The Straits Times, 13 June 1947

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    19 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1840. EIGHT PAGES SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, JUNE 13, 1947. PRICE TEN CENT S
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    FORMER M.C.S. OFFICER MADE A BARON
    485 1 FORMER M.C.S. OFFICER MADE A BARON Honours List Awards LONDON, Thursday. QNE of the four peerages announced yesterday m the King's Birthday Honours list has been awarded to a former officer of the Malayan Civil Service, Sir Arthur Richards. He is now Governor of Nigeria. Sir Arthur becomes a baron.
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    Two New Knights
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    32 1 The Officer Administering the Government, Mr. P. A. B. McKerron. (m white) reviewing the Sea forth Highlanders at the King's Birthday parade on the Padang yesterday. Other picture and story. Page 5.
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    OPERATIONS IN JAVA AGAIN?
    302 1 BATAVIA, Thursday. JJENEWEI) military action appears likely here. The political situation m Indonesia continues to deteriorate. The feeling is that hostilities may be reopened either before or during the we:k-er.d, unless the Netherlands Commi.--sioners-G-ir.eral. who arrived today, are abe to change local po icy. Reuters correspondent
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    TOWNS SHELLED BY DUTCH?
    31 1 BATAVIA, Thursday.— An unj confirmed Indonesian Antara report from Bondjowoso, East Java, says a Dutch warship shelled the towns of Blimbin<?sari and Gelondong, south of Banjuwangi, yesterday.—Reuter.
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    Princess Rides On Parade
    163 1 Princess Rides On Parade LONDON. Thuradav. PINCESS Elizabeth—Colonel of the Grenadier Guards riding side-saddle, made her first appearance on horseback at an official ceremony today when, with the King and the Duke of Glou- cester, she rode from Buckingham Palace to the Horse Guards Parade for Trooping the Colour on
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    SWEDE KILLED BY RUSSIANS
    83 1 SWEDE KILLED BY RUSSIANS STOCKHOLM, Thursday.— The Swedish Foreign Office said today that it had been advised by the Swedish Charge D'Affaires m Vienna that a car belonging to the Swedish relief mission m Austria had been fired on by Russian soldiers last night. The Foreign Office said the driver,
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    M.P.'s Question On Singapore P.o.W.s
    202 1 M.P. 's Question On Singapore P.o. W.s From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Thursday. r answer to a question m the Hou?e of rommons today, the S cretary for the Colonies, Mr. Arthur Creech Tones, told Mr. L. D. Gammans (Cons.) that he regretted that no reply had yet been made
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    Marched Past Without Flag
    59 1 From Our Own i i *i naiwit MALACCA, Thursday. rE march past in the King's birthday Darade at Malacca today took Dlace without the Union Jack. As the flax was being unfurled a few minutes before the parade was due to Dass the saluting base, the
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    CHINESE BANDITS RAID GRAVE TEAM
    53 1 SHANGHAI, Thursday. A United States Army graves registration team was attacked by Chinese bandits In the mountain region of West China early this week. The team fought the attackers for five hours, during which time one Chinese soldier escort was killed and four other Chinese
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    STOP PRESS
    73 1 NEW DELHI, Thursday.— The S Undine Committee of the AllIndia States People's Conference passed a resolution today asserting that any ruler declaring his state independent would thereby express his hostility not only to the Indian union, bat to his own people. I.'. P. NEW YORK. Thursday.— The United
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    GEN. RITCHIE GETS K.C.B.
    267 1 Army Awards In S.E.A. THE Commander in-Chief, South-East Asia Land Forces, I 1 Gen. Sir Neil M. Ritchie, and his Chief of Staff, Maj.Gen. H. Redman, are among the several officers and N.C.O.s of South-East Asia honoured in the King's Birthday Honours List, published yesterday. Sir
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    MUSLIMS NAME TEMPORARY CAPITAL
    97 1 MUSLIMS NAME TEMPORARY CAPITAL NEW DELHI, Thursuay.— ThMuslim League Council yesterday chose the city of Karachi for th c temporary capital of th^ projec;ed state of Pakistan. The League Secretary, Liaquat Ali Khan, said Karachi would be used only for a whii e and that a capital with a good
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      28 1 IN OTHER PAGES Russiaus Say Britain Interfered Z Disbarred Lawyer to be Reinstated S Editorial 4 Sultan Sees K.L. Parade 5 Sarawak Ten-Tear Plan 6 Finance 7 Sport
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      Lone Attempt On Mount Everest
      193 2 BOMBAY, Thursday. EARL L. DENMAN, a 32-year old mountaineering enthusiast from Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia, claimed at Bombay yesterday that he had recently made a single-handed attempt to climb Mount Everest and had got within <\00:i feet of the summit before being "forced to turn back
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      Crash Kills Pilot
      31 2 NEW QUAY, Thursday .—Two naval planes collided during manoeuvres off the Cornwall coast on Wednesday killing at least one of the pilots. The other missing was presumed dead.—A.P.
