Malaya Tribune, 26 March 1947

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    50 1 The Malaya Tribune 0 THE PEOPLE FOR THE PEOPLE THE ONLY NATIONAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA Now printed simultaneously in SingaporeKuala Lumpur, Ipoh Penang. 'Phone Numbers: Editor 5813 Editorial 5811 Advertising 5812 Circulation Accounts 5815 EIGHT PAGES SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26, 1947 -pmTF~TfeN CENTS*. The Malaya Tribune WEDNESDAY. MARCH 26. 1947.
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    SOAP, BROOMS FOR BRITONS
    89 1 Reuter. FRANKPTRT. Mar. 25 More than 100,0' 0 pounds of soap. (i.P'M) pounds of disinfectant 2.00,1 scrubbing brushes an-' COO brooms will be flown to Britain tomorrow from the American zone of (ifrnr n la help clean up after the floods. Arrangements uere made to fly
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    10 GERMANS DROWNED IN ODER FLOODS
    108 1 Reuter. BERLIN, Mm-. 25. Ten Germans were drowned when and flood waters from >he swollen river Oder burs through jne ba-k and flooded the Seelow v.llage. eas of Berlin. The get bank collapsed along a s'retch under pressure he torren; and thousands of from
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    Govt. Gives £1 Million For Flood Victims
    316 1 Reuter. London, Mar. 25. The Government has fttven 11.000,000 to the fund Which the Lore' Mayor ot London is locimi for the relief of distress throughout the United Kingdom caused by the floods. Announcing fcbfc in the Hone oJ Common, today the Chancellor
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    MALAYA'S 10,000 COMMUNISTS 'LIBELLED BY IMPOSTERS' GOVERNMENT'S ANTI-STRIKE POLICY IS CRITICISED
    378 1 Singapore Representative Protests (Tribune S'aff keporterJ Gangsters and others Whu posed as Communists to discredit the Malayan Communis! Party by their lawless activities were charged by Mr. Chang Ching, gapire representative of the MCP- for perpetuating the stigma that
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    Burglar Fired 3 Shots, But Did Not Escape
    85 1 (Tribune Staff Reporter) When a burglar entered a C i nese con ractors' prem ses in lelok Ayer Street in the early hours of this morning, the watchman jumped on him from behind. si he burglar struggled 'O get free and fired
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    NEW ITALIAN SHRINE
    33 1 ROME. Mar. 25.—The Ardeatine Caves, three miles outi'fe Rcme, were officially opened fes a na ional shr ne and today are last becomig the symbol of Italian antl-Fasc s sniggle.
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    COMMONS' QUESTIONS ON S'PORE TROOPER
    204 1 Reuter. LONDON. Mar. 2fi —Questions about conditions on the Indian Ocean troopship "Rajula" were asked in the House of Commons yesterday by the Labour member. Mr. James Caliasrhan He wanted to know how many British servicemen, Indian soldiers and British officers travelled aboard this ship
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    £61,456 FROM 1d.
    52 1 Reuter. LONDON, Mar. 25.— The world's record football pool dividend, 161,456, was won on a stake of one penny by an Aberdeen bus driver, Edward who correctly forecast the results of 13 matches. Cro-ss travelled to London today to receive the winnings which are free of income
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    DETAILS OF RESCUE BID
    467 1 Ritual Murder Hangings Reuter. LONDON, MAR. 25—IN <1N EFFORT TO SAVK THE LIVES OF THE TWO REMAINING WEST AFRICANS WHOSE THREE COMPANIES WERE HANGED FOR RITUAL MURDER, THE COURT RECORDS OF HABEAS CORPUS PROCEEDINGS ARE BEING SENT FROM .ACCRA, GOLD COAST, TO LONDON. "Nothing more can
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    BEVIN MAY QUIT FOREIGN OFFICE
    163 1 Reuter. LONDON, Mar. 25.-The Foreign Secretary, Mr. Bevin, "it is strongly rumoured in high Government circles" will leave the Foreign Office when he returns from Moscow, and switch over to domestic service instead of politics, the industrial correspondent of the liberal News Chronicle said in
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    NEHRU "GIVES" TIBET TO CHINA
    58 1 U.P. NEW DELHI. Mar. 25.—A big neon lighted map of Asia which dominates the speakers platform of the inter-Asian conference today showed China and Tibet as a single land. The boundaries between the two were obliterated last night with paint, after vigorous and persistent protests
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    Burma Faces Rice Crisis: Exports Down
    258 1 Reuter. Rangoon. Mar. 25.—Rice merchants in Rangoon are gravely per urbed by reports of mounting lawlessness m rce-growing regions of the Irrawaddy delta and central plains of Burma. m Many expor ers suspended the purchase of paddy from the d stricts owing to peasants'
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    NEW GAS CUTS?
