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Title Section18 1949-08-20 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 184s IiVKLVK PAGES SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, AUGUST 20, 1949. PRICE TEN CENTS18 words
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Article464 1949-08-20 1 Son Wounded: Chinese Told "Fight Back" From Our Staff Correspondent ALOR STAR, Friday. QNE of four men hurled a hand grenade last night into the house of Mr. Giam Eng Kong, Vice-President of the Kulim branch of the Malayan Chinese Association, and wounded his 14-year-old464 words
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Article, Illustration50 1949-08-20 1 l!li; PILOT AND CO-PILOT (m uniform) of the Bonanza aircraft (see picture this page) which arrived from Bangkok yesterday for Singapore's Air Day. With them Is Mr. Burnett-Rae of the Singapore Civil Aviation Department and the head of the Siamese Airways Central Department, Lt.-Col. Phra Phasa Sirat.— Straits Times picture.50 words
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Article267 1949-08-20 1 MANCHESTER, Friday. TWENTY -THREE people were reported killed today v ht>n a British European Airways airliner crashed .1 burned in fog-shrouded moorlands of Yorkshire. Nine persons were reported seriously injured. The plane, en route from Belfast, to Manchester, carried 29 passengers and a crew ofUP - 267 words
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Article118 1949-08-20 1 CAROL LUPESCU MARRIED iON, 'Portugal". Frl. IXMMER King Carol of 1 Rumania and Madam Helens Lupcscu were married in ;i religious ceremony last at the ex-monarch's nee. The Rev. Hartinlan Inino-viu-h. head of the Rumanian (Greek Orthodox Church in Paris, came here to officiate at the ceremony, which took placeAP - 118 words
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Article51 1949-08-20 1 TiMidU: shipping firms yes1 terday donated a total of Ito the University of i Endowment Fund. binging the total received \ug. 19 to $388,782.58 while gifts promised amount i StiTO.OOO. The firms are P. O. S.N. Company $25,000, 8.1. S.N. Company $10,000 and Islay K. rr51 words
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95 1949-08-20 1 2 SHOT, 1 KNIFED IN MALACCA FAMILY TRAGEDY From Our Own Correspondent MALACCA. Fri. TWO women and a man, connected by marriage with the same family, died violent deaths at Malacca today. MR. HOO KIM TOOM. prominent Straits Chinese was found shot in a smokehouse at Gajah Bcrang. With him95 words
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Article138 1949-08-20 1 Frum Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Frl. SECURITY Forces killed 45 bandits last month, captured 31. wounded and captured another five and wounded 13 more, who managed tn escape. Ten regular policemen, one special constable and four soldiers were killed in action. Nine regular138 words
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Article204 1949-08-20 1 THREE women pilots will take part in the Air Day fly-past today. In the leading plane, Mrs. J. Wagstaff will fly with Mr. H. O. Grant-Watson, the Flying Club captain. In the fourth plane, Mrs. L. Lambert will be co-pilot with Mr. C. Stone, and,204 words
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Article51 1949-08-20 1 FOR the first time in many years, a full-grown lion will be seen today in Singapore, the "Lion City." It will be one of the live exhibits in the QantasBOAC air-day stall, and will be one of several animals representing those carried by Qantas-BOAC51 words
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Article98 1949-08-20 1 New S'pore Fighters Take The Air rjiEMPEST fighter planes A' were seen over Singapore for the first time yesterday. Two of them took off from an airfield on the island on a test flight. They were from No. 33 Squadron which arrived by the aircraft-carrier Ocean recently. Ground crews of98 words
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Article129 1949-08-20 1 30 YEARS AFTER: THE OLD NEW SINGAPORE'S Air Day today gives the opportunity of showing two pictures which link 30 years of flying. ABOVE: The scene; The old Singapore race course. The date: December 4, 1919. The aircraft: A standard Vickers "Vimy" bomber with two Rolls Royce 360 h.p. engines129 words
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Article97 1949-08-20 1 BERLIN. Fri— The lour Allied commandants of Berlin, meeting yesterday, reached agreement for the first time lon one v. the points under discussion in their present sei'e* O1"O 1 talks aimed at •no v mali3in« lift in Berlin. The Soviet commandant, Ala.i Gen. Kotikov, agreed inReuter - 97 words
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Article158 1949-08-20 1 CALCUTTA, Fri. riVE were killed and six injured when police fired on a band of Bengal aboriginal Laiks in a village in Bishnupur district 100 miles west of Calcutta, a re port reaching here said today. One of those killed was a woman. The tribesmen,Reuter - 158 words
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Article113 1949-08-20 1 LONDON, Fri. BRITAIN has hopes that oil supplies to the Brjtishowned refineries at Haifa will begin again now that ArabJewish armistices have been been signed and the United Nations arms embargo has been lifted. The British-owned Haifa refineries shut down when Britain gave up its Palestine113 words
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Article29 1949-08-20 1 SYDNEY. Fri. Factories, shops and offices, their use of power rationed for nearly eight weeks because of the coal strike, turned their electricity on full blast yesterday.29 words
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Article103 1949-08-20 1 KINGSTON, (Ontario), Fri. V|R. John Rankin, 39-year-I** old Scottish aluminium worker here, has told how, faced with an expensive surgical operation, he crossed the Atlantic third class and had it free in Britain under the health scheme. Mr Rankin, who arrived In Canada less thanReuter - 103 words
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Article171 1949-08-20 1 Wealthy Fleeing From Canton HONG KONG, Fri. j^EARLY 500 foreigners and moneyed Chiiv left Canton yesterday for Hong Kong and Macao. Extra air services are being flown. Other planes have gone to Canton to take Nationalise Government property i<> Chungking, wartime capital about 600 miles northwest. More people are expected171 words
