The Straits Times, 14 August 1947

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    19 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED I US. TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, AUGUST 14, 1947. 'RICE TEN CENTS
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    INDIA DOMINION TO HAVE UNO SEAT State
    569 1 INDIA DOMINION TO HAVE UNO SEAT State Pakistan A New Non- Member State NEW YORK, Wednesday. THE dojninion of India will be the legal and constitu- tional successor to British India as a member of the United Nations, according to a tentative decision by the legal department of UNO here
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    Sidelights On India
    340 1 Sidelights On India LONDON, Wtdiiicsciay. MEMBERS of the Indian Stud(nts' Union m London yesterday unanimously agreed to hold a special ceremony on Friday to hoist the Indian' and Pakistan flag^ at their premises. On Thursday, the Indian Stude ts' Union is entertaining Mr. Krishna Menon. the High Commissioner designate for
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    Taxis To Give Free Lifts
    63 1 About 100 Indian-owned taxis, m addition to decorated lorries, flying flags, will go about the town m Singapore tomorrow giving free lifts to members of the public who wish to attend the mass meeting at Waterloo Street padang. This free service will start at 3
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    FLAG WAS PROBLEM TO S'PORE MUSLIMS
    615 1 FLAG WAS PROBLEM TO S'PORE MUSLIMS JfJLSLIM organisations m Singapore Preparing yesterday for tomorrow's India Independence Day celebrations were faced with a problem created by lack of information on the design of the Pakistan flag. Af u As late as 1 v m the Pl esic e »t of the
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    Eurasian Union's Wire To Queen
    252 1 Eurasian Union 's Wire To Queen BATAVIA, Wednesday AN Aneta report says that the Union of Eurasians has cabled to Queen Wilhelmina and the Security Council expressing deep concern at the murder and rape of many Dutch women and the total lack of security m Republican-held territory. Dutch aircraft from
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    STOP PRESS
    29 1 WASHINGTON, Wednesday.— Britain has withdrawn another $150,000,000 of her United States credit, the U.S. Treasury disclosed today. The withdrawal leaves only $850,000,000 remaining of the $3.750,000,000.— A.P.
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    THE NEWS IN OTHER PAGES
    244 1 AN ACCUSED IN A GERMAN WAR crimes trial says Hitler planned for himself a tomb so large that it would be visible from the German Alps. 50 miles aicay. Page two. THE U. S. DELEGATE TO THE Security Council says the Russian use of the
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    FIVE KILLED IN AIR COLLISION
    67 1 MANCHESTER. New Hampshire, Wednesday.— An A-26 bomber and an army training plane collided in mid-air over Manchester Country Club yesterday and crashed In flames killing at least five passengers. The army trainer which crashed into a resident's yard narrowly missed children playing nearby. The bomber
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    No Free Press Tomorrow
    57 1 No Free Press Tomorrow OWING to the fact that the bulk of Singapore news-ven-dors are Indians and wish to celebrate Indian Independence Day with other members of their community, there will be no issue of the Sincapore Free Press tomorrow afternoon. Publication will be resumt'J on Saturday. The Straits Times
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      Hitler's Grandiose Plan For Own Tomb
      490 2 FRANKFURT, Wednr«day. HITT.KR had planned a lomb for himself m the rcn(r.. »f Munich that was In he so large that it would l>c VI li from the German Alps, 50 miles away, it was disolosrd yesterday at the Nuremberg trial of Hip S.S.
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      CEYLONESE ARRIVE TODAY
      134 2 CEYLONESE ARRIVE TODAY TWO complete companies m. 1 tailing G63 men briouglnytc tho Ceyloiiesr military labou torce and Ceylon Carpi '1 Military Police, will arrivr n Singapore to Jay from Colombo by the hired tTBMpMt Strathnaver. The ship is expected to berth alon<rsidr Godowns 15 and 16 of the Hurbour
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      'LITTLE MOUSE CHARGED WITH K.L. KILLINGS
      84 2 'LITTLE MOUSE CHARGED WITH K.L. KILLINGS A Chinese whose alias Is "little Mouse" was charged m the Singapore Second Police Court Tcsterday with committing two marders m Sun^ei Besi Street. Koala T.unipur. on Nov. S The man. Lav See Chai, was arrested m a Singapore 'offes shop. The magistrate. Mr.
