The Straits Times, 15 November 1946

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    20 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER ESTABLISHED OVER A CENTURY KilIT PAGES SINGAPORE. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER, 15, IMC. PRICF 10 CENTS
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    TENSE SITUATION IN INDIA
    477 1 "Competition In Murder/ Says Nehru NEW DELHI, Thursdaj, jjNDIA'S three most influential leaders Pandit Nehru, Vice-President of the Interim Government, Mr. Jinnah, the Muslim League President, and •lahatma (Gandhi spoke on India's communal riots today as troops and armed police were guarding towns and villages in
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    Palm Oil Export Tax Protest
    278 1 Palm Oil Export Tax Protest mum Out Own Corio>pondent .vUALA LUMPUR. Thursday. rHF palm oil industry in Malaya is to protest to the vi Union Governmo.it regarding the imposition of ar xport duty of $20 per ton. A leading member of the indactry laid to me: [1 L- a -omrAhat
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    Mines Found On Railway
    87 1 JERUSALEM, Fri. British sappen today removed live mines red by the police from a railway track midway between Haifa and Lydda. Hie discovery cam- alter the death Ol a n Arab constable, injured yesterday when a mine exploded under a stationary goods train near Lydda Junction.
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    22 1 BATAVI Thurs— Th? Dutch Hooper Vol ndam has disembark- < i L'.-'OO men of th;? 7.h December I I at Tandjong Priok Reuter
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    "New Era" Hope From Cheribon Pact
    285 1 "New Era" Hope From Cheribon Pact BATAVIA, Thursday. INFORMANTS close to the Dutch Commission- General told the United Press today that the Com-mission-General was con6dent that the Dutch Government and Parliament would ratify the agreement drafted in Cheribon on Tuesday, thereby ushering in a new era in Dutch and Indonesian
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    Farouk's Hope Of British Friendship
    206 1 Farouk's Hope Of British Friendship CAIRO, Thursday. KING Farouk of Egypt, in a speech from the throne read at the opening of the Egyptian Parliament today, said: 'I ent?rtain great hope that Ibe present negotiations with Britain will be crowned with sue- j cess, so as to consolidate real friendship
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    5-Minute Arrest
    47 1 Within five minutes of a robbery taking place in a house occupied by dance hostesses in Race Course Road last night, police of the C.I.D. on Jeep patrol operating from Kandang Kerbau Police Station arrested a Chinese and recovered a loaded revolver and some property.
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    SINGAPORE CURFEW TODAY
    259 1 qjINGAPORE'S "lorry curfew' designed to end looting uf godowns and warehouses— begins today. Between the hours of 7 p.m. I and sa.m. no goods vehicles will b? allowed to travel along roads bounding Singapore's main civilian and military godown areas without a special permit. These areas are,
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    BRITISH WARSHIPS AT EXERCISE
    25 1 Ships of the British Second Cruiser Squadron during the Home Fleet's autumn manoeuvre*. They are Diadem, Cleopatra and Dido in line.
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    CIGARETTE CARGO TRACED?
    196 1 INVESTIGATIONS regarding the loss of a lighter with in cargo of cigarettes valued at $186,000 arc about to be completed, and it is likely that part, if not all, of the y,300,000 cigarettes will b: recovered, the Straits Time^ understands. An extensive search in and a.ound Singapore
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    EDEN CRITICISES BRITISH RULE IN GERMANY
    776 1 EDEN CRITICISES BRITISH RULE IN GERMANY LONDON, Thursday. UR. Anthony Eden, Britain's war-time Foreign Secretary, speaking about Germany in the Houv. of Commons today, said the situation in the British zone rightly gave rise to the deepest disquiet in Britain. The battle of winter was going (o be definitely sterner
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    SMUTS' ANSWER TO INDIANS
    367 2 Union's Teaching 9 Social Services NEW YORK, Wednesday. CIELD-MARSHAL Smuts, Prime Minister of South Africa, told the United Nations in New York today that if the Assembly **efused his proposals to take over South- West Africa South Africa would continue to administer the territory as an
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    LOSSES CLAIMS INVITED
    102 2 WASHINGTON. Thurs -The State Department today invited Americans who .suffered personal or property losses i n the Shang- hai area during the last 15 years to submit reports to the Shanghai munic pal government. The department announced that the Shanghai municipal government has asked the re■lstrat o
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    Aiom Report
    57 2 LAKE SUCCESS. Thurs -The United Nations atomic energy toinmisskn yesterday d*»cidcc .submit its report and reoommendat.ons lo the Security Council by Dec. 31. The vote was ton to nil with Kitssia and Poland abstaining v was taker after Egypt noted pub', 1 txprew'OJM of impa Uence" over the
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    Navy Sweeps Mines Off Albania
