The Straits Times, 7 June 1947

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    18 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845. TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, JUNE 7, 1947. PRICE TEN CENTS
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    NINE NEW DEATH LETTERS Bevin Among Recipients
    694 1 NINE NEW DEATH LETTERS Bevin Among Recipients LONDON, Friday. NINE more letter bombs, some, it is believed, addressed to former British Cabinet ministers and others to prominent members of the Government, arrived m Britain last night from Italy. They were all intercepted without mishap by a special Post Office squad
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    How Your Straits Times Is Produced
    137 1 TODAY'S issue of the Straits J Times contains, on pases j j ri.;lit and nine, a pictorial re- I J cord of the production and I distribution of this newspaper. The Straits Times, m the j 192 years since its foundation, I has secured
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    PLANS FOR MAPPING OF INDONESIA
    124 1 PLANS FOR MAPPING OF INDONESIA EAiAVIA. Filday IN American military mission, headed by Brig. -Gen. Hetiert B. Loper, will arrive m Batavia by special plane; from Manila on Sunday to, arrange the complete mapping j of all Indonesia, excluding Java and Sumatra. The mapping prrject will be cair'ed out m
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    OPERATION FOR CHURCHILL
    41 1 LONDON. Friday.— Mr. Winston Churchill is to undergo an internal operation shortly which will keep him out of public work for about one month. The operation is quite minor," it was stated today. Mr. Churchill is 72— Reuter.
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    BIG GLASS FACTORY FOR S'PORE
    176 1 AN Australian firm intends build a $700,000 factory, which will employ 300 local workers, m Henderson Road, Singapore. The firm— the Australian Glass Manufacturing Company— is one of the leading producers of industrial and commercial glassware m the southern hemisphere. Final approval of the company's
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    BATAVIA GUART ON BUILDINGS
    73 1 BATAVIA, Friday. Dutch trocps were today guarding Republican buildings here after reports of expected Pasoendan (Sundanese separatist) activities m the near future. The guard was instituted with the knowledge of the Republican Mayor and covers stations, telephone exchange, electricity works, Republican Military Staff Headquarters and other
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    INDIA: 'DISTRUST WILL ABATE'
    472 1 NEW VOtfK, t nday. THE President of the India League of America, A.. J. J. 1 Singh, predicted yesterday that a significant psycholcr^i change would take place m India now tha- Itish withdi i before June next year was certain. Mr. Singh said he was convinced
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    44 1 .raits Times picture of the crews of two trawlers which arrived m Singapore yesterday af r a sevcn-we?k trip frcm Sydney. They will make a survey of potential fishin; grounds for a recently registered company here with a capital of $2,000,000. Story, page 7.
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    STOP PRESS
    72 1 WASHINGTON, Friday— The United States State Department has drafted a sharp note of protest to the Soviet commander m Hungary, m which it describes the recent Soviet actions there as a serious intervention m the country's internal affairs, it is officially stated. The note also proposes a three
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    TRUMAN DEFENDS GREEK AID
    217 1 TRUMAN DEFENDS GREEK AID WASHINGTON. Friday. PRESIDENT Truman yesterf day dened charges that the United States' GreekTurk sh $400,000,000 aid programme was forcing up U.S. prices. Defending the programme, Mr. Truman said: "To say that we should abandon our efforts dlrecti ed towards enduring world peace and freedom because these
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    RUBBER PRICE RISES
    59 1 THE local rubber cominoditj 1 market closed at 34 '< cents yesterday following good inquiries from all over the world. The market opened firmly m the morning with a a absence of sellers. Sellers came into the market m the afternoon and aftef good business at 34
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    RUBBER DUTY
    36 1 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Friday. Ti« Chief Secretary. Malayan Urr.un, has fixed the value of rubber tor customs duty assessment at il} cents a pound for the period June 5 to 11.
