The Straits Times, 15 March 1948
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Title Section19 1948-03-15 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 I.Kiin PACES SINGAPORE, MONDAY, MARCH 15, 1948 if PRICE TEN I'KMS19 words
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Article734 1948-03-15 1 Heavy Majority In Voting WASHINGTON, Sunday. THE United States Senate, by a vote of 69 to 17, early today gave its assent to the European recovery programme designed to strengthen Western Europe against Communism. The Bill cleared its first legislative hurdle after more than 11 hoursReuter; AP; UP - 734 words
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Article69 1948-03-15 1 HONG KONG, Sunday. Government released tone content! of a bill which paves the way for the ultimate lifting of the moratorium on debts order which b» came effective shortly after the re-occupation of this Briony. Millions of Hong Kong dollars have been tied up pendmp action69 words
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Article, Illustration48 1948-03-15 1 SAIGON TRAGEDY: Miss Kuth Lydia James (top) and Mrv Jeanne R. Skewes. Ameriran women employed m the I.S. Saigon Consulate, who were shot to near Saieon on March 7 The bodies were found m dry river bed into which the women had driven a jeep. A. P. pictures.48 words
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Article309 1948-03-15 1 QINGAPORE police are co-operating with military authorities m a search for three locally enlisted personnel of Army units who escaped from police custody m the Beauty World Amusement Park m Bukit Timah village on Sunday night. T^ three naep^-tw^ Indians and a ChinV escaped, wearing police309 words
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Article27 1948-03-15 1 PORT SAID. Sunday.—The crew of the blazing Italian tanker. Olterra. were rescued from death by burning and from sharks m the Suez Canal by local tugboats yesterday.27 words
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Article, Illustration68 1948-03-15 1 MALAYAN GLIDERS IN LONDON: In England for three months to get further experience m Girl Guide training under the auspices of the British Council, Miss Ng Eoi Chan. Captain of the Ist Taipinp Guide Company, and Miss Lili Majeed, of the Malay Teachers' College, Malacca, pass a sentry on duty68 words
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Article106 1948-03-15 1 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. Sungei Pelong School, Kuala Lumpur, was invaded recently by a swarm of bees. Of the 115 boys and girls and six teachers in the school, only one person was not s t u n e the head teacher. Two pupils106 words
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Article96 1948-03-15 1 From Our Own Correspondent MELBOURNE, Sunday. rE former British Commoirwealth delegate on the Allied Council m Japan (Mr. William Mc-j Mahon Ball) m a national broadcast today, warned Australians of the "great, dangers" to themselves if the Americans decided to rebuild Japan as the^ "workshop of96 words
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Article150 1948-03-15 1 Martial Law By Arabs? DAMASCUS, Sunday. PROCLAMATION of marI tial law in Palestine may be approved by a committee of Prime Minister and other delegates from; the Arab League countries when it meets in Damascus, tomorrow. The committee will be asked to approve important recommendations from the military council ofReuter; AP; UP - 150 words
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Article79 1948-03-15 1 PRAGUE, Sunday. Dr. Alexcy Cepicka. Czechoslovak Minister of Justice, today forecast a drastic reform of the Czechoslovak legal system. This included a purge of courts of justice, renewal of trials of collaborators and "offenders against the national honour," and the set- ting up of people's courts ofReuter - 79 words
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Article42 1948-03-15 1 CAIRO, Sunday. Watch towers which surround Sanaa, capital of Yemen, were the only barriers left to ita defences against forces loyal to Emir Seif El Islam Ahmed, claimant to the throne, according to despatches reaching here today. Reuter.Reuter - 42 words
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482 1948-03-15 1 1938 "Nightmare Of Aggression y" Aga in— Morrison LONDON, Sunday. WHILE the Secretary for Air (Mr. Arthur Hemlerson) was yesterday telling the R.A.F. to he rta y for any call m the worsening international situation. the Deputy Prime Minister (Mr. Herbert Morr son > spoke of "finding ourselves back mUP - 482 words
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Article88 1948-03-15 1 LONDON. Sunday. -British wholesalers after considering a request of the Chancellor ol the Exchequer (Sir Siatlord Cripps) for a reduction i>f prices and profits find their profits are "so small that the contribution they can make ;to a substantial reduction is almost negligible." This is the conclusionReuter - 88 words
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Article256 1948-03-15 1 ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Sunday. rENTY-FOUR passen gers and a crew of six are presumed to have died when a four-engined chartered plane belonging to the North-West Air Lines crashed into a mountain on Friday night The wreckage has been located at the foot of aReuter; AP; UP - 256 words
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Advertisement36 1948-03-15 1 ■■■■■■■■nncrr* OLOiST RELIABLt iuit W oh VUuj CQN7**CTs*.s T0 *M SO* CiS* %IMCt "I* 7122 j HftcßrHL Tiger Testimonials Capt. Samuel Scuppkr, on arriving at Singapore, said "Expedite that cargo. Chums (t's time for a TIGER"36 words
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81 1948-03-15 2 WASHINGTON, Sunday. OFFICIAL despatches to the State Department here report a severe shortage of bread m Moscow and say that long queues are forming outside food stores. One queue was described as being 23 persons abreast and extending the entire length of theAP - 81 words
