The Straits Times, 28 September 1949
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Title Section20 1949-09-28 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEAPING NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 184S EIGHT PAGES SINGAPORE. WEDNESDAY, S EPTEMBEB 28, 1949. PKIIE TEN C EMS.20 words
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Article, Illustration434 1949-09-28 1 Government Defends Its Money Policy LONDON, Tuesday. THE Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Stafford Cripps, told the House of Commons today that the rate of the profits tax on distributed profits would, "with effect from today*' be raised from 25 per cent to 30 per cent.Reuter; UP - 434 words
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Article49 1949-09-28 1 $50 ,000 FOR THE UNIVERSITY DATERSON, Simons Co. 1 Ltd., have given $25,0 d« to the University of Malaya Endowment Fund and have forwarded a cheque for $25,000 from the Ben Line Steamers Ltd., for which they are agents. This brings the total received by the fund to 51.065,238.49 words
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Article84 1949-09-28 1 Siamese Officers Due Today 1 TWENTY Siamese Army Offi1 cers will arrive In Singapore by air today for a 12week sojourn in the country to study anti-bandit* ->pent tions at first hand.' They are expected at KaJ lang Airport at 11 30 am Some will stay here only a few84 words
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Article123 1949-09-28 1 LONDON. Tues. -The Prime Minister. Mr. Clement Attlee. today refused to pive •h- position leader. Mr. Winston Churchill, any further information about the -scent atomic explosion in Russia. Amid loud Oonov.Ho" cheers. Mr. Churchill had asked in the House of Com•nons If the Prime MinisterReuter - 123 words
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Article192 1949-09-28 1 24-Hour PlanOflLS. Defence SEATTLE. Tues. AN elaborate aerial defence system, improved from World War 11, was dlsclos2d today to be operating 24 hours a day in the Pacific northwest states of America. Every plane that takes off from a Pacific northwest field or enters the area is detected by radarAP; UP - 192 words
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Article43 1949-09-28 1 SAIGON. Tues.— Four people were killed. 10 seriously Injured and 30 sM^htlv injurr^. w'len a grenade was thrown on Sunday into a crowd outside a c'nnma at Cap St. Jacques, outport of Saigon at the mouth of the River Mekong. Reuter.Reuter - 43 words
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Article29 1949-09-28 1 TOKYO, Tues— A NorihWest Airlines official said today that unidentified planes presumed to be Russian have often flown beside airliners bound from Tokyo to Anchorage, Alaska. A.P.AP - 29 words
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Article159 1949-09-28 1 CANBERRA, Tuesday. ITSUALLY reliable sources here today reiterated, dsspite doubts expressed in Washington and London, that Australia and Britain would jo'ntly approach the International Monetary Fund for a dollar loan. When an authoritative Australian source first stated on =?aturdav that a Joint ioj>n of $1.125Reuter - 159 words
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Article107 1949-09-28 1 NEW YORK, Tues. A RESCUE plane may oe flown to the Indian border to pick up Lowell Thomas, travel writer, who was Injured in Tibet when thrown from a norse. Landing in Tibet is forbidden. Mr. Thomas is being taken by bearers on a long marchReuter - 107 words
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Article44 1949-09-28 1 FRANKFURT. Tues. A rade agreement between Western Germany and the Soviet zone was announced yesterday by a spokesman of :he United States High Commission in Germany. No figures were dlscloseo but an announcement giving details Is expected tomorrow —Reuter.Reuter - 44 words
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Article, Illustration76 1949-09-28 1 I ne puipte-gieen ji Hrn vegetation on the slope* of Penan* Hill »h« dsixlinii colours of iaron« and kebaya at a Maby s lta»'» installation faithfully reproduced •n COLOUR. Nineteen full-coloui illustration in STRAITS TIMES PICTURES 1949 the most ambitious yet attempted TSe price emains the76 words
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Article83 1949-09-28 1 HOLLYWOOD. Tues Deanna Durbin. who has been separated from her husband for the past two years, late today filed suit for divorce, charging extreme cruelty and desertion. The former child star, now 27 married writer-director Felix Jackson in Las Vegas. Nevada, on June 13. 1945. TheyUP - 83 words
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Article98 1949-09-28 1 From Ow Ow» Cocwp— <rt BANGKOK. Tues. A DECISION to prohibit operations by 81am ese and British security forcw> against Communist terrorists In certain areas of the South Slam border province if Narathlwart and the Malayan State of Kelantan has now been reached. The decision98 words
