The Straits Times, 16 January 1947

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  • 20 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER ESTABLISHED OVER A CENTURY TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 1947. PRICE TEN CENTS
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  • 673 1 Killearn Warns S.E. Asia A WARNING to the territories of South-East Asia that it would be prudent for them to programme for the storage of as large a part as practicable of the rice they received during the first half of 1947 was given by
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  • 74 1 LONDON. Wed A special j Diane carrying the recalled Spanish Ambassador to Britain. Sen. Dominpo d? las Bnrcenas, j touk Oif from NortbcU airfield today for Madrid. Sen. Barcenas. whose departure followed the recall of the British Ambassador to Madrid. Sir Victor I Mr-llet, recently in
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  • 131 1 BANGKOK, Wednesday. FREE Cambodian headquarters in Bangkok today announced they had sent documents to the United Nations, putting their case for independence and seeking endorsement for the jetting up of a monarchial government, with Prince Narcdhom Chandharangsri, a re'ative of the present King of Cambodia,
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  • 144 1 LONDON, Wednesday. The (Burmese leaders in London for self-government talks sat until 2 a.m. today discussing terms of the draft memorandum of their demands which they had to postpone presenting to the British Cabinet yesterday because they felt they must have time for more consideration. It is
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  • 27 1 KARACHI, Wed. Ghulam Hussein Hidayatullaih h&s been re-elected leader of the Sind Muslim League Assembly party and consequently becomes the Premier of Sind.— A.P.
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  • 179 1 LONDON, Wednesday. FIFTEEN thousand transport 111 1 workers in the English j Midlands will come out on i strike in sympathy with the 'London transport workeis if i the London strike continues toi day, it was decided at a meetju:g in the great industrial centre
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  • 47 1 BATAVIA, Wed —Repatriation ;of the 13,500 Japanese still held i in the Netherlands East Indies as a labour force will be completed by April 1 in compliance with a request from General Douglas I Mac Arthur, Dutch sources an1 nounced here. A .-P.
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  • 393 1 MR. Malcolm Mac Donald, Governor-General of Malaya, and Mrs. Mac Donald arrived in Singapore last night. The R.A.F. York plane which carried them on the last lap of their journey which began in Canada landed on Changi airfield shortly before 5.30 p.m. It was met by
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  • 219 1 JERUSALEM, Wednesday. BRITISH military authorities were reported today to be i enforcing the army and nulirp garrison in PalPsH™ to 1 police garrison in Palestine to a total of 125,000 men in the belief that the dissident Jewish underground can be dealt with on'v mi'itarilv "J 9'
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  • 466 1 S'PORE RELIEF FOR CHINESE IN PALEMBANG A SHIP is expected to sail very shortly for I'alcmn bang with relief supplies for the Chinese population homeless and destitute there as a result of ihc recent fighting between Dutch and Indc- troofts. This arrangement was first approved and supported by the Dutch
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  • 80 1 LONDON, Wednesday. TftE code of conduct for mem- bers of tiie British foreign scrvke published in the official London Gazette bars members from standing for Parliament, gives a warning about divor. and marriage to mm -Bri ili subiects and ILsVs neßliijence with official documents as a
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  • 168 1 ALLEGAiIOIn'S tiiat th? Dutch authorities in Ka;imon stencilled the names of Dutch estates en a ccr^o of rubber and hemp aboard a Jhlnese-owned vessel va;uod at $63,358 ar.d confiscated the cargoes on the grounds that ih:y v.ere Dutch estate proouce, were made by a spokesman of the
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  • 29 1 HONG KONG. Wcd.-Tfce British Ambassador, Sir Ralph Stevenson, left for Canton yesterday for conferences with Chines* officials. H3 is expected to remain there for several days U.P.
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  • 184 2 Dutch Deny Breaking NEI Truce BATAVIA, Wednesday. IN an official communique replying to Indonesian accusations that they had violated the truce, the Dutch East Indies Government denies that the military and othei measures taken constitute a breach of the truce. The communique states: "The measures it was i:-una necessary to
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  • 324 2 'Prevent Military Resurgence Bevin LONDON, Wednesday. MR. Ernest Bevin, the British Foreign Minister, opened the meeting of deputy Foreign Ministers in London yesterday with a plea for the creation of a treaty that will prevent the military resurgence of Germany, and of a peace plan that
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  • 97 2 NEW YORK, Wed— Twelve nations were reported to have informed the Unired Nations that they will need close to U551,000,000,000 in emergency food relief during 1947. The requests were submitted -o the Committee of the United Nations experts last week but have not yet
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  • 83 2 GLASGOW, Wed.— Representatives of shipyard workers at 24 shipyards on the Clyde decided yesterday to hold a further "token" strike in the shipyards next Saturday. Last Saturday's "token" strike involved all Clyde shipyards and bstwe€n 50,000 and 60,000 workers were idle. The purpose of th? token
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  • 28 2 WASHINGTON, Wed—Lt.-Ge-neral Daniel I. Sultan, InspectorGeneral of the United States Army and a former U.S. commander in India and Burma died J here yesterday. A.P.
