The Straits Times, 21 April 1949

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    19 1 The Strait Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 PRICE TEN CENTS. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1949 1 MINI PAGES
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    R.N. DESTROYER IN 50-MILE BATTLE
    509 1 Fighting Yangtse Batteries On Way To Shelled Sloop NANKING, Wednesday. IHK British destroyer H.M.S. Consort (Commander I. G. Robertson) 1 i cached the Yangtse port of Kiangyin late tonight after a5O mile duel k ,i.h Communist shore guns along the Yangtse. The fight began some
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    "Chinese Warship" Confusion
    215 1 "Chinese Warship" Confusion SHANGHAI, Wed. A •■■.man of the Chine.se Second Nava: Squadron laarters Chlnkians H.M.S. Amethyst came under Commu'i^.t bombardtoday between Kowan t i i sankiangyii two YangUe north ban* stroiis holds itly capture.) by the Chln "w Communists. The Communist fl.e, the sman said, came from i tli>
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    'NORMAL PEACEFUL MISSION'
    100 1 'NORMAL PEACEFUL MISSION' A NAVAL Public Relations repnt 'n Singapore last I ni&ht reirrr.ng to the Yangtse shelling explains why the British war«hips were in the area. "All these ships have been engaged on their normal peaceful mission of standing by in case the evacuation of British and Commonwealth nationals
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    SMALLPOX IN JAVA
    30 1 BATAVIA. Wed. A smallpox epidemic which has taken 200 lives in two monihs is dying down In Batavia but apparently increasing I elsewhere in Java.— U P.
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    First Since The War
    80 1 LONDON. Wed AN .Admiralty spokesman said today that apart from light craft action in the Malayan campaign against bandits, no British warships have fired at an attacker or been fired on since the end of World War The only action in which British lives have been
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    Nanking Hears Guns As Offensive Opens
    288 1 NANKING, Wednesday. pHINESE Communist troops apparently opened a general offensive all along the Yangtse river front early tonight. Artillery fire was audible in Nanking. Kiangpu on th c North bank, seven miles southwest of the capital, was under attack. A high ranking Ministry of
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    "Fight Or Flee"
    41 1 "Fight Or Flee" NANKING. Wed. r pK ANSFORT planes stood X by on Nanking's main airfields today ready to fly the Cabinet south to Canton if it decides to evacuate the capital at a decisive "fight or flee" conference tonight. Reuter.
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    28 1 MRS. N. S. ALEXANDER, voluntary general secretary for the University of Malaya's Endowment Fund is also the temporary registrar of the new University and Malaya's only woman geologist.
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    IN LONDON
    20 1 The Prime Minister of Australia, Mr. J. B. Chlfley has reached London and met Mr. Attlee last night.
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    "WEST CAN DEFEND ITSELF"
    160 1 LONDON. Wed. Mr. Winston Churchill warned today that the Wf.sl has become 'the bulwark against totalitarian aggression In my form" and can defend tselt against all enemies. Opening a <ix-dav economic conference Mr Churchill praised the (rowiUN cooperation among *est«rn i oum.rles and predicted that eventually
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    FLAME- THRO WER FLUSHES GANG
    549 1 Five Bandits Killed In Perak From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH, Wednesday FIVE Chinese bandits three men and two women were killed by a party of police and the 4th Hussars today four miles north of Ipoh. Three of them were shot dead after they had
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    Rice Crop Biggest Since War
    172 1 Rice Crop Biggest Since War WASHINGTON, Wed. THE Department of Agricul- 1 ture today estimated that the world rice harvest for August, 1948, to July 1949, will be the largest since the war— approximately 117.700,000,000 short tons. The Department said this was almost six per cent above the preceding year
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    AUSTRALIAN RED CHARGED
    66 1 CANBERRA, Wed. The Commonwealth Government today charged the chairman of the West Australian Communist Party, Mr. Kevin Healy. with "uttering and publishing seditious statements." He Is alleged to have said "if Soviet armies entered Australia In pursuit of an Imperialistic aggressor West Australia workers would welcome them."
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    EARTHQUAKE
    16 1 One town Is reported destroyed In an earthquake to Chili, said London report* last night.
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    PICTURE NEARLY COST HIS LIFE
    84 1 KUALA LUMPI'K. Wed. AN Army Public Relations Officer, attempting to take a photograph of today's action near Ipoh, narrowly escaped death. He was about to take a photograph when a bandit appeared from behind a tree eight yards away and fired a burst frrfm a
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    Calwell Now Deports A Siamese
    79 1 Calwell Now Deports A Siamese MELBOURNE, Wed. A 50-YEAR-OLD Siamese nurs^, employed In Melbourne for 21 years by a clergyman's family, was deport <>d under the Whltp Australia policy The Rev. C. W Norwood protested against the deportation of the servant, Meh Jerm Bugetr. and said It might provoke serious
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      992 2 NOTICES st. Andrews" mission hospital NOTICE 18 HEREBY GIVEN that In accordance with Section 39 of Saint Andrew's Mission Hospital Ordinance 1934. the Annual General Meeting of the Corporation will be held at St. Andrew's Mission Hospital. 250/254, Tanjonu Pagar Road. Singapore, on Friday, the 29th day of April. 1949.
