The Straits Times, 6 October 1947
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Title Section18 1947-10-06 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 EIGHT PAGES SINGAPORE, MONDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1947 PRICE TEN CENT*18 words
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1196 1947-10-06 1 SELF-GOVERNMENT PLEDGE ITO MALAYA "I Give You Britain's Word"-G.G. A PLEDGE that the process of constitutional development m Malaya would not end until self-government was complete was made last night m a broadcast by the Governor-General of Malaya, Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald. He "said, "I give you Ihc word not1,196 words
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Article, Illustration151 1947-10-06 1 There was a second explosion early last night on the carbide tongkang that blew up with the loss of two lives m Singapore River a fortnight ago. This Straits Times picture shows firemen playing extinguishers on the wreck. Last night's explosion occurred when Chinese coolies each with a hie insurance151 words
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Article, Illustration58 1947-10-06 1 Major Abbasi. 23-year-old Indian prince, son of the Nawab of Bahawalpur, was married on September 26, at Caxton Hall Register office, London, to Miss Katherine Patricia Scott, 16-year-old daughter of a £6 a week railway worker. The Prince's income is £82,000 a year. He fell m love with Katherine fromAP - 58 words
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Article214 1947-10-06 1 Postmen Recommend Strike From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. AT a meeting held m Kuala Lumpur today representatives of Singapore and the Malayan Postal Department Uniformed Staff Trade Unions decided to recommend a strike and to take a ballot among members of their union. The object of the strikeAP - 214 words
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Article166 1947-10-06 1 Russian Envoy To Quit Singapore GOVERNMENT has asked U Mr. Nicholai Plakhin, Russian Trade Representative, to leave Singapore. He is expected to leave today. Lost night, Mr. Plakhin was busy packing at his hotel. He refused to discuss his departure, except to deny a report that he will Join the166 words
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Article161 1947-10-06 1 Gunmen Hold Up A Theatre From Our Staff Correspondent SUNGEI PATANI, Sunday TWO Chinese gunmen last 1 night held up the manaI ger^of the Choong Wha Theatre In his office, demanded a "loan of $1,000" and, when they failed to get it, helped themselves to $455 m the safe and161 words
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Article63 1947-10-06 1 WASHINGTON, Sunday. President Truman's address to the nation tonight on food conservation will be the first television programme to originate from the White House. President Truman will be visible on television screens m four eastern cities, including Washington. New York and Philadelphia. Television signals will beUP - 63 words
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323 1947-10-06 1 ITALY JUBILANT OVER U.S. FLEET GESTURE ROME, Sunday. ALL Italy was yesterday jubilant over the dramatic announcement m the constituent assembly; that the U.S.A. had renounced its share of the Italian Fleet under terms of the peace treaty. When the Foreign Minister, Signor Carlo JJforza, made the announcement, the wholeAP - 323 words
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Article51 1947-10-06 1 SHANGHAI, S.inday. mHIRTY-SIX Chinese passen Agers were killed and 60 seriously injured when a Chinese motoi ferry struck a floating mine off Taipo, m Hongkong's mainland territories, last evening. The majority of the injured survivors were brought to Hongkong this afternoon and admitted into hospital.Reuter - 51 words
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Article76 1947-10-06 1 MEDAL FOR MALAYA FLIER Malaya-born Group-Captaln E. M. Donaldson, who Increased the air speed record to 616 miles an hour last year, has been presented with one of the De la Vaux medals, which are awarded by the International Aeronautical Federation (FAD to winners of world records. The presentation was76 words
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Article78 1947-10-06 1 CAIRO, Sunday. The United States Embassy yesterday forwarded to Washington an Egyptian request for 1,000,000 more units of I anti-cholera vaccine m addition j to 1,600,000 units promised by the U.S. Navy. The death toll m the two-weeks-old epidemic has mounted to 317. A totalAP - 78 words
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Advertisement90 1947-10-06 1 Still going ahead! MALAYA'S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER THE STRAITS TIMES from Jan. 1 to Aug. 31 sold over 35.000 copies per day August nett sales were 35,080 daily. Sales within Malaya were the highest ever recorded. SUNDAY TIMES AUGUST NETT SALES 43,369 Sales within Malaya were the highest Sunday sales ever90 words
