The Straits Times, 10 April 1949

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  • 27 1 LARGEST NETT SALES IN MALAGA THE SUNDAY TIMES Sunday Edition ol th« Strait* Tim«« Singapore Fr*« Prmmm No. 715. SINGAPORE, SUNDAY, APRIL 10, 1949. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • 340 1 REDS SWITCH TACTICS IN ASIA 'Easing up in Malaya Sunday Times Special Correspondent "T"HE Communists, acting on orders from the Kremlin, are believed to be preparing new tactics in their efforts to create chaos in Asia. That is the upshot of opinions expressed by diplomats and foreign observers I have
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    60 1 rE Colonial Secretary, Mr. P.A.B. McKerron, addressing a tea-party at Raffle* Hotel yesterday held in honour of the crew of the Pakistan Navy Frigate. Shamsher. Mrs. Mil nir Mallal Is seen seated on the left, and Mr. Bashir Mallal and Lt. Commander II Hussain Zaldi commanding officer of the Shamsher,
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    35 1 DI. IK" crew, helped by spectators at Blakang Mali landing stage, empty a boat that berame waterUf| (1 during the Royal Singapore Yacht Club's first post-war rowing re--s:»!ta yesterday afternoon. See story in Page ten.
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  • 154 1 NEW CHIEF OF INDIAN CHAMBER Bundaj TtßSt MjII Rrpmier MR. Hardlal Singh was elected President of the Singapore Indian Chamber of^ C numerce jiesterday at the animal general meet ug of the ber. There were tv,o other can- Mr. J. M. Jumabhoy polled th<» lowest number of votes. Mr. R.
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  • 38 1 SUM] Times Staff Keportrr KUALA LUMPUR. Sat Bandits atacked Sungei Tua Estate, near K.iala Lu-Mpur. Uul night for the second nuht In succession. After a brief engagement with the Estate's special constable! tn bandits made of.
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  • 99 1 NANKING, Sat. NATIONALIST political and military leaders met this evening in the capital as Communist armies threatening to cross the Yangtse continued preliminary operations of mopping up Nationalist north bank bridgeheads all along the 1000 miles river front. Todays conference with Acting President Li TsungJen
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  • 48 1 NEW DELHI. Sat. -The, ricksha will soon disappear from the streets of India's principal cities. Rajkum ri Amrit Kaur, Minister of Health, told the Dominion Parliament that she had advised provincial governments to abolish the ricksha and to substitute other means of TrjJicnni t I>A,,tA*
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  • 28 1 Padio Moscow repoited las' night that the Chinese Ambassador to the Soviet Union had left Moscow by air but gave no explanation of his departure. U.P.
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  • 240 1 Sunday Times Staff Reporter CTUDENTS now accepted for admission to Raffles and Medical Colleges will be admitted to the University sjf Malaya when it is established in October, the first Vice-Chancellor of the University. Dr. C. V. Allen, said yesterday. Explaining the method of selection
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  • 113 1 HE THOUGHT DEAD MAN WAS ASLEEP Sunday Times Correspondent PENANG, Sat. A TAPIOCA planter, Cheang Wah, today told the Coroner. Mr. J. P. Blackledge, that he found a man in a kneeling position n the middle of a thick bamboo bush, testifying at the inquiry held into the death of
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  • 40 1 RANGOON, Sat. Peace talks between the Burmese Government and Karen re- i bels in the Insein area broke down on the question of im- friediate surrender of arms by the tribesmen, according to usually well-informed sources hprp Rpnt.pr
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  • 165 1 Sunday Times Staff Reporter the Labour Party "annual conference," held yesterday, Mr. Francis Thomas, former vice-president, vat elected president in place of Mr. M. A. Majid. the ounder and first president of the Party. As retiring president Mr. Wajid said, "I feel it neces;ary that
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  • 20 1 An Indian Military mission left Bombay for London last night by air. New Delhi radio reported yesterday.— Reuter.
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  • 29 1 CANTON, Sat— One Na- tionalist infantry regiment today started in pursuit of about 500 mutineers who deserted this week to Tou- men, in Chungshan country. I -A.P.
