The Straits Times, 9 March 1947

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  • 20 1 FINAL EDITION THE SUNDAY TIMES LARGEST NET! SALE IN MALAYA No. 606 SINGAPORE, SUNDAY, MARCH 9, 1947. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • 170 1 BATAVIA, S^turclaj. DEPRESENTATIVES of 18 world shipping lines today protested that their interests are "entirely sabordinatsd" in the Netherlands Indies and asked fo. facilities for non-Dutch lines here equivalent to those afforded to Dut:h flag vessels abroad "without ar.y discrimination watsoever." Five shiDpers' agents,
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  • 65 1 NEW YORK. Satusday. PAR EASTERN countries as well; 1 as Middle East and Europe are to share in a scheme for granting scholarships for one year'.s education in the United States. Thr plan is to furnish 100 scholarships for boys a:id girls between 15 and
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  • 324 1 'First aim at Moscow talks THE F -:d States Seer ie, Gen. Gec.ge 1 C. Marshall, disclosed at a press conference in Berlin yesterday that the first merican aim at lite Moscow Conference, which opens tomorrow, was to secure completion of a Four-Power Pact
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    35 1 Mr. Hoir.fr W. Sn i. oil magnate of Da I -is, Texas, se?n h:re rfewiaf the 850 surplus planes vvh'ch h; bought from ?be I.S. Govcraai^Bi at Fr.it Worth r.irfield in Texas.
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    27 1 WHAT THIS? An American soldier Is sei-n wearing an Antarctic mask wh'ch is being testd by the U.S. Army for luture us« in ?üb/tr> temp: rat uros.
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  • 92 1 LONDON, Saturday. A southwest wind brought milder conditions to most of Britain today and London with a midday temperature of 41 degrees had the warmest day for the week. Although the position is improving, deep snow still held up production in mines and distribution of coal.
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  • 48 1 TIRE aboard the U.S. liner John Erichson. which raged for two hours before it was brought under control, threw the Hudson River dock area in New York into confusion and caused some alarm aboard the Queen Flizabeth at a nearby berth. —UP.
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  • 243 1 PIRATES RAID S' POER COAST, STEAL STORES Sunday Times Reporter PIRATES, using sampans and landing on stretches of Singa- pore's east coast, have recently stolen valuable stores and electrical equipment and then made off in their vessels. St. Patrick's School, in the Siglap subuiban district, which house-; part of the
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  • 109 1 THIS morning at about 11.30 o'clock, the first aircraft j[ r Malayan Airways' internal oervice is expected to fly over Bingaporo on its way to Kallang Airport. The plan-: was expected to sf-p lost night at Butterwort n a rfield, near Ponans, and fly direct
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  • 49 1 CAPE TOWN, Saturday. ORINCESS MARGARET, at Uie age of 16, made her firs: flight today when, with her sister and the King and Queen, she flew In the King's flight of planes from Blocmfontein, captital of the Orange Free State, to Bultfontein about 70 miles distant.— Reuter
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  • 84 1 HONG KONG. Sat. THE first peace-time direct taxa--1 tion was indicatec in a ara.t bill which Government released today. The bill includes taxation of propsrty. salaries, profits and interest. The draft biil will first be referred to a taxation committee for examination and expression of
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  • 162 1 US. HOLDS UP PALESTINE mmm plan NEW YORK. Saturday. THE United States has told Britain that she would have to oring the Palestine case formally lo the United Nations before the Washington Government cou'.J agree to act on a proposal for a United Nations commission of injqulry on Palestine. Sir
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  • 282 1 London, Saturcay WELL-INFORMED Whitehall sources said today tha the British Governmnnt had officially :\dvised both the Dutch and th? Indonesian Governments to ratify' and Implement the Cheribon agreement, providing for the I recognition of the Indonesia Rs-i public and its authority ever, Java, Sumatra,
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  • 302 1 LAHORE. Saturday. rFICIAL reports show that 192 have Ixen kiiled and 580 wounded in this week's Punjab riots, while a New Delhi Statesman correspondent estimates that 40,000 persons are homeless in Amritsar and many houses are still burning after serious disturbances. The Punjab Government
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  • 64 1 THE Straits lime^ wilt on Tv-day publish a full cccouui of the historic battle to capture Munda airbase fron the Japanese in the Stl;m :n Islands in 1943. A British war correspondent has written the Munda story from his personal experience of the bitter sea and
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  • 29 1 FRENCH troops patrolling the. region about 15 kilometers 1 west of Haiphong, in Tj.-.gking Province, discovered a Viet Minh hand-grenad« factory, says a' Hanoi report.— R?uter.
