The Straits Times, 16 March 1947

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    20 1 FINAL EDITION THE SUNDAY TIMES LARGEST NETI SALE /A MALAYA No. 607 SINGAPORE, SUNDAY, MARCH 16, 1947. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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    EASTERN BUYERS RUSH TO GET TIN SHARES
    134 1 Sum'ay Times Correspondent London, baturday. Tin share joobera on the L nd n Seek Exchange report a bi^ mil >w oi Chin:.;.' and Indian money tr.m Eastern buyers who •re will ng to pay fancy prim loi the best c-ass shares. This demand
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    CRASH KILLS NINE
    39 1 Ail the seve n occupants were killed when a Chines^ Air Force B-24 crashed at Kiahgwan Airport, a Shanghai suburb. The p1a..~ crashed In th e mst into, :armhouse, killing a peasant t\nd his son.— Reuter.
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    NEW GOVT CHECK-UP ON TRADEUNIONS
    255 1 NEW GOVT CHECK-UP ON TRADEUNIONS Must come into line with law Sunday Times Staff Reporter THE whole background and detailed working of the trade union system in Singapore is to be scrutinised by the Government in order to br«ig the system into line with the law, said the Governor, Sir
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    wORK IN ONDON
    26 1 wORK IN ONDON This enihus:ast made the must of the recent "bi^ fre?:e' in I. .melon t>\ iktiaf ;o work in the City near St. Paul's
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    INDIES PLANE FOUND
    47 1 BATAVIA. Saturday. Th-? Dutch Dakota, carrying 24 passengero r-nd a crew of two. reported mirsing sin^e Wednesday, has been found near TJandjoer in Republican territory, an Indonesian report said today. No further details were given. The Indon: -:*?n authorities have ordered out relict parses.--P.eutcr.
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    23 DEAD IN PLANE CRASH
    114 1 PARIS. Saturday. THE Air France Dikoia mLssing over south eastern France since :.st:rday afternoon, wa: reported j .ound this morning near a village |C 0 miles from Grenoble. All eighteen passengers and five crew were killed. Members of a search party said j the plane
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    FRANCE TO TALK WITH VIETNAM
    87 1 PARIS, Saturday. The So- cialist Deputy Dame) Mayer, supported by the Premier, M. Paul Ramadicr, told the French National Assembly today that the newly appointed High Commissioner to Indo-Chna, M. I Emile Bollaert. had instructions [to deal with the Vietnamese leaders. "We must negotiate with
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    MALAYA LAUNCHES BIG FOOD DRIVE
    263 1 Sunday Times Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Saturday. AGRICULTURAL experts and drainage and irriifa- tion engineers in various states are to co-operato in the biggest food production drive ever to be launched in Malaya, with the aim of making the country as self-sufficient as possible. They
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    Judge to inquire into bus strike
    280 1 Sunday Times Staff Reporter AJI'DGE of the Singapore High Court, Mr. Justice Jobiing, has accepted nomination by the Governor, Sir Franklin Gimson. to carry out a complete investigation into the sixweeks old Singapore Traction Company strike. In pointir.g this out to a Press conference
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    Widow turns man, marries
    105 1 SHANGHAI, Saturday. A YOUNG Chinese widow, empl.yd in a Government -iti who turned into a man after a high fever, has now married a former schoolmate, says a Can; on report. As Mss Liv Yuns Clilh, the report says, she married sever*! ftmn ago. II r
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    CHINA PROTESTS ON MOSCOW TALKS
    57 1 NANKING, Saturday. CHINA'S Foreign Minister today formally requested Britain, the United States and the Soviet Union to "cease any discussions in any form concerning the internal affairs of China." The Foreign Ministry, making this announcement tonight, said the request was forwarded through the Chinese Ambassador
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    JAPS MUST ECONOMISE TO ASSIST S. E. ASIA
    180 1 WASHINGTON, Saturday. ris announced that Oca. MacArhur has been directed to res rrct severely Japanese domes ie consumption ofj textiles and other goods so that Japan can supply the countries of Sou h-East Asia that she invaded during the war. including Malaya.
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    CHIANG TO SMASH RED REBELLION
    115 1 NANKING, Saturday. PRESIDENT Chiai.g Kai-Shek, in his speech at the opening of the Third Plenary Session of the Kuominang Central Executive Commit cc this morning, charged the Communis.s with blocking national unity and announced that the Government was determined to take new measures to qusll
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    POPE AND GANDHI
    28 1 DOPE Pius and Mahatma Gan--1 dhi are among the candidates for the 1947 Nobel Peace Prize, it was announced yesterday by the Nobel Institute.— A.P.
