The Straits Times, 14 May 1947

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    18 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845. EIGHT PAGES SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, MAY 14, 1947. PRICE IKN UKN15
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  • Article
    2,000 STRIKE ON DUBLIN ESTATE
    415 1 Demands On Behalf Of Shot Men From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Tuesday. TWO thousand labourers on Dublin Estate, Karan- g an, stopped work yesterday The Kedah Federation of Trade Unions claims that a time-limit for five demands on the management expired yesterday. However, the manager
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    HUGE CONEY ISLE FIRE
    115 1 NEW YORK, Tuesday. COLUMNS of smoke were v visible for miles m a huge fire raging yesterday on Coney Island, New York's ocean front playground. Fire brigades and ambulances •were dispatched to the scene. Thousands rushed to watch. Fire Department officials and police said several buildings
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    MYSTERY SUPPLY OF U.S. SMOKES
    178 1 IMERICAN cigarettes have A been available m fair quantities m Singapore m the past two days, while British cigarettes, after being m very short supply on Monday, improved slightly yesterday. Customs officials told the Straits Times that an issue of American cigarettes had been cleared
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    BACK PAY MASS MEETING TODAY "AS ARRANGED"
    505 1 THE statement issued on Monday by the Colonial Secretary, Mr. P.A.B. McKerron, that the Government would not review its decision on the subject of back pay will not affect the course of action a lready decided upon by the Junior Civil Service Association
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    Eight Years' Gaol For Schacht
    244 1 BERLIN, Tutsday. HJALMAR Schacht, former Nazi Minister of Finance found guilty of assisting the Hitler regime, was sentenced today to eight years' imprisonment by a German Denazification Court composed of judges chosen from all political parties and trade unions. The prosecution contended that Schacht joined
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    WEST BORNEO A MILESTONE'
    250 1 BATAVIA, Tuesday. rE signing yesterday of the statute under which West Borneo became autonomous was described as a "milestone m the historical development of the Indonesian Federation" by the Dutch Premier, Dr. Louis Beel, and the Minister! for Overseas Territories, Mr. Jan A. Jonkman, when theyi
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    HIT AND RUN DRIVER MARS SAFETY WEEK
    449 1 rO fatal accidents marred the first day of Singapore* Safety First Week on Monday evening. Altogether there were twenty accidents. The first of these accidents, described by the police as "callous," took place near the tenth milestone, Bukit Timah Road, where three Indians
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    RUBBER PRICES FALL AGAIN
    168 1 Rubber continued its downward trend m me local eoaunooity market and local brokers reported a drop of iy 2 cents on Monday's prices at the close yesterday Chamber of Commerc? prices yesterday at noon disclosed a drop of 1 to V-2 cents m the various grades
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    MORE RICE REQUIRED FROM SIAM
    283 2 U.K. 989 8 "Strong Pressure" LONDON, Tuesday. THE British Government was putting "very strong pressure" on the Siamese Government to export more rice than hitherto, declared Mr. John Strachcy, British Food Minister, m the House of Commons yesterday. Mr. Strachey said about 20,500 tons of
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    Churchill Leads New Campaign
    390 2 LONDON, Tuesday. BRITAIN'S Conservative Par*y will support 72 year-old Mr. Winston Churchill m its new campaign to wrest control from the Labour Party, Mr. R. A. Butler, one of the Party's young leaders, stated yesterday. "Mr. Churchill is just about as tough today i s he
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    DALTON SPOKE FOR GOVT.
