The Straits Times, 5 July 1949

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    20 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 1 .»rl YE PAGKS. SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, JULY 5, 1949. PRICE TEN CENTS
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    ATTLEE MAY DECLARE EMERGENCY
    364 1 Drastic Move To Combat Red-Led Strike LONDON, Monday. '[HF- British Government may declare a state of emergency over the Communist-led dock strike. This move is expected to follow Mr. Attlee's bitter denunciation of Communists last night "the instruments of an alien dictator>hip" he called them. Declaration
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    45 1 siu BISHOPS: The Archbishop of Canterbury, standm on the steps of St. Pauls Cathedral holds the hands .1 the Rev Henry Wolfe Baincs. Bishop of Singapore, and the Veil t T Uimieari Assistant Bishop to the Bishop on the Nicer, after their consecration— A.F. picture.
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    JOGJA GUERILLAS HARD TO HALT
    195 1 JOGJAKARTA, Monday. Oi.i..\Ll. Simatupang, acting Chief-of-Staff of the scattered army of the Indonesian Republic, has returned to Jogjakarta where he expressed the on www that halting guerilla warfare against the I li will b«> riitlicult. Republican.- have <i to reorganise their eminent In this small
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    BAN LIFTED
    32 1 C'IRO, Mon -The Egyp- Ooren:ment has decided permit ships to enter Dtian ports after sunset, thui rererstof the ban that imposed when the Palestin- flghtlns broke out last R liter
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    'Deputation To Onn'
    81 1 From Our Siaff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU. AMEMBER suggested at a meeting of the executive committee of Johore Bahru UMNO that a deputation should go to Dato Onn bln ."Vafar to assure him of their support and to request hlm not to resign as Mer.trl Besar. Johore. The
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    UNIONS SAY 'AID CHINA'
    81 1 NEW YORK. Mon.—American tråde union leaders today called for "prompt and adequate American ald" to the Nationalist Government of China. A declaratlon by the Free Tråde Union Committee of the American Federation nf Labour said: "We strongly urge Presldent Truman to ronsult with all the democratic
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    CRIPPS' GRIM REVIEW
    75 1 LONDON, Mon.— Sir Stafford Cripps, Chancellor of the Exchequer, was today preparing the grim review of the economic problems conBrit. iin and U\f whole sterling area which Parliament expects from him on Wednesday. Unofficial estimates suggest that the gold and dollar estimates held by Britain for the
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    NEW COMET FOUND
    74 1 HARVARD (Massachusetts) Mqn. The discovery of a new comct by three members of Ithe Harvarc College Observ- atory staff was announced jtoday by Di Harlow Shapley, Observatory director. Dr. Shapley said the comet was found on a photographlc plate exposed through a telescope oii Saturday nlght. Located
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    Fourth Day's Bombing Of Shanghai
    112 1 Fourth Day's Bombing Of Shanghai SHANGHAJ, Mon. fHINESE Nationalist bomb- *> ers anci fighters today iaided Shanghai for the fourtr. successive day. They hit the western part of the city when on Sunday they knocked down one of the main radio statior's six towers. The raiderr met no opposition. The
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    Gun Went Off In K.L. Classroom
    161 1 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. A 17-YEAR-OLD schoolboy auxiliary policeman wounded a classmate in a shooting accident at he Methodist Boys' School, Kuala Lumpur, shortly after mid-day today. The wounded boy, 16-year-old Koh Keu Chee is in the General Hospital, with a
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    POLICEMEN ASKED VIEWS ON HANGING
    119 1 POLICEMEN ASKED VIEWS ON HANGING LONDON, Mon. EVERY policeman in Britain has been asked to say whether he is in favour or against the death penalty. The Police Federation, representing all police in j England and Wales, has sent out the questionaire. which also asks those who favour the death
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    "PACIFIC UNION"-PRESIDENT QUIRINO
    177 1 "PACIFIC UNION"PRESIDENT QUIRINO MANILA, Mon. P RESIDENT Qulrino, speaking on the thlrd anniversary of Philippine Independence Day, again called fer a Paciflc Union as "our answer to threat of Red imperial ism." Addressing a crowd estimated at 80,000 gathered to wltness tliree-hour military and dvlc parade, the Prcsident sald Communlsm
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    323 DIE IN JULY 4 ACCIDENTS
    53 1 NEW YORK, Mon. AT least 323 Americans died ihis swelterinp week-«nd in holiday accidents during celebratlons leading up to today's traditionel Independence Day holiday. Road traffic claimed 159 Tictims while otbers were killed in miscellaneous accidents. New York has now been without rain for
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    "INDIAN WAR ON TRADE UNIONISTS"
    183 1 MILAN. Mon. UR A. D. Wickremasingh« 1T1 of th e Ceylon Tråde Union Federation, who is substituting on the executiv« of the Communlst-domlnated World Federation of Tråde Unions for Mr. S. A Danga, President of the All-Indlan Tråde Union Congress. who was arrested in April
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    Aden Children Starve
    24 1 CAIRO, Mon.— A severe f*mlnp is r;:using the death^ uf up to 2C children daily in th. Britisl protectorate of Adeu.-AP.
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    15 Injured In Bus Accident
    131 1 SEVEN men, three women, two boys, two girls and a baby all passengers in a S.T.C. bus were taken to hospital yesterday afternoon following an accident. They were Injured when the bus. whlch was travelling j towards Paya Lebar, ran into a drain at MacPherson
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    MacDONALD IN BORNEO
    79 1 The Commissloner-General Mr. Malcolm MacDonald. left by Malayan Airways yesterday morning for North Borneo where he will spend the next week on tour. He will spend a few days in both Jesselton and Sandakan wlth visits also to neighbouring areas. While he is in the Culwiy, H.M.S.
