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Title Section20 1948-05-23 1 FINAL EOITIOH THE SUNDAY TIMES LARGEST NEH SALE /A MALAYA No. 669 SINGAPORE, SUNDAY, MAY 23, 1948 P*RICE 10 CENTS20 words
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Article364 1948-05-23 1 EGYPTIANS BOMB R.A.F. BASE Four raiders shot down HAIFA, Saturday. BRITISH military headquarters in Haifa announced that Royal Air Force fighter planes shot down four Egyptian raiders which early today attacked a R.A.F. airfield at Ramat David, inside Haifa evacuation enclave. Three R.A.F. ground personnel were reported killed in theReuter; AP; UP - 364 words
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Article, Illustration52 1948-05-23 1 CARDINAL SPELLMAN (extreme left) chats with the CommissionerGeneral, Mr. Malcolm MacDonald (extreme right), the Chief Kathi of Singapore, (next to Mr. Mac Donald) and the Mufti of Johore at the party held in honour of the visiting religious leaders at Bukit Serene, Johore Bahru, yesterday. See story and picture in52 words
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Article, Illustration22 1948-05-23 1 PRINCESS ELIZABETH stands before a microphone to make her first public speech in French during her goodwill visit to Paris last week-end.22 words
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Article26 1948-05-23 1 President Truman has j nametd Henry Grady, now 1 Ambassador to India, to be the j new U.S. Ambassador to' Greece. —A.P.AP - 26 words
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Article74 1948-05-23 1 SAN FRANCISCO, Sat. FAST modern freighters are being assigned to the Atlantic-Straits cargo route, the American President Lines announced yesterday. It said that the U.S. Marii time Commission had ap- proved resumption of the twoway water link between Atlantic Coast ports and Malaya, Hong Kong,74 words
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Article34 1948-05-23 1 The President of Finland yesterday dismissed the Communist Minister of the Interior M. Yrdqe Leino, and appointed M. Eino Kllpi, a Social Democrat and former Education Minister, in his place.— 1 Reuter.Reuter - 34 words
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Article72 1948-05-23 1 WASHINGTON. Saturday. MR. Owen Brewster, Republican, Maine, said Britain expects to have jet-propelled transport planes ready to fly the Atlantic within 12 to 18 months. Mr. Brewster that England was American's "greatest rival In the air" and was spending between £6.250,000 and £12,500,000 developingAP - 72 words
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Article42 1948-05-23 1 SEATTLE, Saturday. rpHE United States third A party presidential candidate, Henry A. Wallace, said In a radio interview that he thought the United States should call a conference to ■stop the spread of Communism in other nations.— A.P.AP - 42 words
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Article172 1948-05-23 1 Sunday Times Staff Reporter JOHORE BAHRU, Saturday. T7XUANG district, which has been comparatively free from serious crime since the break up of a notorious gang at Niyor by police and troops on Sept. 25 last, is once again troubled by armed bandits. There have been172 words
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Article31 1948-05-23 1 The U.S. Agriculture Department has announced that It has agreed to buy 15.000 long tons of Javanese sugar for the U.S. Army civilian feedlr.g in Japan.— A.P. IAP - 31 words
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Article32 1948-05-23 1 The Burmese Government has offered Rs. 2,500 reward for the capture of the "White Flag" Communist leader, Thakin Than Tun, believed to be hiding in Central Burma. Reuter.Reuter - 32 words
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Article28 1948-05-23 1 Dr. Chaim Weizmann, president of the new Jewish state of Israel, Is going to Washington on Monday as the guest of the U.S. Government. A.P.AP - 28 words
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Article52 1948-05-23 1 Sunday Times Staff Reporter. THE cow came off best in a collision with a motor car in Singapore yesterday. The accident occurred at 4.20 p.m. in Lavender Street. After contemplating the damaee '<> the car deep dents in both mudguards and radiator the cow ambled52 words
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Article261 1948-05-23 1 Sunday Times Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Saturday. IMIE All-Malayan Railw.iy Workers Union is pre--1 paring to send about 50 demands to the Railway administration in regard to conditions of service and implementation of the Wages Commission Report, a union official said this evening. He told261 words
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Article110 1948-05-23 1 Jews fire own potash factory rE £1,000,000 potash works at the southern tip of the Dead Sea, once the Jewish Agency industrial showpiece, h. been abandoned by the Jews, writes Renter's special correspondent. A few days after being called on to surrender by the Arabs, officials fired the buildings andReuter - 110 words
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Article140 1948-05-23 1 COVENTRY, Saturday. PRINCESS ELIZABETH told the people of Coventry today Britons wili see the fruits of peace when they tackle national problems with the same spirit they had during the war. She was speaking at the ceremonial opening of the city's rebuilt Central Square. She said aAP - 140 words
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Article19 1948-05-23 1 MONTREAL, Sat.— Colonel J. L. Ralston, Canada's wartime Minister of National Defence, died today aged 66.—19 words
