The Straits Times, 23 June 1947

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    18 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845. EIGHT PAGES SINGAPORE, MONDAY, JUNE 23, 1947 PRICE TEN CENT
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  • Article, Illustration
    ANOTHER OUTRAM ESCAPE
    346 1 European Removes Cell Bars A EUROPEAN soldier escaped from Outram Road prison early yesterday afternoon m the second break from the gaol within a week. The escaped man, John Hallard, had served the first six weeks of an eight-year sentence for armed robbery. He made the break,
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    Indonesians Answer Dutch
    249 1 Indonesians Answer Dutch BATAVIA, Sunday. THE Indonesian Republic has now sent an interim reply to the latest Dutch memorandum exchanged m the political crisis which accepts most of the Dutch "final" proposals for the implementation of the Linggardjati agreement. The reply states, however, that certain vital points have been re-
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    PLANE WRECK ON MINDANAO
    96 1 MANILA, S;;ii'Jay.— The United States Army said today the wartime wreck of a C-47 transport planf* m Mindanao had been I by a search party, which was identifying the remains. It was not revealed where the ■vas situated. The names oi the victims were being withheld
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    20 Killed In Tanker Explosion
    172 1 LONG BEACH, California, Sunday. rpWENTY people were re- ported to have been killed today m an explosion m the tanker Markay, loaded with butane petrol, m Los Angeles harbour channel. Flaming fuel spread across the channel to the shore. It was estimated that damage would
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  • Article
    "SOVIET BEHIND CHINA REDS"
    104 1 NANKING, Sunday. China's Vice-President. Dr. Fo, claimed I today that the Chinese Com- munists had the full support of the Soviet Union, and called on the United States to re-define her policy. A correspondent of the indei pendent newspaper Hsin Mm Pao quoted the Vice-President today
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    CHILD DROWNED IN BUILDER'S PIT
    86 1 rpwo-year-old Heather Gay X Lees, only daughter of Squadron Leader and Mrs. W. G. Lees, was drowned m a pit of water near her home at 475, Pasir PanJang Hill, yesterday evening. Heather was playing m the garden when she fell head foremost into the
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  • Article
    WALLACE CRITICISES BEVIN
    180 1 WASHINGTON, Sunday. rpHE former United States vice-president Mr. Henry Wallace, to-day criticised British Foreign Secretary, Mr. Ernest Bevin, for the "tone of his remarks on Russia during last Thursday's House ol Commons debate. "Unless," declared Mr. Wallace, I "his. attitude is repudiated promptly the effect could be
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    Untitled
    39 1 The '"in* and Princess Klizibeth, arriving at the Horse Guards Parade m London to attend the Trooping of the Colour ceremony on June 12. The event was alt ended by 50 American airmen on a goodwill mission to Britain.
