The Straits Times, 28 December 1946
1946-12-28
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Title Section20 1946-12-28 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER ESTABLISHED OVER A CENTURY EIGHT PAGES SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1946. PRICK TEN CLNTS20 words
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Article252 1946-12-28 1 French Turn Back Coun ter-A t tacks PARIS, Friday. CRUNCH troops have turned back violent counterattacks hy Vietnam forces at many points in the northern Indo China battle area, a communique of the Trench Ili^h Command in Saigon received here today announced. The communique, which summedReuter; UP - 252 words
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Article150 1946-12-28 1 Squatters Fight Gangsters Si rails Times Reporter SQUATTERS living in the I Bukil Timah district' made plucky attempt to j catch live gunmen on Thursday nifht after "tie of their, n folk luj been robbed ■>i ome jewelta j and 1900 In cash. Hearing the woman's tri< quitted Hiring In150 words
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Article48 1946-12-28 1 WASHINGTON. Kn. Accordi!- mcd >urc '.s. ni Truman will usk Con"i- a. $U)0 million appro- provide direct v Uel i" (i itltute countries after INRRA cea iMons .viii !>.■ spent on IU ly, I ;md Greece il will be administered by the Stele Department. U. P.48 words
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Article102 1946-12-28 1 The Times Correspondent t>ARIS, Fri.— M. Moutefs arriv al at Saigon, General Leclerc's departure there and Admiral D'Argenlieu's Christmas address are signs of French determination not to let matters in IndoChina drift. It will be noted that thtre is no mention in Admiral D'Argrnlieu's address of aThe Times - 102 words
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Article373 1946-12-28 1 POSTAL RATES TO GO UP 'From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. AS from Jan. 1, 1947, internal ■IMJ Empire postal rates are to be increased in Singapore and the Malayan Union. The Increases are expected to < bring about $650,000 in addi- tional revenue. This is a rough' estimate,373 words
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Article, Illustration63 1946-12-28 1 Flying In New Plumes •\ir s.< v.ardesses of the lin'. sh Overseas Airways Corporation have .iust ri -lived their new uniform. It is a dark blue barathea rosturrh-. white shirt and back tie, and a smart blue toque with a special fastening to keep it on in a high wind.63 words
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Article535 1946-12-28 1 it as Mr. Creech Jones does: my son's opposition to the Rajah's "const uution' was on this score. I "I should like to add that Mr. I Creech Jnoes's contention that the ,tcssion of Sarawak was lawfully a J 1 constitutionally effected last sp-ing '3535 words
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Article101 1946-12-28 1 From Our Own Correspondent. KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Six people were killed and six injured last night when a 15-cwt. truck crashed into a crowd leaving the Coliseum Cinema in Batu Road. Kuala Lumpur. This afternoon AC. frank Joseph Sayer, from the R.A.F. Airstrip Kuala Lumpur, was101 words
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Article46 1946-12-28 1 LONDON. Fri.— A French plane reported by radio early today that it had crashed and v.as in grave danger of sinking as RAF rescue services and Soutii Coast lifeboats sped to the rescue. 20 miles off Devonshire in tSe English Channel—U. P.46 words
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Article241 1946-12-28 1 LONDON, Friday. HUNDREDS of passers-by today watched gun battle five storeys up above a busy central London street, where armed police eventually captured a man wanted for questioning in connection with th* 1 Chris' mas Day killing of a Jamaican airman. One police officer wii shotReuter - 241 words
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393 1946-12-28 1 Straits Times Reporter OLE AS of not guilty were made in all cases yesterday by the seven Indian soldiers facing the General Court Martial at No. 2 Indian Transit Camp, Hukit Timah, for alleged participation in the Christmas Island mutiny of March, 1912,393 words
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Article173 1946-12-28 1 CID Makes Big Haul An Singapore Straits 'limes Reporter ONE hundred cases ol cij;a rettea and sixty-two mils vi cloth which had beer stolen irom Army stores were discovered hidden in hui Singapore rubber estate Christmas Eve by a party ol C.I.D. officers working undei Mr. E. Linsell. A.S.P in173 words
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Article45 1946-12-28 1 U T NG SAN FOR DELHI RANGOON. Tucs: i Delayed): U Aunp San. Deputy Chairman ol Burma's Interim Government, who will lead a Burmese d lion to London, will spend four I New D.^lhi on the way to the United Kingdom parly in January —ReuterReuter - 45 words
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Advertisement19 1946-12-28 1 '."'Ujsfa.na rWittma M6i/tsujftae/ttft> make 6^3 sum Mm Sola Agents J JSSEfI£ntAVE R?. fr i*^ jdaimU'ris— flTVTHSfi'iw w Ji»usMßJ'"«— s—19 words
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Advertisement126 1946-12-28 1 MA*uneru*/«o &Me SO* At VPOM -PtNAH4 J MUNICIPAL P.W.D. ENGINEERS PUBLIC WORKS CONTRACTORS BUILDERS GOOD DELIVERIES from C.H. JOHNSON machinery) LTD. 1. Powered Internal VIBRATORS tor Concrete 2. Powered VIBRATING SCREEDS for Concrete 3. Powered VIBRATING TABLES lor Concrete 4. ROAD FORMS 5. Powered BUILDERS HOISTS 6. Powered portable SCRAPER126 words
