The Straits Times, 12 December 1946

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  • 20 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER ESTABLISHED OVER A CENTURY twklvk i*ac;ks SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1946. PRK:fc Ml CKNTS
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  • 503 1 FAILURE OF TALKS ON INDIA Statement In The Lords LONDON, Wednesday. OKI) Pethi'.k-l^awrence, Secretary for India, told the House of I^ords today that the British Government felt that a general debate on Indian affairs at the presort time would be inopportune and might destroy tie prospects of a settlement. "1
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  • 254 1 The Times Correspondent NEW DELHI, Wednesday. ONE of the four resolutions before the Indian Constituent Assembly dealing with preliminary and procedural business revealed undercur- j rents of communalUm and prejudice which ma., yet drag the Assembly on to the rocks of separatism. This resolution provided for j
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  • 51 1 "SHOOT -ON -SIGHT" IN CAIRO CAIRO. Wed.— The new Egyptian Premier, Nckrashy Pasha, in hi s capac ty as Minister of the Interior, has ordered the police to shoct on sight any suspect found lowering at the residences of Cabinet ministers or political olubs which which are at present guarded—
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  • 24 1 JERUSALEM, Wed— The British destroyer Chevron today evacuated to Cyprus the remaining 488 Jewish castaways from the barren Dodecanese Island of Syrina.—Reuter.
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  • 373 1 IN spite of the slightly improved situation in SouthEast Asia, it will be necessary to conserve supplies of rice most carefully, said Mr. Charles Empson, presiding at yesterday's m:eting in Singapore of Liaison Officers from territories in South-East Asia in the absence of Lord Killearn,
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  • 22 1 TEHERAN, Wed. Tabriz, the capital of the autonomous Pcvsian province of Azerbaijan, has surrendered to Iranian Imperial Forces. Reuttv.
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  • 162 1 PILOT IN SEA CRASH UN INJURED THE pilot of a Corsair aircraft, which crashed-land- 1 ed on the sea about 50 Billet south-east of Singapore on Monday, was completely unhurt. The oilot. Lieut. J. T. Crawley, R.N.. who comes from Nonh Wales, told the Straits Times on his arrival in
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  • 48 1 OfTic?rs of the Iraqi arm), who have been touring India, examining: calico printing at the Rajputana Rifles Centre, Delhi, where there is a Cottage Industries Section. The party was received by the Defence Secretary, Mr. G. S. Bhalja, at the Armed Forces Headquarters.
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  • 176 1 BATAVIA, Wednesday. THREE major political parties in Indonesia have declared their approval of the Indone-sian-Dutch Cheribon draft agreement, which has to be atifled by a full meeting of „ie Central National Committee, but there is strong opposition. Tho parties expressing approval axe the CommunLsts, the League o: Socialist
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  • 435 1 By Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. THE Malayan Union is to await the opinion of the Inland Revenue expert from England who is lo examine the question of Income Tax in the Union and in Singapore, declared the Governor of the
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  • 220 1 MILAN. Wednesday. DISORDERS and anti-British demonstrations continued in Padua. 25 miles from venice, until late last night, it was reported in Milan today. They started when a*: Indignant crowd attacked a Britisn military policeman, who w to hive driven his car na< lights and to
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  • 67 1 DEALERS in Singapore. Penan? and Province Welleslr-v held 51.766 tons of rubber on Nov. 30. i compared with 58.607 tons on Oct. I 31, according to the Registrar <>' Malayan Statistics, i These figures dc net Include stocks held by dealer* or estates i in the
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  • 47 1 ;.\,\V YORK, Tucs,— Damur Runyon American auihor famec lor bis Broadway characters died here today, aged 02. He was admitted to hospital in New YorJ last Friday for treatment for i liver ailment. His general hf.altr had been poor for a lons time Reuter. Rriuei
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  • 290 2 "Irritating, Say China And India NEW YORK, Wednesday. A SHARP attack by India and China against the "white Australia," policy, discriminating against Asiatics, was the feature of yesterday's discussions on the amendment to the New Guinea draft trusteeship agreement in the United Nations trusteeship committee. China asked
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    21 2 Major-Genrral O. H. A. ftteemilland, who has been app<*i'ited to take over troops in Palestine from Lieut. -General Sir Evelyn Barker.
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  • 154 2 BANGKOK, Wednesday. A NNAMITE refugees said fa today that tne French have nearly obliterated the Ar.namite city of Haiphong, on the Gulf of Tonkin northeast of Hanoi, in French IndoChina. A spokesman for the Anr.amit<.\.< said that fewer than 80 buildings were still standing m the dty,
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  • 154 2 JERUSALEM. Tues.— Four JCWS, armed with automatic weapons, raided the headquarters ol ilie N'ajjada-Arab "defence" sation— in Jaffa last night. After searching the premises, the raiders carried off a number ~>f leaflets, a Police bulletin said today This raid by the Jewish underground mo\cm?i'i has
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  • 205 2 BRITAIN'S STERN NOTE TO ALBANIA LONDON. Tuesday. BRITAIN has demanded an apok n and compensation trom Albania for unprovoked attacks on the Royal HKfJ In Corfu Channel on two occasions UUS i year. Unless satisfaction is received within 14 days, Br.t.Jn declares, in a note cou'hed in stern terms i
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  • 42 2 VATICAN CITY. Tues Pope Pius XII will receive the tradii tional Christmas greetings from •Cardinals of the Sacred Cclicgc on Dec. 24 and will make an address which will be broadcast over the Vatican Radio. V sources said today. —U.P.
