The Straits Times, 16 February 1947

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    20 1 FINAL EDITION THE SUNDAY TIMES LARGESI NEVI SALE IN MALAYA No. 603 SINGAPORE, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1947. PRICE 10 CENTS
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    PULICE WATCH TIN PILE
    35 1 PULICE WATCH TIN PILE A an. ion of the large pile of iJ.000,000 worth of tin insjots being unloaded at the Pcli p Training School yesterday for safekeeping. Each ingot is worth more than $100.
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    DESTROY ATOM BOMB,' SAYS SOVIET TO U.S.
    140 1 DESTROY ATOM BOMB,' SAYS SOVIET TO U.S. New York, Sat. DUSSIA cannot wait lor prolonged negotiations, declared M. Andrei Gromyko, the Soviet delegate, when, in making his oroposal for atomic energy conirol, he called on the United States to dest-oy atomic bombs without waiting for the creation intern. .tional inspection
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    CITY STRIKERS GO BACK TOMORROW m
    525 1 CITY STRIKERS GO BACK TOMORROW m Concessions an inquiry Sunday Times Reporter THE 27-day strike of 7,000 Singapore Municipal labourers has ended. The men will begin clearin? the accumulated filth and rubbish, which has become a menace to the health of the city, tomorrow. The President of the Chinese Chamber
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    POLICE GUARD TIN WORTH $4 MILLION
    213 1 Sunday Times Reporter ANK thousand two hundred tons of tin ingots, valued v at more than $4,000,000, were yesterday stacked at the Singapore Police Training School fo safekeeping, pending determination of its ownership. Part of the pile of 4,500 ingots, which will be ringed
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    COMMISSION ON GOVT SALARIES
    117 1 Sunday Times Correaponcit nt KUALA LUMPUR. Sat. Pis officially announced that the Governors of the Malayan Cnion and Singanore have decided, with the approval of tiie Secretary c; State f«t t'.ie Cctarc*. to a--.'i'"t i Fnl commission to review the present salaiv ■Mies in Qirm* ment
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    COUPONS WORTH £50,000 STOLEN
    104 1 L nd:n, Saturday. J^ETECTiVES are w.rking on the th ft of 8 000 c'ot.h.ng coupon bocks of the 1947-48 ls.;ue frcm a Brrmondsey print 'm wsrks. They are worth at least £50,000 at the black market rate of twj shillings each ccucon when they becrm? valid.
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    INDIES PARLIAMENT
    21 1 DR. I. R. Soekarno, President of the Indonesian Republic, has appointed 232 new members to the Republican preliminary parliament.
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    SIAM GIFT TO U.S.
    19 1 Siam has donated 700 volumes of Siamese literature to the U.S. Congress Library in Washington.
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    BOMBS IN EMBASSY
    19 1 Several small bombs exploded in the Argentine Embassy in Madrid, says UP. There were no casualties.
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    MARSHALL SAYS WORLD STATE CRITICAL'
    204 1 WASHINGTON, Sat IPTER discussing "most of the world's trouble spots." the US Sec -Mary of State, Gen. George C. Marshall told reporters on 1 aving the closed session of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that he had reported that "th? world is in a very
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    ARAB-JEW PROBLEM FOR UNO
    53 1 Sh ikh IlaPr Wa ab. of -.v.di Arabia, one of the delegates to the Pal?stin; Conference in Lond <n, wbi on Friday liaid the Brltto*! Forei.n Sc-f a~v. Mr, Ernest Bevin, state that Britain had deiuied to reirr tne wh !e problem o' Pnl -'p to
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    TRIBESMEN ATTACK AND SEIZE SHIP
    99 1 TRIBESMEN ATTACK AND SEIZE SHIP LONDON, Sat. rNDREDS of armed tribesmen have attacked the Egyptian ship 'Star of Mex,' aground in thp Persian Gulf and forced the crew to abandon the vessel to save their lives, according to radio messages received In London today. The Admiralty received the following message
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    LORD MARCHWOOD
    68 1 Sunday Times Correspondent Lond.n, Saturday. COMt anxiety is felt in London J for 71-year-old Lord Maichwo:d. former Singapore broker who wa> known for seme years as "th 9 M.P. for Malaya" in the House :f Commons. H3 has been taken ill at Gibraltar, where he has been holidaying
