The Straits Times, 19 April 1947

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    18 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845. PRICE TEN CENTS SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, APRIL 19, 1947. TWELVE PAGES
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    S'PORE TO BUILD HOMES
    325 1 S'PORE TO BUILD HOMES A COMMITTEE to revolt on nous ng m Singapore and i. aw up a preliminary plan lor building to rcl eve the present housing shortage is being :ppoiiit-d by the Governor, Sir Franklin Gim on. The Commissioner of Lands snci co currently Chairman of tha Singapore
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    WAGE COMMISSIONS \ARE NAMED
    625 1 WAGE COMMISSIONS ARE NAMED Daily Paid Labour Terms Inquiry THE establishment of two separate Commissions to inquire into the question of wages and conditions of employment for daily paid labourers in Government and Municipal service and of all public officers in Singapore and the Malayan Union was announced yesterday. The
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    TOKIO MURDER SENTENCES
    85 1 TOKIO MURDER SENTENCES TOKIO, Friday.— A United States Army court-martial today sentenced one American soldier to doath by haneincr and foui <;thers to life Imprisonment after a conviction ol all five for the ir.urder of five Japanese. Private First Class Carl Haval>ida w\s sentenced to death. ""ho five w"«-e charrrcd
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    TAX: OFFICIAL DENIAL
    308 1 ALL income tax speculations which have been published in tfejs past two days are completely without official foumiacion, the Income Tax Adviser to the Singapore and Malayan Union Governments, Mr. K. B. Heasman, told the Straits Times last night. "As far as I know nothing has been
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    Tiso Hanged
    57 1 BRATISLAVA. Friday Father Josef Tiso, President of the German puppet state of Slovakia, was hanged in Bratislava early this morning after his plea for mercy had been turned down by President Benes. Tiso, who was 60, was sentenced to death on Tuesday i after five months' trial on
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    HELIGOLAND BLOWN INTO THE NORTH SEA
    333 1 ABOARD A BRITISH WARSHIP, Friday. rE British Navy today blew the tiny German island fortress of Heligoland into the North Sea w:th a shattering blast from 6,700 tons of hign I explosives. The explosion, touched off by j an electric impulse from a cable
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    WRECKED CITY FACES THREAT OF NEW FIRES
    354 1 WRECKED CITY FACES THREAT OF NEW FIRES TEXAS CITY, Friday. EVACUATION of the lower area of Texas City wa.. ordered last night as fresh fires and a shifting wind posed new threats to the port city, ravaged by deadly explosions and fires for the past two days. Wind swinging to
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    OFFICIAL QUERY ON TEA MONEY
    155 1 OFFICIAL QUERY ON TEA MONEY TPHE Singapore Municipal 1 Assessor, Mr. A. W. El'ison, b asking occupiers of premises m Singapore whether Lhey have been made to pay "tea money." This is one of the questions m a form which is being sent out oy the Municipal Assessment Department. Tenants
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    EAST ASIA TALKS
    60 1 BAT A VIA, Friday.— An Kast Asian Affairs Conference la expected to be held m Indonesia m 1948 as a preliminary to the next Inter- Asian Relations Conference m China m 1949, Dr. Abu Hanifah, one of the leaders of th<» Indonesian delegation to the recent New
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      966 2 NOTICES MUNICIPALITY OF SINGAPORE Application has been made to the Municipal Commissioners of the Town of Singapore to issue to the persons or bodies named* m column (1) below, a duplicate certificate or certificates m respect of the holdings m Singapore Municipal Debenture Stocks stated m column (2), m lieu
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      786 2 NOTICES TRADING WITH ENEMY ORDINANCE NO: 22—1939. CUSTODIAN OF PROPERTY PROLAMATION NO. 14 OF 1945. Notice is hereby given that any per0 son or persons having claim to the 0 property described m the Schedule hereto are requested to forward such claims to the Asst. Custodian of Enemy Property, South
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      839 2 NOTICES NOTICE Will Agents for Agricultural machinery, including tractors and Implements please communicate with the Agricultural Department. Kuala Lumpur, and f send copies of any catalogues available. ELECTRICITY DEPARTMENT Malayan Union st APPOINTMENT OF TECHNICAL >n APPRENTICES St Ml 1. Vacancies exist for Technical Apie prentices m the Electricity Department,
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      829 2 NOTICES. NOTICE I- PETROL RATIONING (Ste, o re) 8, The publi m bartb otliicr. that applications /or May -i 'jpuos should be made to the Petrol Hai.inlng C tr, d Registrar of VenicU- D^pt., Mludle Road, Singapore as follows:— MAIL APPUCAIIONS By registered post on an.t aft«r -Jie 23rd April,
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      1000 2 TENDERS BRITISH STORES DISPOSAL BOARD (SINGAPORE TENDER NOTICE BY ORDER OP THE DIRECTOR OI DISPOSALS, FAR EASTERN ARE/ (M.0.5.) 1. The British Stores Disposal Board Singapore. Is authorised to re cetve Tenders for the followlni items:— Located at Pnlao Brani. (onnaurht Slips Lot No. I—Admiralty1 Admiralty Launch Harbou: 36-Ft. No.