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  • 186 1 Sunday Times Staff Correspondent PENANC, Saturday. THE Siamese Consul in Penang, Nai Chai Suwannathat, has asked his government for instructions regarding the position of three Siamese students whose period of stay in the Settlement -+»as been reduced from three months to two weeks. Any action he
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  • 40 1 DUTCH CASUALTIES BATAVIA. Sat— Dutch Ar- my casualties list today gave 1 24 killed and three missing during the period from Mar. j2O to Mar. 26. Eight of those j killed were members of the j Royal Indonesian Army.— 'Reuter.
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  • 60 1 NEW YORK. Sat.— Tossing I tomatoes at foreign dlgnl-j taries is not an "American democratic practice," a Manj hattan magistrate told three youths charged with throwI ing tomatoes at the British Foreign Secretary. Mr. Ernest Bevin. when tie arrived here on Mar. 30. The magistrate suspended
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  • 212 1 Sunday Tiinrs Staff Reporlrr A BOUT 400 people, inclurt Ing the Colonial Secretary Mr. P. A. B. McKerron, Mrs. McKerron, members of the Singapore Legislative Coun- ell, and the Representative of j the Government of India In Malaya, Mr. J. A. Thlvy, were present a' a
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  • 169 1 Sunday Times Staff Reporter A SINCAPORI police radio patrol car's siren frightened away two masked and armed robbers who stole $1,100 in cash, jewellery and clothing from a house in Mansoor Street on Friday night. This was stated by the victims, who said they distinctly
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  • 248 1 Joint Tengah airfield plan going ahead Sunday Times Staff Reporter THE scheme for the immediate development of Tengah as a joint Civil and RAF airport "to keep Singapore on the air map" has now been made possible, the Sundjy Times understands, by a technical survey which has proved the sub-soil
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  • 29 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat— A sub-committee of the Klang Town Board is to plan how Klang Town can be Improved by the planting of shade or ornamental trees.
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  • 117 1 Sunday Times Staff Reporter BENTONO. Sat. 4 T dawn today a party of the Devonshire Regt. at Paya Lua. in the Kuala Krau area of Mentakab. enI countered three armed and uniformed Malays, one of j whom they shot dead. They recovered hU rifle and 60
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  • 75 1 Sunday Time* Staff Keonrlir rpHREE people two nuu 1 and a girl— were hurt wd -n a military truck and a elf I lian car collided in Orcnu<-<| Road in tnp parly hours <-' U»l3 morning. The injured wer*> taken to hospital. One m<in was
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  • 1207 2  - TAIPINGIN THE 1 9th CENTURY HWANG THOU FOU by T.iiping was a thriving and well-appointed town when Ipeh was still a Chinese village, when Seremban was in the same state and when Kuala Lumpur was just beginning to take on some semblance of permanence and solidity. G. L. Peet, in
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  • 466 2  -  N.K. HALDAR by IT is of interest tv recall the advice given to tea drinkers by the greatest authority on the subject, Lv Yu, whose book, published in 880 AX)., points out that the best water for tea is that taken from a slowly flowing stream
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    350 2  -  KEBUN "*l T"HERE are not many people who realize that there is a Malayan native gardenia. It is not like the ordinary Gardenia we all know, with the exception of the scent. A Gardenia scent cannot be mistaken. Its flowers are large sin gle white about three
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  • 458 3 Llephantsgot loose 3 times Sunday Times Woman Reporter A 24 year-old American girl who wrestled almost single-handed when three phants in her assorted cargo of wild animals! broke loose from their shackles three times in! the plane that was taking them from Bangkok; to
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    47 3 DICCADILLY CIRCUS was jammed with thousands of 1 people last Saturday night when the "Lights of London" went on for the fi rst time si/Ice 1939. Extra police had to be called out to deal with crowds who turned out to see the blazin sky-signs.— Reuter picture.
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  • 119 3 Sunday Times Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU. Sat. THREE Malay soldiers of the Ordnance Corps were ojnvicted by the Magistrate here today on charge of being in fraudulent possession of motor spare parts, the property cf the military authorities. Mohamed bin Long, one of the soldiers, when searched, had
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  • 43 3 Sunday Times SUIT Reporter THE third annual dinner and general meeting of the Hongkong University Alumni Association, Singapore, will be held at the City Club, 19-C. Cecil Street, on Friday, Apr. 29. at 7.30 p.m. Office-bearers for 1949 will be elected.
