The Straits Times, 5 August 1947

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    18 1 'MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED IMS'. TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1947 PRICE TEN CENTS The Straits Times
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    SPECIAL BUDGET FOR U.K. POSSIBLE
    541 1 £1OO 9 00O 9 000 Import Cut Programme LONDON, Monday. THE British Government may introduce a special autumn budget to counteract any serious inflationary dangers that may arise from the measures it will announce on Wednesday to meet the economic crisis. The government will take
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    Australia To Help In U.K. Crisis
    75 1 Australia To Help In U.K. Crisis CANBERRA, Monday.—Australia is making a full-scale revie\ of her imDprts in the light of Britain's economic crisis and may reduce her imparts from Britain and America if it will be to Britain's advantage. Announcing this today, the Australian Minister for Customs, Senator Courtice. said:
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    Police Stop Anti-Jew Disorders
    94 1 LONDON, Monday. FLYING squads of police restored order today in Manchester and Liverpool after several Jewish stores had ibeen burned, wrecked or looted last night. At Liverpool, 12 persons were remanded on bail on charges arising from what the police prosecutor described as "anti-Jewish .trouble and
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    "CEASE FIRE" ORDER BY INDONESIANS
    555 1 "CEASE FIRE" ORDER BY INDONESIANS BATAVIA, Monday. THE Republican Government has issued a cease fire order effective at midnight tonight— the hour at which the Dutch yesterday announced they would halt hostilities in Indonesia. This decision was conveyed to the Security Council in a broadcast by the Republican Prime Minister
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    "NIGHTINGALE" IS INDIA'S FIRST WOMAN GOVERNOR
    153 1 NEW DELHI, Monday. AfRS. SAROJINI NAIDU, woman poet, will be appointed acting Governor of the United Provinces until Dr. B. C. Roy, now m the United States can return to take over, it was reliably stated here tonight. She will be the first woman
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    Air Minister In S'pore On Way To Big Talks
    184 1 Air Min is ter In S 'pore On Way To Big Talks THE British Minister of Civil Aviation, Lord Nathan, o n his I way to Australia to attend a meeting of the South Pacific Air Transport Council, was guest at Government House, Singapore, last night. Lord Nathan will inspect
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    47 1 This charmin? informal photograph of H.K.H. Princess Elizabeth and Lieut. Philip Movntbatten was taken as the couole left their car on arrival at the Royal Merchant Navy School, Wokingham, Surrey, on July 26 to distribute prizes. Their wedding has been Axed for Novem ber 20.— A.P. Photo.
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    MALAYA INDIANS WILL CELEBRATE
    279 1 From Our Staff Correspondent i KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. PREPARATIONS are -under way for the celebration m Malaya x of Aug. 15, 1947 India's Independence Day. The Malayan Indian Con gress has proposed the follow ing programme of celeora tions, finalised after con sultation with the office
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    From India To Transit Camp
    149 1 LONDON, Monday. THE British authorities are planning transit camps and communal meals for 50,000 families who will return home from India as the result of the transfer of power. The War Office, India Office and the Ministry of Health, working together, have already requisitioned property
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    BURMA GOVT.'s SAFETY MOVES
    83 1 RANGOON, Monday.— Several new acts augmenting the security measures enforced throughout Burma since the political assassinations a fortnight ago were anrounced by the Government today. One was to safeguard military equipment, communications and other public utilities services "in view of the lawlessness prevailing in the country."
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    Dutch "Going Bankrupt"
    77 1 M£DAN, Monday.— The Netherlands Commissioner for Northern Sumatra, Dr. J. J. Vander Velde said the Dutch engaged in the conflict with the Indonesian Republic because they "were going bankrupt without access to the rich products of the Indies." Dr. Vander Velde. who exercises senior civil control for
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    MUNICIPAL COMMISSIONERS OF SINGAPORE
    121 2 nr<- Invite to Ml th«> < 'if iwnnan«'nt Accounts rirrks m Uic Mnnl'ipa.l Trtasiirrr's I nrnt nt a rommpnrlne salary of *ir.'» om. plus Cost of TjviiMr Allnwxn'v fprrwnt r»t» |9O D.m N^*t handwriting, the possession of it.tnnrv otrUflcatM nr"l it nurntxr of v'firs orßCtirnl exin
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      3 Girl Stowaways' 109-Day Journey
      128 2 NEW YORK, Monday. •THREE Sydney girls who stowed away m a U.S. freighter last 1 April will be deported to Australia by plane from San Francisco. The owners of the ship m which the girls stowed away will pay their fares home. When they return
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      Gun Battle Trial
      75 2 SHANGHAI. Monday. Gen. Chin Teh Chun, Vice-Minister of National Defence, has ordered the detention of gendarmes wno were involved m a fracas with the city police on July 27, at the Golden Castle Theatre. Gen. Chin said -that a 3pe:i3i tribunal would be established In Shanghai this
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      Stalin Up In Air
      93 2 MOSCOW, Monday.*— ForVycight Soviet planes flying m formation to spell the name "Stalin," cloarly legible against the sky, opened Russia^ Aviation Day" celebration, attended by Marshal Stalin and other high Government leaders, at Moscow aerodrome yesterdayHundreds of thousands of spectators ch<<red enthusiastically when the planes appeared.
