The Straits Times, 4 March 1947
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Title Section18 1947-03-04 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845. TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, MARCH 4, 1947. PRICE TEN CENTS18 words
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582 1947-03-04 1 Sticks, Pepper Used In Fierce Fight From Sidney Balhorn (Straits Times Special Representative) CIXTY-six arrests were made and 21 Indians were taken to hospital as a result of a clash between esiaie Indians and police on Bukit Sembilan, 33 miles from here,Reuter - 582 words
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Article, Illustration66 1947-03-04 1 Hut ton snicks one frum Tribe through slips m the fifth Test nnw bring; played m Sydney. Huttcn, who was 122 not cut on Friday, was unable to bat »h n England resumed their innings yesterday because of an attack of tonsilitis. England carried their score to 280 and dismissed66 words
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Article78 1947-03-04 1 tTo.n Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. .MALAYAN Railways coal "1 stocks have improved sufficiency to permit the introduction of a restricted night mail senic m from Thursday. Between Fenan^ and Kuala Lumpur and Kuala Lumpur and Singapo-e theve will te a service on Mondays, Wednesdays78 words
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Article133 1947-03-04 1 LAHORE. Monday— Khan Iftiker Hussain of Mamdot, leader of the Muslim League m the PunjaD, was today trying to form a new government to succeed the Congress Unionist Government of Sir Khi^ar Kyat Khan Tlwana, which resigned yesterday as a "peace gesture" to the Muslims. IReuter - 133 words
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Article59 1947-03-04 1 PARIS, Monday.— Twenty-two persons were injured, five se.ious- ly last night when two grenades were thrown into a crowd lsjving a cin:ma m Saigon. This was the first Vietnam violence reported m the last two months from the Indo-Chinese capital which so far has remained quiet despiteUP - 59 words
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Article94 1947-03-04 1 DEGISTERED and unrtgisl» tered ar mail correspondence posted at Singapore tetwcen 6 p.m. on February 23 and 6 p.m on February 25 and addressed to Hongkong and places in Indo-China was included in the ira ls lost on i the missng Dakota which 1 ft j94 words
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Article267 1947-03-04 1 BOLIVIAN FLOODS I.IKMIS AIRES, Monday. RESCUE plane* of four nations are striving to aid the stricken zone of Trinidad, northern Bolivia, where floods have driven 3,000 people from their h. me* he id s rrarooning 12,000 inhabitants of other areas. Fliers who answered a dramaticReuter - 267 words
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Article206 1947-03-04 1 AiiliNGAFORE Harbour Board pol.ce constable, who mic'e thre3 appearances 'in a Singapore po.ice court .ast month on a charge of theft at the Haibour Loard, aied in the General Hospital while still on remand, on the night of Feb. 28 of cau es rot as yet206 words
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Article73 1947-03-04 1 Communists Call For Union t Labour leaders back Kedah mobs 3 Queen's fabulous gems worn on Royal tour; Grow your own vegetables; Singapore men retard women's fashions 4 Teachers defer back-pay issue 5 Editorial Sonth-Eaat Asia Dominion Plan adopted 7 Battle of Tarawa S. Europe's deposed Kings73 words
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Article92 1947-03-04 1 EAST LONDON, (Cape Province), Monday.— In her first public speech in South Africa, Princess Elizabeth, at the opening of the new £2,500,000 graving dock here, today said of the Union: "This is a young country and you have a tremendous heritage a big country waiting toReuter - 92 words
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302 1947-03-04 1 JERUSALEM, Monday. NEARLY half of Palestine's 6X0,000 Jews were pen- ned indoors last night under statutory martial law and the strictest curfew ever imposed in the Holy I Land. Troops screened 300 persons and detained 60 Jews for further interrogation in the Rehavia quarterReuter - 302 words
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Article139 1947-03-04 1 LONDON, Monday. 1,-LECTRIC power was switcht ed on to ay for all Bri ish industrial pi n's after a drastic three W9tk ifcvt own »hch cripp'ed the rat on 's expo t drive tut £l owed the tes ocking of power house coal bins. The swich-on.AP - 139 words
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Article102 1947-03-04 1 BATAVIA, Monday. Dutch officials headed by the Ass st ant Public Prcsecutor, Dr. H. J. Rutgers, were today inspecting the cargo of the Amer can freighter Martin Behrman i7.ii6 tons) which arrived at Tandjong Priok, port of Batavia, escorted by the Netherlands destroyer Kertenaer. BothReuter - 102 words
