The Straits Times, 10 March 1948

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    19 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1^45 EIGHI PAGES SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 1948 Jf PRICE rEN CENTS
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    MASS UNEMPLOYMENT IF U.S. AID FAILS
    614 1 U.K. Report On State Of Nation LONDON, Tuesday. BRITAIN must use Marshall aid— if it comes in sustaining her working strength and efficiency and developing new sources of supply rather than merely providing greater ease and comfort for her people. This is the conclusion
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    47 1 Capt. Richard W. Ruble, D.8.N., commanding officer of the 27.000- ton aircraft carrier Valley Force, flagship of Rear-Admiral Harold Martin. \d:iiiral Harold Martin, of the United States Navy, whoso Task Force 38 is now m Singapore on a <uurtcs\ visit. His flagship is tho aircraft carrier Valley
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    Civil Plane Fired On
    58 1 SHANGHAI, Tuesday. I 'IVIL Air Transport V- revealed this morning that one of its planes fired on by two planes bearing the Russian insifcn a while flying from Mukden to Tsingtao. There were, however, no casualties or damage. The plane reached Tsingtao sately Gen. Claire E.
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    TIN CONFERENCE TODAY
    48 1 BRUSSELS. Tuesday. A of the International Tin Study Group, which should have taken place in Brussels yesterday, wa« postpored until tomorrow. It was officially announced last night. It was stated that some of the delegates to the conference had not yet arrived In Brussels.— A.P.
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    ESCAPED PRIEST ARRESTED
    88 1 ROME. Tuesday.— Rome police, acting on the request of the Vatican, today arrested Edoardo Cipplco, a priest who escaped from the Vatican last Wednesday after being unfrocked and detained on charges of "falsifications and swindles." He was arrested in a Rome flat and held at Rome police
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    Explosion Kills 100
    106 1 SHANGHAI. Tuesday. CHINESE ammunition dump exploded at Tsingt.io today, levelling a city block and causing 250 casualties. An estimated 100 were killed United States Navy informabtl here said the explosion >tcurred jusi Defore noon within half a mile of docks where U.S. warship are tied There were
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    60 1 Mrs. Mary Hordern, fashion editress of Australian Women's Weekly (left) and her sister-in-law, Mrs. Frank Packer, wife of the proprietor of the paper, who arrived m Sinrapore yesterday by Constellation from Australia. They are on their way to Paris to buy dresses, shoes and hats for the French fashion parade
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    MacArthur Will Stand If Asked
    401 1 WASHINGTON, Tuesday. BOTH President Truman and Gen. MacArthur said yesterday that they would stand as candidates in the approaching American Presidential election if they were nominated. President Truman made his declaration through the Democratic national chairman. Senator Howard McGrath. Special edition* of Tokio newspapers came
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    Honour For Duke
    47 1 LONDON, Tuesday.— lt was announced from Buckingham Palace last night that the Duke of Edinburgh had accepted the freedom of Edlnbureh and that a public ceremony would take place as soon as the Duke s naval duties permitted, possibly m the late autumn. Reuter.
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    King To Go Via Panama
    158 1 LONDON, Tuesday. Fwas learned at Buckingham Palace today that the outward voyage of the King and Queen to New Zealand and Australia early next year would be via the Panama Canal. The Suez Canfcl would not be used for the Royal voyages, it was stated.
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    SIAM CLASH REPORTS
    95 1 BANGKOK, Tuesday. Siamese officials said today that reports of a clash on the Siamese-Malayan border were "possibly correct". The spokesman said they haa no definite information regarding Singapore radio reports of incidents in the border provinces, but added that they did know that Siamese police had pursued
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    30 1 GERMISTON, Transvaal. Tuesday.— One European and nine African miners were missing today after a "bump —pressure burst followed by a land subsidence— in a Witwatersrand gold mine last night.— Reuter.
