The Straits Times, 3 July 1947

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    19 1 The Straits Times •MALAYA'S LEAPING NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845. 1 HELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, JULY 3, 1947 PRICL TEN CENTS
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    DIVISION OF INDIAN ARMY ORDERED
    252 1 DIVISION OF INDIAN ARMY ORDERED Muslim. Majority Units To Go To Pakistan LONDON, Wednesday. THE present Indian Army, Royal Indian Navy -and Royal Indian Air Force are lo be divided between the Union of India (Hindustan) and Pakistan. The India Office announced today that the Viceroy, Viscount Mountbatten, had made
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    Escaped Men Seize A Town
    227 1 MANILA, Wedi esday. THE tuvrii of Cala an, capi tal of the Phil ip^int-s island of Mindoro, was captured to<t night by a hea ily jr. red group of desperadoes who e?c p?d from gaol. The governor of the island, the chief of police and,
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    NO REPUBLICAN CABINET YET
    88 1 JOGJAKARTA, Wednesday Ths only progress towards Use formation of a new Republican cabinet today was a conferenca between the Islamic Party Progressives' representatives, led by Dr. Mohamed Roem. Ann President Roekarno. The meeting is believed to have b»en he i ro sound out the possibility cf
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    IN OTHER PAGES
    45 1 Mar..;r>:i Hits Bath at Moletov 2 I !i MM Nationalist. Heavy Lcsre; 3 Sinjjpoie Elections 4 War Is Crushing China Trade 5 Editorial 6 Oo'cry against Price Incr a«o 7 "Lr-n ly Heart" by Damon Run»Jn 8 and 10 Bo- Review* 0
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    KASHMIR TO BE INDEPENDENT
    62 1 NEW DELHI. Wednesday.— I Kashmir, will declare itself indei pendent after Aug. 15. when 1 paramountcy lapses it was 'earnj ed in official quarters here last night. An official announcement is expected shortly. Kashmir is ruled by a Hindu MaharsJa. but has a preponderantly Muslim population.
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    GUNMEN'S "BOMBS" BUNDLE
    133 1 JERUSALEM, WeJr.e day. SEVEN armed men d scribed, as oii.ntal Jews held up the manager and s.afl of the Haifa loan bank with guns today and escaped in a black saloon cur with a quantity of] cash, a reliable Jewish source] in Haifa repori*d Th? gun men
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    FRENCH ARMY CHIEF CALLED TO PARIS
    63 1 PARIS. Wednesday.— General Edgar de Larminat, InspectorGeneral of French Colonial Troops, has been dismissed, it was officially announced here after a meeting of the French Cabinet today. M. Pierre Bourdan. Minister of Information, said General de Larminat was involved in the alleged plot to
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    600-TON OUTPUT OF BILLITON TIN
    75 1 From Our O-.vn Correspondent I LONDON, Wednesday. The j chairman of Bllliton Tin announced at the Hague today that the present output of the company was 600 tons a month. A considerable Increase was expected when the new dredge came into operation. The total tin
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    DEAN BEATEN UP
    39 1 SHANGHAI. Wednesday.—A Chinese report from Canton said today that seniors of the high school department of Lingnan University (Christian faith) in Canton, beat up the Dean Tsai Hul Fu, who died of injuries last Friday. —U.P.
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    70 1 With imkation executioners* swords tied to their baok-. two Japanese war criminals. Iloraeu i Yonemura. "IVolf of (hangsun (left) and Jiro S.nir.ota. "Tiger of Kiangying were paraded through Shanghai str eets on June 17 before thoy were executed. Ihe North China Daily news calld the even* a "lamentable sp-ctat-le" even
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    Airman Shot By Chinese Gunman
    350 1 J. Makepeace, of Singapore R.A.V base, Katong, was wounded in the right 'eg about 4 a.m. yesterday when Chinese robbers fired seven shots at him through a thin wooden door. One of the bullets also grazed his chc-st. The incident recurred a*, his me in
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    AMERICANS BUYING RUBBER
    108 1 POME small buying of rubber by Amerxan manufactu rers was reported yesterday and a broker described this a£ "a we'eome change." Rubber prices closed steady last night when 27 1/8 to 27 1/4 cents per lb were quoted for No. 1 ribbed smoked sheet f.0.b., buyers, and
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    "stop press
    24 1 MANILA, Wednesday.—Military police reinforcements restored order at Calapan late today after a bitter gunffeht in which the desperadoes' leader c was killed.—A.P.
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    PRIORITY FOR MINING NEEDS
    247 1 Wednesdy. I AN assurance Hiat the Bri-I V.sh Government wculd contnui to do all thsy could to promote the production and early despatch to Malaya of the machinery needed there for the tin miring industry, was given in the Housa of Commons today by the Colonial
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    BIDAULT SAVES CONFERENCE FROM COLLAPSE
    378 1 PARIS, Wednesday. ERANCE gave the three-Power Foreign Ministers* Conference a 24-hour reprieve last night by offering a last-minute compromise proposal 5n European recovery which averted the collapse of the conversations for the moment at least. The French Foreign Minister, M. Bidault, said the nc*7 offer
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    Dominions Office Title Changed
    159 1 Dominions Office Title Changed LONDON, Wednesday. THE Prime Minister, Mr. I Clement Attlee, annjjnced in the House of Commons today that the Seir^tary >t State for Dominions Affairs and the Dominions Offce wou'd in futu c be called the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Re'ations and Commonwealth Relations Office respectively.
