The Straits Times, 5 March 1948

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    19 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 184S MCiin PAGES SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, MARCH 5, 1948 PRICE TEN CEN M
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    Czechs Resign In Protest
    195 1 Czechs Resign In Protest WAbiilisOiON, Thursday 7 'HE Czechoslovak Ambassador to the United i (Mr. Juraj Slavik) and the Czech Minister to Canada (Dr. Frantisec Nemen) resigned yesterin protest against political events iv Czechoslovakia. Mr. Slavik said President I had "acted under terrible pressure and duress" m the recent political
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    TO BE SETTLED SOON?
    113 1 From Our Own orres-pondent LONDON. Thursday. 'There is reason to believe that the local Government is anxious for this question to be with as racidlv as possays Mr. Walter FletChairman of Hecht I and Kalin, rubber deal- ers, referring m his speech for ■:;:iual meetine to
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    'REDS HAVE INVADED QUEENSLAND'
    588 1 Emergency Declared By Premier Jbrom Our Own Correspondent BRISBANE, Thursday. THE Queensland Premier (Mr. Hanlon) declared m a state-wide broadcast this week that "the high command of the Communist Party has invaded Queensland." To meet the challenge created by 23,000 striking railwaymen who refused to obey
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    Proudest Day For Patricia
    233 1 Straits Times Staff Reporter rE proudest little girl m all Singapore yesterday ■war Patricia Dineen, of Balmoral Road. Dressed m her befit daytime frock, she sat between her father and mother m Government House and watched the Governor, Sir Franklin Gimson, pin the British Empire Medal
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    BRITISH PROTEST TO GUATEMALA
    217 1 BELIZE, British Honduras, Thursday. 'THE Papal Nuncio m Guatemala City has asked for 1 police protection for the British Legation, following yesterday's strong protest by Britain against the demonstration outside the Legation on Tuesday. The Papal Nuncio, it mi reported, asked the Gua diplomatic corps m
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    Loan To UK Exhausted
    120 1 WASHINGTON, Thursday BRITAIN yesterday exhausted her $3,750,000,COO loan from the United' States when she withdrew the final $100,000,000. Reuters Financial Editor comments: "Instead of the five years -which the United States credit was originally; intended to cover, the loan has lasted 20 months and has jndt'd
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    44 1 Mr. Bui want Singn. of Mesam. Gian Singh and Co., who will contest the seat reserved for the Indian Chamber of Commerce m the Singapore Legislative Council elections, against Mr. ft. Jumabhoy. the President of the Chamber. Straits Times Picture. Story m Page 5.
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    MEETING OF WEST BLOC
    67 1 BRUSSELS, Thursday. Representatives from Britain, France. Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg met today to form a *Vestern European Union against the C< mmunist spread westward. The delegates were report- be m close accora on ally all the main pact ons. They believed they would i plete
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    Price Fall On Tyre News
    81 1 DBIVATE cables received 1 from the United States by Singapore rubber brokers, announcing that tyre manufacturers were to cut down their production by 30 per cent, caused a drop of three-quarters of a cent on the local market yesterday. The news caused a progressive easing
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    Stand By Order In Gibraltar
    130 1 GIBRALTAR, Thursday. •THE second battalion of 1 the Cameronian Regiment wa^ standing by, here early this morning ready to fly to West Africa presumably the Gold Coast, where riots have taking place m case of need. Four big transport planes landed on Gibraltar airfield last
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    WEST JAVA HEAD
    34 1 BATAVIA, Thursday.— Mr. Raden Muharam Wiranatakoesoemah. chairman of the Indonesian Republican Advisory Council to the Indonesian President (Dr. Soekarno) was today elected head of the new state of West Java. —Reuter.
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    KATAYAMA'S NEW POST?
    53 1 TOKIO. Thursday. The former Prime Minister <Tetsu Katayama) was yesterday invited to become Deputy Prime Minister m the new Ashida Cabinet. Although Katayama is not anxious to take a responsible posi m the new Government, political observers here believe that Social Democrat Rightwingers will persuade him to
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    Texas Smelter's Future
    255 1 TEXAS CITY, Thursday. I TNITED STATES ConU gress before many months will be confronted with a decision on future Governmental operation of the huge wartimeconceived Longhorn tin smelter. Congressional action provides for United States ownership from June 30, 1949, for the smelter which is producing 60 per
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    Mosley Denial On Jews
    270 1 Mosley Denial On Jews LONDON, Thuisdiiy. SIR Oswald Mo.sley, bead of the Union Movement m Great Britain, last night denied a Haganafi broadcast statement that the League of Ex-Service-men had claimed responsibility for the Ben Yehuaa Street explosion on Feb 22. In that Jerusalem explosion over 50 Jews were killed
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      Catholic Church Decrees Members Vote Anti-Red
      71 2 VATICAN CITY, Thursday. THE Sacred Consistorial Congregation of the Roman Catholic Church yester1 day issued a decree informing Catholics throughout the world they must vote only for candidates who "respect and defend the rights of the Church." Pope Pius serves as prefeet of this
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      Poles Leave
      29 2 DAR-ES-SALAM, Thursday. -Six thousand Poles are leaving Tanganyika. Over 4.000 are going to Britain by sea or air to join their families. The remainder are going home.—A.P.
