The Straits Times, 4 October 1947

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  • 18 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1947 PRICE TEN CENTS
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  • 464 1 Bigger Supply Of Rice Malaya's Most Urgent Need AN increased supply of rite to Malaya, the staple food of the masses, should be given top priority m any assistance which the United Nations Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East can extend to this country, says the Singapore East-West
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  • 766 1 GUNMEN GET $35,000 HAUL IN BANK HOLD-UP Chase Drama Through City piVE Chinese gangsters yesterday morning held up a money escort party m the doorway of the Lee Wah Bank, Singapore, and escaped m a taxi with $35,000 cash. A Sikh jaga at the bank defied the gunmen and threw
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    86 1 This Is Khor Khum, the Ang Bin Hoay leader, who was arrested by the Siamese police at the request of the Penan; C.ID. He is now serving a prison sentence m Siam, after completing which, he and the other seven arrested Ang Bin Hoay leaders will be banished as undesirable
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  • 90 1 MELBOURNE, Friday. A Dakota with "Australia" painted m large black letters on both sidev. is leaving Darwin for Calcutta tonight to pick up the Indian cricketers who are to tour Australia. The plane, chartered 1 by McRolierLson Miller Airlines has been held up for two days
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  • 81 1 ONE hundred and fifty people are homeless as a result of a fire which destroyed 31 rinc and wood shophouses at Kulai, 20 miles from Johore Bahru, yesterday. The fire started m the stove of Chinese food shop at 1 p.m. and was extinguished by a company
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  • 63 1 LONDON, Friday.— Lieut. Philip Mountbatten has left the Greek Orthodox Church and has been formally received into the Church of England m preparation for his forthcoming marriage to Princess Elizabeth, Heiress Presumptive to the British Throne, it was learned today. The proceedings were conducted privately
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  • 110 1 Singapore has had only five blackout-free nights since the electricity emergency began 16 days ago. Last night the Municipality cut off light and power to the Trafalgar Street-Anson Road area during the 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. emergency period when consumers are asked to economise.
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  • 55 1 SAN FRANCISCO, Friday.— The Chinese Consul. Dr. Y. W. Chan, and his wife, Dr. B. Y. Jeong, will be honoured at a luncheon today m Oakland by doctors and civil leaders. Dr. Chan has been transferred to Sarawak. The couple will leave aboard the Marine
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  • 122 1 Police Take Over Buses pOLICE late yesterday afterI noon took under guard m the police headquarters, Johore Bahru, 28 buses which had been immobilised by the strike of employees of the South Johore Omnibus Company. The buses, parked m Johore Bahru, had been occupied for .nore than a day by
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  • 103 1 Rubber fell.i a cent on the local market yesterday. In spite of the setback, which halted the almost continuous rise m price of the last ten days*, the market was reported very steady with no pronounced selling pressure. A contributory factor to the fall m
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  • 234 1 Expulsion Penalty For S 'pore Ragging TWE Principal of Raffles College, Singapore, Proferror W. E. 1 Dyer, has banned 'ragging' at the college, and has imposed the penalty of expulsion on any student found indulg- ing m 11. All students who attended at the college yesterday for the start of
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  • 462 1 NEW DELHI, Friday. {JANDHI, stricken with influenza on his 78th birthday yesterday, said he had lost all desire to live longer. As he spoke, however, millions were praying that the man who led them to freedom would be spared to lead them
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  • 57 1 The Governor of Singapore, SIF Franklin Gimson, with Lady Gimson and their two daughters l«ft Britsir. an September ?4 an board the Glengarry to return to Singapore They are expected at Port Swettenham on October 14. They will stay that night m Kuala Lumpur and proceed to
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    • 97 1 <**»r4ert*iM J COMPTON D EN I S COMPTON V VVlflrl WW famous English T f batsman, smokes V SMOKES Martin's Non-throat the Sportsman's V ■> J <S£X .'SSoA Ai ADTI M C DENIS COMPTONS RE- V/ \l CORK TIP CORDS are: 18 centuries I l\j s\*i and 3,816 runs In
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  • 280 2 Demand For UNO To Take Action FLUSHING MEADOWS, Friday. rE Indonesian problem cones up before the Security Council m New York this evening, with the indication that both Russia and Australia will demand further action by the Council to end the fighting. It is felt
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  • 236 2 "AIRPHIBIAN" IS READY FOR MARKET WASHINGTON, Friday. MR. Robert Fulton, of Connecticut, great grand-nephew of the inventor of the steamship, landed at Washington National airport yesterday took the wings off his vehicle, and drove it to the Department of Commerce building m the heart of the city, where he told
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  • 132 2 ROME, Friday. Five thousand peasants were reported to be ready last night lor a "bicycle march on Rome" to emphasise their demands for the distribution of uncultivated lands of the rich. Landowners, farm workers .and labour representatives, meeting: since early forenoon, were still without an agreement
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  • 66 2 MUNICH, Friday— A United States air force pilot was killed today when he became entangled In his parachute after a mid-air collision above Munich. His damaged P-47 Thunderbolt fighter crashed In a partlybombed house occupied by three Germans but empty at the time of
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  • 113 2 NEW DELHI, Thursday. The Governments of India and Pakistan have decided that all British officers and other ranks now serv. ing under the headquarters of the Supreme Commander, Field Marshal Sir Claude Auchinleck, or with the armed forces of India or Pakistan shall be given three
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  • 42 2 SAN FRANCISCO, Thursday.— A flve-year-old Eskimo dog, Sandy, has arrived here from Shanghai en route for Washington where he will be decorated for killing After the Aleutian campaign, Sandy was shipped to Europe, and parachuted into France.— U. P.
