The Straits Times, 25 May 1946

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    20 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER ESTABLISHED OVER A CENTURY EIGHT PAGES SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, MAY 25, 1946. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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    EDEN DEFENDS PRESENCE OF BRITISH TROOPS IN EGYPT
    842 1 Tested In War Call For Voice In Foreign Affairs For Opposition LONDON, Friday. yR. Anthony Eden, the former For eign Minister, opening the debate on L Egypt m the House of Commons today, called on the Labour Government to follow the example
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    U. S. Has Germ Spray Weapon
    215 1 U. S. Has Germ Spray Weapon Washinerton. Fndav THE UNITED STATES has a secret germ spray weapon "far more deadly than the atomic bomb," members of the Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives discc?ecl to reporters here today. One member said: "The Navy has developed, to a point where
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    Juliana Thanks Swiss People
    45 1 BERNE, Fri.: —Princess Juliana and Prince Bernard of the Netherlands left for home yesiLerday after a three-day visit to Switzerland. They expressed the Rratitude of their people lor the assistance given during and after the war by the Swiss people. —A.P.
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    World's Coal Shortage
    95 1 PARIS. Fri— Representatives of 22 nations and three international organisations announced yesterday that there would bs a world deficit of M/ 00.000 tons of coal by June. 1947, if all envrrnments did not take immedite and energetic measures. In a communique at the end of a three-day
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    RED ARMY "OUT OF PERSIA ON MAY 9"
    509 1 MOSCOW RADIO announced lest night that the Red Army's evacuation of Persia was completed on May 9 three days after the deadline set by the United Nations Security Council. The text of thj announcement •vas: "According to information m the possession of
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    Van Mook's Visit
    216 1 IMPORTANT discussions are taking place m Singapore between Lord Killearn, Special Commissioner m South East Asia, and Dr. Hubertus van Mook, Lieut. Governor-General of the Netherlands East Indies, who arrived la Singapore yest?rday by air from Batavia. Dr. van Mook is accomp ni ri by Gen. S.
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    Troops Arrive For V-Parade
    41 1 Troops Arrive For V-Parade A group of soldiers and sailers from South Africa and Rhode sia, the first Empire servicemen to arrive m England to take pa rt m London's Victory Parade, s een on arrival at Blai kbushe Aerodrome, Surrey
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    Rail Strike Paralyses America
    136 1 Rail Strike Paralyses America WASHINGTON, Friday. DESPITE intervention by the President of the United States the str.kc cf railwaymen has started. Reports say that the stnko il almost total. The strik? came as a surprise to the Nation since eighteen of the! twenty railway unions lia«l agreed to arbitrate. Tv
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    Sir Keith Park G.C.B.
    39 1 LONDON, Fri-Acting Air Chic* Marshal Sir Keith Park has been made Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath m recognition of his distinguished services m South East Asia, says the London Gazette tonight.—Reuter
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    SARA WAX TO COME UNDER MALA YA
    379 1 SARA WAK TO COME UNDER MALA YA (From Our Own Correspondent) PENANG, Friday. jVjR. .Maicoim MacDonald, i GovernorGeneral ot the Malayan Union and Singapore, who arrived to take a? his temporary headquarters here today, said he expected Sarawak to come under his control as soon as the taking over of
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    PRESENT EMPIRE SYSTEM APPROVED
