The Straits Times, 23 November 1946

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    20 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER ESTABLISHED OVER A CENTURY fcli.HT PAGES. SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23. 1946. PRICfc lit 11.-.v
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    MUSLIMS' EXCLUSION URGED
    329 1 Nehru Asked To Approach Viceroy MEERUT, Friday. UIKMHKKS of the Indian National Congress Commitlee, now in conference here, in a resolution sponsored for consideration by the Subjects Committee, advise I'andit Jawaharlal Nehru, Vice-Presi-dent of tho Indian Interim (iovernment, to urge on Field-Marshal Yisi-m:nt Wavell, the Viceroy, that
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    Supplies Dropped To Plane
    125 1 Supplies Dropped To Plane PARIS, Friday. IHE wreck <>t tin- mi aircraft has b< i and supplies have been d tit th;> stranded paa- was reported ner< Planes ore rifling! round the area. was found in de?p j n the edge o'. a ula rest of Int :laken, md. II
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    Governor-General Leaves For London
    257 1 Governor- General Leaves For London UK. Malcolm Mac Donald, the Governor-General, left Singapore in a 8.0.A.C. Lancaster soon after 4.30 yesterday afternoon on his first visit to London for consultations with the Secretary of State for the Colonies. With him went Mr. A. T. Newboult, Chu-f Secretary, ol the Malayan
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    Yuan Ratifies Constitution
    95 1 NANKING, Fri The Legislative Yuan this afternoon, by a 1 unanimous vote, ratified Uhe draft Constitution without alterations i and amendments, and the Govi ernment will introduce it to the j National A&sembly on Monday morning in its first plenary formal session, at which Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek
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    DEATH OF DATU PATINGGI
    205 1 DEATH OF DATU PATINGGI Kioni Our Own Correspondent KUCHING, Friday. A BANG Haji Abdullah, Datu Patinggi, hereditary chieflain of Sarawak, who recently led the opposition to the cession of the territory, died here last night in his 85th year. The funeral took place at the i mosque cemetery this morning.
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    GANDHI REACHES RIOT VILLAGE
    61 1 SRIRAMPUR. East Bengal, Fri. Mahatma Gandhi, accompanied by only two companions, has arrived at this riot-damaged village to carry on his peace mission of restoring confidence and good relations between Muslims and Hindus. The village has a sizeable Muslim population, but only halt a dozen Hindu
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    Rubber Control Plea
    143 1 CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA, Friday. AN appeal for continued Government regulation ot l übber was made today by Dr. H. P. Dinamore, Goodyear scientist and vice president. before tlm American Institute of Chemical Engineers here. Without temporary regulation, ho predicted that the price of natural rubhvr would rise,
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    Group At The Airport
    77 1 Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald (centre), the Governor-General, with members of the Working Committee who are carrying a report of the recommended new Malayan constitution to the Secretary of State for the Colonies. (Left to right): Mr. D. C. Watherston (Secretary to the Working Committee), Mr. K.
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    Major Killed Trying To Stop Street Battle
    161 1 Major Killed Trying To Stop Street Battle HAIPHONG, Friday. A FRENCH major leading the Franco- Viet Nam/se Liaison Commission was killed here yesterday when the Commission, on its arrival from Hanoi, tried to stop the bitter street fighting between French and Annamites. Several officers on the Commission were wounded. The
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    LABOURS VOTE OF CONFIDENCE
    81 1 LONDON. Fri.— The House of Commons yesterday gave the Labour Government a vote of confidence on its domestic policies, rejecting by a vote of 333 to 188 a Conservative amendment protesting against further nationalisation of the nations major industries. The vote, following party lines, came alter
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    41 1 BATAVIA. ftt— Pit*. Willem Schermerhorn and Mr. Feike Dc Boer, the remair.ir:« members of vhe Dutch ('ommis.>:cr -General, left by plane lor Ho 'land today. There they hope tj win The H;'-Kiie's fliwl approval of th Nt'therl-inds Indjne^ias dratt agreement.— A.P.
