The Straits Times, 11 March 1948

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    18 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 184S TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 1948 PRICE TEN CENTS
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    46 1 Mr. Davis, the new Deputy Commissioner of Labour, Singapore. Mr. Davis, who was formerly Deputy Commissioner of Labour m NVgri Sembilan. recently returned from leave m the U.K. He succeeds Mr. R. H. Oakeley. who has already sailed for Britain In the Canton. Straits Times picture.
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    MASARYK COMMITS SUICIDE
    972 1 Czech Foreign Minister's Leap To Death tarn MACADvir PRAGUE, Wednesday. JAN MASARYK (Foreign Minister of Czechoslovakia) leaped to his death this morning from a second floor window of the Czechoslovakia^ Foreign Office, it was officially announced this afternoon Dr. Jan Masaryk put an end to his life
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    U.S. Support For General
    124 1 WASHINGTON, Wed. SUPPORT for Gen. Mac Arthur as the new President of the United States is "already landsliding the country," according to the national coordinator of the "MacArtlHir for President" j clubs (Mr. Warren Wrghtt. He said today that Gen. Mac Arthur's statement yesterday offered hope
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    MALAYAN GIRLS IN BRITAIN
    59 1 LIVERPOOL. Wednesday.— Two Malayan senior girl guides arrived m Liverpool yesterday m the steamship Empire Brent for a three months' stay under the auspices of the British Council. The two visitors are Che Lily Binti Abdul Majeed. aged 27. and Miss Ng Eoi Chang aged 29.
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    Siam Trial To Be Transferred
    169 1 Siam Trial To Be Transferred BANGKOK, Wednesday. THE Siamese Supreme Court today granted permission to the Public Prosecutor's Department to transfer the trial of i Haji Sulong and his associates from the Pattani court to the court at Nakoran Srith&maraj, thusj moving the case to "a neutral area." The group
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    Anti-Picketing Law Passed
    306 1 From Our Own Correspondent MELBOURNE, Wednesday. rE Queensland Parliament passed an unprecedented industrial law amendment today giving all members of the police force the authority to arrest pickets without a warrant. It aays ia effect that policemen up-t^th* ra»k; of sergedTit may make ar-i rests without a
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    Sweltering London
    74 1 LONDON. Wednesday.— Shade temperature in London yesterday was 73 degrees Fahrenheit. The reading was the highest for this time of the year since records were begun 107 years ago, according to Greenwich Observatory. The average temperature for March over the last 30 years has been 42.9 degrees Fahrenheit.
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    NO RICE FOR JAPAN
    79 1 BAGUIO, Wednesday—Because of the acute world shortage of rice. Supreme Command Allied Powers will not ask for a rice allocation f>: Japan, a representative told delegates to the Food and Agriculture Organsiation rice meeting here today. Mr. Mark Williamson, SCAP delegate attached to the United States
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    200 KILLED IN EXPLOSION
    52 1 SHANGHAI, Wednesday.— The death-roll m the Tsingtao Chinese ammunition dump explosion yesterday was reported by the Chinese press today as more than 200. m addition to some 150 injured. Approximately 700 houses are said to have suffered damage. The cause of the explosion is still not
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    35 1 Left-V»ing propaganda against the elections m Singapore is illustrated m this picture, taken m Empress Place yesterday. The poster seen m the foreground displays a quotation from Lord Listowel's broadcast last Sunday. Straits Times picture.
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    Questions To Britain
    282 1 j LAKE SUCCESS Wednesday. rE five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council, with Britain only present to give Information, discussed yesterday whether there was a threat to peace m Palestine and asked the British deleKate (Sir Alexander Cadogan) for further data on this point. The
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    London Press On Britain's "Black Report"
    636 1 London Press On Britain 's "Black Report" LONDON, Wednesday. "PRIM" and "black" are the two adjectives standing out m the comments of the British press today on the Labour Government's economic survey for 1948. The papers appraised the facts without disguising their harshness. Several of them commended the Government for
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    INDOMESIA'S REGRETS
    96 1 BATAVIA, Wednesday. The Indonesian Republican Government said today that i r "deeply regretted" the formation of an interim federal government by the Dutch Lleutenant-Governor-General (Dr. Hubertus van Mook>. This body, officially installed yesterday, did not justify its name either in its form or content, said an official statement
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    29 1 ACCRA. Wednesday.- The British sloops Actaeon and Nereide (both over 1.400 tons) anchored before daylight today off the Gold Coast cap il of Accra, scene of recent disorders. Reuter.
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      U.S. Discovery May Far Out-Weigh Atom Bomb
      115 2 U.S. Discovery May Far Out- Weigh Atom Bomb BERKELEY, Calif., Wednesday. ANEW laboratory acW evement the manufacture of an atom particle known as a meson— was reported at Berkeley yesterday. It was acclaimed as the greatest thing m atomic research since the discovery of uranium fission m 1939. The particles,
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      For The Children
      55 2 Madame Chiang Kai-shek, wife of the Generalissimo and president of the China Committee of the United Nations Appeal for Children. She is photographed addressing the inaugural ceremony of the China Committee at the Officers' Moral Endeavour Association on Feb. 29. The movement's aim Is the world relief
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      Land Inquiry
      85 2 THETFORD. Wednesday.— A public inquiry by the Town and County Planning Ministry opened at Thetford. Norfolk, to decide the fate of the 16.000-acre Standford battle area. It was taken over in 1942 as a battle training ground. It is now earmarked by the War Office for permanent retention
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      Willing Trustee
      27 2 ROME. Wednesday.— Italy last night declared ibe was ready to accept trusteeshiD of Libya, with the sole aim of I preparing her for independence. Reuter.
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      Sky High Fill Up
      62 2 SHANNON AIRPORT, Eire. Wednesday.— A British Overseas Airways freight•carryinr Liberator was refuelled at a height of 18,000 feet over the Atlantic yesterday. This was claimed to be the greatest heirht at which refuellinr in the air has ever been carried out. Eight hundred and fifty gallons
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      On Holiday
      32 2 BHANGHAI, Wednesday The Mayor of Shanghai and Madame K. C. Wu have left for a week's holiday at the famous West Lake, In the scenic Chekiang capital of Hangchow. Reuter.