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    BRITAIN LOST 1,500 SHIPS
    79 1 LONDON, Wednesday.— The Admiralty disclosed today that the Royal Navy lost 1.503 vessels of about 1,000,000 tons during the war. Britain's darkest year was 1942. when the Japanese fleet steamed into action in the Pacific and the Germans intensified their U-boat war in the Atlantic. The
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    MONTY THINKS WAR NOT INEVITABLE
    75 1 CANBERRA, Wednesday.—F.eldMarsnai i_,ord Montgomery, Chief of t*? R t:'sh Imperial General Staff, said, here tcday he did not subscribe CO talk that another war was inevitable. Here for talks with Australian leaders on Pacific defence problems. Lord Montgomery also discounted the possibility of a "push
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    24 DIE IN MINED SHIP
    39 1 ANKARA. Wednesday. About 24 of a drew of 45 were drowned today when the Turkish steamer Silivri sank in the Aegean Sea after striking a stray mine near Bodroum. on the Smyrna coast. Reuter.
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    MARSHALL HITS BACK AT MOLOTOV
    470 2 Criticism "Malicious Distortion" WASHINGTON, Wednesday. THE United States Secretary of State, Mr. George C. Marshall struck back sharply yesterday at the Russian criticism of his European recovery plan, rejecting as "malicious distortion" Mr. Molotov's charge that American offers of help to Europe were inspired by
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    TRAIN CRASHES INTO SEAWALL
    69 2 TOKIO, Wednesday.— Thirteen Japanese were kilietl and 52 injured today when a transcontinental train was derailed and partially overturned about 150 miles west of Osaka. Trains are out of bounds to Allied personnel and it is unlikely any were aboard. Press accounts said the engine and
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      One Man Thwarts 300 Lynchers
      163 2 CARROLLTON, Georgia, Wednesday. A HEROIC deputy sheriff thwarted a lynching at a country gaol yesterday when he held off three hundred members of a white mob until reinforcements could arrive to rescue a Negro murder suspect. Deputy sheriff Russell Lam bert discovered the lynching attempt
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      Council Dissolved
      59 2 COLOMBO, Wednesday. The Ceylon State Council consisting of 50 elected a>nd 11 appointed members will be disdved on Friday, a message from the Governor, Sir ilenry Monck-Mason Moor*-, said today. The Co-JiKil has had a life of 11 years. "eylon's new 'nzar-d-minion" constitution, will come into force after
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      Honorary Degrees
      63 2 SHEFFIELD. Wednesday—The Minister If Defence. Mr. Alexander, had tbe honorary decree of Doctor of Law of Sheffield University conferred on him yesterday. Others who received honorary degrees were Field Marshall Lord Wilson, Sir John Anderson. Sir Hector Hatherington, Principal of Glasgow University, Sir Howard Florey, Sir Donald Bailey,
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      Jazz Experiment
      78 2 HOLLYWOOD. Wednesday. The* movie music composer. Albert Glasser. has revealed that guinea pigs who listen to swing tunes reproduce faster than those who hear classics. He said that as an experiment he played swing music to one pair of guinea pigs four honrs daily for live monuis. Tney
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      Scottish Peer
      45 2 EDINBURGH. Wednesday.-! he Earl of Lindsay was elected one of Scotland's 16 representative peers in the House of Lords when Scottish peers met at Edinburgh by Royal proclamation yesterday. The election was caused by the death of the Earl of Leven and Melville.—Reuter.
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      Book Exhibition
      46 2 BUDAPEST^ Wednesday.—An exhibition of 2.700 British books was opened to the general public in Bucharest todaj by the British Information Office. Mr. Adrian Holman, British political representative in Rumania, opening the exhibition, said in a brief speech that books were still man's best friend.—AJ1.
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      Mystery Crash
      147 2 guards and officers on duty at the flight control tower. The first anyone knew of it was when the blazing wreckage was sighted. Authorities were so in the dark on the matter that at first they reported the plane missing with a full crew. The wreckage, however, had
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      Comic Divorce
      129 2 DESMOINES. lowa. Wednesday. —A 19-year-old British war bride from London won a divorce suit after testifying that her husband's passion for comic books and tinkering with his car had been the cause of fights between them. She is Mrs. Phyllis Pearson, who married Gene Pearson, aged 21. in
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      Murder Charge
      48 2 LONDON, Wednesday. -James Dan Smith, 52-year-old clerk, was charged today with the murder of his sister. Mrs. Nellie Howlett, 46, who was axed outside her home yesterday. Detective Inspector C. Key quoted him as saying. "I lost my senses and hit her "during a quarrel"— A.P.
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      Scuttling Request
      98 2 ROME, Wednesday.— The Com-mander-in-Chi£f of the Italian Navy Admiral Franco Maugeri, asked the Big Four powers yesterday to allow Italy to scuttle her own ships "as a final attempt" to preserve naval morale. Admiral Maugeri suggested to the constituent ;i3S£i«Dly subcommittee studying the ratification of the Italian treaty
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      Whaling Regulations
      42 2 WASHINGTON. Wednesday.— The State Foreign Relations CcnuiuUee today approved an international agreement for the regulation of v.'haling. Under the terms of the agreement which was signed here in December, 194G, the whaling seasons and length of catch will :»fju)ated— A.P.
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      U.S. Joins I.R.O.
