The Straits Times, 23 August 1946

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    20 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER ESTABLISHED OVER A CENTURY EIGHT PAGES. SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 1946. PRICE 111 t'KNIS
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    MALAYAN RUBBER OUTPUT RISING FAST
    989 1 American Allotments Already Fulfilled M Vhk ™r^ ff ana n an i St tks have ««*W estimates made earlier ii Ju ,V a d J he AmeriCan allotment to Malaya of her retirements for the second half of the year of 95,000 tons has already
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    U.S. Rubber Consumption
    78 1 U.S. Rubber Consumption NEW YORK. Thurs. UNITED States total rubber consumption will fall fiom 1.000 000 tons In 1946 to 900,000 tens In 1947 and to 800,000 m 1948. pluj 100 090 tons m each year lor stockpiling and build-up working stories, according to Gocdrich Cmpany estimates. During the same
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    BRAZILIAN OUTPUT
    94 1 RIO DE JANEIRO. Thurs. T'HE Brazilian Finance Minister convened a meeting of Brazilian rubber lnt?re?t« recenilv to review the general situation regarding the commodity. Meanwhile, it Is officially estimated that wild rubber production m Brazil will reach 32,000 tons In 1946 with domestic consumption about 18,000 tons. Output
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    Independent Labour On Palestine
    76 1 Independent Labour On Palestine LONDON. Thurs— The Independent Labour Party today Issued a statement urging the Government to open British frontiers to Jewish immigrants. The statement says that the only possible solution for the Palestine problem is the calling of an immediate truce, a free and democrat'c consultation between the
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    Officer Gets 12 Months For Fraud
    245 1 A BRITISH Army officer has been cashiered and sent- enced to 12 months rigorous imprisonment by a court martial in Singapore for fraudulent conversion of part of the famous "Treasure of .Nakamura", in Batavia in*?* '»<* h S boen di scloscd ReliloM CMe fr
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    India Pleads For Egypt And Persia
    171 1 PARIS. Thurs. Sir Samuel Ranganadhan (India) said in the plenary session of the Paris Conference today: "I wish to comment on the statements made by Persia and Egypt. "India has a good reason to know and be grateiul for the aid g'ven by the
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    Malayan Market For Australian Foods
    71 1 SYDNEY, Thursday.— Markets m Malaya worth m ll'ons of pounds annually to Australia were ripe and roady for the picking, the Australian Government Commissioner In Malaya, Mr. Claude Massey, said on arrival here. 'In Malaya we have a market for almost everything we can produce
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    Premier Resigns
    39 1 BANGKOK, Thurs.— Pridl Panomyong, S amese Prime Minister, today resigned. He said his reasons were that he had been overworked for a long time and felt that the premiership should be carried by a younger man.— Reuter.
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    Tinplate Shortage
    110 1 LONDON, Thursday THE Chairman of the Metal Box Company ascribes the worldwide shortage ol tinplate to. the steel and coal strikes m the United States and the slowness of the revival of South Wales where wartime production waj reduced to about half rormal. Tinplate may now be ordered
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    America Sends Note To Yugoslavia
    176 1 iu:;us»a*ia tttiuanunn» sansiatuun ivi im. ving down of American planes. Mr. Dean Acheson, Acting United States Secretary of State, handed the note to the Yugoslav Charge D' Affaires, Sergije Makiedo. The note demanded the immediate release of occupants of the planes forced down on Yugoslav
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    British Ship Mined In Haifa Harbour
    205 1 British Ship Mined In Haifa Harbour JERUSALEM, Thursday. AN attack with "limpet" mines was made last night against the British ship Empire Rival which had earlier returned to Haifa from Cyprus where she had taken Jewish illegal immigrants. At the time of the attack, the ship was lying m Haila
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    Strike In Madras
    50 1 MADRAS, Thurs— City workers came out on strike today m sympathy with scavengers of other towns who hay- been out for the past week. Mad" as t.ramwaymen and bus workers later Joined the scavengers The commissioner of police has banned processions and demonstrations m the city —Reuter.
