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Title Section20 1946-07-08 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER ESTABLISHED OVER A CENTURY KIGHT PAGES. SINGAPORE, MONDAY, JULY 8, 1946. PRICE 10 CENTS20 words
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Article610 1946-07-08 1 Peace Talks Date Again Uncertain PARIS, Saturday. A RUSSIAN demand that the European Peace Conference be divided into five parts for separate discussions on the Axis satellite treaties, threatened today to wreck the plans for the twenty-one nation conference. By blocking invitations to the Conference untiiUP - 610 words
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Article165 1946-07-08 1 RECORDS IN SINGAPORE INDUSTRIALS pONFIPENCE in business v circles in Singapore is being reflected in the keen demand for industrial shares, several of which are selling at the highest prices ever recorded in their history. Record quotations in the closing buyers' prices on Saturday, together with the highest offers for165 words
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Article36 1946-07-08 1 WASHINGTON, Sun.—The U.S. Navy Department said yesterday that the d-sappearance of 1,274 feet of "unimportant film exposed, three weeks'' before the Btom bomb tests in the Pacific is "under investigation."36 words
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513 1946-07-08 1 VIENNA, Sunday. T HE Soviet Command in Austria announced yesterday that £5 millions worth of industrial property in Eastern Austria had passed into Soviet ownership along with all other "German external assets" in the Soviet zone. The Austrian Chancellor, Leopold Flgl, called an extraoiuinary session of513 words
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Article192 1946-07-08 1 BOMBAY, Sunday. MR. Gandhi strongly backed the proposal made by the Indian National Congress High Command to accept the British Cabinet Mission's long-term proposals for India's constitutional future, when he addressed the meeting of the AllIndia Congress Committee here today. He also urged CongressReuter - 192 words
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Article114 1946-07-08 1 Jews Try To Flee From Poland WARSAW, Sunday. THE flight of Jews from Poland was yesterday reported to have increased in the wake of the pogrom at Kielce. Many were said to bj trying to cross the frontier into Czechoslovakia or to stowaway on ships in Baltic ports bound forAP; UP - 114 words
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Article43 1946-07-08 1 In an excitin? match at Jalan Besar the Singapore Chinese Football Association scored a 3—l victory over the Air Fore 2 side from Seletar, Chit Llm completing the hat-trick for the Chinese team. Turn to Page 8 for fall story.43 words
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Article, Illustration52 1946-07-08 1 Tbe annual festival service of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem took plac* this rear in the ruins of the Grand Priory Church in Clerkenwell The chu rch was destroyed by enemy action during the war. Knights of the Order in their procession to52 words
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220 1946-07-08 1 Mosley Gives The Lie To H. G. Wells LONDON, Sunday. SIR Oswald Mosley ha.* described as "absolute nonsense" a question publicly raised by Mr. H. G. Wells U:at the Royal Family was involved in the payment of funds tc the British Union of Fascists. Mr. Wells raised the question in220 words
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Article186 1946-07-08 1 LONDON, Sat.— The BUtish Colonial office tonight made the following statement concerning the Malayan Union Constitution* "A report has appeared in the press to the effect that the [Secretary of State for the Co- lonies has agreed to a substantial modification in the Malayan Union186 words
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Article554 1946-07-08 1 LONDON, Sunday. IT was learned from reliable sources here today that Britain anticipates that Russia will bring the Palestine issue before the United Nations Security Council. The London Evening News' New York correspondent said today that Russia may ask that Palestine be placed on theReuter - 554 words
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Advertisement100 1946-07-08 1 lies' Uressmahers vents' Outfitters 1 Sl* «V high tmicf^ «lf*G4PO*f TH£ B£Sr S/A/C£ /SS3 Aerated Waters are obtainable from the following Provision Stores ill Singapore KEPPBL HARBOUR AREA Sinsa?o.o fold Storage Co. Ltd. Keppel Road Gaftn Bee C'r. 31S, r-ink Blangan Road tnc Nam Hin 240. Telok Blangah Road OENERAL100 words
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413 1946-07-08 2 Filipinos "Convinced Freedom A Farce" Army Still Enforces Law And Order LONDON, Sunday. MANY Filipinos, perhaps the majority, and an increasing number of outsiders are "convinced the drama is an elaborate farce/ declares the special correspondent of the News of the World. T^is is stated by A. Noyes Thomas, cablingReuter - 413 words
