The Straits Times, 14 July 1947

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    20 1 The S traits Ti mes MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845. EIGHT PAGES SINGAPORE, MONDAY, JULY 14, 1947 PRICE TEN CENTS
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    SAVE-EUROPE TALKS BEGIN Appeal To Absent Nations
    473 1 SAVE-EUROPE TALKS BEGIN Appeal To Absent Nations PARIS, Sunday. DRITISH, French and Italian leaders told the opening session of the Marshall plan conference here yesterday that Russia and other absent Eastern European nations, despite their refusal to attend, would still be welcome to help m a continental effort to re-build
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    British Offer To End N.E.I. Deadlock
    404 1 British Offer To End N.E.I. Deadlock BATAVIA, Sunday. pREAT Britain has offered to end the Dutch-Indo- nesian deadlock by setting up a neutral commission to establish internal security m Indonesia which has been the main obstacle to formation of Indonesia's federal government. The Dutch had proposed a joint Dutch-Indonesian gendamerie
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    Plans For $150,000 Lottery
    145 1 Plans For $150,000 Lottery A $150,000 pan-Malayan lottery is to be sponsored shortly by five clerical unions m Malaya. Tickets for the first sweep are expected to be on sale next week and will be drawn on the Selangor races. To organise the sweeps a joint Clerical Union sweep committee
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    BURMA INQUIRY ON RICE LOOTING
    66 1 RANGOON, Sunday:— A committee, set up by the Burmese Government, is to make an official inquiry into large-scale looting of rice by gangs said to be Communists and dacoits. Presided over by Mr. Justice Bo Gyi, the committee will estimate losses suffered by the Government's
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    Soviet Trade Envoy Has Visa Trouble
    239 1 THE Soviet Union trade agent m Singapore, Mr. N. I. 1 Plahin, may be forced to leave soon because he is having trouble m renewing his visa. Mr. Plahin said yesterday that high British and U.S.S.R. diploma/tic officials m London and Moscow were disputing
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    Didn't Know The Princess
    43 1 LONDON, Sunday: Princess Elizabeth, was stopped at Ascot race track entrance by the attendant who did not recognize her. He refused to let her pass until a detective identified her as the future Queen of the British Empire. U.P.
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    METEOR WIPES OUT FOREST
    77 1 MOSCOW, Sunday. Dense forest three-quarters of a mile long and half a mile wide was obliterated by a meteor which exploded m the remote Slkhote Alin Mountains, north-east of Vladivostok, early this year. This is the finding of a commission which travelled hundreds of miles through
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    STOP PRESS
    34 1 MELBOURNE, Florida, Sunday:—The Florida State Patrol reported "19 to 20 peopl*" were believed killed when a DC-3 passenger airliner crashed m a marshy area five miles west of here early today.— Reater.
