The Straits Times, 16 August 1947

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    19 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED i 145. TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 1947. PRICE TEN CENTS
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    Shahrir Pleads Before UNO Security Council
    512 1 LAKE SUCCESS, Friday. JHE Indonesian Republic's representative, Sutan Shahrir, addressing the Security Council for the first time yesterday, asked it to order the complete withdrawal of Dutch troops from all Republican territories and the immediate appointment of a United Nations Commission to supervise the
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    INDIA HOLDS WILD MIDNIGHT CELEBRATION
    1252 1 INDIA HOLDS WILD MIDNIGHT CELEBRATION Day's Solemn Ceremony For New Nations 9 Birth NEW DELHI, Friday. TN one of the wildest celebrations m contemporary history, India's millions assembled at midnight m every city, town and village to witness the end of British reign and the birth of two new nations
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    Mountbatten Made Earl
    69 1 LONDON, Friday— King George yesterday awarded an earldom to India's last Viceroy, the new Governor General of the Dominion of India, Viscount Mountbatten. Political circles m Londoi knowing the profound impression which Lord Mountbatten's work m power-transfer negotiation had made upon the Government, said they had expected
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    Picture of a lonely man
    142 1 Picture of a lonely man LONDON, Friday. "Today he is a lonely man. Ht will take no part in our ceU' brations. He is bent and tired with his tragic pilgrimage in Bengal and Bihar, where brother killed brother in a fury of unreason." This was the description given today
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    RUBBER GAINS HALF CENT
    71 1 Rubber gained Vz a cent yester day when there was moderate buy ing demand and sellers were fairlj reserved. No. 1 sheet f.0.b., Seplembei closed last night at 29 cents pei lb., buyers, with sellers at 29J cents. Spot loose was 28 Vi cents buyers, and
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    22 TO DIE FOR WAR CRIMES
    83 1 DACHAU, Germany. Friday— Twenty-two officials of the notorio is Buchenwald concentration camp where at least 51,000 persons were beaten, starved and tortured to death, were sentenced to be hanged by an American military tribunal yesterday. There were 31 defendants of whom flv e escaped
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    Rail Fares To Be Raised By 25 %
    344 1 Rail Fares To Be Raised By 25 From Our Stan* Correspondent. Kuala Lumpur, Friday. pASSENGER fares for all classes on the Malayan Railway will be increased by 25 per cent, from September 1, the Straits Times was officially informed today. Coinciding with the introduction of the new rates, the railway
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    DUTCH FUEL DUMP SWEPT BY FLAMES
    473 2 Sabotage And Truce Violations Alleged BATAVIA, Friday. J^ SPECTACULAR fire swept the Netherlands Indies Petroleum Board's main dump at the port of Tandjong Priok yesterday. A Dutch spokesman suggested Indonesian sabotage as the cause of the fire. Firemen who quelled the blaze after three
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    AUSTRALIAN UNIONS MODIFY BAN
    74 2 SYDNEY, Friday. Eighteen Australian unions yesterday modified their ban on Dutch snipping. The ban, previously applying to all Dutch shipping, will now be limited to transport engaged In the movement of service personnel, armaments, ammunition or goods for use by the Dutch against the Indonesian Republic.
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    Party Leader Quits?
    38 2 BUDAPEST. Friday. Hungarian informants said last night that tfoe leader of the suntiCommunist Freedom Party, Dezso Sulyok, had fled the country with a fellow party leader, Bela Halter. The report could not be verified.—A. P.
