The Straits Times, 14 August 1946

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    19 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER ESTABLISHED OVER A CENTURY EIGHT PAGES SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14, 1946. PRICE CENTS.
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    THREAT TO MALAYA'S RATIONS
    560 1 Almost Out Of Flour And Rice J5y A Special Correspondent REPORTS of rice and flour allocations and deliveries presented at the conference of South-East Asian iood experts in Singapore yesterday all pointed to the inevitability of another cut in Malaya's rice ration. The communique which Lord
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    Molotov On The Future Of Italy
    247 1 Molotov On The Future Of Italy PARIS, Tuesday. THE SOVIET Foreign Minister. Mr. Molotov, told the Peace Conference today that "Fascist Italy bears a tremendous responsibility," but that "does not mean that Italy should lose her importance as a power in the Mediterranean." Speaking in response to pleas for leniency
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    Russia Wants New Treaty
    127 1 LONDON, lues— Moscow radio announced today that Russia had informed Turkey of her desire for a new international treaty placing the administration of the Dardanelles in the hands of the Black iiea powers and jointly charging the Sovk* Union and Turkey with defence of the Straits.
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    AMMUNITION EXPLOSION AT NEE SOON
    177 1 AMMUNITION EXPLOSION AT NEE SOON WINDOWS of houses in Nee Soon village and at Nee Soon transit camp, half a mile away, wera broken when an ammunition du'np, set abjaze by burning lallang, 2xp!oded yesterday afternoon. The grass flre began shortly after three o'clock in the afternoon and the Singapore
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    Indians Declare
    51 1 CHELTENHAM. Tues —The Nawab of Pataudi declared the Indians' first innings closed here today after they had passed Gloucestershire's score for tho loss of eight wickets. Latest 'scores: Indians, first innings, 135 for 8 declared (Pataudi 71); Gloucestershire, second innings, 66 for 3 Reuter. Second -day scores Page
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    TROOPS ARRIVE AT BASRA
    61 1 BAGHDAD, Tues.— lt v learned here that a vanguard of British troops from India has arrived at Basra. They are composed of technicians. It was announced m New Delhi recently that British troops were to be sent to Basra to be m readiness m case of
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    Allegation Against Australian P.O.W.s
    242 1 Allegation Against Australian P.O.W.s SYDNEY, Tuesday. A CONFIDENTIAL report made by Major-Gen. T. A. Callaghan, G.O.C. Australian Imperial Forces in Malaya after its capture, at the request of the Prime Minister. Mr. Chifley, on allegations of harsh treatment of Australian prisoners of war in Malaya by their own Australian officers,
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    PEACE-MAKING STOPS FOR TEA
    46 1 iue Fnnie ftMm>Mf Mr. Clement Attlee (left) and the First Lord of the Admiralty, Mr. A. V. Alexander, delegates to the Paris Peace Conference honour the old English custom of 5 o'clock tea m the diplomats' tea salon of the Luxembourg Palace.
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    The Kedah Adrift Off Cornwall
    200 1 UEAVY seas which caused the Straits Steamship Company's 2,499-ton steamer Kedah to be abandoned on Monday night off the North Cornish coast abated early yesterday and the vessel, still dragging her anchor, was sighted half a mile from the shore at St. Agnes, says Reuter.