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Article241 1948-05-23 1 Greetings and death threat Sunday Times Staff Reporter rONGRATULATING the towka^of^fhop In Cameron Highlands on the good business they were doing, a letter asked them for "a temDorarv loan of $4,000, three gold rings, one tahil of oDium and ten dozen cigarettes." The letter written by "Troop 108" was an241 words
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Article111 1948-05-23 1 RESULTS of yesterday's Kuala Lumpur races are: RACE 1: GOOD LUCK $12 and $7; Devon $8. RACE 2: LONDA LAD $14 and $6; Chum's Choice $7; Rontella $6. RACE 3: KILBEAD $34 and $9; Bright House $7; Timmo $19. RACE 4: HELEN THE FIFTH 918 and $7;111 words
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Article52 1948-05-23 1 WASHINGTON, Sat. THERE is no sterility among America's atomic energy workers because of their jobs, says Dr. John Z. Bowers of the Atomic Energy Commission's medical staff. He said, "The birth rate at Oak Ridge and Hanford (atomic plants) is higher than in other AmericanAP - 52 words
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Article206 1948-05-23 1 Sunday Times Staff Reporter A JR. Hui Tong and his Australian wife, who had iTI been refused permission by the Singapore immigration authorities to land when the "Marella" arrived alongside the wharves on Friday, have been allowed to remain in York Hill Home until a final decision206 words
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Article186 1948-05-23 1 Sunday Times Staff Reporter A SCHEME to embody the clerical and other civilian employees of the Police Department in the uniformed ranks of the Singapore Police Force is being considered by the Government. The scheme is still in the planning stage, and if approved the changeover186 words
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Article54 1948-05-23 1 TBATAVIA. Saturday. HE United Nations Good Offices Committee has called upon the Netherlands delegation to justify police searches of the Batavia homes of two men connected with the Indonesian Republic delegation "unless the Netherlands authorities are prepared to concede their actions were unwarranted," a GOCAP - 54 words
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Article120 1948-05-23 1 GLASGOW. SatUiaay. THE Chancellor of the Exchequer. Sir Stafford Crlpps, told the Glasgow Chamber of Commerce last night that Europe may lind It necessary to lower prices m order to find an "expanded market" for its goods abroad. "The large increase In export prices has proved a120 words
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Article1947 1948-05-23 2 4 years in a land of snow "AUICK Get Stalin out, or they'll have him. The place is filling up with police spies. We've recognised some of them already." One of the Bolshevik Party guards at the entrance to the hall has come running down, past the1,947 words
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Miscellaneous201 1948-05-23 2 NOSTALGIA QUIZ r:iS week's chat about that favourite subject of mine, whistlewetting, gullet-sluicing, call it what you will, is practically a cocktail in itself. There Is a quiz coming up In a moment or two, but first of all, clamouring to be quoted It a poem called "Food and Drink,"201 words
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Miscellaneous234 1948-05-23 2 worth knowing. A bun viveur. A philosopher. A man adjusted to life. Last December I was on a visit to London. The weather was as cold as an Income Tax officer's heart, and as bitter' as pink without gin. If it had not been for one or two very nice234 words
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Miscellaneous256 1948-05-23 2 lightly-cynical five reasons for drinking. I reflected that I was due on the plane in four days and would be In sunshine in Just over a week. I bought a drink for the barmaid and was a happy man again. Now for that quiz: 1. What are the following drinks?256 words
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Article, Illustration319 1948-05-23 3 Radio control by spectators Sunday Times Staff Reporter PERFORMING "request stunts" through radio contact with the ground, the jet-propelled Vampire fighter dominated the show at Singapore's Empire Air Day Display at Tengah R.A.F. Station yesterday afternoon. Thousands thronging the airfield were thrilled as pilot F/Lt.319 words
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Article134 1948-05-23 3 Sunday Times Staff Reporter SINHALA Buddhist Temple at 263, Outram Road, was packed last night when members celebrated Wesak Day. The crowd was so great that the road was blocked to traffic for some time. Programme for today is: 7 a.m Buddha Puja; 9.30 a.m. Wesak treat134 words
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Article75 1948-05-23 3 Sunday Times Staff Reporter. KUALA LUMPUR, Saturday. DURING the meat shortage in Malaya raused by the Australian waterfront strike the Army in Malaya lent 150 tons of meat to the Federation rind Singapore Governments. The Army's supplies were eqi \)\y affected by the Vtrfln The two75 words
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Article60 1948-05-23 3 A 38-YE/ R-OLD Chinese, IX Cog K'vn? Hoi, of Ie Road, appeared in the; Sl"i pore Seventh Police Coui t yesterday on a charge of possession of a revolver aid five rounds of ammunition. It was alleged that the Police found the revolver when they raided60 words
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Article40 1948-05-23 3 A fresh case of infantile paralysis a Chinese girl was reported In Singapore yesterday. Notified cases now total 77. Also reported to the Health Department yesterday was a smallpox case from the Geylang Road district40 words
