The Straits Times, 20 March 1949

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  • 30 1 2 OMAR 1940 LARGEST NETT SALES IN MALAYA THE SUNDAY TIMES Sunday Edition of fttralM Times tft Singapore Fraa Pr«sa No. 712. SINGAPORE, SUNDAY, MARCH 20, 1949. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • 355 1 Tragedy in 2 Singapore families Sunday Times Staff Reporter y\VO Singapore boys, aged nine and seven, were found drowned at low tide yesterday in a mangrove swamp in Kolam Ayer. off Upper Sera n goon Road. In Singapore yesterday morning, a 28-year-old Chinese girl was found
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    20 1 MoS Santha Ramjrau, Indian author- journalist, who hat arrived in Singapore on a fact-finding tovr. lee ttery in P*ge J.
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  • 128 1 BRITAIN WILL STAY IN TRANSJORPAN' LONDON. Sat. BRITISH troopa are in Transjordan in accordance with the Anglo-Trans-jotdan treaty and will remain l xre us long a s there appears to be any danger of the treaty requiring to be implamented. a British Foreign Office spokesman said today. He was commenting
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  • 31 1 The International Red Cross organisation has decided to send a special delegate to China to investigate the conditions of refugees from the civil war, Swiss radio reported.—Reuter.
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  • 405 1 LONDON, Sat. T EAOINO ministers 01 the 1 North Atlantic Pact nations last, nixht told their people that the agreement. published today and due to be signed in Washington on April 4, Is a defensive measure, but at the same time a warning to any would-be aggressors
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  • 39 1 LAST RITES' FOR JAPS A Buddhist priest has arrived lrt/ Manila from Tokyo to give the last rites to Japanese war criminals awaiting death. The priest. Honshiki Adachl, administered to Japanese prisoners in Singapore before coming to Manila. A.P.
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  • 192 1 Sunday Times Staff Reporter |Y| R. Khoo Heng Pho, sole agent for Malaya for several arms and ammunition factories abroad is leaving Singapore on April 1 1 by air for the United Kingdom. He has been invited by the British Government to represent Malaya at
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  • 140 1 A REPRESENTATIVE >f j\tlie Malayan Chines* Association is to assist tne Chl-l!e.-i Afta;r« Officer to investigate cases in Federation detention camps to as to free lr'-iccant men!' t«f Association* representattres yesterday met the H fch Commissioner, Sir H*T,ry Ourney. at Kuala Lumpur, where Sir Henry also agreed
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  • 39 1 U.B. Army C.I.D. officials are searching for Sergeant Tony Parmqulst, 21-year-old money order clerk at the 7th Base Post Office In Yokohama who left on Mar. 10 leaving a shortage of <US»s4.oo<r In his accounts.— Reuter.
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  • 30 1 An engineer and guard were killed when a gang attacked a passenger train from Kroja to Purwokerto, Central Java, at Randegan. The train was burned out. Reuter.
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  • 214 1 r PHE managements of the Great World, New World and the Happy World Cabarets are to meet their own landsmen and representatives of the Singapore Musician' Union separately to discuss the strike which the BMU. threatens for Mar. 30. This arrangement was made when the
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  • 160 1 Sunday Time* Staff Reporter THE Labour Party do not know what they are talking 1 about," Mid Mr. Tan Sim Hong, one of the Progressive Party candidates contesting the North Ward, at an election meeting at Farrer Park yesterday. More than 300 people the biggest
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  • 173 1 From LEE SIEW YEI, Sunday Times Special Correspondent DAVE Freeman, American and. unofficial world badminton champion and taptain of Hie United State* Thomas Cup team, gives the following message to Malaya, through the Sunday Times. "The Malayan badminton team was far superior to ours In strength
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  • 277 1 WASHINCTON. Saturday. THE U.S. Secretary of State, Mr. Dean Acheson. said in a broadcast to the world last night: "The Russians »r% lying when they say that the North Atlantic Treaty will be an aggressive alliance. "This country is not planning to make war against anyone
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  • 1014 2  -  KEBUN ll:lY'lil:I'M:m:i PERAK Flying Club's gliders will arrive next month. The two primary trainers, two gliders and one soarer, which have been on order for several mouths, are costing the club about $24,000. Money for the gliders and other necessary equipment was voted at an extraordinary
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  • 71 2 rpHE us. Customs ser--1 vice thinks gratitude is a fine thing, but it wishes foreigners would stop mailing liquor to their American friends. Reporting it had seized 'hundreds" of one and two bottle mail parcels recently the Customs service pleaded for a let-up. Acting Commissioner Frank Drw
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    15 2 LOVELY Susan Shaw, star of th. j. Arthur Kank organisation, with her pet Angora rabbit.