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    500 Harbour Board Workers Back Today
    322 1 500 Harbour Board Workers Back Today FOLLOWING closely on yes- terday's termination of the Naval Base strike. 500 Indian and Malay workers of; the Singapore Harbour Board dockyard intimated an end to i their strike. They will resum work this morning, they pro mised- The remaining 1,000 men, all Chinese,
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    All-India Bank Strike
    73 1 CALCUTTA, iu Over o.or. j employees of the Imperial B-in I of India, in branches extending from Bengal to Kashmir, ar? ir I volved in a strik? Tor a 40 cent, salary increase. Altogether 285 branches, p \y ofiices and sub-offices are invoked, according to the Bank's
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    RIOTS IN HAIFA AS JEWS ARE DEPORTEO
    456 1 HAIFA, Tuesday. DIOTING broke out in Haifa's streets today a* Ike Hagana Radio called on Jewish residents to "storm the streets" in violation of the curfew imposed by the British, while 1,000 illegal immigrants wore bein loaded aboard transports bound for Cyprus. The
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    U.K. AND AMERICA ARGUE IN TOKIO
    316 2 Britain Opposed To U.S. Council Plan TOKIO, Tuesday. THE American chairman of the Allied Council for 1 Japan, Mr. George Atcheson, Jr., today proposed that the 11 Allied powers which waged the Pacific war, and now have missions in Tokio, should be invited to
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    55 2 Roller-skaters representing the United States and Europe are to meet in a series of contests at Harrinray Stadium London Representing England will be Harold Wilkinson, holder of 10 international and British skating: titles, and Ida Sach. After a spill durinr practice at Harriniray, Dorothy Hendncks holds Dottie Gorti both from
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    CHARGED WITH FLEET'S LOSS
    116 2 PARIS. Mon.— The trial of t*ie four French admirals, charged with unjustifiably scuttling the French fleet at Toulon in 1942, was resumed in the French High Court at Versailles today with a full jury. Deputies from other parties tools, the places of Communist jurors who, on
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    R.N. CLAMPS DOWN ON U.K. DRIVING
    155 2 R.N. CLAMPS DOWN ON U.K. DRIVING LONDON, Monday. rE Navy has started a drive to clean up its road accident record. It has given the lead to the Army and RAF by recommending Commanding Officers to entei drivers in a national safe driving competition and bv issuing a revised code
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    DUCE'S BODY TURNS UP
    82 2 ROME, Mon— Mussolini's body, stolen from his "unknown" burial place in Milan some weeks ago, has been recovered. Details of the discovery are not, yet known but Jt is learned that the remains were handed over to the authorities yesterday at Pavia, some 25 miles south
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    'AMERICANS ARE CINEMA SLAVES'
    105 2 MOSCOW, Mon.— Report on the Americans by the Russian journalist, Ilya khrenburg, who recently returned from a tour of the VJ8.:— "The American, who regards himself as an Independent thinker, really repeats what he has read in the newspapers, heard on the radio or seen on
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    LONDON STOCKS
    108 2 LONDON. Mon.— Thr weekend provided little in the way of news likely to affect the stock market but overseas interest was *n evidence. Accumulation of Indian orders brought about activity among selective industrials, notably Dunlop Rubber and Imperial Chemicals. Early signs of actii vlty, however, were not maintained
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    Navy's Atom Plans
    71 2 WASHINGTON, Tues. The United States Navy is planning to use atomic energy In two channels, for missiles and ship propulsion, Vice-Admiral L. Cochrane, chief of the Bureau of Ships, disclosed today. Vice-Admiral Cochrane declared that tne Navy was anxiously awaiting results of the Bikini test, and said
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    SHANGHAI COSTS STILL RISING
    203 2 SHANGHAI, Monday. CTILL floundering mi n a morass of political disunity, cur0 rency inflation, skyrocketing cost of living and labour unrest, China continues 1v drift towards possible economic disaster as the nation prepang to celebrate the first anniversary of Japan's surrerui-. r. More and more industries
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    Air Marshal Tells Of The New RAF Life
    203 2 BIRMINGHAM, Monday. "THE Air Council intends to 1 ensure that every man has a job when he leaves the Royal Air Force, and that lite in the service shall be really comfortable by whatever standards of civilian life it is judged," said
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    Military Activity Grows In Java
    212 2 BATAVIA, Monday. A BRITISH Military spokesman has revealed that during the past five days 200 Indonesians have been killed m the Semarang area, and at least 75 m the Bandoeng area. The spokesman said that Indonesian military activity has greatly increased m all parts of
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    Two Kangaroos For Churchill
    61 2 LONDON, Mon. Two new pets for the former Prime Minister, Mr. Winston Churchill a pair of albino kangaroos were on public exhibition at the London zoo today before being sent to Mr. Churchill s < ountry home. "Digger" and "Matilda.' as the pair are called, are
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    Telecommunications Research In U.K.
