The Straits Times, 24 January 1947

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    20 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER ESTABLISHED OVER A CENTURY EIGHT PAGES SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, JANUARY 24, 1947. FRICE TEN CENii*
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    BRITAIN'S PLAN FOR GERMANY
    450 1 Draft Ready Eor Ministers LONDON, Thursday. IT tc unaerstood that Britain has completed the draft of a plan for Germany to be discussed by the Big Four Foreign Ministers m Moscow. The plan, it i*» reported, sets out the following general principles: The prevention of any
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    THE DUKE HOME
    45 1 LONDON. Thurs.— The Duke or Gloucester arrived back m Eng- i land today after two and half j years as Governor-General of 1 Australia. The first to greet him at London Airport was his sister- i in-law. the Duchess of Kent.— Reuter.
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    UK Meat Ration Cut
    78 1 LONDON, Thurs.— The food Minister, Mr. John Strachey, yesterda> reduced th? fresh meal ration cf hungry Briton > by one- seventh and subst tut;d corned beet m its stead. As this action was oe;ng taken another Labour Government spokesman, Lord Hend«rs:n, told the Hcuse of Lcrds
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    Electrical Men Back At Work
    221 1 ALL EltCLncal Department labourers m the Jalanj Eesar area reported for work; yesterday, the third day of the j Singapore Municipal workers' j strike, and went to their wo;k without police protection. I Their foreman reported that there had been no incidents, i At a
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    NEW AMBASSADOR
    37 1 THE HAGUE, Thurs.— The appointment ot Baron, van Aerss^n as the Netherlands Ambassador to China was announced by a Royal decre3 today. Up till now Baron van Aerssen has been th? Netherlands Minister to Australia.—Reuter
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    Changi Airfield Start In April
    226 1 Straits Times Reporter INDICATIONS of future closer relations between Australia and Singapore m air matters were described yesterday to the Straits Tunes by Air Marshal Sir George Pirie, Air Officer Command-ing-in-Chief, South-Fast Asia. They iacludtia the possibility of a revival of the pre-war inter-Command flights
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    FRENCH NOT TO RETURN PoWs
    104 1 WASHINGTON, Thurs.— lt was learned here today that France had, m effect, rejected the United States request that she should return 620.000 prisoners of war to their homes without delay. France made a counter-proposal that a third party— probably a non governmental agency should be
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    FRENCH Cabinet HARMONY
    308 1 The Times Correspondent PARIS. Thursday. ILTHOUGH M. Ramadier. XI France's new Premier, despite his long parliamentary experience, is little known, and although several hitches made its formation at one tinu doubtful, the new Government is regarded with favour by those long acquainted with French politics. The friendly
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    MORE TROOPS FOR MALAYA?
    90 1 MELBOURNE. Thurs. Brig Lionel Cross told the press here todu; that, "although the British brigade will probably be with- < ng from Japan soon for service m Malaya. British troops servine; m an administrative capacity will remiin with the British commonwealth occupation forcrs m Japan." Bi
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    PEASANTS LOSE SUPPORT
    206 1 'ihe Times Correspondent WARSAW, Thursday.COMPARED with the voting m the referendum last june. Mr: Mikolajczyk's Peasant Party tiroppe I more than half its vot?s m thi; week's Po! sh elections, thVagh the increase m the pro-Govern-ment vote was only slight. Mr. Mikolajczyk has not yet issued any
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    Air C-in-C In Australia
    32 1 rtir i»jarsbal Sir Georj;e Pirie, Air Officer CWMuui4ia«-in-Chief, South-East Asia, looks at a map m an operations room m Melbourne during his resent visit to Australia. (HeraldSun picture).
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    MINE UNION TO CONSULT AGAIN
    108 1 From Our Staff Correspondent. KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. REPRESENTATIVES from IV the Government and the Collieries Trade Union met to-day to cluify certain points m the Union's reply to* the Government's offer of arbitration. At the end of the meet ng the Union delegates agreed to
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    STALIN TALKS ON PEACE TO E. ROOSEVELT
    402 1 MOSCOW, Thursday. MR. Elliot Roosevelt's account of his recent interview with Marshal Stalin was issued tonight by Tass, the Soviet News Agency, quoting an article which Mr. Roosevelt, who is the son of the late President, wrote m the New York magazine Look.