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Article177 1947-03-04 1 PEIPING, Monday. PHE Chinese Press reported 1 today that the two American Assistant Mili'ary Attaches now m the hards of Communists Ma 'or Robert ttiggs and Captain J. W. Coll ns were captured by Communists on Saturday. The pair left Changchun m a Jeep m the a'.terr.oon177 words
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Advertisement30 1947-03-04 1 fjEWEUERYi mm I**%yutoto* WIN6ET Portable CONCRETE MIXERS 7/5 cv. ft. from Stock m Singapore. 7/5 cv. ft. and 5/3* cv. ft. from Stock m Kuala Lumpur. &4Ji <ia«:kx> a6&ut it30 words
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Article343 1947-03-04 2 Guerillas Said To Be 'Persecuted' LONDON, Monday. RESOLUTIONS condemning the "scandalous per- secution of Malaya's guerilla fighters and the Government's failure to recognise the Pan-Malayan Federation of Trade Unions," and calling on the Government to withdraw the White Paper on Malaya were passed at the BritishReuter - 343 words
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Article232 1947-03-04 2 to-day^ The Times Correspondent WASHINGTON, Monday, h rR some days the Chinese Communst headquarters! at Yenan have been claiming sweeping victories over the Government forces m Shantung province, and press dispatches from Nanking reaching here indicate that there is much circumstantial evidence to show that the232 words
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Article86 1947-03-04 2 BERLIN, Monday. Hitler's platinum treasure, worth several thousand sterling, has be;n discovered by Allied officials in the steel chambers of a German bank according to the British mws service The platinum, which was a gift from a wealthy South African whose name Is n °t disclosed isReuter - 86 words
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Article66 1947-03-04 2 NEW DELHI, Monday.— It was authoritatively learned here today that the Canadian Government has taken steps- to modify the Canadian franchise law to permit voting by literate Indian subjects, resident In Canada, and having knowledge of one European language, English or French This action followed aUP - 66 words
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Article108 1947-03-04 2 ATHENS, Monday.— One hundred and fifty Greek guerillas were killed, many wounded and 50 taken prisoners during rec:nt mopping up operations extending from Mount Vermion near tne Albanian and Yugoslav frontier* to Mount Kedrillia, cast of Salonika, the Athens news agency said last night. Fine weather allowedReuter - 108 words
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Article93 1947-03-04 2 PARIS, Monday .—French dectors staged protest demonstrations in a number of towns throughout France .yesterday, demanding a larger quota of cars for professional use. They have threatened to strike if their needs are not met Since June 1945 only 715 cars have been distributed to 35.000Reuter - 93 words
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Article288 1947-03-04 2 From Our Own Correspondent BANGKOK, Monday. ri police force battling with the large and wellorganised outlaw gang of the central region province of Ratburi, 75 miles west of Bangkok, have been compelled to smoke the outlaws out of their stronghold, in which they were well dug in.288 words
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Article105 1947-03-04 2 WASHINGTON. Monday.— Del- j pite a seven per cent increase im 1 production, the world food »itua- !uon L3 only slightly better than ifast year and "serious shortages" I still exist in Europe and the Far East according to a statement issued by the United StatesReuter - 105 words
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Article104 1947-03-04 2 LONDON, Monday.— The Archbishop of York, Dr. Oarbett, last night announced the completion of preliminary wcrk on the first new code or Anglican Church law lor nearl. 350 years. The first step In a long and tedious journey. Dr. Garbeit wrote in the March issue104 words
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Article54 1947-03-04 2 LONDON, Monday— The Soviet military government has announced the arrest of 28 German bandits In Russian uniforms near Erfurt. Frankfurt Radio srid last night. They are helrt responsible for more than 50 robberies in the British, United States and Soviet zones and wiL be tried by aReuter - 54 words
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Article225 1947-03-04 2 MEXICO CITY, Monday. PRESIDENT Truman, in a I speech made during his goodwill visit to Mexico City, sa;d the United States would be faithful to the letter and spirit of non-intervention in other nations' affair, but added that this could not mean indifference. "Events in one country mayReuter - 225 words
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Advertisement1201 1947-03-04 2 NOTICES. fRADING WITH THE ENEMY ORDINANCE No. 22—1939. (Custodian of Property Proclamation No. 14 of 1945). Notice Is hereby given that any person or persona having claim to the property described In the schedule below are requested to forward web claims to the Assistant Custodian of Enemy Property. Perak. Ipoh1,201 words
