The Straits Times, 9 July 1949
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Title Section18 1949-07-09 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, JULY 9, 1949. PRICE TEN CENTS.18 words
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Article481 1949-07-09 1 Urgent Appeal During Crisis Talks LONDON, Friday. gIR Stafford Cripps in the critical financial talks which opened today in London is expected to make an urgent appeal to the United States to resume buying in the sterling area rubber, tin and other raw materials toUP - 481 words
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Article, Illustration34 1949-07-09 1 KKWARDKD: Somerset is finding: 1949 a boom year for ■trawberries. Here three-year-old Michael Brooks, of Bristol, who helped in picking the fruit at Draycott, in Somerset. receives a reward from his mother. Renter picture.Reuter - 34 words
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Article209 1949-07-09 1 COLOMBO, Friday. MR. D. S. St'ianayake, Prime Minister of Ceylon, said t<>day Mat the Government was ready to accept "thi challenge of 1 ade unions hich have called token strikes on the rubber and tea estates. If reDresenta'ive.-; of la- bour want to fore? our handReuter - 209 words
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Article63 1949-07-09 1 WES TE RN FLEETS RETURN weymouth. Forty-five I the Western Union fl et on manot'U'.vs moved into Weymou'h Buy yesterday after passing UirouKh a dummy minefield The Kiant convoy including .ships from France Holland and Britain, had been flght..oir way ud the Channel through landbased bomber raids, motor torpedo boatReuter - 63 words
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Article169 1949-07-09 1 A SQUALL- 3 LOST CARDS FREE seamen— a Chinese, an Indian and a Malay told the Singapore District Court judge yesterday that they lost their identity cards during a squall off Singapore harbour. The Chinese said: I fell overboard and. while struggling in the water, lost the card, which was169 words
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Article21 1949-07-09 1 WASHINGTON. Frl.— The United States has 26.000,000 i acres under cotton, 14 per cent more than last year.— UP.UP - 21 words
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Article44 1949-07-09 1 KAGOSHIMA, (Japan) Frl. —The people on the tiny "sinking island" of Moe, off Kyushu today asked to bt settled elsewhere. They said the island showed signs of going completely Hnder the waters of the Kagoshima Bay. The island has 48 families. UP.UP - 44 words
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Article198 1949-07-09 1 CRIPPS TO STRESS STOCKPILE From Our Own Correspondent LONDON. Frl. IT is believed in London that one of the objects o( 81r Stafford Cripps's talks with Mr. John Snyder, secretary cf the Treasury, will be to try and persuade the U.B. Government to engage in *vt~, stockpiling buying on a-sub-stantial198 words
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125 1949-07-09 1 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. AN officer of the First Devons was struck by lighting during a recent operation in the Lanchang area of Pahang The shock flung him on to his commanding officer. It was the second time that the officer,125 words
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Article70 1949-07-09 1 rDAY the Singapore Free Press begins publication of "The Private Papers of Harry L. Hopkins." Mr. Hopkins was President Roosevelt's personal representative and he tells one of the most dramatic inside stories of the war. The Papers give intimate portraits of Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin and70 words
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Article124 1949-07-09 1 ORCHID thieves are ii wort in <j|ni«nnr» a ™»n in Singapore, a Areaknown local cultivator, Mr. Llm Hong Hee, who has been a victim says "These valuable plants should be locked up at night." And the police agree. Mr. Lim says three men, wno looked124 words
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Article, Illustration27 1949-07-09 1 DITCH.. BRITISH and French sailors of Western Union naval yessels which assembled off Cornwall for combined exercises, photographed during shore leave at Penzanre, Cornwall, England. A.P. picture.AP - 27 words
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241 1949-07-09 1 LONDON, Friday. rIE Kins; is to be asked to issue a proclamation of a state of emergency in Britain if the London dock stoppage is not settled by Monday morning, Mr. Chuter Ede, the Home Secretary, announced I today. The port must be fully workingReuter - 241 words
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Article, Illustration48 1949-07-09 1 w mi WITHIN AN HOUR of arriving in Kuala Lumpur by air from Singapore, where she stepped off a ship from Australia, Miss Lee Reynolds, was married to Mr. Frank Ashton, a mining engineer. The wedding took place yesterday at St. Mary's Church. The bride wore cornflour blue.48 words
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Article21 1949-07-09 1 LONDON, Frl—The navies of 12 Atlantic Pact nations may hold Joint manoeuvres in 1950. said Field Marshal Montgomery today.—UP.UP - 21 words
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Article68 1949-07-09 1 SAIGON, Fri.— Mr. Andiew Roth, the American journalist was refused entry into Saigon today by French police. He was told by a police official: "You will not enter Saigon because you wrote articles last year criticising the French policy in Indo-China." Mr. Roth came fromAP - 68 words
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Article75 1949-07-09 1 DUE from Sydney this afternoon Is a party of high Australian officials who are on tfceir way to London for the conference of Commonwealth Finance Ministers. The delegation Is headed by the Australian Minister for Defence and Post-war Reconstruction, Mr. J. J. Dedman. The party will Include75 words
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114 1949-07-09 1 rE Strait* Times Press Ltd. has donated $25,00* to the University of Malaya Endowment Fund, and this gift carries the Fund total to nearly $125,000. A further $60,000 was promised yesterday by a number of firms and individuals In Singapore. These are: Glan Singh114 words
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Article250 1949-07-09 1 Police Search Sydney RedH.Q. SYDNEY, Fri. UNIFORMED Sta t t Police and Commonwealth Investigation officers raided Marx House, headquarters of the Australian Communist Party, in Sydney today. After a three-and-a-half hours' search, a security officer said: "We have something we have been after for a long time." The Deputy DirectorReuter; Reuter-AAP - 250 words
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Advertisement663 1949-07-09 2 NOTICE T. W. D. TENDER NOTICE Tenders will be received at the office of the State Engineer, Johore, up to noon on the 12th July, 1949, for the conversion of OCPD. QUARTERS and construction of TEMPORARY BARRACKS at Panchor, Muar. All particulars may be obtained at the office of the663 words
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Advertisement560 1949-07-09 2 NOTICED NOTICE TO "EMPLOYERS OF LABOUR (LABOUR CODE CAP. 154) Employers of Labour in the Federation of Malaya are reminded ttat their returns under Section 79 (1) of the Labour Code for the quarter ending 30th June, 1949 are now due and such returns should reach' the nearest Labour Office560 words
