The Straits Times, 28 November 1946

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  • 20 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER ESTABLISHED OVER A CENTURY TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1946. PRICE 111 CENTS.
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  • 350 1 Govt. Invites Party Leaders To London \i\ The Times Parliamentary I -or respondent LONIK)N, Wednesday. Till-, (Jovernment have decided to make a new effort by direct negotiations to avert a serious situation (W'\clopintr in India through the breakdown of the Interim (Government before the meeting
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  • 124 1 ARRANGEMENTS have now been completed between The Times, London, and th. Straits Tinif.s whereby this newspaper acquires the exclusive right to publish in Malaya the news and special article services of r lhe Times. The Straits Times is now represented in The Times Office in
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  • 301 1 CAIRO, Wednesday. THE political situation in Egypt is greatly clarified today by last night's big Government victory in the Chamber when 159 deputies voted confidence in the Government. Only three abstained from voting though 54 opposition members headed by Makram Pasha walked out earlier. Cairo is now
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  • 184 1 U.K. WANTS CHINESE EXPORTS SHANSHAI. Wed. j^THE reflation of export trade was stressed as one of China's first n:cds lor continued dsvelop- ment by Sir Leslie Boyce, lead?r jof the British Trade Mission to China which is leaving fcr Taiwan, South China, in the weekend after a six weeks' tour
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  • 46 1 NEW YORK, Wed.-Singapoies Sir Stamford Raffles has once more been written about, this time a 608-page biography by Emily Hahn. the wiie of Major Charles Boxer of the British Army, who was well-known in Singapore, Hong Kong and Tokio before the war. AP.
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  • 26 1 IWAKUNI, Wed.- Air Marshal Lord Tedder, who is touring British air establishments in the Far East arrived her? with Lady Tedder today— AP.
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  • 86 1 SHANGHAI, Wed. Crippling effects of high costs on China's outgoing trade were demonstrated in customs figures showing a 68 per cent slump In October over the preceding month in exports frcm Shanghai, the country's main port, it was learned today. Exports from Shanghai in October totalled
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  • 56 1 Ihe Japanese cruiser Siiircio ,o, which has been lying inside the floating dock at Singapore Naval Base since she was bombed by the Americans in 1911 is now bein» raised by salvage craft, and has about »-i~ht feet nf frifboarj above wat'^r. Picture shews one of the
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  • 253 1 France Greets The Second Chamber The Times Correspondent PARIS. Wednesday. THE French election is a signpost to new methods and means of Parliamentary Government in France. The ancient and embittered opposition between a Conservative Senate and a Radical Chamber has disappeared; the Council of the Republic is cast in the
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  • 50 1 LONDON, Wed- With the exception of four wireless operators, all British naval personnel have been withdrawn from Alexandria, an Admiralty spokesman announced tonight. The evacuation had been taking place for some time, he said, and the movement of installations, men, material and ships was completed today.— AP.
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  • 203 1 WASHINGTON, Tues. THE Federal Bureau of Investi- gat ion— G-Men Headquarters -has disclosed that two Qermav.s had discussed assassination of King George ard Oueen Elizabeth of England during their visit to the Uriiecl States in 1939. Thp Bureau's spokesman ;yiid j th:* Oermans— Fritz Wicdemavn.
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  • 292 1 Vietnam Leader Says French Are Aggressors The Times Correspondent PARIS, Wednesday. IN a message addressed "to the Vietnamese, French and the peoples of the world," Dr. Ho Chiminh, president of the Vietnam-Annamite Republic, expresses regret over recent incidents in Indo-China •caused by a certain number of Frenchmen who are uncomprehending
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  • 221 1 LONDON. Wed IN reply to questions in the House of Commons, the Wa: Secretary, Mr. Bellcngrr, stated that South East As:a Commanc will be disbanded oi. Dec. 1. Tbe number of British troops in South East Aria nao been .-educed M quickly as possible
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  • 117 1 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Wed A Chinese gangster, who escaj. 1 from Pudu Gaol, Kuala Lumpur, during a gun battle outside the gaol about a month ago. is alleged to have been responsible for another shooting at Sunsei Besi last night when a Chinese
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  • 44 1 LONDON. Wed. A customs union between the British Em pire and U.S was proposed by Paul de Hevesy, farmer Hun Parian Minister to Spain and France, at the annual general meeting of the Free Trad? Union on Wednesday -A P
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 91 1 U.S. rm GIFTS in DIAMONDS GEMS, GOLD SILVER. v. s. de SIL V A. jrWfrXI.KR 100. ORCHARD RD.. TKI. ZUi. 1 IrXURYl r XURY every mood C I bt luxury cj ~}y -sva i perfect perfuiia m mv open at' Jl^y^A^X mm BlS^f.tytOv livei,, (^PiaSßflfij^k spn;ig-l:hr STLDH) Ib cr.~.p. *op!
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    • 49 1 RADIOS KEEiIUAT RADIO C tn-124 ORCHARD QD. TELIPUOHt U566 KUALA LUMPUR PENANG DEUTZ ENGINES Spares Available Shortly BRITISH DUETZ LTD. will shortly be able to supply spares for Engines manufactured after 1921. W JACKS CO (MALAYA) LTD. PHONE 3911— OCEAN BUILDING SINGAPORE SPARES ARE NOT YET AVAILABLE FROM STOCK
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  • 469 2 t "Chief Told No Talk On Cession" LONDON. Wednesday. CIR Ernest Graham-Little (Ind., London Univ.) asked in the House of Commons yesterday if the Colonial Secretary was aware that during the new Governor's tour of southern Sarawak several native chiefs who approached him were told that
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  • Article, Illustration
    41 2 A hundred and thirty-six vehicles a record number ali built before 1905, took part in the first veteran car run from London to Brighton since 1938. Picture shows an old steamdriven wooden traotion engine crossing .Westminster Bridge —on after the start.
