The Straits Times, 16 June 1948

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    18 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 184S TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16, 1948 PRICE TEN CEN'IS
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    Govts. Discuss S. Siam
    262 1 KOTA BHARU, Tuesday. THE Governments of the Federation and Siam are discussing conditions in the South Siam states and in the North Malayan state of Kelantan. This was disclosed at a meeting of Kelantan State Council. Haji Isahak Luftl bin Omar had asked: •What is the
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    HATTA EXPECTED
    38 1 BATAVIA, Tues. Premier Mohamed Hatta, of the Indonesian Republic, Is e> .^cted here with his advisers tomorrow on the invitation of Acting-Governor-General Van Mook. A series of conferences on Dutch and Republican differences may develop. A.P.
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    The Pied Mice Of Singapore
    272 1 niPoOMANIACS are reV puted to be familiar with raits of various colours. In Singapore last night the most temperate of individuals could have seen nearly 100 purple, blue and yellow mice. And the temperate, but surprise^ observer need not have worried The mice have been
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    POLIO FREE DAY
    14 1 No fresh cases of infantile paralysis were reported m Singapore yesterday.
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    'RED BURMA': LONDON IS ANXIOUS
    489 1 Link Seen With Riots In Malaya LONDON, Tuesday. DEPORTS from Rangoon that the Burmese Premier (Thakin Nu) plans to switch his policy towards Communism have been received with grave concern in Whitehall. The Foreign Office said to-day that it lacked official confirmation of the report,
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    Independent 5 Months
    91 1 BURMA cat her ties with Britain when she became independent m January, but Britain still has a big economic stake hi the country. The main industries are oil, silver and lead. Thakin Nu, leader of the Anti-Fascist People's League for Freedom, has presided over a moderate Socialist
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    London Dock Strike
    78 1 LONDON, Tues.— Two miles of London's dockland were idle today because more than 3.000 dockers were on strike. The stoppage, which began yesterday, was m sympathy with 11 men who had been "sentenced" to seven days' suspension and to IS weeks without attendance money, which guaranteed them
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    Seven Men Had 103 Rifles Say Police
    166 1 AN Indonesian, Ahmad bin Hassan, and six Malays will stand trial at the next Kedah Assizes on a charge of illegal possession of 103 rifles, 51 rifle barrels and 18,540 rounds of ammunition. I At the end of a preliminary inquiry at Sungei
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    Immigrants Arrested
    63 1 T»WENTY immigrants from A China have been arrested tn Kedah whil 3 attempting to land secretly on the Sungei Limau coast near Gurun, The immigrants, who had no permits to enter the country, came m a tongkang and were intercepted by the pol<ce who, with the help of
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    9 1 King Gustav of Sweden U 1 1 90 tortay.
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    Rush To Buy Firearms
    74 1 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. SINCE the present wave of lawlessness, gun dealers here have been besieged with orders for protective firearms. One dealer reports that all his present stock has been earmarked, chiefly for mining: and planting companies and individual planters. One company
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    Lorries And Taxis Will Get Petrol Cut
    261 1 BASIC petrol for lorries and taxis m Singapore will b* cut by one third from Jury 1. Because of "essential transport needs" of workers, there is to be no reduction m the ration for private ,par& kraj buse*. But drivers were asked. In
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    AMBUSH FAILS
    97 1 A combined police military operation over the weekend in the Jungles between Lenggong and Grifc in north Perak failed In its objective of ambushing a large gang of bandits when one of the police party opened fire too soon. Haying penetrated a distance of seventeen miles eastwards the
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    ON MURDER CHARGE
    49 1 A Chinese barber who has been charged with the murder of a Chinese contractor at Layang Layang, Central Johore. on Saturday, has been tentatively Identified by the widow of the murdered man. Three terrorists shot the contractor, Chal Pol, who was president of the local Kuomintang.
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    Australia's Victory
    49 1 Australia 's Victory Australia beat England in the first Teat at Trent Bridge yesterday by fight wickets. A special commentary on the day's play by the wellknown cricket writer, B. C. Robertson -Glasgow appears in Page 12. "R.G." is covering the Test exclusively for the Straits Times in Malaya.
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    British Speed Up Exodus
    150 1 British Speed Up Exodus HAIFA, Tuesday. ALL British troops will be out of Palestine m ten days, said officials here today. Three British transports were loading simultaneously as the evacuation of troops was speeded up. In addition to the troopships, several freighters are taking on military cargo, including hundreds of
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    BRISTOL 'QUADS'
    41 1 BRISTOL, Tuesday. The Bristol quads and their mother Mrs. Margaret Good had a "very good night," it was reported from Southmead hospital today. The quads, born on Saturday, are m oxygen tents and are fed every three hours. Reuter.
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    FILM QUOTA
    48 1 LONDON, Tuesday. —Of every 100 main films shown In cinemas after October 12, 45 must be British. The ratio for supporting films is 25 per cent as against the present quota of 20 per cent for long films and 20 1 per cent for shorts.— Reuter.
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    C.-G. Back In Malaya
    164 1 C.-G. Back In Malaya rE Commissioner-Gene-ral (Mr. Malolm MacDonald) and the leaders of the Chinese Government unofficially exchanged information on Communism in China and Malaya during Mr. MacDonald's visit to Nanking. Mr. MacDonald said this when he arrived at Kallang Airport yesterday afternoon on hU return from his weeks visit
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    Three Armed Robberies
    83 1 Three armed robberies have occurred m Singapore involving over $4,000. At Ang Siang Hill, four armed Chinese herded the occupants of a house m a backroom while they ransacked the house and took $1,700 m cash and jewellery. Five armed Chinese broke Into a hardware shop m
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    RED BULLETIN
    35 1 From Our Own Correspondent BANGKOK, Tuesday.— The first Press bulletin Issued by the Soviet Lqjation here appeared today. Daily publication of the eight-page bulletin U expected. Russian films will be shown here soon.
