The Straits Times, 24 June 1947

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    18 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845. TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, JUNE 24. 1947 PRICE FEN CENTS
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    RUSSIA WILL JOIN BIG-3 TALKS
    669 1 RUSSIA WILL JOIN BIG-3 TALKS Meeting In Paris On Friday? MOSCOW, Monday. DUSSIA has accepted the Anglo-French invitation to take part in discussions on the Marshall plan for economic aid to Europe, Tass, official Soviet news agency, announced today. The Soviet Government suggests that the three Foreign Ministers should meet
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    PUNJAB VOTES IN FAVOUR OF PARTITION
    457 1 LAHORE, Monday. THLi Punjab Legislative Assembly today voted by 91 votes to 77 for the partition of the Province of 23,000,000 people. All approaches to the Assembly Chamber had been bar ricaded with barbed wire, and elaborate police precautions had been made for the
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    SOVIET REPLY TO CHINA
    107 1 NANKING. Monday.— A Foreign Office official confirmed today that Russ'a and Outer Mongolia had replied to the Chinese note of protest over the recent Ouur Mongolian penetration into Chinese territoy m Sinkiang Province. The Russian reply refuted Chint.se charges as not based en facts. The Outer
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    67 1 The first commercial type helicopter m England jh>l<fi ijim 4 during tests. It hovers alongside an imitation sea marker bniy while the mechanic steps from the aircraft to reoair tne buo>. Built m Britain under licence, the aircraft is the American Sikorsky 51. It carries three passenger* m a luxury
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    Dutch Plan: Federal Council At Once
    324 1 BATAVIA, Monday. PE Netherlands Government has suggested to the Indo nesian Republican Government that a Federal Council be organised at once lo provide for a jo nt Netherlands Indonesian authority for the solution of pressing financial and economic problems. This proposal is contained m
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    'MONTY' INVITED TO JAPAN
    64 1 KARACHI, Monday. FieldMarshal Viscount Montgomery. 2hief of the Imperial General Staff, who is due m Singapore on Phursday. has been invited by Gen. Mac Arthur to visit Japan Lord Montgomery arrived m Karachi yesterday and was due to cave for New Delhi tomorrow. Lord Montgomery plans
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    STOP PRESS
    77 1 LONDON. Monday: Test match close of play: England Ist inns. Edrich b Mann 189; Compton c Rowan b Tuckett 208; Barnett b Tuckett 33; Yardlcy c Rowan b Tuckett 5; Evans b Tuckett 16; Bedser b Tuckett 0; Pope not out 8: Extras 12: Total (Bwkts.) 554. S.
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    Move To Retitie Dominions
    158 1 Move To Retitie Dominions LONDON, Monday. A GROUP of Erifsh politicians is seeking a new ierm to replace the word "Dominion" to denote a member of the British Common w allh of Nations. They feel that "Dominion" does not adequately describe a member of a voluntary association of free peoples.
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    U.S. ADVICE TO FRENCH
    102 1 NEW YORK, Monday.- Franc* i would be poorly advised it she did i not attempt, "more intelligently than she apparently has thus far", to bring an end to the fighting m Indo-China, and to reach an agreement with Viet- nam. the Ne v York Times said
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    INDIA SHIPPING TRADE HOPES
    84 1 LONDON. Monday.— The Indian shipping policy is aimed at increasing trad? with Ceylon. Burma, Malaya. Japan, the Dutch East Indies and other countries, a message from New Delhi published i m the Financial Times said today. Discussing the Indo-British shipping talks due to start m Lon-
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    TRADE WITH JAPS 'WISER' THAN WAR
    87 1 BANGKOK. Monday. "It Is wiser to buy freedom through sales of rice than to have lost the I blood of hundreds of thousands of Siamese.'' The former Premier of Siam. Phibul Songgram, said this today lin explanation of his ..ction m allowing the Japanese
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      Exploding Tanker Rocks Town
      150 2 Exploding Tanker Rocks Town WILMINGTON, California, Monday. THE tanker Markay, which had just taken aboard 2,940,000 1 gallons of fuel, blew up at a loading dock at Wilmington yesterday. It rocked the harbour with a triple explosion and spread fire to several shore installations. Two me n were known to
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      Collaborationist
      82 2 Colla borationist Jacques Bourin, one-time bodyguard of the French collaborationist Marcel Deat, as he appeared at his trial this month m the Palais de Justice, Paris. He was accused of collaboration with the enemy. Having: been on hunger strike for several days before his trial, he was carried m on
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      Diplomatic Move
      21 2 CAIRO, Monday.— The Egyptian Government has decided to establish diplomatic relations with Argentina, it was announced officially today. UP.
