The Straits Times, 29 August 1948

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  • 20 1 FINAL EOITIOH THE SUNDAYS TIMES LARGEST NETT SALE IN MALAYA No. 683. SINGAPORE, SUNDAY, AUGUST 29, 1948. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • 792 1 THINGS ARE IMPROVING: BOUCHER Johore drive forecast Sunday Times Staff Reporter KUALA LUMPUR, Saturday. TWO encouraging pictures of the campaign against the terrorists were given by the military chiefs of Malaya District and Singapore at a press conference in Kuala Lunpur today. Maj.-Gen. C H- Boucher, G.O-0. Malaya District, said:
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  • 169 1 Sunday Times Staff Reporter MRS. KATHLEEN ANDERSON, a teacher, flew a Tiger Moth over Singapore for 10 minutes yesterday morning. She was the first woman member of the Royal Singapore Flying Club to fly solo since the war. She started flying in March. Her husband lan,
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  • 59 1 NEW DELHI. Saturday.— Royal Indian Air Force planes bombed the town of Gilgit, In Northwest Kashmir, "very effectively" yesterday. accordIng to official military reports received here today. The targets, which were also attacked by rocket-fir-ing aircraft. Included an airfield, wireless station and ammunition dumps. Reports
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  • 65 1 MOSCOW, Sat.— Envoys of the three Western Powen. talked at the British Embassy for nearly two hours today at their second private conference since yesterday's latest East-West crisis meeting with Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov. After today's conference, which started at noon, an American spokesman said: "I
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  • 349 1 Sunday Times Staff Reporter ANE of the strangest groups of people ever vto visit Singapore arrived yesterday from Hong Kong in the S.S. Sinkiang. They were 203 Arabic -speaking Chinese Muslim pilgrims, on their way to Mecca after travelling thousands of miles from all parts of China
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  • 23 1 TEHERAN, Sat.— The Shah of Persia arrived here by air last night after h' five weeks' tour of Europe. Reuter.
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  • 90 1 -KUALA LUMPUR, Sat.— Police killed two terrorist* yesterday, said last night's communique. In Negrl Sembilan. a squad at a Chinese Kongsl near Jempol Estate challenged two Chinese, who ran away. One was shot dead and on his body was foui. a .38 revolver and 14 rounds
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  • 114 1 Sunday Times Staff Reporter KUALA LUMPUR, Saturday. r[E campaign against terrorists in South Kelantan is practically over. The 2/6 th Gurkha Rifles who, with the Malay Regiment and the police, chased the bandits from Gua Musang through to Pulai, and then further south-west into the
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  • 61 1 KARACHI, Sat.— Chaudrl Jhali Guzzaman, organiser of the Pakistan Muslim League, told a public meeting here last night: "I warn the British Government if It does not give up Its present policy of siding with the Government of India in every matter Pakistan will be forced to v
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  • 53 1 piRLIX City Hall charwomen yesterday decided they v would not dean the building because the series of demonstration against the Council, when crowds entered and stopped the meeting, Just undid all their work. "They will only come back again and the whole mess will be repeated," commented
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  • 165 1 I BANGKOK, Saturday. THE Siamese Ministry of Defence has ordered one x battalion of its army to move to Slam's southern frontier following official confirmation of a report that 30 Chinese terrorists had crossed the border from Malaya Into the Betong district of South Slam. Meanwhlla
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  • 90 1 HONG KONG, Sat. rr\UE cruiser London, flag--1 ship of the British Pacific Fleet, returned to Hong Kong today, cutting short her sumer cruise in order to "atktfment the naval strength hi South -East Asia." The Commander -in -Chief Admiral Sir Denis Boyd. said that the ship was
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  • 113 1 Sunday Times Staff Reporter KUALA LUMPUR, Saturday. THERE are enough troops and police in Kelantan x to deal with any trouble that might arise from armed Chinese forces congregated in the Siamese Jungles north of the frontier. So said the G.O.C. Malaya district, Ma j
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  • 37 1 GENEVA, Sat.— Mr. Piston Churchill today declined- an invitation to address the European Parliamentary Congress at Interlaken. Switzerland, which hopes to prepare the way for a European Assembly, but sent his best wishes.— Reuter,
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  • 264 1 Terror has cost Fed. $24,000,000 Sunday Times Staff Reporter KUALA LUMPUR, Saturday. MONEY already spent and liabilities incurred up to the end of the year as a result of the Emergency are estimated to cost the Federation 524,000,000, said the Acting Chief Secretary, Mr. H. P. Bryson, at a Press
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  • 106 1 WASHINGTON. Saturday. P THE United States today disclosed plans for putUng Antarctic under "some i form of internationalisation." i A formal State Department announcement described the i recent United States approach i on this subject to Britain. < Argentina, Australia. Chile, France, New Zealand and Nor-
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  • 31 1 NEW YORK, Sat.— At least 63 people are dead as a result of the heat wave which continues to scorch the United States from coast to coast. Reuter.
