The Straits Times, 11 August 1947

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    18 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1 i4S. 1 PICE TFN CENTS SINGAPORE, MONDAY, AUGUST 11, 1947
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    [E IN U.K. RAIL, . t?i»» JLAI HE>
    227 1 [E IN U.K. RAIL, t?i»» JLAI HE> DONT Sunday. e k and more tl when the London-Leeds express > the rear of a nary train near terday. •,t was the worsl railway crash in Britain o;>lo were killed on January 1, ccidenl at Lichfield. and the first three coaches of
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    Fuel, Health Ministers May Resign
    162 1 Fuel, Health Ministers May Resign LONDON, Sunday. SUNDAY newspapers I reflect strong rumours tnat the Minister of Health, Mr. Aneurin Bevan, and the Minister of Fuel, Mr. Emmanuel Shiinvell, may resign over Government's steel iti 'ii policy. Reuters political correspondent says it is considered possible ihat Mr. Bevan and Mr.
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    MYSTERY RAID
    25 1 NANKING, Sunday.— Nationa: Ministry spokesmen today confirmed a Hsin Mm Pac that Tsinstao airfield was air raided by unidentified b!a~V planes yesterday.- U.P.
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    REDUCTION IN U.S NAVY
    93 1 WASHINGTON. Sunday.— The United States Navy reported on Saturday its fleet of combatant ships has shrunk from nearly 1.300 to 285 m lull operation and 21 In reduced staff. When the w;ir against Japan ceased the fleet included not only the 1.300 corrbatant ships but enough
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    Flame-throwers Used By Dutch, Says Shahrir
    284 1 Flame-throwers Used By Dutch, Says Shahrir NEW YORK, undrvy. THE recent Dutch attack on Indonesia was even more tho1 rough than the Japanese invasion, said the former Republican Prime Minister oi Indonesia, Sutan Shanrir yesleroay. "It. was a genuine war, tho--roughly planned and thoroughly executed," he said. He told pressmen
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    41 1 Lt Philip Mountbatten, who is to marry Princess Elizabeth on i veil l)cr 20 at Westminster Abbey, is now a lecturer at the Pettj O I ccS Trainee centre at Corsha.n, Wiltshire He is here seen inspecting his ineii.— A.P. photo.
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    First Colony To Aid U.K.
    47 1 LONDON. Sunday. All London newspapers are giving prominence to Malaya's offer to help m the British economic crisis by banning dollar expenditure on luxury Imptftl This is the first oiler of help from any British Colony as apart from the British dominions.
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    PILOT MAKING GOOD TIME ON SOLO FLIGHT
    112 1 PILOT MAKING GOOD TIME ON SOLO FLIGHT ANCHORAGE, Sunday. Captair William Ocicm, who is trying to beat the round -world solo air speed record of 136 hours, landed here today after an 11-aour-17. i"inr"e non-stop flight from Tckio. He averaged more than 300 miles an h-ur, bringing his iota' elapsed
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    EARTH TREMORS
    40 1 CHICAGO, Sunday.— A .nail earthquake was felt in several 1 states in the Middle-West area shortly before 10 p.m. local time last night, when tremors, oiK°,er than any experienced in this area before continued for several minutes.— Reuter.
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    PAKISTAN OFFICIAL TRAIN DERAILED
    53 1 PAKISTAN OFFICIAL TRAIN DERAILED LAHORE, Sunday. FUR passengers were killed and 20 injured when twj coaches of a special train carrying personnel of the Pakistan Government from Delhi to Karachi were derailed after an explosion. J JA The derailment occurred between Delm and Bhatmda Three relief trains have been sent
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    UNO Receives Complaint Front Indonesia
    521 1 UNO Receives Complaint Front Indonesia in^. uncounted L-mnsse wen I eluding 00 locked In a house and burned alive m S.una11*1 He sr..d m Malaru: Chinese children v.'>re beheaded. A menage from Nanking that Chinese nuvai headquarters are considering a proposal to send Chinese warships to Indonesia on an investigat
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    DUTCH REPORT MORE SHOOTiNG
    46 1 BMAVIA. Sunday. •■> duiwj comminiqu" today reports several more infringements of the fire order m Java and Dutch Borneo and the southern Celebes. The Dutch state that theil casualties since the ci now to*ul 18 killed, 43 wuunctet I and or-; missing.— Reuter.