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    MALAYS DON'T WANT 10,000 NEW CEYLONESE
    176 1 MALAYS DON'T WANT 10,000 NEW CEYLONESE From Oar Staff Correspondent PENANG, Sunday. THE Penang Malay Aasocia- tion is calling a speciai meeting soon to consider send ing a protest to Government against the proposed recruit ment of 10,000 Ceylonese for service in Malaya. Indicating this, the secretary of the association,
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    MOTHERHOOD IN MOURNING
    128 1 MOTHERHOOD IN MOURNING About 30 Chinese mothers, wives and children wept as they fan welled 17 Chinese deportees m the charge room of the Criminal Investigation Branch yesterday. The picture above shows a heart-broken mother and ber dit v j j_i deportee son. rouce had advised the families Previously that
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    Jews Asked To Find Kidnapped Men
    228 1 JERUSALEM, Sunday. r£ Jewish mayor of Natauya has appealed to the people to help m the search for two British sergeants kidnapped on Friday by Jewish terrorists. Military authorities announced late on Saturday that martial law and an intensive search m the area around
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      158 1 lT Tw Ovaltine Gives Morning Freshness V igourv-i J j|PPIH| IT s a glorious feeling to Jump out of ji/)[^M/l /fw^V^ bed In tke morning really wide awake •A^il'j fresh, eager, full of energy «BaE\ ~9'^r'Vjr*/fm*i^ knmmimt that your night's sleep has H «J- -i£<r'W IJ^ This li the kind
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      8 1 Police Surround Kampong, Rescue Kidnapped Towkay Page Five
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      Senora Peron Saves Young Girl's Life
      134 2 SOME, Sunday: DOCTORS said yesterday that 19-year-old Ida Frazzini. who was dying, from a stomach abscess would live thanks to Senora Eva Dnarte de Peron. the ex-flhn actress wife of the Pre side nt of Argentina. A few days ago doctors told Ida's motner
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      $8,000 In Stolen Bag
      66 2 LONDON, Sunday. Scotland Yard reported yesterday that a handbag containing money and jewels worth US $8,000 belonging to Mrs. Felix Caffarena, of Criils, was stolen on Friday from the passport office of the French consulate m London. The handbag was taken from a table at the
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      Earthquake Tremors
      51 2 NEW DELHI. Sunday. Sixtyeight earthquake shocks of minor intensity have been registered m Kashmir (Northern India) within the last few days. No loss of life or property was reported. Mobile squads of police and troops arc ready to move quickly to any area affected by more serious tremocs.
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      Thieves' Error
      59 2 LONDON, Sunday The Peruvian Ambassador to London, Mr. Penando Berclmeyer, reported to the police yesterday that thieves stole £1,000 worth oi carpets from his residence during the night but missed his art collection valued at several times that amount. Mr. Berckmeycr and his wife were oat at the
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      B.B.C. Warning
      57 2 LONDON, Sunday. Four pigeons fell dead m a street m Barret, England, yesterday and four passers-by immediately stuffed them m their shopping bags. "Make a good dinner," one man said. Later tiie BBC broadcast the story irith a warning that the pigeons had been killed by prussic acid
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      Kempeitai In Java
      50 2 BATAVIA. Sunday— Sentence of death was demanded here yesterday for Major Katsumura. chief of the former Kempeital (Japanese Gestapo) In Bultenzorg In West Java, and two Chinese who acted a? Interpreters for the Kempeitai. Sentences ranging from ;en to 20 years were demanded against six others. Reutcr.
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      Riding Accident
      47 2 NEW DELHI. Sunday.— Tiie Honourable Pamela MountbatUn, daughter of Viscount and Viscountess Mountbatten, was slightly injured on Saturday m laJl from her horse. The Viceroy's House said that she has suffered "slight concussion" and would be confined to bed for a day or two. A.P.
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      Christian Conference
      85 2 LONDON. Sunday.— More txian 1.200 delegates from over 50 countries, including six from Japan. will attend the world conference of Christian youth to be held m Oslo from July 22 to 29. Six representatives are expected from Russia and 20 from Germany. The delegates Include representatives of all
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      Senator Shot At
      84 2 NEW YORK. Sunday. A police officer reported yesterday m Washington that Republican Senator John Bricker, of Ohio, was fixed on m a tunnel leading from the Capitol Building to the Senate Office building. Two shots were fired harmlessly at Bricker by a man whom h.' described as
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      Petite Professor
      47 2 LONDON. Sunday. Editn Chu, attractive petite pro-lessor of the University of Peiping, will ba the only woman delegate amongr the overseas scientists and chemists at the opening of the centenary exhibition of the chemical society at the science museum m London on July 14. Renter.
