The Straits Times, 27 October 1948
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Title Section18 1948-10-27 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1948. PRICE TEN CENTS.18 words
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Article1013 1948-10-27 1 Federal Pact Investigation From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Tues. rE Commissioner-Gene-ral (Mr. Malcolm MacDonald) told his press conference today that it was "to see what changes could practicably be made" that an investigation was to be made into the working of the Federation Agreement. Mr. Mac Donald1,013 words
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Article117 1948-10-27 1 2nd DAY OFKOREAN BATTLE SEOUL, Tues. OYALIST troops and rebels are locked m battle for the second successive day m the seaport of Yosu, it was stated at Korean Army headquarters today. The Army estimated that the rebels and their sympathisers at Yosu, the last insurgent stronghold, might number aboutAP - 117 words
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Article71 1948-10-27 1 "Threat Of Fascism CHICAGO. Tuesday. PRESIDENT Truman deI clared m a speech here that a Republican victory At the coming election would bring a threat of Fascism to American freedom, even more dangerous than the threat of Communism. He declared that "forces of evil" were conniving, through the Republican PartyAP - 71 words
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Article255 1948-10-27 1 PARIS, Tuesday. rHE Western Powers meet today to map their next move m the United Nations Security Council on ;he Berlin crisis. l The deadlock on Benin jecame more pronounced m Monday night when Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister, (M. Vishinsky) vetoed a plan forUP - 255 words
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Article46 1948-10-27 1 MANILA, Tues.— Brigadier General Castaneda, Chief of the Constabulary, today was reported to have assured President Qulrino that he would do his best lo break the back- of the Hukbalahap resistance m Cental and South Luzon before the end Of the year. Reuier.Reuter - 46 words
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Article63 1948-10-27 1 BANGKOK, Wed: Poldce Major-General Vasanasomsid whose responsibility is rounding up plotters m the spurious Siamese coup d'etat of October 6, was arrested today as a suspected plotter himself. Another suspect, Lleat.General Sinard Yotharak, former Minister of the Interior went to provincial headquarters today under heavy guard and63 words
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Article92 1948-10-27 1 THE HAGUE, Tueg. TPHE Second Chamber of the Du^eh Parliament today approved the Government plan to establish an interim government m Indonesia. The approval was carried by 69 votes to 25. The Bill, which empowers the Government to carry out its plan, leaves the door open forReuter - 92 words
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Article, Illustration23 1948-10-27 1 PANDIT NEHRU (Indian Premier) greeted In Paris b) his sister, Mrs. Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit (Indian Ambassador to Moscow). A.P. picture.AP - 23 words
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130 1948-10-27 1 Girl's Death Plunge From Cathedral LONDON, Tues. ffJNDREDS of people saw a girl plunge to death from the 300 feet central tower of Lincoln Cathedral yesterday after noon. They had watched for over an hour a« she clung to a three-inch ledge of the north-west pinnacle. Police officers and CathedralReuter - 130 words
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Article53 1948-10-27 1 BUENOS AIRES, Tues. Paraguay's second civil war m a year raged m Ascunsion today, with opposing factions of the nations armed forces battling m the streets. The Government radio said the revolt is being led by Colonel Carlos Montanaro, who seeks to overthrow the regime ofAP - 53 words
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Article174 1948-10-27 1 CINGAPORE women who want glamour m their registration photographs are getting no co-opera-tion from photographers. Photographers report that some women want moles removed, dimples deepened, sheen m their hair and special li Kilting. They say this is too much to pxpect for 25 cents a picture. Nothing174 words
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Article, Illustration41 1948-10-27 1 MILLION-DOLLAR FIRE: Flame and smoke billows from the remains of a large repair shop at the U.S. Naval Ah- Station at Quanset m New York. The fire injured nine men and caused damage conservatively estimated at well over $1,000,000.— A.P. picture.AP - 41 words
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309 1948-10-27 1 "BATTLE OF STEEL "STARTS IN BRITAIN LONDON, Tuesday. A BILL for the nationalisation of Britain's steel industry, expected to rouse a heated battle m the new session of Parliament, was announced today m a cintrip 38-wnrd spnt^nre m the King's speech from the Throne. The sentence was: "A measure will309 words
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Article250 1948-10-27 1 LONDON, Tues. t WITH a glitter and t pageantry not seen i by Londoners since pre- x war days King George with Queen Elizabeth, l drove from Buckingham Palace today to open Parliament, c The King wore a scarlet and s gold uniform and the QueenReuter - 250 words
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Article152 1948-10-27 2 TORTURE TRIAL QUERY HONG KONG. Tuea. A WAR crimes tribunal today i\pondered whether to bring 13 witnesses from Shanghai and Japan to testify m the defence of Lieut Gen. Kinoshlta Ellchl and Sergeant Yoshlda Bunzo m the famous Skanghai "Bririw House" case. Both defendants nleaded not guilty yesterday, when the152 words
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Article68 1948-10-27 2 TOKIO, Tues.— Dr. Klyoshl Nagata, ex-Professor of Kelo University, last night formally declined the poet of Dlrecctor-General of the Economic Stabilization Bureau. The post had been held open for him for a week, Nagata's refusal came after hs was summoned for question ing about black-market deal*Reuter - 68 words
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Article63 1948-10-27 2 WASHINGTON, Tues.— Mr. Sumner Pike, Vice-Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, advised yesterday against restricting the spread of atomic knowledge lest "little Hitlers .ted to seize power. Mr. Pike said that people needed to understand enough about the whole subject to make up their minds asAP - 63 words
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Article51 1948-10-27 2 LONDON. Tues.— The battle over Australian banks was transferred to London yesterday when the Federal Government Dresented to the Judicial Committee of the Prlw Council special leave to appeal against an Australian High Court, decision restraining the Government from carrying out its bank natlonallsation lesrislatlon.—Reuter - 51 words
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Article33 1948-10-27 2 QUINS— ALL BOYS KHARTOUM, Tues.—Quintuplets all boys have been born to a Sudanese woman at Tlbels village In the Blue Nile Province, 100 miles south of Khartoum, It was reported here today.— ReuterReuter - 33 words
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Article21 1948-10-27 2 TOKIO, Tues—Mrs. Richards Morrow-Talt, British airwoman on a round-the-world trip In a Proctor plane, arrived m Kyushu y°sterday. Reuter.Reuter - 21 words
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Article, Illustration132 1948-10-27 2 LONDON, Tuesday. DIOTERS swinging broken bottles and shout- ing anti-Communist and anti-Semitic slogans attempted last night to break up a meeting being addressed by Dr. Hewlett Johnson ("Red Dean of Canterbury,). Twenty police broke up the mob and arrested three people. Two men attendingReuter; AP - 132 words
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Article44 1948-10-27 2 HAMBURG, Tues. A former SJ3. company commander was sentenced to death by a military court at Hamburg for massacring more than 90 British soldiers m Flanders m 1940. They wece mostly men of the second battalion of the Royal Norfolk Regiment.— AP.AP - 44 words
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Article42 1948-10-27 2 MANILA, Tver Manila City Treasurer* Office reports that unless the Municipal Board authorises an overdraft of 750,000 pesos (U*****.000), salaries can not be paid to all officials and workers on October 30 Rate collection Is more than U*****,000 behind.— AP.AP - 42 words