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Advertisement198 1947-10-06 1 I «c yn I JF M71W77. IMI l^E Prize Winners List No. IX TIGER RHYMING COMPETITION /< Betow is the twenty-second list of /(-ij^Sapiy prize-winners. Successful entries flr-> v* are published twice weekly n^N«l~> watch the newspapers. ly In Raub there's a song that is sung. Be we sober or198 words
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120 1947-10-06 2 F_ TO PEARL HARBOUR, Sunday. UK minesweepers, on tow from Mexico to the Philippines, have vanished near Palmyra Island, 1,000 miles from here. The U.S. Navy is carrying out an intensive search for th« craft. The four vessels were being towed by120 words
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Article77 1947-10-06 2 HERM, Sunday.— The first letter to be dispatched from the Channel island of Herrn by pigeon post reached an addressee In Guernsey, threp miles away, within half an hour of it teing posted. The lessee of Herm which has i no telephone or telegraphic facili-"-s plans to s»'77 words
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Article95 1947-10-06 2 Notice is hereby given that a. meeting of members and others interested m the above Sports will be leld at the Singapore Cricket Club on Friday. 17th October. 1947 at 5.30 p.m. AGENDA 1. To confirm minutes of the Public Meeting held on 9th September. 1946.95 words
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Article45 1947-10-06 2 Tenders are invited for the supply during 1948 of Disinfectant of approved quality and British Manufacture. Tender forms obtainable from Municipal Engineer's Office (Room 218) Tenders should be deposited m the Tender Box. Municipal Secretariat (Room 235) before noon 31 October 1947. I45 words
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Article30 1947-10-06 2 BRIGHTON, Sunday. Mr. Winston Churchill's pet dog was run over and killed by a bus on Brighton seafront Just before Mr. Churchill addressed the Conservative conference yesterday.— U.P.UP - 30 words
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Article84 1947-10-06 2 LAKE SUCCESS, Sunday.— Mrs Franklin D. Roosevelt answering Soviet Russia's campaign against "war mongers m the United States", told the United Nations on Friday that "we cling to the right of criticism and disagreement" m this country. Mrs. Roosevelt said the right of criticism and disagreement "is theAP - 84 words
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Article92 1947-10-06 2 BIRMINGHAM. Sunday.— The record number of 3.110 students will be admitted to Birmingham University when the new academic year starts tomorrow. Hundreds of other applications have had to be turned down. Admissions this year are double the 1939 figure and compare with the 2.486 last year. It isReuter - 92 words
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Article116 1947-10-06 2 LONDON, Sunday. A woman prisoner escaped from Pentonville Prison yesterday dressed m a woman warder's uniform. She had been taken from Holloway Prison, where she was serving a 15-month sentence for theft, to do housework m the women warders' quarters at Pentonville where some of the Holloway wardersReuter - 116 words
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Article39 1947-10-06 2 STOCKHOLM. Sunday. Th« Swedish liner Drottnlngholm left Gothenburg yesterday with 250 cases of Swedish gold for New York for the purchase of dollars. The Swedish State Bank ii keeping the amount of gold g secret.— ReuterReuter - 39 words
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Article80 1947-10-06 2 WARSAW, Sunday— A former German airman, Capt. Peter Baumgart, claimed here yesterday that he flew Hitler and Eva Braun from Berlin to Denmark on April 26, 1945 a few days before their reported suicide. Baumgart a German pri-soner-of-war was handed over to Poland by the Allies for allegedReuter - 80 words
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Article110 1947-10-06 2 SHANGHAI, Sunday. Trams and buses operated by the French Tramways Company resumed full service yesterday after seven-and-a-half days' suspension. There was trouble on Friday, when 96 striking workers were arrested for smashing up trams and attempting to storm the main building of the company. Of the 96 arrested,Reuter - 110 words
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Advertisement1397 1947-10-06 2 NOTICES NOTICE Applications are invited for the Dost of Malay Labour Inspector on the salary scale $150-AlO-$3OO per mensem. Applicants should have passed the Cambridge School Certificate Examination and have a sound knowledge of Jawt. Applications should reach the Commissioner for Labour. Malayan Union, not later than the 20th October1,397 words