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      Clay Powerless
      69 2 BERLIN, Wednesday Gen. Lucius D. Clay, American Military Governor, said yesterday he had no power to reverse the verdict of a miHtar\ tribunal which acquitted Nazi Gen. Lother Rendullc of having committed war crimes In Norway. Norwegian officials had indicated they would attempt to persuade Oen. Clay to
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      Arms Arrests
      37 2 PARIS. Wednesday. Fifteen people were arrested yesterday after an arms dump, intended for Palestine Jewish terrorists, had been found in a Paris garage. Marseilles police yesterday indicted four unnamed people for trafficking in. arms.— Router.
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      Shipping Tour
      43 2 SHANGHAI, Wednesday.— Mr. Wang Shao-tseng, Chinese shipping expert is due to leave Shanghai shortly on an extended tour of South-East Asia. He will Investigate the possibilities of extending the overseas shipping lines of the State-owned China Merchants Steam Navigation Company. Reuter.
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      Educational
      38 2 SYDNEY, Wednesday. During the conference of the Australian Teachers' Federation, to be held ia Canberra on Apr. 27 and 28, a request will be made to the Commonwealth Government for £100,000,000 for a "new education deal." ReuterAAP.
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      Atomic Subs.
      39 2 PARIS, Wednesday. Submarines of 12,000 tans driven by atomic power were among the possibilities of the future foreseen yesterday by Rear- Admiral Marcel Derairvand, assistant chief of the French Navy's general staff, at a conference yesterday. A.P.
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      For Deportation
      48 2 MANILA, Wednesday. Nicolavich Chrislsoff, 29. alleged Russian Communist, admitted having extended assistance to Hukbalahaps operating in Pampanga and Quebon Provinces, north and south of Manila respectively, by giving them food and shelter. He was yesterday ordered to be deported by the Republic's Commissioner of Immigration— Reuter.
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      Last Dinner
      64 2 PARIS, Wednesday. When the door of 135 Faubourg du Temple, Paris, was broken open last nirht. four dead women were found seated round the dinner table. They had been dead since Saturday. Police said the deaths were caused by ras poisoning from a store which had apparently been
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      Sun-Gazers
      49 2 WASHINGTON. Wednesday. Two scientific teams departed today for the Orient, where they will study the solar eclipse on May 8 and 9. One group goes to Tenan. Korea, the other to WukanR, China. They, with five other expeditions, are under the auspices of the National Geographic Society. A.P.
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      Polymyxin
      64 2 BALTIMORE, Wednesday. Doctors at the John Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, working on a new drug named Polymyxin, said they hoped to send supplies of the drug to India for research against bubonic plague. Papers submitted by the doctors yesterday stated the drug had been used with "unique" effectiveness against typhoid
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      Re-opening
      22 2 VIENNA, Wednesday. The Allies have given approval for the re-opening of the telephone and telegraph service between Austria and Germany. AP.
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      U.S. Trains Greeks
      52 2 WASHINGTON. Wednesday. —Fifty Greek air cadets will receive a year's training with the United States Air Force as part of the Greek aid programme. The first group of cadets from the Royal Hellenic Air Force arrives today at San Antonia, Texas, the remainder arrive later in the
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      No Lily-Gilding
      35 2 CANTON, Wednesday The Education Commissioner of Kwantuns Provincial Government has circularised an order prohibiting girl students from wearing facial make-up, or perm inent waves. He instructs the teachers to "make themselves examples.' U.P.
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      Filipinos' Rice
      21 2 WASHINGTON. Wednesday. The International Emergency F>ood Council general committee yesterday approved ft 15.000-tan rioe allocation to the Philippines. AJ».
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      Strike Called
      37 2 PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, Wednesday. Mr. Uriah Butler, the strike leader whose followers were dispersed by police when they dashed Into Government buildings In Port-of-Spaln last year, has called for a strike throughout the sugar Industry.— Reuter.
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      Admiral Retires
      81 2 LONDON Wednesday. Admiral Sir E. Neville Syfret Commander-in-Chlef of the British Home Fleet from 1945 'o January 1948, retires from the Royal Navy today at his own request, the Admiralty announced last night. Sir Neville. 58, has been in the Royal Navy 44 years He asked to be
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      Talking It Over
      90 2 MOBILE, Alabama. Wednesday.—A negro who addressed a white man "Hey Buddy." then invited him to come to his house to talk over President Truman's civil rights programme, was beaten to death for It, Mobile police said yesterday. They said the white man a fellow- worker of the
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    35 2 r-trifia Sinclair. 17-year-old American girl who will compete m the Olympic Games m London this summer. She is four times national breast-stroke swimming champion of th« Amateur Athletic Union of the United States. AJ*. picture.
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    'Let Japs Keep Industry'
    174 2 'Let Japs Keep Industry' WASHINGTON, Wednesday. A GROUP of leading A American industrial engineers and appraisers has urged that nothing be exacted from Japan in reparations except primary war facilities. The group's report, on the economic and reparations position of Japan, Is now being considered by the United States Government.
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    U.S. TO COMBAT DOPE SMUGGLERS
    89 2 WASHINGTON, Wed.— The United States plans to get ahead of dope smugglers by striking at sources of supply abroad. To accomplish this, the House Appropriations Committee yesterday approved an increase in funds for the U.S. Bureau of Narcotios. It added US$16,000 to the US$1,434,000 request
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    LONG SENTENCE
    70 2 SHANGHAI, Wednesday.The Shanghai District Court sentenced a Manilan kidnapper to 15 years' Imprisonment for the abduction and murder of the son of a Chinese millionaire, Mr. LI An-tai. Manuel Soo, former chauffeur of the family, was caught In Shanghai after collecting part of the ransom. The Chinese court
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    OVERSEASCHINESE
    41 2 SHANGHAI, Wednesday.— The first National Assembly delegates representing overseas Chinese have arrived in Shanghai from the United States aboard the liner President Cleveland, en route to Nanking. Numbering seven, they will attend the National Assembly opening on Mar. 29.— Reuter.
