The Straits Times, 15 January 1949
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Title Section18 1949-01-15 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, JANUARY 15, 1949 PKHi: TEN CKNTS18 words
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Article471 1949-01-15 1 Watch Shot Off And Car Perforated FORTY bandits attacked Mr. H. S. MacDonald, the manager of Kulai Young Estate, in South Johore, at 6.30 on Thursday afternoon. At the time of the attack Mr. MacDonald was travelling in a syce-driven car and was accompanied by two471 words
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Article, Illustration208 1949-01-15 1 IT was 1940! the year of blood, tears, toil and sweat of Dunkirk, the battle of Britain g of the Nazi blitzkrieg through the Nether- J lands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Rumania, and c France of the betrayal of Denmark and r Norway and of the massing of forces208 words
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Article298 1949-01-15 1 Mr. Gammans Hat- I HAVE come to see for myself what the situation in Malaya Is like" declared Mr. L. D. Oammans M.P., when he landed at Seletar yesterday from a Sunderland flying boat which had brought him from Ceylon. Former member of the j298 words
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Article309 1949-01-15 1 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. r pHK emergency is now costing the people of the 1 Federation of Malaya $270,000 a day, said the High Commissioner (Sir Henry Gurney) in a statement to the Press today. Other points made by Sir Henry were:309 words
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Article76 1949-01-15 1 From Our Staff Corresponds nt KUALA I.IMPIR, Fri. In applying the new regulations on squatters" *:iid lh» High {'onvnis>ioner (Sir Henry Gurnevt today "the Government will do all it can to ilistinguish sheep rrom the soats but it is really for the sheep to distinguish themselves76 words
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Article148 1949-01-15 1 TRUMAN DENIES U.K. RIFT WASHINGTON. Frl. PRESIDENT Truman yesterday endorsed a detailed American statement of policy for bringing peace and stability to Palestine and th? Middle East. He denied that relations between the United States and Britain were strained because of the situation. The policy declaration to which Mr. TrumanAP; UP - 148 words
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Article35 1949-01-15 1 BRUSSELS. Fri.-The Belgian Senate today voted Belgium's 1949 military budget of 5.096,153.050 Belgian francs U551 16.000,000 1. It represents an increase of 500.000.000 Belgian francs over last year's military expenditure. U.P.UP - 35 words
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Article34 1949-01-15 1 LONDON, Fri.— John Beasley, Australian High Commissioner in London, today handed to Sir Stafford Crlpps a cheque for £8,000,000, gift of the Government of Australia to Great Britain for European reconstruction.— ReuterReuter - 34 words
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Article40 1949-01-15 1 WASHINGTON, Fri.-A bill to increase the salary of the President of the United States to $100,000 a year and give him an expense allowance of $50,000 a year tax free, has been approved by the Senate, —Reuter.Reuter - 40 words
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Article38 1949-01-15 1 NEW YORK. Fri.— The ex- plosive heart of an atom bomb weighs 20 to 30 pounds, and is about the size of a cricket ball. Professor J. A. Campbell told the American Chemical Society today. Reuter.Reuter - 38 words
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Article67 1949-01-15 1 LONDON, Fri. -The duodenal ulcer from which the Prime Minister (Mr. Attlee) has been suffering is no longer visible under any examination, it was oil)- I j daily announced today. Symptoms of early duode- 1 i nal trouble were detected last September while Mr. AttleeReuter - 67 words
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Article200 1949-01-15 1 From Our Own Correspondent BANGKOK, Friday. A REPORT received in Bangkok by the Central Security Council says 140 insurgents in the south siam province of Pattani and 38 in Narathiwart have voluntarily surrendered to the Siamese authorities. The Siamese administration in Narathiwart, reporting to the200 words
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Article78 1949-01-15 1 New Airlift Record FRANKFURT, Fri. AIRLIFT planes flying from here made a second record yesterday when they carried 6,678 tons of food and coal into blockaded Berlin in 775 flights. In Berlin itself, Briti.;h authorities announced that Max Reiman. veteran German Communist leader,' would be tried in Dusseldorf next TuesdayAP; UP - 78 words
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Article81 1949-01-15 1 LONDON, Frl. ALBERT Shortman of Redruth, Cornwall, was out looking for 1,500 frogs today to pay for a motor-cycle rut bought from a neighbour in 1942. The neighbour. John Skewes, said Shortman agreed to deliver 2,500 frogs in return for a motor-cycle but only produced 1.000.UP - 81 words
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Article152 1949-01-15 1 Fro n Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Frt. MR. Anthony Eden plans so arrive In Singapore on March 10 and it is evidence of the Importance he attaches to the visit that :i« proposes to spend at le:i.st eight days In the country. Mr. Eden's visit to152 words
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220 1949-01-15 1 REDS ENTER TIENTSIN, SA YS RADIO REPORT NANKING, Friday. rjOMMUNIST troops have entered Tientsin, according to a radio statement picked up here tonight. Earlier reports from Tientsin described a merciless artillery bombardment by the Red attackers. During thp long bombard? ment utter confusion and panic reigned as th»* clty'f 2.000.000Reuter; UP - 220 words
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Article168 1949-01-15 1 Jogja Now Unsafe For Dutch BATAVIA, Fri. INDONESIAN guerillas are 1 disrupting communications and destroying property In large scale East Java attacks. United Nations military observers reported today. Dutch troops were spread too thinly in occupied towns to maintain law and order, they added. Latest Republican reports said night attacks168 words
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Article39 1949-01-15 1 LONDON, Frl.— Mr. Bevin and the French Foreign Minister. M Schuman resumed their conference at the Foreign Office today. Today's discussions were believed ;o deal with the Western Union, Italian colonies and the Middle East. -U.P.UP - 39 words
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Article90 1949-01-15 1 LIVERPOOL, Frl.— A wflj. man who renounced luimitt society and had lived alonj with cats for 34 years wsuj found dead In her home her* last night by the police who forced their way In. She wa» Miss Sirah Dallas, a 60-year-old hermit and it UReuter - 90 words
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Advertisement43 1949-01-15 1 \jJO V PHONJ33OO A Tribute to the Confectioners Art =WILLARDS= Canadian "Forkdipt" CHOCOLATES^ Fresh Supplies are now available from most dealers. Trie special air-tight inner containei insures perfect condition and renders them particularly suitable for inclusion in Home Parcels. Sole. Agentt JoiEPH^D AVERS&SONj£/43 words
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Article155 1949-01-15 2 NEW YORK, Friday. DRITAIN, second largest motor car-producing nation, has taken the lead from the United States in car exports, says American Machinations, a metal production magazine. This was achieved despite shortages of key materials, which It said held industry back 60 per centUP - 155 words
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Article, Illustration26 1949-01-15 2 PRIVY COL'NSfcLLOR: Ihe Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food (Dr. Edith Summerskill.) who was appointed a Privy Counsellor m the New Year honours. Jleuter picture.26 words
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Article40 1949-01-15 2 ADELAIDE, Frl. Over eating does more harm than smoKlng or drinking, Dr. S. W. Pennycuik, of the University of Adelaide, declares. The mortality rate for over1 weight people is 170 per cent of the rate for normal people. Reuter.Reuter - 40 words