    30 1 LONDON, Mar. 25. —Poli ical sources said fiat the Cabnet oday approved of a new scheme to restrict the domes lc corsump ion of gas and electricity.
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    Accused on Screening & Killing
    274 1 Accused on Screening Killing Massacre Trial (Tribune Staff Reporter) Cross-examined by Mr R. Ci H Lim before the continued. Chinese Massacre Trial thug morning, Maj. Omshi, sixth accused, who was sector commander, admitted that the confused state of his mind and mistranslation resulted in tne recording of a wrong statement.
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    DEATHS
    51 2 DEATH. Mrs. Goh C.iiang Chuah (nee Tan Teck Neo) passed away peacefully at 8.25 p.m. on 24.3.47. She leaves behind her husband, four Messrs. Chun Van, Chun Song, Cruri Joo and Chun Ser and •wo daughters, one brother Mr. Lan Hood Guan. Burial on Friday 25 3.47. at 11
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    Linggadjati Pact Signed
    513 2 JAVA WAR ENDS Reuter. Batavia, Mar. 25. —Nineteen months of revolution, bloodshed and protracted negotiation ended in Indonesia today with the signing of the Linggadjati Agreement, four months after it was drafted at Linggadjati Village, 15 miles south of Cheribon, Java. The ceremony took place at the
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    THREAT TO BLOW-UP CONSULATES
    82 2 Reuter. Alexandr a, Mar. 25.—Anonymous letters in Arabic, threatening to blow up Consular premises within a week if they do not hois 1 the Egyptian nag, have been received by both the British and the United States Consula es here. 'The letters were signed by the
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    40 2 U.P. PHILADEPHIA, Mar. 25—As- sistant Secretary of State, WilUara Ben tan, said today th* Stale Department is planning shortwave broadcas s to Greece and Turkey. He said the broadcasts would be similar to the Russian language programmes which began recently.—U.p.
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    27 2 U.P. London, March 25.—Brit'sh reDoc* said today that Finland and Russia were lively to sign a treaty of alliance after ratifltr at* 1 °u p Finnish peaca
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    Ipoh Miner Says "I paid Gangsters $2,000"
    444 2 IPOH. —While a state-widecomb-out is being conducted by the C.I.D. for the arrest of the kidnappers of Mr. Ng Yin Fong of Kampar and Mr. Jothi Ram, wealthy cattje owner of Chemor, who were recently whisked away in dramatic circumstances, the Police have
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    Javanese Jailed For Theft Of Cloth
    64 2 Though Yusoff bin Ibrahim and Sarman bin Yusoff, two Javanese who pleaded for leniency on the ground that they had been brought from Java as labourers by th? Japanese, they were sentenced to nine months' rigorous imprisonment each by Second District Judge T. T.
