The Straits Times, 18 February 1947

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    18 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845. TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1947. PRICE TEN CENTS
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    THE KING ARRIVES AT CAPETOWN
    316 1 THE KING ARRIVES AT CAPE TOWN Huge Crowds Cheer Royal Drive CAPE TOWN, Monday. THE battleship Vanguard, carrying the British Royal Family to South Africa for their tenweeks tour of the Dominion, sailed into Table Bay this morning in perfect summer weather. The thick haze which covered the bay was
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    Army Keeps Coal On The Move
    223 1 DERBY, Monday. MOST parts of Britain were! under six degrees of frost tbii morning when the Army joined in the 'keep coal moving" campa'gn. Thr-re thousand tro-ps and 700 Army trucks were concentrated at Nottinghamshire. Derbyshire and Staffordshire pits last night Their aim i
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    ADMIT RUNNING AMOK
    56 1 TOKIO, Monday.— The Fui Efist Air Forces announced tonigh; that h2 five soldiers alleged 10 have -ccalen to death five Japanese have signed slatements admitting that they were he men who ran amok on the highway oi Hachioji. A general court -menial tm charges of murder will
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    STRIKERS ASK ABOUT BOARD
    221 1 fHE Singapore Traction Co. Employees' Union, whose 1,400 striking members have immobilised Singapore's main public transport for 17 days, yesterday inquired of the Commissioner for Labour, Mr. R. P. Bingham, the possible constitution of an ai!;itratir»n board to consider their demands. This development, and the return
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    BUDDHISTS IN POLITICS
    68 1 TOKIO, Monday. Ire Evening paper Tokio Times said today that Japan's 5,000,000 Buddhists would rally together to stage a political offensive against the Communists in the general elections expected late in April. The paper said the Buddhists had decided on such action because they felt that the
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    RUBBER WORTH $200,000 LOST IN PENANG FIRE
    143 1 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Monday. AFIRE here today destroyed about 3,700 piculs of rubber valued at $200,000. The main business section along the Penang waterfront stopped work for an hour as all avaiiabie firemen fought hard to control huge flames which broke
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    S'pore War On Rice Pirates
    75 1 CINGAPORE heads of Departw ments met again yesterday m the office of the Secretary for Economic Affairs, Mr. Andrew Gilmour, to discuss ways and means of combatting the i activities of rice pirates m Singapore harbour waters. "Ways and means have been under very active
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    JEWS AGREE TO U.N.O. DEBATE
    117 1 JERUSALEM, Monday. THE Jewish Agency Executive 1 announced here today its acceptance of the British decision to place the Palestine problem before the United Nations and stated it "is preparing for a political struggTe in the new forum." British officials have decided tentatively to pass
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    'SHOT WITHOUT TIME TO PRAY"
    112 1 VENICE, M.nday. Italians, a^ed from 14 to 70 were taken to oaves near Pome and shot m the neck "without having time to pray and with theT hands tied behnd their backs." This allegation was made by Prosecutor Colon-1 R Halse today when burly, bad-headed
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    JULIANA EXPECTS FOURTH CHILD
    76 1 AMSTERDAM, Monday —Dr. J Degroot today moved into the Soestdijk Palace where Princess Juliana is awaiting the bir'h oi her fourth child. Previously, Dr Degroo. Nad been living m a hotel near tne Royal Palace. Attention was immediately focussed on the move and the Dutch Radio
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    FRENCH TROOPS MOP UP
    144 1 HaWOI, Monday. troops heie are reported to be moppi.;^ up single snipers left m the rums jof a large poiton of the Cu,-■■ese-Annamite quarter, on t. c northern outskir s of Hai.ni, after a heavy offensive by t>-e French on Friday and Saturday to char th
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    Flaming Ravine Bars Air Rescue Party
    162 1 BOGOTA (Columbia), Monday. TTHE "removal of the bodies of the 50 victims of history* 1 worst airline disaster began this afternoon from the charred ravine on the sides of the foot Mount Tatilazo, 30 miles from here. The rescuers reached the scene of the
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    THIEF RETURNS HALF HIS SWAG
    70 1 Lim Joo Huan, 15-year-old schoolboy, told t h e First Distnct Judge, Mr. Paul Storr, m Singapore yesterday that Chua t>oo:i Giam, a Chinese w^o robbed aim of four dollars m Middle Roa.i on Feb. 2, returned two dollars when he pleaded that he needed
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    BARBARA HUTTON'S MARRIAGE HELD UP
    96 1 SAINT MORITZ, Monday.— The fourth marriage of Barbara Hutton, Woolworth heiress, described as the richest woman m the world, has been postponed because of the non-arrival from Paris of her certificate of divorce from film star Cary Grant. Barbara Hutton is to marry 33-year-old Prince
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    BYRD OVER POLE
    63 1 Aboard Mt Olympus, Monaay. -Admiral Byrd's long flight to the South Pole began at 5 am. yesterday and during most of Irs flight Byrd had only sketchy radio communication with his Little America base and with his flagship: Reports of the polar flight an? still incomplete and
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    U.S. SHIP TO DEFY DUTCH
    258 1 ALoard the S.S. Martin Behrman, off Cheribon, Monday. U|ITH the Dutch destroyer Kortenaar standing beiween us and the open sea, and three Dutch sailors aboard as armed guards, this New Orleans Liberty ship is cramming her hatches with a mu;timillion dollar cargo from Republican Java
