The Straits Times, 8 April 1949
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Title Section20 1949-04-08 1 The Straits Times MA LAY AS LEADING NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED IH4S KH.HT PAGES SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, APRIL 8. 1949. PRICF TEN CENTS.20 words
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Article305 1949-04-08 1 Wot Hesitate To Use It If Necessary 9 WASHINGTON, Thursday. PRESIDENT TRUMAN expressed the belief last night that it will never be necessary to drop another atom bomb. But he said he would not hesitate to use the bomb again if necessary for the welfare of305 words
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Article, Illustration57 1949-04-08 1 MISS MAVIS BRUCE l2&kJa*gUht: United Exwvinoes and Miss Flora Lazarus, (22) from vothin. the two air hostesses of the Indian Overseas Airlines Skymasterjrtilch ar-* rived at Kalian? yesterday on a test-flight f^ipen a Botn- "bay-Singapore service. They are wearing the national costume of the North Indian women, the uniform chosen57 words
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Article, Illustration25 1949-04-08 1 MISS ROSANNA admiring a painting at the PanMalay Artists' Exhibition which opened yesterday afternoon at the British Council Centre In Stamford Road.— Straits Times picture.25 words
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Article43 1949-04-08 1 CALCUTTA, Thurs. TWO Indians. arriving from Singapore by air yesterday, declared to the customs that six suitcases they had were empty. Customs officials helped them optn the "empty" cases and found they contained gold worth over Rs 100,000.— A.P.AP - 43 words
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Article46 1949-04-08 1 PENANG, Thurs.— General Sir Neil Ritchie, C-ln-C. FARELF this evening visited the Runnymede hotel and had informal talks with the Burma evacuees. In all, there are about 40 officers and men and their families. They are members of the British Military Mission In Burma.46 words
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Article230 1949-04-08 1 LONDON, Thurs. MR. Anthony Eden, deputy leader of the Opposition ;n the House of Commons, in a luncheon address here today said he returned from his recent world tour with robust confidence In the Commonwealth future. He returned with a strong conviction that the CommonwealthReuter - 230 words
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Article124 1949-04-08 1 Sultan Sovereign Ruler Judge IN a judgment given in the Singapore Supreme! 1 Court yesterday, Mr. Justice Gordon-Smith held that the Sultan of Johore, Sir Ibrahim, is now a sovereign ruler. The judge held that the Sultan's sovereignty, which I had been lost under the McMlchaei Agreement followed by the124 words
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Article, Illustration20 1949-04-08 1 MODEL FIANCE: Miss Denise Anne Taylor is engaged to the Olytnpi" Torchbear «r. John Mark, a medical student.— A.P. picture.AP - 20 words
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Article162 1949-04-08 1 NEW YORK, Thursday. TWENTY-ONE crew members of the merchant ship Flying Arrow yesterday pleaded not guilty to charges of misconduct in connection with alleged refusal to proceed to sea at Manila, Jan. 6 and at Singapore. Feb. 17. The charges originated from a complaint by theAP - 162 words
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Article77 1949-04-08 1 LONDON, Thurs. rpHE Hampshire Appeals A Committee today allowed the appeal of Col. Ernest Mcrvyn Joseph, chief magistrate of Colombo, against a conviction for theft. He appealed against a conviction by Odiham justices of stealing a Christmas tree worth 4/6 d. last December Mr. G, D, Roberts, callingReuter - 77 words
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Article112 1949-04-08 1 BUDGET CAUSES SHARE TUMBLE LONDON, Thurs. THE Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Stafford Cripps' austerity budget ■eoit share prices tumbling in the London Stock Exchange today. No taxation relief to enter111 1 nment and radio industries, M hange in purchase tax ■vi the 3mall reduction in the price of beerReuter - 112 words
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Article89 1949-04-08 1 BERLIN. Thurs. The Russians today partly Bf -1 their ban on the use of Hi' West maik in Berlin. 1 \\-*y permitted Soviet-con-lrilled railways to act*ept*it a>. stations In the Western sreors of t^fe city. The Soviet licensed German n■ s agency said the new BMUNN was89 words
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Article43 1949-04-08 1 BUDAPEST, Thurs. The Government announced yes-t-»rlay that the Communisttiominated Hungarian Peo-pl-s Front asked the president and the Government to dissolve Parliament and hold new elections. Parliament w.vild be dissolved next week and new elections wonld be held on May 15— UP.UP - 43 words
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Article28 1949-04-08 1 SYDNEY, Thurs. The former American Negro boxer, Ti^r Parkes, who has lived in Australia with his Australian witt and child for 15 years, was deported yesterday.28 words
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Article229 1949-04-08 1 LONDON, Thursday. rpHE five Western Union allies began talks today to dovetail their arm s and defence strategy into the 12-nation North Atlantic Pact. Informed sources said that apart from the British, French, Belgian, Dutch and Luxembourg Defence Ministers, each country's chief-of-staff i s expectedReuter; AP - 229 words