    153 2 Navy Sweeps Mines Off Albania LONDON, Wednesday. UINESWEEPERS of the Royal Navy, operating in Corfu Channel today, swept 22 moored mines, two ol which have been recovere.l and are being examined, the British Admiralty stated tonight. Other mines have been sunk by rifle flre but some may drift ashore, the
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    CHIANG MAY ATTACK YENAN
    137 2 CHIANG MAY ATTACK YENAN PEKING. Thurs The b**li«»f that Generalissimo Chiang Kaishek will turn his forces ae.unsr. Yenan If the current cease-tire order proves ineffective va.strengthened by an allegation of General Chu Teh on Yenan radio that the Nationalists inter.d to i. vade the Communist capital. Neutral observers said Chiang
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    DITCH VIEWS ON JAVA
    238 2 THE HAGUE. Thursday. COMMENTING in gonora'l o.i v events in the NotheilanU■••t Indies, and in particular on reported measuirs of the agpvment reached at CheriLx'ii. the newspaper Trouw (Protestant Conservative; says: "The statesmen of th^ Commission-General tumble from one concession to another without any consultation with
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    UNO GENERAL ASSEMBLY OPENS
    28 2 Members of the British delegation at the session of the L'NO general assembly— Sir Philip Noel Baker, Sir Hartley Shawcross and Sir Alexander Cadofan.
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    Franco's Statement On The Future Of Spain
    822 2 MADRID, Thursday. GENERALISSIMO Franco in answers to a series of questions U put to him by Associated Press in Madrid yesterday said the economic and political isolation of Spain would greatly increase the possibility of war through the disunion amoii£ and within states,
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    44 2 BELFAST. Wed:— The Prime Minister of Northern Ireland, Sir Basil Brooke. ann?unc?d in th 3 Northern Ire'and Hoys-« of Com mons today that the British Government had decided rot t~ IB i, conscription in the Bn.ish armed forces to Nor M n frtland. Rcutrr.
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    REPORT ON JAP ASSETS
    210 2 REPORT ON JAP ASSETS WASHINGTON, Thursday. THE Presidential Reparations Commissioner, Mr. Edwin Pauley, has submitted to President Truman his final report on Japanese reparations resulting from his Asiatic >urvey in late 1945. The report augments Mi. Pauley'» preliminary estimate of Japanest resources available for repara. tions handed to the President
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    Plane Hovers For Nine Hours
    106 2 London, Wed.--A four-engined BOAC Liberator, its undercarriage damaged, circled for nine hours and 45 minutes today befon; making a perfect belly landing at Heathfield Aerodrome neu>Prestwick Aiiport. The Libsrator took off :or Montreal at 4.40 a.m. but almost, immediately the undercarriage broke. The flight was
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    DEFENCE PLAN OF RHINE TROOPS
    76 2 HERFORD, Gcrrr.ary, WedDelence plans for use in thn event of trouble occurring in Germany have recently been reviewed, a senior staff officer at British Headquarters disclosed tonight. Measures would Include rcintroduction of armed esccrts for women personnel and wives of the British Army of the
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    Arrowhead Plane
    51 2 LONDON, Thurs.— Britain's air liner of the future will carry 114 pTssengers and crew. It will be shaped like an arrow-head A model of this type of plane will be shown by the Ministr> of Cupply at the Seventh Ir.*ern«it'or.al Aeronautical Exhibition which opens In Paris on Friday
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      541 2 TRADE MARK NOTICE. NOTICK U hereby given that the above trade mark and /or design ls thrxrl slve property of Woh Heng Oil Mlllii Limited of No ISA Kuchint: Road off Kamponr Bahni Road. Singapore, and that the mid trade mark nnfl'or design Is used by the:n In respect of
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      356 2 "No Time for Love" John 'Dldn"t she tell you the has no time for love? 1 Ah Lee: "Well, what hare you to tell then" 1 .^SfcWSSHBC John: "While you vece away lart Fr^d^y >ou: li tie >O| Ah Lee: "What! Poor little doggie dead? What Mf* f] John. "Your
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    PRICE OF RICE DOWN TO $110 A PICUL
    380 3 SURPL US IMPORTS EXPLAINED FLUCTUATIONS in the price of rice have becoiiu noticeable with conflicting reports of rice coming lo Singapore from Siam under the Siamese "three-per-cent" scheme. When the sdieme waa originally advanced, there was a gradual drop in the price
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    Armed Guards At Banks
    138 3 A KMKIi guards are *u-iiig stationed at Chinese banks in Singapore as a precaution against armed robbery, according to a Sin Chew Jit Ton report yesterday. The Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation in Chulia Street, which was the scene of an attempt by a snatch-and-run thief on Tuesday,
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    Clerk Asked To Leave Court
    188 3 IS reoort publ^hed in li I hr. (>i th.' Mr ii I mi- V\ laaadMl undn lh> had I rk \»k. ,:r- %«r liuU i rat i• d i<- >-,d c that had b«-rn informt-d that thi th;- dff-iu i nuns 1 I. 1 V\
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    SIKH POLICE
    43 3 THE repatriation of Sikh Pol.cc' and their families from SingaDOR to India and the fares tot men going-on and returning lrom leave will, it is estimated. co.s $47,186 Repatriation ci Sikh Police anu I families by itsell has con Slfi.3Bo 30.
