The Straits Times, 17 August 1948

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    18 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 TWELVE PAGES SINGAPOrS, TUESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1348 PRICE TEN CENTS.
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    MORE TROOPS FOR MALAYA-WHITEHALL
    275 1 Sequel To Singapore Conference Call For Jungle Fighters LONDON, Monday. INFORMED Whitehall sources said today the Imperial General Ctafl has planned to move troops to Malaya. A War Office statement on the decision is expected later. There was no immediate indication whether Grenadier, Coldstream, Irish, or
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    Police Swoop OnSiamReds
    69 1 BANGKOK, Mon. MIVMUSK police m HaadO yai have seixed incriminating documents and aria prominent gold dealer and several others suspected of Communist activities. The police also succeeded m preventing a Communist attempt to burn down the only Kuomintanjj Chineseowned school m Ilaadyai. Prominent Chinese gold dealers m
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    Tension Eased In Burma
    127 1 Tension Eased In Burma RANGOON, Mon. I^HE Burmese Air Force wont into action yesterday against insurgents attempting to capture a police station three miles up river from Rangoon. A Government communique said that the re volumes, who wore civilian ts and red arm bands,: Appointment of Lieutenant f rul Smith
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    SYDNEY GALE HOLES SHIP
    55 1 SYDNEY, Mon. A 40 -foot gash has been torn in the 8,228-ton United States Lines vessel Pioneer Gem, caught In a gust of wind v:hile berthing in Sydney harbour. Pilots have been unobtainable at Sydney and Newcastle since they went on strike on Saturday for higher
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    Mr. C.W. Shorland
    32 1 Mr. C. W. Shorland has been nted to be a member of the Council of the King Edward VII College of Medicine In place of Mr. M. J. Hayward.
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    Spy Charge 'Frame Up', Says U.S.
    135 1 WASHINGTON, Mon. RUSSIA'S spy allegation against an American naval officer is regarded here as a deliberate "frame up." The allegation was made yesterday over Moscow Radio. The officer. Lieut. Robert Dreher. was assistant U.S. naval attache in Moscow. The State Department here disclosed today
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    PIRACYIN AIRLINER PROVED
    199 1 PIRACYIN AIRLINER PROVED HONG KONG, Mon. THE Hong Kong Gov- ernment have officially blamed air piracy for the crash of a Cathay Pacific airliner on July 16 with a loss of 25 lives. "The cause of the accident must be attributed to 8 sudden loss of control by the pilot
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    JEWS ACCUSE BRITONS
    97 1 JERUSALEM, Monday. A British official of the Jerusalem Electric Corporation one of five originally held by the Israeli police on espionage charges was today addition- ally accused of complicity m the bombing of Ben Yehuda Street, Jerusalem, In February this year. The accused man, Mr. Frederick Sylvester,
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    KEY POSTS TO BE FILLED
    45 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.— Mr. R. B. Heasman, Comptroller General of Income Tax, stated today that steps were being taken to fill key posts still vacant m the Department of Income Tax, not only m the Federation but also m Singapore.
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    INDIAN ENVOY TO QUIT SOVIET
    62 1 MOSCOW. Mon. MRS. VIJAYALAKSHMI Pandit, who is completing her term as Ambassadoi for India to the Soviet Union, told friends she does not expect to return here. She will hare finished her tour of duty m time for the next meeting of the United Nations
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    RELIEF PARCELS SUBSIDY
    64 1 WASHINGTON, Monday.— The Economic Co-operation Administration is to subsidise freight charges on relief packages sent to China and nine Marshall Plan countries. Amounts ranging from one and one-half cents to four and one-half cents a pound will be paid on packages going to China, France, Belgium, Luxembourg,
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    THE TEST
    70 1 4 L STKAL1A, resuming at f\ the Saturday total of Ia3 for two, wer e all out for 389 In their first innings in the fifth Test yesterday. England, who were all out in their first innings for 52, were 54 for one at the close of play.
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    3,800 Huks 'Surrender'
    118 1 3,800 Huks 'Surrender MANILA, Monday. rpHE Philippine Oovern1 ment's 50-day effort to Induce Its armed peasants to accept an amnesty, give up, their arms and ro back to productive {arming brought a total of 32 surrendered weapons. Official figures presented to a Council of State meeting today showed a total
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    JOINING JEWS
    25 1 TEL AVIV. Mon.— A group of Circassians from Galillee will join the Israel Army today after taking the oath of allegiance to Israel.
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    41 1 COLONIAL SEr,«tETARY HKTCRNS: On his return from England, Mr. P. A. B. McKerron (right) was greeted yesterday at Tengah airport by the Singapore Police Commissioner (Mr. R. E. Foulger) and the Public Relations Officer (Mr. G. G. Thomson).— Strait* Times pietare.
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    POLICE CAN TAKE YOUR CAR
    128 1 I TNDER the Emergency (Adraendment) Regulations published last night. the Singapore Commissioner of Police (Mr. R. E. Foulger) Is given extensive powers to requisition any material required for defensive purposes m the present emergency. Under the new regulation he can take possession of any ship,
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    54 1 "COMBAT" DOGS: Leo and Rex, two of 28 specially trained Alsatian "combat" dogt which arrived m Singapore yesterday by ship from Britain. Manled as a safety measure, these don seen here with Cpl. Sterling, one of the fire handlers may be used by the Army m the campaign against the
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    'Combat' Dogs To Fight Bandits
    141 1 TWENTY-NINE specially trained Alsatian "combat" dogs arrived m Singapore yesterday by the Ben Line ship Benalbanach from the United Kingdom. Thm will probably be used m the campaign against i the terrorists. The dogs were sent by the War Office. One of the animals, named
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    Threat To Negri Mentii Besar
    270 1 From Our Staff Correspondent SEREMBAN, Mon. SPECIAL police guarding the residence of the Mentri Besar, Negri Sembilan (Dato Abdul Malek bin Yusof discovered two hand grenades and one round of pistol ammunition m the house compound during the last 24 hours. Yesterday, they discovered a
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    AIR STRIKE IN PERAK: SWEEP IN SELANGOR
    310 1 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Monday ROCKET-FIRING Spitfires and Beaufigiiiers today wrecked a terrorist hideout m Perak, while two columns of troops and police killed one man and detained 35 during a big sweep m Selangor. The aircraft raided dispersed huts west
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    $5,000,000 Notes
    14 1 SHANGHAI. Mon. Fiv«milllon Chinese-dollar notes were m circulation In Shanghai today.— U.P.