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Article14 1949-04-08 1 NEW DELHI, Thurs— Four thousand Communists have been arrested In south-east Hyderabad.14 words
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Article240 1949-04-08 1 SEOUL, Thurs. A RARE case of a 14-year-old Korean child who led the life of a female until last month, when she physically changed Into a male, has caused a great stir In Korean medical centres. Six weeks ago Pak Chung Ja, the child of aUP - 240 words
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Article50 1949-04-08 1 LONDON, Thurs.— Britain is to have bigger newspapers from April 24, Mr. Harold Wilson, President of the Board of Trade, announced today. National dally papers will be allowed to have a dally average of six pages instead of five. There would be corresponding increases for other papers.— Reuter.Reuter - 50 words
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Article48 1949-04-08 1 SYDNEY. Thurs. Mr, i'»eph Chlfley and Mr. Peter Eraser, Australian and New Zealand Prime Ministers, respectively, will leave here by air on Good Friday for London to take part in the Comiwnwealth Prime Ministers* uilerence. Pandit Nehru, InTan Prime Minister, will Join tholr plane at Calcutta,—Reuter.48 words
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Article174 1949-04-08 1 Nanking Rejects 'Give In Demand NANKING. Thurs. ORESIDENT Li Tsung-jen 1 was reported today to have rejected a Chinese Communist ultimatum demanding the surrender of the Nationalist armies by April 12 The Communisms, official quarters said, threatened to cross the Yangtse into South China if their terms were not met.174 words
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Article79 1949-04-08 1 CHURCH NO POLITICS GENEVA, Thurs.-- A ,:ou; of church leaders from Eii rope, the United States am China has reaffirmed tlu stand of the World Counci of Churches taken at Amsterdam last summer thai in. Church cannot identify Usel: with any political system The reamtmation of th> Amsterdam stand cameAP - 79 words
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Article, Illustration500 1949-04-08 2 THE British light cruiser H.M.S. Arethusa wil become the Royal Navy's first "guinea pig" in i simulated atom bomb test. The Admiralty says that the 5,230-ton warship will be bombarded with deadly gamma rays at a safe distance off the south coast of BritainAP - 500 words
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Article, Illustration204 1949-04-08 2 LAKE SUCCESS, Thursday. POLAND vigorously attacked proposals by Australia and Bolivia yesterday to have the United Nations General Assembly investigate the recent trial of Cardinal Mindszenty and -other Catholic and Protestant church leaders in Hungary and Bulgaria. I The Polish delegate. Mr. Julius Katz Suchy, declared204 words
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Article89 1949-04-08 2 NEW DELHI. Thurs. A SERIOUS disagreement appears to have caused a deadlock in the Indo-Pakis-tan truce talk* over Kashmir. Informed quarters believe the cause to be India's insis- tence on disarmament of the Azad (free) Kashmir forces and Pakistan's wish to keep them arm?d and Intact untilReuter - 89 words
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Article71 1949-04-08 2 LONDON, Thurs. MR. Winston Churchill's famous "siren suit" has brought a sneer from London's style savants of Savile Row. Mr. Churchill, garbed in something like baggy summer playing slacks— zipped up the front loosely and with an open -collar—predicted in America that it would beAP - 71 words
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Advertisement307 1949-04-08 2 VICTORIA THEATRE Tonight Tomorrow at 8.45 Sunday 1Mb April at 8S0 THE STAGE CLUB Presents THIS HAPPY BREED' A SAGA OF LONDON By Noel Coward Seats Sl.W to MOO at Robinson's Tel. 5894 Ex. 4 or at Theatre nightly Tel. 6826. Imm 3 Shows:— 3. 6 15 9 15 p.m.307 words
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Advertisement661 1949-04-08 2 NOTICES SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY VACANCIES ELECTRICITY DEPARTMENT: Junior and Temporary Clerk*. Commencing salary $80 a month plus C.L.A. equivalent to 60% of salary. Senior Cambridge 01 equivalent essential. Forms from Municipal Electrical Engineer. Applications dote not later than 4.30 p.m. on 11/4/49. WATER DEPARTMENT: TEMPORARY Teacher for a primary School at661 words
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Advertisement664 1949-04-08 2 NOTICES I NOTICE It U hereby notified that the Power of Attorney in favour Of T. VR. Rajamany Plllal to do certain acts and things aa manager of the business known as O. Ramasamy Nadar Company at No. 50, Market Street, Singapore, and at No. 58. Serangoon Road, Singapore, given664 words
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Advertisement595 1949-04-08 2 NOTICES TENDERS will be received at the Office of the Director of Public Works, Singapore, not later than noon on 9th May, 1940, for the Proposed Malay Vernacular Olrls School, Kitchen Block and Caretakers' Quarters at Qeylang, Singapore. Particulars can be obtained at the Office of the Senior Executive Engineer.595 words
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Advertisement243 1949-04-08 2 BROOK MOTORS. (cc«^2^^^l j H^^V^^^ m^J VARIOUS SIZES IN STOCK FROM 1/6 M.P. TO 120 H.P. Agenta for Malaya R.E. MORRIS CO., LTD. 18, Battery Road. Singapore Representatives in Koala Lmnpur, Ipoh, Penang and Sungrt Patanl KYLE, PALMER CO., LTD. Biro Minor the /ounger member of JM the Blrofamlly has243 words