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      'SMOKES' DEALS IN HARBOUR
      148 2 Cigaiv.te transactions brtween sailors on board the French troopet S.S. Pasteur and sarrpi!:s m the outer roads of Singapore Harbour, on Tuesday had a w m the Third Police Court, jresto rday. v.hen 12 Chinese werr charged with the prvs sston of dutiable tobacco. Finei- amotir.ring
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      645 2 NOTICES SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL 4}% DEBENTURE STOCK 1930. NOTICE is hereto? Riven mat the Transfer Books of the above Stock will be rinsed from ISUi August to let September 1947. both days inclusive, for the preparation of Interest Warrant* In respect of interest due on the above Stork for the current
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      878 2 TENDERS GOVERNMENT SALE NOTIFICATION Tenders will be received at the offlct of the Colonial Secretary. Singapore, up to noon of the 10th September. 1947 for the purchase of the machinery at the former Opium Packing Plant. Pasto Pnnjang. Spore. particulars of which are as follows:— Machine Shop Lot Ne. Description
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      868 2 NOTICES SELANGOR TURF CLUB. NOTICE $2 CABH SWEEP THROUGH NUMBERS As there -will be 9 races oo the Ist and 3rd Days (23rd and 30th August). members wishing to reserve numbers for the extra race are notified that .they should remit the extra $4/- before 5.00 p.m. on rrldav 22nd
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      761 2 NOTICES i NOTICE NOTICE it hereby given that Wang Stone Jiang of No. 460 C Race Course Road, Singapore, hat applied to the Board of Licensing Justices, Singapore, for a First Clan Public House Licence which he proposes to hold m respect of premises known as No. S39A Serangoon Road,
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    Blunt Declarations By America And Britain "U.S. WILL NOT SIT IDLY BY"
    845 3 Blunt Declarations By America And Britain "U.S. WILL NOT SIT IDLY BY" U.S.: In the most forthright and hard-hitting speech yet heard m the Security Council, the U.S. representative Mr. Herschel Johnson served notice that, if action m the Balkans was frustrated by the Soviet veto, the United States was
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    'Jewish Terror In Palestine Will Be Destroyed'
    538 3 'Jewish Terror In Palestine Will Be Destroyed LONDON, Wednesday. WITH a promise of unflinching determination to ies* troy Jewish terrorism m Palestine, Mr. Arthui Creech Jones yesterday called the Holy Land an "international liability," and protested against American and French press vilification of Britain's efforts. He told the House of
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    BROOKE'S RAYA PUASA MESSAGE
    195 3 On the eve of Hari Raya Puasa Mr. Anthony Brooke has sent the following telegram to the Sarawak 1 indigenous associations and tol the Chiel Secretary to th. Sara-| wak Governm at; "I welcome Uh) «t^>ui_i.cc atiJj by the Secretary, Yoiu'-g Maiay Association, that the Association
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    Mr. Cadmus Is Dead— But Is He Lying Down?
    198 3 Mr. Cadmus Is Dead But Is He Lying Down? NEWARK, New Jersey, Wednesday. THE Newark City Fathers have decided not to bill William 1 Cadmus for any more personal taxes. They based their decision on the following letter fiom his daughter, Miss Amy Cadmus: "The doctor, undertaker. Bureau of Vital
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    "Russian Plan To Run World"
    179 3 "Russian Plan To Run World" NEW YORK, Wednesday. fHE Chairman" of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives, Mr. Charles Eaton, in a signed article in he August issue of American Magazine, says; "It is clearly evident to anyone who is flot mentally blind that Russia is
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    ¼-ct DROP IN RUBBER
    97 4 ¼-ct D ROP IN RUBBER RUBBER fell approximately a quarter of a cent yesterday, although a reasonably good inquiry was reported throughout the day and offerings wore well taken up. No. 1 sheet f.0.b.. buyers closed ot 28*4 cents per lb as compared with 2S§ cents on Tuesday. Sellers v.e^2B^
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    ASKS FOR "UTMOST SACRIFICES"
    51 4 SAIGON. Wednesday— The President of the Vietnam Republic Dr. Ho Chi Minn, called on the Vietpeople "for the utmost sacrifices to speed up national freedom' as the French High Commissioner, Mr. Emile Bollaert returned here yesterday from Honoi on his way to, Paris for fresh consultations.