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      378 2 NOTICES AOCTKM SALE OF VALUABLE FREEHOLD LEA8EHOLD SINOAPORE PROPERTIES To be held at our saleroom, No. 10 Chulla Street, Singapore. On Wednesday. 27th April 1949. at 3.30 P.M. Lot 1. 99 years' leasehold land i and house No. 712 (Old No. 710) j Havelock Road, area 32,101 sq. ft., dated
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    COMMONWEALTH'BIG 8' IN LONDON
    350 3 COMMONWEALTH 'BIG 8' IN LONDON All Set For Vital Talks LONDON, Wednesday. CHAPE of the future relation of a quarter of the world's population hinges on the Commonwealth Prime Ministers conference, opening in London tomorrow. The visiting statesmen will discuss the problem raised by India's intention of becoming a republic.
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    52 3 PRIZE-WINNER in a Malacca Koran-reading competition, this Malay youth dressed in ceremonial robes was taken in procession through the town on a pony during Easter week. In front went a band of native Malay musicians and following the pony were men cari-ying coloured eggs and other food. Picture by K.
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    Fight Ultimatum To Burma Reds
    190 3 RANGOON, Wednesday. THE Burma Army yesterday issued an ultimatum to the Communists and their allies in the Mandalay area: "Com e out and fight in the open i or be annihilated." The Army announced this in Rangoon, saying the rebels inside the temple city were
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    MALAYAN INQUIRY DESIRABLE
    346 3 SILCOCK LONDON, Wed. PROFESSOR T. H. Silcock, Professor of Economics at Raffles College, Singapore, said in The Times today that it was "vitally Important that an attempt should be made to strengthen the hands of those Malays genuinely prepared to work for a harmonious Malaya and not
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    HAD A STROKE
    43 3 ROME, Wed. Jlodolfo Grazlani, Mussolini's last War Secretary, had a stroke and was admitted yesterday to Rome's military nospital. Grazlani. who win -be C 7 In August, suffered an apopletic attack which paralysed his left side early last week.— AJ*.
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    SCENE IN CHURCH
    47 3 LEICESTER, Wed. Three men shouting "blasphemy" and "idolatory" interrupted i high mass at St. Andrew's 1 parish chunch here yesterday. The demonstrators said they represented the National Union of Protestants who I seek to eliminate high mass from the Church of England service. A.P
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    MEAT SUBSIDY
    22 3 BUENOS AIRES, Wed.— The Argentine Government has decided to subsidise the meat packing Industry to keep packing houses operating. AJ\
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    KASHMIR: PAKISTAN ACCUSES INDIA
    127 3 KARACHI, Wed. THE Pakistan Government yesterday charged India with a number of breaches of the Kashmir cease-fire agreement, in a statement issued to the Press. It added that It had not wished to mention India's breaches of the agreement as the charges had been referred to
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    U.S. PLANS TO ARM ALLIES
    119 3 U.S. PLANS TO ARM ALLIES WASHINGTON, Wed. ITNITED States plans to %J arm nations of the Atlantic Pact will be outlined secretly to Senators tomorrow by the Secretary of State, Mr. Dean Acheson. Mr. Acheson will appear before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. He will also report on the German
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    Record Bid
    97 3 NEW YORK, Wed. THE British-built Austin, making an .endurance test, yesterday, apparently set a new American speed record for open standard model cars in its seven-day run on the Indianapolis speedway. It had an unofficial average speed of 79.68 miles per hour for 11,875 miles. The old American
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      Margaret For Italy On Private Tour
      247 3 PRINCESS MARGARET will so to Italy on a private tour next month, it was learned yesterday. This will be the second trip to the Continent for the Princess, who is 19 next August. It is also the first visit Dy a member of the
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    Gift Of Zoo Animals For Johore Sultan
    127 4 Gift Of Zoo Animals For Johore Sultan T»HE Sultan of Johore! x yesterday received! gifts of kangaroos, walla- bies, emus and black swans from Australia fori his zoo in Johore.Bahru. The animals and birds, presented by the Taronga Park Zoo In Sydney, arrived by the Dutch ship Nleuw Holland. The
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    KIDNAP CHARGE
    40 4 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.Charged before Inche Mohamad bin Baba in the First Magistrate's Court with kidnapping a 18-year old Eurasian girl at the Kuala Lumpur railway station, 25-year-old P. Ramanathan was allowed ball of $1,000.