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    Week-end work to speed British coal
    318 1 LONDON, Saturday. AS weather experts forecast another freezing v/eek-end for Britain, hundreds of thousands r.f mm r.s. raflwavrae seamen and dockers volunteered to work tonight and on Sunday to move vital coal supplies to fad-hungry poiter stations and gasworks. London housewives have been told
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    Attiee asks for greater effort
    243 1 MANCHfSiJiR, S:'.?. 'THE Prime Minister. 1 Clement Attieo, toL i v/orkers' meeting here toe: y that "despite the .serious problems we have to overcome, wi shall bring the economic anil social life of this count ry to I new lerel of prosperity." i < appealed
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    ANGLO-INDIAN TALKS ON FINANCE Hid
    40 1 NEW DELHI, Sat. THE exploratory talks betwaon British and Indian finar:ial experts on the liquidation >f India's £1.°50.0C0.000 balance in Britain, which began on Feo. 3, er-dod here today. An ofllrial statement is expected. Renter
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    CLIFFORD PEER TURNS HIS SPOTLIGHT On MALAYANS
    1077 2 CLIFFORD PEER TURNS HIS SPOTLIGHT On MALA YANS MR. THOMAS ABRA- HAM, who is one of those selected by the British Council to visit Br" tain to study cultural life and institutions there, belongs to a Ceylonese family associated with early educational developments in Malaya. His father, the late Rev.
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      335 2 H/iDIO MALA i A c,rner; 5.30 pa. Richard Tauber wllh I Music parade: 10.15 p.m. As the com- Oearge Melachrtao; 6.00 pjn. Sunday I mentator saw it; 10.30 p.m. Radio SIQCJQDOre service relayed from Presbyterlau I newveeel; 10.46 pjn. London c«lUngj »v Church: 6.30 p.m. News; 6.45 p.m. 1 10.
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    MINERS SUPPORT FEDERATION SCHEME
    635 3 Advocate early decision Sunday Times Staff Correspondent IPOH, Saturday. I EADING European and Chinese miners of Malaya this afternoon voiced their approval of the new Malayan constitutional proposals, at an extraordinary general meeting of the F.M.S. Chamber of Mines, by unanimously passing a resolution urging an
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    Ex-PoW Nurse Married At Cathedral
    304 3 Ex-PoW Nurse Married At Cathedral MISS Jean Greer. a former Australian P.O.W. nursing rioter, was married in Singapore at St. Andrew's Cathedral yesterday, to Mr. Duncan Kobert McLeod Pemberton. Miss Greer, who worked with her unit at the Malacca General Hospital in 1»42, was thrown into the sea together with
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    FIRE DESTROYS TWENTY HOMES
    90 3 Sunday Times Correspondent PARIT BUNTAR, Sat. TWENTY houses were destroyed by fire at the fishing village of Kuala Kurau yesterday afternoon and total damage is estimated at $30,000. The fire broke out in a kitchen between two attap houses and was rapidly swept by a strong
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    MEDICAL ADVISER
    18 3 DX W. H. KAI.NiZE. Chiei Medical Adviser to the Colonial oiln r. who is in Singapore
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    Unified medical service soon
    266 3 Sunday Times Correspondent A DECISION on the unified medical service in Malaya may be taken soon after Dr. W. H. Kauntze. Chief Med.cal A r to the Co'orial Cfflce, i Speaking to olßclaia oi the Alumni Association of tne College of Medicine, with w.i m he
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    QUERY ON MEDALS FOR NURSES
    56 3 IN the Commons the Prime Minister will be asked if he Is now able to announce the grantirj? of civil defence medals to tnose members of the Malayan aux'liary nursirg services who were on duty wnen they were captured by the Japs in 1942. cables
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    KEPPEL ROAD CRASH
    52 3 A VEHICLE travelling along Keppel Road, Singapore, was turned over on its side yesterday when involved in collision with a 16 h.p. van which was leaving No. 7 gate and turning into Keppel Road. The driver of the overturned vehicle was taken to hospital suffering from a
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    COLLEGE DANCE
    27 3 DAFFLES College Union held a siuc r srli'i annr'l rtanc at the Oei Tiang Haen Hall last night when there were over 250 guests present.
