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Title Section19 1949-07-15 1 The Straits Times KIN PAC.ES if PRICE TEN CENTS MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, JULY 15, 194919 words
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Article154 1949-07-15 1 SAKAIS' 'REVENGE RAID': 23 HELD From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. SAKAIS killed 14 Chinese and wounded 13 in a "revenge" attack on Bukit Pokan, a few miles west of Kampar, Perak, yesterday morning. Police have at rested 23 Sakais in connection with the incident. More Sakais have been154 words
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Article89 1949-07-15 1 TOKYO. Thurs. TWENTY-THREE shiploads of Malayan iron ore totalling 200.000 long tons have ai rived in Japan since March, ftCAPJs Foreign Trade Division announced today. A total of 600.000 to 800.000 Inns are expected before the end of the year. i The ore, according to the|Reuter - 89 words
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Article59 1949-07-15 1 LONDON, Thurs Mr. William Thomas Chapman. f<»r-rm-r Secretary for Chinese Affairs in the Federated Malay Bt itcs. who died last March. lUfl asked that his ashes and Of his late wife, after erematlon, be thrown Into the .he entrance to Penang harbour. The 'request was containedReuter - 59 words
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Article499 1949-07-15 1 Face Red Menace, He Tells 1,000,000 Calcutta Audience CALCUTTA, Thursday. A BOMB exploded at a corner of the huge parade ground here today while India's Prime Minister, Pandit Nehru, was calling on a mammoth meeting to "face the Communist trouble squarely." One policeman was killedReuter - 499 words
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Article234 1949-07-15 1 CUTS: SWEETS, TOBACCO -Cripps LONDON Thurs. SIR Stafford Cripps. Chancellor of the Exchequer, today announced I hat Britain is to cut her dollar imports in 1949-50 ov £100.000,000 because of the dollar "gap". He made '-he announcement at the opening of a two-day debate in the House of Commons onReuter - 234 words
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Article77 1949-07-15 1 SAN FRANCISCO, Thurs. jj The successful completion of 1 parachute jumps from a plane I travelling 550 miles an hour. I the highest speed at which I man has left an aircraft, rvas announced today by the Air Force. The test jumps were made at 10.000UP - 77 words
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Article31 1949-07-15 1 WASHINGTON. Thun Tii. American Secretary of State. Mr. Dean Achcson, yesterday opposed any reduction r>. the proposed U.S. $1. 450.000 .000 military aid to North Atlantic Pact nations, i31 words
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123 1949-07-15 1 CANTON, Thurs. fiENERALISSIMO Chiang \J Kai-shek arrived at Canton In his private fourengined Skymaster plane from Formosa today, after his return from talks on an anti-Communist Pacific Union with President Elpidio Qulrino of the Philippines In Baguio. He drove to the Executive Yuan (ParliamentReuter - 123 words
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Article, Illustration37 1949-07-15 1 CORPORAL D. DOVE of the Suffolk Regiment lays a wreath after a memorial service at Kranji War Cemetery for officers and men of the Suffolk and Cambridgeshire Regiments who died during the Malayan campaign. Straits Times picture.37 words
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Article61 1949-07-15 1 BOMBAY. Ttaurs. A8.0.A.C. Lancaster aircraft carrying 13 passengers to Singapore to-day circled Santa Cruz airport in heavy monsoon rains and poor visibility and then returned to Karachi. Several times the pilot flew over the airport, tear to the spot where a X.L.M. Constellation crashed two days61 words
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Article24 1949-07-15 1 Mr. Yong Pung How has been elected President, and Mr. Dennis Lee Kirn Yew honorary secretary, of the Cambridge University Malayan Association.24 words
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Article66 1949-07-15 1 LONDON. Thut-s. ComI monwealth economic eyjw!-* j met here today for second j day of secret talks on the i sterling dollar deadlock witn I the possibility of large-scale United States investments In i their countries looming large. Today's meeting of the Ministers was preceded by a meeUngReuter - 66 words
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Article30 1949-07-15 1 THE HAGUE, Thurs-Hol-land would welcome United States participation in investigations into Tuesday's X.L.M. Constellaton crash near Bombay, in which 45 persons were kilted it was announced here today -Reuter.Reuter - 30 words
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Article109 1949-07-15 1 LONDON. Thurs. qiHE Royal Navy has broken with century-old tradition. It aonounced a decision |q replace battleships on] operational duty with smaller vessels because the big war- I ships are not "the essential need of the present time." J Under a new policy, an Admiralty statementReuter; AP - 109 words
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Article, Illustration323 1949-07-15 1 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. A $100,000,000 cut for war damage claims by businesses, other than those dealing in tin and rubber, will, it is understood, be proposed by Federation member*. wh«rir theselrct committees meet in Singapore on July 22 toAP - 323 words
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Article146 1949-07-15 1 Troops Doubled In The Docks LONDON, Thurs. rpHE Government, with almost unanimous approval from Parliament for its emergency powers, sent a doubled force of servicemen to work on strike-bound London docks today. And the ranks of strikers increased. Some 4.500 soldiers noved into the port area to unload food shipsAP - 146 words
