The Straits Times, 22 December 1946

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    18 1 THE SUNDAY TIMES LARGEST NETT SALE IN MALAYA No. 35*5. SINGAPORE, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1946. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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    LORRY DAMAGES HOUSE
    74 1 LORRY DAMAGES HOUSE sho;>hf>u.<- at the n <>f North Brid«<> Road \rah Strt-et. Sin«apor«-. !.imagrd aft>-r th trunt Hml n hit b> a p. Sea l>rr>. U.i car was speeding to \n\ stiitatr the r'-H»i\ of a >usp"( l-d robber> in Ge>lanj nhen it came in collision with thr lorn
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    New U.S. force for atom war will go by air
    77 1 New U.S. force for atom war will go by air WA r..us announced I organirat on from which Will .trmy divL,:cn com- sportabie by a r and 250 per cem more md 20 per cen! mor-^ Th' iif* division w-il d in four or five months :on. it is stated,
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    HUNDREDS DEAD IN JAP EARTHQUAKE
    510 1 HUNDREDS DEAD IN JAP EARTHQUAKE Tidal wave hits 9 six cities THE giant earthquake and tidal wave whirh rocked and flooded large areas of central and southern Japan early yesterday was estimated by Japanese and Tnited States sources to have killed 500 people, injured 600, wrecked 5,000 buildings, damaged 5,000
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    Govt.to reconsider European grant
    167 1 Sunday Times Correspondent KUALA LI'MPL R. Sat. EOLLOWING strong verbal and written protests, Ihe acting Governor-General, Sir Edward (lent, has referred the question of European Government officers' cost of living allowances to the Financial Secretary, Mr. W. I). Godsall, for reconsideration. I understand that Mr. Godsall
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    PLAN TO GO UP 19 MILES
    108 1 WASHINGTON, ia USING 100 balloons. Dr. i Pir^ard IBd a U.S. Navy pilot 1 will attempt to rise 100,000 et or nearly 19 mih-s— far higher I than man has ever flown before -the UWS. Navy has announced. 'Am cscent will be m?.de nex;
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    SOCIETY PROTESTS TO PRINCESS
    85 1 LONDON, Sat. T ri E L-a^ue Against Cruel SpcrLs has sent a letter to Princess Eii/abeth protesting against her .;l\oo'ing a stag on the occasion j of her recent visi' to the Inver- j re home of Lord E'p'.-.in-stom The letter said 'The committee greatly regrets
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    JINNAH ARRIVES AT KARACHI FROM UK
    50 1 UOHAMED Ali Jinnah, Presidorr. I 1 ot trie All India Mu>:!im League, and Liaquat Ali Kahn Finance Member of the Indian Interim Government, arrived at Kanclil by sir early yesterday on their return from ther tall:s In Lond'--n with the British 'Joveinmuit, reports Rcuter
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    PRIDI AT PALACE
    26 1 WAI Pridl Panomyong. Siam M senior statesman and Madame Pridi were entertained to iunch by the King and Que-en at Bu.'ki!:gham Palace yesterday.
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    Nazi marshal faces charges of murder
    133 1 Nazi marshal faces charges of murder NUREMBERG, Sat. CALMLY listening to charges linking him :o the murder of niillons of Europeans, Field Mar. shal Erhard Milch, deputy Chief of the Nazi Luftwaffe pleaded "not guilty" when he appeared before an all American war crimr-: court at Nuremberg. The trial has
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    BEVIN SEES KING
    46 1 Mr. Ernest Btvin, the Foreign Secretary, who returned from Now York on Thursday, was received in audience by the King at Buckingham Palac? yesterday. It it undrrstood he gave the Kin? a personal report on the recent j Unit?d Nations meeting, .says Reuter.
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    CONGRESS DEBATES COURT PROPOSAL
    194 1 Nf,V DELHI, Sat. THE All-India Congress Party's Working Committee today debated whether or not they should adhere to the British Government's statement of Dec. 6, laying down that any differences between the Congress Party and th? Muslim League should be referred to :he Uderal court It
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    BRIDESMAID WILL SOON BE BRIGE
    48 1 BRIDESMAID WILL SOON BE BRIGE MISS MARY CHI R( HILL, soon to l>f a bride herself, was a briilosmaid when her cousin, Lady Caroline Spencr-Chur-chill, daughter of the lin e and Duchess of Marlborough. was married at St. Mary Magda lenc. Woods'ock, near Oxford, to Major Hugo Watrrhousr.
