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Title Section20 1947-04-06 1 FiNAL EDITION THE SUNDAY TIMES LARGEST NETT SALE IN MALAYA No. 610 SINGAPORE, SUNDAY, APRIL 6, 1947. PRICE 10 CENTS20 words
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Article442 1947-04-06 1 Three-year task for assessors Sunday Times Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Saturday. CO FAR, 660 claims under the War Risks (Goods) Insurance Scheme, representing losses worth hundreds of millions of dollars, have been lodged with the War Damage Claims Commission by rubber, palm oil and coconut estates,442 words
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Article, Illustration62 1947-04-06 1 Chief Inspector Song Kolc Hoo, of the Singapore Police, who, after 20 years' service in Singapore, Malacca and Penang, has been promoted Assistant Superintendent of Polic?. Mr. Song, who joined the Police Force when he was 19, is the second Asiatic officer in Singapore to be promoted A.S.P. and he62 words
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Article102 1947-04-06 1 THE member of the Formosan Monopoly Bureau, vhoso ootirg of a Fo/mnsan baw!:?r and beating of another touched off the recent island uprising, was sentenced to death yesterday, the Nanking Government announces. In the uprising and subsequent Government military reprisals, more than 100,000 ChineseReuter - 102 words
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80 1947-04-06 1 ATHENS, Saturday. NEW fighting has broken out on several fronts in northern Greece between Government forces and Leftist guerillas as foreign dignitaries begin arriving in Athens for the funeral of the late Kirg George 11. A mass was said for the late King George IIAP - 80 words
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341 1947-04-06 1 SOUTHAMPTON, Saturday. rUR members of the crew of the 20,000 ton Dutch motor ship Oranje lost their lives during a violent storm in j the Bay of Biscay, when the ship was flung about by 30-foot waves. The Oranje, homeward-bound from theReuter - 341 words
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139 1947-04-06 1 NEW YORK Saturday. MILTON Reynolds 54-year-old millionaire whe made the ball-point pen famous, is making final preparations to take his plane, "Reynolds Bcmbshell," on a 55-hour round- th 2- world flight !in an attempt to Teak Howard iiHughes' record, msde in 1939. He isUP - 139 words
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67 1947-04-06 1 PRETORIA, Saturday. THE Royal Family visited a goldmine at Johannesburg todr.y und descended 8,000 feet into pit to inspect the workings. The party motored from Pretoria, giving up one of the.r rest tfays, to fulfil additions to their programme ordered by the King, when JohannesbuuReuter - 67 words
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Article, Illustration294 1947-04-06 1 Sunday Times Staff Reporter WORK is to begin on a $5 million luxury hotel and recreation centre, ranking among the finest in the East, as soon as plans have been approved by the Singapore Municipal Architect. The 150 ft., eleven-storey building will cover an294 words
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Article99 1947-04-06 1 Eggs fell 10 storeys bounced NEW YORK, Saturday. A MAN on the top of a tenstorey building here dropped eggs to the sidewalk brlow and the eggs did not break but bounced back as high as 35 feet into the air. Cars stopped and traffic was jammed as the strangeUP - 99 words
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Article97 1947-04-06 1 BATAVIA, Saturday. THE wreck of a Dutch Dakota, missing on a half hour flight between Batavia and Bandoeng since March 12, was spotted today from the air by another aircraft of the same company, ten miles north-northwest of Bandoeng. The plane carried 24 DutchReuter - 97 words
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Article34 1947-04-06 1 DRITAIN weathered its fuel crisis v without carrying coals to Newcastle but yesterday supplies of beer were sent from London to Burton-on-Trent, the country's biggest brewery town, says United Press.34 words
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352 1947-04-06 1 LONDON, Saturday. FORECASTING that America and Russia would be the chief protagonists in a coming third world war, Mr. Bob Edwards, in his presidential address at the Independent Labour Party conference today, said:— 'Their interests, economic and political, challenge each other in many partsReuter - 352 words
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205 1947-04-06 1 SHANGHAI. Saturday. MARKING a bloody Easter lor the U.S. Marines in China, five Marines were killed and 16 wounded in beating off an attack by a Chinese Communist force on an am* mun.t on supply depot wat Tanjjku, seaport of Tientsin, earlyAP - 205 words
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Article90 1947-04-06 1 NEW DELHI. Saturday. MOHAMED Ali Jinnah. President cf the Ail-Indian Mu.l*m League, conferred for an hour and fifty minutes witn the Viceroy, Lord Mountbatten, today, in what was described officially as a "friendly and informal convocation. An official source at the Viceroy's Hou?e emphasized tha talksAP - 90 words