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Article42 1949-07-15 1 RANGOON Thurs— Burma Army radio tonight claimed the recapture of Okkan, Important town on the RangoonPromo railway. 60 miles north of Rangoon. The radio said that about 50 insurgents were killed and several wounded before the town fell. Reuter.Reuter - 42 words
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Article37 1949-07-15 1 HONG KONG, Thurs— Ships of at least six nationalities have penetrated the Chines* Nationalist blockade of the China coast and are carrying on a substantial trade with Communist-held oort.i. it was learned here today.— U.P.UP - 37 words
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228 1949-07-15 2 Cable Flashes Two Turks Find Two "Noah's Arks" TWO Turks claim to have found Noah's Ark in two different parts of Turkey. The Ministry of the Interior has promised each man 49 per cent, of whatever money his find provides. One Turkish "discoverer" said he found the Ark at aAP - 228 words
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Article, Illustration260 1949-07-15 2 WASHINGTON, Thursday." THE United States occupation policy in Japan was criticised in the Far Eastern Commission yesterday by the Philippines for being too lenient and by Russia for beinf brutal. Whereas Brig. -Gen. Carlos Romuto, of the Philippines, charged that Japan is being treated "altogetherReuter - 260 words
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Advertisement1264 1949-07-15 2 NOTICES NOTICE Notice Is hereby given that L I..M WAI PINO, of M High St., Singapore, la applying to the Governor far naturalisation, and that any person who knows any reason why naturalisation ihould not be granted should send a written signed statement of the fact* to the Colonial Secretary.1,264 words
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Advertisement118 1949-07-15 2 NOTICE Tte War Department requires experienced Architectural DraughUman for employment In Military Engineering Office. Experience of ouuding construction and design essential. Salary scaJe is Grade I MloxlO-«00 witt current COL. Allowance. Applications should be addressed to the Chief Engineer H.Q.. Singapore District. I\jrt Canning. Applicant's age. Places of Education, Present118 words
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Advertisement191 1949-07-15 2 tie tf ft* ftsmafl •riiit ii tte ant mftwf ftdv* wr IM! SEE* huge isltncf in flames >^"^^s»lr k humans and beasts fleeing |HP'ss2sLi beioxe the holocaust! ■^■ft^afcaVk" r—a^aw aft^r aW^_*away*^^^J<iMM^ dorothy i.AMorR j2L^t 'm^S^ml^ 1 ROBERT PRESTON jMQ^|^fM^ SATURDAY AT MNITE XATi AYI THE GANG BOSS SAID "FIX HIM"191 words
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246 1949-07-15 3 ASIA PROGRESS NOT SATISFACTORY -U.N. REPORT LAKE SUCCESS, Thursday. ASIAN countries have reduced their adverse trade balance by 31 per cent., the United Nations reported today, but added that "progress cannot by any means be regarded as substantial or satisfactory." The Economic Commission for Asia in the Far East found246 words
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Article147 1949-07-15 3 VATICAN CITY, Thurs. POPE PIUS XII has ordered major ex-communication against militant Communists. He approved an historic decree of the Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office, made public yesterday excommunicating all members of the Roman Catholic faith "who make profession of the materialistic andAP - 147 words
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Article97 1949-07-15 3 LONDON, Thurs. BRITAIN is likely to decline Egyptian requests for the extradition from Cyrenaica of three Muslim Brotherhood members. Diplomatic informants in London say that the British authorities in Cyrenaica could hardly be expected to DreaK a cardinal tradition among Muslims that of according hospitality toAP - 97 words
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Article97 1949-07-15 3 BATAVIA, Thurs.— Dr. H. J. van Royen, Chairman of the Netherlands delegation to 'he United Nations Commission, and two advisers, will fly to Jogjakarta on Sunday to meet President Sukarno. He will be the first high Dutch official to visit Jogjakarta since last November and theAP - 97 words
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Article55 1949-07-15 3 MANILA, Thurs. The Philippines Military Commission has sentenced to life imprisonment with hard labour "Playboy" General Shigenero Kuroda for more than 2,800 atrocity deaths while he was Jap commander. Kuroda expressed sorrow for the war victims and said he would be praying for their voulsAP - 55 words
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Article68 1949-07-15 3 GENEVA. Thurs. India's proposal to share out food supplies tr-rough a world network of treaties found limited support in the 18-member United Nations Economic and Social Council at Geneva yesterday. The proposal calls on the world's main food-producing countries "tc enter Into bilateral or multilateral68 words
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Article, Illustration77 1949-07-15 3 LONDON, Thurs. The Newspaper Proprietors' Association announced yesterday the appointment of a committee to study the report of the Royal Commission on the Press. The Royal Commission recommended that the newspapers should create a Council to '"Dolice" *hemselves. A.P. CZECH POLICE have seized the officeAP - 77 words
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123 1949-07-15 3 TOKYO, Thurs. DOUCE today arrested Shigeyoshl Ikeda, onetime Kempeitai corporal who was charged earlier this year by repatriates from Siberia with the infamous "dawn prayer" executions of Japanese P.O.W.'s at a Russian prison camp in Ulan Bator, Mongolia Ikeda's story was revealed by123 words
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Article, Illustration39 1949-07-15 3 CHINESE spiritualist mediu m and part of the bridge of 36 swords over which he wal ked at Malacca in the presence of a crowd. He also walked with others on burning embers. Chan Hong Nam picture.39 words