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    "GRIM TIME" FOR DEFICIT RICE AREAS
    436 4 Killearn 9 s Warning On Visit To Siam From Our Own Correspondent BANGKOK, Wednesday. THE Special Commissioner for South-East Asia, Lord Killearn, who is on a visit to Siam, said m an interview here that the next few months were going to be grim
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    SOME LOVE SNAKES, OTHERS GO "NUTS"
    217 4 GLENDALE, VIRGINIA, Wednesday— A chanting band of 50 determined snake-handlers outside the Glen dale County gMi yesterday protested through the long night against the imprisonment of members of their religious cult. Snake lovers 'rom Tennessee and Kentucky rj'ned Virginia sect members in the chanting.
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    Singapore Shipping
    108 4 SHIPS alongside the Singapore wharves yesterday (godowns, m brackets) were: Main Wharf: Canara (31-32). Marine Snapper (33-34), Empire Colne (36-37, Norden (38-39), Kcnyon Victory (42.43). West Wharf: Euryades (1-2), Agapenor (3), Marella (6-7), Merlimau (8-9), P and T Explarer (10-11), Sarpedon (13-14), Eumaeus (15-16). Empire Dock: Beorinncs (1718),
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    3 ROBBERIES IN EIGHT HOURS
    110 4 Three robberies took place within eight hours m various parts of Singapore on Tuesday. At 3 p.m. at Teluk Ayer Street, three Chinese robbed a Chinese inside his house of a $95 wrist-watch and a $45 fountain pen. Half an hour later, three Chinese accosted
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    Lords Approve Crisis Bill
    349 4 LONDON, Wednesday. rE House of Lords last night denounced the bill giving the Labour Government almost unlimited powers to deal With Britain's economic crisis, and then approved it by voice vote, on the decisive second reading. The Lords' action came scarcely 12 hours after the House
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    FORD CO. CHIEF'S DEATH
    281 4 MR. Wallace R. Campbell, a director of the Tord Motor Company of Malaya and chairman of the board of the Ford Motor Company of j Canada, died suddenly on Sun- day at th e age of 65. He is survived oy his wife, two sons and
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    HOUSEBREAK TOOLS CHARGE
    113 4 WONG KIM HONG and Yeo Kah Mun were charged in the Second Police Court yesterday with possessing housebreaking implements with intent to commit an offence, at the junction of South Bridge Road and Upper Cross Street. Inspector Yeo bin Chiat said that three detectives stopped the accused,
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    Army To Release Changi Gaol
    220 4 THE Army will return Changi Gaol to the civil authorities on Oct. 15, when it will be used for convicts serving long sentences. The overcrowded Outran) Road Gaol will take shortterm prisoners. Chai«?i Gaol at present houses about 350 Japanese convicts and war crimes suspects.
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      329 4 What a relief gggfi No More Sour Acid 1 ■Thanks to De*\Viit's F Antacid Powder, I car. lfc£^«s& now eat what I like, S^r-iS ..ill, fear ol ar.y ill F^^**%r iffeetl ai'tiTwards." =ts^ If you are suffering from excess acidity. Indigestion, heartburn, flatulance, etc. why not try a tin today?
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      163 4 OPENING TO-I) AY S SHOWS: 3 6 15 A 9.15 p m RITA HWWORTII m "CILDA" There never was a woman nke nert Supported by GLENN FORD QUEENS THEATRE To-day: 3, 6.30 9.15 n m CHARITY CINKMA SHOW IN AID OF INDONESIAN RED OSS FIND Opening To-morrow "THE WIFE OF
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    INDIAN WOMAN AMBASSADOR LEAVES TO TAKE MOSCOW POST
    63 5 INDIAN WOMAN AMBASSADOR LEAVES TO TAKE MOSCOW POST C ninese Ambassador m India. Dr. Lo Chia Luen; Pandit Jawharlal Nehru; India's Ambassador to Russia; Mrs. Vijaya Lakshmi P.mdit; Mrs. Sarojini Naidu (back to the camera) and Miss Chandralekha J'.uidit. pnotosrapttc:! at tho Willinsdon, airDort on August 3, just before Mrs.