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    SUSPENSION OF SKYMASTERS
    98 1 NEW YORK, Friday. fli« Pacific Division Headquarters oC the United States Army Trans* port Command annu:no2d todcs; that all Army C-54 (Skymasterr planes had bs^n "suspended from service" en world-wide orders from Washington. The announcement said that planes had been grounded to allow an inspection cf vertical
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    VISIT TO SIAM
    51 1 BANGKOK. Friday.— lne Brli tish Pacific Fleet Commander. Sl» Denis Boyd, arrived this mornirg aboard his flagship H.M.S. Aler| for a courtesy call which will lasf till June 12. Today Sir Denis paiu official calls on the Regent, the Slamesa Navy, Government dignitories ard the British Ambassador.—
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    DAMON RUNYAM STORIES FOR STRAITS TIMES
    88 1 DAMON RUN YAM STORIES FOR STRAITS TIMES rE firsi of these exclusive tale* is "Too Much Pep" In whtctJ the principal character is Igna* the Wolf. Readers will be delighted witO Ignaz the Wolf, amusingly described by tne narrator as having "a noggin shaped like the little end of an
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    Inquiry On Hungary By U.N.0.? U.K. AND U.S. TAKE FIRST STEPS
    370 2 Inquiry On Hungary By U.N.0.? U.K. AND U.S. TAKE FIRST STEPS BUDAPEST, Friday. AN authoritative American spokesman y ester da v said the British and United States Governments had taken the first steps towards a possible United Nations inquiry into the Communist assumption of complete power m Hungary. The informant
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    Four Peace Treaties Ratified
    275 2 WASHINGTON, Friday. •THE United States Senate 1 ratified the Italian Peace Treaty last night after decisively defeating a last-minute attempt to deler ratification. The Romanian, Bulgarian, and Hungarian Peace Treaties were also ratified by the Senate, all by voice vote. The Italian treaty wa 3 approved
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    New Moves In Hungary
    174 2 The Times Correspondent BUDAPEST, Friday. MR. Nagy's letter of resignation from the Hungarian premiership has been received here from Switzerland and it is confirmed that the Spea ker of the House Assembly, Mr. Varga, is on his way to Switzerland. Both men have been expelled from
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    QUEEN MUST "TAKE THINGS QUIETLY"
    52 2 LONDON. Friday. Queen Mary, who celebrated her 80th birthday on May 26, has been ordered by ncr physicians to "take things quietly" after London's recent heat-wave. She cancelled a scheduled appearance on Thursday at a special performance of J. B. Priestley's new play "Ever Since
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    RANCHI LEAVES FOR U.K.
    51 2 The P and O ship Ranchi's decks were yesterday crowded with more than 1.500 repatriated Services personnel on their way to the United Kingdom. The vessel left Singapore yesterday afternoon. The Ranchl also carried 198 cabin passengers, comprising mainly Malayans going to the United Kingdom on
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    SIAM BUYS SHIP FROM BRITAIN
    152 2 BANGKOK. Friday.— A repre. sentative of the Th*i Maritime Company will so:n be coming to Singapore to take over the Nansuang Nawa, a ship the Siamese Government has bought frcm Britain It is understood that the Siamese Embassy m London has bean instructed to pay
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    MORE VICTIMS OF AIR CRASH FOUND
    92 2 MANILA. Friday.— Additional remains of the ill-fated party which crashed to their deaths on the cloud-capped peak of Mt Makaturing m the Lili Marlene disaster have been found by a search party from Cotobato. The new discovery was made on Mt. Seriban which is
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    TRUMAN'S APPEAL ON PALESTINE
    183 2 WASHINGTON, Friday. PRESIDENT Trumaii yesterI day called on the Ameri can people to refrain from inciting illegal activities m Palestine. The statemrn is consi c :d to be a direct result of the recent British protest over United States press advertisements colling for funds for illegal
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      1411 2 NOTICES EDUCATION The Outrun Afternoon School will open on Monday. Mb Jane, at 2 p.m. All children who wish to Join the school should be there then. NOTICE NOTICE is hereby given chat ISIDORE ALFRED BRISK of No. 11. Margolioiith Road off Stevens Road, Singapore is applying to tbe Governor
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      914 2 NOTICES NOTICE Notice Is hereby given of the dissolution of the Partnership In tbe firm of "C. T. MOIDEEN KUTTY COMPANY" of Kelantan and from date hereof the business of tbe said arm at Kota Bharu is absolutely and solely owned by Mr. M. K. Moideen Kutty under the new
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      449 2 TENDER NOTICE Tenders will be received at the office of the Electrical Engineer, Electrical Department. Eastern Region. Kota Bahru. Kelantan, up to noon of the 21st. June. 1947. for the construction of one timbered protective screen for high tension tower at Kelantan River H T. Crossing. Kcta Bahru as per
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      Biscuit Baron's £1,033,234 Will
      116 3 Biscuit Baron' s £1,033,234 Will LONDON, Friday. SIR Robert McVitie Grant, second baronet and chairman of the biscuit firm of McVitie and Price, has left a personal estate in England and Scotland worth £1,033,234, his will reveals. Sir Robert, who died at his Hertfordshire home In January, was th< son
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      Bomber Crash
      27 3 STAMFORD, Friday. Three R.A.F. airmen were killed yesterday, when a Wellington Bomber crashed m a wheat field at Little Bytham, seven miles from here.— A.P.
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      Tractor On The Line
      103 3 BEVERLEY, Friday.— The driver I of a farm tractor, which had stalled on crossing between Beverley and Cottingham. East Yorkshire, made a vain attempt to stop an cxprt'ss train from crashing in'o jit. The passengers in the 'rain, I travelling from Carborough to I Hull, all
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      P.O.W.'s Return
      60 3 Russians for their "generosity" in sending the prisoners home before the ratification of the peace treaty.— U.P. LONDON. Friday. Radio Moscow announced that the first train returning Hungarian prlsoners-of-war from the Soviet Union arrived m Hungary yesterday T'ue broadcast said that the. •r of Public Welfare. Mr. I
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      Death Penalty
      74 3 BERLIN. Friday— The Soviet News Agency announced last night that the recent law abolishing capital punishment m the I Soviet Union is applicable to all persons subject to Soviet military and civil jurisdiction, including Germans residing m the Soviet zone of Germany and the Soviet sector of Berlin.