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  • 48 1 LONDON. Sat.— Mrs B cker (Miss Dorothy Crisp), widow of John Neill Becker, shot dead by a Chinese in Singapore on Tuesday, gave birth to a son at her Kent home today. She was a former chairman of the British Housewivs League.-^Reuter.
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  • 1799 2 FIFTY YEARS AGO IN SINGAPORE by OLD TIMERwho first came out to Malaya in 1900 and who has stayed here ever since, chiefly, he •says, because he finds it too cold in England. In this series of articles, beginning today, he will jot down a series of random recollections of
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  • 425 2 ipHE si cance in onion vapour that causes tears may be a powerful germicide, it \t believed, and preliminary steps towards isolating this elusive materials (with the eventual object of synthesising it) have just been reported to the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Dr
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  • 503 3 $16 million export jump Sunday Times Staff Reporter MALAYAN trade last month created another record with a $20 million jump over June figures, to reach a total of over $335,600,000. With a $16-million increase in exports over June figures, and a $3 l ,<> million
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  • 128 3 Sunday Times Staff Reporter PENANG, Saturday. THE Penani Chamber of Commerce has voted in favour of uniform holidays In all States and Settlements In the Federation. This declvon was reached by the Chambers' Committee yes erdav in support of the stand taktn by the Malacca Chinese
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  • 100 3 Sunday Times Staff Reporter ••EVERYBODY in court must be aw.ire of the danger and scourge of secret societies," salfi vhe Eighth Police Court Magistrate Mr. R. W. P. Rule in 'ingapore yesterday when he sentenced Sit Vat Chi to four months' rigorous imprisonment. Sit Vat Ciii was
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  • 81 3 Sunday Times Staff Reporter MR. A. H. Jervis of the Base Ordnance Depot, Singapore, was married to Miss Mary Lawrence, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. A. D. Lawrence, at the Singapore Register Office yesterday. Mr. V. J. Mendls and Mr. T. Ernest Fernando M.8.E.,
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  • Article, Illustration
    29 3 LOCALLY Enlisted Personnel of the Singapore Engineer Regiment, Ayer Raja, being inspected by their CO., Lieut.-Col. P. F. White, after a presentation of certificates for proficiency in English yesterday.
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  • 33 3 THE Director of Information at the Colonial Office. Mr. K. W. Blackburne met Singapore trade union officials at the home of Mr. R. P. Bingham, Singapore Commissioner for Labour, yesterday.
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  • 34 3 REGISTRATION IN KELANTAN KUALA LUMPUR Sat -All Chinese f n Kelantan. excluding children under 12. have to register before Sept. 15. Kelantan is the first state on the eastern seaboard to begin national registration.
