The Straits Times, 27 October 1946

Total Pages: 12
1 12 The Straits Times
  • 18 1 The Straits Times LARGEST NETT SALE IN MALAYA No. 587. SINGAPORE, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1946. PRICE 10 CENTS.
    18 words
  • 319 1 Expert gang behind £125, 000 thefts LONDON, Sat. lEWEL thieves climaxed ten days of daring robberies involving almost £125,000 by breaking into St. James' Palace, one of the homes of the British Royal Family, in spite of a day and night guard by armed sentries of the
    UP  -  319 words
  • 64 1 HELL-CASES BECOME TAHKAR3S i ...in r of 11.-vonport ir,l iliiv.ni 300 pe*ple :ses i-.ittU' of Britain •I Urn ir.\ is.on of Europe--i'iJs. Ira-sets, ash <r*i! many nthrr dnmotfc Department i- nt to mt-ii and i who. otherwise. uou!d k «ut of a j >h 100 iru la art beinß i-a«h
    64 words
  • 104 1 Hunt for gem for Mac Donald Sunday liny% orr. >ponden; y TIP i Mai'biui^i .ir hij Rut P i I'lH-d h>• roduce a ird. B horn ich a bi bo .1 Mr. Ma'-Conald is knowr. tor of in must, .in m up t' ndaid .Mty. He has been 1< ok
    104 words
  • 22 1 tin. Sat Thr Unit. i Russia on the mas? removals ol nan skilled technicians from iRI I UP.
    UP  -  22 words
  • 57 1 Milan. Sat. 26. rALIAN political police, acting on orders from Rome, raided i he general headquarters of the Resistance Movement (Movimento Resittenxa Partigianai in Milan 1 rind arrested 16 of the organization's leader.', it was announced today Thr amsted leaders were charged with plotting revolutionary
    Reuter  -  57 words
  • 83 1 Edinburgh. Sat. Fiold Marshal Montgcmtry. Chief of the Im-i>e-'al General Staff, advocated :cday a guarantee of future civilian employment »or men who volunteer for peacetime lerriee in the British Army as a means to boost enlistment which be said, was "not so good." Britain is
    83 words
  • 40 1 PREMIER GOING HOME fc-'T-y Pasha, the fcg}pUan I'.ime Minister, who has been in London for talks with the Foreign Secretary, Mr. F.rnest Bevin. in connection with the new Auglo-Esryptian treaty, has left for Cairo on the completion of the discussions
    40 words
  • 39 1 New Delhi, Sat. Four Muslim League members of the Indian Interim Government— Liaquat Ali Khan. IChundrigar, Abdur Rab Nishtar and Ghazanfar Ali Khan— were sworn in at the house of truViceroy, Lord Wavell, this morning.—Reuter.
    Reuter  -  39 words
  • 114 1 London. Sat. 70->ear old hunter is returning to Malaya and the Netherlands Indies at the end of the month to biing batk fuvther stock for London, Bristol, Edinburgh and Dublin soos. He has made between lit or 50 similar -'expeditions" since 1900. The hunter
    Reuter  -  114 words
  • 50 1 Vr the close of play yesterday, the second day, England had .'cored 506 for five wic|:ets in the r tuur-day match against touth Australia at Adelaide. A lull account of yesterday s play by Bill Bowes, the Yorkshire and England player, is in Page eleven.
    50 words
  • 54 1 SHANGHAI, Sat. GEN. Tv Yu-ming-s Americantrained am* t quipped 52nd and 6th National armies last night captured Antung, Manchurian port near the Korean border, according to Peking d?spaUh:s iv.st received The city was taken without a fight and the Communists are now retreating towards Chian, 150 miles to
    54 words
  • 128 1 BEVIN SAYS LONDON. Sat. FE PoniH Secretary. Mr. Ernest B.vin. told r meeting ;ot coiutitu nti that irortd food problems would c^.hnuo to Le difficult for at least another year Had it not been fur world drought, he said. Britain might have boon able to
    UP  -  128 words
  • 66 1 WASHINGTON. Sa; MEMBER nations of the International Emergency Food Council have agreed unanimousy noi. in biUteral or barter food ■>!>■■ Will which ■vould interfere with the Council's efforts to feed tbe ftungry areas of the world The r s >lution said that all nai
    66 words
  • 104 1 SIC DRIVE AGAINST SMALLPOX Suitday limes Correspondent Kuala Lunipur. Sal. roLLOWING an alarming in- crrase in reports of cases of smallpox in Northern Malaya the health authorities have mobilised all available assistance to combat an epidemic. A total of 315 rases, including S"> deaths, has been reported for the urek
    104 words
  • 200 1 RCMSEY. Hants.. Sat. IN the lovely 1,000-year-old Romsey Abbey the Hon. Patricia Mountbattcn. daughter of Admiral Lord and Lady Mountbatten, was today married by the Archbishop of Canterbury to Capt. Lord Erabourne of the Coldstream Guards in the presence of the King and Queen and members
    Reuter  -  200 words
  • 186 1 Sunday Times Correspondent ALOR STAR, Sat. THE Kedah Government has approved the distribution of $200,000 in prizes to padi cultivators. This prize Bchemi 1 together with the higher padi prices to be paid by the Government (they are reported to have been approved by the Malayan
    186 words
  • 69 1 COLOMBO. Sar DRESENT rice stccks of C3ylon vill last or.h three days, but shipments of 18.000 tons exp:cted in a few days will ensure requirements till the end of November, it was announced today Flour stocks are low. and although consignments from Australia are
    Reuter  -  69 words
  • 187 1 Indian woman's speech causes UNO sensation Flushing, New York, Sat. INDIA'S chief delegate to the United Nations Assembly. Mrs. V. L. Pandit, today demanded on behalf or India positions on the Security and Trusteeship Councils, as w:ll M an adequate share in the administration of the United Nations. She attacked
    UP  -  187 words
  • 205 1 CALCUTTA. Sat. TIGHT thousand busnun. L and 1,000 taxi-drr. carried out their threat t i strike unless the Bengal Ci ernment gave "concrete surances" of their protet after many transport wtckafi had been hurt in the ntv. wave of disorder in Calcutta, which was
    AP; UP  -  205 words
  • 86 1 LONDON, Sat ALL London s daily newspape: complied with th- Govern ment request not to publish photographs of the dead Na 1 war criminals at Nurcmburg Tne Times' Now York correspondent said that people ther. expressed their "disgust :ind in dignation in the streets."