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Article42 1948-05-23 3 Singapore Teachers' Repertory, In response to public demand, will give further performances of "Macbeth" next Friday and Saturday night. Many people who went to the Victoria Theatre last night, hoping to see the play, had to be turned away42 words
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Article208 1948-05-23 3 Sunday Times Woman Reporte. THE Singapore Women's Training School at the Naniina Hotel, Queen Street, which was opened in May last year to teach domestic science to women and older girls, has not developed according to plan. Today the school accommodates 69 women and girls, 19208 words
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Article, Illustration50 1948-05-23 3 ASC£NE from the play "All The Cobbler," wu^b the .Straits Chinese Methodist Youth Fellowship, Singapore, will stare at 3, Kampong Bahrn Road, on May 29 and Jnne sat 7-30 p.m. The play, which will be under the patronage of Mr. Tap Pheng Geek, is directed by Mr. Goh Cheng Tnan.50 words
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Article100 1948-05-23 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Baturday. rE 2/7 Gurkha Rifle*, no* stationed in Kuala Lumpur. ar« to be converted tc artillery. At a parade in Kuala Lump jt soon, they will take ever their first guns from the 23th Field Regiment, RA., ol Tampin. The 2/7 Rifles,100 words
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Article196 1948-05-23 3 Sunday Times Staff Reporter a debt-ridden coffee shop assistant who lived with two wives and three children in a cubicle in Jalan Besar, Singapore took an overdose of opium to end his life. This story was told In the Coroner's Court yesterday when196 words
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Article231 1948-05-23 3 Sunday Times Staff Reporter SURVEYORS are at work along the Johore River, eight miles upstream of the Kola Tinggi Bridge, where a $27 million project for a new waterworks is being undertaken by the Singapore Municipality. The Municipality have succeeded in purchasing the site which was231 words
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Article52 1948-05-23 3 Sunday Times Staff Reporter Tin produced in Malaya during the war and shipped away by Japan may now be returned to the legal owners, and Malaya .has been asked to furnish copies of ingot markings to the U.K. Reparations and Restitution Delegation in Tokio52 words
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Article59 1948-05-23 3 Sunday Times Staff Reporter. A CHINESE passenger in a taxi travelling along Serangoon Road sustained a head injury and was taken to the General Hospital when the taxi he was travelling was in collision with another taxi going la the opposite direction. The accident took place near59 words
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Article253 1948-05-23 3 Sunday Times Staff Report tr QINGAPORE'S immature menageries in Roelwc P«-vl «J complain they are depleted in «'ivck h civse al '•'>': severe restrictions on importing birds md ;m. into the Colony. Dealers say profi s are so small lhat they cannot offer enough variety. Birds, from253 words
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154 1948-05-23 3 THREE COUNCIL SCHOLARS ON WAY HOME Sunday Times Staff Reporter rfiHREE British Council scho--1 lars from China, who recently completed their training course in Britain, arrived In Singapore yesterday by the s.a. Orblta. on their way home. They are Mr. Liv ChlngWen, Mr. Liou Koung Bin and Mr. Yen Ke154 words
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Article69 1948-05-23 3 Sunday Times Staff Reporter. DEFENCE Medal ribbons are being issued from the Records Office in the Beach Road headquarters of the former S.V.C. at the rate of 600 a day, according to Commander J. A. Marshall M.R.N.V.R Commander Marshall told the Sunday Times that69 words
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Article62 1948-05-23 3 Sunday Times Staff Reporter INCHE Mahyiddeen ol Kelantan informs the Sunday Times that the recent visit to the state of Inche Abdullah Wangputeh, Muslim member of the Siamese cabinet, had no "political significance." The secretary of "Gempar," a Patani Malay organisation, states that it has not62 words
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Article, Illustration499 1948-05-23 4 PHOTO NOTES piCTURE taker* who make their own enlargements know the value of different paper surfaces, tones and contrasts. Crisp sparkling negatives, for example, often look their best when printed on a fine glossy paper which will "snap up" tine blacks and accentuate the highlights. On the499 words
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Article621 1948-05-23 4 'HELP THE JAP' SURPRISE 808 GILMORE look's at Australia Melbourne, May 13. AUSTRALIAN le- gend ranks the Battle of the Coral Sea with the Battle of Britain. In the original Coral Sea Week in 1942, a prophet would have been branded crazy had he forecast that Oral Sea Week 1948621 words
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Article, Illustration25 1948-05-23 4 TANE HYLTON as Bessie Hyams in "It Always Rains On Sunday," a J. Arthur Rank film which starts Its Malayan run this week in Singapore.25 words
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Article614 1948-05-23 4 MARINER DANCES, a novel by P. H. Newby, is told in the first person, the narrator being Fred Paul, a young schoolmaster. Fred has his own problems, for he has quarrelled with his father and is burdened with a sense of responsibility towards his sister, crippled as the614 words
