The Straits Times, 28 September 1946

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    20 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER ESTABLISHED OVER A CENTURY EIGHT PAGES. SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1946. PRICE 10 CENTS
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    CHANGE IN RATIONING SYSTEM
    532 1 Alternatives Of Bread And Flour A NEW system of bread and flour rationing is to be introduced m Singapore, probably m about three weeks' time. Under this system people will be able to select their ration individually from the following One and a half katties flour
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    Changes In The Cabinet Soon
    128 1 LONDON. Fri.—The long j awaited British Cabinet changes I are now exp2cted to be announc ed just before Parliament reai sembles on Oct. 8, according to well-informed sources here. It is believed that the War Ml- nister, Mr. Jaci Lawson, and tne Air Minister, Lord
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    41 1 PARIS, Fri.—Don Jose Giral, Prime Minister of the Spa.iisn exiled "Government," yesterday handed a note to the Bis Four Foreign Ministers and to the Unit3d Nations protesting against the increased torture and persecution of anti-Franco prisoners m Spanish jails.— Reuter. I
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    Wool Bidding Again
    35 1 Kncrgetic bidders shout and gesticulate at the first sales at the London Wool Exchange since 1939. Thousands of bales from Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and the Falkland Isles are being auctioned
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    NO "RIGHTS" COURT
    222 1 PARIS, Friday. 1 USTRALIA'S proposal tc A set up a European court of human rights to protect the interests of the racial, religious and political minorities was defeated m the Peace Conference today. The voting was 15 to four, with Brazil abstaining. The Big Four opposed the
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    Britain May Act In Greek Civil War
    332 1 LONDON, Friday. DRITISH troops may intervene m the Greek civil war D m the event of the Greek Army units being unable to crush the Communist rising m Macedonia, Government officials said yesterday. Reports that the B. itish Command had been instructed not
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    Indian Rioting Spreads To Agra
    129 1 Indian Rioting Spreads To Agra NEW DELHI, Friday. OEVEN people were killed O and a hundred injured m communal clashes yesterday i at Agra. The police opened fire to quell the disturbances. Later reports state that the situation there is quiet. The total toll m yesterday's Hindu-M'islim incidents m Calcvtta
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    SINO-CANADIAN TRADE PACT
    50 1 NANKING, *n. a diplomatic official said today that China and Canada had signed a commercial modus Vivendi for an extension and increase m the flow of trade i between the two countries. The text will be released simul- taneously m Nanking and Ottawa on Oct. I.— U.P.
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    EGYPT WILL CLOSE THE DOOR
    211 1 EGYPT WILL CLOSE THE DOOR CAIRO, Friday. rLL-INFORMED quarters here believe that the Egyptian delegation has de cided to reject the latest British proposals m the treaty revision talks. The complete rejection is expected to be conveyed m a note which will probably be delivered tomorrow to Lord Stansgat?. head
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    46 1 BELGRADE, Fri.— The Yugoslav Government will propose to the Greek Government the appointment of a joint Greek-Yugo-slav Commission to investigate the case of the Greek spitfire plane which was shot down on Yugoslav territory on Sept. 6 by Yugoslav artillery, it was announced here today.— Reuter.
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    TWO PRINCESSES FINED
    52 1 MARLOW, Buckinghamshire, Fri. —Princess Teri and Princess Dushan, nieces of ex-King Zog of Albania, were yesterday fined £7 each and disqualified from driving a motor-car for a year. Princess Dushan was summoned here for driving withouit a licence or insurance policy and her sister for aiding and
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    29 1 BEIRI/r, Frl—Mr. Terence Shone, the new British High Commissioner m India, with nil wife, left here by air today for London before taking up his irw post m India.—Reuter.
