The Straits Times, 28 April 1947

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    18 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845. EIGHT £AGES SINGAPORE, MONDAY, APRIL 28, 1947 PRICE TEN CENTS.
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    MODIFIED PAKISTAN PACT REPORTED
    336 1 Viceroy's Envoy To Fly To London NEW DELHI, Sunday. NEGOTIATIONS between the Viceroy, Viscount Mountbatten, and Indian leaders during the past four weeks are understood to have resulted tentatively m an agreement for a truncated Pakistan. General Lord Ismay, senior member of the Viceroy's staff, is
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    39 MINES OPERATING
    40 1 BATAVTA, Sunday.— According to official figures, two million guilders worth of tin ore' and iin slag were exported from Banka m February. At present there are 30 tin mines and three tin dredges producing 396 tons.— UP.
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    COCHIN MINISTERS KILLED IN AMBUSH
    275 1 SAIGON, Sunday. TWO Ministers of the Cochin Chinese Government were among at least 40 killed m a Vietnam attack on Friday. In the attack, a military convoy was ambushed near the Mekong River, 75 miles from Saigon. The two Ministers were the Minister of Education,
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    Storm Wrecks Burma Town
    53 1 RANGOON, Sunday. PVE thousand bosses were destroyed m and around the harbour town of Ye, m Lower Burma, m a cyclonic storm last week, according to a report received here today. The cyclonir storm struck 28 villages and lasted five-and-a-half hours. The casualties have not yet
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    Congratulations For Straits Times
    345 1 f»ONGRATULATIONS to the Straits Times and Sunday Times on their achievement of a circulation of more than a million a month were extended at the week-end by representative citizens m Singapore and the Malayan Union. Several people declared that they had never had the slightest conception
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    RIOTERS FIRE HOUSES
    181 1 RIOTERS FIRE HOUSES CALCUTTA, Sunday. persons were ar\J re .-ted after rioters had bet fire to a number of houses m 'he Entally district of CalCUt a yesterday. Police seized a number o: weapons, according to a communique issued by the Bengal Government. A threat o>: large-scale preventative arrests "without
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    POLICE FIND $500,000 JEWELVASE
    104 1 POLICE FIND $500,000 JEWELVASE MANILA, Sunday. rE discovery of 259 diamonds and other pieces of jewellery, estimated to be worth $500,000 (Straits) m the false bottom of a Chinese porcelain dragon vase has set Manila Police and Customs officials on the trail of Jewel smugglers. The dragon vase had oeen
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    NO NEWS OF MISSING B.I. SHIP
    97 1 THE Office of the Flag Officer, Malaya, said yesterday that there was still no news concerning the missing British Indian Navigation Line steamship Sir Harvey Adamson. The vessel has been missing since she left Calcutta for Rangoon on April 17 with 250 passengers on
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    Churchill Replies To Attlee
    170 1 Churchill Replies To Attlee LONDON, Sunaay. MR. Winston Churchill tonight accused the Prime Minister, Mr. Attlee, of going back a quarter of a century ''to find excuses for mismanagement and blunders of which he evidently feels his Government i,s guilty." Mr. Churchill was replying, m a statement issued from the
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    TAIAN SAID TO BE IN FLAMES
    69 1 SHANGHAI, Sunday.— Tiie iaip:rtant Government stronghold of Taian, on the TienUin-Pukow railway south 01 Shantung, capital of Tsinan, is m flames following the penetration of strong Communist forces into the city after four days and nights of furious fighting, according to Chinese press reports
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    SALARIES BODY NOW READY TO START WORK
    300 1 SALARIES BODY NOW READY TO START WORK THE Joint Salaries Commission which, under the chairmanship of Sir Harry Trusted, has been appointed to make recommendations on the salaries and conditions of all public officers m Singapore and the Malayan Union is ready to receive written reports and memoranda from members
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    JAPS IN BURMA
    36 1 RANGOON, Sunday.— Japanese surrendered personnel still waiting repatriation from Burma total 27,000 according to local press reports today. They will be sent to Japan by the end of May, the reports added. Reuter.
