The Straits Times, 5 August 1946

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    20 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER ESTABLISHED OVER A CENTURY i:i(JHT PAGES SINGAPORE, MONDAY, AUGUST 5, 1946. PRICE 10 CENT
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    BITTER ATTACK ON THE BIG FOUR
    545 1 Spaak Joins Fight For Small Nations PARIS, Sunday. M. PAUL HENRI SPAAK, of Belgium, yesterday assailed the 'Big Four" for ignoring small nations in preparing the European peace and for asking .-mailer nations for recommendations only after [severely handicapping them. This outburst from the
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    Brigade Of Troops Sail For Basra
    256 1 Brigade Of Troops Sail For Basra NEW DELHI, Sunday. ONE BRIGADE of ir-jups mailed from Bombay for Basra on Friday, it was learned here last night. They are predominantly Indian, but it is not known whether they include British troops. The Government of Ind'a announced on Friday that troops were
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    GOVERNOR OF BURMA RESIGNS
    117 1 LONDON. Sunday. SIR Reginald Dorman-Smith, Governor of Burma, having been advised by his doctors that on medical grounds, it would not De j wise for him to return to Burma. has resigned, it is announced here by the Burma Office. The King has approved the ap1
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    Franco And Juan
    47 1 LONDON, Sun.—An Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Lisbon 1 states that Dr. Joss Maria Gil 1 Robles, l-.der of the Spanish Catholic Liberal Party, is report- ed to hay brought about a meet- ing between Gen. Franco and Don Juan, Pretender to the Spanish throne.—A.P.
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    Nazis' Sterilisation Plan For Half-Jews
    211 1 Nazis' Sterilisation Plan For Half- Jews NUREMBERG, Saturday. GERMANY'S plan for sterilisation or deportation t& all half -Jews m the Third Reich was revealed for the first time m a captured German document introduced at the War Crimes trial here. Th c plan was drafted m March. 1942, by Dr.
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    CALL FOR SPECIAL VETO CONFERENCE
    392 1 NEW YORK, Sunday. THE United Nations have announced that Cuba has filed a request that the General Assembly shall call a special conference to discuss the veto provisions of the United Nations Charter. The Cuban request goes considerably further than the previous Australian note, which
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    Jews Behind Barbed Wire
    34 1 Jewish members of illegal Palestine organisations behind the barbed-wire barricades at Latrun detention ramp, near Jersualem. About 2,000 v ei> rounded up by British troops after recent acts of terrorism.
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    $379,262,738 In Circulation
    94 1 The average amount of currency notes m circulation m Malaya during Junt was 5379.2G:?,738. according to a statement issued m Kuala Lumpur. The figure includes preinvasion issues m ein ulation on Feb. 15, 1942, of $221,974,005. This figure represents the total nominal circulation at Feb. 15. 194?
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    9-Hour Battle After Ambush Of Convoy
    125 1 HANOI, Sunday 17IET NAM SOLDIERS, rein- forced by armed Annamite civilians, yesterday ambushed a French supply convoy at Bac Ninh, 20 miles north of Hanoi, and both sides suffered severe casualties in the nine-hour batilcwhich ensued. It was the first major renewal of fighting
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    "Dead Rajah" Dies
    130 1 "Dead Rajah" Dies CALCUTTA, Sun.— The death occurred last night of the Kumar of Bhowal, it is reported here. It was only last Tuesday that the judicial committee of the Privy Council delivered judgment m his favour m an appeal m what had become known as the "funeral pyre case"
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    BRITAIN DENIES ARABS' PART IN PALESTINE PLAN
    395 1 LONDON, Sunday. k JEWISH charge that Arab leaders originally sug- gested the British approved plan for the division of Palestine has been denied in London and Cairo. High Jewish officials made the charge in Paris, when* the Jewish Agency Executive is meeting. The
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    Tin Production Disappointing
    87 1 NEW YORK. Bun.—The nal of Commerce predicts t the tin consumption r:rtnctio~ will be retained until next owing to the disappo:nt;r. Ea^t production, which i' is ejt:matei will net reach th total of 147.000 tons until 105' In th? whole of the Far La.-l th.s year' production
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    COMMUNISTS SAY THEIR H.Q. BOMBED
    769 2 'City Of 30,000 Was Strafed By Planes 9 NANKING, Saturday. THE Communists this morning claimed that six Chinese Government Thunderbolts and one Liberator, purchased from the United States, dropped eleven bombs on the Communist Army headquarters at Yenan. It was stated that the city, which
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    HONG KONG APPEAL TO AUSTRALIA
    143 2 HONG KONG APPEAL TO AUSTRALIA HONGKONG, Saturday. THE Government of Hong Kong has appealed to Australia to reconsider the withdrawal of the steamer Duntroon, which was originally scheduled to carry 285 Jewish Shanghai refugees to Sydney. The Duntroon was scheduled to arrive on August 8 but is being diverted to
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    Philippines To Ask U.S. For Rice
    80 2 MANILA, Sat.— The Philippines Government is making arrangements to negotiate with the United States Government and w.th neighbouring countries for the purchase of large quantities of rice to enable the people to tide I over a rice shortage expected during the next six months.
