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Title Section18 1947-09-06 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1947 PRICE TEN CENTS18 words
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Article647 1947-09-06 1 RAILWAY STRIKERS NOT TO RETURN Govern men t To Meet Workers Again Today From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. THE Sentul railwaymen now out on strike decided at a mass meeting today not to return to work. After the refusal had been reported to the Government, an official statement647 words
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Article, Illustration40 1947-09-06 1 Today's Straits Times picture-page deals with the worship of these two goddesses by thousands of Chinese who attend a temple in Teluk Ayer Street, Singapore. The goddesses are the Goddess of Mercy (left) and the Ocean Goddess. See Page 9.40 words
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Article85 1947-09-06 1 Strongest Asia Radio In NEI DUTCH officials disclose/ that they have plans for the installation of a 100 kilowatt radio transmitter in Java, which they said would be double the strength of any station now sending from Asia, says an A.P. messages from Batavia. Experts are now awaited from America85 words
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Article289 1947-09-06 1 TUC Backs State Steel Plan LONDON, Friday. r THE British Trades Union 1 Congress today defeated a resolution calling for the nationalisation of steel in the next session of Parliament. The decision not to press for this step was taken after the Congress had been assured by the Supply Minister,Reuter - 289 words
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Article78 1947-09-06 1 TOKIO, Friday. •TWO American soldiers last 1 night threw an 18-year-I o.d Japanese girl to her death from a bridge and then fled. The girl fell into a moat and was dead when recovered from the water 20 minutes later. The assault took plaoe beloreReuter - 78 words
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Article43 1947-09-06 1 LONDON. Friday.— Opium worth £100.000 is on its way by camel train from inner Persia to Teheran to be loaded on to British charter aircraft which will fly it to Spain, where stocks of morphine are running dangerously low. Reuter.Reuter - 43 words
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Article155 1947-09-06 1 DELHI, Friday. pOLICE fire today killed three persons in the Karol Bagh area of Old Delhi, where arson and looting have occurred. Mahatma Gandhi is likely to leave Calcutta for the Punjab on Sunday. He has just ended his fast to restore order inReuter - 155 words
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Article161 1947-09-06 1 THE TRADE UNION CONGRESS has given an overwhelming vote of confidence to the British Foreign Minister. Mr. Ernest Bevin. The resolution urges Mr. Bevin to "continue his efforts to unify the democratic countries of Europe." Page two. THE HEAD OF THE INDIAN Trade Delegation to161 words
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Article129 1947-09-06 1 LONDON, Friday. A FOREIGN Office spokesman said today, that probably 200 of the Jewish children cow approaching Hamburg in three British transports were set on the underground route to Palestine without the knowledge or consent of their parents. He said Hungarian parents o' 12 boysReuter - 129 words
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Article81 1947-09-06 1 A 5-year-old girl Tong So and one-year old boy Tong Moon who were admitted to the Singapore General Hospital on Thursday night suffering from burns and other injuries after having been thrown from a burning two-storey building were reported last night to be still in a critical81 words
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Article201 1947-09-06 1 KIDNAPPED MAN SHOT IN JUNGLE Prom Oar Own Correspondent MALACCA, Friday. rE Chinese head of a clan house at 162 Banda Hilir Malacca, Mr. Tay Say Lan, was early this morning abducted by four armed Chinese from his residence, taken to the jungle at Selendar, 27 j miles away, and201 words
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343 1947-09-06 1 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Friday. jyjORE active conditions than for some time past on the New York rubber futures market and the continued and good business in London are based on a report that the U.S. Government will shortly permit unlimited use of343 words
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Article133 1947-09-06 1 From Our Own 1 Correspondent LONDON, Friday. I TTHE Daily Express, in cdi- j, 1 torial comment on the economic crisis, gives the i j following definition of "BriI tain's happy warrior, 1947 I model:" I He spends his time either working or wanting. T '<i works133 words
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Advertisement93 1947-09-06 1 re e r 2 k 'TT |lSjM?!£l llp I If YP Hrn 111 v^faM IH Flint £t mfflnß FIPTY YEARS AUG. smokers ta |J1 b'| t> I'-^ijWHwWgyßgi the Dominions and Colonies were \liyiS'lXw!aAfflfksLjE>\ alreadj beginning to send crden 'ti'MCT to Louis RoUunan'a exclusive little 'irsr\VHlM Mn&£a tobacconist's shop at 693 words
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Article138 1947-09-06 2 WASHINGTON, Friday. The I Atomic Energy Commission announced today that a shipment of i radioactive phosphorus needed to fight a rare blood disease will be flown today from Oakridge Tennessee to Melbourne. Austra- Ha. inaugurating the new United States policy of sharing its peacetime atomic benefitsUP - 138 words
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Article355 1947-09-06 2 Left' Wing Criticism Defeated SOUTHPORT, Friday. r[E long-standing struggle within the Trades Union Congress between supporters of Mr. Ernest Bevin's foreign policy and the Left wing, which is critical of the United States and looks to Russia, came to a head last night when theReuter - 355 words
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Article151 1947-09-06 2 60,000 Men Idle In Coalfields LONDON, Friday. BRITAIN'S three-weeks-old coal strike spread to new mines last night, Jeaving 60.000 miners idle and threatening fuel famine and factory shutdown to aggravate the nations economic crisis. Newspaper surveys showed that of the 54 collieries affected by this walk -out 38 were totallyAP - 151 words
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Article83 1947-09-06 2 PARIS, FricL .—Two wartime members of an Allied underground organisation were charged here yesterday with "actions prejudicial to the external safety of the state" In betraying the organisation's secrets under questioning by the Gestapo. During the German occupation the two Frenchmen, riardei and Dericourt worked for the "FrenchReuter - 83 words
