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Title Section19 1950-05-02 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, MAY t, 1950. if PRICE TEN CENTS.19 words
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Article571 1950-05-02 1 RED MURDER ARSON PLOT BARED Plans Found After Arrest Of Spore M.CP. Committee A COMMUNIST plot for assassination, arson, sabotage and the instigation of labour unrest between May 1 and May 15 is believed to have been foiled by action taken by the Singapore Police on Sunday nieht Special Branch571 words
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Article, Illustration38 1950-05-02 1 Boone. commanding the Seventh Fleet, United States Navy, part of which is on a visit to Singapore, arrived m the Colony yesterday afternoon from Hong Kong by air. This picture was taken at Kallang Airport. Straits Times picture.38 words
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Article66 1950-05-02 1 U.S. NOW OUT OF REDCHINA WASHINGTON, Mon. T:iE evacuation ship General Gordon, taking 735 f reigners out of Communist China, sailed from Taku Bar, off Tientsin, on Saturday nicht. The evacuation group included 154 Americans, 93 of them being the last of United a aces Government staff and tb-ir dependents.Reuter - 66 words
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Article24 1950-05-02 1 MANILA. Mon.— The United States-Philippine War Damage Commission has announced payment of private claims in the amount of more than U*****,000,000.— A.P.AP - 24 words
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Article189 1950-05-02 1 MALAYA TROOPS MOVE DENIED SYDNEY, Mon TH E Acting Defence Minister, Mr. Phillip Mcßride, declared here that he had no knowledge of any move to replace British forces In Malaya with regular British ana Australian troops. Mr. Mcßride was commenting on a London Sunday Express report which stated that BritainReuter - 189 words
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Article78 1950-05-02 1 SYDNEY, Mon. TWO children, aged five and three years, who wanted to see a train crush stones, came close to sending the North Coast Mail with 53 passengers aboard plunging into the Brunswick River. The children heaped stones on the line just where it ran IntoAP - 78 words
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Article191 1950-05-02 1 VARIOUS documents, which filled two large trunks, were part of the 347 exhibits produced in the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday when the prosecution opened their case against 19 members of the Singapore branch of the Selangor Health and Strength Association. Three of the defendants191 words
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Article, Illustration49 1950-05-02 1 PRINCESS FATIMA, sister of the Shah of Persia, is seen here with her husband, American journalist Vincent Hillyer, as they arrived at the Gare de Lyon, Paris. The couple were married near Rome recently and Intend to marry again according to Muslim rites in the Paris Mosque.— A.P. picture.AP - 49 words
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Article14 1950-05-02 1 NEW DELHI, Mon.— The Home Ministry has estimated India's population at 347,340,000.—A.P.AP - 14 words
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Article117 1950-05-02 1 Siam King's Songs In U.S. Show NEW YORK. Mon. rwas disclosed today that Slam's young King Phumlphon Aduldet will make his debut as a song writer In a Broadway revue on June 2\ when hl s song, "Blue Night," will be featured In the production number in "Michael Todd's PeepUP - 117 words
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Article22 1950-05-02 1 NEW YORK, Mon. The week-old strike of 10,000 American telephone installation workers was called off early today. Reuter.Reuter - 22 words
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Article146 1950-05-02 1 LONDON. Mon. 'THE huge London docks hummed back to full life for the first time In nearly two weeks today- as 14,000 dockworkers streamed back to work after a crippling unofficial strike. Food came pouring off idle ships and valuable dollarearning cargoes were swung i into146 words
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Article, Illustration48 1950-05-02 1 Malay women are beta* employed as bus conductresses in the Federation for the first time in the history of the Federation. Here are eight of the 12 women engaged by the Nortli Eastern Transport Co. of Kelantan. The company hopes to Increase their number soon. Glory Studio picture.48 words
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Article367 1950-05-02 1 BERLIN, Monday. NO major east-west clashes developed here on May Day, and West Berlin police called off their "alert" at 2 p.m. today Earlier, a British plane and a United States helicopter hovered over the sector boundary ready to flash news of any disturbance toReuter; UP - 367 words
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Article82 1950-05-02 1 PATIALA, Mon. mEN people were reported 1 killed and 26 injured in an explosion today which wrecked part of the eastern wall of Patiala Fort, in the heart of the town, and destroyed shops nearby. Some other people were believed to be trapped under the debrisReuter - 82 words
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Article76 1950-05-02 1 BASINGSTOKE, Mon. BRITAIN'S third and last hush-hush Flying Wing Jet plane blew up In mid-air today, killing its pilot. The first vanished on a test flight while thought to be travelling faster than sound —760 miles per hour at s^-a level. The second crashed. InReuter - 76 words
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Article68 1950-05-02 1 BAGHDAD. Mon. The Iraqi Government has decided to engage 40 Pakistani technical experts and skilled labourers for work on the Iraqi State railways. Each will be given a two-year contract. They will replace Jews deprived of Iraqi nationality at their own request in accordance with theReuter - 68 words
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Article247 1950-05-02 1 Bandit Dies In Johore Ambush From Our SUB Correspoiutent K. LUMPUR, Mon. A BANDIT was killed oy a police Jungle squrd in an ambush between Kluang and Niyor in Johore yesterday afternoon. A European driving along the Telok Anson-Bidor Road was shot at last night, but was not hit. Shortly247 words
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Article42 1950-05-02 1 THE Federation of Malaya produced 4,860 tons of palm oil in March this year. The total for the first three months of the year was 12,462 tons, against 11,855 tons in the first quarter of last year.42 words
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255 1950-05-02 2 REAL INDEPENDENCE ASKED FOR KASHMIR SRINAGAR, KASHMIR, Monday. THE Kashmir Prime Minister, Sheik Abdullah, has pleaded for a compromise over the Kashmir question, to give it world-supported independence. The 64-year-old "strong man" of this disputed mountainous country, said v an interview that partiti6ning "is impossible", and so is independence, unlessReuter; UP - 255 words
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Article167 1950-05-02 2 Talks On Treaty For Japan LONDON. Mon. THE Commonwealth Working Party on the Japanese peace treaty meets In London today, but the discussions are being held without the assistance of an American draft treaty and still without any agreements from the Russian and Chinese Governments which insist that treaty- negotiationsReuter - 167 words
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Article55 1950-05-02 2 ROME, Mon.— Mr. Eugene A. Black, president of the International Bank of Reconstruction and Development has expressed the bank's interest in a 10-year plan to develop southern Italy, it was reported yesterday. He disclosed that the bank had made a preliminary examina!2?S. *°v Italian project with theAP - 55 words
