The Straits Times, 13 April 1947
1947-04-13
1
12
https://www.nlb.gov.sg
https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/browse/straitstimes
The Straits Times
-
Title Section20 1947-04-13 1 FINAL EDITION THE SUNDAY TIMES LARGEST NETT SALE IN MALAYA No. 611 SINGAPORE, SUNDAY, APRIL 13, 1947. PRICE 10 CENTS.20 words
-
Article, Illustration85 1947-04-13 1 WORLD'S BIGGEST AIRLINER The world's biggest landatame. the 126 ton Brabazon, which Is sc:n here nearing complefim in the Bristol Aeroplan* (ni\pany's workshop at Fulton, Bristol, is expected to be r.ady for assembly and test flights next month or in June. Capable of accommodating 100 passrngers 'sin-pin,') or 120 seated,85 words
-
107 1947-04-13 1 NEW YORK, Saturday. PREPARATIONS for a special Palestine session of the Un.ted Nations General Assem- bly are now being made and officials agree tha: the meeting w 11 probably open in New York on April. 28. The UNO secretariat has already be<jun to makeAP - 107 words
-
Article28 1947-04-13 1 BATAVIA. Saturday. A regular Republican air service between Java and Sumatra will be opened in the near future, according to the Antara News Agency.— UP.UP - 28 words
-
Article413 1947-04-13 1 TAINTED SHARE SCRIP WARNING 'Banana 9 deals uncertainty Sunday Times Staff Reporter IJUNDREDS of thousands of dollars worth of "tainted" scrip in dollar, sterling and Australian companies operating in this country is in circulation in Malayan share markets and some may even now be in London and Sydney. The scrip413 words
-
Article61 1947-04-13 1 HAMBURG. Saturday. A total of 3,656 persons were arrested in S.r in dur ng a 24-hour clea'iin'-up operation, organised bi- °ur .■.uuraUo.. Powers to roct cut deserters, crinunUßi TyncK BHKWtn <»fY3' other wanted persons, the Britisacontrolled German news serv cc reported t~day A large quantityReuter - 61 words
-
Article24 1947-04-13 1 BANGKOK, Saturday. rO thousand buses today ceased operation in protest against the rising price of petrol, which has doubled recently.— UP.UP - 24 words
-
Article125 1947-04-13 1 GENEVA, Saturday. IN a statement reviewing the 1 world food situation, Sir John Boyd Orr, head of the Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO), announces trk.t, despite the poor European outlook, it is "possible to hope for some improvements in the wo.st areas and the building125 words
-
Article19 1947-04-13 1 Mahatma Gandhi had a twohour interview yesterday with the Viceroy, Rear- Admiral Viscount Mcuntbatten, says Reuter.Reuter - 19 words
-
Article, Illustration37 1947-04-13 1 BUSMAN'S £61,000 SMILE :i.r Edward Cross, an Aberdeen bus-driver, gives a happy smile on receiving a cheque in London for £61,000 for an all-correct entry in a penny football pool. It was the largest dividend ever paid.37 words
-
188 1947-04-13 1 LONDON, Saturday. rE age of buildings and the lack of facilities in London's barracks were condemned by Field-Marshal Montgomery when he completed his tour of military establishments in the London District. He said the new National SeiTice man was first-class material and deserved firstclass accommodation comparableReuter - 188 words
-
124 1947-04-13 1 G.G. DISCUSSES CONSTITUTION WITH GOVERNOR Sunday Tim.-s Correspondent. KUALA LUMPUR, Saturday. THE Govemcr-General and Mrs. Malcolm Mac Donald arrived in Kuala Lumpur today on their way through to Penang. Mr. MacDonaid had talks with the Governor of tha Malayan Union, Sir Edward Gent, and the Chief Secretary, Mr. A. T.124 words
-
Article88 1947-04-13 1 Sunday Times Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Saturaay IN view of the emergency caused by the lack of notice on the part of the Perak RiverHydro Electric Employees' Union of their intention to instruct their members to go on strike at midnight, the Malayan Union Government ahnounces88 words
-
190 1947-04-13 1 NEW DELHI, Saturday. THE possibility of India be--1 coming once again a military, naval and air base in the event of a third world war is stated in political circles here to have been raised by the new Viceroy, Admiral Viscount Mountbatten,UP - 190 words
-
Article138 1947-04-13 1 GLASGOW, Saturday. DEACE moves to end the 20- day-old strike of 3,500 deckers collapsed touay when the Ministry of Labour said that the [redundancy cut of 500 men— the cause of the dispute was an accomplished fact. The collapse of peace moves may have repercussionsReuter - 138 words
-
213 1947-04-13 1 WASHINGTON, Saturday. DEPUBLICAN Raymond E. Baldwin proposed that the Senate label President Truman's "quarantine Communism programme" as a national security measure and divert 10 per cent, of the 1948 army and navy budget (which is set at $11,500,000,000) to a "security fund" to finance213 words
-
51 1947-04-13 1 BATAVIA, Saturday. IN* order that th« lessons learned in uhe rehabilitation of Malaya can be applied In Indonesia. Dr P Honlg, general advisor of tru Netherlands East Indies Department of Economic Affairs and other highranking officials win tomorrow begin a week's lour of Malaya. AJ»51 words
-
Article55 1947-04-13 1 LONDON. Saturd >.y. rIVE administrators and postal v. frcm Maars i^Tfi £a:a..u>' have an ved n v r 5T r to Britain under the aospiefs of the British Council to study matters of prof ess oval inreiVat. After a stay in L:ndcn, they areReuter - 55 words