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Article107 1947-09-06 2 MANILA Friday President Roxas' cruise to Mindanao and th c Southern Islands was interrupted late yesterday when the coast-guard cutter Orchid's propellors hit the wreck of a semisubmerged Japanese vessel in Manila Bay. Another Coast Guard cutter was ordered to Manila to take the President and107 words
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Article73 1947-09-06 2 LONDON, Friday. The fire which gutted the 25-room mansion at Sunninghili Park, Berkshire, Princess Elizabeth's Intended bridal home, was set down officially yesterday as accidental. Flames swept through most oi the old Georgian house an August 29 causing such heavy damage that repairs might not be completed73 words
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Article257 1947-09-06 2 Hunarry Parisians Want To Strike PARIS, Friday. IJALF-A-MILUON angry Paris workers prepared last night to stage a 90--ininute protest strike this afternoon against skyrocketing living costs and the dwindling bread ration, as the Prime Minister, M, Paul Ramadier, faces his fifth critical confidence vote in France's National Assembly. The strikeUP - 257 words
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135 1947-09-06 2 Man Drank Poison To Prove Faith:Died From Our Own Correspondent NEW YORK. Friday. UOLICE have charged a New York minister with having contributed to the death of one of his parishioners who drank poison to 'prove his faith." The parishioner, Ernest Devis, 33, drank three glasses of strychnine mixture. Police135 words
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Article107 1947-09-06 2 LONDON, Friday. Scotland yard special branch officers investigating the explosions in a London post office, now believe the explosion was not caused by a parcel as at first suspected but by a letter bomb which was being seat to the Foreign Office It is believed the letter bombReuter - 107 words
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Article76 1947-09-06 2 SOUTHPORT, Friday.— An official of the Electrical Workers Union here said yesterday that if Britain wished to continue her export trade to Spain, "the best thing we can do is to send over 100 tons of cyanide of potassium for the personal use of Franco and his76 words
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Article78 1947-09-06 2 PRAGUE Friday— Czechoslovak troops, after a week-long pursuit have captured the leader of th e most dangerous group of the "Bender gang" together with his staff, it was officially announced here yesterday. His nam c was given as Burlak. The "Bender gang" is the remnant of a groupReuter - 78 words
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Article79 1947-09-06 2 OTTAWA, Friday.— Canada has rejected an Argentine proposal to join with other American countries and the Holy See in a declaration of peaceful Drincioles. the Canadian department of External Affairs announced yesterday. Minister of External Affairs, Mr. Louis Laurent, said in a note replying to the Argentine proposalReuter - 79 words
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Article40 1947-09-06 2 WASHINGTON Friday The Agriculture Department .-a.d yesterday that if farm receipts continued at pres:ru levels I>r the next four mctiths the farm income for the ye ar would top last year's record-breaking $18,--889.000,000 by a substantial margin.—U.P.UP - 40 words
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Article43 1947-09-06 2 THE HAGUE, Friday.— Workers in a paint factory at Zaandam, North Holland, struck yesterday in protest because three of the factory director* d been found guilty of collaboration with the Germans and deprived of their positions in the flrm. Reuter.Reuter - 43 words
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Article48 1947-09-06 2 OTTAWA, Friday. Discovery of new uranium deposits in Canada's northlands was reported yesterday by a Government .spokesman. He would not say where the deposits were or estimate their size, but addeo that the Belgian Congo still had the largest uranium supply in the world— A. P.48 words
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Article52 1947-09-06 2 EDINBURGH, Friday. The Scottish Agricultural Wages Board has decided to propose an increase of 10 shillings a week on the minimum basic wage for male workers of 20 years. The decision provides for proportionate increases for specialist workers and women as well as incraases hourly and overtimeReuter - 52 words
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Article53 1947-09-06 2 LONDON, Fridry. Wartime concession for letters from Britain by air to forces overseas at the rate of 3V2d. will be withdrawn from Sept. 15. From that date special lightweight "forces letters" will be carried by air for 2 I 2 d. and will be the cheapest form ofReuter - 53 words
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Article187 1947-09-06 2 GUILDFORD. Friday.— A statement allegedly made by a man accused of the "Babes in the Wood" murder in which he said he accidentally shot the boy and then had a blackout was read at the court here yesterday. Frederick Alfred Smith. 21, window cleaner, was committed forReuter - 187 words
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Article41 1947-09-06 2 BATH, Friday. MiS. Rosin* Ann Cornock who was acquitted last March of murdering her husband in a bath at Bristol haj given birth to a daughter In a Bath nursing home. Last night they were reported both well— ReuterReuter - 41 words
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Article53 1947-09-06 2 ROME. Friday A garago mechanic, Humberto Rosa received a surprise gift yesterday and promptly gav c it to the police. H e said a young man gav c him a large wooden box and then left. Rosa found inside a bust of Benito Mussolini with the inscription "WeUP - 53 words
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Article113 1947-09-06 2 LONDON, Fr'iay. Brialn* serious infantile paralysis outbreak might not yet have reached Its peak says Dr. Conyers Morrel i* a British Medical Journal rejJort. Any marked subside :co was not likely to occur until October, be says. Another report says American research has shown that the virus ofReuter - 113 words
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Advertisement650 1947-09-06 2 NOTICES OVERSEA CHINESE BANKING CORPORATION LIMITED. (Originally incorporated in the StralU Settlements and re-reglstered in India and now re-registered In Singapore) NOTICE Is hereby given that the Tenth Annual General Meeting of the Shareholders of the Company will be held at its Registered O/Bce. China Building Chulia Street. Singapore, on650 words
