The Straits Times, 18 November 1946

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    18 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER ESTABLISHED OVER A CENTURY SINGAPORE, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1946. PRICE 111 CKNTS
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    GRAVE FOOD POSITION IN BRITAIN
    147 1 IKiHT PAGES Minister On Effect Of U.S. Price Decontrol LONDON, Saturday. TIIK British Food Minister, .Mr. John Strachey, to- sight descril>ed the immediate food situation as "one of the utmost gravity." i.a.-t year," he said, "we Bent 700,000 tons of cereals to Western Germany. It
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    BENGAL CITS CEREAL RATION
    124 1 BENGAL CITS CEREA L RATION roe Bengal! tnent decided today to cut i ration by 12 1 < 2 per ceni. I tied artas of the province! Ol to ciitlicult food situation I ol dehydrated potatoes, up the calories value of on had been arranged for, ited. A Government statement
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    BURMA NATIONAL DAY FESTIVITIES
    101 1 BUR MA N ATIONAL DAY FESTIVITIES lun The Burre celebrating tomorrow as Nal ona] r v witn public meetings, demonstrations and pi through vi the Indians, h :i.. Indians and other |l commui participating M in ilns year's N.r i>. v fete 1941. National Day cum the country wide student
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    PERSIAN TRIBES ATTACK TROOPS
    41 1 IKii in Th» aews--1 at rep »r d las nomadic Boeir men are ba the town Ut of h ol Shi on th b;is P at I rxlled by covrrnment with at lea«t 14 fata A P.
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    Killearn's Food Adviser Goes To Washington
    83 1 Killearn's Food Adviser Goes To Wa shington nR W. M. Clyde. Food Adviser to the Special Commissioner in South East As:a, left Singapore yette relay to att;nd meetings of the International Emergency Food Council in Washington. Breaking his journey in London for urgent discussions there, he will }-roceed to Washing*
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    Plan For New Malaya Ready
    109 1 THE office ot the Governor- General in Penang has announced that the working committee which was appointed by agreement between the Rulers and representatives of U.M.N.O. en the one hand and the Governor-General and the Governor of the Malayan Union on the other, has now
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    LESS DEMAND FOR AIR TRAVEL
    107 1 New York, Sat. The resumption of trans-Atlantic passenger Liner travel and expanded competition have made the first rent in the Intricate American air network. Two days after Britain's Queen Elizabeth sailed from New York r> n her second ensibound voyage and 'he newly converted lner
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    D'ARGENLIEU MAY BE DISMISSED
    208 1 PARIS. Nov. 17. THE dismissal of Admiral Thi•> r r y D'Argenlieu, French High Conimi^iontT lor Indochina, was forecaal today by the aewspaper Paris M;itin. The oewjpaper attend that he Admiral was received yesterday by M. Georges Bidault Krinch Premier, and M. Marius Moutet, Minister for
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    INDIA'S INTERIM GOVERNMENT
    63 1 The members of Pandit Nehru s interim government for India. From left to right they are: Sardar Baldev Sinph, Dr. John Mathai. Mr. C. Rajagopalachari. Mr. Jagjivan Ram. Pandit Nehru, Mr. Ghazanfar AH Khan. Mr. Liaquat Ali Khan, Mr. Rajendra Prasad, Sardar Vallabhai Patel, Mr. Abdur Rab
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    Russia May Lead Arms Limit Talks
    232 1 LAKE SUCCESS, Saturday. M. Molotuv, Soviet Foreign j Minister, is expected to follow up his disarmament proposal in the United Nations General Assembly by propos- j ing the first concrete step to- 1 wards limitation of anna- ments, it was learned today in circles
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    47 1 Washington, Sun.— ln anticipation of a strike by 400.000 miners in the bituminous coalfields, threatened for Nov. 20, the Solid Fuels Administration froze all soft coal supplies as from noon yesterday. The orders provide that no coal can be distributed without the Solid Fuels Administration's approval.— A.P.
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    'Broken Heads' Expected In Rumanian Elections
    307 1 'Broken Heads Expected In Rumanian Elections LONDON, Saturday. WITH only three days to go before the Rumanian genera) elections. Britain and the United States today sent new notes of protest about preparations for Tuesday's poll, at which Bucharest predicted there would be a clo>« contest and some 'broken heads." Mr.
