The Straits Times, 3 May 1947

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    18 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845. TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, May 3, 1947. PRICE TEN CKN'tS.
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    PEOPLE FEAR TO USE NEW CARS
    212 1 PEOPLE FEAR TO USE NEW CARS COME wealthy towkays m the Malayan Union are u afraid to use new luxury cars allotted to them by the Priority Board. Acceptance of delivery of these cars, m some instances, has been followed by threatening letters from extortionist gangs, according to a Kuala
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    CONGRESS MAKING VITAL CHOICE
    415 1 CONGRESS MAKING VITAL CHOICE NEW DELHI, Friday. MR. Gandhi is m Delhi again, m answer to an urgent sum nons to meet the Working i ommittee of Congress m what may be the most impor it ant deliberations m the [party's 61 -year history. Mr. Gandhi conferred with ■Pandit Nehru
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    CHAIRMAN WARNS U.N.O. ARABS
    175 1 CHAIRMAN WARNS U.N.O. ARABS NEW YORK, Friday. AFTER a four and a half hour argument, the Arab states were defeated m their second effort to get the question of independence for Palestine placed on the agenda of the United Nations Assembly. Lat?r the Brazilian chairman of the Steering Committee, Dr
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    Two S'pore Tongkangs Pirated
    220 1 Two S'pore Tongkangs Pirated OPERATING m motor-boats, 1/ Chinese pirates boarded two motor-driven cargo tongkangs m Dutch waters off Karimon Island last Wednesday, held up the crews at pistol point and got away with $6,900 m cash and some jewellery. Shots were fired by the pirates, but no one was
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    LEY TO DIE ON THURSDAY
    100 1 LONDON. Friday.— An application by Thomas John Ley. former Minister of Justice m N e w S:u'h Wales, to the Attorney* General, for a flat to app e al to th P House of Lore's against the death sentence passed on him for the "chalkpit
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    JAP CABINET MAY RESIGN
    53 1 TOKIO Friday. Th.-> newsthat Cabinet members would pre•eju tiieir lxJg.iu 1 v vtbmier Suigeru Yoshida next Tuesday, after the Cabinet decides to convoke a new Diet session on May 20. weelc, however, win De asked by rue tanperct 10 obo"!*.~i nrcrflce until the new Diet elects
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    From Our Own Correspondent
    34 1 JOHORE, BAHRU, Friday. i customs officer examin- ing passengers' luggage on the Kuala Lumpur-Sin-gapore mail train m Johore Bahru this morning discovered six pythons m six sacks m one compartment.
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    LONDON DOCKERS RETURN
    136 1 LONDON DOCKERS RETURN LONDON, Friday. OFFICIALS at most of London's main docks paid today that dockers were reporting for duty at 95 per cent, strength following the ending of the strike m sympathy with Glasgow men. In all, 9,000 men were estimated to be back at work. A Port of
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    JAPANESE FLAG RESTORED
    108 1 TOKIO, Friday. Gen. MacArthur restored the Japanese national flag to the people today, but specified that it could be flown without restriction only over certain Government buildings, including the Emperor's palace. In a letter to the Premier, Mr. Yoshida, Gen. Mac Arthur said the Rising Sun could
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    68 1 Left: The last event attended by Princess Elizabeth on her 21«{ birthday. cel:bratM m C-.pe Town, was a gala ball given m her tnmmr at Government House. Here she is seen dancing with Sir D Vitliers Grraff. Right: Three-year-old Mary Oppenheimer, w hose grand father, behind her, is chairman of
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    SNAKES ALIVE!
    99 1 The sacks had been placed under a seat m the compartment and were tied with string. The owner of the sacks sat on the seat and other passengers m the compartment did not know what the sacks contained. The customs officer unfed a pack and out popped a
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    BRITAIN HOPES BURMA STAYS IN EMPIRE
    1110 1 ixt m LONDON Friday. JN the House of Commons today Mr. Arthur Henderson, Under-Secretary for Burma, reviewed the "very important and significant developments that have taken place m Burma during the last few months." He was moving approval of the continuance m force qf
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    FRENCH PREMIER CHOOSES SHOWDOWN
    151 2 FRENCH PREMIER CHOOSES SHOWDOWN May Mean Change Of Government PARIS, Friday. THE French Premier, M. Paul Ramadier, will ask the National Assembly for a vote of confidence and if the vote goes against hiir he will resign, it was officially announced last night. A three-hour meeting of the Cabinet broke
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    34 2 Admiral d: Laborie, seen before the High Court of Justice m Versailles, where h; is undergoing trial accused of having "scuttled" the French Fleet during the German occupation. —British Information Services .Middle East) picture.