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Article49 1948-10-27 2 WASHINGTON, Tues.— A new grant of U*****,194 to Indonesia by the Economic Co-operation Administration has been approved. It was for U*****,465 worth of cotton, USs3o,B£l for gum resin, and US$ll,B4B tor iron and steel structural beams and nails, all to be bought In the United States.— APAP - 49 words
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Article31 1948-10-27 2 LONDON, Tues. Britain has slashed her meat purchases In Argentina by more than 40 per cent and New Zealand is now Britain's No. 1 meat producer.— UPUP - 31 words
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Article30 1948-10-27 2 Ceylon 's Envoy WASHINGTON. Tues.— Ceylon's Ambassador elect (Mr. George C. 8. Corea) was met at Washington railway station by the British Ambassador and representatives of all British Dominions.— ReuterReuter - 30 words
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Article36 1948-10-27 2 NEW DELHI. Tues— The Government of Mauritius British Crown Colony In the Indian Ocean has asked India to help select a tutor of Indian culture for the Teachers' Training College on the Is'p.nd.— A.P.AP - 36 words
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Article40 1948-10-27 2 SAN FRANCISCO. Tues.— Mrs. Iva Toßuri D'Aqulno. who faces a treason charee for making Toklo Rosa broadcasts during the war. clams tha, she Is Portuguese by marriage and therefore not subject to United States jurisdictionj urisdiction. AP.AP - 40 words
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Article43 1948-10-27 2 PRAGUE. Tues.— The chairman of the Muslim League In Pakistan (Mr. Yusin Haron) and the president of the Muslim Chamber of Commerce m Karachi (Mr. G. Allan) were received by the Czech Premier during their short stay In Praerue. A.PAP - 43 words
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35 1948-10-27 2 More For U.S. Army More tOT U.O. Army WASHINGTON. Tues.—The U.s. Army has raised its requirements to 20,000 men under the draft for January, it has asked 10,000 for November and 15.000 for December, _jip35 words
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Article43 1948-10-27 2 WASHINGTON, Tues.— The Government has secured a Court order forbidding agree- ments to fix prices by 18 leading makers of stainless steel. The companies must make a number of their manufacturing patterns available for general licensing at "reasonable royalties."— A.P.AP - 43 words
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Article181 1948-10-27 2 (Continued from page one) democratic constitution for j Western Germany. "In Berlin, however, a difficult situation has arisen M a result of the action of the Soviet Government m catting; surface communications between the city and Western Germany. "My Government hold the I view that this actionReuter - 181 words
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Article109 1948-10-27 2 The King said he and the Queen "look forward with pleasure to visiting Australia and New Zealand next year. "We shall welcome this opportunity of meeting again my peoples of those countries, whose generous support both m war and peace has never failed us." On defence, the King109 words
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Article80 1948-10-27 2 NEW DELHI. Tues.-Re-glonal conferences on meteorology and civil aviation will bring representatives of Malaya, Slam, Dutch Indonesia. Afghanistan, Pakistan, Burma, Ceylon. China. Hong Kong, French Indo-China, the Philippines, Mongolia, Iraq, Palestine. Turkey, the U.S.S.R.. and Western countries together. Starting on November 10, the Regional Commission for AsiaAP - 80 words
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Article131 1948-10-27 2 From Our Own Correspondent BANGKOK, Tues. SIAMESE C.I.D. officers are investigating reports that Siamese youths are being recruited m the north-eastern provinces and being sent into China for Communist training. Army Intelligence reports estimate that over 150 young men have been sent out of131 words
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Article54 1948-10-27 2 NEW DELHI, Tues.— lndia plans to Inaugurate shipping services to China, Japan and Australia early next year with four liberty shlpi. The Government will have a 51 per cent, interest m the service and two other corporations will be established to operate lines to Africa. Europe and NorthAP - 54 words
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Article49 1948-10-27 2 WASHINGTON. Tues.— Mr. Eric Johnston, president of the Motion Picture Association, said yesterday that the way to avoid war with Russia was to keep up U.S. military and industrial strength. He Is just back from a tour of Europe which Included a visit to Moscow.— A.P.AP - 49 words
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Article31 1948-10-27 2 WASHINGTON, Tues.— Asia Is expected to provide 279.663,000 bushels ot the estimated world 'potato production cf nearly 9,000,000,000 for *****9, the American Agriculture Department reported yester day.— AP.AP - 31 words
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Advertisement784 1948-10-27 2 NOTICES NOTICE \<>I.l NTKKIt SPECIAL < ONSlABl'l ARY. RMALL 4.HM8 COURSE. Win the undermenuoued personnel of the V 8.0. who an attached to Radio Division please report to the Drill Hall. H.Q Singapore Volunteer Corps. Beach Road on Thursday. 21st. October. 1048 at S 30 o.m. Sharp 168. 224 184.784 words
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Advertisement470 1948-10-27 2 NOTICES NOTICE BRITISH COUNCIL SCHOLARSHIPS All applications for the above should be forwarded to the Singapore Representative by Saturday 13th November SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD CLUB SPECIAL GENERAL MEETLNU A Special General Meeting of th« members of the Singapore Harbour Board Club will be held m the Wharf Accounts Office, Sngapore470 words
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Advertisement111 1948-10-27 2 P. W D. TENDER NOTICE TENDERS wiU o e received at the office of the STATE ENGINEER, SELANGOR, KUALA LUMPUR, up to 13 NOON of the 3RD NOVEMBER, 1949. for the ADDITIONAL WORKS AT MILITARY CAMP. CORONATION PARK. KUALA LUMPUR. Plans and Specifications may be seen and all particulars obtained111 words
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Advertisement303 1948-10-27 2 an, &muM/ dtmrneM atwn/. Somewhere tliere is a cottage sitting sleepily m Mj the elm tree's shade. In its garden there are many I mjU flowers with the lovely old English names. But /|/j|{j what you remember best are the lavender bushes III \i Iff It fII 1 that line303 words
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222 1948-10-27 3 LONDON, Tuesday. THE Prime Minister of Pakistan (Mr. Liaquat Ali Khan) tacitly admitted last night that the two secret talks he had with Mr. Attlee, the Foreign Secretary (Mr. Bevfn) and the Indian Prime Minister (Pandit Nehru) had not brought a solution ofReuter - 222 words
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Article167 1948-10-27 3 RELIGIONS PLEA BY PAKISTAN PARIS, Tues. PAKISTAN cabled the United Nations yesterday to protect "35,000 U)0 people bound to us by ties of religion, culture and feeling irom cultural extinction by ruthless and hostile forces." The Pakistan delegation to the General Assembly submitted a formal proposal to include m theReuter - 167 words
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Article88 1948-10-27 3 GERMAN PLANTS DISPUTE LONDON. Tue«. BRITAIN and the United States still cannot agree on an American proposal to curtail the programme tor dismantling German Industrial plans. This was Indicated yesUrday by Foreign Office spokesman. He called attention to newspaper reports quoting Mr. Paul Hoffman, Economic Cooperation Administrator, at saying mAP - 88 words
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116 1948-10-27 3 CAPETOWN, Tues. THE South African Prime Minister (Dr. Daniel Malan) said last night that he intended to raise the rank of South African representa- tives In Commonwealth countries from High Commis- sioner to Ambasador. Dr. Malan said the new process "would Indicate we116 words
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Article, Illustration55 1948-10-27 3 EXPLOSION IN NORWAY which wrecked the war plant where the Nails were seeking the secret of atomic power was recalled by a BBC programme. Col. Wilson, who supervises the operations In London, Lieut Knut Haukllid, D.5.0., M.C., and Capt. Jens Poulsson, D.5.0., two of the saboteurs, seen beforeReuter - 55 words