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Article384 1949-07-15 3 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Thursday. OALES of tin and rubber to the Western hemisphere from Malaya, and cocoa from West Africa, accounted for almost the whole of the colonial dollar surplus last year, says the first annual report of the British Colonial Development Corporation.384 words
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Article60 1949-07-15 3 LONDON, Thurs. Mr. Frederick Sidney Cotton, 54-year-old British pioneer airman, who was fined £200 and ordered to pay £300 costs in May on summonses accusing him of flying arms to Hyderabad, was today refused a pilot's licence. The Ministry of Civil Aviation stated: "It appears Inexpedient InReuter - 60 words
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Article89 1949-07-15 3 A two-day Command conference will be held by the Commander-in -Chief, Air Marshal Sir Hugh Lloyd, at the Far East Air Force Headquarters on July 18 and 19 to discuss R.A.F. policy. Air Officers Commanding Malaya (Air Vice-Marshal F. J. W. Mellersh), Hong Kong (Air Commodore A.89 words
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Article357 1949-07-15 3 "Rubber Glut Is A Help To U.S. NEW YORK, Thurs. A WORLD glut of rubber is benefiting the American consumer, says the Wall Street Journal. In a long article on the world rubber situation, the Journal says that rubber has been piling up since the war. At the beginning of357 words
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Article52 1949-07-15 3 From Our Own Correspondent RAIB. Thurs.— Tigers are reported to have been pawing at the doors of houses at the 2nd and 3rd mile, Lipis Road, Raub, during the night. Several pigs have been lost. An officer of the Game Department has been sent to52 words
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Article191 1949-07-15 3 NOTHING in the Anglo-Dutch agreement of last February prevents trade with Indonesia being conducted through the merchant houses of Singapore, Penang and Amsterdam the "normal and traditional channels." i,_ a HMH^ M This is made clear in an exchange of letters between Mr. A. S. Gilbert191 words
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Article30 1949-07-15 3 CAIRO, Thurs.— The first sentences of hard labour on Communists in Egypt was one of seven years Imposed today on p former inspector of the Ministry of Education.30 words
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Advertisement212 1949-07-15 3 Why Finnan Smoked haddocks were originally prepared in the village of Findon, a few miles from Aberdeen Findon Haddock turned into Finnan Haddie" and that's how this most popular breakfast dish got its name. Tiro more breakfast favourites KIPPERS HERRING ROES (They're soft) SINGAPORE COLD STORAGE CO., LTD. TODAY OPENING212 words
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Obituary40 1949-07-15 4 MR. TAN ENO LIM. age: 66. paawd sway pear-efully at his rpsldence No 19 Cheng Tuan St. on Wednesday. 13th July, t n 11 10 am. Funeral on Sun- i day. 17th July, leaving residence Mn ;U 11 a.m.40 words
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Obituary22 1949-07-15 4 MRS. C KKSAVAN and family of tlw late Mr. C. Kesavan. thank all f.lends and relatives «hn sent wreaths and attended22 words
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Obituary44 1949-07-15 4 A REQUIEM High Mass will be held on Saturday. l«th July at 8 a.m. «t the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd for Mr. A. B. "Jock" Pilgrams, who lost his life In the air disaster near Bombay en the 12th July 1949.44 words
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799 1949-07-15 4 The Straits Times Singapore, Fri., July 15, 1949. 80,000 MOUTHS A YEAR The average reader of the Straits Times may feel that there are far too many worries in the present to bother his head overmuch about the future. If he does feel that, we do not blame him, and799 words
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Article275 1949-07-15 4 "From Bottom Of The Heart? We reproduce below a letter which several merchants in Singapore found in their mail the other day. It bore the address of a Japanese firm in Osaka. We don't know whether to describe it as light relief or as damned impertinence, and no doubt those275 words
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Article158 1949-07-15 4 THERE is a constant dispute between my landlady and myself on the subir-' of electricity. She thinks she can switch off th. lights of the *1 ile horse whenever she likes. Whenever I go to switch on the main switch for my studies she begins to158 words
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Article, Illustration1366 1949-07-15 4 J.P. BLACKLEDGE - rpHESE are notes written, not for naturalists, on an aspect of Penang life which I hope will interest visitors to our ambrosial island as well as those of us who have the good fortune to live here; they are the fruits of1,366 words
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213 1949-07-15 4 LOTTERIES My Foot" seem to be dead against lotteries in any form and his quotation "To him that hath shall be given and to him that hath not, shall be taken away even that which he hath" Is quite true but he213 words
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Letter234 1949-07-15 4 TT is very interesting *and encouraging to read in your Journal that some of the local Christian bodies are strongly opposing the introduction of State lotteries as a means of collecting funds for social welfare work. The wisdom that underlies this opposition is commendable, and it deserves234 words
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Letter101 1949-07-15 4 AT the end of hostilities the citrus fruit trees In this district were found to be infested with most of the fungoid diseases. Consequently, it was decided to spray the trees with arsenate of lead. Trenches were dug round the trees, and they were heavily manured. The101 words
