The Straits Times, 16 July 1949
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Title Section19 1949-07-16 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, JULY 16, 1949. Jf PRICE TEN CENTS19 words
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Article287 1949-07-16 1 "Follow Our Lead In Dollar Cuts" LONDON, Friday. BRITAIN is believed to have asked the Commonwealth countries of the sterling pool at the finance talks here today to follow her lead in making immediate cuts in dollar imports from the United States and Canada. Sir StaffordReuter - 287 words
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Article124 1949-07-16 1 DROBNY DEFIES GOVT. ZURICH (Switz.-i-i .m Fri. (y -KCHO-SLJVAKIAN tennis stars Jarosiav DroDny •nd Vladimir Cernik today df.'ded to defy the Czech Governments recall and go to the Untted States Instead of returning to Prague from the Gstadd international tennis tournament. Their joint statement deelired: "We have nothing *;iatsoever to124 words
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Article73 1949-07-16 1 WASHINGTON. Fri.-Mem-ber*: of the U.S. Cabinet and v and Congressional 1.-.triers met President Truman in a highly ie< re conference, apparently on a'omic energy. Mr. David Lilienthal., c-hair-nun of the Atomic Energy Commission, attended Also there were the Secretary of State, Mr. Dean Acheson; the Defftice73 words
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Article, Illustration40 1949-07-16 1 LATE RUSH TO REGISTER: Over 6,000 new voters were enrolled in the last two days in a last-minute rush to register for the next Singapore Council and Municipal election. Regist ration ended yesterday. Story in Page Seven. Straits Times picture.40 words
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Article185 1949-07-16 1 MELBOURNE, Friday. A LIMITED state of emergency was proclaimed in Victoria today to enable volunteers to unload coal from India from the 7,000 ton British-manned Canadian collier Haligonian Duke. The vessel has been Idle sinci Feb. ?,4 as a result of a ban by dockers and seamenReuter - 185 words
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Article33 1949-07-16 1 HONG KONG. Fri. Six pirates, disguised as passengers, looted goods valued at HK$100,000 and took 10 hostages from the Chinese-owned motor vessel Kweihwa. on its fcajr to Hong Kong.— Reuter.Reuter - 33 words
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Article243 1949-07-16 1 KILLED CHILD From Our Staff ('•respondent IPOH. Fri. COUND guilty on a unanim- ous verdict by Mr. Justice Thomson and assessors on the leaser charge of culpable homicide not amounting to murder. George Frederick Leonard Ewin aged 22 a British police sergeant was today sentenced to243 words
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Article78 1949-07-16 1 CALCUTTA. Fri. A live bomb was found by police here today in the gutter near the parade ground where Pandit Nehru. Indian Prime Minister, addressed a public meeting last night. Arms experts said the bomb similar to a Mills bomb with pin adjustments, was similar toReuter - 78 words
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Article28 1949-07-16 1 PRAGUE. Fri.— The Czech government served rptlce today that it is preparing to take over full control of the Roman Catholic church t'-"->ughout the country. UP.UP - 28 words
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Article52 1949-07-16 1 WASHINGTON, Tri. The House of Representatives UnAmerican Activities Committee heard today a Negro exCommunist, Manning Johnson, accuse Paul Robeson of v anting to become a "black Stalin" unonj Negroes. Robeton. he said, was engaged In "highly secret confidential work that was intercontinental in connection with his concert work."—52 words
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Article159 1949-07-16 1 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. npHE R.A.F. has just completed a 24-hour series of 1 attacks on suspected bandit concentrations In Perak. in which Sunderland flying boats and Harvard training planes were used for the first time to bomb and machine-gun the jungle. The159 words
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Article40 1949-07-16 1 LONDON, Fri.— British variety and concert artists. I musicians and local enter- tainments managers are backing a new organisation "Brighter Sunday Associa- j tion". The association promises to make "systematic war" on the Lords Day Observance Society.— Reuter.Reuter - 40 words
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Article, Illustration62 1949-07-16 1 THE GOVERNOR OF SINGAPORE. Sir Franklin Gimson. shaking hands with Mrs. Tay Man Teck, one of the two women members of the Chinese Advisory Board before the board's first meeting yesterday at the Chinese Secretariat. Looking on is the other woman member, Miss- See Poay Yong. Behind the Governor is62 words
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116 1949-07-16 1 MELBOURNE. Fri rpHE Australian Government today gave an undertaking in the High Court here not to try to deport Mrs Annie O'Keefe. Indonesian wife of an Australian. until the courts have finally ruled «>n her new challenge to Its deportation powers. The court then decidedReuter - 116 words
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Article41 1949-07-16 1 rE University of Malaya Endowment Fund yesterday received a donation of $10,000 from Mr. Lee C'hoon Seng, of Singapore. The Fund now totals more than 5350.000—*****61.64 has already been received and another S2IIS.OCO has been promised.41 words
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Article127 1949-07-16 1 RUBBER "BOOM" IN SIAM From Our SUIT Correspondent PENANG, Fri. BECAUSE they are given an 80 per cent, return In gold dollars on their shipments to America, Siamese producers are able to sell their rubber at over $17 more a picul than Malayan rubber. A former President of the Penang127 words
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Article79 1949-07-16 1 SYDNEY, Fri.— The New South Wales government today began moving 20,000 tons of coal toward Sydney in a race against time to prevent a collapse of the city's public utilities. Some 400 police stood by in case of trouble from striking coal miners who had established picketUP - 79 words
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Article39 1949-07-16 1 SAN FRANCISCO, Fri.— A former war correspondent, Mr. Clark Lee, testified today that Tokyo Rose once admitted that she broadcast to American troops In the Pacific that their wives were "unfaithful— and dancing with othfr men."39 words
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Article31 1949-07-16 1 LONDON, Fri.-Gen Ne /in. Burmese Supreme Com.lander. said today that the 'Ighting in Burma would go on until all the Communists and Karen rebels gave up their arms.— neuter.Reuter - 31 words