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    AIR RECORD BEATEN TWICE
    160 2 AIR RECORD BEATEN TWICE LONDON, Friday. "THE England to Cape record i I was smashed twice by British planes today, first by an R.A.F. Mosquito which made the flight m ten hours 52 minutes faster than ever before, and then by the R.A.F. Lincoln bomber, "Aries," which beat the previous
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    BATA SENTENCED
    28 2 PRAGUE, Friday.—Jan Bata, the famous Czechoslovak indus- trialist, was sentenced m his absence to 15 years' imprisonment today for failing to aid the Czech resistance movement.—UP.
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    RIOTS IN MAY DAY PARADES
    562 2 LONDON, Friday. MAY Day brought demonstrations by millions over much of the world along with a flood of leftist manifestoes denouncing capitalism and "warmongers." Six persons were killeed and 15 injured near Palermo, Sicily, m crossfire from machineguns over- j looking two columns of workers.
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      320 2 NOTICES NOTICE NOTICE 18 HEREBY GIVEN that Mr. Chua Tian Seng is no more m the employ of our Firm under the name and style of Chor Bian Seng (Chinese Characters ft Transport Contractors of No. 95. Market Street. Singapore as from the Ist of April. 1947. Further take notice
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      722 2 NOTICES, y SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY. The Public is notified that the Chinese Cemetery at Coronation Road will be closed for burials at the end of May 1947. As from Ist June 1947 burials will be made at the new Chinese Cemetery at the 15th milestone Choa Chu Kang Road. NOTICE Messrs.
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    'Workman 'Defined As $400 p.m. Man
    167 3 Prom Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. A -WORKMAN" defined under the Workmen's Compen sation act as a man receiving not more than $200 a month will m future be defined as one receiving not more than $400 a month. This is the intention
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    RAINS SPOIL KELANTAN RICE CROPS
    171 3 RAINS SPOIL KELANTAN RICE CROPS Only One-Third Harvested From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. EXTENSIVE padi fields m Kelantan, many of them carrying heavy crops, were submerged after out of season heavy rain last month. In Ulu Kelantan about 2,000 acres were harvested during the month, the yields recorded
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    S.T.C. Men "Assault" Conductors
    136 3 S.T.C. Men "Assault" Conductors PINOAPORE Traction ComJ pany men now on strike, travelling in gangs, have been forcing conductors of private buses to give them free rides, said an official of the Singapore Bus Owners' Association yesterday. A number of cases has been reported of assaults of private bus conductors
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    RICE CARD DECISION TODAY
    211 3 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. A DECISION will be given by Mr. Justice Spencer Wilkinson la the Selangor Assizes tomorrow morning on whether or not V. S. Chelliah, the financial clerk of the Food Control Department, has a case to meet on charges of
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    Sikh Driver Had Been Warned
    217 3 Sikh Driver Had Been Warned WHEN Major Joh.i Burnett D.5.0., M.C., Ist Bat: a ion Seaforth Highlanders, again appeared before the Fourth District Judge, yesterday charged "with doing a r?.sh act r.ot amounting to culpable homicide," it was stated that four days before his death the Sikh taxi driver, Baghail
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    FAREWELL TO BROTHERS
    62 3 The Rev. Brothers Ignatius and Patritius, of the Roman Catholic Order of St. John Baptirt De La Salle. were entertained to a farewell luncheon by the boys of the Senior School Certificate Class, 1946. of St. Joseph's Institution. They wil be leaving Singapore for Ireland to-day by
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    Mourning Dead King
    42 3 Aniun- the first to express their condolences to Queen Alexandrine on the death of King Chris tian of Denmark were the King's chauffeur and his wife. They are seen above on their way to Amalienborg Castle, Copenhagen. A.P. photo.
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    MINERS' SPEEDIER DEMOB
    181 3 MINERS' SPEEDIER DEMOB {JPEEDIER demobilisation of iJ experienced coalminer.s from ihe British Army was announced m an official statement •Tom G.H.Q. S.E.A.L.F. on Thursday. I .says thAt, m view at tne < xi: me urgency of increasing the labour force m British mines, the War Office has announced its intention
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    ARMY TATTOO AT IPOH
    66 3 Vroui Our Own Correspondent IPOH, Friday.— A grand military tattoo will be held on the Jtooh padang on Monday. May 5, (Starting at 7.30 p.m Units from North Malaya will participate, these including Ist Battalion Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Ipoh, 2nd West Yorks of Penang,
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    Men Tell Of Conditions On 'Hell Ship'
    156 3 Men Tell Of Conditions On 'Hell Ship' Trite Singapore Maru "heil ship 1 trial i n which four Japanese are charge^ with being concerned [with the deaths of 60 British prisoners of war and illtreating more than 1,000 other prisoners, was postponed yesterday after the prosecution had closed its case.