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    Bus Strikers Told 'No Apology': S.T.C.Replies To 8 Demands
    943 3 re Traction Company strikers who were slurred by an official of the w < valence in a, local court alleging ;übversiven ess on their part) ana degy, were told that the company was be. responsible for any statements official or any
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    Company Hints Higher Fares
    605 3 The possibility that the Singapore Traction Company may increase its fares was mentioned, among other things, in the Company's remaining answers to the strikers demands submitted before Mr. Justice Joblmg's inquiry yesterday. Answers to eight major demands were submitted yesterday, while answers to nine demands dealing
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    ARMS ROBBERY CHARGE
    76 3 Alleged c have taken part in an armed robbery with hree ot iers at Race Course Road, at 3 o.m. on Mar. 20, when a Chinese was robbed of $7,109.50 in cash and jewellery, a tenta2ve charge cf armed robbery was preferred agams Wong Chong Kam, before
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    STOWAWAYSAND INFANT JOIN RAJULA
    218 3 When the 8.475-ton 8.1. ship Rajula arnved in port yesterday at toe end of her Madras-Singa-pore trip, she had five extra unexpected passengers—four stowaways and newborn sevenpound baby boy. The child wa s born to 19-year-old Mrs. Meenampikai Dcvi when thi Rajula was somewhere between Penang
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    MAN, NOW DEAD, CONFESSED TO KILLING
    427 3 A confession of murder made by Anandan, an Indian in a Singapore Police Court on Sept. 19 was read out by the Coroner, Mr. W. G. Porter, at an enquiry into the death of a 28-year-old Indian, Govindan, who was found at Bukit Timah
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    Onishi Says He Released All "Light Suspects"
    1119 3 Evidence that he had released all "light suspects" at the {screening although it was against the Army order and that if he had accomplised his duty in accordance with the order, the number of Chinese screened would have been much larger, was given
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    TALK ON JOHORE MALAYS
    43 3 Tungku Abdullah bin Omar of Johore will be the speaker at the next meeting of the EastWest Society, which will be held on Thursday, at 8.30 p.m at the YMCA. Orchard Road. Tungku Abdullah's subjeei. will be: "Johore Malays."
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    JSP Repat Starts From Tomorrow
    242 3 (Tribune Staff Repor'er) One hundred and thirty two Japanese surrendered personnel will leave Singapore for Japan tomorrow. They are the first batch of men to be repair a ed from here under 'he "move-ou." scheme wiich started to operate m Sou h East Asia this
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    NEW 'DATOK NANING'
    39 3 Inche Cheklah bin Mohd. Sab has been appointed "Datok Nanin*r." Malacca, in place of Lt. Othman bin Kering. who died during the occupation. The installation of the new Datok Naning wi;l take place en Mar. 30.
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    Administrative Economies
    554 4 When the political integration of Singapore and the Malay Peninsula takes place, as it is bound to do sooner or later, it will open possibilities of considerable saving in public expenditure. A complete governmental machine for Singapore is a luxury somewhat surprising m a territory comprising only 214
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    A COST OF LIVING INDEX
    958 4  -  Let Government Give Us by W. Alexander Spccal Tribune Com men a'or) A notable omission in these days of Governmental indexing of almost every human activity and factor affecting humans, is that of a reliable and up-to-date cost of living index for Malaya. Who in
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    The People's Postbag The University Question
    392 4 Letters To The Editor Sir.—lt is the general opinion now that Malaya a University. If this principle be accepted, why allow a University College to be imposed on us? A -ingle University College for our population of about seven millions! It is said that
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    Postal Savings
    134 4 Sir.--The Asiatic government servants received their salaries n Japanese currency during the occupation, and they are going to ret ivc peltries in the British currency for part of the period as back pay/ In the same way, would It not. be proper it those who deposited money in
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    58 4 A musical car was invented about 1910 by Roland Winn of Leeds. The inventor fitted several organ pipes under <he bonnet of an early 'T' type Ford and then played a s he drcv« alon? the streets by me.; cf a Keyboard near the steenng wheel. Mr. Winn it- now
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    SINGAPORE'S TEA TRADE
    338 4  -  BY R B. OOI Singaporeans drink each month 200,000 pounds of tea for which they pay $500,000. This tea comes chiefly from Ceylon, India, Java and China. But the bulk of what is known among Chinese tea merchants as 'red tea" la imported from Ceylon and Java.
