The Straits Times, 24 September 1947

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    18 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 tiUHI PACrfcS SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1947 PRICE TEN CENTS
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    More Work For Mr. MacDonald
    98 1 LONDON, Tuesday. BRITISH Foreign Office 1\ spokesman today denied a ri port published in London that th" function of the British Spocial Commissioner for South. •Ml \sia Mill be reduced when tli<- prrsmt holder of the office. Lord Killearn, returns to London from Singapore next
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    Economy Plea Still Ignored
    166 1 Economy Plea Still Ignored PINGAPORE town area last •J night used more electricity in the 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. 1 emergency period than on any nipht since the Munici-i pality appealed for economy a week ago. Part* of Cross, Pagoda and i Hokkien Streets, South Bridge, New Bridge and
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    BEEL ON PLAN FOR NEW GOVERNMENT IN THE NEI Special Body To Assist Dr.VanMook
    475 1 BEEL ON PLAN FOR NEW GOVERNMENT IN THE NEI Special Body To Assist Dr.VanMook THE HAGUE, Tuesday. THE Dutch Prime Minister, Dr. Louis Beel, told the Second Chamber of the Dutch Parliament today that the Government planned to form a central organisation in Indonesia "in the near future** which could
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    34 1 The scene at North Boat Quay yesterday after a tongkang loaded with carbide had blown up. The destroyed tongkang is seen in the centre, flanked by other junks which were damaged in the explosion.
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    Tongkang Blows Up: Three Men Missing
    251 1 Tongkang Blows Up: Three Men Missing rO Chinese tongkang men' and a Javanes c vessel labourer were found to be missing after a tongkang loaded with 470 drums of carbide had blown up in Singapore River yesterday with an explosion which shook the entir c river waterfront. Singapore Police yesterday
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    TRANSATLANTIC FLIGHT WITHOUT A PILOT
    125 1 WASHINGTON, Tuesday, .'he l T n>ted States Air Force announced last night that a four-engined C5l Skymaster yesterday completed the first Trans-Atlantic flight in history without a pilot at the controls. The transport plane, which carried 14 men, took off from Sternensville, Newfoundland, and landed
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    MILK CUT FOR U.K.
    32 1 LONDON. Tuesday— Britain's long summer drought Is likely to cause the milk ration, now two pints per week, to be cut to by half this coming winter.— U.P.
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    Police Escorts For Census Workers
    248 1 A FLEET of motor sampans and launches, manned by 100 enumerators and police, put out from the Master Attendant's and Clifford Piers at 11 o'clock last night to get census details from people on the harbour and rivers. At 1 a.m. another 100 enumerators, escorted
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    Britain Denounces Soviet Policy
    471 1 NEW YORK, Tuesday. A VIGOROUS denunciation of Russian policy as put forward by tK* Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister, M. Vyshinsky, was made by the British Minister of State, Mr. Hector McNeil, when he addressed the United Nations General Assembly yesterday. Mr. McNeil, who received the loudest
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    Cargo Ship Returns To S'pore
    147 1 THE disabled 7,165-ton Cana- dian ship Lake Chilco is being towed back to Singapore by the Singapore Harbour Board tug Griper. Two days after leaving Singapore last Thursday for Los Angeles, the vessel lost a propellor in the South China Sea. She is expected to
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    Rubber Rises A Cent
    115 1 Rubber Rises A Cent RUMOUR that the U.S. Government W2U about to acquire further rubber for strategic reserve purposes I sent th e price up by one cent on the local market yesterday. This was the highest gain on a single day for several months. No. 1 sheet f.o.b. closed
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    39 1 (The Straits Times receives ita continuous cabled reports of world news from the following sources: Reuter A. A. P., Associated Press. United Press. The Times and Special Correspondents in London. Paris, New York. "Washington, Tokio. Sydney, Cauberra and Melbourne.)
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    Explosive Smuggled With Food
    151 2 Explosive Smuggled With Food EXPLOSIVES powerful enough to hav e broken a hole in the prison wall sufficiently big to enable prisoners to escape were found in Outram Road prison on Thursday, says a statement by the Acting Commissioner of Prisons, Mr. W. B. Oliver. The discovery of the explosive
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    MR. CHURCHILL ACCUSES LABOUR GOVT.
