The Straits Times, 9 November 1946

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  • 20 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER ESTABLISHED OVER A CENTURY KKJHT PAGES SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1946. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • 551 1 Existence As World Port Suspended 1 OADING of all Singapore cargoes, except food from Kurope, America, India and Australia, has been slopped until further notice. This means virtually that the commercial existence of Singapore as a world port has been suspended. Penang, Port Swettenham
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  • 56 1 BANGKOK, Fri.— Rice made ava lable by Siam during October for shipment to famineihreatened countries in SouthI East Asia amounted to 55,751 tons the highest monthly total so far -tl Siamese Rice Commiss on announced here today. Only 38.680 tons have yet been -hip howev: r.
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  • 184 1 U. S. PLANS TO LIMIT THE VETO NEW YORK, Friday. THE United States will make a concrete proposal for the limitation of the great powsrs' right of veto when tht matter comes up before the United Nations Political Committee, possibly tomorrow, it »is learned authoritatively iiv New York. The American
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  • 31 1 ATHENS. Fri.— Mr. Constantin Tsaldaris's new Government survived its first test by winning a vote of confidence In Parliament after an all-night debate with the voting at 183 to 128.— A.P.
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  • 239 1 CALCUTTA, Friday. FIELD-MARSHAL VLscount Wavell, the Viceroy, arrived in Patna, capital of the riot-torn province of Bihar yesterday to study the situa tion. It was his second visit within a few days. He stopped at Patna last Sundu. on his way back to New Delhi from Calcutta,
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  • 265 1 NEW YORK, Friday. MR. James Byrnes, United States Secretary of State, and Senator Arthur Vandenberg, who will speak or ioreign affairs for the victorious Republican party for the next two years, held their first post-election conference yesterday. It is understood that Senator Vandenberg reaffirmed to
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  • 140 1 Dutch Seeking Contact With Soekarno BATAVIA, Friday. rE Dutch CommissionGeneral announced today that, "to open the possibility of coming into contact with Dr. Soekarno and Mohammed Hatta." it would go to Repub-lican-held Cheribon on Monday for a political meeting with the Indonesian delegation. The regular Monday plenary session under the
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  • 92 1 NANKING, Fri— Gen. Chiang Kai-shek today issued an unconditional cease-fire order to Chinese Government troops except wherever it was necessary to defend their present positions in China and Manchuria. He called it a final effort to achieve peace. A cease-fire order was the first of ten points
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  • 40 1 WARSAW, Fri.— The bodies of eight American fliers, shot down during their attempts to aid the people of Warsaw in their abortive rising against the Germans in 1944, were buried here en i Wednesday with full military hoI nours.— A.P,
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  • 485 1 MALAYA VEHICLE TAXES TO BE DOUBLED TAXES on motor vehicles registered in Singapore and the Malayan Union will be approximately double the present rates from January next year, the Straits Times understands. In Singapore there will also be a surcharge, not exceeding 25 per cent, "on any separate or consolidated
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  • 115 1 800 m.p.h. Air Tests Plan LONDON. Fri. Experiments with a number of new rocketpropelled pilot less aircraft known as Vickers Transonic wll Le made at the end of this month. The aircraft will be launched from a Mosquito plane and radio-controlled from the ground. A small radio transmitter installed in
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    • 116 1 FjEWEyiRY) J|-%JMAMOMSj J iachio gr rr —I) \Wf iifmmwi. Q\ i ~^^tiTtl i■ mf L F mm v We're flying our flag in Malaya Many Governments, many world-famous newspapers, use Murphy sets to llsten-ln to the world's Broadcasts. Why do they choose Murphy? Because these famous British radio sets are
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  • 327 2 Aung San's Letter To Soekarno And Sjahrir JOGJAKARTA, Friday. TEN. Aung San, deputy head of Burma's new interim Government and President of the Burmese AntiFmcM Peoples' Freedom Leaj-ue, has asked the Indonesian Republic to "work together with Burma for our joint benefit." In a letter jointly
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    41 2 li luiar Stll.irlit. lilt- lorm Kei hsbank l*rr>idi'iU who »i> acquitted by the Nur«inb*r< War Crimes Tribunal, glower ing from a comfortabl:-!ooking basket ikair in Stuttgart Gaol, where he has been imprisoned b> the Germans pending trial by a denazification rouit.