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    UNIONS HOLD CEIEBRATION
    152 3 CINGAPORE trade unionists i w held a celebration at their l headquarters in Short Street yesterday to mark the second anniversary of the Pan-Malayan Federation of Trade Unions. A 100- foot red banner strung across the front of the building proclaiming the anniversary in Tamil, Chinese, and
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    GOVT. BACK PAY OFFER DISAPPOINTS
    339 3 Sunday Times Reporter. DISAPPOINTMENT among Gov ernment employees in Singapore at the official decision or back pay (published yesterday was summed up by the brief comment of Mr. S. A. Karim. president of the J.C.S.A. that "it h not up to expectations." Mr. Karim told
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    AIR FORCE WEDDING
    28 3 S<|. I. Jr. and Mrs. John Morison after their wedding at St. Andrew's Cathedral, Singapore, yesterday. The bride was formerly Miss Mary Carter, of Beckenham.
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    Help for sound unions promised
    260 3 Sunday Times Reporter OFFER of help to assist in creating a sound trade union movement in Singapore and the Malayan Union was made yesterday by the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies, Mr. Ivor Thomas, when he met at Government House in Singapore the representatives
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    $527,000 FOR SHE QUARTERS
    76 3 THE Singapore Harbour Board yesterday agreed, subject to the consent of the Governor, to spend $521,000 on the construction of new quarters for their labour force. These will be built in West Wharf area. Tanjor.g Pagar, to accommodate 1,500 people in both married and bachelor quarters.
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    'TCP SECRET MESSENGERS' FOR KILLEARN
    153 3 Sunday Times Reporter CIX European messengers t« carry top secret and ccmfli dential papers between departments in the Special Commissioner's organisation in Singapore, are shortly to be sent out frcm England by the Foreign Office. These men. officially known a* Chancery servants, are coming to
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    NO POWER CUT BY PERAK HYDRO
    108 3 Sunday Times Correspondent IPOH. Sat. pOWER and light will be avallI•* able as usual even if tha strike threat is carried out, i stated Mr. W. G. Scott, deputy General Manager of Perak River Hydro-Electric Power Com nan v I which serves the Kinta
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    ASSISTANT MANAGER OR HARBOUR BOARD
    55 3 Sunda> Times Report -r AN Assistant G n rai II foe Singapore Harb v- Board as now been anpoin cd anu s I due to arrv- in S nTapor-" bj iir from the Un 'ci K'nidom 'n <-r llhs mo-t'. He is Mr. P. A.
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      249 3 BFTTTSH INDUSTRIES FAIR LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM. MAY sth -16th 1947 This is your first opportunity in seven years to see your old suppliers in Britain and to meet new onas Overseas Buyers are invited to Britain for the 1947 British Industries Fair. It will enable them to establish personaj contact
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    Here's colour for your garden
    495 4  -  'Kebun' by DROBABLY one of the most popular plants in Malaya Is the Bougainvillea. It has been extensively planted throughout the country, but unfortunately it is usually the common small purple variety lhat has been planted. There are in existence in Malaya something like 16
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    RESEARCH INTO FIRE DANGERS
    97 4 FIFTEEN hundred live 6 are lost in fires in Britain every year and damage to the extent of £10.000,000 is done by them. In an attempt to save these lives and prevent this damage, the United Kingdom Government has set up a Fire Research Organisation consisting
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    CALYPSOWEEK TRINIDAD WAY
    504 4  -  NOEL MONKS by TTUNTDAD Calypson--1 ians who gave the world "Rum and Coca Cola." for <*ood or evil, are at it agai Trii. lad ha- been preparing lor its greatest "binge" in years 48 hours of non-stop carnival tomorrow and on Tuesday. The Calypso Contests, open to
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    SEA TREASURE HUNT
    440 4  -  J.lt. DA VIES By A TREASURE nui.t which is expected to yield oil and other minerals worth hundreds of millions of pounds has been launched by the U.S. Government. The area being explored is the sub-ocean "continental shelf" along America's Atlantic. Pacific, and Gulf of Mexico coastlines.