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      223 2 SINGAPORE MOTOR fe||M CLUB Motor cLUt^y (AFFILIATED TO AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION OF MALAYA) Formed for the purpose of promoting Motor Sports m Malaya. Membership Application Forms Available from Automobile Association of Malaya, Singapore Motors. TOURING RALLY To be held on the 21st March, 1948. Open to all Motorist Members. Entry Closing
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    ARMY STILL NEEDED
    407 3 'No Push Button Warfare Yet 9 LONDON, Wednesday. THE Minister of War (Mr. Emanud Shinwell) yesterday disputed the idea that the discovery of modern and more deadly weapons of warfare had destroyed the value of the Army. "This, I believe, is a fallacy," he said. "Scientists may
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    US Smelting Progress
    197 3 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Wednesday. "l/IR. J. C. Johnson, form- er deputy director of the United States Office of Metals Reserve, says the Texas Smelter has been receiving 18,000 to 20,000 tons of fine tin from Bolivia. If. under the Bolivian-Ar-gentdne agreement, however, 8.000 tons of
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    CALL TO MRS. ROOSEVELT
    125 3 LONDON. Wednesday. Klavdia Lenova. Russian authoress and deputy of the Supreme Soviet, has written to Mrs. Roosevelt asking her to "halt it before It is too late" according to Tass. "The instigators of a new war." she said m her letter, "are threatening the use of
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    NIGHT CLUB GIRLS TO SUE
    112 3 NIGHT CLUB GIRLS TO SUE The Shanghai Cabaret Guild yesterday s'jed the Social Affairs Bureau authorities for the latter's "illegal act" In dissolving the guild immediately after the riot of cabaret girls and workers on January 31. The guild declared it was 1 not involved in the riot and therefore
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    Jap Brides Banned
    136 3 CANBERRA, Wednesday. THE Australian Immigra1 tion Minister (Mr. Arthur Calwell) announced yesterday that Japanese brides of Australian soldiers or civilians would not be permitted to enter Australia. He also banned children of such unions. He made this comment on reports that some Australians in Tokio wished to
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    MERCY SHIP
    44 3 ROME. Wednesday. Th» California Maritime Academy training ship Golden Bea r arrived In Naples yesterday with American gifts of food and clothing. The ship, which unloaded par< of the relief supplies at Marseilles and Genoa. wiD su" later for Piraeus. Greece. -A.P.
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    36 3 Ex-King Michael of Rumania and Princess Anne of Bour-bon-Parma walk m the Bois de Boulogne m Paris on March 1. Michael was on a brief visit to the French capital before going to America. A. P.
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    Masaryk's Work For His Country
    403 3 PRAGUE, Wednesday. |\R. JAN MASARYK, son of Thomas Masaryk, foun- der and first President of the Czechoslovakia!! Republic, and a close friend and associate of President Edouard Benes, who committed suicide today, was one of the country's most influential statesmen. He surprised Western observers when
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    RUSSIAN OUTPUT UP 22 PER CENT
    53 3 LAKE SUCCESS, Wednesday. The United Nations last night reported that industrial production in Russia, as estimated from Soviet sources, was 22 per cent higher last year than in 1946. The Soviet production figures were the first ever made available to the United Nations by
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    Churchill Cheered
    176 3 LONDON, Wednesday. THOUSANDS of cheering, 1 people greeted Mr. Winston Churchill as he toured the London suburb of North Croydon, scene of tomorrow's by-election. The by-election, which Is being contested by Conservative, Liberal and Labour candidates, is expeoted to be the keenest since Labour took office m 1945.
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    More Work For High Court
    176 3 rE Supreme Court, Singapore, had a considerable increase of work last year, according to thf report for 1947. In no other year In the history of the Court have the Assires been continuous. From Oct. 28 to Dec. 19 two asMze courts were m session
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    END OF AN ERA IN K.L.
    467 4 Last Meeting Of Town Board From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. TN ten minutes this morning, the Kuala Lumpur Town Board ended a 50-year period of service with a resolution which "concluded" its business and prepared the way for the Municipality on Monday.
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    ½-Ct. Drop In Rubber
    138 4 T"HE Singapore rubber I 1 market was again' easier and quiet yester-j day. The market reacted to the easier prices m London and New York. The actual loss m price was half a cent. Closing prices last night werer No. 1 sheet f.o.b. buyers 38% cents
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    BURSAR IS REQUIRED
    115 4 Applications have been invited for the post of Bursar, responsible for the financial administration of the "university institution which is be., established in Malaya on the basis of the existing King Ed-ward VII College of Medicine and Raffles College." It is requested by the Colonial Office iii
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    22 4 A Chinese cargo-carrying sampan half-submerged near Cavanagh Bridge, m Singapore. She sank from a slow leak while tied up.— Straits Times photo.