    94 2 MR. CHURCHILL ACCUSES LABOUR GOVT. LONDON, Tuesday— Mr. Churchill, declared yesterday that the first step to recovery in Britain was the election of a good Parliament. He added that the electors should by now realise that the hard and unprecedented sacrifices they were called upon to make for years to
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    400 SQUARE MILES FLOODED IN TOKIO
    68 2 TOKIO. Tuesday Japan's Home Ministry reported an area of 404 square miles in Toklo's Saitama prefectures alone flooded. The area forms a quarter of the Tokio metropolitan area. The Kyodo News Agency reported the new revised figures of flood casualties included 1.367 dead, 2.240
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    ARAB THREATS CN EVE OF PALESTINE DEBATE
    567 2 LONDON, Tuesday. DRITAIN'S Colonial Secretary, Mr. Creech Jones, left by plane for New York last night with Cabinet instructions to tell the United Nations' General Assembly that Britain will accept a workable Palestine settlement only if other nations provide men and money to
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    OFFICIAL PRICE TAG "UNNECESSARY"
    156 2 Noh Chiang How. a rook employed by the East Asia Store at 74 Serangoon Road, was yesterday acquitted of having refuse^ to sell a tin of sweetened condensed milk to a Food Control inspector on Sept. 22. The subject of price tags wu brought up in
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      London Mosque
      62 2 LONDON Tuesday— A company to build a mosqu c in Regent's Park, London, as a Muslim cultural and religious centre has been registered The project has been planned for some years and it has been said that the building will cost. £500,000 and be one of th e
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      La Guardia's Funeral
      64 2 La Guardia 's Funeral NEW YORK, Tuesday.— Ten thousand people gathered to watch the funeral of former Mayor of New York Fiorello H. La Guardia yesterday. The service ni held in the Cathedral of St. Joste the Resine. The little firebrand as mayor ruled the destinies of the nations largest
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      Gift For Princess
      39 2 BANGKOK. Tuesday.— A vanity case made of gold belonging to Siamese Royalty will be Slams gift to Princess Elizabeth. The cover of the case will be engraved with the initials of King Phumiphon Adundet, of Siam.
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      Hurricane Damage
      27 2 WASHINGTON, Tuesday.— The Agriculture Department estimated that last week's hurricane caused loss of between five and seven million boxes of citrus fruit in Florida.— A.P.
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      Hunger Strike
      106 2 JERUSALEM Tuesday— On c of th e two Jewish women arrested in Jerusalem on Sept. 13 as "top wanted terrorists" was reported by reliable Jewish sources tonight to be undergoing forcible feeding in Jerusalem's Government hospital after a week's hunger strike. The sources said sh c was named
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      Train Accident
      94 2 HONITON, Devon, Tuesday. Two Southern Railway expresses, the Devon Belle bound for London and the Atlantic Coast express to Devon, were Involved in an accident between the Honiton and Sidmouth junction today. Part of the streamline casing of the Devon B:lle locomotive came off near Sidmouth and hit
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      Soldiers Evacuated
      75 2 LIVERPOOL, Tuesday.— Six soldiers were evacuated from the old anti-aircraft fort near Mersey Bay, yesterday by a New Brighton lifeboat during a gale. The fort which was erected during the last war and has been staffed by men of the Royal Engineers A.C.C. and R.A.M.C. on a 28-day
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      'Plenty Of Praying' In Parachute Jump
      174 2 MANILA, Tuesday. WITH the discovery of Cpl. Vernon Meadows perched high on a pine tree in a mountain province of North Luzon, all 26 survivors of a midnight bail-out from a doomed Army transport plane were none the worse for their experience today. One
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      Big Gas Explosion
      45 2 ISTANBUL. Turkey. Tuesday.— Forty-eight men were killed in a gas explosion in a coal mine at Zongouldak on the Black Sea today according to reports received here. No details of the accident were available Zongouldak is Turkey's chief coal producing district. A.P.