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Article380 1949-09-28 1 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA Ll'MPl'R. Tuesday. AN officer, a sergeant and a guardsman of the Scots Guards lost their lives on Sunda> afternoon when a bandit flung a hand grenade at them as they were -stx^it to m«ve the bodies of three bandits they380 words
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Article47 1949-09-28 1 BANGKOK, Tues. The Slam government has appointed a special committee to investigate "forged"' whisky flooding the Bangkok market which appears to be made to the same secret formula as the government's monopolymade Mac Khong. It is feared the formula has been -itcien.— A.P.AP - 47 words
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Article16 1949-09-28 1 LONDON. Tues. -Third Dl vision (Northern): Accrlng ton Stanley 3. Oldham Athletic 4.— Reuter.Reuter - 16 words
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439 1949-09-28 1 TERROR LAID ON 'AGENTS FROM OUTSIDE' BEVIN ON MALAYA NEW YORK, Tuesday. QELEGATES of 52 nations yesterday heard the British Foreign Secretary, Mr. Ernest Bevin, call for international control of atomic weapons, denounce Russian imperialism, pledge non-interference in China and tell of the emergency in Malaya. "In Malaya,' he saidReuter - 439 words
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Article52 1949-09-28 1 CANTON. Tues.— The cost of living in Canton, whose economy is largely influenced by the Hong Kong dollar, has risen approximately five per cent, since devaluation of :he pound sterling. In the open market, silver and silver-backed notes appreciated 10 per cent and «told bars 12Reuter - 52 words
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Article30 1949-09-28 1 TOKYO, Tues.— The Jappanese Cabinet today decided to apply for membership of the International Wh.^at Agreement, enabling her o buy American wheat at below current market prices.— Reuter.Reuter - 30 words
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Advertisement22 1949-09-28 1 IN STERLING SILVER AND E.P.N.S. WARE P.H. HENDRY Umllw) 78, NORTH BRIDGE RD. Pin- M .421. SINGAPORE. GJDLD FLAKE MADE m MOUND22 words
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Advertisement31 1949-09-28 1 BUSH for better listening CHRISTOPHER \i\3 §L stone ft^ili jiOlt AGENTS BRIGHT RADIO C° /no «\V 3(9 3)1 /i^K^i There's always TIUC I ElflE FOR A TIGER in pints a*cf quarts31 words
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Article, Illustration235 1949-09-28 2 LONDON, Tuesday. 'TWO four-engined R.A.F. Lincoln bombers collided 1 in mid -air near Newark, Notts, early today, marring the final stages of exercise "Bulldog". In this exercise, United! States, Dutch, Belgian and French aircraft are participating with the R.A.P. Twelve bodies were recovered and two othersReuter; AP - 235 words
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Article62 1949-09-28 2 To jFY o Tues.— Officials of the historic Horyuji Temple have bowed to the insistence or Japanese scholars and agreed to permit them to inspect treasures in a cave under the main pillar of the temple's five-storied pagoda A casket in the cave is aidReuter; Reuter-AAP - 62 words
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Article43 1949-09-28 2 RANGOON, Tues. Burmese Government Forces have reoccupled Thongwa, Important stronghold about 20 miles east of Rangoon. Sixteen insurgents were killed yesterday when Government troops beat off an attack on Palagyi, a small town in the Irrawaddy delta west of Rangoon.— Reuter.Reuter - 43 words
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Article19 1949-09-28 2 Tine? «'J«nis.tlon in the ppoi..* 11 olficI 1 »t»t*ment said that recent circulars anil19 words
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Advertisement250 1949-09-28 2 •jSAN DERSON fvlt SUN-RESISTING ANDWASHPROOF Wide Range Of New Designs In Linens Also Cotton Cretonnes and Linen Union m»/ Prites $375 t0 $9-s ydI UIHITEHUIHVS (WHITEAWAY. LAIPIAW ft CO., LTPj i 25 Cwt FORWARD CONTROL MODELS Capacious bodywork on picas < r-^ g^^^^^V ing modern lines plus all the f>\!250 words
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Advertisement687 1949-09-28 2 NOTICES SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY SITUATIONS VACANT VACANCIES exist in the Muni clpal Clerical Service for loca born young men and womei possessing the School Cernttcate oi Senior Cambridge Certificate. Commencing salary 990 p.m plus CL.A. making total emoluments $128 p.m. These posts ari In the Time Scale wr.ich v $80x10-90 Bar687 words
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Advertisement338 1949-09-28 2 NOTICES NOTICE I. J. A. P. MANASSEE of 59 A Travers Road. Kuala Lumpur. r hereby give notice that I will not hold myself responsible for any debta Incurred by my wife Ethel t Mildred Manassee who left me of her own free will 3 years ago. (Sd.) X A.338 words
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Advertisement247 1949-09-28 2 NOTICES CENTRAL ELECTRICITY BOARD ss XV. Transmission Line— Seremban To Rantau. TENDERS will be reteived at the Office of the Deputy Chairman Central Electricity Board, Batu Road, Kuala Lumpur up to 12 noon on 19th Ortober. for the clearing of a 2H chain rentU and tte erection of 40 ft.247 words