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  • 34 2 BAR HARBOUR, Maine, Friday. The home of Lady Eunice Oakes, wioow of Sir Harry Oakes, murdered hi Nassau, Bahamas, m 1943, has been burgled and goods worth £625 stolen. A. P.
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    • 154 2 r^^ f W men l Mary m the vanguard, organised themselves into a nationSriLn eWin CirClC yeSterday ?a egOrt to gain dollars fS The goods knitted and sewn m British homes will be sold m the United States and other dollar areas by a
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    • 66 2 PETERHEAD, Friday. After the area around Peterhead had been sealed bythe cordon of police inquiring toto the murder of Mrs Catherine Mctotyre, the wife of a Perthshire shepherd nearly a week ago, a man was arrested at Lochside farm, four miles from Peterhead. He will appear at the
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    • 40 2 LONDON, Friday. Without interrupting train services a bomb disposal squad defused and removwd a 100-poupd utnexploded bomb, believed to have been dropped m a 1940 air raid, frora the embankment of the Croftoa Park south-railway station* London. Reuter.
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    • 47 2 BRUSSELS, Friday.— The fire* performance of the "Tamimg of The Shrew" by the Old Vie Company at Brussels "Theatre dv Pare" was a tremendous success on Wednesday night. Not a sirgle adverse criticism appeared m this morning's press comments which gave enthu«i« astic praise. A.P.
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    • 108 2 LONDON, Friday.— When the King and Queen visit the west country at the end of this month they will visit a China clay factory at Saint Austell m Cornwall and the Duchy of Cornwall's home farm at Stoke, Climsland. At Plymouth, the King will open a new city
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    • 83 2 BATH, ENGLAND, Friday.— Lt.Philip Mountbatten who will marry Princess Elizabeth on Nov. 20, yesterday chose the wedding gift which the officers and men of his naval unit will give him— a special book for signing by visitors incorporating an Iluminated ad, dress of esteem and good wishes. Accompanied
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    • 829 2 NOTICES NOTICE MALAYAN MANUFACTURERS Exporters who have goods to offer to Ceylon, please write with full particulars such as goods available, earliest delivery date C.I.F. Colombo prices Artisans Limited. P. O. Box 182. Colombo. Ceylon. Sable Address: Artisans. Colombo. NOTICE Applications are invited for the post Of Malay Labour Inspector
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    • 497 2 NOTICES EXPORT OF SAMPLES Samples of local origin which are of no commercial value may be despatched by sample post without being oovered by an outward declaration. Sd./- M. M. SHANNON. f. Ag. Registrar of Imports 8c Exports. Singapore. NOTICE Applications invited for post of Sound Engineer, Malayan Film Unit.
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    • 574 2 tfOTICEST-J $500/- REWARD Lost one diamond cluster ring with one diamond separated and one solitaire diamond ring parceled m a portion of an envelope. Lost 2/10/47 m Singapore. Pro rata reward for part recovery. Box No. A6OB. S.T. TERMINATION OF ROAD CLOSURE The New Chuah Road (Port Dickson District) is
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    • 370 2 l^fc/piTTO-You who are £mi3£sii/ERVOOS, WEAK Ai% RUNDOWN, DEPRESSED jr Vitamins and Food lodine 1 jj^^ j i NATURES OWN WAY! Today more and more people suffer because they lack those life- V| j| giving Minerals and Vitamins which build up the blood and nerve V& systems and bring health and
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  • 460 3 Will Enforce Plan With Own Troops LAKE SUCCESS, Friday. THE Jewish Agency for Palestine yesterday formally approved, "m shame and most reluctantly", the proposals to the partition of the country and promised to use Jewish troops if Britain withdraws her forces to help carry out the
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  • 91 3 From Our Staff Correspondent. KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. qpHE report of a committee recommending a suitable war memorial for the Malayan Union is to be laid beforp the Malayan Union Advisory Council tomor-j iX)W. It is understood that at least two councillors will speak on the subject of
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  • 116 3 BRIGHTON. Friday. ROARS of laughter m the Dolphin Theatre greeted the televised screen appearance of statesmen at the annual Conservative Congress m session m the Dome, a quarter of a mile away, yesterday. On the whole, definition was good but the 800 Conservative delegates, holding an overflow meeting
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  • 170 3 HAIFA, Friday. THE two refugee ships Paducah and Northlands, renamed I "Redemption" and "Jewish State" by their visaiess Jewish passengers, were boarded off the north Palestine shores at sunset yesterday and have been brought to Carmel Point, Haifa, under escort by British destroyers. British
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  • 250 3 From Our Staff Correspondent LONDON, Friday. T"HE United States wants to! 1 double its present strategic rubber stock pile of about 230,000 tons, provided the I right qualities of sheet rubber I are obtainable at satisfactory I prices. i The Daily Telegraph, commenting on the
