The Straits Times, 13 March 1948

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    18 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 184S TWF.LVE PAGES SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, MARCH 13, 1948 PRICE TEN CENTS
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    FEWER STRIKES IN SINGAPORE
    405 1 Big Drop In Figures For 1947 CINGAPORE lost 50,000 man-days through strikes in the last three quarters of 1947, as compared with 450,000 man-days in the first quarter of the year, according to the Labour Department's "strike schedule*' released yesterday. In 1946, the most unsettled industrial
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    46 1 "MADAME TRIO" AND PROTEGE: One of the 29 griffins which were drawn at Bukit Timah on Wednesday, Another Laurie makes friends with "Madame Trio," his drawer. "Madame Trio** is, from left to right, Mrs. C. A. Niven, Mrs. T. M. Calhaem and Mrs. C. F. Smith.
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    WORLD RICE BOARD
    302 1 WORLD RICE BOARD BAGUIO. Friday. THE United Nations World Rice Conference ended late this afternoon. when 19 nations formally approved a Joint campaign to j improve world rice crops. Tin- 12-day conference wound up rapidly as the delegates voted approval of the recommendations made by four of the conference committees.
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    EXPLORER TO RETURN HOME
    118 1 NEW YORK, Friday.— The United States plane Explorer, whioh was to survey Northwest China for a mountain higher than Everest, is returning to the United States, having sprung a petrol leak, the New York Times reported from Honolulu today. The chief pilot, Capt. William Odom, who
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    MAJORITY UP BY 11,000
    63 1 CROYDON. Friday. Mr. Frederick W. Harris (Cons.) won the North Croydon by-ek-rtion, beating Mr. Harold Nicholson (Labour) and Air Vice-Marshal Conrad Bennett (Liberal). The figures, announced early today, were: Mr. Harris 32.600. Mr. Nicholson 24.536. Air Vice-Marshal Bennett 6.321. Air Vice-Marshal Bennett forfeits his deposit. The
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    KILLED IN LEAP FROM BLAZE
    61 1 HONG KONG, Friday.— One Chinese boy leaped to his death and another was burned when the film storeroom on the fourth floor of a theatre in Hong Kong caught flre. The flre was caused by a cigarette end. The youth jumped from the fourth floor
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    New Airline Service To Singapore
    193 1 From Our Own Correspondent MELBOURNE, Friday. ASIAN Air Lines will open a Catalina freight seri vice from Sydney to Singapore next month. This was announced by Mr. G. H. Campbell, managing director of the company. He was formerly acting trade commissioner in Aus- 1 tralia
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    DR. VAN MOOK SEES HATTA
    128 1 DR. VAN MOOK SEES HAT TA BATAVIA,. Friday. The Lieutenant-Governor -General of the Netherlands East Indies (Dr. Hubertus van Mook) received the Republican Premier (Dr. Mohamed Hatta) at his palace here today for private talks on the final political settlement to pave the way for future co-operation In forming a
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    Song Will Greet Ashes
    175 1 MAHATMA GANDHI U favourite song, "Ra jrhupathi Raghava Raja ram," will be chanted when his ashes arrive m Singapore on Monday. The ashes are expected to arrive at Kallang Airport. Singapore, by a land plane of t w Cathay Pacific Airways between 7pm a♦ d 8
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    Tighter Control On Pawnshops
    201 1 QINGAPORE'S pawnbrokers "are not co-operating -i with the police m the recovery of stolen property to the extent that they are required under the Municipal Ordinance," declared the Attorney-General (Mr. E. J. Da vies), at a meeting of the Singapore Advisory Council yesterday. The Council passed
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    ProtestOver Debts Bill
    72 1 NKW DELHI, Friday. rE Government of India had already made "suitable representations" to the Malayan and United Kingdom Governments regarding the Debtor and Creditor (Occupation Period) Ordinance 1948 introduced in the Malayan Legislature, said the Premier (Pandit Nehru) in Parliament yesterday. He added that this Ordinance "adversely
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    Uniteers 12½ p.c.Dividend
    138 1 jc THE annual meeting of United Engineers Ltd. yesterday approved payment of a dividend of 7 per cent on the company's preference shares and a dividend of 12 1/2 pei cent on the ordinary shares, plus a bonus of 21/2 per cent. Commenting on the report and
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    34 1 SAIGON, Friday. The French have approved a resolution of the local government of Annam asking Bao Dai's return as "Emperor of Viet Nam In a constitutional monarchy," the Government Information Office announced today.— A.P.
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    EXTRADITION DISCUSSIONS
    140 1 From Oar Own Correspondent BANGKOK. Friday Extradition proceedings for the handing over of a former Siamese police officer facing charges of attempting to kill a former member of Parliament are now In progress between the Siamese and Malayan authorities. Action was taken after information had been received that
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    TIN CONSUMPTION RISE EXPECTED
    77 1 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Friday.— If the Government's plan for increase in the tin plate output i this year is achieved, it should mean an appreciable expansion in tin consumption in the tinplate Industry as the 1948 target represents an increase in the output of
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    Palestine 'Food Gap' Warning Sent To Britain
    293 1 Palestine 'Food Gap Warning Sent To Britain LAKE SUCCESS, Friday. A WARNING that if shipments of food were not sent within a week a "serious gap" would occur m Palestine's food supplies after May 15, when Britain surrenders the mandate, was made m a new note to the Brftish Government
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    Western Union Pact Adopted
    154 1 Western Union Pact Adopted m. BRUSSELS, Friday. BRITAIN, France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg adopted today a 50-year treaty for a political, economic and military uni; n of Western Europe intended to check the march of Communism. Conference officials said that the agreement and allied documents would be signed here
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      Americans Barred From Future Irish 'Sweeps'
      109 2 DUBLIN, Friday. AMERICANS won the majority of prizes yesterday m the 63rd sweepstake A promoted by the Dublin Hospital Trust, but their chances of future wins have been cat short. An official of the sweepstakes said that the Americans will not be able to
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      46 2 RECORD BREAKER: Mr. M. J. Lithgow, seen climbing from the cockpit of his Vickers Armstrong Supermarine "Attacker" jet fighter after breaking the record for the international 100 kilometres (62 miles) closed circuit at Chilbolton Field. Hants., England, with a speed of 560 634 m.p.h. A.P. picture.
