The Straits Times, 18 June 1947

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    18 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1545. kic;ht pages SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18. 1947 PRICE TEN CENTS
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    POLICE RESCUE KIDNAPPED TOWKAY
    567 1 POLICE RESCUE KIDNAPPED TOWKAY Guard Shot In Bid To Escape From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Tuesday. MR. Kee Hup Hor, the kidnapped Penang Settlement j Advisory Councillor, was rescued early this morning from the bottom of a sampan after police had shot his guard dead. The rescue followed the arrest
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    40 1 M..,j. Ann G „t, daughter of the Governor of the Malayan Ln.on, who is touring the peninsula with her parents, rides in a light railway to see the Bandi Concession Tin Mines along the east coast. (Other pictures Pace 5.)
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    Army Quits India August 15
    244 1 Army Quits India August 15 NEW DELHI, Tuesuay. r: withdrawal of all British troops from India, numbering about 15,000. is to b> competed by August 15, it was officially announced today. Some British officers of the Indian Army will con tinue to serve until its Indianisation has b?en completed. A
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    BUS WRECKS HOUSES
    104 1 rE entire front portions of two shop houses were wrecked by a trolley bus which ran off the road near the junction of Victoria Street and Jalan Sultan shortly after 9 o'clock last night. A Chinese carpenter living m a front room of one house with his
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    "WALLACE FOR PRESIDENT"
    97 1 WASHINGTON, Tuesday. A j Draft Henry Wallace for Presi- dent" movement began vo -ake shape today as the former Vice-i President awaited any official response to his call lor :i Tru-man-Stalin meeting in* Berli to settle Soviet Am: rican di Terences. Mr. Wallace, mest vocal Amerl- can
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    CHURCHILL HOME
    30 1 LONDON, Tuesday. Smoking a big cigar, Mr. Winston Churchill was brought he me from the hospital on a stretcher today, six days after undergoing a hernia operation.- AJ».
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    British Invitation To Shahrir
    185 1 BATAVIA, Tuesday. THE Indonesian Prime Minister, Sutan Shahrir, is returning tomorrow from Linggadjati, where he has made his new headquarters, to Balavia at the invitation of the British, states the Indonesian Information Ministry. It is understood, the M nist.-y states, that the British Consul General, Mr.
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    STOP PRESS
    72 1 LONDON. Tuesday .—County cricket: At Swansea, Glamorgan drew with Gloucestershire. Gloucestershire 153 and 152 for 5 declared; Glamorgan 90 and 129 for 7. At Manchester. Lancashire drew with Essex. Essex 139 and 150 for 7; Lancashire 215 for 3 dccl. At Northampton, Northamptonshire drew with Hampshire. Hampshire 386
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    Truman Says U.S. Must Be Strong
    197 1 PRINCETON, New Jersey, Tuesday. DRESIDENT Truman told graduates at Princeton University today that small or weakened nations "might not be able to resist encroachments or totalitarian pressures" if the United States showed weakness. The President's address, given to a distinguished gathering at ceremonies connected
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    BEVIN IN PARIS
    113 1 PARIS, Tuesday. •yHE British Foreign Secre1 tary, Mr. Ernest Bevin, and his party of 13 Government economic experts, arlived here by air this afternoon to consult French officials on the implementation of the European rehabilitation plan of the United States Secretary of State, Mr. Marshall. Mr. Bevin
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    "MONTY" HERE NEXT WEEK
    48 1 The Chief of the Imperial General Staff, Field-Marshal Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, will break his journey from England to Australia to visit Singapore for a few days at the end of next week. He is expected to arrive by air on Thursday, June 26.
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    Modern isa tion Plan For Malayanßubber
    486 1 Modern isa tion Plan For MalayanRubber From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. PRELIMINARY discussions are now being conducted between the Malayan Union Government and banks m London aimed at floating a mortage corporation to provide medium-term financial assistance to Malayan rubber estates anxious to replace low-yieid-ing acres with high-yielding
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      37 1 IN OTHER PAGES Police Quell Bif Brawl m Hungary 2 Cinema Owners Reply to Union 3 Editorial 4 Track Death of Spore Ship's Captain 5 Cremation for Shot Kins of Siam C Share Prices 7 Sport 8
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    Bevin's "Aid-for – Europe" Mission
    442 2 Bevin's "Aid- for Europe" Mission The Times Correspondent LONDON, Monday. THE Foreign Minister, Mr. 1 Bevin, who is at present m Paris to discuss the Aid-for-Europe Plan, is taking the initiative and approaching Francs first because the British Government is specially mindful of the part which France can play m
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    POLICE QUELL BIG BRAWL IN HUNGARY
    400 2 Reds Break Up Freedom Meeting SZEGED, HUNGARY, Tuesday. NEARLY 150 Communists, armed with weighted rubber hose, brass knuckles and hatchet-hkc Hungarian "fokos," yesterday broke up a Freedom Party meeting here called expressly to determine whether there was freedom of speech and assembly m Hungary.