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    McKELL, BR ADM AN & BERNBOROUGH
    684 4  - McKELL, BR ADM AN BERNBOROUGH Denis Warner Lite Australian Scene- by MELBOURNE, (By Air Mail). AUSTRALIA took the appointment or Mr. W. J. McKell to the Governor-Greneral-ship with much more docility than many people expected. Leader of the Opposition Menzies called it shocking and disgraceful," but the premature newspaper disclosure
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    SCIENTISTS CHECK ON FEEDING
    153 5 mvi.iv Times Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Sat. |N the densely-populated, rice- growing district ol Alai, Malacca, a team of nutrition inyi'sf igators is conducting most exhaustive inquiriis into lt-e ]'fe, habits, and customs of the Mi'lay peasantry to find out wny malnutrition exists amcrg thorn. Th'S practical
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    MAN KILLED BY SHIP'S SUNG
    158 5 DISAGREEMENT with th? evidence of a ship's winchman •was expressed by the Singapore < r yestrrday when he told the man he had no doubt that the fireman. Azizulla, was hit by a sling unloading ba°s of rice from the Empire Farrer. i Coroner, Mr.
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    CHINESE PLAY IN LONDON
    48 5 Mrs. Y. S. Chen, wife of the Fir st Secretary of the Chinese Embassy in London with Mr. David C. S. Lv in costum-a they wear in a Ch nese opera which is be ing prest-nted for the first time at the Westminster Theatre.
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    U.S. sub gets big welcomeat Seletar
    342 5 U.S. sub gets big w el comeat Seletar Sunday Times Reporter SINGAPOREANS yesterday had the opportunity of meeting 3 officers and men of the United States submarine service. The Carbonero, a USN submarine of 1,800 tons which made two operational patrols in the South China Seas towards the end of
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    200 HOUSES URGED FOR UNION Funds sought
    501 5 200 HOUSES URGED FOR UNION Funds sought Sunday Times Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. j ill-; MaFayan Union Housing Committee, in its in- terim report to the Government, has recommended that funds should be provided immediately for the construction of 200 houses in the first instance in Sungei Besi area,
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    THE YOUNGEST PUISNE JUDGE
    65 5 Sunday Times Correspondent Ipoh, Sat. PtERAK'S Crown Counsel, Mr. T.V.A. Brodic. leaves the State tomorrow to assume the post of Puisne Judge for the East Coast of Malaya to which he has been promoted. This appointment of Mr. Brodie at the age of 40 makes him
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    PLANS FOR THE RE-OPENING OF KEPPEL COURSE
    155 5 PLANS FOR THE RE-OPENING OF KEPPEL COURSE Sunday Times Reporici IfEPPEL Golf Course In Slnga- pore, which during the occupation fell into decay througn neplect and non-usage, will soon become a first-rate golf course again, if the hopes of the Chairman o: Singapore Harbour Board. Mr. H Basten. are fulfilled.
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    PENANG MAY RATION POWER
    91 5 Sunday Times Correspondent PENANG, Sat. ELECTRICITY may have to t-e rationed and a part;al blackcut enforced in Penang if tho pe?k load at the Prai power station continues to be exceeded. MTaruins the Penang puolic against this possibility, the Municipal Electrical Department in a statement today
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    RUBBER PRICES
    70 5 r I WE Singapore Chamber of Cumx merce Rubber Association's rubber prices at noon yesterday were: Buyers Sellers Cts Cts perlb. perl*) No 1 R.S S Spot loose 41 7 4 42>4 No 1 RS.S. fob In bales Feb. 43 H 43 \i No 2 R.S S fob
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    64 JOHORE ACCIDENTS
    23 5 nURING the montl- ot January, 64 road accidents were reported in the State of Johore, four of them being fatal.
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    GIRLS NEED $25,000 TO RESTORE SPORTS GROUND
    266 5 Sunday Times Correspondent. THE $5,000 Girls' Sports Club ground in Serangoon Road. Singapore, will cost at lea^t $25,000 o make fit for play again as a result of the destruction caused there during the Japanese occupation, according to Mrs. G. Tessensohn. the Club's
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      285 5 Talking of dogs, bt bob martin. Mr. Bob Manin hit hail over fttty yean' expert .-nee of .lot?', and is known tc breoJen everywhere as a lea. ling I.: gli*h authority or i»nmf welfare 00G f 000? A f xir appetite is almost invariably due to impurities in the blood.