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    SEVENTH MOLOTOV MEETING
    190 1 MOSCOW, Mu:i. THE Western envoys A tonight met the Suviet Foreign Minister (Mr. Molotov) in the seventh of their series of Kremlin Conferences. No announcement that the meeting— which had been anticipated—was taking pla.e had been made until the diplomats left the Kremlin at 6 p.m. It
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    POLIO CASES
    30 1 Two cases of polio were reported m Singapore yesterday. Both were children, one a Chinese m the Municipal area and the other an Indian outside the Municipal limit.
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    PIRATES POSED AS PASSENGERS
    51 1 HONG KONG. Tuesday A court here today sentenced four Chinese to long prison terms for posing as passengers and seizing control of a 5.000 ton Dutch ship last Decembei The pirates looted the passengers, and kidnapped six r.i them. Moat of the loot wns later recovered.—
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      'Caveman' Nearly Causes Gipsy War
      137 2 MILAN, Monday. A 16-YEAR-OLD gipsy girl said to have been bought r% for 50,000 lire nearly caused a war between two tribes because she wouldn't stay with her husband. Lolo Pasquali, 23, member of a Calabrlan caravan, told police he paid Rosa Kampoa, matriach of
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      Off To Stockholm
      84 2 LONDON, Mon. Lord Woolton, chairman of the Conservative Party, led a. British delegation of the Red Cross which left yesterday for Stockholm to attend the International Red Cross Conference. He said on lea vine: "One of the main objectives of the conference is to revive and bring
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      Gold Seized
      52 2 SHANGHAI, Mon. The Customs are reported, to have seized 75 Hong Kong gold bars valued at 500,000,000,000. Chinese dollars which arrived on a Chinese ship from Hong Kong during the week-end. The gold was hidden in an iron box in the cabin of a Chinese seaman. The seaman
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      Floods Recede
      45 2 LONDON, Mon.— Army reconnaissance teams yesterday toured the desolate flood areas of south-east Scotland In preparation for military relief measures. The army will help restore communications and services. The floods ape receding although many villages are without water through pollution of reservoirs. A.P.
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      WOMAN PREDICTS OWN DEATH
      80 2 VERONA, Monday,— Local* have placed bets totalling 200,000,000 lire on whether Miss Alfonslna Ghinl, said to have stigmata, will die tonight. Alfonsina, who is 28, has predicted she will die tonight. Her bedside visitors include several doctors studying the phenomenon of her hands. Her hands show
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      Crops Excellent
      35 2 WARSAW. Monday. Th» Minister of Agriculture (Mr. Jan Dar Koclol) yesterday announced bumper harvests throughout the country. Poland is setting up 1,400 machinery centres for the common use of peasants to expedite threshing.—A.P.
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      More For China
      25 2 WASHINGTON. Monday.— China received $3,805,730 under the latest allocation of the Economic Co-operation Administration. Her total allocation now amounts to 4104.941.449 Reuter.
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      Attlee A Grand-Dad
      37 2 BRISTOL, Mon.—Britain's 65-year-old Prime Minister (Mr. Attlee) became a grandfather yesterday when his eldest daughter. Janet gave birth to a girl. The former Miss Attlee married Mr. Harold Shlpton, a local engineer, last November.—Reuter.
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      Young Ideas
      52 2 WARSAW, Mon. The International Conference of Working Youth passed a resolution yesterday charging that "International forces of reaction led by the U.B. are seeking a new war and the destruction of democratic forces." The conference was attended by 472 delegates from 46 countries who said they represented 45,000,000
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      WAILING WALL PRAYERS OFF
      91 2 JERUSALEM, Mon._ Jews J were not able to say their traditional lamentation prayer* at the Wailing Wall on Friday night because the Arab Legion was in occupation. Sunday was the eve of the ninth day of the Hebrew month of prayer commemorating the destruction of the
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    'BRAVE WORDS' IN INDIA
    364 3 Vital Relations With Pakistan LONDON, Monday. gRITISH newspaper comment on the first anniversary of the independence of India and Pakistan yesterday drew attention to the problems of relations between the two dominions. The Manchester Guardian said that the messages of Pandit Nehru and Mr. Liaqat All
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    35 3 MOTHER'S CONGRATULATIONS: Winner of the Olympic decathlon, 17-year-old Bob Mathias is embraced by his mother. The Californian schoolboy rained 7,137 points for the ten events, 165 ahead of his nearest rival from France. A.P. picture.
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    "We Stand For Peace"
    142 3 NEW DELHI, Mon. DANDIT NEHRU. Indian Prime MlnisUr, broadcasting over New Delhi radio yesterday on the first anniversary of India's Independence Day, urged his countrymen to follow Mahatma Gandhi's policy of non-violence and added: "I want to say to all nations of the world. Including our
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    GREEK REBELS RETREAT
    135 3 GREEK REBELS RETREAT ATHENS, Mon. RETREATING Markos' rebels were destroying ammunition and supply dumps after Greek Government troops captured their main Grammos mountain stronghold in a 24-hour drive along the Albanian border, the Greek General Staff claimed today. The rebels, also forced out of nine other fortified positions during the
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    HOTEL BLOWS UP
    46 3 RENO. Mon.— Four were killed and at leas: 118 Injured In a fire and explosion at th» Santa Fe Hotel yesterday. The explosion blew out the en: ire front of the hotel and blew in the fronts of buildings across the street. A.P.
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    Olympic Food Surplus
    90 3 LONDON, iVlon. ABOUT 50 tons of surplus food left in England by visiting Olympic teams Is being distributed among hospitals here. Large quantities of tomatoes, cucumbers, melons and plums were delivered to a number of them to-day. Earlier It had been estimated that about 300 tons would
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    Impresario Dies
    24 3 SYDNEY, Mod. Sir George Tallis, 79, business man and former head of J. C. Williamson Ltd., theatrical managers, died here today. Reuter-AAP.