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Article, Illustration18 1946-07-08 2 LADY MOUNTBATTEN.— A picture taken at the recent inspect! >n in London of the St. John Ambulance units.18 words
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Article66 1946-07-08 2 French Flag Hissed In Rome ROME, Sun.— Shouting "out of Italy, 1 crowds hissed the French flag outside the Plaza Hotel here last night after attending the ex-service-men's demonstrations protesting against the Big Four's decision on Trisste and Venezia Giulia. Allied street signs were torn down and thrown at AlliedReuter - 66 words
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Article152 1946-07-08 2 LONDON, July 7. Pis learnt that the kidnapping of the Indonesian Premier, Dr. Sjahrir, on Ju.ie 27 he was released four days later was not a case of terrorist activity, states the special correspondent of The Observer, cabling irom Batavia. "It was engineered by the quislingReuter - 152 words
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Article126 1946-07-08 2 BOMBAY, Sun, /.—Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru on Saturday formerly assumed leadership of the Congress Party and urged his followers to maintain intact the "weapon with whi'Ji the nation has fought all these years —the Congress machinery." Nehru was Inducted by his predecessor, Maulana Abu] Kalam Azad, at the126 words
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Article90 1946-07-08 2 Tokio, Sun.— Three hundred women marched In the first allwomen's demonstration in Japan to the Premier's official residence today where they presented a 22point demand requesting equal rights with men and also the solution to the acute food situation. The demands also included the overthrow of t'-eUP - 90 words
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Article299 1946-07-08 2 NANKING, July 6. IS China's protracted peace talks drag on there is M an uneasy lull in Muichuria with a feeling at ommunist headquarters that fighting may flare up 'at any minute." Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, Gen. Chou En-lai, Communist representative in Nanking, and Gen. GaoigeReuter; AP - 299 words
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Article238 1946-07-08 2 AN invisible form of death filled the air for many miles around and far outside the great mushroom cloud which arose from the Bikini atomic bomb, writes the A.P. correspondent aboard U.S.S. Appalachian. What happened still Is a mystery. One of the planes circling the cloudAP - 238 words
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Article, Illustration64 1946-07-08 2 The Cienra W.S., an experimen'al helicopter, the only sin le rotor British helicopter flying at the present time, made Its public debut at Southampton last month. The main feature of this new aircraft is that the torque is compensated for by the introduction o; an air64 words
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Article373 1946-07-08 2 WASHINGTON, Saturday. A PREDICTION that the "whole explosive situan tion" involving prices will "grow steadily worse" until Congress takes final action on the Office of Price Administration's extension legislation, was made today by Mr. Paul Porter, the Price Administrator. In a broadcast Mr. Porter said373 words
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Article271 1946-07-08 2 BATAVIA, Saturday. THE Batavia perimeter Is again in dispute and British troops have made a i further advance to occupy the east bank of the BeKassi River. The river runs south and north about 12 miles east of Batavja and had formed the eastern perimeterReuter - 271 words
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Advertisement286 1946-07-08 2 TRADE MARK NOTICE N V T O X WELLSPRAf DESTRUCTOI Jfl 1 kIPQWJ *IC X O L LANE L novlkm UAC'RXDUL Notice Is hereby given that Uie Trade MarK, D-sign and Trade Nairn* iepicted above are the exclusive property of Lane's Proprietory Limited ol ;>Jo. 69 Abercrombie Street, Sydney, AasUaha,286 words
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Advertisement209 1946-07-08 2 MALAYAN UNION GOVERNMENT ISSUE ON TAP OF 1954*56 3% 1962-66 IN SCRI BED STOCK 1. LISTS are NOW OPEN and the loans will remain Mon tap" until a date to be notified in the Malayan Union Gazette. The loans v/ill be issued and will be redeemable at par. 2. INTEREST209 words
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427 1946-07-08 3 Singapore Firms Open New Food Canteen 40-Cent Lunch In Ocean Building THE first big commercial undertakings in Singapore to do so since the publication of the recent Pyke Committee's report on the high cost of living, the Singapore Straits Steamship Co. Ltd., collaborating with Mansfield Co. Ltd., are to-day opening427 words
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Article121 1946-07-08 3 FOLLOWING on the success of the first Peoples' Restaurant in Singapore, the Social Welfare Department is encouraging government departments to establish their own canteens on similar lines. The first such canteen v. ill. on the initiative of Commander Bailsy, the Superintendent of the Prison, be oi»en«?d121 words