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      Most Popular King
      31 2 OSLO. Monday. Kirxr Haakon Cabinet Council.—A.P. was hall'-d on his 75th birthmonarch Norhad. and was highest deenraUon, the Modal for Civil Merit. at a special Kiuc llaakon I
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      Strong Men
      84 2 MANILA, Monday.—The -.imeJy intervention of 20 husky iieighbours, who with bare hands tore opon the iron trrlll of the front door and windows of a blazing hcuse last night, say. d the Uva oi throe Americans. The house was occupied by L. J. Coafct and his son and
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      Solo Flight Postponed
      47 2 CHICAGO, Monday.—The American pilot, William O'Dom, who was leaving here yefcerday on a solo world flight, postponed the take-off until today because of a crossed wire m the lnsiiU inn system. His backer. Milum Reynolds, said it would take several hours to adjust— A.P.
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      Reunion For Orphan
      60 2 SAN FRANCISCO. Monday Lee Ying Fa, Chinese war orohnn. arrived here by plane fro.n Shanghai yesterday on his wav to Fort Sherman, Panama, to loin servant Amual Cnr« y, wh adopted him m Vunang Province during the war. The two became MpanSixl when Christy sailed home an
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      Mid-Air Shooting
      63 2 ISTANBUL, Monday. Seven Rumanian civilians and three offioers, stated by the Turkish police to have brcn fleeing from Bucharest, have been taken into custody after their plane made a forced landing near Chanafc. Turkey. The police state that during the flight one of the officers shot a mechanic
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      Millionaire Abducted
      83 2 SHANGHAI, Monday. Chinese military police yesterday rounded up more than 10 persons who abducted wealthy Chinosr 'and bis wife and demanded 22>/ 2 tons ok rice and twelve carbines as ransom for their release. The ransom note which was delivered three days alter the abduction stipulated that the
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      Murder Suspect
      92 2 aUANOHAI, Monday. Chinese police yesterday arrested a 23-year-old British national of nuixed parentage, Charlie Archer and questioned him about the murder on August 1 of Ru Shen Pao, alleged blackmarket currency dealer. Archer, who was bom m Hongkonfe said he was at a movie theatre when the murder
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      Air Chief's Claims
      55 2 LONDON, Monday.—The Chief of the Civil Air Fleet Administration, Air-Marshal Astakhov. sa.U y .tcrday, "Soviet air transport holds first place m the world for length of airlines and quantity o; freight carried, and .second place for passenger traltic Judging by available statistics, Soviet civil aviation ranks first
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      Eva Peron Moves On
      64 2 j MONTii CARJjO, Monday.— j Scnora Evu Pcrou, wife of the Argentine president, left the! Riviera yesttrtiay by automobil for Switzerland, where she will be the oillcial sucst of the Federal Government a: Berne. £he "mViX spend tonight at Aix les Saint, famous watering spot m
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      2 Families Of 15
      119 2 ;;VI>NEY, Monday.—Two mothers m the Crown Street W»» men's Hospital here have each given birth to their 15th child. They are Mrs. Florence Luke, of West Bankstown. and Mrs. Ada Lowe, of Waterloo. Mrs. Luke, whose baby wus born on July 2i», said: 'Wiy husband and
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    IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE COLONY OF SINGAPORE ISLAND OF SINGAPORE
    322 2 IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE COLONY OF SINGAPORE ISLAND OF SINGAPORE In tfc« Matter of the Estate of Lee Choon Ouan deceased Suit No. ll* of 1946 By an order of the HUtb Court of the Colony of BlncaDore made the 9th day of June 1947 m Suit No.
