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Title Section18 1950-03-31 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, M(*KCH 31, 1950. PRICE TEN CENTS18 words
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Article776 1950-03-31 1 FURTHER POWERS— IF NECESSARY No Need For Martial Law Says Del Tufo From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. THERE is no need for martial law in Mwlnva the Acting Chief Secretary Mr. M V. Dei Tufo, told the Press at tlta monthly conference here this morning. The (-overnment has776 words
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Article124 1950-03-31 1 PHILADELPHIA, Thursday. XTINE persons were suffocated last night in a fire 11 which swept a private sanatorium for mental and aged patients. Most were violent cases who were chained to concrete siaiis About 30 other persona wert overcome or made 11] bj stroke. None of-W>eUP - 124 words
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Article76 1950-03-31 1 THE General Secretary of the Sarawak Malay National Union, in a telegram to the Straits Times received In Singapore from Kuchlng yesterday, states that a "big anti cession demonstration will be held in the Sarawak River" when the new Governor. Mr. Anthony Foster Abell arrives at76 words
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774 1950-03-31 1 By Straits Times Staff Reporter OFFICIALLY the Federation Government still knows nothing about "the plan" the conversion of the Executive Council into a form of Cabinet, and the replacement of ex-officio members of the Federal Legislative Council br unofficial who would be five n774 words
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Article36 1950-03-31 1 Late News SAMBASIVAM WINS LONDON. Thurs.—An Indian. Sambasivam, sentenced to deatb by the JohoreSnpreme Court in March, 1949. for carrying a revolver, today won his appeal to the Privy Council. Reasons will be given later, —Reuter.Reuter - 36 words
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124 1950-03-31 1 From Oui Staff Correspondent Xl ALA LUMPUR. Thursday. EVERYTHING practical is done by the War Office to get reinforcements to Malaya to replace national servicemen who are repatriated at the end of their terms of service. This was stated by the 0.0.C.124 words
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Article, Illustration50 1950-03-31 1 «.l KKHA policemen in Singapore love their children intensely; but all of them are very proud of little Bishnuma.va. seen above with his mother, who is considered to be the biggest baby among the 37 Gurkha families in Singapore. He is the son of P. C. Phalbahadur. Straits Times picture.50 words
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Article60 1950-03-31 1 From Oar Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. TWO special constables were killed and a third woun!ed when bandits attacked a *uehong Estate lorry which ..as returning to the factory with the three men as escort this afternoon. The attack took place on fie estate road at the60 words
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Article33 1950-03-31 1 JAKARTA, Thurs— As from April 16 travellers from Jakarta can reach Amsterdam in one ann a half days by Royal Netherlands Airlines plane, shortening the Journey by 17 hours.— Reuter.Reuter - 33 words
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203 1950-03-31 1 More 'Big' Bandits Held Than Shot From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. PROBABLY we have arrested more aaeo of importance to the other side than we have shot or killed," Mr. W. N. Gray. Commissioner of Police, told a Press conference here today. He pointed out that the' arrests203 words
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109 1950-03-31 1 pHE binte Mahmood, a 20-yar-oid Malay woman, was killed by lightning at Nee Soon Village, Singapore, yesterday afternoon. She was sitting with her husband. 27-year-old Mat Nanyan bin Yacob, a R.A.S.C soldier and their two-year-old son. In an attap and plank house Just behind109 words
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Article34 1950-03-31 1 COLOMBO, Thurs.— Postal authorities say some persons in Ceylon are in secret radio communication with Russia. They say letters have been received here addressed to radio stations having unauthorised call signs.— AP.AP - 34 words
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Article148 1950-03-31 1 LONDON. Thurs. THE Privy Council, highest judicial tribunal in the British Commonwealth, today dismissed an appeal in the legal proceedings wtilch challenge the validity of the cession of Sarawak to the British Government on May 21 1946 Appeal to the judicial committee of the Privy148 words
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Article49 1950-03-31 1 NEW DELHI. Thurs.— Twenty-three French troops and 40 Indian civilians clashed m February on Indian territory near Mane, the Deputy Foreign Minister. Mr. B. V. Keskar. told Parliament today. Mane is one of four French settlement* In the sooth whose future will be decided49 words
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Article23 1950-03-31 1 BLUM DEAD PARIS. Thurs.—M. Leon Blum Socialist elder statesman and three times Premier of France, died here today, aged 77.— U.P.UP - 23 words
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Article145 1950-03-31 1 V.K.PRESS ATTACKS REDS LONDON. Thurs. EDITORIALS in the Labour Daily Herald and the Conservative Daily Mall attack the British Communist Party for urging London dockers to refuse to handle arms and equipment for Malaya to fight the terrorists. The Dally Herald, rejecting the Communist Party's charge that n Malaya Britain145 words
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Article, Illustration38 1950-03-31 1 PAT LEAST 100.000 Siamese fathered around the giant pyre in which Slams boy jKing Ananda was cremated on Wednesday night. This picture was taken midway through the teremony which continued all day and into the night.— A.P. Photo.AP - 38 words
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Article239 1950-03-31 1 Soviet Troops In S 'hai Hotels HONG KONG, Thurs OUSSIAN troops and technicians are arriving daily at Shanghai, according to travellers from that city. Most of the city's large hotels have been requisitioned by the authorities to house (he Russians They say that Russian technicians are Dald the equivalent of239 words
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Article61 1950-03-31 1 HONG KONG, T UTS. British officials are investigating a report th^ Qhinebe Nationalists are using a captured British merchantman as a troon carrier in raids on the mainland rocst. The shin is the 4^ -ton motor vessel Ethe 1 Miiier which has not been heard from sinceReuter - 61 words
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Article, Illustration18 1950-03-31 2 A NEW photograph of lb« President of the Republic < f the Philippines, .Mr. EJpitftu Quirino. Camera Prt*v18 words
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299 1950-03-31 2 Call To Saigon Dockers To Cut Arms Flow SAIGON, Thursday. •JHE illegal Communist-controlled Viet mi General Workers Union here has issued i manifesto declaring that "workers must rrft*»c to unload ships at Saigon carrying n •'••>- American war materials for French and Bmi Dai traitors." It adds: "Our French andReuter - 299 words
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288 1950-03-31 2 MANILA, Thursday f LORI A Musni, pretty young mother of a two > r old baby whose priest husband Ls J seeking annulment of their marriage, told the Rizal Proviiu Court that their wedding was "not a shotgun alia i but the culmination of288 words