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      884 2 TENDERS SALE BY TENDER E) The Custodian ot Enemy Property. Malayan Union, -vill dispose of h« plant and materials etc. specified m the schedule hereunder by public tenIP der. 3. As his agent to deal with this disposal the Custodian of Enemy Prod. perty has appointed Messrs. Lindctevn c- (Malaya)
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    MORE TERRORIST THREATS IN LONDON
    442 3 Mystery Canister At Charing Cross LONDON, Friday. WHILE a chief inspector of the Special Branch at Scotland Yard was pursuing inquiries m France yesterday following the discovery of a time bomb m the British Colonial Office, a canister with a fuse attached was found at
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    SARAWAK-BORN BRITISH SUBJECTS
    173 3 DARENTS m Sarawak who ne- glected to ensure that their children should be British subjects, have an opportunity of putting the matter right, states an announcement m the April issue of the Sarawak Gazette. "Before Sarawak became a Crown Colony on July 1, 1946 children born m
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    Anzac Day Ceremony In S'pore
    181 3 Anzac Day Ceremony In S'pore Anzacs m Singapore will again this year observe the anniversary of the landing of Australian and New Zealand forces at Gallipoli m 1915, with a dawn memorial service. The Cenotaph m Connaugbt Drive will be floodlit from dusk on April 24 until the service begins
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    TOMORROW'S SERVICES
    230 3 r-MORROW'Sr -MORROW'S services m Singapore churches are as follow!': Church of England: St. Andrew's 6, T, I 8. 10.30. 11.15, 5.30 p.m. St. George 1 Garrison Church (TangUn); 7.15, 9.4S 6.30; Cnrist Church; 8, 10 30, 5, 6.30, St Hilda's: 8 5.30: St PaulV 'Se'aneoon): 8; Methodist: Wesley
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    ALLEGED TO HAVE CARRIED ARMS
    55 3 JOHORE BAHRU, Friday —Yin Fong was committed to the Assizes by Tuan Shaik Abu Bakar, Magistrate, yesterday on a charg fi of being found m unlawful possession of firearms, ammunition and two band grenades. Accused, who said that h e lived m Singapore, was found
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    TELECOMS UNION
    33 3 The Seiangor Telecoms Trade Union has now been registered. The head office of the union Is at 18, Scott Road, Kuala Lumpur. The Union now advocates reconstruction on the all-Malayan basis.
