The Straits Times, 12 October 1947
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Title Section20 1947-10-12 1 FINAL EDITION THE STRAITS TIMES LARGEST NETT SALE IN MALAYA No. 637 SINGAPORE, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1947 PRICE 10 CEMS.20 words
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Article432 1947-10-12 1 Walked into station Sunday Times Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Saturday. MALAYAN Union Police looking for the amok responsible for the deaths of 10 people today arrested a man, who walked into Sabak Bernam Police Station in South Perak (144 miles by road from Kajang)432 words
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Article, Illustration138 1947-10-12 1 LORD ADDISON. former British Secretary for Commonwealth Relations. yesterday told newspapermen in Singapore that the Empire Conference on the Japanese peace terms held in Canberra. Australia, recently, was "highly successful." Lord Addlson who arrived by flying boat from Sydney, was accompanied by Lady Addison, his private secretary, the138 words
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Article121 1947-10-12 1 Rai I—l, HURON 536 S10; 2, Tin Pocket S8; 3, Star Range tag, Race B—l, HERODEN 537 12; Wonder Bird Sl5; 3, United S:i-ittarius Sll. itatc 3—l. PIIAR GAY S2B Sll: I. Avail $9; 3. Kings Mace Sll. Ha J 1. GAMKBOKOL'GH S4S Sl3; 2, Minstrel Boy121 words
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Article167 1947-10-12 1 LuiKE SUCCESS. Saturday. THE United States, in its longawaited Palestine statement, supported the partition of the country and the Jewish immigration policies proposed in the majority report of the United Nations Special Commission on Palestine, and suggested the recruitment tnrough the United Nations ol a specialReuter; AP; UP - 167 words
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Article36 1947-10-12 1 A civic organization in Santa Monica, California, has announced that it will sponsor an international beauty contest In September 1948, to which 30 foreign nations have already agreed to send contestants. A. P.36 words
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Article57 1947-10-12 1 LONDON, Saturday. •pOMAN Catholic Bishop H. Marshall today denied reports of a "miracle" in his diocese. He said that the continued freshness of rcses placed five months ago in St. Mary's church at Heaton Norris. Stockport, meant "absolutely nothing so far as supernatural manifestations are concerned it isUP - 57 words
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Article52 1947-10-12 1 KARACHI, Saturday. itiHE Pakistan Ministry of A Foreign Affairs announced today that the State of Khalpur, adjoining the eastern border of the Province of Slnd, had acceded to the Dominion of Pakistan. Khaipur, 6,050 square miles In area with a population of over 300.000. has a MoslemReuter - 52 words
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Article164 1947-10-12 1 Sunday Times Staff Reporter. SINGAPORE has lifted restrictions on the export of certain foodstuffs to the United Kingdom, but the ban on canned pineapples being sent out remains to safeguard the good name of the Malayan pine. This action, it Is stated, has bejen164 words
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Article137 1947-10-12 1 LONDON. Saturday. FEWER than 100 guests, including foreign royalty, will sit down to a wedding breakfast at Buckingham Palace after,Pr:Tjess Elizabeth's marriage to Lieut. Philip Mountbatten at Westminster Abbey on Nov. 20. a Buckingham Palace spokesman stated today. It has now been decided that thereReuter - 137 words
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104 1947-10-12 1 WASHINGTON. Saturday. MAJ. GEN. W. S. PAUL, army personnel chief, said today that the army air force had fallen 100.000 men below authorised strength and that enlistments were running 8,000 monthly under requirements. He said that universal military training legislation appeared to be theUP - 104 words
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Article93 1947-10-12 1 RANGOON, Saturday. THE Burma Government has released 250 of the 800 people arrested during inquiries after the assassination of U Aung San, the Burmese leader, and six of his Ministers last July, the offl_ cial New Times of Burma announced today. No prominent political leaderReuter - 93 words
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Article68 1947-10-12 1 STOCKHOLM, brilliantly lit throughout the war, is now experiencing a black-out of all unnecessary lighting. A ban on neon signs, display lighting in shop windows and other unnecessary outdoor lighting, was announced on Friday for the capital and other cities throughout Sweden. Sweden's power shortage68 words
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Article43 1947-10-12 1 The Duke of Alba is reported to have set aside the equivalent of U.S. $370,000 for the marriage ceremony and wedding today of the Duchess of Montor to Uuis Martinez Ario Irujo, fourth son of the Duke of Sotomayor.— A.PAP - 43 words
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Article363 1947-10-12 1 Sunday Times Staff Reporter FIFTY-ONE men, who were banished from Singapore on Friday, were all hardened criminals, stated Singapore Police yesterday. No fewer than 30 of them had been convicted of offences connected with arms. The banishees included 20 armed robbers, nine robbers, 10 persons363 words
