The Straits Times, 31 December 1946

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    19 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER ESTABLISHED OVER A CENTURY HVELVE PAG! SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1946. E'HICI. Tl
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    VIETNAM SHELLS FALL IN HANOI
    103 1 Stiff Fighting In Coastal Districts PARIS, Monday. VIETNAM artillery reopened fire into the heart of Hanoi last nifht CMMMg nr terial damage, a 1 niuli Army Hi;, r ii Command communique stated today. No caeualtiea were reported. tnam attack.- continued without respite the French garrison
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    Fans bees Easing Of Tension
    277 1 Th;- Timea COin-pondent ay. the;.. I China in fav< ur ol arc' ■in lists. j in Tonkin 1 to tie RuerilU cochin nam lead renewal o'. N t olHo Chi the nelgl Elanol ar.d "cannot by \'r. Hopes on tno French ride thai maj be
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    JAPS USED WHIP ON CHILDREN
    56 1 TOKYO Mo: told tTJ ■'1 k War Crim s Court here t day that ten-year-old Dutch children ".-.-re repeatedly whipped by Japanese guards at internment imn.s. A Ing !st of ether atrocities against Dutch Th court «11] take a 15-day recess when the prosecution finishes
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    Solicitors' Fees To Go Up
    84 1 SOIJCITORS tl Uic Baprease. Court of Singapore will be 1 allowed to lactMMt th^ir fees by 50 r>c ttwH imdir a li 11 mi to b- Introdared into the Advisory Council. The Attorncy-(.encral. Mr. E. J. Davios. seated yesterday that the st.i!e of fees and
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    3 ARRESTED ON SIAMESE, FRONTIER
    122 1 '•"rom Our Own Correspondent ALOR STAR. Monday. ALOK Star police arc asking for information about the identities of three European? who were arrested while trying to cross the frontier into Siam without passports. They were arrested by imm:?rat:on officers ?nd handthe military as suspected d
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    HEAVY RAINS FLOOD SPORE
    115 1 SINGAPORE experi'.nced la^t night the most severe flood!n? for many years. Rain b> falling heavily at du.sk and was continuing in the smell hours >.' this morning. In Orchard Road the water j Mcodcd the ground floors of prenrses between Amber Mansions and Tanglin. Cars were
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    Came Home To Roost
    79 1 Af'.'r t.il.in? o/* from Northolt nrar London, airport in hl 1/.-7-.ird a Dakota freight pl«n.- r htd on to a house in a 4rP;'t in Rutsln, tore oil the roof, nut out the fires in the hous.-\ an'i came to a standstill in I n>.a-,s *>;"
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    War Loss Claims Officials Named
    115 1 A WAR Damage Claims Commission has been jointly appointed by the Malayan Union and Singapore Governments to register and assess claims for property lost r damaged as a result of the war. The Commissi >nera are Mr. C. D. Ahearne, C.M.G.. a former member of
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    There will be no publication of the Straits Times tomorrow, New Year's Day.
    194 1 There will be no publication of the Straits Times tomorrow, New Year's Day. assess claims under the Malayan War Risks (Goods 1 Insurance schen>e. Pend.ng result of tor Cciiimis ion's Investigations it caaaoi be stated, except tat case o: clain.j admissible under the insurance schrm?. to w'r.&i extent it may
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    Flogging Reprisal In London
    142 1 Flogging Reprisal In London LONDON, Monday. SPECIAL Branch dct ■3 were today investigating Vthat may bo a reprisal in Lond in for the weekend flogging of a British <»fficer and ...C.O.s in Palestine. The police, Investigating a fire In the Jewish synagogue in Northwest London-^second within a fortnight— found the
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    WHEAT FOR JAP QUAKE VICTIMS
    51 1 TOKIO. Mcr. MacArthur. Supreme Commander, allied Forces in Japan, tcda.v authorised the release of 7,50i> metric tons of wheat and of wheat flour for areas stricken by the recent earthquake including, the badly-hit island of Shiloku, where tho British Commouwealtn occupation forces relief service continues.—
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    'BRAVE KILLERS' REFERENCE IN MUTINY TRIAL
    257 1 'BRA VE KILLERS REFERENCE IN MUTINY TRIAL Straits Times Reporter AUDEKS to "brave fellows who have killed the Britishers" to step forward find nr«selves to a visiting party of Japan irs Christmas Island, were referred lo during the third day «»i ihc christmas Island mutiny trial being held by ;i
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    French War On Arms Smuggling