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  • 176 2 Russia To Send First Japs Home TGJIIO, Wednesday. THE first repatriation of 1 Japanese prisoners under Soviet control an initial group of 25,000 will begin next month, Gen. Mac Arthur's Headquarters announced toaay after agreement had been reached between the Soviet mission head here and Gen. Mac Arthur's chief of
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  • 104 2 BOMBAY. Wed. A huniun skull, two hands and clothes believed to be those of one o> tr.e victims of a recent storm were found inside a 12-foot-long ticnr shark, weighing 700 lb., which fishermen landed in Bombay. The shark wr.s hovering in the deep sea about 30
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  • 84 2 TOKIO. Wed.— Shigeia Yoshida. Prime Minister of Japan replying in the Diet of Labour attacks, said that the stability of Japan rested on the country's economic foundation. Japan h«d pracf.t ully over come her formidable food problem, he said, o^t production of other vital commodities was
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  • 35 2 TOKIO, Wed.- Norman Cardinal Gilroy, Archbishop of Sydney, arrived at Haneda Aiinort here yesterday for a tin-d;iy visit to Japo.n as the -jucst, of Mr W. MacMahon Ball, British delegate to the Allied Cour.cu A.P.
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  • 72 2 Devonport, Wed:— The 8,000--ton cruiser Newfoundland, Is expected at Devonport to-morrow from service in the Far East She has en board 100 naval passengers, including a small number of Royal Marines, who will be disembarked on arrival The ship is later to be laid off
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  • 302 2 "Punitive" Threat To Yenan NANKING, Wednesday. A GOVERNMENT spokes man said today that Government forces would make a punitive attack on Yenan if the Communists decided tv convoke the so-called People's Assembly and if the Communists continued to attack Yulin, in North Shensi, 120 miles north of Yenan, according to
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  • 173 2 Hof meyr Backs Smuts Smuts BLOEMFONTEIN, Tues.— The questions of Indians in South Africa and the incorporation of South-west Africa in the Union —questions with which FieidMarshal Smuts had been dealing were not only important to South Africa but to UNO itself, declared Mr. J. H. Hofmeyr, Acting Prime Minister
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  • 46 2 I STUTTGART. Wed. Hjaimar |Schacht, Hitler's Finance Ministei has been removed from prison to a hospital near here after he had complained of heart trouble Schacht, freed by the Nuremberg War Crimes Court, has been awaiting trial by the German de-naziflcation tribunal —A P
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  • 158 2 LONDON, Tuesday. UR. Malcolm Mac Donald, If! Governor-General of the j Malayan Union and Singapore, ioday discussed with the Secretary of State for the Colonies, Mr. Arthur Creech Tones, a formal report on the Kuala Lumpur negotiations for a new Malayan Constitution. The Colonial Office spokesman .aided
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 1013 2 MEDICAL DEPARTMENT TENDER NOTICE. Temlers will be received at Uh nice of the Director, Medical Services -npore. second floor. Pullerton Building, up to 30th November. 1946 for the supply of the following to 'ivernmerit Hospitals: i a) Foodstuffs Fresh Fruits, etc.. (bt Firewood and Charcoal, 'ofllrn Including labour foi b.ri»l.
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    • 287 2 LAST 4 SHOWS 115,3.30,6 3O<fc9p.m. f S^JBIIIEE TO-DAY M~L *JJ By Public Demand REPEAT SCREENING ft, SEF THE SWAKt JUSS .CUM« TO 1,000 THIILtS! Just the Picture for Our MALAYAN INTELLECTUAL FANS? TOMORROW: final instalment "THE SCARLET HORSEMAN TOMORROW SATURDAY at MIDNIGHT k^^THE FORESI CATHAY lla m < 2 '4.15,6.30,9.S
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  • 283 3 AUSTRALIAN RICE FOR MALAYA THE rice crop, in rotation with other cereals, has done an excellent job in developing parts of the Murrumbidgee irrigation area of New South Wales, Australia. Water demands in dry Australia are the limiting factor in determining the amount of rice under crop. Wartime acreages have
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  • 140 3 ,^N affray M Pulau Bulcom on July 9 between Chinese and Malay labourers and watchmen on the island, resulting in the death of two persons had a sequel at the Singapore Assizes yesterday when Mokmin bin Asm was on trial on a capital charge oefow Mr.
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  • 462 3 ECHO OF MUTINY IN MARCH 1942 OEVERAL Indian soldiers are still being nought for complicity in a mutiny which took place on Christmas Island in March, 1942. Seven men, induding three N.C.O.S, have been brought to Singapore from Batavia for trial by courtmartial in connection
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  • Article, Illustration
    21 3 Mr. and Mrs. Duncan S. MacDonald after their wedding at the Presbyterian Church yesterday. The bride was formerly MLs; Barbara Tunks.
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  • 76 3 11 REVOLVERS IN CHARGE TWO SUdis, Biiwand Singh and Shingara Sin^h were ordered U) be remanded :or 48 hours In police custody yesterday when they were produced before Mr. K. M. Byrne in the Third Police Court A charge of being in possession of 11 revolvers and 24 rounds of
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  • 30 3 The Department of Public Relations, Malayan Union, has released several hundred surplus! photographs for circulation or. lonn to English schools. These photographs have already been distributed throughout the Malayan Union.