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    Drastic Powers For Police
    133 1 Prom Our Own Correspondent MELBOURNE, Tuesday. THE Queensland Government introduced tonight, and 1 hopes to pan through an stages by the morning, a biU giving thTpottc* drastic anti-picketing powers in thVrecent emergency regulations. Sergeants and above will have the power to direct people away from their
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    GOODYEAR'S BIG YEAR
    83 1 From Our Own Correspondent MELBOURNE, Tuesday Goodyear Tyre and Rubber Company (Australia) Ltd.. reports record sales and a record net profit for the year ended Dec. 31. A net profit of £300,683 after providing £225,000 for taxation (year before £*****7 and £321,000.) was made. The ordinary dividend
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    Royal Malayan Navy Plans Almost Ready
    244 1 Royal Malayan Navy Plans Almost Ready A COMMITTEE is at present working out the details of the Malayan Royal Navy, a Government spokesman told the Straits Times yesterday. This follows the announcement m the House of Commons on Monday of Malaya's decision to create her first permanent naval force. A
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    WOMEN'S DAY
    38 1 The speaker addressing the International Women's Day was incorrectly described m Page 1 of yesterday's Straits Times as Mrs. P. Sen Gupta. She was Mrs. S. V. Thamarai Kanl. president of the Indian Women's Democratic Union.
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    Shooting Incident In Vienna
    181 1 Shooting Incident In Vienna VIENNA, Tuesday. T*HE United States Army 1 authorities in Vienna said yesterday that Pte. Jack Grunden, aged 18, was shot in the back on Sunday night after refusing to obey a Russian order to get off a pavement into the gutter in front ol a Russian
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      758 2 NOTICES SINGAPORE POLO CLUB. Annual general meeting 1745 hours IS March. PoJo Ground. Thomson Road, all Members are requeued to attend^ NOTICE Notice is hereby given that FREDERICK JACOB ISAAC of 40 Oxley Road. Singapore. Is ar>pl lnp to the Governor for naturalisation, and that any perv ho knows any
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      316 2 NOTICES KUALA LUMPUR TOWN BOARD. The closing date of the tenders for the supply and installation of vehicle actuated traffic lights at the junctions of Batu Road and Mountbatten Road and Malacca Street. Mountbatten Road and the embankment has been extended from noon of 11th March, 1948, to noon of
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    48 3 The chief representatives of the Slav States sit at the head table at the opening of the Pan -Slav Congress m Prague en Feb. 26. Left to right: Stela Blagejejova (Bulgaria) Com. A. S. Gnndorov (Russia); Dr. V. Barcikowski (Poland) Gen. Bozidar Maslaric (Yugoslavia) and Zdenek Nejedly (Czechoslovakia).
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    MALAYA NAVY 'FINEEXAMPLE'
    593 3 MALAYA NAVY 'FINEEX AMPLE' Criticism Of U.K. Fleet A nswered LONDON, Tuesday. MALAYA had shown a fine example by her decision to create her first permanent naval force, said Mr. John Dugdale, the Financial Secretary to the Admiralty m the House of Commons yesterday. Speaking m a debate on the
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    Mr.C.G.Lim Makes A Promise
    229 3 IF you vote the Progres- sive Party candidates j t into the Legislative Coun- cil, you can be assured that before their term of] office expires, the demand' for an elected majority mi] the Legislature will be anj] accomplished fact." This promise was made by i
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    57 3 HONG KONG. Tuesday. —'< The police report that two Chinese junks were pirated here over the weekend, one by a lone gunman who held up four crew members and! escaped with the Junk after putting the crew ashore. The other case was similar,; J except that the pirates opened fire
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    Fashion Experts Going To Paris
    622 3 By Our Woman Correspondent MRS. Mary Hurdern, fashion editress of tih« Australian Women's Weekly, and Mrs. Frank Packer, wife of the owner of the same paper, passed through Singapore yesterday on their way to Paris to select mannequins, dresses, hate and shoes for the third
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    Ghost Seen On Ship
    138 3 SYDNEY. Tuesday. mHE ghost of a third X engineer who hanged himself five years ago in the oath room of the 10,000 -ton freighter Hazelbank is claimed by members of the crew to have been seen walking the deck in Melbourne twelve hours before a fire
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    Chinese Flay Debts Bill
    251 3 LEGISLATION purporting to lift the mora-, torium on occupation debts should be deferred until War Risk Insurance and War Damage claims have been settled. This is the opinion of two Singapore Chinese commercial bodies, the Chinese Chamber of Commerce and the Chinese Importers' and Exporters' Association
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    'Board Not Doing Its Duty'