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  • 468 2 jtfALAYA has always been a bad country for youngsters from home who are inclined to lose their heads. This is the story of one such youngster who came out to Singapore 40 years ago but didn't last. He was sent back home. His trouble, of course, was
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  • 260 2 THOUCH since the late 1920s Sara Scwdari (Soprano) has had a dassling successful career in both Europe and America, she is a new-comer to His Master's Voica lists. Those of you who were fortunate enough to bt In London between |anuary and May of last year
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  • 67 3 Sunday Times Correspondent The sponsors of Ihe Philips Radio competition which has been conducted in Malaga for the past few months by the local agents, say that it will not be possible to announce the prize winners until Mar. 31 owing to the huge number of
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  • 479 3 Daughter of an Indian envoy Sunday Times Woman Reporter MISS Santha Ramarau, tall, 26-year-old authorjournalist daughter of Sir B. Ramarau, India's Ambassador to Washington, arrived in Singapore a few days ago on a fact-finding tour of the Far East. The notes that she has already made on
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  • 73 3 The Siflgapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association* noon price* on Saturday (Mar. 19 were, in cents per lb:-- No. 1 R.S.S. Spot loos* nominal 37 IS F08.. 1n bales Apr. No. 1 R.s.S 37H 37-, No. 2 R.S.S. 15*4 38 No. 3 R.S.S. 34 14<4 R.MAI, on reg.
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  • 51 3 Sunday Timcm SUIT Reporter At the luncheon given by I the community leaders In Perak to Mr. Anthony Eden, at the Station Hotel. Ipoh, the Dindings Ceylon Association was represented by its President, Dr. 8. Parampa,lam, J.P., and the Vice-Pre-sident Mr. M. V. Nathan. Deputy Harbour Master,
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  • 162 3 JAWI DIFFERS— BUT NOTES ARE GENUINE Sunday Times Correspondent ALTHOUGH the Jawi characters for the words 'fifty cents' in the local fifty cents currency notes differ, both types of notes are genuine," the Chief Currency Officer, Singapore, Mr. C. C. Dickens, told the Sunday Times yesterday. The Jawi characters are
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  • 46 3 Sunday Times Correspondent KLUANO. Sat.— The Kluant; Welfare Department gave $55-worth of food to the victims of the recent fire In the Animal Husbandry Farm, BMi Mile Jalan Batu Pahat. Twelve Malay families lost their houses »nd property in the fire.
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  • 233 3 Sunday Times Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU. Saturday. QR. Andrew Morland, a visiting T.B. expert from the United Kingdom, says the incidence of tuberculosis in the Federation is not accurately known. Speaking at a meeting of the Johore Bahru District Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis,
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  • 163 3 Sunday Times Staff Reporter CONTENDING that the Municipal Commissioners have limited powers and one Commissioner can do very little by himself, Mr. Ahmad Ibrahim, independent candidate standing for Rochore in the Municipal elections, says he will not "make grandiose promises." But I will do my best, he
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  • 117 3 Plea for adult education Sunday Times Staff Reporter MALACCA. Sat. kJR. R Caddick, Assistant Trade Union Adviser, told the annual general meeting of the Teachers' Union last night that Malaya urgently needed a non-poli-tical and non-religious adult education movement. He said that adult education movements had made a great contribution
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  • 87 3 Sunday Times Staff Reporter AFTER meeting its liabilities Including administrative expenditure, amounting to $4,426,944.71 for the period April 1941 to Dec. 31, 1948. the War Risks (Goods) Insurance Fund has now a balance of $8,119,850.88. Receipts for the same period amounted to $12,946,--795, including a deposit
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  • 97 3 Sunday Tim*. SUIT Report «r THE State Commissioner. Negri Sembilan Boy Scouts, has nominated the following unofflcials to represent Negri on the Seoul Council for the Federation of Malaya. Major J. W. Snelling, Dr. M. Vythllingam and Boon Tan Mm. The first meeting of iKe Bcout Council
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  • 217 4 TRULY and uniquely Australian are this week's accidents and nearaccidents. For reasons wnich Sydney Ferries Ltd. are keeping quiet, the ferry Kirawa, carrying 200 passengers, started from Circular Quay will no helmsman and with the helm padlocked, soon attained a speed of 20 knots ana crashed into
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  • 869 4  - DIGGERS MAY NOT WED JAPS BOB CILMORE By MELBOURNE, Mar. 13. STATEMENTS by Army Minister Cyril Chambers and Immigration Minister Arthur Calwell make it clear that Australia's Labour Government never guessed when it agreed to send occupation troops to Japan that the diggers would want to bring Madame Butlerfly hack
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  • 578 4 Chestnuts but no kernels AMONG THE NEW BOOKS IN an increasingly secularised world the soul is becoming a vexed and vexing problem. Politicians who camouflage themselves as "Social Planners" find human idiosyncrasy very troublesome. Scientists and rationalists of the H G. Wells-Julian Huxley School deny the existence of the soul,