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    Gadgets For The House
    514 4 (From Muriel Perm, Reuters Correspondent). LONDON.—Many new and improved gadgets are now coming on to the home market to ease the burdens of the housewife. Some of those can be bought at once. Others are not yet in sufficient supply to meet the large postwar demand
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    WE SINK AN "ENEMY U-BOAT" & SAVE A VALUABLE CONVOY
    981 5 WE SINK AN "ENEMY U-BOAT" SAVE A VALUABLE CONVOY LIM KENG HOR, of the Tribune, yesterday flew in an RAF Sunderland on "Operation Lady" off the Malayan coast. Below he describes how.... jj a two minutes past ri lay morning from ve ali bsein an RAF Sunring boat, to take
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    Death Of Mr. Tan Chong Lek, J.P. Of Malacca
    150 5 Malacca. Tuesday.—The death i Mr Tan Chong Lek, J.P., "k piacr today at his res dence n Hecren S'.ree-. Mr Chonc Lek had been ailing r >omp t me. He was 61. Mt Chong Lek, who comes r )m a well-known
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    TRIAD CONNECTIONS ALLEGED: ECHO OF ANSON ROAD RAID
    602 5 Prosecutions in connection with secret societies in Singapore can be instituted with the sanction of the Attorney-General, only if it rould be proved that triad rituals or triad sciences had been recently used by those societies. This ruling by the AttorneyGeneral was
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    OLEH OLEH PARTY OFFICE-BEARERS
    82 5 At a recent meeting of the Oleh Oleh Party, the following were elected office-bearers for the current year: President. Mr. T. W. Ong; vice-presidents. Messrs. Ho Choy Moo and Nah Youg Howe; hon. secretary. Mr. T. S. Khoo; hon. treasurer. Mr. Lam Kek Choon: hon. auditor.
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    STOLE FROM BOD
    71 5 A secuiity policeman. Gangar 1 Singh, being suspicious of a Chinese leaving a shed at the 223 Base Ordnance Depot No sub-depot, Alexander Road, on Monday, stopped him. On him he found vehicle parts valued at $10. The Chinese, Hong Vat Lai. aged 28, pleaded guilty before
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    33 5 The furniture industry is complaining that while it is tied by permits and shortages, engineering firms are able to produce "cocktail" types of furniture at higher prices and sell them free of permits.
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    Two Killed In S'pore Jungle Plane Crash
    117 5 (Tribune Staff Reporter) A R.A.F. plane crashed in flames in Sembawang area yesterday. It was a Beauflghter belonging to the 84th squadron, Seletar, and was on an air test when the accident occurred. Both its occupants were killed. Eyewitnesses said that the plane
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    STALIN AND MARSHALL TO CONFER
    63 5 UP. MOSCOW. Mar 25—A confernice between Marshal Stalin and George C Marshall, the US Secretary of state, in the neai future on President Truman's proposed diplomatic offensive ■gainst Communist expansion in the Eastern Mediterranean is expected American -ouices said Marshall still had no specific planto
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    Jap Commander Can't Sleep Through Worry
    106 5 Reuter. RABUAL. Mar. 25. MajorGeneral Akari Hiro a. former Commander of the Japanese garrison here, who is be:ng tr.ed on war crimes charges today, den ed that he had ordered he execution of Chinese prisoners. He told the court that he had never seen
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    Taiwan Revolt: Two Executed
    139 5 U.P. SHANGHAI, Mar. 25.—At least two mor? Taiwanese leader-, were executed for heading the uprising which recently swept the island, and more than 200 prominent leaders, including a newspaper publisher and a reporter were still detained, according to independent Chinese reports. Despite assurances to the contrary,
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    UNO Takes Over New Home
    57 5 UP. NEW YORK. Mar 25—The United Nation- takes over officially today a six-block section of mldtown Manhattan that will be Its permanent home. The special ceremony marking the transfer of the property $8,500 gift from John D. Rockefeller—is reserved for the first anniversary of the
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    COMMUNISTS MASSING FOR RE-ATTACK
    110 5 Reuter. Nanking. Mar. 25.—Communist troops, holding towns in a semicircle 30 to 50 miles north and northeast of Yenan, are massing for what appears to be a coun-ter-offensive against the former Red capital. Meanwhile, Ycnchieh, on the Ninghsia border, northwest of Yenan, ha> been captured by
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    AUSTRALIAN FOOD RATIONS SEVERE
    89 5 Reuter and A.A.P. Canberra, Mar. 25. Mt. Joseph B. Ch Hey, Australian Prime M n s er told questioners in he House of Representatives today ha'- the Un:«.ed Kingdom was now obtaining all food poss ble from Aus ralia. No more could be sent without imposing
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    EMPIRE MEDAL: TWO MALAYS HONOURED
    129 5 Reuter. London. Mar. 25.—Ross bin Ahmad, dresser at a dispensary in Lenga. Malaya, and Mat Isa bin Mohamed. sub-inspector ot the Kedah Police Force, have been awarded the British Empire Medal, for service to the forces during the military operations in Malaya prior to Sept.