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Article351 1948-05-23 5 Indies ban on Jap currency Sunday Times Staff Reporter ANE of the last links with the Japanese occupation of t-'out h East Asia will be severed at the end of this month when the Japanese-printed rupiah and guilder notes still used in Republican .lava and351 words
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Article143 1948-05-23 5 Sunday Times Staff Reporter DEOPLE Intending to register a car wfaich contains an engine different frotn ttoait originally installed in it have to produce the old engine together with the new one :o the Reeistaar of Vehicles. The old engine block, on which the original axial143 words
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Article, Illustration286 1948-05-23 5 PEOPLE WANT TO GO TOO FAST-LIFTMAN Sunday Times Stall Reporter nWEF worry of lift operators in Singapore is "imV-' patient people who want the lift to go up or down faster than it can," the Malay operator of the busiest electric lift in the city tells the Sunday Times. The286 words
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Article72 1948-05-23 5 The Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association's noon prices yesterday iMay 23) were, in cents per lb. Buyers Sellers No. 1 R.S.S. Spot loose nominal 43% 44 No. 1 R.S.S fob la bales June 43% No. 3 R.S.B. fob In bales June 43% 4t No. 3 R.S.S. fob in72 words
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Article123 1948-05-23 5 K.L to have searchlight tattoo Sunday Times Staff Reporter KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. CERVICES week in Koala O Lumpur wiU begin at 11 a.m. on Monday, Jane 7, when the High Commissioner will formally declare open the Benlee» Exhibition and Fun Fait at the Coronation Park, adjoining the Tattoo arena. The123 words
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Article390 1948-05-23 5 Sunday Timt Financial Correspondent QIIARE markets during the past week have taken »J a decided ton for the better. Prices in all sections show gains on the week and in some cases the advances are considerable, with buyen predominating in both tips and industrials. Several factors are390 words
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Article83 1948-05-23 5 I CEVERAL persons were in 1 j ured in an affray at Suni gel Lul Bahau, on the Negri Sembllan-Pahang border, on Thursday between two rival j/Chinese political factions. The trouble arose when a group of Left-Wing supporters (Communists) objected to the Kuomintang premises83 words
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Advertisement448 1948-05-23 5 Wlnough to eat ret undernourished! m Propar nourishment (or growing /^S~^'# < iv children is not nacaaaarily aacarad f'W.jL "> J merely by ensuring that they ha** JHJMy enough to eat. Doctors point out .j^ r thai the nature of our food ia more r'Sw^V > I important than quantity448 words
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Miscellaneous410 1948-05-23 5 SAOIO NAutM .S'PORSJ 8.45 Dutch; 9 00 tralia— News Review; 8.20 Tenor fTs it 2L iSSSSm EJ~V!! Low Geography", 8 .40 Highway of Melody; 9 *00 ?'itL« Piano Carroll (I) by BJomstJerne BJornson; 8m 5.15 p.m.; 9.15 Music from Oibbons; 3.00Mi»,cLwe«Hour;:10 40 Music: 11.00 Transatlantic the Films; 9.30 DX', Co™410 words
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621 1948-05-23 6 SUNDAY, MAY 23. 1948. ANOTHER WAY MANY of our run-before-you-walk labour leaders have criticised trade union legislation in the Federation and Singapore as designed to hobble the movement and prevent its Jree growth. They impugn the motives of men in authority, imputing that they have at heart the interests of621 words
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Article, Illustration2192 1948-05-23 6 R.A.F. OBSERVER - R.A.F. OBSERVER by a "ARM A virumque cano" I sing of arms ana tne man —wrote Virgil when he began his immortal poem on the Trojan War and the wanderings of Aeneas and his friends The writer in this case, only too conscious of hit2,192 words
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Article684 1948-05-23 6 MODERN Chinese girls are rushing in where their mothers were afraid to tread and, in addition, they axe ousting men from the offices they are invading. As stenographers and typists they are proving themselves competent as well as decorative; as salesgirls they are efficient and easy684 words
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Advertisement391 1948-05-23 6 PATERSON on May 21st nt Batu Gajuh to Joy, wife of O. D. Paterson, a daughter Davina Agnes. FOR SALE BUY DIRECT at wholesale pricr.s! Send for FREE catalogue of Boots. Clothing, Watches Drapery etc. Money Back Guararttee. PEARS (Bstd. 1846). Bristol. 8. England. ■J-STOREY substantial wooden bungalow, modern sanitation391 words
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Article435 1948-05-23 7 SPELLMAN: EAST. WEST MUST MEET Cardinal at Cathedral Sunday Times Staff Reporter CAST and West could and must meet if peace was to come to the peoples of the world, declared Cardinal Francis Spellman, Archbishop of New York, to a vast throng in front of the Cathedral of the Good435 words
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Article, Illustration198 1948-05-23 7 Sunday Times Staff Reporter A SINGAPORE-BORN stage actress, who has made "quite a name for herself" in Australia and New Zealand, Miss Doreen Harrop, arrived in Singapore yesterday off the "Marella" back to the city where she first appeared in a theatre. At the198 words