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    PEACE AMONG THE DELEGATES
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    JINNAH AND NEHRU ON ATROCITIES
    98 1 JINNAH AND NEHRU ON ATROCITIES condemn the acts of violence! and deeply sympathise with! those who suffered." Pandit Nehru. President of the Congress Party said* "^hat has happened cannot put a bar on the progress of negot ations now going on m the formation of the Inter m Government. Obviously
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    Paratroops On Bounds Charge
    126 1 Paratroops On Bounds Charge From Our Own orr^ponden! KLUANO, Thursday. CEVEN paratroopers or ;lie 13th Parachute BattaIjon, who were missing lrom their tamp on Wednesday nurht. were charged tonight i before Brigadier Darling. Brigade Commander, with breaking out of barracks. They were remanded for a summary of evidence to bt
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    Victoria Hall For Jap Trial
    100 1 The Victoria Memorial Han if to be set up as a special Wa: Crimes Court to t-y five Japa.:c3° J m connection with ill-treatment Parker, former Malayan government officer, m the Camp. The trial beg'ns on Tuesday, and the accused are: Capt. Suzuki Sakae. who
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    AMERICA'S NEW ANTI-RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE
    573 2 Dardanelles Demand Rejected THE United States has launched a carefully planned diplomatic offensive against Russian expansion m the Middle East and Asia with a rejection of the Soviet demand for control of the Dardanelles. Leading officials stated privately yesterday that there would be no turning back
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    51 2 Trees and flowers have grown ■p in the bomb-shattered areas of the City of ~^p^ where buildings once stood. A hundred and twenty known species of wM<l flowers arc thriving amid the City's ruins. Picture shows the summer crop of bracken which covers the bomb -flattened area mround St. Pauls
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    CEYLON'S RICE DIFFICULTIES
    103 2 COLOMBO. Wed.— The problem of rice supply m Ceylon is expected to remain difficult oM .mports from Burma iidiathe island's main sources of supply are resumed, according to a confidential report submitted to the Trade Promot on Department of the Board of Trade London, by Ceylon's acting
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    AIRFIELDS OUT OF ACTION
    65 2 BATAVIA, Wed.— According to an Indonesian Army spokesman, the two a.rfields at Dutch-held Semarang have been put entirely out of commission by Indonesian forces. The spokesman sa.d that at Semarang the Dutch were now able to use only small-type aircraft, which must take off from the
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    PU-YI WAS DETAINED IN SIBERIA
    276 2 PU-YI WAS DETAINED IN SIBERIA TOKIO, Thursday. r! former Manchurian puppet Emperor Henry Pu-yi today denied the defence suggestion that he might be twisting the truth now that he was a Russian prisoner, just as earlier m the war crimes trials he declared that he had done when he was
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    U.S. WILL CLAIM JAPANESE GOLE
    172 2 WASHINGTON, WeU.— It is anticipated that the United States will claim prior rights to all Japanese gold, ana to the proceeds from Japanese exports until the cost of occupation after the war and the material assistance given Japan is satisfied m full. An official said
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    Soviet Writers Denounced By Party
    172 2 Soviet Writers Denounced By Party MOSCOW, Thursday. A REMARKABLE decree by the Central Committee of the Communist Party, cenouncing several Soviet writers and two Leningrad magazines, took up half the front parge of the Moscow newspaper Pravda today. The decree attacks wr.ters and magazines for publishing material "calculated to disorientate
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    TYRE COMPANY'S RECORD
    89 2 AKIiON, OHIO, Thurs.-The Goodyear Tyre and Rubber Company has announced that profits reached a new record high during th e Initial half of the current year and that sales during that period were the greatest for any similar peacetime half-year. The United States, alter four years of
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    Banka Conference Date Fixed
    101 2 BATAVIA, Thurs.— The conference at Pangkal Pnang (island of Ban!: a. i, > l which discussions will be held between the Dutch Government and minorities such as the Dutch. Chinese, Arab and other associative groups of the population, wili open on Tuesday, Sept. 24. The dale
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    DRIVE TO JEHOL
    198 2 NANKING, Thursday. THE Chinese Government today wa3 reported to be pouring I thousands of troops into Manchuria for an all-out drive against the Communist-dominated Jehol Province. Mr. Peng Hsueh-pei. Ministc: of Information, said that the Gov eminent was not taking seriously the Communist call for mobilisaton of
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    U.S. LINES FOR S.E. ASIA
    55 2 NEW YORK, Wed.— At least 19 American shipping lines have applied for permission to ply the waters of South-East Asia, it was revealed yesterday. The lines asked for permits to operate throughout the Malayan archipelago, the Rhio archipelago, the Netherlands East Indies and ports on
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    Jap H.K. Governor To Face His Trial
    69 2 HONG KONG, Wed.— Lieut. Gen. Kuichi Tanaka, Governor of Hongkong during the last phase of the Japanese occupation, has been taken to Shanghai from Canton to face trial, according to the English newspaper China Mail. General Tanaka. it is reported, is wanted by