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    JAPS PROTEST ON REPAT
    294 1 Sunday Times Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Sat JAPANESE surrendered personnel in the Malayan Union have staged demonstrations and sitdown strikes and whnt are described by an Army spokesman as minor disturbances in an effort to bring about their early repatriation. The Army spokesman infoimc-d--ne that these disturbances,
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    LABOUR TO TEST PARTY REVOLT
    83 1 LONDON SaA two-day iorcign affairs deba'e in Parilam;nt np U be held towards the end cf January with th? Foreign Secretary Mr. Ernest Be. in, as the leading speaker, will test Hw quality o: t>he recent Labour Party revolt in which 100 Government supporters abstained
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    HANOI CLASH ALARMS PARIS
    276 1 HANOI CLASH ALARMS PARIS FIRES continue to burn in Hanoi as French military forces worked steadily on tru> task of mopping up the last Vietnamese held .strong points against stiff and bitter resist* ance. Vietnamese leaders are said to have left the capital. Meanwhile, there is grave concern oviT the
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    ACTRESS ESCAPES FROM BURNING CAR
    93 1 LCNi* DA'IHICIA Ror. nim artresi, i.aa a narrow escape- Injury when the car ;n which riM v. i a Msamger caught, fir? in Pi s ra dilly while she was being dr-ven from Urury Lane Tlieatre to a restaurant' Flames five fee: hi?h ?hot from
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    SPOTLIGHT On MALAYA AND MALAYANS
    1289 2 SPOTLIGHT On MALAYA AND MALAYANS CLIFFORD PEER TURNS HIS A SINGAPORE banker. R. F. F T. R. LEVER is om <»1 t ho at the pre-Staff liege course which is ng run for regular oOccn in South Fast ie Army calling for h thb MM is that he is a
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    MAS REAT
    35 3 MAS REAT V.* J»wr eht. hi«r of the n 'Ulna (I s t<>»etli«T wuh somr of Sif.fa..imki »hl'i..n nho wdc 4 < hristma. treat at thr I Hoi Id by t h and th«- hotar* Clttb.
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    Big CROWDS AT REX OPENING
    59 3 :unaed all 'ay at the th Res Cli oma. Sir- bu:lt and d by Shew Bro h r*. I Ulna and th" R fti the i.ea in MacK and Buki. T.ma'.i R adi. t aid the o 3f a high H x HarrLsc.i r.nd Iren*
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    ASSOCIATION OF ENGINEERS PARTY
    66 3 DEPRESENTATIVES of th: ship- ping community in Singapore w r pre.'trt at an at home to celebrate the reopening of the j club of the Association o! Engiat Ro.ffl Quay yesterday evening. Among t'::a>e present was Mr. William Orr, who joined th? Asition la Ncvcniber. 1888.
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    RETIREMENT AFTER 44 YEARS' SERVICE
    66 3 MESSRS Brinkmann &Co gav^ j a dinner to their general staff fof about fifty members at th: Great World Res'aurant on Friday to mark the retirement o; the chief clerk of their insuiance department. Mr Tan 800 La f who had serv-cd tihem for 44
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    UNION MAKES BACK PAY GRANT
    353 3 UNION MAKES BACK PAY GRANT For Goztf. subordinates Suncl.i\ Times Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Saturday. GOVERNMENT financial of "ers throughout tho v Malayan Union are preparing for the immediate payment of two months back-pay to all Government subordinates at a cost of $7,500,000. This has been authorised by Sir Edward Gent,
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    Black Mar kef rice tor less than $1
    183 3 Sunday Times Correspondent T price of b!ack ir.arkct rice in Singapore nose-dived Morday from $1.30 to $1 a kati for first quality Siam rice ai J other grades were lo be liad for less than SI. There was no dtmurd for flour
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    K.L. TO HAVE I.S.P. BRANCH
    138 3 Sunday Times Repor.fr KUALA LUMPUR. Sat. IN interim committee or the In- corporated Society of Planters to serve Kuala Lumpur district and commence a local branch was elected yesterday with Mr W. G. F. Brown as chairman and Mr J. E. Pearce as vice-chaim an
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    Tory Far East expert here on study trip
    180 3 Tory Far East expert here on study trip Sunday limes Reporter MX Wai.er Kletcr.er. Cor.iervat.ve MP. :or Bury who is head of the Conservative Party's Far £Mt Committ:e. arrived in R..-. ga;.ore Iml night by air from Lo:iajn Purpose ot tvs visit is twofold j Be=;aes conducting his tnvestiga- j
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    Malayan who aided Sjharir here on visit
    180 3 Sunday Times li< p ci i PORMtR Ma.ayan j MUAftllft. Mr Charles Thamboe, ?rr ved in Singapore on Friday to v;sit friend, ii; Malaya after spending the war years :n Indonesia. He Lrin.,o with him message.* to iLora K llearn. Special Commssioncr in
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    CATHEDRAL WEDDINGS
    207 3 I i St. Andrews Cathedral yester- day of Lieut. George Hardy. R.E son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Hardy of London and Miss Olive j Tennant, daughter of Mr^. L. Tennant. of Blackburn. Th? bride, who carried a bouquet ot white lilies and gladcli, I was given
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    US. MOTOR WORKS TO CLOSE FOR WEEK
    34 3 THE Hudson Motor Company tia, 1 Joined the Ford Motor Co. in announcing a week long holiday shutdown because of critical metal shortage, UP. learns in Detroit.
