The Straits Times, 24 October 1948
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Title Section22 1948-10-24 1 FINAL EDITION I' THE SUNDAY TIMES LARGEST NETT SALE IN MALA YA No. 691. SINGAPORE, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1948. PRICE 10 CENTS.22 words
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Article328 1948-10-24 1 GUARDS GET READY FOR ACTION Taking up new positions Sunday Times Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Saturday. ITNITS of the Brigade of Guards are taking up positions for operations against the terrorists. Men of the Scots Guards, as a training manoeuvre, combined with Gurkhas last night in setting up ambushes in328 words
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Article, Illustration31 1948-10-24 1 CAPT. GEORGE WRIGHT, who took the chair, speaking at yesterday's meeting of the Overseas League at the Victoria Memorial Hall On his right is the Governor of Singapore. Sir Franklin Gimson.31 words
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Article88 1948-10-24 1 WASHINGTON, Sat. UNITED STATES military aircraft, including some of I the latest and fastest postwar I models, will be offered for sale to other American Repu- blics for purposes of hemis- pherlc defence, the U.S. Air 1 Force has announced. The planes are the F-80AP - 88 words
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Article77 1948-10-24 1 HELSINKI. Saturday. EMERGENCY police squads Ed fought off a mob of 1,500 Btone-throwdng Communist demonstrators today as the first serious violence erupted In Finland's wave of strikes. Police charged into a mob, which hurled a barrage of stones as It scattered. There was no report ofUP - 77 words
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Article76 1948-10-24 1 THE "Practitioner," a British medical journal, has reported the case of a man who was cured of baldness by the acquisition ot a new house. Declaring that "the essential cause of alopecia areata (patchy baldness) is psychological." Dr. I I Hellier wrote in the magazineAP - 76 words
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202 1948-10-24 1 Sunday Times Staff Reporter THE Medical College Union regard the system in the Malayan Health Service whereby graduates intending to enter government service should have a year's hospital experience as "archaic, redundant and purposeless", said Mr. Tan Chee Koon, M.C.U. president, last night. Mr. Tan was202 words
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Article19 1948-10-24 1 Two Chinese last night held up a Shanghale.se in Cavenagh Street and robbed him of $200.19 words
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Article72 1948-10-24 1 WASHINGTON. Sat. I^HE outline of the proposed "Atlantic pact" linking Western Europe with North America in a formal defensive alliance will be before the five Foreign Ministers of the Western Union powers when they meet In Brussels on Monday. Reports from the Washington envoys of the fiveReuter - 72 words
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Article65 1948-10-24 1 LONDON. Sat. THE Bank of England an- nounced today that the £100,000.000 "British Electricity Authority" loan first new money raised for any of the Industries nationalised by the present Socialist Government was over-subscribed Applications up to and Including £50,000 were allotted In full, but applicants forReuter - 65 words
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Article, Illustration51 1948-10-24 1 rpHIRTY EIGHT YEAR OLD Group Captain Douglas Bader, Britain's legless air ace, climbs out of his plane at Kallang Airport yesterday afternoon. Above are Group Captain Bader and Mrs. Bader. Mr. A. L. Sharpe, aviation assistant of Shell Aviation Co., and Mr. W. B. Dohree, aviation manager of Shell in51 words
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Article129 1948-10-24 1 PARIS, Saturday. >THE UNITED NATIONS Political Committee today x approved an Arab move to postpone consideration of the Palestine problem for a week, by 19 votes to 16. The United States voted with the Arab states. Britain, along with thirteen other states, abstained from voting. The SovietAP; UP - 129 words
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Article23 1948-10-24 1 Mrs. Morrow-Tait. British round-the-world flyer, left Calcutta yesterday for Rangoon after waiting several weeks for engine parts from Britain —Reuter.Reuter - 23 words
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Article24 1948-10-24 1 Tickets for a state-operated lottery, with confiscated Jewels as prizes, were sold out with an hour after in Tientsin yesterday.— A.P.AP - 24 words
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Article116 1948-10-24 1 SEOUL, Saturday. THE rebels have recaptured Posong, 26 miles x southwest of Sunchon, Korean Army headquarters announced today as the bitter battle for the city continued. Loyal troops took the city yesterday. There were reports of scattered fighting from other areas of the South Peninsula,AP - 116 words
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Article28 1948-10-24 1 PONDICHERRY, Sat. A French Government spokesman said today that a French cruiser has been ordered to Pondlcherry as a result of Frlday'g disorders tn MaheA.P.AP - 28 words
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Article51 1948-10-24 1 THE HAGUE. Sat. MAJOR-GEN. RADEN ABDUL KADIR, who signed the Indonesian truce on behalf of the Dutch, has been asked by the Dutch Government to succeed Dr. Hubertus van Mook as Lleutenant-Oov-ernor-General of the Dutch East Indies It was learned today from a usually reliable source.Reuter - 51 words
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Article41 1948-10-24 1 Large areas of the Russian sector of Berlin were without gas yesterday after the Western powers shut the mains at sector borrier s to prevent seepage eastward of supplies produced by works In blockaded Western Berlin A.P.AP - 41 words