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      C.-in-C. Resigns
      68 2 LONDON Tuesday— The resignation of Marshal of th c Royal Air Force, Sir Sholto Douglas, as British Commander inChief in Germany, was officially announced here last night. Gen. Sir Brian Robertson, prese n t Deputy Military Governor, will replace him. The official announceme n t said Sir Sholto
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      Evaded Duty
      133 2 BELFAST, Tuesday. James MacClough, 41 -year-old unemployed labourer of Glasgow, was fined a total of .€4,610 or in default three years' imprisonment when he pleaded guilty at Belfast to having dealt in uncustomed goods with duty to be paid to the value of £17,214. He was fined £1,500
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      Einstein Plan
      105 2 NEW YORK, Tuesday.-Soient. ist Albert Einstein urged the United Nations Assembly yest'.r. day to lay the foundation for a real world government at once even though Russia and her Allies remained outstide it. In an open letter to the As. sembly printed in the United Nations World, he
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      CUTS IN FOOD CONTROL STAFF
      124 2 Price-tagging, if properly carried out In the markets, will appreciably reduce the number of Singapore Food Control inspectors, and steps to reorganise the inspectorate are now under consideration. The Deputy Price Controller. Singapore, Mr. A. D. Butler Madden, sairj yesterday that his department did not
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      INTIMIDATION OF WORKERS CHARGE
      72 2 A remand in custody until today was ordered by the Fourth Police Court Magistrate, Mr. R. J. C. Wait, yesterday, when three Chinese, Lim Hoe Ec, 48, Lam Ah Lee. 21, and Lim Ah Kai, 45, appeared before him charged with intimidation. They were charged with
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      752 2 NOTICES NOTICE Notice is hereby Riven that the sale r>t old newspapers previously advertised to lake place on Sept. 24. 1947. has been cancelled. (SRd): WONG HOY SIEW. Licensed Auctioneer. SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY WATER DEPARTMENT Tendrrs closing noon Tuesday. 21 October. 1947. are invited for the ■Purchase of damaged Steel Plates."
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      143 2 SHIPPING NOTICE "SEASIDE" Is expected to arrive from Canadian Ports on the 27th Inst. and will discharge her cargo alongside SHU wharves. Consignees are requested to apply to Messrs. Paterson, Simons Co. Ud., for delivery orders. S.S. GOVERNMENT 3% LOAN 1962/72 Notice is hereby Riven that the Transfer Books of
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      311 2 Under the Distinguished Patronage of The O.A.G. His Excellency Vr P.ft.B. McKerron and Mrs McKerron SPECIAL ALL MALAYAN PREMIERE of the British I*ilm "thunder roc:;" st:irrinj» Michael Redgrave. Barbara Mullen.. James Mason 6c Lilli Palmer Directed by: ROBERT ARDRKY at the REX THEATRE on Thursday, the 25th September, 1*47 at
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    UNION CUTS PETROL ISSUES BY 15 PER CENT Malayan Move To Save Dollars
    683 3 UNION CUTS PETROL ISSUES BY 15 PER CENT Malayan Move To Save Dollars From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. A 15 per cent, cut in current petrol issues, which is expected to save 3,600,000 gallons a year, was announced in the Malayan Union today. The object of the new
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    55 3 Pope Pius XII, in a happy mood, is carried into the Hall of Benediction at the Vatican, Rome, where he told delegates to two International Catholic Women's Federations of the four duties of Catholic women in the face of "perils without precedent in the history of humanity to which w>m«n
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    Leftist Tendency In Ceylon
    385 3 Leftist Tendency In Ceylon COLOMBO, Tuesday. PEYLON turned far more to v the extreme Left than was originally anticipated in the general elections under the new constitution of "near dominion status," which ended yesterday with th c election of five more members to the House of Representatives. Extreme Left-wing groups
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    TOURIST SHIP IN S'PORE
    85 3 TOURIST SHIP IN S'PORE TWENTY-THREE American I 1 round-the-world tourists will arrive in Singapore this morning from San Francisco by the American President Lines ship, President Monroe. The vessel will berth alongside God owns 36 and 37 of the Singapore Harbour Board wharves. The tourists are the largest batch to
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    THIVY TO DISCUSS WAGES PROBLEM
    94 3 The Representative of the Government of India in Malaya, Mr. J. A. Thlvy, will leave Singapore tonight by train on a four-day visit to Kuala Lumpur during which he will contact various labour organisations. He will see the Governor of the Malayan Union. Sir Edward
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    ARMY DELIVERS LONDON MEAT
    84 3 LONDON Tuesday. A FLEET of 200 Army lorries manned by 300 troops, including a brigade of the Guards and K.A.s.c. took over the running of the whole of Smithfleld Market to supply meat to the shops following an extension of the Smithfleld drivers' un. official strike.
