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Title Section18 1947-09-23 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1947 PRICE TEN CENTS18 words
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241 1947-09-23 1 DARING STORE GAOL BREAK ATTEMPT Explosives Reported In Prison A POLICE riot squad was called to Outram Road prison late on Friday night. Prison authorities next morning sent a man to the Singapore general hospital. He died on Sunday night. Forty prisoners are believed to have been involved in an241 words
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Article, Illustration66 1947-09-23 1 Mr. F. C. Sands, Scout Commissioner for Malaya, pinning a gilt cross for gallantry during the war on the breast of Troop Leader Hooi Seng Tuck during the scout rally held in Mr. Sands' honour at Westlands school, Penan*. District Commissioner Basha Merican is standing behind Mr. Sands. On left:66 words
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Article72 1947-09-23 1 TOKIO. Monu.iy. In the floods in the Tokio district last week, 836 persons perished, 1,581 were injured and 1,171 are missing, according to official but iiu 'implete casualty figures issued today. It was estimated that 250.000 houses were flooded. The floods, caused by a typhoon,Reuter - 72 words
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Article114 1947-09-23 1 Another Blackout Last Night McKENZIE Road area was blacked out for an hour last night to keep the load on Municipal turbines below the safety margin. Response to the appeal to conserve electricity did not improve last night. Consumers in the town area again failed to economise. The incredible feats114 words
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Article43 1947-09-23 1 LONDON, Monuay. Two BurB journalists, U Tun Pc, editor of the "Hantanwadciy" and Daw Khim Fi, editor of the "Burma Digest" arrived in London to-day from Rangoon on a Government, sponsored mission to study newspaper production in Britain.— Re. liter.43 words
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Article125 1947-09-23 1 From Our Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU Monday.— Lt. Col. Mohamed bin Abdul Jabar, former Officer-Ln-Charge of the Local Forces Records Offices, was charged today, at a preliminary inquiry, with criminal breach of trust of $18,534. The magistrate, Che Ali, heard evidence from Major Ibrahim bin125 words
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Article170 1947-09-23 1 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Monday.— A second arrest has been made— this time by Kedah Police in connection with the bandit murder ambush on the Kroh-Klian Intan highway on September 10. It is rtporled that the arrested man has been identified by one of the survivors170 words
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Article71 1947-09-23 1 WASHINGTON, Monday.— A 150- ton explosive charge, calculated to produce an explosion equal to about one fifth of the effect of an atom bomb, will be detonated by American engineers to test underground structures, according to General Raymond Wheeler. The tests will be held at71 words
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Article342 1947-09-23 1 PARIS, Monday. EUROPE'S relief needs over the next four years were v estimated at $22,440,000,000 in the report, published today, of 16 European nations attending the Paris conference to consider the offer of American aid from Mr. George Marshall, United States Secretary of State. This totalReuter - 342 words
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Article130 1947-09-23 1 Grenade Injures Family From Our Staff Correspondent SUNGEI PATANI, Monday. ALL four members of a Chinese family were hurt > when a hand grenade which they had picked up from a! railway line exploded in their j home at Pinang Tunggal last night. Members of the family had gon c130 words
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Article70 1947-09-23 1 PARIS. Monday. rpHE British Foreign Secretary, A Mr. Ernest Bevin, arrived at Le Bourget airfield (Paris) yesterday afternoon to attend today's closing of Marshall plan conference. Mr. Bevin was met by the Acting French Minister of Foreign Affairs. M. Jean Letourneax. and the British Ambassador. MrAP - 70 words
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Article193 1947-09-23 1 NEW YORK, Monday. ORITAIN warned today that if the Soviet Union persisted in trying to force its will upon the world "the unstable peace of the world will crumble and crash" with "hideous consequences." The British Minister of State, Mr. Hector McNeil, delivered this warning before theAP - 193 words
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Article335 1947-09-23 1 THE uniformed staff of the Postal and Telecommunications departments in the Malayan Union and Singapore have threatened a Malaya-wide 'strike within the next fortnight if the two Governments do not meet their demands. The staff are asking for high cost of living allowance of 40335 words
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Article319 1947-09-23 1 Malaya's I.L.0. Team For Delhi From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. MALAYA'S 28-man team for the International Labour Office conference will fly to New Delhi this week-end if charter negotiations for a plane are successful in the next two days. The team will consist of a labour delegate and319 words
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Article132 1947-09-23 1 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Monday. The Governor of the Malayan Union. Sir Edward Gent, is to present a silver shield for annual competition among Rover Scouts throughout the country. The rules of the competition have been agreed by the Scout Commissioner. Malaya, and are132 words