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Article190 1946-07-08 3 MANACLED to a British, guard, Japanese Warrant Officer >Jca Asaichi stood in tno witness box in a 3 in gap ore war crimes court on Saturday and gave evidence on behalf of Lieut. Kokubo NasaL oro, camp commandant of a PoW camp on the BurmaSiam railway190 words
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Article110 1946-07-08 3 From Our Own Correspondent j KRIAN, Sun.— Excellent pro- gress was reported at the half yearly meeting of the Krian i Indian Association held at the j association's premises in Parit Buntar. The association was reorganised at the beginning of this year with a membership of 30,110 words
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Article49 1946-07-08 3 From Our Own Correspondent SEGAMAT, Sun.— Sentence of three months' rigorous imprisonment was passed on Narayan Nambiar. an Indian, by Che Abdul Hamid bin Mustr.pha. In the Segamat District Court, on a charge of imoersonating a police detective and putting a compatriot in fear of arrest49 words
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119 1946-07-08 3 K.L. Clerks Ask For 30 Per Cent. Allowance From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. STRIKES are entirely outside the scope of the Government Junior Civil Services Association as a means to obtain redress of any unfair decisions of Government, declared Mr. Kanapathi Filial, President ot the J C.S.A., addressing119 words
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Article193 1946-07-08 3 CINCJAPORE'S Services Rover Crew, which since its inau- guration after the reoccupation, has counted over 160 members, was visited by Singapore service chiefs on Wednzsday night while thsy were at work at the Boy I Scouts Association H.Q. in Stam1 ford Road. The visitors were headed193 words
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Article166 1946-07-08 3 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. TWENTY-TWO persons we:e killed and 161 injured in road accidents in Kuala I umpur since January this year, according to figures obtained from the traffc branch of the police. Accidents in the last six months have averaged 50166 words
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Article490 1946-07-08 3 'TWENTY-SIX passangers left Slnga- pore on Friday by 80.A.C. and t.EA. planes for the United Kingdom, India, Australia, Egypt, Bjrma and Pcnang For United Kingdom: Mr R. Boulter, Mr. L. P. \V Au, Mr. A. S Clarka, Lieut. Col. M H Walter*. Miss Maxfield. A'B490 words
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Article, Illustration51 1946-07-08 3 Sir Franklin Gimson, Governor of Singapore, sneaking at the unveiling of the statue of Sir Stamford Raffles in Fm»re«s Place on Saturday. On the right are Mr. P. A. B. McKerron, the Colonial Secretary, and Mr. W Bartley, the F resident of the Singapore Municipal51 words
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200 1946-07-08 3 From Our Own Correspondent MALACCA, Sat. MALACCA MunV:pal Commissioners held their first meeting on Thursday since the re-occupation, presided over by Mr. H. A. L. Luckham, the president. Others present were the Hon. Mr. Tan Eng Chye, Mr. D. Anderson, Capt. Ali bin Maidin, Mr.200 words
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Article68 1946-07-08 3 From Our Own Correspondent PENANO, Sun. IN unsuccessful attempt to save n the life of a Chinese girl cycLst who had fallen into a river while crossing a pontoon bridge was related to the Butterworth Coroner, Lt. Col. DrakeBrockman, on Saturday at an inquiry held into the68 words
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421 1946-07-08 3 HIGH tribute to the courageous manner in which the Singapore Volunteer Field Ambulance carried out its duties during the battle for Singapore is paid by their Commanding Officer, Lieut. Col. W. E. Hutchinson. Col. Hutchinson is calling a meeting of his men shortly. On furlough421 words
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Article137 1946-07-08 3 mii I<4>>l>l<-111 111 IMC MiIIJMIJ hawker in Singapore is bein* dealt with vigorously a"; part of the anti-biackmarket campaign. From today the public addrfss vans from the Public Relations Office will be visiting the streets in the prohihitei areas warning hawkers that they are forbidden to137 words
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Article178 1946-07-08 3 IN spite of the diffl;iM?s oT short supply and limited transport, the Commltt^p of the Malayan Agri-Horticul*ural Association are now in a position to promise the public an exhibition during the Augvst holidays in Kuala Lumpur whi h if not quite on the scale of pre-war178 words
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Article85 1946-07-08 3 Filipino Cocktail Party MORE than '100 repres?ntativ:s of all comimmiti?s in Singapore joined with Mr. and Mrs. M. Anciano in celebrating Philippines Independence Day at a cocktail party at th 3 Far Eastern Music School on Saturday. Expressing on behalf of the j guests fieir good wishes to the Filipino85 words