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    TIGER GANG PARTY WAS RIOT
    166 2 Dance Winner Shot The Chief BANGKOK, Tuesday. A THOUSAND guests went to a house-warming party given at Kanburi by leaders of Siam's Tiger Gang, the elite among: the country's outlaws. Those present Included bandits, Government officials, pretty girls imported tor the occasion, and newspapermen brought
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    46 2 rvKUMMER H. R. Soppitt, of Aberdeen (right), who has been bass umnuner of the Ist. Batt. Scots Guards for 14 years, has inscribed on his drum the history of the battalion. He is pointing out the record to S<t. R. L. Kilgoiir, of Edinburgh. Prix photo.
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    ELECTRICITY AIM IN KOREA
    68 2 WASHINGTON. Tuesday The UJ3. Army announced yesterday that It was flying seven engineers to South' Korea. A power shortage developed there last month alter Russian occupation forces in North Korea cut off electricity that had been supplied to the American-occupied south. The Under-Secretary of the Army
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    N.E.I. Tin Output Prospects
    155 2 N.E.I. Tin Output Prospects BATAVIA, Tuesday. T1HE Netherlands Indies 1 Tin Council announced today that reparation 'work on tin mines at Bangka, Billiton and Sii.gkep islands had proceeded fast enough to indicate that full pre-war production of tin will probably be reached next year The findings came in a twoday
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    RECORD LOW VALUE
    52 2 SHANGHAI, Tues.— China's "printing-press" money hit a new low value today. It took 2,000,000 Chinese dollars to buy one American dollar in black-market. In two weeks China's national currency has lost half of its value. On June 1, the black-market quotation stood at CNSl.OOO.OOO to one U.S.
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    ROTARIAN MURDERED
    47 2 BANGKOK. Tues. Luang Raksa Naves (Roy Gunatilaka) well-known Bangkok businessman and Rotarian, was stabbed to death here yesterday evening by two unknown young men. Police said today that robbery was a most unlikely motive as the victim's purse and other belongings were found Intact. Reuter.
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    AGAINST AFRICAN ARMY
    121 2 AGAINST AFRICAN ARMY PRETORIA. Tues. THE South African Govern1 meat will use its "friendly influence" to counteract any British policy tending toward the military training and arming ol Africans. Mr F. C. Erasmus. National Minister of Defence, declared on Monday. He added that Britain, having lost the Indian army, might
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    Tyrone Power To Visit Siam
    67 2 From Our Own Correspondent BANGKOK, Tues.— Tyrone Power, the Hollywood film aotor, is planning to visit Siam next year. He said this in a letter to a 19-year-old Siamese Kirl admirer, who has been writing to him regularly for several years. In his letter. Mr.
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      Bill Would Make Lynching A Federal Crime In U.S
      477 2 WASHINGTON, Tuesday. THE United States Senate Judiciary Co mmittee yesterday approved by 10 to 1 tliree a Bill to make lynching a federal crime, despite fierce opposition from Southern Democrats. The Bill, which was given only a remote chance of Senate
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    'Bombers From US To Russia And Back'
    133 2 WASHINGTON, Tuesday. GENERAL David W. Hutchinson said today that a vl new technique of refuelling bombers m flight "will make it possible for our bombers to leave the North American continent, fly to Russia and return." General Hutchinson said that the refuelling technique
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    CINEMA MERGER
    20 2 LONDON. Tuesday— A £20,-000,000-cinema merger, affecting 564 theatres, is planned by Britain's film king:. J. Arthur Rank. —Reuter.
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    Hyderabad: No Solution
    122 2 NEW DELHI, Tuesday. Negotiations between India and Hyderabad continued here today with no solution in sight. Lord Mountbatten took part in the meeting. Informed sources said that India Is demanding the right to run Hyderabad's defence, foreign affairs, and communications. In addition, India reportedly demanded the calling
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      863 2 NOTICES TECHNICAL APPRENTICES P. W. D., JOHORE. Applications are invited to fill vacancies at the Technical College. Kuala Lumpur, for the session 194«— 1949. Applicants should be of Johore birth, should have passed the Cambridge School Certificate Grade I or Grade II. with credits In English Language and Elementary Mathematics,
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      168 2 NOTICES PARI TIN LIMITED. (Incorporated m England) Dividend Notice Notice is hereby given that an Interim dividend of 12*% less Income tax at 9/- In them £in respect of the year ended 30th June 1948 has been declared by the Board of Directors payable m London on 30th June 1948
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    Britain ToSet Up Elected Assembly InThe Sudan
    189 3 Britain To Set Up Elected Assembly InThe Sudan LONDON, Tues. THE British Government has agreed that the Governor-General of the Sudan, Sir Hugh Dow, shall issue an ordinance setting up an Executive Council and an elected Legislative Assembly hi the Sudan. This was announced by Mr. Christopher Mayhew, Undersecretary for
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    34 3 FIRST IMMIGRANTS: The first immigrants for the Jewish state of Israel m Palestine are seen leaving a ferry tender and being greeted by Jews on arrival at the quayside at Haifa. —A. P. picture.
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    Dollar Loss In Britain
    101 3 WASHINGTON, Tuesday.— Some British exporters are losing dollars by their own negligence In failing to get written agreements with their agents, the United Kingdom Trade Adviser (Mr. Neville Blond) said here today. This was the principal preliminary finding by Mr. Blond, who arrived here recently to
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    China To Continue Rice Rationing
    153 3 SHANGHAI, Tuesday. ■THE Chinese Food Minister (Kwan Chi-yn) said yesterday that the National Government had decided to continue the general rice rationing programme m July and the months following and was fully confident the rice situation could be! controlled. The Food Minister came to Shanghai
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    U.S. Denies Korean Boat Bombing
    100 3 U.S. Denies Korean Boat Bombing TOKIO, Tuesday. The United States Far East Asia forces last night officially disclaimed responsibility for the bombing and sinking of 10 Korean fishing boats m the Sea of Japan last Tuesday. No American aircraft strafed any target off Korea on that day, it was stated.