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Advertisement391 1949-07-09 2 IN (JULES NOTJCE Of lAH BY COMPETITIVE TENDER SURPLUS RAF. EQUIPMENT VEHICLES Surplus R.A.F. Equipment and Vehicles are offered for sale by competitive tender. This equipment may be viewed at the Sales Section, R.A.F. Maintenance Base (FE), Seletar, on Monday and Tuesday 11th and 12th July, 1949, between the hours391 words
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Advertisement171 1949-07-09 2 SHIPPING NOTICEHOLLAND t\SI ASIA LINK S.S. "MEERKERK" due Singap'in: abotii. 15tb July. 1949. loading cargo alongside S.H.B. wharves for:— Aden /Port Said/ Alexandria/ Genoa /Marseilles Tangier /Barcelona/ Ant-verp /Rotterdam /Amsterdam/ Hamburg For cargo and particulars please •pply to:— NEDERLAND LINE ROYAL DUTCH MAIL Agente: Holland Eaat Asia Line 41. Robinson171 words
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Advertisement161 1949-07-09 2 •paints >^ti|P^ b HOUSEHOLD USE. DRY COLOURS MAPI TO BRITISH STANDARD SPECtr/CATtON? Gents' half soles leather S.nu Gents' full soles leather or rubber 5 90 Gents' heeling leather or rubber 1.50 Ladies' or boys' half soles leather 2.9H Ladies' or boys' full soles leather or rubber 4.90 Children sizes: 3-8161 words
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Article221 1949-07-09 3 Beaten, Kicked By Police SHANGHAI, Friday. A U.S. Vice-Coirsul, Mr. William B. Olive, seriously beaten by police after a minor traffic incident, was held without communication in a Shanghai prison yesterday. After many hours of inquiry, the consulate was still not allowed to communicate withAP - 221 words
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Article362 1949-07-09 3 STOCKPILE ISSUE IN TALKS (Continued from page 1) June 21 and stockpile purchases immediately moved I into high gear. U.S. Defence officials are anxious to com- plete as rapidly as possible their programme which although started 10 years ago, <s still only one-third completed. The Daily Mail says there has362 words
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Article30 1949-07-09 3 SEOUL, Fri. Pyongyang (North Korea) radio announced today that North Korean Communists had issued a manifesto declaring that general elections would be held throughout Korea in September. —Reuter.Reuter - 30 words
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Article74 1949-07-09 3 GENEVA, Fri.— The Soviet Union yesterday asked the conference drawing up a new Internationa 1 Red Cross convention to ban entirely atom bombs and bacteriological weapons The resolution said: "It is the duty of the Governments of a'l countries to secure the immediate conclusion of 41Reuter - 74 words
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Article228 1949-07-09 3 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. A LARGE swampland, 40 miles north of Kuala n Lumpur, which at present looks like a prehistoric landscape, may become one of Malaya's richest tiafields. 1 L The swamp borders rivers flowing west of Batang Berjuntai and tests have228 words
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Article67 1949-07-09 3 BEIRUT, (LEBANON), Fri. Anton Saadeh, President of the outlawed Syrian National Party, was executed by a firing squad this morning, after being sentenced last night in a secret court martial. Saadeh was arrested early yesterday as Syrian and Lebanon troops intensified their drive to atampAP - 67 words
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Article258 1949-07-09 3 BERLIN, Friday. BERLIN'S supply lines were restored to normal 13 yesterday for the first time in 14 months. The railway system has overcome the effects of five weeks' strike which nullified the lifting of the blockade. Seventeen loaded trains came into western Berlin and 11Reuter - 258 words
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Article138 1949-07-09 3 GENEVA. Fri. TNDIA yesterday complained that "no positive action has yet been taken to Improve the food situation of the world," and a Soviet ddegate alleged that the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organisation nad concerned itself with maintaining the high price of food. ProfessorReuter - 138 words
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Article, Illustration39 1949-07-09 3 BAO OAI, head of the Government of Vietnam, was received by the French Hifh Commissioner for IndoChina, M. Pignon, in the South Vietnam Palace. Bao Dal Is seen here in conversation with two of the guests. Presse Information picture.39 words
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Article142 1949-07-09 3 BATAYIA, Friday. rPHE Dutch Army reported yesterday that IndoA nesian guerillas, striking mostly at night, were attacking Dutch troops and railway and highway traffic throughout south, central and eastern Java. The Dutch report was issued only 24 hours after President Soekarno's return to the Indonesian capitalAP; UP - 142 words
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Article94 1949-07-09 3 CAIRO, Fri. mHE 10,000-ton British ship X Glenorchy was detained for a third day today by Egyptian authorities at Port Said on the grounds that her cargo of crude rubber might find its way to Israel. The ship is bound for Genoa from CeylonReuter - 94 words
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Article53 1949-07-09 3 RANGOON, Fri. Burma Government troops repulsed a five-hour attack on the oil town of Yenangyaung, 360 miles north-west of Rangoon, the Burma Army Radio reported last night. Of the insurgents, 104 were killed and three captured, the radio added. Large quantities of arms were said to haveReuter - 53 words
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Article, Illustration47 1949-07-09 3 TUNGKU SYED Abdullah bin Tungku Syed Omar, Assistant District Officer, Seremban, is to conduct Malay classes at the Seremban Chinese Reading Circle in appreciation of the assistance he received from bis Chinese friends who taught him to read and write Chinese during the occupation.47 words
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Advertisement287 1949-07-09 3 To help our customers to order Sponge Cakes here is a description of the five kinds we sell: SPONCE SA.OWICH m^fir ~jyi/& Strawberry, raspberry. ><ani!la or SfflpHgy^ chocolate flavour, jam or crcar- tilled PLAIN SPONCE SANDWICH In same' flavours but without filling, to" *fifl«s or for tea with your own287 words
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Article378 1949-07-09 4 They All Went To Aid Bandits From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. JT is not possible to assess the amount of funds collected by the unregistered Communist Pan-Malayan Federation of Trade Unions and its 11 State federations before they ceased to to exist, says the378 words
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Article121 1949-07-09 4 MURDER CHARGE AMENDED European For Trial From Onr Staff Correspondent BATU GAJAH, Fri. AT the conclusion of a four-day preliminary inquiry into a tentative charge of murder against Derek Desmond Hopper, 26-year-old European security officer of Southern Kinta Consolidated Ltd., the Magistrate, Raja Zainal Abidln, yesterday amended the charge to121 words
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Article75 1949-07-09 4 IN English-speaking Chln nese, Leong Chee Yeng, and another youth Teo Cheng Chua, were charged in the Singapore Fourth District Court yesterday with cheating. Leong was also charged with impersonating a public servant. They are alleged to have taken two sums of money $140 and $135, from75 words
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Article37 1949-07-09 4 From Our Own Correspondent KLUANG, Fri.— A 16-year-old Cantonese. Chong Poh Choon, was produced before the Circuit Magistrate, Inche Azman bin Haji Abdul Hamid, on a charge of retaining stolen property. He was acquitted and discharged.37 words