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Article102 1947-10-12 1 SAIGON, Saturday. Nguyen Van Sam. leader of the Vietnam United Nationalist Front, an antiCommunist political party opposed to Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam Republican President, was assassinated last night In Cholon, two miles from Saigon. Nguyen Van Sam was reported to have been shot by a manReuter - 102 words
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Article358 1947-10-12 1 Sunday Times Staff Reporter A CHINESE tapper was critically stabbed and left for dead by a gang of seven armed bandits, who attacked and robbed a Chinese estate "kongsi" house near Kulai, Johore, in the small hours of yesterday. Th c tapper. Goh Hai, is358 words
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Article, Illustration61 1947-10-12 1 ScfeTE a'F'tfie fvneral of' Set. V. H. Marston. Malaya Command Signal Regiment, who was killed by an amok on a train on Thursday. The funeral took place yesterday at the Cheras R^id cftnrt'Tv. Kuala Lumpur. A. S. P. LAMIN. offie«r»to-~ charge of the Kajang district, interrogating a Javanese farmer during61 words
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Advertisement81 1947-10-12 1 tie €o. MM f NORMAN YAfi^LSY Mr. Norman Yardley. the v*£*\ English International amateur, and one of the < most successful allr y fS&m rounders in the recent Test matches, is also a Cambridge Hockey 'Blue' and has won many V< honours at 'Squash. jJ. 4- Mr. Yardley is just81 words
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Article, Illustration1426 1947-10-12 2 CLIFFORD PRER TURNS HIS THE YAHYA bin V HASHIM, Public Relations Officer, Malacca, was born, 37 years ago, into a Malay world which regarded European education differently from the way in which progressive Malays today regard education. As a boy he spent the after-school hours working1,426 words
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Miscellaneous222 1947-10-12 2 UAI>IO MALAYA (STORE) Talk; 8.05 Music; 8.20 Indonesian 1.30 Vignette; 2.02 FootOall Results: 1 o m Julien Foorman- 1 4« Music M«Uay: 8.45 Dutch. 9.00 Orchestral. 2.16 Yours for the Asking; 3.00 Top 5 03 Children^ Corner 5 30 Methodist 9-30-12.30 EnglUh. 9.30 Radio News- Billing; 3.40 Top Billing; 4.00222 words
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Article205 1947-10-12 3 POST-WAR SUICIDE WAVE EN SPORE Women resort to poison Sunday Times Staff Reporter TAUSTIC soda is so commonly used by Singapore women who attempt suicide by swallowing poison that police, legal, and medical authorities have rarely experienced a suicide-free month since the liberation. The General Hospital usually has some woman205 words
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Article, Illustration53 1947-10-12 3 mills graph, drawn by the 1 Municipal Electricity Department, shows the demand on St. James Power Station. Singapore, at different hours during the day. The shaded oorlion shows the demand in excess of 10,000 kilow:<!ts. which is the hifihest output the station can safrly give. When demand passes 19,000 kilowatts,53 words
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Article27 1947-10-12 3 IPOH, Saturday.— There were 23 road accidents in Perak in September. The casualties were two killed and 12 injured, of whom two were childen.27 words
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173 1947-10-12 3 Sunday Times Correspondent KUCHING. Saturday. YOUNG employee of the Posts n and Telegraphs Department, Sia Soon Kia, was sentenced to four years' rigorous imprisonment for stealing seven cheques from the residence of the Bishop of Labuan and Sarawak and forging them with the intention173 words
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Article114 1947-10-12 3 Sunday Times Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Saturday. THE Governor. Sir Edward Gent, received a delegation from the United Planting Association of Malaya this morning when the need for strong action against gangsters In Johore was stressed. The delegation comprised Mr. S. B. Palmer, the president114 words
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Article67 1947-10-12 3 Sunday Times Stan" Reporter rpHREE Chinese robbers, after X robbing a Chinese in Rawang Road, Singapore, rode away with his motor-cycle on Friday night. The robbers, two of whom were armed with pistols, visited the Chinese at 11 p.m. in his house. They ransacked the67 words
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Article144 1947-10-12 3 Sunday Times Staff Reporter. LATEST gadget to be used by car owners in their fight against car thieves is a little box six Inches by two inches weighing about three ounces, which, fitted to a car, gives out a proloneed alarm when the car Is144 words
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54 1947-10-12 3 Sunday Times Staff Reporter. rE newly-appointed Siamese Consul-General in Singapore, Luang Ratanatip. gave a reception at the Consulate-General yesterday evening. Among the guests were the Officer Administering the Government, Mr. P. A. B. McKerron. the acting Colonial Secretary. Mr. H. P. Bryson. members of the Consular54 words
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Article44 1947-10-12 3 Sunday Times Staff Reporter FXJR gunmen raided a house In Leedon Road. Singapore, at nine o'clock on Friday night, held up the Chinese occupants and robbed th^m of 5460. The gunmen were two Malays and two Chinese, all of whom brandished pistols44 words