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      Law end Order
      605 6 BY far the most urgent problem confronting the Governments and people of Malaya today remains that presented by widespread lawlessness Initial succosses oi the rejuvenated police forces in clashes with the armed gangster have been heartening because they indicate what can be done when one aspect of
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    BRITAIN MUST CLARIFY JAPAN POLICY
    1277 6  - BRITAIN MUST CLARIFY JAPAN POLICY RICHARD HUGHES, Says. commenting on what he describes as the lack of co-ordination of British Commonwealth interests in occupied Japan. THERE is urgent need for a clarificatior. cf British foreign policy in Japan and for a streamlining of Empire representation in Tokio and the British
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    ] O TATTOO ADDICTS
    35 6 O TATTOO ADDICTS THE Bfcangfcal district cuurt announces that, beginning in ADril. opium addicts will oe tattooed following p. compulsory cure and any tattooed addicts caught smcki-g opium will bP punished by death, reports UP.
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    CAN MAN CHANGE WE A THER?
    561 6  - CAN MAN CHANGE WE A THER JOHN LANGDONDAVIES by- AXE of the things about science which interests readers, it seems, is whether scientists can do anything at all about Britain's horrible climate. Reports from Australia about rain-making by spraying the top side of clouds with dry ice have resulted in
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    The Eye Bank
    276 6 WILLI FRANCIS a 17--year-old Negro condemned to death In Louisiana, hus agreed to donate his eyes after death to Rufas Allen, a blind Negro. An amazing story of organisation lies behind this last gift of a condemned man. In 1944, twenty American hospitals sponsored the establishment of
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      712 6 CLASSIFIED ADS. IN MEMORIAM In constant and loving memory of Jluang Chai Gam beloved father of Hock In, Guat Van (Mrs. Chee Cheng Fook), Guat Sian. Soo. Bee and Tlan. Lost to us en the ItUi February 1942. LOST A LIBERAL REWARD will be paid /or the return of a
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      20 6 Each month will bring increased supplies. Producers Boh Plantations Ltd. Distributors Harper Gilfillan Co., Ltd. Kuala Lumpur Branches throughout Malaya.
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    GODOWN THIEVES NOW USE TRISHAS
    368 7 GODOWN THIEVES NOW USE TRISHAS Fresh flare-up Sunday Times Reporter OINGAPORE'S ingenious and versatile godown v thieves, temporarily foiled in their nightly activities by the enforcement of the lorry curfew, have switched to trishas, motor cars and taxis as alternative means of getting away with their loot after dark. Since
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    CHINESE HAS 25 YEARS IN PRIESTHOOD
    166 7 Sunday limes Reporter TO celebrate the 25th anniversary or his admi-sion to the priesthood, the parishioners of the Church of St. Theresa, Singapore, are today entertaining their vicar, the Rev. Father S. Lee, and they •will also welcome the Bishop-elect, lifr. Olcomendy. The Rev.
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    'BIGGER POWERS' FOR PENANG IN FEDERATION
    202 7 'BIGGER POWERS' FOR PENANG IN FEDERATION Sunday Times Correspondent PENANG, Sat. DENANG inside the Federation "will receive much greater legislative pow:rs" than she had enjoyed when she was part of the Straits Settlements, the Undor-Secretarv for the Colonies, Mr. Ivor Thomas, declared in a pross interview at the Res dency.
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    M.N.P. PROPOSALS
    60 7 Sunday Times Corresoondent. KUALA LUMPUR, Sat.— The Malay Nationalst Party has issued for the information of Mr. Ivor Thomas, Under-Sccretary of State for the Colonies, a statement of its proposals for a democratic Malaya. The Party says it will continue Its call for mass meetings to demand real,
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    K.L. CHINESE GET PERAK SUPPORT
    85 7 Sunday Times Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, Saturu:iy AN extraordinary meeting of "the n Malayan Chinese Tin Miners Association and the Peiak Cninese Mining Association, presided! ovtr by Mr. H. S. Lee, resolvea' unanimously to support the memorandum drawn up by the Se- i langor Chinese Chamber
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    PENANG IS READING MORE THAN PRE-WAR
    120 7 Sunday Times Correspondent PENANG, Saturday. DENANG is reading more at present than she ever did before the war, figures from the Penang Library indicate. But where fiction ued to be in the greatest demand, there la now a growing lencfowy tow;.- war and political
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    SPORE TRISHA MEN TO BE REGISTERED
    270 7 Sunday Times Reporter "THE days when Singapore trisha men can continue to extort unreasonable fares from the public are numbered, since soon all of them are to be licensed in the same way as taxi drivers and the public will then be better able
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    CHESS MATCH
    34 7 A study in concentration Dr. Yeoh Bok Choon and Mr. Gwee Ah Leng (of the Medical College playing hi yesterday's tournament arranged by the rejuvenated Singapore Chess Club at the Adclphi Hotel.