    135 2 LONDON. Mon— The men who were largely responsible for developing radar and radio for the Services will now make Britain's telecommunications equipment ake Uhg world's leading place. They are being; recruited by Air Vice-Marsha! O. G. Lywood, pioneer of flying and radio and Air M nistry
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    U.S. Fight For Eastern Trade
    108 2 WASHINGTON, Tues. The race between American and foreign shippers to get the eastern trade which was once monopolised hy the Japanese was described in testimony here before the Maritime Commission. United States firms, seeking subsidies to expend the transpacific routes, emphasised their desire to push
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    YET MORE FOOD FOR AMERICANS
    241 2 NEW YORK, Monday. A FOOD survey carried out m the United States, and published m New York today shows that there will be more food m American shops m the next few months than ever before m the nations history. Based on reports from the
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    PRISON FOR ALDERSHOT RIOTERS
    103 2 ALTON, Monday. SENTENCES have been an%y nounced on men found guilty by courts martial in connection with disturbances at Aldershot detention racksThe sentences are Driver T. Allen, R.A.S.C.. Pte. J. McAlinden. Pioneer Corps, and Pte J. Hunt, five r.nd a half years penal servitude; Sapper J.
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    Life Sentence And Rotan For Robbers
    116 3 Life Sentence And Rotan For Robbers From Our Own Correspondent ALOR STAR, Tuesday. F'.. UR Malays and one Siamese were sentenced by Mr. Justice Moor at the Assizes on Saturday to penal servitude for life and to 15 strokes of the rotan each for a gang robbsry committed last April
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    SHIPPING NEWS
    88 3 ROADS F.MP. PERV1S, British, 2,264 tons; from Calcutta Aug. 11, to Hongkong and Shanghai, tomorrow. GIANG ANN. British, :,ttO tons; from Bangkok Aug. 12, to Pert Sw: ttenham Aug. 13. TANJONG BALA1. British. 69 tons; frcm Tanjong Pining Aug. 10. destination and date of departure unknown. LYONS CREEK,
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    CLERKS CHARGED
    68 3 Fcur youths, described r"js clerks working at the 223 B.OD. were charged with the theft ot 215 padlocks valued at $120, the property of the forces on Aug. 10, in the Fourth Polce Court yesterday. They were Joe Dias (17K Maniappan (18). S. Munusamy <16>. and Kandiah (16).
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    KEDAH GUN DUEL
    59 3 In the Straits Times of Aug. 10, under the heading, "Death Sentence For Carrying Arms" it was erroneously stated that a Malay detective, Omar, attached to the Kedalh police, was shot dead during a gun duel between the police and gunman. Actually, Detective Omar was wounded and
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    Malaya's Biggest Rice Growing Scheme
    541 3 Malaya's Biggest Rice Growing Scheme Good Progress On Selangor Coast From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. DART of the scheme to make Malaya self-sufficient is 1 the Selangor Coastal Development Scheme at Kuala Selangor totalling about 55,000 acres which is considered the biggest rice cultivation project in Malaya. Included
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    "BEER IS SCARCE" —JUDGE
    185 3 "BEER IS SCARCE" —JUDGE •TWO seamen of s^. Gienstrae, Herbert Ronald Sappa (21) and Michael OToole <22), who pleaded guilty to a charge of removing the cover of the ship's hatch and stealing 48 bottles of beer, were bound over by Mr. Paul Storr, the District Judge, yesterday When asked
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    Cabin Boy Refused To Obey Captain
    72 3 A cabin boy of the Empire Brutus, L. Warne. was sentenced to two weeks' rigorous Imprisonment for refusing to obey the master of tile ship, Capt. C. B. Cornwall, in the Fourth Police Court yesterday. It was alleged that the captain had ordered Warne
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    Katong Boys' Club
    36 3 As from Friday. Aug. 16, the Katong Boys' Club will be open between 10.30 ajn. and 8.00 p.m. The club-house is situated immediately behind Yock Eng School, at the Oeylang-Tanjong; Katonjj Road Junction.
