The Straits Times, 3 February 1949
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Title Section19 1949-02-03 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 TWELVE PAUES SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1949. if PKU'E TEN CF-NTS19 words
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Article603 1949-02-03 1 "Doctor Won't Let Me Go To Washington" PARIS, Wednesday. MR. STALIN today invited President Truman to meet him in Russia, Poland or Czechoslovakia. The invitation was given in a telegram to Paris to Mr. Kingsbury Smith, European director of the International News Service, who putReuter; AP - 603 words
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Article88 1949-02-03 1 BRISBANE. Wed rpORPIKEE bin Bitten, a I Malayan, ha.s been ordered by the Immigration Depiriment to leave Australia t) the nrfct available ship. Queensland Trades ibOUI Council has proto the Immigration M. Ulster <Mr Calwelb who replied that Torpikee must le ue by the first88 words
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Article75 1949-02-03 1 RANGOON. Wed. Burmese D rnment reinforcements •day fighting Karen insurgents in smoke-filled str.'i'ts of Inscin. 10 miles north of Rangoon. Governin nt reports said. Kareni were attacking headquarters and Government troops holding out round the town's market !>l ice Hoof-top watchers In Rans wn saw smoke from75 words
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Article21 1949-02-03 1 LONDON. Wed. Fourtalks on the Austrian treaty will begin in I.mdon next Wednesday, according to British officials.—21 words
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Article43 1949-02-03 1 PARIS, Wed Ho Chi Minn, leader of Viet Minh autonomists fighting the French in Indochina, denied In i broadcast speech yesterrlrtv that he had a secret agreement with Gen. Mao Tso-tunp. lh< Chinese Communist leader, it was reporter from Hanoi—Reuter.43 words
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Article56 1949-02-03 1 VALETTA I Malta i, Wed: Countess Mount bat ten, wife i>t the last Viceroy of India. .-.t.d yesterday that she will vlalt India within the next l-w weeks with her younger daughter. Lady Pamela, at the invitation of \hc Indian Government Her husbar.d will not goReuter - 56 words
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Article270 1949-02-03 1 Hoi i Avn I H F HAGUE Wednesday. OLLAND is considering a plan for the immediate establishment of an Indonesian Federation, says an official source here. It may be announced today in Batavia. The plan, apparently, would mark an important change in Dutch policy So farAP - 270 words
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Article138 1949-02-03 1 JET TEST IN ARCTIC ZONE LOiNDON. Wed. BRITISH naval Jet aircraft will operate in Arciic waters for the first time on a British naval expedition leaving tomorrow to test the Royal Navy's fighting efficiency in the Far North. Other types of naval aircraft, including helicopters, will also be flown fromReuter - 138 words
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Article30 1949-02-03 1 LANDSBERG, (Germany). Wed. Six Germans found guilty by American military courts of the murder and maltreatment of Allied airmen and concentration camp Inmates were hanged here this morning.—Reuter.Reuter - 30 words
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Article, Illustration321 1949-02-03 1 From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH, Wednesday. npWO locomotives were derailed by bandits between Banir and Temoh stations in the Tapah area, one landing: on top of the other, last night. "By a miracle" in a senior railway official's words "there were no serious casualties." Bandits had321 words
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Article219 1949-02-03 1 Abercrombie Ideas For Council SUGGESTIONS by Sir Patrick Abercrombie, Britain's foremost town planning expert, will be embodied in a report on Singapore housing which will probably come before the Legislative Council on Feb. 15. Sir Patrick has approved the Singapore Housing Committee's programmes for the next three years, and the219 words
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Article222 1949-02-03 1 MANCHESTER, Wed. THE Manchester Guardian today called for a greater effort against the terrorists in i Malaya. It also praised the Malayan rubber and tin industries on maintaining their output as they have done in view of present conditions in Malaya. "It is a year agoReuter - 222 words
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Article61 1949-02-03 1 THE second voiun>- of Mr Winston Churchill's wnr i memoirs, which will be re- leased throughout the 1 world tomorrow, tells of the most crucial period in the world's history when the Germans swept through the Low Countries and France and stood noised to invade Britain. This great61 words
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Article48 1949-02-03 1 MOMBASA. Wed. Seven hundred Indian schoolboys I were on strike here today against a doubling: of school j fees recently announced by the Government. A meeting of the boys decided to stay on strike until Monday, when they would return, paying the old fees.— Reuter. iReuter - 48 words
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Article148 1949-02-03 1 $10,000 Reward For Jap Bandit From Our Own Correspondent SUNGEI PATANI, Wed IZEDAH police have offered a reward of $10,000 for the capture of a Japanese believed to have oeen one of the leaders of 1 lie bandit force which ambush* d and inflicted heavy casualties on security forct s148 words
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Article65 1949-02-03 1 BANGKOK. Wed. Hie Siamese Government today alerted police and security forces against a possible Communist unrest :n the country in view of Communist succe.ss- es in the China civil war. The Director-General oi he Siamese Police who announced to the press that h< had ordered countrywideReuter - 65 words
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Article40 1949-02-03 1 BERLIN, Wed. --The Bri-tish-licensed newspaper, Dei Tag, says that the Russians have arrested six German.on charges of sabotage in connection with a factory explosion last wee* at Wittenberg. Saxony. The blast killed four yorkers and injured 24— A.P.AP - 40 words
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Article146 1949-02-03 2 LONDON, Wednesday. ONE hundred London charwomen, flourishing mops and duster bags, marched through London streets yesterday in the most touching wage demonstration the capital has seen ror a long time. They Jigged along to the music of three Scottish pipers carrying posters saying "Cleanliness isReuter - 146 words
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Article43 1949-02-03 2 WASHINGTON, Wed. SENATOR Theodore F. Green said yesterday that the line of Presidential succession was inadequate for the atomic age, "because all might be blown up a.a Cabinet meeting." He advocated an "indestructible line of succession" before any emergency arises. —U.P.UP - 43 words
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Article45 1949-02-03 2 AUCKLAND, Wed. The King and Queen will receive an album of 40 aerial photos of places they would have seen if their tour of New Zealand this year had not been postponed. The album is the gift of the Auckland Harbour Board.—ReuterReuter - 45 words
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Article82 1949-02-03 2 I LONDON, Wed. A shoe ;wlth pockets on the side to j carry a compact, a lipstick and a purse, was shown to startled visitors at the Lon- don shoe and leather fair yesterday. The shoe has a nineinch heel. BORN IN SNOW PORTLAND, Wed. MRS. William Stacord,UP - 82 words