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  • 165 2 LONDON Tuesday. QIR Waldron Smithera, J (Cons., Orpington) asked the Minister of War, Mr. Frederick Bellenger, in the House of Commons to-day U itie was aware of complaints and unrest in 800 Special Intelligence Company, Singapore, and also in the 19th air formation signals. Elgin camp.
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  • 124 2 SIAMESE TIN AMERICA WASHINGTON. Wed- The State Department, announced vc .< ♦erdav that the U S hns been Bl lotted 2.000 tons of Blai for this year and w'll probably pc rure substantial addit o Quantities In 1947. The announcement said be made availrMe under a 'four-power agreement with 1
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  • 113 2 LONDON. TVes.— The Secrei tary of State for the Cwiunles, Mr. Arthur Creech-Jones, asked in the Hous Commons yrs'rday foi IdtQtmfc- flan about the new ten-year ola" j iof education for the peoples of >. Malaya, replied that a programme of educational development was being drawn
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  • 68 2 IjONDON. Tues.— Consultation between British service ministers and the Colonial Office for the removal ot the colour bar agfltTW men seeking regular employment in the British foices are going on satisfactorily, Mr. Frederick Belk-ngci. War Minister made this clear in the House of Commons today
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  • 46 2 T O K I O. Wed Seventeen passengers and five members of the crew, it is now known, were killed yesterday in an American air crash near the Japanese port of Osaka. One civilian survived the crash and is new in hospital. —Reuter.
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  • 191 2 LONDON, Tuesday. THOUGH official British at tftude Unowned on any suggestion of the return to Siiiawak of the Rajah Muda, Anthony Brooke, wi-11-informcci quarters here .-ay that the Government was power prevent hi:= departure on D«.r. G. There i -s one move, however, I which coula
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    • 622 2 TENDERS SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY 1 Mian are invited tor thr supply until 31 December 1947. of Uio tr!J<wii Boots and Shoes (ftMtiMl and ranvM). .2) Maknii; up and :iimtr.:i^ Unl- form Clothing i3> Helmets. Navy Oloch Ca.v; Ma- < lu\ ler. etc. I rviHtr lorms al 50 crira tastl may J
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    • 644 2 NOTICES NOTICE. The title deeds mentioned below and which relate to land at Holland Road being Lots 69 and 71 of Mukim IV Singapore were lost during the Japanese occupation- Any person having any knowledge as to their whereabouts or claiming any Interest in the land is asked to communicate
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    • 720 2 NOTICES IN THE ESTATE OF CHENG KANG NGHEE also known as JOSEPH CHENT. KANG NGHEE— Deceased Pursuant to Section 29 of the Trustees Ordinance (Chapter 59) all persons having claims agairst the Estate of Cheng Kang Nghee also known as Joseph Cheng Kang Nghce, late of No. 23. Kovan Road.
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    • 643 2 TENDERS. TENDERS INVITED MARINE DEPARTMENT. M\MY\N UNION Separate tenders will be received at the Office of the Marine Bwßiilutendont. Malayan Union. Port SwetU-nham. up to noon on Monday the 32rd I)t--cember. 1946. for the undermentioned supplies 2. Tenders should be forward' d In sealed envelop, s endorsed "Tender for (Nature
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  • 696 3 ADVISORY COUNCIL INCOME TAX HINT From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. OUR budgetary position is still extremely precarious as our reserves will be practically exhausted by the end of 19t7, and additional taxation will bo necessary," said Mr. W. I). Godsall, Financial
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  • 173 3 SINGAPORE TAXI DRIVER MURDERED. A.-iih taxi drmr w..u was shot JervoLs Road, Singapore,! bu, drove to the Cathay Building he died was the subject of a Coroner"! inquiry on ruesd»y. The Coroner. Mr. W.O. Porter, I ,t v r'tirt Of culpable Id* amounting to murder i unknown persons. The driver.
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  • 81 3 I RITISB serriceman w F. Perry, alleged to be the drm-r B Ordinance i dra Road, was oft rod $5,000 bail in the Fourth rday oornlng when he laced a charge of crimi al breach of trust of 20 bales lt« drill, valued at 55..00 person*, V.lummylum,
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  • 130 3 VERDICT of death due to drowning, was recorded by C ro&efflfr. W. G. Porter at mi inquiry Into the death of a Chinese <i!ver who submerged in h I diving suit oil St. John's i md (<n the morning of Oct. 5 and wu hauled up
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  • 41 3 Ah Bah, deputy Chief Ch-rk < t th? Malaya Tribune Fr.vs.s. Ltd writ ?s to say that he i.s not the person of that name if I rred to in our report under the hrariinft "Clotlli The-ft" In yesterday's issue.
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  • 234 3 Straits Times Reporter 'TOVERNMENT departments in Singapore are nearly all un--1 dorst-afTed as far as clerks are concerned, according to official figures. In many cases the present staff are about 30 per c:i>t. below authorized strength and in several other cases there Is only one cl rk as
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  • 33 3 Mr. Tan Kah Kee, was one of the principal speakers at the 'income tax" meciiK! held yesterday and i-onveaiod by the Singapore Chinese Chamber ol Commerce. Story on Page 7.