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Article40 1947-04-06 1 PARTB, Saturcay. FRENCH .rjoos continued mopping up OMralldnd today in the unol *nd Haiphong areas, despite stror^ resistance from Toi'.kinese armed bands, the French News topstvCj report! Two villiT^s were occupied south of Hadong.— U.P.UP - 40 words
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Advertisement295 1947-04-06 1 MARCONI RADIOS m Stole Agenl> l.na.v.i KEE KUAT RADIO CO.. 12! -121 Orchard Koad Ptaonr 15G6 SINGAPORE Branches: KHAI.A 1 imim:; PKNA.NG PIANO MUSIC ALLAN EDITION AUGENER EDITION BACH BACH Children's Bach $1.80 Little Music Boor $1.20 Small I'rcluUes 1.20 Italian Concerto 1.40 Toccata Fugue In Dm. 1.80 Selected Preludes295 words
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Advertisement11 1947-04-06 1 SIC L SOLE ACENTS fOR MAL Y A tl a ,J11 words
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Article, Illustration1051 1947-04-06 2 SPOTLIGHT On MALA YA Clifford Peer Turns His MEW secretary of 11 the United Planting Association of Malaya is 43-year-old HARRY KENNETH DIMOLINE, who, before seeing a good deal of the world in the Army, was assistant secretary of the Liverpool Cotton Association. Mr. Dimoline went overseas with the 68th1,051 words
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Miscellaneous368 1947-04-06 2 RADIO MALAYA rade: 4-15 OeTT y'» half-hour, with 8.15 Music by Aucirullans, Albert m. Cj€rry g^fcn,, tmd his j^yg. 4<5 Pisher and hls new note octgt j^y^ SINGAPORE Weekly preview of the programmes mond Beatty (bass baritone): 9.30 SUNDAY from Kuala Lumpur; 5.00 As Slnga- Great music, The music of368 words
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Article410 1947-04-06 3 CO-OPS FIGHT MIDDLEMAN MENACE Purchase plan Sunday Times S:aff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Saturday. TRITICISM of importers who had refused to co- operate in supplying goods, which, when sold through co-operative stores, could fight the menace of the middleman and wipe out his huge profits, was made by delegates at the410 words
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Article, Illustration205 1947-04-06 3 THE wedding took pla^e yesterday at the PresbyUnaii Church, Singapore, of Mr. George West, son of the late Mr. John West and Mrs. West of Edinburgh and Miss Mary Janette (Mollie) Semple, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. V Semple, of Singapore. The bride wore an ivory satin205 words
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111 1947-04-06 3 PEARL HARBOUR, Saturday. THE Japanese hiding from marine search parties on Peleliu Island may attempt a final suicide "banzai" charge rather than give up peacefully, according to Jap prisoners taken by search parties. The island command has taken precautions aeainst such an attack Navy Cap.auiUP - 111 words
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Article41 1947-04-06 3 The Sultan of Pahang, Sir Abu Bakar, recently completed a tour of the Temerloh and Bentcng districts in Pahang. The Sultan visited the small towns and villages up-river and overed hundreds of miles by motorcar before returning to Pekan.41 words
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Article370 1947-04-06 3 Sunday Times Correspondent PENANG, Saturday. WHILE discussions on dental legislation are still proceeding between the Malayan Union and Singapore, "quacks and pavement dentists are sprouting everywhere." Delegates to the annual meeting were told this today when their Council presented its annual report to the members.370 words
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Article106 1947-04-06 3 Sunday Times Correspondent KUCHING, Saturday. TAN Jim Tee, Chinese collaborator with the Japa-.cse Kempeitai during the occupation, has been sentenced to death by hanging after a twoday trial at Sandakan. He will be executed shortly at Jrsselton. Chai Jim Kiat, of Kuching, whos. father and wife had106 words
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Article136 1947-04-06 3 Sunday Times Reporter THE legal adviser to the Singa--1 pore Traction Company's Employees Union, Mr. S. C Goho, will address a mass meeting o' busmen tonight. President of the S.T.C. Employees Union, Mr. R. K Samy, told me ytstrrday that he was not in a position136 words
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Article38 1947-04-06 3 Sunday Times Correspondent PENANG Saturday IN tribute to the memory of the late King George of Greece, flags are to be flown at halfmast in Penang on Sunday, it is officially stated38 words
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126 1947-04-06 3 INDIES CONTROL OF FOREIGN PROPERTY BATAVIA, Saturday. THE Indonesian Republican m Government intends to maintain its control over foreign property such as state railways, public works, buildings and government printing offices, Mr. A. K. Gani, Indonesian Republican Minister for Economics, told the Indonesian News Agency today. Mr. Gani said that,Reuter - 126 words