      60 2 WASHINGTON, Wednesday.— Presid-Eirts Truman has signed legislation making the United States a member of the International Refuge? Organization. He said the IRO would give the world a nev, reason to believe no problem was beyond co-operative settkinsTit. The legislation authoriz:.s a *****,000 appropriation as this nation's part
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      Jap's Suicide
      93 2 GUAM, Wednesday.—A jungle suicide before dawn today eliminated a second Japanese witness against the 19 Imperial fleet officers and men charge* with "experiment" murders of 10 American war prisoners. The suicide was Hiyoichi Ikeya who walked out of the witness dock at midnight, plunged into the nearby jungle
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      Berserk
      37 2 LONDON, Wednesday. Geor?q Faith, 74, pleading guilty to smashing ten plate glass windows yesterday, told the magistrate that it gave him "great satisfaction" and .he was prepared to "take the consequences." The consequences: 18 montas. -U.P.
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    ANXIETY FOR INDIA MINORITIES
    313 2 Frem Our Own Correspondent NEW DELHI, Wednesday. NOW that the creation of Hindustan aud Pakistan has been settled by the voting of Bengal, the Punjab andj Bstfuchistan, and boundary commissions for Eengal and the Punjab have been established, public opinion has focussid on the problem of
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    SIAM-BURMA TO EXCHANGE ENVOY
    38 2 BANGKOK, Wednesday.—The Siamese Government has agreed to th Bnrmese proposal, conveyed through the British Embassy tiere, for the opening of diplomatic relations between them. It is expected that ministers will be exchanged soar. —Reuter.
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    Last Flying Tiger
    75 2 SHANGHAI. Wednesday.— Col. Edward V. Rector, the last active flying-tiger on duty in China, is leaving -in a few days for New York to assume his post as Air Defence Commander in Mitchell field. Col. Rector, one-time Navy dive bomber, shot down ten Japanese planes and destroyed
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    EUROPE "NEAR ANOTHER WAR"
    165 2 LONDON, Wednesday. FUROPE had lor s<ane months t been very near to another -war said the President of the Royal Society of St. George Lord Queanborough, *a a message to members of the Socie ty yesterday. Broadly speaking, Lord Queenborougti said, the Russian Influence in Europe
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      1008 2 i NOTICES NOTICE Notice is herby given that Cheng Hui Ming of 36<Sturrock Road. Singapore, is applying to the Governor for naturalization, and that any person who kneVs any reason why naturalization should not bo granted should send a writun and signed statement of the facts to the Colonial Secretary,
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      988 2 NOTICES NOTICE TOWN BOAI.D JOHORE BAHRU. Notice is hereby given tha in exercise of the conferred upon it by Section 135 of the Town Boards Enactment No. 118 the Town Board Johore Baffru has prepared a draft Town Plan tn respect of a part of Johore Bahru Town. The draft
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    CHINESE NATIONALISTS' HEAVY LOSSES
    641 3 Reds Leave Key Town In Ruins (By John Roderick, Associated Press Correspondent) SZEPINGKAI, Wednesday. CHINESE Communists delivered a crippling blow to the Government's Manchurian forces before they finally gave up Szepingkai. This city, about half way between Changchun, the Manchurian capital, and Mukden,. is now a
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    THE TRAIN STOPS AT SUNSET
    316 3 THE TRAIN STOPS AT SUNSET (liy K.J.ert Clurnidii, IP. Correspondent) ABOARD A PEKING-MUK-DEN TRAIN, Wednesday. TRAINS such as the one I ;im on, jammed with nun worn mi and children as well as troops, continue to rush along this heavily guarded line despite constant Crm muni-t attacks including th? Haiiku
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    TRADESMEN FINED FOR OVER CHARGING
    77 3 1 r.,.i Our Own Correspondent BEQAMAT. Wednesday.— A total fin- of $240 was imposed by Che Humid bin Mustapha in the Segamat District Court on Monday, on two Indian ihookeepers for offences under the Pric? Control Regulations. Th men were charged with having zAd buUci
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    ALLEGED TO HAVE ASSAULTED POLICE
    67 3 Fro Our Own Correspondent SSCAMAT. Wc-anesday.-Alleg-ed to K«*e n .ssnul»'"i t^" Assistant Superintendent of Police, Che Ati.i.;ui oin mji Hussin. and a detective constable in the course of their duties. Ch<-ong Chee. 51. was produced before Che Hamid bin Mustapha in the Segamat Distri. Court.
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    40 3 Tugs in New York Bay, U.S.A., tow the veteran battleship. U.S.S. Washington to a naval supply depot where shs will he de-commissioned to join the "Operation Mothball" fleet in reserve with guns and engines ready for any emergency.— A.P. Picture.
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    Plot To Seize Airports
    228 3 Plot To Seize Airports PARIS, Wednesday. THE National Security Police have a.viounced tiiaX a plo: to seize all France's mHi tary airpoits and her fi^htei and bombing plane? has teen tmashed. The plot was prooably part of the main plan by the right-wing underground "Black Maquis" to overthrow the Fourth
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    U.S. RUBBER POLICY QUERY
    60 3 LONDON, Wednesday. M\ David Rees-Wilha-Hs 'T.ub> filed a question in 'he Commons .:r the Foreign Office yesterday asking what representations were bein^ m?de to the -Jinied fitates abcut the "e.ii'osino placed on ihe impjr of i.a'uri. rubber oy the U:v:cd 5&.5 i iroverr.ms ;t, wit'i its
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    MORE HOMELESS IN U.S. FLOOD
    43 3 SAINT LOUIS, Missouri, Wed.— New breaks In the anti-flood barriers along a 90-mile stretch of the Mississippi forced the fvacuation of a thousand more people here yesterday as the river continued to rise after heavy overnight rains.— Reuter.