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    SECRET FRENCH JET PLANE TEST
    71 1 PARIS, Sun. -Complete secre.-v .surrounded the trial flight of Frances new Jet-pror^lled plane, Ledue Zero Ten, at Blngnac airport. Toulouse. No Journalists werr the airfield which was ringed with policemen, a report issued today says the plane was launched in midair from a parent aircraft.
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    Harbour Board Arbitrators JNominated
    107 1 rHE composition of the arbitration board in the Singapore Harbour Board despute has been agreed upon. At the request of the S.H.B. Livelihood Improvement Committee, which has been re- j presenting the strikers, and with the approval of the Harbour Board, it was agreed that the
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    BRITISH TROOPS IN PALESTINE MAY BE DOUBLED
    222 1 BRITISH TROOPS IN PALESTINE MAY BE DOUBLED JERUSALEM, Sunday. DELIABLE military sources reveal that British troops in Palestine, at present estimated at 100,000, will probably be doubled by the end of the year to include four full divisions. The move was believed to have been taken because a decision on
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    YENAN ON A WAR FOOTING
    83 1 YENAN ON A WAR FOOTING NANKING, Sun—The Com- ir.unist High Command in Yer.an is reported to be rapidly placing "liberated areas" on a war looting. Pro-Government papers in Nanking report that the Communist military authorities have issued orders to the people in their areas to save food, and material' in
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    S. CHINA SALT FOR JAPANESE
    85 1 TOKIO. Sat.-- Six thousand tons of salt from the Red Sea the first shipment nt the 400.000 tons Japan hopes to receive freed the; British Government- is due to I arrive at Sasebo next week, ac- cording to SCAP foreign trado officials. The officials also
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    Nazi Chief In Italy Goes On Trial Today
    192 1 ROME. Saturday. rE trial of Col. Genera! Eberhard Von Ifackensen, lormer second in command of the German forces in Ita.'y, i who is charged with war j crimes, open>< here on Monday. In the dock w th him will bo Lieut. General
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    ELEVEN KILLED IN AIR WRECK
    52 1 BURBANK. (California;, Sun -Searchers for the wr. ckage of a Western Airlines (United States) piano which crashed against thi> peak of the f>.ooo-ft. White Mountain near here, reported by radio lust nlghl that all p!ov'-;i people (in oo;i;-(l were killed. The plane waa i last
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    BRITAIN'S BIG U.S. WHEAT DEAL
    503 2 Attempt To Avert Colonial Crisis WASHINGTON, Saturday. BRITAIN is seeking the purchase in the United States of sufficient wheat to enable her not only to avert the impending crisis in colonial and other dependent areas, but also to end bread rationing in the United Kingdom
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    British Envoy's Hopeful View On China Trade
    138 2 British Envoy's Hopeful View On China Trade LONDON, Sunday. THE Sunday Times today publishes an interview with the British Ambassador to China, Sir Ralph Stevenson, in which he told the paper's Nanking representative: "I am optimistic about the future of British trade relationships with China, tak ing a long view.
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    INDIAN REPLY TO S. AFRICAN POLICY BOOKLET
    120 2 INDIAN REPLY TO S. AFRICAN POLICY BOOKLET NEW YORK. Sat.— Calling developments in South Afr ca dictatorship of a racial group" booklet was issued today by the Indian Government replyng to the charges made in a booklet and memorandum issued earl er by the South African Government on th e
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    32 2 SYDNEY. Sun.— The Sydney Sun said yesterday that a syndicate of 11 miners, mostly Italians, had d scovered a "phenomenal" gold pocket in 'he rich Kalgoorl > fields of Western Australia. A. P.
