The Straits Times, 8 January 1948

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    19 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 IWKI Vfe PACiFS SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 1948 PRICE TEN CENTS
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    RAIL TRAFFIC IS SUSPENDED BY FLOODS
    649 1 Trains Stranded In Johore: Many Marooned JVjJA.JwK floods m T ohore have caused indefinite suspension of rail V services between Singapore and Gemas and the catting of the main Singapo- e-Kuala Lumpur road at Chaah. Huidrafe of passengers have been stranJed for more than
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    Tojc Wants Victors On Trial
    113 1 Tojc Wants Victors On Trial TCKIO, Wednesday. HIDEKI Tojo, the former Japanese Premier and War Minister, today en-j ded his evidence before! tho International court 1 with an admission that he was now the only living Japanese who advised Emperor Hiiohito to declare war on British and the United States
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    Indonesia To Accept
    71 1 B\ i A VIA. Wednesday.— Dr. Amir Sharifuddin, the Indonesian Republican Premier, today confirmed reports that his Government was prepared to take part m the proposed formation of a democratic and sovereign "Initcd States of Indonesia." Ihe Republican Government's statement was m reply to the ten non-Repub-•licm
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    1/4 Cent Drop In Rubber
    143 1 RUBBER again declined: m price on the local market yesterday, when a !oss of a quarter of a cent! was recorded at the close! of business. No. 1 sheet f.o.b. buyers, January, closed last night at 44 1/8 cents per lb. Business opened as low
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    Truman's Five Goals For 'Glorious Future9
    604 1 Truman's Five Goals For 'Glorious Future 9 WASHINGTON, Wednesday. DRESIDENT Trunan today called on the United States Congress to abandon party politics, to ratify the European recovery programme promptly and to give him effective weapons with which to fight inflation. He outlined five main aims for human welfare at home
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    57 1 The Governor-General, Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald, saying farewell to his car driver at Kalian? airport yesterday. Mr. Mac Donald was leaving Singapore by air for the United Kingdom on duty and short leave. The driver. Tan Cheng Kiat, known to Mr. Mac Donald's household as "Kiat," has driven the Governor-Geueral's
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    KMT EXPELS GEN. FENG
    83 1 NANKING, Wednesday. Gen. Feng Yu-hsiang, China's "Christian General," who was recently recalled to China by Generalissimo Chiang Kai shek and the Premier, Mr. Chang Chun, was expelled from the Kuomintang Party by a decision at a meeting of the Central Executive Committee of the Party this
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    Ship 3 Days Overdue
    96 1 MALAYAN Airways aircraft left from Singapore yesterday to search for the Straits Steamship vessel Rengam, which is three days overdue. The aircraft returned without finding any trace of the vessel. The chairman of the Straits Steamship Co., Mr. H. J. C. K. Toms, said yesterday that
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    MALAYA'S SHARE OF FUND
    56 1 LONDON. Wednesday.— The i Colonial Secretary, Mr. Creech I Jones, yesterday expressed "grateful thanks" for the gift of £50,000 from the Lord I Mayor's Empire Air Raid Dls- tress Fund for distribution m Malaya. Hong Kong and North Borneo. Malaya is to receive 28,000. Hong Kong
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    THREE PLANES CRASH: 15 KILLED
    174 1 PARI6, Wednesday. FIFTEEN people were i killed when a Brusse s-Paris air liner crashed and burst into flames near Paris last night. One survivor, a Polish woman, was rescued by flre- men. Among victims of the crash were five crew members and I two British,
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    Appeal To G-G At Airport
    118 1 Appeal To G-G At Airport A LAST-MINUTE appeal was made to the Governor-G ener a 1, Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald, at the airport yesterday morning before his take-off for the United Kingdom. The president of the Associated Chinese Chambers of Commerce, Mr. Lee Kong Chian, stressed Chinese claims to be
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    25 1 STOCKHOLM, Wednesday. —A Swedish dentist has dis- covered a method whereby decayed teeth will grow new enamel like a body wound grows new flesh. —A.P.
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    Chamber Of Mines To Meet
    376 1 Chamber Of Mines To Meet From Our London Correspondent LONDON, Wednesday. IT was understood here today that an emergency meeting of the Malayan Chamber of Mines had been called for Jan. 13. The meeting is expected to demand an explanation from the Ministry of Supply concerning the '•bombshell" m the
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      86 1 j U. S. dTsiLVA~~" JEWELLER* 9 DIAMOND GEM »et JEWELLERY GOLD GIFT WARE i 10S, ORCHARD ROAD. TEL: 2466. FOOD-PARCELS We offer the widest range of Provisions m Malaya from which to select your own Parcel for Britain. Si' c; at your leisure from the m*nv ercitinp, lines m our
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      45 1 s Glasses by OAH SIN OPTICAL HOU«r I 325, Nortk Bride? Road. Singapore Phop» 8201 ANNOUNCEMENT. WILLIAM <JACK^> CO. (Malaya) LTD,, have now appointed:— MESSRS VAN H N ELECTRICAL CO., 136, ORCHARD ROAD, SINGAPORE. as Authorised Dealers for:~ FRIGIDAIRE PRODUCTS MADE ONLY BY GENERAL MOTORS
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      Radio Hypnotist Did The Job Too Well
      118 2 - SYDNEY, Wednesday. A HYPNOTIST who tried his powers over the air threw 20 people at a r\ broadcasting station into a trance and "laid out" many other listeners. After his experiment m mass mesmerism the radio station was deluged with indignant telephone calls.
