The Straits Times, 6 July 1949

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    19 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, JULY 6, 1949. it PRICE TEN CENTS.
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    JAPAN PLANNING CRISIS MEASURES
    281 1 Nation- Wide Red Riots Expected TOKYO, Tuesday. fHE Japanese Cabinet today considered emergency steps, including "shoot-to-kill" orders, to cope with Communist-led 'riots, expected to follow a large-scale dismissal of Government workers in an austerity programme. Disorders were reported yesterday Kyoto, 300 miles west of Tokyo. Among
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    29 1 PRESIDENT SOKKARNO of the Republic of Indonesia (rtefci) talks with America n journalists who visited him on Banka Island during a D utch -sponsored tour of Indonesia. A.P. picture
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    $ BLACK MARKET BACK IN SHANGHAI
    154 1 BLACK MARKET BACK IN SHANGHAI SHANGHAI Tuesday. FIiSiNG commodity prices have brought back the 1 black market in US dollars. On* US dollar buys 2,400 Communist dollars, though the official rate is one dollar to 1,800. -i Many former Shanghai lnI dustrialists are said to be planning to return from
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    Mountbatten Bill Withdrawn
    117 1 Mountbatten Bill Withdrawn LONDON, Tues. A "personal" bill to enable Lady Mountbatten wife of the last Viceroy of Indiato anticipate the income held in trust for her under the will of her multi-millionaire erandfather. the late Sir Ernest Cassel, was withdrawn in the House of Commons today. Conservatives -iad objected
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    WORLD TALKS
    34 1 COLOMBO, Tues.— The AilCeylon Buddhist 'Jonßress has sent invitations to Buddhist organisations throughout the world to a conference of World Fellowship of Buddhists to b? held In Ceylon in May 1950.— Reuter.
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    WELCOME IN JOGJA
    42 1 BATAVIA, Tues.— Belgian, Australian and American representatives left for Jogjakarta today for ceremonies welcoming back Republican leaders. The three are members of the U.N. Commission for Indonesia. President Soekarno and other leaders are due to arrive in Jogjakarta tomorrow.
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    OUT OF WORK
    28 1 WASHINGTON, Tues,— Mr, I V. J. Washington of the Republican National Committee says that more than 1,000,000 Negroes are out of work in America.— A.P.
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    RAILWAY CHIEF VANISHES
    102 1 RAILWAY CHIEF VANISHES TOKYO, Tues CHAIRMAN of tht State Railway Corporation, Badanorl Shlmoyama, mysteriously disappeared today. The State Railway Corporation anndunced this evenins that the chairman, who has been conducting negotiations with the Government Railway Workers' Union, has been missing since he left his home this morning in a car
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    'NOBLE PACT' —CONNALLY
    116 1 'NOBLE PACT' CONNALLY WASHINGTON, Tues.—Senator Tom Connally, opened the U.S. Senate debate today on the Atlantic Pact with a plea for swift approval as "unmistakable proof" that free nations will stand together against attack. In the treaty, he said, "the free nations of the North Atlantic area lay before the
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    RAILWAYMEN BACK GOVT.
    55 1 LONDON, Tues.— Britain's National Union of Railwaymen, involved In a wage dispute with the Railway Executive today pledged support for the Labour Government. The union's annual conference unanimously passed a resolution expressing appreciation of the Governments's work and urgingrallwaymen to help it to victory in the General
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    "UNDERGROUND"
    41 1 VATICAN CITY, Tues.— A Vatican source said today the last Lithuanian Roman Catholic Bishop to hold office has gone underground to i continue his mission. Lithuania, now part of the Soviet Union, was an independent country before the war.— AJP.
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    20 DEGREE DROP
    23 1 LONDON, Tues.— Britain's heat wave ended last night in the first heavy rain in a month. Temperatures dropped MdegreeS;— AJ>.
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    DEVALUED
    13 1 HELSINKI, (Finland), Tues. —Finnish currency has been devalued, by 17.5 per cent-
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    Police Kill Three Trapped Bandits
    128 1 From Our Stan Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. THREE of five bandits cornered in a hut in a jungle at Machap Umbor in Malacca were shot dead by a police squad yesterday. Two of the dead bandits were identified as having taken part in a robbery
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    BRIND IN TOKYO
    45 1 TOKYO. Tues. Admiral Sir Patrick Brind, O-in-C of the British Far Eastern Station, arrived In Tokyo Bay today, aboard the frigate Alert Admiral Brind U staying in Tokyo for a few days. He Is scheduled to lunch with Gen. Mac Arthur tomorrow.—Reuter.
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    WAITING FOR SIR STAFFORD
    65 1 LONDON, Tues. A statement on the economic situation in the United Kingdom is to b* made tomorrow by the Chancellor of the Exchequer Sir Stafford Cripps. The Stock Exchange was "marking time" today awaiting details o f measures to be taken to protect Great Britain's dollar
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    OUTLAWS GET BIG SENTENCES
    42 1 ASMARA (Eritrea), Tues.— A British court here today sentenced two leaders of the outlawed Andlnet (pro-Ethi-opian Youth Party) to 10 and 15 years imprisonment for fomenting insurrection against the British administration and Inciting Eritrean police to desert.— Reuter.
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    STORM DEATHS
    27 1 NEW YORK, Tues.— A violent storm lashed New York today killing at least seven persons, capsizing hundreds of small boats and causing considerable damage.— U.P.
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    40-FOOT ESCAPE BID FAILS
    130 1 From Our Own Correspondent IPOH, Tues. TN a bid for freedom, a mem- ber of the notorious Kapayang Gang today leapt from a 40 ft. balcony of the Ipoh Town Hall, the emergency Police HQ. Landing on the flower bed In front of the hall, he
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    49 1 LEAVING the European economic talks in Paris are (left to right): The Netherlands Foreign Minister, Dr. Stlkker, the Chairman of the European Economic Cooperation Committee, Sir Edmund Hall-Patch; the British Chancellor, Sir Stafford Cripps; and the U.S. "roving ambassador," Mr. Averell Harriman. A.P. picture. World Economic report. Page 3.