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  • 217 2 Tenders will be receded by the Colonial Secretary. Singapore, before 12 noon on the 14th November. IM6. for the supply of uncooked rations 'or the Singapore Police Force for the month of December. 1946. M lIEDILE I. Ball 2 Tea 3 Dried Flak 4 Coconut Oil 5. Coconut
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  • 62 2 NOTICE is hrrcbv tri\en that the. 23rd Annual General Meeting will be held at the SRC Pavilion at 5 15 pm. on Friday. 15th November. 1946: To receive the Committee's Report pnd Statement of Accounts, elect Office Bearers, appoint Auditors it Delegates. Copies of the Agenda, etc.
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  • 73 2 Ex -personnel of the above Corp?; a r r nt'tr ili;.t a grand Ro-union Dinner ..ill be a«U on the Tth. Dec.. 1946 All fX-alrmen of the S.T.C. are .>rdially invited. Friends and their families are also welcome. Those who wish to attend or thosr who require
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  • 331 2 FOOD RIOTS FEARED IN GERMANY HERFORD (Germany), Thursday. WITH general food supplies in the Ruhr expected Xn run out to morrow, the position has become so acute that British officials are talking about the possibility of largescale riots by Germans breaking out. Civilian Control Commission employees have been warned to
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  • 117 2 COLOMBO. Fri.—The proposal was officiary made yesterday that the departments of the Ceylon rubber and tea commissioners should be continued next year, desp te the announcement that free trad ng in these commodities would start in January The reason for the proposal was "to secur c the
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  • 152 2 Red Offensive Gaining More Momentum NANKING, Friday FE Communist offensive in East Shantung, which was launched to keep open their corridor between North Kiangsu and North Shantung as well as relieve the Government pressure on Chefoo, is gaining morrvntum, and has swept the Government defenders out of Pingtu and Anchiu,
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  • 82 2 CANBERRA. Thurs:- Australia's Minister of Defence, Mr. John JoV.n&tone Dedman, intends to rehe act under wiich the Com mo wealth has taken conlroi ov.r all screes oi a.omic energy to determine whether it to/cro Australian territory in the Antarctic. Mr. D-dman said this when he vas
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  • 61 2 PLANE HIT S A CHIMNEY HERFORD. Thurs. -Seven bodies were recovered from the wreckage of an Anson aircraft which crashed near Hamm this morning. The plane was carrying a crew o" four and four pasengcrs, and ha a colliery chimney while on Its way to Scotland from southern Germany. The
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  • 231 2 Batavia, Friday. CAPT. R. H. Morton's defence against a courtmartial charge of illegal possession of part of the Naka mura Treasure loot concluded its testimony today in three hours, introducing as the main item a written statement by Morton outlining his finding and disposition of the 1
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  • 214 2 Britain Spreads Freedom NEW YORK, Thursday BRITAIN in 15 months has extended freedom to wid< aivas of the world where i: never existed before and '•400,000,000 in India Will soon i.o completely independent and self-governing." the British Foreign Secretary, Mr. Ernest Bcvin, and tonight Mr. Bevin wa- speaking at the
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  • 140 2 SHANGHAI. Thurs— Work to close a gap in the Yellow River and divert the river to its old course will be completed in January. Generalissimo Chiang Kaishek's troops blew up the Yellow river oyke near Chenschow. Honan, in I'j3B, to arrest the sweeping drive of Japan's
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  • 65 2 BELGARDE. Thur.s A military court here has sentenced to death 12 German war criminals who were prisoner-of-war ofTidall in Germany, It was learned J today Two other defendants were sentenced to 12 years' hard labour. The court said the evidence and partial admission of the defendants
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  • 64 2 LONDON. Thurs.-The British Prime Minister. Mr Clemen* Attlee. has sent a message ol greeting to Generalissimo Stalia on the occasion of ihe 29'h anniversary of the foundation of the Soviet State, .n which he proffered congratulations and "would wish to convey through you lo the Soviet people
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  • 22 2 FRANKFURT, Fri— Gen McNarney. the American C-jmmar.--der in Europe, today pr°jicted that American troops wonid rrccupy Germany for ten fa years. U.P.