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Article37 1949-07-09 4 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Sevethian Munusamy, a labourer, shot and killed a tigress on Wednesday on the Lanchang Estate, Mentakab, Pahang. The animal measured 7 ft. 1 in. and weighed 127 katties.37 words
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190 1949-07-09 4 $12,000 In Union Funds "Frozen Last Year From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. HPHE Registrar of Trade Unions, Mr. J. B. Prentis, A last year made 21 stop orders against the banking j accounts of trade unions under the Emergency t Regulatons. Over $12,000 was "frozen" in this 1190 words
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Article47 1949-07-09 4 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Fri. ANINE-month-old Indian boy, Tanimlay. was fatally burnt when he upset a lighted kerosene lamp placed on a stool in his house in York Road last night. The child was rushed to hospital, but died this morning.47 words
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Article29 1949-07-09 4 From Our Own Correspondent PARIT BUNTAR. Fri Hasl*. bin Yahaya, charged at fibong Tebal with criminal reach of trust of a bicycle, ras allowed bail of $500.29 words
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Article, Illustration49 1949-07-09 4 .THE AMERICAN Consul-General, Mr. W. R. Langdon (right) talking: with Mr. and Mrs. A. D. York, at the cocktail party givn at the Consulate on Thursday night to 10 visiting American newspapermen. Mr. York Is the new principal assistant secretary to the CommissionerGeneral, Mr. Malcolm MacDonald.— Straits Times picture.49 words
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Article140 1949-07-09 4 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. OIK times the number required have applied for the posts of 50 additional Asian police inspectors, it was revealed here today. The announcement that inspectors were wanted was made only 10 days ago. I-* A police spokesman said140 words
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Article44 1949-07-09 4 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Fri. To raise funds for the University of Malaya, undergraduates of Raffles College >vill loin the Penang Teachers Union in holding a dance iii September. A strong committee is being formed to organise the dance.44 words
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Article42 1949-07-09 4 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Fri.— The body of a 35-year-old Chinese. Hung Ah Hong, was recovered from the Sungei Pinans River yesterday evening. There were no injuries on the body and oolise ilo not suspect foul play.42 words
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191 1949-07-09 4 From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH, Friday. HOR "brutally assaulting" Cadet Assistant Superinr tendent of Police, Mr. W. K. Batchelor, of Kelantan at the Celestial Cabaret, Ipoh, two British Army sergeants— George Henry Lawrence, aged 30, and Kenneth Allan Rogers, aged 21 were sentenced by Mr. B.191 words
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Article113 1949-07-09 4 THE Commissioner of Estate Duties in Singapore has assessed since the war several estates of dead people amounting to about $1,000,000 or more. Saying this yesterday, the Commissioner, Mr. K. K. Oon, said that one estate was English, one Chinese", one Jewish and two of the113 words
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Article206 1949-07-09 4 STORY OF "HOODED BOYS" From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. THE prosecution today closed its case against Capt. R. V. Karlakandan, Offlcer-in-Charge. Selangor branch of the Volunteer Forces Records Office, who is charged with criminal breach of trust of $52,604. His lawyer, Mr. B. J. P. Joaquim, submitted that206 words
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Article104 1949-07-09 4 Based on a simple love story— j man and wife get parted because of the exigencies of work, and the mischief caused to them by sheer gossip the 20th CenturyPox production, When My Baby Smiles At Me. now showing at Capitol, has all that goes to104 words
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Article69 1949-07-09 4 CHESS CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP 9th round; 3 p.m.; y.M.C.A. Orchard Road. SINGAPORE DISTRICT METHODIST YOUTH I ELLOWSIIIP Cabinet Meeting, straits Chinese Methodist Church; 3 Kampon? Kapor Rqfid; 3 p.m. SINGAPORE AHMIRAL1 y LOCAL STAFF UNION Dinner and Dance Night; No. l; »arrer Park; 7 p.m. MOVIE CIRCLE SHOW: 'The69 words
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Advertisement131 1949-07-09 4 ST4TE(KPRpSS I 555 IfaMfcami in LONDON by AROATH TOBACCO CO. LTD. BRANDS ESSENCE OF CHICKEN use SIN CHEW BRICKS -J W hlL I Tr to OF CONSTRUCTION SIN CHEW BRICK WORKS FACTORY AT JURONG ROAD 11 MILES STONE HEAD OFFICE: 90 AMOY STREET TEL. 4261 4 jure u?ap fa end131 words
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Advertisement199 1949-07-09 4 a little MARMITB a let cf HMLTH A FOOD <4*v_4f AS WELL AS A ES*K FLAVOURING T_^^ Wrst and foremost, MARMITE does you good ItbiyeaT etract rich in Vitamin Ba— the food that builds bodily finwttandraJMincewillneM. And MARMITB iiddidou*; we ft at a sandwich spread or a a flavouring to199 words
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292 1949-07-09 5 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. a party of police and Grenadier Guards captured a bandit leader two miles from Kajang, Selangor this morning one of the detectives recognised him as an old school mate. The capture came after an attack in a292 words
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Article60 1949-07-09 5 From Our Stall Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. PRODUCTION has started on 10,000 24-hour Army ration packs for the use of Malayan Police on antibandit operations. The packs are being canned by the R.A.S.C. at their canning factory at the main supply depot at Kuala Lumpur. All60 words
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Article192 1949-07-09 5 Lewis And Peat: Weekly Report rpHE rubber market has X been quiet this week awaiting the outcome of the struggle to maintain sterling at its present level, says Lewis and Peat's market report. Once it is certain how things stand as regards exchange, manufacturers and traders will ba able to192 words
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Article34 1949-07-09 5 From Our Own Correspondent SEGAMAT, Fri.— Alleged to have been found drunk while on duty, a 42-year-old railway pointsman, Raman, was yesterday charged before the Segamat Magistrate and offered bail in $100.34 words
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Article49 1949-07-09 5 SEREMBAN, Fri. A M\E-year-o)d Malay boy was drowned in the Seremban lake this morning. He was recovered an hour after getting into difficulties. He died on the way to hospital. The boy was one of a party of five Malay and j Chinese boys. I49 words
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Article76 1949-07-09 5 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.— TWO Chinese men and one woman suspected of train wrecking activities were arrested near Banir in the Tapah area of Perak yesterday. In the Bidor area yesterday a railway bridge was found damaged. A cut tad been made below the seat76 words