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    PUBLIC AND THE SOCIETIES LAW
    250 3 IF the Singapore Police could prove that certain people were members of an illegal society under the provisions of the Societies Ordinance, they would be saved the trouble of having to prove, as they did now, acts of crime and extortion by such people, said
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    BUDGET LEAK ALLEGED
    283 3 BUDGET LEAK ALLEGED LONDON, Friday. A LEAKAGE on Budget information leading to a sharp rise m the prices of certain shares on the London Stock Exchange was alleged m the House of Commons yesterday by Lieut. Com. J. Q. Braithwaite, (Cons., Holderness), who rated for an inquiry. OCOI Brai'hwaite said
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    RATE OF UNION REGISTRATION
    254 3 "U?^ Own C Orrespondent r KUALA LUMPUR Friday E Registrar of Trade Uruons, Mr. J. B. Prentis, m a statement on the progress of re-: gistration of trade unions m the Malayan Union up to April 13,1 says that out of 338 applications received from non-Government
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    Indian's Offer To Malay Students
    182 3 Indian' s Offer To Malay Students From Our Own Correspondent SEREMBAN, Friday. THE President of the Negri Sembilan Indian Cham- ber of Commerce, Mr. S. O. K. Übaidullah, has offered to provide a university tourse m India to any deserving Malay student. The offer will be effective next year, and
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    NURSES TO FORM UNION
    265 3 NURSES TO FORM UNION QINGAPORE nurses intend to 3 form a union to improve their conditions of service. A senior staff nurse at the General Hospital said last night thait representatives of the nursing staffs of the five Government hospitals would seek the advice of the Assistant Trade Union Adviser,
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    GAOL FOR JAP
    52 3 A Japanese. Jido Ushlo. who pleaded guilty to a charge of unlawful possession of a sack of 500 screws worth $30 belonging to the Engineers' Store Base Depoc. Alexandra, Singapore, on Thursday, was sentenced to two months' rigorous imprisonment by Che Ahmad bin Ibrahim, the Fourth Police
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    DEATH OF MRS. H.S. PERREAU
    199 3 'THE death occurred m Singa1 pore on Thursday of Mrs. Hilda Sophia Perreau, at the t ge of 75. Mrs. Perreau, was the widow oi Mr. Charles Alexander Perreau, a government pensioner, who died during the occupation. Mrs. Perreau had been m filing health for
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    42 3 Air Vice-Marshal J. D. Breakey, Air Officer Commanding, Malaya, will act as Air Commander-in-Chief, Par East, m the absence cf Air Marshal S r George Pirie, who is o n his way to Lmdon for consultati ns with the Air Ministry. Rafpro.
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      693 3 NOTICES. THE SINGAPORE AUCTIONEERS SALE BY AUCTION (Without Reserve) Of Zeiss Ikon ft Kodak Cameras, also Field Cine-Cameras. Tripods, Kods>Bcope Rewind <fc Splicer, Clne-Projec-tor. silver-plated. EP NS. cutglass tablewares, dozens of silver-plated Sauce-Boats, Cutlery Canteens, table forks. Knives. Spoons. Entree Dishes, Crockery. Etc. To be hrtd at No 64, ChnUm
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    OWNERS MAY GET JAVA ESTATES
    500 4 Food Shortage Is The Big Problem THE possibility of rubber estates m certain parts of Java being returned to their owners within lie next two months, was disclosed by Dr. P. Honig, General Adviser on Economic Affairs m the N.E.1., at a press conference m
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    BANGAL MUSLIMS
    36 4 A general meeting of the Ean^iya Muslim Shanmilani <B?n"nl Muslim Association) *as held at Queen Street Mosque on Apr. 12 presided over by Dr. S. I. M. Ibrahim. The committee an-1 officers were re-elected
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    CHURCHILL ATTACKS WALLACE
    380 4 1 LONDON, Friday. MR. Winston Churchill today obliquely attacked the former Unt.d St.tes Se:rela.y of Commerce, Mr. Henry Wallace j as a "cryp.o-Cjmmunis." a m ing to separata Britain from the United States and align hex j with Russia. Without mentioning Mr. Wai- J lace by name,
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    READY TO BLOW UP ISLAND
    31 4 Gci.ian workers carrying torpedo warheads into a network of tunnels forming Heligoland fortifications m preparation for blowing them up. In foreground are discarded containers. A.P. picture.
