The Straits Times, 10 April 1947

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    18 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845. TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 1947. PRICE TEN CENTS
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    SINGAPORE WELCOMES SHAHRIR
    542 1 Premier Tells Of Indonesia 9 s Aims THE Prime Minister of the Indonesian Republic, Su- tan Shahrir, received an enthusiastic welcome from a crowd of several thousand people when he arrived by plane at Singapore from Bangkok yesterday afternoon. The thousands of Malayans and Indonesians, vho had
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    "Quiet" Burma Elections
    95 1 RANGOON, Wednesday.— Apart from a few grenade-throwing incident* the polling in Mangoon passed off quietly and uneventfully today. Contrary to expectations the elections to the Constituent Assembly proved the quietest in the history of the city. Caution and indifference seemed to be the keynote of public feeling.
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    TALKS TURN TO GERMAN BORDER
    275 1 Moscow Conference MOSCOW, Wednesday. AFTER weeks of fruitless argument, the Four- Power Foreign Ministers yesterday agreed to shelve the stalemated questions of reparations and the make-up of the German Government, and to proceed to a discussion of German boundaries and the Ruhr and Rhinelands. The
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    27 Die In Venezuelan Air Crash
    184 1 CAR At OS, Venezuela, Wednesday. TWENTY -SEVEN people were killed when a Venezuelan commercial air liner crashed in the Mountains 30 minutes' flying time from Caracas yesterday. The plane was carrying It students and six teachers from Cumane, in eastern Venezuela, where they had
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    U.S. Answers Gromyko
    358 1 AID BILL "AN ACT OF FAITH IN UNO." WASHINGTON, Wednesday. THE American $400,000,000 aid pro1 gramme to Greece and Turkey was described by Senator Arthur Vandenberg in the Senate yesterday as "a great act of voluntary allegiance to the United Nations and an act of tjtai faith."
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    67 1 This is the lirst picture of th? self-confess-ed executioner of Mussolini Walter Audisio. known as Col. Valeria, lie U telling a large Kalhernjc of Communists m Rome how he took the Dace to a desetted garden at Dongo. n-ar Ijtke C- mo. m northern Italy on April 28. IMS. Says
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    Hammond Married
    137 1 LONDON, Wednesday.— Walter Hammond, England Test cricket captain in Australia, was married at Kings-on Registry Office today, a little more than 24 hours after his return t» Britain, to Miss Sybil Doreen Hammond, younger daughter of Mrs. E. C. Ness Harvey and the late Ness Harvey of Durban,
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    Widow's Loss: Mussolini Estate
    81 1 Widow's Loss: Mussolini Estate ROME, Wednesday. The Court of Cassation t >day rejected an appeal by .Mussolini's widow against the government's confiscation of the dictator's estate. The court, however, sent back to the Lower Court for reconsideration a decision confirming the confiscation of the estate of Count Ciano, the dictator's
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    JAP'S ADMISSION
    49 1 SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Japanese Lt. -General Hat iz Adachi admitted in the Rabaul Court yesterday that he gfe'e orders in New Oulnea authorising the execution without trial of persons accused of serious crimes, provided the cases were thoroughly investigated first. Adachi is on trial or war crimes charges.— A.P.
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    "King Of Hell" Shot
    144 1 SHANGHAI, Wednesday. The Japanese General Shirawa was executed by a firing squad in Taiyuan, capital of Shansi Province, today after a Chines? court -martialfound him guilty of charges of planning and carrying out massacres of civilians and torturing w;ir prisoners. He was given the nickname "King
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      934 2 NOTICES. NOTICE NOTICE is hereby giver that Aaron Jacob Isaac of 143. Mlddi* D «ad is ipplylng to the Governor for nature > izatlon and that any person who mows any reason why naturalisation hnuld not be granted should send a written and signed statement of the facts to the
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      274 2 NOTICES SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY Application* are Invited for recruitment Into the Municipal Clerical Service commencing in Orade 5 of the Coordinate Officers' Salary Scheme (*5O-A«iO-SSO) on six monUu probation. On completion of this probationary period, successful applicants may be granted increments on the Salary Scale or be transferred to any vacancy
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      785 2 NOTICES TOWN BOARDS, JOHORE Aalfaorkc* Architect. Notice la hereby given that the Town Boards Johore are preparing a ilat of persons approved for tire submission of t building plans to the Boards. AppUca- 1 Uona for inclusion In the list should k be submitted to the Offlcer-ln-Charge, Town Boards, Johore,
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      842 2 TENDERS SALE BY TENDER The Custodian of Enemy Property, Malayan Union will dispose of the motors, engine*, etc specified in the P schedule hereunder by public ten- I As bis agent to deal with this dls- d poaal the Custodian of Enemy Property has appointed Messrs. McAlister Co., Ltd., of