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Article193 1947-10-12 3 Sunday Times Staff Reporter WHILE the Singapore Government has prohibited the import of racehorses, there is no restriction in the import of dogs, which are regarded as useful animals, especially in these days of armed robberies, housebreaking and banditry. The Government did not intend193 words
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135 1947-10-12 3 Sunday Times Staff Reporter rpWENTY-nlne American roundA the-world tourists will arrive In Singapore on Tuesday from San Francisco by the American President Lines ship President Polk. The globe-girdlers are expected to spend four days in Singapore, during which they will take part in135 words
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Article241 1947-10-12 3 Sunday Times Correspondent PENANG, Saturday. EXCHANGES of student tours M™^*™*?^? 11 suggests that a start should be made with the estabTshSof an official correspondence J club_Jor schoolchildren in Malaya. He told me yesterday tthat one pen-pal organisation, the wonai Friendship Association, was planning exchange tours <"241 words
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Article168 1947-10-12 3 Sunday Times Stall Reporter. A Singapore doctor, Chee Chin Hai, committed suicide by dnjecting formalin into his heart twice at his quarters in Tan Tock Seng Hospital on Sept. 28. Dr. Chee was 45 years of age. Medical evidence showed that two needle marks were found168 words
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Article304 1947-10-12 3 Sunday Times Staff Reporter A MAN who has done a considerable amount of good work in social Welfare circles and towards the decrease of juvenile delinquency in Singapore and the Malayan Union leaves for England next month. He is Colonel John Wainwright, Chief of304 words
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Article74 1947-10-12 3 Sunday Times Correspondent BATU PARAT, Saturday. THE "Double Tenth" was celebrated in Batu Pahat with all the gaiety and colour or prewar days. Early in the morning crowded buses brought sightseers and holiday_makers from the outlying districts. An official ceremony was held at the Chamber74 words
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Article74 1947-10-12 3 THE Australian branch of the British Institute of Engineering Technology enrolled more than 1.000 students from Malaya in the 12 months ended June, 1947. This number includes 191 European civilians. Mr. S. H. Tan of Marden House, Orchard Road, Singapore consulting representative of the Institute in74 words
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58 1947-10-12 3 An 18-year-old Chinese, Ling Tua Tee, appeared yesterday in the Third Police Court. Singapore, before Mr. F. Bernard Oehlers, on a charge of theft of 26 rolls of printed cloth. The cloth was valued at $1,118 and belonged to the Singapore Harbour Board. The58 words
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Advertisement228 1947-10-12 3 How does he keep his teeth so clean and strong? V^dentifrice^l It is wise to use Gibbs Dentifrice i it's £n^£Brc *8L the best and safest way of making teeth \HT clean and keeping them sound. So don't Br risk damaging yours by using harsh cleaners trust them to the228 words
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Article, Illustration515 1947-10-12 4 Colourful Subjects PHOTO NOTES r taking a picture of a colourful subject, do you try to visualize it as it will appear in a black-and-white print or enlargement? This is one secret of making superior black-and-white pictures, yet few people seem to realize it. Most of us are fascinated— and515 words
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Article643 1947-10-12 4 npHESE things apart, there 1 is much to be praised in Mrs. Benedict's book. No very clear picture of the Japanese emerges, but then, is it really possible to form any clear picture of a people who are such an extraordinary mass of contradictions? At any rate, the643 words
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Article727 1947-10-12 4 808 GILMORE - 808 GILMORE The Australian Scene MELBOURNE, Oct. 3. j^jALAYA appears in the latest Commonwealth statistics as Australia's best customer in all Asia. In the financial year 1946-47 (endinJune 30), Malaya spent £A18,31G,000 on Australian about £A5,0()0,(K)0 more than India. Australia imported from India goods worth £A727 words
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Article238 1947-10-12 4 rpHERE have been few more 1 meteoric rls< s in Bri.ish al life as that of Mr. Harold Wilson, recently uppointed President of the Board of Trade, with a seat in the Cabinet. His appointment at the age of thirty-one is a remarkable example of how in Britain238 words
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Article274 1947-10-12 5 Society formed Sunday Times Staff Reporter A MALAY woman in Singapore is forming an association which will try to make Malay men guarantee, when they marry, to support their wives for life. The woman is Inch e Zahara binte Mohamed, treasurer of Angkatan Wanita Sedar274 words
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Article, Illustration45 1947-10-12 5 OOKING more like a Mr. Chips than the Lj young man that he is, amateur actor Arthur Wilson, an Army corporal, examines his "makeup" at a rehearsal of The Little Theatre Players' "The Torchbearcrs" to begin at The Little Theatre, Armenian Street, Singapore, tomorrow night.45 words