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    CABLE FLASHES S.E.A. Economic -Union Urged—'
    151 4 CABLE FLASHES S.E.A. Economic -Union Urged— RANGOON, Friday. pENERAL U Aung San, Burmese leader and Deputy ChairU man of the Burmese Executive Council, yesterday urged the formation cf a South-East Asia Economic Union consisting of Indonesia, Siam, Indo China, Malaya, and Burma. Aung San m a speech here at a
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    Fire At R.A.F. Depot
    179 4 LAHORE, Friday. A big fire broke cut th's afternoon m the RAF ordnance depot at Harbanspura, a few miles from Lah;re. Three sheds of the 306 RAF unit, containing parachutes, petrol, lubr cants and ether stores were completely destroyed. No loss cf life was reported. L
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    Molotov Wants To Expel D.P.s
    199 4 Molotov Wants To Expel D.P.s MOSCOW, Friday. THE Council of Foreign 1 Ministers last night ploughed through anothe- 16 articles of the draft trea y with Aus.ria, amoving points of d'sagreement only on a few of comparatively minor s'gnificance. The Soviet Foreign Minister, Mr. Molotov, clashed with the three Western
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    Three Missing In Plane Crash
    73 4 Plane Crash Three Missing In LE HAVRE, Friday. —At least three persons were reported m'ssing last night following the crash m the sea cf a private plane on Wednesday. Cn P of the survvors, a woman is m hospital here having been picked up by a French flying b;at. When
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    Wingate's Body Found
    161 4 CALCUTTA, Friday.—/The Remains of Major-Gen. Orde W-n-gate, famous Ch'ndit leader, and nis American crew have been found m a wreckage of a crashed C-47 plane forty miles north of Imphal, capital cf the native state of Manipur.—UP WASHINGTON^ Friday.—President Truman yesterday commuted the sentence of US. pr'vate
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    Census Of Ghosts
    128 4 The Hague, Friday.— Holland will take a census of her ghosts. The Catholic newspaper "de Tijd" state that the Dutch Central Office for folk-lore has been commissioned to do this by the Dutch Physical Research Association, and that thousands of questionaires have b&en sent out oy the
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    WAVELENGTH CHANGES
    121 4 WITH effect from mioauy tomorrow the transmitter now being used for Radi 1 Malaya's schools and lunchtime programmes :n thp 41 metre band w H .perate on a frequency of 6.77 megacycles per second m th P 44 metre band. The English programme from 1 to 2 p.m.,
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    ATTLEE MAKES CHANGES IN THE CABINET
    391 4 ATTLEE MAKES CHANGES IN THE CABINET LONDON, Friday. THE resignation of Lord Pethick-Lawrence as Secretary of State for India, announced last night, has resulted m a number of Cabinet changes. The new Secretary for India is the Earl of Listowel, whose place as Postmaster General, is filled by Mr. Wilfred
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    S.T.C.STRIKE INQUIRY ENDS
    576 5 Union Makes Last Minute Amendment THE public inquiry into the Singapore Traction Company dispute, which began sitting on March 19, concluded yesterday. Mr. Justice JoWing who conducted the inquiry is now considering his report and recommendations ready for presentation to the Governor. The Union's counsel, Mr. S.
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    FINED FOR ATTEMPTS TO SMUGGLE
    130 5 FINED FOR ATTEMPTS TO SMUGGLE From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Friday.— Stating that .ccused was "a professional lmutjgler and coulQ expect no «ymoathy from the court," the District Judge, Mr. A. M. I. Austin, sitting at Butterworth yesterday fined a Chinese vegetable gardener, Lim Ho Seng, $2,000 or six months'
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    KLANG CHINESE CLUB REVIVED From Our Own Correspondent
    42 5 KLANG CHINESE CLUB REVIVED From Our Own Correspondent KLANG, Friday.— At a special m? ting of pre-yai members of the Chinese Merchants Club Klang, it was proposed to revive the activities of the club, which was established m Klang 40 years ago.
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    ACTRESS ROBBED
    58 5 A young Cantonese film actress. Wui Tip Lai, who arrived from Hong Kong a few days ago, vas robbed of $2,500 m cash by three men m her flat m Hamilton Road, off Jalan Besar, yesterday alteinoon. $500 was m Hong Kong currency Three men, one with a
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    REFUGEES MUST REBUILD HOMES
    144 5 From Our Own Correspondent KLANG, Friday. THREE Sumatran Chinese refugees, sent from 1 Malaya to report on conditions m Panipahan, have told 2,000 compatriots waiting m Malaya, that Panipahan is completely destroyed and the first to return should be young men able to start rebuilding. The
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    GAOL FOR RESCUING THIEF
    153 5 From Our Own Correspondent TELUK ANSON, Friday. FF r O young Chinese and an elderly compatriot whom they "rescued* from a Punjabi watchman were sent to prison by Mr. Justice Adams today. The watchman, Waha, said he was taking Loh Yee to the police station after
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    EVIDENCE IN HOSPITAL IN ACID CASE
    154 5 EVIDENCE IN HOSPITAL IN ACID CASE From Our Own Correspondent IPOH, Friday. EVIDENCE of an alleged acid throwing incident was given from a hospital bed today when 'Che Shamsudin, the Ipoh magistrate, heard a charge of voluntarily causing grievous hurt against Voon Jan-shin, a former dresser at Ipoh General Hospital.
