The Straits Times, 31 December 1948

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    19 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 if. PRICE TEN CENTS EIGHT PAGES. SINGAPORE, FRIDA.T, DECEMBER 31, 1948.
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    CHANGI SCHEME IS ABANDONED
    559 1 Tengah Proposal To Keep Singapore 'On The Air Map 9 the need of the very heavy aircraft cf the future. This new scheme will be more quickly completed and will cost less than would ihe Changl project under the revised scheme which the sub-soil difficulties made
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    SOCIALIST PARTY PROPOSAL
    252 1 SOCIALIST PARTY PROPOSAL THE formation of a Socialist Party for Singapore Is to b> raised at the annual conference of the Malay Nationalist Party which opens In Singapore tomorrow. Representatives of other organisations, such as the t'lnnese Association, Regional Indian Congress and Eurasian .Association have been invited to address the
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    4 GENERALS TO DIE
    66 1 M&DAN (Sumatra', Thars. Four Japanese Army staff generals were today condemned to death by a court martial here lor the maltreatment ot prisoners of var civilian internees and Indonesian "slave labourers" during the Japanese occupation of Sumalra. The condemned generals a:.-: Lt.-Oen. Tanabe Moritako, Commancier-in-Chief of
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    PACIFIC JAMBOREE OPENED
    233 1 PACIFIC JAMBOREE OPENED MELBOURNE, Thurs. A USTRALIA'S Oovtrnorf\ Oeneral (Mr. W. J. McKell) officially op«n»d th« Pan-Pacific Scout Jamboree at Wonga Park near here today. Clouds of yellow dust swept across the riverside arena as the Governor-Qeneral and Chief Scout (Lord Rowallan) I watched a march past by 11.000 Scouts.
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    WARSHIPS
    62 1 LOST AND TOKYO. Thurs.— Two miss- j ing Japanese warships have been dismantled and sold on the black market, police re- 1 ported. About 2,000 tons of steel sheet disappeared. FOUND Two sunken Japanese submarines have been discovered m the Inland Sea near Kure, United States naval authorities announced
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    ARMS DEPOT RAIDED
    57 1 RANGOON, Thurs. —Four battalions of Kachln troops have been rushed to the Burma-China border, where Chinese bandits are reported to have made repeated attack-. The Burmese Minister for Kachin Affairs iMr. Dinwe Maung) said today that the, situation had "deteriorated" i after 200 Chinese had raided a
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    FILM STAR 'VERY ILL'
    52 1 London, Than. ftm actress Ann Sheridan ithe Oomph Girl') Is seriously ill with pleurisy with complications m ons lung at; her Savoy Hotel suite. It was learned today. Miss Sheridan coJ lapsed on a studio set recently. She contracted a heavy cold while making a film.
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    TOKELAU ISLANDS FOR N. ZEALAND
    60 1 WELLINGTON, Thurs.— The British-owned Tokelau Is- lands, about 300 miles north of Samoa, will be taken over by the New Zealand Govern- ment on Jan. 1. Since 1925 these Islands, used during the war as American meteorological and ra- dar stations, have been administered by
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    State Medicine To Be Sober
    67 1 LONDON. Thors. BRITISH Health Minister (Mr. Aneurin Be van has ordered doctors not to prescribe alcoholic drinkas part of their free treatment. Banned drinks intludc champagne, whisky, port, sherry, gin and stout. Sufferers may be only temporarily deprived of their "medicine" as Mr. Bevan is
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    WAR CRIMES CHARGES DROPPED
    201 1 TOKYO, Thurs. DR. Shumei Okawa, one of 28 Japanese leaders originally placed on trial as major war criminals, was released from a incr*-* 1 -^pital today O£awa wis declared mentally unfit to stand further trial In June, 1946, after he slapped the late Hidekl Tojo on
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    24 1 AUSTRALIAN Boy Scouts helping to clear a road leading to Wonga Park Victoria when the South-West Pacific Jamboree U b«lng held.— Australian official picture.