-
175 1947-04-13 1 Siam ship looted by pirates after chase Sunday Times Correspondent PENANG, Saturday. PURSUED by four pirates in a fast motorboat firing their pistols, a Siamese coaster was overtaken, boarded and looted of $24,000 worth oi cargo off Pulau Bunting, in Kedah waters, it is learned today. The veosel, carryu g175 words
-
Article105 1947-04-13 1 CATLRDAY was anot:. r Mg day for rp^rt in Br.tj. B fc:e a Ciowd of 95,030 at Wembley, England and StfotUn-j drew 1-1 in the match w.i h gives England the tatenMtVnal sccixr championship tor th lirst time since Id'iiBy beating Liverpool by one coal105 words
-
Page 1 Advertisements
-
Advertisement130 1947-04-13 1 MARCONI RADIOS m sole \tui.- tlalaya KEE HUAT RADIO CO.. 12! -124 Orchard Road Phone «56b SINGAPORE Branches: KOALA LUMPUK I'ENANG AT LAST! A REAL COOKER for the Small Home or Flat. £jMsS&ftom^**J^l SELECTED BY^\ 'Ja£^^"'-*ii^JSSßfil THE COUNCIL OF 1 mf tfi «t*WWKI INDUSTRIAL DESIGN I wLjL5j L I i130 words
-
Advertisement132 1947-04-13 1 ftfe" > De Luxe I«O V^ J^l»^\&K FIFTY YEaksS AGO. smo...i id IrllH f^ti»(t'!lJ^»^_ c >om n i° ns an d Colonies ere 1 1 *(^l^fe^s^^ already beginning to send oidort Vrfin! MM £l£? r\ t0 Louis Rothman's exclusive little I J^> T«V rk^W^liSSfCJ/ JS>! tobacconist's shop at 5 Pall132 words
-
-
Article, Illustration1124 1947-04-13 2 SPOTLIGHT on MALA YA Clifford Peer Turns His APINION is likely to remain sharply divided on the merits of SIR CECIL CLEMENTI— who died last week— as a Malayan administrator. On the one hand there are those who regard him as the prophet of the united Malaya on which almost1,124 words
-
Page 2 Advertisements
-
Advertisement501 1947-04-13 2 Wjndernourishment not in my family! £|jf s^^ P\ Just because there is enough food In ~-^H your house d« es not mean that your X family is properly nourished. Doctors fl <N. »W will tell you that quality ia even more >\ important than quantity, and that '^P'/jy nowadays our501 words
-
Advertisement198 1947-04-13 2 ifiC new beauty care .50 utterly 3/Af/Xt blessedly brief, designes for dock-conscious C/fC to-day I Adi you neea for the skin. JN tfiree basic, classic (SEAUTY preparations by Coty password to complexion 0/lriu/ PARFUMS DE LUXE PRODUITS DE BEAUTE SORE ACHINGkBT^V BLISTERED FEET HBfe^ Quickly healed fl n G i^^f^198 words
-
-
Page 2 Miscellaneous
-
Miscellaneous363 1947-04-13 2 review of programme; 5.00 As Slnga- 9.00 8.8.C. Theatre Orchestra; 9.j0 RADIO MALAYA pore; B. SO News headlines; 8. 35 Sunday Programme announcements; 9.35 Pot CJUt- annop Prom; 9.30 A* Singapore; 11. 00 News Luck; 9.45 Shipmates ashore; 10.15 SIfIViArUHL summary, and close down. Light music; 10.30 News and From363 words
-
-
Article402 1947-04-13 3 EXTORTION GANGS TAKE BiG SUMS hi Police plea for public's aid Sunday Times Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Saturday. TEAR of extortioners, intimidators and kidnappers is so prevalent among Chinese towkays, shopkeepers and miners in Kedah, Penang, Perak and Selangor, that the Criminal Investigation Branch Headquarters here is making a special402 words
-
Article, Illustration79 1947-04-13 3 The bishop of Sincapore, the Kcv. Dr. J. L. Wilson, <left) handin? over a cheque for S 2,5*6, to the Chinese Consul, Mr. A. C. T. Kweag, at a reception in honour of the Bishop at St. Andrew's S( ■hool, S-ngapore, yesterday cv ening. The cheque was half the proceeds79 words
-
109 1947-04-13 3 rHE first flying visit to Bangkok s'nee the Tberation to be made by a Malayan Chinese sports team, will be mado by the Chung Hwa Football Club and Sin Hwa Athletic Club, of Singapore, on Apr. 17. A Dakota has been specially cl109 words
-
Article18 1947-04-13 3 An examination Ir. Malay ;cr Government Officers will be held in Singapore, starting from June 23.18 words
-
487 1947-04-13 3 PIE Committee appointed by Government to consider what, if any, relief from legal obligations should be given to pre-occupation lessees and tenants who were deprived of their premises by the Japanese occupation, has recommended that such tenants should have the right to bring an action487 words
-
77 1947-04-13 3 Sunday Times Correspondent THE Sultan oi Perak. at a reli- gious school meeting i n the Bagan Serai mosque, strongly urged that Malays should play an active part in the politics of the country. The Sultan, pointing out that he himself had to77 words
-
Article76 1947-04-13 3 Sunday Times Correspondent PENANG, Saturday. THE Province Wellesley police have detained a man in connection with the disappearance of a Sungei Bakap towkay four months ago. The Chinese towkay was taken from his house at Sungei Bakap and has not been seen .since and it76 words
-
Article189 1947-04-13 3 Sunday Times Correspondent. PENANG, Saturday. OEVEN former Naval mine- sweepers, bought from the Admiralty for £100.000. are at present in Penang Haiibour to j Join a new shipping company which is to be formed in Malaya 'shortly. The company, it is understood, will f stablish its189 words
-
Article21 1947-04-13 3 Dr. C. Z. Smith, former Assistant Medical Officer, Grade 1, has been promoted to Medical Officer, Malayan Medical Service.21 words
-
