The Straits Times, 25 March 1947

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    19 1 The Straits Times MALAY AS LEADING NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845. PRICE TEN CENTS SINGAPORE. TUESDAY, MARCH 35, 1947. TWELVE PAGES
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    VICEROY CALLS TO INDIA
    350 1 NEW DELHI, Monday. ADMIRAL Viscount Mountbatten of Burma was eworn m today as Viceroy and ©romptly broke a precedent t>y making a speech from the iViceregal throne, m which he appealed for co operation m finding a solution to India's pioblems "within the next f:w months."
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    SINGAPORE REPORT ON BUILDING
    364 1 First Government Step Towards Control THE Government of Singapore has taken the irst step towards consideration of the ide* of housing and building control. A specially constituted body, the Local Resources Committee, has finished its investigation into the whole subject of building m the Colony. The
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    35 1 Pop* Pius XII. wcafec the triple Pontifical Cr*w«, PaTilMi'( 'n •The i* r«ut«i on his throne throa;a m Eh of the V»t£» d«rin f the cek-Urati^s m honour of the eifhth ».nniTCn*ry of hia powUflcate.
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    STABBINGS IN OLD DELHI
    117 1 NEW DELHI, Monday. I^RREE persons more stabbed m Old Delhi today soon after the lifting of the curfew which had been imposed yesterday afternoon following a communal clash between Muslims and Sikhs. Rioters today threw stonea m Delhi's main business centre. AH shops m the city
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    RUBBER PRICE RISE 'UNLIKELY'
    86 1 CLXVSLAND, MffmtfT -The settlement of the year's first major strike by the C.1.0. United Rubber Workers against the rubber industry's "Big Four" firms will bring no rubber price boost and may be an Initial step toward outting the booming prices of other American products, an industry
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    Big Liner Damaged By Fire
    212 1 LONDON, Monday. r[E pre-war British 22,424-ton luxury liner Monarch of Bermuda was extensively damaged amidships by a fire which broke out at 3 a.m. today while lying m drydock m Tyneside. The fire was brought under control only at noon. Cause of the outbreak has
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    Franco May Appoint A Regency
    149 1 MADRID, Monday. STREET fighting between Monarchist Youth and Falangiot supporters of Gen. Franco during the week-end coincided wita unverified reports that the Generalissimo was about to announce a regency to succeed him m the event of his d°ath or incapacitation Several hundred youths took part
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    SPAAK HURT IN CAR ACCIDENT
    58 1 BRUSSELS, Monday.- -M f'-'JI Henri Spaak, the Belgian Prima Minister, was injured when his car hit a tree near BrusseU oa Saturday night, it was 'earned here yesterday There wer c no fractures The Premier will be MiwHM n the Chamber tomorrow for i.-.a debate
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    IRISH SWEEPSTAKE RECORD
    23 1 DUBLIN, Monday:— Post-war records were broken In the Irish Sweepstake which was drawn today with a pool of £2,146,400. —UP.
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    PLANES OFFERED FOR SALE IN S'PORE
    185 1 riFTY brand-new monoplanes and 11 second-hand Catalina flying beats are being offered for sale m Singapore. The Catalinas are being offered by the firm of C. S. Byrnes and Co., Medeiros building, Singapore, whose Melbourne office holds an option for their purchase. T)io monoplanes
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    Indonesians And Dutch Sign Today
    397 1 BAT A VIA, Monday. THE •United States of Indonesia" Agreement will be signed at Dr Van Mook's palace tomorrow at 3.30 p.m., it was officially announced today. The decision to sign was reached toaay at a meeting of the Indonesian ddegaiion and the Dutch CommissionThe
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    TRANSPORT TIE-UP IN LONDON
    145 1 LONDON, Monday. London had its biggest transport hold-up for years today when a power station failur3 put two of the main ur«aerground line* out of action at the height of the rush hour. It is estimated that 150.000 passengers were involved. About 60 stations were closed
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      91 1 pEWEU?RY^ jJß^^^/ SACMIO Sr IN OTHER PAGES Move AfkUM* Banditry i □Him miatan to Southern rrwTl"e*B Women's Pftfe: P»"» Fashions. irem controversy. Planter's Wif Says Improving Sinjapore Tralßc 5 Editorial 8 Massacre Trial: Extermination order "not fallant" 1 Battle of Southern Johore S "The Malayan Gardener" and "Grow your own
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    MOVE TO STAMP OUT BANDITRY Malayan Proposal To Siam
    308 2 From Our Own Correspondent BANGKOK, Monday. EXTREME measures to combat banditry still existing along the Siant-Malaya frontier, to be preceded by an ultimatum to bandit gangs m these regions to surrender peacefully, have been proposed to the Siamese authorities by the
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    33 2 l»uig hau^u ritber than hi a chine lor tear ol D*rUjiK ibe slemcjcr lifeline, coastguards and volunteers haul a seiman by breeches boor from the wrecked ceilier Oakey L. Alexander off Cape Elisabeth.
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    PREMIER OF MADRAS
    42 2 MADRAS, Monday.— Mr. Otnandur Ramaswami Reddiar, who was elected leader of tfce Madras Congress Legislature Party last Friday, was sworn m yesterday by the Governor, Sir Archibald Nye, as Premier of Madras In place of Mr. T. Pratoasain. Reuter.