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Advertisement157 1949-09-28 2 ALHAMBRA^S" Air -Conditioned Tele. 6909 D- y i" 1-45. 4.15. 6.45 Hi 9.30 p.m m.gm's Lavish, Lilting APT}!^ kS^L Musical in S TECHNICOLOR! I roi\7Fn WITH THE LUST TO KILL! 1 J|^^a TOMORROW! O^J^»* N.B. BRAND M NEW PRINT REPUBLIC! fi?6.Ck KITCHtN I THE PRESSEO STEEL I U COOKER WITH157 words
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343 1949-09-28 3 NEW YORK, Tuesday. TIIK President of the United Nations General Assembly, Gen. Carlos P. Romulo of t*v Philippines, hinted yesterday that a drive r break the deadlock on atomic energy control would be pressed in the U.N. "I am a chronicReuter; AP; UP - 343 words
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Article126 1949-09-28 3 U.S. Carriers In Mock Atomic War WASHINGTON, Tues. THE U.S. Defence Secretary, Mr. Louis Johnson, took oif frum an aircraft carrier yesterday In a naval landbased atomic bomber, the Neotune. This ended a day-long Navy show, designed to prove that ttv O.s Fleet Air Arm can tight an atomic war.UP - 126 words
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Article78 1949-09-28 3 MANILA, Tues. Dutch author! ties in Indonesia anci the British authorities in Hong Kong and Singapore may be requested to aid In the current investigation of activities of an international arms smuggling ring. The investigators reportedly may urge the Foreign Office to request the DutchUP - 78 words
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Article49 1949-09-28 3 COLOMBO, Tues. A rough star sapphire weighing about 1,500 carats— noa iy half a pound— h?s been discovered 55 miles from Colombo. Gem merchants say that two "stars" can be cut ocrt of it, each weighing 400 carats and one has offered £7,500 for it.— Reuter.Reuter - 49 words
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Article, Illustration31 1949-09-28 3 Mr. Francis Hushes of Sarawak Oilfield Ltd.. Brunei, and Miss Brenda Hurtles, who were married at the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd. Singapore, recently.— Studio de luxe picture.31 words
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215 1949-09-28 3 LONDON. Tuesday. fiAPTAIN Douglas Lee of the 17,477-ton liner v Magdalena which was lost on a reef on her maiden voyage from Buenos Aires to London, said yesterday that his chief officer, Mr. L. Senior, was in charge at the time. Capt Lee was givingAP - 215 words
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Article184 1949-09-28 3 WASHINGTON, Tues. A UNITED STATES SenateHouse of Representatives Committee agreed yesterday jn a USSUI4.OIO.OOO arms aid appropriation to friendly nations, including non-Corn-munlsi areas in China, Korea -vnd Philippines. Tn<~ measure, urgently sought by President Truman. is designed to supply arms to signer* of theAP - 184 words
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396 1949-09-28 3 from Our Own Correspondent T LONDON, Tuesday. HE tin share market yesterday reflected a feeling of uncertainty arising from the delay of the Ministry ©f Supply In announcing the new price payable to producers concerning which the Ministry is still having discussions with the396 words
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Article226 1949-09-28 3 Russia Told Tc "Leave Shell" NEW YORK, Tues. MR. tievin, in his speed: to the General Assembly, told Russia thai if she was willing v "come out of her shell' and Join an Internationa control of atomic energy the atomic bomb could tx canned. "The fault lies with thi SovietReuter; AP - 226 words
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Article448 1949-09-28 3 THE HAGUE, Tuesday. 'THE fate of the entire round table conference may 1 be settled today and sources close to the delegates are shaking their heads and are inclined to be floomy. Tension was eased last week when agreement was reached, after the secret talks448 words
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Article52 1949-09-28 3 Siam Decides New Rote Tnm Onr Own Correspndort BANGKOK. Toes. THE Siamese Government, after a week of indecision, today fixed the new exchange rate of 35 Heals to the and 12.50 Meals to the US 5. Before the devaluation of sterling the official exchange rate to the 40 ticab and52 words
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169 1949-09-28 3 Albert 's Loves May Have Led To 23 Deaths QUEBEC. Tuesday. T»HE complicated love life of Albert Guay handsome x 31-year-old jewellery salesman, today led to two more people becoming Involved in the time- bombing of an airliner which exploded and crashed with the loss of 23 lives. The policeUP - 169 words
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Article, Illustration25 1949-09-28 3 Second. Opeer Abdul Bahmair Bin Yacobe of SJk MaUnj, who has obtained his Mate's certificate far a Home Trade ship.— Straits Times picture.25 words
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Article271 1949-09-28 3 From Our Own Correspondent N.,™ LONDON, Tuesday. fcXT year American manufacturers will be able to buy 50,000 tons more natural rubber as a result of the cut In the use of synthetic, but there is a feeling in some quarters that the U.S. decision is271 words