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Article36 1949-01-15 2 MANILA. Fri.— The Philippines Government will build a $100,000 laboratory In Laguna for the manufacture of the vaccine used in the preventive phase of the tuberculosis campaign. Funds will come from sweepstakes reserves. Reuter.Reuter - 36 words
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Article31 1949-01-15 2 NEW YORK, Fri.— Western Germany Is to get a big penicillin plant at the former I. G. Parben factory near Frankfurt. Manufacture will be by the deep fermentation method.— AP.AP - 31 words
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Article50 1949-01-15 2 HAMBURG, Frl. THE Labour Office at Kiel has cast a gloom over the recent marriage of 25-year-old Herbert Gollc to an 81-year-old widow. Officials cat off the husband's unemployment benefits, stating that he had made enough money selling pictures of himself and his bride.— U.P.UP - 50 words
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Article22 1949-01-15 2 BUCHAREST, Fri.—Rumania has Introduced the death penalty for crimes which "endanger the economic progress and security of the State."— UP.UP - 22 words
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Article43 1949-01-15 2 PERTH. Fri. Lord Nuffleld said at Perth that he had received 100 begging letters a week. "They must think I havp a bucket that never empties," he commented. While in Australia. Lord Nuffield will insDect a new car body factory. -A.P.AP - 43 words
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Article51 1949-01-15 2 SYDNEY. Fri Two Datients who had part of their lungs removed at a Sydney hospital recently were Riven injections of curare a deadly poison used for centuries on arrowheads by South American Indians. A staff doctor said that curare cai' e *H co r^ r Mete muscular paralysis.—Reuter - 51 words
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Article41 1949-01-15 2 SYDNEY. Fit— Father John Corbett G' ~ver, known throi'- v ~"t New c ■■'-> a as "the Flying Priest." crashed and was killed. H b me famous for his numerous rescue flights when the Japs had Invaded New Guinea.— Reuter.Reuter - 41 words
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Article41 1949-01-15 2 MADRID, Fri.— The Spanish Government has granted four Lebanese leaders, Including Premier Riad Solh. the Grand Cross Isabella Catholica. Spain is pursuing a friendly policy towards Arabs, who form a large part of the population of Morocco AJ>41 words
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Article185 1949-01-15 2 BRITAIN IS BEATING AUSTERITY LONDON. Fri. SIR Stafford Cripps said yesterday that one of Britain's major tasks in lU** would be to expand her exports to hard currency markets, particularly the United States. Canada. Argentina. Belgium and Switzerland. There was still the need for great effort but the country wasReuter - 185 words
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Article83 1949-01-15 2 LONDON. Fri.— A miraculous hawthorn tree supposed to flower on Twelfth Night was visited by hundreds of people who made a pilgrimage to St. Leonards in Herefordshire. Some claim that they saw the tree flower at midnight: others were not sn sure. Legend has it that the treeReuter - 83 words
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Article34 1949-01-15 2 WASHINGTON. Fri. The law firm of which Mr. Dean Acheson who has b?en nominated United States Secretary of State, is a partner may represent Pakistan in an international court action.— Reuter.Reuter - 34 words
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Article20 1949-01-15 2 NEW YORK. Fri.—Twentythree racehorses, valued at more than US$lOO,OOO, were destroyed by fire at the Saratosr^. racecourse.— U.PUP - 20 words
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96 1949-01-15 2 MALTA, Fri. A DUTCH Constellation aircraft reports having gone non-stop from Bangkok to Sharjah in the Persian Gulf— a distance about one and a half times as long as an Atlantic crossing. The airliner, which reach- ed Malta from Batavia In 44AP - 96 words
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Advertisement1022 1949-01-15 2 NOTICES KUALA LUMPUR WATER SUPPLY WARNING Consumer* In the areas specified below are Informed that If the rate iof consumption of water 1* not radically reduced the trouble* recently experienced are likely to recur. Areas Involved Petallng Hill, Bungsar Road, Federal HUI and the entire are* bounded by Damansara Road,1,022 words
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Advertisement651 1949-01-15 2 NOTICES NOTICE TO EMPLOYERS OF LABOUR (LABOUR CODE CAP 154 Employers of labour In the Federation of Malaya Are reminded that their returns under section 79 (1) of the labour code for the quarter ending 31st December, j 1948 are now due and such re1 turns should reach the nearest651 words
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Advertisement675 1949-01-15 2 NOTICESNOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that M. Mohamed Ahamed (son of Mydin Pltchay) formerly a Director of Union Transporting Co. Ltd., of No. Dl2-A, 2nd Floor, Union Building, Singapore ceased to have any interest In the said Company and on the Ist January 1949 commenced business on bis own account675 words
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Advertisement189 1949-01-15 2 AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINES SALE BY TENDER lenders will be received at the office of the American President Lines Singapore up to noon on the 24th day of January 1949 for 'lv cash purchase of the American Liberty 8-eamshlp "Amelia Earhart" as she lies in Singapore Roads. The American President Lines189 words
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Advertisement441 1949-01-15 2 OPENING TO-DAY. 3 Shows:— 3, 6.15, A 9.15 p.m. Actions! Thrills! Romance! United Artist presents "SWORD OF THE ADVENGER" —To-NITE At MID-NITE— "MAN-EATER i j OF KUMOAN" GREAT WORLD GLOBE 3-7-9.15 I "MOTHER WORE TIGHTS" (Technicolor) Tomorrow:.. "NlGHT AND DAT" In Technicolor NEW WORLD UOO., 3-7-9.1* Johnny WeiasmaOer In M.G.M.'s441 words
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Article303 1949-01-15 3 Many Injured In Durban DURBAN, Fri. TWO thousand Africans swarmed into the Indian market and the Indian *rea of Durban at midday today, attacking Indians and damaging and looting Indian shops. Today's clashes followed last night's rioting in which 58 Indians and four Africans were injured. The troubleReuter - 303 words
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Article, Illustration25 1949-01-15 3 WIDE EYED APPEAL by Tapang, two-year-old orang •I utan, fails to win over Blovdir. 10-year-old cocker spaniel, at a New York pet shop. A.P. picture.AP - 25 words
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Article282 1949-01-15 3 LAKE SUCCESS, Friday. A THREE-POINT programme for settling the Indonesian conflict was reported to be under discussion yesterday by several Security Council delegations. Delegates said they were considering a plan for the Council to set up a timetable for a gradual withdrawal of forces, withReuter; AP; UP - 282 words
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Article130 1949-01-15 3 NEW YORK, Trl. AN American textile man. Just back from the Far East, reports that the Japaj ne»e cotton textile Industry is making a better quality product than In the old days. Worker efficiency is improving fast, he says, but expansion of the industry is being retarded130 words
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Article84 1949-01-15 3 COLOMBO, Fri.— The British Trade Commissioner in Ceylon (Mr. C. E. Thorogood) stated that from Britain's point of view trade with Ceylon in 1949 should be greater I In volume than in 1948 if al- lowance Is made for the busl- ness to be obtainedReuter - 84 words
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Article64 1949-01-15 3 HOB ART, (Tasmania), Fri. The Australian Govern- ment policy of a "White Australia" was fundamentally and biologically sound, but Its method of administration could be dangerous and an offence to the dignity of Asiatic countries, Mr. A. P. Elkln, Professor of Anthropology of Sydney University, told theReuter - 64 words
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Article48 1949-01-15 3 HONG KONG. Fri.—Passenger,, in a ferry plying between Boog Kong and Namtau (Chi- nese territory) were held up I at the gunpoint yesterday Dy pirates posing as passengers. Just as the ferry wag entering British waters, the pirates robbed passengers and went off in boats.—Reuter. iReuter - 48 words