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      Leaving Moscow
      54 2 PARIS. Friday.— Gen. Georges Catroux, for the past three years French Ambassador In Moscow, Is to be replaced at his own request to become a diplomatic counsellor to the French Government. the French Foreign Office announced yesterday. M. Yves Chatlagneau, former Governor General of Algeria, has been accepted
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      Long Wait
      49 2 BANGKOK, Friday.— The Kamala Circus, which has been performing in Singapore, b en the way here and is expected to open its performances in about a week. This is the first time Bangkok will have a chance of seeing a circus after an interval of 15 years.
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      Ship Raisers
      53 2 HONG KONG, Friday. A salvage expedition has been organised by a group of Hong Kojt*, experts to raise ships sunk in Indo-China waters during the war. More tha n 20 ships sunk bv the U.S. 14th Air Force 'will be raised. The task -will take more than two
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      Three Choices
      62 2 ST. JOHNS. Newfoundland, Friday. Newfoundlanders were told that they will have three choices In the forthcoming national referendum on the Colony's future government by commission rule for five years only, responsible self-government or federation with Canada. An announcement from the Commonwealth Office said that a clear majority was
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      Ship Launched
      41 2 BELEAST, Northern Ireland, Friday. The 10,000-ton cargo liner, Soestdjk, was launched yesterday for the Java-New York service of the Holland American line. rjf he Soestdjk is a single [Screw turbine cargo vessel, with accommodation for 12 passengers A .P.
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      "Dollar Soldiers1'
      56 2 "Dollar Soldiers 1 PARIS, Friday. The French National Assembly yesterday passed a bill authorising the Government to call up this year the 200,000 men of the 1948 class (20-year-olds) who would normally be called up next year. The Communists accused the Government of turning the Army jmto "America's police force"
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      Huge Harbour
      63 2 NANKING, Friday.— A gigantic harbour capable of accommodating 30,000-ton vessels Is to be built at the mouth of the Pearl River which runs through Canton, according to Ministry of Communications sources here yesterday. The harbour will take two years to construct. When completed It is expected to replace
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      Strike Threat
      58 2 MILAN, Friday.— A citywide bank strike here appeared certain last night when a union demand for the release of three bank workers charcred with violence during a January strike was refused. Non-essential workers stopped work for four hours yesterday as a warning that a general strike would follow
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      Airport Fire
      42 2 SHANNON AIRPORT, Fri.— The 74 feet hlRh control wer at the Eireann Government's £3,000.000 airport at Shannon was destroyed by fire yesterday and crashed down through the roofs of surrounding offices. Most of the operational departments were also destroyed. Reuter.
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      Had Heavy Water
      55 2 MUNICH. Friday. Police here have identified five of eleven persons alleged to be involved in a heavy water transaction whereby they were to sell the precious element to interests in Switzerlaii for nearly half a million Swiss francs. The police charged that the heavy water, used in
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      Richochets
      58 2 LONDON, Friday— An Admiralty announcement clears the mystery of the "salvo of shells" which fell near fishing boats off Walton-on-Naze. The "salvo" consisted of richochets of shells fired by Mm frigate Cowdray carrying out simple practice firing for a training class. Visibility was less than estimated with the result
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      Dump Explodes
      42 2 PARIS. Friday. Twelve workers were killed and another was seriously injured when four explosions rocked the munitions deoot at St. Maurice De Remens. Central France. Fifty tons of hi h explosive shells and bombs former German war material, exploded. Renter.
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      Easter Recess
      35 2 LONDON. Friday.—Parliament will rise for the Easter recess on Thursday Mar. 25 and return on Tuesday April 6. which will be Budget day said Mr. Herbert Morrison In the Commons yesterday. i Reuter.
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      12 Killed
      49 2 CHICAGO. Friday— Latest reports state that 12 people were killed and the sole survivor, a woman, was critically Injured, when a Skymaster plane taking off for Miami crashed and burned out here on Wednesday night. The nine-year-old son of the woman survivor was among those killed.— Reuter.