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Article, Illustration348 1949-07-16 1 MORE BANDIT ATTACKS IN 'BAD AREAS' From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. JJAN DIT attacks during the past three weeks had been 50 per cent, more numerous than during the previous three weeks, the Acting Commissioner of Police, Mr. B. M. B. O'Connell, said at a Press conference today.348 words
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Article48 1949-07-16 1 LONDON, Fri. About 550 Chinese and foreign manu- 1 facturing and trading com- 1 panics for import and export trade have registered with the North China Foreign Trade Administrative Bureau, the Communist New i China news agency said in a j broadcast picked up here 1 Reuter.Reuter - 48 words
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Article138 1949-07-16 1 LONDON. Fri. DRITISH troops begau load- ing export cargoes for thi first time today in the London docks where a strike has paralysed shipping for II days. Some of the 6,000 troops assigned to the Governmentcontrolled docks went to work on 10,000 tons of waiting cars,AP - 138 words
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Article61 1949-07-16 1 COLOMBO, Fri.— Thousands of rubber workers in Ceylon staged a token strike today in protest against the Government's exemption of the rubber industry from the Wages Board Ordinance. No incidents have been reported. The Government granted the exemption recently as a relief measure for the industryReuter - 61 words
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Advertisement596 1949-07-16 2 NOTICES NOTICE Notle* U hereby given that I. LAU WAI PINO, of 80 High St. Singapore, Is applying to the Governor for naturalisation, sad that any person who knows any reason why naturalisation should not be granted should send a written signed statement of Lr.e facts to the Colonial Secretary,596 words
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Advertisement721 1949-07-16 2 NOTICES "notice Talping District Police Headqmrter Members of the public who bad between 23rd and 27th May, 1*49, reported registration of births at Taiping Police Station are requested to bring their certificate! of registration of birth for re-regis-tration at the Police Station Talplng not later than 31.7.1949. KAMPONG KAMUNTING TIN721 words
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Advertisement744 1949-07-16 2 NOTICES AUSTRAL AMALGAMATED TIN LIMITED (Incorporated In the Federation of Malaya) NOTICE OF DIVIDEND NOTICE Is hereby given that a Dividend, the ninth, of Nine Pence <-'9d) per share, has been declared due and payable to registered shareholders at the offices of the Company, Talplng and Sydney, on Friday. 12th.744 words
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Advertisement642 1949-07-16 2 TENDER NOTICE CONSTRUCTION OF CABIN LAUNCH Tenders an Invited tor the construction of one In number Cabin Launch for the Chief Veterinary Officer, Singapore. The launch will be mainly used In the Inner Harbour with occasional runs in the Outer Harbour. Tenders should state cost of delivery Singapore Harbour and642 words
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Advertisement40 1949-07-16 2 i BARSIDE CHEERS I FOR £j f// < DON'T HESITATE' H m fc^i ASK for a 1&&* <■*_ 1 BOUSTEAD 4> CO.. LTD. C/ J GOLD FLAKE \mW *J nl*# A MmM 4JkAnV Ai MADE IN (NCIANB wood TILES KaM CEMENT f.40 words
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Article807 1949-07-16 3 Malayan Assn Advice From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. fHE Malayan Association, in a memorandum issued here today, urges the acceptance of the British Government's latest war damage compensation offer— a gift of £20,000,000 and an interest free loan of $160,000,000 repayable over 20 years807 words
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Article, Illustration43 1949-07-16 3 FAREWELL TO GRENADIERS: After making; a farewell speech to the 3rd Battalion, Grenadier Guards at Sungei Besi, near Kjiala Lumpur, the High Commissioner, Sir Henry Gurney, visited the Sergeants' Mess. He is seen here with 4he commanding officer, Lt.-Col. Wlnnington. Public Relations picture.43 words
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Article252 1949-07-16 3 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, FrL pHERE was an Indirect re1 ference to the rubber prenium proposal at question ;lme in the Commons yesterlay after Mr. D. Jay, Econonic Secretary to the Trea-, mry had replied to a queslon asking what percentage >f current earnings by mem)ers252 words
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Article78 1949-07-16 3 THE HAGUE, Fri.— The Ne;herlands Government announced yesterday that it Is prepared and ready to assist n any possible way to ensure ;hat the cause of the X.L.M. lirliner crash at Bombay will je fully ascertained. The Netherlands Governnent would also welcome par;lcipation of American avia:ionAP - 78 words
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Article32 1949-07-16 3 SAIGON, Fri. French force are concentrating along the frontier between Burma and Indo China because of mounting tension after a Chinese band crossed the frontier and besieged a post.— A.P.AP - 32 words
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Article126 1949-07-16 3 ROME, Fri. SOVIET controlled Eastern Europe mar soon break its diplomatic ties with the Roman Catholic Church, according to Vatican Informants. A papal decret announced on Wednesday, excommunicating all Catholics who persistently and actively advocate Communism. may hasten the break. Vatican sources said Czechoslovakia is126 words
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274 1949-07-16 3 TEHERAN, Friday. rpHE Iranian Parliament was thrown into uproar A when a proposal was made to permit women to vote. I A deputy-elect who proposed it was set upon by three deputies representing Muslim religious interests. Then a free-for-all started with dozens of deputiesReuter - 274 words
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Article570 1949-07-16 3 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Friday. ONE of the short-term measures to improve Britain's dollar position which Sir Stafford Cripps said in the House of Commons debate are at present under discussion with the United States and the Canadian Governments is presumably a proposal that the570 words
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Advertisement129 1949-07-16 3 "'H' t N I I t CAR A TRACTOR BATTERIES Sold by all leading Motor dealers Factory Representatives T. V. MITCHELL CO., LTD. Singapore Kuala Lumpur Penang. Mobiloil I if! %EVfftji^L if |l--.v li *%Y\ reputation v^g^ Jgjp is behind wjh^>^ these two new lines De WITT'S baby COUGH SYRUP129 words
