The Straits Times, 29 March 1947

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    18 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845. TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, MARCH 29, 1947. PRICE TEN CENTS
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    "VAST MILITARY CENTRE" IN MALAYA
    810 1 Merchants View Of Labour And Costs Problems PROBLEMS arising out of the fact that "Malay* has now become a vast military centre" were dealt with by Mr. E. M. F. Fergusson, chairman of the Singapore Chamber of Commerce, at the annual meeting of the Chamber
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    100,000 In German Hunger Demonstration
    148 1 DUSSELDORF, Friday. ONE hundred thousaad Germans m ugly mood held a protest demonstration «B a^ food shortages m Duss-Morf today and m surging through the streets, overturned British military cars. A huge crowd assembled m a park m the centre of the city bearing placards
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    29 1 Lt. Gen. Nusnata Takajo, Chief of Staff of tbe Southern Exoedltionary Force, giving evidence for the drf?nce at the mas ure trial m Sinra^ore yesterday. (Yesterday's hearing.— Page 7.)
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    Better Trade Outlook
    112 1 The chairman of the Singapore Chamber of Commerce, Mr E M Fersusson, reverted to the pre-war practice of riving a full review of Singapore trad- at the annual meeting held yesterday, the second annual meeting since •the liberation Dealing with rou^n goods, he said: "British exports a«
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    45 1 House of Commons by the Minister for Defence that troops must continue to be located m Malaya m numbers sufficient to guarantee safety and reconstruction after the catastrophic years o* Japanese eccupation. Little time has yet been devoted to the effect of this on the
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    DELEGATE RESIGNS FROM U.N.O.
    107 1 NEW YORK, Friday. MR. Paul Hasiuck, Australian reprerentative on the United Nations Security Council, has resigned, it was authoritatively learned last night. "The reason for my r-slgna-ion," Mr. Hasiuck said, 'is entirely a matter between m? and my Government, and I a-r. r.ot prepared to make
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    SJAHRIR MAY VISIT INDIA
    81 1 NEW DELHI, Friday.—Indonesian Prime Minister Sutan Sja 1rir is expected to visit New Delnl within the near future as a result of further invitations frcm Pandit Nehru, Vice President of the Indian Constituent Ass.mbly, according to Indonesian news sources. Indonesian delegates to the Asian Relations Confirmee
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    Pirates' Haul Off N.Malaya
    117 1 Pirates' Haul Off N. Malaya PENANG, Friday. PIRATES, striking again from the rotorious water of Pu'au Teratan, north of the Langkawi group of islands, attacked a Chinese junk and made away with a $11,300 haul which included rubber, jewellery and salt fish. According to a polios report today, the vessel,
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    COMMUNISTS ON RUN IN CHINA
    222 1 The Times Correspondent WASHINGTON, Friday. rtfSPATCHES reaching here from China indicate that the Communist position m North China i& worsening militarily. After their loss oi Yenan, their headquarters and home for eight years, the Communists are under the necessity of finding some other reasonably permanent
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    £1,200 FOR "ALICE"
    148 1 LONDON, Friday. A first edition of Lewis Carroll's "Alice m Wonderland wm aold bare yesterday for it wa« 'Alice Day" »t auction. There were first *ditions of Alice m rrcuc.i, German and Italian, for which eager bidden paid impressive prioes. rhe little red book which bn tight
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    FIERCE BATTLE IN GREECE
    65 1 ATHEN8. Friday.— More than 1,000 Greek guerillas and regular forces ar3 engaged in a fierce battle in Central Greece, according to a statement issued today by military sources in Athens. Aircraft and artillery went into action around Mount Vardousia in an attempt to capture the guerilla
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    Mass Suicide By Japanese
    78 1 '('HE macabre story of the Battle of Attu, In which the defeated Japanese garrison committed mass suicide, is vividly told m the Straits Times next Tuesday Other features m Tuesday's issue liclude an un-country wife's article on the problems that face the returning Malayan m the
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    U.S.ALLEGATIONS OF RUSSIAN CONSCRIPT ARMY
    252 1 WASHINGTON, Friday. ACCUSATIONS by leading United States' Government policy-makers that Russia is running "police" states in the Soviet occupied European zones and maintaining an "impressed" army of 500,000 men in Korea have been made public here. The allegations are contained in a document re presenting
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    40 1 LONDON, Friday. Surplus Army stores worth between £1000.000 and £1.500,000; said to be of a non-military nature su~h as quartermaster 6tores suitable for conversion to civilian use have been presented to Greece by Britain m a new agreement just signed.