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    Deadlock Reached In Egypt
    228 2 Deadlock Reached In Egypt LONDON, Thursday. LAST NIGHT'S confirmation through the issue of the Egyptian communique from Alexandria that Egypt has rejected the latest British proposals for the treaty revis.on is recognised by London observers to create a grave situation. It is now clear that Britain's latest move to break
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    Special Verdict Asked For In Alsagoff Case
    488 3 Defence Based On International Law By Our Special Correspondent KLUANG, Thursday. A SUGGESTION that the judge should invite the jury to give a special verdict was made by Mr. D. K. Walters at the trial of Hussein Ali Alsagoff Carvalho, and Suppiah at
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    Army Rice For Civilians
    77 3 ABOUT 3,074 tons of rice will be passed on to Lord Killearn by the Army m Malaya for distribution to the civilian population, when it arrives The allocation of rice to the Army on behalf of the whole of South East Asia for the third quarter
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    Gaol For Aero Engine Theft
    96 3 Gaol For Aero Engine Theft NINE Climce were airagn.cl In the Second Police uourc yesterday on charges of the't ot tero engines from a m'l'tary durp at Foid Rood. Th:y lecei.e.=ent?nces ran Tins; frcm five we ks to five months. It was alleged that on May 31 ■t a*-out 2.30
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    Rice Junk Seized
    42 3 The Preventive Branch of ihe Customs Department aprrohend^d a tongUang at the :outh of the Jurcn? Kiver yest rday ca-ryin^ 16 bn?s ot rim a man has been taken into (ustody and will oe charger* m the Courts today.
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    Naafi Clerk On Charge Of Theft
    214 3 Naafi Clerk On Charge Of Theft TEO KIM CHWEE. described as a clerk working at the Bulk Issue Store, Anson Road, a Naafi establishment, appeared in the Fourth Police Court yesterday, on a charge of stealing three cases of cigarettes, and 18 bottles of gin and whisky valued at $550.
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    ARMS CHARGE
    35 3 y^— J Tamil w&* produced in the Fourth Police Court yesterray. and iaa a charge of sellng a firearm to anotner Tamil explained to him. The case was adjourned a week for mention.
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    THE LIGHTS OF SINGAPORE
    46 3 me ligths are goin? up m Sin gapore again. The Municipal Electrical Department is hi.silv repairing lights m the more important of Singapore streets. The picture above shous men of the department fix n.. lames m front of the Municipal building yesterday.
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    Five 'Death Railway' Guards To Hang
    357 3 TWO Japs and three Xtreans who were well known to hundreds of Malayr ir*oWs who worked on the BurmaSiam Railway were sentenced to death by hanging at the Sixth War Crimes Court yesterday for atrocities they committed on PoWs at Tamuang, Tonchan, Kanu, Pungyisho,
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    Malayan Democratic Union
    30 3 M V. A. Mallal, barrister-at-law, will speale on "The Law and poor persons" today at 5.15 p.m. at the M.D.U. Hall, Ist Floor. 331. North Bridge Road.
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    GAOL FOR PILFERING
    152 3 •THERE has been too much pil- fering of goods from lorries and this pilfering must be stopped," declared Mr. Paul Storr m the First Police Court yesterday when he sentenced an odd-job labourer. Ang Boon Meng, to three months' rigorous imprisonment for theft of a bundle of
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    Woman Run Over by Bus
    135 3 Woman Run Over by Bus THE Singapore Coroner, Mr. Poh 1 Guan Hock, held an inquiry yesterday into the death of a Chinese woman, who trying to alight from a moving trolley bus, got herself run over by it. It was revealed ai the inquiry that on July 13 at
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    Record-Breaking Lancaster Will Not Touch At Singapore
    185 3 Record-Breaking Lancaster Will Not Touch At Singapore AR.A.F. "Aries" Lancaster aircraft which l« attempting a 00-hours record-breaking flght from London to Austral' a and New Zealand with only two hops throughout the Journey will not touch at Singapore. It called at Nogombo, Ceylon, and its next stopp'nß place will be
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    N.C.O.'sAsked To Be Reduced To Ranks
    444 3 KLUANC COURT MARTIAL IN less than one month between April 16 and May 14— four N.C.O's of his company had voluntarily asked to be, and were, reduced to the ranks, said Major A. J. Masterton. off«cer commanding H.Q. Coy, 13th Parachute Battalion, when he
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    7 Years And "Cat" For Robbers
    252 3 7 Years And "Cat" For Robbers TWO young Chinese, Lav Choon Hoe ana lan Koon Tian, were sentenced to seven years' rigorous imprisonment w th six strokes 01 "the cat" each by Mr. Juhtire Thorogood at the second Singapore Assizes yesterday when the common jury returned a verdict of guilty
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    Javanese Charged With Theft
    59 3 Javanese Charged With Theft A JAVANESE, Kasmijan bin Kasman, was m the Fourtn Police Court yesterday, charged w'.th 'he theft of 49 tins of tinned foodstuffs, from No. 93 Base Sudply Depot, Pasir Panjana Road. [on Aug. 21. He claimed tr al to the chargr I and was allowed ba*l
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  • Obituary
    DEATH.