    86 words
  • 87 1 BIRMINGHAM. Sat. THE Labour Government was no. out to abolish the profit motive but was determined to make work for the people and not for <\ few. declared Mr. Ferbert Morn■on, Lord President of the Council, at Labour m?ctir.? here today. On the question of
    87 words
  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 60 1 T. LEE Kroair* i- 1. mi, »i< f.M&n i .\< i»» »sr» -.•ia«t a« ■s\ni»pt* MKBTEN YOUR HOME *\\l\ a Presh Coal of "HIRASCO" DISTEMPER VARIOUS COLOURS Sanitary Non-p<»ix>nou.N Economical Dries Rapidly I>oes No! Rub Off. Price:— $7.00 pet tin. sufficient to cover 500/600 *q. ft. tapaftan HIRASONS 6l COMPANY
      60 words
    • 160 1 RADIOS KfEiIUAT RADIO D m-O4 oKtuto na TEIIPUQHt kiss XI.M.A LlMl'tK PICNANC. "THE WONDER DOG" The Binges t Sensation since the Famous "JEEPS I can VL^ T 1 Stoop dawn Ijtvm m> f Stand up vl'\w> I.i on my left. Shake my nfa,. MVV AX Ue down flat, Wag my
      160 words

  • 1918 2 SPOTLIGHT On MALA YA AND MALAYANS CLIFFORD PEER TURNS HIS ANK of the oldest European residents of Malaya must ainly be Mr. Harry Gild, who at the age of 72 and after three and a half ■8 internment, is bacK ir. business again in Sinani( to Malaya 46 after an
    1,918 words
  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 226 2 i y m 'j m B kn T WHITEX, a wonderful X^V-*/ new discovery, gets rid of fM >- ugly sun-tan reveals that ■b**-^' pale, fresh loveliness that tver> r woman dreams about W JbW every man adores. Tropical sun is the enemy of your Make the beauty. It enlarges
      226 words
    • 63 2 nV^^"^nnnnnn«k^ A V^flnX. 1 nnsn^nnmnnaVknt-^^ Ms^nPQnV B>nnn^k\ UnnV^ TT^f Sole Agents Josjeph^Td AVERC& Sonsw nY jsnTnßnnWßnnmii «811 l l'"J-'li u^ ''1W I'lllll' iU'l nsjf» i.rnM:Mt 1<«.» New Lines for New Times The World Wide Organisation of THOMAS COWAN CO. offers Guaranteed Vi^HIXE ANT Extermination Consult us For GENERAL PEST DESTRUCTION
      63 words
  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 353 2 r\ n r\ir\ lurnr Sunday service relayed from a Pres- 1 9.00 p.m. Calling all sportsmen; 930 KADIVj NnLAYA byterlan church In Singapore: 6.30 p.m. Music paiade; 10.15 p.m. Tvo c P-in- News: (.45 p.m. The Masquera- guitars and a piano: 10.30 pjn. R~do Singapore ders; 8.15 p.m. Programme summary;
      353 words

  • 40 3 RAES SEE VICTORY I il :i- air> in l.ondun lor PMMMM talis r^ffn'ly \i-tfd Por^f mouth a.s thr or the Knval Naw and >t .ihnaid Nelson's flagship ard «Im> I II M I Van-uard l.ritaus s •1 v I S.ittlrslnn
    40 words
  • 38 3 DI MBARTON < i"A steam lie South m Railway was I I".mbaroi. S: Ilk BJM-tca oi-bun-r after ?n :.c"pd prim > the Citnn*! 1 nd S-v will b? i^u p'-?c iodawith a speed of about 20
    38 words
  • 86 3 MR Arturo Tanco and Mr. V. 111 Concepcion. representatives ol the Filipino Republic on the new R-je Sub-Comrmttee of the International Emergency Food Cour.cil in Washington, entertained members ol the Singapore Filipiro community at a dinner held at the Great World, last night. Amongst those present was the
    86 words
  • 79 3 A 'IRIBUTE to old beys jf the 1 Anglo-Chinesa Sch:ol w'ro had risked their lives during th j occupation by sending help 10 civilian internees, was made by Mr. T. W. Hineii, principal of the school, at an "at home piven by old
    79 words
  • 348 3 30 000 SIGN CABLE TO TRUMAN Quit China plea Sunday Times Reporter k ABLh to be sent to President Truman by the Singapore Chinese Federation for Peace and Democracy in China, asking him to withdraw American r ?es from China, has been signed by more than 30,000. This number includes
    348 words
  • 196 3 Sunday Times Correspondent I LTHOUGH representatives of the 6,000 dock workers now n on -trike failed to keep their "appointnv-i.i" with Mr. H. Batten, Chairman of the Singapore Harbour Board, yesterday afternoon, they have ?ent a message expressing their tain to hold discussions with the
    196 words
  • 67 3 LANARK. Sat. THE fist step for the establishment ot Scotland's first new tov/n und?r the New Towns Act was taken by th? publication today by t: c Secretary of State Tor Scotland of a dra.t ranon dtsignatin? its site at Ea>t Kilbride. Lanarkshire Covrrinv 10.700 acres
    Reuter  -  67 words
  • 78 3 FE Singapore War Department Civilian Staff Association i 3 seeking registration as a trade un'on. At a meeting of the Associat on rec ntly. the Trade Union Adviser. Singapore. Mr. S. P. Garrett gave an address, in which he promised all help to the Association
    78 words
  • 45 3 HAVANA; CUBA, Sat. AN abortive revolt against tho Cuban Government of President Ramon Qrau San Martin was crushed at dawn today by the army and police, armed wUh machine guns, who arrested 30 consp.rators in Havana and Pinar Del Rio provinces —UP.