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  • 146 3 RAF DROPS FOOD FOR REFUGEES NEW DELHI, Friday. THHIRTY-thousand pounds of 1 canned food was flown m two RAF Dakotas from Delhi this week to supply 100,000 Hindu. and Sikh- refugees marooned at Mangonwallah m Pakistan's West Punjab. Another convoy of 23,000 Hindus and Sikhs are also marooned m Wah
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  • 69 3 Lee Ah Geng, a young Chinese, who admitted that he took a tin containing 4»/ 2 gallons of petrol from an Army store at Tiong Bahru Road, was sentenced to one month's rigorous imprisonment at the Singapore Police Court yesterday Lee said that he wanted only the
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  • 109 3 THE HAGUE, Friday.— An official Government communique today announced that "for reasons of health" Queen Wilhelmina will soon "temporarily resign" her Royal office m favour of Princess Juliana who will act as Regent. Princess Juliana will take over as soon as a bill Is passed by
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  • 34 3 JOHORE BAHRU, Friday. Thieves last night stole a safe containing $1,200 from an aerated water shop opposite the police station m Kota Tinggi, Johore. Shop employees did not discover the theft until this morning.
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  • 269 3 49 CHOLERA DEATHS A DAY IN EGYPT CAIRO, Friday. rRTY-NINE people died of cholera m Egypt during the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Public Health announced last night. There were no cholera deaths during that time m Cairo city. The United States Navy Sur-geon-General, Admiral Clifford Swanson, said yesterday,
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
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    • 218 3 WRESTLING .SSZJSVZ. TO-NIGHT Wf Rank's 20th Century Promotions fc 5 PRESENTS THE GREAT "RETURN" ,^i I FIGHT TO A DECISION NO ROUNDS LIMIT!! wWrm con balasis |P1 —World Lt. Hoavyvt Champion. £H i*J Conqueror of Son of Kong, Jagindar, Corbett. Callon, Etc. MM, HARDIFsiNGH The Naval Base Heavy-wt Champion. W
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  • 133 4 PENANG TO HAVE A NEW BANK From Our Staff Correspondent PENANCi, Friday. PENANG is to have a new bank shortij. It will De a branch of the Eastern Bank Ltd.. which is incorporated m London. With its office at Weld Quay, opposite the Church Street Pier, the bank will be
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  • 315 4 r-MORROW'Sr -MORROW'S services m Singapore -Miurcnes are as follows:— Church of England: St. Andrew* Cathedral 7 a.m.. 8 a.m. 10.30 a.m.. 11.15 a.m. and 5.30 p.m.; St. George? Garrison Church (Tanglln) 7.15 am. a.m. 9.45 a.m. 6.30 p.m.; Christ Church (Dorset Road) 8 a.m., 10.30 am. 5 p.m.
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  • 425 4 EGYPT' S NORTH AFRICAN CLAIMS Note Presented To "Big Four" Powers LONDON, Friday. EGYPTIAN claims m North Africa, the nature of which has not been divulged, are believed to be contained m a note presented to Britain, France, Russia and the United States by the Egyptian Government last night. The
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  • 49 4 A section of the crowd that attended the mass meeting organised by the Gandhi Jayanti Celebration Committee at the Jalan Brsar Stadium on Thursday to celebrate the 79th birthday of Mahatma Gandhi. The committee was composed of representatives of 27 Singapore Indian organisations.
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  • 185 4 Acquitted Of Criminal Trespass rO Chinese youths, Goh Ah Ken and Wu Yun Hai, were acquitted m the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday of criminal trespass into a house at Tanglin Road m which they were living at the time of the alleged offence. The two accused were stated to
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  • 62 4 Pupils of Mrs. E. A. Paulusz music teacher of Barker Road, passed the general theory examination of the Trinity College of Music, London. Following are the results: Ad. vance Junior: Alice Chan (pass); Junior: Phylis Tan (hon.); Preparatory: Betty Chan, Marjorie Ho, Evelyn Tan (full marks
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  • 300 4 THE price of the 30 cents meal at People's Restaurants will be increased to the original price of 35 cents, from Monday. This was disclosed by the Acting Secretary for Social Welfare, Singapore, Mr. T. Eames Hughes, yesterday "The necessity for this increase is
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  • 74 4 SHIPS alongside the Singapore wharves yesterday (godowns m brackets) were: Main Wharf: Celebes (31-32), Mount Davis (33-34), Empire Colne (35), Prometheus (38-39), Samos (40-41), George Chamberlain (42-43). West Wharf: Empire Wye (1-2). Mount Rogers (6-7), Glenartney (10-11), Tydeus (13). Atreus (1516). Empire Dock: Cefn-y-Bryn (1718), Hugo de Vries
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  • 30 4 Mr. B. G. Smith, District Judge, Selangor, will resume his sitting on Oct. 9 as a Commissioner to inquire into the circumstances of the conflict on Dublin Estate, South Kedah.