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    Apology For Kissing Woman
    189 3 From Our Stall Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. A YOUNG Chinese who pleaded guilty m the District Court today to a charge of using criminal force on his married sister-in-law with intent to outrage her modesty. is to give the complainant a written apology. The accused, Lji
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    Sailor Gunman Gets 9-Year Sentence
    231 3 Sailor Gunman Gets 9- Year Sentence ON hearing sentence of nine years' rigorous imprisonment passed on him at the Assize Court yesterday, a 20-year old naval rating, Arthur Johnson, closed his eyes and swayed m the dock. Johnson was found guilty un three charges of committing armed robbery, being m
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    33 3 OTTAWA, Friday.— The Canadian Prime Minister, MacKenzie King, announced m the House of Commons that Canada has no intention of admitting a large number of Orientals and would allow no Japanese immigration Reutcr
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    LABOUR DAY IN TRENGGANU
    62 3 KUALA TRENGANNU, Friday.— The Trengganu General Labour Union, the Motor Drivers Union, the Trengganu Tricycle Drivers Union and other labour associations celebrated Labour Day yesterday at Padang Istana Maziah. Labourers assembled on the padang to hear speeches by their leaders. It is estimated that about 300
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    MR. A.V. ASTON
    19 3 IPOH, Friday.— Mr. A. V. Aston has been confirmed m his appointment as Resident Commissioner, Perak.
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    NEW CLUB HOUSE FOR U.M.N.O. BODY
    117 3 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Friday.— Premises to serve as the headquarters of the Pergerakan Melayu Semenanjong, an influential organisation affiliated to U.M.N.O. were formally declared open by Ungku Aminah. wife of the Regent of Johore yesterday m the presence of Mr. E.
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    TOMORROW'S SERVICES
    247 3 r-MORKOW b services in Singapore churches are as fellow*: Church of England: St. Andrew's 0, 7, 8, 10.80, 11.15, 5.30 p.m. St. George's Garrison Church (Tanglin): 7.15. 9.45 8.30; Cartel Church: 8, 10 30. 6, 8.30 St. Hilda's; 8. 5 JO: St. Paul** 'Se*angoon): 8: Methodist: Wesley Church;
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    WESAK OBSERVANCE IN SINGAPORE
    91 3 The Ramakrishna Mission will celebrate Wesak Day (the anni- versary of the birth of Buddha) at the Mission Hall m Norris Road tomorrow. The celebrations begin with a Buddhist puja and a public meetI ing under the chairmanship of Swami Vamadevananda at 11 a.m. I followed
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      Chaplin Pays $95,000 For Plagiarism
      95 3 NEW YORK, Friday. A SUIT for $5,000,000 brought by Konrad Bercovici, America author, chargiag Charles Chaplin, film actor and producer with plagiarism and breach of contract m the film "Great Dictator" was today settled for $95,000. Bercovici had charged that the "Great Dictator" had been
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      South Greece Fighting
      34 3 ATHENS, Friday.— The Greek Government has rushed a destroyer and army reinforcements to the east coast of Peloponnes?, south Greece, where 600 guerillas held the town and district of Astros.— Reuter.
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      No Coal For War
      70 3 PORTHCAWL, WALES, Friday. -Alf Davies. President of South Wales Miners' Federation warned, today that British miners would never provide coal for a war m which Britain was called with the United States against Russia. Davies called on the Prime Minuter. Mr. Attlee to reorganize his Government
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      6 Patrolmen Killed
      41 3 SHANGHAI, Friday.— Six Chinese on a Customs patrol bo".t were killed last Monday when a smuggling ship off the coast of Kwangtung opened fire with machine-guns when it was ordered to halt. Central News Agency reported today.— A.P
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      Tragic Lifeboat
      75 3 PORTHCAWL, WALES, Friday. —The Mumbles lifeboat "Edward Prince of Wales," wrecked off Sker Point, last week m an »t- tempt to rescue the crew of the "Sana Tampa" was burnt tccby. The Porthcawl N.F.S. set tt« boat alight as it lay upside dowa on the rocks, several hundred
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      Broadcast under duress
      70 3 LONDON, Friday.— The Court of Criminal Appeal has quashed the co. viction of Anthony Steam-, film actor, sentenced to three years' imprisonment for broadcasting m Germany during the war. Th c L°id Chief Justice, Lord Goddard, said that Steane broadcast under duress for fear of the safety
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      "Callous Murder"
      73 3 LONDON, Friday.— "lt is obvfously a most callous and brutal murder," the East Staffordshire coroner told the Jury at the opening of the Inquest on George Tyler, 27, taxi driver, found shotdead m the back of his cab on a lonely road near Burton on Trent. De'ectivt's and
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      Spy Chief For Trial
      34 3 RANGOON Pridav VaVww General Minami, head of the nztor ouj -*v. i.iami Kuian' >.^*n organised wartime Japan.sse espionage activity m Burma was broustht to Rangoon t^day to stand trial. Reuter.