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Article262 1948-10-24 1 Sunday Times Staff Correspondent LONDON, Saturday. "V AM sure I am expressing the views of all decent minded people when I say I cannot condemn too strongly the deliberate political terrorism and violence that has brought so much sorrow and bloodshed to the peoples of262 words
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Article57 1948-10-24 1 pECRUETING for Britain's XV regular armed forces has begun to rise again after falling oil 50 per cent below last year's level, It was announced yesterday. In the first nine months of this year 50,054 have enlisted In the armed forces compared with 78,400 forAP - 57 words
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283 1948-10-24 1 Bader lands silver plane at Kallang Sunday Times Staff Reporter pROUP Captain Douglas Bader, Britain's legless air ace, landed in Singapore yesterday afternoon in a silver Percival Proctor plane which he had piloted on a 19-day flight from London. With him was his wife, Thelma. "She is listed on my283 words
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Article29 1948-10-24 1 A National Civilian Army, on the lines of the Malayan auxiliary police force, will be organised In Siam shortly to combat Communist unrest and possible sabotage.—Renter.Reuter - 29 words
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Article70 1948-10-24 1 LONDON. Sat. A Foreign Office spokesman said today that the British Government was considering recommendations from its Embassy in Bangkok on the possible supply of arms by Britain to Slam, but that no decision has been made yet. He was commenting on a newspaper reportReuter - 70 words
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Article1124 1948-10-24 2 World War 1 and two characters I^h Iwwjll h&'j h^Sil^^^^l IIEFORE World War 1 there was quite a large German community in Singapore. They had their own club the Teutonia, now the Goodwood Park Hotel—in Scotts Road, and it was considered a great honour to be invited to it. I1,124 words
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Article529 1948-10-24 2 AMONG THE NEW BOC'<S TOOTHING is more 11 stupid than to complain because v writer who has given you great pleasuie when he wrote in one style has now decided to write a book in a different nyle. So, while I am willing to admit that I529 words
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Article, Illustration450 1948-10-24 2 PHOTO NOTES WHEN you get down to analysing any group of photographs, It Is surprising to find the number which appeal merely because they present a new, fresh aspect of some familiar object or scene. Sometimes this ritw aspect results from an interesting method of lightingshooting straight down from such points as the top of ships mast and the top of high building - 450 words
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Article510 1948-10-24 3 Popularity is growing Sunday Times Staff Reporter nOCTORS, councillors and family advisers. Those are the functions expected of the staffs of Government's three "Kreta Obats" when they tour rural Singapore everyday, bringing the dispensary to the poor instead of making the poor go to the510 words
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Article195 1948-10-24 3 Spore Sikhs to found new school Sunday Times Staff Reporter. |*HE Singapore Sikh Pritl--1 nidh Sabha, the central organisation of the 5,000 Sikhs in Singapore, have drawn up plans to build an English school in the city. The President of the Sabha, Sardar Tara Singh, yesterday told the Sunday Times195 words
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Article94 1948-10-24 3 Sunday Times Correspondent SEREMBAN, Saturday. 'I 'HE police are offering a A reward of $2,500 for information leading to the discovery of the two national registration workers, a Chinese professional photographer and the Malay son of a kampong headman, who were kidnapped by four armed94 words
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Article42 1948-10-24 3 A MALAY police despatch rider sustained an injury to his ribs when he was thrown oft his motor cycle near the Nee Soon police station in Upper Thomson Road at noon yesterday. The accident happened when his machine skidded.42 words
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Article, Illustration38 1948-10-24 3 MR. AND MRS. PHUA tfEOW CHIANG leaving the Chinese Presbyterian Church yesterday after their wedding. The bride Is the daughter of Mrs. Tan Lee Sze Mvi and the nis the son of Mr. and Mrs. Phua Choon Kiat.38 words
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Article29 1948-10-24 3 Sunday Times Staff Reporter The Archibishop of Sydney, the Most Rev. H. Mowll. arrived in Singapore yosterday on his way back to Australia from the Lambeth Conference.29 words
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Article127 1948-10-24 3 Sunday Times Stall' Reporter MR. S. H. D. Elias. counsel for the defence In the preliminary inquiry in the Seventh Police Court into the tentative charge of theft of a three-ton truck and a generating set from the R.A F. aid strip in Paya Lebar on Jan.127 words
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Article, Illustration27 1948-10-24 3 1M IF 40-year-old dredge, Kuan tan, which ha? arrived in Singapore for dry dock examination after a spell of service at the mouth of the Kuantan River.27 words
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Article220 1948-10-24 3 Sunday Times Staff Reporter rPHE dredging of the two-and-a-half mile sand bar 1 at the mouth of the Kuantan River will probably take ten years, according to an officer on board the 40-year-old dredger Kuantan, which has arrived hi Singapore for survey in dry dock. The220 words