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    64 4 £OJR ei-Women'i Land Army girlt who are successfully running their own 8-acr« smallholding in Gloucestershire. The four. Miss E. Hodges, Miss S. Haxelgrove, Miss C. Hobbs, and Miss H. Thwairc, first met during training, and made a pact to start a farm of their own when possible. They are here
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  • 54 5 THE University of Malaya Bill will be discussed at the emergency meeting of the Singapore Legislative Council oa Tuesday, March 29. The Bill, which has already been before a joint select committed of both the Singapore and Federal Legislative Councils, was read for the first time in
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  • 85 5 Sunday Times Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. rE Incidence of smallpox in Johore dropped sharply last week, when there were only two cases and no deaths compared with six cases and three deaths in the previous week. One person in Malacca died of scrub typhus and two
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  • 347 5 Low-wages earners will benefit Sunday Times Staff Reporter KUALA LUMPUR, Saturday. DESCRIBED officially as one of the most important pieces of protective labour legislation to be attempted in Malaya, an Employment Code covering thousands of workers in the Federation earning up to $400 a month, is to
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  • 31 5 Sunday Times Correspondent SEOAMAT, Sat. Following the staging of the Retreat on the padang. the band of the Seaforth Highlanders played selections before a large crowd in the weekend.
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  • 39 5 Sunday Times Correspondent Miss Elizabeth Palmer, newly appointed World YWCA Secretary for South-East Asia, spoke on "Youth In the world today" at Malacca High School Hall yesterday. She later answered several questions from a large audience.
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  • 267 5 Sunday Times Staff Reporter KUALA LUMPUR, Saturday. MEMBERSHIP of the Kuala Lumpur Flying Club had increased to "a number unthought of before the war." Flying hours during 1948 totalled 1,196.52, it is stated in the club's annual report for 1948. At the end of the
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  • 34 5 Sunday Tinu-s Correspondent MUAR, Sat— A woman, Koh Chooa, who sold n>ils and brooms without a licence was fined $10 with the option of five days' gaol by M Muar Vaaistrate.
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  • 257 5 Sunday Times Staff Reporter THE membership of th« Automobile Association of Malaya, Singapore, Branch, has almost reached its pre-war strength of 2,800 members. The secretary in Singapore, Mr. W. Olivers, told the Sunday Times yesterday that in the last 12 months Fourteen car sentries are centres
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    33 5 SEEN at Raffle* ye.terdjy: Mr. Anthony Eden smilingly discuuei a point with (left to right) Mr. Tan Chin Tuan, Mr. Namaxie, and Mr. Pat da Souxa, members of the Legislative Council. P.R.O. picture.
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  • 97 5 Sunday Times SUB Reporter MR. Lee Koi? Chian has been .10 nine ted by the Governor to be an additional adviser from Singapore to the British Colonial Delegation at the Rubber Study Group Meeting to be held in London beginning on Mar. 28. Advisers from Malaya to
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  • 44 5 Sunday Times Staff Reporter THE Colonial Secretary and Mrs. McKenon, left Singapore yesterday afternoon for Kuching on board the Rajah Brooke on a week's leave. During Mr. McKerron's absence, the acting Under-Sec-retary, Mr. D. K. Daniels, wfll act as Colonial Secretary.
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    39 5 —r»R AUSTRALIA: One of Pcnang's best swimmers. Mr. Alfred Tcmpkton, who left for Australia last week on a nine-month holiday during which he hopes to improve his swimming as well as meet hit sister, Rita, who is studying commerce
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  • 93 5 Sunday Times Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU. Sat. Thirty-three victims of a fire at the Animal Husbandry station at Kluang where a set of labourers' lines was burnt down a few days ago have been provided with rlothes by the State Welfare Department. Only two families were able
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  • 51 5 Sunday Times Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU. Sat. Chia Khlam Hock, manager of Tong Seng Rubber Estate. Gunonß Pulai, who wa s prosecuted at the instance of the Commlslorter for Labour. Johore, for failing to sumblt the population return for the second quarter of 1948. was to day fined
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 352 5 I 9^) 18 I sal I W^ a^eßsavTv^l W I 4Lk I I I Ba^eS sV A 1 4sl i ■T*™" lIAI A F •■t^aS^!'^ ■■■■■>— Vs^^.&^'iSli?: ft. AO.TRALIA SOO Mr iniiH Music- 9.30 Latin VAFI: 3.45 You Too Can Be An 630 Lux ng^o Theatre C3O Anc-nca on the
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  • 28 6 THE FAMILY of the late Mr. Chang Shung Bang thank those who attended the funeral, aent wreaths, messages of condolence, gifts for masses and loan of cars.