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    Viceroy To Meet Governors
    151 1 NEW DELHI, Friday. REAR-Admiral Lord Mountbatten Viceroy of India, today invited Governors of all the provinces of British India to a conference here in the middle of April. The Viceroy a few days ago invited Mahatma Gandhi and Mohamed Ali Jinnah. President of the Muslim League,
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    KING EXCEEDS SPEED LIMIT
    191 1 KRUGER NATIONAL PARK, Friday. DRIVING the big Royal car through a portion of the 8,000-squ3re mile Kruger Paik wild game reserve yesterday, the King became so interested in seeing the ani mals that he exceeded the tenmile an hour speed limit. y.ni Qivz- was persuad 'i
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    H.K.PRAYERSFOR SUCCESS OF INCOME TAX
    682 2 HONG KONG, Friday. DROBLEMS of local government and direct taxation are causing so much argument and dissension m Hong Kong that on Sunday the Rev. George She (who is also a police magistrate) asked special prayers m the Cathedral Church. He prayed "I ,et us
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    BUDGET ON APR. 15
    49 2 LOrDON. Fr day.- Mr. Arth- r Gr?£nwr>od. Lcrd Priry Beal. ?nnouncod m the House :f Commons v*«t?rdav that th? Chincrc" of the Ex hcquer would Introduce the Budj't on Tuesday. April IS -the day the H:us? of Ccmm .i; resumed after tli» Easter recess. Router
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    PLANNER FOR RECOVERY CAMPAIGN
    226 3 Sir Edwin Plowden's New Appointment LONDON, Friday. SIR Edwin Plowden, who was chief executive officer m the Ministry of Aircraft Production during the war, has been selected as Britain's chief industrial pianner. The appointment was announced by the Prime Minister, Mr. Attlce, m the House of
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    GERMANY'S LABOUR CORPS TO GO
    279 3 MOSCOW, Friday. BY the end of this year Britain wll ha c diijolved tl c German Labour Corps trie Dienstgruppen which has been workirg m the British zone of Germany. This decis on has been taken because ol Russian criticism that the Corps is a
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    VALUE OF THE GUILDER UP
    96 3 (By Oar Chinese Correspondent) The local value of the Dutch guilder has advanced to $22.1/2 Straits for each 100 N.E.I, guilders, compared to the recent low of $16 50 Straits for each 100 guilders. Local gold values have drooped during the past few days, owing
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    K.L. EDITOR AT KLANG
    53 3 From Our Own Correspondent KLANG (Selangor), Friday. Mr. Richard Sydney, editor of th« magazine Young Malayans at Kuala Lumpur, gave a public adriress mi n the High School hall at KJang on the subject: "How to prevent another war." The hall was packed m spite of
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    INTERPRETER AS REGISTRAR
    53 3 From Our Own Correspondent TAIPING, Friday.— Mr. P. A. R. Iyer, Indian court interpreter at Taiping, has been appoln'ed as firs*, registrar of the district court In North Perak with effect fr m Jan. 1. Mr. Iyer joined the service m 1927 and worked m Selangor before
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    Flying Squad Tests At Penang
    186 3 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Friday. THE results of tests carried out by Penang's Flying Squad have proved very successful. With the new equipment now Installed, police radio trucks are able to receive and transmit messages at any point m Penang and Province Wellesley. Testa
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    15 3 TAIPING, Friday.— Tuan Haji Abdul Wahab, secretary-general A th<> U.M.N.0., is ill m Taiping Hospital.
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    EXPLOSIVE FOUND IN CHEMOR BRIDGE
    268 3 ITNEXPLODED demolition charges laid for demolition work U m 1941 have been removed from Chemor bridge. The charges consisted of two units each of 100 lb. of gelignite which were successfully withdrawn from the bridge by the 63rd Field Indian Company on March, 3. The
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    S'PORE SAILOR HONOURED
    74 3 The K..X-. '3 Commendation for Brave Conduct has been awarded to Captain Bidin bin Chee of the Singapore Straits Steamship Company, "for serv'ces rendered m evacuating civilians from Singapore durng the Japanese invasion." Under the very heavy bombing ol the days before the fall of Singapore he
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    LOST INDONESIAN HUSBANDS
    120 3 COLOMBO. Fiiday— Mr. T. P. S. Lax-ana, representative of the Union of Overseas Indonesians and Malays in Ceylon, has gone to Delhi to contact Haji Augus Saiim. leader of the Indonesian delegation to the inter-Asian relations conference in New] Delhi with a view to tracing the whereabouts
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    YOUNGEST R.I.A.F SQUADRON
    48 3 LONDON, Friday.— The youngMtt squadron of the Royal Indian Sr Force is being trained at fßaurfpur, India, by R.A.F. inatructors, according to the Air JAinlstry. Comprised sololjr of Indians, tfli' 1 squadron Is undergoing a conversion course from flying fighter planes to two-engined Dakota* —Reuter
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    Jubilee Fund Dance At K.L.