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Article61 1949-02-03 2 CHICAGO, Wed. A milkman, Erik Gunnar Seaberg was today ready to fly to Denmark and collect part of the $600,000 left him by an aunt he never met. The Danish Government will not allow Seaberg to take the entire $600,000 out of the country, but the interest ofUP - 61 words
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Article36 1949-02-03 2 CALCUTTA, Wed. A strike of about 3,000 workers in the mechanical and electrical sections of the Tata iron and steel workshops at Jamshedpur, Bihar, has caused the management to close part of the works.—Reuter.Reuter - 36 words
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Article21 1949-02-03 2 RENO, Wed. Almost one thousand million dollars exchanged hands on gambling tables here last year an alltime record. UJ»21 words
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Article26 1949-02-03 2 RIPON (Mass). Wed.— Six people were missing and presumed dead yesterday in a fire which destroyed the Grand View Hotel here. Reuter.Reuter - 26 words
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Article84 1949-02-03 2 EX-QUEEN OF SIAM RETURNING LONDON. Wed. AFTER spending almost 10 years at the English village of Virginia Water, Rambhai Barnl. former Queen of Slam, disclosed yesterday that she was returning to Slam. She and her small staff plan to leave on April 27 and are expected to stop at SingaporeAP - 84 words
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Article71 1949-02-03 2 BELGRADE, Tues. •TUBERCULOSIS has reach1 ed epidemic proportions in Europe with more than 100 dying dally in some countries. Figures reveal that at least 130 persons are dying each day in Poland, and more than 100 in Yugoslavia. Greece, Austria, Germany, Czechoslovakia. Hungary and Italy areAP; UP - 71 words
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Article45 1949-02-03 2 GEORGETOWN, Wed. M. Lahuri, 56-year-old Indian immigrant, was on Monday sentenced to death for wife murder for the second time In 16 years. He was reprieved In 1947 while serving a life term for the murder ol his first wife.—ReuterReuter - 45 words
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Article24 1949-02-03 2 MOSCOW, Wed. A Joint conference of the Moscow city and region Communist Party organisations began here yesterday in a closed session. Reuter.Reuter - 24 words
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Article33 1949-02-03 2 NEW DELHI, Wed. THE Indian Government has ended communal class distinctions in the recruitment and composition of the Indian Army because "the army belongs to the whole nation." A.P.AP - 33 words
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Advertisement563 1949-02-03 2 NOTICES GOVERNMENT OF NORTH BORNEO AMENDED TENDER NOTICE Closing date for tenders for the following works has been extended to 6th March. 1949:— (1) Construction of electrical power lines, wiring buildings, and installing plant etc. Jesselton. VI) Construction of electrical power lines, wiring buildings, etc. Labuan. k. Tenders should reach563 words
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Advertisement313 1949-02-03 2 NOTICES SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY Tenders are Invited for the "SUPPLY OF GALVANISED STEEL UN SOCKETED TUBES OF NOMINAL BORES TO 2H" for the Water Department. Tenders close at 4 p.m. on Tuesday. 15th March, 1949. Tender Form and Specification from Municipal Secretariat, Room No. 235. SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY Tenders are invited for313 words
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Advertisement329 1949-02-03 2 NOTICES NASSIM CO., LIMITED win sell by Public Auction In their Sale-Rooms Nos. 4 4-1. Collyer Quay, on FRIDAY, 4TH FEB., 1949, commencing at 10 a.m. Furniture and miscellaneous goods comprising: an excellent selection of good quality Indian Carpets slsc 12' t 9' In plain shades of White, Beige, Light329 words
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Advertisement233 1949-02-03 2 SHIPPING NOTICES NEDERLAND LINE ROYAL DUTCH MAIL M.V. "POELAU LAUT dv« Singapore about th« 9th February, 1949. Loading cargo alongside S.H.B wharves for Port Bald/ Rotterdam/ Amsterdam For cargo and particulars please apply to: NEDERLAND LINE ROYAL DUTCH MAIL «1. Robinson Road. Tel: 3443/7128 NEDERLAND LINE BOTAL DUTCH MAIL. NOTICE233 words
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Advertisement365 1949-02-03 2 How to gel quicfr, clean healing for CUTS GRAZES H'ji* tht cut or i'jii ujcA/v The* apply TCP frteh, tin* a tmall putt t/ cotton wool, end repeat twue dety. M| SEE for yourself how quickly /kSfl cuts and grazei heil up, ft£^f'H when you ipply TCP. on ITQrf them.365 words
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Article385 1949-02-03 3 Peace Flight If Negotiations Break Down NANKING, Wednesday. THE acting Chinese President (Gen. Li Tsungjen) may make a personal flight into Communist held territory in the interests of peace if other efforts fail. Sources close to Li say that he is already considering such aReuter; AP; UP - 385 words
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Article, Illustration29 1949-02-03 3 STARS WED IN ROME: Tyrone Power and Linda Christian leaving a Roman Catholic church near the Coliseum last Thursday. Crowds at the wedding were swelled by forged invitations. A.P.picture.29 words
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Article183 1949-02-03 3 RANGOON, Wednesday. /\l K army, police and Ministerial services are polluted," Thakin Nu the Burmese Prime Minister said yesterday when he opened Parliament. He pledged that insurgents would be "tracked down and prosecuted regardless of race or creed." Thakin Nu said that now that hisReuter; UP - 183 words
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Article102 1949-02-03 3 LONDON. Wed THE British Prime Minister (Mr. Clement Attlee) has appointed Mr. Lewis John Edwards. Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry ef Health, to be Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade In succession to Mr John Belcher, it was officially announced last night. Mr. Belcher figured InReuter - 102 words
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Article76 1949-02-03 3 LONDON, Wed.—The Lord I Chancellor <Lord Jowitt) said yesterday that the agreement with Argentina and Chile did not preclude His Majesty's ships from carrying out their proper duties. A three-power agreement was concluded early last month. It banned naval demonstrations in the Antarctic during the presentUP - 76 words
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Article53 1949-02-03 3 PARIS Wed.—Prince Aly Khan's wife will allege in her divorce action that he "seriously insulted' her by announcing his desire to marry Rita Hayworth. the Princess's lawyer announced yesterday. The lawyer said that the papers in thf case would be filed today. Miss Hayworth was recently divorced fromAP - 53 words
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Article39 1949-02-03 3 GENEVA, Wed.—Experts of the World Health Organisation demand investigation into the excessive use by Finland and Italy of the •dangerous habit forming drug heroin. They urge that certain new synthetic drugs should be placed under international control.—Reuter.Reuter - 39 words
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124 1949-02-03 3 LONDON. Wed. THE British Foreien Office said last night that they had no comment to make on a Cairo report that Britain and the U.S. had secretly agreed to strengthen Middle East defences The Egyptian newsnaner Al j Misrl, In an article under a i LondonAP - 124 words