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  • 29 6 IN CHERISHED MEMORY of M. V. Albert, who passed away on 20th March, 1948. "In constant thought and silent sorrow." Inserted by his loving wife, and children.
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  • 587 6 THE SUNDAY TIMES SUNDAY,M ARCH 20 ,194 9. O'KEEFE CASE MRS Annie OKeefe has won her case against the Australian Immigration Minister. Mr. A. A Calwell and may— for the time being remain In Australia. The wide Implications v' this decision are obvious. It calls Into question the legality of
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  • 1200 6  -  ALAN WOLSTENHOLME By THE high speed launch in complete darkness drifts through the night waters not far from Singapore. It is 1 a.m. and the engines have been cut for almost an hour. The sea ib choppy and the night air chill. Seated
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    15 6 J"HB Bristol lared on th« runway it f iltow, Bristol, with hat ragi«M turning during
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  • 577 6 WILL BRITAIN'S AIR 'QUEEN' FLY? BR IT A I N'S first "Queen Elizabeth of the Air." the largest commercial-type land plane in the world, is almost ready to fly. The eight-engined, 120-pas-senger sky giant, christened the Brabazon, is the first instalment ol the nations bid to capture world-wide commercial air
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  • 407 6  -  K.S. Chia By "IF music be the food of love, play 0n..." so wrote Shakespeare. But centuries before his time, Chinese emperors believed music to be the food of politics. Chinese emperors. In their days forbade music to -my but themselves and their followers on the
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  • 376 7 Visiting skipper who led guerillas Sunday Times Staff Reporter A BRITISH sea captain who turned leader of a band of Chinese guerillas after escaping from a Japanese prison camp, trekked for seven months from Shanghai to Chungking, and later joined the Royal Navy in
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  • 114 7 Sunday Times Staff Reporter TWENTY-NINE-y c a r-old Syed Esa bin Hassan Almenoar, of Singapore who will be the first Arab lawyer cvpi to practise in this country, was called to the Bar yesterday. Mr. Syed Esa went to England to take law at the
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  • 79 7 Sunday Times Staff Reporter THE Little Theatre Players last night presented the first performance of Emlyn WllJlams' play "A Murder Has Been Arranged" before a ».elect audience In the Little Theatre, Armenian Street. The play was produced by John Forbes-Sempill who also played the key role
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  • 59 7 Sunday Times Staff Reporter MR. J. A. Thlvy, Representative of the Government of India in Malaya, left Singapore for Kuala Lumpur last night to discuss with the authorities the latest position of Indians detained under the Emergency Regulations and especially the case of the Indian trade
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  • 25 7 Sunday Times Staff Reporter 'pHE Muslim Welfare Asso--1 elation will hohl their annual general meeting at M, Collyer Quay, at 10 a.m. today.
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  • 109 7 Sunday Times Staff Reporter MR. Anthony Eden on the last day of his Commonwealth tour was yesterday entertained to t'ffin at Singapore by the official and unofficial members of the Legislative Council at Raffles Hotel. Mr. Eden, who has travelled thousands of miles by air to
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  • 215 7 Sunday Times Staff Reporter AS a result of a visit paid earlier this week to Changi Point by Mr. T.P.F. McNeice, Secretary for Social Welfare, and Inche Sardon Haji jubir, a children's feeding centre is to be startd at Changi in the near future. Inche
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  • 79 7 Snnday Times Staff Reporter JOHORE BAHRU, Sat Let Kow Hee. a labour kepala of Singapore, and Joseph Lai Shuan Chi, an Englisnupeaklng clerk of Singapore, were both charged today in the Magistrate's Court with the theft of a motor starter, valued at $200, belonging
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  • 27 7 Sunday Tirnrs Staff Reporter Poon Tian Bong was bound over for six monthe on a surety of $150 at Muar Sessions Court for smoking chandu.
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  • 206 7 Sunday Times Staff Reporter KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. SECURITY forces in Johore, Malacca and Kedah have killed seven more bandits. A party of Gurkhas killed a bandit armed with two hand grenades, a pistol and 30 rounds of ammunition In the Kluang area on Thursday.