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    Legal Tribunal Soon For Liability Claims
    557 4 I EGISLATION to be introduced shortly will provide L for the setting up of a tribunal to consider civil liability claims by Volunteers and members of the Local Defence Corps and Passive Defence Services in Singapore and the Federation of Malaya. Secretary Federation of
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    Unemploymentßelief Urged By SFTU
    238 4 DEMAND that the Government should set up machinery for the relief of unemployment, stop the import of foreign labour and postpone the demolition of the five temporary markets has been made by the Singapore Federation of Trade Unions In a statement on the unemployment situation m
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    New Midget Radio For Malayan Tests
    255 4 BRITAIN has got a flying start m the manufacture of small radio sets by a new method which can produce a complete set ready for assembly m 20 seconds. Mr. J. R. V. Sidebottom, representative of an English radio firm, has brought some sets
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    ESTATE WAGES PACT
    375 5 First Of Its Kind In Malaya From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. AN agreement on wages and temporary ■allowances for check-roll workers and a bonus for check-roll tappers has been signed by the Malayan Planting Industries Employers' Association and six Selangor estate workers' trade unions. This
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    Listowel Talked WithMDU
    259 5 Listowel Talked WithMDU MORE than 500 office workers attended the third meeting of the Mala yan Democratic Union in its campaign against the elections to the Singapore Legislative Council, held in Empress Place yesterday. Mr. John Eber, vice-chair-man of the M.D.U., was absent owing to illness. Mr. G. de Cruz
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    Singapore Diary
    183 5 TODAY Union Jack Club, North Bridge Road, dancing lessons, by appointment, 3 p.m. Young People's meeting, Mr. A. J. Turner on "The Galilean Ministry, 1 Bethesda Hall, Bras Basah Road. 5.30 p.m. Y.W.C.A., dressmaking classes, 8, Fort Canning Road, 10 a.m. and 5.5 p.m.. Wayfarers' meeting. 11. Leonie
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    A COMPOSER'S LIFE STORY
    78 5 Warner's "Night and Day at the Capitol is 12,000 feet of song and colour artistry on the career of Cole Porter, popular contemporary American composer. 1 He is impersonated by Englishman Cary Grant. Monty Woolley takes the acting and Olnny Simms the singing honours. The film,
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    The Long And Short Of The Hair Slump
    300 5 By Our Woman Correspondent pHINESE hair-vendors in Singapore are experiencing a slump. They blame modern Chinese girls who have cut their long tresses for the bobbed permanent wave. Today, only the few remaining old-fashioned Chinese patronise the road-side hair-goods stalls. They buy
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    Sea Belle Off ToP.I.Today
    115 5 COMPLETELY fitted out v* for a new sea career, the pre-war Governor's yacht, Sea Belle 11. leaves Singapore this morning for Cebu, Philippines. Travelling on board will be her new owner, Mr. Robert M. Morrison, who purchased the vessel from the Singapore Government for U.S. $50,000.
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    Malayan Navy Discussions
    94 5 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR Wed TTHE Federation Govern. 1 ment is being kept fully informed of all discussions between Singapore and the Flag Officer. Malaya, on the creation of a Malayan Navy. A Government spokesman salfi today he believed ibe question of recruitment had The
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    41 5 Mr. Jack Evans, newly-ap-pointed Film Censor for Singapore and the Malayan Federation, who has taken no his duties m Sngapore. Mr. Evans, former films officer of the Public Relations Departments, was selected from 50 applicants for the position. Straits Times picture.
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    'Face-Cleaning' For Secretariat
    152 5 THE Singapore Secretariat is having its face cleaned m time for use by the new Legislative Council. The last time It was paUted was well over 10 years ago. The yellow colour will give way to pale grey to match the stone of the Supreme Court and
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  • Obituary
    DEATHS
    57 6 R P. Brash of Penanjj Hill, died 10th March. 1948. Funeral 9 am. Thursday TAN.—At his residence No. 13 Bibby Road. Raub, on Bth March. 1848. at 9.10 p.m.. TAN TIONG. J.P.. aged 78. beloved father of TAN SWEE and TAN CHING TIN. Funeral March 12, the cortege will
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Thurs., Mar. 11,1948 "ANTI-BRITISH" POLITICIANS
    1058 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Thurs., Mar. 11, 1948 "ANTI-BRITISH" POLITICIANS A point of some importance has arisen m the controversy between the Straits Times and the AMCJA-PUTERA coalition over their statement on the communal problem. By now our readers will feel that they have heard more than enough about what
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    NEW IRRIGATION ENGINEERS
    132 6 LONDON. March 1. Having served with the Royal Air Force until 1947, for part of the time in Singapore, Mr P. I. Read, of Dublin, Is returning to Malaya, having just been appointed to the Colonial Service as an engineer in the Drainage and Irrigation Department. Educated
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    "ONE MAN, ONE VOTE'
    997 6 By A Political Correspondent CINGAPOREisinthe v middle of what, for Singapore, is a new form of political activity the election of six of its Legislative Councillors. The system is based very largely on the long experience which Britain has had in converting the variety of political
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      Penang Advises Singapore: Go To The Polls
      386 6 IT seems clear that those who launched the boycott for the election of members to the new reformed and enlarged Singapore Legislative Council did so in a light-hearted manner without realising all its implications. To ensure success it must' I have the active
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      BUTTER ON THE RATION
      96 6 IN your issue of Feb. 28, it was stated that private butter ration cards should be handed to the j Food Control Department by March 6. This I did and a surprise was In store for me and a great many people. We were informed by
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      APAMACHAM?
      137 6 AMBULATOR'S criticism! n m your issue dated' March 1, and your comments thereon were very interesting indeed. As a Malay, I must also appreciate your effort to enlighten many of your readers with a limited knowledge of the Malay language, instead of Just sitting on the fence. Anglo-Malay pundits
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      DR. CLARKE ON SARCASM IN COUNCIL
      238 6 DR. CLARKE ON SARCASM IN COUNCIL Ikave just received the Straits Budget of Feb. 5.1 shall be much obliged If you will kindly correct a mistake m your leader of Feb. 3, m which you state: "We recall an occasion m the old Council! Chamber m Empress j 'Place when
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      INDIAN MUSIC
      33 6 I AM tired of hearing repeated Tamil recorded music from Radio Malaya. I think, m fairness to the Northern Indians more broadcasts of Hindustani music should be given. NORTHERN INDIAN. Singapore.
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      FOR THE ELECTORATE
      128 6 THERE is high pressure canvassing for votes these 1 days and often voters are placed m embarrassment by having been approached by rival candidates. For the relief of such embarrassment the verse quoted below is .suggested as "A Prayer for the Electorate." God give us men. The
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    MATHEMATICS FOR VOTERS
    267 6 AS a voter m the forthcoming Singapore elections I have just received some information which! causes me to wonder if the man (or men) for whom I wish to vote will be elected, should others like my-j self make up a majori' y of j voters for
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      33 6 WHY YOU CAR SEE CLEARLY BUT EYES FEEL UflCOMFORTABLE? LET US ANALYSE YOUR CASE ELIMINATE YOUR TROUBLE! C. S. CHONG. OPT. D. Fully equipped with complete nt° dern eye examination and training Instruments.