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Advertisement671 1947-10-06 2 NOTICES $500/- REWARD Lost one diamond cluster ring with one diamond separated and one solitaire diamond ring parceled m a portion ol an envelope. Lost 2/10/47 m Singapore. Pro rata reward for part recovery. Box No. A6OB. S.T. NOTICE M< <srs. Brinkmann 8c Company be* to announce that their partnership671 words
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Advertisement776 1947-10-06 2 I LNDERS TRADING WITH THE ENEMY ORDINANCE No. 22 of 1939 CUSTODIAN OF PROPERTY PROCLAMATION No. 14 of 1945 SALE BY TENDER No. 42 The Custodian of Property. SingaDore. Invites tenders for the purchase of the folio w ine: Packard Saloon Engine No. *****7.C (converted to Vi ton lorry). Large776 words
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Advertisement59 1947-10-06 2 ilB-f I WiL jF?'* 1 F- MM lTfillMtfTtl'1 1 llflfotMn-r^ti/^!^^ 1 I ~iiffi&i7sJ^s**'*-** J v '4 £^kk B^ fftk B B A VR Efe. W^^^^^ ROOFING SIDING ■W^^^^^^^' THE SUPERIOR MATERIAL FOR W]moo^^^. COMMERCIAL STRUCTURES COMPLETE WITH SUITABLE NAILS WASHERS AND RIDCE ROLLS RUST-PROOF, FIRE-PROOF, NEEDS NO PAINTING SOLE AGENTS59 words
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Article203 1947-10-06 3 Political Fight In State Of Victoria MELBOURNE, Sunday. PAILWAYMEN, teachers and white-collar workers were among 25,000 public servants m the state of Victoria, Australia, who went without their fortnight's pay on Friday. The reason was that the Upper Victorian House of Parliament rejected two SupplyAP - 203 words
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89 1947-10-06 3 WASHINGTON, Sunday. A thin ragged Japanese soldier stumbled out of the mountains m Guam and surrendered to naval officers after three years m hiding and three attempts at suicide. He said sheepishly he had not followed his comrades m hara kiri because89 words
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388 1947-10-06 3 ADVISORY COUNCIL IN BRIEF KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. rO motor cycles costing $2,600 are to be used for policing and patrolling the border of Kedah and Siatn m order to prevent illegal entry into Malaya. This was among a number of items of supplementary388 words
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Article306 1947-10-06 3 THE newly formed YWCA Girls' Work Committee met for the I first time last week. The commit1 tee members are Mrs. J. White I Mrs C Y. Hwang, Mrs. H. Tan! I Dr. <Mrs.) Kadam and the Misses Van Hem, Gladys Chew, Lim Bong Soo, Marian306 words
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Article164 1947-10-06 3 MALAYA'S RICE CONTROLS From Our Staff Correspondent. PENANG, Sunday. AS a first step towards an increased supply of this country's staple food, free movement of ric c should again be allowed m Malaya, several leading *mporters here said today. They were commenting on the Singapore East-West Society's statement on Malaya's164 words
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Article162 1947-10-06 3 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday Two speakers at the Malayan Union Advisory Council, yesterday urged that social services by the Public Relations Department should not be curtailed. Mr. V. M. N. Menon, referring to cuts m the department recommended by the Estimates162 words
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Article143 1947-10-06 3 LONDON, Sunday. A pink Cupid with a shield bearing the initials of Princess Elizabeth and Lieut. Philip Mountbatten will adorn the couples four-tier wedding cake. The designs which met with the Princess' approval include scenes of Windsor Castle, Balmoral Ca&tle and Buckingham Palace. The second tier143 words
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Article53 1947-10-06 3 From Our Staff Correspondent. KUALA LUMPUR. Sunday. MR. G. D. A FLETCHER has been elected president of the council of the newly-formed Malayan Planting Employers' Industries Association. Mr. C. Thornton is vicepresident, and the board of trustees comprises the president; vice-president, Mr. Khoo Teik Ec, and53 words
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Article31 1947-10-06 3 A police patrol arrested an unarmed Chinese who was m the act of robbing another Chinese of his coat m South Bridge Road, Singapore, shortly after midnight on Saturday.31 words
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204 1947-10-06 3 FRANCE'S 'BIRTHDAY GIFT' TO INDIA NEW DELHI, Sunday. CEREMONIAL lowering of v the French flag and the hoisting of the Indian Union's flag tomorrow will mark the handing over of France's "birthday gift" to the new Dominion a number of isolated plots of land scattered about India. The symbolic ceremonyReuter - 204 words
