The Straits Times, 6 July 1946

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    20 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER ESTABLISHED OVER A CENTURY RIGHT PAGES SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, JULY 6, 1946. PRICE 10 CENTS*
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    TENSION CONTINUES IN PALESTINE
    442 1 More Ammunition Discovered JERUSALEM, Friday. fHK liritish Army announced today that another 1 large dump of munitions and "a largo quantity of British battle dress" had been discovered m the Jewish settlement of Mesheq Yagur. Tension coninued high m Palestine despite the release of the remaining
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    Official Statement On Union
    197 1 »PHE following official statc- ment was issued m Kua'a LUmpurL Urnpur yesterday, regarding thg Malayn Union negOtia Governrnent is hopeful of and intent upon an agreement with all sections Of opinion m Malaya and several proposals have been put fory/ard whjch haye been d?. to meet
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    Gov.-Gen. Cuts The Cake
    47 1 Gov.- Gen. Cuts The Cake 1 nis small bo rai hardly wait for the slice of iced cake which the Governor-General, Mr. Malcolm Macbonald, is seen cut tin* at the Astana garden party at Kuchin? celebrating Sarawak's new stains as a Crown Colony. Army Film Unit picture.
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    PROGRESS OF THE CHART ERED BANK
    388 1 LONDON. Friday. IN his statement to the 92nd ordinary meeting of shareholders of the Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China, Mr. V. A. Orantham, the Chairman, said that the total of the balance-sheet showed a reduction of about £5,500,000, mainly accounted for en
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    Hope Abandoned For Dakota
    71 1 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Fri All hope has now been abandoned for the Ft A F Dakota which was reported missi.ig over North Malaya last Saturday, states Malaya Command Air H.Q. The search for the plane which was o n a flight 'rom Sinsrapore
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    Plot To Kill Judges
    56 1 LONDON. Fri.— A plot by seven former SJS. men to murder the judges and prosecutors at the Nuremberg war crimes trial was d sclosed by the United States Army newsoaper Stars And Stripes" yesterday. American News Service reported. The report has been confirmed by American headquarters,
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    Yorks Innings Win
    25 1 BRADFORD, Fr i Yorkshire beat India by an Inntnga and 82 runs. Yorkshire 344 for nine declared. India 138 ana 121. Reuter.
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    New Post For Sir Federick Browning
    231 1 New Post For Sir Federick Browning LT.-GEN. Sir Federkk Browning, Chief of S'aff, South-East Asia Command, is to become Military Secretary to the Secretary for War in September. His appointment as successor to Gen. Sir Co!ville Wemyss has b^en approved by the King. Sir Frederick trained the airt me fortes
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    THE NEXT FRENCH CONSTITUTION
    126 1 naming the Premier. The Premier, however, would have to have a majority approval from the Chamber before forming his cabinet. The Communist Party was sharply rebuffed yesterday when the Constituent Assembly voted 341 to 130 to seat the rightist deputy, M. Frederic Dupont. The Communists sought
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    Gurkas Meet Hostile Indonesians
    114 1 BATAVIA, Fri— Gurkha troops have crossed the Bekassi River into 'No-Mans-Lanci' on the eastern perimeter of Batavia and now occupy several kampongs u>t the East bank, in direct contact with hostile Indonesian troops Art llery ard mortar fire was heard this morning. The Allie'l-InConeslan a«r°ement en
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    Wimbledon Result
    29 1 WIMBLEDON.— In the women's doubles serri-nnals Louise Broush and Marearet Osborne, United States, beat Mrs. P. C. Todd and Dorothy Bundy, United States. 8—4, 6 2 Reuter.