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    FROM JAVA
    25 3 MR. CHARLES THA.MBOE, who is in Singapore from Java with a message from the Indones'an President, Dr. Soekarno, to the people ot Malaya.
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    TAN KAH KEE SUPPORTS SENATORS
    353 3 U''t. Tan Kah Ki<?, chairman A the Federation of China Rei lief Fund Committees in South East Asia, has sent a letter to Senators Murray and Flanders in Washington supporting bhe pro- posal they made during the week for an international conference under General Marshall
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    BOAT DISPUTE BEFORE COURT
    277 3 Sunday Times Correspondent PENANG. Saturday. THE dispute Detween Penang's lighter owners and 800 1 contract lightermen was taken to court today, when application was made by Mr. P. K. Shakkarai Rawther and 31 other tongkang owners against the Penang Boatmen* Union and three of its officers.
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    U.S. DECORATION FOR OFFICERS
    102 3 For outstanding Anglo-Ameri-can executive and liaison w > r k during tiie war. three British oflicer-,- Croup Capi. E. J Corbaliy. Group Capt. J. P. PrlUhard and Lt.-Col. A. Selbl^- were invested as members of the U.S. Logion of Merit 'Decree of OrT.cer) at a ceremony
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    MORE ICE TO AID MALAYAN FISHERMEN
    282 3 MORE ICE TO AID MALAYAN FISHERMEN Sunday Times Reporter THE Singapore Cold Storage Co. Ltd. is making every effort to keeo the flshormen of Malaya supplied with sufficient ice and 1 considers :hi:; its first duty, i said Mr. H B. Ropcr-Caldbeo k 1 during his address yesterday chairman at
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    AUSSIES WORRIED BY UNO CRITICS
    845 4  -  Bob Gilmore Air mail letter""* from MELBOURNE Dvc. 11. NINO during the war, thr amiable non-colour- 1 .ttons tvtwt'en Australian tr<H>ps and "nr.- 111 .nesia and ImloArmTican correspcn- how, the inevitable posti«J retreat. Ausby rich's should b* 1--8 mum point ol etweei ..i and c
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    IN MY GARDEN
    380 4 JU i.NY Malayans *r e aw Muofc- ing about the rejuvenation of their gardens after the war years and have written artteg for advice. In this ne w?rkl> f atur... The Sunday Tiims garJening < urr« -sp.irch nt will t?li you what lip is doing in his
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    DUSTY'S SWIMSUIT
    19 4 DUSTY ANDERSON, Columbia s tar, shows off one of her almost strapless swimsuits at a Hollywood pool.
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    Truman may go back to farm
    552 4  -  W.S. BLEL B> rhas been the general pre diction that after losing Congress in 1946, President Truman will lose the White House in 1948. Such has been the usual sequence in politics. Vith that ictea in mind, the qu\ on naturally has arisen as
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    U.S. to film Antarctica
    554 4 THIS United States Navy 1 expedition to Little America has a production schedule of four months or more which envisions the taking of pictures of 60 per cent of the vast South Polar continent. II Uie weath«r permits skilled aerial photographers will get a panorama of
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      208 4 QUINK A PASSER PRODUCT Sold Everywhere MONTOR Ll£ 'phones, 6046 6 BOMB FOOD PARCELS FOR BRITAIN ArraafemrnU have been made id Australia foi ihr piompl dr>pat< h i« FOOD ParrHv to Britain Ordri > are srnl AIR M All to i>ur Sjdnrt Mrm \iSIKM.!.VN KI.CIIT II H KM I) IO
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    BIG NEW BUSES READY IN JAN
    348 5 Diesels arrive Sunday Times Reporter I\K.I.IVKKY of the first of the new diesel engine buses for the Singapore Traction Company has begun and h> next month it is hoped to have 23 more larjje I>um > on the road. Some of the chassis are
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    PENANG JUBILEE FUND $*****00
    149 5 PENANG JUBILEE FUND $1 *****0 Sunday Times < < Tt'sj.on Jent PtNANU, Sai INAUGURATED in 1935 to mar* local silver Jubilee of reign, the Penan* and Provirc- Silver Jubi;id now has assets exceedi 000.000 A large sum has accumulaed the war years, sta an's report for the five MS, but
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    CHURCH CONCERT
    21 5 A l-.ristmas cai —lelight wa^ held yesterday at the Paya Lebar Methcdist Church by members of th* church chcir.