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Article64 1948-03-15 2 MANILA. Sunday.— A Filipino soldier has had a bullet removed from his heart three years after having been hit by Japanese snipers in Southern Luzon. Colonel Egmidio Crux, a Philippine Army chest surgeon, removed the missile from the lower part of the heart. The soldier had complainedAP - 64 words
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Article56 1948-03-15 2 MANILA, Sunday.— The Philippine Supreme Court has taken a judicial note of post-war inflation and quoted price of human life at three times the prVwar figure. It raised from 2.000 to 6.000 pesos an amount which a lower court ordered a convicted slayer named Lope Amansec to DayAP - 56 words
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Article51 1948-03-15 2 SHANGHAI. Sunday.—Police authorities have befttin Investigations preparatory to lodging formal charges against two local Russian merchants named Gemsen and Ketasky who hed been arrested for alleged dealings In D.S. currency here It is reported that more i than U.S.S10.000 have been confiscated as a result of the arrest.Reuter - 51 words
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Article46 1948-03-15 2 HONG KONO. Sunday.— The Hong Kong Club, oldest social institution in the Colony, will hold its 100th an- nual meeting on March 23. Throughout its long history i the club has been a centre for the British official and mercantile community. Reuter a.a.p.Reuter - 46 words
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Article49 1948-03-15 2 HANOVER, Sunday. The trial by court martial of Lieut. Richard Oliver Langham on charges of "disgraceI ful conduct of a cruel kind" relating to alleged ill-treat-1 ment of Germans at Bad Nenndorf interrogation camp will probably be transferred to Britain next Thursday, it was learned here. Reuter.Reuter - 49 words
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Article59 1948-03-15 2 NANKING, Sunday. A i Government commission to examine works of art and historical writings formerly belonging to puppets and collaborators has been formed here with power to decide or. the ownership rights o; such works. National museums acid libraries will be the recipients of everything JudgedReuter; Reuter-AAP - 59 words
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Article53 1948-03-15 2 BAGUIO, Sunday. President Roxas announced yesi terday that the Philippine Government Is to organise a I U.S $2,500,000 public corpora- < tlon to construct and operate the Manila International airport. Th* money will be appropriated to becln the construction of a new 7 500- foot runway to accommodateAP - 53 words
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Article57 1948-03-15 2 VAN NUYS. California. Sunday. Round-the-world pilot. Capt. Bill Odom, bringing pen milionaire Milton Reynolds' exploratory plane back from China for repairs, larded here tonight. His plane, the "Explorer," developed a leak after reachIn? China on its way for scouting flights over North- i western China in search ofReuter - 57 words
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Article56 1948-03-15 2 CANTON. Sunday. George B. Chin, of Los Angeles. California commander of the South China post of the American Legion. was sentenced by a Canton court I to four months' imprisonment and fined one million Chinese dollars on charges of withholding Insurance money from the fi.ther of an American soldier56 words
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Article44 1948-03-15 2 SHANGHAI, Sunday.— Hong Kong's motorised pedicab, the rikmobile, made its way up the coast and was given a trial run m Sh^\ghai yesterday by civic authorities. Officials said they intended to step up production until all manpowered rickshaws and pedicabs was eliminated. U.P.UP - 44 words
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Article44 1948-03-15 2 PEARL HARBOUR, Sunday—The U.S. Navy has announced that four more Bikini atom bomb target ships have been scuttled off KwajaleLi. They were the destroyers, Ralph Talbot and Wilson, sunk on March 8, and the attack transports Fallon and Bracken on March 10.— A.P.AP - 44 words
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Article34 1948-03-15 2 PRAGUE, Sunday. Fifty persons were Injured, four seriously, when a passenger train from Podmokly jumped the rails and crashed into a concrete wall near the entrance of Prague's Wilson Station yesterday. U.P.UP - 34 words
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Article83 1948-03-15 2 BRUSSELS, Sur.day.— The j protocol relating to the ad- mission of Pakistan to the 1 Inter Allied Reparations Agency is to be signed at the Agency's headquarters here or. Monday it was learned to- i I day. The Agency was set up in 1946 to decide fair distributionReuter - 83 words
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Article, Illustration35 1948-03-15 2 General Charles de Gaulle, leader of the French People's Rally, seen addressing a meetinc at Compiegne. He warned of the menace of Communism and urged the Western powers to stem its advance.— An A.P. picture.AP - 35 words
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Article24 1948-03-15 2 PASADENA. California, Sun- I day. —A moderately 6trong earthquake about 7,000 miles distant was recorded today at California Institute of Technology.— A.P.AP - 24 words
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Article30 1948-03-15 2 LONDON, Sunday. Britain goes on to daylight 'saving time next Sunday. i Clocks will be advanced one hour. The daylight saving v Ml end on Oct. 31.— A.P.AP - 30 words
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Article35 1948-03-15 2 MANILA, Sunday.— Thre« members of the Philippine delegation to the United Nations' Freedom of Information meeting in Geneva are en route to New York to Join their leader. Carlos P Romulo A.P.AP - 35 words
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Article33 1948-03-15 2 LONDON, Sunday.— Sir Alfred Booth, 75. former chairman of the Cunard Steamship Company, died yesterday at hie home in Limpsfleld. Surrey. He had been suffering from a heart ailment. A.P.AP - 33 words