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    $12,800,000 Jap Assets In S'pore
    425 1 JAPANESE assets in Singapore, held by the J Custodian of Enemy Property, have now been valued at $12,800,000. This includes the estimated value of Japanese lands and houses, held unsold by the Custodian. In addition to this, there is also an amount of $6,000,000, held
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    NEARLY 100 SHIPS IDLE
    78 1 LONDON, Tues.— Nearly 100 ships are now held up in London docks as a result of the dockers' dispute. Some men returned to work today but others came out and the total now idle was given as 8,484. The dockers continue to refuse to handle the
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    £5,000,000 FOR MALAYA
    66 1 LONDON, Tues.— A £21,338,000 supplementary estimate for the current financial year, issued by the Government today, Includes £10,000,000 payments for war damage to property in Burma of British subjects domiciled in Britain. The Colonial Office gets a further £6,000,000, of which £5,000,000 Is going to Malaya most
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    SHIPPING CHIEF
    16 1 SYDNEY, Tues.— Sir Thomas Stewart Gordon, wartime director of shipping in Australia, has died.—^.P.
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    CALWELL SAYS, NO CHANGES
    111 1 CANBERRA, Tues. A USTRALIA'S Immigration A Minister, Mr. Calwell, today rejected demands for altering the pending Immigration Control Bill on the grounds that it would start the systematic weakening of "White Australia" policy. Winding up a debate on the measure in the House of Representatives, Mr.
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    CONSPIRACY
    18 1 CAIRO, Tues. Five young men were gaoled here today for criminal conspiracy to murder leading Egyptians. Reuter.
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    MPsFail To Talk Miners Round
    194 1 MPsFail To Talk Miners Round SYDNEY, Tues. DOTH Federal and New D South Wales Governments are waiting for pressure within the mining unions to end the eight day coal strike, but miners' leaders have reiterated their determination to fight until their demands are granted. Australian Labour Party leaders went to
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    BURMA RICE TARGET
    59 1 RANGOON, Tues.— Burma'* overall production was down to a third of Its pre-war lpvel, a Government spokesman said tonight In a broadcast. He called for the cultivation of 2,500,000 additional acres of land and the export of an additional 500.000 tons of flee as part of the
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    MIL ATTLEE'S GODCHILD
    44 2 MIL ATTLEE'S GODCHILD BRITAIN'S Prime Minister, Mr. Clement Attlee, holding his godchild, 13-week-old Charles Arthur Simon Jenkins, following a christening at the House of Commons crypt. The baby's hither, Mr. Ray Jenkins, M.P.. is the youngest Member of the House of Commons. A.P. picture.
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    U.S. HALTS REDS IN EUROPE
    156 2 WASHINGTON, Tues. T lEUT.-GEN. Walter Bedell L« Smith, former United States Ambassador to Russia, said In Williambury yesterday that America's growing military strength had halted Communist expansion in Europe. He was speaking on the eve of the introduction of the Atlantic Treaty before the U.S.
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      Doubling London Tubes In 30 Yrs
      244 2 LONDON, Tuesday. nOUBLING of the London underground railway system in 20 or 30 years is part of a £340,000,000 plan which was presented to Parliament yesterday. Four new tube lines, totalling 49i miles and costing £114,000,000, are suggested as first priorities. Plans for double
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      ONE MAN AND A BOMB-JEROME
      63 2 ONE MAN AND A BOMB-JEROME MANCHESTER, Tues. JEROME K. Jerome, aged 27, has secured a place in history as Britain's first atomic speeder. Stopped while roaringalong: with radioactive material for a London hospital from the Government atomic plant, he pleaded that it was necessary to reach the destination as soon
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    GERMAN RED LEADER ILL
    50 2 LONDON, Tues.— Max Relmann, West German Communist leader, is in Dusseldorf hospital suffering from nervous weakness, according to the British Minister of State, Mr. Hector McNeil. Reimann was sentenced In February to three months' Imprisonment for a speech "prejudicial to the British military government" hi Germany.—Reuter.
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    Czech Threat To Catholics
    103 2 PRAGUE, Tues. TWO Czechoslovak Cabinet Ministers yesterday accused some Roman Catholic church leaders of serving foreign Interests and of "coun-ter-revolution." The two Ministers also threatened that this kind of "reaction" would be annihilated. Their speeches dropped the apparently conciliatory tone set on Sunday by the Prime
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    SHEEP RAISING INDUSTRY
    40 2 WELLINGTON. Tues. A Royal Commission on New Zealand sheep raising has recommended a vast expansion of the industry. The report says the industry earns £80.000,000 annually and yields 80 per cent of the country's Income from farming.—Reuter.
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    RED APPLES
    22 2 MOSCOW, Tues.-More than 15,000 Chinese apple trees, a variety which resists frost very well have been planted around Leningrad.— A.P.
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    BEVIN AND SCHUMAN MEET
    151 2 BEVIN AND SCHUMAN MEET LONDON Tues. IMPORTANT Anglo-French 1 talks on the whole Middle Eastern situation, which open today, were preceded by a conference last night between the French Foreign Minister, M. Schuman, and the British Foreign Minister. Mr. Bevin. Today's talks will be between M. dv Margerie of the
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    BRITISH-SOVIET GRAIN PACT
    57 2 LONDON, Tues. Britain and Russia are near agreement on a supply of Russian coarse grain to Britain, usually well-informed quarters said hi London last night. Speculative reports have suggested that the quantity involved in the negotiations Is 1,500.009 tons, but it is likely that any agreement reached
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    28 2 MR. YEO Chwee Kirn, of the Veterinary Department, Singapore, who has gone by air to Calcutta on a threeyear veterinary scholarship awarded to him by the Colony Government.
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      1097 2 NOTICES THE MALAKA PINDA RUBBER ESTATES, LIMITED 'Incorporated In the Colony of Singapore) NOTICE 18 HEREBY OIVEN th..t a First Interim Dividend at I the rate of 3 per cent, less Income Tax, has been declared on I account of the year ending 31st August. 1949. and will be paid
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      446 2 NOTICES NOTICE THIS IS TO NOTIFY that Mr. Loke Chiang Cr.wee, our Radio Salesman, U no longer with us as from the 1st o. July. IMt. SOtTTHERN ELECTRIC CO., 183. Orchard Rd. THE HAMILTON (F.M.S.) RUBBER CO., LTD. (Incorporated In the Federation of Malaya) NOTICE OF MEETING Notice Is hereby
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      208 2 SHIPPING NOTICE 1 STRAITS/AUSTRALIA CONFERENCE Information having been reeelved to the effect that freight rates from Australia to New Zealand have been Increased by twenty shillings as from June 23rd, shippers are hereby notified that effective Immediately the arbitrary quoted In the Straits/ Australia Conference tariff te Increased to $56
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      175 2 NOTICE PHOENIX AERATED WATER CO., LTD. (incorporated In Singapore) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Share Trautfer Books of the company will be closed from Saturday the 9Ui July 1949 to Saturday the 16tr July 1949 both days lncluslTC for the "preparation of DlvWen<i warrants, By order of the Board
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    PRICES DECLINE, MORE JOBLESS
    371 3 PRICES DECLINE, MORE JOBLESS U.N. Report On World Trade LAKE SUCCESS, Tuesday. THE United Nations said yesterday that the world reached a turning point in its post-war economic development during the second half of 1948 and the first part of 1949. For the first time since the end of the
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    54 3 THE FILIPINO Association of Singapore held a dance at the Adelphl Hotel, Singapore, on Monday night in celebration of the third anniversary of the Philippine Republic. The picture shows three of the many Filipino women at the dance. Left to right: Miss Francisca Bacsafra, Mrs. Rosaline Bacsafra and Miss Lourdes
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    More Troops To H.K.