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84 1947-04-06 3 POUR members of the English Test team stopped the night In Singapore yesterday on their way home by air from Australia. They were: W. J, (Bill) Edrich. the senior professional of the team, John Ikin, the Lancashire left-hander, Norman Yardley, vice-captain of the team, who84 words
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Article45 1947-04-06 3 NEW DELHI, Saturday. THE people of Malaya, Ceylon and India were thanked for the support given to Indonesia, during Its "struggle for freedom" by Sutan SJahrir, Indonesian Premier, when he broadcast a message to the Asian peoples over the All-India Radio today. Reuter.Reuter - 45 words
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228 1947-04-06 3 Sunday Times Correspondent KUCHING, Saturday. HEPLORING the fact that politics should have been introduced into the school life of children. i the Governor-General, Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald, commented upon the withdrawal, "on orders of certain politicians," of several teams from the football competitions held for228 words
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Article340 1947-04-06 3 Sunday Times Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Saturday. THE Pan-Malayan Federation of Trade Unions has no* 1 established its headquarters on the top floor of a thre*. storeyed building in High Street here and it has applied to the Government for registration as a trade union.340 words
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Article, Illustration92 1947-04-06 3 I TO GET I NEW JOB Back in Malaya after a year's leave in Britain is Lieut. -Col. J. L. H. Davis, who was the senior British officer with the Malayan guerillas during the war. He was awarded the (.BE. and D.s O. for more than two years' work behind92 words
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Article211 1947-04-06 3 Mirrors to check speech training Sunday Times Reporter QEVERAL thousand.-* o* O pounds worth of new equipment for primary schools? in Singapore and the Malayan Un *i recently arrived in Sinennore and is to be divided between 12 Government schools and 15 Government aided schools. rh« equipment, which arrived in211 words
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Advertisement30 1947-04-06 3 MARTINS 6Me5 VIR&INIA ARRIVING SHORTLY Scon Flying Squirrel Motor Cycle sawr twbnt roR Singapore, malata, briti*;" v ,rth bornfo \M» SIAM GHEONG LEE CO., UPPFR HOKIEN STMER, SINGAPORE. TEL. M24S.30 words
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Advertisement184 1947-04-06 3 #D^^a\ H Bfes People of many countries pin -z- \^-^^tKvs^?\ their faith to ASPRO as the quickest, safest and suieoL way lfo*L^^ff to stop pain. It soothes the l^»MiTi)iM nerves and stops pain in 5 mm- /sl*v«Yj9r utes and quickly lowers the /£v temperature of fever. Even a I^«*M&£ £m?184 words
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238 1947-04-06 4 Mother of three Penicillin pioneer MOTHER of three, the youngest nine months old, Mrs. Dorothy Crovtfoot Hodgkin has besn elected a Fellow of the Royal Society, one of the most coveted scientific distinctions. This is a recognition of her achievement of being the first peison In the world to determine238 words
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Article308 1947-04-06 4 •THE British Medical Journal reports experiments indicating that tobacco smoking interferes with the fertility of rats and men. In the human cases the experimenters measured the activity of sperm and found that this movement decreased with smoking and reappeared when smoking was stopped. Lack of sperm308 words
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Article666 1947-04-06 4 •'••■■^■•^■■^■'■^•^■^■■ifi MR. J. B. Priestley has probably given a greater amount of pleasure to a greater number of people than any other English novelist in the last 20 years. Yet the lact remains that he has never yet produced an ell--tlrely satisfactory novel. "The Go,d Companions"666 words
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Article1021 1947-04-06 4 800 Gilmore - 800 Gilmore The Australian Seene by MELBOURNE, Mar. 26. THAT in the framing A of the Japanese peace treaty Australia should represent the whole British Empire is being suggested by parts of the Australian Press. The argument broadly is that Britain's preoccupation with European and1,021 words
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Advertisement356 1947-04-06 4 TO SYDNEY iUfl TO LONDON jmaimw A LMOST any tune yon with, you earn le«v« by 4lß—oa the Kangaroo route from Singapore— and be in England or Australia within juat few day*. Priority restriction) are lifted and a gencroua baeaax* allowance if made. \ou promenade in contplete freedom, enjoy the356 words
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Advertisement84 1947-04-06 4 Unending Combat. the fruits of painstaking labour in iß^^^wSfeHbL, m S~~~^ 1 with disease— forges the weapon\ of »K?- KSfl J HKk^atfl tdJdiscovery, the name of Evans holds .a distinguished place. Behind the perfection of Evans products-bio- ME D I C A L~£yAl|^ SU PP II E i logical, pharmaceutical,84 words