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    C.-in-C. Visits Kota Bahru
    80 5 LT.-GEN. Sir Neil M. Ritchie, Commander m Chief S.EAJJ 1 who recently conducted an extensive tour of Hong Kong, Saigon and Kota Bahru, returned to Singapore by air on Thursday night. He arrived m Kota Baruu on Wednesday and wa <s niet on arrival by the
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    PICTURES OF ASIAN TALKS
    57 5 A dozen pictures of the recer.tly concluded Inter-Asian Relations Conference at New Delhi are among those m a display of Indian photographs m the New World Park, Singapore. The display, organised by toe Government of India Information Services m Malaya, has been extended till the end
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      467 5 SINGAPORE World Attains; 8.00 Primrose League; SATURDAY 8 30 NeW8 8 -4 HOme DeW fr0B 1.00 p.m. Radio Orchestra; 1.30 Britain. News; 1.40 Share Market report; 1.50 7.30 p.m. From today's papers; Military Band music; 2.00 Close 7 interlude; 7.45 Organ Orinder's down 8.15 p.m. News headlines and Pro- Swing;
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    ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
    54 6 Dr. Mrs. G.V.H. van Geyzel thank ell relatives and friends who attended tneir wedding, and those who sent conrratulatory messages and valuable presents. Mr. and Mrs. Benedict de Souza thank all relatives and friends for their valuable and useful presents on t'.ic occasion of their marriage. Malacca and Kuala
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    She Straits Sim Singapore, Saturday, Apr. 19, 1947. Anthony Brooke
    1146 6 The Straits TImes Singapore, Saturday, Apr. 19, 1947. Anthony Brooke Mr. Anthony Brooke announced this week that he has taken a house m Singapore for a year, so he will continue to be a symbol of the old Sarawak m our community for some time to come. One who knew
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    SEND ARTISANS TO DOMINIONS'
    75 6 LONDON, Friday Britain should send her best artisans to Canada, Australia and other Commonwealth countries to assist industrial expansion and meet their manpower needs, said Lord Tweedsmuir m a motion to the House of Lords yesterday. Viscount Addison, for the Government, said they could not afford
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    FRUIT TREES IN THE RUBBER
    1215 6 A Malayan Countryman 's Diary T WAS interested to read that Singapore has not had such a prolonged and heavy rainy season for fifty years. I can only hark back for 41 years and cannot recollect such a long spell m the Kota Tinggi distrct.
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    Man In The Street The Eurasians After The Surrender
    836 6 Man In The Street The Eurasians After The Surrender AS a Eurasian who has read your leading article "The Massacre Trial", and also your footnote to "European's" letter m your issue of April 16, I feel that, as you have misconstrued the silence of your Eurasian readers, you should be
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    Indian Views On University
    358 7 Indian Views On University HINDI or Tamil, if not both, should be included m the courses of study m the future university, since Malay and Chinese "chairs" are proposed, declares the Singapore Indian Chamber of Commerce m a memorandum to the Commi.v s o n Higher Education. The Indian Chamber
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    TALKS ON FILM CENSORSHIP
    67 7 rHE Kinematcgraph Centers Society 'with which EagleLi&- Film Distributors were associated for this purpose) and the Cinematograph Exhibitors Association met the Colonial Secretary yesterday to put before him their views on fiim censorship. There was a frank exchange of views Th? discussions were most .-bio and
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    ARMY JOBS FOR BASE WORKERS
    49 7 The army had offered tj employ most of the tradesmen being dismissed at the Singap re Naval Base, the C vil Secretary at the Base, Mr. W. J. Hayer, Mfd last night. About 1,000 skilled tradesmen wll leave the Base withn the next month.