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Article, Illustration202 1947-09-23 2 Nuns And Clergymen In Plot To Overthrow Government PRAGUE, Monday. WINS, clergymen and teachers are among 100 people to be charged with taking part in the alleged plot in Slovakia to overthrow the government of Czechoslovakia. A hundred other people arrested a week ago have now been released. The nunsReuter; AP - 202 words
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Article39 1947-09-23 2 LONDON. Monday.—Five-year-old Diana Mary Beckett choked when she was eating a raw carrot yesterday. Her parents tried to remove the piece of carrot out of her mouth, but she died before a doctor could be summoned. AP.AP - 39 words
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Article77 1947-09-23 2 CAPE TOWN. Monday— Early this year a wealthy Canadian visitor. Mr. Harry F. McLean, spent a few <veeks at a guest farm Somerset West, about 30 miles from Cape Town. When he left he told the manager and his wife how much tie appreciated the way they hadAP - 77 words
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Article132 1947-09-23 2 BERLIN, Monday. The American licensed press here reported yesterday that Russian geologists had discovered, thorium, radioactive metal, at Preital, near Dresden, in Soviet occupied Saxony. The accounts said the area had been sealed off for secret operations. The reported thorium deposits are about 50 miles northeast of theAP - 132 words
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Article112 1947-09-23 2 BELFAST, Monday. David Fleming, 27, who survived a 78--day fast last year, and then received an unconditional release from Belfast Prison, was arrested on Saturc. /v nieht. as he steDDed from a pk;ne in Belfast from Dublin. Last night he was aeain refusing food in the Belfast CentralUP - 112 words
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Article47 1947-09-23 2 HELSINKI, Monday. The Finnish Trade Union Congress delivered an ultimatum to the Government yesterday wa.rr/.ig that if the problem of wages was not solved satisfactorily by Wedmesday, a general strike would be called. Earlier the Confess had presented a proposal for regulating wases.— A. P.47 words
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Article39 1947-09-23 2 BORDEAUX. Sunday. A grenade exploded last nieht in the street in front of the headquarters of General de Gaulle's "rally of the French people" organisation in Bergerac. 50 miles east of Bordeaux. There was no damage.— Reuter.Reuter - 39 words
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Article39 1947-09-23 2 JERUSALEM Monday On e British NCO was killed and another injured in a road ambush near Lydda Airport, on the HaifaTel Aviv Road, at dusk last night. Terrorists fired from an oranpe ■^rove at searching parties.— U.P.UP - 39 words
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Article53 1947-09-23 2 ATHENH. Monday.— Guerillas in the eastern part of Crete have been exterminate, the Athens news agency said yesterday. The last of a band led by a man named Podias had surrendered and farm work in the east of the ioland was now come on undisturbed, the agency said.53 words
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Article66 1947-09-23 2 Anti-British NEW YORK, Monday. Youthful Jewish pickets protestin? ■pfaul a ball bein^ given In honour of visiting British sailors on Saturday night clashed with police as the demar..<:trators tried ;o break up the party. The pickets carried placards with such slogans as "British pirates not wanted here." The sailors wereAP - 66 words
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Article113 1947-09-23 2 EDINBURGH, Monday.—Ambitious plans to foster winter sports at home now that foreign travel has been banned are being made by the Scottish Tourist Board In co-operaticn wi'.h the Centre Council of Physical Recreation and the Scottish Ski Club. Over 400 hotels, which have laid in enough wood113 words
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Article116 1947-09-23 2 JERUSALEM. Monday— A Havana woman commando, 22 year old girl member of the underground group's striking force, was kidnapped last nieht in Tel Aviv, by masked youths of ™c Irgun's bhrk squad. The kidnappers forced the girl into a car outside her hom e and drove north, befor116 words
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Article122 1947-09-23 2 CALCUTTA. Monday. The Calcutta High Court gare permission U Elkins Howard of Savannah, Georgia and New Orleans, to appeal from sentence of one year's imprisonment, on a charge of firing an air pistol to intimidate his neighbours In a dispute over a tennis court. Howard allegedly fired anUP - 122 words
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Article275 1947-09-23 2 TEHERAN, Monday. THE legality of the oil negotiations conJucted by t c Premier Ghavam es-Suitaneh who .-igned a 50-year agreement last year with Soviet Russia providing for a joint company to exploit the north Persian oil bearing ten itories was questioned in the Majlis (Persian275 words
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Advertisement744 1947-09-23 2 NOTICES NOTICE Notice Is hereby given that T^ee Heng Kwong of No. 3 Brarksome Road Singapore Is applying to the Governor (or naturnlication. and that any D?rson who knows any reason why naturalisation should not be granted should send n written and signed statement of the facts to the Colonial744 words
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Advertisement624 1947-09-23 2 NOTICES ANGLO ORIENTAL (MALAYA) LIMITED. subsidiary of London Tin Corporation Limited are authorised by the directors of Klang River Tin Dredging Limited to announce that the dredge (seven foot buckets category B) completed tiials and started production on Ist September 1947. P. W. D. TENDER NOTICE Construction of approximately 200624 words