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    US CHILDRENSEND RELIEF SHIP
    68 3 NEW YORK, Tuesday.— The "Kiddie Relief Ship." joint project of Portland (Maine) radio station and the schoolchildren of Maine, sailed from Portland today with 30 tons of supplies for the children of Calais. Decorated with Mother Goose characters and festooned with balloons, the fishing trawler. Luclen
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    To Keep Out The "Alien" British
    70 3 DUBLIN. Tuesday—Employers of Dublin's biggest department store. Cloy and Company, have been on strike for nine days. Now they want to buy the whole business, to keep the "alien" British from getting it. When the store was advertised for sale last week the company
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    CONFERENCE ON FIJI DEFENCE
    77 3 M. XtfX VUXU11VU CANBERRA, Tuesday.— The Australian Defence Minister (Mr. Dedman) In a press statement today announced that a conference on future defence In Fiji Island was held at Suva yesterday between the Governor of Fiji, New Zealand defence authorities and an Australian defence representative, Brig.
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    FIRST KASHMIR PEACE TALKS
    145 3 GENEVA, Tuesday. RELEGATES of the five-man United Nations Kashmir Commission arrived in Geneva yesterday for the Commission's first meeting. Pakistan's case has been handled at the Security Council by Mohammed Zafrulla Khan. The main task of the Commission, set up by the Council in April, "is
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    'Parents' To A Village
    98 3 CHERBOURG. Tues. MR. and Mrs. Girard van Barlcaloo Hale, of Santa Barbara. California, who between them adopted an entire, devastated French village, arrived at Cherbourg yesterday in the Queen Mary to visit their ward. The Hales became "parents" of the village of Maille, In Central France,
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    'Last-Word' Proposals
    62 3 NEW DELHI, Tuesday.— A delegation from Hyderabad arrived in New Delhi today and began talks with the Governor-General of India, (Earl Mountbatten) and the Secretary of the Indian States Department (Mr. V. P. Menon), on India's "last word" proposals for the state's future relations with the dominion. India
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    India Plan For 3-Year Labour Pact
    119 3 SAN FRANCISCO Tues. pEDlSTRIBUTION of i\ the existing wealth in India would merely mean a redistribution of poverty. Mr. S. Lall, secretary of the Indian Labour Department, said this in San Francisco today. Mr. Lall told a conference of the International Labour Organisation that
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    GOLD PLOT
    24 3 MEXICO, Tuesday.— Police reported yesterday they had uncovered a plot to ship 4,850 gold coins out of Mexico without Government permission. AP.
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    63 3 FIRST HELICOPTER MAIL SERVICE: A new chapter of British Postal history was opened last week when the first helicopter mail service came into operation m the East Anglia area. The new service, which is without extra charge, will speed up mails for Norfolk towns by twelve hoars. Here, the mail
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    JAP SILK INDUSTRY FORECAST
    122 3 PARIS. Tuesday.— Japanese delegates to the French Silk Congress which opened m Lyons yesterday predicted that rak silk production m Japan will reach 250,0000 tons a year m 1953. The delegation or nine is the first Japanese comma:- cial mission to visit France since pre-war days.
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    MEN QUIT QUARTERS —After 2-Month-Old Refusal
    176 4 MEN QUIT QUARTERS —After 2-Month-Old Refusal CORTY dismissed workers voluntarily left the 1 Chua Guan Hong rubber factory m Jurong yesterday evening, after refusing to do so since March 1 and earlier ignoring threats of eviction. Forty others some of them with wives and children left the factory last week.
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    64 4 ROYAL WEDDING: Arriving m Athens for their marriage, ex-King Michael of Rumania and Princess Anne of Bourbon-Parma were welcomed by the King and Qae«n of Greece and Michael's mother. Queen Helen of Romania (m flowered dress). Upper picture shows the King looking on as the l*rincess kisses her prospective mother-in-law.
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    Demand To Governor
    166 4 •THE Singapore Federation of Trade Unions will send a letter today to the Singapore Governor (Sir Franklin Gimson), demanding the "unconditional release" of one of its vice-presidents, Inche Byzar Ahmad, and" a committee member, Mr. Koh Swee Guan (president of the Singapore Rubber Workers' Union) who were
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    Strike Threat By 600 Dockworkers
    215 4 THE Singapore Mechanics and Engineering Workers' Union yesterday threatened a strike of 600 dockyard workers on Saturday unless its demands are met. Chief of the workers' three demands is for Immediate payment of additional cost-of-living allowances of 30, 40 and 50 cents for first, second
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    Singapore Diary
    208 4 TODAY Exhibition of paintings, by Mr. Ananda Samarakone, a young Ceylonese artist, Robinson's, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Y.M.C.A., Orchard Road, chess club, 5 p.m., art club, 6 p.m., lending library, 7 p.m. Wesley Guild, cinema show, 4. Fort Canning Road, 8 p.m. Medical College Alumni Association, clinlco-pathologlcal
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    Filipino Muslims To Retain Easy Divorce
    145 4 MANILA, Tuesday. PRESIDENT Quirino's has signed a bill extending the special marriage and divorce law provisions for Mohammedans and pagans until 1969. As a result Mohammedan Moros of the southern Philippines will continue to be able to obtain easy divorces. An earlier extension of
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    Move To Cut Election Expenses
    200 4 Move To Cut Election Expenses AN idea of what it cost him to stand for election to the Singapore Legislative Council was given by Mr. John Laycock (Municipal North-East) in the Council (yesterday. He was speaking on a motion to amend the Legislative Council Elections Ordinance whereby double-member constituencies would
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    MISSING PLANE
    30 4 AZORES. Tuesday.— Search planes sought In vain last night to trace a Flying Fortress aircraft reported missing and on fire yesterday on a flight from Santa Maria to
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    WHY BE SNOOTY ABOUT OOTY?
    178 4 WHY BE SNOOTY ABOUT OOTY? With reference to our leading article on Saturday, "Hot Air at Ootie", and the comment by "Syntax" in yesterday's issue, under the heading "The Three Secretaries at Ootie" the CommissionerGeneral's office asks the Straits Times to publish the following statement: "At the E.CAPJE. Conference at
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    Judges Stop Strike
    111 4 NEW YORK, Tuesday.— The threatened nation-wide strike of U.S. maritime workers appeared off for at least 80 days today after the Federal Government had been given three injunctions against It. The" orders were signed by Federal Judges on the East and Ouir Coasts, the Great Lakes, and
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    24 Singapore Children Sought Safety In India: 9 Stayed
    410 5 THE Children's Aid Society will hold its annual general meeting at Melrose, Tomlinson Road, Singapore, at 5.30 p.m. to-day when the Society's first report since the liberation of Malaya will be given. In her report tor the period 1942-1947, the acting
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    37 5 Mr. Chan Kirn Choon, m charge of the rubber department of William Jacks and Co. (Malaya) Ltd. for last ten years, who leaves Singapore by R.L.M. Constellation tomorrow on a two-month study of trade conditions m England.