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  • 85 3 Sunday Times Staff Reporter rERE was no sign of fire when the Army Fire Service went to the 6i mile Buklt Timah Road yesterday at 11.55 a.m. in response to a call. There were small lallang fires at Stevens Road and Anderson Road yesterday shortly after
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  • 127 3 jtIUCH wider publicity should be given at public iTA meetings and in the vernacular press to the necessity for the Emergency Regulations. This was said to the Sunday Times yesterday by Mr. R. K. Samy, President of the Singapore Traction Co. Employees Union, and
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  • 176 3 Sunday Times Staff Reporter. SEVEN Chinese fishermen were yesterday sentenced to one day's simple imprisonment by the First District Judge (Mr. E. P. Shanks) for breach of curfew regulations in the Straits C Johore on Friday night. The seven, all with the surname of Llm, were found
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  • 235 3 Sunday Times Staff Reporter A SECOND barter trip will soon be organised for Pakan Baroe, East Sumatra, as part of Singapore's official plan to keep open the Republican port, which was closed until a trial barter run was allowed. It has also been proposed
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  • 62 3 SELAMAT BELAYAR Sunday Times Staff Reporter Inche M. Hassan, a member of the Muslim Advisory Board, is entertaining members of the Board at a teaparty at his house, Lorong 37, Geylang, tomorrow night at five, to wish "Selamat Belayar" to Haji Mohamed Sannussi, honorary Joint secretary of the Board, who
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  • 196 3 Sunday Times Staff Reporter OINGAPORE trade unions which have ceased to function effectively may have their deposits in banks and Post Office Savings Banks frozen by the Registrar of Trade Unions. This was announced yesterday as an amendment to the Emergency Regulations. The Regulation says
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  • 113 3 Sunday Times Staff Reporter A middle-aged Chinese woman, Ng Ah Lee, yesterday appeared hi the First District Court on a charge of criminal Intimidation. It was alleged that, Thursday, she issued a death threat to the complainant in an extortion case outside the Seventh Police Court. AJS.P.
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  • 290 3 Sunday Times Staff Correspondent PENANG, Saturday. T<HE Government has decided that registration of civilians will be pan-Malayan in scope and will be permanently enforced in Malaya, even after the emergency. This was indicated to the Sunday Times today, by the Federal Executive and Legislative Councillor^ Dr. Ong
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  • 38 3 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat. Every soldier In Malaya has been warn?'! about carrying arms to which he Is not. legally entitled said the GOC Malaya District Mai -O^n C. H. 80-i-jivr at p Kuala Lumpur conference today.
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  • 50 3 Sunday rinu-s Staff Reporter CERTIFICATES for candidates who took the Cambridge S C. December. 1947 examinations have now arrived from Cambridge. Successful candidates are asked to call for them as follows: School candidates at their respective schools. Private candidates at the Education Office, sth floor, Fullerton Building.
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  • 54 3 IRONING CLOTHES ELECTROCUTED Sunday Times StafT Reporter CHUA Kirn Lan. 55-year-old Chinese woman. was electrocuted while ironing clothes in a house in Pasir Panjang Road. At the Inquiry yesterday, her husband. Mr. Tan Tian Chye. said his wife suddenly screamed and fell unconscious. She died in hospital an hour later.
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  • 40 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Sat Haji Mohamed Noor bin Haji Mohamed Yuson* and Imam Wan Ismail, President and Secretary respectively of the Kelantan Branch of the Malay Nationalist Party, were detained on Aug. 25 under the Emergency Regulations.
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  • 1005 4 808 GILMORE reports from BAT A VI A BATAVIA, August 26 HOLLANDERS in these parts won't be surprised if widespread "incidents" enliven disagreeably Queen Wilhelminaß jubilee and PrincessRegent Juliana's coronation celebrations. They expect anything from train- wrecking to an even more than usual flow of threatening
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  • 530 4 AT the age of I .velve Shen Tseng-wen was sent to a military training school and two years later he was enrolled in the army. Before he was twenty he had travelled widely in China and had enlarged his experience by seeing "seven hundred executions by decapitation.
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  • 461 4 PHOTO NOTES VOT all of m, be--11 cause of the places we live in, can get to the sea coast, but whether we stay at home or travel afar, it is worth while to rememper that there are many picture possibilities around water. For example, pictures of
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  • 581 5 "Review our allowances" Sunday Times Staff Reporter RACED with the depreciation in the value of 1 the dollar, the descendants of the last Sultan of Singapore have asked the Government to review the allowances they receive from the revenue of the Kampong Glam estate which situated
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  • 74 5 Sunday Times Correspondent PENANO, Saturday. A PROPOSAL by the Post- master General to Introduce the Business Reply Service in the Federation has I been well received in Penang. The local Chinese Chamber of Commerce has, it Is stated, voted in favour of it. Under the proposed service,
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  • 35 5 Sunday Times Staff Reporter The Mercantile Bank of India have received advice from their London office that the Board of Directors have declared in interim dividend of five per cent, less tax.
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  • 27 5 There will be a free Cinema Show for residents of Tiong Bahm by the Public Relations Department Cinema Unit today commencing at 7 p.m.