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270 1947-04-06 5 Sunday Times Stuff Reporter IN order to clear Changi Gaol of Japanese war criminals and suspects so that it can be released as soon as possible Xor use as a civil prison, the Military authorities are now sending convicted Japanese war criminals to270 words
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Article, Illustration39 1947-04-06 5 7.0,000MILTOW Bound for the Netherlands Indies, this 300-foot tin dredge is beginning a 20,000-mile tow from Tampa, California, across the Pacific. The dredge is one of several ordered by the Dutch to replace those lost during the Japanese occupation.39 words
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Article125 1947-04-06 5 S PORE BRANCH OF R.A.F. ASSN. Sunday Times Reporter A SINGAPORE branch of the Royal Air Force Association has. been formed following a meeting held recently at the Airport Hotel. The following officers have been elected: president, Air Vice Marshal J D. Breakey; vice-presi-dent. Air Commodore G. P. Carter; chairman,125 words
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Article17 1947-04-06 5 Ilichwaier lla^rf am- Haizht 9 ft. 3 ins. 11-46 pm.. Height S il. 7 ill*.17 words
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Article149 1947-04-06 5 Vegetable Diet For Orphans Sunday Times Reporter VEGETARIANISM is continuing to spread in Malaya and is being helped largely through the efforts of the Malayan Vegetarian Society which was formed towards the end of last year. The latest "converts" to vegetarianism are 150 Indian war orphans who are being fed149 words
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305 1947-04-06 5 $10,000 GRANT FOB SAFETY FIRST WEEK Special films Sunday Times Staff Reporter rOVERNMENT approval for a $10,000 grant to finance the Singapore Safety-First Week scheduled to take place between May 12-19 has now been given and should ensure ample funds being available for a full campaign. The grant is a305 words
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Article69 1947-04-06 5 THE Depai lent of Public Relations v sending to London a set of 30 pictures for display at the British Industries Fair to be held in May. These pictures will represent mainly Malaya's industries. Whlteuway, Laidlaw and Co., Ltd., have agreed to exhibit these pictures on69 words
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Article89 1947-04-06 5 1 LIGHT orchestral concert, given by the Raffles Hotel Orchestra under the direction of Mr. J. Speelman, will be given in the Palm Court of the hotel this evening between nine and eleven The programme will include trios for cello, violin and piano by Tschaikowsky and Ijinsky, played89 words
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Article119 1947-04-06 5 $1,000 TRAFFIC LIBRARY Sunday Times Reporter SINGAPORE'S Traffic Advisory Committee has asked the Government for aa early grant of $1,000 to enable them to build up a reference library both for the use of members of the committee and, in special cases, for members of the public. It is expected119 words
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Article230 1947-04-06 5 EASTER DAY SERVICES IN SINGAPORE CERVICES for today in Singapore v churches are as follows: Church of England: St. Andrew's 6, 7, 8 10 30. 11.30. 4.15 pjn. St. Georges Carlson Church (Tanglln) 7 15. 9.45 ■i3O- Cnrtst Church: 8. 10 30. 5, 6.30 St. Hilda's: 8. 5.30: Bt. Paul's230 words
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442 1947-04-06 5 Miuday limes Reporter THE Salvation Army in Sin--1 gapore, whose philanthropic balance sheet runs into tens of thousands of dollars every year, last week launched its first post-war appeal for major financial support to (I able an urgent and immediate programme to be442 words
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Advertisement96 1947-04-06 5 QUOTATIONS WITHOUT OBLIGATION fP 0 SINGAPORE BAGGAGE TRANSPORT AGENCY SPECIALISTS IN FURNITURE REMOVALS EXPERIENCED WORKMEN -COMPETITIVE RATES EXPERT SUPERVISION PHONE 4658 OR WRITE 45, THE ARCADE, SINGAPORE From a leaflet... ...to a library! BOOKS In conjunction /^"w^"^^^ will' our magazine and A»2?**<S*l e "*«r"' Oi^*********««^^ periodical service we also •'gfi^g^'R^'96 words
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Advertisement547 1947-04-06 5 The WisAm Of The Ea«t Series. A Feast of Lanterns Intro, by Cramner By ng $2 44 The Sayings of Lao Tn, Intro. by Lionel GUesi 1.50 The Book of Menclus, Intro. by Lionel Olles a.40 The Sayings of Confucius, Intro, by Lionel Giles 2.40 Himalayas of The SouL translated547 words
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Advertisement490 1947-04-06 5 Talking of docs, by bob martin. Mr. Bob Mania ha* had met fifty yeatV experience of dogi, and ia known to breedo* t»ujn»hei« at a leuttnc Enaiish ewhnrii* «r canto, wetf-rr ALWAYS LISTLESS? Listlcssnco* is a sign that four iog'i whole system has become sluggish m a result of impurtie*490 words