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Article46 1949-01-15 3 NEW YORK, Fri.—Tug workers postponed a walkout that would have cut off nearly all fuel to New York after the Mayor (Mr. William O'Dwyer) warned them In person that if the strike want on he would put the city "Into the fuel business".—U.P.UP - 46 words
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167 1949-01-15 3 LONDON, Friday. r\R. H. V. Evatt's statement in Perth yesterday that one of the most important decisions of the Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference had not yet been announced was taken here today to mean that there might be a Commonwealth Foreign Ministers' Conference in theReuter - 167 words
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Article69 1949-01-15 3 LONDON, Fri. BRIGHTON neighbours and London shopkeep- j ers will miss Mrs. Shirley Farrer. mother of eight children. To her neighbours, she was a generous woman who "was always helping down-and-out folk." London shopkeepers and Scotland Yard detectives called her the "handbag queen." She was sentencedReuter - 69 words
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Article55 1949-01-15 3 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Regulations in the Federal Gazette yesterday provided for compensation to civilians for i injuries, whether fatal or otherwise, arising from the prnwini emergency. The scheme is modified from the United Kingdom Personal Injuries (Civilians) scheme Limits for compensation follow those55 words
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Article28 1949-01-15 3 WASHINGTON. Fri.—Bette Davis is the highest-paid actress listed in the United States with U. 5.5364,000. Judy Garland, received U.S. $300,342, Frank Sinatra U.S. $325,833.— U.P.UP - 28 words
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Article160 1949-01-15 3 WASHINGTON, Frl.— UR. Dean Acheson, who has been named as the new United States Secretary of State, today declared his firm determination to pursue "steadiness and continuity in American foreign policy." He said he would follow the example of Mr. George Marshall, retiring Secretary of State,Reuter - 160 words
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Article92 1949-01-15 3 CALCUTTA, Frl. THE Prime Minister (Pandit j Nehru) said yesterday I that the Asian conference on j Indonesia on January 20 had "no idea" of forming an Asian bloc against European countries or America. The Prime Minister, who 1 was addressing the Indian Journalist Association, said:Reuter - 92 words
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Article74 1949-01-15 3 NEW YORK. Frl.-A prominent New York doctor said yesterday Miss Marion Anderson, one of the world's greatest contraltos, faced che loss of her voice and possibly her life last summer but was saved by an unusual and de- 1 licate operation. Miss Anderson was operated j74 words
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Article32 1949-01-15 3 LONDON. Fri. Despite Buckingham Palace denials, London society still gossips today about the possibility "f Princess Margaret visiting i the United States in a few i months.— U.P. iUP - 32 words
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Advertisement240 1949-01-15 3 Whitebait caught in the ice-cold waters of the Southern Alps Range of New Zealand and noted for their quality, excellence flavour WHITEBAIT 90 c- per tin SINGAPORE COLD STORAGE CO., LTD. fl T H fl V R ISTJU AQIJ PARTY SPIRIT VINTAGE WINES ARE ESSENTIAL TO GAY PARTIES OUR CELLARS240 words
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178 1949-01-15 4 MANILA, Friday. LUIS Tanic, the supreme head of the Hukbalahaps, yesterday lost his seat in the House of Representatives. The decision was made by the House electoral tribunal but It was considered unlikely that he would ever be served with a copy ofUP - 178 words
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Article90 1949-01-15 4 Apathy Of Japs About Elections TOKYO, Frl. WITH the registration of candidates for seats in the Diet due to close today, election officials are worried by the lack of enthusiasm of i voters. Total candidates are only 1,370. Most Japanese observers agree that Premier Yoshlda will need the help ofReuter - 90 words
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Article65 1949-01-15 4 SYDNEY. Fri.— Mr. L. C. Haylen, chairman of the New South Wales Migration Committee, recently criticised migrants who came to Australia unsponsored. "The whole scheme of British migration is based on available housing and accommodation," he said. "It was never intended to make migrants competitors with AustraliansReuter - 65 words
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Article41 1949-01-15 4 MUNICH, Fri.— An American soldier was sentenced to be hanged by a United States Military Tribunal for raping and killing a German girl. Another soldier received 20 years in the labour camp for assisting in the crime.— UP.UP - 41 words
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Article76 1949-01-15 4 NO SOVIET PEACE BID KNOWN WASHINGTON. Fri. DRESIDENT Truman knows of nothing to support rumours or a Soviet "peace offensive." but is still willing to see Mr. Stalin n Washington. He also told a news conference that tax increases should start, in the income brackets beginning at $6,000. He proposesUP - 76 words
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Article74 1949-01-15 4 rWO flying feats were reported last night. From London came the news that an experimental British aircraft, the Beryl- Meteor twin Jet flrhter had climbed seven and a half miles in seven and a half minutes. A new Ion? distance record for light planes was reportedReuter - 74 words
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Article, Illustration57 1949-01-15 4 GIRL TRIPLETS, born to Choi Ah Tong at the Randanr Kerbau Hospital, Singapore, on. Thursday, have their first picture tak *n by the Straits Times cameraman. From left to right, in the background behind the mother and Matron Doherty, Staff Nurse Jenny Fonf who delivered the babies, Staff57 words
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191 1949-01-15 4 SIAMESE RICE From Our Own Correspondent BANGKOK, Friday. CIAM last year delivered 155,055 tons of rice to k Malaya almost a fifth of her total export deliveries of 812.226 tons. She received 1,200,000,000 ticals (roughly Straits $266,000,000 at the official rate) for the total191 words
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Article136 1949-01-15 4 ATTACK IN S. BURMA BY REBELS RANGOON, Fri. /1OVERNMENT troops were VJ hurried south yesterday to quell Insurgents who had seized Bllugyun, near Moulmeln. At the same time, the Karen National Union called upon Karens to cease their anti-Government war In South Burma while the Gov- ernment Regional Autonomy InquiryReuter; AP - 136 words
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Article103 1949-01-15 4 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. One Kuala Lumpur studio of Radio Malaya resounded on Wednesday with the applause of about 50 people of all nationalities at the first audience-participation show broadcast here. Under the guidance of the master of ceremonies (Mr. Len Thorne)103 words
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Article42 1949-01-15 4 From Our Own Correspondent BUTTERWORTH, Fri. The second bank to open in Province Wellesley, the Chartered Bank, which has its temporary office in Butterworth, will start business on Monday, Jan. 17. Mr. W. Wilson will be branch manager.42 words
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140 1949-01-15 4 BERLIN. Fri. THE United States, evn with the support of the entire* Western world, would not be able to conquer the Soviet Union according to a former member of the German Air Force General Staff. Col. Walter Lehwsss Leitzmann writing in the Soviet licensedUP - 140 words
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Article143 1949-01-15 4 'Unwise Of Siam To Snub Talks From Our Own Correspondent BANGKOK, Frl. 'I^HE Siamese Govern- ment's decision not to participate in the New Delhi conference on the Indonesian situation has produced sharp reaction among Members of Parliament representing the South Siaih Malayspeaking Provinces. They are now seeking a general debate143 words