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  • Article
    Soviet Expected To Reply Today
    226 1 MOSCOW, Sunday. THE reply of the Soviet Foreign Minister, Mr. Molotov, to the invitation to join m the talks on the Marshall Plan to aid Europe is expected by tomorrow at the latest, it was learned m Moscow last night. Indications that the Soviet Government
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  • Article
    HONG KONG RUBBER CONTROL ORDER
    65 1 HONG KONG, Sunday. The Hongkong Government added raw rubber to the export control order under which wood, oil and tin may be exported to the United States, Canada and the Philippines under licence only. The move was the effect of a further tightening of the
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    Bottles For The Nazis
    82 1 COLCHESTER. Sunday.— Mr. Winston Churchill himself has never told the whole story of his famous "We will fight on the beaches" broadcast after Dunkirk, said the Dean of Canterbury, Dr. Hewlett Johnosn, here last night. "Daring' his broadcast,' jaid the Dean, "Mr. Churchill put his hand
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    $30,000 FOR A NEWSPAPER
    126 1 HONG KONG, Sunday —Thirty thousand dollars was paid for a single copy of today's issue of Hong Kong's Chinese paper Wah Kiu Yat Pao. Thi s sum was given by the Nanyang Tobacco Company, when the Wah Kiu Yat Pao launched its drive for the relief
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    SHOOTING, FIRES FOLLOW LAHORE BOMB OUTRAGE
    477 1 LAHORE, Sunday. LAHORE'S worst bomb outrage yesterday was followed today by a new fire which destroyed about 100 houses. Police and troops fired on curfew breakers during confusion caused by the spreading fire and six people are reported to have been injured. British troops
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    FOR PAKISTAN
    82 1 UUIVANDRUM, <i ravuncore, Sunday. Travancore, south Indian state which recently declared for independence alter the British withdrawal from Ir.dia, la to enter into relations witn Pakistan, the future state of I Muslim India, the State Government announced here last nipht. The announcement, says: "This agreement with Pakistan :.i
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  • Cable Flashes
    • Article
      Crime Novelist Who Survived
      119 2 BAR HARBOUR, Maine, Sunday. CRIME novelist Mary Roberts Rinehart escaped unharmed yesterday when her Filipino cook thrice attacked her. He used one pistol and three knives In his attempts. Her assailant, Bias Reyes, 65, had worked for her for 25 years. He was overpowered by tlhe
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      Election "Joke"
      61 2 PARIS, Sunday.— President Antonio Aguirre of the Basque Government m exile yesterday said that all real Spaniards must despise the coming referendum m Spain on Franco's new law of succession. In a statement on the referendum he said it was nothing but a joke when held m a
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      Survivors Fly On
      53 2 DAMASCUS, Sunday.— Survivors of the Pan-American clipper which crashed at Meyadln, Syria on Thursday, killing 14 of the 37 people on board, continued their journey to London yesterday by Only one of the survivors remained m Syria. k^yS I**?1 %&s% &s on a fllght from Karachi, India,
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      Strike Threat
      89 2 LONDON. Sunday:— An appeal 1 to all miners to avoid a strike "m this crucial stage of the national s emergency" was made by the Vice-President of the South Wales area of the National Union of 1 Mineworkers. Mr. Will Arthur yesterday, m a dispute which threatened to
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      Wavell, LL. D.
      29 2 Th 2 ioc.a'r \icerov of India, Field -Marshal Earl Wavell, after receiving the honorary decree of Doctor of Laws at Cambridge University this month.— A.P. picture.
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      Yugoslav Amnesty
      69 2 i BELGRADE, Sunday.— A broad s amnesty for persons convicted by 1 the People's Court of withholding grain surpluses In the recent food 1 crisis was announced yesterday by the Yugoslav Government. J Confiscated property of these persons is also to be returned. The amnesty is not to
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    • Article
      Siamese Services
      59 2 BANGKOK. Sunday. Direk Jayanam, Siamese Ambassador designate to Britain, has been awarded the United States Medal of Freedom for wartime service to America and the Allies, it was stated here yesterday by the United States Information Service. It was also stated that other Siamese underground workers would be
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    • Article
      Spaghetti Crisis
      46 2 ROME, Sunday.— The Ministry of Agriculture estimated yesterday that the Italian grain harvest would be 1,300,000 tons short of last year's and that Italy would have to import almost 3,000 000 tons of wheat m 1948 to maintain the bread and spaghetti ration. U.P.
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      107 Not Out
      44 2 DEVIZES, Sunday.— Mrs. Elizabeth Sellwood, aged 107, of Charlton St. Peter, near Devizes, celebrated her birthday quietly yesterday. The oldest person m Witshire and possibly m all England, she enjoys sweets and chocolates but does not know they are rationed Reuter.
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      Points For Housewives
      48 2 LONDON, Sunday.— The Ministry of Food announced yesterday sharp increases m ration points values for tinned meats of many types. New categories are to be ration- ea m future as a result of the exhaustion of large stocks originally acquired for the armed services. U.P.