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    Second Atom Test On July 25
    175 1 BIKINI, Friday. VICE-ADM. W. H. P. Blandy, commanding the B bomb test task force has -e. July 25 as the tentative date for the underwater detonation of Bikini's second atoHLc bomb, with a full dress rehearsal to be hold on July The bomb will
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    U.S. Troops Break Up Meeting
    92 1 TRIESTE, Fri— Two companies of American troops, supporter! by armoured cars, tonight broke up a mass meeting o! 3,000 communists who woro demanding Red Army i articipation in thr occupation of Trieste. The communists had gathered in the mail, square, the Piazza San Giacomo, where
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    PEACE TALKS FIXED FOR THIS MONTH
    256 1 PEACE TALKS FIXED FOR THIS MONTH PARIS, Friday. THE "Big Four" Foreign Ministers finally yesterday chose July 29 for the opening of the 21-nation Conference in Paris to consider European peace treaties and agreed to require Italy to pay to Russia U.S. $100,000,000 ($212,000, 000 Straits) in reparations, American and
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    Plans For Yokohama Specie Bank
    184 2 TOKIO, Friday. GENERAL Mac Arthur 'a Headquarters today approved the reorganization of i he Yokohama Specie Bank, which was once one of the world's major foreign trade financial institutions. Almost single-handedly the Bank financed Japan's economic aggression and foreign purchase of military supplies. The Bank
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    Tram Overturns
    28 2 LONDON, Thurs.— Thirty-three neople were taken to Battersec. Hospital when a tram Jumped the points at a crossing at Clapham, and overturned. Seven were detained. Reuter.
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    HIROHITO DUPED BY ATTENDANTS
    684 2 TOKIO, Friday. ACCORDING to the diary of the Marquis Koichi rt Kido, the Emperor of Japan opposed Japanese expansion in Manchuria but his personal attendants kept his wishes quiet in order to avoid the wrath of the militarists. The Marquis Kido was formerly Lord Keeper of
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    Opposition Demand July India Debate
    342 2 Ahfratp- fa v v LONDON, Friday. DEBATE on India has been arranged to take place m the JKfij*Lords r July 15- The Cabinet has n °t j*t received the report from the members of the Mission and it is likely, writes Reuters Political Correspondent, th^
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    GOERING PICTURED AS LOYALTY VICTIM
    243 2 GOERING PICTURED AS LOYALTY VICTIM NUREMBERG, Friday. HERMANN GOERING wa s pictured before the war crimes H trial in his counsel's final plea for leniency yesterday as the "victim" of his own loyalty to Adolf Hitler and to Germany, aware of mistakes, but refusing to leave a sinking ship he
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    UNO To Settle Siam Border
    116 2 BANGKOK, Friday. Siam is to request the U»iitod Nations Organisation to settle the dispute between Siam and France over the fate of the Indo-China border areas ceded to Siam in 1941. The Siamese Foreign Minister, Nai Direcl- Chaiyanam, said the appeal would be made under
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    HIS MEN BRIDGED THE RHINE
    56 2 General J. T. McNarney, GO.C, the United States Forces m the European Theatre, performed the ceremony of opening the new Patton Bridge across the Rhine at Cologne. Here is General McNarney. shaking h ands with Lt. Col. T. Bnrrowes, who was Commanding Officer of the
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    132 Killed In Poland During Voting Period
    178 2 132 Killed In Poland During Voting Period WARSAW, Friday. A POLISH Foreign Ministry spokesman announced today that. 67 "bandits*' had been killed and 308 wounded or arrested in clashes between the Security Police Militia and outlawed elements during last Sunday's referendm:*. Sixty-five members of the militia and police were also
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    Soekarno Keeping Emergency Powers
    105 2 BATAV1A, Fri— The Indonesian President, Dr. Soekamo, announced yesterday that he was retaining tht emergency dictatorial powers he assumed following the kidnapping of the "Premier," Sutan Sjahrir, "until the Cabinet ca n function normally again," the Republican news agency Antara reports. Antara said Dr. Soekamo made
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    Russian Killed By U.S. Soldiers
    131 2 VIENNA, Thurs.— American military policemen today shot and killed a Russian soldier who threatened Austrian clvil ans with his revolver In the American zone of Vienna, official Army sources announced. The Russian soldier was sighted first by American policemen in a jeep before an American
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    REWARD:
    49 2 A reward s offered for information. leading to the return of OiM Wesphal i Latex Separator belontfinij to Mount Austin. Rubber Estates, Johore, and (relieved to have been removed therefrom, to a place jnknown, Dy th» Japanese. Apply to: The East Asla"c Co., Ltd 12, Raffles Quay. Singapore