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      Brave Men
      72 2 SHANGHAI. Thursday. A tribute to Chinese air pilots was given by Maj.-Gen. Claire Chennault, war-time commander of the "Flying Tigers, m an Informal talk last night entitled "The bravest men I ever knew." He recalled the years of Chinese warfare before the recent world war began. "The heroes
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      Family Wiped Out
      62 2 RAXUAL, Nepal, Thursday. —An entire family of nine people were murdered at night m th^ir home m a village, it was reported at Raxual The family's maid servant said men came and asked for a loan. On being refused they threatened the head of the family, returned
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      Jap Cleared
      53 2 KIO. Thursday Mai Gen Saburo Er.do has been cleared of suspicion of resbility for the fatal shoot.ngand stabbine of r re than 30 war prisoners m Java who surrendered at K&litjati air base, near BataThe SCAP ?al ection said Investigations are proceeding about, ei^ht other persons "ted of
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      Strikers Fire On
      49 2 KYREN Thursday.—Four men were woundce fired on strik' fti t ■ranoxn^i Mavrovouni copper is. The strikers tried to attack day. according to an official communique. Six policemen and one in rp: ctor were injured m lash. seen on strike since Jan. 13, demanding and a 40-hour
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      Dare Accepted
      115 2 3ACKAMENTO, Calif., Thursday. —Traffic officers found Helen Jackley driving along Broadway. Sacramento, m nothing but top gear. She first attracted attention by going, ihi<l<\ through a red light. The signal was paled by the blushes of thp police. In the Municipal Court she said: "I wanted to go
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      From OfficeTo Gaol
      68 2 IM JOSE, Costa Rica, Thursday —OtiHo mate Blanco, whosr elwtion as President was voided by Congress on Monday on charges of fraud, was Id m gaol yesterday char>, d with complicity m killing two Customs guards on Tuesday night. The Government must decide on his fate, and
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      To Surrender
      35 2 MANILA. Thursday —About 50 dissident Hukbalahaps, including squadron leaders m Neuva Kcija Province north of Manila, will surrender retary of the Interior <Mr. J ie a> In a few Manila tin said yesterdav.—Reu-
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      Ships Collide
      41 2 LONDON, Thursday. TUe Belfast to Liverpool steamer, "Dufce of Argyll," carrying some 300 passengers, collided witJi a British freighter m a fog m the Irish. Sea yesterday. Both vessels were damaged. but there were no reports of casualties. A.P.
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      Portable Homes
      67 2 SYDNEY. Thursday.— Production of portable temporary homes for British migrants will be begun by a Sydney firm next month. The firm, Pleasurecraft Pty. Ltd.. plans to make 1,000 homes a year. The homes to stand on four iron wheels so that they nsed not comply with housing bylaws,
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      Peanuts For Army
      82 2 WASHINGTON, Thursday. The United States Agricultural rvpartnient s-ald it would turn 41,500,000 pounds ot shelled Dea.nuts over to "he Army for use m the occupied areas of the Orient and Europe. The peanuts will be supplied from stocks on hand. The Department also allocated 110.200 bags of
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      Pleasant Surprise
      51 2 WOODLAND. California, Thurs v— P. .1 R Fienrn" former Army private, who wa-' made a but dicta* know it, is $2,357 richer for his three-and-a-half years in a Japanese prison ramp. He was cantured as a private but !at*r discovered thai he was promoter thr« erades while imprisoned
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      Packers' Pay
      21 2 CHICAGO, Thursday. A nation-wide strike of 100.000 meat-packing workers, over wage demands, were called yesterday for Mar. 16.— Reuter.
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      No Seizure
      64 2 RANGOON, Thursday— Dr Tu Yun-tan, Cliinese Ambassador to Burma, said in Rangoon yesterday that China had no intention of seizing the territory of any neighbouring country. He referred to reported Chinese claims to 77,000 square miles in the Burma frontier area. 'My government is prepared to negotiate in
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      New International?