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Article124 1948-10-24 3 Sunday Times Staff Reporter THE reorganisation of the Singapore Municipal Town Cleansing Department and the provision of 30 new nightsoil vans "during the last three months have resulted in an improvement in nightsoil collection. The Superintendent of the Town Cleansing Department, Mr. J. B. Doherty, told the124 words
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Article51 1948-10-24 3 Sunday Times Staff Reporter. A 15-YEAR-OLD cycllsi Lee Choo Telk yesterday evening succumbed to injuries he received In a collision with a military truck at the 11th mile, Tampenis Road. The accident occurred shortly past noon, and Lee died In the General Hospital six hours51 words
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Article31 1948-10-24 3 Sunday Times staff Reporter Mr. Klang Ai Kirn passed with honours the B. Sc. Special Examination in Chemistry of the University of London held in Singapore in June, 1948.31 words
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Article172 1948-10-24 3 Sunday Times Staff Reporter /CINEMA-GOERS in Singapore have forgotten all about the polio scare, when cinema attendances showed a small decline, and Emergency Regulations are not preventing them from attending the late shows, a cinema-manager told the Sunday Times yesterday. Other managers agreed that attendances, especially172 words
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Article82 1948-10-24 3 I Sunday Times Staff Reporter MR G. M. K. Sabai. the Hon. j™ General Secretary of the 'Hindu Association in Singa- pore, wrote to the Indian Representative here asking him to confirm the exact date of Deepavali. Mr. Sabai has received a reply saying that Deepavali falls this82 words
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Article398 1948-10-24 3 THE GOVERNOR Sunday Times Staff Reporter "WHERE is a tendency in Singapore to long for a return of those so-called 'good old days before the war' though a little reflection will show that the past will never return," said the Governor, Sir Franklin Gimson,398 words
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Article27 1948-10-24 3 Sunday Times Staff Reporter Singapore police are Investigating the death of Ng Jee Sdng, who was found dead at 6f mile. Changl Road late yesterday.27 words
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Article71 1948-10-24 3 DEAD ON THE ROAD WHO IS SHE? OINGAPORE traffic police are anxious to contact the relatives of an unknown 40--year-old Chinese woman who was killed by a hit-and-run vehicle at the 11th mile, Br.liit Timah Road yesterday. A Malay policeman on patrol duty found the body of the dead woman71 words
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Article27 1948-10-24 3 A Chinese suffered serious face in Juries when he fell off a bus at the Junction of Jalan Besar and Kelantan Lane, yesterday.27 words
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Article, Illustration1661 1948-10-24 4 Sit Yin Fong - TWO FAITHS SHARE HOLY ISLAND Sit Yin Fong by TWENTY minutes by motor sampan south of Singapore lies Kusu Island, which for the past 135 years has been a place of annual pilgrimage for Singapore Chinese. The Chinese words Ku Su in Hokkien mean Turtle Island; and the Island Is1,661 words
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Article417 1948-10-24 4 808 GILMORII - 808 GILMORII He'll break a record By HALF-WAY through next April, Australia's Federal Labour Government will te faced with the curly question of whether it will do the decent thing by Billy Hughes. William Morris Hughes, Liberal member of the House of Representatives for North Sydney, has417 words
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Article356 1948-10-24 5 FmJ shelter in Segamat Sunday Times Correspondent SEGAMAT, Saturday. TRAVELLING secretly at night through the jungle all the way from their settlement at Tuang Kajang on the Pahang border, a band of about 90 Jakuns reached safety in Segamat District this week after their settlement had356 words
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Article, Illustration61 1948-10-24 5 LFOKTY-THREE year-old Mr. Eddie Soh, marketing assistant of the Texas Company (China) Ltd., who sails from Singapore next week by the Will em Ruys on a business trip to U.K. and America. Mr. Soh will spend four months in the United States on work connected with the Texas Company. He61 words
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Article63 1948-10-24 5 The Singapore Chamber or Ccmmerce Rubber Association's noon prices yesterday (Oct. 33 were, in cents per Ib Buyer Seller No. 1 R.S.S. Spot loose nominal 42 43 F.OJ. in bales Nov. No. l R s.s 42\ 41 No. 3 R.SS 41 4U» j [No. 3R. 8.8 39H 39H On63 words
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Article57 1948-10-24 5 SEGAMAT. Saturday. The Johore State AntiMalarial Board has been reconstituted and is composed of the P.M.0., DP. MO. State Under-secretary. Collector of Land Revenue, Johore Bahru. Offlcer-in-charg» of Town Boards Stat* Engineer, Senior Engineer D. 1.. Dr. T. E. Cheah. Dr. R. Hall Senior Medical Officer fMilitary) Johore57 words
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Article27 1948-10-24 5 M U A R, Saturday.— The wedding of Mr. Leo Lee and Miss Catherine Chua took place yesterday at the Roman Catholic Church, Muar.27 words
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Article21 1948-10-24 5 The preacher at St. Hilda's Church at Evensong today Is the Rev. J. Denlegh-Maxwell, Chaplain attached to H.M.S. London.21 words
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Article160 1948-10-24 5 Sunday Times Staff Reporter f\\ .l) Straits Settlements one-cent coins, some of them issued more than eighty years ago, have I reappeared in circulation in the Colony, together with a number of old Chinese round coins, including some issued to commemorate the founding of the Chinese160 words