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      Mission Renewed
      44 2 PARIS. Friday. —The French Cabinet yesterday renewed for another six months the mission of Emile Bollaert. High Commissioner in Indo-China. Mr. Bollaert has been negotiating with Emperor Bao Dau of Annam in an effort to end the French Indo Chinese fighting— A.P
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      Idea Rejected
      61 2 LONDON, Friday. Mr. Attlee yesterday declined a suggestion that lip should invite the Prime Ministers of the British Commonwealth to meet to consider the situation in Europe and the present economic difficulties. He said that while he recognised thf value of such a meeting he feared it would
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      Not Interested
      67 2 BERLIN, Friday. Indian scientists will not join in the world race to produce a newer and better atomic bomb, Surendre Rohatgi, a member of the Government of India panel of chemists and pharmacists, declared here yesterday. "Far from devoting their time and talent to the development of weapons
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      Earl Arrives
      48 2 RANGOON, Friday. Earl Mountbatten, GovernorGeneral of India, accompanied by Lady Mountbatten, arrived in Rangoon yesterday for the presentation ceremony of King Thibaw's throne to the Burmese Government. They were met by Thakin Nu, the Burmese Prime Minister, who presented them to members of the Government. A.P.
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      Home Again
      55 2 LIVERPOOL, Friday. -The First King's Dragoon Guards arrived Here from Benghazi yesterday in the troopship Scythia. The regiment was converted Into an armoured car unit on arrival In Egypt in Jan. 1941 and fought in that role throughout the war. The Guards' are going to Cranswick, Yorkshire, and
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    Safety Precautions Urged After Tsingtao Disaster
    117 2 TSINGTAO, Friday. rE Tsingtao City Council, m an emergency meeting has passed a resolution asking the military authorities to remove ammunition and other dangerous material from thickly populated parts of the city. The Council also appealed to Nanking and elsewhere for relief fund? for
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      628 2 NOTICES BRITISH STORES DISPOSAL BOARD BY ORDER OF THE DIRECTOR OP DISPOSALS. FAR EASTERN AREA iM O.S.) The following Tenders have been circulated to Registered Contra< tors during the oast week: SIXf.APORK AREA Trnder 299. Closing date 19th March IMS for Medical Chests. Parallel Rulers, Electric Cable. Steel Blocks and
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      623 2 NOTICES PUBLIC NOTICE With effect from the 15 th of March the name of the Town Board Office. Kuala Lumpur, will be changed to Municipal Office. Kuala Lumpur. BY ORDER. NOTICE An examination for Estate and Government Hospital Assistants will be held m the General Hospital, Malacca, on April 20th
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      377 2 NOTICES THE PERAK FLYING CLUB. Chartered Bank Chambers, Ipoh, 10th March, 1948. By kind permission of the Brother Director of St. Michael's Institution, Ipoh, a film demonstration training of glider pilots and gliding lent by the Shell Company will be shown st 1 p.m. on Tuesday, 16th March, m the
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    MORE CZECHS RESIGN
    468 3 They were the Czech Minister in Oslo (Mr. Egl Walter), the Consul-Gen-eral in Sydney (M. Karol Tokoly) and the Secretary of the Czech Legation in the Vatican (Prince Franz Sohwarzenberg) The Swiss National Assembly In Bene yesterday voted 187 to 7 for a resolution condemning Switzerland's Communists
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    India Gives Back Throne
    79 3 RANGOON, Friday. EARL Mountbatten, Gov-ernor-General of India, today returned to the Burmese people the throne of Kin* Thibaw, the last Burmese king, in an impressive and colourful 20minute ceremony at the house of the President, Sao Shwe Thaik. The throne was taken to India by the
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    Wilhelmina To Rest For Six Weeks
    97 3 Wilhelmina To Rest For Six Weeks AMSTERDAM, Friday. SIXTY seven year-old Queen Wilhelmina of Holland will rest for several weeks and, on the advice of her doctors, will only handle "most urgent State affairs until after Easter." There does not seem to be any reason for anxiety. Queen Wilhelmim was
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    63 3 IL Kll VJ? SEEKS JUSTICE: Sir Hartley Shawcross (on the left) presents the case for Britain at the United Nations Court of Justice, The Hague. He is asking the Court to decide that Albania is responsible for the mining of Mtlsh destroyers Volage and Saumaurei m the Corfu Channel on
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    Profits In U.K. To Be Pegged
    171 3 Profits In U.K. To Be Pegged LONDON, Friday. BRITISH industry last night put the country's manufacturing firms on their honour to hold or lower price and profits levels. Industrialists and manufacturers told the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Sir Stafford Cripps) that they considered his "peg wages, prices, and profits" policy
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    190 3 TODAY Y s Men's Club, Dr. J. IUorsky on "Medico-Social Aspects of Tuberculosis," Cecil's Restaurant, 1.15 p.m. Y.W.C.A. Business and Professional Women's Club, luncheon to welcome Miss Dora Greene, Singapore Restaurant, 1.30 p.m. Kiwi Members' League (Singapore Section), debate on "Is Dancing beneficial to the KML?, 53, Robinson Road 2
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    CHURCH SERVICES
    333 3 r -MORROWS service* in Singapore churches are u follows: Church of England: St. Andrews Cathedral 7 a.m.. 8 a.m.. 10.30 a.m.. 11.15 a.m. and 5.30 pjn.; St. George's Garrison Church (Tanglln) (open to civilians > 7.15 a m., 9 a.m.. 9.45 a.m.. 6.30 p.m.; Christ Church (Dorset Road)
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    Retiring After 23 Years' Teaching
    267 3 By Our Woman Correspondent QILVER-HAIRED Miss Jessie Kilgour, headmistress of the Church of England Zennana Methodist School in Sophia Road, has retired after 23 years' teaching in the East. I But she will not go home to her native Scotland. "I love Malaya and its
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    HIGHER ESTATE WAGES
    413 4 New Scales From Next Month From Oar Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. NEW scales of daily wages, bonuses for estate labour and grant of three paid holidays were announced today by the Malayan Planting Industries Employers' Association. These will come into force on Apr. 1. A directive
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    I „ Singapore Strikes: A 1947 Record
    1312 4 I Singapore Strikes: A 1947 Record SH.B. Railway men: May 6 to May 8, 3, 73, 144. Re-instatement of men retrenched. Agreed. Boat nnioaders (timber): May 0 to May 30. 11. 30. 110. No reduction In pay. Conceded. Quarry Workers: May 17. halfday, 400, 300. Protest against arrest of Union
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    To Serve On K.L.'s New Municipality
    183 4 To Serve On K.L.'s New Municipality From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Friday •THE names of the first 1 Commissioners for the new Municipality of Kuala Lumpur, which is to be established on Monday, were announced today. Numbering 15, they will be under the presidentship of Mr. H. T. W.