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  • 63 3 NAAFI MAN GAOLED WILLIAM COE, a British charge- hand employed at a Naafl warenouse in Palmer Road, Singapore, admitted in the Fourth Police Court yesterday that he stole 1,114 cigarettes, valued ai $16. on Nov. 26 He was sentenced to six weeks 1 rigorous imprisonment. A tin of cigareitss was
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  • 163 3 GAOL FOR TRESPASS INTO S.H.B. THIS particular place Ls used by a number of looters, and a police constable has to be kept there daily, said Mr. FG. Minns, AS P.. of the Singapore Harbour Board Police, when prosecuting two trespassers who had gained entry into the Harbour Board area
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  • 328 3 Free Appointments For New Graduates Straits Times Reporter STUDENTS of the King Edward VII College of Medicine who pass their final professional examinations, which begin on Dec. 10, will be given the opportunity of filling the many vacancies which occur on the medical staff of the Singapore hospitals, the Straits
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  • 200 3 THE trial of Lt.-Gen. Ishida, Cols. Nakamura, I.>n;i and Yanagita and Major Chida for war crimes rtlaiiii; to the Burma-Siam Railway was adjourned to Monday for the final address, at the close of the case for the defence yesterday. When the trial opened on
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  • 108 3 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Wednesday. A three-man delegation representing Penang Municipal Commissioners which proceeded to Kuala Lumpur to negotiate with the Malayan Union Government for a $7 million loan, has returned to Penang. Th« Commissioners at a meeting yesterday confirmed a decision In committee
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 793 3 SINGAPCRF MUNICIPALITY. The Publii- 15 m,ufied that 'Jw Chinese C« metrics at Bukit Brown ■ad Coronat on Rond will be c! Mi for 1m rials, except for burials in reserved plot* at Bukit Ri-own. at the end of J..M>r>rv ](H7 approximately. I iii:iS will be made at the nti I
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    • 324 3 ROBINSONS New Stock Announcements The shipping situation is easier, we are receiving new stocks almost every day, here are a few New Arrivals. COSSOR RADIOS: A new shipment has just arrived, limited stocks are available of Model 461. AC mams, 5-valve, Plastic Cabinet, Price $180/-. We will send ynu the
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 287 3 Along The Singapore Waterfront CHIPS positions in Singapore yesier- Godown 11-12: Mconia. discharging to discharge military cargo and comday were: cargo. merce. MAIN WHARF ln^SSS. TreVaylOr> <Uschar ft^^JJf" 1 loading Oodown 31-32: Samidway discharging Godown 15-18: Port Darwin, dis- Mount Rogers, loading cargo for New cargo. charging cargo. York. Godown
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  • 1260 4 From Our Own Correspondent IT was an hour ago, Malayans, when I sat dcwn to write you this letter. But before I could start out went the lights., off went the electric fire, and my wife, grilling a couple of kippers for
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  • 844 4 have to slow down or stop when the electric signal lights flicker out) and factories (whose power goes off too) And the ordinary man. tne little man "W>ll," he says, "1 can't judge what the true explanation is. but things certainly are getting in a mess, and
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 302 4 H th no t x.n DisTiyGuistrkn service Som* stwdi of Kramntx QoolHy rolled geld ptofe hove been worn for o* iofig os thirty-five years. Ail Kr«m«ntz jewalry v/ifl giv« corresponding jotijTuction. |x* fXm^ Kr«meot2 tof J fink* remain bright twKouse of ftirlr »uffoce I I >■ K Q AL f
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    • 68 4 Notice of Removal On Ist December 1946 our Office will be moved to premises situated at: ROBINSON BUILDING, MOUNTBATTEN ROAD, KUALA LUMPUR, P.O. Box No. 247 Telephone No. 2931 (2 lines) Harper, Gilfillan Co., Ltd, 15 Old Market Square, Kuala Lumpur. We can inst; COMPLETE BURGLAR PROTECTION in your Home,
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  • 225 5 INVESTIGATIONS TO FIX PRICE OF CLOTH From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. THE Malayan Union Government is vigorously trying to bring down the price of cloth and drinks like coffee and tea in an effort to make the life of the common
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  • 84 5 UNIONS ARE NOT FOR 'FIGHTING From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Thurs. THE formation of a trade union did not mean that the members must adopt "a fighting attitude," Mr. R. Caddick, Trade Union Adviser, told 500 peons, notice and process servers, hospital attendants and gardeners at an inaugural meeting yesterday
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  • 202 5 Committed To Stand Trial At Assizes From Our Own Correspondent MALACCA, Wednesday. ABOUT a week after she had been held up at the point of a revolver in her house by men and robbed of cash and jewellery worth over $600 a Chinese nonya walked into ihe Contra! Police Station.
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  • 106 5 I rcm Our Omu (.I; respondent PENANU. Wednesday. THE recent dispute between timber merchant.* and labourb was .set; led last week, brok out afresh today when the n contending that the prevalence of pirr.cy hiid caused less shipment o: timber and con?equ ntly l*ss work
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  • 86 5 From Our Own < ;>on«l' it t PENANG, Wednesday. THK Penang Municipal President, Mr. W C. Taylor, will be proceeding on four months' leave on Doc. 15 and during his absence Dr. W. M. Brodie will be acting as Deputy Municipal President. This decision, agieed
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  • 215 5 ONE great hardship food cultivators in Trengganu have to contend with is the poor sandy soil predominating in the coastal belt of the State. Most of Trcngganu's inhabit- tants iive along the coast and are engaged in fishing and it is here that the soil
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  • 153 5 Frwm Our Own Correspondent IPOH, Wednesday. BANTA SINGH and Gurcharan Singh, watchman and j bullock- cart driver, respectively, received death sentences at the end of a three da i trial in the Supreme Court I on Monday when they, tojrether with two Chinese, wer*
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  • 81 5 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Wednesday. WITH smallpox eases here now totalling 95 the Malayan Union Gazette has published a notification stating that, all persons within the area of Georgetown Municipality as well as rural n.~?vs in P-?n?ns end Province Wellesley who are unable to produce
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  • 64 5 From Our Gun t'oircspun;leiit PENANG, Wednesday. THE 2nd Battalion of the West Yorks Regiment wi!l stage a parade of colours through the principal streets of Penang on Friday afternoon. The regimental colour will be carried and the band of the Ist Lincolnshire reeiment will be in attendance. The
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  • 55 5 The picture shows the Fifth -i Singapore drill team of the Boys' Brigade, which won the battalion drill competition this year. The company held its eighth annual inspection at Choon Guan English school yesterday j with Col. ATT. White, V.f j .M.C.. Chief Education Officer. ALFSEA.