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    TWO MISSING IN AIR CRASH
    111 2 WORTHING. Tuesday- Thousands of holiday-makers on the sea front at Worthing today saw a Royal Air Force Mosquito pldnge into the sea west of Worthing Pier. There were two people m the plane, the pilot and the observer, both of whom are missing. The police
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    Greek Guerillas
    43 2 ATHENS. Tuesday.— Greek Government planes went into action yesterday to help smash a group of guerillas at Daphni, near C.v- i avrita m the Peloponnesus, the Greek news agency has announced. The guerillas lost 54 dead and i 59 wounded. Reuter.
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      "Use Jap Methods" Against Crime
      199 2 RANGOON, Tuesday. rcure the crime wave m Burma, the Burmese Press is advocating "Japanese" methods public flogging, torturing beheading, bayonetting. Papers are questioning the efficacy of "civilised wes'ern methods" and urging the Government to try out the more ruthless methods wheh proved successful against crime
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      Tea For Four: 6/
      61 2 - LONDON. Tuesday.—loas on the terrace of the House of Commons were resumed yesterday f:r the lirst time snee 1939. Each member can take three gu?s.s at one time. Tea for four costs G. Beiore the war, tea on th° terrace was the attracti.n of the House
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      Pressmen's Tour
      106 2 FRANKFURT. Tuesday— Eight Soviet correspondents arrived m Frankfurt yesterday to begin a ten-day tour of the American occupation zone. U.P Gutenberg Bible The Gutenberg Bible, print. J m Latin with illuminated initials, was finished m 1456 wnen Gutenbers the printer was afc. A London bookseller. Mr. Eriest Mazes,
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      £20,000 Theft
      64 2 LONDON, Tuesday. Jewel.cry and other pr:p:riy. estimated to be worth £20.000. wns stolen on Sundry n'ght by thieves who raidfd the home of the Earl :i N^rmantcn at R n<rwood. Hampshire. The r.bbcry was discovered when the household awoke yesterday and an urgent call to the noi'.c? brought
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      Dutch Migration
      62 2 AMSTERDAM. Tuesday. -Four hundred Dutch iarmers with Ui lr families, totail ng approximately 1000 persons, will sail today f r Cana^l? nbfi" H mpr ''h "it ship m the first big-^cale emigration Irom H-iianci since the w.ir. Th' em)orrat'in has be >n •••<»anised by the Canadian immigration committee
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      £10,500,000 Dam
      91 2 CAIRO. Tuesday—The Chamber of Deputies ye*»erday passed, by a vote of 144 to six. a resolution allowing the Government to secure an internal loan of £10,500,000 m order to finance the Assuan Dam electrification scheme. The project was designed to generate electric power from the huge Assuan Dam
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      Movie Star Upset
      73 2 LONDON. Tuesday. Gloria Jean. 21-year-old Hollywood singer, leaves for home sadly today, because of the collapse of her plans for a singing tour of Britain. She broke down on the stage of the London Casino the day after the critics had called her singing of the Lords
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      Jaunt For A Joint
      81 2 SHEFFIELD, Tuesday.— A Sheffield butcher, Mr. B. Roberts, yesterday took 200 cf his customer? for a seaside trip tD Bridl:n<*. ten It cost him over £100. Mr Roberts had promised each of his cust:mers a free Joint when peace was restored because they had been so
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      Shot Down By Rifle
      91 2 SANTA MONICA. California, Tuesday.—An amphibious plane carrying film star John Hall and his wife, Francos Langford, was I shot clown by a rifle bullet- The bullet strack the >ropeller and I forced the pilot to make a crash landing. Hali. his wife and the pilot were
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      Flood Waters
      134 2 HOBART. Tasmania, Tuesday.— The worst floods for 30 years m southern, eastern and northern Tasmania have drowned livestock, damaged orchards and blocked main roads. Huon and Derwent Rivers have frozen after heavy rain and gales. Hundreds of families have oeen cut off and some families driven from their
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    Two Japs In Parade Of Death
    231 2 Two Japs In Parade Of Death SHANGHAI, Tuesday. rO Japanese gendarmerie chiefs, sentenced to death by the Chinese military! tribunal lor war crimes, were I paraded through the stree'.si of Shanghai this afternoon before being executed by a firing squad. An uncontrolled crowd of severml thousand milled wltnin a few
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    MUFTI APPEALS FOR ARAB UNITY
    130 2 JERUSALEM. Tuesday. Haj Amin el Husseini. the Mufti of Jerusalem, now living n Egypt, appealed to all Palestine A.o.ijs to close their r.^.nks, m a m s^age read at noonday pmyers n mosque-j th r o ghcut Palestine jn serday. More than 1000 A-nbs m
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    NEW PLANE SERVICE!