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Article255 1947-10-12 5 THE Little Theatre, Armenian Street, Singapore, well in the news these days as the scene of concerts and plays, was last night treated to a r ew departure Radio Malaya's first experiment in putting a light 'magazine programme" before the seeing as well as the listening255 words
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Article63 1947-10-12 5 Sunday Times Staff Reporter A FEW minutes after boarding a taxi, a Singapore Chinese was robbed yesterday of $400, which he had drawn from the Chartered Bank. The Chinese in the taxi was going to his home in Tyrwhitt Road, when two men stopped63 words
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Article149 1947-10-12 5 Sunday Times Staff Reporter A CANVASS of Singapore's fashion salons yesterday showed that Malayan women who follow the fashions of Europe, America, and Australia will be wearing longer skirts in the office and the home Fashion houses overseas which have lengthened post-war skirts have sent to149 words
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Article132 1947-10-12 5 Sunday Times Staff Reporter SEREMBAN, Saturday. A GANG of eight or nine Chinese is reported to have murdered a compatriot in a rubber estate half a mile from Mengkuang, in the district of Temerloh, and subsequently robbed various shops in the villages of Mcn^kuang and Kemayan.132 words
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145 1947-10-12 5 COURT WORK IS SPEEDED UP IN SINGAPORE Sunday Times Staff ReDorter rhelp deal with the many people who line up daily outside the chambers of the Magistrates in Central Criminal and Police Courts, in South Bridge Road, Singapore, to get affidavits and statutory declarations sworn. Chief Justice Murray-Aynsley has appointed145 words
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Article65 1947-10-12 5 The Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association's prices at noon yesterday were: Buyers Sellers Cte. Cts. per Ib. per lb. JRo. 1 R.S.S. Spot loose nominal 33 1 34 i No. 1 R.S.S. fob in bales Oct. 34'- 34% No. 2 R S.S. fob in bales Oct. 33 33%65 words
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Article183 1947-10-12 5 Sunday Times Correspondent A c'/ilian driver who yesterday pleaded guilty in the Singapore Tafflc Court to having driven in Orchard Road on Friday night without a licence and without being covered by third-party insurance was sentenced to one month's gaol and was fined $70. The183 words
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Article203 1947-10-12 5 NEW SCALE FOR BNB RUBBER TAX Sunday Times Correspondent KUCHING, Saturday. A CHANGE in the method of assessing the rubber export duty has been announced, with effect from Oct. 8. The duty of four cents per lb. has been abolished, and henceforth the duty will be charged according to the203 words
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Article115 1947-10-12 5 Sunday Times Correspondent KUANTAN, Saturday. DOR ten dreary miles a buffalo 1 was meekly led along to the sawah by its master. Then sud. denly, the animal loat its temper and launched a vicious pttack. Its master, the ketua of Tanjong Medan, a kampong on the115 words
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Article133 1947-10-12 5 Short story writing is the Ideal hobby. If you hav<; literary aptitude you can be trained to work up ideas into plots and make saleable stories out of them. All types of story are wanted, and the work of the unknown writer is carefully considered. You can133 words
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Article106 1947-10-12 5 Take the first step now. Send to The Regent Institute (Dept. 249 A). Regent House. Palace Gate, London, W.B, England, for a free copy of "How to Succeed as a Writer." This interesting booklet tells you all you want to know about the Institute's106 words
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Article197 1947-10-12 5 She Could Neither Walk Nor Sleep She had suffered so long that she thought she would never get better. After trying many remedies In vain, she was persuaded to take Kruschen. In six weeks there was a big improvement. "My arms and feet were swollen with197 words
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Advertisement185 1947-10-12 5 BOOKS JUST RECEIVED HOW TO PLAY GOLF by Sam Snead (a complete course of Instruction with 200 Action Pictures) 9.00 PLASTIC CRAFT by de Wick Cooper (provides how-to-do-it Instructions with clear step-by-step illustrated direction;.) 15.00 NO STARS TO GUIDE by Adrian Seliman (A naval adventure from Dardanelles and The Aegeans185 words
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Advertisement371 1947-10-12 5 JUST ARRIVED. We have iust received the largest consignment of books It has ever been our privilege to offer the book buvlng public of Slngapor? Malaya. These books have been hand picked and include many titles and subjects not generally- available. Wo have a very comprehensive selection of: Yearbooks Reference371 words
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674 1947-10-12 6 SINGAPORE. OCT. 12, 1947. SILKEN GOD SO far as the male eye and ear can be trusted, Singapore and Malaya have to date remained blissfully immune from the controversy that is currently lighting with UNO and its verbal fireworks, Britain's financial crisis and the strife in India for dominance of674 words
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Article, Illustration1520 1947-10-12 6 Sit Yin Fong - BOMB VICTIM IS GAMBLERS' GODDESS Sit Yin Fong By TN downcast Syonan, a miserable rickshaw puller had a dream and that dream has created a shrine in Singapore, probably the most worshipped shrine among gamblers and certainly the most well known. The rickshaw puller was one of those people who1,520 words