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    Australian Seizure On S'pore Ship
    127 1 From Our Own Correspondent MELBOURNE, Sunday. AUSTRALIAN Customs offin cers yesterday seized from the crews' quarters of the Burns Phiip steamer Mareila 300 motor tyres, a truckload of soap and lour boxes of butter which they allege weie intended for Singapore. Th* Marella, which was
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    BURMA ELECTIONS
    41 1 RANGOON, Sunday. With the exception of six Communists the Anti-Fascist Peoples Freedom League and its supporters secured all the 202 seato m the Constituent Assembly, for which election returns were received today. Eight reports are still not available. Reuter.
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    FRENCH PLEA FOR MORE RUHR COAL
    351 2 "Criminal Considered Before Victim GENEVA, Sunday. AN appeal for more Ruhr coal for France was made by M. Henri Martel, French workers' delegate of the National Federation of Underground Workers, m a public session of the Coal Committee of the International Labour Office here
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      Hungary Asks To Join U.N.O.
      186 2 .lIIW<IDV. IIIW<1DV LAKE SUCCESS, Sunday. HUNGARY yesterday applied for membership of the United II Nations Organisation. She is the first ex-en ?my country to do so. LAKE SUCCESS, Sur.d y.— Th e Hungarian Minister m Washington, or. a avar M.u>/.n.;, said m a letter to
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      Gun Runner
      107 2 MOMBASA, Sunday. Sentence of 42 months haru iaoour ana a fine of £250 was imposed yesterday on the ccptain of an Arab dhow for attempted gun running. He made the attempt from Mombasa last January. He plied between East Africa and th e Persian gulf. Twenty-three Service rifles,
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      45 2 COPENHAGEN, Sunday. A bomb exploded on Friday nu-ht m the e 'liar of the Russian consulate here, it was rep -rt d yesterday The b nib Vai ii Bl mauc It contained a kilogramme (just over two pounds) of cxpi^Sives. It caused no damage. Reutrr.
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      67 2 LONDON, Sunday:— The veteran British battleship Warspite, which ran aground last Wednesday during a gale, "can be regarded as a total loss,'' said Sir Walker St. David Jenkins, Director of Metal Industries, Glasgow shjpbreakers, last night The Warspite went on tho rocks at Prussia Cove, near Penzance, after breaking her
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      64 2 WASHINGTON, Sunday.—Between 20 and 30 Germans sail d from New York for Germany y sterday. Th e y embarked or. the transport Ernie Pyls. They wer c considered too dangerous to be allowed to reman m the United States. The g oup, first of mor c than 200 Germans scheduled
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      36 2 ALMORA, United Provinces, Sunday. —A man-eating t gsr l:as killed 15 people, and a la ge number of domestic animals, m the village of Talliraw Patti, of Almora district. The tiger is still at laige.— Reuter.
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      Dutch Internees
      162 2 THE HAGUE, Sunday.—Nearly 21.000 Dutch men. women and children are stiil interned m R?publican camps m Indonesia, according to an appeal sent to Dr. Jan A. Jonkman, Dutch Minister of Overseas Territories. It was sent yesterday by the Dutch Women's Organisation. Dr. Jonkman is expected to leave Holland
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      115 2 WASHINGTON, Sunday—President Truman has authorized the Navy to give certain surplus ships to China. He has als:> authorised a detail up to 300 naval personnel to assist the Chinese naval authorities m training of the Chinese to nperata them. The ships to be transferred were not identified. The Presid?nt acted
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      £5 "And Costs"
      136 2 READING. Sunday.— A Magistrate's court yesterday ordered Frederick Carter, a bookmaker's runner, to pay not only the £5 fine for illegally receivir.g bets on public hcuse premises, but also the costs of the drinks c nsumed by two policewomen w'">o wer c waiting at the bar to
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      Jews Retained
      97 2 MUNICH. Sunday—About 300 Jewish displace persons were i stopped yesteiday a* the AustroI German border near Salzburg. I They were riding m seven former U.S. army trucks, apparently bent on going to Palestine. They were stopped by the German border police and handed over to the United States
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      32 2 NEW YORK, Sunday.—The 85,000-ton liner Queen Elizabeth sailed last night after her fastest turn round on record. She took just over 29 hours to deepart after docking on Friday from Southampton.— Reuter.