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    16 KILLED IN PUNJAB RIOTS
    86 2 AMRTTSAR Monday. --Sixteen people were killed and 26 injured as disorders continued m Amxttsar and surrounding villages yesterday. In the town itself three people were killed and two injured In subbing affrays and 14 were Injured m an explosion. When a bomb was thrown at
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    NITRATE LOADING PRECAUTION
    88 2 PARIS, Monday —To avoid a repetition of last Monday's explosion at Brest when the 7 000ton Norweg an nitrate 6hip, Ocean Liberty, blew up in the harbour, killing 21, injuring 500. and damaging 5,000 buildings, the French Government has decided that nitrate of ammonia imported into France
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    45 2 BRUSSELS, Monday— The In-ter-Allied Reparations Agency has announced that it will allocate Hamburg's famous Blohm and Voss shipyards and 22 other German industrial concerns to 1& nations including New Zealand. India. Australia, the Netherlands Proportions to each and the estimated vaiae were not specified. A.P.
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    DUTCH INTEND TO MAINTAIN CONTROL
    623 3 DUTCH INTEND TO MAINTAIN CONTROL Van Mook 's Broadcast On Cease- Fire Order BATAVIA, Monday. f N his broadcast last jiight ordering Dutch troops to cease fire at midnight tonight, the acting GovernorGeneral of the Netherlands East Indies, Dr. van Mook, said that as soon as reports make it possible
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    400 DEAD IN TRAIN WRECK
    103 3 MtiDAN, Monday.— It is estimated that at least 400 Indonesians were killed m a train wreck which occurred last week as the Netherlands troops swept into Pematang Siantar, 50 miles south of Medan. The accident is said to have occurred when passengers m a train,
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    U.K. CRISIS
    278 3 Continued From Page One ment to postpone, or even abandon, its nationalisation measures. British press comments today were: London Times: "The British Government's steps to deal with a trade deficit and the rapid exhaustion of the American loan, will indicate to the United States the extent of Britain's
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    Ministers Working On Plan
    151 3 By the Times Parliamentary Correspondent LONDON, Monday.—Preparations for the debate in the Commons on Wednesday and Thursday were in progress throughout the week-end and will continue until the eve of the debate. The Government's plan to meet the economic crisis is still bein? worked out in
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    US To Build Aircraft Plants Underground
    212 3 ARA R^ V WASHINGTON, Monday. RMY engineers are planning to build an underground aircraft factory to test its production possibilities and determme how safe it is from atomic and othertype bombs, Secretary of War Kenneth Royall has revealed. He made the disclosure m a
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    Japan 'Didn't Mean To Do It' To U.S.
    324 3 Japan 'Didn t Mean To Do It' To U.S. TOKIO, Monday. THE Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour was un- premeditated," and Nipponese failure to deliver a final note to Washington before that blow was not a result of intention or design on the part of the Japanese, but resulted from
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    Sago Mill Strikers Get Notice To Quit
    245 4 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG. Monday. rIE employers in 32 strikeaffected sago mills in North Malaya have, it is understood, given notice to 500 strikers to quit th e factories. This action followed four unsuccessful meetings between representatives of both parties to the
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    PEACE USES OF ATOM ENERGY
    153 4 OAKRIDGE, Tennessee. Monday.—Reviewing progress on the application of atomic energy to civilian uses the United Nations Atomic Commission said the most important contribution atomic science had made to mankind was the creation of a new research tool, at least equal in Importance to trie introduction
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    Ceylonese Troops In Singapore Today
    180 4 BRITAIN'S largest troopship, Georgic, which docks at Singapore today, is bringing the advance parties of the Ceylonese military labour force and Ceylon Corps of M:li tary Police. There will be 53 men of the Ceylon labour force, ar.d seven Military Police, and they will prepare
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    ALLEGED ATTEMPT TO EXTORT
    89 4 Two Indians who are alleged to have represented themselves as members of a Singapore secret society, and tried to extort $10 from a Chinese bean-soup seller in Cecil Street at 4 p.m. yesterday were later arrested by a Chinese detective. Two two arrested men were alleged
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    S'PORE VOTERS ARE ASKED TO REGISTER
    776 4 S'PORE VOTERS ARE ASKED TO REGISTER I A SINGAPORE Government announcement yesterday asked A voters to register early for the coming Legislative Council elections. In an official statement it was announced that members of the public could find in which voting division they lived by inspecting electoral maps at th
