The Straits Times, 25 January 1947

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    20 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER ESTABLISHED OVER A CENTURY fcIGHT PAGES SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, JANUARY 25, 1947 PRICE TEN CENTS
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    CONCILIATION LEAD TO STRIKERS
    657 1 'Not Leadership To Keep Men Out Of Work' Straits Times Reporter IKADEKS of the Singapore Municipal LaDourrrs L now on strike have been urged by the Trades Union Adviser, Malaya, Mr. J. A. Brazier, to seek the intervention of the Controller of Labour, Singapore, as conciliator
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    DEATH OF J.L. GARVIN
    43 1 BEACONSFIELD. Fri— Mr. J. L. Garvin. the famous journalist, died at his home h^re yesterday. aged 79. He was for 35 yeajs eai'.or c.; the Observer when this Sunday newspaper was at the height of its j reputation. Reuter.
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    RED BAN IN BURMA
    38 1 RANGOON. Fri.— The Burma police today rounded up 26 Communist leaders while a Gazette c-xtraord nary imposed a ban on the Communist Party Burma > and "Red Flag" Cultivators Union j as unlawful associations.— Reuter.
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    Transport Strikers' Victory
    154 1 LONDON, Friday. TRANSPORT workers, whose 1 recent unofficial 12-day strike resulted m the movement of food by troops, won approval for virtually all of I their demands. The M:n;stry of Labour's ojurt iol inquiry after hearing the l views of employers and workers recommttiC«j a guaranteed 44hour
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    STRAITS TIMES NEW THURSDAY MAGAZINE
    165 1 ANEW feature will make its first appearance m the Straits Times next Thursday. It is the Straits Times Thursi day Magazine— a special section cf the piper devoted to up-to- the-minute articles on world i happenings and world p?rscnalities. The Straius Times has made special
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    JAPS MAY MINE BATU ARANG
    218 1 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. the rejection by the Batu Arang strikers of the Malayan Union Government's offer of arbitration the Government is now examining possible measures to ensure the production of the minimum amount of coal needed for the railways and Electrical
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    CHEAP FOOD TO DEFICIT LANDS
    144 1 WASHINGTON, Fri.— Dr. K-ulas Katju. head of India's delegation :'to the United Nations Food and j Agriculture Organisation's prepa- ratory commission discloses that j the commission's report, due to be released today, agreed on the j innovation of a world two-price j system which, by
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    Stalin and Monty
    53 1 v. uen Field-Marshal Viscount .Montgomery visited Moscow he concluded his tour with a private talk with Marshal Stalin m the Kremlin. Here they are together during their talk which lasted an hour and a half. This is the first picture of Marshal Stalin sinoe recent rumours of
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    Egyptian Talks Not A Failure
    164 1 The Times Diplomatic Correspondent LONDON, Friday. MR. Ernest Bevin's long conversation with the Egyption Ambassador last night may be taken as evidence that negotiations for the revision of the Anglo-Egyptian Treaty have not broken down. Since Nokrashy Pasha became Prime Minister many suggestions 1 have
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    GRENADE INCIDENT
    56 1 BERLIN. Fri.— A hand grenade was thrown against a British military government building In i Emden yesterday, the official German News Agency of the Brii tish Military Government reported today. Full details were not available, nut the disnatch said no one was injured. The attackers were unidentified but
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    BURMANS LUNCH WITH KING
    187 1 LONDON, Friday. THil leacie: of the Burma j 1 delegation will lunch with I the King at Buckingham j Palace today, and m the even- j ing they will be guests of I honour at a reception given by Sir Samuel Runganadhan, High Commiss'oner for India.