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  • 41 7 Ph. ..:..> Times Staff Reporter A CHINESE beancake hawkei, Ng Tee, was sentenced to four months hard labour by the president of the Muar "Sessions Court for failing to register and obtain an identity card. He pleaded ignorance.
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  • 64 7 Sunday Times Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU. Sat. The following have been transferred from -ther parts of the Federation for service in Johore:— Mr. D. A. Somervliie as Administrative Officer. Batu Pahat; Mr. R. 3. demons as Assistant Comptroller of Customs, stationed in Johore Bahru; and Mr. P L.
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  • 290 7 Sunday Times Staff Reporter rilRE risks in Singapore continue to be 50 per cenl. more than they were before the war. it was disclosed to the Sunday Times vesterday by the superintendent of the Fire Brigade. Mr J. O. Shaw. The reasons are serious re luxation
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    41 7 UPPER picture: ts Margaret Lim Scow Cheng, granddaughter of Dr. Lim Boc Keng, and Mr. Yeo Chiang Lock, who wero married in Singapore yesterday. Lower picture: Squadron-leader P.O.R. Green and Mitt Cecily Archer, after their wedding at St. Andrew's Cathedral yesterday.
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  • 258 7 Sunday Times Staff Reporter KUALA LUMPUR, Saturday. MN SETTLED conditions of service for War Department w employees was a "continual worry," said the chairman of the War Department Civil Staff Association (Selanfor), Mr. E. A. Moreyra, today. "We have at present no relations with the
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  • 41 7 Sunday Times Correspondent SEREMBAN, Sat.— The entire population of Kampong Salak near Nilai in Selangor —in all, 350- people were screened yesterday afternoon by a party of police and military. Three persons were det 'tied under' the Emergency Regulations.
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  • 151 7 Sunday Times Staff Reporter A WANG bin Taib, master of the motor vessel Sin Hong Hwa, was yesterday fined $2,000 by the First District Judge, Mr. E. P. Shanks, for having overloaded the vessel. The vessel was found submerged six inches below the load line at
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  • 40 7 Sunday Times Correspondent BENTONG, Sat.— About 60 Chinese men, women ana children squatters from the Jabor Valley In Pahangleft Kuantan yesterday :n two chartered buses on the firsV stage of their Journey to China on voluntary repa triation.
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  • 59 7 I Sunday Times Staff Reporter CHARGED with criminal v breach of trust of $21,304, Tan Ser Meng, a Chinese salesman of Tan Ouan Lee and Co., of Boat Quay was yesterday in the Singapore Fourth Police Magistrate 1 court allowed bail of Sl«.000 in two suret'
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  • 242 7 Sunday Times Staff Reporter IF imported meat were rationed p«r capita in Malaya each individual would receive considerably less than ten -pence worth, which is the reduced ration announced last week for people in the United Kingdom. It is understood that Malaya's allocation for
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  • 53 7 Sunday Times Correspondent A MALAY sentry opened fire at two Chinese who escaped from a prohibited RAJ 1 area at the 12th mile, Sembawang Road at noon yesterday, but could not say whether he had hit them. Eight old lorry tyres were reported lost from the depot
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  • 42 7 Sunday Times Correspondent MUAR, Snt. -Liew Tee was sentenced to four weeks' and six weeks' gael r~rpectlvely for smoking chandu and possessing chandu. He was acquitted on a thirJ chaige of providing facilities for chandu smol;ing.