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    BIT DETECTIVE
    57 3 Admitting that he bit a detec- tive not knowing at the time that he was a member of the police. Lini En<r Hock, a Chineoe. I t') ur weeks' rigorous imprisonment for us.n» criminal force in resisting arrest on the I first charge, and six months on' the
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    EXPORT OF SOAP
    53 3 tnanufa :turert who have not submitted their application lot v export quoti of soap to Hor.g Kong and the N.E I. are requested to do so before Nov. 25. i'.fter which date no further application will he enteitained. 1 Application should be sent to t the Secretary
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    RURAL ASSESSMENTS MAY BE REVISED
    212 3 Till-: Singapore Rural Board may shortly consider the 1 question of whether assessment rates in the rural area should be revised. Mi. C.W.A. Sennett, the chairman, said yesterday that while the Municipality had a rate ceiling, the Board haJ none and its rates varied according
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    TWO MEN CHARGED WITH 1,000 DEATHS
    262 3 Outram Road Civil Gaol Trial fIIAKGEIJ with the deaths of 1,000 Singapore civilian*.. v including a large number of political prisoners, Kashira Mikinwa, Japanese governor of the Outram Road Gaol, and his chief subordinate. Takashi Nodo, yesterday heard Ihe Presi ltnt of the Court
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    $30,000,000 Treasury Bills
    68 3 CINGAPORK Advisory C'ouiuil yesterday passed a bill enabling the Colony ti borrow 530.000.000 by the i*sue of treasury bilN. The motion to pa» s th P hill was made by the Financial Secretary. The motion was "That th's Council approves borrowing by the Government by the issue
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    ANTENATAL RURALWORK
    105 3 A CONSIDERABLE amount ol antenatal work is bei:.g cai.ied out in the Singapoie rural districts said the Chief Health Officer. Dr. R. s Johnston. a f the Rural Board meeting yesterday. Milk is beirg disirirjtuted io children as well ns expectant mothers, ar.d as much as 750 pounds
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    H.E. TO ATTEND S.C.C. OPENING
    123 3 H.E. TO ATTEND S.C.C OPENING THE Governor. S'r Franklin Gimson. and Lady Gimson will attend the official open.ng oi the Singapore Cricket Club next Wednesday at 630 p.m. Heads oi all three Services are among the guests who have beer, invited to the ceremony. The Singapore Cricket Club was handed
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    WOMEN GAOLED
    37 3 Seven women who pleaded guilty to a charge of persistently soliciting for immoral purposes along St. Road and Connaught Drive were sentenced to three months' simple Imprisonment by the Singapore Third Police Court Magistrate, yesterday.