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    Special Rules For Co-opera live Stores
    440 3 CERTAIN principles which have to be followed by co-opera-tive stores are enumerated in an official statement just published, which states that if these principles are followed there is no reason why the enormous co-operative organisation built up in England can not be introducer! in
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    £8 Million Remittances For China
    67 3 £8 Million Remittances For China By Our Chinese Correspondent A REPORT from the Bank of Jr% China m Shanghai Just issued states that th* total remittances from Overseas Chinese m Malaya and other centres, during the months of March to M*y, have passed the £8 million mark. The exchange rate
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    Telephones In Singapore
    303 3 J^ LETTER published in the Straits Times yesterday alleged that some members of the subordinate staff of the Telephone Company in Singapore were demanding tea-money and causing dtiay and inconvenience to subscribers if it was refused. The Oriental Telephone and Electrical Company state in reply that whatever
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    Enst And West Society
    39 3 The next meet-ng of the East and West Society will take place at th~ YM.CJi., Bras Basah Road, tomorrow, at 8 p.m. Miss Liar. Nyluk Oi will speak on 'The Westerner as I see him."
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    75,000 Tons Of Civilian Stores Carried By Army
    289 3 75,000 Tons Of Civilian Stores Carried By Army I SSISTANCE to the A civilian population of Singapore and Malaya was given by the Forces transport m clearing 75,000 tons of civil stores and. 3,800 tons of cased vehicles for Weame Bros., from Singapore Port. 22,000 civilian passengers and 260 tons
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    MERITO RIOUS CONDUCT
    106 3 MERIT O RIOUS CONDUCT An echo of Ifca Japanese occupation of British Nori.ii Borneo is seen m a recent report to th#» Government from the Commissioner of Lands and Surveyor General, 8.N.8 on the meritorious conduct of iwo employees of the department, Mr. N. Raghavan (above) and Mr. Chanan Singh
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    30 4 Mrs. P. N. Menon and lamily thank all friend* and relatives who sent v letters of condolences, paid VLsi:s and attended the funeral of the late M's P.N. Menon.
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Wed. Aug. 14, 1946. The Union Of Indonesia
    907 4 The Straits Times Singapore, Wed. Aug. 14, 1946. The Union Of Indonesia With more dramatic news coming from so many other parts of the world, the conference held at the hill station of Matin©, near Macassar, last month has not received the attention it deserves In Singapore. When the historian
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    German Germ Plot
    169 4 NUREMBERG, Mon. 'THE Soviet prosecutor Aiexan- drov today alleged that ihe German High Command were prepared to launch a terrific "germ war" against l *~e Allies. Alexandrov backed I h <-hpi-- < with a sworn writte afndavi. frcm Major-Gen. Walter £u ber, former German Army mescal corps
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    "Singapore Company Of Asiatic Artillery"
    896 4 "Singapore Company Of Asiatic Artillery" [One of the familiar names of bygone Singapore and one of the outstanding units at King's Uirthday Parades on the Padang for many years, paned into history last Sunday, when the Hong Kong and Singapore Gunners were disbanded m India. This picturesque corps of Indian
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      An Appeal To Youth In Malaya
      569 4 I HOPE the appeal that Mr. T. P. F. McNiece made to the Kuala Lumpur branch of the Medical Auxiliary Service will be noticed by a wide circle of your readers. In the midst of so much news about wars and rumours of wars
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      Katong's Grievance
      119 4 I notice that "Two Browned-off Airmen" omitted from their summary of Service activities the failure to re -open the former Grove Road. Some two months ago, it was mentioned In Che Press that this road would soon be opened. This statement, however, was evidently of the variety, "Oh,
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      Reporting Accidents
      117 4 rHERE is still too much reckless driving, especially by Service drivers. From time to time, one reads In the Press that a Service vehicle has killed or knocked down someone without stopping, and the public are asked to communicate with the police, Tel. 5221, if they happened to
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      Jewellery In Banks
      119 4 IN view of the colossal loss suffered by British citizen? who left jewellery and other valuables in parcels for safe custody ir. British banks and which were removed by the Japanese, would it not serve a useiul purpose though with a remote chance of success IX all
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      Tipped off Too Late
      103 4 ON receipt of a hot stable tip that a considerable amount of blankets, cloth and medicines had been released m the local market by the Government of India Medical Mission, on its being wound up, I went round armed with ration cards to try my luck.