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    AUSTRALIA READY FOR NEW ROLE
    229 5 THE Australian Commission-er-in Singapore, Mr. Claude |laSBey, said yesterday that Australia was prepare I tc undertake great responsibilities to see a perpetual and i: lr peace established m the world. Mr. Massey was speaking on "My Country" at the Singapore Rotary Club's weekly luncheon meeting.
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    BRITISH STOCKS AT NEW LOW
    335 5 LONDON, Wednesday. DRITISH Government securities dropped on the u i London Stock Exchange yesterday to the lowest levels since the Labour Government took office, accompanied by widespread declines in British industrial shares and, by contrast, further strength in South African goldmining shares. The latter was
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    ATTEMPT TO BEHEAD MALAY Interpreter Gets 5 Years
    386 5 ATTEMPT TO BEHEAD MALAY Interpreter Gets 5 Years From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH, Wednesday. THREE witnesses yesterday described to the War Crimes Court at Kuala Kangsar how several strokes of a Japanese sword had failed to sever the head of a Malay and how, as he lay writhing in pain
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    55 5 A decree nisi to be made absolute in three months, was granted to Mary Lim by Mr. Justice Jobling in Singapore yesterday, when she petitioned for a divorce from her husband, Lim Cheng Chuan, a clerk employed at the Ho Hong Oil Mills, Singapore, on the ground that their mar
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    BUILDING UP STORE'S YOUTH
    292 5 BUILDING UP STORE'S YOUTH SURE and Steadfast, the magazine of the Boys' Brigade m Singapore, has reappeared after an interval of exactly six years. The 1947 issue, just published, tells how, since the liberation,, the Boys' Brigade was rehabilitated and built up to its present strength. Today, Boys' Brigade m
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    How Pakistan Flag Is Made
    366 5 IN response to numerous re- 1 quests from Muslims in I Singapore, the Straits Times yesterday had an official description of th e Pakistan flag cabled from Ind n by Acsocia^ed Pre? The dcsciipoion of the new flag, which the Muslim League Pakistan Constituent Assembly
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      90 5 A FRESH ARRIVAL OF SMILES j I j Here she comes with her cargo of Health and Happiness Cow Gate, the most famous of all Infants' Foods. And what a relief! For there is everything that Baby needs m a tin of Cow Gate to build firm flesh, strong bones,
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      355 5 PURE OLIVE OIL From FRANCE AND SARDINES From CANADA ALL PARTICULARS FROM WILLIAM J. BERNARD TEL *****. SINGAPORE. UNION BUILDING Cable. WILBER. P.O. Box 830 98? U *m. Eariy momin 8 thtrt ST'^^' 14 y H the time for a glass I i JSm VM B P arklin B» bubbly
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    DEATH
    24 6 BIRT. Philip Harold, lately Manairer, Kcstie Anglo-Swiss Milk Product*. Ltd.. Colombo. Died en route to South Africa. Deeply regretted by his many friends.
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Thur., Aug. 14, 1947. AN EXTRA FOUR THOUSAND
    880 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Thur., Aug. 14, 1947. AN EXTRA FOUR THOUSAND Thfre is a very unpleasant shock for the .public of the Malayan Union m some figures which were disclosed m the House of Commons last month. Commander D. Marshall, MR, asked for comparative figures of the Government establishment
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    Malaya At Home
    272 6 Most people .in Malaya will probably be surprised to learn that a comprehensive bulletin on Malayan affairs is being prepared in London and circulated in exMalayan circles at Home. This is the A.B.M. Bulletin,; a new addition to the activities of the Association of British Malaya. Before
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    LEAVE AND RETURN
    34 6 MR. W.C.B. Correy. until recently acting Resident Commlsbloner of Johore, will go on leave to Australia on Aug. 18. Mr. E. E. F. Pretty has resumed his duties m Resident Commissioner
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    38 6 This is the statue of the elephant opposite the old Supreme Gourt, Singapore, which is referred to m a letter published below. It commemorates the first visit by the King: of Siam to Sincaoore m the nineteenth century.