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Advertisement738 1947-09-06 2 NOTICES OVERSEA CHINESE BANKING CORPORATION UNITED. (Originally Incorporated in the Straits Settlements and re-registered in India and now re-registered In Singapore). NOTICE Is hereby given that an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Members of The Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation. Limited will be held at China Building. Chulia Street, Singapore on Saturday738 words
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Advertisement758 1947-09-06 2 TENDERS SELANGOR GOLF CLUB NOTICE TO CATERERS TENDERS, closing at 12 noon on Saturday 20th September are Invited for the catering at the Selangor Golf Club. The caterer will be required to supply afternoon teas, coffee. Ice cream, curry puffs, light meals, confectionery etc. Full particulars are available on application758 words
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Article234 1947-09-06 3 'U.S. IS KEEPING UP JAP PRICES' Indian Official 's Tokio Charges TOKIO, Friday. Tulsidas Kilachand, head of the Indian trade delegation to Japan, today accused American vested interests of preventing the flow of trade between Japan and the rest of Asia, "particularly where they are interested." Mr. Kilachand alleged thatReuter; AP; UP - 234 words
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194 1947-09-06 3 'Sultans Are Rulers Only In Name' 7-~n£ Pusa Tenaga Ra'ayat (Futera) and the AUNialayan Council of Joint Action said, in a joint press statement yesterday, that neither of the organisations planned any action in the opposition oi certain organisations in to the alleged infringement of the Johore constitution by the194 words
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Article96 1947-09-06 3 SHIPS alongside the Singapore wharves yesterday (godowns In brackets) were: Main Wharf: Malim <30). KaJang '3D. Pangkor (33-34), Sumpitar. <34>, Marine Flier 1 36-37 >, Rhesus '39), Bennevis (40), Europe (42-43). West Wharf: Fairport (1-2), Islunder '3). Gamaria (4-5). Nevassa (6-7), Calchas (8-9), Denbishshlre ai-12). Menelaus (14--15 Empire96 words
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94 1947-09-06 3 GODSALL TO HEAD FINANCE COMMITTEE From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Friday.— The Finance Review Committee, which Is to be set up simultaneously with the committee appointed to consider the Heasman income tax report, will be under the chairmanship of the Financial Secretary. Mr. W. D. Godsall. it was officially94 words
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Article357 1947-09-06 3 Must Name Assets To Nanking NANKING, Friday. TPHE National Economic 1 Council ordered ail Chinese to report their foreign assets to the National Government and to transfer Foreign Bank accounts to the Central Bank of China. The new ruling was adopted in a drastic move to provide the Government with357 words
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Article114 1947-09-06 3 Penang Dockers On Strike From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Friday. ABOUT 700 dockers on contract to eight stevedores have gone on strike following the dismissal of a labourer by one of the contractors. The- strikers allege tr.at the labourer w &s dismissed because he would not join the Muslim General114 words
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Article202 1947-09-06 3 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Friday. a four-hour meeting today, 200 teachers from Penang and Province English schools unanimously voted in favour of forming a Teachers' Union. No European teachers were present. Shortly after the meeting began, the Inspector of Schools, Mr. J. N. Davies, arrived,202 words
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Article331 1947-09-06 3 WASHINGTON, Friday. PRESIDENT Truman may cut short his Latin American trip to return here to approve plans now being worked out for emergency aid to Europe probably by a November special session of Congress, informed quarters said last night. Mr. George Marshall, UnitedUP - 331 words
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Article207 1947-09-06 3 MRSPANDIT ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT? New York, Friday. AS the stage was being set for this month's session of the United Nations General Assembly here, the name of India's delegate, Mrs. Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, was being mentioned, as a strong: candidate for the presidency of the assembly. Diplomatic observers here believed thereReuter - 207 words
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Article327 1947-09-06 3 Tojo Blamed For Death Railway TOKIO, Friday. rE Japanese have placed the entire blame for the infamous death railway project where thousands of Britons and Malayans died in the steaming jungles on the SiamBurma border in 1942 and 43, on General Tojo who was then War Minister. -Col. Susumu Nishlura,327 words
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Article39 1947-09-06 3 LONDON Friday Sl r Arthur Hope who was Lord of the Treasury 10 years ago handling the King's and public expenses was in the bankruptcy court yesterday with liabilities of over £100 000.— U P39 words
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Article, Illustration64 1947-09-06 3 Jewish terrorists tried to blow up this British leave train, In the British Zone of Austria, near the border of the American Zone, on Aug. 12. Luckily, only the smaller bomb exploded and two coaches were wrecked injuring one soldier. Had the other bomb, which was of the "lifter" type,AP - 64 words
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Article159 1947-09-06 4 Man Within Is Realistic Eagle -Lion's The Man Within is. Like Odd Man Out, about a fugitive. It deals with the psychology of a coward, the ward apprentice of a 19th Century English brandy smuggler. The coward is ably played by 23-year-old Richard Attenborough as a lad bullied at school159 words
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Article87 1947-09-06 4 Charged with tbe possession of hypodermic syringes and drugs, not being registered medical practitioners, at the Goodwood Park Hotel, on Sept. 3, two Japanese appeared in the Fourth Police Court yesterday. Both pleaded not guilty and the case was postponed to Sept. 12. Mlnami Yoshimorl, 35,87 words
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Article290 1947-09-06 4 r -MORROW'S MnaOM in Singapore I churches sxe a* follows:— Church of England: St. Andre* f i Cathedral 7 a.m.. 8 a.m.. 10.30 am I 11.15 a.m. and 5. 50 p.m.: St. Oeorße Garrison Church (Tanglin) 7.15 am. 9 a.m.. 9.45 a.m.. 6.30 p.m.; Christ Church (Dorset Road)290 words