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Article, Illustration44 1948-10-24 5 MISS LU ANNE SHAW, who will be among the artistes to appear at the Poppy Day dance to be held at the Goodwood Park Hotel, Singapore, on Oct. 29. Tickets, which include supper, are Sl5 double and $10 single.— Photo by Kan ova. London.Kan ova - 44 words
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Article425 1948-10-24 5 Share Market Sunday Times Financial Correspondent DRICES were well maintained where they did not actually appreciate last week in a share market that continued moderately active. There was a fair turnover, mainly hi the industrial section, and tins showed a firmer market. Pride of place in industrials was425 words
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Article36 1948-10-24 5 Sunday Times Staff Reporter SEGAMAT. Saturday. Found asleep on duty on Segamat Estate, special constable Abdul Latlf bin Alb (19) was sentenced to a week's goal by the Segamat Magistrate, Che Bidln. on Thursday.36 words
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Article39 1948-10-24 5 MUAR, Saturday.— A teachrrs' basketry class is being held at the Government English School every Thursday under the instruction of a Malay school *eacher. Teachers of the 0.E.8. and the Sultan Abu Bakar Girl 8choo? are attending.39 words
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Article54 1948-10-24 5 SEGAMAT, Saturday. SEVENTEEN members of the Jakun tribe which fled to Segamal for safety have been employed by two Government departments as labourers. Twelve will work for the Town Board and five for the PubUc Works Department. This is the first time in local history that these primitive folk54 words
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678 1948-10-24 6 THE SUNDAY TIMES SINGAPORE, OCT. 24, 1948. WHOLESALE NEED LOUD applause came Irom all delegates at the AllMalayan Urban Co-oper-ative Societies conference in March when it was proposed that a Malayan Co-operative Wholesale Society should be formed. On Wednesday night in Singapore Mr. J. G. Crawford Pan-Malayan Director of Co-operation,678 words
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Article, Illustration1483 1948-10-24 6 HARRY MILLER - HARRY MILLER E<zs£ CoasJ changing By THE great airfield 1 .at Kota Bharu has replaced the railway station at Palekbang, just across the Kelantan River, as the State's centre of arrivals and departures. Gaily dressed Malays watch the aircraft arrive —an absorbing spectacle for them1,483 words
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
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Letter382 1948-10-24 6 IN his interesting article on the Malayan Hornbills Dr. C. A. Gibson-Hill mentions the walling-up of the female hornblU during her nesting period, and quotes popular accounts as saying she is built in to prevent her straying from her duties. The Indonesians in the Indonesian Archipelago firmly382 words
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Letter129 1948-10-24 6 'IWANKB for your correctlons In the spelling of the words "sepat" and "sembllang." I used a very small hook for catching sepat. You can do the same. Bur the smallest hook you can get In the shops, cut off the top portion, and with two129 words
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358 1948-10-24 7 MALAYA'S BLIND WILL BE ABLE TO READ Braille code in translation Sunday Times Staff Reporter KUALA LUMPUR, Saturday. piVE PEOPLE, two of them blind, one 1 a doctor and the others specialists in their own vernacular languages, nave successfully designed a Braille formula which will enable Malaya's blind to read358 words
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Article101 1948-10-24 7 ■unday Times Staff Reporter PENANG, Sat. UNLESS householders save more electricity, certain •ections of the town may have to be blacked out in Penang. This fresh warning was issued by the Municipal Electricity Department today in an appeal to consumers to switch off "that one light."101 words
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Article151 1948-10-24 7 October keeps dry so far Sunday Times Staff Reporter CO far, this month has been the driest October in Singapore's history. The water level at the Macßitchie Reservoir has fallen considerably during the past three weeks. Unless there are heavy rains in the last few days of the month, recorded151 words
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Article96 1948-10-24 7 Sunday Times Staff Reporter •yiIERE were three Tires in Singapore yesu.day. Within one hour flre engine? from 'the Central Fire Static n had \ty go to Bali Lane— the first time to fleht a flre which 1 broke out in a cubi-le at No. 35 and96 words
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Article40 1948-10-24 7 Sunday Times Correspondent MUAR. Saturday.— A 21--year-old Chinese, Tan Koon Wan. who carried his fiancee on the cross bar of his bicvele was today fined $5 by the Magistrate. The Kirl. Chan Lan. was also fined $5 for ab?tment.40 words
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Article36 1948-10-24 7 The annual Cambridge Night dinner of St. Andrews School will be held in the Great Hall of the School on Saturday, Nov. 6. Guests of honour will be Professor and Mrs. T. H. Silcock.36 words
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Article, Illustration58 1948-10-24 7 EXPERIMENTS on the Ea cultivation of the cocoa tree as a possible addition to the economic resources of Malaya are now being carried out. The Botanic Gardens in Singapore have had a flourishing specimen of the tree growing for nearly twenty years. Here it Is (above). Picture on right shows58 words
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Article70 1948-10-24 7 Sunday Times Staff Reporter r |^HE City Accident AmbuA lance Service was kept busy yesterday— it answered 13 calls. Two calls were to ri love victims of assault, these Included two women from Rochore Road to the General Hospital. In two other cases the patients70 words