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      63 1 IN OTHER PAGES U.S. wants "annexation" of Jap islands Ivor Thomas to discuis Malayan problems at home 3 Royal marriage no private matter; and new gardening feature 4 Police Inspectors "sacked" as crime mounts Editorial Batn Arang Arbitration Case 1 The Battle of Uie Coral Se* 8, 9. Problems in
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    U.S. Seeking 'Annexation' Of Jap Islands U.N.O. Question
    428 2 U.S. Seeking 'Annexation' Of Jap Islands U.N.O Question NEW YORK, Sunday. PE United States Government has asked the United Nations to designate the chains of Japanese mandated islands in the Pacific as a strategic area under American administration. The official request, informed sources said, would be before the Secretary General
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    51 2 I'iefurts of the recent fighting m Indo-China between frrenca troops and Vietnamese guerillas show the difficult country m which th« fighting is taking plac e. Above, French troors, stripped to the waist, m shorts and topees going into action. Below, a rare picture of a party of guerillas marching m
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    YARD ENDS BUTTERFLY CHASE
    128 2 LONDON, Monday. ONE of Scotland Yard's strangest mysteries the case of ihe missing butterflies was believed to have been solved today with the discovery of i 1,000 valuable specimens at an j unidentified person's home m Surrey. The butterflies were stolen more tha n a year
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    Britain May Be Swept From Seas
    363 2 LONDON, Monday. AMERICAN politics threaten a British shipping crisis, meft cording to the editor of the Sunday Express, John Gordon. In a long article, Mr. Gordon said the coal crisis may soon be followed by another involving shipping which may result "m Britain being
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    Appeal Not To Destroy Heligoland
    145 2 FRANKFURT, Sunday. 1 "THE government of 1 Schleswig-Holslein has made an "eleventh hour appeal to the British Military Government to "refrain from destroying" Heligoland, the world's most heavily fortified is'and off the North Seu coast of Germany, and urged that it be hande 1 over
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    LEND-LEASE FOR RUSSIA
    79 2 WASHINGTON, Monday. U.S. State Department officers, it is iearnt. havj informed senators that the United States must ship to Russian-some $25,0j0,000 (U.S.), w:rth of goods originally ordered under Lend-Lease or loan "agreements made In good faith." At the same time Mr. Chester Lane, Lend -Leas© administrator under
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    FRANCO MAY LIVE IN EIRE
    97 2 SHANNON AIRPORT, (EIRE), Monday.— Jose Giral, former premier of the Spanish Republican Government m exile, said today that it is a common belief amongst the Spanish people that if Gen. Franco is driven from power, he will seek refuge m Eire. Senor Giral, wiio passed
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    PICCARD'S PLANE CLIMBS 2,500 Ft.
    53 2 MINNEAPOLIS, Monday.— Don Piccard, 21-year-o 1 d 6on of Dr. Jean Piccard, stratosphere explorer, yesterday took oil On his first solo ascension, attained an altitude of about 2,500 feet and travelled 25 miles. After the take OOr,x r Piccard's balloon drifted precariously low above business
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    10,000 TONS OF RICE DESTROYED
    48 2 BANGKOK, Monday —It was estimated that 10,000 vons of rice was destroyed by flre tonighc, razing the second largest Bangkok rice mill and five adjacent godowns. The mill which is Chinese and Siamese owned has been closed for a month for repa'r U.P.
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    PART-TIME NURSES
    53 2 LONDON, Monday— Five recruiting stations for enlistment of housewives as part-Ume nurses and midwives will open m London tomorrow. Sir James WiLson. Health Ministry, chief M.O announcing this today appealed *O former nurses and midwives to return to hospital work even ii they could Rive only four hours
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    "COMMUNIST" IS LIBELLOUS
    224 2 The Times Correspondent. CHICAGO, Monday. A UNITED States Circuit Court, reversing a District Court decision, has ruled lhat m Illinois "it is libellous per se to write of a man or corporation that they are Communists or Communist sympathisers because the label 'Communist' today, m the minds
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    MOSCOW ATTACK ON REPUBLICANS
    88 2 MOSCOW, Monday— The oili-.ial Soviet newspaper Izves.ia yesterday said that the Republican in the UJS. were ready to join Britain in a "military attack against Russia" and accused Senator John Fester Dull:s of seeking to wreck American-Soviet relations on the eve of the I cow meeting
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    EXECUTION STAYED
    48 2 ATHENS, Monday.— The GreeSc Government iht-s suspended the execution of five mon* men condemned to death so that they may be interrogated by the United Nations Balkans commission now investigating Greek complaints of foreign aid to northern guerillas, the official Greek news agency said tonight— Reuter.
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    THOMAS TO DISCUSS MALAYAN PROBLEMS AT HOME
    413 3 'Racial Tolerance A Good Augury 9 MR. Ivor Thomas, Under-Secretary of State fo* the Colonies, left Singapore for England yesterday morning by the Lancastrian service, and in a farewell message said he took with him an ineffaceable impression of a country with immense
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    Siam Striving To Keep Rice Promise
    258 3 From Our Own Correspondent BANGKOK, Monday. A MONTHLY target of 75,000 tons has been set by the Siamese Government for rice deliveries during the coming months m an endeavour to complete delivery of the balance of 600,000 tons m accordance with the terms of
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    NEW HOPES IN LIGHTER DISPUTE
    100 3 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Mon. THE "total boycott" by waterfront labourers of all cargoes belonging to the Penang Lighters Association, scheduled to begin today, has been averted with the proposed formation of an arbitration board to which both workers and own:rs have now agreed.