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Article165 1950-05-02 2 LONDON, Mon. ]yfR. Liaquat All Khan, Pakistan Prime Minister, arrived In London by air from Karachi yesterday. He was accompanied by Begum Liaquat All Khan and a number of officials of his Government. He leaves tomorrow In President Truman's private plane, Independence, for hisReuter - 165 words
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Article, Illustration38 1950-05-02 2 THE "PARIS SPORT* two- piece suit In grey flannel, with straw hat and straw necklace, which was shown recently by the French designer, Christian Dior, at a fashion show in the Savoy Hotel, London. Reuter picture.Reuter - 38 words
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272 1950-05-02 2 Strip Of Land Inch Wide— U.S. $2,000 MIAMI BEACH, Florida, Monday. A STRIP of land one-inch wide and 80 ft. long has been sold for a TTSS2,OOOT T S$2,000 in fashionable suburban Surfside. I A building is planned, and the owner wants it to abut an adjoining structure without aAP - 272 words
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Article61 1950-05-02 2 TEHERAN, Mon. The Shah of Persia, who In the last 15 months has been in volved in an assassination attempt, a plane crash and a riding accident, had another escape on Thursday when i bus collided with the car he was driving, dispatches from north PersiaAP - 61 words
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Article107 1950-05-02 2 LONDON, Mon. ASIA, on the verge of a great calamity, can be saved only by a religious revival, the High Commissioner for Ceylon, Sir Olh\ r Goonetileke, said in London yesterday Himself a Christian, h: told Buddhists cslebratiini Wesak that the time had come whenReuter - 107 words
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138 1950-05-02 2 No American Planes In Fight, SayAAF ftUFFRE. Italy. Mon. AMERICAN Air Force headquarters said that Italian villagers in Trento were mistaken when they claimed that they saw three Dlams djgflghting over the villapre of RufTre in 1 1 itItalian Alps on Saturday. Officials said yesterday thni the only firing inUP - 138 words
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Advertisement366 1950-05-02 2 Oo»> for Display advertisements should reach the Straits Times office by noon three days before publication of the issue in which they are required to appear. It will normally he Impossible to publish advertisements on a specified day unless copy Is received as indicated above. I w a m fnPi366 words
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Advertisement872 1950-05-02 2 PUBLIC APPOINTMENT P.W.D. FERAL Applications are Invited for three posts of Temporary Technical Assistants on a salary scale of 1210-AIO-300 with entry tccordlng to qualifications and experience plus the usual allowances. Applicants must have graduated from the Technical College, Kuala Lumpur or hold an equivalent certificate of technical training and872 words
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Advertisement373 1950-05-02 2 NOTICES > NOTICE This Is to inform the general public, that Mr. Charles Ang, 1* no longer the accredited representative of this company and therefore has no authority to act on our behalf or reeafoe payments. J.H. VAVASSEUR Se CO, (MALAYA) LTD. notice" THE BZS HAI TONO BANKING AND INSURANCE373 words
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Advertisement285 1950-05-02 2 NOTICE This is to notify the public that Mr. Tan Chi Teck has left our service as from Ist May, 1950, and that he is no more authorized to transact any business for and on our behalf. LOW TANGCHANG LTD., SINGAPORE. SINGAPORE IMPROVEMENT TRUST Tenders are Invited for concrete piling285 words
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Advertisement298 1950-05-02 2 TELOK KRUIN TIN, LIMITED Notice is hereby given of the declaration of an Interim dividend of 15% in respect of the current year (less Income Tax at 20%) payable on 12 th May, to shareholders registered on sth May, 195p By Order of the Board, OSBORNE <fc CHAPPEL, Secretaries. Ipoh,298 words
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Advertisement285 1950-05-02 2 YOU'LL BE MILES AHEAD WITH THE NEW DUNLOP FORT a ~t m Some motorists can boast of the f f 1 §O f^flfy TAfM^f) mileage of their tyres some enjoy I/I 1/^ l^f f/t^ tUC safety others will talk of tyre silence or good looks, or some p;t f f285 words
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Article200 1950-05-02 3 PACIFIC WAR UNLIKELY MELBOURNE, Monday. i DM I KM. A. W. Radford, C-in-C of the United States Pacific Fleet, said in a Press interview that war in the Pacific in the near future was un- likely. He arrived in Melbourne yesterday as the guest of the Australian Government for CoralAP - 200 words
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Article62 1950-05-02 3 Ship Hits Mine Off TV. Holland ROTTERDAM. Moil. THE Panamanian steamer Canopls, 7,138 tons, be1, iving to the Sociedad Transdcvantica Canopus at Panama struck a mine yesterday bpiveqn Amelaiul and Vielanti. off the Dutch north const. A violent explosion followed, says the report. The steamer appealed for immediate help. Two62 words
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Article64 1950-05-02 3 PARIS, Mon. Premier Georges Bidault said last night that France did not Intend to produce an atom bomb. "There must be control of all armaments and not only of the atom bomb," he told a local congress of his party, the Popular Republicans, at Montbrisson, LoireReuter - 64 words
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Article48 1950-05-02 3 NEW YORK, Mon. SLEET and rain pelted New York's watershed last night after rainmakers had seeded clouds with silver iodide smoke. Over 1,800,000.000 gallons were added to the depleted reservoirs, but the rainmakers did not say whether the seeding had definitely caused the precipitation.48 words
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Article394 1950-05-02 3 Works Strikes Threat: Menzies Is Denounced SYDNEY, Monday. THE Federated Clerks' Union yesterday announced that it will fight the Bill of the Prime Minister, Mr. Robert Menzies, to outlaw the Communist Party "through courts and the Privy Council" if necessary. The key Communist-led Union saidReuter; UP - 394 words
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Article, Illustration75 1950-05-02 3 CHINESE REFUGEES, flooding into Bong Kong from C ommunLst-nrld China, have established themselves in «n "overflow ramp in the Colony. In ruined buildings and squalid rattan huts they have formed their own sprawling community. But residents of the nearby European community are worried. They complain that the camp population, inReuter - 75 words
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Article130 1950-05-02 3 INDO-PAK TALKS ON TRADE NEW DELHI, Mon. THE newspaper The States- man, in a special report, says that trade talks between India and Pakistan are likely to be resumed in Delhi next week to examine the possibility of extending the recent agreement. Trade possibilities for cotton and coal will beAP - 130 words
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Article91 1950-05-02 3 SYDNEY, Mon. THE Sydney Morning Herald's Canberra correspondent yesterday said that Australia may reduce the status of its diplomatic representation in Moscow. The correspondent said the Government- is dissatisfied with the slight benefit obtained from having a Moscow Ambassador and added that the External Affairs Minister,91 words