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Article, Illustration62 1948-05-23 7 A ODRESSING a large crowd In the open air outside the J\ Cathedral of the Good Shepherd yesterday afternoon, Cardinal Spellman, Archbishop of New York, is seen with the Bishop of Malacca, Monsignor Olcomendy, on his right Sitting on the Cardinal's left is the Archbishop of Omaha, the Most Rev.62 words
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Article278 1948-05-23 7 Sunday Times Staff Reporter YESTERDAY, Wesak Day, was the birthday of Lord Buddha, the day on which he reached enlightenment and the day on which he died. To Buddhists throughout the world it was their greatest feast, and in Singapore there was one section of278 words
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Article113 1948-05-23 7 Sunday Times Staff Reporter. EARLY tomorrow morning. i four Lincolns of No. 97 (Straits Settlement) Squadron will leave Tengah on a circular flight to Sarawak. They will first pass over North China Rock, off the south-east coast of Malaya, where air to sea gunnery practice will take113 words
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Article94 1948-05-23 7 TAXIS equipped with dazzling spotlights that annoy other road users are fitting the spotlights without the knowledge of the Singapore Registrar of Vehicles. Mr W. A. M. Watts, Registrar of Vehicles, told the Sunday Times yesterday that "No taxi is passed at the six monthly inspection,94 words
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Article49 1948-05-23 7 Sunday Times Staff Reporter. j THIRTY war-displaced Chinese, who are being repatriated to Burma by the International Refugees Organisation has arrived In Singapore. They are accommodated at Bushey Park Camp. Arrangements for their transit to Burmp are being made by the ScUal Welfare Department.49 words
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Article72 1948-05-23 7 /CHINESE High School boys will see the screen adaptation of Shakespeare's Henry V tomorrow. Arranged by the Education Department, the lilm is being shown at the school by the Public Relations Film Unit. The film will also be shown at the Bukit Timah Boys' Home72 words
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Article70 1948-05-23 7 Sunday Times Staff Reporter. JOHORE BAHRU, Saturday I cc Chee Kuan, President of the Rubber Workers' Union, Tangkah, has been arrested, with two other persons, in connection with a gang robbery on Eng Kee Estate a few days ago, when a Chinese tapper was robbed of70 words
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Article173 1948-05-23 7 Sunday Times Staff Reporter PIFFIN attended by Cardinal Spellman at- Bukit A Serene, the residence of the CommissionerGeneral, Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald, yesterday was a memorable function. To meet the Cardinal, Mr. Mac Donald had invited the heads of religious communities in Singi-^ore, Roman Catholic,173 words
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Article56 1948-05-23 7 Sunday Times Staff Reporter IN Singapore during the 1 week ended May 15 164 people died. Chief cause of death, respiratory tuberculosis, accounted for 31 people. Reported cases of notifiable diseases, including 14 of poliomyelitis, totalled 111. Births totalled 576. infantile death rate was Vl.lB56 words
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Article59 1948-05-23 7 Sunday Times Staff Reporter. SERIES of Malay concerts is being organised by the Malay Women's Welfare Association, Singapore, at various police stations as part of its membership drive. No admission charges will be made for the shows. The first concert will be held at59 words
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Article, Illustration38 1948-05-23 7 A GROUP photograph taken alter the wedding at St Andrew's Cathedral yesterday of Mr. II B Wilson and Miss Marion Prophet. From left to right" Mrs. C. Milton, Mr. and Mrs. "H. B. Wilson and Mr. k' Wilson.38 words
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Article164 1948-05-23 7 Sunday Times Staff Reporter IMPORTS of whisky into Malaya have been cut by 1 about 30 per cent of the amount coining in prior to this month. An official of a large importing firm yesterday forecast that there would be^a shortage of whisky for another164 words
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Article80 1948-05-23 7 Can't write, but I can swim' Sunday Times Reporter KUALA TRENGGANU, Saturday. nURING his visit to a fish*J ing village near Kuala Trengganu this week, the High Commissioner, Sir Edward Gent, asked a seven-year-old Malay boy if he could write his name. The boy said he could not, but in80 words
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Article118 1948-05-23 7 Sunday Times Correspondent' IT is illegal to transfer burial plots, once they have been allotted by the Municipality,' the Municipal Health Officer, Dr. N. A. Canton, told the Sunday Times yesterday. Referring to a newspaper i advertisement inviting transfer of burial plots at Bukit Brown118 words
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Article212 1948-05-23 7 Sunday Times Staff Reporter A SINGAPORE Labour Department officer who has ri been studying employment bureau methods in India plans to take jobs to people in the island's rural areas. As Employment Officer heading the Singapore Employment Exchange, Mr. Aw Chin Hu will recommend to the212 words
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Article29 1948-05-23 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Sat.— St. Christopher's Church, Johore Bahru, is holding a Bring and Buy Sale on Tuesday starting at 9.30 a.m. at the Masonic Hall, Jalan Scudai.29 words