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322 1949-07-15 4 J.B. ENGLISH COLLEGE TEXT BOOKS rpHE letter from "Malay Parent" in Tuesday's Issue confuses some facts and loses sight of others. The English College offers to those parents of its pupils who would rather not buy school text books outright the opportunity of hiring them from the school. At the322 words
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Advertisement86 1949-07-15 4 CLASSIFIED ADS. i I I < < j i < j l 1 < j i i i STSPHEN. wife of D. A Stephen i fr TiOndnn on July 12th, t Penelope Ann. HALF To AHMl wife of T. R. Hnir of H M. Cu«tom«, at KTnd«n(f Kerlvm HosplUl, on86 words
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Advertisement72 1949-07-15 4 CHILDREN SMILES, Ml PARENTS ARE HAPPY 1/ M^» A set of Kid-Kord Nursery Rhymes Record* will certainly mnke the child smile with admiration. Unrivalled lor Birthdays or everyday Gifts for children of all ages'. Send us your remittance with the name of the recipient and we shall attend to the72 words
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Advertisement123 1949-07-15 4 ffl*^l OPTICIRN Fellow Institure Ophthalmic Opticians (Eng) Fallow Worshipful Co. of Spectacle-Makers (Eng) Freeman of the City of London. By Appointment to H.M. Forces, South East Asia. 6 Raffles Place Singapore Phone ***** HARVEY CO. Sole Proprietor B. WAJSMEL well known European Cutter and Special!** in shirt making. COMPETETIVE PRICES.123 words
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246 1949-07-15 5 Ferguson Cables Cripps: "How To Save Pound" From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. DOLLAR premium subsidy for Malaya's rubber industry, advocated in yesterday's Straits Times leading article, received unanimous support today from trade leaders in Perak. Mr. J. S. Ferguson, a leader of the246 words
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Article, Illustration43 1949-07-15 5 WREATHS were laid at a simple memorial service at Kranji War Cemetery for members of the Suffolk and Cambridgeshire regiments who died daring the Malayan Campaign. Picture shows Lt.-Col. I. L. Wight, commanding officer, Suffolk Regiment, laying the first wreath. Straits Times picture.43 words
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Article, Illustration39 1949-07-15 5 A SKETCH Iran the EJvm meadow featuring Scan O deary, Roger EviMone. Martin Sears, At hoi Cornish Kowden, Robert Foster and Carol Bartlett, at the Nee Soon Garriscn Children's School, yesterday. The occasion was prise day. Straits Times picture.39 words
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Article360 1949-07-15 5 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. TWO Indians, Ramachandram Pillay and Ambala- vanam. were today charged before Mr. D. M. K. Grant in the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court with importing seditious publications into the Federation and selling them. Ramachandram Pillay was alleged to have Imported the360 words
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Article174 1949-07-15 5 A COMMITTEE of inquiry will leave London for Singapore before the end of the month to make recommendations on arrangements for dealing with the conditions of civil employees of the Service Departments. A senior official of the Ministry of Labour will be the chairman of the174 words
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Article109 1949-07-15 5 I rom Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs IN 144 kampongs all over Johore. 8,073 men are serving as guards, and 26 other kampong; guard units are being formed, it was stated In the Johore Council of State today. Arms and ammunition have been supplied109 words
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Article64 1949-07-15 5 From Oar Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRI. Thurs 'IIHFRK is now no such 1 thing as "Muhammerian" religion and "Muhammedan" law in the State of Johore. The Jonorr Council of State today passed two Bills legalising the use of the terms Religion of Islam and64 words
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Article28 1949-07-15 5 The .Liberty Musical and Dramatic Association will render dance music at the h;«ncheon party to be given by the Tungku Mahkota at the Istana on Sunday.28 words
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Article104 1949-07-15 5 Dr. B. H. Sheares, professor of gynaecology at the College of Medicine, gave evidence in the Singapore Coroner's Court yesterday at an inquiry into the death of twins, born prematurely following an alleged assault on the mother. Two days after Ng Ah Poon received a punch on104 words
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Article25 1949-07-15 5 The Army Fire Service fought two lallang fires In Singapore yesterday one at Ayer Rajah Road and the other at Alexandra Road.25 words
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Article344 1949-07-15 5 "In our present financial straits," said Mr. Ferguson, •'the Industry is even unable to finance the combating of propaganda in the U.S.A.. so ably advocated by Mr. Jago of the British Rubber Development Board, to counter propaganda designed to influence Americans as to the superiority of synthetic rubber,344 words
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Article42 1949-07-15 5 Four men fined $7 each in the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday for keeping unregistered dogs were, Low Yap Keng, Goh Moi Oat and Tan Chong Mong, all of Kampong Chantek, arc' Tan Chew Chuan of Ayer Rajah Road.42 words
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Article39 1949-07-15 5 Fifty-year-old Ray Singh, a wacchmai at Changi market, was fined $40 in the Fourth Police Court Singapore yesterday for theft of $23 worth of onions and chillies from a stall in th n market on July 739 words