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Advertisement245 1949-07-16 3 TWO WORLD FAMOUS MARMALADES JxetUcr's DUNDEE MARMALADE AND "littfe CAip" JELLY MARMALADE Once you have tasted Keiller'a Marmalades you will know why they have kept their fine reputation for over hundred years. SINGAPORE COLD STORAGE CO., LTD. W4'r£YJsV>' A -ZJSP^*? W'^P^JV^/ •"TCKRiriCI V M-G-M represents I TAKZ ANTS ft I245 words
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Article105 1949-07-16 4 UNIFORM RATES FOR WORKERS AFTER two months of discussions between SkigaDore Chinese importers and exporters and labourers handling cargoes for them, new. uniform rates of handling charges were agreed to by both parties at a meeting before the acting Deputy Comn;issioner for Labour, Mr. C. •W. Lyle. The new ra'es105 words
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Article, Illustration48 1949-07-16 4 AMONG THOSE PRESENT at the French Consul-Gene-ral's cocktail party on Thursday evening in honour of the French National Day were (from left) the U.S. naval liaison officer. Lieut. Com. Gordon Cornell, Mrs. Langdon, wife of the U.S. Consul-General, and Mr. W. R. Langdon. Straits Times picture.48 words
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Article408 1949-07-16 4 TRADE PLAN FOR MALAYS Bigger Chance For Advance From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. THE Federation Communities Liaison Committee has made suggestions to the Government which would give the Malays greater opportunities to enter into trade and commerce in greater number, said Sir Sydney Palmer, a member of the408 words
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Article228 1949-07-16 4 THE Singapore Harbour Board has approved a revised scheme of salaries and cost of living allowances for its clerical employees. The scheme, I which was drawn up by the S.H.B. Staff Associa1 tlon's Salaries Revision Council, becomes effective {from Aug. 1, 1947. The chairman of228 words
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Article95 1949-07-16 4 THE acting Commissioner of Labour, Singapore, Mr. R. P Bingham, thinks that "it is doubtful whether the effects of the Tower of Babe) are felt anywhere In the world so acutely as in Singapore." In his annual report for 1948, Mr. Bingham says: "Chinese Indians and95 words
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Article72 1949-07-16 4 A Bill to amend the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Ordinance will be introduced at the next meeting of the Singapore Legislative Council. The Bill Is designed to give a legal basis for the constitution of a Sea Cadet Corps and to provide for the grant of commissions. It72 words
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171 1949-07-16 4 NOW that civil aircraft are increasing their landings at the R.A.F.-controlled Tengah airfield and the 8.0.A.C. flying-boat service has been cut down. Kallang. airport is threatened with a loss of its sixfigure annual revenue which it has been collecting st*»nd'iy since the liberation Airline171 words
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Article, Illustration30 1949-07-16 4 MR. CHAN FU HO, a former student of Victoria Institution, Kuala Lumpur, and Raffles College, Singapore, who is studying chemical engineering at the University of Pennsylvania, U.S.A.. on a scholarship30 words
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Article85 1949-07-16 4 BRIDGE 'GHOST BLAMED From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Fri. A "GHOST" standing at the Bth mile of Tanjong Bungah was blamed for a motor crash which occurred ■arly this morning. Police told the Straits Times that a lorry driver reported having seen a "white figure" near a bridge. Me lost85 words
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Advertisement227 1949-07-16 4 MERTON BROWN CO. for LAUNCH YACHT FITTINGS AVAILABLE FROM STOCK— froprllors 15 to to dia Stern Bearings U" to 3." Tailshafts Staimtss Steel and Bronze up to 16 stern rubes up to 12 Rubber Bushes all sizes. Bras* Tap Type Pumps Brass Bilge Pumps. Stuffing Boxes. CQR Anchors. Bollards. Winches227 words
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Advertisement225 1949-07-16 4 W W^BB VMS MMBBJ H^^v w Mr Br^^i Ai^Jj^^^^^ n»T©« imm «aKe' DOROTHY LAMUUR PRESTON [|C AT tl AYJ IUCUI' a>NUHCiJ>IM y lON INUI W Mmmummk ni^rniTC v V WL Some of the delicioui kindi V» "^/vie.?^ \A V^BOm currant shortcake nicb 1^ ■W SHORTCAKE PETIT BEURRB jflj^'YU^ m, 1225 words
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447 1949-07-16 5 Bandit groups Being Wiped Out: Kepayang Gang Nearly Finished From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. 'JHE Acting Commissioner of Police, Mr. B. M. B. O'Connell, gave today's Press conference a State-by-State. review of how the struggle against the bandits has been going on during the past three weeks. In447 words
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Article, Illustration151 1949-07-16 5 QUIBBLE HOLDS UP A CLASS A TECHNICAL quibble over two lights is holdin up education for 30 adults in the Pasir Panjang area, where the Education Department has allowed the District Commit! t to tonduct a class at the Government Malay School. When the question of lighting difficulties arose, the151 words
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Article198 1949-07-16 5 THE feature of the rubber market this week has been the buying by the E.C.A. in London, says Lewis and Peat's market report Anticipation cf this had already stimulated the market so that the (further advance, when buying took place, was only small. Subsequently, profit-taking caused198 words
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Article57 1949-07-16 5 1 i..,.i Our Stall I o:r.^nd<n; JOHORE BAHRU, Fri. At a meeting of delegates from all the U.M.N.O. branches in Johore Bahru district yesterday, it was agreed to send a delegation to the Mentrl Besar, Dato Onn. to request him not to resign, and to as- <57 words
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Article35 1949-07-16 5 From Our Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Fri.— 1 The pre-war practice of Joh- i ore medical officers visiting 1 Singapore for clinical discus- I sions. and vice versa, has 1 been resumed. i35 words
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Article59 1949-07-16 5 From Our Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU. Fri.— Convicted on a charge of making a false report to the police, S. Vallappan was yesterday fined $75 in the police court. It was stated that Vallappan reported to the police that he was robbed when bandits held up his59 words