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      Mr. Hawkins Replies To Mr. Laycock THE PUZZLED ELECTOR
      650 6 Mr. Hawkins Replies To Mr. Laycock THE PUZZLED ELECTOR I AM greatly obliged to..- Mr., John Laycock for his letter. The subject matter is of such great importance that perhaps a reply of some"iength may be excusable. In the first place, electoral procedure is new to this country. Elsewhere there
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      The Elephant Is Out Of Date
      131 6 THE monument m the form of an elephant standing o a pedestal opposite the Old Supreme Court building was erected m 1871 to commemorate the visit of King Chulalongkorn of Siam to Singapore. This monument is now obsolete and few remember anything about it.
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      CHE SALEHA IN ENGLAND
      148 6 T WAG ihocked to ie;.d the I letter trpm Malay girl studying m the United Kingdom published by you m the Suaiis Times on Aug. 2. She writes of using "lard" m hel recipes «nd mentions her favourite "hymns." If by. this she thinks herself lUropeaniiedi
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    REFLECTIONS ON BACKING THE DUTCH
    743 6 REFLECTIONS ON BACKING THE DUTCH Sumatra Chine** Warning MANY Chinese views on the Indonesian struggle are published as first-hand views. I can claim that mine is &s first-hand as theirs. I v»as born m Medan 42 years ago. and I have travelled extensively through Sumatra, Java, Malaya, Siam and Hong
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      704 6 CLASSIFIED ADS. TO DOROTHY, Wife of lan MnrKrnrie. on Bth. August, at tfengklbol Bfetete. a no. BAKER-OODEN SMITH. The marriage took place on 11th August, 1947. »t St. Michael. Chester Square. London, of Alan Baker and Wendy, widow of Major Colin M. Ocdrn Smith. SITUATIONS VACANT WANTED. A Chinese experienced
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      19 6 I -it-llll liSuiMtliS. To toloe your Eyesight Problem*, consult C. S. CHONG, 0. D. Fully equipped with latest instruments.
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      173 6 DENTAL SURGERY I J-A-ut-tl surgery tvs made tjrc.it st; m professional skill nnj technique have been euormously ansrtsd t'y the work of the British chemist and the chcinw.il festally, Wkasi would ihc dentist be wuhout aiu'Slhetics? (.us laughing ims nitrofs MMI— WN first prep.ired nearly 170 pgm I■ I Bffe
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    DEBTS LEGISLATION ON THE WAY
    275 7 Occupation Money To Be Revalued From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. IJRAFT legislation on the relationship between .debtors and creditors dur n£ the period of the Japanese occupation is to be published m both- the Malayan Union und Singapore soon. It is understood that
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    CARGO OF SHEEP DUE
    82 7 A CARGO of 3,100 sheep for civilians will arrive ir Singapore today from westerr Australia by the Blue Funnc\ Gorgon. The services will receive 725 sheep. Civilian cargo includes 236 tons of refrigerator cargo, 1,100 cases of fruit, "iuo rtfl of tcmatoes, 100 tons of potatoes.
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    NEW MOON DAY
    35 7 The new moon day on Friday will be celebrated at the Sinhalese Buddhist Temple, m Outram Road from 6 p.m. The sermon will be given by the Italian monk, the Yen. Lokanatha.
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    GRADUATION OF JOHORE NURSES
    69 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed. Seventeen nurses of the Johore Bahru General hospital yesterday received their certificates at a graduation ceremony. Former Acting Resident Commissioner of Johore, Mr. W. C. S. Corry. distributed the prizes. :.i:.ss Jenny Wong, who gained the highest marks, was awarded a gilver medal,
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    Closing In 6 Weeks
    239 7 I THIS IS WHERE YOU REGISTER THE Strains Times today begins daily publication of a seiies of maps of the polling districts m the Municipal aroa of Singapore to assist would-be voters find where they shouid register their names. The first of these maps, i appears
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    CHINESE KILLED BY STATION WAGON
    105 7 Capt. D. W. Kir'oy of the Ist i Bn., the Queen's Royal Regiment' described m the Singapore Coroner's Court yesterday how. a Chinese was fatrily injured by a F\ yal Ilv4y stctian wagon at o i on Aug. i>. Tie officer said he was m
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    BADMINTON PARTY GIVES SOCIAL
    41 7 Jenny C one of the t a Eoc'.id hold by th< Lint< -i Party on Sa- Mesrs. j. B was held a ice of Mr. Se< a 7. Sandy 'l s Tropical Hawaiian Sorenad2rs played dance musje.