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  • 236 1 DACOITS KILL 28 IN TRAIN ATTACK KANUOON, SatiiKktv. j FOLLOWING cbMbJ on Urn I teport that dacoits derail |yd a train and tiled 2i pasi^ci.gers in the subsequent attack. Uurnia Command Headquarters t< day announced that •arge firc^s of British, intiiHn and Burma Army infantry, supported by ariroured cars. have
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  • 122 1 Su.rJa> Times Curr'.-:;;;oiideni KUALA LUMPUR. Satnitt J THE mannsement of Malayan Collieries Ltd. a::d the Coiliery Workers Labour Union nave j reached an agreement on tne only outstanding issue in tre labcur disput.-— the number of me: 1 to be re-engaged when production is resumed and
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  • 942 2 CLIFFORD PEER TURNS HIS MR. CYRIL JOHN PYKE who left Malaya last week to represent South East Asia at a series of international trade conferences in London, Geneva and Paris has been connected with the supply of strategic raw materials for nearly twenty years and more
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 535 2 RADIO *'*ALAYA Corner (R); 5.30 08. St. Andrews 5.03 p.m. English Programme relayed Church Sen-ice- 6.30 News in English: frcm Sngapore; 6 00 p.m. "Blue" and S^T'QQ'aOre 645 Hew Does Ycur Garden Grow: 700 'Red' Netwcrk3 split; 8.30 p.m News ill NKiwnßß irC <nM P m Ttae Signal; 7.01 Brdio
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  • 52 3 1 1.-Vl* --< Vll- I. !>■ I'.tl tj, \»:kO Was h: :l>! nl P?lf ICC. :l KfUtip it ('in; si V!» untcrs fennel in Biagayr« in 1941 to tight ins .lapancse, and who rcturJicd f r m ttiicland last month, has io i appointed D rcrtcr rf
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  • 147 3 Ea iftj limes Reporter •HE Royal Society of St. George I (Singapore Branch) decided t thsir first meeting held iinco ccrunation to re-form the Lcciety and they have elected Mr. I O. R. 8. Bate man th? r presi- j < mt, Mr. J. Cxtiet sa rice-
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  • 29 3 1 FULL dress debate on the pro- posed new educational policy for the Malaj-an Union will take place at the Malayan Union Aivisorv Council meeting on Monday.
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  • 260 3 Johore's lead Sunday Times Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Saturday. THE Sultans of at least three states in the Malayan Union have, I understand, appointed a working committee to make recommendations for the constitution of Councils of State which will conform to the provisions of
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  • 195 3 LONDON, Saturday. "THE Government or Siam has I enriched itself at the expense of its own fanners and the British taxpayer over deals in rice. How many other nations are bluffing the British in addition to the Argentinans, Sinhalese and Siamese," asks the
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  • 52 3 OXFORD CAMBRIDGE SOCIETY MEETING THE Singapore Oxford and Cam- bridge Society is being revived and general meeting is k> be held at the Adelphi Hotel on Tue.sci:.y at 5.15 p.m. to which all members of these universities an Invited. The society hopes to hole its boat race dinner this i
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  • 186 3 Sunday Times Reporter. THOUGH hopes ran high yester- day that the five-week old strike of the Singapore Traction Company employees might end before many hours passed, following the announcement of S.T.C. General Manager that his Company was willing to accept conciliation provided the
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  • 181 3 PLANTERS MAY BUY PLANES Sunday Times Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Saturday. PLANTERS in the Malayan Union, and at least one planting organisation are show- ing considerable interest ill the possibility of purchasing light aircraft as a .neans of rapid transport between out- lying estates and the towns to further both their
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  • 93 3 TANDJONG PRIOK. Sat. UfllH the American crew of the U.S. Martin Behrman refusing to assist, the Dutch today made slow progress in the unloading: of the confiscated cargo of this Liberty ship under the protection of armed guards who are posted Ground the deefcs. The Dutch
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  • 36 3 THE first public examination to be held under the Bankruptcy Ordinance since the liberation will take place o n Mar. 28 at the Singapore High Court, it is announced in the Government Gazette.
