The Straits Times, 6 August 1946
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Title Section20 1946-08-06 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER ESTABLISHED OVER A CENTURY I-IGHT PAGES. SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, AUGUST 6, 1946 PRICE 10 CBNTS.20 words
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Article428 1946-08-06 1 'To Know What They Want' THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL, Mr. Malcolm MacDonrftd, accompanied by only the Deputy Chief j Secretary oi Sarawak and a Dyak police inspector, is j -oing on a ten day expedition to the upper reaches of j two of Sarawak's one-time headhunter428 words
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Article120 1946-08-06 1 THE question of the fatur* de- fence of British territories m South East Asia is >till beinj worked out. This was the Governor-General's reply to a question put to him at press conference m Singapore last night. What the exact permanent fort* will be, how120 words
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210 1946-08-06 1 Paris Suggestions May Go To Big 4' PARIS, Monday. ALL indications at the end of today's morning session of the Paris Conference Rules Committee point to the British compromise voting plan being adopted by the 21 nations.. Under this plan a): the recommendations adopted in the plenary session would beReuter; UP - 210 words
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Article59 1946-08-06 1 SWANSEA, Mon— The Indians were all out for 203 m their first innings today m reply to Glamorgan's total of 238 on Saturday. In their second innings Glamorgan have scored 7fi for two -vickets. Mercfc^t scored 66 for the Indians tai Modi 56. Glamorgan captain J.Reuter - 59 words
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135 1946-08-06 1 PARIS, Monday. THE executive committee of the Jewish Agency Icr Palestine issued a ornmuiuque today saying that the British proposals for the 'future of Palestine were "unacceptable as a basis lov discussion." The Prime Minister, Mr. Attlee. j is to ask the Cabinet onReuter; UP - 135 words
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242 1946-08-06 1 NEW YORK, Sunday. THE General Assembly of the United Nations and its committees will have 300 to 400 meetings during the second part of its first session which will begin on September 23, an official "forecast" released here declared. It is estimated thatReuter - 242 words
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Article, Illustration58 1946-08-06 1 Tne Austin Wine (built with Lord Austin's £250,000 gift) was opened last month at the Cavendish laboratory, Cambridge, scene of the splittinj of the atom and centre of Britain's research into atomic secrets. A million volts of electricity are the driving force of the cur:ously shaped pillars shown58 words
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Article162 1946-08-06 1 EX-CAPTIVE JOURNALIST TESTIFIES TOKIO, Monday. A MAN who lost portions of his feet as a result of Japanese mistreatment of gangrene he contracted while an interne?, today told ths International Military Tribunal of his evaluation as a newspaperman of the Mukden Incident which plunged Japan and China into war. Mr.162 words
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Article124 1946-08-06 1 BATAVIA. Mon.— The Department of Public Relations of th? iN.EI. Army reported an Indonesian attack o n the S?maran g airj field alter which a Dutch Mitchell bomber, strafing the attackers, crashed, hit by Indonesian antiaircraft. The Mitchell, the only bomber on the strip, was firstAP - 124 words
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Article65 1946-08-06 1 Window Smashing In Raffles Place Another Singapore departmental store had a plate glass window smashed last night. This time it was John Little Co. A gang of hooligans broke the show window, costing hundreds of dollars. at about 11 p.m. There seemed to be no reason for the window smashing65 words
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Article19 1946-08-06 1 BEIRUT, Mon.—Late last night unknown persons threw explosives at the British •consulate and American Legation here. Reuter.Reuter - 19 words
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385 1946-08-06 1 SEA Q UAKE AND TIDAL WAVE IN CARIBBEAN AREA MIAMI, FLORIDA, Monday. k TREMENDOUS earthquake, described by experts as m the same class as that which devastated San Francisco m 1906, on Sunday shook the Caribbean area. The exact epicentrum of the earthquake is us yet unknown but it appearsReuter; UP - 385 words
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Article49 1946-08-06 1 NEW YOR--, Mon.— The Directors of Freedom House announced today that Mr. Bernard Earuch. founder of the United States plan for the control of atomic energy, had been chosen for the annual Freedom award for his part m Ihe "world's quest for pea;e." U.P.UP - 49 words
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156 1946-08-06 1 India Monsoon Likely To Spoil Crops BOMBAY, Ifonaay. HOPE that the 1946 gram crop would be above til Indian average has oeen dampened by the irregularities of the monsoon. While the monsoon broke to EChe< duie, there have be.-n variations from normal in many parts of the count:;. Unless more156 words
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Article89 1946-08-06 1 BOMBAY. Mo.i.--Mr. Candhl has advised Indians to observe liartal (voluntary suspension of business) or Aug. 9— (he day on which, four years 330. he and other Congress leaders were arrested Li Bombay following tho decision to start t'/ie "quit India moveir.ni. Mr. Gandhi wrote m today'sReuter - 89 words
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Advertisement14 1946-08-06 1 S*olll-PINAM4 ila^<^^^>a6cut It WILLIAM JACKS tfc CO., (MALAYA) LTD. Phone 6x56 Oc«an Building Singapore14 words