105 1947-04-13 3 *LLEGAIIONS made recently by the Indonesian Minister of Economics, Mr. A. K. Gani, that Singapore was one of two Centres concerned in large-scale production of counterfeit currency notes, are :.ot supported in official circles in Singapore and the Police disclaim all knowledge of counterfeit ire;105 words
-
Article, Illustration43 1947-04-13 3 TRADE AGENT MR. 1.. F. JOUBERT, who has armed in Singapore to become Trade Commissioner for the Union of South Africa in Malaya. Mr. Joub?rt was head of the Department of Trade and Industry for the Malay Peninsula during the British Military Administration.43 words
-
130 1947-04-13 3 MALAYA now has a full-, time Film Censor in Mr. A. C. Curningham-Perdriau. former personal assistant to the Deputy Commissioner of Police, who has iv.st succeeded the Director of Broadcasting. Mr. J. S. Dumeres--1 que. Mr Duineresque. who has b^en I responsible for film130 words
-
251 1947-04-13 3 Sunday Times Correspondent PENANG, Saturday. THH report ot the Commission on Higher Education should he ready sometime before October this year. Indicating this at a Prass conference this afternoon, the Chairman of the Commission. Sir Alexander Carr-Saurders. said it was "very urgent" for Malaya to251 words
-
307 1947-04-13 3 Sunday Times Correspondent IPOH, Saturday. PHINESE miners in Perak, almost all of whom are depenv dent on electrical power supplied by the Perak Hydro. Electric Power Company's undertakings at Malim Nawar, are confident that the Company will be able to keep up it.-*307 words
-
Article66 1947-04-13 3 MORE than 2,000 lives were lost in Singapore last week when the Victoria Theatre was turned into a gas chamber, ventilation points sealed oft and poison gas released. The victims were birds, the house martins which during the past months had made their home in the theatre,66 words
-
Article63 1947-04-13 3 1 TEA party, in honour of the Roy Bro. Alban. was given yesterday at the school hall of St. Jospph's Institution, Singapore, by the boys of the Sanior and Standard Eight classes. Rev Bro. Alban, who hails from Malacca, has just been appointed Director of St.63 words
-
125 1947-04-13 3 IFTER a three-hour moeung, the Singapore J.C.S.A. yesterday appointed a sub-commit-tee to go into the question of salaries, and tc make representI atiors subseauentlv to th<? Salaries Commission, as requested by the Co-on»al S-Ci.tary. Mr. H. M. Danker (Ciiairman>, Mr. P. R. Krishnan125 words
-
Obituary32 1947-04-13 3 MR. TAN TOON HOR, son of TAW. 800 LIAT. passed away peacefully at 3 o.tt. yesterday. Burial will takat place toi'i? at 4 p.m. from 37 TivertodT Lane, off KHiinc;* Road.32 words
-
Page 3 Advertisements
-
Advertisement71 1947-04-13 3 (Jddtli/ UiiptM\ OrfA "GROSVENOR" BATH FANTASY PERFUMED WITH COLOGNE. JASMIN, ROSE CHARMINGLY SHAPED BOTTLES $3-75 Each "BLUE ORCHID" BATH SALTS CONCENTRATED PERFUMED 95 Ct«. Each "SNOW FOAM" FEATHER CRYSTALS PRICE $5.00 Each UUHiTERWRVS (WHITEAWAY. LAIDLAW CO.. LTD.) TELS. 6907 6908 SINGAPORE POST BOX 696 Relieves Cough of col^W^§M In.luenza or71 words
-
Advertisement169 1947-04-13 3 for my son's 1 That may sound Incredible. mio tne tissues ami v-e> uicm But I've been lucky with my all the nourishment they need, figure. And as for my face. Every woman knows that well> Well I've been wise enough nourished tissues keep thr -tkio to use Tokalon Vanishing169 words
-
-
161 1947-04-13 4 Chinese girl wins college distinction THEN HUI of Peking, China, the daughter of Ohen Chin-men, a member at the Chinese Ministry of Communications, is the first person outside the white race ever elected president of a student class at Barnard College the woman's college of Columbia University. She has justAP - 161 words
-
Article, Illustration13 1947-04-13 4 The gill wear'ng this snappy showgirl <•<.-.■ me is JAMS PAGE, pretty Hollywood starlet.13 words
-
Article359 1947-04-13 4 All in one lesson— HERE is how to make an atomic bomb, according to Prof. F. JoliotCurie, French High Commissioner for Atomic Energy. Take 601 b. of uranium 235; shape it into a hemisphere. Take the same amount again and shape it into a second359 words
-
Article705 1947-04-13 4 i tttf**BEffiS^ v *3Blfr *iij(f ft j"^y^fflfWWPHp^WM| 1 THERE are, douatless, many people who do not like the poetry of the Sitwells Osbert. Sacheverell. and Edith. Similarly, then will be many who did not like Leit Hand. Right Hard." the first volume of Sir Osbert's705 words
-
Article893 1947-04-13 4 Bob Gilmore - Bob Gilmore The Australian Seene by MELBOURNE, Apr. .2 IN spite of harrying A from the Opposition, which cites recent British, American and Canadian precedent, Australia's Labour Government (overall less Left even than Britain's) refuses to call a witch hunt and purge the civil893 words
-
Page 4 Advertisements
-
Advertisement436 1947-04-13 4 YOU can earn BIG MONEY P*^ in RADIO! Radio Engineering wants trained men ur- &B^. K^ntly amblious men make big money. rf Bk th fIH^RJm Design engineers, sales technicians, service f i,' r << i£i engineers, departmental managers, etc. *U are in steady demand. How would YOU too like to436 words
-
