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Title Section18 1949-09-20 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1949. PRICE TEN CENTS18 words
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Article, Illustration979 1949-09-20 1 DEVALUATION BENEFITS MALAYA Rubber 44 Cents, Share Values Up, COL Unlikely To Rise By Our Financial Correspondent THE effects of the British Government decision devaluing 1 the pound sterling in terms of American currency from $4.03 to $2.80 have been an immediate rise in the price of rubber to aroundReuter - 979 words
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Article117 1949-09-20 1 SINGAPORE'S Secretary for Economic Affairs, Mr. Andrew Gilmour, told the Straits Times that (iuvernment would enforce price control as in 1945 if there is any evidence of profiteering following the devaluation of the pound sterling. .i While agreeing that the prices of commodities bought from and sold117 words
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Article112 1949-09-20 1 LONDON. Mon. MARGARET Williams, 21-year-old WRAC was today sentenced to death for stab- i bing her husband, Sergeant Major Williams, in their room at Kagenfurt, Austria, last July. She had been found guilty of murder after a three-day trial during which the court heard stories of drinkingReuter - 112 words
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Article49 1949-09-20 1 IPOH, Mon.— lnche Mus. tapha Albakrl bin Haji Hassan will officiate as Mentrl Besar, Perak, for the next three months during the absence of the Datoh Panglima Buklt Gantang, who has been granted leave by the Sultan of Perak to recuperate after his recent illness49 words
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Article253 1949-09-20 1 'YOUR $100 IS STILL $100' |\R. F. C. Benham, Economic Adviser to the Commissioner General, asked In a broadcast last night "How will devaluation affect Malaya?" and answering the question said: To the ordinary person, the man-in-the-street or in the kampong, devaluation will make no difference at all. If he253 words
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Article27 1949-09-20 1 BERNE, Mon.— The Swiss Federal Council of Ministers today informed the British Qovernment that "the present gold parity will be maintained" despite sterling devaluation. ReuterReuter - 27 words
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Article, Illustration99 1949-09-20 1 Malaya will come to lit* tot your friends and relatives abroad —with this year's STRAITS TIMES PICTURES. Gaily dressed crowds at a Malay Sultan 1 installation. beach scenes with delicate tints that the Most apt water-colour painter might attempt in vain... scenes in the bustling Singapore99 words
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Article94 1949-09-20 1 SYDNEY, Mon. MR. Justice Dudley Williams In the High Court here today referred questions in the validity of the Immigration Act and Wartime Refugees Removal Act to the full bench of the High Court. The point at issue is whether the two Acts, recently passed byReuter - 94 words
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Article41 1949-09-20 1 LONDON, Mon. Mr. Churchill, leader of the Conservative Party, today asked the Government to recall Parliament not later than next week to consider the devaluation crisis. Parliament is in recess and is scheduled not to return until mid-October.— U.P.UP - 41 words
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Article21 1949-09-20 1 PITTSBURGH, Mon. A coal strike started in western Pennsylvania's big coal fields today. Two large mines were closed. U.P.UP - 21 words
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Article116 1949-09-20 1 HONO KONG, Mon. THE small British ship Edith Moller, held by the Chinese Nationalists for the past three weeks, was released yesterday, a radio message received by the Royal Navy from the vessel said today The message added the ship was going to Hong Kong. The EdithReuter - 116 words
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Article, Illustration39 1949-09-20 1 KING PHUMIPHON of Slam and his fiancee, Princess Sirikit, daughter of the Siamese Ambassador in London. The couple first met two years ago in Paris. King Phumiphon succeeded his brother who was assassinated in Bangkok in 1946.— A.P. picture.AP - 39 words
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Article188 1949-09-20 1 NEW YORK, Monday. AMERICAN markets declined today on the announcement of the devaluation of the pound. Stocks lost from 25 cents to more than one dollar per share witn steels leading the decline. Gold mining Issues ad- ▼a need on the inflationary implications of the devalua-UP - 188 words
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Article64 1949-09-20 1 LONDON. Mon. British Press reaction today to devaluation ranged from cool to icy. Although most newspapers agreed it was necessary, several were shocked. Many expressed the view that living costs in Britain would go up. Some warned that If workers' wages were allowed to keep paceAP - 64 words
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Article41 1949-09-20 1 THE HAGUE, Mon.—Informed quarters said today that the Dutch Cabinet had decided to devalue the guilder in relation to the U.S. Iceland decided today to devalue the krona to Its established ratio with the British pound sterling. UP.UP - 41 words
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Article30 1949-09-20 1 LONDON, Mon.— The price of gold was officially fixed today at 2485. per fine ounce. The old price at the weekend before the devaluation was 1725. 3d.— UP.UP - 30 words
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Article71 1949-09-20 1 LONDON, Mon. RUBBER prices in London today jumped to their highest levels for almost a year. Prices were over twopence per pound higher than pre-devaluation levels. After initial uncertainty prices followed the trend of those in Singapore and this afternoon OctoberDecember delivery <rade one rubber wasReuter - 71 words
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Article170 1949-09-20 1 Penang M.C.A. Official Shot From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Mon. THHREE hours after hfli -1 had been appointed assistant secretary of the Penang branch of the Malayan Chinese Association, Mr. Boey Eng Eng. a prominent Settlement Chinese, was shot by an unknown gunman tonight in his home. He died on170 words
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Article44 1949-09-20 1 TORONTO, Mon—Hundredof rescuers, after an all night search were yesterdaj still looking for bodies in thr 6,905-ton Canadian holidaj cruiser ship, Noronlc, whiclwas swept by file. Authorities believe tha' more than 200 holidaymakers mostly Americans perished in the disaster. Reuter.Reuter - 44 words
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Article30 1949-09-20 1 MEDAN, Mon.— A fishing boat from Penang carrying 40 kilograms of opium was caught by a sea patrol of Belawan harbour police and brought to Medan.— R-iuter.30 words
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Advertisement31 1949-09-20 1 IN OTHER PAGES Cripps' Statement Page 3 Colonies Follow Britain 3 i Fortunes Made 4 Savings Safe 4 Effect on Bonus Dispute 5 Businessman's Views m 6 i Exchange Rates 1131 words
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Advertisement53 1949-09-20 1 fa*; y^X X. t .^i| |t ..-it..-n..--i- fjt 'a ;.he's a cool customer and a satisfied one. Dropped in to say hello, but ■They stay to buy in the cool comfort of offices equipped with FRIGIDAIRE AIR CONDKTiONERS MODEL SRA -50 MODEL ARL- IDO $875 $1,125 (plus duty in Federation).53 words
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311 1949-09-20 2 India Will Have A New Name On Jan. 26 NEW DELHI, Mon. T*HE Indian Constituent Assembly discussing the draft constitution of Free India has decided unanimously that India, under the new Republican constitution, should be known by ner ancient name, "Bharat." It) was decided that in the English version of311 words