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    'Chiang Changed His Mind'
    399 1 NANKING, Thursday. GOVERNMENT spokesman Shen Chang-huan gave y the first official confirmation today that President Chiang; Kai-shek's field commanders had been summoned to Nanking but said they were coming: for "consultations rather than a conference." Thl* was taken to mean they were coming for indlvldiMtl rather
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    DUTCH CAPTURE DJAMBI
    209 1 DUTCH CAPTURE DJAMBI BATAVIA, Thurs. •'PHE Dutch Army reported i today the capture, al- most undamaged, of 'h* i Djambi oil fields in southern i Sumatra. i The oil fields were the last I economically Important area controlled by the Indonesian 1 Republic. < The Dutch communique said the Djambi
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    JUST BECAUSE OF MR. CHURCHILL...
    41 1 PRAGUE, Thurs. The army newspaper Obrana Lidu today condemned the new "Sports Almanac" as being •m the spirit* of yesterday" and "utterly superfluous," because it published a picture of Winston Churchil on Its front page.— UP.
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    As They Like It
    34 1 NEW YORK, ThUIS. N^'W York film critics name Sir Laurence Olivier the best actor for 1948 for his performance as Hamict. Olivia de Havllland is named the best actress.— A.P.
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    Registration Finishes
    104 1 MORE than 8.343 people had registered as oters for the Singapore Municipal Elections when registration ended at midnight last night. The Supervisor of Elections, Mrs. G. Hawkins who was at the registration table at the entrance of the floodlit Municipal Buildings when the centre closed told the Straits
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    TWO BODIES FOUND
    36 1 Rescue squads yesterday found the dead bodies of a 30-year-old Chinese woman, Wong Ah Fong, and her 10-month-old grandchild, Wong Chye Kam, m the house which collapsed m Upper Chinchew Btrret on Wednesday.
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    'Sharp' Service Rivalry In U.S.
    254 1 'Sharp Service Rivalry In U.S. WASHINGTON. Thurs. rE United States Secretary for Defence (Mr Forrestal) disclosed today that lnter-servlce rivalry In th* American armed forces was still "sharp." Mr. Forrestal, whose report on the progress of the nation's unified defence system was made public this mornIng, proposed steps to produce
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    TRIAL ENDS
    38 1 NEW DELHI, Thurs. The trial of Nathuram Vlnayak Godse and eight others for the murder of Gandhi on Jan. iO concluded today after a six I months hearing. Judgment is expected m about a month. Reuter.
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    EGYPT STATES TERMS FOR TALKS WITH ISRAEL
    201 3 EGYPT STATES TERMS FOR TALKS WITH ISRAEL LONDON, Thursday. HGYPT has stated the terms on which she lj would be prepared to open negotiations with Israel, it was reported here yesterday. A Foreign Office spokesman disclosed that the Egyptian Government had Informed Oen. William Riley. United Nations Chief of Staff
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    New Social Centre For Katong
    329 3 New Social Centre For Katong By Our Woman Correspondent pOVERNMENTwill j build a new social < centre for the 200 Katong children now using a i Municipal Town Clean- sing Department's cart- shed as their daily feed- j ing and social centre. i The centre, which will be erected In
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    NEW US. FOREIGN AID GRANTS
    31 3 WASHINGTON, Thurs New foreign pid grants of U551,027,000 vcre approved yesterday by the Economic Co-operation Administration for use m five European I countries and China. A.P.
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    PRESENTS FOR MALACCA CHILDREN
    37 3 FATHi"i CHRISTMAS (Mr. Mat haw Carv.vho) giving out presents some or the 330 children who attended a Christmas party held at the Sacred Heart Convent, Malacca, on Monday. Far East Photo Store picture
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    EVACUEE SHIP IN SINGAPORE
    50 3 The Panamanian vessel Vooster Victory, carrying 879 evacuees from Shanghai, arrived in Singapore yesterday on her way to Capetown. The majority of evacuees were White Russians, Poles, Austrlans. Ukrainians, and Hungarians. There was one British woman, Mrs. Eileen Feller and an American woman, Mrs. Edith Katznelson.