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    SIR FIROZ KHAN NOON HELD IN LAHORE RAID
    247 1 LAHORE, Friday. CIR Firoz Khan Noon, former member of the Vitev roys Executive Council and former High Commissioner m London, was among these arrested when the police raided the Lahore offices of the Muslim National Guard, organisation of the Muslim volunteers which
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    45 ARRESTS IN BOMBAY RIOTS
    64 1 BOMBAY, Fri.— Forty-five people were arrested m Bombay -n yesterday's disturbances m wh;cn the pol cc used tear gas and firm a total of 118 rounds, a Bombay Government riot comnmnlcue disclosed today. Two persons died and one >vas injured as a result of the
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    Singapore Ship Hits Rocks
    160 1 j From Our Own Coi'iespunient KUCHING. Frday. j 'THE n.s. Mata^g. 1,423 ton-. I 1 of the Straits Steam hip [Co.. on her wav fr< m La':u'ii to Kuching, stive"; rocks 6*n I the ?ho;e of Te'ok Kurstiflr, opposite Gunoi.g Saban. a; 4.30 a.m. Shr carried
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    I US RUBBER CONTROL FAVOURED
    35 1 WASIiI :GTON. Fri.— M: Ro. Bert Taf.. Cha'rman o n Serate X pibl can Pol cy mitte, yesterday said thai tvj favoured extending Qovernmcni controls over sugar and nibj A.P
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    HAPSBURGS BARRED IN AUSTRIA
    253 2 H APSBURGS BARRED IN AUSTRIA Big Four Deputies Are Agreed LONDON, Friday. DIG r our Deputy Foreign Ministers yesterday agreed on the first article m the treaty with Austria, recognising Austria as an independent sovereign state, and also agreed to write into it a permanent veto on any future claim
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    PEASANTPARTY TO APPEAL
    153 2 WARSAW, Fri.— Mr. Stanislaw Mikolajczyk asserted yesterday that the Government Bloc had robbed his Polish Peasant Party of victory- m Sunday's balloting, and "an honest and fair Supreme Court must declare this election invalid." Mr. Mikolajczyk told 50 foreign correspondents at a news conference that if the
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    SHEIK TAKEN FOR RIOTER
    112 2 CAIRO. Pii:_ The Egyptian, Premier. Nokrashi Pasha, sent a personal emissary to Alazhar University yesterday to apologise tor I the beating nl the Secretary- 1 General, Sheik Mahmoud Abdul I Eyoun, it was lcarr.ed today. The beating occurred on Tuesday, when the \tturt ctosh^d w.ih students
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    RECORD OUT PUT IN THE RUHR
    67 2 ESSEN. Fri A r.e.v K.uh; co<Ji output record of 217,448 tons m one day was announced )pre ye&terday by Lieut. -Gen Sir Brian! Robertson. Deputy Military Gov- I ernor of the British zone of Ger- man,y, during a tour of tho coal field. Sir
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    Amery On Empire Preierence
    226 2 LONDON, Friday. MR. L. S. Amery, President of the Empire Industries Association, said yesterday that- submission to the United j States demand for the elimi- nation of Emp re preferencs jin commerce would mean abandoning protection for British domestic industries and agriculture, and unlimited competition m
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    FIRE DESTROYS 13 HOUSES
    109 2 SHANGHAI, Fri American military police yesterday joined I the Chinese fire brigade m bat- tling a fire which gutted 13 houses I m th P former French concession The flre burned for eight hours I before it was brought under control. Despite ths fact that j
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    CANADIAN BAN ON CHINESE TO GO
    77 2 OTTAWA, Pri:— The Canadian: press S3id yesterday that the Act forbidding citizens of China to crier Canada was likely to be re- oealcd at the current session of ■.hf, Canadian Parliament Whai legislation will be subnitted to supersede it is a malv 'i Government
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    INDIA AND TURKEY
    50 2 f.ONDON, Fri— Ankara Radio reported last night: "The Indian .'tminercial Bureau m Alexandria I .:as informed the Turkish Government that an Indian trade delegation will b e sent to Turkey to develop trade relations between he two countries. The delegation will vLsit Istanbul. Smyrna and Ankara."— Reuter.
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    REQUEST FOR PoWs' RETURN
    180 2 BERLIN, Friday. A HIGH American Military Government official said! yesterday that for economic and humanitarian reasons the 1 United States would ask Russia to speed the return of German prisoners of war, estimat-i ed at 3,000,000, still m the' Soviet Union. The official said the rquest
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    Marshall To Have Free Hand
    204 2 WASHINGTON, Friuay. PRESIDENT Truman said 1 1 yesterday that Gen. MarI shall, the new United States Secretary of State, would have a free hand m the State Department. The President made this com- i ment at a news conference. He I said he had held
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    GERMAN ASSETS TO RUSSIA
    72 2 BERLIN, Fri.— Russia received 38,977 tons of reparations equipment, shipped from the United States zone of Germany durin? 1946 under the terms oi the Potsdam Agreement, Brig Gen. William Draper, Jr Chief of the American Military Government's economics division, announces Ger. Draper says that dismantling operations
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    PROTEST AGAINST SQUATTERS
    68 2 JOHANNESBURG Fri —Native j residents of Alexandra, on the j outskirts of Johannesburg, are threatening to appeal to all natives In the Transvaal to occupy Johannesburg's sports fields unless the South African Government takes steps to remove the increasing numbers of native '•squatters" m their town The
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    Fruits Of The Storm
    34 2 lhese Hastings fishermen endured the hazards and discomforts of the English Channel m a storm and came back with a catch which turned ont to consist of thousands of sprats.