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Article39 1949-09-20 2 SHIP AGROUND, SAYS SOS MANILA, Mon.— Radio Corporation oi American listenIng post intercepted an SOS from the S.S Taian today. Th* ship's master reported the vess<-l aground nearly two miles from Hainan bluff and asked nearby vessels for assistance.—AP.AP - 39 words
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Article, Illustration31 1949-09-20 2 MEMBERS of the Kampong Gangsa guards were addressed by the C.P.0., Malacca. Mr. R. W. E. Harper, (left) at their enrolment ceremony.— Yong Heng Studio picture.31 words
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Article157 1949-09-20 2 Brisbane Has Real Cat Burglar BRISBANE, Monday. JASPAR, a tabby cat with taking ways, is a real cat burglar. He returned from a nocturnal wander carrying in his mouth a woman's blouse and skirt, a baby's coat, and a towel. Jaspar's owner called the police after falling to find whoAP - 157 words
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73 1949-09-20 2 CAIRO. Monday. VM.YII MTIO.N depots in eastern Cairo blew up in six tremendous explosions last night, causing near-panic in the city. Ambulances and fire apparatus were rushed to the scene bat details of casualties were not known. Large fires could be seen in the73 words
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Article, Illustration32 1949-09-20 2 MR. J. G. H. BRETT, C.P.O. Pa hang, and Mrs. Brett with their son Julian photographed at the recent christening of their daughter Caroline at Kuala Lipis. Straits Times picture.32 words
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Article160 1949-09-20 2 LAKE SUCCESS, Monday. AT the United Nations General Assembly the United States is to push for "an independent Libya in the near future", a go-slow policy in Palestine, 'and possibly a submission to the International Court of the dispute over the Balkan church trials. These160 words
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Article105 1949-09-20 2 Red Threat To Muslim Countries MADRID, Mon. fENERAL Franco and King Abdullah of Hashemite Jordan examined the "menace of Soviet Communism" hanging over the Middle East during their recent talks at La Coruna, it was announced in a Joint communique in Madrid yesterday. Holy" Place* The announcement added: I "The105 words
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Article79 1949-09-20 2 VIENNA, Mon.— The Austrian Bishops yesterday appealed to Austrian Catholics I to vote for the Right Wing People's Party in the October general elections. Warning that anyone abstaining from voting would commit a severe sin a declaration told Catholics not to vote for any candidate whom they believedAP - 79 words
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Article67 1949-09-20 2 FRITZLUR, Germany, Mon. —Prince Josias Eu Waleck who is serving a 20-year sentence for concentration camp cruelties has been convicted of being a Nazi "offender". A court has confiscated 70 per cent of the Prince's fortune and assessed a five-year labour camp sentence as punishment.AP - 67 words
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Article37 1949-09-20 2 WASHINGTON, Mon.— The U.S. Agriculture Department said Burma's rice exports during January-August totalled 2,145,000,000 pounds and she hopes to deliver around 150,000,000 pounds in September. Burma's exports In 19,8 totalled 2,745,000,000 pounds —UP.UP - 37 words
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121 1949-09-20 2 HAIFA, Monday. f\lL poured into the Haifa storage tanks of the Iraq v Petroleum Company today for the first time since the Iraq pipeline shut down in May 1948. The supply tanker, which carried 12,000 ton s of crude oil, was reported toReuter; AP - 121 words
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Article269 1949-09-20 2 UNARMED TRUCE MOVE IN THE INDIES BATAV1A, Monday. •JHE Batavia Government is waiting for instructions to begin a military withdrawal from central Java. Meanwhile the Indonesian Republican regular army intends to demand the surrender of arms of all irregular guerilla bands in west and central Java. Usually well-informed Indonesian politicalReuter - 269 words
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Article150 1949-09-20 2 More Arms Secrets Revealed MANILA, Mon. INVESTIGATIONS Into the murder of George C. Murray, 8 young American businessman, found shot in hla bed here on Aug. 13, have revealed a large-scale arms smuggling racket between the Philippines and other parts of Asia. From documents and records seized from Murray's homeReuter - 150 words
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Article34 1949-09-20 2 JERUSALEM, Mon. The first aniiniversary of the assassination of Count Folke Bernadotte, former United Natl »ns Palestine Mediator, was commemorated by a memorial seivice at St. Andrews Church, Jerusalem yesterday. A P.34 words
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Article, Illustration22 1949-09-20 2 MR. SIEW Ml'N KOOK. newly elected first President of the Malacca Government General Clerical Service Union. Tong Ueng Studio Picture.22 words
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Article90 1949-09-20 2 TEL AVIV, Mon. IRRIGATION plans covering the wholi- of the Middle East are being prepared by the Israel Government for submission to the United Nations Economic Survey Mission. Referring to the scheme for the internationalization of Jerusalem. Dr. Eytan of the Israel? Foreign Office said thatReuter - 90 words
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Advertisement1428 1949-09-20 2 NOTICES NAVAL VICTUALLING STORES, DOCKS HANDLING CONTRACT Quotations we required from Brmi willing to undertake at an Inclusive rate the acceptance ilearanc* and delivery to H.M. Naval Base of Inward cargoes of Naval Victualling Store* (other than fresh and froscn provisions) arriving at Singapore docks. Further details of the services1,428 words
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Advertisement607 1949-09-20 2 NOTICES P. W. D. TENDER NOTICE Tenders will be received at the State Engineer's Office, P.W.D.. Perak, Ipoh up to noon of the 28th September 1949 for Supply and laying of a bituminous water-proof covering to the flat roofs, verandahs, porches, etc., of the Istana Iskandarlah and adjoining buildings at607 words
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Advertisement19 1949-09-20 2 SIAM E S E cpccn _T|W— iMuU SAFETY WIA ?=^=^=s=^ COMFORT iSgV*C SINGAPORE* AGturs: PENANG ond SINGAPORE SIME, DARBY19 words
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892 1949-09-20 3 BRITAIN DEVALUERS BY 30 PER CENT How The New Rate Was Arrived At LONDON, Monday. I N a dramatic world-wide broadcast last night, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Stafford Cripps, announced the devaluation of the pound sterling by 30J per cent. From today it will be worth only $2.80Reuter - 892 words
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Article, Illustration36 1949-09-20 3 THIS notice greeted customers at the main door of the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank in Singapore yesterday. "The Bank will be closed on Monday the 19th September 1949," it read. Straits Times picture.36 words
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Article379 1949-09-20 3 SNYDER PREDICTS UK TRADE IMPETUS WASHINGTON. Mon. DEVALUATION of the British pound was hailed by the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, Mr. John Snyder. yesterday as likely to result In "an early rise in their dollar i resources." First official reaction to the British move here was f avourI able.Reuter; AP; UP - 379 words