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    THOUSAND DEAD IN PUNJAB RIOTS
    74 1 LAHORE, Saturday. ONE thousand and twenty-six perrons have been killed and a further 1.110 seriously injured to date in the Punjab communal riots, states a Punjab Government communiqus issued today. The communique reported cases of arsan and heavy casualties in some ar.-as in the southern
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    CURFEW IN HINDU HOLY CITY'
    40 1 NEW DELHI, Saturday. pURFEW was again clamped down on Benares the Hindu "holy city" in the United Provinces—after communal rioters stabbed two persons today within an hour of yesterday's 24 hou.. curlew being lifted.— Reuter,
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    HE WANTS A FREE GERMANY
    63 1 HE WANTS A FREE GERMANY General George Marshall, dyiiamic U.S. Secretary of State, made an oblique attack ag i:nst the Soviet Gav:rntncnt when, at the B»^ Four hl'Ki M tcrs conference in .Moscow, be Ueinasid-. U UuU lite G::iii.-.n p pip should be .;iven the I:jcdom of speech, press and
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    BIG FLOOD ENGLAND
    235 1 BIG FLOOD ENGLAND LONDON, Saturday. RISING floods today threatened to cut England in lv,o lor the second time this winter. As the snow, which earlier blocked all roads between north and south, slowly melted, rivers burst their banks, railway lines collapsed and roads lay thiee or four fest under icy
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    TO ACT AS POLICE COMMISSIONER
    40 1 MR. E. V. FOWLER. Cliiet oi tilCrin'.ir. 'l Investigation D ;;artBMIli of the Singapore Pel cc is to act as Commissioner of Police, when Mr. R. E. Foulger S">es mi leave in the near future.
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      5 1 MARTINS 6 MeS I<C VIRGINIA
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    SPOTLIGHT On MALA VANS
    1030 2 CLIFFORD PEER TURNS HIS Ik YOUNG Singapo- rean who jpent part of iiis rear erat ion leave in Britain learning a new ousiiiess is RONALD PEEK, former member of the Singapore VolnuLeer Armoured Car Ompany, who lost a leo us a result i of a tropical
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      275 2 RADIO MALAYA Mu-Uc from Hampton Court Palace: 4.45 p.m. Fine Music— Played by tlie 11.00 p.m. Newj Headlines and Close Boyd Neel String Orchestra; 5.15 p.m. Singapore Down. Shirley Deane Presents "The Forces' ITTIIIf A I TTMOTTD Request Programme"; 6.00 p.m. Play— RED NETWORK (Chinese Indian) MJAl*>\ LiUTOrUK 'The Woman
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    MARRIED YESTERDAY
    15 3 MARRIED YESTERDAY Mr anil Mrs. Gordon Prichctt after their wedding at St. Andrew's Cathedral ye>t«*rday.
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    Singapore Weddings
    173 3 THL wedding took place yesi^rriay at St. Andrews Cathecal betw ten Miss Barbara Yvonne Woodcock, daughter of Mr. and Ifn H. Wc:dcock of No:m v- >r Stalls, and Mr. Gordon Pr tenet. 01 N -.vr'a. 1 Stalls and Slnga|jure. bride woie a fr^ck o." ]vot\ flowered s-i- w
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    BIG HOUSING SCHEME ALL READY
    341 3 BIG HOUSING SCHEME ALL READY But no funds, says Governor Sunday T imes Staff Reporter CINGAPORE could start immediately on the development of the Colony including an Improvement Trust housing scheme prepared down to the last detail, and the implementation of the Medical Services Director's expansion scheme if the money
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    UNIFORMS: NO SPORE ACTION
    181 3 Sunday Times Reporter THE Government of Singapore see n objection to the pubu." wearing political uniforms so long as the wearers do not congregav as a disciplined free. In reierring to this attitude— the opposite to that of the Malayan U.^ron, where an Ordinance has been
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    MINES SINK 7 JUNKS: 50 PERSONS DEAD
    65 3 THE Saigon Radio reports t.:a* 50 persons were killed and 25 injured, mostly Chinese, following the sinking of 6even Junks •jut of a convoy of 12 junks whirl; hit mines in the vicinity of Pointe Camau, s^u'hwest of SaiSton. The convoy was carrying
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    Big job still ahead, says Police chief
    492 3 Sunday Times Staff Reporter S SINGAPORE'S Commissioner of Police, Mr. R. E. Foulger, in a straitfht-frum-the-shoulder talk to Police Inspectors last night warned them that they could only accomplish the tremendous ta^k that lay ahead if they made up their minds "to get