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Article36 1949-02-03 3 COLOMBO, Wed. Sir i Richard Aluwihare, In- spector-General of Police, is' drawing up a scheme to recruit women for the Ceylon police on the lines of the I London Metropolitan wo-, men's police force.—Reuter.Reuter - 36 words
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162 1949-02-03 3 TEL AVIV, Wednesday. THK Israeli Government has decided to terminate the military governorship of Jerusalem, Thus chanrinir it from "Israeli occupied territory" to part of the state of Israel. The newly-elected Israeli Constituent Assembly will hold its first meeting in Jerusalem next month.Reuter; AP - 162 words
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Article70 1949-02-03 3 GIBRALTAR, Tues. It was declared in coroner's court here yesterday that Maj. Wilfred Stanley, Gibraltar garrison adjutant, murdered his wife and two children and then committed suicide. Stanley, who had been *n financial difficulties, left a signed note stating that he had decided to takeReuter - 70 words
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Article49 1949-02-03 3 NEW YORK Wed. THE Rock Junior Hitfh School closed when about 400 white pupils walked out because they learned that NegTo children were at1 tempting to enroll in the St. Louis, Illinois, school. Ten Negro children, accompanied by adults, walked in before classes began U.P.UP - 49 words
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Article124 1949-02-03 3 LONDON, Wed. IN AN article entitled "These wives will not run away" In the London Evening News, Harold Walton says the wives of British planters and miners in Malaya are carrying guns and keeping things going despite the "terror war He adds that the first signsReuter - 124 words
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Article36 1949-02-03 3 BANGKOK, Wed—Sir William Strang, Permanent Under Secretary, British Foreign Office, has arrived here on a short visit. He will meet Premier Phibun Songkhram and Is leaving on Friday for Hong Kong and Japan.36 words
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Advertisement390 1949-02-03 3 »WMs Fin es i Mum You jus! K| and t«HM| Ihe SmlUis •Bctnc Au^ocal No wuiuUn or daily rev ting It will call you every morning automatically. There 1 a we«lc-end cut-out If required. Tone DootroJ too set to suit you by your stockiit. Sold In il charming pastel shades.390 words
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Advertisement274 1949-02-03 3 GROCERY STORES Would fit in with the design of your store and keep your goods deliciously fresh as only this refrigeration unit can BRINKMANNS LIMITED SINGAPORE K. LUMPUR IPOH PENANC Known all over the world. Civmoiia WITH A HIGH STANDARD OF DESIGN AND ENGINEERING PRECISION. THE ENGLISH CITROEN CAR IS274 words
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187 1949-02-03 4 All trie family gathered together to toast the new baby and offer birthday gifts. J' was a great day and we parents were proud of our Dr.st-born. Some mlfciit say that we *vre a little one-eyed but to u.s he was ihi prettiest child187 words
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218 1949-02-03 4 Big Increase In Number Of Houses Built In Singapore IUORE houses than any other type of building 11 were erected in Singapore last year, and in the Municipal area alone the return of buildings completed during 1948 show an increase of about 70 per cent, over 1947 figures. At the218 words
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Article85 1949-02-03 4 MADRAS, Wed SARDAR Budh Singh, president of the Malayan Indian Congress, said yesterday that trouble in Malaya was caused directly not by Communists but by the present political arrangement based on "undemocratic principles and unsatisfactory economic conditions." The Communists, he sala, were exploiting the I situation.Reuter - 85 words
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Article59 1949-02-03 4 The Russian freighter Sergei Kirov is due In Singapore toaay to load 6.000 tons of rubber for Odessa. The vessel has already loaded 3,000 tons of rubber at Port Swettenham and Penang. It Is understood that two other Russian freighters will call at Malayan ports this59 words
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Article123 1949-02-03 4 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— A Gazette notification yesterday j clarified the Customs duty payaDle on radio transmitters and receivers and radio spare parts. Radio rediffusion equipment has been added to the list. A customs official said there had been some confusion In the past123 words
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Article62 1949-02-03 4 HAD CHANDU AS A CHEST CURE From Our Own Correspondent TAIPING, Wed.— Beh Keng Ko, who pleaded guilty to having possessed a complete opium smokine outfit and six chees of chandu dross, was bound over for a year hi th« sum of $250 in the Sessions Court today. He said62 words
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Article49 1949-02-03 4 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Wed.— Low Ah Say was today sentenced by the Sessions Court to six months' Imprisonment for possessing 18 lb. of opium found in an Acheen Street premises. A woman, Ch'ng Ah Hong, was acquitted on the «am« charge.49 words
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Article, Illustration37 1949-02-03 4 BACK AGAIN: Mila Parely, the French film star, who has returned to London to resume her film career with the J. Arthur Rank organisation. She has already made two British films "Snowbound" and "Cockpit/;37 words
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Article88 1949-02-03 4 OVER 1,700 X-RAYED BY S.A.T.A. OVER 1,700 people have been X-rayed at the Singapore Anti-Tuberculosis Association Clinic In Tanjong Pagar Road, since its opening at the end of November last. More than 300 employees of firms were among those X-rayed, Dr. G. H. Garlick. the Clinic Administrator and Radiologist, told88 words
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Article105 1949-02-03 4 From Our Staff Correspondent SEREMBAN, Wed.—"Never was education on right lines so necessary as It is today I when the world Is seething in discontent and many evil influences are at work," writes Rev. Brother Barnitus, the I visitor of Brothers' schools in Malaya, in a message105 words
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Article27 1949-02-03 4 From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH. Wed.—Mr. M. Q. Neal, Federal Counsel, Perak, underwent a minor operation to his knee at the District Hospital yesterday.27 words
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Article51 1949-02-03 4 From Our Own Correspondent SEGAMAT, Wed. After being refused bail for a fortnight. Yap Bow and Mat Gam i bin Sallo were offered bail in $1,000 each when charged before Inche Hamid with naving extorted $100 from a Buloh Kasap Chinese hi th* name of the Malayan Communist51 words
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Article, Illustration39 1949-02-03 4 AN A JR DISPLAY was given by the Kuala Lumpur FlyIng- Club at Batu Berendam airstrip, Malacca, on Sunday. The picture shows a Lark aircraft being inspected by members of the public— Far East Photo.39 words
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88 1949-02-03 4 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG. Wed. UEARLY 5,000 Malays have Joined the Penang branch of UMNO, according to its spokesman (HaJi All Rouse). He told the Straits Times today that the response to the membership drive had been "very gratifying." The Penan* UMNO88 words