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Article72 1949-08-20 1 CALCUTTA, Frl. Th» Communist-dominated Bfngal Provincial Trades Onion Congress has called an AUIndia convention of railwaymen in Calcutta on Sppr 16 and 17. The agenda of the ru;ivtntion will include the question of forming a new All-Indki section of railway workpra and employees. The Communist section72 words
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Advertisement86 1949-08-20 1 I A Word on Leaf MGood tobacco like good wine |f\|tt relies upon the frown or smile of Dame Nature. Difference* in soil, vagaries jl of weather, will all affect the perfection or otherwise of the resultant cigarette. It 1* the expert selection and careful I blending of just the!86 words
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302 1949-08-20 2 TWO sailing boats less than 30 ft. long have crossed the Atlantic, one from Canada with two brothers who plan a new world, and one from Spain with 16 refugees from the old world. The Smith brothers landed in England after 43 days inAP - 302 words
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Article, Illustration37 1949-08-20 2 NEW AIRLINE CHAIRMAN SIR MILES THOMAS, who took over the chairmanship of British Overseas Airways Corporation in July this year. Sir Miles, former ViceChairman of the Nufneld Organisation, is also a director of the Colonial Development Corporation.37 words
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Article43 1949-08-20 2 SAIGON, Frl. Two were killed and 13 wounded, when a railway convoy was held up and attacked by Vietminh forces 28 miles from Saigon on Wednesday morning, It was learned last night. All the victims were Viet- j namese. Reuter. IReuter - 43 words
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Advertisement770 1949-08-20 2 NOTICES. TRADING WITH THE ENEMY ORDINANCE No. 22 of 1939 CUSTODIAN OF PROPERTY PROCLAMATION NO. II OF IMS SALE BY TENDER NO. 110 The Custodian of Property, Singapore, invites tender for the purchase of the following: Machine Tools Ex Japanese Reparations. 5 Nob. engine tool room lathes, complete in prim*770 words
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Advertisement394 1949-08-20 2 AUCTION SALE i OF SINGAPORE PROPERTIES Including Newly-constructed small bungalow with Vacant Possession to be held in our Sale-rooms Nos. 4 Sz 4-1, Collyer Quay. Sin- I gapore on TUESDAY 23rd AUGUST. 1949. at 2.30 D.m. 1 Freehold land and shophouses Nos. 24. 26 and 28 DEVONSHIRE ROAD. Respective areas394 words
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Advertisement269 1949-08-20 2 NOTICES. NOTICE THE MOTOR VEHICLES REGULATIONS NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR A HAULAGE PERMIT We, L. E Tels and Co.'s Trading Society of 162-164 CecU Street. Singapore, hereby give notice of Intention to apply for a Haulage Permit to operate a panel van for the carriage of our own goods only269 words
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Article251 1949-08-20 3 Aid To Europe Cut In Half WASHINGTON, Friday. THE House of Representatives yesterday rejected, by 164 votes to 92, an amendment to the U.S. Government's arms aid bill which would have riven $25,000,000 to anti-Communist areas in South-East Asia. Another $75,000,000 would have gone toReuter - 251 words
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Article179 1949-08-20 3 The World's Problems From Our Own Correspondent BANGKOK, Fri. THE rapid development of such basic industries as electric power and steel is the only effective means "of releasing Asia from the bondage of poverty," said Mr Emerson Ross. Deputy Executive Secretary of the Economic Council179 words
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Article169 1949-08-20 3 LAKE SUCCESS, Fri. A SPECIAL "World Food Fund" to help countries develop thoir food resources, was propsed to the United Nations World Resources conference yesterday by Sir Herbert Broadley, Deputy Direc-tor-General of the Food and Agricultural Organisation. Sir Herbert said that to give the whole world anReuter - 169 words
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Article67 1949-08-20 3 COLOMBO, Fri. A N agent of the Government J\ of Ceylon will be appointed to Malaya. It will be a purely official and executive and not a diDlomatlc post The establishment of the agency is necessitated by the provision in the Citizenship Act of Ceylon which requires67 words
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Article41 1949-08-20 3 RANGOON. Frl.— Burmese rebHb mad- two Scots and an Engiishmai sign a letter absolving them from any responsibility for their welfare jutside mbel territory, before allowing them to leave Prome, 16C 'nile 3 rorth of Rangoon -A.P.AP - 41 words
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125 1949-08-20 3 LONDON, FrJ. V|R. Palme Dutt. British Communist Party vicepresident, today suggested "cessation of hostilities" and "Immediate negotiations with representatives of the Malayan liberation movement" as a solution to what he called "the war in Malaya." The Malayan liberation movement was "the most representative InReuter - 125 words
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Article194 1949-08-20 3 LONDON, Friday. SIR Stafford Cripps. Chancellor of the Exchequer, will confer at once with the Prime Minister, Mr. \ttlee. on his return from Switzerland, regarding the vital economic conference to be held in Washington next month, officials disclosed here. Sir Stafford was expected to caveReuter; UP - 194 words
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Article63 1949-08-20 3 SYDNEY. Fri.— The greenkeeper at a Sydney suburban golf course saw several crows picking up golf balls and "bouncing" them on rocks along the seafront at one enc of the course. He also noticed that the birds, when they could not break the "eggs.' 1 pushedReuter; Reuter-AAP - 63 words
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Article47 1949-08-20 3 ATLANTA <U.S.>. Fri Dr Samuel Green, "Grand Dragon "nd Imperial Wizard" of the ~u K'ux Klan In Georgia, has died of heart attack He was 'he only member i of the order unmasked at public meetings and wore bright green robes. -U.PUP - 47 words
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Article36 1949-08-20 3 CAMBRIDGE, Fri. Mrs. Morrcw lait the British aviarix, is expected in London today at 11i«. end of her round the- worl;' flight. She left on her trip exactly a year ago yesterday —A. P.36 words
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Article285 1949-08-20 3 iMwnsowiLAMIwcA'Li^: BATAVIA, Friday. A N American imprisoned here for smuggling guns A into Indonesia denied today there was any link between his conviction and the recent murder of the dealer he had dealings with in Manila. '•I resent any Implications that George Murray's murderAP - 285 words