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    Hitler's Fury At RAF Mass Escape
    239 3 Hitler's Fury At RAF Mass Escape HAMBURG. Wedneday. HITLER'S iUi'y at B RUtfC arc of X A.F. pr'so:::'i.dur im the wt ir was described in a Il.imbuig court y day. In the covrt, 18 former storm tioojors pkaded noli gui i tn ghootiog down m co!d| blond 50 unarmed ec
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    Health Officer's Malaria Warning
    413 3 A WARNING that Singapore must continue to be exposed to the risk of "small e^olcsive outbreaks of malaria" cs long as labour rema ns inadequate and the cul'ivation of food a primary concern, is sounded by the Deputy Municipal Health Officer, Dr. L. E. Hutchinson, in
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    INSPECTOR SENTENCED
    78 3 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday.— Osman Khan, a veterinary inspector In the Ulu Selangor District, was today sentenced to six months' simple Imprisonment and fined $500. In defaut another six months, by the District Judge, Mr. M. Garton. The charge was one of*obtalning $50 from a
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    Singapore Shipping
    120 3 CHIPS al:ngs'ide the Singapore wharves yesterday 'godowns In brackets) were: Main Wharf: Lorentz (31—32), Gleniffer (33—34), Samsoav rig (36—37), Stentor (38—39;, Etanol i 40 41), Devonshire U2 43). West Wharf: Samanric (i-2), Empire Pacific (3v, Straat Soenda (4 5), Anchises (6 7), Samcolrc B—9),8 9), Trevaylor ((111),0 11),
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    K.L. Bakers Want Cheaper Oil And Firewood
    502 3 K.L. Bakers Want Cheaper Oil And Firewood From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. 1/UALA LUMPUR'S bakers are to hold a meeting 1 this week to make joint representations to the price controller. They will not ask for higher prices for bread in view of the increase in the price
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    EXTENSION OF TIME FOR REPLY
    161 3 EXTENSION OF TIME FOR REPLY From Our Own Correspondent penang, Wednesday THE Fenang llubb.r fi:cchange has given the HarLo.r La.our rs As ociation ona fiuthir week .n which o reply to the exchange's yroposed revision of handling cha g^.s. At a meeting of Ihe exchange's snb-eunmlctce nc.d yeste.aay STSOlug, i".
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    ALL MUST USE VOTE AT COMING S'PORE ELECTIONS
    1259 4 ALL MUST USE VOTE AT COMING S'PORE ELECTIONS CPEAKING at the week>y Rotary tiffin meeting at the Adelphi Hotel, yesterday, 15 Mr. G. H. Hawkins, supervisor of elections, urged rotarians, as men of liffht and learning:, to persuade and encourage Singaporeans in their duties during the coming ejections. The idea
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    Radio Link With Aust Probable
    189 4 Radio Link With Aust Probable yALUABLE liaison betwesu f Radio Malaya and the Aus tralian Broadcasting Commission is likely to follow an in formal meeting between a member of the A. 8.C., Mr. J D. G. Medley, and the Director of Broadcasting 1 Singapore and Ma'ayan Urtion, Mr. J Dumeresque.
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    WORLD SCOUT JAMBOREE
    38 4 LONT; jn wear Scouts flrom Ceylon and British Guiana are arriving in bngiand this week to join the Bricish Empire contin gent of 6,000 scouts for the World Jamboree in France on August 9 Reuter.
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    WAR IS CRUSHING CHINA TRADE
    485 5 U.K. Chamber Of Commerce Report SHANGHAI, Wednesday. EXTREMELY difficult trading conditions in China during the past year were the result of the unholy partnership "of civil war and economic stagnation, the chairman of the British Chamber of Commerce, Mr. John Keswick said at the chamber's
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    Johore Judge Wed In Registry
    212 5 rE judge of Johore Supreme Court, Mr. A. J. Bostock Hill was married at Singapore Marriage Registry yesterday afternoon to the Hon. Rosetta Mancroft-SamueL The bride, who is th« daughter of the late Lore Mancroft and Lady Mancroft was given away by the Chiei Justice
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    NO TEACHERS, PUPILS DEPART
    93 5 t More than 100 boys, pupils of standards four, five and six, of j the Outram Road Afternoon t School, Singapore, were sent home on Tuesday because of the t lack of teachers. i The boys will be away from I school until such time as
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    CAPT. AND MRS. BRIAN IRVING
    157 5 The wedding of Captain and Mrs. Brian Irving took place at St. Andrew's Cathedral yesterday afternoon. The bride was formerly Miss Shirley Mary Vaughan-Clarke. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C.W.T. Vaughan-Clarke, of Norwich, and the groom is Captain Brian Irving, son of Mrs. and the
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    S'PORE DOCTOR IN US DISCUSSES PROBLEMS
    433 5 S'PORE DOCTOR IN US DISCUSSES PROBLEMS WASHINGTON, Wednesday. A SINGAPORE woman doc tor who has been touring U.S. public health centres said in an interview today that her tour had impressej her with the need for a more vigorous approach to pub'.ic health problems in Singapore The doctor is Dr.