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      Senator Walsh Dead
      24 2 BOSTON. Thursday :—Former United States Senator David Walsh. 74. wartime chairman of the powerful Naval Affairs Committee, died of cerebral herrorrhace.—AJ>.
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      Chileans Go Home
      81 2 FRANKFURT, Thursday The Chilean consul-general to the American zone of Germany and representative to the British zone leaves soon for Hamburg to complete arrangements for the shipment to Chile of about 100 Chilean nationals in July. He estimated that there will be about 500 Chileans still in
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      Ship's Crew Scalded
      50 2 PHILADELPHIA, Thursday.— An explosion m a steam valve on the 37,000-ton U.S. aircraft-carrier Valley Forge at the raval base here yesterday flooded the ship's fireroom with steam and severely scalded 17 of the crew, a Navy spokesman said. The casualties were taken to the Philadelphia Naval HospitalRenter.
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      Head-Hunters
      69 2 RANGOON. Thursday. The i Naga tribesmen of north-west Burma are "still busy head-hunt-Ing," according to representatives of near-by tribal areas attending the Constituent Assembly session here yesterday. No reports were available regarding the number of decapitations m recent months, but the present time, it was said, was "the season
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      Philippines Treaty
      134 2 PARIS. Thursday.—The vicepresident and secretary of Fore'en Affairs for the Philippines, Mr. Elpido Quirino, told a press conference that he hoped to sigr:a treaty of friendship soon with France. He said he wanted to study from this vantage point the reconstruction work of all Europe. "Our country was
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      Killed By Japs
      118 2 MANILA, Thursday. Tne headless and legless body of a Filipino farmer killed by Japanese Army stragglers who are still refusing to surrender has been found on Lubang Island, off Manila Bay. The Mayor of Lubans, Mr. Octavio M. Masangcav said four Japanese captured the farmer, Domingo Tanglao.
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      Luxury Babies
      74 2 JERUSALEM. ThUT day.—Arab policeman Naif Toumeh was "thoroughly displeased with himself" when he found that his wifp was going to have hT s!xth child "I asked myself how I was going to s amort six children on €20 a month," he said. When his wife presented him with
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      Spies Sentenced
      35 2 BELGRADE. Thursday. Wo Yugoslavs and three Greeks, accused of espionage on behalf of the former Greek military attache here w?r sentenced toc'ay to prison terms ranging from' ten to 16 years forced labour.—UP
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      Night-Club Ban
      54 2 SHANGHAI, Thursday. —After a five-minute scrap during wli.ich two councillors hurled tea cups, ink-w.lls ar.d pens at each other, the City Council m Canton yesterday passed a resolution banning th° opening of any new nightclubs. The original motion before the Council was for an )lute ban on all
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      Fishing Story
      105 2 MANILA. Thursday.- Tin Chler of the American advisory i mission to the Philippine Republic, Maj.-Gen. A. M. Jones, caugh: m eagle with an eight-foot wing spread while deep-sea fishing of! the coast of Bataan. Maj.-Gen. Jones, with an inveterate fishing companion. Brig.Gen. Frank D. Merrill, his chief-of-staff, had
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      29 2 BELGRADE, Tuesday. Tt» Yugoslav Government said yesterday that Czechoslovakia's Dtfence Minister and a group of high-ranking Czech officers would arrive on Wednesday for a 10-da* tour of Yugoslavia A.**
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      Roosevelt Film
      102 2 BRUSSELS, Thursday. The Hollj *rood-:n:.de movie, "Roosevelt, depicting the life of the late President, was given a private exhibition on Tuesday night because the officials of the world film festival competition m which it is entered, were worried that certain passages mi°;ht bo intrpreted as propaganda for th
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    RUSSIANS SAY BRITAIN INTERFERED
    712 2 Affairs Boil Up Over Hungary THE Soviet reply to a British request for information about political events m Hungary was a charge that Britain had interfered m internal Hungarian affairs. While Lord Pakenham disclosed this yesterday m the House of Lords, the United States entered ttn
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    ARABS BOYCOTT U.N.P.C.