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Article144 1949-07-15 5 SEVEN non-local shipping lines— six British and one Australian were yesterday asked by the Malay Seamen's Union of Singapore "to consider Increases Of pay and better conditions" for about 800 Malay deck ratings employed by them on 19 ocean-going merchantmen. The British shipping companies are144 words
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Article49 1949-07-15 5 Parcel post service to Japan will be resumed from July 25. The rates of postage on parcels (addressed to the islands of Honshu, Kyushu, Shikoku, Kokkaldo, and Ryukyu) are: Parcels not exceeding 21b, $1.10; parcels not exceeding 71b, $1.80; parcels not exceeding 111 b, $2.50.49 words
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Article66 1949-07-15 5 Tbf Old Haffl£sian»' Association will hold a dance at Raffles Institution on Aug. 13. The proceeds will go to the association's scholarship fund. Tickets at $3 a couple are obtainable from Dr. C. J. Poh of Queen's Dispensary, Mr. Lim Chin Aik of No. 9 Lim66 words
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Article51 1949-07-15 5 A Chinese woman and a man were knocked down by a hit-and-run motorist at 7.45 last night at Robinson Road. Their condition was stated last night to be serious. Inspector Rahim of the Traffic Branch Is anxious to contact any person who could give information to identify the hit-and-run51 words
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Article125 1949-07-15 5 IfESAVAN Bhaskaran, Kun- juraman Kamapalan and Mohd. Yusof bin Bostan Khan appeared before the First District Judge, Mr. E. P. Shanks, yesterday on a charge of having corruptly I given $200 to a police officer I in the dockyard Naval Base on June 23. It125 words
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Article30 1949-07-15 5 Found guilty of having sold 196 tins of sulpha tablets, without a licence, Mohamed Tamby, of Change Alley, was fined $250 yesterday in the Singapore Second District Court.30 words
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Article152 1949-07-15 5 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE, BAHRU. Thurs.— Allot land to the rural dwellers, make them self-suffi-cient and contented, and there will be no room for Communism, Mr. S. Ponnampalam said at the Council of State meeting here today. Mr. Ponnampalam wanted the Government to give152 words
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146 1949-07-15 5 FIFTEEN military huts, built and occupied by Dutch troops in Singapore after the liberation, and later sold to a man in the city for demolition for $4,500, were now bringing in $1,300 a month, it was stated in a Supreme Court case146 words
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Article115 1949-07-15 5 DETENTION CAMP ATTACKED From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH. Thurs. BANDITS attacked the Ashby Road detention camp, T poh for two hours last night, wounding a special constable warder in the leg. It was the second attack on Urn camp this week. A police squad was rushed to the aree and115 words
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190 1949-07-15 5 rpHE Singapore Govern1 ment is considering a proposal to increase the i staff of the anti-corrup- tton branch of the Criml- nal Investigation Departl] ment. The Colonial Secretary, Mr. P. A. B. McKerron, told the Straits Times that, although a similar proposal was190 words
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Article54 1949-07-15 5 The Legal Adviser and Deputy Public Prosecutor, Johore, Mr. W. Martin McCall, leaves for the United Kingdom today by the s.s. Canton jon six months' leave. He will be succeeded by Mr. S. M. W. Good. Legal Adviser, Negri Sembilan. The new Deputy Public Prosecutor will be54 words
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Article30 1949-07-15 5 The St. John Ambulance Association will start home nursing classes at its headquarters in Stamford Road, Singapore, next Thursday at 5.15 p.m. Lectures will be given in English.30 words
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Advertisement67 1949-07-15 5 make cashmere lovelier its not only the name that IA tells you It's a Pringle These beautiful cardigans and jumpers are produced in finest quality PURE CHINESE CASHMERE LAMBSWOOL They are fully fashioned throughout. Colours mm: Pato Bkw, Red, Light Gray, Cinamon, ***** Brown, Burgundy. Turquoise and Mauve. PRICES: Cashmere67 words
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312 1949-07-15 6 Helicopters May Save Wounded From Jungles HIGH-LEVEL talks have been held in Singapore and London on the need for helicopters in Malaya to evacuate Jungle casualties. An RAF. spokesman said yesterday that no helicopters were being used in Malaya because no British aircraft of such a design, suitable for jungle312 words
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Article, Illustration53 1949-07-15 6 SOME OF THE FIRST group of Malayans to graduate at Cambridge since the war, photographed after the degree ceremonies in the Senate House Yard. Left to right: Lee Ec Keng (Fitzwilliam); Yong Pung How (Downing); Khong Kit Soon (St. John's); Miss Kwa Geok Choo (Girton); Lee Kuan Yew (Fitzwilliam); Sia53 words
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Article33 1949-07-15 6 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs.— Johore fire brigades are being equipped with first-aid gear and firemen are being trained to render first-aid to victims of toxic gases at fires.33 words
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Article44 1949-07-15 6 TODAY YOING PEOPLES GROUP. prayer meeting. Bethesda, Bras Basah Road, 7.30 p.m. WESLEY METHODIST YOUTH FELLOWSHIP, Mr. P. V. Sharma tn "Travels in India." 4, Port Canning Road. 7.45 p.m. Y.W.C.A.. Beginners Malay class, 5. Raffles Quay, 9.15 a.m. and 5.15 p.m.44 words