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Advertisement219 1949-09-28 3 <$F The sea crayfish is like 6 a small lobster, but without the large pincer claws. It is sometimes called the spiny lobster. The flesh has the' same delicate flavour and it ii delicious either hot. or cold with salad. Crayfish make excellent curries, too. SINGAPORE COLD STORAGE CO., LTD.219 words
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Article21 1949-09-28 4 Thanhs to Our Lady Pailnia, (hit Lad; Marihu. Our Lady lourdes. and The Bleated Virgin for a safe operation. MB21 words
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Obituary19 1949-09-28 4 In loving memory of Mrs. Isabella Chandradasa who passed •way peacefully on 28 9.48. Anlcha Watt* Sankara.19 words
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Article161 1949-09-28 4 THE recent police drive in Singapore on car lighting after sunset seems to me to be a retrograde step in streets where the lighting is superlatively good. Had they brought in a byelaw prohibiting headlights In those thoroughfares now lighted by the new fluorescent lamps. I could161 words
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Article125 1949-09-28 4 MAY I— on behalf of TJ thousands of other Kuala Lumpureans— take the opportunity of saying adieu to a realfy frand personality of Radio Malaya, Kuala Lumpur who will be leaving us very shortly for an unknown destination. During his term of he has gained a125 words
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952 1949-09-28 4 For The Federal Councillors Tomorrow By A SINGAPORE ACCOUNTANT M)/?tf THOUGHTS ON EXCESS PROFITS J O M 0 R R O W the Federation legislative Council will debate War Damage Conipensation. On the resuFt of their debate hangs the success or failure of the whole matter. At this meeting there952 words
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Article324 1949-09-28 4 Strachey And Our Sago HTHE reply of tt^ Singa- pore Government at the last meeting of the Legislative Council to the question of Mr. McLellan on the subject of the sago monopoly, and manipulation by the Ministry of Food in the Unite*. Kingdom, lifts a cornci o* the lark curtain324 words
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218 1949-09-28 4 WITH the acute homing shortage, the public of Singapore has been eagerly awaiting the lifting of the moratorium, in the hope that the present high land values will come down, thus making it possible for the wage-earner to purchase a small plot of land to218 words
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Letter184 1949-09-28 4 f wish to congratulate Victimised on his letter on the need to bring holidays and annual leave for commercial workers into line Ith Government employees, but he has forgotten to mention that hours of work should also be adjusted. While some firms com mence work184 words
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Letter130 1949-09-28 4 I HAVE never written to the Press, as my English is rzry limited, but when I read in your issue of Sept. 21 of the remark by Inche Sardon bin Haji Zublr that schoolchildren have negledtMl their study due to the Joger Modern. I must say that130 words
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Letter148 1949-09-28 4 LANDLORDS MUST PAY MORE DECENTLY the Singa- pore Municipal Secretary sent notices, under Section 62 of the Municipal Ordinance, to various owners of properties increasing the annual values calculated at the the rate of five per cent. Under the provisions of the Control of Rent Ordinance, owners are prohibited from148 words
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Letter116 1949-09-28 4 lUOULD anyone be kind enough to explain few nuestlons on the ■'.en'^nce 'Malaya was called The Land of Short Shadows' which I came across in Sir Roland Braddell's book "The Lights ot Singapore?' The questions are: By whom was the beautiful name 'Land of Short Shadows'116 words
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163 1949-09-28 4 IT may interest your correspondent Distressed to learn that the Estates Committee of the Singapore Improvement Trust was formed primarily to deal with the grievances of people like himself. At present there are 15,000 applicants for about 1,000 houses and flats which 'ill be163 words
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Advertisement718 1949-09-28 4 1 LASS IFI ED ADS. FEV OUSON On 27th September, at Kand->nR Kerbau Hospiial wire, of J. D. Ferguson. a sor SITUATION VArANI WANTED experience cookbouseboy for flat. Phone 6282. JUNIOR Typist Wanted. No shorthand necessary. Box No A7RS9 ST. EUROPEAN Company requires Experienced Lady Cashier. Apply With references Box718 words
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Advertisement96 1949-09-28 4 FAMOUS WALTZES 1936 ACCELERATION. Waltr (Strauss)— New Sym. Orchestra 1725 BLUE DANUBE, Waltl (Strauss i— National Sym. Orchestra. 1874 EMPEROR WALTZ (Strauss)— New Sym. Orchestra. l»9fl- EVA WALTZ (Lehar)— Tonhalle Orchestra. Zurich. 1711 GOLD SILVER. Walts (Lehar)— Tonr.alle Orchestra. Zurich. 1108 INVITATION TO THE WALTZ (Weber)— National Sym. Orchestra 192496 words