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    Eight Men In Strange Death Pact
    376 2 RENO. NEVADA. Friday. rE suicide of a male secretary 10 a millionaire socialite and former secretary to Winston Churchill disclosed today that a group of prisoners of war m a Japanese prison camp made a pact to kill themselves. If they were not happy
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    Shahrir Praises Britain's Work
    169 2 LAKE SUCCESS, Friday. —I Former Indonesian premier and delegate to U.N.0., Sutan Shahrir interrupted the writing of his i j speech to the Security Council to j 1 declare m an interview at his suite m a New York hotel: "Indian Independence Day and Pakistan Day
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    Riots, Fires Follow Arab 'Peace' Meeting
    186 2 Riots, Fires Follow Arab 'Peace' Meeting JERUSALEM, Friday. DUSES loaded with Jewish D passengers, and shops and factories were set on fire yesterday, two hours after a mass Arab meeting at Jaffa Municipal Hall had resolved to maintain calm and prevent incidents from developing into political and race riots. F"i^ihtine
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      Professor Tied By Death Penalty Law
      1123 2 CHICAGO, Friday. A NUCLEAR physicist who worked on the atomic bomb A said that he cannot get per-oiission to leave the University of Chicago for another Job at a Canadian university apparently because, the government fears that he might divulge atomic secrets. The law
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      752 2 NOTICES NOTICE luue Of Colony Of Singapore Treasury BiUs. The Government of the Colony of Singapore will invite tenders for an Issue of $5 millions by Treasury Bills on the 25th August, 1947. subject to the general conditions governing the Issue and repayment of Colony of Singapore Treasury Bills. 2.
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      819 2 NOTICES NOTICE By ORDER OP Director of Disposals The British Stores Disposal Board (Singapore) has for sale from time to time quantities of surplus stores m various Darts at Malaya. The stores comprise vehicles, photographic and wireless equipment, scrap metal, containers, textile scrap, etc etc and particulars are regularly circulated
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      672 2 NOTICES NOTICE Re the estate of Gordon Herbert Charles Gardiner late of Singapore, Printing Apprentice deceased. Letters of administration with the Will annexed granted by the Supreme Court of New South Wales on the 19th day of May. 1947. Pursuant to the Wills Probate and Administration Act. 1898-1940; Testator's Family
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    "History May Salute Attlee" -Time
    363 3 "History May Salute Attlee" -Time U.S. PRESS ON INDIAN SCENE NEW YORK, Friday. 'WITH little enough to boaat about at home, Prime Minister Attle c might get a salute from history for his handling of the Indian problem," says the widely-read American magazine Time commenting on India's Independence Day. The
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    Patel Pays Tribute To Gandhi
    575 3 Patel Pays Tribute To Gandhi TN an Independence Day 1 message, the Home Minister m the Government of India, Sardar Patel, says: "Today wihen we are witnessing the fulfilment of our life's ambition and participating m the victory that has crowned tine nations struggle for freedom, it is our first
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    U.K.'S 'NOBLE GESTURE'
    129 3 WASHINGTON, Friday.— lndia's day of independence should go down as perhaps the greatest m the annals of Great Britain, said the Indian Ambassador, Mr. Asaf Ali, speaking at a flag-raising ceremony at the Indian Embassy yesterday. He declared the United States had led the way by recognising
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    Indian Strife Headlined
    85 3 NEW YORK, Friday. Bold streamer headlines above column length stories of communal strife m India appeared m most Ante. rican evening papers yesterday. The conservative New York Sun carried a front case double headline across half a page "Fatal Rioting Rages m India." The New York Post
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    SENTENCE COMMUTED
    47 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Friday.— The Governor of the Malayan Union, Sir Edward Gent, has commuted the sentence of death passed on Alang Sain bin A Karim for the murder of Chang Fook, at Manong on March 6, 1946, to on of rigorous imprisonment for ten years.
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    Soviet Veto Warning On Greece
    420 3 Soviet Veto Warning On Greece LAKE SUCCESS, Friday. MR. ANDREI GROMYKO, the Soviet delegate, warned the United States Security Council here yesterday that he was prepared to use the veto against a United States resolution charging Albania Bulgaria and Yugoslavia with responsibility for Greek frontier incidents and asking the Council
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    Hari Raya Programme
    41 3 Thte Garrick Theatre at Geylang will show five programmes an Monday as ttoe Hari Raya Puasa programme. The pictures to be screened are "Kismet" (Hindustani) at 11 a.m. and again at 2 p.m., and thereafter an Egyptian film.
