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Title Section18 1949-09-05 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 KiHT PAGES SINGAPORE, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1949. PRICE TEN CENTS.18 words
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Article168 1949-09-05 1 From Our Own Correspondent TAIPING, Sunday. A HAND grenade lobbed into Coronation Park last night killed a Chinese and wounded six other men and one woman. Police surrounded the park immediately and obtained 82 people. Thp grenade was thrown over the park fence from168 words
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Article57 1949-09-05 1 The trooper Empress of Australia arrived in Singapore yesterday with 2,000 troops aboard for Hong Kong, comprising the First Regiment of the King's Shropshire Light Infantry and the South Staffordshire Regiment. Three hundred and fifty troops disembarked in SingaDore for duty In the Colony The ship will57 words
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Article146 1949-09-05 1 "Trade" Of Information In Tokyo TOKYO, Sun. THE visit of Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald, Commission-ner-General for South-East Asia, took on more importance tonight. An official British source said that Mr. Mac Donald not only would receive a complete briefing on Japan from General Mac Arthur's experts but he would giveUP - 146 words
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Article, Illustration462 1949-09-05 1 Aussie Wives Of Chinese In New Move From Our Own Correspondent SYDNEY, Sunday. THE Australian wives of Chinese to be deported under orders issued by the Australian Immigration Minister, Mr. Calwell, are to appeal to Dr. Evatt on the grounds that deportation of their husbands462 words
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Article55 1949-09-05 1 CANBERRA, Sun. The Prime Minister Mr. Chifley said today that the 46 German scientists at present In Australia and many more German specialists would be welcome if they can pass the security tests. Australia has at least £1,000,000 worth of German machinery on order and much reparation equipment55 words
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Article38 1949-09-05 1 Forty new horses for the Malayan Turf arrived lr Singapore yesterday by the Dutch liner Nleuw Holland from Australia There were also two polo ponies and three pedigree Alsatians on board for local owners.38 words
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Article, Illustration47 1949-09-05 1 THE Sydney Morning Herald published this cartoon last week following the announcement ibat a Government chartered plane had left for New Guinea with the first batch of Chinese deportees from Australia. Mr. John Citizen: "Excuse me, i>oc i thought for a moment i Ocaid you say something.'47 words
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Article210 1949-09-05 1 U.S. MAY LOWER TARIFFS WASHINGTON, Sun. A UNITED States Senate battle to give President Truman more freedom to lower trade barriers to foreign goods is due to begin at the same time as the Anglo-Ame-rican-Canadian economic talks this week. United States tariffs will be one of the subjects discussed byReuter; AP; UP - 210 words
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Article, Illustration32 1949-09-05 1 SINGAPORE INDIAN CHILD REN in the apple-biting event at a sports held at the New World Amusement Park yesterday to celebrate Onam, annual Hindu festival of Kerala, South India .—Straits Times picture.32 words
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Article123 1949-09-05 1 rpWO officers from the U.S. Foreign Service -one from Seoul and the other from Ba- tavla— have been appointed j observers for the forthcoming United Nations Conferences in Singapore. Mr Owen L. Dawson from! Seoul, has been appointed U.S. observer for the Food and Agriculture123 words
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Article104 1949-09-05 1 THE University of Malaya Endowment Appeal Fund has passed the halfmillion dollar mark. At the end of August the 'and stood at $515,421 banked in Malaya and subscribed by about 300 individuals, firms or groups of individuals. Promised donations and long-period subscriptions brings the fond to104 words
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Article60 1949-09-05 1 HONG KONG, Sun. More than 3,000 aircraft took off and landed at the colony's Kaitak airport during August. This is a record for the airport beating the previous best In May when the Shanghai evacuation was at its height. The August record substantiates Kaltak's claims toReuter - 60 words
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Article351 1949-09-05 1 FILTON near BRISTOL Sunday. T<HE 130-ton fiant aircraft Brabazon One, largest x civil plane in the world, made a 27-mlnute maiden flight here today. She took, off at noon from a specially constructed runway and thousands of spectators cheered as the huge cigar-shaped body of theReuter - 351 words