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    FIRST NEW VAN FOR THE G.P.O.
    219 5 Sunday Times Reporter CINGAPORES Po.-,t Office w.l! shortly tak* over itj first iJ new delivery van since the liberation and it i.s hoped to get others in the near future. All that remains of Sirgapoie's j pre-war postal fleet of 20 vans is one
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    Took liquor & threatened to shoot police
    202 5 Took liquor threatened to shoot police Sunday Times Correspon jvut PENANG. M 1 MALAY constable. Ib bin Mat. who Dl?aded tha; he look toddy Chinese hqucr and did hot knew what he was doirg after that, was sen encea in thi> Butterworth Cour: by tne Judge. Mr. B J. Je:
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    NO MORE RICKSHA LICENCES
    157 5 Sunday Times Corr<":.on en I lAIPING. Sat AT I inee;i g ot the Laiu' and M;'t'iig Town Board, held here, an Unofficial member Dr. Tan One Le'ig asked w^at was th*» Board's polity towards rickshas. Taiping l*as stiu more Nmi 101 ricLshas in use The meeting
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    Plan for 16 new houses
    95 5 Sunday lums K» p<»rt*\ DEVELOPMENT of the Wueen Ascrid Park estate Singapore with the M struction of 16 new houses is planned In UW nca; fuiurc by Ai^oiiated Bui.ders, oi wiiich the Nanyang Struc.ural Co.. Ltd and E. J. Tan Engineering Co.. Ltd.. are the
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    MAN GAOLED FOR HAVING HANDBAG
    59 5 KONG CHI AH. 48, was sentenced to eight weeks" rigorous imprisonment in tlv Third Police Court yesterday for having a felt lady's hand-bag and a tin of buttons In his possession on Friday evening when leaving the Siugaoore Harbour Board area He was arrested when
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    S.R.C. ANNUAL DANCE
    57 5 THE Singapore Recreation Club will bold its annual dance at the S.V.C. drill hall In Beach Road on Boxing Day. Dancing will start at 9 p.m. and carry on till 2 a.m and there will be a Filipino band in attendance Rates of admission for couples are
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    Penang Gangsters Smashed
    206 5 Sunday Times Correspondent. Penang, Sat. WITH the smashing ot the gangs which at one time terrorised Penang and the mainland, there is now practically no more serious ciime on the island, the local C.I.D. states in a year end review of the work of the police. During
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    ROBINSON & CO ACCOUNTS
    207 5 ROBINSON CO ACCOUNTS Sunday Times Financial Cone.pondent ACCOUNTS of Robinson and Co. Ltd. yesterday covfj ttu period Sept. 5. 1945 to J me 0 1946, during which no trading was carried on. No profit wu thereicrrv earned. The balance sheet and pui, and loss arropriat:n account a 5 at Jun-;
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    645 BABIES BORN
    88 5 OINGAPORE'S birth rate is I HI far aDove the death rate. In the week ending Dpc. 14 645 children w^re born In the samt period tber? were 208 deaths The infantile dea»h ia e was 102 33 per 1 000 Among the chief CMMM vi death stated
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    RUBBER PRICES
    63 5 Singapore, Sat. THf 1 Singapore laambcr imn mercp Rubber <\ssoti»ti>.n s rubber prices toda« at noon were; poi ib. <°U. per Ib o I R S S. Spot loose II s 1 R S.N t.b in balea Jan 43', R S S lob in bales Jan. it 'l%
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    MISSION AIDS 'DEATH RAILWAY' ORPHANS
    369 5 Sunday Times Corre pomlrnt PEWAi\G, SiL UOSTLY orphans of labourers taK. n by the JaptaeM to work on the "death railway." some 150 th'ldren both boys and fc>rls, are i:ow ftprlirv! sanctuary lq 'ie Ramakrishna Ashrama Orph»iu?**. Established in Januaiw. 1435, by th Raroakr shna
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      279 5 PETER3ON INTERNATIONAL CODE 3rd Edition SIOO 00 AN EXAMPLE IN QUANTITY SURVEYING By Arthur J. Willis 18 00 CENTENNIAL SUMMER By Albert E. Idell 6 SO LATE HARVEST By Norman Douglas sio PERSUASION By Jane Austen 510 UVDER THE ATEBRIN MOON By members of the New Guinea Writers Club 4
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      191 5 UOLY SUNTANNED in 3 minutes *«m WMITEX. a wonJrrful new discovery, wrt^'BJßJ; P* tan reveals thai pale, (rcth loveli* ne»i that every woman Jn-am- ahoul, that every man adores Tropical sun is the enemy >>l fBMt t»cauty. It enlarges and dries up the skin pore^ makes y»>ur skin rough and
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    THE SUNDAY TIMES Singapore, December 22. 1946. The Brooke Ban