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Article166 1949-07-15 6 GUARDS GOT 100 IN A YEAR BANDIT SCORE From Our Stan Correspondent KUALA LUMPu- 1 irs. DEADY for any emergency, a Jungle squad stood by on parade this morning v^en the High Commissioner, Sir Henry Gurney, yisited the camp of the Third Battalion, Grenadier Guards, at Sungei Besi near Kuala166 words
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Article104 1949-07-15 6 H.M.S London will be in the Singapore Roads from today until Monday. The cruiser will be open to the public tomorrow and on Sunday between 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. Visitors must find their own transport to the ship. On Monday Rear-Adm. Clifford Caslon, Flag Officer,104 words
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Article123 1949-07-15 6 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUiMPUR, Thurs. •DREPARE for hard tlm^s to come," says the Sultan of Selangor in a Hari Raya message to all mosques, penghulus (village headmen) and ketuas (elders). The message, known as the Sultan's Hari Raya Nasibat (advice) will be read to123 words
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Article154 1949-07-15 6 'THE Assistant Secretary for Economic Affairs, 1 Singapore, Mr. T. Van der Gaast, said yesterday that he did not expect the prices of banned American goods to rise. "There are good supples en hand and more on their way here," he said, adding: "We154 words
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Article15 1949-07-15 6 Miss Mary True of Glasgow has been appointed a nursing sister in Malaya.15 words
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Article255 1949-07-15 6 From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH, Thursday. C. AID to have walked into the bedroom of a squatter's hut and fired a burst from a Sten gun into a sleeping five-year-old Chinese girl, Lee Ah Mooi at Jelapang, George Fredrick Leonard Ewin (22), a British police255 words
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Article49 1949-07-15 6 The curr.poser-conductor, Eugene Goossens, will arrive in Singapore on Sunday on his way from Australia to England. Ho is flying to England to conduct the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra at the Edinburgh Music Festival next month. Mr. Goossens is the conductor of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.49 words
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Article70 1949-07-15 6 A BOUT 1,900 Chinese wanting to return to Singapore and Sarawak are stranded in Foochow by the Nationalist blockade of the China coast. ■■The blockade has also hit the shipping business and prevented many overseas Chinese in Singapore from going back to Amoy, Foochow, and Shanghai. The70 words
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Article53 1949-07-15 6 New appointments to the Public Works Department in Malaya include Mr. J. Davis, of Farnham, and Mr. George Donald of Aberdeen, the former as assistant engineer and latter as a mechanical engineer. Mr. Davis, served during the war in the Royal Engineers and has recently been employed by53 words
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Article33 1949-07-15 6 The Singapore Civil Dis- trict Judge. Mr. A. W. Bellamy, has been admitted to hospital, and Mr. S. E. Teh, the Eighth Police Magistrate, has been appointed to act for him.33 words
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198 1949-07-15 6 From Our Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Thursday. VO increased accommodation in Johore English schools can be promised in 1950 or 1951 and the main problem is how to continue the education of those already admitted and to admit as many a s198 words
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Advertisement261 1949-07-15 6 LAST 5 SHOWS TODAY! 11 a.m. 1.45, 4.00 6.30 and 9.30 p.m. "VIRTUE A DUST" A Yung Hwa Presentation in Mandarin SHU SIU-WEN WANG YUEN LOON G PHONE tfVil yl¥ 4p 1 5159 A maze of tangled emotions so Violent it'll Stun the Screen! t 1 4^? W/^ dim J2*261 words
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Miscellaneous247 1949-07-15 6 tmelA uam.m gramme (As Singapore); 1.00-2.00 .Dutch; 9.00 Kuoyu; 9.30 Burmese; twunrwM English Programme (As S'pore); 9.45 English; 10.00 Radio News 10.00 News from Kuala Lumpur i 200 Close; 6.00 Programme Heel; 10.15 light Music; 10.45 10 05 (approx.) Close; 1.00 Half Summary; 6.02 Radio Orchestra; 'The Physical Basis of247 words
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Article414 1949-07-15 7 LONDON, Thurs. I DRICES generally were firm yesterday in small trading 1 on the London Stock Exchange, says Reuter's flnani clal correspondent. Several factors combined to restrict business: opening of the Empire dollar talks, extensions 1 of the London dock strike i and the possibility of an autumn414 words
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Article142 1949-07-15 7 From Our Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, Thursday. A LTHOUGH London was again a firmer market for Malayan tin shares today there was no enthusiasm shown locally. Industrial shares remained practically unchanged though quietly steady. Price changes announced by the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association today were: INDUSTRIALS B«y«142 words
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87 1949-07-15 7 PATALING ESTATES £3,432 For Defence From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Thurs. IVEFENCE measures last year V cost Pauling Rubber Estates £3,432. says the company's annual report in a reference to the Communist campaign In Malaya. The company operates seven estates: four In Kedah. two In Selangor and one in Perak.87 words
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Article61 1949-07-15 7 nese. From Our Own Cocreaydmt LONDON, Thurs. rE recent arrest of the whole Chine, c labour force on Sikamat estate near Seremban Is mentioned in the annual report of Takau Rubber Plantations, owners of the estate. Production of rubber was naturally greatly interfered with, say'61 words