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Article92 1946-07-08 3 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Frl.— Evidence that he could not see anyone clearly, tut could only make out "shadows." was givan by a Ch.n'se contractor today at the o'-.i'iuied 'tearing of the prelimi"ary ir Iluiry into the cha-ge ot ttterapted murder against I rr Geok92 words
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Advertisement64 1946-07-08 3 STEWART MCINTYRE CO., (sihgapope) LTD. 45, Orchard Road Singapore ENGINEERS CONTRACTORS Steel Sp ecialists. NAM KHENG CO. 55, Tehilc Ayer Street Phone 4778 Singapore. II "CYCLE" "FLYIHG $^$P WHEEL" BRANDS /^9^\ P-Wf RUBBER f'f^J\\ !;■••■•>.: :J: J COAGULANT \m\ V. :^f *$li0 J Soie Agent.:KIAN NAM CO.. Nfgri Sembilan 3064 words
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Advertisement118 1946-07-08 3 >O Jig g WW l/r*' TATA rlcusehold P.ouiMta hav.fS li^jdJi/jl 1* .X been evablished in INDIA for lz -^jtjt £?AJW^^*'^i yO ma. OVt-r RVj y ears and en; a p roud J r77n~ s' fiS m «-////3// C/ reputatioj. for unsurpas-od quality. *S I II II I^/yfAAA^S^ Now. for the118 words
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765 1946-07-08 4 The Straits Times Singapore, Monday, July 8, 1946. Re-Christening Malaya What's in a name? A great deal, when it comes to Malayan politics. The Straits Times has very good reason to believe that the Colonial Office has already agreed to substitute a Malayan Federation for the Malayan Union and a765 words
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Article310 1946-07-08 4 An advertisement in our columns announces that "the Director of Disposals, Far Eastern Area, las vacancies on his staff at Singapore for European female shorthand- typists and copy typists." The duration of engagement is to be 18 months to two years, and salary will be paid "according to310 words
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Article1319 1946-07-08 4 HARRY MILLER - HARRY MILLER by TODAY marks the end of the story of Rempang and Galang, the two islands in the Rhio Archipelago which have been used as concentration camps for Japanese surrendered personnel from Malaya and other parts of south-east Asia. The last Japanese will1,319 words
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220 1946-07-08 4 Pis very kind of 'Outstanding Account" to invite us to collect for him the commission on the corned mutton he sold lately. I wonder If he would h^v^cllowed me to buy one or two hundred cases without oommiss on when he was selling. Did220 words
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Letter200 1946-07-08 4 YOUR Chinese correspondent's revelat on of "Blackmail In Business" was most timely. One wondars V&f managers of British import firms leave this important business of allocation of *roods to salesmen or chief clerks On what principle or system are the goods allocated? How many of the firm's old200 words
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Letter77 1946-07-08 4 I READ with interest your article about the return of "the little whit? ships" ox th» Straits Steamship Company. One paragraph, however, should have dwelt on the names of the men who made the supreme sacrifice. My late husband was in the Pcnanp blitz, the evacuat on to77 words
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Letter207 1946-07-08 4 WHAT are the police doing about robberies in Singapore? Not only petty robberies but armed ones aa> occurring daily in increasing numbers. We read in the papers of an average of three or four robberies committed in the course of a day. These are the reported cases207 words
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Letter76 1946-07-08 4 BEFORE the war, all driving licences could be reatwed at the Traffic Police by paying $1, and undergoing a simple examination of eyesight. Today everyone has to Lne up for days—and still one cannot get one's licence renewed. It is really mental torture to those of the76 words
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Letter46 1946-07-08 4 p "Outstandirg Account is keen on eolkciii^ r>Ls 'cnirrussion for distributJig corned |he should apply to the 0.C., Commercial Crimes, whose office s situated at the Detective Station, Robinson Road. He can count on getting h s dues there. THE BLEATING LAMBS. Singapore..46 words
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Advertisement850 1946-07-08 4 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS Classified Smalls BUM ocr line Mm Charge X PuhHc Notices €i<> ocr single column Inch Personal Domestic f'-Mi per line Mm Charge Sit. Sim averac* words compnv mm ti<<« AdveriiwfwnU may be win fcj post [accompanied b> remittance For Information telephone 14 vert it ug IWanarr.r M7l «r850 words
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Advertisement36 1946-07-08 4 OiSTER STERNA Watches will again be sold by us as soon as import permits are granted. Resumption of our expert repair service is greatly hampered by our Inability to import spareparts and took. 16, COLLYER QUAY36 words