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Article30 1949-09-05 1 DALLAS, Texas, Sun. Major-General Walter C. Short, who was in command of Pearl Harbour at the lime the Japanese attacked died last night at his home here. —UP.UP - 30 words
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182 1949-09-05 1 1,000 DIE IN CHUNGKING FIRE DISASTER HONG KONG, Sunday. ABOUT 1,000 people died and 100,000 were made homeless in Chungking, China's wartime capital, as a result of the disastrous fire which broke out on Friday and continued throughout yesterday morning, according to latest despatches from the Chinese official Central NewsReuter - 182 words
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Article85 1949-09-05 1 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. CECURITY forces have two bandits. Trengganu police on jungle patrol near Ulu. Paka on Saturday I afternoon killed a Chinese bandit and wounded another who managed to escape. In Johore a patrol from the 16th Field Battery operating In the85 words
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174 1949-09-05 1 Chinese Red C-in-C Thanks Russians HONG KONG, Sun. THE Chinese Communist C-in-C. said in a broadcast relayed by Moscow Radio yesterday that victory for the Chinese Communist Army would have been impossible without the aid of the Soviet Union. The statement, which was also published in the Corninform newspaper, said:Reuter; AP - 174 words
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Advertisement67 1949-09-05 1 1 w^rt. WHY WAIT FOR CHRISTMAS Turkeys ire associated with Christmas but that's no reason why you shouldn't enioy them at other times. Hot for a dinner p3rty, or cold for a buffet supper, they're the most economical way of buying poultry because there is so much flesh on them67 words
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Article325 1949-09-05 2 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Sunday. /\NE possible plank in the emergency bridge across v Britain's dollar gap has lost some of its solidarity by the action of the United States Senate in cutting, by more than half, the Munition Board's authority to make advance325 words
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Article69 1949-09-05 2 BONN. Germany, Sun. Willi Messerschmitt, famous German airplane designer has disclosec a recent offer from Russia to build fighter plants foi the Red Air Force. Hitler's fighter plane constructor toln the press he had received offers from "almost every country In the world" to build airplanes.UP - 69 words
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Article69 1949-09-05 2 r RANGOON, Sunday. O British octogenarians have told the British Consul in Rangoon that they are determined "to live or die" inside the rebel-held city of Taunggyi. They hare made their homes in the city and it is the "only home we know." They have69 words
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Article108 1949-09-05 2 THE POPE CONDEMNS WARSAW CASTEL OANDOLFO, Sun. ¥>OPE Pius XII has accused Poland of violating religious rights. He condemned the activities of Warsaw's Communist government and urged Poland's 20,000,000 Catholics to defend Christ and the Church with all their might. In a letter to Polish bishops dated Sept. 1, theAP - 108 words
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208 1949-09-05 2 WASHINGTON, Sunday. AN instance of the Vice-President of the United States, Senator Alben Barkley, using a U.S. Air Force plane to "keep a date" in Kentucky with a widow "he is supposed to be romancing" was brought up in the Senate yesterday. The Vice-Presldent wasUP - 208 words
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Advertisement283 1949-09-05 2 Why do his teeth stay white? i /7y&S Denti !J!£ Do you want your teeth to stay white and sound i Then use KIOW Oibbs Dentifrice always -it prevents any risk of damage in the CieW because it deans well and wtely. COlOUfed There's no waste in use atbci, so283 words
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Article175 1949-09-05 3 From Our Stiff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. NEW text books for Chinese vernacular schools In Malaya, written by residents of Malaya with a Malayan outlook, are planned by a Chinese Education Technical Advisory Committee. An attempt has already been made, as a temporary expedient, to improve175 words
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Article, Illustration36 1949-09-05 3 MISS GRACr JOHN, uau.nur of the late Dr. 1. S. John of Singapore and Mr. George Kathiresu, a school teacher at Kuantan, who were married at the Tamil Methodist Church in Singapore yesterday. Straits Times picture.36 words
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187 1949-09-05 3 LONDON, Sunday. EUROPE celebrated the tenth anniversary of the outbreak of World War Two yesterday with exprisoners claiming pay in Paris, Brussels cheering marching troops, and London newspapers comparing conditions in 1939 and now. About 60,000 French exprisonen of war packed the Velodrome D'Hlver andReuter - 187 words