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Article375 1946-12-28 2 Against 60,000 Tons Normal Before War LONDON, Friday. THE Tin Producers' Association reviewing the world's tin position says that tin remains carefully allocated, with black markets in some parts of the world, but stocks and supplies have improved more since the end of the warReuter - 375 words
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Article238 1946-12-28 2 HONG KONG (By Air Mail) THOUGH there was no im--1 mediate prospect of the moratorium being lifted in Hong Kong, ?aid Mr. R. R. Todd, acting Colonial Secretary in the Hong Kong Legislative Council, the Colonial Office had been approached on the question ofReuter - 238 words
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Article113 1946-12-28 2 AKRON, Fri- Supply oi tyres will catch up with demand in 1947 "unless unforeseen difficulties arise." said Vice-President James J. Newman of the BF Goodrich Company yesterday. He also predicted that tyre demand will continue relatively high" for the next five years and that production next113 words
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Article56 1946-12-28 2 LONDON, Fri The War Office announced yesterday that General Sir Miles Dempsey, Commander of British Forces in the Middle East, will retire on July 1. He has accepted the chairmanship of the Racecourse Betting Control BoardHe will be succeeded by Lt. General Sir John Crocker,56 words
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Article39 1946-12-28 2 TCKIO, Fri.— General MacArthur's headquarters told the Japanese government today that it had no objection to the display of the Japanese flag on three New Year's holidays— Jan. 1. Jan. 3. and Jan. S.— U.P.UP - 39 words
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Article130 1946-12-28 2 LONDON. Fri:— Field Marshal t Viscount Montgomery. Chief of j the Imperial General Staff, saia yesterday in a Christmas message i to the Army that "the clouds are now lifting after the storms ol t war. Montgomery's message. addressed also to soldiers from the Dominions, the130 words
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Article115 1946-12-28 2 NEW YORK. Fri.- Members of the U.S. and Canadian delegations are reported to have settled their differences over the Baruch plan to control atomic energy. An informed source said the U.S. did not give up any of its i basic principles In achieving the i agreement. TheAP - 115 words
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Article216 1946-12-28 2 LONDON, Friday. i •yfIAT there may be two pipei lines carrying oil from the I'ersian Gulf to the Meditprlanean is suggested by the innouncecnenls made tonight by the Anglo-Iranian Oil Co. in London and by the Standard Oil Co. of New Jer.-c-y in Newi Vi ik.Reuter - 216 words
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Article193 1946-12-28 2 70 DEAD IN S'HAI CRASH SHANGHAI, Friday. DEATH roll in the Shanghai Christmas Day triple air crash is now officially reported to bo 70 killod and 16 injured. The s.nly uninjured suivivor ot the crash was four-year-old Won« Didi. He wa* lound a.-: when salvage men liftrd the wreckage ofUP - 193 words
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Article128 1946-12-28 2 ARMED JEWS STEAL JEWELS JERUSALEM.. Fri: -Two tend! Of armed Jrws on Thursday robbed two diamond factories 40 miles apart almost simultaneou* made away v/ith nearly US$lO7,OOO in diamonds, <•;, bonds, police reported. Six armed men. who the police believe to be members of the Irgun Zvai Leumi, staged a128 words
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Article74 1946-12-28 2 WASHINGTON. Fri.- The US Army and Navy announce today that they will stop nans porting and selling commercia oil and petroleum products tt China on Dec. 31. and to th< Philippines on Jan. 31 Th<^ official statement sa.d thai the erirance of the Army am NavyUP - 74 words
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Article70 1946-12-28 2 RANGOON. Fri. -Piirr.;: nead hunters of the Hu Valley have collected nearly i.4o!j human heads during the iK-ad-tiuntii.p operations across the 3urmf£> b'rder in A&sarr .n the just two months, it is reported icre Mr. H N. C. Steven* .n. Uirtc ,or cf Frontier Areas,AP - 70 words
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Article83 1946-12-28 2 ATOM BOMB TURNED STONE INTO DUST CHICAGO. FYI: American ?eoloßists were told yesterday by Dr A. C. Tester who surveyed Hiroshima last June, that granite vitbin half a mile of the atom )omb blast centre could be crum)lcd by hand. Smaller blocks of nnlding stone were rodurcd to lust by83 words
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Advertisement548 1946-12-28 2 NOTICES. 19 4 7 EXAMINATIONS. (li City unj OMMi of London 'ite iMiiyi >2> Ird. ..1 lii iltute of Accouni.inLs (April) Fntiics tnr ill must n.irh local Bdnratlon OfTre* be lore January 13th JP47 iur rs). Tim J 1. A., lit, Queen Street Bri.«bnrie. An tiiiiin tx fore Frhr.ini- R'h548 words
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Advertisement332 1946-12-28 2 NOTICES MALAYAN EXCHANGE BANKS ASSOCIATION. All members of the above Association will be closed for business on Wednesday, Ist January, 1947. being New Year's Day. NURSES FOR PAHANG Applications are invited ft-r the posts of Nurses (both trained and untrained) in the Medical and Health Department, Pohruiß Applications should t*332 words
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Advertisement339 1946-12-28 2 NOTICES MUNICIPAL NOTICE. For Information of Medical Practitioner* Please note that a cose of SMALL POX has been notified In a resident of Tronoh Road. By Order, N. A. CANTON. Municipal Health Officer. HB[ NEW MODEL BJ British l^^* s^^ Made "KEMBLE" Pianos Now A vaila ble: SINGAPORE'S NEW HOTEL339 words