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      811 2 TENDERS. SALE BY TENDER 1. The Custodian of Enemy Property Malayan Union, win dispose of the plant and materials, etc., specified In the Schedule bereunder by public tender.. I 2. As his Mtnt to deal with this disposal the Custodian of Enemy Pro- c petty has Mean. Harper. OUflllaa i
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      813 2 TENDERS SALE BY TENDER Th» Custodian of Lnemy Property, Milayan Union, will dispose of the pro* perty specified in the schedule hereunder by public tender. 3. As his agent to deal with this disposal the Custodian of Enemy Property has appointed Messrs. William Jacks Co., (M) Ltd.. Penang from whom
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    $430,000 RICE SCHEME FOR MALACCA
    688 3 Preparations For Wet Padi Starts From Our Staff Correspondent MALACCA, Wednesday. CONFERENCES between Agricultural, Admini- strative, and Drainage and Irrigation officers of Malacca have resulted m a $430,000 scheme to step up the Settlement's wet padi production m conjunction with the Malayan Union Government's emergency
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    DEATH OF REV. N. DEREDEC
    157 3 MEWS has been received m Sin- I 1* gapore of the death m France I of Rev. Father Noel Ueredec, of Penang. Rev. Fr. Deredec was born on Apr. 7, 1865, In France and was ordained en Sept. 24, 1910. H e arrived m Malaya
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    SOLDIERS ON JEEP THEFT CHARGE
    68 3 Three British soldiers, John O.Brien. Henry Purdie and Kenneth Edward Davles, appeared before Che Ahmad bin Ibrahim In the Fourth Police Court yesterday on a charge of stealing a Jeep belonging to the Jloyal Navy at the Port Operating* Company M.T. Lines. Bukit Chermin Camp
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    LEWIS' ORDERS TO U.S. MINERS
    88 3 WASHINGTON, Wednesday:— Mr. John L. Lewis, leader of the United Mineworkers Union, yesterday issued conditional "back-to-work" orders to his 400,000 soft coal miners, 48 hours prior to a scheduled appearance before a judge who once Jolted him and his United Mineworkers with US $3,510,000 fines.
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    WAR CRIMINALS' SUICIDES
    114 3 HAMBURG, Wednesday.— Carmen Mory the "Black Angel of Ravensbruck," who was sentenced to death by the Hamburg War Crimes Court for atrocities in Ravensbruck concentration camp, committed suicide in Hamburg prison today. Mory, who had been appealing for commutation of sentence was found in her cell at
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    59 3 Commander Prajum T. Mokav es, Royal Siamese Navy, whe took delivery of the Royal Navj Minesweeper Minstrel at th« Sinrapore Naval Base yesterday Commander Mokavea signinr receipt for the Minstrel watched by the Hac Officer, Malaya, Rear Admiral H. J EgtrUm, C.B Captain of the Dockyard, Captain John Mcßeath and
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    New Shipping Rules For N. E. I. Trade
    231 3 MEW shipptng regulations issued m Singapore by the Netherlands Indies Government through Mr. M. F. Vigeveno, Netherlands Consul General m Singapore, affect ships proceeding to certain Java, Madura and Sumatra ports. The regulations, however, do not apply to vessels whose destinations are
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    Sydney May Replace Singapore
    116 3 Sydney May Replace Singapore SYDNEY, Wednesday:— The Sydney Daily Telegraph's Canberra correspondent says that Britain's decision to retain conscription is part of the new Empire defence plan under which Australia would be the supplies base for all Empire forces in the Pacific and Sydney would replace Singapore as the chief
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    PALESTINE P.C. DIES IN AMBUSH
    112 3 JERUSALEM, Wednesday— Tw 0 plain-clothes constables were ambushed by gunmen using silenced pistols outside the Mustashfa Police Station last night, 24 hours after the police had shot a Jew near the same spot when he failed to stop. One constable was killed and the other
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    SHEEP SHOT OUT OF TREE TOPS
    103 3 DERBY, Wednesday Now that shepherds m north Derbyshire can reach remoter parts of the moors they are finding sheep losses due to snow are heavier than they at first feared. Searchers found m a gulley above Derwent nearly 100 sheep lying on top of
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    Y.M.C.A. WANTS MORE FUNDS
    260 3 A 810 rehabilitation programme has been planned by the Singapore branch of ttfe Y:ung Men's Chr stian Association for its Orchard Road premises and a campaign for m re members and more funds launched. Funds are required to remove the Kempeitai cells, to buy another bill
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      Another Big British Jewel Theft
      288 3 •r LONDON, Wednesday. THREE men broke into the sprawling mansion of the Earl of Ilchester last night, tied the 70-year old Countess to the bedrail and stole jewellery valued at £2,000. However, tney aid not nna, according to first reports, her world famous string of
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      Alleged Assassin Not Insane
      249 3 TRIESTE, Wednesday. The commission of psychiatrists which has been examining Maria Pasquinelll, 33-year-old Italian school teacher charged with the shooting of Brigadier R. w de Winton. British commander of the 13th Infantry brigade, at Pola last month disclosed m their report yesterday that she was rot
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      749 3 HINDERS BRITISH STORE DISPOSAL BOARD (SINGAPORE) TENDER NOTICE BY ORDER OF THE DIRECTOR OF DISPOSALS, FAR EASTERN AREA (M.0.8.) 1. The British Stores Disposal Board, Singapore, is authorised to receive Tenders for the following items:— Located at Eaat of Boom Defence Depot, Loyang. Lot No. I— Launches Q: 12 US