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Advertisement296 1949-02-03 4 L: The most vital part of a ball-point pen Is tht refill. Unless you are assured of 100% service In this direction your pen cannot serve you fully. Biro the world's most famous ball-point pen —Is obtainable throughout the Eastern hemisphere. psssj I: Discriminating wr'iers choose Biro for the I296 words
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261 1949-02-03 5 Calwell 1< acedßy Dutch Visa Snag From Our Own Correspondent MELBOURNE, Wednesday. INLESS the Australian Immigration Minister v (Mr. A. Calwell) can induce Mrs. O'Keefe to sign an application for a Dutch visa, it is now doubtful whether he can carry out his threat to261 words
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Article93 1949-02-03 5 TEACHERS PLAN FOR HOUSES j From Our Own Correspondent TELUK ANSON, Wed. AT a meeting recently. Mr W. E. Perera presiding, teachers of the Englisn schools here formed a housing co-operative society with I a provisional capital of i $500,000. The society will be known ,as the "Teluk Anaon English93 words
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Article65 1949-02-03 5 The Lee Rubber Company :is to spend $18,000 this I year on building 40 staff houses behind the Thomson j Road Police Station. Each will have two bedrooms, a sitting and dining room and kitchen and will cost about $4 500 If they prove a success,65 words
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Article35 1949-02-03 5 The first Asian scholar to enter Australia under the Commonwealth Government's i South-East Asia srbolarshlp I scheme has a-- in Sydney from SingaDore. She is the 20-year-old I daughter of a Siamese35 words
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Article, Illustration34 1949-02-03 5 MARRIED: Mr. and Mrs. E. S. P. Kulatilak who were married in Singapore. The bride is the daughter of Mr. 1 and Mrs. S. P. K. Fernando, of Singapore. The bridegroom flew from Colombo.34 words
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Article187 1949-02-03 5 OOYS of Tin jo tiff Pagar will soon have free evening classes and recreation in a club.' This will be set up when permission for the use of three buildings in Lowhill Road, at the back of the Tanjong Pagar Pojice Station, has been given187 words
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Article67 1949-02-03 5 Mr. A. H. Simpson, who arrived in Singapore on Jan. 18. has assumed duties, as Deputy Public Prosecutor with the Attorney-General's Department, Singapore. Mr Simpson, who is 34 years of age and served in the last war, chiefly in the Middle and Near East and Austria, was67 words
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Article121 1949-02-03 5 TOUGH PROBLEM SOLVED j TWO Sydney men have patented a process for making tough meat tender— I by using an extract of papaya luice. They are Roy Wießmore and Ray McLagen who for 18 months had been experiI menting with papaya enzymes, which have nower to digest Drotoin In Tablets121 words
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Article20 1949-02-03 5 Blank ammunition will be fired during R.A.F. Regimi-\t j exercises between 7.30 a m.' and 4 p.m. today.20 words
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Article, Illustration151 1949-02-03 5 lI LAD of the Singapore office of Henry Waugh and Co. since 1932, Mr. S. E. Travis has been appointed managing director of the company, in succession to Mr. 1,. E. Slowe, who recently left for England after 40 years in this country. Mr. Travis,151 words
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Article128 1949-02-03 5 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANO. Wed. PENANQ will get an Increased entrepot trade ii the Benham report i s implemented," say X the loc^al mercantile community. Commenting on the proposed legislation to make Penang a free port from Apri] 1, one leading merchant said the "strangling" restrictions imposed128 words
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Advertisement244 1949-02-03 5 recovery after MALARIA When fever leaves you so weak and depressed a course of Angler's teems to 'pull you hack to life. This palatable emulsion hat ■ntiteptic and tome properties which build up the constitution. expel the toxins from the system, improve appetite C r~/vl\ nd llead J r ner244 words
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654 1949-02-03 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Thurs. Feb. 3, 1949. A MISCHIEVOUS SPEECH Mr. Budh Singh, itinerant President of the Malayan Indian Congress, is doing neither himself nor this country any good when he pretends that the trouble in Malaya is not directly due to the Communists. Speaking in Madras, Mr. Budh654 words
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Article487 1949-02-03 6 The suspicion that the Chinese Communists are delaying peace negotiations with Nationalist China until Nanking has fallen may be incorrect, but it is quite apparent that the Reds do not trust General Li Tsung-jen or his Government. What the General can do to convince them that487 words
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Article1378 1949-02-03 6 ALLINGTON KENNARD - ALLINGTON KENNARD By CTALIN has said he wants peace. He is ready to meet President Truman, and draft with him a declaration that neither Russia nor the United States will ever resort to war. Somewhere in Moscow, somewhere in Washington, somewhere in London and somewhere in1,378 words
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411 1949-02-03 6 your recent leaders on the need for more troops, I would like to draw your attention to a report of a statement by General Boucher which appeared in your issue of Jan. 6. In that statement, General Boucher said: "It may be that we411 words
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Letter270 1949-02-03 6 I "TO say that I fully symx pathise with "Nerveworn," in his letter "TORN NERVES AT TANGLIN," would be a gross understatement. I am surprised however, and certainly disappointed to learn that the uncontrolled night barking of dogs has spread to the Tanglin area. My family270 words
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Letter94 1949-02-03 6 WE have often heard that robbers or bandits disguise themselves as passengers in order to rob the trains. May I suggest that identity cards be collected from all passengers at the booking office and be locked up In a safe or strongroom to be opened only at94 words
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Letter172 1949-02-03 6 IN view of your recent 1 published reports on the attitude of the Churches in Australia to the deportation of Asians, it may interest your readers to know of the activities of the National Missionary Council -of Australia in this respect. This council represents all the major172 words
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Letter72 1949-02-03 6 I HAD asked my personal 1 friends among the Malayan Scouts, during their recent visit to Australia, to call on friends T had myself previously made there. This they did, with the following results: "They &Ti fiEe upright lads, a credit both to their homes and their72 words
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Letter69 1949-02-03 6 YOUR correspondent 0.1.X. who wrote to you last Saturday on Singapore's traffic problem will be glad to hear that the Highway Code has now been submitted to the Government for approval and that the Singapore Safety First Committee have plans in hand for its publication in four languages69 words