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Advertisement397 1946-12-28 2 NEW YE A R in GOLD SILVER Our Special Offer: kA nail ol new xli.il.liousrr* lull mwtl i< <(, For lifhri V,. l.im,iri I GIAN SINGH Cs. I bttcr) Kd S li£ f N Avajjabta i •<»« KH I»MKI|-.S— AKMU 8 KIND* MI K »»I\ry CALtLVDABS i^ ENGUSH WITH CHINRSI397 words
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619 1946-12-28 3 CO-OP. STORES GET 37,000 YARDS OF TEXTILES LONDON REPORT OF 'DISCRIMINA TION' Straits Times Reporter A TOTAL of :J7,000 yards of seven varieties of cloth has just heen released to the Singapore Co-Ope-rative Stores Society, Ltd., for sale to members. The cloth became available late on the afternoon of Christmas619 words
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Article163 1946-12-28 3 SHB STRIKE DELAYS FRENCH SHIP Ai un French [retghtet vk-hioh arrived in Singapore rhursdai from Pondioherry to <> dry d«Kk at Keppc] Harbour bai nit been able to do so Singapore Hirbour rlke up, the Messagertes Mantiui is Plgneau i> b haine, under th<' command ol Capt, J. Leduc and163 words
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Article120 1946-12-28 3 Two p> r mj lost their lives and iihi nun. women and children :ire hotnelesa v the Irsull o; a lire which gutted tWO.I wood and brick building Road, Bin tlj before noon. a ix»v la In hospital suffering from vere buns The homeleas have120 words
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Article69 1946-12-28 3 ni kadinu guilty to a charge ot importing 119 tahils of opium. 4(i-yoar-old Shanghai Chinese. i, was sentmeed tn four months' rigoroos ;mprisonment and fund $2,000. in default lour months' rigorous ImpriaonPml Storr in the i rday. On i>ec 19 a party <>[ i officers69 words
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Article116 1946-12-28 3 AT the election meeting of the I Ys Men's Club held on Saturday, at the V.M.C.A. the following office-bearers elected for the ensuing year: President. Mr. Soh Ghee Soon. Vice-President. Dr. Poh Chee Juay; hon. treasurer: Mr. Lim Chong Mm; hon. secretary:— Mr. Looi Eng San: asst.116 words
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Article74 1946-12-28 3 jILLEGED to have administered deleterious drugs to a person in his room at 373, Bukit Timah j Koad. on Dec. 24. an Indian. P. j Krishnan Raman. n;?ed 44. who, it was stated was not a raedicaJ practitioner or licensed dentist,; had the charge explained to74 words
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Article32 1946-12-28 3 The Government and Municipal Labour Union, with headqii at 32. Race Course Lane. Singapore, has now been registered under thp Trade Union Ordinance I is from Dec. 6, 1946.32 words
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Article170 1946-12-28 3 FIFTY -THREE children of Malayan residents are among the 78 passengers on board the Blue Funnel liner Gorgon whicl' arrives in Singapore at noon today from Fremantle. The children who have been at school in Australia, are arriving here to spend their Christmas holidays with their170 words
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Article185 1946-12-28 3 Church v: England: St. Andrew's 7, 8. 10t30, 5 30; St. Peters; 7.30 9.30. 10.30. 7.30: St. George's Gar- 1 risen Church (Tanelim; 7.15, 9, 9.45 6.30; Christ Church; 8. 10 30, 5. 6.30. St. Hildas: 8. 5.30; St. Pauls iSerangoon>; 8: Methodists: Wesley; 9. 10. 5?0, 6185 words
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Article87 1946-12-28 3 XMAS MAIL ON XMAS EVE ALL Christmas malls for Malaya I by air Horn the United Kins- I dom were distributed by Deo. 26. pore postal oilicial told i < the Siraits Times yesterday. There have been delays In the arriral of Christmas air rruils this year. However, a plane87 words
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Article494 1946-12-28 3 THE Victoria Cross bat been awarded posthumously to Temp. Lt. Thomas Wilkinson, R.N.V.R., who on Feb. 14. 1942. went down with his 1.000-tou 1 patrol vessel, Li Wo. after engaging a Japanese convoy escorted by a heavy cruiser and some destroyers, and ramming a large494 words
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Article, Illustration77 1946-12-28 3 The V..M A. was all lit up on Christmas Kvo when 500 I people assembled on the ton- nis courts for a bonfire of logs fr.»m the Gestapo cells and a massed carol sinning. I lit choirs of Wthw i in Singapore tewfc r-«r«. bonfire77 words
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Article253 1946-12-28 3 J. M. Coles. Master J. A. Col M. H. Cotton. Master M. Cotton. Mrs. B. C Darge, Master J. R. Da: L. Donaldson. Miss I. D. Donaldson. Mrs. D. C. Dove. Mrs. If. B. Earl. Miss P. A. Earl, Mr. C. Ellery. Mr H. If. Fancott, Mrs. L. E. Glasson.253 words
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Article19 1946-12-28 3 The 8.1. ship Kola arrived ii Singapore yesterday with I.2fM ons of government rxe fr n 3anrknk.19 words
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Article191 1946-12-28 3 BENCH WARNS STRIKERS 1 WARNING to a Malay and lour Chinese, employee* oi the iay Koh Vat Bus Co., to ret rain from intimidating workers of the company, who it m stated, \>. strike at the moment, was Issued by M r L. C. Goh, the Socond "Singapore Police Magistrate191 words
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Article77 1946-12-28 3 ADMITTING that he swallowed some sleeping pills and that he left behind three letters which conveyed his intention of committing suicide at 3, Bukit Timah Road on the morning of Dec. 22, a young Chinese, Oh Thiam Seng was bound over fur $200 to be of good77 words