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    CHINESE TRIBUTE TO DR. SUN
    78 4 CHINESE TRIBUTE TO DR. SUN More than 200 representatives of Singapore Chinese organisations and schools attended a memorial service at the Chinese Consulate General yesterday to commemorate the 23rd anniversary of the death of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, founder of the Chinese Republic. Tribute to the late Dr. Sun Yat-sen was
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    ELECTION SPEECH
    46 4 Mr. M. J. Namazle, Independent candidate for the Municipal North-East area, will make an election speech on the ground opposite the Geylang Serai market at 5.30 p.m. tomorrow. Mr. R. B. M. Gani, editor of the Malaya Nunban (Tamil daily paper) will also speak.
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    DEATH OF MR. A.L. SiEBEL
    84 4 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Friday.— Th death occurred at his resilence im Imbi Road this afternoon of Mr. Arthur Liste Siebel, a well-known Eurasian resident of Kuala Lumpur, at the age of 70. He had been ailing for many months and had recently
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    'Private Measure' In Council
    311 4 FHE Singapore Advisory 1 Council yesterday passed the Redemptorist Fathers Bill, making the Titular /Superior of the Redemptorist Fathers m Singapore a body corporate. The Attorney -General (Mr. E. J. Davies) said he had been asked to make it "abundantly clear" that the present ordinance should
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    FISH CHEAPER THIS WEEK
    280 5 From A Market Notebook R*ORE and more fish has been landed during the week, as a result of which prices for most varieties have dropped appreciably. Parang, Tinggiri, Terubok and Kurau (split) are quoted at $1.00, $1.20. 75 cents and $1.70 per kati as against $1.30.
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    40 5 liiis afi;>: noon fro»f ro» k designed by Raphael of Paris is m pale grey jersey. It has a lone, full shirt and the draped bodice is caught with three rows of stitching. A "dos-collar" of pearls completes the effect.
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    Malayan women banish the colour bar
    1283 5  - Malayan women banish the colour bar "FEMINA IN THE FEDERAL CAPITAL By AT last the tide has turned and women throughout this country are becoming truly international, m the best sense of the word and with all that it implies. The days of the European "mem" reigning supreme m her
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    PARTY PIECES
    264 5 ALMOND MERINGUE APPLES. CIX medium-sized red ap- pies, small quantity of water, 2 tablespoons sugar, 2 tablespoons finely chopped dates, 1 teaspoon lemon juice, 1 egg-white, 2 tablespoons castor sugar, almond essence, green coloring. Wash and dry apples, remove cores. Make a silt round centre of each apple,
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    IN MEMORIAM
    66 6 In loving memory of Paul Shim passed awa? 13th March. 1046. Oone but not forgotten. SHIM PAUL—In loving memory of Paol who left us on 13th March. IMB, It to two years since that sad day That you were called away Your memory is as dear to us.
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    $ta Straits $imrs Singapore, Sat., Mar. 13, 1948. INDO-MALAYAN CONFLICTS
    1110 6 $ta Straits $imrs Singapore, Sat., Mar. 13, 1948. INDO-MALAYAN CONFLICTS While Indian candidates in I the Singapore elections defy the ban imposed by the Regional Indian Congress in this city, and while a large number of Indian voters intend to do the same on polling day, further evidence of disagreement
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    "WAS PRESSED BY A CREDITOR"
    72 6 LONDON. Friday— A London Coroner's court yesterday ruled tnat 58-year-old Sir Derrick Julius Wemher— son of a South African millionaire and the "richest S.OIIAO m England" who vas found dead outside his flat her*, on Saturda", died "m tire urns, anc.s not sufficiently di.scl~.scd by
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    GUNS IN THE OLD DAYS
    1842 6 A Malayan Countryman's Diary I DONT remember when the Police in Johore first insisted on having all firearms licensed. There appeared to be no sort of control over the possession and use of guns for some years after my arrival in the country in 1906.
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      St. Joseph's Plans A Science Dept.
      370 7 ABOI'T $50,000 is required for building a science department and rehabilitating the play-ground of the St. Joseph's Institution, Singapore.. To meet the cost, the Rev Brother Director of the school is appealing for funds from the public and former pupils of Christian Brothers' schools.