    108 2 LONDON, Tvrsday. The statement of th e Chancellor of the Exchequer, Dr. Hugh Dalton on May 6 that th,» mass Of war debts nominally owed by Britain must be very substantially scaled dow n represents British Government policy, the Prime Mrrister Mr. Attlee, said m a
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    BRITISH STAY IN GREECE
    281 2 LONDON, Tuesday. U.S. Congressional approval of President Truman's bill to aid Greece will not mean the immediate and automatic withdrawal of all British troops from Greece, a Foreign Office spokesman said last night. "The two questions are not necessarily inter-related," he said. Britain plans to withdraw
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      Rocket Range Not To Be Delayed—
      144 2 Rocket Range Not To Be Delayed THE Australian Governmenl 1 threat by the Victoria I blacklist the planned construe range m Central Australia. A Government spokesman at Canberra said the Government would not permit construction of the experimental range to be delayed by the Federation's attitude. Th.-. Minister of Postwar
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      Spinsters Must Work
      89 2 LONDON, Tuesday. Britain's spinsters must continue to work for a living until they are 60 years old, under a ruling by the National Insurance Mmn i s t c r, Mr. James Griffiths He indicated yesterday that he had rejecte d organised spinsters' pleas for payment of
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      Homes For Students
      89 2 LONDON. Tuesday.— An appeal to the Colonial Office, for 'wholehearted cooperation" m solving the problem of accommodation m Britain for Oriental students. was made by the secretary of the East and West Friendship Council. Mr. Maurice Cole, at the Council's annual meeting here last night. There were
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      "Missing Links" Left
      126 2 JOHANNESBURG, Tus^day. Dr. Robert Broom, whose discovery of the two "missing links" revised important theories of evolution, yesterday abandoned under protest his diggings at Sterkfontein to make way for a University of California exDedi'ion. The Government's HistarivMl Monuments Commission summarily ordered him to stop wo:k at Sterklontein
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      British and Chinese
      91 2 LONDON, Tuesday.— The British Minister of State, Mr. Hector McNeil, regretted m a Parliamentary answer yesterday that ne- SYDNEY, Tuesday, t yesterday brushed aside a building Trades Federation to tien of a British Empire rocket gotiatlons for a commercial treaty between th^ British and Chinese Governments wcr>
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      Parting Shot
      63 2 KINGSTON, JAMAICA, Tuesday. Facd by a hostile crowd whan leav2» g a meeting of the Corporation Council yesterday, Jamaican labour lader. Mr. William Alexander Bustamente, f*rew two guns fired o shot into till ground then jumped t to a car and drov P away. Th c incident caused
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      No More Dollars
      58 2 LONDON, Tuesday— An authoritative British spokesman said yesterday that Britain's Government b lieved i. would be forced out of ofTice if it asksd the United S'^tes for a n^w dollar loan. The so aker sa d the "ml. dof *h^ British Cabinet at present is se f
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      Food For Japan
      63 2 TOKIO. Tuesday.— Gen. Douglas Mac Arthur's Headquarters yesterday authorised the Japanese Government to distribute 17.501 metric tons cf imoorted and tPine grown rice. This is part of the May staple food ration for the Janane?e people. In spite of distribution difficulties, food imports from abroad are to
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      Police Dismissal
      62 2 salford. Tuesday— lhe watcii Committee, under protest, ha- decided to "sack" their Chief Constable and re-advertise the oost. The decision cam? after the announcement that the Horn" S?3"etary. Mr. Chuter Ede had withdrawn the Horn? Office po'i c prant of €100 000 per year, until Ihe city should
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      Fatal Bus Dive
      61 2 CAIRO, Tuesday.— Forty men, women and children were drov.n?d m the Nile canal neur Zagazig, 40 miles northeast of Cairo when a motor bus In which they were travelling a!:iddcd end dived into the canal on Sunday. The driver and two passeug ors jumped to safety just
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      Hitler, Monarchist
      101 2 VIENNA, Tuesday.— Adolf Hitler told the former Austrian in an official report read at. Schmidt's trial for treason yesterday. Hitler, according to the report, told Schmidt that he disliked Engelbert Dollfuss's monarchist trends, but that when Germany became a monarchy sgai.: ne would rot mind if Austria 10Ilowed