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    CHAIR IN TROPICAL MEDICINE SUGGESTED
    513 7 CHAIR IN TROPICAL MEDICINE SUGGESTED Medical Students Want New Courses CTUDENTS of the Singapore College of Medicine have recommended to the Commission on Higher Education that there should be several new "chairs" and courses, including a course on journalism, m the future university of Malaya. In a memorandum to the
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    Geylang Children Get Free Meals
    242 7 Geylang Children Get Free Meals IN line with plans for a network of child-feeding centres m Singapore, the Social Welfare Department opened another centre at Geylang Serai yesterday morning. It was the eleventh centre of its kind to be started since the beginning of this year. The Department has at
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    Japs Shot During Looting
    194 7 Japs Shot During Looting THE death cf a 27-year-old Japanese surrendered personnel, Ikeda, who was shot by Indian sentries guarding the Engineers' Store Base Depot, Aiv:andra, Singapore, while looting rolls of wire nett'ng m the early n..urs of Feb. 7 was inquired into by thr> Singapore Coroner. Mr. W. O
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    9 000 Japs To Leave In May
    63 7 NINE thousand Japanese surrendered personnel are expected to be repatriated from Singapore and Malaya m May, an Army spokesman announced yesterday. During the same period, a further batch of 12,500 Japanese will be sent back to Japan from Rangoon. "For the moment there
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    GAOL AND ROTAN FOR ROBBER
    191 7 GAOL AND ROTAN FOR ROBBER A SENIEi;C2 o: s .ta years' rigcr.us impr.smment and twelve i. .r^kes of the rotan was imposed o.i L1?L 1 S;o Tal, at th. S ngapore Assies yesterday. wh?n he was found guiity o: hav.n? committed robbery of clothing to the value of $600, which
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    $3,600 FINE FOR LIQUOR
    45 7 A fine of $3,600 or 12 months' rigorous imprisonment was imposed by Mr. KM. Byrne, the Third Police Magistrate, yesterday on a Chinese, Ong Pang Joo, who pleaded guilty to a charge of importing liquor without a licence m Apr. 10.
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    SINGAPORE MAN FINED $10,000
    169 7 SINGAPORE MAN FINED $10,000 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Fr'day. A Singapore Chinese, Chang Kirn Guan, who said he had spent all his m:ney m purchasing S amese tobacco on which $34,814 Customs duty had n:t been paid, was fined $10,000 Or two months' rg.rous imprisonment by the Kuala
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    UNGKU FATIMAH SERVES A MEAL
    53 7 Ungku Fatimah binti Tui.t,..u Abdullah, wife of T ungku Pc.ra of Geylang, was among voluntary helpers who attended the opening; of the Social Welfare Department's free meal scheme for children at Geylang Serai yesterday. Top picture shows Malay children, from Geylanu lining up for registration.
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    Jalan Besar Shooting: Boxer Held
    67 7 Jalan Besar Shooting: Boxer Held A SINGAPORE professional boxer. Chia Mun Onn, was among 16 men detained by the C.I.D. and divisional Police un Thursday m connection with the recent shooting incidents m the Jalan Besar area m which six Chinese, an Indian and a lad of ten years were
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    NEW MOON DAY
    27 7 The new moon whioh falls tomorrow will be celebrated at the Sinhalese Buddhist Temple, 96. Outran Road, by Mr. G N Appuhamy of Singapore.
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    YOUTH DELEGATES FAIL TO ARRIVE
    257 7 YOUTH DELEGATES FAIL TO ARRIVE ALTHOUGH members of Singapore youth leagues, unions and associations waited for more than an hour at the Kallang Airport yesterday afternoon to welcome the arrival by plane of four delegates of the International Youth Commission to Malaya they were disappointed. The plane from Rangoon which
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    3,500 TO LEAVEON DEMOB
    157 7 3,500 TO LEAVE ON DEMOB OVER 3,500 members of til© Services will be leaving Sin*» gapore next month tor the United Kingdom on leave and demob. In the latter category are men In class 'A' and 'B groups. Three ships will take members of the Army, R.A.F. and Navy home.
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    RESPONSE TO S.I.T. PLAN
    80 7 MANY prospective home and, shop builders have already approached the Singapore Improvement Trusit for blocks on the seven-acre Serangoon estate the Trust offered to the public two days ago. The 33 shophouses and 25 bungalow blocks are available to individual citizens without payment of a premium.