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    PEACEFUL FOR MEXICO
    65 1 MEXICO CITY, Mon.—Although six people were inJured in yesterday's electlon for a new Chamber of Deputles, polling was the most peaceful In the country's hlstory. Newspapers recelved many reports last nlght of ballot boxe& being taken away by unauthorlsed persons. Pollt.lcal observers believe that the official Party
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    STRIKE ENDS
    36 1 ROME, Mon.— Signoi Giuseppa Saragat, Italian VicePremier, announced today that agreement had been reached on ending the 18-day-old Italian shipping strike. The \greenient is understood to provide Improvements in pensions and other benefits.— Reuter
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    38 1 THE STRIKE of 23.000 Australian coalminers has turned Sydney into a city of kerosene lamps, candles and shivering citizens. In the picture above, high-kicking Sydney showgirls go through their routine by candlelight in a night club. A.P. picture.
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    SABOTEUR
    24 1 TOKYO. Mon.—A 19->ear-old youth was caught n the act of smashing automatic train signals near Okamoto station on the Tohoku railway line yesterday.—Reuter.
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    HER FIRST DESTROYER
    74 1 LONDON. Mon.— The British destroyer Redoubt which distinguished herself in Far Eastern waters during the war. today joined the Indian Navy at a colourful ceremony at Chatham. Renamed the Ran jit, the destroyer India's first is one of three to be handed over to the Indian Navy
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    Miners Defiant At Court Orders
    257 1 Miners Defiant At Court Orders SYDNEY, Mon. rpWO Australian union« •I involved in the nationwide Australian coal strike were today ordered by the courts to pay over to the arbitration registrar money they had withdrawn froni the banks to help strikers. The unions were those of the miners and ironwoikera.
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    FLOOD THREAT
    16 1 HONG KONG, Mon.—Reports from Canton said floods threaten vast areas of rice crops. —A.P.
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      Parched Britain Prays For Rain
      236 2 LONDON, Monday. QN the 20th dav without min, a hot and worried Britain went to church yesterday to pray for rain. The temperature in London was higher than at Casablanca, North Africa. The drought is drying up reservoirs and dairy officials report that burned-out pastures
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    THE MOTOR VEHICLES (COMMERCIAL USE) REGULATIONS
    199 2 THE MOTOR VEHICLES (COMMERCIAL USE) REGULATIONS I Notice of Application for Variation of a Haulage Permit Take notice that we, THE STRAITS TIMES PRESS LTD of 140-146 Cecil Street, Singapore! jby occupation newspapers pub'Ushers, the holder of Permit No ■346 C under which we are autho-lof^-l 0 vs v hlcl
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    MONTY IN FLEET EXERCISE
    155 2 MONTY IN FLEET EXERCISE PENZANCE, Mon. FIELD-MARSHAL Viscount Montgomery, Western Union Defence Chlef, flew from the Continent to Penzance vesterday and boarded H.M.S. Implacable, flagship of the fleets of Western Union nations sailing for the Bay of Blscay on four-day combined operations. Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands, Inspector-General of the
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    ARSON AT FIVE
    54 2 SYDNEY, Mon. A five-year-old boy in Sydney started a flre which caused A£30,000A £30,000 damage by- gutting a wasteproducts store and an adjoining duco works. Children under eight cannot be charged under New South Wales law as it provides that they are not old enough to understand
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    BLOODSHED BEGINS IN SLOVAKIA
    278 3 BLOODSHED BEGINS IN SLOVAKIA Catholics Beat Up Red Police PRAGUE, Monday. rZECHOSLOVAK Communist leaders, apparently shocked by bloodj resistance from Catholic peasants, appealed yesterday for "peace and calm" in the nation's Church-State war. Af ter a week's silence, Government officials and the Press connrmed reports of flghting between Slovak Catholic
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    37 3 MR. H. R. KNICKERBOCKER (left) the famous American journalist and commentator with Mr. Vincent Mahoney, a San Francisco journalist, photograhed at Kalians Airport last night. They are touring South-East Asia. Story in Page 7. Straits Times picture.
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    2 PRESSMEN TURNED OUT
    70 3 PRAGUE, Mon. Godfrey Lias, of The Times, one of the few Dre-war Central European Press correspondents remainin.?- and Harold Melahn. of United Press, left Prague yesterday at the request of the Czechoslova L Government. Mr. Lias was declared persona non grata by the Czechs. He was
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    UK Work On New Uses For Rubber
    209 3 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. AGRE AT deal is being done by the Rubber Development Board to promote new uses for rubber in Britain and the United States and through associate organisations, in France and Holland, Mr. E. Jago, representative of
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    C'WEALTH TALKS ON RUBBER
    122 3 C 'WEALTH TALKS ON RUBBER From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Mon. rpHE suggestion that the 1 Commonwealth Finance Ministers wiU discuss Malaya's lower rubber exports to America Is made today by The Times Parliamentary Correspondent. He points out that the fall in gold and dollar reserves is caused partly by
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    AIRLINES ON THE ALERT
    80 3 NEW YORK, Mon.-The U.S. Government has taken steps to see that Judith Coplon a convicted spy, does not. try to nee the country. i Airlines officials at Le Guardia Fleld said they had been astoed to be on the alert for any attempt by Coplon to
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    BERLIN RAILWAY BACK TO NORMAL
    58 3 BERLIN Mon. Railway operation^ in Berlin were almost norma] yesterday when the flrst inter-zonal passenger train skice the end of the strike last week left the British sector for Cologne. The flrst incoming interzonal passenger train was 50 minutes late. Goods trafflc, which was already
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    DEMONSTRATION AGAINST INDIA
    43 3 PONDICHERRY, Mon. Demonstrators shouted antiIndian slogans in this French possession in south-east India yesterday and tried to pull down the Indian national flag from the premises of the 'National Liberation Front." Police dispersed them aftw making a few arrests. Reuter.
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    INDIAN TRAINING
    29 3 BOMBAY, Mon. An experimental course in military training for boys between 10 and 20 years old will comprise foot-drill, rifle training, and ma and compass reading.— Reuter.