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      NO "MAY DAY" FOR ATHENS
      85 2 ATHENS, Sunday:— All public meetings on Apr. 30 and May 1— Labour Day— have been forbidden by the Athens police,, the Greek news agency reported last nipht. The agency quoted a police statement which said that workers themselves disagreed over the best way to celebrate
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    DISCUSSION ON GURKHAS' FUTURE
    123 2 NEW DELHI, Sunday:— Future recruitment of Gurkhas for the British and Indian Armies is to re discussed at the Nepalese capital, Katmandu. An exploratory conference opens there on Apr. 30. Gurkhas, volunteers from Nepal, have served with great distinction m the Indian Army m two world
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    GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION
    248 2 Tenders will be received at the Office of the Director of Public Works. Singapore, up to noon of the 2nd May. 1947 for the following works:— Supply and delivery of furniture and fitments to the Dental Clinic, College of Medicine. Singapore, including repairs to existing furniture. Every person
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    SEAMEN CHOKED BY OIL
    170 2 SEAMEN CHOKED BY OIL PORTHCAWL, GLAMORGAN. Sunday. DR. Robert George Evans said when the inquest on the Samtampa disaster opened at Porthcawl yesterday that the 26 men whose bodies had been recovered had died of asphyxia due to drowning, fuel oil being an important factor. Their mouths wer<? blocked with
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    U.S. ARMY HAS 1,000,000 MEN
    134 2 WASHINGTON, Sunday The U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee chief, Senator Chan Gurney, yesterday estimated the strength of the US Army at 1,000,000. Of these, 400,000 were m the Air Force and 200,000 were ground combat forces. In a U.S. foreign policy radio talk, the Senator
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    BRITISH FLOUR CUT
    104 2 LONDON, Sunday:— The British Food Minister, Mr. John Strachey, has instructed millers and importers of flour to make a slight cut m their output to customers. He has done so because millers have delivered appreciably more flour to bakers and other trade buyers than was necessary to
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    TO FIGHT 'TEA MONEY"
    192 2 From Our Own Correspondent BANGKOK, Sunday. THE first outburst of public 1 dissatisf r c* on against the extortion of "tea money" by Bangkok landlords has manifested itself with a group calling itself the "Blood and Steel Party" circulating threatening letters to several prominent building owners
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      840 2 NOTICES NOTICE It l« nercby notified for the information ot ali members of the Pahang Government Servants' Co-operative Thrift and Loan Society, Ltd.. that i the date of closing the accounts of the < above Society which Is being re-con-■tructed will be on 29 4 47 I 1. All member*
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      574 2 NOTICES NOTICE This is to notify that we have this 18th day of April, 1947, purchased the business Including stock-in-trade and goodwill of Chop Hong Chong Co.. of 416 Oeyland Road, Singapore, and we are not responsible for any claim or claims against the said Chop after the 2nd May.
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      772 2 NOTICES NOTICE SINCERE DISPENSARY, LIMITED. Lost Share Certificates. Application has been made to the Directors of this Company to issue a fresh certificate of 355 shares of $10 each fully paid up registered tn the name of Dr. Wong Siong Cie of No. 49, Granville Road, Hongkong, upon the statement
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    HOW UNIVERSITY MIGHT BE FINANCED
    494 3 HOW UNIVERSITY MIGHT BE FINANCED Govt. Should Make First Donation TO avoid delay m carrying out the university scheme, the Government of Malaya should take the initiative by donating substantially towards the university fund. This view is put forward by Mr. Lee Kong Chian, chairman of the Singapore Chinese Chamber
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    $10,000 LOST ON APPLES
    100 3 By Our Market Correspondent A SHIPMENT of apples from Hong Kong which arrived late has caused losses to Singapore importers of some $10,000. With more apples due from Australia, importers sold $6.50 a case, compared with th« previous week's price of $35 a case. Week-end price
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    KEDAH'S RURAL INDUSTRIES
    125 3 From Our Own Correspondent ALOR STAR, Sunday.— The progress of rural industries m Kedah was remarked upon by Che Abu Bakar bin Mohamed, visiting representative from Kuala Lumpur Rural Industries Department, during a recent visit here. H e is investigating the rural industries of Kedah He will
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    Coolie Racket in S'pore Rice Trade
    308 3 CINGAPORE rice retailers are once more allowing coolie v extortionists to play upon them. The Food Control Inspectorate recently removed the incubus from their shoulders, It has returned, despite even the intervention of the Singapore Police. The basis of the racket Is a coolie
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    GUTHRIE'S BOARD RE-FORMED
    149 3 An event of some considerable interest m the continuity of Malayan mercantile history took place on Saturday with the reformation of the board of Guthrie A Co., Ltd., In Malaya, following tihe re-registration of the company here. Guthrie and Co., was established m Singapore m 1821, and,
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    GALLOWAY FOR U.K.