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Article, Illustration83 1949-07-09 5 MRS. JEAN BATJO, wile of Mr. Ismail Batjo, an Indonesian, who arrived in Singapore yesterday from Fremantle on her way to join her husband in Batavia. With her is her adopted Indonesian son, Jim. She is first Australian woman to have her passage paid by the* Australian Government so that83 words
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Article76 1949-07-09 5 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Frl.— When Liew Kok Yong, of Singapore, was charged yesterday with driving a lorry at an excessive speed, and "with driving without consideration to the safety of others," the magistrate said that he could not understand the second charge. The76 words
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Article17 1949-07-09 5 The Johore Council of State will meet at Johore Bahru next Thursday at 10 a.m.17 words
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Article, Illustration139 1949-07-09 5 AN American business man, Mr. C. Whitcomb A Alden, said in Singapore yesterday that he thought the campaign to counteract American propaganda agajnst natural rubber was a "very good idea." He said that there was already a move in the United States to influence lifting139 words
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Article38 1949-07-09 5 From Our Staff Correspondent SEREMBAN, Frl.—Welfare Week in Seremban district has been fixed from Aug. 8 to 13. A sub-committee with Mr. C. A. Pinto as honarary secretary has been appointed to draw up a programme.38 words
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Article39 1949-07-09 5 From Our Own Correspondent KLUANG, Frl. The police having withdrawn a charge of stealing 12 aluminium latex cups from Nanyo Estate. Kluang, Yong Hua, 32. was discharged by the Circuit Magistrate. Inche Azman bin Haji Abdul Hamld.39 words
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133 1949-07-09 5 IN return for Singapore's contribution to the United Nations Appeal Fund for Children, a Red Cross team will arrive in the Colony soon to teach the Medical Department staff the use of B.C.G. vaccine. Other benefits Singapore is likely to receive are four133 words
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Article292 1949-07-09 5 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Fri. STRONG criticism of the Federation Government's "defeatist" attitude towards the Malayan rubber industry's future was made today when a five-man delegation from the Penang Rubber Exchange met Mr. E. Jago, British Rubber Development Board representative. Mr. Heah Joo Seang, Exchange president,292 words
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Article44 1949-07-09 5 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE, BAHRU, Fri. Arrested in Alor Star, Abdul Kadir bin Abdul Rahim, was produced yesterday In the Magistrate's Court, when he was formally charged with theft of $205 and a wrist watch. He was remanded for further investigation.44 words
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Article32 1949-07-09 5 KLUANG, Fri.— Low Choi, 59, charged with theft of six aluminium latex cups from Nanyo Estate, Kluang, was acquitted and discharged by the Circuit Magistrate, Inche Azman bin Haji Abdul Hamid.32 words
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164 1949-07-09 5 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Friday. f ONDON rubber brokers believe that the proposed J publicity campaign in favour of natural as against synthetic rubber will cost at least $3,000,000 Malayan in the first year, possibly more in succeedting years. Mincing Lane, while164 words
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Advertisement152 1949-07-09 5 NEW ARRIVALS B. V. D. SPORT SHIRTS for Pure Comfort in hot climate PYJAMAS in ma "y »«w styles 1 including half sleeves knee length Pyjama^ WEMBLY TIES The New White Look Neck Luxury Singlets Briefs with jew fit new ease at vital point* by Allen "A" B.V.D. NOW AT152 words
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Obituary63 1949-07-09 6 MMJAM SIM AH TAH passed icrfully at 9.30 a.m., 7th. July 1049 at No. 761 North P-Wrc Road, apo 70 years, leaving v an. Chua Ah I proprietor of crua Kirn rtric Co.. Chua Kirn SmE. Chua Kirn Suan. 3 daugh-' t; v -in-1 iw and several grandcMldren to63 words
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1000 1949-07-09 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Sat., July 9, 1949. LOOKING AT A GIFT HORSE It is nearly seven weeks since the Federal Legislative Council followed Singapore's example and referred the war damage compensation proposals back to the Joint Committee. But the Committee has yet to be reconvened. Seven weeks have gone,1,000 words
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Article81 1949-07-09 6 LONDON, Fri. -Lady Tweedsmuir (Cons.) suggested in the House of Commons yesterday that, in view of the low price of Malayan rubber, i Immediate aid by way of way- j ment for war damage compensation should be paid to planters who were facing serious financialReuter - 81 words
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Article38 1949-07-09 6 SKHEMBAN, Frl.-Repres-fiiutives of trade unions in Negri Sembilan will entertain Mr R. Caddieh, Trade Union Adviser, at the Negri Sembilan Club on Monday at 5 p.m. prior to Mr. Caddich's departure en leave shortly.38 words
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Article, Illustration11 1949-07-09 6 Picture by C. A. Gibson-Hau. THE STATE MOSQUE AT ALOR STAR11 words
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Article1770 1949-07-09 6 Cook catches the Gecko and goes on a trip Those fowls again Some unorthodox vegetables Victory over the squirrels. JULY 3. WHAT happened on the night of June 25 and the following day, was this: the Cook caught the Ptychozoon Kuhli! I was Just finishing my meal of1,770 words
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Article314 1949-07-09 6 Violent, Vivid, Startling! From the Straits Times of July 9, 1899. A HOSPITAL STRUCK JHE storm in the early hours of this morning was as violent as we have experienced for some months. It appears to nuve been general all over tha city, and Its effects were314 words
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271 1949-07-09 7 COLONY EXPELS POLITICAL PRISONERS 213 Banished, Repatriated THE Singapore Government, using its emergency powers, has repatriated, banished and expelled 213 Chinese and Indian political prisoners since June last year, the C.I.D. "chief, Mr. E. V. Fowler, told the Straits Times yesterday. The Singapore police force would not relent in cleaning271 words
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Article81 1949-07-09 7 Sugar Off Ration On Monday SUGAR rationing will end in Singapore and the Federation next Monday and people will be able to buy as much as they wish from licensed rice retailers. The price will remain unchanged except for white from non-Government which has dropped Government price, system of distribution81 words
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Article78 1949-07-09 7 SINGAPORE S second air day, to be held on Aug. 20 a- Kalians Airport, will open with a parade ot Singapore jouth organisations There will be flying display, joy-riding and exhibition of various types of aircraft and >f associated equipment and of photographs and Illustrations78 words
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Article58 1949-07-09 7 THE Singapore Musical Society will present a complete choral and orchestral work, such as "The Messiah. "Elijah," "Merry England." or "Hiawatha's Wedding Feast," In December. The Society is appealing to all vocalists and instrumentalists to give their support so that rehearsals could begin early. Enquiries may be58 words