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    NEW PARTY FOR FRANCE
    110 2 PARIS. Monday— Formation of a new political party, headed by Gen. Francois Dastier de la Vigerie, "Companion of Liberation," who was second m command to Oen. de Gaulle during the wtr, was announced yesterday. Its programme includes free trade, "revision" of nationalisations and amnesty for milder
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    AMERICAN GIFT TO FLORENCE
    90 2 FLORENCE, Monday— A testament by which a deceased American resident. Mr. Horace Finaly, bequeathed to thi C;iy of Florence his collection of rare books and artistic relics was signed here yesterday m the Palazzo Vecohio. Most of the relics date trom the 15th century. They include
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    ASIA AS KEY TO PEACE
    122 2 NEW DELHI, Monday. I>ANDIT Jaw;-"narlal Ke.iru, I openii g the Intc: Conference, told delegates lhat the "countries of As a can no longer be used as pawrs by others" and that "there can be no peace un'e?s i her pan." The conference opened against a
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    FRAUD. GRAY TELLS N.I. JUDGE
    200 2 BATAVIA. Monday. rO hours after the order had been made seizing the American freighter Martin Behrmans Indonesian cargo here today. Captain Rudy Gray, master of the vessel, strode into the Batavia courthouse and \r '--d a complaint with the ivu o e. alleging that the
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    MASKED MEN GET £20,000
    51 2 TEL AVIV, Monday.— A number of masked men raided a discount bank centre m Tel-Aviv today and stole an estimated £20,000 A number of leading terrorists wanted by the police have been rirested m Jerusalem, it is officially announced. Details have not ac far been disclosed.
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    U.S. PLANE IS MISSING
    83 2 HALIFAX, (NOVA SCOTIA), Monday.— A U.S. Army transport with 9 persons is reported missing on it« flight from Westovor field, m Massachusetts to Harmon Field, Newfoundland. Air Transport Command Headquarters m New York said the pilot made radio contact with Harmon Peld when only five miles
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    REPRIEVED SEVEN TIMES
    103 2 ACCRA (Gold Coast), Monday. Eleven minutes before the hangings were due to take place, the execution of the five Africans convicted of r murder was suspended. At the last minute a habeas corpus writ was served on the Director of Prisons to nullify the trial and convictions.
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    STATEMENTS ON U.S. AID TO GREECE AND TURKEY
    369 2 WAS H NG ON, Monday. 4 CTING Secretary of Stale Dean Acheson reiterated to the Senate Foreign Relations CommitUe today tha*. by aiding Greece and Turkey the limited States was not assuming British obligations or underwritnjt British policy m those two countries.
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    CUNNINGHAM LEAVES FOR LONDON
    213 2 JERUSALEM, Monday. THE departure for London of two high British Palestine officials was announced yesterday as Irgun Zvai Leumi, the underground terrorist organisation, urged a world-wide boycott o: British goods by Jews "as part of our fight against imperialism.** An official spokesman said L f Oen.
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      1105 2 NOTICES. RAFFLES COLLEGE, SINGAPORE Application* an invited for tbe post of temporary Lecturer m Law for Trinity Term 1947 via. April 10thJune 19th. Ths Lecturer will be required to give lectures and conduct classes for government probationers to the extent of 10 hours a week and to set and mark
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      806 2 NOTICES. ST. JOHN AMBULANCE BRIGADE. Nursing Division* Will former members of St. John's Nurang Divisions who are interested m restarting the Brigade, please send their names, addresses and names of their Divisions to Mrs. J. V. West, Lady District Officer, 3, Cluny Hill. Singapore. NOTICE THE PUBLIC is hereby notified
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    Tapper Hurt By Wild Boar
    84 3 From Our Own Correspondent. BATU PAHAT, Monday. k CHINESE rubber tapper from Yong Peng Estate is m patu Pahat hospital suffering From wounda inflicted by a wild boar. The Chinese was attacked suddenly and was knocked to the ground by the creature's first rush. His
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    MOCK CONVOY BATTLE
    132 3 A MOCK ba.le between lattea kz<ei on Singaj.o c and a submarine on Borneo wi 1 be earned cut m a larjeccale con'oired R.N. 1..A.F. tnua'ng exerc se this nmr. i g. .c ocs royer Perm, escorting, a Itiooa convoy t j Labuan, try to proved the
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    KELANTAN SILVER ON SALE AT K.L.
    57 3 A new consignment ot iUfer-l ware from Kela.uan has just be3n v<d and is ava lable for sale to ;hc public at the Community C "'re. Batu Road, Kua'.a Lum- i pm The C.mmumty Centre is stuated m front of the Depart-, Bient 01
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    ROTARY SPEAKER
    26 3 \i tomorrow's me:-t'.ng of the Singapore Rotary Club, to be hold at the Adelphi Hotel. Mr. L Webb-Jors will speak en A Royal Tour."