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  • 55 3 THE British actor Richard Haydn has been added to the cast of the film "Singapore," to be produced at Universal-International Studios in Hollywood with Ava Gardner and Fred Mac Murray in starring roles. Haydn is at present appearing in the film "Forever Amber," in
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  • 244 3 Sunday Times Reporter MOST of the engagements of men in the Royal Malay Navy will be completed on Tuesday, and then in line with the decision of disbanding it, "phasing out" will begin. Rear Admiral H. J. Egerton. Flag Officer, Malayan Area told members
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    32 3 Delegates to Ibe provisional International Civil Aviation Conference in Melbourne, which has been planning future air routes in Asia and the Pacific, study a ma p showing existing services.
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  • 282 3 Sunday Times Stuff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Saturday. RESIGNED for the purpose of prohibiting the wearing of V uniforms signifying association with political organisations and associations of a military or quasi-military character and public drilling, the Public Order Ordinance will be laid before the Malayan
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  • 57 3 THE Chief Secretary of the Malayan Union has fixed the value of rubber for the purpose of assessing customs duty as follows: For the period Feb. 27 to Mar. 5, both dates inclusive. 41 H frits p pound. For the perior Mar. 6 to Mar. 12. both dates
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  • 179 3 says Genf Sunday Times Correspondent SUNGBI PATANI, Saturday THE labour situation in k Kedah had "substantially improved" said the Governor of the Malayan Union, Sir Edward Gent, in a statement issued here last night after a conference with local officials. Sir Edwurd sail* H was generally
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  • 149 3 LONDON, Saturday. QF tne 14,000 British prisoners of war who died in the construction of the Burma-Siam Railway, more than 12,000 have been traced and buried, each with a white jvooden cross to marie the scene of their sacrifice. The Japanese employed 70,000 Allied P.o.W.s on
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 360 3 (S 5^ y^*S*r Tk T "H" 'E? v !buN Llrt !iSff CANADA 9v*wmtr»maUM /£ar of service to the public lEa ar.ee Sheet of Canada's laxiwt further $14 million was' paid out in 1 lue a scrance company reveals 1546 Dividends, reducing the cost of assur■of <iie most progressive periods ance
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    • 36 3 Millot Crepe de Chine Parfumery Just Arrived! NONTOR LTD:. TELEPHONIES 6O 4 6 IO)O5 LIPTONS TEA NOW ON SALE AGAIN at ALL LEADING PROVISION STORES Sole Agents; HENRY WAUGH CO., LTD. SINGAPORE, PENANG, KUALA LUMPUR. IPOH.
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  • 433 4 by A LOiNDON DOCTOR THE b.ith of a iourth 1 daughter to Princess Juliana of the Netherlands, when the Dutch peope uere hoping for a son for the House of fhrangi Wiium, has revived interest in the conLro^ersy over why Jorae families run to
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  • 835 4 TROTTIE TRUE" is a mix- ture of t>: ■nt sat ;>. a:U I rather conventional but extremely high-spirited story-tell-ing. As a baskg'ound for their ■Mty Caryl Brahms and S. J. Simon use Mrs. Snimmering's "Trousseau tea," and In between glorious glimpses of Mrs. Chimmerings party we get
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    16 4 Four pretty beach rtox "po#e ~RnuHh a.. umUwlla at~gl. Hilda, Melbourne suburb, during recent hot weather.
