The Straits Times, 28 April 1948

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    17 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED IS4S fcKiHl PAGES SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, APRIL IMS PRICE TEN CENTS
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    "PROTECTION CORPS": COURT STORY
    2167 1 Sequel To Police Raids DOCUMENTS stated to have been seized by the Singapore Criminal Investigation Department refer to an alleged illegal society known as the Singapore Workers' Protection Corps as the "backbone of trade unionism m Singapore, the Great Wall of the trade union movement, and
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    119 1 THt LONG LOAD: An 83 ft long, 108-ton steel oil refiner tower had to be towed 38 miles on a 16-wheel trailer to reach the Royal Albert Docks, one mile away, for shipment to Venezuela. The detour was made because the bridges at the lower end of the Thames were
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    Six More Cases Of Polio
    233 1 Six More Cases Of Polio SIX addi tonal cases of infantile paralysis were reported yesterday m Singapore, bringing the total for the- past 11 days to 21. Th<* latest victims are from red parts of the city They comprise one Malay aault. one European adult, MM Chinese adult, two Chinese
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    PRECAUTIONS IN TRIESTE
    70 1 TRIESTE, Tuesday. Allied authorities today ordered the partial closing of the entire frontier of the Anglo-Ame-rican zone of free territory here m another effort to prevent Communist infiltratiun for the May Day weekend. The frontier closing supplemented yesterday's special orders to American and British troops, placing a
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    Council Critics Defeated On Petrol Ration Issue
    461 1 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. THE Federal Legislative Council, by a majority vote 1 on a show of hantts*. today defeated a motion I 1 filing ~**JC/*^MCBF*"^CT~-^^Wi»Mjßs x 4W4JMAy4M( *^y Government" ia issuing petrol coupons for April only, instead of for
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    U SAW TO DIE
    44 1 RANGOON, Tuesday.— The Burmese Supreme Court today rejected the application to appeal against his death sentence submitted by U Saw, the ex-Burmese Premier, sentenced for his part m the murder of Aung San and Burmese Cabinet Ministers last July.— Reuter.
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    54 Reds Killed
    163 1 RANGOON, Tuesday. A GOVERNMENT communique today said that Government troops, killed 54 Communists »ndj wounded 80 others m a major clash 70 miles north of Rangoon. The communique said another 49 Communists were cantured m a battle which took place near Dalk-U. Reports reaching here said that
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    British Officer Shot Dead
    231 1 British Officer Shot Dead JERUSALEM, Tuesday. CAPT. R. B. Leggett, a retired British naval officer, who came to Palestine last week to accept a consular appointment when the Mandate ends, was shot dead by Arabs near Barclay's Bank m the heart of Jerusalem today. A British Public Works official was
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    £250,000 BANK ROBBERY
    99 1 TEL AVIV, Tuesday.— The biggest single robbery ever to be carried out m a Jewish city was staged today m the heart of Tel Aviv by Stern Gang gunmen who carried £250,000 sterling from the safes of Barclay's Bank m Allenby Street. The robbers came dressed a3
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    Grenade Thrown Into Coffee Shop: 9 Injured
    134 1 Grenade Thrown Into Coffee Shop: 9 Injured IJINE people were injured, including a woman, when a hand-grenade was thrown into a coffee shop at the corner of Deli and Anson Roads at 9.15 last night. The Straits Times understands that the police arrested a Javanese who was alleged to have
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    Rubber Talks End Tomorrow
    121 1 WASHINGTON, Tues. AT the fifth meeting of the International Rubber Study Group here yesterday the chairman of the present session (Mr. Donald Kennedy) said the group would try to complete its consideration of the world's rubber problems m four days and hold a press conference on
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    36 1 KOBE. Tuesday. Lieut. Gen. Robert L. Eichelberger today ordered a halt to demonstrations of any kind by either Koreans or Japanese m Osaka or Kobe, where riots have taken place during the past few days. A.P.
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    STOLEN WAGES RECOVERED
    44 1 VALETTA, Malta. Tuesday. —A large part of the £127.000 dockyard wages stolen by armed bandits on Thursday has been recovered. After the theft, the Royal Navy drew a cordon round the island and the authorities offered a reward of £5.000.— Reuter.