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  • 502 5 Sunday Times Financial Correspondent pOR the first time in several weeks it is possible to 1 report a distinct improvement in the Malayan share market. The small price rises do not adequately reflect the improvement in sentiment which has taken place. This improved sentiment has been occasioned
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  • 80 5 Sunday Times Staff Reporter MALACCA Saturday. NORMAL class for untrained Malay teachers started this morning at Kubu Malay School under the auspices of the Education Office. Nearly 70 men and women teachers will take a three year course In general academic subjects and teaching: methods. Tuition
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  • 96 5 Sunday Times Staff Reporter AT an election of Office Bearers of the CYMA, Church j of St. Teresa, Singapore,, the following were appointed Spiritual director Rev. Father S. Lee; president, Mr. Charles do Rozairo: vice-president Mr. Charlet Goh Sin Chan; hon. secretary, Mr. John Teo; assistant secretary,
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  • 218 5 Sunday Times Correspondent MALACCA, Saturday. THE Church of England holiday camp for young x people, which ended at Malacca today, r.s a great success. Said a Kuala Lumpur visitor, Mr. Charles Nitchingham: "When I first came. I thought I would have a dull time— but it
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  • 64 5 Th Singapore Chamber ol Commerce Rubber Association's noon prices yesterday (Aug. 28) in cents per lb. in cents per Ib. Bu>.r« SvPcrs No. 1 R.S.S. Spot loose nominal 45% 45^ No. 1 R.SJ3. f.o.b. in bales Kept. 44 44 No. 2 R.S.B. f.o.b. in bales Sept. 43% 41 N...
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  • 625 6 THE SUNDAY TIMES SINGAPORE, AUG. 29, 1948. THE COMEDY MUST END ANOTHER act in the comedy of Singapore's Illegal markets has been played. The small stallholders who during the occupation set up shop on public open spaces of the city have again been threatened with severe action If they do
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  • 1996 6  -  'DR. J. N. DEE' by VL'L'j do many things without thinking. iJt' we ride a bicycle we don't think about the act of riding, but only about the man in the road, or a car in front of us or something we might run into. And
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  • 855 6  -  K.S. CHIA by p HOSTS appear to have a preference for seaside holiday bungalows, for *rom a casual survey i Jenang I found that nearly every other seaside cottage had its special spectre of a special room. Perhaps spirits love seaair as much as the average man-in-the-street,
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    • 499 6 CLASSIFIED ADS. BIRTHS To Shirley, wife of Tibor Kunstler. at K.K. Hospital. 28 8.1948, a son. Paul Tibor. ORINBERQ.— To Nellie, wife of S. Grinberg. at the Kandan;< Kt-rbau Hospital. Singapore, on Augxist 27, the gift of a daughter, Linda. SITUATIONS VACANT APPLICATIONS for appointment as Probationary Teachers In the
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    • 11 6 for better tea-times Finest Broken Orange Pekoe Price $2.00 P«r Ib
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    • 137 6 m History of. Singapore No. 8 i I In the year 1 883 two pioneers. Mr. i John Fraser and Mr. David Neave. J joined forces and founded the business H of Fraser Cr Neave. a Fraser Si Neave. founded In 1883 I was not established as a Limited Company
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  • 308 7 SINGAPORE MAY NEED BIGGER AIRFIELDS Air travel figures rise Sunday Times S'aff Reporter THE rapidly growing d.*e of Singapore as an international air rent re is shown by air movements figures released by the Department of Civil Aviation. If the upward curve on the Department's charts continues there will be
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  • Article, Illustration
    30 7 THHIS Is the new Singapore X orchid, Aranda Mci Ling, grown by Mr. John Laycock. Other well-known hybrids he has cultured are Arachnls Maggie Wee. Vanda Amy and Vanda Josephine.