    40 3 Lieut. -Gen. A. Galloway, Com-mander-in-Chief, Malaya Command, left for Singapore yesterday on the first stage of his journey to the United Kingdom to attend a conference to be held by the Chief of the Imperial General Staff.
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    Commission Sees S'pore Graduates
    200 3 TTHE Carr-Saunders Higher 1 Education Commission considered it reasonable for past graduates of the local colleges to be represented on the council of the future university of Malaya. This was reported at the annual general meeting of the Stamford Club (association of Raffles College graduates) on
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    BOOK FAIR FOR STORE
    132 3 AN exhibition of British books is to be staged m Singapore under the auspices of Singapore Public Relations and with the co-operation of leading Singapore booksellers, with the object of showing the public the types of books available and the latest advances m British printing methods,
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    JAPS BROUGHT FROM N.I.
    81 3 A LARGE crowd gathered m fruit of the Netherlands Movement and Maintenance Group Building. Raffles Qaay, yesterday afternoon when 16 Japanese soldiers, brought to Singapore on. suspicion of War Crimes, were temporarily housed there Earlier m the afternoon the party had arrived m Singapore on the
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    MR. A.C. MAXWELL FOR SARAWAK
    56 3 MR. A. C. MAXWELL, of the Malayan Police, who has been seconded for duty with the Sarawak Constabulary has been appointed to act as Commissioner by the Governor of Sarawak. Mr. Maxwell, who was interned during the Japanese occupation returned to Malaya last year and
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    Tin Secretariat Of Great Benefit
    253 3 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Sunday. PE TIN Study Group meeting at Brussels, says the Economist, did little more than estimate production and consumption for the coming years, and establish a secretariat. This was as expected. The establishment of a secretariat, however, will be of
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Monday, Apr. 28, 1947. Mr. Chettur On Estates
    1026 4 The Straits Times Singapore, Monday, Apr. 28, 1947. Mr. Chettur On Estates Sharply contrasted comments on Mr. S. K. Chettur, representative of the Government of India, are to be heard m planting circles and m the Indian community of Malaya, following the Press conference given by Mr. Chettur last week
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    HOPE DIAMOND OWNER DIES
    160 4 WASHINGTON, Sunday.— The owner ot the famous Hope Diamond, Mrs. Evelyn Walsh McLean, died here of pneumonia yesterday, aged 60. The Hope Diamond is reported to have brought personal tragedy to its owners, such as the death last September of Mrs. McLean's only daughter, Mrs. Evelyn
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    RAFFLES GIRLS' SCHOOL CORNER
    21 4 This is the corner referred to m the letter from a worried mother which is published below,
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      Deeds better than words, says a Singapore motorist
      443 4 AS a motorist of over 22years' experience, I read with great interest the var.oui opinions on the question of a speed limit for Singapore reported mi n your article of Apr. 23, and m particular the comments of Mr. T. H. Stone.
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      Municipal Example
      101 4 'THE Singapore Municipal 1 Commissioners are to be congratulated on their generous and sympathetic attitude towards their staff, by granting the most reasonable scale of cost-of-living allowances which has just been approved. It is to be hoped that bosses who still do not give allowances to their employees
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      Who Will Help The Scouts?
