The Straits Times, 18 April 1947

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    19 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 184 S. rn-HT PAGES SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 1947. PRICE TEN CENTS
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    ANOTHER SHIP BLOWS UP IN TEXAS CITY'S PORT
    1147 1 ANOTHER SHIP BLOWS UP IN TEXAS CITY'S PORT Poison Gas And Dynamite Terror In Stricken Town TEXAS CITY, THURSDAY. TWO NEW EXPLOSIONS ROCKED THE SHATTERED PORT OF TEXAS CITY TODAY, 24 HOURS AFTER THE TOWN HAD BEEN WRECKED AND THOUSANDS OF CASUALTIES CAUSED IN ONE OP THE GREATEST DISASTERS IN
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    'PERJURY,' JUDGE TELLS S.T.C.U. SECRETARY
    320 1 UK. Justice Jobling yesterday told the Secretary of ni the S.T.C. Employees' Union, Mr. Jaswant Singh, that he had committed "deliberate perjury." This dramatic statement came at the end of the nquiry into the S.T.C. dis- day's sitting of the public i pute. "It is
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    WOODCOCK HAS BROKEN JAW
    40 1 LONDON, Thursday. Bruce T"oodcock, the British heavyv. iight champion, was taken to James Infirmary. Leeds, from his home m Doncaster today with a broken jaw, suffered m his recent bout with the American, Joe Baksi UP.
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    Secretary For India Resigns
    31 1 Secretary For India Resigns LONDON, Thursday. Lord Pe thick-Lawrence has resigned as Secretary for India and Burma, and is succeeded by the present Undersecretary, Lord Listowel, it is officially announced. Reuter.
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    Troops On Alert In Palestine
    179 1 JERUSALEM, Thursday. BRITISH troops mounted double and triple guards as the Holy Land braced itself ior threatened reprisals for .he hanging of Dov Gruner and three other members of he Jewish underground at A' re riaoa yesterday. S'r- 500 0.0 J ws. five-Sixths of Palestine's
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    Worst Since 1865
    68 1 The worst explosion in United States history occurred in 1865, when a river boat on the Ml^sissipi/ blow np and took 1,405 lives. The next worst explosion occurred at New London, Texas, in 1937, killing 293 schoolchildren when gas accumulated under a small schoclhouse and ignit-d. The
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    R.G.A. REPORT URGES GOVT. ACTION
    358 1 R.G.A. REPORT URGES GOVT. ACTION From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Thursday. THE hope that the Malayan Union Government "w II take action to enable the rubber industry to rehabilitate itself m more orderly and peaceful conditions" is expressed m the report of the Rubher Growers' Association, to be presented to
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    Tax Report Denied
    94 1 The Financial Secretary, Mr. J. D. M. Smith denied last night a Singapore newspaper rep rt that income tax would b? introduced m Singapore on September 1. "The statement is unauthorised and incorrect m fact." he told the Straits Thn*s v-t-rd^y evening. Denial of the report was
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      615 2 TRADING WITH THE ENEMY ORDINANCE No. 22 of 1939 Custodian Of Property Proclamation No. 14 of 1945 Notice Is hereby given that any person or persons having a claim to the property described m the Schedule .hereto are requested to forward such claims to the Custodian of Property, Supreme Court
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      813 2 NOTICES. THE MASTER CONTRACTORS' ASSOCIATION OF MALAYA. A meeting Is called of accredited representatives of Building and Contracting Companies to consider the advisability of resuscitating the above Association. Those interested are requested to meet at 3 p.m. al the offices of Gattey and Bateman, 1st Floor, Pullerton Building. Singapore, on
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      813 2 TENDERS SALE BY TENDER The Custodian of Enemy Property, Malayan Union will dispose of the motors, engines, etc specified m the schedule hereunder by public tender. As his agent to deal with this disposal the Custodian of Enemy Property has appointed Messrs. McAllster A Co., Ltd., of Ipoh from whom
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      750 2 NOTICES TANGLIN CLUB Members are reminded that the annual general meeting will be held tonight, April 18th at 7.15 p.m. It is hoped that as many members as possible will attend NOTICE The public is hereby notified that ROSIE THAM CHOO NEO of No. 4-1. Pengkalan Rama Malacca is no
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      993 2 TENDERS BRITISH STORES DISPOSAL BOARD (SINGAPORE) TENDER NOTICE BY ORDER OF THE DIRECTOR OF DISPOSALS, FAR EASTERN AREA (M.0.5.) 1. The British Stores Disposal Board. Singapore, is authorised to receive Tenders for the following items: Located at Pnlan Brani, Connaafht Slips Lot No. I—Admiralty1 Admiralty Launch Harbour 36-Ft. No. 290.