    306 2 ARABS BOYCOTT U.N.P.C. JERUSALEM, Thursday. PLE Palestine Arab High Executive last night placed the United Nations Palestine Fact-Finding Committee "out of bounds" to all Arabs m Palestine. Announcing a seven-point plan jto enforce a complete ooycott, both political and social, the vice-chairman of the Executive, Mr. Jamal Husseini, banned all
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    RECORD NONSTOP FLIGHT
    114 2 WILLI.noION, «^-io, Thursday. —A new record was established when an Army Airforce all weather division C 54 landed at the [home base at Clinton after a 10,000-mile n.n-s;op flight. From the moment before the take off until after touching down, no human hand touched the controls of
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    No Equal Pay For Sexes At Present
    198 2 LONDON, Thursday. THE Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Hugh Dalton, announced m Parliament today that Government was definitely of the opinion that the principle of equal pay for equal work could not be applied m Britain at present. At the recent Labour Party
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      682 2 NOTICES ANGLO-ORIENTAL (MALAYA) LIMITED. (Subsidiary of London Tin Corporation Limited) cc authorized by the Directors rf Lower Perak Tin Dredging Limited to announce that the No. 2 Dredge (eighteen cubic feet buckets Category A) started production Ist. Jure. 1947. and Is operating satisfactorily. ANGLO-ORIENTAL (MALAYA) LIMITED. k Subsidiary of London
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      722 2 THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA CHINA have pleasure m announcing that a Branch Office of the Bank was opened m Sibu. Sarawak, on Wednesday, the 11th June. 1947. at which all kinds of banking business can be undertaken. A.CC.S. OLD BOYS A meeting of A.CC.S. Old Boys is to
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      744 2 TENDERS. j TENDERS INVITED SUPPLY OF RATIONS TO THE LIGHTHOUSE PERSONNEL ETC., Tenders will be received at the office of the Marine Superintendent, Malayan Union, up to noon on 30th Jun-i, 1947, for the supply of rations to ihe lighthouse personnel at Malacca, Port Swettenham and Penang from Ist July
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    DISBARRED LAWYER TO BE REINSTATED
    546 3 DISBARRED LAWYER TO BE REINSTATED "6 Years Of Sorrow And Suffering" From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Thursday. A FORMER Penang lawyer, who was struck of the roll m May 1941 for improper professional conduct involving a sum of $1,000 belonging to a client, is to be re-admiUed as an advocate
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    Ratepayers To Be Exempted?
    232 3 Ratepayers To Be Exempted? TTHE Singapore Ra:epayers' 1 Association decided at a committee meeting to leave it to its president, Mr. Tan Chin Tuan. to find out if the Association was eligib'e for exclusion from the provisions of the Societies Ordinance and if it wnuld be advantageous to obtain such
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    AGREEMENT ON SAAR
    84 3 LONDO" Thursday The F i r Mr. Ernest Berln, told the House of Commons today uritish Government had m objection to the n-'w boundaries France had proposed for the Saar nor to the French intention to issue new currency m the Saar m place of German marks.
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    AIR SEARCH FOR MEN ABANDONED
    117 3 AIR SEARCH FOR MEN ABANDONED T"HE Royal Navy and the 1 Royal Air Force have abandoned the search for two men who were seen clinging to floating wreckage m the sea 240 miles north of Penang on Wednesday morning. The crew of a 8.0.A.C. flying boat reported the discovery cf
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    BINGHAM WILL MEET PRINTEERS
    78 3 The Singapore Commissioner for Labour, Mr. R. P. Bingham, will adviM employees of the Government Printing Office to form a union when he addresses them at a meeting to be held shortly. Mr. Bingham, who Is carrying on the work of Assistant Trade Union Adviser until
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    REUNION OF BURMA ARMY
    34 3 Former Commander of the British 14th Army in Burma, General Sir William Slim, among ex-servicemen at the first Burma reunion in the Albert Hall, London on June 2. A.P. photo.