    UP  -  45 words
  • 269 3 und;n Times Correspondent PENANG, Sat. TAKE passage tickets to India and China are pro- .Jing Penang'.s waterfront touts with a new and profitable racket. Alter months of weary waiting and trying to get permits, passports and tickets, disappointed passage hunters prove fair game .or
    269 words
  • 33 3 NO 1 U.S. HOUSEWIFE Mrs Virsina Wade, of Ruanoke, Virginia, has been chosen by A B.C. Radio of Ameii?a as the "tynical American housewife" and is now in London to meet RritKh housewives.
    33 words
  • 84 3 |JEW buildings to house the Far 11 Eastern Broadcasting Division permar.cntly and members of Lord KiH^arn's organisation temporally, iro planned at the junction of Thomson ard Braddell Roads, Singapore, and tenders are being invited. The plans provide lor a mai:i residence for the Far Eastern
    84 words
  • 238 3 Sunday Times Correspondent MELBOURNE, Sit. OINGAPORE— and not, as popularly believed by Urn Hollanders, Sydney-is the Com muni v( baso through which the Indonesian Communists contact Moscow, according to Graham Jenkins, correspondent in Indonesia of the Melbourne Argus. "Orders and information are relayed to
    238 words
  • 176 3 Tribute to unity of S'porelndians A TRIBUTE tQ the goca rela tionship and understanding existing among the Hindu. Mosl'm and other Indian communities in Singapore was paid by Mr. S. K. Chettur. Representative o'. th:Government of India, yesterday at a party given in honour of Mr. K. Jagathesan. the Ag>?nt
    176 words
  • 58 3 London, Sat. A JOINT select committee has ;'.iven unanimous approval to the House of Commons to pass a Bill to erect a statue of the late President Roosevelt in Grcsvenor Square. The Minister o[ Works. Mr. Georga Tomllnson, said that a £40,000 memorial fund would rr.«
    UP  -  58 words
  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 131 3 New Zealand Insurance COMPANY. LIMITED £b T *BLiSHED 1554 S!NC^PORE BRANCH OFFICf Ist HOC.; HONCKONC BANK CHAMBERS B«AN(.H M4:.A(iLK N M LEVIEN FOM iO'Jih tASI ASiA A D ANDERSON At.LNIb IHROUtiHG HARPEP GILFILLAN CO, LTD. Motor Vehic.e Personal A nprtbencivt P!a^ O i Marine (Cargo Brill Pub:i'- Liability Compensation m
      131 words
    • 138 3 Look what IVe got, I dv Maurier again!' ~*> jdr& '*B^m Ctt iilSt '<L- > YouVe been patient a lon«» time. Ilere"8 your *^m reward dv Maurier are back. Remember how they used lo delight \ow in the good <>M <la>*? Wm**^ Well, here they are again to give you
      138 words

  • 997 4  -  Bob Gilmore Air mail letter from MELBOURNE. Oct. 17. AUSTRALIAN newsA papers' silly season M th" flection and the ng of the new parliament is responsible fur a new spate ti Sunday pap»-r ilation on who will sueDuke of GloucesGeneral; iundaj sheets*. raph and the
    997 words
  • 396 4 THE UNL UCKY OCEAN QUEEN OHE cost £10,000,000 to v build. She v»«s a floating city. She had a daily newspaper, a great oval dance floor, a 100-foot swimming pool, a cinema for 350 people, a shooting range, a garage for 100 cars, dog kennels, a canine swimming pool. Now
    396 words
  • 141 4 Nuremberg "Babel" Team 'THE man who produced ordei and understanding out oi the chaos of Babel ac the Nuremberg trials is now in London, with all his apparatus. He is Col. Dos'art, languages expert and interpreter extraordinary, by whose contrivance the trials were conducted m English. French, Russian and German
    141 words
  • 414 4 DRITAIWB "flying motor car." the Chrislea Ace. a fourseat air runabout vhich will cruise for nearly 300 miles at 110 m.p.h., using only one eallon of petrol every 20 miles, is now under flight test at the aerodrome at Heston, in Middlesex. She comes closer to
    414 words
  • 711 4  - World's top secret is a microbe JOHN LANGDONDAVIES WEAPON THAT MAY OUST A-Humß By MORE deadly possibilities than the atom bomb now threatened mankind. All that, has hitherto been allowed out on the subject have been vajyue hints from Sir John Anderson and others. Now we have the American statement
    711 words
  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 127 4 Cy** SHOES A smart collection of these famous shoes just received. Suede Venetian Court Shoes in Black Brown Suede and Calf Rosemont Lace Shoes Tan Calf Dakota Court Shoes Black Suede Virginia Gusset Brown Street Court Shoes y^?^. Green Kid Wedge Lace Shoes /yjm^ Black Glace Shoes j^^^ Etc.. Etc.