    52 1 French War On Arms Smuggling ler IG sinu in arms along the coast oj Annam, Fn nch it !'a> been foui gation in these wai cularly betv and thirteenth parallel i according the Admiralty. Maatej The immunity in Singa tains i .should fl ed by French wai the no be
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    SOVIET SILENT AGAIN IN UNO
    69 1 NEW V I v.hich th;- Atomic En closed that in addil malntainin of eliminatlna the i I respect of punishment i I tors of at So vi the question ol un international authority of eland ti ations. Th ..il authority tor ti controls of atomic
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    £60,000 CRAFT TO BE SUNK
    74 1 TORQUAY. Mon -Westward, a ?.2i-:or. recing schooner now csimated to be wor'h £80.00 at sea. I donj under the w:ll of th< B. E. D.w.6. s uth African phlpist who ..^OO tc the Merchant Navy Benevolent Fund in !935. d clsion to sink her was
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    U.K.-U.S. WAR PACT REPORT
    208 1 PARIS, Monday. t I«HE United States and Great Britain are preparing a mutual assistance alliance oi I tar-reaching financial and military scope, the slightly right of the centre newspapei Aurore rep oted today. Ai irding to tlvs newspaper the allia: s both nations to ixk>l their
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      98 1 I SCtBNTiF/C \tVfBCAMMWO* j A QUALIFIED I OPTICIAN H c s CH'jr.fi oa.int l-1 a J* M Mr W J :jw *-.A i Hi \l\ 9 _i StpkllHß. X I All ff% c^uji t Certificate of Jlnalijsis ■{■CKYS^^ wS,M hav< Sl;l > n:itt( *d t!»e sample of Gin to \v
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      12 1 r mAHUtACTv*I,t4 > pot; -h*a'«4 /AS GOOO vjmkd.* s THE GEST %I^^o^ GUARANTEED
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    MALAYAN TIN DREDGING
    69 3 roi i Mi; ii iTATI UEMI I I by the ..o\ (.1 I ITIEfI I I a 1 by Mis M:i- the I Koala i umpur. lir the i .:p to protect the rouM !>•• ktoncd foe ;un! thoi c r which the h»ciiinM at prof) et
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    15 ORDINANCES INTRODUCED IN SARAWAK
    426 3 iwision For Inquiry Commissions TllK first laws pawed by me Council Ncyri oi' Sara- wak and approved by the Governor, Sir Charles Arden Clarke, have been .gazetted. Under 15 Ordinances passed this month, proviare made for the amendment to and repeal of 11 existing laws
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    SPECIAL NEW YEAR BROADCAST
    19 3 SPECIAL NEW YEAR BROADCAST 11l cxthan Lso com- hours tn. at 945 p.m. will be !es ol id idl
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    WRECKBUOY IN POSITION
    41 3 WRE CKBUOY IN POSITION 1 wi ;he 8.1. d T. 5 the O In ■it i>: position "a I in its 1 by the S in this ai is su d out of position V nut: using th inti flea tion
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    MAN CHARGED IN POLICE VAN
    21 3 i >valk. :'.Cd to ol ;he 'oiirth Poll .o was him. Goh .vi:h Intcn- n th
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    APPOINTMENTS
    48 3 d in :t Qa- PI lr duties wll] on Jan. l. Mr. .1 II .ii. O. J. G. ;iry o: Ram Po i. Captain R H. Green, both of the s.v.iv, ha\ (l to the Court of Officers iterlng the Volunteer i Demob lisation i Ru' s
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    PONTOON ADRIFT IN STRAITS
    56 3 I'l has been reported thai pon- t 1 toon, about -to feet In length i r.d awash, v.. i n drifting in a! tion 120 degnx s, E*ulo (Tndan, Malacca Stn en Dec. 29, according to a no( i to the shipping community In I il
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    FRIEND BEATEN TO UNCONSCIOUSNESS
    126 3 AN allegatioa thai his friend Kamis bin Jali!, had i»v«-n assaulted with a piece of wood l>y a Naafl sentry till he became unconscious v.as mack' by a young .Malay. Hamid bin Donah, to the Second Police Magistrate, Mr. L. C. Goh, yesterdaj when he aplpeared
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    NEW YEAR'S EVE
    34 3 NEW YEA R'S EVE There will b? a c 1 bration of I in St. Ai. Catliedral b 11 45 p.m. Ere. I ttlght Rev. The Lord ol Singapore will \k the preacher I
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    PATENT LIMIT IS EXTENDED
    61 3 PATENT LIMIT IS EXTENDED rar of not be in limit because o: the war. under a Bill io iced into he r.ouii■\v.d pi :ted in the of tho not th i. The Bill i.s intended i »ye U:Ls ilp. A similar made in the ca>> :tn of a patent. Und
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    SARAWAK'S 'ATOM BOMB'
    173 3 LONDON, Monday. pHE Malayan National Union of Sarawak protested in a :.am received in London today against a circular sai-.l I iv have been issued by the Sarawak Chief Secretary threatening di mi »i any > QoTernment I »t- inn; I-;'? 1 elf 1 wilh anti-cession',. ;u:livities.