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      835 2 NOTICES KUALA LUMPUR BOOK CLUB Railway transport facilities are now available for boxes of books to be sent to ootstatloo members. For particulars apply secretary. THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA have pleasure to "-"■v^ that the branch office m Tongkah (Bhuket) win be re-opened for tartness an
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      787 2 TENDERS TENDERS Tenders are invited for the laundering of Military Hospital and Barrack Blankets. Sheets. Clothing etc. The average quantity laundered during the oast 12 months has been 23.000 articles (approx 23.000 lbs.) per week and tenderers must be prepared for this amount and for a possible 100% Increase at
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      428 2 TENDERS i SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY Tenders are Invited for the Construction of Earthwork. Retaining Wall and Dram at River Valley Road near Institution Minrtn Specification and Tender Forms from Municipal Engineer's Office (Room 218) Deposit $50 (reiundab.r, Closing In Municipal Secretariat (Room 235) noon 21st July. 1947. SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY Tenders are
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    'Japs Cannot Rearm Within A Century'
    353 3 TOKIO, Sunday. TV EN without external controls, Japan could not rearm for a modern war within a century, said Gen. Douglas Mac Arthur yesterday. In a statement regarded m Tokio as the most important yet made on the occupation of Japan, he commented on
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    21 3 This is Joliore Bahru's Amusement Park, demolition of which has been ordered on the grounds that it is an insanitary eyesore.
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    $4,876 FOR SCHOOL
    397 3 A TOTAL of $4,876 has been donated to the Holy Innocents' School, Singapore, building fund to raise money for an extra storey to the English School, Upper Serangoon. The collection was started among friends, old boys and education enthusiasts because the population Increase since 1940 necessitated an
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    NEW FREEDOM FOR P.O.W.'s
    102 3 LONDON, Sunday.— New freedom Is being given this week to the 275,000 German P.o.W.s still 'n Britain. Now they will be allowed to carry pocket money, attend pic-' ture theatres, eat in public restnurante and throw away their old 1 passes which had a clause that
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    U.S. HAS LARGEST HELICOPTER
    83 3 WASHINGTON, Sunday —The United States Army Air Force has developed the world's largest helicopter and a rocket which can rise 235 miles high. The helicopter Is a twin-en-gine machine with two pilots capable of carrying ten passen-' gers, six stretcher cases or 2,000 lb. of cargo
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    33 3 LONDON, Sunday.— All buses were runing normally m London this morning. At meetings late yesterday bus workers decided not to repeat last Sunday's unofficial strike for more overtime pay for Sunday work. Reuter.
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    Pakistan Boundaries By Aug. 15
    174 3 NEW DELHI, Sunday. TTOS commissions to demar1 cate the Pakistan boundaries through the Punjab and Bengal are expected to complete their work by Aug. 10. A Joint session will then be held to consider the conclusions separately reacned and the new boundaries will be announced
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    PARTY MEETING ENDS IN BRAWL
    122 3 BUDAPEST, Sunday:— A parliamentary deputy of the Hungarian Freedom Party, Joseph Vasary, was seriously Injured and seven party members arrested when rowdy scenes ending in a free fight occurred during a meeting of the Freedom Party in the Budapest district yesterday. The signal for the
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    FORMER P.C. FIRES AT SENATOR
    96 3 WASHINGTON, Sunday:— A discharged Capitol policeman, William L. Kaiser, fired shots at Senator John W. Bricker, but failed to wound the Ohio Republican, it was disclosed here today. Kaiser, hired by Bricker's predecessor. Senator James W. Huffman, Democrat, was discharged when the Republicans took over
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    MADAME LUPESCU
    30 3 KiO DE JANEIRO, Sunday.— Madam Magda Lupescu wed on her sick bed last week-end by ex-King Carol of Rumania— was slightly stronger today after passIng another crisis yesterday.
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    MOVING SCENES AT FUNERAL
    258 3 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Sunday. •"THERE were moving scenes 1 at the funeral yesterday of the late Very Rev. Brother James, retired Visitor of the Christian Brothers Schools m the Far Easjt. Women wept and m the eyes of many past and present pupils there
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Monday, July 14, 1947. THE MUNICIPAL SECRET
    1128 4 The Straits Times Singapore, Monday, July 14, 1947. THE MUNICIPAL SECRET As was predicted at the time, the secrecy with which the Municipal Commissioners of Singapore surrounded their deliberations on the elections issue defeated its own object, for Demos listened at the key-hole far more intently than he would have
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    UNO APPOINTMENT
    105 4 WASHINGTON, Sunday.—President Truman has withdrawn the nomination of Mr. Francis Biddle, veteran colleague of the late President Roosevelt, as United States representative on the United Nations economic and social council m favour of assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, Mr. William Thorp. Though no reasons for the
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    Can The Western World Save Itself And Asia?