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    Delay Saved His Life
    60 3 PARIS, Thurs. i FRENCH tribunal m Saigon today sentenced to four years' imprisonment two men who, m 1946, tried to blow up a plane carrying the late Gen. Philippe LeClerc. The French Press Agency, reporting the sentences, said the General escaped because his plane was delayed.
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    30 m.p.h. LIMIT IN SINGAPORE
    84 3 Rules made under the Road Traffic Ordinance, which comes into force in Singa- pore tomorrow, Impose on vehicles a general speed limit of 30 m.p.h. in built-up areas, and empower a Deputy Commissioner of Police and othew of compound certain minor traffic offences. The speed
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    LOAN DISPUTE
    79 3 A dispute has arisen between the Municipal Commissioners and the Singapore Government over the interest on a temporary loan of $1,714,285.70 from the Government. The Commissioners do noagree, in connection with the Government's request for the liquidation of the $7,714,285 loan, that this loan should be dealt with
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    New Year Service
    21 3 St. Andrew's Cathedral will hold a New,Year'a Eve service tonight. Holy Communion service will start at 11.45 p.m.
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    200 SCHOLARSHIPS OPEN TO ASIANS
    89 3 CANBERRA, Thurs Tile Australian Commonwealth Government is granting university scholarships to students trom I South-East Asia as part of its nlan to establish better relations. Universities In need, of financial assistance will re- reive aid from the Government, but a condition will be that they
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    SHIPPING DISPUTES ENDED
    109 3 SHIPPING DISPUTES ENDED SAN FRANCISCO, Thurs. THE Sailors Union of the Pacific has reached an agreement with the Pacific American Shipowners' Association covering all points of their dispute. This agreement ended another major threat to West Coast shipping. In another peace move all over the coast, operators reached a tentative
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      Five Candidates In Some Jap Electorates
      114 3 TOKYO, Thursday. QN the third day of registration, 1,134 hopefuls w have officially announced their candidacy for seats m the Diet m the coming elections. In Kagoshima prefecture, Kyushu, there are five candidates to every seat, while Ixwo constituencies In Tokyo have four candidates
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      Wulkan Sues
      51 3 NEW YORK, Thuri. Mr. Marcus Wulkan, who was referred to by Sir Hartley Shawcross during the recent Lynskey tribunal will file a suit for $250,000 for libel against the British Iron and Steel Corporation Ltd. The case concerns alleged publication of material referring to Wulkan by the corporation.
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      U.S. Factories
      20 3 NEW YORK. Thur*. Fifty U.S. manufacturers are negotiating with the British Government to establish factories m Britain. A.P.
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      No Segregation
      22 3 WASHINGTON, Thurs The proprietor of a cafe at Washington airport will be prdisecuted for refusing to 1 serve Negroes. -Reuter.
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    S.T.C. FARES
    109 4 WITH reference to a report under the heading OPPOSES S.T.C. FARES INCREASE", which appeared m page seven of the Straits Times of Dec. 30, I would like to make it clear that it is not the Company's intention to increase its fares at present. I would like to
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    Federation Studies—18
    15 4 Federation Studies 18 —Photograph by C. A. Gibson-Hill KEDAH PEAK FROM ACROSS THE MERBOK RIVER.