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      701 2 TENDERS MEDICAL DEPARTMENT TI"i»lF NOTICE Tenders will oe received at tn? olFes of the Director, Medical Services. Singapore. 2nd Floor, Fullerton BuMding, up to noon of the 21st April. 1947. for the supply of the following to Government Hospitals, for period 1st May to 31st July, 1947:— (a) Foodstuffs (b)
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    FOOD RUSHED TO PEOPLE ON EAST COAST
    328 3 Serious Malnutrition Reported In Two States From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. ANSWERING an urgent report by medical officers in Kelantan and Trengganu who spoke of conditions of serious malnutrition in certain areas in the two States, the Malayan Union Welfare Council
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    $62,000 ROBBERY CHARGE
    96 3 $62,000 ROBBERY CHARGE TWO Chinese, Lim Wan Seng and i Chong Lee Yuen, appearad 1 before the Third Police Magis- i trate, Mr. X- M. Byrne, yesterday, i on a charge of armed gang rob- i bery of jewellery worth about $62,160, belonging to the High Street jewellers, Kwong Cheong
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    M.C.S. SALARY INQUIRY
    67 3 LONDON, Wednesday.— All pub- i lie salaries in Malaya are to be reviewed by a commission whose Investigations will begin t ais month said the British Colonial Secretary, Mr. Arthur Creech Jrnes. in the House of Commons tc-ay. Repying tj a question, he said that the cost
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    GOVT. ASKED AID IN ROAD REPAIRS
    152 3 GOVT. ASKED AID IN ROAD REPAIRS AN urgent request to Government to release funds to enable the Singapore Rural Board ty carry on with its road reconstruction programme, has been made by the Engineering Branch of the Board. A rep.rt of the Engineer- ng Branch which was presented at yesterday's
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    NEW CONSUL FOR K.L. NAMED
    95 3 NEW CONSUL FOR K.L. NAMED ■THE Chinese Consul at Singa- pore, Mr. Arthur C. T. Kwong, ii to be transferred to Kuala Lumpur to take the place of Mr. Hsu Meng Shiung, who has been appointed First Secretary to the Chinese Embassy m India. Mr. Kwocg leaves for Kuala Lumpur
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    CHINA'S NEW PREMIER
    71 3 NANKING, Thursday. General Chang Chun, Governor of Szechuan Province, was last night designated new Premier of China by the major parties and independents after the signing of the 12-point agreement providing for the reorganisation of the Govem1 ment. General Chang Chun succeeds Dr. T. V. Soong. General
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    MORE JAPS FOR TRIAL IN SPORE TOKIO, Thursday.