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Article47 1949-07-15 7 LONDON, Thurs. The average output Der acre in tapping on Duff Development Co. estates last year was 843 lbs., states the chairman. Mr. Eric North, in his circulated statement. This figure, says Mr. North, compares favourably with the Malayan average of 564 lbs. an acre.47 words
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Article56 1949-07-15 7 From A Market Correspondent SCATTERED dealings were recorded In the Singapore produce markets yesterday but prices were largely unchanged. In several sections, including coconut oil, copra and tapioca flour, dull conditions persisted. Speculative buying of pepper pushed up prices. Muntok whi'.e to $410. Sarawak white to56 words
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Article44 1949-07-15 7 NEW YORK, Thurs. The Firestone Tyre Rubber Co., tas reported a net profit of U 538.149,907 for the six months to Apr. 30, equal to US$4.Ola common share. Net profit in the Fame period of 1948 was US*l?.'?o39o, or US$6.O4 a sharp.44 words
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92 1949-07-15 7 SHIPS in port alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves ye-terday (godowns In brackets) were: Main Wharf: Cyclops (33-34). City of Sydney (36-37), Korea <39-4Oi. Soudan (42-43). West Wharf: Canton U-2). Eurymedon (4-5), Katong (6-7). Breconshire (8-9), Benvenue (1314), Autolycus (15-16) Empire Deck: Meerkerk (17-18), Maxwell92 words
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Article194 1949-07-15 7 PROFIT TAKING caused slight easing of prices In the Singapore rubber market yesterday. Prices were about three-eighths of a cent per Its. below the previous day. The market steadied towards the close. Closing prices yeaterday were: No. 1 sheet f.o.b. buyers 34 centa, sellers 34H cents; spot loose194 words
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Article122 1949-07-15 7 OUTPUTS of tin concentrates for the companies under the management of Anglo-Oriental (Malaya) Ltd. for the month of June ai> announced a* follows (In picub): Ampat Tin Dredging Ltd. 1.283 Batu 8elangor Tin Dredging Co., Ltd. 203 Berjuntal Tin Dredging Ltd. 1.308 Jelapang Tin Dredging Ltd. 378122 words
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Article44 1949-07-15 7 rore outputs for the quartei ended June 30, an announced as follows (in pkuls): Tronoh Mines Ltd. (Three dredges working) 5 539.8( Southern Tronoh Tin Dredg.. Ltd. (Two dredges working) 5.199W Ayer Hltam Tin Dredging Ltd. 2.63: Puket Tin Dredging Ltd., »,42344 words
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Article204 1949-07-15 7 CUBSTANTIAL construction programmes in Singa°pore towards the end of last year increased the demand for bricks to such an extent that Alexandra Brickworks re-opened a second kiln and increased their out-turn by nearly 100 per cent. I The chairman of Alexandra Brickworks Ltd.. Mr. N.204 words
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Article22 1949-07-15 7 ITJNE rubber crops are annouittcc J as follows, In lbs.: Kempas 446,b0l Radgella Estate 17,501 Guklt K. B 9 70(22 words
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Advertisement913 1949-07-15 7 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. i Incorporated ti Singapore) BLUE FUNNEI LIMB Carrier's action »rneo< via ether aort. ta load aad discharge cargo SAILINCS FROM U.K. USA CWtoneus from U.K./Cont. l«ly J4 MyriaMoa trom U.S> jury 25 Maron from UK Mv 26 Ilpenor from UK Aag. 2 SAILINCS te LIVERPOOL. U.ASCOW n*913 words
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Advertisement238 1949-07-15 7 STRAITS STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. WEST COAST MALATA Vowel for Muar laiy It Vessel for Malacca uly 18 Vesael for Port D>duon \mh 20 Tung Seng for Malacca. P Dickson, P Sham My U Stia for Teluk Anson. Penang My >5 Soramsang for T Anson. Ponang Belawan My Secamat for T.238 words
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Advertisement301 1949-07-15 7 PRESIDENT LINER SAILINGS TO NFW YORK AND BOSTON VIA CEYLON INDIA ECYPT AND MEDITERRANEAN PORTS. Spore P Sham Henarg Mount Mansfield |uly 19/23 luly 24/2* luly 26/29 Pros Monroe Aug 5/11 Omit. Aag. 12/15 Pros Buchanan Aag. 18/23 Aug. 24/25 Aag 26/29 Prcs. Harding Aug. 3 1 Sept. 6 Srpt.301 words
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Advertisement335 1949-07-15 7 EAST ASIATIC LINE SAILINCS FROM SCANDINAVIA UK continent. umMQjgjgggmm, T o r r"s.« r 6; eangkoH"" Sin^pore^Por, S.ettenhar, mi "Malaya" due ibt luly 26 for Manila H'Kong Yokohama Koba. M.s. "Korea" Codowns 38/31 for Aden, Port Said. Onoa(?). M.s. "Manchuria" due act Aug 18 Antwerp, Rotterdam, Hamburg, for Saigon Bangkok335 words
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Advertisement928 1949-07-15 7 McALISTER <Sc CO., LTD. (Incorporated in Singapt>*«) ELLERMAN (k BUCKNALL KLAVENESS LINE tONDON. HAVRE. ANTWERP. CANADIAN PACIFIC POUTt. ROTTERDAM b HAMBURG. Accepting cargo for Central 6 South CITT .O» IYONEY American Port*. 5-por. P. Sham r^ng BOUCA.NV.LLi Cebn.M/37 11/19 Mr 20/21 My Spore P. Sham Penang 1 7 Mr 30928 words
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Article582 1949-07-15 8 BY EPSOM JEEP IPOH, Thursday. BRIGHT EYES has eclipsed Some Class as the biggest stakes winner in Malayan Turf history. Three spectacular victories in the top class in the two most recent meetings at Kuala Lumpur and Bukit Timah, have brought her total stakes582 words
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Article, Illustration560 1949-07-15 8 TODD, INGLIS SHARE EIGHT GOALS Europeans Fight Back Stubbornly Army (Spore District) 8 Europeans 1. CHARING eight goals between them, Todd and Inglis stole the show in the Singapore A.F.A. inter-Community League game at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday between Army and Europeans. Army won eight-one. Todd and Inglis, who will560 words