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    PARTY WRANGLE IN BURMA
    505 4 Assembly Elections In No Doubt The Times Correspondent RANGOON, Wednesday THE Burmese people went to the polls today to elect 182 members to the Constituent Assembly, two from each of 91 non-communal constituencies. The Karens, the largest communal group within Burma proper, will elect 24 members
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    TWO CLAIMED UNUSUAL ART RECORD
    163 4 TWO CL AIMED UNUSUAL ART RECORD Yesterdays air mail to the Btiai~s Times Included the above Planet picture caption ed: "Albert Perry, who claims to be the Royal Academy's 'most rejected artist' secured the privilege of oeing th c first 'rejectee 1 of the year when he turned up at
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    U.S. 'Phone Strike To Last At Least One More Day
    142 4 U.S. 'Phone Strike To Last At Least One More Day WASHINGTON, Wednesday. NEGOTIATIONS m the nation-wide telephone strike broke up on an optimistic note tonight after an eight-hour session between employers and employees. Indications are, however, the country-wide shutdown will continue for at least another 24 hours. Government efforts to
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    European Robbed Of Estate Pay
    97 4 "Rom Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday THE Manager of Wardieburn 1 Estate, Mr. H. Thomson was held up by armed Chinese a few miles outside Kuala I Lumpur yesterday afternoon and robbed of $7,000 which he had just drawn from the bank to pay
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    FORD FUNERAL
    76 4 DETROIT, Wednesday. The funeral service for Henry Ford will be held tomorrow at 7-30 p.m. at the church on Woodward Avenue. Detroit. He will be buried beside his parents at a private ceremony at Add son Ford cemetery. The body will lie In state for two hours today
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    28 4 REYKJAVIK ICELAND, Wed The last U.S. soldiers stationed m Iceland sailed for home today, thus ending nearly six years of American military protection of this island.— A. P.
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    U.S. Policy War Danger
    132 4 LONDON, Wednesday. MR. Henry Wallace, former Vice- President of the United States and now editor of the Liberal New Republic, told a Press conference here toaay that "there may be established in America during the next three months a foreign policy which may lead to war.
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    Shahrir's Hopes For Malaya
    599 4 Shahrir's Hopes For Malaya JOHORE BAHRU, Wed. THE Premier of the 1 Indonesian Republic, Sutan Shahrir, in an afterdinner speech tonight said although he hoped Malaya would progress in the same way as Indonesia, he did not think that the people would be able to get what they desired as
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    GLOBAL FLIGHT OFF AGAIN
    100 4 NEW YORK, Wednesday.— The oft-p:stnoned round-the-world flight of millionaire Milton Reynolds took another setback when au ho ri ties at Newark Airport today rescinded permission for h s p!a n e to take off the field. Permission was orig'nally secured to take off from Newark but
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    BOOBY TRAP KILLS HERMITS
    157 4 NEW YORK, Wednesday. fHE police have formed a theory to account for the deaths of two wealthy Fifth Avenue misers, who died m a house where utilities had been cut off because of unpaid bills. The brothers, Langley and Homer Collyer were worth $75.000 but lived
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    TRADE URGESREMOVAL OF CEILING SUGAR PRICE
    149 5 TRADE URGESREMOVAL OF CEILING SUGAR PRICE From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Wednesday. PHE removal of the ceiling 1 price imposed on "free sugar" imported into the Malayan Union is sought by Penang traders in a petition addressed to the Price Controller, Kuala Lumpur. The Penang Importers and Exporters Association, through
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    U.M.N.O. FLAG HOISTED
    94 5 From Our Own Correspondent SEOAMAT, Wednesday. The U M.S.O. flag-hoisting ceremony was perf:rmed by the Tengku Mahkota of Johor e en Monday en .the Segamat padantFollowing the "tepong tawa" ceremony, th e Tengku Mahk:ta, who was accompanied by Dato Onn bin JafTar, hoisted the U.M.N.O. flag. Datj
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    BANKS ASKED TAKE BULK SMALL NOTES
    71 5 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG. Wednesday.— An appeal to all Penang banks to accept in bulk notes of 50-cent denomination and under has been sent today by the Penang Importers and Exporters Association. The Associatin states that while 1t realises th e shortage of
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    Malaya To Send Delegate For 'Human Rights' Talks
    174 5 PE Malayan Democratic Union has received an invitation from the National Council for Civil Liberties, London, to hejp to nominate a Malayan delegate to attend the International Conference in Human Rights which will be held from June 13 to 16 this year.
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    MALAY POLICE LEARN ENGLISH
    65 5 By Our Malay Correspondent MALAY policemen of Kulim, Kedah, have got together to form a night class to study English. Classes are being held nightly at the Police Club premises and the keei.ess shown by the policemen more than compensates for tne lack of facilities provided.
