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Title Section18 1949-04-26 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 I'WELVK PAGES SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, APRIL 26, 1949. PRICE TEN CENT18 words
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515 1949-04-26 1 BRITAIN IS SENDING REINFORCEMENTS More Ships To Join Far Eastern Fleet LONDON, Monday. DRITAIN is preparing to send strong: reinforcements for her Far Eastern Fleet, it was announced today. An Admiralty spokesman said an undisclosed number of ships is being sent to Hong* Kong to reinforce the two cruisers, eightReuter; AP; UP - 515 words
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Article, Illustration35 1949-04-26 1 .XS/.M IJ.VV: .Malay bugler- and drummers of the Singapore VoMj» Band sound the Last Post in memory ol Australia* war J rad at th« dawn service at the Cenotaph yesterday. Aniac Day.— Straits TJmes picture.35 words
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Article236 1949-04-26 1 Setting A Trap For 300,000 SHANGHAI, Mon. r»OMMUNIST arm ida pointed a lightning offensive at Hangchow today. The objective i* to trap the 300,000 Nationalist troops retreating from occupied Nanking. Shanghai itself. ;he world's fourth largest city, was apparently being by -passed. The feeling grew among Us 5,000.000 inhabitan's thatReuter - 236 words
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Article235 1949-04-26 1 BRITISH TOLD TO LEAV E SHANGHAI SHANGHAI. Monday. BRITISH, Australian and Canadian diplomatic officials today warned their nationals to leave Shanghai. The British Consul-General, Mr. I'rquhart. however, said that accommodation in lions Kong could b« provided for a short period only. Mr. Urquhart, after a conference with businessmen and ethers,UP - 235 words
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Article71 1949-04-26 1 LONDON. Mon. BRITAIN hailed a 23-year- old radio operator as a hrt-0 of the beleaguered sloop j H M.S. Amethyst. The operator. Jaok Leonard Fr -iu-h. still la aboard. He stuck by his set day and p.Uht sending reports on the ship until Vir»-Admiral Char-l'-s MaddenAP - 71 words
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Article71 1949-04-26 1 HONG KONG. Mon. -The destroyer HMS. Consort was Riveted with a rousing cheen from sailors when she 'arrived from Shanghai tiiis afternoon. The vessel had a tot*.i of ten killed and 30 'vounded. Tne ships surgeon said he losi all bil instruments *)iid had to perform amputationsUP - 71 words
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Article46 1949-04-26 1 NICOSIA. t(Cyprus) Mon. Ex-Emperor Bao Da* of Annam left for Karachi in a French military plane today after staying the night at Government House. He ig on his way back to Saigon from Paris to head the new Vietnam Republic. -Reuter.Reuter - 46 words
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Article125 1949-04-26 1 NANKING. Mon. THE British Embassy announced last night that the Communists have refused a cease-fire to allow the rescue of the damaged British sloop HMS Amethyst in the Yangtse east of Nanking. With about 60 men still on board the Amethyst has been unable to move upReuter - 125 words
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148 1949-04-26 1 A STRONG force of Spitfires flying from their Singapore base resumed the air offensive against bandit hideouts in East Johore early yesterday. The target was a large jungle camp capable of accommodating more than 100 men ana was known to have been occupied just before148 words
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Article86 1949-04-26 1 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. A woman courier for the bandits and a known bandit were among the 19 persons detained after a sweep by police and Grenadier Guards in the northern section of Sungei Bala squatter area near Kajang. Selangor. The woman bandit killed86 words
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Article212 1949-04-26 1 POLICK have kll^d wo pythons in residential areas of Singapore One was m Napier Road ;«nd Itid of er in Penang Roai The Napier Read oytiion' was kllh-d at me hi me of: Dr J Coutts Vllne. It was about eight f.-^t vi 'enthj with a212 words
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Article167 1949-04-26 1 From Our Own Correspondent BENTONG, Monday. TWO Chinese bandits were killed at mid-day today by a mixed party «f the Fourth Hussars and police near Gambing in the Kuantan area of Pahang. The security squad was returning to headquarters froi.. routine patrol when it ran167 words
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Article125 1949-04-26 1 INDIES: 'CRUCIAL POINT' BATAVIA, Mon. THE Indonesian Republican delegation, negotiating with the Dutch here on the return of the Republican Government to their former capital of Jogjakarta and other questions, today stated the talks had reached a "crucial, point." A statement from the delegation headquarters reaffirmed that the restoration ofReuter - 125 words
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Article67 1949-04-26 1 SUSPENDED BY SENATE MANILA. Mon.— The Philippines Senate today suspended the former Senate President Jose Avellno for a year on charges of misconduct. Avelino was accused of income tax evasion, unconstitutional use of his office for personal gain, advocating graft and corruption and tolerating elections frauds. The Senate voted thatAP - 67 words
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Article41 1949-04-26 1 BANDUNG, Mon. The federal state of West Java yesterday celebrated the first anniversary with a big reception by State President Wiranatakusuma at Bandung and festivities in all major towns, according to Aneta, the Dutch news agency. Reuter.Reuter - 41 words
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Article35 1949-04-26 1 OSAKA. Mon.— Two person* were killed and 40 others Inlured, when they were trampled on at the Koshlen railway station by part of the 100,000 crowd going to a baseball game. -U.P,UP - 35 words
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Article72 1949-04-26 1 FLOATING IRON CURTAIN RUSSIAN seamen in the Soviet built 1,313 ton floating dock, anchored in the Singapore Outer Roads refused to let a Straits Times reporter and cameraman go board yesterday. The floating dock, towed by the 504-ton tug Druginnik and accompanied by the Russian grain ship, Admiral Vishakov, arrived72 words
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Article, Illustration35 1949-04-26 1 FLOATING DOCK: The 1,313-ton floating dock which has arrived In Singapore. It is betaf towed by the tug Druginnik from Odessa to Vladivostok. The vessels hmve called at the Colony for bunkers.— Straits Times picture^35 words
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Article61 1949-04-26 1 RIO DE JANEIRO. Mon.— The British Royal Mail Uner Magdalena, returning from her maiden voyage to Argentina ran aground on a rock between the Cagarras Palmas Islands a few miles south of Rio harbour. A hold of the ship is flooded and all passengers have been landedUP - 61 words
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Advertisement99 1949-04-26 1 TERMITE (Wliiu- \utj EXPERTS C P. TAYLOR LTD. Dl I, Hongkong Bank Chamber* Tele. ***** shall always W'*9r*i^ l shaU never forget ■>M i jMri S >^ >c moonlight, the I^..^ j music, the cigarettes.** jSm J kll You know what makes \^k dv Maurier different? <M S^h K^Bjl the99 words
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Article232 1949-04-26 2 A mericans Urged "Support Pact" WASHINGTON, Monday. TVIREE former high Government officials yesterday 1 urged the American people to get behind the Atlantic Pact as "an essential emergency measure to prevent war with Soviet Russia." The three officials were former Supreme Court Just ice, Mr. Owen Roberts, a former WarUP - 232 words