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    MESSAGES FROM FRANCE AND CHINA
    443 3 MESSAGES FROM FRANCE AND CHINA LONDON, Friday. THE President of the French Republic, M. Vincent Auriol, has sent the following telegram to Viscount Mountbatten "I pray Your Excellency to accept on this occasion the renewed assurances of my very high esteem and of my entire devotion to the cause of
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    Fears For Kidnapped Siam Border Official
    144 4 Fears For Kidnapped Siam Border Official From Our Staff Correspondent SUNGEI PATANI, Friday. THE fate of the Siamese im1 migration officer Nai Pairojna, abducted by bandits three weeks ago, is by now a matter of the gravest concern m Haadyai. The Kedah police said today ;hey had no news of
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    P.&.0. FARES NEAR PRE-WAR
    195 4 P.&.0. FARES NEAR PRE-WAR A revised table of fares issued by the P and O Steam Navigation Company for passengers travelling from the United Kingdom to Malaya and China, shows a "surprisingly small increase" over pre-war figures. Tlje first class fare from Malayan ports to the United Kingdom will now
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    SIAM TIGHTENS RICE CONTROL
    148 4 BANOKOK, Friday. A hardhitting control programme aimed at the prevention of hoarding and smuKfeiing of rice has been announced by the Siamese Ministry of Commerce. The main fea^ure^ of th« new rice control programme laid down consist of four new regulations. The first regulation prohibits tne
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    'FIERY CROSSES' THROUGH S'PORE
    326 4 1 reminder of "Scotland the brave" was seen m Singapore rt on Thursday— two "fiery crosses" sent from Edinburgh to summon the scattered clansmen of Australia and New Zealand. The fiery crosses were not a call to battle with broadsword, dirk and target as m the
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    TOMORROW'S SERVICES
    274 4 r-MORROW'Sr -MORROW'S services In Singapore churches are as follows:— I Church of England: St. Andrew's I Cathedral 7 a.m., 8 a.m., 10.30 a.m.. 11 .15 a.m. and 5.30 p.m.; St. George s Garrison Church (Tanglin) 7.15 am. |9 a.m., 9.45 a.m., 6.30 p.m.; Christ Church (Dorset Road) 8
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    "EMPEROR BAO DAI TO POWER"
    55 4 PARIS, Thursday.— Forty thousand people demonstrated yesterday m Hue, capital of Annam, French Indo-China, calling for the return of the former emperor Bao Dai to leadership of French Indo-China, according to French reports. Banners were carried proclaiming: "France should not negotiate with anyone but Bao
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    Singapore Shipping
    111 4 CHIPS alongside the Singapore wharves yesterday (godowns m braoket) were: Main Wharf: Canara (31-32), Marine Snapper (33-34), Devon, shire (36-37), Norden < 38-39), Mawai (40), Thalatta (42-43). West Wharf: Euryades (1-2), Empire Colne (3), Marella (6-7), Merlimau (8-9), P and T Explorer (10.11), Bidor (12), Strathnaver (15-16). Empire
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    RULERS GIVE MONTH'S INCOME
    247 4 npHE United Malays National Organisation will shortly discuss the establishment of a Malay National Studentship Fund for which the Rulers of the nine Malay States have each donated a month's income. The subject will come up for discussion at the seventh general assembly of the party
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    FRANCH MANNEQUINS ON PARADE
    81 5 THE four French mannequins who passed through Singapore recently paraded glamourous Parisian gowns last week at the biggest fashion ball ever held m Sydney, Australia. Sydney mannequins also modelled some of the 95 gowns. LEFT: June Dalley-Watkins of Sydney, models Carven's white chiffon with a decor
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    Two Messages For The Women Of Malaya
    584 5 Tw o Messages For The Women Of Malaya Che' Saleha's English Diary CONDON, (By Air Mail). OEAR Malaya— When I spent a week m Gloucestershire studying the Women's Institute, I was staying m a large manor at Beckford, a heavenly spot. Th c house was huge and really lovely, Elizabethan
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    A White Woman In An Attap Hut
    430 5 (The following letter comes to the Straits Times from a small island off the coast of Singapore.) Ff is good to b e able to retain a sense of humour these days, especially when reading in your respected journal accounts from you*" various
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    11 5 Newest braided top-knot hair style sleek, but suitable only for sophisticates.