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    Barefoot Robbers Still Made Uproar
    164 7 1 FJIVE Chinese who robbed a i a Chinese house in St Michael's Road, Singapore early yesterday morning took off their footwear for the s :c of silor.ee. A little later, however they created an uproar by breaking open the back loor with an iron
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      TWO JAPANESE KILLED BY STORE SENTRY
      770 7 TWO Japanese of River Valley Camp V ere shot dead m 4he early hours of yes- terday morning by a European^ sentry, when they attempted to steal from the Engineering Stores Base Depot m Alexandra Road. Twenty-six-year-old Nasegawa Hesa kichi died at 3.30 a.m.
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    SINGAPORE DIARY
    267 7 TODAY: Inter-School Art Exhibition. Chinrsi Chamber of Commerce, 8.30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Y.W.C.A. D.essmakinp; Class. 3 i orl Canning Road, morning class 10 a.m.. evening clas-s 5.15 p.m. English School Teachers' Co-operative Thrift and Loan Society Ltd., halfyt.irly meeting. St. Joseph's Institution* 3 p.m. Badminton Association, committee
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    Batu Caves Were Guerilla Fastness
    277 7 Batu Caves Were Guerilla Fastness From Our Slnff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wei. WALL writing, found chalked m Chinese characters confirms a belief that the vicinity of the huge arms dump discovered yesterday ir Batu Caves wai the centre of a wartime guerilla antiJapanese stronghold. A cave entrance examined today bears
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      THE RESCUE OF THE SULTAN OF TERNATE
      2580 8  -  R. K. HARDWICK BEHIND THE JAPANESE LINES IN THE N.E.I. By Guerillas Wiped Out A Jap Force This is the story of the rescue of the Sultan of Ternate, m the Halmaheras m 1945 by a group of Commandoes of the S.R.D. Services
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      155 8 KLIM is wonderful for infants V says ELSIE, th. BORDEN COW J^3a Uli A. I'm i It Q^k^ i Elsie: Klim is the safest milk you can give your baby. It is the whole milk of healthy, tested cows made into powdered form. It is tested many times m the
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    Can Old Culture Survive In Chiang Kai-shek's China
    784 9 Book Of The Week •CHINA'S DESTINY AND CHINESE ECONOMIC THEORY. By Chianc Kai-shek. with Notes an 4 Commentary by Philip JalTe. (Dennis Dobson. 15s). IT is unfortunate thai English renders should have had to wail four years for a hook which has
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    A STUDY IN NO-MOTION
    294 9 For Your Dustbin THE FAR AWAY ML SIC, by Arthur Meeker (Michael Joseph, 10 6). IT is possible that Chicago m 1856 was not populated exclusively by pompous bores, mannerless boors, puritanical hypocr iterf, feather-brained women and plain egregious asses. Sach, however, is the impression given
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    Personality
    83 9 AUSTRALIAN-BORN Chinese actress, lecturer, writer, Rose Quong who is visiting Australia from her home m New York. Since leaving; Melbourne TO years ago she has become well known m England, Europe and America for her lectures on Chinese A Chinese ivory srftlw robe she wore when this picture was
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    TRANSLATING THE MUSIC OF WORDS
    423 9 SCHUBERT AND SCHUMANN SONGS AND TRANSLATIONS, by Sir Robert Garran. Melbourne: University Press. SIR ROBERT GARRAN set himself a formidable task when h e undertook a new translation of the Schubert and Schumann songs. Anyone with a smattering of German can turn Heine, Goethe, and
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    A Fruity Melodrama-But Adroitly Handled
    804 9 A Fruity MelodramaBut Adroitly Handled SIX TO TEN by John Garden. London: Michael Joseph. ANYTHING can happen in a pub. You can get mellow in one, savage, sentimental, tough, magnanimous, or generous according to the amount and quality of the liquor you take and your capacity to take it. You
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      686 9 One of the so-called crimes in bridge South .to tuune a possible f ur-caid is "finessing against ycur partner." major suit. Obviously, North would have Actually, this is often anything but a been happier at either four spades or crime; indeed, ur.der certain conditions, four hearts, but since South could
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    Anglo-U.S. team will film classic of medieval England
    193 10 Anglo-U.S. team will film classic of medieval England HOLLYWOOD. The most important Anglo-American film yet planned is scheduled for shooting in Technicolor in England next summer. The multi-million dollar production will be the The Black Knight, a screen adaptation of Sir Walter Scott's classic, Ivanhoe. RKO Radio and the Rank
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    46 10 VAN HEFLIN, 1.1/ABETH SCOTT and BARBARA STANWYCK make a dramatic triangle in Paramount's The Strange Love of Martha Ivcrs, coming to the Cathay, Singapore. The melodrama, a mixture of deceit and realistic romance, portrays Stanwyck as a woman forced to lead a life of wi •kedness.