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      Debts Bill Protest By Chinese
      203 7 Debts Bill Protest By Chinese THE Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce has sent a letter to the Financial Secretary, Singapore, protesting against i he Debtor and Creditor (Occupation) Bill. The letter says: "There is strong resentment over the manner in which the bill has been prepared and presented, particularly the
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      BUDDHIST TALK
      52 7 Under the auspices of the Pal. class of the Singapore Buddhist Association, the Ven Narada Thera. the Buddhist chaplain to the Ceylon troops, will deliver an addres* In English from 7 to 8 p.m tomorrow at the Sinhala Buddha Temple. 96. Outram Road Tho talk will be repeated
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    NO FEARS ABOUT SYNTHETIC
    494 7 Hay On Rubber Trade Prospects AN efficient natural rubber producer had nothing **\to fear from the competition of synthetic rubber conducted under fair trading conditions, said Sir John Hay at a Singapore press conference yesterday. Sir John, who is chairman of Guthrie and Co. and a
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    39 7 Some of the €5 members of the Chinese Navy who are returning to Nanking after undergoing a course of seamanship m Plymouth. They are on board the troopship Strathnaver, which leaves Singapore for Hong Kong today. Straits Times picture.
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    Gun Fight Sequel: 8 Years' Gaol
    212 7 Gun Fight Sequel: 8 Years' Gaol A SHOOTING incident Detween police, and tw o gunmen on the Singa-pore-Johore railway line near Kampong Baftni had a sequel before Mr. Justice Jobling at th€ Singapore Assizes yesterday, when Ong Lye Soon was sentenced to eight years' rigorous imprisonment for conspiring to carry
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    Membership Of S.H.B. Enlarged
    243 7 THE Singapore Advisory Council yesterday passed a Bill enlarging the membership of the Singapore Harbour Board from eight to ten members. This was the Ports (Amendment) Bill, which was moved by the Colonial Secretary (Mr. P. A. B. McKerron). Mr. McKerron *ald that it had *i»en
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    Proposal To Restrict Berthing
    223 7 A PROPOSAL that the landing steps of the south side and landward ?nd of Clifford Pier should ac reserved for harbour j :raft belonging to the customs and police only will be put before the 3 ngapore Advisory Coun- :i\ shortly. The approval of the Advi-
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    FAREWELL TO KILLEARNS
    62 7 Lord and Lady Kiliarn held a farewell cocktail party at their residence at Bukit Scraae last night. The 200 guests represented every community in Singapore and included many distinguished visitors, consular representatives, Service chiefs, ar.d well-known Singapore and Malayan personalities. It is learned that Lord and Lady
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    PUNCHED THE CAPTAIN
    102 7 The Fifth Engineer of the s.s. Solon, Charles F. Tranter was lined $100 In the Singapore Fourth Police Court ye§tertiay for voluntarily causing hurt to the ship's captain, Edward Spence, on Feb. 22. Tranter admitted that he punched the captain three or four times because, he taid,
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    Bill For Relief Of Bankrupts
    506 7 A REDUCTION m the rate of interest to be paid on debts proved m bankruptcy "will benefit a considerable number of the clerical class who borrowed from money-lenders." The Attorney-General (Mr. E. J. Davies) said this yesterday when the Bankruptcy (Amendment) Bill was introduced into
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    Candidate Warns Electorate
    293 7 Candidate Warns Electorate MR. C. C. Tan, Pio^iessive Party elcu on candidate for Ifunia al South- West, yesterd.y spoke of a choce between progress by constituti nil means and "a metrod which may lead to violence and bloodshed." Addressing the Singapore Hospital Assistants' Union at the Union premises, Mr. Tan
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    TODAY'S ELECTION MEETING
    45 7 Election meetings will b 3 held by Mi. M. A. Mai id. who is contesting the Municipal South-West seat, as follows Today, at 5 p.m.. Munic pil play ground (junction of Dhoby Ghaut and Selpgie Roaci). Sunday, at 5 p.m Empress Place.
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    Rotary's Easter Session
    212 8 FTER a lapse of seven f\ years, the annual conference of District 80 of Rotary International will open in Singapore at Easter. The District covers Rotary clubs in Singapore, Kuching. Bangkok. Ipoh. Kuala Lumpur. Malacca. Penang and Seremban. Representatives of these clubs are expected to attend the
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    POTENTIAL THREAT OF CHINA
    819 8 Expansion Into S. E. Asia LONDON, Friday. PHINA is a greater potential threat than India to South-East Asia, says the special correspondent of The Tiroes m South-East Asia. He discusses the possibility of a federation of the countries m South-East Asia, or at least the establishment
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    'Last Jap' Gets Life Sentence
    312 8 'Last Jap' Gets Life Sentence QIXTY-ONE year old O Major Keiji Mizuno, was yesterday sentenced to life imprisonment by a War Crimes Court for nig part in the massacre of 120 Chinese residents of Singapore. The sentence Is subject to confirmation. He was the last Japanese war criminal to be
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    Missionary ComingSoon
    155 8 Muslim Notes MOULANA Abdul Aleem Siddique, the founder of the All-Malaya Muslim Missionary Society of Singapore and of similar societies in many other countries, will arrive here some time in April or May this year. He is at present in Bombay on a mission conneoted with the welfare
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    "CONDITIONS BETTER"
    78 8 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Thursday.— Mr. E. V. Pearce told the annual meeting of the British Tin Investment Corporation that fuel and labour conditions m Malaya had greatly Improved during the past year. A dividend of five per cent was costing £57,890, Last year's profit was £38.369.