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  • 79 2 WASHINGTON, Wed.— The Ex-port-Import bank, at a special meeting yesterday, allotted a $100,000,000 loan to Italy. A bank spokesman told the United Press that the money would be used to finance the imports of such items as coal, petroleum, oil. lubricants, copper, synthetic rubber, chemicals, cotton
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  • 78 2 TOKIO, Wed.— Troops of the British C:mmonwealth occupation forces in Japan, according to reports here, are standing by for transfer to Palestine or Burma, but no official ann:uncement has been made. British and Indian troops will be withdrawn leaving control of 8.C.0.F. area in Japan
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  • 90 2 NANKING, Wed —Communist Yenar. Radio said yesterday that Gen. Chou En Lai, chief negotiator for the Chinese Communists, has accused General Georgo C. Marshall of "trying to deceive the people" by describing China's nev/ constitution as "democratic Gen. Chou was quoted as stating that Gen. Marshall
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  • 122 2 T LONDON, Wed. HOSE members of General Anders' Polish Army uho are taking; courses in Malay at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London are doing: so entirely on their own initiative, Colonel Kwiatkowski of the Polish Corps, said today. The School of Oriental and
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  • 199 2 BLUM IS SEEKING COAL The Times Diplomatic Correspondent LONDON, Wednesday. BOTH the British and the French Governments beiieve there will be time enough in M. Blum's brief visit to London to develop by frank informal talks Ang'o-French understanding along line? which will have the approva of all parties in both
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  • 140 2 RANGOON. Wed:— A state of "rebellion spreading in Yamechin district in the central plains of Burma, midway between Rangoon and Mandalay, was disclosed yesterday by Ba Pc, Senior member of the Burma Executive Council. Ba Pc said: "The administrative machinery is completely paralysed in many parts
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  • 60 2 WASHINGTON, Wed. India has been authorised by the International Emergency Food Council to purchase from various sources a total of 950,000 t:ns of grain in the first six months of 1947, Indian ofnoials disclosed here today. This is an increase of 300,000 tens
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  • 258 2 The Times Correspondent BERLIN, Tuesday. 4LTHOUGH »U newspapers give prominence to messages from London about the opening of the prelminary conference on German and Austrian treaties, it can hardly be believed that the r readers give more than a passing mought to the subject. Germans
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 912 2 NOTICES. MEDICAL MEETING The first Scientific Meeting of the Central Division of the Malaya Branch of the British Medical Association, since the resumption of Civil Administration of Malaya, will be held at the Institute for Medical Research. Kuala Lumpur on 22nd January from 10.45 ;i I>l to 1 D.m. All
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    • 473 2 NOTICES. DENTAL TUTORS WANTED King Edward VII College of Medicine Dental Department requires uregntly three tutors, one each In Dental Surgery, Prosthetics and Orthodentics with Dental Anatomy. 2. Duties of the posts will Include the clinical and laboratory instruction of students and the treatment of patients. The officers will work
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    • 768 2 NOTICES. NOTICE. The public Is hereby notified that the Telephone Number ot CHENG CHIANG jHIPFINQ CO.. LTD.. (including their motor-launches services) and CHENG CHIANG TRADING CO.. Is *****. SALE BY TENDER. 1. The Custodian of Enemy Property, Malayan Union will dispose of the plant and materials etc. specified in the
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    • 788 2 TENDERS SALE BY TENDER. 1. The Custodian of Enemy Property Malayan Union will dispose of the planl and materials etc. specified in the schedule hereunder by public tender. 2. Permits to view and official tender forms giving particulars of the conditions of sale and exact Inventories of property may be
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  • 545 3 REPEATED EXAMS. COMPLAINT From Our Own Correspondent MALACCA, Wednesday. TWENTY-ONE nurses attached to the General Hospital, Malacca, have walked out of their wards and say they will remain on strike till their demands from the authorities are met. Only one nurse refused to fall
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  • 276 3 QUARANTINE RATES ARE HIGHER NOW IT will cost persons in quarantine from between $1.30 to $12 per day in food, accommodation aid amenities, according to their -class," by rules which have just, been published in a supplement to the Singapore Government Gazette. The n?w rates show an increase ot $7
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  • 43 3 IT U officially announc d thai as a result of unavoidable delay, The Duke of Gloucester will now arrive tomorrow. The programme already an- nounced for Jan. 16 have neither been cancelled nor changed, but merely postponed to Jan. 17.
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  • 67 3 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. UY an ordinance being in- troduced into the Union Advisory Council, the Chief Secretary is vested with power to exempt persons and goods from Customs duties in the Union. Under the present enactments in torce in the various territories comprising the
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    45 3 Mr. Ernest Clark of the Singapore Harbour Board, son of Mr. and Mrs. X Clark of Penang, and Miss Catherine Rosemary Partridge, daughter of Mr. S. R. W. Partridge and the late Mrs. Partridge of Singapore, who were married at St. Andrew's Cathedral on Saturday.
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  • 28 3 Regulations have been pub- i lished in the Singapore Government Gazette to control traffic at the newly-oper.ed Rex Cinema I in Mackenzie Road at night.
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  • 46 3 The Malayan Union Gazette publishes details of a proposed ordinance, to be introduced in the Union Advisory Council, which will enable "ac Governor in appropriate cases to defer demobilization of Volunteers and members of the Local Defence Corps until such date as may be requisite.