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  • 129 5 THE Boys' Brigade in Singa^ pore has been reorganised to the task of moral and spiritual rehabilitation of the youth of this country. Hundreds of boys have passed through the seven companies in the Singapore battalion of the Boys' Brigade and have carried with them
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
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    • 170 5 If you are interested in "MNHEUSEN" RICIiKRiO IBiPI Mill. DAY SHIRTS with Two Detachable Collars SEE US UIHITERWRVS (WHITEAWAY. LAIDLAW CO.. LTD.) Telephone 6907 SINGAPORE Post Box 696 Look what I've got, dv Maurier again I' YouVe been patient a long time. Here's your a^i reward dv Maurier are back.
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 330 5 There arc certain card-combi- Ea*t captured the king and renations that constitute natural i turned a club, but ihe best West I traps for nine players out of ten. I could do was cash his ciub jack I One of these is illrstrated in the and, after that, the spade
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  • 56 6 Mm. Ph.xjn Sye-Leong, beloved nm-hir of Miss C. K. Phoon, Dr. S. F. i-hoon Mrs. W H. Tse.ig of S'p.ire a .d l>r. S. W Phoon Dr. S. Q. Phoon t& H'Soi.g. passed away Sunday. N >v. "4th g -d 75. Funeral Nov. 25 at Bida-<-nds relatives thanked for
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  • 905 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Thurs.. Nov. 28, 1946. Disarmament In the light the history of the efforts to bring about limitation of armaments by international agreement, it is hardly surprising that comment on the debate which opened in the United Nations General Assembly this •v?e-. has been very cautious. Britain
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  • 110 6 CRITICISED U.S. ARMY— FINED FRANKFURT, Tues.— A civilian employe?, Herbert Wickerheizen, 45, a former professor at the University of Michigan and New York University, was fined for criticizing the army's occupation policy, U.S. Military authorities stated in Frankfurt today. Wickerheizen said the charges w.-rc brought against him by a U.S.
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  • 87 6 MOSCOW, Tues.— The Soviet's trade union paper, Trud, accused the Greek Government today of seeking to involve British troops in what it described as a "war against the people and aggressive action against neighbouring states." Trud said: '"It is exactly with this airr. that Constantin Tsaldaris
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  • 79 6 WASHINGTON, Tues. In a Note delivered to the Polish Foreign Office, the American Government to-day took pointed exception to Poland's postponing of the national elections until Jan. IS, when it may be too cold for voters to attend the polls. The Note said: "The
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  • 993 6  - AMERICA EXPECTING A DEPRESSION A. D. ROTHMAN By Sydney Morning Herald Correspondent in Washington THE coming of the next depression has become almost a fixed event in the minds of the American people. They expect, it within a definite time. There is general agreement on the form it will take,
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  • Man In The Street
    • 189 6 WHAT is going to be the fate of the Malayan-born Indians Jn the Malaya that is to be? Are we going to continue our "tida apa'' policy? I hope not. But if we do, I am certain that our community will pass into oblivion. las
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    • 130 6 With reference to your papor of Nov. 21, I notice that a certain firm has imported fresh n' *er« by air from Australia. I wonder how the importers manage to obtain a permit. In l!M0 Mr. R. E. Roe and I imported a box of Australian flowers,
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    • 137 6 I NOTE that there is "genera: dissatisfaction," among senior Government Officers in K.L. regarding the $60 cost-1 of-living allowance. This offer was considered as an "insult." Of course, this was good enough to ofTer the local man, but the foreigners should receive three times
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    • 255 6 YOUB leader "Colour Bar Costs" is to be highly commended as being very much on the side of the local man and sounding a proper warning to certain persons IB official circles who might be prejudiced against the lifting of the bar. Your proposed goal of "Malayan
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    • 128 6 JAM at a loss to find out the legal fare for trishaws per mile or portion of a mile or per hour. In pre-war days these vehicles had their cards showing the legal fares placed where the passengers could see them. And these cards were useful in
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 869 6 At Kandang Kerbau Hospital Singaport on 26th November to Barbara wife of FR Yardlcy (Telecommunications a son, Michael. WILLIAMS-tiANTOS. The wedding of Sapp«T Ifor Wyn Williams, son of the Ute Mr. David Williams, of Ormeroad. Bangor and of Mt«. J. Jones, of Caellepa, Bangor. and Miss Nina Dolores Santos, only
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    • 34 6 A DELIGHT TO THE EYES! THE LOVELY AMERICAN LASTEST NUMOUNT RIMLESS GLASSES. Glasses that blend with beaut; and sharpen appearance with clean cut good taste and style. They are cushioned against breakage. QUALIFIED OPTICIANS.