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Article75 1948-03-15 2 NANKING, Sunday.— Kirln and Siaofengmen were evacuated by Chinese Government troops, according to a communique issued by the M'nistry of National Defence late las: night which added that 100,000 of the population withdrew with the armed forces. The mass retreat began -on March 9 and has been completed successfully,Reuter - 75 words
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Article82 1948-03-15 2 CAIRO, Sunday. Egyptian premier Nokrashi Pasha said tonight that pilots of two Egyptian planes flying over Sanaa, capital of Yemen, reported that tribesmen were swarming on the walled city from all directions. Nokrashi said the pilots, who had been ordered to pick up Egyptians stranded in Sanaa, couldUP - 82 words
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Article56 1948-03-15 2 SFANGHAI, Sunday—Employees of the Bank of China held a three-hour sit 1 down strike yesterday. They were protesting against the arrest of three of their colleagues by the police m connection with a recent demand for salary increase. The strike was called off after bank officials had promisedReuter - 56 words
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Article54 1948-03-15 2 SAIGON, Sunday.—An estimated 50,000 Chinese are being evacuated from south Indo-Chlna where antiFrench guerillas are strong, the Chinese Consul said on Saturday. A high South Vietnam Government source said the action followed repeated protests from the Chinese Consulate over loss of Chinese _Uves and property lrw the TentingAP - 54 words
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Article244 1948-03-15 2 Strike On Eve Of Big Talks PARIS, Sunday. THE strike weapon which 1 the Communists used to hammer France last year was raised again last night in a matter of hours before tomorrow's vita* Marshall plan conference and spread to hotels which will help house the biggest meeting of ForeignReuter; UP - 244 words
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Article54 1948-03-15 2 WASHINGTON, Sunday. Afghanistan is to ask the Ex-port-Import Bank for credits of $100,000,000 for an extensive development programme, the Afghanistan delegate to the Havana trade talks, Mr. A. H. Aziz announced today. He said both governmental and private projects were envisaged, with both coordinated under a 10 toReuter - 54 words
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Advertisement699 1948-03-15 2 NOTICES PROGRESSIVE PARTY LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ELECTIONS Municipal North East DhrMon AN ELECTION MEETING Will be hrld at the Clerical Union Premises. No. 172A. Rangoon Road. Singapore, at 5.30 p.m. on Tuesday. 16th March. 194«. All are invited. CHANGE OF NAME It Is hereby notified to all concerned that, as from699 words
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Advertisement579 1948-03-15 2 NOTICES PUBLIC NOTICE With effect from the 15th of March the name of the Town Board Office, Kuala Lumpur, will be chanced to Municipal Office, Kuala Lumpur. BY ORDER. SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL 3% DEBENTURE STOCK 1935/75-85. NOTICE is hereby given that the Transfer Books of the above Stock will be closed579 words
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Advertisement227 1948-03-15 2 5^ i 4 First step to regaining that roo!-of-the-morning crispness at any hour Jl |T^>v s t 0 r^ a ch for those delightful r^im Coty preparations Four ■fIPHM^ -Jl' Seasons' Eau de Cologne to refresh I ir*£?" fl and revive. Coty Talc to cool the i% j| skin and227 words
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Article386 1948-03-15 3 Byrnes Urges U.S. To Prepare WASHINGTON, Sunday. PREDICTING a world crisis "which may come four or five weeks from now," Mr. James Byrnes, the former U.S. Secretary of State, yesterday urged America to start preparing for any eventuality. Speaking at a Charleston, South Carolina, meeting, he appealedReuter; AP; UP - 386 words
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Article, Illustration26 1948-03-15 3 Mr. H. T. Oswell, former chairman of the Kuala Lumpur Town Board, who becomes the first President of the Kuala Lumpur Municipality. Story m P. 4.26 words
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Article450 1948-03-15 3 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. THE chairman of the London Tin Corporation (Mr. J. Ivan Spens) yesterday said he was "one tin company chairman who cannot complain unduly" about delay m the delivery of tin mining equipment. "ThtTe is at present," he told the450 words
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Article363 1948-03-15 3 Business Women At Function By Our Woman Correspondent pREETINGS from Y.W. VJ C.A. business girls m India and the Federation of Malaya were read out at the 'unnual Y.W.C.A Business and Professional \Y< men's Luncheon or Saturday. More than 60 women from all communities attended the auction, winch was held363 words
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Article, Illustration46 1948-03-15 3 WOUNDED SOLDIER: Jack L. Grunden, U.S. Army private, aged 18, photographed m hospital after being shot by a Russian sentry m Vienna. The Russian said he made insulting: remarks after being ordered off the footpath. It is hoped to save his arm from amputation. A.P. picture.AP - 46 words
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280 1948-03-15 3 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. A HISTORICAL Society to investigate and record the history and antiquities of Selangor was formed this morning at a Town Hall meeting organised by the District Officer, Klang (Mr. M. C. ft. Sheppard). Dr. Linehan, the not« d Malay280 words
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Article585 1948-03-15 3 By The Special Correspondent Of The Times In South-East Asia APART from the rude shock the recent war gave to Western rule and the prestige of the white races, the pan- Asian propaganda of the Japanese and the various conferences to which their collaborators wereThe Times - 585 words