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Article190 1949-07-16 5 From Our Stall Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. I HE police jungle squad which lost eight men in an j ambush at Rawang earlier this week was not short of ammunition, declared the acting Commis- sioner of Police, Mr. B. M. B. O'Connell, at a190 words
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Article41 1949-07-16 5 TODAY Straits Chinese Methodist Youth Fellowship Inter-Group Socl#l, 3 Kampons Kapor Road, 7.30 p.m. Advisory Youth Council Committee Meeting, Y.W.C-A., 5 Raffles Quay. 4 p.m. Outram Church Fellowship Community Hymn Singing by Mm. Stewart 43, Outram Road. 7 pjn.41 words
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Article136 1949-07-16 5 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. rjOVERNMENT is taking measures for segregating XJ different types of detainees in Malaya's detention camps, the Chief Secretary, Sir Alec Newboult, told the Press conference today. "There are considerable difficulties to be overcome as the camps are not136 words
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Article209 1949-07-16 5 SEDITIOUS PAPERS From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. TWO Indians, S. Ramachan- dram Pillay and Ambalavanam, who yesterday pleaded guilty before Mr. D. M. K. Grant in the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court to a charge of jelling seditious publications in the Federation, were each sentenced209 words
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Article45 1949-07-16 5 Steps are being taken to enable the promotion of officers of the Malay tegiment to be made on merit, after passing the prescribed promotion examination, said the Chief Secretary. Sir Alec Newboult at the weekly. Press cc foronce in Kuala Lumpur yesterday.45 words
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Article36 1949-07-16 5 From Our Own Correspondent BENTONG, Fri.— A special constable, Mohammed Geling, who was charged with having absented himself from duty, had his case postponed to July 19 for mention, bail In $200 being allowed.36 words
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Article45 1949-07-16 5 From Our Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Fri.— A tribute to the late Dato Awang bin Omar, a member of the Johore Council of State since 1932, was paid by Inche Ibrahim bin Abdul Rahman, State Secretary, at yesterday's Council meeting.45 words
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Article36 1949-07-16 5 From Our Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU. Fri.— Typewriters to the value of $6,700 have been supplied to the office of the Mentri Besar and the State Secretariat since 1948. These include two new Jawi typewriters.36 words
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Article94 1949-07-16 5 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. rpHE 17-year-old auxiliary JL policeman who accidentally fired a pistol, wounding another schoolboy in a Kuala Lumpur school recently, had "disobeyed orders" and disciplinary aotion had been taken against him, said the acting Commissioner of Police, Mr. B. M. B. O'Connell,94 words
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Article73 1949-07-16 5 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. THE Federation Government was in communication with Mr. Aw Boon Haw regarding the ban on his enterIng the Federation, the Chief Secretary, Sii Alec Newboult, said at today's Press Con- ference. "We have no further statement to make,'73 words
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Advertisement205 1949-07-16 5 Planet "PINTAIL" Bicycles British Made, Best Quality Obtainable from:— Singapore South E*sf Co., 115, Jalan Beur. ..N.n Serif Cycle Co.. 155, Hill Street. Ran Hock Hln 131, Beach Road, (hop Hrap Knt Bit 102. Hill Street. Kuala Lumpur Cheong Hin Co., 172, Hlfh Street. Hock Soon Hln 50, Cross Street.205 words
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Advertisement84 1949-07-16 5 vCiH W^ fOR INDUST(HAI.M49»¥t HOUSEHOLD USE. DRY COLOURS MAPI TOBtmsH STANPAUD SP£CfflCAr?(Wr^ use SB CHEW BRICKr t \J T\ r~\ i— L I T i L. O OF CONSTRUCTION SIN CHEW BRICK WORKS FACTORY AT JURONG ROAD 11 MILES STONE HEAD OFFICE: 90 AMOY STREET TEL 4261 A Delightful Fabric84 words
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875 1949-07-16 6 The St raits Times Singapore, Sat., July 16, 1949. THE HIGHEST PRIORITY In these columns yesterday we invited the Malayan citizen to reflect upon four depressing facts of the not distant future: An increase of 80,000 in the population of Malaya every year, an increase of 50,000 males of working875 words
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Letter290 1949-07-16 6 Time Marches On! IF we assume that the responsible bodies who have published their opinions represent fairly substantially the views of the public concerned in this matter, we may take it that it is the will of the people that the Governments of the Colony290 words
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Article, Illustration14 1949-07-16 6 Pho tograph by C. A. Gibson-Hill. HINDU TEMPLE ON THE SUNGEI RAIA, KINTA VALLEY.14 words
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Article1688 1949-07-16 6 The Nonya is back An elephant avoids the Dusun Durian time A resurrection The owl family. gUNDAY, July 10.— Planters are not complaining about the weather this last week. Crops are on the rise and there is always 1 some trouble to interfere with the preparation of the1,688 words
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312 1949-07-16 6 Fifty Years Ago. Climate was too much for them following is taken from the daily 'column entitled "On The Verandah" in the Straits Times of July 16, 1899.) THERE seems, in the last year or so, to have been rather an epidemic oX suicide among Europeans in the Straits. The312 words
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Advertisement790 1949-07-16 6 CLASSIFIED ADS. WANO OEOK HTJAT, wife Of Llm Slew 8uar., «t Kandang Krrbau Hospital, on July 13th, son. OROVE to Peggy, wife of Major D.W. Orove 7th Gurkha Rifle* at Bungsar Hosptt/M K L. on July •th. a daughter. DUNNILL— On 1J July 1948 at Military Hospital, Singapore, to Anne,790 words
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Advertisement62 1949-07-16 6 SIGNALS for EYE-EXAMINATION:-1. Not teeing well at distance or near. 3. Frequent headache*. S. Byes feel tired or uneasy. Cant read or write comfortably. In wtreme cajes, dizziness and .ausea loss of appetite vomiting. Oui technique and orocedure In visual analysis with the most complete equipment are entirely different from62 words