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Article85 1949-01-15 4 LONDON. Frt. Air ViceMarshal Sir Basil Emery, who served In India from 193' to 1038. has been appointed Air Officer Commanding in Chief of the RAF Fighter Command. He is Known in the RAF as the "king of escapers" and 1* chairman of the RAF Escaping Society.Reuter - 85 words
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Article27 1949-01-15 4 KARACHI, Fri.— Eight storehouses contain ng cotton bales and seeds were destroyed in one of the biggest fires in Karachi's history. Sabotage is suspected.— Reuter.Reuter - 27 words
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Article23 1949-01-15 4 CAPE TOWN, Fri -Mr. Henry Potts, 100-year-old Negro, became a father of a son today. His wife is 39. —UP.UP - 23 words
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155 1949-01-15 4 VATICAN CITX, Friday. DOPE Plus yesterday exhorted the Catholic clergy L of the United States to redouble their efforts to obtain admission to America not only "for refugees 1 torn from their kin. but also for their families and exiled priests." The PopeUP - 155 words
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Article, Illustration27 1949-01-15 4 CARDINAL MINDSZENIY. Roman Catholic Primate of Hungary, who has been arrested on charges of plolting with Western powers to overthrow 'he present regime in flundary. A.P picture.AP - 27 words
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Article122 1949-01-15 4 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Fri. A MUNICIPAL tlndal, Kodangl, yesterday denied In the Assize Court that he had murdered Kaliani, a labour, He told Mr. Justice Bostock Hill that he left lor work on Oct. 2 and returned the following morning. When he opened the door122 words
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Advertisement222 1949-01-15 4 i TONIGHT AT M'NITE| Republic's latest post-war M I SfR/AL IN 15 CHAPTERS Starring I* THE ONE ONLY J ROD CAMERON I THE BLHCK DRHCOn W^ Whole Serial! m JAMMED, PACKED, M CRAMMED with Action! What a spread I j^^k ft Tnty, nourithmg, »«uuin> keeps you going. Id the perfect222 words
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Article131 1949-01-15 5 Only 3 Takers For 20 Free Places ONLY three applications have so far been received by the Singapore Education Department for* the 20 free places available to Chinese boys in English schools. The places are awarded annually. Ten are for Monk's Hill School and 10 for Telok Kurau School. "Last131 words
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Article, Illustration41 1949-01-15 5 FOUND IN SEA.: A Singapore Marine policeman sem helping a Somali, Abdullah Hassan, into a police van shortly after he had been rescued from the sea. He was wearing the lifebelt held in the foreground. Straits Times picture.41 words
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478 1949-01-15 5 By Our Woman Correspondent SINGAPORE'S first live triplets in 13 years, born to Choi Ah Tong at the Kandang Kerbau Hospital on Thursday evening, have presented a problem to flioir intrants their parents. The three baby girls, now wrapped warmly in i the hospital's blankets,478 words
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Article84 1949-01-15 5 Ong Kheng Hul of Idris Road, who was yesterday cleared of a charge of unlawful possession of a .38 revolver and five rounds of ammunition by a seven-men Jury in the Assizes, was re-arrest-ed as soon as he stepped out of the court. A detective said Ong was84 words
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Article54 1949-01-15 5 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Fri Tuck Onn who said he was a labourer on Sedenak Es- tate, was yesterday fined < 525 for being out in a curfew area. In passing Judgment, the 1 President of the Session Court said the curfew54 words
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189 1949-01-15 5 Week Of Moderate Trade In Rubber: Lewis Peat TWA^asslsltjsiss!: rears market report. Both the Continent and the United States have continued buying, and this market has been willing to meet the demand at this level. The short position for January I shipment now appears to bo\ satisfied. The tendency is189 words
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Article411 1949-01-15 5 j Services in Singapore churches tomorrow are as followsCHURCH OF ENGLAND: St Andrew's Cathedral 7 a.m. and 8 a.m.. 10.30 a.m.. matins; 5 30 p.m. st. George's Gartson h r 7 Janglin (open to civilians) 7.15 a.m.. 9.30 a.m.. 10 U *.m., 8.30 p.m. Christ Church (Dorset Road)411 words
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Article237 1949-01-15 5 ABDULLAH LANDS— IN LIFEBELT A SOMALI stowaway ono of six Somali stowaways on board the British 6alt ship Klngsborough was I found with a lifebelt round I hia waist in the sea near the south end of the Singapore breakwater yesterday mornlng. Dressed in a khaki shirt and a pair237 words
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Article45 1949-01-15 5 The 200 Australian pigs! which arrived In Singapore on Thursday by the Orestes were jointly imported by the United Livestock Company, Ltd., and the Sin Chew Cattle Company and not by the Kian Hong Livestock I Company as stated in yesterday's Straits Times.45 words
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448 1949-01-15 5 "RADIO-ON -TAP" WILL BE IN KUALA LUMPUR SOON From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. "RE-DIFFUSION"-the land-line system for transmission of speech and music broadcast from a central studio will be operated in Kuala Lumpur in May, in Ipoh and Penang before the end of the year, and in Malacca448 words
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Article, Illustration37 1949-01-15 5 CAPJ'. MUX Ml'Ki'HY, Royal Army I'av Turps, who will be HI jrcan old m June and will retire from the Army m Septei.iber, is the last ■ervini soldier im Malaya to wear the csvet- ed Mons Star.37 words
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Article248 1949-01-15 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. THE Oovernment Gazette today gives details of the goods which may how be exported from the Federation to Singapore without export permits. They are:— Cigarettes, manufactured tobacco, cotton yarn, coal, firewood and charcoal, copra, palm kernels, oils and fats of all kinds248 words
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Article40 1949-01-15 5 The body of a 48-year-old Singapore Chinese cook was found floating on the Naval Base side of ihe Johore Causeway on Thursday. Police found no external injuries .on the dead man whose home was in Weld Road.40 words
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Article56 1949-01-15 5 LONDON, Friday. SIR William Strang, who next month will become permanent head of the Foreign Office and is now on a tour of Asia and the Far East, has left Alexandria by air for Karachi. Sir William had a long talk in Alexandria with the BritishReuter - 56 words
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Advertisement417 1949-01-15 5 .^L^bVL^^^bW. THE NEW WONDER C N^fl HbH^^Vß^K. PLASTIC i^i^^^rrt LEATHERCLOTH <*/ V* W \t^ MADI IT I -dC^T//^^ THI IDEAL MATERIAL FOR IVIRY /QbstCls£fetes\ KIND OF UPHOLSTERY I '^y\^rS x wears llke if It will not burn. it There is no rubber m its compojiliort. |a If is unaffected by417 words
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Advertisement39 1949-01-15 5 Its not only >v tkc name that Jl I tellsyquifsa fff/|ftfC rVw IN SETS in Grey, *****, Wine, Turquoise, Light Tan, Coral, Green and Bottle Green PRICE $58.50 DD O BB I N SO N SHm RAFFLES PLACE SIHGAPORE39 words
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1070 1949-01-15 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Sat, Jan. 15, 1949. REDIFFUSION IN MALAYA Mr. C. C. Tan has asked the s Government, for answer at I next month's meeting of the t Singapore Legislative Council, i a series of questions relating 1 to Rediffusion (Singapore) I] Ltd. We can answer a num-1,070 words
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Article, Illustration12 1949-01-15 6 Federation Studies 20 Photograph, by C. A. Gibson-Hill KUALA BESUT, NORTHERN TRENGGANV.12 words