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Article517 1947-10-12 6 YOU &> THE ATOM BOMB IN America recently the Emergency Committee of Atomic Scientists issued this warning: "Once stockpiles of atomic bombs have been accumulated by two national blocs of a divided world it will no longer be possible to maintain peace." And failing international control those stockpiles would be517 words
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Advertisement529 1947-10-12 6 CLASSIFIED ADS. MARRIAGE LIM-YEONG. The marriage takes place to-day between Mr. Llm Hock Tian fourth son of Mr. and Mrs. Llm Slw Him and Miss Yeonit Swce Chen .vounccst daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Yeone Wlntc Chan. SITUATIONS VACANT WANTED by laree American firm. Clinie.se Graduate enntn?<?r. excellent opportunity. Rcoly529 words
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Article428 1947-10-12 7 RURAL ARMED ROBBERIES WIPED OUT Police closing in on gangs Sunday Times Staff Reporter CINGAPORE police yesterday claimed that armed robberies in the island's rural areas had been wiped out since the arrest of a notorious gang of five armed bandits in Paya Lebar area on Sept. 25. Police are428 words
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Article, Illustration57 1947-10-12 7 Ll.-GfcN. V. A. H. STURDEE, Chief of the Australian General Staff, who will arrive in Sjinuapore this afternoon from Hong Kong after an insppction tour of Occupation Forces in Japan. He will stay in Sinsaporc for a week as the EMil of General Sir Neil Ritchie. Lt.-Gen. Sturdee will informally57 words
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Article49 1947-10-12 7 The new moon day. which falls tomorrow, will be celebrated at the Sinhalese Buddhist Temple, Outram Road. Singapore. All are invited. The programme will be: 6 p.m., chanting of Pirith; 7 p.m., Buddha Puja: 7.30 p.m.. sermon by the Yen. M. M. Mahaweera.49 words
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Article84 1947-10-12 7 Sunday Times Staff Reporter. PAYMENTS to members of the Singapore Passive Defence Services this week will be made at the Volunteer Fo. ces Record Office, Beach Road, each day from 9 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. and from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. The arrangement for payment is84 words
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196 1947-10-12 7 A 6,500 TON freighter which was built by the Dutch for the Germans during the occupation of Holland, was in Singapore last week. She now belongs to a British shipping company. The ship is the Indo-China Steam Navigation Company vessel Empire Wye which is196 words
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Article113 1947-10-12 7 Sunday Times Staff Reporter. ACCIDENTS to Army vehicles, J\ during the Army's safety campaign and safety exhibition last week, were less than half of the average number for Army vehicles on Singapore Island during September and previous months. The Army's accident score last week113 words
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169 1947-10-12 7 CHINESE FAC S CHARGE OF ARMED ROBBERY Sunday Times Staff Reporter. LEE AH SENG, a young Chinese, was charged In the Singapore Seventh Police Court yesterday with armed robbery. With another Chinese, Lee is alleged to have engaged a taxi, driven by Tan Chew Peng, at 8.30 p.m. on June169 words
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Article40 1947-10-12 7 The wedding of Mr. Ho Kwai Im, of the Nanyang Siang Pau reporting staff, and Miss Lee Wai Har. took place at the Singapore Chinese Consulate yesterday. The bride is the eldest daughter of Madame Soh Mcc Lin.40 words
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419 1947-10-12 7 |7iOLLOWING are the successful Singapore candidates in the London Chamber of Commerce spring examinations held earlier ♦Ms year: BAFFLES INST. EVENING CLASSES Rook-KeepiOff (Certificate Stage): Wong Hln Yuen, Sect Heng Choong, De Souza George Frederick, Lim Seng Phuan, C.S. Ma then. Slew Keng Tao. ANGLO-CHINESE419 words
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Article, Illustration67 1947-10-12 7 piGHTY-ONE-YEAR.OLD Mr. William Orr. the oldest resident in the York Hill Home, is here seen talking to the youngest resident, Martha Rodriguez, aged three. Mr. Orr is no doubt llinjr Martha about "the good eld day's" in Singapore. Mr. and Mis. Ai.ejnajake Mudiyanselage C. I. de Silva, whose67 words
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Article375 1947-10-12 7 BEFORE, the 1914-1918 world war Singapore was a grand place to live in, said the oldest resident oi the York Hill Home, Mr. William Orr, when giving his reminiscences to the Sunday Times yesterday. Mr. Orr came to Malaya on Sept. 18, 1888, and has375 words
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Article31 1947-10-12 7 rpHE Siamese air mission, which J. had been on a three-day visit to the Far Eastern Air Command in Singapore, returned to Bangkok yesterday morning by Dakota plane.31 words
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64 1947-10-12 7 Sunday Times Staff Reporter ONE out of every 419 motor-cars in Singapore is stolen every month, the Police stated yesterday. This has been calculated on the basis of 33 motor-car thefts in Singapore in September. A "census" reveals i,hat there are 13,426 pr'vate64 words