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428 1946-08-06 2 No Change In U.S. Policy To Be Made NANKING, Monday. k COMPLETE report on the Anping incident, in which four United States marines died in an amlush, has been sent to President Truman, by (ien. Marshall and to the United States State Department byReuter; UP - 428 words
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Article, Illustration41 1946-08-06 2 The Nawab of Bahawalpur, accompanied by Col. D. M. Fraser, Politrcal Aide-de-Camp to the Secretary of State for India, leaving Buckingham Palace after an audience of the King. The Nawab is the ruler of the largest Mohammedan state m Northern India.41 words
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Article85 1946-08-06 2 WASHINGTON, Mon-With-in five years atomic energy may be propelling ship« across thc oceans, according to Mr. W. A. Higginbotham, .hairman of the Federation of American Scientists. "It is worth whilp to note that a year after the Hiroshima bombing the public still thinks of atomic energy primarilyUP - 85 words
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Article147 1946-08-06 2 JOHANNESBURG, Mon— At a meeting organised by ths African Mineworkers Union here yesterday about 1,000 natives agreed to cail a general strike of native mineworkers at all mines on Witwatersrand for Aug. 12. The President of the Union urged the natives to hold meetingsReuter - 147 words
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127 1946-08-06 2 BIKINI, Tues. Vics-Admiia) W.H.P. Blandy, eyeing the Bikini arget fleet still deadly wi,h radioactivity eleven days aim mo atomic underwater blast, asserted "This is a form of poison warfare. 1 The Adm ral made the comment to reporters while boarding target ships lor the first127 words
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Article103 1946-08-06 2 BANGKOK, Mon.— Nai Thangai Suwanatat, a by-election candidate m Bangkok's second district, was killed yesterday when a hand-grenade exploded, destroying the truck he was using m his campaign. The driver was also killed and five others were injured. The grenade was thrown by a bystander, whoUP - 103 words
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Article218 1946-08-06 2 GENEVA, Monday. AFFICIALS of the limed Nations Relief and Reha- bilitation Administration, who open the international organisation's final session today, believe that the cutting off of relief supplies from Europe will provide fertile soil for a resurgence of Fascism and will further isolate Eastern EuropeAP; UP - 218 words
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Article114 1946-08-06 2 PARIS, Man— French postal workers are to get higher allowances to bring them into line with workers in other Government departments. This was announced yesterday by the strikers' national committee after a meeting with the Mnisters of Finance and Posts and Telegraphs. The strike which beganReuter - 114 words
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Article37 1946-08-06 2 VATICAN CITY, Mon.—Vatican officials today announced that Emperor Haile Selass c had formally invited the Jesuits to take over Ethiopia's schools, at present run by various religious orders of mixed nationalities. -U P.37 words
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Article151 1946-08-06 2 WASHINGTON, Sunday. BRITISH Embassy officials m Washington disclosed today that "limited "essential purchases" under the United States loan to Britain have already begun. Goods being bought include food, cotton and films. Dollars being expended are from the first $300,000,000 withdrawal made by Britain from the $3,750,000,000 loan.Reuter - 151 words
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171 1946-08-06 2 THE HAGUE, Monday. ANEW Commission General for the Dutch East Indie.- provided for in the bill just submitted to the Dutcn Parliament may discuss with the British authorities the raising of restrictions on Dutch sovereignty in the East Indies, parts of which are stillReuter - 171 words
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Article63 1946-08-06 2 Workers' Pledge To Stalin MOSCOW. Men.— Two and a half million Russian railway workers hav> signed a letter to Marsha'. Stalin m which they promise to fulfil m four years some of Ihe objectives of the Russian five-year plan :or rail- ways. The letter was sent on the occasion ofReuter - 63 words
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Article25 1946-08-06 2 LONDON. Mon. —The British Labour Party delegation, headed by Prof. Harold Laskl, has arrived m Leningrad from Moscow, reports Moscow Radio.— Reuter.Reuter - 25 words
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Article235 1946-08-06 2 Sought Jew Arrives In Paris PARIS, Monday. MOSHE Sneh, the Jewish leader list<.i as "wanted" by the Palestine police, has arrived m Paris. He said last night that he had left Paies- tine openly on July 23 with |an ordinary passport and visa. "As a member of the Jewish I235 words
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Article93 1946-08-06 2 TEHERAN, Mon— The Iranian press yesterday alternately reas- sured Britain that she had no cause for alarm over the situation 1 m the Anglo-Iranian oilfields and attacked the British for moving more troops to Basra. The Left-wing Azadi Party newspaper, Darya. declared: Britain intends to cross93 words
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145 1946-08-06 2 Welles Urges A Free Press WASHINGTON, Mon,— Mr Sutnner Welles, former Undersecretary of State, said m a radio broadcast last night that the greatest obstacle to the steady growth o f democracy la the Western Hemisphere was ihe recurrent abolition m many countries of the right of people to tie«UP - 145 words
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63 1946-08-06 2 TOKIO, Mon.— A more than sixmile long underground tunnel, which the Japanese Army built at the mountain side of Nagano Prefecture m Central Japan, and to which it was planned to take Emperor Hirohito le the event of fighting on the Japanese mainland, may now63 words