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Article91 1946-12-28 3 1 YOUNG British K.A.SC. driver, pleaded guilty day before the Second Polire rate. Mr. L. C. Goh. io having committed criminal breach of trust in respect of 14 bales ol cloth on Dec. 23. He was Kevin N. Moloney. arced SI, of 01 General Tran.-p R.A.S.C. Inspector91 words
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Article22 1946-12-28 3 A dinner will be held for shorthand writers at the V/intc Choon Yuen restaurant. Great Wr.rld at 8 p.m. today22 words
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Advertisement90 1946-12-28 3 /^fi >-* IMI'ROVKI) SOUND! ralKambr^a 1-2-4.15-6.30-9.15 PHONE 6 909 /I LASX 5 SHOW S, •<**.! m^JOm PAYNE* JACK OAKIT^P I b) world- famous "MARCH OF TIME" QPEHII6 TOMORROW marTThalS'T' FAiET" BESTSELLER (READ LOVEO BY 40 000,000 READERS!) MY FRIEND FLICKA *(IN GLOMOiiS OUT-DOOR TECHNICOLOR!) Af 1 ft lif I ~^o7/iqhT^tonight790 words
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Advertisement289 1946-12-28 3 «1F TOB \T?r NOT SATISFIED WITH von; ri;i sv\T ICCOMMODATIOM ri:v "THE TAVERN" The ruropenn ■mUbmUbl Hold in the oolrst llr.ilthir' t part of Sim;:iporr KM r.YTIIINfi I l'-l<) DATI rooms Ui\iii icm-lv furni--h<-rt »i(!i Ihr I:itr t drsi,-n oi furniture 'Kvery room has its own sepm at« hith-room •Out289 words
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1034 1946-12-28 5 The Straits Times Singapore, Saturday, Dec. 28, 1946. Malays On The March History struck a plangent not* at Malacca this wef k, when, on historic ground where the Portuguese overthrew the last SulUn of Malacca in 1511 and founded the first European settlemnt in Malaysia, a Malay po'.itl- cal leader1,034 words
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Article140 1946-12-28 5 TOKIO, Thursday. A BRITISH w&rsliip, bclievtd to be the sloop Amethyst, and three Dakota aircraft left British Commonwealth Occupation Force bases today with clothing and medical supplies for Japanese refugees on Shikoku Island Southern Japan, battered by last Saturday's earthquake Part of th :.:l-out Br.iish effort140 words
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Article, Illustration19 1946-12-28 5 A carnival is being held this afternoon at the Chinese Swimming Club, Amber Road, Singapore19 words
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398 1946-12-28 5 MANY Miiiiiyan.s will know I" the road junction at Kam- pong Bcnta, Pahang, where, j travelling eastward? from Raub, one turns either left to Kuala Lipis or right to Jeran- 1 tut. A cluster of a dozen wooden huts, the total neighbourhood numbers perhaps398 words
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Letter222 1946-12-28 5 1 scan (be columns uf the ■'Times'' For all the latest news And, pardon me, sometimes 1 find Some interesting views. Now Private Bleat has had bis saj, I think the lime has come To leave my dank and dreary lair And beat my little drum I'm222 words
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Letter102 1946-12-28 5 IT was with disgust that I read in the Straits Times the announcement that unmarried members of the Government staff are to receive no increase in their C.O.L. allowance. The authorities know very well that we wage earners, married or single, are going through a very trying period,102 words
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Letter162 1946-12-28 5 NAY I add my voice to the v> quest that further performances of Lady Precious Stream bo arranged in the new year at a price within the pockets of the .--erviceiiian and of the younger generation in Singapore. As one ot uhe tt-w on. who enjoyed one162 words
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Article678 1946-12-28 5 The new education for Malays (The following statement on the new educational policy in .Malaya has been issued by the .Malay Nationalist Party.) FREE primary education is ntial, but such free education must also be compulsory. Otherwise it is merely Utopian. Sufficient school buildings must be put up. In pre-war678 words
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Advertisement787 1946-12-28 5 VH— On 24ih. of Dec., at. TVurthinn to Alleen. wife of H. O 1 r|| KNOAOEMENT was M on 25.12.46 between Paw| ">n of Mrs Cl Is Sv.ec Teck and th«> lnte Mr i i: and Maw. VPaas bter of Mr. and V.'.i:- Vie Kuan srn \iimss v \< wi787 words
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Advertisement48 1946-12-28 5 NEWLY ARRIVED! AMERICAN BAUSCH 10MB Q J< I GLASSES These glasses absorb all nannful rays and unwanted glare to the eyes. LIGHT IS MELLOWED THROCGH THESE GLASSFS AND EYES ARE RFSTED. Ray-Ban glasses should not be confused with ordinary "coloured glasses" which are habit forming. QUALIFIED OI TICIANS.48 words
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Advertisement22 1946-12-28 5 n f SHi m JF Ul/ a^a^enVl W *rr^T M Sf~ fi tSack again fa J- to safeguard f§ ifour health J22 words
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474 1946-12-28 6 'WE MUST CLEAN UP TOWN' Mr. RAYM AN MUNICIPALITY AND STORE SQUATTERS "U/E as Commissioners have to try and clean up the town," declared Mr. L. Uayman, Singapore Mui«icipal President, at a meeting of Commissioners yesterday when he defended the policy of requiring occupants to vacate unauthorized huts in the474 words
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Article191 1946-12-28 6 THE FW>d Control Depiurtmenl has obtained froon the Colonial Secretary authoi v t.i requisition the lower portion <>f the Victoria MemoHall Mils statement vas mad? by Rayman, Singapore llnnl- :.l iy in reply rotest by Mr. D.K. Walters f neither ".-v arrangement ..r b;191 words