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    A COUNTRYMAN'S DIARY
    1677 4  -  TUAN DJEK By OUNDAY, December 26. —The 20th. of the month was a memorable day. Early morning certain articles of furniture had to be loaded into a lorry. The first lorry that turned up had no room for the goods, so another one, an empty one had
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      THE BBC IN THE FAREAST
      425 4 THE BBC IN THE FAR EAST VOUK leader in Tuos1 day's issue deals with the "B.B.C. IN MALAYA" and contains quotations from the Command Paper on Broadcast! n<; in the Far East. You state that "the stringency of the terms the B.B.C. has accepted are of unusual interest and that
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    COLONY TRIBUTES TO MR. RAYMAN
    630 5 Flags To Fly At Half Mast Today TRIBUTES to the late Mr. Lazarus Rayman (former President of the Singapore Municipal Commissioners) will be paid at this afternoon's meeting of the Commissioners. All flags on the Municipality and Govern? ment Buildings will be flown at fe&lf
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    2 BANDITS GIVE IN
    74 5 From Our Staff Correspondent SEREMBAN, Thurs. FO bandits m the Gemencheh area In the Tampin district yesterday afternoon came out from their hiding pace m the Jungle and calmly surrendered themselves to the corporal m charge ot Oe mencheh Police Station. The two bandits then took
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    Half Million Treated
    82 5 MORE than half a million cases were treated at Sinpapore out-patients clinics during 1947, according to the Hiinual report of the Medical n •partment just publ.shed. Well over a third of the i '2()1.072«-were treated a1 Out ram Road Gaol outnrti nt department. Singapore Government hospitals during
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    CHINESE WARNED OF FAKED CARDS
    44 5 The Chinese consulateOeneral in Singapore has issued a warning that unauthorised persons are posing .is representatives or agents ol the Consulate-General, and issuing faked overseas Chinese registration cards. The registration of overseas Chinese Is done solely by the Consulate-General.
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    FINANCE FOR PROTECTION
    55 5 Singapore Municipal Commissioners at their meeting this afternoon will be asked to approve a committee decision agreeing to a recommendation by the Chief Police Officer, Johore, for protective measures for the staff and Waterworks at Pontlan and Gunong Pulai. The decision is subject to provision of the
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    Rice Price: Little Hope Of Cut
    252 5 Rice Price: Little Hope Of Cut THE Singapore Government's investigation into the costs of handling and distribution of ration rice is due to be completed within the next fortnight. The Inquiry has been held to see If the retail price of ration rice could be reduced without the Government having
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    85 5 U. 8. CONSUL-GENERAL In Singapore (Mr. William R. Langdon), seen speaking at a luncheon yesterday riven by the Singapore Filipino Association m honour of th» SZnd anniversary of the death of Dr. Jose Rizal, who was convicted and shot by the Spanish m 1896 while endeavouring to emancipate his countrymen
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    BUREAU WILL AID SEAMEN
    250 5 BUREAU WILL AID SEAMEN THE Singapore Government will cancel the licences of the Colony':: 12 ghaut serangs (seamen's labour contractors) on Jan. 2, when the new Mercoant Shipping (Registration and Supply of Seamen Amendment) Ordinance, 1948, comes Into force Under the new law, all Colony seamen must seek employment through
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    $25 FOR BREACH OF CURFEW
    94 5 From Our Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs. Kek Ka Buah, a boatman from Singapore, was today fined $25 for breaking the curfew at Ayer Balel on Nov 14. According to the prosecution. Special Constable Hitam when on patrol duty on Ayer Balel River saw a
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    Helped Run Lottery
    32 5 Lim Hock Soon, of Park Road, was yesterday fined $2,000 by the Second Police Court Magistrate, Mr. R. W. P. Rule, for assisting m the running of chap-Ji-ki lottery.