      121 4 IN your short leader entitled ''Island Holiday" (published last Saturday) you state that "the Boy Scoots have had their permanent camp at Tanah Merah for many years." Unfortunately this camp no longer exists. All the amenities I were destroyed during the Japi an se occupation,
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      Pork And Pigs: Market Mystery
      172 4 I WAS interested m the discussion some time ago on the method of importing pigs irom the Malayan Union, the sale and the profits of such ventures, and the price of pork. At the time when the price ol pigs was stated by Mr. X.Y.Z,
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      Soldier's View
      135 4 AS a British soldier stationed m Singapore since the liberation I find myself m full agreement with "Batu" (Strats Times, Apr. 20) when he states that the average Briton is fast losing his traditional detestation of anything savouring of bureaucracy. It now seems that the only place for
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      Religious Knowledge
      123 4 QELIGIOUS knowledge is taught m all missionary schools. In the School Certificate examination students can only take eight subjects. They are free to take religious knowledge or not. I am a student of a missionary school m Singapore. I have to sit for my School Certificate examination at
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      School Corner
      60 4 rAT has happened to the! policeman reg v 1 a ting traffic at the intersection of Stamford Road, Queen Street and Armenian Street, near the Methodist Publishing House? This is one r>l tn° dan"~r^"s crossroads m Singapore, and for the safety of school children, I appeal to the
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      A STADIUM TO BE PROUD OF
      294 4 A STADIUM TO BE PROUD OF Singaporean comparisons m Bangkok BANGKOK, April 21* YESTERDAY I wei-t to the National Stadium m Bangkok to watch a football match between the Singapore Chinese Association and a team from the Old Boys of the Assumption College, and I was much impressed by the
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      71 4 Danger Spot AS a newcomer to Singapore who regularly passes the junction of Lavender Str c; with Serangcon Read and Balestier Road, I have been surprised that the authorities have not seen fit to place a traffic polceman here. This is ore of the most dangerous crossings m town. I
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    CHINESE BROADCASTS WILL BE EXPANDED
    514 5 CHINESE BROADCASTS WILL BE EXPANDED New Short Wave Transm itters MEW short wave transmitters will be set up m Sing- pore and Kuala Lumpur shortly, which will strengthen the* Malayan radio network, make for better reception of Singapore programmes upcountry and allow for an expansion of Chinese broadcasts which have
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    Straits Times Teleprinter
    91 5 t This photograph shows the ne w Straits Times teleprinter receiving news messages from the newspaper's office m Kuala Lumpur. The Straits Times is the first and only newspaper so far to operate its own teleprinter system m Malaya. News is transmitted from the Kuala Lumpur office
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    Perak Hydro Make Conciliation Offer
    255 5 Perak Hydro Make Conciliation Offer From Our Own Correspondent IPOH, Sunday. ANEW offer has been made by the management of the Perak Hydro-Electric Power Company to its employees who have been on strike for more than a fortnight. The offer states that if the employees return to work, the Company
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    Police Ambush Robber Gang From Our Own Correspondent
    91 5 Police Ambush Robber Gang From Our Own Correspondent- .rollout: B.IHRI Sunday. A POLICE ambush of a heav.ly- armed robber gang on the Kota Tinggi Read on Saturday night resulted m six arrests and the seizure of a Sten gun, two automatic pisuls and two revolvers. So completely was the gang
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    Mystery Attack On Family
    177 5 Mystery Attack On Family A THREE-YEAR-OLD girl was killed and her bio her, aged five years, was seriously injured as a result of a mysterious knife attack m a Chinese vegetable planter's home m the suburbs of Singapore Mtrty yes.tr ay morning. The father was also injured, but not seriously.
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    69,000 TONS OF TIN FOR U.S.A.
    102 5 WASHINGTON, Sunday:— The supply of tin available to the U.S.A. during 1947 will probably not exceed 69,000 tons. This figure is given m a report by the U.S. Government agency, Civilian Production Administration. Siam is expected to release for export 16,000 tons of tin
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    YOUTH LEADERS IN STORE
    160 5 A RUSSIAN woman journalist Mrs. Olga Tohetchetfcina, Is one of three members comprising a delegation from the World Federation of Democratic Youth which arrived by air m Singapore on Saturday. At the invitation of the youth of Malaya, they have come to study and report on
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    MORE RICKSHA MEN GO HOME
    105 5 ANOTHER batch of 67 Singapore ricksha pullers and their dependents were repatriated by the Singapore Government on Saturday m the Hong Kheng bound for China. This brings the total number of repatriated so far to 200. Another 100 are waiting their turn at the Singapore
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    MORE TRADE UNIONS ARE REGISTERED
    37 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Saturday. THE names of another 17 trade 1 unions which have been registered m the Malayan Union are published m the Government Gazette. This brings the registered total to 227.