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      Nationalising Land
      47 3 LONDON. Friday.— The Kouse oi Lords last night approved the Labour Government's town and co-intry planning bill. The approval came on the second reading of the bill which is described m some quarters as a stop toward nationalisation of all land m Groat Britain. AP.
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      Death Demand
      40 3 SOFIA. Friday.— The Bulgarian Public Prosecutor demanded the death sentence on Wednesday for the former Premier. M. Alexand> r Tsankov. and his nine associates for alleged war crimes. The ten men are now living m Aus ria.- U.P
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      Argument On Jews
      89 3 i juy Astor, former Tory M.P. and Dr. James McDonald. in iiiicr of the former Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry on Palestine, arriving in New York last month oa the Queen Elizabeth. They got involved in a friendly argument when Dr. McDonald overheard Lady Astor say. "I am
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      Treasure Hunt
      95 3 LONDON. Friday.— Ten charges of fraud against "Captain" Claude Spriggs, who once planned atrea- sure hunt in the Brazilian jungles, were dismissed yesterday at Lowestoft when the investigation board of magistrates found Insufficient evidence to bring the case to trial. Several men testified that they had paid sums
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      Explosion
      48 3 BERLIN. Friday.— Three persons were killed and several seriously injured when a former Luftwaffe ammunition factory near Schwerln m Russian-occu-pied Germany exploded, it was reported yesterday. A fire m the foremost "pulver- 1 hof plant spread to the buildings and exploded a number of heavy bombs."— U.P.
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      M.P. For Trial
      53 3 LONDON. Friday.— Mr. David Weitzman. barrister and Labour M.P., for Stoke, Newlngton. his three brothers and two other men i were at Bow Street yesterday committed for trial to the Old Bailey. They are alleged to have unlawfully contravend the regulations relating to the manufacture and supply
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      Royal Pilgrimage
      45 3 JERUSALEM. Friday.— King Abdullah of Transjordan flew from his mountain capital of Amman to Palestine yesterday on his year- ly p.lgrimage to the tomb of his! father m Jerusalem. Ho lunched with the Palestine Hign Commissioner. Sir Alan Cunningham. at Government House.— Router.
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      Food Riot
      92 3 ROME, Frida>.— More than 6,000 Romans rioted yesterday during a distribution of Argentine gift food packages donated by President and Senora Pcron to needy Italians. Six persons suffered head injuries from police clubs when they tried to break through the lines to get packages containing 1 canned butter,
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    CHINA TO SEND $130, 000 FOR RELIEF 4,200 Destitutes Will Benefit
    240 3 CHINA TO SEND $130, 000 FOR RELIEF 4,200 Destitutes Will Benefit From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Friday. A BOUT 4,200 destitute Chinese in Penang will receive relief from the Chinese Government through the local Chinese Consul, it was learned today. A sum of $130,000 (Straits) is being remitted by the
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    39 3 German prisn rs-of-war in England attending last week's an. nnai conference of the British Labour Party at Margate. Parties of prisoners were taken to the conference to g?t a first-hand impression of British parliamentary democracy at work.— A.P. photo.
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    EUROPEAN GETS FINE REFUNDED
    94 3 A fine of $10 has been refunded to Mr. Arthur Edward Mulut, a European, who yesterday received an official letter stating that the Chief Justice had quashed his conviction and sentence on a charge of having assisted m making a false representation at the Deputy Master
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    NILL DEMAND ON BRITISH
    108 3 LAKE SUCCESS, Friday. The leader of the Young Egypt Party, Mr. Ahmed Hussein, yesterday handed to the United Nations a memorandum demanding the evacuation of British forces from the Nile valley and unity of the Nile. Mr. Hussein did not see any high-ranking officials, but merely
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    ARMY POSTAL RATES
    71 3 The Straits Times yesterday published a cabled message from London which s'a'ed that the Postmaster General. Mr. W. Paling, said m a Parliamentary reply that members of the Forces serving m Singapore had to pay thie? an<j a half pence postage on le'te- to the U-it?d Kingdom.