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  • 33 7 Sunday Times Staff Reporter IPOH Sat. Pengkalen, Ltd. has declared an interim dividend of 4Jd. per share on both classes of shares, payable on April I. 1949. iNGEK, TRAIL •M uttmtti
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 780 8 THIS WtEK FOR YOU -What the Stars ForetellPISCES (Feb. 20-Mar. GEMINI (May 22-June VIRGO (Aug. 24-Sept. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23--21): —Not one of your best 22): Postpone business 22):— Guard your health Dec. 22) Definitely a poor weeks, so be willing to make plans for expansion until a and avoid being
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    • 200 8 Sunday Times Crossword m ~lH^h/a I "H^^TsHßLli^: I I ACROSS: Stare with open D0 I UsUßM^Sttonl (7)ES\£''<&. n OI ?ouec (3) [5) 7 2 «>■■ «"«c mix! 13. Combustible contest? 5); ture (B); 4. Necessary (0); 6. \l IT^ 4>: S?** 1 Beg (5); 7. Jurisprudence (3); a' w 3^
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    • 446 8 IN our last article we explained that a bid of a new suit Immediately over a double of partner's opening bid of one In a suit doea not constitute a "free" bid. Bidding over doubles requires delicacy of judgment depending upon the typ? of hand held. Some players are imbued
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  • 312 9 /am becoming flnickey. 1 want to be more happy-go-lucky without being impractical a happy medium, if possible.— M. P. THAT'S right! Don't be driven by details. Theie's always the wood to see and enjoy as well as the trees. When details begin to boss you (and how they
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  • 199 9 HERE THERE CURRENT occupation of film producers, directors, actors, actresses, call boys and the people from the one and ninepennies is stating what is wrong with the British film industry. All of them know exactly. Start get paid too much, so do cameramen, the Government takes too much tas and
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  • 885 9 jy,, Ji^jfifciH H*^y^^wx*^ *P *^^SL^tili lili.jWlfcSiffii flHNiHl^i^ ffJLli^C^i LONDON, Mar. 6. TT gets better. Fol- lowing the news of the de-rationing of sweets comes the pro mise of the de-ration-ing of all clothes. No more coupons! There may be more petrol for the summer, and more
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  • 334 9 A LTHOUGH we have such excellent local fruits in Malaya it is both pleasant and convenient now and again to use tinned fruit from more temperate climes. You will find these suggestions original and attractive. Apricot Rum Whip YOU need:— One tin of apricots, one tin cf
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  • 111 9 ACROSS: 1. Gape. 6, Ape. 7. List. 11, Amass. 13, Match. 13. Less. 14, Sew. 16, Were. 17. Entertain. 19, Ray. 20, Adenoid" 21 Lap. 22, Tar. 23, Plate. 25, Bid. 26. Ace. 28, Toast. 30, Ate. 31, Awl. 32. Reverses. 36. All. 37, Generates. 38. Clip. 40.
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    51 9 BEATRICE Campbell. Auociate* British star, wearing one ot hei new Spring hats, a black straw with rolled brim covered with white georgette, trimmed white plumes and black veiling. It is designed by Mitzi Lorem Beatrice was bom in County Down, Northern Ireland and served in the W A.A.F. during the
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  • 168 10 Sunday Tims* Staff Reporter THE Public Works Department scored an easy win ovtr the Polict by seven wickets on th* Police ground at Thomson Road yesterday. Scores: Police: Thurairajah b Retrain |2: Devadas c and b Barber 4: I Glossop c and b Wijeratnam 6; iVeluplllai c
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  • 70 10 QJT. Patrirks School drew 1-1 with the Johore English School in a first team soccer fixture at Siglap yesterday. Both schools scored the goals m the first Ivtlf. The Johoie English College opened the score through Mohammed Osman and Lee Klan Jlan. from a pass
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  • 26 10 Playing at Nee Soon yesterday afternoon l n a B.A.F.A. Junior 'A' Group I league match. T. T. Centre beat R.A.B.C. by flve
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  • 354 10 Non-Benders force draw Stir day Times Staff Reporter AN unbeaten knock of 70 runt by the Singapore cricketer, Chia Keng Hock, wai a feature of the cricket match between the S.C.R.C. and the Singapore Non-Benders which was left drawn at Hong Lim Creen yesterday. The S.C.R.C.
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  • 66 10 GENERAL Hospital beat Tan Tock Seng Hospital 2—l In th? first Inte- -hospital hockey match for the Au Kee Hock Cup at Farrer Park yesterday. Wassan Singh opened the scoring in the first half for Tan lock Seng Hospital. Chong Kow "Ihye and Swee Urn Swang
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  • 90 10 ciT. Andrew's School and >3 Raffles Institution first teams played a one-all draw in a soccer match on the former's ground yesterday. After 20 minutes of play Kok Peow gave Raffles Institution the lead. They held it until late in the second half in spite
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  • 89 10 RESULTS of yesterday's ties in the Singapore Chess Club championships played at the V.M.C.A were. Class 1: H. Campbell beat Chee Chin Teong; Molid. Yassim bt Lim H»*e Seng; Dr Lim Kok Ann v. Tay Cheong Ann. and Teh Choon Keat v. J. Fernhout ties postponed. Clase
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    22 10 THE Singapore Now -benders C. C. ream who played a draw with »he S.C.R.C. at Hong Lim Creen yesterday. Sunday Times picture.