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    Mongol Invaders Press Forward In Sinkiang
    319 3 Mongol Invaders Press Forward In Sinkiang NANKING, Thursday. MILITARY authorities quoted by the semi-official Central Daily News today reported that units of the Outer Mongolian force which has invaded Chinese territory m Sinkiang were now pressing m a diversionary movement south-westward towards Chitai. Officials m Nanking, alarmed by the invasion,
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    400 Guests At O.A.G's Party
    165 3 400 Guests At O.A.G's Party TTHE first post-liberation 1 garden party, m honour of the King's Birthday was held m the grounds of Government House, yesterday afternoon. The 400 guests included representatives of the Ser/ices, junior I government officials and the reI ligious and business communit es, toe Officer Administering
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    TAX EXPERT TO BE QUIZZED
    80 3 The Singapore Ratepayers Association decided at a committee meeting that the income tax expert. Mr. R. B. Heasman. "should be asked to state the case for income taxation and defend it." The Committee felt that the Association should not put suggestions and questions at first
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    ARAB LEADER HONOURED
    119 3 "If I have shared m doing g<;od to my countrymen, it is nothing but a fulfilment of the duties of religious brotherhood, and a response to the call of patriotism and the demands of humanity." declared Syed Saleh bin Mohamed Alatas, leader of the Arab community m
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    BIG BUYERS FROM AUSTRALIA
    348 3 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. rR nine months, up to March, this year, the Malayan Union and Singapore imported nearly $112,000,000 worth of goods, principally foodstuffs, from Australia becoming that Continent's third best customer. This was the information given me today by Mr. James
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    The Straits Times Singapore,Friday, June 13,1947. Honour Without Snobbery
    1031 4 The Straits Times Singapore,Friday, June 13,1947. Honour Without Snobbery ti ehani values of post-| war Malaya are reflected in r ways. A studv I Hst of Birthday :ir>n<virt! for Malaya published leaves the satisfying imthat the I Igher pow^ n in M« r t !t rv arc searching more Widely,
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    DEATH
    9 4 NEWBY ARTHUiv 19th.. h Alrica. late of Singapore.
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    RUSSIAN ATOM CONTROL PLAN
    164 4 NEW YORK, Thursday.— Rus- sia yesterday presented the United Nations with a new scheme for International control of atomic j energy. The new plan goes fur- ther than the Soviet Government has gone m the past, but it still rejectl the American demand that atomic energy
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    How they kept their heads on their shoulders
    2611 4  - How they kept their heads on their shoulders Y.S. TAN $50,000,000 FROM THE MALAYAN CHINESE— II By Secretary of the Oversea Chinese League (The second of Iwo articles describing the manner m which tribute was extorted from the Chinese community of Malaya by the Japanese after the fall of Singapore.)
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      Malay seamen accuse Ghaut Serangs
      245 4 WE v much .<uppoil the article 'SEAMEN CONTRACT 1 SYSTEM OPPOSED' published m the S raits Times on; June 3. Since the Ghaut Stiangs have powet U> suDply crews when re- Quired by the masters of sh'.ps. ti/y have taken audacious steps to form a
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      Five Dogs
      77 4 WHAT annoys me is the type of metal tag supplied by the Animal Infirmary at Kampong Java Road on receipt of payment of taxes. Both m quality of material used and workmanship, the dog licence of today is deplorable. It was only a month ago chat I brought
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      Reactions To M.D.U.