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Article49 1947-09-06 4 Seven Chinese women, whose ages ranged from 16 to 56, were charged in the Third Police Court yesterday with the theft of 40 katties of rice from an S.H.B godown on Thursday. The Magistrate, Mr. F. Bernard Oehlers, allowed them bail of $50 each till Nov. 7.49 words
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Article126 1947-09-06 4 Coylorfs Commissioner of Supply and representative to the SouthEast Asia Liaison officers' conference, Mr. K. AlvaDillai. Inaugurated the Ceylon Flood Relief Fund at a Ceylonese Catherine at i the Victoria Memorial Hall, SinI gapore, on Sept. 2. x v rkip? committee was formed, with Mr. P.E.126 words
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295 1947-09-06 4 Malayan Govt. Blamed For Food Crisis By The Times Correspondent LONDON, Friday. jyjALAYA is suffering from the failure of the Government to obtain fair treatment in the distribution of available foodstuffs, says Mr. R. F. McNair Scott, chairman of the Selangor United Rubber Estates, in a statement accompanying the accountsThe Times - 295 words
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Article160 1947-09-06 4 •TOE findings of the Wages 1 Commission fall far short of seeking a permanent remedy for the "unstable economic conditions" of the labourers of Malaya, according to the Secretary of the Singapore Government and Municipal Labour Union, Mr. Paliyan. Mr. Paliyan says that wage160 words
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Article334 1947-09-06 4 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG. Friday. A resolution to form an Employers' Association in i Penang was unanimously adopted al a meeting of more than 100 merchants yes- 1 terday. The chairman of the Chamber of Commerce, M. D. A. Mackay presided The Trade Union334 words
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Article, Illustration139 1947-09-06 4 Today-s map or the 'series showing where to renster for a vote in the Singapore elections is of Divisions XV and XVII. If you live in either of these areas you should register with one of the following: Div. XV Mr. Lim Teck Chuan, Kota139 words
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Advertisement139 1947-09-06 4 You will never Ike a more sinister drama nor a more exciting one! AT MID-NIGHT TOW'GHT (I mi \*m\ mr M COLUMBIA PICTURES pres-nts GFNER&I MOTORS Industrial Engines From 35 B HP. to 520 B.M.P. continuous rating. COMPACT LIGHT 111 WEIGHT DEPENDABLE BUILT TO LAST LOW MAINTENMCE COST QUICK STARTING139 words
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Advertisement613 1947-09-06 4 PAINS IN THE JOINTS? Swollen, Inflamed, painful /^f^. symptoms ol I CBMr"*" I Kidney trouble j ,^^K^ which should I not be Ignored YS^ArW~~''" or neglected. m^^kgl < De Witt's Kid- I ney Si Bladder I Pills are a well I IF^i known remedy I which will give --i i613 words
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Article, Illustration37 1947-09-06 5 This picture, puzzling at first sight, on close inspection turns out to be a Malay w man delegate at the UMNO Assembly in Johore Bahru who has temporarily had enough of politics and is taking a nap.37 words
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Article, Illustration347 1947-09-06 5 In America- The Gibson Girl Will Be The Rage PE Gibson Girl of the gay nineties i*> influencing 1947 American autumn styles. New York's Bureau of Fashion Trends says that this will mean: •A pencil-slim lme will be fashionable. ♦Main afternoon trend will be towards picture dresses; even gowns will347 words
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Article37 1947-09-06 5 An advertisement in the Australian Nurses' Journal describes a modern ten-bed hospital for sale In a country town. After mentioning various modern advantages, it ends, "Hospital always full and very profitable." It's an ill wind37 words
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Article, Illustration32 1947-09-06 5 Virgina Clay (left) and Lee Sullivan, entertainers from the Galle Face Hotel, Colombo who begin a two- week season at Raffles Hotel tonight. They are known professionally as The Queens, of Boloney.32 words
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Article, Illustration1106 1947-09-06 5 From PHILIPPA DA V NEW YORK, (By Airmail) WATCH out for your handshake. It's an index to your character. At least that's what Ray Shaw, well-known American sculptress, says. She ought to know, for she sculptures only hands, has done "hand portraits" of world celebrities1,106 words
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Advertisement178 1947-09-06 5 F O O D— PARC E LS FROM AUSTRALIA TO ENGLAND THE CONTINENT AND BRITISH OCCUPIED ZONE IN GERMANY Thousands ot Repeat Orders testify to the Super Quality of our Food Parcels. DONT DELAY BOOK YOUR MONTHLY ORDERS NOW WILLIAM J. BERNARD TEL. ***** SINGAPORE UNION BUILDING CABLES "WILBER' P.O.178 words
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The Straits Times Singapore, Saturday, Sept 6, 1947.
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Article1123 1947-09-06 6 This week has seen the return of the Sultan of Johore to the State over which he has ruled for over half a century, and, amid the political and racial cross-currents of this new Malaya, a significant accompaniment of Sir Ibrahim's homecoming was the passing of1,123 words
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Article116 1947-09-06 6 fFrom the New York Herald Tribune). Consider the plight of poor Britain; The sickness with which she is smitain; The Marxian schemes Her workers' sweet 'dreamt The promises oral and writain. The Socialists said they'd a system Tho»e "Tories" ah. me. how they hystem I Orating116 words
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Article, Illustration2134 1947-09-06 6 WHITR GROUND-ORCHIDS AS A SIDE-LINE A Malayan Countryman s Diary THE picture of one of 1 my former residences in this district, on the bill at the third mile, which was published on this page last Saturday, called to mind our hill-top garden. For many years, when we lived in2,134 words
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Advertisement876 1947-09-06 6 CLASSIFIED ADS. PEREIRA-DANKER— The mamac* between Napoleon Perelra and Josephine Danker takes place Utfay 6th Sept. 1947 at St. John's Church, K.L. CHARRINOTON OREEN. On September sth at Bt. Andrews Cathedral. Singapore W/Cdr. H. F. Charrlngton. G.C.. son of the late Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Charrlngton of LJttlehampton. Sussex876 words