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    Students Helped Into Jobs
    225 3 rß the purpose of assisting students who have left .c.iool m obtaining emp'oyment, the Department of I Education, Singapore, has revived its Students" Employment Bureau. This bureau, which was functioning before th e occupation, was of considerable assistance to stud nts 1.: eiiiblshing them m Jobs
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    SIAMESE MISSION TO SOUTHERN! PROVINCES
    192 3 Malay- Speaking People ?s? s Charges From Our Own Correspondent BANGKOK, Monday. THE Siamese Government is sending a five-man conraission to study on the spot complaints of persecution and oppression of the Malay-speaking people of the provinces of I'attani, Yala, Sctun and Narathiwat. This action
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    DIRECTORY OF CHURCHES
    107 3 The World Dominion Press. In 00-cperation with the World Council of Churches and the International M ssionary Council, is to issue soon a World Christian Handbx»lc and a Short Directory ct Churches and Missions m Malaya QaesUcniiairej for coi.t.ct:ng Information have gone cut to the secretaries o;
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    Bigger American Liners
    215 3 ANEW and larger t>pe of round-the-world pas enger- cargo lintr, with double the a ntniwr capacity of the Piesident Polk, which regularly calls at Singapore, is being I designed by Arr.e:i;an Presi- :nt Lir.e3 m co-operation with tfcfl Unite:! SUtM Maritime Commission. The new ship will be
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    RADIO TALK
    23 3 Mr. Liauae Massey, the Australian Government Commissioner, will broadcast over Rad'o Malaya at 9-45 p.m tomorrow en One Year In Malaya.
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    Strike-Free Year OfPenangUnion
    250 3 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Monday. TWO thousand Municipal and Government labourers, who celebrated the first anniversary oi their Unio.i yesterday, were congratulated by the Deputy Commissioner for Labour, Mr. R. W. I. Band on "having lived through one year without having c-»HeH a single strike." Mr.
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    CHINESE SWIMMING CLUB MEETS
    200 3 trom Our Own tuat^juutni. PENANO, Monday THE coatributica of the CTmifM Swijnm.ns Club towards 't-e welfare of the rising generation" was referred to by us n-w secretary, Mr. Tay Hool Keat. ai .he Club's annual general MeeJnf held at Tanjong Bungah vtsicr day Mr. lay said
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    ALLEGED THEFT FROM CATHEDRAL
    60 3 rhang Man Ch~w, 25, was charged :n the Singapore Second I Police Court yesterday with stealing six pkces of whi c cloth w.rth $50 from the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd On Sunday a' 5.30 a.m. Chang pleaded nor, gu Ky ar.d bail was fixd at
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    EAST-WEST
    37 3 SOCIETY Untliu Abdullah b n Omar, of Johore, will speak on th c J hors Malays at the n.xt meetL-g of the East-West Society, on Thursday at 8.30 p.m. at the V.M.C.A. Hall, Orchard R ad
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    SIAM MAY HAVE A NEW PARTY
    138 3 BANGKOK, Monday. FIELD Marshal Phibun Song! jn, war time DirectorPremier of Siam until 1914, intends to re-enU the political limelight. Phibun's reason for attempting this 'comeback" is because I can no longer bear to see the deplorable situation the country is m." The former
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    TAIPING OLD GEORGIANS
    181 3 From Our Own Correspondent. TAIPING, Monday.— An Old Gtorgiano' Assoc aticn has been formed h:re and the foll;wlng are Its ofricc-bearTs tor the current year: Presicien Mr. Ong Hoafe Sim, Vice-Prssidcnt*; Messrs. Ismail Khan, Ong Hock Ihye, Loh Th^w Yoong and E. Karaiapllay; honorary secretary. Mr. Chin
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    CHINESE CHARGED WITH CHEATING
    84 3 Lim Hong Wah, 31, claimed trial to cheating Yeong Teck Seng en Feb. 12, m the S:rgapor? Second Police Court yesterday. It was alleged :hai Lim induced Yeong to deliver 140 cases -f proviso:s o: s worth $1,445 and a ch:qu c for $305, m payment
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    ALLEGED TRADE MARK OFFENCE
    83 3 A charge of possession of a printing machine and a trade mark di 3 m^rk "Dragon Pascca Union." at 729. North Bridse j I R-^ad. on Feb 11, for the purpose I of coun'erfeiUng a trade mark Ibelcging to Mtssrs. Watso n and iCa. Ltd., was
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    MALACCA WEDDING
    74 3 MALACCA. Monday. The wedding of Miss Jean Ingrid Anderson, third daughter of Mr. R. and Mrs. I. F. Anderson, cf Temiang Estate, Paloh, Muar, to Lt.-Col. A Locke, only son of the late Mr. A. Locke, C. B. C.8.E.. and Mrs. Locke, of Waking, I Surrey, took place
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    WAR DAMAGE
    39 3 The latest date for lodeing claims under the War Risks (Goods> Insurance Schjme 5 March 31. They should bs received by that date at ths offices of the Commlss on. either m Kuala Lum pur or Sngapore.
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    Where "Big I Four** Meet
    26 3 The bnff.ilnr m whKh the Foreign Ministers arc mectirg m Moscow— A vl» tfoa noose, Li ihe suburbs of the city.