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      Teachers And Cooks
      71 4 TEACHERS with Senior Cam- bridge qualifications are being paid a paltry salary of $65 p.m. for men, and $60 p.m. for women. In your newspaper some weeks ago there was an advertisement of a vacancy for a cook-boy. The salary offered was $60 p.m.. with lodging and
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    Few Arrivals On Athlone Castle
    154 5 Few Arrivals On Athlone Castle BARELY one and a half hours after the Monarch of Bermuda had left her berth at the Singapore Harbour Board wharves, yesterday afternoon, the 25,500-ton Union Castle Line trooper, Athlone Castle occupied the same berth Although the Athlon* Castle arrived in Singapore shortly after 10
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    Statements As Evidence In Assize Case
    143 5 TWO signed statements by Cpl. Ernest William Johnson and Cpl. Cyril Henry Bartlett in which they admitted to having taken part in an armed robbery, were read out by Mr. A. W. Bellamy, the D.P.P., at the Second Singapore Assizes yesterday. Cpl. Johnson an''.
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    33 5 Sunday, Aug. 18 will be observed at St. Andrew's Cathedral as a day of special remembrance and thanksgiving for th e work of the Royal Navy, the Merchant Navy and the Fishing Fleets.
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    G.O.C. Gives Evidence At Mutiny Trial I"
    1462 5 Warning Advice To Pa ra troopers "I WANT to make this perfectly clear to you all that you are committing the very serious offence of mutiny," these were the first words spoken by Maj.Gen. R. A. B. Arkwright G.O.C-, 2nd Div., at present
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    RAFFLES PLACE PILLBOX TO GO
    76 5 Pneumatic drills clattering into hard cement shattered Raffles Place throughout yesterday. It was a military "works" gang plus Jap prisoners beginning the demolition of the pillbox which stands at the junction with Cbulia Street. The demolition and clearing will take about a week. Military sources
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    Tin Output Below Expectations
    144 5 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. DUE to lack of adequate machinery from England, Malaya's production of tin for the first six months of this year has fallen behind the expected output. It is pointed out, however, that progress is being made and the expected
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    Outram Gaol Atrocities Related
    259 5 THE War Crimes Court try.ng the 44 Japs charged with atrocities committed in the military section of the Outram Road Gaol, referred to as the "Eastern Belsen," yesterday listened to a further catalogue of brutahties these Japs practised on the helpless inmates as a result of
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    STOLE PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT
    40 5 Two Chinese, Goii Boon Seng, and Ang Kirn Kui, were sentenced to six weeks' imprisonment each m the Fourth Police Court yesterday, for the theft of 13 boxes of photographic paper, from the R.AP. Base at Seletar.
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    Chinese Ex-PoW Gaoled For Hold Up
    295 5 J^ young English-speaking Straits-born Chinese who robbed a compatriot of a considerable amount of cash and then returned $10 to him was sentenced to seven years' rigorous imprisonment and six strokes of the "cat" by Mr. Justice Thorogood in the second Singapore Assizes yesterday.
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    TAXI MURDER IN K.L.