    32 2 LONDON. Tuesday.— Over two- j thirds of the seats on the new BOAC Speedblrd air service to Hong Kong, starting next Moada7, will be oper, to non-priority passongcrs.-- Router.
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    MALAYA FOR FAR EASTERN COMMISSION?
    289 2 MALAYA FOR FAR EASTERN COMMISSION? SHANGHAI, Tuesday. A STRONG appeal for a change m the composition of the Far Eastern Economic Commission, to include National representatives of the peoples of Burma, Cey- lon. Malaya, Indonesia and Vietnam, was made by India's chief delegate, Mr. R. K. Nehru, m a speech
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      716 2 NOTICES NOTICE AN7.AC CLUB NOTICE IS HEREBY OIVKN that creditor! of the above Club arc required <,ri '.r aafan the ]sth day of August 1947 fi taad In particular* of thrlr r claim* to the undersigned. 1 this 13th day of June 1947. I)l!f-.W AND NAPIER »3 to 35 Chartered
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      716 2 NOTICES NOTICE With effect from the 18th of June. 1947. the Office of the Commissioner of Land*. Malayan Union. U situated at 1. Clarke Street. Kuala Lumpur. ELECTRXiTY DEPARTMENT MALAYAN UNION Appointment of Technical Apprentice* Applicants for Appointment as Technical Apprentle.es In the Electricity Department, Malayan Union, are Informed that
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    DISMISSAL THREAT ALLEGED
    1350 3 Cinema Owners' Reply To Union THE manager of a Singapore cinema is alleged to 1 have threatened to dismiss his employees if they do not resign from their legally-constituted union and join another union by Monday next. His 20 employees are members of the registered Cinema Workers'
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    SMUGGLERS NOW TURN TO COPRA
    192 3 SMUGGLERS NOW TURN TO COPRA BATAVIA, Tuesday. QMUGGLERS from West »J Borneo to Singapore have taken to copra instead of rubber, said the Netherlands News Agency, Anep, yesterday. Rubber smuggling had lost attraction since its price had dropped. Because of the drop m the value of the Indonesian Republican roepiah
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    ARMED GANG RATDS GAOL
    73 3 MANILA. Tuesday.— Aoout 30 unidentified men, armed with Thompson sub-machine guns, Garand rifles and bolos (big machetes), raided a provincial gaol three kilometers south oi Hasan and released 27 prisoners, including two serving life senten- ces>. Ore loyal Inmate escaped from the c;mpound during the raid
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    Govt. Warns S'pore Chinese Shippers
    354 3 T«HE Singapore Government intends taking the strictest 1 possible steps against any shipper contravening the local shipping regulations, the Secretary for Economic Affairs, Mr. A Heywood-Waddington, has informed the chairman of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Lee Kong Chian. Mr. Heywood-Waddinglon's letter was
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    DUTCH OFFER FREE GIFT OF GOODS
    223 3 A free gilt of Netherlands Indies export gcods to the value of Guilders i 500,000 and facilities to sell $150,000 worth of Malayan goods m Batavia free of price control are among the terms I of the offer which the N.I. Government has made
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      491 3 Fresh Stock Arrived CjfrV^ I CRICKET NETS f AYRES TENNIS RACKETS [HAT MAKES W M AYR* TEHN.S BALIS |mMStOM|IRUE V'Jl ROSE CO., LTD. 86. North Bridge Read i J Phone 6396 Singapore There te enchantment m irue sMn loveliness, to win the heart at a .•<p& man. And there surely
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    ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
    29 4 MR. at. E. MATHEWa. of the School. Batu Pahat. l-rs his trunks to all re,.::d fni nda who attended his wife Rose, sent wreath.-'. aonctio:..- for mass, and