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    MUSLIM CLUB AT GEYLANG
    261 3 From Our Muslim Correspondent OOON after establishing a madrasah (religious school) at 127 tnd 129, Dunlop Street, the Jamaatul Kadriah of Malaya, Singapore, a religious club with a membership of about 2,000, has opened a branch at Geylang under tht name ol Geylang Jamaatul Kadriah. The
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    Mahratta Police For Spore
    316 3 THIRTY-FIVE Mahraua* 01 al > ranks due for release from their battalion have enlisted u* the Singapore Police Force. Small, wiry hillmcn from th* Western Ghats of India and th< coastal strip south of Bombaf. the Mahrattas ere traditional soldiers and have glorious record of soldiering.
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    DIETHELM CO. STRIKE TALKS
    75 3 I Diethclm a.:d Co, L'd in Aribou iH Ua— > i.r aa crly f till inein. 01 lbs sa kc -t Uu al-mi-I nluni eng.neei Hi vjrka of iDeUieiin und Co Ltd. in Ans n 'Road L— iiC M n..n j.i i. w:rk en Ifwb 26,
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    FOUND HIS WIFE DYING ON ROAD
    76 3 Tie Singapore Coroner. Mr K. K. Oon, was told yestrrdr^y how a a oy a j.jv. a «n 3?rin2ocu Poad sa-* his uva wife, who had fallen through the tMlol 1 I DUS. unconscious on the road. Th? woman. Sng Gek Keo. fell from
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    JAP GAOLED FOR THEFT OF SPARES
    62 3 A surrendered driver was, sentenced U> thr e months' rigort^ imprisonment in the Singap n Fourth Polic? Court yesterday when he acim tt?d st.-al.ng $492 worth of mot:r spares fr~m a military dtpct He was Matsu Sab ro, 28, wno was arres cd wh?n
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    MEDICAL TALKS AT GENERAL HOSPITAL
    42 3 Under the auspices ot the Alumni Assclation of Kng Edward VII College of Medicine, Singapore, there will be a sc entitle and clinical rmeting tomorrjw at 8 p.m. in the Patholcg cal Laboratory at the General Hospital.
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    FEATURING HATS
    528 4  -  Paris Fashions Extremes m sizes By Amelia Rose PARIS, (By Airmail). THE Paris milliners have tried this year to attract attention to hats and make every woman want to wear themThese hats have rather abnormal proportions. Some are gigantic and some quite tiny. In case a medium-sized model
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    'Adonis' has his say
    87 4 'Adonis has his say WHY all the to-to about women's fashions? If we men happen to possess handsome physiques, why shouldn't we show them off with appropriate hairdos and colours? After all. we can't help being attractive women tell us so .and then aon't they torture themselves just to attract
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    The Straits robin was tame but free
    519 4 PLANTER'S WIFE SAYS— IFOR one do tot think any wild pet is worth keeping if it has to be always chained or caged. Perhaps that is why I always remember with pleasure being awakened by a Straits robin. He was the Pet of
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    New Silhouettes at Paris Parades
    447 4 New Silhouettes a t Paris Parades THRISTIAN DIOR who v last season was an anonymous designer with the great house of Lucien Lelong is now a fixed star m the Paris dress world. His first collection was a great success. Dior has succeeded m doing wtoat no other designer has
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    Beauty hints
    127 4 IF you have a square face DON'T top with a heavy hairdo. DO flatter with soft curls. If you meet different people m your work DO invest m a good ba Ie black dress and vary with jewellery. DONT buy a lot of inexpensive coloured dresses. If you
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    Quiet but tasteful is up-country style
    522 4  -  A Mere Man By CIRST of all, to give men their due, generally they have better taste m dress than women. The reason is that men ahun extremes m women's dress and they recognise that anything eccentric; for ex»mple, off t he-shoulder frocks will
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    Get out of that groove
    247 4 WHY be faithful ...to that hairdresser who always does your hair the same old way? It's your fault, probably, but try another hairdresser for once, anyhow. ...to that young man who takes up all your time yet never mentions marriage? Stop seeing him for a
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    IMPROVING STORE TRAFFIC
    335 5 More Equipment Is Recommended THE Singapore Traffic Advisory Committee has de- cided to recommend to Government the provision of an initial sum of $100,000 for the erection of traffic lights, signposts and parking signs. The decision was made at a meeting at which a suggestion by the
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    TRAFFIC ADVISERS' WORK 'HAMPERED'
    298 5 r jTHE appointment of a Commission of experts to devote 1 its wli«lc time end attention not only to traffic problems but to town and road planning was suggested by the Executive Engineer (Rural), Mr. A. Inglis, at a meeting of the Singapore Traffic Advisory Committee.
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    Cars Race In Cairo
    27 5 A fenernl view of the n-st Cairo Grand Prix car race. Left is a statue tt the Egyptian national hero, Saad Zaghloul Pasha.