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    NEW D.M.S. FOR SINGAPORE
    110 7 DR. M. P. O'Connor, formerly Principal Mcd cal Officer, Sarawak, has arrived m S ngapore to act as D rector f Medical Services, :n plac c of Dr. W. Vickers, whj left by the S rathmore on Thursday on six months' furl ugh. Dr. O'Connor was
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    Memories of ©16 Singapore
    2120 8 Fun and Games in Stick} Colonial Society Dato Roland Braddell By BEFORE the first World War thormr i nnn W«o« wai, tne German community was one Of the centres of social life in Singapore, led by Mr anH Mr«s TTsne p fl^ aana Mrs. rlans .Becker, Who lived at Spring
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    FIRST MOTOR MEETING
    60 8 FIRST MOTOR MEETING The first motor meet ever held m Singapore. In the background is seen a prominent feature of bygone Tanglin of which only the name survives today Tyersall. In this picture is seen the Sultan of Jofaore's old palace of Tyersall, which stood m the grounds of the
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    We Go Pig Hunting
    585 9 THE Straits Times cameraman-reporter X team this week went on a wild boar hunt for today's picture-story. They went as guests of a young Chinese couple, Mr. and Mrs. Lim Joo Heng, of Singapore both crack shots who scarcely let a week pass without going out
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      89 9 HAL I Supplies are obtainable from GuTHPng€b tHANCHEi AT SINGAPORE KUALA LUMPUR PENANG MALACCA IPOH bai U irud* br NEWTON CHAMBERS It CO.. LTD, THORNCUFFE. SHEFFIELD. ENGLAND S ERVIS RECORDER What's Your Motor Lorry Doing All Day Long? BervU Recorders give you diary of your motor lorry written by your
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    Singapore shares are quiet
    144 10 Singapore shares are quiet By Our Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, Friday. FHERE was again very 1 little doing m the Singapore share market %nd Tery little business took place. Among industrials, Raffles Hotels were a feature with business up to $3 closing sellers at the price. Collieries were again wanted at
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    RUBBER PRICES
    56 10 ero Rubber Association's Priest i noon yesterday were: Bayer* Sellcn Cta. CU. per ft. per ft. a. 1 ».S.S. Spot torn 43% OK a 1 RJ3& fob im Iwles April 44% 44*6 o. 2 S.S.S. tek in bates April 4S* 48% o. 3 ».S.S. fob in bales April
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    TIN OUTPUT
    79 10 Talam Mines' output for March was 447 piculs. SS. "EMPIRE PASSMORE" ARRIVED SINGAPORE 15/4/47. Consignees of cargo are hereby notified that a General Average has been declared and that consignees are required to deposit flw per cent of the nett arrived value of their cargoes, such value to
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    SINGAPORE SHARE QUOTATIONS
    646 10 8INGAPOR* Apr. 15. CINGAPORE share quotations tov day, as given by the Malayan Shareholders' Association, were as follows: INDUSTRIALS SINOAPORB, Apr. IS. B«y«r Seller Alex. Brick (O) l.SS 3.10 Alex. Brick (P) 3.15 5.30 B. M. Trustee 8.39 9 00 Consolidated Tin Smelters (O) 20/6 23/. do
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    Big March rubber shipments
    188 10 Big March rubber shipments FAIR support from factories throughout the week has prevented a further decline m rubber prices, and a fair volume of business has been transacted, says Lewis Peat's weekly market report issued yesterday. The main enquiry has been lor the three top grades of sheet for oarW
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    LONDON STOCKS
    97 10 London Stock Exchange yesterday, the follow-through so Wednesday's Budgetary aetlrity peered very disappointing Pressure against numerous industrials, rails, wet stock? and specialities increased somewhat in late dealings, and succeeded in shifting the pendulum in fayour of the majority of the declines. The market closed barely steady.— Reuter. Sepang
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    PLAIN SAILING AT CHANGI YACHT CLUB Lord Burghley— Great British Runner
    662 11 PLAIN SAILING AT CHANGI YACHT CLUB Services Sport By Linesman HUNDREDS of Services visitors to Changi beaches are well used to th e lordly sight to yachts sailing proudly past them up and down the coast line, or on calm days hovering gently only a few hundred yaids away, waiting
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    Lord Burghley— Great British Runner
    707 11 Lord Burghley Great British Runner British sport has been paid a big compliment by the appointment of a British President of the International Amateur Athletic Federation. By Roy Moor former at the British championship meeting. LORD Burghley was born on Feb. 9, 1905. He gave no indication of his running
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    WINNERS DIFFICULT AT IPOH
    962 12 Antana &Atom Boy Best Ttvo By Our Racing Correspondent MAJOR D. M. Patrickson has made a good job of the J handicapping for the first day of the Ipoh Turf Club's meeting and winners will not be easy to locate, today, the opening day. The going
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    Selections
    54 12 Race 1. DEMURE. COURT ESAX. Race 2. TUCONEE, NORFELD. Race 3 ANTANA, DOUBLI, NINE. J Race 4. COLOUR PATCH INVEST. I Race 5. GOLDEN GYPSY. CORAL SEA. 1 Race 6. ATOM BOY, EULO GISM. Race 7. PRECIOUS STREAM WIN THE PEACE. Race 8. GEE STRING, SPEAR- I MIRTH. Best
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    Today's Card
    1073 12 fOMPLETE details of today's racing at Ipoh, the first day of the meeting, are as below The double totes will be on races four and five and races seven and eight. The big sweep will be on race eight. Non-acceptors, yesterday, were few and the fields that look
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    JOLLILADS WIN
    16 12 JoUilads A. V. beat the R.A.F. (M.T.) Changi 3-1 at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday.