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Advertisement918 1947-03-04 2 NOTICES. RE: ENG GUAN KONGSI RUBBER DEALERS MALACCA We. the surviving partners of Eng Ouan Kongst late of No. 98 Kamponx Hulu. Malacca, hereby call upon all creditors of the above firm to tend proof of their claims to our Solicitors within one month from the date hereof, a fur918 words
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Advertisement217 1947-03-04 2 NOTICES NOTICE. Notice is hereby given that Mr Ong Ah Kir: of No. 268 Tanjong Katong Road. Singapore ha« appliea to th« Board of Licensing Justices, Singapore, for a First Class Public Hou&a Mcen« restricted to the BaJe of Beer. Ale. Stout and Porter whicn he proposes to hold m217 words
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Article1287 1947-03-04 3 LABOUR LEADERS BACK KED AH MOBS BOILING WATER FOR POLICE From Sidney Balhorn (Straits Times Special Representative) SUNGEI PATANI, Monday. I ABOUR leaders and youth corps in Kedah had definite plans to resist the authority of estate managers and police. This statement was made to me today by the i)eDuty1,287 words
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Article358 1947-03-04 3 "THE people of Singapore must face up to realities if they •1 want their sick to be treated adequately. They must be prepared to pay for the min'mum ?atisfact:ry ?ervi C 3," declares Dr. W. J. Vichers, Director of Medical Services, m his five-year, $90358 words
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Article, Illustration37 1947-03-04 3 President Truman shakes hands with Crown Prince Amir Saud, of Saudi Arabia, at the White House, after decorating him with the Legion of Merit, degree of Commander, for aid to the wat effort of the Allied nations.37 words
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Article37 1947-03-04 3 There will be a Joint dinner meeting of the Inner Wheel and the Singapore Rctary Club tomorrow at the Raffles Hotel. At that meeting the charter for the new Inner Wheel club will be presented.37 words
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Article220 1947-03-04 3 AN affray In Ophir Road, Singapore, on Sunday morrrng. which developed from an argument over the sale of some black market cigarettes, resulted m a Hockchia Chinese being shot dead. About 20 people participa ed m the fight, during wh eh s ones and bottles220 words
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Advertisement776 1947-03-04 3 Nvncß SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY Tenders are Invited for the "Supply of fifty Pedal Bicycles". Specification and Tender Form may be o'Jtalnid at the Municipal Secretariat (Room No. 235) during office iiours Closing date 4 p.m. 2 April 1947. NOTICE We hereby give notice that Mr. Wee Keng Hock is no longer776 words
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Advertisement585 1947-03-04 3 NOTICES BRITISH STORES DISPOSAL BOARD (SINGAPORE) TENDER NOTICE BY ORDER OF THE DIRECTOR OF DISPOSALS. FAR EASTERN AREA (MO S.) 1. The Br'tlsh Stores Disposal Board. I Singapore^ U authorised to receive Tenders for the following items:— Located at H.Q. 221 Vehicle Coy Bakil Tlmah. Lot Ne. 1—531 53 Vehicles,585 words
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Advertisement517 1947-03-04 3 NOTICES SALE BY TENDER. 1. The Custodian of Enemy rt-operty, Malayan Union, will dlsnose of the ilant and materials etc.. specified m th« Schedule hereunc'er by public tender. ,2 As hU agent to deal with this dls- posal the Custodian of Enemy Property j has appointed Messrs Slme Darby gt517 words
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Miscellaneous479 1947-03-04 3 RADIO IV1AI AYfi fw Vai c:v Orchestra; 10.30 p.m. 11.00 p.m. London calling; n.Oo pm nftL/1V WAL.MTA "Memory Lane'; 10.55 p.m. News Forces favourites; 11.30 p.m. New™ Singapore Summary; 11.00 p.m. Close down. 11.40 pm. Prom today's papers. ■■►IWtWO— (Chinese Indian' B.B.C RADIO AUSTRALIA •..egacycles'per second™^ m e?re°bandl and Vme't'w479 words
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1062 1947-03-04 4 by radio from Anne Matheson Our representative travelling with the Royal Family m South Africa. Diamonds will be the main jewels worn by Queen Elizabeth daring the State visit to Sooth Africa. She has chosen them as a compliment to the Dominion whose1,062 words
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441 1947-03-04 4 JUNE AUSTIN - JUNE AUSTIN By WOMEN m Singapore dress m fashions dictated by the men. Some ol the suffragette spirit off our grandmothers seems to have failed to penetrate Malaya. Wnile men of other countries i encourage a smart, appealing I originality mi n women's dress,441 words
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Article618 1947-03-04 4 nUR ugly but cherished little v pup died of distemper. He had been put in the charge of the local yet who gave him every attention but it was a very bad sort of distemper and he died. Somehow we all felt worse because he hadn't had618 words