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    One Survives Blast On Ship
    134 5 ROME, Wednesday. ONE badly wounded man; the sole survivor, has been brought out alive from the wreckage of the Italian ship which blew up near Santo Stefanu yesterday. The death roll has risen to 69, according to a report In an Italian newspaper. Rescue teams
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    Shot Kills R.A.F. Man
    355 5 »IRCRAFTSMAN Gerald A Giles of the Royal Air Force at Se'etar, Singapore, told the Coroner, Mr. W. G. Porter, at an inquiry yesterday, that he believed Air craftsman E. C. White was killed by a shot frofh the rifle he was handling in the R.A.F. guard
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    GUILTY ON TWO CHANDU CHARGES
    76 5 From Our Own Correspondent KLUANG, Wed.— A Chinese, Hio Pin, wa s convicted in the Kluar.g district Court on charges, of being in possession of two packets of chandu, and not surrendering the chartßu apparatus to the Customs. The accused pleaded guilty and -.was fiaed
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Thursday July 3, 1947. The Parting Of The Ways
    884 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Thursday July 3, 1947. The Parting Of The Ways At the conference in Paris this week. Mr. Molotov has shown that he is no believer in the English proverb, "Don't look a gift horse in the mouth." Mr. Molotov has Insisted that before European countries act
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    NEW YORK TO MALAYA
    428 6 American View Of Rubber Price THE following are extracts 1 from a letter received by Mr. C. Prosper Liston, of Penang, from a correspondent who is in the New York rubber trade: "It is obvious to all of us in the rubber taade that the distressed
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      Will Singapore ever stop this filthy spitting?
      329 6 Will Singapore ever stop this filthy spitting? AS a member of the public, I make the following suggestions to the newly formed Singapore Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis. While the association is planning the establishment of clinics ana hospiiUs, it should, in cooperation with the Government and Municipal Health
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      Dawn To Dusk On Rubber Estates
      192 6 WHETHER in Government offices, firms or factories, certain hour 3 of work are fixed for employees, but ill tne case of rubber estates, the staff are expected to work from morning till night fall. Why is this allowed to go on? Are not these
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      $4 For Cyclists
      84 6 QINGAPORE cyclists received iJ a shock when they read that bicycles are to be registered again as from Sept. 1. I agree with the princiDle. but why $4 instead of $1? Why not a new transportation allowance? Bicycle thefts v/ould be reduced If all cyclists were in
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      A Singaporean Was Pleasantly Surprised
      169 6 LAST Saturday night, not knowing the fare, I asked the conductor of an S.T.C. omnibus what the right fare was. I half-expected a rude reply, r was pleasantly surprised at receiving a quiet answer in which there was neither irritation nor sarcasm. Last night, returning
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      Highly Noticeable At Tranquerah
      136 6 F' is some relief to thosa of v? who res'de within Muni cipal limits in Malacca to know that the subject of traffic dangers was discussed at a recent meeting of the Municipal Com missioners. But there is another still more urgent and important matter. Are
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      26 6 LeUers signed with a nom-de-plume arc not published unless the writer's I name and address ore communicated tv the Editor as a guarantee of good faith.
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      Great-great-grandpop (Chinese) would not have approved.
      479 6 Great-great-grandpop (Chinese) would not have approved. TpHE other day, while I was 1 glancing through the pages of the Straits Times, I came across the name of a certain Chinese gentleman which left me flabbergasted, to* say the least of it. But that was only a particular'y fruity specimen! of
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      The Labourer To The Tuan
      286 6 AN unusual ktter in the Straits Times post-bag the other day was one from nine Tamil labourers, three of whom signed th:ir names in English and the others in their own script. As toddy drinkers, these labourers have something to say to whisky drinkers, co
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      Cheaper Sweeps
      84 6 AS I understand that the Singapore EUi» Course jri!i be ready before trie end of this year and that there will be two meetings in November I should like to make these suggestions. As all the Big Sweeps in Sekuigor, Penang, Ipoh and Taiping are sold at $1
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      888 6 CLASSIFIED ADS. ENGAGEMENT FANO-OON— The engagement is announced between Mr. Pang Leong San the second son of Mr. Mrs. Pang Cheng Yean and Miss Oon Beng Guat tlie third daughter of the late Dr. Oon Bim Kohf nnd Mrs. Oon Sim Kong. DEATHS SILVIA CANNELL. wife of the late Albert
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      53 6 Scientific Glare Control American POLAROID DAY GLASSES FITS-ONS also available. Die only type ot glosses that really conrols glare. During the war used by the American Army and Navy. Call for a demonstration to Drove the dUTerences from ordinary sun glasses Various New Types cf Spectacle Frames A Mountings also
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      198 6 EXPLOSION WithoutW ithout dynamite, nitroglycerine, T.N.T." and gunpowder all products of the British chemical industry there would be less coal and less building stone. Railways would not cut their way across the countryside. There would be no Panama Canal. Most explosions are burning processes. Explosive power comes partly' from the