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    510,030 DEMAND TO CHETTIAR
    93 3 51 0,030 DEMAND TO CHETTIAR Sunday Times Correspondent SEREMBAN. Saturday. THE Seremban Police are in- viK.ii n; a letter deniindii SlO.OOO ,i<ned by the "Cimniaiider-in-Chief of the Jungl? Vnlon" which was re-ci-ivcd by a Seremban Chettiar. The letter threatened that if the Chettiar did not comply with the demand he
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    FornterArmy officer sent to prison
    213 3 FornterArmy officer sent to prison Sunday Times Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Saturday. CAPT. G. H. M. Salt, formerly i>f Claims and Hiring*. Malaya Command, was sentenced to fou» months' rigorous imprisonment land a Chinese, H. S. Shang, to three months by Mr. Justice > Spenser Wilkinson in the Supreme Court today,
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    AUSTRALIAN TRADE AGENT
    118 3 Sunday Times Reporter. MALAYA'S trade with Australia has reached such proportions that the Australian Government i has decided to have a special trade representative in SingaI pore. He is Mr. James Payne, formerly Australian Trade Commissioner in the Middle East, and j he will arrive tr morrow
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    ON WAY HOME
    51 3 Len button, owe of England opening batsmen, passed through Singapore yesterday on hie way home to England for an operation for tonsiiitis. He will probably undergo his operation at Bradford. He hopes to b* selected to play in the Test Matches against South Africa, starting on May
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    $2 MILLION COMPANY BEGAN WITH $700
    333 3 A TRIBUTE to the late Mr. C. F. F. Wearne, a founder of Wearne Brothers Ltd.. which had a capital of $700 when it was formed in IJMK and which today has a paid up capita] of more than $2,000,000 and working assots of
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    NEW PLAN TO FIGHT EXTORTION GANGS
    375 3 Sunday Times Staff Correspondent AS a result of three high-level conferences, attended by the Governor of Singapore among others, steps have beeu decided upon for action against the extortionist racketeer** who draw huge Minis monthly by intimidation and threatening letters. The Governor, Sir Franklin
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    BILL FOR NEW SPORE COUNCIC IS IN PRINT
    234 3 BILL FOR NEW SPORE COUNCIC IS IN PRINT Sunday Times Reporter THE Singapore Ordinance to reconstitute the Legtslathtj Council of the Colony has no* been pr.nted. "The Ordinance has definitely been drafted, it has actually bcr.i printed, and it is now ready to o» considered by the public," sa>ct thr
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    COMPRADORE OF SHIP CHARGED
    60 3 Sunday Times n |> M PENANO, Saturday COME 1,233 bags of rice form <J the subject f a charge preferred in thp Dstnc! Court to- day against Chia Kho r Wan. th comprador^ f the vssel H n{ Siang. Chia claimed tr.al to Urn charge of
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    She kept secret of the A-bomb
    428 4 ANYONE who says women cannot keep quiet should meet Jean Marley O'Leary, a former Teanecl:, New Jersey, housewife, who kept the world's most important secret from September. 1942, until August 5, 194". Mrs. O'Leary from the beginning of its creation until the explosion at
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    POOKS ON AMERICA
    768 4 THE most remarkable thing about the War of American Independence is that the British managed to avoid finishing it during the first two years. However, Howe contrived to throw away opportunity after opportunity; France, and then Spain, came into the struggle, and the war was duly lost.
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    NEW INTEREST IN ASIA'S PROBLEMS
    850 4  -  Bob Gilmore The Australian Seene by AF all Australian words U on Asia and there have been quite a few recently none has attracted more attention abroad than that evening-paper syndicated piece (mentioned last week) by Melburnian R. GCasey, lately Governor of Bengal. Rightist Casey
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    25 4 Sultry IDA LUPINO models this striking Hollywood "dinner-at-home" costume, which combines a bead-studded white crepe blouse with a fuschia and cart reuse striped tafetta skirt.