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Article247 1948-10-27 3 DUBLIN, Tuesday. HIRE, soon to become an independent republic, will not enter Into any defence arrangement with Britain until the partition of Ireland is abolished, the Minister for External Affairs (Mr. Scan Macßride) said m Dublin yesterday. However, In Belfast yesterday, the Ulster Minister for Home247 words
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Article, Illustration20 1948-10-27 3 INDIAN Constituent Assembly member (Mr. S. V. Krishna Murthy Rao) addressing the Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference m London.— A. P. picture.20 words
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90 1948-10-27 3 LONDON, Tues. THE Burmese Government wants more British help m quelling the rebels. The Burmese Foreign Minister (U Kyaw Nyein) Is m London seeking more planes, arms and ammunition. Britain has supplied some limited quantities of arms to Burma under a treaty ofAP - 90 words
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Article277 1948-10-27 3 "Crying Need Of Capital Goods" LONDON, Tues. A CALL for a full-scale Commonwealth economic conference was made at yesterday's session of the Commonwealth Parliamentary conference m London. An official communique last night said: "Mr. H. E. Holt of Australia said that balance of payment considerations were preventing the countries ofReuter; AP - 277 words
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Article, Illustration46 1948-10-27 3 MR. LOUIS ST. LAURENT Canadian acting Prime Minister. Be said yesterday that Britain dropped the Word British before "Commonwealth," of her own free will at the recent Commonwealth Conference m London, and the con ference did not discuss the change at all. Reuter photo.Reuter - 46 words
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Article51 1948-10-27 3 Yesterday's Straits Times referred to an Associated Press message quoting an "Azad Kashmir Government" I communique which alleged bombing of a Red Cross Hospital at Bagh by the Indian Air Force. The Associated Press was not m any way connected with this message (which has already been51 words
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114 1948-10-27 3 PARIS, Tuesday. OOVTH Africa w attacked m the Social Committee of the United Nations yesterday by India and the Soviet Union, who accused her of racial discrimination m her treatment of non- Europeans. The South African delegate. Mr. Charles Te Water, had Introduced anReuter - 114 words
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Article84 1948-10-27 3 SYDNEY, Tues. rpHE future development of X Australia lies more m the United States than m the United Kingdom, says Australia's Minister of Supply and Development. (Senator John Armstrong). "There is something m the American that is characteristic of what we need to develop. Unfortunately you do84 words
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Advertisement242 1948-10-27 3 Features F^l 1 Small floor space required by compact unit arrangement. tfOYw 2. UNIT PERFORMS ALL FUNCTIONS OF AIR CONDITIONING, wJ IT COOLS. DEHUMIDIFIES, VENTILATtS, FILTERS AND CIRCULATES AIR. L *f\ 3. Rapid room air ventilation or pump out allows exhausting of UIUiJIU smoke or disagreeable odours from the conditioned242 words
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Advertisement168 1948-10-27 3 Wf\ *^n lsf^tlf i L. $SrW6l 3£j TJKrgJft -^t-yv I iSsh! a really secret recipe *up«r« AAiJJb'I mtllow-rich and New York adores Itl k jjjwM N° w itl ri 66 h t here m Singapore at Cola ~^\Jr\ Storage Depots and Creameries Milk Bars. aJ^I $2.00 per briek enough foi168 words
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Article166 1948-10-27 4 "Violation Of A rms Em bur go PARIS, Tuesday. CGYPT alleged before the United Nations Security Council today that Israel had violated the Middle East arms embargo. They have obtained a considerable quantity of arms and equipment," Ahmad Khashaba Pasha, the Egyptian Foreign Minister, told the Council166 words
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Article, Illustration48 1948-10-27 4 TWENTY-YEAR-OLD Seretse Khama. heir-apparent lo the Bamangwate tribal throne hi Bechuanaland, with his 24-year-old bride, formerly Miss Ruth Williams, a London office worker. He is a law student. His uncle, the tribal ruler, has called him home to explain why he has married a white girl. A.P. picture.AP - 48 words
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Article163 1948-10-27 4 TOKIO, Tues. BRITISH Interests m Japan have been authorised to regain control of companies m which they held controlling Interest before the war, lt was learned officially here today. The first firm affected by this ruling from Gen. MacArthur's headquarters Is the Toyo Kokan Kaisha, which beforeReuter - 163 words
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Article30 1948-10-27 4 LONDON. Tues. George Holls. 45. was yesterday fined £2 for breaking a plate over his elKht-year-old daughter's head because she drooped an egg— his week's ration. UJ>.30 words
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Article190 1948-10-27 4 A report from Dr. Ralph Bunche, acting U.N. mediator In Palestine, was read to the Council. It told of the sinking of th« Egyptian corvette "King Farouk" on Oct. 22 by a "Jewish explosive laden motorboat The place of attack was not specified. The report also told ofReuter; AP - 190 words
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Article55 1948-10-27 4 (CERTAIN British commercial houses believe that Dutch firms when they re-open offices m Japan will be a serious threat to their business interests m Indonesia. About 20 firms, mostly registered before the war m the Netherlands Indies will soon get permission to re-open branches m Japan according55 words
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Article86 1948-10-27 4 These firms will take over .he Batavia A.1.0., a govern-ment-controlled buying unit and will receive foreign exchange to cover their imports from Japan, the Straits Times was informed. O her firms m Indonesia may. it is understood, trade with Japan only chrough those firms which have branches m86 words
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Article220 1948-10-27 4 PARIS, Tuesday. TROOPS fired on strikers, who threw handgrenades, m a battle of the barricades at Rochebelle coalpit outside the town of Ales (near Nimes) m Southern France today. In the town itself, t workers tried to seize the gendarmes barracks, the post office and theReuter - 220 words
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Article142 1948-10-27 4 Tribute To People Of Malaya MANCHESTER, Tues. r |^HE Manchester Guardian -1- today paid a tribute to the people of Malaya and said the Communists there "have singularly failed to achieve material success or to win popular support." The Malays, the Guardian continued, "showed political ability and moral courage mReuter - 142 words
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Article126 1948-10-27 4 "The Magistrate did not direct himself properly to the reasonableness of the explanation given by this man," said the acting Chief Justice (Mr. Justice Gordon-Smith), m the Singapore Supreme Court yesterday allowing the appeal of Goh Bok Hal who had been sentenced to three months' imprisonment for dishonestly126 words
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Article105 1948-10-27 4 Shaw Bros.' latest fulllength romantic comedy "Chinta," which had a preview at the Rex Cinema last night, la marked for a long season when lt is generally released. The film, which i$ 9,512 feet long, leaves practicallj nothing to be desired. The photography is excellent and105 words
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Article284 1948-10-27 4 THE Sultan of Johore, x Major-General Sir Ibrahim, will be patron of the new Johore Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis. A pro-tern State committee has been appointed to draft the rules of the Association and to collect donations i which are urgently needed for284 words
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277 1948-10-27 5 "HAPPY,PROSPEROUSMALAYA IS GOVT. AIM" LONDON, Tuesday. THE British Government and the Governments of Singapore and the Federation were determined to press ahead with all possible steps towards rehabilitation and the creation of a happy and prosperous Malaya, said the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies (Mr. D. R. Rees- Williams),Reuter - 277 words