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Advertisement64 1949-09-28 4 sS -I 1 <-\ i'■'li I MB if Bfl j 1 -i sS HI t > 1 ■H I m Hit W MODEL 132 Competitively priced. 3 ValvV "V A.C. Superhet. Fully Tropipicalized in most attractive' moulded cabinet, finished to give a Silver Grey appearance. Price $180 I*r EASY TERMS64 words
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Article168 1949-09-28 5 DEARER RICE CUTS DEMAND DESPITE relatively low exportable supplies of rice, there has a reduction in pressure on import demands, Mr. H. G. Clowes, commodity specialist, told the FAO conference hi Singapore yesterday. He said that this was due In part to the price of rice and the change in168 words
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Article16 1949-09-28 5 The Rev. Herbert H. Peterson has been granted a licence to solemnize marriages in Singapore.16 words
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Article, Illustration378 1949-09-28 5 Councillor To Ask Govt. For Free Vote AT the next meeting of the Singapore Legislative Council, Mr. N. A. Mallal, Progressive Party candidate for Municipal South- West, will ask Government for a free vote on the subject of state lotteries in the Colony. Mr. Mallal told378 words
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Article, Illustration305 1949-09-28 5 On The Same Table At Last rpHE trails of two Australian brothers both conA nected with the Food and Agriculture Organisation have crossed and criss-crossed the world many times. But today in Singapore, for the first time at any FA O conference, they sat around305 words
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Article75 1949-09-28 5 A HOLIDAY chalet for senior Government officers in Singapore will be built thts year at Changl by the Public Works Department. The Director of Public Works in Singapore, Mr. W. A. Kirk, said yesterday that the present existing holiday bungalow at Changl is only sufficient to75 words
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Article130 1949-09-28 5 From Oar Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Tues. A 16-YEAR-OLD wife ana her husband, and a mother of three, who formed a pick-pocketing gang, operating on trains, were convicted in the police court today on charges of possession and concealment of stolen property. They were Nagamah, who130 words
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Article17 1949-09-28 5 The Kesatuan Rayat. Indonesia Sarawak has been declared an unlawful society, says the Sarawak Government Gazette.17 words
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Article41 1949-09-28 5 A sampan owner, Teng Hock Seng, rtu> refused to move away f.om a boat unloading rice in the inner harbour when ordered to do so by a marine patrol, was fined $50 In the Singapore First District -Court yesterday.41 words
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Article123 1949-09-28 5 JUDGMENT was reserved by Mr. Justice Evans yesterday in the Singapore Supreme Court in the suit for damages brought by Ong Kee Van a contractor, against a lorry driver. Goh Ah Chwee It was alleged that Goh had deliberately run his lorry Into Ong. following a quarrel at123 words
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Article110 1949-09-28 5 Fourteen motorists were fined a total of $760 in the Singapore Traffic Court yesterday for speeding. The fines ranged from $30 to $100 Ang Lim Chwee of Yio Chu Kang Road, a lorry driver with four previous conviclons, had his" licence suspen.ed for one year, tn addition o110 words
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Article27 1949-09-28 5 Miss Rhona Connery v.iil discuss the recent incidents of counterfeit coins and notes circulating in Singapore over Rariio Malaya at 1 0 p.m. on Friday.27 words
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Article177 1949-09-28 5 'MALA YA WILL BENEFIT' MALAYA will ultimately benefit by the proposed programme for technical assistance for under-developed countries, the agricultural officer of the Food and Agriculture Organisation, Mr. K. V. L. Kesteven, told the Straits Times yesterday. While Malaya would not require agricultural technical assistance on the same scale as177 words
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88 1949-09-28 5 nUSSIA will send a delegation of 12, two of them women, to the fifth session of the Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East which will be held at the Victoria Memorial Hall, Singapore from Oct. 20 to 29. An official of88 words
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Article, Illustration38 1949-09-28 5 MX. AND MRS. CHENG HOCK SHAN after their marriage at the Singapore Registry Office yesterday. Mr. Cheng: Is on the printing staff of the Straits Times, and Mrs. Cheng was foimerly Miss Ng Soh Hoon.— Straits Times picture.38 words
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Article53 1949-09-28 5 Yong Ah Leek, aged 35, a clerk with 17 years' service at Thomas Cook Sons, was sentenced to one year's rigorous imprisonment In the Singapore First District Court yesterday for misappropriating $4,634 from the firm. Pleading in mitigation, Mr. V. J. Mendls said that Yong had53 words