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Advertisement109 1947-09-23 2 Af RESH ARRIVAL OF SMILES B >fm— 3^B «>*.^v i i Z_ **y •f t 1 Mi i^N Here she comes with her cargo of Health and Happiness Cow Gate, the most famous of all Infants* Foods. And what a relief! For there is everything that Baby needs in a109 words
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Article, Illustration515 1947-09-23 3 Already "Slowly Dying Of Hunger" BERLIN, Monday. THE military governor of the United States zone of Germany, Gen. Lucius D. Clay, said yesterday both the British and United States zones faced an immediate ration cut. This was a result of Germany's severest drought inReuter; AP - 515 words
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Article88 1947-09-23 3 POLICE REPORT ON BANDITS From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. A POLICE statement reveals that the bandits' attack vii Ihe village of Mengkuang between 6.30 p.m. and 9.30 p.m. last Wednesday resulted in 12 shop houses being robbed of a total of $2,250 in cash and jewellery valued at88 words
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Article83 1947-09-23 3 LONDON, Monday. rpROOPS were placed In readiX ness last night for a pussiD!.--mol^ toc L ay at the Smlthfleld market, where 44 truck drivers walked out. threatening London's meat supply. Troops were used for striking drivers and probably will be put 1 to the sameUP - 83 words
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274 1947-09-23 3 |BtoniceoJ(h« Special Commissioner for Soulh East Asu K l c^ and the Governor-Geoeral of Malaya Mr appointment was for a period of two years, which expires in April next year. Lord Killcarn returned to Singapore yesterday by flying boat from British North Borneo. He274 words
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59 1947-09-23 3 PARIS, Monday. The Prime Minister of Eire, Mr. Eamon de Valera, yesterday attended mass at Notre Dame Cathedral and spent the afternoon attending to matters of state. He also called on the Foreign Ministers of Italy and' Portugal. Mr. de Valera Is In Paris for59 words
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Article241 1947-09-23 3 REWARD FOR ARMED ROBBERS From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. A REWARD of $500 is being offered for the arrest and conviction of eight Chinese, who, the Penang and Province Wellesley police allege, committed armed gang robbery at Kampong Sungei Ketchil, Nibong Tebal, Province Wellesley, at about 6.45 p.m.241 words
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265 1947-09-23 3 THE Singapore Traffic Polic c last night appealed for hvfor--1 mation regarding an accident at the 14th Mile, Mandai Road, on Sunday night, in which three Chinese were killed and seven others injured. A military truck collided with a civilian lorry, carrying 20265 words
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128 1947-09-23 3 A FINDING of justifiable homicide w;is recorded by the Singapore Coroner, Mr. W. G. Porter, yesterday at an inquiry into the shooting of an R.A.F. police constable, Ismail bin Mohammed Am in. on the night of Sept. 6. R.A.F. police guards on sentry duty at the128 words
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Advertisement76 1947-09-23 3 p FOR READY TO WEAR CLOTHING? CANAD 'AN WHITE DRILL SUITS r^ I \v»tffiljf &*TI These are made to order. **a v/ L C° at and Trousers. ZU.SO I i^ml NA w| Ll F !fi MN^! L ZERS JwUm m Ik S 35.00 \-i\ J^C*\ N^, V T BLUt Mmi76 words
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Article, Illustration421 1947-09-23 4 Non-Internees To Get Maximum $500 From Our Staff Correspondent KJLJALA LUMPUR, Monday. DAYMENT of gratuities to non-interned members of Passive Services who were mobilised for service during the period of the Malayan campaign has been sanctioned by Government, says an official statement. Members of the services421 words
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Article724 1947-09-23 4 A NEr profit of $1,015,649 for the year is shown in Ihe accounts of Robinson and Comoany Limited. The profit is arrived at after charging rehabilitation expenditure, directors' fees, depreciation and operating expenses. From this is to be deducted a de- 1 bit balance of 5G14.363724 words
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Article97 1947-09-23 4 SHIPS alongside the Singapore wharves yesterday (godowns in brackets) were: Main whan: Vasna (31.32), C alohas (33.34), Chanda (36-37), Ben'.omond (42-43). West Wharf: Zeeland <l-2>. City of Khartoum (4-5), Trew»d. den (7-8), Templar (10-11;. Empire Dock: Cefn.y-Bryn (17-18), Tressilian (19-20) Fuklen (23), Kyska (25-26), Benrinnes (29-30).. Sheers Wharf:97 words
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Article62 1947-09-23 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Monday.— Miss M. Goulding, matron of the Sur.gei Buloh settlement, was entertained to dinner by the stall of the settlement at the Colliseum Cafe in Kuala Lumpur on the eve of her retirement from Government service. Dr. V. J. Seevaratnam, who presided, paid a tribute to62 words
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Article325 1947-09-23 4 A mass meeting will be held In Singapore on Oct. 2 to celebrate Mahatma Gandhi's birthday. The meeting, which Is being called by the Singapore Regional Indian Congress, will be held at the Waterloo Street padane between 530 p.m. and 7 p.m. (Continued from previous col.) have been325 words