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    FRASER & NEAVE LIMITED
    65 2 FRASER NEAVE LIMITED Fraser Neave Ltd. nas vacancies for European Assistants of 17/18 year? of age. whose parents or close relatives are resident in Malaya. Parents or relatives when writing for further information as to terms of employment are requested to say when the boy will b*> leaving srhool. and
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    POLISH ENVOY NOT WANTED
    70 2 MONTREAL. Sat.— The influential Action Catholique. official Roman Catholic daily newspaper in Quebec province, today demanded the recall of the Polish Minister to Canada. Fiderkicwicz, because of statements "irreverent to the church" made in connection with the Polish art treasures sent to Canada for safety during
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    SCENE FROM THE UNO ASSEMBLY
    40 2 Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, a I'nitc d States delegate to the I'NO General Assembly in New York, in close conversation with M. Molotov, the Russian delegate. Centre is M. Gromyko, Soviet delegate to the Security Council
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    Truman Urged To Move All Jap War Industry
    250 2 WASHINGTON, Sunday. rE U.S. Reparations Commii-sioner, Mr. Edwin Pauley, has urged Presdient Truman to authorize complete removal from Japan of all war industries, rubber, aluminium and magnesium plants and to permit "substantial removals' from eleven other categories of Japan's economy. Mr. Pauley
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    TOKIO WARNED OF BIG QUAKE
    83 2 Tokic, Sat.— Seismologists in Tokio guardedly warned the Japanese press today of a strong resemblance between the recent series of minor quakes which rocked the Tokio area and tac tremors which preceded the 1923 earthquake disaster which caused the deaih of 44 000 victims They
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    Trieste Plan Talks
    43 2 NEW YORK. Sat Th e Council of Foreign Ministers held ts second informal session in the Waldorf Hotel. New York. *onight. The French comprom s« plan for the status of the Governor of Trieste was discussed, it was understood Reuter
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    U.S. Catholic Bishops Attack The Soviet
    87 2 U.S. Catholic Bishops Attack The Soviet WASHINGTON, Saturday. ROMAN Catholic bishops ot the United States today accused the Soviet Union of "totalitarian aggression against human freedoms for which democracies fought the war.' The Bishops declared in a formal statement at the conclusion of the annual convention here: "The aftermath of
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    UNO DISCUSSES WOMEN'S RIGHTS
    112 2 Lane Success, Sat— The debate on the Danish resolution on political rights of women was coni tinued by the Social, Humanitarian and Cultural Committee. I The Argentine delegate, Dr. E. B. coroaminas. told the committee he agreed with Mrs. Pandit, the Indian delegate, that granting only
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    New Air Chief
    70 2 New Delhi. Sat:— Air Vice Marshal Hugh Sydney Porter Walmslcy has been appointed Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, India, in succession to Air Marshal Sir Charles Roderick Oar, who has relinquished his duties and is reported to be returning to Britain Air Vice Marshal Walmsley, who is 48, served
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    WORLD RICE CROP FORECAST
    237 2 WASHINGTON, Saturday. FE world rice production for 1946-1947 is larger than last year, but, owing to small tp.ps in the former exporting countries the quantity <>f rice fur world tradt I-* to eoni at th« current kvw i« viis. th* United States Department ol Agriculture announced
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      289 2 SINGAPORE IMPROVEMENT TRUST. l .riders are Invited for Sundry nrc Work at Trenßpanu 1 i-iicmrntß. tmt K>>rm of Tender oMalmi at the Office of the Mn:»|Hiri- Improvement Trust on pay- a deport of t5O which will iidrd if a hona fde Under Is I d i ndcrs are to tx
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      157 2 TENDERS Tenders are invite for th» purchase of: Oatmeal Wheatmeal 22.045 lbs Tinned Turnips 3,000 tinTinned Silverbeet 9..524 MM Tinned Soups 22,692 ibs !>• livery to be taken ex No. 1 SUuc 11 M Niiva. Base where samples may I ML No. v arranty is K'ven or Imp!i '1 as