    211 3 MORE JAPS FOR TRIAL IN SPORE TOKIO, Thursday. ""THE legal section of the 1 Supreme Allied Command m Japan to-day announced the arrest of four former Japanese officers wanted for alleged crimes m Singapore, on the Siam Burma Railway and m the Marshall Islands. The arrests were made last week
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    Planters Told To Arm
    175 3 Planters Told To Arm From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday rO hundred planters m Selangor have been provided with guns as protection against »-oobers. Until recently the police did M* have sufficient small arms which could be issued on licence to responsible people, but the recent receipt of a
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    WIVES FLY TO HUSBANDS
    109 3 1 SPECIALLY chartered Skyways Ltd. plane, which arrived m Singapore yesterday and was due to leave this morning bound for the Indies, is carrying 36 wives and children who will be reunited at their destinations with employees of the Bataafsche Petroleum MaatschappiJ. The BP.M— Dutch side
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    GOVT. CLERKS URGE NEW HOUSE SYSTEM
    270 3 GO VT. CLERKS URGE NEW HOUSE SYSTEM THE Singapore General Clerical Service Association has 1 asked the Government to alleviate the housing problem among the subordinate staff by abolishing the present system of allocating quarters, paying a rent allowance to those not provided with quarters, and including bachelors m housing
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    ANOTHER SHIP BLOWS UP
    508 3 Continued from Page 1 explosions of tbe nitrate ship and the Monsanto Chemical Works combined to make the greatest tragedy this area has ever known. '"Fliers circling the city likened it to the bomb destruction of European and Japanese cities during the war. The mushrooming cloud
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    HELIGOLAND TOBEBLOWN UP TODAY
    139 3 HELIGOLAND TO BE BLOWN UP TODAY FRANKiURT, Thursday. l\Rr. John V. Atanasoff, Chief U of the Scientific Division of the United States naval ordnance laboratories, said today that the blasting of the l-land of Heligoland, m the North S-&, tomorrow was expected to disDlace the earth's >-«■•■« "s far south
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    TIN-PLATE FOX MALAYA
    78 3 LONDON, Thursday^— The President of the Board of Trade, Sir Stafford Cripps, stated In the House of Commons today that 1,743 tons of tin-plate were shipped to Malaya during January and February this year. "This should make it possible to meet the quota of 1,800 tons for
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    DEATH
    17 4 Mrs. Hilda S. Perreau passed away peacefully at 37 Fort Road on Thursday 17th. April 1947.
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Friday, Apr. 18, 1947. Britain Sets An Example
    1060 4 The Straits Times Singapore, Friday, Apr. 18, 1947. Britain Sets An Example So much of a gloomy or pessimistic nature has been said about Great Britain m recent months that the Budget presented by Dr. Hugh Dalton m the House of Commons on Wednesday comos as a timoly reminder of
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    CHAMBERS WANT NEW COAL TARGET
    71 4 LONDON, Thursday.— The Association of British Chambers of Commerce, today sent government a proposed emergency twoyear industrial plan calling for the postponement of the nationalisation schemes. The Associatiion also asked for the raising of the coal target from 200,000,000 to 220,000.000 tons a year, reduction
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    GOVERNOR FOR TRIESTE
    40 4 LAKE SUCCESS, Thursday. Russia has firally handed to the delegates of the other big powers her nominations for the post of Governor of the free territory tf Trieste. The names of candidate* have not yet been disclosed.