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      301 2 SINGAPORE SWIMMING CLUB. The Singai>ore Swimming Club will be de-requistioned on the lft July,. It is intended to re-open the Club to Its Memb.rs on Ita "iih July after the change over has been co.)ip.cted. Former M-inbers ars reouested to apply to the Treasurers, M<;:rs. Rennle Lowiik Co Second r*l;or,
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      356 2 NOTICE. NOTICE l O—«m<i ;i cr. that fie Trade Mark and /or Trade Name repicted above M the sole anj exclusive property of Tec Sim Klan of Ouan Hii Co. No. 156 Victoria Str.'e Singapore and is used t>v him in resect of Tea leaves and ;ta dust sohl by
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    Sarawak Governor To Be Named
    195 3 Sarawak Governor To Be Named From Our Own Correspondent LONDON. Fri. THE Secretary of State for the Colonies, Mr. George Hall, Informed Kit. Lt. Teeling m the House of Commons yesterday that he honed that the appointment of the Governor of Sarawak would be mad* and announced m the middle
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    Nurse Denies She Gave Medicines
    108 3 From Our Own Correspondent PENANO. Fri. MAKING her defence yesterday, Nurs Mercy Sledge 'who v charged along with an Indian ayah, Arujiva, with causing th= death of three babies by a negligent act, stated that she did not administer any medicines to the babies that
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    Rubber Production Costs In Malaya
    511 3 Mm isterA ccused Of 'Evasive Answer' From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Fri. THE Secretary of State for the Colonies, Mr. George 1 Hall, informed Sir Gifford Fox, (Con., Henley Div., Oxfordshire), m the House of Commons yesterday that there were no means of ascertaining the
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    Air Passengers
    53 3 THE following passengers arrived in Singapore this week by B.O.A.C. and Qantas planes from Australia. Flying Officer G T. Charlton, Mr. P. O'Brien, Mr. H. A. Soley, Mr. E. Wodak. Capt. A. A. Sherlock. There was only one passenger for India by B.O.A.C./Q.E.A. plane yesterday. He was Lieut.
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    J. V. Cowgill Scholarship
    197 3 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. A SPECIAL scholarship has been created by Mr. J. V. Cowgill. former British Resident, Negri Sembilan. The scholarship is at Durham School, one of the oldest public schools in England and is to the value of approximately £60 a
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    MALAYAN WELFARE STAMPS
    189 3 MALAYAN WELFARE STAMPS From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. THE Malayan Welfare Council decided at a meeting en Wednesday to put on sale special welfare stamps in denominations Of one, five, ten and 20 cents, the total proceeds from which would go to Welfare funds. The stamps will shortly
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    Governor To Open Connaught Bridge
    280 3 NEW BRIDGE SPANS KLANG RIVER From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. THE Governor of the Malayan Union, Sir Edward Gent, will 1 officially re-open Connaught Bridge at Klang tomorrow. The bridge which spans the Klang River was blown up !>v British forces early m
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    Extortioners Gaoled
    155 3 PENANG, Fri. Sentence or one year's rigorous Imprisonment eucl: was passed on three Chinese youths Tan Kim Choon, Lim Ah Gong and Ong Kay Seng or. a charge of attempted extortion from a Chinese towkay and former Federal Councillor. Cheab Cheang Lim. All three accussd who were said
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    Nine Civilians To Be Tried
    54 3 Nine Civilians To Be Tried From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Fri.— Nine Penans civilians, including a school mistress, Yuen Chee Wan, w?ra again p.oduced m the polic-" court" yesterday on charges of committing offences during the occupation. With th exception or the case j against Yuen Ches Wan, dat:s I
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    Amalgamation Of Transport Bodies
    338 3 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. CINCE the liberation or Malaya, the Commissioner of Road Transport has been actively engaged in rationalising passenger road transport services throughout the Malayan Union on lines on which they have been organised before the occupation. This rationalising entailed the
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    Power For Mines Rise 25 Per Cent
    169 3 From Our Own Correspondent IPOH, Fn. CHINESE miners consider cs L another serious blow the Perak River Hydro Electric Company's notification to tbem that as from August charges on the supply of power ai.d hire of apparatus will be increased by 25 per
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    Sunday's Church Services
    173 3 Sunday's Church Services Church of Err. land: St. Andrew's7, 8, 10.30, 533; £t. Petrs: 7.30, 10.30, 2.30; Carbon (Tanglm); 7.. 9, 9.45, 6.30: Christ Chiuvh: 8. 10 3;t. 5, 6.30: St. ntMt'r 8. 5 30; St. k»aul\> (Serargoom: U Salvalon A my: 10, 3, 4. Christian Seine Society: 3.3 T.