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Article321 1949-04-08 3 Dearer Food May Force Wages Up LONDON, Thursday. DRITISH tnide union loaders today warned the Chsincollor of the Exchequer, Sir Stafford (ripps, that they miirht be powerless stop widosproad industrial wajje increase d ruanrlv after his "higher food prices" budget, announced in I'iirliument last nitrht. ThpReuter - 321 words
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Article44 1949-04-08 3 WELLINGTON (N.Z.t. Thurs 1 lie Communist Party has ousted Mr. Alexander Drennan as party chairman because he failed to adhere itrietlj to the Communist line. His friends say that he had not been tough enough In carrying out party policies— UP.UP - 44 words
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Article68 1949-04-08 3 LONDON, Thurs. OKIIAIVS gold and dollar holding* have risen by C I4.nnO.flOf' M nor Her. 31. the TreasiiiA announced I «m night. Mainly Moralist- (if aid (mm the Kiiropran Ren-ov-<>n Programme the total Uma4 at V4ii.onn.nnn a~t the end of March. This was >:si.nno.nOO less than68 words
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Article144 1949-04-08 3 RANGOON. Thurs. rE surrender of Karen tribesmen to the Government at Insein. which was to have taken piai-e today, has b^en postponed because of a 1-^t -minute hitch. The Karen President. Saw Ba U Gyi, told the Government the Karens were appreIvnsive about the presence ol BurmaReuter; AP - 144 words
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Article79 1949-04-08 3 WASHINGTON. Thurs. riIHE U.S. State Department I has expressed frank ion;n fiver the evidence of mounting Soviet military and propaganda preaure on P -rsia The series q4 border Hashes represent a calculated Soy: purpose of "either intensifying the war of nerves on ppisia or probint theUP - 79 words
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Article57 1949-04-08 3 r,ONDON. ihiirs. ExQnppn Rambhai Barni of Si mi, an exile in Britain for •.us. is eyperted to leave Britain about May 1 to return to her native land. With her small stair she will travel to Singapore in the Dutch ship Willem Ruvs :iopes to see57 words
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Article71 1949-04-08 3 i .u</A rburs. Dr. R.ibrrt M Hut chins ChanOT of Ihf University of Chicago, .^aiti yesterday that the Unii nade both j military and a moral mis- in dropping the atom bomb on Japan From the long ranga military poini of view, letting the71 words
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Article29 1949-04-08 3 WASHINGTON. Thurs. -The United States Navy is trans•rrlng 16 of Its largest des- rovers from the Pacific to the antic Fleet. It was officially ituiounced here— Renter.Reuter - 29 words
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Article49 1949-04-08 3 LAKE SUCCESS. Thurs. Italian representatives were yesterday invited to take part in the discussions on the disposition of Italy's pre-war colonies in the United Nations. The General Assembly's Political Committee extended the invitation on the proposal of the U.S. delegate, Mr. John Foster Dulles.— A.P.AP - 49 words
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108 1949-04-08 3 SAN FRANCISCO. Thursday. QIAM is seeking extensive military aid to modernise her army against the Communists said the Siames* Chief of Staff. Lt.-Gen. Dejpradicudh, member of a delegation en route to Washington He said Siam would wel- r— come any arrangement for AmericanUP - 108 words
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Article59 1949-04-08 3 FRANKFURT Thurs. A German astrologer said yesterday that the 16th-century seer Nost radamus had predicted that World War 111 would start in Greece on Sunday and would last four months Fritz Lang said that varied prophecies of the famed Frenchman indicated that the West wouldUP - 59 words
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Article, Illustration45 1949-04-08 3 RONGGENG up-to-date: This modernisation of the Malay national dance was one of the entertainments organised by the Malay Welfare Council at the Happy World, Singapore, on Wednesday and last night In aid of funds for a home for aged Malays. Straits Times picture.45 words
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Article121 1949-04-08 3 Perak Landslide Kills Four From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH, Thurs. LX)UR lives were lost and r damage estimated at $50,000 caused when a landslide occurred at the Hai Pong mining kongsi, Kledang Road, Menglembu, Perak, last night. The tragedy happened at aboift 6 p.m. just before a heavy shower of121 words
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158 1949-04-08 3 10 Nations Plan Europe Parliament LONDON, Thurs. THE European Movement has called for the inclusion of West Germans and refugees from Communist-led countries in a 17-nation Parliament of Europe. The movement asked a 10nation conference to reserve a number of emotv seats "as a symbolic gesture" in the proposed ParliamentAP - 158 words
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Article68 1949-04-08 3 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON. Thurs. Informed quarters here consider It extremely unlikely that Senator Connally's bill in the U.S. Senate proposing a tin import duty will become law. It is pointed out that the imposition of 3uch a duty would be a direct violation of68 words
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Article327 1949-04-08 3 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. AN application to reject a suit instituted by General Sir Neil Ritchie, C.-in-C. FARELF, in the name of the King against the Kuala Lumpur firm of Harper, Gilfillan and Co.. for damage caused to War Department property327 words