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Article32 1948-05-23 7 Sunday Times Staff Reporter IPOH. Saturday.— The 158 employees of the Fook Heng Rubber Works at Menglembu who struck work on May 6 are returning to work on Monday.32 words
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Advertisement216 1948-05-23 8 Solp Hirtributinr Acenta for Malaya The \iu!.>-ihai Corp. td. 111 J ir your eyes arc dull instead of sparkling, vsith the whites yellowish or bloodshot, late it a> a warning Bailie your eye» daily with Optre* to wash avay dust and foreign bodies, and ijive your eyes back their natural216 words
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Advertisement40 1948-05-23 8 lo keep clothes really i whits always use a little I Recsitf 9 Crown Blue to SOVEREIGN'S ESSENCE OF CHICKEN is the surest and the safest TONIC for you Get your supply from: SINYAR CO., LTD. 196, Lavender St., Singapore40 words
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Advertisement258 1948-05-23 8 /BOILS ECZEMA s!J,IJ T PSORIASIS -fflgsa^Or^ RINGWORM --jj-e a DHOBI ITCH nEAL^/ MALARIA SORES j 4 SINGAPORE FOOT SKIN RASHES ERUPTIONS '—why endure the pain and irritation "K. when a few applications of D.D.D. Ac Prescription will give you relief? I fs\^- iffShi D.D.D. is the famous liquid healer 11/iM^T*258 words
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Miscellaneous994 1948-05-23 8 THIS WEEK FOR YOU r What the Stars Foretell-i GEMINI (May 22-Junr VIRGO (Aug. 24-Sept. SAGITTARIUS (Not. 23- PISCES (Feb. 20-Mar. 22). Confine yourself to 22). Unexpected results Dec. 22).— Be practical In 21).— Watch your step conservative business af- from something you had carrying dot all your ideas, after994 words
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Miscellaneous428 1948-05-23 8 rtbe cue-bidding method of slam bidding. It is essential to know Just when a bid la a cue bid and when It Is not. We have been left in cue olds by experts, and it is a very disheartening experience to play a hand in a suit where we hold428 words
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Article, Illustration871 1948-05-23 9 With Mary LONDON, May 8. FIVE THOUSAND overseas buyers visited the British Industries Fair during its first three days. This vast shop-window display of British goods has become the world's greatest national trade fair. This year's Fair takes place at a critical time in the drive for871 words
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Article268 1948-05-23 9 Instead of experimenting with New Looks, why, oh why, can't they do something to help us keep what beauty we have? I have lovely hair and simply dread its turning completely grey: Many of us are going grey in our twenties—it's ghastly. Can't the scientists do anything? Is268 words
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Article, Illustration250 1948-05-23 9 pLOTHES-CONSCIOUS women no \J longer pretend they will not follow the long, curved look; it is accepted everywhere and by all as the MUST for evert woman interested in her looks. P This new basic outline has appeared so suddenly that only the fabulously wealthy have completely cnanged~their250 words
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Article321 1948-05-23 9 EVEN if you do not do much cooking or baking yourself, it is fun now and again to try your hand at making some tea-time sweets. The advantage of these is that baking time is short, and it is interesting to ppf and ta?*e resu'ts as you go321 words
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Article168 1948-05-23 9 SHE had red-gold hair, an exquisite complexion, tiny feet and great elegance. Her personal charm was great and- she was an intrepid horsewoman. She was honoured by the warm friendship of no less a personage than Queen Victoria, who made every effort to console her after the168 words
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Advertisement213 1948-05-23 9 Tbfce up beauty /A^> THE A^et\, WAr CLEANS! with Ardena Cleansing Cream tor oandbox freshness. TOM with Ardena Skin Tonic to keep tour complexion dear. smooth with Velva Cream. MAKE-UP (lightly) with Amoretto Lream, Ardena Powder and Upstlck. Sole Agents MAYNARD CO.. LTD. 11 Battery Road Singapore Phone 6115 I213 words
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Miscellaneous119 1948-05-23 9 CROSSWORD SOLUTION Across: i. Rustler. 6. Ratio. 11. Renovating. 12. Seeds. 13. Model. 14. Ripe. 1«. Saw. 18. Male. I>. Kmu. 30. Rot. 32. Led. 33. Spry. 36. Tyros. 37. Senate. 29. Tribal 33. Punch. 34. Tone. 35. Sir. 37. Bee. 38. Act. 39. Omit. 41. Tag. 43. Stet. 44.119 words
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Article179 1948-05-23 10 FOLLOWING are the averages of the Australian touring cricket team aft.-r their first seven matches: BATTING Inns N.O. R. Aye Loxton 3 1 203 101.50 Miller .5 2 288 96.00 Barnes 4 0 377 94.25 Brown 7 0 527 75.28 Saggers 3 1 116 58.00 Morris 6 0179 words
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Article58 1948-05-23 10 Last night's wrestling remits at the Great Wor'.d were: King Kong drew with Prince Bhu Pinder in the fourth round; John R:orro knocked out Curly Connors in the 3rd round; Gerry Visscher lc«t to George Zblsko on a disqualification in the fourth round and Tiger Amat knocked58 words
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Article, Illustration247 1948-05-23 10 LONDON, Saturday. THE Australians again showed the strength of their batting when they scored 407 for five i wickets against a reasonably strong M.C.C. bowling side. This time it was Miller's turn to make a century and he was undefeated at close of play with247 words