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    EGYPTIANS FIGHT OVER DUTCH SHIP
    69 1 PORT SAID. Sunday. !ans. shouting -Lor? Live Five Indonesia." fought with police m an attempt to prevent water supplies from reaching a ship which arrived with 3.OCX Dutch troops aboard Tiie ship was reported to be bound for the Orient. Demonstrators m launches and other
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    $50,000,000 Claim On Japs
    102 1 $50,000,000 Claim On Japs I^HE Singapore Chines*? Asso- ciation for the Reli 1 of jviciims of Japanese Pel Ing to press refund vi the "contribution" v/hich General Yamashita extorted from tha Chinese community m M a hi tween March and J'-in 1942. Thi.s was unanimously d elation end. Trie atlon
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    27 1 Bristol, Enel id, one kidna ritl i feants whom Jewish terrorists I as ;i rci>:-i ii for the execution The other !Tord .Martin, of .ry. A.P. photo.
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    Fortune Vanishes From Trunk
    212 1 BERLIN, Sunday. THE United States criminal, investigators yester^afV disclosed they were hunting for U. 5.5500,000 worth of jewels belonging to the late widow of Kaiser Wilhelm 11, 'which her son said vanished last June from a trunk m which he had them hidden m the American
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    Forecasts On S'pore Elections
    314 2 From Our Own Correspondcni LONDON, Sunday. THE latest issue of e 1 Economist gives prominence to a lengthy dispatch from its Singapore corre pon dent discussing the forthcoming Legislative Council elections. Some extracts from the article arc: "It is unlikely that any but Chinese will secure
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    THEY BROADCAST TO MALAYA
    19 2 bchoia»h,p C studying social .ctence lt the jJ&JSSSi tf 'SnoS Righ^Che'ldS mad Shah of .Sinnauore.
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    Nehru's Warning To West: 'Keep Out Of Asia'
    472 2 Nehru 's Warning To West: 'Keep Out Of Asia NEW DELHI, Sunday. JNDIA would not tolerate British, American or any other foreign armies operating in Asiaticcountries, the Minister for External Affairs, in India's interim Government, Pandit Nehru, declared last night. He emphasised that he wished to "make this clear once
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      Cathedral Robbed Of Priceless Ornaments
      523 2 r.iMvrw PARIS, Sunday. E'KLNGH police are combing the whole of France for robbers who stole several ancient ornaments of solid gold from the statue of the Virgin Mary m the famed 13th-century Cathedral of Chartres on The gold ornaments are worth millions of francs and
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    $4,000,000 CLAIM ON N.E.I.
    156 2 $4,000,000 CLAIM ON N.E.I. WASHINGTON, Sundi,- NEW YORK shipping firm ii k"d the U.S. State Department yesterday to demand payment of nearly .54,uG0.000 from the Netherlands Oovernmi nt for the cargo of tha former Liberty ship, Martin Behivian, which was s ized by Dutch warships oft Ja^ March 1. Mr.