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    JAVA INTERNEES FREE AFTER FOUR YEARS
    299 1 BATAVIA, Friday... PVE hundred and fifty Dutch and Eurasian internees, many of whon were interned for over lour years, arrived by train m Batavia as evacuation went under way again today after two months of bickering over the alleged Allied violations of the evacuation
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    Small Hope For Palestine Talks
    232 1 Small Hope For Palestine Talks LONDON, Friday. AN informed British oflrial said today that the Anglo Arab talks o n the future ol Palestine appeared about to collapse. This official said a collapse of the Palestine talks seemed "imminent" because there was little likelihood that any Jewish representation would be
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    32 1 BAT AVI A, Fri— Flames sw^pt the south-west Borneo port ot Bandjermasln on July 25. destroying property valued at £415,000, including 2.000 tons vi rubber, according to delay.d messages reaching here.— A.i\
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    Silver To Be Withdrawn
    70 1 Silver To Be Withdrawn LONDON. Fri.— The British Government announced today its intention to eliminate silver coins from its currency for th? first time m 2,000 years. The Chancellor of the Exchequer announced Urn sending of the bill to Parliament providing, tor the gradual substitution of copper anl nickel alloy
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    NAZIS "EGGED JAPAN INTO WAR"
    202 2 NAZIS "EGGED JAPAN INTO WAR" 1 70 Documents Shown In Tokio Trial TOKIO, Friday. ANGERED at a Japanese refusal to give Germany special privileges m China, the Nazis egged Japan into war against the U.S., secret German documents disclosed to the Tokio War Crimes Tribunal today. The prosecution introduced 170
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    41 2 Dr. Julian Huxley. Secrqtary- General of the I luted Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation, talkinr to Prof Rene Cassin, who greeted him on behalf of the French President when he arrived m Parts t« Instal UNESCO at the Hotel Majestic.
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    Underground Plot Foiled In Kalgan
    190 2 Underground Plot Foiled In Kalgan PEKING, Friday. j^N Official Communist party j\ dispatch from Kalgan announced last night that a plot for a Nationalist underground rising inside Kalgan, Communist city of Chahar, on which three columns of Nationalists are converging, had been unearthed and its ringleader executed. A number of
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    MEDICAL PLAN FOR INDONESIA
    119 2 THE HAGUE, Fri— A plan for a federal medical service for the whole of Indonesia was outlined here yesterday by Prof. P. M. Van Wulfften Palthe, President of the Emergency University at Batavia. m an interview with the Netherlands News Agency. A separate Government department will
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    WORLD MARITIME CONFERENCE
    82 2 WASHINGTON, Fri.— Th e Unit- ed States has invited 16 countries to attend a conference for the establishment of a world inter i Government maritime organisa- I tion, the American State Department announced yesterday. Members of the United Maritime Consultative Council will attend the meeting on Oct.
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    SMALLPOX RIFE IN HONG KONG
    64 2 HONG KONG. Fri— More than 170 people have died m Hong Kong from smallpox since the beginning of the year. Others attacked by the diseases have been blinded or badly disfigured. This was stated In a Government warning to the population to get vaccinated. Hong
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    HEATH FILLS THE PAPERS
    68 2 LONDON, Friday. —Most of London's newspapers today printed long accounts of the trial at the Old Bailey of Neville J Heath, the former airman who was sentenced to death yesterday for the murder of Mrs. Mar- gery Gardner at a London hotel. The trial, Heath's life
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    Nazi Trial To Be Broadcast
    125 2 NUREMBERG, Fri. —The closing speeches of the Nuremberg War Crimes trial of Nazi leaders will be broadcast next week direct from the courtroom, so that Germans m all four occupation zone s will be able to hear the judgment. On Monday there will be four
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    COMMISSION FOR SOUTH SEAS
    86 2 CANBERRA, Fri.— Dr. Herbert V. Evatt, Australian Minister for External Affairs, announced here yesterday that Australia had invited Britain, France, the United States and Holland to a conference m Australia early next year to establish a South Seas Commission. The Commission's functions would be to advise
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    RELIEF FOR JAPS
    154 2 PTOKIO, Friday. it the first time m the history of Japan, every Japanese is to be allowed a minimum standard of life by a bill recently passed by the House of Peers which will provide* Government relief for the unemployed, the sick, the aged and all others
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    PRESS STRIKE IN JAPAN
    64 2 TOKIO, Fri.— The All-Japan Newspaper and Radio Workers' Union headquarters has announced its decision to call a nation-wide general strike of members and all leading papers, as well as broadcasting stations, on Oct. 5. The wireless are demanding collective bargaining and increase of pay, as well
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    BRITISH AGENT FOUND SHOT
    59 2 NEW DELHI, Fri.— Major John Stewart Donald, Political Agent m South Waziristan, the tribal district on the North-West Frontier of India, has been found dead near a tank m the Dehra Ismail Khan district. He had a bullet wound m his head. Major Donald was kidnapped