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Article228 1948-10-24 7 Sunday Times Staff Reporter T»HE total artisan labour force of Hume Industries x (Far East)— l7B men— have threatened to strike from Oct. 28, if by that time the management has not reinstated 75 dismissed men. The dismissed workers have stopped work, after refusing to accept228 words
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Article130 1948-10-24 7 Help S'pore youth, says McKerron Sunday Times Staff Reporter AN appeal for more boys' organisations was made yesterday by the Colonial Secretary, Mr. P. A. B. McKerron, at the annual founder's day dinner of the Boys' Brigade, organised by the Sure and Steadfast Club, held at the Cecil's Restaurant. Singapore,130 words
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Article58 1948-10-24 7 KUALA LUMPUR Sat THE Malayan Nature Society 1 has published a Nature Calendar for next year. The calendar contains well-composed panoramic pictures as well as the closeups of fauna and flora from every oart of the Federation One of the more interesting photographs is of a58 words
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Article140 1948-10-24 7 R, suiiaay runes SUif Reporter ATES ror the supply of gab I In Singapore will be In- creased from next month, by 50 cents for consumers outside Municipal limlta and on a varylnar scale for consumers within Municipal limits. The revised rates are140 words
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Article102 1948-10-24 7 EIGHT UNIONS LAPSE I Sunday Time* Staff Reporter KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. REGISTRATIONS of eight more trade unions in the .tv ■•♦ion have been cancelIff.. i Tvy are the Perak P'- tery labourers' Union, the ..iping Hawkers' Union, the Perak Shop Employees' Union the Perak Dressmakers' Union, the Bagan Serai Employees'102 words
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Article61 1948-10-24 7 The signal was wrong Sunday Times Staff Reporter I A Singapore Port Health x Officer dashed to the Dutch vessel Nieuw Holland I one day on Friday on learning that a signal for medical assistance had been hoisted. But uhm he got there, there was no patient on board. The61 words
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Article182 1948-10-24 7 Sunday Times Staff Reporter SINGAPORE'S first Junior Symphony Orchestra will make its debut with a two-night concert on Oct. 26 and 27 at the Victoria Memorial Hall. The Governor of Singapore, Sir Franklin Gimson, is patron oi the concert, proceeds of which will go to182 words
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Article85 1948-10-24 7 Sunday Times Staff Reporter r |*HE Seventh Singapore A Company of the Boys' Brigade held its annual display and review at St. Andrew's School. Woodsville yesterday with the Rev. J. W. J. Bteele, as the Inspecting Officer. The strength of the company, which was formed at85 words
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Article243 1948-10-24 7 Sunday Times Staff Reporter ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY Singapore girls and boys are looking for benefactor who can save their club, which to many of them is the only alternative to spending their leisure hours on the streets or in over-crowded homes. Katong Boys'243 words
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Article37 1948-10-24 7 Sunday Times Staff Reporter. In a collision between a bus and a civilian lorry at Upper Serangoon Road yesterday afternoon, a Chinese passenger on the lorry was Injured and taken to hospital.37 words
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Letter to the Editor
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Letter260 1948-10-24 7 Extend S'p ores silence area /\NE who has owned a car from 1908 until th© Japanese came and who was for 12 years interested directly in traffic problems in Singapore, and who suggested, ten years before it became a fact, the existing "Silence area," desires to lend his cordial support260 words
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Article27 1948-10-24 7 The clairvoyante who hflDed at the fete in aid of the Handicapped Children's Fund a fortnight ago was Mrs. Florence Museek and not Madame Florence.27 words
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57 1948-10-24 7 Sunday Times Stat Reporter IPOH, Saturday. A SECOND assize court will be in session here from next week to cope with the extra cases arising out of the emergency. The jir" wh" will preside over this cruet Is Mr. Justice J. B. Thomson, who arrived57 words
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Advertisement210 1948-10-24 7 COSSOR RADIOS aY JK <^P vw& <V Model 472AC/E $300 for A.C Mains H«re is a magnificant rectiver embodying the most advanced technique and designed throughout specifically for overseas use, with Bandspread Tuning on short wavebands In operation this model Is delightful to manipulate, the flywheel tuning control spinning smoothly210 words
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Article355 1948-10-24 8 - THIS WEEK FOR YOU SCORPIO (Oct. 24 -Nov. 22). Foreign affairs take a prominent place in your life. If you are planning a sea voyage, attend to details now. Be careful of accidents from carelessness. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23Dec. 22). Business affairs go well enough, but personal355 words
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Advertisement385 1948-10-24 8 DON T NEGLECT 1 BAD LJEjG Paii.tul varicose ulcers and teg sores qukUy yield to the marvellous curative powers of D.D.D Prescription, the antiseptic liquid healer thai Instantly attacks and kills (he deep<seated germs in the skin D.D.D Prescription stops all irritation and the temptation to scratch (which spreads the385 words