Advertisement200 1947-04-13 4 MILLOT parfu mery 'if CREPE DE CHINE BOIS PRECIEUX CYPRE ALTITUDE parfumes Eau de Cologne MONTOR LTD., TELEPHONE 6046 «fc ***** FOOD PARCELS FOR BRITAIN Arrangements have been made tn Australia tor the prompt despatch of FOOD Parrels to BrKiin Orders are tent AIB MAIL to our Sydney ORire AUSTRALIAN200 words
-
-
Article, Illustration215 1947-04-13 5 SINGAPORE WEDDING de Vries-de Souza JV.'O well-known Singapore EuH§ rasian families were united when Miss Marjorie de j ;»Vries, daughter or Mrs. E. de [Vries and the lat e Mr. E. L. de Vries. and Mr. Benedict de Souza. ion of Mrs. A. de Souza and the late Mr. J.215 words
-
197 1947-04-13 5 Sunday Times Staff Reporter MORE severe penalties for motorists who drive their cars while under the influence of liquor are proposed in the new Traffic Ordinance which is expected to be brought into force in the near future. Under existing conditions a car driver who197 words
-
Article109 1947-04-13 5 Sunday Times Reporter ERRING motorists who are summoned to appear in the new Traffic Courts for minor offences will soon be saved time and expense involved in attending court personally. Once new legislation is passed they will be able to "appear by letter," if they109 words
-
Article24 1947-04-13 5 THE Singapore Buddhist Asso- ciation is today holding a special celebration on Sankranti r-iv at the Sinhalese Buddhist Temple, 96, Outram Road.24 words
-
Article601 1947-04-13 5 NEW COUNCILLOR GETS $3.20 a DAY Rail worker Sunday Times Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Saturday. THE new Advisory Councillor, Mr. Parthasarathy Rajagopal, appointed by Sir Edward Gent, besides being the youngest in Malayan history, is a daily-paid worker receiving $3.20 a day with a cost of living allowance of 30601 words
-
Article73 1947-04-13 5 Sunday Times Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Saturday. AS far as the Malayan Union isj concerned the extra seven i cents a gallon tor petrol repre- j sents a levelling out of prices. On th*» East Coast", between Kota Bahru in the north and Pekan in73 words
-
184 1947-04-13 5 Sunday Times Correspondent PENANQ, Saturday. IN convicting four members of a Malay youth league said to be affiliated to UMNO, on a charge of assaulting the secretary of another association, the Police Magistrate, Mr. J. P. Blackledge, yesterday emphasised tna.t the conviction did184 words
-
Article72 1947-04-13 5 Sunday Times Reporter IJOURTEEN Chinese couplies have registered so far for a group wedding ceremony being sponsored by the Singapore Mayfair Musical and Dramatic Association on Apr. 20 at the Association. Mr. A. C. T. Kwong, Singapore 1 Chinese Consul, will perform the marriage ceremony.72 words
-
Article99 1947-04-13 5 Sunday Times Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Saturday. A MAN who built up a completely new Government department whose work now envelopss the whole of the Malayan Union leaves Malaya en leave next week. He is Mr. M. C. ff Sheppard, Direotor of the country's first99 words
-
Article60 1947-04-13 5 FE Singapore Improvement Trust Is to go ahead in the building of the Owen Road block of shop houses, tenders for which have been accepted. The buildsng, which is the first of the building projects of the S.I.T. since the Japanese occupation, will be two-storeyed and will60 words
-
Article60 1947-04-13 5 The Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association's Prices at noon yesterday were: Buyers Sellers Cta. CU per 10. prr in No. 1 U.S.S. Spot loose *S% 43% No. 1 R.S.S. rob in bale* AprU 41 No. 2 US' fob in bales April 42 4294 No. 3 R.S.S. fob60 words
-
247 1947-04-13 5 Sunday Times Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Saturday. IMPORTS into Malayan ports I which were controlled in order to avoid congestion, by the iouth-East Asia Freight Movement Committee, will from nov; un lv> able to move freely following the disbanding of the VMghi Committee, but it247 words
-
Page 5 Advertisements
-
Advertisement669 1947-04-13 5 What Good English Means to You ARE you content with the way you speak ana The Course will equip you with the power of w.;to? Are you sure that you are not making the right word and show you how to make the .nistakes that cause people to underra f669 words
-
Advertisement364 1947-04-13 5 MORE TECHNICAL BOOKS 1 ESulldlng Construction by Mitchell 4 5 B Builders' Materials by Knight 9. 00 experimental building Science by Mason. 4 50 3ullding Science for Students of Architecture Building 3ow To Plan A House by Townsend 80 'lanning Be Reconstruction by Osbor »-6° Decorative Details by W. J.364 words
-
Advertisement375 1947-04-13 5 HOW. .YOU TOO CAN IN SPITE OOrf r Wc| SUNTAN Whi'tex, a wonderful jd'^tßrwit new discovery, gets rid of uglysun-tan reveals that pale, iresh skin loveliness that every women dreams about, that every man adorci. YOUR SKIN MADE 4-6 SHADES WHITER IN 3 MINUTES Tropical suri is the arch-enemy ol375 words
-
-
Page 5 Miscellaneous
-
Miscellaneous11 1947-04-13 5 SINGAPORE TIDES Hi eh water: 4.00 p.m., Height 1 6 ft.11 words
-
-
601 1947-04-13 6 SINGAPORE, APRIL 13, 1947. Rice The Key Problem OF all the many plans for the future which have been presented to the people of this country since the liotration, by far the most vital are those concerning the development of Malayan rice lands and it is imperative that, in the601 words