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    NOT TO BE SMOKED
    59 3 PENANG, Friday.— One packet af cigarettes which figured in a I price control case yesterday was ordered by the Third Magistrate Mr. J. P. Blackledge. to be "destroyed by flre." Mr. Bluckledge made this order in fining Nee Kee Yu, a coffeeshop owner, $100 for overcharging
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    TRADE WITH JAPAN IN 2 MONTHS
    223 3 TRADE WITH JAPAN IN 2 MONTHS WASHINGTON, Friday. The Allies are likely to open the Japanese Empire to world trade within two months, occupation officials reported today. An American trade mission which spent the last month conferring with the Supreme Command, Allied Powers, has returned and pronounced that their investigation
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    TOMORROW'S SERVICES
    251 3 r-MORROWr -MORROW s> services m Singapore churches are as follows:— Church ot England: St. Andrew's 6 1 8. 10.30. 11.15, 5.30 p.m. St. George's Garrison Church (Tanghn); 7.15, 945 G. 30: Cnrlst Church: 8, 10 30. 5, 830 St. Hilda's: 8 530: St PaulV 'S*'aneoon): 8: Methodist: Wesley
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    STUDENTS TO BE RELEASED
    187 3 SHANGHAI, Friday. 1" HE Commander of the Shanghai-Woosung Garri- 1 son Hsua Tieh-wu, today pro mised to release the students and newspaper reporters ar- rested during the round-up of alleged Communist agents within a short time if no subs- I tantial evidence of their being j
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    Raffles Institute Back Home
    250 3 •THE principal of Raffles Institution, Mr. Shaw, sasa 1 yesterday that students of the Institution gained 76.6 per cent of passes m the Cambridge examinations last December, including eleven grade I, passes, and that their results compared "not at all unfavourably" with pre-war results. Mr. Shaw
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    PARTIAL BLACKOUT LAST NIGHT
    99 3 QEVERAL areas m Singapore were plunged into darkness last night as the result of a temporary electr cal breakdown at St. James Power Station. The blackout affected various parts of the city for periods ranging from half an hour to an hour. A decrease m electrical
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    JAPS DON'T KNOW WHAT, IS BAIL
    191 3 JAPS DON'T KNOW WHAT, IS BAIL rEN two Japanese were charged with theft m the Fourth Police court, yesterday, the interpreter had great difficulty m understanding the word bail. "I have never yet been able to get a Japanese interpret r to ur.-« demand 'bail'," said Chief Inspector C. W.
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    CENSUS OF SINGAPORE SOON
    153 3 CENSUS OF SINGAPORE SOON A CENSUS of the inhabitants of Singapore will be take between Aug. 23 and Sept. 27. this y ar, it is notified m a supplement to f .he Government Gazette issued yesterday. The notification sets out thj rules under which the census will be taken. Information
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    Demanded Apology from Japs—and got away with it
    299 4 Demanded Apology from Japs and got away with it From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. 1 WELL-KNOWN Malayam resident, Mr. A. R. West- rop, who demanded an apology from a Japanese guard who slapped him while he was m internment camp m Singapore, is leaving Malaya this week to
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    SUGARHOARDER FINED $250
    183 4 Mahmud Bin Übar, a middleAged Malayan, shopkeeper, was fined $250 m the Raub District Court this week for hoarding 42 katis of rationed sugar. The District Judge, Mr. B. V. Rhodes, ordered the sugar to be confiscated. He said Bin Übar should have known that, had he
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    PENANG "SAFE CRACKERS"
    115 4 From. Our Own Correspondent PENANG. Friday— A small gang of skilled "safe crackers" is operating m Penang with considerable success. accoramg to the police report for May. They usually work a.o:rding to the same plan of action, says the report. They remove the safes wholesale to a
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    COOPERATIVES IN PENANG
    108 4 From Oifr Own Correspondent PENANG. Friday. Penang's first co-operative store will be opened on Aug. 9. it was decided at a meeting of original members on Wednesday night. Based on Government model rulos. the store was registered on May 20. M mbership is open to Penang r.
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    Good Padi Prospect In Johore
    415 4 Good Padi Prospect In Johore From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Friday. TWE first stage m the culti1 vation of "sawah" padi for a new season is reported complete from Segamat, Central Johore and Pontian. The sawahs have been rid of all fallow vegetation and nurseries have been planted. The
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    MALAY RECRUITS' ON PARADE
    31 4 The Governor-General, Mr. Malcolm Mac Do. aid, will take the. salute at a passlng-out parade of Malay Regiment recruits at Port Dickson at 11.30 a.m. on Sunday.