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    YOUTH DIES IN STREET FIGHT
    76 3 From Our Own Correspondent. PENANG, Mon.— A Chinese youth, Chong Khai CShoon, was killed m a street fight m Penang's Chinatown last night. It appears that deceased and a friend were walking along Rope Walk, when ttiey accidentally collided with two other pedestrians. A quarrel
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    EVADED DUTY: FINED $500
    118 3 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Mon.— Chew Ah Man, a Chinese woman, was charged before the Magistrate. Tuan Sheik Abu Bakar, today with having goods on which customs duty had not been paid. According to the prosecution Customs officers who boarded a train from Singapore
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    Tungku Cause Perth Protest
    79 3 PERTH, Monday THE returned Servicemen's League protested yesterday •gainst the son of the Sultan of Johore being given the occupancy of an eight-room house m Perth "when hundreds of exservicemen are forced to live m army huts'' Tungku Ahmad, third son of the Sultan of Johore,
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    Rice Price Drops In Penang
    132 3 From Our Own t'orre. pon.ient. PENANG, Monday WLlA the arrival 01 considerable consignments of "♦hree per can fret r.ce" fr.m 3 o.-.n ths VSek, Ppr.ani's black mar':et in loodstulls showed an appreciable drop in the past few days. Wnere the price of rice had remained
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    GANG ROBBERS AT LONELY MINE
    79 3 tr«m Our Staff Correspondent IPOH, Monday.— Entering a lonely mine m Ampang Tambun m broad daylight yesterday, a gaig of eight men locked up the watchman and removed 24 lengths of piping. The gang, which used three bulkyk carts to take away the piping, released
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    BILL TO AMEND ORDINANCE
    70 3 A BILL amending the Companies Ordinance is to be introduced to the Advisory Council shortly. In the United Kingdom the legLslation relatinj to companies does not by express provision apply to trade unions, and the registration of any trade union thereunder is void. It is desirable
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    S'PORE WELCOME TO MINISTERS
    151 3 Over 7o piunnnei.t Prousiant ministers and lay readers were present at a tea-party held at it; :niscs of the Ch n- s v MCA., Selegie Road. In honour ol the 1 of Singapore, Dr WiLson. and o\her Protestant missionaries r.e rviurned to work m thoir i
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    NEW JUDGE ILL
    62 3 From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH, Monday.— Crown Counsel, Mr. T. V. A. Brodie, who was to have left I Poh at the week- i end to assume fc's ne.v p. .-.i -,1, 1 i Puisne Judge for the East Coast I of Malaya has been taken ill
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    BANGKOK ADVISER
    38 3 From Our Own Correspondent' BANGKOK, Monday:— Mr. R. F Wintemute, Director of the Singapore office of the U.S. War Shipping Administration. has been engaged as Adviser to the Bangkok Port Authority operating the New Harbour docks.
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    DOCTORS DINE GOV.-GEN.
    209 3 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Monday. An assurance to doctors that their profession would receive "all the support and encouragenit" ol Government was given j by the Governor-General, Mr Iwahrim Mac Donald. at the annual dinner on Saturday night of the Penang Medical Practitioners' I ion. ailing
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    GOVT. SERVANTS REJECT OFFER
    172 3 A MEETING of Government servants discussed the Government's back pay proposals at the Singapore Teachers' Union Headquarters m Singapore on Sunday and passed resolutions declaring that the Government terms of settlement are unacceptable and that the J.C.S.A. is not a representative body to conduct negotiations with
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    'THE PLANTER' RE-APPEARS
    155 3 'THE PLANTER' RE- APPEARS From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. "THE Planter," the official I publication or the Incor- porated Society of Planters, has j reappeared after an absence of > five years. It is not the pre-war "Planter," j with a grey cover and smooth paper. This first
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    'GOVT. SEEKING CHEAPEST WAY'
    132 3 From Our Own Correspondent MALACCA, Monday.— Hundreds of local Government subordinates have stated their dissatisfaction over the recent Government announcement on the back pay issue. A Government employee working m the Rural Board, when interviewed, declared: "The basis of settling our demands is- totally inequitable and
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    TODAY'S MENUS
    42 3 The following are the menus at the Singapore Peoples' Restaurants today: Thirty-cnt meals rice. Braz Man beans, fish fritters, pumpkin. Chye Huay. Fif'ecn-cent meals: rice, bills fritters, long bean curry. F.ijht-rent m^als; nee B.azil1 -.i b^ans. corned beef, green peas.
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    K.L. HOUSING PROBLEM
    124 3 From Our Staff Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, Monday.— When the Kuala Lumpur Town Board meets on Wednesday Mr. J. R. 1 Vethavanam will ask for immediate construction, of 200 houses to alleviate the housing problem among the poorer sections Mr. Vethavanam 's resolution urges that tenders be called
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    GIRL SWALLOWS CAUSTIC SODA
    108 3 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Sunday— A Chinese girl, Khoo Llan See, who tried to kill herself outside a cabaret, following a auarrol with hex boy riend, was bound over yesterday lien she pleaded guilty to a charge of attempting to commit suicide. The accused told
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    30 3 About one hundred guests were entertained by Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Nassim at their home at 87 Wilkie Road on Sunday evening. After afternoon tea a dance was held
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    Nurses Sail For Australia
    94 3 There was a large deputation of Singapore hospital nurses at the Tanjong Pagar whaives to bid farewell to Miss Alice Ch can (Singapore) and Miss Ooi Soh Im (Koala Kangsar), the two Chinese nurses who have been selected to twin at the Children's Orthopaedic Hospital at
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    COLONIAL OFFICE APPOINTMENTS
    231 3 Tiie Secretary of Stats for the Colonies has approved the following appointments: Mr. A.F.W. Andren to be an assistant administrative oiiicer. and Mr. E. J. Burn to be operations officer. Department of Civil Aviation on the Malayan Establishment; Mr. D. P. Rees and Mr. 8.W.8. Chapman to
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    NO HYDRO STRIKE
    33 3 From Our Own Correspondent IPOH, Monday —Employees of the Perak River Hydro Electric Pow:r Co., who have postponed their strike pending arbitration, were all at work this morning as usual.