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Article105 1950-03-31 2 LONDON. Thursday. THE British Labour Govern ment was defeated in the House of Commons last night but only on a formality. The Opposition did not like a Gwern incut repl> m a discussion on petrol and coal, and to in irk their disapproval, challenged a105 words
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Advertisement686 1950-03-31 2 DISPOSAL OF SURPLUS WAR DEPARTMENT STORES BY ORDER OF CHIEF ENGINEER. H.fc, SOKGAfORE DISTRICT. Tcndtn art lnv)t»d for the pairhaot of oleres slotaßcd betov: L«t No. OescripUon Can to viewed at 1. One lncomplet« Pumping Sot single cylinder air cooled. Petrol. O.E. Store Admiralty Site. S. One Incomplete Pumping Set686 words
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Advertisement670 1950-03-31 2 NOTICES RAFFLES ÜBRAIY A Sale of Magasteea and Periodical* Purohased for tktt Übrary bUwmi January aad June of (Ms year win be held at tiie Library on Friday, Jl«t March. 1950, at 6 p.m. NOTICE TO IMPORTERS Applications to Import the following meat and Heat products, ouUid* the quota, from670 words
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Advertisement516 1950-03-31 2 NOTICES THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE CO., LTD. Notice is hereby given that tbe 1 Director! will, at the Annual Get neral Meeting to be hetd on Saturday, 13th May 1960, recom- mend that a dividend of 20% less tax be paid to Shareholders, and notice te further given that516 words
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Advertisement517 1950-03-31 2 NOTICES r. W. D. NOTICE CLOSI RE OF ROAD i Baofi-Salafc Road tram attk mil* onwards U closet to all lorry traffic until further notice TENDER NOTICE TENDERS will be received at to* OOct of til* Director of Public Works, Singapore, up to noon of the 28th April. 1950. for517 words
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543 1950-03-31 3 LORDS DEBATE RED PRESS ON MALAYA BANDITRY From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Thursday. fHE British Government does not intend to take any action against the Daily Worker, organ of the British Communist Party, for its support of the Malayan bandit* the Lord Chancclor. Lord Jowitt, said in the House of543 words
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Article, Illustration53 1950-03-31 3 GIANT NEW TERMINAL THE NEW PASSENGER terminal at Ocean Dock. Soath ampton spreads its sheer concrete and glass length alone an entire quaj. Opposite 11* the Cunard liner Quee. Mary The terminal should be open in time to deal with tne thousands of An*>rican tourists expected to ylstt Britain thisReuter - 53 words
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315 1950-03-31 3 U.S. Seeks Joint Policy O n Far East WASHINGTON, Thurs. T»HE United States was A yesterday reported to be seeking agreement with Britain and France on a Joint policy statement on the spread of Communism in Asia. It was disclosed that the Secretary of State. Mr. Dean Acheson, would makeReuter - 315 words
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Article, Illustration29 1950-03-31 3 I'KI.M h KM; N HARD was greeted with a kiss by his wife, <fueen Juliana of tbe Netherlands, when he arrived at Amsterdam's airport recently.— AT. picture.29 words
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Article111 1950-03-31 3 MANILA. Thurs. PRESIDENT Elpidio Quirino of the Philippines. 59 had a stroke last night, according to usually reliable sources here. Manila pvenlng newspapers reported that his personal physician Dr. Sison. and other doctors were rushed today to Baguio where he has bfen convalescing since a seriousReuter - 111 words
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Article36 1950-03-31 3 KARACHI, Tburs. A new scale of Anglo-Pakistan imperial prefer^nci-i wiU be agrml soon to replace the ola one made l» years ajjo, thp Commerce Minister, Mr. F.izlur Rehmai. told the PTtistan Parliament yesterday—A.P.36 words
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Article40 1950-03-31 3 BUENOS AIRES, Thurs.— The Argentine Foreign Minister, Senor Hiporito Paz, says Hiat the British Government Jus given satisfactory verbal explanations to the Argentine Embassy in London of the 'blackmail" speech by the Food Minister, Mr. Webb— I U.P.UP - 40 words
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Article72 1950-03-31 3 NAIROBI, Thurs J£ENYA*S Police Commissioner yesterday banned a workers boycott parade intended to rival tbe Duke of Gloucester's official procession through Nairobi's streets today to present the Royal Charter proclaiming Nairobi a city. Yesterday a group of Africans .mnounrcd a complete boycott of the celebrationsReuter - 72 words
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Article111 1950-03-31 3 LONDON, Thurs. 4 GOVERNMENT report. echoing last year's sen- 1 sational Lynskey graft tribunal, today list 3d 28 men 1 as contact men between Government and the public' All were referred to by code letters. The report came from a committee set up to investigateReuter - 111 words
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Article167 1950-03-31 3 A ustralian Loan To Burma Flayed MR w<s it t. CANBER RA, Thursday. k. W S. Kent-Hughes (Conservative) told the Australian House of Representatives yesterday that he would rather see the £6 million the Commonwealth is lending to Burma "thrown into the sea than have it used to suppress loyalReuter; Reuter-AAP - 167 words
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Article281 1950-03-31 3 WASHINGTON, Thursday. IN identical letters to President Truman and Mr. Dean Acheson, Secretary of State, Senator William Knowland today proposed that surplus American foodstuffs should be sent to Communist China to relieve famine conditions. He said reports from China indicated that wore than 40,000,000 wereReuter - 281 words
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Article72 1950-03-31 3 GERM AN PLAN TO SAVE PLANTS BONN, Thurs. Tbe Wort German Government yesterday sent the A'Uei Hl K n Commission its plans to ?ave parts of the giant Herman Goering steel o\ant from dismantling by turning it aver to Deawtlme production. Trie West Ocr aan Gov rnment says it couldReuter - 72 words
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Article, Illustration28 1950-03-31 3 A NEW photograph of LLGen: Sir Harold Rawdon Brings, taken in London daring' talks on his new post as Director of Operations against Malayan bandits.—AT. picture.28 words
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Article180 1950-03-31 3 LONDON, Thurs. MR. Leonard Gammans (Conservative) asked in the House of Commons yesterday what was being done to prevent Communist agents in disguise from volunteering for the "Anti-Bandit Month" in I Malaya and being accepted Mr. Griffiths replied that all volunteers for the Anti-Bandit j Month wereReuter - 180 words
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Article21 1950-03-31 3 WASHINGTON Thurs. —I Midway island U being aban- doned as a stopover for planes flying the Pacific— AJ».21 words
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199 1950-03-31 3 NEW DELHI, Thurs. PVR Rajendra Prasad, the Indian President, in a broadcast last night expressed the hope that discussions between the Prime Ministers of Pakistan and India, which are scheduled to begin her* on April 2 would prov,> fruitful. He appealed to Indian* "not to199 words
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Article202 1950-03-31 3 LONDON, Thursday. DRITISH recognition of Communist China was M questioned in the House of Commons yesterday. Reference was made to "the encouragement given to Malayan bandits" and the danger of having Chinese Communists in the consulates <jf Malaya. Mr. Leonard Gammans Conservative, whu raised thi subject,Reuter - 202 words