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      Tornado Terror
      58 2 LOOMIE, NEBRASKA, Monday. —It is feared that 50 people have been killed as the result of a tornado whicn struck west of here yesterday. Rood waters four feet deep rushed through nearby Cambridge, where four persons are known to have been drowned. Hundreds of homes are under water
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      Yanks Prospect
      124 2 ANKARA, Monday. Negotiaticns for petroleum prospecting in some areas of Anatolia (Asiatic Turkey) have begun between the Turkish Mineral Research Institute and the American Drilling and Exploration Company. A final agreement will be concluded soon. All necessary equipment and staff will be provided by the Institute. The United
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      MacArthur Third
      82 2 MADISON, Wisconsin, Monday. In a poll to cause the popularity of possible aspirants for the 1948 presidential elections, party workers for the Wisconsin Republican Party voted the Governor of New York, Mr. Thomas Dewey, their favourite. The former Minnesota Governor. Mr. Harold E. Stassen, came second m the
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      Chefs Suicide
      88 2 BAR HARBOUR, Maine, Monday.—Bias Reyes. 65-year-old Filipino chef who had allegedly menaced the novelist, Mary Roberts Rinehart, with a pistol and a knife, hanged himself yesterday in a lock-up cell with a noose made from his clothing. Dr. E. J. Morrison, medical examiner, pronounced the death "suicide, with
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      Survivors Arrive
      28 2 NEW YORK, Monday. Five survivors of last week's PanAmerican Airways crash m Syria arrived at La Guardia airport here yesterday In the clipper White Falcon Reuter.
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      Round-World Trip
      41 2 MANILA, Monday.— The PanAmerican Airways, Clipper, which is on a round-the-world flight with a party of American editors and publishers aboard, arrived at Nicholi field today from Bangkok. The plane is due to leave for Shanghai on Wednesday.— AP.
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      King Farouk
      55 2 ISTANBUL. Monday. King Farouk Is expected to arrive at the ralace of Beylerbey on the Bosporus withm a few days for a vacation His visit will be informal, bat President Ismet Inonu may visit him. King Faroulc plans to pay an official visit to Ankara after the solution
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      Albanians Sought
      86 2 BELGRADE, Monday. The British Embassy here yesterday confirmed that It had received an Albanian note demanding the extradition of alleged Albanian wax criminals now in occupation zones under British administration A similar note had been received by the United States Embassy here. A list of acoused war criminals,
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      Egyptian Petition
      74 2 CAIRO. Monday:— The Egyptian Premier, Nokrashy Pasha, stated last night that his cabinet had approved the final text of Egypt's petition to the Security Council on the deadlock m the AngloEgyptian negotiations for the TevisJon of the 1936 Treaty. Nokrashy Pasha, who was .speaking after a long meeting
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      Duchess Returns
      85 2 ROME, Monday. The Duchess of Kent passed thTough Rome yesterday on her way home from a visit to the Greek Royal family. She was aboard a Royal Air Force plane due in in th« evening. The visit to Greece, her native land, was her first since 1938. Before
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      THIRTY DROWNED IN FERRY DISASTER
      51 2 FRANKFURT. Monday.— Thirty people were drowned early today when a diesel tug collided with a motor ferry on the River Neckar at Mannheim. Dena. the German news agency m the United States zone reports. Of the 36 people on board the ferry, only six were
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    HANDS OFF POLICY IN DEATH SENTENCES
    376 2 HANDS OFF POLICY IN DEATH SENTENCES JERUSALEM, Monday. THE United Nations special committee on Palestine announced last night that it had adopted a "hands off" policy and refused to intervene in the case of three Jews condemned to death by a military court. A communique announcing this stated that the
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    BRITAIN'S DOLLAR WORRIES
    267 2 The Times Parliamentary Co i respondent LONDON, Monday. ANY final decision by the cabinet on th3 question cf uur dollar expenditure ha? inevitably been postponed by the United States proposals for aid to Europe. The cabinet has already given brief consideration to the findings of the committee
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    BEVIN "FRIEND OF GREECE"
    137 2 I ATHENS, Monday.— The Greek Vice-Premier and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Constantin Tsaldaris, described the British Foreign Secretary, Mr. Ernest Bevin, as this great and valuable friend of Greece in an article in today's issue of the weekly paper Anexartissla. Commenting on Mr. Bevin'? reference
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    `Russians Delayed Jap Peace'
    492 2 `Russians Delayed Jap Peace' WASHINGTON, Monday. A FORMER member of Gen. MacArthur's staff yesterday accused Russia of "smotheri-/ Japanese surrendar attempts in early 1945 with "extortionate demands" for acting as an intermediary. He is BriR.-Gen. Bonner /eder.s, formerly military secretary to Gen. MacArlhur, and now retired He also- asserted that
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    SIAMESE ARE "THE HAPPIEST PEOPLE"
    60 2 MANILA, Monday. The publisher of the Baltimore Sun, Mr Paul Patterson, said m Manila yesterday that the happiest people the group of American editors and publishers now flying round the world had met so far were the Siamese m Bangkok. The plane arrived m Manila
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      751 2 NOTICES NOTICE With effect from the 1st. of June 1947. the office of Great Eastern Movietone Limited Is situated at 32. The Arcade. Singapore. SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY VACANCY Assistant Mechanical Engineer. Commencing salary $440 to $500 according to qualifications and experience (rising by annual increments to $600 p.m.) plus Cost of