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Advertisement12 1949-07-16 6 <£fe TIGER BALM DIESEL < NERATING SETS 1.5 K.W.TO7SK.W. THE EAST ASIATIC CO.TIfD12 words
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Article, Illustration57 1949-07-16 7 MR. W. H. STUCKEY, Australian representative of the National Trade Press, London who is taking a short holiday in Singapore on his way back to Sydney from London where he has been attending business conferences. Mr. Stuckey told the Straits Times that Britain "is leading the world" in the quality57 words
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Article129 1949-07-16 7 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. THERE is no evidence that the bandits are receiving assistance from other countries, the Acting Commissioner of Police, Mr. B. M. B. O'Connell told -he Press conference today. There is also no evidence oi infiltration across the Siamese129 words
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Article16 1949-07-16 7 Several pieces of ammunition of various calibre were recovered from the Colombo Camp yesterday.16 words
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Article236 1949-07-16 7 People Sat On Steps To Register A LATE rush to register caused a big jump in the number of new voters for Singapore's next Council and Municipal elections. Up to 6 p.m. yesterday the last day for this year's revision of the electoral rolls the figures236 words
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Article27 1949-07-16 7 Mr. G. H. D. Blount has been appointed to officiate as Assistant Secretary for Economic Affairs. Singapore, in place of Mr. S G Burlock.27 words
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Article16 1949-07-16 7 Births In Singapore totalled 597 in the week ended July 9. against 180 deaths.16 words
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Article241 1949-07-16 7 COLONY SWIMMER GAOLED Beat His Wife UO Loo Thiam, aged 31, a well known Singapore water-polo player and a mem. j ber of the colony Chinese team in the last China Olym- pic meeting, was sentenced jto three months' rigorous i imprisonment by the Third i Police Court Magistrate, Mr.241 words
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219 1949-07-16 7 npHK Public Services Commission Bill, 1949, designed 1 to set up a Public Services Commission for advising the Governor on appointments to the public service and on other matters connected with the service, will be introduced into the Singapore Legislative Council meeting this month.219 words
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Article52 1949-07-16 7 A FAMILY Planning Asso- ciation is to be formed in Singapore on the same lines as those already established in Canada and Britain. A meeting to discuss the details and to appoint officers will be held at 5 p.m. next Friday at the Prinsep Street Infant52 words
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Article74 1949-07-16 7 THE price of potatoes in Singapore has risen from 20 cents to 40 cents a kati recently because potatoes have been re-exported from Singapore to Hcng «ong to feed troops there. The Singapore Government has now suspended the issue of export licences for potatoes in an74 words
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Article41 1949-07-16 7 From Oar Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Fri.— Toh Chee Wah, a Singapore lorry driver, was fined $30 in the police court yesterday on a charge of carrying gunny sacks In his lorry in violation of his haulage permit licnrrv41 words
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Article272 1949-07-16 7 New Senior Air Staff Officer AIR Vice Marshal R. L. Ragg, Senior Air Staff Officer,! j Transport Command, has been j appointed Senior Air Staff Officer, Headquarters, Far i East Air Force, in succession to Air Vice Marshal F. F. Inglis. who is returning to the United Kingdom on completion272 words
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Article, Illustration391 1949-07-16 7 Governor Tells Advisory Board— T»HE Governor of Singapore, Sir Franklin Uimson, A told members of the Chinese Advisory Board at their inaugural meeting yesterday, that in developing any trend of policy, the Government "must provide for the principles on which the time-honoured civilisation of China has391 words
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Article64 1949-07-16 7 Thirty-two-year old O. i Murugalan was sentenced to 1 18 months' rigorous ImprisonI ment yesterday In the First i District Court for having j broken Into a house in Pukat Road on July 6, and having stolen $64 worth of clothing. Murugaian, who had two j previous64 words
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Article17 1949-07-16 7 Two damaged bombs were found by a Chinese at 7ft mile Buklt Timah Road yesterday.17 words
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Article66 1949-07-16 7 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. riVE hundred and fifty six detainees and 'heir families were repatriated to China yesterday and the day before in the Van Rheimstick and the Henrich Jesson from Port Swettenham. Men and women sang; Communist songs as they were taken66 words
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Article252 1949-07-16 7 'CAR WENT OVERAND OVER' j"f WAS drunk, the whole X party was quite drunk, and, when I awoke, the car was turning over and over again," said a witness, Soon Han Lim, In the Singapore Coroner's Court yesterday, when he gave evidence on an accident on Buklt Timah road last252 words
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Article131 1949-07-16 7 FUND guilty of having given a $200 bribe to a i sub-inspector of the Naval Base Police, three men were yesterday in the First DisIrict Court sentenced to imprisonment. The first two, Kasavan Bhaskaran and Kunjuraman Kamapalan, were each sentenced to four months' rigorous imprisonment and the131 words
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Article28 1949-07-16 7 Out of 177,610 tons of cargo handled by ports in the Federation of Malaya, 115,745 tons were handled at Penang and 47,189 tons at Port Swettenham.28 words
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Article136 1949-07-16 7 rE Singapore District Methodist Youth Fellowship will hold its annual oratorical contest on Aug. 27 at the Foochow Methodist Church. The competition will be i divided into two sections. i Members of the Fellowship up to the School Certificate class will be *B Section contestants; others 'A'136 words
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362 1949-07-16 7 $3 MILLION FOR SEWERS, ELECTRICITY THE expenditure of $2,034,892 for buying a 25,000 kilowatt (.urbo-alternator for the Electricity Department, and of $1,270,850 for main and minor sewers this year, has been approved by three committees, and the full body of Singapore Municipal Commissioners will be asked to confirm this expenditure362 words
