The Straits Times, 1 July 1949
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Title Section18 1949-07-01 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 EIGHT PAGES SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, JULY 1, 1949. PRICE TEN CENTS18 words
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Article509 1949-07-01 1 Things Going Nicely, Says Sir Stafford PARIS, Thursday. gIR Stafford Cripps' firm stand against further drains on Britain's gold and dollars has led to a Belgian offer of a loan to Britain said to amount to £12,500,000, and other loans to France and Holland. TheReuter; AP - 509 words
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Article, Illustration58 1949-07-01 1 lot X CHINESE SISTERS, the Misses Lira loan Kiaw, I To.ni Lin. Lim Toan Yang and Lim Toan Keng, t -roe of whom are studying to be doctors in Singapore. Tiie Hdest. Miss Lim Toan Keng. has already graduated liiving received her Diploma on Wednesday. They are the daughters of58 words
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Article201 1949-07-01 1 JOGJAKARTA, Thursday. TWO-THOUSAND guerilla fighters marched into the city of Jogjakarta, the Republican capital day and re-established the Republic of Indonesia. The changeover from Dutch control was p Metal and orderly. Today the Republic is a going •m. J Bultan of Jogjakarta s: ..s that he201 words
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Article112 1949-07-01 1 A Brighter Future— Vyshinsky MOSCOW, Thurs. rE Soviet Foreign Minister, Mr. Vshlnsky. declared that further "mutual concessions" by East and West will have to follow the Paris conference on Germany and Austria, in a statement printed today by the Soviet newspaper Pravda and Izvestia. "In the future it will beReuter - 112 words
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Article41 1949-07-01 1 BOMBAY, Thurs.— Eight people were injured when police dispersed shouting gre-nade-throwing demonstrators in the Sibpur suburb of Bombay last night. The demonstrators shouted anti-Govern-ment slogans and threw crude hand-grenades at the police who retaliated with a lathi charge.— Reuter.Reuter - 41 words
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Article78 1949-07-01 1 THE Shell Company of Singapore announces that as from today, the price of petrol has been reduced by five cents a gallon in sympathy with world petroleum prices. New Singapore prices (with old prices in brackets) are as follows: Petrol from pump: $1.40 gallon ($1.45). Kerosene78 words
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Article65 1949-07-01 1 TOKYO. Thurs.— Two leaders of Japan's conservative political parties today agreed on an anti-Communist drive as the second batch of 2,000 repatriates returned to Malzuru singing Communist songs. Premier Shigeru Yoshida, President of the Democratic Liberal Party, and Ken Inukal, leader of the Democratic Party, met today toUP - 65 words
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Article49 1949-07-01 1 PRAGUE, Thurs. Archbishop Beren was believed today to have decided against making further public appearances. It was understood he feels that further public appearances while the tension between the state and church remains high might lead to demonstrations that would bring government vengeance on Roman Catholics. U.P.UP - 49 words
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Article74 1949-07-01 1 ROME, Thurs.— Chinese and Korean delegates now waiting in Prague to go to the World Federation of Trade Unions Congress in Milan can enter Italy if they first return to China and collect their visas, an Italian Foreign Office spokesman said He denied reports that the delegatesReuter - 74 words
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Article28 1949-07-01 1 MANILA, Thurs.— There are some 500,000 loose firearms In the Philippines today, according to an official estimate. Only 77,000 are licensed or carried by special permit.— A.P.AP - 28 words
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Article218 1949-07-01 1 LONDON'S DOCK DISPUTE SPREADS LONDON. Thurs. T ONDON'S dock dispute, arising from the three!>nnth old feud between rival Canadian seamen's unions, spread rapidly today. By noon well over 6,000 man were affected and 70 sips were idle in the port. re than 5,000 workers vho reported at the Royal andReuter - 218 words
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Article, Illustration78 1949-07-01 1 INCHE NURUODIN bin MOHD SALLEH who was born at Temerloh, Pahang and later worked as a Government dentist in Singapore is now doing a 12 months' postgraduate course at the Dental College, Melbourne. Inche Nuruddin and Dr. Au Kee Hock of Singapore, who is doing post-graduate work on the ear,78 words
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Article59 1949-07-01 1 TOKYO. Thurs. British warships under the command of Admiral Sir Patrick Brind C-in-C. Far Eastern Station, will visit Japanese ports from Hong Kong from July 8 to July 22. The warships will Include the cruiser Jamaica, the des- troyer Cossack and the frigates Hart andReuter-AAP - 59 words
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Article40 1949-07-01 1 SHANGHAI, Thurs.— Rescue workers searched today through the ruins of smashed huts of the city's slums, pulling out more bodies of the victims of yesterday's air raid which killed more than 200 and injured at least 400.— U.P.UP - 40 words
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Article115 1949-07-01 1 CANTON, Thursday. A BRITISH note, apparently rejecting the Nation alist closure of Chinese Communist ports, was delivered to the Government today. Mr. Johr P. Coghill, Consellor of the Britfsh Embassy, declined to reveal the note's contents But, he said, it was "very much the same"115 words
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Article61 1949-07-01 1 NANKING, Thurs. The Chinese Communist leader, Mao Tze-tung, to day told Chinese workers that they must co-operate with the capitalists to attain maximum production. At tht same time he urged party members to continue their close cooperation with labour. Failure of Dr. Sun Vat-sen's policies and thoseAP - 61 words