    23 3 LIVERPOOL, Tues. The troopship Orduna has left for Hong Kong with about 2,000 troops and a few airmen. Reuter.
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    Spores Anti-TB Progress Praised
    312 3 PROGRESS made in Singapore in tackling tuber1 culosls was mentioned in the House of Commons recently. I Dr. Barnett Stross (Labour Hanley). raising on adjournment the Incidence of tuberculosis In the African territories, said that the progress made in Singapore was proof that much could be
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    MORE U.S. AID FOR ARABS
    81 3 WASHINGTON, Tues. Truman administration officials arc making plans to ask the U.S. Congress for more money to aid about 800,000 Ara'j refugees from Palestine. These officials fear riots and bloodshed In the Middle East unless new funds are found to extend the United Nations relief
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    EXPERTS SAY, USE B.C.G.
    140 3 EXPERTS SAY, USE B.C.G. LONDON, Tuea. SPECIALISTS from over 50 countries attended the Commonwealth and Empire conference on tuberculosis i which opened in London today. Preliminary discussions started last night on the disease, which kills between 10,000 and 15.000 people every day. Two of the specalists. from India and Pakistan,
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    'Certain Death' Pte. Awarded D.C.M.
    290 3 A SOLDIER who "g-allantly threw himself to almost certain death, but saved the lives of his comrades" in bandit operations at Kulim, Kedah, was yesterday awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal. The soldier Is Private B. i O'Reilly of the Ist Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light
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    HOPE FOR FUTURE: CRIPPS
    131 3 HOPE FOR FUTURE: CRIPPS LONDON. Tues. SIR Stafford. Cripps, Chancellor of the Exchequer, told Parliament yesterday that he regarded the Paris agreement on lntra-European payments as "a /reat. achievement of European co-ooera-tion which will. I hope, serve to develop European trade." He said that Belgium would get. more dollar aid
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    JOGJA: U.N. SAYS "NO INCIDENTS"
    48 3 BATAVIA, Tues. The evacuation of Jogjakarta by Dutch forces last week was "without major Incidents," the United Nations Commission reported today. The Commission said that United Nations military observers assisted the operation and covered the corridor separating the Dutch and Republican forces. HeuterAAP.
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    ELEVATION
    50 3 MONTREAL. Tues. The latest elevator has no buttons and goes up or down when given the word In English or French. In a Montreal demonstration when a girl said "up" or "en haut" into a microphone, tne cage rose. It reversed when she said "down" or "en bas." AJ\
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    "DURAND LINE": THE AFGHANS OBJECT
    158 3 KARACHI, Tues. AFGHANISTAN doe s not recognise the "Durand line" (the present frontier between Afghanistan and Pakistan) as an international boundary, according to the President of the Afghan Parliament The President, replying on behaif of Parliament to an address by King Mohammed Zahir Shah at
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      193 3 W/~J3one Steak T-Bone steak is a cut from the sfrfoin. It comes ready for grilling in a slice about three-quarters of an inch thick. Cook it as you would a thick fillet briskly at first and then gently for 12 to 15 minutes. Once you have tried it you'll know
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    37 4 MR. J. S. SODHY (left) and Mr. R. Rocarlo, two members of the Negri Sembilan P.W.D. technical staff, who were recently awarded departmental scholarships which will enable them to go for further study to the United Kingdom.
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    'Worse Slums Than In China Unless—'
    155 4 'Worse Slums Than In China Unless UNLESS hawkers and people "sponging on those in permanent employment" are diverted to industry or leave Singapore, "slums rivalling those in the worst cities of China are going to be created," reports the acting Commissioner of Lands, Mr. J. A. Harvey. The economic system
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    1,389 MORE CARS IN SINGAPORE
    45 4 THE number of Singapore licensed cars has risen by 1,389 sine* December and now totals 12,001, reports the Municipal Registrar of Vehicle* There are 13 fewer public buses present figure 246 and 58P fewer public trishas, which now number 7,995.
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    PRISON FOR POLICEMAN
    51 4 MALACCA. Tues.—Abdullah bin Haji Bakar, policeman, was today sentenced to a year's hard labour for Theft. He stole from a house at Jelutong two gold rings, a pair of gold earrings, two sliver lockets, a silver necklace and a fountain pen, the total value of which was
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    DIAMOND IMPORTS
    25 4 Th? value of diamonds imported Into Malaya during 194" was £750.000, and not £3,250,000, as reported In the Sunday Times of July 2.