      214 4 IN reply to Mr. Gerfc'.d De Cruz, I would like to that the M.D.U. Is both antiBritish and anti-European. ■'Asia for the Asiatics" is its .slogan, as is constantly made plain by its newspaper mouthpiece. Your editorial description of the M.D.U. as 'a small a lion of
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      Outside A Market
      96 4 rrHE Safety First campaign is launched to educate the public m road sense, but it is the duty of every citizen to co-operate. Let the authorities pay a visit to Joo Chlat Road near the market during the busy hours of the morning, and see for themselves
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      Police Prevent "Gate-Crashing"
      191 5 Police Prevent "Ga te-Crash ing" From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Thursday. THE Penang police took special precautions today to prc1 vent undesirable elements "gate-crashing" the graduation day ceremony of the Chung Ling High School, one of the biggest Chinese educational institutions in the country. This morning, before the ceremony began,
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      Sale Of Japanese Motor Craft
      57 5 PENANG Thursday. Thirty..ight Japanese-built motor craft have been offered for sale to their charterers. The Ministry of Transpsr' has offered to sell the vessels at $40 a ton. The Penang Motor Vessel Traders Associaticn is negotiat:.i o for thy. purchase of th^se craft but will
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      Going On Leave
      61 5 SEREMBAN. Thursday. The Resident r^nimissior.er, Negri S e m b 1 1 a n Mr. W.A. Gor-don-Hall, will be going on leave early next month and will return to Malaya in December. Mr. E.E. Pengilley, who was District Officer in Kuala Pilah in 1935, will act for
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      Threatened Hurt
      111 5 SEGAMAT, Wednesday. A young Indian who gave his name as Papaya was fined $70 with the option of five weeks' rigorous imprisonment by Che Hamid bin Mustapha m the Segamat District Court yesterday for threatening an estate mandore with injury. The mandore. Narayanan Nair, told the Court that
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      Took Up Knife
      84 5 SEGAMAT, Thursday. For attempted assault with a tapping knife, Phang Vun, a young Chinese tapper of Bukit Siput Estate, was fined $75, with the option of six weeks' rigorous imprisonment, by Che Hamid bin Mustapha m the Segamat District Court yesterday. It was stated that accused and
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      Unveiled
      76 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Thursday.— Built with funds collected by a donations committee, Treng*anu s first war memorial was unveiled by the Sultan yesterday. The Resident Commissioner, ht aris of Government Departments, members of the donations committee and the public attencd. The memorial was built at Paya Bunga, m the form
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      Rail Dislocation
      67 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Thursday. Railway traffic was interrupted last night by the engine failure of a goods train at Bukit Timah. The train was or. its way to Singapore. The passenger train leaving Singapore at 6 p.m. did not arrive at Johore Bahru until 9 p.m., two hours late.
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      Opium Offences
      84 5 SEGAMAT, Thursday.— Caught m the act of preparing and filling a pipe, a 60-year-old Chinese. Khang Phijan, was sentenced to ■six months simple imprisonment m Segamat District Court lor possession of two noons of chandu. AdmittL-.g the offence, th c man .said that he was a carpenter and,
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      Absconded From Bail
      80 5 SEGAMAT. Thursday. Ng Phuah. a middle-aged Chinese, who was granted $1,000 bail last week, failed to appear before Che Hamid bin Mustapha In the District Court on Tuesday and the bailors were called upon to show cause why their bail should not be estreated They were allowed
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      War On Crime
      62 5 PENANG. Thursday. Police boxes have beei constructed at tour strategic points m Penang m a move to combat crime. A telephone is to be installed m eacn box so that the public can summon police aid without delay. Constables will cycle from post to post throughout the
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      Agricultural Show
      41 5 KLANG, Thursday —The District agricultural show of Kuala Langat and Sepang will be held at the District Office. Telok Datoh, on June 29. The show will be officially opened by Tengku Laxamana of Selangor, representing the Sultan of S?laneor.