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Article519 1946-08-06 2 LONDON, Monday. THE British Government's decision to accept the principle of economic merger of the Kritish and United States zones in Germany "is fresh proof of Anglo-American back-stairs agreement on the German question,*' M. K. Hoffman, Moscow radio commentator, declared in the English language broadcast lastReuter - 519 words
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173 1946-08-06 2 Floods Hold Up W ork On The Yellow River SHANGHAI, Monday. WORK «.,i the Yellow Rivtr project, toe closing the breach made by the Chinese m my m ihe early purl cf ihe S i o-Japanese war to 1 m the Japanese advance, is making good progress, but it i<Reuter - 173 words
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Article65 1946-08-06 2 BANGKOK. Mon.—Five Official of the S: ime.se rice-buying commssicn have been arrested u>ic detained by the Criminal Inrestijation Headquarters it was announced t"day. It is a lipped that they smuggled at least 30.000 tons of rice out el Siam. The auth.rities stated that lh*j> had spent three65 words
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Article65 1946-08-06 2 INetv alican Co<l<» LONDO." Mon.—The new code of judicial procedure m Vatican r ;it>. just pub'»whed, will come into .'orce on Nov. 1. Vatican Radio said vc .terday. Approved by the Pope m May, it prorMei for a lower court, court of appeal and a nprtme court o; appeal. TheReuter - 65 words
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Advertisement117 1946-08-06 2 TO ACTUAL MANUFACTURERS OF CANVAS SHOES Required by Eng ish Wholesale House established 100 years and supplying i.ll principal buyers in the United Kingdom. s>>!e agency lor Canvas Shoes. Samples required. Large sales t-uaranteed when export restrictions removed. Only reliable makes considered. J. LASGMM SONS, LTD., The Duke Street, Warehouse.117 words
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Advertisement68 1946-08-06 2 Import of Indian Goods into Malaya Messrs. P. K. JAPEE CO. Po*>{ Box No. s*B P. T. Madras-. Undertake to export all kinds of: Hand-Loom Mill Te::tile< [ndi&n Pro.iuce A Other General Indian Goods. Contact through their Agents: ROBERT CHRISTIE BROS. (Incorporating The Malayan Trading Cc.) 39, Carpenter Street. Singapore.68 words
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Article839 1946-08-06 3 Two Committees To Be Set Up From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Sunday. THE Malayan Union Government is considering a scheme for the distribution of Government imports through Penang and Port Swettenham. To determine allocations of supplies through these two ports it has been decided to839 words
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Article66 1946-08-06 3 From Our Own Correspondent ALOR STAR, Sat TWO Japanese Kempeitai r m1 bers. Warrant Officer T'c Kasabure. and Sergeant Onuki who were sentenced v> death by hanging by War Crimes Tribunal two months ago were xecuted m Alor Star Gaol. The men were responsible for the torture nd66 words
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266 1946-08-06 3 A PRELIMINARY repurJ on the general position of the Wilkinson Prwess Rubber Company Ltd. states that the plant and buildings at Batu Caves, which were m good i, ru! it ion at the time of the surrender of the Japanese, were »t lipped by266 words
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Article170 1946-08-06 3 FIRST U.S. FILMS FOR JAVA THE first post-war American' films for the Netherlands i lia.ts have arrived m Singapore j 'jiij will b<? dispatched within thf 'i ten days. A short term agreement for the screening of American pictures m N ••herlands Indies has been i.:ade between the Dutch Ruthozittotj170 words
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Article134 1946-08-06 3 Mr Britton said that oeople in rht> Netherlands Indies had .ittle riion^y to spare for entertaii-m-nt. Nearly all emolovee< there :->,« ved a small oercentage onlv of their salaries, the balance beine kept bv the Government on tn"<r account. The highest salary navable is r.;-is. 150 plus Glds.134 words
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Article104 1946-08-06 3 from Our Own C orresponaeni MALACCA. Mon.— The following office-bearers of the Malaga Cl-rical Union were elected at rhe recent inaugural meeting: p-e.sident Mr. S. Shunmu?nm: vi --president Mr. Yap Eng Tee: hoi) secretary Mr P Gopj- hon treasurer Mr Seow Ene Ghfe: •>'iniil members: Messrs Teo104 words
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Article571 1946-08-06 3 THE following appointmenU m the Malayan Union h«v» oeen gazetted: Mr. J. E. Cousens. Assistant Conservator, Malayan Forest Service; Mr. A. T. Pugh. Cadet. Malayan Civil Service: Mr S. R. Simms, Assistant Traffic Supei .ntendent, Malayan Railway; Mr. W. F. Wegener, Chief Mechanical Engineer, Malayan Railwa> Mr.571 words
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Article79 1946-08-06 3 From "ur Own Correspondent PENANG. Fr;. Lightermen on strike at Penang harbour are protesting to the Government today against the use of Japanese PoWs. which s'rikers. m their representations, describe as a "sinister measure." The decision to send this protest was made at a meeting79 words
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Article, Illustration40 1946-08-06 3 Recently completely de. requisitioned by the Services, the Singapore Chinese Swimminr Club is once a*ain a popular rendezvous at the weekend. Durine the August holidays, handreds of members and their frien s visited the club.40 words
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Article492 1946-08-06 3 From Our Own Correspondent London (By At: Mail). MANY Malayans have recently i announced engagements and marriajreo in Britain. Among these arc Mr. J.I. Ballwanl Customs Department. Malaya, who U a twin, son of Cmdr. and Mrs. M.W. Bailward. Gaspar Cottage. Stourton Warmlnster. Wilts is to marry492 words