      46 2 LONDON, Thursday.— Talks on the possibility of setting UD an "International of Democracy" to oppose Communism are taking place between .political leaders of all parties ip Europe and outside Europe, the International Committee for the Study of the European Question announced here today—U. p.
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      Lost And Found
      67 2 MADRAS, Thursday A house fell vacant m June last year at Tri plica ne, a suburb of Madras. It became the subject of a lonjj-elrawn-out legal dispute About that time a local man disappeared without trace. Recently th a court bailiff owned the house to give possession
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      Knocked Back
      76 2 BRISTOL. Thursday T.enty memb- rs of the local British-Soviet Society boarded th<» Ru.vian ship Selen^a yesterday with giits of flowers and promptly were ordered off. tapM*^ iiav^ator, who told tiie delegation Uiat he was actin? o n orders from tn-' aptain. said they were 'absolutely forbidden 'o b«
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      Sky Merchant
      44 2 SHANGHAI. Thursday The plane Atlas Sky Merchant, which landed at Shanghai last Friday, will take off this morning for Tokio with 11 passengers. Ihe 11 ?rr business executives. The Sky 16 rchant is expected to visit also Manila Singapore and Batavia R°l!ter.
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      Crack Beginner
      35 2 BOMBAY, i Tnj Premier of Bombay Province 'Mr Bal Gangadh:\r Xii r firing a revolver for the first wf, m his llfe- scored foui bulls" when he visited police headquarter*- _R. r WK>ll>^
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      Liquidated?
      43 2 MOSCOW. Tiiar«iay._Th< Soviet press announced yeiUrday that M. Lvubimov has been displaced as Minister of Trade because of "unsatisfactory work." M. ZhavororJcov, Comit leader who made a name for himself m the warume de-'«nce of Tula, w^^ r.fcmed h:s successes. A. P.
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      War On The Beaches
      60 2 SYDNEY. Thursday Catholic organisations In Sydney have n greed on a campaign to induct Cathqlic girls to boycott beach and surf -girl competitions as morally wrong The Catholic Youth Organisation, leading the move, has carried a resolution condemning the "unchristian exploitation of young women m beach
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    "Grave Danger" To Greece And Turkey
    180 2 T WASHINGTON, Thursday. HE United States Secretary of State (Mr. George Marshall) and the Secretary of Defence (Mr James FurnM aJ) told Congress yesterday there was "grave danger Greece and Turkey would not be able I to remain free unless they £ot more military
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    'HITLERITE TECHNIQUE'
    585 3 Lords Condemn Czech Action T rf-v»T»x*-v^T ml 1_ IAirNDUiN, inursaay. J ORD Pakenham, speaking for the British L Government, last night denounced the Communist overthrow of Czechoslovakia w as Hitlerite m technique and utterly damnable m every way.'* He was replying to a debate on foreign affairs m
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    $1,143,357 Net Profit For Uniteers
    356 3 $1,143,357 Net Profit For Uniteers UNITED Engineers Limited, m the accounts s for the year to Dec. 31 j] 1947, show a net profit of I* $1,143,357. The accounts) were published yesterday The directors will recom- < mend, at the annual meeting < on Mar. 12. that a dividend of
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    INCREASE IN MEMBERSHIP
    111 3 Ti.- smsapore cnnsii&n Funeral Society, which held lit 38th annual general meeting recently, reported a membership of 452. The report of the committee m-embers for the year ending Dlc. 31, 1947, showed that the society had cash amounting to $1,763 m batiks, while m- vestments m Singapore
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    Stop China Reds, Says Mac Arthur
    302 3 iioyer Mendip, Mr. John Dugdale (Financial Secretary to the Admiralty) told the House of Commons yesterday He said that the British Government had already lent China the corvette Petunia and eight harbour defence launches. One thousand Chinese officers and ratings had so far been
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    45 3 Princess Marijke, baby daughter of Princess Juliana of the Netherlands, photographed on her first birthday with her elder sister, Princess Beatrix. The baby, who underwent an operation for a cataract last June, is almost certain to lose the sight of her right eye. A.P. photo.