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    They Met The King
    49 3 LONDON, Mon. Churchmen from countries including the United States, India. Sweden, France, Japan anu Germany met Kinr George and Queen Elizabeth yesterday. They Included Professor V. E. Devadut of Serampore College, India, and Dr. Michio Kosaki, president of the Kyodan (United Church of Japan) .—Reuter
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    Snyder To Push U.S. Trade
    143 3 PARIS, Monday. AM R. John Snyder, United States Secretary of the iTI Treasury, who arrived here yesterday, will meet his British and French counterparts this week but will not discuss the recently settled intra-European payments dispute, it was announced yesterday. The purpose of Mr Snyder's
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    28 3 MR. RAJARATNAM MURUGASON, who has just passed his first two Bar examinations in Roman Law and Constitutional Law at Middle Temple after reading Law there for six months.
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    "URGENT CALL"
    50 3 i LAKE SUCCESS Mon.—The United Nations Economic Division today called for national and international action to maintain world employment and econohilc development. The "urgency" of such action, the Division said in a report on world economic conditions, "is accentuated by the tendency of economic activity to level off."—Reuter.
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    "BRITAIN'S FIGHTERS WORLD'S BEST"
    117 3 LONDON, Mon. DRITAIN'S fighter planes "are still ahead of the world," Air Marshal Sir Basil Embry, Chlef of Fighter Command, said last nlght at the end of "Exerdse Foil," the R. ..F manoeuvres whlch have tested Brltaln's air defences in tho past two weeks. "I see
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    NO COMMENT
    37 3 BRUSSELS, Mon —The BexLan Mlnister of state, m. Auguste de Schrijuer. president of the Social Christian Partyi refused to comment on Ws conference in Swltzerland with King Leopold when he arrived at Brussels last night.—TJ.P.
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    Mobile Courts For Quicker Justice
    46 3 PRAGUE, Mon. /CZECHOSLOVAKIA has V/ introduced the mobile court with judges who go right into factories and into fields to settle disputes on the spot. The announced purpose is to eliminate loss of working hours of people involved in trials. A.P.
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    REDS PLOT YUGOSLAV REVOLT
    88 3 REDS PLOT YUGOSLAV REVOLT BEKLIN, Mon. DEPORTS from Eastern Europe say that Sovietbacked guerillas will rise against the Yugoslav Premier, Marshal nto. between August 1 and 10. Usually reliable sources say that the Communist "Information Bureau', backed by the Kremlin, is ready to support its economic blockade of Yugoslavia with
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    TITO'S GELDING WON THE RACE
    58 3 BELGRADE, taou. Marshal Tito's three-year-old gelding Robot «'on the 27th Yugoslav Derby yesterday before a crowd ot 6000 in a ace described as having a special social iigniftcance." The race waa part of a tlve-year plan which includes a "peopie's horse breeding plan" to supply
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    NEWBOULT TO RETIRE FROM M.C.S.
    295 4 NEWBOULT TO RETIRE FROM M.C.S. Likely To Lea ve Malaya In Feb. From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. fHE €hief Secretary, Sir Alec Newboult, will retire from the M.GS. within the next few months and leave Malaya next Pebruary. This date, however, is only provisional and Sir Alec may
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    MEN 'DAMNED FOR GOOD' UNLESS...
    261 4 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. OESPONSE to efforts to help discharged prisoners lx had been disheartening, said Mr. K. K. Benjamin, permanent member of the Selangor committee of the Discharged Prisoners' Aid Society, yesterday. "Unless the community is prepared to give a hand
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    SPECIALS JOINED BANDITS
    150 4 SPECIALS JOINED BANDITS From Our Own Corr*spondenl RAUB, Mon. H/|R. B. V Rhodes, Sessions Court President. Pahangr. has sentenced two former speclal constables. Awang Kenit bin Bujai, 21. and Yakob bin Abdul Karim. 26, each to three years' rigorous imprisonment fer consorting with bandits. The two mens appearance In court
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    Guilty Plea Rejected
    93 4 From Our StalT Correspondrnt PENANG, Mon. AFTER hearing the case of the prosecuting officer, Senior Inspector C. J. Brodie, the Sessions Court President. Mr. M. R. F Rogers, refused to accept thi guilty plea of a merchant. Tang Thep Teow, accused in a cheating case. Tang had
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    IPOH FUNERAL OF MRS AYTON
    87 4 From Our SUff Correspondent IPOH, Mon. The funeral took place yesterday at the Wesleyan Cemetery in Connolly Road of Mrs. Rene Ayton, wlfe of Mr. W. G. Ayton of Osborne and Chappel, Ipoh on Sunday. The Rev. Ralph A Kesselring offlciated. Mrs. Ayton came to
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    MRS. SHEARLAW
    37 4 From Oor Own Coirnywint LONDON, Mon— The death occurred in hospital in Edinburgh on June 25 of Mrs. Janet Bhearlaw, wife of Mr. Peter W. Shearlaw, of Harpenden Estate. Kapar, Selangor. and Longnlddry, East Lothian.
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    NO CARD: $5
    23 4 Fratn Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU. Mon.-Mrs.-Juliet Margaret Abeshegam was today fined $5 for failing to obtain an Identity card.
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    BEAUTIFUL-SO HE STOLE IT
    56 4 BIAROS bin Abdullah, 18, senl££j T^ Shs' I *aol and 12 months' police supervision for stealing a photograph from a shop, said he had taken the photograph became it was beautiful. He was sentenced by Mr. M. R. F. Konrs. Sessions Court President, at Nibon* TebaL
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    DRUNK, WANTED THE C.P.O.
    52 4 From Our Owa Carretpondent TAIPING, Mon.— A Chlnese who rang up the police and insisted on speaking to the Chlef Police Officer was fined $10 In the Talplnc Magistrate's Court for being drunfc and incapable. The police investigated the call and found Lim Soo Min. He
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    Leper Charged With Murder Of Friend
    144 4 From Our Staff Correspondent A FIG JJ, T between two lepers at Pulau Jerejak ZHfiiOi nK stabbin ot one of them was described in the Penan* Asstees today when Muniandy was charg;ed with murdering his former friend, Abdul Kadir. An inraat« of the camp.