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    ANTI-JEWISH RIOT IN LIVERPOOL
    72 4 LIVERPOOL. Monday.— A crowd of more than 2,000 broke shop windows and blocked streets last night in a renewal of the previous night's anti-Jewish riots in Liverpool. Special police were called out to aid regulars in dispersing rioters. The crowd threw stones throuch windows of Jewish-owned
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    INDIAN MUSLIM MEETING
    221 4 By Our Muslim Correspondent A LARGE number of Hindu-stani-speaking Indian Muslims were present at No. 34, Raffles Quay, on Sunday, Aug. 3, to attend the meeting of the Indian Muslim Welfare Association to elect new office-bearers. Mr. M. A. Majid, who organised the association, and presided at
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    CARNEGIE HALL — A MUSICAL FEAST
    229 4 CARNEGIE HALL A MUSICAL FEAST Carnegie Hall. United Artists' film of New York's famous concert hall, which opens at the Pavilion, Singapore this month, Is a treat m store for music lovers. They will see and hear some of the most popular classics played by the New York Symphony Orchestra
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    Terrorists Threaten To Hang Seven More British Soldiers
    448 5 "OUR ACCOUNT NOT YET SETTLED JERUSALEM, Monday. IRGUN Zvai Leumi, the body which claimed responsi- bili'v for the hanging of two British sergeants last .week, announced yesterday over their secret racfio that seven more British soldiers would be hanged by them. Recalling^hat
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    REWARD— $1,000
    132 5 From Our Own Correspondent SEREMBAN, Monday. rE police have offered a reward of $1,000 for Information which will lead to the arrest and conviction of three Chinese who are alleged to have murdered a banana planter and his wife and seriously injured a second man after the woman
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    CRITICAL SPEECH BY 'FLYING TIGER'
    111 5 SHANGHAI, Monday. The "Flying Tiger" leader, Major General Claire Chennault, yesterday criticised American Army authorities for deleting his lone address on air power. The address was withdrawn from the Air Force day programme on a Nanking radio station, presumably because of criticisms aimed at high
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    Conflict Of Ideas On Peace Treaty With Japan
    498 5 Conflict Of Ideas On Peace Treaty With Japan MOSCOW, Monday. a COMING conflict of ideas on the writing of the Japanese A peace treaty was heralded yesterday by two outspoken national commentaries. One was from Russia, the other from Australia. While the Australian spokesman insisted mostly on prevention of future
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    JET PLANES IN SOVIET AIR SHOW
    290 5 JET PLANES IN SOVIET AIR SHOW MOSCOW, Monday. r*SHAL JOSEF STALTN and the military attaches of many foreign countries watched a display of jet planes here during yesterday's Soviet Aviation Day air show. Six jet models were shown. Two Buskin were m the parade of jet planes, most of which
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    Ex-Colonel Describes Rescue Of Mussolini
    349 5 DACHAU, Monday. rRMER S.S. lieutenant colonel Otto Skorzeny, who is awaiting trial as a war criminal, last night revealed how he located the secret Italian prison where Mussolini was held m 1943, captured the Duce, and took him back to Germany. The scar-faced Skorzsry, yarded
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      81 5 Yes, the milk is sour horrors! Now what are we going to do and I did so want a cup of tea But cheers, cheers, here comes DOMO to save the situation a real friend m need! Come along Beautiful now we are all right. irot iicut L^emTett and, (convenience.
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      414 5 TO SYDNEY Alii TO LONDON K>rf^SjJ» J i v^- tgNßJiP^"'' >35 BBC's* frying Boat «mt Si*o»ttm. A LMOST any tioi you with, you cv l«av« bit AlR— on th« Kangaroo rout* from Singapore—* and be m England or Australia within juK a few day*. Priority restrictions are lifted and a
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Tuesday Aug. 5. 1947 THE ECHOES OF SYONAN
    1119 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Tuesday Aug. 5. 1947 THE ECHOES OF SYONAN Prominence was given in Ink page yesterday the prefaci and of the Look entitled The Double Tetttfa Trial", which contain! the wrbatisD < irtoV 1 1, t-i trial .xs edited l>y Mr. B. A. Mallal. For several thousands
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    COLONIAL OFFICE TO BE REBUILT
    125 6 rE M hum or of Works is steadily totting through the House of Commons the Bill which will enable a start to be made on I building the new Colonial Office on ttM slU\ s of tlv old Westminster Hosplta] and of the Stationery Office
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    TO OPEN JAP TRADE
    37 6 Tho first tfroup of Americans to t* allowed into Japan to dev.loo trade will be 102 bustnessmtM. who will roach Tokio botwoen Auc. 16 and Aug. 29 lor a 21-day *uv —A P.