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    46 4 KILLED IN CRASH: Married in Penang: on March 12, Mr. and Mrs. Khoo Soo Ghee died on Easter Monday when the motor-cycle in which they were riding to Ipoh and a military truck collided at the Buklt Tengah-Bukit Mertajam crossroads in Province Wellesley Straits Times picture
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    Wide Field For Malayan Study
    140 4 VjALAYA had a wide field for research in medicine, iTI geography and economics and could become a centre for Oriental studies, said Mrs. N. S. Alexande*-, voluntary general secretary of the University of* Malaya endowment fund. The target for buildings for the university was $30,000,000
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    Colony Appeal Committee
    113 4 Singapore has set up a local Appeal Committee for funds for the University of Malaya with Sir Han Hoe Lim as Chairman. The following will serve on the Committee: Dr Lim Boon Keng. Mr. Lee Kong Chlan, Mr. Quck Shin, Mr. Loke Wan Tho. Mr Lee Wee
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    Probation Officer For Federation
    209 4 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. T»HE Chief Social Welfare Officer, Dr. C. P. Rawson, A told a meeting of the Central Welfare Council In Kuala Lumpur today that it now appeared likely that a chief probation officer might b e sent out to the
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    CRISIS EXTENSION
    24 4 A proclamation Issued by the Governor of Singapore extends the period of emergency for a further three i months from tomorrow. i
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    'US. TAKES THE AIR'
    60 4 ANEW series of weekly programmes entitled "America Takes the Air" will be presented .by Radio Malaya from tonight between 9 and 9.30. In charge of the programme Is Mrs. Sally McClintock, working for Radio Malaya in co-operation with the United States Information Service In Singapore. The
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    SPEEDING UP AT MALACCA
    52 4 From Our Staff Correspondent MALACCA, Wed. Ratepayers will get speedier service in future when a $5,000 BMi register is installed for the Municipality next month. A machine was originally ordered in 1941. The new machine can Mint and register up to 1,000 receipts in a normal
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    New Varsity Bursar In Superannuation Talks
    155 4 [DISCUSSIONS are taking place in England between the new Bursar of the University of Malaya, Mr. W. G. Mclntosh, and representatives of the Federated Superannuation Scheme for Universities, the Vice-Chancellor, Dr. G. V. Allen, told the Straits Times yesterday. The new Registrar of the
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    U.M.N.O. GENERAL ASSEMBLY
    46 4 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed. The next general assembly of UMNO, which is to be held on May 28 and 29, will take place at Arau, Perils. The change of venue from Ipoh to Arau has been made at the request of the Perils UMNO.
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    LOITERING FOR HIRE: FINED
    54 4 BUTTERWORTH, Wed.— ln the first prosecution of Its kind in Province Wellesley since the war a trishaw rider Looi Choo was today fined $5 for loitering for hire at Mitchell Pier. Butterworth. Looi was said by the prosecution to have made himself a nuisance soliciting for
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    MARINE CASES INCREASING
    105 4 TINES amounting to $54,000 1 were imposed by the Singapore Marine Court which heard 5,400 summonses and 420 arrest cases under the Merchant Shipping Ordinance last year. In 1047, f >s a lunttd to $17,800 from 3,000 summon- ses and 237 arrest cases. An official of the
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    GAOL FOR 'BLOOD-SUCKER'
    288 5 Led Chinatown Secret Society, Court Told A YOUNG, well-built Teochew, described by the prosecutor as a "bloodsucker" and the head of a secret society, was sentenced to two years' rigorous imprisonment in the Singapore Third District Court yesterday. The man, Goh Leng Kui, also known as Goh
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    RAILWAY CO-OP. PROFIT
    178 5 RAILWAY CO-OP. PROFIT THE accounts of the Railway Co-operative Thrift and Loan Society (Federation of Malaya) show a net profit of $25,197 last year compared with $18,818 for the previous year. Membership at the end of 1948 was 1,748 including 280 admitted during the year, states the annual report to
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    56 5 MB. KENNETH G. KENNEDY (extreme right), the new Trade Information Officer attached to the Office of the Australian Commissioner for Malaya, with Mr. B. D. B. Mitchell (left), Mrs. Kennedy and Mr*. Mitchell. Mr. Kennedy arrived in Singapore yesterday on board the Nlcuw Holland from Melbourne to take over from
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    Once-A-Week BOAC Stop At Batavia
    135 5 Once-A-Week BOAC Stop At Batavia THE 8.0-A.C. Constellation which left London yesterday for Australia and arrives Singapore tomorrow, wll' open up a new schedule embarking and disembarking transit stop when it calls at BatavLi on Saturday. Tills will be the first BOAC eastbound Constellation ever to call at Batavla on
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    Consulate Finds Homes
    50 5 rE U.S. Consulate General in Singapore has solved its housing problem by buying six houses and building two more for its staff and those of the U.S. Army and Navy Liaison Office. The two new bungalows will be built on the Californlan style and cost $80,000 each.
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    CALL FOR RURAL BOARD ELECTION
    252 5 INCHE Sardon bin Haji Jubir is to raise, at the next meeting of the Singapore Legislative Council, the question of reconstituting the Rural Board so that it will have elected members. He told the Straits Times yesterday: "The sooner we get elected members on the
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    Gang Held In Piracy Case
    142 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. A GANG of Chinese, reported to have murdered two Chinese seamen wlien they held up a Junk off the Selanigor coast on Saturday, has been captured by the Muar Police On Saturday morning a Chinese boy reported to the police that a
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    ACQUITTED
    32 5 Margaret Chan, cabaret hostess who appeared in the First District Court on a charge of having criminally Intimidated Fatimah blnte Rahmat, another dance hostess, was acquitted without her defence being called.