    1345 4 BACKGROUND TO PARIS CONFERENCE By A Special Correspondent Of The Times Here, from an authoritative source, is the world background of the conference m Paris today m which sixteen European countries are meeting to discuss a joint programme of reconstruction with the
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      Chinese Are Ashamed Of Commissioners
      170 4 MR. Laycock hit the nail on the head when he wrote m your columns: "I hope the Chinese m Singapore will be ashamed of their representatives on the Commission." The Chinese community m Singapore has always had reason to be ashamed of their so-called representatives
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      Step Backwards
      167 4 The pres;nt jhinest Municipal Commissioners have yet to realise what a retrogressive step they took, and how they obstructed I the advance of democratic selfgovernment, when they voted against the two-third elected members. We can easily understand why such action was taken, because the majority of them belong
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      Shy Or Scared?
      115 4 MR. John Laycock's letter revealing how the voting went m the Municipal Commissioners' debate on elections aroused much interest among the Chinese community, particularly among the working classes. It now transpires that our socalled representatives, with the exception of five, are too shy or too scared to
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      Chandra Bose
      210 4 THE letter from Mr. Tan Ah 1 Wee criticising Mr. Tan Cheng Lock, who is leported to hav e praised the late Subhas Chandra Bo.se, was unjust. The Rear Headquarters of the Azad Hind Government, of whifh the late Subhas Chandra Bose was the supreme head, were <n
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      18 4 CTERtMA High Grade Swiss lever watches m waterproof stainless steel cases, with luminous dials, unbreakable glasses, from $110-
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    KIDNAPPED TOWKAY RESCUED BY POLICE
    248 5 KIDNAPPED TOWKAY RESCUED BY POLICE Cordon Thrown Round Village From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. A HAKKA Chinese estate contractor, who was kidnapped four days ago while walking through an estate m Serdang just outside Kuala Lumpur, was rescued at four o'clock this morning. Fifty armed police surrounded a
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    44 5 Some of the families of 17 Chinees deportees who left Singapore yesterday took food, hot drinks luggage to the Criminals Investigation Department where they said goodbye to the men. A Chinese women sits on a trunk waiting to farewell a deportee. Straits Times Picture.
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    Chinese Eludes Kidnappers
    71 5 Chinese Eludes Kidnappers From Our Staff Corresponden l PENANG, Sunday. AFTER a n all night trek through jungle routes a Chinese coffee-shop keeper Lim Ah Seng, succeeded m escaping from his kidnappers yesterday. Lim was abducted by two mnsked robbers at midnght from his home m Gurnn, Central Kedah on
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    RETURN AFTER 26 YEARS
    157 5 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Sunday. Returned to Malaya after an absence of 26 years is Mr. L H. Hore who was well known m planting circles more than two decades ago. Mr. Hore who is now employed by the Admiralty arrived m Singapore from
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    2 Daring Piracies Off Malacca
    145 5 2 Daring Piracies Off Malacca From Our Staff Correspondent MALACCA, Sunday. TWO daring daylight piracies 1 occurred m Malacca waters on Friday m one of which a cargo valued at $11,000 was stolen. The attacks m both instances were carried out by armed Chinese operating m motor tongkangs. The first
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    PERMUDA CLUB CELEBRATION
    163 5 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU. Sunday. THE Permuda Club celebrated its first anniversary during the course of the week with a social at the Wonder Cafe, the chief guest of the evening being the president of the Religious Affairs Department of Johore, Dato Awang bin Omar.