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Advertisement778 1949-02-03 6 CLASSIFIED ADS. ACKNOWLEDGMENT MRS. WEE BIN CHYE. the parent* ft relatives of the late Mr Wee Bin Chye wUh to thank all those who attended the funeral or sent wreaths. PERSONAL MABEL. In despair! Meet me Saturday 12.30 p.m. Cathay Restaurant Bar. Alphonse. SITUATIONS VAJANT EFFICIENT STENOGRAPHER required by British778 words
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Advertisement71 1949-02-03 6 HAVi YOU tVi* THOUGHT THAT Y JUR Hi AD AC Hi 1$ DUt TO tYESf Uncorrecteo or improperly corrected defective vision cmuMe headaches eye-«tr*ln, nervous tension wmsted enenr? and o f b»r harmful effects Keep youj Byea from Fauguins Strain Have them examinea Our rechnkjue A Procedure id Visual Analysis71 words
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Article315 1949-02-03 7 'Ashamed... Have Been A Wicked Husband* A POLICE corporal found guilty of trying to sell over 12,000 rounds of ammunition to a C.I.D. officer who was posing as a buyer, expressed deep repentance to Mr. Justice Cox Evans yesterday in the Singapore Assize Court before315 words
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Article106 1949-02-03 7 BIG DROP IN COLONY CRIME IANUARY crime figures, isJ sued by the Singapore Police yesterday, showed an all round decrease in major crimes compared with the previous month. Armed robbe-y headed the list with 13 oases against 18 in the previous month Simple robberies were half that of the previous106 words
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Article74 1949-02-03 7 n-om Our SUB Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Wed. Described as the leader of the "dead end kids" in Johore Bahru, a 14-year-old Tamil boy was convicted by the Magistrate today on a charge of stealing telegraph wire. as sentenced to three months' 4>lnrle imprisonment The Magistral rJso74 words
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Article60 1949-02-03 7 Three men who robbed a Chinese family in an attap hut in Charlton Road, off Paya Lebar. shortly before midnight on Tuesday left undisturbed six children whom they found asleep. The thre? made off with ash and property valued at $204. The victims were farmers. The60 words
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Article226 1949-02-03 7 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. NINETEEN out of 20 men who participated In the Communist attack on Gua Musang in July were brought to trial before the Kelantan Supreme Court, it was officially stated today. One man who was sentenced to death, was hanged226 words
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Article49 1949-02-03 7 Members of the East West Society will speak "out of the hat" at 8.30 p.m. tomorrow in the British Council Hall, Stamford Road Each member will draw lots and speak on the subject picked. The public are welcome to take part In the programme.49 words
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Article, Illustration17 1949-02-03 7 ANOTHER picture of the derail ncnt in the Tapah area, reported in Page One. Straits Times picture.17 words
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Article165 1949-02-03 7 Ir the aspirations of the people of Malaya were to be fulfilled, the main shortcomings in the educational system had to be speedily and effectively remedied said the current Issue of the Malayan Orchid. Medical and Rattles 1 ollege student* journal. :n i *n editorial entitled What165 words
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Article, Illustration246 1949-02-03 7 THERE were more tears than I smiles at the Harbour Board wharves yesterday when 123 children for Australian schools bid "good-bye" to their parents when they sailed In the Blue Funnel ship Gorgon for Fremantle. The children arrived in Singapore last December to spend their246 words
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Article62 1949-02-03 7 A Chinese trisha rider was injured and taken to hospital last night after a collision involving two cars and a trisha at the junction of Geylang Road and Tanjong Katong Road. A car being driven towards Geylang was In collision first with the trisha and62 words
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Article82 1949-02-03 7 riOUND with four and a half r pounds of opium tied to his legs when he was searched at Clifford Pier, Sze Ning Han, 32-year-old seaman from the Laudries was remanded yesterday for sentence In the Singapore Second District Court. Mr. D. J. MacKay, prosecuting,82 words
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Article59 1949-02-03 7 Restarting the engine after taking a coffee in a shop in Tanjong Pa gar Road last night, a Chinese taxi driver jumped out for his life as the taxi burst into flames. He was not hurt. Singapore Fire Brigade were on the scene in five minutes and59 words
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Article48 1949-02-03 7 HAD NO CARD GAOLED 3 WEEKS A tongkang coolie, Ec Seng, was sentenced to three weeks rigorous Imprisonment for being without an identity card In the First District Court yesterday. Ec Seng said that he was on board all the time and was too busy to register himself.48 words
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Article66 1949-02-03 7 Several Chinese students In Singapore are now learning English and Latin by post from Australia. Adelaide education authorities have established Just what Is needed to meet the ever Increasing demand for adult education— a school equipped to teach, by mall, subjects ranging from building to bee-keeping, from photography66 words
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Article259 1949-02-03 7 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. A GANG of murderers, abductors and robbers who plagued the Serdang district of Kuala Lumpur in 1947, became so bold that, after trying to steal a machine gun from a fighter plane on the Kuala Lumpur Aerodrome, they259 words
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Article22 1949-02-03 7 Mr. J. S. A. Lewis and Mr. W. F. Mayor have been jppointed Justices of the Peace for Singapore.22 words
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397 1949-02-03 7 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. SMALL party of the Fourth Hussars, after seriously wounding a bandit, followed up his blood trail for an hour and a half when they ran into an ambush. The military party, following a track In thf397 words
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Article64 1949-02-03 7 NINETEEN Siamese officers are training at the jungle warfare school at Johore Bahru and will return to pass tfielr experience to selected units for operations against bandits on Siam's southern frontier. A joint Siamese-Mala-yan police conference on the border situation is being held at \!or64 words
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Article57 1949-02-03 7 From Our Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU. Wed.— jLlm Eh Seng, subject to the I supervision of the Police, /as I brought before the Magistrate today and charged with fallting to report to the Police station. Malacca, on March 13. 1948 On the application of the prosecution, the case was57 words
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Article, Illustration993 1949-02-03 8 HEDDA MORRISON - WHEN the Dyaks are discussed it is customary to mention their former headhunting propensities, the elaborate wardresses and head-dres-ses of the men topped with hornbill feathers, the hand-woven skirts of the women and, in particular, the silver jewellery worn by members of both sexes. It is, therefore,993 words