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Article68 1949-09-28 5 Good news for pork-lovers was the arrival in Singapore yesterday of 1.000 Bali pigs, which reached the Colony in special landing ships Instead of the Dutch X.P.M. boats always used hitherto for bringing Ball pigs. The price of pork will probably ease by anything up to68 words
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Article101 1949-09-28 5 roURTEEN-year-old Ton i Ah Kirn of Jalan Sultan will not be able to re-perm her hair when it loses its present curls if her uncle follows the advice of the Singapore Traffic Court Magistrate, Mr. D. A. Fyfe. Toh'g careless riding of a bicycle resulted101 words
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Article67 1949-09-28 5 THE Batavia Symphony Or- chestra, which is to be featured in the Singapore Festival of Music sponsored by the Straits Times and the Music Circle, in association with Radio Malaya, is now on tour in Indonesia. It is txpected back hi Batavia on Oct. 1. The Festival67 words
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Article179 1949-09-28 5 THE new Bishop of Singapore, the Rt. Rev. Henry Wolfe Baines, will be enthroned in St. Andrew's Cathedral at 5.30 p.m. today, with all the traditional ceremony of the Church of England. The main body of the Cathedral will be reserved for official guests and179 words
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343 1949-09-28 5 From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH, Tuesday. "J HAVE suffered myself as much reiroise over the child's death as the mother herse.f m st have," said Sergeant George Frederick L-onard Ewin, making his d fence from the dock at bis retrial at Ipoh on343 words
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Article29 1949-09-28 5 Singapore police yesterday detained a Malay after an incident on Monday night at Jalan Kayu, Seletar, in which 10 Malays were alleged to have assaulted three Chinese.29 words
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Article27 1949-09-28 5 Two Chinese early yesterday beat up a taxi driver. and then robbed him of $8 after hiring his vehicle from the town to Tampenis Road.27 words
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Article18 1949-09-28 5 Mr W. I. Gallery, assistant Commissioner lor Labour, Singapore, has been appointed a Commissioner to administer oaths.18 words
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Advertisement67 1949-09-28 5 QMS dunne. YOUR HOLIDAY PLACE Travel without trouble by Kangaroo Service. On the ground and in the air Q.E.A. and 8.0.A.C. makes your personal comfort a paramount responsibility Ask V° ur travel agent /or detuUs loioVT iOMMOWMi lIUMIA SUVA PAKISTAN fUf <C"^*> gfT^ "HA QANTAS EMPIRE AIRWAYS Aunrallt't International Alrllnt67 words
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Advertisement107 1949-09-28 5 HEDGES I HUM Ure^^xhoicest jiF Hb jk m& t wlllr\ r\ i Ho| H From sun kissed vineB I yards and deep cool i mi superb addition to the range o f perfect sherries bottled by ]^^^gA| HEDGES ""■■«.>c-7^T "j BUTLER SINGAPORE KUALA LUMPUR PEN ANG ATTENTION TRAVELLERS I FOR107 words
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Article, Illustration342 1949-09-28 6 Big Guards Trek To Pahang From Oar Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tnesday. A TWO-MILE long military convoy, escorted by fighter planes, has made its way from Kuala Lumpur to a point in Pahang approximately 100 miles away, along roads notorious for ambushes, without incident. The342 words
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Article156 1949-09-28 6 CHURCH'S 'NO' TO CONTEST ROMAN Catholic girls way withdraw from the twopiece swim soft beauty contest at the South winds Hotel, Tanjong Balal on Oct. 9, tt was learned yesterday. One of the aspirants said yesterday that her parish priest had protested to her parents that, as she was a156 words
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Article1196 1949-09-28 6 THE names of the successful Singapore candidates to the London Chamber of Commerce (Spring) 1949 Examinations were announced fn Singapore yesterday. The results are as follows: RAFFLES INSTITUTION ETENINO CLASSES: CertMeate Stage: Book keeping, Cheong Kirn Khoon, Cheong Yoen Whye. Lai Leong San;1,196 words
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Article308 1949-09-28 6 pOKTY-FIVE students of the Ring Edward VII 1 College of Medicine have successfully sat far their re-examinations in their first, second and third year professional examinations at the College. Five of them are women. The first year medical and dental .examinations were in chemistry, physics and308 words
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Article121 1949-09-28 6 I.WXJa. Wednesday lto.uk* fMiii^ Presbyterian Church Ha 1. *eld Road. 9.3* *JB. Mrs. Lukafanneye wiD give a aemonstm ikn of making f ett flowera and bags. BUOTfA VISTA Road Boyi 1 Club, official opening, oy MaJ. On. D. Dunlop, UV ni ST. ANMLBWS CATHEMUL, enthroßoamt of the new121 words