    605 2 Centralised System Would Hamper Unity LONDON, Thursday. rpHLi Conference ot oornitiions' I'rime Ministers bas tict-iared m favour of the present system oi free discussion and exchange of views amor.*; Commonwealth members and against "any rijrid centralised machinery." A statement famed from 10 Downing Street {o'.ii«/h f
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    African Forces Drop Homing
    62 2 LONDON, Thurs —The abolition of corporai punknment m both East and West African forces was announced m the House of Commons yesterday by the Colonial Secretary Mr George Hall. The legislation would bo introduced m the African coionles to make the awarding of corporal punishment for
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    CHARGED WITH I TREAGiSBY I
    82 2 CHARGED WITH I TREACHERY ffhea Ike AUirs MM expert td to arrive near Pa-is Ihe Patriots of Chatoa decide) to fieht for their own liberation Vichy militia denounced them to the (aitiian S.S. m?n Tuenty-six hostaefs were taken from Chatou and «hot m cold blood under fiiihtful conditions. Charged with
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    Pearl Harbour liKjuiry Over
    211 2 Pearl Harbour lnquiry Over WASHINGTON, Friday. "THE Congressional Peai! 1 Harbour investis;atinp I committee has finished m- vest igat ion of the Jap unese 1 attack. Two Republican members protest ihat the Committee's 8,640,000 wora i record is incomplete. 1 Prince Konoye's memoirs revealed that President Roosevelt had ac :ed
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    Diamonds Found
    63 2 TOKIO. Thurs:—More than quarter of a milion dollar*' worth of silver, diamonds and 1 precious metals were discovered by uutroLs of the First Cavalry Division, acting on information received m an anonymous letter I to G?n Mac Arthur's HeadquarI ters. They were found under the iloor of a
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    Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
    168 2 Unrestricted Submarine Warfare NUREMBERG. Thursday. NIMITZ, He..d of j American war time I Naval operations, has told the War Crimes Tribunal that the United States contT. cfed an unrestricted submarine m d air warfare against Japan throughout the war. sinking enemy mercnan* vessels without varaiac He sent an affidavit to
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    Chaos In Poland
    69 2 PRAGUF. Th-irs.-Informed (martens here-on the basis ot recent information received from Inside Poland yesterday, described conditions there as'utterly chaotic'". These reports said that armed bands oi various political affiliations roved the Polish countryside firing upon Government troops and Russian convoys. They added that Russian convoys travelling across
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    Liberty In Japan
    172 2 WASHINGTON, Friday. THE Far Eastern Coinin s1 sion. at the behest si ill Committee on democratic trends headed by the S.viet Representative M. Nowkov, has asked the chairman. General Frank McCoy, to secure "certain informat:o:i as to the extent to which certain policies relating to civn liberties
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    Poles Change Their .Minds
    92 2 Poles Change Their Minds LONDON, Pii, -lne JPuh>h Commander. General Anders, has arrived here lor discussions on the demobilisation of Poles servins m Western Europe. It is anticipated that the question of the migration of large numbers of these Poles will be discussed at the Dominion Prime Ministers' Conference. Two
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    RADIO PROGRAMMES
    779 2 SINGAPORE •m NlniiiKK from iiuob pm u>4 «M to |i pm O o SJJ r.t !res from uaoo to 3 o.m on 1.823 mes/sec m b| metcc (Mud and from ■13 to 930 po on 1.7H mmm v "I metre band CHINESE noon to I. IS p.m. <newi
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    THREE-POINT PLaN FORFOOD SUPPLIES WASHINGTON, Thui\^av.
    588 2 THREE-POINT PLaN FORFOODS SUPPLIES WASHINGTON, Thursday. THR Indian Government's .representatives i<xiay submitted a three-point proposal to the Food and Agricultural Organisation conference io ensure •dirness m future distribution of KUT* worM fowl supplies. The propunal was ma V >n the form of a c n'u'i r, by Dr. V. K.