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Article126 1949-09-20 3 HONG KONG, Mon. FINANCIAL circles in Hong Kong were shocked by the sterling devaluation announcement. The American dollar quotation on the free marked immediately Jumped 20 per cent to approximately 6.00 nnd commercial quarters predicted a further considerable rise. Banks suspended all excharge business forReuter - 126 words
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Article30 1949-09-20 3 ALEXANDRIA, Mon. Egypt today decided to recognise the Syrian Government set up by Hunan Atassl Pasha last month after the coup d'etat by Colonel Saml Hinnawi's military groups. Reuter.Reuter - 30 words
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276 1949-09-20 3 Cheaper Means Boom In U.K. Tourist Trade LONDON, Monday. T>Y cheapening the pound sterling Britain hopes 13 that American and other "hard currency" buyers will find British products cheaper than at present and will therefore buy much more of them, writes Reuter's Financial Editor. A simple example of how devaluationReuter - 276 words
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Article87 1949-09-20 3 LONDON, Mon. CIK Stafford Cripps in his J broadasl last night gave this example of how a change in the value of the pound should increase exports: "Ac English motor car is exported to the U.S. Its pric is £300. The American buyer will87 words
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Article78 1949-09-20 3 LONDON, Mon. SIR Stafford Cripps In bis broadcast last night announced that the 4',-d. bread loaf would go up io (id., and flour correspondingly, in a fortnight's time unless there were changes in other exchange rates which made a smaller increase sufficient. "This increase,"Reuter - 78 words
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Article201 1949-09-20 3 WASHINGTON, Mon. rE international Monetary Fund announced yesterday that it had concurred in devaluation of the British pound sterling, the South African pound, the Australian pound. Norwegian kroner, the Indian rupee and the Danish kroner. The International Monetary Fund announcement came a few minutes after the BritishReuter - 201 words
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Advertisement205 1949-09-20 3 DON'T KEEP thinking I ABOUT THAT ARIEL THE RED HUNTER TWIN Get One Today! mm rvn soo v mom ul^^S^P^ Diitnbutor, Ccorgc Lml Singapore. Segamat Store fir Agency. K. Lumpur. Hock Hoe Company, Ipofc. Segamat Store b Agency, Peitang. Heng Seng Co., Kota Bahru, Kelantan. Factory Representatives: T. V. MITCHELL205 words
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Advertisement230 1949-09-20 3 YOU NEVER SAW SUCH OAA kA I Kelvinator h told clear KUUIVI |0 the floor *^T\ BRINKMANNS LIMITED SINGAPORE KUALA LUMPUR IPOH PENAN* ii i 3KB m Pretested cord ensures safety of GOODYEAR TYRES Tyre) cord c»n be as variable as the weather. Heat, cold, dampness and dryness can all230 words
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Article447 1949-09-20 4 Federation Traders Optimistic From Straits Times Staff Correspondents RUBBER and gold merchants made fortune? yesterday in brisk trading throughout the Federation following the announcement that Britain had devalued the pound sterling. Within a few minutes of the news being broadcast, brokers in Kuala Lumpur447 words
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Article71 1949-09-20 4 From Oar SUIT Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Alon. FEDERATION ware-ear-ners' reactions on the devaluation theme were varied. An American employee of refrigerating plant company said, "I'm a loser. I get paid in Malayan dollars. Now I've lost a third of my savings which are in Malayan dollars."71 words
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Article115 1949-09-20 4 GIFTS TO U.K. CAN BE SEIZED GIFT food parcels which carry incorrect Customs declarations or Jn which chargeable goods are hidden are liable to be confiscated, says an official statement Issued last night Custom? charges are waived on private unsolicited gift i parcels containing only food- stuffs, discarded apparel, medical115 words
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97 1949-09-20 4 Willem Ruys Here— With 1,001 Passengers A RECORD number of 1,001 passengers including 331 children was on board the Batavia-bound Dutch liner Willem Ruys which arrived in Singa- pore yesterday from Europe. The ship had 235 passengers for Singapore. The remainder are going to Batavia. Among the children were 5997 words
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Article57 1949-09-20 4 From Our Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Man. IADT Marcella, the Sal-. tana of Johore, has sent a parcel of wool, clothing and blankets for the State Welfare Home in Johore Bahru. Mrs. Voon, the Superintendent ol the Home, plans to teach blind girls how to57 words
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Article38 1949-09-20 4 From Oar .Own Correspondent BENTONO, Mon.— For harbouring Yang Timah binte Mat who had no identity card, 60-year-old PawoneWoh bin Plan was fined $15 or one week's gaol at Kuala Llpls.38 words
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Article200 1949-09-20 4 SAVINGS in the post office and other savings banks in Malaya, or Invested in savings certificates and Government securities, will not be affecti ed by the devaluation of sterling. This was made clear in a statement issued by the Com-missioner-General's office in Singapore yesterday. The statement also expressed200 words
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Article63 1949-09-20 4 From Our Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Mon.— Father Dominic Vendargon has arrived in Johore Bahru to assist Father Chin who, since the departure of Father Joseph Lee to Tana Rata, has been carrying on the parish work single-handed. Father Vendargon will minister to the63 words
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Article80 1949-09-20 4 From Onr Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Mon. QHINESE associations In Johore Bahru have decided to protest against the transfer of Mr. D. H. Hargreaves, Officer Superintending the Police Circle, Johore Bahru District. A memorial signed by the presidents of the associations and addressed to the Chief Police80 words
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Advertisement201 1949-09-20 4 mm %m ww m m r^ m flfi HI New Sh owroom 46, ORCHARD ROAD SBhI FIAT 506 c mwmm\\. on vv tw af our ntw P remfse i^SCm) 'Mi Mm mr^mt Lowest buying price W 3 mj^mmmr^M m m fjjl SLm wm W kW^T Lowest petrol consumption (56 miles201 words
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Advertisement193 1949-09-20 4 J aough J^y 0 I -mix that paste^^ j l&lMtfiaks I cookies delicio^S /j I TfcJ tote j£j& i B S C^. sayi ELSIE the BORDEN cow If your recipe calls for milk— be a 1/ r sure you use KLIM. It add» extra m TAXI POil wath, nourishment to193 words
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Article236 1949-09-20 5 DEVALUATION BONUS DISPUTE Reference Terms Alternatives i From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. rpHE devaluation of sterling has affected the dispute between the Rubber Workers' Unions and the Malayan Planting Industries Employers' Association over the proposal to cut tappers' bonuses. Members of the Rubber Industry Arbitration Board, who met236 words
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Article, Illustration34 1949-09-20 5 COMMEMORATION SERVICE: Picture shows the congregation at the Battle of Britain Day commemoration service held at St. Andrew' s Cathedral on Sunday morning. All arms of the S errices were represented.— Straits Times picture.34 words
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131 1949-09-20 5 Tape Round Neck CHILD'S MYSTERY DEATH From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Mon. A WOMAN witness, Khaw Ah Poh, told the Penang Coroner, today of finding a six-year-old, Khoo Teong Eng, sitting dead in a public lavatory with a tape round her neck fastened to the roof. Lim Yang Gim, the131 words
