The Straits Times, 18 March 1948
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Title Section19 1948-03-18 1 The Straits Times MALAY AS LEADING NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 1948 PRICE TEN CENTS19 words
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Article400 1948-03-18 1 TWO Siamese, who were remanded on a warrant of arrest and produced in the Singapore District Court yesterday on a provisional charge oi murder, sought refuge at Government House as political refugees before they were taken intc custody. They are a* captain and a corporal of400 words
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Article, Illustration52 1948-03-18 1 Bhikkhu M. M. Mahaweera, priest of the Sinhala Buddhist Temple, Swami Vamadevananda, of the Ramakrishna Mission, and the Reverend Waldo Reinochl. of the Wesley Methodist Church waiting their turn to give services m tribute to Mahatma Gal dhi at the Victoria Memorial Hall last night.— Straits Times picture (story m52 words
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Article, Illustration51 1948-03-18 1 Mr. A. R. Pratt, a Ministry of Food expert who is m Singapore to work with Lord Killearn's office "with a vi"w to increasing the flow of food from South-East Asia to the United Kingdom." His appointment is the result of special recommendations to London by Lord Killearn. Straits Times51 words
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Article150 1948-03-18 1 Warships For Greek Ports ATHENS, Wednesday. THE United States Mediterranean Fleet is visit Ing ArgestoJ! on, off the western coast of Greece from Mar. 23 to Mar. 31. The bulk 91 the fleet will later visit Piraeus and remain there until after mid- April, 'the United States Embassy announc.ed hereReuter; UP - 150 words
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Article85 1948-03-18 1 NEW YORK, Wednesday. —Ex-King Michael of Rumania m New York last night levelled his strongest criticisms yet against the Soviet Union. "Our powerful neighbour, with whom we had hoped to collaborate has seen fit to gaol our patriots, falsify our elections, and through fraud and terror foistReuter - 85 words
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753 1948-03-18 1 Russia Accused Of Trying To Prevent Peace WASHINGTON, Wednesday. PRESIDENT Harry Truman, m an address to a joint session of Congress on foreign policy today, proposed a temporary reintroduction of conscription m the United States. He also proposed prompt enactment of universal military trainingReuter - 753 words
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Article102 1948-03-18 1 One hundred Irishmen m I Singapore yesterday celebrated St. Patrick's Day by i entertaining 300 guests to dinner at Sea View Hotel. The Chieftain of St. Andrew's Society (Mr. C. F. Smith), spoke on behalf of the quests. The /ice-president of St Patrick's Society (Mr. T.102 words
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Article44 1948-03-18 1 BATAVIA, Wednesday. Under an agreement signed recently between the Netherlands Indies Government and the Bilhton Tin Company, the exploitation of tin-mining on Bangka Island will be m the hands of the company for the next five years— ReuterA.A.P.Reuter; Reuter-AAP - 44 words
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Article82 1948-03-18 1 RESULTS of yesterday's Selangor races are: RACE I:—FOUR WINDS $25, and $9, El Alamein $16. Helen the Fifth $6. RACE 2— HAMBRION $10 and $5. Wirra Ml. Mr. Chips $9. RACE 3:—DAGOBERT $19 and $6. Lucky Three $7. Prince Colin $6. RACE 4:t-RENOIR $14 and $7, Lynchburg $8,82 words
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Article143 1948-03-18 1 LONDON, Wednesday. PUR hundred British doctors' delegates today unanimously approved a British Medical Association's resolve to stay outside the Labour Government's nationalised health service, which it claims would turn doctors into state servants. Unanimous The doctors, representing medical men from all Darts of Britain, unanimously voted143 words
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Article57 1948-03-18 1 BELIZE, Wednesday. A few hours after the British cruiser H.M.S. Sheffield had 1» it Belize. British Honduras, yesterday, the Legislative Council adopted a resolution of loyalty to the British Empirt The Governor iMr. Edward Oeiakl Hawkesworth) reviewed before the Council the disputr with Guatemala, In whichAP - 57 words
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Article231 1948-03-18 1 LONDON, Wednesday. EIGHT airmen lost their j lives today when two Wellington aircraft, based! at R.A.F. station Top cliffe. North Yorkshire collided m midair over the, airfield and burst intoi flames. There were no| survivors. Part of one plan; fell m j flamei on the roofReuter - 231 words
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Article210 1948-03-18 1 JERUSALEM, Wednesday. JEWISH Agency spokesman said today that between 5,000 and 6,000 Syrian, Iraqi and Lebanese volunteers for the Arab Army had entered Palestine. Quoting Haganah reports, he said there were 2,500 Syrians, 2,500 Iraqis, several hundred Lebanese and also 174 Egyptian Army officers and menReuter - 210 words
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Article117 1948-03-18 1 SAIGON, Wednesday. THE British Vice-Consul at Saigon (Mr. Norman Sands) was killed yesterday m a 30-ft. fall from a balcony m the Consulate building. A Consulate announcement said: "It is presumed that he was seized with a fit of dizziness and fell to theAP - 117 words
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Article228 1948-03-18 1 MELBOURNE, Wednesday. AUSTRALIA'S only Communist Member of ParliaA ment, Mr. F. Paterson, js In hospital suffering from a fractured skull alleged to have been received m a clash between railway strikers and police m Brisbane streets this morning. Police were breaking up I what228 words
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101 1948-03-18 2 DRITISH and French parliament* nans and engineers at a meeting in the House of Commons today decided to ask their respective Governments to reconsider plans for a tunnel linking Dover and Calais in conjunction with any plans for a closer union of Western Europe.Reuter - 101 words
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Article61 1948-03-18 2 NEW YORK, Wednesday.— Most Americans consider the high cost of living the biggest problem they have to face, according to a nation-wide opinion poll conducted by a professional public opinion analyst, Mr. Emle Roper. He said that, after high prices, military preparedness In the struggle against Communism61 words