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Advertisement263 1947-10-06 3 FLASHING SMILE! WHITER TEETH VCluter teeth make your smile enchanting and Pepsodent makes teeth so much whiter. Pepsodent is the only dentifrice to contain Irium the most effective teeth cleanser ever known to dental science. It removes harmful dinginess and stains, and so makes your smile still lovelier. THE TOOTHPASTE^^^^^^fc^Hi263 words
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Advertisement428 1947-10-06 3 Last 3 Shows: 3. 6.15 9.15 p.m. Spectacular Swashhrirkling Adventure! "THE SON OF THE GUARDSMAN Opening To-morrow "CAESAR CLE»P.\TRA" In Technicolor QUEENS THEATRF Last Day: 3.00. 6.30. 9.15 p.m. Robert Montgomery, John Wayne Donna Reed m "THEY WERE EXPENDABLE" —Opening To-morrow "THE FIGHTING PILOT" GREAT WORLD «LOBE 7—9.15 p.m. "TARZAN428 words
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Obituary28 1947-10-06 4 Mr. Chan Kirn Seng, Chief clerk |*orest Office, Klang, passed away on paturday, 4th October. Funeral today »t Kuala Lumpur passing Chinese i JfUsembly Hall. 2 p.m.28 words
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1029 1947-10-06 4 The Straits Times Joes Singapore, Monday, Oct. 6, 1947. THE CANKER IN MALAYA The President of the Malayan Association, Mr. E. D. Shearn, last week drew the attention of the Association to corruption m Government departments and the failure of Government to dispel the widespread feeling of distrust and suspicion1,029 words
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Article265 1947-10-06 4 NOT a few people have asked whether the decision of the executive council of the Clerical Union would have been different if, instead of six seats on the Legislative Council, there were offered, say, only two. Speaking as an ordinary member of the Union I265 words
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Letter165 1947-10-06 4 ONE of the Proletariat" has thought fit to indulge m an unwarranted attack on an Advisory Councillor who is also a teacher. I know little about the Progressive Party, but I happen to know well the teacher who is also a member of the Advisory165 words
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Letter547 1947-10-06 4 Is John Bull a man or a .mouse? The question was propounded by an intelligent Straits-born Chinese. Earlier ir. the year a 8.8.C. speaker on the subject of antiBritish propaganda was heard" to mention that several thousand vernacular newspapers m India had been headlining week547 words
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427 1947-10-06 4 r \K) what has been written opposing income tax and other forms of inrreased taxation, I should like to add some facts about Government extravagance m Kedah. The Government has been too generous m attempting to attain its object m the Padl Purchase Scheme427 words
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160 1947-10-06 4 \OUR correspondent Charles R. Hoole appears to fear that which most churchmen earnestly desire the union of all Christian churches. I can see no wrong m th c Bishop of Singapore receiving the Holy Communion at Nonconformist churches, nor m a Presbyterian minister assisting160 words
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Letter86 1947-10-06 4 IWAS interested m reading your correspondent's letter on the Bishop of Singapore and the Non-comformists. But he has not told half the truth. Does he not know that the Bishop even went the length of having an unordained Plymouth Brother preach m the Cathedral pulpit! Why,86 words
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Letter503 1947-10-06 4 Some Observations On The Kuala Lumpur Padang VARIOUS papers have re- I ported a "mass rally" organised by the AMCJA and PUTERA, held m Kuala Lumpur on Sunday, Sept. 28. One paper reported that 3,000 people attended this rally. Considering the population ofi Kuala Lumpur, even 3 000503 words
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Letter182 1947-10-06 4 CO-OPERATE STOP STRIKES I AM m thorough agreement with you that "it is useloss to try to force the Government against its oonw n considered judgment, and that even th c most sympathetic outsiders will strongly urge the unionists not to follow the PMCGW. into voting, for a strike which182 words
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Advertisement876 1947-10-06 4 CLASSIFIED ADS. Mr. Mrs. E. C. H. CHARLWOOD *M. V. "Glenartney" p.p.c. TAGGART— At Bungsar Hospital on »d October 1947 to Denise. wife of p. H. Taggart, A daughter. (Heather Vivienne) PERSONAL Dean's School for European children No. 19. Chancery Lane opens 9 a.m. to-day School open for inspection 9876 words
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Advertisement45 1947-10-06 4 REPAIRS WITHOUT SPARES Hi J I 1 M. VI Hr 11 !>■" f B Skilled hands and up-to-date tools alone are not sufficient to service and repair watches and clocks. If spares may not be imported it will become increasingly difficult to service watches imported PRE-WAR45 words