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    SELANGOR VIEWS ON FEDERATION
    55 3 SELANGOR VIEWS ON FED ERATION I\ still r .md Citizenship me as far ible p ii dly i thirk it tak han 15 v ars for lire a Malayan ou ?omc Is are a milestone in list be that a m a block i •oad. I "Will He Justified" ime
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    LED OF
    11 3 LED OF I 172. I here by him but. who had
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    RASC DRIVERS CHARGED
    8 3 T^ atH.AS.C, Mr. L C
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    NEW YEAR SERVICE
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    REVISED POSTAL RATES
    102 3 rt In! ii.d i:m i' I "ii i; ii Lettan a additional ■<\i 4 eta. ;iald 6 els. 1L' eta. reply paid i nit perj |K"- 4 oz. 3 rU. prr I r 2 am. Printed P:»I>ers Commercial 3 cts. per 2 oz. 3 rts. per 2
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    Alleged Killing of Ex-Wife's Husband
    16 3 Alleged Killing of Ex -Wife's Hus band A. i The he is r&musul m I Troni
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    ENGLAND GOES ON CHRISTMA SPENDING SPREE
    1924 4 OUR LONDON LETTER J Our <>un Com pom-rut LONDON, Dee. (5. AT tii,. rate ;i which our nationalised air i:. this *.hoii!<l reach you just in i;rno to v. i you Christmas and son* ration in thr Now Year. That's what people wishl other
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      89 4 LOW TANGCHANG, LTD. laesrparatH in sinj.iporei send their best greetings to their PATRONS, CUSTOMERS AND ALL FkitNOS md with then) at A HAPPY NEW YEAR Idccd toodncwtthaißuck/aMTonlcWineUoncc **J Prc| ttcd with unbumed care ay Vl'!)C\ from fhcir own -c.rii "V^ :.i, ili- r.im..ii> ionic wine alwav« d>tc* good. ■^•V.i"' 1
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      249 4 R£SUMti NORMAL BUSI KS OPEN DAILY 9.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. EXCEPT SATURDAYS 1. p.m. FROM JAN. 2nd. New And Af ye Stocks Ccnstarttay Arriving The Finest Radio in the World available to the public at the Price. jj'|l|Hi THE STATION MASTER n »nd a list oi i- y to
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    CnmeShowsDownward Trend In Kedah
    154 5 OIiTL YING VILLAGES lI A YE SPECIAL POLICE From Our Own Correspondent ALOR STAR, Mend ay. DEVIEWING the campaign against crime in North Kedah the police spokesman in Alor Star slated crime uas much on the downward trend daring the latter part of 1!) and be
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    CHINESE & FEDERATION PLAN
    55 5 CHINESE FEDERATION PLAN in our Own Correspondent PI MANO, Monday. MQ time ider the hinese the i Town Hall, the Chinese Chan.' Straits day formed a constituconsultative commit toe if 21 with Mr. Ke n£ Lay aa chairman. Dr. Lee Tlang Ol t!. id Mr. H< rVrt J. H, Mr.
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    APPEAL DISMI
    51 5 tn.m Our Own Correspon ;it ALJR Si. JHE appeal of Arrinn b;n Ha- t entire techn r a In lue Alor x District Court on a charge c sum of S5O up:n \vl ■d to a ua lmpria nment, was d;jih Assizes to L c'uy by Mr. Justice
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    NEW ANTI-GAS GUARD FOUND
    55 5 y, By nical com- the wax as a i > pol--1 be a ;l antidote against arsenic and m it has •(impound known us Bri- or BAL. WAS d by Hud' lr A P >r oi Bio-chsmi»ti i bio-chemical research^ sulphur ba.-e also can be v
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    LORD NUFFIELD IN AUSTRALIA
    24 5 N i who arrh Sunday i lit to no propo- R C. I port ,rm, ho come later. At pr.
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    GERMAN SECRETS FOR ALLIED TRADE
    26 5 GERM AN SECR ETS FO R ALLIE D TRADE in their ■.ii mdi f relay i le, and Mr Han man, Unp-d states annountor the exihe
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    MNP IN KLANG
    31 5 From On. Own Correspondent. A of the Malay Nationalist K hool, Hi. were I ofl y.iiht -1; tun-mat Dato' I Himni bio Badok (OnuM retu v t 1947.
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    TALKS ON SUDAN
    10 5 i vptlan I oi the Sudan. AT.