    627 6 THE SUNDAY TIMES Singapore, December 22. 1946. The Brooke Ban THERE can De very few people in Malaya who have much sympathy with the policy which is now being pursued by Mr. Anthony Brooke in an effort to secure the reversal of the Order-in-Council which made Sarawak a Crown Colony
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    MADE ONLY ESCAPE FROM DEATH RAILWAY
    1372 6 MADE ONLY ESCAPE FROM DEATH RAILWAY —by A Special Correspondent, I xcho tells for the first time j the story of Ptt Ras Pagani, who escaped from a prison camp on *the Siam-Burma railway to join up witt^ underground forces in Burma and later be taken prisoner again by the
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    KING APPROVES NEW MINISTRY
    75 6 THE appointment ol Mi V A'tzander II v.xsu \mr.ut Fortlolio. as Mlr.i I Dr-iei'CL. has be v app'-'verl i» tl o Kirg it is announced In kit* ol th s app>!' the Prime Minister. Mr crinent Ail re w U no lengef oe rtescril^rf! a> "Frime
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    BIG DAY FOR THE CLANSMEN
    604 6 BIG DA Y FOR THE CLANSMEN by A Chinese Correspondent PHINESE clansmen in \j Malaya today assemble for their annual "Tung Cheh' festival at their kongsi temples to observe age-old ceremonies. Being a day specially set aside tor worship of their ancestors, they will also take their children to the
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    DOCTORS REJECT MEDICAL CHARTER
    391 7 Assn seeking amendments Sunday Times Reporter rilK Nniliern, entral and Southern branches of the 1 Alumni Association of the King Edward VII ollege of Medicine have unanimously agreed to repd the proposals of what Dr. W. J. Vickers, Director .1 Mcdual Services, Singapore, recently described as
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    Three years for Javanese found with revolver
    205 7 Three years for Javanese found with revolver Sunday Times Reporter TWO Javanese, Sumaoi bin Ah- mat and Munjari bin Salahi.Ti, were each sentenced to three years* rigorous imprisonment and a fine of $300. In default six months, for the first charge and $500. or six months, on the second charge
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    CHINESE SCHOOL YEAR PROTEST
    170 7 Sunday limes Reporter niSSATISFIED over the decision of tfie Education Department to enforce the system of beginning the scholastic year in Chinese schools from January 1947. representatives of 25 Chinese schools in Singapore decided at a meeting on Friday to send a delegation to the Department.
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    BUDDHISTS CELEBRATE NEW MOON DAY
    32 7 The S'.nsap-re Buddhist Asso- > ation announce that the new mo;n day is be ng celebrated to,ay at 6 p.m. at the Sinhalese r.uddn:si Temple. 96 Outran K^ad.
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    WOMEN DOCTORS
    71 7 WOMEN DOCTORS Among 27 who passed their final professional examinations at the Collrgr of Medicine, Singapore, three are women. Twe qualified as doctors and one as a dental surgeon. Picture shows three new graduates (left to ri»ht): Dr. Mabel Won;, Miss Lucy Yeo Lay Wha. and Dr. Quah Que e
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    XMAS FARE IN GOOD SUPPLY
    232 7 Sunday Times Reporter THRISTMAS shopping this year has seen a good turnover l» for most Singapore stores, according to managers I talked to last week, but buyers of more expensive items have namrlf always been Asiatics. In the view of one manager, most Europeans have
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    CHINESE ON JEWEL ROBBERY CHARGE
    89 7 AN armed gang of four persjns is reported to have entered house No. 54 in Club Street shortly falter m dnighl on i'.T.rsday and at pistol point robbed Jewellery worth $1,400 kept by one Wai Ksm. A Chinese named Wong Sin Mai, 23. alicged to
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    SEREMBAN STILL TO HAVE RICKSHAS
    72 7 Sunday Times Correspondent SErtEMBAN, oit. THE Seremban Town Board chairman, Dato Muhmud b n Mat, M C.S.. replying to an Unofficial member. Mr. Yong Sze Lkn, said that. ,n the absence of any definite policy for a changeover to trishaws, i ckshas would continue to
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    RUSH TO UNLOAD CHRISTMAS CARGO
    119 7 UORE than 2,100 tons ot Ausm traJ an foodstuffs, special lmpnv j for the festive season. whio'.i arrived in Singapore >csterday afternoon by the B I ship Canara frcm Airports, will not be unloaded at th<wharves till tomorrow cwin to lack of berths It is
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    WAR MINISTERS XMAS MESSAGE