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    CONGRESS MAY BE CALLED TO END STRIKE
    662 1 CONGRESS MAY BE CALLED TO END STRIKE WASHINGTON, Friday. DRESSURE on President Truman to call a special session of Congress to draft legislation aimed ;;i strikes generally, but at the present soft coal sir!. specifically, increased today despite Mr. Trami reported coolness to the proposal. A special session before Jan.
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    JAPANS HOARD OF DIAMONDS
    86 2 WASHINGTON. Fri. Gen. Mac Arthur yesterday notified the United States War Department that diamonds worth U5520,000,--000, hidden by the Japanese armed forces before the occupation, had been discovered in Japan They are in the vaults of the ißank of Japan, to be disposed of eventually in
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    46 2 Nurrmberg, Fri.— lt was officially announced yesterday that Otto Gcorg Thierack, the last Minister of Justice in Hitler's Government, committed suicide in the British Zone of Germany on Oct. 26 M American authorities prepared to bring him here for trial on war crimes charges. -A. P.
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    BEVIN REPLIES TO MOLOTOV
    535 2 Troop Dispositions And Disarmament NEW YORK, Thursday. OPEAKING at today's meeting of the UNO Political Committee in New York, Mr. Ernest Bevin, Britain's Foreign Minister, said he could not accept Mr. Molotov's proposal, for Russia, for reports to UNO on the disposition of troops on foreign
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    Mass "Science" Murder Charges Against Nazis
    192 2 Mass "Science" Murder Charges Against Nazis NUREMBERG, Friday. r'ENTY-THREE Nazi doc tors pleaded not guilty at Nu/emberg yesterday to charges of murdering hundreds of thousands of victims in medical experiment-; when indicted in the second series of the Nuremberg war crimes trials. Hertu Oberhauser, aged 35, ito only worna n
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    HUXLEY REGRETS SOVIET ABSENCE
    151 2 PARIS, Thurs Dr. Julian Hux- j ley, the British scientist, today made an open bid to Russia to join the United NaMons Education. Scientific and Cultural Or- ganisation. and said opposing ideologies in Russia and the United States dictated many of UNESCO's immediate policies. In a
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    Attlee On South-West Africa
    329 2 Attlee On South-West Africa LONDON, Thursday. PHE British Piime Minister, 1 Mr. Clement Attlee, reiterated in the House of Commons today that the British Government was satisfied about the steps taken by the South African Government to ascertain the wishes of the people of South-West Africa for incorporation in the
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    PRESENT FROM KILLEARN
    70 2 Bfttavia, Fri: -Lord Killearn has presented $1,000 as a "token of gratitude'" to the people ot Linggardjati, a small resort hill centre near Cheribon, where the British Special Commissioner and j members of his staff were entertained during the recent Dutch Indonesian negotiations at Cheribon. The Indonesian
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    TRUMAN DIVES IN SUBMARINE
    79 2 KEY WEST. Florida, hriPresider.t Truman yesterday descended 440 feet into the Guli of Mexico in a 'captured German submarine with which Hitler nao. hoped to turn the tide of ibe w?.r. Mr. Truman said he enjoyed the four-hour voyage on the submarine, including a deep dive
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    Communist Bid For Power In Rumania
    238 2 BUCHAREST, Friday. fT appears likely that the I Communists may take >ver in their own name leadership of the Rumanian Government following the Govern ment bloc's overwhelming victory in Tuesday's Parliamentary election. An official communique yesterday said the Government bloc which includes the Communists,
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    NINE JAPS DIE AT CHANGI
    217 3 LT. Nagataro Kokubo, whose execution was dramatically postponed at the last [minute in September so that he could give evidence for the I defence in another trial, was one of the nine Japanese war ".riminals hanged yesterday morning at Changi gaol. Kokubo, who was commandant
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    PENANG MEDIATOR "IN DESPAIR"