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    DEATH TO SPECIALS THREAT
    320 5 DEATH TO SPECIALS THREAT From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. A DEATH notice to special constables on Ban Lee Hin Tin Mine m Kuala Kubu, north Selangor, was posted on a kongsi house m the mine by four bandits yesterday. L The notice also threatened to kill the employers
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    PREPARING A REFUGE
    93 5 Singapore will be prepared to house and feed at least 1.500 British refugees from China should they decide to come here. Men will be housed at a camp in Nee Soon and women at the Chinese High School at Buklt Timah. It is understood that the Social
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    TOOTHPASTE CONTAINED OPIUM
    156 5 From Our Staff Correspondent JOIIOPE BAHRU. Thurs. A WIFE who tried to smuggle opium to her husband, a detainee, m the Johore Bahru prison, was to day sentenced to three weeks' simple Imprisonment, by *,he District Judge (Mr. W. B Sutherland). Inspector Osman said Mie woman. Chee
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    Five Chinese Killed In Kampong Clash
    113 5 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. TWREE Chinese women and two men were killed m A a clash between Malays and Chinese on Tuesday m Kampong Dendang m the Sitiawan area of Perak. Two days previously, bandits abducted two Malay tappers m the
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    "Illegal To Lend Even $5 To An American"
    608 5 merchant here lent money here to a visitor from America and he repaid the money here, would there still be a contravention of the ordinance?—l say yes. So that you cannot even lend $5 to an American here, even if the loan
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    FOR HIRE
    61 5 A committee of the Slnga pore Municipal Commissioners has agreed to call for tend rs locally for the following appliances for use m connection I with the Electricity Department's hiring scheme: 500 I a.c celling fans. 150 lar^r siie i electric cookers, 50 medium I size electric cookers.
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      30 5 'BUKU MERAH REMINDER Have you returned the form giving details of your buiiiiess to the Straits Times for inclusion m the Singapore and Malayan Directory 1949? These Are Urgently Required
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    WAR DEPT. CRITICISED
    562 6 Malaya Prestigue Harmed— Shearn From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. AT the quarterly meeting of the Malayan Asso- ciation today, the president (Mr. E. D. Shearn) strongly criticised the attitude of the War Department m refusing to pay compensation for goods which the Services requisitioned and
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    70 6 BOYS GET BLAKE FUND TOYS: Ten-year-old Syed Ahmat and some of his friends at the Serendah Boys' Home with their Christmas toys which were purchased from the fund started In memory of Mr. A. M. Blake, principal of the Home, who was killed by terrorists two weeks ago. Toys which
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    Nunn Didn't Check Bank Money
    185 6 Nunn Didn' t Check Bank Money From Oar Staff Correspondent IPOH, Thun. AT the resumed Whlteaways case Mr. 8. N. Sharma. counsel for Llm Khoo Aik, suggested to Edward Nunn, former manager of the Talplng branch of Whiteaways, that he denied checking money sent to be banked against bank deposit
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    Creches At Church
    123 6 THE District Methodist x Youth Fellowship is planning to run "Sunday Church Nurseries," attached to every Methodist Church in Singapore. Girl members of the M.Y.? will be in charge of these nurseries. The idea is to encourage more young parents to ati tend Church Services. The District
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    RATES MOTION BEFORE S.M.C.
    52 6 Mr. D. Robertson will Introduce a motion m the Singapore Municipal Commission today to secure a freer hand for the Commissioners m w hp fixing of Municipal rates. The motion, if passed, would pm power the Commission o fix rates at the level necessary t" maintain
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    Singapore Diary
    129 6 Singap ore Diary TODAY Municipal Commissioners' meetIng, Municipal Building 2 p.m. Overseas Pakistan League, tea party In honour of Maulana Abdul Alim Slddiqul and Professor M. L. Qurcshi of Pakistan, Kallang Air Port Hotel, 5 p.m. St. John's Ambulance, drill of officers and N.C.O.'s, Raffles Institution, 5.30 p.m. V.M.C.A.. Orchard
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    "Gallup Poll" On Penang Secession
    127 6 "Gallup Poll On Penang Secession From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. T*HE Malayan Association ig to run a "Gallup poll" 1 to obtain members' opinions on Penang' s secession movement. I At the quarterly meeting today the decision to hold the poll followed questions by Dato F. W. Douglas
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    NO GONGS OR BELLS
    88 6 YOU must have horn on your car after New Yean' Day which gives "audible and sufficient warning" but you most not have a gong or bell, which is reserved for ambulances, fire brigade and police. Likewise a siren and "a sound device giving an unduly harsh,
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    $30 FOR NEW BICYCLE
    108 6 A bicycle dealer, Slaw Ah Leng, of Carpmael Road, was sentenced to four months' rigorous imprisonment yesterday by the Second Police Court Magistrate, Mr. R. W. P. Rule, for dishonestly retaining a stolen bicycle. The bicycle, a new machine valued at $90, was stolen from another
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    Malay News Training In Religion For Pupils
    255 6 Malay News Training In Religion For Pupils From Our Malay Correspondent r VHK Selangor Government U to be asked to include one hour's religious instruction daily in the curriculum of Malay schools In the State. This decision wm reached at a recent meeting of th« Kuala Lumpur branch committee of
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    NAVAL RESERVE
    35 6 Mr. J. O. Edwards and Mr. P. J. De Courcy Bennett have been commissioned m the M.R.N.VJt. as Lieutenants and Lieut. R. S. Tufneil and Lieut. A. B. Taylor have been promoted Lieutenant-Command-ers.