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  • 235 3 RENT BOARD REFUSES EXTENSION THE application of M. S. Ally Co., for an extension of the date Of their vacation from 6. Battery Read, Singapore, the property of the Bank of China, was dismissed by the Rent Board yesterday The application asked that March 15 be substituted for Jan. 15
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  • 42 3 Mi. Ong Kirn Swee. of 69 Victoria Street, Singapore, writes that he is not the Ong Kirn Swe^ mentioned in the report of a case in which a detective is charged with extortion, which appeared in the Straits Times of Jan. 14.
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  • 272 3 CO that politics and sports J should not mix, the Singapore Indian Association has adopted a new constitution whereby all objects not connected with the provision of recreational and social facilities have been deleted f r.m the rules of the association "In view of the existence
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  • 151 3 HONEST TRADING BILL From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. FALLOWING the pre-war r system, the compulsory registration of business is to be introduced throughout the Malayan Union. It is considered it provides a certain safeguard against dishonest trading, fraudulent bankruptcies, evasion of death duties and the like. In 1939
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  • 129 3 MUNICIPAL MEN DECIDE TODAY CEVERAL hundred representa- tives of seven municipal labour unions last night attended a meeting at which correspondence between the unions ana I the Municipal Commissioners was discussed Results of the meeting were not disclosed but a union official told the Straits Times there would be "no
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  • 41 3 The following menus at Peoples' Restaurants today: Thirtj -cents meals: rice, salmon and poached egg, long beans sambal, green peas. Fifteen-cents meals: rice, bills fritters, long bean curry. Eight cents meals: salmon, green peas, carrots, dehydrated potatoes, rice, gravy.
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  • 317 3 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. RENEWING his plea for action on the problem of housing in Kuala Lumpur, Mr. J. R. Vethavanam, at a meeting of the Kuala Lumpur Town Board this morning, said it was five months since the Board brought to
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 749 3 NOTICES SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY It is hereoy notified that with eflect from 1st. January, 1947, the charges for the removal cf Trade Refuse in the Municipal Ar^a of Singapore are hs follows: Ur> to 7 handcarts per month 3/8 to 14 6/15 lo 23 9/24 to 30 $12/NOTICE OF REMOVAL WACOM
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    • 307 3 LET US SUPPLY YOUR MACHINERY REQUIREMENTS RONALDSON TIPPETT .Australia: Diesel Engines. CONORD. France: Diesel Ss Petrol Enjdoea BUKH, Denmark: Diesel Engines. ASTON ELECTRICAL PRODUCTS Electric Welding PTY. LTD.. Australia: Transformers. DANISH MACHINE CO.. Denmark: Machine Tools. KELLY LEWIS. Australia: Centrifugal Pumm TH. B. THRIOE. Denmark: Electric Motors. Generators. Etc. INTERNATIONAL
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  • 1562 4 OUR LONDON LETTER From Our Own Corresponded t LONDON, Dec. 31. FEELING slightly coliywobiy after an epidemic of tummy trouble, we Social Democrats are facing the open spaces of the New Year, Malayans, with somewhat unmixable feelings. Yes, I admit that "unmixable" is a bad
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  • 537 4 By Our Muslim Correspondent A NUMBER of new Justices of the Peace have as usual been appointed in Singapore in Ihe New Year, but among them there is no name of a Muslim Maiay, Aia»> or Indian. It is therefore pertinent to ask: Is
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
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    • 199 4 Trade opportunities j&*m Many merchant* in Malrrva hnre expressed irarm appreciation of tlie specialized services afforded them by the Bank of New South Wales through its network of over 700 branches and agencies in Australia, New Zealand and Fiji. If you wish to develop and consolidate your trmle with these
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  • 174 5 From Our Own Correspondent MUAR, Wednesday. AS a sequel to the police raid on Jan. 4 on the headquarters of the Hua Huay lottery off Jalan Arab, Muar, six Chinese were produced before the District Judge, Che Hamid bin Mustapha, in the District Court yesterday. Four
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  • 134 5 rjy uur Sinn KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— An fßcial review states that crime statistics bear testimony to the degree to which the Malayan j police have been successful in the j prevention of crime. In January 1946 there were 76 1 cases of reported -aur^er, 108 >;ang
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  • 125 5 A CHINESE fitter Wong Kirn, who stood bail for Wong Gan, who was charged with the Im- rtation of opium and chandu :nto the Colony and who was i s r o.tcd in court to have absconded, i was asked to show cause in the Singapore First
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  • 70 5 From Our Own Correspondent Alor Siar, Wca. An armed I gang of Chinese entered seme! shops in the village of Guacn^m- padak in Gurun iast night and ransacked the shops, rt.mv.ing; cash and jewellery worth $1,400. I The men, who were all masked, I entered
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  • 49 5 Ng Ah Tee, a 40-year-old Chin- j ese woman, who was arrested by Food Control Inspector for refusing to sell a packet of cigarettes, was yesterday convicted and fined $100 or one month's simple imprisonment by the j Singapore Second District Judge, Mr. T T. Russell.