    224 3 Strikers Cancel An Agreement From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Fri. AN impartial mediator, who had been negotiating for a settlement of the Penang harbour dispute, has "given up in despair," it was announced at a meeting of Chinese merchants held last night to consider the present
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    Mountbatten Road Opening
    94 3 Mountbatten Road Opening A DErtNITE announr cment by next week on the opening of Mountbatten Road was promised by the Singapore Municipal ptesident, Mr. L. Payman, at a meeting of the Commissioners yesterday. He was replying to an Inquiry by Mr. T W. Ong, who said that the portion of
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    ELECTRIC FUEL SUPPLY ORDERED
    103 3 AT an additional ordinary meeting yesterday Singapcre Municipal Commissioners confirmed a decision to acceyi a tender for a five-year supply of fuel for St. James Power Station. The president. Mr. L. Rayman, explained that the Commissioners had called for a five-year and one-year tender. The Commissioners
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    Man With 29 Belts
    67 3 Found in a trishaw a. t;u> Singapore Harbour Board on Nov 21 with 29 pb.stic belts, underdtood to be part of Christmas parcels which arrived in 03 Mareila. strapped round his dudy from the waist up and cor.coa'ed by his shirt, a Chinese, Tan Ah Kai
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    ARRIVALS —AND XMAS FARE
    399 3 ARRIVALS —AND XMAS FARE PEVENTEEN passengers arO rived in Singapore yesterday by the Blue Funnel liner Glenartney from Mcl bourne. The ship will berth alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves today to discharge a large food cargo from Fremantle and Adelaide. Passengers disembarking yesterday were: Mrs. K. G. Cherry. Miss
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    Sunday Church Services
    217 3 Sunday Church Services Church 01 England: dt. Andrew i 7, 8, 10.30, 5.30; St. George's Garruon Church (Tanglln): 7.15, 9. 9.45, 6.30; Christ Church: 8, 10.30, 5, 6.30. St. Hilda's: 8. 5.30: St. Paul's iSeranfoon); 8: Garrison Church (C 9 I. G. H Alexandra): 7.15, 11, 6. Holy Trinity Church
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    Stamp Club Meeting
    110 3 At the annual gtneral meetirg of the Singapore S f amp Club, held last week the following were elected office-bearers to serve until Sept. 30. 1947: President, Mr. E. G. Staunton, hon. secretary, Mr. Chew Keow Bock (re-elected), committee, Dr Tan Bin Chiang, Dr. D. E. C.
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    Junks Seized In Penang Harbour
    71 3 From Our Own Correspondent Penang. Fri. A MARINE police boat cruis- jng in Penans harbour made a surprise midnight swoop on tw-i funks last night and seized mort- than 100 bags of rice. Seven Chinese were arrested, including, it is understood, three prominent importers. Three
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    INFANTILE PARALYSIS INSELANGOR
    101 3 INFANTILE PARALYSIS INSELANGOR From Our Own Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, Fri. TWO cases of infantile paralysis have been reported in Selangor. The Malayan Union health intelligence for the week ending Nov. 16 shows there were 93 cases of smallpox and 30 deaths in northern Malayan. Of these nine cases and six
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    WELFARE STAMPS NOW ON SALE
    110 3 WELFARE STAMPS NOW ON S ALE ABOUT a quarter of a million Welfare Stamps of various denominations are now on sale at the various Welfare Committees and also in schools throughout the Malay peninsula. These stamps are of on c cent five cents, 10 cents and 20 cents'. Three quarters
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    LABOURERS NOT TAKING TODDY
    62 3 From Our Own Correspondent MALACCA, Fri. DECAUSE Tamil labourers are not drinking loddy the Government toddy shop at Kubu Road, Malacca, has been destroying about 100 sailors of toddy daily during the past month, it is learned. The Tamil labourers ceased patronising the toddy shop from
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    MOKE T.B. DEATHS
    40 3 'I'UBERCULOSIS was once again responsible for the greatest number of deaths in Singapore for the week ending Nov. 16 According to a Municipal Health statement there were 41 deaths from tuberculosis compared to 36 i-he previous week.