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Article66 1949-07-09 7 A bill to incorporate the Mother Superioress of the Society of the Daughters of Charity of the Canossian Institute in the Colony of Singapore will be Introduced In the Legislative Council. The Daughters of Charity of the Canossian Institute are a religious order of women founded in66 words
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Article, Illustration23 1949-07-09 7 MISS DAISY LOH taking pa rt in an obstacle race for old girls at the Fairfleld Girls' School sports yesterday. Straits Times picture.23 words
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Article228 1949-07-09 7 THE Singapore District Judge and First Magistrate, Mr. E. P. Shanks, yesterday acquitted Capt. Derek Stuart Sutcliffe, of the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, on a charge of intimidation. Capt Sutcliffe was alleged to have taken a Eurasian dance hostess to the Kinloss Mess, In Orange228 words
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Article25 1949-07-09 7 A tender for $13,360 has been accepted for the rehabilitation of the playing field at the Singapore Civil Service Association, Tessensohn Rd.25 words
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185 1949-07-09 7 Trials 'Helped To Foil Terror Outbreak' TWO cases in the Singapore lower courts last year were stated by the First District Judge and First Magistrate, Mr. E. P. Shanks, to have been "politically important and to have had some effect on the development of trade unions in the Colony." Mr.185 words
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Article50 1949-07-09 7 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Frl.Bail of $500 was allowed P'ng Slew Eng, a Chinese woman, who was charged In the police court yesterday with allowing her house to be used as a place for the consumption of chandu. The case was postponed for hearing.50 words
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Article121 1949-07-09 7 BECAUSE their six-year-old niece "had not done her school work properly" 8. N. Samy, a naval base labourer and his wife, Pommanah beat her so badly that she had to go to hospital. "You were cruel and Inhuman" said the Fourth Police Court magistrate,121 words
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Article, Illustration68 1949-07-09 7 The Director of Public Works Is Inviting tenders for the supply and delivery of furniture for the office of the organising secretary for the United Nations Conference, in Singapore. THE REV. YEH Hua Fen, former assistant chaplain of St. Andrew's Cathedral and principal of St. Gabriel School, Koala68 words
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Article61 1949-07-09 7 From Our Own Corrrspondrnt JOHORE BAHRU Frl.— When Aw Yong Choon and seven other Chinese were charged in the police court yesterday with vagrancy, the prosecution asked for a postponement In order to make further Investigations, and oprjosed bail. The maelstrate, remarking that insufficient reason had been given61 words
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Article88 1949-07-09 7 REPORT BUS TICKET SWINDLE... IF you think you are 1 being cheated by bus conductors, come forward and back up your complaint," said Singapore's C.I.D. Chief, Mr. E. V. Fowler, yesterday. "We get anonymous letters telling us that cheating is going on. The police, as well as the Singapore Traction88 words
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Article, Illustration64 1949-07-09 7 A GROUP at the dinner riven by McAlisW and Co., in honour of Mr. Len J. Tolley, managing director of Tolley, Scott and Tolley Lt d. of Australia. From left foreground: Messrs. T. C. Cheong, Lee Chim Huk, Lee K irn Puat, Ong Peng Hock, Mrs. Minns, Mr. F. G.64 words
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Article150 1949-07-09 7 THE Singapore acting Com- i mLssioner for Labour, 1 Mr. O. W. Davis, told the i Straits Times yesterday that < the Government was consider- i ing a scheme of registration 1 of Colony employers and < workers urged by the Federation of the Industrialists and i150 words
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Article, Illustration103 1949-07-09 7 CEVENTY one year old d James Goatcher, one of Australia's foremost water-colour artists, who arrived in Singapore by the Charon yesterday, believes that Singapore is a "painter's paradise." "Never in all my life have I seen a city so rich in colourful subjects for the painter's brush,"103 words
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Article245 1949-07-09 7 WIFE TELLS COURT— IN her divorce suit, continued yesterday in the Singapore Supreme Court, Mrs. Martin-Butcher, under cross-examination by Mr. John Harris, for Squadron-Leader Derrick Martin-Butcher, the husband, said that in addition to the attempt by her husband to strangle her, he had once thrown245 words
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169 1949-07-09 7 Town Hall Will Have Own 'Bank For UN Talks 500 guests from 20 different countries meet in Singapore for a series of United Nations conferences in September-October, their conference hall, the Victoria Memorial Hall building, will have its own bank, cable and post offices and a canteen. Extra telephones and169 words
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Article30 1949-07-09 7 Singapore C.I.D. headquarters, at Robinson Road, is to have essential repairs and colour-washing at a cost of $10,802. A tender for this amount has been accepted.30 words
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Article218 1949-07-09 7 DELAYS IN TRIALS REDUCED /CONSIDERABLE reduction In the delay in polive court trials is retried by the District Judge and First Magistrate. Mr. E. P. Shanks, In his annual report Jusi issi d. "District Court delays v. re reduced from about six months in 1047 to about two months at218 words
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Advertisement44 1949-07-09 7 MARTELL BRANDY I COMP !v YA^ LI^ l T^Pj YOU PAY LESS for this lovely Beau-Decca DURING OUR JUBILEE SALE |^^^g| Gram Only $850 $680 II II Other Make* Radio and Hf 188 CASH DISCOUNT K9m S I I I lOi-lOS SlUlli «OAO SINUPOM.44 words
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Advertisement90 1949-07-09 7 LIQUEURS DE LUXE I cm ikfl 1 H "t£* I fir WHOLESALE PRICES ON APPLICATION Sole Agents: SINGAPORE KUALA LUMPUR PENANG Our Packing Dept. Is at your service. We ran f pack anything, at anytime, for anywhere for you. Short ot WHISKY? Come to THE TAVERN (European Residential Hotel) (Open90 words
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647 1949-07-09 8 Eileen Ascroft - SILKS SATINS ARE BACK IN FASHION Eileen Ascroft by LONDON, July 1. A WELCOME shopping note is the new supply of lingerie reaching the stores here. It is good to see real silk back again, pastel floral chiffons and dainty but hard-wearing Sea Island cotton. There are also lace-trimmed undies,647 words
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Article220 1949-07-09 8 niVERSIONAL Therapy is considered by medical authorities to be an important part of the treatment of such long term diseases as tuberculosis. It helps the patients to pass many weary hours as well as giving them an interest and keeping them mentally alert. In220 words
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Article, Illustration538 1949-07-09 8 t rvvnnv LUMJUiM (By Air Mail) J nO YOU believe that *J many modem pareiUS are SO Steeped in half-baked psychology that they are making more problem children by their overanxious efforts to avoid spoiling them than their grandmothers did by pampering them? The warning that many538 words