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    • 118 6 Its a WisdomW® GIVE YOUR TEETH ITS J SPARKLING CLEAN W TEST the Wisdom Toothbrush OM\ Mll'iwl yourself. Feei how its anchored lllltriml r ml Nylon tufts spring into action the j I riMMM ill J I """"'ill moment you start. See how much I j cleaner it leaves your
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  • 396 7 SINGAPORE ENGINEERS MAY RESIGN BETTER PAY FOR SHIPS MEN Straits Times Reporter TENERAL dissatisfaction of Government and Municipal employed members of the Association of Engineers in Singapore may lead to resignations if their pay and working conditions are not improved soon. A number of these men hold key engineering positions
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  • 101 7 Movement Of Siam Rice In The Union I I- movements of rice to the Malayan Union, imported under the three per cent export scheme from Siam, should hv accompanied by a movement permit endorsed by an Assistant Food Controller of both the Malayan Union and Singapore, states an official communique
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  • 124 7 CARRIER BRINGS M ALAYANS FHE aircraft carrier Victorious which, since the end of the war. has been busy on trooping diiii's between Britain and the st, is bringing to Malaya several hundred people who to travel from Britain under "active service trooping" condition! rather than wait for An indefinite period
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  • 143 7 Agricultural Journals To Be Published IT is proposed to reco-noience publication in JtUHUUJ. of the Malayan Ag: cultural Journal and of the Agiicultural Department's three vernacular journals, Warta perusana-an Tanah, the Chinese Agricultural journal and the Tann". alt Uitural Journal. The Malayan Agricultural journal will be sold at 50 cents
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  • 63 7 CINGAPORE Police yesterday were still carrying out an ?xtensive island- wide search for the two long term convicts whose escape from Outram Road prison was discovered on Monday morning. The men, Lim Ah Bah. alias. Lim Sia Eng and Omar Khatab bin Abdul Jabbar, had Deen
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  • 213 7 AIR Marshal Sir George Pirie, Air Commanderin-Chief, has ordered an immediate investigation into the .vcumstances surrounding the reported delay in allowing a 8.0.A.C. Lancastrian plane to la>*l at Changi airfield on Tuesday. The delay, as reported yesterday in the Straits Times, concerned a plane which was
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  • 198 7 I,OOOFRENCH TROOPS FOR SAIGON ONE thousand French troops destined for French IndoChina were on board the Messageries Maritimes mail liner Marechal JorTre which passed through Singapore yesterday on her way to Saigon. Passengers disembarking at Singapore numbered 110 the majority from Colombo while 40 others, including a few missionaries, are
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  • 102 7 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG. Wednesday PENANG Chinese importers and exporters at another meeting held last night to consider the reduced tariff presented by harbour labourers decided to appoint a 25-man sub-committee to conduct negotiations with labourers. The main contention between Chinese traders and harbour workers, it
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  • 181 7 133 Licences NEARLY 160 new applications and renewals were dealt with by the Board of Licensing Justices held in the District Court during the last two days. Practically all the applications for renewal, numbering 88, were granted. Forty-five out of 69 new applications were refused by the
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  • 416 7 CINGAPORE is in uigini neeu of burial lands and the con- tinued occupation by the military of certain burial grounds is preventing the reburial of some civilians who ware buried in the pauper section of Bidadari Cemetery during the occupation, the i raits Times understands. Questions
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  • 28 7 Lt. Conundr. Walter Eric Handley of H.M.S. Terror and bis bride after their wedding at St. Andrew's Cathedral yesterday. The bride was formerly Miss Rene Turner.
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  • 189 7 SARAWAK has been aliened $5,000,000 which will be spent on local development and welfare schemes under the provisions of the Colonial Developmrnt and Welfar- Acts. The schemes which have not yet been prepared will require the approval of the British Government. Under the piovisions of
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  • 113 7 Tiom Our Own Correspondent Ipoh, Wed. THE Malayan Mining Employers Association has been Inaugurated at a meeting in Ipoh at I which Mr. W. M. Warren I presided over a very re;> ative gathering. The election of officc-tvarpi resulted as follows: President Mr. W M Warrei., Vi<:
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
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    • 288 7 S-+~ /^t iAI A OPENING TO-DAY '21 itXtfctttbrVj ,1-2-4 IS-6 30-9 15 <4l PHONE 6 909 |4~~l it sunned the world: TITANIC THRILLS GIANT ADVENE The Picture which could not be released until after WORLD WAR II! Onl 5 PAT OBRIEN FOR TOKYO |V^l4t and blondes for 10COuld play the
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  • 139 8 Ni>\cnil».i 2!» I >«•<«■ mber 5: HKST Ti:ST, at Brisbane Ih-rt-mbrr Queensland Country, at Gyninir. I -mber 1.119: SECOND I I I at Sydney. IKrember 21-23: v. NSW Country, at Newcastle. DeaCMket 27-?8: w. Federal C.i nt ;il l«rritory. at Canberra. l> i -hilmt :$0:
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  • 44 8 WHERE RUNS AND CENTURIES WERE SCORED KNGLAJfO (Vntury Kuiu-;. Aver. Scores In England 27.777 30.31 47 Tn A 37.980 28.12 55 17 UM 'STIC AM A Century Runs. Aver. Scores. In KiiKland 26.176 26.07 43 In Ai. 38.901 28 37 59 77 XIM 102
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  • 44 8 Tit,. Australian Team has bicii ■elected a.s follows: l». <; Bradman (S.A.t. S. J. K.irn.s (NSW), 1,. Hassett <\i( > K. I.induall (NSW). I Johnson <Vie .McCool (QTd), K. Mciiloman (Vie), K. Miller (Vie.), A. Morris W|, I). Mellon <(}|<h. I rMhaek (NS.W > <;. Tribe
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  • 544 8 ENGLAND WON LAST AT BRISBANE First Test Tomorrow TOMORROW'S Test match will be the first played in Brisbane since December 1936 and if history repeats itself England will win. England won the last Test in Brisbane by 322 runs. On their form in the match against Queensland this week it
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    60 8 1 is a picture of the most reicnt Test match played in Hrisurme— in December, 1936. lshn an J. Hardstaff is seen b-«n? stumped by W. A. Oldfield off the bowling of F. Ward. Hardstaff had contributed 20 of England's second innings score of 25f>. England won the Test, which
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  • 286 8 THE following is a list of century scorers in Test matches between and Australia: For England (102) J. B. Hobbs 12. W. R. Hammond 9, H. SutclifTe 8, M. Leyland 7. F. S. Jackson 5, A. C. McLaren 4. E. Hendren, A. C. Russell, A. Shrewsbury and J.