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      354 4 BRITISH INDUSTRIES FAIR LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM. MAT sth -16th 1947 This is your first opportunity in seven years to wee your old suppliers in Britain and to meet new Overseas Buyers are invited to Britain for the 1947 British industries Fan It wil] enable them to establi«>' persona) contact with
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      124 4 ■Span Dp^nrp? Perfumes from Rue de la Pair. Pnrh NONTON LTD.. TELEPHONES 6046 <* 00*05 Hett! for you Good flavour =»>^ Marlt-an: Snlici Dentifrice I- yS"' j^^^^T\. popular everywhere tor it- flavour, .mil tin- fragiaiuc il J^^^^m^m^^^^^ Euifc gives to youi breath M^Pw^r^^mw^^^r^tt^ Better cleaner j^UtfUlMu^g[i Nothing clean* a> well
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    1,500 DOGS KILLED IN PERAK
    92 5 Sunday Times Correspondent IPOH. Saturday. MORE than 1,500 d gs have been destroyed in Kinta since the j campaign against rabies started r In August last. J Mr. A. V. Aston, th c Resident 1 Commissioner, states that thp i position has worsened of late
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    400 tons of sausages
    117 5 Sunday Times Reporter L'OOD to suit every taste is the motto of the Army disposal authorities in Singapore who are now busy selling large surplus stocks of food which were sent to Singapore originally to feed the Services, but which will instead now go to civilians.
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    SPECIAL TESTS FOR SCHOOL RECEIVERS
    163 5 SPECIAL TESTS FOR SCHOOL RECEIVERS TESTS to discover which make of radio sets are most suitaole for radio listening in schools are being undertaken by Radio Malaya on Thursday, Mar. 27. The tests will be based on thooe run by the BBC. and there will be a panel of judges
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    K.L. GIRLS COLLEGE
    52 5 Sunday Times Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Saturday. rls hoped that the Malay G ris' College in Kuala Lumpur will open later this year. Selection committees In each State and Settlement will select entrants Irom the applications for admission. A number of scholarships is available for girls needing finan--1
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    RUBBER PRICES
    62 5 THE Singapore Chamber of Com- j mere* Rubber Association'srubber prices at noon on Saturday were: Buyers Seller* CU. CO. per Ib. per Ib. N». 1 B.S.S. .p«l UxtM It i! No. 1 R.S.S. fob In bales Mar v; ».<■. No. 2 R.S.S. fob in balei March 4«4 tt%
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    MALAYAN V.C. REVISITS THE BATTLEFIELDS
    575 5 'Drome epic Sunday Times Staff Reporter AN officer who won the V.C. in the Malayan campaign A has been re-visiting the battlefields with Mr. Compton Mackenzie, the noted author who is compiling a history of the Indian Army in World War 11. He is Brigadier
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    MALAYAN PICTURES FOR SYDNEY
    157 5 Sunday Times Reporter l USTRALIA will see glimpses of Malaya at the Sydney Royal Easter Agricultural Show. at which 35 photographs depicting typical Malayan scenes will be exhibited. Twenty- four of the pictures are being sent by the Malayan Union and 11 by Singapore. At this
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    Serious crime on decline in Union
    374 5 Sunday Times Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Saturday. THERE has been a further marked decrease in serious crime A in the Malayan Union. February statistics from all pans of the Peninsula show that there were fewer murders and armed gang robberies than any month since
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    GENT COMPARES PRESS WITH GOYT
    397 5 Sunday Tunes Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Saturday. ■TWO similarities between the Government and newspapers, which he personally regretted! were mentioned by the Governor of the Malayan Union, Sir Edwaru Gent, yesterday evening j before unveilin* a tablet in the J Malay Mail office commemorating both the
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      295 5 RENNIES ARE READY AT THE FIRST WARNING f No waiting lot water and ipocn Kennies ore corned In year pocket of tat 'e«cV to use At ihe ui»t twinge ot acidity, suck two Rennies, one after the other, and your condition will be corrected pain will not last long. Rennies
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      443 5 CLIP THIS LIST for future reference. These important new bxxjks have Just arrived from England. The Modern Malay L. Richmond Wheeler I 9.30 The Newspaper— A study of the dally newspaper and Its laws.— l. Rothenberg 21.00 The Story of the Dutch East Indies Bernard H.M. VleUce 9. (10 Far