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113 1949-07-01 1 qiHIRTY employees of the Singapore Food Control Department will be retrenched by the end of July, leaving about 80 to carry on the organisation, which Includes the administration, rationing and Inspectorate offices. Those who have been given notice Include 20 clerks and 10113 words
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Article120 1949-07-01 1 SINGAPORE Government has refused pavmlssion for Japanese national^ to come to Singapore to renew their business connections or to make a study of market conditions for Japanese manufactures. An Immigration Depart- ment official said yesterday that applications had been disallowed on the grounds "that public120 words
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Article16 1949-07-01 1 BOMBAY, Thurs.—lndia's 2,200 cinemas closed today in protest against "oppressive" taxation by the Government.16 words
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Article75 1949-07-01 1 The Commissioner General's office in Singapore commenting last night on an earlier statement announcing the closure of certain Chinese ports makes it clear that the announcement was that of the Chinese Government and was passed as a matter of routine to the Singapore authorities who issued it for75 words
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Article40 1949-07-01 1 NEW DELHI, Thurs. Pandit Nehru, India's Prime Minister, has accepted an invitation from the Canadian Prime Minister, Mr. St. Laurent, to visit Canada when he goes to the United States in October, it was announced here today. —Reuter.Reuter - 40 words
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Article242 1949-07-01 1 Malaya Biggest Dollar Earner From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Thurs. MALAYA'S earnings of iT1 U.S. dollars last year exceeded those of any other country in thp sterling area. Analysis ot trade? returns issued by the United States Commerce Department show total visible imports (including gold and sliver) from Malaya were242 words
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Advertisement20 1949-07-01 1 HOBM R\l»wlL H. (VI. V* KAUlu'b KAUIUGRAMS. Hire Purchase r ernu AvatlutUt Are ucu Brewery, over 400 persons are employed20 words
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176 1949-07-01 2 KARACHI, Thursday. THE Pakistani Foreign Minister, Sir Mohammed Zafrullah Khan, has accused India of "clear and flagrant violation" of the Karachi agreement of last January dealing with property abandoned by refugees. He contended that as a result of recent legislation In India large sectionsReuter - 176 words
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Article75 1949-07-01 2 LONDON, Than. rE Afghanistan Ambassador to London, Fall Mohammed Zekria Khan, yesterday asked Mr. Ernest Bevin to co-operate in establishing a new State called "Pathanistan." This is scheme of the King of Afghanistan. PathanLstan would consist of what used to be the NorthWest Frontier ProvinceUP - 75 words
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281 1949-07-01 2 WASHINGTON, Thursday. 4 MAN in a white hood and carrying a long, glistening knife was taken into custody in front of the White House yesterday. White House police officers at the north-west gate to the executive mansion grounds first spotted the man. HeAP - 281 words
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Article, Illustration29 1949-07-01 2 PRINCESS MARGARET in the uniform of Command-ant-in-Chief of the St. John Ambulance Brigade Cadets, the youth organisation of the Brigade, which does notable first-aid work in Britain. Reuter picture.Reuter - 29 words
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Advertisement230 1949-07-01 2 NOTICES H.M DOCKYARD, SINGAPORE SALE BY TENDER NO. lit '49 YAWL "EVELINE" Tenders are Invited for the purchase of the Yawl "Eveline" lying at H.M. Dockyard, Singapore. Brief description. Length 42 feet. Breadth 13 feet 4 inches. Hull mainly teak. With auxiliary petrol engine. Permission to Inspect can be obtained230 words
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Advertisement698 1949-07-01 2 NOTICES NOTICE Please note that as from 1st July, 1049, our Paper Salesman, Mr. 81m Joo Lee, has left our service and he Is not authorised to collect, act or transact any business on our behalf. 1 CHIN HO CO., LTD., AUCTION SALE OF Household furniture etc., com- prising: Bedroom,698 words
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Advertisement713 1949-07-01 2 NOTICES NOTICE Notice Is hereby given that LIM SWANG, of 27 Holloway Lane, Singapore, formerly employed as Messing Clerk oy Singapore Harbour Board Auxiliary Police Mess. SVC Drill Hall, Beach Rd., Singapore, bu ceased to be employed with effect from 39th .Tune 19A and has no authority to represent the713 words
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Advertisement95 1949-07-01 2 SHIPPING NOTICE BOYAL ROTTERDAM LLOYD m.f. "KERTOSONO" from USA Atlantic Coast arrived 1st July discharging alongside SHB Oodowns 15/16. For Delivery Orders please apply to: ROTTERDAM TRADING CO (MALAYA) LTD. Shipping Department 37 Robinson Road Tel. 732» NEDERLAND LINE ROYAL DUTCH MAIL S.S. "ROEBIAH" due Singapore about 4th July 1949.95 words
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Advertisement98 1949-07-01 2 Train for SUCCESS •nth l'hc school of Accountancy, the leading institution in the British Empire for building Successful Curetrs by poita) Tuition. The School's unsurpuned Examination Record give* the maximum prospect of success. You can be sure of a highly paid ■ppointment as:— ACCOUNTANT SECRETARY COST ACCOUNTANT WORKS MANAGER CHIEF98 words
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Advertisement270 1949-07-01 2 THI HONGKONG A?!D SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation has pleasure in announcing that a new office of the Bank, known as "MacDonald House," Orchard Road, Singapore, will be opened for business as from Monday. 4th July, 1949. ALL TYPES OF BANKINC BUSINESS TRANSACTED. PUBLIC SAFE DEPOSITS270 words
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208 1949-07-01 3 WASHINGTON, Thursday. rrHE United States yesterday refused to recognise the Chinese Nationalist closure of Communist-held ports as legal. The State Department announced in a note to the Canton Government that the U.S. "cannot admit the legality" of barriers against shipping into Communist ports unlessAP; UP - 208 words