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    Malaya's Lead In TheFar East
    281 2 Malaya 's Lead In TheFar East HONG KONG, Friday. THE only points of stability on which a new and solid Far East can be founded are Malaya and Hong Kong, according to Mr. Walter Fletcher, Chairman of the British Parliamentary Far East Committee. Mr. Fletcher told Reuter m an interview
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    BRITISH ENGINEER CHARGED
    98 2 SHANGHAI, Fri:— A. W. Reeves, a British chief engineer, and two Chinese seamen are under detention, according to a Chinese National Relief and Rehabilitation Administration announcement, on charges of having aided m the theft of 60 tons of diesel j oil from relief supplies. The oil, which
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    BRITISH DEMAND TO ALBANIA
    194 2 NEW YORK, Friday. 1 BRITISH spokesman said yesterday that Britain would ask A the United Nations Security Council to rule that Albania must pay compensation for the Corfu Channel mining disaster, m which British destroyers lost 44 seamen killed. Britain is charging Albania with "criminal disregard"
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    BIG U.S. EXPORT FIGURE
    215 2 WASHINGTON, Friday. rE United States during 1946 exported an estimated $12,300,000,000 m goods to foreign countries more than double the amount of her imports the Department of Commerce announced here today. In addition she supplied $3,000,000,000 worth of s-'rvlces The export figures were almost $1,000,000,000 below
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    URANIUM IN CHINA
    91 2 SHANGHAI, Fri.— The Evening Post correspondent m Nanking reports that uranium has been discovered m at least four of Chiro.'s little-exploited inland provinces. The paper ascribed the information to Dr. Wang wtn-hao. China's leading geologist and ••aid the discoveries automatically brought to the foreground China's policy towards
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    NO LANDING IN PARACELS
    113 2 NANKING, Fn.— No landing was made by French forces o.i Pattle Island, m the Pa:acels Archipelago, nor did tbf i rencri make any threat to land, ar. authoritative informant said bere yesterday. Commenting on the islands now under dispute, the informant sLid the controversy was oO€
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    WANTS EISENHOWER AS PRESIDENT
    83 2 NEW YORK, Fri.— Herbert Pell former American Minister to Hungary and Portugal and former chairman of the War Crimes Commission, announced yesterday that he was seeking to nominate Gen. Dwlght D. Eisenhower, United States Army Chief of Staff, for the Presidency, "Republican or Democrat, will ng
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      491 2 „OTICES. PUBLIC NOTICE. The public is hereby notified that Kok Swee Kee. of No. til Amoy Street, Singapore, who has beea employed as a tuilding supervisor by Messrs. CANTON CONSTRUCTION COMPANY of No 26A South Canal Road. Singapore, has left the employ of *.he said Company since the 20th day
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    MUSEUM CHINESE NEW YEAH CROWDS
    59 3 Chinese New Tear was celebrated m traditional style ov thes Singapore Chinese by 9 visit to Raffles Museum. For many years now a vi it to Raffles Musfi m has been one of the things Chinese. Indian, and Malay children do on their various feast
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    GAOL ON $27,000 CHARGE
    149 3 rVO Indians, Arumugcin and Kcthandan, of 119 Traa Street, were sentenced to two years' rigorous imprisonment each by Mr. Paul Siorr .n the Singapore First District Court yesterday when they were convicted of criminal breach of trust m respect vt a lighter and 713 bags of
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    DEDICATION FEAST AT CATHEDRAL
    79 3 Tomorrow i.s the dedication 1 festival of St. Andrew's Cathedra". Singapore. Services will be held at 7.00 a.m. Huly Communion: 8 a.m. Choral Eucharist—Preacher: The Rev R B. Randolph C.F.: 10.30 a m Mattins— Preacher: The B.'shop: 11.15 a.m. Holy Communion. There will be Festal Evensong
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    TO-DAY'S MENUS
    50 3 The following arc menus a Singapore Peoples' Rostaurarvs today:— Thirty cent meals: rice, fls'n and eg? salad with cucumber vati r cress, tomato sauce. Fifteen cent ni«als; rico bean cakes with nrawn flavouring, yam beans, green peas. Eight cent meals: rice. Brazil lian beans, corned meat carrots, i
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    DEFENCE CALLED IN XMAS ISLE MUTINY
    364 3 First Accused Gives Evidence On Oath THE General Court Martial at Bukit Timah, Smga- pore, which is trying seven Indian soldiers on a charge of mutiny on Christmas Island m March, 1942, after hearing defence submissions and comments by the Judge-Advocate, Major J. F.