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    New Government In Burma Formed
    409 2 RANGOON, Friday. A HISTORIC milestone m Burma's constitutional progress was reached yesterday when the Governor, Sir Hubert Ranee, announced the formation of the country's first Interim National Government. The new Government will exercise almost the same powers as the Indian Interim Government, and for the
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    Nehru To Pay Early Visit To Ceylon
    140 2 NEW DELHI. Friday. OANDIT Nehru, head of the Indian Interim Government, plans to visit Ceylon as soon as possible. Announcing this at his first press conference as member lor External Affairs and Commonwealth Relations yesterday, Pandit Nehru declared: "We have tried and propose
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    VIETNAM CHIEF ATTACKED
    80 2 PARIS, Fri.— A strcng ctack on Ho Chi Minn, President of the Vietnam Government, who conducted the Franco-Vietnam talks m Paris was made m pamphlets circulated today m Hanoi, according to French news Agency reports from that city. The pamphlets were written m Annamits and attributed to
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    Roosevelt's Estate
    40 2 NEW YORK, Fri.— Estate tax returns show that the late President Roosevelt left gross estate of $1,821,887. Returns filed by the executors of the estate show that deductions aggregating $736,401 were made, leaving the net estate at $1,085,486.—U.P
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      355 2 NOTICE. Notice is hereby given that the business of Importer*, exporters, general merchants and contractors heretofore carried on at No. 259. Beach Road, Singapore, and in Clyde Terrace, S'ngapore, under the style or firm name of "Victory Supply Agency" by Mr. Son Kta Kee as sole proprietor was on the
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    Singapore Imports Mounting
    304 3 Singapore Imports Mounting Goods Com ing From Forty Countries l ATEST figures available of the trade of Singapore again show big jumps over those of previous months. Imports for July stood at nearly $67,000,000, as against $38,500,000 m June; exports for July, about $41,500,000 as against $30,290,000 m June. August
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    MALARIA UNDER CONTROL
    175 3 MALARIA UNDER CONTROL A LTHOUGH the Municipal J\ health department is relying mainly on oil m its campaign against malaria, hospital figures appear to show that the disease is under good control, said Mr. L. Rayman, the President of the Municipality, yesterday. H' added that at the beginning of September,
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    Church Services
    165 3 Church of England: St. Andrew* 1, 8, 10.30. 5.30; St. Peter's; 7.30. 9.30, 10.30. 7.30; St. George's Garrison Church (Tanglin); 7.15. 9, 9.45, 6.30; Christ Church: 8, 10.30. 5. 6.30; St. Hilda's. 8, 5 30; St. Paul's (ScranGOon>; 8; Garrison Church (69 I.QH. Alexandra): 7.15 11. 6. Salvation
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    Control Of Japs Urged
    143 3 A work party of about 40 scantily-clad Japanese prisoners of war had a bath from a water pipe m his garden, rested themselves on his tennis lawn and caused some nervousness among the women m hb bouse m Bukit Timah Road, Mr. T. W. One related,
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    Border Ambush: M.C.P. Statement
    114 3 THE representative m Singapore of the Malayan Communist Party writes denying the report that the one hundred Chinese guerillas who ambushed a convoy of British troops on the border of Siam and Malaya were believed to be remnants of the wartime Communist troops. Such an insinuation
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    Malaya's New G.O.C.
    25 3 Malaya's new G.0.C., Lieut Gen. Galloway, will leave for Malaya early next month. He is, to succeed Lt. Gen. Frank Messervy. I
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    Gaol Sentences For Kluang Parachutists
    436 3 PENTENCES on 255 men of the 13th Parachute Battalion, v who were charged with joining m a mutiny at Muar on May 14 and tried by court martial at Kluang, were announced m Singapore yesterday. All the accused of the 258 men of the 13th
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    GUN DUEL INQUEST
    335 3 A RUNNING duel between a Chinese gunman and tho police m the heart of the city on Ji#j 13, when S. Kolandasamy, a machine attendant employed by the Straits Times Press, Ltd., was fatally shot, was described by Inspector L. C. Kessler, of the Singapore Harbour Board
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    Unions Rush To Register
    136 3 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR Friday. SJINCE the registration of O the Locomotive Enginemen's Union, applications for registration from various trade, occupational and industrial unions throughout Malaya have been pouring into the office of the Registrar of Trade Unions at the rate of ten to
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    Nursing Sister Killed After Changi Dance
    198 3 Nursing Sister Killed After Changi Dance SHORTLY after leaving a sergeants' mess m Changi where she had been dancing. Joy Jones, an English girl, died from the injuries received m a collision involving the lorry which was taking her home. This tragedy had a sequel m the First District Court
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    AIR PASSENGERS
    98 3 Nineteen passengers left Singapore on Wednesday by BOA.C. and Qantas n>ing boats for the United Kingdom. Australia, Burma and Java. For U.K.: Mr. P. T. B. Aver, Capt. G. A. Good. Lt. C. R. Collins, Pte. K. MacParlane. A/Col. Jamieson, Capt. G L. L. Moubray, Mr. D. Wills.