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    $100,000 Grant For Chinese Schools
    154 3 $100,000 Grant For Chinese Schools i PLAN to allocate $100,000 to 20 Chinese schools in Singapore was laid before the Advisory Council yesterday. They are aided schools which had a pre-war enrolment of 6,000 pupils, and which suffered heavy losses of furniture and equipment during the Japanese occupation period. "It
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    STATEMENT RULED OUT
    105 3 STATEMENT RULED OUT A SIGNED statement made by Stephen Kan to Sgt. West of the Army Special Investigation Branch, which he repudiated at his continued trial with two others in the Singapore District Court on Tuesday on corruption charges, was ruled as not admissible by Mr. Tan Thoon Lip. the
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    'NO COLOUR BAR IN GOVT. SERVICE'
    386 3 'NO COLOUR BAR IN GOVT. SERVI CE' THE principle of non-discrimination between men ot i 1 different race or colour in both the legal and the medical services in Singapore was re stated at yesterday s I Advisory Council meeting when Government answers were made to two questions put by
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    Improvements In Hospital
    93 3 Improvements In Hospital THE installation of a p.ol, batn and oth<?r accessories at ot. I Andrews Orthopaedic Hospital. Singapore, has been authorised. jit will cost $1,000. Thi- service, described as essen- 1 tial. was asked for by the Dircc I i tor of Medical Services. Other improvpinents in the j
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    JAP DECREES ORDINANCE
    65 3 JAP DECREES ORDINANCE 'I'HE Singapore Advisory Council yesterday regularised the le&al position of persons affected by Judgments, orders and decrees made in Si-isapore by the Japanese during ih?ir occupation ot thp Colony. They passed the -Japanese Judgments and Civil Proceedings Ordinance, which was moved by the Attorney General, and which
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    DEATH SENTENCE FOR ARMS
    60 3 DEATH SENTENCE FOR ARMS YCUNO Chinese. Choa Teck Khun, was sentenced to dea'h by hanging by Mr. Justice Jobling I at the Singapore Assizes yesterday, when the common jury r°J turned a verdict o.' guilty of "carrying arms" under the Public Order and Safety Proclamation against him Mr. M Buttroso
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      383 3 WAR DEPARTMENT CIVILIAN STAFF ASSOCIATION. SINGAPORE ;< :n ral Meeting ot in: 1 above named will Ik- IV Id at the "NISHAT CINEMA HALL at Waterloo Street. SiriKapor? I on Sunday I7th November 1946 at i MM Jvuirs SHARP AGENDA 1 l> dlacuai i>n>s and com ol the, i: txMiiß
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      395 3 TELECOMMUNICATIONS DEPT. Applications are Invited for appointments as typtsu in thU Department Employment is on temporal y bas^ and salary at $50 $100 per mensim accordIng to spe:d In typewriting and of candidates. Successful randida.es will, in addition receive the rulm temporary cost of li'ing allowance 2. Female employees und^r
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      329 3 SINGAPORE IMPROVEMENT TRUST Tenders are Invited for Sundry Maintenance Work at Trenßßanu Street Tenement* Specification and Form of IViui.t may be obtained at the Office of tin 1 Singapore Improvement Trust on payment of a deposit of $50 whicli vtll be refunded if a bona fide tender Is submitted. i
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Fri., Nov, 15, 1946. A Warning To London
    1076 4 The Straits Times Singapore, Fri., Nov, 15, 1946. A Warning To London A now phase in the discussions directed towards finding a new I cunjs'.itution for Malaya, excluding J Singapore, that will be satLsfacUry to all elements of Ik* I Malayan population wJI open with the depart I neral for
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    ROMANIS LEE
    137 4 Mr. N. I. Low writ "Among the thousands of old boys oi St. Andrew's School, Singapore, who passed through his hands, many must have wondered what has become of Romanis Lee, (their old headmaster. They wiil be glad to know that he is alive, though very frail, and
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    The Penghulu in the new Federal Malaya?
    1359 4  -  SIR GEORGE MAXWELL, BY K.B.E, CMC. In this article one of the most distinguished of the old school of British administrators in the Malay States comments on one of the problems of the new Malaya that has emerged from the occupation. I T.-Col.
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      A Point ForMotorists In The New Municipal Taxes
      1032 4 THE Press has devoted much space to the Singapore Municipal Budget, but one point about the new taxation has not received the publicity it deserves. For the purpose of taxation of motor car., 'horsepower" te at present defined by the law to
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      546 4 WINSER. In the Eli/venth hour of •<.enth day of the Eleventh month. Knndans Krrbau Hosnital. Barry Keith Nigel, a brother fox I Pawn Mother and «or. w II SITUATIONS VACANT EUROPEAN accountant and book-kicp'-r required. Must be able to keep »!-mblr «r»try accounts, good prosp- cts. State terms to Box
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      41 4 BRITISH MADE UKULELES. FOUR i MODELS NOW AVAILABLE FROM STOCK Model LI, $20.00 Model E. 2. $25.00 Model E. 3. $32.50 Model £.4. $55.00 i Postage and packing >2 50 extra) i_-?^u\_l 1 1 J■ I 61. 63 High Street, Singapore.