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Article, Illustration27 1949-07-15 8 HOPEFUL: Mrs. Willy Crocs van Bysel, 31 -year old swimmer from Amsterdam, who is in training at Dover for her attempt to swim the Channel.— A.P. photo.AP - 27 words
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Article78 1949-07-15 8 NORTHAMPTON, Thurs. NEW Zealanders declared at their overnight total of 456 for 7 wickets when play was resumed today in the match against NorthamptonsjaJre The weatrTer. sultry and cloudy, gave way to rain shortly after Northampton had started batting on a good wicket and play stoppedReuter - 78 words
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68 1949-07-15 8 KARACHI. Thurs.— Pakistan Is to press for more frequent Olympic Games, Ahmed JafTer. President of the Pakistan Olympic Association, said here today. He reiterated that at the next meeting of the International Olympic Committee In Copenhagen In May of next year he would suggestReuter - 68 words
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Article71 1949-07-15 8 F N Win Soccer Games Praser Neavt Sports Club were successful In two soccer matches played during the week. On Sunday they beat Pulau Bukom Sports Club at Bukom 3-1. and on Wednesday the club second eleven scored a 4-3 win over Singapore Improvement Trust at Farrer Park. Scorers for71 words
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Article85 1949-07-15 8 Thr Singapore open lou-mije Hud rare, will be it-run Sunday, at 7 a.m. on the .I mi Chu Kui: Road, oft 10th mile Bukit Timah Road. All competitors yre remin'ltd to lit both rear ar.d {vjiv bndui 0B their cycle*. Marhiuts with only one bP'ke vtll not85 words
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Article318 1949-07-15 8 ALSAGOFF, YAP WIN EASIL Y I A. Alsagoff and Yap Ah Hian sailed through their second > round match in the doubles handiI cap of the V MCA. Lawn Tennis Championships yesterday when they beat Tan Eng Wan and Scow Kirn Seng in straight sets of 6-4 6-2. I Another318 words
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Article71 1949-07-15 8 C.R.E. North East will meet the Straits Times Sports Club at badminton at Tanglln Barracks gymnasium this Saturday. There will be three singles and four doubles matches. The badminton convenor of C.R.E., Capt. F. Packard states that good progress has been maintained by his team and it Is71 words
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Article149 1949-07-15 8 International Club Plan For K.L. From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. WITH a view to promoting good fellowship among the peoples of Malaya, the Kuala Lumpur Rotary Club Is sponsoring the formation of an International Sports Club in the near future. The chairman of the International Service Committee, Dr.149 words
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500 1949-07-15 8 LETTERS TO THE SPORTS EDITOR Java Wants To Meet Full Colony Team HPHE news in your issue of July 7 that the Singapore 1 Chinese Swimming Club swimmers are keen to compete in a swimming meet with Chinese swimmers from Java has been received here with a mixed feeling of500 words
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Article189 1949-07-15 8 I CANNOT understand why there *is so much lx>ther about the j importation of some good horses and deletion of the feud ones. As I can see It, the problems are easily solved I offer two solu- I tionv Solution 1 Lift the bin uncon- ditionally. This189 words
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Article, Illustration50 1949-07-15 8 A STIFF FOLLOWING RREEZF. fills the spinnaker sails of some of the 103 craft of the llvr to 20-ton yachts as they scud along: before the wind off Cowes. Isle of Wight, in the race round the island organised by the Isle of Wight Sailing Club on July 9.— A.P.AP - 50 words
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Article37 1949-07-15 8 The Jollilads beat the Guard EKx'k Unit (PARELF) by two! goals to one in a football match at Raebum Park yasterdiy. The scorers were Tobing and Munly»ndy for JoilUads and Charlton for the Dock UnK.37 words
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Article215 1949-07-15 8 IF plans materialise between the Malayan Chinese 1 Football Association and the Football Associations of Hong Kong, Manila and New Zealand, a New Zealand team will visit Singapore and the Federation for a series of matches before the end of this year. A letter215 words
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Article191 1949-07-15 8 LONDON, Thurs. FULL scores in the first day'f play yesterday at Lord's In the game between Gentlemen and Players are: GENTLEMEN— Iit Innings. R T. Simpson lbw b Jackson i. O. Dewei b Jackson W J. Edrich c Evans b Perks 7 O H. Q. Dougart c191 words
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Advertisement603 1949-07-15 8 CLASSIFIED ADS. (Cot tin tied Irom page 4' CODOWN SPACE WANTED BRITISH COMPANY reouires r tea 8,000 «j. It., altern. t ims each 4.000 sq. ft. Reply Box No. A6974. S.T. v MM l.r.S KOK SAl.r FORD V 8 1941 black saloon wm'or car ssoo. Box A6966, S.T. VAUXHALL Wyvern"603 words
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Advertisement57 1949-07-15 8 BOGEY at his BRUISING BEST pi™ Cherchez la femme WHAT V WOMAN!! M.. 1 WL < "W fr M til A COLI. .n>,.> HIT CAPITOL TO-MORROW at MIDNIGHT t«D THAT SONG EITHER IT'S LOVE OR IT ISN'T" {ALHAM^tA TPSfiff GREATEST TARZAN OF ALL! LOVE IN JUNGLE PARADISE! if, }^T V.rT57 words
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Miscellaneous23 1949-07-15 8 SINGAPORE TIDES Today: H.W., 1.20 a.m. (|:t 4in>. 2.35 p.m. rft\, Sim Tomorrow: H.W., 2. 00 ».m. (9ft 2in). 3.85 p.m. (8ft 3in).23 words
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