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Advertisement104 1946-07-08 4 A LOVELY CO-INCIDENCE! THE "KING" CAME BACK WITH THE "ANGEL" What a lovely co-incidence this must te' "REX" the King of Records, hao now arrived with the lons-awaited public need REX RECORDS -nn n- r d the famous Ship the "OCEAN ANGEL." And so, REX is at your service again!104 words
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443 1946-07-08 5 60 Per Cent. Output On Some Estates Uy A Special Correspondent SOME Malayan estates, it is estimated are now pro- during 60 per cent, of normal outputs and it is probable that by the end of the year a fair number of these will be443 words
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Article49 1946-07-08 5 •THE Malayan share market quotations and the Malayan Sharebrokers Association report will be found on Page 7 today. Also on Past 7 are maximum wholesale and retail prices for all food commodities in Singapore and a nummary «>f tl'e Hong Kon~ and Shanghai Bank's annual report.49 words
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Article202 1946-07-08 5 Civil Govt. Again In Brunei Administration in Brunei] took place on Satur: uy,| when Brigadier Macaskio. j Chief Civil Affairs Officer 8.M.A., British Borneo handed over the reins of Government to the British Resident of Brunei, Mr. W. J. Peel M.C.S. on behalf of H.H. the Sultan. The lollowing is202 words
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Article48 1946-07-08 5 The Pulau Bukom Oversea j Chinese School, previously run by the Chinese community in the island, has been taken over by the Shell Company. The School now provides free education for all I students, the majority of whom j are children of the Company's employres.48 words
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Article, Illustration269 1946-07-08 5 IPPROXIMATELY 500 members, among whom was the A Chief Justice, Mr. Murray Ainsley, attended the reopening of the Singapore Swimming Club yesterday morning. Although the Club was not opened until 8 a.m., the first members had arrived at the premises by 7 a.m. There was269 words
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Article90 1946-07-08 5 MR. Paul G. Peralta, special Filipino representative for Singapore and the Malayan Union :o the inaugural ceremony of I|nlippines independence at Manila last week, who returned to L>'.ligapore by plane on Saturday, likens the Philippine capital to a burnt skeleton. Filipinos are still in90 words
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Article110 1946-07-08 5 PENANG, Sun. AT the end of an inquiry into the death of two Japanese PoWs, Kudo and Mutsudo. and two Malays, Bache bin Haji Ahmad and Ka?slm bhi Mat, all of whom wfr? killed following an explosion on* Pulau Rimau on Mar. 30, the Coroner, Mr. W.110 words
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83 1946-07-08 5 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Sun. PENANG Government servants have accepted and are now being paid their cost-of-living allowances for the period April to June, it is understood. Members of the local J.C.S.A. while accepting the allowances express disappointment at the amount being paid. "It83 words
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Article32 1946-07-08 5 Over 300 Chinese labourers of the Saw Mill No. 2 of Bth m'le, Klang, owned by Kirn Chin Hoe of Klang, have been on strike since July 2, writes our Klang correspondent.32 words
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Article56 1946-07-08 5 THE Indian Government Medical Mission to Malaya is shortly returning to Madras for dlsbandment after having successfully completed its mission to Malaya. Two doctors and a start nurse of the unit left on Friday by the s_s. Monowai. but the main body of the Mission is56 words
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Article237 1946-07-08 5 Mauretania Arriving With 715 A TOTAL shipload of 715 passengers will arrive Singapore by the Cunavd White Star liner Mauretama on July 13. Of this comp'ement of passengers, approximately 680 are returning Malayans white the rest will disembark hera in transit lc other Eastern ports. The Malayan contingent which attended237 words
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Article371 1946-07-08 5 ••I END us your money in the j ix .h that has always been justified— Britain delivers the goods," said Mr. Nelson Jonzs, Financial Secretary, broadcasting from Singapore itatior: a Rarto Malaya last nisb* on tr.e Sim:** pore Government's 5*3,000 OOf. three per "lent. los.n wru*.h371 words
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Article514 1946-07-08 5 Malayan Planting Topics By Our Planting Correspondent rHE recruiting and immigration of labour into this country is one of the vital problems that will have to be given high priority, if timely rehabilitation and increased production of our basic coirmodities is to be achieved. Within514 words
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Article, Illustration29 1946-07-08 5 Lord hjllearn. with new Manila hat and palm-leaf fan retur'ie<" from Manila on B~t« relay. Mr. Malcolm MacDonalt! the Governor -Gene r<il, who returned from Kuc'iinc29 words