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    A Bright Idea For A Doorstop
    304 5 You can make this attractive% and unusual doorstop very quickly amd easily at home. All you need is a brick, a piece of grteen baiae or old blanket, an odd bit of plain material from your rag bag, and some brightfly coloured wtools. These
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Saturday, Aug. 16, 1947 MIGHT IS RIGHT: OR ISN'T IT?
    1141 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Saturday, Aug. 16, 1947 MIGHT IS RIGHT: OR ISN'T IT? This week's proceedings at Lake Success (ironical name) have presented two unedifying spectacles Holland trying to prevent the Indonesian Republic from appealing to UNO, and Great Britain trying to do the same thing with respect to
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    Man-In-The-Street SINGAPORE'S YOUNG ARTISTS
    125 6 Man-In-The-Street SINGAPORE'S YOUNG ARTISTS ALLOW me to congratulate through the medium of your paper, the members <>f the St. Andrew's School Sketching Club and others who were responsible for organising the Inter-School Art; Exhibition. Judging from the number of visitors, it is undeniable that the! exhibition has aroused the attention
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    THE SPIDER-HUNTER BABY'S BREAKFAST
    2160 6 THE SPIDER- HUNTER BABY'S BREAKFAST A Malayan Countryman's Diary T*ms morning I was A watching what I am sure was the Long-billed Spiderhunter. The scene was an area of the rubber estate whose forestry cover needs attention but, as things are, will have to be left alone. This neglected area
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    8 6 THE WHITE-BREASTED KINGFISHER. (Photo by K. F. Wong)
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      850 6 CLASSIFIED ADS. PERSONAL MR. AND MRS. V. I. HORNE p.p.C. S.S. SARPEDON MEARNS—At the Bungsar Hospital, K.L., on August 13th 1947 to Kathleen <nee Lee) wife of W. J. Mearns. a son. TO PEARL, wife of Peter E. Yap. on 14th Augu t, at Kandang Kerbau Hospital, twins. Mother, daughter
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      22 6 Accurate Visual Analysis requires Up-to-date Instruments. To solve your Eyesight Problems, consult C. S. CHONG, 0. D. Fully equipped with latest instruments.