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    MR. F. D. ASCOLI REPLIES TO MR. LEE KONG CHIANI
    943 3 Rubber Export Duty Negotiations UK. F. D. ASCOLI, director of Dunlop Malayan Estates, and chairman of the Rubber Growers Association, I^ondon, who arrived in Malacca from Home recently, comments on the reduction in the rubber export duty, the price of
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    U.S. Rice Price Raised Again
    90 3 U.S. Rice Price Raised Again WASHINGTON, Sat. THE Office of Price Administration today announced that ceiling prices on rice will go up 'on Monday, raising the retail I price of packaged rice about one I cent per package, and adding U558,400,000 to consumers' annual mod bills. It was explained that
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    MALAYS GAOLED FOR THEFT
    119 3 THREE Malays who were seen carrying a box each across a field behind the S.V.C. Drill Hal] in Beach Road. Singapore. to load them in a taxi on Friday morning, were arrested by a constable who discovered that the boxes contained soap worth $161 belonging to
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    STATION RESTAURANT: NEW LESSEE
    65 3 STATION RESTAURANT: NEW LESSEE The rase reported in the Straits Times last Saturday under the heading "Overcharging At Station" had no reference to the present lessee of the Singapore railway station restaurant, the Station Hotel Company. The incident referred to in those Droceedings took place on Sept. 2*7. when the
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    SINGAPORE WEDDINGS
    289 3 rE wedding of Mr. James Watson Smith and Miss Jessie Elizabeth Betty Murgall took place at the Presbyterian Church on Satuiuay, Mr. Smith is a membei of the siff of Pahang Consolidated Co.. Ltd. Sungci Lcmbing, Pahar.g. The Rev. K. M. Greer officiated at the ceremony. The bride
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    FLAMING PETROL WAGON: 2 HURT
    93 3 From Our Own Correspondent Malacca, Sat. A PETROL wagon carrying 800 gallons of diesel oil, belonging to the Shell Company, Ltd. at Malacca, ran into a dit"h, overturned and caught fire last evening at Duyong, four miles from Malacca Town. The vehioi?. which was on
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    NEW 'BOND' SYSTEM OF MALAYAN IMPORTS
    180 3 NEW 'BOND' SYSTEM OF MALAYAN IMPORTS From Our Own Correspondent PENANG Sun. •THROUGH the introduction 1 of a "Bond" system, the procedure for importation of goods from Singapore, though the mainland of the Malayan Union, has been simplified. According to a circular issued in Penang by the Assistaut Comptroller of
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    Policeman Discharged On Hurt Charges
    220 3 Policeman Discharged On Hurt Charges From Our Own Correspondent KLANG, Sun. pEMARKING that there was in- sufficient evidence to commit the accused to the Supreme Court, Raja Ayoub bn Rija Haji Bot. Magiittrat?. Klang, discharged Indra Singh, former Sergeant- Major of the F.M.S. Police, who j was a sub-inspector under
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    EXTORTION OF $3,000 ALLEGED
    102 3 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Sat. KWEK Lim Chuan and Ang Seng Kar, two of three men charged with extorting $3,000 from Dr. Ooi Kee Wan. pleaded guilty in the Assize Court today. Th P third accused, Lim Choon Teik, claimed trial. Giving evidence. Dr. Ooi
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    POISONING WILD PIGS IN NEGRI
    401 3 IN the absence of facilities for shooting pigs, th e first experiment in destroying wild pigs with poison was carried out in Jelebu District recently. In order to obviate the possibility that peopl e who eat pork might come upon pig carcases and eat them,
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      703 3 BRITISH STORES DISPOSAL BOARD (SINGAPORE) TENDER NOTICE. HV OKI>I It Ol TIIK IURf.CTOR Of DISPOSALS. K\K EASTERN AREA (MO S 1 The British Stores Dispot-al Board, re, i^ authorised to receive Tender for the following Items.— Lot No. I.— Winches Type "A" Quantity 1- Repairable D Form 7035. l. l,.>t
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      691 3 UNIVERSITY PREPARATORY CLA^Ei, Hie object is to prepare students lot university entrance examinations uuei t Arts, Law. Economics. Commercial subjects and Languages Bsjbbmsl training or profession is the weapon for Economic Independence an') i Security i Do not waste time. Compressea knowledge and rapid courses for those who are ambitious