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      Sultan To Attend
      53 5 KLANG, Thursday.— The Sultan oi Selangor will attend the athletic sports meeting of the Malay College, Kuala Kangsar. on June 28. Other Malay rulsrs will also attend. The meeting will be the first function m the history o.' the college to have been attended by the rulers
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    SULTAN SEES K.L. PARADE
    581 5 Crowds Celebrate King 9 s Birthday From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. 'J'HE King's birthday was celebrated m Kuala Lumpur this morning, when the first full-dress parade since the liberation was watched by large crowds. The Governor of the Malayan Union, Sir Edward Gent, took
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    HIGHLANDERS AT IPOH
    79 5 From Our Own CorrespondentIPOH. Thursday.— Police, Boy Scoutc and contingents from the Cameron Highlanders and Indian sappers took part in the Kings birthday parade today under the command of Major McBrayne. The maroh past was led by the Cameron Highlanders and at the saluting base were the
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    JOHORE'S FIRST PARADE
    108 5 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Thursday.The King's birthday was celebrated for the first time in Johore with a ceremonial parade. Previously, units from Johore have have taken part in the Singapore parade. T:day, units taking part were three companies of the Royal Welch Fusiliers, a company
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    BIG CROWDS AT KUCHING
    76 5 From Our Own Correspondent. KUCHING. Thursday.— Crowds assembled at the beflagged Brooke Memorial to watch the parade m honoui of the King's birthday. The Governor. Sir Charles Arden Clark, iriopocted guards of honour mounted by the Sarawak constabulary, Girl Guides, Boy Scouts and Sea Scouts. The
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    JEEP LEADS A MARCH PAST
    70 5 MALACCA. Thursday.— A subaltern m a jeep led the march past of field guns, armoured cars and infantry m the King's birthday parade at Bandir Hilir this morning, when the Resident Commissioner. Malacca. Mr. E. V. G. Day, took the salute. Large crowds gathered along
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    RED CROSS WOMEN HONOURED BY KING
    599 5 RED CROSS WOMEN HONOURED BY KING Tne work dune by members of the British Red Cro=s Society who arrived m the Malayan Union with thej liberating Imperial forces to j help prisoners of war and suffering inhabitants has been recognised m honours by the King. They have all been appointed
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    Famous Regiment At Saluting Base
    32 5 Section of the Queen's Itoyil Regiment give the ryes right as they pass the saluting base during yesterdiy's Kings Rirtiday parade m S ngapore. Straits Times photo
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    Spectacular Jet Plane Swoop Over Big Parade
    554 5 Spectacular Jet Plane Swoop Over Big Parade THE first jet-propelled plane seen in Singapore was the highlight of the big services display on the Padang yesterday in honour of the King's Birthday. the steps of the Municipal Buildings, the Padang seemed dividf-d into three distinct squares: the blue-and-white square of
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    Big Fire On Rubber Estate
    129 5 Big Fire On Rubber Estate PENANG, Thursday. THIRTY thousand dollars worth of rubber and property were destroyed m a fivenour fire at Dublin Estate yesterday morning. The blaze began at about nvdnight, and continued vhrouLh the early hours of the morn. a:;. It started m the estate smokehouse, which was
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    TEACHERS CONCERT
    109 5 From Our Own Correspondent SEREMBAN, Thursday. I h e Negri Sembilan Teachers Association has arranged a classical concert for the public of Seremban at th^ King George th P Fifth school hall ou Saturday. About 400 people, including the Negri Ruler, the Yang di Pertuan Besar, his Consort,
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    Sarawak Ten-Year Plan
    201 6 Sarawak Ten-Year Plan LONDON, Thursday. MR. David Recs Williams, Labour Member of Parliaa. .at who recently visited Malaya, asked the Colonial Secretary, Mr. Arthur Creech Jones, in the House of Commons yesterday if he would make a statement on the two-year plan and ten-year plan for development of Sarawak recently
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      682 6 T^ T/ -k U T svH Ballet— "La Boutique Fantasque," 10.00 Concert Style. 12 noon Roundabout. Ki-iL/lL/ nJ\Ltt\l A Announcer's Choice, 10.15 Forces' Re- 12.30 Ballet, 1p.m. News Headlines, quest. 10.30 News, 10.40 Forces' Re- 102 The Weeks Composer, 1.15 Swe« Oingapuie q Uest (cent), 10.45 Sports Page, 1102 and
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    British Money Crisis
    380 7 LONDON, Thursday. BRITISH Treasury officials m London categoriI cally deny that Britain is making any move to postpone worldwide convertibility of s'eriing by at the latest July 14. Britain has already granted convertibility to all her principal suppliers: to Argentina as long ago at last £;i»*ember, Canada
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    U.S. WHEAT FORECAST
    72 7 WASHINGTON, Thursday. The Department of Agriculture forecast a winter wheat produc- tion of 1.095.071.000 bushels from the 1947 harvest. With the spring wheat estimated at 316.822.000 bushels, this brings the forecast of wheat production for the year to over 1.400.000.000 bushels the largest crop m American history.