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  • 272 5 Project Estimated To Cost $112 9 000 From Our Own Correspondent SEGAMAT, Wednesday. YEARS of planning and survey, interrupted by the Japanese occupation, are to bear fruit this year and Labis, a little town 20 miles south of Segamat on the main trunk road to
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    56 5 The Ceylon tsudcinists mission, on its way oacK irom n. 1 i<i, arrived in Singapore on Tuesday. One of the objects of the Mission was to open centres f<w the study of Pali in China. The picture shows (from left to right) Rev.- Thera Pannasiha, Rev. Thera Soma and Rev.
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  • 115 5 By Our Staff Corrc^yondciit Kuala Lumpur, Wed.— The Department of Public Relations has published its second issue of the Malayan Pictorial Observer v/rurh features the revival of the tin industry in Malaya with pictures of the two main metneds of tinmining in this country— dredsin? and monitoring. Printed
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  • 82 5 Kuala Lumpur, Wed. The Chendering Malay School at Kuala Trengganu was opened by the Sultan of Trengganu. Mr. N. Rees, the Superintendent of Education, in his opening .speocih, said, "I have come back to Trengganu solely to help the Malays in every respect, particularly to promote
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  • 87 5 Frooi Our Own Correspondent IPOH, Wed —Over 500 members of tb:> government subordinate .staffs met at the Ipoli Town Hall yest^-.i So doclde ou the action to be taken in regard to Hie question of y~- -x pay Meeting under the cftaiimanohip oi Mr. Boap Heng
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  • 50 5 18 -YEAR -OLD BOY ON HURT CHARGE Aa 18-year-old boy, Tiu Ah Gong, appeared before the Singapore First District Judge, Mr. Paul Storr, yesterday charged with possession of a bayontt and having voluntarily caused hurt to an Indian. Tiu pleaded not guilty. The case was adjourned to Jan. 29. I
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  • 188 5 From Our Own Correspondent SEREMBAN, Wednesday. QEREMBAN will start broadcasting if local musical talents 0 come forward and assist the authorities, declared the local Supervisor of the .Broadcasting Station in an inter' view with the Straits Times today. Besides this experiment,! tho Sprpmhan Rroadrastine .c*..
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    • 376 5 MUNICIPAL NOTICE tor Information of Medical Practitioners. Please note that cases of SMALL *OX has been notified in residents of *t. Georges' Road and Joo Chiat Road. By Order, N. A. CANTON, Municipal Health Officer. NOTICE. Take notice that Mr. Lim Kay Hung, of 286 River Valley Road, Spore, has
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    • 435 5 WAKE UP YOUR LIVER BILEThe liver should pour 2 pints of bile juice into your bowels every day. If this bile is not flowing freely, your food may not digest. It may just decay in the bowels. Then gas bloats up your stomach. You get constipated. You feel sour, sunk
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    • 286 5 D. T. UMTS Krupok Udang, Krupok Ikan, Kiupofc Blind jo. Sago Da lima. Cake Essences. Cake Colouring, Tepong Hunkwe, Vanillin Powder, Vandlen Sticks, Caka Form, Cake Spices, Curry Kurma,' Curry Powder, Curry Vendhally, Curry Pickles, Mixed Pickles, Fried Curry Prawn, Fried Curry Fish. Otak Udang, Blachan, Chilli, Sai:cr. Sambal Ooreng,
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 675 5 The first trick in tray's deal large it seemed better to lay down was the key to suocessful play, the queen, guarding against a but the declarer failed to make possible singleton jack in the the proper deduction. East hand, than to finesse lmmeNorth, dealer. diately to dummy's ten. Unfor-East-Wast
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  • 62 6 Mrs Goli Hojk Huat, Mr. St Mrs. Qoh Tiang Chit 1, Mr Mrs. Goh Tlang Ohye. Mr. Mrs. Goh Tiang Eng family thank nil tha-e who attended th? funeral of the late Mr. Goh Hock Huat JP Beth at Klang Si Penang Ai those who sent Motor Cars. Wreaths,
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  • 1064 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Thursday, Jan. 16, 1947. Nationalisation In Kinta? Not unnaturally, some people with interests in the Malayan tinmining industry are apprehensive as to the prospects of eventual extension to this industry of the policy of nationalisation which has been applied by the British Labour Government to coalmines
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  • Man In The Street
    • 280 6 IT would appear that the PanMalayan Council of Joint Action is determined to attempt to force prematurely its conception of a suitable Government on a country struggling to emerge from the chaotic conditions left by the occupation. There ls amongst us a large politically uneducated mass of
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    • 248 6 1 NOTE that Mr. Oliver Holt, 1 in his letter published in your issue of Jan. 11, regardMr. John Eber as an interloper vis-a-vis the Malayan Union. Mr. Holt apparently chooses to ignore the fact that the truncation of Singapore from the Malayan Union, for reasons
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    • 64 6 WITH the approaching Chinese New Year, stops should be taken to prevent a recurrence of the cracker nui- sance. This can easily be done by preventing (if not prosecuting^ thet I roadside cigarette-vendors from. I flagrantly violating the law by openly displaying for sale crac!;i ers, the sale
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    • 736 6 THIS us the third letter in 1 this strain I have written to the Straits Times. My first letter was signed "A Misguided Philanthropist." My second letter was not published. In this last letter and I can assure the editor it will be the
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  • 288 6 Hungary s Land Revolution The Times Correspondent VIENNA, Tuesday. DURING a tour of several hundreds of miles m eastern and northern Hungary, in a civilian car, unescorted and without any special pas-, I did not see more than tw. nty. Russians, whoue nurrbers recently have been greatly cAuced. I avoided
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    • 909 6 CLASSIFIED ADS. j j i i i i I j j j i I j i j I TO BERTHA LILLIAN. (Nee Parsons) wife of L.H.T. Caulfleld, a daughter, Rosemary, on Jan. 12th 1947 at Tunbridge Wells. Kent. England. Both do\nK wrll SITUATIONS VACANT WANTED experienced conductor apply with copies
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    • 49 6 NEWLY ARRIVED! AMERICAN 6AUSCH LOMB f% T l^ I GLASSES These glasses absorb all harmful rays and unwanted glare to the eyes. LIGHT IS MELLOWED THROUGH THESE GLASSFS AND EYES ARE RESTED. Ray -Ban glasses should not be confused with ordinary "coloured glasses" which are habit forming QUALIFIED OPTICIANS.