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    PLEADS GUILTY-TO FAILURE
    88 4 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANC, Tues. "CINCE I an not dead, I have t~> plead guilty," declared Foo Kee Cheong in the Second Magistrate's Court today when he was charged with attempted suicide. Foo admitted that he had tried to take his life by drinking poison in
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    W.H.O. Preparing For Total War On Cholera In South-East Asia
    333 4 IN the coming: year the World Health Organisation will extend its preliminary work now being carried out on cholera. The object is total eradication of the disease in South-East Asia. The organisation "home" of cholera, W.H.O. spokesman in plans to
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    57 4 THE U.S. Consul-General in Singapore, Mr. William R. Lang don, eav» a cocktail party at the U.S. Consulate on Monday evening to celebrate American Independence Day. In the picture above are (left to right): Mr. R. E. Fouker. the Commissioner of Police, talking with Inche Sardon bin Haji Jubir and
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    BARRACKS LOSES WAR-PAINT
    183 4 BARRACKS LOSES WAR-PAINT I ATEST' Singapore building to be cleaned of camouflage, which the Japanese laid on when the first Allied air raids began in 1943, is Hill Street Police Station and Barracks. Singapore's largest Police station and barracks combined with accommodation for 150 families— the Hill Street building has
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    OFFICIAL IS ENTERTAINED
    83 4 t rora Our Suni correspondeni KUALA LUMPUR. Tues On the eve of hl« retirement to Scotland. Mr F. H. Allan. Deputy Director of the Drainage and Irrigation DeDartment, aiyi Mrs- Allan were entertained by the star! at. the Eastern Hotel during the week-end. Mr. P. McNee, who
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    36 MALAYS STUDY IN CAIRO
    260 4 36 MALAYS STUDY IN CAIRO CAIRO, Tues. ritHIRTY-SIX students from L Malaya are scheduled to graduate lrom the Al Azhar University here in the next two or three years. Thousands of students from all over the Muslim world attend courses at this 1,000-year-old institution. When they graduate, they are doctors
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    They Still Don't Know
    115 4 rERE has been a substantial drop In the average dally transactions at the Singapore Food Rationing office since its removal from the Victoria Memorial Hall. Officials think that this is because most of the people do not know where the office is situated at present. Those
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    Interpreters In Russian And French For UN Talks
    108 4 Interpreters In Russian And French For UN Talks SINGAPORE linguists who know French or Russian or who can take shorthand in French are being sought for the conference here in September of the United Nations ECAFE (Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East). Delegations from more than 20 countries
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    RIVER OVERFLOWS ITS BANKS
    44 4 From Our Own Correspondent BENTONG, Toes. HEAVY rain early this morning caused the Sungei Bentong to overflow its banks and flood the main road near the Kampong Bharu bridge to a height of four feet Motor traffic was held op.
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    SMOKEHOUSE BURNT, TWO DIE IN KEDAH
    92 4 From Our SUB Corre«pondenl ALOR STAR, Tues TWO Chinese laboucers were found dead yesterday with deep cuts In their necks near a smokehouse which had beer burnt down at Ooi Tok Weng Estate, five titles from Bungel Patanl According to a report made to
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    Land Office's $7,000,000 Acquisitions In 3 Years
    458 5 CINCE the return of civil government up to the end of last year, the Land Office has. acquired land on behalf of the Government, the Municipality, the Singapore Improvement Trust, the Services and the Commissioner-General, involving an expenditure of nearly $7,000,000. About 4,500
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    MALAY THEATRE
    22 5 A talk on The Origin and History of the Malay Theatre, will be given over Radio Malaya at 10 tonight.
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    NEW JOBS FOR NEW DOCTORS
    242 5 HOUSE surgeons and house physicians In hospitals or other Government medical institutions In Malaya will, for the first time since the war. be appointed by ine Malayan Medical Services. Medical graduates from the King Edward VII College of Medicine or the future University of Malaya
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    ACCOMPANIED PILGRIMS
    49 5 An Assistant Secretary In the Colonial Secretary's Office, Mr. J. L. M. Gorrle. accompanied the Mecca pilgrims in the Prometheus as far as Penang. He returned to Singapore on Monday Mr. Gorrie said the pilgrims continued to observe the fast on board the ship, and were cheerful.
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    RAF Men Run Their Own Broadcasting System
    158 5 AFTER months of planning and overcoming technical and production difficulties, officers and airmen at the R.AJ. Station, Tengah, have perfected the station's latest amenity, a broadcasting system of their own, linking each barrack block on the unit. A room allotted for a studio
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    Death Of Mr D.P. Taylor
    86 5 From Oar Staff Correspondent rPOH Tues. THE news of the death at his home In Renfrew, Scotland, on June 30 of Mr. David PhiliD Taylor camp as shock to his many friends In iDob yesterday. Some had seen him oft In the Oranje exactly a
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    FLYING TO U.K.
    53 5 Krom Oar Staff Correspondent PARIT BUNTAR, Tue«. Mrs. P. E. Josselyn, wife of the District Officer, Krlan. left for Singapore by air. From Singapore Mr«. Joaselyn will be flying to the U.K. A keen tennis and hockey player, Mrs. Josst-lyn wu mainly responsible for organising the Krlan
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    POLICE TRANSFER
    27 5 PENANG. Tues— Mr. P. J. Meehan has been transferred from Johore to Penang where he will take over the duties of Deputy Chief Police Officer
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    JOHORE SCHOOLS INSPECTED
    52 5 From Our Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Tues.— Mr. M. R. Holgate. Director of Education, Federation of Malaya, visited the Sultan Ibrahim Girls' School, Nghee Heng Primary School and the English College during the week-end. He was accompanied on his tour by Mr. G. Woods, acting Superintendent of
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    FOUND HANGING
    32 5 From Our Own Correspondent TELUK ANSON, Tues.— An elderly Chinese woman was found hanging at her house in Anson Road, Teluk Anson. near the children's play ground area yesterday mornlnar
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    FINED $20
    30 5 From Oar Own CorrespondiMH TAIPINQ, Tues.— Pleading guilty to failure to have an attendant on his lorry, Chan Yoke Chee was fined $20 by Inche Ismail, Talplng Magistrate.
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    MORE MEN FOR POSTAL TRAINING IN BRITAIN
    105 5 From Oar Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. THE Postmaster-General, Malaya, Mr. J. M. Cunningham, said today that "If the scheme of sending Vfalayan postal workers to England proved successful, it was proposed to continue the training abroad of further recruits from post offices
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    45 5 AMERICAN HISTORIAN, Mrs. N. F. Seaver. (left), who has been writing; the official history of General MacArthur's occupation of Japan, pictured in Singapore yesterday. She is seen with Miss Marjorie Whltmore, &n American writer, who is travelling to Europe with Mrs. Seaver. Straits Times picture.
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    Astrologer Tells Of Officer's Visit
    305 5 BREACH OF TRUST OF $52,604 CHARGE From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. T^AMASIVAYAM, an astrologer, told Mr. Justice Spenser Wilkinson in the Selangor Assizes that Capt. Karlakandan had been to see him about his horoscope. He was giving evidence for the prosecution at the
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    Chinese Trade In Sarawak
    58 5 nUSINESS Is poor for Sara- wak'a 16,000 Chinese according to the Chinese Consul in Kuchlng, Dr. Chen Ylng-yun. Dr. Chen Is in Singapore to consult the Chinese ConsulGeneral. Dr. Wu Paak-shlng, on the transfer of duties to his successor in Kuchlng before going to Lima, Peru,
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    46 6 MR. MRS. LEE SIOW MONO id all members of the family the late Mrs, Lee Kee 81n nee Kwek Hwce Teck). thank 1 friends and relatives who sent reaths, messages of condolence, Toll::, lent cart or rendered sslstance In other iiys in their sad bereave*nt.