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Article125 1949-07-01 3 LONDON. Thurs. />NE of the biggest-ever 1 bomber forces in mock warfare today •annihilated" the city of Birmingham, one of Britain's biggest industrial centres. < Bombers and fighters from the United States, France, Holland and Belgium, as well at Britain, are taking part In hReuter; AP - 125 words
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Article72 1949-07-01 3 O, Thurs.— Two members of the Japanese Govern l Population Research Institute predicted yesterday y Japanese family were limited in future to two children, Increase in the country's population would not stop before 1975 and a total population of 100.000.T.ie prediction was made by MinoruReuter - 72 words
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Article245 1949-07-01 3 (Continued from page 1) said that except for several instances when the armies moved too close to each other —which was the fault of both sides— the operation was carried out with precision. The only casualties were fine Indonesian civilian kill<l. and one wounded by D itchAP - 245 words
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Article142 1949-07-01 3 Grow More Bananas Says Nehru NEW DELHI, Thurs. THE Indian Prime Minister, 1 Pandit Nehru, has appealed to the people to dig up flower gardens and plant bananas to ease the food shortage or face famine In 1951. "I love flowers, but today the sight of a cluster of bananasReuter; AP - 142 words
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Article50 1949-07-01 3 RANGOON. Thurs. A Rangoon Buddhist monk has been awarded a Government of India scholarship for advanced studies in India. The rr.onk. already holding a Master's degree of an Indian University in Pali, will carry on research in Buddhist, philosophy in the great cultural centres of India. —Reuter.Reuter - 50 words
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Article, Illustration50 1949-07-01 3 PAUL ROBESON Jr., son of the famous negro singer, and his bride, 21-year-old Marilyn Paula Oreenberg, leave a New York house where they were married by a Congregatlonalist minister, Some people among a crowd of several hundred booed as the couple left the building. AJP. picrare.50 words
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Article113 1949-07-01 3 SAIGON, Thurs. FORMATION of the new f Vietnam Government headed by Bao Dai is expected to be announced today or Friday. Members are likely to be: Prime Minister and head of the State, Bao Dai; VicePremier and Defence Minister, General Xuan; Foreign Affairs, Nguyen Phan Long;Reuter - 113 words
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Article116 1949-07-01 3 NEW YORK, Thurs—Australia today denied the charge of discrimination against Chinese on the Australian-ad-ministered Pacific island of Nauru, levelled by Russia. China and the Philippines in the Trusteeship Council here yesterday. Mr. John Hood, the Australian delegate, upheld the administration's action in the June 1948 riot ofReuter - 116 words
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Article140 1949-07-01 3 SYDNEY. Thurs. AS Australia's nation-wide coal strike entered lt» fourth clay today the Miners' Federation president. Mr. Idrls Williams, reported to the po ice that his life had been threatened. Sydney police said Mr. Williams handed them a letter, H o up of words cut from newspapersReuter - 140 words
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Article, Illustration75 1949-07-01 3 ON A HILL overlooking Mcßitchlc Reservoir, Singapore, a remembrance ceremony was held recently for the late Major-Gen. Lim Bo Seng, who died five years ago at the hands of the Japanese. Besides the widow and children, those who attended the ceremony included Colonel Chuang Hui Tsuan, the75 words
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Article212 1949-07-01 3 THE Deputy Commissioner-General for Colonial Affairs, Sir Ralph Hone, has been appointed Governor of North Borneo, it was officially announced In Singapore yesterday. Sir Ralph, Lady Hone and their two-year-old son, Richard, will leave for England next week. It la not known when Sir Ralph212 words
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Article73 1949-07-01 3 An exhibition of over 100 paintings, water-colour drawings and scrolls by Mr. Fung Tse-kai, the Chinese artist and author, will be held at the Chinese V.M.C.A. in Selegie Road, Singapore, from July 3 to July 7. Mr. Fung, who Is in China, has agreed to give 2073 words
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228 1949-07-01 3 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Thursday. rpHE hope that, in time to come, Malayan politics 1 would be on a non-communal basis, was expressed this evening by the president of the Penang Straits Chinese British Association, Mr. Lim Huck Aik. "The arguments advanced by Malay228 words
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Article20 1949-07-01 3 The Commander-in-Chief, FARELF. General Sir Nell Ritchie is making satisfactory progress following the operation on his leg.20 words
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Article96 1949-07-01 3 IT was announced yesterday that the King has approved the appointment of Sir Charles Arden Clarke, Governor of Sarawak, as Governor of the Gold Coast, In succession to Sir Gerald Creasy. Sir Gerald has been appointed Governor of Malta, succeeding Sir Francis Douglas. Sir96 words
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Article304 1949-07-01 3 Rubber: Concern Of U.K. Govt. LONDON, Thurs. rpHE Colonial Secretary, Mr. Arthur Creech Jones, told the House of Commons yesterday that he shared the concern in Malaya at the low price of rubber. "The British Governmeir has no control whatever over the market or the price of rubber," he added,Reuter - 304 words
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Article160 1949-07-01 3 NEW YORK, Thursday. npHE Wall Street Journal, in a Washington dispatch x yesterday, said the United States "is considering joining a new world agreement that may keep the tin price not far from the present US$l.O3 a pound despite soaring world output and saggingAP - 160 words