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  • 952 4 The Australian Scene— byE.W. Tipping MELBOURNE, Feb. 25. ONE day 60 odd years ago, a little man walked down the gangway of the steamer Maranoa and answered an advertisement in the window of a restaurant near Sydney's Circular Quay for a pantryman. He told the
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 361 4 BRITISH INDUSTRIES FAIR LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM. MAT sth 16th 1942 This is youi first opportunity in seven years to see your old suppliers in Britain and to meet new ones Overseas Buyers are invited to Britain for the 1947 British Industries Fair It will enable them to establish personal contact
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    • 200 4 Here again! y*-. HOUBIGANT CKERAMY I^^^ PERFUMERY Houbigant Parfum Qu?]ques Fleurs $8 50 $15«0O HadUvMrt Hair Lotion Fougere Royale $3.25 $S«SO Cheramv Perfume Bouquet $4-*3^ Clieramv Eau de Cologne $1.00 $1 95 $3-50 Cheramv Lavender Water $1.10 $1.95 $3-50 $5-50 Clieramv Special Eau de Cologne 50 Cheramv Dry Rouge .90
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  • 185 5 NEW POLICE LEAVESCHOOL THIS WEEK Sunday Times Reporter rfO squads, each of 20 men, will be passed out as fully trained constables at the Singapore Police passing out parade on Friday. Men undergoing training for P. lice duties at the Polio? Training School will give demonstrations of the typ? of
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  • 89 5 lINDER new regulations gazetted in Singapore yesterday, every mechanically-propelled boat must carry fire-fighting appliances. Boats not exceeding 40 feet in ler.?;h must have one box contv nine not less than two cv. ft. of sand, one scoop one tetrachloride extinguisher of not less than one
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  • 60 5 MRS FXIZABETH CHOY, who helped Allied prisoners of war and internees in Singapore, is seen receiving the Girl Guides' Bronze Cross from Lady Baden Powell, the Chief Guid:, at a London ceremony. The award, which is the highest that can be conferred by the Guide move ment,
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  • 267 5 Sunday Times Reporter THE establishment of a chain of youth clubs in Singapore to cater for the needs of 50.000 boys would be an important factor in saving many hundreds of boys from becoming "young gangsters," in the* view of a well-known Singapore lawyer who
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  • 471 5 NAAFI BUYING SPORE ESTATE Houses for staff Sunday Times Reporter OUTRIGHT purchase of the Pasir Panjang Hill Es- tate in Singapore for more than $100,000 is being made by N. A.A.F.I. and the transaction will be finalised in a matter of days. There are 15 bungalows on the estate, six
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  • 99 5 Sunday limes Reporter JJAVE you ever tried eating whale? The Army authorities in Singapore are trying: to dispose of a stock of 3l£ tons of dehydrated whale meat which was sent out by the British Government some time ago "for experimental purposes" and to see
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  • 125 5 GAOL, FINES IN $200,000 LIGHTER TRIAL SENTENCES totalling more than six years and fines amounting to $1,700 were imposed on four Indians at the end of the hearing into charges of criminal breach of trust in respect of 357 cases of cigarettes valued at $186,000 and a lighter worth $14,000.
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  • 99 5 Sunday Times Correspondent PENANG, Saturday. rO Chinese traders who unshipped 240 bags of copra from a junk "without the presence or authority of a proper officer of the Customs" were convicted of what the prosecution officer described as a deliberate and flagrant attempt to deceive
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  • 127 5 QWING to the fact that the constitutional changes in Malf.ya have not yet been settled, a "the temporary provision relating to reciprocal powers of judges in Singapore and the Malayan Union will be introduced in the Singapore Advisory Council soon. The existing Courts
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  • 59 5 THE Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association's rubber prices at noon yesterday were: Cta. per Ib. CU. per Ib ,"u 1 R.S.S. Spot loom 41% o. 1 H.S.S. fob in bales March 43 10. 2 R.S.S. fob in bales March 42%» to. 3 K.S.S. fob in bales Mir.h
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  • 253 5 Sunday Times Reporter THE possibility of having women police in Singapore is to be studied by the Commissioner of Police, Mr. R. E. Foulger, when he visits England shortly. He will seek advice in London regarding the advisability of employing women police under
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 165 5 CARPETS Latest Shipments Just Unpacked At very competitive prices PEKING (CHINESE) Genuine Mirzapur c- oy 1? Size 9X12 t I," Quality A $400.00 Quality A $972.00 R S2SOOO 8577 ->-°° C- $175.00 Size tX 7 Size 21 X44 Size 8 X 10 Quality A $270.00 $112.50 Quality A $285.00 B