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Article34 1949-09-05 3 ATHENS. Sun. A Greek Foreign Ministry spokesman said today that the Israeli Government had decided to return to the Greek Orthodox Patriarchs all its Immovable :ind other property which is sequestered.— A.PAP - 34 words
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252 1949-09-05 3 SYDNEY, Sunday. THE Sydney Sunday Herald reports that Gen. Mac Arthur's fulsome praise of the Japanese renewed on the fourth anniversary of their surrender "leaves most cold.*' "No Australian would wish to appear ungracious or Krudßinß in relation to the achievements made inUP - 252 words
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Article36 1949-09-05 3 MANILA. Sun.— To conserve the Philippine Republic's fast dwindling dollar reserves, import controls will be drastically tightened soon. The l-i-portatlon of certain luxury and non-essential items is to be restricted.— Reuter.Reuter - 36 words
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Article136 1949-09-05 3 BATAVIA, Sun. REPUBLICAN Major-Gene-ral Suhardjo returned from South Borneo yesterday with an announcement that the cease-fire agreement negotiated with Dutch officials last week would be effective within 14 days. Simultaneously. Dutch sources said the general strike which paralysed the South Borneo capital of Bandjermasin136 words
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Article100 1949-09-05 3 NEW DELHI, Sun.— An Indian Government spokesman said today Chinese Communist charges that India was planning to annex Tibet were "all nonsense." Evening newspapers he?e on Saturday published front page reports of a Communist broadcast from Pelping. In which the New China News Agency said thatUP - 100 words
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Article74 1949-09-05 3 PRAGUE San. IN Czechoslovakia it Is likely that Good Friday will no longer be observed on a Friday. The State cannot afford it. A Government announcement says Good Friday and nine other Church holidays will probably be kept up on Sundays so that no74 words
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Article, Illustration52 1949-09-05 3 The Society of British Aircraft Constructors believe the Vickers-Supermarine P. 510 (pictured above) to be capable of exceeding the speed of sound, which at sea-level is 760 m.p.h. and 660 m.p.h. at 30,000 feet. One of Britain's two new jet fighter atrcraft—the other is the Hawker P.IOS2—U it intended for52 words
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132 1949-09-05 3 SAN FRANCISCO, Sunday. FkEFENCE attorneys said yesterday that the 28- year-old Portuguese husband of Mrs. Iva ("Tokyo Rose") D'Aquino would take the witness stand when the longest treason trial in American history starts again on Tuesday. Felipe D'Aqulno. five years younger than theUP - 132 words
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Article20 1949-09-05 3 BERLIN. Sun— Lord Beypridgc, British authority on social welfare, will visit Berlin from Sept. 13 to 15.— A.P.AP - 20 words
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Article, Illustration49 1949-09-05 3 TABLE MANNERS are not a feature of feeding-time at the London Zoo. Susan, Compo, So-So and Sally (above) show that finer n are better than forks, while BID the sea-lion (below) show* that you need not *orry about the bones when eatta g fish.— Beater pictures.49 words
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Article93 1949-09-05 3 IN the little village of Kuala Penyu, North Borneo, stands a memorial to a young American airman who was killed when his plane crashed nearby five months before the Japs surrendered. The memorial 1* a school, built with money sent to Borneo by the American airman's93 words
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Article24 1949-09-05 3 GENEVA, Sun.— The International Refugee Organisation will more 18.133 displaced persons to the United States and 12,330 to Australia during September.— AP.AP - 24 words
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Article28 1949-09-05 3 The Sinzapore Fire Brigade was called out yesterday to a itre In a small tree In St. Andrew's compound, which had been Ignited by joes sticks.28 words
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Article179 1949-09-05 3 LONDON, Sunday. F)I PLOMATIC officials have disclosed here that the United States is In disagreement with Britain and France over the size and shape of a future West German merchant navy. The officials explained that British ana Trench experts have rejected a series of179 words
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Article45 1949-09-05 3 BERLIN. Sun.— The Ist Battalion of the Queen's Royal Regiment will parade on Berlin's Olympic Stadium on Friday to commemorate the battle of Salerno. Battalions of the Regiment took part in the battle of Salerno in Italy In 1943.— A.P.AP - 45 words
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Article28 1949-09-05 3 NEW DELHL Bun— The Indian Government announced yesterday that India and Finland had ratified a one-year trade agreement, signed In New Delhi on May 9.— AJ».28 words