      127 words
    • 162 4 THE FEDERAL DISPENSARY, LTD. AND THE BRITISH DISPENSARY, LTD. No. U Black 5 ffl ar.d other distinct shades J Sole Agents for Malaya:THE FEDERAL DISPENSARY LTD. 33. Raffles Place, 23, Rembau Street, SINGAPORE. K L A N G BOOKS FROM HOME You can have a book each month post free
      162 words

  • 418 5 NEW SURVEY OF SARAWAK RESOURCES Governor's task Sunday Times Reporter ANK of the first tasks of the new Governor of Sara- wak, Sir Charles Arden Clarke, after his installation at Kuching on Tuesday, will be to set into motion a survey of the new Colony's resources, including its oilfields, to
    418 words
  • 43 5 To relieve ti-.e congrstion in Singapore d District and Police the Governoi ot Sirga■jorc has appointed Mr A W D DF.C MCS. to br an assistant District Judg-- and Lftstrate ?nd Mr T E. ri< iith to bo a Poii \> ma:
    43 words
  • 299 5 Suuria\ Times Reporter is ipMc ot the shortage <>f beer and spin!*. Singapore may haw in the New Year if the Licensing Justices allow i! —nearly twice as many 'pubs as ihere were before th» w:n. The number of licensed houses today is already fifty
    299 words
  • 83 5 Sunda> rtioea (oi •es^ui.Jt ni A!or si It, >ji A deputation of Chinese farnv .> have travelled from central Kedah to Alor Si*r, and this morning thr* railed at the Police head quarter, to exp.'ss th.ii rratiiodc for the airest of a gangster who had be,-ii
    83 words
  • 138 5 Tribute To College Principal WAKM iritu'rs w-tp paid to D: O V Allen', MfTieti as pal ol th" King Edward VII iidni a- the M?di- l'n.o;i term rial staff Itaiea'a d::!:v on rriday nigh? D tlao congraiul- aled by atudcnii and staff o n th> M.B.E. conleirod on h:m andlhf
    138 words
  • 77 5 Sunday Tines vrrcsponder t Sffmoau. Sal TWO we.mv"! appeared before the Serrmoan Rent Assessment Board meeting on Friday. Or.r i.?m. Mrs ig Thye. sred a.v application by Mrs. K Van WeiiuiKen lor leave to her from portion of a bungalow i)i Rus^lr Ffoad Board granted Mrs
    77 words
  • 142 5 Sunday limes f urrespundeui KUALA LUMPUR, Sai CETTING an example. Ba'u RoaO f 3' h J J n Kuala Lumper. feeder' school of thr Vu O'\ Institution, ha? introduc a a news period in i\s evnicUaiUii A ten-minute talk on lcx-ai and world events is given
    142 words
  • 87 5 Sunday limes urrespoudeut PENANG. Sat FOLLOWING 'he ln'fiT^piion by r Dutcii patrol boats of two' riding vesseLs from Penang the Importers and Exporters Association Js lodging a strong piotes' with the Dutch Consul in Penang Tho protest points out that considerable lo&s ha* been incurred by
    87 words
  • 127 5 THE weddirg took place yesterday at St Joseph's Ch-u-'h. Singapore, of Miss Clara Pereiia and Mr. Adrain Oliveiro. 1 Tie bride, who was given away by her brother, wore a beauniu' gown of white taflet'i with a lengthy train. She carried a jheaf of heather and Jadiohs and
    127 words
  • 72 5 THE II jaar aft Java-born i Chinese Mi.ss Lee San San «»ave another piano recital at the Victoria Memorial Hall last mgiit. Included in the programme were three of Mis.; Lee's own compositions, a Chinese serenade operetta and two parts of an onerctta sh? has
    72 words
  • 342 5 Singapore-made Haggis for Scots Sunday Times Reporter THE popular myth that the haggis can not stand up to the Singapore climate, but expires of an ague before bei.ig dirked in its burrow, will be finally exploded it Raffles Hotel. Singapore, on Nov. 29. when haggis will be included on the
    342 words
  • Article, Illustration
    38 5 IN THE NEWS fart or the premises of thi K nee Fatt Chinese Schooi m Singapore, which the Oriental Telephone and Electric Co. Ltd.. want to acquire bat which the school trustees do not want to give an
    38 words
  • 187 5 Sunday Times Reporter C.I.D. chiefs discovered this week that a |M v* flint lighter which looks just like a lethal pistol if being imported into Singapore, so they have asked the Imports Department to stop all further deliveries until there is less armed gang robbery. They
    187 words
  • 146 5 Overcharged $l f Chinese Fined $600 A ELTOP to the Food Control Department on special du?'cs. gave evidence yesterday in the Siiigaipore Second District Court, against a 28-year-old Chinese. Tan Bin Chuan. who sold her a j tin of cigare'te.s for $2 ins.cad ot the controlled pi ice of SI.