    68 4 HO SIAK KUAN. M.8.E., C.H., parsed away peacefully at the age of 81 yvars at his residence No. 156, Neil Hoa': Singapore, at 5.45 p.m. on Wednesday, 21st August, 1946. He left behind him three sons, Dr. Ho Siu Khan, Ho Siu Peng and Ho Siu I'm.i, -.wo daughters,
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    83 4 ARNIET: C. E. Arnold of the EnEineerinß Department of the Federated Malay States Railway father-in-law of Mr. Eramanis passed away on the 20th instant at his residence and the funeral took place on the 21st instance at the Bidadari. Mrs. Arnold wishes to convoy lmr thanks to all friends
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Friday, 23 August, 1945. Calcutta: A Portent?
    957 4 The Straits Times Singapore, Friday, 23 August, 1945. Calcutta: A Portent? Accustomed as we are becoming to battle, murder and sudden death as a means of settling political different, the orgy of bloodshed that nas taken place m Calcutta during the past week has revolted *.*e civilised world. The "incident."
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    Steel Development
    92 4 LONDON, Wed— The British Government tonight announced the appointment of a committee to supervise the de 'elopment and reconstruction of the iron and steel industry but emphasized that the committee would have nothing to do with the proposed nationalisation of the industry. The long-awaited Ministry of Supply statement
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    MALAYSIAN HORSEMAN
    31 4 'ihis fine study shows one of the mounted guard of honour which received the Lieutenant- Governor-General or the NX, Dr. Van Mook, at the Mali no conference m Celebes.
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      From The Roads To Us Ashore
      528 4 rare lying at anchor m the Roads with 5,000 tons of Australian foodstuffs, and it appears that we must wait for two or three weeks to get a wharf at which to unload. In addition to refrigerated cargo mostly apples and eggs we have
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      It Hasn 't Changed
      318 4 rwas with very mixed feelings that 1 watched our ship approaching the coast of Singapore. The last tnn» I s*»w Singapore was from th- deck of the Empress of Japan at the end of January, 1942 I came back with an open mind, fully realising that
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      Rice Down: Prices Up
      395 4 I FULLY concur with G. C H.s remarks on hawker raids. 1 further wish to awaken the authorities to the fact that within 12 hours of the notification of the cut m the rice ration, the prices of noodles, im.ee) anC vermicelli (mcc noon)— two of
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    The women who went away come back...
    527 4 The women who went away come back... By SYBIL SORENSEN UVhen we decided to leave I Singapore on Feb. 12, 1942, it was with heavy hearts that we boarded the Gorgon, which was bound for Fremantle, West Australia. After a perilous 10-day trip it was a relief to see Australia
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    NEW RICE RATIONS FOR SINGAPORE
    54 5 1 lit- pictwe above shows the daily quantities of uncooked rice which a man, woman or child in Singapore is entitled to on the present rice ration. The amounts work out at 3* ozs. for a man, 3 ozs. for a woman and 2' 4
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    Six Months' Gaol For Intimidation
    161 5 Six Months' Gaol For Intimidation A man who was alleged to have gone into the premises of the Singapore Harbour Board lor the purpose of "stirring up trouble among the labourers" was sentenced to six months' rigorous imprisonment by Mr. Paul Storr. the District Judge, yesterday on a charge of
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    51 5 Using a motorcycle with an engine all-out backnrng, without an exhaust pipe, m order to cover up their breaking open a garage by removing wooden planks, thieves m the early hours of the morning stripped a car belonging to a European R. L. Leach of Kuala Lumpur, states our K.L.