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Article198 1948-03-15 3 NANKING, Sunday. THE Chinese People's Political Council ytsj u-rday adopted a nsolut or ur;r ng the Chinese N* tional Government to de mand the return i o Ch na I Port Arthur and Dai NB, ■wo p«r's on the Kwantung Peninsula werr <>cr pad by SovietReuter - 198 words
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Article101 1948-03-15 3 TODAY Y.M.CA. Fortnightly Club, Che Zahara. president of !he Malay Women's Welfare Association, on "Malay Women ot Today.' 8, Fort Canning Road. 10 a.m.. Busy Bee Pioneers Club. 8. Fort Canning Road, 2.30 p.m. Seventh Singapore Company of < the Boy*' Brigade, annual enrolment service. Raffles Institution. 2.30101 words
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Advertisement147 1948-03-15 3 KONG SOON POTTERY COMPANT 67. r\Ul STREET. rrirnhon* No ?81. Srrrmban. I \lr\ (I lv I XKTIIKNWARB, )ll \\l) GLAZKD PIPE \lX\t TACTIRERS. It SUPPLIERS T A R DWARF MERCHANTB ri.- .ivaiidbk ana PromDt itMvwtM guaranteed IMIMM ot Whit* Gtaifd l.mx (up. a speciality I iLICITED STEWART McINTYRE LIMIVED ENGINEERS147 words
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Advertisement595 1948-03-15 3 YOU HAVEN'T HEARD NOTHING YET UNTIL YOU'VE HEARD BING SING AC-CENT-TCHU-ATE THE POSITIVE irS A BING, BANG, BEAUTIFUL MUSICAL! '^m^fC^" CROSBY HUTTON SONNY TUFTS £S.We COM THE WAVE* NEXT CHANGS ul f* U>. -X AOREAT HEART-ORAMA!^ J to® Keep them full of cncrcj>- healthy and W^. sturdy l>y giving Kepler'595 words
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745 1948-03-15 4 The Straits Times Singapore, Mon., Mar. 15, 1948 THE PATANI MALAYS In the last few weeks the grievances erf the Malays in Patani have received more prominence in the Malayan newspapers, English as well as Malay, than they have had in the last quarter of a century. To find a745 words
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Article387 1948-03-15 4 In the old days in the Malay States there was a proverb I that the ray at was like "a frog under a coconut shell," not knowing anything of what went on in the wider world, and the same was broadly true of the local-born387 words
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Article, Illustration1607 1948-03-15 4 HARRY MILLER - First Municipality In The Malay States HARR Y MILLER By Straitt Times Staff Correspondent In Kuala Lumpur A MEMBER of the Selangor State Council, speaking in December, 1939, characterised the steps then being taken towards the municipalisation of Kuala Lumpur as "typical of Alice in Wonderland." "One is kept wondering,"1,607 words
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Letter379 1948-03-15 4 IT is a depressing story tc read of Britain's present economic struggle, especially after the rigours of the past few years. We do, and quite rightly, blame the war for Britain's I present plight, but if we look deeper we car. see that it is the war plus379 words
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Letter101 1948-03-15 4 YOUR news item headed, "WOMEN SHUN JOBS AT POLLS" in the Sunday Times of yesterday was unfortunately phrased. It may convey the impression that the polling staffs are looking for casual jobs at $30 or $15. Nothing could be further from the truth. The work Is101 words
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Advertisement758 1948-03-15 4 CLASSIFIED ADS. ANDERSON At Batu Gajah H<»pltal. March 11th, 1948. to wife of Harold Anderson, a son. (Still-born). BRUNDLE— To Margaret (nee II), wife of Kenneth A. B-iindlc. P.W.D., at Kandanj? Krrbau Hospital. Singapore, on Mirrh 12th. a son. Michael William "■III ATIONS VACANT WANTED qualified Midwife with •A" Class758 words
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Advertisement22 1948-03-15 4 Should we service all watches? That would be Impossible under present circumstances, but those purchased from us will receive expert attention promptly22 words
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Advertisement99 1948-03-15 4 Fellow Institute Ophthalmic Opticians [tngi Fellow Worshipful Co of Spectacle- Makers fFng) Freeman of the City of London By Appointment to H. M. Forces. S E Asia 6 RAFFLES PLACE SINGAPORE PHONE '0642 IMipßini|B| ■MRIILHeH From Paris! Glorious flowers, feathers hats hat straws Specializing ONLY m TERMITE EXTERMINATION PROPERTY MAINTENANCE99 words
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Article380 1948-03-15 5 Malaya Council Of World Affairs Inaugurated THE Malaya Council of World Affairs was inaugurated at a meeting at the Malayan Democratic Union hall, North Bridge Road, yesterday. Addressing the gathering of more than 100 people, the Government of India Representative (Mr. J. A. Thivy) said that380 words
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Article39 1948-03-15 5 SEREMBAN. Sunday.— A dinner given last night by the Negri Sembilan Chinese Recreation Club in honour of the new councillors (Dr. Chong Ah Koon and Messrs. Lee Foong Yee, Yong Sze Lim and Koh Lian Chin» was largely attended.39 words
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Article, Illustration75 1948-03-15 5 I'll (hY S( OIT. Ah Toe. a ■MMkcff of St. Andiew's Orthopaedic Hospital Scout 'I ntop. seen iccclvluf a lessun m knots from his Scoutmaster (Mr. T. McKeady) at the Scout rally at Jalaa P-isar Stadium on Saturday. Ah Tee is a cripple, but he hopes to ne able to75 words
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Article96 1948-03-15 5 X MERICAN business a men, on a world mar kttinK survey, will arrive <»n the Atlas Supply Company's plane, Sky Merchant, at Kallang Airport tMs morning. The plsune. a giant four motored Skymaster, carries the latest up-to-date aviation devices and has a complete display of Atlas96 words
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Article214 1948-03-15 5 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Sunday. DASSENGERS on the Prai-Kelantan express which was held up and robbed by 40 masked and armed bandits on Friday say that the robbery was systematic and well-planned. While some were robbing the passengers others were firing warning shots, and the screams214 words