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    • 223 6 CHEMICAL INDUSTRY 4 I V!n k^Bsl W A X his is the symbol of Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd., the great British chemical combine known familiarly throughout the world by its initials 1.C.1." Formed in 1926 by the amalgamation of four famous companies Brunner Mond Co., Ltd., Nobel Industries Ltd., United
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  • 449 7 Inspection Tour By Colonial Office Man Straits Times Reporter THE interim scheme for locally recruited doctors in the Government service has been approved in principle and will come into operation soon, Dr. W. J. Vickers, Director of Medical Services, Singapore, told the Straits Times
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  • 238 7 pOVERNMEIvT and non-Gov-\j ernment employees in is.iigapore and the Malayan Vmion are to be asked to give details of what it costs them and their families to live during the current month. In Singapore forms have been sent out for the first of what will be
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  • 122 7 CEVEN Chinese were urestad vi Singapore on Tuesday nigpnt i by officers attached to the Cri- minal Investigation Department on suspicion of being members of a secret society of extortioners known as the Mvi Hua Tong. The Police are anticipating very important developments from the arrests. Documents
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  • 148 7 KL 'SHOOT TO KILL ORDER' urom our sian Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. AFTER many months deliberations, the Government of the Malayan Union is giving "shoot to kill" powers ;io sentries at protected places. There is considerable looting of stores and owing to the shortage of forces available for guard duties
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  • 96 7 From Our Own Correspondent. PENANG. Wednesday. A BAN on born-blowing in the town area, especially in the crowded business centre, is one i of many -'preventive traffic measures" which the police plan to j enforce in Penan g in an all-out campaign to check street ace'dents.
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  • 112 7 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Wed UAWKERS and stall-holders in Kuala Lumpur are appealing to the Government against what they describe as the "totally unjust action" which the authorities are taking against them. At a tea party held yesterday the President o f the Kuala
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  • 24 7 Correspondence for the Gover-nor-General, Mr. Malcolm McDonald, should be addressed to his office in the Cathay Building, and no longer to the Residency, Penang.
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  • 259 7 Union Bar Council Proposed From Our Stall Correspondent KUALA LLMPUR, Wed. jj r PHE unification and re- j j 1 organization of the Bar i throughout the Malayan) j Union is the intention behind u:e new Advocates and Solicitors Ordinance which is being introduced at the next meeting of the
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  • 57 7 Three young Chinese, Leong See Hee, aged 23, of Tlong Bahru Road, Quick Seng Xi, aged 20, of Anson Road, and Lim Teo Cuan, aged 18, of Bukit Brown, were remanded by the Singapore Second Police Magistrate, Mr. L. C. Goh, yesterday on charges of armed robbery and
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  • 23 7 In two armed robberies m Singapore on Tuesday night, Chinese victims had about $1,700 in cash and Jewellery taken from them.
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  • 307 7 XMAS IS. COOK THREW BODIES IN SEA pHULAM Mohd, a cook to the v Christmas Island detachment ;>f the Hong Kong/Singapore R.A., yesterday related at the General s Court Martial trying seven Indian j soldiers on a charge of mutiny on Christmas Island, the part he played in throwing into
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  • 59 7 The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester were entertained to a farewell garden party at Government House, Sydney, recently. These pictures show the Duchess (right) talking to Mrs. Austin Anderson and above the Duke and Duchess with Mrs. McKell, wife of the New South Wales Premier. The
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  • 328 7 THE pursuit und shooting down of a Chinese two gunman,' Ho Kian Swee, a mile from where he was first spotted was told to the Singapore Coroner, Mr. W. G. Porter, yesterday when he held an inquiry into Ho's death. •Tan Koon Jin, a
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  • 221 7 BACKPAY PROTEST DECISION TODAY CINGAPORJi, Uuvemment em15 ployees intend to stand by their decision to stage a ma.ss protest c'.emonstration— in which 7.000 will join if they do not receive from Government by today a reply to their request for four months' advance on their baclc pay, pending a decision
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  • 87 7 A YOUNG Chines, Koo Wan. who claimed to be a member jof the Straits Settlements Volunteer Force in 1941, was sent- enced to five years' rigorous i imprisonment by Mr Jusace I Jobling at the Singapore Assizes yesterday. Wan was convicted on a charge of "carrying arms." an
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  • 38 7 Mr. W.L. Clark, who has nvea the greater part of his life in i Sarawak and whose father was a i Captain in the Sarawak Rangers, j left Singapore by air tor Kuchin? vestcrdav morning.