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      Safer Swimsuitmg
      103 2 PARIS, Tuesday.— The lashion creatrr, M. Jacques Heim, yesterday announced a new and revolutionary bathing suit. It is declined "for swimming." His last year's model, consisting of three triangles of silk cJnr.ectod by threads, are "out" They weren't practical, M. Henn said. They came off if the wearer
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      551 2 NOTICES. MUNICIPALITY OF SINGAPORE NOTICE TO CONSUMERS OF ELECTRICITY. Consumers ot elecu.eity connected to the Municipal Supply Mains are hereby notified that It is proposed to Inspect the electrical installation and meters In all consumers' premises. Any consumer of electricity who ts aware or who has reason to believe that
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      482 2 NOTICES TO ALL EX MEMBERS OF FORCE 136 It is proposed to hold a re-union dinner of all Ex-members of Force 136 on June 6. 1947. WUI all those who would like to attend please write to Major R. A. C. Cameron, RAEC. District Education Officer, HQ Singapore District (Phone
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      435 2 NOTICES SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY TRISHA OWNERS AND RIDERS Registration and licensing of Trisha Riders will commence on Ist June 1947. Application forms and further particulars are availab 1 at Vehicles Department. Bencoolen Street. NOTICE WE HEREBY GIVE NOTICE that Mr. Lim Kheng Poey has left our employ on the 30th April,
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    50 SOCIETIES A DAY SEEK REGISTRATION
    790 3 THE Singapore Registrar of Societies, Mr. E.C.S. Adkins, said yesterday that the response <vf societies to the Government's order for the re enforcement of the Societies Ordinance was "extremely satisfactory." Applications for registration or exemption under the Ordinance, and notifications from pre-war societies of
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    UNION THANKS GARRETT
    252 3 UNION THANKS GARRETT A MESSAGE of thanks and good luck has been given to the outgoing Assistant Trade Union Adviser, Singapore, Mr. S. P. Garrett, by the Malayan Amalgamates Chinese Engineering Union. Mr. G&rrett, who recently resigned from his post, is shortly returning to Great Britain. Mr. Sin Mun Vow,
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    Court Order For Houses To Be Repaired
    183 3 Court Order For Houses To Be Repaired THE owners of a block of six houses m Lorong Lalat off Jalan Besar, Singapore, which was described as "absolutely unsafe for habitation," were summoned before the Third Police Magistrate Mr. K. M. Byrne, yesterday. The owners, Estate and Trust A'-encies, Ltd-. Alhadad
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    BISHOP ARRIVING
    65 3 The Rt. Rtv. J. Sandegren, Bishop of Tranquebar, (S. India) and head of the Tamil Evangelical Lutheran Church m India. Burma and Malaya, will arrive m Singapore today by the Rajula from Madias. The Shipping and Port Clearance Office and the Office of the Registrar of Imports and
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    M.D.U. Not To Apply To Registrar
    218 3 M.D.U. Not To Apply To Registrar T"HE Malayan Democratic 1 Union will not apply, for either registration or exemption from registration, the M.D.U. informed the Colonial Secretary, Mr. P.A.B. McKerron, m a letter yesterday. The M.D.U. told Mr. McKerron that it holds the view that registration or exemption under tfie
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    Wages Board To Call On Experts
    94 3 Wages Board To Call On Experts THE Singapore Joint Wages Commission held its third meeting on Saturday, May 10. The Commission has arranged to invite the Trade Union Adviser, the Nutrition Officer, the Commissioner for Labour, the President of the Municipal Commissioners and the Secretary for Social Welfare, to give
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    Traffic Test For Trishaws
    83 3 THE registration and licensing of trishaw riders will begin on June 1. Applicants for licences must apply m person at the Bencoolen Street inspection yard. Following the issuing of application forms, applicants will be given a time and date for a road test which will comprise:
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    SIR NEIL RITCHIE
    37 3 The C-in-C, SEA L.F., Gen Sir Neil Ritchie, will be returning to Singapore from the C.1.0.5. Conference m the United Kingdom tomorrow. His plane is expected to arrive at Kallang airfield at 6.30 a.m.
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    DEATH
    34 3 N. MARIASUSAI NAIDU, A.M.I. E.T., ot 174 Race Course Road at 3 p.m. yesterday. Funeral leaves the residence at 4 p.m. to the Church of Our Lady of Lourdee and thence to Bidadari.