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    According to Culbertson
    219 5 scarcely ccu'.d have t South, dea'.er -*tf S NORTH I 8 I K II I 4 I 7 S WESI EAST K 7 4 H -I 7 9|| 10 S J 9 4 n J 10 9 7 1; 1 3 i SOUTH ii G 3 i
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    LATEST ADDITION TO ZOO
    18 5 O"e-oaj Vfelboarne Zoo. K W. Podsoa Bnds 11 I .1. ;i n d hjuidfaL
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    18 5 Dr. A. SunderaUngam, Ceylon to cirand to acquaint The oil the i would In- rubber for export UP.
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    Rubber Laboratory For Ceylon Planned
    39 5 A COLOMBO. (By Air Mail). SIAIE laboratory t« industry in Ceylon by lilshcd ly Rs 200 000 fore the Comml ustry and and if the comm ntary proision for the t the laboral be
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    India Has 1,000 Coal Mines
    49 5 [iCUTTA iearly 1.000 coa d by the Ben«;.. ciian states produce only about 11 •■it of the total prodi 1 1 mude litile progress in I the coa; ir. Out 1 1 1.000 i few n d for work rs, st roof-falls," It A.P.
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    JAPAN REVIVES PEARL TRADE
    35 5 JAPAN RE VI VES PEARL TRADE I i— "A IAVJU Of lustry dcv ito a Mikimoto proposes to their own cul.ured pearl beds by some 800 acres under a pronine to enlarge the U P.
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    ROBBERS KILL KEDAH TOWKAY
    75 5 ROBBER S KILL KEDAH TOWKAY From Our Own Correspondent ALOR STAR. Mon AN armed gang robbery in the course of a nii*h the ov. a butcher's taken pi I Tun.onß. about 60 miles from Kuii.n. on the q] f D c. 25. It is Lew ■;1 hat all m^.sked. onlcred
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      87 5 iCE. «I\ I MM I \v- <>( I \IION t( irowE. 1 1 ncL I prkl mm ak y ay; tick jMPORTANT AUCTION SALE Valuable Indian \n .1 1 ■>>: Bl n\TF A H!NG KF.NG LEE CO.. LTD. l 1 B -JCOK£G»T bY YEARS EVE DINNER Cvery 9 CURRY TIFFIN
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      115 5 Wishing our patrons ami customers A Happy and Prosperous New Year. CHOP CHEONG CHOCHG CHE9NG latex co agulani NO. 70 6t 71, Main, Rood, Senai, JOHORE I C/B I B .1 l> ii ?l|pnl .hi tin il il NAMG HWA PIANO CO., .ink I!'., d Wanted to Buy I PRICES
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      99 5 DAH SIH OPTICAL MOUSE n gut on c THOMI SON OP .-tr. WISHING OUR A HAPPY PROSPF NEW YEAR GIAN SINGH ft CO., 1 //111 v-< 1 1 \m\ I)Y! our p«| A Happy and I j NetYEW GUft'-. CO., LTD ?*m GEM NUASERY A Ii M'i'Y /'/'OS/'.' I'd! ■■<*
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      182 5 CROSSWORD .No. 141 i_ 3ILJ "i"' r"" ii j I s i«, j _i. E m z jffl^cir i k i_ i v.,'n n rr'i~w r i'Ti"Ti~ 4CBOM r ©M 1 v. >km 110 1. A nUTM "f sti>ne is w»i:\t TC (T 1 r afler (6). 4. He bma
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    DEATH
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    3 6 ACKNO WLEDGMENT I
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Tuesday, Dec. 31, 1946. Why You Can't Get A Car
    499 6 The Straits Times Sing apore, Tuesday, Dec. 31, 1946. Why You Can't Get A Car ra on are obviously Uie o rar still for int- i who are of for in.l of exI Ma 131 lon 33 .ill 4., 1 120 Othi r British Countnei i den 111 ,aru 755
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    ANTI-RUSSIA CALL IN WASHINGTON
    75 6 WASHINGTON, Sun. THE ipedal House of Reprcsenta: on Postwar and Plam Washinzton last night ur^-ed the maximum pressure to prevent \',r tain d and Russia "*ith .1 development ;u only bo deleterious to hitiTCiis ol ;i .srt'iire and peaceful world under present Russian polici The committee
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    Echoes Of Sir Hugh Clifford WHEN THE KRIS WAS SHEATHED
    587 6 Echoes Of Sir Hugh Clifford WHEN THE KRIS WAS SHEATHED WHEN 1 first knew the Malay Peninsula four and forty years ago, the armed disturbaru i whereby the States on the western seaboard had long been racked had at last, but quite recently, subsided. There had been, during the preceding