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    'GAEKWAR WILL REPAY'
    99 3 BOMBAY, Monday. SOURCES close to the wealthy Gaekwar of Baroda said today that h e is ready lo repay the 35.M0.M4 rapees from the State Treasury, which he borrowed allegedly for personal use. These sources said the >oan was a bona fide monetary transaction against which an
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    SOUTH AFRICA INDIAN BILL
    58 3 CAPETOWN, Mon.— A bill to repeal the provision for representation for Indians In the South African Parliament, contained m the Asiatic Land Tenure and Indian Representation Act of 1946 was read a first time m the Union House of Assembly today. It was introduced under the
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    Russia Backs Indonesia
    201 3 GENEVA, Mon. *THE Economic and Social Qouncil of the United 1 Nations today rejected a Russian proposal to admit Indonesia and the Indochina state of Vietnam to the Economic Commission for the Far East. Russia said the Commission had twice deferred the question— in October 1947 and
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    U.S. ARMY TO SCREEN REDS
    108 3 WASHINGTON. Mon. fOMMUNISTS will be drafted into the UJ3. Army along with other men of lit to 25 years, but elaborate machinery has been set up to keep them out of secret military jobs. The army had a "loyalty check" years before President Truman ordered
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    ATTLEE IN IRELAND BUT NO UNION TALK
    179 3 LONDON, Monday. REPORTS of an impending re-casting of relations between the British Government and the Governments of Northern Ireland and Eire were discounted m authoritative circles m London today. The Prime Minister of i Northern Ireland (Sir Basil Brooke) denied rumours that steps
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    OUT OF THE ASHES OF WAR
    179 3 COLOGNE, Mon. MORE than 250,000 people thronged the streets of this ancient city yesterday to see solemn and splendid ceremonies celebrating the seventh centenary and the reopening of northern Europe's greatest Gothic Cathedral. Seven cardinals and 31 bishops of the Roman Catholic Church from
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    No Traffic Worries Here
    46 4 PLANE-CUM-CAR: This Fulton Airphibian was demonstrated for the first time m England at the Gatwick Air Pageant. The car unit can be converted, without tools. Into a flying machine m seven minutes. Its maximum air-speed is 122 miles per hour. Reuter photo.
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    DANUBE: THE BIG QUESTION
    153 4 BELGRADE, Monday. THE 10-nation conference on control of Danube ship- i ping entered its final week today with one big question to be answered: What would happen when the Western powers refused to sign the pact pushed through by Eastern Europe's Communist bloc? Passage of the
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    PEACE TALKERS FROM 14 STATES
    59 4 WARSAW. Mon.— Organised by French and Polish, the World Congress of Intellectuals will be attended by 500 scientists, writers, economists and educational leaders from 14 countries. They will discus* world peace. The Secretary-General of the United Nations (Mr. Trygve Lie) will attend the closing session
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    Named After Gandhi
    35 4 RIO DE JANEIRO. Mon.— The name of Mahatma Gandhi was given to one of the Brazilian capital's main squares yesterday In a renaming ceremony commemorating the first anniversary of India's independence. Reuter.
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    Arabs Break Truce, Make Big Jerusalem Attack. Say Jews
    175 4 JERUSALEM, Monday. 4 RAB armies launched a general attack along the entire Jerusalem front at dawn today, said an Israeli Army communique. The main objectives of the attack were a Jewish settlement on the Jerusalem-Bethlehem road; Mount Zion, where Israeli forces
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    Penang Mill Reopens
    82 4 PENANG, Monday. THE Ban Teik Bee Oil Mill reopened today after having suspended operations since April 24. A spokesman for the mill told the Straits Times that only an eight-hour shift would be operated for the present. Some of the former labourers had been taken back. The
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    BALES OF DOLLARS
    64 4 SHANGHAI, Mon. Trying to overtake inflation, the Chinese Government has ordered wages to be increased by 91 per cent. Workers complain that it is too little. Employers fear that they may not get enough bales of currency at the banks to meet the monthly payrolls. Latest blackmarket
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    Filipinos On Riot Charge In Singapore
    93 4 PEDRI Matiga. Tripan Hotricano, Ciasa Dublin and Ruflno Mastinez, four Filipinos, were charged m the Fourth Police Court yesterday with rioting In the Happy World Cabaret on Saturday night. It* was stated that there was another Filipino involved In the case and that he
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    'Hitler Order' Praises Reds
    93 4 VIENNA Mon. THE Socialist newspaper, 1 Arbeiter Zaitung, today printed a faked "Order of the Day by Adolf Hitler" to the Austrian Communists. It congratulated the Austrian Communists for their "brave and unselfish strife against the criminal warmonger clique of the Wes: The "order", in Hitler's
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    Malaya To Receive More Margarine
    209 4 THE British Ministry of Food has allocated Malaya 1,480 tons of margarine as this year's quota. Because of the release of military surplus margarine and vegetable oils, delivery of last year's allocation of 1,300 tons will not be completed till September. Although margarine from the
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    Greeks' Lightning Thrust
    70 4 ATHENS, Mon. THE Greek Army, supported by aircraft, occupied the whole of Orlas Ridge on the Grammos front m a lightning thrust yesterday After the occupation ft reek troops began closing a trap to surround guerilla defences on the southern approaches to Grammos, General Staff spokesman said.
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    BACK ON BOARD
    34 4 LONDON. Mon.— The crew of the 459-ton Norwegian Rojo who abandoned shtD after a midnight collision later returned to the ship and brought her into Harwich under her own steam.— AT.