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Article85 1949-07-01 3 From Our Own Correspond nt BANGKOK, Thurs.— FieldMarshal Phibun Songgram, who has been re-elected Prime Minister, has completed the formation of his Government. The new Cabinet shows few changes from the previous one. The two key posts of defence and Foreign Affairs have been taken over85 words
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Article55 1949-07-01 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Thur.— A further decrease In rubber production is reported from most areas because of the fall in price, says the monthly report of the Federation Department of Agriculture. Little replanting or new planting was undertaken during the month The latex purchasing schemes In Kedah55 words
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Advertisement291 1949-07-01 3 l SzL They donf **ar a sporran fimwfj^fk but they come llliP r m cof/on< SCOTCH FRESH COD FILLETS For breakfast, lunch or dinner, there's a dozen ways of cooking Cod Fillets. Order them today from SINGAPORE COLD STORAGE CO., LTD The Columbia Graphophone Co., Ltd. Announces revision of prices291 words
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Obituary63 1949-07-01 4 TAN T.EONO of the Municipal Trwcarj p«ss«l away peacefully i.t 54 Vrrrasamy Road on 28.6.49. F-iiieral will take place on Saturd<» at 2 p.m. Deeply refrrtted. MADAM ONO YAM NEO. aurd 87 brlnved mother of Mrs. Chla Ycf 8oh. pawed away peacefully hi No 4 Cnirnhlll Circle yesterday (30.6.4963 words
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Article43 1949-07-01 4 UHGKNI Will Mrs. Mary I :nd-ay Smith please contact Mr* PoiK Orddes Raffles Hotel. MR RUSSEL W. Manning of N<-lson Manning. Optician and Honorary Optometrist to the Preinan'le Community Hospital, Pretin^ joined th* firm of M SakW Ac Sons, Optical Pra<*torM smr.ipore.43 words
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992 1949-07-01 4 Th e Str aits Times Singapore, Fri., July 1, 1949. MALAYA'S POOR RELATIONS Administrative responsibility in Britain's two colonies in Borneo evidently is regarded as among the heavier burdens of colonial service for neither Sir Edward Twining nor Sir Charles Arden Clarke has served the normal three year term. Sir992 words
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Article45 1949-07-01 4 WASHINGTON, Thurs. The jury in the Judith Coplon spy trial in Washington stopped its deliberations late last night without reaching a verdict. They will resume today, Miss Coplon. aged 28, is alleged to have given secrets to a Russian agent. U.P.UP - 45 words
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Article35 1949-07-01 4 WASHINGTON, Thurs. Th- Atomic Energy Commission disclosed yesterday that 37 of the 4,095 persons granted "emergency clearances" for atomic work were discharged latnr. It emphasized, however, that they- were not "espionage suspects."— U. P.35 words
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Article1123 1949-07-01 4 SCRUTATOR - SITU A TION IN ITALY SCRUTATOR Foreign Affairs by Published by special arrangement with the Sunday limes, London LONDON.sSunday. 'J'HE paper rationing famine has compelled the British Press to narrow its scope more than its readers often realise. A good illustration is Italy. Very few of our newspapers print much1,123 words
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365 1949-07-01 4 •pHE so-called colour-bar question is reaching a ridiculous stage in your correspondence columns. One of the fundamentals in human nature is a liking for one's own kind: apart from all other factors, it is only natural that American, Arab, British, Chinese, Dutch, French,365 words
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Letter285 1949-07-01 4 A BRITISH VIEW OF THE U.S.A. EK)R the sake of accuracy, I am impelled to write and try to correct the false impression I obviously created when I submitted my article on Negroes in the U.S.A. this week. I believe it will also add a point of significance to the285 words
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201 1949-07-01 4 AN ESTATE WORKER'S RELIEF PLAN rR the immediate relief of the rubber industry, it is suggested that quit rent should be suspended, estate medica services should be taken over by Government, and export duty and cess should be abolished. 'his will reduce the cost oi production by three cents per201 words
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Letter110 1949-07-01 4 "CAT MOUSE POLICY" ACCORDING to the Final Trusted Report, the Legislative Council pointed out that there were grounds for reconsideration of salary scales of grades or posts, instances of which are the health and sanitary inspectors, hospital assistants, laboratory assistants, and interpreters. It is already one year since Mr. J.110 words
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Article387 1949-07-01 4 English vowels for Malayans 1 QUITE agree with "Reformer's" letter on the subject of spelling reform but by no means with his effort at doing it. The blatant inconsistencies of English spelling; makes ir>c feel ashamed when I think of the additional difficulty it causes to so387 words
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Advertisement94 1949-07-01 4 ffI^IOPTICIRN Fellow Institute Ophthalmic Opticians (Eng) Fellow Worshipful Co. of Spectacle-Makers (Eng) Fre«man of the City of London By Appointment tn HA* Forces South East Asia 6 Raffles Place Singapore Phone ***** Harvey Co. 3, Orchard Road, (Amber Mansion); TAILORING Clothes of Quality High grade materials Individual requirements B. WAJSMEL94 words
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259 1949-07-01 5 Plan For More New Schools THE Singapore Education Department is seeking a provisional allocation of more than $500,000 for extending free primary education in all schools in the Colony next year. The Deputy Director of Education, Mr. R. M. Young, told the Straits Times259 words
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Article201 1949-07-01 5 AN R.A.F. sergeant who was stated to have had a very good Service record and character, was found guilty yesterday of misappropriating about $1,200 worth of beer and liquor. Ho was Sgt James Taylor, who was tried by court martial at Changi. The finding and sentence,201 words