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    SPECIAL LICENCEFOR ROYAL WEDDING
    251 3 LONDON, Tuesday. THE Royal special licence lor the wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Lieut. Mountbatten was issued today. Made of vellum and measuring 26J by 22 inches, the document is an example of the splendours which would have been Princess Elizabeth's, if the nation she will
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    S'pore Municipal Commission's Future: Comments
    251 3 S'pore Municipal Commission's Future: Comments MR. John Laycock and Mr. N. A. Mallal, who have thampinned an elected majority on the Singapore Municipal Cormxissioii, yesterday warmly welcomed the report that Government had accepted the principal recommendation of the Laycock Committee. This was that two thirds of the future Municipal Commissioners
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    49 3 A Municipal Indian driver, A. Manikam, 30, was charged in the Second ll^lice Court, yesterday with the theft of four gallons of petrol, the property of the Municipality, at Tiwary Read, on Sept. 22. Police bail was extended and the hearing of the case was lixctl for October 31.
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  • Obituary
    DEATH
    32 4 SEAH. Mr Siah Eng Kun. Age 75. i way peacefully on 22.9.47 at his r.Mdence No. E. Hallpike St.. Spore. Funeral on Wednesday 24.9.47 at 3.30 p.m. to Bidadari for Interment.
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    74 4 MR. MRS. LIM HENK WIE leader thfir best thanks to their numerous friends and well-wishers for their valuable presents on the occasion of their marriage on September 20. 1947. (Up-country papers nlease copy). Mr At Mrs Fong Piang Choy thank <!i friends ard relatives for their kind presents, good
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    The Straits Times TURNING DOWN A RICE OFFER
    1174 4 The Straits Times TURNING DOWN A RICE OFFER Singapore, Wed., Sept. 24, 1947 The reported refusal of the governments of Singapore and the Malayan Union to guarantee a market for Australian rice makes strange reading in the light of the shortage which no-one expects to be remedied for at least
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    THE Y.W.CA. HAS A MUSANG
    87 4 CAN any of your readers tell me how to get rid of a musang which inhabits our roof? Poison on fruit and on meat has been tried, and the roof has been sprayed with D.D.T. Neither of these methods have had any effect on the
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      SINGAPORE CLERKS AND THE VOTE
      99 4 rHE Straits Times of Sept. 20 contains a report that the Executive Council of the Singapore Clerical and Administrative Workers Union has decided to support the elections and ask members to register as voters. As far as I know the decision was taker without consulting
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      Perak Views On Bandits vs. Blunderbusses
      688 4 Perak Views On Bandits vs. Blunderbusses Y^UR recent championship A of the police who have to deal with the problems of restoring the sense of security and law and order, so vital to war-ravaged Malaya, will find support from everyone who realises what a fine job is being done by
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      HONG KONG'S EXAMPLE TO SINGAPORE
      337 4 HONG KONG'S EXAMPLE TO SINGAPORE I SHOULD like to congratulate the Straits Times on voicing what I believe to be the opinion of every section of the community regarding th c crying need for a more realistic attitude to the question of deportation. Despite official denials issued, I strongly suspect,
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      ESTATETROUBLE IN JOHORE
      292 4 ESTATE TROUBLE IN JOHORE INDIAN labourers on the main division of an estate, mid-way between Johore Bahru and Kota Tlnggl, have i been on strike since dept. 4. Javanese employed by a Chin- ese contr.v.tor on the same estate have followed suit, not jso much in sympathy with the Indians,
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      WHY CHINESE DARE NOT BACK UP THE POLICE
      867 4 WITH reference to your com- ments on banishment, I would point out that a person can only b e banished after he has been arietta d nnd his continued residence in the country found undesirable, I but we are at present lac
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    DROP IN UNION'S RUBBER PRODUCTION 4,000-Ton Jump In Exports To U.S.A.
    262 5 DROP IN UNION'S RUBBER PRODUCTION 4,000-Ton Jump In Exports To U.S.A. From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. 4 2,300-ton drop in rubber production in Malaya during August is shown in Malayan Union rubber statistics published today. The drop reflects the continued difficult labour conditions on estates and the low
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      Young Extortioner To Be Flogged
      95 5 A 20-YEAR-OLD Chinese, Lim Teow Chuan, was sentenced tn 10 years' rigorous imprisonment and 12 strokes of the rutan by Mr. Justice Jobling in the Singapore Assize Court yesterday, when he was found guilty of committing armed robbery of $1,050, extortion of $500 and attempted
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      No Extension
      58 5 THE Supervisor of Elections, Mr. G, Hawkins yesterday, emphasised that there will not be any extension to the time limit for the registration of voters. The registration centre at the General Post Office, will remain open till midnight on Friday, which is the closing day. Applications received through
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      Dog Bit Children
      58 5 MUAR, Tuesday.— Because he did not muzzle his dog which on two separate occasions bit children a Chinese was fined toial of $15 in the Magistrate's Court. The accused said that he unmuzzled the dog at feeding time when one of the children threw stones at it.