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Advertisement47 1950-03-31 3 I SCOTT MOTORS OESICNED TO CIVE RELIABLE SERVICE. GENERATORS DC. i to 150 K.W. INDUCTION MOTORS i to 250 B.H.P. ALTERNATORS i to 125 X.V.A. Complying to i.S.S. 168 For Industrial Motors COMPETITIVE PRICES ENQUIRIES INVITED JAMES WARREN CO. LTD. KUALA LUMPUR SINGAPORE TEL; 29 56. m:47 words
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Advertisement162 1950-03-31 3 f ■n'*'^' V v^~ AS PLAICE FILLETS TJtY THIS RECIPE Wash and dry the fillets, sprinkle with salt, and flour each fillet. Put some cooking fat in a frying pan and when it is smoking hot. put in the fillets and reduce the heat to moderate Fry gently until well162 words
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289 1950-03-31 4 Study Group Call To U.N. For Control Talks On Tin PARIS, Thursday. •THE 14-nation International Tin Study Group yesterday agreed to ask the United Nations Secretary-General, Mr; Trygve Lie, to call an tarly conference to discuss a commodity control agreement on tin. The United States opposed this move. Britain, herReuter - 289 words
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Article, Illustration43 1950-03-31 4 SHORTLY AFTER NEGOTIATING a bend at the Bth mile. Yio Chu Kang Road, this taxi went off the road and dropped about 10 feet into a swamp early yesterday morning. The driver, the sole occupant of the car, escaped injury. Straita Times picture.43 words
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Article137 1950-03-31 4 Japs Want More Trade With Us TOKYO, Thur*. JAPAN is very anxious to increase her trade with Malaya. During the last six months of 1949, Japan imported U5511,481,130 worth of goods from Malaya, the main import being from ore, valued at U554,383,390. During the same period. Japan exported to MalayaUP - 137 words
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Article98 1950-03-31 4 Last month *1 .140.000 worth of Japanese goods arrived at Singapore as the first batch under the United Kingdom $10,000,000 agreement for Malaya. Sarawak, and North Borneo. Shipments included $500.000 worth of foodstuffs, $500,000 of textiles, and $140 000 of sundries. Argument about prices hasi98 words
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Article66 1950-03-31 4 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs.— Before Mr. Justice Storr rose from the Bench in the High Court today, he said goodbye to Inche Mahmud bin Mohd Shah, attending court for the last time as Assistant Registrar. Inche Mahmud Is going to Muar as District66 words
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Article55 1950-03-31 4 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs.— Othman bin Yahaya, former driver for Mr. D. B. W. Good, the Johore Legal Adviser, was charged in the Police Court today with having cheated Chiew Seng Luan on March 25 by inducing him to hand over $2. Othman was allowed55 words
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Article44 1950-03-31 4 From Our Own Correspondent TELUK ANSON, Thurs.— Bail of $250 was offered Tan Chin Chok, charged at Teluk Anson with stealing clothing valued at $14 from Ping Song at the Great World Amusement Park. The case was postponed to Apr. 3.44 words
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Article42 1950-03-31 4 From Our Own Correspondent GEMAS. Thurs.— The Gemas Coroner. Tuan Sheikn Abdullah, returned a verdict of death by misadventure at an Inquest held on Low Sey. a 45-year-old Hakka, who was killed by a falling branch while felling a tree.42 words
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Article61 1950-03-31 4 From Our Own Corrfsp.indent JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs.— Kiew Yew Foo, who used his private car for hire at Tiram. was fined $120 or default two months' imprisonment, in the Johore Bahru Police Court. The prosecution, pressing for a deterrent sentence, stated that no less than 5061 words
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137 1950-03-31 4 From Our SUIT Correspondent KUALA LrUMPUR. Thurs. THHE full report of the United 1 Kingdom Police Mission which examined the organisation of the Federation Police Force been received by the Federation Government. It will be published next week, the Acting Chief Secretary, Mr. M. V.137 words
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Article120 1950-03-31 4 A 22-YEAR-OLD Chinese youth who was recently A cured of leprosy with the new sulphone drugs is now being taught how to earn his living at a trade school in Singapore. The youth, who was given an artificial leg by the Social Welfare Department120 words
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Article36 1950-03-31 4 From Oar Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. A TOTAL of 14.257 Federal citizenship certificates were issued in January. They comprised 5,378 adults and 8.879 minors. Of these 5,148 were Chinese adults and 8,561 minors.36 words
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Article160 1950-03-31 4 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPI R. Thursday. A NTI-COMMUNIST propaganda in the Federation must be more subtle, said, Mr. G. C. G. Wilson at the quarterly meeting of the Malayan Association in Kuala Lumpur last night. Mr Wilson said he had been on a160 words
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Article19 1950-03-31 4 The Singapore Government will invite tenders lor an issue of $4,500,000 by Treasury Bills on April 10.19 words
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Article48 1950-03-31 4 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Thursday. SAKAiS on Wednesday reported finding a crashed four-seater plane in the Sungei Sembrana area, Kluang district. A jungle squad went to tht art* an^ found it voat ■a twin-engined Javanese plane, a relic of tit* war.48 words
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263 1950-03-31 4 ALTHOUGH the Singapore Government this week reduced the price of flour to bakeries from $22.30 a ptenl to $18.30 a picul, it has no power to compel bakeries to bring down the price of a loaf of bread. Sixteen Chinese-owned Dr.keries have decided not263 words
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Article73 1950-03-31 4 From Our Own I un -|irncl lit KUALA KANGS.V.t, ih'iis. For the second t.me a Chinese Staff Nnr.M 1 Iron Kui'.i Kangsar ha.6 neeii awarcd the A.I.F. Nursing 9ct,olt>rship. She is Mi.is MaK Uhyu ig Hau, of the Uuant.s' WoJf.it Centre. She will speci.iii.vi in ctuld welfare73 words
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Article59 1950-03-31 4 From Our Own Correspondent TAIPING, Thurs. Mohamed Dayat bin Abdul Rahman, a Customs officer, and Mohamed Yusof, a businessman, were each fined $4,000 by the President of the Sessions Court, Taiping. Mr. E. A. Burton, fof attempting to evade duty on textiles. Both defendants gave notice59 words
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Article32 1950-03-31 4 From Oar Staff Correspondent MALACCA, Thurs. L. G Aarsen, a planter, was fined $15 at Malacca for theft ot a packet of cigarettes at a cafe in the City Amusement Park.32 words
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Advertisement326 1950-03-31 4 ROBI NSOHS ANNUAL SALE |^s^ (o'JLt (vte^Jo ujitltotdr fottX .^^^■■M^^few USUALLY tach *«*/^4l H Pt lugs $3.25 V^/^ w u4?»fifew Beer Tankard 2.15 ?*/VV fl S $12? Hi I F?W m Tomato Tray 1.75 V* I^^^ Butter Dish 310 :J WebbCrystal I sugar Bowl 2.00 $1/50 Butter Dish 3 piect326 words
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Article258 1950-03-31 5 Night Mail Shot At, Two Hurt From Our Staff .i respondent KU.\LA Thurs. A O passengers on the A i ight mail from Slnua jore \v Kuala Lumpur were mounded last night wtien bandits nred on tile traia between Sedena* and Layang Layang in loiiore. The wounded pavsengers, a Chinese258 words