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Article74 1949-09-20 5 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The three Penang post office employees. Mr. Ong Keng Liang. Mr. Hussain bin Mohamed, and Inche Ibrahim bin Varshay who are in Britain on Postal Department scholarships, have had sorting experience at Oldham and are now learning counter74 words
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Article34 1949-09-20 5 From Our Own Correspondent KLUANG. Mon— Teo Kim Seng, a lorry driver charged with carrying an excess load of one ton one quarter, was fined $100 or two weeks' rigo1 rous imprisonment.34 words
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Article92 1949-09-20 5 From Our Staff Correspondent ALOR STAR. Mon. The Baling Coroner, Tuan Syed Mahadzir Fadaak. returning a misadventure verdict today on a drowned five-year-old girl, said the mother had been careless, but was not criminally to blame. The mother. Fatimah, testified at the Inquiry that she was92 words
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Article20 1949-09-20 5 Mr. K. A. Blacker has been appointed to act as Principal Assistant Secretary to the Commissioner General.20 words
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Article141 1949-09-20 5 A COMMITTEE appointed jr.intl; by the Singapore Government and the Municipal Commissioners to study and make recommendations on the hawker problem In the Color v is proposed by Mr. A. P. Rajah (South Ward), the Progrt-ssiv* Party leader on the Municipal Commission, as one of the141 words
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Article212 1949-09-20 5 A GOLDEN crown will be the prize for the all- Malaya beauty queen to be judged by a panel of experts at the beauty parade at the South Winds Hotel at Jurong, Singapore, on Sunday, Oct 9. The organiser, Mr. M.ii Rajagopal, said yesterday that212 words
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Article118 1949-09-20 5 LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL monthly meeting, 8.M.C. Chamber, 10 a.m. Y.W.C.A., 5. Raffles Quay, dressmaking class, 10 a.m., French class, 10.30 a.m. SINGAPORE GARDENING SOCIETY, monthly meeting, 25, Marine Parade, Katong, 5.30 pjn. Members are Invited to bring any plants which might be of Interest. T.M.C.A.. Orchard Road, St. John118 words
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Article27 1949-09-20 5 Kamal, proprietor of Solomon Co., was yesterday acquitted without being called for his defence. In the Second Police Court on a charge concerning a cheque for27 words
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Article260 1949-09-20 5 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. WHEN Gurkhas found a 140-man bandit camp In the Segamat area of Johore, there were signs that the fleeing bandits had dragged two of their comrades with them. Some of the huts were still under construction and the260 words
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Article43 1949-09-20 5 From Our Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Mon.— Lai Kok Kal, of Tangkah, was charged in the police court today with attempting to evade duty on six wristwatches. He claimed trial, and the case was postponed, ball In $200 being allowed.43 words
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Article40 1949-09-20 5 The Ceylonese Association will hold a re-union dinner at the Adelphl Hotel on Saturday at 8 p.m. Tickets will be on sale at Messrs. B. P. de Silva Ltd., High Street, and Yarl Store, 332, North Bridge Road.40 words
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Article24 1949-09-20 5 The Singapore Master Attendant, Commander L. P. Lane, returned to Singapore yesterday In the Benorchy after six months' leave In England.24 words
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Article26 1949-09-20 5 From Our Own Correspondent KLUANO, Mon.—Raman alias Seithanbalau, aged 21, was fined $5 or three days' rigorous Imprisonment for Rambling i:> a public place.26 words
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Article89 1949-09-20 5 From Oar Staff Correspondent OJOHORE BAHRU, Monday. N the eve of his departure to India, a labourer, Manlkam, broufht his savings to town. To celebrate his home-going, he had "a few drinks" on Sunday night. Police later found him In a drain, with a89 words
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Obituary36 1949-09-20 6 ON 16TH SEPTEMBER at Kuala torn par very suddenly Ann Madeline, aged SO, beloved wlfa of Brigadier Jamas Robertson, Brigade at Gurkha*, and only child of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Tosswill of Kuala Lumpur.36 words
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Article22 1949-09-20 6 MR MRS. BLADES thank ■01 friend* and relative* who attended their wedding and who sent msaage* of good wisr.es and presents.22 words
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Obituary17 1949-09-20 6 IN LOVING memory of Mrs. Kob Peng Yam who passed away on 20th September, 194«.17 words
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748 1949-09-20 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Tues. Sept. 20, 1949 As Bombay Sees It A former resident of Malaya now living in Bombay has sent to the Straits Times an article from the Sunday News of India which she has read with indignation. The headings are certainly enough to make anyone in748 words
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Article464 1949-09-20 6 A Leaf Out Of Penang's Book As an object-lesson in what can be done to provide cheap houses, if only in a small way, the following extract from our P e n a n g contemporary, the Straits Echo, is worth reading in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur With a capital464 words
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1103 1949-09-20 6 A TONIC FOR PRICES BUT NO PANACEA What Devaluation Means For Malaya By A Singapore Businessman Yesterday the pound sterling was devalued from the rate of US. $4.03 to U.S. $2.80. In this article our contributor examines the implications of devaluation for Malaya, and in particular the advantages and disadvantages1,103 words
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Article305 1949-09-20 6 ]il UCH has been written regarding the poor pay received by clerks employed in commercial offices, but another matter which is equaljy important has been left unsaid— I refer to the question of annual leave for clerks. Although It Is appreciated that it is305 words
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Article83 1949-09-20 6 UAY I draw the attention m of Mr. C. C. Tan and hLs Progressive band to th« new emergency law gazetted at the beginning of this month regarding "any (!ncument which. .Is calculated or likely to promote feo'.lnsis of illwill or hostility between different races or classes83 words
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428 1949-09-20 6 QETAILS of the revised points system for Improvement Trust houses have at last been made known. The only improvement over the previous system is the additional award of two points for British subjects It is a pity that those responsible for revising the system428 words
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Letter215 1949-09-20 6 THERE is a possibility that you are barking up the wrong tree in your second editorial today (Sept. 19) on "Those Who Did Not Fight. I think you will find that the "Japanese gold" which General MacArthur has been directed to return to Siam and Indo-Chlna215 words
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Letter225 1949-09-20 6 AUSTRALIA AND A NEWS ITEM f S it not sheer hypocrisy to accuse another of a crime of which one oneself is guilty? That question came to my mind when I read the following cable flash in your paper: "The United States and Australia will accuse Hungary.-. of violations of225 words