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  • 158 3 Sunday Times Staff Reporter acting Comptroller of Income Tax, Singapore, Mr. T. Robertson, told the Sunday Times yesterday that I Asians are co-operating with the authorities in paying income tax. I 2L "They recognise taxation as a necessity and are prompt in meeting their assessments,"
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  • 36 3 Sunday Times Staff Reporter The Singapore Fourth Police Court Magistrate, Mr. MacDougal, yesterday acquitted a Singapore detective, Tan Mvi Kia. on two charges of voluntarily causing hurt to Ling Ah Keng, and of criminal intimidation.
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  • 169 3 kJR. Tan Thoon Lip, chairman of the management committee of the newly formed University Club of Singapore says the fees are high because the Club planned to have its own premises and publish a journal. Any graduate really interested in the objects of the Club
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  • 109 3 MYSTERY SHIP OWNER FINED $7,000 Sunday Times Staff Reporter CINOAPORE Marine Police, boarding a 20-ton cargo vessel on Friday, discovered that it had no distinguishing marks, no life saving apparatus and no Masters certificate. The boat was about to leave for Johore without cargo. There was a crew of seven
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  • 167 3 Parties mum on figures Sunday Times Staff Reporter THE political parties which) contested the Municipal elections Progressive and Labour have declinecKofficially to disclose^ membership numbers, but unofficial sources agree that the stimulus provided by the elections has led more sympathisers to join. A Labour Party official told the Sunday Times
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  • 50 3 Sunday Times Staff Reporter < The 8.0.A.C.-Qantas service between England and Australia will have another aircraft every fortnight from today A.D.C.-4 will arrived at Tengah *his afternoon from Australia on the first additlo- nal flight and will, in future, supplement the seven Constellatlons already in
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  • 38 3 Sunday Time* Staff Reporter BENTONO, Sat. Bandits j yesterday morning set fire to part of a 40-foot vooden j bridge over one of the trlbui tarles of the Pahang River on I I the Mentakab-Trlang mad.
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  • 75 3 The Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association's noon prices on Saturday iApr. 9) were, in cents per )b.: DUTer »nicr No. 1 R.S.S. Spot looee nominal 36 H 36 H F. 0.8. In bale* Apr. No. 1 R.S.S. 36\ S6S No 2 R.S.S. 34'» 34\ No. 3 R.S.S. 32S
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 362 3 JT (GAfORK Latui Am on th« Air; 10.00,6.30 News (Cantonese); 6.45 In 'News ialso at 1 30 7 and 9.30 done-ian; 7.15 News (French); 9.02 am. Morning Matic; 9.30 pm.)- 1015 Hit Parade- 11.00 7.30 English; 8.00 Siamese; 8.30 Latin America on the All 10.00 Simon Ode- 11.30 Light Music;
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  • 733 4  - PARADE OF PASSING FEET Alan Wolstenholme by IF Singapore was to stage a parade of footwear seen daily in use on the streets, the varieties- would probably be as unDelievab'le as the numbers are fantastic. Take any street in the city, cast your eyes downwards and look at the assortment
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    282 4 Photo notes rnHERES glamour and U X citement in the struggles of the football field there's beauty in a lon^ graceful centre or forward pass— but there's more trier too. Lota, lots more—plctorially speaking. For a football game is one of the most photogenic spectacles any one could
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  • 572 4  -  Bob Gilmore by MELBOURNE, Apr. 3. WHITE Australia moves a step nearer snow-whiteness with Immigration Minister Calwell's devising of a new racial purity safeguard. To judge from ministerial announcements of the past week, any Australian woman who marries a "coloured" man may be transported at Commonwealth Government
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  • 1220 5  - LAW DISORDER IN OLD SIAM MUSTAFA bin TAM by RECENT years have witnessed great changes in the methods of Government in Siam, but it is the older order of things that is likely to be of interest to the student of foreign customs. The king was the supreme head, an
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  • 593 5 AMONG THE NEW BOOKS BREEZE with a Polar nip In it blows through "CANADIAN NORTH." Perhaps SouthEast Asia's muggy heat gives a special pleasure to the reading of it, but for readers anywhere it is recommended without qualification as the best kind of travel story-telling. Mr.