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Article, Illustration95 1950-03-31 5 MRS. LIM BOON KENG presents Mrs. Loh Poon Lip with a corsage and the good wishes of the Chinese Ladies Association at a luncheon given by the Association at the Capitol yesterday. Mrs. Loh was recently made a Member of the Order of the British Empire for95 words
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Article125 1950-03-31 5 SINGAPORE is to have a new industry. A multimillion dollar plywood industry, capable of an annual production of 12,000,000 square feet or more of plywood, will start operating early next year. The Industry will give employment to a large number of local men and women125 words
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Article52 1950-03-31 5 RAIN CAUSED POWER RUSH— AND FUSE From Oar Own Correspondent KUALA KANGSAR. Thurs. HEAVY rain in the Kuala Kangsar district caused a sudden increase in the electric power output from the Cbenderoh Dam on Sunday. The sadden increase in power caused almost all the fluorescent lamps in Kuala Kangsar town52 words
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471 1950-03-31 5 BANDITS HAVE FAILED TO DESTROY THE MONTH WORK Says Mr. Gray From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMMJR Thursday. '['HE bandits had "most certainly failed", in their endeavour to destroy the effectiveness* of Anti-Bandit Month, said the Commissioner of Police, Mr. W. N. Gray, at a Press conference here this morning.471 words
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Article191 1950-03-31 5 $203,000 For Higher Studies THE Singapore Government has provided $203,000' this year for 20 scholarships for Asian, officers going abroad for special studies. Ten of the 20 scholarships covering 15 courses have already been awarded and six more are under consideration. Those who have been awarded scholarships will leave as191 words
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Article72 1950-03-31 5 From Our Staff CtoftMß •nd«nKUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. IGREEINO with the verdict of "guilty" brought M by the two assessors. Mr. Justice Spenser Wilkinson, in the Selangor Assizes today, sentenced two Chinese, Wong Chik and Wong Choy, to death for possession of rifles. A Chinese woman,72 words
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230 1950-03-31 5 From Oar Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. CALL for the re-organisa-tion of the Auxiliary Police Force after Anti-Bandit Month is over was made by Mr. Y. C. Kang at the quarterly meeting of the Malayan Association in Kuala Lumpur last night. "The majority230 words
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Article120 1950-03-31 5 THE Singapore Municipality proposes to spend a total nf $1. 668.350 on the Installation of main and minor sewers this year, and to step up the monthly expenditure on this work from $80,000 to $110,000. A committee of Municipal Commissioners is recommending that this amended programme120 words
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Article37 1950-03-31 5 From Our SUIT Correspondent IPOH. Thurs.—Mr. J. P. Hannah, of Force "136" fame, was last night elected chairman of the Ex-Services Association Perak Branch, at the annual general meeting held at the Perak Turf Club.37 words
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Article76 1950-03-31 5 Dr. Amry Vandenoosch, one of America's authorities on South-East Asia, is expected to arrive in Malaya about April 15. Dr. Vandenbosch is h?ad of I the Department of Political j Science at the University of Kentucky, and wrote "The Dutch East Indies- Its Government.76 words
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Article76 1950-03-31 5 QINGAPORE and the Federv ation will be represented at the sixth session of the Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East which will open at Bangkok on May 16. Singapore will send one representative and one adviser. The second session of the Committee on Industry76 words
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Article41 1950-03-31 5 Two Chinese. Tan Lin Bee, 19. and Wee Chua Hay, 29, wer« charged in the Second Police, Court yest?rday with the mur I r of Yap Bok Sing on Feb. 21. They were remanded for a further 48 hours.41 words
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Article103 1950-03-31 5 BOOK EXHIBITION, British Council Hall, Stamford Road, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. MUNICIPAL COHMIS- signers. ordinary meeting I followed by a special meeting, Board Roam, 2.15 p.m. I SINGAPORE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. annual general I meeting, Fullerton Building, 2.15 pan. CHINESE PRODUCE EX- CHANGE, 40th anniversary tea <103 words
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Article, Illustration125 1950-03-31 5 rR. the first time on Wednesday little girls of Singapore's Malay schools cast off their sarongs and donned slacks of all colours: brilliant purple, red, green and pink. At the Singapore Combined Malay Girls' School Sports Meet they ran like a pack of swift little hares. "Well,125 words
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Advertisement165 1950-03-31 5 THE HAPPY WORLD STAD J U M OPENING TODAY 5 p.m. to 10 pm. Official opening by His Excellency Sir Patrick McKerron and presentation of prizes by Lady McKerron at 6 p.m. SATURDAY SUNDAY 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Come and see what lovely flovrers are grown in our City.165 words
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Article23 1950-03-31 6 I TAN HOCK SAN, departed hnr tod»y. Always loved and liiwrr forftotiwi by his beloved hufp Mst#r. sour, dmufhtcn and lf»mnv23 words
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638 1950-03-31 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Fri., Mar. 31, 1950. Federation Cabinet On Wednesday a jealously guarded secret of officialdom in Kuala Lumpur could no longer be hidden, and our correspondent in the Federal capital sent the startling dispatch which was published on our front page yesterday. We say '"startling" because that638 words
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Article377 1950-03-31 6 1950 Crops And 1949 Prices A letter published in this page yesterday reminded the public of an unpleasant fact which many people tend to forget, and that is that a price of 57 cents for rubber in the daily market reports in Singgapore does not necessarily mean that every plantation377 words
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Article39 1950-03-31 6 BRUSSELS. Thurs. A three-day truce in Belgium's constitutional crisis begins today when the Prime Mini-ster-Designate, M. Albert Deveze, goes to The Hague for Atlantic Pact defence talks. Consultations will be resumed when he returns on Sunday.— Reuter.Reuter - 39 words
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665 1950-03-31 6 " UMBUEY - INTERNATIONAL CLUB AND THE TURF CLUB IN PENANG "UMBUEY" By APPRECIATE your sense of humour, enjoj^ed the cartoon by Peng and am amused at the rather narrow point of view expressed by "Horse Sense* in his letter headed "Jazz Music for Race Horses: Penang Protest", in your Saturday Forum of665 words
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Letter345 1950-03-31 6 Sir Roland Braddell's Protest IN the Wednesday issu e 1 of the Singapore ,Free Press a startling report from "diplomatic sources" in London was published concerning alleged arrangements for the future Government of the Federation of Malaya and for future Federal citizenship. In your Issue today (Thursday) you345 words