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    78 7 In the letter printed b:low a corrcsp ndent calls for anti-spit, ting propaganda in the streets of Singapore. Here is an exampl: of what the Public Relations Department in the Malayan Union has dor- in that direction. This lar^e hoard ng <n Monntbatten Street, Kuala Lumpur, presents a bloodcurdling pictnre
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    Market Business Small
    444 7 Our Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, Wednesday. ALL sections of the market continued quiet and only a* small volume of business .was transacted. There was a slightly easier und-?rtone-Among industrials. Straits Steamships were done at $20.75, Fraser and Neave£ had small buyers at $3.55, sellers asking $3.57 i. Breweries
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    TWO TROOPERS IN PORT
    125 7 The war U> the Pacific was responsible for the renaming of a one-time luxury liner often referred to as "Queen of th, 3 Pacific" which arrived i n Singapore yesterday. She is the 25.000-Um Empress of Japan, which is new a trooper. She arrived from Kure
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      $10,000 Comes 'Out Of The Blue'
      118 7 i THKKh prominent Singapore citizens raised the subject of I the Rotary Club's proposed Anti-Tubcrcu?osis Fund i after a business talk on Tuesday and sent in cheques totall mr $10,000 to start it off. TVe new President of the Club, Mr. S. S. Franklin,
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      Suicide Attempt
      95 7 I>ECAUSE she had had a quarrel, with her husband, 18-year-old Lim Ah Ngan had attempted to take her life by drinking caustic soda, it was stated in tho Singapore Second Police Court yesterday. She pleaded guilty to a charge of attempted suicide. She was bound over in the
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      Rotary Event
      60 7 MALACCA, Wednesday. The charter and installation dinner of the Malacca Rotary Club will be held at the Rest House at 8 p.m. July 8. The Acting Governor of 80 District Rotary I ntn t ernational, Mr. S. H. Peek, Singapore, will present the charter to laccaThis will also
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      Strike Deadlock
      82 7 A STRIKE deadlock has aris3ii at the Ho Hong Oil Mills in Havelock Road where the management refuses to r.ccede to its employees' demands fcr a unionconducted employment agency, a 100 per cent, pay increase and the reinstatement of 17 dismisssd men. The 140 employees at the mills
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      Rent Bill Today
      73 7 TWO Bills, one to make provision for the Singapore Legislative Council elections, and the other to amend and re-enact the law controlling rent of premises, will come up before the Singapore Advisory Council meeting ttiis morning. Among the other items on the agenda. Sir Kan Hoe Lim
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      London Successes
      112 7 PRTHER details have bee n re] ceived from London of thei buccess of the three Singapore j I Social Welfcre Scholarship holders in the recent sessional examinations. All three candidates were placed in the First Class, F/LT. K. H. Tin being fifth in the class. Miss M. Boswell
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      Siamese Fined
      103 7 THL naval cadet son e of a colonel 1 :n the Siamese Army, 19-year-old Pisalunahalekaka, was fined $1,000 or four months rigorous imprisonment, in the First District Court, Singapore, on Tuesday, after he had pleaded suilty to being in possession of 40 lbs of Indian hemp iganja) at
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      Cocktails Aboard
      78 7 DENANG, Wednesday.— The Com- mander-in-Chief, East Indies Station, Vice-Admiral Sir Arthur Palliser, and Lady Palliser were i "at home" to leading Penang r e- i I sidents yesterday evening. They I gave a cocktail party on board H.M.S. Glasgow. Despite inclement weather, a large number ot guests went
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      SHACKLE CLUB OPENED
      126 7 Over 1,000 Singapore servicemen were present at the NAAFI "Shackle Club" last night, after its official opening by Mrs. L. H. Cox, wife of the G.0.C., Singapore District. The club is the former fleet canteen at Beach Road, opposite the Raffles Institution, which was run exclusively lor
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      WOMAN GUILTY ON MILK CHARGES
      70 7 From Our Own Correspondent Kluang, Wednesday. A Chinese woman, Yong Chin Thai, was convicted in the Kluang District Court on charges of being in possession of 40 tins of sweetened condensed milk without a licence, and of serving customers in her coffee shop with coffee
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      "COLOUR, CUSTOM AND CREED"
      34 7 The weekly meeting of the EastWest Society will be held at 8.30 tenant at the V.M.C.A. hall, Stamtcrd Road. Mr. V. W. Frampton will speak on "Colour, Custom and Creed."
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    Public Outcry Against Price Increases
    1203 7 FORCING UP COST OF LIVING WIDESPREAD concern and criticism was expressed by Singapore wage-earners yesterday at the Government's action in increasing the price of flour, sugar, bread, cigarettes, tinned tobacco and petrol. These increases touched on essential commodities and would result in forcing up the
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    39 7 The Governor, Sir Edward Gent speaking at the »y*mtoi of the new Government Printing Depar:ment premises in Kuala Lumpur on Monday. Seated hi hnd him is the Government Printer, Malayan Union, Mr. H T. Koss.— P. R. D. picture.
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    Traded With Old Jap Licence
    180 7 AFTER ordering a tc:r n a officer discovered that the This was rtla'ed in Ti;ird Police Ccuit, yes erday when Hoj Fung Toh. 3G, thei proDrietcr cf the Stamford j Cafe, Bras Basa'i Foad, was| ft; ed $750 and costs or turee, months' rieorou- imcr
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    COOPERATIVE MEETING
    26 7 The 18th annual gjasrsJ meeting of the Sin« ia'v"-ei a'v"-e Uovernmei; 3 Servants' Co-operative Thrift an "I rcday at the Ccurcl Cirm.be Government offices.