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    FALLING HOUSES
    30 8 HONG KONG, Friday. House collapses during 1947 killed 28 persons according to a survey by the Hsln Sheng Evening Post. Sixty-eight houses collapsed here during the year.— AJ».
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    F.A.O.H.Q. IN PHILIPPINES?
    83 8 F.A.O. H.Q. IN PHILIPPINES? BAGUIO, Friday. President Roxas said today that the Philippines had invited the Food and Agricultural Organisation conference to establish a regional office here. He said the Government had offered land on Mindanao for the establishment of experimental stations for increasing rice production. With the arrival yesterday
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    No Change In Rubber
    135 8 rIE price of rubber m Singapore jjosed last night I at Jiff cents per lb. for No. 1 1 sheet f.0.b., buyers. This was I the same price as at Thursday's close. Moderate business passed. Other closing prices were: No. 1 sheet f.o.b. sellers 38 5/8
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    Banks Say Bill Will Lose Them Money
    226 8 SINGAPORE Chinese and Indian banks which were compelled to function during the Japanese occupation have jointly protested to the Government against certain provisions in the proposed Debtor and Creditor (Occupation Period) Bill. They claim the provisions will work against their interests, and that
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    Sag In Price Of Rubber
    196 8 DESPITE moderate rubber trade support, values have continued to! sag, although at no time S has there been any heavy i selling. Each new level has brought m fresh buying, says Lewis and I Peat's weekly market report. Reports from New York m- i dicate
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    Bow Bell In Singapore
    281 8 /"\NE of the famous Bow v/ Bells is used on board H.M.6. London, flagship of the British Pacific Fleet. wh'ch Singapore Deople have be n vsiting his week. The cruiser, which was first commissioned m 1928, is the I ship of the Royal Navy to carry
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    21 9 "I can hardly wall ts gel bnnu ao I can look them op Id 4m cncyclopoiia. From the Saturday Evening Post
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      Troopers In Time Of Peace
      140 9 SOME two and a half years after the cessation of hostilities we still mid in the press of the ni"\«Tncnts of troopships j the Strathnaver and Empress of Australia bemjr cases in point. The average man In the has known for many yrars of the
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      POLITICS
      85 9 LET everybody be corrected! W.E.D.'s Latin tog in rday's Straits Times should read:— POPULUS VULT DECIPI. ET DECIPIATUR. That misses neither the down-rightness nor the subtlety intended. The people like being deceived, well then yev c them (somebody else I you don't). it is Politics since the began, up
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      Why Local Born Should Go To The Polls Next Week
      599 9 Why Local Born Should Go To The Polls Next Week I HAVE read with interest the article appearing 1 in the M.D.U. Bulletin entitled "Boycott The Elections." The M.D.U. wish to know what six elected Councillors can do against nine officials plus seven nominees. Let me remind them of what
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      Indians And The Election
      171 9 I HAVE read with interest Mr. Budh Singh's statement urging Indians to boycott the Singapore Elections. It is for Mr. Singh to study whether his previous order to boycott the elections was ever adhered to by his own followers in Singapore. The Singapore Regional Congress from
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      Mr. Lim On An Elected Majority
      184 9 Mr. Lim On An Elected Majority WITH reference to your account of the election meeting held at the Kota Raja Malay School on Tuesday, under the heading, "MR. C. G. LIM MAKES A PROMISE", in which I was reported to have made a promise of an elected majority in the
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      Macham lni
      157 9 REFERRING to the letter in Thursdays Straits Times under the heading "APA MACHAM?" I am wondering if your editorial observations thereunder a^e to be taken seriously. As a result of my enforced s'.ay in Java during the occupation I was able to "pick up" a bit of the
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      MalaysAndThe Need To Work
      444 9 QLD residents of Malaya who have been watching the economic progress of the country and the part the various communities have played m it, would find interesting reading m your leader headed "ANGLO -MALAY POISON" and Mr. John Eber's reply published m the Straits Times a
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      BR UNEI AND SARA WAX
      518 9 YOUR editorial "A Bitter Pill for Brunei" contains an implied criticism of the new administrative changes which does not seem u> be entirely merited. You state: "This decision to put Brunei under Sarawak must have been a bitter pill for such ot the people of
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      161 9 f REFRESHING I its L V COOLING "j^^. ft I^L BUI, more important sti/L.. People, especially sportsmen, like the taut of sparkling Andrews, enjoy the feeling of freshness and coolness it gives There's more m it than that, however I Andrews, taken regularly, brings Inner Cleanliness, the first essential for
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      567 9 There is one important point concerning the bidding that too often Is overlooked by good players as well as those whom they look down upon. The point comes to light in such a deal as today's. West, dealer. Both Kid i v: 1 .Table. NORTH. A Q S 2 9
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    LONDON STOCKS
    470 10 LONDON, Fridsy. BRITISH Government securities yesterday suffered a setback as a result of small but persistent selling. Losses were up to three eighths, with Consol 2J per cents at 77%. Elsewhere, although trading remained subnormal, there was a fair amount of selective interest which gave the markets a
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    Singapore Share Prices
    805 10 From Our Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, Friday. rNS continued dull today on the Singapore share market. Industrials were steady. A moderate volume of business was passed. Quotations given by the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association were: INDUSTRIALS Buyer Seller Atla* lee IS. 00 14.00 Alex. Brick Ords. 1.00 1.00 Pref.