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    50 Illegal Houses A Month
    142 5 50 Illegal Houses A Month INSPECTORS of the Singa- port* Rural Board located an average of 50 unauthorised houses each month during the quarter ended last month, according to latest official reports. The Board check-up on unauthorised buildings started In March last year, and Is expected to "uncover" an estimated
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    Pilgrims To Pay More
    79 5 \RES from Singapore to I; Jeddah for the 1949 Mecca ,rlmage season have been increased. In addition every pilgrim will have to pay the following: Jeddah quarantine dues £5; Kamaran quarantine dues Rs. 4; Jeddah embarkation and disembarkation dues 6s. Bd. These dues are included in
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    ALTERED HIS CARD—$3O
    70 5 ALTERED HIS CARD— $3O From Our Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Wed.— When he wa s fined $30 by the magistrate for altering his identity card, A. K. Nair told the court that his name had been misspelt by the issuing officer. Nair wag told that he had no authority to
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    To Tell Minister Of India Trade Snags
    138 5 rIE Indian Chambers of Commerce in Malaya are to present a joint memorandum to Dr. B. V. Keskar, India's Deputy Minister for External Affairs, next Tuesday. Dr. Keskar Is expected to arrive In Singapore on Saturday. The memorandum will detail the difficulties Indian
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    ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
    95 6 THK FAMILY of the late Mr. J'<l n Dnnran P.oberts and Mr. Tmi Chin Yong, Secretary of M B Duncan Roberts, Ltd., vi h to thank all friends who vnt letters of condolence, »ic:i!tis, and attended his tancnl. BENO SAIK LWI and uid Mr. Beng Salk Geok, v '>.
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Thurs. Apr. 21, 1949 THE BRITISH NATIONS
    1016 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Thurs. Apr. 21, 1949 THE BRITISH NATIONS A spirit of cautious optimism rules as the Commonwealth Prime Ministers assemble in London for the most momentous of all Commonwealth conferences. The optimism springs from India's clear desire to retain her association with the Commonwealth, and the no
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    THE ITALIAN COLONIES
    91 6 THE ITALIAN COLONIES LAKE SUCCESS, Weri Half the members of the United Nations have now expressed their views on the future of the Italian colonies, but the result of the General Assembly's action still remains In doubt. Meanwhile, considerable interest has been aroused by India's proposal which, while supporting the
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    PENANG'S FIRST EUROPEAN
    1027 6  -  BED A LIM I By •JHE fame of Captain Francis Light as the founder of Penang has greatly obscured the fact that he was not the first European to set foot on this island. Nearly 200 years before "Malaya's first British pioneer" succeeded in obtaining the cession
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    SOVIET EXPANSION
    717 6  -  J.M.ROBERTS By rp\VO years ago Presix dent Truman proclaimed it to be an American policy that the post-war spread of Communism should be stopped, and that America should lend its aid to other countries in doing so. It constituted the country's formal entry Into the "cold war." Since
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      245 6 I AM directed to inform you that the Govern- i ment Clerical Services Union is bitterly dis- 1 appointed with the recommendations of the Cowgill Commission. A letter from over 100 members points out that our required minimum qualifications are not Inferior to the Hospital Assistant,
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      WAITRESSES IN CAFES
      83 6 rpHE employment of A waitresses in restaurants, cafes, coffee shops and eating stalls has been the cause of many disturbances, and will undoubtedy one day lead to communal trouble among the cosmopolitan population of this country. Some twenty years or so ago, if I remember aright, the
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      718 6 CLASSIFIED \DS TO ANNE, wife of Mr. J. A. E Martin, at the Youngberg Memorial Hospital, a brother for John and Michael. 18.4.49. O'ORADY. On 14th April 1949. At RAF Hospital. Changi, to Bphanle «nee Hill), wife of W Cdr. R. C. O'Orady a son. IRONCIDE-LAU: The engagement U announced
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      305 6 GOLD IN BRITAIN I j Britain is not a recognized gold bearing country, but there is gold in Britain. The Romans knew this, and mined it, notably' in the valley of the Cothi in Carmarthenshire, where they had a flourishing settlement. The British Empire on the other hand is the
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    ESTATE MALAYS EARN $40,000,000
    520 7 Higher Income Lures Men From Kampongs From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. MALAY estate labourers were earning almost $40,000,000 a year and an increase in their] numbers would provide the necessary capital for them to improve kampong living conditions, said Mr. C. D. Ahearne, retiring
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    C.-G. Sends Flowers
    95 7 From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH, Wed. POL'R baskets of flowen, rifts from the Com-missioner-General and Mrs. Mac Donald, were received yesterday by Messrs Foo Yin Fon(f, Choo Chen* Hong, Cheong Chee and Wong Kirn Long, who were injured in the handgrenade incident at the Prrak Chinese Chamber
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    $43,000 BETS IN 'CHAP JI KI"
    147 7 ACCOUNT books" showing "chap ji ki" bets amounting to over $43,400, wer e found by the noiw o uiwn t ii»>v rniripH -a room in Chin Nam Street. In the Second Police Court yesterday Pheh Teng Song, 36, who admitted being responsible for the
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    O.R.A.Offer Scholarship
    107 7 'lAHE Old Rafflesians' Associ1 ation, Singapore, has raised $634 to provide scholarships for deserving boys of SI andard VIII to enable them to continue their studies in Xne school certificate class. The scholarships will be known as the OR A scholar■n ps. and a sub-committee has been formed
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    S.PC.A. MEETING
    27 7 The annual meeting of the 3ociety for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals will be held In the British Council Hall on Friday at 5.30 p.m.
