders and acts of sabotage and the action taken to repress these, permit me to comment on the immediate need for national
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      THOUGHTS OF A VOLUNTEER
      282 6 IS "Another Volunteer P.C." married Has he a family These are the first questions one asks after reading his letter, "VOLUNTEERS WHO PAUSE." It is a lamentable effrontery to suggest that there are those who consider the pros and cons before Joining the Auxiliary Police. Cons
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      THE MIC AND MALAYAN CITIZENSHIP
      240 6 THE MIC AND MALAYAN CITIZENSHIP It MUST thank you for A having published my letter on the Malayan Indian Congress and appreciate the footnote. I should like to quote from Purcell's "The Chinese in Malaya." The Malayan Communist Party, the directing power behind all leftlsh movement, had Indeed omitted the
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      FIFTY YEARS AGO
      99 6 From the Straits Times of Aug. 12. 1898 Recently, smallpox cases have been often discovered among passengers on the steamers plying between Singapore and West Australian port*. This has called attention to the fact that, until Freemantle, the terminal port of these steamers, Is reached, there is
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      790 6 CLASSIFIED ADS. To Majorie Ersylia, wife of Rt. R. J. Lloyd, Port Chaplain. August 10th, twins, a boy and a girl. COTTINGTON.—At the Bung sar Hospital. Kuala Lumpur, on 11th August. 1948. to Dorothy wife of Capt. Jack Cottlngton R.E.. a son—David. HENQ. -To Gladys, wife of Mr. Wiltlong Heng.
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      186 6 SERVICE lmprpvementsin-our daily life follow one another to twfftly that we accept them as a matter of course. We notice advances m the colour, finish and texture of our dress materials. W« use, almost without surprise, entirely new types of textiles. We read with only passing wonder of advances m
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    "RED THUGS WILL BE DESTROYED"
    1095 7 No Doubt Of Victory, Says Newboult From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. "THE Government and people of Malaya have A accepted the terrorists' challenge and there is no doubt whatsoever that we shall win," said the Officer Administering the Government (Sir Alec Newboult) m
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    30 7 Two Qantas Empire Airways staff m Singapore admiring the Malayan Sun bear, three lemurs and four pig-tailed monkeys which are to be flown to the London Zoo. Straits Times picture.
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    Ceylonese On Robbery Charge
    187 7 Ceylonese On Robbery Charge rPWO Ceylonese, Suma- napaha, aged 23, and Primachandra, aged 21, both of the Pioneer Camp Woodlands, were charged yesterday in the Seventh Police Court, with having committed gang robbery at a house in Woodlands on Aug. 8. They were alleged to have been among 23 people
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    DEATH OF TEACHER
    93 7 Primary and middle classes of the Anglo-Chinese School in Singapore were closed yesterday as a mark of respect for their music teacher, Miss Janett Ross Russell, who died suddenly at her home eariy yesterday morning. Miss Russell who was born in Penang in 1895, joined the tutorial
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    Estate Men Protest
    203 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed. THERE was another x scene in court have today when the men who were arrested in connection with the fire on Senai Estate on June 1 were produced for their case to be mentioned. Nineteen men were arrested but today onlv 17 men were
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    FLYING CLUB TO HOLD PARTY
    58 7 The Royal Singapore Flying Club is to hold a cocktail party on Saturday at 7.30 p.m. at the Club. The party is to welcome Mr. C. A. Le Mesurler, the Club's new Chief Flying Instructor who has Just arrived from England and at the same
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    7 Years For Bathing Beach Hold-Up
    215 7 A SINGAPORE gunman who held up a young European bathing couple m the moonlight at Tanah Merah Besar beach and robbed them of over $700 was sentenced to seven years' rigorous imprisonment and 12 strokes of the rotan yesterday by Mr. Justice T. A.