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    Mussolini's Body: More Arrests
    106 2 Mussolini's Body: More Arrests ROME. Sun.-The Milan police jOfncally announced last night I 1 the arrest of two men m connec- tion with the theft of Mussolini's body liom its secret grave m Milan cemetery last April. Their names were given ar. Do < menico Leccisi, aged 26, and An-
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    Occupation Troops In Japan Complain
    286 2 LONDON, Saturday. DRITISH and Empire troops in Japan, after nearly D six months' occupation, are openly asking if under existing circumstances the presence of a Commonwealth force in Japan is worthwhile, cables the London Daily Mail's special correspondent from Osaka "They complain of a 'Cinderella
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    He Insulted The 'Son Of Heaven9
    84 2 He Insulted The 'Son Of Heaven 9 TOKIO, Saturday. FOR the first time in Japanese history, publicity is bite* given to a 'iese majeste" case involving a labourer who flaunted a caricature showing Hirohito i.» an unfavourable light. Matsutaro Matsusbima. drew a placard and pictured the Emperor saying. "I eating
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    Aga Khan Wants An Anglo-U.S. Union
    161 2 DAR-ES-SALAAM, Sun. A; union of Great Brita n and her: Dominions with the United States was advocated by the Aga Khan j m a lecture here last ni«ht as a permanent central power for good to lead mankind. 'We must look forward and hope
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    Indonesians Called To Mobilise
    198 2 BATAVIA, Sunday. A WARNING to Indonesian^ to mobilise all their rc-i serves of manpower tad "weidj themselves into ono strong body" to resist Dutch ag-j gression has been issued by OM Indonesian "Defence Minister," Amir Sharifuddin. Speaking to a mass rally at j Malang m East
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    "SEND TROOPS FOR RUBBER"
    383 2 BATAVIA, Saturday Recovery of the rubber and tobacco plantations j m the rich Deli region 1? possible only if the east coast !of Sumatra is immediately occupied by Allied troops and purged of terrorists, acccrd- ing to Mr. H. J. Van der Mark, J deputy chairman
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    The Fourth Atom's Work
    84 2 A maior casualty of the July I (the fourth) atom bomr> among the smaller vessels was the submarine Skate wrecked beyond all recognition. This picture was taken when the first firs-fighting parties entered Bikini lagoon and shortly before the Skate turned over and tank m 180
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    Layton Wants Ministry Of World Affairs
    329 2 Layton Wants Ministry Of World Affairs CAMBRIDGE. Saturday. A WORLD federation composed of the great powers and large regional federations was urged here tonight by Sir Walter Layton, prominent economist and chairman ol the Liberal News Chronicle. Describing such.a worlf 1 organisation as the "most hopeful solution Sir Walter suggested
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    U.S. AND WORLD COURT
    51 2 WASHING ION. Sun—The Sena t* has approver by 60 votes to two th? resolution by which the United S ates agrees to accept the decisions of the United Nations World Court on matters of international law and reparations. The resolution now goes to the White House.—
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    Tokio Blackmarket Operators Caught
    44 2 TOKIO, Sat— The British Occupation Forces have arrested 416 b'.ackmarket operators and seized cases of apricots, coffee, milk and cocoa. Thirty-three will be tried oy the 34th Australian Provost Court, while the remainder will face the Japanese civilian court. —UP.