    221 3 By Our Stall' Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. rHE Chinese Assembly Hall will be the scene of carnival tonight when a dance and cabaret will be held in aid of the Jubilee Fund, which runs a home for aged women in Kuala Lumpur and meets the
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    DREDGE NOW BURNS WOOD
    48 3 From Our Own Correspondent MALACCA, Friday:— The Tongkah Compound Tin Dredge at Ampang, which has been laid up for some time owing to lack of coal has switched over to firewood and is now working again. This dredge employes a large number of Malays.
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    ORATORY CONTEST
    51 3 The Singapore District of the Methodist Youth Fellowship Invites all members and friends to its first postwar annual oratorical contest today, at 3 p.m. at the Teluk Aver Methodist Church Hall The judges will be Mr. George G. Thompson, of the Public Relations Office, and Mr. Mrs. Rowland
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    COAL TARGET "TOO LOW"
    121 3 LONDON, Friday.— lhe Trades Union Congress general council issued a statement yesterday on the British Governments White Paper giving targets for Industrial recovery from the war. It criticised as too low ;he Government's target of 200,000,000 tons of coal for the current year, I suggesting an
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    NO BURMA RICE SHORTAGE
    79 3 RANGOON, Friday.— New crop statistic* for 1946/1947 reveal (hat there will be no overall sh rtage rJ ce in Burma this year, it was stated in a press no r e issued here yesterday. The not* added that the Government had decided to establish central district
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    APPEAL TO OIL STRIKERS
    51 3 RANGOON, Friday.— The Goyernment yesterday appealed to the striking Burma Oil Company workers to return to duty immediately to permit others to resume their work freely. An official statement declared: "Should this appeal fail the Government must exert their authority, however unpleasant the task may be
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    TOMORROW'S SERVICES
    223 3 Ctauioo of England: St Andrew'! 1, 8. 10 30, 11.15; 5 30; Georges Garrison Church (Tangltn); 7.15, 9. 945 6.90; Cortet Church; 8. 10 30. t. 630 St. Hilda's; 8. 5.30: St Paul's iSe•■anJtToni: 8; Methodist Wesley; 10. 530 Sttalis Chineae: 9, 10 4, 5: Paya Leter. f.
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    HOLY WEEK
    284 3 Cathedral of the Good Shepherd Palm Sunday 6.30 a.m. low mas. a.m. blessing of the palms, prooearton and high maw. 530 pm Benediction. Wednesday 5.30 p.m. Tenebrae. Maundy Thursday— 7 a.m nigh mass 5.30 p. m Tenebrae. Mandatum (wasnlng of the feet) Good Friday— B am. Service. 530
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    HIGHER K.L. BOOK CLUB DUES
    196 3 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Fiiday. ITUALA Lumpur Bcok Club de- cided at th; annual meeting 1 yesterday to increase its memh rship subscription by 50 per cent., "lower income" groups beiiig exempted from the new provisions. The Chairman, Mr. A. H. Flowerdew, said
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    Chamber Chairman Attacks S'pore Separation Plan
    397 3 "THE development of Malaya requires a proper central Government m which the views of each part of Malaya may be heard and decisions taken for the advantage of the whole territory," said Mr. E. M. F. Fergusson, chairman of the Singapore Chamber of Commerce
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    RICE COMMUTE MEETING
    137 3 The International Emergency F od Council Sub-Commitee on Rlc e for S E. Asia held its sixth meeting yesterday at the Office of the Special Commissioner in S. E. Asia, in Singapore, when sub-c.mmifee confirmed the April shipping programme of ric e in and from S E.
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    FUND FOR TRISHAW DRIVERS
    81 3 From Our Own Correspondent MALACCA, Friday.— A decision tj float a mutual aid fund for members of the Malacca Tr-shaw Drivers, Association was reached after a special meeting convened by the Committee. The pr.posal to organize th s fund was adopted unanimously when it was tabled
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    Kedah War On Rabies
    93 3 From Our Own Correspondent. ALOR STAR, Friday. SINCE the outbreak of rabies in Kr Jan. resulting in some fatalities as a consequence of human infection, police action against ii"l ren**-1 has brought remarkable results. Thr:ug?vjut Ketlah atii Perlfc, a total of Ti docs and 2t» bitches
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    Inquiry Evidence In Camera
    168 3 PR .he iirst lime y.sterday, part of the procetd.nga at Uw B.T.C. strike inquiry wit? held m camera After an application by Mr. C. H. Smith, on behalf of the managers of SM Chartered, Mercantile, and Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank*, and of the Shell and
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    DETECTIVE IN FLOUR CASE
    120 3 Wwmm Our Own Corresp nd nt. MALACCA, Friday. -Tan Ah Poh. a Chin-cse detective a ed to the Malacca detective branch, who is alleged to have abetted Iim Tong Lee, Govinuusamy Tan Kim Cheng and t»idhadi bin Mohammed Said in 'l.e movement of 248 bags of
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    PRIZE-GIVING AT MUAR
    73 3 From Our Own Curr -ipandent. MUAR, Friday. The annual pi z -grvfc&l ol the Governm.nt English Preparatory School it Muar was held at the school premises. About 40 boys received book prizes for good examination results in 1946. At a meeting that followed. Mra» C. S. Milne,
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    37 3 The Commissioner of Police ann unces that owing to th« number of applications which have been received for appoin ment to the New Harb.ur Bonrd Police, there will be a Ut'fe dalay m replying to individual applicants.