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    TWO ADMIT THEFT
    129 5 A young Chinese who pleaded puilty in the Fourth Police Court yesterday to two charges of theft, was sentenced to twelve weeks jail with hard labour. The Chinese. Roland Yeo. a room boy at the Ulu Pandan Camp, admitted having stolen a camera worth $300 belonging to
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    23 5 No schoolchild has been killed on the roads in Ipswich for two years, states the chief constable. There are 12,000 in the town.
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    DAYLIGHT SMASH-AND-GRAB RAID IN HIGH STREET
    276 5 (Tribune Staff Reporter) In the first smash-and-grab to take place this year, a Chinese picked out a firm of jewellers in High Street in broad daylight yesterday. Smashing a hole through H. Sena's glass show-wind-ow with a stone, causing damage assessed at more than
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    U.S. RUBBER CONTROLS TO CONTINUE
    73 6 U.P. WASHINGTON, Mar. 24.— The Senate voted today to continue Government's controls of domestic, natural and .synthetic rubber, and its Judiciary Committee unanimously recommended a short extension of periods ot controls ove r grain, fats and oils. The measure also permits the expiration thi s
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    London Stock Exchange
    149 6 Reuter. LONDON, Mar. 24.—There was no change in the mood of [British Government securities which soon continued their downward trend and after a short midday halt resumed their fall in the final dealings, in a number of instance- one point lasses were incurred. Thi s unsettled other
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    New York Market Dull
    80 6 Reuter. NEW YORK. Mar. 24.-The market drafted through another 1 dull >es-ion in the afternoon, j snowing en b.lance Josses of a j fraction to one point, more from 1 lick ol interest than any real I pressure. Labour uncertainties continue a* the principal rpa>ons for
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    Rubber Market Brisk
    132 6 The SC.C.R.A.'s rubber prices at noon yesterday were.— Buyers Sellers cts. cts. per lb. per lb. No. 1 R.S.S. spot, loose 432 44 No. 1 R.S-S. f.o.b. in bales April 45 451 No. 2 R.S.S. f.o.b. in baks April 441 444 No. 3 R.S-S. f.o.b. in bales
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    BANK EMPLOYEES SACKED
    53 6 SHANGHAI. Mar. 25,—Four employees of the Central Bank of China have been dismissed for alleged purchases of gold bars which the Central Bank sold during the middle of Feb. ruary runaway marke* in an attempt to check the soaring prices. The dismissed men the assistant manager of
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    BIG RICE PRODUCTION DRIVE IN CEYLON
    202 6 Reuter. COLOMBO. Mar. 25.—1n a bid to go grow more rice internally to supplement overseas supplies, nearly one million acres are to be brought under cultivation durVo g C n he tWo harvcslin S seasons this year to produce 43,500 tons of rice, exceeding
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    MARKETS ACTIVE
    315 6 The shares markets yesterday were again active and a fair turnover of business resulted. Industrials were steady and j Fraser and Neaves Ords came to I business at $3.55. $3,574 and $3.60 I with sellers over at the latter I figure. Collieries were done at $2.50 and $2.52
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    38 6 A Government shop will be opened in the near future in the Government offices at Johore Bahru fo r the sale of and other useful commodities on a rationed basis to Government servants throughout the Slate of Johore.