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Article91 1949-04-08 3 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Tnurs. pOMMENTING on the Rub- >* ber Study Group meeting, George White Yuille Co., rubber brokers, say that the prospect of the United States taking action to allow free competition between synthetic and natural rubber seems remote. Disappointment was felt here when91 words
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Article59 1949-04-08 3 HELSINKI, Thurs. The Finnish Premier. Mr. K. A. Fagenholm, yesterday described the Finnish-Soviet friendship pact as a safe anchor confirming the right of Finland to an independent existence as well as her obligations as an independent State and a neighbour or the >- Soviet Union.AP - 59 words
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Article43 1949-04-08 3 AUCKLAND. Thurs.- The New Zealand Justices of the Peace Association has demanded the restoration of capital punishment, abolished by the Labour Government in 1941, because of the increase in murders. They also ask the Government to declare Communism illegal.— Reuter, A.A.P.Reuter; Reuter-AAP - 43 words
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Article, Illustration35 1949-04-08 3 .MR. E. F. SMITH, Malayan Airways engineer, seen with h.s bride. Miss Marion Henderson, a ground hostess with X.1..M., Kalian?, after their wedding In Singapore. They *re spending their honeymoon in Penan?.35 words
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Article134 1949-04-08 3 LONDON. Thurs A LONDON police court yesterday ordered a war rant for the arrest of SHrtr.ey Stanley, the man without a country, for falling to aonmr in court on a banic-'ipf'-v summons. The prosfviiti'm said that Stanley, central figure in the Government's bribery Invea tigation last year,AP; UP - 134 words
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Article80 1949-04-08 3 "Standard Of English Down" From Out Staff C'orrespondrnl SEREMBAN, Thurs. MR. F.L. Shaw, retiring headmaster of King George V School. Seremban. last night gave his opinion that the standard of English In Malaya was not up to the pre-war standard. "Nothing less than a Grade I School Certificate is of80 words
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Article134 1949-04-08 3 H EARING continued In the First District Court yesterday in the case in which two textile merchants. Mohlndei Singh and Mohan Singh, faced separate charges alleging corruption. Mohlnder Singh was alleged to have corruptly agreed to give $7,000 to an officer of the Imports and Exports Dept..134 words
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Article82 1949-04-08 3 New Bishop's Career From Our Own Corn .p<>iid<nt. LONDON. Thurs. CANON H. W, Balnes. Bishop-designate of Singapore, belongs to a family which has lived for generations at Leeds where his father was editor of the Mercury. From 1927 to 1929 when he left Oxford, he was travelling secretary In England82 words
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Article70 1949-04-08 3 TO-DAY Exhibitions ol Malay Artists' paintings and pictures, British Council Hall. Stamford Road, 9.30 a.m. to 6 p.m. V.M.C.A., Orchard Rofld. French class, 5.30 p.m.. educational film show, 8 p.m. W«sley Methodist Youth Fellowship, business meeting, 4 Fort Canning Road, 7 p.m. Paya Lebar Methodist YouUi Fellowship, devotional70 words
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Advertisement342 1949-04-08 3 L. IK V m\ IT WILL GIVE YOU THAT SMART, FINISHED LOOK! Yhe secret of ollur* of fascinating rodiates an air charm and distinction is usu- or sophistication, yet is always ally found in well-groomed hair. in perfect taste! GLOSTORA keeps your hair You con rely upoi GLOSTORA neat and342 words
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The Straits Times Singapore, Fri., Apr. 8, 1949.
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Article1103 1949-04-08 4 Economic necessity has mastered political expediency in Sir Stafford Cripps' new budget. The Chancellor was popularly expected to reduce taxation. Instead, he has left income tax, the purchase tax and the tobacco duty untouched, he has increased the tax on matches and the football pools, and by1,103 words
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Article35 1949-04-08 4 LAKE SUCCESS, Thurs. The application of Nepal for admission to the United Nations will come before the Security Council tomorrow. The Soviet Union, it is believed, will oppose the admission.— Reuter.Reuter - 35 words
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1420 1949-04-08 4 AUDREY RICHARDS - AUDREY RICHARDS WE are constantly TT told that our Colonial policy has two goals—the rapid economic development of backward areas and the more or less rapid transfer of authority from Whitehall to the Colonial Office. Lord Milverton's recent article dealt with one aspect of1,420 words
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Article395 1949-04-08 4 PROFESSOR Rupert Emerson, author of "Malaysia", a study of colonial administration in Malaya and the Dutch East Indies, believes the United States should encourage regional groupings in the Pacific area and South East Asia He said this should be done in addition to -utilising theUP - 395 words
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Article223 1949-04-08 4 MR. A. P. Rajah in his after-election address last Saturday stated that he "loathed' Independent candidates. Mr. Rajah perhaps does not realise that it is more creditable for an Independent candidate to be returned (and especially if he succeeds in securing the highest number of votes)223 words