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Article39 1948-03-18 2 SAN PAULO. BRAZIL, Wednesday. The wreckage of a missing Brazilian airliner was found yesterday with all the six occupants dead. The plane had been missing *nee It left Rio de Janeiro for San Paulo last Saturday.39 words
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Article33 1948-03-18 2 LONDON. Wednesday— The Netherlands wartime debt to the United Kingdom Is placed at £45 million under a final settlement of claims published last ndght In a Government white paper. A.P.AP - 33 words
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57 1948-03-18 2 NOTICE is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of SINHALESE ASSOCIATION OF SINGAPORE will be held m the Mercantile Institution premises. Queen Street, Singapore, on March 20. 1948 at 4.30 p.m.. Venerable Narada Thera win take the Chair and the Yen: M. M. Mahaweera will57 words
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Article59 1948-03-18 2 POONA, Wednesday.— India's armed forces will soon have their biggest medical training centre established here at a cost of 1.500.000 rupees. The nucleus will be proTided by the present Army Medical College, already functioning In Ganeshklnd. Poona. The new scheme will bring about co-ordination m the activities of59 words
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Article48 1948-03-18 2 CATERHAM Wednesday.— Princess Elizabeth yesterday visited Caterham barracks to Inspect the Second Battalion of the Grenadier Guards before lt« departure for Germany next month. The Princess is Colonel of the regiment. After the Inspection she posed for photographs and then had lunch with the officers. —Reuter.Reuter - 48 words
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Article43 1948-03-18 2 NEW YORK. Wednesday. Workers of the New York evening newspaper. P.M., who were offered lower wages by a prospective purchaser, have failed to reach agreement with him. Marshall Field, the publisher, said today that publication would cease on March 26. Reuter.Reuter - 43 words
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Article62 1948-03-18 2 RALEIGH. North Carolina, Wednesday. The marriage of Princess Emma Toussoun, of Egypt, to Cornelius Beckham Bretch. of Washington, vrili take place on April 10 at Washington. Bretch is the son of Mrs. Sallie Bretch. of Raleigh, and one*- carried newspapers for a local daily. The Princess isUP - 62 words
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Article24 1948-03-18 2 NEW YORK, Wednesday.— General Motors Corporation reDorted today 1947 record peacetime net sales of <U.S.) *3^i5,i&9.000 and a net income of $287.991.000—A.P.AP - 24 words
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Article50 1948-03-18 2 Ra bies Outbreak NEW PORT. Rhode Island Wednesday.— Fox hunting is no longer a gentleman's sport In New Port today. Foxes are fighting back, Dr Joseph Barker. State Adm nlstrator o: Animal Husbandry, says. A rabies epidemic has brok en out among both foxes ar < dogs In the area.UP - 50 words
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Article64 1948-03-18 2 MANILA. Wednesday. Fears of a copra shortage recently voiced In both local •ad foreign business circles are officially confirmed by reports received by the Bureau of Commerce from pocoi.ut-producing areas m the Philippines. Piovr dellyeries and tbe scarcity or nuts owing to the c:_ jtisive damage wrought byReuter - 64 words
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Article77 1948-03-18 2 LC3 ANGELES. Wednesday —The United States Army has good news for women oh slimming dicta. It hAs developed compounds that can destroy their ani>etites. Col. Charles Lawrence Army food expert, said research on military meals had developed anti-toim R er food compounds. H said such compounds would be77 words
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Article56 1948-03-18 2 LANSING. Michigan Wednesday. Governor Kirn S' P ler. of Michigan, comD2ains Hiat his job Is coly a "gJorifled clerkship" He summoned the legislature to a special session yesterday and asked for a broad Increase In his executive rxwers and an increase m the len«tb of bis term ex56 words
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Article58 1948-03-18 2 CANTON, Wednesday China today has a commercial fleet of 83 planes, according to figures released by the China National Aviation Corporation and the Central Air Transport Corporation Of this total, the CNAC operates 17 DC-44, 23 DC-M and six DC-4, with 105 pilots while the CATC has 14Reuter - 58 words
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Article99 1948-03-18 2 SYDNEY, Wednesday.— A bottle containing a pencilled message, thrown overboard from a troopship in 1917, was found recently in Fremantle, Western Australia. The bottle was thickly encrusted with marine growth. In it Mr. George Kelly found the following message: "On Troopship A50 at sea, u. BalJarat. March 2,Reuter-AAP - 99 words
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Article55 1948-03-18 2 SYDNEY. Wednesday.— Dr. H. W. Wunderly. commonwealth Director of Tuberculosis, has Riven £18,000 In conjunction with his wife tor aeries of travelling scholarships to enable Australian graduates to studv chest diseases. Awards will be made by tbe Royal Australasian Oolle*e of Physicians ia, consultation vith Dr. and Mrs.Reuter-AAP - 55 words
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Article66 1948-03-18 2 SYDNEY. Wednesday. The Commonwealth Government of Australia has collected £22.459,000 more revenue m the past eight months than for the corresponding twothirds of last financial year. A further £10 million of Treasury bills was redeemed from revenue during February, so that the floating debt has been reduced byReuter - 66 words
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Article44 1948-03-18 2 HONG KONG. Wednesday. —The UjS. Consul -General m Hong Kong (Mr. G. Hopper) yesterday presented the American Bronze Btar to Major X D. H. Rowlette. Ist Battalion Inniskilline Fusiliers for meritorious services with the American force* m North A-"-*-* and Italy— AP.AP - 44 words
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Article38 1948-03-18 2 LONDON. Wednesday— The Combined Tin Committee has allotted Pakistan an additional 140 tons of tin and Yugoslavia an additional 110 tons for the first half of 1»48. the Ministry of Supply announced last niicht— APAP - 38 words