-
918 1947-04-13 6 CONSTANTINE BROWN - WHY TURKEY SAYS 'NO' TO SOVIET UNION CONSTANTINE BROWN, by THE remarkable thing about Tuikey, in the eyes of the visitor, is the lack of f eai of the Soviet Union. Turkey is an overwhelmingly peasant country which has few natural sources and depends almost exclusively on the United States918 words
-
Article900 1947-04-13 6 JOHN LANGDONDAVIES - SCIENCE STUDIES INCENTIVES JOHN LANGDONDAVIES by I SHOULD get no brickbats this week from these of my readers who have complained in the past that my articles frighten them. For I have been looking through a series of psychological experiments with rats and found three that made me laugh. Now900 words
-
Article623 1947-04-13 6 TWO men are busy plan--1 ning China's first national election at the end of the year. They are scholarly Dr. Wang Chu ig-Hui, former judge of the Court of International Justice, and dapper, active Hung Lanyu, who, as secretary-gen-eral, whipped last year's constitutional assembly through itsAP - 623 words
-
Page 6 Advertisements
-
Advertisement557 1947-04-13 6 CLASSIFIED AOS. SITUATIONS VACANT TEACHERS wanted for morning or afternoon school, appointment to com. uii-noe on 2nd Term. Salary Including C.L.A. $110 per month. Apply in own liandwrltlng with full nartlculars ar.d references to A. B.C. P.O. Box No. 22, Singapore. FOR SALE FOR BA!.£ Westlnghouse, Frigidalre, G.E. Refrigerators, 5557 words
-
Advertisement21 1947-04-13 6 Each month will bring increased a applies. Producers Bob Plantations Ltd. Distributors Harper Gilfilian Co., Ltd. Kuala Lumpur Branches throughout Malaya.21 words
-
Advertisement14 1947-04-13 6 Macfiam Tadi! TIME FOR A TIGER <g^\ FULL STRENGTH Look for the Tiger Label14 words
-
-
Article321 1947-04-13 7 Special staff for control Sunday Times Staff Reporter ERESII steps are being taken in Singapore to check the traffic in women and girls and a new branch of the Department of Social Welfare is to be formed to deal with this and kindred problems.321 words
-
236 1947-04-13 7 Union chiefs acquitted on mischief charge THREE Singapore Labour 1 union leaders, M. Sundararaju, M. A. Ham id and K. M. Ramu, were acquitted, without their defence being called by the District Judge, Mr. Paul Storr, yesterday on a charge of entering the headquarters of the Government and Municipal Labour236 words
-
Article81 1947-04-13 7 Sunday Times Correspondent PENANG, Saturday. Jl DECISION to repay all preA war loans voluntarily was unanimously approved at the annual general meeting held yesterday of the Per.ang Medical Department Co-operative Thrift and Loan Society. The following were elected to the Committee of management for the81 words
-
Article74 1947-04-13 7 Sunday Times Correspondent PENANG, Saturday. DLACK market operators have cornered considerable stocks iof condensed milk in Penang and there is at present a shortage of milk in the market. Those who need milk badly are now forced to pay $1 for a tin. Powdered and74 words
-
Article61 1947-04-13 7 AFTER a stay of a year, the Assistant Chaplain-in-Chief of Air Command, Far East, Group Captain the Rev. L. Wright, has left to assume the appointment of Assistant Chaplain in Chief, H.Q., Middle East. He will be succeeded by Group Captain the Rev. F. E. H.61 words
-
Article33 1947-04-13 7 The Sinhalese Association of Singapore will celebrate their National Day tomorrow. There will be a tea party and a Sinhalese drama for the entertainment of children) at the Victoria Memorial Hall.33 words
-
Article, Illustration347 1947-04-13 7 Sunday Times Staff Reporter A WARNING to Singapore commercial concerns with large numbers of employees to vary the time and method of paying their employees was issued yesterday by Mr. R.C.B. Wiltshire, Singapore's Criminal Investigation Department Chief, following the theft of the $8,500 payroll of347 words
-
109 1947-04-13 7 Sunday Times Reporter UNDERCUTTING Sing-pore's *J high labour costs, Mother Nature recently undertook a demolition task for Urited Engineers Limited and overnight laid flat some brick godowns b3kmgta)f*to them in River Valley Road. The old gcdowns, which were kn vn to be unsafe, had109 words
-
64 1947-04-13 7 Sunday Times Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Saturday. IN a statement Issued today the Pan-Malayan Federation of Trade Unions explains that the delay in its registration is due to the necessity of translating into several languages Government's direction regarding registration. Another reason given for the delay is64 words
-
Article81 1947-04-13 7 THE Straits Times next Tuesday will publish an exclusive Pacific battle story of an action between a Japanese amphibious column and a small group of Allied scouts in enemyoccupied terr:t:ry of N?w Guin?a. The story is written by J. M. Taylor, who formerly served in special81 words
-
Article65 1947-04-13 7 Sunday Times Correspondent SEGAMAT, Saturday. lOHORE has begun ever ing J classes in mathematics, elementary English, shorthand and book- keeping ar.d economics in various districts in the state. The courses are of 40 weeks' duration with two hours' tuition per week and though the enrolment is65 words
-