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    DEATH
    22 4 WOULPI H.ANAGAN. At Bray. Imtond on Novimlxr 3rd. in his 9th pal unionla. John. |M ..< Mmrd an.l Kbt» Woulfe Flanagan. Kantau
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    47 4 ACK NOWLEDGMENT imlly <>f the late Madam Urn Kirn Im. i"-<fl !>2 who passed away illy t K<tn Bahru. Ktl.uitan m\ the »ttl Nnvrmlrr .J46 tx>K to toniii. -r. thKiiks in all relatives «rul Innids who sent messages ol nondolencci etc. and rendered valuable M thf fllll'THl
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Monday, Nov. 18, 1946. Rent Control
    1039 4 The Straits Times Singapore, Monday, Nov. 18, 1946. Rent Control Fears that local living costs may b? forced still higher by an all- round increase in rents have arisen from a report that Uie Singapore Ratepayers Association contemplates asking Government to amend the Rent Restriction Ordinance. Recommendations made by a
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    AN INTERNMENT RECORD
    153 4 illWi.l INTERLUDE. Diary Of A Third Class Internee. By Guy ll. not 7s. i.d This little book, which is on sale at Malayan bookshops, is a record of three and a half years in Changi Gaol and Sime Road camp evidently written fgr the most part while
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    God And The Gestapo In Stamford Road
    1668 4  -  THE BISHOP OF SINGAPORE By WHEN the Japanese captured the city of Singapore darly in 1942, they ordered all Europeans except neutrals to parade and be ready for internment. Certain people were exempted because they belonged to essential services such as telephones, electric
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    Man In The Street
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    A Straits-Born Call For Leadership
    651 4 I HAVE read the letters appearing in your columns occasionally on the theme "Malayan for thf Malayans." I strongly support the view that those -D-jnrons whose permanent homes aro outside Malaya, and ynose political Interests are centred mainly in other countries, should be considered unsuitable
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      706 4 MINKS. At Kandang Kerbau on Nov 12 IMS to Grace <nee Coyne) •Hi or W I. W. Hints, a son. LAN I.EE. The engagement ww nrniouiH-ed m 17.11.46 between Mr. li (tuan. eldest son of Mrs l i( ii Kiik Wah «t the late Mr. Tan Eru? Wan. and Miss
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    SINGAPORE BUYING FRESH RADIUM SUPPLY
    429 5 Pre-War Stocks Lost During Occupation Straits Times Reporter pONTACT is being established with the Holt Radium Institute, Liverpool, with a view to renewing Singapore's supply of radium for hospital use. The Colony's pre-war supply of radium was removed by the Japanese during their occupation. Nothing
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    NO NEW TRAFFIC SIGNALS
    301 5 NO NEW TRAFFIC SIGNALS Fis extremely unlikely that Singapore will b e able to lnstal new automatic traffic s gnals for a considerable time. Equipment which was brought to <h e Colony before the occupation was lost, and world shortage of the kind of equipment required jorbids immediate import. At
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    Ceylon Sports Writer To Cover Tests
    135 5 l ATEST Journalist to pass through Singapore on his way to cover Test matches is Ceylonese, S. P. Foenander Mr. Foenander was born in Sydney in 1882 and has covered the last four series in Australia for the Ceylon Observer and Ceylon Daily News.
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    TODAY'S MENU
    36 5 TODAY' S MENU Today's menu at People's Restaurants will be: 35-cents meal: Rice: mashed potatoes; fish fritters; brinjal masak assam with tomato; sauce, kangrkong. 15-cents meal: Rice; mashed potatoes; corned meat curry or vegetable curry; kangkong.
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    CHARITY SHOW
    69 5 A variety entertainment held rL on Oct. 25 at the Great World in aid of the China Famine Relief and Silver Jubilee Funds by the Liberty Musical and Dramatic Association netted $3,158.32 of which $2,368.74 has been forwarded to the Singapore Chinese Consul for the China Famine Relief
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    Cathedral Wedding
    26 5 Skit. John Ivor Hughes, of ALFSEA Signals, with his bride, formerly Miss Irene Hcnson. They were married at St. Andrew's Cathedral, Singapore, on Saturday.