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    CHINESE SURVEY FLIGHT TO US
    93 1 SHANGHAI. Thurs.— A China National Aviation Corporation DU-4 Skymaster plane left Shanghai at 4 a.m. this morning on a survey flight to the United States. The plane carried a j party of 20 persons headed by Mr G. B. Tweedie. an American official of the
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    SLAV STATES' DEMANDS
    111 1 LONDOiV ihur.-. :^..i.J and Yugoslavia yesterday demanded huge settl<. mints 01 land £-nd mi.-ney frrm Germany and Austria. Memorard: were prepared ay the tW3 S.avic bloc states tor consiccrat-on by the deputLs of the Four-I'ower Foreign Minister.-,' Counc 1 drafting the German and' Austrian trcatbs. Poland asked
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    Lost Alter Jump from Ship Blaze
    138 1 FOO AH TAKG. Chief Engineer of th> 40-ton wcodeii \cs:el P. C. 1899, disappeared wnen he jumpeJ overboard auring a fire which swept the ship from stem to stern yesterday at atout 11 a.m. A search is being out, but so far Foo's bod..'
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    BRITISH OFFICIALS MAY QUIT INDIA
    443 2 Compensation Is Thorny Question The Times Correspondent NEW DELHI, Wednesday. WIDE divergences of opinion between the British Government and the Indian Interim Government have been revealed over the question of compensation for Indian Civil Service officers and officers m the armed forces during discussions m
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    CABINET MISSION 'FAILURE'
    180 2 LONDON, Thursday. LORD Rosebery, president of the British Liberal National Council, told members of the Constitutional Club m London to-day that the intensified rivalries of the Muslim League and the Congress Party demonstrated the "colossal failure" of the British Cabinet Mission to India. The Mission's failure, he
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    NO UK QUERIES ON US TROOPS
    110 2 LONDON. Thurs.— Mr. Ernest Bevln, Foreign Secretary, informed the House of Commons yesterday m reply to a question that Britain had not made any representations to the United States Government about the continued presence of United States forces m China. He was replying to
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    US SPEEDS UP GRAIN EXPORT
    105 2 WASHI N CiTON Thurs. The Secretary of Agriculture, Mr. Clinton I Anderson, dlsolosed yesterday that the United States Government plans to speed up the grain export programme so that 400.00(\0t0 bushels will have been shipped overseas by March 31 and up to 550,000,000 by June
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    EGYPT'S CASE FOR UNO
    60 2 CAIRO, Thurs. The Egyptian Prime Minister, Nokrasby Pasha, is understood to have asked legal experts to prepare a n °te on Egypt's case for the Sudan for submission eventually to the United Nations. Political quarters here believe submission of the note will de•">end on the course
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    TRAINEE EXCHANGE
    59 2 LONDON, Thurs.— A number of Members of Parliament are said to be considering the formation of a limited liability company 'to encourage exchange of technical trainees between France and Bri tain, a nd possibly also between France and America. Agricultural workers will be among those exchanged, and students
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    Churchill Stock Breeder
    39 2 LONDON, Thursday. MR Winston Churchill has J™ bought 43 short-horn Jersey cattle and will be nominated for membership of the Shorthorn Society of Great Britain and the Southeastern Shorthorn Cattle Breeders Association, i( was announced today.
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    Van Mook Wants To Resign
    176 2 THE HAGUE, Wednesday. DR. Hubertus van Mook, Lieut. Gov-General of the Netherlands Indies, according to an informed source, will resign after the conference m March at Pontianak, west Borneo, to organise Borneo as the third of the United States of Indonesia, Dr. van Mook's desire
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    73 BRITISH KILLED IN PALESTINE
    50 2 LONDON. Thurs. Seventythree British subjects were murdered m Palestine last year, said Mr. Arthur Creech- Jones, Colonial Secretary, m reply to a question m the House of Commons yesterday. Fifteen of them were Palestine police. 45 members of the British forces and 13 civilians. Reuter.