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    CAPTIVE PATROL RELEASED
    85 2 VIENNA, Sunday.— Brit h authorities armounci d here yesterdaj that a British patrol oi the Somerset Light Intantry which was seized by i. I July 10. when the men ~s the Vat'ue border near Bad Velars m Carinthla, have ben handed back and are en their way
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      541 2 NOTICES S^GAPORE MUNICIPALITY rs are invited for supdlV of 20( tons of 80—100 Penetration Bitumer r-n-l 100 tons of Quirk Brcakins Emulsified Bitumer Tender forms from Municipal to. I Office. (Room No. 218). ir m tli Municipal Secretariat No. 23.j) at noon on 25th I!M7. NON-BENDERS C. C. RE-UNIOK At
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      744 2 NOTICES SALE OF ARMY TOODSTUFFS I I. Tenders are invited for the pur- chase of thr> following quantities of Army Foodstuffs: 1 T ta 400 lbs. Fruit Dried 100 tons ■inly Raisins and Currants) Coffee Ground G tons Baking Powder 50,000 lbs. Jiiiy Crj italj 4.000 lbs. 2. Those foodstuffs
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    TRAIN WRECKERS' CAMPAIGN
    258 3 TRAIN WRECKERS' CAMPAIGN Jews Aim To Cut All Rail Traffic JERUSALEM, Sunday. THE Jewish terrorist organisation, Irgun Zyai Leumi, yesterday announced that the wrecking of the crack Cairo-to-Haifa "Egypt Express", near Lydda on Saturday, was the opening of a campaign to cut every railway line in Palestine. Two mines were
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    S'pore Boys Promote World Accord
    153 3 S'pore Boys Promote World Accord MEMBERS of a Singapore schoolboys' correspondence i club are regularly exchanging letters with people m Britain, U.S., Denmark, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ceylon, Cyprus and Germany. They learn from a correspondent m Britain that a pineapple there costs the equivalent of Straits $2. From a
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    Schools' Art Show Today
    36 3 Schools' Art Show Today AWli c Chamber Dr. Mr. P. A. B. Officer < i- -:de and r I ..imber. the j trk. the d by i P.' v. A. C. Parr, and is] is of show
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    SINGING CONTEST AT GREAT WORLD
    50 3 G.-' at id In len, on Saturday Ping. H.O. Ping and Pte. H sim. Jamaludin bin Ahmad and Kam 8a Women: Misses Annie L< e, Pong Yoona Ying. I N Lin Slang Mr. Paul Verdayne wai Miss Lim Le< .sang as a numb'-r. Ave Maria.
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    ELECTIONS INTEREST LACKING
    133 3 WHILE the Singapore Tea-, chcrs Union lms called on' all members, who are lied, to register themselves as voters, Singapore's most pt i- the Malayan D nocratic U I •lh e secrei D.U.. Mr I C Yip. told People I a ac^ ar e far fr no
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    Muslims Form Zakat Committee
    214 3 Muslims Form Zakat Committee Bv Corresp SVPORE Muslims i us understood b; is a ch I Is into do away with the In- equalities >m. Weal' endency to in- crease and accumulate and <ims at its Martial r 'community, as a whole, may de- om it. t, or, as it
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    U SAW TO FACE SPECIAL TRIAL
    238 3 RANGOON, Sunday. rpHE former Burmese pre- inier, U Saw, will be among those to be tried before a special tribunal in the next few days for the assassination of seven mem- bers of tl.e Burma Executive Council on July 19, a Burmese Government spokesman
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    HEADLESS BODY FOUND
    73 3 From Our Own Correftpondeat I KOTA BHARU, Sund pCLICE patrolling the Siam-. discovered the, of a Si;'m^se. feet awa; Kampong taala Jambu, at 8 i>.ni. „i t W< cl-. soay. .i today. The body had also a d? p wound on the right knee. Both arms bore
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Monday, Aug. 11, 1947. MALAYA WANTS TO HELP
    1166 4 The Straits Times Singapore, Monday, Aug. 11, 1947. MALAYA WANTS TO HELP Our local worries m Malaya continue to be overshadowed and dwarfed by the crisis m Britain. The reaction m this country chows not only deep concern over the position revealed by Mr. Atilee but strong confidence m Britain's
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    Verse for the times
    80 4 Nobly, nobly Cape St. Vincent to the North-West died away; i IsjMMi ran, en. -loriciiH blood-red, recking into Cadiz Bay; Uluish mid the burning water, full m fate Trafalgar lay; In Ihe clmmcHt North-Kast distance, dawned Gibraltar grand and grey; lien und here did England help
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      An Englishman on an appeal he will not support