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    Staff Conference
    48 2 LONDON, Sun.— The co-ordi-nation of air and ground force operations, post-war training and the development of a basic commonwealth will be discussed by the British Empire Chiefs of Staff at conference m London beginning on Aug. 12, a British War Office spokesman said yesterday. —A. P.
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    DISTANCE BEST ATOM DEFENCE
    203 2 WASHINGTON, Saturday. AGAINST the atom bomb "distance is the best defence."' President Truman's atom bomb valu;^ rs made this announcement in their report released on Friday night after a careful study of the offensive results of the underwater test. 'The two Bikjni tests strongly indicate that
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    Cochin-China Rice Export Prediction
    150 2 Cochin-China Rice Export Prediction SAIGON. Saturday. M. J. H. CEDILLE. French Commi --..sioner for CochinChina, said today that during 1947 Cochin-china might be able to export a total of 600,000 tons of vice compared with a 194G export total no: expected to exceed 250,000 tons. M. CediHe a.d that he
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    Australian Vessel For Sunda Straits
    93 2 BATAVIA. Sat— Rumours that survivors of the Australian warship Perth, sunk in the battle of the Java Sea in 1912. were alive on the tiny island; in the Sunda Straits has prompted the immediate dispatch from Batavia of the Australian naval vessel Macquarie to search
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    28 On Spy Charges
    36 2 SHANGHAI. Sat. -It was officially announced today that the United States Army was shortly arraigning 28 German.* en charges of toping lor Japan after (ha surrender of Nazi Gf rniany.— U P.
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    ARMY HAMPERS PHILIPPINES"
    149 2 MANILA, feat.— Cljuil.os 8 the United States Army and the American Hed Cross- were made today by Mr. Leon Rosenthai. secretary of the American Chamber of Commerce, who said boh organizations had cost American business men un*old hundncis of thousands of doilars. Mr. Rosenthai charged that both
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      284 2 TAN SIN PENG CO. 11. Phillip St. Phone 4373 Singapore. Another S h ipm c n t to meet your requirements adequately: CORRUGATED IRON SHEETS rifi 28 gauge CORRUGATED GALVANISED SHLETS b x 24 gauge CORRUGATED CiALVANISED SH'EIS 8 x rauge HURRICANE LAMPS Made m England. From our usual stock.
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    MALAYAN CHAMBERS OF MINES
    956 3 MALAYAN CHAMBERS OF MINES MR, A. G. GLENISTER'S REVIEW The twenty-eighth annual gene, ral meeting of the Malayan Cnam. ber or Mines (Incorporated wad h-'ld on Ii4th July in London. Mr. A. O. Olsnister (chairman oi the Council) presided. The Chairman saki: It is again my privilege to record a
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    'Industrial Shares Priced Too High'
    1765 3 Fraser 9 s Report For Ja n -June, 1946 THE view that prices for Malayan industrial shares 1 are now too high and that holders will have to wait a long time before receiving dividends justifying the recent prices paid is expressed by Fraser and
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    The Planter's Rent
    162 3 EVEN Hansard, with its formidable reputation for accuracy m the reporting of parliamentary proceeding*, slips up occasionally. In its report on the recent debate on Malaya m the House of Commons, the 'quit rent' bugbear of the Malayan rubber planter took on a new meaning, fo- Sir
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    Y. M. C. A. Appeal For Funds
    185 3 Y. M. C. A. Appeal For Funds RESPONSE to the Singapore V.M.C.A. appeal for funds has been good and up to 10 a.m. on Friday more than $2,000 had b^pn collected. The following is the list of donations received: Sir John BagnaU $1 000 Mr. A. Robinson S5OO Fraser Co.