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    LOOTERS FIRE ON GUARDS
    63 3 I OOTERS fired or. Indian guards patrolling the Base Ordnance Depot m Chua Chu Kans; Read on Thursday night ar.d injured three guards. The looters were about to break into the protected area when their presence was detected by the sentries. When the looters oper.ed fire,
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    KUALA KANGSAR BOYS RETURN
    41 3 From Our Own Correspondent IPOH, Friday —The 25 senior boys of Clifford School who, under two of their masters, Mr. V. Nadeson and Mr. Chinger Singh, made a study tour of Singapore, returned to their homes yesterday.
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    REDS BACK MOTOR STRIKERS 20,000 Men Out
    355 4 REDS BACK MOTOR STRIKERS 20,000 Men Out The Times Correspondent PARIS, FRIDAY. 'FHE French Communist Party has now announced that it will back without reservation the higher wages demands of the strikers m the Renault motorcar works. The strike has grown and now involves 20,000 workers. It seems clear, therefore,
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    BANK OF ENGLAND'S SECRECY
    241 4 BANK OF ENGLAND'S SECRECY The Times Correspondent LONDON, Friday. {NATIONALISATION of the 11 Bank of England has m no way altered the Bank's tradition of giving little information about itself to the public. The Bank has for many years been famous for the scantiness ci the information vouohsafsd, and the
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    EUROPE "IN FEAR" OF U.S.
    112 4 NEW YORK, Friday.— ln a nationwide broadcast Mr. Henry P. Wallace, former U.S. vice-president, said that Europeans with whom he talked m his recent tour, greeted President Truman's doctrine 'with fear because they regard it as a step leading toward war." He said Europeans looked
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    INDIAN WARSHIP VISITS NANKING
    73 4 NANKING, Friday.— lndia's first warship to visit Nanking, the 1.400-ton sloop God?vari, arrived here yesterday firing a 21 gun salute v she stood m the Yangtse River. The Godavari, ur>der command of Captain Karmark?., is or. a courtesy call aft(*r six months I duty m Japan.
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    Share Mart Quiet; Tins Inactive
    573 4 By Our Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, Friday. THE local share market was very quiet today, and the 1 volume of business transacted was not large. Industrials remained fairly steady. Tin shares, m some instances, were inclined to drop. In the Industrial section, Frai>er and Neav-es were
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    Back Pay Meetings Fixed For May 14
    337 4 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. FOLLOWING a conference between the Secretary of the F Singapore Government Servants Back Pay Council and the Council of Management of the J.C.S.A. Malayan Union, a few days ago, a decision has now been reached to
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    Missing Ship SEARCH 14 DAYS OLD
    383 4 Missing Ship SEARCH 14 DAYS OLD RANGOON, Friday. HTHE sea search for the mis1 sing 1,000-ton vessel Sir Harvey Adamson entered its 14th day today. No trace has been found of the missing ship. The air search ended on Sunday. The vessel is believed to have carried 250 people The
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    2,700 EUROPEANS MISSING IN JAVA
    53 4 BATAVIA. Friday.— A total cf 2.700 Europeans must be considered missing m Java since the Japanese surrender. This figure was given yesterday by Mr. S. Vanderharst, head of the Research Division of Dead and Missing Persons. In addition hundreds of Chinese were killed m actions
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    INDIA AS WORLD TEA CENTRE
    62 4 NEW DELHI, Friday.— lt is authoritatively reported that the Government of India is considering selling a much larger proportion—"if not all" of Indian tea at auctions m India instead of London. At a recent meeting of major tea interests, Commerce Minister I. I Chundrigar expressed
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    BRITISH VIEW OF AMERICANS
    196 4 LONDON, Friday. FHE British people are con1 vinced that Americans are physically attractive, mentally immature, adolescent and not very pleasant adolescents at that, according to Mass Observation, a public opinion leaflet. "There are two contrasting groups of opinion. In one, the Americin is immature emotionally. He
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    TONGKANG'S CREW BEATS OFF PIRATES Bottles Against Guns
    150 5 TONGKANG'S CREW BEATS OFF PIRATES Bottles Against Guns From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Friday. SEVEN Chinese pirates who attacked a tongkang at Pen gerang, off the coast of Johore recently, met with such a hot reception that they abandoned the attack and made off towards the open sea. The
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    Order To Confiscate Rice Mill
    118 5 From Our Own Correspondent PARIT BUNTAR, Friday. A RICE miller who was sentenced to four months' rigorous imprisonment by the District Judge, Mr. C. P. Newton, yesterday for operatirg his mill without a licence also had his mill confiscated. I n convicting the accused, the
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    REFRESHER FOR PERAK TEACHERS
    120 5 From Our Own Correspondent IPOH, Friday.— Perak school teachers will undergo a refresher course at St. Michael's Institution, Ipoh, between May 5 and 9 just before the reopening of the school summer term. The chairman is Mj. A F. Hunter and the secretary Mr. F, C
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    TIME LIMIT EXTENDED
    44 5 Fr m Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Friday. Penang ci-r.ema W-rkers have extended their ultimatum to the managements until May 5. In their amended demands, presented on April 24, the employees gave the cinemas up to April 30 for a final reply.