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    21 6 BLAKEMORE: Dr. W. L., In ierl.sl.rd memory of my beloved usband. Leslie, who died on uly fth. 1347 L.
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Wed., July 6, 1949. QUESTIONS FOR YOU
    995 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Wed., July 6, 1949. QUESTIONS FOR YOU One of the most remarkable I facts of Malayan public life today is that governors and governed have entirely different ideas of what they mean by Government. Our own leading article yesterday was an illustration of this basic conflict
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    HOW CHURCHILL GOT THINGS DONE
    1386 6 HOW CHURCHILL GOT THINGS DONE Tucked away at the end of Mr. Winston Churchill's second volume of war memoirs^ Their Finest Hour, which appeared exclusively in the Straits Times, are some of his personal directives sent from No. 10 Downing Street in "the splendid and deadly year of 1940". In
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      BOX NO. COURTESY COSTS NOTHING
      131 6 EXDR six months now I 1 have been replying to Box No. advertisements regarding accommodation to let, or for sale, in your columns. In every instance 1 hav^e enclosed a stamped addressed envelope, but not once have I received a reply I have asked fi
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      Singapore road tender: Protest at "bluff" charge
      623 6 I REFER to the recent meeting held on June 24 of the Singapore Municipal Commissioners, during which this authority discussed a tender submitted by a firm of consulting engineers on behalf of a company to be formed, for the resurfacing of 200,000 square
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      APPLES AND DURIANS
      168 6 IN reply to "F.J.T."— whose letter was published last Saturday under the heading DURIANS TEST— I would suggest that he carries on the argument with the Editor of the Straits Times, who saw fit to print not the two pages of my letter but a masterly excerpt
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      BANK BOUQUETS
      48 6 rwish to thank the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank for presenting bouquets to all the T.B. wards of the Tan Tock Seng Hospital. They were very much appreciated. This gesture means much to us and will always be remembered PATIENTS. T.B. Wards, Tan Tock Seng Hospital. Singapore.
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    SAW WIFE N ARMS OF TRANGER'
    181 7 SAW WIFE N ARMS OF TRANGER' to Our SUB Corretp«Rdent JOHORE BAHRU. Tues. AKINO his defence today, Ebll bin Ebon, who Is irged with the murder of 15-year-old wife, alleged the Assize Court that he r his wife being embraced a stranger. Jut he strongly denied that had anything to
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    Transfer Of Hospital
    181 7 ■out Oar Staff Correspondent KUAL/ LUMPUR, Tues. IE day next week for 24 hours, the civil hospital's rating theatre at Kuala npur wil be placed at the josal c^ the military hosi; while Its own operating atre is being transferred new sitt at Kinrara out1 Kualn Lumpur.
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    VARSITY FUND LAUNCHING
    70 7 rIE Governor, Sir Franklin Glmson, will officially launch the University Appeal Fond tomorrow at a public meeting in the Municipal Council Chamber. The meeting will begin at 5.1& Speeches by tbe Governor, Sir Han Hoe Lim (chairman), Inche Sardon bin Haji Jubir. Mr. Yong Yit Lin and
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    US WOMAN HISTORIAN IN S'PORE
    110 7 AN American woman historian, who has spent two ireaxs writing the official history of the Allied occupation 3f Japan, arrived In Singapore yesterday aboard the regelberg. She Is Mrs. N. F. Seaver, formerly of the San Francls:o Chronicle and the Honolulu Star Bulletin. Mrs. Seaver
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    £10,500 FINES IN CURRENCY CASE
    857 7 6 Serious 9 Offence, Judge Tells European Trader {TINES totalling $10,500 were imposed on E. G. Sellers, managing director of Messrs Muller and Phipps, Singapore in the Third District Court yesterday for contravening Finance Regulations. The fines were: $7,500 for making a false declaration to
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    Court Told Of Trap Laid For Overseer
    435 7 A DETECTIVE inspector of the Singapore Anti- Corruption Sub-Branch told the Fourth District Judge, Mr. H. A. Forrer, yesterday of a trap he laid outside the Joo Chiat Road Town Cleansing office that led to the arrest of Thomas Pushpan, of Lorong Tai
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    8 CALLS FOR AMBULANCE
    57 7 A Chinese who was reported to have taken caustic soda, was removed to the General Hospital from Silat Road at 5 p.m. yesterday. The city accident ambulance answered seven other calls yesterday. One of these was to remove a workman who was hurt in a machinery
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    COUNCIL MEETING
    24 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues.— The next meeting of trie Federal Legislative Council will be held here on August 3 at Ifl a m
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    ALUMNI ASSN.
    27 7 "The Southern Branch of the Medical College Alumni Association will hold a cllnlccpathologlcal meeting at the Department of Pathology, General Hospital, at 8 p.m. tonight.
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    35 7 THE NEW 50-foot flagship of the Singapore Pilot Association, the Twilight, which was yesterday launched at the Tanjong Rhu Shipyards of United Engineers, by Mrs. L. Newing, wife of a member of the Pilot Association
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    Flagship, 11½ Tons, Launched
    209 7 Flagship, 11½ Tons, Launched TPHE launching of the new 1 50-foot flagship of the Singapore Pilot Association, the Twilight, was yesterday performed at the recentlybuilt shipyards of United Engineers at Tanjong Rhu by Mrs. L. Newlng. The HV4-ton Twilight, which is the fifth and largest of the vessels for the
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    Accused's Defence In Murder Trial
    129 7 AN eating stall attendant, Chia Buck, accused of the murder of a stall keeper, Chang Song Chwee, said in the Singapore Assize Court yesterday, that during a quarrel, he picked up a knife and rushed towards Chang. After that, he did not remember what happened.
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    83,700 CYCLES
    37 7 A total ol 83,700 bicycles were registered and licensed In Singapore at the end of last month. This figure shows an Increase of 12,113 bicycles over the number registered at the end of last year.