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Advertisement169 1949-07-09 8 ALHAMBRA 1 (Air-rnnditioned Phone 6909) «r-J ll^^^ii*^ MfttOtOlOti 1.45, 4.15, A J*ONOy»VM >&\A 45 and 930 P" 1 Special Morning Matinee Today and Tomorrow at 11 a.m. Paramount^ Technicolor Wonder Show "THE PERILS OF PAULINE" Betty Hutton Admission:— Adults $1, Children .50 cts. OPENS TOMORROW! kTWm a EVEN SITTING BULL169 words
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Advertisement219 1949-07-09 8 He'll Tbrow THIS Fight OR ELSE NEVER A CHANCE t SLUGGED IN THE RING HUNTED IN THE ALLEY RAW REALISM SKRVED STRAIGHT *lhe lW'*"fek s#lEl*lf WT 4^ V v m i 80 AVAGI M MINUTES RIPPED of^% *M X FROM A MAN'S V 2A]*l4k mm 11 BAnERED body l^jHl v219 words
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Miscellaneous306 1949-07-09 8 STRAITS TIMES CROSSWORD acrom JO. Short expression* <7>. PRrtClCiAVOPn Kn 1 (\A I. Minute lid become tree 21. State In 7 (4). U &VVUKU .jL^^gd from restriction (9). 22. Lime* go a long way (5). H 1 5 [3 i B. Where storms .arise be- M Sounil u KU-Mtisfactlon 1^306 words
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585 1949-07-09 9 JOBS FOR THE "JOLLY GOOD CHAPS" A protest against adverts, that lead nowhere rpHE practice of inviting, in the public Press, •1 applications for appointments for which arrangements have already been made, as pointed out by your correspondent, "Disappointed", is not only conflined to Government departments but is In almost585 words
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Letter59 1949-07-09 9 II gave me great pleasure to read that several British shipping companies had come to the aid of the Uui versity of Malaya Endowment Fund with substantial donations. There are one-hundred-and-one large Asian tirms in Singapore alone who have, so far. remained aloof. If they are59 words
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Letter209 1949-07-09 9 DLEASE, allow me a little r space to get something off my chest in support of "A Humble Member of the Public." I quite agree with what he said. The same thing happened in our office and in one or two other offices too.209 words
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Letter89 1949-07-09 9 /"IN Tuesday evening, v while going out of the Cathay Cinema after the showing of "A Connecticut Yankee" I found that I had lost my wallet. I tried to search near where I sat, but could not find It. I reporter! the mat,ter to the manager. The result was89 words
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293 1949-07-09 9 I HAVE just returned from West Siatn, and have read\ with interest the letttrt that followed Eric Day's* article "Encounter with a Hamadryad." Mr. Frank Buck has fust returned to Malaya, and hiS{ opinions on this great snake are entitled to respec*, for< he293 words
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Letter260 1949-07-09 9 Senior posts square deals npHOUOH an Asian, I wholeheartedly endorse Mr. Eric Mitchell's statement that qualifications should come first. If one reads the Malayan Establishment List, one is astounded by the qualifications of our European administrative and technical officers. As a result of public pressure in support of a policy260 words
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Letter146 1949-07-09 9 I am one of the thousand occupiers of the Singapore Improvement Trust quarters in Kirn &eat Road built after the liberation. Most of the occupiers are quite satisfied with these quarters except for one seri ious drawback. The roads leading to these quarters are not yet lighted,146 words
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Article, Illustration19 1949-07-09 9 It&AwNu* I "With our dollar deficit. I Churchill, would you con- I sider painting exclusively I for export?" I19 words
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Letter122 1949-07-09 9 Why not retune? I RAISE my hat to Mr. Lau Kai Koon for his plain 1 speaking. I myself am also a contented listener to Radio Malaya and I know Radio Malaya is doing its best. I To those who are critical of Radio, Malaya I advise122 words
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Letter199 1949-07-09 9 T DOUBT if I am the only one who thinks that the programmes on Radio Malaya's Blue Network are very satisfactory. Programmes are difficult to arrange, especially in a cosmopolitaan country like Malaya, and since it is not everybody who can appreciate music it is therefore impossible199 words
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Letter121 1949-07-09 9 FE recent concert held by the Syrian Church at the Victoria Theatre was a great success and credit must also go to the orchestra which rendered excellent musical items. I noticed with interest that the musicians who took part were practically the former members of121 words
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Letter196 1949-07-09 9 IT was a great amuse1 ment to me (and also to many of my Ceylonese friends) when I read that the Malayan Indian Congress had "opened Its doors" to Pakistanis and Ceylonese. I still can remember the Indian Independance League' which was not much different from its present196 words
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126 1949-07-09 9 ECTOMORPH MESOMORPH. ENDOMORPH V O U R entertaining leader "More Flesh, More Frailty" of April 30 has come to my notice. This deals with the l suggestion that mankind < can be divided into three V physical types, ecto- > morph. mesomorph. and endomorph, with temperaments and marriaae prospects to126 words
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Letter66 1949-07-09 9 MAY point out to 1 "Patience Nearly Exhausted" that there are many others like him, such as Overseers, Surveyors, Supernumerary Clerks, etc., in the Public Works Department, who have been waiting for the past 23 months for something to happen. The administrators who are responsible have66 words
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Letter26 1949-07-09 9 Letters signed with a norn ritplume axe not published unless the writer's name and address art communicated to the Editor as a guarantee of gcod faith.26 words
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Advertisement40 1949-07-09 9 ARRIVED BY PLANE ROCK OYSTERS .PETER S" Famous Full Cream ICE CREAM Shop the Fitzpafrick way FITZPATRICK'S FOOD SUPPLIES TEL ORDER DEPT. 5281 RYLAKD YACHT BOAT VARNISH. ACENTS JOHN I. THORN VCROFT CO LIMITED 201 CLEMENCEAU AVENUE SINCAPORE PHONE 5001/240 words
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Advertisement146 1949-07-09 9 (household "appliances^ JOP S The I |>n>,-it I a,ler SSaP 7 AC DC J44.UU Thi- MtUoa Cutlet FercoUtor AC. DC $42 Oil The Controlled Heat IRON No. 8 AC er AC. DC $22.00 Obtainable from all good stores, Including: ROBINSON CO., LTD.— JUflle. PUce, Singapore. 8. MOUTRIE A CO., LTD.—146 words
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Miscellaneous153 1949-07-09 9 The question of whether a declarer should or should not finesse for a missing king when he has 10 cards of the suit, cannot always be decided along pure "per centage" lines. Consider thla notunusual caseSouth, dealer. North-8outh vulnerable. NORTH S— J 10 9 4 t H— K t D—153 words
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Miscellaneous180 1949-07-09 9 South led the spade Jack and finessed. West won and returned another heart. Later, South could not avoid the loss of a diamond, and the slam was gone. South was right In calculating that there was a better chance, mathematically, for the spade finesse than for the drop of the180 words