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    COMMONS QUERY ON MALAYAN PAY
    440 3 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Thursday. IN the House of Commons on Feb. 12, Mr. D. N. Pritt (Independent Lab., N. Hammersmith) will ask the Secretary of Slate for the Colonies, Mr. A. Creech-Jones, what recommendations have been made by the committee appointed by the
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    INDIAN DRIVER SENT TO GAOL
    53 3 J^ALU Ma. an Indian military; lorry driver, was sentenced, to two years' r gorous impriscnment by the S ngaoore Firs i District Judge, Mr. Paul Storr i yesterday for having coirmttedj criminal breach of trust m rea I p:et of 30 cases of Naafi ciga:2t-
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    BIG DUTCH ORDER FOR FANCY FISH
    316 3 Straits Times ftcporter OEVERAL Dutch and American fish fanciers are m Singa0 pore buying live Malayan fish to ?ell m Europe and the United States. Mr. H. Hanselman of Rotterdam has ordered 30,000 fancy specimens from Mr. Teo Way Yong, a live-fish exporter with
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    RICE FROM AUSTRALIA
    106 3 I THE Burns Philp liner ftlanjCOift has arrived m Singapore from j Australian ports with 1.172 tons of j i rice. 64 tons of frozen cargo and j 46 tons of cooler cargo. A shipment of 304 tons o* oranges and onions from Port Said arrived m
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    TOMORROW'S SERVICES
    219 3 Church of England: St. Andrew's 7. 8, 10. 70. 11.15: 5.30: George's Garrison Church (Tanglin): 7.15, 9. 9.«5 S3O; Christ Church: 8. 10 30, 5. 6 30. St. Hilda's: 8, 5.30: St. Paul's (Serangooni; 8; Methodists: Wesley; 9. 10. 5.30. 6.30 Straits Chinese: 9. 10. 4, 5: Paya
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    Welfare Goods Fetch $45,000
    140 3 Straits Times Reporter k PPROXIMATELY $45,000 A was realised yesterday when surplus welfare stocks were auctioned at the SingaI pore sale-room of Nassim and Company. There was keen and compstitive buying. Some prominent Jnd'an sports dialers an<i representatives of leading Singapore departmental stores were included j
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    HIGH AND LOW ON RADIO MALAYA
    98 3 tonight at 10 > listeners 1 to the blue-network pro- j gramnv. of Rad c Malaya w:ll j .have an opportunity of hearing! 'preview' excerpts from the soectacula: Combined Services Entertainment nr duction of! j "High And Low' which opens at thr Vct!,ria Theatrp
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    Doctors Ask Details Of New Plan
    128 3 Straits Times Reporter pENDING official announceI ment of the interim scheme for locally recruited doctors m the Government service, the Alumni Associa tion of the King Edward VII College of Medicine has asked the Director of Medical Services, Singapore, Dr. W. J. Vickers, if
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    MOTHER'S ADVICE WAS
    211 3 For Terrible Paint m the Back It was advice from ncr mother that led this woman to take Kruschen Salts (or her backache. Before she had finished the flrst bottle, she was feeling better. This is the letter she writes:— "About this time last year I had
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      222 3 NOTICE. SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY VACANCY FOB A VETERINARY SURGEON The Muncipal Commissioners of the Town of Singapore Invite applications for the post of Municipal Veterinary Surgeon, the successful applicant to be. m the flrst Instance, on a 3 years' agreement with the prospect of eventual appointment to the permanent establishment. Candidates
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      272 3 radio malay.- wuHaj Singapore S?> •»<■ KW.. 1 ISTtZ'J. ?2.» m- us. bIm 1* p.m to 2 p.m. UtJ dotni J»n. 26. mrrjryrirs per M-cond (61 metre ir!n.i o D 7 30 a.m. Radio newsrcel. 7 4r> a.m.! and :.45 p.m. <o J 30 p m. 4.78 ine^a D.D.L. British
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    ENGAGEMENT
    52 4 The engagement is announced between Richard Tennant Miller of Johore, eldest son of Mr. W. T. Miller and the late Mrs. D. E. Miller of Lewes Sussex, and Helen Loudoun (Paddy) Weir, youngest daughter of the late Mr H. L. Weir and Mrs., E. M. We.r cf Scotland, and
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Saturday, Jan. 25, 1947. The Malayan Trinity
    1073 4 The lines from an up-country bard printed on this page today are not distinguished by precision m scanning, but irregularity of rhythm is excusable m view of the deep emotion evoked m the poet's breast by Malaya's establishment of
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    CONGRESSMAN CHARGED