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Article118 1949-07-16 7 THE Cable and Wireless Ltd. A yesterday granted wa<je and overtime Increases to 23 Malay deck ratings employed on the company's cable ship Retriever. This Is the seventh company in Singapore recently to grant Increases to Malay seamen. The Cable and Wireless Divisional Manager, Mr.118 words
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Article52 1949-07-16 7 Our Lady of Lanka, represented by a statue of Madhu (Ceylon), will arrive at the Church of Our Lady of Lourdes, Ophir Road, Singapore, today. There will be a procession at 5.30 p.m. Tomorrow there will be Mass at 6.30 a.m. and 8 a.m. and benediction at52 words
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Advertisement109 1949-07-16 7 COINTREAU JlLcuj^ut Pl C M P/^ rSI V M LAVA )I'MIT ED ]^B JUBILEE SALE By requests, season extendtd to 23-7-49 MUSICAL REQUIREMENTS FOR EVERYBODY, you pay less. USEFUL GIFTS FOR OLD AND YOUNG, ■|L you get free. \9 s?y ADDED ATTRACTIONS I^ol l^ A radio-stand with 2 shelves, WILL109 words
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Advertisement41 1949-07-16 7 Save™ Labour. SaveUme/ II g\ yt Us? miiiTf DISTEMPERS Ljjm PRESERVATIVES ILLUSTRATION OF liH.fi PETROL-DRIVEN MACHINE VOLSPRAYpa.it SPRAYING EQUIPMENT SOLE DISTRIBUTORS SIME, DARBY VOl-l-i M. FLINTER S. GRINBERG Diamonds and Jewellery TELEPHONE V 923 67, STAMFORD BD., Em Court Bldg. SPORE41 words
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Article, Illustration125 1949-07-16 8 TUHEN Mrs. Albert Lint of Singapore was a girl she wanted to study medi- cine like her brothers but her parents would not allow it. There were no facilities for such study in Malaya in those, days and they would not send her abroad. But today sht125 words
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Article551 1949-07-16 8 Bee Wickerson - LISTEN TO YO UR OWN VOICE Bee Wickerson By DLACE your hands, palms forward, in front of your ears. Now say something aloud. What did you hear were you surprised, or dicf it sound as you thought it would? Voices have had a fascination for me since my schooldays, an551 words
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Article, Illustration445 1949-07-16 8 A COURSE of beauty care, deportment and grooming, should be included in the curriculum of all girls' schools in Malaya as it is in America, says Miss Jeanne Nash, a beauty expert who has spent the last six weeks in Singapore studying the effect of the445 words
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Advertisement277 1949-07-16 8 Radio at its very best REDIFFUSION brings voi' M&tkiiiitg. Rediftusion is a system of broadcasting not on the air but through private wires The sixteen hours daily of attractive programmes cannot b« received unless the Company's speaker is installed in your home. No ordinary radio can pick up this service.277 words
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Advertisement269 1949-07-16 8 itv'.v;' 1 1 '•.v. v- Ax'i*i-/. *.\v,t W^mwm^L^ *Z?-- ,'im^m W. „J T%^*%*+ |,WhitcLabcV| i IVF J*[&\. 7 f "SCOTCH*H^I ij^r *mfw* w I^D Dewar 4 Sor^ I > mUcLabcr to SCOTCH WH IS W SOU DISTRIBUTORS- SIM E. DARBY -A 9ood deal- oucr a good meal You want to269 words
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Miscellaneous677 1949-07-16 8 If today's declarer had been a against the queen. This however, better guesser, there probably would be the sheerest guess lor would not have been a dispute one thing, how could South tell about the bidding. As it was, that East's Jack was singleton? however, the argument waxed hoi I677 words
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359 1949-07-16 9 Hospital assistants, clerks others gOVERNMENTS procrastination over the 1 revision of salaries of those categories of its servants, such as clerks, hospital assistants, health inspectors, technical assistants, etc. who have suffered inequalities, anomalies or hardship ns a result of the Trusted recommendations, is not359 words
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Letter177 1949-07-16 9 6 Malay overseers SECTION 12 (viii) of General Orders reads "It is the policy of Government to give qualified Malays preference over other applicants for employment I believe this has never been followed in actual practice by any Government department. Another surprising matter is that In several departments, when a177 words
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Letter188 1949-07-16 9 32-cent. rubber Whisky has lost its power to cheer, In Morpheus' arms I find no rest, Pure allergy to female charms Persuades me life has lost its zest. "Gone are the snows of yesteryear," The future's had it! From the town Sinister whispers circulate, "Your188 words
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339 1949-07-16 9 I HAVE just arrived in Singapore from Penang and was interested to read the article in the Straits Times last week on Penang's reputation. A fortnight ago, straight out from my beloved England. I saw Penang for the first time. I had heard339 words
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Letter243 1949-07-16 9 IN England at the present time a move is leing made for the improvement of letter-writ-ing in Government deI partments. Most sensibly, this is oeing done with a view to promoting better feeliing between departments *nd their correspondents. Of late years there has been a tendency towards abruptness,243 words
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Letter432 1949-07-16 9 MAY I be allowed to add to some of the suggestions put forward in your correspondence columns by well-intentioned citizens? CAR PARKING: Space for the parking of cars now appears to be provided ad lib, even at the risk of spoiling some of the pleasant432 words
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Letter79 1949-07-16 9 DARBER shops have sprung ud like mushrooms since the liberation and are making a fortune. The prices charged by them for a hair cut are eight times the pre-war amount. I suggest that in the welfare of the public the Legislative Council should take this matter79 words
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207 1949-07-16 9 I CANNOT refrain from 1 writing you this note of appreciation for the soulstirring article by Mom Rajawongse Seni Pramoj you published in the Straits Times, for it has revived the early admiration I had for the English people. In a book written by207 words