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  • 130 8 For the first Test match between England and Australia, which starts at Brisbane tomorrow, arrangements have betn made for special coverage for the Straits Times group of newspapers. W. M Woodfull the famous Axis traiian captain and one of Australia';; greatest opening batsmen, will write
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  • 122 8 OADIO AusTc-.lia will broadcast 'br.ll to ball" descriptions of -U1 Test Matches between EngI md and Australia from Stalion VLB 8 13.89 metres 21.60 mc's. broadcasts will be heard betweei 9.20 a.m. ar.d 3.30 p.m. Singapore time, which is noon to 6.00 p.m. i slumps i in Eastern
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  • 39 8 The pr.bih'c M.C C. t :m will be: Hutton. Washbrook. Gibb r,r Evanv ('im'ttn. Ikn. Hammond. Fdrich, Ya-ilVv, Smth. Voc and Urirht Official team if r •reived !><■- fore going to press will he found in page 12
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  • 152 8 Ins. D. G. Bradman 46 H. Sutcliife 46 W. R. Hammond 50 J. B. Hobbs 71 C. Hill 76 W. W. Armstrong 71 V. T. Trumper 74 S. E. Gregory 92 BOWLERS WHO HAVE O. C. T. B. Turner 1082.4 R. Peel 1093.3 H. Trumblo 1396.3
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  • 348 8 IN the Australian-Eng'iand Test 1 series Australia holds the records for the second, fourth, sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth-wicket partnerships and England the first third fifth and tenth. The records were made at: Melbourne 5. The Oval 5. Sydney 4, Adelaide 2. Lord's 1. Leeds
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  • 356 8 W. R. HAMMOND and D. G. Bradman, who each played in his first Test match in Brisbane, i are racing neck and neck for the lead in century scores in Test games. In all Tests, against Australia. South Africa, India and West Indies, Hammond has scored 22
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  • 131 8 HUTTON AT TOP OF AVERAGES UP to" the present Len Hutton is well ahead of M.C.C. batting averages in official matches on the present tour. Hutton has j scored three centuries and has an avenge of 104. He has been i not cut on two occasions and hio highest score
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  • 77 8 England Leads In Rubbers In the whole series of cricket Test matches between England and Australia, England leads in I rubbers, but Australia has won most games. MATCH RESILTS El. PC. Aust. i Played in No. Won. Won. Drawn England 66 21 16 29 Australia 77 34 41 2 143
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 227 8 r-^ CoNinctics can do much \\g vj ifm t^BI to h ut the true v^^^| rf^ "^^^MrM as s ot successful make- x y u P is a flawlessly-dear bSft "v^ *J^B^OflJMEfl !riirr) ir.ner health. And, RJ- HI g^^ V^s^^sts^^9^H natura ">'' tne rbt ru e \^M| BH^V for inner
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    • 118 8 FFRTTT KFR^ A Xa JC\ JL A JLa a J^v! fl, Permits for the purchase si Pertiftsen arc no longer necessary and we can now accept orders for Complete Mixtures for Food I'roduc tion. Young Rubber. Grass, Gardens, Oil J'iilms. CereaLs or any other Crop ex our Port Swot tenham
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  • Thursday Morning's Film Fanfare
    • 220 9 •XliX Private Life ol Henry VIII" will be showing at on Cinema on Dec. 1 and kl the first of a seri?s o! tihns produced by Alexander i and presented l«y Lon- Llm Productions Limited. Piivate Life of Henry VIII" has b°en re-issued five tm< s
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    • 38 9 Dorothy Lamour is living 'in a packing case" in h?r old home because the deal for her new North Palm Drive man-ston is .stymied. The latter belongs to Miree small children and tlier^s some question of guarlianship involved
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    • 24 9 Yvonne De Carlo, beautiful Universal star, whose $7,500 jewelled costume has b«en solved literally by a hitch of the skirt
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    • 558 9 "AMBER" GETS UNDER PRODUCTION By Harold Hefferman IN a few days now, "Forever Amber" is scheduled to get under way again at 20th Century-Fox with Linda Darnell in the title role, and it may be that a recapitulation of Amber's rampages in Hollywood will be of interest. The heroine of
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    • 265 9 PI'RRENT shortages being what they are, it was no wonder v that the $7,500 jewelle-J costume worn by Yvonne De Carlo in a scene in Universal* "Shahrazad'' pave the production heads a lot of trouble. Covering only 200 square inches of the actress' body, the
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      157 9 K. ii.ul the Kl'jc Horizon*' is the picture showing at the Cathay this week, and little more need De said of it than that Dorothy Lamotir is in the Malayan jungle with a newscreen lover, handsome Richard Dinning, and that It is a Technicolor triumph. There are
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    • 220 9 i DRIVING by Quntas i\ Flying Boat from Sydney today is Mr. N. P. Pery, Producer of the internationally acclaimed Australian picture "Smithy" depicting the early strugjr<es and eventual triumphs of Sir Charles Kingsford Smith. The Sydney premiere of "Smithy" was a gala event in Hollywood
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 54 9 JLW^ PARIS cle )£yiSlLn cUe I r&BB K li. /.UIILLIG LID 2 ROBINSON ROAD SINOAPORE -^L^* HAVE ALL YOIR TBOI BLES SOLVED NS VICTORIA DRY CLEANING (U. No 431. ORCHARD ROAD. K« })uted for quick service in dry cleaning Steam Chemical cleaning and dyeing of all description of silk woollen
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    • 179 9 THE MILK togmra//. t Bro Co i/ toyi CLSIt, THE lORDEN COW '¥u$ ft)* RAL DISPENSARY L V 0. V a" p af n tsjpuct ,si Ne«po«,t bembaj -,7PErT. klan' I The Kangaroo "Personality" Service Commencing 28th No Christinas 6c New Year GiSts of aU Varieties for LADIES CHILDREN of
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  • 2103 10  -  A.R. Westrop By This is the second of two addresses given by Mr. A. R. Westrop, Senior Advisory Officer to Malayan Fertilisers, Ltd., to the Sime Darby Co. Estate Managers' Conference at Malacca. His subject was "The Resuscitation of Retarded Young Rubber." Mr. Westrop's
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 523 10 NEW WORLD PARK) 1946 SINGATORC AMATEU R SINGING COMFKTITTON 'open to all nationalities male and female) to be held on Bth. 15th and 22nd December 1946 (Sanday*) 13 noon I p.m. (Sunday Dance) SPECIAL CHINESE CAKES WILL BE AVAILABLE 'Chlnere tea will b» served Free during the competition) 18 Silver
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    • 91 10 ESTATE OF J. S. LONG, Deceased. Notice hcrtly given that all creditors and other persons having any claims or demands against the Estate are required to send In their claims in writing to the undermentioned not later than 31st December. 1946. The Mercantile Bank of India, Ltd., 21 Raffles Place.