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Article136 1950-05-02 3 BANDOENG, Mon. SEVERAL hundred Americans including U.S. Embassy officials attended the funeral In Bandoeng yesterday of Mr. Robert Doyle. Time and Life correspondent and Professor Raymond Kennedy of Yale University. The two Americans were found murdered on the road between Bandoeng and Cheribon in West Java.Reuter - 136 words
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Article53 1950-05-02 3 WASHINGTON, Mon.— The United Nations Food and Agricultural Organisation announced yesterday that a worldwide meeting on foot and mouth disease will be held, Jointly with the international office of epizootics, in Paris from May 15 to May 20. Main purpose is to make available to all countries the53 words
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190 1950-05-02 3 AMMAN, Monday. ITING Abdullah of Jordan yesterday categorically denied that he had told a correspondent of the Cairo newspaper Al Misri that Jordan intended to abandon the Arab League. The King reaffirmed Jordan's intention to send a delegation led by the Foreign 1 MinisterReuter - 190 words
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Article69 1950-05-02 3 RANGOON, Mon. The Burmese Information Department's reporter, Pu Glay, who was accidentally shot on Friday on an official river trip died on Saturday. Premier Thakln Nu's ADC. Capt. Soe Myint, was unloading a revolver when it went off. The incident occurred aboard a steam launch, whoseAP - 69 words
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Article23 1950-05-02 3 LONDON. Mon. China's first state farm was to be opened today. May Day. north east or Tientsin. Peking Radio reported.— Reuter.Reuter - 23 words
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Article68 1950-05-02 3 LONDON, Mon.— The Coldstream Guards started tercentenary celebrations on Sunday when three generations of Guards paraded in the regiment's annual memorial service. The church service, usually held in the regimental chapel, took place in Westminster Abbey this year. A wreath was laid on the tomb of theReuter - 68 words
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Article, Illustration32 1950-05-02 3 MAESHAL SHAH WALI. the new Afghanistan Ambassador in London. He is an ancle of the King of Afghanistan and, in his own country, ranks next to the Kin*. Reuter picture.Reuter - 32 words
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Article51 1950-05-02 3 ROME, Mon. Italy's population is increasing despite a decline in the birthrate, stated the Central Instltue of Statistics. The decrease in infantile mortality is the reason. From January to March the population rose by 117,460, a 13.7 per cent Increase over the first three months of last year.AP - 51 words
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Article135 1950-05-02 3 KHARTOUM, Mon. DRITAIN'S De Havilland D Comet Jet airliner flew from Nairobi to Khartoum yesterday in three hours 10 minutes, the fastest time for a flight between the two cities. Group Capt. John Cunningham, De Havilland's chief teat pilot, said he had been "stooging aroundReuter - 135 words
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Article207 1950-05-02 3 'British Navy Not Strong Enough WASHINGTON, Mon. A DMIRAL Forrest P. Sherman, United States Chief of Naval Operations, declared last nisjht: "I feel that the British Navy isn't strong enough. I wish it were stronger." The Admirals comnu'tit, made on a television programmo, "Meel the Press," came when he was207 words
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Article161 1950-05-02 3 HONii KONG, Monday. T*HE capture of Yulin, Nationalist Army and Navy A Headquarters on the south coast of Hainan, was claimed today by the Communist Press here. Two Chinese newspapers reported telephoned dispatches from Hainan, via Canton, which said that Yulin fell on Sunday, the eveReuter - 161 words
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Article73 1950-05-02 3 .SCHIPOL Mon. -IV. i J. T. Rutten, Nelherlan-;; Education Minister, arrived here by air yesterday from :i three weeks' visit to Indonrsia, where he discussed rriucational and cultural problems with Mr. Abu Hanifnli, Indonesian Education Minister. Indonesia badly neeo'.-cl professors and technical instructors and preferenceReuter - 73 words
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Article22 1950-05-02 3 MOSCOW. Sun. -A dircrt 4,000-mlle lon« telephone Hn has been opened between Moscow and 88 v »*n» v iai Reuter.Reuter - 22 words
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Article51 1950-05-02 3 WINCHESTER, England, Mon. Mr. V. Hutchinson, the millionaire publisher, art connoisseur and race-horse owner, died at Winchester on Sunday. He was 63. One of his most famous horses, Ballscanlon whos^ jockey once carried a rattle Instead of a whip, was reported to have won him more than £10,000.—AP - 51 words
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Article, Illustration34 1950-05-02 3 PHOTOGRAPHED ON ARRIVAL at London Airport are Alia (left) and France Nixon, two of the 40 Paris mannequins who were flown over to take part in a fashion showin London.— A.P. picture.AP - 34 words
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Article143 1950-05-02 3 NO MOVE AGAINST JAP REDS TOKYO, Mon. rE Japanese Government does not intend to suppress the Communist Party. Attorney-General Shukichi Ueda told three Communist representatives yesterday. The three Japanese Communists visited Mr. Ueda in his office and asked three questions, according to Japanese Press accounts: 1 There Is a rumourAP - 143 words
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Article, Illustration50 1950-05-02 4 THE SAW BLADE BUZZES with activity a s this newlyopened Malay-owned sawmill, the only one of its kind in north Malaya, works at full pressure. Eighty per cent of the sawmill's customers are Kedah padi planters who buy cut wood to make storage bins for their rice. Straits Times picture.50 words
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Article259 1950-05-02 4 "IF you have trust in us, we will have trust In you," 1 said Mr. T. P. F. Neice, acting Municipal President, addressing a May Day meeting in Cecil Street yesterday of 200 representatives of the Singapore Municipal Labour Unions' Federation. Mr. "McNeice said that259 words
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Article48 1950-05-02 4 SUNGEI SIPUT COLLECTORS IPOH, Mon. SUNGEI Siput district, where the murder of the three European planters ushered in the Emergency received the' most attention from bandits on a May Day collection of identity cards. Six estates and three squatter reserves were visited and nearly 400 identity cards stolen.48 words
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Article146 1950-05-02 4 Chief Of MAAF To Be Named KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. THE appointment of an honoray Air Commodore of the Federation section of the Malayan Auxiliary Air Force is expected to be announced by the Federation Government in the next fortnight. The ordinance which establishes this Air .Force comes into force today.146 words
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Article167 1950-05-02 4 ■TiHE United States InforJ. matlon Service Library, will be formally opened by the Commissioner-General, Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, today at 5 p.m. at No. 26 Raffles Place. Renovated at a cost Of over •70.000, the library will be lending out free to members of the public who167 words
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Article99 1950-05-02 4 $11, 775 Lent For Housing Repairs "TUFTY loans for housing reJT pairs were granted by the Singapore Government Public Works Co-operative Thrift and Loan Society, Ltd. during last year. Amounting to $11,775 this item topped the list of loans. In the annual report, to be presented at their annual meeting99 words