    146 words
  • 63 5 DACK in Singapore aguin after an extensiv? tour of Hop" Kong and the Malayan Un on "The Bohemians' conceit puny gavp a sho" "t th? Unio n Ja^/c Club last night. The Boa. .:i.<tns ar^ familiar tc troops here, havins given over 60 performance under E.N.S A j
    63 words
  • 308 5 Phone Co Wants School Site Sunday Times Reporter THE Oriental -Telephone an.i Electric Co.. Ltd.. is seeking permission to acqun. th~ grounds and premises ol Khee Fatt Chinese School Mi Hill Street, (which were bombed out during the batt of Singapore). The matter came up belore Mr. H. E. Kingdon
    308 words
  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 363 5 i "Biro MARKS A TURNING POINT IN THE HISTORY OF i t»ittcs bM a oalt -bearing pmrt point >nat -vet goea wrong, nwer flood i. deivlr -1 point (hat lolla yow SB to the papei »lth rdoitie.s BIHO ink dre* m you wr. 1 «nnor aaudfe It: you need no
      363 words
    • 173 5 .^.Z.111. fINNI lomm firm am*** rt/wm I OUTSTANDING FEATURES: ,j, THE WINCIS ARfc. IITIFD Wl 1 M FIXKu Sl.O'ld UfO II SLOTTED FLAP 3 WHICH ENABLES THE Tl AM W I AND OR START FROM THE SMAIJ FST KRi I"HF SLOTS ELIMINATE ANY TENDENCY TO INTO A BPIN. Fl'IL CONTROt,
      173 words
  • Page 5 Miscellaneous

  • 611 6 The SUNDAY TIMES SINGAPORE. OCTOBER 27, 1946. Compensation IT is clear from the announce- ment 01 the formation ol a joint Malayan committee on wat damage compensation representative of the main industries and commerce and all communities—that a new effort is to be made to speed-up the Malayan Governments' handling
    611 words
  • 1476 6  - NEW TENANTS MOVE INTO IMPERIAL DELHI RALPH IZZARD -By- NEW DELHI. EVERYWHERE one sees the spotless white tunics and perky Gandhi caps of Congressmen; the twinklingmatchstick legs clad in skin-tight cotton jodhpurs. The new tenants of Imperial Delhi- are here, and they arc very much here to stay. They swarm
    1,476 words
  • 73 6 QUAKER TEACH JAP PRINCE \/|RS Elwabeth Vlraiiu, of L Philadelphia, has arrived in Yokohama to take up her duties as tutor to Crown Prince Akihito. Mrs. Vining. who b. liriigs tr> 'i.ciety cf riv was chosen by the Emperor Horn a hst of cand.Jjtc- •> :'jmitted by the Aiit^i.ian •Mutation
    73 words
  • 846 6  - New myth is "the stab from above" Lord Vansittart REPLY TO THE GERMAN GENERALS by The attitude of Germany 's military leaders to their defeat in the war has been interpreted in a series of articles in The Sunday Times by Captain Liddell Hart, the famous military commentator. This series
    846 words
  • Page 6 Advertisements

  • 516 7 $500,000 DREDGING PLAN FOR RIVER Removing Silt Sunday Times Reporter NEARLY half a million dollars will be spent by the Singapore Government in the next few months in dredging the Singapore River, one of the island's most important trade arteries. This figure also includes the cost of dredging operations in
    516 words
  • 341 7 Sunday Times Reporter ALTHOIXUI the number of Singapore citizens found M mining after World War 11 must l>e well within the i fi ;ure m;ak. the number reported to the Missing Persons* liureau run by the IKpartmcnt of Social Welfare, up to the nd <•( la-t
    341 words
  • 50 7 Singapore's biggest importation of coal- 8.725 tons- is expected to arrive by the Fort Senneville tomorrow. The vessel will anchor in the roads. The Empire Prospero, which brought 7,500 tons of coal from Calcutta ten days ago, is at present unloading her cargo at the main anchorage.
    50 words
  • 219 7 Sunday Times Correspondent. PENANG Sat IN order to increase th e present strength of Penang's police force a new training centre will shortly be established in Butterwortti for police recruits from Penang and Province Wellesley, it is understood A batch of 20 trainees arr.ved here
    219 words
  • 176 7 CAR LIGHTS AWAIT OWNERS Sunday Times Reporter rRTY -THREE motor-car, lorry and Jeep head and side lamps are lying at the Central Police Station in Singapore, awaiting identification by their owners. The lamps were discovered in a second-hand dealer's shop in the Sungei Road area on Friday night following the
    176 words
  • 148 7 THE sequel t3 a brawl in frcnt ot a toddy-shop was heard in the Singapore Coroner's Court yesterday when Mr. W G Porter held an inquest into the death of Oswa'd de Cruz, a Euiusian. who was struck on the heaa with a stick.
    148 words
  • 86 7 Sunday Times Reporter PENANO, Sat. RAGING fcr almost one hour, a big fire razed the smokehouse of a rubber factory at 7th milestone Batu Üban on Thursday afternoon. Three engines of the F.re Brigade rushed to the scene and, as there was no hydrant within a reasonable
    86 words
  • 43 7 A steam dredge working in Singapore river removing silt that has accumulated oier toe last four years to i~en-.it the river more navigable for the hundreds of tr*ft h:< li handle a large pruporl. n of Singapore's trade
    43 words
  • 399 7 CORRUPTION TRIAL AFTER V. C. B. Menon had repudiated the signed statement he made to Capt. Swindells of the Army Special Investigation Branch at his continued trial in the Singapore District Court yesterday, the judge, Mr. Tan Thoon Lip, ruled that the statement was not admissible,
    399 words