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      596 2 TENDERS TENDERS TENDERS are invited for the purchase and removal from the Office of the Straits Times. Cecil Street of ONE CAST TRON SrIRAL STAIRWAY 26 x 8" STEPS. ADJUSTABLE SINGLE SUPPORT. Tenders close at noon 27th June. .3 The highest tender will not necessarily be accepted. Interested parties may
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    SIAM BROKEN RICE NOW ISSUED
    349 3 Rotation System Instituted CINGAPORE is getting broken rice from Siam and v this is being issued to retailers by a system of rotation as far as possible, the Food Controller, Mr. J. Hamer, told the Straits Times yesterday. The arrangement was such that no retailer
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    LONDON RUBBER VIEW FLAYED
    236 3 LONDON RUBBER VIEW FLAYED From Our Staff Correspondent t KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. STRONG exception was taken in Kuala Lumpur official circles today to the view ex- pressed by the Economist, < and reported in today's Straits Times, that smallholders in Malaya could take a further cut in rubber price without
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  • NEWS FROM CHINA
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      Reds Gain Ground
      178 3 SHANGHAI, Mcnuay. pRO-GOVERNMENT reports I from Mukden claim that the street battle m Szepingkai, strategic Changchun railway s:io:igh«.ld 70 mibs south of Changchun, entered the 10th day with he Commjinsts opening new dri Yes and captming \\v Western part of the city. Government forces continued fierce resistance.
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      Dragon Boat festival
      177 3 SHANGHAI, Monday. China celebrates the Dragon Boat Festival today. The festival originated 100 years ago when the patriot Chu Yuan drowned himself as a protest against the Empercr's refusal to institute reforms. Hu admirers searched the river for many days trying to recover the body and dropped
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      Chinese Repatriates
      56 3 SHANGHAI, Monday.— UNßßA reported today that 10,132 repa- triates had returned to their prewar homes m the South seas since the establishment of UNRRA overseas Chinese Embarkation Centre m Amoy. The distribution was as follows: •Singapore 3,142; Malayan Union 4,045: French Ind: -China 37 1 Siam 16: North
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      Reward For "Peace"
      77 3 SHANGHAI, Monday. Gendarmes and garrison troops who' successfully clamped down the j recent students' anti-civil war demonstrations were awarded CN$lOO,OOO by industrial and business circles here "for preserving peace m Shanghai.'' Scores of Shanghai college students were injured, many of them seriously, during the strikes r and
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      SUICIDE CASE POSTPONED
      50 3 c V. Chong, a Cantonese woman of 26 years who was to appear 5 yesterday m the Second Police Court for attempted suicide on Saturday at Goodman Road, is m t hospital undergoing treatment for caustic soda poisoning. The case was postponed tc July 1 for mention.
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    $32,000,000 IN REVENUE
    108 3 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. THE 1947 estimates of re venue published toda are: Rubber $32,000,000; tii and tin ore $19.3 mill'ons land and mining rents $12. millions. Tin production statistics for las month announced today giv< the Malayan Union a total of 2,84! l.ng
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    RUBBER DUTY EXEMPTIONS
    84 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Monday.— In order to accommodate Malayan Union rubber companies which import small quantities of rubber. chiefly Sumatra milling, a gazette notification today announces exemptions of export duty on milled rubber under certain conditions. The conditions are that the exporter or his agent satisfies the Customs
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    Singapore Shipping
    86 3 ooips at tne Singapore wnp.ri yes yesterday fgodowns m brackets) were: Main Wharf: Lorentz Malacca (34), Thalatta (36-37 >, Mantin (38). Empire Pacific (41), j Samcleve (42-43). West Wharf: Empire Colne1 Agammemon (1-2), Telemachus i (4-5), Sommelsoijk (6-7: Sam j Colne (8-9); Simon Srevin '1213), Kepong (15-16). i
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    FLOODS RUIN GOOD RICE CROP
    153 3 CANTON. Monday. UNRRd observers who flew over floodec areas m Kwangtung Province ir South China estimate that 60 tc f 70 per cent of what promised t< be a bumper rice crop m the Can. ton ddta has been ruined. Great areas of the Province
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    CIVILIANS EARN REWARDS
    224 3 TWO Singapore civilians will I get $500 each from police l funds foe helping m the re-'f arrest of the two gaol-brca' r < r I Wong Chsung Kam, 22, arc; z Ha n Ah N?an. i Information given to the police I by the two civilians
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    RUBBER OUTPUT AT NEW LOW
    360 4 RUBBER OUTPUT AT NEW LOW Export Rise By 10,000 Tons From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. DUBBER production m the Malayan Union toucl ed a new low last month, but exports increased by 10,000 tons during the same period. The May production was 47,136 tons, 2,000 tons less than
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    Milk Price Rise Explained
    122 4 Milk Price Rise Explained 'FHE price of imported milk 1 m Singapore had increased, m some c?ses up to five cents, because manufacturers' basic prices had increased, it was officially explained to the Straits Times yesterday. In the case of certain brands which had been supplied from Australia, imports were
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    FORCES GO TO TROUBLE SPOT
    119 4 ALEPPO. Monday— The Syrian Government has sent armed forces to the region of Djabal Akrad, near the Northern Frontier, it was announced here today. This follows an armed clash there, in which between 20 and 30 persons were killed. The fight broke out between members
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    25 4 AMSTERDAM. Monday.— Seven seamen (six British and one Belgian) lost their lives on the Scheldt, off Flushing, yesterday when their tug capsized and sank. A.P.