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Advertisement22 1947-09-06 6 Accurate Visual Analysis requires Up-tOHiatft Instruments. To solve your Eyesight Problems, consult C. S. CHONG, 0. D. Fully equipped with latest instruments.22 words
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Article735 1947-09-06 7 GENT ON "NEW ROAD" FOR MALAYS 1,000 Guests Attend UMNO Tea-Party From Oar Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Friday. rpHE Governor of the Malayan Union, Sir Edward Gent, spoke of the United Malays National Organisation "making a new road leading to the advancement of the Malays" when he addressed more than735 words
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Article, Illustration103 1947-09-06 7 TIMS is a scene from "Marco Polo Bridge" staged by the Chinese Music, Dance and Drama Society which is opening a 11-day season at the Victoria Theatre, Singapore, today. The troupe, which arrived from Bangkok last week is on a world tour. Born out of the Sino-Japanese conflict in 1937,103 words
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Article112 1947-09-06 7 Three boatmen Lei Ban, Lei Ting and Teh Oh, claimed trial in the Second District Court yesterday to two charges of transporting and abetment of transporting without permit 2,104 katties of Rangoon rice sweepings at Boat Quay on Sept. 3. They also claimed trial to an112 words
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Article56 1947-09-06 7 The Central Committee of the Malayan Communist Party yester. day expressed its support for the decision of the Putera and the Pan-Malayan Council of Joint Action to boycott the Singapore elections. The decision to boycott the elections is based on the belief that the elections imply recognising56 words
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Article81 1947-09-06 7 The Singapore Coroner, Mr. W. G. Porter, yesterday returned an open verdict after inquiring into the deaths of five Japanese burnt when their tent at Jurong caught fire. Two of the Japanese died in the tent and three others In hospital Only two81 words
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Article167 1947-09-06 7 THERE may be no elections by the Malayan Chinese comI munity to select delegates to the Chinese National Assembly and the Chinese Legislative Yuan. A Chinese Central News Agency message from Nanking quotes the Director of Elections as saying that, in (Inference to the provisions167 words
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Article63 1947-09-06 7 A public meeting to consider si resolution on the financial position of Singapore and the Mala- I yan Union will be held in the auction room of the Singapore t'hamber of Commerce on Sept. 11 ~j 15 p.m us meeting, the reports on income tax by Mr.63 words
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Article90 1947-09-06 7 The Singapore Medical Labour Uni:n will meet tonight to decide what action to take in connection with the contemplated Joint move to "rectify the shortcomings" of the recommendations of the Wages Commission. The decision to hold *he meet, ing, which takes place at 7.30 at the90 words
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Article100 1947-09-06 7 A certain amount of selling yesterday caused prices on the local rubber market to ease slightly. No. 1 sheet f.0.b.. buyers closed last night at 2£\ cents, per lb. as against 29 cents, on Thursday when the news that the U.S.A. might remove restrictions on the100 words
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Article184 1947-09-06 7 rO Chinese who appeared in two separate Singapore police courts yesterday charged with attempting to commit suicide by drowning themselves said that they were suffering from tuberculosis, and were unemployed and penniless. Cheng Fan. a 21 -year-old Cantonese, pleaded guilty In the Fourth Police Court184 words
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Article222 1947-09-06 7 AFTER an extraordinarily dull week New York somewhat unexpectedly start' ed an upward movement in rubber on Thursday, which was readily responded to in this market, says Lewis and Peat's weekly market report. The reports that the United States Government is contemplating buying 10,000 tons of rubber222 words
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Article, Illustration185 1947-09-06 7 From Our Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAIIRU, Friday. A 104-year-old Malay, Haji Hassait, gave a Skilful exhibition of Malay sword and kris fighting in partnership with his great-grandson at the physical drill display staged by the Youth Movement of the Pergerakan Melayu Semenanjong, Johore, yesterday. Despite185 words
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Article74 1947-09-06 7 rnHE Mar Thoma Syrian ciiurc.h in Singapore will hold a memorial service tomorrow, at St. Andrew's School Chapel, to Bishop Mar Abraham, Metropolitan of the Mar Thoma Syrian Church, of Malabar, who died on Sept. 1. BUhop Mm Abraham graduated frorr Madras Uaiversitv and obtained the doctorate of74 words
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Article59 1947-09-06 7 PENANG, Friday. Seventy-five refugees who arrived from Langsa two weeks ago have found new homes in Penang. They were allowed to land after having been "guaranteed" by Chinese business houses. These refugees made the trip from Sumatra in a converted minesweeper, arriving practically empty-handed except for small59 words
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Article60 1947-09-06 7 AT a meeting of the Pakistanis of Singapore, held at 709, North Bridge Road, Singapore, the Overseas Pakistani League was formed. The office-bearers are: President, Mr. M. A. Khan; secretary, Mr. Mohamed Afzal; treasurer, Mr. M. Mujthaba Hasan. A memorial is being sent by this League to Qaid-e-Auzam,60 words
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Article60 1947-09-06 7 A LLEGED to be members of the a Then* Chuan Ton* Becret Society (36 Group), nine Chinese, seven Indians, four Malays and a Eurasian packed the dock in the Second Police Court yesterday when tney pleaded not guilty to being members of an unlawful society at 64, Merchant60 words
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Article63 1947-09-06 7 A spokesman for the Singapore Harbour Board said last night that the Board would reply to a second ultimatum sent by the Harbour Labour Union again requesting 'satisfactory" replies to six demands. The Union first sent the demands with a 10-day ultimatum when it called63 words