    144 5 TAXI MURDER IN K.L. From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. KUALA Lumpur police are today investigating a taxi murder similar in many waya to the Singapore phantom car murder. A Malay taxi driver employed by the General lransport Company, Kuala Lumpur, has been found strangled with a wire round
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    Fine Presentation Of "St. Joan"
    133 5 A memorable performance of Shaw's '45t. Joan" was given at the Army Education Centre on Monday night by the Tudor Players. The title role was played by Joan Rutledge whe gave a fine rendering of a very exacting and emotional part. David Little's rendering of
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      227 5 BRITISH ELECTRO PLATING WORKS AT YOUR SERVICE ONCE AGAIN 0 TO OUR P*ST FUTURE CUSTOMERS THE BEST WE CAN GIVE 29 A— 31 FLNANG ROAD, SINGAPORE Maters BIRCH CLARKSON Wish to notify ail Engineering Concerns, Minng and Dredging Comnanies, that as sole Representat ves of the well kn-.wn firm of
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    CANTON NOW FACES DEPRESSION
    304 6 Merchants Reluctant To Plan For Future f ANTON, (By Air Mail)--Canton is now in the doldrums, with the first brief post-war boom over. The first indications of depression were seen in the shipping trade. Motor vessels, and Chinese junks converted into "houseboats" towed by launches were
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    CRIME ON THE DOWN GRADE
    110 6 SHANGHAI, (By Air Mail).Crime has steadily decreased In Shanghai since U.e beginning jf the ear. It is noteworthy, however, that armed robberies by deserters from the Chinese army are showing i marked inc~eas.\ In May, this year, there were /5 cases of robbery, compared with
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    Anniversary Of "Republic"
    51 6 BATAVIA, Tuesday.— A monument celebrating the birth of the Indonesian Republic will be unveiled on August 17 m the front garden of the residence of Sutan Sjahrir, where the "republic" was proclaimed. The unveilling will be part of widespread anniversary celebrations, the Indonesian daily "Uajat" repcrla. -A
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    Service Resumed
    33 6 Peking, Tuesday Passenger service has been resumed on five Manchurian railway lines in government-held territory, communications authorities announced here. They are the Mukden-Chang-chun. Peking-Mukden KirinChangchun, Kirin-Hrjlin^ and Szepingkai-Meihoki.0 Hue*?.— a P.
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    Rent Problem In Hong Kong
    139 6 HONO KONG, Tuesday.— The Hong Kong Government has appointed a committee to consider the practical working of the Landlord and Tenant Act. Dnder this proclamation, which was re-enforced as soon as the British Military Government functioned, landlords may not charge more than the rent charged
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    More Malayans Return
    1004 6 THE following passengers arrived in Singapore on Saturday by the Monarch of Bermuda from the United Kingdom, Port Said, and Colombo. Mr. W. Allan, Mr. W. Aberdein, Mr. E. Allen, Mrs. E. Anderson, Miss M. Anderson, Mr. T. Arnold, Mrs. C. AL'sopp, Mrs. D. At ton Mr.
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    POST-WAR PLANNING IN CEYLON
    151 6 COLOMBO, Tuesday.— The' v dovetailing of State planning and private enterprise is the blueprint of post-war reconstruction submitted to the Ceylon State Council by Lhe special sub-committee of the Board of Ministers. The recommended schemes cover all aspects of national life and will Involve an expenditure
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    Women Not To Vote
    55 6 BASLE, Tues.— Ballots cast recently in this Switzerland's second largest town, rejected a proposal that women be permitted to vote at elections. Women s suffrage, practised through most of Europe, has not been permitted in this country, but various cantons plan to submit the system to
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    Political Gulf Widens In Europe
    418 7 Votes Show Increasing Trend Towards Left By ROMNEY WHEELER, Associated Press I ONDON, Tues.— A year of post-war elections has widened the political gulf between Eastern and Western Europe. The increasing division is apparent in reports from all parts of Europe where voters have expressed
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    Honeymoon In The Arctic
    98 7 LONDON, (By Air Mail) A Manchester couple will spend their honeymoon in the Arctic Circle. They are Mr. and Mrs. Donald Griffiths. The bride's going-away dress will be a windproof sulft. The couple will sleep in a double sleeping-bag on their tour. Mr. Griffiths will collect
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    Women Getting Too Smart
    71 7 DOSTON. Tues Marriage is D heading for troublous times and it is all because women are getting too smart, Dr. Cliford R. Adams, psychologist and marriage counsellor at Pennsylvania State College, believes. He told the Massachusetts society for social hygiene that 6,000,000 American women between 20