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    LAVISH SPENDING IN S'HAI
    222 2 SHANGHAI, TliuiyUiV. [FINANCIAL circles here esti- i 1 mate that a hundredbillion dollars more m Chinese! currency were put into circu-j iation as the result of year-;' end boniuej and lavish spend- j ing during the past week. A survey revealed that all factories, irrespective of
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    NEI DUTCH SEE RICE CRISIS
    240 2 BATAVIA. Thursday. DICE supplies for Netherlands-held regions of Indo- nesia are very nearly on a ship-to-mouth basis and there is little hope that the present four arui one-half to five ounce daily rice ration will be inc/eiMcd until after the next crop is harvested. Even
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    Self-Rule In Burma Delayed
    191 2 LONDON, Thursday. POLITICAL quarters will be I surprised at the end oi the Burmese self-government conversations m London if there is a categorical declaration by the British Government that Burma will be independent a year from now. These quarters think that the biggest single achievement of
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    TROOPS OUT IN INDIA RIOT
    100 2 BOMBAY, Thursday. BRITISH troops with steel helmets and rifles with fixed bayonets were rushed to the Golpitha area of central Bombay today following stoneihrowing between Hindus and Muslims as the result of which the police opened fire several times. The trouble began after tension between
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    SECRET RADIO WARNS JEWS
    102 2 JERUSALEM. Thurs 'Voice ol Fi",htii s? Zion" secret radio of the Jewish terrorist 0.-?anisation Irgun Svai Leumi— in reply tonight to the "fight terrorism" r reclamation made on Monday by the Jewish National Council declared: "This means civil war m Palestine." The broadcast warned ihe Jewish
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    ERITREA WANTS INDEPENDENCE
    72 2 ASMARA, Eritrea Thurs —A i resolution calling for "full independence for Eritrea former ■Kalian colony— failing which, a ten-year British administer a trusteeship under the Unit i Nations with Eritreans- increa.s- j ingly participating m the administration," was adopted by j the newly-formed Muslim Lca?u: of Eritrea.
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      567 2 NOTICES NOTICE Notice is hereby given that by an Indenture dated the 7th day of January 1947 I. Ramasamy. carrying on business styled "Modern Engraving Company" at No. 217. Tank Road, Singapore, have admitted Yap Kow Ngee. Loy Joon Kwang and Chew Teng Long as partners into my aforesaid business.
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      849 2 TENDERS. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION Tenders will be received at the Office of the Director of Public Works, Singapore Office, up to noon of the 31st January, 1947 for the following work: I Supply and delivery of furniture for Tanjong Rhu Holiday Bungalows Nos. 63, 65 95, 97, 101 106, Singapore. Every
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      410 2 EVERY JOINT PAIN is a reason for using De WITT'S PILLS Joint pains can be often traced to slug** gish kidneys. Harmful impurities are left m the system when these essential blood-cleansers are not working properly. Those poisons must be expelled from the body. Fortunately, there is a medicine made
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    OUR TRADE UNION MEN MAY GO TO LONDON
    674 3 Period Of Study To Help Malaya LONDON, Thursday. lIS reply to questions about Malaya m the House of *n Commons yesterday, Mr. Creech-Jones, Secretary of State for the Colonies, said he was naturally concerned that there should be a healthy trade union
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    Lighter Strike Continues
    115 3 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Thursday. PFFORTS by the Penang Chamber of Commerce to break the present deadlock m the prolonged lighter dispute lailed to-day when boatowners rejected terms which had been drawn up by the Chamber's Labour Contract sub-committee and accepted by the lightermen. Negotiations had
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    MEDALS FOR CAPTURED NURSES
    165 3 lrom Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Thursday. SIR Jocelyn Lucas (Con., Portsmouth) asktd m \ae House of Commons yesterday whether the Civil Defence Medal will be awarded to members of the Auxiliary Isursing Reserve who were teiving when they Were caplured by the Japanese, bearing m mind
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    PRESS TO JOIN RELIEF SHIP
    102 3 REPRESENTATIVES of the English and Chinese press, accompanied by Mr. Huang Slang Khoon, a reprsentalive of the Overseas Chinese Federation m Palembang, left Singapore by niotorboat yest:rday morning for Kurimon, where they will board the "relief ship" Masasuku M;iru. carrying food and medicine to destitute
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    TODAY'S MENUS
    42 3 wing ar« menus a Peoples' turanti today: J»irt> < em rural*: r'ee. soft pork vith garnishment or mutlo: curry, c&bbage, carrot*. Fifteen certs mr;ils rtee, mutton currj rrots. spinach Chy« Huo* Eiffht t«*l mra's: rice, mash d ixjtaljcs. salrron, green peas.