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Article, Illustration229 1949-08-20 3 Washington Talks CALL FOR MALAYAN ADVISERS Firm O-.;r Start l»nc pond-nt LONDON, Fri. A N advisory panel, Includt\ ing representatives of rubber industry and Malayan trcde, to aid the British delegation in the forthcoming Washington talks, is urged by Mr Walter Fletcher, M.P., in a letter to the Financial Times.229 words
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Article24 1949-08-20 3 LONDON. Fri Admiral Sir Philip Vlan will succeed Admiral Sir Phoderick McGrigor as Commander-ln-Chief of Britain's Home Fleet next January.— Reuter.Reuter - 24 words
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Article89 1949-08-20 3 SOUTHAMPTON. Thurs British seamen wounded by Chinese Communist artillery in th*- Yangtze last April came home yesterday aboard the 11,000-ton troopship, Dilwara from Hong Kong. I*M9 were from the crew rt th< sidop Amethyst, which ALi trapped by shore batteries for some three months, fioni th cruiserReuter - 89 words
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Advertisement199 1949-08-20 3 <Uo> DIAMONDS' ARE TRUMPS for efficient and reliable Dynamo Lighting for Cyclists Sold by all leading dealers Factory Representatives: T V. MITCHELL CO., LTD. I SINGAPORE KUALA LUMPUR PENANO 7~ Calendognaf Time from month L to *gcond g^ Li SHERBAMEE VhItENA CO. IX Itohinson Rd. I I S» r Tele:199 words
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Advertisement180 1949-08-20 3 AIR LIFT to YOU! Fresh strawberries, asparagus, oysters, mushroom, green peas, cherries, peaches, brussel sprouts, all luxuries here in tne tropics, are brought specially by air regularly to Cold Storage from Australia. If it is in season in Sydney you can have your share in Singapore See the special showcase180 words
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Article549 1949-08-20 4 'Serious Attack 9 On Courts From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA tUMPUR, Friday. THE joint proprietor of the newspaper Tamil Nesan, Mr. Malayandi Chettiar, was fined $750 and the editor, printer and publisher of the paper, Mr. Athi Nahappan, was fined $1,000 in the Kuala Lumpur Supreme549 words
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Article, Illustration53 1949-08-20 4 MAJOR AND MRS. I'KTER HURT aftef their marriage at the Church of Christ the King Tanglin Barracks, yesterday. Mrs. Hurt, formerly Miss Peggy Ansell was the secretary to the General Manager of Shell Co. in Singapore and Major Hurt has been with the Straits Steamship Co. for the past year.53 words
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Article231 1949-08-20 4 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. rpHE manager of Sungei Purum Estate in the x Kajang area of Selangor had a lone gun battle with two bandits on his estate this morning. He was on his rounds, i alone, when he saw the bandits.231 words
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Article134 1949-08-20 4 2,000,000 WITH JOBS IN MALA YA From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LtP*"TTi^ r ALMOST 2,000,000 neopl» were employed in Federation last year. mis Is revealed in the annual report of the Commissioner for Labour, Mr. R. G. D. Houghton, issued today. Despite the emergency, unemployment had been negligible and that134 words
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185 1949-08-20 4 From Our Staff Correspondent A VT L SEREMBAN, Friday. industry that could not pay reasonable wages for a fair standard of living ma de workers susceptible to Communism, declared Mr PP Narayanan Federal Legislative Councillor and rubber workers trade union representative, yester-185 words
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Article99 1949-08-20 4 IF the Government assisted the erection of more fish stakes in local waters, catches would Be increased and prices lowered, suggested the president of the Singapore Fish Merchants' Guild, Mr Chan Peng Lim, yesterday. Commenting on reports of proposed Government control, he said that99 words
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Article53 1949-08-20 4 A Chinese Chew Sze Ong, nlPaJed guilty in the Second Police Court yesterday to a charge of attempted cheat-i-w by inducing the sales mm ;> pcr of a 'r^al firm to deliver three cases of brandy ijy posin.' as the representative of a store. Clg wiil be sentenced53 words
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Article34 1949-08-20 4 The Singapore Court of Criminal Appeal yesterday onheid sentence of death passed on a young Chinese lan Aik, who fired '^n the police during a gang robbery outside a Chines? tpmple34 words
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Article108 1949-08-20 4 From Our Own Correspondent KAl'B, Friday. A CHINESE timber-cutter, Kam Kwai, caught a Hffer alive in his noose-trap in a banana plantation at the 7th mile Cheroh Koad, Raub. The matter was reported to the Raub Police, who sent a party to the spot and108 words
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Advertisement392 1949-08-20 4 ALHAMBRA Air-Conditioned Tel. 6909 TODAY! 11 a.m., 3 7.30 p.m. BRAND W^vT PRINT! Morning Matinef Today Tomorrow 9 a.m. Paramount'^ "BLUE SKIES" Technicolor Admission:— Adults $1; Children 50 cts. M'NITE TONIGHT |H^ 7,000 THRILLS! SHEFFIELD Galnw"2^S SOFTWOOD HARDWOOD LOGS PLANKS SKKWA POONAH KEMPAS JLI.ITONG KLRIING KAPOII MlltHM BAI.AI CHENBIIAI etc.392 words
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Advertisement185 1949-08-20 4 WhetherW het her it be Chippendale. V^^Lf //^jL^~ I a Corot or a Churchman. AjSiJBE *^^v the pleasure is the same *w£ Ak^S^*s£ r <2»^ pleasure that comes from the instinctive recognition MmJ^fy^t^^mfim 0/ merit. p£wt^US^^r^^M MUNICHI" HOUSE FULL O^ 2iK~ REPEAT PERFORMANCE FRIDAY 2*th AUGUST RADEN MAS O£XOMO HIS185 words
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550 1949-08-20 5 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. IT will be a long time before the trade union movement in Malaya can live down the events of 1948. says the Commissioner for Labour, Mr. R. G. D. Houghton, in his annual report issued today. "There550 words
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Article, Illustration60 1949-08-20 5 ATM* i^uoud. tbr AMiccor of Civil Aviauon, F?Tuch lodo-Ctaina, Mr. Ch. Lmfon (extreme left) pictured at Rallang on his arrival to attend me Air Day. With him, left to right, are: The Airport Manager, Mr. E. A. Healey; Mr. J. Perm a director of Air France- and Mr. Burnett-Rae, an60 words