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      84 4 NOW AVAILABLE! MEN'S "PYRAMID" "KERCHIEFS H.S. White $13.00. Co.'oured SlfcM d.z^i. LADIES' MILLINERY Straws and Felts S7.. r )0 to 555.00 Corsage Sprays; Buttons Suitings. Flannels. C';irpe'.s, expected soon. HARVEY CO., 8 Raffles Quay (oeyond Finhrson C;reen) SINGAPORE. Open Mon. to Fri. 8.30 to 4.30. Sat. X.IJO to I&31 OPTICIAN
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      40 4 Ring- Ki-. Tlie marriage is announrrd bvtween Mr. Jimmy Song second son of Mrs. Sons Swee Kum (Madam Koh I-enc Chooi th' late Mr. Son? Sweo Kum to Miss Dolly Ec eldest clautrhtor of Mr. k Mrs. Ec Tcow Hock.
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    SERVICES TO AID CIVILIANS IN ANTI-MALARIA WAR
    295 5 CONTROLMEASURES IN SINGAPORE TO ensure more effective control of malaria in Singapore's rural areas, anti-malarial measures are to be carried out with the co-operation of the Services, if the scheme is approved by Government. The plan, which was drawn up by the Acting
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    Singapore's Final Bill of $33 Million
    73 5 Singapore's Final Bill of $33 Million TOGETHER with the Supplementary Provision laid on th,. table at yesterday's meeting of the Singapore Advisory Ci. until, the financial provision for the service of the Colony this yrir will now amount to i5.7at.34. 1 1 > 1 1 the largest single 1; ins
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    S'pore Muslim! Wedding
    112 5 S'pore Muslim Wed ding 'jHE Niitah ceremony of tncmarr.ag" between Captain liaaood Ahmad. I:.c:a.. Army; PobLr Relations and Mki Mr S Dajok plao la*- -jr. Ber&ncoon Road. re«d*r.' .ate Mr T K Bhei* D&wot~: Da«ood. Cap:.. vk! is or. aff of Jawan, tne Indian Forces newspaper in tuuth East As^a
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    LINSEED OIL FOR MALAYA
    65 5 LINSEED OIL FOR MALAY A ..tion of linseed .1 from India tor th c year end- I rch 31. 1947. may be pro- ured commercially. s ngapore and Malayan Union importers, j who have firm offers from established shippers and crushers In India, should submit the.r applicat ons for import
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    RUBBER STOCKS
    31 5 Total stocks of all grades of rubber in Malayan ports ar.d Singapore totalled 91,211 tons at the end of October as against 105.238 tons at the end of September.
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    ARMY MAY SHARE CITY ROAD COSTS
    159 5 THE Services in Singapore are to be asked by the Singapore Rural Board to contribute to the < ost of rr.a ntenance and construction of roads in the rural area At a iting 0: the Rural Board ftt i-rday. the chainiiu.i Mr C V.
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    Mobile Vans For Police
    126 5 THE sum 0. $103,0C0 has b.e.i authorised lor the purchase 01 25 light vans as Singapore Police radio vehicles and for runabout duties involving action in confined areas. Police transport, it is stated in a memorandum of the Colony'^ Finance Committee, is insufficient. In many cases,
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    Compensation For Car Owners
    57 5 rjWNERS of motor vehicles taken on to the British Military Administration register, and subsequently lost or sold at a figure grossly under the market value, are to be compensated. By a provision laid on the table at yesterday's meeting of the Singapore Advisory (<a:ntl, SlO.OOO is
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    COURT TRIBUTES TO MR. JUSTICE WORLEY
    572 5 i COURT FAREWELL TO I JUDGE WORLEY A WARNING that there were changes which seemed to tend, in the legal system, to substitute and replace the judgment of the Court with the judgment of some administrative officer or tribunal, was given by Mr. Justicv
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    BIG SUGAR CARGOES FOR SPORE
    145 5 BIG SUGAR CARGOES FOR SPORE A shipment of 4,700 tons of sugar which arrived in Singapore yesterday by the Samarovsk from Durban is not for this port. The sugar which is being discharged in the Roads will b-j stored in Singapore by the Joiiu I Supply Board and shipped to
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    JAP'S SUICIDE ON "EMPRESS"
    79 5 HONG KONG, Thurs. THE Empress of Australia sa:l d :rom Hong Kong for Singapore today carrying 19 Japanese suspects from Kure for trial In SEAC in connection with "Death Railway" war crimes. Or.? of the Japanese committed suicide and wa.s buried at sea. Also aboard the
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    28 5 Ifr. Chin Chye Fong has been appointed a membrr of the Singapore Rural Board. In place of Mr Wre Kah K:nt. states a notification in the Gov::: Gazette.