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Article331 1947-10-12 7 ALL the vessels of the Straits Steamship Co., Ltd., hare" now been de-irequisitioned. with the excrj Aion of the Kelantan, and new vessels purchased. This fact was revealed by the chairman of the company, Mr. H. J. C. X, Toms, in his speech to the331 words
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Article40 1947-10-12 7 THE possibility of opening branches of th<> British Council in Indonesia is extremelji bright according to the Council's South East Asia representative Mr. J. P. Lucas who returned to Singapore yesterday by air from Java.40 words
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Miscellaneous435 1947-10-12 8 THE take-out or informative double is unquestionably the one most useful bid in bridge. Yet only very good players fully understand and make complete use of this most valuable contribution to the science of bidding. At the c-y start we must sfttlc: when is a double for business when is435 words
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Miscellaneous524 1947-10-12 8 THIS WEEK FOR YOU —What the Stars Foretell LIBRA (Sent. 23-Oct. 23).— CAPRICORN (Dec. 23-Jan. ARIES (Mar. 22-Apr. 20).— CANCER (June 23-July ?3> Your personal ambitions and de- 20).— Business matters may get Don't jump to conclusions. Size You may be more ODtimistic sires will come to the front, entangled524 words
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Miscellaneous282 1947-10-12 8 m ml as m w M mm .^flßk. Q I 1 KBF E»*~mvi uruucr; Singapore, P&'.anib Jjr^l Kuantan, Jerahtut, Koia 3ahJ j ru, Malacca. WQ 7. Ralph Ingersoll Is noted E for; (a) making watches; ib) Ml attacking Field Marshal 1. me letter on the right is a gStoffle distinguished282 words
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Article864 1947-10-12 9 Mary Heathcott - INDUSTRY IS AFTER GOOD DESIGN Mary Heathcott A WOMAN LOOKS AT BRITAIN says LONDON, Sept. 23. by Air Mail. DEITISH goods have long been famous all over the world for their quality and high standard of craftsmanship, but in design they have often been conservative. Design has, in fact, made864 words
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Article310 1947-10-12 9 PI concluding last Wv k's notes, I recommended that the lower side branches should be removed as the young tree grows in height. Some judgement is required in doing this, A premature or excessive removal of lower branches may induce the growth of long leading shoots310 words
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Article125 1947-10-12 9 j I HINT ror travel comfort: n Seal your favourite perfume battle with colourless nail polish, r.nd then you'll have no fear that it may leak. At the end of the journey, simply remove the lacquer with a little nail polish remover. SAVE time when ironing small boys'125 words
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Article343 1947-10-12 9 Puddings And Pies lISING jam in puddings is a v good economy while sugar Is scarce. In Baked Plum Pudding, jam is used instead of sugar. Fair Isle Cream is a pretty party pudding, and in both recipes any kind of Jam or jelly can be used to give a343 words
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Article, Illustration68 1947-10-12 9 ANNE CRAWFORD, British film actress, wears this Joy Ricardo evening dress of breathtaking beaoty in classic design. The intricacy of the cutting and draping gives an eilect of effortless grace. The gently sloping neckline, neither squared nor rounded, flows from the sleeves, and the drapery is caught in the centre.68 words
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Article215 1947-10-12 9 love drawing and J have talent. But for the past year whenever 1 take up my pen a fear comes into my. mind that 1 won't be able to draw. My arm immediately begins to feel numb and clumsy and I can't uraw a line. If I215 words
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Advertisement478 1947-10-12 9 HOLLYWOOD Beauty Hint iian.ug LARRAINC DAY, MGtA HOLLYWOOD— A moderate deRne of sun-tan is highly beneficial to the skin. But a skin which is too deeply and too frequently sunburned becomes leathery and tough and sometimes loses altogether too much of its natural oils. In other words, 100 n..irch sun478 words
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Advertisement242 1947-10-12 9 NEW VITAMIN CR^AM It's Elizabeth Ardens newest formut, for flattery. An entirely ncv type of c n that improves every type of sk.n. For; ,s rich emolhence see its positive el see how it he!ps soften surtece lines how sympathetic it is to lender skin tin faces, mature comp'exions. Fragrcnt242 words
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Miscellaneous96 1947-10-12 9 CROSSWORD SOLUTION Acrosss: 1. Esplanocde; 7. Ted; 10. Rare; 11. Cave; 12. Arnw!a; 14. Men--15. Lank; 16. Regiment; 19. Ass; 20 Caste; 22. Keep; 23. Mere; 25. Sled--27. Aver; 30. Erode; 33. Ego; 36. Lavender; 38. Heir; 39. Eve- 40 Editor; 42. Tent; 43. Peri; 44. Ens--45. Presented. Down: 1.96 words
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Article, Illustration624 1947-10-12 10 M.F.A ENTER SAFA CUP FINAL Two-Nil Victory Over Seaforths M.F.A. (I) 2 Seaforths 0 THERE was little doubt as to the outcome of yesterday's 1 S.A.F.A. Cup semi-final at Jalan Besar Stadium in which the Malay Seniors beat the Seaforths by two goals to nil. The Malays proved their superiority624 words