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    LOOTERS RAID RICE TRAIN: ONE ARRESTED
    194 7 LOOTERS RAID RICE TRAIN: ONE ARRESTED From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday MINE bags of rice were stolen when looters descended upon a rice train brought to a standstill by a signal against ft two miles from the Kuala Lumpur railway station last night. Today the arrested man, an
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      LONELY HEART
      5873 8  -  IT seeing that one spring day, a character oj the name of NicelyNicely Jones arrives in a ward in a hospital in the City of Newark, N.J., with such a severe case of pneumonia thai the attending physician, who is a horse player at heart, and very absentminded,
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      178 8 SAf£, />(/*£ Af/IKTHAT NEVER, NEVER <|p||<f) CHANGES IN QUALITY \SJL says ELSIE, tht BORDEN COW lljie: This is Klim' ll is pure, powdered whole milk. Only fine milk from healthy cows is made into Klim. And it is kept safe and pur* through our special packing process. Klim quality never
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    THE SINS OF VICTORIAN SONS
    834 9 *HK WESTERING SUN, by fitorgc Blake. London, Sydney: rollins. THERE'S a certain grim quality about George Blake: He wants to tell the story of the heirs to Victorian greatness and vulgarity and, by the Lord, he does it. From the 'seventies of last century to
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    NEWSMEN'S FORTUNES
    197 9 DUNKERXEY'S by Howard Spring:: Collins. IN "Dunkerley's" Mr. Howard Spring has given us the second volume of the trilogy which began with "Hard Facts." Again vft follow the fortunes of Daniel Dunkerley, the ambitious printer, acd more particularly of Alec Ettlworth, the brilliant and neurotic young editor, and
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    The Big, Bad Wolfe
    442 9 Mystery Of The Week THE SILENT SPEAKER, by Rex Stout. London: Tbe Crime Club. AFTER six years of hushhush work for the U.S. Government, Nero Wolfe makes a nolib'.c reapprarance in private practice. Wolie, who Is one of the three greatest detectives living, is also the
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    Well, Why Is A Horse?
    1011 9 From BERNARD WICKSTEED in London. THE BOOK OF THE HORSE. London: Nicholson Watson. T«HIS week I have rea4 1 read nearly half a million words about the horse, something I would never have dreamed of under tak ing had I not been stuck indoors all
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      240 9 Proved on the World's Highways SiO} 'i/H iFr Btef~^s HILLMAN MINX Hepirstnted in Malayan L'n.an /'Jff'-J l>i>tribnto-s: WEARNE BROS., LTD. //fefl&£B(P Peimr; Ipeh K. Lumpur f AfOTCt PISS t-f/o. 1 Serentban Malacca summmmmMmmmnimmmm^mm^mmm^t^^ Orchard Road, Singapore Just Unpacked COSTUME-JEWELLERY OF 1947 SMARTER THAN EVER NULCHANDS The Hovse of Good Dresses*
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      143 9 PRANG BESAR ISOLATION GARDEN SL.EE: The potential svpply ov Plot H is r >w fully reserved ad no furt'.ier booki^jjs are possible for the co.-ninj seeding season. Limited bookings can still bs accepted for isolation garden seed from Plots C, D and E, and from F and G. Enquiries should
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      650 9 A tl^jr.c^r's play often, nives the ind declarer took Easts kicg with the aeciarer advance notice that a suit j ace. A low heart was led toward w:lr not break. In today's hand this dummy's king and West, with the I Ul c^ Uoa d t0 a r eat coup.
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      236 10 AIR- s*\^ CONIJITIONED t P.M. -1.15 P.M. jT m m Trr3 S 8 30 *915 P M 5Jgj^2122?1l PHOTOGRAPHED IN I GLORIOUS^TECHNICOLOR! SCREEN'S LATEST HIT TUNES! GORDON «c WARREN GRABLE r KORrnT YOING /«iDOLPnE MKNJCO POTII. CENTURV-rOX'S BFST MUSICAL IF YOU WANT today A ADVENTURE T1.45 YOU SHOULD JOIN 4
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      339 10 SKYWAYS (far east) LTD. (Incorporated in Hongkong.) DIRECT LANCASTRIAN PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE BETWEEN SINGAPORE AND HONGKONG IN 7 HOURS NEXI DEPARTURES Friday 4th July Tuesday Bth July Friday 11th July Enquiries to THE BORNEO COMPANY LIMITED. (Incooorateo lr, Englacd) General Arrnta Bookings also accepted at Straits Central Agencies, Majestic
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    LONDON STOCKS
    458 11 LONDON, Tuesday. AN the Stock Exchange todaj, there was a marking d6wn and widening of prices In most sections during the morning session owing to the Paris Conference deadlock and Dr. Dalton's austerity speech, says Reuter's financial correspondent. However no great volume of stock came on the market
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    Produce Market Sugar and Sago Prices Jump
    416 11 Produce Market Sugar and Sago Prices Jump Tamarind: Slam Sl2, Black $7* Peanuts: Siam $28, Siam cook ed $38. Siam seeds No. 1 $46, He 2 $40. Copra: Dried $19, In bulk $18} Lard: No. 1 $90, No. 3 $86. Dried Chillies: No. 1 $48, No 2 $38. From A
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    COCONUT OIL SALE
    68 11 NEW YORK, WednesdayTrade representatives reported that a large soap manufacturer had purchased more than. 18,000,000 pounds of crude coconut ott yesterday. It was the largest single! day's volume siflce the war ended. The oil had been purchased at 11 cents (U.S.) a pound, dealers raid After the
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    N.Y. STOCK EXCHANGE
    58 11 NEW YORK. Wednesday— The market responded yesterday to shoTtcovering and new investment demand earijr trading to show gains of up to two points In moderate dealings. Activity dwindled but pressure was only light and improvement -was maintained. A selection rally In late dealings brought final advances of
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    Company Meeting HONG KONG SELANGOR
    79 11 Company Meeting HONG KONG SELANGOR In the current year up to May 31, 121.600 lbs. of rubber were tapped by Hong Kong (Selangor) Rubber. This was announced at the company's London meeting on Tuesday. Other details— profit for 1946. £2.236. liss rehabilitation £2,085, leaving net Income £151. Brought in to
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    U.S. PRICE OF U.K. £
    166 11 U.S. PRICE OF U.K. LONDON, Wednesday. THE Chancellor of the Exchequer, Dr. Hugh Dalton, denied in the House of Comnons yesterday that British pounds were on sale at the Chase National Bank in New York for U.S. *3.10. or about 90 cents below the official rate. At the same time
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    RUBBER
    58 11 The Singapore Chamber ot Oommerce Rubber Associations prices at noon yesterday were: Buyers Sellers Der Ib. per lb. Mo. 1 R.S.S. Spot loose 25% 26 No. 1 R.«.S. fob In bales. July 36% 37 No. 2 RJ&S. fob In bales. July 26 26H No. 3 KJSB. fob in bales.