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Advertisement48 1948-10-24 8 ■■J^ff* 1 THE NON--1 POISONOUS Pyrelhex INSECTICIDE does not stain W*V CJ Destroys every ■i WP' Jr species of Wr a^ insects. V Highly useful for i DOMESTIC. HBs^H VORICLLTIRSi ggOB AL 4 \V\Kf l— HOUSE VSE. Kam Heng Trading Corp., Ltd. 19, Old Market Square, Kuala Lompur48 words
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Advertisement179 1948-10-24 8 tlitiiiks to thG Such a little Kolynos on a toothbrush springs in masses of fresh, breezy foam. Slips right round your teeth without any effort. Penetrates every crevice to clean, whiten, freshen. Vanishes with the y^ tooth-glass water. Kolynos SUCH A LITTLE S r MAKES )p leaves only afresh, healthy179 words
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Miscellaneous460 1948-10-24 8 BEING tied up in knot* ia they say. still you could be nnt 11 nieasant ex- TlErce in what sport? >rien?e but SSSS this 12. Which of these is not a ?S makes an Effort to tie jgnd ofTTE: Oxford l cravat, you up. you will probably link, bow, cross,460 words
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Miscellaneous211 1948-10-24 8 Sunday Times Crossword SbUUJV DOWN 1. Listen to (4); 4, Note for a j close em bra«»s (4); 2 Convening girl? (4); 8. It won't work (3); 10, Wind up (9); 11, Metal (4); 3, Clear (3); 4. t (4); 13. Bend (4); 14. A report strikes at the laundry?211 words
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Miscellaneous397 1948-10-24 8 AN earnest stuaent o! the k*iue recently approached us to ask aoout a certain phase of bidding which had him puzzled. "Suppose." he queried "I opeo th* bidding with a minimum spade bid. something like S. KJlOxx, H. xxx, D. Kx. C.A 19. and my partner responds with two diamonds.397 words
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Article279 1948-10-24 9 Shoes Bags OWNERS of pr etty ankles are favoured by new London shoe styles. Ankle strapped sandals have been in profusion these past months. The vogue does not seem played out but rather gaining increasing strentfh. Here are notes from 9 recent exhibition of new shoes: High court shoe with279 words
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Article614 1948-10-24 9 MARY HEATHCOTT - QUEUES, LIPSTICK and PERMS MARY HEATHCOTT by LONDON, Oct. 1L WE have been told that money is •tighter: that people have not so much to spend on clothes, on books, on theatres, cinemas and ni^ht clubs. But go out on a Saturday night in London and the slump if slump614 words
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Article220 1948-10-24 9 Gun Temple HUMAN CASEBOOK Does one announce oneself on the telephone as "Miss Jones speaking" or "Mary Jones speaking"?— M. S. SPEAKING from one's home when answerIng friends. "Mary Jones here" or "Mary Jones speaking" is customary. If the voice Is unknown the more formal "This is Miss Jones speaking."220 words
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Article380 1948-10-24 9 NAMING Princess 11 Elizabeth's baby, whose birth is expected early next month, will be quite a task, for theie is such a royal variety to choose from. If the baby is a girl, chances are that she will be called either Mary or Elizabeth,380 words
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Article, Illustration122 1948-10-24 9 LOTS of bright and pretty cottons are In the shops nowadays, just waiting to be bought, some of them as cheap as 80 cents a yard. They may be a little gaudy for dresses, but their big printed flower designs are just the thing for beach122 words
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Article389 1948-10-24 9 UTHAT not have the New Look in your kitchen too, and introduce these attractive ways of serving pastry? A new twist or braid here and there works wonders in serving up old favourite? Apple Pie SET on the oven and get it hot (425° F).389 words
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Article, Illustration50 1948-10-24 9 SMOKY sheath of a dresi, with delicate bosom folding and smoothly falling head -stole, makes evening witchery for Jean Kent, lovely J. Arthur Rank film star. The dress is designed by Rahvis. Miss Kent's current film is "Good Time Girl" and she will shortly start making "Sleeping Car to Venice".50 words
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Advertisement352 1948-10-24 9 I SPECTACLE WEARERS? Spectacle wearers often differ more than others from nervous Unslon. Where can this tension moat easily be broken? The answer Is through the nerves of the eyes by relieving the congestion of the myriad of tiny wins in the eyeball. The very act of douching the eyes352 words
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Advertisement176 1948-10-24 9 Pat-a-Creme, the new creamier toundation that doesn't dry or cake. Smooth as cream, supremely natural. See how it strokes on easily. > I covers little flaws. Makes you look pretty, and /^ITYv I you stay that way ln five love| y shades \jgKti SOLE AGENTS FOR SINGAPORE JU MAYNARD&CO.LTD. 1176 words
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Miscellaneous116 1948-10-24 9 CROSSWORD SOLUTION Across: 1. Hear. 4, Chit. 8, ~>ud. 10, Liquidate. 11, Gold IS. Fiex. 14. Pop. 10, Sly. 17, Efts. 18. Dull. 19, Misa. 20. Curio. 31, Toted. 23. Heady. 24, Ales. 20. Wont. 26, Ember. 28, Knead. 30. Tales. 31. Plea. 33, Ores. 34, Loud. 33, Auk. 37,116 words
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Article, Illustration701 1948-10-24 10 SRC full-backs in great form Kota Raja 3; S.R.C 0. FINE weather, the presence of the Police Band and a bumper crowd provided a perfect setting for the Singapore Amateur Football Association Cup final at Jalan Besar stadium yesterday. The game, however, did not701 words