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  • 312 5 THE first movement of Chopin's Sonata No. 2 in B Flat Minor (Op. 35) opens with a brief introduction of four bars marked "Crave" passing to »n agitated accompaniment figure in Hie bass leading to the main theme. The second subject, a lyrical theme of great
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  • 549 6 SUNDAY, APRIL 10, 1949. THE KREMLIN'S NEW ORDERS THE Communist campaign for the domination of Asia is on the threshold of a new phase, in which terrorism, sabotage and direct military action will be Intensified at some points, relaxed at others, and probably switched to new targets. The breakdown of
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  • 1577 6 By An R. A. F. Observer QNE of the interesting features of the present air operations in Malaya is the ever-increasing commitment for Dakota Squadrons in the Transport Support Role with the security forces in Malaya. Ever since July last year they have been actively
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  • 492 6  -  SIMPANG LIMA by COMBINING modern fluorescent lighting with centuries old traditional architecture and sculpture th e Sri Bala Thandayutha Pany Temple in Paul Street, Seremban, is the oldest Hindu temple in Negri Sembilan. Its solif* snow-white rectangular walls are clearly visible from both sides of Paul Street
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  • 277 7 CUT EXPENSES BEFORE TAX IS INCREASED FMS chamber chiefs view Sunday Times Staff Reporter KUALA LUMPUR, Saturday. HE Government should give "more serious attention 1 to the reduction of expenditure before contemplating any increase in the scale of income tax, declared the President of the F.M.S. Chamber of Commerce, Mr.
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    27 7 MISS* ALICE JOYCE FREEMAN, a KIM ground hostess, was married to Mr. George D. Needham, well-known Singapore sportsman, at St. Andrew's Cathedral yesterday afternoon. Sunday Times picture.
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    41 7 KATHLEEN HICKLEY, wife of the Daily Telegraph Far Eastern correspondent, left Singapore last week to join her husband in Shanghai for a 4,000-mile tour through China. Mrs. Hickley will wri!" a series of articles on the tour for the SUNDAY TIMES.
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  • 185 7 LIQUOR LAWS REVIEW Sunday Times Staff Reporter THE Governor, Sir Franklin Gimson, has appointed a committee to review, with a view to improvement, the present law regarding the retail sale of intoxicating liquors In the Colony. The committee's terms of reference also include the consideration of representations which may be
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  • 106 7 Sunday Times Staff Reporter SEREMBAN, Sat. THE Tengku Ampuan, con--1 sort of the Yang Di-per-tuan Besar 0; Negri Sembilan. this morning opened the ndicraft exhibition by the Kaum Ibu (women's section of UMNO Negri branch) at the Perbidangan Beliu Club. Sercmban, before a large gathering. There were
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  • 64 7 Sunday Times Staff Reporter PSEGAMAT, Sat. TE. Kenneth Bowker of the Seaforth Highlanders was fined $70 with the option of a month's gaol by the Segamat Magistrate on Thursday for inconsiderate driving. It was alleged that Bowker drove a military truck Into a ditch along
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  • 51 7 SIRENS— "NO CAUSE FOR ALARM" Sunday Times Staff Reporter Sirens similar to air-raid ones will be sounded at some police stations in Singapore on Tuesday at about 2.30 pjn. This will be done for a practice operation, which will be on for two weeks, and should be no cause for
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  • 30 7 Police recovered 312 rounds of Japanese small arms ammunition from a compound near the Swiss Club yesterday afternoon. A European found the ammunition and reported to the police.
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  • 119 7 AIR TRAVEL CAUSES RUSH FOR VISAS Sunday Times Staff Reporter THE present rush on the Immigration Office Jn Singapore is caused mainly by the extensive use of air travel by business people on visits to the Far East, Mr. J. L. O. Haxworth, Passport Officer, told the Sunday Times yesterday.