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    STUDIO SIDELIGHTS
    295 10 STUDIO SIDELIGHTS LILLIE PALMER, Viennaborn actress and wife of British star Rex Harrison, has signed a seven-year contract with United States pictures, where she is co-starred with Sam Wanamaker m Ever The Beginning. Miss Palme^is a painter m her spare time. DAME MAY WHITTY, 82-year-old British across now working m
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    Tale-Spinner
    63 10 Uncle Bciuufl (Nesrro .IiMTS BASKET 1') is the s.or.v-'.'-i r in Walt Disney's first musicaldrama, S ing of The South, in which Disney blends cartooned animal tales illustrating the philosophic fables of Joel Chandler Harris with a live action story. This new featurelength Technicolor about the Georgia briar patch
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    Tree-Swingers
    49 10 Tarzan JUiiNiNk' WiilaaAlfLLEK and mate MALKEtN O'SULLIVAN make love m African tree-tops m M-G-M's old second picture of the he-man. (Original was Tarzan of The Apes.) Tarzan's adventures with his huge menagerie of lions, apes, elephants, chimps, hippos, rhinos and crocs provide exciting entertainment at the Capitol. Singapore*
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    Acting becomes family affair
    109 10 RA\K 'S KISOERGARTEN LONDON. Film stars are using opportunities to snow off their offspring m movies. Margaret Lockwood started the lashion m Hungry Hill m wh ch young Julia Lockwood made her debut, and carried it on m her current picture, The White Unicorn— with a
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    India's famed dancer looks towards Hollywood
    161 10 MADRAS.— UDAYA SHANKER. Indian classical dancer and film writer-producer, plans a three-month tour of .the United States with his troupe, hopeful that Hollywood will present them in a major colour film. banker says he will take with him a copy of his recently completed
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    LONDON STOCKS
    369 11 LONDON, Wednesday. BRITISH Government securities were offered* throughout the day and provided the chief feature writes Reuter's financial correspondent. Following are codayt closing middle prices of selected stocks as supplied to the Straits Times by special arrangement with the Financial Times (Unless otherwise raarsed shares are ot £1
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    Gum And Cloves Face Slump
    280 11 By A Market THE local market for gum fa slump as a result of abno with BaUvia and Cheriton. These two ports have beer the main outlets for the twe commodities. Gum benjamin, both BB and Correspondent lenjamin and cloves faces a rmal conditions m
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    ANGLO-ORIENTAL (MALAYS) LTD.
    59 11 ANGLO-ORIENTAL (MALAYS) LTD. Anglo-Oriental (Malaya) limited announce the following July outputs of tin concentrates by companies under their management: Piculs Ampat Dredging 1,083 Ber.iuntai Dredging 782 Kamunting Dredging 3 090 Kramat Dredging 1.308 Kuchal 530 Larut Tin Fields 465 Lower Perak Dredging 3.732 Rawang Concessions 455 .Rawang Tin FJclds 665
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    S'PORE SHARES
    155 11 SINGAPORE, Wednesday. THE market was reported quietly steady m all sec. tions. Among industrials, Gammons were inclined to be offered while Henry Waugh's were done at a slightly lower level with more shares wanted. There was also some demand for Wearnes and Malayan Collieries. Breweries were wanted with
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    RUBBER
    62 11 The Singapore Chamber o* Commerce Rubber Association's prices at noon yesterday were: Buyers Bellers Cte. Ct». per Ib. per Ib. No. 1 R. 8.8. Spot loose 27*6 27T« No. I R.S.S. fob m bales Aug. 28 »4 28 H No. 2 R.S.S fob m bales Aug. 28H 26% No.