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    DEATH SENTENCE PASSED ON EURASIAN FOR TREACHERY
    512 5 lii:-. Our Own Correspondent MALACCA, Thurs. CLNIENCE of death was passed by Mr. Justice Prctheroe in the Assize Court today on P. C. Domin c. a Eurasian, who was cvmvicted by a spec al jury's unanimous verdict of guilty on two counts of
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    Food Ships Priority At The Docks
    266 5 Food Ships Priority At The Do cks 1 HE Singapore Harbour Board wharves yesterday were the busiest foe many months when the process "f discharging and loading by dockyard labourers of no fewer than 17 ships was in full swinjf. The busy wharf scenes were in d rect contrast to
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    MORE OPIUM DISCOVERED
    78 5 MORE OPIU M DISCOVERED 'j'HIRTY-TWO and v pounds of mium a I 542.750 were found by a Cust> Search Party in the fore p tank cf m when H dropped anefe r Pulau EviKon: :r m At a Fers a. On Wcdnsada that 24 pounds o' op.uin found on board
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    Penang Limits Number Of Hawkers
    151 6 LICENCE FEES FOR TRICYCLES DOUBLED From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Thurs. THK Municipal Commissioners at a meeting on Tues- day decided to lynit the number of hawkers in Penan* to 5,000. It was stated at the meeting that 7.063 licences had b<t*n issued this year
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    DEATH SENTENCE IN BAR MURDER
    149 6 Fr^»m Out Own Co: respondent PENANG. Thurs. IT the conclus.on of the Hutton Lane murder cas c the jury returned a verdict of guilty against Cheah Swee Cheow who was sentenced to death by Mr. Justice Carey who added the jury's recommendation to mercy would
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    POSTING OF AIR MAIL LETTERS
    222 6 POSTING OF AIR MA IL LETTERS nOR the Information ot oui r raaders we give below thf I time of porting air mail letters H the General Post Offic?. Singapore, to different parts of the world. A iMraiia and New Zealand 3 p:n Monday. Wednesday and Friday Burma— 4 pm
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    TIMBER WORKERS GO ON STRIKE
    117 6 TIMBER WORKERS GO ON STRIKE From Our Own Correspondent PENANG. Thurs. AN£ hundred and twenty timiier v labourev.s hrve gone or. strike In Penang and a^ a result work m (fa saw mills has StoprjCd. The Umber merchai.ts said todry that they wo c completely taken by surprise ps the
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    Salaries Revised
    56 6 Salaries Revi sed From Our Own Correspondent PENANG. Thursday. DENANG Municipal p^ors «hu 1 rerentl^' petitioned lor j igher salaries ar? to be put on a rev Ltd scale of $16 pet month with an annual increment of $2 up to i maximum o< $39, accord- j ing to decision
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    FINED FOR CONCEALING SMALLPOX
    238 6 FINED FOR CONCEALING SMALLPOX I From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Thursday. THE first cases of concealment of smallpox came up in the Third Magistral- 's 1 Court yesterday when three Indians wore fined for failure !io report the outbro ik o! >mallpox in tbeii nouwi Another Indian. himseii a j
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    34 6 Collections for Poppy Day Fund In Penan.; and Province Wellesley through sale of wicaths. poppies and port era totalled $7,174.56. the organiser. Mrs. C V. Nolon announced yesterday reports the Straits Times correspondent, Penang
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      624 6 Today's d-clarer neglected to contract *&i as gcoc .no U u given him in when dummy's k;r" was ptayed o k !1 5 South )Uld discard o:-e club cr.i demer i dummy's diamonds but a club Nor.h-Souh vulnerable and a hoar' loser b^ram* Inevitable north #s Hd thfre be* n
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      Rubber Commodity Dealings Easier
      346 7 By Our Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, Thursday. THE rubber commodity market was slightly easier this morning following liquidation of stocks held pending the decision to reduce the export tax in the Malayan Union. Business was reported this morning at 43% cents f.o.b. The rubber share market was
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      Produce Prices
      304 7 Singapore, Thursday. 'TODAY'S produce prices were: RICE: No 1 quality was selling at $11* as against SI SO yesterday. Other prices were: RICE No. I Siamese $110 PL'LOH Rfl'E: Siamese $110, Kedah $85. KM 1 NOODLES: Siamese 577. Kedah $60. Indo-Cnina $60. local No. 1 $80. No. 2
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      Shanghai Money
      26 7 SHANGHAI. Thurs Blackmarket exchange today was as follows: U.S. dollar CN $4 200. gold dollar CN $245 500 Hong Kong d-Uar CN $893 U.P.