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Article1607 1949-01-15 6 KATHARINE SIM - KATHARINE SIM By YOU do not quickly 1 forget your first Thaipusam with its conflicting impres- j sions. Its hysteria and brave manifesta- J tions of faith its barbarism and religious f evour. You are grateful to return to the coolness of your own house, as if1,607 words
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Article362 1949-01-15 6 THE SECOND MALAYS By An Army Observer OINCE the formation in 1941. of the 2nd Battalion, the Malay Regiment, the' entire unit has never been together in the same camp. Formed In the desperate days of crisis for Malaya, when the Japanese were striking out for Far East domination, the362 words
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Advertisement865 1949-01-15 6 CLASSIFIED ADS. Ul MRS. W. SIMMS. S pore ha«* pleasure in announcing the engagement of their daughter pwnelo Evelyn to Hilton Keltn only son of Mr. Mrs. H. O. Formain of Nedlarrds. W. Aus ralia. YEO-CHEW. The enjraireincnt k announced today between Mr. Teo Chye. of the Straits Tims Press865 words
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Advertisement69 1949-01-15 6 HAVE YOU £VI«; THOUGHT THAT Y JUR Hi AD ACHE IS DUB ro eyes? f -A Uncorrected or improperly corrected defective vision causes headaches, eye-strain, nervous tension, wasted enenrv and other harmful effect* Keen yovn Byes from Fatiguing Strain Have them examined Our Technique Procedure In Visual Analysis with the69 words
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Advertisement11 1949-01-15 6 TIGER *££>••*' BALM ALWAYS AT YOUR SERVICE fa/nous fit J7avou J i>11 words
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Article184 1949-01-15 7 INDIANS held under the Emergency Regulations in gaols at Talping, Pulau JereJak and Penang made many complaints to the Representative of the Government of India (Mr. J. A. Thivy) when he visited them recently. Mr. Thivy «ald yesterday that there were about 40 Indian internees in184 words
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Article116 1949-01-15 7 From Our Staff C'orr-spondenl JOHORE BAHRU, Fri. UNOFFICIAL members of the Muar and Batu Pahat Town Boards for 1949 are: Muar: Dato Othman bin Buang. Ur Mm Ah Sltt. Inche MahammeH Tm nn bin Sheriff. Inche Ahmad bin Thomis. Penghulu Vahaya bin Haji A. Aziz. Tuan Sheik116 words
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Article139 1949-01-15 7 T^HE Colonial Secretary (Mr. I A P. A. B. McKerron) yesterday afternoon thanked Singapore Muslims for the part they played in helping Government to meet the threat by suversive elements to disturb the peace of the Colony last May. He was speaking at a teaparty in the139 words
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47 1949-01-15 7 Fishing in the Straits of Johore between the hours of 630 p.m. and 6 a.m. it prohibited, it was officially announced yesterday. Any person found without a special written permit in the Straits of Johore during that period will be prosecuted.47 words
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Article534 1949-01-15 7 Gurkhas Lose 8 Killed In Big Bandit Ambush From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Friday. A JAPANESE officer is believed to have commanded a large terrorist force which killed two officers and six Gurkha other ranks in an ambush yesterday between Sfntok and Badar, in North Kedah.534 words
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Article59 1949-01-15 7 AFTER a 13-day strike. S8 Indian cigar rollers at three Singapore cigar manufacturing firms have returned to work. Strikers returned after the j firms promised not to cut their pay. The union, on their side, conceded the firms the right to employ and dismiss employees of59 words
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Article48 1949-01-15 7 Tan Quan. who committed armed gang robbery of cash $1,800 and a watch worth $50. the property of Lee Cheng Qwie. at Sllat Road on May 25 1946, was yesterday sentenced to six years' Imprisonment and 12 strokes by Mr Justice Brown at the Assizes.48 words
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Article, Illustration51 1949-01-15 7 BILLET-RIDDLED windscreens (top) ten the story of the bandit attack on a Johore planter, Mr. H. S. Mac Donald, near Kulai on Thursday. Forty bandits took part in the attack, most of them equipped with automatics. Lower picture shows bullet holes in the radiator. (Story in Pare One).— Straits Times51 words
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Article289 1949-01-15 7 ANGLICAN SYNOD IN COLONY 'THE most representative body of the Anglican diocese of Singapore ever to meet at one time will assemble in the city today to discuss a new synodical constitution for the diocese. If approved, the constitu- tiun, which was first mooted in 1935, will give greater powers289 words
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Article24 1949-01-15 7 A Malay walking near Alexandra barracks yesterday afternoon found an unload id 38 revolver near the R.A.S.C. Army Fire Brigade station.24 words
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Article69 1949-01-15 7 THE ban on fireworks, except sand crackers, is to be lifted for 24 hoars over the Chinese New Year. The Chief Police Officer, Singapore, has authorised the letting off of fireworks between 6 p.m. on January 28 until 6 p.m. on January ■PL The public is69 words
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Article200 1949-01-15 7 tiar community told the Straits Times yesterday that the police had asked that the celebrations to I be toned down this year. The procession started at 7 p.m. from Kreta Ayer Temple, off New Bridge Road, and ended at the Tank Road Chettiar Temple at 9200 words
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Article23 1949-01-15 7 Mr. D. M. Maglmay, Assistant Accountant, Federation I of Malaya, Telecoms. Department, his been promoted an Assistant Controller of Telecoms. (Finance).23 words
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Article129 1949-01-15 7 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. A NEW constitution for the Boy Scouts Association of Malaya was decided on recently at Kuala Lumpur. I The meeting also decided on altering the First Class and proficiency badge test regulations. It also discussed an AllMalaya Jamboree129 words
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Article182 1949-01-15 7 THE Singapore Committee for the relief of Sumatra Chinese refugees Is sending a mercy ship to DJambi today I carrying foodstuffs and med- leal supplies. Another mercy ship will be sent to Pakan Bahru soon. I Although it was previously stated that a proportion of the182 words
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Article84 1949-01-15 7 A 20-year-old European soldier, D. O. Dunn was fined $30 In the First District Court yesterday for riding away a motor cycle parked outside a cabaret in Cuppage Road .>n New Year's Day without the permission of the owner. Dunn, (t was stated was under84 words
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Article22 1949-01-15 7 V.M.C.A; There will Oe no movie circle how at the YMCA tonight. Tbt regular screening will takv place 'next Saturday.22 words
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534 1949-01-15 7 Montor Case Ends: Sentence Next Week fHE case against Montor Ltd., and its three directors, in the Singapore First District Court, relating to a series of infringements totalling 24 charges under the Finance Regulations, closed yesterday, the sentence being reserved. Five more charges, against the company--and William Vincent Saussotte, ended534 words
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Advertisement126 1949-01-15 7 &A* fir/A of a per/lt*>* fy oyea/1 ZCafou, 4a/ a&qys &en m rare asia* a'ra/na/ie ew/t/ *-Jt//>re/7Te. cr%y- Soa'ajc /or /Ac /t/ne in /u/e/i/e years. c/eaSf Z£a/Ot/ net* soer/iisne "^'Aectre artes?c/ae a />er/u/ne o/Aope... ant/jnrxun/se. £>ee/> t/i every Aeart j/<r/ aejrrr, e/?en unaoowei/ jwneAsne/ unrus/.fc/eaiayeasr*my/orro/nance. er c/rea/n eS>/rean\s. a Ao/?e126 words
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Advertisement84 1949-01-15 7 CHUBB WALL SAFES 2*%^* COMBINATION MODEL X) AA j SAFE PLACE Showinf how th,. noltnn ml* tot FOR YUUK Into i brick or concratt w»ll >. 4^ Th. uf. may b. piiM«! to n-Kh VAI JAB L L J .urround.n j w.ll Mte IflhWnW^hW Our MiflnMn will mMtll tfc.i Ml*84 words