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Letter53 1949-09-20 6 CONGRATULATIONS to Radio Malaya for adding something really new like Wednesday night's Make Believe Ballroom. In my opinion it has the "kick" that we miss among the announcers engaged by Radio Malaya, with the exception of Katherine Kan. Let's have more of It and, thanks. Uncle Sam. H.53 words
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Advertisement737 1949-09-20 6 CLASSIFIED ADS SITUATIONS VACANT WANTED Diesel Chief Engineer. Apply Capt. Haoslln, Paterson Simons Co. THE ADVERTISER of Box A7497 thanks applicants and beg» to Inform the position is filled. WANTED Female office assistant Immediately. Experience not neces■mry. Apply Box No. A7581 S.T. WANTED reliable and experienced European Private Secretary for737 words
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Advertisement62 1949-09-20 6 SIGNALS for EYE-EXAMINATION:-1. Hot seeing well at (Ustanot or near, t. Frequent headaches, I. Eyes feel tired or uneasy. 4. Cant read or writ* comfortably la extreme cases, dizziness and oause*. loss of appetite vomiting. cur technique and procedure in visual analysis with the most complete equipment are entirely different62 words
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Advertisement113 1949-09-20 6 (Fifo MODEL 39J "The Finest Receiver in the World** A bold iLtemeat for anyone to FEATURES make. Bat having pat thii model Suptrb World Widt ptrformmc: through thorough Ust, we 2&J3?*""' honestly sst that If there is *"*> fnaueicy lacr Receiver in existence, we AcctUraud automatic vohtmi control which combatt113 words
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684 1949-09-20 7 SULTAN'S STATUS: COURT MUST DECIDE Whitehall Gives Its Ruling THE Secretary of State for the Colonies, Mr. Creech Jones, has decided that the question of the status of Sir Ibrahim, Sultan of Johore, is to be decided by the courts. In view of this decision, the action in which the684 words
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Article129 1949-09-20 7 f i'LON will not send delegates to the Food and Agriculture Organisation conference to be held In Singapore from Sept. 26 to 30. The following are some of the delegates: U.S.A.: Mr. A. Bland Calder, US. Consul-Oeneral In Singapore; Mr. Owen Dawson. Agriculture Attache, U.S.129 words
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Article68 1949-09-20 7 THE joint conference of the Economic Convnission for Asia and the Far East and the Food and Agricultural Organisation, which was •cheduled to open in Singapore on Oct. 1. will not take place. Instead, ECAFE will meet on Its own. The FAO conference will begin its68 words
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Article40 1949-09-20 7 New Moon Day, which falls tomorrow will be celebrated a 1 the Sinhala Buddhist Temple, 263, Outram Road, by the staff of B.P. de Silva's. Piogrumme: 6 p.m., Pahan Puja; 7 p.m.. Buddha Puja; 7.:i'.i p.m., sermon.40 words
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Article38 1949-09-20 7 Mr Carl de Souza. of the S ngapore Social Welfare Dep.irtment. will talk over Radio Malaya at 10 tonight on the books that impressed him wiiile taking a social science course in the United Kingdom.38 words
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Article113 1949-09-20 7 Mr. McQueen's CUP OF TEA rE New Zealand delegate at the International Labour Organisation conference In Singapore, Mr. H. G. McQueen, suggested a > few days ago while the conference was in private session that a recess should be called for midmorning tea. "I am accustomed to a break for113 words
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Article81 1949-09-20 7 SINGAPORE Progress Exhibition, opening at the Happy World On Oct. 1. will show the background of the island from pre-historical times to the time of Sir Stafford Raffles' arrival. Life-size cut-out figures of a Sakai and a Negrito will greet the visitors to the exhibition. These exhibits will81 words
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Article37 1949-09-20 7 On instructions from the Deputy Public Prosecutor, a charge against K. B. Maricar for allegedly misappropriating $97,956 belonging to the General Lighterage and Transport Co. was withdrawn In the Second Police Court yesterday. Maricar was discharged.37 words
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Article, Illustration50 1949-09-20 7 THE NEW BISHOP of Singapore, the Rt. Rev. Hrnry Wolfe Baines (extreme right) who arrived in Singapore yesterday in the Willem Ruys from England with Mrs. Baines (left) and their son, Andrew. The Archdeacon of Singapore, the Yen. M. Gregory and Mrs. Gregory are in the centre. Straits Times picture.50 words
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175 1949-09-20 7 THE Oversea Chinese Importers and Exporters' Association is to approach the i Singapore Secretary for Eco- nomic Affairs for assistance to recover approximately $2,*****0 "frozen In Indonesia fol- j lowing suspension of barter trade with wide Sumatra areas. The Association will ask for permission175 words
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Article, Illustration64 1949-09-20 7 THE GOVERNOR OF SIN- I GAPORE, Sir Franklin Gimson, and more than 100 ILO delegates, observers, staff and Singapore guests attended a cocktail party at the Sea View Hotel last nlfht, given by the Secretary-General of the Singapore ILO conference, Mr. D. C. Tait. Picture shows64 words
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Article107 1949-09-20 7 from Oar SUIT Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. KUALA Lumpur's $12 million waterworks scheme hao been held up again because attempts to drill through rock below Oombak River have failed. A man has been working 60 feet underground with a diamond drill during the past few107 words
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Article, Illustration128 1949-09-20 7 A SEAT will be reserved at the opening of the Food and Agricultural Organisation conference in the Victoria Memorial Han on Sept. 26, for 89-year-old Mr. A. Sheffield. Mr. Sheffield was twice disappointed last week when he tried to get admission Into the conference128 words
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Article235 1949-09-20 7 OINGAPORE'S new cricket-playing Bishop, the °Rt. Rev. Henry Wolfe Baines, said on his arrival in the Colony yesterday in the Willem Ruys from England, that, he would spend the next few months mainly learning about Singapore and his diocese. Accompanied by his wife and their two-year-old son.235 words
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Article88 1949-09-20 7 Tiger King "Deeply Concerned" HONG KONG. Mon. MR. Aw Boon Haw, the Tiger Balm "King" said on his arrival here from Singapore yesterday that he was deeply concerned over the prolonged detention in Malaya of a number of Chinese merchants arrested for allegedly financing the Communists. Mr. Aw's views wereReuter - 88 words
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Article148 1949-09-20 7 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. SIR Henry Gurney, the High Commissioner, will present honours to 20 civilians ant 1 members of the services at Kings House, Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday. The Sultan of Selangor will attend the ceremony. The following will receive honours O3.E.148 words
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Article22 1949-09-20 7 A 50-year-old Chinese hawker was knocked down and killed by a lorry at Paya Lebar Road early yesterday morning.22 words