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    'Govt.'s Failure To Redeem Promises'
    686 5 'Govt.'s Failure To Redeem Promises' Rubber Industry's Criticism CRITICISM of the failure of the authorities m living up to \j promises and getting food and clothing for labour was made by Mr. F. J. Kemlo, the chairman, when he spoke at the general meeting of the Singapore Chamber of Commerce
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    Election Of Officers
    170 5 r PHE balance sheet of toe Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association shows the accumulated fund at Dec. 31. 1945 at $105,675.12 as against $85,696.22 on Dec. 31, 1940. The report ol the working conun ittee states that the apparent increase is accounted for m the fact
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    CLOTH AS PRIZES
    79 5 It has been arranged that white cloth will form part of the prizes offered 5=T *i»e b".st exhibits of the Grow More Food Exhibition at the Happy World. The first prize In each class w 11 include 10 yards of cloth: the second prize will include 7»<-.
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    Evening Classes In Singapore Again
    228 5 rVENING classes m specialised subjects which were very L popular m pre-war days m Singapore's Raffles Institution are to begin again shortly at Monk's Hill School according to Mr. F. L. Shaw, Principal of Raffles Institution. It is expected that classes will s^art on the
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    37 5 Indians numbering well over a thousand and among whom were former I.N.A. and Rani of Jhansi volunteers, observed Azad Hind Day on Wednesday at the site of the IN A. cenotaph, which was destroyed after the reoccupaticn.
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    Harbour Rates At Penang Up 100 Per Cent
    212 5 Harbour Rates At Penang Up 100 Per Cent THE Governor m Council has approved the increase by 100 per cent of its scale of rates by the Penang Harbour Eoard with effect from Apr. 1, 1946. A notification to this effect will appear shortly m the Malayan Union Government Gazette.
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    Govt. Cloth For Manufacturers
    67 5 The Government has for disposal certain mater als unsuitable for clothing, viz: sail cloth. dowlas, duck, brown du~k, unI bleached Juc.. These are suitable for ihe manufacture of shoes, hose, sa.ls bicycle tyres, tickings, e*c'., and applications, '-y manufacturers only, should be made to Controller of
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    Along The Singapore Waterfront
    524 5 By Our Shipping Correspondent MORE than 2,500 French pas- sengers, the majority of wnom wsre women and children from Saigon on their way to France, passed through Singapore yesterday on the Messageries Marltimes liner, Marechal ioffre. The vessel proceeded to Pulo Bukom for bunkerin? soon after
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    SIME ROAD CAMP IS CLOSED
    118 5 FORMER Sime Road Campers, the majority of whom are destitute and displaced persons, now accommodated m their new settlement home —the Poh Leung Kuk were not allowed to remove furniture of any description stools, tables. knicknacks or other relics of internment, when leaving camp. Campers
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    Rice Hoarder Appeals: Gets 12 Months' Gaol
    135 5 Rice Hoarder Appeals: Gets 12 Months' Gaol From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs nEMARKING that rice was an important commodity and as such any offence committed m its respect under the Food Control Proclamation must be viewed with gravity, Mr. Justice Willan. Chief Justice of the Malayan Union, toda>
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    K.L. CO-OP. SOCIETY
    98 5 THE ninth annuai general meet. ing ot the Senior Officers' Co-OperaUve Credit and Investment Society, Ltd.. ot Kuala Lumpur, will be held m the ;ion» Kong and Shangaa: oauK cuilding at Kuala Lumpur on Friday. Sept. 6. Excess of income over fxpend:ture for the five-yetr period ending
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    New Scheme For Supply Distribution
    188 5 THE Controller of Supplies has 1 recently been diverting stocks of supplies under his control lo the Rice Retailers Association as another means of ensuring equitable distribution and combatting the black market. He is now asking the importers to follow the same policy with a
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    Man Admits Robbery
    129 5 KOH Tong, admitted yesterday at the second Singapore Assizes that he had committed an armed robbery with whica he was charged with another Chinese, Law Choon Hco. On Apr. 18, a school leach >r was sitting and chatting wich two other persons outside his house m Tampenis
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    $7000 ROBBERY
    48 5 A Chinese woman living jii Hokkien Street was robbed of more than $7,000 m cash iid jewellery by three mask'd m-n who entered her house m oroad dayl ght on Wednesday inor "i j. The robbers are believed .o be Chinese and were armed with pistols.