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    U.S. TO USE POWER TO BACK UP CHARTER
    536 4 UNO Informed Of New Policy NEW YORK, Friday. MR. Warren R. Austin, United States delegate, ex- plained to the United Nations today that President Truman's plans to help Greece and Turkey resist totalitarian pressure envisaged a policy of using United States power
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    35 4 Riots broke out m Sydney after a meeting to protest against the dockside strike which was bolding up essential food supplies. P ntare shows a policeman and helpers endeavouring to arrest one of the rioters.
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    CLAIMS ALIBI
    250 4 WITNESSES caLed by Counsel for Irwin Oliver Jonas at the Singapore Assizes yesterday rave evidence that Jones was at a fooistall m Albert Street with members of the Jor.es family at the lime he is alleged to have shot dead a young Eurasian, Maurice Fox, and wounded a
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    SAILED 400 MILES TO GET FOOD
    66 4 DARWIN. FriJay. Nineteen Indonesians and a European missionary lrom the Island of Waroe, in th? Banda Sea, belwj"n Tm r and the Moluccas, have a:rved in Darwin to seek iood to save the island's population of 7.000 fr;m starvation. They had crossed 400 miles
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    SIAM MAY GET BULK OF JAPAN'S GOLD
    414 4 Five stories about money TOKIO, Friday. rUR countries, including Siam, may snare the U.S 5j8 1,000,000 worth of gold at present impounded m Tokio uy Gen. Mac Arthur's Headqunrteis. A spokesman revealed that the gold was part of the total Jap- pancse assets
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    New Bid To Free Behrman Cargo
    209 4 BATAVIA, Friday. pAPTAIN Rudy Gray today sought a Dutch ccurt order for v the return of the Martin Behrman's confiscated cargo m view of the newly signed agreement between the Dutch and the Indonesian Republic. Through the Isbrandtr en Company's attorney, Mr. James Bryan,
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    L.S.-BOLIVIA TIN PACT
    90 4 From Our Own Conespondent LONDON, Friday— The United States and Bolivia have at long last agreed to a price of 76 cents a pound for Bolivian tin, equal to £422 a ton, though the precise equivalent m terms of tin rr.otal In London cannot yet. b 3
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    GOVT. LOCKS TO WIVES FOR AID
    109 4 LONDON. Fr.day.— Every household m Britain is to be set a target figure for electricity and gas-sav!ns this summer. It Is hoped thus to save 2,500,000 tons of coal towards the 15,000,000 tens res?rve Government se?ks to bu Id up by Nov. 1. The
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    MOVE TO SAVE MARRIAGES
    81 4 LONDON, Friday.— Two Government measures to help stem the flocd of divorces were announced In the House of Lords yesterday One measure provides for immediate grants to voluntary societies seeking to reconcile couples whose marriages are in danger of being wrecked. The second measure is a
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    GAOLED BY FAMILY FOR 20 YEARS
    78 4 PARIS, Friday.— Half insane, naked and starved almost to a skeleton, 40-year-old Valentine Bretcn. who had been locked up by her parents and elder sister to prevent her marrying the man she loved, has been released by the gendarmene after being imprisoned for 20
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    MUSLIM 'SAINT' ARRESTED
    39 4 PESHAWAR, Fiiday. Pir ("Saint of Islam') Sahib, 26-year-old Muslim League leader m the N.W. Frontier Province, who pe.s been urging the tribesmen to support Pakistan a separate Muslim state was rl rested m Peshawar yesterday.— Reuter.
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    EIGHT NATIONS IN RICE STUDY GROUR
    189 4 WASHINGTON, Friday. TT is officially announced that the Director-General of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation, Sir John Boyd Orr, has invited major riceproducing countries of the world to take part m rice study group to meet m India next May. Eight member
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    CRASH BABY TO FLY AGAIN
    133 4 SHANGHAI, Friday —Paul Vick, the baby boy who was tr.e sole survivor of the plane crash in January near Har.kow, in wnich 25 persons were killed, inclu ing his mother, father ar.(j sister, will leave Shanghai tomorrow abor-rd a CNAC DC4, which is making the
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    21 4 CANTON, Friday:— Chinese military authorities here announced today that any toreign plane flying c\er Canton is liable to be shot down.