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    To See Eye Specialist
    31 5 Sultan Abu Bakar of Pahang who is m Singapore to sic an eye specialist. The Sultan is accompanied by his brother, Tengku Aril Bendahara. Straits Timss picture.
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    PRAISE FOR MR. ASCOLI
    159 5 From Our Own Correspondent. LONDON, Sunday. COMMENTING on the speech of the Chairman of the Rubber Growers Association, Mr. F. D. Ascoli, m London, last week, the News Chronicle City Editor congratulates Mr. Ascrli for discussing "awkward facts." He character scs as an 'awkward fact" the
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    PLANTERS REPLY TO AGENT
    581 5 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. lEADING planters m Selangor 41 declared today that the Indian Agent, Mr. S. K. Chettur, had only told half the story In his report on working conditions of Indian labourers m Maktya. They were referring to Government disclosures m
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    PRACTICAL LAND WORK AT SERDANG
    182 5 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. MALAYA'S School of Agriculture at Serdang has started to lay more emphasis on practical instruction since its reopening last year to compete the courses of study of pro war students. Field work at the school dur.ng the month
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    PERAK TAPPERS MAKE DEMANDS
    383 5 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. THE news from Ipoh that workers on 252 estates i« Perak have presented demands to their employers has not surprised Kuala Lumpur. The United Planting Association of Malaya is keeping m close touch with the situation which has developed
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    Only Social Survey In The Empire
    161 5 Only Social Survey In The Empire ASCCIAL survey being planned for Singapore will be ihe only .-cientific and de a led of its kind m th? Colonial Empire. Sir Alexander Carr-Saund^rs, Chairman cf the Higher Educition Commission, who is aso Chairman of the Colonial 0 c Social R c s
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    CARR-SAUNDERS LEAVING
    49 5 The Chairman of the Higher Education Commission. Sir Ale:;ander Carr Eaunders. expects to leave Singapore on Tuesday, aftsr holding final di-cu-.sions with Dr. Ivor Jennings. the ViceChancellor of Ceylon University, who Is also a member of the Commission. Dr. Jennings returns to Ceylon on the same day
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    EXCHANGE OF VISITS
    97 5 A SUGGESTION that a party of Singapore schoolboys should v:sit Kuala Kangsai following the visit of oarty of Kuala Kangsar schoolboys to Singapore was ade by the Colonial Secretary. Mr P. A. B. M?Kcrron when ne met th? Kuala Kan?rar beys on S: turdaj Mr McKerron congratulated
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    $10,505 FINES FOR FOOD OFFENCES
    63 5 From Our Staff Correspond :nt KUALA LUMPUfc. Sunday The Controller of Supplies, Malayan Union, m his* summary of prorecutions for infringements of food control proclamations m March, says there w:re 88 prosecutions during the month and 46 convictions. Fines totalling $10,505 were impos d and
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    Malacca To Hold Padi Show
    158 6 Malacca To Hold Padi Show From Our Own Correspondent MALACCA, Sun. THE Department of Agri 1 culture has organised a padi growing competition for cultivators m Malacca, designed to discover the best areas for production and to make' the peasant conscious of the need for increasing his crop. Prizes m
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    Kedah's War On Rabies
    62 6 Prom Our Own Correspondent ALOR STAR, Sunday. SINCE the war on rabies began m January, 403 dogs and 289 bitches have been destroyed. Ia March, 179 dogs and 159 bitches were shot, against a total of 98 m the previous month. The greatest destruction took place
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    SARAWAK WIRE TO PREMIER
    93 6 TOE President of the Malay 1 National Union of Sarawak has sent the following telegram to the British Prime Minister: "We desire to question the accuracy of the conclusions set forth In the statement issued. by the Governor-General after his recent visit to Sarawak on the
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    "MALACCA PLANS FOR MAY DAY"
    56 6 The Deputy Commissioner for Labour. Negri Sembilan and Malacca, writes to say that the statement that most commercial employers m Malacca have agreed to give their employees a paid holiday on Labour Day, May 1, is incorrect. He s— s that the majority of employers
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    IRON LOOTING
    131 6 From Our Own Correspondent ALOR STAR, Sur.day. An English-speaking Indian, Kr.shnan, of Sungei Patarii, was ».ntenced to six m:nths nacrous imprisonment yesterday at Sungei Patani District Court. He was sentenced by Tuan Syed Mahathir on a charge of st aling 200 sheets of corrugated iron °n Mar. 17.