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    Pandit NEHRU Entertains
    60 5 Delegates to tne Inter-As__i Conference were entertained at a reception given by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru oa March 28. Among the gaesto were the Vicereine, Lady Mowatbatten, (second from left) and her daughter Pamela (right). Seated on the ground is Pandit Nehru while between Lady Mountbatten nd her
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    FIVE MEN CHARGED WITH MURDER
    79 5 From Our Own Correspondent KLAN«> Wednesoay. FIVE Chinese of Port Swettentuun were charged before Haji Abdul Aziz, th« Klang Magistrate, this morning with the murder of Nyew Te e Fam. a Chinese ■kepala' of Pit Swettenham on Mar. 29. Th c charge was explained to
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      421 5 SINGAPORE &ed Network (Chinese Indian IS p.m. to 2 p m tin. to 11 p.m. on £25 metres. Abo from 12 to 2 p m and 745 to 93* p.m. on 4 825 Me par second in 61 tnrtrc band. Blue Network (Mate; Lnflkb Mjtfay: 16. M a.m. to 1
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      601 5 In m-ny cases the declarer kr.ows at two hearts or at any suit except ttiat be hasn't the ghost of a char.cc I spades, he could expect to collect qu' te k>r his contract. It does not follow, a 'ew points. ncwerer. that both defenders have It W interestiiig to
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Thurs., Apr. 10, 1947. They Bounced!
    969 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Thurs., Apr. 10, 1947. They Bounced! An irgenious press agent In New York thought up a stunt last week which, while not likely to be emulated in the environs of Raffles Place and Collyer Quay, is nevertheless just what the Singapore rubber trade likes r o
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    RISING PRICES THREATEN U.S.
    152 6 WASHINGTON, Wednesday. PRESIDENT TRUMAN yester- j day underlined his fears about high prices by calling a special Cabinet meeting for today to study what wa s officially described as a "serious situation." The Chicago grain market promptly dropped as much as 7 cents (VS.) a bushel
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    GANDHI BLESSES VIETNAM CAUSE
    56 6 NEW DELHI Wednesday. Mahatma Gandhi has s»nt a message to the Vietnamese expressing "full sympathy for the cause for which the people of Vietnam are fighting." The Hindustan Times of New Delhi said the message would be 'nken to Indochina by the leader of the Vietnam
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      A Singapore Business Man Asks: Is This A Record?
      152 6 PHE basis of allocation of 1 vehicles is still perplexing the Singapore public, and the following may be of interest: I 1. lam the head of an oldestablished European business classified during emergencies as "essential." 2. My company ls entirely without
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      Transport Contrast
      114 6 I AM working m a big British company m Singapore. There is much discrimination between the European and local staff m the office. The European staff are provided with big bungalows and cars In addition to toe handsome salary and cost-of-living allowance, they are also given allowances for
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      Refuse Service
      108 6 AM running a small dispensary mi n Singapore just within Municipal limi s and have hardly any daiiy refuse to dispose of barring a few empty cartons. For th:s I am compelled to pay the Municipality what they call a •Trade Refuse Service Account" as follows:— October, 1946
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      More Memories
      218 6 Mor e Memories Of Straits Bar MEMORIES Of Old Singapore" by Dato Roland Braddell make interesting reading, but he made a mistake by mentioning Arthur Thornton instead of Maxwell Ruthven Thornton as one of the founders and partners of the legal firm of Wreford and Thornton, (now known as Conaghan,
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      Victoria Chimes
      91 6 IAM doubtful as to whether the Victoria Memorial Hall clock is accurate to the second, as I have observed that the chiming takes place before the long hand reaches the exact point of the hour. During the Japanese occupation, the time was adjusted olten by the authorities concerned.
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      Children's Allowances
      108 6 Children 's Allowances |N 1936 Mr. Justice McGregor, of Hong Kong, was invited to Malaya to investigate the conditions of Government servants of this country. The outcome was the granting of children's allowances to European officers for the first two children, commencing from date of birth till they attain maturity.
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      Better, We Hope
      83 6 I HOPE that whoever designs the new Bank of China m Battery Road and the new Hong Kong Bank building m Orchard Road will see if they ".annot improve on the interior arrangements of some of the present Singapore buildings. Fullcrton Building ls a striking example of
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      In Buses Too
      97 6 AS a regular bus-traveller, I have noticed to my disgust and amazement the amount of spitting done inside the buses. Quite a number of these offenders are educated men. Mere rubbing of the spittle with their shoes against the floor of the bus wil lr.ot kill the
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      Roman Invention
      61 6 MAY I be permitted space to enquire whether some kind reader, fully conversant with the subject. will kindly enlighten others as to why State Lotteries —an institution dating back to the Roman cn though perfectly legal In Continental countries (and also. I believe th* Irish Free State) are
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    48 6 THE lEXT VICEROYS? a highly dangerous situation obtain* on the North-Wmt Frontier, with unruly tribesmen me*- line and «V hat ns th«- ri< Mr hliff of intervening with fore* m Indian affairs."— The Delhi correspondent of the Tlw«, m a dispatch published m the Straits Times, April S.