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Article1103 1947-03-04 4 J. N. MIL JM; J.R.P. SOFER - J. N. MIL JM and J.R.P. SOFER, By IN this week's article some general aspects of manuring the vegetable garden are discussed. This is a problem about which there is much controversy at the present time, and two schools of khought must be catered for. On1,103 words
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Article138 1947-03-04 4 FASHION note* from Uriiain 1 Grand evening dress: skirt of copp r lissuo, black swiaU-r top embroidered with topper sr quins Leather pouch bag on a leather bolt, and feather metal siuddrd dot collars linked together to make a> belt and a choker necklace, all for wear138 words
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Advertisement91 1947-03-04 4 NOTICE for the purpose of ANNUAL STOCK-TAKING Our Store is closed for business TO-DAY ufH.TEnwnvs (WHITEAWAY. LAIDLAW CO.. LTDj TeJs. 6907 tfe 69O8— Singapore— Post Box 696 THE SOCIAL EVENT OF THE MONTH! SATURDAY Bth MARCH RAFFLES HOTEL THE CHILDREN S AID SOCIETY DANCE SPECIAL CABARET presenting III! lU\ DUDLEY91 words
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Advertisement350 1947-03-04 4 Newsagents since 1793 We ran suppij you with any Bill l USH or AMERICAN Doofcs or periodicals that von may require. Send us a list ol your requirements and we shall be Dleaseti to quote you Clubs, Schools. Messes. Hospitals. Business Houses. Government Departments etc especially eaterttl for All technical350 words
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Article584 1947-03-04 5 Special Meeting To Take Final Decision From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. DENDING a special meeting to be called m April when the teachers' attitude to the back pay question will be finally defined, no decision was reached on this question at the meeting584 words
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Article152 1947-03-04 5 There will be a massed band concsrt o n the Kuaia Lumpur Padang, on Saturday, Mar 8 at a p.m. th Tll toking W 'U be the Malayan Pclice Band under the baton of Mr. A. W. Crofts and Sfr l nd Ot the Royal152 words
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59 1947-03-04 5 f Vi. a o ly 9 ual^ed applicants for the Colonial Development and Welfare Scholarships are reminded that the latest date for the receipt of entries is March 15 Only candidates who have obtained exemption from the Matriculation Examination of a British University and have completed59 words
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Article58 1947-03-04 5 Tenders for Malayan Union Government Treasury Bills of three months' tenor were accepted by the Financial Secretary, Malayan Union, to the extent of #ot(X)0,000.o t (X)0 ,000. A Tenders at the rate of threequarters per cent, per annum were allotted m ruil while tencers at rates58 words
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123 1947-03-04 5 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Monday. AS a further check on crime in Province Wellesley, a branch of the Criminal Investigation Department has been set up in Butterworth under the direction of Defective Inspector Kay Kim Seng. One of the most senior Asiatic officers123 words
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Article, Illustration35 1947-03-04 5 '-™!5 '^f11?f 11 dmn»h >r, who wm born on Feb. 18. u^a h ?V£ H Ch J ut The P'eture shows Prince Bernhard holding the new-born Prints while registering her blr:h m the Soestdjick Palace.35 words
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Advertisement448 1947-03-04 5 Immaculate hair for 16 hours No ambitious man ever found neat hair a disadvantage 1 Try this newest way of keeping yours smart all day, without attention. Brush it to-morrow morning with Silvifix, and you will stay unruffled until bedtime. Silvifix is so fine it brings out the natural colour448 words
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Advertisement121 1947-03-04 5 NEW AMtttVAU ALLEN HANBURY'S PRODUCTS I Emetine Hy Jrochlor'de Inje.tioas j Calcium Gluconcte Injections lnsn! n Injections Halibol (Hal but Liver Oil) Captors Etc. Etc. Enquiries Solicited MALAYA DRUG HOUSE Wholesale Retail Chemists 7 Hill Street. Singapore. Tel. 6921 Let us Take Care Of Your Next Job. Oar Knowledge of121 words
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Advertisement628 1947-03-04 5 IK M it jOUIA St.. So. GENUINE AOC FRAMES GROUND CONTRACTORS from U.S.A. tint in Malava after Mberattot O«Be« Residence: (Tenavraryl ti, Caren.fh Komi 3ia«apor*> «a»C. relc: M7U. "^T LIQUOR FORMS V*—^ \^-^V D-E. H-I. J-K l*aU"U-J«* 0HOIHEHS CO., 325 North rndfcp Roaa. Singapore. SUtioncn. Printer*. EU. Phone 6204. Chulla628 words
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Miscellaneous745 1947-03-04 5 r- in KOI 4 V;^" i BBH ma n It is not usually advisable to This sequence from South gave ae raise partner with only a single- North something t> think about a] ton in in his suit, but under some After the one-diamond opening circnimtances that is the one745 words