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    PROGRESS IN COLLABORATION LNQUIRIES
    156 3 PROGRESS IN COLLABORATION LNQUIRIES From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. DEPORTS received from special magistrates show the progress made in dealing with charges of collaboration in Malaya. The policy whdoh was adopted in March, 1946, and applied to Malaya on the return of the civil government was to confine
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      292 3 AUCTION SALE OF AMI MU MU.KHOLD A LfcASEH'M It SINT.APOKK I KOIKKUFS To be hold at Thr inlToom of Mt.SSRS < HKONG KOON SF.NC2 A CO., I Tl) No. l» hulia Street. Singapore. On Wednesday. 27th November. 1944, at MO P.M. Freehold land and nouses M to 480 (cvn Nos.
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      414 3 MR. J. IVAN SPENS. In Wodnosda;. s is. -ie of the Mrait.s Tim -s i mf\s.<agi from our London correspondent referred to the chairman of loncn lin as Mr. J. I. van Spens. .'his of should read Mr J. Ivan Snpns Tho amount remitted from pore to China in respe.t
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      518 3 TENDER NOTICE. L The Custodian of Enemy Property Malayan Union, invites tenders for the purchase of a 1 157 ft. loriß wooden pier situated at thr Bauxite Mine Tclok Mas. Malacca. 2. All materials with which this pier is constructed, with the exception ol the decauvllle track, accessories laid thereon
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      401 3 NOTICE. ROYAL ANTEDILUVIAN ORDER OF Bl FFAIOfs Members of the Royal Ant diluvian Order of Buffaloes, Grand Lodge of Engiand. are regretfully informed that on November 19th the Government gave us Notice to QuU the premised -ituaU at 143H45. Orchard Road, Singapore, by November 30th. As from December Ist. 1946,
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      39 3 TODAY'S MENU Today's menus at the People's Restaurants in Singapore will be: 35-cent meal: fried noodles, pork or fish, prawns, khoo chye, bean sprouts, chye huay, green chillies. 15-cent meal: noodles, prawn flavouring, bean sprouts, khoo chye, chje sim.
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    Singapore. Saturday, Nov. 23. 1946 Bedlam
    1102 4 Singapore. Saturday, Nov. 23. 1946 Bedlam It may be some slight consolation to the nerve -shattered denISMU of Singapore to learn that the war on noise is to be resumed In Kuala Lumpur. When we have ceased striving to hear a conversation over the telepho:..-" amid the raucous din of
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    DR. R. VAN MOOK
    59 4 The Hague, Thurs: Dr. Hubcrtus van Mook, LieutenantGcvirnoi -General of the Netherlands East Indies, has asked to be relieved of his posi, it is persistently reported here, according to tne Netherlands News Agency. According to an informed source. Dr. Van Mook. felt that his Job was
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    Why they pray in Telok Ayer Street
    781 4  - Why they pray in Telok Ayer Street D. P. E. LING WOOD By MOST people will have read in the newspapers this week that Singapore's Chinese Buddhist community is holding a special fiveday service for the war dead in the picturesque Mah Chiow Kiong Temple. They will naturally wonder what
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      Another Blow For The Middle Class
      323 4 MAY I congratulate you on the leading article in the i Straits Times on the subject of rent control. The facts are very fairly set out in the articl j and indicate that landlords. generally, are as protected from exploitation a> the tenant. Ir.