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    Cheap Meals
    19 3 The following is to-days menu at the People's RestauTant: bahmee, fried onions prawns, koo chye. been sprouts.
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    K.L. CIVILIANS TO HELP THE POLICE
    278 3 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. AN auxiliary polios force, comprising civilians, is one of the measures b«:--considered to augment the Kuala Lumpur police force which is at present ton understaffed to cope efficiently with the duty of oatroilinw. Mr. W. A. C.
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Sat, Sept 28, 1946 The War Leaders Speak
    1010 4 The Straits Times Singapore, Sat, Sept 28, 1946 The War Leaders Speak In these unedifying days of excursions and alarms it is perhaps only too easy to clutch at the smallest straw of relief from war and the talk of war. Nevertheless, it is possible to discern m the events
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    U.S. MARINES FIX JAPS' REPAT
    69 4 "American troops are m China with the sanction of the Chinese Government, for the purpose of repatriating Japanese", China's Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs. Mr. Liv Chieh. said m Nanking, says A. P. He made this statement at a press conference when he was asked to
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    PoWs Go Home
    50 4 The first batch of 500 German prisoners-of-war to return home und'r the new scheme embarked at Hull on Thursday. All had been given the label "politically sate." Fellow prisoners gave th:m a send-ofT as they left their Colchester camp m a special train, says Rent:/ from London
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    An ex-paratrooper muses on the Kluang trial
    1007 4 An ex-paratrooper muses on the Kluang trial I REMEMBER one day shortly after the fall of Tunis m 1943, when the Parachute Brigade were training hard m a sandy valley not far from the city of Oran. It was one of those periods when the air was tense with rumour,
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      Raffles Statue and His Birthday
      378 4 BY courtesy of Mr. P. A. B. McKerron, recently arrived home, I have seen thp account of the ceremony attending the restoration to its former site oi the statue of Sir Stamford Raffles. I noted that this was actually planned to take place on his
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      A Hero's Grave
      307 4 ON Dec. 7, 1945, the remains of a great man were brought to Singapore. I refer to Major-General Lim Boil Seng. On Jan. IS. 1946. after resting m a shrine off Serangoon Road. Maior-General Lim Boh Seng was buried with military honours at a site overlooking the
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      Stone-Age Malays
      182 4 Stone- Age Malays A RECENT letter in the Straits Times makes it necessary to clear up tile misconception that the Bataks are not Malays. Pear\i Encyclopaedia states: "The Malay is a race of people with oblique eyes, high cheek bones, and brown skin, whose native countries are the Malajr Archipelago
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    Court Told How 3,000 Men Died In Siam
    835 5 Sick Carried To Work On ''Death Railway" THE complete and stark history of "F" Force of 7,000 British and Australian prisoners of war who lost more th an 3,000 men m less than eight months' work on the Siam-Burma railway construction, is
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    "WHITE SLUG" GETS 5 YEARS
    144 5 CERGEANT Sakano Ginzo, •5 nicknamed "White Slug." was sentenced at the Second War Crimes Court yesterday to five years' imnrisonment on a charge of illtreating British PoWs workin? on the BurmaSiam Railway at Changkai camp. Apart f.om consistently illtreating the PoWs, the accused, who was
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    Cathedral Wedding
    34 5 Mr. Stuart J. Rand and Miss Kathlern de SMlcs-Tnrland, photographed after their wedji mg at St. Andrew's Cathedral yesterday. Mr. Rand is on the staff of Messrs. Sime Darby and Co., Ltd.
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    Governor's Letter On Assessment Rates
    436 5 rE Governor, Sir Franklin Gimson, had sent a letter to the Singapore Municipal Commissioners, expressing displeasure at their recent decision removing the limit fixed for assessment rates, said Mr. L. Rayman, the President, at the Commissioners' meeting yesterday. After a long discussion, the Commissioners decided
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    39 5 Teo Kirn Chwee, former em- I ployee of the Bulk Issue Store, Anson Road, was on Thursday acquitted on a charge ol stealing three cases of cigarettes and 18 bottles of liquor valued at $550, belonging to the Naan.