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Article83 1950-05-02 4 To raise funds for linen requirements in the free hospitals, the -St. Andrew's Mission Hospital's Linen Guild will be holding its future monthly bridge and mahjong drives on the third Friday of every month at Raffles Hotel. The next meeting will take place on May, 19.83 words
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Article632 1950-05-02 4 'EDUCATION WEEK' TO OPEN SOON Future Plans For S 'pore SINGAPORE'S first "Education Week"—believed to be the biggest educational exhibition yet organised anywhere in the Far East will begin from next Monday. s Announcing this at a Press Conference yesterday, the Director of Education, Mr. A. W. Frisby, said that632 words
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Article213 1950-05-02 4 CAR HITS 3, ENDS UP ON BACK From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH, Mon. AN accident in which a car fatally Injured a 63-year-old cyclist, then turned three somersaults, hit two small boys on a cycle and ended up with its four wheels in the air was described in the Magistrate's213 words
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Article24 1950-05-02 4 From Oar Own Correspondent TAIPINO .Mon.— A Warders Training Depot will soon be built on surrendered mining land near the Talplng airfield24 words
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Article35 1950-05-02 4 From Our Own Correspondent MUAR, Mon. Kanan was charged at Muar with having five pints of toddy and with tapping toddy without a licence. He was fined $35 or three weeks' hard labour.35 words
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Article322 1950-05-02 4 fPHE words of previous re- views of the Robert Masters Quartet have not been exaggerated in the least. I do not remember when I have sat In the Victoria Memorial Hall and so enjoyed an evening as during last night's concert; I sat back completely relaxed322 words
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Article251 1950-05-02 5 Gunmen Took $20,000 Jewels FjK)UR men who visited the house of a Chinese towkay early on the morning of Jan. 15 demanded a loan of several thousand dollars and, fallinß to get it. walked away with Jewellery worth $20,000, after holding up the family at pistol point the prosecution said251 words
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Article, Illustration47 1950-05-02 5 PENANG TEA PARTY MR AND MRS. MORTENSEN were entertained at ft tea party by the staff of the East Asiatic Co. in Penang*. recently Picture shows Mr. Mortensen, who is going shortly on leave, speaking at the party. On his left sits Mrs. Mortensen.— Straits Times picture.47 words
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Article233 1950-05-02 5 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. pOMMUNISTS put up flags and posters in towns villages throughout th« Federation during the week-end, in celebration of May Day. Untn late this afternoon no May Day Incidents had been reported in Selangor. though in other parts of the233 words
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Article43 1950-05-02 5 From Our Own Corr*«p«ndrnl segamat, Mon. An Indian woman, Mesari, admitted In the Segamat Court that she was caught in possession of two gallons of toddy on Johore Labis Estate without a licence. Sentence was deferred and bail in $100 allowed.43 words
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298 1950-05-02 5 Trouble-Making Detainees To Have Special Camp In Johore From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. TROUBLE-MAKING detainees are to be kept in a special camp, being built somewhere in Johore to hold about 300. They will be treated on lines almost similar to ordinary prisoners.298 words
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Article85 1950-05-02 5 WESAK CELEBRATIONS, 263 Outxam Road, 0 a.m. to 8.4S p.m t'SIS LIBRARY Inauguration by the Commissioner General. Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, 28 Raffles Place, 5 p.m. CHINESE YJH.C.A.. Selegle Road, chess club, 5 pjn., weightlifting, 5.30 pjn.. badminton,: 5.30 pjn. Y.W.C.A.. 5 Raffles Quay, ball- room dancing. 5.30 p.m.85 words
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216 1950-05-02 5 From Our Staff Correspondent JOHOKE BAHRU, Monday. FUNDS were very necessary to give the University of Malaya independent status, Mr. J. D. Hodgkinson told district representatives of the University Appeal Fund at a meeting to discuss the holding of another University Week this year216 words
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Article30 1950-05-02 5 Trom Our Own Correspondent MUAR, Mon. Lee Kirn was fined $15, or eight days' hard labour, by the Muar Magistrate for falling to remain indoors during the curfew.30 words
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Article30 1950-05-02 5 From Our Own Correspondent MUAR, Mon. A lorry driver, Seah Moi Sai, who carried cattle Instead of goods In his truck, was fined $20 by the Muar Magistrate.30 words
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Article196 1950-05-02 5 K.L. FIRM PAYS £3,000 From Oar Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. HARPER Gilflllan and Co.. Kuala Lumpur, ha s paid £3.000 in settlement of a claim brought by General Sir Neil Ritchie, then C-ln-C, FARELF, in the name of the King, for damage to War Department property four years ago196 words
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Article168 1950-05-02 5 "TT is a very serious offence at the present moment A to be found carrying weapons," said Mr. Justice L. E. C. Evans when he sentenced Yu Kien Chong at the Singapore Assizes to s ix years' rigorous imprisonment for having an automatic pistol168 words
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Article, Illustration50 1950-05-02 5 MB. PETER BASIL PICKEBING and Miss Joan Mary Russell who were married at St. Mary's Church, Kuala Lumpur, recently. The bride is the daughter of Mr. Justice T T. Russell and Mrs. Russell of Alor Stor. The couple left by air for the U.K. on their honey-50 words
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Article131 1950-05-02 5 Army Guard Dogs To Show Paces TWELVE dogs from the Guard Dog Unit, FARELF, will demonstrate the standard of training they have attained in the performance of their duties durinjc the 1950 Dog (Alsatians) Show at the Happy World Stadium on May 14 Their demonstration will include a parade, obedience131 words
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49 1950-05-02 5 "FREE" PETROL NOT ABUSED IN SPORE f 0NTRAR1 to expectatlons, Singapore used less petrol since de-ration-ing on April 1, oil suppliers and operators told the Straits Times yesterday. The decrease was small, but, said petrol pump operators, it proved that official fears of abuse of unrationed petrol were groundless.49 words
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Article, Illustration44 1950-05-02 5 MR A M L WINKELMAN, Netherlands Consul-General (left), talking to the C-in-C of the U». Seventh Fleet, Rear -Admiral W. F. Boone. and the Commissioner Generml. Mr Malcolm Mac Donald, at a cocktail party in celebration of Queen Julianas birthday, yesterday. Straits Times picture.44 words
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Article185 1950-05-02 5 WITHIN the limits of Sin- gap o r c Municipality there are 1,800 acres, much of which is "no man's land." It is covered by 170 burial grounds which, according to the latest official surrey, are no longer used. There are 12 other graveyards covering; 500185 words
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The Straits Times Singapore , Tues, May 2, 1950.