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    PLEADS GUILTY
    32 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed.— A painter, Hee Khee, today pleaded guilty in the Magistrate's Court to a charge of making a false declaration to a public officer, i Sentence was deferred
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    BAR LICENCE REFUSED
    79 7 The Board of Licensing Justices yesterday turned down an application for a bar licence made by Mr. Ho Sic Quee, the present sub-lessee of the Lido. Both the Police and the Customs opposed Mr. Ho's application. They alleged that Mr. Ho wa s In some way connected
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    LAWYERS ASKED TO "DRESS PROPERLY"
    156 7 OINGAPORE lawyers hav e been asked to dress "in a proper manner" in future when appearing for hearings in th e district and police courts. A circular to this effect has been issued to lawyers by the Singapore Bar Committee. Clothed "in a proper manner"
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    RADIO FORUM
    32 7 Lady Gimson will be one of the members of tonight's Radio Malaya "Forum of the Air." Other members will be:— Sir Han Hoe Lim. Mr. Gerald Hawking and Archdeacon Gregory.
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    63 7 THE BOWS of the American freighter William Tilghman (above) locked in the side of the British ship Richmond Hill following a collision during a heavy rainstorm 20 miles off Singapore on Tuesday morning. Picture on left, taken at the Krtppel Harbour dry dock, shows workmen getting to work to repair
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    546 Bandits Die, 374 Captured
    257 7 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. FIGURES for bandits killed in the Federation last month were much higher than previous months. Up to March 31, 546 had been killed, 299 captured unwounded, 75 wounded bandits had been captured and 168 were wounded but escaped,
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    RUBBER FOR RUSSIA
    154 7 RUBBER FOR RUSSIA LOADING of the first Mala- j h yan rubber shipment for n Russia this month, a consignment of 8,400 tons, is being J. completed in Singapore by the Dlmitri Donskoy. |J! A second ship, the Vllnus, which is expected in Malay- t an ocean ports soon, will
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    LECTURING TO THE TROOPS
    62 7 Lecturing to British troops in Malaya today is Dr.f George Stewart of Dublin, i noted author and lecturer. Dr. Stewart has in the j past often been invited to Interpret American history. Institutions and ideals to men of the British services both during and since the
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    Govt Clerks To Hold Protest Meeting
    169 7 QINGAPORE Government clerks will meet on Friday next week to protest against the recommendations of Mr. J. V. Cowgill, the Joint Salaries Commission Officer. Clerks working in the Municipality, Posts and Telegraphs, and other Government and semi-Government departments, are expected to join the protest
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    'Pirate' Raid OnNavyClub
    72 7 DURING the Naval Base Sailing Club dance early yesterday morning, "pirates" removed the club badge from its place of honour among the trophies. The commodore of the club, Capt. P. Burnett, said yesterday that he understood the badge was in safe custody and likely to be put
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    MUSLIM LEAGUE
    40 7 The honorary assistant secretary of the Singapore Muslim League (Mr. M. A. Kamil) reminds all Muslims that trie annual general meeting of the League will be held on Sunday, April 24, at 10 a.m. at the Diamond Theatre.
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    MORE A.A. MEMBERS IN COLONY
    119 7 THERE has been an increase r of 68 per cent in the i membership of the Singapore branch of the Automobile Association of Malaya, states, the report to be presented to the annual meeting next week. The report says that the •ehabilitation of the Singapore
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    Claim For Money Seized By Police -150,000 Rupees
    441 7 AN application for an order to return the sum of 150,000 rupees which th e Singapore Marine Police seized from two Chinese seamen on Feb. 11, was made before the First District Judge, Mr. E. P. Shanks, yesterday. The applicant for the
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    'Free' Rice Imports Into Colony
    160 7 'Free' Rice Imports Into Colony ABOUT 5.000 tons of rice allowed by the Siamese Government for export outside I.E.F.C. allocations, nas been shipped to Singapore between early March and the middle of April. This Is the estimate of a firm of 'free" rice dealers. The 5,000 tons is part of
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    Indonesian Women
    39 7 Indonesian women in Singapore, led by Mrs. R. Oetoyo wife of the Republican Representative here, will hold a tea party this evening to celebrate the birthday of Raden Adjeng Kartini, pioneer of the Indonesian women's emancipation movement.