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    IN MEMORIAM
    54 4 IN L dORY ol S. Kolan(lasamy wlio d:ed ir.in a ijulltt wound. J a r.ng a gun fight I :he Police md i >b! rs while on his :hcc ol The S'rai'.s Times 194 li. •lit !rocr. us has none. I loved is stilled. our home, ;..:ed. Bto
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Wed., June 18, 1947 Singapore War Memorial
    1162 4 The Straits Times Singapore, Wed., June 18, 1947 Singapore War Memorial If silence means consent, the j c I Singapore have accepted and endorsed the scheme for a war memorial that was published i for public consideration by' lent last month, there tiaving been an almost complete of comment from
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    GUARDSMAN WHO DROPPED IT
    88 4 London, Tuesday. A butter-fingered Welsh Guardsman dropped his rifle at a I parade before the Royal Family I today, thus joining m ignominy, i the guardsman who fainted lar.t Today \s incident occurred m i the f?rand Quadrangle of Windsor Castle, where the King, accompanied by
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  • Man In The Street
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      A Straits Chinese To A Britisher: Singapore Democracy
      338 4 A Straits Chinese To A Britisher: Singapore Democracy r. J. A. Dmo^hue's letter which appeared m your column? on June 13 under the beading REACTIONS TO M.D.U." contains a number of, assertions which arc entirely; unsupported by fa One gets me 'impression that! his motive In writing the letter was
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      Parcel Mail In The Jet Age
      198 4 A REGISTERED parcel to the U.K. was posted m I binjrapnre on Feb. 14 last. It reached its destination on M^y 7 last. On enquiring as to the reasons for this delay, the explanation <jiv-n by the Post Office was as follows:— 1 'fine
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      "Sorry! Reserved For Europeans"
      123 4 /CERTAIN big department v» stores employing salesgirls, presumably to attract business, would save a lot of com- plaints if the girls were j taught good manners, especially towards Asiatic shoppers whom they ignore and treat as nobodies. I had a very humiliating experience the other day
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      'Living On Our Savings?
      26 4 Tomorrow the Straits Times I will publish a reply by Dato Roland Braddell to yesterday's leading article on income tax and reserves.
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      The Widow's Fine
      243 4 l IVING with us is a widow i« aged about 45. Her husband died soon after the fall of Singapore, leaving her with three son? of whom th^ eldest is 15. Forced to look round for a means of livelihood, she could only s-M! cigarettes. Her perseverance
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      No Thanks For A Police Parade
      287 4 I HAVE a complaint to make on the way a friend of mine and I were treated when ca!Uc! up for an identification parade at Kandang Kerbau Police Station last Monday. We were waiting for our office van, which stops opposite the police station,
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      THE DIPLOMATIC MR. MENON Provident Fund Bill Welcomed
      394 4 THE DIPLOMATIC MR. MENON Provident Fund Bill Welcomed rDER the caption 'THH DIPLOMATIC MR. MENON" you wrote that Mr. V. M. N. Menon claims to have a mandate from the AllMalayan Estalo Asiatic Staffs Association (now the Malayan Estate Workers Union) to ip pose the Estate Asiatic Starts Provident Fund
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    12 4 An architect's sketch of the proposed additions to the Singapore Cenotaph S
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    TRAGIC DEATH OF S'PORE SHIP'S CAPT.