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  • 275 3 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. BIG plans for reconstruction of the Malayan Railway are envisaged in details of revenue and expenditure which came before the Malayan Union Advisory Council yesterday. The Malayan Railway expects a revenue of $29,586,200 in 1947 and an expenditure
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  • 78 3 Union Talks Costs $24,000 From Our Staff Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, Wed. THE recent discussions in Kuala Lumpur on th? future of th^j constitution cost the Malayan Union Government >; l.uu.. The Finance Committee set .i-.id Sl?<*00 as fund.s for visits of the Su'tans in connection with tho p^iminary discussions, and
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  • 162 3 From Our From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUh, Wed DEPLIES to questions asked by A Mr. H. H. Abdool Cs.der tabled at the m:eting of the Malayan Union Advisory Council today stated that 1,388 cars had been received in the Union for allocation since the reoccupation
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  • 77 3 IAMES MANAGHAN, a 29-year- old European, claimed trial to the Third Police Court yesterday to a charge of stealing 2,800 t.i.s of granulated sugar valued at $135. He was alleged to have stolen the sugar at a bungalow at St. John's Road, H.M. Navul Base dockyard
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  • 253 3 Singapore Pork Price Decrease Straits Times Reporter WITH the decision of the Malayan Union Government to increase their export quota from 2,000 to 3,500 pigs lor Singapore monthly, the price of pork has dropped considerably below the control figure. Singapore's import of pigs from the Malayan Unicn was in the
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  • 105 3 rrom Our Own Correspondent Batavia, Wed. NETHERLANDS Indies property valued between f.12.C0G,000 and f. 15,000,000 was recovered cy the Commission for Tracing ol Netherlands Indies Property 3su>blished in Singapore by representatives of various Dutch concerns with the co-operation of the Du'*£ Consul. A large quantity ot Banka
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  • 400 3 TIN MINING AND RUBBER REPORTS THE reports of two tin mining companies and one rubber company for the period from before the occupation to 1946 have just been published. Summaries arc given below: KUCHAI TIN The directors' report and statenvant of accounts for the period from Oct. 1, 1941 to
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    • 556 3 ROBINSON Co, Ltd. RAFFLES PLACE, SINGAPORE CAN NOW SUPPLY GENTLEMEN'S WHITE SPORTS SHIRTS Small Medium Large Sizes Price $*7.50 each BLUE COTTON SWIM TRUNKS Size 32—34—36 Price $3.50 each WHITE and KHAKI GOLF HOSE Cotton All Sizes at $2.75 pair MORLEYS COTTON and WOOL SOCKS Grey Brown Blue at $2.00
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  • 1406 4 The New Approach To Burma JOKER MINISTERS GO By Geoffrey Parsons in The London Tribune CIR Hubert Ranee has acted with commendable sp:ed and imagination since his arrival in Rangoon at the beginning of September. In doing so re has fulfilled expectations that his appointment to succeed Sir Reginald Dorman-Smlth
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  • 235 4 SYDNEY, (Air Mail) INVESTIGATION by taxation officials this year has re vealed that an extraordinary number of people in Sydnev have made huge profits from a wide assortment of rackets In a large-scale check-up, investigators have lound that more than 500 people have understated their annual incomes
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    • 195 4 We can fatal (OMPLKTE BURGLAR PROTECTION in your Home, Office, Gowdown, Store or Factory. It costs nothing for our quotation. Call for a demonstration at Sole agents: SEROCALCIN for the Prevention and Treatment of COLDS MANUFACTURED BY HARDWOODS LABORATORIES, LTD., ENGLAND. RETAIL SELLING PRICES Bo?, of 20 $1.60 Bot. of
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    • 379 4 TIf ROUGH 'DlSTtffCi ISRE& SERVICE Some stud j of Kr<2rnentz Quality rcltod gold plate Hove been worn for as long en fhirfy-ftve years. All Kramenfz j«w«lry will giv« corresponding satisfaction. iSB^~ J^sL,' KremeMz cuff link* remain S: —^;i'~?jfi?*j^^\ bright b«covw of their wfcc« J rotted 14 XT. gold. E FOR
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  • 436 5 B.A.S.M. SELLING OISLV AS GOVERNMENT AGENTS From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. pi:i'UI)IATING the charge made recently by Mr. Yap Bean Khay, President of the Selangor Rice >icrrhants Association, that the Government poiicy up to now has favoured British firms only, Mr. R.
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  • 73 5 Ir.ni Our Own v oricspondent PENANG. Wed. •J HE Prai power station, which supplies electricity to Penan?. haa already reached i;s peak load uid any "further pressure might .\,> ri.--e to the darker of a breakdown, it was indicated at a •:g of the Municipal
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  • 205 5 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Wednesday. FOLLOWING the Government announcement of cost of l living allowances to European officers, the Penang Municipal Commissioners at a meeting today decided to grant similar allowances to their officers ranging from $40 for Class A and B officers
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  • 45 5 Field -Marshal Sir Claude Aucbinleck, Commander -i n Chief in India, recently visited the Rajputana Rifles regiment. il centre where he presented a flag to the Boys' Company. The above picture snows the Commander-in-Chief (extreme rigrht). inspecting the Boys' Company.