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Obituary47 1947-03-04 6 News received from India of the death of Mr. L. A. Gomez, brother of Mr. J. A. Gomez of Dlethelm Si Co., Ltd., Singapore, at Nagercoil Hospital, South India, on 28th February, 1946. Friends and relatives are requested to pray for the repose of his soul.47 words
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Article14 1947-03-04 6 KILPHICK. In loving and constant aory of dear Ham. Tommy and es14 words
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870 1947-03-04 6 The accounts of the great naval and land actions of the Pacific Wa: which the Straits j Times Ls currently publishing I have attracted exceptional in- terest throughout Malaya. Many Malayans in letters to toe Editor j870 words
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Article108 1947-03-04 6 The fuUowing table gives the the status of major comba'a.»t :h:ps Of the Japanese Navy at the conclusion of hostilities. These details have been secured fr.m oflLSal Allied and enemy records Bit; ihps: U commissi.ned,] 11 sunk, 1 heav iy damaged. Aircraft-carriers: 20 commissioned, 15 sunk, 5 heavily108 words
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Article139 1947-03-04 6 Major combatant ships added to the United States Fleet from Dec. 7, 1941 to Oct. 1, 1945. wore Battleships: 8; Heavy cruisers: 13; Large cruisers: 2; LJgnt cruisers: 33; Aircraft-carriers: 17; Large aircraft-carriers: 1; Light aircraft -carriers: 9; Escort air-craft-carriers: 114; Destroyers: 352; Destroyer escorts: 498 Light minelayers:139 words
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Article508 1947-03-04 6 HELEN HENC - HELEN HENC By ANE out of every nn e t.r ten persons in Singapore is suffering from tuberculosis, yet the authorities fail to take measures against those who uelp to spread this disease by j.du'ging in the habi of pi.t ng. This insanitary and disgusting habit Ls508 words
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375 1947-03-04 6 THE labour movement in Singapore today is in a perilous position. Outwardly it seems to be riding high, but the ground under it is shaking. Nothing has done more harm to the cause of the labour movement in this country than continual strikes375 words
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209 1947-03-04 6 I"HE stretch of Upper Serangoon Road between the fourth milestone and the Go/ ernment Printing Office is notoriously known as "Tempa', Hantu" (Devil's Land). One might think that the many accidents which have occurred there are the work of evil "spirits". But NO, it is209 words
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212 1947-03-04 6 I |T was a commendable gesLure on the part of the Ma.ay-n. Union Government to Mil public views about four months ago on the retention or abolition of toddy shops. The opinions of the Indian Malayan Congress, the Today Committee and the Indian public212 words
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Letter55 1947-03-04 6 rIE all cation of Government texti es m Taiping is being given to two Indian shops only. i The majority of the population :Is Chinese, and I don't see why 1 not a single Chinese shop has been i appointed for the issue of Qov j ernment55 words
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Letter92 1947-03-04 6 APERAK rice miller was recently fined $1,000 m the ieiok Anson courts for operating a padi mill wi.hout a government licence. His mill machinery was also confiscated. I am a Chinese mill-owner \u Krian and would like to ask wtiy we arc being persecuted. We <n Krien have92 words
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Letter83 1947-03-04 6 IS it far for a theatre mag-; nate who owns two first-rur.: picture-houses here to icnn ■ft the cinema the 'trailer" of a picture being shown m the other theatre? This is what is happening at the Capitol and the Rex. Since the opening of this new theatre.83 words
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Advertisement885 1947-03-04 6 ■SSIPIED ADS. I TO LENA, wife of Leslie Hoffman, sen, Leonard Colin, at the Maternity Hospital. Singapore, on March 3, 1947. R.E. BOGLE— At the Kandang Kerbau Maternity Hospital, Singapore at 8.45 pjn. on Thusday, the 26th Feb. 1947 to Irene Mary (nee) Schilling, a daughter Maureen Veronica. C SITUATIONS885 words
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Advertisement53 1947-03-04 6 Scientific Glare Control American POLAROID DAY GLASSES FITS-ONS also available. The only type of glasses that really controls glare. During the war used by the American Army and Navy. Call for a demonstration to prove the differences from ordinary sun glasses. Various New Types of Spectacle Frames A Mountings also53 words
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Advertisement9 1947-03-04 6 I In Illmm I mu^ I 1 illil m^^Km^f?^m^-'SF\*™*^mmm\9 words
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Article355 1947-03-04 7 AN armed clash batwesn Singapore police officers and a young Chinsse prison tscapae who "blew his brains out rather than be capture j" while making a desperate stand m a trench, was des- cribed m the Singapore Coror.er's Court yes'erday. The conduct cf Mr. D.355 words