    141 4 WASHINGTON, Thuis. THE indictment ol Andrew J. May, former Democratic Congressman for Kentucky, and three officials of the Wartime Munitions Combine on charges of conspiring to defraud the United Slates Government was announced today by the United States Attorney General, Mr. Tom Ciark. May, who is 71, was
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    MALAYA
    326 4 As it was and is and ever or never shall be A drain was stopped m Muar m nineUen-forty-one And you'd never nowadays believe the thing that then was done The Public Works Department got cracking right away And the drain and local air were cleared m only half
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    5 4 BACK IN THE SADDLE AGAIN
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    More Malayan Reflections: From An Old-Timer
    533 4 READ with rather mixed feelings the announcement j m the Straits Times the othe: j day that the Welfare Deparl- ment were going to spend j $30,000 a month on free milk' ior children m Singapore. I say mixed feshngs advisedly because I wonder
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      A Singapore Citizen Has His Doubts
      896 4 IJOUBTS linger m our hearts v as to whether Mr. Rayman and the Municipal Commissioners are right m holding out against the strikers, or whether the right course has been followed m dealing with them before the strike broke out. Instead of demanding the
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    S'PORE JUDGE ON PAY OF TEMPORARYCLERKS
    513 5 Wo Relation To Cost Of Living 9 CTRONG comments on the inadequacy of salaries being paid to some temporary Government clerks were made yesterday m the Supreme Court by Mr. Justice Brown during the hearing of an appeal by a temporary Government clerk, T.
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    $10 MILLION US GRANT TO CHINA
    83 5 NEW YORK, Fri. THE Rockefeller Foundation has announced that it is makir.j a grant of $10,000,000 to the China Medical Board. It stated the funds are primarily for the support of '.he Peiping Union Medical College. The grant raises to $44,652,431) the amount provided
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    EXTRACTED CAMP VICTIMS' TEETH
    92 5 HAMBURG. Fri.— Marten Hellener, a member of the staff of Ravensbruck concentration camp admitted at the war crimes trial here yesterday that it was his duty to wait m the crematorium while executions were carried out so that ha could extract the victim's teeth Last of
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    REPLY FOR MR. TAN KAH KEE
    108 5 THE nope tnat -a sound American policy may be developed the rear future to the end that democratic freedom and peace may be brought to the Chinese people," was expressed m a letter from Senator Jam»s E Murray. »<, Mr Tan Kah Kee Chairman
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    Gas Back To Normal
    129 5 NORMAL gas pressure will be restored m Singapore at four o'clock this afternoon. Pressure has been low for some days on account of a breakdown of some of the plant at Kalians Gasworks. The co-operation of gas consumers during the rationing period has been much appreciated,
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    RUBBER PRICE IN USA
    181 5 NEW YORK, Jan. 24. The U.S. Rubtxr Co. on Thursday issued a statement terming the Reconstruction Finance Corporations action m raising its selling price m th e United Stat: s of natural crude rubber untimely and unfortunate." RFC announced it was increasing its selling price by
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    NEW SENIOR AIR STAFF OFFICER
    73 5 Air Vice-Marshal t. X lnglis, C.8., C.8.E., who has recently been appointed Senior Air Staff Officer at Headquarters, Air Command, Far East, was Air Officer Commanding No. 23 (iro-.p, Flying Training; Command since Aug. 21, 1945. Previously was engaged m intelligence «\ur«c, and from 1936
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    Dutch Hold Another Singapore Ship
    232 5 Straits Times Reporter FALLOWING the recent detention of the Empire Mayrover r by the Dutch Naval authorities, the Straits Times understands that four days ago the Dutch detained the East Coaster, a 600-ton ship under charter to a Singapore firm. The East Coaster carried general
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    3 MONTHS FOR RASH DRIVING
    133 5 From Our Own Correspondent Penang, Fri.— The s.oiy of how British Serviceman had continued driving a jeep on three wheels after the other wheei had come off, was told m the Tnird Magistrates Court today when Corporal Wiltshire ot the hASC pleaded guilty to and
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    MALAY UNIONS ON NEW CONSTITUTION From Our Own Correspondent.