Article39 1947-04-13 7 Sunday Times Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Saturday. THE Governor of the Malayan Union has approved the observance throughout the Malayan Union of Monday, April 14, as a public holiday, on the occasion of the Hindu New Year.39 words
-
Article289 1947-04-13 7 Sunday Times Staff Reporter DLANS to produce chemicals *from petrol at a new plant to be constructed by the Shell Company in Britain are expected to have a considerable effect upon Malayan agriculture through providing abundant and cheap supplies of insecticides, fungicides and other289 words
-
Article274 1947-04-13 7 Sunday Times Staff Reporter ELECTRICITY consumers who have tampered with their meters so that current consumption fails to register properly are robbing the Singapore Municipality of thousands of dollars every month, according to a Municipal spokesman. To stop this "power piracy" the Electricity Department274 words
-
Article, Illustration42 1947-04-13 7 A frend of the jaga, Madora Rai, who was wounded in the United Engineers' hold- up on Friday, indicates the bullet marks made on the concrete vrfien the armed Chinese fir?d at the Company's accountant, Mr. C. W- Black.42 words
-
127 1947-04-13 7 Sunday Times Correspondent PENANG, Saturday TWENTY Penang boys" ia search of work and adventure have left for Borneo to join the oilfields there. They are on a three-year contract to serve as clerks in a land which none «6 them has visited before.127 words
-
Page 7 Advertisements
-
Advertisement129 1947-04-13 7 tjj:'*'. 1 1)1 IB j j y L»jL* >-'.>""• y !uGS RcßUkm* i i ■S* A*i We're flying our flag in Mala/a Many Governments, many world-famous newspapers, use Murphy sets to listen-In to the world's Broadcasts. Wby do they choose Murphy? B^cauJe these famous British radio sets are outstanding for129 words
-
Advertisement95 1947-04-13 7 Hand Painted Pottery j I FROM Holland Jngs Ashtrays and Vases i PRICES FROM $3.00 TO $17.50 EACH I UNBEARABLE A Iff avb i > T To Steep 1 /jNsii&\ When the heat causes you //fIV Sp /T©jjs>># to lose sleep your vitality Ic^if^/tt'' suffers. You can easily deve- l&95 words
-
-
Page 8 Advertisements
-
Advertisement413 1947-04-13 8 How to tighten love's tender chain VC'iih the pcarl-smcwh caress of your t,!lk.cn-soft bands you can bind a man's heart to your own. And it's so easy to have lovely, lovable hands. Just make it a rule after washing to massage them for 33 seconds with rich, creamy Hinds. Keep413 words
-
Advertisement211 1947-04-13 8 Sole Agents: VINA M:>!l\ .11!) ft SONS Sineaporr, Kuala Lumpur, Penang ANYONE CAN PLAY IT! The LttMat Musical Sensation. If you can hum or whistle a tune, you can play the Tonette! No reeds, no key buttons to manipulate: just blow it like a whistle and finder as shown on211 words
-
-
Page 8 Miscellaneous
-
Miscellaneous591 1947-04-13 8 l>gl [SSI 1 I HAVE recently had queries from several readers on the problem of opening with a suit or with no-trumps. This, I consider, depends on the number of honour tricks in tne hand Consider the following cases: S An H. AOz D. Axx C. Axxx This hand, containing591 words
-
Miscellaneous621 1947-04-13 8 THIS WEEK FOR YOU BY STELLA the Stars Foretell—, ARIES (Mar. 22— Apr. 20)— CANCER (June 23— July 23) ment matters are involved. Don't let wishful thinking in- Although external conditions favoured. terfere with the practical appli- are stimulating there may b« LIBRA (Sept. 23— Oct. 23)— 1 tation of621 words
-
Miscellaneous737 1947-04-13 8 CAPRICORN (Dec. 23— Jan. 20) Guard against extravagance right now, even if your income is increased for the present. Save Instead of spending. A good week for tying up loose ends. Take care of correspondence; make new contacts; renew old ones also. AQUARIUS (Jan. 21— Feb. 19) Your personal affairs737 words
-
-
Article, Illustration140 1947-04-13 9 TAEBAGE roses bloom on hats on frocks: A French evening dress is close-fitting, strapless, in faille, caught up below the knee in stiff drapery, pinned with five cabbbage roses. For the evening: A ribbon headdress of green velvet with a pink cameiiia above each temple matched by a140 words
-
635 1947-04-13 9 Mary Heathcott - London Chinese cafes still serve 'rice' Mary Heathcott by LONDON, March 31. RICE is one article we never see on our tables and will not see for some considerable time, I guess, until the rice situation in your part of the world is much easier. The Chinese restaurants in London635 words
-
Article437 1947-04-13 9 IN YOUR GARDEN I SOME. 'MES wonder what to do with some of our smaller plants such as portulaca, verbena or the dwarf yellow zinnia. These plants are rather lost when planted in pots and become frequently washed out if planted ir beds. What they really437 words
-
Article308 1947-04-13 9 I'm tall and thin and my lack of weight gives me no punching power. So lam afraid of fisticuffs. My colleagues bully me because I've got brains. Their on 1 interest is sport and girls. I am not aggressive, bat wish I were. If only I had a308 words
-
Article96 1947-04-13 9 ACROSS: 1. Resent; 5. Sailor; 9. Elder; 10. Coated; 12. Crisis; 14. Pedestals; 16. Sills: 18. Sleet; 30. Smee; 21. Let; 23. Errs; 24. Mooring; 25. Ague; 27. Pit; 28 Alps: 31. Bents; 33. Plate: 34. Leasehold; 37. Swerve; 38. Asylum; 39. Earns; 40. Desist; 41. Deaden. DOWN:96 words