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    "REDS ORGANISED SCHOOL STRIKES"
    58 4 SHANGHAI, Mon. A Nationalist despatch quoting a Ministry of Education survey, said that there were 109 cases of student strikes affecting 18 large cities, including Shanghai and Nanking, during the 19 months ending June 1948. It added that the strikes, costing students 506 schooldays, were modtlv
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    McKERRON FLIES BACK IN "GOLD PLANE'
    210 5 McKERRON FLIES BACK IN "GOLD PLANE' THE KLM aircraft bringing the Colonial Secretary (Mr. P. A. B. McKerron) back to Singapore landed at Tengah yesterday and was immediately surrounded by police. They were not, however, a bodyguard for Mr. McKerron, but protection for consignment of millions of dollars worth of
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    57 5 "GANDHI LIVES": The real Gandhi lives and will always be cherished not only by every Indian heart but m the heart of the world." said the chairman of the U.N. Kashmir Commission, M. Egbert Graeffe (m front of the microphone), when the Commission recently visited the site of Mahatma Gandhi's
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    To Act As Liaison
    163 5 A MALAYAN Labour Party that will associate the people of the Federation of Malaya with the machinery of Government Is to be created m the near future. This announcement is contained m a circular issued by the Pan-Malayan Council of Government Workers' Trade Unions to all
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    Students For H.K. University
    70 5 MALAYAN candidates grant«t ed admission to the medical faculty of the University of Hong Kong include:— Chen Jan Thye, Ho Kan Ming. Khoo 800 Chai, Diana t^i». Kgo On Hwee, Ong Yang Kooa, Pah Kirn Guan. So Chi Ming, Tan Ooek Gim, Choo Tlan Hock. Teo
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    KNIFING in TEMPLE
    56 5 Rengasamy assaulted Martha Muthu with a fcnife and then stabbed himself m an Indian temple at Serangoon Road on Aug. 15 at 9.30 p.m. Yesterday he pleaded guilty before the Third Police Magistrate (Mr. F. B. Oehlers) to voluntarily causing hurt and attempting suicide The case was
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    GUNMAN'S PLEA AT ASSIZES
    209 5 A YOUNG Chinese gun- man who committed two armed robberies in one night at Boat Quay and was subsequently caught by his second victim, pleaded for mercy to Mr. Justice Brown yesterday in the Singapore Assize Court. The judge postponed sentence for a week in order
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    TRANSPORT Co.'s RESOLUTIONS
    66 5 Representatives of the General Lighterage and Transport Co. presented certain resolutions to the Deputy Commissioner of Labour, Singapore (Mr. G. W. Davis), yesterday. The manager of the company declined to reveal the nature of the resolutions, which are believed to be connected with the dispute between the
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    Singapore Diary
    136 5 TODAY Exhibition of p«_ntingt by Mia K. Nfcron, Robinson's. Raffles Place. Legislative Council meeting, Victoria Memorial Hail. 10 a.m. Y.M.C.A.. Orchard Rood, Amateur Swimming Association committee meeting. 5.15 p.m., commercial classes, 5.30 p.m. lending library, 0.30 p.m. Gardening Society, meeting, 10, W»tt«n Estate, o.ift p.m. TOMORROW Rotary. Dr.
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    $3,000 FINE APPEAL
    104 5 A forty-one-year-old Hokkien woman, Tan Qeok Eng was fined $8,000 or In default six months' rigorous Imprisonment by the Singapore Eighth Police Court Magistrate Mr. R. W. P. Rule, yesterday for having 1,790 lb. of dutiable tobacco. Peh Bah Goh, a 27-year-old HokMen man, was found guilty
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    PASSENGER FOUND DEAD
    65 5 DARWIN, Monday.— A 23-year-old student from Sumatra, Oon Sloe Tlang. was found hanging from a tree here today 30 minutes before the plane m which he had booked to Singapore was due to leave. Oon, whose passport address was given as S Balmoral Crescent, Slneapore. arrived In
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    £2,000,000 ON COLONIAL RESEARCH
    265 5 £2, 000, 000 ON COLONIAL RESEARCH lIOW Britain spent two million pounds m 1947-1948 financial year on research to improve the lot of colonial peoples is described m a report published In London. More than 60 new research schemes were approved during the year as well as 90 supplementary schemes.
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    Corrective Home Needed In Colony
    648 5 From Our Woman Correspondent "SINGAPORE'S mentally-handicapped children form a large proportion of the city's juvenile delinquents and prostitutes," stated the Secretary for Social Welfare (Mr. T. P. F. McNeice) at a press conference yesterday. He was illustrating the urgent need for suitable corrective institutions for
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    MISS M. GIMSON LEAVES COLONY
    50 5 The Governor of Singapore (Sir Franklin Glmson). wu at the Harbour Board wharves to say good-bye to his daughter. Margaret, who was a passenger on the Bri-tain-bound liner Canton. The quayside was crowded with friends and relatives of Malayan passengers 'leaving for the United Kingdom.
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    IN MEMORIAM
    50 6 In ever affectionate cherished memory of our devoted mother Mrs. Mary Anna Martin who was called Home on the 17th August 1945, m Sime Road Internment Camp: Singapore. Sadly missed ever-remembered by all her loving children their families. Her life a beautiful memory, Her absence a silent grief.
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    33 6 Mr. <fc Mrs. J. P. Downey wish to thank all who sent wreaths and mes.'aijes of sympathy, also the doctors and staff at Kajang and Bungsar Hospitals for their considrration and attention.
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    the Straits Times Singapore, tues. Aug. 17, 1948
    1063 6 It has been assumed in Malaya that requests made from this country for military reinforcements to deal with the terrorism have to take into account the Berlin crisis and the possibility of Britain becoming involved in a European war. That is not
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    Fifty Years Ago.
    77 6 Vrom the Straits nines of Aug. 17, 1898 In Mr. Penney's Financial Report for 1897, we see that m the Colony there continues to be a steady denaand for small silver pieces. Between the years 1872 and 1897 no less than $3,649,000 worth havf been imported into
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    IN THE SOVIET FACTORY AND VILLAGE
    1548 6 IN THE SOVIET FACTORY AND VILLAGE Communism And Tha Clnsui Sx-xIotn-H From— A Special Correspondent fjNLY the children w of the rich, the unofficial clique with the high salaries, can have the best schooling in the Soviet Union. The right of inheritance is admitted in the Soviet Union, so that
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      A Johore Planter Reflects On Front-Page News
      636 6 FWBLAZONING the front page of your paper dated Aug. 12, "RED THUGS WILI* BE DESTROYED" seems sadly reminiscent of "Singapore cannot, will i not, shall not fall" or "We shall fight to the last drop of blood" anybody's blood. Your appreciation in the
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      THE RUBBER TAPPER: A WARNING
      266 6 THE RUBBER TAPPER: A WARNING SIR Alec Newboult, m his last broadcast m English, regretted the Batu Arang incident and rightly wondered where the enemy would strike next. Murdering rubber tappers Instead of managers has now started m Rengam. This is I the enemy's latest weapon and his worst. Killing
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    FEDERATION STUDIES
    26 6 Owing to the indisposition of Dr. C. A. G bson-Hill, the commencement of the series of Federation Studies m this page has been postponed.