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      191 6 FLEAS AND BUGS IVlan is the recognised meat of blood-suckers like fleas, bugs and lice, and his property and ihe crumbs ihai fall from his table feed an army of insect pests. History shows plauil> how parasitic insects have, for example, by spreading typhus and pfcifM from rat to human
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    STRICTER IMMIGRANT MEASURES
    260 7 Surprise Visits On Suspects CTRICTER control will be imposed on women immigrants and adopted Chinese girls when more investigators are acquired by Social Welfare Department, Singapore. A Social Welfare official said yesterday that half-a-dozen investigators would be needed. They will augment the existing: overworked staff. Applications for
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    Gift From A King Stolen
    86 7 A GOLD and silver cigarette case, presented by King Farouk of Egypt, was among valuables lost by Mrs. Allr-n of the City Book Store. Singapore, yesterday morning. The cigarette case was in Mrs. Allen's handbag, which was taken from her desk drawer in the shoo.
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    Six Journalists To Tour U.K.
    358 7 SIX Malayan journalists will leave Malaya by air early m April to make a month's concentrated torn of the United Kingdom as guests of the British rnment, it was officially announced yesterday. The journalists who will go on the tour are: Mr Lcsli? Hoflman (Straits
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    28 7 The Singapore Coroner (Mr. W. G. Porter) yesterday recorded a finding of misadventure on two Chinese who were killed m a collision at Bidadari Cemetery on Feb. 26.
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    43 7 A section of the crowd of over 500 office workers who attended the anti-election meeting of the Malayan Democratic Union held at Empress Place yesterday afternoon. Mr. Gerald de Cruz, representing the Malayan Democratic Union is seen addressing the meeting Straits Times picture.
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    40 Years In Malaya AsReligiousWorker
    204 7 AFTER 40 years of religious work m Malaya, Mr. Ernest Tipson, Secretary of the Malayan Agency of the British and Foreign Bib'e Society, is retiring at the end of this month. An outstanding Chinese scholar, Mr. Tipson came to Malaya in 1908 as a m
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    BAIL OPPOSED FOR PUBLIC SERVANT
    47 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Wednesday Wan Hamid bin Uda, a public servant of Johore, appeared yesterday before the District Judge (Mr. W. B Sutherland). He was charged with theft of 33 tons of diesel oil valued at $3,427. Hearing was adjourned, bail being opposed.
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    Major Silent In Mass Killing Trial
    105 7 Major Silent In Mass Killing Trial SIXTY- YEAR-OLD Majoi Keiji Mizuno, when called upon to make his defence before a War Crimes Court in the Singapore Supreme Court yesterday, elected to remain silent. Maj. Mizuno is charged with being concerned in the massacre of 177 Chinese between Feb. 18 and
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    Jobless In Singapore
    145 7 TH E unemployment figures in Singapore have been exaggerated in certain reports in the pres* recently, the Commissioner of Labour (Mr. R. P. Bingham) said yesterday "Since the registration of unemployed re-started after the war, right from the B.M.A. days, the total is about 90.000 who have
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    St. Andrew's Has Deficit
    197 7 THE general lund account of St. Adrev^ Cathedral, which was rea/J at the annual parochia 1 meeting held last night at the Y.M.C.A., Orchard Road, showed a deficit of $16,767,85 for the period! ended Dec. 31, 1947. Suggestions were put forward to enable the church to
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    Experts To Help Maimed
    212 7 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wed., IMPORTANT develop- 1 1 ments m serving people w'.th lost limbs m Malaya were disclosed by Mr. J. A. P. Cameron, surjreon, Selangor, m a talk to the Kuala Lumpur, Rotary Club today. A skilled mechanic from the principal
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      U.S. Sailors Find Colony Expensive
      141 7 SINGAPORE is one of the most expensive places m the world, according to members of United States Task Force 38 which leaves Singapore this morning for Ceylon after a three-day visit. Many of the men have complained bitterly of the high prices in Singapore, and
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      Business Tour
      66 7 THE retiring piesident of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Lee Kong Chian, is going abroad snortly. Mr. Lee will go on a protracted business tour of the States and Europe. He will fly direct to the States to be able to attend at least one of
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      Accidents
      84 7 TOHORE BAHRU, Wednes- day. There were no fatal motor accidents m Johore Bahru district during February. The total number of accl- dents for the month was 27 in which 16 persons were injured, including two children. None of these cases was serious. In January 87 motor accidents were recorded
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      Sun's Birthday
      73 7 TWO of Dr. Sun Vat Sen's greatest speeches, "Advioe to the Chinese Nation, and "The Principles of Saving China", will be broadcast by Radio Malaya and Nanking during Dr. Sun's birthday celebrations on Nov. 12. The recordings of these speeches were made while Dr. Sun was delivering them.
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    NELSON AND OUR POLICE
    88 7 The Singapore Police Force must adopt Nelson's motto, "Find the enemy and sink them," *n their nght against crime, said the Deputy Commii>sioner of Police (Mr. B. M. B. O'Connell) at the annual Singapore Police Inspectors' dinner last night. With this strategy, said Mr. O'Connell. they
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    Gurkhas Arrive In Singapore
    210 7 "^EARLY 1,100 officers and men, comprising the 11 main body of the Gurkha Regiment, arrived m Singapore last night on board the troopship Strathnaver. The ship will be escorted by Royal Air Force planes to Godowns 1 and 2 of the Harbour Board wharves when she
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    BURIAL WITH HONOURS
    120 7 A police burial will be accorded to a 20-year-old Singapore Indian special constable, C. S. Dasen, who died yesterday morning in the General Hospital. He was accidentally shot at the Hongkong Bank on Tuesday. He died from a wound in the neck when a Filipino special constable,
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    Council Of World Affairs
    275 7 A MALAY A Council of World Affairs will be inaugurated on Sunday in Singapore. r will promote the study of Malayan, Asian and international questions, provide a fo- r.nj for discussion of diverse i types of opinions on human affairs, and engage in research. The inaugural
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    35 7 Mr. V P. Abdullah. Independent candidate for Muni- cipal North-Eas*. will hold an election meeting today at 5.30 p.m. on the vacant Toi'nd at the junction of Hindoo Road. Norris Road and Kampong Kapur Road.