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  • 203 7 Sunday Times Staff Reporter IN Singapore today 6,000 people armed with provisional "learners' driving licences are learning to drive. 3,600 of them intend to drive taxis or lorries when they have passed their tests; the rest intend to drive private cars or motor-cycles. Every
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  • 112 7 KUALA LUMPUR Sat. I The Actins Chief Secretary. I Mr. H. P. Bryson. was asked J at a Press ronferenc 3 today if j he could riisUcs? the terms of i appointment of the new Com missioner of Police. Mr. W. N. Qnj, and n?l the
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  • 264 7 Sunday Times Staff Reporter A NEW Singapore hybrid orchid has been named Arar.da Mci Ling, after China's first lady, Madam Chiang Kai-shek, by its breeder, Mr. John Laycock, one of the Colony's most successful amateur orchid culturists. Mr. Laycock has informed Dr. Wu Paak-shing. China's Consul-General
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  • 98 7 Sunday Times Correspondent CERTIFICATES for passes in iv the English Examination, I Grade 11, were presented to eight Locally Enlisted Personnel of the Singapore Engineer Regiment yesterday. All the L.E.P. of the Regiment paraded at Ayer Raja, and the certificates were presented by
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  • 79 7 Singapore amateurs will give a benefit performance for the Y.W.C.A. in the Victoria Theatre on Monday, Sept. 6, at 8.30 p.m. Performers are Mr. Heng Chin Hock in a vocal number, the Misses Judy Gimson and Jill Allen in a dialogue. Mr. Chen Hock Chuan with his magic,
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  • Letters to Editor
    • 277 7 •pERMIT me to congratulate you on your truthful 1 and topical leading article entitled 'Money for Shadows' last Sunday", writes a Sunday Times reader. "Criticism of the cinematic tripe you aptly describe as 'wild, cheaply-constructed gangster quickies' can never be strong enough. 'These films are a
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    • 115 7 IN regard to the Graham White Memorial Fund, I suggest it would be more In ke/ping with the late Archdeacon's oft-expressed views on the deplorable housing problem in Singapore if those responsible for the fund were to devote the proceeds to the erection of a block
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    • 52 7 'BOMBS ON SIAM' MYSTERY KUALA LUMPUR. Sat. Asked to comment on a recent news agency report from Bangkok alleging that RA.F. aircraft had bombed another village over the Siamese border, the A.O.C. Malaya, Air Vice-Marshal Sanderson, said in Kuala Lumpur today: "The R.A.F. authorities In this country know nothing whatever
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    • 33 7 IPOH. Si.urday With a view to ln^r.s'fyin« *he drive for the auxiliary Dollce among the Chinese community ir Perak, su j-comm'.ttees have been set ud In every town throughou- the stato.
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  • 155 7 Sunday Times Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Saturday. ]tf INING for bauxite the ore used in making iTI aluminium may be resumed in Malaya next year. Main deposits are in Johore, where a big output is expected eventually. Before the war, bauxite mining was a
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  • 93 7 Sunday Times Staff Reporter KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. MOHAMED AH bin Ramli was hanged at Pudu Gaol this morning. His crime: Illegal possession of arms. Arrested in Kuala Lumpur, he had a revolver loaded with rive rounds in his trousers pocket and six spare rounds of anim tition.
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  • 142 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. OUFFICIENT stocks of Sten guns, rifles and ammunition for both types of weapons are now in the hands of the police to meet all Immediate requirements, it was officially stated in Kuala Lumpur today. In addition further sup- plies are being earmarked
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  • 66 7 i Sunday Times Stuff Reporter FE Public Relations Film Unit will go over to St. John's Island again next Wednesday to give a free film show to the Islanders. Fixtures for next week are M follows: Monday: Queen Street Boys' Club. Tuesday: Government
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  • 51 7 Sunday Times Staff Reporter Kuala Lumpur, Saturday. PROPOSALS for the payment of War Damage claims in both the Federation and Singapore will be disclosed next week. A memorandum covering the proposals is to be laid on the table of the Federal Legislative Council on at its meeting on