    281 3 r THE President of the 1 Malayan Union (Mr. Sardon bin Haji Zubir) declared yesterday that the Singapore Rural Board was not looking after the interests of the residents! of rural areas. He told the Straits Times that the Board had done nothing to improve
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    Towkay Dies At 78
    130 3 From Our Own Correspondent RAUB, Tuesday. MR Tan Tiong, J.P., one of the last of the "towkay pioneers," died yesterday after a short illness. He was 78. He arrived In this country m 1887 and first settled at Kuala Kubu Lama since 1891 he lived at
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    36 3 The Singapore Indian Chamber of Commerce has submitted a memorandum on the Debtor-Creditor (Occupation) Bill to the Governor of Singapore. The Committee of the Chamber has decided not to make public the contents of the memorandum
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Wed., Mar. 10, 1948 THE CHINESE IN THE SIEGE
    1139 4 The Straits Times Singapore, Wed., Mar. 10, 1948 THE CHINESE IN THE SIEGE It is a matter of great regret that certain passages m General Percival's dispatch on the Malayan campaign should have caused resent- ment among the Chinese com- j munity m Singapore, where j the civil population was
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    THE MALAY LEFT WING
    1389 4  -  ABDUL RAHIM IBRAHIM By THE stand of the 1 Malay Nationalist Party is so changeable that it is difficult to persuade its officials to set out their party programme in detail. They say the Party stands for Malay Nationalism, but with a broad outlook, and that
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      Local Industries In Malaya's Future Economy
      392 4 Local Industries In Malaya's Future Economy •THE absence of any re- presentation from industry m the composition of the Federal Council, announced recently, came as a surprise. This just shows what interest the Government has m local I industries and is surely not a good start towards what is generally
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      THE "SHADY" KING OF SINGAPORE
      408 4 THE "SHADY" KING OF SINGAPORE WITH reference to your leader "THE KINGS OF SINGAPORE," perhaps the most interesting problem that arises is the mystery of the missing king. The kings mentioned m the Malay Annals are shadowy characters, but the mi sing one seems to have been not so much
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      SANG UTAMA CHANGED HIS TITLE
      252 4 IN the issue of the Straits Times of March 1, appears a letter by "M.H.F.'" regarding the list of the 14th Century Singapore Kings given by me m a paper published m a recent issue of the Journal !of the Royal Asiatic Society, Malayan Branch.
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      RASPBERRY FROM KELANTAN
      55 4 IN your issue of Feb. 27, you publish what is no doubt a big story by somebody named Percival, but this appears to have prevented the inclusion of the usual bridge notes by Culbertson. As one who is fond of cards I consider this to be a
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    "Intensify Election Boycott"
    290 5 "Intensify Election Boycott" i MR. BUDH SiNGH (president of the Malayan Indian Congress) issued a circular yesterday requesting members •>f the Singapore Regional Indian Congress to inten sify their boycott campaign against the Singapore elections. Mr. Budh Singh, who has come to Singapore from K.L. sptcially m connection with thli
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    CHINESE TO CONTRADICT PERCIVAL
    384 5 Sub- Com m it tee Sets To Work THE Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce has appointed a. five-man sub-committee which is now collecting material to contradict Lieut-General Percival's criticisms of the Chinese war effort m Malaya. The committee will study especially the statement m Gen. Percival's
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    38 5 FOR BREAKFAST: The United States aircraft carrier Valley Forge yesterday received a supply of fresh fruit from Singapore. Here are three seamen carrying bunches of bananas which will be one of the items on their breakfast menu today.
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    Americans Spend $100,000
    255 5 Americans Spend $100,000 WHEN the United States Task Force 38 leaves for Trincomalee, Ceylon, tomorrow, the officers and men will have spent nearly $100,000 (Singapore currency) on shore excursions and purchases. For the past two days more than 800 members of the aircraft carrier Valley Forge and the destroyers W.C.
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    41 5 An 18-year-old Chinese, Tan Wai Guan was remanded In custody lor 48 hours In the Third Police Court yesterday when he pleaded not guilty to a charge of theft of a bell from a bicycle in Middle Road on March 8.
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    Bank Guard Wounded
    73 5 A FILIPINO special constable accidentally shot his companion, an Indian special constable, at the Singapore branch of the Hongkong: and Shanghai Bank during the tiffin hour yesterday. The accident occurred when the Filipino constable, a guard at the bank, was "breaking" his loaded .38 revolver for examination.