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      Another Burden For The Wage-Earner
      277 4 THE increases proposed by the Singapore Ratepayers Association should be thrown out for the same reason that hawkers and black-marketeer, and others are being cleaned up. Government lias embarked on a policy ol reducing the present high cost of living. It should not jdeviate from
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      Keppel Bus Strike
      101 4 nOLLOWING the Keppel Bui P Company strike which be gan last Sunday, the Tanjong Pagar to Pasir Panjang route is thronged with taxis eharg ing exorbitant prices f > the journey. It would be a great help to many unfortunate people (especially the workpeople who have to
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      In A Gestapo Cell
      191 4 I HAVE to protest at th." use of the sentence "Ho was I privileged prisoner" in the following paragraph in your article headed "God And Th Gestapo In Stamford Road". The^c was a youii-,- Roman Citlioli" in the cell. He was a privileged prisoner; he was
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    GOVERNOR SEES PEOPLE'S FOOD
    29 5 > r Iranklin (iimsjii, GorerßOt of Singapore, al Telok Aver Peoples' Bestaarant yesterday. The Governor. acci;nipanii'«l by lady (iinison visitc-d several Peoplos' Restaurants during the forenoon
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    SMALL SCALE ARRIVALS OF FREE RICE
    119 5 SMALL SCALE ARRIVALS OF FREE RICE RIVALS or rice Hum B under the Siamese "thn Unue In EHngaon a small a .v the thr .i Paflmore. 100 75 tona of "free rice" on fcfarosa, with 18 and the Ifuihoclc, with £JCI comparison with imports on Government account." suid a B
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    POLICE STADIUM THREAT "SHOCKING"
    319 5 POLICE STADIUM THREAT "SHOCKING" MUNICIPAL CHIEF TO TAKE ACTION THE Singapore Municipal President, Mr. L. Kayman, 1 and Mr. D. K. Walters, at a meeting of Ihe Municipal Commissioners yesterday, expressed themselves as "shocked" at the attitude of the Singapore police with regard to football crowds at Jalan Besar Stadium.
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    KEPPEL BUS STRIKE OVER
    102 5 KEPPEL BUS STRIKE OVER SOME 60 bus drivers and c-onuue-tors of the Keppei Bus Company who went on strike on Sunday, will return to work thtl morning, '.r.e Straits Tim°s is informed. Acting as mediator.-. th«. Pus.Malayan All Labour Union, the Drivers Union and Mr. N's Aik Huan, manager of
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    26 5 Tin uffic 1 of the United States Consulate-General will be closed on Thursday. Nov 28. which Is 1 the American national holiday 1 erf Thanksgiving Day.
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    JAVANESE BEING SENT BACK HOME
    98 5 From Our Own (ornspoiiiliiU PENANG, Fri. THE last batch to return to their homeland, some 800 displaced Javanese, will be leaving Penang this week-end by S.S. Melchior Treub. These refugees who had be press ganged by the Japanese to work on the death railway have
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    TENGKU BACK IN KLANG
    70 5 From Our Own Correspondent KLANG, Fri. 'I'ENGKU Idris Shah, brother ot the Sultan of Selangor who was studying in Englano before the war. returned to Klang o n Tuesday. Tengku Idris went to England in 1937 ?nd when the Pacific war broke out he joined the
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    Seaman Convicted.
    69 5 Two British seamen. L. (42) and R. Hopkins <35 off as Sammex pleaded guilty in toe Fourth Police Court yesterday to disobeying the orders ot the Master of the vessel on Nov. 20 and were sentenced to Mle9 weeks' rigorous imprisonment. They had refused duty in sympathy with
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    47 5 On this page yesterday under the heading "Export of Indian Currency," it was stated that the purchase price for a rupee had been fixed at not less than 65 cents and not more than 67 cents. These figures should read 63 cents and 67 c nts respectively.
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    17 5 Mr. J. Caldcr. who has Dern Officer Administering the Government, North Borneo, has beer, appointed Chief Secretary.
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    LACK OF MONEY FOR CHILD FEEDING PLAN
    256 5 THOLtill preparatory plans for the introduction of free I meals from Singapore's 40.000 children of preschool age could be completed within a fortnight, the chief of the Department of Social Welfare, Mr. T. P. F. BtcNcios, M.C.S.. said yesterday that his hands were
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    AMMO TO KILL 1,000 FOUND
    90 5 AMMO TO KILL 1,000 FOUND DEMARKING that "the ammu- nition might have caused a 1.000 deaths if *hc> had reached the hands of unscrupulous persons at the present time.' Mr. Paul Storr. First District Judge, yesterday fined Qatlman Khan SSCO. in default six months' rigorous imprisonment, for possession of 828
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    59 5 Messrs. Joseph Tavcrs Sons. Ltd., actlnff as Government Agents, have distributed 600 dozen vests. which should be available at $1.25, $1 35. $1.40. $150 and $1.75 each according to size; The deal rs are: Fan Kuan:; Co.. 129, South Bridge Road. Tan Teck Hunt. 1, WajWOf BtrMl Huay Guan. 10.