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    • 388 2 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE I NOTIFICATION COLONY OF SINGAPORE mi IBtfTN RK<;ri.\TioN OKl>l\\N(>. iCHU'TIK MM in MMcav "f th<- pawn Mnfarred apod linn i) 1 Section 4 of the TtsAc Rrwilntl<>n Ordinance, the Commission r Ol J'c.lu-e. BhWapM*, henLy he following Kgalattooi for ilitatinß truffle at a public funtion nmrely BRANCE SERVICE
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    • 297 2 Don't Miss ThU. Picture Now Beinv Screened At 71 (Wm&O^ TODAY 5 SHOWS 1C i- .m. TM 4 6.C0 9 30p.m. Directed By Sam Wood Who Made "Goodbye Mr. Chips" and "Kitty Foyle" ■■gggr^L sßEZ^lMlLJvTrjWUf^^^liiM BHSk E^ap4v Uiltf f^ggTCk^^Mu// Tn^Bb '^^iliavW A f^^r^^V^wtm^£M I. ATS A (iaamont Brit^h \.-»s «homin
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  • 359 3 Less Than A Tenth Of Planted Area Felled From Our Own Correspondent BATAVIA, Friday. ACCORDING to the report of the Netherlands Indies Rubber Fund (N.I.R U. 8.) for the year 1945, on its activities relating to the restoration of rubber cultivation and trade in various
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    33 3 Three hundred and seventy-three Japanese war crimes suspects have been sent from Singapore to Java under Dutch military tuard. Picture shows a Dutch military policemen checking names as the men embarked in Singapore.
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  • 227 3 THE final results of Singapore's Poppy Day collection which was organised by Mrs. H. J. Egerton, will not be known until Tuesday or Wednesday. Well over 100 collectors went all ove r Singapore Island yesterday with their trays of poppies and their collect ng tins, and they
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  • 170 3 Committee On War Damage From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. MEETING of the Joint Malayan committee on war damage compensation was held at Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday. The Hon. Mr. S. B. Palmer was appointed chairman and Mr. A F.' Taylor was appointed vice chairman. Mr. E. D. Shearn
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  • 29 3 The Singapore Harbour Board Staff Association, which has just been registered under the Trade Union Ordinance, is the first to be registered in Singapore since the ordinance was re-introduced
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  • 98 3 THE Singapore Chinese Buddhist committee held its first mass service on Wednesday at the Thian Hock Kiong temple, Telok Ayer Street. Other services take place today and tomorrow from 8 am. to 9 p.m. Th-? Chinese Consul, Dr. C. T. Kwong, was present at the first
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  • 73 3 Cyanide A finding of su; cidc by drinking cyanide of potassium was returned by Mr. W. G. Porter, the Singapore Coroner yesterday when he inquired into the death of 20 year-old Indian woman, Alamafu Ramasamy, her husband, said on the previous night he had called her for dinner; she
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  • 51 3 Today's menu for Peoples' Restaurants in Singapoi will be: 35 CENTS MEAL: Ho; Aim inee, prawns, pork flavoring, water cress and bean sprouts; or European Food, cream mashed potatoes, rabbit stew, bean rake, onions and green peas. 15 CENTS MEAL: Fried noodles, bean sprouts, bean cake, kangkoDg, prawn
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  • 217 3 THE export of textiles from Singapore to the Malayan Union has suddenly stopped, and no order was received from upcountry during the second half of October, reports the Sinchew Jit Poh. The paper recalls that of the total amount of Hongkong textiles imported into
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  • 48 3 A cargo of 2,400 tons of rice which arrived by the Empire Fairer from Bangkok on Wednesday night is now being discharged >n the Singapore Roads. A further shipment of 1,400 tons of Bangkok rice is expected by the Kola On Nov. 17.
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  • 136 3 MR. Edney-Hayter has been selected to fill the post formerly entitled "Field Ethnographer, F.M.S." rendered vacant hy the presumed death of Mr. H. D. Noone Mr. Edney-Hayter has been in Malaya since 1911, except during the period of the two wars, when he was on active service.