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      A TOWN RISES FROM ITS ASHES
      1031 8  - A TOWN RISES FROM ITS ASHES Sandakan m 1948 By SUSAN SCOT SKIR VING CAIL into Sandakan v Harbour with Berhala Island's sheer cliff to starboard and your first impression is of strength. Berhala's towering palisade might be symbolic of Sandakan's people; foi these people have emerged from the misery
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      Prime Minister on Britain's Troubles
      232 8 '"THE first outstanding fact of our 1 natinn /Rritaini is thi<- thoro is ii? 'T'' i!lio« i frffii an alarming adverse balance of trade. "To meet these conditions there is but one thing, and that is Increased production. m ouTESJ! m ?i USttIFXSfSZS W|S^:rccSSS£j Tore:
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      SELF-GOVERNMENT IN PULAU KETAM
      642 8 SELF-GOVERNMENT IN PULAU KETAM Reproduced From THE MALAYAN PICTORIAL OBSERVER DULAU KETAM, or Crab Island, approximately six square miles in area, is situated about 16 miles west of Port Swettenham. Its inhabitants, approximately ten thousand, are exclusively Chinese, but unlike most other inhabited islands on the west coast of Malaya,
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      Worked too hard
      271 8 IN Sydney at the turn of the century Chinese craftsmen worked round the clock, pausing only to snatch a few hours sleep. Their marathon labour provoked legislation under which two Australians were fined recently for having worked after hours in their own furniture factories. Chinese manufacture is
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    MESSIAH FOR THE MORONS
    296 9  -  F. L. Green (Michael Joseph, A FRAGMENT OF 6d.) If freshness in writing means that the au thor writes a ninth novel as if it were the reflector. of first, F. L. Green is full of freshness. "A Fragment of Glass" is his primeval mirror. This
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      SEAGRIM OF THE KARENS
      1041 9  -  Reviewed by D.E. STEWART GRANDFATHER LONGLEGS by lan Morrison (Faber and Faber, London, 12s. 6d.) TAN Morrison was one of the few war corres- pondents who saw the Japanese debacle in Burma from beginning to end. He travelled the triumphant road cleared by Indian, British and
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      "THEMIDDLE EAST"
      581 9 MIDDLE EAST JOURNEY by R. Goold Adams (Murray, $9). SAUDI ARABIA by K. S. Twftchell (Princeton, $8). IT'S strange how the 1 old names go on! "The Middle East," that sublime conceit of the European, still carries the name even though that part of the world might better
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      WORDS,WORDS
      84 9 IT is as dangerous for people unaccustomed to handling words to tinker about with these heavily charged nuclei of emotional power as it would be for me to burst Into a laboratory end play about with a machine highly charged with electrical force. We have a population that is
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      483 9 Undernourishment not m my family! 2)/ff jfe* s <^Z. £j U$J because there is enough food m \<2^ =a '^B your house does not mean that your B family is properly nourished. Doctors I^iV *&**~fiJ will tell you that quality is even more C^n yvJl important than quantity, and that
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      580 9 third suit, '< North r.ghtly figured that there was no material duplication of values in clubs, and on the strength of his good holding in Souths three suits, jumped to six hearts. Souths grandslam commitment was a fantastic stab, considering his own acelessness and further considering all the •■driving" that
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    Britain's Film Industry Is "In Danger"
    311 10 Britain's Film Industry Is "In Danger" GOVERNMENT MAY REQUISITION STUDIOS T ONDON, Wed.— The British Government b |jl considering requisitioning studios whic* are not co-operating in the drive for increasec film production. This illustrates the dangerous situation of Britain's film industry Here are some facts: Seven smaller studios capable of
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    45 10 BOUQUETS: Metro actress Dorothy Patrick's fifth screen role is also her fifth leading role. Following her performance as Mrs. Jerome Kern m "Till The Clouds Roll By" she plays the romantic lead with Tom Drake m a new Wallace Beery comedy called "Alias A Gentleman."
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      Objection:
      42 10 BARBARA Briton is suing Paramount for S. $500,000. The actress says the studio failed to give her star billing with Randolph Scott m "Albuquerque." Barbara is asking the courts to restrain Paramount from releasing this super-Western until her billing is settled.
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      Award:
      32 10 COX chief Darryl Zanuck has won the Thomas Jefferson Award for advancement of democracy m the field of arts. The reason Zanuck's production of "Gentleman' 3 Agreement," a film indicting anti-Semi-tism.
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      Premiere:
      99 10 OLTVIER'S "Hamlet" will nave Its premiere simultaneously m Sydney and London. The date, although not yet fixed, will probably be early m April. Olivier is expected to attend the Sydney first nieht. Before he left England with the Old Vie. Company for his Australian stage tour. Olivier saw the
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      Visit:
      18 10 IT'S a boy, to be named 1 Thomas, for the John Paynes (she is Gloria de Haven).
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      Research:
      46 10 RESEARCH experts delved through 300 books to learn the battle strategy, number of men and weapons involved, and the manner m which Joan of Arc was wounded before filming of the Battle of Orleans was started for "Joan," the Sierra Pictures production starrinr Ingrid Bergman.
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      Money-Spinner:
      56 10 M oney-Spinner •vrtHE Courtneys of Curzon A Street." may make more money than any film In Britain except Gone with the Wind." "Gone with the Wind" is said to have grossed £10,000,000 m world takings. The gross m Britain for the Wilcox film is said to be about £1.300,000, representing
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      Oversize?
      52 10 CECIL Kellaway, 14 stone, Is playing a leprechaun m "For Fear Of Little Men." Leprechauns, those Irish pixies, are sup Dosed to be only nine inches hieh— and light m proportion. Says director Henry Koster: "Until somebody shev me a real leprechaun. I'm maintaining that Kellawav is just the
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      Precaution:
      69 10 DICK POWELL has an array of bruises, bumps and blemishes. He received the "injuries" In a fight with Guinn ("Big Boy") Williams which has not yet taken place for "Station West." The director is saving the fight for the last days of shooting m case the principals really get
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    Down?