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Article61 1949-08-20 5 A woman teacher, Miss Chen Siew Chiang will direct a mass physical training display to be given at Jalan Besar Stadium, Singapore, tomorrow morning by 1.000 girls and boys from seven Chinese schools. The display will form part of the Singapore Chinese Amateur Athletic Federation61 words
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145 1949-08-20 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. pOVERNMENT is not VI aware of any complaints j made *y candidates concern- j ing the manner in which the committee appointed to make recommendations for Selan- gor State scholarships had j dealt with their applications. This was an official reply j given145 words
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150 1949-08-20 5 I'roiii Our Stafl Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Frl. liHE steadfast attitude of estate and mine managers 1 and their workers, particularly In the more remote and dangerous areas, was one of the main factors In the deJeat of the objective, of the bandits, says the Commissioner150 words
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Article177 1949-08-20 5 THE Singapore Appeal Court yesterday confirmed the death sentences passed on three Chinese found guilty of strangling a young Chinese boatman at sea and throwing him overboard off Pasir Panjang. The boatman. See Kan Hai, was never seen again. The three condemned men are Ong Chee177 words
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Article169 1949-08-20 5 mHE rubber market con1 tlnued active this week on covering by E.C.A. and a more optimistic feeUng In the US.A., says Lewis and Peats weekly review. Prices in NewYork during the week showed a gain of one cent. Towards the end of the week, however, prices here169 words
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Article, Illustration53 1949-08-20 5 MR- Wt T«\l-T£N. whose exhibition of finger painting was opened yesterday, is seen on the extreme left of Mr. Malcolm MacDonald (standing). Dr. YVu Paak-sning, the Chinese Consul-General is behind the Commissioner-General. Straits Times picture. FINGER PAINTING: This Straits Times picture shows Mr. Wu Tsai-Yen at53 words
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111 1949-08-20 5 REPRESENTATIVES of the three Services in the United Kingdom Civil Labour Committee which has been visiting Malaya will make direct recommendations to their respective Services on improving the working conditions of their employees in Malaya. The Chairman of the Committee, Mr. W. J. Neden, gave111 words
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Article160 1949-08-20 5 AN exhibition of Mr. Wu Tsai-Yen's finger-paint-ings declared open at the Chinese Chamber of Commerce yesterday was described by the CommissionerGeneral for South East Asia, Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald as one of the most remarkable art exhibitions ever held in Singapore. It is a one-man show160 words
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Article99 1949-08-20 5 MR. M. R. F. ROGERS, President of the Sessions Court, yesterday acquitted and discharged Mokhtar bin Abdul Manap. a Penghulu's clerk, on a charge of having cheated Haji Ramli bin Basrl by inducing hi to tjive him $20. Mokhtar was discharged on two other counts preferred against99 words
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Article66 1949-08-20 5 The Singapore Court of Criminal Appeal yesterday reduced the death sentence passed on Chia Bute, an eat-ing-stall attendant, to a sentence of 10 years' rigorous imprisonment. CMa Buk had been found guilty of the murder of Chang Seng Chwee, his employer, but the sentence was later66 words
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Article56 1949-08-20 5 SINGAPORE CHhSS > 1.1 i», Y.MCA., Orchard Road, 3 p.m. MOVIE CIRCLE SHOW. Y.MCA. Orchard Road, 8 p.m. STRAITS CHINESE METHODIST YOUTH FELLOWSHIP, Cinema show on "The Book lor the World of Tomorrow." Guest Speaker, Mr. Lan Morrison of the National Bible Society of Scotland. Chinese Methodist Church56 words
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1125 1949-08-20 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Sat., Aug. 20, 1549. Flats For Tanglin The new Bungalow Area Bylaws which will come up for confirmation by the Singapore Municipal Commissioners at their monthly meeting on August 31 (having been approved by one of their standing committees) suggest that even an elected majority has1,125 words
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Article36 1949-08-20 6 LONDON, Fri.-A woman's chances of living to be 80 are twice a.s good as a man's in Britain. From 60 onwards the "weaker" sex outnumber 'he males by 1,000.000. -A P.36 words
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Article, Illustration1752 1949-08-20 6 Tuan Djek in Tanglin And on Mount Sophia at a Girls* School Smiles in the Pansy Lounge The Nonya lights five red candles. SUNDAY, Aug. 14. T STAYED in Singapore f r o m the fifth to the ninth of August with a married friend. The last time1,752 words
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Article361 1949-08-20 6 giftg fear* £%aJ (The following is taken from the daily column entitled On The Verandah in the Straits Times of Aug. 21, 1899.) The working of the Singapore Volunteer Artillery in the past 12 months does not appear to have been of an altogether satisfactory character.361 words
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Advertisement826 1949-08-20 6 CLASSIFIED ADS. BIRTHS EDLIN: To Oleen. wife of P. W. O Edlin. a daußr.ter. Andrea Eli Tbrtli 15th August. 1949. at X X Hfispltal. CHANni.ER: To Kathrlne and lan Chandler a daughter at Batu <i T 1-. h Hospital, on August 16 1949 Botn well. CRUICKSHANK To Cynthia (nee Hen-tock).826 words
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Article256 1949-08-20 7 Colony Leader To Approach Mr. Brazier PAN there be a pan-Malayan trade union organisation with headquarters in Singapore? Because there is no provision for this In Singapore's Trade Union Ordinance, a prominent Colony trade unionist, Mr. Yacob bin Abdullah will travel to Kuala Lumpur today256 words
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Article222 1949-08-20 7 COLONY JUDGE'S WARNING pacatiun brought by Major K. H. Kent, a former British Army oflicer, :._ainsi iwo partners of the re General Lighterii Transport Co. K. Ismail Salnb and Abdul Kanmun, to show cause why they s.ioula not. be prosecuted for abusing the processes 'jl tne Supreme Court, was refused222 words