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Article32 1946-07-08 5 In commemoration o. "Double Seventh '—anniversary ol th? China Incident Chines shops and res d?ntial quartirs in town flew the Chinese national flag yesterday. Pilncipsl amusement parks were closed.32 words
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Advertisement232 1946-07-08 5 ORIENTAL GOVERNMENT SECURITY LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED. (Incorporated in Ir.dia, 1874.) Branch Office: Oriental Building, Ja.a Street, Kn.va Lumpur. GENEROUS CONCESSION TO OUR POLICYHOLDERS IN MALAYA. Extension of Date of Revival of Policies to 31st August 1946. The Company is glad to announce that Policyholders who have paid all premiums232 words
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Advertisement98 1946-07-08 5 Place Your Order With TAN SIN PENG CO. 11 Phillip Street Singapore Phone 4373 The Biggest 6s Most Reliable Stockists of all requirements for ESTATES MINES FACTORIES 4t GENERAL CONTI ACTING WORKS, etc. etc. Further Particulars Prices on Apnlication JUST RECEIVED A shipment of BRITISH FIRE EXTINGUISHERS (2 gallon) Ideal98 words
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371 1946-07-08 6 Miri Oil Refineries May Not Be Rebuilt VOUCHING, Sun. According to Government officials here, it is possible that the oil refineries destroyed at Miri on the fourth day of the Pacific War will not be rebuilt. The Shell interests concerned may decide to rebuild their refineries in Brunei, east of371 words
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Article144 1946-07-08 6 Ceylon Does Not Want Alien Ideas COLOMBO, Sun.— "Clime is also a plague that stalks this land, but there Is another plague which has wider ramifications and mislead the poor people of this land and the idlers, and that Is the plague of ideas from Russia," said Mr. George E.UP - 144 words
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Article43 1946-07-08 6 LONDON. Sun.— The Southern Railway Company .of England ntens to spend about U. 5.52.500-,-000 reconstructing the O-ean Dock at SouthamDton, where the Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth ships dock. The British port was severely damaged during the xar. —A. P.43 words
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Article216 1946-07-08 6 BUENOS AIRES, Sun.— Life is setting difficult for the penguin which stands stiaight on its feet and looks as though it is wearing evening clothes. The Argentine Fish Commission has asked for offeis 011 a contract concession to kill 119,000 penguin* in Argentina's southern islands nearReuter - 216 words
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Article112 1946-07-08 6 CALCUTTA, Sat.— Private trade between India and Slam is be.ng restored with the withdrawal of Siam as an enemy territory under the defence of India rules. Persons and firms can carry on trade, subject to the existing imoort-export and financial regulations, with Siamese concerns, otherAP - 112 words
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Article126 1946-07-08 6 Anniversary Of Buddhism COLOMBO, Fri— Arrangements have been made for Mr. S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike, leader of the Sinhala Maha Sabha and Minister of Local Administration, to hoist the Sinhalese Flag at the Maha Maluwa in Anuradhapura, Ceylon's ancient capital, when the ten-year r>ro?ramme for celebrating the Buddhst eraUP - 126 words
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Article111 1946-07-08 6 SHANGHAI. Thurs The province of Fukien, the home of many overseas Chinese in Malaya, is to be linked by two new railway lines to Kiangsi and Kwangtunsr provinces. The Fukien-Kiangsi line will run from Foochow, capital of Fukien, to Kwelchl, in northeastern Kiangsi, a distanceReuter - 111 words
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Article223 1946-07-08 6 RANGOON, Sun.— The bombbattered port of Rangoon is gradually returning to normal and will be working to full capacity early next year. Heavy moorings valued at £250.000 were sunk in 1942 when the British evacuated Burma. These are lyinz covered with silt on the riverReuter - 223 words
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Article235 1946-07-08 6 B ATA VIA, Sun.— All political, social and economic groups within the Netherlands East Ind.es who wish to make known their views on the future of Indonesia are to be given an opportunity to do so at one or more of the three conferences to be heldReuter - 235 words
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Article199 1946-07-08 6 CHINA MAY SUSPEND DUTIES SHANGHAI, Sat.— lm-| portant measures to revive China's dying export trade have been decided upon by the Chinese Government. t According to reports the Government, besides extending loans at low Interest rates to exporters, has agreed to provide cheap [Shipping transportation from the hinterland to seaports,Reuter - 199 words