    610 5 TRAGIC DEATH OF S'PORE SHIP'S CAPT. Fell 3a Feet Into Empty Hold TAPT. E. C. Cleaver, Master of the Straits Steamship Company's s.s. Perak, fell 30 feet into the hold of his ship and died m the General Hospital. The tragedy occurred while the ship was unload ing a cargo
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    103 5 These pictures of the Governor of the Malayan Union, Sir Edward Gent and Lady Gent were taken during their East Coast trip. Sir Edward travelled overland to Kota Bahru, capital of Kelantan. using jeep and river boat to take him through some of the wildest country m the Peninsula. Then
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    MALAY SCHOLARS UNITE
    343 5 MALAY SCHOLARS UNITE A MEETING of Malays, who, wers formerly students m Eng'and, Egypt and Arabia was held at Johore Bahru on June 12, and it was decided to form a Malay Graduates' Association. Membership of the association will be open to Malays who are graduates of universities abroad and
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    MALAY CLASSES
    30 5 There will be Malay language classes for men and women every Monday and Friday beginning on Friday, June 20. at the Y.W.C.A. headquarters. No. 11. Leonie Hill Road.
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    Gunman Was Police Informer
    196 5 PE story of how he accompanied two masked Chinese gunmen on a robbery at the house of a Chinese carpenter at Seletar Road on the night of Jan. 27, was told by a Chinese police informer at the Assize Court yesterday when Sim Ah Tiew and
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    TWO INJURED IN MOTOR MISHAP
    54 5 Two persons received minor injuries m an accident m Bukit Panjang. neat the 11 milestone, yesterday. A motor-lorry carrying a large oil tank, and proceeding m the direction of Johore, overturned after hitting a bridge and another lorry, coming from the opposite direction, was slightly
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      "Film Star" Fights Crocodiles
      122 5 ASKED his occupation m the Second Police Court yesterday, an Indian witness, Patrick Francis Arikan, told the magistrate: "I am a film star and I fight crocodiles." Arikan, who added that he "could swallow fire, eat gias^ and was proof against redhot iron," was classified as
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      Mass Meeting
      84 5 KUANTAN, Tuesday.—A mass j meeting to* oppose the proposals for the cor_stituucn of a Federation of Malaya and the Creese- man Committee report is o> ing i called at Kuantan on June 22 by Putera and the Pan-Maluyan Council ot Joint Action. The Putera chairman, Che Ishak. the
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      Secretarial Exams
      54 5 The Corporation of Certified Secretaries' Intermediate ana i Final examinations are now being i held simultaneously at Singapore, Penang and Kuala Lumpur. Entries for the December exI aminations of the Corporation must reach the Secretary, The Corporation of Certified Secretaries, 28 Fltzroy Squares, London, W.I. not later than
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      j Mrs. Barraclough MBE
      78 5 It is announced that Mrs. j Elizabeth Barraclough, of Lord j Killearn's staff, was made an! jM.B.E. m the last King's Birthday Honours list. Mrs. Barraclougih before the war worked m Singapore wUh the Malayan Broadcasting Corporation. She escaped via Java m the last days before
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      Band's Last Appearance
      52 5 The 4/Bth Gurkha Rifles Regimental Band, who are shortly leaving for India will make their last public appearance at a football match m Kuala Lumpur on Thursday. After the match the pipes ar.d bugles of the 4/Bth Gurkha Rillcs will march on the Pada-.ig ar.d i sound
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      Colour Bar
      32 5 The Government of India Ageni, Mr. S. K. Chettur, will address the East-West Society on "The Colour Bar.' 1 t: morrow at 8.30 p.m., m the V.M.C.A., Orchard Road, Singapore.
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      Bishop On Lotteries
      28 5 The Right Reverend J. L. Wilson, Bishop of Singapore, will speak on State Lotteries at Rotary today at 1 p.m. at the Adelphi I Hotel.