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    GAOL FOR EXTORTION ATTEMPT
    131 5 t HOCKCHEW Chinese, Su Goan Kwang, was convicted m the Fourth Criminal District Ccurt jesterdoy on a charge of attempted extortion by sending a letter to a shopkeeper asking for 51, 500 for the support of families of the Mvi Hua To:ig <Plum Flower Party) on
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    GOVERNOR GENERAL IN SARAWAK
    130 5 From Our Own Correspondent KUCHING, Monday. The Governor-General (Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald), and Sir Charles and Lady Ardcn Clarke arrived at Sibu by air on Thursday and were greeted by a vast concourse of people on the river bank. They w en met by the Resident
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    DISTRICT OFFICER TRANSFERRED
    55 5 From Our Own Correspondent. PARIT BUNTAR. Monday.— Tengku Sycd Abdullah bin Tengku Syed Omar Assistant District Officer and Magistrate. Krian, has proceeded to Port Dickson on transfer, and Inche Bahaudin b'n Yacob, from Tapah. has arrived m Parlt Buntar to take over. Inche Bahaud'n Is a wellknown
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    FUNERAL OF MISS ISAAC
    543 5 THE funeral of the late Mus Gwennle Isaac, 14-year old daughter of Chief Inspector Isaac, of Orchard Road Police Station, and Mrs. Isaac, at' Bidadari Cemetery on Fridaj 1 was attended by many mourners. Wreaths were received irom: Dad and Mum, Aunt Qu?enie. Loving sater Evelyn
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    CAMBRIDGE CONCESSION
    69 5 Tt!e General Secretary of the Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate announces that candidates who have obtained credits m four of the necessary five subjects for exemption from, London Matriculation can take the fifth subject at a subsequent School Certificate Examination. This is likely to become a permanent cession so
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    50 5 TAIPINO, Monday.— As a farewell to Mrs. IrvlnK. who Is leaving on transfer to Kuala Lumpur, and also to Brother Denis, Director of St. George's Institution, Talplng. who Is proceeding on home leave, the Taping Teachers' Club are holding a social at the King Edward VII School Hall on Thursday.
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    Full Back Pay Demanded
    120 5 MORE than 2,500 CkwarainHM servants attended a mass meeting at the Junior Civil Servants' Association, at Balestier Road last night, at which the question of back pay for Asiatc Government servants was discussed. The meeting, presided over by Dr. A. A. Sandosham, President of the Singapore
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    FAREWELL TO A.C.
    33 5 A farewell dinner was given to Major R. 8.1. Pates. Assistant Commissioner, Kiuang by members of the International Club en Friday prior to his dspart ure to Borneo on transfer.
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      357 5 Pretty girl makes the DANDRUFF SIGN^ Dandruff is a sign j/j that hair root* are starved, for this ~M reason I prescribe bio-chemut. Each dandruff «i*fcm» bottle contains <*"'• '"'p J«n«, enough organic hair food to increase miT r»n. on your growth of hair by ">d dron ««<>/ c;|,,;L r
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      324 5 Singapo, RED NETWORK (Chinese Indian I J>25 metrea; also 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. 4.325 megacycles per second 161 metre band) and 7.45 p.m. to 9.30 p.m. '4.825 megacycles per second (Cl metre band) Ul.rr. NETWORK.: (Malay gt English 485 metre*; also 12 p.m. to t ,p.m. t.tt megacycle* per
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      543 5 As a general rule it Is not permissible 5 clubs Pass Pass Pass to bid a major suit of less than tour The position of the diamond ace cards, regardless of the top strength of ruled out success for the flve-club conthe suit. Under certain circumstances, tract this declarer had
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    REQUIEM HIGH MASS
    35 6 A Requiem High Mass will be sun? for the repose of the soul of Gwennle Isaac, at the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd 0:1 Thursday, March 27th, ia CIS a.m. R.I. P.
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    IN MEMORIAM
    73 6 The late lamented Mr. P. G. George Mathias Pamatlasa Patriot Martyr Killed through enemy action: 24th. March, 1944. Our love for you undimmei still glows, lingrd with giief and pride memories aiise Cf that epic courage before life's close Which your nam« for ever will im-nicrtal-s- 1 Inerted
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    She Straits JTifltm Singapore, Tuesday, Mar. 25, 194". One Million Men Under Arms
    1083 6 Since there is probably no other place m the British Empire which enjoys Singapore's peculiar distinction of being entirely innocent of riots or rebellions and yet more heavily garrisoned than ever before m its history, It behoves
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    REQUEST TO U.K. ON PALESTINE
    144 6 NEW YORK, Sunday:— The British Government has been asked by the United States to consider "one last try" at solving the Palestine problem by presenting a final proposal to Arabs and Jews before handing the case to the United Nations, says a New York Times
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    HORATIO LEICESTER. LAXAMANA
    1203 6 A SINGAPORE BOY IN BYGONE BORNEO— II The author of this document, the first instalment of which appeared yesterday, wag Horatio Leicester, who was bom at Tan;Iin in the middle of the nineteenth century. Horatio Leicester, in 1873, at the age of eighteen was the Government officer
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      Family Life On An Officer's Pay In Crazy Singapore
      199 6 DURING the past twelve months I have been combing Singapore m an endeavour to obtain reasonable accommodation for my family and self. I have one son and one daughter both of the age necessitating separate bedrcom.*. Imagine my delight on reading
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      Pensioners: Two Cups Of Kopi Susu
      149 6 AN a pension of $139.37 V which I draw monthly, I was paid a sum of $111.52 on account of cost-of-living allowance for the ten month?, April, 1946, to January, 1947. This works out to about 31 cents a day barely enough for two
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      From A King's Chinese
      182 6 I UOl RI.Y the table and the J l wireless tell iu of England s plight. Again, the world I >..ks on appalled, while sh? battles on rnmW Need we stand by and b- just spectators, we who are of the Commonwealth? Let's target our troubles
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      Girls Ask Why