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    S.H.B. Asks For Names
    59 1 S.H.B. Asks For Names The Governor of -Singapore (Sir Franklin Gimson) told the Straits Times yesterday that the Singapore Harbour Board had asked all labourers willing to work to register their names with the Board by Friday. "These names, I believe, will form the basis of any new labour force."
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      Ship's Steward's Murder Appeal Quashed
      153 2 LONDON, Tuesday. THE Court of Appeal yesterday qu ashed an nppeal by James Camb, 1 ship's steward, against his conviction for the high-seas murder of the London actress, Eileen Gay Gibson. The Lord Chief Justice, (Lord Goddard) said that the unexplained disappearance of the girl's
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      Nazis Freed
      62 2 WASHINGTON. TuesdayTwo convicted Nazi saboteurs who landed from submarines on the east coast of the United States in June 19«. have been free^ from prison and allowed to return to Germany The mer., Ernest Burger and George Dasch, were among eight men rounded ud as saboteurs after being
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      Ashes Error
      60 2 BERLIN. Tuesday. A Berlin housewife tried to make coffee with the powder she found in an unlabelled tin In a food parcel from America. It was not a success. Today she received a letter from her sister, telling her the tin contained her grandmother's ashes. "She always wanted
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      Unexploded Shell
      49 2 This unexploded shell, found 800 yards from the much -disputed Palestine village of Kastel. is said to be the first photographed evid- ence that the Arabs are using 25-pounder guns. The sheU landed, but did not explode, 75 feet from Haeanah headquarters at Ana. Planet News photo.
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      P.M. Dismissed
      51 2 KARACHI. Tuesday— Muhammad Ayyub Khuhro. Prime Minister of the pro- vince of Sind. has been dismissed for "maladministration, gross misconduct in discharge of his duty and corruption" a communique from the Sind Governor's Secretariat announced last night. The dismissal was made under orders from the Gover-nor-General. (Mr. Jinnah).—
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      Husband Traced
      60 2 LONDON. Tuesday A young Turkish woman. Meline Attaryan. of Istanbul, waited at London airport yesterday while officials tried to trace her English husband in London. She did not know his address and had no English money. Her husband was traced to an address in Kengsington and later she
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      Stowaway's Claim
      103 2 LONDON. Tuesday John William Willard Kent. 40, chemist, claimed he was the "grandson of John Kent, a brother of Queen Victoria" when charged at West Ham Court yesterday with stowing away on the Highland Chieftain at Buenos Aires. He said that In 1941 In New York he had
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    THE KING'S 'HAPPINESS'
    462 3 The Queen: 'My Deep Thanks LONDON, Tuesday. KING GEORGE, broadcasting last night on his silver wedding, said that at times his task would have been almost too heavy but for the strenfth and comfort which he had always found m his home. Sitting beside the Queen before
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    RED BID TO WRECK SHANGHAI POWER
    62 3 SHANGHAI, Tuesday. Thirteen people arrested by the Garrison Command on charges of being Communist agents were handed over to the newly-established Special Criminal Tribunal yesterday for triaL Most of them were said to be workers allegedly involved m a Communist attempt to create havoc
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    U.S. SOLDIERS CHARGED
    71 3 FRANKFURT, Tuesday.— The trial of the two United States soldiers accused of breaking into the Russian Mission here on April 17 has been postponed to May 8. The two soldiers are CpL John Murphy, of Indianapolls, and Pie. Ist Class Robert Osolinski, of New Jersey. Both are
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    'AID' PILOT BALES OUT
    49 3 FRANKFURT, Tuesday.— Thirty United States fighter planes left Germany yesterday for Ankara tm part of United States military aid for Turkey. One developed engine trouble and the pilot Lieut. Lawrence Sorrels, of California baled out between Innsbruck and Bolzane. Italian troops found him, uninjured. UP.