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    IMPROVED TRUNK CALL SERVICE
    91 5 IMPROVED TRUNK CALL SERVICE From Our Own Correspondent; PENANG, Friday. AN improved trunk call service between Penang and Singapore and between Penang and Taiping is now m Operation. In an interriew today, the Deputy Controller of Telecommunications, Mr. C. H. Parnell said that under the new system of three-channel carrier-
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    NEGRI CHANGES
    103 5 From Our Own Correspondent SEREMBAN, Friday— Among the official changes m Negri Sembilan Government Departments detailed by the Resident Commissioner, Mr. w. Gordon Hall, are: Amalgamation of the Food Control and Price Control Departments following the transfer to Kuala Lumpur on May 5 of the Asst. Food Controller,
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    A.O.C. ARRIVES TODAY
    23 5 The Air Officer Commanding, Far East, Air Marshal Sir George Pirie will arrive at Changi airport at 6.30 p.m. today.
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    Car Dives Into The Sea
    130 5 Car Dives Into The Sea From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Friday. TTHE driver of a saloon car 1 which failed to turn into the main road at the Astana landing stage on Wednesday night and plunged into the Straits of Johore, was yesterday fined C 75 for driving while
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    PARISH PRIEST TAKING LEAVE
    71 5 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Friday.— The R:v. Father V. Hermann, cf St. Anthony's Churoh, Kuala Lumpur, will be shortly going on leave to his home m France. He has been parish priest of St. Anthony's Church for the last 20 years. A farewell function
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    DIED WHILE PAYING HIS BILL
    64 5 From Our Own Correspondent MALACCA, Friday:— A 40-year-old Indian broker named Pi<agasani collapsed and died m a coffee-shop here yesterday He had paid his bill for a plate of mahmee and a cup of coffee and by the time the waiter returned with the change
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      579 5 SINGAPORE SATURDAY I 100 p.m. Radio Orchestra; 1 30 I News; 1.40 Share Market Report- liso Military Band Music; 2.00 'close 8.15 p.m. News headlines and programme summary; 8.20 8port« roundup; 8.30 Forces Variety Quiz, relayed from the Union Jack club; 9.30 News; 9.45 Radio Gazette; 10.00 Music from the
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      776 5 The fiction still persists that DK.cu;jg ttnea t.as. signalled vlaoraisto for a two suits, instead of rebidding one club lead and West led that suit after suit show s a substantially better-than- he had cashel aU hU hearts minimuin opening. In todays deal' Thi, was a rather humiliating conNorth was
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Saturday, May 3, 1947. Crisis In China
    1052 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Saturday, May 3, 1947. Crisis In China Chinas new Premier and his Cabinet have not had to wait ltng for their first test. The latest sharp decline m the dollar represents a fall of fifty per cent compared with the lowest level touched during the February
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    FORTY MILLIONS FOR STEEL BOX
    42 6 The Steel Company of Wales, with £40,000,000 capital and boirowing powers of a llfce amount was registered yesterday. The company will modernise the South Wales steel and linplate industry and will market its products throughout the world.
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    C.B.E. FOR GEN. CHANG
    47 6 Sir Mark Young, Governor of Hong Kong, left for Canton yesterday to decorate General "Ironside" Chang Fa-kuei, Director of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek's headquarters m Canton, with the C.B.E. for his assistance to the British Army Aid Group In China during the war.— Reuter.
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    7 6 BORNEO NYMPHS. <Photo by K. F. Wong.)