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  • 61 5 CHINESE KILL ED IN COLLISION i From Our Own Cwrrespon Jem SEREMBAN, Wea. I AN accident occurred on Tuesday evening near Pedas. 11 miles from Seremban. when a military truck on its way to Seremban from Tampin and a bus carrying passengers to Tampin collided. The injured were rushed to
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    • 422 5 2/18 th BAHALION A. I F. Any creditors of the above Battalion are requested to forward full particulars ot their claim to: The Commanding Officer. 2 18th Battalion A. IF, C'A. W. Hence. Box 181 P. 0.. Inverell. NSW. AUSTRALI/i. Such claims to reach the above address not later than
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 764 5 Forcing the declarer to use up ter profound thought, made the his trumps in raffing is very excellent play of a low diamond often the best defence, but at toward his own queen. East had tmes this technioue is fatal. Ob- to ?o up with the k.ng or lose it
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  • 32 6 WITH AM nn Nov. 14th In air disaster nt Amsterdam. Capt. Kichard Aubrey PMB V K of Widford I-odge. < helmsford. F.ssex. lute of Bukit Rajah, Klang Burled In Widford Churchyard, 'H-lmr.ftvd.
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  • 75 6 Mr. Heiitf cnoo l-ecK (Aieci nnu illy thank all retatrrea, the ssufl dI Bormoo Motors OBBOta Of C.V.M.A.. UppiT ii the Qrooa But Co.. Ltd., Hiap Choon Co.. ng iii-on Kok Bfeegapore PM Ciuild and Heng Wah Assooiations, chop and chop Kwaag Huat for telegrams and lftl<r, of MBdelenee,
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  • 806 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Thursday, Dec. 12, 1946 Pan-Malayan At Last To an imaginative mind it miLst have seemed in the Malayan Union Advisory Council yesterday that a long line of British colonial civil servants of the ola Straits Settlements and Malay States was listening to Mr. W. D. Godsall
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  • 182 6 LONDON Taeedaa THE British Government is facing another revolt by a secton on the Labour Party who are dissatisfied with many aspects of British foreign policy and witp th« handling of British diplomatic aflalrs by permanent officials of the Foreign Office. The group had a meeting Us:night
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  • 41 6 BANGKOK. Tues THE third dirct rice sh pment to India from Sam left or. Sunday in the Fort Frederick bound for Coch n carrying 8,500 tons. Another direct shipment to India is expected within a fortn ght.
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  • 289 6 The following verses were found on a wall of the police barracks in Changi village, having been written by some unknown PoVV after the fall of Singapore. They eloquently express the feelings of some 60,000 British. Australian and Indian prisoners who were held on the island
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    • 281 6 Building Super- Cinemas With The Army In Tents WAS it purely by chance or by design that the news item announcing the proposal to build a new cinema in I Singapore appeared in tho Sunday Times side by side with the interview witn tr»e Financial Member of the Aimy Council
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    • 52 6 MR. R. Jumabhoy, president of the Indian Chamber of 1 Commerce, said the whole Indian community of Singapore is i against income tax. Not at all. As an Indian, I cordially welcome ti.is proposij tion, and I urge the Government to introduce income tax at once. M.
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    • 96 6 WOW that Mountbattcn Koad la i n open to traffic. I would like 'o suggest the advisability of erecting an Island at the junction ot Geylang and Mountbatten Roads: otherwise there will b 3 frequent and serious accidents. While the Island is being constructed, it would be well
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    • 120 6 Why Not Hats rare to have yet anothe: cinema in the heart of the city. Yet every time a new cintma is I built to swell the already gwoliftu coffers of our multl-miillonalies, it means aggravating tne hous;:. shortage, as hundreds of tefflmts on the site will have to be
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    • 244 6 I HAVE never written to tii? papers before, looking on 11 rather superciliously, I suppose, as a pastime lit only loi (a) the feeble-minded, or (by for those with imagined grievances, or, again, as (ci a serious effort on the part of 1 few
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    • 87 6 I AM a government clerk with more than 20 years' service and now I am attached to the Food Rationing Department. T had an increment of $10 In 1946. or.d some of mv friends also had Increment* of $5, $10. $20 ard $30. T was told by my
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  • 214 6 Retrenchment Axe WOULD it be possible to 1 h tain a comparative ment showing: 'li Th e area administered by the Government of tnA Btral Scttl ments and th e area adm'nistered by the Government of Singapore. (2) Tm- relative popu..i of the abov 131 The
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    • 675 6 CLASSIFIED ADS. At Penang, JO. 11.46. to Diane th (nee Eusor) wife of J. N. D. B, Malayan Police. Alor SUr, Kelah. a daughter. Mil I). W HEKDEN— MRS E. B. SAI MOND. The engagement is announced between Donald Walter (Tonyi only son of Mr Mrs. H. Beeden of 1.