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Article185 1949-09-05 3 Yugoslavia Denies Invasion Fears BELGRADE. Sun. YUGOSLAVIA has de1 nied that It fears Russian invasion. A report that the country was alarmed about a possible Red attack has been referred to in an official Government statement as "pure guesswork The Yugoslav Government has also denied a "Voice of America broadcastReuter - 185 words
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Article98 1949-09-05 3 LONDON, Son. niPLOMATIC quarters here say the Greek Government has been cautioned by Britain against attempting any invasion of Albania in pursuit of rebel forces fleeing fighting. The Albanian m Defence Ministry meanwhile, has disclosed that 227 Greek guerilla troops who crossed the border into AlbaniaReuter; AP; UP - 98 words
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Article83 1949-09-05 3 LONDON. Sun.— The Indian Government has purchased No. 0, Kensington Gardens, London, as India's official Ambassadorial residence. The house Is at present In a very poor state of repair, and according to reports, will cost about £80,000 for new furnishings and repair. The coat of the mansionUP - 83 words
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Article46 1949-09-05 3 BAO PAULO. Bun. Police are investigating with the utmost secrecy a big robbery at General Motors of Brazil at Bao Caetano. Involving goods valued at about $2.000 000 (Malayan*. So far 40 employees. Including some high officials, have been detained.— D.P.46 words
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Article50 1949-09-05 3 1 i LKN A r lON \L KOKINIGHTLY CLUB (Y.W.C.A.), Mr. Jackson's Studio, 9 Lady Hill Road. 10.30 a.m. ST. JOHN AMBULANCE ASSOCIATION. English Pint Aid Classes, Headquarter* of Association. Stamford Road, 8.15 p.m. INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS ASSOCIATION Life Class. British Council Centre, Stamford Road, pjn. to 8.90 p.m.50 words
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116 1949-09-05 3 YOU CAN TAKE A SCOTSMAN'S WHISK Y BUT TAKE CARE ABOUT HIS TARTAN S-n«-» LONDON, Sunday. COTS everywhere, and the men who ran the exclusive tailoring establish ments in London's Savile Row, agreed today that Britain's need for dollars could not possHHy be so serious as to permit the fulfilmentAP - 116 words
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Advertisement191 1949-09-05 3 jd&jT OBRITOCICLEUIM YSALE We are maintaining this Sale as long as our stock lasts. In pursuance with our policy as announced in our Ist. advertisement we Intend to clear this out. Here's proof of our lnentlon THE SALE WILL GO ON! and Here's opportunity to BUY NOW SAVE 25% to191 words
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1093 1949-09-05 4 The Straits Times Singapore, Mon., Sept. 5, 1949 St. Clair And Van Kleef At the annual meeting of the society called the Friends of Singapore last Friday, Dato Sir Roland Braddell reminded the Singapore public of something that most of them do not know or have forgotten that there are1,093 words
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Article95 1949-09-05 4 LONDON. Sun. SaudiArabia's ambassador. Haflz Wahba, said here that his government would not permit oil tankers to carry Paudl- Arabian oil to the Brltlsh- owned Haifa refineries, crippled by lack of raw mat1 erlal. In a letter to the London Times he refuted a report that95 words
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Article, Illustration699 1949-09-05 4 A CENTURY OF TRADING IN MALAYA Sandilands, Buttery Anniversary Today marks the centenary of one of the oldest and best known British mercantile houses of Singapore and Penanr, Sandilands, Buttery and Co., Ltd., this being the hundredth anniversary of the appointment of the original firm as Lloyds' agents in Penang.699 words
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499 1949-09-05 4 •JHE representations from the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Comerce to raise rents, and for legal sanction to be given to private agreements between landlord and tenant, require to be closely watched by all rent-paying tenants, as well as the Rent Control Board.499 words
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Letter90 1949-09-05 4 A PROfOS the Municipal t\. road-making Inquiry and the dispute between the Progressive Party and the Singapore Ratepayers Association. may I lnaulre who and what are the S.R A I heartily endorse the attitude of the Progressive Party In not recognising the S.R A as having any90 words
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244 1949-09-05 4 CITIZENS AND FEDERAL CONSTITUTION riOES Government want citizens in Malaya? Apparently yes, but actually the clauses in the application form for citizenship show that the Federal Government is not anxious to have new citizens. My father was born In Penang. I belong to the third generation In Malaya, and should,244 words