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    Car-StrippingCaseGoes To Higher Court
    227 6 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. THREE Javanese appeared before Mr. Justice Spenser Wil1 kinson m the Supreme Court, Kuala Lumpur, yesterday for a review of the conviction and sentence passed on them m the lower court for car-stripping. Mr. A. J. Grattan Bellew. the
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    Malay Sultans' Hari Raya Gift
    54 6 Malay Sultans Hari Raya Gift KUALA LUMPUK. Tiim THE Sultans of the nine Malay rotates have debated as a Hari Raya pift the sum or $2,250 to the Malay Regiment. Hari Raya will be celebrated throughout Malaya on Aug. 29 and 30- Both three tiays have been declared public holidays
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    JAP COOK FINED
    148 6 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. A FINE of $100 was imposed on a Japanese cook attached to a PoW camp near the R.A.F. aerodrome, X lala Lumpur, when ne was convicted m the magistrate's court today on a charge of voluntarily causinz hurt. The case
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    Fight Against Black Market
    138 6 Fight Against Black Market From Our Own Correspondent ■CUALA LUMPUR. Tues. AN advisory committee has been appointed with the approval of the Government of the Malayan Union ta assist the Price Controller in planning his campaign aiainst the black market throughout the country. The committee, which met for the first
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    STAMP CLUB
    57 6 The Singapore Stamp Olub will hold its fortnightly social meeting at the V.M.C.A. conceit room (S.C.C. building) today at 5.30 p.m. Dr. Tan Bin Chiang, wll give a talk on "Japanese occupation commercial covers" with display. Members may br'ng their friends who may contact the secretary CPhc.i? 3466
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    Penang Armed Robbers Trapped
    202 6 Penang Armed Robbers Trapped From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Wed. watching for four hours n ghtly for a fortnight, policemen trapped five armed robbers m a compound house m a residential area and m an ensuing gun duel one ganster was killed and another wounded. This story was told today
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    Labourers Tribute To Planter
    125 6 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. A /RIBUTE to the services ne had rendered to the company and the employees of Seaport and Glenmarie estates, was paid to the Group Manager, Mr. W. L. Harvey, by the staff and labourers at a farewell party m
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    Child Welfare Society
    53 6 Under the patronage of the Governor, Sir Franklin Gimson, the Singapore Association oi Teachers of Dancing w 11 be staging a show at the Happy World Cabaret on the night of .^ept. 7. The entire proceeds of this show w 11 go to the funds of the
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      Food Before Politics In Malacca
      158 6 MALACCA has been a Crown Colony for centuries, and we owe allegiance to the King of England, not to the Sultans. The question of the Malayan Union should be left out of our programme of rehabilitation. Why dabble m politics when our very livelihood is
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      Military Tuan Bcsars
      185 6 F.E cloth distribution scheme that the authorities have adopted is, in a way. unfair. It started off with priority given to Municipal and Government offices, and then to commercial firms and other companies. It is approximately two months since the scheme first started, and up to the
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      Red Cross Sale
      80 6 I AM sure the public appreciated the work done by the Red i Cross after the liberation. Ex-in-ternees. ex-PoWs and the civi-! lians who drew their Red Cross j relief could hardly express thc.r i heartfelt gra:itude. But wha' about those hundreas of needy persons who have
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      Orang Darat
      64 6 THE method of distribution of cigarettes to the public m Pontian Kechil is not a fair one. I woul- 1 suggest that distribution should be through rice cards, as was tirst distributed m March. 194-.. In tvs way one of the "orang darat" vho lives outside the town
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      905 6 MISCELLANEOUS MRS. WINIFRED IRENE CUWULLJ wife of the late Vernon Kcw< Conolly. Manager of Changkai Salak Estate. Perac, wouic be grateful for any Information as to her late husband* holdings In Companies whose Registered Offices were m Malaya She rm no script or other evidence of title to prove her
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      519 6 BIOGRAPHIES ETC". General Eisenhower by A. Hatch $r) S) This Man Truman by McNaughton 8t Hehmcycr 5 M Winston Churcliill by L. Broad 12.0'J Montague Norman by Paul Elnzig 630 Memoirs Of Count De Orammont 630 Autobiography Of Albert Schweitzer 7,j0 A Shorter Ego The Autobiography cf Jamea Agate (In