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      387 5 "first thing nnoming'* +k\ Modem conditions o( living tend to create acidity in the stomach resulting in digestive disorders. A glass of sparkling refreshing Eno's "Fruit Salt." through its gentle and natural action, regulates the system, washes away all poisons, tones up the liver and, being alkaline, corrects acidity. Known
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    THE SUNDAY TIMES SUNDAY, MARCH 16, 1947 Road Safety
    600 6 THE SUNDAY TIMES SUNDAY, MARCH 16, 1947 Road Safety I l FEW well-meaning people in Singapore are devoting a great deal of time to efforts at solving some of the city's road traffic problems, which have been responsible for a steadily mounting toll of deatta and serious injury. But tiiey
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    JAP TERROR RULE IN PERAK OUT-STATION
    1649 6  - JAP TERROR RULE IN PER AK OUT-STATION C.R.French, Planter's story of life outside the wire by a European planter, who spent the whole of the Japanese occupation in the Lower Perak district, having been givsn a letter by Gen Y a ma ***** a, which premitted him to return to
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    WHEN MURDER'S IN YOUR MIND
    832 6  - WHEN MURDER 'S IN YOUR MIND JOHN LANGDONDAVIES by FALSE confess.ons to murder are a regular occurrence in the sordid history of crime. The mind that prompts such confessions works like this: "If people think lam the murderer I shall get a lot of publicity. I shall be a big
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      641 6 CLASSIFIED ADS. KOH-LIM. The engagement is announced between Mr. Koh Peng Thiam. 2nd son of Madam Chua Gek Ngo and Miss Peggy Lim Poh Kirn 2nd daughter of Mr. Mrs. Lim Tang Wah. TAN-GOH. The engagement takes pl.ice today between Mr. Tan Kek Kenc. 3rd son of Mr. Mrs. Tan
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      20 6 Each month will bring increased supplies. Producers Boh Plantations Ltd. Distributors Harper Gilfillan Co., Ltd. Kuala Lumpur Branches throughout Malaya.
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    BEG SAFETY FIRST DRIVE IN CITY S SCHOOLS
    357 7 Special week Sun Times Staff Reporter TARGET date for a safety-first week in Singapore has now been fixed for May 12-19 and a big programme is being drawn up for which, I understand, more than $10,000 is being sought in an effort
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    MOTOR-CYCLES FOR POLICE PATROL SQUAD
    101 7 MOTOR-CYCLES FOR POLICE PATROL SQUAD Sunday Times Reporter THE patrol squad of Singapore Traffic Police has been further reinforced by the recent arrival of five new motorcycles and it is hoped tthat before the year is out a further 18 will have arrived. Training of extra men for this special
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    CLOTH FOR JOHORE
    29 7 Sunday Times Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Saturday. ONE million yards of relief textiles ar e being distributed in Johore in the near future through recommended textile dealers.
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    GIAN SINGH'S IN NEW PREMISES
    113 7 THE iiew premises oi Gian 1 Singh Co. Ltd., in Raffles Place, Singapore, were opened' yesterday in the presence of a I large number of guests who had been invited to the informal opening ceremony A member of tlhe company said j that alterations to
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    118 NEW VEHICLES' PERMITS IN SPORE
    109 7 QNE hundred and eighteen perv m.ts to buy new cars and 22 permits to buy new commercial vehicles were issued to companies and individuals in S ngapore from Feb. 1 to Feb. 24. Dr. Wu Paak-shing, Chinese Consul- General at Singapore, was among those
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    Clerks hope for Union of Employers
    188 7 Clerks hope for Union of Employers rHE re-elected president of the Singapore Clerical and Administrative Workers' Union, Mr. Lim Chuan G 'oK > f t*#» n-i--toual general meeting of the Un.on urged members to "justify the confidence that the Government has in us." Mr. Lim said: "I am not unaware
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    MALAYA COMMAND SWEEPSTAKE
    84 7 Sunday Times Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Saturday. A SWEEPSTAKE on the Grand National on March 29 is being held by th e Malay a Command and Ls open to army personnel a; ywhere in Malaya. Forty per cent, of th c total goes to the winner, 12 per
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    CIRCUS VISITOR
    28 7 Reputed to be the biggest Afric an circus lion in the Far East, thi animal belongs to the Kamala Circus which is to open in Singapore.