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    Doctor's Vain Effort To Save Son
    286 5 A SINGAPORE physician. i\ Dr. K. Kiramathpathy described at an inquest yesterday how he rushed his injured son back tc his dispensary from the scene of a motor accident and for ten minutes rendered all assistance he could, but failed to save him. The
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    Deputation On Salaries
    160 5 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. A DEPUTATION of clerks and workers from various Government Departments and public services will wait on the Chief Secretary nt 2.30 p.m. tomorrow to request action on the Salaries Commission recommendations. A spokesman for the deputation said today: "We are
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    42 5 Mr. Cyril Henry Ilott, of the Kent Mess anger, Canterbury, England has written to the Straits Times to say that he would like to get, in touch with Mr. Paul Lee, whose acquaintance he made in Penang soon after the Japanese surrender.
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    Agricultural Expert
    106 5 THE Agricultural Adviser to the Secretary o| State for Colonies, Mr. G. F. Clay, will arrive m Singapore on March 21 to make a general review ol agricultural conditions m Malaya and British Borneo. He will spend just over two months m this area, which will include a
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    "Seamen's Fight Not Yet Over"
    185 5 rS president of the Malayan Union (Mr. Sardon bin Haji Zubir) said yesterday that his campaign to fight the injustice which the 15 deported Malay seamen suffered at the hands of the Australian Government was not over. Four of the 15 Malay seamen who arrived
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    Shortage Of Coconut Oil
    253 5 A SHORTAGE of edible coconut o.l in Singapore shops and markets for the past month or so haa inconvenienced some housewives who normally require it for cx>king purposes. The price of coconut oil increased from 40 to 50 cents a bottle (slight jy more than a
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    MASKED MEN ROB TONGKANG
    46 5 Three masked Chinese, one armed with a pistol boarded a torgkang off Crawford Street early yesterday morning, and, alter herding the crew into th engine-room, got away with a picul of nice, an engine magneto, an alarm clock and $15 m cash.
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    80 5 The Karl of Listowel, Minuter of State for Colonial Affairs, photographed on a visit to the KHantan Match Factory m Kota Bharu. Front row: Tengku Sri Maharaja (State Secretary); Mrs. Edge. Mr. J. B. Sidebotham. Lord Listowel, Mr. A. G. Shaik, Trntjku Mahkota. Mr. R. J. F. Curtis (British Adviser.
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    Gurkhas Due Wednesday
    97 5 THE main body of the 1 1 Gurkha Regiment will j arrive in Singapore next Wednesday, in the troopship Strathnaver from Bombay. These men will be the first of the 6.500 Gurkhas who have volunteered to serve the British Army to arrive here as a unit of
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    23 5 Hie third open-air election boycott meeting will be held today in Empress Place ai 1.30 p.m Mr. John Eber will address the meeting.
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      2 Men Crushed To Death In Quarry
      96 5 From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH, Tuesday. FO Indian labourers were crushed to death yesterday afternoon at the Gopeng Road stone quarry when a side of the cliff collapsed. The police, who arrived on the scene to recover the bodies, were very nearly crushed
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      Crime Down
      62 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. A further drop in serious crime has been recorded for February. Official figures released today show that gang robberies totalled 11 during the month throughout the Federation, as against 15 in January. Altogether, 26 robberies were reported In February a* against 31 in January. Illegal
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      Holiday?
      60 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday— "Treat iti as if you were spending a vacation in China," said an elderly Chinese mother to her 21-year-old son, Won Kean, as he was being led away from the dock at the Selangor Assizes today to serve a ten-year prison sentence for carrying arms. The
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      279 Found
      52 5 ITUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday.— Of a total of 531 persons reported missing from their homes In the Malayan Union last year, the police succeeded in tracing 279 says the annual report of the Malayan Police. It is believed that of the 252 still untraced a number have returned to
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      Tiger Scare
      76 5 DENANG, Tuesday. Terrified villagers of Kuula Derak, about 25 miles from Sungei Patani, have asked for the assistance of a game warden to track down a, man-eating tiger The tiger carried off its third victim on Saturday last and the villagers say ho m be heard roaring at
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    HOWNOTTORECORDYOUR VOTE
    145 6 Singapore goes to the polls for the first time on March 20. In order to assist electors to make fall use of their votes, the Straits Times publishes above examples of four spoilt ballot papers, taken from the pages of The Law Relating to Local Elections, by O.