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      692 6 CLASSIFIED ADS. HENLY. At Guys Hospital. London, on 11th August 1948, to Nancy (nee Johnston) wife of R. B. Henly of 12 Holwood Road, Bromley, Kent, a son. The engagement Is announced bet worn Richard I. N. Luck, third son of Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Luck of British Ouiana.
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      127 6 ONE PAIR OF EYES "One pair of ey«s to lut a lifetime. You can chew with false teeth, walk with a wooden leg. but never can you vee with a blind eye." This does not mean that we are m danger of going blind but a warning that we should
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    CASE "UNIQUE", SAYS DEFENCE
    1143 7 Court Contempt Allegation From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. JUDGMENT was reserved today by Mr. Justice T. C. Spenser Wilkinson m the case m which the Straits Times Press Ltd. are alleged to have committed contempt of court. Mr. H. D. Mundell, who, with Mr.
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    K.L. FLYING CLUB PLA. E CRASHES
    44 7 From Our Own Correspondent. MUAR. Monday.— A Tiger Moth belonging to the Kuala Lumpur Flying Club crashed this morning m Bakri P-ichor area. Muar district. The two Europeans m the plane were injured, while their aircraft was damaged.
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    INDIA DAY LOYAL PLEDGES
    234 7 INDIA DAY LOYAL PLEDGES ASSURANCES of Indian support tor the Government during the present crisis were given at Indian Independence Day celebrations at the week-end. "We assure the people and G ivernment of Malaya that we will not be a party to violence." Mr. C. P. R. Menon told a
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    PAPER SINCERE, —D.P.P.
    896 7 PAPER SINCERE, D.P.P. fair trial as the appeal wu dismissed." Mr. Mundeli described the case as "unique of its kind" In that a newspaper was being charged with contempt for having published comments which were not detrimental but in favour of an accused person. "Quite Common' He referred to the
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    44 7 GOLD BULLION: Sikh policeman receives a box of bullion at Tengah airport yesterday. The gold, which is m transit, cam c on the aircraft which brought the Colonial Secretary (Mr. P. A. B. McKerron) back to Singapore. Report m page 5). Straits Times picture.
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    New U.K. Interest In The Colonies
    356 7 From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH, Monday. r PHE Director of Information Services of the Colo1 nial Office (Mr. K. W. Blackburne) said yesterday that people m Britain were taking a greater interest m the colonies recently "because of their stomachs." He was speaking at
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    Ceylonese Urged To Join Up
    183 7 Ceylonese Urged To Join Up From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH, Monday. FHEl' president of the A Ceylon Federation of Malaya "(Mr. E. E. C. Thuraisingham) yesterday urged all Ceylonese in Malaya "to rally round the Government and fight the forces of vlol■^ce and disruption." He was speaking at a dinner
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    Swansea Coal For Colony
    51 7 The first shipment of coal from Swansea to Singapore since the war is due to be off-loaded here shortly. The coal actually passed through this port m a Saigonbound ship yesterday but it will not be discharged until the return of the vessel m about a
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    R.A.F. Regiment Needs 200 More Recruits
    233 7 From Our Staff Correspondent m, KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. IT is officially announced that further recruiting for the RAF Regiment (Malaya* is tn next Monday. Between 200 and 300 recruits are needed. They must be between 18 to 30 years, 5 ft. 4 Ins. m
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      Indonesians Mark Anniversary Today
      77 7 INDONESIANS m Malaya will celebrate today the 1 third anniversary of the Republic of Indonesia. In Singapore a celebration committee has organised six hours of entertainment, commencing at 5 p.m. It will be held at the house of Dr. Oetoyo, the Republican Government's representative m Singapore,
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      SOLDIER CHARGED
      34 7 OEOAMAT, Mon.—Bail was v opposed when 18-year-old Samuel Maclntyre of the British Army was charged yesterday before Inche Bldin bin Login vtt cheating a Chinese restaurant with chits m a false name.
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      NEW OFFICERS
      95 7 THE following have been elected 1 officers of the Indo-Malavan Association, Singapore 1 President: Mr. V. Pakirisamy, J. P; vice-presidents: Dr O. Harldas. J. P., M. M. S; and Mr. Sandy O. PiUay, M. C; general > secretary: Mr. B. Annamaly; i Asst. General Secretary: Mr. R. B.
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      Ball For Guilty
      44 7 SEREMBAN, Mon.—Loh Kwan and Koong Kai Sik pleaded guilty before the District Judge (Mr. Rhodes) to day to having a chandu pipe each and chandu on Aug. 13, and were allowed bail of $100. The case was postponed to Aug. 18.
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      OFFICERS INVITED
      32 7 QEOAMAT, Mon.—Representatives y of all communities attended a Hari Raya tea party given by Tuan Haji Noah, District Officer, and Mrs. Noah. I Officers of the Devon Regiment were invited.
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      POSTPONED
      55 7 CEREMBAN, Mon.—Three men O of the Ceylon Pioneer Corps charged with robbery at Basak Camp of two loaves of bread and two bottles of orange drink appeared again before the Magistrate (Inche Mohamedi ve?terday They were S. T. James, T H. Winnie and K. A. Slmun Perera. The case
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      LAPSE BRINGS LABOURER GAOL
      61 7 KUALA KANGSAK. Muo The Magistrate (Incfe Suleiman) fined Kannan. labo'irer of Kati EsU c, $150 01 three months' hard labour for l.ilsrly reporting that four ;\rmed nvn had robbed him of $30. Pleading for lenirncy, Kantian said he wag "off his head" wren he, made the
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      AIR VISIT
      57 7 ON a short return visit to Singapore, the Deputy Comm ssicner of Overso-.is Pituest Affuira (Mr. Lim Kong Liani arrived at rjillang Airport estordav r <*n Nanking. Mr. Lim Went to N.v.ik'.riK <>arly this year to take up his ipDOintment. He was met at the aiiport by the
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      MONEY IN SOCKS
      60 7 IOHORE BAHRU. Mon.-A forJ mer army sergeant yesttrduy received three months' gaol for breaking into and stealing SIOC from NAAPT. He was Pte. Stanley Jones who, air officer told the District Court had been reduced from sergoant to private because of a bad record. Jones pleaded guilty.