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    Moslems Are Still Firm On Pakistan
    217 6 Moslems Are Still Firm On Pakistan LONDON. Wednesday. UAJJI SATTAR SETH, regarded I as one of Mr Jinnahs "right hand men." I London yesterday that whatever j the outcome of the conferences which the new Viceroy, Viscount Mountbatten, was having with the various Indian leaders there I was no possibility
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    R.A.F. PILOT KILLED WHEN ENGINE REFUSED TO START
    335 7 R.A.F. PILOT KILLED WHEN ENGINE REFUSED TO START A FINDING of misadventure was recorded by the Singapore Coroner, Mr. W. G. Porter, at the end of an inquiry yesteiday into the death of Flying Officer F. Maltese, of 84th Squadron, R.A.F., Selelar, who was killed when the Beaufighter aircraft he
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    SINGAPORE WEDDINGS
    203 7 THE wedding took place yesterday r\t the Cathedral of t'.io Gcod Shepherd between Mr Joseph Diaz, son of Mrs. Christina Diaz of Singapore, and M.ss Hannah Campb^li, daughter o' Mr. ar.d Mrs. Jack Campbell of Singapore The bride wore a white satin gown with a head dress of
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    CHEESEMAN REPORT FOR COUNCIL
    97 7 CHEESEMAN REPORT FOR COUNCIL From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. THE Malayan Union Advisory Council meets tomorrow to discuss the report and recommendations of the Cheeseman Consultative Committee. T:ie Chief Secretary, Mr A T. Newboult will move a resolution that in view of the fact that the Council is
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    90 STRIKE AT RUBBER FACTORY
    122 7 90 STRIKE AT RUBBER FACTORY NINETY employees at the Lam Hin rubber smokehouse and packing factory in Bukit Timah Road have been on strike since April 1. Seventy-five Chinese women are demanding double pay for working on Women's Day, April 8. It is not known whether the 15 men struck
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    TRACTION INQUIRY HEARS CASE FOR THE S.T.C.
    415 7 General Manager Gives Evidence THE case for the Singapore Traction Company opened yesterday when the inquiry was resumed before Mr. Justice Jobling into the dispute between the Company and its employees. The past three weeks have been spent hearing evidence from the S.T.C.
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    Not Fair On S.S.V.F. Officers
    165 7 Not Fair On S.S.V.F. Officers Massacre Counsel's Words Of Advice "IT is not fair to be prejudiced in an> waj against officers ol the Straits Settlements Volunteer Force who were asked by the Japanese to pick out their fellowmembers in 1942." said Mr. R. C. H Llm. who was associated
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    NEW COUNCIL MEMBER
    98 7 THE Governor has appointed Mr. 1 Ec Yew Kirn J.P., cf Malacca, to be a member of the Malayan Union Avdisory Council in place of Mr Tan Eng Chye who recently resigned Mr Ec Yew Kirn who Is 43 years of age is the son of the
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    $16,000 GIFTS BY MR. AW BOON HAW
    110 7 This sum of $16,000 has been don\ed by Mr. Aw Boon Haw. prominent Singapore Chinese merchant, to the Singapore Clerical and Adnvn'strat've Workers' Union ($14,000) and Chinese Association ($2,000) for the rehabilitation of their club premsec. An official ci the Union said the
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    HAD AMMUNITION
    52 7 TAIPING, Wednesday. A young Indian named Anthony pleaded guilty before the District Judge, Mr. C. P. Newton, today with possession of 61 rour.ds of Sten gun ammunition and a small knife. He was sentenced for eight months in respect of the ammunition and was fined $5 for having
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    TROUBLE AGAIN MAYROVER IN
    102 7 BATAVIA, Wednesday.— The Singapore-owned British freighter Empire iMayrover which has been intercepted three times by Dutch naval patrols while trading with the Republican port of Cheribon is again in trouble with the Dutch authorities. A portion of the vessel's latest Indonesian-loaded cargo is being discharged at
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    Protest Against Fire Law For Harbour
    242 7 THINESE merchants in Singapore are protesting against an Ordinance which is to come into force on June 1 requiring all motor craft plying in the Singapore harbour area to carry fire fighting equipment. The protest is made on the ground that the principle of
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    Message To Lady Clementi
    72 7 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday THE following cable has been tent to Lady dementi by j the Governor of the Malayan I Union, Sir Edward Gent: "I learned of Sir Cecil Cle- mentis th with deep regret which will be shared by his many
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    MAY ACCEPT BACK PAY
    102 7 THE Singapore Government Servants' Back Pay Council at a meeting yesterday decided to advise Asiatic Government servants to accept payments offered on condition that acceptance will not prejudice claims row being submitted to the Secretary of State for the Colonies. Dr. A. A. Sandosham who presided
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    INCOME TAX PROTEST
    49 7 REPRESENTATIONS against the imposition of income tax !n Singapore are to be made to government by the Singapore Ratepayers' Association. At a c:mmittee meeting of the :"n on Tuesday, members decided unanimously that income i aver the present conditions would be an inequitable farm of taxation.