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Obituary28 1947-04-06 6 Mr. Ong Yeok Tong age 23 Eldest son of Mr. Mrs. Ong Kee Siew passed away paacefully on 4th April. Burial on sth April 1947 Deeply regretted28 words
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621 1947-04-06 6 SINGAPORE. APRIL 6, 1947. New Homes for Old ILL Singapore's brave post- war plans for new schools and colleges, for modern medical services and for advance along the road to self-government will be set it .laught unless ihe people of this city can be persuaded to face with boldness and621 words
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Article, Illustration1013 1947-04-06 6 Langdok Davies - Fuel the biggest problem in the world Langdok Davies DYING COAL OIL SUPPLIES. by John THE hour is coming steadily nearer when the world will have to choose between the Way of Science and the Way of Death. Let us look below the political surface to the natural forces which1,013 words
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Article103 1947-04-06 6 JAPANESE children, once highly-rf garded as obedient have been running amok in a wave of juve. iie delinquency. The newspaper Nippon Keizai suys th it in ne school most of the fif-h and sixth grade DupiLs are inveterate smokers, acquiring the habit while kurhering cigarette buttsAP - 103 words
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656 1947-04-06 6 W.B. MANNING - W.B. MANNING by THHE pearl divers of the 1 South Seas are back at their romantic trade again, but not all of them are diving *or pearls. Some of them have their eyes on a r,ew, rich harvest which lies beneath the Pacific's green656 words
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Advertisement629 1947-04-06 6 CLASSIFIED ADS. TENG— KOH Mr. Teng Ling Sion-J. 3rd son of Mr. Mrs. Teng Voon Kwor.g Miss Koh Kar Gek, 2nd daughter of Mr. Mrs. Koh Hun Wic, takes place to-day at 19. Haig Rd., Spore. SITUATION WANTED EUROPEAN DOCTOR. 29 married, speaking Cantonese and Malay, desires position up-country with629 words
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Advertisement20 1947-04-06 6 Each month will bring increased supplies. Producers Bob Plantations Ltd. Distributors Harper Gilfillan Co., Ltd. Kuala Lumpur Branches throughout Malaya.20 words
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Article238 1947-04-06 7 $9, 000 fines for merchants Sunday Times Staff Reporter WHEN officers of the Customs Preventive Branch made a surprise raid on the Duke of Athens as she lay alongside the Singapore Harbour Board iWharf at Godown 16 they found that 7,000 bags listed as containing tapioca238 words
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158 1947-04-06 7 Sunday Times Reporter. REGARDING Malaya as a most important country in the field of social welfare work, the Colonial Office has allocated a larger number ot places in its social welfare course to Singapore and Malaya than to any other part of the158 words
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Article27 1947-04-06 7 CASH-ON-DELTVERY parcels for Sarawak may now be sent at all post offices in Malaya. The maximum amount of the trade charge per parcel is $400.27 words
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Article, Illustration76 1947-04-06 7 The "M rchant Venturer' a Bristol 170 Freighter, which arrived in Singapore on Friday on a demonstration flight from England, has left for Australia and New Zealand, where demonstrations of parachute rapply dropping, and passenger and freight carrying will be given to airline romnani*s, sheep station owners76 words
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Article203 1947-04-06 7 Wettest wet season for 60 years Sunday Times Reporter OINGAPORE, during the first quarter of this year, has experienced one of the wettest wet seasons on record witih a rainfall nearly double the average recorded over a 64-year period. Last month, March, tops the list for heavy rainfall with neaxly203 words
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Article125 1947-04-06 7 "THE DRUM," a film billed to be shown at the midnight performance, at the Rex Cinema, last night was not screened following representations from the Singapore Regional Indian Congress to the Colonial Secretary. Mr. P. A. B. McKerron. The film, which stars Sabu, Raymond Massey and125 words
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Article282 1947-04-06 7 Sunday Times Staff Reporter J\ESPITE the acute shortage of buses due to the absence of 1/ S.T.C. vehicles on Singapore roads, and the consequent temptation to overload, not a single person was killed or injured by falling from buses last month and this is regarded282 words
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Article147 1947-04-06 7 OONTROL and allotment of v passages to India by the Immigration Department, Malayan Union, will cease as from Apr. 30, and persons desiring to travel to India should, after that date, apply for passages to tftie shipping agents at Port Swettanham and Penang, states a Government announcement147 words