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    LEGAL QUERY ON MUNICIPALITY
    242 5 LEGAL experts in London do not a^ree with their opposite number in Singapore regarding the constitutional position ot Government and quasi-Govern- ment bodies, such as the Singa- i pore Municipal Commission and Singapore Harbour Board, Said Mr. L. Rayman, Municipal Presi- i dent, at a meeting
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    400 MORE CHINESE REPATRIATES DUE
    261 5 A I- 1 KIIIKW moup i>) more than 100 Chinese liurniu itdaWi veterans, are expected to arrive in Singapore in»ni Hongkong by the Ho Hong Steamship Company s HMg Kheng on Nov. 28. The men are being repatriated l>y (MIKA and UNRRA. With the arrival
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    ALLEGED ROBBER GANG caught
    105 5 ALLEGED ROBBER GANG caught AN alleged robber gang oi a. round dozen have been cor ed by the Johore Bahru P i within the last fe-*' days. Five Malays are b( n cennee- i tion with the murder of a Chinese taxi driver. Cases of car thefts na/3 0e..-n j
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    A.I.F. Nursing Scholarship Plan I Mails
    198 5 A.I.F. Nursing Scholarship Plan I Mails APPLICATIONS from lull; qualified Chinese tram longing to Malaya or are about to bo taken for A IF. Malayan Nursing Bcri The organl: ra expect that then- will be two .schnl awarded in tin first p The successful candidate i probably :•■■> to M
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    PENANG MALAYS SATISFIED
    82 6 From Our Ow n Correspondent PENANG, Fri. •THE satisfaction of Penang Malays at the successful conclusion of the constitutional talks in Kuala Lumpur was expressed today by Mr. S. M. Aidid. President of the local Malay Association "Wt have not seen the n f w proposilr, but
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    Campaign To Reduce Road Accidents
    251 6 POLICE OFFER HELPFUL HLNTS TO K.L. CYCLISTS From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. WITH a view to reducing accidents in which cyclists are involved, the traffic branch of the Kuala Lumpur police is carrying out a campaign against cyclists who ride their cycles in
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    UNION LEADER FINED IN KLANG
    126 6 From Our Own Correspondent KLANG, Fri. CHARGED with the offences of committing wilful trepass into Bharu Selangor and Bukit Cloh estates. Jeram, on Sept. 18, K. K. Krupp. president of the Indian Labour Unionl Kuala Selangor. was convicted and fined $10 on each of the
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    Gaol & Rolan For Extortion Attempt
    146 6 Gaol Rolan For Extortion Attempt From Our Own Correspondent TAIPING. Thurs. CONVICTED on a charge of at- temntcd extortion, a 21--year-old Chinese, Lum Ken^ Hoy was scn-enced by Mr. C. P. New'on in the Taiping District Court on Monday to 20 months' rigorous imprisonment, and also ten strokes of the
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    Another Restaurant
    61 6 From Our Ow n Correspondent PENANG. Fri. '|'O cater principally for workers along the waterfront Penang's third Peoples Restaurant will be opened at Weld Quay on Nov. 27. It will serve 4,000 meals daily— 2.000 during tiffin hours and 2,000 in the evening. In addition to 25-cent meals,
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    Gratuities To Municipal Employees
    173 6 Gratuities To Municipal Employees From Our Own Correspondent MALACCA, Friday. AT the monthly meeting of Malacca Municipal Commissioners held on Wednesday several matters of importance were discussed. One item on the agenda, which was di 3 cussed at great length, was the question of gratuities to Municipal employees. It was
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    213 Chinese Return
    76 6 From Our Ow n Correspondent Penang. Fri. OF a group of 1.444 Chinese repatriated by UNRRA from various ports in China, 213 returned to Pi-nans yesterday. The majority of them had left Malaya in 1939 and 1941 to serve as truck drivers and mechanics in Yunnan province.