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    Siam Gets British Warship
    181 7 Siam Gets British War ship A ROYAL Navy DlilMiW^ptr was ceremoniously transit, red to Siam at the S Naval Base yesterday, dhe was the 1,000-u n H.M.S. Minstrel, launched at a Canauian dockyard in 1045. The pur.riiae cr^e w jj> ntn t d sclosed, bu* a &\.ip o; s milar
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    CHINESE SHIPS FOR SINGAPORE
    142 7 TWO cf the largest Chinese shipping companies have decided to extend their service to Singapore. The first to start business here is the Transocean Navigation and Trading Company Limited, which opened a branch here yesterday. The company expects its first steamer the Trans-Ocean, a 6,280- ton
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      'SWIFT SWOOP FROM MARS'
      581 8 World War m WASHINGTON. Major James R. Randolph, writing in the United States Army Ordnance Association Journal, predicts a race among the powers of the world to establish military outposts on the planet of Mars— using rockets with a velocity of 26,000 miles an hour to
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      31 8 Allied agents behind the enemy lines were supplied with these tiny 'matchbox" cameras with 16 nun. films for 30 pictures. With each camera also went a companion "vest-pocket darkroom." A.P. photo.
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      TOKIO newsreel
      360 8  -  RICHARD HUGHES Ancestral tablets stolen for fuel gangs fight with spears P.L claim against Hirohito By TOKlO.— Shiveiing To-* kio residents are endeavouring to meet the fuel shortage by stealing wooden name tablets fiom graves in cemeteries and tamplfti for cooking and heating use. Pii.ering 01 name-ÜbleU from
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      U.S. MOVE TO OUTLAW COMMUNIST PARTY
      802 8  -  Theo Moody By THE United State* is not only getting tough with Communism abroad by planning to help Turkey and Greece, but is also shaping up to its home-grown Communists. A big drive is under way inside and outside Congress to outlaw the Party
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      DINOSAUR PATHS
      262 8 A New Yorker's Round-Up NEW YORK.— You can now walk down your garden path in the genuine million year-old tr-cks of a dinosaur. Carlton S. Nash paves the way. He buys up land where imprints are found in age-old formations, cuts them out, and retails them at prices
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    71 9 Wkca members of the U.N.O. commission csnductinr the Gr ck border inquiry arrived at Kasianofiton, a Greek partisan-held frontier village m response to an invitation by the partisan leader. Gen. Marcos, they f und they bad b;«n sent on a wild loose chase as Gen. Marccs wa not t3 be
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    Lovers'joyride on a blitz night
    338 9 Lovers' joyride on a blitz night THE TROUBLE with YESTERDAY, by Maurice Levinson. London: Peter Davles. 'THIS b ok is an example of false pretences. The title isn't to tell you what the book's about, but just to get you in. Tlie tiouole with "The Trouble With Yesterday" is that
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    SEX PLUS BRUTALITY
    259 9 SEX PLUS BRUTALITY For your dustbin PAST ALL DISHONOUR, by James M. Cain. New York: Knopf. JAMES CAIN S latest novel is a shocker about the Civ.l War. The title should be: "If James Cain had written a Civil War novel" and the book vou'.d be a good parody. The
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    AUSTRIA WILL RISE AGAIN
    341 9 This man believes that THE ANGEL WITH THE TRUMPET, by Ernst Lothar. London, Sydney: George G. Harrap and Co. WHEN you consider the life and writing of a man like Ernst Lothar, you realise how impossible is the task dictatorships set themselves. For any form of
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    BOOK OF THE WEEK
    504 9 dm Station. A small newspaper paragraph, read in New York, later informed Lothar that the Nazis had d scovcred Its whereabouts; since then, has heard no more of the man he has written of as Hans Alt. ihis n.vel, he says, is a memorial to an
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    HE HAS ALREADY WRITTEN 65 BOOKS
    317 9 rllS.— P. G. Wodehouse, 65, whose string of successful novels reaches back to 1910, says it was much easier for writers when he was young. He contributed bits of verse and small pieces to four different papers in London and earned £200 his first
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    NOW IS CHANCE FOR FRANCE
    381 9 FRENCH PERSONALITIES AND PROBLEMS, by D. W. BrofAn, London: Hamish Hamilton. "¥T will be a stultifying 1 day," said God, "when there are no more of these Frenchmen. There will still be the works of My hands, but there will no longer be anyone to
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    17 9 Leading German atomic expert is Professor Dr. Boris Rajewski, 53, attached to tbe Frankfurt -Kaiser Wilhrlm Institute.*'
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    Overheard by housekeeper
    390 9 MYSTERY OF THE WEEK THE CASE OF THE SECOND CHANCE, by Christopher Bash. London: Macdonald. MR. Thomas Edison invented the gramophone in 1877— three years bef re Sherlock Holmes and Watson met. In the 70 years of its evolution from the Ed son jalopie of gold-beater's skin
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    CATASTROPHE IS'PAL' OF MOTION PICTURES
    409 10 UOLLYWOOD—Catastrophe is the friend of the motion picture. Technical skill, meticulous preparation and unlimited funds have made the screen a natural medium for reproducing cataclysmic occurrences. Uncounted thousands have been thrilled by such spectacles as the fall of Babylon in D. W. Griffith's "Intolerance," the
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    37 10 Alan Ladd, of "China" fame, who will be seen shortly m the film "Two Years Before The Mast." Kay Ala. and, wiio won laurels m "Till We Meet Again," wiU son bs seen m "The Lost W*ekend."