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      SAILING DO WN THE WEST COAST OF MALAYA
      2171 8 SAILING DO WN THE WEST COAST OF MALA YA DUNTY II was my second boat in Malaya. A 16-foot half-decked dinghy, it was built in my gargen in Kuala Selangor. I obtained a plan and detailed instructions from one of the yachting magazines and having pot the shape of the
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      THE MARK OF CAIN
      778 9  -  ALUNGTON KENNARD By THE BELSEN TRIAL. Edited by Raymond Phillips, with foreword by Lord Jowitt. (Wm. Hodge 305.). INHERE was no God A save Hitler, no obedience save to Caesar. In this Lord Jowitt finds the explanation why a race which has contributed so much to
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      An English Squatter
      406 9 PASTURES NEW. Prynne Hutton, (Werner Laurie, 9s. 6d). TF ever you have dreamed of a cottage in the English countryside, of your own cow in the meadow, an orchard planted with daffodils and a larder stocked with produce of your own labour, then Prynne Hutton's book will
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      The Man Behind The Myth
      198 9 The Man Behind The Myth THE PROGRESS OF A BIOGRAPHER. By Hugh Kingsmill. (Methuen. 10s. 6d.) lIAVING acquired an 11 interesting biographical technique, Mr. Kingsmill certainly keeps it well exercised; it is his constant preoccupation to discover "the man behind the myth." The 38 pieces reprinted here,* for example nearly
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      291 9 ]tfOST ladies will tolerate a cigar, but there are very few pipe tobaccos *hich they welcome. Balkan Sobranie Smoking Mixture was made 'or male connoisseurs of pipe smoking but it happily remembered the other sex. Its aroma— sweet and delicate comes from the topmost leaves of the rarest Yenidje <
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      145 9 Sat, at Midnight Capitol H.WL your cut repainted with Uuco which is n^ed by most car manufacturers. Duco is now available in a range of attractive colours throughout Malaya but if you have any difficulty in obtaining your requirements our distributors will help you. When necessary clean your car with
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      598 9 It may bring solace to my read- my's other spade. He now led ers to learn that even "Life Mas- the heart ten, and when West ters" sometimes nod! In the re- covered with the Jack, made the cent World Masters Pair Tourna- proper ducking play in dummy. ment In
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    'Over $100,000 In Debt' Says Labour Contractor
    368 10 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. A CONTRACTOR, Mr. A. Chellappah, told the Supreme Court here today that, as a result of supplying labour on contract to the Malayan Railways at Port Swettenham from February 1946 to July 1947, he had sustained
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    STATUS OF M.I.C. QUERIED
    192 10 Malay Mews From Onr Malay Correspondent MAJLIS, the Kuala Lumpur Malay newspaper, In a leading article, questions the status of the Malayan Indian Congress in trying to shape the political future of Malaya. The paper assumes that no members of the Malayan Indian Congress have applied
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    Unauthorised Houses In K.L. Demolished
    276 10 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. TEN unauthorised houses in Batu Road, Pudu, and Cheras were demolished today by Kuala Lumpur Municipal officers. None of them had been occupied. The campaign against unauthorised building implements a by-law agreed to by the Ruler-in-Councll. At the
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    Chandu. $3,000 Bail
    36 10 From Oar Own Correspundent TAPAH, Wed. Ball of $3,000 was allowed Chlan Sang, aged 64, when he was charged this morning before Inche Anuar, Circuit Magistrate, Tapah, with having 12 pieces of chandu.
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    Australian Information
    57 10 MR. Kenneth G. Kennedy, former political correspondent for Radio Australia, has arrived as Trade Information Officer to the Australlan Commissioner for Malaya. He will replace Mr. R. D. B. Mitchell who will leave lor Australia with his wife in about three weeks. Mr. Kennedy served during the war
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    COMMITTEE TALKS ON MINING
    44 10 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— At its meetings here yesterday and today the Communities Liaison Committee discussed matters connected with mining, planting and trading. The Committee will hold further meetings on May 12, 13 and 14 in Penang.
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    SMUGGLING BID
    42 10 From Onr Own Correspondent KUANTAN, Wed.— Accused of attempting to smuggle 67 packets of opium, Tang Toa Yang said in a Kemaman court that he was going ashore to smoke the opium. He was sentenced to six months' simple imprisonment.
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    36 10 MR. R. J. RUDALL (left), Attorney-General and Minister of Education, South Australia, being greeted by the Australian Commissioner In Singapore, Mr. Claude Massey, on bis arrival by the Nieuw Holland from Australia yesterday. Straits Times picture.
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    Tears Fail To Save Soldier
    335 10 Appeal Court Session WEARS failed to save a member of th c Ceylon Corps J- of Military Police from serving a five-year sentence for house-breaking and theft. The soldier, L. Qraro, plead- r ed that his conviction had been a "terrible blow" and he had
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    28 ARRESTED
    31 10 Singapore C.I.D. arrested 24 alleged gamblers and three secret society suspects on Tuesday. One Chinese, a suspected member of the Malayan Communist Party, was arrested under the Emergency Regulations.