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      Trouble In Trieste
      45 2 ROME, Sunday.— Twelve people were injured m Trieste when two hand grenades .vere hrown by unidentified persons against the local Communist club known as the Perossa on Friday night, a Trieste despatch to tne Messaggero stated yesterday. One arrest was made. Reuter.
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      Potato Harvest
      61 2 LONDON, Sunday.— Housewives queueing m Old Kent Road, London, for potatoes yesterday saw thousands of potatoes showered across the road when the load on a 10-ton lorry shifted and boxes burst. Temptation gained the upper hand and the housewives left the queues to fill baskets. Traffic was held
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      Struck Oil
      80 2 PARIS, Sunday. Oil prospectors m the French Pyrenees struck petroleum gas yesterday m what is believed to be the discovery of a new source of oil. The drillings, made at Antin, near Trie Sur Baise m the HautePyrenees Department, reached the Detroleum gas at 1.540 metres Jepth. The
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    STRIKE CALL TO BANK WORKERb
    96 2 PARIS, Sunday:— French bank employees were yesterday called on to continue their three-day-old strike for higher wages by M Oreste Capocci, Secretary-Gener-al of the Bank Employees' Federation, which is affiliated to the Communist controlled General Confederation of Labour. "On Monday not a single bank sb^-ilcj
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    Britain's Jap Trade Problems
    376 2 The Times City Editor LONDON, Sunday. SOME of the conditions at« t ached to the resumption of private trading in and with Japan o n Aug. 15 are perplexing. They certainly seem to be unfavourable for Britain and her textile industries. For example, raw silk hai
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    CAPINET DISCUSSES INDO-CHINA
    47 2 PARIS, s mda Inner Council of the French Cabinet met last night and heard a report by M. Emile Bollaert. French High Commissioner to Indo-Chin? The Council adjourned without The Cabinet discussion of IndoCm.id was arranged lor another cabinet meeting early this week Reuter.
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      706 2 TENDERS S TENDERS Tenders will be received at noon on 7th July, 1947 for the supply of Standard Road Traffic Signs U the State Engineer. P.W.D.. Johore Bahru. Tender forms Riving details of the signs required may be had on application to the State Engineer. P.W.D. Johore Bahru. STATE ENGINEER,
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      138 2 BORN IN THE YEAH OF e <*»fe «U TN 1887 the Empire celebrated the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria. In the same year the Manufacturers Life Insurance Company was incorporated by an Act of the Parliament of Canada. The company was born m an age of peace and growing prosperity.
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    BRITAIN CHARGED BY HUNGARY
    259 3 "Offered Support To Conspirators BUDAPEST, Sunday. A WHITE Paper which the Hungarian Government n is publishing today claims that Britain and the United States have offered to provide the former Premier, Mr. Ferenc Nagy, and the so-called "conspirators with funds and material support," it was learned
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  • Letter
    Johore Weekly Letter
    693 3 Johore Weekly Letter From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU. Sunday. MR Justice A. J. Bostock Hill, Puisne Judge, Johore, who held a session of the Supreme Court at Muar this week proceeded later to Penang to meet his fiancee. Miss Rosetta Mancroft, daughter of the late Lord Mancroft, and of
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    Volunteers Decorated
    105 3 From Our Staff Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, Sunday. r[E efficiency decoration has been awarded to Capt Guan Ho Goh, Straits Settle ments Volunt»?r Force, and L:eut.-Col. D. S. Ainger, Fed crated Malay Sates Volunteer Force. Efficiency medals have been awarded to the following members of the F.M.S.V.F. Regimenta] quarter
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    WARNING ON RUBBER
    141 3 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON. Sur.day— Lengthily reviewing the world rubber po-l sition, the Economist considers it too soon to frame a definite conclusion concerning the competition between natural and synthetic rubber. It gives the reason that 'with the intensification of work on field crystal chemistry, it
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    S.J.A.B. TO HOLD NEW CLASSES
    140 3 S.J.A.B. TO HOLD NEW CLASSES From Our Own Correspondent SEREMBAN, Sunday. Field ambulance work and hygiene for men. and home nursing and child welfare for women, are to be subjects m spe- j cial classes open to the public which the Negri Sembilan branch of the St. .loan Ambulance Brigade
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  • Obituary
    OBITUARY
    33 3 HEATHER GAY LEES, aged 2 years nnd 2 months, only daughter of Squadron-Leader and Mrs. W. G. Lees of 475. Pasir Pan Jang Hill. Funeral from' 8.M.H., Alexandra Road, 4 p.m. today.