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Article151 1949-04-26 2 LONDON, Mon. SIR Hartley Shawcross, British Attorney -General, yesterday appealed for the elimination of "abominaole racial doctrines and mistaken causes which bring such horrors in their wake." He told a meeting of the World Jewish Congress: "In other countries, and even in our own, there are thoseAP - 151 words
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Article61 1949-04-26 2 OTTAWA, Mon.— lt was reported yesterday that the Government had ordered the deportation of Demitri Leschenko, a confessed Soviet spy now being held without bail by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Winnipeg. The police revealed that Leschenko was active as a Soviet agent in the British zoneUP - 61 words
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Article, Illustration27 1949-04-26 2 Ml.. .tIhNTUI BESAa of Kelantan Nik Ahmad Kamil Dato' Seri Setia D'Raja who has just returned from a month's holiday in Borneo. —Glory Studio.27 words
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Article55 1949-04-26 2 U.S. Wants To Spread Happiness NEW YORK. Mon. UR. Charles Sawyer, United States Secretary of Commerce, said at Cape Henry yesterday that President Truman's plan to aid the world's backward areas was a 'logical extension of the gaod neighbour policy." aimed at raising "the coefficient of human happiness in neglectedReuter - 55 words
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Article85 1949-04-26 2 NEW YORK, Mon. TWO British Left-wing; Members of Parliament who had planned to accompany Mr. Henry Wallace on a "peace" tour of American cities are annoyed with the United States. Mr. Konni Ziilacus has been refused a visa and Mr. H. L. Hutchinson, M.P.AP - 85 words
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Article372 1949-04-26 2 THOUSANDS of University students from all over the world will help British farmers with the harvest this year. Already, 300 Scandinavians have booked passages to Britain. Over 1,000 more from France, Italy, Holland, Belgium and the United State s will join them. I AReuter - 372 words
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Article98 1949-04-26 2 LONDON, Mon. ATOMIC energy was blamft ed today for the loss of thousands of feet of valuable films which .veiv hping shipped by train to studios from film ompanies on location. Sir Alexander Korda lost about 30,000 feet of David Niven's technicolor picture "Elusive Pimpernel" whichUP - 98 words
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Advertisement458 1949-04-26 2 SHIPPING NOTICE S.S. "RICHMOND HILL" This vessel from Bombay via Indian Coast ports, Colombo and Akvab with General Cargo for Singapore, Penang, Bangkok and ports beyond Singapore, sustained damage due to collision during the voyage. Owners have declared General Average. at.d Consignees are required to sign the Oeneral Average Agreement458 words
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Advertisement573 1949-04-26 2 NOTICES APPLICATIONS are Invited for the post of Teacher In the Johore State Prison. Candidates must have passed the School Certificate Examination with at least two credits (one of which must be English Language) and a pass in Oral English. Candidates should possess a knowledge of at least two Chinese573 words
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Advertisement461 1949-04-26 2 NOTICES CHAPTER 216 (P.wnbroken) Unredeemed Pledged Uoods and Jewellery from the following Pawnbrokers Shops. No. 21 New Bridge Road Chin Chong Pat (Chop Thye Sheng). No 135 New Bridge Road Lam Soon Ching Lam Joon Siona (Chop Sam Poh). No 189 South Bridge Road. I Lain Joon Chong (Chop Bern461 words
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Advertisement413 1949-04-26 2 NOTICES FOR SALE BY TENDER JAPANESE built steel vessel, "Yaei Mara No. 5". no engines or fittings, length 180 ft., beam 31 ft.; lying off Jelutong (Penang). May be Inspected on application to P.O. Box No. 167 Penang. P. W. D. TENDER NOTICE* Tenders will be received at the Office413 words
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Advertisement182 1949-04-26 2 THE SECRET of cool, refreshing sleep B^iS^^^^ W^^^^^ The Tipion" bed oj uU-mmm lir»«i in rh<» nncruro r\( tUa U^A*. A struction with diamond-mesh bedues in me posture ot the body. A V tprins measure, v6-by y t v, (Mosquito-net fittings can be supplied sagging bedspring or mattress does not182 words
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Article80 1949-04-26 3 LONDON, Mon —Pandit Nehru was returning to London by road today after a restful week-end spent as th° guest of Earl and Countess Mountbatten at their estate. Broadlands, Hampshire. Mr. Nenru'J visit had b«?en kept a c"los< secret and few people in the neighbourhood knew of hi.sReuter - 80 words
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Article60 1949-04-26 3 NEW DELHI. Mon. The Indian Army will shortly provide military training for civilians between the ages of 18 and 35. Volunteers will be organised in squads and given lrefc training in physical culture, military march and formations, besides weekly lect'lres on discipline and hygiene. The schemeReuter - 60 words
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Article14 1949-04-26 3 TOKYO. Mon. -Japan expeetg a total of 18.000 foreign this ypar— Reuter.Reuter - 14 words
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Article679 1949-04-26 3 'MARCHING ON CANTON' SAY REDS rOMMUNIST troops, pouring in an endless stream through Nanking, are telling the excited crowds jammed along the main streets: "We are going to Canton." The s United Press staff correspondent in Nanking, Chang Kuo Sin, yesterday cabled the following eyewitness account of the Communist entry679 words
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Article, Illustration78 1949-04-26 3 Xl PI T.F.H AN leaders were m good humour m Batavia when they reopened direct talks with the Dutch under the aegis of the United Nations Commission for Indonesia. At left is Mohammed Roem, Chairman of the Republican delegation, sharing a joke with Holland's Chairman. J. H. Van Koyen, whoAP - 78 words
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Article166 1949-04-26 3 PLYMOUTH, Mon. THE British Communist leader, Mr. Harry Pollitt, was chased from a speaker's platform and besieged in a Plymouth auditorium last night by about 3,000 howling, chair throwing non-Communists. About 100 sailors broke down the massive doors of the ancient corn exchange building, now used asAP; UP - 166 words
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Article43 1949-04-26 3 PARIS. Mon. To the strains of martial music, a capacity crowd of about 25,000 persons filed into the Buffalo Stadium yesterday for the climax of the Com-munist-sponsored "World Congress for Peace." About 2.000 delegates have been attending sessions for four days.43 words
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Article31 1949-04-26 3 RANGOON, Mon.— Gunmen with tommyguns held up 1 cashiers and escaped with R5. 123,000 from the offices of the Government Ciril SupI plies Department in central 1 Rangoon. Reuter.Reuter - 31 words
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Article185 1949-04-26 3 LONDON, Monday. 4 COMMONWEALTH defence conference will be held in Ceylon to follow up the decisions of the Commonwealth Prime Ministers' conference, expected to end here on Thursday. It U understood that during Informal week-end talks th<* Prime Ministers discussed a plan to permit RepublicanAP; UP - 185 words
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Article79 1949-04-26 3 LONDON, Mon. Pl'R men were each fined £50 on each of two summonses arising from an unauthorised flight of British Beauflghtrr planes to Palestine. They were Oliver Erie Armstrong, William Patrick Collins, Brian John George Carbury. and John At wood Harvey. The prosecution stated that threeReuter - 79 words