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Article386 1949-02-03 8 CHARLES LYNCH - CHARLES LYNCH By- /CANADIAN efforts to evolve a new and hardy strain of beef cattle by crossing conventional types with j buffalo have run into I repeated snags, according to officials of the Federal Department of Agriculture. The easiest thing about the cross-breeding programme was to find386 words
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Article404 1949-02-03 9 CEVERAL books by Maurice Co 1 1 i 8 have suddenly appeared •in Singapore bookshops. Two of them are specially interesting. "THE MOTHERLY AND AUSPICIOUS" (Faber $7.50) is one of Collls's experiments in the dramatic form and, although it has not yet been produced on the European404 words
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Article63 1949-02-03 9 MISS KELLY. By Elizabeth S. Holding. Illustrated by Margaret Johnson. (Michael Joseph. 7s. 6d.) MISS KELLY" Is a cat with one disquieting talent—she can understand, she can even speak Human. Obedient to her mother's advice, she has always concealed her gift from ber human family, until the day63 words
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Article368 1949-02-03 9 NEW BOOKS A T THE LIBRARY rE tallowing new books will be added to Raffles Library. SUigapor within th; next few days: Modern Magnetism (L. F. Bates), American Themes (D. W. Brogan), Th« Military Orchid (Jocelyn Brooke). Physical Training for Men (H. Fulford Bush), English Cricket (N ville Cardus), Michael368 words
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Article405 1949-02-03 9 FIRES BURN BLUE. Sir Andrew Caldecott. (Arnold, $5.10.). CIR Andrew Caldecott has attempted a doubly difficult task. Under any circumstances short story writing is difficult and is in danger of becoming a lost art. Who now alive can compare with Kipling, W. W. Jacobs, Leonard405 words
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Article177 1949-02-03 9 CO-OP by Upton Sinclair (Werner Laurie, $6.30). ANEW edition of Upton Sinclair's novel "Co-op" has point for Malaya just now. Writing in a sharp black and white manner wliieh makes the tals seem like a documentary film, Sinclair tells us of the struggles of some down177 words
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Advertisement286 1949-02-03 9 20,000,000 American women HOME PERMANENT WAV! Easy as rollingyour hair up in curlers yet the wave stays in for months Now you can give yourself the loveliest perm you've ever had right in your own home, during your leisure hours. Try Toni today and see why every hour of the286 words
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Miscellaneous646 1949-02-03 9 SoiKh was somewhat fixed by own hana dejiarer led a low the opening leaO In today's deal, spade, but It was a futile gesture but he could have mace a strong East overtook West's spade nine ronieback. In order to lead still another k»h^' i k, round of trump*, and646 words
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Article446 1949-02-03 10 "More Building Ma teria Is Ca II A SUGGESTION that the quickest way to increase Singapore-Indonesian trade is to increase the Singapore export quola for goods badly needed to rehabilitate the newly-occupied Indonesian territories was discussed yesterday at the first meeting of the Liaison Committee appointed by446 words
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Article143 1949-02-03 10 US DOLLAR CREDITS FOR DUTCH I rpHE formula for working out 1 U.S. dollar credits for the Netherlands, derived from the export of Indonesian produce through Singapore, is to be modified. An agreement signed last March provided for British, compensation to the Dutch in U.S. dollars for Indonesian exports through143 words
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Article101 1949-02-03 10 THE Sultan of Johore was attended yesterday even- ing by his personal physician tDato C. J. Paglar) who flew i from Darwin in answer to an urgent summons. At the airport Dato Paglar greeted his family and then telephoned the Suitan who said he was "a very101 words
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Article96 1949-02-03 10 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Wed.Government expenditure during 1946 in excess of amounts sanctioned by the Supply (No. 212 1 Ordinance of 1946 was legalised In a Bill eazet- ted yesterday. The money totalled over $50,000,000 for puuic ■ervteei and 58. 000.000 for railway services from96 words
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Article33 1949-02-03 10 Members of the Jollilads i Sporting Association will i celebrate their first post-war* Chinese New Year dinner and dance on Saturday at their premises 14-E Keong Saik I Road, Singapore.33 words
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Article163 1949-02-03 10 From (Jur Staff Correspondent IPOH, Wednesday. THE Sultan of Perak, speak- j ing at a tea-party given by the UMNO in celebration of Federation Day, paid a high tribute to Malay women who were contributing tcwards the social, cultural and educational advancement of thei? community.163 words
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Article, Illustration23 1949-02-03 10 PATROL of the Ist. Battalion Devon s seen bringing back suspects in the Kluang area for questioning by the police.— Army PR. picture.23 words
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Article247 1949-02-03 10 SIR James Sleeman, Overseas Commissioner of the St. John's Ambulance Brigade, told a public meeting in the British Council Hall yesterday afternoon that the foundations for the revival of the St John's Ambulance Brigade in Singapore were being established "very solidly." He called for support—phy-247 words
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Article25 1949-02-03 10 A shipment of 1,769 sheep and 904 goats from Australia has been landed at Singapore. Frozen meat, vegetables, and fruit has also arrived.25 words
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Article121 1949-02-03 10 SEAMAN ON GOLD CHARGE GOLD weighing 150 tahlls was found concealed around the waist of a Chinese coming domi the gangway of S.S. Sinkiang in the outer roads of Singapore Harbour on Jan. 25. it was alleged in the Singapore Second District Court yesterday. "fror Indonesia" The man. Lav reck121 words
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Article115 1949-02-03 10 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Wed. ABRAHAM Faramanantham Eames, of Singapore, was at the Church of Bt. Christopher, Johore Bahru this afternoon married to Ella i Alice Gnanabai. daughter of Mr. G. J. Stevens of the Tujtorial Staff of the English College, and Mrs. Stevens,115 words
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Article45 1949-02-03 10 Do not trust the trisharider when shopping This warning was issued by the Deputy Chief of the C.I.D. (Mr D. K. Broadhurst) yesterday. Several reports have been made of riders absconding with the parcels which shoppers left In their care.45 words
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Article131 1949-02-03 10 TODAY Y.W.C.A.. Wayfarers' meeting. 5. RaMles Quay. 4.30 p.m. Singapoiv Urban Co-Operative Union, committee meeting. Cooperative Societies' Department, Pullerton Building, 5.15 p.m. Over-seas League, Far East Brarch. general meeting, Adelphl Roof Garden. 5.30 p.m. Police Band. Botanical Garden. 5.30 p.m. to 6.30 p.m. V.M.C.A., Orchard Road, gym I131 words
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Miscellaneous323 1949-02-03 10 SINGAPORE I rerto lElgar), Musir for the Royal Box: 7.30 Australia Today; 8.12 I Fireworks (Handel); 930 News; Melody on the Move; 8.30 News; 10.55 Schools' Broadcast: 12.00 9.45 Grand Hotel: 10.15 Daucf 8.45 Men and Their Music; 9. IS Close; 1.00 Radio Orchestra, 1.30 Music- 10.45 Solo In-ii -ma-323 words