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Article407 1947-09-23 4 rTEEN thousand enumera-] tors will set out at dawn tomorrow to count Malaya's! population both in th« Union and in Singapore. The count will be taken in towns and villages, on boats and houses built out at sea. and there will be enumerators meeting the trains in407 words
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Article76 1947-09-23 4 RUBBER gained 1/8 of a cent yesterday and No. 1 sheet f.o.b. clu6i-d last night at 30 > 4 cents per lb. buyers with sellers aC 30 Vfc cents. Spot loose was 29 1 2 cents, buyers, and 30 cents, tellers. The market yesterday was slightly76 words
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Advertisement500 1947-09-23 4 Be a Master of English Improve Vow Speech aid Writiag io) Few Hcurs If you are interesten in acquiring a command ot good English (or business professional and social purposes you •re invited to write today for a copy ol "Word Mastery." issued by the Regent Institute This informative Dooklet500 words
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Advertisement190 1947-09-23 4 OPENING TO-DAY 3 Shows: 3. 6.15 A 9.15 p.m. More Excitement and Howls than 10 Comedies pot to-gether! "ABBOT AND COSTELLO IN HOLLYWOOD" with Frances Rafferty Robert SUntoo QUEENS THEATRE To-day: 3.00. 6.30, 9.15 p.m. Juper Commandos in action! Pat O'Brien Robert Ryan in "MARINE RAIDERS" Next Change— "JUNGLE GIRL"190 words
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Advertisement655 1947-09-23 4 FOOD PARCELS FROM AUSTRALIA TO ENGLAND THE CONTINENT AND BRITISH OCCUPIED ZONE IN GERMANY For the convenience cv our patrou we give hercunder a list of Food Parcels which wp undertake to forward to U. K. and the Continent. PAKCEL No. U PA-.CEL No. 54 PARCEL No. 57 24 oi.655 words
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Article357 1947-09-23 5 Five Off icers Fight Battle With Mob DELHI, Monday. PIVE Indian Army officers saved the lives of hundreds 1 of women and children aboard a long refugee train last night when it was attacked by a gang of marauders. In spite of this, however, theReuter; AP - 357 words
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Article, Illustration111 1947-09-23 5 Singapore's Municipal Health Officer, Dr. N. A. Canton, describes the method of drying fish on roadways and sidewalks in Singapore, as "highly infectious." Dr. Canton was referring particularly to fish which is dried on the Clemenceau Avenue sidewalk daily. The Straits Times picture, above, shows the fish being dried and111 words
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103 1947-09-23 5 A .aw course of Malay conversation classes will start on Friday, Oct. 3 at 9 a.m. for those who alieady have some knowledge of j the language and wish to enlarge their vocabulary, and at 10 o'clock for beginners. The classes will be held at103 words
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Article38 1947-09-23 5 Mr. Ang Kofc Peng, of St George's School, Taiping, at present I attached to the Chinese Secretariat. Kuala Lumpur, has been awarded a Raffles College Scholarship. He will come to Singapore at the end of this month.38 words
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274 1947-09-23 5 Strong National Govt. Urged For Ceylonese uLGMBO, Monday. THE formation of a strong interim National Government of Ceylon as a preliminary to national independence was urged by the president of the All-Ceylon Tamil Congress, Mr. G. G. Ponnambaiam. He was speaking at an election meeting in the Jaffna peninsula. AReuter - 274 words
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179 1947-09-23 5 MILAN, Monday. CARDINAL Schuster, Archbishop of Milan, was interrupted v several times by booing and whistling, but ench time the heckling was drowned by applause by members of Milan's Catholic Associations when Cardinal Schuster spoke here today. He was speaking to 20,000 Catholics in theUP - 179 words
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Article428 1947-09-23 5 LONDON, Monday. GREAT Britain yesterday warned the Balkan exenemy nations that any further violations of the principles laid down in the now operative peace treaties "would be a crime against European civilisation." Title extreme British concern over political developmevnts in the Balkans, was reflected Ln aReuter; UP - 428 words
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Article83 1947-09-23 5 London. Monday Jeffrey Hamm. leader of the British League of Ex-Servicemen an organisation said to include former members of Sir Oswald Mosley's British Union of Fascists —was charged at a London police station last night with using insulting words following disturbances in the East End ofReuter - 83 words
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Advertisement78 1947-09-23 5 9 JOHN COBB again breaks WORLD LAND SPEED RECORD for BRITAIN on "nn September 1947, Bonneviiie Saltflats, Utah, U. S. A. FIRST RUN— 3BS 645 M.P.H. SECOND RUN 403 .135 M.P.H. AVERAGE SPEED— 394 I96 M.P.H. JOHN COBB'S TYRES are the result of Hw accumulated experience which the technical staff78 words
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Advertisement276 1947-09-23 5 For Reliability and Long Life Chloride B a t t c r i c For whatever purpose a battery is required, whether for lighting on Rubber Estates or in Mills, Power Stations and Public Buildings, or for emergency lighting in Hospitals and Cinemas, there is a Chloride type which will276 words
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Obituary106 1947-09-23 6 Mm Ch»n Teek Chye Nee Llm Kum No aged OS poMed away peacefully at ii. r resMeaee 10. naaajasrali itoud i on Sunday, S"pt. 21st li-av-.ind her beloved husband five two daughters five daughters In law and many Grand Children to iii'Hiin her low. Funeral on Thursdity Sept 25th106 words