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79 1949-04-26 3 RANGOON. Mon. RURMA Government troops were today fighting a heavy engagement with Karen insurgents at Kalku, j an important town on the I Rangoon-Mandalay railway, about 78 miles north of the Burmese capital. An official spokesman .-aid Government forces supported by aircraft launched aReuter - 79 words
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Article102 1949-04-26 3 RANGOON. Mon- A Burma i Airwayg plane piloted by a j former Royal Air Force officer i whose name, was given as Capt S D. Fenton, ha s been captured by rebel troops after mak- ing a forced landing, it was stated here today. The plane jReuter - 102 words
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Article117 1949-04-26 3 SAIGON, Mon. A PASSIVE demonstration, ordered by the Vietmfnh (Indo-Chinese autonomist) movement, met with some success here when shops were closed in protest against the return of ex-Emperor Bao Dal. On Saturday night i he Mos-cow-trained Saigon "Town Committee a secret group of Ho Chi Minh followers,AP - 117 words
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Advertisement261 1949-04-26 3 CAMEO CHOCOLATES REGAL FRUIT DROPS MAKERS OF FINER CHOCOLATES AND CONFECTIONERY SINCE 1834 Sole Distributors: Singapore. X L., ANN PENG TRADERS LTD. 'P« h Factory Representatives: siu«apore. k.1., T V.MITCHELL&CO.,LTD. Prnanf 00 AC announces FLYING BOAT SERVICE once weekly to BANGKOK RANGOON ON SATURDAYS Departing Singapore at- 0700 Arriving Bangkok261 words
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178 1949-04-26 4 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Monday. pENANG secessionists today considered a draft petition which they will be sending to Whitehall asking for the Settlement's secession from the Federation of Malaya. The petition was to have been presented earlier but had been "unavoidably delayed," the secretary178 words
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Article, Illustration43 1949-04-26 4 WOMEN representing the various communities in Singapore listened to what the Secretary for Social Welfare (Mr. T. P. F. MrNelee) had to say on Sex and Family Life at a meeting of the Y.W.C.A. Fortnightly Club yesterday. Straits Times picture.43 words
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Article264 1949-04-26 4 jlflß. T. P. F. McNeice, Secretary for Social Welfare, iTI yesterday said that many in Singapore had no deep sense of th c responsibility of parenthood and others, who were sickly, continually had children that were a financial burden to the state. He addressed members of264 words
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Article124 1949-04-26 4 MIC 'Should Be Closed Jumabhoy THE Deputy Indian Foreign Minister, Dr. B. V. Keskar should instruct the Malayan representative of the Indian ('Tnvernment "not to support the Malayan Indian Congress directly or indirectly." said Mr R Jumabhoy, a leader of the Indian community to the Straits Times yesterday. "Great Service"124 words
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Article89 1949-04-26 4 Prom Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Mon. mHREE planters were among X five Europeans injured In a car crash at Kelawel Road yesterday. The car, driven by Mr. E. B. Powell, acting Controller of Telecommunications (Administration), was negotiating a slight bend when it apparently went out of89 words
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Article89 1949-04-26 4 A SINGAPORE Gun Club c ircular from the Secretary Lieut.-Col. Charles Seston tells of the theft of beer from the range: "We think it has now stopped as the last lot which was deliberately put there to be stolen was doped with a very effective purgative89 words
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Article313 1949-04-26 4 Court Ruling On Haulage Permits From Our Staff forrcsnondent PENANG, Mon rpHE First Magistrate. 1 Mr. J. P. Blackledge. today held that the Commissioner for Road Transport had no power to impose conditions nn haulage permits granted by his department. Mr. Blackledge was giving his judgment in a test case313 words
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Article69 1949-04-26 4 PENANG, Mon.— Miss Bibiana Law Lean Yap, Penang's women's badminton junior doubles runner-up, was married in the Church of Lady of Sorrows today to Mr. Henry Goh Kong Huat, of Singapore. The Rev. Father Francis Lek officiated. Miss Catherine Woo was the bridesmaid and Mr. Quah Kok69 words
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Article38 1949-04-26 4 Bail of $2,000 was offered 20-year-old Ng Thiam Guan who claimed trial In the First District Court yesterday to a charge of dishonestly retaining 536 dozen torchlight batteries valued $1,260. The case was postponed a week.38 words
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Article68 1949-04-26 4 Raffle s College Music Society and Stamford Club will hold a concert at the Oel Tiong Ham Hall, Raffles College at 8 p.m. on Sunday. Items will he given by both students and members of the Stamford Club. A choir under the direction of Mr. Paul Abisheganadan68 words
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Article38 1949-04-26 4 The following first donations have been made to the University of Malaya Endowment Fund Mr. G. E. D. Lewis, Clifford School, Kuaia Upis, Pahang, $100; Mr. J. A. R<*id, Institute for Medical Research, Kuala Lumpur, $500.38 words
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132 1949-04-26 4 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Monday. nPEACHERS were more than wage-earners, receiving 1 payment for a set amount of work, declared the Senior Inspector of Schools, Mr. G. L. Bayliss, today. He told Indian toachnrs who had gathered from all parts of Malaya132 words
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Article64 1949-04-26 4 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Mon. IN a camp in the Payer Lebar area of Segamat, a combined patrol of Police and Seaforth Highlanders found evidence that bandits, short of food, had killed monkeys. On the blackboard in a room in the camps was some writing64 words
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124 1949-04-26 4 A SINGAPORE Municipal employee may be paid half salary and half cost of living allowance during the! period of detention under the Emergency Regulations if a committee decision i» confirmed by the full Board of Commissioners. The employee, an engineerdriver of the Fire Brigade,124 words
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Advertisement165 1949-04-26 4 Professor Leo Sparkles. Ph. D (Or. of Phizz) Lesson No. 4, fffo) r— X o I 5 stands for soccer Which Leo's boys play When Leo's not looking A young monkey may stray? At ways at your service SPEEDWELL BRAND WIRE ROPES tor MARINE: MINING: EARTHMOVINC and INDUSTRIAL PURPOSES AVAILABLE165 words
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Article384 1949-04-26 5 From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH, Monday. TRIBUTE to the work being done by Malay special constables on duty in rubber estates was paid by Mr. J. S. Ferguson speaking at the sixth annual meeting of the Malayan Producers Ltd. "Stood Up To\ The Ordeal Manfully 9 Referring384 words
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Article, Illustration39 1949-04-26 5 PYTHON KILLED IN STREET: 10Vi ft. long and 15 In girth, this python was killed in Penang Road, Singapore, by three Malay policemen soon after midnight on Saturday. It was crossing the road towards Amber Mansions.— Straits Times piceture.39 words