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    Turkey Welcomes America In Middle East
    1314 4 From The Times Ankara Correspondent DRESII>ENT Truman's epoch-making message to Congress recommending the grant of a credit of $400,000,000 to assist Greece and Turkey has stirred the Turkish people to the core and relieved, as by magic, the anxiety which had cast a gloom
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      Tea and tablecloths for Tamil coolies
      230 4 r TOE Kedah correspond? it 1 who contributed your leader-page article comparing the lot of a married Tamil labourer on a rubber estate with that of an English farm labourer must be congratulated for the painstaking way m which he has successfully indicated a
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      Aw Boon Haw Hotel
      100 4 BEING one of the homeless sufferers, I cannot help writing m support of a suggestion put forward by one of your correspondents, "Not Taken In", m your Saturday issue. Everyone who really suffers under the present housing shortage In this city will Join with me m
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      Judges And Juries
      162 4 SINCE so many of our jurors do not seem to know what is the law with regard to the verdicts which they can deliver, why not save time by telling them? It is not a secret. Anybody can read it m the Cr'minal Pr;cedure Code. Here it
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      Kan dang Kerbau Then And Now
      180 4 SO much adverse criticism has been levelled at the various hospitals that it is with the greatest pleasure that I can say "Seeing is believing." How I was treated m the Kandang Kerbau Hospital was above all that I had hoped for or dreamt,
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      883 4 CLASSIFIED ADS. SITUATIONS VACANT WANTED Junior Storekeeper and also typist clerk for European chemists. Apply personally to Federal Dispensary, 33 Raffles Place. EXPERIENCED ASIATIC motor mechanic required tobacco estate North Borneo free passage house etc. Experience of Diesels also necessary. State salary send copies testimonials certificates photograph. Only men of
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      76 4 An Ingenious New Toy I The "MASERATI" Haoftng Car. Plastic Body ftnd Wheete. No clockwork, therefore no spring to break, yet it runs! It runs on a simple rubber band, same as a model aeroplane. Its life is indefinite as the small rubber band is easily replaced locally. Adjustable front
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    RACE BY POLICE TO STOP TRAIN ROBBERS
    147 5 RACE BY POLICE TO STOP TRAIN ROBBERS Cloth Pi eked Up By Railway Track From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. J^UALA Lumpur police have recovered 26 bales of cloth which were thrown out of a goods train 27 miles north of Kuala Lumpur early this morning. A few hours
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    Education Men Leave Next Week
    88 5 SOME members of the Commission on Higher Education will be leaving for the United Kingdom m the middle of next week and will be followed a few days later by the rest tne Commission. The Commission will not have '•he time 'to hold any public
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    Power Men Consider Company's Letter
    219 5 Power Men Consider Company's Letter From Our Own Correspondent IPOH, Thursday. THi. Perak River Hydro-Electric Power Company's Employees Union called a general meeting this afternoon to "consider a letter received last night from the Company and tj draft a su table roDly to it." Nearly 200 were present when Mr.
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    $80,000 STORE FOR MALACCA
    112 5 $80,000 STORE FOR MALACCA From Our Own Correspondent MALACCA, Thursday. AT a cost of $80,000, the Malacca branch of the Lee Rubber Company are building a new rubber godown on the bank of the Malacca River at South Reclamation. Plans which show that the new godown will be 200 feet
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    34 5 The Trinity Bar Examinations •will bo held at Kuala Lumpur from May sto May 9 There 're eight candidates for various sections of Part <I» and one caniidate for Part <ID of the examination.
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    No Force In Detaining Lepers
    260 5 No Force In Detaining Lepers DEPLYING to a suggestion by Mr. Cheong Heck Chye at a previous meeting of the Singapore Rural Board that appropriate action should be taken for the detention of 'epers. Dr. R. S. Johnston, Chief Health Officer, Singapore, m a letter to thp Chairman of the
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    WORKER'S PLEA OF SHOCK
    79 5 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Thursday. A railway labourer told the District Judge today that he recovered fr.m the shock of a flash of lightning to find a m-niature of Christ m his hands. The lab:urer Perumal, appeared before Mr. T. R. Hepworth charged with
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    TAXI MURDER: $1,000 REWARD
    112 5 THE police are offering a re1 ward of $1,000 for Information leading to the arrest of two Chines^ suspected to have been concerned in the death of a Chinese taxi driver, Lim Mong Leong, on Feb. 4. At a Coroner's inquiry yesterday it was stated that
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    Sitiawan Escapees Gaoled
    175 5 Sitiawan Escapees Gaoled From Our Own Correspondent SITIAWAN, Thursday. FE Sitiawan courthouse was crowded to capacty and guarded by armed military personnel and Police, when Ding Kirn Chan, Sla Ec Too, Chin Chim, U Kee Kuang and Ling Yew Kuan, who are detained by the p#lice on charges of murder,
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    COMMISSION EAT 30-CENT MEAL
    75 5 The Commission for Higher Education visited the People's Restaurant at Telok Ayer Basin, Singapore, yesterday and sampled the 30-cent lunch which is eaten daily by office workers and labourers, "it is good value for the money," said Mr. W. S. Morgan, secretary of the Commission. Picture
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    Malayan Delegate On Delhi Talks
    268 5 FE Asian Conference has decided that the countries which were represented at the Delhi conference will not be made a pawn m the power politics of Western countries and that they will not give any assistance to these Western countries by the supply of either
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    JAP GENERALS HANGED
    45 5 Major-Gen. Oteuka Misao and Major-Gen. Hidaka Mihoo, found guilty of causing the deaths of 13 prisoners-of-war ar.H 22 civilians at Outram Road Gaol, and Sgt. Kimura Takao, found guilty of crimes on the Burma-Siam Railway, were executed at Changi Gaol yesterday morning.