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  • 93 3 nLACMARKET prices of textiles O in Kuala Lumpur have continued to drop, following the announcement of textile price control, says Nanyang Siang Pau. Prices in October show an average drop of 60 per cent, as compared to September and a drop of over 300 per
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  • 187 3 Sunday Church Services Church of England: sJt. Andrew's 7. 8. 10.30. 5.30; St. Peter's: 7. 50 9.30. 10.30. 7.30; St. Georges Garrison Church (TangunV. 7.15, 9, 9.45, 6.30; Christ Church: 8, 10.30, 5, 6 30. Si. Hilda's: 8. 5.30; St. Pauls iSeraasoon): 8; Garrison Church (09 I.G.H. Alexandra); 7.15, 11.
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  • 27 3 Members of the Balmoral Road and Goodwood House M.A.S. Aid Post and Depot will hold a reunion luncheon party at the Liberty Restaurant, at 1.30 p.m. tomorrow
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  • 244 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. IT is likely that an order lifting restrictions contained in tlve Moratorium Proclamation affecting land applications and land alienations will be issued shortly, states a communique issued t>y the Malayan Union Secretariat, dealing with the extension of mining leases and procedure
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    • 777 3 2URFEW ON MOVEMENT OF GOODS VEHICLES IN SINGAPORE. Dial an from November 15th. 1946. a Curfew prohibiting the nl <f g-ods vehirles between ■7pm and S a.m will be in tana in an area of Singapore MMM M follow?;: ndng from a point at Uk •in of the s.a and
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    • 679 3 THE HAMILTON (F.MS.) RUBBER CO., LTD, (Incoporated in the Malayan Union) Notice Is hereby '.lven that the Twenty-sixth Ord nary General Meeting of the Hmnllton (F.M.S. > Rubber Co., Ltd., 'vill be held at the Registered Office jf the Company. Anglo-Oriental Building, 16 Barrack Road. Kuala Lumpur, on Saturday, 23
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    • 263 3 MALAYAN EXCHANGE BANKS ASSOCIATION. All members of the above Association will be closed for business on M ilth November, 1946. being Renvm'orance Day. P. W. D. TENDER NOTICE. Tend rs will be received at the office ol the Superintending Engineer, South Central Zone. Seremban. up to 12 noon ol the
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  • 1047 4 The Straits Times Singapore, Saturday, Nov. 9, 1946. Landslide In The U.S. The bennial Congressional elections in the United States have resulted in a landslide comparable :n size to that wh'ch put the Labour Party into power in Great Britain in 1945. Republ cans now hold a majority in th.
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  • 775 4  - CRIME IN MALA YA: AN ANALYSIS 5/r y/yv fcwg By A PERAK judge the other day lamented the unfortunate fact that criminals nowadays were mostly young men with unsullied pasts. The remark prefaced sentences of four years' penal servitude, and ten strokes of the rotan, which he passed on two
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  • MAN IN THE STREET
    • 658 4 rU say in your leader o,\ "Anti-Social Strikes" that I "if the rot sets in it will set in from the bottom". And it has' The root cause of the various labour strikes that are paralysing the country's business and transport every'
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    • 176 4 I READ in the Straits Times of Oct. 25 that politics are banned in Malayan schools. Religious teaching is also prohibited, according to the following circular: Education Department. Circular No. 5 28. Nu rfli^ioas n.s. ruction shall be given and no rel.gious observance piactised during thr hours fixed
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    • 843 4 I.IKTH VINCENT At Kandang Kerba'i I|.>n.i3l un 'lli.irsdny. 7th November. It Mr K Mrs W D. J. Vlnrent. w> MARRIAGE Thr m;irria«<" Is announced today BUI Nov 1946. between Mr. Koh flioiiß Tack, the Htlest son of Mr. and .Oi Kian I. >n and Miss N- 1 ■m 'hr ser(,nd
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    • 26 4 PERFECT VISION HAPPY UVIN6. Ouard your only pair ot eyes. Should you experience the slightest eye discomfort, have them examinee C S CHONO. O D.. P.P.0.0
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  • 95 5 EAKI.V ><>t riLiy mornins, the liicf I'ulicr Oflh'-.T, Johorr H.'hru. Mr. I) K Cullen. with a party of officers and men lioni Ike Huffs, throw a cordon r>».ind iso'atrd huts off the r<iad In Masai in Johorr, and roundrd up seven Japanese. I Its- me.-