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      "Black" Money
      86 2 HAMBURG, Wednesday. British Occupation Army money vouchers known as "bafs" became invalid at midnight on Monday to prevent its further use by German racketeers. The vouchers could be spent only by British troops m Army stores and a few German stores, but Germans had been operating a black
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      War Criminals
      52 2 YOKOHAMA. Wednesday Six Japanese war criminals were sentenced to death by hanging and a seventh was given 46 years' hard labour by the Eighth Army Military Commission. The accused were former civilian guards at a P.O.W. camp m Tokio. Between them, they contributed to the deaths of Australian
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      Second Dorsets
      52 2 DORCHESTER, Wednesday. The Second Battalion of the Dorsetshire Regiment, which is going into "suspended animation," handed its colours to the depot of the regiment at Dorchester for safe keeping. The battalion has had 193 years of continuous service. It returned to England after six years m thf Far
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      Struck Gold
      45 2 SHANGHAI. Wednesday. Shanghai's economic police last night raided two alleged underground radio stations which had been broadcasting blackmarket gold and foreign exchange quotations to Hong Kong. They discovered 36 gold bars, over 10.000 Hong Kong dollars and a number of secret cables. Reuter.
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      Madame Chiang
      48 2 NANKING. Wednesday. Madame Chiang Kai-shek has agreed to become chairman of the Chinese National Committee of the United Nations Appeal for Children. It will be formed m the immediate future. Madame Chiang will also become a member of the International Advisory Committee for the Appeal. Reuter.
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      Churchill Relaxes
      43 2 MARRAKESH. Wednesday. —Mr. Winston Churchill spent his first full day of relaxation here yesterday since he was confined to his bedroom with bronchitis on Boxing Day. He spent several hours painting m his favourite valley m the nearby Atlas mountains. Reuter.
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      Shakespearean
      34 2 STRATFORD ON AVON, Wednesday.— Sir Barry Jackson will retire from the directorship of the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre. Stratford-On-Avon. when its 1948 season ends on Oct. 2. No successor has yet been nominated. Reuter.
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      Nazi Body
      52 2 VIENNA, Wednesday. A "dangerous organisation of Nazi fanatics" has been broken up m Austria. Its leaders have been arrested, according to Mr. Oscar Helmer, Austrian Minister of the Interior, last night. He advocated the "fullest penalty of the law" (the death penalty) against ringleaders under a quickened trial
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      Copra Hardship
      59 2 MANILA, Wednesday.—Typhoon destruction of warehoused stocks is making it impossible for the National Copra Corporation to deliver coconut products on September -and October contracts. Dr. Maxico Kalaw, NACOCO General Manager, denied a report circulating among dealers that his company would attempt to cancel or re-negotiate contracts made m
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      Young Police
      27 2 LONDON. Wednesday— The age limit for joining the Metropolitan Police has been reduced from 20 years to 19. The force is still below strength. Reuter.
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      Shinwell Besieged
      28 2 LONDON, Wednesday.—Besieged by schoolboys for his autograph, the War Secretary, Mr. Emmanuel Shinwell, made a quick tour of a schoolboys' exhibition In London yesterday afternoon. Reuter.
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      Families Housed
      54 2 LONDON, Wednesday. One hundred and fifty wives and children of soldiers serving overseas will on Jan. 15 move into Norbury House m Worcestershire This will be the first hostel of its kind to be opened by Western Command, and will house women and children who previously have lived
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      Medico Murdered
      43 2 NEW DELHI. Wednesday. Dr. Abdul Gani Quereshi, medical practitioner, old Delhi town councillor and prominent member of the Muslim League, was sentenced to death for the murder of Dr. N. C. Joshl, leading New Delhi surgeon, during the September disturbances. Reuter.
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      Kina Inquiry
      66 2 MANILA, Wednesday.— The Danish Consul, Mr. Gustav Harburg, said the Consulate would hold an inquiry today into the Kina sinking which cost 35 lives on Christmas night. He said that the investigation would be conducted from all angles to determine the cause and said that the search of
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      Scurvy Warning
      54 2 LONDON. Wednesday.—Potato rationing may lead to an outbreak of scurvy m Britain this spring, a professor at the London Hospital Medical College warned yesterday m a letter to the Weekly Medical Press. Professor Geoffrey H. Bourne wrote that potatoes had been a principal source of Vitamin C, a
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      U.S. War Sales
      49 2 WASHINGTON, Wednesday. —The United States State Department has disclosed the sale of 27 surplU6 minesweepers to Greece, Turkey and Egypt. The announcement said that eleven were sold to Greece m September for U.S. $660,000, nine to Egypt m September md seven to Turkey last February. A.P.
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      Mexico 'Quake
      26 2 MEXICO CITY, Wednesday.—A series of three rolling earthquakes caused tali buildings m Mexico City to s\?ay First shock was felt about 1725 GMT.— AJ>.
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    Texas Tin Smelter Plan
    144 2 Texas Tin Smelter Plan WASHINGTON, Wednes. •THE Texas City tin smelt1 ing plant the only ameter m the U.S. should b e operated by private enterprise witii some form of Government subsidy, the Reconstruction F. nance Corporation recommended m a report to Congress yesterday. The R.F.C. is the Government agency
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    Stockpile Needs
    203 2 The R.F.C.'s report added that it would take live to 10 years to build up a supply of tin metal m the permanent stockpile adequate for national defence, but by 1949 or 1950 America should bo able to obtain its current tin requirements from foreign smelters. The Texas
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    AFFAIR OF BULBS
    39 2 AFFAIR OF B ULBS BUCHAREST. Wednesdnv Bucharest newspapers said today that the American-con-trolled Romano-Americana Oil Co. had been charged by the state with "economic sabotage." The company failed to declare over 7,000 electric light bulbs found m its warehouse.