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      British Money Control Bill
      122 7 British Money Control Bill LONDON. Wednesday. THE Exchange Control Bill, pub- lished here yesterday restricts dealings in gold and foreign currency except with authorised dealers (principally barks). It requires gold and most foreign currencies to De sold lo them. Dealcars in turn must sell to and buy from the exchange
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      THE FUTURE OF JAP CURRENCY
      147 7 WASHINGTON, Wed Government officials have told the United Press that it will be at least six tnonitu Defore any measures are taken to stabilize the Japanese yen. They add that In the rr.eanwhiic* Japanese Import and export relations with the outside world *;.l continue to
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      FOOD SHIPS WILL IGNORE WEATHER
      96 7 MONTREAL Wed— About 4 500.000 bushels of grain— this years final cargoes— will be seiu to Britain and the continent in 14 ships from Montreal regardless of the weather, it is announced here Ten of the ships are in por* and four are on their
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      LINER FARES TO BE INCREASED
      72 7 LONDON. Wed— While passenger fares on the Peninsular and Orient Line wO Australia and New Zealand are being increased In the new year, thre will be no immediate change in fares to India and the Far Ei;st. fire spokesman of the P O told Reuter:
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      Along The Singapore Waterfront
      270 7 Along The Sin gapore Waterfr ont pueitioru in Singapore yesu-r--dsy were MAIN UHAKF Ottmm II«M Sarnlair.u di*cha in 33-34 Port P.l' div lut« i < cargo riudou:i 4.' 43 M carpu WEST WHARF C'l'down I?: Straat Sonnda. dwch.'i;:in^ cargo Godown 6-7 Oriental, loading cargo for New York Godawn 8-9' Antil-x-hus
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      RICE COSTS LESS IN BATAVIA
      81 7 BATAVXA. Thins.— Rice, which coit ten NEI guilder^ la^t week, and dropped to from three to five guilders t. kilo 1 2. 2 lb.) today, al. hough both the Dutch and Indonesian authorities v _-n: it 11 wcriicd encugh to hold a sonrererce on the
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      Silver Ban Lifted
      39 7 Silve r Ban Lifted LONDON, Wed Th; Bank of England announces that the treasury ban on the British purchase of foreign s!l- i ver imposed on bullion brokers at in- 1 start of th; war has been lifted. IP
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      353 7 ea. neuier. SINGAPORE TIDES TODAY: High Water: 3.12 a.m. 8 ft: 2.03 n.m 8 ft 9 in. TOMORROW: High Water: 4.32 a.m. 7 ft 6in; 3 11 p.m. 8 ft 3 in Binin MAT AVA 200p Cloae down; 8.15 pm. Pro-. 8.40 pm. Speaking tc forces overseas: Xl£\lsl\s I'in.LtrX. Xt\
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    AUST. TEST TEAM TODAY?
    414 8 Brown Not Likely To Play THE Australian team for the first Test to begin at Brisbane on Nov. 29 and be played until Dec. 5 i.s expected to be announced in Australia today. The announcement made in Australia yesterday that Brown would not be available for
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    34 8 Jo,- Baksi and Freddie Mills taken after their fi fit this month al tiarringay, in which Mills was forced to retire in the sixth round. Mills' damaged eyes can be seen in the picture.
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    "Breed For Speed" Is Aga Khan's Advice
    190 8 PARIS, Wednesday. THE renowned Indian breeder the Aj?a Khan today told Reuter how best he thought British breeders could am rcoflM the French challenge which had been so successful this .season. Breed lor speed and mo: ip«"d' he said. "Speed alone *v. DM
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    £5,000 OFFER IGNORED
    70 8 WELLINGTON. N.Z.. Wed. JIMMIE Londos world heavyweight wrestling champion, has not irplied to Walter Miller's oflVr ot £5,000 to meet Earl McCn British Empire champion, fcr the world title cm Doc. 7. Miller threatens that he will adv se tho United States Athletic Commission of the details
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    KLUANG SOCCER
    62 8 Am rant Comnvssior.er at Kluang. Maior Pates, has agreed to place his kiioa-ledse at the disposal of the Xluang Football Association and will art M thf^ Association's coach, it *s understand. A vote of $860 for equipment md upkeep at the ground has be^n approved. Teams wll be
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    MUSLIM ATHLETICS
    47 8 The O.^r.uing Committee of tr.o M'-sl-m New Year athletic- meet has. in order 'ot to rUsh with the annual lute- -Mulnv pqhoal sports competition to b? held on Nov. 25. changed the date of the athletic mee'ing at Jalati Bespr Stadium to Sunday Nov. 24.