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Article128 1949-09-28 6 ANY fltagotr who thinks ot the first M top-ranking stars cannot possibly salsa the name of Joan Crawford, an Acadcny Award wtnner. And the fllmgoer will feel' confirmed .In his view of Joan Crawford as a great setresa after he sees hex fa Flamingo Road, In which Joan128 words
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Article72 1949-09-28 6 SUK3AMMB 10.80 News Iron Kuala Lumpur, 10.06 Close; 10.55 Far the Schools; 12.00 Programmes m Malay; 1.00 Dance music; 1.30 News (also at 7 and 9.30): 3.00 Close; 6.00 Programme Summary; 6.03 Children* Programme; 6.20 The Radio Orchestra 7flo Singapore abac* Mukst Btport: 7.30 HhjKlim Parade; t.M Hadfc72 words
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Article204 1949-09-28 7 RUBBER PRICES EASIER DRICES in Singapore rubber 1 market eased with moderate buying support and some selling pressure yesterday. At the lower levels there was better support. After the firmness over the week-end, both T.ondon and New York advices were rather disappointing yesterday morning. Closing prices yesterday were' No. 1204 words
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Article102 1949-09-28 7 SHIPS in port alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves yesterday (godowns in brackets; were: Main Wharf: PrancisvUle (3334), Bencleuch (36-37). Kota Nlca (40). Manchuria (42-43). West Wharf: TJlpanas (6-7). Benarty (11), Glenroy (13-14), O'.ga Maersk (15-16). Empire Dock: Javanese Prince (17-18), Charon (19-20), Hoegh SUverbeam (23-24), Hoegh102 words
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Article63 1949-09-28 7 From A Market Correspondent pOPRA and coconut oil prices v eased yesterday in Singapore nroduce markets on account of the lull In overseas demand. Pepper prices remained at the high level reached after dewluation but scarcely any activity took Place. The changes were:— Copra: Sundried $27.50; Mixed $27.00Coconut63 words
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Article855 1949-09-28 7 From Our Market Correspondent THE London market yesterday failed to respond to M the buying of Malayan shares that swept Singapore on Monday. That caused some disappointment and locally tin shares fell in sympathy with London All issues, where changed, were marked lower Industrials855 words
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Article328 1949-09-28 7 LONDON, Tues. SLIGHTLY lower levels were recorded in most sections of the London Stock Exchange yesterday. Trading was small with most operators awaiting the outcome of the Parliamentary debate on the sterling devaluation. Following were the closing middle prices of selected stocks as supplied to the Straits Times328 words
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Article22 1949-09-28 7 Sept. 24. Sept. 26. Industrial* 181.30 180.86 Railroads 47.78 47.57 Domestic Bonds 99.18 99.20 Utilities sh io 10 m22 words
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Advertisement1136 1949-09-28 7 MANSFIELD <Sc CO., LTD. (Incorporated in Smgaeore) BLUE rUNNEL LIMB STRAITS STEAMSHIP CO Cirntfi option to >rocoo< me ether n port tc load and discharge cargo ».»i* •ailino >«OM UK t» U»A WtST COAST MALAYA Promerhem flue »mm UK yep, Vrad for Muar Weakly Adr jftm due from U.S.A. Sept.1,136 words
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Advertisement233 1949-09-28 7 PRESIDENT LINER SAILINGS •O MfW rORK AND BOSTON VIA CfTLON iNOU «CYM AND MFDITERRANfAN PORTS Mount Davit 9/15 Nov 16/17 Nev. 18/21 Nev rO USA PACIHI «NO AfLANTir VORTJ Marine Snappe. H'lTOet M/1?O«t 8/10 Oct AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINES, LTD. UNION BLDC. TIL. 3821. Port Swettenham b Ptnan* Agents: Sime. Darby233 words
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Advertisement249 1949-09-28 7 EAST ASIATIC LINE sail.no, -|c imp iAiu i?AN r g l^r iNT/ Loading i,f Singapore. Port Swettenham "Kambodia due abt. Sept 29 Penanf fof Bangkok. Manila. H'Kona, Kobe 6 Yokohama. "Selafidia 1 dye abt Oct 11 for Colombo, Aden, Port Said m*. "Meonia" dye abt Oct 18 Beyrouth. Cenoa. LONDON249 words
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Advertisement932 1949-09-28 7 McALISTER tfc CO.. LTD. (Incorporate m iingaooie) Telephone No. 5906 SLLERMAN BU«.« »la. »LAVENES« LINE WNOOM, MAVRI. ANTWERP, ANCUES. MN FRANCISCO, ROTTERDAM b HAMBURG PORILANO iEAIILt 6 VANtOJVtrf CITY Of EVANSVILLE Accreting cargo to. Cenira 6 South CITY Of POONA *po,. F A C K LI Lift!. PSha m Penang932 words
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Article1147 1949-09-28 8 EPSOM JEEP ipni - BALLYMUN NAP SELECTION FOR TODAY EPSOM JEEP ipni By Skystreak Also A Good Bet Ifun, mesaay. ii BALLYMUN II is my nap selection at Ipoh tomorrow, the second day of the Perak Turf Club Autumn Meeting. Ballymun has improved beyond recognition since her fluent three-length victory In Penang in August1,147 words
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Article, Illustration30 1949-09-28 8 MATHOT 8C C soalkeeper bucks away tne ball Uurougn ?k™ of pSfers itayeiterday. hockey oil the padang when RAM.E. beat S.C.C. two-niL Straits Times picture.30 words