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    ARAB WEDDING IN SINGAPORE
    123 3 Two nror°'-" 1 -nt Arab families were unued m Singapore last week when Miss Noor Tallb, third daughter of Mrs. and the late Mr. Salim, Tallb of Arabia and Singapore, and Mr Amir Talib. son of Mr. and Mrs. Awad Talib. of Arabia and Java, were
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    UNION LABOUR CHIEF
    106 3 Mr. I*. G. D. Houghton has been gazetted as "officiating as" Commisloner for Labour, Malayan Union, with effect from June 3. Mr. Houghton, who has been with the Ministry of Labour for 28 years, is now undertaking a tour of the Malayan Union to meet labour department
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    BONE MANURE FOR CULTIVATORS
    66 3 MALACCA, Sunday. Padi cultivators who require bones for manure purposes may now obtain these at $16 a picul from central points In districts designated by the Agricultural Department. Malacca. In order to assist those cultivators who cannot pay cash for their requirements, the department is prepared
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    Monty Visit Censored
    181 3 JERUSALEM, Sunday. THE Palestine Government last night put a censor ban on any mention in the press about Field-Marshal Viscount Montgomery, Chief of the Imperial General Staff, who was reliably learned to have arrived in Palestine earlier ir the evening. More than 130,000 Arabs living In the
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    STORE CHILDREN GIVE CONCERT
    90 3 A concert was held on Saturday night at the Singapore Community Church in Balestier Road, Singapore. Pupils of Mrs. Lucien Wand and Mr. Goh Soon Tioe, two well-known music teachers In Singapore gave recitals of selected pieces by many composers. Those who took part in the
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Monday, June 23, 1947. What Mr. Bevin Grabbed
    1233 4 The Straits Times Singapore, Monday, June 23, 1947. What Mr. Bevin Grabbed What exactly is this Marshall plan for Europe? That question has probably been m the minds of many readers of the Straits Times m the last few days, and understandably so. for the way m which this plan
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    VATICAN FEARS NEW WAR
    101 4 VATICAN City, Sunday. The Vatican last night issued a senii- official warning to all nations to shun armed security as false i>.nd said that peace had become so I difficult "as to make one fear anI 1 other war already." 1 1 Signor Giuseppe Dalla Torre,
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    Where Penang will enjoy music by the sea
    902 4  - Where Penang will enjoy music by the sea CHIA KAY SEE By rOR wee'-'a the ohaip rattle 1 of pneumatic drills has been shattering *the air of the Esplanade and the Fort Cornwallis area; yet the s pY s'ng f ears. The people know that this drilling, to break up
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  • Man In The Street
    • Letter
      400 Fighters: where were they?
      186 4 I RE AD m your account ofj the annual dinn?r of the As-j sociation of British Malaya: that Lord Tedder is alleged to have said that at the time ofj the Japanese invasion 400 additional fighters were sent to Malaya. I suggest that this figure
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    • Letter
      Another Housewife To Mr. Hamer
      201 4 I HEARTILY agree with "Housewife" that although the Food Controller assured us that broken rice would be replaced by good rice, the retailers still issue the former type with impunity. I nave had occasion to complain to the Controller about it, but nothing was dor!e.