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    MISSION CLINIC TO REOPEN
    219 3 IT is hoped to open shortly an outpatients' clinic «t St. Andrew's Mission Hospital m the two rooms on the ground floor which were used for this purpose before the war. The hospital is at present under requisition to the Government Medical Department, by whom it
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      302 3 DINE and DANCE at PRINCE'S RE-OPENING SATURDAY 17th MAY Interior Completely Redecorated By KER-LINDS AY DECO R A T lONS Union Building, Singapore. Tel; 5391 Tickets for Beryl constantine's DREfcS SHOW to be held at Prince's on 20th M*y at 5.30 p.m., m aid of the Salvation Army Fund are
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      485 3 PHONE silHo 'v LAST 3 SHOWS: S, 5.3« A 9.15 p.m. Hard Kidin 1 and Fast Shootin' Blazing Guns Smoklns Out Renegades Along The "ARIZONA TRAIL" starring TEX RITTER A FUZZY KNIGHT Opening To-morrow -THE BLUE DAHLIA" Df»LV 3JJ. 630*3-/5 P.rv Mumtaz Shanti mm! Surendra m "CHAND CHAKORI" (Hindustani) WORLDS
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      130 3 LAST 3 SHOWS: 3, 6.15 A 9.15 pa. MEN OF STEEL! WOMEN OF FIRM "PITTSBURGH". starring MARLENE DIETRICH RANDOLPH SCOTT JOHN WAYN» Opening To-morrow EDDIE CANTOR m "SHOW BUSINESS" "IMMORTAL SERGEANT" Opening To-morrow "SOULS AT SEA" |^TT7TfH||||fjf| 7, 915 pa. "THE STORY OF DR. WASSELL" (m Technicolor) Opening To-morrow "KID
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    DEATH
    25 4 Cannell Albert, age SO, passed away after an operation In London on Blh May, 1947. Late of Municipal Architect and Building Surveyor's Department. Singapore.
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Wed.. May 14, 1947. The Societies Ordinance
    870 4 The Straits Times Singapore, Wed.. May 14, 1947. The Societies Ordinance Agitation against the Societies Ordinance took a new and rather interesting turn this week when 12 political and quasi-political bodies come into the open at the eleventh hour to demand, m line with the Malayan Communist Party, the repeal
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    IRAQI REBELS STREAM BACK
    159 4 BAGDAD, Tuesday. Martial law was declared today m Rowanduz and Zibar, North Iraq, and the surrounding area adjoining the border with Persia. All civil law has been suspended. Martial law is believed to have been imposed because hundreds of Kurdish Barzani tribesmen are crossing the border
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    GRAIN PRICE RISE EXPECTED
    122 4 WASHINGTON, Tuesday Grave fears of a new inflationary boon: ir> grain prices m the next few weeks are expressed h«rc by cx t ->e»t international food officials. Simultaneously the United States Department of Agriculture anc British authorities were studying an urgent request from Germany and other
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    The Violent Legacy Of "Resistance"
    1080 4  - The Violent Legacy Of "Resistance" Capt B.H. Liddell Hart By- TN no great war of modern times has there been such a widespread guerrilla warfare as m this last one. In the struggle against Napoleon's attempt to dominate the Continent of Europe guerrilla warfare only become a serious factor m
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      Rights Of Pre-Occupation House holders
      325 4 SOME time ago Government appointed a Committee •'to consider what relief, if any, from their legal obligations should be given to preoccupation lessees and tenants who were deprived of the enjoyment of their premises by reason of the Japanese occupation of the Co'ony." The terms
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      Singapore's Chance
      189 4 IT is surely time that a concerted effort were made by the Empire as a whole to improve the critical slate of affairs m the U.K., and the sound economic position of Singapore offers this Colony an. opportunity to give a lead m this matter. The problem is
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      Hints To Travellers
      200 4 NOW that the S.T.C. strike is over, it is desirable that each member of the travelling public insists: (I) That he or she receives a ticket of the same value as money tendered: if "orsible tendering the exact fare, so as to avoid the ocssioility of the
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      Border People