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    PHOTOGRAPHIC CONTEST
    462 5 l OCAL amateur photoL graphers professionals, too will find much to interest them at the exhibition at the Union Jack Club. It is the first of its kind held at the club, and with entries open to the forces only, several civilians have expressed the "wish that such
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    TRADERS BACK TAN KAH KEE'S CABLE
    357 5 A FOUR-POINT resolution supporting Mr. Tan Kah Kee's recent cable to President Truman urging the cessation of American aid to the Chinese National Government, and strongly criticising the Kuomintang was passed at a meeting today at" the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce, sponsored by
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    European Acquitted
    139 5 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. A GREEING with the submission of counsel, Mr. Morris Edgar, tnat the prosecution had failed r .o ma-ke out i. case of negligent driving, Che Abdul Rani today acquitted a European mining engineer, Mr. J. D. Mead, of Messrs. Osborne and
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    18 5 Bishop Edwin F. Lee wflJ preach at the Paya Lebar Methodist Church on Sunday at I 10 a.m.
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      282 5 SAY IT WITH FLOWERS First Prize Winner for Basket of Cut Gladiolus. Exhibited m The Singapore Grow More Food Exhibition at The Happy World. Recently received from Holland First Shipment of Entirely New Varieties of Gladiolus. Choice Selections of Assorted Varieties Now Available. CORONATION FLOWER SHQP 241, ORCHARD ROAD, (opposite
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      145 5 FRENCH PERFUMES Exotic PARISIKN POST WAR PRODUCTION Marriage D' Amour 1 oz. Size $21/-, 2 oz. $45/Jtep 1 oz. Size $21/2 oz. $45/BAO 1 oz. Size $21/Obtainable at:~Robinsons John Littles Federal Dispensary Medical Hall Maynards DANCING at the TAVE ,N 7-17 TangHn Rd. opposite Nassim Road TONIGHT 8 p.m. to
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    SQUATTERPROBLEM IN PERAK
    213 6 Miners Say Government Should Be Lenient From Our Own Correspondent IPOH, Friday. WHILE London squatters are making news, the local authoiities are beginning to take notice of the different kinds of squatting that has gone on since the Japanese occupation. The unenviable task before the Land Office
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    Penang Gets 3,000 Tons Of Wheat Flour
    123 6 Penang Gets 3,000 Tons Of Wheat Flour From Our Own Correspondent PENANG. Thurs. ANEW food ship has brought 3,000 tons of wheat flour to Penang. Coming from Australia the Daghostan is now In the roads discharging her cargo Into lighters. As a result of this shipment black-market bread, which has
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    Profiteers In Segamat Fined
    169 6 Profiteers In Segamat Fined From Our Own Correspondent Segamat, Frl. DRASTIC action is being taken by the local Food Control Depal tment to stamp out blacimarket activities and several offenders have been fined. Tan Fun, a food vendor, was produced m the District Court for selling Kueh Pow and *Mcc
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    MALAY KEPT STILL: FINED
    93 6 From Our Own Correspondent ALOR STAR, TiVJrs. CHEW Chiang Mlang, a Chinese was produced m the District Court yesterday for illicit liquor offences. Two charges of being m possession of a still and being m possession of 22 gallons of intoxicating liquor were preferred agaim it
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    Fine For Selling Above Control
    95 6 From Our Own Correspondent PENANO, Wed. IN the first prosecution m Penang for selling commodities above the maximum prices fixed m the price control proclamation, two provision dealers, Oan Keat Leong and Chew Soon Hock, were produced m the District Court yesterday and fined $800
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    Tyre Thieves Foiled
    69 6 prom Our Own Correspondent TAIPINQ, Wed. The District Judge, Perak North, Mr. C. P. Newton nearly had his new car stripped of its tyres early yesterday morning. The th:evcs after removing one of the front tyrea, dropped the cover cap on the floor waking up the watchman
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    Inter-Racial Kindness In Those Days
    209 6 Straits Tmtt Pott-Bag ANOTHER eye-witness acA count of help given by one of the poorest class of Asiatics to British prisoners in Singapore during the occupation may be of interest. It happened during the maos raids by B-29s over Singupor/ (which bejan in January. 1945,
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      467 6 NOTICE. The Power of Attorney executed In favour of Mr. K. S. Jamalu&ln by the Proprietor of Bee Supply Company has been cancelled with effect from 23rd September, 1946, and future transactions with him on behalf of cur firm will not be valid Any claim against cur firm during Mr.