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    POLICE TO DEAL WITH BEGGARS
    207 5 rE Chairman of the Singapore Silver Jubilee Fund, Mr. T. P. F. McNiece, who is also Secretary of the Social Welfare Department, has asked the police to deal with the beggar nuisance in Singapore, which he considers is assuming serious proportions. Mr. McNeice told the
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    AGRICULTURE IN SARAWAK
    67 5 THE importance of agriculture 1 m thp future economy of Sarawak was stressed at a meeting of the Kuching section of the newly formed Sarawak Agricultural Department Board held at Kuching recently. The Board had been formed to organise liaison between the Sarawak Department of Agriculture, leaders
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    CHINESE APPEAL TO GOVERNOR
    80 5 r:E chairman of the Singapcr? Appeal Committee in connection with the Chinese massacre trial, Mr. Tay Koh Vat, has ?*ked the Governor, Sir Farnklin Gimson, to take "remedial action oy securing the capital punishment on the five Japanese officers who were sentenced to life imprisonment iii
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    No Hoardings
    40 5 THE Rural Board wishes to Preserve the scenic beauty of Singapore's countryside. At a meeting yesterday, the Board refused permission for the erection of a commercial hoarding: which it considered would mar the natural beauty of the suburbs.
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    Governor's Wife Leaves For U.K.
    105 5 Governor's Wife Leaves For U.K. lADY Gimson, wife of Singa- pores Governor, Sir Frank m Gimson, was among several wellknown people who left Singapore yesterday by the 23,427-t;n P. and O. liner Strathmore for the United Kingdom. Amcng the passengers who embarked were Mr. Andrew Gilmour. Secretary for Economic Affairs,
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    ADVISORY COUNCIL
    24 5 The next meeting of tie Malayan Union Advisory Council will be held at the Council Chamber, Kuala Lumpur, on Monday May 5.
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    AWARDS TO STORE CITIZENS
    554 5 TARDS of Commendation will be presented by the Government to the following Citizens Of Singapore for their services to the community during the Malayan campaign during thp Jananpv oSation and m thP Rwf 3 aUOn and In the BMADr C J Oliviero Dr C F R^th
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    ANOTHER MAN FOR I.E.F.C. URGED
    177 5 ANOTHER MAN FOR I.E.F.C. URGED From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday; AN appeal to responsibly trade unions to assist the community in combatting racketeering, black marketing and activities of persons who, r~"^r the guise of trade umo« nism, were "growing fat ori| contributions of members,'* was made by Mr.
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    Thanks From The Services
    131 5 MAJOR C. L. Proud foot, of the Army Public Relations Service, writes: "It is my privilege to publicly) express the thanks and appreciation of the Service audiences which was so completely captivated by the Singapore Children's Orchestra at the Victoria Memorial Hall on Wednesday right thanks
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    SHOT JAGA DIES
    61 5 The Sikh jaga who was shot m the abdomen by a Chinese who held up the accountant of United Engineers and robbed a Malay peon of $8,500 belonging to the firm last Friday, died m the General Hospital yesterday morning. The jaga, Madora Rai, was attempting to
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    TRIED TO SMUGGLE
    45 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Thursday.—. Caught with 136 tins of Craves A and 32 cartons of Pirate cigarettes under the seat. Long Pu>on Kiew, a lorry driver of Kcala Lumpur was fined $22 on a charge of trying to smuggle the cigarettes into Singapore.