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    ESTATE FOR SALE
    82 7 The Dutch have put up for sale m Singapore an estate of 2,800 acres, on the Rhio island of Koendoer. one .illometre from Tandjong Batoe. The estate is "enemy" pronerty and is to be liquidated for war reparations against Japan. According to the notice of sale Issued
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    1O Minutes To 'Milk' 14 Black Cobras
    233 7 JOHN A. Royola, 2f year -old Filipino world traveller and wild animal trapper, demonstrated m Singapore yesterday how he could "milk" 14 hissing black cobras single-handed. The whole process took less than ten minutes, with Royola extracting nearly ten grams of venom from
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    RUBBER FOR RUSSIA
    48 7 Through a misinterpretation of Malayan rubber statistical figures the Straits Times yesterday Rave rubber shipments to Russia In July as 36,813 tons. This should nave read 13,359 tons. The largest importer of Malayan rubber last month was America (27,470 tons.) Britain (20,608 tons) came second.
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    25 7 A male Indian was taken to the General Hospital yesterday following a collision with a motor car In Cross Btreet at about 1 p.m. yesterday.
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    SACKED LIGHTERMEN WIN POINT
    130 7 NOTICES of dismissal that did not include the legal one month's notice were issued to 20 tindals by the General Lighterage and Transport Company last Saturday. On the advice of the Singapore Labour Department, these notices were recalled and fresh dismissal orders giving one month's notice
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    Borrowed To Pay Fine Of $14,000
    283 7 A FINE of 22,000 rupees imposed on a Singapore ship by the Collector of Customs m Rangoon, Burma, had a sequel m the Singapore Supreme Court, yesterday, when judgment was entered by the Acting Chief Justice (Mr. Justice Gordon-Smith) for $14,102 for Mr. Lee
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      Doctors To Debate "Family Planning"
      134 7 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Wednesday. I OCAL doctors will debate on Friday a motion that "all the resources of modern medicine should be made available for family plan nine." Two Legislative Councillors. Doctors Mohamed Ariff and Ong Chong Keng, will be the chief speakers.
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      RENT ASSESSORS
      55 7 BUTTERWORTH, Wed— Mr. T. O. Scott has been appointed a member of the Rent Assessment Board for the Rural Board area of Province Wellesley In place of Mr. E. P. Evans who Is going on leave. Another new member Is Mr. Ho Ken Yew who takes the place
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      ELOCUTION CONTEST
      27 7 TATPINO, Wed.— Lam Pek Hee was first, A grade, m a Mandarin elocution contest at St. George's School. John da Costa was first, grade B
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      STOLE MOTORCYCLE
      61 7 BUTTERWORTH, Wed. For stealing a motorcycle left outside a lodging house In Nibong Tebel. Hussaln bin Puteh and Tay Huan Choo will go to gaol for one month and six months respectively. Tay had six previous convlctic^. He was al3o charged with stealIng a sickle and riding a
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      MRS. LEE KYE CHUAN
      35 7 MALACCA. Wed—The death occurred today of Mrs. Lee Kye Chuan, wife of the chief cleric of the Department of Agriculture. The funeral service will be held at 8t Peter's Church tomorrow.
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      INDIANS TO MEET
      31 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed The Malayan Indian Association (Selangor) will hold a meeting at 16 Klyne Str-et at 10.30 a,m. to adopt rules and appoint a committee of mana(?ement.
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      SEND OFF
      29 7 TAIPINQ, Wed—Three hundred members of the Ceylon Association yesterday gave a send off to their president, Dr. S. Kanapathlpillai. who is leaving for Dublin on study leave.
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      FOOD FOR IVOR
      34 7 SEGAMAT, wed. Local *ndtans will ceiebrate Independence Day on Sunday with mass meetings and feeding of the poor. The India-Ceylon Association will stage a sketch and give refreshments to school children.