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Advertisement124 1947-10-06 4 H. B. WINTER Merchant Tailor and Outfitter WHITE AERTEX SPORTS SHIRTS «ze« 34 to 44 Chest each $9.75 18-E Battery Road: First Floor: Phone 3660. aoxl/o qeaae/o 4 Ine lorle /onop j Now Showing a new collection of glorious flowers from model Paris houses, suitable for wedding and formal occasions.124 words
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Article146 1947-10-06 5 HOODED GUNMEN'S RAID ON HOUSE Victim Thought He Was Seeing Devil "I WAS very near to believing I was seeing the devil 1 himself." The head of a Chinese household, Mr. Lim said this yesterday when he described how he wakened to find a Chinese gunman m a black hood146 words
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Article, Illustration47 1947-10-06 5 Brig:. N. C. Hendriks, Selangor Sub-Area commander since June 1949. who I. 'ft Kua!a Lumpur last week on the first str.se of his journey bark to Great Britain. Thi work of the Sub-Area will now i handled by South Malaya Sub-District H.O. at Seremban. Army P.R. picture.47 words
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Article297 1947-10-06 5 Twenty Banished From Union From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. OECRET society gangsters, «3 intimidators, extortioners robbers and thieves are among 20 men, convicted and unconvicted, who have been banished from the Malayan Union. Malayan Police said today that seven of the men had actually served their sentences. Of297 words
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Article205 1947-10-06 5 Plan For All-Malaya Hartal KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. AT a meeting of the Associated Chinese Cham- bers of Commerce of the Malayan Union and Singa- pore, held m Kuala Lumpur j today, it was decided to hold ;a Malaya-wide hartal on October 20 as a protest i against the revised constitu-205 words
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Article93 1947-10-06 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday The following donations and contributions have been received by th e Aid Indonesia Committee, Malaya, towards the Indonesian Relief Fund. Past collections $2,327.81. Headquarters Perwim $37.85; Sigambut $68.50; Selangor Eurasian Association $25; Malay Teachers, Kajang $13; Sei Ramal $52.90; Aid Indonesia Committee, Malaya (Klang93 words
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Article84 1947-10-06 5 Sutan Shahrir, former Prime Minister of Indonesia who is now m London, broadcasting from the 8.8.C. yesterday said the wound which he had m his heart when he left Indonesia had begun to heal. Sutan Shahrir said the efforts of Indonesians would benefit the whole84 words
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Article71 1947-10-06 5 From Our Staff Correspondent ...KUALA LUMPUR. Sunday. rpHE Malayan Union Advisory X Council yesterday approved a supplementary provision of 598.101 to provide for a bodyguard of 100 men for the Sultan of Johore. It was explained that when the 1947 estimates were prepared (and when a provision71 words
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78 1947-10-06 5 'THREE Chinese, two armed, walked into a textile shop m 1 South Bridge Road, Singapore, at 9 p.m. on Saturday and j made away with 18 bales of cloth, valued at $1,080. The shop was about to close for the day. The robbers held78 words
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Article117 1947-10-06 5 i KUALA LUMPUR. Sunday. The joint committee from the Malayan Union and Sin:;;!- 1 pore today finished its discussions en the principles of the draft legislation for income tax proposeri by Mr. R. B. Heasman. A report is now being drawn I up and it will be presented117 words
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Article63 1947-10-06 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Sunday. MR. G. D. A. Fletcher has been elected president of the council of the newi'- created Malayan Planting Employers' Industries Association. Mr. C. Thornton is, vice president, and the trustees comprise the president, vice president. Mr. Khoo Teik Eec and Mr. A. Arbuthnot. These appointments63 words
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Article78 1947-10-06 5 PENANG. Sunday. Surplus evaporated milk can now be re-exported from Penang. The assistant Controller of Customs, m a circular to local tradl»tf associations, states that export licences for exporting up to 5.000 cases of such milk will be granted for October. This will be permitted as a78 words
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Article47 1947-10-06 5 SHANGHAI. Sunday. Po'.ice last night arrested an engaged 1 couple for kissing m a dark street m Nantao suburb, an old native city. They were charged with hugging each other "too closely." The man was detained for four hours.— U. P.47 words