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Article136 1948-03-15 5 Two Chinese houses situat- i ed less than a mile from each other in Changi Road were robbed early yesterday morning. At 3.15 a.m. three Chinese, one armed with a pistol. I robbed a house at the 7th mile, getting away with $100 in cash and goods,136 words
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Article29 1948-03-15 5 A young Chinese woman was taken unconscious to the Singapore General Hospital after falling off a private bus lin Tiong Bharu Road at 4 p.m. yesterday.29 words
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174 1948-03-15 5 THE Bishop of Singapore (the Right Rev. J. L. Wilson) last night made a radio appeal for funds to maintain a home which has to turn back hundreds of blind children and for a radio for crippled children m hospital. The institutions are the Orthopaedic Hospital at174 words
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Article, Illustration42 1948-03-15 5 Miss Jessie Kilgour, headmistress of the Church of England Zenana Mission School, Sophia Road, Singapore, who has just retired after 23 years of teaching m the East. For the time being, Miss Kilgour will continue her work m Malaya as a missionary.42 words
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Article242 1948-03-15 5 DutyToVote In Elections Stressed A BOYCOTTER took the f\ microphone at an election candidate's first meeting in Singapore last night, monopolised question time and attacked the new constitution. The candidate, Mr. M. J. Namazie (Independent. Municipal North-East > had given an address in English to a mainly non-English speaking audience242 words
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Article179 1948-03-15 5 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Sunday. rE Penang Hospital Surgeon, Mr. C. P. Allen, told the Coroner (Mr. A. M. I. Austin) how Mrs. Yeap Hock Hoe, a well-known racehorse owner, failed to revive on the operating table after an operation on her head had179 words
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Article87 1948-03-15 5 PENANG, Sunday. Seven hundred tons of Taiwan sugar are being unloaded here from the 1,873 ton vessel Huang Hsing. The Huang Hsing arrived in Penang yesterday after having unloaded 600 tons of sugar at Singapore and another 300 tons at Port Ihe Huang Hsing is one oi 40087 words
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Article60 1948-03-15 5 SINGAPORE police will m future seize bicycles which are unfit for the road, a Traffic Police spokesman said yesterday. He said many road accidents m the recent past had been due to bicycles having inefficient brake, bent handle-bars and other defects. The police m Singapore are now making60 words
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Article70 1948-03-15 5 THE presentation of the commemoration plaque to the nurses who served m the internee wards m the Singapore Hospitals from 1942 to 1945 will take place at the General Hospital, Singapore, tomorrow at 4.30 p.m. The Governor of Singapore. (Sir Franklin Gimson) will open the ceremony. This plaque70 words
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Article90 1948-03-15 5 KUALA Lumpur has more than 2,000 illegal houses and these are mainly insani- tary, it is revealed m the Town Board's annual report. It states that illegal houses continued to be erected at the the rate of one or two daily and that lack of accommodation m the90 words
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Article97 1948-03-15 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday.— On his way back from Ipoh yesterday, the High Commissioner, (Sir Edward Gent), inspected the site of the proposed Dussek memorial Library at the Sultan Idris Training College at Tanjong Malim. Old pupils of this college, j which Is the distributing cen- tre for Malaya97 words
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Article178 1948-03-15 5 OVER 300 people, mostly Malays, attended an anti-election meeting convened by the Malay Nationalist Party, at Geylang Serai, yesterday evening. Main points stressed by the speakers were that the indigenous and domiciled people of Malaya could not allow "outsiders and foreigners" to interfere with the government of178 words
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Article, Illustration154 1948-03-15 5 Australia nas had eighty years' experience of distilling whisky, said the assistant general manager of United Distillers Pty.. Ltd. (Mr. George Taylor) in Singapore, i yesterday. Mr. Taylor told the Straits Times that it was true that I Australian whiskies differed lin taste from Scotch but. he154 words
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Article97 1948-03-15 5 From Our Staff Corres^ ondent SUNGEI, PATANI Sunday. A Siamese women, whose husband threw an axe at her, pleaded with the District Judge (Inche Azmi Mohamcd) Ito snow leniency to her husband. Eh Long was charged with voluntarily causing hurt to his wife at Tanking Dewai.97 words
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308 1948-03-15 5 THE Communder-in-Chief Air Command, Fai East, (Sir Hugh P. Lloyd) will be conducting .an indoor exercise to bt known as "Thunderflash,'' at his headquarters m Singapore on March 18 and 19. The exercise u> designed to s'udv the combined RAF. Bomber Command and United States Strategical308 words
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Advertisement52 1948-03-15 5 KEEP MALAYAN MONEY IN MALAYA USE CRESSONITE PATENT CORRUGATED Rubber Roofing RIGID AS STEEL LIGHT AS ALUMINIUM NON-CORRODING NON-INFLAMMABLE PERMANENT MADE IN THE COUNTRY ENTIRELY WITH MALAYAN RAW MATERIALS A PRODUCT OF CRESSONITE INDUSTRIES .TO. PASIR PANJANG. SINGAPORE. I FLIES. MOTHS jmr AND ALL INSECTS f J I s^>^^ 4b^MMWM7BB952 words