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    Straits Times Pictures, 1948
    36 6 A LIMITED second edition of Straits Times Pictures 1948 has been printed and will be on sale from today. Get your copies NOW from your newsagent or The Straits Times Press Ltd.
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      318 6 S J c S Hall, spore; 12.15 Dance Musio AUSTRALIA i rn Hadio Orchs i l 30 by Idleon s° aird his caballeros: *L[ wTn.n» musi awT 100 cloee S. 30 As You Like it; 6.00 Au»News, 1.45 Dance muau 2.00 trallan ScraDboot for kuh_a Cl0Se; Vln £!T! I 20
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      TIN REGULATION BRANDED PRODUCERS' THREAT TO U.K.'s INTERESTS
      709 7 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Thursday. THE British Government is urged by the financial editor of the Man1 Chester Guardian to resist and reject the attempt now being made to work out an international tin regulation scheme. Such a scheme, says the
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      Singapore Rubber
      182 7 PW transactions took place In the Singapore rubber market yesterday. Prices were very much as on Wednesday. The market was quiet throughout. Closing prices yesterday were: No. 1 sheet f.o.b. buyers 36% cents, sellers 364 cenU; spot loose buyers 36 hi cents, sellers 36' 2 cents ncr Ib.
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      Ships At The Wharves
      103 7 Ships At The Wharves CHIPS m port alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves yesterday (godowns In bracket*) were: Main Wharf: Steel Director (33-34). Olenartney C3B-37), Mentakab (38). Monkay (38-39), Mehanik Aphanaslev (40-41). West Wharf: Soudan (1-3) Gorgon (6-7), City of Lucknow (10-11), Kampar (12-13), Rimau (14). Empire Dock: Japara (17-18).
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      PRODUCE MARKET
      29 7 From A Market Correspondent THE Singapores's produce markets had another quiet day yesterday Except for blackt pepper, which slid down to $183, all commodity prices remained unchanged.
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      RUBBER TO HONGKONG
      69 7 MALAYAN rubber ahipments to Hong Kong have recently increased steadily, to reach a record for the year with 1.20T tons m November. The bulk o the rubuer shipped to Hong Kong v for re-export to South Korea and Shanghai. Chinese rubber merchants who toured Shanghai and South
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      Changkat Serdang
      91 7 CHANOKAT Serdang Rubber I Estates' profit and logs account shows sales of rubber $140,012 ($126,686). sundry revenue $506 ($Bll, interest $2 244 ($1,863). Collection, manufacture, shipping, selling and handling $54,178 ($53,638), general expenditure In- 1 eluding depreciation $57,781 ($51,216)), rehabilitation $511 ($23,997), provision for irrecoverable emergency expenses $4,819
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      SHARES CLOSE THE YEAR STEADIER
      177 7 From Our .Unmet Correspondent SINGAPORE, Thursday. MALAYAN shares closed the year on a rather steadier note, though business continued on a small scale. The market will be closed officially till Monday. A feature today was the Improved 8.8. Petrol price, on strong Lotodon demand. Price
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      Dow Jones Averages
      21 7 Stocks Industrials Rails Utili i€S Dec. 28 64.01 175.98 52.67 33.15 De< 29 64.59 177.58 53.37 33.22 A.P.