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Article272 1949-04-26 5 Kampong Conditions A Menace ONE hundred thousand kam-pong-dwellers in Singapore town limits are living in conditions which threaten the health of the city. A Municipal survey of these Insanitary kampongs, just available, shows that these people share more than 14,000 huts packed into 54 kampongs which have no drainage or272 words
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142 1949-04-26 5 From Oar SUIT Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. EITHER an Indian Trade Commissioner or a Trade Attache will be appointed to Malaya by the Government of India, said Dr. B. V. Keskar. Deputy Minister for External Affairs, today. "You can expect expansion of our trade142 words
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Article65 1949-04-26 5 Lee Tay Soo. who lost his right leg in an accident at sea last year, was fined $10 in the Fiist district Court for failure to obtain an identity card. Lee said he was in hospital during the registration period. Lee added that his wife and65 words
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Article52 1949-04-26 5 t rom Ou. Own Correspondent KAJANG, Mon.— A Chinese woman, Chan Thai, and a girl of 11. Chin Ah Ching. were allowed bail of $50 in one surety each ai Kajang after being charged with ;he theft of scrap rubber valued at S3 75 from Rin- ching Estate,52 words
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Article30 1949-04-26 5 From Our Own Correspondent MALACCA, Mon.—Thirty-six-year-oid Mewa Singh appeared before Tengku Hussein charged for being in possession of explosives The case was postponed to April 28 for mention.30 words
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Article367 1949-04-26 5 AWARDS to officers, senior NCO's and airmen for their services in the war on bandits in Malaya have been announced. The Officer Commanding the RAF station at Kuala Lumpur, Wing Commander H. N. O. Wheeler, gets the 0.8. E., and th« Senior Staff Officer, Advanced367 words
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Article163 1949-04-26 5 FED. GOVT CLERKS TO PROTEST From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Mon. A JOINT protest by Government clerks in the various States and Settlements is being prepared, according to the Hon. Secretary of the Penang Clerical Services sub-com-mittee, Mr. Ooi Thian Slew. He told the Straits Times today that letters received163 words
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Article77 1949-04-26 5 From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH. Mon.— At a meeting of the Post Office Workers Union, Malaya (Perak branch) held in the Perak Clerical Union yesterday, the following were elected office bearers of the Perak Branch Committee: Chairman, Mr. H. Perera: hon. secretary, Mr. Teoh Eng Swee; hon.77 words
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Article94 1949-04-26 5 From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH, Mon. TWENTY- four pounds of raw opium, valued at $12,000. was the main exhibit in a case before Mr. B. G. Smith in the Sessions Court today when a young Chinese woman, Lai Soo Cheng, was convicted on a charge of possessing94 words
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Article32 1949-04-26 5 A fisherman, Chua Ni, who came to Singapore from Djambi without a passport or a landing permit, was sentenced to a month's rigorous imprisonment in the First District Court yesterday.32 words
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Article68 1949-04-26 5 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.— Mohamad Yunos, a middleaged Indian Muslim described by the Senior Customs Preventive Officer as a black market operator in toddy was today fined $275. in default four months' rigorous imprisonment, for possession of 3Va gallons of toddy without a licence.68 words
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Article39 1949-04-26 5 The Klang Anglo-Chim se School old boys will hold a social at the Wesley Church, Canning Rise, at 6 p.m today. The principal of the school, Mr. O. S. Arumugam, will give an address.39 words
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Article, Illustration40 1949-04-26 5 KEL ANT AN HONOURS CHINESE CONSUL DINNER party in honour of the Chinese Consul, Haji Ibrahim T. Y. Ma, given by the Chinese community of Kota Bahru. Kelantan. It was attended by H. H. The Sultan.— Photo by Glory Studio.Glory Studio - 40 words
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163 1949-04-26 5 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. rE manager of Low Pee Lorry Transport Company, Kuala Lumpur was ordered in the Supreme Court today to pay $2,550 as workmen's compensation to the dependants of an employee who died from Injuries sustained in the course of163 words
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Obituary88 1949-04-26 6 HOPE—John, F/O R.A.F., aged 35, son of Mr. Mrs. T. Hope. 6'pore, In a flying accident on •2 4.49. Yorkshire Coast. MR. ONO POH HUAT. age 69. passed away on the 24th Instant at 4 p.m. at No. 2. Veerasamy Road. Singapore, leaving behind him three beloved wives, four88 words
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Article75 1949-04-26 6 HAIFA, Monday A senior official of the United Nations Palestine Conciliation Commission says that the commission expect that the Israeli-Arab talks due to begin on Tuesday will bring final peace. The commission is confident that the Arabs will not Insist on the settlement of theReuter; AP - 75 words
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Article876 1949-04-26 6 LORD WOOLTON - By LORD WOOLTON J WAS shocked the other night to hear a knowledgeable man in Geneva say that even in Switzerland there was fear and lack of confidence in the future. Earlier in the day I had heard a young woman doctor from Poland ask the876 words
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325 1949-04-26 6 npHERE has been much A discussion lately over Dr. Purcell's criticism of the Federal constitution and its citizenship. May I be permitted to say a few words on the feelings and fears of the Malays? The Malay's greatest fear is that he may325 words
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220 1949-04-26 6 SOME JUNGLE SAPLINGS OF VALUE IN his "DUSUN NATURE NOTES" which appeared in your issue of April 16, Tuan Djek wished to know if some of the species of the oversize jungle saplings growing under rubber could not be grown commercially. According to forestry, commercial woods are those which have220 words
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Letter146 1949-04-26 6 T»HE first reports conA cerning the shelling of H.M.S. Amethyst made mention that she hoisted a white flag when halted in the river. This was apparently trie opinion of Chinese national officers. It cannot be too strongly emphasised that this is a very grave misstatement of fact.146 words
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Letter100 1949-04-26 6 rpHE award of a scholar A ship by the Dr. Alagappa Chettiar College Endowment Trust to a Malay was a great surprise. Does that Trust realise that ample scholarships are awarded annually 'to the Malays by the Federation Government and the Sultans. The trouble is that there100 words
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Article706 1949-04-26 6 CARLOS FERRUC I (^UN-SCORCHED Lipa, white, held at the waist by a a typical Filipino narrow belt of cloth." village some fifty miles Be faithful," said the from the commonwealth f g re Come here whethPt it be rain or sun. 1 capital, is today a706 words
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Advertisement733 1949-04-26 6 1 I ASSIFIFI) IDS TWEEDIK: To Ruth, wife of Dr. D. Reid Tweed le. Sungei Slput, on April 22nd, at Penang M-itrrnlty Hospital, a son. I,OWE To Eileen Doris, wife of R. W. Lowe, at the K.K. Hospital, Singapore, on 23.4 49. a fon, Peter Robert, brother for Eileen Mary.733 words