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Article31 1949-08-20 7 Mr X L. Johnson,, Assistant Superintendent of Police, Singapore, has been aopointed to act as Superintendent of Police, Singapore, from June 15 in olace of Mr. H. C. F. Rhodda.31 words
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Article116 1949-08-20 7 2-Man Air Team For Sarawak A TWO -man team of the International Aeradio Ltd., London, leave Rinpapore today for Kuchma to organise navigational aids, air radio and airrx>rt traffic control In Sarawak. They are Mr. R. G. Harm, wh. will be senior repivsentative in Sarawak, and Mr. L A. Ballingall,116 words
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Article45 1949-08-20 7 The Executive Council of the Singapore Army Civil Service Union is giving a tea party today at the Cathay Restaurant in honour of the visiting United Kingdom Commission of Inquiry which is consdering the union's memorandum for Improved working conditions.45 words
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Article26 1949-08-20 7 Mansfi-1' Sports Club will hold an anniversary dinner and dance tomorrow at the St. Andrew's School Hall. Woorisville, from 7.30 p m. to midnight26 words
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Article259 1949-08-20 7 BUSINESS ADVICE FOR GOVT. From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. AN "Advisory Committee on Industry and Commerce" in the Federation has been formed and will hold its first meeting next month in Kuala Lumpur. Terms of reference of the Committee will be to advise on the principles to be259 words
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Article152 1949-08-20 7 A ROYAL Singapore Flying Club Tiger Moth, carrying a pilot and a co-pilot practising for today's Air Day display, crashed on landing at Kallang Airport last night. The pilot, 35-year-old Mr. J. A. Wilkins. and the co-pilot, 37-year-old Mr. George Dusting, were taken to the General152 words
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Article, Illustration29 1949-08-20 7 fctlLS OF the institute of Science, Singapore a visit to the Singapore Gas Works where they were shown round by the Works Superintendant, Mr. K. Sarrent. Straits Times picture.29 words
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Article101 1949-08-20 7 O INSCRIPTIONS lo the Cheeseman Fund, which now totals $2,000, should hp sent to the hon. secp'taries, Lee Hong Cheang it Co., China Street Ghaut, Ponang. or to any University of Malaya Endowment Fund appeal committee. The object of the fund Is to perpetuate at the University101 words
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Article47 1949-08-20 7 From Our Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Fri Five years after the death uf ti<e late Ketua Parit Rasipan b'n Suda, of Mukim Dri Gading. Batu Pahat. the Executive Council, Johore, has approved the grant of a gratuity of $100 to his hciis. A.P.AP - 47 words
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Article56 1949-08-20 7 fi poottg Malay, Haron bin l Idri wa: sentenced to three month* 1 rigorous imprisonment in the Singapore First District Court yesterday on a chaißP of house-breaking. It va stated that Irdis ha succeeded in entering an a tap hut at Geylang when on? ol <he occupants56 words
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Article150 1949-08-20 7 A WOMAN told the Singapore Coroner, Mr. W. G. ■\>rter, yesterday that she .arnc fcti step-daughter l( iaiu; going out on the night of Avg. P because it was the tve <>f a bin Chinese festival and 'devih were on the •-treets." fh° step-daughter, 16- year-oh!150 words
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Article161 1949-08-20 7 TORE UP WARRANT CARD From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH, Fri. A EUROPEAN mining enginee. whi. tore up a detective's warrant card and flung the piece;: into a drain was today fined $50 by Che Abdul Rahii an lv the Police Court. Th<-> engineer, J. W. Inglis. was convicted of obstructing161 words
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Article, Illustration591 1949-08-20 7 $238,000 Involved In U.S. Deals in U.S. dollars between a "go1 between" and a Singapore firm totalling $238,000 (Malayan) were referred to in the Second District Court yesterday when the local firm of Shriro (China) Ltd. appeared on three charges of buying foreign currency without authority. Pleading guilty to abetment591 words
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Article254 1949-08-20 7 PROGRESS IN CIVIL AVIATION THE establishment of the Malayan Air Training Corps and the eagerness of the country's youth to join it reflect the progress of civil aviation since the first Air Day held in Singapore In Sept. last year, said the Colonial Secretary, Mr. P. A. B. McKerron, in254 words
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Article77 1949-08-20 7 First post-war German film to be shown In Malaya, The Girl of My Dream, starring MariJca Rokk, rivals most productions of Its type from any part of the world, not excluding Britain and the United States. The songs ar > delightful, tht direction clever and the story77 words
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Article126 1949-08-20 7 Police Keep Crowd At Bay OINGAPORE police. armed* with kanda sticks, kept a crowd of aDout 5,000 in check in the Clyde Terrace waterfront area yesterday while the fire bngaae tackled a blazing dump of paint and white lend drums surrounded on three sides by big piles of wood. A126 words
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Article81 1949-08-20 7 Twelve years after a $10,000 scheme was drawn up to piovide Tanjong Klin;?, Singapore with fresh water, pipes have been laid to the end of Tajong Kling, and standpipes are being installed. People living from 'ne junction of Jurong ;ioad to Tanjong Kling Point81 words
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Article26 1949-08-20 7 Lieute.iant-Comnrander H. H. Rider has been appointed Honorary Aide-de-CaniP j the Governor of Singapore .n place of Lieutenant-Com-mander R. H. Lee v.lvj hat resigned.26 words
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Advertisement85 1949-08-20 7 MARTELL BRANDY Mgf COMPANY 1 MA LAVA L. IM i I TE cTI have pleasure in Introducing the > »^> Jji possess a full round V tone of surpassing sweetness, and Members of the Musical Profession and others whose musical ability enables them to Judge of the merits of it85 words