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    "BE PREPARED" SAYS "MONTY"
    72 5 SYDNEY, Sunday. Field-Mar-shal Viscount Montgomery, addressing Australian ex-Service-men yesterday, said he hoped the British Empire would not enter the next war unprepared. "We have no one but ourselves to blame for the early disasters of the last war," he declared. "We entered the war unprepared. We
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    Brother James' Career
    313 5 nROTHER James, 0.8. E., who D died at Penang on Saturday was for 34 years Brother Visitor m the Far East of the Christian Brothers' Schools. He was one of Malaya's leading educationists. In a few months he would have celebrated his diamond jubilee, m Malaya. Plans
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    "Red" Anthem At Union Meeting
    276 5 SINGING of the Chinese version of the Communist Internationale, and salutes given m Communist fashion were a feature of the first anniversary meeting of the Singapore Medical Labour Union yesterd -■< The meating declared the Government "practised discrimination" m granting three months' back-pay to dressers
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    S'PORE STUDENT'S BODY FOUND
    46 5 BRIDGEPORT, California, Sunday. The body of Singapore student Stanley Wong and his ompanion. C. Allen Nesbit, were recovered from Mono Lake, the sheriff's officer reported on Saturday. The two University of California students were drowned when their small boat capsized last Wednesday.—AP.
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    45 5 Mr. Chua Boon Teck. Chief Clerk of the Singapore Municipal Treasurer's Office, has informed the Straits Times that he is not the defendant of the same name, who was fined m the {Third Police Court, last week for having been m possession of illicit samsu.
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    SOCIETY'S LOANS HITCH
    278 5 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. rFICULTIES resulting from Government's de..«y m legislating on debtor-creditor transactions for the occupation period, were stressed at this morning's meeting of the Selangor Government Servants' Thrift and Loan Cooperative Society, one of the few co-operative societies tc function during the
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    42 5 In the report headed "Gaoled For Theft And Forgery" m the Straits Times of July 11, which referrea to "a clerk employed by a Singapore baggage company," the company referred to was not the Singapore Baggage Transport Agency, of 45 The Arcade.
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    AMOK ON TRIPLE KILLING CHARGE
    142 5 AMOK ON TRIPLE KILLING CHARGE From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Sunday. 1 MAN who ran amok allegedly killed three children and defied arrest by holding the police at bay with bottles and other mu-sil°? \hrown from a window, was only overpowered by a police i inspector jumping o n him
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  • Malayan Round-up
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      Customs War On Opium Smugglers
      133 5 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Sunday. nEVIEWING the work done by his department m checking It opium and chandu smuggling, the assistant controller of customs, Mr. J. H. S. Lewis, said, for the nine months following April, 1946, when prohibition vos imposed they had seized
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      Dutiable Goods
      128 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Sunday.— For undervaluing dutiable goods. Loh KoK Soo, piece goods merchant of Jalan Trust, Johore Bahru, was today fined $900 by the District Judge. Mr. T. R. Hepworth The actual price of the goods according to Invoices found m the pocket of Loh Kok Soo was
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      Consul-General
      81 5 MR. A. M. L. Winkelman, successor to Mr. M. F. Vigeveno as Consul-General for the Netherlands at Singapore, arrived on Saturday by R.A.F. plane from India. Mr. Wmkelman was ConsulGenersl m India for several years ard recently served as Charge d'Affaires of the newly created Netherlands Embassy m that
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      Fireman Fined
      51 5 MUAR, Sanuay.— A fireman Cheong Thim from S.S. Empire May Port was fined $150 by the Distriot Judge, Che Ham!d bin Mustapha for having possession cf ont complete Chandu smacking outfit. The outfit was found m a cabin on board the ship which was at the Muar wharf
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      S'pore Robberies
      86 5 CiINGAPORE'S Saturday robberies O were distributed m both time and place. At 9 a.m., three Chines", one of them aimed, broke into a house In Tambeling Road, near East Coast Road. They rebbed a Chinese family there of $2,000 m cash. At 2 30 p.m., three Chnese, cne
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      Cut Sultan's rees
      75 5 fOHORE BAHRU. Sunday— For J cutting down nine rubber trees from the Sultan of Johore's estate at Ulu Ayer Molek. four Malays Meharan bin Mohamed, Mohamed Said bin Haji Mohamed Som. Ajal bin Mohamed and Omar bin Ahat. were each fined $30 by the Johore magistrate. Sheik
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      Increased Fares Asked