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    Indian Leader For Penang
    222 3 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Thursday. IHE Pan-Malayan Indian Muslim conference, to be held m Penang on Feb 14. 15 and 16, is part of the steps now being taken to ensure adequate representation for Indian Muslims under the lederal proposals and trie Minister of Communications
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    FAMILIES FOR MALAYA
    67 3 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Thuirs. THE Colonial Secrtsary, Mr. Creech Jones, told Sir E:nest Graham Little <Ind, Lo.idun Jn; versity* m the House of Commons yesterday that every effort was bsing made to provide passages for the wives and families of British residents m Malaya and
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    CASHIER RELIEVED OF $4,500
    63 3 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR Thurs.— Two young Cl inese who went to the house o:cupied by ihe cashier of the Madras Theatre. Kuala Lum-I-ur, on Wednesday, are alleged to .iave whipped out a revolver and forced him to opei tbc safe. They U->1 cash
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    CAT BURGLAR IN STORE HOTEL
    209 3 old race course, where se/en men robbed a Chinese pedestrian of cash and jewellery valued at $170. One man was armed wlfn a pistol. A Chinese family living >a Thomson Road was robbed ol 5930 worth of Jewellery anci "rsh by a gang of men.
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    S'PORE FIRE CALLS
    47 3 A motor car which caught fire m Changi Road yesterday morning was also dealt with by the Brigade. A small fire which partly destroyed the roof of an attap house m Keong Saik Road <arly jiferday morning was extinguished by the Singapore Fire Brigade.
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    UMNO WITHDRAWAL DENIED
    226 3 irom Our Own Correspondent i JOHORE BAHRU, Thuroday. HUMOURS which have been! current upcou>;try lately chat as.-oriations affiliated to U.M.N.O. have withdrawn; from membership have leen j ed by Dato Oun, President j jI trc Organisation. Data Onn said what had pos- i s bly given rise
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    MALACCA WAGING BOAR WAR
    223 3 From Our Own Correspondent Ed by one hunting party alone, MALACCA, Thursday. EVERY week-end a party of civilians and a unit of the Army take to the jungle around Malacca m search of wild boar, which of late have been causing severe damage to farms and
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    Creech-Jones On Sarawak Rights
    331 3 LONDON, Thursday. THE Secretary of State for the Colonies, Mr. Arthur Creech1 Jones, gave an assurance m the House of Commons yesterday that the right of free expression of opinion would be preserved m Sarawak. He re ».aled that official action was being taken against "those
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    Australia To Make US Trucks
    112 3 TRUCKS and tractors will x be manufactured m Australia on a large-sca'e by the International Harvester Company of America. The company made this decision recently after a conference with the Australian Secondary Industries Commission and other Federal authorities. The company expects to employ 1,000 workers
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    HEALTHEXPERT VISITS MALAYA
    107 3 HEALTH EXPERT VISITS MALAYA QR. W. H. Kauntze, the Medical Adviser to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, arrived m Singapore on Tuesday and has been the guest of the Governor, Sir Franklin Gimson. Dr. Kauntze is visiting the Far East to d. scuse plans tor the postwar development
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    LECTURES ON BRITISH GOVT.
    95 3 SERIES of lectures on the way n m which the British Cabinet and Parliament work is to oe given m Singapore by Mr. G. C. Thomson under the joint auspices of the Singapore V.M.C.A. and the Public Relations office. The lectures will be at eight p.m.