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    The Loan Market In Malaya
    431 3 nEALING with the loan market, Fraser Cos half yearly report states: The Loan market was without particular leature. In the early months there was an almost enllre lack of interest and this has never really developed. O Jerings of the three per cent, tax f^e
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    Main Business In Tin Shares
    313 3 TIN shares provided the bulk of the business of the week and there was a substantial business in all classes witli somewhat irregular trends, states Fraser Co.'s share circular. Sterling tin prices inclined to harden and London was a consistent buyer in Malayan markets. Dollar
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    Pasir Panjang School
    95 3 A correspondent writ o< j 'Wp apDeal to the Fducati<<i D3partm:it to see that the Pa? Panjani English School It reopered. as 'we parents find it v?rv difficult to send our childr^ i to a town school, rsniv U with Military Trucks running Bt a r n
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    MALAYAN CLERKS MEET
    71 3 MALAYAN CLERKS MEET From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR Sun. delegates from all over Malaya are taking part in the Pan-Malayan clerical conference which opened here today to discuss salary scales, cost of living allowances and a provident fund for clerical services throughout Malaya. The delegates represent cletksl unions throughout
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    Black Market Rice And Estate Wages
    413 3 Black Market Rice And Estate Wages MALAYAN PLANTING TOPICS By Our Planting Correspondent j WAGES if anything, are still on i the upward trend and will not be stabilised or lowered until j rice, clothing and other necesi sities are more plentiful and i cheaper. The fundamental factor governing wages
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    Malayan Share Quotations
    828 3 I Share quotations, as at Aug. 2 i according to ::ie Malayan I Association (Singapore were as follows IMH'STRIAI I Buvr Sel!w Alexandra Brickworks Ords (2 :o $2 M A!»xeridra B. v-kv.orks I Prefs. 2.90 1 Brit Malaya Jrus'ee Executor Co. i.M 8 50 Ci nsolidated TtB
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    She Straits Times Singapore, Monday. Aug. 5, 1946. Funnels Above Mangroves
    940 4 She Straits Times Singapore, Monday. Aug. 5, 1946. Funnels Above Mangroves A new question mark in the outlook for Singapore was raised at the meeting of the Malayan Union Advisory Coun- cil last week, when Mr. W. G. C. Blunn advocated application to i the Imperial Government for a grant
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    India's Mica Miners
    71 4 NEW DELHI, Monday—A government committee recommends that immed ate action be taken to save India's mica miners from exploitation. 'Ihe committee report said that because mines are remote from civilization, labour laws are disregarded.TTheer c are approximately 250,000 workers m the mica industry, and about 500,000 additional
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    Anglo-Swiss Watches
    69 4 BERNE, Sunday.—British and Sw.'ss watch manufacturers nave reached an agreement —which has the approval of the BviM Government —on the delivery to Britain of Swiss watchmaking equipment for the dev»cri;rient ol the British watch industry. Under the agreement British manufacturers will rens the machines subject to cerc.u.i restrictions
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      The Internationale Or Boogie Woogie?
      283 4 ON the evening of the sam.' day that I read m the Straits Times the letter pub-: lished under the titln. "Ru^iar. Songs m Malaya.' I went to see a film called "The North Star" at a local theatre. This filr.i showed how Soviet villagers
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      Seremban Reaction
      202 4 PUBLIC opinion m Seremhaji is perturbed by the news that 100 former Jap residents m Malayo have applied for perm ssion to stay, and that the authorities are considering these applications. One Is shocked to note that these Japs, after having strutted about like demi-gods with the divine
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      Saturday's Lapse
      122 4 I REGRET to notice that on Saturday the Straits limes descended to a hitherto unbeardof level and distracted Its ienaers' attention from mor e m rlous topics by publishing a pic Hire ol I what is known in the current jargon of the younger generaton as a Pin-up
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      A Mother "Buys" A Rice Card
      168 4 I AM a schoolboy. My father Is s'rk. We live m B" division. I have no time to help my mother to renew our rice card. M> mother left the household duty to queue up, and when she reached her turn the clerk failrd
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    War Against Mosquitoes In Singapore
    1149 4  -  Dr. W.E. HUTCHINSON By A frequent type of letter m the Straits Times postbag is one from a suburban resident of Singapore who firmly believes that the mosquitoes m his neighbourhood are not only more numerous but more ferocious than they were m the good
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      849 4 SITUATIONS VACANT WANTED English-speaking Cook Coy and Amah. Apply t^x 661. S.T. WANTED IMMEDIATELY: Two Female Cypher Officers for Government Office. Bangkok. 12 months contract In fir:,: instance. Good salary, accommodation and rations provided. Reply h"\ No. CC4. Straits Times. WANTl-D a qualified Chemist. Apply Mating salary, previous experience and
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      65 4 Sj] OiSTER i STERN A We can service and repair these watches as far es the limited resources at our disposal permit We are very short of tools and sparepertt at present but hope to restore facilities to full efficiency by the end of this year. We regret we cin.iot