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Advertisement60 1949-08-20 7 II CHINESE ROSE- JZMW^yMzJ SMgMgjWWw»jWWWWwK»BHWIIiiWP*wPw^WWW^S^^^^^^ SINGAPORE KUALA LUMPUR PENANG Short of WHISKY? Come to THE TAVERN (fcuropean Residential Hotel) (Open to non-Residents) ■Mrst Class Bar Excellent Cuisine Best Service Meals A La Carte served up to Midnight Special Dinner every Wednesday Saturday KITCHEN under the Management of a NEW (lIKI60 words
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Article, Illustration526 1949-08-20 8 Betty Wilson - IT'S THAT NEW LOOK -AGAIN! Betty Wilson By PARIS, (By Air Mail). THRISTIAN DIOR, creator of the original New Look, expects to put women into uniform this winter. His jumper suit shown at his winter collection isT likely to revolutionise current fashions Just as Chanel swept across the 1920's with526 words
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Article, Illustration65 1949-08-20 8 THERE seems no end to the attractive table- v cloths, handkerchiefs table mats etc., that tumble out of i.iy "barung" boy's neatly packed bundle, but last tveek he bought along somet'iing ichich came as something of a surprise the most glaviorous negligee in white chiffon, exquisitely sewn, with65 words
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Article90 1949-08-20 8 ANE of the most brilliant Australian women gradit the Sydney Univers.ty in recent years is Nancy GleesonWhtte >vho has iust received her degree in Econom.cs with honours. ted fcr the stage, tllm Mi^s Gleesonprm Dlans a d ~>- lomatic career, and has been accepted as a cadet90 words
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618 1949-08-20 8 ONG before I ever dreamed of coming to Singapore I used to receive letters from all over the world, wonderful letters that told stories of lands and people I thought never to see myself. At the end of five years voyaging around the618 words
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Advertisement60 1949-08-20 8 JUNIOR 3E m*II WW 0 \i -*=r>. <*■-..■* XPi V ""^^T rmfU^ iii V i¥f^-' AFvj One or two packages Vy'^ ».^^Li^PP stored in the ice-making rffi\ section of your refrigerator I I m\ will form the basis of a \>3k y] very inviting sweet at any V 7 /l60 words
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Advertisement203 1949-08-20 8 Great or comfort does not ejcisll Inner Spring mattresses provide the most luxuriously CnmlortHhlc al<**puiK tturtar** mi far known to MMM^ VOIMO Inner Spring nutttrrs.-Mv* are uiict|iiHlleil tor superb quality «nd drsigii, anH ire txMUtitiil ami colour* ful in appf-aramc They Mauri up to harrfcii uar -tnd longer wear I203 words
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Miscellaneous318 1949-08-20 8 In today's deal It was f.ueiiion- could not be expected, and it was able tlwt a grand slam should precisely that card that should have bern bid. but since that was have been the crucial factor. the contract, the declarer should West led the club Jack. South have put up318 words
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Letter, Illustration164 1949-08-20 9 ON Indian Independence Day in Singapore a dinner was held at the Cathay Restaurant, at which many members of the Indian community, including the Representative of the Government of India and the Indian Trade Commissioner were present. About 10 yards away from this gathering there was164 words
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Letter129 1949-08-20 9 is re- ceiving generous at- tention in Singapore, but it is time something was done to relieve the plight of the numerous Singaporeans who are affect- ed with phobias, obsessions, melancholia, emotionalism, and other similar illnesses of the mind, as distinct from unmistakable insanity. At129 words
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Letter749 1949-08-20 9 ]WR. F. RILEY, who iT1 Straits. Times of EUROPEAN VVRITES is so highly prejudiced a and jagas-cum-moneyl that he ponders not to t\ turn moneylenders and this most unpleasant pu That is a problei jagas, who, unfortunatt to obtain a proper wa unscrupulous employer? to such749 words
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Letter359 1949-08-20 9 Explosion On Sunday Morning rnHERE'S a limit to one's patience, and when that limit is exceeded in this case by that enigmatical phenomenon called Radio Malaya— an outburst of unsavoury words is only to be expected. At this moment my blood is boiling. If you could only feel my skin.359 words
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540 1949-08-20 9 MALAYANS ARE LIVING ON THE FRONTIER IS it not rather astonishing the way visitors to Malaya criticise the lack of culture, aesthetic sense, universities and this, that and the other in the cultural line in Malaya, and fail to see the basis of Malayan life; that Malayan life is a540 words
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694 1949-08-20 9 THIRTY YEARS AGO IN SINGAPORE A Letter For Air Day fOMOUKOW will be Air Day in Singapore, :iikl it is appropriate to recall the early days of flying in this city, particularly for the benefit of the new generation. The first aeroplane ever to land in Singapore was the one694 words
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Advertisement161 1949-08-20 9 TIME... NO 0BJICTION! Only a three or four weeks' holiday Dozens of flights daily to choose to look forward to? Time enough from to all parts of Europe. Enjoy to make that eagerly awaited an impeccable air service, backed holiday in Europe a real holiday. by thirty years of experience161 words
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Advertisement117 1949-08-20 9 jj HOUSEHOLD liJyij APPLIANCES The Bti.MiMK .v.-TTLE B AC/DC $36.00 The MOLTON COFFEE PERCOLATOR AC/ DC $12.00 /HE CONTROLLF.D HEAT IRON No. 5 AC or AC/DC $22.00 Ootainable from all good stores, including: ROBINSON CO., LTD.— Rallies Place. Singapore. THE EMPORIUM— Battery Road, Singapore. NANG HENG CO., 225 Batu Road,117 words
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Miscellaneous245 1949-08-20 9 STRAITS TIMES CROSSWORD Strut (l« to took esos <»). CROSSWORD No. 188 A Imitation of human tpetKti 23. A full glatl Of wine (8). .^^jil^l .Jl .^L^-^^i li ihe ohitf of lhe»« 24. The actori signal (3). W ||2 ||M ii» peculiar praeutei O. 6). 2) Break id a border245 words
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Article203 1949-08-20 10 Malayan Weakens: Rubber Up THE weakening of the Malayan dollar in relation to the sterling Improved prices in the Singapore rubber market fractionally yesterday. The market opened steady, with good buying Inquiries from London. Closing prices yesterday were: No. 1 sheet f.o.b. buyers 34 v* cents, sellers 34 Vi cents;203 words