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  • 435 4 HTHE recommendations made 1 by a special tribunal which was set up m May thi9 year to go into the question of back pay for non-interned Government servants have been accepted by the Governments of the Malayan Union and Singapore, but a few cases are still under
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 420 4 ffiif(l BUILD YOUR WeM OWN RADIO! Radio Students, Hobbyists, Technicians and those with Clever Hands SBfiHfete*.. They told us that the people of S^t Malaya were keenly iiterested m technical subjects. Here's year opportunity te build a modern radio kit AND LEARN ABOUT RADIO WHILE YOU BUILD IT. Consider these
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    • 372 4 What a relief! gfipj No More Sour Acid I Stomach. Thanks to De Witt's Ri!?»P Antacid Powder. I can Itg? Sift] now eat what I like. l ?^i.ip»j without fear of any ill t|2i*«3^ effects afterwards." ==s^^ If you are suffering from excess acidity. Indigestion, heartburn, flatulance. etc. why not
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    • 339 4 OPENING TO-DAY 3 Shows— 3, 6.15 9 15 p.m. Spectacular Swashbuckling Advrntur« "THE SON OF THE GUARDSMAN" —To-nHe at Mid-nlte— "IT'S A PLEASURE" In Technicolor— QUEENS THEATRE To-day: 3.00 6.30 A 9.15 i.m. John Wayne Dona Reed n "THEY WERE EXPENDABLE" ro-nlcht at Mid -night— "AM BABA AND THE 40
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  • 933 5 "I Envy Your Freedom..... LETTER FROM A GERMAN GIRL This letter was written by a German girl to an Australian friend now m Singapore. Before the war they were pen friends and corresponded regularly. The first part of the letter, tells how she found the Australian friend's Singapore address by
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  • 723 5 Poodles Wear Sequins In America MEW YORK, (By Airmail) —French poodles are the latest vogue m American dog fashion. They have become the cushioned, perfumed aristocrats of dogdom, that no welldressed woman can be without The Scotty, the cocker spaniel, and the boxer— stylish pets of other years— are now
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    45 5 LEFT: From Pierre BaJmain's latest Paris collection comes the light blue wool suit with three- i quarter length bat-wing jacket edged m beaver. A bunch of violets tops the beaver beret. RIGHT: Hollywood's Edward Stevenson created RKO actress Martha Hyer's dinner suit of black faille
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    26 5 Brown pheasant feathers cover the crown of this silky black felt hat and fall softly over the brim. It is worn by RKO actress, Myrna Dell.
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    240 5 THROW away your powder 1 puff, if you want a beautiful, unblemished skin. Tha's the advice of Carmel Myers, Hollywood screen star. Glamorous Carmel, who admits to being over 40, is an example of what soap and water can do for the complexion. She never uses powder. Soap
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
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  • 1192 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Saturday, Oct. 4, 1947. THE LEFT WING IN THE EAST The recent elections m Ceylon, the first to be held under the new constitution, proved an eye-opener to the people of Malaya m one respect. It was startling, to say the least, to read of political
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  • 1683 6 THE WAYSIDE KEDAI STILL SELLS BEER A Malayan Countryman's Diary I CALLED m the other day at the shop built at the roadside of our squatters' area. The owner seems to be doing well, as I notice he has cut wood for an extension. It is strange that these little
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  • 491 6 Stupidity Street I saw with open eyes Singing birds sweet Sold m the shops For the people to eat. Sold m the shops of Stupidity Street. I saw m vision The worm m the wheat, And m the shops nothing For people to eat; Nothing for
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 926 6 CLASSIFIED ADS. On October Ist. at the General Hospital. Johore Bahru. to Phyllis, wife of G. L. Bavliss. of the Malayan Education Department, a son. TAY-CHIA. The engagement is announced to-day. Between Benedict Tav. eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Tay Swee Leng. to Anna Chia youngest daughter of Mrs.
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    • 43 6 NOTHING CAN TAKE THE puce or EYESIGHT, your most precious gift of God. once ruined Is never recovered. Eyesight Conservation Is by means of having your eyes examined periodically by a qualified specialist C. S. CHONG. O. D. Fully equipped with latest instruments.