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    LONDON STOCKS
    475 7 LONDON, Wednesday. I ONCE again most sections I finished on a dull note with business m very small proportions, writes Reuter's financial correspondent. Among Industrials, Iron and steels provided one of the few firm exceptions with Whlteheads Jumping 10 shillings on a 10% Increase In the annual dividend
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    TALISMAN RUBBER CO.
    180 7 rE accounts to be presented at the annual meeting of the Talisman Rubber Company, to be held m Singapore today, show that the profit amounts to $7,710. After taking into account tie balance brought forward from last year, less rehabilitation expenditure and expenses, a balance of $4,8?8
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    FLOUR FOR INDIA
    97 7 WMhln^MM. Thursday.— The Department of Agriculture announces a supplementary allocation for July for India of 12.000 long tons o.' flour (wheat equivai lent). 8.500 long tons of wheat I and 17.000 tons of corn. The Department states that the flour has already been bought and ll now
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    U.S. FUTURES
    35 7 New York. Thursday —Crude rubber futures closed 30 to 45 points higher. Sales totalled 35 contracts. September 16.55 bid. December 16.40. March 16.25. No. 1 Ribbed smoked sheets 17 i nominal. —A. P.
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    Oil Palms Of Malaya
    121 7 THE statement by directors of Oil Palms of Malaya Ltd., presented at the annual meeting of the company m England, shows a deficit for the year of £45.159 after charging expenditure In the East and m England. The planted area now totals 12,686 acres. A comprehensive
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    TRYRE PRICE REDUCTION
    62 7 NEW YORK, Thursday. The United States Rubber Company rcecenily announced price re1 ductions ranging from four per cent, to 11 per cent, m its regular line of U.S. Royal tyres, with the largest reduction m popularsizes. Consumer list prices of the largest selling size was reduced from
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    NEW YORK STOCKS
    62 7 NEW YORK. Wednesday.— The ytock market yesterday gave the ricst impressive performance foi many weeks, scoring gains up to three points on a broad front m rctive trading. The strong advance In late dealing was l«i by chemicals, steels mctors. aviations and specialities as shorts ran to
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    CONTROL OF FUEL FLEET
    123 7 LONDON, Thursday.—Britain is giving urgent consideration to the possibility of drawing up, with other European countries, a combined programme of import credit requirements for joint presentation to the United States and any other country willing to make loans for economic recovery, the British Foreign Secretary, Mr.
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    PRINCESS GUINEVERE IN GOOD FORM
    244 8 Trousers, Spear Mirth Impress From Our Racing Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. pRINCESS Guinevere (Spencer) did the morning's outstanding gallop when she beat her stable companions, Courtenay (E. Donnelly) and Jackpot (J. Donnelly) m a trial over three furlongs. She clocked 37 4/5 seconds on the
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    Keep Your Eye 0n...
    245 8 WIN IHE PEACE Unbeaten m all four starts. In wonderful form. Has only weight to beat. PRINCESS GLINEVEEE Ran into form last Saturday. Has only to reproduce a glimpse of her true form to beat this field. ROSEWELL BOY His magnificent sport m the home straight
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    Win The Peace To Win Again
    548 8 Win The Peace To Win Again From Our Racing Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. OATURDAY's big race for O the cracks bears a strong resemblance to a pre-war cup race. It is a pity that the Seiangor Turf Club had not thought fit to offer a token trophy. The race is
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    S.C.C. BEATS JOHORE C.C.
    241 8 The SCO. scored a 35 run victory over the Johore Cricket Club on the Padang yesterday. t. l. iiomer hit up a forceful 58 for the S.C.C., while J. D. Luff added a valuable 49. For Johore, P. J. Norris top^scored with 46. Pearson took five
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    RUGBY LEAGUE
    14 8 LONDON, Thursday. Ru(?by Leafm result yesterday: Bipdford Northern 24, Batley 16.— Reutcr.