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    A Malayan Countryman's Diary VOICES ON THE CEILING
    1005 6 A Malayan Countryman 's Diary VOICES ON THE CEILING YOU may build a house many miles from any sort of human habitation but within a few weeks from the day you start to live m the new house, you will find chichaks also m occupation. Now, where do they come
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      An estate worker on what Tamils want
      642 6 YOUR comparison of expenditure when swopping Indian labour for Chinese is misleading. Do you imagine a Chinese labourer builds his own kongsi so that the estate can save that expenditure? certainly not; he does it for his own benefit. He obtains a piece
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      'Don't Send Your Girls To College'
      199 6 TIE article headed Don't Send Your Girls To College' 1 should be ignored by your readers. It is a distortion of facts to represent the college girl as an. abnormal species of womankind vmose ultimate destiny lies !n unfortunate spinsterhood, unblessed mixed marriage, or
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    EMPLOYERS ASSOCIATIONS MUST RE-REGISTER
    493 7 Societies Registrar Issues Warning WEAKLY every association of employers m Singa- pore registered pre-war under the Societies Ordinance must now re-register under the Trade Unions Ordinance. About 70 associations of employers mainly Chinese which did not apply for registration as a trade union by May 1
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    Municipal Welfare Officer
    112 7 THE Brat Welfare Officer to 1 be appointed by the Singapore MuniciDality has already smarted work. He is Major A. V. Benjafield who saw active service duri.g the wa r m France and Burma, and was probably the first Royal Engineer officer to land m Malaya after
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    BIRTHDAY WISHES ACKNOWLEDGED
    42 7 The Governor of S'ngapore hu received the following message lrom Buckingham Pa'.cce: 'Th? Lady-in-Waitins writes to acknowledge the m63Sase cf Birthday Greetings to Princess Elizabeth from the peep c of Singapore, which Ms betn farwarded to Her Royal Highness."
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    SEAMANSHIP CLASS
    58 7 Boys who applied to Mr. J. W. Chilton, of the Marine Polic?, for permission to join the Seamanship Class at the .Qur'en Street Boy's Club should cal! at the Cluo at 545 p.m. on Mondev, May 5 to enrol. The class will be held i very Monday for
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    S. F. T. U. TO CALL GENERAL MEETING
    357 7 PHE Vice-President of the 1 Singapore Federation of Trade Unions, Mr. Sze Tong, yesterday described the reaction of its application for registration as "a deliberate step to inconvenience us." Mr. Sze said the S.F.T.U. proposed holding a general meeting soon of representatives
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    Political Parties And The Law
    253 7 Political Parties And The Law THE Malayan Communist Party was mistaken if it believed the Societies Ordinance was directed against freedom of association or was intended to obstruct tiie lawful activities of any political party. This statement was made yesterday by the Registrar of Societies. Mr. E. C. S. Adkins.
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    Indonesians Want To Buy From Dutch
    230 7 rE Indonesian Government is determined to purchase Dutch industries and factories m Indonesian territory, which are vital to its existence, a Chinese member of the Indonesian Socialist Party, Mr. Siauw Giok Tjhan told the Straits Times yesterday. Mr. Siauw, who represents the Chinese community
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    KELANTAN PREPARES FORU.M.N.O.
    156 7 KELANTAN PREPARES FORU.M.N.O. PLABORATE preparations are t being made In Kelantan for the sixth genera, assembly of the United Malays l^tiona) Organisation, to be held at Kota Bahru '~r thre > ft beginning ow Af ay 1 The date chosen for '.he ope' ing is the first annivi-i\-.a v of
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    Two S'pore Bodies Plan Tax Inquiry
    141 7 THE Singapore Ratepayers' As1 sociation is inviting the Singapore Association to appo'n* a sub-committee to work with its own sub-c:mmittee m study. 113 the Income tax question. The S.R.A. will also ask the Singapore Association what progress it has made m its investigations about
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    DUTCH PREMIER HERE MAY 6
    76 7 THE Netherlands Prime Minist- er, Dr. J. M. Beel, the Minister of Overseas Territories, Dr. J. A. Jonkman, and the Minister of Finance, Prof. Dr. P. Lieftfnck, are due to arrive m Singapore on May 6 on their way to the Netherlanis Indies. They will
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    Governor Studying Bus Report
    201 7 FHE report and recommen1 dations of Mr. Justice Jobling, following the recent public inquiry into the strike of the S.T.C. employees, are now being considered by the Governor of Singapore, Sir Franklin Gimson, and his advisers. The report was handed to the Governor on Wednesday and
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    37 7 Fire brigade unit at rescue work when the Texan port of Texas City was devastated by explosions a fortnight a to. Nearly 1.000 people were idled when ships and stores of nitrates were set ablaze. A.P. proto.