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    INDIANS IN SINGAPORE CELEBRATE
    1059 7 INDIANS IN SINGAPORE CELEBRATE Civilians, Troops Hold Ceremonies JNDIAN civilians and soldiers of every political and religious group m Singapore yesterday celebrated India's independence with flag-hoisting ceremonies, mass rallies and prayer. The ceremonies officially began at 2 a.m. yesterday, coinciding with the swearing-in ceremonies m Delhi of the Ministers of
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  • Malayan Round-up
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      "Mass" On Hungry Ghosts Festival
      544 7 PENANG, FRIDAY. |N remembrance of hundreds of Penang residents who 1 died, or were killed by the Japanese during the occupation, a three day Chinese "Mass" is to be said at the Ayer Temple on August 29, 30 and 31. Buddhist priests from various temples
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    SINGAPORE DIARY
    196 7 TODAY: Inter-School Art Exhibition. Chinese Chamber of Commerce, 8.30 a.m. to- 6 p.m. Malaya Cup Soccer Veterans' Club, Inaugural meeting, G.H. Cafe, 2 p.m. CT.ess Club Meeting, Y.M.C.A. 3 p.m. Special Parade. Y.W.C.A. Pioneers, headquarters, Clemenceau Avenue, 4 p.m. Maxfli Badminton Party meeting, 729-A Upper Serangoon Road, 4
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    SARAWAK SAYS NO ENTRY
    140 7 MR. Anthony Brooke, who has instituted legal proceedings against the Attorney-General for Sarawak, Mr. K. H. Digby, and the Sarawak Press, Company, with respect to alleged -libellous publications in the Sarawak Tribune, has been refused permission to be present in Kuching on September 24, the date
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    Village Campaign
    283 7 This Is Where You Register TPO encourage and advise rural residents m Singapore on how to register themselves as voters, Deputy Registering Officers m some rural areas have been visiting villagers living m the vicinity of the registration offices They have found that through lack of earlier publicity,
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    LORD KILLEARN'S CABLE TO NEHRU
    117 7 Lord Killearn, Special Commissioner m South East Asia, yesterday sent the following telegram to Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru "This day's momentous development m the history of your country moves oiv to send you my most sincere pood wishes for the peace and prosperity of the peoples
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    SPORE PRODUCE MARKET
    324 7 By A Market Correspondent INFORMATION from Siam 1 that the sources of "three j per cent free" rice are dying up has strengthened the sellers' position. The price may sooi> change m their favour. A factor liitelv to offset this tendency is the impending arrival of 600
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    Weekly Rubber Report
    193 7 AS there was little support! the United States during the week, the market showed a tendency to move to lower levels, but this was checked by the covering m this market of considerable sales made recently to Rus-< sia, and offerings at the lower levels were well
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    "SONG OF THE SOUTH"
    122 7 Uncle Remus' Brer Fox Brer Rabbit and Brer Bear and the English spoken en American cotton-fields may all be strange to Malayan children, but Walt Disney's Song of the South will still give them two hours of pleasure. A technicolour film which combined animal cartoons with
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  • Straits Times SATURDAY FORUM
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      Five reasons why Nonyas are "looked down"
      333 8 T THINK Miss H. N. Kho, whose article, "The Young Should Revere Nonyas," appeared m last Saturday's issue of the Straits Times, confused the Nonyas and Babas with the Straits-born Chinese. Strictly speaking, Nonyas and Babas are the "makan chili-b'achan" type and Mslay
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      Where is "Mummie?"
      182 8 PLEASE give me a little space m your valuable paper, to say a few words for a very generous, good and charitable person, whom the Kluang people know as "Mummie". wife of our grand old Johore pensioner, Vandort. I wish to offer my thanks for the help
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      A damsel's dilemma
      211 8 BUS MANNERS AND... T WAS returning home irom work m an omnibus yesterday evening, when ait Bras Basah Road a damsel boarded the same bus. It was, as usual, packed to the brim and the unfortunate girl had to stand on the running-board Most disgusting and apparently
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      A Chinese landowner says: 'Oh! for a bulldozer!"
      488 8 A Chinese landowner says: 'Oh! for a bulldozer!" MR. C. C. Tan and others have been vigorously criticising the Singapore Harbour Board for using a bulldozer recently to demolish certain huts m the Harbour Board area. I wonder if Mr. Tan and Company realise that this sympathy for the "poor
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      BEDLAM AT SVC HEADQUARTERS
      219 8 THE system of payment was very bad the last time I went 1 to the Volunteer Headquarters to get my arrears of puy. Members from all the Divisions m Singapore were there and this resulted m a huge crowd. We wer c told to line up
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      British law too lenient?