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    ROYAL MARRIAGE IS NO PRIVATE MATTER
    694 4  -  RONALD McKIE Rv FOR several years now persistent rumours have linked Princess Elizabeth, heir to the British throne, with Prince Philip of Greece. England's future Queen will be 21 on April 21— she will celebrate her birthday m Capetown. The handsome falr-haiT-ed Philip, who
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    PLANTER'S WIFE SAYS
    370 4 TTHERE is a very small 1 Malay girl on our estate. She is the little daughter of one of the workers. She is a lovely child but very shy. So shy that if we approached she would dive into her home and disappear under the first cover
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    GROW Your Own VEGETABLES
    827 4  -  J. N. MILSUM and J. R. P. SOPER By THE Editor of the Straits Thnes has invited two members of the Department of Affikultare Mr. J. N. >lilsnm, Chief Field Officer, and Mr. J. R. P. So»er, State Agricultural Officer, SeUacor, to < oiitribtit- a wffkly
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    GADGETS IN NEW HOMES
    50 4 AMERICA'S ex-Serviceme.i are promised a million new homes this year. And here are some of the new gadgets announced for the modern American horns: Wallpaper which can be cleaned by ordinary soap and water. An automatic washing machine which bounces the clothes until they are clean.
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    A RECIPE FOR TODAY
    236 4 UERE is a recipe for cream of cheese soup almost a meal In itself and very popular with people who like aheose. Ingredients: y2y 2 cup grated or tinned cheese. Some chopped parsley or failing this other green such as onion tops or the tops of
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      547 4 (By BLAW KNOX LIMITED, I Favourable delivery can be given on most t^pes Enquiries to: KYLE, PALMER CO. LTD., Ipoh Kuala Lumpur THE ANGLO-THAI CORPORATION LTD. Singapore Penang STARTS IN 30 SECONDS STRAIN (JASPING tUH HHiAlh I JHOKED AIR PASSAGES DKEADCU ,/j Dili allow an MOHT ATTACKS. Swift release from
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    INSPECTORS 'SACKED' AS CRIME MOUNTS
    655 5 15 Long-Service Men At Desks Straits Times Reporter THE post-war setup of the Singapore Police Force and its inability to combat crime came under fire again yesterday from European officers whose services have apparently been dispensed with by the authorities. Protests by these officers, all
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    CONVICTED FIVE TIMES: APPEARS IN COURT AT 64
    256 5 MALACCA, Monday. SIAH Ah Kow. 64, who was stated to have had five previous convictions, appealed again m the District Court before Mr E. A. Burton on a charge of gambling. Siali was first convicted m January 1908 for being a vagrant
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    Price Gulf Cause Of Rice Smuggling
    686 5 k LARGE part of the rice smuggling carried out over the Siam border was attributed to the cleavage between controlled and black-market prices of rice by Sir Harold Sanderson, Director of Rice, the xMinistry of Food, I^ondon, at a Singapore press conference yesterday. "There
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    GAOLED FOR THEFT FROM WARDER
    112 5 A 17-year-cld Chinese who piosed the pocket of an Indian sub-warder from Outram Road gaol at Rochore Road on Sept. 16 was yesterday sentenced to four months' rigorous imprisonment for stealing $4.50. The sub-warder, Karpaya, said the accused came up on one side of him
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    Singapore Cathedral Wedding
    228 5 I'HE wedding of Mr. Stanley Charles Woolmer and Miss Norah Kay Athersmith, took place at the St. Andrew's Cathedral yesterday. The groom, who is the son of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Woolmer. of London, is an architect and town planner attached to the Singapore Improvement Trust.
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      582 5 RADIO PROGRAMME: 10.55 p.m. News Summary. 11.00 p.m. m. Torres favourites: 11.30 p.m. KADIO MALAYA Closedown N*«>; 11.40 p m. Frcai todays papen. Singapore BBC RADIO AUSTRALIA i o n m to 10 45 n m GSV 16.84 4.0V p.m to S 00 p.m VLBA. J' s 1 RKI> NETWORK
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      668 5 In countless case s a defender when the quee n fell, let vfte must risk everything on the trumps alone to run the hearts hope that his partner has a West, of course, could havc certain card. In today's deal, ruffed in at any time with the however, and j
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 1947. The Legions In The East
    1120 6 It was an admiral of the Royal Navy who, m a letter to the Daily Telegraph some days ago, made Vta omir'"! I*,".*•_,:■"1 ■"c > '"»n that "m! the process of withdrawing her J legions from overseas,
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    POPE'S TRIBUTE TO CHINA
    192 6 ROME, Sunday. DOPE PIUS XII tcday invoked "the protection of the Almighty over the arduous jour- i ney of the Chinese people from twilight to dawn." when His Holiness was presented with letters of credence by the new Chinese Minister to the Holy See, Dr. John
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      English Girls In Uniform Voice A Few Home Truths
      369 6 HERE we go again on the old, old argument the stuck- j up British girls who ignore all B.O.Rs, all the time, in ail parts of the world b&; Eng- land, of course, for there they are in the majority! Why
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      Human Problems Of Eastern Garrisons
      341 6 (WAS in Colombo for 15 months, and while I admit I some of the girls went out (with the higher ranks, the I majority went out with the lower ranks. As for enjoying life in Colombo because of the Navy, that is untrue; there were
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      What Is Sauce For The Goose....