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      London Stock Market
      188 7 LONDON, Thur». JVJOST sections of the London Stock Exchange benefited from small bear covering yesterday, says R«uter's financial correspondent. Trading, however, waus genera'Jy very light and appears likely to remain so. Rubbers were unchanged to lower, Tins irregular. Closicg middle price changes In selected stocks, as supplied
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      1005 7 MANSFIELD (Incorporated BLUB FUNNEL LINK Carrier's option to pre««W via other •ortt to toad and discharge cart*. SAILINCS FROM U.K. b U S.A. •*Anchiwf' due from UK laa. »'RS#iys' due from U K./Cont |an I •TantahM- doe from UK Lan 10 ►•Cyclops" due from U. K./Cont. lan. 21 BAILINGS t.
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      213 7 6c CO., LTD. m Singapore) I STRAITS STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. WEST COAST MALAYA "Seremben" tor P Sham, Teluk Anson, Penang Lan I "Mentakab" for Malacca Jan. 4 "M.rlimau" for Muar |an. 1 (AST COASI MALAYA "Rawang' tor Kemaman. Oungun. Trangganu laa). 4 "Rengam" for Tumpat lan. I "Reeanf" for Kuantan
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      229 7 PRESIDENT LINER SAILINGS TO NEW YORK AND BOSTON VIA CEYLON. INDIA, ICYPT ANO MEDITERRANEAN I RTS. n^apore P. Sham Ke-,ang Willamette V.ctory Dec. 31/3 |an Pr.s l.tfcrson |an 10/16 |an. 17/18 |an. 19/21 Marine Snapper F.b 9/15 F.b. 16/17 F.b. 18/20 Pres Polk Feb. 16/21 F.b. 22/23 Feb. 24/J6 TO
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      281 7 EAST ASIATIC LINE SA<LINCS FROM SCANDINAVIA/U.K./ I AILINCS TO CONTINENT/ CONTINENT. SCANDINAVIA. Loadm X at Singapore, Port Swettenham its 'Malacca Codowns 79/30 5 Penang. Serampora due abt Oec Jl B*"«1^kB 1^k- if 1 00 Manila ror Rangoon. Ma jras. Aden. H Kong. Shanghai 6 Kobe Port Sudan, Port Said Cenoa
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      987 7 MeALISTER <c CO., LTD. I Incorporated m Smgjpoie) KLLERMAM cfc BUCKiMI KLAVCMBBS LIMB HAVRE. LONOON. ROTTERDAM. lo b CANAOIAN PACIFIC r-ORTI. HAMSURC b MIDOLIS6ROUCM W accepting cargo tor us North \,lantK Ac. eoting cargo fo. central o >uth Port. Janad. via Colombo Hofts CITt OF LUCKNOW Spore P Vham Henanß
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    NEW TRAILS WERE BLAZED IN PAST YEAR
    1221 8 The Chief Tasks For 1949 By The Sports Editor IN any review of 1948, pride of place must go to two events. In the order m which they happened, they were: Singapore's representation m the Olympic Games and Malaya's participation hi an international
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    31 8 DICKIE ARCHER, 8. H. B. scrum-half, breaks away m yesterday's tame In which the S. H. B. beat the Customs 14-nil. The referee m Prfoessor E. E. Tratman.— StraiU Times picture.