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      1904 2 PERAK RI V ER HYDRO ELECTRIC SATISFACTORY PROGRESS MR. WILLIAM SHEARERS ADDRESS The Twenty-First Annual General Meeting of the Perak River Hydro-Electric Power Company. Limited, was held on December 30 m London. Mr. William Shearer, the chairman, m the course of his soeech •aid: The report and accounts for the
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      723 2 I NOTldE' I wish to make it known tc the public that I have from the Ist January 1948 left the services of Messrs. Chiang Meng Oil Mills and Nam Kheng Co both of 55. Telok Ayer Street, Singapore on my own accord and have severed mv connections with them
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      539 2 r- j NOTICES SINGAPORE MUrfICIPALIfY Tenders are invited for the supply of Teak Blocks. Boards etc. for electric wiring. Tender forms from Municipal Electrical Engineer's Office. Deposit $50/- (refundable). Closing In Municipal Secretariat (Room No. 235) noon. 20 January 1948. SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY Tenders are Invited for "INSTALLATION OF ELECTRIC SERVICES"
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      89 2 A FRESH ARRIVAL OF SMILES 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, sound teeth, and
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    BIG ATTACK IN KASHMIR
    529 3 UNO Adjourns The India Debate NEW DELHI, Wednesday. COUR thousand uniformed and s t eel- h el meted raiders with machine-guns, artillery and mortars yesterday made the first major attack on Indian Army positions m Kashmir since the fighting broke out there 10 weeks ago. Indian
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    FRENCH OFFER TO BAO DAI
    220 3 The possibility of the ex-Em- j peror Bao Dai of Annam re- turning to his throne, from j which he abdicated on the capitulation of the Japanese. is expected to be discussed to night by the ex-Emperor and the French High Commissioner for Indo-Chine (M.
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    "No Escape To Marry" -Michael
    177 3 "No Escape To Marry" -Michael LAUSANNE, Tuesday. EX-KING Michael of Rumania yesterday issued an official denial of reports that he had left Rumania "just to be free to enjoy himself and get married." King Michael and his mother. Queen Helen, yesterday rested m their rooms after their two-day journey from
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    U.K. Consul Disappears
    54 3 PITTSBURGH, Wednesday. Police disclosed yesterday that the former British Consul here, Mr. Alexander Galbreath, had been missing for six days. The 50-year-old diplomat received notice from the British Foreign Office only a few hours before his disappearance that he was to be "released" from duty effective from
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    Line Dynamited In Palestine
    367 3 JERUSALEM, Wednesday. T*HE railway line between Jaffa and Tel Aviv was 1 dynamited late last night, according to a Jewish source m Tel Aviv. Earlier, four explosions shook the all-Jewish city, but no details are known. TTnnr armmirpH rar<? Four armoured cars, manned by British troops
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    BLACK MASS IN CHURCH?
    220 3 YARCOMBE, Devon, Wednesday. rpHE Bishop of Exeter was Informed today that the J 700-year-old Church of St. I John the Baptist here had i apparently been profaned by a Black Mass, m which the severed and burned paw of a white kitten was left on the
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      680 3 NOTICES THE EASTERN BANK LIMITED have pleasure m announcing that a branch of the Bank will be opened at Oriental Building. Kuala Lumpur, on 12th January. 1948 (Telephone No 3373). All kinds of Banking business will be conducted. MALAYAN RAILWAY Tenders are United for the purchase of the following motor
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      438 3 TENDER The Superintendent. Stores and Furniture. P.W.D.. Singapore invites tenders up to noon of January 15th. 1948. for Miscellaneous supplies for a period of 3 months: (a) Miscellaneous articles (b) Firewood (c) Lime for Whitewash (d) Bricks (c) Sand Specifications. Schedules and forms of tender are available at the P.W.D..
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      148 3 IS IN STORE m WHEN YOU pL^MOPEN THE DOOR You will want your new refrigerator to serve you faithfully for a long time to come. Choosing it, then, invites careful thought. The new KELVINATORS are built for you. READY STOCKS AVAILABLE. long-famous g^ for r-^7*-) loveliness V (^^*ss^) "Protecting smooth,
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    U.S. FAR EAST POLICY
    566 4 Japan To Check "Totalitarian War Threat" SAN FRANCISCO, Wednesday. THE United States intends to make Japan a 1 bulwark "against any other totalitarian war threats" m the Far East This unusually frank expression of diplomatic policy came from the U.S. Secretary of the Army, Kenneth C.
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    TIMES ON CHINA'S POLICY
    281 4 TIMES ON CHINA 'S POLICY LONDON, Wednesday. AN explanation of the a controlled Chinese press campaign to prove that America is building up Japan at the expense of effective aid to China is offered by the London Times m an editorial. The Times says: "because of Chinas dependence on U.S.
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    Siam Govt. Fights Grafters
    248 4 Siam Govt. Fights Grafters from Oar Own Correspondent BANGKOK, Wednesday. rC Bank of Asia, one of the best-known banks m Siam, has been chased by the Aphaiwong Government for alleged misuse of official funds. The closure is part of an antl corruption campaign embodied m new legislation. A new measure
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    Unions "Go Labour"
    199 4 LONDON Wednesday. BRITISH Labour Party spokesmen yesterday said 1,000,000 British trade unionists had joined the Labour Party m 1947. The total party membership was now well over 4,000,000. Besides this increase m the affiliated membership, there was an upward trend m individual Labour Party membership. About half
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    32 4 ALOR STAR, Wednesday.— A selection board will arrive here on Jan. 23 to interview candidates for the Malay Regiment. The District Officer has issued circulars to all the kampongs m the district.