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    Women End Strike
    69 5 Eighty Chinese men and women dressmakers in 30 Singapore shops returned to work yesterday after a oneweek strike to resist wage cuts. The Singapore Foochow Association has successfully negotiated new piece-rate wages between the workers and their employers. The dressmakers agreed to accept, among other new terms,
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    41 5 "MISS AUSTRALIA I&4T-: Miss Judy Gainford, 20, brunette, model, sports girl, on her arrival at London aboard the Orion. The visit to Britain from New South Wales is part of her prize as winner of the title Miss Australia. A.P. picture.
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    BILL IS WITHDRAWN
    137 5 CRITICISM by the Singapore Bar Committee against a number or clauses in the Estate Duties Bill resulted in it being withdrawn at yesterday's meeting of the Legislative Council. The Bill, which includes apportionment and miscellaneous provisions, came before the Council for its second reading when the Attorney
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    Trade Prospects For Singapore Good
    577 5 THERE are signs of a new and promising future for Singapore's industrial output the markets of neighbouring Asian countries. The Colonial Secretary (Mr. P.A.B. McKerron) says this m his annual report cm the Colony. The prerequisites of successful Industrial expansion are here, says Mr. McKerron.
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    Going To Tin Conference
    97 5 From Our SUJf Correspondent. IPOH, Tuesday.— Mr. J. T. Chappel, a member of the working committee of the International Tin Study Group, will leave here tomorrow for The Hajru* to attend a meeting of the committee. He will be absent for three weeks. Mr. Chappel, who
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    MAN WITH GUN GETS 5 YEARS
    44 5 Yesterday, In the Singapore Assize Court, Teh Ah Boey pleaded guilty to possession of a loaded revolver and was sentenced to five years' rigorous imprisonment. He was stopped at the Causeway on his way from Johore to Singapore^
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    WAR SCARS GONE
    72 5 BhricuWOttTH., Tuesday. The last war scars in Butterworth have been removed with the demolition of the ruins of the former Jubilee Arcade Market and adjoining buildings in Pier Road which were bombed by a B29 in an aid raid in 1945. Part of the cleared area has
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    COLONY TASKIN SLUMS
    338 5 COLONY TASKIN SLUMS IN his annual report on the Colony of Singapore the Colonial Secretary, Mr. P.A.B. McKerr'on, says that a. quarter of a million people in Singapore need re-housing now. Natural increase would produce another quarter of a million people in the next ten years. By the end of
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    SPECIAL SERVICE
    86 5 R LUANG. Tuesday. The extended and renovated church of St. Louis, Kluang, will be blessed on Sunday, June 20, by Bishop Olcomendy, assisted by Fr. J. Lee and Fr. I. Fernandez. the parish priest. The ceremony will begin at 7.30 a.m. and Mass will be eelebrated on the
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    59 5 A&HUHmo&O m a printer, 16-year-old Troop Leader Michael Blander* is the central figure of a pageant which will run for a week at the Albert Hall, London, and which will be broadcast by the BBC. The pageant is called "Boy Scout" and is the story of the adventures of a
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    'Appalling Conditions In Pilgrim Ship': Delegation's Protest To Government
    124 5 'Appalling Conditions In Pilgrim Ship Delegation's Protest To Government From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Tuesday. pOLLOWING a visit to the pilgrim ship Ajax yesterday evening, a delegation from the Province Wellesley Malay Association has decided to ask the Government to improve conditions on future pilgrim boats for Mecca. The delegates,
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    DEATH
    38 6 SOYZA— At No. Hicks Road. Kuala Lumpur, yesterday (June 15. 1948). W. P. Soysa. aged *3 at 4 p.m. to-day, 16th June, 1948. the cortege leaving for St. John's Church and thence to ttM Birch Road Cemetery.
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Wed., June 16, 1948 THE LONGHORN SMELTER
    1021 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Wed., June 16, 1948 THE LONGHORN SMELTER There has been general approval of the forceful statement on American threats to the Malayan tin-smelting industry that was made by Mr. E. M. F. Fergusson, chairman of the Straits Trading Company, at the annual meeting in Singapore on
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    THE ELIZABETH ESTATE
    85 6 QEGARDING the erecI\ tion of workmen's flats on the Princess Elizabeth Estate, I would like to suggest that tne committee of the Fund should organise a competition among local architects for this project. Architectural competitions, as m England, give the young unknown architect his only opportunity of
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    THE MUAR'S THEFT FROM THE JEMPOL
    1130 6  - THE MUAR'S THEFT FROM THE JEMPOL E.H.G. DOBBY By DR. WHEN you cross the Muar River near the coast it is so sluggish, and smug that you cannot think of it as a go-getter with a criminal history. Yet further upstream the Muar has been stealing water, so that part
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      A European Miner On The Dabb Murder
      514 6 A European Miner On The Dabb Murder 1I7ITH reference to the tt brutal murder of Mr. E.V. Dabb of IdrU Hydraulic Mine Ltd., Kampar, I would be glad if you will allow me, as a tin miner of many years experience in the Kinta District, to make a few suggestions.
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      WAS THERE A DEAL WITH THE M.C.P.?