      547 4 f'D LIKE to know what good purpose would be served by adopting the Mlggestiofi to contribute one month's C.O.L. allowance for Great Britain. Apart from the sum being a drop of water m the Atlantic. 1. for one, would refuse. But
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      "MALAYA HAD TO BE SACRIFICED"
      190 4 I ENDORSE most heartily I the appeal and suggestion made m Mr. H. M. Thomr.sz's letter to you, and am convinced -that a large number of us will gladly sacrifice a moi'th'si C.O.L. allowance. It rests with the Straits Times j to take the first
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      PAX BRITANNICA: BY AN INDIAN
      164 4 T ENTIRELY agree with the 1 suggestion of your Penang correspondent Mr. H. M. Thomasz to make a voluntary contribution of one month's C.O.L. allowance to Britain to help her tide over the unprecedented economic crisis. As an Indian A^ho has lived m this British
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      "TANGLED UP WITH INCOME TAX"
      280 4 lAIvl surprised that m on c of your leading articles on the report on the financial oosition of Singapore issued by ih.3 Singapore Association you regarded it as unfortunate that the report is "tangled up with opposition to income tax." The reason you Rive is
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      CANADIAN DOLLARS
      114 4 |N a recent ifgiM the Straits TUnes reported from London that "Britain from today, under the new "Anglo-Am. -riCaa agreement, remove^ re.striciions on the ■pendingf of current stciling for current purposes." My bankers m London, whom I instructed t:> buy Canadian Government Loans tor me. replied under date
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    A Chinese merchant who has left his business behind
    485 4 In A Sumatra Town AS a Chinese busines-man who has lived for mimy years m Sumatra, I wi-yld like to write something about th« true conditions m a Certain town m Sumatra which foi personal reasons I don't >ilu to name.
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    A DUTCH DOCTOR IN THE KARIMONS
    216 4 A DUTCH DOCTOR IN THE KARIMONS Y°7 ccenUy PWbMsiied an J^onesian report of a m tho KaTim j haye bc,.n ,^.,.1,;;,, thtn lU alone, unarm d, m a small {anncn, announcing mjr arrival forohnncl. for twenty m n is now. and I treated thirty th tnd cases m ,1945. I
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    "DEVIL'S ISLAND" OF THE N.E.I.
    271 4 IINDER the Dutch rule nrv w body knew how man; ofl the Indonesian nation li v:cro Bent for life tanpris h ment and exile to that i > famous- island of Degoel tha N.E.I, counterpart of tho Devil's bland ol Franc Ti;o bnmlllati is then
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    MALAYA MAY GET GURKHA BATTALIONS
    327 5 MALAYA MAY GET GURKHA BATTALIONS EATTALIONS > Help Manpower roblem In U.K.? By The Times Correspondent NEW DELHI, -Sunday. FIGHT Gurkha Battalions may be used as the nucleus of an all-Gurkha military Division m Malaya. These eight battalions, mentioned m a British Government announcement, would, like any other Gurkha battalions
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    MR. CHETTUR TO HAND OVER HIS POST TODAY
    200 5 MR. CHETTUR TO HAND OVER HIS POST TODAY for the settlrmcnt of several strikes by laboonn as a prctert KgalMt r>nd inadequate rice rrt'on, particularly In tlic months erf Scptcm-ber-October 194G ar.J again cai!y this :c?.r. of his important, though lively unpublished, functlqna ya was to rrorc^cnt India kl iterances
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    Buddhist Leader In Singapore.
    222 5 Buddhist Leader In Singapore. THE founder and leader of; the World Buddhist Mis- j .?ion, the Ven. Lokanatha. who. j arrived in Singapore on Saturday from Kuala Lumpur, o'i his way to America, gave a lecture entitled "Buddhism, I the Science of Deliverance' 1 at the Singapore Buddhist Lodge I
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    SIAM RICE MONOPOLY
    118 5 BANGKOK, Sunday. THE Siamese Government today ordered the compulsory sale of all rice in the kinsdom to become effective immediately because of the failure of merchants to turn ever stocks n the Government! Rice- Purchasing Bureau. Merchants holding stocks must cor.tvac 1 with' the bureau before August
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    SINGAPORE DIARY
    127 5 TODAY: Iiitor-Schocl Art Exhibition, official opining. Chinese Chamber of Commerce, 5.30 p.m. Y.W.C.A. Malay Class for beginners. I U" Lcoiiie Kill Hold, 5.30 p.m. WATCH FOR: Rotary Urncbxm, Mr. ciaudo Misscy on "My Country," Adelphi, Wed-nc-dr.y. 1 p.m. Cocking Class, Y.W.C.A., St. Rfldk'fl! School, Katony, Wednesday, 5 p.m.