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Article49 1946-12-28 6 MOUN TBATT EN RD. TRAFFIC RIKS hours of the opening Moantbatten Road to 'ho pub- 1 'if, motor-cars #er« n "lump" the sip 1 u'luld i ls k .he pubiu to ob-s-rve lh^ rules :'.nd not io tak? ihese r Mr. L R iyman, ■re Municipal pr< sale 149 words
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Article123 1946-12-28 6 LUNCH HOUR ESPLANADE SHOOTING QHORTLY oelore ihe IttCCh nour w yesterday, a Chinese wat shoi at and wounded by a member ot a Police radio patroi car in Car.naught Drive, near the Esplanade. Following a report to tne ellect that a Chinese youth had been robbed of some cash by123 words
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Article, Illustration125 1946-12-28 6 ALTHOUGH about oo dr;»srs n and conductors of the Tay I Koh Yai Bus Company w<>nt on strike on Christiras Day after presenting seven demands to "he management en Christmas Eve the companvV bus service from Beach Road to lip Naval Base is cpf rating, as125 words
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Article294 1946-12-28 6 CHINESE-D UTCH "FRIENDLY" TALKS |LL-FEK?JN»> between Singapore Chinese trading circles and tihe Dutch auihoiities in the Colony have been considerably dispelled by a discussion which was hold yesterday between the chairman of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce and lour other representatives of the Chinese traders' interests on the one hand,294 words
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Article, Illustration35 1946-12-28 6 Mr. and Mrs. D. P. Rees after their wedding in Singapore on Thursday. Mrs. Rees was ionn erly Miss Kathleen Hemelrj k. Mr. Rees is a secretary to the Governor-General.35 words
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Article437 1946-12-28 6 IF members of the public had not the courage to write either to the President or Commissioners on matters relating to the Singapore .Municipality, at least they should stipulate >4 a particular point" in order to enable the Commissioners to deal with it. said Mr437 words
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Article83 1946-12-28 6 I \IU »i kr.KS resent bcinj Ue*- cribed as '"coolies" and that word should not he u.se<] in the minute papers of the Singapore Muni« iiia lit >. susgesUd Mr. R. Jumabhoy. at a Commissioners' meeting: yesterday. For "coolies'' the word "labour" should be vubstituted, he added. The83 words
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Article78 1946-12-28 6 THE ne* Chinese Minister :o the Vatican. Dr. Wu Ching Hsiung and his lamily, parsed through Singapore yesterday on board the Messageris.s Maritimes liner Mar<chal Joflre o;i his way 10 Italy f r om Shanghai. lye passengers disembarked at Singapore from Shanghai and Hon^ Kons while78 words
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Article83 1946-12-28 6 The perk*] >. the J«p »es« occupation end oi the British Military Administration— from Feb. 15, 1942 to March 31, 1946 will be deemed to be service under the Municipal Commissioners for the purpose of calculation of gratuities for subordinate tmployee- and labourers. A motion oy tin83 words
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Article418 1946-12-28 6 Govt. Pensioners Get A llowa rices GOVERNMENT pensioner* resident in Alalavu are (o receive a graded cost of-living allowance. It will be back-dated yetrapettlf I j to Apr. I, lf>46. s<> that on the first payment of the allowance, pensioner* will receive ;i v<w useful Vv, Year nest egg. From418 words
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Article267 1946-12-28 6 Municipal Decisions THL Singapore Mumci to build two blocks 01 .upcrIntendent'a quarters, three bl tCR9 of coolie lines without i two DiocKs or open studs and one block of public lair;' Chua Chu Kang cemetery A derision accepting a I for the work at $4fv,400 WS firmed267 words
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Article53 1946-12-28 6 MORE thr.n 200 peop. terto.ined ard gif*s Ji.-tribu ed 'to poor children n.d aficUl lhin^ ;in Potor.g Pasir villa™ on Christmas Day 'ov Pajior C. A. Davidson The mon.y p• was eo:itri butcd by md wellwish A similar n- will to the pocr patients Tork Seng53 words
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Article12 1946-12-28 6 Singapore Municipal I plemental budget No. 2 1C46 vistc rday.12 words
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Advertisement140 1946-12-28 6 OIL ENGINES 80-220 B.H.P. INDUSTRIAL ENGINES media te Delivery Ex- orks 44-120 B.H.P. MARINE ENGINES COMPLETE 6 1 1 eeks Delivery Ex- orks UNITED ENGINEERS mmitmm I" SINCAPORf PENANC IPOH- MALACCA SEREMBAN ALSO THE FEDE RATED ENGINEERING CO. L» K U A LA LUMPUR ANNUAL SALE h'n, 2Oth December, 1946140 words
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Advertisement99 1946-12-28 6 S^'fßE- i.ian *oincn everywhere fjf t* «Qn^ JVC arilt JM jks ta^MSX "ing !>an j^E^ preparations. oy experienct then 1O mbttitme* for <iKh H *x M ifwk ih?l di«tingui»hed elegance and J u'~ '^Stil pliet may Mill be obtained. x Brw"."^3jß: xtu-re should \'>ar _^^^^mJz^ aler be unable to v99 words
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Article263 1946-12-28 7 CAFE FIGHTS Sungei Patani Police Report From Our Own Correspondent ALOR STAR, Friday. DRAWLS in cafes in Sungei Patani over the Christmas season involving British soldiers form the subject of a statement issued by the police. The statement refers to the incident last Saturday between Malays and263 words