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      $50 FOR TODDY
      37 7 PEREMBAN, Mon.—Toddy UipV per Nagappan was fintd 050 or two weeks' hard labour Lj the Magistrate (Inche Moha.neil) far having eight pints of today or Aug. 13 at Limbok. Nagappan admitted a previous conviction.
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      ADVISERS' VISIT
      31 7 MALACCA. Mon. —Mr J. Brazier Trade Union Advbcr. Malaya, and Mr. A. Simpson. Assistant Trade Union AdvL-er Singapore, during a visit neif yesterday met members of the Clerical Union.
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    SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS TO BE SEPARATE IN FUTURE
    244 8 SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS TO BE SEPARATE IN FUTURE DRITISH Council scholarships for the 1949-50 academic year will be awarded separately for the Federation of Malaya and Singapore. The Council representative m Singapore (Mr. A. Truman Baker) has explained the situation as 1 follows: "The five British Council students who have sailed
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    45 8 .HO.NTY LIKES HIS PIPE: Unlike his soldier namesake, Monty, the Labrador, both drinks and smokes. He appreciates a glass of beer, but b«st of all he like* a quiet smoke a pipe or a cigarette— wKh his master George FJUngford, of Lincoln. Mirror Features picture.
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    Johore Weekly Letter
    237 8 Johore Weekly Letter JOHORE BAHRU. Mon. TO secure greater police pro1 tection on pay days, the Controller of Labour has been asked by planters to extend the limit of pay day from the seventh to the tenth of the month. If police protection is still considered insufficient, planters propose asking
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    He Wants To Be World Cartoonist
    147 8 ABOARD the Molenkerk bound for Europe Is Mr. Duncan, a young American with a set purpose. He says frankly that he wants to be-; come the world's best political cartoonist. Born in Oklahoma. Mr. Duncan, who Ls 24, has been studying at Lingnan University,
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    Prizes For Fairy Tales Of Malacca
    90 8 A collection of fairly tales and legends of Malacca Is suggested by Dr. C. X. Furtado of Singapore In the second annual of The Brigadoer, the organ of St. Peter's Brigade, Malacca. He has offered prizes of $25, $15 and $10 for the three
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    `Use Less Power' Plea To Public
    156 8 Use Less Power Plea To Public THE Singapore Municipal Deputy Electrical Engineer (Mr. JR. A. Waddle) yesterday appealed to the public to use as little electricity as possible and thus contribute towards lowering the frequency and length of black-outs. Mr. Waddle said that, because of repairs being carried out on
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    MUSLIM NOTES Charity For Malay Gurus
    107 8 From Our Muslim Correspondent ESTABLISHMENT of a charity fund to assist bereaved members of the Malay gurus of Singapore was deferred by the annual meeting of the Malay Teachers' Association. A proposal to organise a lottery on the races was considered unlawful from the
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      281 8 THAT NEVER, NEVER <^pBk) CHANGES IN QUALITY \jfl! toys ELSIE, »h. BOROEN COW s^ W I I mim7 II llsie: Tr>n it Klim' ll i* pure, powderrd whole milk. Only fine milk from healthy cow* it made into Klim. And it it kept tale and pur* tSrougli our tpecie) packing
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      549 8 Whet: a declarer must decide my's ace won and declarer immeSw^L^VESEput c-bed th. ac and kh* thl« question to himself: "H I << trump*. He was highly dtestart to draw trumps and run up gusted at the trump break but. wtfWr "8X5? SiflA on tried the trump* left to give
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    Lack of appetite in young children
    782 9  - Lack of appetite in young children NURSE BRIDGET MOTHERCRAFT IN MALAYA By A MOTHER, signing herself "Anxious" asks me to help her to plan a diet fur her little girl, ag«id three vears. "She has became difficult over her food and is bored with everything I give her. so that
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    Where the East can learn from the West
    610 9 SAT A CORNER (This series of articles on tuberculosis^ written by a Singapore doctor and issued by the Singapore Anti-Tuberculosis Association, will appear m this page every Tuesday.) is A an infection due to a microbe, the tubercle bacillus. Although there are
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    ARMY LIFE IS FUN
    627 9 ARMY LIFE IS FUN By AN ARMY WIFE HO we like it? Of course we do! Most of us wouldn't change our lives for anything, howtver attractive. Army wives are to be found m the most distant parts of the earth. It Is somewhat like belonging to an enormous club,
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    From an estate bungalow
    358 9 THERE are days 1 when you feel that the sight of endless rubber trees and your own compound are somewhat confining, particularly just now when outings are few and far between. On such days even the Interest of your own flowers and pets leave you cold.
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      60 9 pON B nr soursPeople who are run down; people who LjM^nT^nrTl have lost energy and nerve tone and f 1 yfftj^* sW who generally feel "out of sorts", can A '^iti^T^viti^' W often help themselves by drinking Jfry/Vj l^^ Nestomalt and milk. Nestomalt makes fl lß|fSijp|j^p| it so easy to
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    HOLIDA Y-BOUND BRITAIN IS NOT WORRYING LONDON LETTER
    1454 10 HOLIDA Y-BOUND BRITAIN IS NOT WORRYING LONDON LETTER LONDON, August 3. THIS is the third late summer during which, m the lifetime of many people m this country, there has been danger of war. Once, m 1938, the danger passed away. Twice, m 1914 and again m 1939, war came.