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Article161 1949-04-08 4 I WAS one of the spectators at the Victoria Memorial Hall last Saturday, April 2, and I was shocked to hear one of the elected candidates referring to the voters who voted for him as "illiterates." Instead of thanking us, he called us uneducated. I very much regret161 words
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Article192 1949-04-08 4 YOUR correspondent, "Futurist", whose letter under the heading •WHY NOT A MAYOR?" was published in your last Saturday Forum, should know that the Labour i Party of Singapore made j this one of its points. Speaking at an election meeting held on March 22, at Dalhousie192 words
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Article290 1949-04-08 5 AUXILIARY AIR FORCE FOR MALAYA Fighter Units To Be Formed From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. MALAYAN Auxiliary Air Force is to be established in the Federation and Singapore and will be open to British subjects of all races. The formation of fighter squadrons aiid medium transport squadrons in290 words
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Article, Illustration38 1949-04-08 5 Ribbon Dance THE BIE3ON DASV£, one of the many items in trie Penang Ladies' Chin Woo A ssociation's variety entertainment staged at the New World Park, Penan;, to celebrate the association's silver jubilee.— Picture by T. K. Liat38 words
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Article188 1949-04-08 5 GIMSON TO ACCEPT PELANDOK TODAY SIR Franklin Olmson. Governor of Singapore, acting on behalf of the Malayan Naval Force, will today receive the Malayan Ship pelandok. The Pelandok will be the MNF"s first vessel. The transfer will take place at Red House Jetty, at the Naval Base, Seletar, at 11188 words
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Article75 1949-04-08 5 A I L except six of 60 dismissed Chinese rubber millers of the Joo Seng Rubber Factory in Bukit Timah Road left their factory quarters yesterday morning, after they had been given extra time to quit. The six have been granted permission to stay in the factory,75 words
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Article64 1949-04-08 5 CARD TROUBLE Torn In A Scuffle TLG-O'-WAR between a husband and wife over a wallet landed the husband to one day's simple imprisonment in the First District Court yesterday. The husband, Loke Key Thai of Kampong Bahru. pleaded guilty to having torn his wife's identity card. Loke said: "I did64 words
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Article55 1949-04-08 5 BECAUSE be was angry, a religious teacher, Haji Abdullah bin Yahya, tore up his friend's identity card, and yesterday began a two weeks' prison term. Abdullah told the court that his friend had annoyed him by delaying to return him a document relating to the sale55 words
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Article53 1949-04-08 5 JAMES Edward Paramore, an Australian, whose identity card had Its number cut off, told the Court: "Somebody played a practical joke on me In the mess. I* have no idea what happened or when the number was cut off." Paramore, who claimed trial, was granted53 words
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Article61 1949-04-08 5 IN a daring daylight robbery four masked Chinese, three carrying pistols, entered a coffee shop in Thomson Road village, Singapore, and robbed a Chinese cigarette agent of his day's collection of $1,800. The agent. Mr. Koh Thoo Cnwee of Chop Sin Huat Hin. in Nee Soon61 words
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Article34 1949-04-08 5 Miss Elizabeth Palmer, World Secretary of the Y.W.C.A. for South and East, Asia, will be heard, In a recorded talk over the Blue Network of Radio Malaya at 8 o'clock tonight. I34 words
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Article148 1949-04-08 5 VyORK on the Colony's multi-milion-dollar Medical TT Plan will begin soon, the Director of Medical Services, Dr. W. J. Vickers, told the Straits Times yesterday. An Australian hospital planner, Mr. F. Sedfield, is expected to arrive in Singapore this month to advise on the General and148 words
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Article82 1949-04-08 5 rpHE- Singapore Chinese ImJ. porters' and Exporters' Association hag submitted a memorandum to the Singa-pore-Indonesian Trade Liaison Committee asking for an extension to June 30 of the period In which barter credits accumulated by Singapore traders in Sumatra ports may be cleared. The Association earlier had been82 words
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Article196 1949-04-08 5 What Does Death Matter? —He Tells Judge "VTOW that my wife is dead, ll what does It matter," said Mayandy, a Singapore Harbour Board labourer, when he was sentenced to death by Mr. Justice Taylor In the Singapore Assize Court yesterday for the murder of his 15-year-old wife. The Jury196 words
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Article21 1949-04-08 5 From Oar Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs.— Mr. T. E. Emmett, has been appointed State Drainage and Irrigation Engineer, Johore.21 words
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Article116 1949-04-08 5 COME of the 700 people evicted from their attap huts in Dorset and Owen Roads Singapore, were surprised when they were told yesterday by Mr. Pat Johnson. Municipal Commissioner that the Land Office had offered land to build on in Kirn Kf.it Road. The Land Office had116 words