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Advertisement66 1949-04-26 6 oLife'& Ljreatest Cjift "Vision h life's r precious %ift." Only those without vision Know to the uttermost the truth of these words for »nly when a thing If irremediably gone from us forever do wr realize the magnitude of our loss So we shouldn't neglect the care of our eyes66 words
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Advertisement19 1949-04-26 6 IDEAL RACE HATS FROCKS SELECTED FOR INDIVIDUALITY 11, BATTERY ROAD MAYNARD'S BLDG. TEL. ***** BSP^>kV mi I I A19 words
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Article, Illustration834 1949-04-26 7 Concern Voiced Over Future Oj Smelting Trade CONCERN about the future of the Malayan v tin smelting industry, owing to American pressure to obtain tin ore which is being smelted by the Government-subsidised Texas smelter, was expressed by the chairman of the Straits Trading834 words
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Article, Illustration48 1949-04-26 7 THE AUSTRALIAN Commissioner in Malaya, Mr. Claude Massey (foreground the Trade Commissioner, Mr. James Payne, and Mr. R. Hawson of the Australia and New Zealand Association pay silent tribute to Australia's war dead at the Anzac Day dawn service at the Cenotaph, Singapore yes terday. Straits Times picture.48 words
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Article135 1949-04-26 7 OFFICER ON THEFT CHARGE Prom Oar SUIT Correspondent JOHOR^BAHRU. Mon. CAPT. Charles George Earnest Marion, of Majedie Barracks, was today charged in the Magistrate's Court with theft of a cinema projector, valued at $3,000, the property of 2nd Div. Royal Engineers. Capt. Marion pleaded not guilty. Inche Othman, ASP., I135 words
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Article138 1949-04-26 7 MORE than 200 people, including senior officers of i the Services, Government heads and consular representatives assembled at the Singapore Cenotaph at six yesterday i morning for the annual dawn service in commemoration of Anzac Day A reature of the ceremony was ihe impressive parade of a138 words
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Article92 1949-04-26 7 From Oui Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Mon.— The following have been appointed to serve on the Committee of Review under the Emergency Regulations I for the State of Johore. Messrs D B. W. Good < chairman i, A. E. Holland, I i Kai Joo, P. L. Melliar92 words
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Article38 1949-04-26 7 I) iegatea to the Regional C.YMA. are urged to attend the Youth Rally Sub-Com-ma ting today at the Regional* premises at 5.30 p.m. The Youth Rally proj -t is bein? sponsored by the Pingapore Youth Council.38 words
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Article97 1949-04-26 7 A CUSTOMS seizure of 30 bars of gold valued at $12,000 on board the Sinkiang on Jan. 25 last was told in the Second District Court yesterday. In the dock was Lav Teck Woo, who was charged with possession of the gold for the purpose of importation97 words
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Article59 1949-04-26 7 The Johore Executive Council yesterday approved the Council of Religion Bill lor submission to the Johore Council of State The Council also approved a legislation empowering the President of the Town Board, Johore, to demand a site plan from owners of shop lots on which building is59 words
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Article358 1949-04-26 7 Leading Arabs Charged TWO prominent Singapore Arabs, Syed Mohideen Alsagoff and Syed Ahmad Alsagoff, appeared in the Fourth Police Court yesterday accused of having assaulted Mr. L. J. Wood, an Assistant Executive Controller of the Imports and Exports Department The incident was alleged to have358 words
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Article196 1949-04-26 7 AMOVING ooject oehinc a bush attracted the attention of Gaw Sien Guan, aged 28, of Branksorru- Road, Singapore, while out hunting on Sunday afternoon Believing it was a wild b'jar, Gaw fired a buck snot from his 12-bore single DarreL The "boar" turned oat to196 words
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Article17 1949-04-26 7 Mr. M. B. C. Frend has been appointed a Justice of the Peace for Singapore.17 words
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Article182 1949-04-26 7 vo landlord loses by the 12 per cent, surcharge on Municipal assessments this year," said Mr. A. P. Rajah, leader of the Progressive Party in the Singapore Municipal Commission, commenting on* the Ratepayers Association's attitude towards the surcharge. The Association hinted recently that it may protest182 words
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Article132 1949-04-26 7 DAMAGED RICE NOT WASTED mREATMENT of about 10,000 tons of damaged rice imported from Siam in addition to the international allocation has prevented the waste of better grades of broken ration rice for secondary purposes. Importers employ heat blowers and polishers to separate weavils, maggots. Oust and other foreign substances132 words
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Article94 1949-04-26 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon.— When Md. Noor bin Mahat was charged in the Police Court today with failing to register and obtain an identity card he stated that he was a Special Constable on Tebrau Estate, and had been given to understand that it was not necessary94 words
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Article83 1949-04-26 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon.— A verdict of murder* against persons unknown was returned by Inche Naslr, Magistrate, at the conclusion of an inquiry today into We death of You Lee Boon, a kepala of Jalan Kelan Estate, Oelan Patak, five miles from Kulai, who was dragged out83 words
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Article73 1949-04-26 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.— A. decree nisi, to be made absolute in three months, was granted to Dr. Augustine Mohamed Junus Che Lah in the Kuala Lumpur Supreme Court today following an application for a divorce from his wife Daisy d' Courcy Che Lah (Nee Bulner). Dr.73 words
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Article34 1949-04-26 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon.— Madam Tham Ah Kiew, a cafe manageress, pleaded guilty in the Magistrate's Court today to a charge of selling beer without a licence Sentence was postponed a week.34 words
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Article192 1949-04-26 7 IN alleged murder said to have taken place a day after the liberation cf Malaya from the Japanese, was recalled in the Singapore Assize Court yesterday when four Chinese were charged with the crime. They were Lee Chee Peng, Ng Boon Chan, Wong How Yeun, and192 words
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283 1949-04-26 7 Labour Disputes At 3 Colony Rubber Works TWREE Singapore rubber milling factories, affected J -by "raw rubber shortage" and "uneconomic costs", are now involved in disputes with the newlyformed Singapore Union of Rubber Workers The d.sputes centre around the partial closing of two factories, and wage cuts -n(orced by one283 words
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Article50 1949-04-26 7 From Our Own Correspondent KAJANG, Mon. Ponnusamy, uncle of 15-year-old Ratnam, was fined $5 at the Kajang Court because his nephew was found at Cheras Village with an identity card with a wrong address. Mohamed Ariff was fined $5 for failing to produce a card.50 words