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Article1235 1947-09-23 6 Yesterday an endeavour was made in these columns to prepare I tlic consrrvalive reader for the j mental ant^ emotional adjustments that will be required of him if he is to do something more constructive with the constitutional proposals of the All-Malaya Council of Joint Action1,235 words
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Article285 1947-09-23 6 EVER since the re-occupa-tion of Malaya, the labourers in rubber estates, have taken too much of the law in their own hands and the plight of the estate kranis is deplorable. There are instances when krania were abused and even tied to rubber trees and285 words
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Article, Illustration1072 1947-09-23 6 Sunday In Singapore's "Hyde Park 9 The second instalment of the reply of the M.D.U. to the Progressive Party. —By EU CHOOI YIP, Secretary of Malayan Democratic Union EXPERIENCE teaches us that a substantial change in the constitution of the Colony could only be effected1,072 words
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202 1947-09-23 6 Man In The Street WERE THESE THE NEW VOTERS? ISAW a few lorry-loads of humanity in Singapore on Sunday morning. The first was carrying Chinese flags and was filled with young people, mostly Chinese and including some females, singing songs in Chinese which I take it the M.D.U. and Co.202 words
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Article381 1947-09-23 6 •T<H£ hotel of which -Tea x for Two" writes reminds !me of the one in winch I stayed recently, but linancially we did Detter, for my husband, two small children and myself paid only $50 a i day; for the first few days ,we were381 words
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Article103 1947-09-23 6 FROM a legal point ol view, can you, or your legally minded readers, please enI lighten me as to whether or I not my family is entitled to compensation should I be fatally shot or murdered by Indonesian terrorists when serving either in the103 words
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Advertisement787 1947-09-23 6 CLASSIFIED ADS. DANBY At Pcnang Maternity Hospital on mih September, i!H7 to i 'iff of C B. Danby, a son. < iiiKW-KT-: The safßgeaMnt to anDOUBeed Of Kwte Hock (Harry i SOI "f the IjiU- Mr. Chlew Eng Hoh nnd Madam Tan Oeefe Neo, to Bre Neo <i( Dd daughter787 words
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Advertisement46 1947-09-23 6 NOTHING CAN TAKE THE v place or EYi:si(;ii i your most precious gift of God. once ruined Is never recovered. Eyesight Conservation is by means of having your eyes examined periodically by a quali--04 (I specialist. C S. CHONCi. 0. 1). Full}/ equipped with latest instruments.46 words
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Article, Illustration278 1947-09-23 7 From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH, Monday. THE Perak Chines^ Mining Association have decided to con--1 suit their legal advisers with a view to approaching Government for an increase in the present price for tin. The decision was taken at an extraordinary general meeting of278 words
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673 1947-09-23 7 Variety Show At Mem o ria I Ha II THE chairman of the Singapore Anti-Tuberculosis Association, Mr. S. H. Peek, last night indicted Singapore living conditions and appealed for public support of the S.A.T.A. when he launched a community campaign against tuberculosis. He spoke673 words
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Article104 1947-09-23 7 Pawn tickets found on a Javanese whom the Police have arrested on a housebreaklng charge have led to the recovery of a wristlet watch and a fountain pen. Singapore police today asks owners of an Enicar watch. No. *****. and a black "Parker" vacumatic104 words
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Article174 1947-09-23 7 A SURRENDERED Japanese, Umezu Iwawo, told tne Sur,aporu A.-siz c Court y» sleiday that Ye struck another J.S.P. with a pair of ciogs, causing two fatal wounds, because the man had attempted to insult his Buperios officer. iwao, who KM charged with :ommi!ting culpable homicide174 words
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Article120 1947-09-23 7 Yv...^ ban, who admitted 10 previous convictions, was sentenced \r 12 months' rigorous imprisonment to be followed by a years police supervision by the Singapore District Judge, Mr. E. P. Shanks, yesterday, for .stealing engine nuts from the Singapore Harbour Board on Sept. 1 Yong San previously120 words
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Article82 1947-09-23 7 In the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday. Kwah Kong Lei was sentenced to nine weeks' rigorous imprisonment for dishonestly retaining 20 empty corrugated steel oil drums, the property of Admiralty, on Aug. 28. Mr. A. C. Till, detective inspector attached to the Naval Base, said that82 words
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202 1947-09-23 7 CANDIDATES for the Singav pore elections can begin their campaigns for votes immediately, th c Supervisor of Elections, Mr. O. Hawkins, said yesterday. Mr. Hawkins attributed last week's record number of registrations for voting to the publicity given by the Malayan Democratic Union in202 words
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Article346 1947-09-23 7 jytASTIC petrol rationing will be enforced in Singapore next month. The Registrar of Vehicles, Mr. W. A. M. Watts who is in charge of rationing, told th c Straits Times yester day that only basic rations for three months will be issued on Oct. 1.346 words