-
Page 9 Advertisements
-
Advertisement116 1947-04-13 9 Use MACLEANS and note the difference Macleans Tooth Paste does supremely well, all that a good tooth paste should do. It cleans teeth thoroughly .—polishing them to a. natural white brilliance. Start using it to-day th« difference will amaze and delight you TO THE TEETH B fl^LjHP^*^ Obtainable from All116 words
-
Advertisement136 1947-04-13 9 FOOD PARCELS FROM AUSTRALIA ASK FOR OUR REVISED LIST OF 14 FOOD PARCELS AND BOOK YOUR MONTHLY ORDERS NOW WILLIAM J. BERNARD Union Building Post Box 830 Singapore Tel: ***** Discriminating women who prefer Elizaoetn Arderi preparations will find all these lovely products in our Perfumery Department, from every essential136 words
-
-
Article440 1947-04-13 10 Crowd of 95,000 at Wembley LONDON, Saturday. DEFORE a crowd of 95,000, England and Scotland drew I—l1 1 in the soccer international at Wembley Stadium today, England's draw assuring her of winning the international championship for the first time since 1932. Scotland were worthy holdersReuter - 440 words
-
124 1947-04-13 10 Sunday Times Correspondent BATU PAHAT. Sat. PIXTEEN teams have sent in their »J names for the Batu Pahat leasue soccer competition for the "Tan Swee Hoe Shield," which will start next week It is understood that the 2nd Battalion. The Dorsetshire Regiment, now124 words
-
Article95 1947-04-13 10 LONDON, Saturday. DUGBY Leagu2 matches resu.ted as follows: Barrow 8, Wigan 7; Batley 13, Wai 'ngton 7; Bradford Northern 39. Foat^rstone R^vrr s 12: l?y 6. Salford 10; Ballevue Rangers 2, vVorkmgUn i-wn Castleford 18. Hull 5; Halifax 0. Dewsbury 19 (match abandoned ten minutes before time); HuddursfleldReuter - 95 words
-
Article317 1947-04-13 10 Sunday Times Staff Reporter KUALA LUMPUR, Saturday. A COMMUNICATION from the International Badminton Federation has been received in Malaya intimating that Malaya's request for an eastern zone for the International Thomas Cup competition has been agreed to. This will mean that Malaya will now be317 words
-
120 1947-04-13 10 IN invitation to Singapore Chinese to send representatives to compete in the China Olympics to be held on Oct. 10 this year was extended by Dr. Wu Paak-shing, the Chines-? Oon-sul-General at a dinner held last night at the Singa.po.-e Chinese Chamber of120 words
-
Article56 1947-04-13 10 CRICKET: S R.C. v V.M.D.G ,\V SIM 11 a.m.; ColomaU t Indian Assn., Police ground, 11 a.m.; S.C.C. t. Royal Engineers, S.C.C., 11 a.m.; Combined Chmngt t. S.C.R.C., Changl, 11 a.m. SOCCER: Chinese Athletic Association v RAF Base Hq. 2nd team at 4 p m Ist team56 words
-
261 1947-04-13 10 Sunday Times Staff Reporter KUALA LUMPUB, Saturday. A S. SAMUEL, doyen of Malay n badminton champions, in an in. tervlew on the recent Easter championships, said that he felt that, while the postwar standard of p'.iy has risen, the standard of umpiring hM fallen.261 words
-
527 1947-04-13 10 LONDON, Saturday. THE English Football Association Cup Final at Wembley on Apr. 22 will be between Charllon Athletic and the Second Division side Burnley, as a result of today's replayed semi-final be '-ween Burnley and Liverpool at Manchester. Seventy-two thousand spectators saw centreforwardReuter - 527 words
-
Article255 1947-04-13 10 Steeplechasing CHELTENHAM, Saturday. 1 RECORD crowd, attracted by one of the finest single days programmes in the history >t English steeplechasing, thronged the sun-batihed enclo.ures here this afternoon when two main events— the Cheltenham Gold Cup and the Champion Hurdle were VKU, The three-tind-a-quarter milesReuter - 255 words
-
Article167 1947-04-13 10 LONDON, Saturday. Rugby Union results were as follows: Inter Services Tournament, playea at Twickenham Royal Navy 11 Army 19 County championsnip Final played at Lundell Sands: Lancashire 8 Gloucester 8 Blaciuieath 9, London Welsh 0; London Scottish 14, Richmond 14; Old Merchant Taylors 6, London WelshReuter - 167 words
-
Article73 1947-04-13 10 Sunday Times Correspondent. KUALA LUMPUR, Saturday DRESIDINQ at the annual 1 general meeting of the Selangor Chinese Recreation Club today Mr. Yong Shook Lin disclosed that the playing field and temporary buildings of the club had been derequisitioned by the Military and that a 6um73 words
-
Article71 1947-04-13 10 BAKSI WOODCOCK FIT AND READY LONDON, Saturday. JOE BAKSI and Bruce Woodcock today reoDrt^d thorns lv. •> fit and ready for their ten-round heavyweight fight at Harringay arena on Tuesday. Woodcock finished his heavy training at Doncaster yesterday. He said he had never felt more fit and expect to enterUP - 71 words
-
Article46 1947-04-13 10 SEMI-FINALS in the Malayan light-heavyweight wrestling contest, held in the Great World arena last night, resulted as follows: Dara Singh beat King Zombie; Stan Garside beat Jim Corbett: Bosca Boa beat "Chic" Kenny; Flash Hammond beat Wild Ot Hassan; Red Devil beat Jack Moye.46 words
-
Page 10 Advertisements
-
Advertisement222 1947-04-13 10 1 'AMBASSADOR' RADIOS Best for QUALITY PERFORMANCE RELIABILITY .VALUE BY FAR BRITAIN'S MOST ADVANCED RECEIVER Hole Agents: for Malaya, Borneo, Siam, Java Sumatra HOE BOOM LEONG 6c CO., LTD. 25, THOMSON ROAD PHONE No. 3633 si 1 Tr% I j II I I m m■ %wr^rrir*^^m^*k. \\Cy^^ bvCvLc? ■f/))) J222 words