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Article833 1950-05-02 6 Two men were honoured in Singapore on Saturday who have broken new ground in the social evolution of Malaya, and whose distinctive personal achievements are typical of the contribution that the European has made and still can make to this Asian country', whatever changes may be made833 words
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Article294 1950-05-02 6 I HAVE read with indignation the letter signed "Chinese Commoner", and I am amazed at the remarks referring to this letter in "Cecil Street's" column. Past incidents of Chinese activities intended to disturb public security in Kelantan do not give much support to "Chinese Commoner's" statement.294 words
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1166 1950-05-02 6 fHE United States has embarked upon a risky and uncertain policy of intervention in IndoChina with the intention of halting the march of Communism into South-East Asia. The policy was initiated in February, when America, acting with Britain, recognised the French-sponsored Bao Dai Government of1,166 words
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Article18 1950-05-02 6 *.('KNnWLEI>GMENT MR MRS. A Vijiaratnam thank all friends relatives who ntlnndrd their wedding for their (lifts congratulatory messages.18 words
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Letter663 1950-05-02 6 HAVING read in your paper parts of the reports of the Joint Committee of the two Legislatures on the cost of living allowances and the Benham Committee on Salaries, I feel that I must give my opinion. Taking the Joint Committee's report first, I should like663 words
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316 1950-05-02 6 TWO HUNDRED PERSONS TO ONE W.C. AS a resident of several years of Kampong Amber, Singapore, I have followed with great interest the comments, pro and oon, on the proposed rehabilitation of this kampong. I write to say that, as one who has seen practically every square foot of the316 words
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Article444 1950-05-02 6 On The Margin Tropical Women DEADERS may recall foutlines of verse which were quoted in this column a lewdays ago, beginning "A woman tropical, intense TboM lines were suggested by Mr. H. R. Cheeseman as a description of the ideal woman Councillor in Malaya, and I asked where in the444 words
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Advertisement753 1950-05-02 6 Straits Times Free Preii foi tli* convenience et »4- •rtiMri. oar Representative at Ist Floor Singapore Cold ttotae* Orehjrd Road. will receive »maH advertisements and «niwer» to boi numbers CLASSIFIED ADS. RAJ: To Retnabhal, wife of C. J Raj. Malayan Police, on 39.4.50. a son. OPLYNN: On 1st May. at753 words
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Advertisement89 1950-05-02 6 GLASSES ARE MOT A COMMODITY They arc not only wiriiout vjlue they ir« harmful without professional ability and integrity in Hi* one prescribing them They are totally without value except as they embody Hie answer to a specific visual problem. This answer can only be determined by a painstaking, thorough89 words
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Advertisement24 1950-05-02 6 Cambridge IwV Latest Designs of Expert Craftsmanship and Improved Performance Sol* Distributors: ANN PENG TRADERS LTD. 59-61, Stamford Road, Singapore. Branches: Kuala Lumpur Ipoh.24 words
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419 1950-05-02 7 QUOTA FIXING WILL BET TIN MEETING'S PROBLEM Conference In The Autumn? From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Monday. 'pHE major problem to be solved by the world commodity conference, which the United Nations has been requested to call following publication yesterday of the draft tin scheme, will be fixing export quotas419 words
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Article, Illustration298 1950-05-02 7 SPECIAL BRANCH 'TAILS' THE DEAN T»HE "Red Dean" of Canterbury, Dr. Hewlett John- son, was met on arrival at Kalian* Airport, Singapore, yesterday by officers and men of the Special Branch, who maintained an all-night watch on his room in Raffles Hotel Asked about May Day cc- JeDrations, the Dean298 words
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Article48 1950-05-02 7 Sir Franklin Glmson, Governor of Singapore, has been elected president of the Corporation of Singapore District Certified Secretaries Society. Mr. Tan Hian Yong will present a paper on accountancy at the Society's monthly meeting at the British Council Hall, Stamford Road, at 6.30 this evening.48 words
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Article208 1950-05-02 7 From Oar Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. MALAYAN mining experts who have supported restriction of tin production avoided any comment today on reports from London of the International Tin Study group's proposals for a restriction scheme Mr. W. M. Warren. VicePresident of the F.M.S. Chamber208 words
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Article53 1950-05-02 7 From Our Own Correspondent SEGAMAT, Mon.— For hurtIng Valpuri with a knife 29-year-old cigar roller Arunasalam was fined $20, or 10 days' jail. The two had a quarrel because one refused to play a game of cards and a fight ensued. Complainant was in hospital53 words
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Article56 1950-05-02 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon.— Kee Bak Kirn, after being charged in the Police Court today with having stabbed a man with a knife and causing grievous hurt to him, was allowed bail of $200 pending trial. The Injured man Is in hospital and will not be able56 words
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97 1950-05-02 7 THE Singapore Government Health Technical J- Staff Union is the latest organisation to protest against the recommendations of the Benham Com- mittee. At an extraordinary general meeting of the Union on Sunday resolutions were passed codemning the following aspects of the Benham recommendations.. No97 words
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Article177 1950-05-02 7 A CHINESE washerwoman in Singapore, whose husband died during the occupation, is today earning her living by raising pigs thanks to the Far Eastern Relief Fund Committee. Recently the Committee gave her four piglings to start a little farm of her own. They repaired her hut and177 words
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Article32 1950-05-02 7 A truck owner, Heng Kow Wee. of Tembelllng Road was fined $50 in Singapore First Traffic Court yesterday for allowing his vehicle to be driven with inefficient brakes.32 words
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Article, Illustration49 1950-05-02 7 AUTOMATIC traffic lights came into operation for the first time in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday afternoon catching many unwary motorists with their feet on the wrongpedal. Here a motorist has crossed the stop line, uncertain whether to stop or go at the amber light.— Straits Times picture.49 words
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Article63 1950-05-02 7 From Our Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Mon.— Returning home from school with his sister, a six-year-old boy named Lei Kai Sin fell into a stream while crossing a bridge at Parit Haji Yassim, Simpang Rengam, and was lost. His body was never recovered. After an inquiry63 words
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Article265 1950-05-02 7 LEE AH CHEW, an unlicensed vegetable hawker of China Street, told the Singapore Hawker Inquiry Commission at its third public session yesterday that seeing the police and the Town Cleansing Department officials was like seeing ghosts or devils Ah Chew hoped that the Commission would realise265 words