      124 8 fTHE Chief Police Officer, Malacca, has made known to the public of Malacca that unless the victims of intimidation, extortion and kidnapping come lorward to point a finger at ihe criminals, the police are virtually impotent to help. Usually appeals of this nature fall on deaf
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      Courtesy Wanted
      89 8 WHEN we, the unemployed, see ■an advertisement stating that there are vacancies for such and such a p Jst: We very anxiously apply. Frequently, however, no replj is sent to applicants, although m rare cases they publish a statement that the vacancy has been filled. The truth is
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      He sat but did not sip
      86 8 He sat but did not sip A COUPLE of days back I visited an Indian restaurant. Its appearance shocked me. It was infested with flies and people inside were spitting, wherever they liked. Anyway, I went m and a glass of tea was brought to me. I held the glass
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
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      668 8 In today's deal a defender was so tickled to find that his trump honours Souths hand; began to grin cheerwere "impregnably" placed that he fully; then went so far as to say, Indulged In a Wt of gloating. The "Relax, partner!" There could be only information thereby conveyed made one
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    Child Art In Malaya
    654 9 ""HE pictures m this page are examples of children's 1 art m Malaya. A Straits Times cameraman and reporter secured this picture-story by visiting the Sixth Inter-Schoo! jArt Exhibition now showing at the Chinese Chambci of Commerce, Singapore. Most of the 700 pictures m the exhibition
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    LONDON STOCKS
    361 10 LONDON, Thursday. ONCE again the markets opened in an easier manner, but before midday a bout of bear covering resulted in improved sentiment throughout the stock exchange. This started in the Industrial section where a number of the popular issues finished with small net gains, writes neuter's financial
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    STORE SHARE PRICES
    696 10 I INDUSTRIALS were reported as quietly steady on the local share market, with tins steady 1 and rubbers still neglected. I Quotations given yesterday by the Malayan Sharebroken' Association were: Bayer Seller Atlas Insce 13.00 14.00 Alex. Brick (O) 2.00 2.10 Alex. Brick. (P) 3.35 3.45 B
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    N.Y. STOCK EXCHANGE
    93 10 NEW YORK, Friday.— The price balance shifted to advances during the afternoon as narrow movements continued yesterday, but activity was sluggish with International economic uncertainties restricting commitments. Steela showed small Improvement with most larger companies reporting increases In net profits in the second quarter over the same
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    RUBBER
    62 10 rhe Singapore Chamber at Commerce Rubber Association's prices at noon yesterday were: Buyers Seller* Ota. Cts. per tb. per Ib. No. 1 R.8.S. Spot loose 28 28H No. 1 R.8.8. fob in bales Sept. 28%, 39 No 3 R 8.S fob in bales Sept. M% 28% No 3 R.3.S
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    Bookmakers Licensed In Malaya 30 Years Ago: Why Not Now?
    1014 11 -SPORTING TOPICS- BY THE SPORTS EDITOR I was talking to Mr. Lee Kirn Puat the other day the Question of legalising bookmakers m Malaya cropped up. Mr. Lee, as you all know, has been a supporter of the Malayan Turf
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    49 11 Not only m Malaya, Britain and Australia, but also m America and the European continent, horse-racing is heading for a boom. Picture here shows a section of the crowd, estimated at 50,000, who saw Singspieler win the first post-war Deutsches Derby, run at Cologne on July 27. A.P. photo.
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    Sultan Joins Pahang Tennis
    199 11 H.H. the Sultan of Pahang will be competing m the tennis tournament organised under the auspices of the Government Club, Raub, for Aug. 22—24. There will only be two events, open singles and open doubles. The Club courts have been undergoing minor repairs during the last
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    MALAYAN F.A. WILL BE REVIVED
    287 12 State Delegates To Meet In K.L. From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. THE revival of the Malayan Football Association will be the main item on the agenda of a meeting of delegates from the various State soccer associations and military sports officials which will
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    German Derby
    28 12 The start of the Deutsches Derby, run at Cologne on July 27, which was won by the Ger-man-owned Singspieler, ridden by the Polish jockey, Stephan Zajak.