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Article69 1948-03-18 2 WASHINGTON. Wednesday. —Agriculture sciiritiste have produced radio-active maize Dr. R. W. Trulllnger, chief of the Agriculture Departments experiment stations, told a Congressional Committee that this revolutionised the whole field of anima nutrition study He said: "By usine it as part of a food ration you can follow theUP - 69 words
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Article106 1948-03-18 2 LXEW YORK. Wednesday. In a bid to ret accommodation a photographer with the Army Signal toros on Saturday moved into a room m the luxury Waldorf Hotel with his wife and baby and demanded that the city nay the excess price until it could provide him whh a106 words
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Advertisement1152 1948-03-18 2 NOTICES KUALA LUMPUR MNICIPALITY Applications are Invited for the post of confidential Stenographer/ Typist (lady) for the Kuala Lumpur Municipality. Salary according to qualifications. SINGAPORE CO-OPERATTVE STORES SOCIETY LTD. NOTICE. Notice is hereby given that the Hiird General Meeting of Members will be held at 331 North Brtdre Road on1,152 words
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Advertisement348 1948-03-18 2 NOTICE. Tenders are invited for— (a) Buppiy of Firewood (b) Scavenging Servkai to the War Department for period 1 Apr. 48 to 31 Mar. 4*. Forms of Tender and conditions of contract for each service may be obtained on application at the office of Major fßks>. HQ RASC HQ Singapore348 words
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Advertisement367 1948-03-18 2 MM YD Al I Mew Blade protects «peed and Zo£Sg CHEST and comfort with y^jF"* every shave J V Tf These Valet features J 4^ M quicker and easier s^Z& I o^l IttMHSfe^EA Self- sharpening. Strop s^ S' C^B your razor a b»rber S' IPnJVI \fc *>« d «"i°r weeks367 words
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Article615 1948-03-18 3 "To Preserve The Rule Of Law" PARIS, Wednesday. A 50- YEAR treaty of economic co-operation and military aid was signed in Brussels {today by the representatives of five Western European countries, Belgium, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Britain. Other states may accede to it on agreed conditions.Reuter - 615 words
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Article241 1948-03-18 3 Plans For Kashmir Settlement LAKE SUCCESS, Wed. THE United Nations Security Council will meet tomorrow to resume the Kashmir debate, and it is expected that Doctor L. F. Tsiang, of China the Council President, will present new proposals for a settlement. It is understood that negotiations have reached the stageReuter - 241 words
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Article75 1948-03-18 3 LONDON, Wednesday British retail distributors yesterday answered to Chancellor of the Exchequer's pl^a for reduoed prices and profits with an offer to bear the £30,000,000 cost of a 50 per cent cut In the Government's purchase tax, The £30,000 000 loss which the retailers offered to bear would75 words
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Article24 1948-03-18 3 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Wednesday— Mr. Charles Lambert Rogers, formerly of Malaya, died on Mar. 13 at Maxwell town. Dunflresshire.24 words
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Article160 1948-03-18 3 TRA VEL BAN LIFTED LONDON, Wednesday. THE Chancellor of the Exchequer (Sir Stafford I Cripps) told the Commons yesteqlay the ban on pleasure travel from Britain to Austria Denmark, France. Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal and Switzerland would end on May 1. Each adult traveller would be allowed £35 eachReuter - 160 words
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Article, Illustration25 1948-03-18 3 NEW DESTROYER: H.M.S. Crossbow on her way to Portland on Mar. 9, acceptance trials completed. She is one of Britain's new Weapon* class of destroyer.25 words
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Article220 1948-03-18 3 LONDON, Wednesday. THE House of Commons was m an uproar tonight with 500 members cheering and countercheering until the House was almost deafening. Tension arose from the Government's decision to abolish separate university representation m Parliament. The Opposition strongly ob- Jected to this 300-year-old tradition being broken andReuter - 220 words
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Article175 1948-03-18 3 SHANGHAI, Wednesday. HPHE Chinese Red Radio announced today that 12 1 Swiss Catholic missionaries m the west Manchurian city of Tsitsihar had been sentenced to prison terms on charges of "espionage, sabotage and armed conspiracy against the Government." The radio said that Bishop Paul HugentoblerUP - 175 words
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Article166 1948-03-18 3 ACCRA, Wednesday. FHE Gold Coast Trade 1 Union Congress today )rdered a general strike to begin at midnight, in protest against the arrest of six Gold Coast leaders on Saturday. The six men, members of tne Gold Coast Convention, were charged with complicity In incitingReuter - 166 words
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Article335 1948-03-18 4 U.S. STRIKES SPREADING 450, 000 Workers Are Now Idle NEW YORK, Wednesday. AT least 450,000 coal and meat workers were idle today m the biggest United States labour dispute since last July. Most of the nations soft coal mines and 133 meat packing plants were closed and a severe cutReuter; AP; UP - 335 words
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Article, Illustration46 1948-03-18 4 Capt. and Mrs. Rex Walker after their wedding at St. Mary's Church, Kuala Lumpur, last Saturday. Mrs. Walker, formerly Miss Margaret Whalley, is personal assistant to the G.O.C. Malaya District (Maj.-Gen. Wade). Capt. Walker is A.D.C. to the High Commissioner (Sir Edward Gent).— Straits Times picture.46 words
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Article186 1948-03-18 4 Mr. Balwant Singh's Withdrawal THE following state1 ment was issued last night by Mr. D.T. Assomull, on behalf of a group of leading Indian merchants in Singapore: "At the request 0/ a few friends of the Singapore Indian mercantile community, consisting of Mr. D. T. Assomull (Wassiamull Assomull and Co.)186 words
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Article212 1948-03-18 4 TODAY Farewell tea-party, in honour of Professor J. 8. English who is due for retirement, given by Medical College Union in conjunction with the Alumni Association of the College of Medicine and the British Medical Association < Southern Branch), Harrower Hall College of Medicine. 5 Dm. Singapore Lodge212 words