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      173 6 RADIO PROGRAMMES RADIO MALAYA Krl> NETWORK from noon to pan. and 6.30 to 11 p m on 225 metres from noon to 2 p.m. on 4.82S me* /sec in 61 metre band and from 7.45 to 9.30 p.m. on 4.78 mes sec In 61 mc.r- band. CHINESE ntx>n m IM
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      131 6 ENGLISH 1 om to p.m (news at 1.30 p.-B.) aio tt.15 pm to II p.m except n Sundays when tne afternoon session opens at a p.m (news headlines i 8JC p.m anc" i.ews at '30 p m i MALAY noon to 1 p.m (news at 12.45 p.m.) an" from 6
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      125 6 August 23 7.30 a.m. Radio Newsreel. 7 45 a.m. British Zone. 8.30 a.m. I^rws 7 30 pm Harmony Hall. 8.30 p.m. News. 8.35 p.m. Interlude. 8.40 p.m. Speaking to forces overseas. 8.45 p.m. Melody Hour. 9.30 p.m. Scottish Orchestra. 10.30 p.m. Radio Newsreel, 10.45 pin. London- Calling 10.50 p.m. Forces
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    BRITAIN'S DRIVE FOR MARKETS
    542 7 BRITAIN'S DRIVE FOR MARKETS Goods Appear In Shops Of The World DRITAIN is forcing the pace m the present sellers' market. One productive worker m 10 is working for export. The drive is grinding forward, the graphs are creeping up, and "Made m Britain" goods are appearing m increasing quantities
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    BRITAIN LEGALISES SQUATTING
    119 7 LONDGK, (By Air Mail) •Squatter's" camps are likely to become part of the accepted order of post-war life, following a decision by the Air Ministry and the Ministry for Health to allow 150 homeJess families to move into Boreham, a former R.A.F. station m Essex. Ex-Kerviccmen and
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    £12 Million Grant
    66 7 An Outright --rant by the Tniled CtLte: of £12,500.000 for the benefit of Arabs m Palestine i^ recommended m the full report of the Anglo-American Conferi nc? m London, which drew up a rfderal plan for Palestine, ae'•fling to the Daily Telegraph. President Truman, who has now
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    Food Position In India Still Grave
    171 7 /•ALCUTTA, Tues.— The Oovv ernment of India must "redouble Its efforts to secure additional food supplies from overseas or face "a large-scale breakdown In the food distribution system," the All-India Food M niters' Conference said at the conclusion of the session m New Delhi.
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    Hitler Might Have Outdone All Nazis
    126 7 Hitler Might Have Outdone All Nazis Back from his notable part m exposing the guilt of Nazi leaders at the Nuremberg trials, UJB. Prosecutor Robert Jackson told friends In Washington. Almost all the defendants from Goering down proudly admitted that they openly defied Hitler. In the same, breath they recalled
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    Control Opposed
    43 7 BOMBAY: (By Air Mail).—lndian cotton shippers, at a meeting m Bombay, passed a resolution, opposing any Government move to regulate or control the shipping of raw cotton. They demanded that the cotton export trade be continued as a free trade. Reuter.
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    A KISS IS NOT A KISS IN JAPAN
    167 7 rV YORK, (By Air Mail)— Whether actors and actresses should kiss m Japanese-made films has oeci. a leading public topic «n Tokio, says the Associated Press of America. To mos. citizens, the innovation, madi during the Allied occupation, is abhorrent. Kissing is
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      289 7 TENDERS INVITED. MAKING UP UNIFORMS FOR THE MARINE .DEPARTMENT, .MALAYAN UNION. Tenders are Invited for making up uniforms for the Marine Staff at Penang, Perak. Malacca and Johore, dur- i irifT the year 1946. Cloth will be supplied by Government. 2. Sep3rate tenders should be submitted for each region. 3.
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      386 7 In "social" games, overcalling is a safe and pleasurefui custom. In expert games, however, It pays to beware! Observe t'^lf case: West, dealer North-South vulnerable NORTH J 9« Q 10 7 6 3 Q J 9 3 2 WEST EAST A 8 1 K S 2 K 10 9 6
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      219 7 would taie it out. Tn actual fact, of course. East, with ar. excellent hand and three he;rri$ to the queen, was extremely fond of the double. West opened the Diamond jack. Declarer, for reasons known only to himself djcxej in dummy. West led Ms Meond diamond and declarer ruffed East's
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    ALL The Latest Sport News BARNETT FOR MALAYA? Test Keeper May Play Here
    172 8 ALL The Latest Sport News BARNETT FOR MALAYA? Test Keeper May Play Here REPORTS from Australia state Ben Barnett, Australian Test match wicketkeeper, may come to Malaya before the end of the year. The Straits Times understands that he would be employed here on behalf of an Australian firm. Barnett's
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    19 8 The Indian Association soccer team, who drc-w with the RAF. (Tengah) at Jalan Besar on Sunday— Straits Times Picture.