    76 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri.— The Consultative Committee has received a telegram conveying the opinions and views of a Joint conference held on Jan. 17 at Kota Bahru on the proposals of the new Malayan Constitution. The parties attending the conference were: The
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    NEW SOVIET ENVOY
    34 5 LONDON. M.—The new Soviet Ambassador, Mr. Georgi Zarubin, presented his credentials to the King yesterday. The British Foreign Office reiterated Britain's loyalty to the 20-year Anglo-Soviet Treaty of Uliance.— A. P.
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    NEW YEAR CRIME "HOLIDAY"
    270 5 CINGAPORE Police did not have as much crime to contend with over the Chinese New Year holidays as was expected. Singapore police courts yesterday after two days holiday had surprisingly small lists of new cas s. An American and Eurasian were both arrested for fighting m
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    CO-OP STORES SAY GOVT. NOT HELPFUL
    274 5 4N assertion that the Singapore n Government has not been helpful m allocating supplies to the Singapore Co-operative Stores Society, Ltd. was made by the secretary of the society Mr Urn Kean Chye, to the Straits Times yesterday. He was referring to the reply
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    War Crimes Court Acquits Doctors
    205 5 TWO Japanese doctors accused of experimenting on Indian prisoners of war at Rabaul were acquitted m the Singapore War Crimes Court yesterday. They were Captains Numata Kimio and Nakagawa Koichi who, with four other Japanese, had been charged with ill-treating prisoners Col Suwabe who said
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    AAM Seeks Rest House Information
    270 5 I'HE Automobile Association of Malaya are now seeking, for the ure particularly of their memb3rs, information on the present condition of the Rest Houses scaiteicd throughout the country. They hope soon to have an up-to-date list of all the Rest Houses, with details t the
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      163 5 SEVEN SEAS PURE COD LIVER Oil arOCKS ARE NOW ON SALE AT MOST CHEMISTS AND PROVISION SHOPS PACKED IN 60z., Boz. and 16 oz. BOTTLES alto CONCENTRATED IN CAPSULE FORM. "IT IS GOOD FOR YOU" Supplies m Bulk Packing For Hospitals, Estates and Mines Available Details and Prices on application
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    Asiatics Who Gave Help
    233 6 To Internees Govt. Wants To Know Who They Are From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Friday. WHEN the Secretary of State for the Colonies, Mr. Arthur Creech-Jones, promised m the House of Commons yesterday Lt.-Col. D. R. Rees-Willinms (Lab. Croydon) that he would ask the Malayan Union,
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    GAOL & ROTAN FOR ARMED ROBBERY
    206 6 GAOL ROTAN FOR ARMED ROBBERY Straits Times Reporter. Two Malayd, Amat Din Darus md Amat bin Jadi. convicted on clirmes of armed robb ry. were sentenced by Mr. Justice Joblin? a*, the Singapore Assizes yestciday to 10 y.ars' rigorous imprisonment and 12 strokes of the rotan, and eight years' rigorous
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    FOOD SHIP IS DELAYED
    106 6 Straits Times Reporter The departure of the Blue Funnel Line "food ship" Gorgon from Fremantle for Singapore has been delayed owing to engine trouble and the vessel is expected to arrive m Singapore m the first weei m February. The Gorgon, scheduled to arrive m Singapore
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    OVERSEAS BUREAU FOR MUSLIM LEAGUE
    76 6 BOMBAY. Fri— The Bombay Provincial Muslim League has decided to set up an overseas bureau to collect information about the Middle East, South Africa and Burma, and to establish contact with the Muslims m those countries. Mr. Hassan Sheikh. Secretary of the Bombay League, and
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    TRINITY MUSIC EXAMINATIONS
    58 6 Candidates wishing to enter for the Trinity College ot Music examination m June siiould apply to the Department of Education, Singapore, before March 5, 1947. Copies of the syilabrs, and of the fees charged for the various examinations conducted by Trinity College of M::s!c can Up •t
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    BATU PAHAT TO BE PR CENTRE
    121 6 From Our Own Correspond. nt JOHORE BAHRU. Fri. The question of removing the Publ o Relations Department Cen'r< m Johore B?hru to Batu Pahat is under cons d: ration and m? change is 1 kely to take place m February. Batu Pahat Is c:nsidered
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    IMPORTS INTO NEI DROP
    142 6 BATAVIA, Friday. IMPORTS into the Nether1 lands East Indies are decreasing rapidly as increasing amounts of goods become available locally. The latest official figures of the Netherlands Indies Government Import and Export Organization for October, 1946, show imports of only 20,000,000 guilders compared with 44,000,000 guilders
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    CLERICAL UNION FOR LOWER PERAK
    48 6 Kuala Lumpur. Fri. The L;.wer Perak Clerical Union w.U be opened on Feb. 1 when M<\ J A.- Brazier, Trade Union Adviser of Malaya, wi'.l address the rirmbers. Si far 350 members from Government departments and commerc al firms have joined the Union.