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    Big Power Failure At T.A.
    145 6 Big Power Failure At T.A. From Our Own Correspondent TELUK ANSON, Sunday. A BREAKDOWN of the t\ largest generator m Teluk Anson power station has resulted m vigorous steps to conserve electricity m the district served by the station. The breakdown followed several months of operation under an overload and
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    TAIPING WEDDING
    94 6 From Our Own Correspondent TAIPINQ, Sunday.— The wedding took place at All Saints' Church yesterday of Mr. Sinclair Lorenz Speldewinde, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. C. Speldewinde, to Miss Kathleen Charlotte, daughter of Mrs. Linda van Buren and the late Mr H. J. van Buren. The bride
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    GAOL FOR WAITER
    53 6 From Our Own Correspondent MUAR, Sunday. Au 18-year-old Chinese attendant m the Muar public restaurant, Lim Ah Kirn, was sentenced by the District Judge, Che Hamid bin Mustapha, to tw o months rigorous imprisonment for theft of a coat, a pocket watch and $3.50 m cash from
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    MALAYAN SHARE MARKETS TURNOVER IMPROVES
    1118 7 By A Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, Saturday. QUOTATIONS were well maintained and the turnover m the Malayan markets during the past week iT.owed improvement. Industrials provided the bulk of the business, and Dollar and Australian tins also shared m the activity, but rubber shares were an
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    15 P.C. Dividend By Rajah Hitam
    169 7 Company's Report T^HE Rajah Hitam Coconut Estate Ltd. are to pay a final dividenU of 5 per cert, making 15 per cent, for the year. This was agreed to at the annual meeting of shareholders helti at Kuala Lumpur. It was also agreed to
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    N.Y. Stocks In New Declines
    79 7 NEW YORK, Saturday. On the New York Stock Exchange yesterday, the downward trend continued during the afternoon with stocks showing widespread 1< sses ranging to two points with steels, papers, chemicals, rails, textiles, wetstocks, amusements and aviations the most vulnerable to mild pressure Stocks finished
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    LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE
    64 7 LONDON. Saturday.— On the London Stock Exchange yesterday the close of the week found the markets In no better frame of mind as regards actual business, although the tendency was showin<? «ome sign of improvement. Interest m domestic issues revolved around Industrials which were generally firmer. The
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    Week-End Produce Prices
    224 7 From Our Market Correspondent. RICE noodies declined further m price during the week-end, owing to the arrival of large stocks from Siam and China. Coffee, however, turned firm as sellers were reserved. Pepper was dull, coffee firm, sago flour down slightly, and sugar quiet. Latest quotations are:
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    RUBBER PRICES
    62 7 The Singapore Chamber ot Commerce Rubber Association's Prices at noon on Saturday were: Buyers Sellers Cts. Cte. per lb. per lb. No. I R.S.S. Spot loose 43% 43* No. 1 R.S.S. fob In bales May 44% 44% No. 2 R.S.S. fob m bales May 42% 42% j No.
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    U.K. SUGAR PRICE IS REDUCED
    41 7 LONDON. Saturday. —The Ministry of Food announces that the maximum wholesale and retail prices for sugar used m domestic consumption will be reduced Id. per lb. beginning to-morrow. The retail price will be 3d. per lb.—U.P.