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Advertisement122 1948-03-15 5 RILLINGILLES 'SENIOR RALCBLU" BLUE FLAME COOKERS I Iwb^^ I* act fcf Economical 2 BURNER STOVES with SINGLE OVEN $125.00 3 BURNER STOVES with DOUBLE OVEN $165.00 4 BURNER STOVES with DOUBLE OVEN $185.£0 THE MANLEY URM Can be used on \.C. or D.C. Mains. f~-r r^C^^^^ A new DerfeCt domi-stu122 words
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Article934 1948-03-15 6 Conditioned By London From A Market Correspondent TONDITIONED by international complications and uncertainty in London, activity in Malayan markets was reduced last week. Quotations drifted down mainly through lack of interest There was some pressure to sell off scrip arrivals, however. Buyers operated during the decline and934 words
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Article341 1948-03-15 6 Supply Demand In U.S.A. NEW YORK, Sunday. AMERICAN industry's t\ race to satisfy post war demand moved a little nearer the finish line last week. Rubber manufacturers lined up behind radio makers to become the second major Industry to reach the podnt at which supply outweighs demand. Unemployment or a341 words
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Article21 1948-03-15 6 Stocks Industrials Rails Utilities M >Iar. 12 60.82 166.99 49.90 3?.OO Mar. 1 61.05 167.62 50.23 31.99 -AJ.21 words
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Article275 1948-03-15 6 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, (By Air Mail) THE estimate of Java's 1948 sugar crop is ;<bout 100,000 tons, accord ing to details received by the London sujrar brokers Hon C. Czamikow. This firm states fiat d:rinj 1947 fcur mills produced 8 100 tons from 1.229275 words
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Article56 1948-03-15 6 From Oar Own Correspondent LONDON (By Air Mail). The production of Buna synthetic rubber m the Anglo-American Zone of Germany, will cease m the middle of this year, according to an Economic Administration bulletin. The intention is to replace the annual loss of 6,600 tons of56 words
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Article336 1948-03-15 6 From Our Own Correspondent BATAVIA, (By Air Mail) THE Billiton Tin Comi pany and other interests will shortly establish j a factory at Palembang tc convert into aluminium oxide the crude bauxite j won by their subsidiary the .Netherlands Indies Bauxite Exploitation Company. The conversion into aluminium336 words
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Article260 1948-03-15 6 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, (By Air Mail). THE chairman of Kuala Kangsar Plantations Limited (Mr. Cl Jenkins) says political have replaced economic considerations in the fixing of prices for rubber. I "I cannot presume to give guidance on the future price of rubber." he says,260 words
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Advertisement222 1948-03-15 6 LAST GRANT|2gg|V 2 PM Jt SHC#S -INTECMNICOIOK** g Phone 5159 H M \j >, prodwc''o" o' fhtm WMiti. i/ost Oc<*»</<'6j<«?'&> f 111 l KIIMIE- ill NtHI TECHNICOLOR •a Sir X*»», Sn." Muff *>lU<«| 4ML GRAND PREMIERE tr^T TOMORROW Jt 4jtwmm colbfjitl poignant LrfV' *SAJ9tOO*) romance! $J^^3EB» /V^^-O 1 "fl ici.ud.tuvy222 words
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Advertisement299 1948-03-15 6 AMERICAN MAIL LINE FAST SERVICE To Los Angeles San Francisco. Portland Seattle Vancouver "INDIA MAIL" loads mid April "ISLAND MAIL" mid May For Freight passage please apply to: •gem.:— GUTHRIE CO.. LTD. Phone 6131 EVERETT ORIENT LINE Sails For Saigon. U.K., Manila, Shanghai m Hawser Bend 15th March For Madras.299 words
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Miscellaneous97 1948-03-15 6 RADIO MALAYA S FORE MJi am. to 12 noon. Schools' Brc.acica^t: lpm. Sydney Torch Ore he tr«: 140 Music. 8 15 Brief Kews. Tropical Talk. Announce* m nls: 8 30 Radio Orchestra: 9.00 -Go-Round: 9.45 World 10 00 My Kind of M(Mc: 10 30 Dance Mus5c: 11.00 Cote RADIO MALAYA97 words
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Miscellaneous125 1948-03-15 6 10.45 Educational: 11.00 Radio: Journal; 11.30 Savoyards; 12 00' Week's Composer: 12.15 In The' Interval: 12.45 Yankee Quarter. I I 03 Yours For The Asking; 2 05 Z ose. 5 30 Echoes from the Shows; 6.00 Thirty to One: 6.45 I Console; 7.00 Five O'clock Special: 7 45 Sports Roundup;125 words
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Miscellaneous121 1948-03-15 6 Variety on Record; 5.15 Australian Industrial Scene; 5.30 Invitation to Music: 5.30 Forces Favourites; 5.50 Agricu tural Bulletin; 6 00 Composer of the Week Charles Gounod (1818 1893); 6.45 Melody on the Move Duke Ellington Se Xavier Cugat; 7.00 Half Hour of Charm; 7.30 The Australian Story Dramatized Feature;7.45 Master121 words
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Article491 1948-03-15 7 LONDON, Sunday. A RECOMMENDATION by the Federation of British Industries that dividends be limited to amounts paid last year was in accordance with the market expectations although it put a temporary stop to the upward trend on Friday, says Reuter's financial correspondent. The hesitancy, however, was quickly replaced491 words
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Article202 1948-03-15 7 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, (By Air Mail). •fHF. chairman and deputy chairman of Anglo-Dutch Plantations of Java, who recently visited Java, have found many of the company s properties in better condition than had been expected. ..Last year th e chairman (Mr. W. H. Daukes)202 words
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Article117 1948-03-15 7 BAT A VIA, Sunday.—Official information says the conditions m the Krawang sector of West Java show at present a striking contrast with the conditions of two months a&o. The fields are now well cultivated and a rich harvest is expected. Rehabilitation on the rubber and tea117 words
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Article100 1948-03-15 7 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday— The Chief Secretary has fixed tr-e following values for rubber, copra and coconut oil for the purpose of assessing customs and excise duties: Rubber, for the period March 11 to March 17. 1948— 383's cents per pound. Copra, consigned100 words