  • 345 7 Sunday Times Reporter SO low has the dog population in Singapore dropped since 1941 and so high the burglary records) that the humblest mongrel has become an asset and the efficient watch dog a treasure. official dog shooters, who formerly combed the town for strays
    345 words
  • 58 7 Sunday lim?s Correspondeut Malacca. Sat. rE body of a twelve-year-old Chinese schoolboy was recovered from a pond in Ba chanr Road yestetday. It is believed that the boy stayed away from school, and was drowned while swimming in the pond. He was a nephew of toe
    58 words
  • 56 7 1 52 YEARS 'TOMORROW! Tungku VahKo.a. kmt >• of Johore, celebrates his 52nd birthday tomorrow. There is to be an "At Home' 1 at his residence at Istana Bukit Stulane. Juhore Bahru, tomorrow afternoon. At various times since 1931, Tangku Mahko^n has acted as Recent of Johore in the absenc«
    56 words
  • 78 7 Sunday Times Corrtspondetn PENANG, Sat THE news that the Government may short'.y be releasing half a million yards of khaki dr. ll fof open sale in Penang has sent black marketeers scrambling to dispose of thei T stocks. Although not offic ally confirmed, it is
    78 words
  • 199 7 CAPT. G. E. T. FriMu-is, lorrr.er supcrintindoiit .>! the Outram Ro.H Gaol. d»- cribod in the First Polic Court yesterday, how hv uv.assaulted by about l.~> h gans in DMMT BmmL Hi the hooligans gr;tbl»«<l him by the arms and legs, and mbb?d him of his
    199 words
  • 44 7 Sunday limes rnrr'smmdt'M PENANCi At a meeting held at the I Turf Club. Mr. Khco San Fwe v os elect?d cha rrra- 1 of the Penan* Poppy Cay Committee for this yenr Tw NnOWV s <r~tarifwere f lc ted, art
    44 words
  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 134 7 Powou gives welcome from acidity. flatulence heartburn, stomach pain nausea. I Hoc ness ani e f !icr I symptoms of digestive turbancrc. Imaluable (ci 1 headarhex. depression, sleep- ff lesjnea* and palpltatlm when the: c are caused b< stomach d>'( rt.. Look for the Signature-J MACLEAM^^-l kStoinach Powder A OUST
      134 words
    • 254 7 During the past weeks NEW STOCKS OF MEN'S SHOES have arrived at ROBINSONS Men's Walking Shoe* English made throughout Tan Grain-! -ather uppers Leather Soles Kubher Heels. Sizes from f> to 11 Price $25 «er pair Men's Walking Shces English made throughout Brown Suede Uppers leather Sole*; Rubbtr Hee!«. Sizes
      254 words

  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 305 8 DLCATION DEPARTMKM SPCAPORK Vpqsies>Ucns ortfiog to a« raor II I M »20)-A10-»S90 m exisur.g Co t at Lirtng A low»»c« Applicant; wth spe-lai qualinr» Mpertrnrr may be conskli «aUrv lr Orad. II tors tliud b- MM > Rd ica'-ion Hijir Building Singapore Tnbvte To The Bride /C"V^ k BHHHM Photo1*","J
      305 words
    • 399 8 TRINITY COLLECE OF MUSIC LONDON THEORY If \l MM mJ QIESTIONv \\|> EXtBCISr^ Pirst S c-;js Division a Preparatot y Jiinl r Adv Junior Intermedlair 40 Adv. In>r it 2 40 Senior 4/ 2.AC Higher local M| Pastar- S3. Hlfh Strwt Sinfipoir When you THINK of NEW ryprwTtssrs. Calculators. Adding
      399 words
  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 617 8 111 1 1 |T Ci Si DOES it pay to play the beat bridge? Thr« answer alas! is: Not always! Consider this hand held— and played by M Harrison Gray. ids the greatest certainly the most consistent. British tournament player and Editor or the new Contract Bridge Journal. Gray sat
      617 words
    • 774 8 TH| S._W|| K F P_R Y OU JY_JJELLA —What the Stars Foretell— MMMO (Oct 24-Not Bl AQUARIUS (Jan 21-Feb. 19) TAURUS (Apr 21— Mi;' 21) LEO (July 24-Au«. 23)— That —This is a time to promote all _p Cf 1 throaih your original —Finish some worthy project n«w enterprise looks
      774 words
    • 137 8 FIGURE FUN A MAD mathematician devLsEd th's problem in an idle moment: Before he departed for the sanatorium, he revealed the following information to reporters who interviewed him. "This is a problem in addition. Fach letter represents a number. All the digits from 0 to 9 have been used." POST
      137 words
    • 515 8 THE world has recently been 1 paring tribute to Christopher Columbus. So. today's Quit is concerned. approoriatrly. with o'umbusrs and othci "hi-h fs" that ha ?e won fame in various ways. 1 Columbus is the capital ol 2. Colombo is tr-e capital of 9 3 The capital of Colombia ll
      515 words

  • 908 9  - LADY GIMSON GOES ROUND SHOPS Jean Caye By SumUy Times Women's Corresponden (limson, V of the Governor, Franklin (iimson, -pent her first morning in Singapore looking nmrH the shops. She bought a ?';>lav textbook and she intends to start lfx'i'p" the Innme that she was msfd to see so many
    908 words
  • 393 9 From A Correspondent rE 20 officers of the Eighth Army who last week celebrated the anniversary of the Battle of El Alamein at the Tanglin Mess and later at the Tanglin Club made every effort to recapture the colourful atmosphere of the desert army which beat
    393 words
  • 473 9 -By Sh Ud a child of eight years of agi be allowed to decide a careeT »jr herself? My little girl has one ambition—to go on the films. It is not a passing fancy. She has hnd it for more than a year. Should I send her
    473 words
  • Article, Illustration
    31 9 This sunshine mousselinc-de-soir gown featuring one volu -Inous sleeve and one bare shoulder can be worn for evening ov dinner. The wrist band and belt are finely embroidered in coloured eabouchons.