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  • 220 5 Tojo Blamed Tor Deaths On Shin Railway nEFERENCI to Gen. TojoV. il notion th:.t railwaj ..in North Indo-China to Burma, a distance of 1.800 kilos, could b<' constructed it- \<;ir or two. was made by 1.1. Gen. Ishida when he continued his evidence yester- the War Crimes Court where he
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  • 490 5 President's Analysis Of Singapore's 1947 Budget INCREASES in taxes, rates and licences in Singapore next year will raise Singa- pore Municipal revenue by at least $2.4 millions, said Mr. L. Rayman, Municipal president, analysing the main featu res of the 1947 budget for the
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  • 149 5 Mr. Justice Worley's New Appointment THE appointment of Mr. Justice N. A. Worlt-y, at present Puisne Judge, Singapore, as Chief Justice of British Guiana, has been approved by the King, it was announced yesterday. Mr Worley who is 56 years of age. jo ned the Malayan. C-Til Service as a
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  • 65 5 THE First District JUv go, Mr. 1 Paul Storr, found a Chinese, Koh Chong Kuan, aged 25, guilty of dishonestly retaining a watch stolen from Capt. Francis, former superintendent of Outram Road jan. by a gang of hooligans who assaulted him in th? Jalan Besar area on
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  • 47 5 A fine totalling $1,475, or twelve months' rigorous imprisonment, was imposed by Mr K. M. Byrne in ihe Third Police Court yesterday en a Chinese aged 45, Teng Eng Har, who pleaded guilty to two charges of the possession oi dutiable tobacco, and liquor worth $147 50.
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  • 278 5 NEW taxes for motor vehicles in Singapore which will come into force from January next year, are as follows: Motor cycles not exceeding 7 h.p., S3 a month. Motor cycles exceeding 7 h.p. but not exceeding 11 h.p., $6 a month. Motor vehicles for conveyance of passengers
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  • 97 5 THE Department of broadcast- j ings evening concert at the i Victoria Memorial Hall tomorrow features Louis Mojzer and John Philips The former is first cello in the orchestra and is a Hungarian musician ol some standing. H P will play Andaluza by Granados and Scherzo
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  • 69 5 From Our Own Correspondent. PENANG, Thurs. THE Penang Municipal Commissioners will hold their budget meeting on Friday when the draft estimates for 1947 will be considered and, if approved, passed. Also for discussion at the meetIng is a motion to rescind the decision reached at the
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  • 180 5 ONE of the first batches of returning Malayans from Dutch New Guinea to proceed to their homes in the Malayan Union since their arrival in Singapore on Thursday, left In yesterday's night mail for Kuala Lumpur. The party consisted of eight members
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  • 10 5 Bishop Edwin at the'St Church, Kampong morrow at 5 pm.
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  • 223 5 S'pore A.S.P. As Hong Kong Police Chief MR. D. W. Macintosh, Assistant Superintendent ol Police and personal assistant to Commissioner R. E. Foul ger, had been appointed Commissioner of Police, Hong Kong, the Straits Time? understands. Mr. Macintosh, who is o,i casual leave, leaves Singapore on Monday and will take
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  • 116 5 A middle-aged Chinese. Neo Cheng Kang, was sentenced l to ten years' r'gorous imprisonment by Mr. Justice Jooling at the Singapore Assizes yesterday Neo, who faced a charge of murder, was convicted of culpable homicide not amounting to murder by the common jury
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  • 323 5 Straits Times Reporter FOODSTUFFS and other l consumer commodities amounting to tons are to be seen lying exposed to the weather and the passer-by at the Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes flump in Beach Road, Singapore. The commodities— some of them stacked in crates
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  • 23 5 A scene in Singapore yester- T day. Mrs. J. Hamer pinning a Poppy on the shirt of a purchaser.