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    FREE EXPORT OF COCONUT OIL
    405 5 From Our Own Correspondent Penang Millers Urge PENANG. Sunday. POINTING out that "in the interests of Malaya's copra I industry the time has certainly come to lift the present export ban on coconut oil and permit free movement of this commodity to other countries," Peuang's
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    W.D. Civilians To Form A Trade Union
    104 5 AT a general meeting of the War Department Civilian Staff Association, Singapore, held at the Nishat Cinema hall yesterday, it was decided to register the association as a tr--.de union. A sub-committee headed jy Mr. A. K. Mahadevan as convener, was elected to
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    FAREWELL PARTY AT TAIPING
    71 5 From Our Own Corrcspondeut TAIPING, Sat. A large gathering, including Major-Gen. Chappel, Commander of the 23rd Indian Division, and Government officials and members of the rubber and mining industries, was present at a farewell cocktail party given by Major Miller and officers of C Mess, Seventh
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    'CO-OP' STORE ON A TIN MINE
    537 5 IN order U) coniDai the present high cost of living and to facilitate the easy purchase of daily necessities, the newly-formed Uawang Tin Employees Co-oper-tive Society Stores Ltd., in jwiwang, is proving a great boon .o the workers of the Rawang Tinfields Ltd, and
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    Anti-Rabies Drive In Perak State
    323 5 By A Special Correspondent AN all-out campaign to combat a serious outbreak of rabies in Perak considered to be the worst in 20 years has been launched by the authorities. The lask, however, is no small one in view of the fact lhat there are
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    10 YEARS FOR PENANG GUNMEN
    200 5 10 YEARS FOR PENANG GUNMEN From Our Own Correspondrrtf PENANG. Bun FIVE CHINESE who were 1:. in a gun battle with tie p <■ M at Aboosittee Lane o n the morning of Jun e 6, were on Friday sentenced to 10 years each ty Mr. Justice Carey, prcsif the
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    RACE SUICIDE
    40 5 RA CE SUICIDE Rev. Father Roth' i Chaplin, will give a talk on "Race Suicide. tomorrow, to member? and friends of the Catholic Young Men's Association. B'ngap< King Georges Hall. St. J Institution, Bras Basah R~ar! Singapore, at 6.00 p.m.
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    Experience Of Chinese In Germany
    294 6 CONCENTRATION CAMP FORCED LABOUR SHANGHAI, (By Air Mail). CLOW starvation in concentration camps, forced labour, and bitterness and fear were the unhappy experience of the majority of Chinese nationals who lived in Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy during the war. This was revealed by Dr.
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    Bribe Offer Costs $250
    129 6 From Our Own Correspondent ALOR STAR. Sat. I A case of attempted bribery I came up for hearing in I the Alor Star District Court yesterday before Che Azm; Mohamed when a Chinese. ..leng Ah Leng, was produced on a charge of offering money to a
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    130,000 'Foreigners' In Kedah State
    106 6 1 30,000 'Foreigners' In Kedah State From Our Own Corf, .-.pondent ALOR STAR. Sat. THIRTY thousand people termed foreigners ara in a hopeless condition in Kedah. By b.r.h tr.ese people are Siamese but the Siames-e Government is not recognising them because they were Lorn in Kedah and at the same
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    ONE-FIFTH NOT FIT MEDICALLY
    126 6 SYDNEY, (By Air Mail) Nearly one-fifth oi the persons examined medically for th e Australian armed forces betwe-n September, 1939, and March, 1946. wer c r°jected as unfit for service. Of a total of 1,778.106 examined for the three services, 334.916 were found to be below
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    Australian Food Parcels To Britain
    179 6 SYDNEY (By Air Mail). rE Australian Chief Justice, Sir Edmund Herring, said that the dispatch of food parcels to Britain should be placed on a national basis. Speak. ng at a civic reception in the Town Hall to th e Governor, Sir Winston Dugan, and
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    Enticement Charge