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    Health Work In Colony To Be Filmed
    222 4 TME activities .of the World Health Organisation in x Singapore will be filmed by the Malayan Film Unit and incorporated in a documentary picture which the headquarters of the organisation is planning in Geneva. The finished film will cover WHO, work in every
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    BANDIT BUGLE AS TROPHY
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    VARSITY APPEAL TO MINERS
    105 4 VARSITY APPEAL TO MINERS THE Malayan Chinese Miners' Association has appealed to its members to contnbute to the University fund on the basis of 50 cents for each picul of tin on produced loi one year. Payment of the contributionr is to be made monthivto the association. The annual meeting
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    GRANT OF $500 DECLINED
    97 4 From Oar KCaff Cormpwdrnl IPOH. Mon— At the annual meeting of the Prisoners' Aid Society held under the chairmanship of Mr H. H. Oakeley. Deputy Commissioner of Labour. Perak. It was reported that trie society had a credit balance of 510.24S and did not need the
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    COUPLE 'COULD NOT LIVE IN
    683 5 U.S. ON £5,000 FOR 4 YEARS' Court Told PIVE thousand pounds sterling, spread over four years, was not enough for a man and his wife to live in America, it was stated by a Singapore businessman in a police court case yesterday. He was Mr.
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    Played For Money
    44 5 From Our Own Correspondent KLUANG, Mon. Chong Fook Sing, 28, Goh Boy, 18, and Tan Chun Hoh, 20, were each fined $7 with the option of three days' simple imprisonment for playing cards for money at Simpang Bengam on June 26.
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    47 5 THE AUSTRALIAN Commissioner for Malaya, Mr. Claude Massey, with the members of the Filipino community in Singapore, Mr. M. R. Anciano (left) and Mr. P. G. listening to a Philippines Independence Day broadcast from Radio Australia last night by the Prime Ministers of Australia and New Zealand.
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    Security Man In Murder Inquiry
    349 5 From Our Staff Correspondent BATU GAJAH, Monday. rIE preliminary inquiry into the tentative charge of murder against Derek Desmond Hopper, 26-year-old security officer employed by the Southern Kinta Consolidated Tin Ltd. began here today before Raja Zainab Abideen in the magistrate's court. The tentative charge
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    Police Use New Powers
    115 5 From Our Start Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. /^OMPOUNDINQ powers un- \j der the Emergency Regulatlons are belng used to good effect said the Officer In Charge of the Trafflc Branch, Kuala Lumpur. Mr. O. C. Orace who Is leavlng for South Africa on slx months" leave
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    2 BANDIT CHIEFS CAPTURED
    80 5 From Our SUIT Corresponde»t IPOH, Mon. rpAPAH police made two 1 important captures yesterday when they arrested two brothers said to be leadins figures in the bandit "Reserve Corps" of Ayer Kiining. Kampar. The first i..an was arrested at a bus stop. He was identified as
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    OFFICER ON $52,604 CHARGE
    141 5 OFFICER ON $52,604 CHARGE From Oar Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. DESCRIBED by the prosecution as a "creditable serviyit," Capt. R. V. Karlakandan, Officer In Charge of the Selangor branch of the Volunteer Forces Records Office, today appeared before Mr. Justice Spenser Wilkinson in the Selangor Assizes charged with criminal
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    Man Accused Of Murder 'Not Insane'
    145 5 Man Accused Of Murder 'Not Insane' From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Mon. THE case in whlch Embil bin I Ebon, a Banjerese, Is ae- 1 cused of the murder of his I 15-year-old wife, was continued in the Asslzes today before Mr. Justice Laville, when several more witnessesj for
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    TAIPING DANCE
    59 5 TAIPING. Mon.— A dance was held by the War Department Civilian Stafif Associa tion. Among those present were Brig. H A Skone, Commander, North Malaya SubDistrict. and Mr. E. A. Moreyra. Presldent of the Association. Brig. Skone stated that the Association had been formed to better the working
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    Singapore Diary
    86 5 TODAY SINGAPORE YOUfH COUNCIL, committee meeting. Britlsh Councll Centre, StamJord Road, 5 p.m. THE YOUNG PEOPLE'S GROUP, Messrs. Liew Kee Kock and David Tan on "Four Aspects of a Christian," Bethesda, Katong, 6 p.m. TECHNICAL ASSOCIATION OF MALAYA, Mr. V. Cockayne on "Automatic Telephones," Junior Tråde School, Balesti«
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    French Cruiser In S'pore
    80 5 rpHE 7,000-ton French crul1 ser, Duguay Trouin, flying the flag of Rear Admiral N. Mariani arrived at the Naval Base yesterday morn- Ing for routine docking. The Flag Officer, Malaya Area, Rear Admiral C. Caslon, went on board the warship. and Adm. Mariani later returned the
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    AIMS OF NEW COLONY T.U.C.
    137 5 THE newly formed Singapore Workers' Trade Union Congress will meet shortly to put the organisation on a proper footing, states Mr. R. K. Samy, chairman of the Congress' Interim committee. Such a T.U.C., when consolidate, would study the work- I ing conditions of workers and
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    36 6 PR. MRS J T. PKRlfAlfDEZ th-r.k «n thrtr frtend« wtao aent ■ip<«n(ret for it.etr weddlng and llM thow who «ent preaenU some of whlch had do iuumi of donors •r had tet them durtag unBarklnir.
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    DEATHS
    47 6 VEN NI NO in England on ,'uly Snd, Oecfl Rodney Venning, age 47, wrose drath Is deeply regjetted by hU cnlleagurs at Roblnson Cn Ltd. TAYLOR. DAVID PHILIPS Biiddpnly whllr on leave at 90, Fauldtbead Road. Renfrew, 6oot1and. David Philip« Taylor. O«neral Manager, Ipoh Ttn Group.