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    Tea From China
    40 3 A Public Relations rslr^ ;e states: From subsequent information received it spp?prs that the 600 tons uf tea mentioned as b:ng allocated 10 Malaya will oo supplied Iron Kong Kor.2 and China, not Ceylon as previously stated.
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      349 3 Announcement to Our Students m Malaya from the Hemingway Robertson Institute CT)\\V. Al! I 1.X.1, students m Singapore and throughout Mal.iya are requeued to communicate with v«, b? writing, direct to HEMINGWAY BOMOmOM I.NSTITUTE Bank House. Bank I'lare. Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The 11. 11.1 is still holding the unexpireti balance
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    DEATH
    35 4 Madam Li.n Tarn Neo passed away at No. 23 r-ssensohn Road on 5 < P 6 46. tatrlns l dn;;'hter, 1 son-in-law and 1 grand danr:!ter. Funeral at Bukit Browa on t'..r.day at 10 em.
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Sat. July 6, 1946. Raffles In The New Colony
    1012 4 The Straits Times Singapore, Sat. July 6, 1946. Raffles In The New Colony One 01 the .nos familiar features of pre-war Singapore will he restored todar, with the return of Sir Stamford Raffles 10 Empres? Place. This statue in spite of the u^ly setting which tht .W.D. of Victorian times
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    PRICE CONTROLS
    90 4 WASHINGTON, Thurs —The Senate House Banking Committee approved the new one-year price control bill by 12 to 5 votes. Democratic leader Senator Alben Barkley ot Kentucky said there was every reason to believe that the Bill would be enacted He said he hoped to call the bill for
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    The Man Behind Bread Rations For Britain
    1003 4 QNE day in 1923 Lord Ponsonby entered the impressive offices of the Independent Labour Party, which was still the most powerful force inside the Labour movement. With Ponsonby was a very tall young man with a gentle cultured voice who appeared to Mr.
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      Echo of the Past in Empress Place
      239 4 AT the unveiling of -he statue of Sir Stamiord Raffles in Singapore in 1887. Sir Fieder.ck Weld ended his speech by say.ng: "It only remains for me to read to you a telegram that I have Just received from the Rattles family. It
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      Smuggling Into Siam
      106 4 THE people of Kelantan, particularly tho-e in rural areas, are only rarely obtaining kerosene oil and cigarettes at the prices fixed by the lirnis concerned for sale to the public Dealers are selling through the back door at $10 for a 4-gal-lon tin of kerosene, and $15
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      Rice Bran In Rations
      244 4 THE licensed rice dealers of Kuala Pilah are selling to the members of the public from 20 to •40 per cent, of their rice rations in the form of rice dust, bran and padi husks the sweepings from the rice mills. When asked why they supply
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      Straps For Sardines
      139 4 I AM curious to know why I straps are not provided m the S.T.C. trolley-buses. Is it another of the commodities which are on order and expected to arrive during the latter part of 1947? Ask any former strap-hanger and he will confess that he rru«;es the
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      Twelve Hours A Day
      90 4 MOST clerks and stationmasters in the Malayan Railways are made to work 12 hours a day. after which overtfn* is paid excepting those lucky ones who work In the head ofSc* or lc a few big stations. It is high time to make I change. Will
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      For Schoolboys
      67 4 I SHALL be much obliged if you will tell me tue various stopping places on the air mall routj from London to the East. As this question aopears frequent"? in the yearly geography papers, schoolboys will appreciate this h. formation very much. CHEN SIIIFK UN. FLYING-BOAT:— Poolr Miiseilles,
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    100,000 Singapore Workers To Get Cloth