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  • 83 10 YESTERDAYS cricket matches in Singapore indicated that batsmen are in good form. Results in brief were S.C.R.C. 174 for three dec. (Keng Hock 70 ret., Chee Kirn Swee 50 not out). NonBenders 80 for four. Game drawn. SRC. 207 (Le Mercier 79 not out, W. Galistan SSk
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    26 10 CAN he make it? A young competitor exerts himself in th« ball relay st the St. Joseph's Institution primary class** sports st Brss Bsssh Road vesferd.»y
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  • 182 10 St. Joseph 's lnst. sports results Sunday Times Staffs Reporter THE following ar* the results ol the primary annual athletii sport* of the St. Joseph* Initltu tion held yesterday morning: IS. yards rabbit hop (class I) 1, Yew Jin: 2. Victor Samy. 7S yards flat race (class t) 1, Poon
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  • 31 10 Ratflns Institution and S.R.C shaped honours in a cricket, matel jn the school ground yesterday The boys declared after scorini 182 run*. The Recs. replied with 165 tat tight.
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  • 297 10 Sunday Times Staff Reporter THERE was some good erie- ket on the S.R.C. ground yesterday when the A.C.S. Old Boys and the Singapore Recreation Club shared honours after totalling 358 runs! between them. Top-scorer of the day was S.R.C. batsman, Le Merrier, who Included 11
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  • 56 10 The following will represent the C.C.M.P. at cricket against the Sinhalese Association at the BO DC A. groiflid Bt. George's Road, at 11 a.m. today: Jan Ruiners i captain). S. Tes»era. S. de Kret*er, A. le Mercler. B. Dia«. J. Bulltjeru. T. Mottau, D. Wijendra. C. Oray. L.
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  • 233 10 IN a cricket match at St. Georges Road yesterday. th« V.M.C.A. defeated the Indian Association by foui wickets. Deltkan. V.M.C.A. bowler, captured four for 35 and scored 50 runs. INDIAN ASSOCIATION Reshamanalla played on b Schelling 8. M. Ally lbw Deltkan 9 B. 3. Soln
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  • 574 11 SZL4 announces big project "|"HE Singapore Badminton Association is planning to build in the Colony the largest and finest badminton hall in the Far East, it was disclosed at the 14th annual general meeting of the Singapore Badminton Association held at the Clerical Union yesterday.
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    21 11 THE Police team which beat H.M. Dockyard 4 2 in an I S.A.F.A. |unior 'A' group 2 League fixture on Friday.
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  • 375 11 LONDON. Sat PORTSMOUTH cont: -led to I dominate the socc*. pic- 1 ture today when a singlt goal success strengthened their grip of Division 1 leadership in the League. KIRST DIVISION Blrui ncham C. 1 Maacbe.tcr C. 0 IJumlcT o Wolvet o fh.-ritun A. S U»«rpool Tnclsca 1
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  • 34 11 LONDON, Sat. England beat Scotland by 19 points to S In the Rugby Union international match at Twickenham this afternoon. At half time England led by three points to sero.— Reuter.
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  • 105 11 DAUL Nikoloff and George I Zblsko, after their fights at Great World arena last night, had to be removed to General Hospital. George Zbisko was knocked out oy Dara Singh In the second round. Paul Nikoloff damaged his right shoulder when he was beaten by King Kong
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  • 74 11 LONDON, Sat. Ru£by L ague results: Rugby Leafve Cvp 3rd round: Barrow 8. Wigr.a 7; Bradford Northern 8, Bellevue Rangers 7; Leeds 9, Hudder&ilt'ld 20; Oldham 2, Halifax 7. Rugby League: Dewsbury 7, Wakefleld Trinity 11; Featherstone H»v r.. 12, Bramley 20; Hull Kingston Rovets 19. Kelghley 3;
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  • 62 11 4-2 Win For Navy Royal N. 4 RE. Reg. 2 DOYAL Navy bear R.E. Regiment by four goals to two in a S.A. F.A. Senior League game played at the Naval Base yesterday afternoon. It was a thrilling game all the way through, both teams playing first-class soccer. Navy scorers
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  • 299 11 Sunday Times Staff Reporter r iell S.C 5, Serangoon Association 0, THE Serangoon Association sustained a heavy defeat at Cey!ang Stadium yesterday when they were beaten 5-nil by the Shell S.C. in Jun Diy. "B" Cp. I fixture. The Serangoon Association fielded only ten
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  • 198 11 LINCOLN. Mar. 19. FAIR Judgment won the Lincolnshir* Handicap, Goldsborough was second and Yellow Idol third. Forty-three ran. The betting was 6 -to 1 favourite Fair Judgment, 40 to 1 Goldsborough and 33 to 1 Yellow Idol. This was the richest prize in the 100 years of
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  • 165 11 LONDON, Sat. Blackheath 3, Blrkenhead Park 0; London Hospital 5, Birmingham 3: London Welsh 21, Middlesex Hospital 0; Old Leysians 5, Manchester 15: Old MlUhllllans 0. JMoseley 14: Richmond 23, Hartle- pool Rovers 16: Rosslyn Park 28. I Sale 6; St. Mary's Hospital 6, Waterloo 10; Wasps 8,