      110 6 ALEASE let me make it quiie; clear to the general public t once and for all that this is' How we feel about this question: ol back pay. If all European feovcriiinent servants, irrespective of whether they were interned or not, received 3 years
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      Public Pockets
      171 6 I'HE tens of millions ot dollars being "demanded" by Government servants as Back Pay ican only come from the pockets of those who are not government servants. TUe latter would have to pay in the form of increased taxation I in nearly evry direction. Such Uxation VMUld have
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      Taxi Passengers During Bus Strike
      161 6 IT will be of great benefit to the public if Vehicle Inspectors will be a little more considerate in issuing summonses to taxi drivers for carrying an additional passenger during ili.T.C. strike. Such buses as are running arc packed to rapacity. But in a taxi,
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      Mr. Samy Replies
      91 6 PLEASE publish th.s r. ply to t'r.e i-t 1 rceaded "From; An S.T.C. Striker.' British )u:i.:c* is not onesidea. h ai.cl I. as one who t%* faith m that justice, beg this striker friend to COOte fo.ward and t;iK out a summons tp prosecute me,: as president
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      84 6 r\T is inflation? It is a term used by European emIployers to justify their paying as cheaply as possible to tneir Asiatic employees. I will f.:ve you a comparison. J An A^atic buys a bottle oi :t>-Andy arc takes a tablespoon.ul i at bnakfMl and at dinner, as M
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      SUMATRA "LOOTING"
      286 6 Tapping For A Living iUITH reference to articles ap- pearing m your p;tp< r under such headings as "Dutch on N.E.I. Estate Looting" and "Illegal Trade From N.E.1.", I wish to bring the following to your notico: It is very difficult, if it is not exaggeraung, to s^eak
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      Long-Chair Politicians
      171 6 3F a.l the various bodies existing m Malaya, tht S.ngapore Association maKes JO/t most absurd assertions. Firstly, this Aiso;iation states that the increase m crime haj become so great that the Government has lost entire control and that onl> a special European police force like the American G-men
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    COMPANY CALLS WITNESS IN COAL ARBITRATION CASE
    1413 7 COMPANY CALLS WITNESS IN COAL ARBITR ATION CASE Colliery Blamed For Strike By Unionist From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. THE case for the Malayan Collieries Ltd., was given today when the Arbitration Board, sitting to enquire into the dispute between the Company and its employees was resumed here
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    Jap Alleges Dead Man Was Spy
    447 7 •TOKAMIRU, Japanese Kempei tai member charged with 1 ill-treatment of a number of Singapore civilians including Mr. Joseph Henson, who died while m Kempei tai custody, made allegations m the Singapore War Crimes court yesterday stating that Mr. Henson had, m the beginning of
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    S'pore Gets Only Stale N.E.I. Tea
    179 7 From Our Own Correspondent BATAVIA, Monday. THE Department of Economic Affairs at Batavia will permit th.° export of t a to Singapore nnly when it is stale or mouldy and of such inferior quality that it is unmarketable m tr-e Netherlands East Indies. A
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    PEN PALS WANTED
    56 7 Mr. Gunn Chit Thye of 63. North Beach, Penang, writes that lie has received a list of names of Australian boys and girls between ihe ages of 15 and 22 desiring iien-friends in Malaya, from the United Nations Association of Australia Members of 'My Friend Abroad'' who
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    EAST-WEST SOCIETY
    40 7 Dr. D. D. Chelliah, B.A. (London), the Vice-Principal of the St. Andrew's School, will talk on "Reflections on India" at the next meeting of the East-West Societ" en Thursday at 3-30 p.m. at the V.M.C.A Hall. Orchard Road.
