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Singapore, June 4.
A crisis faces the rubber consuming world as stocks of natural rubber in
South East Asia dwindle and prices continue to spiral.
U.S. paper predicts early pact
Washington, June 4.
A "Stur" editoifat today pre- dicted that hegulations for the
Jurie pence tasty might berin in the relatively near future as a result of the Tokyo Foreign Ofice's
proposal Ini ceparate treaties,
The crux is that heavy world demand created by stockpiling in the cold war is outstripping supply.
It is feared that Malaya's rich estates on which major rubber consuming nations dépend crack under the strain.
may
Malayan rubber trade authori- Lles say four main factors tribute to the present situation.
1. Heavy Russlan buying.
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2. A heavy shortage of "physi cal rubber" which is rubber for unmediate delivery.
3. Huge stocks bottled up Indonesia,
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4 Strip tapping in Malaya. Unsettled political and econo mk conditions in other parts of 1 pointed out that an overall South East Asin provoked Rus- heaty had been linked herelosia into coming into the Malay fore by Russian insistence on a market for her rubber supplies, "power that would enable the The Soviet Union took deliver Russians either to paralyse proof nearly 40.000 tons this year up reedings or work their will in the to April, most of purchased hope that it would give them earlier. some special imperialistic prip on Japán in the future or somit 112605 of earrying out a lung rango prograrame of subver slots"
"Siner there is no expectation
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Cricket books and controversy
London, June 4. Cricket hooks and contro- versy are usually inseparable. An author, looking round for provocative material, naturally turns to Sir. Donald Bradman.
central the
figure in very modern cricket argu- | many ments.
fpectedly Bradman has been eritieised vaut aligned, so it is refreshing to welcome a book which, while stil emphasising his uncompromising attitude as a cricketer, gives full credit for the inestimable good he did for erluxet.
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Duzens of European estates at Ged up for mouths to All Russion
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These much lower than today. estates are further penalised by
In "Cricket Caravan," Having to pay export duty effort by the all-rounder, Keith mevalling higher price., The Miller, and Richard Whitington, of change in the Kremlin polley ate shortage of "physical rub farmer Australian State player, and since practically all others ber" is blamed for the ellobing there in twothing but praise for
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some delightful | 11,00-Hadio News Reol, London Relay) Only smallholders-- people thenkelves, are anxious to months.
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remorseless run-getting maching 11.16"Goodnight Busin." artion much acreages of government land for and astute captali. postponing
cultivation-and the longer Jug berase the Russians rubber
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Whitingon, who played many ~Chwe Down, want no action.
piles of "physical rubber," They "Accordingly. specially bere enghing in, cause of the Tokyo govertiment's bk for negotiations, it seems more than Jessible that Clie Bulted States' aml like-malıdıd frembers of the Par Eastern Commission will soon attempt to do what they
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Rubber in Indonesia
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a man he has no, peer in the world, ctul sac a man he is eer- tainly nowhere approaching G god, but a shrewd, honest, over- enttious devasionnily uncorn- It is cetimated that there are panoult becasionally 70.000 tons or uured rubber In
warehouses.
Goning, trospective churc-A.M. Indonesian
tor.“ dition, there are unstable poli
In a chapter under the title of tically and economically. Worki without Bradman," all. Following the USI govern elurt is made to estimate the ment's recent devaluation
value of Brudman to cricke!! currency by 50 per cent, rub what would have been the sinte ber holders would not sell their commodity for fear of further devaluation or depreciation I
the value of the currency.
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Supplyles the answer, Miller
The **Star** Japanese renunciation of rearin-somehow, the shortage will band Australia during die las, 20
done "perhaps with a great relieved. lack of realism”, would make the "biggest problema to be solved.. Que bearing upon swemity against aggression."
sald the Hubber meu planned to make big purchases
in indonesis after the Dutch gov-and Whitington estimated that ernment gave up 1 soverelity Bradman must have been respon- to local rulers. But when stable site for hundreds of thousands
the new Indonesian of cricket convert sunktionst
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"Treaty negotiators, particular ly the United States, will have to Republic failed lo materialise, The grimitéss of the English figure out some kind of arrange- the U.S. placed its orders in tour of Australia in 1946-47 and ment effectively safeguarding the Malaya,
recurrent il-feeling that free world's vital strategie post- Rubber men suld U.S. buyer?, existei between Bradron and tion in the Far Parlie and insur-also were motivated by heavy Walter Hammond on that occa- Badalon, is franidy dealt with by the ing the country's defence after Russian orders in Malaya
tear of a Communist sweep down | nuthors. our forces are withdrawn.”
Other
cricketers like would cut the supply of the vital Lindsay Hassett, Ray Lindwall, war material,
Denis Cotnpion. Len Hulion, D Edrich and Sid Barnes conio under the microscope, and there are numerous good stories gut- here in the course of crickel | 106.00-11.3.C. Newa, travels.-Reuter.