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    WAR DIARY WAS DISPATCHES
    101 3 Our Own orrcspoadent LONDON, Thursday.—Admiral Sir Geoffrey Lay ton, who was Naval Commander-in-Chief m Singapore at the outbreak of the Pacific War, !in a letter to The Times i points out that his dispatches on Malaya consisted of his war diary written at the time with
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    Gifts To Anti-T.B. Fund
    294 3 NfcAru,* *ou,wu. including a I gift of $10,000 m S.S. Government Loan, was donated by Singapore firms, public bodies and individuals to the Singapore Anti-Tuberculosis Association Fund during February. The list of February donations it as follows: The Mercantile Bank of India Ltd $5,000: Gian Singh
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    DEATH
    30 4 Mary Mallanyk me* \ed wif<^ of Mr Edmund Mallanyk passed awa> illy at 940 am. on 43 48 I Hospital. Burial will ,t 9 am on 5 3.48 at
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Fri., Mar. 5, 1948. CRISIS IN THE FAMILY
    1088 4 The Straits Times Singapore, Fri., Mar. 5, 1948. CRISIS IN THE FAMILY Many of our readers, and particularly those from the United Kingdom, will remember that some days ago they were startled to read, m a news-agency message published m the Straits Times, that The Economist had opened its main
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    KU KLUX KLAN ACTS AGAIN
    87 4 WRIGHTSVILLE. Georgia. I Thursday.— No Negroes voted i m the Johnson County Democratic Party primary election here yesterday, presumably as a result of Tuesday's Ku Klux Klan demonstrations In which 300 white-robed men and women burnt the Klan's fiery symbol. The city judge. Mr. W.
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    16 4 SIR STAFFORD CRIP PS, the master-brain behind the Labour Government's measures to meet the economic crisis.
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      The Colonial Relationship In Malaya Today
      556 4 ris a matter for regret I that, in your issue of Monday, you did not re» spond more cordially to the most significant I change of emphasis in Mr. John Eber's letter. Mr. Eber's contention now appears to be that the sincerity and goodwill
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      PHILIPPINES AND MALAYA
      416 4 THE Percival report once again confirms the fact that the fall of Malaya and Singapore was a classic exposure of the British Colonial system no longer in the complacent pages of Government blue books, or platitudinous and self-con-gratulatory reports tc Parliament, but in the stern ordeal of
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      THE SIEGE OF SINGAPORE
      159 4 T IMITATION of space, ■L it is appreciated, may well have been the reason for the non-publication in! 1948 of three orders to all troops serving in Malaya in those fatal days betweer. Feb. 10 and Feb. 15. 1942 Nevertheless they are documents ol great historic
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    Postscript To The Percival Dispatch
    564 4 Postscript To The Per civ al Dispatch THE last three Orders of the Day issued io the troops m Malaya Command before me fall of Singapore on Feb. 15, 1942, have never been published before. They were received by the Straits Times this week from a Malayan planter who was
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      167 4 DENT At Kandan* Kerbau d on March 2nd 1948 to Mildred, wife of O. E. Dent, a son AUSTIN On 3rd March, 1948. at Johore Bahni General Hospital. nie Rosaline wife of Douglas Austin. Malayan Railway— ft daughter Ann Rosalind. MR CHUA HONG SEAH. 2nd son of Mr? Ch la
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    Famous Dancers Due Next Month
    127 5 Till two world-famous ballet dancers. Alicia Markova and Anton Dolin, will perform m Singapore on April 25, 26 and 27, according to a cable from New V I. It ii expected that they Will u*o the Victoria! Memorial Theatre, though \hv manager of the theatn
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    Mr G.E.C. Wisdom
    75 5 P. KSQ Thursday The Deputy Commissioner of c WMkslev <Mr. G. L G Wisdom) has been erred to Pcnang as L 8 Resident Commissioner Dcndins the arrival oi the Resident Commissioner (Mr. A. V. Aston). Mr Aston is expected :rom home leave at the end of April.
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    "No Passengers"
    74 5 P Prosecutions win be brought after the next, fortnight against cyclists who j carry extra persons on their' bicycles within the Municipal Area. This has been found neces-: sary m view of the high per- j centag? of bicycles involved m traffic accidents last year which were carrvine
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    Mission's Report
    42 5 Thurs. The ar> commendations of the ;in trade union deleD to Malaya might not either worker or emS S. Awberry and F. W Dalley told that to Malacru today. d that they might complete their report before leare for England.
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    GANDHI FUND' $76,216
    44 5 r; but ions to the Memorial Fund. Sin■w total $76,216.35. Amount already acknowS69 596.35. < -ian Singh Co. $5 555. H ngkong Shanghai Banking Corpn. $1,000. Indian «-mpl f- ar East Oxyb Acetylene Co.. Ltd.. through Mr. L. Dalmass $65. S76. *****.
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    13 5 A mating of the Singapore Afp>: Society will be on Saturday arrangements competitions.