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Article119 1946-07-08 6 CHANGHAI, Sunday.— Formosa 0 which has returned to the Chinese fold after 50 years in Japanese hands, is in great need cf school teachers and industrial technicians, sa d Gen. Ho Yin?ching, former Minster of War, after a tour of the island. He appealed to the ChineseReuter - 119 words
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Article117 1946-07-08 6 CALCUTTA, Sat— lndian Government engineers are working on a plan to control a river that in the last 200 years has moved 70 miles westward lying waste agricultural land estimated at between 2,000 and 3,000 square miles. Surveys to control the meandering K<">si River. winding117 words
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Article57 1946-07-08 6 LONDON, Sun.— Cornelia Tan7i. dancer and singer, who was once Mussolinis mistress, will be among collaborators freed by the Italian amnesty decree. When she was sentenced to 30 years' imprisonment for betrayins Italian soldiers to the German Command, she told the court how she h?d danced naked57 words
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Advertisement257 1946-07-08 6 SHIPMENT ARRIVED FROM AUSTRALIA. ex. 'ZUIEXENOB" and "SAMEDfcN" BabUs Socthers, Cocoa In 25 lbs tin., Cadburys Cjcoj, Ne.hon Co:o.i, Orange Cordial, Jams. Saucepans. Fryinjpans, Kettles, Towels, Uncle Tcby's Oats. Kwl Bru. Essence Tto c. Ladis Ccmpacts, Barky In baps, eu_\ PI a e apply to KENG SOON COMPANY, 4K China257 words
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Advertisement925 1946-07-08 6 MISCELLANEOUS CAR BARGAIN VauxhaU 14 Six, 1937, Saloon. Original buck.good engine, tyres fair. $2200 or nearest Box 412 Straits Times. ICE-CHEST wanted In good condition. Box *27 S.T. LARGE coi'ectlon of old Mauritius stamps for sale. Only crllectioners considered, Box 423 S.T. POR SALE 1941 Morris '10' In ex- cellent925 words
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Advertisement542 1946-07-08 6 British Made WALL THERMOMETERS $6.50 each MLEzekieJ &Sonj Opticians 13, Battery Road, Singapore. BALLROOM DANCING Made I isv as fit H^T Vulck Successful jßj)4 Mrlhods In W traching. l»«-, n. J^Kk nrrs. Kuarantici I dance in 3 hours. Lady 1 1 Partners avan.ibl* J^T^MXy^ Hours: 10 Im. MODERN DANCING ACADEMY542 words
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Miscellaneous307 1946-07-08 6 RADIO PROGRAMMES SINGAPORE MALAY nncn to 1 p m. (news at 12.45 p.m.) and from 6 pin. to 8.15 p.m. (news m Malay at 7 TO p.m.) ENGLISH 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. (news at 1.30 p.m ?nd 8.15 p.m. to 11 p.m. except on Sundays when f he afternoon307 words
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Miscellaneous142 1946-07-08 6 JULY 8 7.30 a.m. Radio newsrecl. 7.45 a.m. Christianity and Ato.-nic Power (lecture), 8 a.m. Sidney Harmon (piano). 8.18 a.m. Talk. 8.30 a.m. News. 7.40 p.m. Cricket commentary, 8.03 p.m. Dance Orchestra. 9.00 p.m. News, 9.05 p m. Piano rarade, 9.15 p.m. Facts and figures, 9.30 p.m. Navy Mixture, 10.00142 words
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498 1946-07-08 7 MAXIMUM wholesale and retail prices for foodstuffs are published side by side for the first time in the latest issue of the Government Gazette and it will be an offence for a dealer to sell above these prices. The items under price con- trol are498 words
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Article59 1946-07-08 7 ALOR STAR. Wed. A well-known Chines*- woman. Ho Wah Pee, was today fined $800 or four months' rigorous imprisonment in the District Court h he pleaded -uilty to h~rdln f eight bags Of whole ?rain rice The rice was conftscated This was a sequel to a ra-j59 words
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Article347 1946-07-08 7 Keen Demand For Local Shares THE mam feature of the week's trading was the extraordinarily keen demand for local industrial shares which carried practically all the market favourites to higher levels, some of them quite appreciably so, states the Malayan Sharebrokers Association report for the week ending July 6. Later,347 words
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195 1946-07-08 7 Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Report OWING to losses incurred by the Corporation as a result of the war in the Far East, the directors of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation will not recommend the payment of a dividend at the ordinary yearly general meeting of shareholders to be195 words
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Article723 1946-07-08 7 Share qujVations, as at July 6, according tc the Malayan ifarebrokers Association, *ere as followsINDUSTRIALS B«y«:r Seller Alexandra Brickworks Ords. $2 00 t2.50 Alexand a Brakworks Prefs. 2. 75 3.25 Brit. Malaya Trustee Executor Co. 7.t»0 8.00 Consolidated Tin Smelters 24/- 26,Eastern Uni'-oa Assurance 35iH> 37.00 Fraser723 words
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Advertisement105 1946-07-08 7 JLgjrL HI n H iv m 2 p- m is 630 Every Seat an Armchair SEASON HELD OVER BY PUBLIC DEMAND thrills! romance! action! A sory of a man who li-hts and wins his mht and an Exotic Maiden in the South Seas! o'^es ■■JL TYRONE POWER I^ilm SON OF105 words