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Article31 1948-10-24 10 npHE Singapore Police beat the R.A.F. Base Seletar by 22 points to nil at rugger at Seletar yesterday. The police scored six tries, two of which were converted.31 words
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Article212 1948-10-24 10 Till-: Lien Hwa team defeated the Federation 1 Malays by four goals to two in a friendly soccer match at Seremban yesterday evening. The match, which was played under the patronage of the Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negrl Sembilan, was in celebration of the first212 words
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Article463 1948-10-24 10 By COUBTCRAFT QNLY about $8,000 have oeen collected, and there is just six weeks to go before the Malayan Thomas Cup team sails for Britain, but Mr. Urn Chuan Go ok. president of the Badminton Association of Malaya who is travelling with the team as463 words
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Article973 1948-10-24 10 BOYS and girls under fourteen years of age took the honours at the fifth Singapore amateur swimming championship meeting held at the Singapore Swimming Club in Tanjong Rhu yesterday. Showing a decided improvement in all their events over their performances last year, they smashed four of973 words
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Article192 1948-10-24 10 TECK CHYE, KON LEONG IN FINAL Sunday Times Kuala Lumpur Sport Correspondent MALAYA's singles runner-up, Lim Kee Fong, was beaten yesterday by Yeoh Teck Chye, last year's Selangor runner-up, In the semi-final of the Selangor bad* mlnton championships played at Uu. Pudu English Girls' School Hall. There was a keen192 words
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Article203 1948-10-24 10 MANKAD AND ADHIKARI OUT CHEAPLY FE West Indies cricketers were all out for 206 runs whea they batted against the Indian States XI at Baroda yesterday. At the close of play the Indian States had replied with 10 for two, losing the wickets of Mankad and Adhikarl. Scores: WEST INDIES—Reuter - 203 words
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Article58 1948-10-24 10 PINGAPORE United will pUy 3 their first game against the Army on Wednesday at the Jaiau Besar stadium. On Nov. 6 they meet the Koyal Navy at Jalan Besar. and the next day they will play against R.A P. (Seletar) in a game in aid of58 words
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Article27 1948-10-24 10 THE Raffles Institution beat the Ceylon Sports Club one -nil at hockey or* the R.I. ground yesterday. J. Rajah scored in the second half.27 words
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Article16 1948-10-24 10 H.M.S. Terror beat Shell -Mcx at rugby yesterday by eight points to nil.16 words
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Article21 1948-10-24 10 The Keppel Bus and KakngBedok Bup company teams will play a soccer match at Geylang stadium today 5.15 p.m.21 words
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Advertisement277 1948-10-24 10 There \^2?s£> many v^-^\>*' imitations But only (he famous AERTEX Opco i Weave giTci that perfect protecnoo from both mid-day heat and evening Chill. Its countle** any air-cells form •o air-conditioned' insulator against extremes of temperature— you're cool •nd at your eatc tt all times in AERTEX Cut for freedom277 words
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Advertisement238 1948-10-24 10 Cease Sneezing! Stop a cold In the early ttages. Better •till, don't catch a cold. Use Hudson's 'Eumenthol' Jujubes constantly, regularly. Safe, sur«, pleasant, powerful, antiseptic. n_ /((way. use f liclson s ess the cumtntk©^' tAat doe 4 u<no aootC/' v $TOP AND BUY SOME ANYWHERL J Copyright All right*238 words
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Article796 1948-10-24 11 MANNIE SEAMON SAYS FVE handled champions for the best part of 35 years, and good as a number of them have been, Tin inclined to become a little less effusive about them as the years pass. There has to be an exception to everything, and for796 words
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Article63 1948-10-24 11 Blackheath 3, Swansea 6; Guy Hospital 11. Plymouth Albion 5. Harlequins 6. Coventry 9; Richmond 13, Cambridge Univ. 9; Bedford 8, London Scottish 8; Cardiff 24. Rosslyn Park 0; Leicester 6. Northampton 8: Uanellr 11. Newport 18. Cross Keys 8, Weston -super Mare 9: Edinburgh Wanderers 21, GlasgowReuter - 63 words
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Article275 1948-10-24 11 FEATHER - FEATHER Badminton Notes By MALAYA'S "Hiomas Cup repre sentatives wUI find plenty of opportunity of getting )n competitive practice under new conditions and against varying styles of play when they arrive in England, lor the badminton county championship season will be in full swing Some of275 words
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Article412 1948-10-24 11 LONDON, Saturday. PORTSMOUTH, unbeaten in their previous 13 English Footbal League matches lost their record at Wolverh. npton today leaving Derby County the only undeieated club hi all four divisions of the League. Wolverhampton Wanderers' speed rather than skill troubled Portsmouth whose forwards could not settle412 words
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Article323 1948-10-24 11 THE undergraduates beat the graduates in chess and tabte tends In the week Medical College Reunion Week games yesterday. The score In the chess tournament was four wins to the under* graduates, with three matches drawn. In the table tennis the ocore was four-one. The Graduates stood323 words
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Article, Illustration31 1948-10-24 11 THE finalists in the Ipoh V.M.C.A. doubles handicap championship played on Thursday, (left to right) L. S. Thivy and M. E. Moreira (runners-up). Ant Earn Hock and Khong Kit Thong (winners).31 words