    163 7 MR. F. J. Bclienjtr, Secretary of State for War. has sent the following ('hristrras message to all rank' "To all rai»K> of the British Army throughout the worlj I «> r nd my b<-st wishes for Ch;istmas and the New Year. I send also my warmest
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    Seaman had opium tied round ankles
    140 7 A YOUNG Shanghai Chinese. Shan long Sei'g. v ho came to Singapore on board the Empire Adm'ral from India, was sentenced to three months' rigorous imprisonment and fined $1,000 or thrcp months' rigorous mprisenment by Mr. Paul Storr in the First District Court yesterday
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    AUSTERITY CHRISTMAS IN THE UNION
    405 7 Sunday Times Correspondent. KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. WITH four days left to Christmas, there is little evidence here of the festive atmosphere. In violent contrast to Singapore t'.ie shops here are still awaiting I delivery o f toys and other articles from Singapore docks, or for
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    JUDGE ON CRIME AMONG YOUTH
    336 7 AT the Singapore Assizes yottrday, Mr. Justice Brown observed that the law made nmplc provision empowu mj; him to deal with a child convicted of taking part in a robbery, but no machinery existed at present to implemrnt it. The child needed proper training in
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      650 8 T.ilS hand was dealt at random in one of the Studio Club fWyswftti-r. duplicate evenings. It is one of 'he most exasperating collections 35 years of bridge oldfashi'.ied. auction, pirate, royal auction. high spades. contract, toumajnrert. \icarag; gardcn-nartv. and family have brought my way. My hand consisted of r AAfll
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      847 8 THIS WEEK FOR YOU JY STEILa —What the Stars Foretell^ TAPRICORN (Dec. 23— Ian. ARIES (Mar. ti— Apr. 2«)— CANCER (Jan: 23— July 23) LIBRA (Sept 23— Ott »Ji 2f The new moon is the time The success of yo«r career —Seek harmony in your person- Take car* of loose
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      88 8 WORD-LADDER IT'S as true as ever that you must save to become rich SAVE becomes RICH in jus: four st;ps by the word-ladder nthod of changin? one letter each step to leave a complete *ord Try it SAVE RICH wM 4v«J JAM SI ABii J'JQ :uoi»n|(>s CRYPTARITHMETiC OUBSTITUTE the numerals
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      613 8 UUiJ rUAY. as a complete variant of mv urui 1 Quiz formula. I at» ins; you 33 "snap" questions, eich of which leads on from the one before it Each ouestion gains a certain numb-r of marks the total is 100 bur you may »dd on ano h?r 25 if
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    BRITAIN QUEUES UP FOR XMAS
    1164 9  - BRITAIN QUEUES UP FOR XMAS MARY HEATHCOTT, I by who worked in Malaya as a journalist before the war and who is now to write a weekly London commentary for women in The Sunday Times. LONDON, Dec. 9. LAST year at my fishmon■H were all put in hat and the
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    30 9 This dress in gaily-printed stockinette rayon was among the first collection of American dresses to be shown in London since the war. It was priced at Just under six guineas.
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    TIMELY RECIPES
    353 9 TIM ELY RECIPES IJERE are two Usty stuffings to choose from for your turkey or chicken APPLE STIFFING 1 small onion. 3 sticks of celery (finely chopped) cupsful stale breadcrumbs. 2 cupsful chopped apples. 1 tablespoonful seeded raiding or sultanas. Salt A- pepper 2 ox. margarine. 1 tablespoonful chopped parsley
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    When to be cruel to be kind
    663 9 A young friend of mine had been very happily engaged for three months. Then she had a letter from her fiance suggesting that the engagement be broken rl. as he had discovered k« did not love ner. He therefore thought their marriage wiuld
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      217 9 t-S fr 535 -MIRACLE B| A Breath of Ecitaey JE n m*f..retJ by the Mavjc of Romance *^i Hi^^CcaT A CHRISTMAS REMINDER Where Age Shows It is the skin, aiui on. 'he kin, j ihji reveals the advancing years. --o IfL And now it is easy to capture -'s^rSbN> t
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      301 9 "I see madam has discovered MADAM is chic, clever— she has already found this new Goya Creation. In the bath or after— as a daytime fragrance— she insists on Aqua Manda. G A SEW FRAGRANCE FOR TODAY' BY MADE IN ENGLAND 161 NEW BOND ST. LONDON W.I Anent: H. G.