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    AUSTRALIAN REDS PRESENT MEDICINE
    71 3 MADIOEN (By air mail)— A gift from ths Austral an CommunLt Party to the "Pe.sindV (SoclalM Indonesian Youths) comprising large amounts of medical supp les was delivered at the latter's headquarters here last Frday. The Social Wcrk Department of the "Pesindeo" announced that, the medicines will
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Friday, Jan. 24, 1947, Is This Strike Illegal ?
    1093 4 The Straits Times Singapore, Friday, Jan. 24, 1947, Is This Strike Illegal There has been further deterioration in Singapore's Municipal -trike in the last two days, and about four-fifths of the Municipal labour force are now j idle, with consequences that may easily be imagined in a city where the
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    FAST THREAT STOPS RIOT
    109 4 SIRONHI, India, Tbau Mahatma Gandhi's walking tour and Amtus Salaam's 25th day of her fast won minor victories in th> ir separate campaigns to end the communal strife between *he Hindus and Muslims in East Bengal. Salaam, an elderly Muslim spinster ended her fast with a
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    An Englishman discovers his own country
    1438 4  -  By ARTHUR BARKER In The Spectator, London AVER a year ago, the v first trickle of PoWs from Japanese hands reached home. They have now had a year to re-discover the world m general, and their own country m particular. They needed that time,
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    How Many Malayans Know What True Health Is?
    621 4 WITH reference to ycur leader of Jan. 18 which defends the omissions of our medical officials, and thrown cold water on the efforts of public bodies and Dr. Sreenivasan to get something done for tuberculosis patients, I wish to bring to your
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    MALAY ACTION COUNCIL FORMED IN K.L.
    367 5 Direct Approach To London From Our Staff Reporter KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. ABOUT 70 Malays from various associations m Se- langor gathered at the Town Hall this morning at a meeting which resulted m the formation cf a Selangor Malays' Council of Action. It is
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    Teachers Need Local Outlook
    254 5 I'HE ceCw&iity of training school teachers m Malaya with a Ma'ayan outlook was discussed with the Straits Tirm j s yselerday by Professor hva D. Edwards, of the Chair of Chinese, London University. Of equal important, she said, was the necessity of fLil.na the finance without
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    BRIGADE PUT OUT 5 FIRES
    105 5 The Singapore Fire Brigade had a busy day yesterday when. th.y put out as many as five fires tp to 8 p.m The first fire outbreak was at 7 a.m. near the Municipal incinerator Just after neon, there were two lallang fires, one at Whitley
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    BOYS' HOME IN NORTH PERAK
    56 5 Frcm Our Own Correspondent TAIPING, Thurs— Work is going on to prepare th? formerDecrepit Settlement m Tupai into a Boys' Home. The home is bip enough to house 300 boys. The Governor, Sir Edward Gent, will inspect the home when he visits Taiping m the
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    DELEGATES LEAVE
    30 5 The three Malayan delegates to the conference of Bri'sn Empire Communist Parties to be held m London on Feb. 26 embarked on the Empress or S^tland on Tuesday.
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    Woman Finds Shot Husband
    122 5 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG. Thurs. A WIDOW told the Assize court today how she lound her husband shot dead after a gang robbery at Permatar.g Pau, Butterworth, m July last year. She was giving evidence at the trial of two Chinese, Teh Kirn Leong and
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    MAYROVER AT CHERIBON
    107 5 JOGJAKARTA. (By Air MaiDThe Empire Mayrover has arrived at Tanjcng Priok from Semarang to which she had been forced to sail iy a Dutch gunboat when un^ loading cargo at the Republican port of Cheribon, reports Aneta. The ship's captain, D. Kent, immediately reported to the British
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    CRACKERS SET HOITSE ON FIRE
    84 5 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Thurs.— Ciacktr firing, which for the pas two days has been going on m celebration of the Chinese New Year caused an outbreak of fire at a house m Perak Lane this afte.i.ocn when the Municipal Fire Brigade was called
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    NATIONAL ANTHEM FOR MALAYA PLAN
    46 5 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs -Tne U.M.N.O. at its Alo; siar conference held recently has appointed a sub-commit*. -e lo cempose a national anth^n for Malaya. The national an them was the subject of prolonged discussion at the conference.