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174 1949-02-03 11 From Our Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, Wednesday. OUTING interest in Malayan shares today was almost entirely confined to Industrials which closed very firm. Other sections, by contrast, remained quiet. Price changes announced by the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association were: INDUSTRIALS Barer eDer B.B. Petrol 43/3 44/3 Con.174 words
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Article291 1949-02-03 11 LONDON. Wed. WITH yesterday the last day of the account, business was at a low ebb In the London Stock Exchange, says Reuter's financial correspondent. Prices nevertheless held firm, with one or two bright features. Rubber shares were unchanged to lower. Tins were Irregularly higher. Foreign Utilities were291 words
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Article70 1949-02-03 11 NEW YORK, Wed. TNDUSTTRIALS averaged slightly' hlgner on the New York exchange yesterday as interest In group leaders Improved slightly. Other sections were little changed. TYaders were more concerned with deflationary influences in the' domestic economy than with the apparent Russian peace offensive. Interest in Industrials spreadReuter - 70 words
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83 1949-02-03 11 TEOMINES, the Belgian Congo tin mining concern, was u informed at a recent annual meeting that the company proposed to undertake deep boring. Aa regards the tin market outlook, it was stated that prices were fixed by America. The present price was regarded as83 words
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Article178 1949-02-03 11 NSW YORK. Wed. MEW York City Empire Trust II Company's vice-president (Mr. J. S. Lawrence) yesterday called on the United States Government to permit a free market In gold. Addressing the Colorado Mining Association in Denver, the wellknown economist said there was no reason in equity, morals178 words
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Article96 1949-02-03 11 PARIS, Wed. i gUBSCRJPTIONS to the new French flve-per-cent. Government loan have already exceeded the minimum 100.000,000,000 francs (about £94,000.000) according to the Prime Minister (M. Henri Queuille). j Subscriptions, he said in a boad- cast, opened on Jan. 24 with no j limit as to theReuter - 96 words
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Article81 1949-02-03 11 BtJENOS AIRES Wed— The] Argentine Central Bank tempor-l arlly discontinued the granting of foreign exchange for any purpose. The decision was taken on the advice of the newly-constltued National Economic Council. An official announcement said the step was taken to enable a study of the foreignReuter - 81 words
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Article38 1949-02-03 11 SHIPS In port alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves yesterday (godowns In brackets) were: Main Wharf: Pranclsvllle (3132), Orestes (33-34). Kampar (37), Steel Maker (38-39), Surat (42-43). West Wharf: Nfeuw Holland (12). Medon (4-5), Asphalion (6-7),38 words
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Article77 1949-02-03 11 WASHINGTON, Wed. A CHINESE Embassy spokesman In Washington announced yesterday that the Bank of China had paid to the Export-Import Bank USS21.000.000 as final repayment of the principal and Interest of china's cotton loan. Recently the Export-Import Bank, said the spokesman, had expressed some concernUP - 77 words
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Article59 1949-02-03 11 From A Market Correspondent pEPPER quotations Jumped again I yesterday on the Singapore produce markets. The pepper market continued optimistic and small transactions were recorded. Siak sago flour met buyers at Tuseday's price while other produce sections were quiet and unchanged. Yesterday's changes were: Pepper: Muntok white $215;59 words
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Article54 1949-02-03 11 TWO well known retired P. O. 1 commanders have died within a week of e*ch other: captain J. B. Browning, former Commodore of the P. O. Fleet on Jan. 2 at his home In Folkestone, at 71 and Captain h. R. Rhodes In his 70th year at Hwell.54 words
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Article192 1949-02-03 11 Singapore Rubber THE Singapore rubber market opened slightly easier yesterday morning but at the lower level it remained fairly steady throughout the day. There was little selling pressure, the market being held by moderate orders from the Continent. Closing prices yesterday were: No 1 sheet f.o.b. buyers 36% cents, sellers192 words
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Article37 1949-02-03 11 LONDON, Wednesday. £EYLON'S rubber situation is understood to have been dlscus&ed when Sir Oliver Goonetilleke, High Commislsoner for Ceylon, had an interview with Mr. Noel-Baker. Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations on Monday.—A .P.37 words
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Article132 1949-02-03 11 WASHINGTON, Wed. I «PHE National Federation ol 1 American Shipping yesterday objected to reported Japanese plans to charter foreign ships and to operate outside Japanese home waters. A Federation spokesman said that, by their own Import estimates, the Japanese had no use for a merchant fleet asAP - 132 words
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Article70 1949-02-03 11 M:mnon (8-9), Sirdhana (10-11). Aeneas (13-14), Rondo (15-16). Empire Dock: Rajula (17-18), Phrontis (19-20). Chong Tone (21;22). TJlbodas (23-24) East Wharf: Benreoch (44), 8umpitan (45). Coal Plant: St. Bernard. Sheers Wharf: Empire Hamble. Today's Wharf Arrivals: Rajah Brooke (44), Morotai (41), Boheme (27-28), Ku=tbris (45), Kamerllngh Onnes70 words
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Advertisement1200 1949-02-03 11 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. id in Singapore) STRAITS STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. WEST COAST MALAYA M.rlimau" for Muar Feb 1 Mentakab for Malacca Feb. 4 r "Mentakab" for Malacca Feb. 8 I Merlimau' for P Oickson Feb. 8 I "Scadai" tor P Swettenham, T. Ai-ison b Penang Feb. S EAST COAST MALAYA1,200 words
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Advertisement223 1949-02-03 11 EAST ASIATIC LINE SAILINCS FROM SCANDINAVIA U X CONTINENT. i <n > Mongolia' duo abt. Feb. 4 'o- Manila. H Kong. Shanghai Kooe Yokohama i "Tranquebar" due abt Fob 1 i for Saigon t> Bangkok "J" J "Malaya' due abt Mar 2 tor Saigon Bangkok m* "Manchuria" due abt Mar223 words
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Advertisement57 1949-02-03 11 SAILINCS TO CONTINENT/ SCANDINAVIA. Loading at Singapore. Port Svvettenham Penang. s.s "St. Croix" dueabt. Feb 16 for Aden. .Port Sudan Port Said, Alexandria. Cenoa, Marseilles, Leixoes, Antwerp, Rotterdam, Hamburg. Fredenksstad, Oslo, Gothenburg, Copenhagen b Gdynia. m.» "Malacca" due abt. Feb. 22 tor Colombo. Aden. P Said. Alexandria Genoa rangier Cawbianca57 words
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Advertisement960 1949-02-03 11 McAUSTER <Sc CO.. LTD I Incorporated in Singapore) CLLBBMAI. BOClU.au RL VMMS MAVRI. LONDON. ROTTERDAM C N AN P CI C b HAMBURC. Accepting cargo for Central 6 South CITY Of DURHAM. American Ports. ■W. .oc m FRANCISVILLI Spore P. Sham Penang 9-1« Mer. 6-8 Mm. 19-20 Mm. Co4oJ£'h/il P960 words