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    • 30 6 TIGER BALM USED CLOTHING'™ CHILDREN COMPETITIVE CIF PRICES U. S. EXPORT CLOTHING CO. 519. Franklin D. Roosevelt Drive New York 2, New York, U.S.A. Cables: "USCLOCOMP" U. S. GOVERNMENT SURPLUS
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  • Malayan Round-up
    • 170 7 TTHE Singapore Third Magistrate, Mr. F. Bernard Oehlers, 1 told a young Chinese yesterday that dogs also had a right to live and imposed a fine of $100 or four weeks' rigorous imprisonment. The Chinese, Wee Seng Soo, a licensed animal shopkeeper, of
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    • 93 7 PENANG, Friday.— A Siamese woman who boarded a midnight ferry and insisted on the boat sailing immediately was cautioned by the Third Magistrate, Mr. J. P. Blackledge, for being drunk and disorderly. It was stated m evidence that the woman Choo See, boarded the last launch at
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    • 104 7 PARIT BUNTAR, Friday.—Reports from outlying areas m Krian reveal that extensive damage was caused by the heavy deluge last week. The heaviest damage was on Kalompang Estate where 14,000 rubber trees were uprooted and 300 to 400 awes w :re under water. The drying yard of the BaganSerai
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    • 103 7 A former Penang man who became Chief of Planning of the Chinese Air Force is m SingaDore He is Lt.-Col. Chen Chye Aun, one of Penang Chung Ling High School's first graduates, who left Malaya 22 years ago to study and work for the Chinese Government. In 1945
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    • 65 7 i THE Singapore Aeromodellers Society will hold open flying contests for hand-launched rub-ber-powered models and gliders at Kallang on Oct. 19. Three prizes are offered m each event, with a consolation prize to be awarded to schoolboys. Access to the ground is through Lorong 26, Geylang. If the
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  • 223 7 TOKAY Y's Men's luncheon meeting, Mr. J. B. Neilson, Director of Education, will speak on "Educational Problems in Singapore," Cecil's Restaurant, 1.15 p.m. F-rst p-.si-\\ar annual athletic Spurts, Singapore Recreation Club,! Padang, 3 p. m. Chess Club, Y.M.C.A., Orchardi Road, 3 p. ni. Y.W.C.A. Pioneers' meeting. Guide Hut,
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  • 194 7 Will Be Based On Singapore Model From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. [£UALA LUMPUR is to become a Municipality before the end of this year and the necessary legislation is to be introduced shortly into the Advisory Council. Announcing this to the Straits Times
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  • 75 7 About 230 local recruits are urgently needed to be trained as nursing and general-duty orderlies Id the Royal Army Medical Corps. Men of good education may be considered for training m the more skilled trades such as laboratory assistant, operating room assistant, special treatment orderly, dipenser and
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  • 111 7 Rhapsody m Blue at the Rex Cinema is a musical treat for everybody. It is the screen biography of the late George Gershwin, the American composer who, better than any contemporary, set his country to music. The late Al Jolson himself is m the film
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  • 283 7 LONDON, Friday. A LETTER from Malacca criticising the new Malayan constitutional proposals was published m the Manchester Guardian yesterday. The letter was signed by Mr. Tan Cheng Lock, president of th e Chinese Chamber of Commerce, Malacca, and Mr. Goh Chee Van, chairman of a
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  • 172 7 A COLLISION at Mandai Road on Sept. 21 between two lorries, resulting m three deaths -was described at a Singapore Coroner's inquiry yesterday. Seven other people were injured. The accident occurred at the 14th mile about 7-30 p.m. when a lorry carrying 20 passengers to a
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  • 87 7 Described as the chief tenant of a house m Aliwal Street, Singapore, a woman, Goh Oon Kee, plaaded not guilty m the District Court yesterday to a charge of possession of 30 y2y 2 pounds of opium and 35 tahils of chandu. She also pleaded
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  • 108 7 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Friday.— The Malayan Union and Singapore Joint Committee on Income Tax, which held its first meeting today will continue again tomorrow afternoon. The Singapore delegation present at the meeting consisted of Mr. J. D. M. Smith Mr. A. HeywooH Waddington,
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  • 45 7 An Ipoh visitor to Singapore found a naval pay and Identity book In the Great World amusement park on Wednesday night. If Mr. Thomas Swarm calls at the Straits Times office he may claim his book and the sum of money found within
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  • 165 7 BAD CHEQUE CHARGES A 21-YEAR-OLD British serviceman, Philip Mannion, was brought yesterday from prison, where he is serving a sentence of 18 months for cheating, to answer three further accusations of obtaining goods by "means of false cheques. The Singapore Police Court Magistrate, Mr. L. C. Goh, said that as
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  • 498 7 From Our Staif Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. fHE Director of Medical Services, Malayan Union, Dr. R. B. MacGregor, replied today to criticisms of conditions m the out-patients' department at Bungsar Hospital, Kuala Lumpur, made m a letter published m the Straits Times yesterday. "We are
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  • 207 7 DRICES have steadily ad- vanced throughout the week, and ther e has been a considerable turnover in the rubber market, says Lewis and Peat's weekly market report. The main demand has been for near shipment and with producers offering more freely for next year's deliveries forwards have
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  • 159 7 Girl's Pluck Foils Robbers A 13-YEAR-OLD Chines* girl, Lim Joo Eng, played an important part m the arrest of a member of an armed gang of four Chines© who attempted to rob her family at their home at Clyde Terrace on the morning of April 14. While the robbers were