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Letter58 1949-09-05 4 LISTENING to Radio Malaya on the night of Sept. 2, I was astounded to hear the announcer say: "So and so Is handling the vocals.' I conjured up a vision of the Bar, Nose and Throat Clinic until I realised that he was referring to a58 words
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Article168 1949-09-05 4 iiHAT will happen to the tin-mining industry should the emergency continue for some years to come, with no prospecting being done in the meantime? The present standstill in prospecting is one of the most severe blows against Malayan production, the lull consequence of which. I ever,168 words
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Advertisement786 1949-09-05 4 CLASSIFIED ADS. < 1 1 I I I I < 1 i l 1 i < I < I 1 I 1 i < I i TWIN: To Joan, vtlft of KM Ywtn. «t Kaodkoc KMtau Ho»plul. on 1st Sept a d»oth»«c. S«h well THOMAS To Otharlnc «nd Ft«ncto ThotMks.786 words
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Advertisement17 1949-09-05 4 B *j*n^fc Omrs arm more accurate and last tor years, thanks to expert service J«(0 JMT US*A»Ott17 words
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Article, Illustration338 1949-09-05 5 MALAYA MAY SEEK NEW RICE SCHEME Allocation Plan "To Prevent A Scramble" the next meeting of the South-East Asia Liaison Officers, Malaya will probably propose the setting up of an organisation to continue the allocation of rice by mutual agreement between consumers after Jan. 1, 1950. This follows the Washington338 words
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Article, Illustration31 1949-09-05 5 ME*^ ti?Z for men in the Malayan Naval r«tree is comfortable. A number of them are seen here in one of their mess-rooms daring the mid-day meal.— Singapore P. R. picture.31 words
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Article191 1949-09-05 5 MOST of the 120 Chinese squatters who had been given notice to quit an area required for a new housing estate in Coronation Road, Singapore, by 8 o'clock yesterday morning, ignored the ulti- matum. They "sat tight" while a bulldozer churned through the scrub within 30191 words
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Article91 1949-09-05 5 Enthroning The New Bishop THE enthronement of the Rt. Rev. Henry Wolfe Baines as Bishop of Singapore will take place at 8t Andrew's Cathedral on Wednesday afternoon, Sept. 20. The new bishop accompanied by his wife and their two-year-old son, will arrive in Singapore In the Wlllem Ruys on Sept.91 words
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Article128 1949-09-05 5 CEYLON SNAKES IN S'PORE PVE Ceylon King Cobras and a green viper, each packed in a separate compartment in a wooden box, arrived in Singapore yesterday in the steamer Pandua on the first stago ol their 12,000-mile sea-air-rail voyage from Colombo to Miami, Florida, U S.A. The reptiles are destined128 words
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Article135 1949-09-05 5 rIE President of the Malay Union In Singapore, Inche Sardon bin Haji Jublr yesterday reiterated the view that certain types of Malay novels now circulating in the bookshops should be looked into and, where accessary, censored, before publication. "There has been plenty of discussion in135 words
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Article95 1949-09-05 5 From Our Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Sun.— I Taking 24 hours leave on July 1, Kassim bin Kaliman, a special constable on Roscote Estate, Kulai, failed to return and was not seen until he was arrested on August 11 at Sengerang. He pleaded guilty today to absenting95 words
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Article47 1949-09-05 5 From Our Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Sun.— Eleven Chinese fishermen were each fined $7, in default seven days' Imprisonment for breaking the curfew at 2 a.m. yesterday at Stulang Laut. They said they had Just returned from sea with a catch of fish.47 words
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Article56 1949-09-05 5 An application for "danger allowances" from the staff of the Singapore Municipal Water Department in Johore, because of the emergency has been rejected by the Municipal Commissioners However, they have approved the extension of Insurance, for a further year, of employees living at, or going to56 words
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Article55 1949-09-05 5 A Singapore taxi going along Orchard Road and a private car from Johore collided near the Junction of Orchard Road and Grange Road last night. The taxi overturned and hit another car. The offside of the Johore car was badly damaged. None of the occupants of the55 words
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Article34 1949-09-05 5 A consignment of Australian rice arrived in Singapore yesterday by the Dutch liner Nieuw Holland. There was also a large consignment of milk and fresh fruit, on board, for the Colony.34 words