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    Soviet-USA Clash On Jap Arms
    195 4 TOKIO, Wednesday. HTHE Russian and Ameri- can members of the Allied Council for Japan clashed at the Council's first 1948 meeting. The item under discussion was Russian proposal to I consider Japanese disarmament and demilitarisation. The American chairman. Mr. William Sebald, refused to include the
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    10 4 Japanese miners push Japan's coal production up m bitter cold.
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    U.S. Told: Keep Up Far East Exports
    199 4 WASHINTON, Wednesday. A UNITED STATES Government report informed Congress today that food production m the Far East is over six million tons below annual requirements. The present exports from America must be maintained if mass starvation is to be averted, says the report.
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    Ordered Coffee—Got Adventure
    288 4 Ordered Coffee— Got Adventure NEW YORK, Wednesday. A LIKING for coffee has led a former British seaman into a series of strange adventures. He is Alistair Nicholson, aged 23, of Glasgow, and his story was told by the New York Daily News yesterday. The paper says Nicholson started his adventures
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      556 4 IINAIEX RUBBER LINERS FOR SAND CHUTES PIPES PACKING STRIP FOR LADDER ROLLERS BOTTOM TUMBLERS and other Mining and Industrial Applications: THE WILKINSON PROCESS RUBBER CO., LTD. BATU CAVES, SELANGOR. Telephone; Batn Cave's 14. Telegrams; 'WUproco' Batu Caves Last 3 Shew*— 3. 6.15 A 9.15 p.m. Mystery! Thrills! Suspense! "DRUMS OF
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    GIMSON TOLD: "MUST GO"
    1319 5 haycock Election Manifesto Out IMR. John Laycock, Progressive Party candiiV* date for the Singapore Legislative Council elections m March, has opened his campaign with a manifesto call: "Gimson must go/ Mr. Laycock's newly-published manifesto argues that the Governor of Singapore, Sir Franklin Gimson, has "delivered a
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    "Indirect Taxes Too High"
    118 5 "Indirect Taxes Too High" From Our Staff Correspondent MALACCA, Wednesday. rE Malacca Chinese Chamber of Commerce is asking the Government for "substantial reduction of indirect taxes." The chamber has submitted a memorandum drawing attention to anomalies m the Income Tax Ordinance. It says that indirect taxes m Malacca are, m
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    SINGAPORE SHIPPING
    73 5 Ships alongside the Singapore wharves (godowns In brackets) are: Main Wharf: Makm (31-32), Bredero (33-34), Narbada, Marine Swallow (35-36), Don-Y-Bryn (40-41). Trevose (4243). West Wharf: Empire Niger (1-2). Merllmon (3-4), City of Lucknow (5), Melampus (6-7), Trevethoe (8-9), Caucom (1314). Neleus (15-16). Empire Dock: Fort Brunswick (17-18), Fort
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    FRENCH TRIBUTE TO BURMA
    85 5 The French Consul-General in Singapore. M. Guibaut, attended the Burma's Independence Day celebrations in Rangoon, as a special envoy of the French Republic, to convey his 'Government's good wishes to the new independent state. In the course of his speech to the Burmese, M. Gibaut said
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    47 5 Flight Lieut. Peter Barraclough. of -l.i Squadron, Changi, and Mrs. Barraclough after their wedding at St. Andrew's Cathedral yesterday. Mrs. Barraclough was formerly Section Officer Susan Batstone (RAF. Station, Changi). The bridegroom's parents are of Spremban. Malaya. The bride's parents live m Devon, England. Straits Times picture.
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    KAWIN DLPAKSA
    36 5 The Malay Women's Welare Association will present I two plays, "Forced Marriage" (Kawin Di-Paksa) and "Evils ,of Divorce (Azab Nya Orang i ber-Chirai) at 8.30 on Saturday, Jan. 10, at the Victoria Theatre, Singapore.
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    Choice At Polls: One Or None?
    145 5 Choice At Polls One Or None? SINGAPORE voters who •3 go to the polls on March 20 may have to choose between voting for one party or not voting at all, because the Progressive Party is the only one so far to nominate any candidates. Nomination of candidates is still
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    AAM Effort Recognised
    183 5 •THE Automobile Associa- 1 tion of Malaya has re- ceived a plaque m re- cognition of a gift of £5,000 which it made through the I Straits Settlements War I Fund for the purchase of a fighter aircraft. The plaque, issued by the British Ministry of Aircraft
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    Siam Helps Tin Firm
    128 5 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. HELPFUL co-operation from the Siamese Government was reported by Mr. E. J. Valentine, chairman of Messrs. Katu Tin Dredging Ltd., at the annual meeting of the company held here today. Siam, he said, had advanced ticals 471,294 for rehabilitation
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    SINGAPORE DIARY
    141 5 TODAY: Methodist Mission Annual Conference, Mission Field Committee, Wesley Church, 4, Fort Canning Road, 9 a.m. Council meeting, Table Tennis Association, V.M.C.A. Pavilion, Bras Basah Road, 5.30 p.m. Umpires meeting, Hockey Association, S.R.C., 5.30 p.m. Y.W.C.A. dressmaking classes commence, 8, Port Canning Road, 10 a.m. and s^> p.m.