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    Salvation Army Asks $127,000
    227 4 rS Salvation Army has appealed for cior.a ions ot $127JC00 to improve its properties in Singapore ;;:.d Malaya and to repair war dama 1 e. The appeal was launched y<?serday by Lieut.-Col. John Wainwright, head of the SalvaMon Army In Malaya. About $40,000 will be spent
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    PENANG STREET CLEANERS STAY OUT
    180 5 "Showdown With Union Inevitable" From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Friday. THE four hundred Indian labourers attached to the Health Department who went on strike yesterday, reported to roll call this morning but did not go back to work. The men reached this decision this morning,
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    EDUCATION PROPOSALS
    121 5 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Friday.— The Penang Chinese Chamber of Commerce has appointed a sub-committee to conside drawing a memorandum for submission to the Commission on Higher Education which Is due m Penang on April 12 and 13. The Straits Chinese British Association may aLso be appointing
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    SINGAPORE SHIPPING
    121 5 SHIPS alongside U»e Singapore wharves yesterday were: MAIN WHARF Godown 31-32: Nartnga. Ocdcmn 34-35- Empire Raja, Godown 36-37: Theseus. Godown 38-39: Utrecht Oodown 42-43 Samite. WEST WHARF Godown 1-2: Thorbecke. Ocdown 4-5: Amsteldljk Godown 6-7: Samur. Godown 10-11 Kina. Godown 11-12: Duke of Athens. Godown 15-16: Cape Sandy.
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    KEDAH RICE BUYERS DISAGREE
    132 5 From Our Own Correspondent. ALOR STAR, Friday. DOR the first time, Kedah rice millers failed to reach agreement over the co-ordinated purchase of padi from farmers In Kcdah, when a special meeting, convened at the Kedah Chinese Chamber of Commerce, ended In deadlock. Mr. Goh Choon
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    JOHORE OFFICIALS ON TRANSFER
    82 5 From Our Own Correspondent BATU PAHAT, Friday.— Xsche Suiaiman bin Dato Abdul Rahman. Magistrate, Batu Paiiat, goes on leave to Australia and Inche Azman bin Haji Abdul Hamid, Treasurer at Muar, takes his place as Magistrate. Inche Abdul Ma] id bin Ibrarum, Treasurer at Batu Pahat.
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    TROOPING THE COLOUR
    134 5 From Oar Own Correspondent PENANG, Friday PENANG witnessed it* most impressive post-war ceremonial parade yesterday evening when, before the Command-er-in-Chief SEALF. Lt.-Gen Sir Neil Ritchie and with the Governor, Sir Edward Gent, taking the salute, the 2nd Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment held its Trooping of the Colour
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    Cars May Now Bank
    328 5 |N order to relieve traffic congestion m Stamford Road, Singapore, motorists are informed by Mr. T.H. Stone, J.P., Chairman of the Traffic Advisory Council, that they may "double bank" on the short stretches where there is no left turn, provided they adhere to one or the
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    Government Now Talks To Critics
    246 5 Prom Our Ow« Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. MR. A. V. Aston, Resident Commissioner, Perak, replying to a recent remark made by Mr. Compton Mackenzie, that the Department of Public Relations was a "somewhat theatrical departure from staid Government methods," said at the opening of the
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    Smash And Grab Raid
    47 5 The premises of Messrs. G. C. de Silva and Brothers, m Raffl a Place, Singapore, wh«re a smash and grab raid was a'.-ttmpt-d on Thursday. Nothing was stolen, bat a plate class window worth S3M was smashed with a brick wrapped m newspapers.
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    COMMISSION TO VISIT SEREMBAN
    74 5 From Our Own Correspondent SEREMBAN, Friday. I "HE commission on higher education, which is tj make recommendations to th« Col nial Office on university pducati n m Malaya, headed L> Sir Alexander Carr-Saunders, w.:l visit, Seremban on Apr-1 6, the Resident Commissioner, Mr. W. A. Gord
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    Army Field Post Office Closing
    272 5 ARMY Field Post Office! m South East Asia Command, which have been the means of linking troops with their homeland during the war and up to the present, will give their last service to troops on April 13. After that date all military and R.A.F.
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    FLAGSHIP FOR SINGAPORE
    84 5 U.M.S, Belfast, flagship of tne n Commander-in-Chlef British Pacific Fleet, Vice Admiral Sir Denis Boyd. is due to arrive at Singapore about the middle of next month, for refit. H. M. S. Sussex the cruiser which arrived In command of the first British Navy force to reach
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    CO-OP. MEETING
    61 5 KLANG, Friday— At the annual general meeting of the Klang branch of the Jallnese Cooperative Society Ltd n^ld at the Subramanya Vidyasalai. Klang. yesterday, the election of office-bearers for 1947 resultedchairman, Mr. AS. Kanagasabal; hon. secretary and treasurer, Mr S. Kailasapillai; committee, Mr. P. Krishner, Mr K. M.