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    PRINCESS APPROVES K.L. PLAN
    178 10 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. THE chairman of the Central Welfare Council, Lady Newboult, announced today she had received a reply from Princess Elizabeth agreeing to a proposal to set up a school for blind children out of the money left of the Princess
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    TWO BUFFALOES CONFISCATED
    46 10 From Our Own Correspondent BUTTERWORTH, Wed. The Circuit Magistrate, Mr. E. M. Smallwood, today orderthe confiscation of two buffaloes whose owner, Abdul Samad was found guilty of hai ing imported them withnt permit from Kedah into Province WeUesley. Samad was also fined. $20.
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    Singapore Diary
    71 10 TODAY Theosophical Society, discussion, 8, Calrnhul Road, 6.30 p.m. V.M.C.A., Orchard Road, French class, 6.30 p.m., gymnastics, 6.30 p.m., concert practice, 8 p.m. East-West Society, Mr. P. Raman on "The Seven Pagodas," British Council HaU, 8.30 p.m. All are welcome. TOMORROW V.M.C.A., Orchard Road, French class, 5.30 p.m.,
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      247 10 CIMrAPARP 9-30); 7.10 Indian Pakistan Generally Speaking; 11.00 Dane* BlMbArUHfi Newsletter; 7.15 Share Market Music; 11.15 Special Dispatch; 100 Radio Orchestra- 130 News Annta; 7.30 Spelling 11.30 News 11.45 Tom Jones Trio; (aU^afv and 9 3o£ 1 4 iDuS BeeTs.OO Forum of the Air; 8.30 12.00 Close. wc).MaSoo f&££5 r
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      Indonesian Dollar Exchange Position "Most Critical"
      206 11 M NEW YORK, Wednesday. K. Joseph W. vander Laan, commercial attache at the U.S. Consulate General in Batavia, told a news conference yesterday, "the dollar exchange position in Indonesia is most critical." Before th e suspension of Economic Co-operation Administration grants on Dec. 22,
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      London Stocks
      288 11 LONDON, Wed. THREE-WEEK trading pe1 riods have always been unpopular on the London stock exchange and the one that ended today was no exception. Following were the closing middle prices of selected stocks as supplied to the StralU Times by special arrangement with the Financial Times (Unless otherwise
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      SHIPS IN PORT
      146 11 SHIPS in port alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves yesterday (godowns In bracket*) were: Mala Wharf: Rajula (31—32), Bali (33—34), President Buchanan (36),*Belapur (38—19), Bentong (40—41), Nleuw Holland (42— 43). West Wharf: Canton (1—2), Frederic* Lykes (4—5), steel Vendor (6—7), Katong (8), Eumaeus (13—14), Olenartney (15— 16).
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      The Produce Market
      65 11 From A Market Correspondent WITH the spate of buying Interest on the Singapore coconut oil market, copra prices Improved. A little business In sago flour was done. Pepper prices increased again. The following were yesterday's changes: Copra: Sundned $28; Mixed $27.50. Sago flour: Lingga $14.20; Sa-rav.-ak $10;
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      37 11 The Rcyal Interocean Lines s hip Nieuw Holland, which arrived in Singapore yesterday from Australia with a cargo of kangaroos, wallabies, emus and black swans presented to the Sultan of Johore by the Thronga Pafk Zoo. Sydney
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      Restricted Market In Tins
      147 11 From Our Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, Wednesday. A RESTRICTED market made dealings difficult in x tins, but industrials in the Malayan Share market showed some interest. Price changes announced by the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association were: INDUSTRIALS Buyer Seller Alex Brick* Ord. 2.22* 2. 32* Henry Waugh •i
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      N.Y. STOCKS
      103 11 NEW YOKK, Wed. /"CHRYSLER encountered renewal of pressure. Including offerings for Canadian account and a small decline took the price to 51HThere were a fair amount of sales in Chrysler for cash and immediate delivery. This was aU tributed to the desire of some holders to even up
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      Singapore Rubber
      202 11 AFTER opening steadily yesterday morning, the Singapore rubber market eased slightly In the afternoon on some upcountry selling. Closing prices yesterday were: No. I sheet f.o.b. buyers 35% cents, sellers 36 cents; spot loose buyers 35% cent*, sellers 36 centa per 1b. The Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber
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      SUNGEI PUNTAR EST. PROFIT
      57 11 gUNGEI Puntar Rubber Estate' net profit, before tax, to Sept. 30. was £3.863 (£3,743 the previous year). With adjustment pre-invasion eastern liquid assets £183 (£2O). brought In £3.118 (£634), brought the total to £7,165 (£4 397). To tax £3.300 (£941), debenture premium nil (£337) forward £3
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    ROVERS SAVE POINT 30 SECS FROM END
    711 12 ROVERS SAVE POINT 30 SECS FROM END 10,000 See Key League Game Chinese Athletes 1 Rovers Sports Club 1 TEN thousand fans, the largest crowd of the season, saw a dramatic finish to the Senior League soccer match between Chinese Athletes and Rovers Sports Ctak at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday.