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Obituary104 1946-08-06 3 Mr. William Edmund Speers. former Chief of Police, Kedah. mcd at Lame. Co. Antrim, on June IT. and I also regret to announce the death on June 29 of Michael Sherwood, only child or Mr and Mrs. P. Sherwood. Suncel Patani. Kedah. aged 16. Mr. R.W.E. Dalrymple some time104 words
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Article429 1946-08-06 3 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. k NEW chapter will be written m the annals of the Malayan Clerical services when the conierence of delegates from the Clerical Unions of Singapore, Penang, Perak and Malacca winds up after its two da> s meeting which opened429 words
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110 1946-08-06 3 Rabies Outbreak In Ipoh From Our Own Correspondent IPOH. Sun. IPO. J health authorities are -kdop'-ir.'.- strict measures trjains* any nuther possible spread oi rabies since tht discovery during t, e pas- week of a few cases. Two dogs so infected have -incp died. Err:»r.>ency .^ulations state that henceforth owners110 words
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Article74 1946-08-06 3 MR. T. Tsiangr, hiuese Consul General for Batavia. u in Singapore today on his way. back to Java, after presenting a report to the Nankin* f lovfrn ment of the general situation in Java Although Mr. Tsiang retusfl to di.st.Iose the nature of hn report,74 words
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Article162 1946-08-06 3 GUNMAN'S VICTIM DIES TPHE Singapoie mcucy-. l-.jrz who was shot in his Mai.-.-j.-street house ow Friday rrenitt died in hospital on Sanday ?f ei The money-i hanger was ihot in the lace after lie nad k lied onof two armed Indians at e.aptnr; 1 to rob him of $4,000 in162 words
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Article167 1946-08-06 3 From Our Own Correspondent I DEMARKING that there v i** sufneient cv dence far a btiminal breach of trust charge but that he thought rhc might uevidence for a civil breach of trust case, Che Ahmad Sheriff, m I the magistrate's court wtbru' calling tor the defence,167 words
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Advertisement141 1946-08-06 3 Union Sporting Spirit In Medan Aside-light on conditions m Medan is given m report ot a football match m Medan recently when after a Chinese Snorts Club team had beaten a •HHvrtia" militar> Ambonese t iim by two coals to one. two of the Chinese footballers were assaulted by Ambonese141 words
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Advertisement40 1946-08-06 3 Amonß olrths announced recently have been those of a son to Mr. and Mrs. J.C. Cooke, Raffles College, Singapore: daughter to Dr. and Mrs. J. Stewart, new at Wesley House. Brackley: and a son to Mr. and Mrs O. Mowatl40 words
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Advertisement111 1946-08-06 3 TAI HOCK TRADING COMPANY Wholesalers General Merchants 148. Cecil Street Tel: 3491 CAN SUPPLY YOU THE FOLLOWING GOODS: From Europe From Austral)* For- ie IrW rW%I I Assorted lams Sulp v H Candies (86% Bouirea) Kau ds Coloene Phillips 1 ..ji..p»i>e Pure Crape JvlC4 Crocodile Cliangkols Fruit Cherry Caie Fire111 words
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989 1946-08-06 4 The Straits Times Singapore, Tuesday, Aug 6. 1946. A Chinese Goes To China Once upon a time travel from one part of the world to 1 another was simple and easy. All that was necessary was to jbuy a steamship ticket. Incre'dible as it seems, within the i memory of989 words
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Article139 1946-08-06 4 WASHINGTON, Mon- High tax rates will cont.nue througn the next year ai d even then the Unij ted States will not be living withi .n its income unless it hittlc. three major expense items, Senator George, "emocrat of Georgia. Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, said139 words
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Article, Illustration1316 1946-08-06 4 W.E. DYER - HIKAYAT MELAYU: The Latest Version W.E. DYER Reviewed by MALAYA: OUTLINE OF A COLONY. By Victor Pur, HI. Nelson. 6s. IN this short book of hMfl than a hundred and fifty pages Dr. Purcell sets out to present Malaya to the world, or at least to that part of it1,316 words
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299 1946-08-06 4 1WENT i<>r my hair-cut on Saturday last, and I asked 1 the barber why he had not re- duced his charges. He replied that the charges made by hair- t dressing saiocns are very reason- I able, and comparatively much cheaper than controlled prices of299 words
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Letter225 1946-08-06 4 I NOTE vtih disgust and reI sentment the deliberate omission of *'God Save The King" at the end of the show, by the managements of Indian cinemas in Singapore. As a token of our loyalty to Their Gracious Ma-sties, under! whose benign rule \;e were lib?- rated225 words
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Letter81 1946-08-06 4 IN the First Poi c; Courl Singapore, recently a 23year old Chinese was found guilty and sentenced to three years rigorous imprisonment, and a fine of $1,000 or a further six months' imprisonment. It all happened because this poor fellow was found in possession of a revolver and81 words
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Letter83 1946-08-06 4 IT seems to me that many I wage-earners do not tully realise the full extent of the inconvenience caused by strikes to the public in general. Just because everyone is aware of the leniency of the British law, they do not worry about starting strikes, whereas If83 words
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Advertisement827 1946-08-06 4 MacDOUGALL: On July 27th 1946 t.t Craigmount Nursing Home. St.. Andrews, to Kathleen, wife of Q. F. MarDougaM. Chartered Bank, Rangoon; t daughter. SITUATIONS VACANT WANTED Enslifih-s^eaklng Cook Boy and Amah. Apply E^x 661. S.T. Wanted immediately: Two Itniale Cypher Officers lor Government Office. Bangkok. 12 months contract m fir.;t827 words