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    46 10 Mr BUh Ednrait Watts, CBUrf Inspector of B^osives at the Home Office, has been awarded the George Medal. for hi* work m opening and dismantling a large number of letter bombs sent to prominent people. Mr. Watt* to holding a German 'butterfly' bomb.— PA., Renter pleture.
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    34 10 Hourm .MtfuHk h&s tfttuckfeA r» pßifjUeV wv.r memorial. Flirty houses for ex-Service men and their families are be'ng built. The first of the "Memorial Houses" was recently opened by the Mayor. P.A. Renter picture.
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      191 10 IT'S GOT THAT Scream! IT'S GOT THAT Dream J IT'S A MUSICAL THAT'S GOT Everything! THE TIME 4s "IS OENISIHRQUr I THE PLACE* C "1 JACK CARSON f f THE GIRL \y".p 'M mm ii -2 4.15 6.30 9.J5 To-day capitol\ AIR-CONDITIONED PIiONK 515!) PHONE 4042. LAS f 3 SHOWS
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      117 10 AAOxO MALAYA iS'MHEi titquencies: ttZO Kc/a. IN* 7 I Me/S 1 p.m. Music; 1.30 News; 1.45 Buddy Peatherstonehaugh; 2. 00 Close. 8. IS News; 8.20 Music; 9.00 Talk of the Town; 9.90 News; 9.45 Webster Booth; 10.00 Listeners' Post; 11.00 News Close. RADIO MALAYA 'K.L.) trequenctcs: I 12 4 I
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      130 10 K.rbes: 1.19 Australian Ballads; 1.30 Close. 4 p.m. George Boulanger; 4.19 Re-establlshment Newsletter; 4.30 Music; 4.30 News; 4.40 Film Musk; 4.40 Services' Concert Hall; 5.00 Talk; 8. OS On the March; 9.15 Australia Day by Day; 5.30 Forces' Favourites; 9.30 Music for Million*; 6.50 Canberra Report; 6.00 Tuesday at 8.30;
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      122 10 England v. Australia: 7.30 From The Editorials; 7.45 England Australia; 8.00 Kentucky Minstrels; 8.30 News; 8. 45 Celebrity Recital Sonata in P major (Brahnus); 9.16 British Parmer; 9.30 Radio Newsreel; 0.45 Variety Bandbox; 11.00 Albert Sandier Trio; N.16 Edinburgh Festival; 11.30 News; 11.40 News Analysis: 11.45 Report From Britain; 12.00
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      O.T.E.C.'s "Happy Fate"
      154 11 O.T.E.C.'s "Happy Fate" ALL too rarely m these hard times can an equity share increase its market value by one-sixth, writes "Diarist" In The Financial Times. But then even more rarely does an equity share dividend increase by three-fifths. This, he says, is the happy fate which has befallen the
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      PENANG'S EXPORTS TO THE SOVIET UNION
      186 11 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Monday. A TOTAL shipment of 3,685 tons of rubber to Russia helped to raise Penang's exports last month to a new post-war peak of $41,153,375-worth. This was over $13,000,000worth more than June's. Of the July figure, $3,689,811 was accounted
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      GROWTH OF PRIVATE TRADE WITH JAPAN
      115 11 Monday, apan wa» reopened to privat* trade a year aso, foreign traders have visits the country. In the first morrth of private Uade last year business amounted to $i,349,000-worth. In May this year It amounted to $19,624,000. Major private export* were to: The tfnlted
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      Shipping In Port
      202 11 Shipping In Port SHIPS m port alongside the Singapore Harbour Board I wharves yesterday (go downs :in brackets) were: Main Wharf: Carrick Bend (31!32), Selangor (32), Olenroy (33-84), Bradeverett (30-36). Flonla (38-39), Wairata (40-41), Raki (42-43). West Wharft Roepat (4-5), Alolnous (6-7), Van der Ujn (8-6), Annenkerk (11-12), Reiau (14),
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      American Tyre Profits
      87 11 WASHINGTON, Mon. A MERICAN manufacturing proflu aince the war have shown sharpest gains In ryrea and car equipment (not cars,) paper, bakery products, office machinery and rayon. This Is shown m statistics released by tb» Federal Trade CommUaion. The survey covers 28 Key industries. In all but
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      ALLOCATION OF TIN
      39 11 THE Combined Tin Com1 mittee has allocated 28,685 long tons of tin for the last half of 1948. The United States has been allotted 16,640 tons, France 4,290. Other allotments will be made m September.— A.P.
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      PACT IN: EXPORT TAX OUT
      178 11 COME significance may b« u found In the fact that publication of the recent Anglo-American trade agreement coincided with the announcement that Malaya's export tax on tin-ore had been abolished, aays the maRazlne Tin. This export tax, which since rts imposition over 40 yean ago
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      Malayan Share Market
      104 11 From Our Market Correspondent SINGAPORE. Mon. IN the absence of news from overseas market, and because of the political situation, the Malayan share market was completely stagnant today. Price changes announced by the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association were: INDUSTRIALS Buyer Seller Praser Neave (O) stk. 8. 49 3.
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      SINGAPORE RUBBER
      121 11 THE Singapore rubber market was still uncertain yesterSy. Moderate business passat prices about threequarters of a cent below Saturday's closing prices. Closing prices yesterday were: No. 1 sheet f.o.b. buyer* 43 U cent*, sellers 43 cents per lt>; spot IOOM buyers 48*4 cents, sullen 43% cents. The Singapore
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      Suloh Rubber Crop
      13 11 QULOH Rubber Estates harvested 33,108 lbs. of rubber m July.
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      New Regulations Will Restrict Hong Kong's Trade In American Dollars
      157 11 HONG KONG, Monday. HONG KONG'S entrepot trade m American-made goods destined for Singapore and Malaya, among other points m the British Empire. 1b restricted by sterling roles now m force. Sterling remittances between Hone Kong and all other sterling area
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      Anglo-Oriental Tin Outputs
      71 11 A NOLO-ORIENTAL (Malaya) announce the following July outputs of tin corJcentratM. m picuU: Ampat Dredging 1.118 Eatu Selangor Dredging 174 Berjuntal Dredging 480 Jelapang Dredging 4)8 Kamuntlng Dredging 1,848 Klang River Dredging 43S Kramat Dredging 794 Kuala Kampar Tin. Fields 1,375 Kucha! 490 Larut Tin Field* 3.007
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      PRODUCE MARKET
      58 11 F am A Market Correspondent HTHIS Singapore sago flour 1 market eased yesterday m the absence of buyers. The quotation for black pepper reacted favourably to a number of counter offers evident on the market. Price changes were: Sago Flour: Lingga $19.78; Sarawak 115; Siak 115.35. Pepper: Muntok
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      July Rubber Crops
      19 11 \TALAKA Pinda Rubber Estates produced 109,730 lbs. of rubber m July. Hew Scudai produoed 60,000 lbs.