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    MAN OR MCKAY MAY EET PATERSON
    400 10 t|>u-.«'nta(i'ni> noH being made by Kuw Kirn Lin. the l*.rr imxini; promoter and manager, to the British n- In.ird <»f Control through Ted Broadribb. the manager rtddie Mills, are successful, next Sunday's bantamweight t ;il Urn Happy World Stadium between Mick McKay, the ih
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    Hard Test or Welch Tonight
    167 10 j ionium im Id buxing arena tonight Weloh flghu Som Pon? lor lehl championship ■>■ tcj.l of stamina even for of Dox^rs, particularly la troplcj, and while *he youUhAirman is confid^af of stajthe distance anl emerging a nU »innrr. the Siamese, now ran stai;e. L»
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    Today's Water Polo
    60 10 i '.lowing wul represent th" 1 Chir.-re Swimming Club asalnst .he Singapore Swimming Club at wa'ei•h» SSC pocl at 11-30 am to<<av cow Eang. Kee Soon Bee. Ong 1 h. Teo S:-* Su:i. Lan Wee C:iwee. Sim Boon Hcon ar.d Ho Loo Th-.am. Reserves: Sect Chon? Chan
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    Boundary To Barnes
    33 10 Boundary To Barnes Barnes Hits Wright to the Ion; on boundary in his innings of 23-1 at Sydney in the second Trst in which Australia beat England by an innings and 33 runs.
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    Penang & Perak In Thtilling Games
    538 10 Penang Perak In Thtilling Games Sunday Times Correspondent PENANG, Saturday. ONLY a handful ot *pectator« were present to see Penang go down fighting to Perak in the first inter State hockey match played on the Free School ground which Ls situated M>me considerable distance out of the town. Victoria Given,
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    Negri All Blues Are Confident
    280 10 SEREMBAN. Sat WUilf' S..angor now definitely oit o: the All Blues Cup Com- i petition, the Negn Asiatics will travel down to Singapore to meet th? Singapore Asiatics in the semi-final next Saturday. The last minute att rr.pt oy j Selangor to enter the competition
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    RAFFLES COLLEGE BEATEN
    72 10 Sunday Tines Corrrspoi dent SEREMBAN. Sat. »:kcy team of Raffles College Singapore, playing here this even- iig, wrre beaten by three goals to nil -bs XI —a scratch team of i playera. ShPik M u.s. api) a th" State player.' -..red two goals and Sy:d Ham id
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    S.R.C. HOCKEY XI
    61 10 jME folium ir.g will represent the SRC. against the 4th Wireless ?e« ment at hockey on the S.R.C. adang tomorrow: G. L>wther; C. Norohna. PP. de SOMK N AciU. H Hoedcn. L Vantier- J T. de Souza, K. Armstrong. 8. .';>pc. J. Rcutens, E. Theobald. Re-' ,-ryes:
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    MAYFLOWER B.P.
    65 10 jI >; Ma>i lower EP wiil 1:. Singapore to-morrow evening by train ,r the tri.ip'iilar maili at Kuala I.umpur a;airiot the Liew Kwong Hon's I and th;? Patmsrad B P The games will be played in id of building of an ext n-ion to Ju- -c H'.rre for
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    FROST & FOG HIT LEAGUES
    595 10 FROST FOG HIT LEAGUES Home Football LONDON, Sat. r>sr and fog caused a number ot postponements and abandoned soccer League matches today. Owing to ■severe wintry conditions a number of away team*; were held up on their journeys and starting late played short time, changing straight over at the interval.
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    Chinese Beat Muslims In Malacca Cup
    271 10 Su..d iy Times C'orr?spjnct?ni MALACCA, Sat, CULEIMAN, the Malacca Muslims' goalkeeper, held the M'ur Chines*- at bay till all but ten minute* before the end when a hefty clearance by Cheah Tuan oeah gave Ho Moon Joon the oall and tue little left-winger raced
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      753 10 BRhiSH STORES DISPOSAL BOARD (SINGAPORE) TENDER NOTICE. BY ORDER OF THE DIRECTOR OV DISPOSALS. FAR \ml kn \H» 1M.0.5.) The British Stores disposal Board. Singapore, is authorised to receive Tenders (or the following items: Located at No. 3 Store, H.M. Dockyard Lot No. I—Machiner1 Machinery 50 tons scrap Located at
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      259 10 are (Tl^W^ii many Jj *ti\KJ^ imitations For coolncj, comlon «rKI long car you II be wise to choose AIR 1 1 ao look for thf Übc l before you buy. Its the famous Open Weave trun makes AP.R TIiX such a treat to wear countless tiny air-cvlls insulate you against
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    CLUB OUTPLAY R.A.F. TO WIN 9-0
    529 11 OiUn ground at Jalan Besar yesterday the I I <met and for all settled arguments as to who is top* in Singapore Rugby by beating their >trongest rivals, the R I- nine pi»ints (two tries, one penalty) to nil, out 15 them in e^ery
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    Scrambling For The Ball
    9 11 match at Jalan Besar Stadium.