-
Advertisement760 1947-04-13 10 NOTICE WELFARE SCHOLARSHIPS It Is proposed to send from the Malayan Union three persons to undergo a course of training at the London School ot Economics for Colonial Students intending to qualify as Social Welfare workers. The course which will list for two years will commence In London in Octobrr.760 words
-
-
Article627 1947-04-13 11 CHINESE II 4 S.C.C 2 SCORING two goals in the last few minutes of the game, the Chinese second selection were just able to walk off with a points victory in a League match against the S.C.C. at the Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. The Cricket Club627 words
-
Article, Illustration26 1947-04-13 11 Just a few of the trophies woo by the Welsh boys in the Army Cadet boxing championships held recently at the Albert Hall.26 words
-
Article710 1947-04-13 11 Sunday Times Correspondent IPOH, Saturday. pORAL Sea, D.R.8., Zargun, Gee String and Diplomat v. caught the eye at the Ipoh track this morning when official training for the three-day Perak Turf Club April meeting began on a heavy track. Some really fine gallops were seen710 words
-
Article177 1947-04-13 11 Sunday Times Correspondent. TELUK ANSON, Saturday. •THE Queen's Own Cameron Highland--1 en "A" team and the Thunderbolts, drew one-all in a league soccer fixture here yesterday. On the run of play the Highlanders deserved to win, but studies* boote on a slippery pitch were a177 words
-
221 1947-04-13 11 j I FTKB a promising start the Naafl/Efl A were beaten by ten goals to one by the Infantry (Seaforths and Queens), three of whose forwards each scored a hat-trick, in the first round of the Army-Parker Challeng Cup Soccer Competition at the Police221 words
-
Article58 1947-04-13 11 »r SEOAMAT, Sat. ALL efforts to get the Segamat Dis. Wet FoottxOl leap* goicg have failed to produce results and there is little chance of the district getting any sort of a soccer competition going this season. The snag, of course, is the lack of sufficient playing teams58 words
-
Article22 1947-04-13 11 THE same of cricket between the C.S.C. and R.C U which was to have been played today, has been cancelled22 words
-
Article229 1947-04-13 11 S.C.C.C. OUT FOR 36 ON PADANG THE Singapore Cricket Club, 1 scoring 84 runs, bundled out the Special Commissioners C.C. for 36 runs to score an easy victory on the padang yesterday. For the S.C.C. Pearson was highest scorer with 26, while Growder to>k seven wickets for 12 runs. sec229 words
-
250 1947-04-13 11 Sunday Tim« Correspondent Malacca. Saturday. AFTER maintaining continuous pressure for 30 minutes from the start and with promise of good soccer, the City Park faded out to lose to the Malays by the large margin of five goals to one in a Craven "A"250 words
-
Article131 1947-04-13 11 Sunday Times Correspondent. SEREMBAN, Saturday. npHE Negrl Sembilan Food Control Dell partment beat the Selangor Food Control Department by three goals to nil in a football match played here today. The Negeri team were good in all departments of the game while the Selangor forwards131 words
-
Article25 1947-04-13 11 rE Chinese Athletes first and second teams will meet R.A.F. Base HQ sides at soccer at Jalan Besar Stadium today at 4 p.m.25 words
-
243 1947-04-13 11 IN a game of cricket played on the padang yesterday afternoon, the Ceylon Sports Club second XI defeated the Singapore Recreation Club second XI by three wickets. T. Leijssius turned out the best performance of the day, scoring 43 and taking seven243 words
-
Page 11 Advertisements
-
Advertisement225 1947-04-13 11 Here's how protective Ordinary high-acid inkq sclv-x, in Quink, give« your cause 65% of all pen troui pen longer life: bles: damage rubber andi 1. Ends gumming and met. 1 parts. But so/r-x in clogging. Gives even flow. 2. Actually cleans your Q^k protecta these parts. pen as it writes.225 words
-
Advertisement210 1947-04-13 11 CATHAY lv m I>45 U5 > 6 45> 9 3 V#* I I MW\ I Phone 3400 I Tfi£ Great American f*\ I as? jL ue !iory I the High Seas! 4<j ll of the brig 'Pilgrim, J^tßL;- f \J I captaioed by a man, V>\^^sj2B*^B Wlt h° ut mercy210 words
-
-
Article, Illustration142 1947-04-13 12 Ten jvar-oid John is aiiion; .he youngest pet.\)rmiT« »n r*sf»>. p>re's Children's Orchestra, which is to give its first po-.'-w; r ro.icert at the Victoria Memcr'al Hnll n?xt Sun-iay erer.ing. Th? r-e V. tra. which is conducted by Mr. Glan W "linw. ths Colcnv"g Ma» er of142 words
-
Page 12 Advertisements
-
Advertisement222 1947-04-13 12 I ri Wj -Q. aV^M^nßVa^B^B^aflHam^B ia^a^ 1 I rj3af(-i'77^^TT^BKJ You might rest assured KM^^^^g-^^|agMßal|P^l^jSM^^B Ataaa-ar Korda will never dsa^ f laaK flb '^Si lIJI 9bt BPMMiM(|ap 9 n BaT^^ai^ tB kvl 9 Pas I Ili^^aail I H .^Bfia^^^A aaH aIA I Sc j^j 'Sa^^ft f3P aWAaaC^adußßßaaUßß* Sffmßdcm&lffllllililliMPnimMmuswesnAJorm hiajch/ "including Instalmpnt222 words
-
Advertisement184 1947-04-13 12 c «Bk sto^v A r££\3 X* AND QNC E »>&*> VS AGAIN TRUTH IS MORE V) THRILLING THAN FICIIONt ritivt o v TLiffj^llN^^^'^^i* ii STORY OF THE MAKING OF THE 5 BROTHKR-H^ unr OPENING t>^^ TODAY 4W V^\V A 6.30 p.m.-9.15 p.m. vZ~"°*^ ox t (Dial 5281) Prodortioß srgpjre XO-DAY184 words
-