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Article71 1948-03-18 4 For failing to provide proper dustbins and depositing refuse on roadside and backlanes, about 300 Singapore residents were summoned before the Sixth Police Magistrate, Mr. E. S. de Bar.zie, yesterday. The summonses were issued by the Town Cleansing Department of the Singapore Municipality following routine check71 words
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Article82 1948-03-18 4 Jack Brown and Melvine Hiilard, British soldiers, were charged yesterday in the Seventh Police Court, with attempted robbery. Doraisamy Ram. taxi driver, said the two men hired his taxi at Stamford Road to go to 223 B.OJ>.. Alexandra, about 11 cm. on Jan 2 When the taxi82 words
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264 1948-03-18 4 From Oar Own Correspondent LONDON, Wednesday. THE Amsterdam correspondent of the Financial Times says that the February exports of N.E.I. tin ore, according to preliminary reports, rose to 3,336 tons, against 1,108 tons in January and 1,782 tons in December. Production in Banka264 words
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Article174 1948-03-18 4 Home-Grown Guayule Rubber In US WASHINGTON, Wed. 'THE House Appropria- tions Committee, publishing committee hearings yesterday, announced that the United States Government could increase its a^uayule rubber production almost 500 times in case of emergency. Guayule is a shrub which produces natural rubber latex. The Agriculture Department has been inAP - 174 words
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Article37 1948-03-18 4 A young Chinese, Tan Seng Huat of 43, Queen Street, was yesterday sentenced to five years' rigorous imprisonment by Mr. Justice Jobling at the Singapore Assizes for having a Japanese pistol and three rounds of unserviceable ammunition.37 words
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Article444 1948-03-18 4 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. AN Ordinance, laying down the principles upon which land transactions in the Federation during the Japanese occupation period can be settled, was published today by the Federation Government. The new Ordinance, called the "Titles to Land (Occupation Period)444 words
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Advertisement240 1948-03-18 4 QUEENS THEATRE .J- -m ALL-MALAYAN PREMIER t 't' IC^l Today: S.e«. S.M A 9.15 p.m. o i\mv& uticura has an almost medical Saturday at Mid-night efficacy "> arresting itching irrita Tyrone- Power m Inn and smarting m drawing "Mark Of Zorro" out inflammation and loreneis I and ckanmg up skin240 words
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Article440 1948-03-18 5 To Help Fight Against Typhus From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. THE entire world supply of the new antibiotic drug, chloromycetin, for scrub typhus, has been brought to Malaya by a team of American medical specialists who have just arrived here to investigate the typhus440 words
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Article, Illustration84 1948-03-18 5 FAMOUS PILOT: Captain Ivan W. Smirnoff who is acting as "Pilot adviser" on the Atlas Supply Company's "Sky Merchant," which has landed m Singapore, has had an exciting life. Claiming to have flown more hours than any other man, his lon book shows nearly 29,000 hours m every type of84 words
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Article258 1948-03-18 5 SINGAPORE Revenue Officers yesterday morning seized 35 pounds of opium, valued at $28,000, on board the Kutsang in the Singapore Harbour Board docks. This is the largest i seizure of opium in Singapore for the last month. The opium is believed to be of Indian origin,258 words
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Article138 1948-03-18 5 Scheme For Juvenile Delinquents SINGAPORE has taken the lead in the treatment of juvenile delin quency and has a juvenile probation system already in operation and awaiting legislative sanction, Mr. Yap Hong Kuan, told the Straits Times yesterday. Mr Yap is one of the three student probation oflfcers attached to138 words
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Article405 1948-03-18 5 THE votes m Singapore's I A first Legislative Council elections on Saturday will be counted m the Victoria Theatre m the presence of 150 invited guests. The guests will Include the candidates, officials and the press, said the Supervisor of Elections (Mr. Gerald Hawkins) yesterday.405 words
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Article550 1948-03-18 5 By Pur Woman Correspondent •TWICE a week, 30 to 40 school-children with posture defects report- at the surgical physiotherapy department of the General Hospital, Singapore. They are all pupils of a special class started m January last year for the correction of defects which would550 words
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Obituary17 1948-03-18 6 ANDERSON— At Batu Oajah Hospital on 15th March, 1948, Jessie, dearly loved wife of Harold Andersoa17 words
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1104 1948-03-18 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Thur., Mar. 18, 1948 GUTHRIE'S AND DUNLOP'S Last week Sir John Hay chairman of Guthrie and Co., gave a statement to the Straits Times before leaving for England, after a tour of his company's estates in Malaya and yesterday we published a letter from Mr. F.1,104 words
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Article104 1948-03-18 6 GLASGOW, Wednesday. Two doctors were called m to see Princess Margaret after! she arrived m Glasgow for a I day of public engagements. She was said to be suffering from nervous reaction which caused falntness. The doctors advised a rest, during the morning and the engagementsReuter - 104 words
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727 1948-03-18 6 THE first question I had to face was, "To vote or not to vote?" In spite of the commendable persistence of the MDU, I have decided not to abstain from voting. I have arrived at this decision after considering Nature's delightful masterpiece the727 words
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Letter113 1948-03-18 6 COME politicians of our ,-r uHf 16 are m the h abit Cif yi ?i down a s a that all peonl' ought to X as they their fiee'om. Thf wort hy of the fool ir. o i d story W ho jumped into deep wat-r before113 words