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    Malayan Shoes Are Australian Sensation
    315 3 By Our Woman Correspondent f OCALLY -manufactured lizard-skin shoes are being sold m Australia at an average of $70 a pair. Singapore women may buy the same shoes fox The 'taoveKy" footwear is chained a 60 per cent import duty plus 10 per cent primage
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Wed., Apr. 28, 1948. FRUSTRATIONS IN TRAFFIC
    1053 4 The Straits Times Singapore, Wed., Apr. 28, 1948. FRUSTRATIONS IN TRAFFIC The first annual review of traffic problems m Singapore that we have had since the war was issued last week-end. It came from the Traffic Advisory Committee, a body which was first created m 1939 and was reconstituted early
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    A.B.M. INVITATION TO MALAYANS
    117 4 The annual dinner and dance of the Association of British Malaya will be held at i Grosvenor House, Park, London, W.I. on Monday, June 7. The dinner will take the form of a buffet dinner which will be served at separate tables. The buffet will be
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    Abdication Crisis Throws A Gloom Over Britain
    1925 4  -  Rt. Hon. Winston Churchill THE SECOND WORLD WAR-11 By The In November, 1936, Mr. Baldwin, with what he himself called appalling frankness," admitted m the House of Commons that he had misled the country three years earlier about rearmament. Headed by Mr. Churchill,
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      Income Tax Demands: Fiasco Or Fireworks?
      456 4 T SEE that the Comptroller of Income Tax is still uttering threats against those people who have not obeyed the Government's command to trot meekly along to the Post Office, collect forms announcing that they are liable to tax and send them to the
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      A PARADOX IN DOLLARS
      176 4 COME of your readers will be interested m the following extract from the "Economist" dated February 28 last "Rubber is a very important dollar-earner for the British sterling area Exports to the United States m 1947, which came largely from Malaya, totalled $266 million, and it
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    'DISTURBING FACTOR': GOVERNOR
    194 5 Grenade Thrown At S.H.B. Men A GRENADE throwing incident as workers were leaving the Singapore Harbour Board premises on Monday was last night commented on by the Governor of Singapore (Sir Franklin Gimson). He said: "It is a new and disturbing factor m industrial relations m Singapore
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    May Day Ban Protests
    230 5 THE Singapore Federation of Trade Unions say they 1 are going ahead with their plans for a May Day procession. A spokesmen said yesterday that the SFTU resolution was being forwarded to Mr. McKerron by messenger. The SFTU May Day Committee yesterday decided to provide lorries
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    S.H.B. BACK TO NORMAL
    132 5 FFTEEN ships— including five new arrivals were being worked at Singapore Harbour Board wharves yesterday. The acting chairman of the Board, Mr. P. A. T. Chrimes, told the Straits Times: "Wi have sufficient labour to work, all ships at the wharves. "Everything is going on normally."
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    Studying For Higher Posts
    210 5 Studying For Higher Posts From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. OF the 40 Government students now studying abroad for higher posts, 18 are Malays the Federal Legislative Council was told today. The rest were: 11 Chinese, four Indians, four Eurasians and three Ceylonese. Thirty-four of the students were In
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    NEW TRAFFIC LIGHTS
    45 5 Starting today traffic at the intersection of High Street and North Bridge Road will be controlled by light signals. Traffic control light signals are also being installed at the Hill Street-High Street junction and the Hill Street and River Valley Road junction
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    Singapore Diary
    66 5 TOiMY Rotary, business meeting, Adelphi, 1 p.m. Society of Licenced Aircraft Engineers, Mr. Ship way, Dunlop representative on "Tyres, Wheels and Brakes," Royal Plvlng Club, 5.30 p.m. Y.W.C.A. Activities: 4 p.m. Y.W.C.A. Katong Groups Pioneers and Seniors meet at Hilda's School. Programme includes Embroidery, crotchet, knitting, singing, badminton
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    Impending Decline Of Mining
    162 5 Impending Decline Of Mining From Our Stall Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. THE Federal Government 1 is considering setting up a committee to advise on the general policy regarding land alienation for tin mining. T i was disclosed by the Acting Economic Adviser, (Mr. F. 8. MacFadzean) In the Federal Legislative
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    DECISION ON PENANG
    63 5 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. The Federation Government's decision on the lifting of all restrictions and regulations at present hampering the trade of Penang, and to restore fully the island of Penang to its pre-war status as a free port, will be tabled at the
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    MALAY GANG AMBUSHED
    95 5 From Oar Staff Correspondent SUNGEI PATANI, Tuesday. —A police party last night ambushed a gang of five Malays suspected of having robbed a Chinese at Sungel Toh Pawang last week. The men, one of whom was armed with an axe, did not resist arrest when they were
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    CHILDREN SAW THIEF
    85 5 Children's shouts of "thief at the Singapore Swimming Club led to the arrest of a Chinese thief of car parts. This was stated at Singapore Assizes yesterday when Chew Eng Nghee, aged 19, lorry driver, of No. 337 -B Beach Road, Singapore, was sent to prison for
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    BILL STICKING FINE
    48 5 Found guilty of posting bills on to government I property, a 25-year-old Chin- ese. Chew Lai In was fined $25 by the Third Police Court Magistrate (Mr. F. Bernard I Oehlers) yesterday. Chew was found m possesi sion of 45 bills written In I Chinese.