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    Classic A '2-Eorse' Event
    190 8 Classic A '2-Eorse Event From Vernon Morgan LONDON, Sunday. BRITAIN'S first big classic of D 1947— the 3,000 Guineas which will be run over one mile at Newmarket on Wednesday, is to all intents and purposes a two-horse race between Tudor Minstrel and Petition. That is how experts and backers
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    SIGNALS SIDE BEATS COSMOS
    91 8 Thrilling soccer was served up at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday when General Headquarters (Signals) beat Cosmos m a friendly game. Signals took a little time to settle and were a goal m arrears In the early stages, but goals came quickly when they struck form, and
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    JURONG CRICKET
    35 8 In a match played at Jurong yesterday, the Jurong Sports Club second string, beat 68. E,U. The club scored 121 runs for 10 wickets, m reply to 54 runs by the army side.
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    600,000 WATCH LEAGUE GAMES
    128 8 LONDON, Saturday. ALTHOUGH overshadowed by the Cup Final, the remainder of the football programme attracted the usual interest and about 600,000 watched the League matches. They saw some exciting gamo:which are likely to have a great effect on promotion and retention positions. Wolverhampton retained the leadership
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    C.S.C. Bowler Gets 8-20
    224 8 Ceylon Sports Club playeis, C. Sene viratne and S.K. Sundram gave great displays In yesterday's match against RAF Seletar. Scores ue: CEYLON SPORTS CLUB S. Yogarajah c Mason b Shea 29; L. Wijiaweera run out I; S.K. Sundram c Welllngs b Kershaw 25; T.E. K. Retnam
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    RAFFLES WIN BIG MATCH
    393 8 Win First Football Cup In Extra Time From James R. Chambers LONDON, Sunday. AFTER extra time, Charlton Athletic beat Burnley by one goal to nil m the final of the Football Association Cup before an estimated crowd of 99,900 at Wembley Stadium yesterday. This was the
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    Gallant Fight For Runs By Medicals
    403 8 Gallant Fight For Runs By Medicals DAFFLES College scored an eight wickets win m the 13th annual cricket match against the Medical College which ended on the Raffles Padang yesterday. After dismissing the M.C.U. side m the second innings, Raffles College was set an easy task that of making 33
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    TAKES 7 WICKETS FOR 35
    201 8 pLAYING for the Royal Engi- neers against the S.R.C. on the S.R.C. Padang yesterday, I Johnson took seven wickets for 35. Despi^ Johnson-. 's effort, the' Army side was bsaten. After scoring 100, the S.R.C. i side dismissed th e Engineers for j 88 runs.
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    Singapore Chinese Win At Bangkok
    88 8 BANGKOK, Sunday. THE Chinese football team from Singapore which is visiting Bangkok has w^n two of the three games which it has played againsi local teams, the other resulting m a draw. The team, which arrived last Thursday week, opened on the Saturday following their
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    British Soccer Details
    1288 8 Saturday's V.K. football league results and tables up-to-date are: FIRST DIVISION FIBST DIVISION Aicearil 5 Grlmsby T. 3 Aston Vila 1 Liverpool 2 Blackburn R. 0 Stoke C. 2 Brentford 0 Middlesb. 0 Derby 2 Leeds U. 1 Everton 2 Preston S.E. 0 Huddersfield 1 Sheffield U.
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    Wins 5 Athletic Events
    222 8 Wins 5 Athletic Events AUTSTANDING performer at yest«rday's RAF Tengah athletic meeting was Flying Officer Daly. Daly, who finished with five wins, two seconds and a third, was awarded a cup for the best individual performance. Results of the meeting are. 120 yards hurdles: F/O Daly 1, Sgt. Donald 2.
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    ARMY TEAM DEFEATS SO.C.
    191 8 In a match played at Tanglin yesterday, G.H.Q. SFALF beat the SCC by 53 runs. The scores were: G.H.Q. (SEALF) Salmon b Jagger 8; Hunter b Tufnell 22: Badnam c Ev.art b Tufnell 24; Agley c Holt b Milton 1: Clerke-Brown c and b Thome 29;
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    MALAYAN SPORTS PROPOSAL ADOPTED
    148 8 MALA YAN SPORTS PROPOSAL ADOPTED MALAYA'S suggestion for th^ formation of a Paoiflc of Eastern zone m the Thomas Cup. of the Davis Cup of badminton. ha 3 now becom? an accomplished fact. The proposal was put forward by Malaya before the war, but naturally had to be poetponed. It
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