    65 6 From Our Own Correspondent TAIPING. Sun A YOUNG Chinese. Lam Yuen Chuen, appeared before Tuan Sheikh Abdullah in the Taiping District Court, and a charg c of taking away one Foong Ah Lek, lawful wife of another Chinese, Yap Leong Poh. was explained to him. Th P case
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    According to Culbertsoin
    317 6 Ah experts, but relatively few average plajnns, appreciate— and trade upon— the "superiority of the spade suit Observe today's deal: West, dealer Both sides vulnerable East-W^M 60 o n NORTH t J I 9 7 ♦K8 6 8 2 'K 9 8 4 WEST EAST ♦K7 2
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      468 6 SINGAPORE ST. ANDREWS SOCIETY. Annual Olrbration 2ftth November. M.mlxTs are requested to Mil that reservations for the annual celebrai.lon niplete and the list of applic.it lons will be closed on Wedaesduy >'<itti Novi-mber. 19H6. W C McKAY. Hon. Secretary. Singapore St Andrew's Society (P O. Box 595.) For Charms Come
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      64 6 AMERICAN LLOYD AGENCY LIMITED. 64. Robinson Rd., Phone 2180. Singapore. WORLDWIDE TRAVEL SERVICE FREIGHT, SHIPPING FORWARDING AGENTS ALL CLASSES OF INSURANCE EFFECTED AT COMPETITIVE RATES. Agents In All Ports And Principal Citic* of the World NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES. I M.S. Dirto is expected to arrive from Continental Ports on the
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      622 6 MISCELLANEOUS THE SERVANTS AGENCY (Estd. 1911) supplies domestic servants well trained in European homes Apply 17, Dhoby Ghaut nr. Cathay. Tel. 4897. WANTED Crane fixed or movable, driven either electric, diesel or steam Certified load capacity to be at least 3 tons. Apply Box No. 809, Straits Times. NAVAL OFFICER
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      255 6 vast ct&AKtrrn\^^, Jt* SffCUi HtoClX. te* PACIFIC TRADERS YSI) M.EzeJkfal& Sms tbIABLI.HED IN 1916 OPTOMETRISTS OPTICIANS 13. li:>tter\ Koiul Stnjtupor* For Anpnin mentt Phone 7631. SEOW KUAN COMPANY. Ohoby Ghaut. Singapore T*!: 7787. Fltfol bad (pn)~ FLIES, MOTHS AND AIL INSECTS ALSO IN POWDER FORM A FUBEX PRODUC lUfSettr '■'>
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      371 6 CROSSWORD No. 1"5 2 3 4 1 5 0 T~ Z ZZZZZ~~tttl'*~ zizici]~"izi v i~~i~ 15 *P I6 H ~~11 H 29 K"^!"" 30" ll^'" -R n Pfn pi n n MMN 1. BacUes of rank of the American standard! (5, 3. 7), 8. Opposite it prosily? (7), 9. Article
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    Malayan Share Quotations
    561 7 Malayan Share Quotations Share quotations as at Nov. 15 according to me Malayan tcaicOroLera Association (Singapore) were as fo!'ows: AUcnby A lor Gaiati Amalgamated Ayer llitam Ayer Molek Aycr Panas Basset t Batu Lintang Bedford Benta Borrlli MalM Buyrr 1.00 60 1.70 .70 70 1 00 35 X.I7J .70 .95
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    GOOD BUSINESS IN MALAYAN MARKETS
    907 7 By A Market Correspondent IN a week during which the strike at the Singapore 1 Harbour Board wharves did not end until Thursday, good business was reported from Malayan share markets. Industrials furnished the bulk of the provender and the turnover in rubbers was generally
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    Nyalas Rubber Spends$41,500 On Restoration
    330 7 Nyalas Rubber Spends$41,500 On Restoration I TP to the end of May this year. v the Nyalas Rubber Estates, 1 Ltd.. have spent about $41,500 en restoration work. About 48 000 lb. of rubber is being tapped monthly. Further details of the wmpany's work were explained at the annual general
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    SHARP RISE IN U.S. FOOD PRICES
    51 7 WASHINGTON, Sat.—Government officials today rep sited that food costs have tone up 56 per cent since June 28, but predicted that most prices would beg n dropping early in January. They said the average rise al l prices since June 28 was 45 per
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      574 7 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. (Incorporated In Singapore) BLUE FUNNEL LINE Sailings 10 and from United Kingdom f.lenfinlas due from U.K. a Port Samgara doe from IK. In Port .■s.jnldway due from IK. In Port Antlloehu* w»l» for V.K. 22 Nov. due from I K 27 Nov. SiWrcs to «rd fr.im \\.-si-ri>