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    Early K.L. Selections
    93 8 11.. Cl. 1. Div. 1, 9 f«r*— Win The Peace, Princess Guinevere. H-, CL 1, Div. 2, 9 fare— RoseweU Boy, Trousers. H., CL 2, 9 furs.— NorthweU, Spear Mirth. 11., CL 2, Div. 1, 51 furs— Doncella, Cactus. 11.. Cl. 2. Div. 2, 5} furs— Enlogism,
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    Tomorrow's Card
    858 8 piELDS for tomorrow's races are set oat below Horses Class I—Div.1 Div. I—91 9 Furs. 11l WIN THE PEACE 9.10 "Lucky Syndicate" Martand c 1 PRINCESS Madam Ida Oi and "Mr. PMT QUINEVJCKE 9.08 van Bmifceleo 0 0 0 OOURTKNAT 9.03 Mr. g. C. Wong and "Madam Ohan"
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    Results And Fixtures
    502 8 Cricket Tlie following will represent the CSC. at cricket against the S.R.C. 2nd XI tomorrow at 2 pjn. on the padang: TE.K. Retnam (Capt.). T.E.N. Raubsip, L.P.3. Rajasooria. M. Perera. A.C Shagaran. A.S.R. Phillip, \V. Ponnampalam. W. Ponniah, C.T. Retnaui. A. Vijayaretnam. v\N. Pillai. !2th man N.
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    Seaforths Trounce Malaya Command
    40 8 Seaf orths Trounce Malaya Command From Our Own Correspondent Suivrh .1,, k. tu KUALA LUMPUR. Thursday. enSled th^LrtSh ?i? in ers and *"'ound rood combination £Mtfa£-?&'s 1 f ass spk g—l came when Frew scored after the first 1« minutes.
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    Chinese Football Team Chosen
    171 8 Chinese Football Team Chosen A-ocStiJlrSJi^S^ ll^ *Sf Sin a P° r Chi Football Association to meet the Sing Tao Sport Club at Jalan B<*ar sst-'sjs g Chee Seng, Eng Hoe, Chin Lye, Soo Thuan, Swee Hock, Yee Yuen Meng, Yew Leng, Kirn Seang, Lim Swang, Kwang Leong, Leng Hoo, Lian
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    Negri Team vs. S'pore
    72 8 From Our Own Correspondent SKKKMBAN. Thurs.— Negris team to meet Singapore at cricket this week-end m Singapore has been selected as foilows: T. K. Sukuraarcn <capt.) A. ft Chapman, J. Edmonds, J. S. Potter, Gurdial Sineh, Major Day, Major McGregor, Partridge, Capt. Alsopp, Yaacob bin Latiff,
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    2 CUP RACES FOR PENANG
    151 8 Two cups, the President's Cup) and the D.R.B. Challenge Cup, will be competed for at the Penang Turf Club's three-day Summer Meeting on July 26. Au- 2 and Monday, Aug. 4. The President's Cup race, carrying $2,500 stakes, will be over 8J furlongs and is
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    DOCKYARD WIN BY 19 RUNS
    178 8 Dockyard (Ncival Base) beat the S.R.C. by 19 runs m a match played on the Club padang yesterday. NAVAL BASE Kundle c Ebert b Jansen 15; Nicholas c and b da Silva 1; Beeron b da Silva 7; Milligan c d'Almeida b Jansen 4; Mercer
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    Golf Title To U.S.
    78 8 GULLANE, Thursday. MRS. Babe Didrikson Zaharias of Denver became t:ie first American ever to win the British Women's Amateur golf title today by defeating Miss Jacqueline Gordon of London five and four m the 36-hole final today. Held even during the morring's 18-hole round, Mrs. Zaharias
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    MANILA TEAM ARRIVES TODAY
    59 8 The Manila Chinese Hailt iLjoll Team is expected at Kajlant? Airport this afternoon about the same time as the Sine; Tao Sports Club. Arrangements are bein,^ nude to engage the visitors m six matches three against Singapore Chinese teams and three against teams from up-country. All
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    HOME SOCCER FIXTURES
    45 8 riOOTBALL fixtures far w>mor« r row are FIRST DIVISION Sheffield Dtd. vs Stoke City. SECOND DIVISION Millwall vs. Fullham: Notta Forest vs. Bedford; Manc!u>ster City vs. Newport. THIRD DIVISION (North) Bradford City vs. Lincoln City? New Brighton vs. Rotherham> Wrexham vs. Tranmere.
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    JOHORE SOCCER LEGAUE
    85 8 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Thun a.V The Prisons XI beat Permud i m, the J hore Bahru Soccer I by 2—l after b keenly.re game on the Astana padang. Within a minute of the start. Yunan scored the firs 1 ?o I ff.r Prisons. Dollah
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