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    Polite watch for Siglap 'pirates'
    244 7 Sunday Times Staff Reporter PIRATE" activities, directed against parts of Singapore's east coast, in which under cover of darkness sampans have crept in on the high tide, robbed buildings and scores ashore and then disappeared out to sea, have not recurrtd since the recent theft
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    SOLDIERS ON CHARGE OF STONING CAB
    128 7 SOLDIERS ON CHARGE OF STONING CAB THREE soldiers, who were al- leged to have stoned a taxicab belonging to a Sikh taxidriver, were produced in trie Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday on three charges. The men were charged with committing mischief by stoning and damaging dhannan Singh's taxi to the
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    TREE HOLD-UP ON MAIN ROAD
    130 7 Sunday Times Con esp- dent JOHORE, Saturday. When Mr. P. Tan, a lawyer, and his friend wer c motoring from Malacca to Singapore last right they came across a r:ad block at the 36V 2 mile Ayer Hitam Johor e Bahru Road. The car dd
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    DOCTORS AND PLAN FOR UNIVERSITY
    57 7 THE Alumni Association of the College of Medicine, Singapore, is preparing a memorandum on the question of a university In Malaya for submission to the commission inquiring into higher education. The Association has written to the secretary of the commission asking for an interview with
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    VET. SCHOLARSHIPS TO BE REVIVED
    72 7 Sunday Times Correspondent j-.uMi'UR, Saturday. THE Government of the Malaya.. Union is reviving the I veterinary scholarship tj enable 1 selected students to receive train- ing i n India. Applications for scholarships should reach the Director of VeterL-mry Services at Kuala Lumpur before March 30.
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    MAN ON STRETCHER ON GUN CHARGE
    69 7 A CHINESE was carried on a stretcher Into the Singapore Second Police Court yesterday and oharged with illegally carrying a pistol and four rounds of ammunition on the night of Feb. 4 In Whittey Road He was Chia Keh Leng, who had been in
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    CHAMBER MAY HOLD CLERICAL EXAMS
    226 7 Sunday Times Corresponded*. PENANG, Saturday. 1 suggestion that the Penang n Chamber of Commerce should hold examinations for students of the Government Commercial Day School and other trainees for an office career was put forward to the Commercial Schools Advisory Board, which met for the
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    RAIDS ON STRIP' GANG GARAGES
    260 7 Sunday Times Staff Reporter QCORES of back-street motor garages in Singapore and in ►3 isolated parts of the island have been raided by tiie Police anti-car theft squad and much stolen material has been recovered as result. These garages are the camouflage depots of the
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    VEGETARIAN DIET ADOPTED BY SCHOOL
    129 7 VEGETARIAN DIET ADOPTED BY SCHOOL Sunday Dimes Keporicr CINGAPORE now has a vepe- tarian boarding school, where, since the beginning of this year meat has been taboo and inmates have lived on a diet consisting purely of vegetables. It is the Malayan Seminary of the Seventh Day Advcntists and they
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    24 7 THE Union Advisory Council meets at Kuala Lumpur i>r March 31, reports the Sunday Times Kuala Lumpur Staff corresp ndent. Punishment, William
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      638 8 UOT long ago I was playing opposite a partner who held the following hand: S Xx H. AKxx D. A9Bxx C. Qx He opened with one Diamond, I responded with one SptQC, he bid two hearts and I bid two Spades Hp passed My hand was: S. QJxxxx H. v,
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      554 8 WITS-QUIZ by NEIL MUNRO WHERE DOES IT LEAD VOl -1 Man by thinking of the hotel room number which became famous in a dance tune. Now if three-flfUis is greater than foursevenths, add ou ilx si-xteens. If it Is less, subtract seventeen sevens. Your answer should remind you of a
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    BEST OF EVERYTHING FOR MINERS
    1152 9  - BEST OF EVERYTHING FOR MINERS Mary Heathcott by- A woman looks at life in Britain LONDON, Mar. 2. COON, perhaps, you wili have to go to a mining village to find all the people well fed and all the people happily housed. That is, if the Government's scheme for getting
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    Why not Flame of the Forest?
    384 9 IN YOUR GARDEN AS most of us have rather small sarde. s, th? question of what sort of trees to plant is important. Trees which grow as large as the rain tree, the Angsana or the Jambu Laut are usually *oo big for the
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    PARIS TURBAN
    38 9 Paris fashion designers' renewed interest in imitation jewellery is exemplified in this turban-like creation from the spring collections. The crown of net is finished off with a large ornamental clasp, with ear-rings and ring to match.