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      We Cannot Pay Higher Rents And Repair Bills Too
      447 6 IrAND liitt a in rents is HI offl 1 ctioned :i the future. It ca that rents being pegged pre-war levels, have not Is pace with the general rise in pries, and that, on tl depend for their income .1 to
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      From An Indian Son Of The Soil
      75 6 MR. R. JUMABHOY, man of the Malayan Indian i Singapore, was reported in the Straits Times on Dec. 25 as saying that the Malayan Congress, which rep S ngapor ar,d t.ho Malayan Union, would shortly hold a meeting to discuss the constitutional pro
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      Indian Questions
      78 6 WIIAT n^iit iiU.s vie Maluyan Indian Con^. completely alien organization flyinjr the Indian national Hag i) enh-r Into discussions o; matters of purely local inter est?" That question waa your c nt "Political Ob- In tur: lons. Pray, what 1 Don't the o.! Malaya fly their own national
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    MR. MACDONALD TO LIVE IN SINGAPORE
    263 7 MR. MACDONALD TO LIVE IN SINGAPORE C.-in-C Going To Flagstaff House Straits Times Reporter THI, Governor-General, Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald, and his wife will occupy the luxurious TyersaU Park home of tlu> Sultan and Snltanah of Johore on Singapore Island. hich is called Woodneuk, is in Ty< Avenue near the
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    GOVERNOR'S NEW YEAR MESSAGE
    63 7 T; o( Sing) pore, Sir rranklin Gimson, m ;i Nen eai itgapore says he- is con* Bdcnl thai we i n i forward t<> !"17 v.itii tho expectatioa pore will fulfil the hope often eapreeoed that ii will l>c reston pre-war positioa as dm t:f the
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    GAOL, FINE FOR OPIUM
    15 7 GAOL, FINE FO R OPIUM .rge ol to foui :ou.s impriI $1 ooi). in de-
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    S.E.A.L.F. NOW G.H.Q.
    10 7 S.E.A. L.F. NOW G.H.Q. To V I .1 Headquarters :..f.
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    AWARDS FOR POLICE
    68 7 AWARDS FOR POLICE j 1 pOUK" in 1 I". C( Force and oi have beer: corated it was announced that the King J.as b\en gro 'he follovlng aw:;Kl.\« s POU4 E MEDAL FOB GALLANTRY. tlah Rajaratnam Singapi re Pollci 1 1 CO! ONIAL POLICE V. i»\l FOB GALLANTRY. Mr I
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    RICE BRAN COMING
    37 7 A shipment of 700 tons of rice bran fn;m French Indo-China Is expected to arrive in Singapore by the Greek freighter Ta'ygetos tomorrow from Saigon. The cargo will be discharged in the Singapore Roads.
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    Tightening Up On Trishaws
    83 7 A 1. 1. trishaws must carry an Official taUe <»f fares i!'u'<-r a new rmi'laiicMi gazetted in Singapore Other trishaw regulations provide that no lr:>haw ti.'.ll Ik> rCKisUrod unions it is fitted with a satisfactory bell. efficient brakes, suitable front and real lamps or an approved
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    Used Labour Union Funds. Sent To Gaol
    116 7 U sed Labour Un ion Funds. Sent To Gaol AN Indian I or, K v, aged 36. admi; the Sinsaporc Second Maglsl that lie S3OO to his i'V. which he received from t:. tors of Xhr Launch-" Labour Union ot Foch Road Mr. L. C. Goh. on a charge of
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    204 SERVICES ENTERTAINED
    63 7 I INER perty and cd by the Ladies' comor the Singapore P Unan Church was given to 204 8( rvlcemen at the Church Hall in Stamford Road last night The function was under the .on of Mrs E. and the auspices of the Church cf f^cral I
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    "TWELFTH NIGHT"
    69 7 The Stage Club arc presenting Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night" at :oria Theatre in January, 1947 .aid are putting on a free matinee performance for Singahoolchildrcn at 2.30 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 11. Any schoelchild wishing v) attend this performance should apply to the Principal of his school before Jan.