      114 6 MANY of your readers have asked why the Communist Party has not been banned if as is suggested, they are responsible for the unrest m Malaya. Is it not a fact that the Colonial Office pledged themselves not to baa this party, in
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      GAP BETWEEN ASSESSMENT AND RENT
      198 6 GAP BETWEEN ASSESSMENT AND RENT I UNDERSTAND that the Singapore Municipalny is circularising all tenants of houses m order to ascertain what rents they are paying. If this is so. the information they receive will open their eyes and, having had them ope-ied. I trust they will not close them
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      POLITICIANS AND PLAIN ENGLISH
      73 6 "*VO sacrifice our political 1 ration cards m favour of dependence on the political charity of others who have registered themselves The above is supposed W> b the pronouncement of a memfa, r of our Legislative Council. Let us hope our councillors wall speak m plain
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    PLEA FOR ELECTION MINORITIES
    586 7 Bill Criticised! By Mr. Goho ELECTED and nominated unofficial members L of the Singapore Legislative Council went into a lively, 30-minute verbal scuffle m the Council yesterday when a Bill seeking certain amendments to the Legislative Council Elections Ordinance came up for debate. The Bill was
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    37 7 CEGAMAT, Tues.— Tlie an- nual general meeting of the Segamat India-Ceylon Association will be held at the Association Hall on June J7 at 5.30 pjn. The meeting win be followed by a subscription dinner open to members.
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    23 7 OK. JOSEPH SM ADfcL leader of the U.S. Army medical research team, who flew back to the United States yesterday. Straits Times picture.
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    44 7 The C.-in-C, Air Cowman*. Far East, Sir Huh P. Lloytf, paM a visit to the Straits Times yesterday and wm ■hewn aver the Managerial, editorial and printing departments. He is seen here watohinc with interest a Crabteee rotary press m action.— Straits Times picture
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    New Bill Protects Tenants
    256 7 r[E protection afforded by the Control of Rent Ordinance (1947) is now extended to tenants in respect of all premises built on Crown land under a Bill passed through all stages by the Singapore Legislative Council. The Bill which was introduced into Council under a certificate
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    GRENADES IN COURT
    65 7 Hand-grenades and detonators were exhibited In the Seventh Police Court. Singapore, yesterday. A Javanese. Juki bin Yusof, aged 23. of the Royal Army Ordnance Corps, Alexander Road, was charged with posseseion of nine detonators. A Malay, Kahar bin Hassan, aged 25, of the Royal Army Service Corps.
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    "Criticism Their Own Doing"
    375 7 "Criticism Their Own Doing" AN attack on the present Singapore Municipal Commissioners was made by Mr. John Laycock, speaking in the Legislative Council yesterday on a debate on the Municipal (Ejections Amendment,) Bill. He was replying to a statement by the Deputy President of the Municipal Commissioners (Mr. W. L.
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    "Dual Nationality Game"
    150 7 "Dual Nationality Game" T*HE need for extending 1 the franchise was no argument for extending it to subjects of the Maharajah of Kashmir or such other Indian states, send Mr. C.C. Tan (Municipal South-West) in the Legislative Council yesterday. It was no argument for extending the franchise to those j
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    Magistrate In The Box
    169 7 The Eighth Police Magistrate, Mr. R. W. P. Rule and Mrs. Rule were witnesses in a case yesterday at the Second Police Court when Denis John Gray, a 10-year-oM European soldier, was charged with criminal trespass with intent to annoy. Gray pleaded guilty to the charge
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    Defects In Traffic Control Says Tan
    304 7 ANOMALIES and serious defects existing in th< present machinery for controlling road traffic aw transport in Singapore were referred to by Mr. C. C Tan, speaking in the Legislative Council yesterday. Mr. Tan said there should be no delay in repealing the Road Transport
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    Dry-Cleaning: Some Singapore Grouses
    344 7 By Ov Woman Correspondent LAST week a wefl-kaown Singapore dry-cleaning firm was ordered to pay $150 for discolouring and shrinking a guk. Hie judge's findings were that the suit had been "badly dry-cleaned." A test of the material by a Government analyst revealed that the suit
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    EDUCATION BILL PASSED
    305 7 rruE second reading of the A Education BUI passed through the Legislative Council yesterday without opposition. The Oovernmeni were congratulautd on having shown wisdom and foresight on the educational question. The Governor of Singapore (Sir Franklin Oimson) announced that a select committee had been appointed to study
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    Big Off-Season Food Crops
    526 7 Malayan Round-up |N the last fallow season, more than 1,000 acres ot land m Malacca were planted with off-seaMui crops mainly by Chinese farmer The exportable surplus ot vegetables during the peak months April and May— was estimated at 5,000 to 6,000 tons per month, representing
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    BIGGER TAX ON SWEEPS
    149 7 A Bill seeking power to increase sweepstake duty from 10 to 15 per cent had its second reading in the Singapore Legislative Council yesterday. Mr. John Laycock said, "It appears to me that anyone who opposes Government lotteries and supports this Bill is simply a hypocrite."
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    DEBATE ON PAY SCALE FORMULA
    1043 8 The TrustedPlan Is Criticised A NEW formula in the method of transfer of officers hi the public service from the old scale to the new scale, as recommended hi the Trusted Commission's Report, was referred to by the Colonial Secretary, Mr. P. A. B. McKerron,
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    38 8 GERMAN NUN helping to clear away the ruins of Berlin's famous Catholic cathedral, "The Hedwigskirch," following an appeal to the faithful by Cardinal Graf von Preusing. Several nuns were among those who volunteered for the work. A.P. photo.
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    No Forced Leper Isolation
    157 8 No Forced Leper Isolation 1'HE Government of Singapore is to propose an amendment to the leprosy laws as soon as possible, but it will not ask for the compulsory isolation of lepers. The Colonial Secretary (Mr. P.A.B. McKerron) said His in the Legislative Council yesterday. F. R. Koek had asked
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    Vote For State Lotteries
    79 8 SEREMBAN, Tuesday.— The Seiemban Rotary Club, by nine votes to four, voted in favuur of Governmentsponsored lotteries "for public utility purposes" at the end of a discussion at the club's weekly meeting. The discussion was led by Mr. E. D. Meyer, who said thai Malaya including
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    30 8 SEGAMAT, Tuesday. A poster competition open to all Malay, Indian, Chinese and English schools in the country is being sponsored by the Public Health Committee. Ca*h prizes have been offered.