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    4,373,890 ALREADY DEMOBBED
    53 6 Reuter. LONDON, Mar. 25.—The Ministry of Labour and National Service states that releases and discharges from the Forces and Auxiliary and Nursing Sci-vices from June 18, 1945, to the end of February 1947 was 4,373,890. Individual releases and discharges during February were Navy 8,700, Army 22,190, and
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    S'pore Food, Produce Markets
    346 6 Prices quoted beiow are per i picul weignt except where J otherwise stated, j Foodstuffs:- Yesterday's quo-i tations were "Meehoon": Kedah j $70; Siam No. 1 $90; indo-Cnina $70. Rice: Siam No. 1 $94: No. 2 $88; Rangoon $60. Olutinuous rice: Siam No. 1 I $75;
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    INSURGENTS ADVANCING UNOPPOSED ON ROSARIO
    167 6 Reuter. BUENOS AIRES, Mar. 25.—Insurgent headquarters in Paraguay, where civil war has now lasted 17 days, claimed to-day that their forces are advancing unopposed on Rosario, 62 miles north of Asuncion, the capital. Reports from Asuncion, now virtually cut off from the outsiae world, indicate
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    Swimming Club Report
    234 7 working n t 1 aiming club t hs uiat the en is a loss of j',. c considered m view of the J rehabilitation t U d ne. says th j h- fc n-'crdrali »tanjM at i v* v., an in- j 0) 23 since the laU
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    TOMMIES HOLD FRENCH ARMY TO DRAW
    360 7 WXW Denied any prac- ol the state of mds. tiie British red well to force a two--1• it finally turnJ• f I be a really rierce game Army at Pare Fr< nch were •«n in the first 'ed to lead 2-1 interval, there was
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    Varsity Boat Race Will Be Ex-Service Affair
    899 7  -  The Battle Of The Blues By Li. H.G. Hodder, RE., DCM, Ex-Cambridge Oarsman) London, Mar. 24.—This year's Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race over the historic four and a quarter mile Thames Tideway course from Putney to Mortlakes on Saturday is going to be
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    JACQUES BEAT MERRITIME B.P.
    112 7 In a friendly game of badminton played on Saturday night at the Happy World, the Jacques Badminton Party beat the Merrytime Badminton Party by four games to these. Scores (Jacques first): Ng Cheng Hua beat Teo Ah Bah 15—8, 15—11; Teo Thuang Kiat lost to Georgeg
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    S.C.C. vs. BIDADARI
    48 7 The following will represent the S.C.C. in a soccer match against the Bidadari Sports Club on the padang to-day. K. J. Burns; M Roberts, P. Hutchings; R. Smith, J. H. Mitchell, G. Verrell; W. C. MacKean, F. Twit. B. D. Clifton, T. Sill C. Milton.
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    E.& N. S. C. Beat Vet B.P.
    128 7 In a return badminton match composing of four singles and three doubles the F. N. Soorts Club beat the Vet BP. by six games to one. The following are the detailed results (F. N. players mentioned first): Yeo Hong Chuan beat Hordi bin
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    YMCA Table-Tennis
    58 7 The following will represent the V.M.C.A. at table-tennis against the Police Clerical Association on Friday, in a seven singles' match at the V.M.C.A. Orchard Road, starting at 7 p.m.:— Tang S:ck Wai. Kam Yew Lai. Eugene Bong. Sim Soo Juay, Lee Chio Long. Koh Tian Guan, and Ong
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    NEW WORLD WEIGHT LIFTING RECORD
    47 7 U.P. LONDON Mai. 24.—Mikhail h ippoport Russian weight-lifter -tt a new world semi-lig'ntweignt record today by jerk'ng and lifting 94.5 kilograms with £b right arm. The feat bettered by two kilogiams the world's record set 20 years ago by a Swiss weight-iifte;.--TJ.P.