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    Japs Anxious To Trade With Malaya
    156 5 From Cur StaS Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. EVIDENCE of Japan's prepaiedness to reopen its export lri.de I Malay* has been received by the Department of Indusiiy and Commerce, of the Malayan Union, but little interest 1 Car been exhibited m the opportunities by local
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    3 ROBBERS, 6 GUNS
    59 5 3 ROBBERS, 6 GUNS AB(NOAPOBB Cbineae, Loh Bah Seng, o| Kim Kiat tioad, has complained that hewas robbed o;i Saturday night I in h's hou.se \yy throe man, who had &ix pistols between Loh laid could not determine I the i; y of tho robbers, I aft«r ransftddnf 'the md
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      Consul Prevents Trouble On Ship
      614 5 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Sunday. THE Chinese Consul, Mr. N. K. Lee, intervened yesterday m 1 an incident on board the S.S. Va n Heutsz. Nearly 200 Chinese deck oassenffers refused to be. quarur.Hr.prl nTirJ it w« noL until antniecl ana it was no^
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    Food Control Inspector Murdered
    130 5 Food Control Inspector Murdered Frcm Our Own Correspoiitlc-nl KOTA BAHRU, Sun-lay.' AFCOD control inspector, ltohamed Ibrahim Kagee, 51-year-old South Attica-bora Malay, received fatal injures when he was attacked by unknown men a\ TeHpot, two -md a hrlf miles from Kota Bhav-i, on Thursday niyht. Motive for the attack is not
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    31 5 Excited Fil' *:r.o BOJ SCJMIW light-seeing i;i L*n 100 s t month. Th< y BffC contingent which visiLcJ i >-idon before i- :i2 to Moisson, near Paris, T.*r the p: pilolO.
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    HIGHER STUDIES
    47 5 PENANG, Sunday.—Twenty Chines- students from the Chun? Lin^ IIi rrh School have jo: n;"J American and Chinese unmtsftUes. Ho Pak Weng, ono of this years graduates i 3 now studying medicine at Sim Francisco. Ho Is a son of the wefl-known auditor, JMr. Herbert Ho.
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    BROOKE LIBEL CASE IN SEPT.
    282 5 THE hbel action brought by the ex-Rajah Muda ol rak, Mr. Anthony Brook*, i.^.tiust the Sarawak Fr. v, Company and the Sarawak Attorney-General, Mr. K. H. Difjy. if to be heard m Kuching oji Sept. 24. The ac ion was brought by Mr Brooke m
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    British Crisis Has Little Influence Yet On Malayan Markets
    647 6 British Crisis Has Little Influence Yet On Malayan Markets Weekly Share Market Review my By A Market Correspondent 'fHE chief feature of an unsatisfactory and unsettled week was Mr. Attlee's speech m the House of Comnrohs on Wednesday, setting forth the Government's proposals to prevent further deterioration of Britain's present
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    Downward Trend In New York
    147 6 NEW YORK, Sunday. FILM Shares suffered th« most severe lo-ses in several weeks in Friday's clo ing market session of the week. Stocks generally turned downI ward although exceptional sure was lacking. Selling was a'.t. o the British situatj hreatened curtailment of American film rts,
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    Averages
    18 6 NLW YOiiK. Sunday.— Dow Jo -> averages on Friday were: Stocks, 84.18: Industrials. 10S.1J; ltaiiroacis, 48.21; Utilities ..P.