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    Govt. Urged To Use Banishment Powers
    270 7 Govt. Urged To Use Banishment Powers THE Singapore Government should make more use of its i powers to banish undesirables from this country, committee members of the Singapore Association decided at a meeting recently. Members expressed preat mmriFe that Government had so far made comparatively little use of the Banishment
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    Policemen Refused Big Bribe
    150 7 Policemen Refused Big Bribe THE Singapore District Judge. Mr. Paul Storr, yesteida commended a Malay detective and two special con r tables who refused a bribe of $1,000. They were Detective Busu bin Mohd. Shah, and special constables, Goh Chong CJiew ami Osman bin Shari. Alter refusing the bribe, thearrested
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    Memories of old Singapore TOW-CHANGS: RED FOR THE CHINA-BORN: BLUE FOR THE STRAITS-BORN
    1125 8 Memories of old Singapore TOW-CHANGS: RED FOR THE CHINA-BORN: BLUE FOR THE STRAITS-BORN CINGAPORE has always been a Chinese city but before the first World War it was not as markedly so as it is today. the connection of China with ths Nan-hai, or South Sei. as they call the
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    714 8 The women, unless Straitsborn, hobbled about on tiny bound feet and on great occasions the rich ones wore magnificent silk brocades of very bright colours covered with embroidery and blazing with diamonds. But normally Chinese women ol the better class were rarely visible. When tiiey drove
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    THE PASSING OF THE RICKSHAW
    444 9 THE PASSING OF THE RICKSHAW "AN old and familiar Singapore sight disappeared on Thursday, when the rickshaw went off the streets Total abolition of rickshaws was decided upon by the Municipal Commissioners last November. What is happening to the 3,000 men who used to pull the rickshaws? A Straits Times
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    S'pore Shares
    699 10 Tel. 387« oinuArunb, nur a. CINGAPORE share quotations 10>J day, as given by the Malayan Shareholders' Association, were as follows: INDCSTR1ALS Buyer Seller Alex. Brick (O) 3.10 2.35 Alex. Brick (P) 3.20 3.35 B M. rrustee 8.25 9.00 Consolidated Tin Smelters (O) 20/6 22/do (P) 26/6 28/Easten> United
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    London Stock Exchange
    365 10 LONDON, Friday. The stock markets again lacked any real animation or enthusiasm, profit-taking accounting for the greater part of the business put through, says Reuter's financial correspondent. Industrials spent a quiet day and were inclined to drift until the final dealings, where a small buying morement developed
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    RUBBER PRICES
    105 10 The Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association's Prices at noon yesterday were: Buyers Seller! Cts. Ots. per 1b. per lb. No. 1 R.S.S. Spot loose 43 43»4 No. 1 R.S.S. fob In bates May 44 44>4 No. 2 R.S.S. fob in bales May 42% «tt No. 3 R.S.r,.
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      426 10 EMBARKATION NOTICE m.T. "ORAKJF." for Colombo/Southampton/ Amsterdam Wednesday 7th May from Singapore Passengers are requested to embark with their cabinluggage at «.M a.m. The heavy luggage "wanted" (for the baggage-hold) and "not wanted" (for the hold) should be delivered in the Singapore Harbour Board on the 7th May at 8.00
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    NEW GERMAN BOXER MAY BE ANOTHER MAX SCHMELING
    816 11 NEW GERMAN BOXER MAY BE ANOTHER MAX SCHMELING COMETHING weird is going on m the boxing world. German fighters report- edly are suffering lasting effects from a paralyzing punch that ringside observers can't even see. Such reports are accumulating into a fantastic myth throughout Germany. It all concerns the lethal
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    Jamaican Is Olympic Prospect
    158 11 Jamaican Is Olympic Prospect THE Midwest of America has 1 four red hot Olympic prospecti headed by Herb McKenley of Illinois whD looks like certainty m the London aames 400-meter race next year. McKenley, native of Jamaica m British West Indies, and who may represent Canada m the Olympics ran
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    British Golfing Prospects Gloomy
    444 11 DRITISH golfing writers, who reveal an inferiority complex when comparing their professionals with America's, take a pessimistic view of the chances of Henry Cotton and company in the transAtlantic invasion next autumn in pursuit of th? Ryder cup. They are gloomy about the lack of new
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    ALL BRITISH PLAYERS ELIMINATED
    366 12 Tennis Invaders Will Play Off LONDON, Friday. THE four semi-finalists m the British hardcourt tennis men's singles championship are Eric Sturgess (South Africa) Jack Harper (Austriala), Sumant Misra (India) and Ignacy Tloczynski (Poland). The fact that no British player remains m the championship demonstrates the sorry
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    49 12 While South African cricketers are touring: England, another, less publicised South African tour is going on. South African soccer players are m Australia for soccer "Tests." Picture above shows the Lord Mayor of Melbourne (Cr. Connelly) signing the autograph book of one of the South Africans, Steve Van Rensburg.