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  • Man In The Street
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      A Chinese merchant on conditions in Indonesia
      468 6 AS a Chinese merchant, who has been living for over twenty years m Java wide/ Dutch and Indonesian ruit, would like to tell my Asiatic friendft Homething about the conditions m Indonesia. At firHt sight many Straits Chinese will wonder why the Chinese
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      FROM A BRITISH PLANTER
      97 6 READING the papers l&st week since the beginning of the Dutch offensive in Java, I feel compelled to express my uttor disgust not only at the most unfair way in which the Dutch are b-ing maligned but also at the many exhibitions of sympathy towards the
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      Java Sea Battle
      235 6 Java Sea Bat tle The Australians who are keen on boycotting Dutch ships dot seem to realise that it was mainly the heroic fight put up by the Dutch fleet In 1942 against overwhelming odds that saved their country from Japanese Invasion a fact wtolch was acknowledged by General MacArt
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      D-DAY VETERAN'S QUESTION
      168 6 Fwas very amusing to read the "Dutch reactions" to Strait* Times news, published last Friday. What tickled me most was the assertion that "some of the towns surrendered under formal protest, but most of them with the compliment* of the Republican army, while Indonesian troops In Cheribon
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      WHAT A WHITE WOMAN SAW
      208 6 IS not the indignation at the] Dutch attempt to restore law and order in Java a trifle hypocritical? If we had seen, as my sister saw when she came out of camp in Java, young European children with their ears cut oft* by these democratic
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      THE DUTCH DID NOT APPLAUD
      137 6 PE Dutch know that their war with the Indonesian? is quite contrary to the Atlantic Charter and the new political trends m Asia and the spirit of UNO. In an effort to restore colonial autocracy the Dutch have embarked on an aggressive, war, whether they
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    VIGILANTES FOR SINGAPORE'S ROAD-HOGS
    282 6 VIGILANTES FOR SINGAPORE'S ROAD- HOGS SINCE the comparative failure of "Safety First Week," judged by the continued high number of road accidents, one is compelled to believe that the Traffic Police Department is either understaffed or overworked, despite its admirable efforts to tackle the situation. Apart from the question of
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    Nomination For The Muslim Board
    128 6 IT is generally known that Government' has asked he Singapore Muslim Missionary Socie'.y to submit names jf Muslims to be elect- 1 dd as members of the Muslim j Advisory Board m Singapore, and that the Missionary Society has held a number of nvvM'ngs for
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    EMPTY ROOMS IN SINGAPORE
    158 6 THE high cost of nving In 1 Singapore has undoubtedly had some effect on the charges made by boarding house pro* prietors. What many fail lo recognise is that with the 'argo income derived from their Dusin these people^ possibly of necessity, keep the blackmarkets m
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    R.A.F. AND ARMY: 267 HOUSES
    106 6 ALTHOUGH it has been stated many times thart the Services would vacate all civilian premises before July, it appears the R.A.F. stiil occupies 135 buildings and the Army 132 m Singapore. Hundreds, if not thousands, of civilians are still looking for housing accommodation. Government have
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    "Menjual Bangsa" — Says A Malay
    127 6 "Menjual Bangsa" Says A Malay T read your editorial rogaiuing Putera's proposal of racial equality for Malaya. No true Malay would have anything to do with such a movement. By launching thi: proposal the Pv.tera and their whatnots hnve shown tbeir true colours. According to us they are a gang
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  • Malayan Round-up
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      Godown Robbers Truss Watchman
      102 7 PIX armed Chinese held down a Bengali watchman and told J him to "shut up or take the consequence" when they >roke into a godown m Mansoor Street at 3.30 a,m. on Saturday and got away with $6,000, worth of goods. Vith two guns prodding! hi.^
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      Lightning Strike
      125 7 IPOH, Monday— About 400 attrndants of the Central Menial Hospital. Tanjong Rambutan, *i nt on strike from 2 p.m. yester.nen are, stated to have r led m a telegram sent to the :cncient of the hospital living only a few hours notice of j tt;:ke action. The men
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      New Congress Chief
      108 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Monday—The All-Malayan Congress Commlttee yesterday unanimously j elected Mr. Budh Singh as president of the Malayan Indian Conto succeed Mr. J. A. Thivy. I outgoing president, who will be asaiming his duties as representative of the Government of India next week. Tribute was paid to
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      World Affairs Council
      92 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Monday—The inauguration of the Malaya Council of World Affairs, a nonpditlcal body that will devote lt--'ii to the study of the trends of world history, will take place on August 9. The inaugural conference Is *pu:isor<d by the two Malayan ites of the Asian Relations
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      Japs Arrested
      97 7 mUNGEI PATANI, Monday—Two O Japs, believed to be PoW's from the Sungei P;iUni aerodrome, were arrested yesterday by police along .he railway track at Gua, near Durum, on the way to Alor Star. They were wearing mufti and carried Japanese medicines and said they were Chinese, but could
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      Missing Lady
      91 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Monday.—Relatives in Vancouver, Canada, of Miss Jean Crerar, of Singapore, have been inquiring for her through the Red Cross and other bodies for the last few months. She was last heard of in November, 1941, when she was working as a -stenographer and typist in the
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      Oil Seized
      64 7 MALACCA, Monday. A police raiding party last night seized 200 gallons of petrol and cylinder oil believed to have been stolen from the Army petrol point at Durir.n Daun. Two Chinese and a Malay were arrested. The petrol and oil were found inside a house covered with gunny
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      Cinemagoer Robbed
      42 7 MALACCA, Monday— A Malay and a Chinese last night waylaid a Chinese returning home from the cinema at Mata Kuching and stole from him $35 in cash. Police were informed half an hour after the robbery and investigations are proceeding.