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Article, Illustration34 1948-10-27 5 Mlt. L U. E. CULLS*, Chief Police Officer, Kelantan. He ivies on leave to Britain m a few d;iys and hopes to sit his finals for the Bar while hi there— Straits Times picture.34 words
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Article104 1948-10-27 5 FIVE hundred members of I the Ceylon Pioneer Corps and Ceylon Corps of Military j Police worked all Sunday at St. Michaels Road clearing two acres of land for building the Sri Lanka Ramaya temple. The total cost of the temple and monastery will be104 words
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Article81 1948-10-27 5 rIESE figures about Malayan terrorism were given m the House of Commons yesterday: CIVILIANS KILLED— 22S (169 Chinese, 25 Malays, 17 Europeans, seven Indians, three Sakais and two Javanese). BANDITS KILLED AND CAPTURED— 43O (407 Chinese, mostly Immigrants from China). It was stated m Koala Lumpur81 words
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Article66 1948-10-27 5 OINGAPORE'S private trade with Japan la expected to begin next month when the agreement for trading m sterling signed between the sterling areaa and the Allied headquarters m Toklo takes effect. Already, the glut of Japanese glassware enamelledware and textiles m the Colony has almost pushed66 words
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93 1948-10-27 5 STAMP buyers at the Gen- The Currency Commiseral Post Office, Slnga- s i O ners have announced that pore, are now receiving coins m change instead of The co^ *?U eventually replace eiraller-denomination stamps tes on flve 10 t° they had to accept93 words
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Article45 1948-10-27 5 There will be another 30 beds at least for Singapore's sick children when the new St. Andrew's Mission Hospital m Tan Jong Pagar Road opens hi November. The hospital will be open to all sick children, regardless of race or creed.45 words
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Article, Illustration54 1948-10-27 5 PRETENDER'S SON: Henri d'Orleans (m white shirt eldest son of the Count of Paris, with some of his school mates at the Longchamps Lycee, Bordeaux. The Count is pretender to the non-existent throne of France. Henri is the only one of his family allowed to54 words
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Article228 1948-10-27 5 TPHE supplementary rice issue of half a kati a head 1 will be discontinued from the end of the month, says an official announcement issued yesterday. The withdrawal of the supplementary ration applies to the whole of Malaya. I The ration will be maintained at228 words
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Article124 1948-10-27 5 The following donations of the Gandhi j; Memorial Fund are acknowledged by the Indian Chamber of Commerce, Singapore: Already acknowledged $109,140. Proceed* from O.Y.M.A. Concert $1,153; Naina Mohamed <fe Sons (500; Paraanand Brothers $251; B. H. T. Doulatram Co. (2) $250; Collections on Gandhi Jalyanti Day (Oct.124 words
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Article39 1948-10-27 5 Singapore's new fire station In Alxandra Road— one of the major Municipal constructicn projects budgetted for next year— will cost $1,000,000 and is designed to I serve the industrialised west 'coast area with four engines.39 words
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194 1948-10-27 5 Acquitted Of Consorting With Bandit Ran From Police From Our Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Tuesday. VI R. Justice Laville yesterday acquitted two Chinese ITI charged under the Emergency Regulations with consorting with an armed man and with not reporting that he was carrying arms The prosecution said that on Aug.194 words
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Article120 1948-10-27 5 Poppy Day Preparation In Colony SINGAPORE'S Garden of Remembrance will be ready by Nov. 5. Remembrance Crosses are now on sale. They will also be available from vendors on Nov. 5 and at the Cenotaph Ceremony on Nov. 7. At the Ceremony a space has been reserved for the public120 words
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Article55 1948-10-27 5 The Malay Women's Welfare Association will sponsor a Malay Night to collect funds for the United Nations Aid for Children committee. The show will take place In Singapore next month. Inche Zahara binte Noor Mohamed, president of the Association, said yesterday that the Governor was being55 words
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Article51 1948-10-27 5 A speech on "Has the world progressed or degenerated" will be given by Mr. V. K. Ramakrishnan of the GHQ. FARELF branch at the next discussion group meeting, which will be held at the Army Civil Service Union premises. 331 North Bridge Road, Singapore, at 10 a.m. next51 words
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Article105 1948-10-27 5 TtfALAYA'S Official Film ifl Censor (Mr. Jack Evans) told the Singapore Film Society at a lecture last night that he passed all films of Donald Duck and his contemporaries without a preview. *1 like cartoon films," he said. "They never give me any trouble." Mr.105 words
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Article106 1948-10-27 5 Mr. Evans said, biggest money spinners In Malaya were serial dramas. Audiences did not mind sitting through 25 to 31 reels at a time. Generally there was less serious gun play m serials than m ordinary feature films. In Malaya, Dick Tracy would always beat Mrs. Miniver at106 words
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Article72 1948-10-27 5 Formerly prominent m the British Red Cross m Malaya, Miss Joan Vickers is studying conditions m Australia and New Zealand. Her work m Malaya was mainly a fight against the squalor, disease and unemployment caused by the war. Miss Vickers stood unsuccessfully as Conservative candidate for72 words
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Article30 1948-10-27 5 Mr. R. M. Marsh, has been appointed Private Secretary to the Governor of Singapore (Sir Franklin Gimson) with effect from Monday, In place of C. H. F. Blake30 words
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1030 1948-10-27 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Wed., Oct. 27, 1948. KUALA LUMPUR CREAKINGS Less than nine months after the Federation of Malaya was launched on the stormy seas of present-day Asia it has become necessary to overhaul the administrative machinery that has been set up under the Federal treaty with the Malay1,030 words
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Article62 1948-10-27 6 From the Straits Times of Oct. 27, 18J8 From a report of Legislative Council proceedings: Mr. Murray also made allusion to the difficulty of getting house accommodation m Singapore and the want of that accommodation for high Government officials— Judges and others— who he thought should no.62 words
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Article1041 1948-10-27 6 RICHARD DENMAN Of The Economist - RICHARD DENMAN Of The Economist By LONDON, Oct. 20. fHE implications of the recent debate on Germany and on the control of atomic energy are clear. Russia may not desire war, but is not interested m settled peace; her interests will be best served by maintaining international1,041 words
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90 1948-10-27 6 THE correspondence which you have been publishing about ancient Malaccan history is not without interest and brings once more into public notice that most remarkable figure, the eunuch Cheng Ho. Scholars are divided widely as to the reasons which caused his seven expeditions90 words
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Letter256 1948-10-27 6 There is still controversy over Srivijaya, though the balance of opinion Is strong m favour of the views of Professor Coedes who places its capital at the present Palembang. Questions concerning the earliest Malacca Kings are also not finally settled. Indeed, it will be advisable for a reader not256 words
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Letter68 1948-10-27 6 THE question of legalis- ing bookmaking has been discussed every now and then not only m Singapore but also m the Malayan Union, and the consensus of opinion is that legislation is not m accordance with Government's principles. If such Is the case it is difficult to understand68 words
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Letter336 1948-10-27 6 YIR. H. K. Rodgers m ITI his reply to my letter does not, I fear, remove my objections. In my letter I did not dot the i's or cross the t's. merely giving basic Ideas as I thought this would suffice. Mr. Rodgers says that nis para336 words