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      Labour Rates
      71 5 f>ENANG. Tuesday— The newly formed Penang Rubber Traders' Association has appointed a three-man sub-committee to draw up labour rates for adoption by the rubber industry in Penamt. The sub-committee comprises Mr. R. B. Hussey, rhirman. Mr. Heah Joo Seang. vice-chairman; and Mr. Khaw Pheah Teng^secretary. This move follows
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      Pensioner For Gaol
      56 5 PENANG. Tuesday. A Government pensioner who served as a police inspector during the occupation unsuccessfully appealed before Mr. Justice Carey, yesterday, against a sentence of six months' rigorous imprisonment parsed on him by the District Judge. The appellant. Abdul Hamid. tiad been convicted on a charge of
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      Family Welfare
      48 5 THE Singapore Municipality is to appoint a woman assistant welfare officer i n order to give more attention to trip welfare of labourers' families. Applications are now invited for the post, which carries an initial salary of $250 a month and a cost of living allowance.
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      Lantern Procession
      118 5 AT a meeting, called by the Singapore Mayfair Musical and Dramatic Association, of representatives of 32 local Chinese organisations it was decided jointly to sponsor a night lantern procession to rf'lobrate the Double T«-nth. the Chinese National Day. A committee comprising nin< tit-M organisations was by the representatives
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      Help For Workers
      48 5 /"VNE thousand rubber workers in Sineapore; recently thrown out of work, will benefit by a mutual-aid scheme launched by rubber workers in Singapore. Those in employment are contributing at the rate of 10 cents per malp labourer, and five cents roer female labourer, per day.
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    P. & T. Men State Their Case
    105 5 P. T. Men State Their Case A FIVE-MAN deputation from the Posts and Telecoms Workers' Union, Singapore, led by the union president, Mr. Tay Tong Seng, met the acting Colonial Secretary, Mr. H. P. Bryson, yesterday, to state their case for an increase in the cost-of-living allowance. The delegates seek
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    Execution Stay Asked For
    93 5 Execution Stay Asked For rpHE Pakistan Government x has cabled London to stay execution in the Christmas Island case involving death sentences on five soldiers, according to a statement issued by the office of the Representative of the Government of India in Malaya Mr. J. A. Thivy. The statement which
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    SINGAPORE SHIPPING
    114 5 SHIPS alongside the Singapore wharves yesterday igodowns in brackets* were: Main Wharf: Limburg r31.32> Dorsetshire (33-34), Sedenak (36; Bcnlomond (42-43 1. West Wharf: Zeeland <1.2 i Srr.ai <3t, City of Khartoum (4. d>, Templar < 10-11), steel Advocate (12.13), Rimau <15>, Empire Colne il6 k Empire Dock: Cefn-y-Bryn
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    AIRPORT RE-OPENED
    20 5 Kallang Airfield which was closed for repairs last Wednesday, was reopened to all air traffic at noon yes'erday.
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    ROBBER GANG ARRESTED
    124 5 From Our Staff Correspond ?nt KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. Klang police on September 7 arrtsted a gang of three Malays and three Boyanese responsible for a large number of highway robberies in Selangor, ah official po'.ice statement revealed today. The gang used a 15-cwt. mili-tary-type lorry for travelling
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    LEMBAGA PROTEST TO SULTAN
    120 5 From Our Own Correspondent. JOHORE BAHRU, Tuesday.— The Lembaga Kesatuan Melayu, Johore Bahru, have protested to the Sultan of Johore at his haying submitted a tekgram, which they had sent him on Sept. 16, to the Resident Commi'asioner of the State. In the letter of protest,
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    ALLEGED ASSAULT ON INSPECTOR
    75 5 Alleged to nave punched a Registrar of Vehicles inspector twice in the stomach, a 31-year-old Chinese, Koh Ah Koo. was charged in the Second Police Court yesterday with assaulting the inspector. Chew Kirn San in the execution of his duty at North Boat Quay on Monday.