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Article58 1949-07-01 5 i identiPrfl a dead' Chinese found in a grass voree in Kranji Road on Wednesday night as 64-year-otd Aw Koh Leong a fruit liiwker living in Mandal The body was found by a p:>l'ceman There were head iniiirles. The C.I.D Chief Mr. E. V. Fo vler58 words
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Article53 1949-07-01 5 A Harbour Board labourer. I Yf>o. who pleaded guilty In the Third Police Court to of two fountain pens. $13 local currency. 10 piastres md 10 lires from a cabin of the Empire Tesburg on June Tl was yesterday sentenced to three months' rigorous sonment. He had53 words
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Article97 1949-07-01 5 /CHINESE farmers in Sin\j rapore have taken to mechanical cultivation. Two farmers in Changi, two in Yio Ctau Kang and one in Jurong, have bought the rotary hoe type of cultivator following demonm«nstrations of its possibility towards the end of last year. The machine97 words
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Article21 1949-07-01 5 7,882 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— The total number of detainees in the Federation at the end of last month was 7,882.21 words
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Article149 1949-07-01 5 rE Joint Claims Offices of the Federation of Malaya and Singapore settled 6.292 claims totalling $8 361,908 during 1947 and 1948, lt was officially stated yesterday. Before the setting up of these offices a total of $1,435,565 had been paid mainly In respect of goods supDlled in149 words
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Article64 1949-07-01 5 The Far East C-ln-C of the French Air Force. General P. L. Bodet, yesterday paid a visit to the FARELF Jungle Warfare Training School, at Tampoy. Johore Bahru. He leaves for Saigon today. During his stay In Singapore. Gen. Bodet visited the R.A.F. Maintenance Base at Seletar.64 words
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128 1949-07-01 5 Passing Ships 'Going Too Fast Divers Complain DIVERS working on the wreck of the Norwegian freighter, Hoegh Transporter, In the Singapore Roads, have complained of interruption of their work by passing vessels. The divers say that vessels are passing the wreck at an excessive speed, which not only is dangerous128 words
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Article57 1949-07-01 5 The Lam Choon rubber milling factory, Bukit Tlmah Road, and their 180 workers yesterday signed a n«w wage agreement before the Singapore acting Deputy Commissioner for Labour, Mr. C. W. Lyle, after several days' negotiations. Under the agreement, the wages of the worker*, which. had been cut57 words
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Article60 1949-07-01 5 Rotary Club of Singapore officers for 1949-50 are Mr. Lionel Cresaon, president; Dr. Chen 8u Lan, Mr. T. P. F. McNelce, vice presidents: Messrs E. V. Davie*, A. W. Frisby, Gerald Hawkins, Jee Ah Chlan, Kok Chontj Pook and N. R. Mlstrl. directors, Mr. J. Q. Asplnall, Mr.60 words
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Article44 1949-07-01 5 Sentence of 13 months' rigorous imprisonment with right strokes of the rotan. was Imposed on Tan Lye Kiat, 36, of Ceylon Road, yesterday, by the First District Judge, Mr. E P Shanks, for ou raging the modesty of an eight-year-old girl.44 words
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Article, Illustration17 1949-07-01 5 THE AMBULANCE sent oat from Geylanr Fire Station on Its side after a collision.— Straits Times picture.17 words
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155 1949-07-01 5 THREE AMBULANCES AFTER FIGHT IN SCHOOL A FIGHT between two school boys, resulting in ■^injuries to one, at the Telbk Koran English School yesterday caused three Singapore ambulances to be on the move. An ambulance from Geylang Fire Station on Its way to the school to fetch the injured boy155 words
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Article, Illustration33 1949-07-01 5 MR. ROWLAND LYNE, who presided at the' Singapore Music Society'! meeting yesterday. Mr. Lyne said he believed that some of the Society's missing music scores may be in Ceylon. Story in Page 6.33 words
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Article281 1949-07-01 5 'SPECIAL' GETS ROTAN rvRDERING a young special constable turned twelve strokes of the rotan in addition to a year's rigorous Imprisonment, Mr. Justice Gordon-Smith, at the Assizes yesterday, I said, "As a youth I had personal experience of corporal punishment, quite as severe as that281 words
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Article105 1949-07-01 5 Still Short OF $60,000 THE Singapore An81 Chinese School is $60,000 short of the target amount of s4oo,ooo required for it* building project at Barker RoadTenders- however, will be called within the next fortnlKht for the erection of the building which will contain 21 class rooms, the school hall, library105 words
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Article225 1949-07-01 5 Says Accused BY day driver of a public vehicle, by night a watchman, Mllkeet Singh, answering a charge of murder, said, in the Singapore Assize Court yesterday, that his mind -had become "a complete blank" on the night of the alleged crime due to225 words
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Article55 1949-07-01 5 On his return from Krul a port on the south-western coast of Sumatra, a Singapore Chinese businessman. Mr. Lim Cheng Hee. told the Straits Times yesterday that conditions there were peaceful and normal. Mr. Lim thought this news would be welcomed by the many Chinese families in55 words
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Article128 1949-07-01 5 PARAMODNTS technlcpiour version of Mark Twain's 'A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court', starring Bing Crosby and Rhonda Fleming; is very entertaining. A 20th Century Yankee, Bing Crosby, figures in scenes of an English court of 1,300 years ago. Bis advances to a lady of128 words
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Article42 1949-07-01 5 A verdict of misadventure was returned yesterday by the Singapore Coroner, Mr. W. O. Porter at the Inquest on 13-year-old Tan Yeok Koon. who was found electrocuted on the roof garden of a building In Rochore Canal Road on June 23.42 words