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    Quadruplets In Chim
    63 2 Quadruplets In China t;kntsin, Thar —<;•.•.- I ap. Ml vrrr born over a prrio I of fv:> c':i s to ■>'!•>. T: V t'i« "ifi» of a ChlaeM BM r n:it 111 i are rrwrlti to be wrii <):i Haji 1 a ci-l s l>or ::id !he fo!lo".vinc dnv two
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    353 2 According to Culbertson In certain bridge circles aboit hah of all deals are oper.ed with "one club," on the somewhat naive theory that this makes '1 c course of subsequent bidding b^th smoother and rafer Some times, however, things dnn't ttm cut that way! For example: North, dealer. North South
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      132 2 MAY BAKER LTD. Manufacturing Chemists Daganhara, England ha\e rr-nprtietl Ihrir Sifjapart alftcc al temporary preMises, No. :t. MaUfra Street. ffpffhllHn j( rir.lists arc rxpeeted lliis u«»k. Will .ill rftoetars, v bolciakn bsml retailer* resjairißg a ropy pInMC wrih- lo l». x 7.{, Siagapwre. mmm bi yeast tabled PACKED IN TINS
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      86 2 CROSSWORD CLUES DOWN. 1. Broom, 2. Learned. 3. With rr weapons, 4. Pile. 5. Cover, 5. Sharp, 7. Juicy Berry. '•'••'ir r^oMoB 8. Success, Used up, 14. Pa«en*er Ship. 16. Af- a £l A HLXL^I?^™ flrmative, 19. Classify, 20. Metal. 22. Fool by flat- s W:-B f: T\ r tery,
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    Schools Get Chocolate On Empire Day
    491 3 65,000 Join In Celebrations EMPIRE Day, the lirst to be observed in Singapore lj since 1941, was fittingly celebrated in all the schools yesterday with parades, the unfurling o f the Union Jack and the presence of distinguished visitors, many of whom addressed the
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    Empire Day In Ipoh
    63 3 IPOH. Fri. Nearl: 5 000 schoolchildren Iron all Enish and vernacular schcol> In Ipoh gathered this morning on the town padang to celebrate Empire :Day. I The Resident r--.•.■.-•r--.•.■.-• -j 0 ~r Mr. A. C. Jomaron, read the Rmpire Day message and sair' I the cfcbrati'n
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    Tribute To Schools From Governor
    327 3 Tribute To Schools From Governor r N a special "Empiro Day" L broadcast to schools in Singapore yesterday the Gov•rnor, Mr. F. C. Gimson. .<aid le hoped to extend the personal acquaintance he had nadp with schoolchildren luring rec nt visits to the r schools. "What I l:ave seen already
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    AUSTRALIA'S PART IN MALAYAN RECOVERY
    203 3 THE part that Australia's wartime industrial expansion could play in the rehabilitation of Malaya and other South East Asia countries was emphasized by Mr. Claude Massey, the Australian Government Comn.i^sioner, in a broadcast over the Singapore radio. Australia could supply gooc* food, clothes, machinery, I
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    Alleged Attempted Extortion
    134 3 Alleged Attempted Extortion An aprlication for th e accused to be kept in Police custody for 43 hours after which they aro to be sent to the Civil Prison pending their trial wr.s made by Court Inspector Rahman before Mr. L. C. Goh in the Second Police Court yesterday, when
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    VICTORY PARADE AIR REHEARSAL
    54 3 When units of the R.A.F. rehearsed their Virtory flights over London, their chiefs were watching their progrcs; from the Mall. Lfft to ri?ht. Wing Commander R. C. Lister; Air Commodore McE;o>; Air Commodore D Barnett; Air Commodore V. H. C. Russtll; Air Vice Marshal Harries; Air
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    Women Speak Against Union
    243 3 BATU PAHAT, Friday THL voice of Malay womanhood against the Malayan Union was heard for the first time by Capt. L. D. Gammans. visiting M.P., and Sir Theodore Adams, who is touring Malaya on behalf of Sir Edward Gent, at Batu Pahat yesterday when North Johore
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    CHINESE HID BRITISH SOLDIERS FOR THREE YEARS DURING OCCUPATION
    547 3 THE c^ur£ge and ingenuity of Chinese who harboured two British soldiers m Siam for three years was revealed recently when they were thanked by Gen. Messervy and given token rewards at a parado he'd m their honour. When the Japanese invaded
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    Japanese Tells How P. O. W. Ship Sank
    442 3 SOBS DURING EVIDEISCi: jl/JKMOKIES of his experiences on a Japanese ship ifl thai was attacked by Allied planes m January, 1!) l!, while en-route for Burma yesterday proved too much f or a former Siam Burma railway camp commandant Major Mizutani, who
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      445 3 ANNOUNCEMENT Tlie Australian Government Csinmisior.er. M-. Claude Itaqr, has now f-stablteh:d his office In the Union Building. Collyer Quay. Temporary acre nimodatlon i 3 located m R> m E2 on ihe third floor and te'ephene numbers are 3823 and 3820. All enquiri .<■ en makers of trade, passports snd Immlj
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    45 4 ENGAGEMENT The engagement is announced between Koh Tiong Tat, third son of Madam Wee Keng Nco and the late Mr. Koh Seek Geok, and Lily Tan Sai 8uan, youngest daughter if the ;md Mrs. Tan Chin Lock and adopted daughter of Madam Tan Tau N.-o.