      107 6 JJURSES attached to the l» Singapore General Hoipital are, by a new order, restricted to two late leave nights a month. If this is true, the authorities encrned should abolish what appears to be a rather severe curtailment of the liberties of as fire and hard worked
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      In Indian Shops
      127 6 AN 1.L.0. mission has been vUiiif.g Malaya, but I am sure that one glaring instance A exploitation of labourers was not brought to its notice. I mean the Indian shop assistants, employed by Indian merchants, obtplrxptts, traders, eating-shop kepjwr?. etc., all over Malaya. No one knows how
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    JAPANESE ORDER NOT "GALLANT"
    1348 7 Accused Says: "I Did Not Like It" THE Japanese order to exterminate anti-Japanese elements was not a "gallant" order, said Lt. Col. lYokota Yoshitaka at the Massacre Trial yesterday. He added: 'Therefore, I did not like it." Yokota, fourth of the seven accused to give evidence,
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    Girl's Evidence In Camera
    189 7 i AN the application of defence counsel, part oi the cross-examination of Miss Lena Navis, principal witness m a case m which Irwin Jones, a civilian contractor, is alleged to have murdered Maurice Fox m a house m Upper Serangoon Road on Oct. 31, was held
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    FREE EXPORT OF U.S. CARS
    126 7 WASHING-TON. Monday. All restrictions on the export of motor-cars frcm the United Sates will be abolished en March 31. the Comm res Department announced yesterday This ■w.H end Government licensing control, which has been kept m tffect since shortly af>er the war began and wh
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    HORATIO LEICESTER — LAXAMANA
    428 7 HORATIO LEICESTER LAXAMANA Continued rro;n Dage ti were not approved of, and that it bad b<?ei. found necessary to communicte with the authorities m England on the same. I haa now arrived at the pinnacle of my hopes and expectations. I had attained to an honourable position high above that
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    WOMEN ASSIST IN WAR TRIALS
    442 7 LOUR women m Singapore, two of wtij.n were interned by the Japanese, are helping to bring to book Japanese war crimes suspects held m Cfceagl Caol. All of them speak fluent Japanese and are generally called upon to interpret m the questioning of Japanese war
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    EX-RESIDENT DIES IN U.K.
    107 7 T ONDON, Mcnday.— The deat i was announced at a Su3s°x home today of Sir Walter Egerton, lormer British Resident d Negri Ssmbilan. aged 89 He entered the Straits Settlements Civil Service m 1881, was subsequently appointed a collector cf Inland revenue at Penang and later
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    SPORE OPEN SPACES ARE CLEARED
    51 7 Fmlayson Green, m the centre of Singapore, was cleaned up las*. week as part oi a plan for cl.armg alt Municipal open spaces. Parties of labourers sp?nt sf.eial days cutt ng the UKfM»-»->fa lallang. and yesterday lavas' washings, usually slung alon^ between two trees, had
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    DALFORCE BACK PAY DEMAND
    105 7 •,]\LoSAILSFACTICN over their Vf treatment by the War Office was expressed Dy more then 400 numbers cf the Dalforce at a meeting m the Singapore Volunteer Corps Drill Hall yestfrdro They decided to dcm3nd pay for three and a half years and |to reject the "meagre
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    RAIL WAGONS FOR SIAM
    69 7 The final shipment of -\i wagons for th? Siarr.rs? Fliiiways. I completing a tctal of 675 seconri- hand American-made wagons -I purchased by the Siamese Gov- ernment. has arrived m Singajpcre by 4,400-ton Empire Wallace 1; irom CMttogon^. »j The v.'agcms wll be unloaded 'on to
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    JEWS ARRESTED IN ROME
    78 7 ROME, Mor.day.— The Italian police took into custody 42 foreign Jews 'last, night after Jews had broken into and damaged tri3 headquarl:rs cf the Jew fh Refugees' Orga: 'satton m Rsm?. The Jews had barricaded themselves m the building and cut the telephone wires. It is
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    ALLEGED ARMED ROBBERY
    52 7 Le? Ah 6hoy, a labourer, was charged wth having committed armed robbery of cash and Jewellery wsrth $4,153 from S or. luck Sin at 34, Col man Street on Dec. 12 last year m the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday. Thp eas- was transferred tj the Seventh
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    GRIM STORY OF THE BATTLE OF JOHORE
    2307 8  -  Cold steel at the Muar River A MID the shadowy aisles of rubber trees in country where green growth was aggressively virile. Australian trQops for the first time in history clashed with the Japanese in the heart of Malaya. Wl^en they went into
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      123 8 g^ Ay 1 T is indeed good ive w ilia« Buckfaat Tonic Wine it once •*^|L *\k 1 again obtainable. Prepared with unhurriad care by f the Monks of Bucki«*t Abbey from their own tccret > y^y^ffi^y^K formula, this famous tonic wine always does good. >tf/or IV < l^K^ Buckfast
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      189 8 Meet the Pilots Soon, on your travels, you will be meeting our Pilots. Hut since you are never likely to meet them all, may we introduce them en bloc— all six hundred and forty? Quite a body of men, and more important, a very experienced one. Of our pre-war Pilots,
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    NO 'ANNUALS'IN OUR EVERGREEN LAND
    1315 9  - NO 'ANNUALS' IN OUR EVERGREEN LAND R.E. HOLTTUM The Malayan Gardener By Director of the Botanic Gardens, Singapore Last \teeu Mr. Holttum discussed plants which flowr all the year round m Malaya and those which respond to the slight changes of climate which occur m this country. Today Mr. Holttum
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    Jerusalem artichoke is delicious tuber
    922 9  -  GROW YOUR OWN VEGETABLES k NUMBER of root vegetables may be grown in the lowland garden, which are easy to cultivate and produce high yields. One of the easiest is the Jerusalem artichoke. It is far less known in Malaya than it should be and,
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    FRUIT BY-PRODUCTS
    103 9 MEAT canners are said to use every bit of a pig except its squeak. There is a near parallel in the fruit industry: Fruitgrowers sell dried apricots and peaches, market the fruit stones for use in the manufacture of cosmetics. Kernel oil extracted from ap- ricot and peach
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    London Letter..