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    SUGAR GROWS QUIET AND CHEAPER
    233 10 Produce Market From A Market Correspondent THE Singapore Sugar market quietened yesterday m the absence of support. There was no definite indication that private imports would be drastically cot. Some hesitancy prevailed. A slight drop m the price of sugar was recorded. Black pepper rose
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    EASTERN BANK'S DIVIDEND
    94 10 r! directors of the Eastern Bank Limited recommend a final dividend at the rate of 3s 6d per share, less income tax at 9s m the pound. It will be payable on and after Apr. 5. The net profit for th,e year to Dec. 31. 1947. was
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      682 10 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. uncorDoraiea m Singapore) BLUF FUNNEL LINE SAILINGS FROM 0 X AND 0.8 A. T>r»» '*04- From U.K Gdn. 40 "Mr-.- thf« From I' X Gnd. 15 -Ct ..-.m," On. from r.K Mar. 14 "A^ino-** One from fj S.A Mar. tl •*GI?h»tI*" Oar from I'.K Mar. 30 <s
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      145 10 Rubber prices will be found In page 8. "TREVAYLOR" Loads for GENOA. MARSEILLES, LONDON and CONTINENTAL Ports via LONDON, HAMBURG, ANTWERP and ROTTERDAM If sufficient inducement offers Arrives Singapore 19th March. Sails Singapore 27th March. Arrives P. Swettenham 28th March. Sails P. Swettenham 31st March. Arrive* Penang Ist April ISLAY
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    MALAYANFOOTBALLERS MAY PLAY FOR CHINA
    853 11 Final Try outs In Hong Kong By The SPORTS EDITOR ALTHOUGH the Malayan Chinese Football Association will be sending a team to the China National Games in May, it appears that the Chinese side for the World Olympic Games will have been chosen by that
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    CHALLENGE ACCEPTED
    144 11 TM1E Italian heavyweight X wrestler, Leon Labriola, has accepted a challenge by Jagindar Singh, the Ipoh Sikh champion, to a ten-round bout. The fight will take place at the Happy World stadium tonight. Labricla made short work of the Chines* flying-kick specialist, Bosca Boa, last Saturday. Jagindar will
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    POINTS DECISION
    36 11 DURBAN, Friday— Ken Shaw of Scotland beat Ah* Gallagher of ustralia on points over ten rounds here last night to a fight recognised as an eliminating bout for the British Empire eruiserwelght title.— Reuter.
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    18 11 LONDON, Friday— Yesterday's Rugby Union games resulted as follows: Somerset 13, Middlesex 0; East Midlands 11. Barbarians 13Reuter.
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    RACES TO BE BROADCAST
    47 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Friday.— Radio Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, will broadcast a running commentary on each race at Kuala Lumpur tomorrow, beginning at 2.25 p.m. The commentary will be over Blue Network (49 metre band.) Mr. John Dumeresque Direotor of Broadcasting, will be the commentator.
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    NARROW WIN TO KRANJI XI
    59 11 The Kranji Wireless Station XI scored a three-two win over the Kota Rajah Club m a friendly soccer match played on the Victoria School ground yesterday. The Wireless men led two-one at the interval. Scorers for the Kranji Wireless Stations XI were Evans (two) and
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    S.G.C CONTEST
    50 11 The result* of the weekly competition held at the Singapore Gun Club's range at the 9i milestone. Thomson Road, are 1. A. G. Boehm, 75 points; 2 Quek Mong Song, 70 points; 3. Wilson Heng, 60 points The next competition will be held on Wednesday at 5.15 p.m.
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    WEEK-END CRICKET
    302 11 THE following will play cricket for the Singapore Indian Association "A" team against the Kangaroos Cricket Club today at 2.15 p.m. on the C.Y.M.A ground in St. George's Road: D. K. Samy (captain), M. Rasiklal. Z. Bhatri, P. N. Krishnan, M. Shah, Achutha Menon, B. Pinto, Oopalakrishnan, 8.
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    SOCIAL A. P. COMMITTEE
    117 11 The following nave been elected office-bearers for this year of the Social Athletic Party, Singapore: Patrons, Messrs. Yeo Chwee Seng (re-elected) and Hoe Chye Kee; president, Mr. Urn Geok Ann; vice-presidents: Messrs. Chia Lorn (re-elected), Yeow Cheng Hoe (re-elected); Koh Beng Sum and Ong Swee Hock;
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    TheAdonisOfThe Australian Ring
    263 11 The Adonis Of The Australian Ring By MERV WILLIAMS BY and large, ring champions do not measure up to beauty competition standards, but Tommy Burns, the Australian welterweight champion, is an exception a real Adonis. h Last year his manly, handsome appearance earned him a part in a movie. That
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    Exodus For Cup-ties
    77 11 LONDON, Friday. IN addition to six excur- sion trains which are beinf ran from London for tomorrow's F.A. Cap semifinals, the British Railways London Midland lines are running 13 other excursions to the semi-finals for supporters of Derby County and Blackpool. From Derby district eight trains will
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      91 11 RADIO MALAYA iS'PORK) 1 p.m. Radio Orchestra; 1.45 Dance Music; 2.J5 See K.L.; 6.00 Close; 8.20 Sports; 8.30 A Touch of Cvery thing; 9.45 Peter York* Concert Orchestra: 10.30 Rhythm; 11.30 Close. RADIO MALAYA K.L. 1 p.m. See Spore; 2.25 Selangor Races; 3.00 Chinese Hour, 4.00 Indian Hour: 6.00 Selangor
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      108 11 RADIO SIAC a.m. Music; 8. 45 Morning Star; t.00 BBC Symphony Concert; 9.45 BBC Variety: 10.15 1 Nothing But Music: 10.45 South of the Border; 11.00 Strtngttrae; < 11.30 Composer Cavalcade; 13.00 Hand-made Music; IS. If Radio SEAC Show: 12.45 Yankee Quarter; l 02 Yours for the Asking; 3. 05
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    Lincolnshire Starters
    255 12 LONDON. Friday. TjROBABLE starters and a jockeys for the Lincolnshire Handicap, first big race of the flat racing season, being run over one mile at Lincat tomorrow, are: Vagabond, J. Doyasbere Patchouly, R. Polncelet; Royal Tiara. M. Beary; Flexton, E. Sir.ith; Clarion, W. Carr; Commissar. W. Rickaby; Phlladelphe.