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    'Welfare racket hoaxes mothers
    339 7 Sunday Times Reporter OINGAPORE tricksters have found a new way of making easy money. They are calling on mothers of newly-born babies as self-appointed representatives of the Municipal Infant Welfare Department and collecting money from $1.50 io $10 as an advance payment for milk, clothing and
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    MP ASKS ABOUT FALSE TEETH
    198 7 Sunday Times Correspondent LONDON, Sat. MR. Tom Driberg gets the answer in a lew days to a poser with which he will face the British Government. He will ask the House of Commons what steps have been taken to revive the export of black false
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    FOUR ON LORRY THEFT CHARGE
    94 7 THREE Malays and a Chinese; were allowed bail of $1,000 each after they were charged in ttie Singapore Second Police Court with the theft of a Chevrolet lorry worth $3,000. and motor spare parts worth $2,000 from the R.A.F.. Changi, on Feb. 14. The accused.
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    72 T.B. DEATHS
    82 7 TUBERCULOSIS again caused the largest number of deaths in Singapore Municipal area last week there being 72 cases, compared with 50 of the previous week A health statement issued yes terday said the chief causes of mortality, after tuberculosis were: beri-beri 6; malaria 6; corvulsions 15; pneumonia
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    MACHINES WILL CHECK CENSUS
    241 7 Sunday Times Reporter machinery in Britain, worked by operators 1 under the control of tho Briti./i Treavjry, will sift and sort the mass of data collected in the forthcoming P; nMalayan census and will produce vital answers regarding Malaya's population which will provide an accurate basis
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    CHETTIAR GETS SIX YEARS FOR GANG ROBBERY
    157 7 Sunday Timjs Correspondent. IPOH, Saturday. THE doubtful distinction of bs--1 .113 the first Cliettiar t oe charged with gang robbery In this country goes to yomv; R*mayah Chettiar. Yesterday in Ih? Assize Coun Mr. Justice Cax Evans o nvieted him on three charges
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      1553 8 feSMJSIIU^HI THIS WEEK FOR YOU BY st^LLa mlWj] What the Stars Foretell AQUARIUS (Jan. 21— Feb. TAURUS (Apr. 21— May 21). thing new without fully Inves- or. in your expenditures. Best to, tm k~ «^s^. «*w A K°°«l week for all eneral tigatinjf. to keep to routine now. K3RSHII "r^^Xn
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    2-in-l dress in fashions
    752 9  - 2-in-l dress in fashions Mary Heathcott by LONDON, Feb. 3. A LL through this freezing, sn o w-b ound week, London's top designers have been showing their Spring export collections. While the audiences sat, muffled up in sheepskin boots, furs and scarves in several layers, looking like so many Polar
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    RECORD RECITAL
    54 9 THERE will be a recital of recorded I music at the Armenian Street Theatre on Wednesday at 8 p.m. including Beethoven's pianoforte concerto No. 4 and Bax's Tintagel. On Saturday. Feb. ?2 there will be an afternoon recorded recital of works by Mozart, also at the Armenian Street
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    Our Temple
    469 9 I have patience and good humour in most things but I'm surly and awkward at breakfast time, and I admit this is not very pleasant for my wife She has the sweetest of tempers and is always cheery, but I can sre how my surliness dampens her spirits
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    WAYS OF USING OLD BREAD