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Article141 1949-07-01 5 fItHE committee of the oightl Inter-Scnool Art Exhlbih. LiT r<w.o.w m™, Won expects to receive more ihan JiW emnes for the exhliitinn Entries dose or, aly 9 The Britlsn Council la donating art books for firstprize winners in each group, The Friends of Singapore It donating a141 words
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283 1949-07-01 5 Bandits Attack Convoy Of Holiday-Makers From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. JJANDITS made a daring attack on a civilian bus and a military convoy of holiday-makers on the road to the Cameron Highlands yesterday afternoon. They shot the tyres off a military lorry and set the bus on fire.283 words
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Article54 1949-07-01 5 The Singapore Registrar of Trade Unions, Mr. S'ng Choon Yee yesterday appealed to Colony trad unions, which have not yet submitted their annual returns, "to send them at once." The deadline for submission of returns expired yesterday, but Mr. S'ng said that he proposed "to give54 words
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Article143 1949-07-01 5 Y.M.C.A.S $300,000 PROJECTS rpHE Singapore V.M.C.A. this JL year has four building and rehabilitation projects Involving an expenditure of $296,000. Two of these projects have been launched the restoration of the pre-war sports ground at Bales tier Plain, where a Boys' Club Is taking shape, and the completion of sports143 words
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Article50 1949-07-01 5 Although the price of 101 bacco leaf dropped during 1948 from about $400 a plcul to between $200 and $250, the crop still gave Chinese smallholders a profit, says the Department of Agriculture annual report. Cured leaf from farms tor sale amounted to nearly 1.100 plculs.50 words
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Advertisement327 1949-07-01 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs. rIRTY wedding quests who were arrested while gambling in a club were acquitted today when the prosecution withdrew the charge. For the defence, Mr. A. J. Braga strongly criticised the police for bringing the action. He said that the accused were all guests of a detective who327 words
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Advertisement88 1949-07-01 5 For your "HOME vacation OUR L LADIES TAILORING 1 DEPT. I IS AT YOUR SERVICE I iR Mfl£ We have an exclusive If 2 range of eye-catching .¥s» Woollens with major promotion value for A\jVs Autumn and Winter. f are of most excellent wJ, IfeOfL quality, and that our tailoring88 words
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Article356 1949-07-01 6 Aliens Ordinance For Review ACTIONS of the Singapore Immigration Department, which have been described as "high-handed", and provisions in the Aliens Ordinance which many consider give excessive powers to immigration officers, will be reviewed when a special Government committee begins work, the Straits Times understands.356 words
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Article, Illustration33 1949-07-01 6 MR. AND MRS. LOH HENG KEE, who were married in Hong Kong recently, gave a dinner party to their Singapore friends last night. Mrs. Loh was formerly Miss Chew Poh Ming, of Seremban.33 words
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Article188 1949-07-01 6 GENERAL TEST FOR VARSITY FE history and problems of Asia, with particular reference to Malaya, figured prominently in the general knowledge test for students seeking entrance to the University of Malaya Besides general knowledge, there were papers on English, mathematics and elementary reasoning. Among the questions candidates were asked, in188 words
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Article, Illustration133 1949-07-01 6 Mr. Song Thlan Hock, of the Land and Survey Department. Kuching. Is to go to Australia on a Senior Fellowship awarded by the Australian Government. Mr. Song will be attached to the States Lands Department of New South Wales. He will also work In the New South Wales133 words
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204 1949-07-01 6 flRCHESTRAL scores belonging to the Singapore Musical Society are believed to be lying in a church hall somewhere in Ceylon. Members of the Society, who met yesterday at the Y.M.C.A., agreed with their chairman, Mr. Rowland Lyne, that the new working committee should try204 words
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176 1949-07-01 6 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. THE visit of Mr. E. Jago, a representative of the British Rubber Development Board, to Malaya was described here today as "of great importance to the industry, in view of the competition of synthetic rubber." r The main purpose176 words
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Article195 1949-07-01 6 Ruler 's Son Tries For University MALAY NEWS From A Malay Correspondent A SON of the Sultan of Perak, Raja /-:lan, was one of 15 Malay students who sat for the entrance examination for the University of Malaya held at Kuala Kangsar recently. A Malay girl sat for the examination195 words
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Article34 1949-07-01 6 JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs.— There will be an exhibition of curry powders, pickles and preserves at the Domestic Science School, Johore Bahru, on July 2 and 3 between 10.30 a.m. and 5 p.m. dally.34 words
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Article56 1949-07-01 6 TODAY T'N'T Jumble Sale, Presbyterian Church Hall. Orchard Road, 3 p.m. RADIO MALAYA. Talentime. British council Hall, Orchard Road, 7 p.m. DISTRICT METHODIST YOUTH FELLOWSHIP, Talentime, organised in connection with the Youth Week. Wesley Hall, Port Canning R0ad. '7. 30 p.m. Y.W.C.A. SPORTS CLUB, annual dance, Sea View56 words
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Article125 1949-07-01 6 GLIDES in English, Chinese, Jawi, Tamil and Hindustani at the end of the last performance of the day in Singapore cinemas will inform the audience that the National Anthem will be played. This experiment win be made for one month from oday v a result125 words