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    'ONLY PRAYER CAN SAVE WORLD'
    83 4 TORONTO, Monday— Cardinal Speilman, Archbishop of New York, speaking at the Marian Congreys here yesterday, said that only prayer could save the world from another war. "We know there is no peace, and naught for which we fought has come to fruit," he said. "We
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    CORRESPONDENT ASKED TO GO
    88 4 PRAGUE. Monday— The Ministry cf Information has verbally requested the London Dally Mall correspondent m Prague, Mr. F. V. van der Bijl. to return his correspondent's paw and other oredentials, it was learned yesterday. Mr. van der Bl}l. whose expulsion was demanded by the Communist press
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    "War Has Changed S'pore Women"
    344 4 A SINGAPORE Chinese woman yesterday said that every widow, bereaved as a result of the Chinese massacre m 1942, should be allowed to witness the hanging of Lt. Gen. Kawamura and Lt. Col, Oishi, which will take place at Changi Gaql on Thursday morning. The
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    J. Kuantan Amends Articles
    299 4 JERAM Kuantan Rubber Estate, Ltd., amended its articles of association at an extraordinary general meeting yesterday so that the Company may by ordinary resolu tion convert any paid-up shares into stock and re convert any stock into paid-up shares of any denomination. The conversion will expedite
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    YOUTH GETS JAIL SENTENCE
    89 4 A 19-year-oid Malay, Ismail b n Rahmad, was sentenced to 14 months' rigorous imprisarnruent by Mr. H. A. Forrer m the Fourth District Court yesterday. Ismail pleaded guilty to a charge of being m possession of two bales of cloth valued at £300 on October 29,
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    HONG FATT ANNUAL REPORT
    275 4 GOOD progress continues to be made in the rehabilitation of Hong Fatt (Sungei Besi), Ltd., it is stated in the directors report to be put before the annual meeting of the company at Kuala Lumpur, next Monday. Th report adds that the work is greatly hampered
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      384 4 BACK PAINS Yield to De WITT'S PIUS Don't try to "work off that pain m the back. That stab or dull ache is Nature's warning signal that your kidneys may not be functioning property 111 1 is saying get that poison out of your ay item Your kidneys play a
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    Problems Of Babies And Children
    744 5  - Problems Of Babies And Children Nurse Elizabeth By NEW mother writes: I have not been m this country for very long, but I have heard several people say that children have to be given extra calcium and vitamins here. Could you please explain why this is? Also, can you give
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    Were Old-Style Marriages More Successful?
    774 5 ALL down the ages it has been the recognised duty of the parents to arrange suitable manages for their children m China. Sometimes the contract is drawn up immediately the children are born. There have even been occasions when very good friends promise their unborn
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    23 5 Tli:.- dainty C vrn sprlnff f»ock m green and white stripes features an unusual nt\ and sleeves design, is made m two pieces.
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    A TORTOISE PAID A BRIEF VISIT
    434 5 Planter's Wife T HEARD a franUc barking i and fearfully thinking that the dog had cornered a snake I dashed out. For a moment I wondered whatever he had got. rhen I saw it was a very large tortoise who had needless to say
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    ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
    44 6 CAPT. MRS. C. Maurice W. Fern, thank all relatives and friends, uho sent them messages of good wishes and also for their usl-lul and valuable presents on the occasion of their marriage on 21st June 1047. Bombay, Calcutta and upcountry papers please copy.