    31 words
  • 259 9 Ribbons replace flowers Sunday Times Correspondent MELBOURNE, Oct 15. TLORAL hats will be in the •ninority this Australian summer The new season's bonnet is mainly trimmed with tafT.t- ribbons, draped th: :roni and massed :n'o bum bos at one sic?c. Ribbons are strip* d. spotted or plain on hat.- of
    259 words
  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 128 9 A Modest Gentleman BUT A BURGLAR BY PROFESSION! j^i ~^V^ m v Til BtUfUtn lire hard to pick and t\iere are mure of tlu tvtty day (y.iu htHft only t> read the mHMjGftf trf rttk Y'<u WMf know uhr one will CALL and COLLECT at YOUR EXPENSE. LBe wise BEFORE
      128 words
    • 70 9 •r l* YeP s ENGLAND V <3 Players Exbr a Qualiby Cigarehbes I h mt niii~niiuiniiiiii*i*iui*4iiiiotiuiiiuiii> iliiiifiiit MOR€ TO SMOK€ MORt TO ENJOY imitnrrtoniiiittnintittiiii*iinooiitsii*fii4iiiiiintiiyiniiiotit •Wj^fy// '''''^&mlmJi]SE&'^ :lls trUn he lthy niiu alin v^ vt"%_ '^^HH^^' Dont J 11 1 enviou bui \w )^V your dr er as stoclu ye now
      70 words

  • 311 10 I S.K.i 1 %»\< urtd at Ja':«.T Bcsar Stadium yesterday Hhm I* \1 (St'loi ir) and the Singapore Recreation I ;i goal each i.i a first-round tic in the Victory ip i >ifip«'tilion. rtunitieg andard .itioiis. While the Airmen took tho Roe* turned out with
    311 words
  • 73 10 t I.t'SKA and Naval Base /V Dockyard meet in the Victory cup competition at Jalan Besar Stadium this afternoon, i have shown good form in recent matches played at the stadium, hot will have to be at Ihtir he.i to beat the Oo^-k. \t!-.i> i i
    73 words
  • 107 10 Sunday Tmes Reporter Kuala Lumpur. Sat. TWO goals scored within the 'ast five mnr.ites of the game enabled the Selangor Malays 'B team to defeat the TP.C^. "B team in the final of the Junior knockout football competition played on the T.P.C.A. grouno this evening. The
    107 words
  • 33 10 Sunday Times Reporter SEGAMAT Sat %/|EETING th? G.ES on the school pbdan<r ovci the weekend. UN S^gamat Spor»^ Club hockey team ■cored a close uctory b" the odd goal in five
    33 words
  • 94 10 Sunday Times Reporter SEGA MAT. Sat lOHORE BAH.iI beat Segamat sknil when ihc two sides met et oorcer at Johorc Bahru over the weekend. Segamat v ere unfortunate to ia»o one of their bac!*s a lew minu'e; Iron: the start and played with inly ten
    94 words
  • 66 10 Iricndly Badminton maKli of four singles and one doubles will be layed at th<* heppy WorlJ Coverea Stadium between the Mayflower an-J the Maxfli BP. at 10 a.m. today: The following will renrescnt ihe —We Uvon Hai. I Llat 8eal» Yedl- Khrrn. Tan Gujd Hong. L.r.i Joon bhu.
    66 words
  • 65 10 This is barlic (Iron-man > Puckrtt. formor Victorian, wlio took ffitv t English wickets for 126 in 37. 5 overs for West Australia. Clarrie (.rimmett. former Test crk-keter. says Putkett "is a real ti<rr for work and if he were in the eastern States he might play for
    65 words
  • 435 10 MinJay Time* itenorter IPOH, Sat SPENCER vac the most succeskljl jockey at today's races, riding the winners in the second, third and fourtn races anci being concerned in a dead-h<-at for first in tho fUth. The goln<» was good and there was a large
    435 words
  • 686 10  -  Bill Bowes From ADELAIDE, Saturday. A WALK to the Adelaide Oval is one that has always delighted me and as I walked down by the Governor's Residence over the city bridge, with a view as good as any on the reaches of the Thames. I thought
    686 words
  • 428 10 PENANG CHINESE PLAN SPORE TOUR Sunday Times Reporter PENAN<;. S:.t. WHILE the position in Penang is still obscure as regard, official inter-State fixtures this season for hockey and rugger, the local sporting bodies are not allowing the grass to grow under their feet in this respect. The Chinese Recreation Club
    428 words
  • 101 10 MELBOURNE. Sat ITHE third Test match startirg a' Melbourne on Jan. 1 will bs Dro"di > ast. accordinß to Dr R 1.. Norton. Presdent of the Vic'cri'n Cricket Asscciatior stated the deadlock with the b'oadcasi ing companies l^as be""i overcome by «rrang'ment.s cov.^ii irq
    101 words
  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 66 10 Amijinj 4nrenrf bt.i>f 9"i«fc nM frorr r»<«>nf paini ot rh*umati«M tni HM» 2—4 I'xprin taSlttl wul gi»» »om 'oani r«lnl troa conuant p«i« »«i «"U i»ti«d^»t# Tr» Rriprin Dan'l b» I trulH fc» MtfctcitMtn. R**pr>a B -tfc. M. rrfirrd pt»Kr»- ™*"*Jf* iw da Mlf war MOUtT Mighliett of screen thrills
      66 words
    • 91 10 Tudor Players ciesent I "SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER" AN AMISINO PERIOD PLAY BY OLIVE! GOLDSMITH VICTORIA THEATRE M 8 30 I" M OCT. 30. 31 NOV. 1. 2 TICKETS:— S; Ml. «0. 31 b$ A SI 00 Book in? :>t Robin»oiL> am. Theatre p.m. Part proceeds m aid of thr
      91 words
    • 87 10 LIDO (NEW WORLD PARK) OPFNING TO-DAY: 3— 7— 913 P M. MASCOT PICTURES Present GEORGE LEWIS— I'RANKIE DARRO A BIN TIN TIN JR. IN "WOLF DOG" (IST. HALF) a serial jammed with adventure. thrills, action: exciting and TENSE 2ND. HALF OPENS TUESDAY SUN (NEW WORLD PARK) T«-*«y Three Shows 1.33
      87 words
    • 153 10 f RE-OPEHING I TO THE PUBLIC ACAIN I NOVEMBER I& FRESH SYDNEY ROCK I BY AIR FROM AUSTRALIA ALMOST DAILY 1 Also fresh strawberries k dinners and a la carte 1 SIMCAPo^f AIRPORT j -1-^* "^SSmfr Rfcservaiions are lltr.it ri. M iBPBitI 'ffnWW F lease boc-it olicad T?i. JLJ! Just
      153 words
    • 100 10 SKY (GRHAT WORLD PARK) CPCNINC. TO-DAY: 3— 7— 9.1.*> TM HERE IS KNTERTXINMI I Bi:VONl) YOI'R WILD! n i DRIIAMS: ELEANOR POWELL IN "SENSATIONS OF 1945" WITH DENNIS OKEICKIO— W < MMaM MUSIC 8Y... WOODY HERMAN A Ills IS\M* CAB CALLOWAY A HIS BAM» EVERYTHING IS Rl DAMSELS! DANCES! MUSIC!