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Article63 1947-04-06 7 Sunday Times Correspondent. PENANG, Saturday. A JAVANESE woman was charged before the Third Magistrate. Mr. J. P. Blackledge, this morning with selling three packets "l powder containing prison. The case was postponed to Apr. 12 and the woman was granted bail in the sum of $250.63 words
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187 1947-04-06 7 GOLF CLUB PUN TO ACT AGAINST SQUATTERS' THE Royal Singapore jju Club proposes to s^ek summonses against remnants of the Club's Tamil labour force who are refusing to quit their quarter* after having been dismissed from the service of the club. As the number of labourers wrn refuse to quit187 words
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Article77 1947-04-06 7 ADVICE has been received from the Postal Administration of India that a considerable percentage of correspondence for India from this country bears an Incomplete postal address. Such items are subject to delay in transit and in order to secure prompt handling and correct sorting it is essential77 words
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274 1947-04-06 7 GURKHA SUCCESS' AT NEGRI MILITARY TATTOO Sunday Times Correspondent BEREMBAN, Saturday. EXPLOSIVES used to simulate battle conditions in the training of Allied troops for the war provided dramatic realism when a platoon of Gurkhas staged a mock battle against entrenched "Japanese" as an item in tb? military tattoo held on274 words
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Article265 1947-04-06 7 Sunday Times Staff Reporter A SURVEY of the marine and fresh water fishing industrial in British territories in South East Asia is now beings made by Mr. C. F. Hickling, who is Adviser on Fisheries to the Secretary of State for the Colonies. With265 words
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171 1947-04-06 7 SPORE WOMAN APPEALS TO PRIVY COUNCIL MRS. Lee Choon Ouan. will- known Singapore Chinese woman, has been granted leave by the Singapore Supreme Court to appeal to the Privy Council against the High Court's decision regarding the w'll of her late husband. In his will, Mr. Lee made ncr an171 words
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Advertisement216 1947-04-06 7 L H mm D H I L 0 t m {N6LANQ 40t/ffK/^Br£ JSEBB£. ■s^SBBEB^Sr* 7 ■^''^t^je^tj AVAILABLE NOW 6 Valve Bandspread Models $310.00 AVAILABLE SOON 5 Valve Bandspread Models $240.00 SAME PRICES THROUGHOUT MALAYA Guaranteed free Service and Maintenance for 6 months Authorised Sales-Agents Singapore Sew Kuan Co 4 Dhoby216 words
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Advertisement136 1947-04-06 7 Essentials for the Well-groomed man "HIS EXCELLENCY^ TOILET PRKP4RA T I O NS At iaat. ■Mb the introduction of thes< Preparations. m?n are offered a complete ranee of products which ensure comfortable shading and heaßhy, well -groomed hair. PRICES Solid Brillianiine $1.50 per Jar Hair Cream $1 50 per Jar136 words
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Advertisement386 1947-04-06 8 FOR WHITE TEETH EUCRYL TOOTH PASTE At che top. Specially prepared 'or people of refined taste EUCRYL TOOTH POWDER A winner wherever it goes EUCHTI DENTURt POWOEM Cleans and disinfect! artificial teeth EUCRTI DENTAL PLATI FIXATIVC eepi artif'Oal teetn in pUc« JOSEPH TRAVERS A SONS LTD SINGAPORE PENANC KUALA LAHPUR386 words
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Miscellaneous682 1947-04-06 8 RECENTLY I have discussed the single raise of partner's suit. We found that the raise was made with 1/2 to 1-1/2 honour tricks In hands that contained 2-1/2 to 3-1/2 playing tricks. In rare cases, when ijo better bid is available, the responder may raise with at riany as four682 words
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Miscellaneous498 1947-04-06 8 THIS WEEK FOR YOU BY STELLA —What the Stars Foretell— AEIES (Mar. 22-Apr. 20)— A CANCER (June 23-Juljr 2J>— LIBRA (S«pt. 23-Oct. 2J)— CAPRICORN (Dec. 23 Jan. new week begins well if you »w An«> tn ««>« betfnninr to an- Monday s a day which has all 20 Your plans498 words
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Miscellaneous121 1947-04-06 8 SUM FUN IN this example of cryptarithmetic, each letter, of course, represents a particular digit. The bottom line is the sum of the three lines above. What i figure does each letter stand for? 8 S S U U U M M M US S M }H213 3UJQ 3UIU ano121 words
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Miscellaneous561 1947-04-06 8 by NEII MUNRO TWO BY TWO HERE follow two list* one of namos of people past and prtsent. the other of persons, places and thirds connected with them. You have to pair them off correctly. (a) Cooper (I) Bones (b) Disraeli (2) Suez (c) Sullivan (3) Doncaster (d) Wallace (4)561 words
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Article400 1947-04-06 9 SOME people make wonderful pastry, but others no matter how they try. produce Invariably a sorry thing, which pleases neither the eye nor the digestion. That is a pity, since a good recipe and observance of a few points can make all the difference. For all ordinary400 words