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Tuesday, June 24, 1947. Dollar Crisis
    1112 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Tuesday, June 24, 1947. Dollar Crisis 1 lb. of pork becomes V4 Ib.; and whereas (or cwt. of rubber we got 11% bushels of wheat, we now set only 3">4 bushels. In other words. In terms of U.S. imports to this country, the oresent price of
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    TENNOHEIKA OPENS DIET
    210 6 TOKIO, Monday.— Emperor Hirohito formally opened the first session of the Diet under the new Japanese constitution today with a plainly worded imperial rescript which stressed that Parliament is the "sole lawmaking authorit7 of thf> state." The Diet immediately oegan activities which will include consideration of the
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    VOTE POSTPONED
    35 6 WASHINGTON. Sunday:— After 28± hours of continuous day and night session, the Senate last night agreed to delay until tomorrow afternoon its vote on President Truman's veto of the Republicansponsored labour bill. Reuter.
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    7 6 IHinqworth m the Daily Mail. THE WATER-HOLE
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      Report On Rochore Road: From A Desperate Father
      273 6 THIS moining I visited' I Rochore Road and was amazed to see tins and tins of condensed milk, Ovaltine and Gold Flake, Players and State Express cigarettes all commodities for which I have searched in vain in the Singapore Cold Storage and
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      MILK AND SUGAR: THE ANSWER
      188 6 IN reply to those correspondents who continually complain that they cannot get condensed milk except in the black market, I have this to say: Any person with average intelligence knows very well that the black market under present conditions cannot be effectively supP'essed by the
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      MALAY POLICE IN ARAB STREET
      247 6 I AM writing this not to cause any ill-feeling among the different nationalities living happily in Singapore. It is only to remind those concerned that where duty has to be performed, racial favouritism should not be shcw n in any circumstances. On Sunday, the day
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      CHURCH'S VIEW OF LOTTERIES
      249 6 WTiH all cue respect to '-he Bishop and the Archdeacon, may I remind both sides to the argument not tc lose sight of the real point at issue. This is that State lottery- are the only CERTAIN and IMMEDIATE way of raising money for an all-out
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      Music In Gardens
      98 6 IN these troubled times, when practically not a single day passes without our finding cases of armed robberies and shootings reported in the daily papers, may I suggest that some sort of relaxation te provided for the Singapora public. Before the war the Police Band used to
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    Old-Style Officers
    352 6 Caldecott, Ahearne Goodman, Barron And Others VOUR leader of June 20 con I tains an unfortunate re mark. Refeinng to the new full-time appointment of Re. gistrar of Trade Unions, Singa pore, you say th it in this ap poin.ment "anything sugges< live of the hectoring tone of
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    "LISTENERS POST"
    132 6 /CLASSICAL music is very v nice, but whe n ore ge\s so much of it, especially from Radio Malaya, one becomes rather fed-up with it. Do our high-brows .vant to know why Radio SEAC and Radio Australia are so popular and welcomed by everyone? It is because they
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    CIGARETTES AND TOBACCO TO COST MORE
    429 7 New Duties In Union And Singapore From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. DRICES of cigarettes and tobacco will be increased m the Malayan Union and Singapore as the result of new duties which come into force today. It is expected the price of
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    Tattoos To Identify Escapee
    446 7 Tattoos To Identify Escapee rHN HALLARD, the 23-year-old British soldier who escaped from Outram Road Gaol early on Sunday ca n be easily identified. He has tattoos of a bunch of flowers and a sword on each hand. The Singapore C.I.D. Chief,; Mr. R. C. B. Wiltshire, who told this
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    RAIL OFFICIAL ARRIVES IN K.L.
    136 7 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Monday:— At. J. W. Shepley, former-organ-ser and officer of the National Jnion of Railwaymen (London, Midland and Scottish Railway) m Sngland, has arrived m Kuala jiimnur to tak<* up fnf> host of jabour and Welfare Officer of he Malayan
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    57 7 Above: iluse new tin dredge. Stuyvesant, on its arrival this month at Banka after beine towed 15.000 miles from Tampa, Florida, where it was constructed a world distance towinc record. It is 265 feet lons, 76 feet wide, 86 feet high and weighs 4,000 tons. It is exnected to obtain
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    28 7 Below: Captain Allen, the master of the Stuyvesant during its voyage from Florida, standing on the bridge as the dredge was towed into Banka N.E.I. Information Service photos.