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Advertisement195 1949-07-01 6 TODAY! ,*sjifyt Wjs*^#ffßt SHOWS at j^% y Jf^ n am 145: 415 f\j iHif^^ b 45 9 3 pm Mg/W Pa.omount presentj RHONDA WIUIAM Pf CROSBY- FLEMING- BENDIX < ■w /A^ mm) GREAT SONGS m ~S f Af*W Once And rt *r [4 (v Always" *^-'J( .*Sfe af Bus» Domj195 words
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Advertisement200 1949-07-01 6 REVOLUTIONARY TECHNIQUE! i HITCHCOCK USES "COLOR BACKGROUND" TO HEIGHTEN EMOTIONAL PITCH! #jTalimi TODAY 11-1.45-4.00 6.30-9.30 I NOTHING EVER £U| V Li I HELD YOU LIKE ITS^S >|J 3 NOTHING EVER w\ i^^HELOYOULIKfITS^ Im iII wmf fa I i WAS SIEIJI i OALI GRANGER harWcke couTr CHANO[[? ALHAMBRA (Air-Conditioned Phone 6909)200 words
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Miscellaneous260 1949-07-01 6 •■■AABAttj n d ••30); 12.00-1.00 Malay Pro- Dutch; 9.00 Kuoyu; 9.30 Burmese; »w«Ar«M gramme; 1.00-2. 00 English Pro- 9.45 English; 10.00 Radio Newg 10 00 News from Kuala Lumpur- gramme; 2.00 Close; 6.00 Pro- Reel; 10.15 light Music; 10.45 10 06 (approx) Close- 100 Half gramme Summary; 6.02 Radio Or-260 words
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Article, Illustration252 1949-07-01 7 fiSE of the largest Italian shipping companies to w operate between Trieste and the Far East before the war, Lloyd Triestino, has returned to the Far East trade. It will again** provide direct, regularly scheduled cargo services between Italian ports, Burma, Singapore, the Philippines and252 words
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Article107 1949-07-01 7 SHIPS in port alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves yesterday (godowns In brackets) were: Main Wharf: Doilus (31-32), Ruys (33-34), Angby (39), Baku (40-41), Nleuw Holland (43-43). West Wharf: Kampar (4-3), President Polk (6-7), Idomeneus (8-9), Benrackle (11), Surat (13-14). Stla (16). Empiiu Dock: Saint Augustine Victory107 words
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Article155 1949-07-01 7 "\<TR. H. J. Welch, chairman ol xvx the Rubber Plantations Investment Trust, says In his annual statement &at post-war estimates of annual consumption of natural rubber made during the earlier part of a year have regularly fulen short of actual. Thus In April 1944 the most authoritative155 words
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Article116 1949-07-01 7 MALAY AN SHARES MOSTLY IDLE From Our Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, Thursday. T*HE Malayan share market was again idle today 1 but interest was maintained in a few Industrials and Tins. Rubber shares continued mainly nominal. Price changes announced by the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association were: INDUSTRIALS Bayer Seller 8.8. Petrol 14/.116 words
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Article102 1949-07-01 7 NEW YORK, Thurs. DRICLS fluctuated narrowly in i limited dealings on the New York stock exchange yesterday with numerous operators restrained by the fact that the economic outlook was cloudy at oest In the United States and threatening in Britain. A Federal Reserve Board move to increase102 words
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Article51 1949-07-01 7 PRODUCE M AR KET From A Market Correspondent LITTLE business was done yesterday In the Singapore produce market. The only activity seen was In sago flour, but In the absence of large orders spot dealings were transacted at reduced quotations. Sago flour was quoted at: Llngga $11.50; Sarawak 59.25; Siak51 words
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Article192 1949-07-01 7 QUIETLY steady conditions prevailed in the Singapore rubber market yesterday at prices Just below the previous day's levels. Only a small volume of business was transacted. Closing psices yesterday were: No. 1 sheet f.o.b. buyers 32 >; cents, sellers 32 cents; spot loose buyers 32V1192 words
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Article280 1949-07-01 7 LONDON, i'hurs. A THREAT ol fresh labour trouble on British Railways kept a brake on London Stock Exchange activity yesterday, says Reuter's financial correspondent. Most sections were unsettled, and caution and hesitancy were uppermost. Trading was extremely email and idleness persisted for the greater part of the session.280 words
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Article79 1949-07-01 7 PROCEEDS from sales of Gadek x Rubber Estate for 1948 amounted to £73,462 (£66.480), plus other income £2,909 (£1,556), making £76,371 (£68,036). To expenses £48,704 (£39,646), directors' remuneration, etc., £1,472 (£1,674), exchange account £112 (£26); leaving £26,083 (£26,690), plus recovery of assets In Malaya nil (£520). Taxation79 words
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Advertisement1026 1949-07-01 7 MANSFIELD 6c CO., LTD. i Incorporated in Singapore! BLUE Fimi«L I4ME ™AITS MBAMSIUP CO. LTD Carrier's option to proceed via other ports lo load aad discharge cargo W£J 7 COAST MALAYA SAILINCS FROM UK b U.S.A *hu for Muar July 4 Veuol toi Malacca July 4 Tanralus tiom UK luty1,026 words
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Advertisement277 1949-07-01 7 PRESIDENT LINER SAILINGS TO NEW YORK AND BOSTON VIA CEYLON, INDIA ECYPT AND MEDITERRANEAN PORTS. Spore P. Sham Penang Pros. Polk Codowns 6/7 luly 1/4 |uly 5/7 Sails |uly 2 Mount Oavis luly 6/10 luly 11/12 luly 11/1} Mount Mansfield fury 17/21 luly 24/25 luly 26/29 Pros Monroe Aag 5/11277 words
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Advertisement380 1949-07-01 7 EAST ASIATIC LINE SAILINCS FROM SCANDINAVIA U X SAILINCS TO CONTINENT/ CONTINENI SCANDINAVIA ■.s. Mongolia" due abt lulv II tor Bangkok Manna H Kong. Loading at Singapore. Port Swertenham Shanghail?) Kobe Yokohama 6 Penang to'i&ilidS:* o**"0 -a.b».,-,y4 s».s. "Malaya" duo abt. luly 2« Co'omoo Aden Port Said. for Manila. H'Kong,380 words
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Advertisement974 1949-07-01 7 McALISTER 6c CO., LTD. (Incorporated in Singapore) ELLERM iN efc BUCKNALL KLAVENESS LINE LONDON HAVRE ROTTEROAM UJ b CANADIAN PACIFIC PORTS. C Accepting cargo tor Central 6 Sout!> t CITY Of SYDNEY American Port*. S-pore Sham Penan* CASTUVIUI »-9 i Hf SDor P Sham Penatit 10 IS l.fy 16 luty974 words