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Article605 1947-10-12 10 S.C.C 32 pts. Johore R.F.C 4 pts. THE Jbhor e Rugby Football Club were swamped when they met the Singapore Cricket Club at rugger on the Padang yesterday, the Club winning by 32 points (four goals, a penalty goal, three tries) to four (a605 words
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252 1947-10-12 10 K.L. Civilians Beat Combined Services Sunday Times Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Saturday. DESPITE having to play with only 13 men for the whole of the second half, the Combined Civilians succeeded in beating tr.e Combined Services at rugby toda. by nine points (penalty, two tries) tc ix (two penalties). The252 words
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Article305 1947-10-12 10 Sunday limes Staff Correspondent PENANG. Saturday. •THREE Malayan records were broken 1 in the Malayan Union weifihtlifting open championships held at the New World Park here last night. Two of the record; were broken by I the Kuala Lumpur champion. Long Wei Tek while Choo Pak Slang305 words
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Article497 1947-10-12 10 By Our Badminton Correspondent THE most thrilling match last week was the men's junior doubles semi-final when S.A. Alhabshee and Wee Chye Kr met Sng Haw Par and Lye Ah Leng. Alhabshee entered the court a sick man but full of fighting spirit. Setting the497 words
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148 1947-10-12 10 HEATS for the following events In the forthcoming Singapore Amateur Swimming meet will be held on Friday: 50 metres free style (ladies); 50 metres free style (men) and all compulsory dives in the men's diving event. For thi» information of entrants of the diving148 words
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Article25 1947-10-12 10 •THE Amicabic Badminton l tf will 1 hold their annual anniversary dinner at the Great World, tonight. Members are requested to go direct.25 words
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Advertisement208 1947-10-12 10 Guard against Coughs, jL. Colds, Influenza, Sore ■j Throats, Hoarseness and Smoker< Throat. Let v B^fcil'iy your sure protection be j Jujubes, the medicated pastilles so pleasant to .\f take, and such a powerful and safe germicide and bottir -ntiscotic Jujubes SIME DARBY CO. LTD. T^*7 111 1 Gillette aLAOEl208 words
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Advertisement348 1947-10-12 10 It's not how much you eat -it's what you eat that matters. $b.»s& In thow difficult timat, when th« lood A Zf Jt\ lo which we ore accustomed is often sjS&\ bard to obtain, extra care it needea J "*T \v/5" to ie* that the lood we do eat <I348 words
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Article2537 1947-10-12 11 EPSOM JEEP - EPSOM JEEP By Grand Prix And Lackey Win KUALA LUMPUR, Saturday. PRAND Prix II (Mawi) won the 1 1 /4-mile trophy race at U Kuala Lumpur today, the last day of the Selangor Turf Club's October meeting, beating the favourite, DRB, by one and a2,537 words
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Article110 1947-10-12 11 Sunday Times Stall Reporter. IPOH, Saturday. FRAK registered a record score against Negri Sembilan in their rugger match here today, piling up 52 points (eight goals, three tries and a penalty goal) against seven (a drop -goal and a penalty goal). Perak were superior in110 words
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Article26 1947-10-12 11 PARIT BUNTAR, Saturday. The Krian Indian Association hockey team scored a one-nil victory over the Anglo-Chinese School in a friendly match on Thursday evening.26 words
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Advertisement296 1947-10-12 11 OPENING TODAY at the 11-1.4M.1S fA I UAV PHONB Cm IT REALLY HAPPEN? fir v^ i^jP[ h o i yJ u Wfwlnk *m >> '^iß^jfi?^^H I| B il»^| 1 1 IT* I IIM *4i aß*^<W v##*^^^ "^r* W*& jjlWaiWliaßßßaiaawß»^Fjr*^t r y V l^ktatMßF.Ss?ll^aH^B^3^^BßßßflH^BßS -9k r |i Startling! Shocking! Kg! ■Hik.296 words
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Advertisement443 1947-10-12 11 Optus tobay they're a pair of "pm: shivery sherlocks 4.15 (BUT THERE'S NOBODY 'HOIAiKS' V STAIRS) THEY'RE SETTING OFF THE BIGGEST, LOUDEST LAUGH BLAST EVER! S? J* AIR-CONDITIONED /7\ Sj{^)TODAY/ 2prn 415 pm. m\ *^^U**^^> 6.30 p.m. 9.15 p.m. < nftfs ...CHAINED HER TO Aif C 6 A TERRIFYING PAST!443 words
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Article565 1947-10-12 12 LEAGUE LEADERS STILL WENNSMG LONDON, Saturday. ANOTHER 60,000 crowd at Highbury today saw Arsenal maintain their unbeaten record by beating Aston Villa by the only goal of the match. The goal, scored by Ronnie Rooke, was hotly disputed by the Villa. Arsenal still head the premier league but cannot shakeReuter - 565 words
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396 1947-10-12 12 Sunday Times Staff Reporter ri: Singapore Chinese Football Association will field their strongest side since the liberation when they meet the touring Shanghai Chinese footballers at Jalan Besar Stadium today. This will be possible as they will be able to draw on all the396 words
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Article144 1947-10-12 12 PLAYING their first game this season, the Singapore Police, pfter leading one-nil at half time, lost to the Harlequins by two goals to ons tit hockey at Thomson Road yesterday. Exchanges were even in the first half, with the Police attacking more dangerously. Centre-forward De Cruz144 words