      87 4 RE your article on "Samsams the actual Malay meaning of the word \r "mixture of blood." Nobody is directly 'erred to as "Samjam" m sneaking or writing, for 1 is ~n unpopular vi. The ao-eailed 'Bamaam a.i i ->ud of their Malay nationality and, without exception, prof.ss the
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      829 4 CLASSIFIED ADS. BORRIE. On 9th May, 1947. at Diingsar Hospital, Kuala Lumpur, to Paddy (nee Dowse) wife of D. A. Borrle. a daughter. HAYWORTH. To Joyce wife of M. A. liaywortii. India, a son on the 7th Ma;. 1947 Both doing well. SITUATIONS VACAN'I WANTED despatch clerk, Apply Nederland Line
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      114 4 BOOKS ON MUSIC. Interpretation oi the Music of the 17th and 18th Centuries Dolmetsch 9 00 Mv Friends Pictured Within— Sir Edward Elatar 3 00 i Mv Ufa of Music— Sir Henry I Wood 3.60 i Sherlock Holmes and Music Warrack 4-50 Mozart— Einstein 12 60 Get to know Music—
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      112 4 FOR VOU^INSURANtiE REQUIREMENTS:- THE COMMERCIAL UNION GROUP:Commercial Union Assurance Co.. Ltd. Jnion Assurance Society, Ltd. (London) Palatine Insurance Co., Ltd. Liverpool Victoria Insurance Corp: British General Insurance Co Ltd. Branch Oil: IPOH (P.O. Box 47) SINGAPORE (Te! 574) (P.O. Box 107 Tel: 5077) Local Manaaer: Branch Manager: C. W. WARREN
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    GOVT. REPLIES TO CHARGES OF CORRUPTION
    1014 5 JVo Specific Reports Made To Police From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. WO specific allegations of corruption have yet been made against any particular price control inspector m Malacca by Malacca traders, asserts the Government m a reply to Malacca statements by Mr.
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    GAOL FOR CARRYING REVOLVER
    138 5 SKNiENCBS <-l uve years' rirorous imprisonment each were passed on flv^ India n Muslims by Mr. Justice Jobling at th*> Singapore Assies yesterday. The accused v.'ere, A. Abdul flazak. N. M Habib, Ibrahim Shah Mohamd Kassim artd P. S. Allud'n. Abdul Ruzak was charged with carrying
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    CHILDREN'S SHOWS AT PAVILION
    118 5 THE Pavilion Cinema will m fu1 ture devote two sessions every week-end to children's entertainI ment. The Maniger of the Pavilion, Mr. J. Dalton, said yesterday,! lhat m response to letters to the S;raits Times advo- eating children's matinees he had decided to abolish the usual
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    55 TONS OF GRAPES
    65 5 riFTY-Five tons of Australian j pre-cooled grap s will arrive !by the Burns, Philp vessel Mar: lla on Sunday from Australian ports The ship will discharge 4,000 tons of cargo as well as 440 tons of freezer and cool;r cargo. There aacr c fiv* motor cars
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    Chinese Want $50,00G, 000 Gift Returned
    109 5 Chinese Want $50,00G, 000 Gift Returned By Our Chinese Correspondent D ECO VERY of the S5O million "free ylft" which General Tomoyuki Yamashita forced out of Singapore Chinese soon after the Japan sc invasion has been suggested by several wellknown Chinese. The proposal put forward by them also advocates that
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    Europeans On Liquor Summonses
    252 5 Europeans On Liquor Summonses THREE Europeans, Mrs. A. M. 1 Cantrell, Mrs. R. E. Spicer and N. E. J. Bell, and three Chinese, appeared on separate summons charges before the Third Police Magistrate, Mr. K. M. Byrne, yesterday, for alleged vio'ation of the Liquor Revenue Ordinance. Mrs. Cantrell appeared on
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    15,000 Went On Strike In S'pore
    565 5 I ABOUR Department s-uneys show that about one-eighth L of Singapore's 120,000 workers have engaged m strikes so far this year compared with about one-third of this labour force from April 1 to Dec. 31 last year. Twtnty-eight strikes have r-o far broken out
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    TODAY'S MENUS
    43 5 The following menus will be available today at People's Res- taurants, m Singapore: 1 Thirty-cent meal: Rice or bread, beef and eggs, ground nuts and chye huay. Fifteen-cent meal: Rice, ikan bills and yam bean. Eight-cent meal: Rice, meat and vegetables.