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      608 6 KUALA LUMPOR TOWN BOARD The Finest that craftsApplications are invited for the post men can create m. of Town Superintendent In the .Town Board, Kuala Lumpur, on a salary rA »v n i*nge of »280/AB/S2M'AI6/S4OO/ li UL U ABB "pplicante should be not more than PLATINUM JEWELLERY 42 years of
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      635 6 Leading the "unbid suit" is not Now that you mention hearts, always a good idea. Observe to- everything is under control." day's deal: North's raise in no trump alsc North dealer suggested that he did not fear •Roth sirio<i vulnerab'e tn e unbid spa-le suit. KSh-pomt 'SSe On this (sound)
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    Tin Conference: Free Market Next Year?
    146 7 Around The Marketc LONDON, Thursday. THE British Government's fixation of Malayan and Nigerian tin prices at roughly the same level as the United States agreed to pay for Bolivian tin (which Britain meets for Bolivia's Patino tin) prepares the way for the international tin
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    In The City
    82 7 Nervousness has not entirely disappeared from the stock market and despite the ab ence of any advene factors, a number of fillers appeared. Lack of turnover resulted In some dullness In giltedgeds while provincial Interests again turned sellers of in. du'trlals. in which tobaccos and brewI cries
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    Wall Street
    100 7 NEW YORK. Fridav. Stock: generally rallied In the final hour to-c*ay after the market had spent mo6t ol the session loafing over irregular terrain. It was the third successive average recovery shift— the first time this had been accomplished in about two months. Closing gains ranged from fraetlonr
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    Straits Produce
    98 7 PRICES U local produce made further drop yesterday, but th« market ha* been attire, says Kung Pao. Siamese soya-beans dropped to $53 per plcul because of the arrival of n?w stock. Siamese green prac stood firm at $4> pet plcul. Siamese peanut seeds were $69 per picul, ard
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    Silver Shortage
    149 7 London, Thurs. The British Government's decision to replace Britain's present silver coins by nickel coins is dictated by shortage of silver generally, and particularly by the obligation to return a huge amount of lend-lease silver to the U-«ted States m kind, writes Sydney Campell. Reuter's City Editor. This
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    India's Needs
    125 7 The decision of the British auinonties to take a more generous view ot India's requirement* of dollar ex. change is sensible, d'jclares the Financial Times. Indian circles have for some time chafed against the restrictions iinooaed v.pon their foreiim trade by the dollar tool arrangement. According to a
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    Australia's Cars
    65 7 Sydney, Thursday. Tlie Sydney Sun says British automobile interests are seeking the Australian Government's permission to ship complete cays from Britain. Australian factories at present are failing to turn out motorcar bodies fast enough to meet the now of chassis from England and the U.S. Inadequate sheet steel
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    Goodrich Chief On Synthetic
    215 7 WASHINGTON, Fri. AMERICAN produced synthetic rubber can be means of effecting a reduc tion m the higher arbitrary price of crude, natural rubber the U.S. is at present paying at Far Eastern ports, Mr John L. Collyer, President of Goodrich Rubber Co., told the American Highway
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    Robbers Remove Women's Rings
    58 7 Robbers Remove Women's Rings From Own Own Correspondent PENANG. Thurs. A FTER a lull of some wseks armed rccbers struck again over the weeK-end when a family m Magazine Road was visited oy three men one of whom carried a revolver. The intruders broke into trie kitchen and removed some