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Letter241 1948-10-27 6 IZTPADA Melayu 1V Batu Pahat, dengan "Uncle Tom CoWeigh", K.L. Dear Kawan-ku, dua dua, Kita jangan discuss Ini subject lagi-lah. Kita born m Malaya sure mesti chakap English champur champur Melayu-lah. Lv satu Melayu sure chakap good Malay. Lagi satu Orang Puteh memang mesti speak good English-lah241 words
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Letter312 1948-10-27 6 ALTHOUGH a Singa- porean of only some two years' residence, I think that certain of this Island's notable citizens are living up to their reputation of blind snobbishness over the thumbprint issue. The ridiculous edict that if a person can write his name, he need not register his312 words
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Advertisement774 1948-10-27 6 CLASSIFIED ADS. THE marriage will take place on Saturday the 6th November b 4.30 p.m. at St. Andrews Cathedral between Sam E. Strange iLt. R.P.C. "A" Coy) youngest Mr. Mrs. C E. Strange c, ylon. and Myrtle second < aughter of Mr. Mrs. J. N. lvrnanJo ol Singapore. Friends and774 words
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Advertisement108 1948-10-27 6 POPULAR RECORDS Joe Loss his Orth. 6012 Nature Boy— Walts Down by the old mill Stream —P.T. 5997 A tree In the meadow F.T. The Flower Seller— W. 5987 Chl-baba Chl-baba Peg O' my heart F.T. 5735 Concerto for Two— SFT What more can I aay— F.T. 5624 Waltz Medley108 words
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Advertisement26 1948-10-27 6 feMlt^.-i^ a:' TfSS!mIMMS2mSR- STEEL OFFICE FURNITURE STEEL FILING CABINETS STEEL CUPBOARDS STEEL SHELVING STEEL DESKS W. McMULLAN CO. Basement Union Bldg Entrance Union Lane .Tel. *****26 words
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361 1948-10-27 7 10 Bandits Fail In Murder Bid From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. A CHINESE, chased by ten terrorists firing at hfm with sten guns and rifles zig-zagged down the main trunk road to Ipoh and round huts— and fled into a police station with361 words
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Article, Illustration55 1948-10-27 7 AT RAFFLES HOTEL yesterday, a luncheon was given for Mr. A Hinds the commor oUI manager of the electrical division of United Engineers who is retlfinr 3£r 55 y ars ,L ri *ht Mr. H. I. Evans, Mr. MR. fi, Mr Sds _MlJ^BobinsonM 1 J^Bobinson and Mrs. R. Wiltshire.-Strmlts Times55 words
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Article, Illustration222 1948-10-27 7 NEW POST FOR MR. L. C. GOH ANE of the first three local v men to be appointed to the Colonial Administrative Service. Mr. L. C. Goh will shortly be transferred to the Colonial Secretariat as an Assistant Secretary the Straits Times understands. It was not known yesterday, however, what222 words
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Article160 1948-10-27 7 WONO Kok Sai, an Tf Adelphi boy, found dead m a cooler tank on Oct. 14, died of asphyxia from drowning, it was stated by the General Hospital pathologist (Dr. K. Shanmugaretnam) at the inquest yesterday. Dr. Shanmugaretnam said he found a cord mark on160 words
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Article56 1948-10-27 7 A Cross Street dealer and .he chief fireman of the Bust were gaoled yesterday by the Singapore Second District Judge (Mr. J. L. McFall) for traffic ln opium. Lim Slong Keow sentenced for two years and Tong Wan Ming to one year's rigorous imprisonment. A56 words
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Article247 1948-10-27 7 From Our SUff Correspoi.dent KUALA LUMPUR Tues. A FERRET patrol going through a squatter area m Sungei Siput yesterday evening wounded and captured a Chinese terrorist. The patrol saw tliree Chinese, two of them with revolv- ers. run out of a hut. The two armed terrorists247 words
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Article124 1948-10-27 7 Salaries Problem In Johore JOHORE Government v clerk-stenographers nave complained to the Joint Salaries Commission Officer (Mr. A. V. Cowgill) about the commission of their category from the new salaries schemes. A petition says that clerkstenographers, who are pecui***2 onore > have been omitted from the Commission's report, which deals124 words
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Article118 1948-10-27 7 Engine trouble has caused a British-chartered Chinese Government-owned freighter to take four months to reach Singapore from the United States with 14,000 tons of general cargo on board The vessel is the 7,000-ton Nanking Victory, expected ln Singapore towards the middle of next month. A former118 words
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Article70 1948-10-27 7 Mr J. R. Perry, who represents an English firm of power transmission equipment manufacturers, arrived recently m Singapore after a survey of rubber factories ln the Federation, inspecting the power machinery they use. He told the Straits Times yesterday that he finds a very great need for new70 words
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Article100 1948-10-27 7 Charges of possessing 50 empty but "live" shells of .303 ammunition were made ln the Seventh Police Court against .wo Chinese. They were Tan Ah Teck, aged 39, of Kampong Kapar and Sim Ah Heng, aped 38, of Enggor Street. The empty shells, with percussion caps intact,100 words
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Article56 1948-10-27 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon. All bin Mohamed and Mohamed bin Wok were each sentenced to four weeks' rigorous imprisonment and six strokes with a rotan for stealing petrol. 8 By means of a syphon, they took petrol from the tank of a car. They were arrested when56 words
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Article82 1948-10-27 7 vi yel w e r year old Fatimah bmte Moh. Sheriff told the Singapore Assize Judge (Mr Justice Jobling) yesterday m the Assize Court how she was shot m the leg while asleep with her parents at Kee Sing Street. She was giving evidence against82 words
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Article111 1948-10-27 7 JHE port of Telok Betong of the Republican authorities' closeifTbaJ^SdeiSr an ln aU Wing conslderable indefinite period from Mon- barter shipments of produce day, a spokesman of the from Telok Betong to Netherlands Consulate Gene- Batavia. ral told the Straits Times last The Dutch have now111 words
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266 1948-10-27 7 A^lfLas^wiH^taSr^ 184 libOm SeCt >n H me Industrl The Singapore Chinese I Engineering Association, to which the 178 artisans belong, authorised the strike last night on receiving a reply to its one week's notice, which it gave the company to reinstate 75 dismissed men.266 words
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257 1948-10-27 7 YESTERDAY evening Singapore's Symphony Orchestra played m the Victoria Memorial Hall iti aid of the United Nations Appeal for Children. Mostly young people, the players are neither babes nor lost m the I musical wood. They use a full range of Instruments, hold up257 words
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Article268 1948-10-27 7 anti-corruption man of the Singapore Police te ce C rrV yy h ef, r |r ce d d ay W h C < h He is Urn Tian Hong of 46 Race Course Road. It wai sal 2 tl t S e was being held under268 words
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Article53 1948-10-27 7 vJ 4 v nR l ppo re, c CID °hief. E -V. Fowler, yesterday said that a bullet, which struck a movinK bus m Holland Road early yesterday morning "might have been a .22 stray shot of some birdshooter". The bus stopped after beta* struck. No53 words
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Article118 1948-10-27 7 Hawkers To Help Child Appeal ltf EMBERS of the SingaiTl pore Peoples Hawkers' Union have promised I donations totalling $4,000 to the United Nations Appeal for Children. The union, whose ieadquarters is m Merchant street, has asked the chairman of the Central Committee to send representatives to collect the donations.118 words
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Article55 1948-10-27 7 "Non-Violence" essay competition prize winners will receive their prizes from Lady Lim, wife of Sir Han Hoe Lim, on Saturday 4.30 p.m. at the Chinese V.M.C.A., Selegie Road. The competition was organised by the women's section of the Singapore Regional Indian Congress m connection with the celebration55 words