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Article209 1947-10-06 5 TODAY: Discussion on social topics, led by Mr. T.E. Hughes, with Mr. H.P. Bryson m the chair. Juvenile Court, Old Supreme Court, 4.15 p.m. Those interested should apply to Secretary, Social Welfare Department, for permission to attend these weekly discussions. Delegates Meeting: Government and Municipal Services Unions, at209 words
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832 1947-10-06 5 rE United Planting Association of .Malaya, m a statement issued to estate labourers, appeals to the labourers to "get on with the good work, be loyal to those who have provided and still will provide you with work and think twice before you listen832 words
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Article278 1947-10-06 5 NEW YORK, Sunday. A GUNMAN posing as a telephone repair man forced his way into the penthouse apartment of Mrs. Sari Gabor Hilton yesterday and stole U.S. $725,000 m diamond jewellery. Police said the robbery was the biggest individual hold up m New York's criminalUP - 278 words
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Article, Illustration53 1947-10-06 5 Mr. and Mrs. Choong Yin Kee. after their marriage at the Church of the Sacred Heart, Tank Road, Singapore on Saturday. The bridegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Chin Onn and the bride is the daughter of Madam Alice Cheah and the late Mr. Chee Kong Fah.53 words
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Advertisement79 1947-10-06 5 CRt ATE NEW CHARM OH YOUR FLOORS Wf.H BRITISH MADE AXMINSTER I CARPETS A PLEASING BACKGROUND FOR ANY TYPE OF FURNISHING TASTEFUL DESIGNS IN CAREFULLY MODULATED COLOUR SCHEMES Size Size. 12' x 9' $160.00 10'6"x9' $140.00 y'x<r $120.00 y'x/'G" $100.00 YOUR ATTENTION PLEASE! WE WISH TO INFORM OUR NUMEROUS CUSTOMERS79 words
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Advertisement86 1947-10-06 5 Elsie Mary 2r.d Floor 13, Battery Rood Last 2 Days <>f Sale Smashing Reductions! A MOST ATTRACTIVE RECEIVER: MODEL MX-66. Kfi '|SEssma&if(r^nHUy§W|/F'[H $230.00 EACH, less W/ o for Cash. Easy Payments arranged. V6I-63 HIGHTJT'ETr~ ;^B^g[rg^ i) ~sTrrG Q°QRE Singapore Cold Storage Co., 'id. SINGAPORE SHOP HOURS Monday to Friday mm86 words
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1195 1947-10-06 6 Weekly Share Market Review By A Market Correspondent ACTIVE conditions, increased volume of business and rising prices have to be reported from Malayan markets. The week closed with keenness undiminished and with many stocks at the highest level for many moons. Tins were predominant, andAP - 1,195 words
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Article348 1947-10-06 6 America's Prices Still Rise NEW YORK, Sunday. THERE was no improvement 1 m the problem of high prices during last week. Virtually e very important foodstuff was priced higher than a week earlier. The Associated Press index of 35 wholesale commodities reversed a two-week trend and moved upward all week348 words
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306 1947-10-06 6 PROMISING FUTURE OF CREPE LATEX From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Sunday. THE promising prospects of rubber specialities such as 1 crepe and liquid latex are described m a short-term review of the rubber market m the Financial Times Latex, from producers at>le to tackle its manufacture, is being sold on306 words
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Advertisement254 1947-10-06 6 /T^\ TODAY J0 Ik V (ollpillOll{D lrTF¥^n v^^l T BT "I m l v^^ So Young So (harming So Treacherous! HWWWBi^^*^^^ Jr £vtl OENiUi PLVNOfRINGi FOR PKOF/T A»O PLEA VBEf •-*—^-^Sr^. W^^^ A WARNER HITI GREENSTREET SCOTT EMERSON PETER LORRE VICTOR f RANCEN ~Jjh NEXT CHANGE fT| RONALD COLMAN J^Pr254 words
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Miscellaneous135 1947-10-06 6 WM||P^ !|i||^^ CUT OUT FOR REFERENCE The following frequencies in megacycles (as calibrated on all modern radio dials) and programme times for stations picked up in Singapore by most commercial broadcast receivers are supplied by courtesy of the monitoring service of the British Far Eastern Broadcasting Service: RADIO MALAYA (Singapore):135 words
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Miscellaneous110 1947-10-06 6 Purple Network: 9.69, 15.3. RADIO AUSTRALIA (Melbourne): 4.45 a.m. to 6.30 a.m.— 15.2, 17. 84; 9.30 a.m. to 11.30 a.m.— 31.54, 17.84, 15.24; 4 p.m. to 8.30 p.m.— 15.20, 21.60, 11.76, 15.32; 7 p.m. to 11.3* p.m. —11.76, 17.84, 11.81, 15.20. RADIO SEAC (Colombo): 8 a.m. to j 12 midnight—110 words