      69 5 MALACCA, Sunday.— Malacca bus companies operating services m rural areas have applied to government for an increase m the present fares from three cents a mile to five cents. The application, which has been sent to the commissioner for road transport, Malayan Union, states that companies have
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      Police Honours
      67 5 rE King has approved the award of the colonial police medal for gallantry to the fol- lowing members of the Singapore police force: Che Debiab bin Hussain and Che Ramlan oin Sungip (first class constables*: Mr. Lam Tiong Huat (junior detective), Mr. Goh Siong and Vir. Tng Kee
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    SHIPS CONVERTED FOR PATROL
    94 5 From Our Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Sunday. "THREE British Navy Veaseifl 1 which have be,?n convert* ed into police patrol boats will be used to combat piracy aiid smugging along the cuasi. Pwo of the vessels will carry out patrol work under Malayan Union Police control
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    21 KILLED IN TRAIN TRAGEDY
    53 5 HONG KONG. Sunday.—Railways officials here report that an least 21 persons were killed and 56 injured when a 15 coach train plunged from a flood damaged bridge into the North River near Yinsteh. about 80 miles nor o£ Canton. The train was bound from. Kukong
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    INQUIRY INTO JAIL DEATHS URGED
    122 5 ANGUILLA. Sunday: A white attorney employed by the National Association for the advancement of coloured people is urging an investigation into the death of six Negro convicts cut dow- m a prison camp stockade here by gunfire from the guards' guns and pistols. Seven other
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    Rubber Uncertainty Main Factor In Malayan Markets
    859 6 Rubber Uncertainty Main Factor In Malayan Markets Weekly Share Market Review By A Market Correspondent ITNCERTAINTY regarding the rubber producing industry and its prospects is v still the principal factor m Malayan share markets and the attitude of hesitancy mentioned m our last report has not lessened during the week.
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    INFLATION TALK, HIGHER PRICES
    322 6 U.S. Weekly Review INFLATIOON TALK, HIGHER PRICES NEW YORK, Sunday. NEW talk of inflation spread through the United States last week. Satisfaction over the resumption of full production schedules and the return to work of the coal miners was soon dulled by the prospect of all-round
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    LONDON STOCKS
    372 7 LONDON, Friday. ON the Stock Exchange today, firm conditions prevailed m most sections for the greater part of the day, but m the final dealings best levels were not altogether maintained, says Reuter's financial correspondent. Kaffirs were undisturbed by official denial of gold price change, going ahead until
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    RUBBER
    61 7 The Singapore Chamber ot Commerce Rubber Associations prices at noon on Saturday were: Buyers Sellers Cts. C">. per Ib. per Ib. No. 1 R.S.B. Spot loose 36% 26% No. 1 R. 8.8. tob In bales. Jury 37% 21% No. 3 R£JB. fob In bales. Juy 37% 27% Ha S
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    INDIES AIR TRANSPORT
    75 7 A federated Indonesian air transport company will be set ud as soon as the time Is ripe, says the X.L.M. Nieuws. Meantime. X.L.M. win operate the toter-lsland services under the instructions of the Dutch Ministry of Transport and Public Works and m consultation with K.N.I L.M. The
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    OUTPUT OF TIN CONCENTRATES
    89 7 Output of tin concentrates, during last month by the group of Companies under the management of Anglo-Oriental (Malaya) Limited was:— Ampat Tin Dredging Limited, 964 piculs; Berjuntai Tin Dredging Limited 746 piculs; Kamunting Tin Dredging Limited 3.792 piculs; Kramat Tin Dredging Limited. 1,293 piculs; Kuchai Tin
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    NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
    58 7 NEW YORK. Saturday—Precautionary week-end profit-taking during early trading Impeded the extension of recovery but gains to one point prevailed. Improvement continued yesterday afternoon with many Issues at or approaching ne* high levels for the year. There was no Increase m profittaklng m final dealings. The market
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    Sago Prices Back To Normal Again
    494 7 Produce Market By A Market Correspondent mHE withdrawal of Indian interest from the local sago X market has'caused a return by commodity orices to last month's level of $124 per picol. as offered by Euro- pean buyers. On Saturday the Lingga quality was quoted
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    PRIORITIES WANTED
    144 7 Kinta Tins TIN was one of the greatest dollar-producing assets m the Empire and therefore should receive from the Government all priorities necessary to promote production, declared the chairman, Mr. R. C. Savory, at the annual meeting of the Kinta Tin Mines Limited, last week m London. Given
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    MERGER WITH SUNGEI LUAS?