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    H.K.-S'pore: Seven Hours As Fish Flies
    211 5 H.K.-S'pore: Seven Hours As Fish Flies From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Tuesday. MALAYA is now receiving consignments of fish by air from China. An official of the Malayan Fisheries headquarters in Penang said today an experimental lot of 5,000 young carp had been sent by plan c from Hong Kong.
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    DEADLOCK REACHED IN UNION WAGES DISPUTE
    1073 5 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. JN his reply today to the letter from the Pan-Malayan Council of Government Workers, the Governor, Sir Edward Gent, suggests thai the labourers have misunderstood the cost of living cited by the Wages Commission and expresses the
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    UNION REPLIES IN 8 HOURS
    157 5 Within eight hours of receiving the governor's reply to their letter, the PanMalayan Council of Government Workers today despatched an answer to him which, Mr. M. P. Rajgopal. the chairman, said this evening was "our tinal letter in this exchange of letters." Sixty thousand ballottini?
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    Malay RAF Recruits Sworn In
    291 5 Malay RAF Recruits Sworn In nun Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. rHE first batch of five hundred Malay recruits to the newly-created RAF. Rejriment of Malaya \iere sworn in here today, before undergoing six months' training. This is the first timft in its history that thp R.A.F. na3 accepted
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    SCHOOLS TO BE RETURNED
    98 5 McNa'r Road School and tfle Government Trade School are to be de-requi6itioneH and returned to the Singapore Education Department on Nov. 1 and Dec. 31, respectively. A spokesman of Singapore District .said yesterday that the Army would rmve cut of these bu'ldings o:i those dates. Commenting
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      150 5 TOIMY: Business luncheon meeting, Rotary, Adelphi. 1 p.m. The first annual swimming carnival. St. Joseph's Institstion. Chinese Swimming Club's pool, 2 p.m. Y.W.C.A. Junior and Senior Groups' meeting. St.. Hilda's School. Katong, 4.15 p.m. New members are welcome Sineapore Chess Club. 5 p.m., meetIng of Amateur Swimming Association, 5.15 p.m.,
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    MILLIONS MAY FACE STARVATION Far East Urged To Grow Food
    358 6 MILLIONS MAY FACE STARVATION Far East Urged To Grow Food STRATFORD-ON-AVON, Tuesday. "IT is vitally important for the Far East as a whole to aim at a greater degree of self-sufficiency in food production," states the Institute of Pacific Relations at the conclusion of a 14-day study of problems of
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    Thivy "Did Not Drop Bombshell"
    763 6 Thivy "Did Not Drop Bombshell" TTHE Representative of the 1 Government of India in Malaya, Mr. J. A. Thivy, has clarified doubts and misunderstandings which may have arisen from a speech made by him at an Indo-Malayan tea party on Sept. 15. In a press statement, Mr. Thivy refers to
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    $8,750 FINES IN RICE CASES
    117 6 Fines amounting to $8,750 were imposed by the Second District Judge, Mr. J. P. Mtrson, on two Chinese. Goh Ah Yew and Chan Seng Hock, for contravention of the Food Control Order on Sept. 13. Goh and Chan pleaded guilty to two charges ot transporting
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    NAVAL BASE MEN WANT BACK PAY
    129 6 The Naval Base Labour Union has sent a letter to the Commodore Superintendent of the Singapore Naval Base, expressing dissatisfaction with the recommendations of the Joint Wanes Commission and askinz for a reconsideration of the salarly scheme of union members. The union claims that
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    Alleged Possession Of Pistol
    176 6 BAIL of $1,000, in one surety was allowed in the Seventh Police Court, yesterday to Charles Henry Foss, 35, a British army officer, who was charged with the possession of a German Luger automatic pistol. Mr P. F. de Souaa, defending, said that Mr. S. S.
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    CEYLON MEN WILL HELP IN BUILDING DRIVE
    112 6 Another batch of Ceylonese of the Royal Pioneer Corps is due in Singapore on the troopship Nevasa on Saturday. They will be assigned jobs left vacant as a result of the repatriation of Japanese and the normal post-war reduction of the British Army.