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Advertisement48 1946-08-06 4 TIRED EYES! Whetner oi not you do\* wear Glasses, if ycm eves are lst<t or uncomfortable. HAV6 AN EXAMINATION. Pvouei ebsses can oe ot tremendous tielp to your efficiency. Your u'. > «c:l and mental comfort "Sij a.' to your aoiearanr* Consoit: C. 8. CHONG. U O. t rot.48 words
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Advertisement43 1946-08-06 4 They are on the way -COSSOR 11 RADIOS it TOP GRADE IKFICIEXCY a t it REALLY MODERATE PRICES Details Will be announced later COSSOR" First m the world to pro dv c c Radar Receiving Equipment. BEE CHOW 21. CHUUA ST. SPOKE \£Jr43 words
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505 1946-08-06 5 Malayan Clerks Organise Federation Decision To Form Trade Unions From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. THE formation of a Malayan Federation of Clerical Unions and the registration of Clerical Unions as Trade Unions are two important outcomes of the conference of representative of Clerical Unions which concluded m Kuala505 words
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Article100 1946-08-06 5 jCHORTLY be. ore noon yesterday •y fire broke out whi'i petrol was I being sold from a pump at the j junction of Anson and Kepp-J Roads and the blaze quickly assumed considerable proportions. Both the Army Fire Service engine from the station close to the100 words
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78 1946-08-06 5 Benzine And Kerosene Prices Raised FROM today the prices of benzine and kerosene have been inn eased m Singapore and the Malayan Union. The new price for benzine will be 90 cents per gallon instead of 85 cents from all pumps and the retail price m drums will be 9578 words
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Article462 1946-08-06 5 HISTORY, they say, repeats itself—but history m Singapore i has not repeated the considerable I boom .n the property market that characterised the termination of World War I. While prices for land Have soared considerably l.ke othet items of life these days—the sales ot462 words
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Article31 1946-08-06 5 A committee meeting o! the i Asiatic Young Men's Union was held recently at which it was de- cided to resuscitate the union. A reorgansation committee was appointed for this purpose.31 words
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583 1946-08-06 5 From Our Own Correspondent The following extracts from Chinese newspapers deal with Japanese I'oW., and their use by the authorities, female pickpockets and the demands by certain Chinese teachers. .i\r rows and I..1BOIR: The Government meiliod ol cmployi n g Japanete to583 words
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Article75 1946-08-06 5 MYSTERY surrounds the death of a Javanese manager of a (Htcm at the Sime Road Camp whose body was found near the entiance to Buk't Broan Cemetery m Khiam Hock Road on Saturday night. Fxamination ol the body revealed a small circular wound which vas deep75 words
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Article234 1946-08-06 5 Additional Plant For St. James 9 CINGAPORE'S St. James Power Station is to install additional plant at a cost of over $471,000. Installation of additional plant has been recommended by the Municipal Electrical Engineer as beingessential and to be carried out without delay if the power station, is to meet234 words
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Article446 1946-08-06 5 The Atom Bomb The M. A. Show IT seems a pity that the first post-war M.A.H.A. Exhibition held at Kuala Lumpur should be marrod by such destructive things as tanks, ground artillery, and ammunition from land bombs to anti-submarine bombs. Posters depicting war-ravaged Singapore receiving a heavy dose of airbombardment,446 words
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348 1946-08-06 5 THE Committee of Twelve appointed by the Malayan In on Government, the Malay Kulcrs, and the I'niied M;;l»>-i National Organization, begins their work in Kuala Lurr.;nir today examining what the Governor-Cieneial, Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, described in Singapore IhM nijjht as "a number of348 words
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Article93 1946-08-06 5 BULAN PUASA. which is the fasting month of the Muslims enters on its second week, today. Djring Kus period of all Muslims ar P expected to observe the fa*t rigorously, by abvaining from all food and drink between daybreak and dusk. Ushered m tlie day93 words
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Article98 1946-08-06 5 Emam Sahib, a to year-old _ln: dian, had a eluugfi of crtmmai breach ot in* ot jewellery valu. Ed at $570, the property ol Bnea Abas, explained "> him m the Second Police Court yesterday Emam claimed trial, ana bail o. $250 was exttr.ded till Oct98 words
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388 1946-08-06 5 Missing S'pore Girl Found In New Hebrides THIS is a miracle of the war. anc it concern! nine-year-<>>l Palsy I.i. and her mother Ruth LI, of Sin-jar.ire. On Feo J, 1942— Black Friday —Rrth I i and her two dan a baby aged two months, and Fat.sv. tbM five yeais388 words
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Article63 1946-08-06 5 A Chinese, Low Kirn Sen-;, vi peared hftoie Mr. K. M. Byrne, m th, Third Police Court yesterday i«d had a charge of thtit. of a laxl on July 31 valued 1 I $2 000 be'onging to Sun-aran. tfnlained to him. The accus d claimed trial,63 words
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Advertisement242 1946-08-06 5 (%c SECRETof HEALTH, \STREN6TH&VITALITY/ Amazing FOOD TONIC feeds M new HEALTH ENERGY into Jj^l THIN, WEAK, RUNDOWN people J rM You get Rundown. Tired and Depressed ~™^t% on'y because overwork, worry or nerve strain have sapped vital Mineral Salts from &Sr^M your system. You must replace these n^^^^^L '|k precious242 words