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Letter201 1950-03-31 6 I AM the wife of a Government servant. My husband gives me a certain sum of money monthly for the running of our house. It has been the same amount since two years ago or more, when he was getting 50 per cent. High Cost201 words
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Letter401 1950-03-31 6 MR. J. P. Hannah's article in the Straits Times of Mar 25. under the heading "More Troops Not The Answer," gives food for thought. By his experience of Malaya and his war record, Mr. Hannah is qualified to write with authority about the present emergency, and particularly401 words
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Letter283 1950-03-31 6 I LIVE in a kampong where religion and custom rule most of our lives, and where there are obligations. In the matter of the slaughter of oxen and buffaloes for religious purposes only, the responsible authorities, in instituting regulations prohibiting the general slaughter of oxen283 words
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Letter65 1950-03-31 6 jlf AY I quote the following from a trad iTI Journal in the United Kingdom? It seems t apply to the discussion on family planning:. How to suck eggs their grandma never knew, Or if she did, they clearly seem to doubt -it; So it was dutiful and65 words
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Article421 1950-03-31 6 King Mo v g Wut RING Mongkut, of Slam, who reigned in the midnineteenth century, and who could read and write in English, was very fond of writing to rulers and heads «f foreign states about all sorts of matters. On one occasion he read that in421 words
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Advertisement819 1950-03-31 6 CLASSIFIED ADS. SITUATIONS VACANT lORRY DRIVER Tamil or Malay Apply letter only. Manager. Tinn« Klat Em ate. Paloh. Johore WANTED Advocate Solicitor— Colony and Federation. Stale •ge experience and salary re»uired Apply Box No. A9375, S.T. EUROPEAN and local-born tt-notraphers should contact Joan Tooke, John Liltle's Building, 6 Tore, regarding819 words
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Advertisement58 1950-03-31 6 faOUe WOULD S LARGEST HANUFACTUMM C* f LECTRIC FLOOR POLISHERS VACTRK 1 Floor Polisher hrn« THKKK BBrSHES. Turning at tremendous speed, they caused the Polisher to move gently round the floor, taking only a few minute? to impart a superb gloss to Parquet or Tile Floor. PRICK J155.00 EACH. T.58 words
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Advertisement59 1950-03-31 6 sott ntnwuiou: OOPAI ITO U WMCMUTU MOUII o lot U7 IwCMHt _^F |fI #^OPTICIBN Fellow Institute OphtKalmic Opticians (Eng Fellow Worshipful Co. of Spectacle-Makers lEng Freeman of the City of London By Appointment to H.M. forces. South East Asia > 6 Raffles Place Singapore Phone ***** j COMING GIVE US59 words
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Article271 1950-03-31 7 WAGE BOOST FOR RUBBER WORKERS 12 p. c. Increase From April 1 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. NEGOTIATIONS between rubber estate workers' unions and the Malayan Planting Industries Employers' Association have resulted in the wages of all classes of daily paid workers, including contract tappers, being increased by271 words
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Article, Illustration99 1950-03-31 7 THREE-YEAR-OLD TAJ (right) is too young to go U> school but he and his jlder brother are inseparable, so curly-haired chubby little Taj .tits beside his brother in the little Gurkha school. They are the children of the Punjabi sergeant in the Gurkha camp at Cantonment99 words
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307 1950-03-31 7 'T. U. C. FOR SINGAPORE APPEAL TO UNIONISTS jyjß. V. K. Nair, new president of the 6,000strong Army Civil Service Union, yesterday appealed to all Singapore trade unionists to follow the example of Federation unionists in forming a "democratic" Trades Union Council. At the same time, Mr. Nair urged the307 words
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Article, Illustration30 1950-03-31 7 DR. MONA LIM. daughter of Sir Han Hoe and Lady Lim who returned to Singapore in the Maetsuycker after graduating at the I'nivrrsity of Melbourne.-— Mralts Times picture.30 words
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Article137 1950-03-31 7 THE Singapore Fisheries Department has issued a yarning to owners of fishing vessels and fish merchants against taking crews differe'it from those notified to the Denartment as sailing. In letters sent by Mr. T. W. Burden. the Fisheries Officer, to owners and fish merchants, it was pointed137 words
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Article52 1950-03-31 7 "I had a good Urn? with my friends." 19-year-old Aman bin Arifln told the Singapore' Third Police Court magis- 1 trate, Mr. H. A. Forrer, yesterday when he pleaded guilty to the theft -if 2 000 and 500 rupees. He was sentenced to four months'52 words
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Article100 1950-03-31 7 ....And The Watchman Slept On AFTER trying twice unsuccessfully to pull out a pillow from under the head of a sleeping watchman in Cecil Street. Tan Boon Seng event? ally succeeded, but was arrested by two passing detectives as he was going away. Yesterday, he pleaded guilty in the Singapore100 words
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Article78 1950-03-31 7 Tlie following appointments m announced in Singapore yeMcrday: Miss B. S. Cameron, nursing sister, to act as Sister TutiT General Hospital. Mr. L.A.W. Oborne. Engiiifei and Licensing Officer, of Cvil Aviation, to act as Chief Engineei and Licensing Officer in place of Mr. A.W.F. Andern. Mr.78 words
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Article50 1950-03-31 7 The Singapore Clerical and Administrative Union yesterday authorised its Public Affairs Committee to study the problem of indebtedness of mercantile cleiks so that measures could be devised to aid the clerks. The committee, r eadtd by Mr. Lim Chuan Geok, will report to the General Council next month.50 words
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Article, Illustration374 1950-03-31 7 ORCHID collector Mr. H. Narramore, of Port Elizabeth. South Africa, has arrived in Singapore on an orchid hunting trip*e plannod two years ago, but he will leave for Australia on Saturday without having visited the .Johore jungles where many or the species he is seeking374 words
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Article416 1950-03-31 7 HOME IS THEIR FIRST LOVE By Our Woman Correspondent IN a small camp in Singapore there are 37 women 1 who do not go out gallivanting. They are the wives of 37 very lucky Gurkha policemen at Cantonment Road. Gurkha women are slavishly obedient.416 words
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147 1950-03-31 7 A MALAY driver attached to Kandang Kerbau Hospital, appearing in the First Traffic Court, Singapore, yesterday on a speeding charge, was told by the Magistrate to "carry o n his good work as usual" and was discharged The driver, Ho'ong bin Sohor. was147 words
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Article44 1950-03-31 7 rE Rotary clubs of the United Kingdom have agreed to donate 900 books to the library of the University of Malaya. Each Rotary club will select books from a list prepared by the University and then send them to Singapore.44 words
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Article39 1950-03-31 7 Pines of $5 each were imposed on 18 motorists who were charged with speeding offences during last month, in the First Traffic Court, Singapore, yesterday. In all cases, they were first offenders with clean records.39 words