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  • 481 11 Badminton Notes by FEATHER THE film of the all-England men's singles and doubles finals shown at the Capitol and Rex during the past week stirred the Imaginations of all badminton players and officials. It Is no exaggeration to say that practically every badminton player of reputation
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  • 154 12 Sunday Times Segamat Sporte Correspondent /".NLY three matches remain to v be played in the Segamflt and District Hockey League for the Quek Kai Kee challenge shield. The Teachers, likely winners ol the League, will figure In all the remaining matches. They meet Colts today,
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  • 75 12 AUSTRALIAN racehorses are In demand by American buyere. A syndicate which recently bought the South Austmllan hor«e, Royal Gem. for £A 49.999. has a*ked toe owi.er. Mr. Oeorge Bavlman. to set a price on Royal Gem's sfetef, Regal Gem. Regal Gem. a filly, waa out back to work
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  • 40 12 REINTERMENT: The remains of thf late Mrs. Sybil Kathigasu, 0.M.. arriving by the \stvanax" from Sootland will be reinterred at ]he Roman Catholic Cemetery. Ipoh. The cortege leaving 141 Brewster Road, Ipoh. at 4.30 p.m. on Monday, March 21.
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  • 112 12 Sunday Time* Sitiawan Sporte j Correspondent 'THK Dindinga Football League committee will meet at the •ltiawaa Recreation Club today, at 5 p. to. A start will be made In the League in the first week of April. In preparation for the League Anglo-Ohlneae School, last year*
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  • 74 12 AT the end of yesterday's play in Hi* Island Club championship, W. f. Mayor was two up ovar D. A. W. Lockhaad at the 18th, Sole Tha remaining 18 holes will b« played this morning. In tha Duffers Cup «amifinaU, B Levy baat P.
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  • 1827 12 SOME BRANI WINS KEDAH CUP RACE Trainer Lewis has good day By EfSOM JEEP LONGCHAMPS II did not accept In the Kedah Cup race at Penang yesterday and Some Brani. left in at the last minute, sprang a surprise to pay $46, the highest in a day of poor dividends.
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  • 45 12 rE Big Sweep drawn on race seven at Penang yesterday resulted as follows: Total pool: $282,001. Ist. *****9 2nd. *****4 3rd. *****5 Starters: Nos. *****8. *****.V *****0. *****3, *****1. *****3. Consolation prizes: Nos. *****3. *****7, *****6, *****5. *****0. *****8, *****8. *****7. *****9, *****8.
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  • 342 12 THE Coin ma iv I Week competl- I Mon of the Air Command Far East will be heUl at Changl and Beletar from Munday, April 4, to Saturday. April 9. This Is the first competition of Its kind to be held by ACFK nnd was
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  • 85 12 A BID to recapture the British international trophy for motor-boat racing the Hartmwor/h Trophy for the British Empire will b« made at Detroit at the end of July, when average sp«eds of 100 mile* per hour was expected. A challenge has b«en made by Mr. Harold
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  • 121 12 Johore— S'pore school soccer Sunday Timee gegaunat ftperte Correspondent rpick the best schoolboy side to play against the combined schools of Singapore during the forthcoming term holidays. Johore Is holding a serlea of soccer trials between the district school' In the Bute. A suggestion has been made that Seganiat meet
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  • 155 12 ALL of yesterday's cricket matches in Kuala Lumpur were abandoned owing to fain. The game between P.W.D. Sports Club and Selangor Club was called off after the tea intervatV When the latter had scored ten runs In reply to the P.W.DClub's total of US for
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  • 41 12 THE British West Indies will enter a team in the international Davis Cup tennis competition next year. A Jamaica team will meet Trinidad and British Ouiana teams at Kingston In April In the West Indies championships.
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  • 73 12 OFFICE-BEARERS for Rex Badminton Party Singapore, for 1949 hive been elected a* follows: Presidents. Messrs. Teo Cheng Hoe and Bob Sect; vice-president, Mr. Tan Cheng Hock; hon. secretary. Mr. John A. Perelra; treasurer. Mr. Alladent Noon til; asat. treasurer Mr. Jimmy Yeo: sports captain, Mr. Scow Cheng
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  • 37 12 Sunday Time* Kluang Sport* Correapondent A VERY exciting soccer match was played on tha-Kluang town padanf on Friday when the Batu Pahat Malays be«t the Kluang inllliary and civilian combined by two goals to en*.
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