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    Rubber Production Figures Forecast
    539 6 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Tuesday. rOW, Wilson and Stanton, the well-known London rubber brokers estimate world production this year at 1,396,000 tons against 1,233,500 tons produced last year. They estimate the consumption at 1,201,000 against 1,083,000 consumed last year. Commenting on these figures, the Daily
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    Singapore Diary
    247 6 TODAY Y.W.C.A., Katong Clubs* meeting. St. Hilda's School, 4 p.m., Tennis club, Coronation courts 5 p.m. V.M.C.A., chess club, 5 p.m., commercial classes, 5.30 p.m., art club, 6 p.m., free lending library, 6.30 p.m. St. Andrews Cathedral, annual parochial meeting, V.M.C.A Orchard Road, 5.30 p.m. Union Jack Club,
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    Tells Of Escape From Massacre
    544 6 THE story of how he escaped after being shot with 1 other Chinese by Japanese guards on Siglap beach m February, 1942, was told by a Chinese witness at the trial of Major Keiji Mizuno before a War Crimes Court m tie Supreme Court yesterday.
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    LAST OUT OF INDIA
    61 6 LIVERPOOL, Tuesday. A civic reception will be held at Prince's Landing Stage, i Liverpool, to welcome home the First Battalion of the Somerset Light Infantry. The ast British infantrymen to leave India, they are n homeward bound m the troopship Empress of Aos* tralla. The ship
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    Future Of Imports Department
    126 6 Future Of Imports Department A DRASTIC re-organisation n of the Imports and Exports Department is planned in Singapore, the Straits Times understands. This is a result of complaints from traders that the present system causes unnecessary inconvenience and delays. An Imports and Exports Advisory Panel, with three representatives from each
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    LONDON STOCKS
    481 7 LONDON, Tuesday. NERVOUS selling:, occasioned by the fact that miners are pressing fresh wage claims, depressed South African Gold shares yesterday. Losses of Is. were fairly widespread, bat Venterspost were particularly dull, being 2s. lower at 31s. 3d., says Renter's financial correspondent. In other sections, the only relief
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    Singapore Share Prices From Our Market Correspondent
    840 7 Singapore Share Prices From Our Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, Tuesday. TIN shares m the local market remained quiet today, although mor c business was transacted than m the part few days. Among Industrials, demand was renewed for Robinon Ords. and Henry Waugh. Quotations given by the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association were: Bayer
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    Continued Rise In Sugar Prices
    198 7 From A Market Correspondent YESTERDAY'S Government announcement that there was 1 a possibility all private imports of sugar would have to be deducted from imports on Government account brought another improvement m sugar quotations. There was a certain amount j Of hesitancy throughout the day
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    Rubber Down To 39 1/8 Cts.
    120 7 nUBBER again dropped an n eighth of a cent per lb. m Singapore yesterday. No. 1 Sheet f.o.b. closed last night at 39% cents per lb, with sellers at 39 i cents. Spot loose buyers closed at 38%, sellers at 39%. The market was
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    N.Y. STOCK EXCHANGE
    95 7 NEW YORK. ruesUay.—Breaking commodities cast their shadow on the New York stock market yesterday. Many leaders dipped fractions to two points or to. Selling was never urgent, Scattered pivotals managed to maintain modest plus signs. Transfers totalled 740,000 shares. Among gainers were Douglas Aricraft, Lockheed, Graumban, Glenu
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    RUBBER FUTURES
    41 7 NEW YORK, Tuesday.—Crude rubber futures yesterday closed 20 points lower to 15 higher. Sales totalled 145 contracts. Offers were: March, 19.85 cents (US) bid; May, 19.50-55; July. 18.90-95: September. 18.50-52; December. 18.10. Number One ribbed smoked sheets. 20.18 nominal.—A.P.
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    3 For China Badminton
    107 8 3 For China Badminton rpHREE leading Malayan JL badminton players will be invited to play exhibition games in China. This is a decision reached at the meeting of the Malayan Chinese Organising Committee for the China Olympic Games held in Singapore yesterday. Badminton is not included in the China Olympic
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    3rd Medal To Carter?