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      97 4 A A has rut. a i new s' 'pm nt .>t Jy(S Ladies' Dainty LINGERIE and other li'x-nl, at:-T'-HE: T tttt r SHOP. RAFFLES HOTEL. R.V. MEYER OPTICIAN fellow ot ttie Institute Opninatatta Opticians <Enc:u;:d i F'H!ow of the Wor.-h pfi i Cvmpanj of Spectacle-Makers 'Eng. i Freeman of the
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    The Straits Budget
    52 5 The weekly edition of the STRAITS TIMES containing Malayan news ;md views, share market review and prices, will recommence publication on THURSDAY i c; r s t 8 Price 40 cents per copy Annual Subscription rates Mala' a iwiih posiafl BZI t« I orris n I $t
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    Malaya Gets Ready For Next "Padi Season
    983 5 Malaya Gets Ready For Next Padi Season Kedah Seed Distributed Throughout Country pitEI'AKATIONS for the coming season's crop of wet and dry padi are now being carried out extensively throughout Malaya, according to the latest report of the Malayan Union Department of Agriculture. During the present planting season, Kedah supplied
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    Girl Guide Companies
    43 5 Girl Guide companies who have re-formed since the Japanese surrender should communicate with the Sirgapore Headquarter? j with a visw to affiliation. Letters should be addressed to Miss Kilgour Commissioner of Girl Guildes. C.E.Z.M. school, 134, j Sophia Road, Singapore,
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    EVERYDAY NEWS IN JAVA
    368 5 EVERYDAY NEWS IN JAVA THAT Singapore people have vuy little iniormatioii of what ls going on in Java at the present moment is vividly shown oy routine notices of skirmishes talcing place there, as published :n the Fighting Cock, a daily newspaper lor troops of the 23 Indian Division, published
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    32 5 For po.>ses.-;ion of 7,780 and one and three-quarter pounds o'. dutiable cigarettes and tobacco, a Cnlnese, Ong Siew Kang. was lined $318 or In default Imprisonment in th2 Third Court on Friday.
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    HEADMISTRESS FOR THIRTY-TWO YEARS
    298 5 (From Our Own Correspondent) KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. A TRIBUTE to the wonderful work of Miss Mabel Marsh, principal of the Methodist Girls' School, Kuala Lumpur, from 1910 to 1942 was paid by several speakers at the Golden Jubilee celebration of the school held on Friday. Mi-*;
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    Arms Charge
    54 5 A Chinese, Chhoa Tek Khun aUas Chhua Chai Hi, had the charges explained to h m of bein° in possession of a .38 revolver, and six rounds of ammunition on Aug. 1, in the Third Police Court on Saturday. The case was postponed to Aui. 9 and Chhoa
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    PROF. GATER'S DAUGHTER WEDS
    48 5 Miss Sylvia Gater, daughter of Professor B. A. R. Gat»r, formerly Professor of Biology at the College of Medicine, Singapore, after her marriage at St. Paul J Knightsbiidge. to Lt. Cmdr. L. D. Wilkinson, R N.V.R.. son of a fornirr Lord Mayor of London.
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    Wastage Of Water Due To Jap Removal
    243 5 Wastage Of Water Due To Jap Removal NUMBER of houses In Singa- pore, recently derequis tiontd by tn? military authorities, i. o?en found to be wilhouc watsr taps, so that great wastase of water has resulted from th° [gush ng pipes. I This matter came up for dis-us-fion at a
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    'Malay Masses' And The 12 Advisers
    449 5 THE comment that the Malay masses cannot derive much be .ent from the committee of 12 advisers that has been appointed to consider the future constitution of the Malayan Union is made by the Chairman of the Malay Nat onalhit Party m a statement
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    Talks On Future Of Local Doctors
    319 5 rLOSE discussions are now taking place between (ho Government Medical Department and the Kinu Edward VII College of Medicine Alumni Association regarding conditions of service of local doctors with Government. It is hoped that these talks will remedy t" a great extent the dissatisfaction
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    New Ben Ship In Singapore
    137 5 ONE of the latent adtl c c '> 10 tho Ben Line fieet of ships, Een Crnacben arrived m Singapore yesterday on her maiden vo; from the Uni cd Kirgdom with a rehabilitation cargo on board. S.ic leaves for Hcnjikons and Shanghai m a few
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    THE PADANG IS GREEN AGAIN
    129 5 THE PADANG IS GREEN AGAIN SINGAPORE'S padang U U gre?n again For the tit time sincv ih evening of June 30, heavy showers flushed Singapore streets on Saturday night, breaking the city's longest spell ol drought for man> year.--. Fiom a brown and yellow dtwtine?s. tlic Padang had become m
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    $50-000 Worth Of Drugs Are Seized
    88 5 $50-000 Worth Of Drugs Are Seized A trr oiii" Ci'stcma I we. k i r <> rtrar^sr Raiul* had 2y"irl tn th* Diitika court o. i 35-y:ar-oid R. handra D" v. the .'hi:)':: electr.. ;icn, wasi 1: mom; r~orous la at for bei:v.; atlon i portion i I this reiture
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    Detective Charged
    50 5 A .fiptectivp of the C.I.D Tan ll.nn. was ch&rgdd In th* |Se:oiid Police Corrt, on P. irlth extorting $100 frorr r *ccnd-bend yeotis dealer. T- Koh Tim by threatening to ha v his Uciue cancelled. Yin Yeck Hian. vho cl trial, waa irrantet] 'i /^^p postponed to An-.