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546 1949-07-16 9 DEMOCRACY IN MALAY STATES Zainul Replies J SAID in my previous letter that the appointment of a Malay as Deputy High Commissioner would be premature and harmful. We see arrangements i now being made to bring' all the various communi- j ties together to a co- 1 operative and mutual546 words
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Advertisement33 1949-07-16 9 I Kill IIMITft 1 V approve not SINGAPORE C. C. WAKEFIELD CO LTD PENANG HKMoncsoiT DIESEL COMMERCIAL VEHICLES MAXIMUMJUE^ ECONOMY DELIVERS EX STOCK SINGAPORE John I. Thornycroft Co., Ltd. CLEMENCEAU AVENUE PHONE 5001/233 words
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Advertisement107 1949-07-16 9 I A Word on Leaf Good tobacco like good wine |rffl relies upon the frown or smile of Dame J '^P Nature. Differences in soil, vagaries Tjj j of weather, will all affect the perfection or otherwise of the resultant cigarette. It is the expert selection and careful 1/ Mending107 words
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Article, Illustration1754 1949-07-16 10 They said Britain Was ruin ed once before WILLIAM BARKLEY argues that now, as in 1931, a nation that is resourceful and energetic and determined can always make money its servant. \O\V that Britain has great financial difficulties to grapple with it is appropriate to recall that she had them1,754 words
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Advertisement171 1949-07-16 10 STARTS TODAY! Phonr J V^lil TSf] H 145 4 51 V* I?-. J *EwEM 6S S# PI HEWASTHEKINDOFMANYOU Almost believed... Nearly forgave... Completely loved I v v Hp v 4r^^ I tf m Sat i V HMOL IDA T\ ELEANOR Ik <4 wr\ RNER BROS. 3Rfc Br|| »T»ll OFWIIOTtx'Uf.TiON! "•>171 words
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Advertisement300 1949-07-16 10 LAST DAY/ 11. 145, 4.00, 6.30 A 9.30 DAVIB JHE^BRfflEll Plui! PaxMMunt Newt: WIMBLEDON SINGLES FINALS PHONE lfc^«s 4042 SEASON from M HIT E TOHICHT Showdown for A 'Two-Timing Dame F^fc mtSt ■fcry^.i^W^iesl ftp 9 HMMV m- POMUN .mta f <J^ •MAN lIU CHAftLM HIUM ANNA MAY WONG This Is300 words
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Miscellaneous336 1949-07-16 10 m v-or« gramme (As S'pore); 1.00-2. 00 Siamese; 8.30 News; 8.45 Dutch; r English Programme (At S'pore); 9.00 Kuoyu; 9.30 Burmese; 9.45 L°V Arom Kuala Lumpur; 2-00-5.00 Aj 8'pore (On 249Bnglish; 10.00 Radio News Reel; 10.05 (approx.) Close; 1.00 Pro- metres); 2.00-3.00 Malay Pro- 10 16 Light Music; 10.30 •Parliagramme336 words
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Article133 1949-07-16 11 From A Market Correspondent LITTLE activity was seen In Singapore produce markets yesterday. In most sections apathy prevailed. Speculative Interest In pepper continued, but Investor? were reticent about high prices. Vesteraars quotation* wen, per plcul: Pepper: Muntok white $410; Sarawak white $409; Lampong black $295. Sago floor: Ungga133 words
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834 1949-07-16 11 From Our Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, Friday. F ONDON again sent a ffcw bids to the Malayan share market today, but locally sellers were inclined to wait. Conditions in the Malayan market were quieter and slightly easier. Industrials showed little changes. Prices quoted by the834 words
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Article360 1949-07-16 11 LONDON, »ti. ONCE again the London Stock Exchange experienced a quiet day with operators awaiting developments In the London clock strike. Provincial support helped to keep Industrial prices firm yesterday, reports Reuter's financial correspondent. Commodity shares showed renewed firmness. Lead Issues were marked higher on the advance In360 words
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Article63 1949-07-16 11 gHIP6 in port aJongside the, Singapore Harbour Board wharvas yesterday fgodowna In brackets) were: Main Wharf: Bantam (21-! 12). Cyclops (33-34) Cltr of Sydney (36-37), Korea, 19), Soudan (42-43). Went Wharf: Katong (6-7). Breconshire (8-9>. Cwalta (U\ Benvenue (IS-14). Empire Dock: Meerkerk (17- Maxwell Brander (11-22), Womeneus (23-24).63 words
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Article208 1949-07-16 11 THE Singapore rubber mar- ket was again slightly easier yesterday on profittaking and somewhat poorer advices from London and Nev York. At the lower levels there was a fair turnover In business Closing prices yesterday were: No. 1 sheet fob. buyers 33 cents, sellers 334 rents; spot loose208 words
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Article26 1949-07-16 11 "The Chairman of Alexandra Brickwork* Ltd. U Mr. N. J. navies and not Mr. N.J. Norman, as reported to thia page yesterday. I26 words
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Article21 1949-07-16 11 July 13 July 14. Industrials 173.24 173.69 Railroads 44.35 44.39 Domestic Bonds 98.19 88 29 Utilities 35.24 35.3721 words
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Advertisement1248 1949-07-16 11 MANSFIELD 6c CO., LTD. I Incorporated In Sinajaoo'a) BLUB FUNKBI UMB «T«AITS STEAMSHIP CO., •emer ea ties ta areceed via arhar LTD. $mf* ta lead e»d <hefcarge <»*«• WUT COAST MALATA SAILINGS FROM UJL b 0J A v#fw| tor Muar frytenen from U.K./Cont. Italy 24 Vessel for Malacca July 181,248 words
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Advertisement291 1949-07-16 11 PRESIDENT LINER SAILINGS fO NEW YORK AND BOSTON VIA CIYLON. INDIA ECYPT AN* MEDITERRANEAN POUTS Spore f S ham Penang Mount Mansfield luly 19/23 lulv 24/2S luly 26/29 Pr.i Monroe A. S/U Omit. Aug. 12/15 Pr»« Buchanan Aug. It/21 Aug. 24/2S Aug. 26/29 Pret. Harding Aug. 31 /lept. 6 Sept.291 words
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Advertisement293 1949-07-16 11 EAST ASIATIC LINE SAILINCS FROM SCANDINAVIA/U.K./ CONTININT. SAILINGS TO CONTINIMV SCANDINAVIA. "Tranejuebar" dee a»t. luly 22 *"Saiion "ngkok- Uadin« *TKSnS Oft Sweft<rh-W M "Malaya" due abt. July 17 renang for Manila, HKong, Yokohama K°b. -Korea" Ced.wn, 18/39 "Manchuria" due abt A.. II '^^'kou^^^ntfi for Saigon Bangkok. oTlo 6 Cdyr^ <-ootnhaMn293 words
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Advertisement1013 1949-07-16 11 McAUSTER CO., LTD. Incorporated in Singapore) KLLKRMAN BUCKNALL KLAVENKSS LIMB iOMDON. HAVRE. ANTWERP, CANADIAN PACIFIC PORTI. ftOTTUOAM HAMBURG. Accepting cargo for Central b South CIT» Of trONH American Ports. S-pot. P. STwm Penan, boucainvilli Ufa. !«/!7 11/19 *iy 30/21 |3y Sporu P i ham Penan. IT |e.y ]0 |uly-4 Aug.1,013 words
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421 1949-07-16 12 'LIFT BAN ENTIRELY' CALL BY PEN ANG CL 4 5 Have Had Their Day Says President From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Friday. pENANG race horse owners are unanimous that the ban on Class 1 horses should be "promptly and entirely lifted." The President of the Penang Turf Club, Mr. Ong421 words