    97 10 I ONDON, Wed.— Both L J. Arthur Rank and Sir Alexander Korda may shortly relinquish their film thrones. Several resporsibie, financial, and film sources give this tip. Rarjc and Korda may make way for new "strong men." The reason precipitating tins crisis is the City of London's present lack
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    The Life Of Shakespeare
    100 10 1949 PROJECT: NEW YORK, Wed.— Ex-paramount producer P. J. Wolfson plans an independent film on the life of Shakespeare. He told me yesterday he would make the film both here and in E., gland in 1949 after spending a year on research and the scrint. Mr.
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    30 10 ROMAICS-- Millionaire Bob Topping escorts Luna Turner to a Hollywood premiere. Topping is divorcing wife Arline Judge to marry Turner, recently suspended by Metro. He will become her third husband.
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    50-Foot Waves In Polar Film
    82 10 v^NBKKKA. Motion experts describe scenes of a small supply ship of the Antarctic expedition struggling against 50-foot waves m a 100mile an hour gale as the most thrilling ever shot at •ea. A young ex-war photo- gruphcr, David Eastman, aboard LST 3501 shot the storm
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      87 10 RADIO MALAYA S'FORI 10.55 a.m. to 12 noon. Schools' Broadcast; l p.m. Radio Orchestra: 1 44 Ambrose Orch.: 8.25 Calling All Hospitals: 9 00 TTMA: 9 45 Porum of the Air: 10.90 Ivor Novello A His Music: 11 00 Close RADIO MALAYA Jt-L. 1 P.m. Bee Spore. 8 35 MUWert
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      115 10 Plays Films: 45 Weekly 6ioiy of Life In London: 9.30 Radio Newsreel: 945 British Concert Hall. 11.00 Scottish Half Hour: 11 30 Newt. Analysis, The Efcoaomlc Scene: 13 Midnight Musi--In Miniature; 13 45 am Clow. RADIO SKAC t a.m. Music: 845 Morninv Star; 9 Merry-Go- Round: 9 45 BBC 1.T.M.A.:
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      106 10 Crossword: 9.30 BBC Radio Newsreel: 9 45 MasQueraders: 10 SEAC Theatre: 11 Rr Dancers Only: 11.45 Close RADIO AOSTRALIA Tw« SUtiMM— 5OO HiU from the Movies: 5.15 The Australian Scene: 5.30 Forces' Favourites; 530 Familiar Music: 5.50 Women* Newsletter: 6 00 rhe Swing .Show: 6.45 Composer Performs PrlU KreWer; 7.00
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    LONDON STOCKS
    333 11 LONDON, Wednesday. |>RICES thronffhout most I sections of the London stock markets were inclined to move lower in the absence of interest yesterday as market circles awaited publication of the Government economic review, says Renter's financial correspondent. Following were the closing middle prices of selected stocks as supplied
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    Export To India To Be Re-Started?
    243 11 Produce Market From A Market Correspondent THE outlook on the sago floor market improved yester- day. Indian merchant* covered in with preliminary orders. This «u* rested the first signs of the Indian Government re-imuinr Import permits for Malayan produce. Business, however, was confined to
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    QUIETNESS IN SHARES
    99 11 From Out Market Correspondent SINGAPORE. Wed. THE loesl share market continued quiet today with both Tins and Industrials easier. Comparatively little business was transacted. Changes in quotation given by the Malayan Sharebrokerß* Association were: INDUSTRIALS Bayer B.B. Petrol 43/3 Raffles Hotel 2.87*4 Robinson Oo Ord. 7.90 Straits
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    Mercantile Bank Div.
    35 11 A second and final dividend oi flve per cent, making 10 per cent for the year 1947, has been declared by the board of directors of the Mercantile Bank of India, Ltd.
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    Jelebu Tin Output
    26 11 The output of tin ore from the Jelebu Tin Dredging Company's dredge for the quarter to Feb. 29, 1948, amounted to 383 piculs.
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      728 11 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. (Incorporated In Singapore) BLUE FUNNEL UNE SAILINGS PROM U.K. AND U.S.A. "Teag 14M* From U.K Gdn. 40 -Menesthear From U.K Gnd. 15 T.lsoeas" Da« from UJK. Mar. 14 "Aletßoas* Das from U. B. A Mar. SI "Gfeaogfer Dae from U.K Mar. 30 SAILINGS FOR LIVERPOOL, GLASGOW AND
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    New Peanang Griffins
    144 12 lly EPSOM JEEP rTHI.r THl. t'enang Turf Club may import another batch ot Knp.lish griffins. Knglish griffins shown their capabilities on the Malayan Turf, producing such champions as Pure (iolri. winner of the Anniversary Cup, Aviemcre. Sunshine Sue and Herbe Folle. Re.-i-nt English importations for the Malayan
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    VAGABOND'S BID
    45 12 PARIS. Wednesday. M. Victor Datum, owner of Vagaoond 11. told Reuter today that his horse mould run m the Lincolnshire Handicap on Saturday and that it would be ridden by Jacques Doyasbcre. Vagabond n will leave for England by air tomorrow morning. Reuter
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    KOREAN WINS
    40 12 HONOLULU, Wednesday. Chung Bok Soo. the Korean •windmill," knocked out Kid Vicentes of Manila with a loopixi t left m two minutes and 50 second: of the second round of a scheduled eight-round bout last night —A P.
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    TIGERS GAIN FOUR-NIL VICTORY
    369 12 Fine Display By Goalkeeper THE Tiger Sporting Association scored their second consecutive vfctory in the S.A.F.A. First Division League yesterday, when they beat GHQ Signals by the convincing margin of four-nil at the Jalan Besar Stadium. Speedy in attack and sound in defence, the Tigers led
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    46 12 Joe Louis, the worid heavyweight champion, presents a priie to L/Cpl. Ron Bebbington. the British Army middleweight champion, after he had won the middleweight title of the A.A. Command at the Albert Hall. Bebbington is sitting on the lap of the British film star, Stewart Granger.