    178 8 LONDON, Tuesday. AT a conservative estimate, only one footballer in a thousand ever receives the coveted Cup winners' medal, but R. Carter, Derby County's silver-haired captain and inside-right, must now be thinking seriously r\bout his prospects of gaining his third in reaching the semi-final by beating
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    TKO WIN TO TONY ZALE
    79 8 LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Tuesday.— Tony Zale, former world middleweight champion scored a technical knockout over Bobby Claus, of Buffalo (New York), In the fourth round of their scheduled 10-round contest here las* night. After taking a good deal of punishment from the aggressive Zale, Claus
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    Fifth-Round K.O.
    38 8 6TOCKTON CALIFORNIA. Tuesday— Speedy Nav&rno of Manila, In his first fight in the United States last night, was knocked out by Bobby Burgess of Vallejo, California. In the nfth round of their scheduled tenrcunder A. P.
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    GRAND PRIX H STILL IN TOP FORM
    402 8 GRAND PRIX H STILL IN TOP FORM Fast Gallops At K.L. Course From EPSOM JEEP KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. THE champion stayer, Grand Prix II, ran half a mile in 52 4/5 seconds, hard held, on a soft track at Kuala Lumpur this morning, indicating that he is retaining his winning
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    CUP SEMI-FINALS
    40 8 LONDON, Tuesday. The draw for the Scottish Cup aeml-finals was announced yesterday as follows" Morton vs. Celtic («:t Ibrox Park. Glasgow). Hibernian vs Rangers (at Hampden Park, Glasgow). The matches are to be played on Mar. 27 Reuter.
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    Weights For Saturday
    260 8 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday WEIGHTS for Saturday, the first day of the Selangor Turf Club Meeting, are as follows: Horses Class 1, Div. I—s; Farm. Oriental 9.08 Some Class 8.08 Li berty X ing Midas 8. OS Man B.IS GameKashmiri borough 7.12 Song 8.11
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    SECOND DAY
    162 8 Weights for four races to be run j on the second day are: Horses Class 3, Div. t—Abt. 7F. El Alameln 9.00 Helen The Flyin? Fifth 8.07 Fortress 8.13 Sunbealn n 8.07 Four Winds 8.13 Briany 8.05 Favourite 8.10 Sheffield Prefect 8.09 Plate 8.00 Bullring 8.09 Tin Pocket
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    Over $70,000 Needed For Contingent
    224 8 Over $70,000 Needed For Contingent THE question of raiding funds to finance the Malayan contingent to the coming China Olympic Games was the subject of major discussion at the meeting of the Malayan Chinese Organising Committee held at the Gob Loo Club yesterday evening. The Committee decided to ask the
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    53 NATIONS AT OLYMPICS
    131 8 LONDON. Tuesday. THE 53 nations which have so far accepted the invitation to participate in the Olympic Games in London are: Afghanistan. Argentina, Austria, Australia. Belgium. Bermuda Bra- zil. Bulgaria. Burma. Canada, Ceylon. Chile, China, Cuba. Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Egypt. Eire. Pinland, Prance. Orest Britain, Greece. Hungary.
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    BATS PRESENTED
    42 8 O. Arasaratnaxn and Gopala- krishnan have received a bat each for the best performances tn the Indian Association "A* Combined Changi "A" matrh played on I Sunday. Arasaratnam hit 51 not out. and Gopalakrishnan took nine wickets for 17 runs.
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    HAWKINS SIGNS
    26 8 LONDON. Tuesday. Vince Hawkins, the British middleweight boxing^champion, has signed to fight the Dutch champion, Luc Mandam. in Brussels on April 3. —A. P.
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    Mayflower B. P.
    24 8 Closing date for entries for the Mayflower B.P. tournament has been extended to March 12. The competition starts on March 16.
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    R.U. OFFICIAL RESIGNS
    75 8 LONDON, Tuesday R. V. Stanley who took the first British rugby team to South America m 1910, has resigned from the committee of the Rugby Union. In accepting his resignation, the Rugby Union paid tribute to his valuable service, to the Union during the past 40 years,
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    Scouts' Soccer
    48 8 The 13th Scout Troop iTelok Kurau English School) defeated the 2nd. Scout Troop (Raffles Institution) four-nil m a soccer match on the R.I. ground The annual general meeting of the Maxfli 8.P., Singapore, will be held at 729-A, Upper Serangoon Road, on Saturday at 4 p.m.