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    RUBBER STUDY
    64 11 PARIS. Wednesday. The International Rubber Study Group, attended by 25 nations, opened behind closed doors here yesterday. It was announced the press would be excluded from the daiiy meetings until July 8, when the results of the conference will be made known. Two main problems tcnown to I
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    U.S. FUTURES
    38 11 NEW YORK, Wednesday.— Crude rubber futures yesterday closed five to 15 points lower. Sales totalled 47 contract*. September 14.15 cents (US.). December 14. cents (U.S.). No. 1 rubber smoked sheets 14 3/8 cents (U.S.) nominal A.P.
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    DISTINCTION $140 & WADDLE
    1617 12 DISTINCTION $140 WADDLE Outsiders Win In The Mud From Our Racing Correspondent IPOH, Wednesday. DISTINCTION paid $540, Waddle $129, Kashmiri Song $90 and Airpal $S9 today, second day of the Perak Turf Club June-July meeting, when favourites failed in nearly all events. The Flannery "Lucky Syndicate" Marland combination had three
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    TOURISTS AND NOTTS DRAW
    112 12 NOTTINGHAM. Wednesday. Overnight and morning ram limited cricket to two and threequarcers hours here today and all interest went out of the game between Nottinghamshire and the South Africans which ended in a draw. Final scores were: Nottinghamshire C24 and 164 for 6 wickets. Sou ill
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    SAYA.IIRAO FOR GOLD CUP RACE
    81 12 NEW YORK. Wednesday.— Entries lor the International Gold Cup lace worth $100,000 to be run at Belmont Park on July 19 closed at midnight yesterday, and will be malj known tomorrow. Si.'ajirao and Mighty Maharatta, owned by the Maharaja Gaekwar of Baroda. and Djelal owru>d
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    Dividends At A Glance
    873 12 RACE 1— AIRPAL $89 and *12 Nachtegaal The Pathan $14. RACE 2— DESERT QUEEN $25 and $8, Some Class $10, Tin Plate $11. RACF 3— TRETES $27 and $8, Air Gee $8, Slipstream $7. RACE 4— ASCOT VALE $15 and $9, Mont Blot $15, Harl quin
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    Plan For Singapore Sports Centre
    407 12 Plan For Singapore Sports Centre THE provision of a sporti centre for Singapore, in eluding a stadium or stadiums and adequate training facili ties for all branches of sport is proposed in constitutiona rules to be placed before th« newly-formed Singapore Olym pics ;«nd Sports Council a1 the Council Chamber,
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    M.C.C. DEFEAT OXFORD
    167 12 LONDON. Wednesday. Six County cricket matches ended decisively yesterday Results were At Derby. Deroyshire beat Glamorgan by four wickets. Glamorgan 211 and 210 for 5 declared. JCyson not out 64 >; Derbyshire 143 and 285 for 6 (Townsend 92. Alderman 58 and 57). At Manchester. Lancashire beat
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    VON NIDA DOES RECORD ROUND
    205 12 HOYLAKE, Wednesday. Most of the fancied competitors, including the formidable Americans. Johnny Bulla Vie Ghezzi and the amateur, Frank btrananan, qualified for the event proper in the British Oper. Oolf Crarapionship yesterday. I 4 Overseas golfers occupied the lime,nt m the second qualifying round on
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    The Governor Is Full Back
    308 12 The Governor Is Full Back From Our Staff Coi respondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday WHEN the Pudu Kugliali School Gir's' hockey team met a mixed side this eveiiiiig in th.ir first big match and drew two all one of the biggest obstacles the lottt&nM came up against was a very determired
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    Americans To Meet In Tennis Final
    54 12 WIMBLEDON. Wednesday Tom Brown will meet Jack Kramer in the final of the men's Wimbledon singles championship. Today Brown beat Budge Patty 6-3. 6-3, 6-3. Jack Kramer defeated Australian Dinny Pails 6-1, 3-6, 6-1, 6-0. The two finalists are both members of the United
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    Anderson Fouls Phillips
    107 12 Anderson Fouls Phillips LONDON, Wed. AL PHILLIPS retained his British Empire Feather weight -Championship Jast night when Cliff Anderson British Guinea Negro, vu.s disqualified for a foul blow in the eighth round. Phillip3 weighed 125 and 3/4 lbs. and And^r son 123. In the eighth, after a sharp melee, Phillips
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    J.B. DISTRICT HOCKEY ASSN.
    149 12 From Our Own Correspond«nt JOHORE BAHRU. Wednesday. A meeting of representatives of several sports clubs held last night in the Civil Service Club decided to form the Johore B3hru District Hockey Association. Mr. P. G. M. Lee presided. The meeting elected Mr. J. D. Hodgkinson president,
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    RYDER CUP OFF
    45 12 /LONDON. Wednesday. Mr. Ed Budley, president of the American Professional Golfers' Association, has cabled the British Professional Golfers' Association regretting hi>j inability to stage the Ryder Cup match between professional golfers of America and Britain in America as originally arranged for November
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