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  • 200 7 Sunday Times Staff Reporter CINCAPORE Traffic Police will start a campaign against parking offences in the near future. Mr. A. R. Anderson, ASP. in charge of the Traffic section, told the Sunday Times yesterday that it is an offence to park without lights. "There are no
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  • 74 7 Sunday Times Stan Reporter JOHORE BAHRU, Sat. FE Food Control Office here states that new individual ration cards will soon be issued in the Federation. All persons to whom Federation identity cards have been issued will have individual ration cards with the same number as their
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  • 65 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Sat I BILL, to be knewn as the ft Stamp Ordinance, 1949 seeking to unify the law relating to stamp duty throughput the Federation, proposes Increases in Stamp Duty At present different stamp enactments provide varying rates of duty in the States and
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  • 39 7 Sunday Times Correspondent KUANTAN Sat— Samlnathan wa-r sentenced, to two weeks' imprisonment for breaking the curfew at JeramKuantan Estate. He told the Circuit Magistrate that he was drunk and did not know the time.
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  • 236 7 Sunday Times Staff Reporter MON-MEMBERS of Turf Clubs throughout Malaya buy hundreds of thousands of Turf Cub sweep tickers each year in spite of the fact that they have to depend for the collection of prises if any on members who purchase the tickets, for them.
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  • 107 7 %witu H V Times StaH Correspondent W'P 1 **stal5 tal tre <* 844, recruitment of Special Singapore temporarily suspended in <W J| he k Sunda y T i me l under stands that several of the SET VS^ C^. 6 transferr^ to the regular police,
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  • 454 7 Holy Week Services In Singapore Churches are as follows: <HIR( H OF ENGLAND: St. Andrew's Cathedral: Maundy Thursday 7.30 a.m. choral eucharist, S.IS p.m. evensong; 1 Good Friday 7 a.m.- matins, litany, ante-communion. 9.30 a.m. children's service, 12-3 p.m. Three Hours' Devotion. S p.m. United Servlr»
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  • 74 7 Sunday Times Staff Reportr JOHORE BAHRU, Sat r«HIN Lan Vim, wife of a photographer, and Wong Kirn Thai, an unmarried woman, were charged In the Magistrate's court today with failing to have their change of address from Masai to Kulai recorded on their Identity cards
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  • 38 7 PENANG, Sat— Ball of $500 was allowed a 25-year-old Indian, Govlndaraju, who was charged today with enticing away another mans wife In Ipoh 0:1 May 10. 1947. Case was postponed to Apr. 11.
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  • 216 7 Sunday Times Staff Reporter IN preparation for the construction of an 800-feet pier to be built in conjunction with Singapore's new power station, five test bores are being sunk in the sea off Labrador, Pasir Panjang. The Municipal Engineer, Mr. Gal in Payne, told the Sunday
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  • 88 7 Sunday Times Correspondent SEGAMAT, Sat. roi'ND out daring: curfew hoars, 24-year-old Bamasamy, an Indian, was taken into custody by a police patrol. He also had no identity card. As a result, he spent 26 days in faoL He was released last week, but that did not
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  • 201 7 Haircuts will be no cheaper, say barbers Sunday Times Staff Reporter CINCAPORE'S 2,000 barbers have no intention of reducing nir cutting charges, despite many public complaints that the present charges ranging from $1 for a hair cut to $2 for hair-cut, shave, and shampoo are too high. Most Singapore barbers
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  • 43 7 NO CARD FINED $29 SEGAMAT, Sat— A /2-year-old Chinese woman, Chia Keng, admitted in the Segamat Court today that she had failed to take out an identity card. She was fined $20, or 10 days' simple imprisonment. She elected to go to gaol.
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  • 40 7 Sunday Times Correspondent KLUANG, Sat.— More than 100 distinguished people, representing the various communities of Kluang, were entertained by Mr. and Mrs. Girdler, to tea at their residence yesterday afternoon. The Klaang Malay Orchestra entertained the guests.