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Article48 1949-04-08 5 IPOH, Thars. AFTER a retrial ordered by the Federation Court of Appeal, Chong Kirn Seng was today sentenced at the Ipoh Assizes to death for possession of 29 rounds of ammunition at Geylang Gajah, Bruas. At his first trial he had been sentenced to death.48 words
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370 1949-04-08 5 "Nature 's Most Agreeable Blunder Women By Our Woman Correspondent "WOMAN is nature's most agreeable blunder," said T Mr. Yap Pheng Geek, Municipal Commissioner, Kotarian and manager 01 the Sze Hai Tong Bank in a witty commentary on women to members of the Inner Wheel Club yesterday. His address was370 words
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Article282 1949-04-08 5 New Air Service Plan T»HE Indian Overseas Airlines Ltd., one of the three x Indian companies operating international services, is to open a line from Bombay to Singapore as soon as arrangements are completed. India's Director-General of Civil Aviation. Mr T P Bhalla. who arrived282 words
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Article121 1949-04-08 5 The Singapore Stage Club's production of Noel Coward's, "This Happy Breed," staged la&l night at the Victoria Theatre, delighted a large first-night audience. This human story of the vicissitudes of a typical lower middle class English family between the two wars carries a message that is ever121 words
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267 1949-04-08 5 Malacca Planter Escapes Death In Blazing Jeep From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. EUROPEAN planter had a remarkable escape from death when the jeep in which he was riding with three Gurkhas in the Alor Gajah area of Malacca was attacked by bandits yesterday and caught fige. The planter267 words
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Article166 1949-04-08 5 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs. THE manager of a rubber estate. Carl Hunter, was charged In the Kota Tlnggl court yesterday with being drunk while carrying a firearm. He was also charged with behaving in a disorderly manner while armed. It was alleged that alter166 words
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Article55 1949-04-08 5 As a safeguard against any possibility of poisoning, the importation of wild boar carcases Into Singapore has been forbidden except under special permits from the Veterinary Department of the Federation. The reason for the ban is that arsenic poison is being I used in the55 words
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Article23 1949-04-08 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs. Choo Ah Matt, 20, charged with possession of a handgrenade at Bakri, Muar, was acquitted at the Assizes yesterday.23 words
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Article, Illustration1817 1949-04-08 6 But Proceedings Can Continue IN the Singapore Supi Mr. Justice Gordon-* Sultan of Johore, Majoi is today a Sovereign Ri Highness relinquished under the Malayan Unic However, because the himself to the jurisdiction in Singapore during the Judge to have functioned as the High Court is1,817 words
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Article138 1949-04-08 6 Firm 's "No" To More Profit From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG. Thurs. ALTHOUGH he esti- mated that he would stand to make an extra profit of $6,000 a month from the new rates, the proprietor of one Penang transport company had protested against the proposed increase in bus faret. A138 words
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Article83 1949-04-08 6 The annual re-union dinner and dance of Raffles College Union and the Stamford Club will be held on Wednesday, May 4, at Raffles Hotel. This will be the last function of its kind before the establishment of the University of Malaya. Among those expected to attend83 words
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Article21 1949-04-08 6 Remittances to China from Malaya during March amounted to $649,486. Remittances from Singapore totalled $380,530. and from the Federation $268,956.21 words
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Article, Illustration142 1949-04-08 6 THE Colonial Secretary, Singapore, Mr. P. A. B. McKerron, yesterday evening announced his retirement next year when he spoke at the opening of the Pan-Malay Artists' Exhibition in the British Council Hall. "I usad to be interested in painting myself in my younger days," he142 words
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Miscellaneous75 1949-04-08 6 SINGAPORE 1.00 South American Way; 130 News (also at 7 and 9 30 1; 1.45 Accent on Melody; 2.00 Close; 6.02 Radio Orchestra; 6.40 Dance Music 7-10 Shares: 7- 15 Film Review; 7.30 Round up on the Range; 8.00 Talk; 8.15 Dance Music; 8.30 Friday Prom 9 45 Evening Star;75 words
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Miscellaneous84 1949-04-08 6 (also at 9.30i; 7 10 Share Market Quotations etc.; 7. 30 Violin Recital; 8.00 Talk; 8- 15 What's New on Records: 9.00 The Lighter Side; 9.45 Evening Star; 10 00 Light Music: 10.30 Tunes from the Shows; 11 00 Close. ur.lBR Including BBC relays: 6 00 Music; 6-15 Special Dispatch:84 words
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Miscellaneous75 1949-04-08 6 Takes Over; 10.45 Looking at Britain; 11.00 Dance Music: 11.15 World Affairs; 11. 30 News; 11.45 Douglas Parnell; 12. 00 Close. AUSTRALIA 6.00 "I.T.M.A.": 6. 30 Australian Overseas News; 7.00 "It Ha. pened In Sport"; 7.30 Background to Australia; 8 00 Sonata Recital. 8.30 Australian News; 8. 43 "Star Parade";75 words