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  • 134 7 Sunday Times Stan* Reporter KUALA LUMPUR. Sat. MISS Beatrice Lynch. Secretary for Youth Work, Y.W.C.A of Malaya, has tome to Singapore to help with the Volunteer leadership training project, and to advise the youth clubs of the Y.W.C.A. Miss Mary Chen, also of the Malayan
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  • 202 7 Sunday Times Staff Reporter INLYING Scholarships are to be awarded to members of No. 1 Squadron, Malayan Air Cadet Corps, and the first two selected cadets are expected to he in training before the end of the year. The scholarships have been made available by local
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  • 96 7 THE Government of the Colony of Singapore will invite tenders for an Issue ot $13 millions by Treasury Bills 6n Sept. 10. 1948. subject to the general conditions governing the issue and repayment of Colony of Singapore Treasury Bills. Copies of the conditions together with
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  • 49 7 Three Inci ar,s charged with wearing uniforms similar to those of His Maj' sty's Porcet while cekbrnt ng Indian Independence Day on Autr 15 on Voules Estat' near Tk ang. made their third appearance in the Segamat Court on Thuisc'ay They wer remanded in police cus>jc'.\
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  • THIS WEEK FOR YOU
    • 351 8 VIRGO (Aug. 24-Sept. 22). Business affairs are definitely improving for you. Consolidate last week's gains and continue in your efforts. Improvement in all lines will be seen. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Make sure of your plans before acting. All is not gold that glitters today, so
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    • 345 8 1. True or false? (a) Rickshaws can b« used in Singapore. (b) Malacca is bigger than Penang. (c) Christmas Island Is part of Singapore. 2. One of the first parachutes was designed by Leonardo da Vinci, Bier lot, Rabelais, Samuel Pepys— which? 3. How could
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    • 29 8 WHEN can a man climb out of a tree without first having climbed Into It? >.\oqs BoTpiinq v 10 »;nq:w.i»d uiojj 'H ojoj paddojp s*ti »q uauM :j»*«uv
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    • 421 8 SOME players are convinced that whenever they hold a five-card suit they mur. show It. This idea is the main cause of confusion In what should be a simple matter "hat is, responding to an opening bid of one no-trump. Here is a typical illustration: S. 9
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    • 138 8 GEORGI LADIES TAILOR 159 Orchard Road. Singapore SALE HOW ON Ready made beautiful Evening Gown. Cocktail Frock and Oay Frock etc. SALE FOB TWO WEEKS. ITCHING INFLAMED SKIN H E ALE D Kelentlns itenmg earned t>y germs under the skin, speedily develops into ir- mating pimples and open sores unless
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    • 280 8 A dog in good J*k condition l^^J^-^ companion /k'^^M^' Dogs are by nature warm-hearted and loving, yet the mosl friendly of them sometimes become listless or irritable. Such symptoms are often due to impure blood, and should never be neglected. Bob Martin's Condition Powders, given regularly, will help your dog
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    • 255 8 Sunday Time* Crossword ACROSS x Doat a g^cond a3) j. 2. TormenC. (4). 5. Mentions (4). PoiMd (8)> 3. Hott (4) 4> 9 Approach (4). 11. At any time strained to stiffness (6). 8. Cloth (4). I>. Cereal plant (I). 14. run (<) g They work f(jr dicUltorf 15. Sanctuary
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  • 81 9 nous idea, developed after 3 vcars of research enables now each woman to eat. drink, smoke, *'\.n bto without leaving tell-tale tracts. GUITARE Super-Indelible Lipstick 1948 stays on for 8 hours wltboot drying your lips. Created in Paris in 8 modern, luminous, transparent shades including one !o make
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  • 357 9 WHEN mushrooms are to be had, it's good to have some ideas for introducing «them into your menu. Their flavour is unique, and to the mushroom lover the flavour enhances any dish. Stuffed Mushrooms YOU NEED:— Four or five medium size mushrooms, a dessert-spoon-ful of cooked ham.
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  • 311 9 CjUvww TLv^-fiU- A too. nan wdl often go out of her way to make her husband a favourite dish, even *o the extent of jeopardising the family rations. My husband is one of those wh would buy a beauti'ul wreath of roses for my grave, but would never
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  • 1075 9 WEATHER AND WINKLES MARY HEATHCOTT muses on LONDON, Aug. 16. THIS is the time of year when the weather is foremost topic of conversation its various moods, its future, its past are all described and pondered over. More than usual, that is to say, for now is the noliday season.