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    Well Bred Horses Running At K.L.
    1053 12 RECORDS OF NEW IMPORTATIONS— 1 From Our Racing Correspondent KUALA LTJMPUR, Wednesday. WINGS (late Viva), a Victoria Derby and Melbourne Cup runner, Liberty Man, winner of six races, and Story Book (late Bonne Sanle), a very well bred English horse by Legend of France
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    HOBBS' HORSES IMPRESS ON TRACK Training Starts
    297 12 HOBBS' HORSES IMPRESS ON TRACK Training Starts From Our Racing Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. TRAINER Hobbs took a hand in training his huge string this morning when he trotted Prince Colin round. Hobbs was a jockey in his younger days, but had long since given up the saddle and this
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    Lanes Force A Draw
    158 12 MAN'CESTER. Wednesday. LANCASHIRE forced a draw m their match against the South Africans at Old TrafTord yesterday. Lancashire declared and set the South Africans to make 114 m 47 minutes, a task which proved beyond them and they did not claim extra time. Lancashire 1st Inns.
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    PADANG SOCCER
    30 12 The soccer friendly between the Fraser and Neave Sports Club XI and the Singapore Cricket Club Reserves played on Monday on the Padang ended m a two-all draw.
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    TRAINERS WELCOME S.R.A. DIRECTIVE
    418 12 TRAINERS WELCOME S.R.A. DIRECTIVE From Our Racing Correspondent IPOH, Wednesday. TWO of Malaya's leading trainers— Lt.-Col. T. L. Fox and Mr. M. van Breukelen welcome the Straits facing Association's circular to all owners to take mere interest m the management oS their liorses. Lt.-Col. Fox and Van Breukelen have huge
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    TRANSIT CAMP WIN AT CRICKET
    228 12 The No. 1 British Transit Camp. Singapore, easily beat the Singapore Clarke Rangers at cricket at Nee Soon last Sunday, the margin being 88 runs NO. I TRANSIT CAMP Mansfield c M.S. Gill b H. Rodrlgues 0; Stock b A. Jansen 31; Crooks b G.
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    Leading Athletes At K.L. Meet
    216 12 Leading Athletes At K.L. Meet I From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. SOME of the best nonEuropean athletes m the country will be seen m ac'ion this week-end at the AHMalayan Indo-Ceylonese athletic snorts at the Princes Road stadium. Most of the winners m recently i held State championships
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    CHESS DRAWN
    30 12 The final of the Singapore C Chinese Swimming Club's chess championship between Kiong 1 Chin Eng and Goh Keng Swee 1 played last Sunday, resulted m a draw.
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    Sporting Fixtures And Results
    445 12 Soccer Friendly The following v. ill comprise the Yoog cr.in XT. ai soccer against .rid Ncave's second team toD ir w en the Mental Hospital ground: Vong S?ng. c. Y. Chin. Ahmad Tamby, I-'oh Eng Cheng. Marhani Tahir. Ja'afar Putt-h, YousoH Puteh. Bah Chce. Omar T.ihir.
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    They Lead The Way
    80 12 For the first time, women took part m the Perak A.A.A. championships at iDoh last Saturday. In top picture is the AngloChinese Girls' School (Ipoh) team which won the women's relay. From left to right: Shirley Jansz, Chiang Wan Vee, Eugenia Chong and Nelly Cumming. In
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    S.C.C. TEAM vs. CHINESE
    119 12 The Singapore Cricket Club eleven against the Singapore Chinese Recreation Club on Saturday at 2 p.m. at Hong Lim Green has been selected as follows: J. B. H. Leckie, B. A. Barnett, J. W. Ewart, J. P. Luff, S. J. Masters, F. T. Homer, Lt.-Col. Robertson,
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    Exciting Finish At Bradford YORKSHIRE DEFEATED
    326 12 Exciting Finish At Bradford YORKSHIRE DEFEATED LONDON, Wednesday. v IN one of the most excitii g finishes of the season, the spin bowling of Tom Goddard and Cecil Cook carried Gloucestershire to their narrow victory over Yorkshire at Bradford by eight runs, and kept them four points ahead of Middlesex
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