    172 7 Tanjong Tin SPEAKING at the annual meeting of Tanjong Tin Dredging Limited last week in London the chairman. Mr. R. C. Savory, announced that shareholders had recently received notification that negotiations were in progress with Sungei Luas Tin Dredging Limited with a view to the amalgamation
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    U.S. WANTS OIL
    76 7 WASHINGTON. Sunday.— The United States Wai Department has recommended the import of Middle East oil to save American reserves for future emergencies, said the United States Under-Secretary ct War, Mr. Kenneth C. Royall, m a broadcast lest night. "Our country is today producing at the highest rats
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    SELANGOR CRICKET TEST DRAWN
    271 8 Lall Singh Scores 64 For Rest From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. CELANGOR'S ninth cricket "Test" between The Europeans and The Rest ended m a draw this evening, The Rest failing by 36 runs m the last halfhour when they were given a target of
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    30 8 Miss Margaret Osborne, the new Wimbledon women's champion. This A.P. photo was taken when the American beat Mrs. Sheila Summers of South Africa 6—l,6 1, 6—26 2 m the semi-finals.
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    Missed At 0, Scores 235
    337 8 LONDON, Sunday. PERCY Davis, Northamptonshire opening bat whe had the honour of making the highest score of the day 235 not out must also consider himself the luckiest batsman of the day for he was dropped m the slips m the opening over before a
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    MARINO BACKED AS FAVOURITE
    94 8 GLASGOW, Sunday. The odds were 5-* yesterday against the Scot, Jackie Paterson, retaining his world flyweight championship next Wednesday m the twice-postponed title bout against the Hawaiian challenger, Dado Marino. Boils which caused postponements from June 11 end July 9, and the fact that Paterson will
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    Scoreboard
    281 8 Europeans Ist Innings S3. Rest XI Ist Innings. Lee Soon Wee c Gillespie b Todd 31 S. Sockanathan c and b Todd 2 Khoo Bin Keng c and b Todd ..12 Lall Singh st Brooke b Fuller 64 L. de Silva c Murray b Fuller 8 S Selvanayagam b
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    Sel. State Teams Picked
    127 8 From Our Staff Correspondent. KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. SELANGOR will play two State cricket matches this week-end —against Negri Sembilan at Kuala Lumpur and against Malacca at Malacca. The folowing teams were selected this evening for the games: Against Malacca:— Lawrence de Silva (Capt.), Gorbex Singh, Chua
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    POLICE CENTRAL BEAT PERMUDA
    61 8 From Our Staff Correspondent. JOHORE BAHRU, Sunday. Police Central played their last tie m the soccer league competition yesterday when they defeated Permuda 4-2 after a keen game The winners had a strong defence which kept the enterprising Permuda forwards back. Hisham. Md. Zain. Hamid and
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    Soon Bee Betters S'pore Swim Record
    434 8 KEE Soon Bee broke his own Singapore Amateur Swimming Association record for the 100 Metres Back Stroke at the Singapore Chinese Aquatic meet yesterday at the Chinese Swimming Club pool, Katong.. He clocked 78 seconds, one eighth second less than his 1941 timing. The
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    HUAH OONG WINS PENANG 1,500
    115 8 PENANG, Sunday.— Kuan Huahj Oonß won the 1,500 metres Free] Style event for the C. H. Yeang Challenge Cup m the Penang Chinese Swimming Club Championships today, but heavy seas prevented him from possibly setting up a new record. His time was 24 mln. 40.4
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    38 8 The following will ptay for the M PH. football Team against RAP B se HQ. on Wednesday at Jalan Besar Stadium, kick-off at 5.16 p.m.: Haron, Salleh. Omar. Yakin. Dawood; Tubi. Jumaat, Hamid. Dollah, A. Jabbar and Aziz.