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    SKITTALS MAY EQUAL RECORD
    772 12 Opening Day Of Selangor Races From EPSOM JEEP KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. U7ILL Skittals, unbeaten in his last four starts, equal the Malayan Turf record of five success* v e wins tomorrow? This is the question on the lips of racegoers on the eve of the Selangor
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    Final Hints
    22 12 FiiNAL hints oil today's iaces from the Straits Tinus racing correspondent, "Epsom Jeep," will appear in today's Singapore Free Press.
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    Today's Race Card
    824 12 BELOW are the acceptances for today, the first day of the Selangor Turf Club's March Meeting. The Double Totes will be on races four and five, and races seven and eight. The Big Sweep will be drawn on race eight. Race 1—2.30: Horses Cl. 3, Div. 1—
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    Today's Probable Jockeys
    197 12 pROBABLE jockeys for toI day's races are: RACK 1 Renown (Tankard) Skittala (Ellery); Kings Mace (Flann«ryt; Avail (P a r a d); Courtesan (Lawler); Piremaster (Oentles): T i m m o (Turner); Howe (Woods). RACE t: Dagobcrt (J Don nelly); Prince Colin (EHery); Bron-> Plash <Dawson> Athlete
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    Straits Times Selections
    142 12 "EPSOM IEEP" •♦TRESPASSER" "POINTER" RACE RACE 1 2 1. SKITTALS FIREMASTER HOWE 2. Firanaster Howe Firemaster 3. Courtesan Renown King's Mace 1. ATHLETE DAGOBERT BRONZE FLASH 2. Prince Colin Athlete Trruserg 3. Brwne Flash Trovers Athlete RACE I 1. ELECTROPLATE 2. Spear Mirth ELECTROPLATE RAMU Rama Electroplate
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    Bartlett, Ong Chew Bee In Semi-Finals
    287 12 A GOOD crowd were treated to some enjoyable tennis when the Singapore indoor championships were continued at the Happy World Stadium last night. The men's singles quar-ter-finals provided two very interesting matches. In a fast game Ong Chew Bee struck his best form to
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    Table Tennis Tryouts
    172 12 THE Singapore Table Tennis Association iwill hold trials to select three Singapore players I for the all-Malayan I Chinese tryouts in SingaJ pore on March 26 28. Lai Ying Hon. the Singa- pore champion, is exempted from the coming Singapore trials, but the other two players will
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    PADANG GAME CALLED OFF
    93 12 OWING to the bad state of the i gruund, the cricket match arranged between the Singapore Cricket Club and the Khalsa Association for today has been cancell ed Tile S. C. C. XI against the Ceylonese Sports Club on the Padang tomorrow will be: J. B.
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    SOCCER TRIAL
    39 12 The final Malayan Chinese soccer trial, between North and South, will be played in Singapore on March 28, after which the team will be choaen. The selected side will play against the all-Malayan Malays on March M.
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    Sports Diary
    257 12 TODAY SOCCER: S.C.F.A. League, "A"— Clemencean Avenue t. Finlayson Green, Geylang SUflium. 4 p.m.; "C Coleman Street W. Kreta Ayer Road, game place, 5 p.m.; JoUJlads 2nd XI T. s.t. Nuttallia, McPherson Road, 5.15 p.m.; CRICKET: Singapore Kangaroos t. I. A., C.Y.M.A. ground, St. George's Road, 2.30 p.m.;
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    SABA TO AID SOSC FUND
    150 12 iriORTY per cent, of the allF Singapore amateur boxing championships to be held next month will be given to the Singapore Olympic and Sports Council fund for sending representatives to> the coming Olympic Games in London. The preliminaries will be held on April 6 and
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    PHOTO-FINISHFS FOR OLYMPICS
    58 12 LONDON, Saturday. The Jockey Club's camera service, used on some racecourses last season for recording particularly close finishes, has been retained to cover certain events In the Olympic Games this summer. The cameras recorded the finishes of 350 races last year, 54 of which were u«ed by
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    3 Quick Goals Bring Victory To Indian Team
    317 12 NETTING thrice in quick succession in the second period, following a scoreless first half, the Indian Association beat the Rovers F. C. three-nil in an S.A.F.A. Div. I League game at the Jalan Besar stadium yesterday. Fielding a better side the Indians
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    90 12 THE Singapore Cricket Club, who beat the Lasallites XI seven-one on Wednesday, sustained a four-nil defeat yesterday when they met the Chung Cheng High School. The school team led twonil at the end of the first half, Tong Yuen having scored twice within 15 minutes of
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