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177 1950-05-02 7 Borneo War Claims May Be Paid This Year OMALL awards for war damage compensation in North Borneo may be paid this year. The Colony's Governor, Sir Ralph Hone, said this at the opening session of the Awards Tribunal of the North Borneo War Damage in Jesselton. Sir Ralph said he177 words
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Article54 1950-05-02 7 From Oar SUB Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. THE Selangor police have offered $2,500 for information leading to the arrest of Ng Keng Lara, alias Ah Liew, in respect of wrongful conffnement and armed robbery of $5,049 at Tumbok Rubber Estate, near Batu Laut in the Kuala Langat54 words
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Article74 1950-05-02 7 From Our SUIT Correspond %t KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. KUALA LUMPUR police are still searching for the Chinese detective who ha s been missing since Friday night. The detective was on a routine investigation in the Sentul Pasar area of Kuala Lumpur. Blood trails have74 words
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Article54 1950-05-02 7 For allowing an alien seaman on board his perahu, Mas Nona, to land in the Colony without the permission of the Immigration, Lee Scow Ting, of 11 Crawford Road, the agent of the perahu, was fined $150 or one month's Imprisonment by the Criminal Judge. Mr.54 words
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Article, Illustration53 1950-05-02 7 THE RUSSIAN-OWNED Floating Dock No. 508, as it lay in Singapore Outer Roads on May Day yesterday. Alongside is the Russian tug Gere ules. with, in the foreground the Shell oiling vessel Keelo. The Russian flotilla is at Singapore to take on bunkers, provisions and water.53 words
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Article405 1950-05-02 7 By Straits Times Shipping Reporter DEFLAGGED overall, a Russian merchant flotilla celebrated Way Day in Singapore harbour yesterday. It consisted of the freighter Chelyushkinetz, the big floating dock No. 508, and the oceangoing tug Gercules, which is towing th c dock halfway round the world from405 words
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Article95 1950-05-02 7 Boar Gores Indian To Death From Onr Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Mon. fa WILD boar, which became infuriated because a dog barked at it and chased it. charged an Indian labourer on Amber Estate, Scudai, and Kored him to death. The boar then turned on a Chinese tapper. Lee Yun,95 words
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Article57 1950-05-02 7 Currency notes ia circulation on April 1 totalled $402,651,153.20. said Mr. J. E. Pepper, Chairman of trip Board of Commissioners of Currency, Malaya. Circulation of notes during March was $213,372.22 less These figures exclude the pre-invasion note issues amounting to $238.804,963. 9.S which ceased to be legal57 words
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Advertisement90 1950-05-02 7 Vonr baby will lov* "tfjffik—^'^ *v\ the taste of \llenburyi '^^^^tSS^K&an^^ Malted Basks. They will .^^B^HB^B teHIT" t t» help his teeth through "^"V^ and encourage him to Hr^fclß^taZ^^^ "^Hjf^Z^B chew; although crisp S^Nk^M IL^^ they soften quickly and H^fU prevent his rum from becoming tender. ***H M^Y/o j For90 words
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Advertisement88 1950-05-02 7 BAXTER: To Mary, wife of Ron Baxter, 14 Swettenham Ruad Singapore, at the Kandang Kerbai Hospital yesterday, a son, Willian Ronald Stuart. HIGH GRADE SMART TRAVEL GOODS ■pr MATCHED SETS IN STRIPED CANVAS Built on rigid wood foundation, with 3-ply panels, shut flush. 'Ladies cases are lined superior silk linings.88 words
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Article, Illustration130 1950-05-02 8 Malayan Homes Fashions I I N |ohor« B.hru recently rittrt wm a competition for the. t>e*t B»|M Bandoeng. Inch* Zakiah bmte Ahmad wm the second prize wiHi a modern deaign of her own making. Tli* fir»t priit went to a baju of the more conv*ntionj| deiinn worn in Bandoeng today.130 words
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Article571 1950-05-02 8 LOCAL shop had on the counter what appeared at first to be just a hunch of rather uninteresting greenstuff in a jar, hut at a second look I saw on the leaves some odd looking insects which looked like cross between a praying mantis and a571 words
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Article539 1950-05-02 8 NURSE BRIDGET - Encourage sense of friendship NURSE BRIDGET MOTHERCRAFT IN MALAYA by "ANNE" writes **1 have always been shy and I am most anxious that oiv daughter Annette shall not suffer from 'the same defect, so please tell me how I can help her to become a good "mixer" Most young children539 words
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Article, Illustration29 1950-05-02 8 WINNER of the $5 prize thi s week is bonny, five month old Ghonse Meah, third son of Mr. and Mrs. Ahmed Mean of 72 Pa hang: Road, Penanj.29 words
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412 1950-05-02 8 By Our Woman Correspondent J^AST week there was a pictorial exhibition of Indian people and their costumes at the Capitol Blue Room, Singapore. Sponsored by the Trade Commissioner for India and Mrs. Jogindra Singh, it covered a wide variety of costumes worn by men and412 words
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Article141 1950-05-02 8 THE Paris summer silho1 uette wUl be short, straight and sleeveless. Designer Jacques Fath also hints that bis new collection will be "very feminine" as well. Skirts, he says, will not be shorter. He intends to keep skirt hems at about 15 inches from the ground— the141 words
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Advertisement55 1950-05-02 8 tmW& **K~f' \jemfll eL Baby Roger \Lsf£ FOR THE WORLD'S BABIES Thanks to this specially-prepared Baby Food Roger's waking hours are alive with fun.'Tf His sleeping hours ore wrapped in sound peaceful slumber. LACTOGEN is available in Dispensaries and Provision Stores in all parts of Malaya. Prices: Mb tin $1.8555 words
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Advertisement152 1950-05-02 8 MAHJONG O. k«r«'s ro Mjhjc ng at rbe break of day, O, hare's to Hia game thj: we arwayi play, Witfc our hair all wavtd am) Mir frocks so gay. And oar nails to red in the morning! Ojr men ar« at work »mi our kids at scnool, (O, I152 words
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Advertisement417 1950-05-02 8 Wise children insist on Green's Jellies at their parties jelly is a general favourite with children not only for parties but for almost any meal. And it's so easy to give them what they like if you use reen's felly Crystals. They dissolve quickly, set firmly and you can choose417 words
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Article, Illustration26 1950-05-02 9 This douWe-breasted summer dress, designed by Dorville, is m black and white check wool. A notable feature is the white collar of plastic organdie.— Renter photo.Reuter - 26 words
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Article414 1950-05-02 9 HORACE THOROGOOD - HORACE THOROGOOD by IIOW do successful novelists, "get there' at last? By hard hoeniu at a long row. 1 am reminded by the case ©1 John Creasey. author of a etriiiß of popular crime novels. Handicapped at the start by ;tn attack of infantile p:,ialvsis. he spent414 words
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Article852 1950-05-02 9 GEORGE MALCOLM THOMSON - GEORGE MALCOLM THOMSON THE BOAT." By L. P. Hartley. (Putnam, 12s 6d 540 pages) •THIS witty, satirical comedy in slow time has a tragic allegory lurking in its corners. Skip the allegory. Here is the broad plan of Hartley's novel Timothy Casson, bachelor, aged852 words