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    CITIZENSHIP RULES DRAFTED
    65 5 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. —Regulations providing for the registration of Federal citizens have been drafted and are under consideration. This was revealed m a written reply to a question asked m the Federal Legisla- < tive Council today. Inche Mohamed Salleh bin Hakim wanted
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    War Claims Unification Bill
    292 5 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. A BILL unifying the war r\ risks insurance legis;it ion throughout the Federation and making similar provision m regard to war damage has been prepared and is under consideration, it was revealed m tile Federal Legislative Council today. Giving
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    'Army Must Take Local Advice'
    306 5 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. DEFERRING m the Federal Legislative Council toU day to Lieut .-Gen. Percival's recommendation that reinforcing units on arrival m Malaya should have attached to them an intelligence platoon of local Asians and a team of interpreters, Maj.-Gen. D.
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    24 5 FRIENDLY OVERTURE: Sir Edward Gent makes overtures of friendship to three slightly apprehensive children at the Seremban Children's Home, which he visited on Saturday.
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    New Deal For Blind Proposed
    306 5 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. TN a report on blindness m Malaya, the Department of Social Welfare recommended to the Federal Legislative Council meeting here today that the Government should make itself responsible for all blind people m the country. The report reveals
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    RODE INTO TROUBLE
    45 5 A young Chinese was apprehended by the Singapore police yesterday for riding a bicycle with a passenger. At the police station, he was recognised as being a young man who escaped arrest m November, 1947 following an alleged charge of Illegal possession.
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      Citizenship Issue In Scholarships
      293 5 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. BY 41 votes to 26, the Federal Legislative Council today defeated a proposal which sought »o reserve for Federal citizens two agricultural scholarships awarded this year. The winners of the scholarships were a Malay and a Chinese. The Council
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      Psychology Club
      65 5 UALACCA, Tuesday. A 1U meeting to form a psychology club with a prime object of "promoting friendship of all races regardless of colour, class or creed Uhrough cultural and social activities" will be held at the Methodist English School Hall on Thursday. After a taiK by Mr. P.
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      Peon Age-Limit
      48 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. —The Government is considering the recommendation of the Salaries Commission that the posts of peons and messengers be held by boys, and the suggestion that, n future, peons should be discharged at 25 so that they would be compelled to find better posts.
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    WAR DAMAGE CLAIMS
    718 6 U.K. Aid In Meeting Total Of $475,000,000 A TOTAL expenditure of $475,000,000 (approximately £55,000,000) is contemplated for the payment o f Total War damage claims m the Federation of Malaya and Singapore. "In present financial circumstan ces both H.M. Government and the I Malayan Governments' expenditure must
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    50,000 In Rubber "Army"
    178 6 From Our Own Correspondent BANGKOK, Tuesday. ABOUT 50,000 labourers are to be moved from Bangkok to Southern Siam, to help m the revival of the country's war-devas-tated rubber industry. This Is expected as the result of a scheme being worked out by the Siamese Government. The
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    Singapore Shipping
    177 6 Snips m port and shins aloneside the Singapore Harbour Beard wharves yesterday (godowns m bracket*) were: Main Wharf: Charles Dickens (31-32), discharging; Steel Architect (33-34), discharging; Eastcru Saga (36), discharging: ThalaUe (37-38), discharging. West Wharf: Heinrick Jesseoc (1-2), discharging; Benarty (4-5), discharging; Rubystone (6-7), Fengtien (8-9), discharging, Mlndoro
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    MAN FOUND STABBED
    86 6 The body of a 30-year-old Hokkien, Goh Kai Xi, with stab wounds on the face and arms, was found yesterday morning two miles from the kampong where he lived off the 13th mile, Woodlands Road The body was found by Capt. Charles G. Hocland, of the Chua
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    CHIANG KAI-SHEK CELEBRATIONS