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Letter92 1948-03-18 6 EMPTY 44-gallon drums are placed round the circus in front of Government House. Several traffic policemen stand around shouting incoherent remarks to astounded motorists, especially the professional drivers. The signboards put up, In English only, explain nothing to the lorry drivers, syces, taxi-driv rs. trishawmen and cyclists,92 words
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Letter210 1948-03-18 6 in Singapore is one of the peak periods for listening. At lunch-time on Tuesday Radio Malaya, Singapore, forced me to listen to a commercial broadcast initiated, I was assured from a plane flying In full view of the fortunate many who had not disbursed a Singapore210 words
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1318 1948-03-18 6 IDEOLOGY BEHIND U.S.S.R. DIPLOMACY Russia And The Western Powers I By a special correspondent of The Times MO international problem in recent years has been as difficult to define as the role of ideological principles and considerations in the relations between Russia and the Western Powers. The setting up of1,318 words
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Article, Illustration31 1948-03-18 7 Mr V S. S-.vaminathan, n-wly-appointed First Se- rrtirv to the Government cf India representative m Malaya. He has had 28 years' experience »n handling affairs of Indians m. Straits Times photo.31 words
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Article209 1948-03-18 7 Australian Law Plea Rejected From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. A REQUEST by the Australian Commissioner m Malaya for the recognition m this country of certain A-i>tialian law qualifications has been rejected by the Federation Bar Council, it is understood. The request was originally raiMd with the Government, who209 words
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Article862 1948-03-18 7 'Another Foolish Letter '—Goho INDIAN candidates in the Singapore elections yesterday condemned the Malayan Democratic Union for having protested to the Prime Minister of India (Pandit Nehru) against their seeking election in Singapore. Mr. Gerald de Cruz, a member of the M.D.U., signed a letter to Pandit862 words
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Article126 1948-03-18 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Wednesda>.—A n ordinance contakiu* comprehensive and up to date provisions for the registration and control of dmtil prac'-itioners m Che Federation will be introduced at the next meeting of the Legislative Council Thi* Bill will replace the existing Ordinance. Under the provisions of the new126 words
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Article176 1948-03-18 7 ONE of Singapore's most pressing social needs was hostels where homeless young people could live decently and at reasonable cost, the Deputy Secretary for Social Wei fare (Mr. T. Eames Hughes) told the Singapore Rotary Club yesterday. He appealed to the Club to sponsor such hostels,176 words
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Article116 1948-03-18 7 Tan Ah Tal, aged 43, of Manual Road, was fln«d $75 yesterday when he pleaded guilty in the Third Police Court to a charge of cruelty to animals. Tan was arrested in Thomson Road while conveying in a lorry 14 fowls in a basket fit116 words
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Article48 1948-03-18 7 A 15-year-old Singapore Chinese school boy, a student of the Chung Cheng High School, was killed, when the bicycle he was riding was m collision with a lorry at the junction of River Valley Road and Merbau Road at 1.15 p m yesterday.48 words
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Article56 1948-03-18 7 From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH, Wednesday— Mrs. H. P. Anderson, wife of ttie director of Messrs. Kyle Palmer and Co., of Ipoh, died ir. Batu Gajah Hospital on Monday The Re*. John Bayter officiated at a funeral service for Mrs. Anderson yesterday evening. She was a Canadian.56 words
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Article197 1948-03-18 7 T«HREE members of the x Board of Visiting Justices to Singapore's quarantine station on St. John's Island, Mr. Yong Yit-Lin, Mr. Ng Sen Choy, and Dr. (Miss) Pow Siew Ai. made a fact-finding tour to the Island yester- j day. Th« tour was the first of its197 words
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Article371 1948-03-18 7 INDIANS, Chinese, Europeans and Malays, 50 deep 1 before the urn of Gandhi's ashes m the Victoria Memorial Hall last night, joined m singing the Mahatma's favourite Christian hymn "Lead Kindly Light." Thousands of people of all races and creeds throughout yesterday and last night again371 words
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Article195 1948-03-18 7 Malayan Exhibits For Britain MALAYA'S exhibits for the British Industries Fair in London will sail from Singapore in the Glenapp today. "The Department of Economic Affairs, Singapore, has acted as a sort of forwarding office for trade exhibits both from Singapore and the Federation," Mr. Sturrock of the Economic Affair195 words
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Article142 1948-03-18 7 A 232-ton tug, Empire Pierrot, yesterday left Singapore on a 10,800mile voyage to Port of Spain, Trinidad. Specially built for the Royal Naw in Singapore, the tug was recently sold by the Admiralty to the Government of Trinidad. Capt. P. G. Britten, ma&ter of the vessel,142 words
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Article61 1948-03-18 7 Choy Ah Tak, a middleaged Chinese, was fined $750 m default six months' rigorous imprisonment, by the Eighth Police Court Magistrate, Mr. R. W. P. Rule, yesterday, for having dutiable liquor and for possessing an unlicensed still. Revenue officers found a still drum hidden m61 words
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Article, Illustration59 1948-03-18 7 GURKHAS INSPECTED: The High Commissioner (Sir Edward Gent) seen shaking the hands of a group of Gurkhas at the camp at Wardieburn Estate. Koala Lumpur, where the 2/6 and 2/7 Gurkha Rifles are now stationed. He was accompanied by the G.O.C. Malaya District Major General D. A. L. Wade) when59 words
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Article132 1948-03-18 7 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Wednesday. •TO organise Penang Malays into a central polit cr.l 1 organisation, a branch of UMNO is to be formed m Penang. A spoilsman of the Malay community, Haji AH Rouse, told the Strait? Times today that the new organisation132 words