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    S'pore Gets More Gas
    56 5 MORE gas would be available m Singapore from today the Gas Engineer, Mr. M. M. Patcrson, said last night. The revised periods while repairs continue at the gasworks are: 7 a.m. to 8.30 a.m.; 1130 am to 1 p.m.; 7.30 p.m. to 9 p.m. The new
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    POLICE CLUE TO ROBBERY
    218 5 WHILE no disclosures can be made at the moment, Singapore Police are working on a clue m connection witlt the $40,000 robbery of cash and jewellery from the home of Mr. T. S. Clark m Kampong Anderson Road on Wednesday, the Straits Times understands. The robbery,
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    SINGAPORE MAN'S U.K. PROGRAMME
    360 5 MR. Lim Yew Hock, who has been chosen from the Singapore candidates to visit Britain under the auspices of the British Council, expects to leave Singapore m the middle of March and return m July. Before he embarks for Britain, he will probably spend some time
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    Seamen's Hostel Is Second Home
    336 5 Straits Times Reporter A "SECOND HOME" for seafaring men, no matter lrom what part of the world they may come or lo what race or creed they belong, is an apt description of Singapore's Marine Hostel, at Anson Road. Set among pleasant surroundings, the hostel
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    HOLIDAY RUSH AT MUSEUM
    244 5 Straits Times Reporter AVER 9,000 sightseers visited j Raffles Museum during 1 the Chinese New Year and the j festival of Mandi Safar onWednesday, and once again j proved it to be one of the! I most popular centres of ar-ia r -i iraction lor Singapore
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    Three Days Of Litter
    27 5 At-c.c is pictured the effect m Singapore of the strike ot Municipal street cleaning coolies. Lit ter which has accumulated m roadside drains.
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    McKerron Back Next Month
    175 5 MR. P. A. B. McKERROtt, Colonial Secretary, Singapore, who has been on vacation m Britain for some months, will leave for Singapore by air on Jan. 28. He is expected to arrive here within the first few days of next month. When Mr. McKerron went on
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    HOME MAILS
    30 5 LONDON, Thurs.— The J o^ Master General announces u-at insured letter, box and paicel services to Malaya and Insured parcel services to Sarawak yve now been restored.— Reuier.
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    Crime Incidence High In Johore
    250 6 Commissioner Reviews 1946 Situation From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Thursday. THE incidence of crime m Johore for VJ46 was fairly high but actually not so bad when compared with the rest of the Malayan Union States, said Mr. L. F. Knight, Commissioner of Police,
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    REPATRIATION OF INDIANS FROM MALAYA
    237 6 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— The following procedure will b3 £dcpted ir. tho matter of issue of exit permits to Indian repatriates from the Malayan Union. Applications for passage to India should be made on the prescribed form to the Agent of the Government of India in
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    LOANS TO RE-ERECT BUILDINGS
    75 6 From Our Own Correspondent SEGAMAT, Thurs.— To relieve housing shortage due to destruction of buildings through bombing and shelling during the Malayan hostilities the local authorities have agreed to grant loans to owners of damaged buildings who wish to re-erect them. This was revealed by Dato
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    REGISTRATION OF UNIONS IN JOHORE
    86 6 From (»ur Own Correspondent j SEUAMAT. Thurs. Registra- tion of trade unions m the State is progressing smoothly and the latest to register are: Tangki.t Labourers' Mutual' Ass stance Society Batu Pahat District Rubber Wcrkers Association; Klrang District Rubber Workers' Association; North Johore Indian Labour
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    TAIPING READY FOR CENSUS
    114 6 From Our Own Correspondent TAIPING, Thurs.— To facilitate the taking of census the Taiping district hp.s been divided into eight waras. with an average of 600 houses and 6,000 persons m each ward. Work m the town area will be under the charge of Major Jamieson,
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    MR. LIM CHIN KHENG
    34 6 Mr. Lim Chin Kheng. headmaster of the Sentul Methodist Boys' Sohool, has been transferred to the Victoria Institution, Kuala Lumpur. Mr. Lirr is the President nf the Selangor Teachers' Association.