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 297 8 THIS WEEK FOR YOU What the Stars Foretell ARIES (Mar. 22- Apr. 20) Avoid all risks and accidents to your person since this is not a very auspicious week for your efforts. Cautton means the minimum of trouble. Postpone signing an important commitment if you can. TAURUS (Apr. 21-May 21)
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    • 678 8 CANCER (June 22- July 23) The domestic scene should improve. You may he favoured In romance if you are diplomatic. Put nothing in writing. A short business trip may prove beneficial. Postpone any important emotional decision. LEO (July 24-Aug. 2S)— Conditions are gradually improving foi you this week. Meet old
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    • 457 8 IN responding to a take-out double, many players fall to realize the potentialities of a fair hand and hence are lncllnrd to underbid. Your response U forced In that you hay« to tak« out the double even when you have a complete bust. Therefore, when you have a fairly good
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  • 88 9 Remedy for brassy looking hair, caused < through over- bleaching: Tone it down with rinsing blue same as you use for clothes. Dissolve in < water; dab on with cot-,, ton wool. I Quickest way to get nail varnish to dry: Hold < nails under cold run- nine
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  • 915 9  -  MARY HEATHCOTT BY LONDON, Mar. 30. HOME-MADE is an adjective with two connotations delicious when applied to bread or cakes, derogatory when applied to clothes. Yet this week I saw home-made, handmade garments which were dreams of perfection. Practical dreams, too, for they are
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    27 9 CCENES of Hong Kong are the designs of a new series of pure silk crepe-de-chine Jacqmar scarves, In pink, pale blue, peacock blue, yrllow, black and cyclamen.
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    41 9 THIS I in/i model is called "Singapore," and features a slim peg-top skirt with "trouser" pockets, a soft belt with big front buckle. It is worn here by Senya, a Burmese girl who is very popular in London as a model.
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  • 839 9 HUMAN CASEBOOK My wife is married to a man who has a keen wit end she is envious of His gift. I am married to v woman who never offends by word or deed, and I am envious of her ability f«, make friends People are nervous of
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  • 240 9 WE all know the attractions of stuffed hard boiled eggs among makan kechil and the variations in flavouring of the yolks are many. But here is an idea for serving stuffed eggs as a course instead of fish. They make a pleasant change. You need for six people:
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  • 566 10 SCOTLAND ARE SOCCER CHAMPIONS LONDON, Saturday. SCOTLAND, scoring; a dramatic 3 l victory over England at Wembley Stadium today in their annual soccer battle, not only gained their first victory over England since 1938 but won the international championship for the first time in 1 3 years. The delighted Scots
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    27 10 WILLIAMS. Wolvcrhampton Wanderers' goalkeeper, •i. from Rowley iNo. 7) ot Winchester United in the FA. Cup temi-final rcpUy on April 2. Wolves won cne-nil. A. P. picture.
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  • 148 10 AC Bradley (Negomboj and c Wilson (HK.i each v. )ti their fights by t.k.o.'s In the HI4B-49 finals of the Al F\E. individual boxing clumpionshlp at Changi last night Rerattt wen :i.il* over three round>: I iMtright: A C Gammon iSemhawanf) won on a walko\er
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  • 88 10 DESULTI of fifth-round ties in the Singapoit cheat rhampkmshlp decided yesterday wen: Dr. Lim Kok Ann fet J. Matthews: M Yissin bt Mah Beng Guan: T'ii ('noon K'-it b Kioiik Chin Eiiij; Tay Cheong Ann bt. Llm H Mac; B R Vakil w. I Third-round ties in t
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  • 278 10 A HARD-HIT Innings of 104 not out by Cheontf Thiam Slow was the feature of yesterday's cricket match at Hong Llm Green between Singapore Chinese Recreation <"Uib and V.M.C.A. V MCA made a gallant effort to rtach S.C.R.C. total of 196 for four declared, and
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  • 92 10 Sunday Times Kluatig Sports Correspondent THE following have been elected 1 office-bearers of the Kluang Cricket Club for 1949: Patrons: Mr A. H Oirdler; Yang Mulia Ungku Hassan bin Omar, Mr. I. D. Mac Donald, Mr. Cheong Boon Seong. .vlr Koe Ewe Telk and Che Hassan
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  • 66 10 SMYTH i No. 8). Wolvcrhampton Wanderers' inside-right, scores the goal which took the side into the F.A. Cup final and eliminated last year's winners, Manchester United. Tha semi-final replay took place at Goodiion Park. Everton. Watching lon the goal-line) as the ball enters th« net is
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  • 237 10 A LAST ball wicket gave the Singapore Recreation Club a win over the Clarice Rangers in a cricket match on the SRC. padang yesterday. At Tanglm the Royal Engineers beat Raffles Institution by five wickets. SRC. P. Scully c B. Singh b OIU 33
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  • 229 10 i DUN-GETTING was difficult on 1 the 8.C.C., wicket yester- day and two innings produced only 114 runs when the home team defeated the St. Andrew's i Old Boys' Association who were I dismissed for 34. sec. j Sq. Ldr. Winton b Ross 7 Maj.