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    JAP TRADE TO BE DISCUSSED
    133 7 TOKIO. Monday.— The outlook of the development of Japan m exports during 1947-48 m coonection with the reopening of prvate foreign trade will be the subject of discussion at a meeting of the Allied Council for Japan on Aug. 7. The subject was put f
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    Judge Warns Stabbed Man
    276 7 Judge Warns Stabbed Man From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE, Monday. ANIGHT watchman of the P.W.D.. Mohamed Akbar, was given the "light sentence" of six months' rigorous imprisonment for stabbing one of four men who in the opinion of the judge, Mr. Justice Bostock Hill, had gone to Johore from Singapore
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    BELL WILL RING IN K.L. SCHOOL
    118 7 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. THE East India Spqrts Club,! of London, may b e getting the "great bell" o f H.M.S. Malaya, but Victoria Institution, in Kuala Lumpur, is still "quietly confident" at any] rate that the "watch bell" of the
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    Mother On Charge Of Killing Baby
    627 7 SINGAPORE COURTS i CHINESE woman who was alleged to have thrown her I A two-month-old infant into the sea off Clifford Pier on July iSI appeared m the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday. Th c woman, 25-year-old Tan' Kam Tee, faced charges of attempting
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    K.L. TOPS UNION FOR COST OF LIVING
    529 7 High Fuel Price Mainly To Blame From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Monday A SHORTAGE of cheap fuel and a concentrated population, whose demand* enabled traders to find easy markets for goods m short supply, are the main reasons why Kuala Lumpur is
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    BREAD RIOTS IN INDIA
    79 7 AHMEDABAD, Monday.— Bread riots and hunger marches were reported today from the interior of the Gujerat and Kathiawar districts. Between the Indian Province of Bombay and the Pakistan Province of Slnd. Police reinforcements have been rushed to some villages in Kathiawar, where armed crowds were said
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    Vehicles Inspectors Beaten Up
    110 7 TEN trishaw riders at Clifford Pier, Singapore, yesterday 1 assaulted two inspectors of the Vehicles Registration Department who ordered them to "move on" from the entrance to the Dier. When a police radio patrol car arrived within half a 1 minute of the assault, all trishaw
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    ONCE A MINOR SALESMAN, NOW TALKS MILLIONS
    462 7 THIRTEEN years ago Alfred Edward Daff was a minor salesman of American films in an office in Melbourne, Australia. He arrived in Singapore yesterday afternoon as "Al" Daff, aged 44, vice-president and foreign sales superintendent of Universal International Pictures, Ltd. In those 13
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    Feeding Worries
    1148 8  -  NURSE ELIZABETH MOTHERCRAFT IN MALAYA By Nurse Elizabeth is qualitfied m the care of babies and young children. If you have any problems and need her help, write to: Nurse Elizabeth, c/o Straits Times, Cecil Street, Singapore. Please Rive a pseudonym under which your letter may be published
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    Scratching Hens Saved A Hedge
    799 8 Iwas cutting the bamboo hedge today and watching the hens scratching about in the flower btds. We never keep ours in as I have found that they are usually after white ants. We protect very soft things like lettuce which will not stand a hefty
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    33 8 Two teen apers' evening frocks designed at Heim (Paris) fashion salon. Left, pale green satin, full-skirted sown with a huge bustle bow and right, heavy white taffeta with rach panels and square-cut neck.