    313 5 Govt. Release A Million Yards ANE HUNDRED THOUSAND workers in essential services, and eommercial firms in Singapore may buy ten yards of cloth each when 1,000,000 yards of textiles made in U.K., U.S.A. and India are released by Government shortly. The price, which is
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    Grumitt Inquiry Postponed
    97 5 THE inquiry into the death of 1 Mr. F. H. Gr.umltt. a member of the Supply Distr buting Unit of the B.M.A., and wellknown in Penang belore the war. who was found dead w:th a rope round his neck in his room on March 30, was continued
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    Presumption Of Death In Probate Cases
    221 5 OWING to circumstances arising out of the Japanese occupation, applicants' lor grants of Probate and Lett?];: of Administration will 10 many cases be unable to produce conclusive evidence o! the deaths of persons who ara still missing and concerning whom there is no news
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    New People's Restaurant
    47 5 The second People's Restaurant will be opened In Seng Poh Road, off T'onp Bharu Road, at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, July 9. Meals numbering from 2.300 to ?.400 arc bcints sold daily at the Telok Ayer People's Restaurant. the food being completely sold tut.
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    Singapore Death Rate Declines
    91 5 There was a noticeable decLne in Singapore's death rate for the week— there being 153 deaths compared to 175 the previous week. Although there was one death from smallpox for the weekend.ng June 29, no fresh cases were renorted. According to a Municipal health statement, there
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    16 5 -V r. J Thornbur\ ha.; assumed duty as Accountant, Chartered Bank, Klang, writes our Klang correspondent.
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    TODAY'S UNVEILING CEREMONY
    176 5 CPECIAL arrangements are be- ing made to accommodate a large gathering in Empress Place for today s unveiling of the statue of Sir Stamford Raffles by the Governor, Sir Franklin Gimson. Representatives of the various communities will be present at the ceremony which is expected to last
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    OPINION ON FEDERATION SCHEME
    238 5 OPINION ON FEDERATION SCHEME MALAYS in Singapore are cautious in their comments on the news from the Straits Times London correspondent that the Colo:uul Office has agreed to substitute a Federation for the Malayan Union and a H gh Commissioner for the Governor. The fact that such an agreement appears
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    Found Dying In Bathroom
    210 5 Found Dying In Bathroom HEATH by natural causes was u the finding of the S ngapore Coroner, Mr. G. W. Porter, yesterday following the inquiry into the dsath of Mr. A. La Cloche, who, nine hours after his landing in Singapore, was found lyin* in a pool of blood on
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    Beaten 20 Times Into Unconsciousness
    272 5 DRUTALLY beaten into unconsciousness on no fewer than 20 occasions in 1942. Arumugan, a young Indian suspected of being a Communist, lay unattended in a cell with acute dysentery for a week before he died. His body was put into a sack and carried away
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    SINGAPORE WEDDINGS
    77 5 A douMe wedCIAK took plac« at t<e St. Andrew's Cathedral on Thursday when Mr. Ht\ge Albin Sommer (above), son of Mr. and Mrs C. Sommer, of Denmark, married Miss L s Borch Jensen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Einar Jensen, of Denmark, and Mr. A. Sorenson, son of
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    S. C. C. Claims $40,000 Reparations Losses
    356 5 rE Singapore Cricket Club is claiming $40,000 against all I losses and damage suffered by it during the occupation, said Col. O. W. Gilmour, presiding at a general meeting of the club yesterday. Its liabilities stand at over $40,000. Counter-balanced by assets there
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    Revolver Arsenal Figures In Charge