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      Kinta Kellas Tin
      14 11 ITINTA Kellas Tin Dredging produced 328.80 piouls of tinore m July.
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    AUSTRALIA ALL OUT FOR 389 RUNS
    830 12 AUSTRALIA ALL OUT FOR 389 RUNS Arthur Morris Scores 196 From R.C. ROBERTSON-GLASGOW By Special Arrangement LONDON, Monday. AUSTRALIA were all out for 389 in reply to England's first innings total of 52 in the second day's play of the fifth Test at the Oval today. Faced with a deficit
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    48 12 Nel van Vliet, Olympic »irl swimmer from the Netherlauds who won the 200 metres breast-stroke m record time, pauses at the edge of the pool for a word with her trainer Jan Stender, and her fiance, Lock toady* (rieht), during training at Empire Pool, Wembley.— Planet News pictnre.
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    Scoreboard
    151 12 ENGLAND— Ist. Inns.— s2 AUSTRALIA— Ist Inns. Barnes c Evans b Hollies 61 Morris run out 196 Bradman b Hollies 0 Hassett lbw b Young 37 MiUer st. Evans b Hollies 5 Harvey c Young b Hollies 17 Loxton c Evans b Edrich IS Lindwall c Edrich b Young
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    TANGLIN CLUE TENNIS
    52 12 TANGLIN CLUE TENNIS Result of yesterday* finals In the Tanglin Club's tennis championships were: Men's Go-Down Doubles (final) W.A. Kermer and J.H. Kuiper beat M.W. Biggs and J.L. Whitmore 7—5, 6 3. Handicap Mixed Doubles (final): B.C. Fay and Miss L. WalkerTaylor beat J.W. Brand and Mrs. J.P. Pearcey 6
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    Power Chief Has Strong Chance
    549 12 From EPSOM JEEP TT u IPOH, Monday. HE success of Pam Green on Saturday Is likely to push up the stock of Power Chief and Ricksmead, two other ex-Singapore griffins, at Wednesday's races here. Power Chief, a three-year-old by Spear Chief, i won a griffin
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    WEIGHTS FOB SATURDAY
    216 12 weight* for nv« races on the last day of the meeting (Saturday) are CL. S, DIV. 1— FURS. Kirra 9 00 Jimmy Boy 8.05 Polish Skittals 8.04 Bride 8 13 Orand Trim 8 04 Rose 8.10 Malt Loch 8.04 Royal Egyptian Bounty 8.10 Queen 8.04 ->ma 8.10
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    'Cl. 3,4 Horses Should Race In Singapore'
    616 12 'Cl. 3, 4 Horses Should Race In Singapore' LETTER TO SPORTS EDITOR THE Singapore Turf Club has just issued a circular to the effect that, owing to expected high entries fcr classes 1 and 2, it mav be forced to cancel the programme for class 3 horses at th* next
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    Fine Display
    123 12  -  Ah Chua By A BRILLIANT display by Ah Chua, the Tiger Sporting Association's goalkeeper, saved his side from a heavy defeat when they met the Kota Raja team m an S.A.F.A. Second Division League game at Geylang Stadium yesterday. Kota Raja won one-nil. The game was a one-sided
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    Duffers' Cup Qualifiers
    198 12 THE qualifying round of r the Royal Singapore Golf Club's Duffers' Cup competition was played at Bukit Timah on Saturday. The following qualified for match play: A. H. Colyer 85-13 72; T. H. Winterbom 84-12 72; D. J. Vane Percy 84-11 73; J. C. Barry 90-15 75;
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    47 12 »ODAV SOCCEB: S.A.F.A. Div. I: Navy v. A. A. A. Jaian Br«ar Stadium; Div. II: Malays v. Kranji W T— Geylan* Stadium; Div. Ill: Social Athletic Parly T. C.A.— McNair Rd; Malays t. Unicorns Chib C.T.M.A. ground, St. George's Ed. TENNIS: Tangrlin Club chain plonshlp*
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    Job ore Chinese Defeated
    160 12 From Our Own Correspondent MUAR, Monday. DESPITE adverse ground conditions, Negri Sembilan played brilliant soccer to beat Johore two-one m the inter-State Chinese competition for the Yeap Hock Hoe Cup on the Muar Club padang yesterday. The same was ?)acked with thrills, Though the Ntgri Sembilan
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    S.C.C. Soccer XI Surprise Malays
    265 12 ir FHE Singapore Cricket Club turned the tables on the Malays and decisively beat them by five goals to two m their second-round First Division League fixture at Jalan Besar Sadium yesterday. In their initial encounter, the Malays won by five goals to four. The
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    S.R.C. DEFEAT JOHORE C.C.
    125 12 JOHORE BAHRU Moijrtay.— Poor fielding many catches were dropped was the cause of the Johore Cricket Cub's defeat by the Singapore Recfai: >n Cub here yesterday. Six of the eight S.R.C. Datsmen entered double figures. D. Rusa top-scoring with 47. w'-ii-li included four 6's. R. Bain
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    Women's Golf Final
    30 12 NORTHFIELD (New Jerseyt, Monday— Mrs. Mildred "Babo* Zahaxias won the U.S. wonKCi national open golf tournament yesterday with a score of 30!) for 72 holes.— A. P.
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      35 12 SINGAPORE TIDES TODAY: High Water. 10.21 a.m. 18 ft. l in.). 9.09 p m. j (8 ft. 9 in.). TOMORROW: High Water. 11 am. (8 ft. 3 in.> 9 59 p.m. (9 ft. 2 In.).
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