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743 1947-04-06 9 Mary Heathcott - Floods deprive Britain of a pastime Mary Heathcott by LONDON, Mar.24. THE favourite past- time of more than half of the country bedevilling the Government for all our tribulations has had to go by the board. After being as frozen rigid as Argentine meat, we now appear to be sinking743 words
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Article697 1947-04-06 9 IN YOUR GARDEN THOSE of us who nave sufficient space in the garden for beds of plants are often troubled about what to plant. Some of us like the quick growing annuals such as cosmos, marigolds or balsam, but they don't last so long in697 words
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Article456 1947-04-06 9 ls it a good thing to force oneself to do the things one fears to do?— R. O YES, if you understand your fear. No, if it is a blind, unreasoning fear. You are afraid of making a f"»ech in public. You know the causa is in456 words
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Advertisement139 1947-04-06 9 How i,i hold Ins heart .strings There will always be thrill and allure in the touch of your hands: if you make it a rule after washing, to massage them for 30 seconds with rich, creamy Hinds. Try it and see how bland, beauty-bring-ing Hinds transngures work-and-wcaiher-roughened hands: makes them139 words
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Advertisement207 1947-04-06 9 FOOD PARCELS FROM AUSTRALIA 2 of our 17 PARCELS PAKCBL NO. M PABCEL No. 37 3 cakes Toilet Soap 16 OZ. tin Dripping \l S: SS £T ne «5S 4 o«. CusUrd Powder Vienna Frankfurt* 8 mi. Spaghetti J6 or Un A Klduv? Pntfding 4 ot. Baked Beans 3 only207 words
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Article500 1947-04-06 10 E. Yong Plays A Fine Innings Sunday Times Correspondent IPOH, Saturday. p? > AM. and Perak finished the first day's play of their I three-day cricket match on even terms at Ipoh to-day, when stumps were drawn at 5.20 p.m., following a successful appeal500 words
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Article, Illustration45 1947-04-06 10 Soon Teck, captain of the Negri-Sembilan-Selangor Chinese team on tour in Singapore, heads the ball over a defender in Friday's game at Jalan Besar Stadium in which the visitors drew one -all with the Combine Services. Today th? Chinese meets the Malays at the Stadium.45 words
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Article204 1947-04-06 10 PF.RAK— IST INNS. S.V. Snppiah c Boon Choo b Andres 8 An* Earn Hock c Boon Choo b Stewart 0 P.H. Hamilton lbw b E. Laßrooy 6 S. Nalliah low Williams 8 E. Yong c Khoon Leong b Andres 75 Appuni b Khoon Leong 1 A. Amaldass b Khoon204 words
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Article273 1947-04-06 10 Sunday Times Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Saturday. THE Singapore Cricket Club was 35 runs behind at the end of their first Innings in their two-day match against the Se'angor Club which started today. When stumps were draw.) sSelangor had added eight runs to their first Innings seer?273 words
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Article88 1947-04-06 10 SYDNEY, Saturday. THE St. Leger, run over a mile and three quarters at Randwick Course. Sydney and worth £2,000, was won. with nve starters, by W. L. Short's Vlgaro, with Proctor coming home second and Sweet Chime third. The winner's time was 3 mm. 10.25 sec. The DoncasterReuter - 88 words
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Article112 1947-04-06 10 (JCOD boxing is promised at the New World open air arena tonight vi hen Little Loone fights Little Bernal n 1 Mok Kai Khoon opposes Abayan. The contests are scheduled for ten three-minute rounds and are both championship eliminations. for the vacant bantam and flyvisht112 words
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Article74 1947-04-06 10 THI.RK was no play yesterday 1 in the State cricket match between Singapore and Selangor on the S.C.C. padang. Selangor won the toss and Singapore were about to take the field when a heavy shower broke. It continued for one and a half hours, flooding74 words
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726 1947-04-06 10 n»A.r d a.iv.i; j ADAPTING themselves to conditions not conducive to good soccer, and displaying good opportunism and teamwork the Royal Air Force defeated the Singapore Recreation Club, six-three in a league fixture at Jalan Besar Stadium yestprday. Heavy rain in the morning and726 words
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434 1947-04-06 10 LONDON. Saturday. I AROB crowds were again in evidence at the second day of the Easter Holiday games In which many matches are vital in both promotion and relegation problems. The gates wtre closed at Manchester and about 70,000 people saw Wolverhampton. First Division leaders,434 words