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    Rowan Hits 156 To Foil England
    140 8 JOHANNESBURG, Inurs. ERIC ROWAN hit 156 not out to score his maiden century m Test cricket m helping South Africa force a draw against England m the second Test here today. At the close of play Sooth Africa, 270 In their second inning*, were
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    Dawson To Set Up As Trainer
    244 8 From Epsom Jeep 1 PENANO, Thurs. I TEDDY DAW3ON intends retiring j from the saddle soon and i setting up as a trainer. < He has been m the saddle for j more than 30 years and has chalked up a formidable list of
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    Cycling Gala To Be Filmed
    110 8 Aur.i' from Shaw Bros. Studio will film the entire New Yrari gala ryi-li.ig meet, organised by: trie Cosmopolitan Cycling Club, to I be hfld om the S.C.C. padang at 8 a.m. on Sunday. The mett. which is a non-rham- j pionshlp one. has attracted more
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    Pentangular Hockey Tournament Planned
    264 8 By KEN JALLEH JL.WS to hold an inter-state pentangular hockey tournament m Singapore during the Chinese New Year holidays m January are being made by the Singapore Hockey Association. Mr. Raymond Minjoot, secretary of the association, who disclosed this to the Straits Times yesterday, said that
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    SOCCERITES WIN
    25 8 The Star Soccerit s best the Eiskine Sports Club by two goals to nil In a friendly soccer match at Parrer Park ye3terday.
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    Clynor, Little Ned Impress In Cup Trials
    322 8 Clynor, Little Ned Impress In Cup Trials From EPSOM JKi;f PENAJIO. Thurs. CLYNOR and Little Ned. two fancied horses for the Commissioner-General's Cup over a mile and a quarter for top class horses 'n Penang on Saturday impressed In their final workouts on the training track this morning. With Lawler
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    PermitaDormez Good Chance In Sprint Cup
    310 8 By EPSOM JEEP PENANG, Thursday. PERMIT A Dormez loom s as a strong possibility for' the P and O Challenge Cup, big sprint prize for top class horses m Penang on Saturday. This speedy chestnut has definitely improved after his spectacular race m the
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    Harbour Board Beat Customs
    105 8 /r*HE Singapore Harbour Board Club beat the Customs by 14 points i a goal, penalty goal and two tries) to nil In a game of rugger played at Raeburn Part: yesterday. In spite of the water-legged field, the Club settled down m the opening stages of
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    R.A., Malaya, To Meet S.C.C. XV
    46 8 THE Royal Artillery, Malaya, j will play the Singapore Cricket Club at rugger on the padang next Wednesday at i 5-15 p.m. The regimental band will be m attendance, and will play before the kick-off and during the Interval. j
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    Weights For Tomorrow
    453 8 WEIGHTS for tomorrow, final day of th» Penang Turf Club Xmaa-New Year meeting are u follows: THE COMM. -GENERAL S (IP I LASS 1 1% MILES Liberty Man 9.04 Fairfelt 8 00 Ount Law 8 10 Clynor 8.00 TaJ-Oa 809 Happy Move On 807 Traveller 7.13 Coral
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    12 8 TODAY HOCKEY: BOD C A v. S.C.R.C. St. George's Rd.
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    It's All Right, Says Wong Peng Soon
    283 8 From LEE SIEW YEE, Straits Times Staff Reporter With Thomas Cup Turn. LONDON, Thursday. **FHEY came, they saw, they shivered." This was 1 how the London Star headed a one-inch report on the Malayan Thomas Cup team's activities since they arrived m England.
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    HOCKEY OFF
    22 8 The hockey match G H.Q. Signal Rglment and ih" Admiralty Civilians, whirl' have been played at Tanglin yesterday, was cancelled.
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    DEATH
    46 8 GREGORIO: On 30.12.48 al the General Hospital, at 6.45 p.m. Mrs P. Oregorlo (nee Yap Slew Warn aged 21. She leaves behind her \y loved husband and two daughter.; Virginia and Chris ina to mour.i her loss. Funeral at 5 p.m. at Bide dart tomorrow.
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      104 8 The M-G-M Lion, laUWi to Inform You That oiiKaMisbeteves AT 12.00 p.m. TONIGHT! to *Eti V3fe MT Book Your Reservations Now! REMEMBER!... r@FsZ>\ It's M-G-M at the rf^fcjV^ Cathay m 1949! Jv^Wy/-\ /m mx.m& warn: 4Jr |»Wn»rnt( nil H rtrti lntel h lmi Uni w« '••t' l 'X"" TOMORROW f%
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