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Article82 1947-09-06 7 A toy motor cycle and engine oil a stall in the Great World, an Thursday took the eye of 18-year-old Cantonese, Leong Kong Meng and he picked them up and ran away. But the stallholder Mr. Tang Cheong Hwa gave chase and as a result Leong82 words
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Article55 1947-09-06 7 Hearing of the case against [rwin Oliver Jones, who is bcine re-tried for the murder of Maurice Tox, was adjourned in Singapore \ssizes yesterday until Monday. So far, fourteen witnesses h;ive jiven evidence for the prosecution md it is expected that the case for the55 words
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Article138 1947-09-06 7 Big Trade Fair In Singapore riNS are being made to hold a huge trade exhibition in Singapore next Easter, on the Balestier Plain which has just been derequisitioned by the Army authorities. The Government has Riven the organisers, Messrs Cheah Kirn Bee and Co., Singapore Its approval for holding the138 words
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Article, Illustration264 1947-09-06 7 A 28 y oar-old japort school teacher, Mr. Sebastian de Sa, who went to Kuala Lumpur on a holiday nearly i fortnight ago, has been reported missing. Mr. de Sa is the eldest son of a Singapore musician. Mr. S. de Sa >f 72. Bras Basah Road. He264 words
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Miscellaneous233 1947-09-06 7 1 TODAY Stamford Club Luncheon Meeting. "Politics and Modern Youth," by Mr. S. Raja Ratnam, Cecil's Restaurant, 1.15 p.m. Ys Men's Luncheon Meeting, I Mr. Lim Yew Hock on "My Visit to the United Kingdom." Cecll'i Restaurant, 1.15 p.m. Y.W.C.A. Pioneers meet at "The Hut," corner of Buyong Road and233 words
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Article326 1947-09-06 8 A chocolate bar in Singapore 1400 PER CENTPROFIT TAM hoping that amongst your many and varied readers there may be one whose knowledge of local distributing organisations is sufficiently comprehensive to answer for me a rather important question. Yesterday a local shopkeeper demanded fifty cents in return for a 2i/326 words
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Article101 1947-09-06 8 SO much controversy has been aroused in recent issues of the Straits Times about Nonyas and Babas that I cannot help wondering how these two words originated. We have very vivid pictures in our minds when we read of Nonyas and Babas, but how many101 words
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Article120 1947-09-06 8 WHEN the Japanese ravaged China in the so-called ''China Incident," they looted all objects of art and other valuables, sent them to Japan and then sold them to Araerica so as to obtain fuith^c funds for their subsequent aggression. In all the countries t!iey overran120 words
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Article164 1947-09-06 8 THE introduction of th« 1 Singapore-Johore Bahiu Express service has certainly improved travelling facilities and is a marked improvement on the bus service. This new service provides not only a more comfortable, but a quicker journey. The public appreciate naturally all that has been done for them,164 words
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Article, Illustration129 1947-09-06 8 CfTOKOWSKI, Rubinstein, Heifetz and some of the world's top-notch artistes in "Carnegie Hall" received fierce competition from Kuala Lumpur's brigade of melonseed "fiends" at the Pavilion the other night. As a visitor to Kuala Lumpur, I suggest that the managements of the local cinemas do something about this129 words
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Article67 1947-09-06 8 J SUPPORT Mr. I. B. S. in 1 drawing the attention of the Municipality to the water wasted in Caimhill Road. There Is another matter for them to investigate. Thousands of gallons of water has been wasted In the public latrines (especially at Hongkong Street) through damaged67 words
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Article133 1947-09-06 8 A hint to cinemas MOST of the local cinemas are usually not very well patronised, except, perhaps, daring the 9.15 shows or on the first and second days of exceptionally good picutres. Thie is particularly noticeable in the $2 seats, half of which are invariably empty. On the other hand,133 words
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174 1947-09-06 8 A FEW days back I paid a visit to a relative of mine in the Sungei Buloh Leper Settlement, (near Kuala Lumpur), and there was a cinema show going on that night (the film was screened over and over again in the course of174 words
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Article38 1947-09-06 8 |JSERS of crystal sets will be grateful if you will inquire from the broadcasting authorities whether they have to pay licence fees. RADIOFAN. Singapore. (Any receiving set, whether crystal or otherwise, must be licensed.— Ed. S.T.).38 words
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377 1947-09-06 8 W.K.C. has some curious ideas if he thinks the presence of Asians teaching English in local schools is due to British teachers "keeping away" from them. Ther c would be a nice hullabaloo" if all the Asians who qualified ac English teachers were to be377 words
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Article129 1947-09-06 8 WK.C.'s lament that local English schools are not adequately staffed with British teachers is very touching. Apparently he has a very poor opinion of Asiatic teachers. If the students who have received tuition under Asiatic teachers can pass the Senior Cambridge Examination, despite the "tragic" fact129 words
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Advertisement267 1947-09-06 8 UJOLSELEY NOW AVAILABLE FOR HOME DELIVERY For those proceeding fc^ |wrrm»] /^m \^m\^ MALAYAN MOTORS LTD. 1 1 30 Orchard Road, Sincapore. Repns* nu-d In the Malayan Union by Wrarne Bros. Ltd. INSTITUTION FOORMAN" TI.I-: 17r,H Rpgl'tered Name No 4326 TEL: 1739 Directed By Prof. OTTO 6c BEGIN FOORMAN Conservatory267 words
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Advertisement96 1947-09-06 8 just right/ Just right in weight and balance, based on John White's jFi^ experience in making 25,000,000 A /jg|^ pairs of footwear for men. ay' H/BSV Just right in quality and >p yXIVjM craftsmanship, thanks to \fr/J^ resources and latest iSSa'lifiafi W J production methods fjß C^AISH /W^[ jH Wff&JyA96 words
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Miscellaneous676 1947-09-06 8 The cor.lract In todays deal de- cUiuvoy.im and Ui.ucfo»e p pencied on quite a series of "ducks." to lead the club deuce. Declarer's South, dealer. first good play came when he allowed Both sides vulnerable. East to hold the trick with the club North-South 60 on score. king had South676 words