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    • 199 5 7%e rt/7esf/?///6 g\s^ soys ELSIE, the BORDEN COW TffiJ*^ Elti«: Your money can buy no belter milk (or him than Klim. Il i» the finest cow's milk in powdered form, and it never varies in quality. It is tested many times for purity, safety and made ea*y to dicast through
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  • 221 6 MERCHANTS TO PRESENT CASE TO GOVERNOR From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Friday. AS a result of the Government export ban, one and a quarter million dollars worth of sago flour is now "frozen" and deteriorating in Penang godowns. The sago merchants who claim that
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  • 99 6 From Our Own Correspoi. Jrr.', 1 Ipoh, Thursday. THE Malayan Union Cr'mir.al Court of Appeal yesterday dismissed the appeal of three Malays. Yunus, Abdul Samat and Abdul Majid, and an Indian, Sinnadurai. against the MCtMKC of death passed on them by the Perak Supreme Court.
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  • 71 6 From Our Own Correspondent MALACCA, Friday. TRAGEDY befell a wild-boar 1 shooting party in Paya Rumpot village, eight miles from Malacca town, last night when one of the members of the party, Ah Pow, was accidentally shot and killed. The deceased was a well-known local resident.
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  • 119 6 From Our Own Correspondent Penang, Friday. FOR attempting to kidnap a Chinese towkay and to extort $15,000 from him two Chinese, Ong Thean Soo and Sim Pen^ Hooi, were sentenced by Mr. Justice Carzy in fcne Ass'ze Courc yesterday lo three .w.ci a half
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  • 82 6 Keeping Pistol From Our Own Correspondent Penang, Fr day. IN the first case heard in the Assizes today a Chinese. S m Peng Hooi, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to six years' r gorour imprisonment on a charge of carrying arms. According to the prosecution :he
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  • 54 6 Bandits Ransack Ipoh House From Our Our Correspondent IPOH, Thursday. bandits perpetrated another hold-up when early last night three masked men holding revolvers and a fourth holding a S'tn gun entered the house of a Chinese tobacconist in .lilan Datoh and ransacked the house for valuables. The gang left with
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  • 84 6 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Fri. DEVIEWING the stat? of crime in Penang a police ofPcial said that there had b=en a marked decline in serious crime last month, which saw a blank period ot 22 days out of 31— a record for this year.
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  • 48 6 (From Our Own Correspondent 1 Penang. Friday. A Malay woman, while tapping rubber on an estate near Bukit Mertajam, was attacked by a wild boar which gored her to death and then dragged her body down a 40-foot slope. The mutilated body has been recovered
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    • 669 6 NEGRI SEMBILAN. ST. ANDREW SOCIETY. A General Mieiing of the above Society will be held at the Officers Club, btreinban on Saturday 16th November at 6.30 p.m. Agenda: Election of Office bearers Accounts Any other business of which due notes was given to the Hon. secretary. General Will any Scot
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 622 6 In today's deal North thought 1 20 points fo r the extra tr.ck. nthat he had bid his hand "right stead of the 750 points that would ud to th. hilt"— but he was have been added to their score by Jronei contracting for the grand slam. On the respective
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  • 289 7 Around The Markets By Our Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, Friday. THE rubber share market was steady this morning, with fair inquiries by selective buyers. Prices are still around the same levels, and as is natural, sellers' interest will become more apparent as the market moves upwards.