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    LONDON EXCHANGE REACTIONS
    253 6 By The Times City Editor LONDON', Sunday. THE London Stock Exchange BJg—Hed the ch»e of the ccono- I mic debate, after a short lived bout of dullness, by marking up prices in most markets. Buying was not larcre, and whit tiiT.v. w,^ wq n.ainiv I marked recovery
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      837 6 iv£ L.'.CIES U.VDIO NANKING (Nanking): JM\ ftATMQ AUSTRALIA (tXT OLT KJK REFERENCE). a m a.m.-15.35; 3.30 p.m. to. X^ AU!>i«ALlA SING\rORE 10 P- m I 9o0 am Ci'sby Sings; 9.45 Popular The foilouint frpnuenr-iew in RADIO TIS \T RESMI INDONESIA Fano Classics (Wilhe'-n Backluus); ™V ili ?i fc n ,..H
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    LONDON STOCKS
    383 7 LONDON. Friday. THE behaviour of today's Markets has been a little mixed an i the turnover small. After a quiet start an easier tendency developed generally Iuit this s»on disappeared on the appearance of bear covering which resisted right up to the close ol the business, says neuter's
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    Policy Holders Paid Since '45
    475 7 Great Eastern Assurance rplIE Great Eastern Life Assurance Company Limited L made its first payment to a nolicyholder. after the re- occupation, on September 11, 1945, 20 days before the banks re-opened. This was revealed m the statement of the chairman, Mr. F.M. Edmonds, to
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    REDUCTION OF CAPITAL
    197 7 I Thabawleik Tin Extraordinary general meetings of shareholders of the Thabawleik Tin Dredging Limited were held at the registered offices on July 2 and 24 The following reso- lution was passed by the requisite majority: That the capital of the company bs reduced from £200.000 divided into
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    RUBBER
    65 7 fhe Singapore Chamber ol Commerce Rubber Association's prices at noon on Saturday were: Buyers Sellers Ct£. Cts. per ib. Der Ib. No 1 R.S.S. Spoi loos* 28 1 28"i No l R.S.S fob ir. bales Aus. 29 29 No 2 R.S.S fot I In bales Au<?. 28 s4s 4
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    JULY RUBBER OUTPUTS
    110 7 Rubber crop outputs for the month of July are announced by the Hollowing companies: Changkst Serdincr Estates Ltd.. 39.038 lbs; Brunei United Plantations Ltd., 47.245 lbs: I.unas Rubj ber Estate! Ltd.. 66.100 lbs; Hayj tor Rubber Estates Ltd., 18.000 i lbs; Nyalaa Rubber Estates Ltd.. 53.100 lbs:
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    HIGH COST, LOW PRICE
    320 7 Ayer Panas Rubber THE question exereisins the ntndl of all rubber producers was how they could meet present sellinK prices and s* ill earn a reasonable return on the capital invested, said the chairman. Mr. W. M. Edmonds, at the annual meeting of Aver Panas Rubber
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    QUARTERLY ORE OUTPUT
    61 7 Tronoh Tin Tronoh Mines Limited announce that output of tin ore for the quarter ended June 30. 1947. was: Tror.oh Mines Limited (two dredges. Nos. 4 and 8. working), 214 tons. 'No. 5 dredge started opening-oat operations m June) Southern Tror.oh Tin Dredcin-? Limited fons dredje woridng).
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    TIN OUTPUT
    17 7 Talam Mines Limited had an o'.tput for the menth of July 1917 of 266.71 piculs.
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    RACEHORSE OWNERS MUST HAVE 'EYES OPEN'
    364 8 RACEHORSE OWNERS MUST HAVE 'EYES OPEN' Penang Turf Club Ch ief Supports SRA From Our Staff Reporter PENANG, Sunday. "RACEHORSE owners should go into the racing business with eyes open and not blindfolded," the President of the Penang Turf Club, Mr. Lee Toon Poon, said today, when he supported the
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    Easy Victory For Vass
    170 8 Easy Victory For Vass 1 E. J. VAS3, one-time Singapore badminton champion, won his i tie easily m the veterans singles of the Singapore badminton cnarr.pioiuhips yester lay at tie Clerical Union hall. Rseulu w< re: i JUNIOB SINGLES: Low Peng Chok (Mayflower) beat Lim Jiak Kiin (Mayilower) walkover; H.