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Article59 1947-10-12 12 RADIX MAS Malaya football team to play Tanjang Pagar Dock XI at Karnpoag Bahru Road Ground today will be .selected from the following: Osm^n Kechot. Hamid Haron, Ji.hari Kechot. Khalld, A. Jabri. A. Bakar. Ismail Beta. SanirT Idris. I Abdul'an, Kader Hashim. Ibrahim HasI san, Oman59 words
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Article43 1947-10-12 12 THE Nee Soon Garrison XV deieated the Singapore District team In a rugger match played at Nee Soon yesterday. Tne score was 22 points (two goals and four tries) to nil. At half-time the Nee Soon Garrison led t.43 words
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Article198 1947-10-12 12 IT the u..r.rxil gciural meeting of the Friendly Companion Association iPheng Yew Siai, Singapore ;!-.e follows were elected office-bearers for the year 1947-1948: Pauvus, Messrs j.M Back i> n Tan Cher Hua; President, Mr. Tay Ah Mun; vice-presidents, Messrs. Baey Gek Seng. Lim Chiap Leng. Ong Song198 words
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Article65 1947-10-12 12 THR fcllowing will represent the A.C.S. Old Boy's Association In a friendly badminton match of five Singles and two Doubles against the Old Rafflesians' Association, at the Rafflf. Institution Hall on Wednesday at 6 p.m. Chou Siu King. Chou Chowi King. Chai Chin Soon. Wee "in Oon, Wee65 words
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Article24 1947-10-12 12 R.A.F. (Changl) beat the Singapore Asiatic Rugby Union by 12 points to nil in a game of rugger played at Seletar yesterday.24 words
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Article346 1947-10-12 12 Sunday Times Slaff Reporter THE Singapore Police won their third successive rugger fixture of the season when they beat the 223 8.0.D. 2nd XV by 19 points (two goals., a try, and two penalty goals) to three points (a try) at Thomson Road yesterday. With346 words
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Article149 1947-10-12 12 South of Scotland 6. Australians 15: Blackheath 8. Newport 10: Richmond 6. Swansea 8: Wasps 3. Northampton 12; Bedford 27. Plymouth 7: Birmi: rham 14 Rugby 3: Cheltenham 6. Aldershot Services 5; Cross Keys 9. Bridgend 8: Exeter 9, Barnstaple 6; Gloucester 6, Cardiff 12; Manchester 8. BradfordReuter - 149 words
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Article99 1947-10-12 12 The Singapore Harbour Board badminton team beat the Brinkmanns Sports Club badminton team seven-nil. Results (S.H.B. players mentioned first) Singles: Michael Tan beat Teo Thuang Bak 15-5, 15-3; Eunos bin Amran beat Koh Thiam Hock 15-8, 13-13 (5-3); A. Malek beat Lauw Yang Choon 7-15, 15-8, 15-2;99 words
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Article68 1947-10-12 12 Bradford 7, New Zealand Tourists 17Bellevue R. 5, Halifax 14; HuddersI field 50.. Castleford 5; Leeds 37. Feather- stone R. 6; Oldham 14, Barrow 2; Wakefleld Trinity 10. St. Helens 7; Widnes 5. Dewsbury 0: Batley 2 Hunslet 14; Barmley 11, Salford 16; Hull 23. Rochdale 3; LiverpoolReuter - 68 words
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385 1947-10-12 12 K.A.F. Mingaladon 1 Singapore Signals Centre ft! PAYING better football than their! opponents, the R. A. P. Mingaladon Ijn the Air Command Par East Cup j when they beat the Sinuapore Signal Centre by the only goal of the match in the final at385 words
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Article62 1947-10-12 12 O.R.A. BADMINTON The followinr will represent the Old Rafilesians Association against the Old Victorians' Association in a badminton match today at 10 a.m. at the Victoria School hall: Chan Chim Bock. Poh Kirn Yam, Goh Tian Chye, Seah Eng Liat. Ho Choy Kian, Lim Klan Soo, Pang Kia Lim, Goh62 words
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Article87 1947-10-12 12 AN At-Home for all members and friends of the Mayflower Badminton Party will b e held at the Party's courts at Moulmein Road at 4 p.m. today to the official opening of their two new cement courts. Two exhibition matche s will be played. In the first Wong87 words
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Article48 1947-10-12 12 THE following will play for the S.R.C. In a hockey match against the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank on the Padang tomorrow. R. Rozarlo; A. Jansen M. Modder: M. Scully, D. D'Cruz, P. Noronha; D. Ross, G. Carnegie. James de Souza, A. Lopez, W. N. Moore^48 words
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Advertisement216 1947-10-12 12 S MOWS !>\!LY: 3 6.15 9.15 p.m. Thp J;nt-rtainnrnt Treasure the Aires! YVONNE I)E CAIiLO In SONG OF SCHEHERAZADE with Brian Dunlevv Jean Pierre Auinont -In neorneous Technicolor QUEENS THEATRE TO-DAY: 3. 6.30 9. 1S P.M. For The First Time in Malay! r-iiiasy- Magical! IOGI NIGHTS with Six-irp. Morhtar and216 words
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Advertisement32 1947-10-12 12 If You Like Your Prints To Last Longer GtVB IS A TRIAL Orrtrrs can now b« executed on glossy mitt, rouah or velvet paper LYON PHOTO CO., M. North Bridge Read. Singapore.32 words
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Advertisement198 1947-10-12 12 MEDAN Also QAILY SINGAPORE fyy K. LUMPUR penang Malayan Asrways MONDAYS THURSDAYS SatU da y JO KOTA BHARU WEDNESDAYS Fare $100/KUANTAN. Malays Airways Limited Singapore M\N>MIIIi St CO LI li M.INACI IC.n M.V. »MDriTANJiS M sth November 1D47 lrom Singapore Due Southampton: SIM November 1!!17. For passage please apply to:198 words
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