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    • Letter
      From A Father Of Two Soldiers
      125 4 I CANNOT but endorse the letter headed TWENTY MONTHS" m yoyr issue of June 17. Two imy sons answered the clarion call sent out by the Government m 1941. They joined up, served throughout the campaign, one of them shedding his blood m doing
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    • Letter
      Runyanese
      79 4 I'M afraid you aren't doing you good this Damon Runyon business. I reckon you gotta ship him back as our boys aren't doing good reading this American way. Well, you've been doing big paper and unless you shake the feller out, your big paper ain't gonna be big anyway.
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  • Obituary
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    21 4 LAMB —On Saturday, 21st June, 1947 at Batu Gajah Hospital to Catherine Jean, wife of J.H.S. Lamb, a caughter, Jean Alexandre.
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    Rent-Increase Powers Fori Landlords
    625 5 SINGAPORE BILL TO BE INTRODUCED CINGAPORE landlords will have power to increase the rent of premises m certain cases under the provisions of a Control of Rent Bill to be introduced m the Advisory Council shortly. The Bill permits increase m three instances: (a) where the
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    "CONSUL WILL PROMOTE UNITY
    168 5 "CONSUL WILL PROMOTE UNITY iv U ALA Lu.\ii'UK. Sunday. Mr. A C. T. Kwong, the new Chinese Consul for Kuala Lumpur, took the opportunity of an official tea party given m his honour by the Chinese community, yesterday evening, to announce his intention to establish m the Malayan Union a
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    INDIAN HEMP ON BANNED LIST
    108 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Sunday: Hashish, or Indian hemp, com- known In Malaya as ganja. has been put on the forbidden list inder the D»lct?rious Drugs Oruinance under which sales of specified drjgs are banned, except under licensed conditions. Two other drugs— desomorphine pnd petr-.iJing— said to
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    Board's Power To Decrease Rent
    339 5 RECOMMENDATIONS that the Rent Assessment Board i u u mU *u S J^sd^tion to questions of rent only and should have the right to decrease rent in certain casi were made by the Rent Committee appointed by the Govcmor, whose report was released yesterday The
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    Relief For The Dispossessed
    410 5 I ii.asii.iiis> and tenants wno were deprived ol the enjoyment of their premises by reason of the Japanese occupation are to be given relief from their legal obligations under a Bill shortly to be introduced m the Singapore Advisory Council. The title of the Bill, one
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    Untitled
    92 5 An officer of <h©^Cvv*-7*v:-r<?uii eS e Saacinjr Coroor I Vn» m Singapore deiiioim. rafts the bank's new chute-safe installed 10 relieve clients of the necessity of keeping after-business-nours takings and other valuables m their office safes or homes. A client may visit the chute, m ihe fiont wall of the
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    At Convent Charity Ball
    42 5 .At the charity ball m aid of the Convent of the Good Shepherd building Fund, held at the v ictoria Memorial Hall on Friday: The Dayang Muda of Saraw ik, Mr. Anthony Brooke, and Wrs. T. V. Mitchell.
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    Death Of Guerilla Planter
    227 5 A WELL-KNOWN Johore planter and former mem- Der of the Malayan guerilla Force 136, has died in Westminster Hospital, London. He was Capt. Douglas Browning, aged 45. and his death was a re- suit of illness contracted on active i service when he worked with j
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    Untitled
    29 5 BANGKOK, Sunday.— Pridi Pai nomyong. the Siamese elder statesman, has returned here after attending the Washington meetings of the Franco-Siamese border conciliation commission. He described his mission as successful.—Reuter.