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218 1949-01-15 8 Teluk Anson Electricity Change-Over From Our Own Correspondent TELUK ANSON, Frl. IT IS understood that the Government has approved I plans to change the existing direct current electricity supply at Teluk Anson to alternating current. The scheme provides for the erection of a 22,000-volt overhead line from Tapah to Teluk218 words
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Article89 1949-01-15 8 From Our Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Fri. VfR. Justice Laville yester.iTl day sentenced Leong Vat Seng, of Upper Cross Street, Singapore, to seven years' gaol for consorting with persons carrying arms. Leong, who was arrested by a Gurkha during a- fight between security forces and bandits near Senai,89 words
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Article82 1949-01-15 8 A Chinese who became sus- j piclous when he was offered typewriter for $20 caused the arrest of an Indian. V. Suppiah, aged 19. Suppiah was charged in the Second District Court yesterday with theft and fraudulent possession of articles ranging from a camera to a82 words
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349 1949-01-15 8 TIN EXPECTED IN 1949: OVER 50,000 TONS FROM MALAYA CONTINUATION of Malaya's tin outputs of the last four months would enable about 50,000 tons of metal to be produced in 1949, says Straits Traders' annual tin review. There is reason to anticipate an increase, however, as some of the dredges349 words
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Article, Illustration31 1949-01-15 8 THE SULTAN OF PERAK. whose first post-war birthday Honours List was announced yesterday. Three Malays, three Europeans, three Chinese, a Cevlonese and a Eurasian have been appointed J.P.s.— Straits Times picture.31 words
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Article82 1949-01-15 8 .Building and engineering technical workers of Singapore will meet today at 3 p.m. at 331, North Bridge Road to form a trade union. The proposed union will include clerks-of-works, foreI men, draughtsmen, surveyors, overseers and technical men j employed in private firms, i Municipality and Government.82 words
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Article261 1949-01-15 8 THE Singapore Deputy Registrar of Vehicles x (Mr. B. C J. Buckeridge) yesterday said that no new applications for registration of taxis and trishaws had been considered since the beginning of this year. He said that a total of, i 1,984 first-class and se-' cond-class261 words
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Article67 1949-01-15 8 Finding the nearest doctor in Singapore when minutes may mean the difference between life and death— would be simplified by a proposal which the southern branch of the Alumni Association of the K\ng Edward VII College of Medicine will recommend to the Government. The plan67 words
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Article38 1949-01-15 8 The special issue of Singapore 10 cent and $5 Silver Wedding Commemorative Stamps which have been on sale since October 25, will no longer be available for sale after the close of business on Jan. 24.38 words
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189 1949-01-15 8 From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH, Friday. lyiß. W. J. Glennie, a mining engineer who was ITI yesterday acquitted on a tentative charge of attempted murder, was today bound over in the sum of $250 to be of good behaviour for six months after being189 words
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Article299 1949-01-15 8 From Our Staff Correspondent FIE Cdmptroller-General of Income Tax, Malaya (Mr. R. B. Heasman), has explained the double taxation relief now arranged between Britain and the Federation and Singapore. Arrangements, he says, are based on a double taxation convention whlcn Britain concluded with -he United States299 words
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Article40 1949-01-15 8 UMNO branches throughout Malaya are making elaborate plans Lo celebrate February 1 as Federation Day, the Utusan Mdlayu reports. Malay homes throughout the country will be Kailv decorated and brightly lit on the night of Feb. 1.40 words
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Article103 1949-01-15 8 TODAY Marigold Badmlmon Party, 1 i Anniversary Hwa Chlao Boys School, 73, Pasir Panjang Road, 2 i p.m. Meeting to form a Trade Union for Building and Engineering Technical Workers, 331. North Bridge Road, 3 p.m. All Interested persons are welcome. Singapore Battalion of the Boy*' Brigade, officers103 words
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Article119 1949-01-15 8 BAIL totalling $150,000 was allowed six Chinese when they claimed trial yesterday on charges of being in pos- session of 1106 lb of opium at a house in Tan Jong Rhu and of being concerned with its illegal importation. The -accused, who appeared before the119 words
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Advertisement136 1949-01-15 8 Vl* Wlatf V uiaW IfcSf This xx ra V <^?y may be yours Only an X-ray will confirm th« txtent of any abnormal condition beneath th« gums and only your Dentist is qualified to rajnder professional services in cases of disease or Infection Daily Dental Care with Ipatia develops healthy136 words
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Advertisement406 1949-01-15 8 flllllA stilt V soli import. as: SI ME, DARBY CO., LTD. J Mr World's most wanted pen Tested and proved in every climate and condition, treasured by millions, the Parker "51" is the mosl coveted pen in the world. When you look at it. you see how completely different it406 words
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Letter52 1949-01-15 9 DRITISH Justice ignores the Colour Bar. Does the British Government still discriminate?. Is it because Mr. Anthony Brooke is a European that he is excluded from Sarawak, North Borneo and Brunei? Would the British Government dare to treat an Asian In the same manner? GEORGE MAXWELL.52 words
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Letter238 1949-01-15 9 Surface Mails Slower? HH A HE postal official who considers delivery of Singapore mail to Britain is quicker today than prewar must surely be look- ing at his department through rose-tinted spectacles. I believe that pre-war there was in fact a weekly •ervlce, fortnightly direct by P. and O. and238 words
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Letter172 1949-01-15 9 WISH to correct certain errors that crept into the report in the Straits Times of Jan. 7, under the headline "Homage to Sikh Leader." Firstly, Ouru Oobind Singh should not be classed along with Sikh religious "leaders." He was the Tenth Ouru (teacher). Secondly, the flve172 words
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Letter259 1949-01-15 9 r<ROM time to time one x reads in the newspapers complaints about the high cost of building works, particularly with regard to Government projects. In this connection it would be pertinent to draw attention to one of the chief causes and that is the almost criminal259 words
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510 1949-01-15 9 Sino-Malay Amity: 1945 Recalled jUAY I sound a note of warning on the serious 111 nature of anti-Chinese feeling in Perak, which threatens to develop into something more serious than what took place in 1945? A few days ago, it was reported that as a result of the abduction of510 words
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315 1949-01-15 9 T ACCEPT my friend Mr. C. C. Tan's implication that because he does not agree with me, I must be soft in the head! I shall only suggest, that perhaps both he and I, are working for the good of Malaya though not315 words
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Letter155 1949-01-15 9 THE OLD THE NEW Hyderabad And Indonesia jyjß. C C. P. Wilkins, writing on India and Indonesia in your columns on Jan. 10. has pointed out that there is a similarity between the Indian police action in Hyderabad and the Dutch "police action" in Indonesia. 1 am afraid he has155 words
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Letter138 1949-01-15 9 AS a visitor to your fair city from San Francisco, California, I can only express amazement at the condition of some of the dilapidated nonroadworthy vehicles which you allow to ply for hire as taxis in Singapore. It may interest you to know that in San138 words