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Advertisement729 1946-07-08 7 EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, MALACCA. Applications are invited lor the post ot Chinese Writer In the Education OtHce, Malacca. Applicants s should be able to carry on corres- v pondence in English and Kuo-Yu fl Salary according to age and quauilca- f tions on the sca'e laid aown lor 1 temporary clerks.729 words
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Advertisement408 1946-07-08 7 Mansfield Co., Ltd. (lncorporateo id Singapore i BLUE FUNNEL LINE fallings to and from Unii?a Ku gdom Hickory Burn Doe from tI.K 8 My n 1 e rop'ion Vmr trim U.K. 15 July Sfeastrae Due from U.K. 18 tuiv Trucer Sails for IK £3 luly Ulenbeg Sails for IK. 27408 words
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Miscellaneous453 1946-07-08 7 decided to try out the ace of clubs. Continuation of that suit had been highly distasteful to the opponents! Down one! North's performance in the biddine was of the type that brings wailing and gnashing of teeth from experts. He trapped his oartner as effectively as though he had Intended453 words
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Article, Illustration509 1946-07-08 8 Straits Times Football Reporter DALLYING splendidly, the Singapore Chinese Foot- ball Association scored three goals through Chit Lim after a scoreless and evenly contested first half to beat the Royal Air Force (Seletar) by three goals to one in a fast and exciting football match509 words
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Article235 1946-07-08 8 Lancashire Hammers Tourists MANCHESTER Sat. INDIA'S attack received a con- tinuous hammering from early Lancashire batsmen at Old Trafford today. The failure of Mankad, Nayudu, Sarwate, Hazare and Sohoni to cause the batsmen any trouble till late in the afternoon must be disquieting to India's selectors as the second Test235 words
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Article121 1946-07-08 8 LANCASHIRE IST. INNS. Washbrook c Nimbalkar b So hor l io) Place Ibw Mankad 49 Ikin b SohoT'i 139 Kin? Ibw Sohoni 2 Edrich Ibw Mankad 1 Wharton c Sohoni b Ha*«rc 73 rhillipson b Mankad 1 Bri-rley Ibw Mankad Garllck c Sarwate b Sohnqi 9 Pollard not rot121 words
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Article90 1946-07-08 8 West Yorks Win At Ipoh From Our Own Correspondent IPOH, Sat. IN one of the finest soccer games of the season played this afternoon on the padang the Second Battalion, Wast Yorks ot Penang, defeated the 96th Field Regiment R. D. V., by 5 goals to one. The game was90 words
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262 1946-07-08 8 HENLEY, Sat. A RECORD crowd which included Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret saw Britain overthrow the overseas challenge In tho flnall t>- f~><r-;'— F Regatta, when the Lcatider eight beat the See Club of Zu.ic i b. threequarters of a length in the Grand262 words
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Article44 1946-07-08 8 (From Our Own Correspindent. PRKtNH .<taf.. THE Penan? Turf Club has drawn up a subscription sorit'me for the Importation into Penang of 25 Australian grllßns at $1,500 errh but so far. It Is understood, the response has been lukewarm44 words
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387 1946-07-08 8 Four Championships Go To The States Awerica Sweeps The Board At Wimbledon WIMBLEDON, Saturday. HEADED by golden-haired Pauline Betz, California's suntanned tennis brigade swept through to four championships as the All-England Tournament wound up its first postwar fortnight before a crowd of 14,000 including the Queen Mother. Miss Betz startedReuter - 387 words
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Article278 1946-07-08 8 Cambridge Score 201 All Out Cambridge University scored 201 in their l.rst innings at the inter-varsity match at Lords, Bartlett Uki -g 4 for 12. Oxford's scors is 93 for 3. County cricket scores are At Leeds, Surrey first Innings lr.J (Watts 81. Smailes 6 for 40). Yorkshire first inningsReuter - 278 words
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55 1946-07-08 8 EFFORTS are being made by the Inter-Service Sports Committee to promote a water polo league for both service and civilian teams. All civilians teams in Singapore are invited to participate and should forward their Darticulars to the Secretary, Inter-Service Snorts Committee, HQ Singapore District,55 words
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Advertisement405 1946-07-08 8 Last Ua/, 1.15 6.30 J 15 p.m. Humphroy 80-jart tn Columbia's flight Is th; word for tills King of Aci.on Pictures' Opening To-morrow ••M»-^\AP" (Hindustani. l UriTHCATREHb-S Tonijht at 7 9.15 p.m. More terrifying than e>.r before! as the Monster stalks again. Lon Chancy In "GHOST OF FRANKENSTEIN" SEASIDE Tonight405 words
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