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Thurs., Jan. 8, 1948. THE CHINESE MINER
    1003 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Thurs., Jan. 8, 1948. THE CHINESE MINER Some eye-opening figures of Chinese mining costs were given by Mr. H. S. Lee m the Malayan Union Advisory Council last Monday. These costs have been worked out by the AU-Malaya Chinese Mining Association for a mine using an
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    Rice Puddings In Europe
    226 6 One recent development to I which Lord Killearn called i attention m his speech on Tuesday was the decision of the I.E.F.C. to revive the ex- port of rice from Asia to j Europe. At first sight this is surprising, even though Lord Killearn made it
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    INDONESIAN POLITICS IN DUTCH PARTIES
    1582 6 By A Special Correspondent Of The Times lately m Holland, JNDONESIA, besides being of paramount importance to the Dutch economically, places squarely before them the necessity of making a decisive political and moral judgment. It is the two issues of colonial and social reform above
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      A Malayan Pharmacist Tilts At Trusted Report
      323 6 IT is surprising thati among all the protests made against the report of the Salaries Commission not one has come from a pharmacist. At th e riskj of being treated as a voice m the wilderness, I would like to protest strongly against
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      NEW WINE IN OLD BOTTLES!
      55 6 IT will be interesting to know the number of people who were hoaxed at the end of last year by some unknown persons who sold plain tea m perfectly imitated brandy bottles. The so-called brandy bott les were immaculately imitated and were sold for vr
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      832 6 CLASSIFIED ADS. HORNBY. On 28Uh December at Perth. V.A. to Audrey and lan (formerly of Malacca) a son. Robin Whitfield. Both well. The marriage will take place at Si. Mary's Church. Kuala Lumpur, at 3 D.m. on j"hiirsrti\y. 22nd Jann. iv of John Dudley, only son of Mr. and Mrs.
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    CLAIM BY EX-SULTAN'S BROTHER
    371 7 TungkuAziz On Succession In Trengganu of resentment over this Issue among the people of Trengganu have appeared from time to time m many vernacular newspapers m Malaya. "I cannot imagine that this clamour has escaped the attention of the British Government. "In the Interests of the
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    40 7 A Malay woman vaudeville player, with heavily-pow-dered face and black moustache, playing as a male clown at an Arab Association entertainment at the Queens Theatre, Singapore, yesterday. The Association screened the film "1001 Malam" after the vaudeville. Straits Times picture.
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    Chose Holy Day To 'Go To Heaven'
    158 7 Chose Holy Day To 'Go To Heaven' DELIEVING that he D would go straight to heaven, a Hindu labourer committed suicide between 6 p.m. on December 24 and 6 a.m. December 25 a Hindu holy day. This was revealed m the Coroner's Court yesterday when Police Inspector V. N. Retnasingam
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    NEW RUBBER RECORD
    106 7 Shipment of 953,697 tons of rubber from Malaya last year was an all-time record. The shipments were 400,000 tons more than m 1946. This figure bears compari1 sop with the total world proI auction figures m the peak years. Totals shipped m previous years were 1946. 558,001
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    GAMBLERS FINED
    75 7 Twenty-one Chin?se, including two women, were charged m the Eighth Police Court yesterday with gambling m a common gaming house. All except two men pleaded guilty to the charge, the men being fined $20 each and the women $10 eacn. The case against the two who pleaded not
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    Plea For Kice Supplies
    177 7 Plea For Kice Supplies THE Netherlands kast Indies yesterday appealed for advance shipments <>f rice to meet the immediate need for 12,000 tons m January. The N.E.I, made the appeal at the meeting m Singapore rday of the South East aison Officers. Tnt ollice of the Special Commissioner, Lord Killearn,
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    Two Years' Gaol For API Man
    264 7 Two Years Gaol For API Man •THE Singapore District Judge, Mr. E. P. Shanks, 1 yesterday sentenced Ahmau Baiki bin Suib to two years' rigorous imprisonment for having assisted m the management of Angkatan Pemuda Insaf (API), an unlawful society. Mr. Boyle, A.S.P., who prosecuted, said Ahmad was president of
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    Singapore Technicians To Unite
    193 7 Singapore Technicians To Unite PR the first time m the history of Singapore, technicians of all races plan to join together to promote the science and practice of engineering and allied professions m the city. They will meet on Jan. 16 j at 5 p.m. m the office of the
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    ARMS OFFENCE NOT REPORTED
    105 7 Minggal bin Samdin, a 25-year-old Malay, was yesterday sentsneed at the Singapore Assizes to eight months' rigorous imprisonment for failing to report to the v police knowledge of an offence of carrying arms. The Deputy Public Prosecutor, Mr. L. Rayner, said that on the night of
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    LAWYER'S CLERK REPRIMANDED
    56 7 A lawyer's clerk was reprimanded by Mr. F. B. Oehlers, the Singapore Third Police Court Magistrate, yesterday when he addressed the court. The lawyer was absent. Saying that he would not tolerate the absence of lawyers from his court without written explanation, Mr. Oehlers fixed a date
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    "HAND RICE TO TRADERS"
    160 7 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Wednesday. A PROPOSAL that experienced rice mer- chants shou'd handle the Government's rice importations is to be made at a meeting of the Associated Chinese Chambers of Commeroe to be held at Kuala oa Jan. IS, 1 The question will be
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    Gurkhas Arrive In Colony
    87 7 Gurkhas Arrive In Colony THE first Gurkhas of the British Army to serve m Malaya arrived m Singapore from Burma by air yesterday. They are an advance detachment of one officer and 1 1 other ranks of the l/7th and l/10th Battalions of the Gurkha Rifles. The two battalions following
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    ROBBED AND ASSAULTED
    90 7 Five Chinese assaulted an I Indian tailor during a robbery ,at an Indian clinic m Cross Street on Tuesday night. The tailor. 42-year-old Mohd. Din, was punched on the face, when he tried to prevent the robbers from entering a prayer-room m the clinic. The robbers then
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    TRESPASS FINE
    42 7 Two women, Lim snen. ageo j ,68, and Tan Ah Kkxig, aged 1 52, were fined $50 each m the Singapore Third Polios Court f yesterday for trespassing in'o No. 1 British Transit; Camp at Nee Soon on Jan. 6.