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Article85 1948-03-18 7 TOHORE BAHRU. WednesJ day.— Mr. F. C. Sands. M B E., Scout Commissioriff for Malaya, will visit Johore Bahru on March 19. when he will formally declare open the Johore Rover Crew's den. The British Adviser will also attend the ceremony. At night, a combined camp fire will85 words
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Article106 1948-03-18 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed.— How close Malaya came to being defeated by the forces of lawlessness in the months after the liberation was emphasised by Mr. H. Miller in a talk on "crime reporting" given to the Kuala Lumpur Rotary Club today. Mr. Miller referred to "the Immense fight"106 words
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Article83 1948-03-18 7 THE Singapore Chinese Physicians' Association held a commemoration party yesterday (National Physicians' Day in China) at the Association premises in Cecil Street, Singapore. Nineteen years ago Physicians In China protested against the National Health authorities' move to abolish their professional practices, and won recognition. Tlie Singapore Chinese Vice-Consul83 words
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Article53 1948-03-18 7 IPOH, Wednesday.— Tne vac1 cination campaign in Perak has met with considerable success and thore were only two cases of smallpox reported in the whole of the State last week These two cases were re- ported from Parit Buntar and Hutan Melintang. Lower Fcrak. There were no death*53 words
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Article74 1948-03-18 7 IPOH, Wednesday. There was a very good response to the Perak Flying Club's invitation to view the film on gliding last night at St. Michael's Institution. Those present included the British Resident of Perak (Mr. J. Innes Miller) and the vice-president of the Flying Club (Mr. J. D.74 words
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Article74 1948-03-18 7 pHINESE volunteers will be given legal assistance to make claims for special grants if they endured any undue hardships during the occupation. The volunteer affairs subcommittee of the Straits Chinese British Association. Singapore, has arranged for them to have free legal consultation every Sunday morning from 10 a.m.74 words
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Advertisement42 1948-03-18 7 The pATIMA I TOILET SETS Jjf r l\ I V L m i'gytwt' kp Set of 3 Pieces Kt^^X^S ••.$115.00 I Set of 4 Pieces «**?ZZ) •..$135.00 C^ G O WNS for all occasions ■■J—"!iJ'i > i— 82-1, Bras Basah Road Phone *****42 words
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Article, Illustration981 1948-03-18 8 R.D.B. MITCHELL - And how the secret ballot began By R.D.B. MITCHELL IN Singapore on Sa- turday, more than twenty thousand people will go to the polls to elect six members of the Singapore Legislative Council. They will vote in a secret ballot. The secret ballot a981 words
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Article240 1948-03-18 8 SIXTY years ago, on the night of Feb. 28, 1888, in Belfast, Northern Ireland, a small boy set off for a ride on a tricycle, at an hour when he should, by rights, have been in bed. The wheels of that bicycle whiah Johrjnie Dunlop rode were the240 words
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Advertisement141 1948-03-18 8 W rEU W EaW. \^KKt R^RMtHlfl iW MOST ladies will tolerate a cigar, but there are very few pipe tobaccos which they welcome. Balkan Sobranie Smoking Mixture was made for male connoisseurs of pipe smoking but it happily remembered th<- other sex. Its aroma sweet and comes from the topmost141 words
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Advertisement116 1948-03-18 8 il^ Busy Days START THE DAY WITH QUAKER OATS FOR EXTRA STAMINA MORE ENERGY FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY A delicious portion ol Quaker Oats every morning helps give voui lamilv the stamina and energy to start them oft right on busy days. That's because Quaker Oats is whole-grain oatmeal,116 words
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780 1948-03-18 9 THE COMING CRISIS by Fritz Sternberg (Victor Gollancz, Ltd.) UENRY WALLACE said in a recent speech that people no longer ask whether there will be an economic crisis, but when it will be: they don't wonder whether we'll have a Third World War, but780 words
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Letter706 1948-03-18 9 JOURNEY THROUGH CHAOS by Victor Alexandra? (Routledge, $9) A LETTER FROM GROSVENOR SQUARE by J. G. Wlnant (Hodder Stoughton, $7.50) THE remnant of the 19th century which we now see dissolving is so close that we don't see it as part of a change going on at706 words
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Letter204 1948-03-18 9 SUDDENLY AT HIS RESIDENCE by Chrislianna Brand (The Bodley Head, 7s. 6d.) A GAGGLE of grandchildren go down to the country to spend a quiet week-end with Sir Richard March. It turns out to be an extremely no sy one, because the younger generation squabble like204 words
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Letter245 1948-03-18 9 Cats In A Malayan Bungalow THOSE I HAVE LOVED by Katharine Sim (Wingaie, 6s). ifRS. Katharine Sims' 1Y1 new book is not, despite the title, the autobiography of a Don Juan. True, it tells of love-mak-ing in a Malayan setting—but the romances are those of the "tiles" in the roof245 words
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Article71 1948-03-18 9 /\UTSTANDING among recent novels is Howard Clewes' The Unforgiven" (Bodley Head Bs. Sd) Unusual m style, it tells of a small group of selfstyled partisans, trapped on a central European mountain, delaying until too late the execution of their sabotage plan until they fall victims to the tragic71 words
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Advertisement109 1948-03-18 9 rt%jV W lilf 9 f I *hole-«#al bread that i> V V# V laCWj t I because MllT* J the act of crunching aids #W 0 the digestive process Ryviu is excellent f»r f lt f7f*- ihe teeth and keeps As<nts tv M4*rw •taOAPOMC TA PACKET TODAy-CRffP, OHMCM MOURimMGj by109 words
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Advertisement186 1948-03-18 9 PERFUMES Brilliant original intriguing, l^nh «uh the fay mating Saville property of preserving its freshness m \v»-ar. Mal.c your delighted choice from these exciting, imported perfumes. SEVENTH HEAVEN The perfume that men love or evening. To enrich your women to wear. New, unusual, personality. To t-nfokl you irresistible. Right for186 words