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    Singapore. Sat., May 25, 1546. The Malayan Melting-Pot
    760 4 The Straits Times Singapore. Sat., May 25, 1946. The Malayan Melting-Pot The Sultan of Perak touched on one of the primary formative influences of the new Malaya when he was visited by boys of his old school at his astana at Kuala Kangsar a few days aeo. "Speaking not as
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    The Milk Queue
    332 4 Yesterday and today the been an extraordinary spectacle m Orchard Road, where there has been a queue of many hWH dreds winding from the Cold Storage Company's premLses far back into Emerald Hill Road. These people are vatttng tv nine tins of condensed milk each. Nothing could
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    HOUSES FOR SOLDIERS
    48 4 Capt. F.J. Bel'.tnger, Ifmancial Secretary to the War Office, said at Manchester m opening the army recruiting campaign i'jr 100,000 men, that provision had been made this year for the building ol 1.000 new houses or married soldiers and their tamilics, says a Reuter report.
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      Bus Pickpockets
      86 4 THE subject of pic*pocketing i<i m everybody's mouth but police action is raft,er slowPriority is being given, I i 11 Isume. to robberies committed at the point of the pistol, rathe than to the mere sliding of deft hands into innocently half-open pockets. Stricter measures, with more plain-clothes
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      Tickled!
      69 4 AN interesting and nihei humorous .spat haa K«n going on In your "Man-in '.he Street" columns, between "Disgusted Motorist" and cyclist pillion-riders. Talking about love-making "on the move," m ieeps and on bicycle bars, it's simply tickling! In this so-called "Atomic Age" we are surely learning fast. Perhaps the
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      Indians In Burma
      212 4 WHILE passing through Singapore, I have read with interest a news item m the Sunday Times under the caption, "Prosecution Of Patriotic Indians m Burti.a.' As *UA us likely to be wMMy revl 17 indian residents of Singapore »nd the Malayan Union I consider it my duty
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      Where To Marry
      66 4 |N pre-war days it was possible for people to get married, at very little cost to themselves, m the office of the Registrar of Marriages. Is this' efflce functioning now, and if so, can you tell me where it is? CLM. Singapore, May 18. (The Registrar of
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      They Whistle!