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422 1947-09-23 7 PENANG, Monday.— A ruiau L^ingKawi piamer, who pleaded that he required rice to feed his 400 abourers, was fined $1,000 in the Kuah Distr ct I Court yesterday. The planter, Mr. M. J. V. Miller, manager of Sungei Raya estate, Pulau Langkawi, was convicted of422 words
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Article73 1947-09-23 7 BATU PAHAT, Monday.— Nine normal students out of 12 in Batu Pahat have passed the examination for teachers. The successful candidates are: Thn/. year Teah Tene Kooi and S. p. Vadivale. Fi/st Year-Wrs P. Navaratnam. Miss Khoo Hooi Lam, Miss Lee Kirn Neo. Messrs. C. M. Chacko. Koh73 words
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Miscellaneous162 1947-09-23 7 TODAY: Y.W.C.A. keep fit class. 8. Fort Canning Road, 10 a.m. For enrolment ring *****. Social general meeting. Singapore Stamp Club, Capitol Restaurant. 5.13 p.m. V.M.C.A. Malay class. V.M.C.A. Orchard Road. 5.45 p.m. Dance, admission free to service men and women. Union Jack Club North Bridge Road. 8 p.m. TOMORROW:162 words
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Article, Illustration841 1947-09-23 8 JUNGLE birds in this J country are very beautiful. The lovely iridescent jungle fowl has to be held In the hand in a bright light for his colours to be appreciated. The shy argus pheasant is erother beauty but you hear him more often than you841 words
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Article256 1947-09-23 8 J REMEMBER reading in the Straits Times of a few weeks ago a letter written by a Malay girl typist giving her reasons why girls of her own race refuse to become clerks and typists. She stated that being employed as such, she was being insulted256 words
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Article37 1947-09-23 8 JACKIE MILES, an entertainer at the Lido Beach Club, was gagging to a pretty dull crowd until a thunderstorm started. As a thunderclap broke through the chatter he yelled: cc where l applause from?"37 words
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Article, Illustration1172 1947-09-23 8 NURSE ELIZABETH - NURSE ELIZABETH MOTHERCRAFT IN MALAYA By k problem that appears in many homes will interest parents this week. "A.8.C." writes: My daughter, aged Z X A, will wet her bed at night. She is good all day, has little to drink after 4 p.m., is potted before1,172 words
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Article104 1947-09-23 8 THE National Bank In Franklin Square, Long Island, is really something. It's scrapped austerity for friendly appeal. Children with savings bank accounts get a lollipop every time tlvey make a deposit. Outside there are sandpiles for waiting youngsters and a parking space for perambulators, with an attendant versed104 words
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Advertisement109 1947-09-23 8 v/U will be subscribing towards building the First Tuberculosis Clinic in Singapore if you buy a $5 00 TICKET to the Rotary Club Enfer:air"*-ent and Games, to be held at GREAT WORLD Amusement Park 8.30 p.m. to 1 a.m. on Wednesday Ist October Valuable Prizes will be awarded in the109 words
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Advertisement408 1947-09-23 8 attractive, fragrant Hr The choice of >. those who know LBI J The distinguished quality of Atkinsons Eau de Cologne is unchanged from year to year. I k 9HJSH F Its lovely fragrance gives pleasure to yourself and to others on all occasions. flwi -J atkinsonTs GOLD MEDAL EAU DE408 words
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Article622 1947-09-23 9 J. N. MILSUM; J. R. P. SOPER - J. N. MILSUM and J. R. P. SOPER, GROW YOUR OWN VEGETABLES By of the Department of Agriculture A NUMBER of plants can be grown in this country for flavouring and aeaEcning. No creat quantity of any one ls required, but It is useful622 words
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Article, Illustration894 1947-09-23 9 R.E. HOLTTUM - R.E. HOLTTUM, L The Malayan Gardener By Director of tlte Botanic Gardens, Singapore THHE climbing Petrea, with A its graceful sprays of lilac flowers, is one of the best known of Malayan garden plants; it is native of South America. It may be treated as a sprawlIng bush,894 words
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Advertisement77 1947-09-23 9 ■r^t I L Relieves Cou^h of liiiiuenza or Sore Throat Stomach Pain or Chest Affection woods PEPPERMINT CURE i(^§£? Audits: Si;nr l»arh> Co.. Ltd RAFFLES HOTEL TONIGHT DANCE 9 p.m. TO MIDNIGHT POPULAR CABARET ATTRACTION VIRGINIA CLAY LEE SULLIVAN "THE QUEENS OF BOLONEY and THE GREAT RUBE comedy violinist. Admission77 words
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Advertisement242 1947-09-23 9 F^ J/ I -p-~ i WHOLE- GRAIN OATS ARE NATURE'S IDEAL FOOD FOR BABY N ATUKi'S Whole-grain oats Quaker Oats is the best natural cereal source of food- WONDE« iron, protein, food energy, and Vitamin FOOD Hi, elements that provide strength for* growth, help guard baby's health. Gi\e s«aß^fe->. your242 words
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Miscellaneous618 1947-09-23 9 The 'suit preference signal." as 1 no trump 3 kpades 4 c.ao» .as almost every bridge player now knows, 4 hurts Pan S clubs Pass is a device by which one defender can Pan Pass Inform the other ii. what suit an entry We* opened the tour of spades, is618 words
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Article, Illustration1491 1947-09-23 10 Our London Letter tells of a holiday spent in Cornwall of the Warspite lying aground j off Prussia C0ve.. ...0f the night watchman who tends her.....0f the men of Cornwall... of old Tom and his harmonium....of Cornish hospitality WARSPITE (By Airmail) I wonder how many men there are in Malaya1,491 words