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      Kiuang Welfare
      101 5 KLUANG, Tuesday.—The Women's Service League, Kiuang, is holding a Wellare Week to raise funds to help the destitute, aged, blind and orphaned of Kiuang and surrounding districts. The target is $5,000. The week's programme is: Mon., June 23, musical evening, S.E E.s Quarters. 9 p.m.; Tues., jbcxing match,
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      Whipping Ordered
      59 5 Chen Kong San. 24 yeir-old Hokkien, was sentenced to two years' rigorous Imprisonment and six strokes of the heavy rotan, oy the Singapore First District Cc-ur: Judge or. a charge of extortion. Chen was found guilty of extorting $250 from a merchant named Quek Eng Khiang by putting
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      Prices Come Down
      55 5 The price of fish m Singapoie is reduced by from 5 to 40 ?.en>s a kati, according to the variety, stated the Government gazette .vest rday. giving the ceiling prices which may be demanded. Various kinds of vegetables a-e also officially reduced m price Dy from cne
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      Master Tours China
      68 5 KAJANG, Tuesday.— Mr. Paul Chang, senior geography master, Kajang High School, will go on leave to China this month. His object is to make a firsthand geographical study of the country. His tour will be by land, sea and air. Aged 29. Mr. Chang is a graduate
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      Foreign Study
      109 5 Four Kedah boys, former students of the Sultan Abdul Hamid College, Alor Star, will be going overseas shortly for further studies. Che Mohamed bin Jamil will be talcing up a course m tropical agriculture at the Imperial College m Trinidad spending a few weoK.s m England first. Che
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    S'poreArtExhibition Opens
    473 5 S'pore Art Exhibition Opens PE majority of people who visit Judith Heard- White's exhibition of pictures on view at Robinsons this week will probably be! attracted by her sens-! tive and characteristic pastel portraits of local Chinese, Malay and Indian types. One of these, Portrait of a Coolie Woman (26),
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    Escapees Reported Seen
    233 5 Escapees Reported Seen rHE Singapore Criminal Investigation Department have received several rep' r;s connected with the escape irom Outram Road Prison of nine Chinese remand prisoners. The nine men broke out early on Monday morning. C.I.D. officials hop? arrests may result from the lodging of these reports. The C.I.D. cbKf,
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    DEATH SENTENCE COMMUTED
    101 5 From Our Staff Correspondent. JOHORE BAHRU Tuisdav |ÜBRI bin Haji Salleh, wno was sentenced to death by Mr. Justice Laville and whose appeal against the death penalty was dismissed by the Court of Appeal consisting of Sir Harold Wtllan, Chief Justice, Malayan Union. Mr. Justice Murray Aynsley.
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    Girl Students Drink Poison
    42 6 From Our Own Correspondent BANGKOK, Tuesday. UNIVERSITY _Irl undergraduates formed the majority m a wave of 20 suicides m Bangkok m the past fortnight. The girls either drank poison or shot themselves because they failed m their examinations.
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    3 Million Tical Cremation For Shot King Of Siam
    182 6 3 Million Tical Cremation For Shot King Of Siam From Our Own Correspondent BANGKOK, Tuesday. TTIE cremation of King 1 Ananda Mahidol, who was t found dead m the Royal Palace with a bullet wound m the forehead a year ago, will take palace m December this year. It will
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    27 Japs Executed In Java
    201 6 27 Japs Executed In Java From Our Own Correspondent BATAVIA, Tueday. TWENTY-SEVEN Japanes< 1 war criminals have beer executed m Batavia, says i statement issued by the cen tral bureau for the trial ol war criminals. Twenty-six others under sentenoe of death are awaiting the result of appeals for clemency
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    CIVIL SERVICE CLUB REVIVED
    144 6 From Our Own Correspondent i MUAR, Tuesday.— The Muar Civil Service Club was revived i recently. The resuscitation was I dU3 mainly to the efforts of Mr. W. C. S. Corry. then Deputy Resident Commissioner, Johore West. The olub is housed m the State Commissioner's residence,
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    J.P.'s SON WEDS AT SEREMBAN
    103 6 From Our Own Correspondent i SEREMBAN, Tuesday. The wedding took place at Seremban today of Mr. P. T. Arasu, of the Police Dept., Muar, son of Mr. and Mrs. S. Ponnampalam JP., and Miss T. Kanageswary, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. V. Thambiah, of
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    Share Market Turnover Small
    221 6 Share Market Turnover Small By Our Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, Tuesday. j THE share markets were rather featureless, today, with comIparat.vely small turnover. Fraser and Neaves made $3.70. j i Gammons 55.82!-. Hammers offered a: Sl2. Breweries changed hands at $23.55 ex. div.. Raffles at $3.12' Colheries at $2.42'-j and $2.40.
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    PILGRIMAGE TO MECCA
    76 6 From Our Own Correspondent, j ALOR STAR, i itea Three members of the Kedah H>yal family are making the pilgrimage to Mccoa. On the eve of his departure Tungku Ahmad Tajuddin Haji, cousin of the Sultan of Kedah, was entertained by the Muslim League of Alor Slar.