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    • 48 6 NEWLY ARRIVED! AMERICAN BAUSCH LOMB Q 1^ I GLASSES These glasses abs b all harmful rays and unwanted glare to the eyes. LIGHT 18 MELLOWED THROUGH THESE GLASSFS AND EYES ARE RESTED. Ray-Ban glasses should not be confused with ordinary "coloured glasses" which are habit forming. QUALIFIED OPTICIANS.
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    • 103 6 Iheloothbnishi that in "Jumps to it M Tins is a Wisdom Tooth- jl brusl). the Imusli that I fjivrs a brisker, certain JU il clean. Your teeth feel l^Jl ij fresher and there's a Ig jl sparkle in your mouth. £II The anchored Nylon I:& ij tufts M jump to
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  • 655 7 SANATORIUM PLAN TO BE CONSIDERED From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. A TUBERCULOSIS Advisory Board is to be set up in the Malayan Union, according to the Governor, Sir Edward Gent, when several speakers at the Advisory Council meeting today led by Dr.
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  • 315 7 1947 Rice Prospects Better I ii i,i «iur S.aJT < or. ospondent. KL'AI^A LUMPUR, Wed. DKiLVINCj to comments on ric: allocations, the Ooreraor of llayan Union, Sir Edward rday at the AdvUory Council mi il Malay i lor li»4V iiad asked lor C 72.000 tons, b.uv d on an rstimato
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  • 164 7 From Our Staff Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, Wed. "I FULLY share your views that those who have suffered in this country from war damage should be compensated to the limit of our ability,'' said Sir Edward Gent at the Advisory Council today icplying to a plea by
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  • 154 7 BETTER PAY URGED FOR ASIATICS From Our Start Correspondent. KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. THE appointment of a committee at the earliest possible opportunity to overhaul th-? Government salary scheme for nonEuropean employees, with the object of giving them equitable terms of employment so that a contented service might be established, was
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  • 89 7 SHORTLY before noon today the IGOOO-ton Japr.n?se mor- chant vessel— believed to bt the Horcuhi Maru— which ffU sue- a by a Singapore firm of salvage experts on iv. will be towed to: r\n area near S'Rlnp, along Sin's roast, aid beached. The vesse: which
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  • 463 7 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. HESIDENT Commissioners have been authorised to defer IV, payment on quit rent up till 1947 in cases where they are satisfied that to insist on immediate payment would involve financial hardship. Mr. W. D. Godsall, Financial Secretary
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  • 190 7 FORTHRIGHT criticism of the Government's proposal to impose income tax in 1947 was expressed by all sections of the Chinese business community at a meeting of representatives of associations and organisations and the public held at the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce premises yesterday. Unanimously passing
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  • 133 7 From Our Stan" Correspondent. Kuala Lumpur, Wed. FiETAILS of a scheme to give v cost of living allowances to Government oensioners in the Malayan Union and Singapore are now being worked out, between thp two Governments, and it is hoptd that an announcement will be made before
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  • 42 7 Discovered to have a gallon of illicit sarasu in a bicycle-tube hidden below leaves in a basket she carried, a Chinese woman, Ow Kirn Mui. was fined $110 or eight weeks' rieorous imprisonment in the Third Police Court yesterday.
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  • 51 7 From Out Own Correspondent. Taiping, Wed. The Taiping police during the last few days have arrested 11 Chinese and Indians alleged to be train looters. This gang, it is said, had been operating for KMUC time between Prai and Ipoh, lootIng goods trains. No loot was
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  • 297 7 From Our Staff Correspondent. KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. THE need of Malaya for one or two of the bigger, betterknown secondary schools to oe turned into boarding houses "to try to make them something like the famous English public schools" was stressed by Dr Ong Cheng Kcng
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  • 309 7 from Our Staff Correspondent KUALA Ll'MPl R, Wed. A SPECIAL committee has been appointed to consider and report as soon as possible on the nature and extent of the housing problem in the Malayan I'nion. and the financial and other measures required for a solution. This
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  • 157 7 Dredgemen Strike In Perak From Our Own C<»... JPOH, Wedn. A STRIKE oi about 150 Chinese drcdgemcn yesti relay caused three dredges of the Malayan Tin Dredging Ltd., in Bfalim Nawar to be idle. The men absented themselves in support of demands for better conditions submitted to the management on
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  • 72 7 rrani Oiir Sta/T Corre^nonden?. KUALA LUMPUR Wed IS from April 1 thL* y?ar. She Residiint Commissioners of thp Malayan Union are to rcyoiv-? :h, following monthly entertainment alio var.opy Perak— s4oo: S :lan?or— s3oo: Negri Sembilan. Pahan^. and Kodah— s2sn each; KeUntan Trengfranu <Tid Ifalarc^— slso earh;
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  • 69 7 COMPENSATION b en paid by th.> Indonesia f o the Ho Hong Steamship Co.. ltd Singapore, for ih? use »f t^ 0 I 8. r >-ton Inter vessel Hong Thorn In Oc*ob r, ar. rt w il rec lied thai th Thong, plyin* betwe n Sin
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    • 76 7 QUALCAST LAWN MOWERS SOLE AGENTS JOHN LITTLE CO., LTD. SINGAPORE KUALA LUMPUR and PENANG Wontivr Dog as a X'mas Present V*«X WAKOUWA ■A **N -A SENSATIONAL NEW TOY FOR EVERY ONE" fc^^W fly I (•V\ Ir It's cute ts amaz^ n 9 Rj^^jS It's unbelievable Obtainable from NANO HBNO <<>..