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Article199 1949-08-20 10 /CONTROL cumr.cj rales In V force today are: FREE MARKET: Best T.T. O.D. selling rates quoted by' members of (he Malayan Exchance Banks Assn.: London. 2 3 13 16; India, Pakistan, Ceylon and Burma, 154H; Hong Kong 53 11 16; Australia 2/10 21 32: New Zealand, 2/3 13/16.199 words
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Article21 1949-08-20 10 NEW YORK. Frl— T^e upward movement on the New York stock exchange continued yesterday. The market closed steady. Router.Reuter - 21 words
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Article53 1949-08-20 10 LONDON, FrL BRITISH securities suffered fresh relapse on thr Stork Exchange yesterday, with War Loan 3'i per cen* the biggest loser dropping 1% to 94 1 The continued downward movement was attributed largely to further devaluation talk. Rubbers were neglected, but certain selected tins gainedReuter - 53 words
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Article269 1949-08-20 10 (■""LOSING middle prices of selected stocks, as supplied to the Straits Times by special arrangement with The Financial Times are as follows: (unless otherwise marked, shares are of £1 denomination). MIBHB Consols 71* Funding 1960-90 107ft —94 War3V*% 9414 1/V4 RAILS Can. Pac. (£5) 19ft H RANKS Chartered269 words
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Article868 1949-08-20 10 From Our Market Correspondent THE Singapore tin share market was hesitant and quiet yesterday, with a certain amount of profittaking. Industrials were mainly unchanged, while rubber shares came for very little attention. Prices quoted by the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association were: Bayer* Stllen AtlM lc* 16 50868 words
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Advertisement1129 1949-08-20 10 MANSFIELD tfc CO., LTD. incorporated m Singapore) BLOB FUNNEL LIMB STRAITS STEAMSHIP CO.. Carrier t option to procved via other LTD. port to load and discharge ggaj* wtS t OASI MALAYA SA.UNCS r.OM OK b O.SA V.WWW tv", S Titan 'rom JK. Aug U Vessel foi Port Dickson A«« 251,129 words
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Advertisement362 1949-08-20 10 PRESIDENT LINER SAILINGS TO NEW YORK AND BOSTON VIA CEYLON INDIA. ECYPT ANO MEDITERRANEAN PORTS S'oore P >'ham Penang Pres Buchanan Aug. 20/21 Aug 24/25 Aug ?6/29 Pras Harding Asa 30 Sept 6 Sept 7/8 Sept 9/1] 0,,, R urM (ept 14 20 Sept 21 22 feet H'76 Pres leHerson362 words
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Advertisement391 1949-08-20 10 EAST ASIATIC LINE SAILINCS FROM SCANDINAVIA "UK S A IC I N C* 10 CO'JT I N C NT/ CONTINENT SCANOINAVIA Loading at Singapore Port Swettenham m.s. "Manchuria" due abt Aug 22 &Panan R for Bangkok Saigon. "Tranquebar" Codowns 38/39 tor Madras Colombo Aden Port Said Cenoa Antwerp. m* 'Moruba391 words
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Advertisement1007 1949-08-20 10 McALISTEH tft CO., LTD. I incorporateo r\ Singaonre) SLLBRMAM tk BUCHMALL KLAVENESS LINE LONDON. rIA.Kt ANIWkKP. LOS ANCkLkS SAN FRANCISCO, KOUtROAM ft MAMBORC PORILAND fEAIILE ft VANCOUVER vill Or LIVtRPOOL Acceotms -aiß> fw LgtaMai b iouth Spo.« '•'►vim Panang American Pntts. °W2 24-26 Au,. 2,-2, Au. $poi# Penani CUT Ot-1,007 words
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Article958 1949-08-20 11 EPSOM JEEP - EPSOM JEEP Has Recovered From Injury By BONNIE Grey has been certified 'fit for racing' by the vet and, in spite of a 'welter burden of 9.09, I take her as the best bet on the card at Kuala Lumpur today, the last day958 words
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Article149 1949-08-20 11 St rait s Times Se le ctions STAR PERFORMER Scholar Efflnrhim SCHOLAR SCHOLAR ACE 1 s.so Effinfham Star Performer Efflngham Rainbow PEGGY'S CHOICE Baroness Maintain PERAMBULATOR PEGGY'S CHOICE Catherine Desert Kins; ACE t S 00 Pegfy's Choice Colour Patch LADY OF KENT BATTI II EASTERN STREAM BatU II Irish Sonf149 words
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Article248 1949-08-20 11 EPSOM JEEP - UKComments On Racing In Malaya EPSOM JEEP ?> KUALA LUMPUR, FrL NOT since Punkawalla's triumph in the Singapore Gold Cup in 1933 and Marie Ney's success with Mystic Music in 1940, has racing In I Malaya been brought to the I notice of the sporting public in England by sports248 words
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Article916 1949-08-20 11 Double totes: Races 3 4, 7 8. Big Sweep: Race 8. Race 1—2.30: Cl. 5. DIv. 4— 5| Furs. 002 Scholar Bagby 9.00 "Federation Kongsi" Klrwan 004 Star Performer Flannery 8.10 "Mr. Sound" Rodger? 000 Rainbow Ellery 8.09 'Green Kongsi" Yong 000 Miss Jewel Turner 8.08 "Prosperous916 words
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Article100 1949-08-20 11 Mulloy Talbert Lose BROKLINE, MASS. Fri. FRANK Sedgman and George Worthlngton, the young Australian rombinatlnn ?.™,/m itL. ,?«Sf2-2«' caused a major upset yesterday when In a quarterfinal of the United States lawn tennis doubles championship thpv pHmlrtfttprt th« rtpfpnrlinTch^Ton^ardVMX and Billy Talbert 8-4 1-8 7-5 9-7. Mulloy and Talbert were100 words
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Advertisement234 1949-08-20 11 THEIR MARRIAGE MADE THEM FUGITIVES... HE THOUGHT HT: WAS SHOCK IJROOF1 J ROOF TILL HE FOUND OUT WHY SHE MARRIED HIM 4Lmi 11 -1.45 -4.00 -b.3d -9.30 J\JC*\ TODAY! PRECEDED BY DEW 3 STOOGES COMEDY TONIGHT S M DOUBLE AnRACTION *J^ MIDNIGHT! «Ij The Hurd-Ridin' Shootin' |jf 1 Fightin' Lovin'234 words
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Advertisement177 1949-08-20 11 NOW SHOWING! II a.m.— 1.45— 4.00— 6.30 9.30 p.m. A MICHAtI CURTIZ p »°w c ™W, ifJ^^V DORIS DAY* JACKCARSON *LE£ BOWMAN •mAOOI^HE 6VE S?tuotx>t l. MfWOURDEN »^rf Thrill to Radio's 7949 Dream Girl DAYlieious DORIS DAY singing "My Dream Is Yours," "Someone Like You," "Love Finds A Way," "I'll177 words
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Miscellaneous334 1949-08-20 11 Today's Radio SINGAPORE These You Seldom Hear; 9.45 xt t Y. A.F.I.; 10.30 Rhythm on 10.00 News from Kuala Lumpur; Records; 11.30 Close 10.05 Close; 12.00 noon Programmes In Malay; 1.00 Pro- B. W, E. B. 8. gramme Summary; 1.02 Dance music; 1.30 News (also at 7 J^, h BB334 words