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    S'pore Cinema Strike Now Unlikely
    123 7 A STRIKE of Singapore cinema workers is unlikely, following amicable discussions between exhibitors and unionists at the office of the Deputy Commissioner for Labour, Mr. R. H. Oakeley, yesterday. Representatives of the Cinematograph Exhibitors' Association of Malaya, the Cinema Workers' Union and the vice-president of
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    21-year-old Sentenced To Death
    154 7 IJOUND guilty on a charge of carrying a pistol, a 21-year-old Chinese yesterday received! a sentence of death at the Assize Court. The Chinese is Chua Yew Chong. Sentence was passed by Mr. Justice Brown. The prosecution stated that Chua fought a running gun battle with
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    PENANG WEDDING
    106 7 PENANG, Monday.—The Fitzgerald Memorial Church was the scene of a pretty European wedding on Saturday afterncon, when Mr. Geoffrey Morrison, manager of the Penang station of Radio Malaya, married Miss Hilda Brooks, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Brooks, of Dringhouses, York. The Yen. S. M.
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    MCP View On Malaya And World
    542 7 r. Wu Tiang Wang, leading Malayan communist who returned last week from a recent Empire Commun st Con ference m England, wants seats for workers' as well as Chambers of Commerce representatives on the new Singa pore Legislative Council. Mr. Wu. aged 27, is
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      Records Destroyed In NAAFI Fire
      63 7 Records Destroyed In NAAFI Fire SATURDAY night's fire m the NAAFI headquarters m the Bukit Timah Road damaged records and stores valued at several thousands of dollars. The fire, which started at 11 p.m. on Saturday night, and was quelled by units of the Army Fire Service and civilian nre
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      Editorial Comment
      123 7 IPOH, Monday.— Tributes were paid to Dr. K. T. Khong at a dinner last night, when members icf the Pcrak Chinese R^reation. I Club honoured their president on the recent award to nim of the 0'.8.E. The chairman, Mr. Cheah Ghim j Leng, 0.8. E., said: "How much.
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      Bukit Timah Crash
      84 7 mWENTY eight-year-old Sher J. Mohamed who faced two charges of causing the deaths of two 8.0.R.'s by rash or negligent driving was remanded m custody for a further week m the Fifth Police Court yesterday. The charges, which do not amount to culpable homicide are the outcome
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      Strike Off Strike On
      99 7 rRTY-TWO workers m the Kong Guan Biscuit Factory who struck work 11 days ago, then returned to work two days later, worked for five days only before they again struck work last Friday. First dispute was over a dismissed employee who was re-instated, but Friday's new
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      Luck
      49 7 A MOMENT after a Chinese J\ pedestrian had been relieved of his wrist watch and $8.50 m cash by three Chinese robbers near the Kallang Road and Lavender Street junction on Sunday, a police inspector who was passing the spot m a car stopped and arrested a Chinese.
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      Charge Withdrawn
      85 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Monday. A charge of stealing $14,000 worth of textiles from a poor's train at Tampoi brought against Woe Sum Chow, was withdrawn m Johore Police court yesterday. Wee told the magistrate he was hired to carry the goods from the railway track to a lorry, for
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      New Office
      105 7 THE office of Singapore's Registrar of Trade Unions will be transf€rred today from Empress Place to the Department of Laolour m Havelock Road. The Registrar of Trade Unions, I Mr. W. Adams, who is leavir.g for j England on leave and to take a course m colonial administrator
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      Lotteries Opposed
      80 7 THE general coffimLtee of thft j All-Malaya MusLm MLssion- ary Society at a meeting at the Aljunied Islamic School en June 11 passed a resolution regretting tbe approval by the Singapore Municipal Commissioners or proposal to legalise state lotteries i to raise money for fig-r.ting tuberI culosis and
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    3000 AT WAR HEROES' FUNERAL
    194 7 From Our Own Correspondent TAIPING, Monday. OVER 3,000 attended a mili! tary funeral today for Tai ping vo'unteers who died m the Malaya campaign m 1942. They were: Lieut. A Crosbic Hill, Corporals Chan Kam Weng and Ong Kirn Sai, Privates Tang Bee Choon and
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    MASS SUICIDE OF JAPANESE CIVILIANS
    3416 8  -  ROBERT SHERROD The Battle For Saipan— 2 By Ihe Horrors Of Marpi Point \AST week s instalment of the Battle for Saipan told how the American Marines stormed the beaches of this Javanese island stronghold, m the Northern Mariannas It told how the Marines forced
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    FERTILISERS SUITABLE FOR MALAYAN SOIL
    1317 9  -  R. E. HOLTTUM The Malayan Gardener By Director Of Ihe Botanic Gardetis, Singapore A MANURE is anything added to the soil to increase its fertility for plant growth. Manures are usually divided into two classes, organic and inorganic (or artificial). Organic manures are derived from
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    Maize Makes A Good Garden Crop
    510 9  -  J.N. MILSUM j. r. p. soper Grow Your Own Vegetables By and of the Department of Agriculture, Malaya MAIZE or "jagong" is a cereal crop which may be grown in any garden for the young cobs which are eaten as a vegetable or entree.