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    AlongThe Singapore Waterfront
    511 7 ONE ion of American naaii will be brought to Singapore today by the American President Liner President Polk, first of the company's passenger-cargo vessels feu resume its regular pre-war round-the-world service. Th». vessel is expected to berth alongside godowns 13-14 at about 1 p.m. There are 94
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      515 7 AUCTION SALE OF VALUABLE LEASEHOOD A STATUTORY GRANT PROPERTIES Ta he heM »t THE SALEROOM OF MESSRS. CHEONG KOON SENG CO. LTD, No. 10 Chulia Street. ON WEDNESDAY. 2nd OCTOBER, 1946. AT2.M P.M. Lot 1. Freehold land and hou«e No 72 Emerald Hill Road. Singapore, area 1,427 sq. ft. Monthly
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      77 7 PROJECTORS and SOUND SYSTEMS. fEERLESS "MAGNARCS" "NATIONAL" REaiRERS "WALKER" SCREENS sole DISTRIBUTORS MALAYA and SIAM. SHAW BROTHERS LTD. 116. Robinson Road, Singapore. aaaL^aafli SINGAPORE'S GREATES7 SCREEN EVENT IS COMING! A THREE HOUR SHOW! (NO PRICE INCREASE) CHENG CHIANG SHIPPING CO., LTD. to KUCHING and SIBU m.v. -HUNG HAI" loading Singapore
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      413 7 American President Lines, Ltd. NK»> roils via Rorabi) md Mediterranean fort* LOUIS MrHENRT HOWE* Gaatowns IS/ If PRESIDENT POLK Cat* 4 Goaown* 13/14 fllWHill to embark at X p.as. Band«y Scat. 29th MARINE LEOFAKD* Dm fta Arrive Oct. < •PrHffM anrj ror Kretgnt tod Pmsaeagen fcppi> AMERICAU PRESIDENT LINES Union
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      283 7 Mansfield Co., Ltd. (Indtrporairo m Slntapore) BLUfc KUNNEL LINK Sellings to aoJ tiom United Kingdom Atrcus sails for U.K. 3»th SepC Priam tails far V.K. Ist Oct I.ycaon Dae from ILK. Tth Oct Alcinoos wlls tor CJL 10lh Oct. Western Australia The «bartem «r» ra«l» «i <tir ehr«pes< aaW SlntH
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      96 7 RADIO PROGRAMMES RADIO MALAYA Singapore RED NETWORK (Chinese Indian) 225 metres; also 18 p.m. to 2 p.m. 1.825 megacycles per second (61 metre band I and 7.45 p.m. to 9. SO p.m. 4.78 me|tcjrcles per second (61 metre band. BLUE NETWORK: (Malay A English) 300 metres; also 12 p.m. to
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      104 7 p.m. Your Favourite Songs; 8.32 p.m. Forces Variety Quiz relayed from Shackle Club; 8.30 pjn. News; 9.4S p.m. Radio Gazette," 10.00 p.m. Band ot Lincolnshire regiment; 10.30 p.m. Rhythm on records; 11.30 p.m. News Headlines and Close Down. B. B. C. 4.3t» pan to 10.45 p.m GSV 16.84 and 13.93
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      152 7 TIDE TABLE To-day: High water, 12.16 a.m., 9 ft. 8 in.; 12.25 p.m. 9 ft. 2 in. To-morrow: High water. 12.49 a.m., 9 ft. 5 in.; 12.47 p.m., 9 ft. 1 in. 8.45 p.m. Radio Newsreel; 9.00 p.m. String along with Sandy: 9.90 pm. Sport or Music: 10.30 p.m. Soccer
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    PANCHO LOSES IN SYDNEY Outpointed In Hard Fight
    453 8 PANCHO LOSES IN SYDNEY Outpointed In Hard Fight MELBOURNE, Thurs. By Merv Williams, Boxing Editor, Sporting Globe, Melbourne KID Pancho, 8-13, was unable to check the strong finishing run of tall, rangy, Ted Sprouster, 8-13, at Lc'chardt Stadium tonight and was beaten on points over 12 rounds. Panch was ahead
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    Home Soccer Fixtures For Next Week
    352 8 LONDON, Friday. ENGLAND will play Eire soccer at Dublin on Monday. Complete list of Home fcntball matches for next week are as below. r SEPT. 30 SECOND DIVISION Burnley v Barnsley GLASGOW CUP-FINAL Rangers v Clyde OCT. 2 Arsenal vs Sparta Club. Prague. Czechoslovakia.
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    Newcomers Shocked By Aust. Wicket
    131 8 M.C.C. bowlers on their first tour of Australia were shocked when they saw their first Australian wicket at Perth, writes E. M. Wellings m the Sydney Daily Telegraph of Sept. 26. Lack of grass on the wicket at Perth was the main reason for surprise.