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    Jap Bombs xplode
    117 8 RESIDENTS of Pulau Tekong, off Changi Point, are still experiencing underwater explosions as a result of bombs dumped into the sea by the Japanese just before they surrendered. Last Sunday four explosions shook the island, all in the evening. Mr. Joseph Fernandez, sanitary inspector at Pulau Tekong
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    GENT SENDS HIS CONDOLENCES
    70 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues.— The High Commissioner has sent the following telegram to Dr. Kathigasu m Ipoh: "Deeply regret to learn of death of your wife m Scotland yesterday. You have my very sincere sympathy m your loss and the Secretary of State has also requested me
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    47 8 "NEGRESS HEAD" clock, lent by King George to the eighth Antique Dealers' Fair which opened at Grosvenor House London on June 10. The hours are shown minutely m the eyes of the negress and the base of the clock is fitted with a musical box. Pix photo.
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    Sports Club Party
    37 8 The Simi Sports Club gave a tea-party at the Malacca High School ground In honour of Mr. F. J. McArm (a director of Messrs Sime, Darby and Co.) Mr. McAra is leaving on furlough.
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    'Our Good Citizen The G.O.C."
    265 8 TRIBUTES io the work done by Maj -Gen. L. H. Cox, 1 G.O.C. Singapore District, who is due to leave on transfer to England shortly, were paid by <he Governor, the Colonial Secretary and unofficial members m the Singapore Legislative Council yesterday. Mr. E. M.
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    Keen Bids At Auction
    118 8 BIDDING was keen and prices recorded satisfactory, when a number of freehold vacant building lots, freehold vacant land and three houses were sold at the auction rooms of Nassim and Co., Ltd., yesterday. The three houses fetched $40,300, while the vacant land went at 18 cents
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    STRIKES ON TWO ESTATES END
    55 8 The majority of tappers who went on strike on Sagil Estate, scene of the first labour trouble m north Johore m recent weeks, have returned to work. The tension on Eldred Estate near Bekok has also relaxed and most of the tappers returned to work
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    SFTU "DICTATORIAL" SAYS McKERRON
    118 8 t^ie Singapore Federation of Trade Unions is not a *> genuine federation and it attempts to control all labour m Singapore by dictatorial methods. The Colonial Secretary, (Mr. P. A. B. McKerron) says this m his report on the Colony which he laid before the Legislature
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    CHINESE ON ABDUCTION CHARGE
    121 8 From Our Own Correspondent BATU PAHAT, Tues. LOW Chin Swee, 23, was committed to the Assizes today on a charge of abducting two women, Gan Ah Nee and Wong Chiu Ouet. The prosecution said (hat the partner of Low was arrested m a jungle hut at
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    NEW LIDO FOR CHANGI
    565 9 Colony Plan For Better Beaches SINGAPORE may have a new seaside lido at Changi. The holdings of Crown land with a sea frontage there will be considerably extended by the airport scheme, and as a result the Government hopes to plan better beaches and better access
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    27 9 Twtnty-thr.e Straits-born Chinese women, arrested m a police raid on May 11, were acquitted m the Second Police Court yesterday with gambling m a common gaming house.
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    43 9 FOR COLONIAL USE: M. Rene Couzinet (leftmost), French aircraft designer, aboard the hydroplane Rainbow. He built it m Rio de Janeiro. It has a 500-h.p. motor and' is designed to carry 20 passengers by river or lake, particularly for Colonial use. A.P. picture.
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    ENTRY TO CHINESE STUDIES
    100 9 NO Singapore Chinese) have yet registered for the entry examination for Chilian University (Shanghai) although two of the University's staff have been here for a fortnight to enrol students. So far about 10 students have been Interviewed by the university officials— Messrs. Su Chien-ying and Chen
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    BOY "DESERVED WHIPPING".
    109 9 fPELLING him he deserved a good whipping, the District Judge (Mr. E. P. Shanks) sentenced I-lm Ah Kong, a 16-year-old boy, to 12 months' rigorous imprisonment yesterday. Lim was found guilty of robbing an old woman of $184.55 In cash and a pair of ear-rings valued $18.50
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    IPOH ROBBERY
    31 9 IPOH, Tuesday. Burglars last night broke into the premises of Messrs Pritchard and Co., and stole goods to the value of $800. Nylon stockings formed part or the loot.
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    Tax Aid To Saving
    85 9 WHILE nearly aU leading European firms and companies have provident funds for their employees, only two Chinese firms have them and no Indian firm has begun a provident fund. The Colonial Secretary (Mr. P. A. B. McKerron) said this at question time in the Legislative Council
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    Camp Memorial To Kuching Internees
    141 9 A MEMORIAL is to be built to people of aU races who died m the Batu Lintang Internment Camp m Kuching during the Japanese occupation. Over 100 Malayan Volunteers, drawn from the F.M.S. V.R. and the SJS.VF., were imprisoned m the camp, and many died
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    Victim Not Identified
    248 9 T^HE 30-years-old Chinese who died after jumping off a moving S.T.C. omnibus near the junction of New Bridge Road and Upper Cross Street on the morning of Monday, June 14, has not yet been Identified. Special broadcasts describing the victim have been made from Radio Malaya. Above
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    CRIME REPORTS TO BE RECORDED
    65 9 An Interesting feature, Introduced by the Radio Division of the Police is the "Emergency Report Book." It is carried by all Singapore radio patrol cars. People who dial 999 need not worry about having to call at the nearest police station to make a report