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    FOOD INSPECTORS COMPLAIN
    404 4 Co-operation Is Lacking" AWING to lack of public co-operation, the Singapore Food Control Inspectorate has had to set traps m order to catch offenders of food and price control regulations, Mr. C. W. Roberts, officer m charge of the Inspectorate, told the Straits Times yesterday. Food inspectors
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    "Sinseh" To Be Banished
    185 4 "Sinseh" To Be Banished ?n>m Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Friday. A CHINESE who officiated as a Sinseh at the rituals oi a certain triad society m Penang is to be banished from Malaya. Announcing this m their crime review for May, the Penang police state that the man, Yeow Chong
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    THREECHARGED WITH MURDER
    82 4 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Friday Three Chinese, Chew Chee Beng, Lee Eng Huat and Chuah Ah Chin, were committed yesterday to stand trial at the Penang Assizes on a charge of having murdered Teo Soo Eng, 40-year-old resident of Ipoh, whose body was found m a
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      584 4 SINGAPORE SATURDAY 1.00 Rauio Orchestra; 1.30, News: 1.40 Share Mart-t Report; 1.50 Mihiary Band Music; 2.00, Close down. 8.15 p.m. News headlines and programme summary; 8.20, Sports roundup by Kingsley Morrando; 8 JO, Forces Variety Quiz relayed from the Union Jack Club; 8.30, News; 9.45, Radio Gazette; 10.00 All Join
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      695 4 Today's deal figured largely in the drawing in order to lead a low club outcome of a recent fceam-of-four toward dummy's nine. match. In Room 1, West did precisely what West, dealer. nine out of ten bridge players throughBoth sides vvrnsrable, out the world would do— he ducked. n' Tne
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    CIVILIANS TO GOVERN U.S. ZONES Army Stays As Police Force
    316 5 CIVILIANS TO GOVERN U.S. ZONES Army Stays As Police Force WASHINGTON, Friday. THE U.S. Secretary of Slate, Gen. George Marshall, and the U.S. Secretary for War, Mr. Robert Patterson, have authorised their departments to begin preparations for changing U.S. occupation zones m Europe and the Pacific from army to civilian
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    ADMIRAL CALLS ON SULTAN
    145 5 From Our Own Correspondent KLANG, Friday:— The aircraftcarrier H.M.S. Theseus, which came to Port Swettenham on June 4, will leave for Singapore this evening. Rear-Admiral C. E. Creasy and Capt. R. K. Dickson made an official call on the Sultan of Selangor at the Istana Makhota,
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    39 5 During the recent student disturbances m China, s croup of students from Chiaotuii* Univers ity, Shanghai, seized a train and rode m it to Nanking. The students are here seen standing on the front of the train. A.P. photo.
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    "Dig For Dollars" Mr Bevin's Call To Britain
    377 5 LONDON, Friday. r£ British Foreign Secretary, Mr. Ernest Bcrin, calling on Britain to "dig for dollars" through increased prod l c tion, yesterday expressed the hope, m a speech at the National Dock Corporation luncheon today, for a "tremendous stride" m the
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    EX-WOMAN M.P. FOUND GASSED
    148 5 EX-WOMAN M.P. FOUND GASSED LONDON, Friday. MRS. MAVIS TATE, former Conservative member of Parliament for Home, Somerset, was found dead m bed m her London home yesterday. Doctors reported to the police that the cause of Mrs. Tate's death was coal gas poisoning. She had been ill ever since she
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    MEXICO TO EXPORT SUGAR
    63 5 MEXICO CITY. Friday.— The National Union of Sugar Workers said yesterday that for the first time Mexico would be' In a position during 1948 to export sugar. The Union estimated that the nation uses about 450,000 tons annually, while production was expected to reach 470,000 tons.
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    French Building Strike Threat
    196 5 French Building Strike Threat PARIS, Friday. NEARLY 1,000,000 building workers throughout France held a two-hour "warning strike" yesterday evening to emphasise the urgency of their demand for increased pay, bonuses and reconstruction credits. Mass meetings vere held in Paris during the strike hours. The French Prime Minister, M. Paul Ramadler,
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    NEW HOPE FOR LEPERS
    153 5 LONDON, Friday.— Hope of a cure for the world's 2,000,000 lepers is given in this week's British Medical Journal by Dr. Ernest Muir, medical secretary of the British Empire Leprosy Relief Association. He states that sulphones, which are drugs usually used for the treatment of tuberculosis,
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    WOMAN POSED AS AIRMAN
    118 5 LONDON. Friday. Miss Jean Hidge, 21, who posed as a RAF commodore to woo and win a nurse m a mail and telephone romance, was sent to Jail for two years yesterday for obtaining £90 under false pretences. Nursing sister Kathleen Winifred Simpson admitted that she
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    RESEARCH INTO USE OF THORIUM
    92 5 NEW DELHI. Friday.— The Governments of India and Travancore whose coasts abounds In Monazlte sand, containing probably the richest ore of the radioactive metal, thorium, In the world will co-operate m atomic research Into the use of this raw material. Supplies member of the interim
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    "BAN JAP AIRCRAFT" PLEA
    221 5 SYDNEY, Friday. HR. Herbert Evatt, Australia's External Affairs Minister, today called for a ban on Japanese aviation during the Allied period of control m foreign affairs and criticised the British for lack of interest m Far Eastern affairs. In a report on foreign affairs presented to
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    DEATHS
    99 6 Death occurred In the General Hospital at 2.30 p.m. on Friday. 6th. Instant, of Mrs. Lilly Doral Raj. wife of Mr. J. M. Doral Raj. Secretary of the Indian Chamber of Commerce. Singapore, and retired Personnel Assistant to the Director of Education. She was 42. The funeral Is at
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    The straits Times Singapore, Saturday, June 7, 1947. Goodbye To Old Singapore
    853 6 The straits Times Singapore, Saturday, June 7, 1947. Goodbye To Old Singapore Singapore took the lead m the political evolution of Malaya this week with the publication of a Bill to make provision for election to the prospective Legislative Council of this colony. No date has yet been fixed for
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    ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
    18 6 Mrs. Chua Keng Chuan deeply thanks all those who rendered assistance and services to her late husband.