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Tues., July 5, 1949. UMNO AT THE CENTRE
    957 6 The clash between Dato Onn and other Mentris Bear on the one hand and the Rulers on the other at the last meeting of the Rulers' Conference over the proposal to appoint a Malay as Deputy High Commissioner
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    KEDAH ANTHEM
    94 6 WITH reference to the report in the Sunday Times that the anthems of the nine Malay States are to be recorded, it may be of interest to know that the music of the Kedah anthem was composed by the late Mr. Roytenberg, at one time leader of the
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    THE ROYAL ARMS?
    38 6 is with regret that I observe that the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation has been nationalised; or have the royal arms appearing on the central plaque on Mac Donald House some other significance? SOCIALIST. Singapore.
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      FULL RACING BROADCASTS OR NONE AT ALL
      289 6 FULL RACING BROADCASTS OR NONE AT ALL Penang listener's plea N^... 111 1 Singapore Turf Club is holding another meeting, may I, as a listener from Penang. request Radio Malaya to give a full racing broadcast on each dav— or not at alL I ral« thi« point because, for aome
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      JURUSALEM!
      155 6 /)UR radio announcers v twirt thelr mouths and tongues in order to pronounce correctly a French word or the name of an Italian opera singer. I am sure they must blush with shame if ever they are guilty of an error. Iittle cflort, however, Is made to ensure correct
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      WHO WAS THE BETTER MAN FOR THE JOB?
      287 6 I FEEL that the articJe 1 appearing in your Issue of June 29, 1049, under the caption "ALL A QUESTION OF QUALIFICATIONS" written by Mr. Eric Mitchell, of Johore, needs some vetting. There is certainly a lot of sense in the Drevalence
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      THOSE WHO STAND AND WAIT
      128 6 DEOARDINQ the congestion at the receiving counters In the Singapore Municipal Building, may I suggest that the abandonment of the monthly fixed deposit system be considered. «L« L It is because of this system, in operation for the past few months, that congestion has i
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      The Poor Man's Mite In Raffles Place
      480 6 T«HE other day, while I was at a f riend's house, I heard Dr. Vickers speak on the radio about the St. John's Ambulamce Corps. He appealed to the public of Singapore to support the Fund by giving donations, however small, the next
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      "PAMPERED CLASS OF WORKERS"
      183 6 CTENOGRAPHERS are a pampered and overrated class of workers. Judtj ing by the correspondence that has recently appeared in the Press, it appears that stenographers employed in tne Services have succeeded in deluding themselves into believing that they are worse off than clerks. They wish to
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    "Operation Bandits"
    157 6 "Chins up"— Security Forces, Of divers colours and creeds Drawn from all ranks and all races But few to witness your deeds; Deep in some jungle valley, Or up to your waist in a swamp When you're killed no^one sounds Reveille, And you're buried without any pomp: Living
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    "THE SULTANS AND UMNO:"
    770 6 A Selangor Malay on Dato Onns policy I N Jf- R H£Ji? Æ e conslitution al crisis has been thof^ n d L ed i lv announcement in your paper that the Rulers are to meet shortly to continue 1?* k S r S? nference mterrupted
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    $90,000 RISE FOR 800 SEAMEN
    469 7 Decisions On Overtime And Transport increases, which will cost the Straits Steamship Co. Ltd. an estimated additional expenditure of $90,000 a year were announced yesterday for the company'g 700 to 800 Malav seamen employed on 55 ships. thoJ« 6 inc ea ,!f^l 11 come int0
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    28 7 MR. GORDON JONES, the n»-w district s»lm rmna^pr of Pan American Airwavj, U!"' H" raerppds Mr. Bill Ortwin. who left yesterday on transfer to Janan Straits Times picture
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    12 7 ai HS^4^ f--°v»f --°v» same tions ECAFE In September— Steaits Times picture
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    SHE MEETS THE STARS DAILY
    160 7 jyjALAVAN ftlm fans, for whom the name Hollywood Ju^TrT 118 °J th6ir favouri stars, m^ght well envy a Hollywood resident who is spending a few days in Singapore. She Is Mrs. Clifford C. Robinson, a tourist, making a round trip on the American ship, CastlevlUe.
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    Call To P.I. Leaders
    128 7 A CALL to the leaders of the n Philippines Republic to continue to promote friendship among all nations v.-rs made by the president of the Singapore Filipino Association Mr. Fermln Benig, at the association's luncheon party to celebrate the third anniversary of Philippine independence. 'Friendship is
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    POET MOURNED
    25 7 The Singapore Kerala bamajam met on Sunday at 6 Race Course Lane to mourn the death of Ulloor Parameswara Ayyer. a Malayatam poet.
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    VAGRANT GAOLED
    39 7 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU. Mon.Ching Tow. who said ne was a trishaw rider was today conj vlcted in the Police Court on a charge of being a vagrant, and was sentenced to two weeks' imprisonment.