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    WIFE SAYS HUSBAND WAS CRUEL
    194 7 MARRIED In London In 1942, Mrs Dorothy May Martin-Butcher, formerly of Edinburgh sued her husband, Squadron-Leader Derrick Martin-Butcher. R.A.F.. for divorce yesterday In the Singapore Supreme Court, alleging cruelty. There Is a counter-petition by Sqdn-Ldr. Martin-Butcher. Mr. R. H. Green, for Mrs. Martin-Butcher, said 8qdnLdr
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    More Phone Lines For S'pore Soon
    193 7 More Phone Lines For S'pore Soon MORE telephone lines are being installed In Singapore. By the end of this year, another 700 lines will have been added to the Central Exchange in Hill Street. Next year a major extension will be installed at the Central Exchange in the new building
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    Air Trooping To S'pore
    54 7 rE R.A.F. Transport Command air trooping service with Yorks between Singapore and Britain has been resumed. Urgent freight is also carried. The service was discontinued for a year owing to the aircraft being diverted to the Berlin airlift The first York on the resumed service arrived
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    TO TAKE DATO ONN'S PLACE
    53 7 JOH.ORE BAHRU, Tues.Inche Mustapha Albakrl, State Secretary, Peraic, has been appointed a member of the Federation Defence Committee, in place of Dato Onn bin Ja'aiar, wno has resigned. Dato Onn was the Rulers' representative on the conimltte and resigned after difference of opinion at the
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    AMMO FOUND
    30 7 A lorry driver employed by the Singapore Municipality found five rounds of rifle am munition and 20 shells In a drain at 2} mile Bukit Timah Road yesterday.
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    S'PORE SENDS THE GOODS BACK TO H.K.
    202 7 S'PORE SENDS THE GOODS BACK TO H.K. LARGE-SCALE returns of unsold Chinese manufactures are being made to Hong Kong from Singapore, reversing for the first time Hong Kong's traditional trade pattern with Singapore. Singapore traders estimate that about two million dollars' worth of textiles and other cotton manufactures, principally of
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    BANDITS ATTACK ESTATE
    199 7 BANDITS ATTACK ESTATE From Our SUB Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. BANDITS last night killed a Chinese kepala, abducted two conductors, a contractor and a cook and seriously wounded two rubber tappers in their biggest estate attack for several months. A gang of 50 struck at Nigel Gardner Estate, in a
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    FALSE ALARM —2 MONTHS
    69 7 From Our Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU. Tues.— Charged with ordering a Special Constable on Kong Kong Estate to light a flre close to a defence post In order to stage a false alarm of an attack on the estate, Raja All, a corporal In the Special
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    RETURNING AFTER 3-YEAR HOLIDAY
    143 7 TWO Swiss women who are returning to Kobe after a three-year holiday in Switzerland, arrived In Singapore yesterday In the Swedish ship Tonghal. They are Mrs. F. Bachmann. wife of a Swiss businessman in Japan, and her 19 year-old daughter. They left Antwerp on May 19.
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    MANY GOVT. WORKERS BANKRUPT
    314 8 Le88-Than-$350 Graders Hit From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. (GOVERNMENT servants earning less than $350 a month made up most of the Federation's 2,821 insolvent people last year, according to the Official Assignee, Mr. J. B. Prentis. Revealing this in his report of the Bankruptcy
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    NON-FASTERS TO BE PROSECUTED
    79 8 NON-F ASTERS TO BE PROSECUTED IPOB, Tues. rE law relating to fasting in the month of Ramadan is to be enforced In Perak and any member of the Mohammedan religion who refuses to fast is to be prosecuted. The Interim committee of the Council of Religion and Malay Custom, Perak,
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    Air Award For Help To Amethyst
    122 8 Air Award For Help To Amethyst PLT. Lieut. K. M. F. Letford, DSO, DFC, captain of the Sunderland fiyingboat whicn assisted the sloop Amethyst In the Yangtze, has been awarded a Bar to the Destlngulshed Flying Cross. He landed his aircraft alongside the Amethyst on April 21 and, under heavy
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    COFFEE FROM BRAZIL
    68 8 licences for the importation of coffee beans from Brazil are only Issued against letters of credit opened within 33 days of the application for permits, It was officially stated yesterday. So far, permits have been approved foi about 14,000 tons of Frazlllan coffee, and not J fc.OOO
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    SHIPMENTS OF RUBBER DOWN
    55 8 MalAvar shipments of rubber In June totalled 57.975 tons, the lowest so far this year. U.S.A. took 17.798 tons, U.K. 10.853 tons. France 4.486. Russia 2.258 and Korea 2.330. Total shipments for the firs', six months of the year was 449.279 tons compared with 478.797 for
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    Singapore Diary
    58 8 TODAY SINGAPORE CHESS CLUB, V.M.C.A., Orchard Road, 5 p.m. SINGAPORE CHRISTIAN YOUTH COUNCIL committee meeting, V.M.C.A., Orchard Road, 5.90 p.m. ART CLUB. Life Model. YMCA, Orchard Road, 6 p.m. AN SON ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION, monthly general meeting, 63A, Nelson Road, 7.30 p.m. MEDICAL COLLEGE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION (Southern Branch), Clinleo-Pathologlcal
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    186 COLONY TAXIMEN ARE UNDECIDED
    138 8 QWNERS of 1M taxis of preIMS manufacture taken off the roads on July 1 hare bten permitted to apply for renewal of their licences before the end of this month provided the) undertake to replace theii old vehicles with nev ones. Most of the taxi-drivers
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    36 8 This tree in Seremban has grown out of a disused incinerator and has stood In Rahanc Road since pre-war days. The Incinerator walls can still be seen at the base of the tree. Slmpang Lima picture.
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    Mr. Churchill's Directives
    620 8 (Continued from page 6) pare a Bill vacating the seat of an M.P. who continues during the present war outside the Jurisdiction for more than six months without the leave of the Secretary of State." June 12: To War Se- cretary. Now is the time to popularise
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    ADMONISHED
    41 8 BEQAMAT. Tues. The Segamat Magistrate admonished and discharged How Cheng Ben# for using his car as a lorry by convevlng boxes of soap. "They were only a few samples I carried about for distribution among my ascents." the accused explained-
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    RAMADAN: NOT ONLY FASTING
    209 8 RAMADAN: NOT ONLY FASTING Muslim New* From Our Muslim Corretpoudent FASTING is one of the fundamentals of Islam and is enjoined with certain exception upon all Muslims of both s°xea The fast this year began on Monday and 1 after one lunar month will end with Hari Raya Puasa, a
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    CRISIS IN THE CITY
    1191 9  -  RICHARD DENMAN By of The Economist LONDON, June 28. •JHE British security markets have in the last few weeks sustained their severest shock since the sterling convertibility crisis of 1947. Weakness in the stock markets is usually regarded as a harbinger of industrial and trading difficulties.