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    Weekend Sporting Teams
    442 12 Weekend Sporting Teams S.C.C. Vs. S.R.C. today, at 2 p.m and Sunday, at 11 a.m. on S.R.C Padang The followlr^ have been selected to represent the Club. A. C. Growder (f*pt.); J. B. H: Leckte. W. K. Jagger, J. P. Pearson, J. W. Ewart, H. M. Newton. C. Bell. F.
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    BADMINTON AT TAIPING
    114 12 From Own Correspondent TAIPING, Friday. Practically all the best badminton players m Taiping have entered for Kempe Club's open badminton tournaments, which begin shortly. Events to be competed are open singles, open doubles, and veterans' singles. The Suitan of Perak has donated a challenge cup for the
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    TOP-RANK STARS IN TENNIS MATCH
    29 12 PARIS, Friday— Budge Patty wlch and Geoff Brown, both Australians, top-seeded among foreign stars have entered the French International Tennis Championships starting on Saturday.
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    NO LEAGUE GAME AT JALAN BESAR
    52 12 There will be no League soccer at Jal&n Eesar Stadium this alternoon, the fixture between the RAF. and the Malays being postponed Instead, there will be a friendly game between two Malay teams. Darul Dahar opposing Kota Rajah. No gate will be charged for
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    Today's Football Fixtures
    209 12 ENGLISH LEAGUE FIRST DIVISION Brentford v. Blackburn Chelsea v. Sheffield U. Derby Co. v. H'fleld Orimsby v. M'brough Leeds v. Stoke Liverpool v. Manchester Portsmouth v. Wolves Sundertand v. Charlton SECOND DIVISION Barnsley Fulham Birmingham v. Bradford Bury v Tottenham Chesterfield v Southampton Leicester v. Luton Manchester
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    Sport Flashes From Round The World
    119 12 WORCESTER, Friday. COUTH Africa's cricket team m a cold wind yesterday were tossed out by Worcestershire bowlers for 167 runs m their first innings and finished up 35 runs behind the county. Fast bowler Reg Perks, whf occasionally brought the ball back sharply, took
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    Back In Army
    50 12 TOKIO, Friday. Sergeant Lew Jenkins, former Light-weight champion of the world, has rejoined the first Cavalry Division and is serving ai boxing coach. Jenkins was with the U.S. Eighth Cavalry Regiment of the First Cavalry Division for two years before he began a fighting career m 1938.
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    Stable's 2nd Win
    49 12 NEWMARKET, Friday. Following yesterday's triumph of Tudor Minstrel, the Beckhampton stable had another success yesterday m the chief Newmarket event—the March Stakes. Sir Percy Loraine"s Gambyses, four-year-old last year's runnerup m the Irish Two Thousand, won the race by six lengths. The jockey was Gordon Richards.—Reuter.
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    R.L. Result
    14 12 LONDON, Friday—Rugby League result: Halifax 14 points, Liverpool Stanley 12 points. Renter.
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    Golfer Wins With Borrowed Clubs
    142 12 GANTON, Friday.— Sam Kennedy, 58 year-old pub keeper, playing with borrowed clubs, pulled off the biggest surprise of the English amateur gold tournament by winning himself a berth m the T quarter-finals yesterday. He sold his cluhs recently and gave up the game he first
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    Chinese Win Fine Malacca Match
    223 12 MALACCA, Friday. IN one of the finest games of the soccer season to be played at Malacca, the Chinese beat the Indians by two goals to nothing m the Craven Cup League Tournament at the Bandar Hilir Park ground yesterday. I the last few minutes
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    K.L. Sport Roundup Youngsters May Get Chance To Play For State
    256 12  - K.L. Sport Roundup Youngsters May Get Chance To Play For State NIMROD BY There will be more than usual interest m this weekend's cricket m Kuala Lumpur, m view of Selangor's forthcoming State trial to select a team to play Penang during Whitsuntide. It is not expected that there will
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    WIN IN LAST FIVE MINUTES
    189 12 WIN IN LAST FIVE MINUTES KUALA LUMPUR, Friday.— The T.P.C.A. beat the Selangor Indian Association by three goals to two m an exciting First Division League match on the Padang today." The T.P.C.A.'s winning goal came five minutes before the end. The In dans, a younger side did remarkably well
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    R.A.F. TITLES
    15 12 The R.A.F. Malayan Championships are being held at Seletar t diy 3.00 p.m.
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