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105 1949-04-08 7 SHARE MARKET UNMOVED Singapore BY BUDGET NEWS From Oar Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, Thursday. VEWS of the British Budget had no effect on the 11 Malayan share market today. Prices were mainly uivhanred, with very little business done. Price changes announced by the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association were: INDUSTRIALS i 9M i105 words
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Article180 1949-04-08 7 /"kPENING easier yesterday \J morning, the Singapore rubber market steadied again at prices unchanged from Wednesday's. Closing prices yesterdny were: No. 1 sheet f.o.b. buyers 35* cent*, sellers 36 cents; spot loose buyers 35% cents, sellers 36 cents per n>. The Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association's noon prices180 words
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Article231 1949-04-08 7 London Stocks Dow Jones Avermge* LONDON, Thurs. TRADING in the London 1 Stock Exchange was at a low level yesterday with dealers awaiting details ol the British Budget Price changes were few but a generally firm tone wai maintained, says Reuter's financial correspondent. Government securities failed tc record any attention231 words
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Article123 1949-04-08 7 RAIN STRIKE COST £10,000 From Oar Own Correspondent LONDON. Thurs. EXCEPTIONALLY wet weather and a strike of toppers cost Broome Rubber Plantations £10,000, according to the chairman, Sir Lionel Smith-Gordon. In his circulated statement, he says the crop last year was 350,000 lbs. more than In the previous year but123 words
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Article160 1949-04-08 7 MALAYAN shipments of rubber for the first three months of the year amounted to 252,548 tons 241,611! tons of sheet and crepe and 10,937 tons of latex, concentrated latex and revertex—according to official statistics. The United States w*s*Malaya's' best customer with 72,485 tons. Then came the United160 words
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Article25 1949-04-08 7 SUGAR was inclined to sag further in the Singapore produce market yesterday. Black pepper again advanced in price on a quietly steady market.25 words
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Article93 1949-04-08 7 PARIS. Thurs. TV^R. Harvey Flreßtone, Jr. chairman of the U.B. Flreetone Tyre and Rubber Company said in Paris yesterday that demand for rubber products It Europe was slackening. A normal market was In sight. He has been Inspecting hii company's plants In Britain, Sweden, Switzerland and Spain.AP - 93 words
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Article236 1949-04-08 7 Financial Aid Needed Now From Oar Own Correspondent I LONDON, Thurs. TN the three years after reoct cupation, K/tpala Rubber Estates of Malaya have paid seven I years' Preference dividends and provided £51,000 for the rehabilitation of the property. The chairman, Mr. A. H. Doherty, says in his236 words
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Article26 1949-04-08 7 RAHMAN Hydraulic Tin's output of tin-ore last month amounted to 852.81 piculs. c c c JZAMRA Tin Dredging In March -1 produced 102 piculs.26 words
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112 1949-04-08 7 QHIPS in port alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves yesterday (godow'ns In brackets) were: Sheers Wharf: Empire Hamble. Main Wharf: Talabot (42—43), Empire Caicos (40 41), Benmacdhui (38 39). Sterner (35 36) Malaya (33 34) Steel Naviiratnr (31—32) Empire Dock: Utrecht (17—18). M. Brander (31—23),112 words
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280 1949-04-08 7 'Look Before You Leap 9 In The Market I EX," writing; in The Finan cial Times, advises investors in robber companies not to be tempted by a low price and an apparently high yield of the commodity. "Do not jump to the conclusion that the market has overlooked the company,"280 words
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Advertisement1130 1949-04-08 7 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. ilncorpcxatac n Mr. moot*) uui rvmiL u«i straits stkamshi? co Carrier option *o inmi «u .thai rn te toad and dtaenara)* car«> tAILINC* *ROM UJI U*Jk MALA»A ]*Anteaer" from U.K Apr. 12 "Mtriraua" tot Muir Apt. t fAifntn from UiA Apr «2 •Mentekap" tor Malacca. fttM*N«' Iram1,130 words
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Advertisement309 1949-04-08 7 EAST ASIATIC LINE SAILINCS TO CONTINENT/ SAILINCS FROM SCANOINAVIA/U.K./ CONTINENT m.s "Meenla" .J I* Pert for Bangkok m "Kambodia" dur abt. Apr 12 for Manila. H'Kong. Shanghai Kobe Yokohama m.i ■S.l.ndia" dv. abt. Apr. 17 for Bangkok. m.» "Korea" due abt. May II for Manila, H'Kong Shanghai, hal Kobe!?) ft309 words
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Advertisement799 1949-04-08 7 Me At 1ST FH CO.. LTD. (lncotp..ia:to in 5 iporel CITY OF POONA Vceptmg cargo for Central South r«l«phont No f«O6 BOUSTCAD CO.. LTD. Ltoyo Agents. IK** Agents foi Malay* Railways QUH OWI •ALBM^*AO©«» UN| U *»«ing» tor Los Angela, San Francisco, UK unt^nf. Porn to PBMI-nd Hon. Hon.. Shanghai799 words
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292 1949-04-08 8 STATUS OF S.O.S.C. TO BE DISCUSSED On Agenda Of Rome Meeting THE status of the Singapore Olympic and Sports Council wiU be discussed by the International Olympic Committee which will meet at Rome on Apr. 24 when recognition of Singapore as a nation entitled to take part in the Olympics292 words