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      FOR MALACCA
      74 7 PENANG, Wed.— M.R.F.A. Senior Assistant Registrar of the Supreme Court, will be leaving soon to take up his new post of District Judge. Malacca, and Registrar of the Supreme Court there. Mr. Chua Joined the Legal Service in Singapore in 1938. Two years later he was transferred to
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      BROTHER DIES
      29 7 MALACCA. Wed— Rev. Brother Stephen Louis (Loo Chwee Chuan) of St. George's Institution, Taiplng, died here last night. He was an old boy of St. Francis" Institution
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      106 7 His Master's Voice RADIOGRAMS Hal Model 5300 $1050.00 The first post-war His Master's Voice radiograms, housed m beautiful rigured walnut cabinets, incorporate the most up-to-date features. Traditionally perfect H.M.V. tone quality on ridio and record reproduction. Bandspread tuning on five of the eight wave-bands and the new H.M.V. automatic record
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      103 7 Marmot The Folder! i Marmtt Folding Carriages hay« a worldwick popularity because of their sturdy construction, compactness and all-round usefulness. The model now m stock has a body 1" deeper and hood 1" higher than formally. The rubber covered handle is reversible, wheels have I" sponge rubber tyres, and a
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      THE TRAGEDY OF HAMLET
      732 8 THE TRAGEDY OF HAMLET THE Tragedy of Hamlet was htJ presented 1 at the Globe Theatre in London in 1602. Sir Laurence Olivier has brought its action, •language, and sombre pageantry to the screen and has produced a work of art which surpasses the best the stage can hope to
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      THE GREAT SOLILOQUY
      346 9 HAMLET. To be or not to be: that is thjGgr question Whether 'tis nobler m the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, And by opposing end them. To die! to sleep; No more: and
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      85 8 TO-DAY BY AIR ,'?."SH STRAWBERRIES FRESH MUSHROOMS tON SALE AT HTZPATRICKS rooo supplies TEL. OROER DEPARTMENT 5281 Pure Ptenn^^V. rpENN|OILj== IF YOUR CAR CONSUMES TOO MUCH MOTOR OIL AND LOSES POWER try PENNZOIL and see the result. MOTOR CYCLISTS who have not used PENNZOIL MOTOR OIL try grade SA E
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      181 8 HIGH CLASS \%P\ AERATED WATERS fc§jU ESTABLISHED 1904 I Keep warm, Keep out cold, with a*' EARLY WARM All-wool Witneys Blankets "Early Warm" is a really luxurious blanket conducive to luxurious sleep. Its colours will match any bedroom, too! In Camel, Pink, Blue, I and Green. $22.50 $37.50 (Single Double).
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      216 9 BALLBEARING LAWN MOWER Millions of "QCJALCAST" Mowers have been supplied to all parti of the world. The QITALCAST MODEL H.III robust machine of excellent construction. It will cut easily the lone and tough grasses as well as being the most suitable Lawn Mower for local rrmiirrments. Model "H" WHOLESALE e
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      255 9 fjh*M*t AH Ail* AvtfHt W**t" 0i Fas Won b fickle jade xS[ but those irho follow her /ivrV' changing eourae most closely I never deviate m their W*_ A$ choice of cigarette >^(^^^^/ so smoothly right, so rightly smooth always PETER JACKSON PETER JACKSON tne JLuututy (siqcLtette. Made m England
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    BEAR TRAVELS BY AIR Has Special Sandwiches
    202 10 a MALAYAN sun bear, three lemurs (Malayan A species of the sloth) and four pig-tailed monkeys will leave Singapore as airfreight on a Qantas Empire Airways Lancastrian this morning for the London Zoological Society. This "wild cargo" will arrive In London on Saturday
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    60 10 NEW LOOK" Basket: This new shopping basket is a boon to harassed housewives. Made of light sheet aluminium it eat* oat wrapping paper and can hold a chicken or 61b. joint of meat m its larger compartment, or a dozen eggs or 21b. of fish m Its smaller section. A
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    Old Money Illegal Soon
    97 10 THERE are only a ftw 1 weeks in which to exchange pre-lnvaslon currency note* before they become non-legal tender— on Sept. 1. These note* can bt exchanged at the offices of the Commissioners of Currency in Penang (The Treasury, The Ban Hln Lee Bank Building), Kuala
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    BANK EXAM PASSES
    73 10 THREE members of the staff of the Oversea Chinese Banking Corporation, Singapore, have passed the associate examination of the Institute of Bankers, London. They are sub-accountants Mr. Sim Slang Jin and Mr. Ho Chee Yee, and Mr. Foo Ban Choon, manager of the Kuchlng branch of the
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    RuralBoard By-Election
    65 10 1 by-electioa to fill the vacancy for a Singapore Legislative Councillor to represent Rural Board West will be held on Oct 16. The seat was held by the late Mr. S. C. Goho. Nomination day will be Sept 3. Mr. C. W. A. Sennett has been appointed returniug
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    MALAYAN OPEN DANCE CONTEST
    107 10 From Oar Staff Correspondent PENANO, Wed. pHAMPION PAIRS from Stngav pore, Malacca, Selangor, Perak and Penang will compete In the four-day 1948 Malayan open dance championships at Wembley Cabaret from August 13 to 19. Last year's champions, Mr. and Mrs. Ee Kim Swee, will defend their
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    Singapore Diary
    118 10 TODAY Rotary Inner Wheel, Mrs. Oreenway on "My Memories of Arabia.' Adelphl, 5.15 p.m. Young People's meeting, Mr. A. J. Turner on ''The Younger Churches," Bethesda, Bras Basah Road, 6 p.m. Theosophical Society. Mr. N. Natarajan on "The Casual Body," 8. Calrnhlll Road. 6.30 p.m. Y's Man's Club,
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    Smallpox Epidemic
    28 10 Palembang and district nave been declared infected places for the purposes of the Quarantine and Prevention of Disease Ordinance, a smallpox epidemic having broken out there.