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Article1017 1949-08-20 12 BOBBY NJOO SCORES GREAT VICTORY And Goes Home Today To Studies AN ALL-TIME record crowd of an estimated 12,000 saw 21-year-old Java Chinese boxer Bobby Njoo beat 34-year-old Siamese Phol Prapadaeng on points over ten rounds in one of the greatest fights ever seen in the history of local boxing1,017 words
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Article109 1949-08-20 12 Today on the S.CC. Padang at 2.15 a team of Boys will play their Fathers at cricket Teams are: Boys: D. Abbot; B. W. Clements; G. W. Clements; J. D. Cotw; S. M. Haliday; O. R. Haliday; R. J. N. Leonard; C. O. McKerron;109 words
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Article101 1949-08-20 12 TODAY AIR DAY: Kallanf airport. I p.m. CRICKET: S.C.R.C. v. Indian Asm.. BalesUer; Police v. Clarke Rangers Thomson Rd; Boys r. Father*, Padang-; C.S.C. Y. MCA— CSC. SOCCER: Tiong Bahru Rangers v. Tuan Mong Old Boys— Farrer Park. TENNIS: Tanglin Club tourney. SWIMMING: Singapore Dist Meet— Gillman Barracks,101 words
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Article190 1949-08-20 12 Greenwood Whitmore Win Easily /iREENWOOD and Whitmore. In U the men's open doubles, scored the easiest win of yesterday's ties in the Tanglin Club tennis tournament. They beat Hearn and van Dapperan 6-0, 6-0. Full results were: Handicap mixed doubles: Fay Miss Walker-Taylor (-30) w.o. Mr <5e Mrs. Dean. (+30);190 words
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Article77 1949-08-20 12 pEYLON Sports Club cricket team to meet RAF. Seletar in a tournament game tomorrow at 11.00 a.m. at Seletax. (Transport leaves Beach Road at 10.00 a.m.):— S. K. Sundram (Capt /> R. V. S. Sundram, A. Vijiaretnam. C. Thuraisingam, M. C. Kailasapathy. S. Velluplllal. K77 words
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315 1949-08-20 12 LETTER TO THE SPORTS EDITOR I WRITE with reference to the article by "Epsom Jeep" which states that the up-country clubs will propose at a Straits Racing Association meeting in Singapore on Sept. 11 that Class 4 and 5 horses be replaced with better ones.315 words
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Article, Illustration449 1949-08-20 12 CHINESE had to fight hard to take full points when they met the Navy in a Community League soccer match at Jalan Besar stadium yesterday, winning by two goals to one. The first half, which was scoreless, was characterised by several promising attacks by449 words
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Article63 1949-08-20 12 Singapore District cricket team have three two-day fixtures, one this month, and two in September. On Aug. 27-28, they wlU play the Indian Association on the I.A. ground in Balestier, starting at 4.15 pm. on Aug. 27. On Sept. 13/14, Singapore District will meet RAP at Seletar,63 words
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Article124 1949-08-20 12 LONDON, Friday Britain's Ryder Cup team to meet the United States in the profession a golf match at Ganton ne<ir S<orborough on Sept. 16 and 17 wu chosen today as follows Dick Burton, Charlie Ward, Sam King, James Adams, Max Faulkner, Fred Daly, Laurie Ay ton.Reuter - 124 words
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Article227 1949-08-20 12 LEADING COUNTIES GAIN EASY WINS LONDON, Fri. IN the County matches finishing today, the league Middlesex went ahead to keep the lead with an Innings defeat of Derbyshire. Worcester and Yorkshire kept pace In the race for the championship by taking innings victories over Kent and Warwickshire. Results of matchesReuter - 227 words
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160 1949-08-20 12 THE Tiger Sporting Association soccer team will be leaving Singapore for Rangoon via Bangkok by plane at 9.30 o'clock this morning to play a series of games in Rangoon. The touring side includes several well-known soccer players including Dollah Don,- the Johore State player.160 words
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Article138 1949-08-20 12 LOS ANGELES, Fri. Hironoshl Furuhashi of Japan won the 400-metre free-style at the AAU swimming championships, setting a new world record of 4 minutes 33.3 seconds. Shiro Hashizume was second and Murayama was third witn Yoshio -Tanaka fourth. At the end of the 200 metreUP - 138 words
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Article97 1949-08-20 12 S C R.C. cricket teams against Indian Association at B^le^ler Plain are as follows: Today at 2.15 p.m.: L<m Hock Ohye, Cheong Thlam Slew, Khoo Ong Lee; Alex Tan; Lian Fook Choon; Ha Fook Sian; P™?^ Lee Yong Slew Khow, Chan Onn Yip, Ong Ton* Bee, C.C. Chiang.97 words
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Article36 1949-08-20 12 IN a Jnr. A. Grp. 2 league soccer fixture played on the BOD. C.A. ground, St. George's Road yesterday, Hong Kong Se Shanghai Bank beat H.M. Customs by two goals to one.36 words
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Article542 1949-08-20 12 COMMUNITY SOCCER PLAN OPPOSED From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. fOMMUNITY leaders who have made great efforts since the war to foster inter-racial harmony on the sports fields of Malaya will have their work put to the test if a proposal for a new soccer competition put forward by542 words
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Article171 1949-08-20 12 BRIGHTON. Sussex, Fri. ON the eve of Britain's Ryder team being selected in readiness for next month's match against the United States the News Chronicle £1,500 professional golf tournament ended here yesterday in an amazing victory for Dick Burton, a comparative veteran, who isReuter - 171 words
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Article165 1949-08-20 12 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Fri.—Three Sclangor records were broken in today's heats and finals in the Selangor A.A.A. meeting;. Youthful Tan Huck Chiang at the Selangor Chinese A.A. threw the javelin 165 ftet 11>* Inch s to improve on the Selangor record by165 words
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Article74 1949-08-20 12 From Our Staff CoiirM>onclent PENANG, Fri.—One of Malaya's best known boxers, Khoo Ben« Choo—who. as Battling Khoo. was a Jormer featherweight champion of Penang —died in the General Hospital early this morning from injuries sustained in a motor-cycle accident yesterday evening. Khoo started his boxing career in 193174 words
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Miscellaneous22 1949-08-20 12 SINGAPORE TIDES TODAY: 8.60 a.m. (6ft 81n) and 6.54 p.m. (7ft 91n) TOMORROW: 9.58 a.m. Oft 3ta) and 8.10 p.m. (8ft 3in)22 words
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