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  • 109 7 Two i»-year-okl boys attempted to escape from the Butot Timah Boys' Home, Singapore, on October 1, because, they told Uie Juvenile Magistrate yesterday, tliree years was "too long" to be kept m a home. The boys were sent to the home last June
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  • 139 7 For m^.^iiiK a false statement to t*>p Pen' sessment Board last April, a middle-aged woman, Wong *-v itng, wus fined $500 or three months m prison m the Singapore Third Police Court, on Thursday. Inspector Abdul Aziz said that Wong deliberately made a false statement at
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  • Straits Times SATURDAY FORUM
    • 280 8 THE ban on pillion liding m areas outside the town shows that certain departments, or those responsible, do not care two hoots about the difficulties they cause to those members of the public who cannot afford cars or motor-cycles The reason they
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    • 25 8 Letters signed with a nom-de-plume are not published unless the writer's name aftd address are communicated to the Editor as a guarantee of good faith
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    • 202 8 fT is heartening to read m your columns that two large Singapore firms have made big profits m one case $1,400,000, and m the oih^r over $1 million. More encouraging SUII is the lact that Robinson and Co.. made scarcely any profit for many, years before
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    • 217 8 IESTERDAY I went to a- well-known Indian shop m Raffles Place to inquire about the price of a popular brand of patent medicine. The "Price-Tag Shop" poster was conspicuously pasted at the entrance of the shop. My surprised blink at the salesman's "Only $2.50. Price-Tag Shop
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    • 160 8 MAY I bring to your notice and that of your readers that the film being shown at the Pr ilion Theatre, Singapore, Jack Narcissus" fcmi been condemned by the Ma tional Legion of Decency, New York, and as such should be banned by the local authorities. This
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    • 79 8 I HAVE now discovered m "The Dictionary m Oordoo and English" by J. T. Thompson, 1838 (printed at Serampur), the word "Baba" together with its meaning, which is: father; sire; sir; child. So, after all the word "Baba" is a word which has been borrowed directly
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    • 59 8 £OR the last few weeks riceF retailers around tne Orchard Road Market have been issuing us rice of a very inferior quality. The rationed-nce contains bits or wood, vegetable seeds and dost. I. think it is wonderful that we should now have cooking fuel and
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    • 536 8  -  RIE VON KRUSENSTIERNA By (Today is Animals Day throughout the world, and it is being observed m Singapore with a special broadcast by Radio Malaya. There were also special talks m Singapore schools yesterday) IT is good that there should be at least one day
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    • 68 8 ILTHOUGH I have resided t\ m the town area of Singapore for a considerable number of years, I am still unable to pass the junction of Bras Basah Road and Bencoolen Street without fear of being run over. As the police must be well aware of this danger
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    • 249 8 Malayan Dance Selections READ with interest the 1 proposal to send a Malayan dance team to England m the Straits Times of Sept. 26 The question of finance ii the primary thine and unless Mr. Matheson Sinn can solve this problem the proposal is bound lo go into thin air.
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    • 652 8 BUR Pew players, I fear, wcuid reach Ur. ready to deliver at least seven tricks to COr s re ,?-h^ P aCt to tOday S d6aL either a no or hem confL?. n£r w^ i-nmhi, S0Uths °P enm bld had removed the Easr-wes \u.nerable. menace of the diamond situation, and
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  • 650 9 Huge Farm Aims At Restoring Country's Stock Position husbandry is being undertaken on a wide scale m Malaya today with the target of putting the country into the position of supplying its own meat and not depending upon importations on the hoof. At the eighth-mile, along the Ayer Hitam-Kluang Road
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    • 168 9 GREATEST ARTISTS L^^JO fINE ST RECORDING SELECTED RECORDS BEECHAM Conducting LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCH: Prince Igor Overture, (Borodin— Glazounov), Trojan March, (Berlioz), DB 6237-38. The Great Elopement. (Handel, arr. Beecham) 6295 97 BOULT Conducting 8.8.C. SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA A Midsummer Night's Dream— Overture, Wedding March. (Mendelssohn), DB 6242-43. Concerto m E. minor,
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  • 400 10 LONDON, Thursday. f?OR the greater part of toF day, little business was put throngh on the London Stock Exchange other than small offerings of British Government securities which often left off half a point down, says Reuter's financial correspondent. Just before the close, however, Investment support was accorded
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  • 739 10 By Our Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, Friday. A SMALL Inquiry for rubber shares was reported on the local share market yesterday. Business was mainly confined to the tin section, however, and transactions took higher levels. i I Industrials were rather neglected, but there was a demand for Henry
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  • 290 10 Produce Market By A Market Correspondent A GENERAL decline in sugar has taken place. The prospect for dealers holding: large stocks has become worse since the temporary removal of international control over the export of sugar. At present there Is a stock of about 2.500 tons
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  • 63 10 The Singapore Chamber ot Commerce Rubber Association's ortces at noon yesterday were: Buyers BeUers eta. rta. oer lb. er ib No. 1 RS.S. Spot loose nominal 32 32% No. 1 R.S.B. fob m bales Oct. 32% 33 No 2 R.S.S. fob m bales Oct. 32ft 32% No. 3 B
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  • 37 10 NEW YORK, Crude rubber futures closed five to 18 points lawer yesterday. Sales totalled 80 contracts. December 17.35 cents, March 17.15, May 17.15, July 17.05 nominal. Number 1 ribbed smoked sheets 18 1/8 cents nominal. A. P.