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    Brown Unfit
    27 8 BRISBANE. Wed V.N injured thumb prevents Australia's opening l».it > man. A. Brown, playing for Queensland against the M.< beginning at Brisbane on Nov. 22.— Reuter
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    French Horse Favoured
    146 8 LONIX >.\ V* > d [j h hurse. who tea been missing from most leading bookmakers' ante-post betting now a clear-cut favourite and was backed to win £4.000 in the Manchester November Handicap at today's Victoria Club Callover. He was offered at 100-7 at Mondays Callover. but
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    RUGBY RESULTS
    47 8 LONDON. Wed The following are the results of Rugby U-ro'i games plavcd n-da. Cambridge University 28, Guys Hospital 5: Oxford University 10. Oxford Univ Greyhounds 6; United Services 'Portsmouth 1 26. Royal Naval College Oreenwichi 4. Ku-hv League Branley 4. Wakefield Trinity 18 I Reuter
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    BRADMAN LIMPS
    73 8 ADELAIDE. Thurs. DRADMAN walked with a aecid- ed limp on hL: return from Melbourne ana said he had pullei! a muscle in his right leg, but it was rot serious enough to prevent I him from playing in the Shefflc'ci I Shield gamo at Adelaide tomorrow. The Victorians,
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    Likes U.S. Cup Chances
    91 8 LOS ANGELES. Wed. WALTER PATE, r.on-playing captain of the United States Davis Cup tennis team, was optiI mistic trday over America's > chanct-s of bringing home the cup irom Australia. After reading ct Adrian Quist poor showing in recent Australian tournaments, ho said he believed th"
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    WRESTLING
    53 8 Sal vi day night's wrestling programme at the Great World will be: Son of Kong vs Jeff Conda over ten rounds. Bruc° Douglas vs Dark Fury. The^ will be the two main bouts and the programme Rou?house Jeffrey \\j Th- Mad Monk: Bert Egerton vs Alex Shar.d: Mir Khan
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    England Beat Wales Three—Nil
    424 8 England Beat Wales Three— Nil MANCHESTER Wednesday IN the first full soccer interim- I onr?l to be played in England 1938 England be->t Wales three-nil beiure a, crowd of 60.000 at Manr-hester| today :ind so bpcame almost sure o: winning the 1: crnatior.ai championship The Englishmen wire more polished: their
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    Home Soccer Fixtures
    248 8 Ho me Soccer Fixtures Home football fixtures for next Saturday, Nov. 23 are as follows: ENGLISH LEAGIE FIRST DIVISION Bolton Wandrs v. Derby Co. Charltoa Ath. v. Blackburn Chels.a v. Aston Villa I Grlmsby Town v. Brentford Leeds Utd. v. Blackpool Liverpool v. Arsenal Manchester U. v. Huddersfield Mborough v.
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    SEGAMAT CLUB WIN HOCKEY
    111 8 From Our Own Correspondent Segamat. Wed. GLin^ one of their hest exhibitions 01 the season, the Segamat Sports Club swamped a team of the Bengal Sappers Miners &t hockey on the town padang yesterday to win eight-one. Opening the scoring a few minutes from the initial
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    SINGAPORE INDIANS
    76 8 The following ha bern selected to play for the Singapore Indians asain.,t the Kranji Wireless StaUon a' soccer tomorrow at No. 1 Petrol Point ground (Fairer Park). Players meet a» the club premises at 4 p.m. O.M. Angullia. Abdul Razak, Kartar Singh. Ghani. S. Williams, Satta' Krlshnasamy. Paul
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    UNITED FAMILY B.P.
    140 8 Bflorc a large gathering of fri? ids at tnt Happy World Covered Stadium the United Family B.P. beat the M-»y flower B P by five games to two Scores— United Family B.P. menlionrd first. Mfßi Singles:— Heng Siak KVM beat Seah Eng Liat 3-1. 4-15. 15-7' Heng
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