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      316 5 I SINGAPORE RED NETWORK (ChJncae A Indian) 225 metres; ab>o 12 p.m. to I p.m. 4 325 megacycles per second (61 metre band) and 7.45 p.m. to 9.3* p.m. I.M megacycles per second (61 metre band) BLUE NhlWWKK; (.Mali., Luf ll-h 485 metres; also 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. 7.22
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      521 5 Th« bidding bv West In u.day deal This was not a bad bargain for Northcflers »«ne valuable pointer*. Scuth. since they had stepped a vulner- West, dealer able slam, but from the East-West point 1 B.>th sides vulrr-- H of view the outcome waa even more satisfactory, because they had
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    DEATH
    29 6 BACH—In London on Feb. 22nd. Oohn, only son of the late J. E. Bach of H'Kong Sarawak, also beloved brother of Lucia E. Bach of Spore. Deeply mourned.
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Saturday, Mar. 29,1947. National Park
    1045 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Saturday, Mar. 29, 1947. National Park A voice from Radio Malaya last Saturday night had tine un- fortunate effect of making a number of Singapore folk even I more discontented with life In this tropical Aldershot than they j had been before. The voice was that
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    28 6 Tail picture, which was taken m the Malayan National Park, rho w% how the tailor w.U travel when h» goes on fishing or camping excursions m the Park.
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    BIRD NEIGHBOURS: A STUDY IN TOLERATION
    805 6 A Malayan Countryman's Diary 1 CURIOUS instance of three different species of birds living together as neighbours in apparent harmony under the most crowded conditions is described in a letter from a friend who resides in one of the bungalows on Bukit Kerajaan. He
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      "The Landlords' Petition": More Critical Reactions
      561 6 THE difficulty m replying to the Singapore landlords' petition and your recent leading article on the subject is that there are landlords and landlords Also, that there are several classes of property, and what applies to certain owners and certain types of property does
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      From Padi Fields
      118 6 I\R. Noel Clarke is quite right in saying that "instead of a Commission to inquire into higher education in Malaya, a Commission should first be appointed to inquire into secondary education with a view to rasing its standard." The standard oi English education in Malaya is far
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    MUNICIPAL LABOUR IN SINGAPORE
    383 6 TRUE UNION WARNING AN ap^al 10 'trouble ma i;ot to u<e labour as. a foLtiesl weapon is made in the iollowing statement issued by Mr. R. K. Faiiyan, Cec.e.ary of tlie Government and Mu;i c.pal Labour Union, and a member oX the Labjur Advisory Board, dealing
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      885 6 CLASSIFIED ADS. I I ROBERTSON-MIDDLJEBROOK. On March 21st., 1947, In Pcnang Duncan Blruan Robertaon to Violet Mlddlebrook. PERSONAL MR. GEORGE B. ARMSTRONG. licentiate La Dental Surgery, has now Mumed practice at No. 90, Selegie Rd. SITUATIONS VACAMT WANTED. One qualified midwife Preferably Chinese. Apply Singapore Cllulc. 65 Beach Rd., Stiigapore.
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    Coconut Oil Price Change
    80 7 IT has b?en pointed out by merchants, says an official announcement, that the existence of a controlled wholesale price of cocouut oil m Singapore places them at a disadvantage when exporting m view of the fluctuations m world prices. To remove this disadvantage It has been
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    Could Not Remember Fatality
    220 7 A YOUNG R.A.S.C. driver told a Singapore District Judge yesterday, he rjmem-j tnred nothing that happened a.ter he turned his lorry into Robimon Road on Cct. 2 lust year until he received a blow on the head. He was Driver Sylvester Grigg, of 436 Coy., who
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    LABOUR ADVISORY BOARD MEETS
    54 7 The Singapore Labour Advisory Board met yesterday and discussed means of conciliation and wage fixing wi'hin industry, including the establishment of works councils. The topic was adjourned priiuing further inquiry. The couv.jl agreed on the urgency of the problem of factory welfare and discussed methods of
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    SINGAPORE CHAMBER ATTACK ON TRADE CONTROLS
    1451 7 Mr. E.M.F. Fergusson On Labour Difficulties TRADE controls and Government-to-G a\ ernwert trading were attacked by Mi. E. M. F. Fergusson, chairman of the Singapore Chamber of Commerce, at the annual meeting of the Chamber yesterday. Referring to labour, Mr. Fergusson said that some
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    S'PORE SHORT OF BURIAL PLOTS
    108 7 Burial grounds m Singapore .vere taking up far too mucn valuable land and were being filled more rapidly than anticipated, said Mr. L. Rayman, Singapore Municipal President. a a meeting yesterday. He was explaining the reason for the amendments proposed to burial ground bylaws affecting
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    DEFENCE RAISES ROLE OF CHINESE VOLUNTEER ARMY
    660 7 Massacre Trial FXTRACTS from a Chinese book 'The Great War and the C Overseas Chinese" detaling how the Chinese Volunteer Antiy came to be formed in Singapore were read by a Japanese defence counsel at yesterday's resumed hearing of the Chinese Massacre trial.