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    Rubberhands for disabled
    120 9 Rubber hands for disabled CANADIAN, British and United States scientists ha-e met in Toronto to see the latest lineup of newfangled contrivances designed to boost the morale of handicapped persons. Some will make it almost impossible to tell that the wearers are legless, armless, without hands or lacking feet. One
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      455 9 South bad some bad luck In today's deal, but his own bidding was not above reproach. South, dealer. Both sides vulnerable. NORTH S— J 6 4 H— 9 7 S D— Q J C A K Q t WEST EAST S— 9 S— 10 Tit H— K 8 6 4
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      195 9 been reached that was absolutely safe against any defence. That contract, of course, was three notrump. Apparently, neither South nor North considered mentioning notrump at any point, although there were definite and logical opportunities for a no-trump call at several stages. In fact, £t*ith should have bid two no-trump Instead
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    London Stocks
    332 10 LONDON. Tues. /\PERATORS on the London Stock Exchange held off yesterdmy- awaiting the Chancellor of the Exchequer's statement on the economic situation, says Reuters financial correspondent. The eicnange ni quwt and rattier subdued. Prices where changed showed some Irregularity. British Oovennnent stocks were quiet throughout -c.nd generally managed
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    STEADY MARKET IN INDUSTRIALS
    844 10 From Our Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, Tuesday. npHE Industrial section of the Malayan share market continued steady with small inquiries today. Tin shares generally were quietly steady with rather more inquiries for certain Issues. Prices Quoted by the Mala- I 2 yan Sharebrokers 1 Assoriatlon were: INDUSTRIALS
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    Singapore Shipping
    101 10 SHIPS In port alongside tbe Singapore Harbour Board wharves yesterday (godowns In brackets) were: Maia Wharf: DoUos (31-32), Tonghal (33-34), Tantalus (3837 i. Radnorshire (38-30). We«t Wharf: Flonia (1-3). Tbgelberg (4-5), Steel Seafarer (87). Sloterdljk (8-0), Rajula (1112). Roeblah (15- IB). Empire Dock: Taluei (10-20). 28), Rhesus (29-30).
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    Singapore Rubber
    181 10 Singapore Rubber THE Singapore rubber mar- ket wag moderately steady throughout yesterday with small business passing at prices slightly higher than Monday's. Malayan shipments for June were 57,975 tons, a decrease of 6,348 tons from the previous month. Closing pricey yesterday were: No. 1 sheet fob. buyers 32v cents, sellers
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    PRODUCE MARKET
    151 10 From A Market Correspondent /CONDITIONS in the copra sec-] V*tion of tbe Singapore produce) market continued to ease yesterday as tbe Indonesia Copra Fund offer J of a further 3,000 torn for August! delivery covered the market. There was good support for coconut oil. Prices, however, were practically
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    TIN COMPANY OUTPUTS
    50 10 RENONO Tin Dredglng's output lH June amounted, to 1.332 plcub of tin-ore. RAHMAN Hydraulic Tin last month produced 1,079.41 plculs of tin-ore. S.S. War 1941 100.25 101.25 xi Spore 3% Rehab 0630 07.50 xl FMS Wax 1041 101.25 102 25 xl P.M.S. 3% 1938 96.25 97.50 xl
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    American Assn. Lose At Golf
    342 11 American Assn. Lose At Golf rE Island Club, Singapore, were "At Home" to »he American Association on Sunday and a series of matches were nUyiid which resulted In a win to the Island Club at 12% to 7. Details are (Island players first): FROM IST TEE F Jones (4) AW.
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    SCC Tennis Results
    211 11 AT the conclusion of yesterday's play, the second day of the Singapore Cricket Club's mixed doubles American lawn tennis tournament, j on the S.C.C. courts, Mrs. I Strickland and E. Lawley had virtually assured themselves of the championship. They have so far scored 48 points. 12 more
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    SIONG BOO SOCCER
    57 11 OIONG 800 will meet Frascr and Neave in a friendly g">me of soccer at Farrer Park today. Siong 800 team wtll be selected from: Eng Hoe. Yew Heng: John Hon. Leng Hoo; Llm Swang; Teow Keng; Scow Hln; Boon Seong; Yin Kee; Ah Juan; Kee Slang; Teow
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    VALBERG, NG AIM AT RECORDS
    602 11 Bid For Colony Team To N.Z. THREE possible Singapore candidates for the British Empire Games, which will be held in New Zealand early next year, will be aiming at new Malayan and Singapore marks in the annual Singapore A.A.A. meet which will be held at
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    50 11 C. O. JENNINGS who was first in the 1.101 to 1.500 c.c. class for cars at the Lonnie Mile speed trial at Kuala Lumpur last Sunday, receives his prise from Lady Gurney. Jennings drove an M.G. super sports and clocked 56.4 sec. an average speed of 64 m.p.h. P.R. picture.
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    How The Throw-In Was Modified
    747 11  - How The ThrowIn Was Modified HALLIDON LAWS OF FOOTBALL By LAW 15 is one of the easier Laws to understand. A little past history in connection with this law may not go amiss. At one time players were permitted when taking a "throw-in" to run before propelling the ball from
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    FOOTBALL PROBLEM AND ANSWER
    224 11 Last week's problem rt by H alii don was: A penalty offence Is committed almost on time. As referee you are bound to extend time t permit the kick to be taken. The following incident occurs the ban Is kicked hard towards the goal, strikes the
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    LEE KIM NEO KEEPS TITLE
    146 11 SEREMBAN, Tues. Itf ISS Lee Kirn Neo on Sunday IT won the Negrl Sembilan women's singles Utle for the third successive yerir. She' beat her younger sister Nellie Lee 11-1. 11-7 in the final, played in the King George V school-hall. The women's doubles title
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    YMCA TENNIS
    67 11 The following ties in the YM. O.A. tennis tournament will be played off today: H'cap rfnglet: Ahmad Shah (-30) v. Jack Low (-.3); Orig Khene Chua (-40 i) v. Eug«.pe Bong (scr); Yeo Telk Kirn 15) v. M. Moolenburu f-15.3); Chlng Chee Fun .3) v. Beet Peng Sin
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    SCHOOL SPORTS
    33 11 The Serangoon English School In Simon Road Is holding its annual spott* meeting on Friday at the school ground, starting from I p.m. Mrs. Robert Eu will give away the prtaefl.