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Article, Illustration563 1947-09-06 9 TWO Chinese goddesses in Singapore have contemplated generations of worshippers side by side in one temple. It is a strange alliance as one goddess, "Hoot Chor," or the Goddess of Mercy, is vegetarian, while the other. "Ma Chor," or the Ocean Goddess. Is carnivorous. Yet563 words
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Advertisement95 1947-09-06 9 ALLISON PIANOS Full Size Upright K&SjIHL Full Tropical Construction Artistic Craftmanship Perfect Natural Tone s*^^*** Dazziling Mirror Polish ALLISON BRITAIN'S LEADING PIANO 328, Seraigoon Road, Singapore. Tel; ***** I* OO YOU LIKE WELL. WE'VE A DAILY PUZZLE I PUZZLES J SEEING THAT EVERYBODY GETS NT j| A FAIR SHARE OF95 words
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Advertisement143 1947-09-06 9 *<*& MUSIC *OF THE MOMENT. JOSE AMPARO ITL'RBI, Piano Duettists. Rhapsody in Blue (Gershwin) DB 6220-1. JEAN CAVALL with Orchestra. Only a Dream Away, Dans Mon Coeur. Sung in French English B 9529. GLENN MILLER ORCHESTRA. Strange Love, (Film "The Strange Love of Martha Ivers") One More To-morrw, (Film of143 words
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Article404 1947-09-06 10 LONDON, Thursday. rE London Stock Exchange was dull and featureless today, says Renter's Financial correspondent. Two technical rallies took place but without much substance behind them and tfee small improvements which occurred were due to home bear covering. British funds have been very quiet and generally losing oneeighth404 words
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Article63 1947-09-06 10 rhe Singapore Chamber oi Commerce Rubber Association'; prices at noon yesterday were: Buyen 9eller» Cts. Ott pet Ib oer Ib No I R.8.8 SDOt loose (nominal) 38 28^ No. I R 8.8 fob In bales Sept. 26\ 39 No. 9 R.S.8 fob in bales Sept. 28V* 38% No 363 words
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Article16 1947-09-06 10 NEW YORK, Friday.— Dow Jones averages: Stocks 63.58; Industrials 177.77; Rails 44.18: Utilities 35.50.— A. P.16 words
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Article711 1947-09-06 10 By Our Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, Friday. THE local share market continu ed dull, with some shares being: marked down. There was/ however, interest displayed in certain shares at the lower quotations. Price 'quotations given to- i i day by the Malayan Share brokers' Association were as follows:711 words
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Article416 1947-09-06 10 Produce Market By A Market Correspondent OF late the supply of copra, which arrives at the rate of approximately 700 bags per day, has been inadequate to meet the requirements of the oil millers, and an apprecable rise in price has taken place. This416 words
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Article113 1947-09-06 10 NEW YORK, Friday.— Modest pressure was sufficient to kfeep prices around the day's worst level* yesterday afternoon, with only scattered and feeble rallying attempts as bears remained In control of the situation. The industrial average was off nearly two points, which was lower than at any timeReuter - 113 words
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Article48 1947-09-06 10 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Friday.— Ministry of Supply tin metals stocks on July 31 were 5,687 tons, as compared with 5.219 on June 30, and consumers' stocks 3.935 as against 3.824 The stock of tin ore was 7,577 tons as against 6.306. Straits Times copyright48 words
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Article47 1947-09-06 10 NEW YORK, Friday.— Crude rubber futures closed five points lower to 15 points higher yesterlay. Sales totalled 84 contract?. September: 15.80 cents (US' bid; December 15.30-35: March 15.30 Nominal; May 15.15; July 15.15 nominal; Number one ribbed smoked sheets 15. 3 '4 nominal —A. P.47 words
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Advertisement718 1947-09-06 10 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. < Incorporate* r Singapore) BLUE FUNNEL UNE SAILtNGh KKOM O.K. AND 0.8. A. "Catenas* from U.K. G. I "Alieu*' from U.K G. U "Alelnous" from U.S. A Roads "Eurypvlus" ...Due from U.K Sept. 1( "Van T HoST Due from U S A Sent. 11 •T.iannn" Due from718 words
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Advertisement227 1947-09-06 10 Sht~prr« and others interested in Shipping Intelligence are referred to »>*■»-' l*'ments to Cols. 1 and 2 opposite page and to Shinpine Notices on Pag* > P. O. AMD B. I. P 6c O HOMEWARDS TKKVAVIOR" ...for London In Port 'TRKsn.UAN" ...for Genos) and London due it Sept. "TREWIDDEN" ...for227 words
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Article627 1947-09-06 11 MALAYAN SPORTING TOPICS By THE JSPORTS EDITOR HUE in Singapore today is the most colourful figure in Chinese soccer— the peerless Lee Wai Tong. The fact that 44 an age at which most sportsmen have retired— he is still able to lead his team627 words
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Article, Illustration735 1947-09-06 11 Learning The American Crawl— 2 By W;Cdr. A. G. DUDGEON VOLT learn breathing first I because your instinctive .ear of drowning makes you think that the ability to go j on breathing is the most im- oortant thing in your life. It is. You must, therefore, learn735 words
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Article171 1947-09-06 11 From Our Own Correspondent NEW YORK, Friday. pOLICE exposed two nearly executed rackets on American racecourses at the week-end. On one track, the totalisator was balancing several hundred dollars short day after day. Police traced losses to a window where winning tickets costdng £32 each171 words
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Advertisement357 1947-09-06 11 SKYWAYS (far east) LTD. (Incorporated In Hongkong) DIRECT LANCASTRIAN PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE BETWEEN SINGAPORE AND HONGKONG IN 7 HOURS NEXT DEPARTURES Tuesday 9th September Friday 12th September Tuesday 16th September Enquiries to THE BORNEO COMPANY LIMITED. (Incorporated in England) General At end Telephone: Singapore 3876. Penang 7. K. Lrapir357 words
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Advertisement243 1947-09-06 11 Rex Children's Club AirMATINEE TO-DAY AT 11 A.M. coow "BULL FIGHTERS- With Laurel and Hardy at their Funniest /<^\ other superb coloured cartoons. To-morrow at 11 a.m. i nPII "ELEPHANT BOY" with Sabu H V ==> ilfrll LAST 4 Y^jy /nwTuuOTnTOACTio£\ SHOWS v (or-mtni.ii.ciiFi»o t-«.i»_«.M 9 5 pni Mm JUii^243 words