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    2 FALL 16 FT. CLEANING S'PORE `VIC'
    63 7 2 FALL 16 FT. CLEANING S'PORE `VIC' TWO labourers, scrapinf the walls of Victoria Memorial Hall yesterday, fell (rom a taeight of 16 fU and were taken to the General Hospital. Eye-witnesses said the plank on wkich the two labonren were standinj slipped. The injored labourers are Ho Koon Fook
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    US Newsmen In S'pore
    164 7 rE spread of Communlan in South-East Asia and its extreme Importance in relation to a third world war, was stressed last night In Singapore by the famoiu American Journalist and radio commentator, Mr. H. R Knlckerbocker. He told the Straits Times that there was a general
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    Paid To 'Operate In Peace'—Court Told
    198 7 Paid To 'Operate In Peace'— Court Told N E f ood hawkers told tfae Fourth District Court in Singapore yesterday that they clubbed together to pay $35 "tea money" so that theyVoufd operate in peace" in Marine Parade T c -se is on e in which Thomas Pushpan, of Lorong
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    MALAYAN TIN EXPORTS
    51 7 Malaya exoorted 2.891 tons pf tin metal In June: 2.400 wns to America. 255 tons to Brltish possessions. and 225 tons to Europe. The cumulatlve total of exports up to June was 26.031 tons. The correspondlng flgure for 1948 was 22.965. ind for tne prevlous year 12,477
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    Independence Day Party
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    ANOTHER TERM FOR DESERTER
    54 7 K^PHORE BAHRU. Mon. Abdullah bin Bulat. a deserter S? 1 the RAF Regiment, was today sentenced to two months 1 rigorous imprisun™f nt lr > the Police Court for criminal breach of trust of a He is already in prison serv Ing two sentences which were
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    'I Didn't Mean To Kill Him'
    199 7 —MAN TELLS COURT The scene of the alleged murder was the backyard of a c°ffee shop in Yio Chu Kang Road where Chang and a I cemetery cooUe, Ng Klang S fl^h ere engaged ta clea A wltness. Ng Klang Hua. toW the court
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    ABU, 12, MUST HAVE HIS DAILY `SMOKE'
    61 7 Frem Our SUff Cgrrespondent JOHORE BAHRU. Mon. RECAUSE he could not *J obtain cigarettes in the Johore Welfare Home, Abu Talib bin Manap, aged 12, made it a habit to ran away from the home. In the police coort todaj, Talib was ordered
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    Accountant Found Shot Dead In KL
    141 7 From Onr Staft Correspondcnt KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. A EUROPEAN chartered accountant. Mr. Cllfford Arthur Whltchurch was found shot dead In his home in Lower Ampang Road. Kuala Lumpur early this morning. Police say there Is no question of foul play. The runeral this afternoon
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    S.V.C. WANTS MORE GUNNERS
    168 7 MAJOR H. J. Rae. of the Singapore Royal Artillery (Volunteer) unit of the revived Singapore Volunteer Corps, yesterday said that recruiting for his unit so far had been rather disappointing. MaJ. Rae said that before the war there were always many volunteers to man the battery,
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    GOVT. WARNS SINGAPORE COFFEE SHOPS
    175 7 GOVT. WARNS SINGAPORE COFFEE SHOPS OVERCHARGING in Singapore coffee shops has been common since the lifting of control PI Jf 6 f Coffee drinks a fortnight ago. RntwL Singapore Price Controller, Mr A D Butler-Madden, yesterday warned that Government Weekly reports on coffee shops were now submitted to the Secretariat
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    STRONGER COFFEE FOR S'PORE SOON
    67 7 SINGAPORE coffee-drink-ers may soon be served with Brazillian coffee— said to be "many times" stronger than Bali coffee. Government approval of tne importation of 18,000 tons of coffee beans from israzil is expected shortly as a step towards increasIng coffee stocks in the Colony. No
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    AMERICANS CELEBRATE
    78 7 The United States Consul General. Mr. William R a"Bdon,a"8don, gave an Independence Day reception at the Dl-|D 1 -|j it Consulate-General last q^ °27. ern 4 )r of Singapore, Sir Franklin Glmson proposed the health of the President of .^United States and Mr I Langdon in turn, proposed
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    FINED $280 FOR ILLICIT SAMSU
    39 7 From Oar Own Correspondent SEGAMAT, Mon.-Charged with possession of Illicit sam*u &nd. a stlU, a Chinese, who i gave his name as Yeow Cho, was fined $280 with the option of five months' »n»i
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    WOMEN'S FIGHT FOR FREEDOM
    132 7 IN a talk to the Women's International Fortnightly Club in Singapore yetter-day-Mrs. Oeteyo, the wife of jtne Indonesian representative iin Malaya. described ihe struggle of Indonesian wo;men towards emancipation. The Indonesian Worm a 3 Eoogress was establishes ia 1 1928. she said, *m at the outbreak
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    LONDON LETTER SHOULD CHILDLESS SUBSIDISE LARGE FAMILIES?
    971 8 LONDON LETTER SHOULD CHILDLESS SUBSIDISE LARGE FAMILIES? Royal Commission's proposals on how to improve Britain's population have aroused much controversy which is discussed in this week's From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, June 27. THE report of the Royal Commission on Population is the topic of the hour and looks like
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    THESE TWO ARE STILL INTERESTED IN WIMBLEDON TENNIS DESPITE
    152 8 THESE TWO ARE STILL INTERESTED IN WIMBLEDON TENNIS DESPITE A NOT tied person about whom our millions of popular paper readers have been hearing is 14-year-old Brian Mitchell, of Chesterfield. He has quickly recovered, without surgical aid. but with a large helping of castor oil. from swallowing at one sittina
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    ...Gussie's Two Inches Of Lace
    108 8 MUCH of the news seems to have been about "Gorgeous Oussie", otherwise Miss Gertrude Moran, the American lawn tennis star who was a hot favourite for the women's singles title at Wimbledon. She wears a very short dress on the court, showing panties trimmed with