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    New Trust Member
    31 10 Mr. D. Robertson has been appointed to be a member of the Board of the Singapore Improvement Trust In place of Mr. A. Corbet who Is on leave
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    According to Culbertson
    356 10 The deal presented to-day should be of extraordinary interest to all serious bridge players, because tt involves a type of coup which is virtually never seen In actual play. Indeed, readers might get a lot of fun out of showing the deal to their friends land asking
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    UNION LEADERS LEAVE BASE
    205 10 rvISAPPEARANCE of most of the Chinese officials Mof the Singapore Naval Base Labour Union means that the Chinese section of the union has ceased to exist since July. However, the activities of the union have not been affected by the present emergency, said the secretary (Mr.
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    More Fruit For Asia
    93 10 INCREASING quahtities of Australian citrus fruit are likely to be available for export, particularly to Asia and the Pacific. This has been emphasised by the chief horticultural officer for the New South Wales Government (Mr. Clarence Savage). He said new orchards were being started and as
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    VALBERG SEES CREECH JONES
    54 10 Singapore's Lloyd Valberg, was among Colonial Olympic competitors with whom the Colonial Secretary (Mr. Creech Jones) lunched at Wembley on Tuesday. Mr. Creech Jones thanked his audience "not only for the sporting spirit" they had displayed but also for making their presence "a real contribution to
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      348 10 w. CATHAY AIR-CONDITIONED 11 A.M.. 1.45. 4.15, 6.45 AND 9.30 P.M. OPENING TO-DAY-Provocative, refreshing Peggy Cummins hit the head lines and soared to stardom m this delightful story of how Mr. Apley learned about life. 2<CX jjppr CiNTiJffY.fOJI Meet GEORGE APLEY— he Is the talk of the town ALSO MARCH
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      198 10 PHONE 5159 AND BOOK NOW FOR A THRILL- PACKED JOURNEY ON THE ACTUALLY FILMED BY K.K.O. IN GERMANY MERLE ROBERT CHARLES PAUL OBERON 9 RYAN KORVIN LUKAS MJk W~ at at AJ aL. nAM 2 4 lf> 6.30 9.15 P.M. aV^ fi Air-Conditioujd Phone 4042 R E X TODAY! M
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      260 10 STRAITS TIMES CROSSWORD 17 Heavy men mais (♦■»>. CROSSWORD NO. 301 I. Glp*y Smith wni ono Mo>. Strong .feeling inadanfjr. i i i i■' i |i I IW. TSgT"a» Wnll Unnwn olnnl killer ous Situation (5). I J J I |4 T I* I NM S iSSi I <1> glanLkUler
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      293 10 TODAY'S RADIO AADIO MALAYA (S'PORE) frequencies: 820 Kc/e, 1.96 A 1.1 Mc/a. 1 p.m. Radio Orchestra; l.SCj News; 1.45 Don Marino Barreto Cuban Orchestra; a. 00 Close. t.M News Pood Price*; 8.30 Call.ng All Hospitals; 9.00 'Much Blnding-in-the-M a r h;" 9.30 News; 9.45 Discussion Group10.15 Military Band Music; 10.30
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      U.K.-U.S. TRADE PACT-DANGERS TO THE TIN INDUSTRY
      449 11 U.K.-U.S. TRADE PACT-DANGERS TO THE TIN INDUSTRY rvANGERS Inherent m the recent bilateral v agreement between Britain and the United States as part of the European Recovery Plan are only too apparent, says the current issue of Tin. No student of the agreement, says the magazine, can fall to appreciate
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      TIN STOCK-PILE INTENTION
      98 11 CINCE TIN fc on* of the principal nwjilltlw. la which America to deficient, it to worth special mention with regard to *t«cfc-pUlnc, says Tin. It to known that the Unfed State* Government dm the definite Intention of accamuUtlnf between *M,*H mad 300.M too* of tin in ita