    33 10 London Letter. E .which tells of "the great ish people standing hesitating the crossroads".... and asks: ill it be triumph or defeat within three years?" and gives a nostalgia-inducing vision of "lovely, England.
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    PARTING OF THE WAYS HAS COME
    1456 10 LONDON (By Airmail) ANE of the most f avourv ed cracks of the moment has it that existence in Britain just now is like living in Wonderland without Alice. You can attach varicoloured Party labels to that jape, which is more than you can
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      221 10 J. ARTHUR RANKS FESTIVAL WEEK OPENS 11 A.M. 1.45 BOOK 4.15.6.45. AJ&TUAV NOW 9.30 %ff\ |m\ 1 NO 340 STUPENDOUS TECHNICOLOR PRODUCTION DEPICTING AFRICAN SUPERSTITION AGAINST WESTERN SCIENCE PHYLLIS UIRRT SSgEBIC POSTMAN J?/N THOROLD DICKINSON'S TWO WORLDS A TWO fN TECHNICOLOR S ROBERT ADAMS W MARTINS «wmt ARNOLD MARLE CATHLEEN
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    INTEREST REVIVED IN RUBBERS
    299 11 By Our Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, Monday. MARKETS were distinctly brisker m all sections with m the inquiry for good class industrials persisting, although possibly m smaller degree, than during certain days of last week. Interest m robbers is being revived. There were still good buyers of
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    GOVT. LOAN TO RANTAU TIN MINE
    273 11 Company Report THE loss of net current assets of Rantau Tin Dredging Company, Ltd., Including spares and stores, during the Japanese occupation amounted to $172,253 and has been written off, leaving a net balance of $37,702 on the appropriation account to be carried forward
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    U.S. MISSION TO NEPAL
    119 11 WASHINGTON, Monday. A special United States diplomatic mission will shortly go to the Kingdom or Nepal, home of the Gurkhas, m the foothills of the North-Eastern Himalayas, to conclude an agreement of commerce and friendship and to make arrangements for the exchange of diplomatic and consular
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    BLACK MARKET IN STREPTOMYCIN
    92 11 MANILA. Monday. A black market m streptomycin was claimed t:> havo been broke i r.y tho Health Publo Welfare Secretary. Mr. Antcnlo Viliarama, a;ter his Department had commandeered all visible local supplies of the drug. He said the Government was selling the drug at VS. $6.75
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    'PAKISTAN DAY' IN LONDON
    106 11 LONDON, Monday. Indian Muslims, mainly the Indian seamen community m London, met m a London restaurant restcrday to celebrate "Pakistan Day" and to endorse the Lahore resolution of March 23, 1940, of the Muslim League. The meeting was presided ov?r by Mr. T. H. S. Tufton,
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    Singapore Produce
    240 11 SINGAPORE. Monday RICE: Siuuw No. 1 No. I MS. No. $M. No. 4 SSI; No S (wtthoat specific brand) US, No. $f. No. 7 $6*. No. 8 Saigoa No. 1 »59, Saigon broken-rice Ml Salgoa inferior 526. Rangoon No. 1 SC«, No. 2 |S«. No. 3 $45. GLCTTNOCS
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    SINGAPORE SHIPPING
    119 11 SHIPS alongside toe Singapore wharves yesterday were: MAIN WHARF Godown 31-32: Naringa Oodown 34-35: Empire Raja. Godown 36-37: Theseus. Godown 3«-39: Utrecht. Godown 40-41: Hung Hal Gcdown 42-43: Samsacola WEST WHARF Godown 1-2: Thorbecke. Oodown 4-5: Dlomed. Godown 6-7: Samur. Oodown 11-12: Duke of Athens. Oodown 13-14: Glenbeg.
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    U.K. MINES TO HAVE 5-DAY WEEK
    210 11 THE coal miners of Britain will, 1 from the first Monday m May, work a five-day week. In return for working five consecutive shift* day-rate workers will be granted an extra day's pay and piece-rate men a 1« per cent, bonus, based on earnings.
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    RUBBER PRICES
    57 11 The £uiga;»i-e C t 01 mere* Rubber A* Vs ruDUr prices at noon >*st< Sellers per i*. l» Mo. 1 R.S.S. Spot loot* 4S\ No. 1 R.S.S. fob In bales April 44% No. 2 R.S.S. fob m bales April 43 X 41% No. S RS.S. fob m bales
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    CANADA MAY OFFER NEW LOAN TO U.K.