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      640 6 A defender was too "honest ;ne King of cluDs, it was anytmn? with his signals in today's deal. 3ut that! North, dealer West opened the spade King. North-South vulnerable South drew three rounds of trumps, and carefully observed North East's emphatic club-ten discard. l 0 2 The only thing that
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    COLLIERIES RISING
    124 7 Up Ten Cents Over Holidays By Our Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, Friday. rEATURE of the local market today was the demand 1 for Collieries m which business was done at $2.10. Collieries have risen from $2.00 over the Chinese New Year holidays. The price was obtained on the local
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    Malayan Share Quotations
    706 7 SINGAPCHE, Friday. Share quotations according to the Malayan Sharebrokers Association (Singapore) today were as follows: INDUSTRIALS Bayer Sellet Alexandra Brickwork* Ords. 1.70 1.90 Alexandra Brickwork* Prefs. 2.90 3.00 But Malay* mutec Executor Co a. 00 9.00 Jonsolldated Tla Smelters Ord. 20/- 22/6 do Prefs. 25/6 27/6xd Eastern
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    RUBBER PRICES
    73 7 THE Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association's rubber prices yesterday were: Buyers Sellers cts. cts per lb per 1b No. 1 RS S Spot loose 42 42 V* No. 1 RS S fob in hales Feb. 43 U 13 4 No. 2 K S S fob in bales
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    LONDON STOCKS
    63 7 LONDON, Fri.— The Stock markets opened and closed heavy yesterday, rallying attempts proving unsuccessful. Oil* again resisted but elsewhere small selling persisted throughout the day. Breweries provided a weak Industrial feature, many issues losing five shillings on ftars of further production cuts. Foreign bonds and rails were generally
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    Singapore Produce
    349 7 SINGAPORE, Friday. TODAY'S produce pner* were: RICE: Siamese No. 1 $103, No. 2 $I*l. Rangoon $75, Indo-China No. 1 S3*. No. 2 $27. Broken 130 50 Pi; LOU RICE: Siamese $82, Kedah $48. KICK NOODLES: No I Siamese $85, Kedah $51, Indo-China $83. China $95, Local $70. BROKEN
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    UK RUBBER
    148 7 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Friday.— Replying to a question from Sir Waldron Smithcrs (Con.. Orpington*. In the House of Commons yesterday. Sir Stafford Cripps. President of the Board of Trade, said that Government stocks of natural rubber m Britain on Dec. 27 were 164.048 tons at an
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    Along The Singapore Waterfront
    497 7 SHIPS positions m Singapore yesterday were: MAIN WHARF Godown 33-34: Samshee. Godown 38-39: Dilwara. WEST WHARF Godown 1 -2 Devonshire. Godown 3-4: Denbighshire Godown 6-7: Fort Kilmar Godown 13-14: Stentor. Godown 15-16: Sarpedon. EMPIRE DOCK Godown 17-18: Samtwred Godown 19-20: Belle of the Sea. Godown 25-26:
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      715 7 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. i incorporate is Singapore) BLUE FUNNEL LINE Sailings Ui and from United Kingdom "Samavon" from U K. for Hongkong Shanghw ror. "Tarakan" from U.S. A 1» OI "Rondo" from U.S. A I» orl "Polydorus" due from U.S. A J*»- "Glenflnlas" sails for Liverpool A Glasgow Jan. 29
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      413 7 PRESIDENT LINE Sailing* NEW YORK A HAVANA via India and Mediterranean «*orts IRAQ VICTORY Godown 29 30 S.S. WILLIS VICKERT Due To 6 PRESIDENT POLK Dne Feb. 6 RUTLAND VICTORY to New York, via Pacific. Hone Kong. Manila, San Francisco In Port S.S. MARINE ADDER For San Francisco via Hongkong
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      296 7 ELLERMAN BUCK" ML S. S. CO., Uu. (Incorporated m England) FOX LONDON City of Yokohama due 3. Feb. FROM U.K. Samarkand Penang 29 Jan. KLAVENESS LINE (Incorporated with Limited Liabiiin id Norway > FOP PACIFIC PORTS Agent*: McALISTER tfc CO., LTD. Incorporated m Singapore i PHONES 72M— 590K BOUSTEAD&CU,LIO. LLOYDS
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    TOURISTS FIVE FOR 287