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103 1949-09-20 7 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. AFTER representatives of the Negri Sembilan Government and of the State branch of the Malayan Chinese Association met today, an area of land was set aside by the Government for the first camp for the re-education of103 words
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Article159 1949-09-20 7 DAVID Joseph Benjamin Sassoon, of the firm of M. S. Reuben, Winchester House, appeared in the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday for alleged breach of the Colony's Finance Regulations, Involving a total of £204,200 fabout $1,700,000). Sassoor. faced 18 tentative charges at the preliminary inqulrv whlr'i started159 words
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Article37 1949-09-20 7 Mr. Benedict Ponniah, chairman of the ILO conference in Singapore, will broadcast in Radio Malaya's "Talk of the Town" programme at 8.30 tonight. He will be talking about his personal experiences since he left Malaya.37 words
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Article162 1949-09-20 7 Disabled To Get A Better Deal rTHE principle that dis- abled persons should be assured an opportunity to be engaged in useful occupation was approved at yesterday s session of the ILO conference in Singapore. The conference is discussing plans for technical training in Asia. Delegates from most Asian countries162 words
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Article57 1949-09-20 7 Thirty-six-year-old Lin^ Boon Tsu, of Queen Street. was fined $3,000 in the Fourm Police Court yesterday tor assisting in the running of a chap-ji-ki lottery Ling, was arrested in Victoria Street with a list of bettings totalling $428. He had one previous conviction. The informer In the57 words
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Obituary26 1949-09-20 7 ARMSTRONG: At the General Hospital yesterday, Terrene* William Stork Armstrong, aged 37, of Singapore. Funeral 5.30 p.m. to-day at Bidadari Cemetery. Up-country papers please copy.26 words
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Advertisement40 1949-09-20 7 H tof life depends on the H keep y°* r Sy l f e iTand vigourj I that rob you of V >^j| &£>^ AYAM MAND \^Jy^Sw PORTUGUESE SARDINES Packed to Pre-war Standards SARDINES II OIL SARDINES IN TOMATO Now Available40 words
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Advertisement24 1949-09-20 7 nPS V\ t —'Air? |1«/aiking1 SHOES FOR LADIES In Calf with Leather Soles. Sizes: 4 to 7 I S 27.50 ROBINSONS RAFFLES PLACE SPORE24 words
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Article296 1949-09-20 8 vOT so many years n< A ago a man had his Job and the little woman stayed at home to cook his supper. Today? Well here are a few of the things girls in Australia are doing. Twelve sirls. tiring of life In Brisbane, decided296 words
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Article, Illustration910 1949-09-20 8 BOB GILMORE - BOB GILMORE THE AUSTRALIAN SCENE By MELBOURNE, Sept. 16. THREE months before a General Election strangely devoid of vote-catch-ing issues, Australian politics have suddenly become supercharged with petrol. It is low-octane petrol, the lifeless fluid which propels our shoddy pre-war cars but it gives910 words
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Article, Illustration316 1949-09-20 8 South could have executed a neat squeeze play if he had known the pertinent facts In today's deal, but, as it was, he had to depend on help from an enemy. South, dealer. Both sides vulnerable. The bidding: South West North East 1 spade Pass 3 no-trump316 words
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Advertisement168 1949-09-20 8 The best cigarette NEWS for over 40 years THE FILTER TIP **w protects "i^f^Mff your throat S&A II Bk V > I U stops particles of tobacco B?H HmK getting into the throat. BjL %pl^ It is the commonsense ?§|L method of preventing i*uiA .^H^HHl^BH^^Hi smoker's throat because it effectively168 words
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Advertisement132 1949-09-20 8 PAARL CHOICE CANNED FRUIT Canned fruit packed by Associated Canners Ltd. com«i from the rich country round Paarl, in Cap* Province. Ripened by the hot South African^ sun, in a fertile valley sheltered by mountain!, it ranks among the finest fruit in the world. SINGAPORE COLD STORAGE CO., LTD. ACRAWATTE132 words
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Miscellaneous282 1949-09-20 8 ■MfliaiiBk English Programme (As S'pore); 8.45 Dutch; 9.00 Kuoyu; 9.30 ■wkAirou 200 close; 6.00 Programme Burmese; 9.45 English- 10.00 Radio 10.00 News from Kuala Lumpur; summary; 6.01 TJLF.I.; 7.10 Share News Reel; 10.15 "Time for Music"; 10.05 Close; 10.55 For the Schools; Market Report; 7.30 Thanks for 10.48 "Oenerally Speaking";282 words
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Article214 1949-09-20 9 HYERES Riviera > By Air Mail* HERE is surely the best value for a holiday. At an hotel I live for Straits $5 a day and that includes everything. For $10, you can live in luxury. And I mean luxury. Half a melon, a beef-steak,214 words
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Article, Illustration479 1949-09-20 9 KAY NORTON - KAY NORTON By THE boys of Mount Emily Home, Singapore, certainly don't agree that baking, sewing and washing is women's work. They do all three beautifully, and like it When they entertain over 200 guests tomorrow at their first "At Home" all the479 words
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Article590 1949-09-20 9 NURSE BRIDGET - Don't fuss over a stubborn child NURSE BRIDGET By \ursr Bridget Is qualified n tbr care of babies and young children. If you have an. problems and ne-. help write to: < N'urs'- Bridget, c/o Straus rimes, Cecil Street, Singapore. < I leas* give a pseudonym unde- which your letter590 words
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Article697 1949-09-20 9 From an estate bungalow rrHOUGH to the unA iniated the idea of cutting a pig-hunting dog's ears may seem cruel actually it is anything but. These dogs are almost bound to get their ears torn sooner or later and it is so quickly done' as to be697 words
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Article, Illustration83 1949-09-20 9 I say! smoking a pipe and at her ace! Little Lim Kwee Choo, aged six-and-a-half months, daughter of Llm Say Long, of Singapore, thinks eight-months- old Daisy Lee's action a tremendous Joke, but Lucille Raumgarten, aged one, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. Baumgarten,83 words
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Advertisement203 1949-09-20 9 I flD* >^. .jatiMi .sMJla^a^a^L i&MaSi ISaßaE* >ik 9 MALAYAN HOMES AND FASHIONS lARIE lYCotta is a very lucky little girl. She has a i hedwom icith specially designed furniture— I wardrobe, dressing table, bed and chairs in pale pink a>id blue and even a bath in miniature sue. Her203 words
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Advertisement175 1949-09-20 9 SQUIBB I PHARMACEUTICALS I NOW AVAILABLE Milk of Magnesia Folic Acid t Vitamin Products I Folatc Sodium Solution Penicillin Preparations g Aspirin Tablets Dental Creams Mineral Oil Shaving Creams Viravos* Toothbrushes p Liafon C.ipsules Quinolor Ointment Ether I P Sole Agents: SHRIRO (CHINA) LTD. 261, Raffles Place Singapore Tel 4830175 words
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Article, Illustration858 1949-09-20 10 Reviewed by Bertrand Russell RUSSIA PUTS BACK THE CLOCK. By John Langdon-Davies. With a foreword by Sir Henry Dale. (Gollancz). JJKKK in simple language is what has been happening to Russian biologists, and what is scarcely less interesting how non-Russian Communist biologists, such as Professor858 words
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Article, Illustration31 1949-09-20 10 MOIRA SHEARER, Titian-haired ballet dancer "stepped out onto the stage like a conqueror with none of the apologetics of the beginner From Ballet Vignettes by Arnold Haskell (The Albyn Press, Edinburgh).31 words