      82 4 I AM an Asiatic employee working m an office 111 the Cathay Building, where i>omc 1 Service personnel are on duty as guards at the entrance. At night I all passes have to be produced I before entry. It is their duty, at:d it is very important But
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    BACKGROUND OF EGYPT DEBATE The Suez Canal And The British Empire
    1374 4 BACKGROUND OF EGYPT DEBATE The Suez Canal And The British Empire THE core of the Egyptian demands comprises the complete evacuation of Egypt by British troops and the unity of the Nile Valley which means in effect the incorporation of the Sudan in the Egyptian kingdom. There is in these
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      697 4 PERSONAL MR. A. I RAJA SINGHAM. Representative of tlie Government r.f Ceylon in Ma'ava. le:t for Ceylon by Ar tfali m ruing nr.d will he away fo.- a f~w i I ;s cxpcr'.ej that 0:1 h.s ictun an announcement will b^ nridc "cgardinR the Entrance E>:arqfriation o; t s .e
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      30 4 GO/HGTHgOUCHUFI THAT WAY? This brief test, terrifying In Its implications, proves that good vision ls priceless. Take care of your eyes. Have them examined periodically. C S CHONO. 0.D.. F.PO.C
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      22 4 TIGER YOUR ILLS p^^?^S>S ■sg ggiMtil \i >x j^v^'y ,_[_y HEADACHE CURE POMCR TIGER BALM ENG AUN TONG THE TIGER MEDICAL HALL
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  • Obituary
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    95 4 'Mr. 1 death of Mrs. Agnes Fernando oreu-red at 3.15 a.m. at K.K. Hospital on 24 5 46. She is the beloved wife (,i B. W. O. I'c:naiijo mother of Basil, Terrene?, Ce/t in. Eileen. Mildred <V Nelly. Th" enrlese will lra>c the rrsid nee, N-\ 158, Tanjong Kalong Rd.
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    Thousands Still Queue For Tinned Milk
    330 5 Thousands Still Queue For Tinned Milk Big Sales Made At Controlled Price I >.\i ul the iifehts oi Mngapore during tne past lew day.; has been the long queue of several tnousands which has formed up in Orchard Road outside the Cold Storage premises to buy condensed inilk at the
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    War Prisoners Assn.
    43 5 The Governor. Mr. F C Gitnson. ha accepted office n> natron <f the War Prisoners 'Singapore* /.s:coiation. At th? flrtt WCB9 a! mectlnf of the association held recently it was unanimously resolved to invite Mr. Obnaon to be a patrcn
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    LEYDEN HONOURS CHURCHILL
    46 5 I h .J of ?»ir. \\i.:. i» .l bill, i :r-!i > the re;l ol i if I'nivcr ity of Oxford a:;d •n Ims wav to receive an ho *.orary denser as ilcrtor of Law fro!n '.he ancient Inivcrsity of Leydea, m the NctkeriMMi
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    'PIPERS LEAD THE | BRIDE TO CHURCH
    54 5 PIPERS LEAD THE BRIDE TO CHURCH xnesj fln» lo:kinr pia«n of .he i tois Luards prt .cii >1 Nadin? Pother and her father when she arrived .it St Paul's rhurjh. Knightsbridge. to mary (apt the Hon. Graham lampson. Scots (iua-ds. who is the son of Lord Killearn, the Special Commissioner
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    Speculation On Future Of Tin Price
    172 5 Speculation On Future Of Tin Price London, Friday. A SPOKESMAN of the A Ministry of Supply denies rumours that the Ministry might offer £330 a ton for Nigerian tin, F.A.S., Nigctian port. He says that the Metiil Controller has offered about £308 and has refused the Nigerian producers counterdemand for
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    Sakais Protest Against Union
    101 5 (From Our Special Correspondent) MUAB, Frl— "The hill tribes also protest against the "Malayan Union," read one of the posteis carried by three SakaJ hillmen from Lenga, 2G miles away from here, when (apt. L. D. Gam mans. Ml' and Sir Theodore Adams arrived here this
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    Repatriation Caul Theft Alleged
    310 5 Repatriation Caul Theft Alleged K. R. RAMANATHAN. an Indian clerk employed m the Publicity Office of the Government of India m RobinMti Road, yesterday stood trial before Major A. P. Jack m the Rel cf Ccuit on a ciiargt cf theft cf Indian repatriation cards m the possession of Mr
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    Ho'el Manager Fined
    61 5 Hotel Manager Fined For failing to enter particulars m the register and, secondly, allowing the premises to be used for immcral purposes, the manager of a hotel m Changi Road, Ong Lia Lia was fined a total of $250 by Mr. L. C Goh, m the second Pclico Court yesterday.