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      London Stocks
      351 11 LONDON. Wed. rE continued black-out of news concerning; the Moscow talks and fresh nervousness on Wall Street caused slight change in sentiment on the London Stock Exchange yesterday, with the tone becoming dull, says Reuter's financial correspondent. Prices In the Industrial markets were fractionally lower In very quiet
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      Shipping In Port
      224 11 CHIPS In port alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves yesterday (godowns in brackets) were Main Wharf: Silverbrlar (11-33). Olchaa (33-34). Aeneas (36-37). Norman Lykea (88-30), Walrata (40-41), Pundua (42-43). West Wharf: Tung 8ong (S). Blr Hakelm (4-6), Alclnous (6-7), St. Crolx (8-9). East Saga (13-14). Empire Dock:
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      Katu Tin Dredging
      19 11 K ATU Tin Dredging dredged 68.000 cubic yards and produced 397 piculs of tin-ore m July.
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      Singapore Rubber
      119 11 BUSINESS passed at the lowest level for some weeks In the Singapore rubber market yesterday. All offerings, however, were well absorbed. Closing prlcea yesterday wereNo. 1 sheet f.o.b. buyers 47% cents, sellers cents; spot loose buyers 47% oenU. seUers 48 H cents. The Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber
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      MALAYAN SHARE MARKET
      121 11 From Oar Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, Wednesday. POLITICAL news kept the Malayan share market quiet to- day. Changies In quotations were fenerally down- ward. Price changes announced by the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association were: INDUSTRIALS Bayer Seller Gammon 3.67U 2.87H Goodwood Park 1.48 1.66 M. Breweries 23.60 31.16 Malayan
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      Copra Prices Ease
      51 11 From A Market Correspondent POPRA prices eased on the Slngav pore market yesterday. The supply outlook has Improved with the start made In the barter trade with East Sumatra. All other produce market sections were quiet and unchanged. The new copra quotations were: sundrled 841.80; mixed Ml.
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      Dow Jones Averages
      20 11 Aug. 0 Aug. 10 Stocks 68.20 87.40 Industrials 183.20 160.02 Rails 00.08 69.68 Utilities 84.83 84.55 —A.P.
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      FOCUS OF INTEREST
      136 11 From Oar Own Correspondent LONDON, Wed. INTEREST in robber and other commodity trade* in London is now being focused on the relationship between American purchases of strategic commodities for stockpiling and the Treasury Special Account at the Bank of England. Into the latter Is paid the sterling
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      TRADING HINTS TO AUSTRALIANS
      123 11 From Oar Own Correspondent MELBOURNE, Wed AUSTRALIAN Industrialists will have to devote more time to studying the trade habits and distribution methods of Malaya and other Asian countries, say; the managing director of the Overseas Corporation (Australia) (Mr. John Storey). He gave his opinion yesterday j
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      191 11 PRESIDENT LINES •^ij IN IA fcrr> 'tOITIRRANEAN PORTS. President Fillmorr arr. S pore Aag. 14 m P Sham 20 »Vseleeat Moaree Spore /fag 24 Penang 22 Penang Aag JC SAILINGS TO SAN FRANCISCO ANO LOS ANCELES THENCE NEW VORR BALTIMORE, BOSTON via PANAMA Pres Tyler Penang 21 t. Sham Aag.