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    • 506 10 LRRGEST SRLE Sol* Distributor* li ihJj UJ 'j 1 yi!j Papincau RURAL BOARD, MALACCA. Assessment Lists. 1947. NOTICE UNDER SECTION 62. Notice is hereby given in accordance with the provisions of section 62 of the Municipal Ordinance (Cap. 133) that the assessment lists containing tbe annual value of and assessment
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    • 309 10 FAMOUS A. V. M. PRODUCT EAGLE BRAD tiubber Coacuieun > Sole Distributing Af?nti CHIDA FRANCIS o CO.. H.M Arm* Contractor? Si Shipchandlers 113-A Cecil Street: Slncapore. Tel 2952 GENUINE CROOKES* SUNGLASS Safe and Comfortable h..m. "TO< KS NOW AVMLAHIK DAH SIN OPTICAL MOUSE 325. North Bndcr Koaa. Singa^nre. Phone ti.'iii
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  • 564 11 Sha quotations v at Nov. 26 •rcordinj to tiM- Malayan crmcoroLers Association (Singapore) were as Mom: Alexandra Brickworks Ords. 1.80 92.00 Alexandra Brickworks Prefs. 2.90 3.10 Brit Malay* mute* Executor Co oo t.00 Consolidated Tin Smelters Ord. 22/6 25 do Prefs. 28/6 26/6 Eastern Oni'-eo Assurance
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  • 120 11 Rubber Prices Lower: Tin Shares Drop By Our Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, Wednesday. rN shares were still inclined to drop. Kuchais changed hands at $1.55. There were sellers for Rantaus at $1.30 and for Hong Fatts at 1 .03. Among sterling shares, Killir.ghalls were taken at 11/- and Kamuntings at 10
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  • 19 11 SHANGHAI. Wednesday -Today's quotations on the Shanghai blackmarket exchange are U.S. dollar C.N. $4.8C0 Gold C.N. J258.600
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  • 314 11 Singapore, Wed. •TODAY'S produce prices were: RICE: Siamese W% $132. PULOH RICE: Siamese $115, KEDAH $100. RICE NOODLES: No. 1 Siamese $85. Kcdah $70 Indo-China $70, China $85. COPRA: S«ndri«d No. 111. TAPIOCA FLOUR: Malayan. No. 1 $27. No. 2 $20. Java $32. SAGO FLOUR: Lingga 520.50. No.
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 615 11 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. < Incorporated in Singapore) SLUE FUNNEL LINE ...ilings to and from United Klngdoa <;>nflnla<; from V K In P«rt Sairora from UK In Port S j midway from U.K. In Port Trr^lllan doc from U.K 29 Nov. S!"t«Tr.. doc from I'.K 3 Nov. r»ie\ennr dor from U.K.
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    • 414 11 PRESIDENT LINE Sailing* NEW YORK via India and Mediterranean Ports MOUNT DAVIS* Loading Roads MOUNT ROGERS* In Port S.S. MARINE FALCON doe Jan. 12 for Madras and Bombay. Freight Only For Freight and Passage Apply AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINES. LTD. Union Bid* Tels. 6228 A 6T57. For Passage Tel. 4949. waterman
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    • 293 11 ELLERMAN POK-I FORK For New York At God. I* Z« BENLAWKKS For London At G«4. 33 M >AMT\WrI) For Halifax and New Tork Hue Singapore Dec. 27 KLAVE N E 8 S LINE. FOB PACIFIC PORTS Sa-llngt to be rrsurord Shortly. McALISTER 6c CO., Spore LTD. PHONES '237—5906 Silver Line
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
    • 822 11 SINGAPORE TIDES TODAY: Kifh Water: 128 am. 8 ft. 3 in; 0.35 pm. 9 ft. 3 in. TOMORROW: High Water; 2.07 a.m. 8 ft.: 1.09 p.m. 9 ft. Pajam 1.45 1.55 Parit Perak 1.30 1.50 Perak River 1.00 1.10 Radella 6UO ,0c Sandycroft .60 .80 Sepang Valley 1.00 1.20 Sungei
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  • 417 12 S. R. C. And Indian Army Draw One-All FIELDING luur first team players, the S.R.C. did v.fll to hold a strong representative Indian Army XI to a I—l1 1 draw in a hockey match played on the pailang yesterday. The result is in every way a credit to the Recs
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  • 454 12 EASY WIN FOR TERROR Cricket Club Beaten 20-Nil TESTING out a practically new team on the Padang yesterday againct H.M.S. Terror, the S.C.C. took their heaviest Rugby defeat so far losing 20 points (five tries, goal) to nil. The game provided the Terror threes with plenty of opportunities and Garrett
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  • 46 12 The following will represent the S.R.C. against ACSEA in a hockey match on the padang tomorrow. G. Lawther; C. Pansy, T. Perelra: L. Varderputt, R.V. Ebert. D. D'Cruz. J.T. de Souza, R. Belletty. C.B. Von Hagt. A. Bellet y. M.V7. Armstrong. Umnii-e R.H. Barth.