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    174 9 >TOiv .tr.i t trend in heads is a smooth, slick outline whether the hair is long and upswept into a top-knot, or shorn to comply with the 'Bergman bob. Sketched are the two styles, decked in suitable hats... I A short-cut which take at least 'en years off
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  • 179 9 WWO items of beauty news which have come my way: You can now get a famous brand of perfume in "travel site". Heather. Studio, Great Expectations, Gardenia and No. 5 now come in a neat bottle suitable for the holiday case. There's enough perfume to last even the
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    • 138 9 The personal representative of best known, best loved authority on beauty. Is coming zuun i Mrs. Homer, with her wealth of experience in thp Fi--.K-th Arden Salons, will help you to discover your true Dcauty. A further announcement will be made on her arrival and appointments for consultations can then
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 100 9 CROSSWORD SOLUTION Across: 2. Bait. 5. Says. 9. Near. 11. Ever. 12. Oat. 14. Salmon. 15. Refuge. 17. Tray. 18. Gallon. 19. Sere. 21. Nacre. tt. Sting. 24. Alibi. 25. Ald.r. 27. Tiara. 28. Asps. 30. Easier. 34. Rich. 36. Ostler. 37. Avenue. 38. Use. 39. Last. 40. Seer. 41.
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  • 5 10 5.C.C. SCORE 109 IN BATAVIA
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  • 170 10 Ci.o.-m. jf jiuy scores in the two-aay uukft match between tlie ain&apore LntKei Ciuo ana me -tavia cricket Club in iiaiavia iuuay were: a.c.c. >jj ail out (Needham 41, J.i;;.u-r 14 not oui). U.C.C. 22 lor 3. iue S.iM won he loss anu uecideii to hat. Disaster louowed
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  • 476 10 LONDON, Saturday. MANCHESTER UNITED, the Cup holders, won their "battle of giants" against Arsenal, the League champions, by a single goal scored by their winger, Mitton, in the second half of a dour struggle before 62,000 spectators on Arsenal's ground today. The goal came three minutes
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  • 181 10 MISS Judy Gimson, daughter of Sir Franklin Oimson, the Governor of Singapore, yesterday formally declared open the three Y.W.C.A. tennis courts, adjolnlirg the Y.W.C.A. hostel In Fort Canning Road. To mark the occasion, several of Slngapores leading tennis players took part in an exhibition, and if
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  • 46 10 rE International Skating Union have allotted the following dates and venues for next year's world ice skating championships: Figure skating (men, women and pairs i In Parts from Feb. 11 to Feb. 13, and speedskatlng (men) at Oslo on Feb. 19 and Feb. 30.
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  • 86 10 THE Perak Turf Club St. Leger Sweet> in aid of the Malayan Anti- Tuberculosis Fund will be drawn at the Race Course at 6 p.m. on Friday. Sept. 10 The Cover ii men has approved the payment to the Central Welfare Council for
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  • 70 10 ALI RIZA BEY KNOCKED OUT KINO KONG defeated George Zbisko by two straight falls In the main event of the Great World's wrestling programme last night. In the semi-final. Kid Masque knocked out All Riza Bey In the first round. Curly Connors was disqualified in the second round in hti
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  • 60 10 DARA SINGH and the British heavyweight, Verna, fought a draw over 10 rounds In the Happy World all-ln-wrestllng la3t night. In the other event* Joglnder beat Bcwca Boa by two clear falls in the fourth round- Labrlola was disqualified In the fifth round against Jaginder
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  • 401 10  -  FEATHER Badminton Notes... By RESPITE the fact that the closing date of entries for the women's open singles, doubles and mixed doubles events had been extended, only two additional entries were received. They were from Miss R"se Soong and Miss Mary Voon, who are the
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  • 341 10 THE Singapore Cricket Club put up the useful score of 155 in their first innings against the Combined Indians on the padang yesterday, first day of the Gandhi Memorial cricket match, which will become an annual fixture. In the last quarter of an hour
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  • 436 10 TAN Guan Hong (Mayflower) created a surprise yesterday in the Singapore badminton championship tournament, played at the Clerical I'nion Hall, when he beat Quek Keng Chuan (Diehard). Keng Chuan, who wa» f selected to represent the South I In the last North v. South i
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  • 107 10 TAUNTOH Saturday. ALTHOUGH Brown was run on In We' lard's opening over in the match against Somerset today they settled down to a day of fast scorinst afterwards and at the close of play ware 560 for five wickets, Hasse'.t. Harvey and lan Johnson all scoring centuries.
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  • 70 10 Barrow 30, Halifax 4; Batley IS, Whitehaven 9; Bradford Northern 7, Warrington 19; Bramley 5. Salford 13; Castleford 33, Dewsbury 3; Huddersfleld 24, Wig an 5; Hull K R. 7, Bellevue Rangers 8; Hunslet 8. Keighley 0; Leigh 11. Leeds 10; Oldham 15, St. Helens 11; Swinton 18.