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Article, Illustration25 1949-04-08 8 A NAVY defender and a Tamil B.A. forward go op for a header in yesterday's Senior League game at Jalan Besar Stadium.— Straits Times picture.25 words
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Article, Illustration384 1949-04-08 8 Royal Navy 4; Tamils 0. ROYAL Navy beat the Tamil Brotherhood Association four-nil in a S.A.F.A. Senior League game at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday, but several times in the first 30 minutes the Tamils seemed certain to score their first goal of the season.384 words
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Article494 1949-04-08 8 WEEKEND CRICKET TEAMS pRICKET teams for week-end games are: CRICKET CLUB B.C.C. v. CSC. on the padang on Sunday. J. A. Busbridge, K Gould. Cdr. L. W. Napier, Lt. Cdr. H. Lee. V. I. Margrave*, J. A Court. K. I. O. Stewart, A. H. Robson. J. H. Mills, J. Morrison.494 words
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Article98 1949-04-08 8 STOCKHOLM, Thurs. MALAYA beat Sweden 6— 0 in their badminton I encounter here yesterday. Doubles Chan Kon Leong and Yeoh Teck Chye beat Nils Jonson and Inge Blomi berg 15—11, 15—7; 00l Teik Hock and Teob Sens Khoon beat Helge Paulsson and Bengt Polling 15—12, 15—8. IReuter - 98 words
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Article295 1949-04-08 8 PR the first time since the start of the A.C.F.E. Olympic Week competition. Hong Kong lost the spotlight to Technical Wing who had the best results In the fourth day of the Game-5, yesterday, by winning the hockey final against Kuala Lumpur, and qualifying for the295 words
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Article114 1949-04-08 8 LONDON, Thursday. PORTSMOUTH, surprisingly i 1 defeated In the cup, are I making no mistakes In the League. A brilliant victory last evening at Newcastle over their most dangerous rivals makes Portsmouth almost certain champions. Yesteday's results were: Triangular tournament match: British Army 5, Belgian Army 0.Reuter - 114 words
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Article45 1949-04-08 8 FE Singapore Cricket Club team to meet RE. Regt In to-day S.A.F.A. Senior League game at J.B. Stadium Is: P. Donaldson- M. McCullosh. 'v Burton; W. Bainbridge. Dj Hagon, H. Twist; B. Clifton. F. !B McCulloch. E. J. Lawley. TiMathot. W. P. Hill.45 words
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Article27 1949-04-08 8 R.A.F. Sembawang beat th« Pulau Bukum by six goals to nU In a Junior A. group 1 league fixture played at St. George's Road yesterday.27 words
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Article338 1949-04-08 8 A 810 upset in the junior j doubles championship in; the Singapore Malay B.A. tournament was created on Sunday by Tatb Don and Omar Yahya (Bournemouth) when they beat M. Sadali and Yakln (Muhibbah), who were favoured to enter the final of the championship. Both pairs338 words
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Article169 1949-04-08 8 A very closely contested match was fought out at the Clerical Union Hall on Wednesday night between the Useful Badminton Party and the Diehard B.P. TJseful won by five games to three. Fiv« of the eight games went to three sets. Pull results were: (Useful players169 words
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Article35 1949-04-08 8 !TN A S.A.F.A. League Junior I "B," Group 1, lepjfue fix- ture at Geylang Stadium y«»»ter- day, the Paya Lebar Bus Sports I Club were held to a icoreless draw by the C.V.M.A.35 words
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Article463 1949-04-08 8 EPSOM JEEP - EPSOM JEEP By IPOH, Thursday. riKEN and Permita Dormez both broke 39 sec. for three furlongs on a heavy track at Ipoh this morning: in their winding up gallops for Saturday. Permita Dormez had to be riden out by Turner at the finish to463 words
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Article41 1949-04-08 8 LEAGUE SOCCER: Snr. Dir. S.C.C t. RE. 3. Besar; Jnr. A. Grp. 2, H. M. Dockyard v. Naval Store* Naval Base; Jnr. B. Grp. 1, A.A.I', v Shell S.C. Geylang. Chinese Hurricanes v. Airport S.C— CYMA grnd. SI George's41 words
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Article323 1949-04-08 8 KEN JALLEH - KEN JALLEH *y rpHE Singapore Malay Badminton Association will A not seek afflation with the Singapore Badminton Association at least not as long as the Singapore Badminton Association's rules contain certain clauses which are detrimental to the welfar* of Hie Malay association. Thl3 was the unanimous323 words
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Article182 1949-04-08 8 pLAYINO their best game of the sea on, St.' Anthonys School defeated Raffles Institution, two-nil In a soccer match at Bias Basah Road yesterday. In the eighth minute, st Anthony's netted their nr^t <;oil through right-winger Chang fit. At this stage, R I. maJe n'rn^182 words
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Article82 1949-04-08 8 RSYC REGATTA TOMORROW THE Royal Singapore Yacht Club will hold its first post-war regatta tomorrow afternoon wheii three crews will compete for the Nutt-Beresford Cup for Junior Fours. The race, comprising a neat and final, will be rowed over a 1300 yards course in the strain between Blakang Mati and82 words
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Miscellaneous23 1949-04-08 8 SINGAPORE TIDES Today, H.W. 4.31 a.m. (7ft. Oin>, 8.36 p.m. (6ft. 3in>. Tomorrow: H. W. 6.30 a.m (6ft. 9in>. 9.20 p.m. (6ft. 9in.).23 words
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