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    Big Stock Of Paper Stolen
    177 5 Big Stock Of Paper Stolen USING a motor sampan, an armed gang of 2G Clxinese carried away $2,500 worth of paper from the Kallang riverside godown of Lee Produce, Ltd. m the early hours of yesterday morning. The robbers, some armed with pistols, smashed the padlock of the godown about
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    S.H.B. FORCE TO CONTINUE
    148 5 THE Singapore Harbour Board $2,000,000 Auxi-1-ary Police Force to combat looting and cdme within! the harbour area Is to con- I tinue for a further six months; urtil the end of this year. It was originally intended that the 180-strong Police Force, raised m May last
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    26 5 The annual general meeting of the Singapore Scouts Association will be held on I Monday. March 15. at 5 p.m. at Scout Headquarters m Stamford Road.
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    Verdict For Sir Hugh Lloyd
    395 5 was granted pending the ap- peal, Sir Hugh's case as a de1 fendant would be prejudiced) and the appeal rendered I valueless. Mr. A. F. Thome for the plaintiffs said the defendant was "splitting hairs." He had been sitting m the house claiming certain rights
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    CrowdedDay For Listowel
    255 5 Cr o wdedDay For Listowel THE Minister of State for 1 Colonial Affairs (Lord Listowel) yesterday morning began an intensive tour of Singapore's Government and social organisations. Starting a I 8.30 a.m. with a visit to the Police Training School, Lord Listowel then j inspected the Supreme Court the Havelock
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    CHINESE PROTEST TO LONDON
    448 5 Claim Percival Report Not True THE chief organiser of the wartime Singapore 1 Chinese Anti-Japanese Mobilisation Council, Mr. Tan Kah Kee, said yesterday that he protested strongly to the British War Secretary (Mr. Shinwell) against the unfavourable accounts of the Chinese m the Percival despatches. In
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    Gang Clash Averted
    176 5 nETECTIVES of the Sin- 1 I V gapore C.I.D. last night prevented a clash involving about 100 men between two secret socie1 ties in Upper Chin Chew I Street. Detectives dispersed the 1 men, who were about to fight with bottles and sticks, and made one arrest.
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    Legion Men JumpOff Ship, Picked Up Near Katong
    175 5 TWO French Foreign Legionnaires, who jumped overboard the Saigon-bound 1 French vessel, Boulogne-sur-Mer, yesterday morning, were picked up by a Malay fisherman off the East Coast of Singapore. The men had been swimming m the sea around Katong for more than two
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    38 5 Lord Listowel with three women social welfare workers, whom he met durin? his tour of Singapore's Governmental and social organisations yesterday. Left to right, Mrs. B, Edwards, Miss K. Fung, and Mrs. Goh Kok Kee. Straits Times picture.
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    Man Shot In Escape Bid
    133 5 A SINGAPORE detective! shot and wounded a Chinese, who was trying j to evade arrest m TrafalI gar Street shortly after] noon yesterday. Tilt wounded Chinese is now m the General Hospital. A bullet passed through his abdomen from behind. Police said the detective, believing
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    PROTEST FOR SIAM MALAYS
    154 5 A muss meeting of Singapore Malays will b* held on Saturday at Java Road to orotest publicly against the Siamese Government's treatment o: Malays living m the four southern Provinces of &am. The meeting will be sponsored by the Malay Union and the Malay Nationalist Party
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    WOMEN CAN BE MEMBERS
    125 5 It was decided last night. at the annual meeting of the i Singapore branch of the OxI ford Cambridge Society, to I extend the membership to I women. More locally-born members j are wanted. The present membership of 120 is similar to the pre-war membership Many
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    NEW PLEA BY HAWKERS
    67 5 Hawkers at Erna Market, China Street, have decided to appeal to the Chinese Con-sul-General (Dr. Wu Paakshing) asking him to approach the Singapore Municipal authorities for a further extension of the date of closing the market. Erna Market was one of five markets ordered by the
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    Candidate For Indian Chamber
    98 5 Candidate For Indian Chamber lifß- Balwant Singh, of ifl Gian Singh and Co., will contest the seat reserved for the Indian Chamber of Commerce m the Singapore Legislative Council. Mr. Balwant Singh will contest the seat against Mr. R. Jumabhoy, president of the Indian Chamber of Commerce. A writ of
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    Rocket Signal In Election
    344 5 ROCKETS wUI strea* across the sky on i ie night of the polling, March 20, to signal tne election of any ol" the two Prugiessive Party candidates m the Muncipal North-East division to the Legislai \o Council. This plan was announced yesterday by Mr. John Laycock