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Article139 1946-12-28 7 COLOMBO (Air Mail). MR. T. B. Jayah, member of the Ceylon State Council, Uas asked the Executive Committee of Labour, Industry and Commerce to give financial assistance to the wives of Indone.- .11 and other foreign men who were in Ceylon during the war andUP - 139 words
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Article139 1946-12-28 7 WASHINGTON, Fri— President Truman discloses that postwar reconversion gains have already increased industrial production in the United States at least 50 per cent, above the average of the late 1930's and for the last six months, it has climbed from one peacetime record to another. Mr.AP - 139 words
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Article92 1946-12-28 7 From Our Own Correspondent TOR MNtstlng in the manage- l.vr.; of a public lottery, Marxano Chor.g Tin. a tobacco stall k'.cper, was nned the maximum Cl $3,000. or six months' r.gor us Imprisonment this morning in the District Court. An iti former described how ne .saw92 words
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Article60 1946-12-28 7 WASHINGTON, Fri.— A Civilian Production official yesterday said remaining controls over the use of tin plates would be relaxed today. The U.S. Government recently removed restrictions on the distribution of tin plates which prohibited the manufacture of more than a limited amount of tin cans60 words
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Article27 1946-12-28 7 SHANGHAI, Fri— Today's quotations on the Shanghai black market exchange arc: Tj. S. dollar CN. $6,000: gold CN $334 000" Hongkong dollar CN. $1,250.— UPUP - 27 words
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39 1946-12-28 7 XMAS EVE DEATH PENANG. Thurs.-A Chinese 'boy" employed a: the Ficcadilly Hotel was killed wn"n on Mhlray reported to havr Lcen 'hrewn by (JhrUtm&a Eve lcveivrs ruaeht Jiim or trie temple <>ru.s:n<» nn injury to which be :-.trr vuecuinbfd.39 words
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Article142 1946-12-28 7 New Crews Unloading At Penan g From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Friday. HOLLOWING the recent |lT High Couit ruling, lightermen yesterday handed back their tongkangs to the owners and were paid off. The men have been refusing to handle essential commodities •in protest against deductions from pay for shortages, which142 words
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Article60 1946-12-28 7 JOGJAKARTA. Air Mail) Except for four abstentions, the SOBSI 'All-Indonosian Labour Movement i. at a peneral meeting here recently unanimously aflupted the Indonesian-Dutc^ baric agreement, Antar.i repjns The conference was attended by the management ooirdo of ::•> incorporated !abou_- orf-unizu r .io.i s throughout Java, wh!eS60 words
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Advertisement313 1946-12-28 7 20,000 PEOPLE HAVE SEEN CAESAR AND CLEOPATRA IN I>.\VS AT THK i^CATHAYj HAVE YOU SEEN IT? GABRIKL PASCAL g El /£ml\ presents It iD^v^ 1 clauih: kains I WIT j<« HLK.NAKII SHAW'S 1,5* CAESAIU IwrLEHPATKAI I > T•• HN I UK |C 51 sti.w \iiti;ii,\m;i;r iimncisl.slii.i.iv 15 H lIIIHA KIIHSIIN313 words
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Advertisement233 1946-12-28 7 gB CHILDREN y^^^yPW^^^^HW^^^WßHß u\lio should be IriMtcil te tins ■■■MBMfcMUaHmjM^^fl rrmarlcable story which mummy ll 1s n tl) 1 Mn-m) 'BbJeStoßl must see iT! k#^if^^ 4IA-CONDITIONCP PJP^ ijk^KEl |H THE FINEST SEASONAL aP^m^li g^-jf^ a m p- m 4.15 p.m. iiPUHC S J^ THE LOST CHILD L laA*l^C AMONG BEASTS'233 words
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Miscellaneous604 1946-12-28 7 "Taking the setting trick" may West led the heart jack. Declarer and may not be good bridge. Ob- drew three rounds of trumps, and i serve today's deal. when the suit failed to brf ak— South, cioaler. West having discarded a low club Both ride, vulnerable. lajd dQWn thg dub604 words
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Article187 1946-12-28 8 MANILA, Friday. COPRA and copra products for export from the Philippines are expected next year to reach a record of 750,000 long tons. Shipments will probably consist of 500,000 tons of copra and 250,000 tons of coconut oH. The stimulus is due to prevailing highAP - 187 words
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Article359 1946-12-28 8 SINGAPORE, Friday. npODAT'S prodaee prlcef wm: RICE: Slunew No. 1 $89, No. 2 188 No. S $90, Indo -China No. 1 $30, No. t $27, Broken $30.50. Pt'LOH RICE: Siamese $80, Kedah $60. RICE NOODLES: No. 1 Siamese $85. Ked»h $«0, IndD-China $70 China $86. Local No. 1359 words
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Article196 1946-12-28 8 Diwdtr.tls of five per MM HI a case were declared at the U«W K ene;al meetings in London on Dec. lo of Malayan Tin Dredging, Ltd., and Bouthern Maiayan Tin PredttDfr UA Mr. H. Aihworth Hope presided as chairman at both mc»-.ii Tha directors of Malayan Jin.196 words
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Article152 1946-12-28 8 xhr Ot the directors of South- crn ItotaJM Tin for the same period I <ays the excess of expenditure over income for the year Is £464. After deducting this from the credit balance at June 30. 1945. amounting to £20,0.9 .after charging the dividend paid on152 words
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Article34 1946-12-28 8 I TODAY: High Water: 1.53 a.m. 8 ft. 5 in; 1.00 p.m. 9 ft. 5 in TOMORROW: Higrh Water: 2.28 am. 8 ft. 3 in: 1 39 p.m. fi ft. t in.34 words