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Advertisement77 1948-10-27 7 INDUSTRIAL GASES (Malaya) LTD. are the only British Manufacturers of OXYGEN and DISSOLVED ACETYLENE m production In Malaya HT[y) have large stocks of OXY ACETYLENE WELDING and CUTTING EQUIPMENT Hrad Office: 9 De Souia St Singapore. Ll'lJi'lij;^ Phone ***** lOM-9 CHALLEN jr THE BEST NAME IN PIANOS jM W SUPERB77 words
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Article645 1948-10-27 8 Opposition From Non-Producers From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Tuesday. COME specific proposal for a tin stabilisation agreement was evidently down for discussion at yesterday's Tin Study Group meeting at The Hague, says the City Editor of The Times. Obviously, the meeting would have been superfluous had the645 words
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Article, Illustration24 1948-10-27 8 The pre-war Empire Hotel, standing behind the Selangor Club, m Kuala Lumpur, is the headquarters mess of the Second Guards Brigade. Straits Times picture.24 words
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Article91 1948-10-27 8 Aft«r 28 years' service with United Engineers, Mr. A. Hinds, commercial manager of the electrical division, Singapore, is retiring. He will Bail on Saturday for Australia. At lunch m Raffles Hotel yesterday, 19 of his colleagues presented him with an inscribed silver cigarette box. Mr. M.91 words
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Article53 1948-10-27 8 A 50-year-old lighterman Ong Ah See died m the Singapore General Hospital on Jtfondav night about, five Incurs after he was rescued by Marine Police from the sea off Teluk Ayer Basin. Ong is said to have fallen from a tonßkonu into the water, after53 words
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Article92 1948-10-27 8 Accused of acquiring possession of a 13-year-old "Cantonese girl as a slave and with 111-treating her, a Cantonese woman, Chan Lai Kuen. was sent to prison for three months at the Sixth Police Court. Lai Kuen was said to have chained the girl by her leg to92 words
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Article84 1948-10-27 8 Singapore Postal Authorities say that postage on open envelopes containing Christmas Cards or other greeting cards Is now four cents for each two ounces if addressed to places within Malaya, North Borneo, Sarawak or Brunei. For cards addressed to other places the postage Is six cents84 words
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Article166 1948-10-27 8 Robbers Get 8 Years' R.I. fAUQHT six days after v they had committed a gang robbery with three others, two Malays were sentenced to eight years' rigorous imprisonment and twelve strokes of the rotan m the Assize Court before Mr. Justice Jobling. The men were All bin Mohamed and Legu166 words
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86 1948-10-27 8 SEVENTY tons of scrap metal from one of Changi's three 15-inch guns is now being loaded on board the Ben Line ship Benlawers for the United Kingdom. The guns, which were installed m Changi during the war for use against the Japanese,86 words
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155 1948-10-27 8 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. FOREMEN of the fire fighting services m the Federar tion have petitioned the Commissioner of the Joint Salaries Committee for better terms of service than those recommended m the Trusted Report. The firemen ask for a starting salary155 words
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Article, Illustration44 1948-10-27 8 MR. ALLAN ACTON. 44. Malacca area manager of Anglo-French and Bendixsens. He is a member of the Malacca Settlement Council and president of the Chamber of Commerce, director of the Rotary Club, member of the Welfare Committee and vice-chairman of the Antl-T.B. Association Malacca.44 words
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Article142 1948-10-27 8 TOD A I Rotary, Mr. Tom Harrio^n on "Back Prom The Kaleblts ol Sarawak," Adelphl, 1 p.m. Medical Alumni Association, Dr. M. Doraislngham will read a paper on "Mice to Men Some Indications for the Control of Epidemics." department of pathology, General Hospital, 8 p.m. Wesley Guild, meeting142 words
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Article104 1948-10-27 8 TUOVEMBER 1 is the tentative date for the operation of a traffic warden scheme to assist police to obtain better traffic conditions In Singapore. The Singapore Police Commissioner has approved the > scheme Wardens who volunteer for service will inform police of Instances of bad driving. It104 words
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Advertisement419 1948-10-27 8 DOE 3 VITAMIN STARVATION' /v V^^tf^ SAP YOUR VITALITY f /J Tj^J^jif An Eastern dirt lack* much of the <r f^r^Sk >^*l—^< rr»l rlchneM so essential lo food health. '.^^"TT/y Then la a widespread n«ed of mort of ft f3fr~M/M the »it imln» of health and •trancth. \S"v*^ iBXWwWwi T419 words
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Advertisement150 1948-10-27 8 It* COSy to send even tons at mcrrhsndltf to world markets quickly, safely, and economically by Qantas Air Caigo. Bvery type of goods reaches its destination m minimnn% time and is perfect condition. You save on packaging end insurance costs avoid delays m handling. Qantas Air Cargo reaches Pr>g»«nH, India,150 words
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305 1948-10-27 9 "STATELESS" COMMANDO IS TOLD TO QUIT AUSTRALIA SYDNEY, Tuesday. A MAN who served m Australia's "Z Special Force", a secret commando unit who landed behind Japanese-held territory by parachute or submarine, has been ordered to leave Australlia. He is of unidentified nationality. He is John Charles Buxton, 27, born ofReuter-AAP - 305 words
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Article, Illustration33 1948-10-27 9 PRODIGY: Julice Andrews, 13-year-old coloratura sopprano, is the youngest star chosen for the Royal Command variety performance at the Palladium next month. Here Julie studies her school books before a performance. Beuter picture.Reuter - 33 words
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Article108 1948-10-27 9 Search For Missing RAF Witness THE Singapore C.I.D. has no theory about the disappearance of Fit-Sergeant John J. Rickard, R.AJ 1 witness m the RAF. generator case, who has been missing since he gave evidence last Thursday. Nothing has been heard since about the man. All Singapore police stations have108 words
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Article57 1948-10-27 9 From Our Staff Correspondent SEREMBAN, Tues.— Military units will take part In a parade on Remembrance Day They include detachments from the Fourth Hussars, the 26th Field Regiment, th« 1/7 Gurkha Regiment, the Malay Regiment and the Ceylon Pioneer Corps. Members of the Ex-Service Association and57 words
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Article77 1948-10-27 9 Australias High Commissioner m India (Mr. Herbert Roy Qollan) arrived at Tengah, Singapore, yesterday morning by Qantas Constellarlon. He left a few hours later for Australia. Mr. Oollan, who succeeded Sir Ivan MacKay. is returnIng to Australia for consultations with his Government. Before his present77 words
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Article213 1948-10-27 9 From Our Malay Correspondent A JALA V chiefs with grandiloquent titles and handA l some allowances are being criticised by the Malay intelligentsia. .iT^Tfa^ of th. iat. chief. The tendency first started Another prefers election, or at m Selangor, where a contro- least nom. nation by213 words
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140 1948-10-27 9 ToT o j me f the early morn »ng news broadcast from Radio Malaya, specially intended for planters and miners, may be changed from 7.50 a.m to 10 wi** VSi* Sfneral secretary of the Incorporated S °^L Ot^ n^±^Si L *"agl,er, today. been received from planters saying140 words
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Article79 1948-10-27 9 From Our Staff Correspondent MALACCA. Tues. Malacca's scouts for the Pan-Pacific Jamboree to be held In Melbourne next January have been chosen. They are: Assistant District Commissioner Loh -lung Loon. District Scoutmaster J. A. R. Wellington. Rover Leader Che Osman bin Omar. Rover Abdullah bin Mohamed.79 words
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Advertisement109 1948-10-27 9 ENGLAND'S j MmedVmM M CIGARETTE /i Magnum |1.75 ptr 50$ tin \y4 Is^ Made with unhnrried care from the best Virginia leaf by a firm whose skill m blrnding tobacco has been famous for over a century, these are cigarettes of no ordinary flavour. For those who appreciate perfection m109 words