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Miscellaneous104 1947-10-06 6 SCUOOL BROADCAST TODAY— 11 20-11 35 a.m.— Primary II: Nursery Rhyme; 11.40-12 noon Lit. 4 5: 'Lorhinvar' 'Robin Hood Alan-a-Dale.' TOMORROW— 11.00-11.15 a.m.— Lit. Std. II: 'King Arthur His Knights'; 11.20-11.40 a.m.— Music for Schools: 'Simple Binary Form* (Cont'd) 11/1512 noon Current Affairs: Stds. 8 A 9. 'Rubber.' WEDNESDAY— 11.20-11.10104 words
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Article440 1947-10-06 7 LONDON, Friday. THE feature of today's markets on the London Stock Exchange was on the rise m Cable and Wireless Ordinary stock from £168 to £177 following favourable financial press comment, says Renter's financial correspondent. Otherwise tL» markets spent a quiet day with a small turnover. Tin shares440 words
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Article278 1947-10-06 7 Produce Market NO. 1 white rice dropped $3 at the week-end. This carried a step farther the spectacular fall m the commodity's price over the last three weeks. At $100 the plcul, the price was almost exactly two thirds of the Sept. 8278 words
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Article63 1947-10-06 7 The Singapore Cham oer 01 Commerce Rubber Association's orlees at doob ob Saturday were: Buyers Sellers Cta. Cta. oer lb. >er Ib. No. 1 RSS Spot loose nominal 32 32% No. 1 R.BS fob In bales Oct. 33% 33% No 2 RSS fob m bales Oct. 32% 33 No.63 words
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Article151 1947-10-06 7 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday.— The work of rehabilitation of Hong Fatt (Sungel Besl) Ltd. mine Is proceeding as satisfactorily as can be expected .under the circumstances, the shortage of electric power being the main difficulty, says a quarterly progress report to shareholders Issued151 words
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Article42 1947-10-06 7 Comparative yields of Sungei Lidor Tin this year were: June July Auk. Hours 617 674 650 Cub. Yd. 305.000 378.200 287.900 Ore tons 58.3 50.18 50 WkK. costs £A 5.760 5,804 5.833 Realisation £A 19.395 16,740 16.65342 words
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Advertisement622 1947-10-06 7 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. (IncorDorated m Singapore) BLUE FUNNEL LINE SAILINGS FROM U.K. AND USA. Tra-em" From UK G. 13 "Antilochos" Due from U.K Oct. 12 "Maron" Due from U.K Oct. 17 "Lycaon" Due from V.X Oct. 19 "Dlomed" Due from U.K Oct. 19 SAILINGS FOB LIVERPOOL GLASGOW AND CONTTNENTAI PORTS622 words
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Advertisement351 1947-10-06 7 PRESIDENT LINE SAILINGS TO NEW YORK AND BOSTON via INDIA EGYPT MEDITERRANEAN PORTS Passenger Freight PRES. POLK Singapore Arr. Oct. 14 Penang Oct. 20 Freight Only MOUNT ROGERS Singapore Gd. 6/7 Sis. Oct. 9 Penang Arr. Oct. 10 MARINE LEOPARD Singapore Oct. 12 P. Swettermam Oct. 2B Penanr Oct. 26351 words
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Advertisement334 1947-10-06 7 Shippers and others Interested m Shipping Intelligence arc referred to advertisements m Col. 6 and 7 opposite page P. O. AMD B. L P <Sc O HOMEWARDS TREWIDDEN* ...for Genoa and London 27 Oet "TREVEAN for Genoa and London 11 Not. "CANTON" for London Sails Not. 30 due London 22334 words
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Article408 1947-10-06 8 Selangor Defeat N.S. At Soccer From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. A SINGLE goal scored by A. L. Henry with a beautiful header off a free kick taken by Poh Chiew gave Selangor victory over Negri Sembilan m an inter-state "friendly" soccer match played408 words
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Article, Illustration38 1947-10-06 8 Two players get their feet to the ball at almost the same time. An incident m the S.A.F.A. Cup tie between the Malay Seniors and G.H.Q. Signals on Saturday which the Malays won 4— 2.— Straits Times photo.38 words
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Article186 1947-10-06 8 From Our Own Correspondent TAIPING, Sunday. pERAK'S poor rugger disI play against Penang yesterday to lose by the wide margin of 16 3 was a great disappointment to their supporters. Perak had the heavier pack and m the first half dominated exchanges but lacked thrust.186 words
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Article169 1947-10-06 8 From Our Own Correspondent SEREMBAN, Sunday. THE Negri Sembilan XV to play Perak next Saturday at Ipoh was selected last night after a trial m which Whites beat Colours by six points (two tries) to nothing. The selected men are: Gerald Pinto, Pte Fellowes, 1169 words
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Article69 1947-10-06 8 NEW YORK, Sunday. The New York Yankees regained the lead m the world baseball series yesterday when they beat the Brooklyn Dodgers 2-1 m the fifth game of the best-of-seven final. The Yankees, American League champions, had won the first two games at the Yankee Stadium butReuter - 69 words