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  • 78 7 From Our Own Correspondent. PENANG. Thui'i-. A jiinc-puint proposal on the scope of cargo handling in Penang w^s oresenicd by harbour labourers at a meeting last night ilh representatives of the im- porters and other local tradirg 1 bodies. The labourers, it is understood, nsisted that
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  • 75 7 1 Frcm Our Own CartCtfrt<Aent A lor Star. Friday A BRANCH of the Public Relations Department. Malayan Union, has been opened In Alor Star. Mr. Y. T. M. Tungku (None Jtwa M.A. Cantab i is in charge of the department An nfonrat'on centre will soon
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  • 288 7 Singapore, Fridaj. PRODUCE prices today were as follows: RICE No. 1 M5O. No. J $130. No. 3 $100. IM I on Hill Siamese >95 Rangoon $78. Kedah $8>.50. KICK NOODLES: Siamese $70 Kedah *55. Indo-China $.10. local No. 1 $65. COPRA: Sun dried No. 1 $15. TAPIOCA FLOL'R:
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  • 141 7 Production on the estate of the Kluang rubber Co. Ltd. started In a small way in February. 1916. and unti! June 30 there was a profit on working I of $3,350.53. This has been credited tc profit and loss account and an amou-it of $45.518 66
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  • 87 7 AS a result of the strike oi the Singapore Harbour Board workers, wholesalers in cigarettes have not been able to take delivery of their consignments ior the last fortnight, says Nanyang Siang Poh. Retailers, who used to rccnve their rations from the wholesalers every Tuesday, have
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  • 184 7 Direct exchange ra'<!s as flxea oy Me Control are: READY RATES SELLING T.T./O.D. New York 47 -J Canada 47- 1 ih Switzerland 203-1 4 Holland Guilders 125-1 8 N.E.I. 125-18 Swedish Kroner 169- li2 Belgium 2068-1 4 French Francs 5021-12 Pesos 84-7 8 Danirh Kroner 226-1 4 BUYING
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  • 80 7 t:m- renort I i 31 last, to be presented to the annual meeting of shareholders on Saturday. Nov. 16. says the accounts for the period since the re-occupation of Malaya show a profit on rubber production of $7,903 82. Rubber produc- ed amounted to 120.995 lb. Expenditure on
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  • 26 7 SHANGHAI. Fri.- The black- market exchange in Shanghai i today was as follows: --Us dollar CN54.150: Gold dollar CNS24I.--s«n: Hong Kong dollar CNSBTS. UP.
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  • 243 7 SHIPS portions in Sinenpore ye^tci- d:ty were: MAIN \\U \Kh Codown 3J: Frontenac, discharing oil. Godown 34; Fort Pitt. Godown 40-41 Van Heutaz. Gndown 42-43: Samlamu. WEST WHARt Godown: 3-4-5: Georgic. Godown 6-7: Devonshire. Oodowii 11-12: Marine Leopard. KMPIRE K Godown 23-24- Fort Nashwaak Godown 25-26:
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 888 7 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. ir.corporatea in Singapore) ■JO! FUNNEL LINE Sailing*, to and from I mted Kingdom I'roioelhruf sails for I. K 1? Nov. Anlil. wliiis -uls for U.K. 14 Not. s.imnara tine from IK. 15 N*v. MmMm due from IK 1« Nov. Sitliti«. lo and fiim Western Xu'-irulil < I
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    • 619 7 PRESIDENT LINE Sillini-s M \V YORK via Indi.' ..Mi Mediterranean Ports MARINE I MM VRD* Godowo* II A It MARINE I I II.U In Porl MOI'NT HWI-i 1 I.oadinc PenaiiK Nov Id MOI'NT KM BBfl Due Nov 2. r i Freight Only For I m i;,ht and Passage Apply AMERICAN
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    • 514 7 ELLERMAN iiiki i Mia For \f» York in Porl lIKM.tUI. For London Due Singapore *< \nr. bam rwi 1 1> For N>» York Due Singaporr Larlv l>., K L ATiTE S S LINE. FOR PACIFIC f~RTS Sa llnt« lo he r«iimfd shorll* MoALISTER «t CO., Spore LTD. piioxfs ;v.:— :>!>o«
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 314 7 SINGAPORE TIDES TODAY: Hi*h Water: 10.15 am. ft. 2 in.; 10 58 p.m. 9 ft ."> in TOMORROW: Hieh Water: Hi.tr, am. 9 ft. 5 in. 11.40 pm 9 ft. 6 in. RADIO MALAYA ETg K£TS?S2i S3 STkiiS 'SS'tf Singapore fnJSSJTSS "pS SfeSTS ifcS. »S RED NtIANORK (Chinese IndUnl recr.ds:
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  • 275 8 Acceptance* for uxUy, the first day cf ihe Stlaugor Turf Clubs Golden Jubilee meeting at Kuala Lumpur are: Race 1, ll'um-n. t'iass 4, 5 Furs. Sycillian 9 03 Empiric 9.04, Rob?l- his 9 02. MOM. 7.12. Lanoma 7.07. Scratching^: afagk Star 9.08, Rjmtr.auon 8.02. Kacr 2,
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  • 483 8 AIRMEN SCORE LONE GOAL ALFSEA Out Of Victory Cup OETTING the pace from the kick-off and scoring shortly v before half-time, R.A.F. (Rase HQ.) beat Alf sea by the only goal of the match at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday, thus qualifying for the semi-final in the Victory Cup competition sponsored
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  • Article, Illustration
    13 8 Syd Barnes, Australian certainty !ot Test matches, playing a defensire stroke at practice.