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    Ellery Annexes Riding Honours
    334 8 concluded on Saturday. He rode five winners and four seconds out of 131 mounts. Lt.-Col. T. L. Fox and R. N. Hobbs shared the training honours, each with five winners. "Wlngate Stable" of Ipoh headed the winning owners' list, with $2,700 In stakes and about $4,500
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    NO INTENTION TO TURN 'PRO'
    70 8 MONTREAL. Tuesday. Barban Ann Scott returned to Canada today from her triumphant sweep of women's Olympic. European and world skating titles. She said after the plane had landed that she had not thought much about turning professional The 19-year-old Ottawa blonde added. "I hare had
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    PERMUDA WIN
    69 8 From Our Own torrrspoatttent JOHORK BAHRU. TOHday The League soccer match played yesterday between Pennuda 1 and the Casuals was remarkable for the fact that the referee's whistle was never sounded for a foul of any description. Although played on a waterlogged ground, the game was fasti and
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    Yadi Scores Easy Win
    270 8 YADI, a former Malayan doubles champion, 1 outplayed Lt.-Col; M. W. Biggs m their men's singles tie m the Singa- pore Lawn Tennis Association indoor tournament at the Happy World stadium last night Apart from a few cannonball services by both players In the first two
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    RECS LUCKY TO FORCE A DRAW
    362 8 HELPED by a gift goal, the Singapore Recreation Club were lucky to hold the Seaforth Highlanders io a two-all draw m yesterday's Singapore Amateur Football Association's First Division League match at the Jalan Besar stadium. The Seaforths dominated play, especially m the second half,
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    Walkover Given
    34 8 The Sago Lane XI were given a walkover by the Bukit Tlmab XI m yesterday's Singapore Chinese Football Association's lnterdistrkt league fixture which was to have been played at the Gcylang Stadium.
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    Sport Diary
    50 8 TODAY SOCCER: S.A.F.A. League, Div. I— Tiger S.C. v. GHQ Sift-nab, Jafatn Besar Stadium. 5 p.m.; S.C.C. Ist. XI v. LasalUtes (friendly), padang, 5.15 p.m.; No. 1 Sab-Depot, 223 8.0.D. v. Blue Rovers, St. George's Road. 5 p.m. TENNIS: S.L.T.A. Indoor Championship*. Happy World Stadium, 6 15 p.m.
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    Johore To Run Cup Tourney
    166 8 From Our Own <. orn-.pt> .rtt-nl BATU PAHAT, Tuesday TTHE Johore Amateur 1 Football Associai.oa. at a meeting held here, decided to run an int^rdistrict competit on iur the cup presented Dy Mr. P. Mohamed Abdullah ot Batu Pahat. Johore Bahru, Batu Pahaf. Muar, Segamat,
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    R.I. TEAM WIN BADMINTON
    112 8 The Raffles Institutions badminton team beat the Swift B.P. six-one. Results (ft. I players mentioned first): Singles: Lim Kirn Swee beat Lim Jlak Kirn 9—15.9 15. 14—14 (3—o). 13—13 (5—2): Pang Kia Seng beat A. Thambiayah 15—6. 13—3 (5 2); Wee Sian Gian beat S. T.
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    KOREAN WAY OF FINANCING TOUR
    39 8 HONG KONG. Tuesday —A Korean football team is due here on March 26 to play three matches. They will bring a cargo of cuttle-fish, which tii^y will sell m order to meet expenses. U.P.
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    Outclasses Rivals
    49 8 SEATTLE, WASHINGTON. Tuesday.—Ame Ulland. 27. 'lie youngest of the six famous ikilr? I brothers from Norway, easily out- classed a group of 30 top-r.<'rt» skiers from the United Star Canada and Norway to become the new United States nuti .-.:1 Class "A" ski jumping champion. —UP. 1
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    Sepoy Lines XI Fin
    39 8 The Sepoy Lines XI defeated the Hospital Youngsters one-m. »t soccer on Monday. Keng "lock -'as the scorer. The postponed soccer mnt>.:h between the R.A.F. Tengah and the Jollilads will be played on March 21.
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