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Article80 1950-03-31 7 Ang Teck Bok was fined a total of $140 in the First Traffic Court, Singapore, yesterday when he pleaded guilty to three charges of driving a motor car along Fort Road into Mounthatten Road on the evening of Feb. 8, without slowing down, causing a motor80 words
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Article100 1950-03-31 7 AFTER spending more than eight month* in the Mental Hospital, a 40-year-old mother was charged in the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday with the at- tempted murder of her two young son*. It was alleged that the woman, Scow Nglo Mo, Jump- ed into the sea100 words
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Article72 1950-03-31 7 CHEW WAN Yung, a 50-year-o.ti market garde;;er living at 11 2 mile Changi Road, used to earn some extra money by smell inK copper out of oiri builets he picked up from estates in Lhe neighbourhood. Yesterday about 4 p.m.. Chew waa turning his day*. picking into72 words
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Article, Illustration35 1950-03-31 7 MRS. I.OKF. YEW an 1 in^ her exhibits of Demirohuin Gation Sunr.iy orcr..d at the Happy World for the Singapore Flower Show which opens at the covered stadium today at H p.m. Straits Tiinrs pirtun-.35 words
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Advertisement221 1950-03-31 7 It's NEW I J the new jjlv PARKER f|A the only pen MM I V A\ with the W X^u |jX A NEW FEATURES M\ i NEW PRECISION V V Mf\A/ hc.mtv ilhl Tme MOSI XXX-" us in lhe world IfUUV has for long been the Parker "51" VltjUl Now221 words
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260 1950-03-31 8 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Thursday. THE Government will review the rates of pay of the lowest paid daily rated workers in (Government service, the acting Chief Secretary, Mr. M. V. Del Tufo said in reply to a question at a Press260 words
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Article104 1950-03-31 8 The Month: No Boomerang' r rHE Acting Chief Secre1 tary, Mr. M. V. Del Tufo said at a press conference in Kuala Lumpur yesterday morning that Anti-Bandit Month had not "so lar been a boomerang." He said the fact that nearly half of the able bodied men in the country104 words
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Article165 1950-03-31 8 No Decision Yet On Race Ballroom I roru Our Staff Correspondent PENANG. Thurs. rjiHE Penang Turf Club, at a 1 two hour committee meeting yesterday, did not ivach any decision on the i -c ■■iv protest by local and outstation owners against the prooosal to build a dance floor at165 words
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Article30 1950-03-31 8 All employers of labour in Singapore should submit returns of labourers employed by them for the period ending Mar. 31, by April 14, it was officially announced yesterday.30 words
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Article54 1950-03-31 8 From Oar Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs. Arrangements for services at the Methodist Church, Johore Bahru. during Easter are: April 7, Good Friday Service conducted by the Rev. V. A. Chelliah in Tamil at 9 a.m April 9 at 9 aa.1m 1 an Easter Service in Tamil conducted54 words
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Article63 1950-03-31 8 From Our Own Correspondent SEGAMAT, Thurs—Stated to have been found at a road block five minutes after the curfew at Labis, threy ChiJ nese were chained at Segamat. They deelmd that they I were at the station 10 minutes before time to obtain a per- I mit to63 words
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Article39 1950-03-31 8 From Oar Own Correspondent SEGAMAT, Thui?.— Charged at Segamat wiih possession of illicit samsu and fermented rice near Cha'ah village (52-year-old Phang Poo denied possession :of samsu but said he had! fermented rice. Hearing was| I adjourned.39 words
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Article, Illustration202 1950-03-31 8 MAY GO TO U.K. KOKO, the male orang utan who sold flags last month in aid of the Singapore Girls' Home building fund, may be given away to any research institute in the United Kingdom which cares to ask for him. j202 words
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Article51 1950-03-31 8 From Oar Staff Cwiuspondent SEREMBAN, Thurs.—Kesavan, a Tamil labourer who pleaded guilty to a charge of possession of toddy at Nilal, told the Seremban Magistrate, Inche Abdul Hamid. yesterday that he bought the toddy for "religious purposes." Kesavan was fined $30, in default 15 days'51 words
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Article105 1950-03-31 8 From Our Staff CarieH^odent KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. GROUP Captain A. H. S. Lucas has been appointed the personal representative of the A.0.C., Malaya, at Advanced Air Headquarters, Malaya, in Kuala Lumpur vice Whig Commander A. G. Dudgeon who is returning to the United Kingdom after his overseas105 words
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Article26 1950-03-31 8 A military lorry on tow crashed into a stationary lorry at the seventh mile, Bukit Timah Road, yesterday morning. Damage caused was not serious.26 words
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165 1950-03-31 8 TiHE case of the Hai Hsnan took a new turn yes1 terday when the Singapore agents of the former Liberty ship said they could get no information about the legal owners of the 8 300 tons of bulk salt in the vessel's holds.165 words
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Article110 1950-03-31 8 •THREE 56 passenger double decker buses costing about $50,000 each are to be placed in service to-^ day in Kuala Lumpur by the General Transport Co. These AJS.C. buses have been supplied through Federated Motors. Singapore They are similar to London buses. Cushions and seats are110 words
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Article95 1950-03-31 8 From Oar Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs.— Mr. Justice Storr in the High Court today adjourned the hearing of an appeal after Mr. G. H Poh for the respondent, asked for an amplification of the grounds of appeal. The appeal was brought by Inche Suffian. Deputy95 words
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Article34 1950-03-31 8 Prom Our Otr Correspondent BEGAMAT, Thura.-Sarjit Singh, a sergeant in the Special Constabulary, was! charged at Segamat with stealing $50 from «'hua Lee' at Pogoh. Bad of *M 0 was allowed .134 words
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357 1950-03-31 8 GuaMusungMan: 'We Held Out To The Last Round From Our Own Correspondent KOTA BAHRU, Thursday. THE commanding officer of the 3rd Battalion Malay Regiment, Lieut. Col. W. O Walton, and senior police officers have visited the scene of Sunday's big ambush of security forces in the Gua Musang area. They357 words
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Article157 1950-03-31 8 Co-op Move On Housing Societies THE committee set up by the All-Malaya Co-operators Conference Is making steady progress towards the formation of co-operative housing societies in urban areas wherever found necessary. Making this statement to the Straits Times yesterday, Mr A. B. Pinto, honorary secretary of the Singapore Urban Co-operative157 words
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Article105 1950-03-31 8 Swoop On Pirate Sets From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. THE Department of Broadcasting Is getting ready for a campaign against pirate radio receivers and is improving the system of registering sets, it was stated at a Press conference in Kuala Lumpur today. This was one of the steps105 words