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    Ship Discharges Cargo Despite SFTU Boycott
    264 7 THE Singapore Federation of Trade Unions has been unable so far to enforce its boycott of Canadian ships which it alleges are carrying arms to China. The Canada Asiatic Line's Oceanside, a boycotted ship, was yesterday discharging 500 tons of Singapore cargo into lighters
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      New Police Plan To Trace Loot
      111 7 THE Singapore C.I.D. chief. Mr. R. C. B. Wiltshire, 1 announced yesterday thai Singapore police had formulated a new plan to recover properly lost during robberies. The plan provides for the rapid flashing of messages regarding lost property to all police stations, pawnshops, second-hand
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      Quarry Fatality
      74 7 IPOH. Wednesday. One Chinese labourer was killed and three others seriously injured m an accident at the quarry m Gopeng Road last night It appears that, following dynamiting, eight labourers went bactc to the quarry to break up the blasted rock. However, one large piece of rock, which
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      Workers' Demands
      54 7 CEREMBAN, Wed. About 800 Indian labourers on five estates m the Pork Dickson and Seremban dis rict m Negri Sembilan are demand- I ing increases m wages and improvements in sanita ion. The estates involved are Sennwang Es a e, Sun^ei Ujong Estate, Sua B Esta e, Doman
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      False Alarm
      70 7 IPOH, Wednesday. The*' alarm bells of the Ovei. Chinese Bank sounding this morning brought police and detectives rushing to the premises. A cordon was thrown round the bank, while some of the police prepared to meet robbers. The alarm, however, turned out to be a false one caused
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      Missing Girl
      63 7 rE mother of a Singapore Chinese girl singer u!io was reported mining Saturday last has had a letter fro; her daughter. Madame Onj; Boon Enq; said that her daughter. Miss Pai Ying. wrote to her day from an address in Singapore. Miss Pai Ying (White Nightingale") has been
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      P.C. Charged
      65 7 OARIT BUNTAR, WednesX day. —A Malay policeman, Zin bin Mohamed was charged m the magistrate's court today with carrying four passengers m a taxi only licensed to carry three. Zin explained that, m his capacity as a policeman he had stopped the taxi and himself taken over the
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    WOMAN FACES CHARGE
    69 7 Mrs. Z. A. Patnckoon, a European woman, was yesterday charged m the First District Court with behaving m a disorderly manner m a public place and using abusive language to an Assistant Superintendent of Police, Mr. Godwin on Tuesday m Oxley Rise. Mrs. Patnckson pleaded not guilty.
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      A Malay Chief's Grave Is Blessed In Seremban
      774 8  -  "SIMPANG LIMA" By At Seremban last Sunday, m the suburb called Ampangan, a Malay ceremonial of hallowing the newly-erected gravestones of a Malay territorial chief took place. In this article, a correspondent, who visited the scene of the ceremonial, tells the full
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      China s New Year Constitution
      588 8  - China s New Year Constitution N. K. LEE, By (Chinese Consul In Penang) TO Chinese all over 1 the world 1948 has a special significance. It is the first year of the new Constitution of China. This Constitution, adopted by the National Assembly on Dec. 25, 1945, 35 years after
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      Democracy By Income Tax
      649 8  -  DR. GEORGE GRETTON By THE first essential to democracy is economic democracy. Constitutional rights mean nothing m a society m which there are gross extremes of wealth and poverty. The most powerful weapon of economic democracy is direct taxation: steeply graded taxes levied on higher incomes
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      ONLY TOWN BAND IN MALAYA
      604 8  - ONLY TOWN BAND IN MALAYA GUNN CHIT THYE By CEVEN weeks ago, *^the axe was about to fall on Malaya's only surviving Town Band. It was a decision which the Penang Municipal Commissioners felt themselves forced to take, but which they were, eventually, forced to abandon. For great as was
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      East And West—Minus Chopsticks
      721 9 East And West Minus Chopsticks THE MEETING OF EAST AND WEST by F. S. C. Northrop (Macmillan $18). THE SPIRIT OF CHINESE PHILOSOPHY by Fung YuLan, (Kegan Paul $9). UOWEVER much you 11 may be interested m this matter of contact between East and West, there comes a time when
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      Madame Wu And China
      211 9 Madame Wu And China pavilion of woMisN, by Pearl Buck W.thuen, 10s. 6d.) MORE than six hundred thousand copies of 1 h s book have been sold m the United States, we are told. It is a measure of the quality of Pearl Buck's latest novel, now m English edition.
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      93 9 The holy passion of Friendship is of so sweet and steady and loyal and enduring a nature that it will last a whole lifetime, if not asked to lend money." Mark Twain. "People who nave no weaknesses are terrible; there is no way of taking advantage of them." Anatole
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      India From The Inside
      521 9 THE LAND AND THE WELL by Wernher and Singh (Harrap, $5.70). SO MANY HUNGERS by Bhabani Bhattacharya (Hind Kitabs, Us. 7.8). HERE are two books II that must be read by those who don't know anything about India and by Malayan Indians who need reminding of
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      A BOOK OFART
      122 9 SWISS ESSAYS by Llewellyn Powys (Bodley Head, 155.) rREE features combine to make these essays a book to be warmly recommended. The first is the high literary quality of the writIng; the second the many exquisite photographs; and the third the evidence the book supplies that ever,
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      Compleat Horseman
      114 9 RIDING AND HORSEMANSHIP by William Fawcelt (Black, 65.). MR. Fawcett has presented a clear and detailed description of the whole art of horsemanship, full of sound advice to the would-be owner or rider. Stabling, harnessing, feeding and the paramount question of the horse's individual temperament are lucidly discussed.