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    KRIAIN RICE MILLS WANT CONTRACT
    127 6 From Our Own Corresponds nt KRIAN, Thursday. AT a conference held to discuss the proposal ot tho I iormation of a rice millers I association of Krian yesterday it was decided by the pro pr.etors of the eight major lice mills in the district to
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    MALAY LEAGUE IN TAIPING
    81 6 From Our Own Correspondent TAIPING, Thurs.— The Malay I League, Perak (Larut and Ma[tang branch) has a memb:rship of 1,000. At the annual general meeting, the following were elected offl&e bearers for 1947: President Che Suleiman bin Drus; vice-presidents: Orang Kaya Mentry and Raja Azam bin
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    WORLD'S TIN SUPPLY
    207 7 Allocations For Next 6 Months WASHINGTON, Thursday. THE Combined Tin Committee has fixed the allo- cation of the world's exportable tin metal supply for the first six months of 1947 at 50 per cent, of the quotas for the last half of 1946. The committee emphasised that
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    NATIONAL CITY BANK REPORT
    314 7 DIVIDENDS ictalti li §9.920,000 j .or $1.60 a share have been declared by the National City Bank of New York and The City Bank Farmers' Trust Company for the year end'ng Dec. 31, 194C, the same rate as for the second half of 1945. "ITie Trust
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    SINGAPORE TIDES
    20 7 Singapore tide times t >-lay are: hi<h 1.36 a.m. and ItJft p.m.; low, 7.00 a.m. and 7.31 p.m.
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    LONDON STOCKS
    175 7 LONDON, Wed:— The behaviour I of today's markets has not been j very satisfactory. Business was! Mnall and movements erratic. British Government stocks provided the only real stability with the help of some institutional as well as small investment money. Industrials, generally, showed considerable fluctuation through- i out
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    LONDON METAL EXCHANGE
    40 7 From Our Own Correspondent London. Wed.— ln the House of Commons today, the Ministry cf Supply spokesman stated that no decision had yet been taken on the re- opening of the London metal exchange.— Straits Times copyright.
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    Tin Price Opinions
    108 7 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Wednesday. LONDON opinion is divided regarding the Governments decision to all<ow th? prices of Nigerian and Malayan tin to remain the same until further notice. While many producers consider that £370 per ton is not economic and also unnecessary, they consider sacrifice
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    PARITY WITH STERLING WANTED
    230 7 BRISBANE ißy Air Mail; ALTERATION of the Australian exchange rate, possibly to! return to a parity with sterling i is advocated by the Queensland Bureau of Industry m its publication "Economic News." The Bureau advances the argu- i ment that exchange appreciation j would make imports
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    INDONESIAN BANK PRESIDENT
    60 7 JOGJAKARTA, (Air Mail): Mr. Soebani, prominent figure m Indonesian commercial circles, was elected prcsiriepc of the private banking nouse of P.T.E. (Persatoean Tenaga Ekonomi) which has a capital of 5,000.000 rupiah, at a meeting of the shareholders, according to Antara. Branches of the bank are expected to
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    Along The Singapore Waterfront
    432 7 SHIPS positions In Singapore yest*rd*y were: MAIN WHARF Godown 33-34: Samshee. Godown 38-39: Dilwara. WEST WHARF Godown 1-2: Devonshire. Godown 6-7: Fort Kilmar. Godown 11-12: Denbighshlri Godown 13-14: Stentor. Godown 15-16: Sarpedon. UMPIRE DOCK Godown 17-18: Samtwecd Oodown 19-20: Belle of the Sea Godown 25-26: Trevaylor.
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    TOMORROW'S BIG RUGBY Services Side Makes Changes
    356 8 nEPATRIATIONS and postings have made a number of A changes necessary m the Combined Services side which meets Rest of Malaya tomorrow at Jalan Besar Stadium. Burnell, R.A.F. representative at fly-half m the original Services side, and Llewellyn, the Army's representative m the
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    Second Round Of 7-A-Side Games
    341 8 Second Round Of 7- A- Side Games FAST play marked the second round of the S.C.C. seven-a-side rugby tournament played yesterday. Victories went to R.A.F. Changi 2, Kota Raja and S.C.C. Siam Suckers. It was the Changi airmen all the way m the first game m which they beat Seatorth
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    SERVICES XI TO PLAY CIVILIANS
    148 8 i Hockey The Services hockey team to meet the Civilians on the Padang 1 tomorrow is: Goal: F Sgt. Guilfoyle 'RAF). Res: Capt. Merrirk <SEALF> Ba:ks: Capt. Hollingbury (223 ,BOD>, WO.I. DeMargy iSEAL^". Res: Major Pops <SEALF' Major £h?.nmugam <!94 GPT Coy RIASCi. Halves: Cap.