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    S. AFRICAN MAYBE STEEL CHIEF
    198 7 S. AFRICAN MAYBE STEEL CHIEF THE British Government may try to break the deadlock over the chairmanship of the new Iron and Steel Control Board by offering it to a South African, Dr. H. J. van der Bijl, chairman of the nationalised South African Iro n and Steel Corporation. This
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    MARQUIS HAS TO SELL ESTATE
    100 7 WARMINSTER (Wiltshire), Tues.— On- of Britain's biggest property sales in recent years takes place in October when nearly 9,000 acres of the estate of the Marquis of Bath, in Northants and Shropshire, goes under the hammer. Revealing this to his tenants in a letter, the
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    Britain Plans Defence On Global Basis
    296 7 LONDON, Monday. The atomic bomb as well as other lessons of the last war are read by the British as pointing to the next war being continental in scale, and the Empire naturally assumes supreme importance in the light of this, writes the New
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      PENANG INDIANS DEFEAT ATHLETES 4-2
      684 8 (From Our Own Correspondent) PENANG, Monday. Penang Indians 4; C.A. 2. P arrears by three goals at the interval and despite a determined rally by them m the second half when they scored two goals, the Singapore Chinese Athletic Association were ultimately beaten by four
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      'English Tourists Worst Fielding Side Since 1921'
      97 8 SYDNEY. Tues. ARTHUR Mailey, lomier Aus- tralian Test bowler cabling from London to the Sydney Daily Telegraph, said that the England touring team "is probably the worst fielding side since 1921." "While it is a powerfu' batting and bowling side the selectors may
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      Sembawang Naval Team Wins 4-1
      507 8 Sembawang Naval Team Wins 4-1 From sub Lt. Wise, RNAS R.N.A.S 4 H.MS. SulUn 1 THE Royal N?vy Ail Station (Sembawang) met H.M.S. Sultan for the first time on their own ground and catac off best m a keen contest by four goals to one. Kicking off against a strong
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      INTERNATIONAL SHOOTING
      39 8 HIEI.. SWITZERLAND Mon. OWITZERLAND won here today a shooting competition against Sweden with 49 against 17 points, winning five out of six matches. Sweden won the small-calibre shooting against Switzerland with 5.724 points against Switzerland's 5.707 points.
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      NEGRI BADMINTON
      49 8 Prom Our Own Correspondent SEREMBAN, Tues. n^HERE will be a charity badminton A match on Aug. 19, at Kajang between the formidable Starlight Badminton Party of Seremban and the Mayfair Badminton Party of Kajang. The Cameron Dadmlnton Party of Seremban has oc-n revived and new efflcs-bearers elected.
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      AMERICAN TENNIS FINALS
      105 8 NEW YOK'.C, Sun. IN the men's doubles final of the Eastern Grasscourts teams chami pionshlps Frank Purger of Los Angeles. !u.S. national singles champion, and Tom Brown, Jr., defeated Harry Likas of Francisco and William Vogt of Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania, 6—3, 8—10. 8—6, 7—5. Filth-seeded Don McNeill
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      Indians Face Stronger Team For Oval Test
      280 8 From Learie Constantine i CHELTENHAM, Mon. IF any England team could be muster- i e^ purely on merits and form to (•"at India since the catastrophe at Lord's, well the team for ;he Oval Test is it. Enormously strengthened m batting by the
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      MIDDLESEX FACING DEFEAT AT OVAL
      285 8 LONDON, Mon RAIN again interfered with the day's county cricket programme, but not so severely as was the case on Saturday although two matches have yet to start and they become one-day fixtures if the weather relents tomorrow. Two century-makers today were Fishlock, newly nominated
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      Battle Of Wits Between Nawab And Hammond
      274 8 (From Learie Constantino CHELTENHAM. Tues. THERE is every indication of an exciting day of cricket when India and Gloucestershire resume their match today, and much will depend on the pitch which, after its recent drenching has already been giving signs of playing tricks.
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      115 8 GLOUCESTERSHIRE— Ist INNS. Barnett Ibw. Haiare 20 Neale c Mankad b Amarnath 4 Wilson c Gul Mahomed o Mankad 45 Hammond not out 30 Grapp not out 28 Extras 5 ToUl (for three wickets) 132 BOWLING INDIA.— Ist INNS. Mankad c Allen b Goddard 9 Modi Ibw. Goddard 1
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      VOLLEY-BALL
      59 8 'piIE following have been selected to play volley-ball for the V.M.C.A. acalnst the Travancore Moslems on the V.M.C.A. tennis ground at 5.15 p.m. on Friday Kwan Chee Yew, Vow Wah Sung, Chla Kok Leong (capt). Au Tat Chu. T_,im Njit Slong, T. E. Retnam. Lee Hon Ming, Leonard Chung,
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