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    DAWNS BEATEN
    38 7 The Cavenaugh Youngs ers XI defeated the District Dpwns XI by 3 goals to .wo at Fort Canning Ground, after a fast and exciting game. Scorers fcr the Cavenaughs XI were Brrrv <1> atrl Jahbar (2)
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    18 Horses Backed To Win £170,000
    377 7 Heavy Betting On Lincolnshire Reuter. London, Mar. 25.— Quotations at the final Victoria Club callover on the Lincolnshire Handicap to be run at Lincoln tomorrow were: 21-2 Whistling Wind taken and offered; 100-6 Vagabond taken and offered; 18-1 Poolnx taken and offered; 18-1 Ouragan
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    Racing Begins On Flooded Lincoln Course
    124 7 Reuter. LONDON. Mar. 25.—The start of the 1947 flat-racing season, after being delayed one day owing to floods and being in doubt until early today, oegan at Lincoln in glorious sunshine. But conditions unGer-foot were terrible. Roads to the course were flooded ana the
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    Down 3-Nil, Airmen Rally To Share Points With Chinese
    687 7 S.C.F.A. (I) 3 R-A.F 3 Down three-nil after fifteen minutes of play, the RAF. rallied strongly to reduce the deficit by two goals before the' interval and equalised in the hist minute through their centre forward, Moore, who completed his hat
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    HE 62, SHE 15, SAID 'I WILL'
    238 7 Reuter. SYDNEY.- Mrs. Mary Dawson of Lincolnshire. England, who has given birth to a child at the age of 47 2, is a much younger mother than many Australian women. Latest Australian statistics reveal that a woman cf 51 gave birth to a
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    Big 3 Secrets Prejudice Peace Settlement
    88 7 Reuter. CANBERRA. Mar. 25. Dr. Herbert V. Evatt. Australia's Minister for External Affairs, replying to a question In the Australian Parliament today, said the secret agreement entered into by the Big Three during the war had greatly affected and prejudiced peace settlement. He said
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    21 7 A meeting of the Singapore Advisory Council will be held at 10 a m on Thursday at the Municipal Council Chamber
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      28 7 T' Dine and Dance] I %J/ to th e music of 9 *U m\k w/i Sl Da a rfce re S BEST with SHIRLEY LENNER. courtesy of C.S.E.)
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    HOLLAND, TORTURED FOR REFUSING, BOUND OVER
    487 8 Broadcast For Japs Reuter. London, Mar. 25. The torture suffered by an Aus tralian in Ja)} .r.j>c ju'i after he had refused to continue broadcasting for them in Tokio during the war was described at trie central Criminal Court today when John Joseph Holland,
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    Mass Rally Next Sunday
    85 8 With tne dual object of rallying support fur the Pus it Tenggara Rayat (Peoples' United Front" y.nd the Pan-Malayan Council of Joint Action and of registering the peoples' views on the new constitutional proposals, these two bodies are convening a mass meeting on Sunday at 11
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    PARLIAMENT Will DEBATE MALAYA'S CONSTITUTION
    168 8 LONDON, Mar. 25.Viscount Eliban, Conservative, asked the Government in the House of Lords today if the draft of the revised new Malaya Constitution would be laid before Parliament soon, so that there might tie a full opportunity to debate it before it takes legislative shape.
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    WAVELL "IS VERY TIRED MAN"
    176 8 U.P. London, Mar. 25. The ret'ring Viceroy ol India. Lord Wavell. accompanied dy Lady Wavell and their son. Major A. J. Wavell. of the Black Watch Regiment, arrived from India at iMorthon Airport today. iney were welcomed Dy the Secretary of State for India. Lord
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    Hoover Recommends Restoration Of German Production
    128 8 U.P. Washington, Mar. 24. -Herbert Hoover recommended today that heavy and light irduMnes in the Anglo/\rrerican occupation zones in Of/manj should bo restored to production if a sound peace for Germany is not reached hy the Big Four. The former U.S. President critisised the
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    14 8 Air mail postage rates to Northern Ireland are being reduced from 3d. to 2d.