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    WHERE GOV.-GEH. WILL STAY
    13 7 WHERE GOV.-GEH. WILL STAY The Bloc i R'oodnenk— the lin; room «i i!i>
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    LANDLORDS & NEW ASSESSMENT RATES
    283 7 LANDLORDS NEW ASSESSMENT RATES -:'.ion, the I and j whole. recommendations." Even :id not la: and not 25 pet ed ipone ar.r^ Straits Times Reporter A STATEMENT from Mr. E. J Danes, Attorney Gem Singapore, will dispel Ihe lean, expressed by a corres pomlt-nt of the Straits Times, thai rents
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    EAST-WEST SOCIETY
    12 7 EAST-WEST SOCIET Y Dr. N f lesser ol Atomic B I i
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    WALK-OFF' SHIP ARRIVES
    322 7 I CONGESTION and overcrowding on the lower decks the upper decks were empty and deserted of troops, the principal reason for Eoldiers for Singapore and the East walking off the 20,000- ton troopship Empress of Scotland at Liverpool cently. This explcnatlon was given v the Btraits Tim^s
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    More Coal Coming To Malaya
    13 7 More Coal Coming To Malaya S i i CO.U Altli iti ucis ;o-
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    Ration Card
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    TRUST
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      115 7 New Shipment First Airnin with HIS MASTER'S VOiC;. J\^\ GRAMOPHONES Jo£^\^\ RECORDS r < -Jmm—>d%*\ EXTRA -LOUD NEEDLES r MK M ™f' l n "f lll j j AT OFFICIAL PRICES NAMG tiESG «c CO., PIAMO htOfcW, ■|imt. KELLER PI AMO CO., N I Oi tori I ...1. sm:..ip...i Just
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      118 7 ROBINSON'S ANNOW THAT AS FROM JAN. 2nd 1947 THEIR NORMAL EUS!NET?S HOURS 'A/ILL BE WEEK DAYS 9 A.M. TO 5 P.M. SATURDAYS 9 A.M. TO 1 P.M. LUNCHEONS WILL I?E SERVED DAILY EXCEPT SATURDAYS FROM 12 NOON <~-VOIIMn PI OOP GENTS' OUTFITTING GROUND FLOOR MIAI „v u:i X1!!(U v; BPOI
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    ONCE THEY RIOTED OVER A HAT
    591 8 'plc» react oddly to new fashions. Umbrellas, bloomers and farthingales have all been hissed in their time. GM I.'1 i French me tn v ad In trun- 11l bob- the I n did i irallty I ti in 1 1 itcry, con- I 4.'
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    Science Hits The Silkworm
    524 8  -  Mary Bradford) (By B7HEN Baby Seres first hatched out he wriggled slowly and laboriously in his hatching tray and div< himself of most of his shell. He th( o made his way upwards through the piece of stifl papei above the- ti. II was perforated in
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    KEEP IT COOL
    359 8 T H E little man who baa ap :<.'d regularly drawn on humorously en all shortages (Wot! No sauce] i bread, fish or whatever shortage was or is) would surely appear here if people went out armed with pieces ol chalk in Malaya, as many sppear to
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      107 8 HAPPY NEW YEAR De SILVA BROTHERS take this Opportunity <>t Thanking ;»li tluir Cuatomen lor lhrir Kind PmtlWUIgC during the Past and \s>u:e (hem ol A Better Service and (>t Wider Kjiiisi 1 of Goodl in The V\\ «;tr. G. C. de SILVA Bro-0., LERS, RAFFLES PLACE 55, HIGH STREET,
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      276 8 A FRESH AND 10VEIY SKIN fKfck fROM DkYNfciS Pry. rough skin can now Smooth. Gently and into the tiniest pores, n smooth and lovek on a new rreshrv picture of youthful r i the drying effects of > use it at nitjhr to nour perfect non-drying pcchemists and stores IMPORTANT:
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    ROXAS-MAN OF ACTION
    474 9 smliu-> Bulborn (Seoeod Article) I I 0 far 1 him man (1. by t^he 1 th« T 1 ment could carry on aud meet Immediate obiigaThirty p:r c^nt of the 1947 Philippines Budget of I > "J. r )7.74:).45.2 has been allocated the d partment of Nat
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    Half A Century In Malaya
    871 9 ■Conuiuu'd from P:> Since my return b live and a half months ago. I have visited all torn those ttiat are situated 0 ;:>e oi :he Peninsula, each of then 1 ta Owing to my knowledge )le to U with .'.'air*. and t in- ment,