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Advertisement237 1947-09-23 10 ~cT fA DAILY 5 THRILL-SHOWS! f% 11 a.m.— 2 p.m.— 4.15 p.m. I' 6.30 and 915 p.m. Air Conditioned Phone 5159 T ADVENTURES OF A £a THRILLER ""^fik THRILLERS SPECIAL CONCESSION To-day A To-morrow at the 11 a.m. Show only Kor Members o( the RKX CHILDREN S CUB ($1 to237 words
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Advertisement247 1947-09-23 10 SKYWAYS <™ t) LTD. (Incorporated in Honmcong) DIRECT LANCASTRIAN PASSENGER AND FREIGHT BKRVICI BETWEEN SINGAPORE AND HONGKONG IN 7 HOURS MX I DEPARTURES Friday 26th September Tuesday 30th September Friday 3rd October Fnanirle*. U> THE BORNEO COMPANY LIMITED. (Incorporated in KnglaiMl) General Arents Telenhnne Singapore 3876. Penang 7. K. Lumpur247 words
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Miscellaneous102 1947-09-23 10 EESSSBKlHS3Biiiffi^l^S!33 RADIO MALAYA SINGAPORE 1 p.m. Radio Orch.; 1.40 Rhythm. 8.20 Classical Requests; 9.00 1.T.M.A.; 9.45 Talk; 10.00 Adventures of Julia Episode 1. 10.30 Danre Music. KUALA LI'MPUR 1 p.m. See Singapore; 8.35 Just Jive; 9.00 Recital; 9.45 Talk; 10.00 Orchestra of the week; 10.30 Ten Thirty Tuesday BFEBS ORANGE102 words
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Miscellaneous134 1947-09-23 10 PURPLE NETWORK— 7 p.m. see Orange Network; French 7.45. Siamese— B.oo. 8.30 Western Music. K uoyu 9 00 9.15 Talk-Impressions 00' ZI !uoo2wi itddj[g gvn '.s^jjnOA -bj s.aajoj oaa os oi :s^ooa s? ua w of British Education by Professor T. T. Chung. 9.30 p.m. to 12.30 a.m. see Orange134 words
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Miscellaneous122 1947-09-23 10 Those Unheard; 8.05 Yours for the Asking; 9.00 SEAC Circus; 9.30 Swing Session; 10.00 Show Lowdown; 10.15 Words St Music. RADIO AUSTRALIA 9.30 a.m. Jack Buchanan, Oracle Fields, Oliver Wakeneld, Gerry Moore; 10.00 As You Like It; 10.20 A Spot of Pun; 10.40 Requests; 11.00 Music of the British Isles;122 words
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Advertisement653 1947-09-23 11 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. ilncorDoraico in Sinnauorei BLUE FUNNEL LINE SAILINGS FROM U.K. AND U.S.A. •Thnborf" From U.S. A Roads "Tydem" Dne from L.X Sept. U -TalthybhM" Dne from UK Sept. 25 •St. Cloud Victory" Dne from USA Sept. 26 SAILINGS FOR LIVKKI'OOL GLASGOW \NV rONTTNENTAI PORTS •Calchas" Sails for Liverpool653 words
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Advertisement606 1947-09-23 11 Produce Market SYNDICATE IN SUGAR Rv A Market Correspondent REPORTS reaching Singapore say a syndicate, sponsored by the Netherlands authorities and private merchants, has been formed to export sugar to Malaya and adjoining areas from stocks in Sourabaya. The stock controlled by ths syndicate in Sourabaya is of about ISB.OOO606 words
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Advertisement266 1947-09-23 11 25% Div. Proposed By McAlisters A FIN AL divident of 20 per cent, making 25 per cent for the year, will be recommended by the directors of McAlister and Company at the annual meeting in Singapore on Mon. day, Sept 29. The Profit and Loss Account shows a balance of266 words
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Advertisement565 1947-09-23 11 8100,630 will go to general reserve, and 8150,000 to contingencies reserve. A carry-forward of 8373.692 will be recommended. The general reserve has been Increased to $2,450,000 with the amalgamation of the London and Malaya reserve accounts. Recoveries of assets made during the year have also been credited to the account.565 words
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Advertisement172 1947-09-23 11 STORE SHARES By Our Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, Monday. THE local share market opened the week with a little more inquiry for Industrials. Several Tin shares were marked op in price. Changes In price quotations given today by the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association were as follows INDUSTRIALS Bayer Seller Fraser Neave (O)172 words
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Advertisement571 1947-09-23 11 EIIERMAN KLAVENESS UNI KUCKNALL (Incorporated with bunncd S- S CO., ITT. LOS /|N(iELES. (incorooraiea Bn«land) SAN FRANCISCO HAVRE. LONDON VANCOI'VER S.S. CITT OF KHARTOUM Loadlnc GDN 4/5 „u r: LONDON ANTWERP •GRANMM E" Dne 9 Vt. £T...°' il-rS? Cm P i*. Penanc PjajsjßJlH McALISTER CO.. LTD. (lncorn^rntec 't Wneaoore) PHONE571 words
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Article, Illustration381 1947-09-23 12 Date And Venue Of Final Not Settled From Our Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Monday. JOHORE will be making their fifth appearance in J the final of the Foong Seong Cup badminton competition when they meet Penang shortly. Johore have been runners-up thrice, but in381 words
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Article159 1947-09-23 12 The Cyclones are expected to win the soccer competition of the Katong Eurasian Sports Club, as either a win! or draw against their opponents, the j Galloping Youngsters, next Sunday I will be to their advantage. The competition is being played oni a one-round basis. As159 words
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Article77 1947-09-23 12 At a general meeting of the Singapore Malaya Cup Veterans' Football Club held yesterday j John Then was elected captain, K. Muthucumaru vice-captain ar.d Gan Kee Siang convenor. The meeting decided that the selection committee should comprise the captain, the vice- captain, the convenor and77 words