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Article496 1950-05-02 9 By A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT D1T by bit, interesting details omitted from official reports issued alter important wartime conferences are coming out. At the Yalta meeting of the Big Three, for instance, much good copy evidently went to waste. Some of it has been rescued by Field-Marshal Lord496 words
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Advertisement110 1950-05-02 9 Everyone knotea tfc« beat Virginia cigarette* are made in Vjjg| J\oi London but, fortunately, they do not all alay there The famous (jVsI XBli Benaor A Hedgea red tin ia a familiar aight in almoat every W)S (pj^ country of the uorld. You tciUfind these cigarettea in the handa s&110 words
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Advertisement318 1950-05-02 9 KJ I 1 Up t^i Good mornings begin with Afc) c>W 'M if Pillpttp^r 1.20 for tin ...the sharpest eri%e in the \*<>rld f 90 B A SMOOTH. COOL SKIN m the beauty Py J** cream lhal is rf 7> a 'treatment' ■Ml /-> Vv 1 -m-HAWKUm SNOW KSO X318 words
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Miscellaneous177 1950-05-02 9 CROSSWORD ,mmm 25 He U to a tamlUar CROSSWORD ftp. 4^ •■ssa.jK'B"' ior »SS ?&•>." IBM' 121I 2 1 I 3'I 3 Mlsl I 8I 8 iiH x\iia r MHp/uM Hp/u E^P^ 1111"1 11 iM M Htir 1n n ia Ac^Wt* flaaTt <7». li. w v jjg mtkln| jj. Na^'^B177 words
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Article825 1950-05-02 10 SELKIRK PANTON - SELKIRK PANTON by BERLIN: THE Russians want to restore lie old German name for the Baltic. They want to call It •The East Sea" again, for they are determined to make it their east sea in the East-West conflict. So they have rung down the825 words
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Article, Illustration356 1950-05-02 10 HAROLD DALE - Australians want "slavery" investigated HAROLD DALE B> SYDNEY; ]if R. P. A. McBRIDE, iT1 Australian Minister of the Interior, has been to the Northern Territoiy to investigate charges of slavery among the aborigines, the original inhabitants. Cattle owners anj doctors In the sparsely populated territory are demand ins: that a356 words
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Advertisement170 1950-05-02 10 ffA^ PSL^^- TODAY s 3 4 0 I 90 MINUTES OF HAPPINESS with more laughs than there are holes in Swiss cheese! Stan LAUREL Oliver HARDY play mouse -trap salesmen in u v7/i gentleman 'g gentleman ERIC BLORE Distributee] by Shaw Bros. Ltd. Plus! Special Short Feature "STORE'S SCHOOLS SCHOLARS'170 words
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Advertisement121 1950-05-02 10 fffX-ro-DAr SHOWS:- If f.45, 4.00, 4.30 9.30 rCOUlD Till SO SWASHBDCKIKK AN AOVENTURE MM Prfdil by a tfw 3 STOOGES COMEDY Kp^> I Bsh'op Ireland Horrioika fc^A^ I TbertTT JV Mth of Amu L\ the k«t of non of her t^bali w the wont NEXf CHANCE SEASON EXTENDED DEFINITELY LAST121 words
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Miscellaneous156 1950-05-02 10 E RUSSO-CHWESE ALLIANCE AT WORK Hk^^^jB bB^^^^^BB IHIHHHfcJfe SINCAPOAE End Celebri/y Orch; 7 JO Dartd 10 New, from K.L, 10.05 *f MjnV'poS 4 4S t Close; 1J Malay; X p.m. Light Classics; 8J0 Aa Spore- 8 Va- pm From the London Music; 1.30 News; 1.45" Eddl« Bandbox; 9.30 News; 945156 words
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Article127 1950-05-02 11 $100,000 FOR PADI MILL from Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. pERLIS padi planters have subscribed $100,000 for shares hi the co-operative rice mill project Initiated by the State Government. Ninety-one new co-opera-tive societies have been formed within the last few months. These and the older societies will shortly' form127 words
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Article50 1950-05-02 11 From A Market Correspondent mEKKA Limited showed lncreas- ed revenue from Its hydraulic workings, and also from investments, to make a net profit of £29,731 (8.3 per cent) for the year to Mar. 31, 1949. Four dividends totaling five per cent were paid In respect of the year.50 words
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Article46 1950-05-02 11 TMPERIAL Chemical Industries directors recommend a final Ordinary dividend of, seven per cent, to make 10 per cent for the year to Dec. 31. 1949. The annual meeting will be held on June S. The dividend. If confirmed, will be paid on June 16.46 words
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Article14 1950-05-02 11 BUKIT Katil Rubber Estates 1n March produced 54.W7 ib. of rubber.14 words
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Article91 1950-05-02 11 From O«r Own Correspondent LONDON, Mod. IN a reference to the shortage of labour In Borneo, Mr. W. P. Plnckney, chairman of Sapong Rubber Kstates (Jesselton), says in his statement to shareholders that the Government Is trying to get Javanese from Java. This, however, is bound91 words
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118 1950-05-02 11 LONDON, Monday. HIGH taxation is endangering the shipbuilding plan* of the Canard Steamship Company, according to the chairman of the company, Mr. F. A. Bates. His observations are part of the Canard annual report, issued today In- fie years 1947-48-49, he says, the Ounard118 words
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Article155 1950-05-02 11 From Our Market correspondent O7ITH the exception of a slight awakening of Interest In the Rubber section, the Malayan share market yesterday was stagnant. Industrial shares were again easier. Price changei announced by the Malayan Bharebrokers' Association yesterday were INDCSffclALS Barer B.M. TnulM 7» "sz N155 words
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Article27 1950-05-02 11 SIGAPORE, Mon., May 1. -$294 (up $1.1*1). LONDON, Moii^ May I.— Spot: £591— £SW. Forwards: £591— £S91t. Turnover morn in*. M ton*; afternoon. 15 tons.27 words
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Article190 1950-05-02 11 OWING to the failure of a Chinese firm of the market, the Singapore rubber market yesterday was quiet with traders cautious. Business, however, passed for May shipment of the first grade at 78 ft cents per lb.— about quarter of a cent higher than the previous190 words
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Article91 1950-05-02 11 From A Market Correspondent /"VJPRA In the Singapore produoe market was quiet yesterday, with buyers Indicating $38 Vi and sellers $38%. Coconut oil was quoted at slightly lower levels with possible sellers at $62%. Cloves were also quiet, with sellers of Zanzibar at $»2 and buyers at91 words
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Article71 1950-05-02 11 Frem A MaTkai Correspondent SXTLOH Rubber Estata made $15.24« (8.5 per cent) to I»4J and a dividend o* five per cent U recommended for the third sue ce«slve year. Net Uquld aggeti at ««^0«work out at 11.5 cents per ahare^ AD-ln coati were eenU ft. on a crop71 words
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Article151 1950-05-02 11 gXCHANGE quotations, as announced by the Malayan Exchange Banks Association, are: Free Market Currencies BdlltM T.T./OJ) London 3a. 4 l/16d. Australia 2s. H*. New Zealand 2s. 4 1/3M. India, Burma, Ceylon 135% Pakistan 108% Hong Kong 83 7/18 Baying T.T. OJ>. London 3s 4 3/160 2> 4 1/33d151 words
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40 1950-05-02 11 CHIPS alongside the Singapore Empire) Dock: Mantln (21-22) Harbour Board wbarveg yeg- Maxwell Brander (31-M). terday (godown In bracteU) Whßrfa KoUnlc (40) W We* Wharf: Astyanax (4-5), «ta«^(4l)^ Tegelber, (43-43) Ferndale (11). isunnynne (44).40 words