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    Mr.Creech-Jones Approves
    422 6 Mr.Creech- Jones Approves Whether or no the powers-that-be m Malaya are behaving j m an ostrich-like manner m the matter of State lotteries, or are endeavouring to apply the Nonconformist conscience to the Asiatic ethos, as so many people allege, it would seem that our! Governors and Governor-Gene-ral can be
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      M.D.U. denies it is anti-European
      196 6 IN your editorial of June 4 you refer to "the bitterness and the anti-European tone of the Malayan Democratic Union today." As an association which Is striving for equal treatment for all Malayan citizens and democratization of the Government, the M.D.U. is naturally embittered by
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      Ceylonese Doors Were Wide Open
      145 6 F gives me pleasure to enlighten "Goviya's" lamentable Ignorance regarding the formation of the Ceylonese Association m Singapore. "The promoters of the newlyformed Ceylonese Association" are well-known, patriotic Ceylonese residents of Singapore. The inaugural meetings were held at the Ceylon Tamils Association premises at 11
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      South Johore Wages
      74 6 YOUR article headed CON- TRACT WAGES TO BE CUT", reporting an informal meeting of planters m the South Johore district comes as a sheck. Employees m all other walks of life are getting supplementary allowances or Increases m their wages. The planters at this Johore meeting must
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      Dogs Upcountry
      88 6 I HAVE recently cumplo'.t cJ a tour through Malaya by road and I have been str^cl? by the very large numb;r cf unlicensed and" unheakhylooking dogs that roam a^out the countrysde. I am not astonished to learn that there is so much disease among dogs throughout Malaya and
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      Sunday Holiday In Malacca Shops
      146 6 •THE practice of giving Sun1 day holidays to shop assist tants was instituted m Malacca, including Jasin district, two weeks ago. The Malacca Shop-Assistants' Union has also written to the president of the Indian Chamber of Commerce requesting the chamber to come into line. Their
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      "Standard tight"
      132 6 BOYS who passed standard eight examination m 1941 r and were promoted to senior classes m 1942, but were fore* ed to leave school due to tha war, are the most unfortunate people of today. Now that the war is over, seme of these young men are continuing
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      Season Tickets
      34 6 WITH reference to bus passengers' complaints, may I suggest that the S.T.C. sell to Its patrons season tickets and coupons m suitable denomination.' which can be tendered as fare? "FAIR FARE". Singapore.
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    THE MALAY AS NATURALIST
    1029 6 A Malayan Countryman's Diary MALAY names of some flow- ers and fruits are rather too realistic to be used m polite society. If a flower or fruit looks like an unmentionable something it is called a Bunga so-and-so or Buah 'ditto. However, there are many pretty
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    7 6 FRANGIPANI PATTERN. (Photo by K. F. Wong).
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      757 6 CLASSIFIED ADS. COLLINS. At XX. Hospital. Singapore, on 5 June. »47. to Violet (nee Partridge), wife of Dennis F. Collins, a bonny daughter. BARNWELL. On Jane 4th.. at Malaoca Hospital, to Noreen. wife of T H. Barnwell. a son. Both well. GR AY. At Kandang Kerbau Hospital on sth. June,
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    HEAVIER PENALTY FOR ABDUCTION
    278 7 HEAVIER PENALTY FOR ABDUCTION Maxim v m Sen tence To Be 14 Years Prom Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. THE penalties for abductors and intimidators m the Malayan 1 Union are to be heavily increased by legislation which v Ml be presented to the Malayan Union Advisory Council on
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    U.S. Ambassador Arriving Today
    247 7 AM R. Henry F. Grady, 65 year-old trade expert will arrive T1 m Singapore this afternoon by the American President Lines world cruiser President Polk on his way to take up his position as first United States Ambassador to India. This will be Mr. Orady's first
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    DUTCH IN BIG TRANSACTION
    87 7 A 3,000.000 to 4.000,000-guilder barter transaction between the Dutch authorities m Java and the Tata Oil Mills. B:mbay, is now being negotiated m Singapore. The transaction if successful, will cover the supply of 8,000 tons of cspra and 5.000 tons of coconut oil by the Dutch
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    AMERICANS DUE TODAY
    83 7 Another party of American round-the-world tourists is expected m Singapore today by the American President Lines luxury liner. President Polk. The vessel will berth alongside godowns 1 and 2 at 3 p.m. The majority of passengers disembarking at Singapore from San Francisco are kuslnesssmen connected with American
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    RAMAKRISHNA MISSION
    36 7 A talk on Srimad Bhavad Gita will be delivered m English by Swaxni Vamadevananda, President, Ramakrishna Mission, Singapore, at the mission premises, 9. Norrig Road, today at 6.30 p.m. All are invited to attend.
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    Police Pay Protection Money?