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    • 121 7 HERE AGAIN FOR X 'MA S WILL ARD S CANADIAN FORKDIPT CHOCOLATES One assortment only is available the lamuli.--ANN HATHAWAY Sampler Box, which reaOM you in a hermetically sealed container, l\\\\< ensuring the contents are as fresh as upon the <lay they were made. I 1 LB $3.00 OBTAINABLE FROM
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  • 1150 8 Stagecraft Of China MUSIC GESTURE BY OUR WOMAN REPORTER THIS article on Chinese drama is l»;i>*d upon a broadcast talk given by Mr. m>ng liui Hag, director and producer of "Lady Pnrious Stream." which is hfinu staged this week al ih* Victoria Theatre PHERE M an old Chinese saying that
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  • 697 8 MILLIONS of American cus til tomers are now literally being led by the nose inti clothes shops, toy store3 and delicatessen shops, and don t know it. These people are being trapped by specially manufactured smells. The new and growing industry 01 smell-binding is expected to earn
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  • 211 8 LONDON milliners nr\ more attention to types t> iaces and making hats to siu hose types more than the aavo ever done before. For the very youthful rour.d face, hat stylists are advi: inu the wide brimmed bonnet. Often with a rounded brim. ;t* only decoration
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  • 331 8 COSMETIC -*s have introduced their new wintei I colour.-, with the advice twomen to cultivate a glow.np personality. At a cocktail parly in the fashionable Bond Street salon, "Red Grape," the new rich ruby red lipstick was shown whli a faintly opalescent powder to achieve that desired "glow."
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  • 442 9 DISNEY LOOKS FOR A NEWER THEME [Walt Disney arrived in England icntly on his way to Ireland, where he is to make a lilm called "I tie Little People," involving Barry FiUcerald and other reaJ characters in a piece which he said will reflect Celtic twilight, leprechauns and the art
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  • Article, Illustration
    41 9 BcUy Uui.on. whose next film, "Cross My Heart,' 1 soon will be released by Paramount, now is before cameras in the stellar of "The Perils of Pauline," based on the life of Pearl Whitt, famed queen of the silent film serials.
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  • 245 9 A New York Premiere SQUADS of police had to "get tough" with scores of "bobbysoxers" teen age girl movie fans when they pawed and clawed famous stars on Broadway recently. The stars were arriving for the premiere of Ingnri Bergman's "Joan of Lorraine." Myrna Loy
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  • 99 9 TEOROE Murphy was sad- dened by the news thai the RCAF bomber "Tho lieorgf Murphy," named in honour of the star, was lost in action Sergeant Ginny Simms of the United States Marine Corps, who makes her first Technicolor appearance on tiic screen in
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    24 9 Marjorie Reynolds, who plays the ghost of Melody Allen in Universal's "The Time of Their Lives." relaxes after a haid in -ht of haunting.
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  • 62 9 The celebrated 20th CenturyFox's 1946 production 'Anna and the King of Siam' has beer, selected by Messrs Shaw Brothers as the picture for the forthcoming gala opening of the Rex cinema. The story, told with delightful humour ar.d sparkling wi*. is centred about a captivating English woman,
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  • 293 9 A GAY and tuneful musicai star-studded with fine entertainment, in to be found at the Cathay this week, whore M.G.M.'s Technicolor comedy. "Broadway Rhythm." Is pl".vIng. George Murphy is happily cast in a role that gives f-im plenty of opportunity to sing and dar.ce. and
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
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  • Services Sports Notes
    • 398 10 By Our Services Correspondent rE Army soccer leagues are in full swing and so far no particular team yet appears to be particularly outstanding. A game which might have resulted in an unusu?! way was that of SEALF 2nd XI versus 24 IBMS. At
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    • 96 10 The oniy results handed in during tho'past week have been] between District HQ snd HQ SEALF. District winning by iwo gcaLs to n.l, and another between D.strict HQ and 223 BOD You w*U remember that neither of these latter two had previously lost a match. 222 BOD niana^d to
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    • 119 10 The Indian Army hockey XI Is i standing by for their tour of Malay., w'ri eh tt^ns or the 18th of tnis month. TIM selection c i.imittee had no easy assignment but finally selectee*. U*l following players: 28 Indian Base Post OH'ce. W. O. Mohn Sawar. W.
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    • 267 10 Com bined Services On 30th of this month tvu're will be a Combined Services match against the Combined Sngapore Civilians. This will be the last of a seri. s of trial games to select a Singapore State side. Inter-State matches are scheduled to begin early next year. Preceding this match
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    • 125 10 The Inter-Service Boxing last Wednesday was well up to standard and the spectators appreciated some high class boxing. The surprise of die evening was the Deieat of Capt Murphy, Ammunition Depot, at the hands ol Cfn Swift, 40 Tank Bde WK3;^ Capt Murphy skiltul defeat oi DetSjt Abdul Hamid
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    • 188 10 IN their return match with Smgaport. Area Control Centre. Changi "A" X again proved themselves too suonp and were easy winners by 101 runs The match which was to have been p.ayed it Kallanc. was again played at Changi berausc Kallanc fl"!d was under water. AREA
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  • 87 10 The Selangor Health and Strength Association will b 3 staging a Display at Kuala Lumpur durinp the early part of January 1947, and there will be open challenges to the general public in boxing, wrestling, weight-lifting and feats of strength. The whole gross* proceeds from the
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  • 40 10 The first committee meeting of the Peterdale Badminton Party will be held at the residence of Mr. Robert H. W. Susiya. 14 UtXk Ah Pin lload. on Tuesday at 7.3<j p.m. All Committee Mcmbcis are requested to attend.