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    Recipe For Ladies' Fingers
    133 9 Our Malay cook prepares "katchang bendl" so that it looses Its sliminess entirely. One way is to fry the ladies' fingers first for a few minutes in a spoonful of oil. Add some onions too, and shake the plan well to spread the oil equaiiy. This
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      109 9 Wisdom is made thlS Shil[ie (and only this shape) between teeth and comb out every particle of food which THE bORKtCI WAI 10 Ct-fcA* outside fromt teeth mightcauscdecay. Other Wisdom For upper letih plan Ihe brush Utat ZZfnTZT* correct-shape features include its twist of Iht wrist, nutp ik* brush bnskir
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      302 9 New Series Of Crosswords ,5. pres, calß but fcen,a- CROSSWORD No. 128 1 eH,,rao y an Wm 6^ IHI 1 H H f f '.1 elastic CIO fill <g> $$$Sc vcSic B Crack with a «rip m it (7). 23. Originators with men ot SS SSS Ls^ HI Us 6
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    London Letter.. LONDONERS WANT DEAD DOCTOR'S CAR, FLAT
    1482 10 London Letter.. LONDONERS WANT DEAD DOCTOR'S CAR, FLAT tells of the British reading the mystery news story of the week.... of a farmer who is m gaol because of growing canary seed.. ..of Mr Morrison placating the middle classes. and of some harsh words on the emigrant controversy From Our
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      273 10 dlA]J\ TO SYDNEY iiUITOIjNDOW A-J*-^?*^' *>: -?»3P^^-Jp«»^E 3g V'^ "itV •f~^s a Flyf.^ Uoa> nn nmtapvr: A LMOST any time you with, you can leave by ■1 IK— on the Kangaroo rout* from Singapore— and be m England or Atutralia within jutt few days. Priority restriction* are lifted and a
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      378 10 SKYWAYS (FAR EAST) |.TO. (Incorporated m Hongkong.) DIRECT LANCASTRIAN PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE BETWEEN SINGAPORE AND HONGKONG IN 7 HOURS NEXI DEPARTURES Friday 27th June Tuesday Ist July Friday 4th July Enquiries to THE BORNEO COMPANY LIMITED. (Inconorateo In Enelar.d) Genercl Atente Bookings also accepted at all Travel Agencies EVERETT
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      245 10 radio malaya (Bands: Blue and Re4 Networks: Noon to 2 p m. medium ware, 41 and 61 metre 6 to 11 p.m. mediant wave and 61 metre Blue Network: English Programme: 1 p.m. Radio Orchestra: 1.30 News: 1.40 'Rhythm Parade": 2.00 Close Down; 8.15 News; 8.20 Concert Hall; 9.00 Tommy
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      214 10 Kuala Lumpur (Bands— Blue Network: 300 49 metre.) 12 noon Malay Programme; 1 p.m. Radio Orchestra; 1.30 News in English; 1.40 Rhythm Parade; 2 D.m. Close Down; 6 p.m. Malay Programme; 8.25 Local News; 8.30 Headlines; 8.35 "Just Jive"— 25 Minutes for Swing Fanas; 9 p.m. Organ Violin; 9.30 News
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      241 10 pschorch Hyman Lenzer (Violln>: 945 Talk; 10.00 News; 10.15 Franz Schubert: 10.30 George Trevare The Melody Men; 10.45 News: 11.00 Talk; 11.05 Ballad Singer; 11.15 Talk. 11.30 Cose Down. RADIO SEAC Colombo (Bands: 8 to 11.30 a.m.— 19 49 (Bands: 8 to 11.30 a.m.— 19 49 metre; 11.30 to noon
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    Coconut Oil Down $1
    321 11 Produce Market From A Market Correspoß GOVERNMENT'S action m U banning the export of coconut oil to Hong Kong has brought down local f.o.b. quotations by one dollar per picul, while prices for small 28-katty tins rrema n unchanged. Meanwhile the price of copra increased by
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    Sua Betong Taps Five Million Lb.