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    • 674 10 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. (IncorDoratea id Singapore) BLUE FUNNEL LINE SAILINGS »KOM UK AND U.S.A. TvdruV From UK G. IS ••AnUlochus" Due from U.K Oct. 18 •Mum" Due from U.K. Oct. 17 "Lycaon" Due rrom l].K Oct. 19 "DiomrJ" Due from U.K Oct. 19 < MI. INGS K>K LIVERPOOL GLASGOW AND
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    • 173 10 PRESIDENT LINE SAILINGS TO NEW KORK AND BOSTON Via INDIA EGYPT MEDITERRANEAN PORTS Freight Only MOUNT DAVIS Singapore Gd. 33/34 sis. Oct. 7 MOUNT ROGERS Singapore Gd. 8/7 sis. Oct. 9 Penan* Arr. Oct. It AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINES, LTD. ONION BI.DG. TELS. MM IX'l 6"si PASSAGE 4949 ~LYKES~ORIENT UNE~ LYKES
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    • 199 10 Shippers and others Interested tn Shipping Intelligence are referred I to advertisements tai Col. 1 and 2 opposite page British India Steam Navigation Co., Ltd. APCAR LINE SERVICE INDIA -STRAITS- CHINA Will be Resumed by THE NEW 9000 TONS TWIN SCREW MOTOR VESSEL SANGOLA Sailing From Singapore About 22nd October
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  • 644 11 Malayan Chinese May Get Into Olympic Eleven By The Sports Editor THE selection committee has chosen a formidable ailMalayan Chinese soccer team for the tour of Bangkok, Manila, Hong Kong and Shanghai. It is about the strongest team that could have been picked, combining, as* it does, both youth and
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  • 42 11 FORMER international cricketer, Stan McCabe, master stroke player, has been m*Mwi g his mark m a new sport. He recently won his first roU title, the Cromer (Sydney) Country Club championship. He beat his opponent 5 and 4. Renter.
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  • 76 11 From Oar Staff Correspondent MALACCA, Friday.— Under the auspices of the Eurasian Association, Malacca girls played a six-a-side hockey match against a boys' team on the Malacca Club padang The girls won by a solitary goal scored by Mary Nunis The teams were: Girls: Mary
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  • 74 11 From Our Own Correspondent PARIT BUNTAR, Friday— The Krian District Hockey Association will play their opening game tomorrow, against the Penang P.W.D. AA. The match will be played on the public padang here. The Krian team has been selected as follows: Shahari, Amar Singh, Hussein Nasir, John
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  • 489 11 To The Sports Editor, Straits Times T WISH to endorse the remarks made by Mr. 1 G. Creighton m the Straits Times of Sep*. 26 on the subject of the American crawl. I do not possess the excellent qualifications held by Mr. Creighton, but, as
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  • 158 11 MORE U.S. BOUTS FOR WOODCOCK LONDON, Friday. DRUCE WOODCOCK, British and European heavyweight boxing champion, will go to the United States for more fights, his manager Tom Hurst said yesterday on his return from America by plane. Commenting on his two and half months' match-making trip. Hurst said: "We have
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  • 98 11 From Our Own Correspondent SEREMBAN, Friday. ■JIFTEEN players have been selected to travel to Kuala Lumpur on Sunday for Negri Sembilan's return inter-State soccer match against Selangor. The final selection will be made before the match, which will be played on the T.P.C.A. grounefc. The following
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  • 66 11 MUAR, Friday.— The Johore Malays will meet the Malacca Malays at Muar to-morrow m the southern zone of the Sultan's gold cup competition. The Johore side will be selected from the following: Abdul Rahim, Maznan, Dollah Don (Johore Bahru), Musa, Mohamed Ismail (Batu Pahat), Jamak. Syed Hassan Abu,
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    • 129 11 RADIO MALAYA (STORE) 1 p.m. Radio Orchestra; 1.40 Share Market Report; 1.45 Glenn Miller. 8.30 Sports Roundup; 8.30 Matters of the Moment; 9.00 Command Performance: 9.45 Fred Hartley; 10.00 Andre Kostalanea; 10.30 Rhythm. 1 p. m. See Singapore; 5 p. m. Fifteen for Two; 5.15 Choice; 8.45 Middle Course; 9.00
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    • 110 11 HIGHLIGHTS HAD II) MALAY A (K.L.) It p.m. Bach'* Branirnbarg Concerto No. 2 Caesar Franck's Senate in A Major. RADIO MALAYA (STORE) 16.40 p.m. An*re IuMmte RADIO SEAC 9.30 pjn. SUr«t Hoar. Today's Papers; The Debate Continues; 12.00 Light Music. RADIO SEAC 8 a.m. Music; 8.45 Morning Star; 9.00 BBC
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    • 153 11 nade; 4.30 Great White Way; 5 Hit Parade; 5.30 Conductors' Gallery; 6.00 Thirty to One; 6.45 Connoisseur; 7.00 Music for Romance; 7.30 Musical Crossword; 8.06 Yours for the Asking; 8.46 Polk Song; 9.00 In Concert Style; 9.30 Starlit Hour; 9.30 BBC Sports it Music: on 16.88 A 49.38 metres; 10.30
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  • 720 12 Full Commentary On Race Form By EPSOM JEEP KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. J£ ASHMIRI Song, who missed a gift race m Ipoh when her trainer declared too late, is the best bet on the card at Kuala Lumpur tomorrow, the first day of the Selangor
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  • 1237 12 JJELOW is the card for today, the first day of the Selangor Turf Club's October meeting. The double totes will be on races three and four, and races eight and nine. The big sweep will be on race nine. Race On e 2.15 Horses, Cl. 2, Dw.