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  • 89 10 LONDON, Wed. IN his opening address at the annual meeting of the sTretaiies cf first class cricket clubs held at Lord's today to confirm next season's fixture list, Colonel Kait Kerr, Secretary of the MCC. said that the Indian touring team this year had met with
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  • 81 10 Fiom Our Own Co-respondent MUAR, Tuesday. DLAYING on bad ground condi- tions, which made good soccer impossible, the Muar Police Deat the Muar Rangers by a solitary goal in a game of soccer at the Muar Club pudang yes.erday. The Police had the better of
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  • 141 10 From Our Own Correspondent. MALACCA. Sat. The results of the semi-final roundof the men's singles event in the Malacc Badminton Association tournaments for 1946 are: Loh Yuen Thong Ocat Tan La; San 15 4, 15 7; Adam bin Othman beat Ng Aik Jin 13—13 (,5-2>, 15—4. The
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  • 155 10 The Combined Friendship Badminton Party defeated the Kent Road Badminton Party at their home court (200, Owen Road) by 4 games to 3 on Sunday. (Combined Friendship B.P. players mentioned first: Singles: Chan Swee Lam beat Thomas Sx>w 13-13. (3-5), 15-10, 15-4; Lee Ah Tee lost
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  • 116 10 ■•VET" B.K tHftfftrt the A;nicable B P. by five games to two in a friendly badminton match on Sunday. The results are as follow: (VET B.P. player; mentioned first):— Singles: Bujal lost to Ya» Yew KanS, 10—15. 5—15: C. de Souza beat Tay Cheng Chwee. 15-
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  • 106 10 The Brighton B.P. '•B" team botf the Carefree B.P. on Sunday, oy lot eames to three. Results (Brifhtoa players mentioned first): A. B. Aljaru lo~t to Salle'n KMKB 15-8, (2-3): 7-15; Hassan \ihabshi beat Poh Kirn Kiat 15-3. 15-5 Seoh Ah Kow lost to Wee Teclc Vein li
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  • 154 10 LONDON, Tueo. OXFORD won the University Rn"!i/ Ilnion clash at TwicKam here today bating iwKKrnnani nere today wa «5 S f.nn^.htoiPol^! &m of Oxford, undoubtedly the team or .he season thus maintained their jnbeaten record. Today's match was the 65th between the Universities. Oxford have won 29,
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
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  • 597 11 Malayan Mid-Week Quotations Share quotations as at Dec. 10, ftccording to tne Malayan ;iaie6roLen Association (lUngapor*) were aa fol'ows: I I I I I Alexandra Brickworks Ords. l.TO $2 00 Alexandra Brick work* Prefs. <x 3.10 Brit Malaya rnutec Executor Co a. ini BOO Consolidated Tin Smelters Ord 22/3 24
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  • 217 11 F AND N SHARES SELL AT $34.50 By Our Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, Wednesday. DUSINESS was done in Fraser and Neaves today at $34.50. Fraser and Neaves prefs. changed hands at $11 and Hammers, after changing hands at $35.50, were taken to $36. Other business reported was: United Engineers at $10.75,
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  • 403 11 SINGAPORE. Wednesday. TODAY'S produce prices were: RICE: Siamese No. 1 SI OO. No. I $95. No. 3 SGS. Indo-China No. 1 $30. No. 2 $27 Broken $30.50. Pt'LOH RICE: Siamese $'<n. Kedah $70. RICE NOODLES: No. 1 Siamese $85. Kedah $65. Indo-China $62. China $85. Loral No. 1
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 751 11 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. i incorporated in Singapore) BLUE FUNNEL LINE Sailing* to mnd from Liverpool A Glasgow ir.Min.in from U.K. for Hons Kong A Shanghai la Port burner** from U.K. for Java PoH« In Port Khexenor from IK. for Java Ports In Port ..l.nhr, doe from I K l«Dec. (.Irmffer
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    • 618 11 PRESIDENT LINE ELLERMAN s* l 11^ SAMTWEED NEW YORK A HAVANA PRis'mENT MONRtr"Tu n e LT~. lif l) S.S. MARINE FALCON Singapore Dec. 26 due Jan. 12 for Madras and Bombay. Ml AUFMPQQ returning San Francisco via China nLHwklfbWV FARES: Ist. Class to Madras $276 c Dormitory 234 L I
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
    • 808 11 SINGAPORE TIDES TODAY. Ht*h Water: 1.19 a.ni. 9ft lin. 0.20 p.m. 10ft lin TOMORROW: High Water: 2.0!/ a.m. Bft Tin; 108 p.m. 9ft Bin. Bukit K3 Sftc. 40c. Bukit Kepoo« 1.00 1.40 Bukit Ttman 15 f»0 30. 0n Changkat Serdang .70 .80 Connemara 92. i.OO Glenealy 9.".' 1.05 Hamilton 1.10
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  • 168 12 HUTTON NOT AT NETS SYDNEY, Wed. .SLIGHT cold prevented Le Hutton, England's opening m, appearing In the nets >d;.y. He is the only member of cith<r side who was abwhen glorious sunshine prevailed Instead he stayed in his room as a precaution, but he la expected to bo fit to
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  • 44 12 On one of the worst Test wickets in th history of the game, Australian players crowti around Denis Compton ao he carefully plays a shot to the gully, on the final day of the first Test at Brisbane. Sun Herald picture.