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Article368 1949-07-09 10 LONDON, Frl. FIRMEST spots on the London Stock Exchange yesterday were Metal (including Tin), Rubber and Oil shares, says Reuters financial correspondent. The first two of the&e sections were helped by Jie prospect of more American stock-piling. The stock exchange as a whole was depressed by the Ch.V368 words
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Article109 1949-07-09 10 SHIPS in port alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves yesterday (godowns In bracket*) were Main Wharf: Stativac Djirak (31-32). Mount Davit (33-34), Katong (36-37), TJlpanas (38-39), Bidor (40-41), Nieuw Holland (4243). West Wharf: Plonia (1-2). B3n Ho Wan (3), Tegelberg (4-5), Plancius (6-7), Esang (11), Roepat (15-16). Empire109 words
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Article742 1949-07-09 10 From Our Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, Friday. II'ITH better buying inquiries from both London and Australia today, the Malayan share market responded in sympathy. Prices again rose. Indus" trials were quietly steady. Prices quoted t>y the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association today were: I I I i I Bayer742 words
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Article53 1949-07-09 10 Financial Times (London), which gives a world coverage i of financial and commercial news, Is now available in MaWya within a few days of publication. Details of the new airmail delivery service for this leading Brl- tish financial newspaper can be obtained from Kelly Wa'.?h,53 words
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Article194 1949-07-09 10 FE Singapore rubber market wore a rather better aspect yesterday. Prices moved up about threeeighths of a cent per lb. on Thursday's prices on good trading support. Sellers were rather reserved. Closing prices yesterday were: No. 1 she?t f-o.b buyers 32 cents, sellers 33 cente; spot loose buyers194 words
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Article159 1949-07-09 10 From A Market Correspondent EASIER conditions ruled In several sections of the Singapore produce market yesterday. Heavy stocks of sago flour caused a slight decrease in the price of the Siak variety, for which steady demand was prevalent The rising trend of pepper quotations was stayed by the159 words
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Article69 1949-07-09 10 Malay Tin announces the following June returns, in hours run, cubic yards dug and piculs of tin-ore recovered: Kampong Kamunting Dredging —613, 149,000. 635. Thabawleik Dredging— sB3, 131,- 000. 1,008. Pungah Dredging— 6o4, 220 000, 766. 1 Austral Amalgamated— Asam Kumbang section, 671, 1.600. 82; Ulu Yam69 words
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Advertisement961 1949-07-09 10 MANSFIELD tfs CO., LTD. (Incorporated M Smgaporel BLUE rONH« LINE C C.mr t. »«oc»e« vta «th.r tmm "o.d and di«har«. c.'«. wtJl CQASI MAUAVA SAILINCS »ROM UK USA VMi tor Muar My J» ii k lult 12 Mantin tor Malacca My J ft™ rrr oV/^t p» g «N— to, Port961 words
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Advertisement286 1949-07-09 10 PRESIDENT LINER SAILINGS TO NEW YORK ANO BOSTON VIA CEYLON, INDIA, ECVPT ANO MEDITERRANEAN PORTS. Mount Davis Codowns 33, 34 luly 12/11 luly^'S/U Sails luly II Mount Mansfield luly 17/23 luly 24/ 2} luly 26/29 Pret Monroe Aug 5/11 Omit. Aug 12/15 Pres. Buchanan Aug. 18/23 Aug. 24/25 Au*2>./25 TO286 words
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Advertisement369 1949-07-09 10 EAST ASIATIC LINE SAILINCS FROM SCANDINAVIA/0.X./ SAILINCS TO CONTINENT/ CONTINENT. SCANDINAVIA. M.s. "Mongolia" due abt. July 11 Loadin 8 at Singapore, Port Swettenham for Bangkok, Manila, HKong, enan B Shanghai!?). Kobe Yokohama. <"•»• Fionta Codownt 1/2 for Colombo. Aden. Port Said, s.i. "Tranquebar" due abt. Mv 23 Trieste Cenoa, Antwerp,369 words
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Advertisement997 1949-07-09 10 McAUSTER tfe CO., LTD. iincoiporatea m Sm^aoorei ELLKRM »N HUCKNALL KLAVtNESS LIMB LONDON. HAVRE. ANTWERP <*"*«>'*" "«.f.C PORTS. t. uiuamr Acceoting eaigo tor Central 0 xtuth v nAMDUKt*. American Ports CITY OF SYDNEY BOUCAINVILLI S'pote P. Sham Penang Spoie V Sham renang 11-16 |uly I. Port/10 My l»'y-4 Aug. SA.g.997 words
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Article556 1949-07-09 11 V.I. Hall May Not Be Available From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. nnHE venue of the Malayan badminton champion1 ships, which will start at the end of this month in Kuala Lumpur, is still undecided, as the Selangor Badminton Association is encountering difficulties in obtaining556 words
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Article96 1949-07-09 11 TODAY RACING: Last day, S.T.C. July Ming.— Buklt Timah, 2.15 p.m. CRICKET: S.C.C. T S.C.R.C.— S.C.C St. Andrew's School Patt t Present— WeodSTiUe; S.C.R.C "A" v I.A.— S.E.C.; C.S.C. T B.A.F. Teng ah— CSC. Baffles last H.A.F. Changi— R.l.; Police v Customs Thomson Rd. TOMORROW TOURNAMENT CRICKET: S.C.C.96 words
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Article, Illustration128 1949-07-09 11 SANDWICH, FrL BOBBT Locke of South Africa and Harry Bradshaw of Ireland tied for tbe British Golf Championship when they returned identical scores for today's 36 holes and equalled the championship record low aggregate of 283. They will replay over 36 holes tomorrow.Reuter; AP - 128 words
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Article198 1949-07-09 11 MANCHESTER, r"ri. I*HE match between New Zealand I and Lancashire was drawn today, play ending with the tourists still aeeding 36 runs to avoid an innings defeat. New Zealand had scored 204 for seven wickets when stumps were drawn. The New Zealanders suffered a quick reverse,Reuter - 198 words
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Article332 1949-07-09 11 rz 14th annual athletir sports meet of the Serangoon English School. Singapore, was held \es.terday on the school ground. The results were: Tin Displacement Relay: I. Primary HB, 2. Primary HA. Book Balancing Race: 1. Teo Kah Yong, 2. Lee Choy Hia. 75 Yards "C": 1. Can332 words
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Article263 1949-07-09 11 LONDON, Fll HAMPSHIRE beak Derbyshire by ten wickets In the series of County cricket games sliding today. Results were: At CheaterfieU, Hampshire beat Derbyshire by It wicket*. D-Tby ISO, and 272 (Smith 61, Rhodes 53. Shackle ton seven for 90). Hampshire 361 and 43 for no wickets.Reuter - 263 words
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369 1949-07-09 11 DELEGATES of the Board of Control (Games) of the Singapore Olympic and Sports Council, at a meeting yesterday, discussed qualifications and set standards for Malayan athletes for participation in the British Empire Games at New Zealand next year. The question of inclusion of women athletes369 words
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Article180 1949-07-09 11 From Our Own Correspondeht SEREMBAN, Pri. THE Negri SembUan lawn term.; 1 championships, which concluded at the Sungei UJong Club courts yesterday, saw TSen Chow Choy complete the ''triple". In the men's doubles, Tsen and Chew Toh Seng disposed of Tan Chin Beng and Tan Kee180 words