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    Chaplin likes his murder
    142 10 Chaplin likes his murder MEW YORK. Charles Chaplin promised that the public would shortly see his Monsieur Verdoux. Chaplin's own opinion of Monsieur Verdoux: "It is the only one of my films that I would willingly sit through twice." He bought the idea for this o:medy of murders from Orson
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    38 10 s r Halim, heroine of t.ie latest Egyptian film 'Bull t in the Heart." which will be screened simultaneously at Querns Theatre and Marlbirou?h, Sngapore. beginning today. Packed houses greeted the midnight premiere of this film last Sunday.
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    GARFIELD FOR U.K.
    31 10 John Garneld will take four months off upon doing one more picture after "Body and Soul." He's going to England and plans to do a movie there. N.A.N.A.
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    MAUREEN DECIDES
    30 10 Maureen O'Hara has decided on the name of the first of "My two red-haired sons." It's Liam. Maureen "learned" about the two boys from a for-tune-teller m Ireland
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    'Good-Time Girl'
    145 10 niRECTOR David MacU Donald has completed the initial shooting at Shepherd's Bush Studiog on the Sydney Box production of "GooHTirre Girl." WorK na* Deen centred oa tiie Interior of a slum house In "Mean-street." East London. Jean Kent has a rough tune in her first starring film. Here
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    12 10 Yvon..e Im MM she appears m the Universal-International film "Song of Scheherazade."
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    THE 'RETURN' OF 'EROS'
    119 10 EROS, the traditional "God of Love," missing from his familiar place in Piccadilly Circus, London, since the outbreak of war, has "returned." But not in his usual place. Instead, a repl ca of L.ndons most popular statue has been made at Denham Film Studios, England, for
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    FILM AWARDS ATTACKED
    451 10 UOLLYWOOD. The movie industry's method of handing out annaual awards for distinguished achievement has confidence of fandom everywhere. This is indicated by the large number of letters of protest following recent exposures of voting coercion, bookmaker gambling odds and bald-faced attempts on the part r contending stars
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    RONALD HOWARD'S CEYLON ROMANCE
    321 10  -  Bill Strutton By I 0 N D O N.— People marvel at young Ronald Howard's amazing resemblance to hia father, Leslie Howard. Ronald, then a young Cambridge undergrad, wearing baggy trousers and a sheaf of curly blond hair, often used to visit the studio while h
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    16 10 Lovely Lynn h*ri. who Miare« stellar honours with Cfor»« Raft in the R.K.O. mystery thriller "Nocturne."
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    SHARE MARKET MORE ACTIVE
    163 11 By Our Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, Wednesday. MARKETS displayed rather more activity yesterday 11 with interest spread over industrials, tins and rubbers. Straits Traders were on offer at $18.25, Breweries at $22.50 and $22.45, Collieries at $2.45, United Engineers at $14.25 with buyers over, and Hammers at
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    LONDON STOCKS REMAIN QUIET
    171 11 LONDON, Wednesday —On the London j Stock Exchange yesterday it was an uneventful day in all sections and few if any of the movements that took pk-i c were of any material Importance. There were some minor adjustments in British funds where savings bonds were firmer
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    Malaya's March Tin Shipments
    95 11 MALAYA exported 5,888 tons of tin during the first quarter of this year. Of this total. 2,514 tons ware shipped from Singapore, and 3.374 tons frcm Per.ang During March, shipments totalled 2,987 tone, of which 1,322 tons were from Singapore ar.j l.ftrtj tons from Penang. Destinations
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    PEPPER TRADE DEPRESSION
    127 11 From Our Chinese 'ormpoml«nt SINGAPORE. Wednesday. rE absence of American and European buyers has caused a general depression in local pepper market in the past few weeks, according to the Nanyang Slang Pau. Sine* early in March, the paper say*. American pepper importers hare swifted Chel- purchasing
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    SINGAPORE SHIPPING
    143 11 SING APORE SHIPPING SHIPS alongside toe Singapore wharves yesterday were: MAIN WHARF Godown 31-32: Atrens. Oodown 34: Mount Mansfield Godown 35: Kistna Godown 38-39: Kota Cede. Godown 41: Hickory Stream. Gcdown 42-43: Nevassa. WEST WHARF Godcwa 1-2: Samsette. Godo«7i 4-5: Antllochus Godown 6-7: Samsoeiing Oodown 14: Benledl. Godown 15-16 Marine
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    Rupee-£ exchange rate same
    239 11 Rupee-£ exchange rate same LONDON, Wednesday FINANCIAL provisions cutting. the link between the rupee and the sterllrf, passed by the Indian Legislative Assembly yesterday, are described by London City circles as "rational and rot I at all an unexpected move in the I light of Indian commitments under the Bretton
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    RUBBER PRICES
    109 11 The Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association's Prices at noon yesterday were: WASHINGTON. Wednesday—The US Department of Agrwuiture has announced the allocation lor the second quarter of 1947 of 1.504.700 bags (each bag weighing 100 Ib.) ;of milled rice for commercNl exports and shlnmpnt to United Bi*tes territories,
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    SERVICES RIFLE MEETING
    102 12 SERVICES RIFLE MEETING Sealf- Rifle meeting was held y, sierday at the Seletar Ranges and teams from G.H.Q. Seal.', Bu ;i c Coinmana, r I nay a Command, Lard Forces Hong Kong at. >i Singapu c vis.net hied ihe final events lr. the Seal! Amaceur PIMe Assn. meeting for 1947.