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    Comptonln Good Form
    144 8 PERTH, Friday. M.C.C. batsmen pleased onlookers j with some lusty hitting during today's net practice. Denis I Compton showed fine powers of driving and short arm hooks against the slows of Peter Smitb and Douglas Wright. It has been decided that at the grounds where matches are
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    J.C.S.A. SOCCER
    67 8 The following will represent the J.C.S.A. m a friendly game of Soccer aga'nst R.A.F.— Sembawang this afternoon at Sembawang. Players are kindly requested to assemble at Union Jack Club at 3.45 p.m. for transport. Teck Phuan, Naidu, W. Hendroff, V. Sabapathy, P. Ross, A. Harith. IC. Bala, Ramasamy,
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    USEFUL B.P.
    133 8 An official opening of Th» Useful Badminton Party is to be from October 1. Geylang branch court, at No. 45, Lorong 27A, Off Sims Avenue, will take place on Sunday Oct. 6 at 4 pm. All old members are requested to be present with their rackets. Two other
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    MUAR SPORTS ASSN.
    86 8 MUAR. Mon. With a view that all sports activities In Muar should be run on a better organised basis, representatives of various sports circles mc*t at the Muar Club and formed the Muar Sports Association. In a meeting that followed, it was decided that the Association would
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    Malays Play Sultan Today At Stadium
    230 8 FR this week-end's soccer at Jalan Besar Stadium two games have been arranged, the Malays meeting: R. 7.7..5. Sultan to-day and the S.C.F.A. meeting the Indians tomorrow. The second game is being played m aid of Q* Indians' Rehabilitation Fund. Last Saturday the Malays
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    British Horses For Overseas
    86 8 JUANY racehorses are now being shipped from Merseyside to meet the rising demand for British bloodstock from overseas Next wesk 34 are reaving for India—22 for Bombay and Karachi and 12 for Calcutta. Four others are bound for Capetown. Earlier this week Hobo, sold by Lord
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    42 8 The Indian team today is: O. M. Angullia, K. Louis, Kartar Singh, Baboo, Oupta, Mahalingam, Mani, Sattar, K. R. Muthiah T. C. Balan, Paul Davis, A. Vijeyretnam, Paul Anugraham, I. M. Angulllah, K. Thangavelu and PMarimuthu. Referee Sgt. Carter. (R.A.F. I Tengah).
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    Heavy Track At Penang
    93 8 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG. Fri With persistent rain falling: in the past five days and six inches of mud on the racecourse the going for tomorrow's races will be very heavy. There has been considerable comment in Turf circles on the fact that certain hordes
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    Acceptances For Penang
    227 8 From Our Own Correspondent PENANO, Fri rpHE following »re the weights for the first day of the Penang racso on Saturday. Sept. 28. RACE ONE Hones, Clan 4, Dir. 1, 5 Fan. Silver Bond 9.02; Eimory 9.00, Never Mind 8.04; Moon win 8.03. Screening: Mafic Star 8.96;
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    BASKET BALL TOUR
    67 8 On invitation of the Psnang Chinese Reporters' Association, the Sing Hwa Basket Ball team will leave for Penang today to meet the strongest thre; teams of Penang. On their way to Penang, the team will have a friendly game with the all S?langor basket ball teat.: on
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    S.C.R.C. RUGBY
    65 8 A meeting was held at the SCR C Club House and the following members were elected to hold ollies in the rugby section. Lee Slew Choh, (captain). R. Eu. (vice-captain), Ng Wood Kan. (convenor) The S.C.R.C. will begin their season on Oct. 19, and the MHVHKC will acqept
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    PLAYFAIR B.P.
    85 8 The Playfair B.P. "B" String, will play friendly badminton match consist ng of four singles and three doubles, against the United Family B.P. "B" on Sunday at the former's court at 3.00 p.m. Lira Lian Seng, T. Fernandez, Chan Swee Lam, Syn Wai mun, Anthony Sim, Peter Seng,
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    DRAUGHTS MATCH
    49 8 The following will represent the Chinese Swimming Club against the Treasury Dept. In a draughts match today at 2.30 p.m. at Amber Road, Messrs. Ong Kong Owl, Tan Kang Leng, Teo Slew Sun, Tan Kirn Guan, Chin Soon Sun. Reserves: Llm Chong Bak and Tay Chong Ann.
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    69 8 The Singapore Chinese Engineering Association football team against 699 V.A.W.R.E.M.E. today at Anson Road (former Y.M.C.A. ground) at 5.15 p.m. will be: Choo Chee Seng; Fong Wai Mun. Chan Sisw Moon; Chan Pak Hong, Chan Ah Yin, Kwok Hock Seng: 800 Poy Sang, Kwok Kuni Cliong. Lau Pook Kwan, Choo
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