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    DATOWONGON "RAW DEAL" FOR RUBBER
    394 7 IN these days of government support and help to many industries it is difficult to understand why the rubber producing one should be given such a "raw deal," said Dato S. Q. Wong, reviewing the position of the Kluang Rubber Co., Ltd., at the 25th
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    LEVER BROTHERS' FIVE PER CENT
    78 7 LONDON, Thursday. I EVER Brothers today reported their consolidated net profit for 1945 as $10,330,090 (US). The boards of Unilever Ltd., the Eng- i lish company, and the Unilever NY, the Dutch company, have recommended common stock dividends of five per cent for the year.
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    SHANGHAI MONEY
    23 7 SHANGHAI. Fri Todays black- j market quotations in Shanghai were: i U.S. dollar unquoted: gold CN i $256,000; Hongkorc CNS9IO— UP
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    Produce Prices
    320 7 SINGAPORE, Fri •TODAY'S produce prices wcrr: RICE: Ist Grade $140. 2nd ftr.idr $120. 3rd Grade SI 10. II I nil RICE: Siamrsr $11. >. KEDAH $100. RICE NOODLES: No. 1 Siamese $»2. Krdah $65. Indo-Chlna S«.'. local S"5. China $88. COPRA: Sundrlrd No. 1 11. TAPIOCA FLOIR: Malayan.
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    No Change In Rubber Price
    321 7 Around The Markets By Our Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, Friday. THERE was no change in the rubber commodity market this morning. Prices were still buyers 42> L > cents f.o.b. Very little interest was shown in rubber shares but inquiries were made for a few selected
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    MANGANESE ORE
    95 7 LONDON, Thurs. Manganese ore selling quotations today were unchanged at 14d. per long ton c if. on bases of prewar freight and insuranc? rates. Buying prices were 14 and threequarters pence to 16J pence on the same basis. Authoritative circles said that th<? current requirements for chrome ore
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    Cloth Theft In Penang
    51 7 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG. ThUTS. r*LOTH worth several thousand dollars was taken by borglai: who broke into a shop In Beach Street in the early iiou:s of yesterday morning. The loss was rot discovered until a check on the Giccta was made. The police are
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    A long The Singapore Waterfront
    322 7 SHTPS positions in Singapore yesterday were:— MAIN WHARF Godown 31-3?: Kola, loading cargo for Bangkok. Godown 33-34: 3enlawers. loading .aryo for U.K. Godown 38-39: Euryades, discharging rargo. Godown 40-41 Rlmau, discharging oil. EAST WHARF Godown 44: Klang. loading cargo for P. Swettenham. Godown 45: E-ang.
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      371 7 SINGAPORE TIDES TODAY: High Water: 10.17 a.m 9 ft. 3 in.; 11.14 pm 9 ft. 1 in TOMORROW: Hi«h Water: 10 44 a.m. 9 ft. 5 in.; 11 49 p.m. 9 ft, Dflnm it* afn \7 n 832 pm Singapore variety; 9.00 p.m. p.m. Radio forfeits; 10 .30 pin **riUl\J
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    QUEENSLAND 293 FOR SIX
    629 8 First Century By Openers By NORMAN PRESTON, Reuters Special Correspondent with the M.C.C. BRISBANE, Friday. F ELDING their possible Test combination, the MCC today began their four-day match against Queensland here today. The State batted first, their opening batsmen, Rex Rogers and Geoffrey Cook, winning the
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    36 8 K.A.S.C. Training School (Far East) soccer team: I < pi Lincoln, (trainer), G. Clynes (capt.), T. Naylor, E. Jones, H. Cough, T. Williams, Capt. Turner (sports officer): B. Blower, R. Biggs, A. Johnson, A. Sharpe, T. Martin.
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    Soccer Dispute With Eire Settled
    373 8 Soccer Dispute With Eire Settled LONDON, Thursday. THE dispute which has threatened to disrupt football relations between England and Eire has been finally settled M a result of I.F.A. upholding the protest of the English Foot hall Association against the Irish club Shamrock Rovers signing the English player Jock Dodds
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    S. C. C. RUGBY
    96 8 The Singapore Cricket Club XV to play against a Naval XV at rugßC today on the padang at 5 p.m. will be as follows: Pull bark: F. Hutchlnson; Three-quarters: M.E. Da vies, G.F. Taylor. WE. Grieve, CM. Quayle; Half backs: J. Frame, J.B. Potter: Forwards: R.J.