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    ADM. EGERTON ON ROAD SAFETY
    102 5 The organisers of Safety Week have received the f^owin" message from the Flag Officer. lirliya, Koir Acimirai J Cgerton: 'I am glad to have an opportunity of supporting the Saiety Pint Campaign. In cases of collisions at sea, the courts often I assess a percentage
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    38 5 When a train was held up by, the signals at the 7th mile Buk,t; Timap on Monday, a Chinese des- cended and was arrested by Cus- toms officials for alleged possession of four Dackages of Malayan grown tobacco.
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    Australian Trade Men For Indonesia
    243 5 FO Australian trade union officials, who arrived m Singapore m transit to Batavia last Sunday, will discuss the ban en Dutch shipping m Australian ports* when they arrive m Batavia. Mr. M. Healy, Secretary of the Queensland Trades Hall Council, and Mr. E. Roach, Assistant
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    63 STORE UNIONS REGISTERED
    391 5 SOME 50,000 of Singapore's 120,000 Asiatic workers 1 are now members of trade unions whose constitutions and rules conform with union practice m Great Britain, Since May 1, the Registrar of, Trade Unions has issued certi- 1 ncates to 18 unions. Sixty-three hav c now been
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    Watch Your Faults-3
    48 5 Turning left. Always signal your intention to turn. If turning to left, the arm should make a clear signal, a forward circular motion which tells the driver behind that he will be able to go straight ahead. Cut this out and give it your driver.
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    Traffic Chairman On Mania For Speed
    338 5 SINCE the re-occupation Singapore seemed to have been afflicted with a fever of hurry and rush m every walk of life, said the Chairman of the Traffic Advisory Council, Mr. G. M. Coltart, m a Safety First broadcast, from Radio Malaya last irght. Now
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    Safety Talk On Radio Malaya
    208 5 Safety Talk On Radio Malaya TONIGHT there will be a Safety First discussion on Radio Malaya m whicn the Registrar of Vehicles. Mr. W. A M Warts, O.C. of the Traffic Police. Mr. C. J. R. Bembroke, and Mr R. W. Watson-Hyatt of the Education Departrrrnt. and the general secretary
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    SOLDIERS WIN TRAFFIC QUIZ
    119 5 AT a tr. ffl: cu.:z i^ipeutnr, which op?nad at the Happy World Stadium last night and will te continuea nightly u:r. il Friday, two Servicemen and a. Yellow Top taxi ciriver won the first three prizes. The first prize winner was L/Cpl. W G. Brooker and
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    Slump in Siam salt: pepper declines
    276 6 Singapore Produce Market By Our Market Correspondent pRICES of Siam salt slumped heavily on the Singapore pro1 duce market yesterday. x Factors contributing to this fall were plentiful supplies exceeding the demand, lack of storage space m Singapore and decreasing demand from Java. Prices
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    Singapore shipping
    85 6 CHIPS alongside the Singapore wharves ■3 yesterday (godowns In brackets) were: Main Wharf: SamuU (32-33), Calchas (34-35), Lane Victory (37-38). Rhu (39). West Wharf: Empire Rani (1-2), Chupra (6-7), Samyork (8-9), Silverguava (11-12), Kepong (14), Trevaglan (15-16). Empire Dock: Sumatra (17-18), Bamaffnc (23-24). Benlawers (25-26). Lafayette (29-30). Sheers
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    BURIED UNDER PALM TREES
    76 6 From Our Own Correspondent PARIT BUNTAR, Tuesday.— Two Banjarees charged with the murder of a Chinese merchant whose body was found buried beneath coconut palms at the edge of a pad! field were yesterday committed lor trial tne Assizes. The accused, Awang bin Kas:re and Bahire
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    Ampat (Sumatra) Rubber Estate
    138 6 THE report of the directors of the Amp*t (Sumatra) Rubber Estate Ltd., presented to the anr.ual meeting of shareholders In th c U.K. showed that the decision of the Indonesian authorities to devalue the guilder had produced the sterling value of the company's guilder bank balarc