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      278 8 RESTFUL NIGHTS. baby 's Own TableU are a <lependable effectlve help for ■simple allments of babyhood. Vstd by mothcr8 for over 50 ;year» to relleve teething »roubles. constipation. dlgeitive upsets. to reducc fever■shness and promote restful tomfort No opiates or "»l^epy" stuff Easlly crushrd to a powder If deslred. \,..s
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      247 8 POCKET CARTOON by OSBERT* LANCASTER suppose. Auntie, that if the Commission had asked your advice you'd have told them just to plant a lot more goose-berry-bushes and trust to luck." t Sayings Of The Week FAMOUS old Free Church minister, Dr Scott Lidgett: "The old stock denominationalism in religion is
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      113 8 LIGHT AS /^fe^P^ A FEATHER \£t^r w|rH ~"'V", D I IIC |ffp> I BAND Cakes and pastry made S^^i^^jA with Blue Band Mar- garine are lighter and more appetizing. More W)Jj)^Jo^\ nourishing too because the \^»k^ finest ingredients are used in *\**,t-&/ Blue Band. Spread Blue Band \J^^f^^ on bread
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      223 8 M (As Singapore); 1.00—2.00 Burmese; 9.45 iU.giisr.; 10. uO i Ha,»OAFOK» (X« S'pore); dio News **el; HUJ CaU 10.00 News ,rom Kuala Lu-p« »^^^SF"^ S 10.05 (approx). Close; 10.55 For 7 50 r^ Radio BrlUln': 11.J0 New«; 11.45 Mu th. Schootaf 12.00 noon. Prog- et "^Jtt 'j^Sar Classics; rff for
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    SELF DEMAND FEEDING
    450 9  - SELF DEMAND FEEDING NURSE BRIDGET Mothercraft in Malaya by f^ N-rte care of baMes c *2* rem J*° ta ve any problems and ne«4 help write to: N«rse BrHUet. e/o Strait* Times. Cecil Street. .Singapore. "ease th* a pnrnJ— jm ander mkich yeur letter «*>.fce P«Mistae« an« aaswered. and if
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    Thinking of reducing
    122 9 EjOW DM]! hours must a i ncer vaJtz t-o José a i of wcight? 1 vould take 20> 2 hours. tesi^ made in ir\v hrnlth and physical n luboratory at the United States Uruversity of ma ie o: her hånd. a runm*ist run 43 2 miles at
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    Worry brings on arthritis
    127 9 YOU can have arthritis beI cause you are worrying, and those pains are Just as real as if then- cause were not Imaginary. This form of rheumatism, called psychogenic, was reported to the International Congress on Rheumatic Diseases in New York by four groups of medical
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    They favoured flannel
    624 9  -  Cynthia Neville by THLSK days we do not hear much spoken on the subject of dress reform new fashions, yes, and there is always something being invented to entice us into fresh extravagances. Fashion decrees and we must follow or suffer the indignity of being out of
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    Malayan homes and fashions
    151 9 Malayan homes and fashions WHILE their Indian frlends may choose the cheong sam for dagtime smartness and for saving time and mate- > rial, Chinese girls are becoming sari conscious. They see its charm and possibilities for evening wear. The cascading effect of the drapery looks so rich in artificial
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    Strange tales of filial piety
    424 9 Strange tales of filial piety AN unfamiliar caller A in our district is the barang man. Dollars may be scarce yet who could resist a peep at his wares! And he, snrewd fellow, is not put off by protestations of lack of money. My eyes were dazzled with magnificient hand-embroi-dered
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      137 9 Topay'S Wivi**** Watch for tper21« Annonncement SL^TSS^/ > $100 winner! Meanf "Now whjft yours to b«?" C "Ab F fr N Drink" > U Hie antwcr by me. ESSET* »"""»w«I Aad flavour, and fin«; i In F N drinks > Tou ger thtt in lin«. Th« (ayett you'll find WK«re
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    Candlelight reflects a continent's weakness
    809 10  - Candlelight reflects a continent 's weakness BOB GILMORE THE AUSTRALIAN SCENE by MELBOURNE, July 2 gYDNEY is dining by candlelight— in homes where the breadwinning Sydneyskier is slick enough to know where he can get candles. Melbourne, Adelaide, Brisbane and Perth are laying in candles, trimming the wicks of hurricane
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    'Stately homes' feel the pinch
    518 10 by BERNARD HARRIS gACH week brings seethe house i^onsldemble. news of one more of Bn ough carpet, and, if we tv.a "o.tat.plv homes of could, the cost would be protne stately nomes oi yy^,, sald Lady Exeter> England" coming into aa srie showed me round
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      217 10 JM W RHONDA WIUIAM X CROSBY- FLEMING- BENDIX At Z" X HARDWICKE J A^ i^L 4 GREAT SONGS 4fp>» w 6usy Oo ni No < and If It You Stub Your I I locO" iKf Moon nOA W HURRY 'y^y^y now ftJC^ SHOWING DAILY ONLY 4 SHOWS HOTt TIMES: 11
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      199 10 NOW SHOWING ■jMMMMM 11-1.45. 4.00. 6.30 9.30 V^« y I Wl^ PHONE 5159 Forbidden to 10ve... He Planned to murder! Preceded by Special Short Subject "THERE'LL ALWAYS BE AN ENGLAND" I ALHAMBRA I (Air-Conditioned Tele. 6909) Admission: $2.50; $2; $1.50 Sl.OO. SEASON EXTENDEdT SEE IT NOWH O Mm*' 12.30; 3.30;
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      472 10 Ll.rh defler considered "stretching." But s\v.^" f nast RMfl NORTII caU wlth a Jump rebld. Normally, AO a &rewd player pa.^ m:h an ZrTinft* OvercaU around to his partner for •»i 100 a possible double. The only A J 8 7 S reason for not doing this 1« when Q
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      Singapore Rubber
      121 11 IN the absence of any advice from New York, which was celebrating Independence Day, or from London, the Singapore rubber market was quiet and slightly easier yesterday. Closing price* yesterday were: No. 1 sheet f.o.b. buyers 33 cenU, sellers 33 cents; not loose buyers —"V sellers 33% cents
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      PRODUCE MARKET
      69 11 From A Market Correspondent ACTIVE interest In sago flour was seen in the Singapore produce market yesurday. A 1.000beg arrival was taken up to cover forward contracts. Sentiment lrj the pepper section was good. With buying intef&t from Hong Kong and AmerlcA, the price of black pepper improved.