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    European Naafi Man Gaoled
    148 6 European Naafi Man Gaoled From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Tuesday. A EUROPEAN inspector of accounts, Thomas Horan, was sentenced to one year's imprisonment by the Assistant District Judge, Mr. A. M. I. Austin, yesterday, for breach of trust of $2,950 belonging to NiAFI. Horan, who pleaded guilty, said he had
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    376 STUDENTS SIT FOR EXAMS.
    144 6 A total of 376 students of the King Edward VII College of Medicine, Singapore, will sit for their i medical and dental professional! examinations which begin at the:! college tomorrow. The examinations will last until Saturday week. Among the candidates are four who will graduate
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    GOVT. PRINTERS FORM UNION
    90 6 At a mee-.irg of rarekqreei of the Government Printing Office it was unanimously rescived to form a trade union. An interim committee was elected to draft the rules am to contact the Commissioner of Ln.bour with a view to getting the vi on registered. The foil
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      637 6 RmHIO MAT £V^ SI lJ 9 r>0 Humorous B.as>; 9.iwruttiro"» 7.,. •■jiii nrtL/1J IIALM/' Kinuuslanl Song*; 10.00 Malayan 11.30 Ua 1 c;,,^., i Union Affairs; 10.15 Bajans; 10.30 Oingapt;' (Music; IO.45 Film Hits; 11.00 Close RADIO SEAC From Our Own Correspondent. iDov.n. < olomho (Bands: Blue R?d Networks: Noon pxm/\
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    LONDON STOCKS
    469 7 LONDON, Monday. yjULLNESS pervaded In most sections of the house yesterday owing to foreign political considerations, and other than for a slight late rally m gilt-edgeds, most Issues finished at the lowest of the day, writes Reuter's financial correspondent. Kaffirs were marked down soon after business opened on
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    SHARE PRICES
    715 7 LONDON, Tuesday. CINGAPORE shar c quotations to3 day. as given by the Malayan Shareholders' AssoclaUon. were as rouows: INDUSTRIALS Buyer 8eIIer Alex. Brick (O) 2.30 2.40 Alex. Brick (P) 3.50 3.85 B M rrustee 8.25 9.00 Consolidated TId Smelters (O) 21/6 22/6 do (P) 26/- 27/9 Eastern United
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    RUBBER
    60 7 The Sinpapore Chamber oi Commerce Rubber Associations prices at noon on Saturday were: Buyers Sellers Cts. Cts. per lb. per Ib. Ho. 1 R.S.S. Spot Loose 30% 31 No. 1 R.S.S. fob in bales June 31% 32 No. 2 R.SJS. fob in bales June 30% 31% Xo. 3 R.S.S.
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    Produce Market Coffee And Rice Quiet
    346 7 Produce Market Coffee And Rice Quiet From A Market Correspondent N the Singapore food and produce markets yesterday, rice and coffee were quiet, sugar dull and green peas firm. Since the rubber slump, local traders with the Indies have been inging m copra and other roduce resulting m the position
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    RUBBER CROPS
    61 7 The fcllowin? rubber crops arc reported for May: Allenby Rubber Co. Ltd., 47,000 lb. Benta Rubber Estates Ltd., 72,000 lb. Jeram Kuantan Rubber Estate, 79,000 lb. Kundong Rubber Estate. Ltd., 38,000 lb. Mentakab Rubber Co. Ltd., 127,000 lb. Sungei Bagan Rubber Co. Ltd., 119,000 lb. Sandycroft Rubber Co.