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The ""Star" added. "But what ever the clittleulties involved, there can be little doubt that the time is here to act upon the mat- ter,"
It said the treaty would have a wholesome psychiological effect
the Malay peninsula which er leading
Malayan rubber exchange, reeled under the impact of the huge orders, Speculators jumpet into the market and contributed to the initial rise
Today, four months later,
thr
on the Japanese people, "most market has evened out and the of whom huge for genuine self-volume of trade in Singapore auch sule". "The lunger it is delayed. Penang has dropped consideral, the mere the country's Commu- nists will be able to whip up sentiment against us."United Press.
Britons getting dumber?
London, June 5. Britons are getting dumber cach generation, says Professur Godfrey Thomson, Professor of Edinburgh University.
Rubber men in Singapore say the price position is sound, It is governed by supply and demand! with speculators and manipula- |tors, playing no přit,
European and Chinese estates and emallholders alike are brav ing Communist terrorisin to pru duce Malaya's chief export,
Targets of terrorists
European patates are main targets of terrorists and have beon turned Into miniature fortresses Barbed. wira ana tanglements and slit trenches ring buildings. Security guards
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Fort Wayne, Indiano, June 4..
the Anishing line less than a Lloyd Mangrum of Chicago second ahead of his compatriot, won the first prize in the Luigi Foglall, to win the 189-U.S.$15,000 Fort Wayne : Open mile race in 2 hrs. mins. 83.7 today with a one under par secs, at an 1 average speed of 92.8 70 for the final round and a miles per hour.
ney.
in strategic positions keep daying a big Talbot, was third after
Louis Rosier, of France, driv. 271 total in the 72-hole (tour-
munist attacks.
and night vigit against Com completing 41, of the 42 laps in The victory was worth $2,600 to'
Planters themselves sleep with revolvers under their pillows and Bren guns by their sides.
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Д
277
card
the smooth-stroking pro who put In a paper presented to the Royal Commission on population, Sometimes the Communists Prince Bira, ina Maserati, was together three rounds of 07 in competition before his Sir Godfrey says that intelligence succeed in breaking through de-fourth with 40 laps in 2 hrs. & earlier
score today. is largely an inherited quality | fences, and burn buildkags and mins, 3.7.sccs.
Ed Parky Oliver of Kenmore, and intelligent people tend to set fire to rubber.
Farina iso claimed the fastest
Washington, took second place produce smaller families so the
lap at 100.07 miles per hour.
Argenting sec,
with average intelligence - will sink
72 and a four-round total The
Juani
with (of 274 to win $1,900, white Johnny Reneration by generation.
Fangio, had to drop out Professor JS. Haldane, Pro-
But despite the tension, present engine trouble in the 33rd lap. Palmer of Badin, North Carolina, fessor of Biometry at Universlty yearly production is more than Another favourite, Italy's Allerhot a 72 for a
Overall Colleg
London, disagrees with
double pre-war years. That to Ascari, had engine trouble in and third place money of $1,
stralia's brani par-buster. Thomson's position.
why when consuming nations the ith lap and had to retire, "Grossly unintelligent" people, talk of foreing rubber prices
The race une of seven which Norman yon Nida of Sydney, look and $1,150 with a Haldane says in another paper to down planters and tappers sigh, count towards the World Cham-fourth place the commission, "are even less They maintain that for the past plonship for racing drivers, in total card of 278, following today's fertile than the highly intelll-20 years Malayan rubber has had
which two other races the four under par 07-United Press. gent...existing data give no rea-in loan time and only now is en-
Grand Prix of Europe at Sliver- son to suppose that the level of joying a praftable return. Ma- Innate intelicetual capacity in our layans in the the rubber business population is failing."
say they are only beginning to Dr. J. A. Roberts, of the Lon- enjoy the better things of life don School of Hygiene and Tro- because of their higher incomes, the pical Medicine, supports Thom- They add that the U.S. cannot son, "Reviewing the avaliable help the people of Malaya more evidence, a reasonable approxl-than by maintaining a high pries mate estimate can be made with level,
out much difficulty, and polnis Others eqution that what they
fr
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Carlo-huve iso;far, boon run.
Gluseppe Farina now Jeads in
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THAI "ROYALTY LEAVE BANGKOK :
FEELING BETTER Johannesburg, South Africa,
June 15. General Jan Christiaan Smuts felt well enough yesterday to chat with members of this family for the first time since he became ill a week ago.
A medical bulletin said "signs
to a substantially high figure than call an unwieldy price may-em- one point per generation In, the barrass, the market and cause decline of intelligence," he says, reparable damage to the indus- FOR SWITZERLAND of heart embarrassment are leas
Fraser Roberts adds: "Fears of try.