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Article154 1948-05-23 10 LONDON, Saturday. CLOSE of play scores in today's county matches were: At Hove; Sussex v. Lelcs. SusI sex 237 i James Langridge 64 n.0., Walsh B for 73). Leics. 46 for 2. At Cambridge; Cambridge Univ. v. Middlesex. Cambridge Univ. 393 I for 8 (Elgcod 110). I AtReuter - 154 words
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Article66 1948-05-23 10 MR. A. L. Spink's Crusader's Horn won the Manchester Cup in Manchester yesterday with Mr. James V. Rank's Stuart second and the Duke of Roxburgh's Find the Lady third of seven runners. The betting was 8-1 Crusaders Horn, 7-1 Stuart, and 5-1 Find the Lady. Crusader's Horn wonReuter - 66 words
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141 1948-05-23 10 RACEHORSES SAVED FROM FIRE FAIRWIND B.P. Ten valuable racehorses were saved when fire damaged 12 horse boxes at a London stud farm near Reading, Berks, on Tuesday night. They included Jesmond Dene, which has won £2.000 in stake money. Jesmond Dene was the foal of the famous Gainsborough out of141 words
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Article42 1948-05-23 10 LONDON. Sat.— The Amertci.iiowned Black Tarquin won the Derby Trial Stakes at Lingneld Park over a mile and a quarter today and afterwards was supported at 100-6 for the Epsom Derby. Subsequently the oddi were shortened to 100-7. Reuter.Reuter - 42 words
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1072 1948-05-23 10 rS draw for the Singapore junior badminton championships, which was held at the Clerical Union yesterday, resulted as follows: MEN'S SINGLES Top Section, first Quarter: Chan Mun Kit (bye); Chla Soon Ann v. Lim Kirn Swee; Teo Thuang Kiat v. Ong Sim Seng; Teo Heok1,072 words
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177 1948-05-23 10 Sunday Times Johore Sports Correspondent IyHAT has happened to the Johore Cricket T Association which was formed four months ago? It was hoped then that Johore would figure prominently on the cricket map as a State, but no inter-state fixtures have yet materialised. Unless177 words
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Article80 1948-05-23 10 THE China Olympic team will meet the AllMalayan Malays at Jalan Bosar Stadium today. Kick-off will be at 5.15 p.m. Rates of admission will be $2.50 and $1 and tickets will be on sale from 3 p.m. onwards. The Malays are held to be a80 words
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Article170 1948-05-23 10 THE American women golfers re--1 tamed the Curtis Cup at Birkdale. Lanes, yesterday when they beat the British Isles in the six 18 boles singles matches by four to one with one halved. Having won the" foursomes on Friday by two to one. the Americans'Reuter - 170 words
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Article44 1948-05-23 10 I.INGFIELD. Saturday. King George had his first winner of the season when his three-year-old filly. Angelola won the Oaks Trial Stakes with £1,000 added money over a mile and half yesterday. Angelola is entered for the Oaks on June 3.— A.P.AP - 44 words
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Article81 1948-05-23 10 Leon Labriola knocked out Bosca Boa m the fifth rounnd of the main all-in wrestling bout at the Happy World. Singapore last night. Other results were: Muklc beat Ho Wah Peng in the seventh round by two lalls to one; Famlr.r beat Greenwood in the third round when81 words
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Article376 1948-05-23 10 By "Feather 1 rcan be said that badminton in Singapore Is In a healthy tate of growth Judgine from the number of entries received for the junior tournament, which works out as follows: men's singles 120, women's singles 19, men's duobles 61 and woman's doubles 10.376 words
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Article88 1948-05-23 10 THE R.A.S.C. Training School 1 snatched a nb.-row win over the Malays when they defeated them by one goal to nil in the S.A.F.A. Third Division league match playad at»McNair Road yesterday. The first half was evenly contested with both sides holding out stubbornly. It was88 words
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Advertisement359 1948-05-23 10 Why get OLD BEFORE YOUR TIME} Now you can bring back YOUIHFUL ENERGY ANO VIGOUR ANO LOOK YOUNGER —this wonderful NEW way! A u'oi.Jeiful new discovery, Rczrr comains a HCM ionic O.tT. It give* you hack agjm ihai yuuthful encrsv— siamina you thought you'd lost. WHAT REZEX DOES FO« YOU359 words
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Advertisement276 1948-05-23 10 mama W t y/6^^^^ I 7^ M IDEAL ALL PURPOSE LAHIEStl THE ONLY TWO FUEL LANTERIT THAT BURNS GASOLENE OR KEROSEN2 In these dark times, uncertainty of Power Cuts can oe a nuisance. You would do wisely by keeping one of these useful lanterns handy in your home. REFUELLED WITHOUT276 words
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Article2008 1948-05-23 11 Flannery rides three winners From EPSOM JEEP tmmmm DUN Rabbit Run (Tait up) ran a^iy from 14 rivals over the distance to pay $110 for a win at Kuala Lumpur yesterday, the last day of the Selangor Turf Club May Meeting. It was2,008 words
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Article, Illustration18 1948-05-23 11 SOME of the magnificent racing: trophies specially imported by the Perak Turf Club for th e 1948-49 season.18 words
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Article305 1948-05-23 11 IN a close finish, the Singapore Colts lost to the Singapore Cricket Club by 12 runs la a game of cricket pla? d on the padane yesterday. The feature of the game was the srood bowling on both side, which kept the scores dwwn.305 words