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    BASSETT TO BEGIN REPLANTING
    318 6 BASSETT TO BEGIN REPLANTING Company Report The Basse tt Rubber Co., Ltd. as the result of the Japanese occupation lost 63.74 acres of rubber, the chairman, Mr. W. Andei j,n, told the annual meeting of shareholders at Penang. No adjustment had been made In the property and development account and
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    N.Y. shares down at closing
    59 6 NEW YORK, Tuesday— On the New York Stock Exchange yesterday, idle conditions prevailed as most operators continued cautious, awaiting further development m the readjustment of the economic structure. Business was mere animated m later dealings as Increased pressure caused fairly widc?p-^ad losses, covering two points
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    According to culbertson
    363 6 A singleton king, back of an ace, m a defender's hand, has an excellent chance to win a trick, but this does not apply to declarer's singleton king. When the latter wins a trick, it i_ probably because of a serious defensive 1 error Observe this deal
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      503 6 SINGAPORE WEDNESDAY 1.00 p.m. Radio Orchestra; 130 News: 140 Dizzy Fingers; 2.00 Close down. 8.15 p.m. News headlines and programme summary; 6.20 Listener's Post; 8.30 London Radio Orchestra; 9 00 Dance Music relayed from the Mountbatten Club, played by Harry Hackmeyer and his Orchestra; 9 33 News; 9.45 Pencils Please;
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      365 6 CROSSWORD No. 253 ACBOSS SOLUTION TO C_OS C 'VORD No. 252 1. Winged trees (6); 4. Convict In wicked little community (7); 10. Trees all sure to be replanted (7); 11. Fellow i2_BM__lSAn_B22f with water m his hat (7); 12. Particular §&N|**^O|| i-Sfe s«* R^ I (4); 13. I am
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    London Exchange
    442 7 LONDON, Tuesday.— Today's markets provided little m the way of outstanding movement, says Reuter's financial correspondent. Trading m all sections was small and interest spasmodic. There was no change throughout m quotations for British Government securities, and most movements In domestic issues were of no great consequence, with
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    STORE SHARE QUOTATIONS
    728 7 SINGAPORE, May 13. SINGAPORE s hare quotations to day, as given oy the Malayan Shareholders' Association, were as follows: INDUSTRIALS Buyer Seller Alex. Brick (O) 2.25 2.35 Alex. Britk (P) 3.35 3.45 B M. rnutee 8.25 900 Consolidated Tin Smelters (O) 21/<€ 23/do (P) 26/6 28/Eastern United
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    RUBBER
    67 7 The Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association's prices at noon yesterday were: Buyers Sellers Cts. Cts per Ib Der Ib. No. 1 R.S S. Spot loose 36 a i 37 No 1 R.S S. fob m bales May 37 38 No. 2 R.S S fob m bales May 36
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    Tips are Firm
    403 7 By Our miim cunc»4»«iidnt blMlHvirvs*tri!<, t ucoua/ 1'tth sauigapore snare market displayed considerably more activity today and tin prices generally, were firm. Fraser and Neaves were reported as Dusiness done at $3.85 and sj 90' GaJiinons changed hands at' $6 and $6.05 and there were iurther buyers
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    Ceylon pearl fishery
    79 7 COLOMBO— There is evtrv likelihood of the Cavlon Fisheries Department inspecting and surveying the Ceylon pearl banks early m February next year. If the Preliminary inspection is favourable and the pearl banks reveal the presence of about 40.000.000 oysters or so. valuation samples will be taken. If
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      632 7 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. Imorporalfo m Singapore) BLUE FUNNEL LINE "Catenas" tails for Liverpool May 20 '"Memnon" due from U.K May 20 "Glenaffaric" due from V X May «l "Polyphemw" saiU for L'pool A R'dam May 21 "C.lcnlfTer" due from C.X May 2.1 "Kunerlinch Ownes" due from I) S A May