    102 6 Singapore Chinese will celebrate on May 5, the Installation m office of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek as China's first constitutional president. The celebrations will begin with a ceremony m the mornIng at the Chinese Chamber of Commerce premises. Mass processions and entertainment will be held In the evening
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    65 6 s; l. FALI 1C: Striding out alons a Sydr.py beach is Nola Rose, 19, of Sydney, who won the title of "Miss Pacific" m the Australian Surf Girl Contest The contest was held m aid of the Australian Surf Lif e Savine Association. Nola's vital statistics are: height 5 ft
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    'LITTLE AND LATE'
    68 6 Commenting on the war damage statements, the Financial Times said today: "This is justified by the statement on two counts. "First, productive capacity m the United Kingdom is still restricted. "Secondly, there Is danger of aggravating local lnflatton." "Each of these reasons must no doubt be given
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    SOLDIER ON $1000 BAIL
    64 6 Bail of $1,000 was offered to a 19-year-old- soldier G. Bullard attached to Selarang Barracks when he. appeared m the Fourth Police Court, yesterday on a charge of theft of 54 lorry tyres valued at $3,500. He was alleged to have stolen the tyres from 223
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    TWO MEN HID 6 Ibs. OF OPIUM
    80 6 Lee Jee Tong, a 55-year-old Hyiam cook sentenced to two years' rigorous imprisonment yesterday by the First District Court Judge, Mr. E. P. Shanks, for possession of opium. When Lee was arrested on April 19 near Clifford Pier he had about four pounds
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      341 6 RADIO MALAYA SPORE Burmese; 9.45 English: News quest; 11.00 Musical Comedy nm viv« Am»Hm- i Bubber meet; 10.00 Londoo Oems 11.15 Master PUnist»N iw, P i Sno^d^TtPttf Forum: 10!W C *»*<*l Music; Artur Rubinstein; 11.30 Close. Fssinß^s^S^ £i£».fth 00 Talk "Books, PUys A 4 p.m. Dinner Music London *n? ™i
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    LONDON STOCKS
    356 7 LONDON, Tuesday. THE London Stock Exchange was dull and lifeless yesterday, the one bright feature being a si point rise to 291 of Cable and Wireless ordinary stock on strong baying, says Renter's financial correspondent. Tins were irregular to lower and rubbers were onchanged to higher. An important
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    Singapore Share Prices
    843 7 From Our Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, Tuesday. THE market was mostly confined to Industrials today. In this section most shares improved, in some cases substantially, due to the expected settlement of war damage claims. Tins remained quietly steady. Prices given by the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association were: Barer aum
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    Sago Flour Active
    230 7 Produce Market From A Market Correspondent PRM active conditions developed for Sago floor on the Singapore produce markets yesterday. Quotations for the Siak variety advanced m transactions. The pepper market tended to negotiate an incline following a return of interest. Yesterday's prices were: Rice Unclassified: No. 1
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    RUBBER
    123 7 THERE was no change m closing prices on the Singapore Rubber market yesterday. The market was again vflf steady with prices about tbe same as Monday. Sellers still held off. Closing prices were, No. 1 Sheet f.o.b. buyers 42% cents, sellers 43 cents; Spot loose buyers 42& cents sellers
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    THREE GOOD BETS FOR BT. TIMAH
    1210 8  -  EPSOM JEEP By Everest Best In Cracks' Event EVEREST should make a sound each-way bet L at Bukit Timah today, the second day of the Singapore Turf Club Summer Meeting, m a race which is virtually a trial for some of the leading contenders
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    ORDERED OFF FOR "HANDS"
    107 8 REFKREE Capt. Hooper ordered Crew, the R.A.S.C. Training School inside-left, off the field a m.nutp before the end .for twice handling the ball m their Div. HI game against the Singapore Civil Service XI yesterday. Crew was responsible for the solitary goal of the match scored
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    RAF SELETAR WIN CRICKET
    54 8 THE R.A.P. Seletar beat G.H.Q. I 1 (Signals) FARELF at cricket at Seletar. The Signals were all out for 14 (Kenyon six for 10. Rogers four for 3) and 35 'Syrett six for 15, Filby four for 16). The Airmen made 109. thus winning by an
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    FIXTURE OFF
    39 8 The Combined Services are unable to raise a side to meet l the Malayan Chinese Football Association team tomorrow. The First Division League game between the Chinese Athletic and the Malays will be played at the Stadium.