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    BUDDHISTS WELCOME CEYLON PRIEST
    61 6 Picture taken at a function held at The Buddhist Union premises, 85A. Marine Parade, Singapore, on Sunday, to welcome the Yen. Narada Thera, Buddhist Priest from Ceylon. Singapore Buddhists were represented by the Singapore Buddhist Association: the Buddhist Lodge; the Chinese Monks Organisation; Ramakrishna Mission; Pali
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    20,000 Bogus Rice Cards Cancelled In Federation
    322 6 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. DICE ration cards cancelled by the Food Control Department m its pre- sent campaign against bogus card holders have risen to 20,000. The latest increase m the figures followed completion of the first stage of the
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    Malay On Murder Charge
    380 6 HASHIM BIN ISMAIL, a Malay soldier, was j yesterday committed by the Seventh Polce Court Magistrate (Mr. A. G. Shears) for trial at the 1 next Assizes on a charge' of murdering Yeong Ah Woon, a Chinese woman. Mr. E. Moule. A.S.P.. prosecuting, said it would
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    N.S. Malays Start Fund
    117 6 From Abdul Aziz bin I>hak THD mark the inaugur- ation of the Federation of Malaya. Pemanas, the leading Malay political body m Negri Sembilan has launched' a fund, called the Federation of Malaya Fund, to collect $180,000. The organisation has 18,000 members. Each of these members
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    Singapore Diary
    117 6 TODAY Exhibition of Chinese and English paintings, organised by Miss l-o Klt-ltng and Mr. Harold W. Offord. V.M.C.A.. Orchard Road 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. Wesley Methodist Youth Fellowfhip. rommunity scrvue proirrammm. 4, Fort Canning Road. 7 03 p.m. V W C A Malay classes. 9 I m
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    Municipal Bungalows
    129 6 A CHAIN of holiday bungalows for the Municipal subordinate staff m Singapore will be built at Telok Mata Ikan on the site of the former bungalow which was demolished as a defence measure before the Japanese occupation. Authority to proceed with this scheme as soon as possible '{\jlS
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    Mr. N. HUME DUE
    24 6 Mr. Nutcombe Hume, Director of the Colonial Development Corporation, will arrive at Kallang airport by seaplane on Monday, March 8.
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    "Warning Not Heeded"
    172 6 11 fR. Sardon bin Haji IVI Zubir, president oi the Malay Union of Singapore, told the Straits Times yesterday; "It is apparent that Mr. Calwell has still not taken heed oi the warning shown by Asian count/ies m their reaction against the White Australia policy." He was
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    Needlework On Display
    147 6 By Our Woman Correspondent THE girls of *he senior group of the Katong Branch of the Y.W.C.A. gave a display of their needlework on Wednesday as a parting gesture to their teacher, Mrs. E. Squires. Mrs. Squires is leaving Singapore shortly for South Africa. The needlework on
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      121 6 RADIO MALAYA SPORE* 1 p.m. Skyrockets Dance Band: 1.40 Bickshaw Colliery Band. 8.15 News. Singapore Food Prices. Announce mrnts; 8.30 Friday Prom; 9 45 S«e K.L.; 10.00 Swing Club; 10.30 'The Throe Musketeers;" 11.00 Cloae. RADIO MALAYA WLM».) 1 p.m. 8e« S'pore. 8.46 Soundtrack; 9.00 Stories of the Opera: .45
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      112 6 HIGHLIGHTS RADIO MALAYA (S'pore) 8.30 Friday Prom: Brahms' Second Piano Concerto. See also BBC for Forces' i Programme. Nicholson; 12 Midnight Round Britain Quix. RADIO SKAC 8 a.m. Music; t.4i Morning Star; 9.00 Over to You; 9.4S BBC Variety; 10. IS Navy Mixture Melodies: 10.45 Educational: 11.00 Her* We Are
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      145 6 9.45 Men Booki; 10.00 Rhythm Club; 10.30 Riding Down the Canyon; 10.50 Fore** 1 Prom (Set BBC): 11.45 Close. RADIO AUSTRALIA Two Station*— 10.30 a.m. Australian News Bulletin; 10.40 Light Ensemble; 10.45 Sports Page from Australia; 11.30 Tunes •from the Movies; 11.30 CIom. 4 p.m. Orch. Raymond* A Serge Krish
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    LONDON STOCKS
    345 7 LONDON, Thursday. fiLOOMY forecasts of the vl forthcoming Government White Paper, which will give an economic survey for 1948, made for idle conditions m London's stock markets yesterday. The view that some export targets might have to be lowered caused hesitancy. Industrial shares were m consequence scarcely mentioned,
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    NEI 'Raw Dear To British Investors
    375 7 From Oar Own Correspondent LONDON, (By Air Mail). r[E chairman of Asahan Rubber Estates Limited, Mr. A. L. Mathewson, spoke of the "penally high level" of taxation levied on rubber companies m the N .E.I. when he spoke to the shareholders' merlin; m London.