    197 5 Sequel To Kampoag Minyak Raid AS a sequel to what is believed to be the biggest and most successful raid by the Singapore police for many years carried out on Kampong Minyak on Thursday morning, lea Chinese were brought before Mr. Paul Storr m the
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    Police Charge 1,000 Chinese Demonstrators
    223 5 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Friday. A CROWD of 1,000 Chinese demonstrators who .surrounded the Bukit Mertfajani police station for three hours in protest against the Government seizure of rice h<m smugglers abcard a train en Wednesday evening were dispersed yesterday afternoon following a police
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    48 5 Dr J. S McLimoc 0 s a turned duty a.- Medical OfiVr:\ Klan^ m place .d < "-..-.t 1 Smith, who i* procped'na a leave Capt. Sirith was S'uff or. cer. HeaHh Office. KUr.t. and oucc?ed2d Br J. V f-pv?rativ.:i las M°dical Officer Klane. writes I our Klan" corre.-poment
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    U.S. Honour For Sir Keith Park
    145 5 AIR Chief Marshal Sir Keith Park. G.C B., K.B.E., M.C.. D.F.C., who is returning to England Shortly, will be Invested with the United States decoration— the Legion of Merit in th» Degree of Commander before he embarks. The award will be presented bv Major
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    ENSA'S FAREWELL
    62 5 Excerpts from the farewell performance of ENSA in the Far East will be broadcast from Radio Malaya tonight from 8 p.m. tt> >3 30 p.m. from the stage of the Garrison Theatre when the curtain rings up on Tommy Trirder and his company. Alter the news broadcast at
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    48 5 A fire which broke out at a i military d'-imp m Buona Vista Road yestercay evening was °xtinguished after two hou*s vur< by firemen from the Muricinal Army fire serv ces. Two engncs from the Army Fire S*-vlce ?"1 one from the Municpal EMtftde i were m attendance.
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      218 5 MALAYAN UNION GOVERK&fr&II ISSUE ON TAP OF 21% 1954*56 3% 1962»6« IN SCRI BED STOCK -1. LISTS will be opened on Bth July 19 IG and the loans will remain "on tap" until a date to be notified m the Malayan Union Gazette. The loans will be issued and will
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    China Modernising Agriculture
    493 6 China Modernising Agriculture Food Self Sufficiency Now A Possibility CHANGHAI, (By Air Mail).— A China self-sufficient m food supplies for the first time m her modern history looms as a distinct possibility as a result of the success achieved by the Chinese Government m its initial efforts to modernise Chinese
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    HEAVY SALE OF U.S. ARMY SURPLUS
    219 6 HEAVY SALE OF U.S. ARMY SURPLUS MANILA: (By Air Mail).— The role of the Foreign Liquidation Commission in the distribution of relief and rehabilitation goods in the Philipnine and Pacific area is shown in the heavy sales of surplus property since the start of disposal operation late last year. Foreign
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    U.S. Blow To "Jim Crowism"
    268 6 WASHINGTON. Fri.— The VS. I Supreme Court's recent blow at j American "Jim Crowism"— a name for the way in which Negroes are kept separate from the whites in some sections of the. United States —was a limited victory for those opDOsin? segregation of the
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    Clubs Replace Jap Sabres
    82 6 TOKIO, Fri— The Tokio metropolitan police are discarding in the next few days for all time the short sabres which are purely ornamental and are considered "silly" by foreigners lone resident in Japan. The police said they bad received a supply of clubs which will be
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    Lover Lur ed To Death
    225 6 LOS ANGELES. Thurs.— Mrs. Audrey Eougher, 25 ,\vho had been committing adultery with Alex Haproff, 25. later Jured him to his death, a Los Angeles court was told recently. A coroner's jury found Mrs. Bougher, her husband Ernest, 38, and Donald Lawhead, 37, who boarded
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    British Teachers For U.S.