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Miscellaneous442 1948-03-18 9 (It is unfortunately true that in bridge, u in life, the punishment does not always fit the crime. I Take today's deal, for example. Surely, South's o-vercall did not deserve what happened to it! East, dealer. Both sides vu'norable NORTH. 8 7 S 2 65 10 7 6 4 9442 words
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Article, Illustration54 1948-03-18 10 JEAN SIMMONS On location of "The Blue Lagoon" m the Fiji Islands is an object of curiosity for this young islander. Jean was scheduled to leave Fiji yesterday by air for America where she will be guest of Cecil B. de Mille m Hollywood and later visit her sister, a54 words
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Article487 1948-03-18 10 FILM INDUSTR V DEVELOPS IN SOUTH- WEST PACIFIC TANBERRA. Top rank British stars are likely* to make films in Australia for American companies while a leading British studio is considering maintaining a permanent film unit in Australia. The British studio in Ealing, a Rank subsidiary, whose487 words
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Article, Illustration612 1948-03-18 10 Twosome: LATEST twosome: Rita Hayworth and millionaire Howard Hughes. The pair have been quietly dining together in out-of-the way restaurants— and each .time asking waiters please not to tell the Press. Hughes, in the film world, is busily negotiating to buy the RKO studio stock hpld612 words
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Advertisement282 1948-03-18 10 An Ideal Husband" simply bubbles over with tu-1 z!itml verbal idiocy." Sunday Dispatch. Imoer ally lavish 1 Sunday Chronicle. 44 3i no.uous. dazzling enchanting" Reynolds News. S vi lusc ousness Daily Dispatch. X d.i pats the soangle.s on Wilde" Daily Express. m B ely Imp avtw" r-.^fno Standard. l^R**^^ Si.'282 words
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Advertisement427 1948-03-18 10 AMERICAN MAIL UNZ FAST SKRVH Y. To Los Angeles San Kranrisro. Portland *.-»it«!. Vancouver "INDIA MAIL" loads m«i Kuril "ISLAND MAIL" mil Y.nn For Freight passasr** please ir.p'v ■> Agents:- GHTHPIP CO.. LTC Pnooe 5131 EVERETT OfSHgNT L»*3 Por Madras. Colombo. Bombay Kararhi m/s Carrick Bend ixih r h For427 words
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Miscellaneous125 1948-03-18 10 AAD1O MALAYA SPORE' FREQUENCIES— 5,«M Ke/t 6.235 Me i. 10.55 a.m. to 12 noon SchoolsBroadcast; 1 p.m. Radio Orchestra; 1.30 News; 1.40 Jimmie Leaoh Organollans; 2.00 Close. 8.15 News Summary, Topical Talk. Announcements; 8.25 Callins All Hospitals; 9.00 ITMA; 9.30 News; 9.45 Melodies from British Films; 10.15 Short Story; 10.30125 words
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Miscellaneous163 1948-03-18 10 Me/s; 1145 p.m. to 12.45 a.m. 15.14 Mc/i. 6.45 p.m. BBC Midland Light Orchestra; 7.30 Prom Today's Papers; 7.45 Accordeon Culb; 8.00 Tip-TV* Tunes; 8.30 News; 8.40 Home News from Britain; 8.45 EBC Welsh Orchestra; 9.15 In Britain Now; 9.30 Radio Newsreel; 9.45 British Concert Hall; 10 30 Books Plays163 words
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Miscellaneous186 1948-03-18 10 RADIO AUSTRALIA FREQUENCIES— (General Over seas Service); 10 30 a.m. to 11 30 *.m. 21.54, 17.84, 15.24 Mc/s: 9 30 a.m. to 11 30 a.m. 15.20; 15.20 Me i 4 p.m to 9 15 p.m. 15.20 Mc/s 4 p.m. to 8.15 p.m. 11.74 Mc/s 4.25 pan. to 10.30 pjn. 11.7*186 words
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Article316 1948-03-18 11 LONDON, Wednesday. YESTERDAY'S London stock markets were rather unsettled and easier under the influence of an uncertain world political situation. With buyers holding off, prices were unable to withstand small selling. British Funds recorded losses of an eighth. Transport three per cents, after losing threeeighths, recovered to close316 words
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Article76 1948-03-18 11 NEW YORK, Wednesday—Foreign and domestic news put a chill on yesterday's New York stock market. Leaders suffered their sharpest and swiftest spill since early February. Many pivotals finished one to three points down. Transfers totalled 940,000 shares. Liquidation was blamed mainly on growing war talk, spreading labour76 words
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Article122 1948-03-18 11 Prom Our Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, Wednesday. THE Singapore share market remained steady today, al- thougrh only a moderate amount of business was passed, I Changes m quotations given by the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association were: INDUSTRIALS Bayer Seller Henry Waugh 94.TS 85.25 HTcong Bank If. Breweries 33.75 Runnymede Hotel122 words
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Article162 1948-03-18 11 NEW YORK, WednesdayCrude rubber futures closed yesterday five to 33 points lower. Sales totalled 30 contracts. Offers were: May 19.35-45 cents (VS.); Jury 18.95; September 18.35 bid. Number one ribbed smoked sheets 19.3/4 cents.— AJ*. (uu.) M/3 SheU (uts.) 3% +1/52 Turner NewaD (ute.) 76/ RUBBERS Anglo-Dutch 151%162 words
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Article84 1948-03-18 11 MANILA, (By Air Mail.)— The China Banking Corporation <rf Manila, declared a five per cent dividend out of iv 3,362,866-peso net profit for IM7. The profit m 1946 was 473,955 pesos. The bank's gross income m 1947 was 7,336.881 pesos, expenses were 3.246,081 pesos andReuter - 84 words
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Article141 1948-03-18 11 RUBBER m Singapore yesterday dropped by half a cent when news reached the market of strike threats In leading American factories. The market eased on the reception of this news. It eased ■till further In the afternoon when there was more selling m evidence. Closing prices last141 words
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Article23 1948-03-18 11 Stocks Industrials Rails Utilities Mar. IS 61.05 167 62 50.11 32.12 Mar. 18 60.13 165 39 48 90 31.86 A*.23 words
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261 1948-03-18 11 Produce Market From A Market Conrespondent GOOD Singapore bidding from coconut oil producers, who wish to prevent trmn shipment of copra a* far as possible, brought a rise m copra yesterday. This reacted on the f.o.br prioe of coconut oil, which also rose.261 words