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    Miller May Stay In Australia
    106 8 Miller May Stay In Australia Accordug to Australian sources, Keith Miller will leave for Am rica this month and here is a possibility he may be back m Australia for the Tests. Miller w 11 marry m America, his bride being an American girl from Boston, Mass. M.ller has a.i
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    BOWLERS ON TOP IN COUNTY CRICKET
    238 8 LONDON, Wed. BOWLERS generally predominated on drying wickets m County cricket today. William Edrich, chosen for the tour of Australia, routed Worcestershire with fast-medium bowling for Middlesex, dismissing six for 14 runs m six overs. Herman with offspinners now requires only two for 100
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    ENGLAND XI CHANGES
    80 8 LONDON. Wed. HORATIO Carter has dropped out of the England team versus Scotland on Saturday owing to a pulled leg muscle. His place is being taken by Don Welsh. Charlton inside forward, but whether he plays inside left or inside right will be decided on the day
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    Home Soccer Fixtures
    331 8 LONDON. Tves. T'OLLOWING are the football fix- tures for the English and Scottish Leagues' ENGLISH LEAGUE AUGUST 31 FIRST DIVISION Aston VIIU v. Middlesborough •■'hel^ea v. Pilt/in Wandere"j Everton v. Brentford Huddersfleld v. Blackpool Manchester United Grimsby Tern Portsmouth v. Blackbu'n Rovers Preston N. E. v. Le=ds
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    Whitcombe's Record Round
    158 8 Whitcombe's Record Round BRIGHTON. Wed. DEGINALD WHITCOMBE. British open champion of 1938, with one of the finest rounds of the season spread-eagled the field vith a record breaking 66 m the first roar.d of the News Chronicl? £1,500 golf tournament at Hollingbury Park. Whitcombe, with machine-like golf, took only 26
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    SCOTTISH SOCCER RESULTS
    83 8 LONDON. Wed. Tod»;', Scottish football nsults were: A DIVISION Celtic 2; Hearts 3. Faikirk 0; Ranter* 5 Hibernians 1; Clyde t. Kilmarnock 1; Hamilton I Motherwell 2: Aberdeen I. Third Lsnark 1: Morton i. Par l.k Thi't'e 4: Querns Paik SCOTTISH B DIVISION— Virst round Supglementar? Cap
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    Test Team May Play Ceylon
    140 8 COLOMBO Wed THE England cricket team on its way to Australia may after all play a match m Colombo, according to the latest intormation received by the Ceylon Cricket Association. There was keen disappointment early this month when cricketers heard from the Secretary of the
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    LESNEVICH IN ENGLAND
    51 8 LONDON. Tiies. TUS LESNEVICH, world lightu heavjrwe ght champion, arrived tonight for his fight with Brure Woodcock, the r tsh heavy-weight champion, at Harringay Statium on September 17 Lesnev'ch said he was confident of beating woodcock, and "after that I'll meet anyone you m> y prodi'f r»
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    HORNETS WIN BY THREE-NIL
    114 8 Tn a fast even hockey malnh piayed on the Police Depot ground at Thomson Road, yesterday. Hornets defeated Cable Wireless by three cleai goals. The game was evenly contested with the Hornets forwards breaking away m some sparkling moves, to score three well-deserved goals. Three minutes
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    SUNDAY NIGHT'S BOXING
    111 8 Dutclunan van Loon retuins to the local ring on Sunday afw an absence of nearly five months to take on Jimmy Bird over ten three-minute rounds at the Happy World stadium. The last time van Loon fought In Singapore he was knocked out m the first round
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    O'Reilly Out Of Test
    112 8 O'Reilly Out Of Test SYDNEY. Wed Uf. J. O'REILLY, Australia's tamous bowler, announced to-day that he has definitely retired from Test cricket because of a damaged knee which he felt would not stand up to the hard work demanded m Test cricket. Because of this knee trouble O'Reilly had accepted
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    BRITISH CYCLISTS CONFIDENT
    179 8 BRITISH CYCLISTS CONFIDENT Lomo.T. Wed. THE Bit," cycling team for the world championships being contested by 18 nations starting on Saturday at Zurich left Victoria Station. London, today carrying with them quantities of spare wheels and tyres the cyclists' most treasured possessions which are so difficult to obtain. Silver-haired Bill
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    WEEK-END TEAMS
    309 8 The Cricket Club team vs. the Police en Sunday is: W.K. Jagger, G. Dean. G.K. Stein J. Luff. D. Re<K. H.J.C. TirkT, El*hop, I*. Firkins. K. J. Healey. W. Cutts. V.R. Burton. Colonials The following have been invited to play cricket for the Colonial; vs Ba.se Accounts C.C.
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