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    Duck Skin Hand-bags
    116 8 Women's handbags made of duck skin will soon be disDlayod m Australian shops. When experimental bags made of duck skin were shown recently at a Federal Conference of poultrymen m Adelaide, South Australia, members agreed that skins, suitably treated and dressed were both attractive and marketable. Lambswool
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    Kangkong Has Iron Content
    500 9 Grow Your Own Vegetables Oy J. L. MILSUM and J. R. P. SOPPER of the Department of Agriculture, Malaya. THERE are two forms of kan^koncr rnmmoniv KangKong commony grown as a leaf vegetable m Malaya. The typical form is a perennial semi-aquntic horh ™>i, /> ,m,,,i,n,i
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    DWARF SHRUBS, BORDERS-3
    1018 9  - DWARF SHRUBS, BORDERS-3 R. E. HOLTTUM tThe Malayan Gardener By Director of The Botanic Gardens Singapore THIS week we con1 tiime with notes on the most useful plants for decorating flower beds, paths and borders. BUDDLEI A. Grows m the lowlands of Malaya as a dwarf spreading shrub, dowering freely.
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      324 9 STRAITS TIMES CROSSWORD «f«»'^: CROSSWORD X, U* 9 Hurrying (7) ~««t terror (5). ,10. Beeepucle ior medicine 28- Hard substance at the end i (4.3) of musical instrument (4) sSss SSss SSss §S§ ssss §SSS (11. Seen' to salad y*t not Moved by jerkJ <7>. H j_ .«%I|_H__ H M
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      389 9 Declarer's lack of foresight at the! shlfted his t0 P neart We capfirst trick in today's deal cost him tured e kin 8 witt the ace and. his vulnerable game contract feeling that a heart return could perhaps be delayed, whereas there Soathl c lU**" i w. m '8 ht
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    1335 10 tel&how a nation m blinkers waits for the crisis....ofthe whisky famine, trouser shortage and vegetable prices....&ofthe desperate measures that may be necessary.,.. Our Own Correspondent LONDON, (By Airmail).—The British Man-in-the-Street couid hardly be blamed if he fancied himself in Queer Street just now. For within the past *8hours
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      186 10 RADIO MALAYA SINGAPORE ENGLISH 1 p.m. Radio Orchestra; I 40 Rhythm Parade; 8.20 Concert Hall; 9.00 Victory Variety; 9.45 Talk; 10.00 Case For Paul Temple Episode 3; 10.30 Dance Music from Princes Restaurant. MALAY— 12 noon Summary; 12.05 Songs; 6.05 Tenaga Oadis: 6.30 As I Spw It; 7.01 Taman Kesenian;
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      173 10 ,11.20 a.m. to 11.40 a.m. Scool Broad-) casting special feature telling what goes on behind scenes at School Broadcasting Division of Redio Malaya (Senior Standards); 11.45 am. to 12 noon— The Sakai (talk). Thursday: 11 a.m. *o 11.30 a.m. Concert of Songs Games (Prim. 2 Std I); 11.35 a.m. to
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      191 10 PURPLE NETWORK: 7 P m. sea Orange Network. FRENCH 7.45 News. SIAMESE— 8.00 Commercial Bulletin; 8.15 News Commentary; 8.30 Western Music; 8.45 News. KUOYU 9.00 News; 9.15 National Enterprise (2)— Central Electricity Board 9.30 p.m. to 12.30 a.m. see Orange Network. RADIO AUSTRALIA 9.30 a.m. Star Parade; 10.00 As You
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    OUTPUT OF U.S. CARS
    130 11 DETROIT, Monday. Tbe 5.000,000-vehicle output about which the American car industry talked so hopefully for 1947 will probably not be attained. This conviction grows as the industry continues to struggle with material shortages and labour uncertainties. These problems loom larger now than they have at any
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    RAMBUTAN RUBBER
    61 11 R&mbutan Rubber Company's profit for the year 1946 was £3,450. This contrasted with the previous year's loss of £3,606. The profit, with the recovery of Eastern assets £3,741, and £8.839 brought m, made £15,030. Depreciation reserve accounted for £1.636 and rehabilitation reserve for £4,061, leaving £9.334 to be
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    "Minimum Prices" Talk In London
    270 11 By The Times City Editor LONDON, Monday. rE daily falls on the London stock market last week left an over-all depreciation which has probably not been exceeded since the f atef ul days of June 1940. Perhaps it was because of the recollection of those
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    N.Y. STOCK MARKET
    85 11 NEW YORK. Monday— The New York stock market entered the new month last Friday with assorted favourites. establishing further good recoveries, while many leaders backed water and dealings were among the slowest m weeks. While gains of fractions to a point or more predominated at the close,
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    SABRANG RUBBER