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    HAMMOND, FISHLOCK GET CENTURIES
    415 11 NEWCASTLE. N.S.W., Sat. rill! Marviebone cricketers began a two days' match with 1 the Northern Country XI here today and Hammond won the toss and decided to bat first. When stumps were drawn, the M.C.C. were all out for 395, Hammond and Fishlock getting centuries. The
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    SCOREBOARD
    99 11 .C IST IXMN(,<i liuioii > id b Hinman 4? Wtthbrook c Oecoarcey b Pickles 9 I ishlock b Hinman 11C rVammond st Frltou \< ti 1 ompton r and b Hill 6 Hardslaff c Sullivan b Hill I Edrirb not out 59 ian*nd«r r Hill b Mjnnii tl ««ibb
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    Selangor Club Beat Rest 21-Nil
    276 11 Selangor Club Beat Rest 21 -Nil Sunday Times orrmpondrnt KUALA LUMPUR. Sat. C^LANGOR Club scored a dec:s:vo victory over the Rest— a team drawn mainly from the Army and S-'langor I United by 21 pom's (three goals and 1 two tries* to nil on 'he pidang this evening The grounu.
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    Robinson Wins Welter Title
    88 11 NEW YORK. Sat CUOAR J.jv Pobinson 146-lb Ne^ro fiom Har>n forg»d ah?ad ir. 'hi middle rounds to outpoint Tommy Bell, 146 of Youngstown. Oh«j, and w,n the worid wtlterweight championship in 15 lounds at the Modison Square Garden yesterday. Rcbimon won the ciown. but only uf'.er
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    MERRYDALE B.P.
    83 11 I WRING the foitiiccining Chr^tmas holidays, the Merrydale Badminton P.irty of Kuala Lumpui will travel to looh where they will play agains*. the Joviallads BP and Vi-tory B P of Iprh The Mexrvda'-* team *ii: be chosen from the follow iig: Ijee Tin Mun I Jew Chuo Wah.
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    PLAYFAIR B.P.
    123 11 IN a f.;;:id)y budtninlon ir.atch piayeu I at Rar.gmn Roal last Saturday 'he Playfair BP B beat the Brighton B P. "B" by six games to one. The reiu'U. Playfair players mentioned first SINGLES: Chan Swee Lam beat AB. A Jam 15 5, 15—0; Jteymond FroU beat Ong
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    ARMY SOCCER
    21 11 a -'->«cd jro i-.d Pt D a; lr.-" 2'!? P. ihiee nil in (he v >n- cer lea* v..-
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    Perak Defeat Indian Army Five-One
    274 11 Perak Defeat Indian Army Five-One Sanday limes Hockey Kcyortcr IPOH. Sat. rthe fastest match of the tour played to far, the Indian Army Hockey team from Singapore were trounced by a Perak Hockey Association XI at Ipoh this evening by fire goals to one. Perak team rr.;Tipri« State players and
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    Beaten 4-1 By Penang
    307 11 Sunday Time* Hockey Reporter PENANG. F.i IN one of (tit hM games Penang foi a long time, the Indian Army hockey team on a tour of the mainland went down fighting gamely to the I'enang Hockey Association by whom uuy were beaten by Mm goals to
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    WEIGHTLIFTING
    91 11 I 1 TK Young Chin?se Amateur Weight. 1 lifting Party will resume its activities again from Jaa. 1. At the general meeting held recently, the following were i-lrcied officebePrers for the ensuing year: Persident. Mr. Lc Weng Kay vicepre&ident. Mr. Lim Cheok San. lion secretary hon. treasurer Mr. Koug
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    S.C.C BOWLS
    38 11 'I THE temporary bowls green at the S.C.C. will be available for play, weather permitting, this morning. Any members who would like to have a game are asked to turn up between 10 and 10.30 am.
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    SINGAPORE CHINESE FORM SPORTS FEDERATION
    220 11 CINGAPORf: Chinese spcr:smen are *J very likely to t>; represented at the China Olympics to be held in Nanking on the Double-! enth next year. This will only be possible through representations to be msdc by the Sir^;£>ore Chine** Amateur Sports Federation hlch is now
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    ROWING ON ROAD IN LONDON
    153 12 When a particularly high tide conincided with heavy rains, the Thames overflowed its banks at Putney and made it possible for these two oarsmen to row alongside a marooned car. Fur the first time in 18 years a woman, Miss K. Tweddcll, acted as a
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