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    Taxi Driver Not Guilty Of Robbery
    333 9 A TAXI driver named Cheng Swee Thiam, who had been identified by two people as having taken part in a robbery, was yesterday discharged by Mr. Justice Thorogood in the Singapore Assize Court after a common jury had returned a verdict of not guilty
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    Rice Ration Dealers
    97 9 SINGAPORE rice ration retailers may decide to go out of business If the Government cannot distribute a better quality of rice for the ration. A spokesman of the Government Licensed Rice Retailers Association told the Straits Times that many retailers were faced with the possibility of the
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    Workers To Form Union
    94 9 A union of 10,000 manual workers of the Army is to be formed m Singapore. An inaugural meeting will 1 take place on June 27 to form I this proposed "Army- Indus- trial Workers Union. I The Army Civil Service I Union, an association representing 5,000
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      56 9 RADIO MALAYA SPORE 10.55 a.m. English Schools Broadcast; 1.00 Viva. America; 1.30 News; 1.40 Tommy Dorsey; 8.15 News; 8.20 Radio Dane* Club; 8.45 At Your Request; 9.30 News; 9.45 Bing Time: 10.00 Music Shop; 10.30 Time Par Dancing; 11.00 News. RADIO MALAYA (K.L.! 1.30 News; 1.40 As Singapore; 8 30
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      53 9 Mufclc through the Alphabet: > 9.30 News; 9 45 '-You've Asked for It;" 11.00 News. RADIO AOSIRALM 4.00 p.m. Dinner Music; 4.30 News; 4.40 Twenty Minutes with Gershwin; 8.00 Concerto Half Hour; 7.15 Peter Dawson Sings; 8.30 News; 8.45 Orchestral Half Hour; 10.2S Light Ensemble. RADIO SKAC 12 noon Music
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      66 9 12.30 Spotiight on the Stan; 12.46 Yankee Quarter; 1 00 Mem; 1.05 Fiesta; 1.15 Yours for the Asking; 2.00 Close. 6.00 Thirty to One; 6.30 BBC News; 6.46 BBC Theatre Orchestra: 7.30 Paul Temple Steve; 1. 00 News; 8.05 Yours for the Asking; 8.45 BBC Feature; 9.15 BBC Radio Newsreel;
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    LONDON STOCKS
    386 10 LONDON, Toes. BURMESE issues were a weak feature of the London stock exchange yesterday. The statement by the Burmese Premier (Thakin No) that his country "wanted to follow Russia" led to precautionary marking down, says Renter's nnancial correspondent. Burmah Oils fell one-eighth, Burma Corporations lost Is. at Ba.,
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    Dow Jones Averages
    16 10 Stock Industrials Rails Utilities 71.14 192.50 61.85 35.95 71.08 192.86 61.34 36.04 1
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    SINGAPORE RUBBER
    132 10 AFTER opening fairly steadily yesterday morning, the Singapore rubber market eased towards midday on selling from upcountry. It eased further m the afternoon for the same reason. F.o.b. closed threeeighths of a cent below Monday's closing price. Closing prices yesterday were: No. 1 sheet f.o.b. buyers 45 cents,
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    Malayan Share Market
    800 10 From Our Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, Tuesday. POLITICAL influences in Burma and the Federation of Malaya affected the I Malayan share markets today. Prices mic generally dull and rather VMJNvft* Price* quoted by th« Malayan Sharebroken* Association i Bajw Stttst Atlas lee 13.00 14.00 Aloe. Brick Ord. 1.60
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    SAGO FLOUR STRONG
    222 10 From A Market Correspondent STRONG bids to raise the price of sago flour ruled on the Singapore produce markets yesterday. Trading, however, was unaffected. It took place at improved quotations. yesterday's quotations were: Rice Unclassified: No. 1 $64; 3 $58; 3 $51: 4 $46: 6 $30. Gtattoeew
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    Anglo-Oriental Tin Outputs
    69 10 Anglo-Oriental Tin Outputs ANGLO-ORIENTAL (Malaya) announce the following May tin concentrate outputs, In pieuls Ampat Dredging 786 Batu Selangor Dredging 305 Berjuntai Dredging 900 Jedapang Dredging 400 Kamuntlng Dredging 1,440 Klang River Dredging 526 Kramat Dredging 1.075 Kuala Kampar Tin Fields 1,372 Kuchai 350 Larut Tin Fields 893 Lower Perak
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    ELEGANT ART TO ANNEX CLUB CUP
    571 11 Second Day Of Penang Races From EPSOM JEEP PENANG, Tuesday. CLEGANT Art stands out as the best bet on 1-1 the c*~* for the second day's races of the Penang Turf Club Summer Meeting tomorrow. The Fresco gelding won cleverly last time out over
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    No Sunday Sport Yet
    195 11 LONDON Tuesday. ALTHOUGH England's i\ international soccer team plays matches on Sundays on the Continent, there is to be no Sunday play generally in England. There was considerable discussion on this point at this week's meeting of the Football Association, but it was finally decided by
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    Switches To Trotters
    127 11 SYDNEY, Tuesday. PTANLEY Burgoine, VicO torian jockey, has switched from gallopers to trotters. He is the firs* jockey to do so since night trotting was introduced in Victoria toward the end of 1947. Burgoine has handed in his rider's licence to the Victoria Racing Club and the
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    49 11 JO£LO(Jl& tries a pair of small boxing gloves on his ten- month-old son, Joe, Jr., as bis daughter, Jacqueline (aged four), looks on at the champion's training camp at Bear Lake, Michigan. Louis will fight Jersey Joe Walcott for ilk title m New -Tor* on Jane IP IF picture.
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    Straits Times Selections
    129 11 4. B«ee 1: t. I. TOTLAND Wonder Bird GoMcii News WONDER 8188 ADVANTAGE Advantage Wonder Bird Sky Raider IT ToUand 1. RAMILUES Bmm 2: I. Harvest Mom S. Golden SBpper PORT STAB Raminie* Harreat Moon HARVEST MOON Golden Slipper Olympic Flame 1. Race S: S. ELEGANT AST
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    Today's Race Card
    841 11 BELOW are the acceptances for today's Penang 5 races. Hie Big Sweep will be drawn on race seven. There will be no Double Tote. Race 1—3.15: Class 3, Div. 3—6 Fun. 030 Timmo Gentlea 8.13 "August Stable" Rodgers 010-Advantag Stirling 8.09 M/« K. W. Wee H. S.