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    BADMINTON FIXTURES
    127 12 TH£ following are ties (or next Monday in the Singapore Malays' badminton tournament: Salleh Long and A. Rahman Rashin iSe-nyum 8.P.) v. Kadir Maric&n and Buang Hassan Gray B P.): Salleh Kassim and Zain Alsagoff (Muhibbah 8.P.) v. M. Noor A. Bakar and Pa 'at Radi (Srlding B
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    U.S. GOLF RESULT
    38 12 MIAMI. Florida. Wednesday.— Jim Ferrier »r,d Cary MiddlecofT won the 110,000 Miami interns. ttonal four-ball golf tournament by one up over 36 holes. They defeated Ellsworth Vines, the former tennis star, and Ld Furgol— UP.
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    Singapore A Selection Centre
    183 12 Singapore A Selection Centre SHANGHAI Wednesday. SELECTION of athletes ■J to represent China at the Olympic Games this year ha> already begun, and officials of the China National Amateur Athletic Federation have been sent to major cities in China to establish offices for tht preliminary selection ol candidates. According to
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    JOHORE WILL HOLD TRIALS
    131 12 JOHORE BAHRU, Wednesday. The proposal to hold a Johore Chinese Olympic sports meeting has been abandoned. Instead, "qualification tryouts" will take place at Batu Pahat on March 19 and 20. Selected teams and individuals from all districts in the State will participate, and on their performances
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    EXPELS PLAYER
    39 12 LANSING MICHIGAN. Wednesday. The National Hockey League president. Clarence S. Campbell, yesterday expelled Billy Taylor, New York Ranger hockey player, and suspended Don Gallinger of the Boston Bruins, on charges of being associated with gamblers. A. P.
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    CHAMPION SAILS
    33 12 COLOMBO, Wednesday— Albert Perera. Ceylon's bantamweight champion, sailed for England early this month to participate in the London Amateur Boxing Association championships. He will also take part in English championships. Reuter.
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    "Let's Call Off Olympics "
    358 12 "Let' s Call Off Olympics NEW YORK, Wednesday. THE Olympic Games have outlived their usefulness, if any, Stanley) Frank writes m the March: issue of Cosmopolitan Maßa7im\ Frank, a former sports columnist and war correspondent of the New. York Post, recalls that the original Olympic Games were abolished by Roman
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    BATU PAHAT TENNIS
    122 12 BATU PAHAT TENNIS BATU PAHAT, Wednesday. The Batu Pahat Lawn Tennis Association, at a meeting last night, confirmed the decision to start a tournament on April 15. Entries are to close on April 7. The events decided upon are open singles and doubles, junior singles and doubles and, if entries
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    S.I.A. FIXTURE
    80 12 The Singapore Indian Association's Üble tennis team will ueet toe Johor* Postal and Tttammmunications Recreation Club la Johore Bahru on Sunday at 10.30 ajn. Players and supporters are to assemble at the Association premises 8, Race Course Lane, for transport, which leaves at 9.30 a.m. Tne Indian team
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    Draw For New S.T.C. Griffins
    314 12 THE Singapore Turf Club's new batch of 20 three1 year-old griffins were drawn for at the Bukit Timah stables yesterday evening. A large number of mem- c bers were present. The secretary of the Singapore Turf Club, Mr. C. A. Niven, conducted the draw. which
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    Substitutes Favoured
    145 12 LONDON. Wednesday. HPHE recent crop of in1 juries in Football League matches and Cup ties, which culminated in the fiasco of Third Division Queen's Park Rangers finishing with only five sound men against Derby County last Saturday, has resulted in the old bone of contention soccer substitutes being
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    Hard Fight In Men's Doubles
    340 12 S.LT.A. INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS LIM Bong So >, Singapore s singles champion from 1930 to 1935, figured in a hard-fougfot men's doubles tie in the Singapore Lawn Tennis Association s indoor tournament at the Happy World stadium last night. Partnered by Wee Eng Lock, he beat
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    Colonies In NRA Shoots
    237 12 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. rfiHE National Rifle AssociaX tlon will hold its overseas rifle and revolver Postal matches again this year. The matches may be fired separately and concurrently with another competition of exactly the same conditions on any one day between Jan.
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    TEAMS FOR CRICKET
    249 12 ri following have been selected to play cricket for the Singapore Colts against the Ceylon Sports Club on Saturday at 2 p.m. at Balestier plain: Pat Johnson, Dennis Ash, Tham Koon Poh. Harry Pang, John Derbyshire, Ivor Kraal, Ronnie Duck*. O. Woodford. Jim De Souza. Thomas and
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    NEGRO IN U.S. TOURNAMENT
    105 12 NEW YORK. Wednesday. PR the first time In the 67year history of the United States Lawn Tennis Association, a Negro has been admitted to the national indoor championship, opening here next Thursday. Itte Negro player, Dr. Reginald S. Weir of New York, will be among the
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    Sports Diary
    55 12 TODAY SOCCER: S.A.r.A. League, Div. I—Malays v. B.A.F. Seietar, Jalao Besar Stadium. S p.m.; S.C.F.A. Inter-district Leagse. "B": McK^nrle Ro:> I v. Jeilieoe Bead. GeyUng Stadium, 5 p.m.; Christian Brothers Old Beys t. St. Joseph's Institution vJ.I. ground. 9 p m TENNIS: 8 L T A Indoor Cfcsni»li«lilps,
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    TRYOUTS IN TENNIS
    101 12 ~OME of the besi Chinese C tennis players In Malaya have boen tnvit;d to take part in the Chinese tennis trials to be held in Singapore from the 22nd to the 26th of this month. These invitations followed the decision of the Singapore Chinese Amateur Sports Federation
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    34 12 John li"i,ur. Australian Olympic hope, equals the Commonwealth's record for the 100 yards. 9.6 seconds. He had passed all pacemakers after running 70 yards and ran his own race over the last 30 yards.
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