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    CLEANING UP SINGAPORE
    92 7 niter a Singapore Municipal labourers' strike lasting for 28 days, the men went back to work yesterday. The scene above, photographed m Short Street, was typical. Over 1,000 of the labourers who went back to work were attached to Town Cleansing. They were faced with mountains of
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    SPECIAL S'PORE ASSIZES
    90 7 A special Singapore Azziz?s opened at the Supreme Court before Mr. Justice Jobling yesterday with nine cases on the list including six concerning illegal possession of either arms or ammunition. The session is expected to a wee:: Yesterday, an Indian named K Sulaiman was sentenced to t\v
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    MATANG ARRIVES TODAY
    173 7 Straits limes Reporter rE 1,463-ton Straits Steam ship vessel Matan» which ran aground off KuchhtK on Jan. 23, and which was refloated as a result of MMMttal salvage operations tarried out by Singapore Harbour Board salvage experts, will bo touo«l baick to Singapore fixJj-y by the tug
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    "IDIOTIC STATE OF AFFAIRS"
    148 7 TONFItONTED with Uie pMt- ponemrnt of a case m wnich they were defending the arewed by two lawyers. Mr. F. A. BriRK 'and Mr W E Demu'h, nxpressed thf* opinion to the Sing." Fourth Police Magistrate vesirr- day. that the "monstrous and hUotlc.* 1 The lawyers
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    VACCINATED IN OCT., MAN'S SMALLPOX DEATH
    331 7 THIRTY -TWO cases of smaU1 pox, and 12 deaths due to smallpox, have been reported m Singapore Municipal area since Jan. 1, and one man who claimed to have been vaccinated last October was amonjr th fatalities. Making this statement to the Straits Times,
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    The BATTLE of the CORAL SEA
    3433 8  -  HUGH BUGGY \By ffl "Pacific Victory." issued under the direction and by the authority of the Australian Minister for Information. FACES were grim and there were many aixious moments at General MacArthur's headquarters m Melbourne m the first week m May, 1942, Army air
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      280 8 The ioothbrus lify that jfii "Jumps to if mb rpms is a Wisdom Tooth- M\\\\\M brush, the brush that ||fl I utotm jiff gives a brisker, certain clean. Your teeth teel /><ly fll fresher and there's a I*j nj sparkle m your mouth. 'll The anchored Nylon Isg (11 tufts
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    Educating the young Germany
    1679 9 BRITAIN FACES MANY PROBLEMS IN- From a special correspondent of the Times (London) lately m Germany. IT would be difficult to imagine any system of education under severer handicaps than that m the British zone of Germany today. Ihe bare figures of the ratio ot pupils
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    SOME HINTS TO WOULD-BE METHUSELAHS
    642 9 NEW YORK (By Air Mail) niOLOOICALLY, a man ia D said to do 90 per cent, of his growing before birth, another nine per cent, before he's 20, and one per cent, the entire remainder of his life. It is this one percent, or perhaps
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      177 9 Singapore. Foot This is where IRRII A I LNG, HUMPH FEET-FEEL-ING SKiN AND CRACKS BETWEEN 10ES RELIEVED OVER-NIGHT If your feet irritate, are hot and painful, look between the toes. That's where Singapore Foot starts. First it causes tiny blisters, then peeling skin and irritating, painful cracks. Treat this infectious
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      24 9 I Nice to have I] g» AGAIN. There's real pleasure \l JUC jTj«fJr3! sft m GARRICK GOODNESS. \M WU Virginia Blend CORK TIPPED Cigarette.
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    Eastern State Gets A New Constitution
    506 10 BIG CHANGES IN CAMBODIA The Times Special Correspondent PNOM-PENH, Monday. DIG changes are occurring in Cambodia— the reduced remnant of an empire that once covered most of South-East Asia. Although formally a protectorate since the days of Napoleon III, Cambodia pre-war was administered directly
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    COMPROMISE NEEDED IN INDIA TODAY
    241 10 LONDON, Monday IF the Indian leaders would 1 exercise a spirit of compromise and calm and deliberate judgment m economic matters there was a great future before the country, declared Lieut.- 1 Gen. Sir Thomas Hutton, at a meeting of East India Association today Sir
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    U.K. HEADS NEW SHIPBUILDING
    152 10 WASHINGTON. Mon Hal: 3i the ship buildings in the world today is taking place in Britain and Ireland, and about 10 par cent in the United States, the Americar Commerce Department reports The American Government Department estimated that 1,874.878 gross tons of shipping are undei i
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    24 10 BERLIN. Monday.— Mr .Heroert Hoover, returned to Berlin today from Rome, and immediately reI sumed conferences on the Furo1 pean food problems.— U P.
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    CHIANG'S 'DESTINY' IN U.S.
    372 10 NEW YORK, Monaay. pHIANG Kai shek's famous 1/ book "China's Destiny," withdrawn soon after its publication m 1943 and placed under rigid censorship presumably because of its bitter anti-foreign passages, has made its English-language appearance here. Up to now, the only known complete translation m America
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    RUST OF CAESAR
    82 10 LONDON Mon —A oust statue believed to have been made oy the Romans to depict Caesar AjKiistus who died In 14 AD ha* reen found among a collection of art works stacked m th«* mv.sir rocu. of one of the ancient houses o: Ei.gland The i»usl which
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    BANGKOK CLEANS UP ITS PORT
    440 10 BANGKOK, Monday. rE long-contemplated Sia mese Government plan to salvage shipping sunk m the Chao Phya, Siam's principal river, during the four years of war, is likely to take shape m the near future following preliminary discussions with an Australian Salvage Company. Captain J. P.
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    RUBBER FLOWS INTO U.S. PORTS
    537 11 AN unprecedented peacetime tide of rubber is flowing into New York and other Atlantic Coast ports, shipping companies disclosed yesterday, states the New York Times of Jan. 25. Estimated January unloading?? for all American ports will total some 80,000 tons, and by the end of
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    Rubber Sellers Reserved
    120 11 SHARE MARKET By Our Market Correspondent. Singapore, Mon. were good buyers in the local market for rubber share* again today but the volume of business v as not great as sellers were resenred. Sungei Bagan, after earlier business at $1.82 1/2 were again reported at $1.85. Sungei
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    BOGUS MONEY FLOODS PARIS
    110 11 PARIS, Monday. THE flood of counterfeit paper money which has appeared I m Paris during tne past fortnight is "reaching the proportions of a large-scale crime wave", financial experts said today. Forgeries of French bank notes and United States Army "scrip' distinguishable from the genuine article
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    21 KILLED AND 6 INJURED IN BAUAN
    75 11 MANILA. Mond \y Civilian police and the United States Army authoriti:s conducting a joint investigation into a series 9f three explosions m the Araiy ammunition dumps at B^an, Batangas, set the d ach toll at 21 Filipino lives with six more seriously injured.