    348 9 TO throw, away bread be--1 cause it is Just "not new" is shockingly wasted, and while it can be used for toast, perhaps you find that there is still quite a quantity that I* difficult to use up attractively. BABOOTT CURRY Hall a pound of
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    Lovely costumes in 'Precious Stream'
    562 9 Lovely costumes in 'Precious Stream A WOMAN'S NOTEBOOK A UDIENCES at the last three performances of "Lady Precious Stream" will have noticed that the cast were wearing different costumes. During the first run they borrowed their costumes form a Chinese professional company which has now gone on tour. This time
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    South Hockey XI To Meet North
    83 10 South Hockey XI To Meet North Sunday Times Correspondent SEREMBAN, Saturday. THE South hockey team to meft North at Kuala Lumpur on March 1 is: Ali bin Yatim (N S) C. Coomarasamy (N.S), H H Barth (Spore) Capt; S. D. Williams (Spore), G. Clarke (Spore), Mydin (Malacca); D Ross (Spore),
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    Chinese Sports Federation Officials named
    197 10 Chinese Sports Federation Officials named F secure the affiliation of all Chinese clubs, associations and bodies Ui Singapore interested in the promot on cf .^p rts end athletics, the Singapore Chinese Amateur Sports Federation was formed when representatives from i various Chinese sports clubs met at Club Stre?t yesterday. The
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    Khoon Not Good Enough' – Me Kay
    129 10 Khoon Not Good Enough' Me Kay AIICK McKAY. South Alncan rl oantam* eight, has declined to fight Battling Khoon. the Chu.eje bantam, who challenged McKay a lew day- p.r.o Said McKay Khoon is a courageous fighter, but he is not in the <ame class as I am. I doubt whether
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    EMILY B.P.
    108 10 A friendly baaminton .natuh was played last Sunday between Emily B.P. and Perhimponan B.P. "B" at the E. B.P.s court. The Emily B.P. won by four games to three. (Emily B P. players mentioned first): Singles: Osman K. beat Rahmat D. (15-12). (15-5); Johari lost to Ismail T.
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    FRIENDLY SOCCER
    49 10 THE following players have been selected to piay for the Oavciiau^.i YungsU-rs against the RE M S. on the REME ground today ki?!:-oH at I 5.1 t> m. si rp Osman. Seng Gee, KrUhna. Bcrr>', Ibrahim. Loysias. Sattar. Lloyd. Lass.'. Govindasamy. Balan. Basil, Bong Soo. Samad, Roland.
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    NEGRI FORMING STATE CRICKET ASSOCIATION
    166 10 NEGRI FORMING STATE CRICKET ASSOCIATION Sunday Times Correspondent. SEREMBAN, Sat. THE formation of a State Cricket Association in N.S. was the main topic of discu-.sion at a meetine of N.S. Cricketers held at the N.S. Club with Dr. Strahan :n >h? chair Speaking on behalf of the Sungei Ujong Club,
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    GOVT. PRINTERS CLUB REVIVED
    71 10 At the annual general meetir.g of the Government Printing. Sports Club, held at the Govenment Printing Office premises or. Wednesday, it was decided to »e--open the club The acting superintendent, Mr. V. C. G. Gatrell, the acting deputy super.ntendent, Mr. F. R. Vine, and the senior
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    JOLLILAD'S SOCCER
    70 10 THE following players have be:n selected to play football for the Jollilads Athletic Union against the Army Catering Corps at the Army Catering Corps ground at 5 p.m. on Sunday, Feb 23. Transport leaves th a Railway Station at 4.30 p.m. S. Sithambram. S Murugasu. K. Thambyrajah. M.