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    CHINA'S MILLIONS WANT PEACE
    333 6 People Are Tired Of Civil War By JOHN RODERICK, Associated Press. HARBIN, Sunday. China's millions today long for peare which elements in Nanking and Yenan continue to deny them a year after the world had gratefully laid down its arms. In the past few weeks I
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    INDIA GOOD MARKET
    159 6 LONDON, Sun— TT.er? is scarcely a single class or British manufacture for which India is j not a potential customer says Sir Alfred Watson, former editor of the Statesman. Calcutta, review- ing the prospects of Bntish and I Indian trade in the August issue of "Great Britain
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    Monkeys Damage Crops
    63 6 CUTTACK, (By Air Mail>— A reward of Rs. 3 is being offered by the governments of some states In Orissa for each d?afj monkey handed over to them Monkeys have been pausing rer?ntly considerable damages to "rchards and standing tops and it is considered that their destruction
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    Cigar Creates Incident
    126 6 BATAVIA, Sat— That "«©od five-cent cigar* almost created an international incident m Java recently. When the Australian representative, Justice K. C. Kirby, went into the interior to investigate the murder of three Australian War Crimes officers, a report came back to Batavia quoting him as saying to
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    Adjudicator Goes Into Rly Dispute
    128 6 Adjudicator Goes Into Rly Dispute BOMBAY. Sat- At a meeting convened here by the adi'idicator for railway disputes it v/ao decided that public sitting 'or the Bombay centre should begin or. Aug. 19. and should last for three wee'.:s. Th° adiudicatowill then visit Madras on Sept. 12. After taking evident?
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    Chiang Holds 8 Posts
    105 6 Chiang Holds 8 Posts NANKING, Sun.— China's stron? Man— Generalissimo Chiang Kaishek holds eight concurrent jobs m the government of China, plus many more as honorary or active president of military anc political training schools. Here are the positions he holds: Director-General of the Kuomintang National Congrecs leader of the
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    Exports Exhibition
    46 6 SHANGHAI. Sun. Chinese commercial todies m Shanghai arp to hold a Chinese Exporte Exhibition from Sept. I to 5. The display will centre on tung o 1. bristles, silk and ether typlcallv Chinese merchandise. Altogether 27 Chines trade bodies will sponsor the exhibition Reuter.
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      Indian Echo Of The Occupation
      267 6 Indian Echo Of The Occupation WHEN a clique of Indians meet together to «elect a president, a vice-president, etc., among themselves, and profess to be the leaders of the Indian public then it is high time that someone protested. These self-styled leaders, mostly of the defunct Indian Independence League, should
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      Fridays And Sundays
      131 6 TOVERNMENT servants in U the State of Johore are of many religious beliefs. Mohammedans form the largest portion. The rest consist mainly of Christians. Hindus. Buddhists, etc. The followers of Mohammed used to have Friday as their holiday. Today they have to have Su.iday, by order of
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      Back To The Apes
      144 6 IT'S great pity I'm not a member of the Pyke Committee, or else I would report as follows: A Government office peon drawing $25 p.m., after 3* 2 yars conI tact w.th the Jap apes has learnt to ape the Japs so mucn so, that he
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