    241 7 Police Pay Protection Money? HOOLIGANISM and extorII tion prevailed m Kampong Betek^ Singapore, to such an extent that "even members of the police were believed to be paying protection money," Inspector R. Siva Raja told the Singapore Coroner, Mr. W. G. Porter, yesterday. A Malay, Anffin, was shot and a
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    FUNERAL OF MRS. DORAI RAJ
    44 7 THE funeral of Mrs. J. M. 1 Dorai Raj, wife of Mr. J. M. ai Raj,. Secretary of Indian cnamber of Commerce, will take i»Uce at Bidadari Cemetery, the cortere leaving Christ Church, Dorset Road, at 4.30 p.m. today.
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    Singapore Shipping
    124 7 SHIPS alongside the Singapore wharves yesterday (godowns In brackets) were: Main Wharf: Narbada (31-32), San Angelo Victory (33-34). Empire Seawave (35); Gorgon (37); Trevethoe (38-38), Bruas (40), Antllochus (42.43). West Wharf: Glenlffer (1-2), Empire Seaward (3), Lycaon (4-5), Glenapp (6-7). Sam York (8-9). Tegelberg (13-14), Lake AtUn (15-16).
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    ESTATE SHOOTING
    85 7 The Straits Times Is Informed by the Commissioner of Police, Malayan Union, that the strength of the police squad which went to Dublin Estate. Kedah, on the occasion of the recent shooting incident, was one rifle section composed of alne men and three baton sections totalling 21 men
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    Upward Trend In Share Market
    253 7 A LTHOUGH rubber as a commodity was stronger today this has not been reflected m the local share market, where conditions are still quiet On balance, however, prices, generally, tended to rise. Fraser and Neaves were reported at $3.70 and Gammons were done at $5.85
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    Murdered Policeman's Funeral
    397 7 A5OO-STRONG Singapore Police con'ingent, headed by the Acting Commissioner of Police, Mr. E. V. Fowler attended the funeral yesterday of marine constable Atan bin Haji Sirat at Bidadari Cemetery. The funeral took place with full police honours. Atan died of gunshot wounds, on Thursday night, following a
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    LESS NEI RUBBER HERE
    237 7 AN ah extremely sensitive U market prices have fluctuated widely during the keek, says Lewis and Peat's weekly report. Supplies for near shipment appear tr be well below the normal trading requirements, and should the demand which has been seen during the past two days continue,
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    Trawlers Complete 4,385- Mile Voyage
    417 7 TWO weather-stained trawlers with bearded crews put into Singapore yesterday from Sydney. They took 49 days to complete the 4,385-miles voyage. The trawlers are the diesel-engined 78-foot Westwind of 70 tons and the 60-foot Pollyanna of 60 tons the survey forerunners of a fishing fleet
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      65 7 BEST ATTENTION SERVICE ASSURED Asbestos Sheets Crocodile Changkols Galv. Corr. Sheets Cement Galv. Wire Wire Nails Fire Extinguishers Boiled Linseed Oil Muntz Metal Belting TAN SIN PENG COMPANY 11, PHILLIP STREET, SINGAPORE CABLE— -METAL" PHONE NOS. 3114 and 4373 There is no Brandy like COGNAC Brandy and NO COGNAC BRANDY
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    Vow Your Straits Times Is Produced
    1147 8 THESE two pages contain a pictorial summary of a story of which the Straits Times is proud the story of its daily life as a newspaper. The men pictured here are' members of a team. These engineers at their machines, sub-editors at their desks,
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    SHARE MARKET
    711 10 SINGAPORE, June 6. PINGAPORE shar c quotations tow day. as given uj the Malayan Shareholders' Association, were as follows: Bayer Seller Alex. Brick (O) 2.35 2.50 Alex. Brick (P) 3.50 3.66 B M. Trustee 8.35 9.00 Consolidated Tto Smelters (O) 22/6 23/6 do (P) 26/6 28/Eastern United i
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    LONDON STOCKS
    443 10 LONDON, Thursday. 'After a firm opening, a slight irregularity later developed with profit-taking and fewer buyers m evidence, says Reuters Financial Correspondent. Industrials, however, held their ground fairly well with most Breweries, Iron and Steels prominent. Oils came back after an initial improvement, particularly Shells, but Teas, Jutes
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    RUBBER
    60 10 The Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association'! prices at noon yesterday were: Buyer* Seller* Cta. Cta. oer lb. per Ib. NO. 1 R.S.S. Spot loose 33% 33% No. 1 R.S.S. fob In bales June 34% 34% No. a R.S F, fob In bales Juflt 33% 35% No 3 R.SS.