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      456 7 PRESIDENT LINE Sailings NEW YORK via India and Mediterranean Ports MOl NT DAVIS* Loading Penang Loading Singapore Nov. 20 MOINT ROGERS* Due Nov. 25 ♦Freight Only For Freight and Passage Apply AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINES. LTD. Union Bldg. Tels: 6228 675? For Passage. Tel. 1919. WATERMAN LINE I > Atlantic CoiM
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      351 7 ELLERMAN FORT FORK For New York At God 19 tl BEM.AWFKS For London In I'o- \M HVH •> for New York Due Si.i;.ipoie l-»:l» l»er. K L ATYH E S S LINE. FOR PACIFIC FORTS Sailings to be resumed Shorllv McALISTER <Sc CO. Spore LTD. PHONES 72 IT --..'tOfi Silver
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      369 7 SINGAPORE TIDES TODAY: High Water: 7.12 am. 7 ft. 8 in C.38 p.m. 7 ft. 8 in. TOMORROW: High Water: 8.06 am. 8 ft. 2 in. 8.01 p.m. 8 ft. 2 in. DArvif) MAI AVA Melody in song: 8.30 p.m. News h.nti- hide: 8.45 p.m. Parliam. n:ary mm- xr i/
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    UPSETS IN HOME SOCCER Unbeatenßuns Come To End
    1307 8 UPSETS IN HOME SOCCER Unbeatenßuns Come To End LONDON, Sat. FERE were many surprises again in English football today and several unbeaten runs came to an end. Blackpool, who alone with Rotherham had not previously dropped a point at home fell badly away after leading at halftime and were well
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    Woodcock To Fight Swede
    139 8 LONDON, Sjn. I 'CM Hurst, manager of British heavyweight champion Bruce Woodcock, said on Saturday that a nght between Woodcock and Olle Tandberg of Sweden was ilmost a certainty this year. "Woodcock will have four or five hard fights in the next six months and then
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    MEDICALS' RUGBY
    93 8 I Thr following will represent vhe I Medical College Union XV against ALP HQ. on Tuesday, on the M.C.U. Iprourds. Colours Red. Kick-off 5.15 p.rr.. One Swee I.aw: Rex Ebert; Ho Lian Kee. Kuldip Singh, S. C. Navarednam: G N Woodhull (Capt William Puni;Hu Chee Tong. E. M.
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    KRIAN HOCKEY
    109 8 Krom Our Own Correspondent. KRIAN. Thurs. At a general meeting of hockey plavors held at the Krian Club and presided \vr by Mr. R.L. Akers. it was unanimously decided to form a Krian DV.rict Bockey Association and that this association seek affliation with the parent b-,<ly. the Perak
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    England Forwards Play Superbly
    506 8 IN the Rugby League International at Swansea, Wales was thoroughly beaten by England by 19 points to five. The foundation of England's victory was the superb play of their forwards. Lawrenson put England ahead with two tries, one of which he converted. Johnson added another within
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    VANBA RANGERS WIN THREE-TWO
    70 8 VA NB A RANGERS WIN THREE-TWO Wanba Rangers beat Naval Armament Depot by the odd goal in five in a soccer match on the Western Depot padang Naval Base, Scletar. yesterday. The first half was even with the I score one-all; Chan opened the ac--1 counts and Taylor netting the
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    Tests And Test Players
    273 8 By Vernon Morgan, Reuter's Sports Editor LONDON. Sun. TF Don Bradman plays in the 1 first Test against England at Brisbane at the end of this month, the Australians will have t.o thank as much as anyone, his wife. As Norman Preston. my colleague with the
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    C.A.T. Win Negri Hockey
    115 8 From Our Own Correspondent SEREMBAN. Fri. THE Ceylon Tamil Association scored a convincing win at hockey today at th? N.S. padang when they defeated the Police XI by 4 goals to 1. The play was too one-sided to be investing. The Police opened the scoring early
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    Features Of 1946 Flat Racing
    330 8 LONDON, Saturday. THE Aga Khan winning owna, after a run of French big race successes, Frank Butters heading the winning trainers list and Gordon Richards 1 19 th jockeys championship tihese were the features of 1946 flat racing season which nded at Manchester and Lingfield
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