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Article455 1948-10-24 11 By rRUE to form and general expectation, Wong Peng Soon yesterday retained his Singapore tadminton championship. He beat Ong Poh Lim, .5—9, 15—11. The singles final was the first round In the hree-final rivalry between Peng Soon and Poh Lim. Today they clash again In ;he455 words
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Article86 1948-10-24 11 International: France 12, Wales (at Swansea). Australian tow: Barrow 5, Australians 11. Lea*a e matches:— Batley IS. Bramley 6; Belle Vue Rangers 6, Wldnes 16; Bradford Northern 9, Huiislet 10; Featherstone Rovers 21 Whttehaven S: Halifax 24. Hull Kingston R. 12: Hull 12. Salford 5: Kelghley 12. 8t86 words
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Article25 1948-10-24 11 The Army Rugby XV will play the Singapore United team on October 27 at 5.15 pja. at the Jalan Betmr. Stadium. HCIMSI25 words
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Advertisement274 1948-10-24 11 Now f^a^BlKk Showing r^^JflWfffiSt™ S Shows Daily W§ II a.m.; 1.45; 1.15 j »^^illi^*'w^^^i^^^^^^2_^^^ 6. 15 and !*.30 p.m. mark 6inwwi-vW>^l IW£l JTmis V^VnVJ L'lP JlP.)jJL J<^^B Phone 3400 For kJU Comfort at 78" F. 1 THRILLING DRAMA r?l BRINGING YOU GRETA GYNT JOHN McCAUUM rp r AT ccT to274 words
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Advertisement354 1948-10-24 11 \lft AND lOVES OF IH* IIM AN tXCITING Woman, J^T en found Ser stunning WJ&jA glamourous. .sought-after A Byjl ...yet strangely clone and rw^il^aW strangely exciting! You'll m^^ jj^K f' n d her life was every woUS/ff 4b^L^r man's dreams come true... I^Hr 4^^^^F ncr s o r y/ stirring354 words
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Article1918 1948-10-24 12 Nevada Pays $79 Dividend From EPSOM JEEP IPOII, Saturday. BILLY Carol (Dawson up) carried Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald's colours to victory in the big sprint race at lpoh today, the last day of the Perak Turf Club's October meeting. Drawn on the inner rails, Billy1,918 words
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Article204 1948-10-24 12 Sunday Times Sports Correspondent. DENANG defeated Perak by 11 F->'nts (a goal and two tries) to three (a try) in an Inter-State rugger friendly played yesterday at the International Club ground Penang. Perak fielded a heavier pack and got the ball out of the scrum more204 words
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Article141 1948-10-24 12 Sunday Times Muar Sports Correspondent YEW talent has been discovered I after th« further thrte 1 hockey tri&U organised ay the I Johore Hockey Association at Muar last week-end, when representatives from Johore Bahru. Batu Pahat, Kluanp. Segamat and Muar took part. The selectors spent more than141 words
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Article148 1948-10-24 12 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. Th€ 656 Squadron, compose of R.AP. and Army personnel stationed in Kuala Lumpur played grand rugby this evening to beat a formidable Selangor Club side by a I goal and a try (8 points) to a drop goal148 words
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Article, Illustration44 1948-10-24 12 THE Colonial Secretary, Mr.P. A. B. McKerron. being introduced li. Abdul Rahman to the Kota Raja team before yesterday's S.A.F.A. Cup final. Kota Raja beat S.R.C. 3—o. Also in the picture are Mr. L. Cresson and Mr. F. C. Sands, president of the S.A.F.A.44 words
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393 1948-10-24 12 S.C.C. BEAT R.A.F. SELETAR AT RUGBY *mi£i. H pllJ (SeU •>»•• i■ WE Singapore Cricket Club coo- tlnued their winning vein when tney beat RAF (Seletar) In a very fast and keenly-contested game of rugger on the Padang yesterday by 17 points i a goal, a penalty goal <»nd three393 words
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Article76 1948-10-24 12 THE Singapore Hockey Association will hold an umpires meeting at the Singapore RecreaI tion Club tomorrow at 6 p.m. All affiliated Clubs are requested to send their representatives or anyone Interested, to this meeting. It is the intention of the Association to improve the standard of umpires,76 words
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Article58 1948-10-24 12 rpWO foreign tennis stars, Eric Sturgess of South Africa and Jaroslav Drobny of Czechoslovakia, scored successes In the annual Pan-American tournament. Sturgess beat Pancho Oonzales of Los Angeles 11—9, 9—o, o—4.0 4. while Drobny won a gruelling 190-m mte match from Prank Parker of Los AngelesUP - 58 words
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Article63 1948-10-24 12 Kirrg Kong beat All Riza Bey by two straight falls In two rounds at the Great World last night. Joginder beat Curly Connors by two falls to one In five rounds. George Zbisco was disqualified against Kid Masque. Leow Kwong Seng and Swaran Singh drew over six63 words
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Article16 1948-10-24 12 Scotland beat Wales by 3 l in Ihelr soccer International \t Cardiff yesterday. Reuter.Reuter - 16 words
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Article44 1948-10-24 12 THE following have been selected to represent the Singapore Cricket Club at hockey against the Cable Wireless XI at the Padang on Tuesday at B. IS p.m.: Mathot, Reeves. Details. Hooper. R;ile, Mcßae, Thomas, Lloyd. Taiyr Smith and Rr n d.44 words
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Advertisement148 1948-10-24 12 MALAYAN AIRWAYS LIMITED NOW TWICI DAILY FROM SINGAPORE TO iJW KUALA LUMPUR, IPOH TmnU AND PENAN Q DAILY SERVICE TO TAIPING I Cv^ft I IMPORTED FROM LONDON ENGLAND Made with rich, fine Virginia tobacco CAiUUHAS, LONDON ISO YEARS' REFUTATION FOR Quality P ''111 A dog in good condition is yfiX^148 words
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