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    JAMES STARTS TRAINING
    44 8 Sydney, Thurs. RONNIE JAMES, British lightweight champion, started training today for the Empire title championship fight with Vie Patrick. Australian chMnpion, which is definitely fixed for December 14 at Sydney Stadium. The training will include moderate spells of surfing daily —Reuter.
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    U.S. Davis Cup Team In Auckland
    70 8 U.S. Davis Cup Team In Auckland A crowd of 3,500 packed the Auckland Tennis Association's courts to watch a series of exhibitions among the American Davis Cup players and New Zealand players On the basis of play it appeared that Prankie Parker is a virtual cinch to play two singles
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    KELANTAN LEAGUE
    46 8 From Our Own Correspondent KOTA BAHRU, Tues. Matches played in the Kelantan soccer league last week resulted; Suara Muda beat Tech Subordinates five-one; Warders and Educ-Hospital drew one-all: Pasir Puteh beat Tumpat threeni: Suara Muda beat Kuala Krai four-nil; Educ-Hospital beat Pasir Puteh one-nil.
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    54 8 SHANGHAI, Thurs. The Football Committee of the Shanghai Athletic Federation has passed a resolution, declining an invitation from Hong Kong for an inter-port game on Chinese New Year, but requested Hong Kong footballers to vis.t Shanghai, either on Chinese New Year or Easter, and promising an inter-port game next year
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    South African Sprinter For England
    85 8 South African Sprinter For England Capetown, Thurs. "HE South African champion sprinter Gam'ajt is to be sent to Enpland in January for the next years flat racing season. Gcmbut, a five-year old colt by Sunugro out of Ac na who has just been bought by Norbert Erleigh, a mmm? director,
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    SEVEN GOALS IN SEGAMAT
    162 8 From Our Own OMN*#fcafeßl SEGAMAT, Fri. IKTER being the first to score, rt the Old Boys' Association i'en by the odd goal in seven by Fox's XI at hockey on the Segamat town padang. Following end to end play, the OB A. made a concerted forward
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    MUAR SOCCER
    80 8 MUAR, Thurs. Honours were shared in a soccer match at the Muar Club padang yesterday when the Muar Malay Youngsters drew with the Muar Police, each sid e scoring twice. The game was evenly contested, though scrappy at times. The Youngsters were the first to score and led
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    MALACCA B.P.
    36 8 From Our Own CorresponJcnt Malacca, Than. The Sentosa Badminton Party will meet the Rose Putelr B.P. in a friendly match on Sunday, Nov. 24. A silver cup will be presented t> the winning team.
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    CHINESE WIN ONE-NIL
    130 8 From Our Own Cor;csj;oiidrnt KRIAN, Wed. In a last und keenly contested hockey match Krian Chinese dd well to beat the Krian Malays I—o1 0 when the sides Met m a return match played at Pans Buntar, yesterday evening. The first match resulted in a goalless draw.
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    Scoreboard
    373 8 QUEENSLAND— Ist. INNINGS Rogers c Gibb b Bedser 66 Cook not out 11l Morris run out 4 Tallon c GibL b Beds?r 26 McCool c Gibb b Yardley 26 Mackay c Cibb b Edrich 13 Archer c Edrich b Wright 18 Young not out 25 Extras 1 Total (for
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    S. K. C. WIN FIVE-NIL
    248 8 S.R.C. 5 R.A.F. (Paya Lebar) 0 THE S.R.C. proved too good for the R.A.F. (Paya Lebar) whom they beat by five nil in a hockey match at the Podang yesterday. Although the Airmen put up a game display the Recs dominated the play throughout The
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    MUSLIM SPORTS
    70 8 SIR Franklin Gimson, Governor of Singapore, will attend the Muslim Athletic Meet on Sunday at the Jaian Bosar Stadium and will distribute the prizes. In view of the large entries for the Men's Events, those who have entered for the 100 yards, 220 yards and 440 yards arc
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