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      127 9 THE CO-OPERATIVE MOVEMENT AT HOME AND ABROAD by Hebe Spaull and D. H. Kay (Macmillan, 45.) HOW many people know that m Rochdale, 136 of the population lived on 6d. a week and 2,500 on lOd to Is lOd a week? Such is the background to the
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      102 9 THE EXCITING JOURNEY, by Norman Dale (Bodley Head, 153 pp. 7s) a book for boys, being the story of a small boy who sets off on his bicycle to travel alone from London to Devonshire. LOW LIFE (Bodley Head, 3s 6d), m which John Pudney with his
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      314 9 According to Culbertson Many players are far too timid about raising their pan.ier's vulnerable overcalte. North's action in this respect was far too typical in ttie deal shown below. West, dealer. Bom sides vutaenaUa NORTH. A J 5 2 J 10 8 6 K Q 7 4 6 WEST. EAST.
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      214 9 him very much In view of the failure to reach game. It U obvious enough, on scrutiny of the South hand, that Oils player ras not at fault for missing the game, Surely, he nad done everything he could afford to do (and perhaps a little mure) when he entered
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    Film Of Christ Requires "Beautiful Voice"
    182 10 Film Of Christ Requires "Beautiful Voice" I ONDON.— A producer is seeking "the most authoritative and most beautiful male voice m the world* to represent the voice of Christ m a film to be called "Mary Magdalene." Margaret Lockwood will have the title role. Although producer Brian Hurst says It
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    Red Indian Tribe Tries
    123 10 Civilising t Hollywood I AN Oregon Red In- 1 dian tribe has re- I fused a studio request j for some scalping and j arson work." One of RKO's directors j approached the Rock Creek Tribe for some} men to attack Lorettaj Young, William Holden and
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    1947 box-office scores, opinions
    200 10 GUIDE TO "CLASS:** I ONDON. New York's L National Board of Review of Motion Pictures names Celia Johnson and Michael .Red* grave the best actress and actor of 1947. [In 1946 the critics of 10 New York daily papers picked Miss Johnson as that year's best
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    LINDA'S A "MASS OF BLISTERS"
    160 10 HOLLYWOOD. Linda Darnell complains that corsets she has had to wear m historical j films including "For- i ever Amber" may de- i I prive her of mother- j i hood. She says her body is "such j a mass of blisters and welts it
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    Britain Sends Films To Japs
    73 10 Britain Sends Films To Japs LONDON. Britain is supplying 20 films to Japan under a year's contract. The films are submitted to Japanese censors and dubbed with Japanese. Tokio audiences were enthusiastic about "The Seventh Veil"— first of the films distributed. The films Include "The Man m Grey." "The Wicked
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    Somerset Maugham In Film
    135 10 Somerset Maugham In Film LONDON. Famous author Somerset Maugham, now 73, will appear m a Sydney Box production presenting five short stories epitomising Maugham's work of 50 years. Maugham will introduce the film, to be called "Quintet," provide linking narratives between stories. The author has already spoken his lines at
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    Sidelights of The Studios
    416 10 CIR Laurence Olivier 's ''Hamlet," which will be shown for the firs; time In April, when Olivier and his wife Vivien I^eigh are m Australia with the Old Vie Company, cos* £500.000 to produce. Even wLh all the efforts at rewrenchmen It s.ill costs about £200,000
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      158 10 /Z^ti STARTS I (QIDHIOMDI Ij'uVi >M I Luise RAINER (Two Academy Awards m a row!) Arturo de William Puul CORDOVA BENDIX LUKAS PLUS\ The New "MARCH OF TIMK!" 'YOUR DOCTORS— I 947" lakes audiences for the Ist time into the worldfamed NEW YORK'S ACADEMY OF MEDICINE to show them such
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      77 10 RADIO MALAYA (S'PORE 1 p.m. Radio Orch.: 1.40 Dance Music. 8.15 News, Topical Talk: 8.25 Calling AH Hospitals; 9.00 TTMA; 9.45 Film Review; 10.00 "Mulberry Harbour"; 11.00 News, Close Down. RADIO SEAC 8 a.m. Music: 8 45 Morning Star; 9.00 Miibic of the People; 9.45 BBC ITV.A; 10.15 To You
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      95 10 Asking: 2.05 Close Down; 5.30 In the Interval: 6.00 Thirty to One:'l 6.45 The Poet Jests: 7.00 Radio SEAC Show; 7.30 Song (or Sale:;! 7.45 Sports Roundup; 8.05 Heard Melodies Are Sweet; 8.45 Musical Crossword: 9.30 BBC Radio News- i reel; 9.45 Paradise Isle; 10.00 SEAC Theatre; 11.00 In Concert
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      88 10 5.20 Dance Hits ol the Past; B.JW Shirley Deane Presents The Forces Requests; 5.30 Australian Scene; 5 40 Familiar Music; 6.00 Varistv Band Pox; 6.45 Composer Performs— William Walton: 7.00 All Star Show; 7.30 Australian Scene; 7.40 Melody on the Mow— Charlie Spivak. Tommy Dors?y: 8.0C Incognito featuring noted Australian
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    LONDON STOCKS
    224 11 LONDON, Wednesday. APART from a revival of interest m Middle Wits m the Kaffirs market and a quiet firmness m the Gilt-edged section, the London Stock Exchange yesterday was dull and visibly affected by political uncertainties, says Renter's financial correspondent. Following were the ck>6ing middle prices of selected
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    Demand For Coconut Oil Continues
    402 11 Proflyce-i Market' By A Market Correspondent DEMAND for coconut oil continued on, local markets yesterday. Business was restricted however because millers were unwilling to accept forward bookings even at improved prices with the uncertainty of copnt shipments. The copra market developed a strong firming tendency.