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
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    • 105 7 fashions LOTDO^S_^3____. sS|* in WOMEN'S WEAR Tailored Play Suits $57.50 "Londoners" tailored 2 -piece pure linen shorts •nd brassieres. Colours blue or tan Price $57.50. Tailored Slacks from $47.50 "Londoners" smartly tailored slacks In grey, tan, biege or blue. Priced from $47 50. Tailored Blouses from $25.00 Tailored Blouses In
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  • 878 8 By Our Woman Reporter WHY do we put up with such unimaginative raincoats? There is nothing else in our wardrobe which shows such lack of ingenuity and such sameness year alter year. Never before has fashion conspired so wholeheartedly with raincoat manufacturers deep Dolman
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    52 8 The Welsh Industries Fair, which opned at the Royal Horticultural Hall, London, mi Year's Day, exhibits the new light mdustries of the principality for the first time outddc Wales. Girls are s?en at work on perambulators with bodies of pressed steel, part of <he rntpist of Lines Bros., Ltd., of
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    16 8 Seventeen-year-old Jf.yce bit.Uion, of England, Glamorgan, displays a two-piece sports suit at th« Welsh Industries Fair.
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  • 198 8 VOGUE'S House and Garden Book is to be published again in February. At first it will be a quarterly, but when the paper situation becomes easier it wiil become a monthly publication like Vogue ftaelf. Its contents will include architecture, interior decoration, household equipment, gardening,
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  • 445 8 I JHE cook ihad a habit of serving fish in a very o:ly and undrained condition I asked him :o be sure to drain it on paper. The next time we had it. it was served i on a piece uf newspaper This j time, though not
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  • 144 8 Shipping in Paris U Mie— lt you happen to be a multimillionaire. An ordinary millionaire un't :i, :he race. Today I walked Into Schlapardlin ares house in Paris Vendome anl asked the price of a bottle (in Singapore you would call it a small bottle) of
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 313 8 THAT NEVER, NEVER (|pB|g) CHANGES IN QUALITY \^Pl says ELSIE, the BORDEN COW Elsie: This is Klim' It is pure, powdered whole milk. Only fine milk from healthy cows is made into Klim. And it is kept safe and pur* through our special packing process. Klim quality never varies! wjjp^
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    • 201 8 fiRAIHI CA¥ IT 20 REDUCTION!!! WXWinV &Al»Jb FOR 20 DAYS ONLY New Shipments Just Arrived PEKING. (CHINESE) AND PERSIAN (BUKHARA) CARPtTS. In Various Sizes, Colours And Beautiful Designs. We Maintain Our Own Factory In Peking, China. Guaranteed Best Materials Best Dyes, Best Workmanship. EARLY INSPECTION INVITED. DfieOfcLCapM 31, StamEord Road
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  • 2461 9  -  T.B. BARLOW Plantation Survey By Chairman of the Rubber Growers* Association, 1945-46. In this authoritative survey oi post-war conditions in the plantation rubber industry of Malaya, and of Government policy in relation to the industry, Mr. T. B. Barlow states the conclusions which he reached in
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    • 148 9 TT!i: HALL FOR QUALITY SOUND PROJECTION! f f ~mmr- 2 4.15 6.30 9.15 llVcitttbr'Tj v GRAND SPY T HRILLER /l phone 6 909 vCI S*AST 5 SHOWS! 2<DiEC TWO-TIMING jrtCJ. m* p MYSTERY GWL lUX FEMALE IS fl.yf against desperate BrarCjflr enemy agents' \CtfF*iA* MV opening tomorrow i 1 \T
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    • 205 9 FOOD PARCELS FROM AUSTRALIA To ENGLAND, EUROPE and BRITISH OCCUPIED GERMANY CHOICE OF 11 PARCELS Every item in those parcels is FRESH and of the HIGHEST QUALITY OBTAINABLE and NONE of Services Disposal Goods. BOOK YOUR MONTHLY ORDERS NOW Parcels to Europe and British Occupied Germany can be insured at
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  • 496 10 HOLLYWOOD, (Air Mail). I UNCHEON in Hollywood with George Givot is not a particularly festive event. It requires about 30 seconds just long enough to put a food pellet into the mouth and swallow it with a glass of water. For dessert, a banana, or
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    18 10 VIRGINIA HUSTON, who makes her screen debut in RKO Radio's 'Nocturne," is seen exemplifying the spirit of Thanksgiving:.
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  • 163 10 New Film's French Director Hollywood (Air Mail). MA X OPHULS, who directed "Liebelei," "Sruajevo," "The Bartered Bride" and other films in France before the war, has been engaged to direct "The Exile," a picture which Douglas Fairbanks Jr. will produce. Fairbanks will also play the .starring role. Ophuls served with
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    25 10 SHARYN MIFFETT, the chfid slur. ph«tagraalMi with "Banjo", the beautiful English setter wh ich plays the title role in the forthcoming RKO Radio picture, "Banjo."