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303 1949-02-03 12 THOMAS CUP TEAM IS SHORT OF MONEY Relying On Gates In Two Ties From LEE SIEW YEE, Straits Times Staff Reporter With Thomas Cup Team LONDON, Wednesday. THE Malayan Thomas Cup team is short of money. At the moment the captain, Lim Chuan Geok, has barely enough to feed and303 words
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Article, Illustration36 1949-02-03 12 AJA VKZANOVA. who won the women's figureskating title of Czechoslovakia for the second year in succession last month, pirouettes on the ice. She will be competing in the forthcoming European championships in Milan. Italy.— A.P. photo.AP - 36 words
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Article133 1949-02-03 12 JJEI SCON Hockey Club did well to hold Khalsa Associa- tion to a one-all draw in a gams of hockey played at St. Georges ground yesterday. Five minutes after the first whistle, with the speed and determination that marked his play, Wasan. the Khalsa rightwing, scored133 words
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Article50 1949-02-03 12 VICTORIA School defeated R.A.F. Jurong by four goals to three In a soccer match played on the school ground yesterday. Donald Fuller was in great form for the losers, scoring all three goals. Scorers for the. School were: Chey Kang (J) Ramakrishna and Syed All I50 words
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Article484 1949-02-03 12 LONDON, Wednesday. ZEALAND cricket selectors have blended youth with experience in a well-balanced side to tour England this summer. The experience is provided by W. A. Hadlee and W. M. Wallace, captain and vice-captain respectively, Jack Cowie, still one of the best fast medium bowlersReuter - 484 words
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Article41 1949-02-03 12 THE Royal Navy firsr team drew two-all with Naval Stores in a game of soccer played at the Naval Base yesterday. Scorers were Woodgate anri McLaughlin for R. N. and Robert* and Paul for Naval Stores.41 words
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Article53 1949-02-03 12 England Side v Malaya On Feb. 12 LONDON, Wed. ENGLAND will be represented by the following team against Malaya in the internationa' badminton match at Torquay on Feb. 12. H. R. Marsland. R.C.F. Nichols. N. B. Radford, \V Shute, K. L. Wilson. H. J. Wingfleld. W.G.P. Blrtwistle and A. B.Reuter - 53 words
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Article95 1949-02-03 12 A RECORD total of 153 entries has been received for this years singles and doubles events in the Singapore Malay Badminton championships which open on Feb. 12 at the Clerical Union. The tournament, which Is sponsored by the Singapore Malay Badminton Association, will be held95 words
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Article105 1949-02-03 12 ORLANDO, i Florida), Wed. JOE LOUIS says he may lay his world's l>»avyweight title at stake "Just once more, and if so,'' it will be the last time and I mean it thU time." His discoverer and advisor. John Roxborough, said yesterday after a weekend conference with105 words
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Article76 1949-02-03 12 BULAWAYO. Wed. A heavy rainstorm robbed the M.CC. touring team of victory in their match here yesterday against Rhodesia. The game ended in a draw, the scores being Rhodesia 174. and 166. M.CC. 193 and 117 for two. Principal scorers in Rhodesia's i second innings were: Curran76 words
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Article59 1949-02-03 12 THE FOLLOWING players will present the Pemuda Serangoon XI in a friendly game of soccer against the Yio Chu Kang Signals on Sunday at 5.15 p.m. on the Charlton Ro'Jd Malay School ground: Mat Noor All Teng Marhani Haji Tahir. Bab Jan Hardi, Jan*3r Hajl Puteh. Ibrahim59 words
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Article24 1949-02-03 12 The Rugby fixture between the' R.A.P. Changi and the Shell Sports Club, which was to have been played at Changi yesterday. was cancelled.24 words
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Article16 1949-02-03 12 The S.C.F.A. Council will be meeting at the Garden Club at R p.m. today.16 words
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362 1949-02-03 12 10 Women And Mathot Beat Men At Hockev 'IiEN SC.C. women plu s MaI thot, the Singapore goalkeeper, beat 11 men Ithe C.in.C Naval Staff i by one goal to nil in a game or t hockey played at the Naval Base yesterday. The game was a challenge match, the362 words
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Article, Illustration40 1949-02-03 12 SYLVIA STILL, the S.C.C. Women's left-winger, has a close shot at goal during yesterday's hockey match against the C-in-C Naval Staff (men) at H.M.S. Terror, Naval Base, which resulted in a one-nil victory for the S.C.C. Women. Straits Times picture.40 words
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600 1949-02-03 12 By THE SPORTS EDITOR THE proposed South hockey trials this week-end have been called off and the South Selection committee, taking the holiday games in Singapore as bases for selection, yesterday morning announced the South team that will meet North at Kuala Lumpur on600 words
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Article102 1949-02-03 12 THE first post-war athlete meet of the Tamil Brotherhood Association will be held on Friday, April 15. All members intending to take part are to submit their names and state the events they are going to participate in to the Hon. General Secretary. Mr. 8. R. P.102 words
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Article89 1949-02-03 12 AT the Annual General Meeting of the Endeavour 8.P.. the following were elected office-bearers for the year 1949: President. Mr. Ong Kong Gwi (re-elected); vice-presidents, Mr. Gan Kirn Koon (re-elected) and Mr. David Tan; hon. secretary. Mr. Quek Keng Siang (re-elected), hon. treasurer, Mr. Quek Keng Hock (re-elected),89 words
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Article59 1949-02-03 12 JACKSONVILLE, Wed, JOE LOUIS easily fended off Elmer "Violent" Ray through four exhibition rounds. Ray tried to tangle up the champ with bobbing wide-swing-ing style that proved effective against him last week in an exhibition at Miami. ThU time Louis just kept his leftUP - 59 words
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Article33 1949-02-03 12 The General Meeting of the Jollllads Athletic Union will be held on Sunday. February 6, at the residence of Mr. M. P. Samy 521-2 Kampong Bahru Road, Singapore, at 1.30 p.m.33 words
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Article35 1949-02-03 12 THE Police beat the G H.Q. 1 Signals by 16 points (two goals and two tries) to 10 points (two goals) In a game of Rugby played at Thomson Road yesler day.35 words
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Article13 1949-02-03 12 Today: High Water, 3.00 a.m. 18ft. 71n). 1.46 p.m. (»ft. lla).13 words
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Article343 1949-02-03 12 CALL BOY - CALL BOY By UROVIDED the preliminary tests ar e satisfactory, 1 the photo-finish camera will be used for the first time in Malaya at Ipoh race course on Saturday, Feb. 12, the first day of the Perak Turf Club's meeting. The apparatus has been installed, and343 words
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Article109 1949-02-03 12 rAMS for the Khalsa A.s.xorution cricket match on Buuday i at 10.30 am on the Khal n v'rtnui'l I win be: Hardail Singh's team: Mew i j Singh Sewa Singh. Ram Siiißh. Wazir Singh. M. B Singh, Dr. Sarban Singh, B. S Soin. Mohinder Singh (Raffles Institutioni109 words
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