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Article784 1947-03-04 7 Value Of Free Trade Stressed DV nineteen votes to one the Singapore Association at a meeting last night adopted the proposals of its special constitutional committee, which advocates the union of Singapore and the Malayan Union into a Federation of Malaya, within the framework of784 words
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Article36 1947-03-04 7 A young Mal.iv Darvas b n Jaffar, was sentenced to 13 months' rigorous imprisonment fcr stealing ;wo bundles of clo:ii from th? Singaoore Harbour Boord by Mr T. T. Russell, Second District Judge, yesterday.36 words
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Article141 1947-03-04 7 MR. Lee Kong Chian, an unofficial member of the Singapore Advisory Council, has resigned from the Council owing to pressure of business. Up lo yesterday, no nomination had been made to fill the vacancy. Mr. Lee was nominated to the Council in August last year. During his141 words
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Article138 1947-03-04 7 The Second Singapore Assizes opened at the Supreme Court yesiorday with 27 caws on the calendar. Mr. Justice T. A Brown presided. On the list were five charges of 1 armed robbery, ten of unlawful 1 possession of arms and ammunition, six of carrying arms,138 words
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Article117 1947-03-04 7 PENANG, Mcr.day:— The movement of rice from the mainland into Penanj is controlled and so far there have been 72 prosecutions for contravention of this order, the Food Control authorities indicated today. This control has be?n introduced, it Is added, m order tc discourage rice millers from117 words
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Article, Illustration20 1947-03-04 7 The Japanese war criints suspects who arrived by Dilawara yesterday waiting for ttansportation to Cbangi Prison.20 words
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Article332 1947-03-04 7 fDGMENT was given in favour of Mr. T. Ernest Fernando, M.B.E., by the Rent Assessment Board yesterday, in his application for the tenancy of 10, Lim Ah Pin Roa-J. The Board decided that the applicant was entitled u. possession of the premises as from March 31,332 words
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Article88 1947-03-04 7 THE Asiatic employees of Radio Malaya denied yesterday thmt they contemplated strike action if their dissatisfaction over present wage scales was not met. Later they announced, following a meetin? between Mr. E. A. Joy (Deputy Financial Secretary) and their committee, they were satisfied on all88 words
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Article18 1947-03-04 7 Sales of Victory Saving C?rtiflcates up to February 26 m the Malayan Union amounted to $394,606.5018 words
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Article117 1947-03-04 7 SAGO AND TAPIOCA BAN GOES From Ou- Own Cvir^sponde-.t PENANG, Monday. rE tan on lapkca a-.d M jjo exports fro*ri Fenai.^ nd other parts if the Ma'ayun Jnion has now beei totnlly i lifted. Previously, the comm >■ could be snipp3d only to the Ministry of Food m London. News117 words
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Article372 1947-03-04 7 A WARNING that even the. most relf-assured government in th- world cannot afford to toy with blinkers whan the smuggles of the governed have teen long and me r tempers short is sounded by the Malayan Democratic Union, in its political report to be presented at the372 words
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Article227 1947-03-04 7 tflXTY-one Japanes war crime J suspects— the lai <=,■>•■, prouo tu be shipped cut jf .K Dan lor tria! on atrocity chnr^:s in Singapore —arrived by the BrKtsh tivopship Dilwara fron Kure vrsterday. Carrying sma.l bundles or clothing the meu landed under esccrt ol a detachment227 words
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Article32 1947-03-04 7 Th; Governor of Singapore, Sir Franklin Gimscn. left fur A.\ ala Lumpur yesterday During his abstn:e, th-: Colvnial Secretary. Mr. P.A.B. McKcrrcn. vrill act as h's depuiy.32 words
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Article63 1947-03-04 7 St. Patrick's Day m Singapore will be celebrated at a d.nner »Dd dan?? t R'ttVs Hoei, a. ranged by Irish civilian and service r?sidents. Tickets can be obtained trc.-n Col. J. H. C. Walker. HQ. Fcrt Canning. The last day fcr application is March 12 buc Irishmen63 words
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Advertisement103 1947-03-04 7 SEVEN SEAS PURE COD LIVER OIL STOCKS ARE NOW ON S4LE AT MOST CHEMISTS AND PROVISION SHOPS PACKED IN 6 oz.. 8 oz. and 16 oz. BOTTLES also CONCENTRATED IN CAPSULE FORM. "IT IS GOOD FOR YOU" Supplies m Bulk Packing For Hospitals, Estates and Mines Available Detail* and Price*103 words