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Article70 1947-10-06 8 Kranji Wireless Station defeated the Nelson Sports Club by four goals to nothing m a game of soccer played at Kranji yesterday. Chanot, Evans and Nore scored for the winning team. Mr. Harding refereed and the teams were: Kranji: Rowell. Din Abraham, Thoburn. Cotte, Poyser, Nore,70 words
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Article349 1947-10-06 8 LONDON, Sunday. CLOSE on to 65,000 people saw a rejuvenated Chelsea thrash Aston Villa yesterday m a match featured by the Lon- donors' splendid wing play. A new winger, Campbell, j scored two for Chelsea, and j then Tommy Lawton got two,! though both wereReuter - 349 words
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Article41 1947-10-06 8 TELUK ANSON, Sunday. TN a hockey league fixture here, the Ansonians (a Chinese team) beat the Anglo-Chinese School by four goals to nil. Notable among the players was Guan Hun, who was staging a comeback after eight years.41 words
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Article239 1947-10-06 8 KOH Keng Siang of the Playfair 8.P., one of Malaya's finest badminton players m his heyday, became Singapore veteran champion yesterday whe n he outplayed and outlasted another oldtimer, Seah Eng Liat. Depending mainly on his excellent defence, Keng Slang won the final, which was239 words
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Article460 1947-10-06 8 EPSOM JEEP - EPSOM JEEP Malayan Turf Topics By KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. rE president of the Malayan Racehorse Owners' Association, Mr. Ong Huck Lim, told me today he personally could not find a reason why some of the biggest owners at the moment had chosen to stay out460 words
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Article119 1947-10-06 8 Four Straight Winners Again I^PSOM JEEP, the Straits Hi Times racing correspondent, tipped four straight winners on Saturday, first day of the Kuala Lumpur October Meeting. His winning selections were Lucky Ace, Lackey, Electroplate and his best bet, Kashmiri Song. Epsom Jeep's successful place selections were Prince Colin, Wings, Trousers,119 words
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Article65 1947-10-06 8 FUTURITY STAKES TO P.CITATION NEW YORK. Sunday.— Citation, by the famous American thoroughbred sire Bull Lea out of Hydroplane 11, won the Belmont Futurity over 6i furlongs yesterday m 1 mm. 15.8 sees. Whirling Fox, by Whirlaway out of Marguery, was second and Bewitch, by Bull Lea out of Potheen,Reuter - 65 words
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Article60 1947-10-06 8 From Our Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Sunday.— The Singapore Hockey Colts defeated the Johore C.C. yesterday on the English College ground by two goals to one. Dass opened the scoring for the visitors, and later C. Lelah increased the score. Johore was aggressive m the60 words
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Article41 1947-10-06 8 IPOH, Sunday. In the replay of the quarter-final of the Lim Seng Fook Cup Knock-out Soccer Competition, the Lower Perak Sports Association yesterday beat the Sltiawan District Football League by two goals to one on the Town Padang.41 words
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Article255 1947-10-06 8 BELFAST, Sunday. TRELAND sprang a big surprise here yesterday by beating Scotland by two goals to nothing m the first international soccer championship match of the season. It was Ireland's sixth victory m 53 matches against Scotland and their first since 1935. The match, playedReuter - 255 words
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Article68 1947-10-06 8 From Our Staff Correspondent. IPOH. Sunday.— ln the Gold Cup match played yesterday m the royal town of Kuala Kangsar before a record crowd of Malays, the Selangor Malays had it all their own way to beat the Perak Malays by four goal.; to nothing. The68 words
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Article102 1947-10-06 8 Bj. G. Stau.ntan won th? October Medal competition of the Royal Singapore Golf Club with a nett score of 70. The following figures were returned* E. G. Staunton 84 (—l4) =70 J. H. Purrier 88 (—l4) 74 N G. Morris 93 (—l7) =76 J. Crichton 83102 words
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Article29 1947-10-06 8 The Radin Mas Malay Football XI beat the Hospital Youngsters 3-0 at Kampong Bahru ground yesterday. Ismail Beta scored two and Sanlff Idris the other.29 words
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Page 8 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous19 1947-10-06 8 SINGAPORE TIDES Today: High Water, 1.41 p.m. (9 ft). Tomorrow: 3.11 a.m. (7.5 ft) and 2.23 p.m. (8 ft).19 words
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