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  • 79 10 HOLLYWOOD, ((Air Mail),Fritz Lang, head of Diana Productions, has announced that Michael Redgrave, of the British screen, is coming here from London to co-star in the film "Secret Boyond the Dcor," which Lans will make for release by Universal Internationa] Pictures. The British actor will remain in
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  • 108 10 HOLLYWOOD (Air Mail).Three Chinese sampans, nearly six years in transit, have finaliy arrived in Hollywood and are being used for scenes in a motion picture, "Assigned to Treasury," starring Dick Powell. The boats were purchased m Shanghai just before the war oy a firm which rents properties
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  • 52 10 HOLLYWOOD (Air Mail). Patric Kncwles, the English actor, has been borrowed from Paramount Studios by producer William Cameron Menzies and director Sam Wood for the role of Dr. Gretorex in the picture "Ivy," to be filmed by Interwood Productions at Universal-Inter-national Studios. Jean Fontaine will kuua the •Harring
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  • 111 10 BRITISH STAR IN U.S. HOLLYWOOD (Air Mail).— Phyllis Calvert, the British screen actress, has signed a five-year contract with Paramount Studios, where her first film role will b»- In "Make You a Fine Wife." The English star Ls n^w working in the picture, "Time Out of Mind." at Universal Studios,
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  • 366 10 THE WEEK' S FILMS PROJECTED against a I background of the Middle East, "Action In Arabia," which opens at the Alhambra tomorrow, provides a plot of murder, intrigue and romance, debctiair George Sanders and Virginia Bruce =upv>'y;n-> the last. The story involves Sanders as n newspaper man investigating the murder
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  • 165 11 By Our Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, Wednesday. THE industrial market was steady today though not 1 so active as it was yesterday. There was fair buying inquiries for Fraser and Neave and business was reported at $2.97%. Business was done in Malayan Breweries at $15.60,
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  • 117 11 LONDON, Wed— The underlying tone in most markets was again veiy firm but appearance* rather belied tho amount of business transacted during the course of the day. Possll.i» exceptions were British funds which sagged away owing to lack of interest and in the foreign bond market German
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  • 115 11 NEW YORK. Wed.— With buyers timid recovery efforts were very weak yesterday and the fifth hour saw the list barely steady showing a small on- balance advance on the day. Numerlous laggards persisted as bargain huntjers bought cautiously with the main emphasis on seasoned issues notably rails, steels,
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  • 25 11 SHANGHAI, Wed. Today's quotations on the Shanghai black market exchange are: U.S. dollar CN $6,500; Gold CN $369,000; Hongkong dollar CN $1,250— UP.
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  • 75 11 NEW YORK, Tues —Transactions in copra from the Philippines at USSI 90 to $195 per ton. landed in New York, have been reported since the United States Government permitted free trading in jopra. The Government had been paying U*****.20 per ton landed in New York and UoSliO.2o per
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  • 162 11 Company Meetings ANETT profit of $13,441.59 arising from the receipt of interest on investment, inclusive of earnings during the period of occupation of Malaya was disclosed in the accounts of Indragiri Rubber, Ltd. which were presented at the annual general meeting o»" the company, held in Singapore
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  • 91 11 LONDON, (By Air Mail).— An extra-ordinary general meeting of the Bagan Serai Rubbir Estates, Ltd., was held on Dec. 31 in the Council Chamber of the Rubber Growers' Association (Incorporated), 19, Fenchurch-street, I London. EC. and approved the purchase of the estates, undertaking and assets of the Glenshiel
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  • 76 11 LONDON. 'By Air Mall). An extra-ordinary general meeting of the Straits Rubber Company, Ltd., was held on Dec. 31, at the Rubber Growers' Association (Incorporated), 19, Fen-church-street, London, E.C., to consider resolutions approving the acquisition of the Batak Rabit Rubber Estate, Ltd., the increase In the capital
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  • 62 11 SINGAPORE, Wed. The Singapore Chamber of Commerce 'Rubber Associations rubber prices today were: r»u»crb CtS. cts *o. 1 R.S S Spot loose so. 1 X S S fob in bales Feb <o. 2 R S.S. fob in bales Feb. io. 3 R.S S fob in bales Feb Tone
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  • 356 11 SINGAPORE, Wednesday. TODAY'S produce prices were: RICE: Siamese No. 1 $104, No. 2 $103, Rangoon $75, Indo-Chlna No. 1 $30, No. 1 $27, Brok:n $30.50. PLLOH RICE: Siamese $80. Kcdab IM. RICE NOODLES: No. I Siamese $92, Kedah $65, Indo-China $85, China $92, Local $65. BROKEN RICE: No.