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    AWARDS TO LEPERS
    256 6 Aided British Troops From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. f EPERS from Sungei Buloh L Leper Settlement who assisted the British forces during the Malayan campaign were yesterday presented with certificates signed by Viscount Mountbatten and with monetary awards. The presentations were made by the Union
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    32 6 Mr. M. C. IT Sheppard, Director of Public Relations, Malayan Union, who has left for England on leave. He will be returning to a higher appointment m the Malayan Union.— P.R.D.M.U. picture.
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    Big Taiping Arms Haul
    48 6 From Our Own Correspondent TAIPINQ, Thursday. BETWEEN March 7 and V April 7 Taiping police recovered four Sten guns, three revolvers, one pistol, 61 rounds of Sten gun ammunition and 53 assorted rounds, numerous daggers and two dummy pistols, says an official police report.
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    'Drivers Not Mind Readers'
    84 6 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Thursday. OTATING that "drivers are O not mind readers," the report of the Penang Traffic Branch blames cyclists and trishaw pedallers for a large number of accidents m March. The report says these road users "show a lamentable lack of careful
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    POLICE WANT TRIAD CHIEF'S
    50 6 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Thursday.— Two trad s.c ety leaders are On the wanted list of the Penang and Province Wellesley Police, who are "determined to eliminate all ritualistic heads," says a p.lice statement. The statement observes a movement of housebreakers towards the residential areas.
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    HELP FOR N.S. ABORIGINES
    82 6 From Our Own Correspondent SEREMBAN, Wednesday.— »l"he Resident Commissioner, Negri Sembilan, told his weekly press conference yesterday that thci? had been instances cf exploitation of aborigines m the State and steps had been taken to protect them. Pc pie m certain districts had persuaded the aborglnes
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    DEFIED PISTOLS WITH CUDGEL
    70 6 From Our Own Correspondent TAIPING Thursday. The courage of 65-year-old cattle cwner, Kirpar Singh, defeated two armed Chinese who attempted to rob him m Kampong Boy an. One man entered the house but Kirpar S ngh rushed at him with a stick. The Chinese fled whereupon
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      459 6 SINGAPORE FRIDAY 1.00 p.m. Oeraldo and his Orchestra; 1.30 News; 140 Music at The Masters: 2. 00 Close down. 8.15 p.m. News hwa/lllrmf *iyj programme summary; 8.20 Diasy Pingers; 8.30 Friday Prom; fl.30 News, 9.45 The Week in Malaya; 10.00 Personal Choice; 10.30 Glenn Miller acd His Famous Danc e
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      670 6 Perhaps tlu worst thing Chat can be low card. To his disappointment. It said against average players in the was the declarer who ruffed the sefleld of penalty doubles. Is that they cond round, however. A low spade shy away from doubling low contracts was led to the king and
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    DROP IN PRODUCE
    306 7 DROP IN PRODUCE By Our Chinese Correspondent I jTHERE has been a general 1 depression in the local produce market during the week, with rice turning easier, x pepper very dull, sugar irregular and sago flour down. Prices of rice dropped by one to two dollars during the last two
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    THABAWLEIK'S BIG BALANCE
    112 7 Company's Report ALTHOUGH the dredge of n the Thabawleik Tin Dredging Ltd. was only operated for a few months m the occupation period, inadequacy of supervision and lack of sufficient care and maintenance were responsible f«>r damage to the plant generally, and m particular to the boiler.