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  • 206 10 IN a cricket match at Bt. George's Road yesterday the Indian Association were held to a draw by the Ceylon Sports Club. I. A. player R. V. Singam scored a brilliant 106 which included 11 four's and 3 six's. INDIAN ASSOCIATION Nadarl 0 Balakrlshnam b Senevaratne
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  • 247 10 THE erieM match betwien the Vehicles Department and the Police which wao played on the latters ground on Saturday resulted in a draw, the Police playIng out time after the Vehicles Department had declared with a total Of 150 for 6. Scoros were: VEH. DEPT.
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  • 137 10 IN a match at Tengah the Royal Air Force were held to a draw by the H. M. Customs. R.A.F. TENGAH Howard b Hale 15 Pownend c Rnzali b Azll 85 Baser b Hale 2 Moorhouse not out 63 Extras 6 1 For 3 dec.) 171
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  • 186 10 In a cricket fixture yesterday at Tanglin, the Royal Engineers, defeated Raffles Institution's XI by five wickets and 16 runs. RE. TANGLIN S. K. Yeong c Rajah b Sundy 35 G. G. Way b Rajah 41 1 J. Sabin b Williams 27 J. L. Humphries not out
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  • 342 10 Badminton Notes By FEATHER QINGAPORE during the Easter U holidays will he the iceni of I several Important badminton j matches, notably that for the I Pamadasa Quadrangular Meeting between Singapore, Johore Negrl Sembilan and Malacca. In addition, th> Yoong Yoorg Club, 1948 Sela jor inter-club
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  • 536 11 Pahang wasted good chances From Sunday Times Kuala Lumpur Sports Reporter THE Combined Services had an easy passage through their first Malaya Cup soccer match in Kuala Lumpur yesterday when they defeated Pahang by three goals to nil at Rifle Range. It was a game
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    29 11 A HEADING tussle in C.A. territory, showing Tan Chin Lye and Ha Tee Siang (of C.A.) and a Casuals forward going for th« ball. The Athletes won 3 2.
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  • 146 11 From Oar Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Sat. rE annual soccer match between the Old Boys and the Present Boya of the English Coll"ge, wr.'ch was played today on the Collfge ground resulted ln a clear win for the Old Boys oy three goals to nil. The
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  • 73 11 JOHORE BAHRU, Sat. PRISONS had to fight hard to x defeat the FAREIF Training Centre by two goala. to nil In a league .soccer match played on the Istana pad" The F.T.c. we^o at a disadvantage on the water-logged ground. Altkln and Flnlay who kept for the Prisons
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  • 484 11 Sunday Times Penang Sports Reporter pENANC avenged their defeat last year at the Stands of Kedah when they snatched a 3 2 victory over the Northern State in the opening tie of the Malaya Cup soccer competition on Victoria Creen, Penang, yesterday. A record crowd of
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  • 148 11 rE Straits iimes Sports Club has been revived. The official opening of the clubhouse at Farrer Park has been fixed for Thursday, April 14, at 7 p.m. Office-bearers for 1949 are: Patrons; Messrs. J. Ford and T. Aiken; president. Mr. A. C. Simmons; vice-pre.ideir.: Messrs. R.