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Advertisement125 1948-10-27 9 English^ Electric DISTRIBUTION TRANSFORMERS FOR EARLY DELIVERY CLASS "O.N" HARRISONS LISTER ENGINEERING Ltd. SINGAPORE KUALA LUMPUR PENANG fir SUNLIGHT SOAP IS BACK! > mj That is why the clothes are so much whiter W sweeter— and my hands softer too!^^^ d Soap is backs^^ir^^ H-ai4i«-iai k Lt\tK LJ LJtj^/ \J125 words
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Miscellaneous670 1948-10-27 9 i jj*^\hjbhhhi H"9 wr& pm At the end of today's deal the tention." but North gbvifiutfy lull declarer raved that he was a j that he might as well sTab the child of misfortune, pointing to rubber then and there. the 'atrocious breaks he had West decided to open the670 words
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Article340 1948-10-27 10 LONDON, Tues. WHEN the new Electricity three per cent, loan 1974/77 made Its appearance in the London Stock Exchange yesterday, the premium of three- eighths eased to a quarter. This* was quietly held despite small selling, says Reuter's financial correspondent. Other Gilt-edged prices were occasionally easier. Tins and340 words
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Article178 1948-10-27 10 From A Market Correspondent THE price of coconut oil on the Singapore market eased again yesterday. The copra market, however. was uncompromising because of better overseas lirqulrles. Sago quotations eased m the absence of any interest. yesterday's quotations includedRlee Unclassified: No 1 $60: 2 $52; 8 $47:178 words
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Article758 1948-10-27 10 From Our Market Correspondent •SINGAPORE, Tuesday. DESPITE the political news, the Malayan share market remained remarkably steady today. A number of shares were marked up with dealings on a cautious scale. Price* quoted by the Malay an Sharebrokers' Association today were INDUSTRIALS Bnyer SeOe* Atlas loe758 words
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Article174 1948-10-27 10 THE Singapore rubber market was irregular throughout yesterday. Moderate business was transacted. Cloalng pricw yesterday were: No. 1 sheet f.o.b. buyers 43% cents, sellers 42% cents; spot loose buyers 43% certs, sellers 42 ft c*nt« per lb. The Singapore Chamber oi Commerce Rubber Association'! nooo prices yesterday (Oct.174 words
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Article90 1948-10-27 10 SHIPS In port alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves yesterday (godowns In brackets) were: Main Wharf: Sai^oU (31-32). Oorgon (33-34), Ntouw Holland (36-37), TJibadoa (38-39). City of Poona (43-43). West Wharf: Burnalis (4-5), Glenbeg (6-7), Steel Executive (8-9) Denbighshire (11-12), Benlawert (13-14), Katong .15-18). Empire Dock: Javanese90 words
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Article54 1948-10-27 10 If AMUNING (Perak) Rubber tt Tin directors have declared an interim dividend of Id. per 2a. unit, free of tax. It will be payable on Nov. 18. The board, It U announced, intends to make no further dla> tributton m respect of last 7«ar. The financial year54 words
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Article68 1948-10-27 10 LONDON Tuei. WORLD production of natural rubber In August totalled 132 500 long tons, an Increase of 37.500 over that of August IM7, according to a Rubber Study Group report Issued yesterday. Consumption fell sligntly from 112,500 m July to 110.000 In August. Output of synthetic68 words
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Article151 1948-10-27 10 SAILINCS FROM SCANOINAVIA/U X CONTINENT t.f N.kobar" duo abt Oct. 29 for Fusan mt "Korea" dae abt Nov. 10 for Manila. H'Kong, S'hai. Koba Yokohama m.% *Moreba' due «bt Nov U tor Hong Kong Kobe Yokohama mi Lalindla" dv. abt. Nov 14 for Saigon Bangkok FROM BANGKOK151 words
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Advertisement995 1948-10-27 10 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. Incorporated m Singapore) BLUB FUNNEL LINE STRAITS STEAMSHIP CO., SAILINGS FROM U.K. b U-S.A. LTD. for LivtrP o«» JO "tAirCOAsVMAIAt* ..u w- M ,Ti "for" Holland "R.sang 1 tor KuantJn Oct Jl "Myrm.don Mils for Holland "Rawa'f for Kemaman. SSOASSqi BffiattS,JKttS. c. 1 Asphalion due from Mcl-995 words
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Advertisement206 1948-10-27 10 PRESIDENT LINES Ceneral Passenger Agent for Northwest Airlines. SAILINCS TO NEW YORK, AND BOSTON via INDIA. rCYPT M EDITERRANEAN PORTS Mt Mansfield Penang fa 3p»j |ft f AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINES, LTD. UNION BLDC TEL. 1821. P > h«n- Penant ««ent: Slm« Darby Co LYKES ORIENT LINE direct to HOUSTON MOBILE206 words
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Advertisement203 1948-10-27 10 Subloct to alteration and cancellation without notice For space and passage reservation, apply to:— THE EAST ASIATIC CO., LTD. SINCAPORI KUALA LUMPUR PINANC 12 RAFFLB QUAY 3 CLARK STREFT i WILD QUAY TIL 5151 TEL. 1122. TEL. 1370. S. E. A. C. Loadinfc roi Marseilles darce- t Also accepting cargo203 words
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Advertisement984 1948-10-27 10 MeAUSTER <fc CO., LTO. (Incorporated m Smgaporet ELLERMAN ck BUCKNALL KLAVENfiSS UNE HAVRE, LONDON, ANTWERP, ROTTERDAM HAMBURC. CANAOIAN PACIFIC PORTS Secapting cargo toi ub North Atlantic Ports Canada via Colombo Accepting cargo to> Central <* toutN CITY O» POONA American Ports. Spore P. S'harr. Penang £i?s •HEf No°v V 1?984 words
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Article787 1948-10-27 11 Eight Races On Each Card From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. WEIGHTS for Saturday, Oct. 30, and Monday, TT Nov. 1, first and second days of the Selangor Turf Club's Oct.-Nov. Meeting were published today. There will be eight races on each day,787 words
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Article, Illustration21 1948-10-27 11 Merry Miller, ridden by E. Uiitt (left) wins the Burlington Handicap at Hurst Park from Skitop (C. Elliott up). Reuter photo.Reuter - 21 words
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Article172 1948-10-27 11 Penang Side For Holiday Hockey From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Tues. ■THE Penang State hocx key team will be playing two matches against Selangor and Johore and, probably, another one against Negri Sembilan during their forthcoming tour from Oct. 30 to Nov. 1. The first match will bo j against172 words
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Article57 1948-10-27 11 T/HE following will represent the Borneo Co. Ltd. ZZ against the Government Printing Office XI m a return soccer match on the latter"s ground today: Urn Soo Sam. P. O. M. Lee, Charlie Kang. R. V. Bolimgbroke. Harry Tan. J. Campbell, Morlano, Rozario. Tan Joo Hem. O. I.57 words
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Article43 1948-10-27 11 PENANG, Tues. TVHE community champions, JL the Chinese, will meet the Rest In a Poppy Day soccer match to be played on Victoria Green tomorrow evenIng. The winners will receive a challenge cup presented by the Penang Round Table.43 words
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Article550 1948-10-27 11 From EPSOM JEEP KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. VICTORY who has four wins to his credit this season appears to be retaining his consistent form. Taken out by a riding boy this morning, Victory did a smart gallop down the straight and was fighting for his head at550 words
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Article143 1948-10-27 11 Nourse Will Captain S. Africans CAPETOWN. Tuea. DUDLEY NOURSE has been appointed South Africa's captain for the series of five Test matches daring the present M.C.C. tour 4>f South Africa. Nourse. at the age of 38, is undoubtedly South Africa's finest attacking batsman and has been Natal's captain since 1939.Reuter - 143 words
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Article126 1948-10-27 11 NSW YORK, Tuesday. (TOURNAMENT of champions today announced plans for four world's championship bouts this w.nter. Promoter Andy Nivd.rreltex Is said to be working on a wel-tcr-we.ght bout between Charlie Fusarl and Sugar Robinson, a i light-weight fight oetween Ike Williams and Willie Pep, aUP - 126 words