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    Racing Yachts' Crews Include Grandmother, Nine-Year Old Girl
    723 11 Racing Yachts' Crews Include Grandmother, Nine- Year Old Girl By MARGARET LAWRENCE MODERN Australian sirens of the sec don't wait for ships to come to them, bat sail their own trim yachts on th e broad waters of Victoria's Port Phillip Ttoir They are members of the Victorian Ladies' Yacht
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    Hayworth Turns To Drama At Height Of Career
    532 11 Hayworth Turns To Drama At Height Of Career IF RITA HAYWORTH ever thought that she could wholly abandon her dancing career m the movies for straight dramatic parts she and her studio, Columbia Pictures, found out differently. It is true, that m "Gilda," Rita has her her first important dramatic
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    French Horses May Be Threat To "Minstrel"
    261 12 French Horses May Be Threat To "Minstrel" LONDON, Friday. FRENCH hopes for the Derby, to be run at Epsom tomorrow, have risen since the French filly Imprudence trounced British colts m the Oaks. France's three candidates Cardir, Pearl Diver and Parisien are expected by many to provide the biggest threat
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    Probables For Derby
    85 12 LONDON, Friday Probable horses and jockeys for the Derby to be run at Epsom tomorrow over a mile and a half at 3 p.m. 8.D.5.T. Bishma, P Kbade: Sayajirao. E.-Britt; Cadir. E. C. Elliot: Castle Street. T. Burn: Tudor Minstrel, Gordon Richards; Tite Street. W. Evans: Blue
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    Results Of Cricket
    156 12 LONDON, Fiiday. Following are results from today's coumy cricket:— At void's -"Cil •■>--< l| Hampshire by an innings j and 49 runs. Middlesex 429 lor fi declared, Hampshire 164 and 216 <McCorkell 66K At Cambridge, C mbridge Jiiversity vs. Olouces ershire, we match was diaw.:, Camb id;;e
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    dutciTdown CHINESE
    73 12 dutciTdown CHINESE The Dutch Army beat the Chinese Association by 4—3.4—3. m a fast and thrilling game of soccer played at the Jalan Bosar Stadium, yesterday. Play during the first half included several chances missed by both sides. It was even throughout with the Chinese slightly more on the offensive
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    CHANTEUR WINS EPSOM RACE
    109 12 EPSOM, Friday.—The victory of the French horso Chanteur the Second m the Epsom's Coronation Cup over a mi'ie and a half today was not a hundred per cent French triumph as it would have b?en a few hours earlier. Ibis Is because the horse, which was
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    Sporting Fixtures, Teams,And Results
    342 12 Cricket The Singapore Clarke Rangers will play the R.A.F. Seletar at cricket at Seletar tomorrow at 10.30 a.m. The following will represent the Rangers: I. Isa, A.R. Omar, S.M. All. H. Shah. M. Shah, S. Singh, M. Wilson. A. Jansen. J. de Sllva, M. S. Gill
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    Today's Programme
    1137 12 FIELDS for today's racing at Kuala Lumpur are set out below Doubles totes will be held on Races Three and Four, and Seven and Eight. The big sweep will be held on Race Nine. Last Three Horses Ran* Owner Trainer Race One 2.15 Horses: Class 4— Div. 2—62
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    TEST BOOKING IS HEAVY
    125 12 LONDON, Friday. Interest m the South Africans, whose First Test match against the full strength of England will be begun at Trent Bridge, Nottingham, tomorrow is shown by the heavy bookings for this and later games At Lords, where the Second Test is not due until
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    S.C.C. Easily Beaten
    117 12 THE S.C.C. were trounced by five goals to nil when they met the Customs on the Padang yesterday. The Customs dominated the play from the start and had the better of the exchanges throughout the game. The Customs opened accounts ten minutes after the start through A.
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    SAFE BETS FOR TODAY'S RACES
    995 12 SAFE BETS FOR TODAY'S RACES Wonder Bird, Zarina And Gay Aggie From Our Racing Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. r MORROW, first day of the Selangor Turf Club June meeting, will see the best racing card since the liberation. Large fields, good handicapping and the uncertainty of the going go to
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    Selections For K.L.
    51 12 RACE I—Democrat,1 Democrat, First In. RACE 2— Wonder Bird, Green* dale. RACE 3 Foundation Stone, Perambulator. RACE 4 Golden Grove. Moni Blot. RACE s—Gay5 Gay Aggie, Trouses. RACE 6 Unicorn, Geestring. RACE 7 Zarina, Sovereignty. RACE B— Run Rabbit Kun, Win The Peace. RACE 9— Gay Prattle.
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    Ron James Forfeits Title
    151 12 Ron James Forfeits Title LONDON, Friday. RONNIE James, of Swansea, has forfeited his ligiuweght championship of Britain. This was announced today by the British Board of Box'ng Control. Billy Thompson, of Yorksnr.e. and San Haw;horne, of Nor'h Shields, have be n nomirated to fight for the vacant title. A spokesman
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    Perak's State Team Chosen
    176 12 From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH, Friday The following i s Perak's team to meet Selangor at cricket, m Kuala Lumpur on June 14 an^ 15. S. V. Suppiah tcapt.). A. Amaladass, Maj .v Mcßiayne. Daniel, P. G. Hamilton, D. Martin, Z. S. Nalliah, S. Senevirame, Dr
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    36 12 Entries are invited for the Island Club Championship, the qualifying round of which will take place on the King's Birthday, June 12. For further particulars please see the Club's Notice Boards. Entries close on June 10.
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