    53 6 LONDON. Tnurs.— Seventy-fhv British teachers will leave shortly for America under the Ministry of Education's exchange scheme with the Unitsc 1 States. The teachers will stay for a year and American tear hers will come to this country. It is hoped to increase the numoer next
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    NO RELEASE OF PAY OFFICERS
    35 6 LONDON, *M.--The Air Vinis try has decided that no RAF. •accountant iffceers tau So released durin; "uly ar.d Au^ujt as so mari> ire n^:Wl to deal with complicated demob accounting.
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    Greatest U. S. Food Movement Is Impending
    347 7 Greatest U. S. Food Movement Is Impending WASHINGTON, Friday— U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, Mr. Clinton P. Anderson, said in a nationwide broadcast that the United States was now in the "last big push'' to complete delivery of 400 million bushels (11 million tons) of wheat for relief feeding in Europe
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    SELF-GOVT. TO U.S. ISLANDS
    210 7 SELF-GOVT. TO U.S. ISLANDS WASHINUTON, Fri.— The intention of the United States Government to grant local civil government to all island possessions of the United States and all islands occupied by US. military lorces, is embodied in a bill be ng considered by the House of Representatives committee on insular
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    Britain Will Arm Norway
    54 7 LONDON, Fri.— Biitaii is to help rearm the Norwegian forces. An agreement to be announced shortly, is understood to include provision of ships, aircraft, and army equipment. Four thousand Norwegian troops are to take part in the occupation of Germany They will be given a section
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    PAPERS TO BE BIGGER IN BRITAIN
    171 7 I ONDON, Fri. Mr. George L Isaacs, Minister of Labour, told a London conference recent. r« "It is hoped that by the end of July you will see a considerable improvement in the paper position "The Government want to see more paper lor newspapers
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    54 7 LOS ANGELES, Thurs.— John Dcnovar, owner of the 23-year-old Casa Manana flats m Santa Monios, California, has received two official directions: one from the Superior Court orderins him to tear down his flats and the oth£r from the office" of Price Administration telling him he cannot evict
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    Fined For Cat Cruelty
    153 7 IONDON, Fri.— Dr. Edward L George Tandy Liddcil, Professor of Physiology at Oxford University was fined £25 at Oxford for causing unnecessary sutterin? to a number of cats. Mrs. Gladys Kathleen Scragg, keeper of the animal house in the department, was fined on the same charge.
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    No-Duty Port Policy Planned For London
    81 7 LONDON, Fri— Britain may have an open port, to operate without Customs and Excise and serve a "free" manufacturing area concerned only with export. News that the Government Is considering this was given by Mr. Marquand, Parliamentary Secretary of the Board ot Trade's Export
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    LOAN BEFORE JULY
    55 7 LONDON, Frl— The British Government expects that the U.S. Congress will reach its decision on the loan within the next three weeks. It is expected that by that time it will be through the House of Representatives, and that the money will become available by the end
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    159 7 12 EXPERTS TO SPEED DIVORCE LONDON, Fri. Appointment of a committee to examine the system governing the administration ot the law of divorce and nullity of marr>age was announced by the Lord Chancellor, Lord Jowitt in the House of Lords recently. On the assumption that the urounds on which marriages
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    223 7 LONDON, Tues. Britain will be able to buy b«ef and wheat more easily and the Argentine will profit from proposals now being discussed m Buenos Aires to turn the Argentine's £400,000,000 credits m Britain into a loan. Reconstruction in both countries would be speeded up by
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    34 7 LONDON, Fri— Marshal of the R.A.F Sir Arthur Harris, war-tirr e Chief of Bomber Command, has been appo nted managing director of a newly-formed shipping company. the South Africa Marine Corporation.