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Article130 1949-04-26 7 RAFFLES COLLEGE STUDENTS MORE women trom Singapore were accepted by Raffles College last year than from the Federation, the college's report for the academic year 1947-48 shows. Singapore women student,* totalled 30, compared with 17 from the Federation-. Men students from UM Federation, however, outnumbered Singapore, 116 to 50. Of130 words
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Article97 1949-04-26 7 A young man who is allc ed to have obtained various sum s of money from two w>men and a man on the promise of finding a house for them, appeared in the First District Court yesterday on three charges of cheating He was 21-year-old Too Cheng97 words
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Advertisement94 1949-04-26 7 for £j&etf&'& <^Cfo€eitin4L, sssTHAN YOU HAVE EVER ENJOYED N choose one of the latest "His j jfi^^ mJ^L m Mdster v <>>ce modeU. For over jo years His Master's Voice" have HIS MASTERS your P~ =ii provided Better and Better Listening Ihi Hallmark of Quality 7 Valve f &n Radios94 words
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Advertisement88 1949-04-26 7 MORE NEW GOODS THIS TIME FOR THE CHILDREN Bairns Wear The finest knitted underwear obtainable Peter Pan Bodices Boys Shorts and Ties Fairy Cycles Boys Bicycles Toys and Games (Chad Valley, Mobo and other famous makes) THESE ARE ONLY A FEW OF THI MANY ARTICLES FOR CHILDREN NOW BEINC OPENED88 words
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253 1949-04-26 8 THE Singapore Christian Council, a branch of the Malayan Christian Council, formally came into being yesterday at a special meeting of representatives of various Christian bodies in Singapore at the V.M.C.A. Headquarters in Orchard Road. The objects of the Council a*e to bring together Christian253 words
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Article61 1949-04-26 8 ARRESTED FIRST DAY OUT OF GAOL From Our Own Correspondent TATPING, ONE day after release from a six months' gaol term, Moey Kirn Teng was arrested for not having an identity card. He told the Talping Magistrate that he had not had time to return home to Pondok Tanjong. Inche61 words
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Article73 1949-04-26 8 An Indian, Mohamed Saktl. who is alleged to have broken into the premises of Olan Singh in Raffles Place and stolen cloth valued at $800 claimed trial to a charge of house-breaking and theft when he was produced in the First District Court yesterday. He told the court73 words
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Article, Illustration31 1949-04-26 8 NURSE CLARK, of the St. Andrew's Mission Hospital, with a month-old baby girl patient. A drive to collect funds for the hospital starts next week. Straits Times picture.31 words
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Article321 1949-04-26 8 SEVERAL Singapore organisations and clubs are participating in Hospital Week which begins next Monday to raise funds through shows, dances and sporting events for St. Andrew's Mission Hospital. One hundred and fifty helpers will sell flags on May 7. The Week opens with a cinema321 words
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Article104 1949-04-26 8 —He Tells Court I HAVE been to the registration centre in Beach Road twice, and on both occasions I was turned away without reason," said a Javanese. Amat Talb, in the First District Court, yesterday. Taib said he had two photographs in his possession when he104 words
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Article94 1949-04-26 8 At the annual meeting of riie Regional Council. Catholic Young Men s Association. Singapore, at the association's premises in Bencoolen Street the following were elected officers Chaplain, Rev. O. •Toyce; president, Mr. O. V. Santhou: vice-Presldent, Mr. W. H. Mosbergen: secretary, Mr. Fu Wa Chu; asst. secretary Mr.94 words
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Article89 1949-04-26 8 A taxi owner-driver, Tan Chik Tiong, was fined S5O in the First District Court yesterday for tenderirfg petrol coupons for a private-owned car for his taxi at a kiosk in Serangoon Road on Mar. 12. Tan said that he did not know it was an offence to89 words
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Advertisement187 1949-04-26 8 ST&V f U nASHUCNT r%U/2E*Z M BItTTKRICS Sole Representatnes GETZ BROS. CO. PENANG KUALA LUMPUR SINGAPORE XV 6O GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY FOR CARPET BUYERS WOMHMfi m/UMMtS TO SUIT AVERAGE POCKETS ALSO ON TKRMS GENUINE PERSIAN BOKHARA tic INDIAN CARPETS 6c RUGS \IIK\< TlVr MCBIUNS 01.0 l KS SI ITABLfc SIZES Visit187 words
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Advertisement183 1949-04-26 8 [cold storage bakeries TO? Z\ BAKE GRACEFUL WEDDING CAKES lift The experience of British %^-J'-y British technicians, and news of home mkjiir technical manufactures and markets are best *j periodicals gleaned from British technical periodicals IBY POST f which will be regularly sent by post to Mnm/ any address overseas.183 words
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Miscellaneous591 1949-04-26 8 The declarer in today's deal ruffed, and realizing from his showed a lamentable misunder- partner's jump to four hearts standing of match-poirrt duplicate that the declarer must have start philosophy. ed witn a singleton in that suit East, dealer. ne did not make the futUe ge sture Both sides vulnerable.591 words
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Article288 1949-04-26 9 Tell Children About Bandits By NURSE BRIDGET T<HE importance of a A sense of security to the child ls often stressed. I would like to put in a plea for the older children who may be living up-country. If there are bandits in your area don't pretend to the children288 words
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Article435 1949-04-26 9 PLANTER'S WIFE - ii *y 1 PLANTER'S WIFE T^HE Breadwinner's personal bodyguard on finding that we could supply a room for him straight away began to pine for his wife and child. I suppose h e had reconciled himself when living with some of the other S.Cs. but the contrast435 words
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Article, Illustration117 1949-04-26 9 Fashions: For The Malayan Sports woman OO many sports fashion photographs are of models who have never play ed^any thing more energetic than tiddlywinks, posing in impossibly immaculate out fits gainst a studio background. This one of Miss Isobtl Squires is just the opposite: she sails hertiwn yacht, she is117 words
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Article, Illustration641 1949-04-26 9 BEE WICKERSON - By BEE WICKERSON JT has been suggested in Britain that national insurance should be extended to provide for wives to be paid weekly by the state for their work as homemakers and housekeepers. The suggestion is that the ordinary wife shquld receive a weekly cash payment for641 words
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Article310 1949-04-26 9 GEORGIANNA POUZZUER - By GEORGIANNA POUZZUER re Faris fashion revues are over, hot 'tie chic Frenchwoman, in most cases, is still wearing the same dresses she had before the fabulous showing. Yet she manages to have a* radiant face and unforgettable dresses on her budget of next-to-nothing a year.310 words
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Advertisement55 1949-04-26 9 ipPPp TON I (/FOOD itkSl Si Hi /oi\ MILO is a concentrated tonic food IUJJ] [igvp||(chocolate flavour) fortified by the addition > ft 0 TI B^»- I of vitamins A, B and I), organic phosphates and important minerals including Calcium. «^4<vV .Magnesium. lodine and Sodium. &**s.* PRODUCT i Hot or55 words
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Advertisement416 1949-04-26 9 How to I^M. *L wean baby ifej^S Happily Jr The first weaning food you give are carefully blended with other to Baby is of special importance, vital elements which include for on it depends the progress iron, calcium and phosphorus to be made in the months to build blood and416 words