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      194 9 WISHING OUB PATRONS* A HAPPY ®.lKAtnl>r!2f new- YEAR! fCX 'PHONEi.6 909 X"* it— 2— l.l3— t; :u» GALA ALL-MALAYAN PREW Straight from Hollywood come this RECENT VSATIOM of SENSATIONS] ff?ff Yfl 7^ tf JlTTTnnT^T^^^^ffT^^MßSSSi^BßSl^ ,^lsßHßßßßHl^l^BilllWii^HßSßßiJ^ilHlßlßllSßlßfllSi^i^i^Blß^ii*lllßl^ilfc"SM^Sßf ■^Sißßte^mißaß^.^gj The mosr notorious outlaws of the aT-jL v *605. the James Be /5 the
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    HOME TO MALAYA Its Contrasts With Wartime England
    645 10 HOME TO MALAYA Its Contrasts With Wartime England WHILE I was still in Eng- land, people who hnd aeen Ifalaya after the liberation constantly wrote and ■poke of ;he great changes that have come over Malaya. Some spoke of theae changes with some regret, while to others the political awakening
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    Doctors Want Nazi Horror Data
    172 10 LONDON LAir Mail). LORD H rder and Sir Webb-Johnson, two ol the t members ol •h m dical p: bey were opposed tc destruction <>f medica] lured by Nazi doctor* from "scientific experiments' 1 in p/i.-un camps. ■nmentlng on -i at made in the Lancet
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    BABY-KILLER GERM
    238 10 BABY -KILLER GERM LONDON, (Air Bii EVERY medical authority irj the country baa n w ut foJ outbreaks ol the mysterioui which is attacking oewly-born infanta in the Mid Lands and North-West— often with fata] re>ulK practitionen and m dwives who bare I with the symptoms have also joined what
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      167 10 A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL U CATHAY BAY% YOU MADE YOUR NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS? DANNY KAYE WP 81 [TH A LAUGH] TnGUCIA MAYO YEftA-ELLEN SINGS SINGS AND AND LOOKS LOVELY! DANCES? MM] A GO! DMINE il I IMOURJj OPENIMG 2. 00 J TO-DAY L E OLD YEAR, '■urn f\
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      214 10 NEW YEAR'S EVE^~— DANDY OPENING (p SL KS^ifl! N TO-DAY! VWIII I UL^ (DIAL ".'JBI I OR I 1 viionv si\<;: TOWN X.Vf) HK <;vv THKOCGin nu mm you m i^^kaßßßßßi BaaBBBBBBaaaW M mil t J /'/lav ■JflAfilESllr 'WMvlJl -11 a.m.— J p.m. RIGHT D TO THE CHFERS OF VICTOF
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    LOCAL MARKET NOT VERY ACTIVE
    127 11 By Our Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, Monday. ONLY a very small volume of business passed in the local share market this morning. AmonK the tins H« ng Fatts changed hands at 99 cents and Kuchais wore sellers at $1.70. Thawbaleiks were wanted at 33/-, Pungaha at
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    NO TALKS ON TEA CONTRACT
    114 11 Colombo, Mon. Oovernment circles htre reveal that there is absolutely no truth in the rumour that m?i tiations w r«- <^ lor n Ove year contract 1:r Ceyi bctwe n the Ceylon and British government*. The ;u. r ol the State Council told I. cuter
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    BURLAP EXPORTS INCREASE
    63 11 CALCUTTA. Mon. Burlap exfrom here to the world marketa during rhe 8 ot 194G totalled Is, .is C mi yarda In ar. i jute bags of all knd- dur:r.u the same period; number d 209,841,400 a.s compared With 150.878.500 bags in the same peri d !a^t year
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    RUBBER PRICES
    67 11 Singapore. Mon. THE Singapore i hamh r of Lorn- nerve Rubb't itMciation >< mhl)cr price*. toda% at noon were: ■■yen I lv pc i Srlltr; n^r Ib No I R S S Spot loose No I R S.S r«t) in li.ilr-i Jan No 2 K S S Job
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    SHANGHAI" MONEY
    24 11 NOHAI, Mon. Ted quotations on the Shanghai 1 blackmarl I i dollar CN. 56.200. Odd CN. 5332.0C0 Hongkong dollar CN $1,200.— U.P.
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    Produce Prices
    371 11 SINGAPORE. Monday. 1H>I)A1"S produce prices were: RUE: Siamese No 1 JlOl. No. 2 SOX No. I Si>o, Lido-China No. 1 $30. No. 2 527. Broken $30 50. PILOII RICE: Siamese $80. Ked»h $«0. KICK SOOIM.tS: No I Siamese $85. Krrtah $6R. Indo-( hina $75. China $88. Loral No.