    67 11 Canada Is considering offering Britain new dollar aid, says an Ottawa report. No details have been decided but Ottawa finance officials regard new loans from Canada and from the U.S. at Inevitable. Ottawa Tariff experts say that the Canadian delegation to the Genera
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    Newcomers Please In Workouts
    185 12 Goat's Skin, Lady Limarch, and newcomers Eulogism and Dark Cerene were impressive this mornng m slow workouts of candidates entered lor Saturday, opening day of the Selan^or Tarf Club Easter Meeting. Goat's Skin cantered around and appeared fighting fit. He was bard held. Lady Limarch. who
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    Lower Perak Badminton
    373 12 lELUK ANSON, Monday. An interesting stage has been reached m the Lower Perak inter- team badminton doubles tournament, which will conclude over the coming week-end The championship is now between th? Zcni h Par.y and the Qhaniah Rungkup, who have an equal number en poinu Azlziah "A"
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    CHINESE HELPS HOCKEY WIN
    43 12 NEW YO:u:. Monday.— A pair of toals by Larry K'.vcng, a young Chinese .orward. enay.cd th 3 New York Rovers to wind up their home season with a 2-\ victory over Baltimore Clippers m th? n^-'.orn Hccisy League— AP.
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    80 12 l.;o imoto above novides indisputable e/.dence uf the punching power of Johnny Shkor, latest heavyweight to be named as a contender for Joe Louis' world title. It shows "Bronx Fat Boy" Tami Mauriello ufter his fight against Shkor in Boston on IViarcV 11. Mauriello took a terrific battering, and was
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    BITING THE DUST
    32 12 hcUea goalkeeper MmMUI assumed this unnatural position reccntl>. during a match a?ain :t Drerrford on the Brentford siround. Mcshurst shown taking header v rule saving daring the tfrent'ord attack.
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    R.N.A.S. AND S.C.C.C. TIE
    310 12 On Sunoay at Sembawang, the Special Commissioners Cricket Club drew with the R.N A S Sembawang at cricket The R.N.A.S.'s opening pair Curry and Holland carried the score to 20 btfore Curry was caught at the wicket cfl Forrester. Molyncux scored a forceful 21. Good bowling
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    BOXING MATCH ENDS IN DRAW
    62 12 COPENHAGEN. Monday— An Irish— Danish brxing match m Copenhagen on Saturday nl^ht ended m a threeel! cJrav. 1 Both welterweight and middleweight bouts were won by technical knock-outs m the first round by George Rasmussen 'Denmark) over Peter Poran, and Timothy McNarte (Eire) over Charles
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    ONE-EYED HORSE CHOSEN
    117 12 LONDON. Mo..day. Vagabond, one-ey-d French challenger for the Lincolnshire Handicap on Wednesday, was pick-:d as Th c winner of the onemile race by experts of two London newspapers, th s Sunday Graph c and th c Sunday Chronicle The French seven-year old who will carry top-weight of
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    N.Z. TEST EXTENDED
    39 12 CHRIBTCHURCH, Monday. There was no play today In the Test match between England and New Zealand. The turf was saturated, and nobody was surprised at the "no play" decision. The match, has been extended a day
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    LOCKE BEATS SNEAD
    28 12 JOHANNESBURG. Monday. The South African golfer, Bobbie Lock?, defeated Sam Sneed of the United States 4 and 2 over 18 holes on Sunday. A. P.
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    EXTRA SQUADS OF POLICE AT FOOTBALL
    492 12 Guard Against Crowd Scenes CXTRA squads of police will be m atleuuunce at today's League soccer match between X.A F. and Chinese Selection 1 at the Jalan Besar Stajium. A police officer said this yesterday, comment n<? on the precautions being taken to prevent
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    OUTSIDER PICKED TO WIN CLASSIC
    238 12 LONDOiN, fcoutay. DACING experts of tour London newspapers on Sunday tipped Bricett, 22 to 1 outsider m the latest betting, to win the Grand National StMpitdtfM next Saturday at Aintree. Ihs 10-y^ur-old wi.icli lan well m the National last year before spiling his jockey, vras
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    SPOKTING DETAILS
    529 12 c Singapore The Royal Engineers beat the Indian Association by 153 runs at the Gap on Sunday. The Indians won -.he toss and had first use of a perfect wicket. INDIAN ASSOCIATION Retnam b Kite 0; Abbasbhoy b Kite 0: Rethasamy c James b Johnson 18: Partnacarathy c
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    FRENCH XI WINS AT PARIS
    152 12 PARIS. Monday. A fighting French eleven beat a favoured Portuguese soccer team by a score of one goal to nothing this afternoon at the Colombo Stadium on the outskirts of Paris. Throughout the entire game, with the exception of the first few minutes of the
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    KLUANG BOWLER TAKES 7-17
    254 12 From Our Own CorrCaOJiident. KLUAMj. .vunda-. Excellent bi wling by Selvadiiiui who tcok 7 wickets far 17 runs against the Royal Aimy Servi, c Corps, helped the Kluang Criok^t team to defeat the Military s de by 23 runs, at K. uang The Kluang Cr.cket t-
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