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    • 340 5 Book .overs all over Malaya are benefiting by the outstanding range of stock and efficient service irlven by the CKy Book Store. Our special f\ Rents In England and America assure you of quick service on order* we cannot fill from stock. This Week's Important Books: Echo of a Cry
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    • 340 5 LIMBS SWOLLEN WITH RHEUMATISM She Could Neither Walk Nor Sleep Sne« -id suffered so losg that sh« thought si.c would never get better. After trying rain/ remedlea In va:n. she was persuaded to 'ske Kruschen. In six weeks there was a bi| Improvement. "My arms and feet were swollen with
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous

  • 601 6 THE SUNDAY TIMES SINGAPORE, MAR. 9, 1947. Warning from Kedah r VENTS in certain planting dis- tricts in Kedah during the past week or so nave given Malaya a further warning oi the harm that is being done throughout the country by dangerous and subversive elements who are continually stirring
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  • 1961 6  - PLANTER'S STORY OF LIFE 'OUTSIDE WIRE' G.R. FRENCH by a European planter, who stayed behind in Lower Perak when the Japanese over-ran North Malaya and was given permission to remain in his house by General Tomoyuki Yamashita the Japanese C.-in-C. Although Mr. French was never sent to one of the
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  • 843 6  - WHYNOTMAKE GAS IN THE MINES JOHN LANGDON DAVIES asks NATURALLY most ot Brilons see the Furl Crisis in terms of keeping their bodies warm and cooking their food. But it is more important that they should see it in terms of hungry machines and dead facloii'S. It is a power
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 647 6 CLASSIFIED ADS. WEE-LIM The engagement is announced between Mr. Wee Aik Sun. yount,'e-t son of Mr. Mrs. Wee Thiam Siew and Miss Eebe Lim, eldest daughter of Mr. Mrs. Lim Inn Guan. SITUATIONS V.ICANI WANTED urgently efficient EuroVimii stenographer. Knowledge oi French pirferahle but not essential. Accommodation provided. Apply with
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    • 22 6 Each month will bring increased supplies. I'roducers Boh Plantations Ltd. Dis. ributors Harper Gilfilian Co., Ltd. Kuala Lumpur Cf Branches throughout Malaya.
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    • 4 6 TirED of*BSQ Gathering Strength
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  • 419 7 Schools require special service Sunday Times Reporter AN official estimate suggests that at least three-quar-ters of Singapore children have bad teeth and the Medical Department is now considering measures to deal with what is regarded as a serious situation. There are in Singapore
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    45 7 When Malayan staff nurses Ooi Soli Im (Ml) and Alice Chai arrived in Melbourne to take v <> the A.I.F. nu.--.ms scholarships they were greeted by Sister Nest.t .Tames, senior surviving nursing sister from a Sumatra inu;n tmrnM Man a'-'c&ned them with Chinese Vice-Consul Albert Loi.
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  • 76 7 Sunday Times Reporter. THE Singapore Improvement Trust last week invited tenders for their first new building project since the Japnes* occupation —a block of shop-houses, sited in Owen Road, Singapore. An official of the Trust told me yest rday: "We have called for tenders and. if
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  • 45 7 FEES on correspondence posted for transmission by air mail arc subject to revision in S-nga-pore. An amendment to Pest Office regulations, notified yesterday, allows the im posit on of fees as shall be directed by th e Governor frcna that to time.
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  • 292 7 Sunday Times Reporter rHE Singapore Traction Company strike has benefited Singapore in one respect, according to the Traffic Police, since absence of S.T.C. vehicle! on the streets has greatly relieved traffic congest ion and this has meant a decrease in the number of road
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  • 126 7 MR. Richard walker, Art Masier of the Education Department, related to the Singapore First District Judge, Mr. Paul Storr, yesterday how while taking a stroll round the Singapore esplanade, he saw a youn? Javanese 1 wearing clothos which he thought we re his own
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  • 105 7 Sunday Times Correspondent ANYONE in Singapore may now communicate In writing with any person in Japan on any commercial, fl".anri->l or other I matter An official notification issued j yesterday stipulates that such j communication is permissibly i provided that it does not con-