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    TEXTILES FOR SIAM INO'I FROM MALAYA'S QUOTA
    295 5 TEXTILES FOR SIAM NOT FROM MALAYA'S QUOTA I^HROUGH the efforts ot Lord KiiJearn's oincc, a total of l.",O(M),IHil) yards of textiles and about 200 tons of agricultural implements are beinjj made availrole t.> SSani m order to (-(V.iiilate her cultivation of I rice. I The foedfl m not a b
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    SEAMEN SENT TO PRISON
    145 5 For dtaobeyinf orders and I absenting themselves without leave lour seamen were punished' m the Fourth Police 1 Court yesterday. On the first charge ol disobeying the Cap- j tain's orders. J. Boob. H. Boot- man J. T. Harris. I'uemen on the ship Fort Bi-ausejous. were
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    Peaang Youths On Extortion Charge
    81 5 iFrom Our Own Correspondent) PENANG. Thurs.—Three Chinese youths. Tan Kirn Choon. Lim Al? Leong and Onu Kay Sena;, d be members of the i \s All We Want" gang, were i produced m the police court to- I day on a charpe of attempting to
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    ENGINE TROUBLE AT TAKE-OFF CAUSED FATAL CRASH, SAYS PILOT
    637 5 EVIDENCE that engine trou- ble developed almosr immediately after the take-off making a crash landing n.?ces- 1 >-,ary, was given m the Coroner's Court yesterday by the pilot of the four-enjnneci Sunderland flying-boat which came to grief off S?letar re- i
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    Fire Dollars A Day Profit In Queue
    323 5 A CHINESE reader ol the Straits Times who i, the la her of WMM (hildien ht— jit the folio a m,, note on the Milk (>ueuc tt» our office >est'.-day i afternoon: "According to the artiiie Thousands Buy Tinnei Milk' m the Straits
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    Consul Thanks Britain
    175 5 ALOR STAR Thurs "T thank the British for winning the war and for trying to win the peace so earnestly." said Dr. Wu Paakshin, Chinese Consul General at a tea oarty given In his honour by the Kedah Chinese Chamber of i Commerce Col. E. V. G.
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    Historic Flag And Gun For Colony GIFTS FROM SUPREMO
    310 5 Historic Flag And Gun For Colony GIFTS FROM SUPREMO \(\X th«> eve oi his flight to London to attend f lie i Vie<o*-y Parade, the Supreme Allied Cvauumter, Soiiih-ttas| Asia, Admiral Lord Louis Mi»u;iJt»aHen, i will present a Japanese gun and a Union Jack to the (•overnor, Mr. F.C. Gimson,
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    Talks On Free Port Chaiv For Penan*
    93 5 Talks On Free Port Changes For Penang IfftOfli Cii- Ov.;; < ti O AKS arr now :;uunt(r» m pic-.ara'-'-n ft* (!•<• restoration ol Prna..* to a n •talus A meeting of rep r if it Co-n|» f r"Urr i I :m-.cl Prorlnee Wellesley which A -viii when Penang Is ''pclared
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      GIANTS OF PAST IN OVAL CRICKET
      448 6 GIANTS OF PAST IN OVAL CRICKET LONDON, Thurs. rOUNTY Cricket took a back seat today and the limelight shone on the Surrey Centenary match at the Oval, where an "Old England" eleven played the county m a one-day match. The King arrived during the afternoon, and was given a great
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      S.C.R.C. CRICKET
      69 6 The following have been selected to play cricket lor the S.C.R.C. against iTensah at Tenaah on Sunday. The bus leaves the Clubhouse at 10 a.m. Eu Cheow Chye (Capt). Cheah Kirn Swee, Chia Keng Hock. Gan Ke» Tian, Khoo Or.g Lee. Low Kee Pow. Ong Chew Bee. On*
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      Indians Beat Scots By Innings
      343 6 j Edinburgh, Thurs <wi f y sufßced the Indian crick^t tour.sts to dio-niss m fhf "t Cc a ICT1 C T VICt ry by an innin e s a "d 56 runs m the two-day irwtch played here. The Indians owed much of their success
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