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Miscellaneous600 1947-09-06 11 RADI YA 0 AUSTRALIA "JWK?--™™.-,. P SINGAPORE Orange Network. FRENCH 7 45 ENGLISH-1 p.m. Radio Orchea- O 9 e 30 a-m. HIU from the Movies; News. SIAMESE-S.OO Music KVOtra; 1.40 Share Market Report; 1.45 ">•„ Music for Millions; 10.00 YU-9.00 News; 8.15 Talk-TYansport Military Band Music. 8.20 Sports; am Week's600 words
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Article, Illustration1049 1947-09-06 12 Participa tion In 1952 Olympics? 4 MOVE is shortly to be made to reconstitute the Amateur Athletic Association of Malaya. The president, Mr. F. C. Ccoke, told the Straits Times yesterday that on his return from leave early next year he would be calling a1,049 words
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Article72 1947-09-06 12 LONDON, Friday. HAVING beaten Jack Hobbs' record of 16 centuries in on c season he scored his 17th whe n playing against the South Africans yesterday Denis Compton, 27-year-old Middlesex and England allrounder and Arsenal England I footballer, has another not-' able record in sight, Tom Hayward'sReuter - 72 words
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Article135 1947-09-06 12 London, Friday— The following are results of U. K. League games played yesterday: SECOND DIVISION Doncaster 2 Cardiff C 2 THIRD DIVISION (Southern) Leyton 0 0 Walsall 1 Queens P. R. 2 Brighton H. 0 THIRD DIVISION (Northern) Carlisle l York City 1 Irish League Gold Cop (second135 words
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169 1947-09-06 12 From Our Own Correspondent SEREMBAN, Friday. 'THE Negri Sembilan Chinese Recreation Club entered the 1 final of the Victory Cup knockout soccer competition when they beat the Royal Artillery from Tampin by two goal to nil in the semi-final on the station padang yesterday.169 words
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Article99 1947-09-06 12 DOVER, Friday. J\ANIEL Carpio, a Peruvian V swimmer, beat the English Channel this morning. Starting from Cap Gris Nez at 10.45 a.m. yesterday, he landed at Shakespeare beach, Dover, at 1.40 a.m. today. His time was just under 15 hours, compared with the record set by theReuter - 99 words
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Article, Illustration64 1947-09-06 12 LONDON, Friday— The results of English Rugby League games played yesterday were Hull 10. Leeds 13. Lancashire Cup first round second leg: Saint Helens 31, Leigh 5, Leigh eliminated.—Reuter. Lee Kirn Lian of Hua C neon* School winning the 400 metres race at the sixth Chinese interschool sportsReuter - 64 words
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Article195 1947-09-06 12 Tourists Beat South England HASTINGS, Friday. rE South Africans scored a notable victory by nine wickets against the South of England here today after a strange happening at the start of the day... Although the southerners overnight were 169 behind with one wicket standing ar.d therefore within bounds of followingReuter - 195 words
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Article246 1947-09-06 12 The Singapore NAAFI team to meet the Katong Eurasians B.C. on the Patrick School ground today at soccer will be chosen from H. M. Ibrahim (capt.), Pang Bag, Hassan, Ahmat, Abbas, Jaffar, Eng Hoe, A. Marian. Keat, Patrick. Dollafa, Karrim and Shariff. The team to represent the Nelson246 words
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Article53 1947-09-06 12 LONDON, Friday.— Results of cricket matches ended today are: South of England beat North of England by four wickets. North 448 for 9 declared and 260 for 7 declared. South 357 and 352 for 6. The M.C.C. beat Yorkshire by 59 runs. M.C.C. 362 and 159. Yorkshire 257Reuter - 53 words
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Article25 1947-09-06 12 KLANG. Friday.— The Sultan of Selangor has consented to distribute the prizes at the Klang Anglo-Chinese School sports on I Sept. 13.25 words
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Article124 1947-09-06 12 From Our Own Correspondent. SYDNEY, Friday. VIC PATRICK, now in bed in his Marrickviile home, today endorsed his wife's announcement that he would never fight again. The Australian lightweight champion, it will be recalled, was knocked out by the Chicago Negro, Freddie Dawson on Monday night124 words
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Article204 1947-09-06 12 HEANEYS LEAVING ON MONDAY THE Heaney brothers, Harry 1 and Leo, who have had a number of fights in Singapore, are returning to Australia on Monday. Harry has had two contests in Malaya, one in Singapore and the other in Penang, in both of which he was forced to retire.204 words
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Article121 1947-09-06 12 The Joyful Juniors Sports Club will play their annual challenge shield soccer match today on the S.R.C. ground at 5 p.m. between the Blues XI and Whites XI. Teams are: Blues XI: K. Jeevarajah, O. Anguilla, Teo Boon Oor, Sadara Singh, Llm Kirn Hock (capt.), Chew121 words
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Article, Illustration39 1947-09-06 12 Chinese cadets from 11. M.5. Aurora are seen cheering the Sing Tao Sports Club (of Hongkong) during the tourists' match against Dulwich Hamlet at London on Aug. 23. The English, team won 5 Z. A.P. Picture.AP - 39 words
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Article548 1947-09-06 12 NAN Yang Girls' School: swept the board in the 1 girl's events and Hua Chong School in the boys' section at the sixth annual Singapore' Chinese inter-school sports concluded at the Jalan Besar; stadium yesterday. Miss Tan Soo Ngoh and Miss Hoe Ming Cheng, both548 words
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178 1947-09-06 12 LONDON, Friday. ALTHOUGH losing: by the odd goal in five at Romford yesterday, the Sing Tao Sports Club appear to have remedied their greatest weakness goal shyness. Throughout the game they kept the Isthmian League defence on its toes. The Chinese had quiteReuter - 178 words
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Article85 1947-09-06 12 TODAY CRICKET: S.C.C. vs. Kranjl. padang, 2. M p.m.; I. A. vs. R.A.F. HQ Baae. St. Georges Road, 2.00 p.m. BADMINTON: Singapore championships. Clerical Union, t 15 p SOCCER: S.A.F.A. League Chinese Seniors vi. Malays, J.ilan Besar Stadium, 5. p.m. WRESTLING: Kong vs. J.icindar, Dara vi.85 words
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Miscellaneous21 1947-09-06 12 SINGAPORE TIDES Today: Higrh water, 1.48 p.m. (8.9 ft). Tomorrow: High water, 221 a.m. (8.6 ft). 2 20 p.m. (8.7 ft):21 words
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