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  • 139 7 Sunday Times Reporter FHE War Crimes trial for I which the people of Singapore have been waiting more than five years opens tomorrow forenoon in the Victoria Memorial Hall. Seven Japanese officers including two generals will appear to answer charges connected with the massacre of over 5,000
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  • 156 7 Sunday Times Correspondent PENANG, Saturday. DENANG imports in 1946 were only 12 pe r cent. le?s than the I pri-war valut. According to figures published by the Penang Chamber of Com- merce in its annual report, lm--1 ports during the past year totalj led $132,103,481 compared *o
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  • 101 7 Sunday Times Correspondent PARIT BUNTAR, Saturday. il PRELIMINARY inquiry into a l*» charge of gang robbery against Ijan Bin Umpan and Mohamed Noor bin Mat Amin and the abetment of gang robbery against Inas bin Haji osman, was heard by Tengku Syed Abdullah in the
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  • 80 7 PERSONNEL of the Census De--1 partment was named In Singapore yesterday. Mr. M. V. del Tufo Is Superintendent of Census and Deputy Superintendents of Census are Mr. L. W Donougn at Headquarters, and Mr. R. H. Oakeley at Singapore. The Assistant Superintendents of Census are: for
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  • 131 7 Sunday limes Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Saturday. ABOUT 3,000 Ch nese wemen, including schoolgirls and members of various women's, associations thronging the Chinese Assembly Hall this morning to celebrate "Women's Day", heard speeches by Madam Chan Yook Wah, Principal of the Kwansm Chinese Girls School,
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  • 88 7 F NIGHT at 9.45 Radio Malaya is presenting T. S. Eliot's famous verse play "Murder in the Cathedral," which aroused wot Id wide Interest on its original production in Canterbury Cathedral. It deals with the assassination of Thomas a' Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, in December
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  • 254 7 Sunday Times Correspondent PENANG, Saturday. pENANG'S "medicine men" are back at their pitches m Chinatown. Having disappeared discreetly during the Japanese occupation, these showman peddlers have now emerged again with newer, more streamlined methods of approach. While some still sound their gongs, still use monkeys
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  • 233 7 Sunday Times Reporter ONE of the largest single consignments of carpets and mats ever ordered for the Far Eastern area from India will shortly be leaving Indian ports to furnish Army quarters in Malaya, Singapore and Hong Kong. There are 3,500 of them in all and
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  • 170 7 EX-INSPECTOR ADMITS HE SLAPPED MAN A EURASIAN ex-lnspectoi Police, P. P Webb, appcarec before Mr L. C Goh. fhe Second Singapore Tolice Maoist rrte, on Friday o n cha-ges of wrongfully conn-in; a. a causing g. --ous hurt to P. F. Arikan at Joo Chiat Police Str.t?o-; in November. ie\v
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  • 22 7 The recognition by ts"e Singr.pore Government of Or Jui Menino Salcedas as Ccnsul of Portugal at Singapore was gazetted yesterday.
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 612 8 REVERSING. IN one way contract bridge is similar to chess: It is necessary to look ahead and plan accordingly. But whereas the chess player must look ahead several moves, the bridge player who is contemplating an opening bid, need plan but one further step. If we remember to bid our
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    • 938 8 THIS WEEK FOR YOU BY STELIa I What the Stars Foretell PISCES (Feb. 20-M»r. 21)— A GEMINI (May 22 Jnne 22)— VIRGO (An*. 24-Sept. 22)— SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-D*, new working week, so make s Any type of ct**V V !iJ£ v* v you make the o* B P«s»*ble 22)— Apply
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    • 541 8 1. Name six competitive sports In which only the feet are used No Balls, horses, etc. 2. Who always encasss his feet in lead shoes for travelling? 3. What's the answer to tne old riddle. What has three feet but never walks or runs? 4. How mnay leet long is
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  • 953 9  - MORE SNOW MORE AUSTERITY Mary Heathcott A woman looks at life in Britain by LONDON, Feb 23. SITTING in my igloo at the North Pole, London, in that frame of mind peculiar to us all at the moment, a combination of bad temper, bewilderment and anxiety, I read by candlelight
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  • 39 9 *E VENING STAR SAW DA LS "Ev»iiiiv_' Star" is the titl> given to this pa.* of black velvet dinner sandals designed by Cangemi of New York. They have hand-made petit-point embroidery inset into the broad bracelet and vamp straps.