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Article277 1946-12-28 8 Improved Price Of Tin Shares Around The Markets By Our Market Correspondent" INTEREST was again shown in the tin section of the local share market to-day, with several improvements in price. Kuchais had buyers at $1.70 with sellers 2V 2 cents higher; Petallngs were wanted at $7.90. Batu Selangors Improved277 words
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Article103 1946-12-28 8 LONDON. Thurs.— While coal shot" age still threatens to bring somo Eritish industrial plans lo a standstill, the arrival of fuel supplies during the Christmas holidays has been more hopeful foe some industrial areas facing slow-crjwn or complete stcp><&« Normal running will be resum- j jedReuter - 103 words
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Article71 1946-12-28 8 Singapore, Fri. THE: Singapore chamber of Commerct- Rubber \ssonati<»n s rubber prire« today at noon were: 15-i-c >».-llcrs Cts. < U. 9H -l> i>'t ib "No I R S S Spot 100-« 41% 4t \o 1 I s I r»o in bales Jan. t»% 43% No 2 R.S71 words
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Article456 1946-12-28 8 Along The Singapore W aterfront SHIPS positions in Singapore yesterday were: MAIN WHARF I Godown 33-34: Kathleen S Hoimes, discharging curgo Godown 35-36: Ralula. discharging 1 car^o Godown 38-39: B'irnside discharging rargo. Godown 45: Dilv.tia WEST WHARF Godown 1-2: licvian. Godown 3-4: Bruas Godown 6-7- Glenlffer Empire Athelstan. Godown 9-10:456 words
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Advertisement840 1946-12-28 8 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. incorporated in Singapore) HUT FUNNEL LINE *ui!ini:- to and from I nited Kintdom v..,m. iff" from I 1 K for Java Porte Po •Klirxrnor" from I) K for Java Porta •«> J" 0 ■tta- from ISA for Java P0rt5 J" £<»'* Bkef" frem I! K for llon-honjc840 words
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Advertisement494 1946-12-28 8 PRESIDENT LIHE. Sailings NOT YORK HASAN* Ha India and Mediterranean Ports JACKSON VICTORY Due Dec .1 PRESIDENT MONROE Due Jan 8 S.S WILLIS VICKERY Due Lin. 27 S.S. MARINE ADDER due Jan. 12 IDENTICAL WITH MARINE FAl.t ON for Madras and Bombay returning San Francisco via China I FARES Cabin494 words
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Advertisement136 1946-12-28 8 ELLERMA J SAUrWKKD For Now York and Hal >> Diie Bngaparc l>«' -'uh KLAVENESS LINE. FOR PACIFIC PORTS Sailing* to D* iWHMi •shortly Ajrou: McALISTEU 6c CO., Spore LTD. (Pamlsl COMMI.KCIM AIM. IMS AC. Vul DrptrluT* Jan Ist A lr*. I. BANGKOK HONGKONG i\NILA FOn PAKTICXJI UtS APPI V BOUSTEAD136 words
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Miscellaneous274 1946-12-28 8 n r*i<-. m.m m m. x» M I variety quiz; 9. 30 p.m. News: 9.45 p.m. yoi'.r;; 1u.30 pm. London Culling 1' 30 RADIO MALAYA Radio gazette: 10.00 p.m. Its a plea- p.m. Band call: 12.00 a.m. \oxx are insure- 10.30 p.m. Rhythm on records; vlted: 1230 am. 24-houi n»<*ainoapore274 words
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Article347 1946-12-28 9 Record Total By Openers CANBERRA, Friday. MC.C. began a two-day match against Fedoral Capital Territory to-day and Washbrook and Hutton had little trouble in scoring centuries. When the partnership was broken, the pair had established the highest partnership of 1 the tour so far. Hammond won347 words
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Article105 1946-12-28 9 i C—IST IMNINOS liutliu lliiuri.iii k Joliii.^loik- US Mk < I'ott, i, PaManaa lit PtaWark < iaM b PaManaa n ■•I r I '.ittrrson h Slrvrns 42 j D i ll.iii nn b Strvcns "6 Ik.-, r.u r..im.tt H I iM:iiil;r run <:ut Smilli nut <iut X i i105 words
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Article145 1946-12-28 9 MXX MCKAY, the KMtta African bantamweight, and Btao the Australian bantam, who arrived in Sint;apor» earUSI month, Will make their first appearances In the local line tomorrow. McKay Tiger Ainan :md M Battling McK.tv- Am. in bout, vkhich I Bght held in Melabout mx months ago which145 words
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Article106 1946-12-28 9 LONDON. Thurs r DAY'S rugby union matches resulted Blackheath 11, Racing Club dc 0; Rosslyn Park 41 Public Schools 3; Aberavon 0. Neath 10; Bath 12. Old Blurs 8: Brttol 3. Pontypool 11: Cardiff 14. Wuips 3; Gloucester 6. Old tnt Taylors 3: Headingley 20, Manchester 3:Reuter - 106 words
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Article130 1946-12-28 9 RAIN stopped play In the crickei matcli between the C.R.E.'s and th B Special Commissioner's office at Th.nn.vm Rciad lats Sunda.. C.R E's bad then !os; eight for 29. C.E.B. XI: K. Pandalai ct. Harland b. Cl-tudius 1. H. Rodrlgues ct. FVji I wlw b.130 words
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Article157 1946-12-28 9 SERVICES HOCKEY TRIAL Ti> scic i .i Coral es hock.y tide to mcd the Civilians on th>Hadan? on Monday, the fo!!owin? trial ■iimcs wrro arranprd. 223 B.isc Ordnance I): ]>■>■ VetSUI th^> Roynl Air Forces yesterday, on (he St. Oeccve'i rn-d ground. Due to rain this i;amf was cancelled. Army157 words
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Article12 1946-12-28 9 SHEFFIELD SHIELD CRICKET NSW. 205. Victoria 560 for Miller 153. Hpi-v.-v l.'iiii12 words
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Article41 1946-12-28 9 Df will repivseat Ko i) OlvUten XI aKam.i K.A.S.O. Kornia'iiiii ITin ;.i Pulau Brani o:i iarurday Bfig Hi-e. Sainad. AtuMi. Chandi'.u-. iii Chong All.vi Ralan. Chwee I/n: hi— I, Bihmi l*or»K and Chye H«p is: S»ioii Chet> and Poll Soon41 words
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Article, Illustration434 1946-12-28 9 (By Our Services Correspondent) ONCE ■gmia soccer has been brought almost to a standstill with practically all the available grounds waterlogged. The League I teams particularly seem to have dropped well Ivhind with their fixtures. The first Army Soccer trial which should have been held434 words