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  • 83 12 From Our Own Correspondert Segamat. Mon A last-minute goal scored by their centre-forward pwa the Muar poli:t' victory over their Segamat colleagues I In an inter-d strict soccer match play- I ed on the S^amat 'own padang o/er the week-end. Tli? game was dull
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  • 72 12 Tif following are selected to represent the Singapore Amateur Sports Union in the r?tum fri.-ndly badminton match of live singles and two tit lib! s against the Merry Union B.P. on Sunday at 2 30 p.m. Henry Wee. Fddy Wee. Willie Tan, Swt Teck Huat, Wee
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  • 120 12 from Our Own Correspondent Malacca. Tuus The B 'Chang Badminton Party b?a* i'ic Cmjah Bcrang Rounders Party Ly tire frames to one in a friendly match played at Barhang yesterday. Scores (BKhtm players mentioned first): Slntl-*: AB. lee beat R. Ktioo 1". n. If— t: C.W. Gut brat
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  • 357 12 BRISBANE. Wed. TT/ITH the first Test match only w two days ahead, both England and Australian teams practised here today. The only absentee was Hutton, who stayed in Ihe hotel flat specially allotted him and McCool. The Englishmen spent two sessions before and after lunch during
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  • 727 12 New Players For Army Teams By Our Services Correspondent U/ITH the advent of the recent wet spell football news appears to have declined in quantity in Singapore: this is mainly due, of course, to the waterlogging of what lew grounds are available. Since their exit from the Victury Cup, the
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    29 12 The Medical College rugby tea m, who beat Rallies College six points to three in the hNMi Cup rugby match on the S.l'.C. padang on Tuesday. Straits Times picture.
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  • 131 12 Sellers Has No Official Standing LONDON, Thurs. TEUTENANT-Colonel R. S. "'-'Rait. Kerr. Secretary of the MCC, stated today he had not yet seen the article by A.B. Bdlen criticising the caotaincy of W. R. Hammond in AustraUa, but j declared that in any event he would not make any comment
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  • 30 12 BRISBANE, Wed. I EN Hcttcn has made a complete recovery from his chill. lie i« resting again today but v;lll De flt for practice tomorrow. Rcut?r.
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  • 46 12 The third Army rugby trial will be held at the Police training ground a». 5 p.m. tomorrow. Players who r<ave not yet been contacted but who are desirious of playing, should contact Col. Oriffl.hs at the ground. Players are requested to bring tnei.own equipment.
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  • 47 12 The following have been selected tc play football for the Police ajain.n the Dutch Army tomorrow at the Polis? Training School ground at 5.15 p.ai. Webber; Sanderson. 00l Slang Hoon; Mohamed. Kirn Siang, Nlaz Mohomed Shah: Manap, Kasman, Mahfuz. Ngon, Haron Reserves Muthu. Karim, Sain)
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  • 40 12 NEW YORK, Wed. DOB Montgomery, coloured boxer from Philadelphia. Pennsylvania, successfully defended his lightweight title by knocking cut W.sley Mouzoi, 20-year-old Negro crn" ■-"•>»• i-> f1 i? Bth round of a scheduled 15 rounder here last night. Rsuter.
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  • 152 12 NEW YGiUt, W.d. A new international horse race called "Empire Gold Cup" vith a stake money of $100,000 will ue run in New York City every year beginning 1947. it was announced tonight by the Empire City Racing Association. The race, which will be a weight-for-age
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 375 12 V PMON£uA47O9 V S show-, only 3, 6.1.1 9 15 p.m. KFM.ISM BASH) ON ASTONISHING I \CT! 'UNPUBLISHED STORY" STARRING! Hirhard Valeric CIEM W HOBSON Opening To-morrow "SIGN OF THE CROSS" MlTßirft MOST POPULAR «N0 UPlOtUv ***** W Uml Day: 3, 6.30 A 9.13 p.m. i. t\ romantic wower of
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    • 327 12 THE JOLLITY OF THE CROWDS Csv WHEN THEY MET THF 1W BATHING M BEAUTY" W ON HER RETURN f#< YESTERDAY! Ua.m-2p.m-4. 15-6 30-9. 15 p.m. fj MGM'i TECHNICOLOR PRIDE AND SINGAPORE SCREENS' I RECORD HOLDER. i j CO STARRING i ESTHER WILLIAMS RiD SKELTON. WE THANK THE MANY PATRONS WHO
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    • 118 12 PHILATELISTS' OPPORTUNITY RARE USED BORNEO UU. SETS Limited USED SETS of BBraeo BVI V stamps (1 ct. to $5) at (75.00 per set, now obtainable 'from D. Voon Kyam-Foh of 93. Branksomr Road, Katong. Mint sets are also available at $50 per set. Please write or call at the above
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