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    STANDARD OIL CO.
    33 7 The Standard Oil Co. of California reports net Income of U5. 567,000,000 for 1946. equal to $5.15 a share, compared with under $56,000,090 or $4.27 a share In 1945.— A.P.
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    Dalforce Demands To Chief
    148 7 MEMBERS of Daiforce are touay -resenting to Ccl. J. D. Daley, the r wartime lead- er, five demands drafted at a general mcc.ing m Singapore yesterday. This action follows d.Soat.s:action at the contents of a le't-^r received from Col. Dallcy, advis.ng the men to accept the
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    BOAT RACE DINNER
    48 7 The Oxiord and Cambridge Society gave a "Boa: Race' Dinner at the Adelphl Hotel yesterday. Among those present were the; Govrrn:r of Singapore. Sir Franklin G.mson. and Lady. Gimson. both Oxford graduates., sr.rt some of the members of thj Higher Education Comm ssion to Malaya
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    MEMO ON COST OF LIVING
    154 7 A confidential memorandum by the Singap re Financial Secretary and a letter by the Oov-i ernment on the higher cost of, living allowances suggested Jointly by the Municipal Commissioners and 81ngap re Improvement Trustees, were handed to the Commissioners at a meeting yesterday. The documents
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    IMPORTANCE OF LAYCOCK REPORT
    137 7 The report of the Munic pal Constitution Committee, htad d by Mr. John Laycock, is so important that it should not be 1 ft to a ?uo-committee to consider initially Municipal Commissin its decided at a meeting yesterday By a majority it was decided '.on shou.d
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    MUNICIPALIIY TO SEE COMMISSION
    74 7 - The Singapore Mur.. missioners have accep td a*, invitation to meet the Coriimis <\>n for Hirher Education or. Apr. 17 aid ijivo their vie*s m particular o1!o 1 the capr.c tv <>f the v to ab?cib lornl fra'iQS n s of the future university c Th
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    The Club Black- balled A Would-be Duellist
    2250 8 Memories of old Singapore IDato Roland Braddell this week tells of the era that began m Malaya with the planting of rubber and recalls the times when picturesque characters abounded m Singapore and THOUGH 1 was quite un- aware of it at the
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    The Life of a Taxi-dancer
    553 9 PIVE hundred dollars a month for three ar.d a half hours' work each evening. That is what is earned by no fewer than 600 Singapore orirls. They arc the island's taxidancers. Mjst people are familiar with the girls' night life. Few kn:w how these 600
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    FURTHER ADVANCE IN RUBBER PRICES
    374 10 Weekly Rubber Report fONTINUED baying and the holding up of stocks m Malaya m anticipation of decontrol and the reopening of the New York Rubber Market have caused a further advance m values this week, says the weekly rubber market report issued yesterday by Messrs
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    Singapore Share Quotations
    727 10 SINGAPORE, Mar M. SHAME quotation* according to the Malayan Snarcitroken Association (Singapore) today were as follows: INDUSTKIALS Alexandra Brickworks Ords. i on 1 00 Alexandra Brickworks Pretx 3 oo 3.15 Brtt Malaya Trustee I Executor Co I. If oo Consolidated Tin 1 OnL 30/6 23/- < do
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    Share Prices Upward
    158 10 By O«r Market Coirc^aoiuj nt AyiNOAPORK. Friday. LXi seoUons of the market continued their upward trend throughout the day. Among industrial* Wearne* came into good demand at $24 ex <iiv. also United Engineers at $14.00 ex d:r. Hammers advanced > Ui 25 buyers without, however, attracting aellerf.
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    Singapore Produce
    257 10 SINGAPORE. Friday. BICB: Blimn. No. 1 $SB. No. t 3*7. N«. 3 $85. No 4 «M. N*. S (wlthoat specific brand) tti, No. < SC«. No. 7 SM. No 8 $60; SaJgoai N*. 1 959. S*«en bo.fc.ro -rW 331. Saigon inferior 326. Rangoon N*. 1 SSt, No. I
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    RAGS TO RICHES: THE STORY OF A FOOTBALL CLUB
    1113 11 Among the many well-known football elate m BrUain, the Arsecal Is pre-CMlnent Its name comes from the military ■arsenal m south-east London Most of early players came from the arsenal. This to th* s*«ry of Use club, told by London 1>»
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    BREAKS BONES—& RECORDS
    137 11 BREAKS BONES— RECORDS DECAUSE of a deficiency of calcium, Bill Bruce, on Adelaide, South Australia, suffers from brittle bones However, his disability did not prevent him from competing in th Australian amateur athletic championships and incidentally talcing the broad jump title with a leap of 24 feet 10% inches. Each
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      246 11 I TO-DAY n5 Wmi ""ra —t p.m.— s. lS p.m. (R dMWU it nB 6 3Q p m— 9 15 p m. SHE'S POISON! V TROUBLE.. in her teasing eyes! f DANGER.., on her warm lips! *TL I a.«' N ;h*. HOUSE PACKED! It'll be packed again! TO-NIGHT Mid -Night
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      125 11 o**-«-i- JO-DAY Ml^! aiLs pi RED CIRCLE" v r TO-NIGHT •■■2-». MID-NIGHT Concluding Chapters 7—l} d '^"^^^^^ffmi S The Flooded mne i. V ojSbSl/BEM E L dder of Perll! I VNjß^^gDaS The informal Machine! aj|k«^\ Si The Red Circle Speaks! "DAREDEVILS RED CIRCLE' SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, MARCH J«, 1947. U. S.