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    HECTIC KNOCK AT TANGLIN
    328 8 Sjiiie hurricane hitting was seen m the cricket match m which F the Singapore Recreation Club beat C.H.K.. S.E.A.L.F., by one wic- t ket at Tanglin Barracks yester- f day. v GHQ SEALF batted first and had eight wickets down for 98 runs. Lieut. Ledbetter and
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    SRD FORWARDS COMBINE WELL
    117 8 Splendid comoixmUan by the forward* enabled th e Supply Reserve Depot team to defeat the rolliluds by three goals to one m i game of soccer played a: Mc-Pher-icn Road yesterday. Watoon opened accounts for Jie S.R.D. about ten minutes from the start. Dale followed up
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    Australian Owner To Race Horses Here
    355 8 From Our Staff Reporter A__ PENANG, Sunday. N Australian racehanc owner has arrived m Malaya with three expensive importations which he will race m this country. He is Mr. Norman King, who ar- I rived a week ago from Australia on the same ship
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    RECORD CLAIMED
    97 8 TOKIO, Sunday. I VINETEEN-YEAR-OLD Nippon Unl- versity student Noshin Furuhashi yes- terday evening set a world's record fur the 400 metres m a 50-metre pool s m the semi-finals of the all-Japan nrtnunfeag championships hfld m c Tokio. according to Jupanese news lyrncics. 1 They state he was
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    Barnett bees K.L. Chinese Defeat TPCA
    240 8 From Our Staff Reporter KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. BEN BARNETT, the exAustralian Test cricketer, I was a keen spectator at the two Stonor Shield cricket matches played m Kuala Lumpur today. He watched the match between the Selangor Chinese Recreation Club and the T.P.C.A. at
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    63 8 A batting glove w.is burnt for the "Ashes" which was contested between the Australasian and English teams m yesterday's Singapore Cricket Club "Test". The match was drawn. Mr. Claude Masscy. the Australian Commissioner m Singapore, who captained the Australasian side, is seen on the left, holding a box of matches.
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    BRITISH CAR WINS ULSTER T.T.
    53 8 o^t, AjT, S...iday. F. R. GERARD driving a British ERA car won the main event lat Ulster trophy races yesterday afternoon with an average speed ol 71.43 miles per hour. The only oiher finisher was Captain Harry Woodall m a French Deluge with 63,39 miles
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    PADANG 'TEST' WASHED OUT
    301 8 THE Singapore Cricket Club 'lesl,' played between the local English r.nd Austrn'a.^rw; teams, on the clu I I jolcrday, had to be abandoned on account of rain before the match could be conchld England, batting fir.si, doclared alter scoring 1G2 ruiia for .-ix wickets. Au.-,tr I.
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    SPORTS FLASHES
    341 8 SPORTS FLASHES CHICAGO. Sunday. WITH pleasure won the $)3.650 Sheridan handicap at Washington Park on Saturday b< atin° Armed, the favourite, by two I lengths. It was the third timr I With Pleasure defeated Armed. was third. -A.P. Cycling Marathon GLASGOW, Bunday.— George Ke^ f»ck of Paris Cycles, London, v.
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    Chinese Draw With Indians
    284 8 Ram caused the cricket mate; between the Singapore Chines' Recreation Club and the Singapore Indians, played on Honr Lim Green yesterday, to be left drawn. The Chinese, batting far intt the afternoon, were all out foi 156. Dharam Singh and S. NagaiaP returned the best bowling
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    YEOH BOX SAN WINS 3 EVENTS
    69 8 From Our staff Reporter PENANG. Sunday. Winning three events— the 100, 220' and 440 yards Yeoh Bok San ended up as champion athlete at the St. Xavier's Institution annual athletic sports held yesterday at Pulau j Tikus. I Fong Siew Yoke, Penang schoolboy swimming
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    Women Join In Perak A.A.A. Meet
    333 8 From Our Stall Vt. [POH, Su rR the first time m th< lory of the Pen am i athletic cha m p ion worn ]i pai ticipati d m ihe Brsi i o»1 war wv> i hre v This yet an int r-ti am
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    SINGAPORE CHINESE WIN WATER POLO
    101 8 The Singapore Chinese iw'mmlng Club's first i ad second water 'polo teams proved too rood when they met ihe local European side.? at Tanjons Rhu yesterday. The Singapore Swimmim Club's I first team were beaten Lv six goals to nil and the second by iour-nil.
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