    200 11 Considering all that had happened, the rubber on Sabrang Rubber Estate was In reasonably satisfactory condition, said the company's chairman, Mr. F. E. Maguire, at its recent annual general meeting in London. "Substantial progresa has been made with the work of rehabilitation." he said, 'but a good deal
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    ROSEWELL'S BOY WINS CUR IN PENANG
    2270 12 Double Aries Pays $258 Dividend From Our Racing Correspondent PENANG, Monday. KOSEWELL'S Boy ridden by Flannery and trained by Marland, won the President's Cup for Mr. Lim Chuan Geok today, last day of the Penang Turf Club Summer Meeting. Princess Guinevere was second and
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    Dividends At A Glance
    105 12 Race I.—APOLLO $59 and $17, Skittals $10, Happy Valley $8. Race 2.—AUGUST BLESSING $13 and $7, Young Lucius $8, Last Double $10. Race 3.—HURON $23 and $8, Vivacious $8, Golden Harvest $11. Race 4.—PRINCE COLIN $50 and $17, Constance $8, Mr. Chips $24. Race S.—FLYING FORTRESS
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    DROBNY BEATS TOM BROWN
    259 12 PRAGUE, Monday. J'jroslav Drobny of Czechoslovakia smashed out a decisive victory over Tom Brown of the United States, 6—0, 6—2 and tf— 1, yesterday to win the men's singles tennis title of Czechoslovakia. The American never had a chance against the Czech Davis Cup player's dazzling
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    SIKH SPORTS MEET IN PENANG
    65 12 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG. Monday. Sikhs Athletes from Penang, Ipoh, Taiping and Kuala Kangsar took part m the first inter-district sports meet organised by the Penang Young Men's. Sikh Association. The meet, which was held yesterday, proved a great success. The Taiping and Kuala
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    DORIS HART LOSES
    27 12 LAUSANNE, Monday. South Africa's Sheila Summers won the Open Swiss Tennis Championships ladies sidles, beating Ur.ited States' Doris Hart 6—3, 2—6. 6— 2.— U.P
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    North-South Test Teams
    82 12 The teams m the Malayan cricket Test which North won by eight wickets over the Bank Holidays: Top the North team (left to right): Chua Eng Cheng, E. Yon?. J. Andres. H. O. Bennett, Gorbex Singh, H.A.F. Brooke, I. Ingleton, Lawrence de Silva, C. W. A. Murray,
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    Johore Beat N.S. By 135 Runs
    157 12 From Our Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Monday. lOHORE beat Negri Sembilan by 135 runs m their inUrJ state match at Segamat over the week-end. Johore batted first and were all out for 117 runs, Norris top-scoring with 27. Berthelot and Singh each scored 20.
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    S.S.C. SWIM TROPHY
    36 12 The Hay-Taylor trophy was competed for at the Singapore Swimming .Club yesterday morning in brilliant weather, M. L Johnson winning in 9.9 sees. Second and third were K. E. Meyer and P.Y.T.H. Silcoe.
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    Wrestler Was Internee Here
    125 12 A GREEK-BORN Australian wrestler who was interned during the war in Singapore arrived here by air yesterday to fulfil a contract with the Great World Amusement Park. Con Balasis, aged 29, was on his way to India for a fight when his ship called at Singapore
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    SINGAPORE STAR SOCCERITES LOSE
    75 12 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Monday.— After holding the Selangor Eurasians to a one-all draw on Sunday, the Singapore Star Soccerltes lost to the Selanpor Indian Association today by two clear goals. Nadrajah opened the scoring after play had been In progress 15 minutes. In
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    Singapore Chinese Defeated
    478 12 Singapore Chinese Defeated QPLENDID bowling by Lim O Khye Su, who took for 37, and sound batting by Tan Ah Ee 175 not out, enabled the Penang Chinese Recreation Club to beat the Singapore Chinese Recreation Club by 217 runs. The Penang Chinese, who were 273 for four at the
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    PENANG WOMAN CHAMPION HURT
    109 12 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Monday. The Penang women's singles tennis champion Mrs. J. P. de C. Hamilton, was sent to hospital following a fall during a match played over the week-end between the Penang Teachers' Association and the Taiping Kempe Club. Mrs. Hamilton was partnering
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    CHAMPIONS HELD
    65 12 From Our Staff Correspondent. KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. The T.P.C.A. held the Penang Indians, who are the Victory Cup champions, io a one-all draw at soccer on the Princes Road ground yesterday. The T.P.C.A. conceded the first goal through a defensive error on the part of their custodian, Paul,
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