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    DALTON "NEGLECTED HIS DUTY"
    361 7 DALTON "NEGLECTED HIS DUTY" "No Real Desire To Save" LONDON, Thursday. lEADING the debate for the Conservative opposition in the House of Commons yesterday, Sir John Anderson, former Chancellor of the Exchequer, said the budget showed no evidence of a real desire to save. The Chancellor, Dr. Hugh Dalton, seemed
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    LONDON FIRM AFTER BUDGET
    64 7 LONDON. Thursday. On the London Stock Exchange yesterday the markets firmed up, especially Industrial issues foil w.ng the budget report. Tobaccos provided an exception übt reduced earlier losses Gilt-edgeds were ve~y quiet iaggirg slightly finally while foreigners wei% neglected although moderate business passed Id Argeotlne Rails.
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    STORE MARKET QUIET
    202 7 STORE MARKET QUIET By Out Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, Thursday. rC market was again very quiet in all sections and only a small volume of business was transacted. Among industrials, bow ever, there were one or twc good features, particularly Raffles Hotels, which advanced to $2.85 buyers, and Runneymede Hotels, wnicfc
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    RUBBER PRICES
    61 7 The Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association's Prices at noon yesterday were: Buyers Sellers Cta, Cta. per Ib. per lb. No. 1 R.S.S. Spot loose 42% 43 No. 1 KS.S. fob In bales April 43% H% No. 2 R.S.S fob hi bale* April 429s 42% No. 3 R.S.S.
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    SMALL ADVANCES IN NEW YORK
    128 7 NEW YORK, Thursday.—On the New York Stock Exchange yesterday the market assumed a walti tug attitude during much of the afternoon and thoughtthe e were •lew signs of any material increase m pressure, buying lacked .sufficient impetus to raise leadjitß issues mor c than fractions
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    Singapore Shipping
    120 7 Ships alongside the Singapore wharves yesterday were: MAIN WHARF Godown 31-32: Atreus. Godown 34: Mount Mansfield. Godown 35: Empire Raja. Godown 38-39: Benreoch. Godown 42-43: Ruys. Empire Aayport alongside. Godown 4G-41: Hong Kheng. WEST WHARF Godown 1-2: Samette. Godown 4-5: Rajula. Oodown 8-7 Samsoarlng. Godown 10-11-12: Strathmore. Godown
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    KAMUNTING NOT YET WORKING
    143 7 Company's Report MO work m the Kamunting section of the Kampong Kamunting Tin Dredging Ltd. is reported X the annual report of the directors. Due to high labour costs the report says that it would not be an economic proposition to resume operations at this Juncture,
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    ARMY WIN AT STADIUM
    674 8 ARMY WIN AT STADIUM 2-1 Margin In League Game Army 2; R.A.F 1. HUNDREDS of Servicemen and civilians were treated to excellent soccer at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday when the Army and Royal Air Force clashed in the first round of the S.A.F.A. league. The game resulted in a well
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    50,000 LIMIT
    52 8 GLASGOW, Thursday.— A Crowd limit of 50,060 has been pot on the world flyweight title fight between holder Jackie Paterson of Scotland and Filipino Dado Marine at Hampden Park here on June 11. Glasgow magistrates made this stipulation m granting a licence for the contest to promoter Charles
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    TEAMS FOR WEEK END
    809 8 5.C.C. teams for "Home and Home" cricket match on Sunday wJI be: apUins XI: A.C. Growder, W. nagger, W. M. Elder joa, J. W. Ewaro, J. P. Lud, P. W. Holt; T. W. Cut.s, K. J. Healy; H. B. N i J R. Wheeler, L. A.