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Article83 1949-07-09 11 In the final of the Navy Cup for soccer, Singapore based ships and establishments, the Chief and Petty Officers of H.M.S. Terror, beat H.M.S. Michael two-one after a hard fought and thrilling game yesterday. Chief and Petty Officers led onenil at half-time. Goals were scored by Jones83 words
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Advertisement470 1949-07-09 11 TODAY n am *5, 4.15. 6.45 and 9.30 p.m. gL 4z fm^AW LR— —^^*n«s»»^sl^^Jssfi H I^J In L^tn ■sMi^ssassß Narration V." \3f Com*. ROBERT MONTGOMERY It. ROBERT TAYLOR It VAN HEFUN USNI. U S N A.A.f. <t«t.| Special Morning Matinee Of the Above Film At 8.30 a.m. From Today To470 words
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Advertisement252 1949-07-09 11 AS USUAL HERE'S YOUR PICK OF WEEK-END PICTURES! I CAPITOL I DAILY AT: 11-1. 45-4.00-6.30-9.30 >r>i \*'i '"^Jw^^Sw r^/C^^SBsSk sttlßssssßßSssssssss^Bissssssi assssV^^ '*^^m fAsU «ji ■j3 I ssssVW^H Mb i jm Wkfjk SONGS INCLUDE jE/ "Oui Oui Marie," X* -Birth Of The Blues Say Si Si "Don't Bring Lulu \J ■By252 words
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Miscellaneous89 1949-07-09 11 •IHOAPOBB 10.00 Newt Irom Kuala Lumpur; 10. 05 (approx.) Close; 1.00 Programme Summary; 1.02 Dane* music; 1.30 News (also «t 7 and 9.30); 1.46 Weekly Engapore Share Market Report; a.iO Racing commentaries; 6.15 Dance music; 6.30 Children's Program; 7.15 Programme summary; 7.20 Listeners' Choice; 8.00 The Odd Spot; 8.30 Paul89 words
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Miscellaneous124 1949-07-09 11 SINGAPORE TIDES TODAY: H.W., 10.58 a.m. (8ft. 5in). 0.48 p.m. (Oft. 3in». TOMORROW: H.W., 11.49 a.m. (8ft. 7in). 10.35 p.m. (9ft. 6in>. Races (On 249 metres); 2.00-S.OO Malay Programme (On 206 ana 40 metres); 3.00-4.00 Indian Programme (on 296 and 49 metres); 4.00-5.00 Chinese Programme (On 206 and 40 metres);124 words
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Miscellaneous95 1949-07-09 11 English; 8.00 Siamese; 8.30 News; 8.4S Dutch; 9.00 Kuoyu; 9.30 Burmese: 9.49 English; 10.00 Radio Newsreel: 10.15 Light Music; 10.30 'Parliament People: 10.46 "Rhythm on Records;" 11.30 News; 11.46 Dance Music; 12.00 Close. AUSTRALIA 5.30 Australian Radio Reel; 6.15 "Moment *Muslcale"; 6.30 Australian and Overseas News (also at 8.30. 1095 words
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Article485 1949-07-09 12 EPSOM JEEP - HEAVY TRACK RULES OUT ECLIPTIC EPSOM JEEP By Happy Traveller To Win The Cup rpHE Singapore Cup, a mile and quarter handicap J- for top class stayers, has always been a good betting race and rain has made it a very open affair at Bukit Timah today, the last day485 words
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Article135 1949-07-09 12 EPSOM JEEP CALL BOY POINTER RACE 1: 1.15 ASCOT VALE Oriental ELEGANT ART Ascot Vale ASCOT VALE Oriental RACE 2 45 PILGRIM'S WAY Rarotllie* Golden Slipper RAMILLIES RAMILLIES Pilgrim's Way Duke San Pilgrim's. Way Karman RACE 3: FLASHED AirpaU Dance Hail FLASHED Blackpool Airmail BLACKPOOL Hasted Coral135 words
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Article872 1949-07-09 12 BdLOW is the card for the races at Bukit Timah today, the last day of the Singapore Turf Club July Meeting. The Double Tote will be on races five and eight, and the Big Sweep will be drawn on race seven. Ra ce 1—2.15: Class 1, Div.872 words
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Article200 1949-07-09 12 THE Tamil Brotherhood Association beat the Singapore Recreatiion Club -by three goals to one in a S.A.F.A. Senior Division league game at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. Within five minutes of the start Barth, moving up with the ball as a wing half should, beat Slthambaram with a200 words
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Article599 1949-07-09 12 By EPSOM JEEP. [JEST bet at Bukit Timah today D Us Pilgrim's Way. She is a vastly improved mare and her runaway victory first time out this season last Saturday was a fine performance. Royal Borough and Flashed are safe each way wagers, while Ascot599 words
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Article48 1949-07-09 12 The following players are selected to play football for the Jollilads against the Vehicle Company Johore Bahru at Johore Bahru tomorrow Narayana. Rasak, Kader, Ghanl. Hanlff. V. O. Syed, Sintha, Munlyandi. Rahman, Syedl. Saalahudln. Toblng. Husslen, Dollah. Krishnasainy. Transport will leave T. Pagar at 4 p.m.48 words
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Article110 1949-07-09 12 Singapore Chinese Rs -reation Club cricket teams for th° weekend are: vs S.C.C. "A" on the Padang at 2.15: today: Lav Hock Chye. Dr. Ong Swee Law. 'Au Tat Chu, Ha Fook Sian. Low Kne Pow, Swee Lim Swang, Yong Slew Know, Lian Fook Choon, Chla110 words
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Article, Illustration145 1949-07-09 12 By EPSOM JEEP OiniNG six winners in two v days, Doug McPherson is in line for a record bag this rrn f ting. His mounts today —Elegant Art, Pilgrim's Way, Dance Hall, Royal Borough, Prince Eugene, and Power Chtaf— are ill fancied. Best riding record145 words
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Article124 1949-07-09 12 Olson House Fairfield Champions AT the Falrfleld Girls' Schooi's annual sports yesterday, the Kenyard Shield, donated by Mrs. Yeo Klat Seng, was won by O'son House, the champions. Blackmore House won the Chopard Shield (presented by Datin C. J. Paglar) Tor inter-house netball competition. Olson House scored 70 points, eight124 words
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Article157 1949-07-09 12 3 Blackmore. Arch and Straddle Relay Race (Std. Ill): 1. Ofeon; 2. Eveland- 3 Martin. Straight Relay (Std. IV): I. Olson; 2 Martin; 3. Ev?land. Exchange Ball Relay (Std. V^: 1 Blackmore; 2. Martin; 3. Eveland. Net Ball Inter- Hou- e winners: Blackmore. Egg and157 words
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288 1949-07-09 12 LETTER TO THE SPORTS EDITOR YOUR correspondent RACEGOER will not be cheered by the news In Friday afternoon's Singapore Free Press that one of Saturday's Class I sprints is likely to have four starters if none of them roes wrong before Saturday. Anyway we288 words
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Article354 1949-07-09 12 EPSOM JEEP - EPSOM JEEP By OPECIALLI kept for a "richer race"— the sixfurlong sprint for top class horses at Bukit Timah today carries $3,500 in stakes and a trophy Bright Eyes looks a good proposition in spite of her sever* burden of 9.5. Bright Eyes' progress354 words
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Article94 1949-07-09 12 The following iv»ve been chosen to represent The Borneo Co., Ltd. Sports Club In a soccer match to be played agiinst The Singapore Improvement Trust at Ferrer Park on Monday. May; Charlie Kang. O. E. V«rrall; J. Campbell, H. Tan. D. Rozarlo; Moln; C. Chambers. J. Jameson, Samrl94 words
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Article77 1949-07-09 12 A team from the following will represent Colonials C.C. in a tournament match against the Indian Association tomorrow on the IA. ground at Balestler Road at 11 a.m.: A. E. Delllkan (capt. W. Ratnayake, A. Perera, F. Chopard, A. Jansen, O. Woodford. Lee Beng Kim. D. Miller, L.77 words
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Advertisement433 1949-07-09 12 v itiKD ADS. i .1 Hum page WANTH) WANTED TO BUY small modern bungalow vacant possession, S bedrooms, one acie, good locality, reasonable price. Box No. A6910 ST. K)R SALE N.A.A.F I. 8TORES 8ee Tender No 1 Ires. SALE AT MULCHANDS 82-1, Bra« Basah Road. Drastic reductions In ladles' gowns.433 words
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