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  • 411 12  -  Full Back) (By WITH the completion of the Victory Cup competition, local enthusitists are eagerly looking forward to future competitive soccer. SAFA officials are in the course of organising a Senior League competition, the opening match to be played in the first week in
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  • 140 12 In a friendly game of badminton, consisting of three singles and five doubles, the Jaya Stia B.P. of Kuala Lumpur met and deteated the Sia B.P. of Kuab Kubu Bharu at the latter s cour by tight games to nil on Sunday The full results are as follows
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  • 31 12 With a view to reviving the activlMes of the SunnydaU? Badmtaton Party. Singapore, old members should communicate with Mr. H.J. Chan. 54. Anthony Road. Singapore, as early as possible
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  • 529 12 NAVY WIN TOURNAMENT RUGBY Army Lose 6-0 At Stadium MORE determined and following the ball more energetically, Navy beat Army six points (two tries) to nil in Hie Singapore Rugby tournament match played at Jalan Besar yesterday As a spectacle the game was streets away from last Wednesday's meeting oeiween
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  • 57 12 The S.O.C. rupby team to play Raffles College on the padang this afternoon will be: W. C Bainbrldjre; J. M. Fulton, n Redman, M E. Davies, S. Johnson; R. W. Pinnock, W. M-Beatn; G. Vcrrall, J. H Wheel r P, Firkins, J H. Hardy S. O Corner. J
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  • 140 12 THE nucleus of Singapore s "All Blues" team, due to mwt Neirri in the Southern section semi-final of the "AH Blues" Cut* competition an Dec. ?8. at Singapore, will be in action for the first time on Saturday when the side meets the S.C.C. In
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  • 97 12 THE following p.aycrs have been lnI vited to make up the Indian Army team selected from Singapore to tour Malaya during the Christmas season--28 Indian Base Post Office: WO Mohd. Sawar and WO Bajamanickam; No. 1 Ind. Field Survey Unit: Jemadar Kartar Singh and Jomadar Amar
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  • 130 12 The foliowlng players wil! bs selected to represent the Brighton B string against the Playfair B string comprising of five singles and two doubles to be played at the latter's court 251 Rangoon Road on Saturday. Omar b. Osman, Ong Tianj Huat, A. B. Aljaru, Scan Ah Kow,
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  • 105 12 PHILADELPHIA, Wed. TWENTY-year-old boxer, Billy Fox, won a 42nd knockout victory in his 42nd professional fight on Monday night and promised that he would beat Gus Lesnevich on Feb. 28. 1947. Fox knocked out Shelton Bell of Yourgstown. Ohio, with a barrage of body blows in the fifth
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  • 322 12 IFTER the.r outstanding display against the Medicals last week. Raffles Co/:?e fell short of expectations wh-n they were beaten by four goals to one by the S.R.C. in hockey match played on the (Mdftng yesterday. Although the Collegians started the game in a most promising fashion. Indulging in
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  • 81 12 LONDON, Wed— Daphne Walker, 22-year-old London girl, is the new British women's figure skating champion. Before an audience of 9,000 which included the Prime Minister at Wembley Empire Pool last night, she achieved h*.r ten-year atabl'ion. always previously over-shadou ed by Cecilia Colledge, holier of the
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  • 60 12 The following will represent the Jacques B.P. (B. Team) against the United Family B.P. (B. Team) at the former's court on Sunday at 2 p.m. Yeo Kirn Kok. Johnny Koh, Chua Poh Khoon, Chua Ouan Seng. Isaac Goonesag?ram. J. P. Morris. M. A. Lange. Teo Kwang Ngnee, Kwa
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  • 100 12 U.S. DAVIS CUP TEAM MELBOURNE. Wed. WALTER L. PATE of the Ame- rican Davis Cup Team announced at a press conference on Tuesday that h s squad was going into intensive practice for the international competition littb more than two weeks away. He said that the Americans would accept no
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    • 409 12 CLASSIFIED ADS. (Continued Prom Page 6) FOR SALE: Ocntleman's heavy double breasted overcoat 5" 9" and 44" rhen. $100. Ladles brown overcoat 5' 1 and 34' bust. $80. Apply Box No. 168, Straits Times. FURNITURE— New and Second RUM] Sideboards Tables— Chairs— Flat f 7, Eu Court. YHIICLKS FOR SALE
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    • 135 12 Look what I've got, I dv Maurier again! g^»«*~— alt ia V^'Stos^wi You've been patient a lon« time. Here's your im r > reward dv Maurier are back. Remember how f 4* jk. M »Km, they used to delight you in the good old days? Well, here they are again
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