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      228 11 EAST ASIATIC LINE FAILINGS FROM ICANDINAVIA/UK./ SAILINCS TO CONTINENT/ CONTINENT. SCANDINAVIA Loading at Singapore, Port Swettenham i.. "St. Crolx' tor Bangkok Cdns 8/9 m and Panans "W» .b»- A^. 15 £noa t* "Tranqueoar' for Saigon dam. Hamburg, Oslo. Cot Bangkok Dae abt Aug. 17 thenburo Copenhagen Cdy- a!!SftJ W t-n»
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      992 11 McALISTER CO., LTD. (Incorporated m Singapore) KLLERMAN BUCKNALL KLAVSNESS LINK HAVRE, LONDON ft- HAMSURC. PACIFIC PO« I i *"TO. !T&a. v i '82+2*** gy S?- CITY OF CLASCOW American Ports Spore P. Sham Penang r vlll M Aeg 25 Aug. 2J Aag. CASTLEVILLs CITY PF KHARTOUM S pore P. Sham
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    3 WEIGHTLIFTING RECORDS SHATTERED
    519 12 China Defeat Gt. Britain LONDON, Wednesday. THREE Olympic weightlifting records were broken m the lightweight, middleweight and light-heavyweight classes yesterday. In the lightweight division, the Olympic record for the snatch was broken three times and equalled once. I. Shams of Egypt won the title m the
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    25 12 Members of the American Olympic women's gymnastic team take their compulsory ten hoars rest at night m their Wimbledon, London, training quarters. Mirror Feature* photo.
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    Durham Fare Badly Against Australians
    188 12 Durham Fare Badly Against Australians SUNDERLAND, Wed. 'THE Australians were x all out for 282 m their two-day match against Durham which started here today. At close of play Durham were 73 for the loss of five wickets. AUSTRALIA— Ist Innings Brown b Jackson 49 Tallon b Jackson I Harvey
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    S.C.C. TEAM
    55 12 The following wiH represent the Singapore Cricket Club against the S.C.R.C. 'A" team at cricket on the Padang on Saturday: H. V. ThOTio. J. W. B. Annesley, S. J. Masters, J. C. Smith. R. M. Nelsm, H. B. Noon. R. G. Whittingt.on. R. A. Murray. K. Gould. L.
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    Radin Mas School Athletics
    464 12 Radin Mas School Athletics EE Weng Kee, snatching creditable victories from bigger competitors, was easily the best athlete to win the "A" Division individual championship of the Radln Mas school sports held on the school grounds yesterday. Radin Mas school is perhaps the only Singapore school which has lost none
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    R. S. G. C. RESULTS
    60 12 The Ladies' Competition for August (Bogey) was played at Bukit Timah on Monday and resulted as follows: "A" Division— tie between Mrs. McMullan and Mrs. Ooss (1 down) to be replayed on Monday. August 16. "B" Division— won by Miss V. M. H. Patterson (2
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    Sports Diary
    70 12 TODAY Soccer: S.AJF.A. Dhr. I: Rovers 8.C. t. Tiger S.C.— Jalan Beaar SUdiom; DIt. II: Police R*ren S.C. Thomson Rd.; 8. C. En*\ Assn. t. Kota Raja St. George"! Rd.; M.F.A. V. 1st. Devon*—Geylaof Stadium; Dlv. Ill: AMDGW (Chanel) v. Spore DJst. W. REME— McNair Rd.; M.F.A. T.
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    Bradman's Final Test In England
    822 12 Br adman's Final Test In England From R. C. ROBERTSON-GLASGOW By Special Arrangement LONDON, Wednesday. TN all modern sport that obtains publicity, there lls an increasing tendency to regard victory as everything. You see It In big golf, where the star player who comes only second regards that tournament as
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    2nd Day's Weights
    226 12 WEIGHTS for five races on the second day of the Perak Turf Club August Meeting (next .Wednesday) are: a. I, Dlt. I—l Fun. Mr. Victory 9.04 Goodwill 8.10 Apollo 8.11 Ariiona 8.00 The Magic Little Lady 7.13 Lamp 8.13 Mamus* 7.13 Martini B.li Young Power Clem 7.09
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