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Advertisement429 1947-04-06 10 p^SECRETof HEALTH^ Utrength&vitality/ Amazing FOOD TONIC feeds M new HEALTH ENERGY into ff V THIN, WEAK,RUNDOWN people M "Mi Y>)u pet Rundown. Tired and Depressed only because overwork, worry or nerve strain have sapped vital Mineral Salts from oSl^^mm your system. You must replace these precious elements and re-nourish your429 words
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Advertisement55 1947-04-06 10 RAFFLES HOTEL TONIGHT IN THE PALM COURT SPECIAL EASTER SUNDAY ATTRACTION 9 p.m. to 11 p.m. LIGHT ORCHESTRAL CONCERT RAFFLES ORCHESTRA directed by JOE SPEELMAN Featuring JOAN FRASER TIBOR KUNSTLEV Vocalists and DODO MAILINGER. Pianist BOOK TOUR TABLE— NO ADMISSION CHARGE The Concert will be held in th c Ballroom55 words
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Advertisement351 1947-04-06 10 PRESIDENT LINE Sailings To NEW YORK Via Port Swettenham Pcnang India and Mediterranean I'm K sj MOUNT M vwi n i I.oidini; Road* Mi M<> I I I I II K Loading Roads s.s. MOUNT DAVIS To Philippines, Hongkong. San Francisco, New York, Via Panama 8». SKIDMORE VICTORY April ?<«351 words
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Article1414 1947-04-06 11 Victory March Wins Again Sunday Times Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Saturday. OOVEREIGNTY won the race for newcomers at Kuala v Lumpur to-day, the second day of the Selangor Turf Club's Easter meeting, to pay a dividend of $44 after leading from start to finish. Victory1,414 words
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261 1947-04-06 11 AN enthusiastic gatherng rf •)ver 70 riflemen gathered at Seletar Range yesterday nicrn'.ng to compete in the first pest-war "Bisley" Meeting of the Singapore Rifle Association. The first day shooting opened with Pool Bulls which enabled competitors not only to aero their rifles but261 words
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Article, Illustration47 1947-04-06 11 Marcel Cerdan (standing), French middleweight champion of Europ;, leans over the fall n^ bedy of Harold Green of Brooklyn as Green hit the canvas, victim nf a knockout, daring the second round of their scheduled ten-nund fight in Madison Square Garden, New York City, on March 28.47 words
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Article53 1947-04-06 11 HOUSTON. TFXAS, Sat. JACK Kramer will play either Prankie Parker or Gardner Mulloy In the championship round of .-c 13th annual River Oaks In- vitation Tennis Tournament. The Davis Cup star. Kramer, won five set battle fror. Eddie Muylan in the semiflnils. Mulloy and Parker meet in53 words
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Article35 1947-04-06 11 THE visiting Neg-i Sembilan-S»lcn?or Chinese so-cer team play the second game of their tour today when they meet the Singapore Mrlay FA. at Jaiin Besar Stadium. Kirir.nft w ;n be at 5 p.m.35 words
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Article617 1947-04-06 11 Sunday Times Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Saturday. WITH Penang eliminated from the Men's Open Singles in the Malayan Badminton Championships by the defeat of Ooi Teik Hock, only Singapore and Selangor are left to compete in the semi finals to be played to-morrow. Wong Peng Scon,617 words
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315 1947-04-06 11 Sunday Times SUfl Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. Weights for the third day of the Selangor races on Monday are: Horses, Class 1, Div. 1 1 Mile and a Furlong:. Courteray 10.03; Bohrah 8.03: Goafs Skin 8.03: Pour Winds 8.00; Win The Peace 7.12.315 words
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Advertisement111 1947-04-06 11 !'One Of The Most Memorable Pictures Of Ovr Title" Daily Herald. ffiAYIUONffiSV 0^ Five Shows 10.30 a.m. 1.30 4 6.30 9.30 p.m. A. J. CRONIN'S UNFORGETTABLE NOVEL! M.fJ.M WMl.lj j J'^W^il|Th.l ial^B "^vi^i*»\Jl l ns "l' ous Genius's MACABRE MALEVOLENCE! Y(^4^ MYSTgRSOUS j^| DOCTOR SATAN Skl^y^\ Wm M-g Plans to111 words
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Article, Illustration105 1947-04-06 12 The last Viceroy of India, Rear Admiral Lord Mountbatten, is seen with Lady Mountbatten in the throne room of the Viceroy's House in New Delhi af'er he had taken the oath. lulu girls, dressed in the tribal finery of an engage■nent party, danced before Their105 words
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Advertisement266 1947-04-06 12 TOWN HALL K I on Tues. Bth and; Wed. 9th April at 8 .;o p.m. sharp Special Holiday Attraction Combined Ser vices Entertainments presents Comedy Song Dunce k OUT AND ABOUT" with The Ben Dudley Trio .••iiiki- Clarkson George Campbell Gail Leslie Pessry Dawson and Jeannrttc SKATS BOOKABLE NAFFI BOR'«266 words
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Advertisement133 1947-04-06 12 "I was true to one man once and look what happened. DYNAMIC DRAMA ENACTED WITH EVERY FIBRE OF THE FLESH! RITA HAYWORTH y )q/I S) GLENN FORD/ in COLUMBIA'S V^ L^C4JL4JU fefe TO-MORROW t XJSbBf tut ROGERS itjuiGtH— "—■< ft L~-^T TrIFJVTRt J^ J •i. OVERWHELMING SUCCESS! JOHNNY WEISSMULLER _JPBBP***'133 words
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