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Article, Illustration36 1949-09-05 5 A STSGAfriRE CiiKx., Mi>s Joyce Scliaieaguivel is shown in this picture after her London marriage to Mr. Eric Rawlings. Miss Schare nguivel has been studying in London for the last three years.36 words
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Article216 1949-09-05 5 WAR DAMAGE PAYMENT From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. INFORMED opinion in the Federation, which was hopeful that the question of War Damage might be finalised in the near future and that payments for damage incurred nine years ago might even be I underway by216 words
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Article134 1949-09-05 5 UMNO TO URGE ELECTIONS From Our Malay Correspondent THE United Malay National Organisation is :o press for Council elections In the Federation as part of a *oxpoint programme which has been drawn up and will be implemented immediately. The programme calls for (1) The strengthening of UMNO branches and divisions134 words
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Article66 1949-09-05 5 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. Police today stated in connection with last Sunday's report of a bandit attack on the Wilkinson Process Rubber Factory, six miles north of Kuala Lumpur, that fuller Investigations revealed that no shots were fired at the factory. Special66 words
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Article60 1949-09-05 5 From Our Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU. Sun. Malmuna binte Abubakar, who said that she lived at the 16th mile Bukit Timah Road was charged in court today with having voluntarily caused hurt to a Chinese woman Chong Cheow. at Pandan two days ago with a tapping knife. She60 words
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Article75 1949-09-05 5 The full moon day which falls on Tuesday will be celebrated at the Slnhala Buddhist Temple 263, Outram Road, Singapore, by Mr. G. N. De S. Gunawardhane. The programme is: 6.00 a.m. Hoisting the dude Ist flag, 6.30 a.m. Observing the Eight Precepts, 7.00 a.m. Buddha Puja,75 words
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Article408 1949-09-05 5 THE Little Theatre Players i have chosen well. "A Hundred Years Ago" (trans- lated from the Spanish of Serafin and Joaquin Alverez Quintero) is a charming, witty and intelligent play— with a story so slight that It scarcely matters at all. The production gets408 words
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249 1949-09-05 5 Malayan Naval Force Plans 4-fold Increase HPHE strength of the Malayan Naval Force is to be x Increased from 100 to 400 ratings by the end of next year. Fifty more recruits, mostly in the technical branches, will be enrolled this year. Reconstruction of the old wireless telegrapny station at249 words
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Article21 1949-09-05 5 A Khek. Chua Pek Leong, was found hanging in a pig shed at 8J -mile Jurong Road yesterday morning.21 words
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121 1949-09-05 5 Pensions Fjr S.H.B. Staff Approved THE Singapore Govern n ent has approved a pension scheme for employees of the Singapore Harbour Board, to ibe calculated from Jan. 1, 1948. The scheme is identical to that for employees of the Singapore Government. Any permanent monthlypaid employee who is 20 years of121 words
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Article46 1949-09-05 5 From Onr Own Corrcspon'i nl SEREMBAN. Sun. Qiiplc lAh Jong, an iged C'unese, was sentenced *o five nior.tr> simple impris iment by the Seremban M:iiristratr Tud» Sheikh Abdul'ton, when he pleaded guilty to failinp to have a national registration card.46 words
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Article24 1949-09-05 5 In the talentime coai>xtltion organised by Foorman's Music Studio yesterday prizewinners were Miss Clara Verghese, Mr. Chia Boon Hock and Miss Margaret Tan24 words
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Advertisement47 1949-09-05 5 Pringles OF JF'l[ j?r f- x .".>> ■■«t t SETS 4i- Hh in W Cashmere N|° H Lambs Wool V tA, an d fll Wool Mehaig In delightful colours: BLUE, OATMEAL, PINK, NAVY CERISE, TURQUOISE GREY Sizes 34, 36, 38. 40. SINGAPORE KUALA LUMPUP p is» AN G47 words
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718 1949-09-05 6 TIN SHARES AGAIN ACTIVE: HEALTHY SALES Weekly Market Round-up From A Market Correspondent TfN shares had another active week and prices hardened until Wednesday when profit-taking produced a healthy amount of selling causing quotations hi general hi this section to close considerably below the best of the week. Rubber shares718 words
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Article147 1949-09-05 6 flTEEK-END robber commo-l TV dity prices Include the following: The Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association's noon prices on Saturday (Sept 3) were in cents per H».: Tone of market: Quiet. London Rubber No. 1 R.8.S.. ctf. Europe** basis ports, to penet per Ib. closing. New York Rubber147 words