      100 words

  • 1029 11  -  Bill Bowes Wally Hammond Out For Nine From ADELAIDE, Sat. rE England batsmen, consolidating the start given by llutton and Washbrook, have to-day increased their total to 506 for five against South Australia at Adelaide Oval. The batting, though never brilliant, has shown cold, workmanlike
    1,029 words
  • 21 11 Voce missed in the slips by Barras off Fuckett in the match between Western Australia and the M.C-C.
    21 words
  • 143 11 Edrich Not Fancied As Bowler M I- SKY. Sat W. J i fiirmi r Auslr.-.-Tan T< -t howler, writing in th<- Mo-. -.in* Herald. mm I do not agree \»i<h th«- English attack and thf In: Idit-t- "ir> <>f Kd'idi and I h en's methods of hotline wei«h heavily against
    143 words
  • 21 11  -  Nrtv Uii'i.ims I rom Melbourne Sit. TIGER AMAN vas ba-<n on p lr.U 12 r. und= at Melbourne I
    21 words
  • 74 11 LONDON. Sat. HAROLD Gimblett. Somerset and England cricketer, is now fit again after his appendicitis operation and will be ready to leave for India '.arly next week. .Since Gimblett replied accepting V. M. Merchant's cabled offer of a winter coaching engagement under the Indian Cricket Board of Control,
    Reuter  -  74 words
  • 78 11 'THE second match in the SRC. A seven-a-side hockey tournament will be played on the Club ground tomorrow between teams captained by .R. H. Barth and H. Hoeden. In? teams are: Teaa 2: R. H. Barth icapt.) I. Mendes. D. Ross. O. Campbell, C. B. Von Hagt T.
    78 words
  • 306 11 ENTERPRISING work by forwards enabled Singapore Li District to beat the S.C.C. by eight points (goal and try) to nil when they met on the Padang yesterday. Two games a week for three weeks in succession took their inevitable toll of the S.C.C. players.
    306 words
  • 93 11 THE following will represent the St. Andrews Old Boys 1 Association Ist XI against the RAF. 'Seletan in a hockey, match to be played at Seletar! on Tuesday, October 29. 1946: C Schubert: R. Hoffman. M. Mwdder: V. Vanderputt, H. Lclali. G. La Brooy:
    93 words
  • 96 11 M.C.C.— IST. INNINGS Mutton c it b Dooland 136 Washbrook c Enclefteld b O'Neill US Edrich ni Eng-leneld b Dooland 71 Compton c O'Neill b Mann *1 Hammond st Enftiefirld b Dooiand 9 Yardley not out M Ikin not oat I* Extra* 17 Total (far S wkta) Byes 6.
    Reuter  -  96 words
  • 469 11 Chelsea Beat Arsenal 2 f London. Sat. /*OCD attendances were aguin a fea|j ture of today's Le&gue games. Crowds of 60,000 saw the Chelsea-Ar-senal and Newcastle -Manchester City games while 50,000 turned up to see Manchester United go down to Sunderland for whom Whlttum score all three goals. Bolton held
    Reuter  -  469 words
  • 82 11 COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP Cheshire 6, Durham 5, Cornwall 6 Oomewet IS, Devon S. Gloucestershire 3. Northumberland 30, Cumberland 8 LANCASHIRE COT FINAL BfUevue Rangers 3. Wigan 9. KUOBY LEAGUE Batlejr 27, Salford 11, Bradford Northern 24, Hull 14, Featherstone Roverg 2, Dew»bury 6, Huddersfleld 33 BramJey 5, KeighJy 12.
    Reuter  -  82 words
  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 25 11 ALHAMBRA PIN-UP what's ><^lQWi^^ JWKm SHE GOT V v "iL jl ft THAT I 4 ifl^b Tons of m "736. BATU ROAD. KUALA LUMPUR. MALAYA.
      25 words
    • 156 11 HWf^TfTfl^ CoMP/TtONEP. [Cj g I aJfYEPY SEAT AN AfiMCHAIP LAST FIVE SHOWS TODAY SEE ALAN LADD WHO NEVER LIVED SO DESPERATELY, NEVER LOVED SO DANGKKOUSLY, AS HE DOES IN THIS SCREENS MOST THRILLING ADVENT! RE! WITH GER.V,D'» t FITZGFPALD! I Alan LADD i&| land(l(j^C3iy\I and (l(j^C3iy\ J f.jK GRAND OPENING
      156 words

  • 155 12 Thi« new Miles "Aerovan' freight -carrier aircraft was used to take a new ear from the factory in Britain to Guernsey in the Channel Islands Delivery from the factor to the owner took four hours. Aww/e: This 10-foot high. 4i.(KK) lb statue uf a kneeling
    155 words
  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 362 12 &£t LANG PHONE fiOTO^M' Iftday: )N. %M M Ml j, marines fought tike tiir-ea on this miniature hell-spa' •WAKE ISLANDTht f«r» thundertn* epic ol frtt ud ctary SMrrtr« Brian Dontevy. Robert Pre ton A Wllijm Bwiitac Preened br latest Brl tsh Mork-toi-e N«w« M40N.1. ***** liai'y— S. U5 1 JlSpm
      362 words
    • 348 12 SHE'S NOT HEADED HOT-BLOODED! DEFIES EVEN HER CAPTOR! FIVE SHOWS TODAY fl'^^l 6 f R f)|^ N 11 a.m. 2 p.m. 4.15 6.30 9.1 S pm. i |jA| I J NIGEL BRUC^^^fe^^^W^ LEO CARRILLO Gale Sondergbard Douglass Dumbfilte Curt Bois Preceded by "SHOR'iS" Aviation and its youngest member 10 year-old
      348 words