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    Ann Temple's Casebook
    349 9 If we have to have divorce, wouldn't it be better to end he marriage by mutual consent and h:i7<> <l >i, v'th it irice and for all? Dragging on with all this court o odure is uncivilised—VlCTlM. niVORCE by mutual con- sent may sound feasible enough, but
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    NEWZEALANDER MAKESI97 AGAiNSTMCC
    739 10 From Norman Preston. DUNEDIN. Saturday. NEW Zealand's Bert Sutcliffe, who scored 197 against the MCC who started a three-day match against Otago today, showed as much promise as his famous English namesake. Herbert Sutcliffe, did at the same age 23. While English fielders must be admonished for
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    IPOH HOCKEY CHAMPIONS
    50 10 The Anglo-Chinese School, 'poh, champions In the KinU District hockey knockout tournament. Bark row. left to right: Chet Singh. p. s:wik<->. Too Joon Slew, Won« Kong Fatt. Too Joon Loke. Too Joon Peng. Front. \:....ratii.ilii. h:n lion Yam, TOO Joon Suan. D. Abraham and Chin Kim Poh.
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    ENGLAKDWIN 24-5 AGAINST SCOTLAND
    230 10 ENGLAKDWIN 24-5 AGAINST SCOTLAND Rugby Football LONDON, Sal. l/NGLAND beat Scotland oy 24 points to five in the Rugby Union International match at Twickenham today. England deserved their nalitime lead over Scotland of iwo goals and one dropped goal to zero, although, in fairness to Scotland, it must be said
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    RUGBY UNION
    86 10 LONDON. Saturday. Rugby Unlun results: Old Millhlilianf 5, Han lr pool Rovers 8: RossKn Par.; 0. Sale 3: Saint Thomas' Hospital 5 Penzan-e and Newly n 8: Bruto; 1C UniUxi Servi;es Por sniouth) 5: Swansea 11. Bla"kii«a.h 0: Old Paulines 0. Westoii- super- Mare 3. Banvtaple 0. Exeter
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    RUGBY LEAGUE
    64 10 LONDON. Satuiuay Ru^by I- aguc resul'.s: Kullkinsstor. Rovers 0. Huddersfic.d 0: Salford 6.! live, pool Stanley 0: Wigan 11. W.dnes 3; Dtwsbury v. Kti^hky postponed: flMttoratMM t*o.ois 3. Le.gh 0: Wak"- fleld Trinity 6. Batley 2; Warrmgton 23, Oldham 3: Wovklngton Town v. Castleford postponed. Rugby Lraeue (up
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    U.S. PREPARATIONS FOR WALKER CUP
    117 10 LONDON. Sa'.ui-daf. THE United States' Walker Cup «oir j team will get its nrst test on ar. English course on May 5 against the Berkshire Club at Ascot, it was aur.cunced tcdar. Robert Sweeney of Miami. Klor.a.i. CM selected as a reserve player on tIM
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    NEW MIDDLEWEIGHT CHALLENGER WINS
    68 10 NEW YORK. Sat. STOCKY Jake Lamotta of Bronx, middleweight challenger, scored his third straight victory over Tommy Bell. No. 1 negro welterweight contender, by a unanimous point decision over ten rounds before 17.000 at Madison Square Garden yesterday. Lamotta knocked or pushed Bell through the ropes
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    AMATEUR S.A.
    89 10 At the Annual General Meeting of the Amateur Sporting Associa- 1 tion the following w:re elected office bearers for the year 1947: President, Ch:w Keow B^ck; Vice President-, Yo Siew C uar.,! T'y Gaok Swte; Tan Soo Liew: Hon. Secretary: Yeo K an Hoe; Hon. Trersimr: Khoo Joo
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    Wolves increase Division I lead
    540 10 HOmE FOOTBALL LONDON, Saturday. THE fuiiest programme for many weeks was possible in English League football today, but conditions were poor, many games being played in a blizzard or on ice covered pitches. Despite the uncertainty of the future of League competition, the players went
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    TODAYS SPORTS EVENTS
    75 10 RICKET: SCC »s. SEC. SCC cruund 11 a.m.: SCC vs. Special jmmuwowis t Thomson Road 2 p.m.; Indians vs. RAF. Paya Lebar. P.tva l^+ar 1 p.m.; Indians vs. II M S. Terror, Naval Bam 2 p.m.; Ceylon <j>orU Clnb vs. RAF Chanfi at Chanfi 11 a.m. BOX
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    BIG CROWD AT FINALS OF S POKE BOXING
    256 10 BIG CROWD AT FINALS OF S POKE BOXING Sunday limes Reporter UORE than 2,000 watched the j finals of the Singapore Amateur Boxing Association tournaI ment at the Happy World last night, among the spectators bein? Major-Gen. Cox, G.0.C., Singa- pore District and Air ViceMarshal Breakey. All the bouts were
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    TODAY'S SOCCER
    50 10 THE following will represent the Mannumalal Indian Sports Club against the General Hospital at soccer on the Government Printing Office ground at 5.15 p.m. todayRaja Krishna. Raniachandra. Aodul Rahmrin. S. Velu. U. Krishna. Marl■■tlra. Dor-l. P r>->-iisamv. Abdul Rahf" Thcf-' -it W. Than?^velu. Tv<~o«i Nainam Shah, Marison. Sinlvason.