Intelligen intelligent parents, ber and turn again to using largu
and have.responded to treatment Bangkok, June 5 Oxygen is now administered only an immediate catastrophic fall in They warn that the US may
King Phumiphon Aduldetan occasionally after bouts of tough- due to the lesser stop the purchase of natural rub-
Queen Sirikit 100% off for Swii-ing................ In general,
J fertility of
zerland, aboard: a chartered" KLM being maintained.” must be set aside.”›
supplies of synthetic rubber,
General: Smuts, 80 years old: Giving detalls of a survey he. And there is another develop-visne wile 17 Royal Thai Air
flew escort from last May 24 was stricken by conducted as a paychologist to ment worrying rubber men. Force planes. the London County Council, Pro Smallholders who produce hall Don Maung airport
neumonia last work-Associated fessor Sir Cyril Bürt, of Univer-¦ of" Malays's "rubber pro-tapping The cortege circled the capita Press, 15-ak sity College, London,: says! + their trees twice dally to force thrice and then flew Westward.
Such biripping rodermaby Erin Republican, Sabon, Juhe arde
est social classes not only have a repetition of a mistake mude an Intelligence that is nearly two by Ceylon rubber producers dur- years below, that of the children Inge the "-Japanese joa
as the Burma
National Guards Royal couple as border.
wounded five opened fire and kn ering rowds lined the 20- in the village of Alplaten Cheering Decupation. Je to better social glasses, but Ceylon's plantations today are mile, flug dicked route to the agricultural workers tried to night when are drawn from families that are suffering from that wartime strip airdort as the Royal car nearly
twice as large the toppings 3d police, drmy navy, and air furer join, women workers, who were decline in intelligence continues. Gloomy observera - foresen,aj
Makegasus in an uproar over wages, accord- Yours or slightly more the num-long, with rehabilitation, Hanis a half months in Bangkok, Thar The men, and women worn S ber of school children of "scho- pered by Communist terrorlaning is returning to Switzerland standing in separate quelica Wult- larship" ability with ho roughly while a world rubber shortage for medical treatment. United the to be hired when the trouble halved,hociated Press grow Allocated-FTSKI
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BY S.K. LEE
Lesson 37 (B)
Vocabulary: 240. (ah) ah(3) 241. (kam)gum(1) 242. (shi) (2)chec 243. (ha) hah(1) 244. (mool) (2)mooey, 245. (kan) gun(1) 240. (loung) terng (2) 247. (chung) (2)choong 248. (sheung) (3)sherng 240. (hu) (3)hah, Combinations!
11. Cnaye(1) (2)shec. 12. (1)Loong 'hah (1). 13. (1)Lau (3)sherng. 14. (1)Lau (3)hab. 15. (3)Sherng han(2).
10. (3)Sherng-hah (2) (3)shup
mun(1),
17. Gum(3) (3)sherng hah(2).
18. (3)Shup mun(1) gum(3)-
(3)sherng-hah(2),
General Expressions:
84. Sun(1) seen(1). (3)Shik (3) Mut:,. (Continued). ĎA. Ah(3) gum(1), (2)nay -
hah(2) dzik(1)-duk(1) hul(3) ganye(1)~(2) shee (2)manye-(2)ych lab(3). (1)Yeb-gah(1) (2) yea ging(1) hoh(2) nan(3) Jok (3),
10.
11.D. (3)Aw (2)Nny serng(2) ".
(2) maayo mee(1)–(2)yel ah(3)?
S
12.A. (2)Maayo saam(1)-say(3)-
jek(3) (3)daaye (1)oong- hah(1) (1)toong (2)lerng-- (1)tecoo (3)danyo yue(2), Tỉ? (2)Mooc)-(1)tecno yun (2)
doh(1) Yeopo(3) (2)ya (2)lerng gun (1) (3)eboong
geh(3);
14.3. Yut(1)-gun(1)." **** gay(2)-daw(1) ah(3) 16.A. Yut(1)-gun(1) (3)hai
(9)shup-(3)look. ferng(2). 16. - Dec(1) (1)loong-hah(1) 2
(1)toonz yus(2), deh(1) yeooo (3)(3)hal sun (1)
A prefix to names, Guld. Metal. Market.
Prawn. Shrimp. Each. Every.
A calty. (11/3 lbs.) A tool. (11/3.075.) Heavy. Weighty. Above. Helow,
Street market. Lobster. Upstairs. Downstairs
Nearly.
Neurly ten dollars.
Approximately. About. More or less. About ten dollars."
Fresh... Foodstuffe
“Ah, Gúm; 'you had bettert
immediately to..
It is now already very late.”
Oh! What do you want me to
buy?«
Buy three or four-blg Jobsters
and two big fish, Faë
-Each "fish" must be about two-
cafties in weight.
much is a catty?
A citly is slateen "tools.
The lobster and the fish, must: ~ be, froshey.
Fat Its present rate then in 50mutitaled rubber: industry': before: passedere ment two and ing to report: reaching here, p17, Hoy(2)=xeon(1)=Amat sea food fan't fresh then it
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\rch(8)-/lok(3)\dis
Jen't good to ent
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