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Advertisement57 1946-08-06 5 K^ Meats Rt Prince irf a rare deliiiht... perfectly p:epared tasislully scrvetl. s Prince's offer t\>t c>oi'< of a wide mmM W^*.\ variety of Fit-n. h W.nes. Spirit". LT^r^BP^' da T^ Liqueurs and Ben »:i at controll HpH^^4^ Dance to C Vivr% rio.s swing H^lßßl 2\ Slneapore"s BKST OrrhMtra. IV57 words
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Article64 1946-08-06 6 The ancient ceremon* known as Simpsons Charily, during whith 24 loaves of bread are I*ll at St. Andrew's Church. Aid borough, for the poor, was rarrird out as usual. tht n y catch was that th 1 »»aker from whom the loaves w<r e obtained has been64 words
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Article118 1946-08-06 6 3ATAVIA, Monday, he ac- nd behaviour of the Chin- .mxiliary force in Medan were o'.roii^ly condemned in a letter ?A to the Chief Resident i Sumatra by the Overseas Association. The letter ,-rav s: Although the Chinese auxiliary squ-d was initially established wMi our approval, we- nowUP - 118 words
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Article225 1946-08-06 6 HONG KONG, Monday.— I The recent Hong Kong Government's order for the, troezing" of all cotton piece-; goods held by private lmpori >*'s and dealers, as the fir^t a.*.) to requisitioning and 1 4'ioning, has met with strong njposition from the General Chamber of Commerce and th«Reuter - 225 words
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Article480 1946-08-06 6 TanMalaka BrainBehind S j ahrir's Kidnapping? DATA VIA, Sunday The mystery man behind the i stormy Indonesian political scene is Ibrahim Datoek Celar Tan Malaka, veteran Indonesian communist leader whose activities have carried him from Moscow to Africa in the past 30 years. Arrested on charges480 words
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Article80 1946-08-06 6 CALCUTTA. Mon—lndia's jute mills are probing into the world demand for manufactured jute as one of the steps m recapturing and expanding their pre-war markets. The Indian Jute MUis Association has appointed a New York company to make a study of th» manufactured jut* market of80 words
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Article100 1946-08-06 6 HONG KONG. (By Air Mail* The future of Hong Kong University now depends on tti e rie- vision of the British Gt v»ri ment, which has been aopr(.*"/ica for thp necessary funds Finance is the main grumbling bloci to higher edu-'x ion In me colony. TheReuter - 100 words
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163 1946-08-06 6 HONG KONG, Monday.—Replying to questions at the Legislative Council, the Colonial Secretary said that the Government had neither the staff nor the resources 10 undertake the reconsiruct on of demolished property ;n Hong Kong. He added, however, that the administration was prepared to consider applicationsReuter - 163 words
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Article204 1946-08-06 6 LONDON. Sun- No new gov- ernment in India can survive for i long unless it proves capable of handling effectively the economic difficulties that now face the country, says a leading article in the August issue of "Great Retain and The East The article says: TlrrtReuter - 204 words
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Article135 1946-08-06 6 SHANGHAI, Mon -China 5 cultural rehabilitation will taxmany years, and mu3t be pre ceded by ecoromic recovery, in ihe opinion of Dr. Hu Shin, China's famous philosopher and I former Ambassador to the United States who is reorganizing Peking University in North China The burden of theReuter - 135 words
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Article46 1946-08-06 6 BATAVIA. Mor Fify thou- i sand peasants, all mer.ibers of the farmers organisation, have volunteered for tnre» day? from today to collect wood a* fuel iur i locomotives. For this purpose pait of th p forest near Tjitsgeuk has oeen i thrown open ReuterReuter - 46 words
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Letter195 1946-08-06 6 MANY householders in Singapore are now strenuously trying to make their home3 clean and tidy again. They are faced with three kinds »of damage: enemy action, Japanese occupation and military occupation, wh 1st general neglect and looting have also contributed to make a number of houses195 words
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Letter76 1946-08-06 6 HATS off to you. Capt. Gammam. for championing the rghtsi and liberties of the peoples of Malaya Parliament needs more men like you who ar? not afraid to =oeak the truth, and who by doint; so, incur private odium and J official disnieasure. We thank you. and76 words
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Letter122 1946-08-06 6 NOT for a couple of weeks, j but for a few months now, j thU has been a burning ques- lion. and with all a woman's j curiosity I'm inquisitive to know. All tnese pleas, demands ana {opinions with regard to back pay what happens to122 words
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Letter71 1946-08-06 6 WILL the military authorities in Kluang take severe j action to enforce a speed limit on the military trucks which are runnin? Ike cipress trains through this small town? The military drivers drive reck. 1 lesbly, without paying the slightest heed to the school-children and71 words
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Letter77 1946-08-06 6 CLOTH is now available i\.r distribution to the publi:. j but the method of distribution shoud be take n into carcfu) consideration. If it is not fairly distributed ro the needy classes of people, blackmarketeers will not hesitate »o grasp this golden opportunity to buy in bulk, and77 words
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Advertisement83 1946-08-06 6 HINDUSTANI HIT! The United Exhibibitors Syndicate Proudly Prrsen > KALITAN Starring L E E I. A. RAMOLA and MOTILALL. Sons-Fill"d Drama of Lov» Torn between the R">tt Tbe Metropolitan! M'dnl~ht Tomonow! ALHAMBRA r— OPENS TO-DAY -^^^^^^^^■^^^^^^a^^a^^^^^^^/ BEST /^K^P\ Main Attractioa. North Bridge Kotn 4 S»IIUW» Inetr liras Basah Rd.i 183 words