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  • Malayan Round-up
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      Businessman
      97 5 ALOR STAR, Sunday. A GANG of Chinese robbers recently broke into the house of an aged businessman m Porlis and, after shooting him down and wounding him on the leg made good their escape. At 2 a.m. the businessman heard a knock at the door of his house m
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      Stole Scrap Rubber
      133 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Sunday. Two women and four children, all Chinese, who worked on Amber Estate, were charged before Che Ali. magistrate, with the theft of rubber from the estate. They admitted taking some scrap rubber for lighting purposes. The estate had been losing rubber for some time
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      New Appointments
      85 5 jKUALA LUMPUR. Sunday.— Mr. A. W. Wallich has been appointed a member of the Joint Transoort j Advisory Board m place of Mr. W. G. C. Blunn who has gone on j leave. The Secretary for Economic < Affairs, Singapore, has also been appointed a. member of the
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      Political Bodies
      88 5 SEVEN Singapore associations have been recognised as poli- j ;ical associations according to a Government Gazette notification i f jublished Saturday. j t The associations concerned are- -Angkatan Pemuda Insaf < API), j A Council of Joint Action. Malayan a ALOR STAR, Sunday, being chased by a detective
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      Chinese Schools
      119 5 PENANG. Sunday -"When conditions improve, government will give increasing financial and other assistance to Chinese schools." This assurance is given m an official reply to representations made by Chinese schools for a bigger grant-in-aid. The reply also promised that Chinese educationial interests and agencies would be represented on
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      Tax Refunds
      98 5 KUALA LUMPUR— A press release from the Accountant General's office, Malayan Union, states that the War Taxation (1942» Enactment as published m the supplement to the F.M.S. Gazette, dated November 27, 1341, never became law. In consequence, claims for refund of tax paid to the proverr.ment of the
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      Cobra Kills Man
      88 5 ALOR STAR. Sunday. A young Malay farmer. Abdul Hamid. of Matangiboi. m North Kedah. dim of snake bite m his village yesterday and his body has been taken to the General Hospital. Alor Star, for a post mortem examination. Abdul Hamid had gone to nis bendang to
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      Malayan Eurasians
      35 5 Progress with the plan for the formation of a Malayan Eurasian Union Is reported In the annual report of the Selangor Eurasian Association to be submitted at the annual meting on July 29.
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    Russian Influence On United States Attitude To Rubber
    832 6  - Russian Influence On United States Attitude To Rubber A Market Correspondent Weekly Share Market Review By THIS week has seen a decided reduction m the amount of business passing m the local sharemarket. For various reasons, not the least of which is the political situation affecting Russia, investors have adopted
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    ADMINISTRATIVE AND LABOUR TENSION
    475 6 U. S. Weekly Review rtIMCn NEW YORK, Sunday. CLASONAL influences were at work m business and finance ~7 last week, pushing some industries to new postwar peaks and slowing down others. Despite slight lags here and i there, however, business conditions remained far better than business
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      295 6 I All The Folks Are Saying NOW SHOWING "It's the grandest movie seen CA DIT n I n Singapore this year." ft SO DON'T MISS Releasedby ;^^B RKO Radio Picture*. Inc '^^^B ■^^T^TpSlHiSlT^'M E^^'' NEW SHIPS'TrORES (made m ENGLAND)~AVfI"IUcLE EX STOCK OAfta Renuloe Ash. B. 12 14 1 STEEL BRUSHES