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Article428 1949-09-20 10 PRESIDENTIAL MISSION: By Upton Sinclair. (T. Werner Lourie: 15/-net) nnHIS is the eighth volume of Upton Sinclair's "World's End" Series which seeks to describe contemporary history since 1913 in the form of a novel and with the same lack of any need for powers of428 words
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206 1949-09-20 10 LIBRARY LIST The latest additions riE following new books and reprints will be added to Raffles Library within the next few days: The Complete Book of Flower Arrangement, Rockwell and Grayaon. Furnishing in Style, Walter R. Storey. Shadows in the Sun, Dr. Stephen Taylor P. Gadsden. The Antiques Year Book,206 words
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Advertisement218 1949-09-20 10 LAST DAT! TO-DAY s=z hpni torn m ptiK of The btuutiy [mini PosU m mmm\ caww mama *m«s PRECEDED BY A BRAND NEW 3 STOOGES COMEDY PHONE "ER^WBySf 4042 11-1.45, 4.00 6.30 9.30 p.m. TOMORROW! From the book with a thousand different sensations! GrWCOOPERI' in hU role el rOl»*rOl»* m»218 words
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Advertisement228 1949-09-20 10 PMOMB Sssjp 5159 MONSTEROUS THRILLS IN COLOR! Ai^ March of Time: "ASIA'S NEW VOICE" NEXT CHANGE Warners' Technicolor im ill If l afe'Wjfflft 2Oth DA V! fIWJpUeSpH 3rd WEEK! WmEMSSm last few c^s3sHs*^ da );s t M.G.Ms Technicolor Masterpiece! j| il TODAY of 11am; 1.45; 4.15; 6.45 9.30pm. 9 £t228 words
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Miscellaneous295 1949-09-20 10 STRAITS TIMF.S CROSS WORD •e*... J9 Put a tide (anag > (8). CROSSWORD NO. -SO2 1 Cared about pet and put 21 Reichtrt -make jnvestlga- 1 1 1 1 i i down covering (8). tion <8>. > 1 M 4 Embrace, hooks (6). !PYf* JDi n e B V t0295 words
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95 1949-09-20 11 LIMITED DEALINGS IN THE SHARE MARKET From A Market Correspondent IN view of the confusion caused by the devaluation of the pound sterling, dealings in the Malayan Share market yesterday were very limited and spasmodic. Where business was done, transactions took place at considerably higher levels In all sections of95 words
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Article170 1949-09-20 11 CURRENCY RATES IN FORCE pONTROL currency rate* IB force today are: FREE MARKET: Beat T.T./O.D. selling rates «p*ted by members of the Malayan Exchange Banks Asm: London, 2/4; Hong Kong, 93 5, 16; Australia, 2/10 15/16; New Zealand, 2/4 Rupees lftS'4. Best buying rates for T.T. and O.D. respectively, unless170 words
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Article44 1949-09-20 11 Rubber companies' outputs (or August are as follows: Alor Oajah Rubber Estate Limited 23,500 1b*-. Ayer Panas Rubber Estate Limited 123,000 lbs.. Glenealy Plantations Limited 76,200 lbs.. Kluang Rubber Company Limited 68,500 lbs, Pajam Limited 207,500 lbs. Tambalak Rubber Estates Limited 32,870.,44 words
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Article114 1949-09-20 11 CHIPS ic port alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves yesterday (godowrs in bracket*) were: Main Wharf: Rljnkerk (31-32). President van Buren (33-34), Purnea (36-37), City of EvansvlUe (38-39), Katong (40), Duyong (41). West Wharf: Sommelsdljk (4-3). Socotra (6-7), Denbighshire (8-9). Glenorchy (11), Eastern Saga (1314), Rlmau (19).114 words
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Article237 1949-09-20 11 From Our Own Correspondent IN a leading article discussing the outlook for rubber shares, the Financial Times refers to the factor of constantly expanding consumption characteristic -»f the industry. Demand may fall away alarmingly over short periods, it says, but new uses continue to make237 words
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Article173 1949-09-20 11 Big Rise In Rubber Price AFTER opening somewhat erratically yesterday morning on the news of devaluation of the pound sterling the Singapore rubber market fluctuated between 42 Vi cents to 45 cents per lb. for f.o.b. buyers compared with Saturday's closing price of 36% cents. The market settled down in173 words
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Article52 1949-09-20 11 TOKYO, Mon.— The Finance Minister, Mr. Hayato Ikeda, admitted that early redemption of Japanese foreign debt;; Is impossible, thereby discounting the hopes expressed by the Prime Minister, Shlgeru Yoshida, that payment might be made beginning next year. Mr. Ikeda pcint#>d out:. "We have no foreign currencyUP - 52 words
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Article207 1949-09-20 11 THE NEW EXCHANGE RATES WASHINGTON, Mon. T3E International Monetary Fund announced last night that It had concurred in devaluation of the British pound sterling, the South African pound, the Australian pound, Norwegian kroner, the Indian rupee and the Danish kroner. The International Monetary Fund announcement came a few minutes afterReuter - 207 words
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Article54 1949-09-20 11 From A Market Correspondent pRICBS of most Items of pr°duce common to the Singapore entrepot trade Increased by an average of SO per cent yesterday after the pound sterling was devalued. No business, however, was transacted in the absence of bank exchange rates. The market was closed by54 words
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Article253 1949-09-20 11 A TOTAL of 150,000 cases of tinnf^ ninr»annli> was packed? Mafi^the X son which ended this month, Sixty per cent of this pack I went to the United Kingdom land the rest went to India, !the Middle East and New Zealand The shipment to the United253 words
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Advertisement1178 1949-09-20 11 MANSFIELD «Sc CO., LTD. (Incorporated m Singapore) BLOB FUNNEL LIMB STRAITS STEAMSHIP CO., Carrier'! option to proceed via ether LTD. port to load and discharge cargo. W EST COAST MALAYA sailings FROM UK ft US A Veetel tor Muar Weekly dSFr&ft* S g v^sjs T^ SB t. Liverpool. clalcow ««-Jo,1,178 words
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Advertisement329 1949-09-20 11 PRESIDENT LINER SAILINGS TO NEW YORK AND BOSTON VIA CEYLON INDIA ECVPT ANO MEDITERRANEAN PORTS Spore P i^ham P*™" 1 Pres Van Buren 21 $»P». 22/23 Sept. 24/2J Sept Pros letteriin 28 Sept./4 Oct. 5/6 Oct 7/10 get W*UrJitt.V?ctery 12/18 Oct 19/20 Oct 21/24 Oct Pre Po* 28 Oct./ 3329 words
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Advertisement354 1949-09-20 11 EAST ASIATIC LINE SAILINGS FROM SCANDINAVIA/UK./ SAILINCS TO CONTINENT/ CONTINENT. SCANDINAVIA Loading at Singapore, Port Swettenham m.s. "Kambodla' due abt. Sept. SO O Penang for Bangkok. Manila. HKong. Kobe Yokohama. "t.s. Manchuria 1 due abt. Sept 23 for Vizagapatam Madras. Colombo, Aden. Port Said, Cenoa, m.s. "Meenia" clue abt. Oct.354 words
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Advertisement1016 1949-09-20 11 MeAUSTER dc CO., LTD. (tneorpoiateo r> Singapore) Telephone No. 5906 KLLXRMAM tfc BUCKNAU KaVAVMIBSS LINE LONDON HAVRE ANTWERP LOi ANCELES. SAN FRANCISCO, LO ROTTE N ROAM V J>S,A A MB T URc" r HLcJtin^JSe 1 \2 C ",*fWL*& CITY Of CVANSVILLE Acceot.ng cargo for Central Sooth Spore P Sham Penang1,016 words
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588 1949-09-20 12 FASTEST IMPORTED HORSE TO RACE HERE Grey Bloom Has Done 6 f. In 1 9>/s By EPSOM JEEP IPOH, Monday. rpHE ONCE all-conquering Van Breukelen stable is steadily bringing up a line of new stars. Brightest of them all may be Grey Bloom, a three-year-old grey English gelding by Full588 words
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Article, Illustration39 1949-09-20 12 KID (.A ML AN gets his nose' bashed m by his own glove as he blocks a blow from Rocky Castellani during their fight at Madison Square Garden on Sept. 9. Gavilan won an unanimous points' decision. A.P. photo.AP - 39 words