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Article, Illustration1217 1949-04-26 10 LONDON LETTER LABOUR'S LOVE LOST IN LOCAL POLLS From Our Own Correspondent LONDON: Apr. 20. WHAT is the signi- ficance, as far as next year's Parliamentary general election is concerned, of Labour's heavy defeat in the county council elections? The Socialists have lost 255 county seats and the Tories have1,217 words
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148 1949-04-26 10 ...Happy Family Till Girl Wanted To Wed MOTHER LOVE: Song Of Three Blind Mice... A STRANGE thing happened this week in a County Durham hospital where a woman teas dying, havini, the doctors said, no ju)Ul to live As a last resort, they arranged for her three-year-old tivins to sing148 words
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Article462 1949-04-26 10 How Much Is A Husband Worth? ONE of the people in the news is an Austrian woman who admitted in a divorce court at Derby that she had offered to buy a local woman's husband for £200 It recalled the days, scarcely a century ago, when labourers and farmers openly462 words
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Advertisement157 1949-04-26 10 OPENS TODAY II a in.. 11. pm., 4, 6.30 9 3« bookxh khan— Jm LEAPING V GkVh^^H* mountain SNAKLING HI I»KATH ioiimbus Or. m' \i Wk KA/OR SHARP X^ j I'M Tl KI/VIIOS W Pjm Ol KORSAKOFFS BSMfIA JpNf dNOJA t SABU-GAIL RUSSELL-TURHAN BEY LA UGH-TIME BEGINS TODAY AT THE157 words
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Advertisement238 1949-04-26 10 I'honc \sw B J%/ Air 4042 Conditioned LAST 5 TIMES TODAY! V-t.4S-4.00 1 30—9.30 FROM TOMORROW! HILARIOUS 4^V LAUGHS RECIPE A-PLENTY! FOR X jjk HAPPINESS! A W B^«l Ib^a JB CLOSED FOR J3&VI JEM ntUtUUnAMUN Hair conditioncdu^ PHONE 6903 REOPENING THURSDAY WITH A GRAND COMEDY A» Kafi* Uon Fllm» R«l**s«238 words
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Miscellaneous259 1949-04-26 10 SINGAPORE etc la Youth on Parade; Speaking; 11.00 Dance- Music: tMMwms-wnsi 7 45 njidio Doctor; 8 00 PopU ar n 15 Re p or t from Britain; 11. M 1.00 Itadio Orchestra. 1.30 Classics; 8.30 Talk of the Town; News; 11.45 'Music for (he Clos» News lalso at 7 and259 words
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274 1949-04-26 11 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Monday. CORRESPONDENT of the "Financial Times" urges the rubber-growing industry to concentrate its efforts on discovering new uses for the commodity "in order to avert catastrophe arising from increased production outrunning demand." "It is difficult to visualise274 words
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Article193 1949-04-26 11 From Onr Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, Moeday. THE Malayan share market was 1 dull again today and Inclined to be easier. Price changes announced by the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association were: LOANS F.M.S. War 1940 100.75 101.75 xi S.S. War 1940 100.75 101.75 xi P.M.S. War 1941 101.25 102.25 S.S.193 words
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Article20 1949-04-26 11 The Kepong Dredging Co., Ltd. output for the quarter ended Mar. 31 amounted to 2,016 piculs (120 tons).20 words
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Article81 1949-04-26 11 r!RE was increased activity in the Singapore sago flour market yesterday but businesi was done at reduced prices. This market remained rather weak because of the absence of U.K. order Conditions in the coconut oil section were improved but forward orders were still not accented bv Singapore oil81 words
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Article102 1949-04-26 11 NEW YORK, Mon. THE Standard Oil Company of New Jersey yesterday reported 1948 total Income of US$3 33?, 187.000. This was a record and an increase of 40 per cent over the previous year. "The increase was due to a greater volume of products sold and102 words
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Article57 1949-04-26 11 Ratan u i Rubber ■RATANUI Rubber's proceeds from sales to June 30 Wi.s £45.950. plus other Income £327, less Malaya expenditure £33,769, rehabilitation £1,834, head office expenditure expenses £716, directors' fees £600, depreciation £731, leaving £8,627. To Wx £5.520, dividend five per cent (nil), £1.650, forward £3,082. (The profit for57 words
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Article98 1949-04-26 11 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. ■pEDERATION tin mines broke x production records last month with a tin ore concentrates output of 6,675 long tons, an Increase of 1,000 long tons over the 1948 record figure. Half of the increase was achievby Peratc mines, where98 words
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Article166 1949-04-26 11 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Monday. IT would be difficult to find a market which is more depressed at the moment than the one for Ceylon Rubber shares, reports th e Financial Times. It has been depressed for months not even the best took part in166 words
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Article, Illustration32 1949-04-26 11 The Netherlands Lines luxury passenger freighter Celebes which has arrived in Singapore from Java to take passengers and cargo for Holland. She is expected to sail towards the end of the week.32 words
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Article108 1949-04-26 11 SHIPS in port alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves yesterday (Rodowns In brackets) were: Main Wharf: Celebes (31-32), Charon (33-34), Melampus (36), Richmond HIU (40-41). Buloh (42), Katong (43). West Wharf: Ferndale (1-2), Agapenor (4-5), 3ocotra (6-7), Bakongan (8-9), Orestes (11), Eumaeus (13-14, Oenbishshire (15-16). Empire Dock:108 words
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Article109 1949-04-26 11 PRICES In the Singapore Rubber market sagged yesterday with demands rather poor but lower levels showed some improvement. Closing prices yesterday were: No. 1 sheet f.o.b. buyers 35H cents, sellers 354 cents; spot loose buyers 35 M cents, sellers 35 H cents per lb. The Singapore Chamber of Commerce109 words
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Advertisement1365 1949-04-26 11 MANSFIELD 6c CO., LTD. (Incorporated in Singapore) BLUE FUNNEL IjM* STRAITS STEAMSHIP CO. Carrier op tien te proceed via ether ports re load and discharge cargo. I**o. SAILINCS FROM UK. 04J» Vmm| «OAIT MALAYA A KJp ,n<K from UK/Cont C. 4/J 1^ 0 Mua MeUmpus from USA C. 36/37 M1,365 words
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Advertisement257 1949-04-26 11 PRESIDENT LINER SAILINGS TO NIW YORK AND BOSTON VIA CtYLON. INDIA ECYPT ANO MEDITERRANEAN PORTS S'cxsre P Sham Henang Pr«» Harding Apr 29/ May 2 May 3/4 May 5/7 Pres Van Bur.n May 11/15 May 16/17 May 18/21 P«.« le«erson May 23/28 May 29/30 May 31/|un» 3 Marine Snapper |une257 words
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Advertisement265 1949-04-26 11 EAST ASIATIC LINE SAILINCS FROM SCANDINAVIA/U.K./ CONTINENT Ml "Korea" due abt. May 15 tor Bangkok. Manila. H^Kong. Shanghai Kobe Yokohama s.i Serampore" due abt. May 20 for Saigon 6 Banskok m t "BUnkvann" due abt. lune S for Manila. H'Kong. Shanghai. Kobe 6 Yokohama m.». "Malacca" due abt. lune 22265 words
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Advertisement82 1949-04-26 11 SCANDINAVIA Loading at Singapore Port Swettenham Penang m.% "Manchuria Codowns 38/39 for Colombo. Aden. Port Said, Cenoa. Marseilles, Algiers. Antwerp, Rotterdam, Hamburg, Oslo, Cothenburg Copenhagen. m.s "Meonia" due abt. Apr. 28 For Colombo Aden. Port Said, Genoa. Antwerp, Rotterdam, Hamburg. Oslo. Frederikstad. Cothenburg. Copenhagen 6 Cdvnia m.s "Nordfarar" due abt.82 words