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    SCC v. JOCKEYS
    57 8 The following will represent the Singapore Cricket Club at cricket 1 against the Jockeys XI on the 1 Padang tomorrow at 4 p.m.: W. 1 K. Jaggar, A. C. Orowder, W. J. Hartley. S. S. Overton, L. WebbJones, S. J. Masters, J. Day, J. C. Smith. R.
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    Sports Diary
    52 8 I'OUAV Kanu;: Second day of Singapore Meeting. Bukit Timah, 2 p.m. SOCCER: Malayan Chinese v. Singapore OMRm* Jalan Besar stadium. 5.15 n.m.; Div. II Dockyard XI v. 19 Air Formation Signals. Geytang; 5.15 n .n Div. Hl— Naval Stores v. I I nicorns' Club. St. George's I Kuad,
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    Today's Race Card
    1193 8 BELOW ar* the acceptances for this afternoon's race* f> at Bukit Timah: Kaoe 1—2.001 2.00 pjn. Horses Class 2, Div. 6—s^i6 5^i Furs. Value $2.««0 00 OUm MsM (Ointim t.m Ms. K. C. Leow V C. Boey A. Btasgh ••0 las* V«H (Robtnsoß) B. lt k€/s. 0.
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    BANK XI WIN
    38 8 The Har.gkong and Shanghai Bank soccer team proved too good for the Combined Schools winning by three goals to nil on the Padan^ yesterday. P. Peters, Milllken (from ai penalty) and Hock were the scorers.
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    Straits Times Selections
    157 8 EPSOM JEEP TBF.SPASSER POINTER Emm 1: 1. CONTENT 8. Lady Ktlur Hipty Law SCARLET TIGEM CONTENT Lady KaImc Happ, Um Coatcat Pa* Co«rt Bat* S: 1. PORT 8TAS I. BanliiaU t. AaVaataf* ADVANTAGE Baahfalg Part Star PORT STAB RwhUt Adrantajra B*M 3: 1. SUIYI >. CHortfy S.
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    Singapore Firms Set The Lead
    209 8 THE magnificent donation of $6,000 by Fraser and Neave, Ltd., and Malayan Breweries, Ltd., towards the expenses of sending a Malayan badminton team with the Malayan Chinese contingent to the China games is the first gesture of its kind by Malayan firms taking an interest
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    AAA Win By 5-1
    249 8 AA A Win By 5-1 A LTHOUGH the Amicable rV Athletic Association emerged winners by 5-1 against G.H.Q. Signals m an S.A.F.A. Div. I game at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday, they did not have an easy passage, as the score would suggest. For a team which are at the bottom
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    2-1 Victory To Battery XI
    117 8 THE Ist teulay Coastal buttery, R.A., beat the Serangoon Association by two goals to one m an S.A.P.A. Div. 11l League fixture yesterday The Coastal Battery had more of the play, but ware up against ia strong defence. The scorers were Balsden and I Jan
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    Outschoorn In Team vs. Australians
    77 8 Outschoorn In Team vs. Australians From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Tuesday. THE former Singapore pL»y- tr, Outschoorn, has been selected to tarn out for Worcestershire against the Australians m the tourists' I first game beginning to- morrow. Cricket fans ia the conn- I iy are wondering whether Don Bradman will
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    Contingent Presented With Flag
    234 8 LOOKING smart m men dark grey flannels, me Malayan Chinese contingent received their official flag, banners and scrolls from the Chinese Consul-General (Dr. VVu Paak-shing) at a ceremony held at the Consulate yesterday. Dr. Wu wish d the contingent the best of luck and hoped that
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    10 Goals In Div. 2 Game
    136 8 NO fewer than 10 goals were scored m ye;>tcrcl?.v".s S.A.F.A. Div. II maich, m which the Base Group P.E. trounced the Malays II 8-2. Todd scored five goals for the Sappers. Jordan netted two, the other goal being let m by Hamid. who faiJrd
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