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    N. S. MALAYA CUP TEAM
    132 11 From Our Own Correspondent SEREMBAN, Tuesday. HTHE following have been 1 selected to play for Negri against Singapore m the Malaya Cup soccer competition on Saturday a/t Singapore. Sheikh Mustapha, Kirn Chye, Kok Heng. Kok Thong, Yoon Chong, Lt. Whltehead, Thian Quee, Tan Kee Fah,
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    AUSTRALIA BEAT ENGLAND BY 8 WICKETS
    1347 12 Exciting End To First Test NOTTINGHAM, Tuesday. AUSTRALIA struck the first blow m the 1948 Test series against England by winning the first match, concluded at Trent Bridge today. Australia won by eight wickets m a thrilling finish. England were all out m their
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    KOTA RAJA WIN BY 7-0
    238 12 OUPERIOR in all departjJ merits of the game, Kata Raja Football Club scored a 7 0 victory over 223 B.O.D. in an S.A.F.A. Div. n league game played on the padang yesterday. Six of the seven goals were scored In the second half. The B.O.D.
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    65 12 /OLYMPIC Look:" Simply vlcut. white, open-necked dresses, with tirtat -fitting navy bta* jaektte, will be the uniform of British Olympic women athletes at this year's Games. Chosen by members of the team from a selection submitted by an Oxford street store, the uniform will be topped by a beret with
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    Rovers Maintain Div. I Lead
    294 12 THE Rovers consolidated their position m the first 1 division of the S.A.F.A. league when they beat the Indians by four goals to one m a second round fixture at Jalan Besar MfHinim yesterday. The Rovers victory keeps them on top of the league table
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    23 rds. Before Title Fight
    56 12 POMPTON LAKES (New Jersey), Tuesday. Heavyweight boxing champion Joe Louis said today he would box 23 more rounds before he defends his title against Jersey Joe Walcott at the Yankee Stadium on June 23. Louis weighed 215 lb. today. He said he hoped to weigh
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    Sports Diary
    73 12 TODAY SOCCER: S.A.F.A. league. Div. I A. A. A. t. 8. B.C.. Jalan Besar stadium; Div. II— Tirt-rs t. Malays, Geylan*-; Dit. Ill Indians t. Command Depot Medical Stor- s. C.T-M.A. t round, St. Oorfe's Boad. (All fubm will start at 5.15 pm.) FBIENDLJES: S. C. C. Indonesian
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    SOCIAL A.P. VICTORY
    144 12 After an unsteady start the Bocial Athletic Party finished well to snatch a 3-1 victory over the Air Ministry Directory General Works XI (Changi) m yesterday's S.A.F.A. Division 111 league game played at McNalr Road. "Jhe A.M.D.G.W. tack the initiative from the start and Awang opened account*
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    RAF TENGAH SHARE POINTS
    109 12 Good goalkeeping by C. Alphonso, saved the Katong Eurasians from defeat when they met R.A.F. (Tengah) m an S.A.F.A. Div. II game at Geylang Stadium yesterday. The result was a goalless draw. The Airmen were by far the superior team and dominated play throughout. Davies and
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    MALAYS HELD TO A DRAW
    59 12 The Malays drew two- all with the Posts and Telecoms In an S.A.F.A. EMv. Ill fame played on the c.Y.M. A. ground yesterday. There was no score in the first half. In the second session L&mail and Dollah scored a goal each for the P
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    Scoreboard
    181 12 ENGLAND Ist Inna.— l«s AUSTRALIA Ist Inn*.— sW ENGLAND— 2nd. Inaa. Hutton b Miller 74 Washbrook c Tallon b Miner 1 Bdrlch c Tallon b L Johnson It CompUm hit wicket h Mffler 1M HardsUff Haawtt b TnhMk tt Barnett c Miller b Bfll .Winston Yardley c and b
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    Racing At Ascot
    130 12 ASCOT, Tuesday. MRS. V. O. Dyson's No Orchids won the Ascot stakes here this afternoon. Sir John Jarvls's Cappielluca was second, and Mr. James V. Rank's Gallant Scot third, Twenty-seven ran The betting was 9-1 against No Orchids, 100-8 CappieHuca, 26-1 Gallant Scot. Fear Nothing was 7-1
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    SEEDINGS FOR WIMBLEDON
    115 12 LONDON, Tuesday.—Fr&nkie Parker and Mrs. Margaret Du Port, formerly Margaret Osborn, both of the United States, are seeded number one in the men's and women's singles events respectively in the all-England lawn tennis championships which begin at Wimbledon on Monday. No Indian or Pakistan players are In
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    INNINGS WIN FOR LANCS
    91 12 LONDON, Tuesday. RESULTS of county cricket championship games concluded today are: At Swansea, Glamorgan beat Kent by 278 ram. Glamorgaji 189 and 314 for nine declared: Kent 105 and 120 (Muncer five for 47. Trick four for 32). At Horsham. Lancashire beat Swmpx by aa innings
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    MAYFLOWER B.P.
    66 12 I The following have been selected to represent the Mayflower B. P. in a friendly badminton match against the Useful B. P. on June 18. at the Clerical Union Hall, nt 7.00 p.m. Tan Guan Hong, Neo Seng Kee, Lau Teng Siah. Lau Teng Chuan. Richard Lee, Urn
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    CLUB DANCE
    32 12 A kronchong night and dance will be held at the Chinese Swimming Club on Saturday from 7.30 p.m. co 1 a.m. It is open only to members and their relatives.
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    TENNIS TIES
    20 12 Yesterday's ties m the S.L.T.A. championships were postponed to today owing to the bad condition of the ground.
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    Gun Club's Move For New Range
    217 12 '■pHE Singapore Oun Club Is endeavouring to be obtain a range at Dunearn Road, which is more easily accessible and more central for members than the Seletar range at the 9Vfe milestone, Thomson Road. This was revealed at the Club's annual general meeting held
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    Bumper Gets Compton Out
    761 12 From R. C. ROBERTSON -GLASGOW By Special Arrangement. NOTTINGHAM, Tuesday. ENGLAND one run ahead and a day to go. The L* batsmen Compton (154) and Evans (10). The bowlers, the tall and angular left-hander Johnston and the ingenious Johnson. Barnes in his favourite perch Just ff
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      32 12 SINGAPORE TIDES Today: High water. 5.39 a.m. (8 ft. 0 in.); 6.43 p.m. (7 ft. 8 in.). Tomorrow: High water, 7.06 a.m. (8 ft. 0 in.), 7.34 p.m. (8 ft. 2 in.).
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