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Article, Illustration488 1949-07-01 8 R.A.F. WIN 2-1, KEEP LEAGUE OPEN Navy Score First In Seletar Game R.A.P 2; Navy 1. DV defeating Royal Navy by two goals to one at the Naval Base, Seletar, yesterday, the R.A.F. Seletar have kept the Singapore Amateur Football Association's Senior League championship very open. If Airmen had lost,AP - 488 words
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Article661 1949-07-01 8 2- Year-Olds May Prove Too Good By EPSOM JEEP VOW well acclimatized, the four two-year-olds. 11 Princess Beau, Baroda Prince, Musketeer ana Tiestone may prove too good for their present, company at the Singapore Turf Club's July meeting which starts tomorrow. Princess Beau in particular has shown vast improvement and661 words
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250 1949-07-01 8 ST. Andrew's School scored an easy victory ov«r the Johore College in a cricket match at Woodsville yesterday, winning by 92 runs. Benjamin Ross was in good form with bat and ball for the winners, scoring a fine 54 and taking four wickets250 words
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Article59 1949-07-01 8 The Khalsa Association team to meet the Singapore Cricket Club at cricket on Sunday on the Khalsa Association ground will be: Balwant Singh (capt), OurdUl Singh, Tharam Singh, Choor Singh. M. B. Singh. B. S. Soin. Parduman Singh, Satindar Singh, Balwan Singh, S. Nalr, Mohinder Singh. Reserves:59 words
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Article58 1949-07-01 8 S.C.C. team to meet the Khalsa Association oi a cilcket match at 11 a.m. on Sunday on the KhAlsa ground will be: N. Bradbury (capt.); V. 1. Margrave; N. J.lcKce; G. P. Darke; J. O. cresswell; J.C.Q. Pierce; K. I. Q. Sttwart; Capt. A. E. Sowray;58 words
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Article23 1949-07-01 8 TODAY: H.W., 1.16 a.m. (9ft. Bin). a. 52 p.m. (Bft. 3in). TOMORROW: H.W., 2.09 a.m. Oft. sin), 3.37 pjn. (Bft. lin).23 words
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Article194 1949-07-01 8 GILLINGHAM, Thurs. V. SCOTT, New Zealand's opening batsman, to-day carried his overnight score of 138 against the Combined Services to 203 before the Innings was declared closed at 469 for seven. Scott was out off the last ball before lunch after batting five hours and194 words
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Article39 1949-07-01 8 Tlong Bahru Rangers beat S i o n g 800 A. A. five-nil in a friendly game jf soccer played at Parrer Park yesterday. Scorers were Ah Chong (3) and Cheng Mun and Kal 3eng one each.39 words
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Article249 1949-07-01 8 BEHRENS SHINES IN DEBUT S.C.C Royal Signals ft ROYAL SIGNALS Singapore and the Singapore Cricket Club shared points in a S.A.F.A. Senior League game played at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. The score was two-all—* result which rather flatters the S.C.C. for Signals had many more scoring chances. Play was very249 words
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Article101 1949-07-01 8 O.R.C. cricket teams for the weekend are: Against 8.0.C. 'A' on the S.R.C. Padang it 3 p.m. tomorrow: O. Bogaars (capt.) N. Boudewyn, A. Davenport, d. de Silva, James de &oaz%, v Gammell, w. Haseldlne; D Miller; R Milne; O. Roeario, 3. a. Reutens; R. Scully101 words
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Article174 1949-07-01 8 FOUR MCFA CUP GAMES THIS WEEKEND THE Malayan Chinese Football Association's Cup soccer competition, to be run on the knock-out system this year, gets into stride this weekend with four matches. The first game of the competition win be played today between the Singapore Chinese F.A. and the Johore Chinese174 words
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Article295 1949-07-01 8 Johore Get 132 Versus Colleges From Our Own Correspondent JOHORH BAHRU, Thurs. JOHORE. fielding their first State cricket side this year, scored 132 against the Combined Colleges who were 17 without lose when stumps were drawn today In thi3 two-day gan^ on the Johore Cricket Club ground. The game will295 words
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Article67 1949-07-01 8 The following v/ 111 represent the Shell Sports Cl -ib in a cricket match against the Singapore Cricket Club on the S.C.C. at 2 p.m. tomorrow: J. V. H. Geeks (cant.); O. Clwke; J. Tucker; J. D. Maughan; J. D. Edwards; c. H. Harris; L. K. Fencott;67 words
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Article, Illustration332 1949-07-01 8 SUPERIOR in every way, Hong Kong University's tennis team of two brothers, Norman and Donald Lo, beat the Combined Colleges by three matches to nil at Raffles College yesterday in the first inter-varsity match for a challenge cup presented by Dr. Chan Ah332 words
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Article361 1949-07-01 8 VyELL-KNOWN players from Hon<? Kong, Java and fT Sumatra will compete in this year's Malayan Lawn Tennis Association's championships to be held in Singapore from Friday, July 29, to Monday, Aug 1, on the Singapore Cricket Club courts A definite entry is the na- tlonal361 words
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Article107 1949-07-01 8 WIMBLEDON, Thurs MISS Louise Brough, the holder and Mrs. Margaret Dv Poni to-day qualified for the final of the women's singles in the Wtnv* bledon championships. In the all-American semi-final* Miss Brough beat Mrs. Pat TodJ 6—3; 6—o; while Mrs. Dv Pont beat Mrs. H. RlhbanyReuter - 107 words
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Article45 1949-07-01 8 MANILA, Pri.— A title fight between Tirso del Rozario, featherweight champion of the Orient, and Jaglor Singh of Singapore was postponed today until July 16. Tirso sprained his left hand while training for the fight originally .scheduled for tomorrow A.P.AP - 45 words
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Advertisement152 1949-07-01 8 YOU'LL SWOON!... when Betty sings the torchy ballad: 'WHAT DID I DO" TOMORROW AT MN.TE I The Gramophone Company Ltd. is pleased to announce that the following revised prices will apply on and after Ist July 1949: "Hlg MASTER'S VOICE" INTEBXATOXAL RECORDS Singapore Dutiable Label Penang Area 10" Double-Sided Mtgenta152 words
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