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      530 6 PflrUf"» MxiT BVi news; 8.30 news headlines, local annts, hour; 11.20 The news: 11.30 InterK*\Ul\J t*U\Ln I rt english, programme summary; 8.35 lude; 11.35 Parliamentary summary; (Bands: Blue and Red Network*: waltztime-25 minutes lnalJth ceil- 11 50 Home fla^h. W^c^oU: tSft Ic^l RADIO SEAC *L si m^> P-« previous week;
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    LONDON STOCKS
    428 7 LONDON, Friday. ON the London Stock Exchange today, the effect of the foreign policy statement regarding Europe by the Foreign Secretary, Mr. Ernest Bevin, did much towards relieving the uncompromising attitude the markets recently were displaying, writes Reuter's financial correspondent. A firmer note was evident. There was nothing
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    Produce Market Feels' "Breeze"
    561 7 From A Market Correspondent rE general depression in the local produce market since the slump in rubber prices has already in flicted thousands of dollars' loss to the Singapor( produce dealers, especially in the pepper, sago-flour sugar and coffee sections. According to competent critics, the present
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    BENTA ESTATES
    135 7 BENTA ESTATES A DEBIT balance of $16,782 for the year is shown m the Profit and Loss Account of the Benta Rubber Estates Limited. It will be presented to the annual meeting of the company at Kuala Lumpur on Saturday. It is recommended In the report that the balance of
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    ESTATES' PLIGHT IN E. SUMATRA
    320 7 rpHE signing of the Linggadjati agreement between the A Dutch and Indonesian delegations on March 25 has not yet resulted m a restoration of conditions on the east coast of Sumatra such as would permit of the inspection of the estates of the subsidiary companies
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    JERAM KUANTAN
    118 7 JERAM KUANTAN 1 CROP of 353.000 lbs. was harvested during the year by the Jeram Kuantan Rubber Estate Limited. Tapping began or. Apr. 16 last year. This is stated In the report of th 2 directors. It Is being presented to the annual meeting of the company m Singapore to-day.
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    RUBBER
    64 7 The Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association's prices at noon on Saturday were: Buyers Sellers Cts. Cts. per lb. per lb. No. 1 R.S.S. Spot loose 23% 29 No. 1 R.S.S. fob m bales July 29% 30 No. 2 R.S.S. fob m bales JuK 28\ 29 No. 3 R.S.S.
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      687 7 MANSFIELD CO., IJD. ln< urpuiaira m Singapore) BLUE FUNNEL LINE SAILINGS FROM U.K. AND U.S.A. •"Sommelsdijk" From U.S. A O. 6 "Agamemnon" from U.K. for II kong A S'hai In Port "Radja" Due from U.S. A June 24 "Sarpedon" Due from U.K June 27 "Anchises" Due from U.K. A Cont
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      222 7 PRESIDENT LINE SAILINGS TO NEW YORK AND BOSTON vi» INDIA EGYPT MEDITERRANEAN PORTS Arrive! IRAQ VICTORY GODOWNS 25 A 26 PENANG JUNE 28 WILLIS VICKERY SINGAPORE JULY PORT SHAM JULY 19 PENANG JULY 24 Freight Only AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINES, LTD. UNION RI.DG. TELS.: 6228 FRT 8757. PASSAGE 4949. WATERMAN LINE
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      185 7 S.S TREVELYAN for genoa a london WILL LOAD AT SINGAPORE ABOUT JUNE 22 PORT SWETTENHAM ABOUT JUNE 29 PENANG ABOUT JULY 5 FOR FREIGHT PLEASE apply ISLAT KERR CO.. LTD. TELEPHONE 5459—5456 WESTERN CANADA STEAMSHIPS LTD. OIRECI SERVICE TO:— LOS ANGELES, SAN FRANCISCO PORTLAND. SEATTLE VANCOUVER S.S LAKE LILLOOET. LOADING
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      578 7 ELLERMAN KLAVENESS UN£ Dl l fl/ IJ A I I (incorpuraiec wild Linnu-a Liability ir Norwav> S.S. CO., LTD. L °S ANGELES, 1 rincoroorateo v, England, SAN FRANCISCO LONDON A CONTINENT VANCOUVER M.s. -city of cnESTER" "SOMERVILLE" July 10 £ARLY AUGUST Calls p Swettenham McALISTER CO., ufO. ilncoruorateo m Singapore)
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    MALAYAN CHINESE BEAT SING TAO