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    TOURISTS SCORE 241 FOR 6
    165 8 TOURISTS SCORE 241 FOR 6 TAUNTON, Tuesday. THE South Africans with four wickets m hand were 71 runs ahead on the first innings when stumps were drawn yesterday |m the second day of their match against Somerset here. Somerset made 170 m their first innings and m reply the tourists
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    Teams For Big Golf
    466 8 The following are the teams and starting times for the game beveen Royal Singapore Golf Club and the Island Club on Sunday morning, (Island Club players mentioned nrsv,>. The first match starts from the first tee and the second from the tenth. 8.25 J. S. Kirkham
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    STORY BEHIND RECORD-BREAKER Sunday's Race Was First For Fong
    336 8 STORY BEHIND RECORD-BREAKER Sunday's Race Was First For Fong From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, luesday. ALL doubt about the merit of Chinese Fong Seow n Yoke's 50 metres swim at the Chinese Swimming Club Ir.st Sunday should be settled on July 20. On that date Fong will make his bid
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    30 French Horses For Ascot
    224 8 30 French Horses For Ascot LONDON, Tuesday. FRENCH turfmen hope to dominate the four-day Ascot race meeting which starts today. They are encouraged by the surprising victory of Baron Geoffrey de Waldberg's Pearl Diver m the Epsom Derby and see chances of making off with a good share of the
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    Sporting Fixtures And Results
    545 8 Football A team to represent the Mental Hubpual XI against tht HQ. Signals (S.K.A.L.F.) at soccer to be played on Friday will be selected from the following. Bah Chee, Sah-t Per.enga (Capt), Amat Tamby, Mahani Tahir, Yusof Tahix, Ah Kow, Supr.-maniam, Amat Hussain, Omar Tahir, Pahie
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    MALAYS IMPROVE POSITION
    395 8 Beat Airmen With New Forward Line Malays 2; R.A.F 1. PAINING two points from the Royal Air Force at v Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday, the Malays moved up to third place m the S.A.F.A. League tables with a total of 14 points from 11 matches. Chinese Seniors
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    59 8 Hong Kong football officials photographed during a shopping tour in Singapore yesterday. Left to right: Mr. H. K. Lee, Secretary of the Hong Kong Sing Tao Sports Club, Mr. Wong Ka Than, Chairman of the Hong Kong Football Association and advise.- to the Sing Tao footballers, and Mr. L. F.
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    SING TAO TO PLAY TODAY
    150 8 Toony's interport soccer match between Sing Tao Spsrts CJub of Hong Kong and a combined Sini gapore civilian side is sure to at- tract a huge crowd. After enly being able to hold the Singapore Chinese Football Association to a 3-all draw last Saturday, the
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    INDIANS IN BIG TENNIS
    77 8 LONDON. Tuesday. Several Indian players are appearing m the London lawn tennis championships at Queen's Club which is serving as a curtain raiser to next week's Wimbl?don championships. In the second round men's singles today Pierre Pellizza, France, beat J. Mehta, India, 6-3, 6-4. but D.
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    Riders For Hunt Cup
    119 8 LONDON, Tuesday —P:obablfc horses and jockeys for the Royal Hunt Cup to be run tomorrow over seven fur lon ;s 155 yards are Patchouly, W. Jolmstonc; Fairey Fulmar. T. Goslin;; Preciptic, Bd'iar Britt; Joan Star, Gordon Richards: Rio Date. V\. Nevett: Scianus. :»li'[iae| bea.y; Whistling Wind,
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    Visitors Beat S'gor Team
    274 8 Visitors Beat S'gor Team rE visiung Philippines basketball team bear a Selangor Chinese team last night at the Happy World stadium. Scores were: Philippines, 49; Selangor, 37. The Philippines side won by polish m their goal shots, slicker passing, and skill m avoiding penalty. Selansor played brilliantly m the third
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    JOHORE ENGLISH COLLEGE WIN
    90 8 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Tuesday— Playi.iK j their first match of the season, the English College defeated the Old Boys XI by 12 runs. Batting first, the Old Buys were bundled out fo 45 runs. S:;i ::i.-n took six wickets for 14 runs. But
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    SEEDINGS FOR WIMBLEDON
    56 8 WIMBLEDON. Tuesday :—Seed>nes m the Wimbledon cbamDionships, to begin on June 23, have b?ei; announced as follows 1. Jack Kramer: United States; 2. John Bromwlch. Australia: 3. Tom Brown. United States; 4. Dinny Pails. Australia: 5. Geoffrey Brown. Australia; 6. Aroslav Drobny, Czechoslovakia: 7. Yvon Petra. France:
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    Tax System "Hard On Promoters"
    297 8 THE Singapore entertainment tax system was unduly hard on promoters, said Mr. H. K. Lee, secretary of the Hong Kong Sing Tao Sports Club, yesterday. He said the Singapore system taxed promoters only, and reduced their takings. In Hong Kong the Government u.rectly taxed the
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      32 8 SINGAPORE TIDES Today. Higrh water 10.31 a.m., g ft. 3 in.: 9.50 D.m.. 9 ft 3 in. Tomorrow. Hith water 11.23 a.m., 8 ft. 5 in.; 10.31 p.m.. 9 ft. 6 in.
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