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    NEW ARRIVAL FROM CEYLON BATS WELL AT K.L
    206 10 Sunday Times Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Saturday. COME scintillating batting by V. Ingleton, wtoo has arrived here with a good reputation from Ceylon, was seen on the T.P.C.A. ground today when he carried the V.M.C.A. to victory over th 3 home 11. and
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    956 11 Mrs. Mac Donald Presents Trophy Sunday Times Correspondent PENANG, Saturday. D.R.8., ridden by Spencer carrying 10.01, and favourites' money, won the Governor-General's Challenge Cup toI day in the manner of champion, beating Boh rah and Courtenay. After the race Mrs. Mac Donald presented the
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    Som Pong Places Welter Title At Stake Tonight
    140 11 THERE is evrry promie of enter- j tainirg figats in lo'igt's' profess cnal box ng programme at ihe Haopy Wrrld irena. In the main fig; t Som Porg' \v ii stake nis Singapore vrelUr- wc Rht title Ogalrst Bat'lkig Skua over 15
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    91 11 i kltfte '.nas members of (tie Colon 'es Cricket Club pftoio- i rr i ri hpd aft'r the annual general meeting which was held recently: Cock Row: Messrs. C. Pelilkan, F Kennedy, L I)elllan C Lbarni'sma, J. A. Galagoda. S. L. Pereira, D Miller, Ii Vcrapa s. A. Ftrnandj (convener).
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    LEAGUE SOCCER OFF
    64 11 THK S.A.F.A. first division league match be -.ween '.ho RAF. and the Indians, which was to have been played at Jaian Bessr Stanium yesterday, was postponed as .he ground w as unfit for play owing to tlie heavy rain. This weeks league games are: Malays v. SRC.
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    846, 733 SAW TEST GAMES
    96 11 AGGREGATE atlcndance fcr the five Test Matches was 14.GG1 below lac figure in 1936-37. when Melbourne had tno of the matches and the fifth was a "decider,'' reports Rcutcr from Sydney The attendance at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Mar. 5 was 25,0?2 and the
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    Defeat Badly
    232 11 BOSTON, Saturday. WITH 5. T00 fans roaring deliriously, giant Johnny Shkor staged the greatest fight of his career and moved into the top ranks of the heavyweights when he scored a technical knock out over Tami Mauriello in the seventh of their tenround bout in the Boston arena.
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    RESULTS AT A GLANCE
    378 11 Race I.— WYNMALEN ($7 *5). I HAMPTON ($5). Race 2.— SHCBEL ($l3, $7) AVANT TOUT <S7>. Race 3.— PATHFINDER ($26, $9). COURTESAN ($7). Race 4— REXFLASH ($2B $8). YUTOI ($6). Race S.— D.RB. ($l5, S9>. BOHRAH ($l2). Race 6— MANDALAY <$!'». SB>. HOULICHAN (SIS). Race WILDEY
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    164 11 LONDON. Saturday. WORLD champion Giselle Parkas of Hungary reached the final of the women's singles in the English table i tennis championships, defeating Vera. I Dave, leading English player 21—13, I 20—22. 21—18. 22—20. In the final at Wembley arena she meets Miss Votruboova of Czechoslovakia
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    S.C.C. MEET RECS AT CRICKET TODAY
    56 11 AWING to the rain lt was n«>t possible to play the two cricket matches on the Padang yes- terday The match between the S.C.C. and S.R.C. second teams has, therefore, been- cancelled, but the j first team match will be played on the padang.
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    MALAY BADMINTON TOURNAMENT BEGINS
    617 11 By Our Badmintcn Correspondent rORTY-FOUR local Maiay badf minton players are competing in the singles event of the Singaooiv Inter-Malay Badminton Tournament, organised by a committee formed by representatives of Malay badminton parties. The first round ties of this tournament were played yrs'.erday at the walled
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    106 12 Princess Elizabeth pulls the whistle cord in engine-cab of the South African Royal Train, whm she and her sster rode on the footplate tor a number of miles. Righ* The Queen wore this lovely picture gown of Swiss organdie at a Port Elizabeth garden party.
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