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    Burnley Prepare For Final
    141 8 BURNLEY, Thursday.—Scorning superstition 13 Bu/nl >y :rotballers are staying at Morecambe this week for special "tor,ing up" training for the FA. cup final at Wembley on Apr. 26 The 14th player, ouside right Clegg, who is at preser.t receiving treatment for a leg injury, joins the
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    Indonesians too Good For Malays
    191 8 Indon esians too Good For Malays From Our Own Correspondent KUALA, LUMPUR, Thursday. THE newly formed Indonesian Soccer Eleven was seen in action for the first time today and in a well contested game beat the Malays two-one, in the second division. In two other second division matches, the Technical
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    Selections
    67 8 Bernborough's selection for wmorrow's races at Ipoh are: Class 1, Div. 1. WIN THE PEACE, PRECIOUS STREAM. Class 1, Div. 2. TRCMPINGTON, GOLDEN GYPSY. Class 1, Div. 3. YUTOI, RENOIR. Class 2, Div. 1. REX FLASH, HELEN THE FIFTH. Class 2, Div. 2. ANTANA, TRICOLOUR. Class 2, Div. S.
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    Easy Win For Derby Favourite
    117 8 Easy Win For Derby Favourite BATH, Wednesday. THE unbeaten Tudor M.nstrel, 1 who had been the winter favourite for the Derby and the 2,000 guineas, scored convincing victory in the Somerset three- year-old stakes over seven furlongs here today, giving champion jockey Gordon Richards a comfortable ride. Owned by J.
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    BAKSI NOT TO FIGHT LOUIS
    103 8 LONDON, Thursday. Joe Baksi, winner against Bruce Woodcock last night, will not meet Joe Louis for the world title tihls year. It was announced from the ring and generally understood, that the winner would be matched with Louis for the world title this June. This
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    Wales Beaten 2 Goals To 1
    391 8 BELFAST, Wednesday. IRELAND beat Wales by two 1 goals to one after both scored once m the first half of the international soccer match at Belfast today. The result allowed Ireland to leave bottom place m the international table and finish second to England,
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    Atom Boy Stages Brilliant Gallop
    1186 8 By Our Racing Correspondent IPOH, Thursday. aiTOM Boy (Donnelly) did a wonderful gallop this morning when he outpaced Marlfield (Spencer) over three furlongs to return the good time of 36 4/5 seconds on a yielding track. Three stop watches were used to time the winding
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    HOME SOCCER FIXTURES
    248 8 HOME SOCCER FIXTURES HOMK soccer fixture for SatunfeC are ENGLISH LKAGUI FIRST DIVISION Bolton Wandn v. Wolves) Chelsea v. Arsenal Charlton A. v. Huddersflekl Qrlmsby T. v. Derby County I*e<ta Utd. v. Aston Villa Liverpool v. Sunderland Manchester Utd. v. Blackburn Mtorough v. Blackpool Preston v. Portsmouth Sheffield W. v.
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    OLD VICTORIAN'S ASSOCIATION
    100 8 At the second annual general meeting Of the Old Victorian's Association the following were elected office bearers for 1947/1948:— President. Mr. Ong Eag Lian; vice-presidents. The Head Master, Victoria School, Singapore, and Mr. Choo Kirn Chwee; hon. secretary, Mr. Chan Joon Gek: psst. Hon. secretary, Mr. Tan
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    BASKETBALL TEAM FOR BANGKOK
    50 8 By Our Chinese Correspd dent Thirty-two members of fhe Chung Hua Football team and the Sing Hua Basketball team left Singapore by air for BangKok on Thursday morning They will be the first Singapore teams to appear m the Siamese capital since the Second World War.
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    TECHNICAL COLL. WIN 2-1
    54 8 A goal scored m the last two minutes of the gam c enabled the Technioal College to beat the Polico 2—l.2 1. The winning goal was deflected into the goalmouth by a Police defender who tried to stop a powerful drive by Omar. There was no
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      35 8 SIMiAi'OlcE TIDES TODAY: Highwater 8.42 ajn., Height 7 ft. 2 ins., 9.51 p.m., Height 7 ft. 5 ins. TOMORROW: High water 9.30 am., Height 7 ft. 8 ins., 10.16 p.m., Height 7 ft: 9 ins.
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