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Article111 1947-09-23 12 A HEAVY shower washed out all sport fixtures scheduled for yesterday evening. The Singapore Amateur Football Association Cup match between the Singapore Recreation Club, last year's cup winners, and the G.H.A. Signal Regiment, which was to have been played at Jalan Besar, was postponed. Thr ground111 words
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Article96 1947-09-23 12 From Our Own Correspondent. SEGAMAT. Monday. Before one of the largest crowds seen locally, the Kota Raja XI from Singapore beat a Segamat XI three-nil at soccer on the town padang. The game was played in honour of the Sultan's birthday. Opening the scoring through96 words
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206 1947-09-23 12 "Begin Tennis At 10," Says Headmaster LONDON, Monday. MOST advanced scheme lor coaching junior lawn tennis players yet produced in this country comes from a, club in Sidcup, Kent. The club, the Lamorbcy, has 100 members and five hard courts and behind the scheme is John Day, headmaster of ChislehurstReuter - 206 words
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Article176 1947-09-23 12 L'iOiMS, Monday. r pWO persons were killed and 1 14 injured at Lyons, in t^entn] France, yesterday j *hen the racing car driven! by the French driver L vech skidded, crashed through the| protective fence surrounding the Lyons track, and plunged into a crowd ofReuter - 176 words
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Article83 1947-09-23 12 ST. ANTHONY'S O.B. A At a general meeting of the 3t. Anthony's Old Boy's Association, Singapore, the following were elected office-bearers for the ensuing president. Mr. Ho Fook Seng; "vicepresident, Mr. Ng Tat Choy; hon. secretary, Mr. Peter Pong; hon. treasurer, Mr. Ooh Jwee Jin; hon. sports secretary, Mr. Cheng83 words
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Article41 1947-09-23 12 AMSTERDAM, Monday. A crowd of 54,000 people saw Holland beat Switzerland by six goals to two In a soccer international mat^h at the Olympio Stadium in Amsterdam yesterday. At half j timn Mir* score was 1-1. Reuter. LReuter - 41 words
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Article37 1947-09-23 12 IPOH. Monday— The T.P.C.A. Kuala Lumpur, yesterday beat the Ceylon Association, Perak, by one goal to nil at hockey to win the Henry Cup. The goal was scored by Vljlaratnam, the former Singapore player.37 words
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Article177 1947-09-23 12 Epsom Jeep - IPOH COLT IS STABLE MASCOT Epsom Jeep By IPOH, Monday. THE colt foaled by Harkm 1 Princess is now the stable mascot, gambolling in and out of the stalls. He is a handsome colt, with a darkish grey coat, a broad blaze and four white socks. I have been told177 words
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Article356 1947-09-23 12 T A C'J U L Doubles: Thomas Lee Aloysm*. gold B.P. 4-1. f-A-Oiae noCKey Chlew lost to Ooh Kirn Toon T. Results (United Family players Fixture in tho Rm^nnr. Rwwuti™ Pon Eng 8-15, 6-15; John de Mello 8c mentioned first) Clu£s Allen nls loB t to356 words
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451 1947-09-23 12 BRUSSELS, Monday. THANKS to Stanley Matthews, England beat Belgium 5—2 in the golden jubilee soccer international here yesterday. Matthews did not score a single goal but played a major part in all five. The ball was put into the net twice by Lawton, twice451 words
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Article162 1947-09-23 12 Following are this week-end's fixtures in the Singapore badminton championships: SATURDAY 2. 15 p. m. Veterans' Doubles <semi final) Woe Eng Siang (A.A.U.) and Charlie Chua (Devonshire) vs. Seah Eng Liat and Lee Beng Watt (Mayflower). Men's Junior Singles (semi-final): Seah Yeak Khern (Marigold) vs. Sng Haw162 words
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Article72 1947-09-23 12 LONDON, Monday. Britain and Russia were level last night at the end of the first round of an international chess match, with six unfinished games postponed until today. Eighteen-year-old G. T. Crown, i student at Liverpool University, won the first match for Britain igalnst Russia's veteran, A. KotokAP - 72 words
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Article, Illustration36 1947-09-23 12 A melee in the Seaforths' goalmouth in the game in which they lost to the Singapore Rovers two-nil. The goalkeeper is seen intercepting the ball as two Hovers forwards and a Seaforth full-back attempt to head36 words
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Article339 1947-09-23 12 LONDON, Monday. REVOLUTIONARY innovations in the realms of amateur A boxing are not entirely unexpected when the Amateur Boxing Association, holds its annual meeting in London at the end of this month. One change, which i<\ foreshadawed by a recommendation by the A.B.A. council, concerns339 words
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Article77 1947-09-23 12 A tournament has been completed at the Royal Singapore I Golf Club In which the American i goUers ir. Singapore competed. This tournament, which will become an annual affair, is known as tue American Association champior^hip. The winner was W. R. Johnson ]of Caltex, who beat77 words
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Advertisement94 1947-09-23 12 Rheumatism Vanishes like Magic and removing the body •or. t,r-*s and .welling* of C *Ar\V.r*ti» "and linrumatliiTi trio amazing n«w discovery Roirind li bringing health and happiness of one-time tuflertTi. In l<1 »he nrst cloae el Romind ai bh like magic. In a few dava 4. .oreiu-M and sllAn»«a of94 words
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