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Article104 1949-09-05 6 OADI harvested In the Ped1 eratlon of Malaya In the first seven months of this year amounted 194.311.963 gantangs. Of this. 186.458.031 gtmtangs were wet padl and 7.853.932 gan tangs dry pad! Of the 836.466 acres planted with wet padl. 767.317 acres had been harvested and.104 words
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Article238 1949-09-05 6 HONG KONG. Sun. BANKERS and speculators here who keep their ear close to the ground are having a hard time finding the answer to the question: What will happen to Hong Kong's prosperity and trade in the next month? The critical period will be early238 words
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Article359 1949-09-05 6 LONDON. Sun. BUYING of Japanese bonds and the subsequent rise m values provided a feature In the London Stock Exchange on Friday. Hopes of earlj peace treaty discussions put the spotlight on outstanding Japanese liabilities and encouraged good demand fox bonds. Rises were up to three points. Otlier359 words
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Article511 1949-09-05 7 Tommy Lawton Back At His Best LONDON, Sunday. IRRESISTIBLE Wolverhampton Wanderers now 1 stand alone as the only club In the four English soccer leagues with full points. Their away victory by two goals to one against the formidable Blackpool side, easily their best performance toReuter - 511 words
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Article, Illustration33 1949-09-05 7 SGT. M. Ring, W.R.A.F competing for the Combined Services team against the A.A.A. at the White City, London, recently, takes the high jump in brilliant fashion to win the event.— Photo by Reuter.Reuter - 33 words
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Article297 1949-09-05 7 ENUMSB LKACiIE FIRST DIVISION Artrnal 1 Liverpool I Birminfhaa BornleT Blackpool I WolTrs Bolton Banderland 1 Derby t Stoke S Evertoa 3 HaddertHeld Fulham 1 Charlton t Manchester C t Manchester C. I MiddlobroafVi 1 Portsmoath S Newcastle S Aston Villa t West Rromxich 1 Chelsea 1Reuter - 297 words
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215 1949-09-05 7 N. Z. Recover With Century By Hadlee HASTINGS. Sun. A CENTURY by the New Zealanders' captain, Walter Hadlee, was the highlight of the first day's play in the three-day match against South of England here. Although they batted attractively, the New Zea- landers found they could take few liberties with215 words
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276 1949-09-05 7 ROY FERRORA - ROY FERRORA By rS suggestion* that if an all-Malaya hockey team Is sent to compete in the 1952 World Olympics at Helsinki, it should comprise experienced players drawn from the leading clubs in the country rather than from promising school talent is madeReuter - 276 words
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Article264 1949-09-05 7 -v.^^ M^ FOREST HILLS, Sunday. DANCHO Gonzales and Ted Schroeder fought through 1 two of the closest court battles of their careers yesterday before each succeeded in winning a five-set match that advanced them to the semi-finals of the national singles championships. Oonzales. the defending champion,UP - 264 words
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204 1949-09-05 7 LONDON, Sunday. ON a pitch affected by overnight rain Sussex were dismissed for 105 in two hours 40 minutes by Hampshire in the final match of the County cricket championship, beginning yesterday. Knott, Hampshire's right arm offspinner, was 'he most, successful bowler with J.w forReuter - 204 words
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Article307 1949-09-05 7 LONDON, Sun. POSITIONS in the County cricket championship table up to and including matches which ended on Friday are as follows: P W L D Middlesex 26 14 3 9 Yorkshire 28 14 3 10 Worcester 26 IS 7 7 Warwick 26 13 S 8 Suit y307 words
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Miscellaneous200 1949-09-05 7 English Programme (M Spore): 10.15 "London Studio Melodic*"; SIMGAPOaB 3 00 cios"; 6.00 Station Op^nlnK: 10.4S "Generally Speaking"; 11.00 p foicn »t 7 >nri mm- 200 Affairs 8.30 The Three Musket- Atf«*»A»tA News laiso ai 7 ana ».ju). j.w qivi uvhaf. Npw?- a 4S sweet AUSTRALIA fine*. fin Prrurromrrio Rilmmnrv200 words
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383 1949-09-05 8 Modest Athlete With A Future By LARRY CARROLL SURPRISE packet at the week-end's Malayan Amateur Athletic Association's championships at Kuala Lumpur, 19-year-old Sedique Merican of Kota Bharu, Kelantan, has been running in championship Meets only four months. The speed he demonstrated again and again during the383 words
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Article, Illustration39 1949-09-05 8 AFT£R THE CAMERA VERDICT: Bright Eyes (Bagby), winner of the Liberation Cup, comes in through the winners' gate, while King Arthur trots away after the caraeragraph had shown that Bright Eyes had won by a head. Straits Times picture.39 words