    611 8 MALAYAN CHINESE BEAT SING T AO Wimbledon Starts Today: 30 Nations Entered LONDON, Sunday. WIMBLEDON, which may perhaps be rightly described as Britain's greatest annual international sporting event, opens again tomorrow when competitors from 30 nations bid for titles which for the majority of the players are most coveted m
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    Compton, Edrich Get Centuries In Test
    369 8 Compton, Edrich Get Centuries In Test LONDON, Sunday. MIDDLESEX batsmen Denis Compton and Bill Edrich each scored centuries in bringing England's score to two wickets for 312 runs in the Second Test against South Africa yesterday. Edrich had scored 109 runsi and brought his season's total I to more than
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    Scoreboard
    151 8 ENGLAND Hutton b Rowan 18 Washbrook c Puckett b Dawson 65 Edrich not out 109 Compton not out 110 Extras 10 Total (for 2 wkts.) 312 BOWLING byes 2 legbyes 8 which got him there was a "stolen single" off Mann. He had hit 12 fours. The next noint
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    SINGAPORE WINS TABLE TENNIS
    85 8 I Singapore beat the Malayan j Union Chinese team at table-ten- i nis in an inter-State competition held at the Great World last night I by four games to one. Following were the results (Sin- gapore players mentioned first): Chau Kim Hearn beat Wan Fook Tian
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    ANOTHER BIG SCORE FOR AMES
    313 8 LONDON, Sunday. IESLIE AMES followed up L his brilliant 145 not out on Friday with a spectacular 71 for Kent against Gloucestershire i n yesterday's county cricket. Kent scored 228 in their flr.t innings, and Gloucestershire had lost two wickets for 58 in their first
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    HELSINKI SITE OF OLYMPIAD
    272 8 STOCKHOLM, Sunday. ES-DENT Johan Sgfrid EdsLrom, president of the atfonal Olympics Committee, said yesterday that liv committee had awarded the 1952 Summer and Winter Olympic Games to Helsinki and Oslo respectively, to make '.hi-m .-impler and more m, lino with the ideals of thf founder. "When
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    Crowd Of 22,000 See Locals Win Big Match
    752 8 DEFORE a crowd of 22,000, the Malayan Chinese football team yesterday caused an upset by defeating the Hong Kong Sing Tao Sports Club 3-1 at Jaian Besar Stadium. The scores were level at one-all at the end of the first half but
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    Island Club Beaten In Golf
    54 8 Yesterday s match between the Royal Singapore Golf Club and the Island Club, played at the R.S.G. C, resulted m a win for the home club. Twenty games were played m the match, a four-ball event. Final scores were: I>oyal Singapore Golf Club 13 '/i,
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    BACHELORS WIN MATCH
    399 8 DR. Ong Swee Law was highest scorer in the S.C.R.C. cricket match yesterday when he made 81 runs in the Singles v Marrieds fixture played at Hong Lam Green. Singles won by runs. Others who batted well for the Singles team included Wee Chong Ghee (40) and
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    SCC-SRC Game Ends In Draw
    449 8 SCC-SRC Game Ends In Draw npHE Padang rivals the A Singapore Cricket Club and the Singapore Recreation Club drew in an exciting game of cricket placed on the Padang yestorda; Most successful bowlers were Schubert for the SRC. who took seven wickets for 33 in the first innings, and captured
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    CEYLON SIDE BEATS J.C.C.
    224 8 The Ceylon Sports Club scored an easy victory over the Johnre Cricket Club by nine wickets a* Johore Bahru yesterday. Scores were: JOHORE CRICKET CLUB D. W. Atkinson b Rassipp 28; B. |V. Schoonbeek c Yogarajah b Vijiaretinam 14; A. B. Barthelot lbw b SunI dram
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      32 8 SINGAPORE TIDES Today.— High water 12.31 a.m.. 9 ft. 8 in.; 2.40 p.m. 8 ft. 3 in. Tomorrow.— High water 1.46 a.m., 9 ft. 4 in 332 p.m. 8 ft. 1 in.
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