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    W.Armstrong Dead
    62 8 SYDNEY, Sunday. Warwick Armstrong, one of Australia's greatest cricket*^ ard former Test captain died too*. aged 68. Armstrong took part m 42 games against England MMi as one of the few .strati uatsmen who scored m >.c> than runs m Test matches. He retired from first cla.v i.ci.et
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    BIG VICTORY FOR CEYLON SC
    351 8 The Ceylon Sports Club won both their cricket fixtures ov,-r the week-end. On Saturday they beat R.A.F. Base H.Q. by 19 runs at St. George's Road ground. Yesterday, they defeated the Queen's Regiment by 159 runs at Selarang. Against the Queen's, the Ceylonese made 249
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    TABLE-TENNIS
    87 8 In a table tennis match played on Saturday at the T. N. court the Borneo Co. Ltd. beat the Praser Neave Sports Club by 5 games to 2 Results:—(B.C.L. players first): Ohua Boon Lim lost to Thomas Ang 2—S. Tan Slat Khin beat Tan Kwang Lee 3—2.3—2. Cheah Hong
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    'FOR ECLIPSE STAKES
    221 8 LONDON, Sunday. BRITAIN'S greatest "near classic," the Eclipse stakes will be run over I*4 miles at Sandown Park next Friday but little is known of the make-up of th c field for this valuable prize. It is, however, known that last year's classic "failure," Lord Derby's Gulf
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      Malay Eleven vs. Sing Tao?
      170 8 FNANG, Kuala Lumpur and Ipoh soccer fans have made arrangements to play soccer with the Sing Tao sport; club. What's wrong with Malay soccer fans m Malaya? Why can't they .arrange for a charity match between .all Malayan Malays and the touring team? I am
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      MANILA TEAM TOO GOOD
      72 8 MANILA TEAM TOO GOOD The Manila Chinese basketball team proved too good for the Rest of Singapore when they met at the Happy World Stadium last night, the visitors winning by 58 points to 34. The game was interesting, although inclined to be one-sided. Highlights were the slick passing and
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      JOLLILADS WIN
      77 8 Muniandy, the Singapore Jollilads' centre-forward, scored three goals yesterday when his side beat the Cosmos Union s—l5 1 m a friendly soccer match played at Jalan Besar Stadium. The game was one-sided m the first half, with the Jollilads virtually unopposed. The Jollilads scored four goals during this
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      S.C.R.C. Lose Narrowly
      250 8 THE Special Commissioners 1 Cricket Club befit the Singaoore Chinese Recreation Club by 10 runs m a cricket match played at Hong Lim Green yesterday. Bunker (44) and Hounsell (43) batted well for the Special Commissioners' C.C. Hounsell also took six for 50. s.c.c.c. Hounsell c. Swee
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      ASSAULT AGAIN
      63 8 NEW YORK, Sunday.— The? American rasehorse Assault, by Bold Venture out of Igual, regained his place as the world's sreatest money-winner by capturing the Butler Handicap at Jamaica Track here yesterday and sending bis winnings up to $613,370. Stymie, who held the record for only one week, was
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