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    U.S. COMMANDER KILLED IN CRASH
    51 11 CLEVELAND, OHIO, Monday. U.S. Colonel Earle L. Johnson, National Commander of th? Air Patrol, was killed when a twinengine Army plane which he was piloting crashed near h:re soon after Faking off from Cleveland airport. Two other occupants of the plane also were killed.— A.
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    SEAFIRE CRASHES INTO HOSPITAL
    70 11 GLASGOW. Monday. More than 100 mental patients of Southern General Hospital, Glasgow, had a narrow escape yesterday when a Fleet Air Arm Seaflre aircraft crashed through the roof of their dining hall the pilot being killed. The dining hall wa s nearly empty when the plane
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    QUADRUPLETS BORN
    46 11 NEW YORK, Sunday.—Quadruplets were born two months prematurely here today to Mrs. Judith Mazzei. aged 22. The babies were placed m incubators immediately after birth without being weighed but six hours later threes two boys and a girl— died. Another boy remained alive. Reuter.
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    MIDDLE EAST PACT
    41 11 LONDON, Monday.— The text of the treaty between Turkey and Transjordan, which has bee n a sovereign independent state since last March, was ratified by the Turkish Grand National Assembly last night, according to Ankara Radio today.— Reuter
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    Singapore Produce
    294 11 SINGAPORE, Monday. r rODAir'S piix.uce prices are: RICE: Siamese No. 1 $I*l No. X $100, No. 3 fSS, Indo-China 972, Zaacoon 9M. SUC* fNuoOl.fcS: No I StanieM *95, Kedah $51. China $90, Local $85, Burma $70. RICE FLOUR: Siam $37 and $32. TAPIOCA FLOUR: No. 1 fM. No
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    MALAYAN RICE PRICES FALL
    150 11 Straits Times Reporter 'jHE arrival of 5,531 sacks of Siam rice on Sunday has causfd local rice prices a further d'op. No. 1 Siam declined two dollars and Indo-China declined six dollars. Buyers were reserved, with sellers eagfr to dispose of their stocks. In Ipoh an
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    FRUIT PRICES INCREASE
    99 11 (By Oar Market Corresponden i Prices for Australian oranges are up to $14 per case. American Sunklste $24. (inferior quality $18). American apples $32 and American grapes $26 per case In the local fruit market. Supplies of fruits from Australia have become less lately, as American fruits
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    NEW GOVERNOR
    28 11 Mr. Edward Francis Twining, CMG., MBE took the oath of office and assumed duty as Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of North Borneo on Saturday.
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    FLOUR ARRIVES
    19 11 A shipment of 3,675 tons of Australian flour has arrived m Singapore by the Samstrae from Sydney.
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    Along The Singapore Waterfront
    283 11 CHIPS alongside the Singapore wharves up to 3 p.m. yesterday were: MAIN WHARF Godown 31-32: Willis Vickery. Godown 36-37: Benvorlich. Godown 38-39: Empire Pride. Oodown 42-43: Fort Laird. WEST WHARF Godown 1-2: Rhesus. Godown 4-5: Straat Malaka. Godown 8-9: Taybank. Godown 10-11: Samdak. Godown 'i: Bulan.
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    IN MEMORIAM
    33 12 I'E.M.l— ln Proud and loving memory of 2nl Lt. Richard Harcourt Peall. M S.V.U. Killed m action 15th February 1942. Loved Husband of Isabel, ln'prt^d >y Mrs. AC. Crawford. E\rr Remembered
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    POLICE WITHDRAW FROM LEAGUE
    234 12 THE Police have withdrawn from the S.A.F.A. Lea- gue. The decision was made yesterday afternoon, a little more than 24 hours before they were due to play their first match. They were drawn to play the Royal Navy this afternoon m the first match of the
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    MEDICAL LOSE TO CLARKE RANGERS
    283 12 FE Medical College Union suffered their first cricket defeat at the hands of the Singapore Clarke Rangers on Saturday, the Rangers scoring 66 runs to the Union's 60. S. M. Ally top-scored with 23 for the Rangers while D. Chelliah was the highest scorer for
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    CUP SOCCER IN MALACCA
    114 12 Frcm Our Own Correipondsnt MALACCA. Monday.— The final of the Chan Kang Swi Shield soccer competition resulted In a three-two win for a Chinese XI. captained by Chua Chin Swee, over another Chinese XI, captained by Wee Tlam Tye. The losers appeared to have better combination
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    F.&N. BEAT BRIGHTON B.P.
    94 12 In a return badminton match with the F. and N. Sports Club, the Brighton B P lost by three games to four Results (Brighton members mentioned first): G T?.n k*3t to ;CO K-'OK Kwar.g (1—2); A. B. Aljaru tost, to Cheung Soon Tuan (0-2). Harold Seah
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    CHUNG HWA WIN AGAINST MOREY
    139 12 In a friendly match between the Chung Hwa B.P. and the Morey B.P. played on Sunday the former won by six games to two. (Chung Hwa B.P.s players mentioned first) Singles: Parg Kia Lim beat Hamid b. Mazuki (15-5, 15-4). T. K. Teo beat Omar
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    Century To Lall Singh
    86 12 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. I ALL SINGH, well known Malayan cricketer, had the honour of scoring the first century of the Selangor cricket season. He scored H7> including 14 fours and six sixes m a match between the Indian Association and Lt. Col.