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Article40 1948-03-15 7 FEB. TIN OUTPUT Austral Malay Tin Limited announce the following February returns: Thabawleik Tin Dredging 470 hours run, 86,000 cubic yards dug, 497 piculs of ore recovered. Austral New Zealand Mining— 485 hours, 303,000 cubic yards, 854 piculs of ore.40 words
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Article64 1948-03-15 7 From A Market Correspondent MOST sections of the Singapore produce market were quiet at the week-end. The rice market, with its establishment set-back, managed to wade through the week without any remarkable change. Sugar, which reacted favourably to the temporary Government suspension of private imports, did not maintain64 words
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Article72 1948-03-15 7 The Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association's prices at noon on Saturday were: Cto. CU. per Ib per lb. No. 1 R.S.S. Spot loose nominal 38% 39 No. 1 R.S.S. fob in bales Mar. 38% 29% No. 3 R.S.S. fob in bales Mar. 37% 37% No. 3 R.S S.72 words
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Article69 1948-03-15 7 j^NGL O-ORIENTAL (Malaya) Limited announce the following February output of tin concentrates, in piculs: Ampat Dredging 838 Batu Selangor Dredging 190 Berjuntai Dredging 1,080 Jelapang Dredging 668 Kamunting Dredging 1,773 Klang River Dredging 248 Kramat Dredging 083 Kuala Kampar Tin Fields 230 Kuchai ..176 Larut Tin Fields69 words
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Article33 1948-03-15 7 Mr. F. E. Maguire has resigned from the post of chairman of the board of Nordanal (Jorore) Rubber Estates. Messrs. A. P. Hamilton and G. R. Rfcper-Caldbeck have been elected directors.33 words
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Article21 1948-03-15 7 Kinta Tin Mine directors have declared a dividend of 7% per cent, payable on Mar. 25 m London.21 words
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Article19 1948-03-15 7 The following February rubber crops are announced, m lbs.: Henrietta Estate 155.550 Sungei Matang Estate 48,02919 words
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Advertisement682 1948-03-15 7 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. (incoruoraiea m Singapore) BLUE FUNNEL LINE SAILINGS FROM OK. AND 0.8. A "Men».the« ...From U.K Gdn. 15 -fiinnrut" Da. from U.K In Port "Aicjnoot" Due from U.S. A Mar. 21 "Glenogle" Dur from IK MUr. 3* SAILINGS FOR LIVERPOOL GLASGOW AND f OVTINrNTAI PORTS •P-omethcws* Sails for682 words
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Advertisement257 1948-03-15 7 PRESIDENT LINE SAILINGS TO NEW YORK AND BOSTON via INDIA EGYPT MEDITERRANEAN PORTS Freight Only MARINE LEOPARD Singapore Arr. Mar. 22 P. Sham Mar. 28 FURMAN VICTORY Wn££r« I 7.7.7. Or. 2S Penang Mar. 29 LYKES ORIENT LINE •sre« to HOUSTON MOBILE. NEW ORLEANS Limited Passenger Space Available 35 DAYS257 words
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Advertisement228 1948-03-15 7 i Shippers and others Interested in Shipping Intelligence are referred t« advertisements tn Col. 7 and 8 opposite page and to Shipping Notices on Page 2 "TREVAYLOR" loads l*r GENOA, MARSEILLES, LONDON and CONTINENTAL PorU via LONDON, HAMBURG, ANTWERP and ROTTERDAM If sufficient inducement offers Arrives Singapore 19th March. Sails228 words
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Advertisement667 1948-03-15 7 ELLERMAN KLAVENESS BUCKNALL PACiFIC PORTS LONDON mumnu ANTWERP s>nor<> p s>hi T "CITY OF KHARTOUM" 8"S£ K S JET: S'pore P. STiam Penang ROSEVILLE 20-26 Mar. 27-29 Mar. SO Mar./ One 7 Apr 1 1 A«ir. 1 Apr. Sails 9 Apr 10 Apr 12 \at. Arrnta McALISTER CO., LTD. (Incorooratea667 words
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Article523 1948-03-15 8 MALAYA, INDIA LIKELY TO CLASH Badminton Cup Prospects From VERNON MORGAN, Reuter's Sports Editor LONDON, Sunday. PRITAIN'S chances of winning the first international badminton trophy, the Thomas Cup, to be played in London in the spring of next year are nil, judging from the results of the English badminton championships523 words
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Article126 1948-03-15 8 LONDON, Sunday. MILLIONS of British sportsmen and women watched the sport yesterday afternoon, when m glorious spring sunshine, an unprecedented athletic year culminating m the Olympic Games was ushered m with a feast of sport calculated to gladden any sportsman's heart. Vast crowds, numbering many tensReuter - 126 words
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Article56 1948-03-15 8 SHEFFIELD, Sunday. CYDNEY Wooderson, who won the individual title In the English Native Crosscountry championship here yesterday, has been chosen to run for England m the International Cross-Coun-try championships at Reading on April 3. Wooderson had announced his retirement from international athletics at the end of 1946. batReuter - 56 words
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Article246 1948-03-15 8 CHIX Kee Onn, former Malayan champion, entered the men's singles semi-finals of the Singapore indoor tennis championships yesterday at the Happy World Stadium. However, he was taken to three sets by Low Kee Pow before winning. He will now meet Pakir. m the semi-final. In the246 words
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Article58 1948-03-15 8 COSTLY A last-minute error by Wai 1 Mun, who otherwise displayed splendid goalkeeping, caused the Tiger Sports Association to lose by the odd goal m three to the Royal Engineers m a game of soccer played at the Jalan Besar Stadium yesI terday. Charters and Jordan scored for58 words
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Article44 1948-03-15 8 LONG BEACH, California, Sunday.—Lloyd La Beach, who i will compete for Panama m the Olympics yesterday equalled the world's record 9.4 seconds for the 100-yard dash. Because La Beach had a "rolling start," the starter refused to certify the time, however. —A.P.AP - 44 words