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Advertisement284 1946-08-06 6 SEAC RED CROSS STORES SiNtiAl'OKK Surplus Red Cross Stores Balk sales. 1. The Comm^loner, S.K A.C. Red Cross, will dkpo-c of surplus Rea Cross Stores m bu)k at SEAC Red Crocs Bulk Store Main Entrance No. 2 Dock Gate. 2. The first list offered Includes the following main headings. Further284 words
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Advertisement380 1946-08-06 6 LET THB COMMERCIAL UNION ASSURANCE CO.. LTD. H\M)!.t YOUR INSURANCES B«h. OW: (Commercial Union Hldg^ Rohinson Rd.. SINGAPORE. Manager's Phon*: 5079 OffiM Phon«: 6944. ■üb'Bah. Oft: Hongkong ItanL Cliambers. IP OH. Established m 1916. OPTOMETRISTS ft OPTICIAN 13. Batter v Road. Singapore. XXI.LV WALSH'S UolUf y.\ct\»n lai>l« 2 3 to380 words
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Miscellaneous502 1946-08-06 6 RADIO PROGRAMMES o i-v T/ r^ mm t MALAY noon to 1 o.m (news at I AUGUST 6 RADIO MALAYA 12.4a om> and from 6 om to 815 7 30 a m Radio Newsreel 7 45 a m am (news in Mau> at (30 pm> Music Hall 8 b0 ljn502 words
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Article166 1946-08-06 7 VANGUARD TO CARRY KING ONDON, (By Air Mail).— L Britain's largest battleship, H.M.S. Vanguard, will lake the King, Queen ard ilx- two Princesses for a 10 weeks' tour of South Africa and Rhodesia early next year. His Ma.iestv will open the South PAnr.un Parliament a f*w My* ;i!ter his arrival166 words
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Article104 1946-08-06 7 LONDON, (By Air Mail.— Claiming that mediums should not be treated as rogues and vagabonds, the SpiriU.alLsts National Union has asked !or legislation to annul the 216-year-oM Witchcraft Ait, according to the Daily Mail. The request was made by deputation to the Home Secretary. Mr. ChuterAP - 104 words
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Article571 1946-08-06 7 50,000 YOUNG BRITONS AID HARVEST Voluntary Work Solves Labour Problem By DAVID CONDON Reuter's Correspondent LONDON, (By Air Mail)— More than 50,000 of Britain's young people, most of whom spend their working life in city offices or factonos, are this year spending their holidays on farms helping with the harvests.571 words
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Article31 1946-08-06 7 Ethel Greer who married Elmer Smith m 1941, then divorced him and married bis twin brother, Henry, has now divorced Henry and married Elmer again nt Reno, .Nevada, DA31 words
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Article149 1946-08-06 7 Scientist Plans 20Mile Climb MEW YORK, (By Air Mail).— Dr Jean Piccari, famous Swiss scientist, is ready to attempt a 20-mile ascent into the stratosphere, according to a Daily Telegraph reporter. Dr. Piccard 'S plans are complete except for one detail he needs a backer to provide from £60,000 to149 words
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Article121 1946-08-06 7 2,000 Houses Being Built Weekly LONDON, (By Air Mail.—A tar- get of 200,000 new houses throughout Britain by the end of -he year has been announced by the MiiL-er of Works, Mr. Tomlinson, who said that half the total would be of temporary construction, according to the Daily Mail. Temporary121 words
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Article117 1946-08-06 7 WASHINGTON. Men —Engineers of the Standard Oil Company tire to sink diving chamber m the Atlantic between Florida and the Bahamas m search for sea bed cil deposits, the company announced here. Radar equipment will be used on the surface to plot the site forReuter - 117 words
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Article63 1946-08-06 7 Citizens Help Crush Crime LONDON, (By Ah Mail>.—Birmingham is conquering the postwar crime vave, largely as a result o: the co-operation of citizens. Because of vigorous advertising, calling on the public to play its part in the war against lawbreakers in the past three years, the number of citizen reportsDaily Mirror - 63 words
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Article168 1946-08-06 7 JOBS FOR UNIONISTS ONLY NO workman or official will be employed by Fulham (S.W.) Council from September 1 unless he is a member of a trade union or a recognised organisation. Councillor Michael (Cons.), opposing, said that Conservatives were not against trade unionism, but the resolution was ihe beginning of168 words
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Article189 1946-08-06 7 Methodists Divorce THE METHODIST Church Confer»ncc recently •Mscussed a recommenda- tion that respondents or co-respondents m a divorce action should be reinstated m the Church on remarriage it a discipline committee is satis- fted that the p3rsons concer-, ned are sincerely penitent prepared to make reparatior The recommendation declared that189 words
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Article370 1946-08-06 7 Among the "rules" beoueathed us by old-time auction and eariyrjay "contract player* 1* the one about "taking partner beck 'o his first -bid suit." This, like all the other tonrigid dogmas, should be taken w.th a very liberal sprinkling ot !salt. Naturally, there are occasions when k370 words
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Advertisement61 1946-08-06 7 7TH CATHAY ANNIVERSARY BUMPER HOLIDAY FARE GRAND OPENING TODAY THE MUSIC GOES TO YOUR HEAD! THE ROMANCE GOES TO YOUR HEART! THE LAUGHTER GO™ TO YOUR LIPS! J||kߧ CARMEN MIRANDA LnKj\ AND MIS MUSiC MAKERS CESAR ROMERO cMßpriiyctiivie m theßqcmes ktfl PE CHARLOTTE~GREENWOOD *fl| W*^ EDWARD EVERETT HORTON WHAT'S IT61 words
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Advertisement842 1946-08-06 7 SALE BY TENDER 1. The Custodian of Property, Singapore, Invites tenders for toe purchase of the following particulars of which are as follows' Lot I—21 2 Electric motors 15 HP., A.C. lying at Custodian or Property Uodown. No. 410. Havelock Road. Lot 2 Photographic equipment at Custodian ot Property Ooflown.842 words