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Article58 1948-10-27 11 The following will represent the B.CC. women's Ist. XI In a hockey match against the Girls' Sports Club Ist. XI on the SRC padang tomorrow: Mrs. Yetton; Miss Sheddon. Miss M. Holliday: Mrs. McMullan, Miss Wright, Mrs. Pearoey; Miss D. Still. Mrs Pa'Thurst, Mrs. Sewell, Miss Hunter,58 words
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Advertisement204 1948-10-27 11 EVERY SECOND A POUNDING THRILL From The Pen of That TbrillAuthor— EDGAß WALLACK SIP HLfT T^^^H HP^V rilflfl I V wmt <•* H ti*mm ''TliC Hrf^r^"*^ Starring GRETA GYNT JOHN McCALLUM Gainsborough Picture Presented by J. Arthur Rank. -NOW SHOWING11 a.m.; 1.45 p.m., 4.15; 6.45 and 9.30 p.m. 78* F.204 words
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Advertisement156 1948-10-27 11 BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE MAGIC TALENTS OF 7 ACADEMY AWARD WINNERS ta Wait rill you hear 'The Kiss In Your *3^l Eyes" and "Friendly Mountains"! \|L<^s^l All this >.*. and he yodels, too! Bing CROSBY Joan FONTAiNE TODAY 11-2—4.15—6.30-9.15 Phone 5159^T AIR-CONDITIONED ♦rf^rtA GREATEST MYSTIRY WRITER S« who is156 words
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Miscellaneous227 1948-10-27 11 RADIO MAIAYA I ft^u^ cTSaV; WtS SINGAPORE 5 .,0 £pSt F^WWD;'"^^: t.J SeeBBC; £45 1.00 p.m. Viva America; l. SO News; 8.40 Home News Wb j?"™^ U3 8ee BBC News; 1.45 Artie Shaw; 2.00 Britain- 8.00 Variety Calls *n»e UJOB# Close; 8.15 News; 8.20 Interlude; Tune: 10.15 Qilbert And SuUi-227 words
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Article, Illustration709 1948-10-27 12 RUGBY TOURNAMENT OPENS TODAY Singapore United To Meet Army THE first game m the Singapore Rugby Union's pentagular tournament will be played at Jalan Besar Stadium today, kick-off at 5.15 p.m. Opponents are the Army and the newly-formed Singapore United XV, drawn from all civilian Rugby clubs except the S.C.C.,709 words
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Article, Illustration43 1948-10-27 12 FREDDIE MILLS, world light-heavyweight champion, shows his step-son, Don McKorkindale the title belt given to him by Nat Fleischer of New York, Mills has left for South Africa where he will fight Johnny Ralph, the Soutn African champion on Nov. 6.— Reuter picture.Reuter - 43 words
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Article199 1948-10-27 12 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Tuesday. PLAYING for the first time as a team, the probable Selangor State hockey side defeated the Selangor Club I by two goals to nil m a friendly game on the padang today. Selangor meet Penang on I Saturday at199 words
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Article82 1948-10-27 12 AT R.A.F. Seletar today, two team* will b? meeting for the third time m an attempt to force a definite decision m the R.AJ. (Malaya) inter-unit soccer Cup final. The teams, 390 MU. (S?letar) and RA.P. Kuala Lumpur, have met twice before— at Changl and X.L.82 words
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Article80 1948-10-27 12 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. FIS year's first division soccer league champions, the T.P.C.A. qualified for the final of the Clangor cup competition this evening by virtue of a three-nil victory over the Selangor Indians on the Princes Road padang. The Tamllians scored their80 words
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Article32 1948-10-27 12 Today: High Water, 7.04 a.m. (7 ft. 0 m.). 5.16 pm. (7 ft. 5 m.) Tomorrow: High Water, 8 08 a.m. (7 ft. Sin.), 710 p.m. (7 ft. 9 m.)32 words
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Article162 1948-10-27 12 Thomas Cup Fund To Benefit rNTIRE proceeds from the j badminton match on Sun- day between the Mayflower i B.P. and Merridale B.P. of 1 Kuala Lumpur will be donat- ed to the Thomas Cup Fund. The match will be played at the Clerical Union hall, starting at 2 p.m.162 words
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Article44 1948-10-27 12 From Our Own Correspondent SEGAMAT, Tuesday. I Scoring twice m the first hall and maintaining that lead for the major portion of the match, the Seaforth Highlanders beat the Segamat Special Constabulary 2-1 m a soccer match on the town padang yesterday.44 words
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Article42 1948-10-27 12 LONDON, Tues Valley Forge is to run In the Cambridgeshire tomorrow and will be ridden by p. Maher. Roman Way, also trained by Captain Boyd-Roch'ort, was found to be coughing today and is a doubt f ul runner. neuterReuter - 42 words
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Article278 1948-10-27 12 LA 4 8.0.D 0 THE Singapore Indian Association gave a fine display of hockey to beat the Base Ordnance Depot by four clear goals at St. George's Road yesterday. Evenly contested m the r first half, the game nearly developed Into a rout m the final278 words
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69 1948-10-27 12 Services XI To Meet The Civilians THE following is the Combined Services team to meet the Combined Civilians m the Tay Lian Teck Shield soccer match at Jalan Besar Stadium on Saturday. F/Sgt Currie (R.A.F.); L/S Riddell (R.N.), Sgt. Lodge (Army), C.E.A. Probee (R.N.); P/O McLoughiin (R.N.), Sgt. Todd (Army),69 words
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Article110 1948-10-27 12 All-Malayan Asian R.U. Planned From Our Staff Correspondent SEREMBAN, Tues. AT the request of the various sister associations of the Malay States, the Negri Sembilan All Blues Rugby Football Association has decided to form an All-Malayan Asian Rugby Union. This decision was arrived at a committee meeting of the Negri110 words
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Article20 1948-10-27 12 The Spitfires will meet the East Coast Road Union m a friendly soccer match at Geylang Stadium tomorrow.20 words
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Article88 1948-10-27 12 TODAY turkey: Raffles College v. pjre teachers' Union— College "round; Spore Colts. H.C. v. St. Patrick's School— School ground; SRC Ist XI t. S.C.R.C. Ist XI S.B.C padang. Ru*by: S.C.C. "A" v. R.A.F. Chanel 2nd XV— S.C.C. padang; Police v. R.A.F. Seletar "A" t.— Thomson Rd.; G.H.Q. Signal88 words
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Article238 1948-10-27 12 LONDON, Tues. r«HARLIE Wayman, former y* Newcastle United sharp shooter and one of football's midget forwards, had one ambition when he turned out for Southampton against Leicester on Saturday —to score the goal that would bring his league total to 100. He was In suchReuter - 238 words
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Article271 1948-10-27 12 PLAYING their first hockey match of the Dutch Club were beaten by two by the Singapore Recreation Club on yesterday. The Dutchmen, though showing Individual traces of ability, could not settle down to play as a team and the Recs' victory was more easily gained271 words
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Article103 1948-10-27 12 GENTLE B. P. WIN SEVEN-NIL THE Gentle Badminton Party, defeated the Sect Kirn Cheng Badminton Party by seven games to nil m a friendly match at the Clerical Union hall over the weekend. The results were (Gentle B.P. players mentioned first) Singles: Suadi beat George Tan 15-3, 15-7- A. Wahab103 words
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Article92 1948-10-27 12 The Singapore Municipal Services Union, defeated the Mansfield Sports Club by five games to two In a badminton match over the week-end. Results were (Union players mentioned first): Leow Cher Young (capt.) beat Euang bin Tumln 3-0; Louis Llm beat Choy Ah Yuen 3-1;92 words
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Article97 1948-10-27 12 In a friendly game of badminton, the Green House B.P. defeated the Junior B.P. by six games to nil on Sunday. Results (Oreen House players mentioned first) Slnfles: Harry Heng beat Tan Thoo Meng 15-12. 14-15. 15-12; Hawaii Tan beat Tan Chye Toon 12-15. 15-7, 15-0; Michael97 words
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Article34 1948-10-27 12 the Singapore Hospital Assistants' Union defeated 223 BOD by three goals to one. Scorers for the TJnlon were: Swe« Llm swang and Bassan j Singh. 1 Lawaon scored for the BO D.34 words
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Article418 1948-10-27 12 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. T«HE K.L. Garrison 'A* side beat the All lilues 12 points (three tries and a penalty) to nil on the padang this evening. It was the first defeat inflicted on the Blues. The Army achieved it by first418 words
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