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  • 230 8 By M«rv WiHiam*, Sporting Editor, Sporting Globe, Melbourne. MELBOURNE, Thursday. MAX Kai Khoon (8-1) Chinese flyweight, was outpointed easily and decisively by Jimmy Hogg (7-13) over 12 rounds at Leichardt Stadium. Sydney, tonight. I Khoon showed great courag? and toughness. He was being outclassed to
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  • 86 8 ST. ANDREWS, Fri. DERNARD Caerman announced on Thursday that the xules committee of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club will meet on Nov. 14 to discuss new rules proposed by the U.S. Golf Association. The principal change suggested by the Americans concerns the stymie
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  • 72 8 SYDNEY, Fri. Quist lost the semi-final of the New South Wales singles championships today to pails. 6-3, 6-0, 6-3. In the other semi-final Davis Cup player, Bromwich. defeated Lionel Brodie, 6-4. 6-2, 61. Bromwich meets Pails in the final today.— U.P. The Malay Muslim XI held a
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  • 43 8 The following v;ill represent the Indian Army hockey team against the S.R.C. on the padang today: STt. Willis; Capt. Leslie. Cap:. HoUingbury; Capt. Unwin. Conductor Oxford, Conduc'Aji Kelly; Oapt. Irving, Capt. Luxa. Hay. Darghan Singh. Capt. Proudfoot, Conductor Galtley.
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  • 105 8 The rugby m-xh between the S.C.C and Alfsea on the paclang this afternoon will begin at 5 p.m. and not at 5.15 as usual. The S.C.C. will play a match against a strong Asiatic Combined side on Tuesday and will need to turn a strong XV out if
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  • 12 8 Home Rugby Union results yesterday were- Headingley 9, Dublin University s.—Reuter.
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  • 43 8 T.E.K. ReUiams XI to meet Raffles College in a cricket match to be played at the PoUce rxpot on Monday at 11 a.m. will be: T.E.K. Retnam. R.V.S. Sundiam. K. Muthucamaru. S K. Sundram. Vljeretnam, Yogarajah, Umapathy, V.N. PlUay. Segeram. Ponnlah, A.N. Other.
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  • 175 8 Before a good crowd. incluai.i£-; H.H. the Regent of Johorc, J chore beat Kedah by four goals to one at Johore Bahru. The visiting side, thouga ueaten. played good football and their forwards' combination resulted in several good moves but poor finishing robbed them of their
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  • 308 8 No Play At Melbourne From Norman Preston, Reuters special correspondent with the M.CC. team MELBOURNE, Friday. OOTH the MCC and Australian cricket selectors were disappointed when it was decided at 2.30 o.m. this afternoon that play would be impossible on the first day of the four -day match between the
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  • 86 8 The following office bearers of the Singapore Hockey Association haye been elected: G. E. N. Oehlers, president; Dr. Sandosham, vice-president; R. Minjoot. secretary and treasurer; Evan Wong, hon. auditor. Committee members consist of representatives of the S.C.C., SRC, S.C.R.C, C.S.C., and I. A. An entrance fee
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  • 245 8 Tournament Rugby To Be Played A FIVE team tournament will be -ti. played in Singapore rugby this year, fixtures for which were decided at a general and well attended rugby meeting at the Singapore Cricket Club last evening. The North vs. South match wIU be played at Kuala Lumpur on
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