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Article114 1949-09-28 8 EPSOM JEEP CALL BOY POINTER SACK 1 t JO SKYSTREAK Vlotorln* ram Gr««a SKT8TBEAK Put Green Vlctorinc PAM GREEN Skystrnk Vletorin« V1CTO«T MARCH Wfllnairbby Totland TOTLAND wnxorcHBT KACB t S.tl Victory March Wllloofhh? Victory BUrea Saldan KNIGHT GALLANT Port Star Tollana PEN8O PBNSO BACK S Rnifht Grtaat114 words
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Article39 1949-09-28 8 LONDON. Tues. Yesterday's XJX. soccer results were: Third Division (Northern): Rctherham Untfed 2, Stockport County 1. Glasgow Cop Final: Rangers 2. Clyde 2. Otter Matches: Aberdeen 3. Charlton A. 3, Otic .2, Brentford 2. Reuter and V-P.Reuter - 39 words
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Article756 1949-09-28 8 >ELOW are the acceptances for today, the second *day of the Perak Turf Club Autumn Meeting. I Ugh Port, Fairwood and Crispian have been cratched from all engagements. The Doub'e Totes rill be held on races three and four, six and seven. Tie Big Sweep will be756 words
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Article190 1949-09-28 8 From Onr SUIT Correspondent SEREMBAN, Tues. rpHE rugger season in Negri A Sembilan will start on Saturday with a match between the All Blues and the Police to be played on the S°remban Station Padang. Since early this month the All Blues have o'ivH s»»«r»1190 words
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Article43 1949-09-28 8 The hockey match between the in?aoor« Cricket Club irt 2nd XI and the W.A.A.F., arranged to be played today, nas been called-off. S.C.C. Women will Instead bold a practice game today and players are requested to turn ud before 5.'8 p.m.43 words
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121 1949-09-28 8 rE players to reoresent the Malayan Chinese Football Association mgaliut the Navy on Saturday, Oct. 1, and acainst nM-^>n?aoore (Services and Civilians) on Sunday. Oct. 2, will l<e selected from: PKNANG: Swee Hook, Kam Poh, Swee Bent, Gnan Wan, Chen* frig, Kirn Fone,121 words
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Article48 1949-09-28 8 LONDON. Tues. Yesterday's Rugby Union results were: Pontypool 9, Cambridge Univ. 12: Perrsance and Newlyn 3. Abertliery 3; Leicester 6, Cardiff 11; Newton Abbot 0. Old Blues 20; Pontypridd 14, Newbridge 11. Yorkshire beat Cumberland 21-8 in a Rugby League county acatrh Reuter and A. P.Reuter - 48 words
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Article19 1949-09-28 8 The Malayan Chinese Pootbalj Association will hold a council meeting on Sunday, Oct. 2 at 10.15 a.m.19 words
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Article377 1949-09-28 8 n.Ei.ivi.rj <;; a.V/.1, in 11. I N a very interesting and evenly-contested hockey i match played before a large crowd on the Padang yesterday evening, the Singapore Cricket Club had to bow down to R.E.M.E. and lost the game by two goals to nil. Both377 words
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Article272 1949-09-28 8 Chinese 3 Indians 1 A SNAP goal by centre-half Hee Jong wa s the only redeeming feature of a colourless Singapore A.F.A. Community League game at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday between Chinese and Indians. Chinese won by three goals to one, but their superiority was272 words
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Article49 1949-09-28 8 COMMUNITY LEAGUE: SOCCER: Malays t Europeans— i. Besar. RUGBY: ILA.F. Changi t R.A.F. Tengah— Changi; S.C.C. trial; Police t UAJF. Seletar— Thomson Rd. m HOCKEY- Khalsa T. Hospital Assistants' Union "A"— Khalsa ground SJt.C. t R.AJ. Seletar Ist. XI— SJLC; Victoria School t Raffle* lost.— Victoria School.49 words
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Article276 1949-09-28 8 STILL to play their first hockey match of the new season are the Girls Sports Club whose members have been holding practices twice a week for well over two months. The Q.S.C. will nave a choice of 25 players this season but the majority of them are new to276 words
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Article52 1949-09-28 8 The following will represent the Oriental BP., against Superflight 8.P., in a friendly return match of badminton, at the letter's court on Friday at 7.30 p.m.: Willie Tay. C.A. Marchall. Wee Teck Yean. Teo Kok Hwee Robert Llm Seah Thiam Chwee. Tav Soy Bah, Johnny Sect and Tan52 words
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Article21 1949-09-28 8 TODAY: H.W., 2.33 a.m. (Bft. 71n); 2.00 p.m. (9ft. lln). TOMORROW: H.W., 3.34 ajn. (7ft. Bin), 2.42 p.m. (Bft. 6in).21 words
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Advertisement551 1949-09-28 8 <Ci.i. wl from cage 4) CI-ASSIMKU ADS. VEHICLES H)K SALE AUBTIN A4O. 4 Doors, 6,700 milet. Excellent condition. Price $3 250. owner leaving country. Apply to P.O. Box 1071. 8.8.A 500 cc. motor cycle fitted with stdii-car. good running order, new tyres, taxed. Insured. Price low. Reply Box A7844 8.7.551 words
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