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
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  • 38 11 THE Keppel Bus Company defeated s.s. Medorf three-nil in a football match at West Coast Road yesterday. Scorers for the winners, who led one nil at the interval, were Dollah (2) a* I Torfg Seng.
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  • 1320 11 MANNIE SFAMON ON A trainer has to help his boss THIRTY-FIVE YEARS in the boxing game is a long time, and it's only natural that since most of that time I have been concerned with American fighters, I have seen a lot
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  • 133 11 THE secretary of the Football Association of Malaya says: "The actual position in regard to the Malaya Cup final venue is this. There is no rule to state that the final must be played in Kuala Lumpur or Sinpanore. "That i;»a> have bet'n the position prior to
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  • 269 11 r3U batting by J. Ferroa. who scored SI, and fine bowling by O. Woodford who took six SRC. wickets for 15, enabled the Catholic Young Men's Association Ito beat the Singapore Recreation I Club in a game of cricket played on the padang, yesterday. Scores were:
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  • 83 11 THE Joyful Junior* will play a friendly game of soccer against the Blue Rovers at the MacNalr Road ground at 5.19 p.m. today and the team to represent the Juniors will be chosen from the following: Tony Adalia, John Ghul, Henry Chua. Loo Siong Teck, Haniff bin Hashlm,
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  • 301 11 TIME saved the Anglo-Chinese School Old Boys' Association from almost certain defeat by the Singapore Chinese Recreation Club In a game of cricket played at Hong Llm Green yesterday. The Old Boys, the majority of whom are the Club's players, were all out for 140. Hock
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  • 75 11 THE following have been appointed convenors In the various sports activities of the O.Y.M.A. (St. Theresa) Soccer: O. F. Pinto; Badminton: Martin d' Almeida; Cricket: Sydney Ollverio; Hockey: C. A. Rodrigues; Table-tennis: Kow Kirn Swee; In charge of indoor games: E. Frols. If any club or association
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  • 32 11 THE Mental Hospital beat the R.A.S.C. three goals to nil in the third division S.A.F.A. match played at the Mental Hospital ground yesterday. Pahie scored once and Mansoor twice.
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  • 26 11 THE EOS Sports Club of the 1 Social Welfare Dept. defeated the C.S.O. XI eight-three at football on the SRC. padang on Friday.
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  • 339 11 they met for the first time this season In a friendly match, will go into strict training next week. The final team will be selected from about 20 players in training. Whatever Selangor's eventual team will be, Negrl will have to meet a
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  • 76 11 ST. Andrew's Old Boys Association Sports Board Representatives are: Mr. 8. Hope (hockey), Mr. John Ferguson (rugby), Mr. A. O. Armstrong (cricket), Mr. Tan Eng Chiang (tennis and indoor games). Other members are Mr. Robert ¥v (Presiden t5.A.0.8.) Mr. Ouy Vaz (Chairman;, Mr. George Lon (Hon. Trea3 Mr.
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  • 2012 12 And Spencer rode them all From EPSOM JEEP JOCKEY Albert Spencer rode superbly to bring in four winners for the Van Breukelen stable at Kuala Lumpur yesterday, the first day of the Selangor Turf Club's Aug.-Sept. meeting. Spencer's only losing ride was Sir Galahad, who
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  • 209 12 Sunday Times Ipoh Correspondent EFFORTS will be made this year to play the Malays of Selangor and Kedah at rugger, Inche Alladad Khan said when he presided at the annual general meeting of the Perak Malays' Rugby Football Association on Friday. The Sultans
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  • 407 12 WHERE were many thrills and keen competition at 1 GHQ FARELF annual swimming gala held at Tanglin Barracks yesterday. Lady Ritchie, wife of Gen. Sir Neil Ritchie, C-in-C GHQ FARELF, distributed the prizes. Highlight of the afternoon was a lecture demonstration on plunging, breast, back
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  • 715 12 Sunday Times Alor Star Correspondent FE Kedah Gymkhana meet held in Alor Star yesterday saw a great triumph for the amateur rider Mr. A. H. L. Wheeler. He won four of five races he rode In addition to comiirg in second in
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