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Article, Illustration24 1949-07-16 12 MONK'S HILL School team, winners of the Inter-School 6 x 110 Yards straight Relay at the Rangoon School Sports meet yesterday. Straits Times picture.24 words
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Article, Illustration129 1949-07-16 12 LAST year's China National Tennis champion, Ip Room Hun*, of Hong: Kong, arrived in Singapore last night by BOAC flying boat. He told the Straits Times that during his month's stay here ie would participate in the Malayan Tennis championships which will be played in129 words
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Article137 1949-07-16 12 ORGANISERS of all the Motorcar events, the Singapore Motor Club, will be holding a pßotographic rally tomorrow at 9 a.m. The starting point will be outside Prince's Restaurant and the finish will be at the Airport Hotel, where luncheon has been arranged both for competitors and officials.137 words
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Article381 1949-07-16 12 From Our Own Correspondent TAIPING, Friday. THE Taiping Turf Club, now in process of liquidation, wll donate $10,000 for a pavilion to be built for the Taiping Coronation Swimming Pool. At a general meeting held last night, presided over by the Chairman Sir Sydney Palmer,381 words
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Article133 1949-07-16 12 RANGOON ROAD Sch.^ol fee fi:.: >rhool in Malaya last year to introduce tram evmti 1 instead of individual even:*, on 'lie programme, held iv 19ih < annual athlrtic .spon.s mer; vps'erday on the school grounds. "I have put my foot <\<v\n on individual event.- in preference133 words
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Article177 1949-07-16 12 IN a friendly badminton match i played at the Goodyear godown last nikht. the two rival tyre firm*. Firestone and Goodyear battled i hard for supremacy on the courts. It was not until the last game that th° issue was derided, victory goIng to Firestone177 words
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Article85 1949-07-16 12 RESULTS of yesterdays ties in the V.M.C.A. open tennis rhainpiiMishlps are: Handicap double*: X H. Ang it Four Pin Chee (sort beat Dr. G. Haiidas and Dr. Foo Cnee Guan lacr) 6-2. 6-4- I.im Bong Soo and P X Yco (—4oi b?at Ong {Cheng Cliua and Tan85 words
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Article206 1949-07-16 12 JJ.A.F. scored their first victory in the Singapore A.F.A. Community League yesterday when they defeated the Indians by four goals to one at Ja<an Besar stadium It was not one of the best games in the competition, and the only interesting moments came when the goals206 words
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Article116 1949-07-16 12 TODAY < OJIMl NITY LEAGUE: S.C.C. v. Navy .lalan Besar stadium. CRICKET: Civilians v. Comb. Services S.C.C.; Non-Benders i. Police Thomson Rd.; I. A. v. B.O.D.C.A. I.A.; S.C.C. v. Raffles Insl. R.I.; C.S.C. v. RE. ME. Base W'shop— -C.S.C; B.C. B.C. v. Sinhalese Assn. B.C. B.C.; Victoria School116 words
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Article84 1949-07-16 12 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Fri. rE Malayan Race Horse Owners' Association will hold its annual general meeting this August. The President of the association, Mr. Ong Huck Lim, told the Straits Times today that the meeting would take place during the next Kuala84 words
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Article228 1949-07-16 12 LONDON, Fri. I 1*HE following are cricket results 1 at end ol play today: i At Lords. Players beat Gentlemen i by four wickets. Gentlemen 105 i and 267 (Jenkins, right-arm leg- break, 4 for 48 > Players 234 and 139 for 6 (Bailey, right-arm fast. IReuter - 228 words
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260 1949-07-16 12 BRUCE HARRIS - HOBBS, SUTCLIFFE ARE 1 AND 2 AGAIN BRUCE HARRIS By LONDON. Fri. riFTY different cricketerr are nominated by readers in reply to my request for postcard suggestions for the new honour of "honorary cricket membershiD." to be bestowed by the MCC on a select number of old professionals. The writ260 words
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407 1949-07-16 12 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Friday. QANTAS Airways Cricket team, playing for the first time in Johore Bahru, easily defeated the Johore Cricket Club by eight wickets today. Highlight of the match was 1 a remarkable bowling feat by iA. B. Barthelot407 words
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Article285 1949-07-16 12 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Friday. pENANG'S Thomas Cup stars, the two Teik Hocks, 1 will be playing in the 1949 Malayan badminton championships but only in one event each. Because he finds three days' play too strenuous, 00l Teik Hock will defend only285 words
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Article126 1949-07-16 12 NORTHAMPTON, Fri. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, set with 11 313 to make for victory after lunch today, forced a draw In their match against New Zealand, their score at stumps being 182 for elghi wickets. The county's first innings realised 33b (Barrlck 147 not out) In reply to the tourists'126 words
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Article53 1949-07-16 12 The following will play for Anglo-Chinese School Old Boya against the c.R.U. Sports Club at soccer at Parrer Park on Tuetday:—Toh Teow Seng; tCoh Hor Khoan, Ton* Jooa Bong; Michael Loh. Boon Kwang- Soh Teow Keng: Tony Too, Ha Fook Sian, Ong Swee Law, Lee Pak Thon&53 words
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Advertisement511 1949-07-16 12 VfcnoairiM ADS. Continued from page S> OmC SPACE WANTED WANT*!) an ohiee In business h or without furniture, p A'-OPS. 8.T. GODOWN SPACE WANTED BRITT: H COMPANY requires i H.000 sq. ft., altern. f \< o fodo* IW earn 4,000 sq. ft. Reply Bov No. AC974. 8.T. MM IKS ION511 words
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Advertisement107 1949-07-16 12 CHOSEN ACAirr m. f0 J for MALAYAN 1949^^^^^ CHAMPIONSHIPS Dun/op 'FORT ># TENNjS BALLS jf ~\k lof couriel ink 11 The cycle that* perfect Vk «i design ami performl(\ MAl\ Ba <^^. cycle t00 strong and iu\v -/rlit lcU bk aod "^pp* l ■INLSf Ul\ I I A withstand the107 words
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Miscellaneous22 1949-07-16 12 SINGAPORE TIDES TODAY: HW.. 2.00 a.m. <9ft. 2in). 3.05 p.m. (8ft. 3im. TOMORROW: H.W.. 2.44 a.m. (8ft. Tin). 3.38 p.m. (8ft. 2in».22 words
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