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Advertisement710 1948-03-18 11 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. (Inooroorated m Singapore) BLUE FUNNEL LINE SAILINGS FROM OK. AND U.S.A. -Olsaeot- from DJL Odn. 21 -Alrinoot" Dns from USA Max. 29 -Glrnorle" Dae from UK Mar. 89 •Maron" Doe from U.K. Mnr. 29 SAILINGS FOR LIVERPOOL, GLASGOW AND CONTINENTAL PORTS "Tantalus" SaUs for Liverpool Mar. 29710 words
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Advertisement244 1948-03-18 11 PRESIDENT LINE SAILINGS TO NEW YORK AND BOSTON via INDIA EGYPT «V MEDITERRANEAN PORTS Freight Only MARINE LEOPARD Singapore Arr. Mar. 22 P. Sham Mar. 28 Penang Mar. 28 FURMAN VICTORY Singapore Arr. Mar. 23 r—ang Mar. 28 LYKES ORIENT LINE «rect t« HOUSTON MOBILE, NEW ORLEANS Limited Passenger Space244 words
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Advertisement227 1948-03-18 11 Shippers and ethers Interested In Shipping Intelligence are referred U advertisement* nY Col 7 and 8 opposite page and to Shipping Nottees Page 2 J Bo <|||L I* M.S. "SANGOLA" j FOR RANGOON CALCUTTA Sails 23rd March ISLAY KERR CO., LTD. SINGAPORE. PENANG. THE HO HONG S.S. CO. (1932) LTD.227 words
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Advertisement635 1948-03-18 11 ELLERMAN KLAVENESS BU LON?ON LL PACIFK ?ORTS ANTWERP .oseville "CITY OF KHARTOUM" Slwore p„_ wmm Spore P. Sham Penanr Doe 19 Apr. 29-26 Mar. 27-29 Mar. 30 Mar./ salb 12 Apr. 13 Apr. 14 As*. I Apr. APS* I McALISTER CO., LTD. Uncorooratea m SlneaDore) PHONE 5990 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD.635 words
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Article1687 1948-03-18 12 Three Wins To Flannery From EPSOM JEEP KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. l^ASHMIRI Song staged a come back at Kuala Lumpur today, the second day of the Selangor Turf Club's March meeting, beating Ramu and Some Class in the six furlong sprint for top class horses. Frank Flannery1,687 words
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Article, Illustration25 1948-03-18 12 Vcon Kar Wall, student of the Chung Line school m Penang, winning the 10,000 metres event m the Olympic trials at Penan* last week end.25 words
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Article593 1948-03-18 12 From Our Staff Correspondent iron, Wednesday. ONE hundred and twenty-nine entries have been received by the Perak Turf Club for its Easter 1948 meeting, which will take place on March 27, and 29 and April 3. The advertised 5J furlong straight race for three and four-year-old593 words
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Article220 1948-03-18 12 LONDON, Wednesday. THE Grand National steeple- chase, to be run over four and a half miles at Aintree, will probably be contested m firm going if the present brilliant spring weather continues, and therefore, racing correspondents are saying that one of the top weights will win. Most220 words
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348 1948-03-18 12 S.R. C. Beat Signals Two Goals To Nil LISTLESS football was served up at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday when the S.R.C. beat GHQ Signals by two goals to nil m a first division S.A.F.A. League game. Inaccurate shooting on the part of the Signallers robbed j them of several "gilt-edged"348 words
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Article217 1948-03-18 12 ROUGH play crept into the closing stages of a friendly soccer match between the Geylang Corinthians and a Kranji Wlreiess team at Geylang yesterday and McKenzie, Kranji left wing, was sent off the field. Possessing a faster set of i forwards who were constant triers throughout,217 words
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Article262 1948-03-18 12 AUST. TOUR MATCHES THE Australian Test cricketers will open their tour of England on April 28 when they will meet Worcestershire. Full list of fixtures for the 1948 tour are: Apr. 28: v. Worcester at Worcester; May 1: v. Leicester at Leicester; May 5: v. Yorkshire at Bradford; May 8:262 words
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Article76 1948-03-18 12 The following have been selected to represent the Haikowyu Sports Club at football against the No. 1. British Transit Camp on the latter 's ground on Mar. 21, at 5 p.m. Valoo, Sam Leng, Chin Aik, Razak, Lopez, Tian Hua. Abu Bakar, Chandra, Layman, Hassan, P. Ee. Dural.76 words
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Article56 1948-03-18 12 The following will represent the Hilarians at cricket against the Malacca Indians on Saturday at 2.16 p.m. P.R. Lewis (captain), Joe Sequerah. C. De Sllva, Tarn Kong Chee. Tarn Weng Hon, 8. Sequerah, H. Sequerah. Harry Dias, Robert Poo. J. Carvalho. Scow Hock Chye. Reserves: R. Rodrlgues and56 words
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Article, Illustration18 1948-03-18 12 Miss Chuah Ben? Bee, putting the -hot during the Chinese Olympic trials at Penan?. She won the event.18 words
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Article43 1948-03-18 12 The Malayan Chinese will play two football matches at Jalan Besar Stadium against the Malayan Malays on Mar. 29 and a trial game between their North and South teams on Mar. 28. Admission charges will be 50 cents and $2.43 words
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Article83 1948-03-18 12 MANCHESTER, Wednesday The United Football Club have received permission to go ahead with certain repairs to the bombed ground at Old Trafford to enable a crowd of 60.000 spectators to be safely accommodated. The news was announced today by Ellis Siriith, Labour M.P. for Stoke,Reuter - 83 words
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Article19 1948-03-18 12 Lanelly beat Oxford University by six points to nil j m a Home rugby match play- I ed yesterday.19 words
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Article273 1948-03-18 12 A. G. B. Pakir. young Malay player and the former junior Singapore champion, provided the second surprise of the Singapore Lawn IVnnis Association Indoor Championships when he beat Chin Kee Onn. ex-M;Uayun singlo, champion, m two straighin the men's singles n finals played at the happy World273 words
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Article18 1948-03-18 12 SO( C LX: S.A.F.A Rovers vs. Tigers at Jalan Pesar TENNIS: S.L.T.A. champinnships at Happy World18 words
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Miscellaneous34 1948-03-18 12 SINGAPORE TIDES Today's tide times in Singapore are: High 2 26 a.m. (8 ft. 3 Ins.), 3.50 p.m. ft. 5 In). Low 9.10 a.m. (1 ft. In.). 8 52 p.m. 4 ft 4 Ul).34 words
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