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  • 55 12 The following will represent GH<4 PARELP at rugger against the R.A. Blakan Mati at Blakan Mati today at 5.15 p.m.: Lt. Rheinheimer; MaJ. Watts, Sgt. Williams, MaJ. Button, S/Sgt. Phizacklea; Capt. Leslie Jones, Pte. Drealey; Lt. Nay lor, Sgt. Evans, Lt. Armltage, QMS Gibson, S/Sgt. Wright, Capt.
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  • 63 12 NEW YORK, Friday.— Brooklyn Dodgers, National League baseball champions, won their first game m the best-of-seven 1947 world series yesterday when they beat the New York Yankees, American League champions, 9-8. It was the third eamo In the series, the first two having been won by the Yankees.—
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  • 100 12 Race 1: Lucky Ace, Shawford. Race 2: Lackey, Rex Flash. Race 3: Prince Colin, Mont Blot Race 4: Electroplate, Minstrel Boy. Race 5: Grand Prix 11, Wings. Race 6: Kashmiri Song, Trousers. Race 7: Kandy Kid, True Security. Race 8: Bronze Flash, Dajrobert. Race 9: Rendova, Eureka.
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  • 280 12 WHEN the Shanghai Chinese footballers arrive m j Singapore from Bangkok next Tuesday, they will be th e first visiting Shanghai Chinese team to come to Malaya m 15 years. Yesterday, Mr. E. Chong, 'manager of the team, arrived In Singapore by plane from Bangkok
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  • 115 12 THE Singapore Police Force open their rugger season today with a match against Army Troops R.E. The Police have most of their players from last season, includdng five who were m the winning All Blues Cup team. They have played several trial games and these have revealed some
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  • 34 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. KID PANCHO outpointed Emilio Ibanex over ten rounds m their return fight m Kuala Lumpur tonight. Mok Khai Khoon of Singapore knocked out Boy Karim m the sixth round.
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  • 151 12 BUT for brief spella during which both teams made spirited rallies, th« hockey match on the padang yesterday m which 223 8.0.D. beat the Singapore Cricket Club by three goals to one was characterised by faulty interception and poor finishing. The S.C.C. attacked strongly from the
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  • 304 12 Seaforth Highlanders 3 R.A.F. Seletar 2 THE Seaforth Highlanders knocked out the R.A.F. Seletar 1 by three goals to two m the second round of the Singapore Amateur Football Association Cup competition yesterday at Jalan Besar. The Airmen took the iead m the eighth minute, but
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  • 98 12 TODAI RUGBY: S.C.C. vs. 223 BOD. Army, padanjr, 5.15 p.m.; GHQ FARKLF vs. R.A. Blakan Mati, Blakan Mati, 5.15 p.m.; Police vs. Army Troops R.E.. Thomson Road, 5.30 p.m. SOCCER: S.A.F.A. Cup replay, 'Malay Seniors vs. GHQ Signals, Jalan Besar Stadium, 5 p.m. BADMINTON: Singapore Championships, Clerical Union.
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  • 26 12 LONDON, Friday. Queen's Park Rangers, playing at home, beat Southend United three-two In a third division (southern) English Football League txtura yesterday. Reuter.
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  • 21 12 The Cable and Wireless beat St Patrick's School three-nil at hockey on the school ground at Katong yesterday.
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    • 103 12 Uunlop TENNIS BALLS v Obtainable trom leading Sport; DealersTHE DUNLOP RUDBER COMPANY (MALAYA) LTD, 142, Robinson Road Singapore COME EARLY ,O AVOID THE RUSH. P/y^P /y^ p'W_ t CITO Today Four Shows C^TlWili IJii H 1 .30 4 6.30 9.30 p.m. J. Arthur Rank Presents THE BIGGEST SUCCESS OF THE
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