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Advertisement65 1947-03-04 7 CO S SO R MODEL 461 AC. 5 VALVE 3 WAVE SUPERHET RECEIVER PRICE $180.00 SINGAPORE Agents throughout MbfajM I I WA. J 9 I A. w M%J m^W*mMSSEiS^K*mm JB/j| i| Ml "Al" is the accepted highest I f standard m most things from Vf 1// Ships to Silver PHOENIX"65 words
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Article, Illustration3145 1947-03-04 8 Henry Keys - Henry Keys -By Mr. Keys, a member of. the literary staff of the Strai'.s Times, reported the Tarawa operation when le was a war correspondent for the Daily Express, London. He was the only British correspondent at Tarawa. He collated this story from despatches3,145 words
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Article, Illustration887 1947-03-04 9 Paul L. Fent - Paul L. Fent By Writer for THIS MONTH magazine Copyright North American Newspaper Alliance. AN AMERICAN WRITER SURVEYS THE AMBITIONS AND METHODS OF DEPOSED KINGS AND PRETENDERS WHO DREAM IN EXILE OF REGAINING THRONES IN THE SMALL EUROPEAN KINGDOMS. IF you wish to887 words
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Article692 1947-03-04 9 Michael BROWN - Michael BROWN By rMBAY, Monday.— The British Cabinets decision to leave India to Its fate by June. 1948, at the latest a mere sixteen months was completely unexpected In India. India's leaders were waiting "or London to untangle the tricky ques'.lon whether members of the692 words
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Article101 1947-03-04 9 DRITAIN-S representative on u the United Nations' Security CoundJ. Sir Alexander Cadogan, r i.ils an anecdote about the Atlantic Charter At the second Quebec Conference, President Roosevelt said, 'I'd like to ask you a conundrum where is the Atlantic Charter?' "Thafs easy." 8ir Alexander replied.101 words
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Article, Illustration1631 1947-03-04 10 ..-which uiu the personal story of British people m the crisis. of waiting m the cold for a meagre breakfast ...of a lawyer sitting muffled m a lamp-lit office. of working girls hoping for factories to open LONDON, (Air Mail). rEAP - 1,631 words
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Advertisement185 1947-03-04 10 HE SHOT HIS FIRST MAN WHEN HE WAS A KID PiiPf OUT! V IB MM it XJ I >r 'Tel. Mil Preceded by ftSfTijS W It>B BULLFIGHTING UMmMIHFp^/ FUNNIEST! M TO-MORROW Wt AESOP mMmmmv BVa who became a mgntlme rag*; EDALARAI her romancing wen* oown In hktory: T CROESUS hed185 words
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Advertisement205 1947-03-04 10 fVJBLTJi TO-DAY [A JV C~ 11 ».m. 2 p.m. 115pm W^ Wf A «.J« p.m.— 9.15 p.m. TEL. 4-C QlR-COriDITIOnED. ALL LONDON RAVED ABOUT THE INCIDENT IN PICCADILLY THE HOME PAPERS PRAISED IT SKY-HIGH! Sncident HERBERT WILCOX LATEST MAST E R P 1 E C E CO-STARRING MICHAEL BR WILDING205 words
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Article328 1947-03-04 11 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. LOCAL industrials are strong m demand while tin-shares axe t well supported generally. In the rubber section an appreciable amount of selective buying has taken place, states the February review of the Kuala Lumpur branch of the Malayan328 words
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Article308 1947-03-04 11 SINGAPORE. Monday. rpoOAyS proirace prices are: RICE: Siamese No. 1 SM, No. S 198. No. 3 SB7, Indo-China MS, Kaagoon $65. GLUTINOUS BICE: Stain SSS, Bangaon SM, Kedah S3S. KICK. MIXJDLKS. /So i Siamese 992, Kedah 974, China SIM Local 985, Burma 97*. RICE FLOUK: SUm 937 and308 words
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Article110 1947-03-04 11 RIO DE JANEIRO, MondayThere has still been no official explanation of the action of the Bank of Brazil in ceasing to I quote buying rates for pound sterling and other currencies not freely convertible. Report* that the Anglo-Ame-rican currency agreement nad been suspended because Brazil had decided110 words
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Article14 1947-03-04 11 Tide times iii Singapore today are: High 6am and 9 26 p.m.14 words
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Article79 1947-03-04 11 rl Singapore Cha«ber of Commerce Bafcber Aamriaiten's rwbber prim at noon rcatcrday were: Bajera Setters Cta. Coj. ■er Ib. per Ib. No. 1 S.S.S. Soot 41ft 41 No. I R.S.S. fob ia bale* March 4S 4JU, No. 2 R.S.S. fob ia bales March 42 H 4tK No. 379 words
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Article62 1947-03-04 11 Sixty-six Australian racehorses, one of the biggest importations to arrive in Singapore this year for the Malayan turf, are on board the B. I. ship Chanda which put* into port this afternoon. Besides a "general" and "food" cargo of 1,240 tons, as well as 2,(K)0 tons of Hcur,62 words
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Article157 1947-03-04 11 From Ou Own Correspondent SINGAPORE, Monday. ALL sections or the local market were firm today, particularly In Indust r isk, where renewed buying took place and prices advanced in the absence of free sellers. Gammons closed high on Saturday but advanced to $5 20 buyers today. Wearnes157 words