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Letter126 1949-01-15 9 $50 Bail For Horn Sounding I WAS driving along one afternoon in Serangoon Road when a hawker crossed the road at quite a good distance in front of me. I was compelled to soun 1 my horn. To my surprise, a traffic constable on a motorbike quickly overtook me and126 words
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Advertisement126 1949-01-15 9 Low Cost A, C. ELECTRIC POWER AITIRNATINO CUIMNT a ...i..:j.. L "»w omah twin fucmc ANYWHERE SrJsai iahtj au mur eomwto. A 1 f wfwK 1 Jf* MAOr »ot orn«tiOH a- J-, KjE!i--™,-'SH»S'' M 'JiH-lunOH COMm Wt*Z ONAN P DIESEL-ELECTRIC Wr*^* A nJ ara amJ I qjm L§\ mm 3126 words
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Advertisement124 1949-01-15 9 THE ROYAL BANK OF CANADA Head Office, Montreal CONDENSED ANNUAL STATEMENT AS ON 30th NOVEMBER, 1948 Asstfs Cash, cheques and balances with other banks 425,204,065.67 Government and other public securities 918,420,522.38 Other securities 136,626,725.57 Call loans 56,534,207.84 Other loans and discounts 600,923,527.65 Liabilities of customers under letters of credit 65,104,477.12124 words
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Miscellaneous595 1949-01-15 9 lodays column mi.ht be titled: in tfc* '»nd a-, high as a king and "How Top Scores are won at also denies distributional values Duplicate Bridge." such as a singleton or void. All South, dealer 1; *ff-nns is good trump support H«*t wa«* u,,it,~»m at least f0Ur to tbe Queen.595 words
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Article378 1949-01-15 10 rNS made fresh advances on the London Stock Exchange yesterday. Rubbers still declined. The uncertain Kaffir market apart, the Exchange was mainly steady but idle, says Reuter's financial correspondent. in^lusUlals w«re Inclined to follow the Oilt-edged lead during the earlier part of trie session, but small gains were378 words
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Article146 1949-01-15 10 From A Market Correspondent COFFEE was steady in the Singapore produce market, yesterday the Palembang variety rising by about *3 per picul. Pepper was firmer on some buying Inquiries from overseas. Prices in other sections remained nominal. Yesterdays pricea ww. Rice: No. 1 $45; 2 $43.50; 3146 words
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Article382 1949-01-15 10 From Our Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, Friday. A LTIIOUGH London continued to take an interest 1* In some Tin shares, this section of the Malayan share market was on the whole rather quieter today. Industrials were mainly unchanged to slightly easier. I Prices quoted by the Malayan382 words
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Article421 1949-01-15 10 r'E Singapore rubber and Malayan share markets are officially closed today in observance of the Thaipusam festival. LOANS Municipal Spore 3U% 1948 101.00 IQ2.U0 Spore 4J'« 1930 116.50 118.50 S'pore 3% 1935 97.25 98.25 Spore 3% 1937 97.50 98.50 Spore 3% 1938 97.75 98.75 S'pore 4% 1939 106.25421 words
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Article188 1949-01-15 10 BUYING from America appeared to have slackened a bit but the Continent still showed Interest in the Singapore rubber market yesterday. The market was quiet and the turn-over moderate. Closing prices yesterday were: No. 1 sheet f.o.b. buyers 37 H cents, sel.'ers 37s cents; spot 100-;e buyers 37188 words
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Article93 1949-01-15 10 SHIPS in port alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves yesterday < god owns in brackets) were Main Wharf: Orestes (31-32), Glenogle, Kllas alongside (33-34), Dartmouth Victory (36-37), Star Betelgeu<e (38-39). Et trick Bank (40-41). Tantalus (42-43). West Wharf: Padana 1-2), Empire Passmore (3), Steel Flier (4-5), Mangola93 words
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Article155 1949-01-15 10 ANGLO ORIENTAL (Malaya; announce the following out' puts of tin concentrates for December, 1948, in plculs: Ampat Dredging 633 Batu Selangor Dredging 232 Berjuntal Dredging 770 Jelapang Dredging 1,002 Kamunting Dredging 3,873 Klang River Dredging 143 Kramat Dredging 634 Kuala Kampar Tin Fields 1,111 Kurhai 140 Larut155 words
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Advertisement1271 1949-01-15 10 MANSFIELD <c CO., LTD. I Incorpoiated m Singapore) BLUE FUNNEL LINE STRAITS STEAMSHIP CO.. C*m*r s option to vroieed via t.bof LTD. ports t. load and discharge cargo SAILINCS MIOM O R fr WEST COAST MA LAYA Tantalus" trom U.K. C. 42/43 -Cyclop.' due from U X /Cont lan 211,271 words
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Advertisement210 1949-01-15 10 PRESIDENT LINtW SAILINGS TO NEW YORK AND BOSTON VIA CEYLON. INOIA. fCVPi ANO MEDITERRANEAN PORTS >ingapoi. P. Sham Pen BOrr :JDP| Sf If Mount Davis Fob 24/ Mar i Mar. 4/5 Mar, o/¥ TO U.S.A. PACIFIC AND ATLANTIC PORTS Dartmouth Victory Cdns. 36/3T |an. 18/19 Un. 20/24 AMERICAN 'PRESIDENT LINES,210 words
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Advertisement266 1949-01-15 10 EAST ASIATIC LINE SAILINGS IO CONTINtNT/ SAILINCS FROM SCANDINAVIA 'U.K./ SCANDINAVIA CONTINtNT Loading at Singapore. Port 'jwettenhem b Penang ir..» "Mongolia" dv« abt l-ob. I m .i. "Fionia" due Jbt. |mj. 25 foi Manila M Kon*. Shanghai, Jor Colombo Aden. Port Lh, Yokohama I?) Sudan. Port Said. Beyrouth, Kobe Yokohama266 words
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Advertisement1040 1949-01-15 10 McALISTEin Ct>., LTD. (incotooratea in S".t(dpo. c CIXERMAN BUC««^1 «"V"«S. U S £f CANADIAN PACIFIC PORT*. HAVRE, LONDON b HAMBURC. Accepting cargo tor Centra. (3 Soutll CITY Of DURHAM American Ports. Due Sn.gapore: Spore P Vham NMn| FRANCIiVILLE 2ll.ii.arr. 2 Fib.S Mar. 21-25 Ftb 6-8 Mar CASTLEVILLE 26Febr«e>t, 60UCAlNVIl.lt 291,040 words
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376 1949-01-15 11 J. P. CHRYSOSTOM - J. P. CHRYSOSTOM By 'THE Asian cricket conference held recently In x New Delhi and the announcement of the proposed programme of international fixtures has aroused much interest among cricket enthusiasts here. The general feeling is that the game has been in need of376 words
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Article294 1949-01-15 11 CHAN TIN WENQ - Wanted-A Swimming Pool CHAN TIN WENQ By WANTED URGENTLY. A livewire to take the initiative in reviving the activities of the Kinta Swimming Club." This is a post that of schoolchildren in Ipoh and hundreds of former members of the K.S.C are hoping will be filled soon —but they have294 words
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Article148 1949-01-15 11 J. M. SINGH - SOCCER IN SEGAMA T J. M. SINGH By COCCER prospects for v Segamat District this! season are brightest since the end of the war and interest &n%fdoW. haslncreas^| This was shown at the annual general meeting of the District. Football Association 1 h3ld last Sunday. A league competition will start148 words
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Article186 1949-01-15 11 LARRY CARROLL - LARRY CARROLL By gELANGOR cricket officials have welcomed Singapore's move to form a criektt association for the island "With this new set-np,'' stated Mr. R. p s. Rajasooria, Pre- «««>* the SeUncor Cricket Association, «a Malayan cricket association can be strengthened and preparations can go I ahead186 words
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Article, Illustration316 1949-01-15 11 PATRICK CHEE - 'Water-Polo Team Must Go To N.Z. PATRICK CHEE y S wa~ o Sl S "r ft Chone Chan, who kept goal for the Singapore ChlnSe water-polo team, which beat ij'ft 11^ Olympic team ;r> 1936 by nine goals to five fh? e T Calllng the ame a&ainst th2 if panese316 words
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248 1949-01-15 11 LARRY CARROLL - LARRY CARROLL By A FTEK today's All Blues match between Negri and Selangor at Seremban. Asian Rugby players will look forward to the AJ1 Blues North v. South match now being arranged for them in Singapore. The South team will be selected at248 words
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Article523 1949-01-15 11 GUNN CHIT THYE - GUNN CHIT THYE By 'I 'HE hockey season that Is A now drawing to a close has been one 01 the most successful In the history of the game in Penang. Penang: have so lar maintained an unbeaten record, and with only two more523 words