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    Muar Malays Win 5-1
    162 12 From Our Own Correspondent SEOAMAT, Wednesday. Bhowing better combination and ell round suoeriority, the Muar Malays scored a decisive five-one victory over their Scgamat compatriots at soccer played on the Sceamat tow.i padang yesterday. Muar scored off a penalty but Re;;amat equalised soon after through Ramli.
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    32 12 Joe Baksi fives a blind ex-servicemen a left lead feeler with the punch ball during his visit to St. Danstan's this month. Baksi will meet Bruce Woodcock at Harringay on April 15.
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    SUGGESTION TO CUT LEAGUE DIVISIONS
    236 12 LONDON, Tuesday. ENGLISH Football Clubs battling for points during the Easter holidays were startled by the notification today of a proposal to come before the Football Association Council on Friday that while the Government ban on midweek soccer is m operation, divisions of the Football
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    Malayan XI To Tour
    65 12 From Our Own Correspondent IMPING, Wednesday. Pis reliably learnt that a Malayan Chinese soccer team will i) touring Thailand shortly at the invitation of the Chinese Ambassador to Thailand. Wan Kirn Chan, Ipoh Chinese footballer, has already left for Singapore to Join the team flying to
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    JOHORE CRICKET BEGINS
    460 12 THE Johore Cricket Cluo nave resumed playing and following their first practice feame er.rly this month met the Indian Association, Singapore during Easter. Scores were. J.C C. O. Lazuroo b SlUiaram 0: Van Schoonbeck c Sttharam b Ourdial Singh 16; A.E. Oxlpy lbw b Gurdlal Singh 5;
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    TABLE TENNIS
    106 12 The following have been selected to play table tennis (or the Y. M. C. A. against S.E.A.L.F School of Hygiene on Friday, at 7.00 pjn.: Sinfki: Toh Shun* Chee. Fun« Ouan Swre, Lav Kleng Hlong. Tto Wai Kal. Tang Beck Wat. Doable* Boh Teow Ken? and Koh Tlang
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    S. AFRICAN XI ON WAY
    98 12 LONDON. Wednesday— County cricketers were unable to get outdoor practices because of the bad weather and floods which still affect many part* of the country. En route to England Is the South African cricket team who will 0* sklpperrd by former Oxford University and Sussex
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    Hammond Back In England
    183 12 LONDON, Wednesday.— Walter Hammond, captain of the England Test team, arrived m London airport today from Australia. He said the tour had been a great success "even if we did not do as well as we would nave liked." Hammond said there was no doubt the
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    SUTTON TAKES R.A.F. HONOURS
    425 12 SUTTON TAKES R.A.F. HONOURS THE Victor Ludorom Cup of the annual athletic meeting of the R.A.F. Seletar was won by Sgt Sut ton The meeting was held yesterday at Seletar. UMLTS 12* Yard* Hardies: 1. Dendlebury "D" Team; 2. Wooller "B" Team; 3. Rennie "B" Team. Time 18 5 aeca.
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    JOLLILADS A.U.
    146 12 The following players are selected to play football for the JolllUds Athletic Union second team against the Seaforth Highlanders Company soccer team on Sunday at the Police Training School pround at 5.15 p.m. Transport will leave the Railway Station at 4.30 p.m. KanapaJiiy, S. Govlnda. S. Muthia'h, Filial
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    GOAL EACH AT MALACCA
    238 12 MALACCA, Wednesday Playirg scrappy soccer on the Bandar Hillr ground this evening, in the early stage of Malacca's Craven Cup League, Indian Sports Club were held to a draw by an R.A.S.C. team with one goal each. The Indians enjoyed territorial advantage and scored their goal
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    JOLLILADS BEAT CLUB
    410 12 Three-Two Win On Padang Jollilads 3; S.C.C 2. A SPEEDIER set of forwards enabled the Jollilads to win their return friendly soccer encounter with the S.C.C. on the Padang yesterday. A fairly good crowd watched a rather tame game, punctuated by very few, and, far between, exciting
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    27 12 Kmi Ban, SeUntor-NegTi Chinese left full back, goes up for a header In Monday's match againV the Singapore Chinese, which the visitors wo.i 1-I.— Straits Times picture.
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    LEAGUE MATCHES IN K.L.
    146 12 LEAGUE MATCHES IN K.L. From Oar Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. AMEETINO of the Seiangor Football Association, last ntsnt, dates and venues were decided f. r league fixtures as :ollows: first division; April 14: V.M.C.A. P lice Depot at Railway Ground; Sel. Indian Assoc ation v R.A.F. at Indians ground.
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      36 12 SINGAPORE T.DES TODAY: Hifhwater 12 55 a.m.. Height 8 ft. 7 Ins.. 150 p.m Heicht 7 ft. t Ins. TOMORROW: High water Ml a.m., Height 8 ft. 6 ins.. 228 p.m Height 7 ft. 2 i»s.
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