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    Jap Reparations To Claimant Nations
    251 8 U.P. Tokfo, Mar. 25.-The wrieHs »>f the cumbersome machinery wtnch will finally award Japanese reparations to claimant nations nave begun to turn siowiv in Tokio. Reparations delegations of three China, the Philippines and Australia—ar: now being conducted on an inspection tour throughout Japan of power
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    Russian Salmon For Britons
    167 8 U.P. Londos, Mar. 25. —The Food Minister. Mr. John Strachey, told a press conference today that in the first tood contract signed between this country and Russia Since the war, Britain would get 10.000,000 tins (5,000 toss) oi red salmon and 2\ million tins (625 tons)
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    SEAFORTHS WIN 6-0
    31 8 The Ist. Bn Seafor.h Highlanders trounced G. H. Q SEALF by six goals to nil. in he f|nal of the Army soccer tournament at Victoria Schooi yes erday.
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    AUSSIES TO LIFT DUTCH BOYCOTT
    90 8 Reuter. SYDNEY. Mar. 25. The Federal Secretary of the Waterside Workers Federation. J. Healy. commenting today on the signing of the Dutch-Indo-nesian agreement in Batavia. said. "Immediately we are assured that the mater is flnaly ratified the ban imposed on the carriage ot goods likely
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    U.K. COST OF LIVING UP
    66 8 U.P. LONDON. Mar. 25.—A Government White Paper said today that th: cost of household goods in Britain in 1945 rose 63 per cent, over 1945. Other increases included clothing. 20 per cent., food 11 per cent and non-food merchandise 27 p:r cent. The White Paper
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    Gromyko Vetoes Albania Finding
    265 8 Reuter. Lake SuccefC, Mar. 25.— Andrei Gromyko (Russia) today vetoed the United Nations Security Council decision findinp; "that the minefield In the Corfu Strait c Uld not have been laid without the knowledge of the Albanian Government." Alter the meeting the British d legation spokesman declared.
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    SOVIET BANS U.S. NEWSMAN
    151 8 U.P. j BERLIN, Mar. 25.—The Soviet mii ary au horities today banned the Chicago Tr bune frcm representation on the Amcr can correspondents' tour of he Russian zone scheduled for next week. The name of Hal Faust representing the Tribune was s ruck off the lis'
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    Duel Challenge Turned Down
    116 8 PARIS. Mar. 25 —Andre Le Troquer, fcrmer Socialist M> nis er of National Defence, today flatly turned down a challenge to a duel by Ma.tre Philore :ko. Defence counsel for Jean Cavailhes. eh ef accused in the Fresnes prison plot involving the forgery of documents dcs
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    U.S. Plans Free korea In 60 Days
    235 8 U .S. Plans Free korea In 60 Days Reuter. United sTes para, on a p oiishmem of ar l> *2 penden. Korea within 30 1 0 spokesman f ur lh( loaalisLs leader, Rhee. tow Reuter The spokesman :r °;'f ■ill of the pn»Oßj.lsti Acting Acheso.i. io.d ho übrnued 0 c
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    Soviet MP'S See Mock War In Britain
    90 8 Reuter. LONDON. Mar I 5 Parliamentary visitins Britain t- cay DM Army units in Ban Hampshire. They saw nrbts type I British. Americ n G rman tanks and mock battle. Sherman I fla ls. cleared a path ti' minefield. Then Cbui codile tanks,
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    MOUNTBATTEN WILL KEEP "OPEN MIND" ON INDIA
    305 8 New Delhi. Mar. 25.—The New V Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten. told th ent of the Indian Interim Government. Pandit Ja Nehru, and the Muslim Finance Minis! Ali Khan, today that he kept an "open min< I the political constitutional and commun I India,
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      100 8 TODAY'S WEATHER REPORT Bright Periods i Singapore weather forecast for 24 hours from noon today, compiled by the R.A.F. Central Forecasting Station. Air Command. Far East: Cons'derable bright periods this afternoon, with fsw heavy I showers towards evening. Fine tonight, fair and bright tomor- row morning. Wind: Variable sea breezes
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