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Article, Illustration26 1949-09-05 8 A. bzIARS, Singapore s 40-year-old middle-distance representative, who took the Half-mile and Onemile events at the Malayan championships at K.L. during the weekend. Photo by Larm.Larm - 26 words
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Article158 1949-09-05 8 North Player Suffers Concussion M.C.F.A. SHIELD From Oar Staff Co-resnondent SEREMBAN, Sun. NORTH and South drew one-all In the second annual match for the Malayan Chinese F.A. Shield played here today before a large crowd, no decision being reached even after an extension of 10 minutes. Each side will be158 words
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Article14 1949-09-05 8 MALAYS meet Indians in an in-ter-Community match at Jalan Besar Stadium today.14 words
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Article386 1949-09-05 8 SRC Married Team Beat Bachelors A3 a farewell function to Carl Schubert, the Singapore Recreation Club played an all-day cricket match between the Married and the Singles on the padang yesterday the Married team winning by HI runs. The Married batted first and cored 210, the highest scorer being J.386 words
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Article589 1949-09-05 8 AT THE first Eurasian Association Youth Movement inter-district sports held on Saturday on the Singapore Recreation ground, Katong District finished an easy first by scoring 277 points. Town and Bukit Timah districts tied for second place with 69 points, while Serangoon scored 65 points. Patrick Pestana589 words
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Article132 1949-09-05 8 IN a two-day cricket match played on the H.M.S. Terror ground this week-end, R_A t. beat the Navy by eight runs. R.A.F. in their first outing totalled 136 runs for nine wickets, towards which F/O Bowman top scored with 36 runs. Navy's best bowler was132 words
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Article56 1949-09-05 8 DOVER, Sun.— Fernand dv Moulin, hefty 34-year-old Belgian businessman, who strode into the water after sipping a glass of champagne at Cap Gris Nez, France, on Friday night, landed on the Briton side of the channel between Dover and Folkestone Just before 1900 hours OM.T. last night, aReuter - 56 words
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Article47 1949-09-05 8 DURBAN, Sun.— The South African Rugby Union team, the Springboks, yesterday beat the New Zealand All Blacks by nine point (three penalties) to three (a try) in the third Test here to win the four-match series. South Africa have won all three matches so far.47 words
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Article195 1949-09-05 8 JOHORE BAHRU, Sun. T?AIN held up play until after lunch in the match between the Singapore Non-Benders and the Johore C.C and the match ended in a draw. The Non-Benders batted first and declared when four wickets were down for 148. Johore had put up195 words
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455 1949-09-05 8 SINGAPORE District (Army), leaders in the Singapore A.F.A. Community league dropped their second point yesterday when Eurasians held them to a three-all draw at Jalan Besar Stadium yester- day. Ten minutes from the end the Eurasians were leading by three goals to one455 words
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Article457 1949-09-05 8 Gandhi Cup Cricket Game Drawn PINGAPORE Cricket Club won a v moral victory m yesterday's drawn game against Indian Association in the two-day cricket match for the Gandhi Memorial Trophy, played on the Padang. Set to make 101 for victory In about an hour, the Indians were dismissed as easily457 words
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Article89 1949-09-05 8 PKiNANO, Sun. Europeans this year turned the tables on the Chinese In the final of the Community cricket league, beating them today on the International Club ground by three wickets In a thrilling finish. Last year the Chinese won In the inaugural year but this year the89 words
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577 1949-09-05 8 EPSOM JEEP - EPSOM JEEP By ONCE dabbed the stable's "llg\j Ducking." ungainlj Bright Eyes subscribed for as a $1,500 griffin has now become the greatest earner in Malayan Turf history. The Liberation Cup at BuJtit Timah on Saturday was her crowning success. Her eleventh and577 words
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Article165 1949-09-05 8 rt Colony women's golf championship, for which Mrs. Malcolm Mac Donald has presented a trophy, will be played this year over the Island Club Course. The qualifying round takes 0.-ue on Sunday morning, Sept. 11, utter which the 16 best scores will compete in match165 words
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Miscellaneous21 1949-09-05 8 SINGAPORE TiDES TODAY: 10.41 un. (8Tt. 4ta) and 9.44 p.m. Oft). TOMORROW: 11.11 a.m. (8ft. 6in) and 10.30 p.m. (9ft. 41n).21 words
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