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Advertisement331 1946-08-06 7 Mansfield Co., Ltd. i Incorporated m Singapore) BLUE FUNNEL LINE Sailings tc ir.a from Un.ttd Kinsd.-cn Glrnbtc Sail* for U.K. 7th \urii-i Medon dor from U.K. Bth Au«u*t Eur.Ybs»te« due from I.K. 10th August Samaffarii' dur from U.K. 30th Aucuat Western Australia The *hm»»M wa rontr «t (he rh'j|>i-< rate331 words
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Miscellaneous333 1946-08-06 7 CROSSWORD No. 17 across l^lZIlT" 9 gas "KT 1. Quite fit to ring? S& (5. 2. 1,4),*. Slope < 7 1. 10 He throws: it holds 1* 1«__^._*^ !Sj w.t*r (7), 11. A w*y of HH^ walking (4), 12. This Is older than 24s real name 1; 1? Is (5),333 words
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All The Latest Sports News
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Article, Illustration509 1946-08-06 8 ATHLETES of the Royal Air Force (Seletar) swept the board at the Singapore Amateur Athletic Sports meeting held at the Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday before a large representative August Bank Holiday gathering. Held in fine weather, the meeting was attended by the Governor of Singapore,509 words
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Article67 1946-08-06 8 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPt'R, Mon. DLAYING m a continuous drizzle m Kuala Lumpur this evening, the Singapore Recreation Club m their second soccer engagement al Kuala Lumpur defeated the T P.C.A. by a solitary goal. Some fast exchanges were witnessed, although only forty minutes67 words
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650 1946-08-06 8 (Prom Our Own Correspondent) PENANU. Monday. pvESPITE a gallant en or. by P?nang to force a draw, the Singapore Chinese Recreation Cub beat the Penang C.R.C. by 81 runs m an exiting finish to the two-day game of jacket played here yesterday and650 words
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Article83 1946-08-06 8 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Mon. THE Selangor badminton league champions, the Merrydale Party playing their first match m Penang, went down to the Hu Yew Seah, one of the strongest local teams, by five games to two. The highlight of the day's play was the clo:;e tussle83 words
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438 1946-08-06 8 VERNON MORGAN - VERNON MORGAN) (By LONDON, Moh. A suggestion has been made m tbe British press that the Third Test should be extended from three to four days to give India a chance of drawing the series m view of the fact that on the Oval'sReuter - 438 words
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Article153 1946-08-06 8 BRITISH 100 Yds RECORD EQUALLED LONDON. Mon. Running against France at the White City today MacDonald Bailey, the West Indian sprinter, equalled the British 100 yards record. His time was 9 7 seconds. There was lit tl wind so it is practically certain that the record I will receive official153 words
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Article45 1946-08-06 8 (Prom Our Own Correspondent) SEREMBAN. Sun. AI.AROE attendance of European and Asiatic members is expected at the monthly dinner of the Negri S-?mbi:an Club, Seremban, on Aug. 10. The club was recently re-organised with Mr. H. D. Bid>ake of Nilai as President.45 words
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162 1946-08-06 8 British Bantam Champion In Training LONDON. Sun. AT long last there is news of Johnny Ring:, holder of tbe Briibh bantamweight title. He is going into light training: this week m order to see bow he shapes after bis long lay-off. King- has made very few ring appearances during theReuter - 162 words
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Article72 1946-08-06 8 (Prom Our Own Corr<*pondent) PENANO. Mon. t)Y beating Perak Food Control at hockey this morning, Penan< Pood Control emerged winners In the Inter-State departmental games tournament played here over the holidays. Perak lost at soccer by lour goals to three last evening, but earlier had won at72 words
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Article46 1946-08-06 8 IN connection with the decision to run a soccer league m Singapore next month, applications for affiliation from various clubs will shortly be called for by the Singapore Amateur Football Association, and not by the S.C.P.A. This also refers to applications from referees.46 words
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112 1946-08-06 8 (Prom Our Own Corespondent) SKHEMBAN, Sat. ryiVE Kuala PUah District Football XI, consisting of civilian playsrs and Army men drawn from the Durham Light Infantry, beat the Negri Sembilan Police XI by four goeb to one, when the teams met m the N.SF.A. league112 words
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293 1946-08-06 8 From S(t. Slipper Self tar) SCORING four goals In five minutes at one stage of the game, the R.A.P. (Seletai) beat Air Command, Chans', by six goals to nil in a game of soccer played at SeletaJ on Saturday. Prom the kick-off293 words
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Advertisement402 1946-08-06 8 CHUNGKING lanjong Tairar^ Phone J3S7 i showr. dailj. 1, 3.15. 6.30. 900 "SOS COAST GUARD' ilst Instalment) with Ralph Byrd/Beii I.uaosi Roan with thrills ani teeim wtth chills! last -night at 7 it 9.15 p.m. Scotland Yard's Ace Steuth •INSPECTOR HOBM.KIC.iI" ta- JcSni? the most baffling crime of m. rarcer,402 words
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Advertisement214 1946-08-06 8 ITARZAN OVATE D BY THOUSANDS /f*ipiTfj|) 'Fans* and Admirers! 1 11 a.m, 2 p.m. 4.15 6 '0—9.150 9.15 (Trl No Btll T^L vBL YT* j** ti^l 9b .^^Bv& Preceded by Amusing 'Short' and Pa'hf (Jazctte. RED SKELTON The Celebrated 'Star' or Bathingßeauty' Will be Seen Asain m the Next Change!214 words
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