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Article, Illustration41 1949-09-20 12 CHELSEA goalkeeper Medhurst arid centre-half Harris helpless as the ball crashes in after deflecting from Harris (on ground). The match, played at Stamford Bridge, was against Manchester United and resulted in a one-all draw. Photo by Reuter.Reuter - 41 words
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308 1949-09-20 12 R.A.F. Combined 7; Ceylonese Nil. jy A.F. Combined had little difficulty in collecting another two points when they beat the Ceylonese seven-nil in a Singapore A.F.A. Community League fixture at Jalan Besar yesterday. The Airmen, by virtue of this victory, are now third308 words
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Article99 1949-09-20 12 THE Singapore Cricket Club Women's Hockey team will play their second friendly match this season to-morrow on the Padang. Their opponents will be an All-Men's team from the H.M.S. Terror-. Mr. T. Mathot will be the S.C.C. women's goalkeeper. The S.C.C team is as99 words
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Article59 1949-09-20 12 The following players are selected to play soccer for Jollilads against me Praser Neave Sports Club on Wednesday and on Friday against the Standard Vacumn. OH Company, both matches at Fairer Park:— Naraynaa, Rasak, Kader, Ghani, Nadarjah. Sintha, Raju, Muniyandi. Salahudln, Toblng. Hussein, Dollah, Rahman, Ahmat, Abdul Rahman,59 words
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Article65 1949-09-20 12 The following will play for the S.C.R.C. in a hockey game against the' C.S.C. today at 6 p.m. on Hong Lim Green: Tang Clue Yuen, Lav Hock Chye, Cheong Thiam Siew Ong Leng Hoo, Goh Chin Chye, Au Tat Chu, Swee Lim Swang, CNjal Hon Yam, Harry Fang,65 words
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Article34 1949-09-20 12 The European team to meet the Chinese in a Community League game at Jalan Besar today will be: .Berhends; Hag on, Sykes; Morton (capt.i, Robin on, Benton: Mornsey, Murphy, Scalfe, Maihot, RuseelL34 words
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73 1949-09-20 12 EX- INTERNATIONAL IN S.C.C HOCKEY XI IN coal tor the Singapore Cricket Club against the Dutch Club in a friendly hockey match to be played on the Padang today will be Browne, a former International goalkeeper for Scotland. The S.C.C. will line up as follows: Browne; Dertnis, Lloyds; Macrae, Geeks,73 words
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Article239 1949-09-20 12 HHHE following ties in the Singapore Badminton Association's open and junior championships will be played off this weekend: SATURDAY 7.30 p.m.: Men's Junior Singles Quarter-finals: Sng Haw Pah (Useful) v. Ng Cheng Hua (MarigoldV, Andrew Tan (Diehard) v. Lav Teng Chuan (Mayflower); Cheong Hock Whatt (Eclipse)239 words
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Article76 1949-09-20 12 ROME, Mod. ORUCE Woodcock, British heavy- weight champion, has lost his right to the European title, the European Boxing Union decided at Its meeting here yesterday. Olle Tandberg (Sweden) and Jo Weidinger (Austria) werejiominated to fight for the championship A four-nation committee, comprising representatives from Britain.76 words
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Article25 1949-09-20 12 SOCCER: Ku.opeans v. Chinese, Community League, J. Besar. HOCKEY: S.C.R.C. v. C.S.C. Hong Lim Green; S.C.C. v. Dutch Club, padang. RUGGER: S.C.C. Trial.25 words
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Article358 1949-09-20 12 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Mon. MEMBERS of the Johore Rugby Union, which was revived at a meeting held in Johore Bahru over the weekend, were all in favour of starting an Asian side to compete In the All Blues competition. For a start,358 words
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138 1949-09-20 12 DEVALUATION MAY AFFECT U.K. BOXING LONDON, Mon. REVALUATION of the pound may mean the end of fights between topline American boxers and British boxers for the time being. Jack Solomons, the London promoter, who recently returned from America with promises from several leading American fighters to come to London thisReuter - 138 words
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Article91 1949-09-20 12 S.C.C. RUGGER DANCE FC following are the two teams for to-day's S.C.C. rugger trial at 5.15 p.m. on the padang: Club Colours: Lines, Davies, Murphy, Welsh, Lawley, Rodick, Taylor, Leask. Donaldson, Maxey, Roualle, Read, Newton, Robson, Tucker. Whites or other colours: McVlcar, Harding, Pennell, Bainbrldge, Homer, Frame, Witt, Pox, Sack,91 words
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72 1949-09-20 12 MR. MRS. H. TOOKE WIN FOURSOMES The Island Club Mixed Foursomes which were played on Sunday afternoon, was won by Mr. and Mrs. H. Tooke with a gross score of 89 less 20 69. The next best scores were Mrs. K. T. San and Dr. N. S. Urn with a72 words
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Article33 1949-09-20 12 THE C.V.M.A. (P.M.) defeated 1 the C.V.M.A. (Church of Sts. Peter Paul) by five games to two In a friendly game of table tennis played at the C.V.M.A. (P.M.) premises on Tuesday.33 words
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Article22 1949-09-20 12 TODAY: 10.08 am. (7ft. 9in) and 9.06 p.m. (8ft. 7in). TOMORROW: 10.36 a.m. (8ft. 41n) and 10.00 p.m. (9ft. 51n).22 words
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Article281 1949-09-20 12 LOS ANGELES, Monday. RICHARD (Pancho) Gonzales yesterday proved his right to the claim as the top amateur tennis player with a four-set win over Ted Schroeder to win the Pacific Southwest tennis title. Gonzales won 6—3, 9—ll, B—6, 6—4. The gruelling match was almost a replicaReuter; UP - 281 words
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265 1949-09-20 12 ST. ANDREW'S, Singapore's best schoolboy rugger team, will tour the Federation sometime In December to play a series of games against schools and colleges there. The team will play at Seremban, Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh, Penang and Alor Star. The team will be accompanied by the265 words
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Article98 1949-09-20 12 LONDON,, Mon. OWITZERLAND and Yugoslavia won their ties in the World Football Cup tournament yesterday and passed into next stages of the competition. Switzerland, who beat Luxembourg three goals to two in the second leg of their tie in Luxembourg for an aggregate of eight goalsReuter - 98 words
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Article772 1949-09-20 12 rGLISH League Tables after Saturday's matches were: FIRST DIVISION P W D L F A pts Wolves 8 7 1 0 17 9 15 Manchester U. 8 4 4 0 13 7 12 Liverpool 8 3 5 0 12 8 11 W. Bromwlch 9 4 2 3 14772 words
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Advertisement469 1949-09-20 12 CLASSIFIED ADS. Continued tram pafa 6) FOR SALE rntKiioiD lands Cluny Road •11 convenience opposite Raffles College 27.500 Bq. Ft. Farrer Rd. 2?.n00 Sn Ft. Apply Post Box 751. BLACK HAIR DYE (Kofc-I-Noor No. 570). Turns white •hair Into Natural Black. Result pu.iranteed. Method simplest. Certified by Medical Practitioners. Highly469 words
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Advertisement133 1949-09-20 12 /•vfrlvWV \v^^3 sfl-af 'jss^ —JttV ~\7^\J ""—■CHUN CHONG S3 SOUTH BR/DGE *D.. SINGAPORE PHOHt 2t6t I EXTRA!! BOXING SPECIAL!! CAPITOL THEATRE 22nd SEPTEMBER 1949 FOR THE MIDDLEWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE DICK DAVE TURPIN SANDS British Empire Middleweight Champ Middleweight Champ. of Australia THE FINAL ELIMINATING CONTEST FOR THE133 words
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