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Article, Illustration57 1950-03-31 8 TO EASE THE HOUSING PROBLEM in Singapore, the Straits Steamship Cwnpany ha s bnilt for its staff 24 attractive flats in Holland Road. The building cost approximately one million dollars and was built by Messrs. Central Contractors Ltd. Each of the 24 flats has spacious57 words
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Advertisement134 1950-03-31 8 PROVED PRODUCTS of outstanding quality for BROOKLAX- MAGSILATETht world f»mou* chocol»t« for h e *dach«i n«ur»l| h. caidi. I***tiv*. Influenza, and rheurrutlc piTni. BONOMINT— Th*M tablets |tyc prompt relief. Ths mint fii»ourtd laxattv« ear* be eiun like t sweet in« thewtrj fum. rtqulre no water. G. S. TABLETS— WPHTnT7rT*Ofc Specially134 words
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Advertisement109 1950-03-31 8 1 .45; 4. 1 5; 6.45 9 .30 p.m. I DIAMOND FEVER I THAT DRIVES MEN WOMEN TO DESTRUCTION! i«uii| Bank pflfWMTt .^^■^■^■n^MC^BnffißHßnVJHßßßßßfl mm lIAOMAN DIANA DORS IBMTII M*l OiMONO amx owen MIDNIGHT TOMORROW! THE MOST SMASHING SERIAL j YOU'VE EVER SEEN W^h^^^flJßii Wiri^Famois G Men I it the mist109 words
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Article, Illustration342 1950-03-31 9 "Bald" is best Malay film yet HERE'S FINENESS AND TENDERNESS— says KUAN YIN IJERE at last is a film which draws with fineness and tenderness a true outline of the Malay character and the Malay way of life. Malay Film Productions Ltd. can be proud of "Bakti" Faithfulness) soon to342 words
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Article, Illustration96 1950-03-31 9 Columbia's "All The King's Men," the nlm .version of the Pulitzer prize- winning novel about a power-drunk demagogue, is the most exciting- film to come out of Hollywood for many months. It has Just received the Academy Award for the best picture of 1949. Its star, Broderick Crawford, has been96 words
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Article, Illustration779 1950-03-31 9 J.C. BEHAGUE - J.C. BEHAGUE Cinema news by FILM goers of Singapore, you appal me. At one time I thought you possessed a fine and intelligent eye for the better quality pictures now I feel rather shocked and certainly sickened by your reactions to some of the best acting w e779 words
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Advertisement139 1950-03-31 9 I HOWLS! SCREAMS! I GirU Swoon Men Swear! Everybody Howls /—at j Great f<x® r ITS WE MWifSr THING SINCE EVF wßHunwfmmctfifAUMl y 1 Mm «TT Jf^ YOUNG -CULVER 1 b~€M< k, MEXANDER WALI g m Preceded by B "(iaumont British News" featurinc the GRAND NATIONAL at Aintree 1 U139 words
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Advertisement227 1950-03-31 9 SEE IT TODAY NO W DON T DELAY 11.00 1.4S- 4.00 6.30 9.30 "STROMBOU" Released by RKO RADIO Pictures Stars INGRID BERGMAN Under the Inspired Direction of if^ ROSSELLINI y "V THE AWE-INSPIRING ARE AUTHENTIC SCENES Alto Latest Movietone Newt AINTREE GRAND NATIONAL I A^drti Attraction. a^B i^t^i IXt^TI laaa^aa^227 words
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Miscellaneous340 1950-03-31 9 SINGAPORE Range; 8.30 Malayan Police Band; 8.15 Thai; 8.4S Dutch; 9 Kuoyu; 9 Much Binding In the Marsh; 9.30 Burmese: 9.45 Interlude- 10 10 a.m. News from K.L.; 10.05 9.30 News; 9. 45 Music through Radio News; Reel- 10 18 'Twenty dose 12 Malay; 1 p.m. Jay wilbu, the Ages;340 words
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Article, Illustration1467 1950-03-31 10 ELSPETH HUXLEY - - ELSPETH HUXLEY Nairobi yesterday became the first British colonial capital to be a city. Mr. T. P. F. McNeioe, Deputy President of the Singapore Municipal Commission, sent a message of greeting in which he said that Singapore looked forward to elevation to a similar status.1,467 words
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Article343 1950-03-31 10 THE bad trump break In today's deal changed the grand-slam contract from a laydown to a pretty difficult proposition, but tne declarer won out. North, dealer North-South vulnerable a ATT wist EJUT 6 rs» > t lot 4 10 < T X t»Wi a»»t ft i acwni343 words
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598 1950-03-31 10 But Witch Doctors Still Live Nearby says BERNARD WICKSTEED J HAPPENED to say to somebody in Nairobi that I'd like to meet a real medicine man, and he 'said there was a whole faculty of them 8.000 feet up in fhe hills at Loita. So we travelled above the clouds598 words
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Advertisement121 1950-03-31 10 Look what happened io Brian's cough sttl&m TH| *€LJ?'X He's fit as a fiddle nowl thnught Una* vxndd aaver Imt th* cough jitr his tan cold. It bm m and on mtd tttmsd C* war him Mtt thtn 1 gat* him Zutm Cough Mixtw* ...th* em* h eltartd a* m121 words
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Advertisement250 1950-03-31 10 W£^ '•^afiST aj"i*/^iy nt\ kd CoMCCttom lor aH |f||\ part* of Imio-China totals frm Saigon YvN. Hwrsatoyt 3. 50 p.m. I V^^ '''-x PfftrtaTtt for SugM AIR FRANCE ■OOKINC WwCC y\ MXHT% Unioa ■.■Manual 'J «•»<*"• Tel. ***** Xy^Z/TK^ Tha- Area** \^VVU S r\. I «t» XT* /\Q\iVJ» I* M250 words
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Miscellaneous238 1950-03-31 10 STRAITS TIMES CROSSWORD aw 22. In the iuK I detett (4). riJOSSWORD No. 25 J. Bardeatome paetettloa 23- T.ghteo by turning «s>. l/KII^WUKU r«*J. that never (oratU <S. S». French department t4». ■bh j j [5 I fa I [7 T a. Tuned an >lUre4 third of 2S to IHI238 words
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Article316 1950-03-31 11 LONDON, Thurs. THE Government's l»50 economic survey had no material influence on prices In the London Stock Exchange yesterday. Movements were small and mixed. Closing middle prioea oi selected -locks, aa supplied to the Straits Tlmeg by special arrangement with The Financial rime*, follow Unless otherwise stated, ihar«*316 words
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Article97 1950-03-31 11 NEW YORK. Thurs. T^E monthly report of the I Rubber Manufacturers' Assoi elation estimates that consumpI tion of new rubber during February declined to 87.987 long tons from 94.159 In January a deccrease of 6.56 per cent. The February natural rubber consumption figure was 56.527 iAP - 97 words
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Article28 1950-03-31 11 SINGAPORE. Thurs Mar. 3ft— 5294.25 (down $3.25). LONDON. Thurs. Mar. 30 —Spot: £5871— £588. Forward: £592— £59? Settlement: £587^. Turnover morning; 85 tons: afternoon. 7* tons.28 words
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200 1950-03-31 11 From Our Market CorrespondeVit I ITTLE appeared to have come out of the Tin Study Group meeting in Paris by yesterday but with the tin metal price easier both in London und locally Malayan Tin shares were inclined to ease. Industrials shared their downward trend.200 words
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Article213 1950-03-31 11 A FTER opening sligntly below Wednesday's close, prices In the Singapore rubber market steadied yesterday and business was done at as high as 56 y4y 4 cents per Ito. for April shipment. With more tendency for sellers to meet the market prices were inclined to ease slightly. Closing213 words
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Article85 1950-03-31 11 From A Market Correspondent /-IOFFEE In the Singapore promarket wm quiet yesterday, with no quotations. Copra was rather more active, buyers quoting $38i for April and sellers holding off at $38^4. Coconut oil sellers quoted J62V* for geebnd-hand drum* with buyers still reluctant. Prices per plcul were:85 words
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Article253 1950-03-31 11 HUME Industries (Far East), In the year to Dec. 31, 1949, made a net profit, before income tax, of $750,130 ($736,642 in 1948.) The directors recommend, for the annual meeting in Singapore tomorrow, payment of a final dividend of iy 2 per cent, on the Cumulative Participating253 words