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    CRICKET BEGINS IN PENINSULA
    464 10 CRICKET BEGINS IN PENINSULA Perak offers dates toPenang, Selangor Sunday Times Correspondent IPOH, Saturday. PRICKET was ushered in last Sunday when a team captained v by the Perak Cricket Association's vice-president, Mr. J. M. Lewis, drawn from Ipoh players, overwhelmed an outstation side brought up by K. H. Cantrell from
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    HOME RUGBY RESULTS
    76 10 LONDON. Sat Rugby Union results were as foi>owsNewport 3, Cardiff 3; Roya! Navy Enginecr.ng College 6. Reiruth II; Torquay Athletic 17. Plymouth Albion 14; Scottish representative team 12. Army All other matches cancelled owing to frost. R. gby League results: Leigh 6, Halifax 2; Salfcrd 0, Wakefield
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    S.C.R.C. CRICKET
    66 10 S.C.R.C. Cricket Officials for the 1947 season are: First Team:— Captain, Seah Keng Slew; v:ce-captain. Low Use Pow. Second Team: Captain. Ong Siow Hian; vice-captain, Tay Lian Hee. Convenor: Mr. Chua Boon Unn. All members interested in playing lor the Club this season are requested to contact the
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    N.S.W. COLLAPSE
    79 10 SYDNEY. Saturjay MEW South Wales colliOoed on a rain damaged wickei and was dismissed for 145 by South Australia in the Sheffield Shield Match today. South Australia repli?d with 47 f :>r three. Nine- j teen-year-old lefthander Ron Kissell makng his Sh'ld debut. was New South Wales highest
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    WEATHER STOPS 31 HOME LEAGUE GAMES
    511 10 L ndun, Saturday. W^AIHER once again seriously allected foDtb?.ll today and 31 matches in th 3 English and Scottish L2a7ue had to be postponed owing to snow and ic?-bound pitches. Twenty- cne English league matehoi could not be payed while ten grounds in Scotland
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    MALAYS LUCKY TO WIN 3-2
    317 11 A LITTLE luck and a penalty enabled the Malays to beat H. Q. SEALF three goals to two in a friendly soccer match at Jalan Besar yesterday. As a rehearsal for the league which starts this week, the match provided the Malays with valuable lessons,
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    PANCHO WEDS
    36 11 Sunday Times Correspondent IPOH. Sat. OC. Cubinar known to tne boxing world as Kid Pancho. who recently returned from a successful tour of Australia this morning married Miss Agnes Joseph at St. Michael's Church.
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    F.A. CUP
    22 11 F.A. CUP Lcuty, Derby's centre-half, fa 11s while attempting to stop I nwtrn (Chels;a) in the F.A. Cup tie at Stamford Bridge.
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    MCC Give Their Best Display
    368 11  -  W. M. Woodfull From MELBOURNE, Sat. LL the honours of the second day's play in the M.C.C. Victoria game to-day went to the Englishmen. After carrying their overnight total to 355, they dismissed six of Victoria's batsmen for 171 runs. It was, indeed, about the
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    Scoreboard
    182 11 M.C.C.— IST INNINGS Washbrook b Tribe 22 Fishlock c Huftt b Freer 51 Gibb c Johnson b Millrr 17 Compton c and b M!ller %7. Hardxtair c Tribr b Freer 9 'kin b Tribe Yardley b Miller IS Evans not sat 41 Bedser r HarTey b Tribe 11 Pollard
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    TODAY'S CHARITY FOOTBALL
    69 11 TODAY, at Jalan Besar Stadium the Ca;holic Young Men's Association will meet EFI Transport Depot. :n a game of soccir in aid of Catholic charities. Kick Cfl wiil be at 5 p.m. A dinner attended by the Memben of the Jaya Stia Badminton Party, Kuala Lumpur, was
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    TIN POCKET PAYS $54 FOR WIN
    1398 11 Close Finishes At K.L. Racing Sunday Times Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sat.. CLOSE finishes were the order of the day on the first day of the Selangor Races at Kuala Lumpur to-day, but Zargun, ridden by J. Donnelly, ran a beautiful race to win by
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    SPITFIRE B.P.
    39 11 A general meeting of the Spitfire BP. I will be held at La Paloma Bar! and Restaurant. Katcng, at 10 a.m. t-day. Mernberj are requested to attend as important matters concerning the Party are to be discussed.
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    STORE TO STAY CUT OF FOONG SEONG GUP BADMINTON
    595 11 STORE TO STAY CUT OF FOONG SEONG GUP BADMINTON Bj Our Badminton Correspondent WILL Singapore join the Foong Seong Cup Competition? Tl.is is the question a.-k'rd by many badminton official? and players here and upcountry. Fn>;n inquiries made, indications are that it is most un'lkely that Singapore will compete. The
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    155 12 XB-46— SECRET JET BOMBER This is the first official picture of America's latest bomber the XB-46 Consolidated Vultee with four turbo-jet engines now undergoing preliminary teits in California. She has taken two years to design and construct. Above: This four-seattr amphibian jea-B^e is one of the new American panes to
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