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    217 Entries For Singapore Races
    1035 12 TWO hundred and seventeen horses from classes one. two and three have been entered for the: Singapore Turf Club's Summer (Governor's Cup) J meeting which will be held on Apr. 30 and May 4,1 7, 11 and 14. A strong entry of 61 horses has
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    EIGHT RACES ON EACH DAY
    143 12 EIGHT RACES ON EACH DAY THIi;E will be eight ra<*es on each day of the Singapore I Turf Clubs Summer meeting i Tlie schedule is: Ist day. Apr. 30: Cl. -m divs. 1 one to thr°e. «f; cl. one. dlvs. one j |to three 7f; cl. three dlv. one.! 6f;
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    HOTSPURS' XI
    113 12 'THE Hotspurs will meet the R.A.F. Jurong and the RAF j Sembawang In friendly games of itocoer on April 25 and 29 1 respectively Both matches will be played on the Victoria School ground, starting 5.15 p.m. The Hotspurs' teams will be &c- lected from the following players
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    SINGAPORE TIDES
    22 12 TODAY: H.W.. 3.33 a.m. <7ft. 2in>. 7.11 p.m. (6ft. 2in>. TOMORROW: H.W.. 5.05 am (bft. 7in», 8.20 p.m. <6ft. sln>.
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    PENALTY DECIDES
    47 12 PLAYING on a rain-sodden ground. Rocklites SC. defeated Clv*ngi Prisons S.C. one-nil in a junior league soccer match at St. George's Road yesterday. Early in the game, Rocklites obtained the only goal of the evening through a penalty which was converted by their centreforward Dudley.
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    Over Fifty Enter May 1 Cycle Races
    196 12 MORE than fifty entries have been received for the Singapore 50 miles cycling championship and the 10 miles novices' race to be held in the Colony on May L The Malayan cycling champion. Awthar Singh of Selangor. is among the 30 entries for
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    Sports Diary
    25 12 TODAT SOCCER: S A.F.A. league. Swnlor Div., S.C.C. V. Navy. Stadium. Inter-school. Singapore Combined School. T. Johoie Combined Schools. Victoria School, .5 p.m.
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    Acceptors For The Guineas
    158 12 LONDON. Wed. FNAL acceptors for 2,000 Guinea* to be run over one mile at Newmarket on Wednesday, Apr. 21, were announced today as follows; The Thruster. Makarpura. Grant, Lighterman. Ror Dv DUble. Fontenay. Lanarth, Nimbus, Star King. Bear Dance. Hindoslan, Iran, Barnes Park, Abernant, Hampden Park.
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    Mayflower B.P. Ties
    125 12 rpHE following ties in the Mayflower B.£. tournaments will be played at Moulmeln Road this week-end SATURDAY at 5 p.m. "C" Tournament: Tan Ban Sweet.e t. Arthur Lim; Khoo Soon Khe v. Lam Joon Nglan; Lee Bong Soo v. Slow Watt Peng. "B" Tournament: Tan Chin Jin
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    EPSOM RACING
    35 12 B3»SOM. Thurs. Mr. R. Mcllhagga s Impeccable won the City and Suburban Handicap here thia afternoon. Lady FltewllHam's Überty Light was second and Sir Malcolm Mac Alpines Native Heath was third. Ten ran.
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    Singapore Schools Favourites For Today
    329 12 Singapore Schools Favourites For Today WITH a well-knit attack as then strongest point, the Singapore Combined Schools soccer XI will take the field favourites against the Johore Combined School* XI at Victoria School ground today. A rrvmb-r of the Singapore Schools Committee, which selected the Combined Schools team, told the
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    Many Newcomers In S.L.T.A. Meet
    791 12 LAST year's tennis champions, playing as well as ever, are expected to wade through a big entry into the finals of this year's Singapore Lawn Tennis championships which open at the Singapore Cricket Club on May 58. There has been no limit j this year
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    Scottish Tribute To Malayan Team
    299 12 IN a personal letter to the Commissioner General, Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald, Mr. D. L, Bloomer, one of the Scottish representatives of the International Badminton Federation pays high tribute to the Malayan Thomas Cup team for their "sportsmanship, charm and good manners." Mr. Bloomer arranged
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    KHALSA CRICKET
    51 12 THE Khalsa Association cricket team to play the Customs on Sunday at 2 p.m on the KhaLsa Ground is: Sulakhan Singh (captaMD. Mswa Singh. Gurdial Singh, B. S. Soin. M. B. Singh. Sew a Singh, Dharam Singh. S. Nair. Darshan Singh, Charanjit Singh. Mohindur Singh. Reserves: Warden, Markhan
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    4-1 Win For Serangoon
    178 12 A RAIN -SODDEN In Id urf. JO obstacle to the Berftojtoon A.s-oci ition XI when they beai ii" Singapori' Alt pott Sports Club by four goals to one in a Junta >'• group 2. Itapue soct l lix Hue ftt Gpyiatiß siariiuni jreaterday. i i Airport
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    Y.M.C.A. WIN 5-0 AT TABLE TENNIS
    83 12 THE V.M.C.A. boa', the CalhOlic Young Men's Associate"' Bras Ba.*ah R< hcl. by Bye Kamet to nil in friendly Inter-elufl table tennis ma. eh J Results of the games arc given below. V.M.C.A. players men tionrd first William Fun? beat Andr-w i lm 3—2:
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