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Article23 1950-03-31 11 DENONO nn Dredgings dlrlv ectors have declared an interim dividend of 74 per cent., less tax. payable on Apr. 27.23 words
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102 1950-03-31 11 CHIPS alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharve* yesterday i godowns In bracket*) T-ere: Main Wharf: Teloma. hus (SI- j 32 1. Automedon (33-34). Straat Soenda 1 38-39. Seroel (40). West Wharf: Benavon (6-7). Mount Mansfield (8-9), Asphalion (lit, Olenearn (13-14). F.mpir* Dork: Langkoeas (ItIt); Maetsuycker102 words
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Advertisement379 1950-03-31 11 PRESIDENT LINER SAILINGS TO NEW YORK AND BOSTON VIA CEYLON INDIA, ECYPT AND MEDITERRANEAN PORTS. S-pora p S-hatn Penanf Mount MinsHald Cdns 8/9 2/1 Apr. 4/6 Apt Sail; I Apr. Prw Monroa U/17 Apr. 18/20 Apr Pras Buchanan 25-29 Apr. 10 Apt/) Mar 2/4 Mar Pras Hardinf 9/1) May 14/15379 words
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Advertisement401 1950-03-31 11 EAST ASIATIC LINE SA.L.NCS FROM SCAND.NAV.A/UK./ "'""U^tfM"™ CONTINiN I Loadin« at Singapore Po»1 Sweltonharr m/s "Fronia" eW abt. Apr. 1 g Panang for Bangkok Morelia" Codowns 29/30 for Madras Colombo Aden. Port m/s "Kambodia" d«« abt. Apr. 5 54.4 Beyrouth Cenoa Antwerp for Manila Hong Kong Kobe 6 Rotterdam. Hamburg401 words
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Advertisement1076 1950-03-31 11 McAUSTER «Sc CO., LTD. (Incorporclai m xngapoiei Tcdophene No. 3»o* KLAVBNESB LIMB BIXSaMAM k.UGKHBI.L M AHCiIkJ H f%A LONDON. HAVRE ANTWERP PORTLAND SCATILI VANCOUVER. I ROTTIkoAM HAMBURG Acc«,,in, carao for Central 6 South f CITY Of POONA American Ports .9/ia*. ipt/i%i p t/i% 26% Tap, s mmmmu cdn SB ?;%A1,076 words
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Article, Illustration38 1950-03-31 12 ENG HOE, Pulau Brani United's goalkeeper, rashes out and punches clear, robbing Kay, R.E.M.E. centre-for-ward, of a chance of a possible header in yesterday's Senior League match at Jalan Besar which United won s—l5 1. Straits Times picture.38 words
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548 1950-03-31 12 KEN JALLEH - BEWARE OF DANES IN 1952 SAYS PENG SOON KEN JALLEH 'TheyWatchedMe Everywhere By ,V| ALAYA'S unofficial world badminton champion ITI Wong Peng Soon returned to Singapore by Qantas-BOAC Constellation yesterday with a silver spoon, a shuttlecock, four English badminton titles, and a word of advice for Malaya. The silver spoon548 words
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Article212 1950-03-31 12 R.N 2; P. T. 1. A POWERFUL drive Into the right corner of the net by centre-f orw a r d Ingham ten minutes before time gave K.N. Keppel Barracks a two-one win over Postal Telecommunications S.C. when they met in a junior A 3 league212 words
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Article524 1950-03-31 12 EPSOM JEEP - EPSOM JEEP ALL RACING NOTES ARE BY IPOH, Thursday. T HAVE never known No Regrets to be in better condition than he is now, and am quite prepared to see this brilliant sprinter take a lot of beati«g in the 5.1-fur. straight sprint for524 words
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Article341 1950-03-31 12 Texas Ready For His Maiden Win IPOH, Thurs. WHILE the van Breu- kelens' horses dominated this morning's training, two of Jimmy Martin's cracks, Theatre and Perostan, went by ilmost unnoticed 'n 'ndi vidual workouts. Theatre (Talt) broke from the 61 past and was hard held to run the last 3f341 words
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415 1950-03-31 12 PERSIAN LORD TO TACKLE TUDOR PRIDE IPOH, Thurs. DERSIAN Lord and Cadzow Glen have arrived and either one will take on Tudor Pride in the 6-f. race for Class 2, dlv. 1 horses at Ipoh on Saturday. Cadzow Glen was worked in the ring, while Persian Lord (Ayres) did long415 words
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Article36 1950-03-31 12 SOCCER: R.A.F. Chcnpi V. B.C.C. »t Jalan Besar; Jnr Al: Police v. RNAS Sembtwanf at (ley lane; Friendly: Kiwi League v. SUnvae at Farrrr Park; BOnCA v. SCFA at St. Georgr's. TENNIS: YJtf.CA. championship-..36 words
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Article, Illustration31 1950-03-31 12 SINGAPORE, Malayan and AH England badminton champion, Wong Peng Soon, who was met at the airport by his wife and 11 -month-old daughter, Patricia, on his return yesterday.— Straits Times picture.31 words
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645 1950-03-31 12 CRICKET DETAILS FROM PERTH I TNBEATEN in the first i v Australian tour, the Sii Schools cricket team have Of their second game ai School last Friday, a Pert* The Singapore team comfortably defeated GuHdford Grammar School. Becoming more accustomed to local conditions, the visitors batted645 words
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Article392 1950-03-31 12 Pulau Brani Toyed With R.E.M.E. !P.B. United 5; R.F.M.E 1. RESPITE a determined effort by R.E.M.E. in the last quarter to try and pull the game out of the fire, Pulau Brani United had too much in reserve for them. United coasted home comfortable winners -by five goals to one392 words
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Article70 1950-03-31 12 j'tunut sail (is, orome r 01 w Dave and Alfie Sands, arrived In Singapore by plane from Australia yesterday afternoon for a series of fights here. Stockily built, George looks a tough customer for a junior welterweight. He told th« Straits Times that he is70 words
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Article39 1950-03-31 12 xne iouowing 0.v.0. piayeio me requested to be at Jalan Besar stadium this evening at 5 p.m. Lloyd, Sykes, Brown, Hamilton, Twist, Hooton, C. McCulloch, I Davids, Jorlsche, Russell, Kuipet, i Wright, Mathot, Murray, Verrall, Hagan. <39 words
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Article288 1950-03-31 12 S.C.RC. TEAMS S.C.R.C. teams are:— Saturday v Customs Sports Club at Hong Llm Green: Khoo Ong Lee (capt.). Ha Fook Slan, Uan Pook Choon, Ong Tong Bee, Francis Lee, Au Tat Chu, Chua Kee Meng. Lav Hock Chye. Alex Tan, Llm Cheng Ean, Chan Onn Yip. Reserve:288 words
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Article30 1950-03-31 12 JOHORE BAHHU, Thurs. The Singapore Archery Club vill be visiting Johore Bahru on Sunday for a friendly shooting natch with the Archery section >f the Royal Johore International30 words
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Page 12 Advertisements
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Advertisement786 1950-03-31 12 CLASSIFIED ADS. (Continued trom >age 61 SITUATIONS VACANT BOY and amah required by *Balmoral. 36 Stevens Road. Apply evenings after 5.30 p.m. WANTED by old-established British Firm: Chines* Junior Assistant for th« Accounts Dept Are not to exceed 33, and must have fab- knowledge of English, mathematics, and neat handwriting.786 words
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Advertisement760 1950-03-31 12 WANTED TO PURCHASE r WANTED TO BUY: Vacant r freehold land at Aljunld Road or Macpherson Road approximate 1 to 3 acre*. Apply, Ho Cheow Hock. 365 Beach Road, or Tel: 2553. VEHICLES FOR SALE STUDEBAKER Commander > starlight coupe. under 10,000 miles, as new Phone 5809. CITROEN 1949, one760 words
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Page 12 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous21 1950-03-31 12 SINGAPORE TIDES TODAY: 8.41 am. (1ft 6in.) and 10.17 pjn. (7ft. 5in.>. TOMORROW 9.36 a.m. (8ft. 3in.) and 10.40 p.m. vOft.).21 words
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