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    ARMY WIN SERVICES' BOXING
    168 12 LONDON, Friday.— The Army won the Imperial Services Box- j ing Champions-hips at Harringay Arena, which only 24 hours earner was the scene of the Baksi-Woodcock fight. Instead of being crammed to capacity the arena was nearly ompty. Those Drcsent. however, saw some excellen fighting, with
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    9 Goals Scored On Padang
    176 12 S.C.C 5; Union Jack Club 4. f LEAN, forceful football was seen on the Padangr yesterday when the S.C.C. beat the Union JackClub by five goals to four m a friendly match. Barnes opened the scoring for the Union Jack Club shortly after the kick
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    WEEK EM) TEAMS
    648 12 The following have been selected to represent the Merry Union 8.P., "Reserves". In a friendly match against the Fraser Neave's Sports Club "B" team to be played today at 2.00 p.m.* at the latter's court, (Trafalgar Street). The match will consist of five singles and two men's
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    INDIAN COACH FOR AUST.
    88 12 LUCKNOW, Friday.— F. Brown, one of the best hockey forwards m India today, who has been selected by the Indian Hockey Federation as one of the alternate inside-rights of the Indian hockey team to play at the London Olympiad, has accepted a job as coach at
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    League Game
    91 12 Good soccer is anticipated at Jalan Besar Stadium this afternoon when the Royal Navy and the S.R.C. meet m the first round of the S.A.F.A. League. The only unbeaten side, the I Navy is expected to win. They have three wins to their credit, over the R.A.F., the
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    SIVAGNANAM SCORES 56
    159 12 SCORES m the cricket match played between the Raffles College and Ist Battalion Queen's at Changi yesterday were: RAFFLES Tunku Jattar b Lathan j D.R. Daniel b Stevens 3 Thilogaretnam lbw Doorne 16 T. Slvagnanam b Stevens 66 Kailsapalhi lbw Doorne 0 G.M. Thomasz b Lathan 5
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    INVITATIONS TO OLYMPICS
    84 12 LONDON, Friday— Russia i.as made application for membership m various international athletic bodies but ww not among l-he nations to whom Invitation for the Olympic games weumailed on Thursday by the British Organizing Committee, nor were Japan ard Germany. If the Russians are granted membii ships m
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      583 12 SITUATIONS WANTED SENIOR ASSISTANT, employed, experienced oil palm, rubber, open to engagement elsewhere provided terms favourable. Box No. A589 S.T. EUROPEAN gazetted traffic officer now docks superintendent Chittagong 13 years experience railways docks import export seeks employment staying Adelphi Hotel until 23rd H.B. Carrapiett Penang Advertiser. Chinese, age about 50
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      192 12 I WRESTLING Jttf^k HME* GREAT WORLD ARENA— B 30 P.M. W TONIGHT 8k Razak's 20th Century Presents— fl |j Malayan Heavy-Wt Semi-Final j Etft&Ti) SON OF KON(; W'.J 10 X 5 4/ STAN GARSIDE HH I riGHT TO DECISION CONTEST^! fl mr Bosca Boa vs Jack Winspear i& C*" c
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      35 12 SLNGAPORE TIDES TODAY: Highwater 9-30 a.m Height 7 ft. 8 ins., 10.16 p.m., Height 7 ft. 9 ins. TOMORROW: Highyater 10.13 a.m., Height 8 ft. 3 ins., 10.39 p m.. Height 8 ft. 2 ins.
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