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      WEEK-END RUGGER AND SOCCER
      377 8 AN interesting week-end lies ahead of Singapore rugger and soccer fans. To-day at Jalan Besar stadium, starting at 5.15 p.m., England meet Wales in the firstV>f a series of Services international rugger matches in aid of Services sports funds, while to-morrow the Singapore Chinese Football Association
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    Diamond Sculls Quarter-Finals At Henley
    124 8 Diamond Sculls Quarter-Finals At Henley LONDON, Thurs. AHEAD wind and su'try weather following an overnight delude made conditions for competitors diTicul* when the Henley Regatta was continued today with more heats. In the Diamond Sculls s'mifirals a*e two Americans John Kelly and Arthur Gallarhcr, M.FJ. Gueroi of Argentina and Jacques
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    333 8 Wimbledon WIMBLEDON Thus. TJAULINE Dctz and U/.;i- Brough. bo*i Calilornians and mmbers of the United States W'g'.'.man Cup team, will ..ontsst the women's singles final on Saturday. Fitz haying today beaten her comparirvi Dorothy Bundy 6-2, f-3 in the sen I -final and Brough ha^.i.p
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    25 8 Wimbledon THE result of the men's singles final between Yvon Petra (France) and Geoff Brown (Australia) will appear in page one if received in time.
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    90 8 (Prom Our Own Correspondent; SEOAMVI. Tues. 'THE Segamat Ctlckat Clib will mccl the Muar C.C. In a nuurn cricket fixture next Sunday. Dv to the lack of a suitable playing field in Muar trie (fame will be played at Tani'kalc. Tills will probably be Tangkak's first exhibition of
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    1947 DAVIS CUP
    46 8 UINOON TliUhl. AT a meeting of Dsru Cup oatioits heie today It ww decided Uml It should be left k vu In'.ernHllnnal Lawn Tennis Fert^rntion >o name th? nations to b<' admitted to the Davis Cup competition next year. Lord Teir.plewi.od presided. -Hitter.
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    Derby Winner Beats French Challenger
    190 8 Derby Winner Beats French Challenger NEWMARKET. Thurs. 'TTHE Derby winner, Airborne, did J something to regain the prestige of the British bloodsUxl: which slumped bad.v at Ascot ivhrn he won the Princess of Wales Stakes over one and a half miles, the French challenger, Marcel Boussac's Friam, which staited 5-6
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    59 8 CINGAPOR3 wrestling fi>r.s are aasirod maty thrills at the Great World to-nteht when Jeff Conda. the unbeaten Malayan heavy-weight champion, meets the lr.domltable Chinese grappler, Son of Kong, over tsn rounds m the main event of the programme The supporting fights f.re: Ivan Ho vs. Rou^house Jeff"t?.\ Selantror Jaguar
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    INDIANS SOCCER
    56 8 A SOCCER team to represent ttie Singapore Indians aga'.nst tho Royal Air Force (Seletarj at the Jalan Besar stadium next Wednesday will be selected Trom the f< ilowmg:Osman, V Jf. Sabapa!ii>, Kartar Singh, P. namoo, O. Hanatungn. Mohd. Sattor. Krlshnasairy. Vijretnam. Paul Divas, Bulan, Paul. Donah. Baboo, Bala^ubramaniam.
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    HANTS BEAT SUSSEX IN TWO DAYS
    171 8 LONDON, Fri. HAMPSHIRE scored the only two-day victory m Couiity II cricket matches m progress to-day, beating Sussex by an innings and 84 runs. At all other centres there has been high scoring. At Bristol Gloucester have replied with 453 for five to Notts'
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    Cotton One Stroke Ahead Of Snead
    245 8 British Open Golf ST. ANDREW'S Thurs. IJENItY Cotton, twice winner of the Open Golf ChampionII ship, took the lead m the second round here today with another splendid 70, and an aggregate of 140, which put him one stroke better than Sam Snead of
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    HUTTON 183 NOT OUT v INDIANS
    334 8 BRADFOKD Thurs. ABRILLIAMT innings cf 183 not out by Ler. Hutton has put Yorkshire in a position to b. at the Indian cricket tourists, possibly by an innings. At the end •>: the second 1 day's play today Yorkshire had de- clared at 344
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    ATHLETICS
    99 8 ALL Indians and Ceylor.ese, including ci-ose m the Police Fore, »ho wish to take part m the forthcoming Sh.'.apore Island Amateur Athletic Association Meet, which will take place on Aug. 5 at Jalan Besar Stadium, are requested to sen. J their entries through either Mr. B. Dudley, c/o Radin
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