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    Alor Gajah Profits
    190 11 Company Reports 'THE profit and loss account 1 of the Alor Gajah Rubber Estate Limited for the period from the re-occupation of the estate up to Sept. 30, 1946. showed a balance of $9,382 after writing off rehabilitation expenditure amounting to $26,658, and providing for bonus to
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    PA JAM ESTATE
    71 11 penditure amountinu to $1(56.017 and for boi fees. Pa rr.itcd had a credit balance of 1 1946. which would be car:. m the next account pany'a annual man. Mr. C.F. E considi r id been made in the reh InveatmenU Includ :n Government Labour on the home
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    TEBRAU RUBBER ESTATES
    95 11 The accounts of Tebrau KubL I for the I June 30. 1946 show that the estate! were 00-. >:-,;. d In S pOn Tebrau. 504 acres n:o. -•a. re cut c.:t i iring the Japai a One thf)'i'ar.ci uores of the n ■versely a!!' junc'.e gTowtbs. On
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    Alone The Singapore Waterfront
    332 11 SHIPS' positions In Singapore y< day wereM\!N IVIIARF Godown 33-34: Car.ara. Oodown 35-3G: Rajula, discharging Godo n 38-39: Burnside discharßinc enrco Godown 42-43: Empress of Scotland. rVESI WHARfr Godown 1-2: Trevian. wn 3-4 Bruas. Godown 6-7 Olenlfler, Empire Soabcach. a-n 9-10: Pronto. Godown 11-12: Glenapp. Godown
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      371 11 SINGAPORE TIDES TODAY: Hinh Wat r: 3.31 a.m 8 ft. 1 in.: 3 p.m 8 ft 3 in RADIO MAI flVfl Chimes: 12 05 am IMng Out Wild, Ope. Si wniirt Itt Bolls: 12.10 am. Auld Lang Byne; 7.30 a.m. Radio niwsred; 7.45 a. m SitKinnnM 12 15 a.m. Danco
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    THIRD TEST IS VITAL ONE England's Only Hope Is Win
    123 12 THE third Test match will begin at Melbourne tomorrow 1 and for England it will be a decisive one. If they fail to wwi this match they cannot regain the Ashes. They must vm i liiis and the last two.
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    GOALLESS DRAW AT TANGLIN
    14 12 GOALLESS DRAW AT TANGLIN THF i 1 rmv.ch bi I c I und t
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    K.L. TEAM LOSE TO TAIPING
    14 12 K.L. TEAM LOSE TO TAIPING i nt <>.ir Own .>rr tpond d by I
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    MARRY MAKERS B.P.
    18 12 i i. 2-0: ...n Tre b .i.int 3.00 p.m. I Toll. On Mrs. Amy Toh
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    S.C.C. SOCCER
    12 12 S.C.C. SOCCE R 1 meeting a' i SO p.m. aP. play- retanr.
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    TABLE TENNIS
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    The World's Best XI
    51 12 R. i 1 1. its 1 Sportt I Ittor, Vwaaa Id sport for 1946 as a la their own spl but picking the nine others l>= far from e;isy. What abtnit Al for law n Uant Oold C Britain's Team Our B Empire t*n Dor»i ■n.
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    Footballers To Get Higher Wages In England
    73 12 LONDON THE 1 h (1 >y ;he need a Football I ■sed that U ho put Fet>Increased by a w th the basic t .€5 or over, ad "^:ly for those under £5. It wli] also b lum waac be 1 in w
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    PERAK TEAM TO PLAY AT K.L.
    66 12 P ER AK TEAM TO PLAY AT K.L. From (Mir Own nrrt spon-U-nt IPOH. Mon. P bird Interstate hockcT •at of th^ >r at Kualn Lumpur On Saturday P i her previous two gnmps. b Negrl throe-nil and Per.a; one but Belangor will t ''pposition to date. Perak'a t°am will
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    INTERSTATE
    59 12 I'r»m Our Own Corn spoil a-nt IPOH. Mo.iu.iy. TOLLOWING will represent Pcrax ;n a return rugger maVh against Belangor at Kuala Lampur Mils Batard Mohamed L t; TaJ Swee K Bonflrld. T V Til] tort M Graham. W rs O M His Held. J. li v Tan Swee Kirn.
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    AMERICA WINS 5-0
    51 12 AMERICA WINS 5-0 MEL.r.OURNE, Mon. THE United States won the maining two Davi^ Ci'p ka todi^y tor a clean sweep live-nil victory in tho challenge round tie. Jack Kramer, United B beat John Bromwich, 8-6, 6—4, .inur Mulloy I Dinny Pails 6-3, 6-3, G The Davis Cup -Cd to the
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    Services Sportlight Seletar Has Year's Best Record
    67 12  - Services Sportlight Seleta r Ha s Year's Best Record "Lin BZG! i P.AF ea over S I cf he I station. Ru and cri Full Programme --4 S] The too I in the U K the 1 I Xo Facilities A': thla wKh« faci- sand Cr'cfc s and r =on
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    WIN SIX-ONE
    14 12 I i I H I In Ali and Dnwo on the I
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    MCC PICNIC MATCH
    61 12 IDIOO Muu Tlih iyed anI v, oh r on?-day picnic matcli COa*£<V for *"a .n'crval. i Pcttr "-'r-'iVi six for 43 in IB r; f not parMcu or at i and p'hrr leV harder, minn las': of scoring fsst to pass th* C !ry UUI tl, in
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