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  • 121 11 The profit and loss appropriation account of the Kamasai Rubber Co., Ltd. at the end o( 1945 showed a balance it $39,257.79, which was carried forward to the 1946 account, following a resolution at the company's annual general meeting at Kuala Lumpur last week. The chairman, in
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  • 74 11 LONDON, (By Air Mail)— The Ceylon Government's decision to buy rutoer from local producers at 65 (Ceylon) certs whsn the market price based cr. London forward quotation is 60 cents, has b;en prompted by a substantial order from abroad to purchas? rubber in Colombo above
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  • 300 11 SHIPS positions in Singapore yesterday were: MAIN WHARF Godown 33-34: Samshee. Godown 35-36: Eemdijk. Godown 39: Samavon. WEST WHARF Godown 1-2: Priam. Godown 6-7: Fort Kilmar. Godown 8-9: Glenogle. Godown JO-11: Overijsel. Godown 15-16: Empire Mayport, Stentor EMPIRE DOCK Godown 17-18: Samtweed Godown 19-20: Empire Viceroy. Godown 23-24:
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    • 729 11 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. (incorporated id Singapore) BLUE FUNNEL LINE Sailingi to and from United Kingdom "Samavon" from U K. for Hongkong A Shanghai. In Port "Tarakan" due from U.S. A Jan. 17 -Rondo" due from U.S. A Jan. 17 ■•RheMit due from U.K Jan. 17 ••Stentor" sal's 'or Antwerp, Liverpool
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    • 673 11 PRESIDENT LINE Sailings NEW YORK A HAVANA via India and Mediterranean Port* IRAQ VICTORY Godown 29 39 S.S. WILLIS VICKERY Dne Feb 6 PRESIDENT POLK Dae Feb. 6 RUTLAND VICTORY to New York, via Pacific, Hong Kong, Manila, San FrancKro dne to arrive Jan. 22 For Freight and Passage Apply
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
    • 246 11 RADIO MALAYA Singapore RED NETWORK (Chinese A Indian: ?25 metres; also 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. 4.325 megacycles per second (61 metre ban:l) and 7.45 p.m. to 9.30 p.m. 4.78 megacycles per second (61 metre band) BLUE NETWORK: (Malay Entli<h 485 metres; also 12 p.m. to i p.m. 7.22 megacycles
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    • 82 11 Interlude: 11.00 p.m. Much-binding in the Marsh; 11.30 p.m. News; It ti p.m. Prom today's papers. JAN. 17 7.30 a.m. Radio newsreel: 7.45 a.m. An Englishman looks at Italy; 8.30 a.m. News 7.30 p.m. Happidrome; 8.30 p.m. News; 8.40 p.m. London calling; 8.45 p.m. British Industries Fair; 9.00 p.m. 11l
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    • 18 11 SINGAPORE TIDES Today's tide times are: high 5.41 a.m. and 6.49 p.m., low 12.36 p.m. and 12-28 a.m.
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  • 720 12 CENTURIES TO HARDSTAFF, COMPTON LAUNCESTON, Wednesday ENGLAND scored freely at Laumeston today when they began a threeday match against Tasmania and at the close of play had 361 on the board for the loss of three wickets. Compton followed up his 124 against the
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  • 62 12 LEXINGTON, WEDNESDAY. fHE courage that won him three world boxing championships and a presidential citation for heroism in the fighting at Guadalcanal has brought Barney Ross Mother victory the toughest of his 37 years. Four months after he jjave himself up to Government authorities as a mfrph'M
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  • 74 12 ENGLAND-- IST. INNS, ■lut'on c Rin&ld Thomas b KUbey 51 I lilork c Honald Thomas b R'rhardvin 20 Gibh st Ca-dinei b Clark t?. I'urdstaT not out 120 Comptin not nut 137 Extras (Wfm, 10. leg-bye. 1) .11: Total (for thr-f wickeU) 361 I*l Hurfot. [H«*h:i' il*on "'ark Law
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  • 88 12 The Army beat the Navy by two goals to nil in a fast and exciting hockey match at S?letar yesterday. The teams changed over vttfa no coals but in the v^cord half thr» Army I k"pt pressing until Hay. Maga ran through to srore the flr*t <<oal
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  • 271 12 LONDON, Wed. i ENGLISH League football tlx- tures for January 25 are:— FIRST DIVISION i Aston Villa v. Blackpool IBolton Wdrs. v. Leeds United Chelsea v. Grimsby Town Derby Co. v. Arsenal i Everton v Liverpool Huddersfield v Portsmouth Manchester U. v. Stoke City i Preston N.E.
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  • 138 12 The following players will represent the Royal Navy against the Selangor Club at Kuali Lumpur, at 5 p.m. o n Saturday: Sub. Lieutenant M. C Bostock, (H.M.S. Terror); A B J H. Mackie, (H.MS. Terror); Lieutenant H. Silk, (H.M.S. Lioness A. B. F. Scrine, (H M.S
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  • 494 12 THE Singapore All Blues took on far too much when they appeared for their Singapore Rugby tournament t'e with the Combined R.A.F. at Jalan Besar yesterday with a depleted team. They were well and truly beaten by the airmen who scored 24 points to nil
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  • 229 12 IPOH, Wed. THE Sultan of Perak was hose or. Sunday to the North Pera* and South Perak teams when they met in a state trial in preparation for next month's interstate fixture against Penang. Soath Perak won all the events played 9 doubles and 4 singles
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  • 75 12 The Perhiboran B.P. was reformed on January 1. At the general meeting on January 5 at No 118, Lorong En-iku Arran the following were elecv.il officials. President Mohd. Hashlm bin Ahmad, Hon. Secretary A. Hudri bin Mukri Hon. Treasurer Mahmood bin Buang Sport« Captain Supa'at bin Pael, Asst.
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  • 60 12 Members of the Sincjaporo Stat? hockey team which will play Selangor and Peralc this weekend are asked tc be at the railway station at 6 p.m. tomorrow, and not at 7.30 p.m. ns earfier requested. There is one change in the team. P. Pennefather will not be able to travel
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