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Advertisement309 1949-01-15 11 Starts TODAY! n it v <» imJ gj^^. 630 urn ••^••■i^^*^^^* and 9.15 E FIRST GENUINE JUNGLE ADVENTURE IN 10 YEARS! THRILLS NO CAMERA tM HAS CAPTURED TILL NOW! I Artiits Release '•MLp '***LZ&Bml^F Special Cheap Matinee at 11 a.m. TODAY J Joe E. Brown "JOAN OF OZARK" (Republic Picture)309 words
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Advertisement139 1949-01-15 11 IN FIERY TECHNICOLOR! HAILED *W) PRODUCTION Released by gince Universal-International "Gone With The Wind" Van HEFLIN* Susan HAYWARD BORIS KARLOFF WARD BOND JULIE LONDON NOW SHOWING m. i 44 r >. 4 00. 6.30 and 9.15 p.m. IDA LUPINO PROVES SHE IS AN EXCELLENT VERSATILE ACTRESS SEE HER AT THE139 words
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Miscellaneous328 1949-01-15 11 S'PORB These You Seldom Hear; 10.00 1.00 Dance Music- 1 30 News- Nlgn club: 1030 Rnytnm on Re- BFEdS 1.50 interlude: a. 00 Light Music! cords; 30 CTofle S 30 ThU Is London- m r T&ff^oSJS 5.30 Oerald Shaw; 8.00 -Musical jffVtf SE^m' gJSST Dance; 5.00 Sports Hour; 6.15 i328 words
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Article, Illustration378 1949-01-15 12 ' PUTTER - 'PUTTER' By Does Second Nine Two Under Par NORMAN von Nida, the brilliant little Australian golfer who has won $8,000 in British tournament golf in the past three years, played a nine-hole exhibition match at the Island Club yesterday afternoon and returned a378 words
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Article91 1949-01-15 12 Mannion Goes Back To Mid' brough MIDDLESBROUGH, Fri. BRITAIN'S most discussed footballer, Wilfred Mannion, re-signed last night for Middlesbrough the club he decided to leave six months ago. Thus ended a long chapter of soccer speculation in which his name has been linked with leading clubs throughout England and Scotland.Reuter - 91 words
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Article168 1949-01-15 12 THE team to represent th» Australian 1 Schoolboys against the' Singapore Schoolboys In a cricket match to be played on the Singapore Recreation Club ground at 2.30 pm. today will be selected from the followirtg John Kirkham. Jim Winchester. > R Winchester. R. Shellng. Bruce Grieve.168 words
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Article321 1949-01-15 12 THIS year's H.M.S. Malaya Cup soccer competition wil start on April 30, according to the fixture list drawn up by the Football Association of Malaya. The final has been set for Aug. 6 at Kuala Lumpur. The end-of-the-season' "classic." North versus South, will be played321 words
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Article472 1949-01-15 12 QCLOW U given a description D of Von NMa'j exhibition with I Hodfklnaon. Von Nlda and Hodgkinson halved the 10th in par four. On the 11th von Nlda Imm a four, his Iron tee shot making the bunker on the left of the green He played a beautifully-controlled472 words
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Article65 1949-01-15 12 The Chinese Sports Association team to meet the Telolc Blangah Rangers in a friendly soccer match at Farrer Park at 5.15 p.m today, will be selected from the following: Kah Chee. Pui Sung, Khai Vow, Sunn Leng. Chwee Leng. Peng Kee. -Quail Chwee. Fook Sen;, Weng Kee65 words
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Article23 1949-01-15 12 Tli re will be a hockey practice for tire O.S.C. at the 8.R.C. Padang on Tuesday, Jan. 18, «t 5.15 p.m.23 words
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Article72 1949-01-15 12 TODAY HOCKEY: I.A. v C.S.C.— Fairer Park; ACS. OB. A. v. B.O.D.C.A.— Barker Rd Johore C.C. v. SRC. Johore Bahrn; CRICKET: Australian Srhoolboys v. Singapore Schoolboys S.R.C. 2.30 p.m. SOCCER: 8.0.D.C.A. v. G.H.Q. Slf».— St. George's Rd.; C.A. v. Kota Raja Jalan Besar Stadium. RUGBY: G.H.Q. Sign. Rcgt.72 words
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Article94 1949-01-15 12 BOMBAY, Friday. HIGHLIGHTING the improting relations be<ween India' and Pakistan, the Lah6r« corns- 1 spondent of the National Standard of Bombay reported ywterda) that India may soon meet Pakistan < at cricket. The rive -day goodwill test match is expected to start In theAP - 94 words
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Article97 1949-01-15 12 SINGAPORE'S next State hockey trial will be held on Tuesday. 1 Jan*. 18 on the S.R.C. ground at 1 1 5 p.m. The following are the teams: Colours: V. N. PUlay; R. H. Barth, B. Marks: P. Pennefather, E. Doralsarr.y. Capt. Hassan; Ho j Uan Kee.97 words
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Article61 1949-01-15 12 Allahabad. Fri. The West Indies replying to the East Zone total of 298, were dismissed for 118 today, second day of /.ils four-day match. Following on 170 runs In arrears,, the West Indies had lost two; wickits for 51 rune, and appear to be InReuter - 61 words
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Article49 1949-01-15 12 'THE following will represent the Darul Bahar team In a friendly soccer match against the Chinese Athletict to be played at Jalan Besar Stadium today Yasin; Johan. Abdul Rahman Jr.: Ismail Bu.iang. Kamis. All Savor: Yusof. Samad. All Johan;) Oabos. Hamid Admission glmrges will be $149 words
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Article395 1949-01-15 12 By THE SPORTS EDITOR A PROPOSAL that the first division of the Singapore Amateur Football Association's league competition for 1949 should be reserved for community teams and representative Service sides, as in pre-war, is expected to receive strong support at a S.A.F.A. council meeting395 words
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Article52 1949-01-15 12 THE Mangold Badminton Party will celebrate their 14th anniversary at the Hwa Ohlao Boys' School, 73. Pasir Panjang Road, <5'<« mile stone) with a two-day picnic today and tomorrow Members wishing to avail themselves of free transport are requested to assemble at 717, Serangoon Road, at 252 words
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347 1949-01-15 12 More Air-Conditioned Stalls Planned By EPSOM JEEP DRY coat has long been one of the pet worries of Malayan trainers Many a goon horse has been knocked out by the intense humidity of the Malayan climate. A spell at the sanltorium a* Camerorf Highlands with the temperature as low as347 words
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184 1949-01-15 12 LONDON, Fri. LIM Chuan Geok, non-play-ing captain and manager of the Malayan badminton team in Britain for the Thomas Cup matches, commenting in London yesterday on a report that Dr. Dave Freeman, American champion, was meeting India's No. 1 player Davinder Mohan, in Los AngelesReuter - 184 words
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Article39 1949-01-15 12 T'HE FOLLOWING will represent the Singapore Chasers against Ohangi R.A.P. "A" XV at rugger on the Padang today at 5 p.m.: Wakeln, Green Graham, Redman; Benet. Davis, Malay: Heywood; Pascoe; Hutchlnson; Organ. Pierce, James, Richardson and Dunnett.39 words
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Article48 1949-01-15 12 THE Khalsa Assoclatio.i beat the V.M.C.A. by three goals to nil in a game of hockey at Fairer Park yesterday Khal a led two-nil In the first session through B&sstvn and S. Singh In the second half Satindar added one more goal for the wlKners48 words
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Article340 1949-01-15 12 SINGAPORE, who had previously beaten Johorc four-nil, repeated their victory in their return hockey match on the Padang yesterday, winning this time by five goals to two. Johore began very well and even opened the scoring. At half-time they were on even terms with340 words
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Article17 1949-01-15 12 THE rugger Butch between JtA.fl (Changi> and tbe Police, scheduled for loday, hu been cancelled.17 words
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Obituary21 1949-01-15 12 LIANG: OH Jan 14. suddenly. Tan Sean Liang, of Liang Bros. Co. Chulia Street. Spon< Funeral arrangements will bt> notified^21 words
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Page 12 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous20 1949-01-15 12 SINGAPORE TIDES TODAY: High Water, 10.30 am '9ft. Sin). TOMORROW: High Water. 12.21 am. <8ft. 81n>. 11.15 a.m. (10ft. lin).20 words
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