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Article101 1946-12-28 9 SYDNEY. Thurs. A CROWD Of 40.000 saw W. Kelso's. lla\t< n. by Fresco out of Spearfoot win the Sydney Summer Cup over one mile and five furlongs at Randwick here today starting at 10 to one. The winner who was set to carry six st. 8Reuter - 101 words
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Article96 1946-12-28 9 From Our Own Correspondent SBRKMBAN, thurs. THE Negri All Blues team to play the Singapore Asiatics at Singapore on Saturday will be selected from the follow ing: Ali bin Vatim, Abdul Rahman, E Dias. T. Pinto, J. Pinto. O. Pinto. A. Pinto, Sheikh Mustapha96 words
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Article161 1946-12-28 9 i CHINESE ioccer team \vi:i cc in action in Eaiglaii.l iiext season if permission is .{rar.ted by the English Football A:;s->c'..i-tion. The Sins? Tao Sports Club one of the leading football earns in the Colony, have applied to fJw local Football Association n visit England.Reuter - 161 words
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Article105 1946-12-28 9 '|*HE Badminton Tournament finals X of the R.N. Hospital Dresser's Sports and Welfare Club were held on Christmas Eve. Prizes were distributed by Surg-jon Commander Jack L.S. Coulter R.N.. the Principal Medical Offlcrr. H.M. Dockyard. Singapore. Results of the finals wer.v Singles "A" K. Thambapillai beat A.105 words
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Article264 1946-12-28 9 I.ONuO.V. i" I nits HOXING Day Horn- LMtbaU reBttlta were: Blackpool Brentford Charlton Derby Co. H'ffleld Liverpool I.'anchester U. M borough Portsmouth Preston N E Wolves 1 Blackburn R 2 Sheffield U. 0 Grlmsby T. 5 Everton 1 Aston V. 2 Stoke C. 1 Bolton W. 3264 words
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Article347 1946-12-28 9 EASY WIN FOR U.S. MELBOURNE, Fri. /\ALIFORNIA"3 tennii-i>laying pair, Jack Kromer and Ted Schroeder, compltted their '*hirl- wind conquest of Australia's Dau.s Clip team today with a straight set victory over John Bromwicii and Adrian Quist before a sturm- i td crowd that saw the Americans win the doubles match347 words
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Article111 1946-12-28 9 S.C.S.C. "AQUATIC CHAMPIONSHIPS AT the 33rd annual aquatic chum- 1 pionships of the Singapore Chinese Swimming Club at the club ar 3 p.m j today, five teams will compete in th-.- 200 metres free style invitation relay: j Singapore Swimming Club. V.M.C.A.. Police, R.A.F., Seletar. ;md Chinese Swimming Club. Competitors111 words
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Article125 1946-12-28 9 In a friendly badminton match or four i singles and three doubles, played at Pasir Panjang on Christmas Day the Perhimponan B.P. defeated the Ktbnaran B.P. of Pasir Panjang by seven games to nil. The following were the results: 'Perhimponan B.P. players mentioned nrstV Singles: Safarin beat Abubakar125 words
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Article62 1946-12-28 9 Following playcn are requeatcd to turn up for the match acainst Brighton B.P. compr.r.ing of live singles and four doubles to be played at the latter's court. Hill Street Po'.iie station, today at 2.30 p.m. AH. Salleh. H.B. Habi. M.H. Sira- S.H. Salleh, M.B. Baba. H.B. Arshad.62 words
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Article64 1946-12-28 9 The following have be«n st'lcjtid *c represent the Merry MakTs B.P. against the Carefree B.P. today a.'. 3.00 p.m. at their court, Lorong 22, Geylang: Lim Peng Yam, Chan Slew Poh. Po Guan Tee. Kuek Choon H.n, Wee Boon Seng, Chan Chlm Llm. Petjr Seng. Anthony Lim, Norman64 words
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Article42 1946-12-28 9 A general meeting of the Sunnyciule Badminton Party. Sincapore. will be hold at the residence of Mr. Yeo Koon Guan, No. 5. Devonshire Road, at p.m. on Saturday Jan. 4. 1&'«7. All members are earnestly requested to attend this meeting.42 words
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Article68 1946-12-28 9 The Cosmos B.P. will be selected from the following to play a friendly badminton game consisting of four singles and three doubles against the Tan Tock Seng B.P. at the hitter's court on Sunday at 3.00 p.m. sharp. M. A. Mecca. P. Appavoo, Jaafar Abdullah, Hallm Rappan, Ali68 words
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Article65 1946-12-28 9 A Team to represent the Singapore Indians against the 61 R.A.S.C. at soccer to be played on Saturday, 28th December at the Jalan Bcsar Stadium will be selected from the following: OM Angullia. Chelliah, Kartar Singh, P. rtamoo. A. J?ahim. SD. Williams. M. Sattar, T.C. Balan, Paul Davis.65 words
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Advertisement200 1946-12-28 9 ■l£.?Hiiiii?_.fy??m POPUt R »w^ro»i, ■yOErLANG PHONE *****4y •tun? TkOMI Oaluj .o .'h Of Pirturr To-day: 2.3« f.M Ml p.m 1 >>v ian'l afford to mis, if «..ti\ Cooper Incrid Hrr-mjii in "FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS" lln 1 1 In, i. oloi i faalgM al BMalgM M.in r..idil A Kebrrt200 words
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Advertisement545 1946-12-28 9 TOHIGHT WRESTLING Great World at 8.15 p.m. NJMJO nKMAND Kill KN JJ^% (ONTKST— WIN NKR TAKK l^^^l\ SON OF KONG J 3RUCE DOUGLAS J» (WKIGIIS 280 LBSM N |y BOSt'A BOA 10 X J I a^ssaa^al KKIIL i 1 B|^ riIINKY HARM AN 10 X t M DARK II RY545 words
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