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    ALLEGED TO HAVE ROBBED SISTER
    87 6 An 18-year.old Malay girl Mahani binte Haji Ahmad, was charged in the Fourth Police Court yesterday with stealing Jewels worth $500 from her elder sister, Gaya binte Hajl Ahmad, on Sept. 17. In the same court, a 30-year, old Chinese, Koh Ah Kok, was charged
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    LONDON STOCKS
    463 7 LONDON, Monday. CAUTIOUS attitude was adopted by operators on j the London Stock Exchange throughout today, with price movements of a trifling nature either way, says Reuters financial correspondent. This was attributed to the warning by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Hugh Dalton, concerning the possibility of
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    U.S. FUTURES
    41 7 NEW YORK. Tuesday.— Crude rubber futures closed yesterday 23 to 30 points higher. Sales totalled 56 contracts. December 16.25 U.S. cents. March 16.07 bid. Mity 15.98 cents bid. Number one ribbed smoked sheets 16 a i nominal. A. P.
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    Singapore Share Prices
    738 7 By Our Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, Tuesday. THE tone of the local market was steady and in the industrial l section prices continued to harden. Tin shares were more buoyant with good outside Inquiry, but rubber shares were again neglected. Price quotations given today by the Malayan Sharebrokers'
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    MARKET HIT BY SOVIET SUGAR
    412 7 Produce Market B> A Market Correspondent WITH the arrival of two shipments of Soviet white sugar, totalling 2.000 bags, from Hon? Kone. the local white sugar market has received a severe blow. The biggest drop occurred in Java white, which lost $5.50 per picul. The
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    RUBBER
    63 7 The Singapore ChamDer of Commerce Rubber Association's prices at noon yesterday were: Buyers Sellers Cts. rts. per lb. er Ib. No. 1 R.S.S. Spot loose nominal 30 30'; No. 1 R.S.S. fob in bales Oct. 30% 31 'i No. 2 R.S.S. fob in bales Oct4 30 30% No. 3
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    N.Y. STOCK EXCHANGE
    90 7 Ni£W YORK. Tuesday One of the dullest afternoons for week* found traders cautious while digesting the 16--n«lon Paris report and awaiting Washington developments yesterday. Some quarters reason that since the market previously failed to decline on bad news it is apparently preparing to rise in anticipation of
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    JELAPANGTIN DREDGING
    97 7 Rehabilitation of Jclapang Tin Dredging Limlteds dredge and property has now advanced sufficiently for trial runs of the plant to be undertaken. The dredge was left by the Japanese in an area of tailings through which it will have to work before normal running operations can be resumed.
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    Dow Jones Averages
    19 7 Sept. 18. Sept. 22. Stocks 63.86 63.67 Industrials 178.31 178 02 Utilities 35.42 35. 15 A.P.
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    INDIANS OUT OF THE S.A.F.A. CUP Two-Nil Defeat By H.M.S. Simbang
    446 8 INDIANS OUT OF THE S.A.F.A. CUP Two-Nil Defeat By H.M.S. Simbang 11.. M.5. Simbang 2; Indian Association 6. CINE opportunism of their forwards and a strong defence enabled HJVIJS. Simbang to beat the Indian Association two-nil in the first round of the Singapore Amateur Football Association Cup competition at the
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    Badminton Results
    596 8 The Luc Icy Strike Badminton Party defeated the Endeavour B.P. by five games to two. Results (Lucky Strike B.P. players mentioned first) Singles: Hoo Chun Kah lost to Quck Keng Chuan 13-13 (5-2), 12-15, 7-15; iHodri bin Habi lost to Llm Yew Hock 13-13 l-s>. 2-15; Mawi Bin
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    Programme For Acjuatic Meeting
    233 8 Programme For Acjuatic Meeting rrHE order of events in the 1 Singapore Amateur Swimming Association championships to be held on Oct. 18, starting at 2.30 p.m., has been fixed as follows 1. 100 metres free-style (men), 2. 200 metres breast-stroke (men), 3. 50 metres back-stroke (women), 4. 50 metres free-style
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    JOLLILADS TEAM
    45 8 The team to represent the Jollilads at soccer against the RASC Water Transport Unit on Sunday at Pulau Brani at 5.15 p.m. win be selected from S. Sithambram, Rasak. Mahallngam. Ghani, Murugasu, Siitfha, Salahudin. Muniyandl, S. Chandra, Suppiah, Osman, Kanapthy, Muthu and Govindasamy
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    Yesterday's Tennis
    59 8 The Droojjleerer brothers seen in action in the S.C.C. men's doubles tennis final yesterday. They beat R. F. Smith and F. E. >I i k in three sets. Mrs. J. A. Dean, wife of the president of the club, is seen distributing cups to Mr. and Mrs. W.