    629 8 Hutton 88: Hammond 59 ADELAIDE, Friday. M.C.C. team had lost five wickets for 287 runs at close of play on the first day of their match against South Australia, which started here today. Hutton scored a solid 88 and Fishlock, after i\ careful start batted brightly
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    Scoreboard
    81 8 M.C.C. Ist innings Hutton c Vauphton b Gibson 88 Washbrook c Ridings b Dooland 21 Fishlock c Dooland b Oswald 57 Hardstaff c Bradman b Dooland 13 Hammond not out 59 Ikin Ibw b Dooland 35 I.anerideo not out Extra* 11 Total (for five) 287 BOWLING O. M R
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    SMALL FIELDS AT IPOH
    614 8 From Our O«n Correspondent IPOH, Fn. HEAVY scratchings have reduced the fields somewrac :or the last day of the Peraa furfj Club's January meeting vii U m only one event, the last rao?, a-;j1 there be place money tor the third horse. Several of tat new
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    HOME SOCCER
    40 8 LONDON. Thurs:— Home footbrll results were: Third Divisior. Southern) Notts County 0, Torquay 2: Northampior, I own 3. Mi'isfi;ld Town 0. Irish R-gior.al League: Coleraine 0, Glentoran 2. Rugby rn ion: County match: Oxfordshire 3, Kert 5.— Reuter.
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    BARNES OUT OF TEST
    151 8 SYDNEY, Friday. ACCORDING to the Syd- ney Sun, Australia's opening batsman Sid. Barnes, has decided to withdraw from the Fourth Test match starting m Adelaide on Jan. 31. Barnes is suffering from fibrositis. In four innings during the three Tests so far played Barnes scored 342
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    No Change Likely In Test Team
    217 8 !By W. M. Woodfull, Former Australian Test Captain ADELAIDE, Fv.day. WITH the fourth Tcs t in the offing, the present match holds special significant for England. Despite the comparative lauures of Hutton. Hammond and I Compton any move to cnanije I England's first division
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    ARMY TEAM vs NAVY
    102 8 Fol'owino is the Army team to play the Navy at the Naval Base ground. Seletar. at 5.15 p.m. on Sunday. Goal; Capt Merrick <GHQ SEALF Backs: Major Pope (GHQ SEALFt, WOI. DeMagry., Halves: S Cdr Dyer <GHQ SEALFj; Backs: Major Pope BOD), Major Lyss (Singapore District).,
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    MCC TEAM TO VISIT STORE
    150 8 ALL members of the M.C.C. team who visit New Zealand will fly through Singapore on their way back to England. If the duration of their stay m Singapore permits every endeavour will bo made for at least some of them to play cricket m Singapore
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    TODAY'S BIG RUGBY GAME
    94 8 Play will begin at 5 o'clock m the ru&by match between the Combined Services and the R^st of Malaya at Jalan Bssar this afternoon and not at 5-15 as has been stated previously. The game should produce the best rugby oi the year and supersedes m
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    KLUANG MALAYS WIN TWO-NIL
    169 8 From Our Own Correspondent. KLUANG. Thurs— The Kluang Malays beat the Mersing Malays m a match played m aid of the Kluang Malay Club Fund, by two goals to nil on the padnng vssterday. The Kluang Malay.-; cc:r. o scoring m first ten minutes through Bakar,
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    COSMOS SOCCER
    95 8 The Cosmos team will be selected from the following to play a friendly soccer match against the "SEALF" tomorrow, at the Government Printing Office Ground at 5.15 p.m M A. M3C3*. Leornard. Chi n Geok, Sahat, A Rahim, Appavoo, Goh Guan Chwee. Hrmth. Halim. .3 .rift" Madon, Omar,
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    RECS BEATEN AT MALACCA
    378 8 j From Our Own Correspondent. MALACCA, Thurs. j IN a fast and exciting hockey en- i counter on the Malacca Club j t Padang on Wednesday, an aJI Eurasians Singapore XI skippered by G Valberg, lost to the Malacca Rompers to the tune of two goals
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      384 8 CLASSIFIED ADS. (Continued From Page 4) VEHICLES WANTED MOTOR CAR: Must be m sound mechanical condition with good tyres. Only reasonable price considered. Box 553 ST. WANTED TO PURCHASE WANTED Dover stove, must be m first class condition, reply Riving full particular and price asked etc to Box No .-)99.
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