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Article452 1947-03-04 11 CHIPS alongside the Singapore >J wharves up to 3 p.m. yesterday were: MAIN WHAU Cicdown 31-33: Manelaus. Godown 33-3-i: Tweedbank. Gcdown 38: Orestes. Godown 38-39- Marine Star. Godown 40: Empire Adur. Godown 41: Klarig. Godown 42-43 Port Laird. WEST WHARF Godown 1-2: Rhesus. Godown 3-4-5. Arundel Castle Gcdown452 words
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Advertisement717 1947-03-04 11 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. (incorporated u> Singapore) BLUI FUNNEL LINE Saltings *nd from United Kingdom "Rhesus* from U.K. For Hongkong and Kobe In Pert Q. 2 •Aristomenta" Iron U.S. A In Port O. 29 "Orestes" from I). K In Port G. 37 •Myrto" from USA In Port-Roads •At-cns* .from U. X717 words
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Advertisement314 1947-03-04 11 THE HO HONG STEAMSHIP CO,. (1932) LTD. Phone 8211*. 8788. 8/8 "HOfKi KHKNO" due from Amor. Swatow A Hongkong via Saigon 5th March 1947. S/S "HONO SIANO" due fttm Amoy. Swatow Hongkong 5th March 1M7. I Sails via Penang for Rangoon 7th March 1947. ANGLO-ORIENTAL (MALAYA) LIMITED. (Subsidiary of London314 words
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Advertisement613 1947-03-04 11 PRESIDENT LINE ELLE M buck-all SallJags Ta S. S. CO., L7l), NEW YORK (ineoiDorstee to Bnjriand) Via Port Swetteaham A Penans India and Mediterranean Peru FOR LONDON ss. l. M.HENRY iiowe ia Pert City of Lyons due 26 Mar 8.8. MARINE SNAPPER ..Mar 1* 8.8. MARINE FLIER M, r M613 words
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Article905 1947-03-04 12 AUST. LOS E FOUR FOR 189 Quick Wickets After Good Start SYDNEY, Monday. DOWLERS enjoyed the ascendancy, today, the third day of the final Test match. As was expected England's innings did not last long when Hutton was sent to hospital with tonsilitis. They made 280. After Barnes and MorrisReuter - 905 words
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Article56 1947-03-04 12 SYDNEY, Monday:—The Cricket correspondent of the Sydney Morning Herald says that the M.C C team's tour has been a striking: financial success for receipts are certain to exceed the 1936-37 record. Despite heavier expenses the profits may also exceed the record M.C.C. share of gate ieceiptsReuter - 56 words
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Article55 1947-03-04 12 DUBLIN. Sunday.—lreland beat, SjWun I three-two m an international soccer j n:atch at Dalymount Park today, before an estimated crowd of 45,000 spectators, who packed the ground before the gates vi ere closed Crowds encroaching on the pixh delayed the start, many refusing to heed theUP - 55 words
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Article126 1947-03-04 12 THE Sultan of Pahang, who declared open the Raub Govi ernment Club's new tennis courts, himself played ten sets. Members then held the first annual general meeting since the liberation, at which the following were elected office-bearers:— President. Mr. H.D. Eastwood. iM.C.S.: hon. secretary, Mr. Moey126 words
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Article166 1947-03-04 12 ENGLAND— IST INNS. Wishbrook b Mndwall llutun retired 12S Edrich c Talton b Lindwall M Flshlock b McCool 14 Compton b Undwall 11 Yardley c Miller b LindwaU I Ikin b Lindwall Era ns b Llndwal 2» Smith b lindwall S Wright c Tallon b Miller 7 Bedaer not166 words
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Article264 1947-03-04 12 (By W. M. Woodfull, former Australian Test captain) SYDNEY, Monday. 4USTRALIA gained a stiong advantage only to 1' S3 it m the fifth Test today. Having dismissed England for 280, the Australians stocks were rising rapidly as Barnes and Morris got to work. But with their264 words
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Article346 1947-03-04 12 Up Country Sport KUALA LUMPUR. Sunday. Very keen play was seen In first matches ol the Selargjr Chinese Recreation Club cpen lawn tennis championship today. There were no surprises, although H. J. Sinclair and j.l,.K. tirc*i. NN fully extended by A. Aziz and M. Danker whom346 words
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Article269 1947-03-04 12 ■pHE S.R.C. teom to meet B.C. P. A. I. 1 In today's SAP A. league fixture at Jalan Beear Stadium will be se~ lec'ed from O. Webber. J. Lowther. J. Sanderson, J. Peters. J. Ferguson, I. de Souza, J. Vast, A. de Sllva. B. NorohJia, H. Holden,269 words
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Article159 1947-03-04 12 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Monday—lnterest m today, track work was enhanced' by the arrival of outstatlon ca:> I didates, but only 6low work was seen. A standout performance was that of Votrix, who moved magnificently and had to be hard' held by J. Donnelly. j159 words
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Article, Illustration26 1947-03-04 12 "tiion makes a desperate etlort i> tatt-h Lurich off Lindwall, an i fans, m tne iirst innings the Test match at present m play at Sydney.26 words
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