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235 1948-05-23 11 CHINA TEAM ENTERTAINED LAST NIGHT MEMBERS of the China team for the World Olympics were entertained to dinner by the Malayan Chinese Football Association at the Great World last nigh f Acting President of the M.C.F.A. Mr. Yeap Hock Hoe, who was nos*.. had flown over from Penanj to attend235 words
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Article260 1948-05-23 11 ST. Andrews Old Boys' Association drew with the Singapore Recreation Club in a game of cricket played on the padang yesterday. The Old Boys batted first and scored 137 rune for six wickets declared. Anchant contributed 45 and Armstrong 35 G. Clarke took three wickets260 words
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Article87 1948-05-23 11 ST.ANDREWS BEAT CABLE WIRELESS ST. Andrew's School beat the Cable Wireless in a cricket match played at Woodsville yesterday, passing the Wirelessmen's score with eight wickets in hand. Batting first. Cable Wireless knocked up 66 runs (J. Smith 16, M. Tesera 14, D. Ross 6 for 22 and D. Keyt87 words
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Article39 1948-05-23 11 A Bill Increasing the duty on sweepstakes from ten to 15 per cent was published In the Singapore Government Gazette on Friday. The Bill wai read a first time in the Legislative Council on May 18.39 words
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Advertisement268 1948-05-23 11 X&+*Sr Mighty Story of Mighty Meal JOHN WAYNE LARAINE DAY j TYCOONi COLON BY TECHNICOLOR £^H >» SIR CEDRIC HARDWICKE JL^^J JOT, 9 JUDITH ANDERSON M Mm JAMES GUASON ML T> J/ ANTHONY QUINN jjfefc NOW SHOWING!Owing to film's l«n;lh. ONLY 4 SHOWS DAILY! kißAly rotr REVISED TIMES! 11- 2-615-915268 words
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Advertisement189 1948-05-23 11 NOW SHOWiS^/ 11 ,--r LONDON'S LAST EM» TEEMING WITH DRAMA ft AMUSING SITUATIONS, rtufnk tiitiiw/Miti (AUNG STUDIOS PRESfNI Googie Withers Jack Warner V John McCallum^^^ijo BBjjg M memm bau-un krouix t To^fl SUPPORTED BY SPECIAL ATTRACTION liiili WEDD2HG wMBm presents IN TECHNICOLOUR P^ E CATHAY Today Four Shows C7A V189 words
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Article1038 1948-05-23 12 SINGAPORE BEAT CHINA ONE-NIL Superb defence foils tourists Sunday Times Staff Reporter DISING to the occasion in traditional style, the Singapore Civilians beat the China Olympic team by one goal to nil before a crowd of 20,000 at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. Though it was a penalty1,038 words
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Article, Illustration35 1948-05-23 12 The Singapore Civilian and China Olympic soccer teams photographed before the start of their game at Jalan Besar stadium yesterday. China meet the Malayan Malays today and will leave for Java by air on Tuesday.35 words
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Article103 1948-05-23 12 Sunday Times Sport* Correspondent IPOH, Saturday. UGLY incidents in the Second Division match between th e United Banks and Cold Storage Combined II and the Ipoh Tamilians resulted in two players being sent off the field and the abandonment of the game. In the early stages103 words
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Article156 1948-05-23 12 THE Singapore Combined R.A.F. team's fo -ard line gave their opposite umbers In the Malacca side a lesson i In striking power in the Malaya Cup mateh an 11-goal thriller— at Malacca yesterday I evening. Live wire R.A.F. insideright James, who scored four j goals, played156 words
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Article263 1948-05-23 12 A goal in the last five minutes enabled Negri to beat Johore in a Malaya Cup fixture played in Seremban yesterday. Johore neld a one- nil lead at the interval and the second half saw some of the most exciting soccer played in Seiemban this season.263 words
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Article361 1948-05-23 12 Sunday Times Ipoh Sports Correspondent DLAYING at the Chinese Assembly Hall ground in Ipoh without the Province Wellesley players, Kedah yesterday beat Perak in the Malaya Cup soccer match, by the only goal of the game, scored in the fifth minute of the second half.361 words
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Article296 1948-05-23 12 PENANG WIN AGAINST RUN OF PLAY Sunday Times Penang S ports Correspondent being down two to one seven minutes from the end, Penang turned the tables on Selangor and, with two quick I goals within four minutes, won the Malaya Cup tie played in i Penang yesterday. A crowd of296 words
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Article50 1948-05-23 12 PRASER end Neave Sports Club beat the Singapore Fire Brigade by four goals to nil in a football match played on St. Andrew School ground on Friday. Tallb (2) and Aziz were t;. scorers. The fourth goal was deflected into the net by one of the Firemen's full-backs.50 words
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Article40 1948-05-23 12 Sunday Times Correspondent Malay Youngsters scored four-nil victory over the ACS Parit r.untar in the second round of the Krian Soccer League. Jaffar, Wan Husin (2) and Hassan .—ored for the Youngsters who led i-0 at half time.40 words
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Article286 1948-05-23 12 rs Army-Navy combined soccer side beat Pahane one nil In the Malaya Cup fixture played at Kuala Lipis yesterday. The Goal was scored by Bond seven minutes before the end of a thrilling came. In the very last minute Parian* were awarded a penalty, but286 words
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