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    HOME SOCCER RESULTS
    41 8 LONEKDN. Thurs:— Football results: Third Division (Southern); Cardiff City :<. Reading 0. Third Division 'Northern >: Crewe Alexandra 0, Doncaster Rovers 3; Lincoln 2, Rochdale 3. Irish Regional League; cliftorville 0, Belfast Celtic 2- Llnfleld 2, Ballymena Urited I.— Rcuter
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    AUST. TENNIS
    70 8 SYDNEY, Thvrs-— Two Australians and two Americans have reached the semi-finals of the Australian iawn tennis singles championship. Today's quarter lir.al matches resulted- John Br-^wich, beat Colin Long <Victora> 6—2. 7—5, 4—6, 6—o; Tom Bro«vn. (USA.) beat Adrian Quist, B—6, 6—4, 5—7, 6—2. Gardner Mulloy, (U. S.) beat
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    BADMINTON PROPOSALS
    272 8 From Our Own Con espondent IPOH, Thurs. Several questions raised Dy the International Badminton Federation are tabled for discussior. at the council meeting of the Badminton Association of Malaya to i be held here tomorrow. One item concerns the inclusion, of a Pacific or Eastern Zone m the
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    Don Bradman Seeks His 99th Century
    159 8 ADELAIDE, Thursday Don Bradman, South Australian and Australian Test captain, will be seeking his 90th first-class century when the M.C.C. begin their four day match against South Australia tomorrow. This game will be followed by the fourth Test, m Adelaide, beginning on January fl.
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    SELANGOR RACES FOR FEBRUARY
    149 8 THE Seiangor Turf Club February meeting will be held over two days February 15 and February 22. Therj will be two runs for all horses m classes 1, 2, 3 and 4. Distances for horses clasj i wl£ be 5Vz furlongs and 7 furlongs; class 2,
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    FOOTBALL REVISIONS
    80 8 LONDON, Than. Following are levisions and additions to hom e football matches to be played or. Saturday: First division: Aston Viila vs. Blackpool only. Second division: Millwall vs. West Ham and Plymouth vs. Bury or.ly. In the third division (south) the match between Port Vale and Bristol City
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    INDIAN PLAYER FOR LANCASHIRE
    97 8 LONDON, Thursday. REPORTS that the Indian cricket all-rounder Amarnath might not. after all, be coming to play Lancashire League cricket next season caused the Chairman of the Burnley Club. Mr. Tom Riley, to state: "As far as we are concerned there is nothing m these reports.
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    CUT OUT COLOUR BAR TALK'
    399 8 LETTER: I'HE letters written to the Siraits Times by two Penang rugby enthusiasts pro.esting against the exclusion of Maurice Pestana (Penang) frcm the Rest of Malaya side to play Combined Services tomorrow has drawn a reply Horn a correspondent, who defends the R.A.F. full-back E.
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    YORKSHIRE WRESTLER TO APPEAR
    101 8 Stan Garside, the Yorkshire heavyweight wrestler, will tackle Son of Kong m a wir.ner-take-all contest over 10 rounds at the Great World Arena tomorrow right. The Australian Harry Revel will wrestle Tara Singh, Hi* 6 ft. 10 m. Punjabi. Other bouts will be between Alex Shand
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    US FEATHERWEIGHT RETAINS TITLE
    89 8 OAKLAND (Californa,) Thursday. PARLOS Chavez of Los Angeles, U.S. featherweight boxing V champion, successfully defended his title last night with a fifth-round knockout of Speedy Cabanella of Manila. Cabanella, featherweight champion of the Philippines, was dropped by a left hook shortly after the fifth round had
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