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      91 11 SING A FOBS 10.00 News from Kuala Lumpur; 10.05 (approx.) Close; 10.65 For the Schools; 11.00 noon Programmes In Malay; 1.00 Danre Music; 1.30 News (also at 7 t .ri 9.30); 3.10 Racing commentar' 5.00 Programmes In Chinese; 6.00 Singapore Races; 6.18 Programme Summary: 6.20 Radio Orchestra: 7.10 Singapore Share
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      96 11 7 and 0.30); 12.00—1.00 Malay Programme (as Singapore); 1.00 a 00 English Programme (as Singapore) 2.00— $.00 Singapore Races (296 and 49 metres): 6.00 0.18 Singapore Races; 6.20 Radio Orchestra: 7.10 {Shire Market, Report; 7.30 Sunny Side of the Beat; 7. 45 Accent on String: 8.00 Radio Play; 9.00 Music
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      93 11 lish: 8.00 Siamese; 8.30 News; 8 45 Dutct-: 9.00 Kuoyu; 9.30 Burmese: 9.45 English: 10.00 Radio News Reel; 10.15 'Music for Romance': 10.45 'I Plnd a New Adventure'; 11.00 Dance Music: 11.15 palance of Europe; 11.30 News; 11.45 Light Music; 12.00 Close. AUSTRALIA 5.30 Forces Favourites; 6.00 Concerto Half Hour;
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    INDIAN HEATHER BEST BET FOR TODAY
    1133 12  - INDIAN HEATHER BEST BET FOR TODAY EPSOM JEEP Fair Court, Sunny Valley To Win B, vy ITH Bright Eyes out, Gold Medallist will be a popular choice in the six-furlong sprint for top class horses at Bukit Timah today, the second day of the Singapore Turf Club July Meeting. The
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    GARTH TROPHY FOR PENG HAN
    47 12 LIM PENG HAN, owner and driver of an L. A. Special, receiving the Garth Memorial Trophy from Lady Gurney for clocking the best time for motor cars (53.7 sees) at the Lornie Mile Speed Trial held in K.L. on Sunday. P.R. picture.
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    Straits Times Selections
    134 12 EPSOM JEEP CALL BOY POINTS* RACE 1: LITTLE LADY NORMAN NORMAN 2.15 Rlckunesd Little Lady Little Uidy Bitter Sweet Cinderella Eaatera Oiri RACE 2: YOUNG LUCIUS NACHTEGAAL CRAIOMOUNT 1.45 Nachtefaal Windsor Laddie Young Lucius Windsor Laddie Craifmoant Francelene RACE S: LYNCHBURG ELEGANT ART ELEGANT ART S.IS Elejant
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    Today's Race Card
    825 12 DELOW is given the full card for today's races at l) Bukit Timah. The doable tote will be on races five and eight and the big sweep will be drawn on race seven. Race 1—2.15:1 2.15: Class 4, Div. s—Abt.5 Abt. 6 Furs. 000 Norman Harper 9.00
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    POH LIM'S VISIT WILL PLEASE R.E.
    229 12 npHE Irish champion and Malayan Thomas Cup L player, Ong Poh Lim, will appear in a friendly badminton match for Fraser and Neave against the sports club of the Royal Engineers, North and East, at Tanglin gymnasium on Friday. As Wong Peng Soon the
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    Tourists Win By 7 Wkts
    227 12 BRISTOL, Tues. SET 136 runs to win. the New Zealandors today made 138 for the loss of only three wickets, thus beating Gloucester by seven wickets. On a worn and dusty wicket the tourists had to fight for runs against the spin bowling of Goddard
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    BRIGHT STAR S.C.
    62 12 Members of the Bright Star Sports Club who wish to Join In the picnic arranged for this Sunday ac. Mr. Teo Kim Eng's bungalow at Pasir Rls should inform the party's Hon. Secretary, Mr. O. J. Lourdes, not later than Friday. Transport has been arranged to leave
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    Singapore Junior Badminton Draw
    350 12 THE draw in the third and fourth quarters in the men's Junior doubles of the Singapore Badminton Association's championships is given below. THIRD QUARTER Byes: Joseph Cheah and Pong Ah Pin (Western) v Dennis Oh and David Tan (Mayfalr); Daniel Prote and Cheong Cheng Law (Useful)
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    Easy 4-0 Victory For Indians
    255 12 Indians 4 Ceylonese 0 INDIANS had little difficulty In beating Ceylonese *in a Singapore A.F.A. inter-community League game at Jalan Besai Stadium yesterday. The game was practically a one-sided affair and the score, four-nil, would have been larger but for Thevarajah 's plucky display in
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    MARIGOLD B.P.
    72 12 The following: players have been selected to represent the Marigold Badminton Party against the A.A.U. In a friendly match consisting of 3 doubles and 4 singles to be played at the Clerical Union Hall at 7 p.m. today: Seah YeaU Khern, Ng Cheng Hua, Wee Ohim Tee, Lim
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    Sports Diary
    56 12 RACING: 2nd Day S.T.C. July Mtny.— B. Timah 2.15 pjn.. LEAGUE SOCCER: Senior Div., Royal Navy v. RE ME. Naval Base; Junior B Group 1, Pay* Lebar Bus Sports Club t. Jollll&ds, Jalan Besar Stadium (final). TEfNIS: Y.M.C.A. open tournament Y.M.C.A.; S.C.C. American tournament S.C.C. FRIENDLY SOCCER: Siong
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    Owen Youngsters
    55 12 Although trailing 3 1 In the first half, Owen Youngsters played wrtl to defeat Vampire Sports Club 5—3 In a friendly game of soccer at McNalr Road ground on Monday Awthar Singh (2) Ismail Yusoff, Mahmood and Burkl scored for the winners while Henry Loo (2) and Yap
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    Yorkshire Win By 6 Wkts
    249 12 Yorkshire Win By 6 Wkts LONDON. Tues. YORKSHIRE scored an easy vi I tory over Surrey today, win; Ing by six wickets In a coun championship match played Bradford. Scores were Surrey 279 and i 0 Yorkshire 328 and 162 for foi (Lawson 57). Other results of matches In «t
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    Bradshaw 139 For 2 Rounds
    115 12 SANDWICH. Tues: Han Bradshaw, whose 67 towards U close of yesterday's play at Sand wlch put him at the head of Ui field in the first round of the Brl tlsh open golf championships, wer round in 72 in the second roun at Deal this
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