    596 11 A CHOP of 5,081,000 lb. was harvested by the United Sea Belong Rubber Estates, Lid. during the ocriod March to December last year. This is shown m th? Directors' report to be pre sented at the annual meeting of the company ir London on
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    RUBBER
    63 11 1 The Sineapore Chamber ot Commerce Rubber Association's prices at noon yesterday were: Buyers Sellers Cts. Cte. per lb. per lb. No. 1 R S.S. Spot loose 28^4 28* No. 1 R.S.S. fob m bales July 29^ 28>4 No. 2 R.S.S. fob m bales July 28% 28% No. 3
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    S'PORE SHARES
    242 11 S'PORE SHARES By Oar Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, Monday. THE local share market 1 opened the week extremely quietly with pronounced lack of Interest m all sections. Among Industrials. Alexandra Brick Prefs were done at $3.50, Raffles Hotels at (3.10, Smelter Prefs at 26s. 9d.. with further buyers, while Fraser and
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    KUNDONG IN FULL PRODUCTION
    77 11 ITUNDONG Rubber Estate, Ltd., is now in full production with the exception of the 1940/41 areas from which the lallang has been cleared. The directors of the company will inform the shareholders of this fact at the annual meeting which is to be held at Kuala
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      287 11 PRESIDENT LINE SAILINGS TO NEW YORK AND BOSTON Ha INDIA EGYPT MEDITERRANEAN PORTS Arrives IRAQ VICTOR* GODOWNS 25 26 PENANG JUNE 18 WILLIS VICKERY SLNGAPORE JCLT i PORT SHAM JULY 19 PENANG JULY U AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINES, LTD. CMOS' BLDG.. TELS.: 6228. FRT. 8757. PASSAGE 4949 WATERMAN LINE NEW YORK
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    COMPTON, EDRICH SET RECORD
    410 12 COMPTON, EDRICH SET RECORD England Close With 8 For 544 LONDON, Monday. ENGLISH batsmen Dennis Compton and Bill Edrich set a world record third wicket Test partnership of 370 in the Second Test against South Africa at Lord's today. Surpassing their highest previous score against South Africa, England declared at
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    Well-bred Horses To Make Debut At Ipoh Races
    864 12 Well-bred Horses To Make Debut At Ipoh Races FORM OF NEW IMPORTATIONS- 1 From Our Racing Correspondent IPOH, Monday. TWENTY-FOUR recent importations from England 1 Ireland and Australia have been entered for the three-day Perak Turf Club Meeting, which begins next Saturday. The pick of the new batch is Fairwood,
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    Key League Game Today
    200 12 Army and the Singapore Recreation Club meet at Jalan Besar Stadium this afternoon m a key S.A.F.A. League fixture. Ahead of all others with a total of 16 points from 10 matches. Army are generally favoured to retain the position until the end of the competition.
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    36 12 These Straits Times photographs of the RAF. Changi Yacht Club Regatta show (above) the start of the 14ft. R.N. Dinghy Race and (bottom) Col. Biddle's Stormy Petrel, first m the Sinpe Class m the opening race.
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    SELANGOR C.R.C.
    75 12 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. rHE following have been selected to represent the Selangor Chinese Recreation Club against he Singapore Chinese Recreation ?lub at cricket on Hong Lam Jreen, Singapore, on June 23—29: Lee Soon Wee (capt.), Chua Jng Cheng, Khoo Bin Kheng, Loh Hi Lum.
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    Follow English Horses
    176 12 Follow English Horses Fiom Our Racing Correspondent IPOH, Monday. TRAINER van Breuke.en's 1 five new English importations, Double Ten, Double j Five, Christmas, Lucky Ace and Blackpool, were schooled at the barrier this morning. They seemed a well-behaved lot, all facing the tape without giving trouble. At the word "go,"
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    DROBNY BEATS SEGURA
    128 12 WIMBLEDON, Monday Francisco Segura was defeated m straight sets by the Czech star. J. Drobny, m the first round of the Wimbledon tennis tournament today. Segura fought hard for two sets dropping both 5—7, 5—7, but collapsed m the final set to lose 3—6. Drobny displayed greater
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    WORLD TITLES IN LONDON
    46 12 LONDON. Monday.—Plans are already being made to hold the world table tennis championships m London next year. About 30 nations are expected to compete m the championships which will be stag«rd at the Empire Pool. Wembley, from Feb 4 to Feb. 11.
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    WILD SCENES AT BASKETBALL
    349 12 Singapore Chinese 46 Manila Chinese 41 r». _^_4 Bad sportsmanship on the part of the Manila Chinese bisk.'tball ioam m-irrpri m m v ,UW Va™ ?P? P nst the i.UMing game against the Singapore Chinese combined team at the Happy World Sr-id'um lasf nlpht The visitors
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    RIGGS TAKES TITLE
    36 12 FOREST HILLS. Monday. Bobby Riggs yesterday won the National Professional Tennis Championship for the second straight year when he outlasted Don Budge m hfs final to win 3—6, 6—3, 10—8, 4—6, 6—3,— A.P.
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    REGATTA A GREAT SUCCESS
    345 12 REGATTA A GREAT SUCCESS KEJJjJN COmesis marw;u mregatta which was held in the Johore Strait on Sunday to mark the official opening of the R.A.F. Changi Yacht Club. Sunny weather and an excellent breeze helped to make the regatta a (treat success. In the final event for all-comers, 58 yachts
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