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  • 347 11 Sunday Time* Staff Reporter /CHINESE Athletes strengthened V their 1 ad ln the S.A.F.A. Senior League at Jalan Bcsar Stadium y sterday, beating Chinese Casuals by three goals to two. A larg. crowd 2&w a disappointing gam?, neither side playing up to standard. A Casuals
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  • 138 11 GOOD combination in the latter half was chiefly responsible for St. Andrew's three-one victory over Raffles Institution ln a soccer match on the former's ground yesterday. 1 Thirty seconds from the start, R.I. netted their only goal through Chin Poh, centre forward 1 who cut right
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  • 30 11 JOLLILADS A. U. beat Straugoon Association 2-0 ln a Junior "B" Group I League fixture at Geylang Stadium yesterday. Scorers for the Jollilads were: Toblng and Hussaln.
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  • 26 11 BERNARD Docu^en 1 145U lb.) New Orleans Filipino-Amer-ican, on Friday niglit gained a points decision over Bobby Jones (144H lb.) of Oakland.— A. P.
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  • 485 11 Sunday Times Staff Reporter IDEAL conditions favoured the Royal Singapore Yacht 1 Club's first post-war rowing regatta yesterday afternoon when MacDowell stroked "White" crew to victory over "Red" crew over a 1 .300 -yards course in the straits between Blakang Mati and Pulau Brani. MacDowell's
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  • 66 12 THE Bif Sweep drawn on r»ce seven at Ipoh yesterday resulted as follows: Total pool $217,449. First: No. *****5. Second: No. *****8. Third: No. *****3. Starters: Nos. 160M7, *****7, *****0, 13MKS, *****7, *****5. Consolation prizes ($l,<)00 each): Nos. *****1, *****3, *****8. *****2, 12»<i«8. *****.*, *****7, 1897 M.
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  • 211 12 Sunday Times Seganidl SporU Correspondent lOHORE Probable* beat SegaJ mat District 4—l <n t)>.e flrst SMt« soccer u°V>l held ai Segamat during the week. The salt r .i is must have been greaily disappointed for the ga>M never reached anything beydnd the standard seen In inter-club
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  • 26 12 \|ORTIMER HOUSE won the A championship at the annual team sporto of the Government English School. Seg^mat. Pearce Hou^e were a dose second.
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    41 12 THE Useful Badminton Party celebrated their 16th anniversary at Ea»r Coast Road last week-end More than 300 members and gueiii attended Hie function. Seated in the centre Is the party 1 president, Hr. Oaf Say Y«o Picture by Y. C Lm.
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  • 1749 12 SILVER SPEAR ROMPS HOME AT IPOH Gold Medallist wins sprint V ty EPSOM JEEP CILVER SPEAR (Woods) outstayed five of van BreukaJ ten's top class horses to win the mil* and 110 yard "trial" for the Easter Cup at Ipoh yesterday, the first day of the Perak Turf Club Easter
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    43 12 MR. W. Harvey's Star Xin S (D. Smith) beinj led in after winning Hie Creenham Stakes at Ncwbury on April t from Nixami (Cordon Richards 1 owned by the Aga Khan. Star King is second favourite for the Two Thousand Guineas. Reuter picture.
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  • 81 12 THE annual soccer match be- tween the Old Rafflesians and the Present Boys will be played on the R.I. ground tomorrow at 5.15 p.m. The following Old Rafflesians are to turn up at the field: Wong Leong Yuen. Soh Glow Stan. Koh Kirn Seng. Tan
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  • 321 12 Sunday Times Kuala Lumpur Sports Reporter CIFTY golfers from Selangor. Singapore, Penang, Malacca Taiping, Ipoh and Johore have entered for the Malayan golf championship, which takes place on the Selangor Coif Club course over Easter week-end. The entry list does not close until mid-day on
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  • 104 12 Seletar, Hong Kong draw 0-0 Wing <Sele t a r) A drew with Hong Kong 0-0 in the soccer final Of the Air Command Far East 'Olympic Week" yesterday. The nearest attempt at scoring came during the flrst half from Technical Wing, when one of their forwards shot hard towards
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  • 115 12 TEAMS for today's S.A.F.A. Malaya Cup trial at Jalan Besar Stadium are: Probables: O-ni-m Angullia;. K. Leembniggen, Tan Chin lye; Hajl Garfcan. I. J. Vass. Harith i capt i Shariff Madon. Ha Tee Slang. A. Vijlaratn*m. Ramlan, Tan Chye Hee. Possible: Chu Ci'^e Seng: Abdul Rahman.
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