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Article267 1948-03-15 8 LONDON, Sunday. WITH the football transfer market closing on Tuesday, cSubs fighting for promotion or against relegation have been making concerted efforts to secure players who may prove vital to the future. After today any player signed will not be eligible to play for his newReuter - 267 words
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Article214 1948-03-15 8 Swimmers For Penang Selected |X)LLOWING a number of J? tryout3 held at their pool yesterday, the Chinese Swimming Club, Singapore, selected their team to meet the Penang Chinese Swimming Club at their aquatic meet at Penang during the Easter holidays. The following is the team: Men's section: Teo Siew Sun,214 words
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Article248 1948-03-15 8 THE R.A.F. Sembawang I beat a Singapore Cri-j cket Club side by 18 runs m a cricket match played at Sembawang yesterday, i The home team compiled 113 ("Chinnery 34. Chanter 32, J. C. Smith six for 16) and dis- i missed the S.C.C. for 95 (H.248 words
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Article181 1948-03-15 8 LONDON, Sunday. T ANCASHIRE won the Rugby Union county championship final by beating Eastern Counties by five points to nil at Cambridge yesterday after a keen struggle. The scoring came m the I 29th minute, when Bole raced af tor a punt ahead and wont over forReuter - 181 words
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Article51 1948-03-15 8 THE S.C.C. cricketer J. B. H. Leckle. took eight wickets (for 17 runs and performed the hat-trick when he bowled for Sundram's XI In a Ceylon Sporus Club game yesterday. Muthucumaru'i XI scored 198 runs against 81 by Sun- dram's XI. Kailasapathy top-scored In the match, with51 words
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Article87 1948-03-15 8 LONDON. Sunday —There will be an all London final to the \mateur Cup (soccer), for holders. Jjeytonstooe. and Barnet, winners m 1946. won yesterday's semifli als which attracted more than 60 000 spectators between them, j .Results were: Barnet 2, Boldmere St. Michaels 0; Leytonstone I, BishopReuter - 87 words
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Article72 1948-03-15 8 The Singapore Indian Association beat the Johore Postal and Telecommunications Recreation Club seven-nil at table tennis m Johore Bahru yesterday Rcsulst S Suppiah bt Masban 3—o:3 0: Sardool Singh bt Tan Tai Choon 3—o; M. Slvam bt S. Masaang 3—o; Sivam bt Zaid bin Hajl Omar 3—o;3 0;72 words
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Article55 1948-03-15 8 1 Ol>.\ V SOCCEB: S.A.F.A. League, Dlv. I—S.C.C. t. A.A.A., .padang, 5.15 p.m.; Navy v. R.A.F. Changi, Jalan Besar stadium, 5.15 p.m. TABLE TENNIS: Singapore Chinese trials, Chinese Sports Association. Aon Slang Hill, 8 p.m. TENNIS: S.L.T.A. Indoor Championships, Happy World Stadium, 6.15 p.m. BADMINTON: Singapore Malays' tournament,55 words
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Article336 1948-03-15 8 AN almost dead calm delayed the start of; the Royal Air Force; (Changi) Yacht Club, regatta for about 45 minutes yesterday. In an effort to fit In the race programme before lunchtime, competitors In several races started within minutes of one another, and the Straits were336 words
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Article303 1948-03-15 8 A ll-Lancashire F.A. Cup Final LONDON, Sunday. THE English F. A. Cup final at Wembley Stadium on April 24 will be an all-Lancashire duel between Manchester United and Blackpool. In the semi-finals yesterday Manchester United outplayed Derby County at Sheffield, their insideleft, Pearson, scoring a brilliant "hat-trick At Villa Park.303 words
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Article, Illustration20 1948-03-15 8 TWO DINGHIES back from a race at the Royal Air Force (Changi) Yacht Club regatta held yesterday. Straits Times Picture.20 words
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Article132 1948-03-15 8 LINCOLN, Sunday. ALTHOUGH a 33-1 out- sider triumphed in' the Lincolnshire Handicap yesterday, backers had far j better of the duel with bookmaker rivals, for four! favourites and one second! favourite scored m the other five races. The King's jockey, Willie Carr, riding the 11-4 chance, Palm Vista,Reuter - 132 words
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Article274 1948-03-15 8 Ireland Gain Triple Triumph BELFAST, Sunday. IRELAND won the tmi-: I crown victories ovel the other home coun for the first tin.c s nce 1899 when t^ov b<"<' Wales by six points tr three yesterday. They had previously MSttred themselves of the ent -e International cham"loni«h o, which Includes matrhtReuter - 274 words
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Article81 1948-03-15 8 Johore Bahru I Singapore Rovers by three-two r a well-contested game of t played at Johore Bahru Barty m the game 8t Johore Bahru s left-half wi jured and had to leave them Id. In the second half Dc I the Rovers' goalkeeper, carried off81 words
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Article55 1948-03-15 8 AIRMEN WIN 2- 1 In a fast game of socctr at the 223 8.0.D. ground m tit. George's Road yesterday 'iv R.A.P. Seletar beat the Joilt by two goals to one. Muthiah opened Mcounti tor the JollUads. Hill equalised m the second half, and Taylor m;t m the winning goal55 words
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Advertisement542 1948-03-15 8 CLASSIFIED ADS. (Continued trom Paste 4) TIHTION DHKSSMAKING Classes openIng shortly by French, Westend I nndon Dressmaker. Limited nrmber pupils, book early. En*Piplomas Riven. Special <■' nlnt classes for working eirls. Rmrlna. Windsor Hotel. Killiney Road. Phone 7193. DRESSMAKING; learn to mnke your own smart dresses m efficient ways at542 words
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Miscellaneous20 1948-03-15 8 SINGAPORE TIDES TODAY: High water. 1.20 pm (8.8 ft TOMORROW: High water, 1.26 a.m. (8.7 ft), 2 om 81 ft).20 words
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