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    BEST BETS FOR TODAY'S RACES AT K.L.
    423 12 Courtenay, Cactus And Iron Duke Stand Out From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. TOURTENAY, Cactus and Iron Duke should provide the best bets tomorrow the opening day of the Selangor Turf Club's Easter Meeting. Courtenay, who heads, the weights in the race
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    Bright Cricket
    268 12  -  M.C.C. By AUCKLAND, Friday. LIKE so many of their matches in this tour, the ttart of the final one here between the M.C.C. and Auckland today was delayed through the effects of rain storms. However the M.C.C, maintaining their dynamic cricket on New Zealand grounds, sent rome 5,000
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    WIN FOR WELTER CHAMPION
    80 12 MIAMI. FLORIDA, Friday. AXtei Bemie Miller hao hit the canvas five tunes m the sensational third round of his fight with 'Sugar Boy" Robinsou. the world's welterweight boxing champion, "Sugar Bey" was awarded the non-title ten-rcund fight on a technical X O. here last night. The
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    Bricett Certain To Start In Grand National
    298 12 LONDON, Friday. THE news that Bricett, second favourite for the Grand 1 National to be run at Liverpool to-morrow had injured his foreleg while being schooled over the fences was responsible for his price being knocked but from 100-6 to 40-1 at last
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    WEEK-END EVENTS
    189 12 The first roue: of the Air C:mm»nd Fax East Tennis Championships Tcurnament is due to to played at the RAT. Station. Changi. today OcmpeMng wlU be teams representing A.HQ Bur~ia and A.HQ. Ceylon, each cf whom are putt ng up cne team, and t'iree teams from A.HQ Malaya.
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    BIG WEEKEND OF SPORT
    70 12 TOMORROW'S Sunday Times will carry full reports of one of the biggest week-ends in British sport The Boat Race, the Grand National and the semi-finals of the Football Assoc'ation Cup. There will also be a special report of the Selangor Turf Club's meeting at Kuala Lumpur
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    Selections By Bern borough
    96 12 Horses:— Class I— Wv 1:— 6 furs MANDALAY, GOOD SCOUT. BOHRAH Horses— Class I— Div 2— 6 fun. GOLDEN GYPSY. GAY AGGIE, DIPLOMAT Horses Class 2 Div 1 6 furs YUTOI, REX FLASH, EULOGISM Horses Class 2— Div Z— 6 furs DONCELLA, TURN OVER. JACKPOT. Maidens—
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    Stage Set For Badminton Championship
    849 12 From Our Stall Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Saturday. THE stage is set for the Malayan Badminton Championships 1 to be held at the Town Hall, Kuala Lumpur during the Easter Holidays. Because of the great pressure of playing time brought about by the record entries m
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    MALAYS' HOPES IN S. A. F. A. LEAGUE
    357 12 WITH only one point dropped m four outings the Singapore Malays should be favourites for this evening's S.A.F.A. league game at Jalan Besar. The Chinese 11, with two po.nts m three matches but with a welcome return to form shown m their
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    Fields For Today
    284 12 RACE ONE MHInw DlTtotoa »D" S| Fan Happy Valley 8 07 Wonder Bird 9 01 Snow Qoose 9 07 Peace 9.01 Theo West 9 01 Sklttala 7.09 Skipper 9.01 RACE TWO Horses Claw t Division 1 ta. Yutol 9.00 Trump ington 8.04 Wlldey 9.00Cactu* S.JO Rex Plash
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    Dark Blues Favourites
    489 12 The Boat Race LONDON, Friday. I HE Oxford and Cambridge boat race to be rowed over the traditional Pulney to Mo rt lake course on the River Thames tomorrow will probably turn out to be a battle of coxswains. Not for many years will &o much responsibility
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      186 12 LONDON BLOODSTOCK AGENCY is prepared to accept commissions for the purchase of English racehorses for export to Malayc. The Directors Include Mr. Victor Smyth who has been Instrumental m sending s number of very useful horses to this country The policy of this Agency Is to supply only the best
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