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    RUBBER
    61 11 The Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association's prices at noon yesterday were: Buyers Sellers Cts. CU. per Ib. per Ib. No. 1 RJ3.S. Spot loose noonjial 43% 44% No. 1 KSS. fob In bales Jan. 44% 44% No. 2 RJBM. fob In bales Jaa. 44% 44% No. 3 R.S.S.
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    STORE SHARES
    153 11 From Our Market Correspondent. SINGAPORE, Wednesday. fTUNS continued the major X feature of the market, a good volume of business passing; m many cases at higher prices. Industrials were again firm. Changes m quotations given by the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association were as follows:— INDUSTRIALS Bayer Seller Gammon (M)
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    18 11 NEW YORK, Wednesday.— Foreign exchange yesterday were (ka U.S. cents) Canada 86.68 3/4. Others were unchanged.—A.P.
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    12 11 Dow Jones Average* Stocks 64.67; Industrials 179.12; Rails 52.39; Utilities 33.56.—A. P.
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    MOVE TO RE-CONSTITUTE M.C.F.A.
    369 12 Meeting Called For Jan. 17 A DEFINITE move is now being made to re-constitute the Malayan Chinese Football Association, preparatory to sending a representative team to participate m the All-China Olympic trials to be held m Hong Kong m the middle of next month. It is
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    42 12 I Hay dee (Robinson up) 1 scored a brilliant victory, although carrying 9.04, at the Penang races on Saturday, Sheffield Plate (Woods) was second, and Harvest Moon (Tait) third. The odds-on favourite. Any Idea failed to get a place on the board.
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    204 12 Table Tennis: Yoonr Yoong Club of X L. vs. Tiger S.A. Great World, 8 p.m. SOCCER: Jollilads 2nd XI vs. KuckliU-s, C. Y. M. A. rrcund, 5.15 p.m. Chang Cheng High School XI vs. Chinese High School Old Boys, Jalan Besar, 5.15 p.m. Meeting of S.H.A. umpires, SRC.
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    7-A.SIDE SOCCER
    50 12 me sports section or the Mernlads Musical Association Singapore, concluded their seven-a-side soccer competition on SunJay. In the final game, played on the Karikal Read ground. On* Sweo Hock's team defeated Tan En? Kiat's side by seven goals to four. The losing team were a man short throughout.
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    Basketball Team To Tour Java
    167 12 rE Singapore Lien Hwa Basketball Team will be leaving for a tour of Java m the middle of this month. The Batavia Chinese have chartered a special plane for the tour, which is being sponsored by them. The team will play charity matches m Batavia,
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    Death Of Famous Sportsman
    77 12 LONDON, Wednesday. William J. Gavin, founder of the International Sporting Club and one-tdme owner and part editor of the magazine Vanity Fair died on Saturday, it was announced last night. He was aged 82. A British sporting leader, he was timekeeper at some of the National
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    TABLE TENNIS TOURNEYS
    80 12 LONDON, Wednesday. I*WENTY -THREE entries have i 1 been received for the Swat- thling Cup International table tennis competition, which will be played at Wembley during the world championships beginning on !Peb. 4. They are: Austria, Belgium. Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Egypt. England, France, Greece, Hungary. India, Ireland, Italy.
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    TWO GAMES OFF
    51 12 The hockey match which was to have been played on. the Padang yesterday between the Singapore Recreation Club and the Singapore Chinese Recreation Club was cancelled because the neld was waterlogged. Yesterday's rugby fixture between the Singapore Cricket Club "A" and 711 Army Troops Squadron was called
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    SINGAPORE TIDES
    24 12 Today: High Water. 8.11 a.m. (8.8 ft.), 10 p.m. (8.3 ft.>. Tomorrow: High Water, 9 a.m. (9.1 ft.), 10.50 p.m. (8.5 ft.).
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    Spore Team For All-China Olympics
    289 12 Spore Team For All-China Olympics AT a council meeting held yesterday, the Singapore Chinese Amateur Sports Federation decided m favour of sending a contingent to compete m the All-China Olympic meeting, which is scheduled to start on May 5. Yesterday's meeting had been called to discuss the invitation from the
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    SOCCER DRAWN
    41 12 The Selctar Football Club drew one-all with the Kranji Rangers at a soccer game played at the 15th mile, Soletar, yesterday. Both goals were scored In the first half. The S.F.C. netted through Sayed. The Rangers equalised through Pungot
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    ELECTRIC TOTE IS DELAYED
    239 12 OWING to delay m the arrival of the electric barometer tote from the United Kingdom, it will nm be possible to have this installed at Bukit Tiraah ir time for next month's race meetinr of the Simrapoi« Turf Club. It is most likely, however, that the
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    Indian Tour May Show Good Profit
    301 12 MELBOURNE, Wednesday HANDSOME attendances at the Third Test brought the total revenue for the Indian tour to-date to £16,271. Anxiety on the financial side, due to the continual inclement weather, is now allayed. From the nine remaining fixtures, including the two Tests, there is
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    133 ENTRIES FOR SELANGOR RACES
    331 12 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. A TOTAL of 133 entries have been received for the Selangor Turf Club's New Year Meeting, to be held on Jan. 17, 21 and 24. There will be eight races on each day. Following are the entries: HORSES
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    Title Fight To Be In New York
    371 12 NEW YORK, Wednesday.' •THE Twentieth Century 1 Sporting Club announced yesterday that Joe Louis would defend! his heavyweight title m! New York m June. No! opponent was named. The acting director of the club. Sol Strauss, said that the fight would take place
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