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  • 411 9 IN YOUR GARDEN IDOM'I minx thtre is mucn doubt that probably most jof oar beautiful plants are leambcra Btcn toe well-known bcuga.'-ivilla, althoug;-, usually i grown M a scand'r;c o-uub, is a; climber and On a good place on a pergola or arch is very
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  • 564 9 Al.v l.iuband MdMM our little son aged three. His favourite game is to rush the carp°t sweeper at him fiercely. My husband Just demobbed thinks a boy thould hay this sort of hardening. The child is terr.iicU and repeatedly ask* me when the man (he won't call
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  • 788 10 QMARTING under the defeat they recently suffered at the hards of the Indians, S.C.F.A. Selection II took the field determined to win yesterday when, at Jalan Besar Stadium, they had to meet the Victory Cup holders, the S.R.C. And win they did, catching the Recs
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  • 85 10 TODAY' S SPORTS EVENTS CRICKET: S.C.C. vs. KAI. (Changi), padang, 11 a.m.; S.R.C. ts, S.C.R.C., padang, 11 a.m.; R.N.A.S. vs. S.C.C, Sembawang, 11 a.m.; Nee Soon Transit Camp vs. Clarke Rangers, Nee Soon, 11 a.m.; Rocklites vs. 61 Coy R.A.S.C. (GT) Bidadari Camp, 11 a.m. M.C.U. v. CSC. M.C.U., 11
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  • 140 10 SOM PONG, SIM/ IN TITLE FIGHT AFIER a break of more than a month, professional boxing will be held at the Happy World Stadium next Sunciay when Battling Slma and Som Pong meet over 15 three-minute rounds for the welterweight championship of Malaya Supporting this fight is another attractive bout,
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  • 65 10 SYTDNED. SaluicW T¥/Ti HIN a two-week period in Sydney two cricketers were killed la minor game*. Nelson Joseph Flynn. 25-year eld Street Car Company employee was killed by a ball that struck him in the chest in a suburban game. Six-year-old Peter Accorat was kUlea
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  • 50 10 LONDON. Saturday. TODAY S Rugby Union results were as j x follows: Camocurne 9, Royal Naval Engineer, ing College 9: E-\eter 3, Plymouth Albion 0; Torquay Athletic 35, Bridgewatcr and Albion 5. All other Rugby Union matches, including the international between Wales ar.d Irealnd. were postponed. Reuter.
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  • 76 10 LONDON. Saturday. RugDy League Cup first round, first leg: matches resulted as follows: Hull 11, Bromley 3; Leeds 13, Barrow 0; St. Helens 17. Keljhley 7; Dswsbury 0, Huduersfield 3. Other first Uc match postponed. First round, second Kg. bellevue Rangers 0, Oldham 0, (Oldham ellmin. ated);
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  • 38 10 rS rtnals of the GHQ SEALF athletic meet were interrupted by rain after more than half the events were worked off at Tanglin yesterday. The meeting will be concluded on Wednesday or Saturday this w tk
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  • 47 10 THE following will represent the Manumalat Indian S.C. against the Chan<ji XI at football today at Changi ground at 5 p.m. Rajakrishna. K. Ramachandra, A. Rahman, V. Krishna, A. Rahim. Amat, S. Velu, P. Dornisamy, Ismail Nainam Shah (Capt), P. Murthy, Dorai William, Marunuthu, Seenewasan.
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  • 76 10 A series of trial games will be played with a view to selecting an R.A.S.C. fSingapor?) soccer team for the forthcoming Parker Cup competition. The first trial will be held at the Police Training School, Thomson Road. at 10 o'clock this morning and the following have been
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  • 578 10 Home Football London, Saturday. tX)R the sixth successive Saturday, snow and frost have played havoc with the football programme and today a new record was set up, 27 English League matches being postponed. The previous worst was 28 postponements on Feb. 25, 1933 and Feb. 22
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  • 543 10 STRONG S'PORE TEAM FOR BADMINTON CHAMPIONSHIPS By Our Badminton Coire. pomleu SINGAPORE'S contingent to the Ma. "an Badminton Championships to be held at Kuala Lumpur during Easter is, as in previous years, a fully representative one, and except for Selangor Itself whose competitors have the advantage of playing in th?ir
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    • 797 10 BRITISH STORES DISPOSAL BOARD (SINGAPORE) TENDER NOTICE. BT ORDER OF THE DIRECTOR OF DISPOSALS, FAR EASTERN AREA (M.0.5.) The British Stores Disposal Board. Singapore, is authorised to receive Tenders for the following items: To be sold In one complete Lot: the whole of C 63 Transportation Stores situated at Berlayer
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    • 438 10 Talking or dogs, by bob martih. Mr. Dob Martin has had ovci htn year*' experience of dogs, and is kr.mtn to hr-. ..<*.« everywhere a> a leading hnitlish ai ihorut op canine welfare. ooe fo A poor appent'.- H BtmoM invariably due to impurities i l the blood. These impurities
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  • 107 11 POLICE GET 1 38 FOR 5 v S.C.C. THE Police had s:ored 138 runs for five wickets in the cricket match aualnct the S.C.C. at Thomson Road yesterday v. hen rain stopped play POLICE J.E. Jeans b Schoies 12, Bab» c Thompson b Schoies 4. Sundram c Maxcy b Schoies
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  • 164 11 IN th^ padans cricket match between S'C.C. and Kranjl W.T Kranji b?tted first and and were all out lor 03 when the game was abandoned cwins to ra:n. Sjcrcs were: KRWJI W T H. Smith b. G3=k.-, 10. D. Wlli_ns lbw Jaeger 7, K.