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    KRIAN WIN TENNIS
    185 12 From Oar Own Correspond*; at Parit Buntar, Monday Krian won the inter-dlstrlct tonnis match against Kuala Kangsar by six matches to two over the week end. The matches were evenly contested and some good play was witnessed His Highness, the Sultan of Perak. played for Kuala Kangsar
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    CHESS CLUB BEAT MEDICAL COLLEGE
    202 12 In a friendly match of chess played at the Adelphl Hotel on Saturday, the Singapore Chess Club beat the Medical i College Union by 11 point* to four. JfcesulU: (Chess Club players mentioned! first): Dr. Yeoh Bock Choon lost to Oweo Ah Leng Dr. Lee
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    SEA-HORSE B.P.
    75 12 At the general meeting of the Sea-Horse Badminton Party held at the residence of Mr Chlonh Kah Kiat. No. 209, Marine Parade, Singapore, the following were elected office bearers for 1947: President Mr. Chionn Kan Kiat, vice-president: Mr. Simon I Tay; hon. secretary, Mr. Chia Teck Loke; hon.
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    MARIGOLD B.P.
    40 12 The monthly committee meeting of the Marigold Badminton Party will be held on Sunday, at 10.00 a.m. at the residence of the President. Mr. Koh Teck 80, 125-C, Thomson Road. Sin-1 gapore. All officials are requested to attend.
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    23 12 TAIPING, Monday.—The scccer season opened here dpring the week-end when th« King Edward VII beat a Signals' XI by three goals to one.
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    MUAR BADMINTON
    113 12 From Our Own Correspondent MUAR, Monday. In a return badminton match consisting of three singles and four doubles, the Ploodlleht Badminton Party beat tho Ahmadiah Party by five games to two yesterday. Rssutls were: (Floodlight players mentioned first) Singles: Johar Ismail beat Bokar Sidok 15-7. 15-3; Chow Chai
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    CHIATE SING A.U.
    97 12 The annual general meeting of the Chiate SinT Athletic Union will be held on Sunday, at 2 p.m. at the residence of Mr. Chua 800 Lim, 188-A j Upper Serangoon Road. Office-bearers for the ensuing year j shall be elected. Clubs, Associations and Parties desirous to have
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    SUNDAY'S GAME ABANDONED
    214 12 The match bet we d the Medical College Union and the Royal Engineers at St. George's Read on Sunday was abandoned as a draw owing to rain. The M.C.U. won the toss and batted first scoring 111 all out. In reply, the RE- had made 53 for
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    MAYFAIR MEETING
    99 12 At the annua. general meeting of "I f?ir BP. held on Sunday, the following were elected offiee-brarPi s for the year 1947:— President. Mr. Tan Soo Liew, VicePresident, Mr. Jrhnny C. H. Chua, Hon. Secretary. Mr. Lim Yew Hock. Hon Treasurer. Mr. John Ohua, Hon. Auditor. Mr Low
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    TAIPING CRICKET
    122 12 From Our Own Correspondent TAIPING, Monday.— ln the first cricket match played m Taiplng this season the Food Control Sno-ts Union d ifeated 23 Indian Division Signa! s yrsterday by five wickets. The Sigrals batted first and scored 11 (Maydass 43). The Food Control team replied with 59.
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    PARKER CUP SOCCER
    564 12  -  Linesman Sportlight By I !J I I j I i I I CENTRE of Army sporting in- terest during the next few weeks will be the contest for the Parker Challenge Cup, a soccer 1 trophy ior which many Singapore units of widely different types are competing
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    39 12 Tony Mauriello is the one with a fist m h.s face, lms picture wag token durnir his ft-ht wi'h Freddie Schott at Newark, New Jersey, which Mauriello won if er a hard- punching ten round bout A V picture
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    PENANG WIN STATE TENNIS MATCH
    243 12 From Our Own Correspondent 1POH, Monday. THE inter-state tennis between Perak and Penang BBdsd in 1 favour of Penang, when the latter won r our out of the six singles played on Saturday and five out of nine doubles played on Sunday. Yesterday, the most
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    85 12 M IST. INNS 3i5 VICTORIA— Ist INNS •lervyn Harvey c Elans b BeC^er 10 lue>man st Evan* b Po'laid 14 ViUler st Evans b F«ds«r 6 lliwll not out M Sril Harvey c Evans b Wri«ht 69 Loxton c Ha^hbrook b Wright I t.n; b Wright Froer not oat
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    RAIN StOPS PLAY AT MELBOURNE
    128 12 MELBOURNE Mo: day IFTER 40 minutes play m tha match between Victoria and the M.C.C. rain caused play to be abandoned for tho rest of th« third day At close of play on Saturday Victoria bad lost five wickets for 171 ard they carried the
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    JOLLILADS WIN AT MALACCA
    51 12 From O«r Own <>rrr>pondenl) MALACCA. Mondty The Singapore Jcllilads who pliyed soccer against the Malacca yesterday won by two goals to nil The teanu were evenly matched and that the locate did not sccre was principally due n fnulry pis'ing and poor flrislUng by the local
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    STAR SOCCER
    40 12 The following will represent the Star Soccerites Sports Club against the I S.C.C. at football tomorrow on the; Padang at 5.15 p.m. Tony, Omar, j Thuralslngam. Aloysius. Puteh. Gopal. Jong, Qovinda. Meng Chong. Thangi. Harm. Supplah. Scully. Hassan.
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