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      AUSTRALIAN TIN SHARES STILL INTEREST
      182 11 From Our Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, Monday. INTEREST in the Australian Tin section was 1 maintained but otherwise little interest was shown in the Malayan share market today. Industrials were steady with reasonable inquiries Price changes announced by the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association were: INDISTBIALB Bnyer S»lUr
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      T. ANSON ESTATE
      228 11 TSLUK ANBON Rubber Estate's working profit last year, with Investment income, was $30,383. With excess income tax provision no ]oo n K«r required ($11,251) and 5n C 5? lance brought forward ($95,8531 this gives $137,487. Deduction of rehabilitation expenditure and directors' fees leaves $128,229, from which the
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      5% For Ay. Panas
      162 11 i YER Panas Rubber Estate'a A profit for the year to Jan. 31, 1949, after writinsj off rehabilitation expenditure and provldlng for dlrcctors' fees and for current and future income tax, amounted to $41,059. Wlth the balance from the previous year of $55,913, this makes $96,972
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      P. & O. LOOKS FORWARD
      134 11 P. O. LOOKS FORWARD From O ur Own Correspondent LONDON, Mon. poLrncAL events and the flow of tråde could not be controlled but the company locked fonrard with great confldence to maklng th« best of condltlons in the Eaat whatever they mlght be. sald Sir William Currle, chalrman of the
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    Brokers' View Of "Cold" Rubber
    219 11 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Monday. r;EOROE White, Yuille and Company, London xx rubber brokers, comment as follows on the claim that America will be producing "cold" rubber at an annual rate of 200,000 tons by the end of 1949, doubling this output in 1950:
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    K. SIDIM RUBBER
    70 11 KUALA Sidim Rubber made *«0,839 (13.5 per cent) In 1048 i and a first po»t-war distribution or nve per cent la proposed Net liquid assets are substantial at $233,690, or 39 cents ptr share H i All-in cost was 29.5 cents per lb. on a yield averaging
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    TIN COMPANY OUTPUTS
    53 11 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Mon BURMA-MALAY Tin Announces that in June Katu Tin Dredging dredged 108,000 cubic yardand produced 330 plcua of tin -ore. Renong Consolidated dredged 179,000 cubic yards and produced 360 plcula of tin-ore. c KINTA Kellu Tin Dredging last month produced 352.83
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    Italy To Singapore Via Australia In 45 Days
    106 11 REGILAR «-day, round passen»er-carro service between 8 I 7} ,?u 8 !l* U i Dd SIn «»P°« wiU be inaugurated on Sunday with the arrival of the 8,000-ton Lauro Line ship Surriento in Singapore on her malden Toyage. The Surriento. operating wlth
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    SHIPPING AT THE SINGAPORE WHARVES
    87 11 gHIPS In port alongside the Singapore Harbo ir Board wharvea yesterday fgodowns in brackeU) were: Main Wharf: Boniiu '31-SJ>, Tontf.al (33-34), TanUlu* (36- 37 i, Radnorshire C3B-39'' Castleville (42-43). West Wharf. Kampar (4-s>, Steel Seafarer (6-7), Sloterdijk. (8-»>, Rajula (11-12). Empire Dock: Ikauna ri9-20), Tamara
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    PENALTY ROBS EURASIANS OF 4th WIN
    634 12 PENALTY ROBS EURASIANS OF 4th WIN Navy Equalise Almost On Time Eurasians 1; Royal Navy 1. f?orn minutes from the end, a penalty klck for hånds (K. Leembruggen being the offender) saved the Royal Navy from almost certain defeat and enabled them to share points with the Eurasians in an
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    29 12 LOUISE BROUGH, the Wimbledon Singles champion. Miss Brough featured in all thr»e finals on Saturday, singles, double* and mixed oubles, playing lonz drawnsets totalling 117 game*.— A. P. photo.
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    W.o. TO JOLLILADS
    28 12 THE Jollilaas were awarded a walk-over yesterday in a Junior B. Group, B.A.F.A. League fixture because their opponents, Social Athletic Party, failed to turn up.
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    33 12 MARGARET DU PONT Wimbledon Doubles Champion and Singles runner-up to her partner Louise Brough, seen in play against her compatriot, Mrs. H. Rihbany, whom she beat in the semi-final 6-2, 6-2.— A.P. photo.
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    3-1 Win For Borneo S.C.
    153 12 GOOD team work In the first half which enabled the Borneo Sports Club to score two quick goals, laid the foundation Of their three-one victory over the C.V.M.A. In a Junior B, Croup I, league soccer match played «t Oeylang Stadium yesterday Displaying fine anticipation
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    Colony Marksmen At Bisley
    63 12 BISLEY, Surrey. Mon: Marksmen from Singaport were taklng part In the National Rifle Association's annual shoot which opened here today. Marksmen from Canada. Australla. South Afrlca. New Zealand, the Gold Coast. India Tanganylka. Kenya and British Guinea are competing. Most Commonwealth competitors have entered as lndlviduals.
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    Today's Soccer
    23 12 Indians meet Ceylonese In a S.A.F.A. Community League soccer match at Jalan Besar Stadium today. This Is the day's only tie.
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    Singapore Junior Badminton Draw
    1203 12 rpHE Singapore Badminton Association'« junior championships will start next week-end. The draw for the four events men's junior singles and doubles and the women's junior singles and doubles resulted as follows < MEN 8 JUNIOR SINGLES First quart«r (Ist round): $eah Kirn Teck (Mayflower) y Ht&g
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    July Medal At R.S.G.C.
    184 12 1»HE Royal Singapore Golf Club's 1 July Medal competitlon (Stableford) was played at Bukit Timah on Saturday afternoen and i Sunday moming and re--ulted in s win for A. T. Alrd In "A" Dlvlslor with a score of 36 1 and for R. J. Maxey in
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    Colony Entries For B.A.M. Meet
    115 12 XfNTRIES from Slngf-poie for the Malayan badminton chflmplonships which are to be held in Kuala Lumpur from July 30 to August 1 3hould be sent to Mr. Wee Kim V7ep, Hon. Secretary of the Singapore Badminton Association, at United Press Association, Cftble and Wireless Bulldlng
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    N. Zealand Lead By 20 Runs
    53 12 BRISTOL, Mon. IJEW Zealand had to fight hard W to g*in a 20-run lead over Gloucester here today, scoring 252 to the County 1 232. Donnelly scored 89 and Hadlee 41. Ooddard and Cook bowled unchanged and took five for 131 and five for
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    455 12 From Our Staff < 01 respondent KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. 0UTSTAT1ON competltor« galned the largest proportion of the premier prlzau In tha Selangor and Pahang A.A.M. 'Lorni« Mile" speed trlal held lu Kuala Lumpur yesterday. The event was the flrst of a new series and li to
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    385 12 IN your issue of June 23, I was pleased to read that a decision had been taken, the first time in Singapore's history, to send a team of swimmers to the British Empire Games (in New Zealand next year), provided
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