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    Weights For 2nd. Day Of K.L. Races
    201 12 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. I?K>LLOWING are the handicaps I: for a further four races to be run off on Aug. 27, the second day of the Selangor Turf Club's Auk. j Horses, laass i, viv x, o rum. Air Gee
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    Four-nil Win For T.P.C.A.
    110 12 From Our Staff correspondent j KUALA "LUMFUR, Friday— An early first naif spurt by the fasi-moving T.P.C.A. forwards! broke down tlie Selangor Eurasian Association defence and resulted m the former winning by four clear goals m the second round of the Selangor Soccer League this evening
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    GURKHAS HOLD SPORTS MEET
    122 12 From Our Staff Correspondent. KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. The 0.0.C., Malaya Command, Lieut.-General A. Galloway, presented the prizes at the conclusion of the 4/8 Gurkha Rifles "inter-company sports, on Wednesday. "B" Company carried off the inter-company athletic shield. 1 The best individual's cup was >won by Lance
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    SENTUL WORKS S.C.
    36 12 The seventh annual general meeting of the Sentul Works Sports Club, Kuala Lumpur, will be held on Aug. 22 at 6.10 p.m. at the Railway Canteen, Sentul. Mr. C. G. Harrison will preside.
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    Gloucester Require 261
    266 12 CHELTENHAM, Friday. A LARGE crowd were given some entertaining cricket here yesterday and they saw 18 wickets fall for 372 runs. Gloucestershire were dismissed for 185 m reply to the South Africans' first innings total of 225. In their second innings the tourists were all out for
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    Excellent Stayer Far Menzies
    883 12 Excellent Stayer Far Menzies RECORDS OF NEW IMPORTATIONS— 2 From Our Racing Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. S1ORY Book (late Bonne Sante), imported by Mr. T. H. Menzies is bred on the right lines. He is by thai good French horse, Legend of France, out of Peria by Scherzo from Mafoota.
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    Details Of Inter-State Rugger
    257 12 Details Of Inter-State Rugger From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Friday. DETAILS of the inter-State rugger competition to be run m two sections North and South— were revealed by Mr. J. E. A. Clark, who presided at the mating of the P e ang Rugby Union held yesterday evening at the
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    Watch Lady Hampton
    116 12 Kuala Lumpur, Friday. rpRAINER C. W. Turley's new i importation, Lady Hampi ton, created a favourable impression at this morning's workouts m preparation for next week's races. Watoh this newcomer, who is running m class 2. Except for Turley, none of the outstation trainers has yet sent
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    WALK-OVER IN KEY MATCH
    53 12 PARIT BUNTAR, Friday.— The Rift Raffs have been awarded a walk-over m their game against Kuala Kurau. This win has brought the Riff Raffs level on points with the Indians, both teams having secured 15 points from eight games. There will be a replay to decide
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    HOCKEY IN JOHORE
    45 12 JOHORE BAHRU, Friday.— The Johore Khalsa Sports Association trounced the 35 Indian Field Company to the tune of six goals to nothing at hockey at the Railway Ground this week. The scorers were Vassen Singh (2), Mehar Singh (3) and Shamshir Singh.
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    S. PERAK HOCKEY
    39 12 TELUK ANSON, Thursday.— Entries from teams affiliated to the Lower Perak Sports Association are now being invited for the Teluk Anson and inter-district hockey tournament to be held m September. Entries will close on Aug. 30.
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    Oxford Cricketer Knocks Up 264
    314 12 LONDON, Friday. ]tfl. M. WALFORD, Oxford triple blue, nearly beat the sealJA son's highest total and Somerset record individual score at Weston-super-Mare yesterday against Hampshire. In scoring 264 m flve hours 25 minutes of grand driving which brought him 40 boundaries, Walford came within three
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    35 12 KUALA LUMPUR. Friday.—Owing to lack of transport, the football match between England and Scotland which had been arranged by HQ, Malaya Command, to be played on the Railway Institute ground this evening was called off.
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