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    RUBBER
    73 7 The Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association's prices at noon yesterday were: Buyers Sellers Cts. Cta per Ib. per lb. No. 1 R.S.S. Spot loose nominal 38% 39% No. 1 R.S.S. fob m bales Mar. 39% 39% No. 2 R.S.S. fob m bales Mar. 38 38W No. 3 RSS.
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    KINTA KELLAS TIN
    140 7 Kinta Kellas Tin Dredging Co.. Ltd.. produced 753.07 plculs of tin-ore m February. Turner Newall (uts.) 75/- —1/* RUBBERS Anglo-Dutch 15/6 Anglo-Malay 10/6 Highlands 25/6 Jugra Land 12/3 —/3 Kepong (2/-) 2/3 Linggi (2/-) 2/9% Rubber Trust 24/Utd. Sua Betong 38 10 V* Sedenak 176 TINS Ampat
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    TINS STILL EASIER
    128 7 From Our Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, Thursday. TINS continued easier on the local market today. A number of counters were marked down. Interest m Industrials centred on United Engineers, with a dividend of 12' per cent and a bonus of IVi per cent on their Ordinary shares, and
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    N.Y. STOCK EXCHANGE
    72 7 NEW YORK, Thursday.— A few Rails and OUs responded to tho moderate demand on the New York stock mark t yesterday. Of 926 issues traded. 442 gained and 247 declined. S yen hundred and six y tls'usond shay- s were traded. Rails benefited f'om dividend and earning
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    Sugar Price Rise
    50 7 From A Market Correspondent •PHE Singapore sugar market 1 yesterday reacted to the announcement of a temporary suspension of private sugar imports into Singapore. Quotations advanced by fairly large margins to: Java white: No. 1 $47; No. 2 $45: brown $35. The produce markets generally were unchanged
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    Takuapa Dredging
    49 7 The No. 1 dredge of Takuapa Valley Tin Dredging m February worked 95.000 cubic yards m 428 hours, and produced 285 plculs of ore at an estimated value of $38 000 and an estimated co6t of $28,000. Opening-out operations are going on with the No. 2 dredge.
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    FAVOURITES EXPECTED TO SCORE
    513 8  - FAVOURITES EXPECTED TO SCORE EPSOM JEEP By Full Handicaps For Tomorrow PENANG, Thursday. rAVOURITES should score at the third and final day's races of the Penang Turf Club Leap Year Meeting on Saturday. Practically all horses handicapped have had a run at the current meeting, and punters should be able
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    Challengers Protest
    148 8 LONDON, Thursday. r pHE unprecedented but X sensible precaution by the British Boxing Board of Control m having the European champion. Maurice Sandeyron, of France, standing by at the weigh-in m case either Jackie Paterson or Rinty Monaghan fails to pass the scales for their world. British and
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    S.C.C. v. ROVERS
    65 8 The following have been selected to represent the Singapore Cricket Club at soccer agains the Rovers S.C. on the pa dang today at 5.15 p.m.: J. Altken; O. Taylor. G. Verral; H. Twist. C. McCulloch. F. Hutchinson; B. F. Clifton, R. Fletcher. F. B. McCulloch. C. Milton.
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    Strong Fifteens For Singapore Rugby
    290 8 A NOTHER grand game m the Singapore inter- national rugby series is expected tomorrow, when Scotland meet Ireland and The Rest. Scotland have a formidable side, which includes several South players, and are expected to win and qualify for the final against England. Among their
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    SLTA INDOOR TOURNEY
    279 8 •J"HE tie tKtvKf-n R R. Mj.cart1 nry and P. N. P. Bond K. Gaw and C. V Koh m the first round of the men's doubts of the Singapore liiw-n Terni<; A variation's indoor hamnir.nshins at the Happy World Stadium last night pro- dured the only 'rubber
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    PADANG CLUBS AT CRICKET
    259 8 PADANG CLUBS AT CRICKET THE two padang clubs— j Singapore Cricket Club and Singapore Recreation Club, will meet at crioket on Sunday, startj ing at 11 a.m., on the I S.CC. ground. The S.R.C. team will be selected from the following: V. C. Westerhout (capt.), R. H. Bain. B. Barker.