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Advertisement964 1949-04-26 11 Me A LISTER tfc CO., LID. llneotcoietec <r ->ing*oorel LONDON HAVRt ROTTERDAM 0J CAN aO.AN PACIMC POUT* ft HAMBURG Accepting cargo for Central South CITY OF POONA Amencon Ports. Spore f» Sham Penang fUNNVVILLt Due 29 Apr S May 6 May Sport P Sham fenane Sail. 4 May S May964 words
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Article495 1949-04-26 12 WEAK ROVERS' TEAM DROP A POINT Great Recovery A fter2-0A r rears A DEPLETED Rovers' team dropped a valuable A point when they were held by the Tigers to a two-all draw in a S.A.F.A. Senior League fixture at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. Rovers took the field without their goal-scoring495 words
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Article, Illustration29 1949-04-26 12 MARIE USSING (left) of Denmark with 00l Teik Hock of Malaya, after he had beaten her in the mixed doubles championship in the Danish Open National tournament. A.P. photo.AP - 29 words
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Article, Illustration34 1949-04-26 12 MI. DIIL'KST. the Chelsea goalkeeper, punches clear from Stamps, the Derby centre-forward, when the two teams met in a First Division match at Stamford Bridge. London, on April 18. Derby won three nil. Reuterphoto.34 words
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Article365 1949-04-26 12 NEXT Sunday's two cycling events, the Singapore Open 50-mile massed start road race and the 10 miles Novices' race, both of which ar e part events in the Singapore Open Best All-Rounder and the 1949 Best Improved Novices competitions respectively, have attracted a record number365 words
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Article82 1949-04-26 12 IrpHE Hotspurs beat the RAF. Jurong nine-three in a friendly soccer match played at Victoria School ground yeslndhV. The Hotspurs overwhelmed the Airmen in the first half, scoring five goals without yielding any. During the second half, the Hotspurs added four more ian\*. while the Airmen82 words
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Article58 1949-04-26 12 THE Siong 800 AA. wili tieel the V MCA. in a lriendh game of billiards at the Siong Boc clubhouse at 1368. Robinson Hoad at 7 p.m. today. The Siong Bx team Is: Koh Han Khoon. Lee Chens Tuan. K. U Boon. L°e Yong Hoe Leong58 words
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Article44 1949-04-26 12 IN a friendly soccer maun, me F. or N. sports club XI beat the Puloe Bukom Sports Club XI by three goaU to nil at Bukom last sundry. Scorer for F. N. were Talib. 1. Chong Kirn San and C. B. Broniham.44 words
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Article57 1949-04-26 12 fPHE follow ihk will represent the Green Hou-se B.P. against' the United B. P .Tohore Bahru, at the Clerical Union Hall at 7 p.m. today: Heng Boon Guan, Tan Huat Keng. H<*nn Kwang Hock, Loo Geok Chuan. Chou Sui King, j Chou Chonn King. Heng Mul Thiam.57 words
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Article130 1949-04-26 12 THE Malayan Thomas Cup team will leave London by the Corfu on May 4 for the Journey back to Malaya, a letter received last week from Mr. Llm Chuan Geok, captain j and manager of the Malayan Thomas Cup team, stated. They130 words
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Article112 1949-04-26 12 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU. Mon. TN a rather dull second tound leagu° match played in rain on the Istana padang this evening. Casual* beat the Metric by one goa lto nil. Play was confined to midfi-ld in the first half when there was 30112 words
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Article109 1949-04-26 12 Mrs Wicks Goss Win Foursomes The Royal Singapore Golf Club's April mixed foursomes i competition was played at Buktt I Tlmah on Sunday afternoon and resulted in a win for Mrs. F. S I Wicks <fe Mr. W. G.C. Goss The following were the bpsi returns: Mrs. F. S. Wi-.ks109 words
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488 1949-04-26 12 AIT-BIGHTS for Wednesday, May 4, the second day of the Singapore Turf Club's S.im mer meeting at Bukit Timah. are given below. CLASS t, DIV. I— 7F. lew 11 yds. Astivel 902 Sunbeam I 8.07 Prince Race Fan 8.06 Eugene 9. 00 Eagle488 words
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Article40 1949-04-26 12 LEAGUE SOCCER: Snr. Lge.. Pulau Branl United v. KoU Raja Jalan Besar Stadium; Junior "A" Group I, 8.0.D. Pu^aii Bukura Sports Club. BOD ground, St. George's Road. BILLIARDS: Slung 800 A.A. v V.M.C.A.— 1368 RrJbinson Rd., 7 p.m.40 words
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Article322 1949-04-26 12 LONDON, Mon. THERE are 17 probable mutieis (or the 2.000 Guineas, first of the 1949 classics, to be run over one 1 mile at Newmarket on Wednesday. They are: Makarpura, C Smiike; Granl, T. Burn; Roc Da Diable, no jockey yet; Ninibux. E. C. Elliott: StarReuter - 322 words
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98 1949-04-26 12 T. Lawton On How To Play Football rpOMORROW the Straits X Times will begin publication of a series of articles on hints to young players by Tommy Lawton, generally regarded as the best soccer centreforward England has had for 28 years. Lawton Is writing exclusively for the Straits Times in98 words
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Article79 1949-04-26 12 DESPITE unfavourable weather conditions. A.uon A. C. played well to defeat O.Y.M.A. (P.M.) two-one In a Junior League soccer match at St. George's Road yesterday. After a scoreless first half. Aslcn improved considerably after the Interval and soon scored through centre-forward Weng Kee. They went further79 words
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Article24 1949-04-26 12 A special meeting of the B.C.C. soccer section will be held at the Club this evening to fill vacancies m the commute*.24 words
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272 1949-04-26 12 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. I lEUT.-COL. T. D. Phelan, R.A.M.C. of Ipoh, won lj the Far East army golf title in the two-day championship meeting held at the Selangor Golf Club on Thursday and Fr'day. His score was 167, the runner-up,272 words
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615 1949-04-26 12 JIM CHAMBERS - U.K. CRICKET SEASON....2 By JIM CHAMBERS LONDON, Monday. NEW Zealand's fourth cricket team to tour England has already arrived here and the players are shaking down to austerity living. Although New Zealand has yet to win a Test match against the home country, there is615 words
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Advertisement259 1949-04-26 12 Yung Hwa Kilm Industries Presrnl HEART -TOUrillNii I>KAMA in M.mdarin "OUR HUSBAND' Starring 1.1 LI- 111 A SIN CUNG-UJ. CAPITOL MNITE THURSDAY is tough! Will not MAR Will not CHIP Will not PEEL Will not CRACK Will not DISCOLOR from ordinary use 70 Beautiful Colors AT ALL STORES Representative*: G.P.O.259 words
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Advertisement95 1949-04-26 12 GUM PtffßHM /9/t J 16-in.mOTOR mOUJER BALL BEARING THROUGHOUT GUARANTJEJ> EVERY PART.* M ADeTTnTeNGLAND THE WORLDS LARGEST OUTPUT- OVER FWO MILLION SATISFIED USERS TIE QUAICAJT fc Moior M«w«r. mtit <■ en« i>t*l_t>)> jto«r»l conuni iht mon populir— 'ormmi tht nn«n vtlut ot>u>»ibli m soundly conxruc<«4 t«4 •ffid«nt Motor Mowtr* k95 words
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Miscellaneous23 1949-04-26 12 SINGAPORE TIDES TODAY: H.W., 10.05 a.m. (8ft. Oin.i. 10.24 p.m. 8fi. lln .>. TOMORROW: H.W., 10 .42 am. f8ft. 2in.». 10.47 p.m. (8ft. 3in).23 words
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