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    ASIATIC TRAINER SCORES 8 WINS
    501 8  -  Epsom Jeep Ipoh Race Review By IPOH, Tuesday. 'FHE three-day Perak Turf Club September meeting I was highlighted by the remarkable success of J. R. Rodgers, only Asiatic trainer on the Malayan Turf, who saddled eight winners, including High Port in the Victory Cup, with
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    NEW ARMY F.A. SECRETARY
    62 8 LONDON. Tuesday. Lt.-Col. H. M. Prince, former England amateur, soccer international, has been appointed secretary of the Army Football Association. He is shortly retiring from the service to take up his new duties. Major FA Sloan, who has been secretary for the past seven years, continues
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    CHINESE CHESS
    34 8 The final of the Singapore Chi. nese Swimming Club's Chinese Chess tournament will be played at the clubhouse on Sunday at 11.30 a.m. Tay Kheng Hong and William Cheong are the finalists.
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    SERANGOON ASSN
    93 8 The seven-a-side soccer competition of Uie Serangoon Association resulted in Charlie Kang's team winning from Lim Cheng Heng's side. The association will be holding their first post-war social and dance on Oct. 26. The S.A. XI to meet the Merrilads' Musical Association on Sunday on the S.E.S. ground,
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    BURNS WINS ON K.O.
    54 8 SYDNEY, Tuesday.— Getting leave from work on the film production, "Son of Mathew". in which he stars. Tommy Burns, Australian welterweight boxing champion, knocked out Eddie Marcus of the United States last night in the eighth round at Sydney stadium. Burns weighed 147j lbs. and Marcus
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    LEAGUE RESULTS
    55 8 LONDON. Tuesday. Following are U.K. Football League results yesterday: THIRD DIVISION (Southern) Bristol R. 2 Swansea 3 THIRD DIVISION (Northern) Rotherham 1 Accrington 0 Reuter. The meeting of the Singapore Amateur Boxing Association which was to have been held at the Central Police Station yesterday evening was postponed
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    SINGAPORE TIDES
    16 8 Today: 5 pjn. (7.5 ft.). Tomorrow: 8-21 sun. (6.9 ft.), 6.46 p.m. (7.4 ft.).
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    DROOGLEEVERS WIN S.C.C. TENNIS FINAL
    194 8 |N the final of the men's i doubles in the Singapore Cricket Club's tennis cham-i pionships, played yesterday, W. H. Droogleever and R. F.j Droogleever, beat R. F. Smith and F. E. Mack, 2, 9— ll, j 6—2. Smith and Mack put up a plucky
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    Australia Wants Boy Andre Again
    494 8  -  MERV WILLIAMS By MELBOURNE, Tuesday. THERE is talk here of bringing back Boy Andre from 1 Malaya. The Seremban boxer did very well during his recent visit to Australia. With the Government clamping down on everything to save dollars, it would seem that the negroes
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    OFFERS FOR LAWTON
    78 8 LONDON. Tuesday. WHERE are now thrrr Third 1 Division South league clubs in the queue for the transfer of Tom Law ton. Chelsea's England international centre-forward Offers by I-eyton Orient .md Swansea Town have now been followed by one from Notts County. First Division clubs seeking Lawton
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    Sino-Malay XI To Play Shanghai
    199 8 Sino-Malay XI To Play Shanghai THE Sino-Malays, which, in prewar years, used to be one of the strongest combinations in Malaya, will appear in on c of five matches arranged by the Singapore Amateur Football Association for the Shanghai Chinese footballers, who are expected to arrive in the Colony next
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    Baltazar Was Caught Napping
    214 8 Baltazar Was Caught Napping B> Our Boxing Reporter. A BOXING fan. who was a flyweight boxer prewar, has written to the Straits Times commenting on last Sunday's sensational fight between Baby Baltazar and Nal Som Pong. He expresses surprise that a boxer of the calibre of the Orient champion was
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    BRITISH JOCKEYS TO RIDE ABROAD
    59 8 LONDON, Tuesday. British jockeys have planned to ride abroad at the conclusion of the flat-racing season. Two, Jock Carson and Harry Blackshaw, will ride In India. Carson, who Is attached to Mr. M. Peacock's Mlddleham racing establishment, leaves for Madraa in October. Montde Pearson, of
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