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      223 7 Readers are referred to Pirblic Shipping Notices on Page 2. PRESIDENT LINE SAILINGS TO NEW YORK AND BOSTON FREIGHT ONLY VIA INDIA A MEDITERRANEAN PORTS MARINE LEOPAP.D SINGAPORE IN PORT PT. SUF.TTFNHAM MAY 20 PENANG MAY 25 PRES. MONROE SINGAPORE MAY 23 PFNANG MAY 28 VIA PIHLIPPINES. H'KONG. SAN FR
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      215 7 P O and B I SAILINGS TO AND FROM INDIA. CEIfLON. AUSTRALIA. SIAM. CHINA. ADEN. EGYPT. CONTINENT AND CNITSD KINGDOM Agentf Singapore ISLAV KEKR A CO.. LTD. and at 11A Colly er Quay. Singapore. Penang 25 Beach Street. Prnanj. P O Agents K. Lumpur A P. Swettenham Harrisons A Crosfleld
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    SPORT OFFICIALS WANT "WEMBLEY" FOR SINGAPORE
    481 8 Favour Stadium To Hold 50,000 QFFICIALS representing all branches of amateur v sport yesterday supported the Amateur Athletic Association's proposal for the erection of a modern sports stadium m Singapore. They favoured an arena built on the lines of Madison Square Garden or Wembley,
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    47 8 This spectacular action study was taken during a first-grade Ruyby League match m Sydney recently. The player making the tackle was a fraction of a second late. His hands slid from his opponent's legs The man with the ball dived over the line to score a try.
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    Referee Best Man On Field
    308 8 The brightest feature of yesterday's S.A.F.A. League soccer match between the Navy and the Indian Association was the refereeing. The referee was Lim Yong Liang, S.A.F.A. coach and ono of the greatest centre-forwards Singapore has produced. He handled the game particularly well. The match, played
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    Track Heavy: Little Fast Training Done
    209 8 From Our Racing Correspondent PENANG, Tuesday. FURTHER rain at Penang has made the track particularly 1 heavy, and there was little ff»st trackwork done this morning. Trainers preferred not tc lake the risk of galloping their horses, although the track was open for fast.
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    Baksi To Meet Louis
    64 8 LONDON, Tuesday. Joe Baksi, the reluctant heavyweight challenger, announced today that he would be fighting Joe Louis for the world title at New York m September. The former Pennsylvania coal-miner, who refused to meet Louis m June, said: "I am ready for a September fight if
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    SPORE TEAM JUST WINS
    283 8 From Our Own Correspondent SEGAMAT, Monday.— In an exciting finish, the Ceylon Sports Club from Singapore just mani aged to beat the Scgamat Cricket Club by six runs at cricket on the Begftnat Town Padang yesterday. Batting first, the visitors found the bowling of Nagesu and
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    SINGAPORE TIDES
    29 8 TODAY: Highwater 3.54 am., 7 ft. 6 m.; 6.36 p.m. 6 ft. 5 m, TOMORROW: Highwater 5.19 a.m., 6 ft. 7 m; 7.37 p.m. G ft. Bin
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    Sporting Fixtures And Results
    607 8 A!!-Jch^re Badminton Open Championships for 1947 will be held on June 12, 13 14 at the Government J English School Hall. Kluang. Entries are invited for the following events: Men's Open Singles; Men's Open Drubles; Ladies 1 Open Singles; Ladies 1 Open Doubles; Veteran Singles; Veteran
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    Club Holds First Mile Since War
    356 8 From Our Racing Correspondent PENANG, Tuesday. yHE first mile event since the post-war revival of racing will be run next Saturday, the concluding day of the Penang Turf Club's May meeting Princes Guinevere, the most important importation n the country, has been given the
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    Offer Made To Pep
    165 8 LONDON, Tuesday A CABLE has bee n sent to the world featherweight box- nig champion Willie Pep by London promoter Jack Solomons, asking whether he will box Eddie Miller for the titta m Londen this summer. This follows Miller's quick knockout win against f he Scot,
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