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    WIN FOR DADE
    31 8 SACRAMENTO. California. i Thursday.— The former world bantamweight champion, Harold Oade, beat Lauro Salas of Mexico City on points m a ten-round bout. Both weighed 125 lb.— UJ.
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    Sports Diary
    36 8 TODAY SOCCER: S.A.F.A. League, Div. I—S.CC.1 S.CC. T. Rovers S.C. padang, 5.15 p.m.; H.I. t. Victoria School (Ist and 2nd trams I, R.1., 4 p.m. TENNIS: S.L.T.A. Indoor. Championships, Happy World Stadinm. 6 15pm
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    KENTUCKY DERBY WINNER DEAD
    28 8 LEXINGTON. Kentucky, Thursday.— The great race horse, Twenty Grand. 1931 Kentucky Derby winner, died yesterday. Death was attributed to a twisted intestine. —A. P.
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    Perak Turf Club Sustains Loss
    247 8 From Our Own Correspondent IPOH, Thursday. A LOSS of more than $35,000 w«ls sustained by the Perak Tun Club last year, according to the committee's report, which will be presented to I <nnual general meeting ol the Club on Monday. March 15 The recent Increase
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    Champion Athletes
    55 8 Four women members of the Australian team for the London Olympic Games. From left to right: Judy Canty, broad jumo champion; June Mason, member of the record-breaking relay team; Joyce King, winner of 100 and 220 yards events; Betty McKinnon. third m 100 yards and 220 yards and
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    FINE RECOVERY BY W. INDIES
    420 8 GEORGETOWN, British Guiana, Thursday. AFTER a disastrous start the West Indies recovered and when rain stopped play were 284 for five against England m the third Test, begun here yester- Worrell, who with Christiani added 79 runs for the fourth wicket, was unbeaten with 127.
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    Scoreboard
    99 8 WEST INDIES—Ist INNS. G. Carew b Cranston 17 J. Goddard b Allen 1 C. L. Walcott lbw b Cranston 11 R ChristUni c Hardstaff b Tremlett 51 F. Worrell not out 127 G. Gomez c Evans b Cranston 36 E. Weefces not oat 36. Extras 8 Total (for 5
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    INTER-CLUB GOLF IN K.L.
    136 8 THE Selangor Golf Club beat the Singapore Army Golf I Society by 13'/ 2 matches to 4 2 at Kuala Lumpur last week-end. Results (S.O.C. players mentioned first) SINGLES: Gibb beat MaJ. Lockhead; Newbigging beat Lt.-, Col. Prlchard; Jackson beat MaJ. Robertson: Teale beat Ma j.
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    Billiards "Pro" Plans Tour
    100 8 LONDON. Thursday. Kingsley Kennerly, the Midlands billiafds professional, who recently returned from a successful tour of India, will shortly be off on another overseas trip. Kennerly is awaiting the conclusion of negotiations for a six-month tour of South Africa, and he expects to sail at the
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    RIGGS' TURN
    34 8 WASHINGTON. Thursday.— Bobby Riggs defeated Jack Kramer In an exhibition professional tennis match 2-6, 9-7. 6-3. Kramer has won 25 matches and Riggs 16. Dlnny Pails defeated Panco Segura. 6-3, 6-2. U.P.
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    SINGAPORE TIDES
    26 8 Today: High Water. 5.02 a.m. (7.5 ft.) and 8.38 p.m. '6.8 ft.). Tomorrow: High Water, 6.38 a.m. (7.2 ft.) and 9.41 p.m. (6.9 ft.).
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    A.A.A. Impress In Singapore League Debut
    404 8 A.A.A. Impress In Singapore League Debut In the second period of th« game Lee came close to srt.nii but Chee Seng anticipated his move and saved. Bm*th shot wide shortly afterwards. When the Chine-e returned to the attack. Gim San sent i>i ;i grounder which was stopped by Rfilly. The
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    DRAW FOR S.T.C. GRIFFINS
    52 8 The 42 griffins arriving today by the Chanda from Australia Include 20 for the Singapore Turf Club. The ballot for the horses, which are all untried threo-year-olds, will take place at the Turf Club stable next Wednesday at 5.30 p.m. The price of the griffins will
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    S.C.F.A. Fixture
    32 8 Yesterday's soccer fixture wween the Upper Pickering Street and Kallang teams m the S C.F.A. Inter-district League wu not played as the Upper Pickering Street XI failed to turn up.
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    R.I.—V.S. Soccer
    23 8 The first and second team* of Raffles Institution will play Victoria School on thn R.I. ground today, starting at 4 p.m.
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