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  • 149 11 Sunday Times Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Sat Agocd innings of 44 by Row, and good < bowling, enabled the V.M.C.A. to beat the S.C.R.C. by 42 runs on the j Railway Ground today. The V.M.C.A batting first score J II runs. The Chinese were dismissed for 50 runs.
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    18 11 PADANG CRICKET II Smith and Wilkins opening: the Kranji W.T. innings against the S.C.C. on the padang yesterday.
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  • 221 11 Surd?? Times Corre£p:ndect MALACCA. Sat. THE first inter--,chool spoits lor Malay Sch-ok (C-.roup II) since Uic ;ib?ration v.as leld en the Kubu Plains in which ten sch^cls partldpaKd, the Sungei UdanT Malay School, the Eachang Malay Schccl, Batu Berendajr. Malay School. Klebang Bxar Malay fcV-hccl, Kampon-;
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  • 54 11 •THE cricket match b3twe3n tn;--1 S.R.C and 223 B.OD. at Alexandra yesterday had to be abandoned owing to rain after the S.R.C. had tc:red 123 runs fjr tt-e loss of three wicksts. E. Ebert scored 61 runs, hitting tight fours and two s xes before h? waa
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  • 65 11 ResulU of the Penan* race* a glares are: 1. Shabel (Sl3, Wyumalen ($l2). 2. Mandaiay ($B, $7) Tnnnpington JlOi. S. Jackpot l$l«. SS) Courtesan is6i Golden Slipper is 6). WCdey $10. $8) Avant Toot <SS). 5. Ka-n.an ($43. $9) Ron Marie ($7) Four Wind-: ($l2). 6.
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  • 71 11 Sunday Time* i oirn>ponilent KUALA LUMPUR, Saturday. DLAYING splendidly in the closing I stag's of a three-s»t duel. San Kwok Kecng defeated Ban Kwok Leonj 6 3. C 2. 6 4 to enter the semi-final of th? Sclaneor Chinese {Recreation Club's lawn tennis chami plon*hips. I In the
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  • 414 11 BEFORE a large and enthusiastic crowd, Raffles College Union won the Kay Mouat Challenge Cup in the first inter-college athletic meeting since the liberation on the S.R.C. Padang yesterday. The two Colleges have so far met on ten occasions since the first inter college meeting in
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  • 1278 11 FOUR NEW HORSES WIN AT PENANG Fox, Martin Share The Honours Sunday limes Correspondent PENANG, Saturday. KEEN rivalry between trainers Lt. Col. T. L. Fox and M. vrjx Breukelen featured the opening day of the Governor General's Cup Meeting held here today. There was brilliant sunshine and the going was
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  • 439 11 Sunday limes Correspondent. i KU.VLA LUMPUR, Saturday. THE following are the entries for the Malayan badminton championships, b?lng played at Kuala Lumpur during Easter, the draw for which takes place tomorrow. MEN'S SINGLES: S.M. Omar Abu Osman, A.M. Shariff, A.S. Samuel Jee Kirn Teik. Yeo Teck Chye,
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  • 100 12 lh. r Majesties pass the naval guard of honour after the King had opened the South African Parliament for the first time in any Dominion. Right: The Royal Family at Kenilworth racecourse, near Cape Town. The Royal party at a picnic in the lovely t-ouuti>
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