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Advertisement568 1950-05-02 11 PRESIDENT UNER SAILINGS ASIAT i C LINE TO NtW YORK AND SOSTON VIA CIYLON. INDIA, ICYPT and MfDIT S&*e MIAM "Wan, SAUINBS «OM SCANO.NAVIA/U.*./ Free, tacaaaaa Cdat 10/11 1/4 May 5/6 May CONTININT fARINCS TO CONTININT/ •t- M«*a. Sai •'•/if M-T 14/1» May ls/l» M-* -MM* <*«••*. 21/24 SCANDINAVIA ■MS.568 words
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Advertisement945 1950-05-02 11 McALISTER 6c CO., LTD. i Incorporated in Singapoiei Teisp.'.oae H*. »*>O* KLAVEHESS LIME EI.t.EBMAM BUCKNALL LOS ANCUtv FRANC .sco. LONDON, HAVRE. ANTWERP. PORTLAND "*TTIE ft VANCOUVIR ROTTERDAM ft HAMBURC Accenting cargo foi Central b South American Ports CITY O» CHESTER SUNNVVILLE Spore P Sham Penang Singapore In Pert/i Mjy /is945 words
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150 1950-05-02 12 From Oar Staff Correspondent MALACCA. Mon. FE Malacca soccer team who won one-nil against Johore In the Malaya Cup fixture at Muar last Saturday, played with great fire and determination, refusing to be dismayed by casualties sustained in the forward line. There was method150 words
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Article189 1950-05-02 12 The Malacca strength lay In the intermediate line. Wee Tiam Tye almost completely blocked Dollah Don's pathway to goal. The wing halves play id grand football. Hassan Shannan, the but player on the field, b;lng brilliant at left half. Forward, Malacca did veil up to the time189 words
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Article126 1950-05-02 12 BRISBANE, Mon. OILVER BUZZ, 33-1 outsider owned by Mr. F. H. Bowes, today won the I £9,600 Brisbane Cup run over two miles here. Not in the first 10 over the first mile, the lightly-weight-ed Silver Buzz, gradually moved up and was lying sixth entering theReuter; Reuter-AAP - 126 words
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Article, Illustration39 1950-05-02 12 Trainer Rodgers leads Star Range (Jones) through the winners' gate at K.L. for the last time. Star Range, who has scored 3 wins and several places, will be deleted to make way for a new importation. Straits Times picture.39 words
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Article432 1950-05-02 12 From Our Own Correspondent oJL.xTJTV. PENANG, Mon. 11/ EIGHTS for Saturvv day first day of the Penan* Turf Club's Summer meetmr »re CL 2. DIV. I—5!4F. ill R^h Rot 111 l£ra Street 111 Mata Hart 805 Man «"w.r 2in Cotonv 2J| VfcErtn* 711 Flyllte 7.10432 words
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Article248 1950-05-02 12 NON-BENDERS were in good batting form In their cricket match against Singapore Chinese R.C. at Hong Lira Green on Saturday, seven batsmen making double-figure scores In their total of 191. Of these highest scores were by the former Colony all rounder T. Leijssius (39), Gascoyne (36) and248 words
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113 1950-05-02 12 In a scrappy soccer game on the St George's Road ground yesterday, the Social AP. <|-- feated the Tuan Mong 03.A. by the odd goal In three in the junior Bl league. All the three goals were scored within ten minutes from the end.113 words
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Article141 1950-05-02 12 From Our Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Mon. gUPPORT for the Jobore Bahru Soccer League has been assured, and this month will see organised football in i full swing. After some hesitation, Permuda have decided to enter a team, and, with the Prisons Club accepting, the competition141 words
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Article37 1950-05-02 12 SOCCER: Snr. Igt: Roya! Enfineers v Tamil B.A. at Jalan Bosar; Bus. hse. comp.: TlffM Standard v M.P.H.S.C. at Geylanj, Jnr. B. 1: Fathul Karlb v 1st S pore Re r t. R.A. at BODCA.37 words
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Article420 1950-05-02 12 "INDONESIAN XI INVITING ACTION" Officials View Of Yesterday 's Senior Soccer "THE Indonesians are inviting drastic disciplinary A action." This was the view expressed by a group of Singapore Amateur Football Association officials after yesterday's Senior League game at Jalan Besar Stadium in which Royal Navy beat the Indonesian League420 words
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348 1950-05-02 12 rpHE 8.C.C. beat Royal Artillery A (Malaya) on the Padang on Sunday after a keen game by one wicket, the winning run being scored a minute from time. When Pierce, the S.C.C.'s last batsman joined Stewart at the wicket the S.C.C. had scored348 words
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Article60 1950-05-02 12 LOS ANGELES, Man. Jim Puchs, of Yale University, bettered the void shot put record here on Saturday with a toss of 58ft. 5H ins. Competing in the triangular meeting at Los Angeles Coliseum among Tale, Michigan state and Southern California Universities, Puchs exceeded the recognised markReuter - 60 words
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Article, Illustration48 1950-05-02 12 WORLD FLYWEIGHT TITLE FIGHT held at Harringay Arena, London, on April 25 saw the British hope Terry Allen win a fierce battle »ver the Frenchman Honor e Prates! after 15 rounds. Picture shows Allen (right) getting in a solid punch as the Frenchman drops his guard.— Reuter photo.Reuter - 48 words
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Article58 1950-05-02 12 The following have been appointed to the Board of control of Games of the Indian Association, Singapore Chairman: Mr. N. Abbasbhoy Sports Secretary: Mr. Lall Singh; Football captain: Mr. S. Krishna•amy; Hockey captain: Mr. P Jerome; I.A. delegate to SJLTJl.. council: Mr. D. K. Samy; Independent58 words
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Article28 1950-05-02 12 rpHE U.S. Navy narrowly defeated the Kong Siong Old Boys Association by 38 points to 36 at basketball at Happy World Stadium last night.28 words
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Article359 1950-05-02 12 A FINE header by right winger Hock Leng enabled Sime Darby Co., Ltd. to defeat th e Oriental Telephone and Electric Company by the odd goal in five i» a most thrilling game in the S.AFA business Houses knock-out Competition at Gevlanc yesterday J s359 words
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Article, Illustration58 1950-05-02 12 This was how King Kong, 346-lb. Hungarian grappler looked after he had been patched up for a broken nose sustained in his fight against the Jewish wrestler, Sam Burmister, in their match at Happy World arena, Singapore, on Saturday. Burmister was disqualified in Bound 4 by the referee who ruled58 words
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Article357 1950-05-02 12 BODCA Badminton Results Ties RESULTS of ties In the BODCA Badminton championships played over the week-end were:— Men's Junior singles: Cheok Hock Teck beat E. K. a. Pathy 15-7, 15-11. (Quarter-final) Chlam Chong Jin beat S. S. Hamid 6-16, 15-2, 15-8; Awaldin beat Teo Kirn Kang 15-0, 15-4; Yeo Ah357 words
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Article487 1950-05-02 12 By EPSOM JEEP PENANG, Monday. AT THIS TIME of the season Australian three-year-olds are about to reach their peak in three months' time they will be four and four new Australian three-year-olds worth keeping an eye on are Tornado (kite Boneith), Bullion, The Dancer (late487 words
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Advertisement564 1950-05-02 12 CLASSIFIED ADS. (Continued from page 6) BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES LIQUIDATING investor offens fully paid shares in old established local business holding exclusive agencies. Yield based on past and likely future dividends estimated at 12 to 15%. Unique opportunity for discerning local investor. Box No. A9W4, S.T. OFFICE SPACE VACANT OFFICE to564 words
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Advertisement27 1950-05-02 12 PHI I (rompton J Kg j||[ Qompton LAMPS ONI OF THE rAMOUS PKOOUCTI OF CROMFTON PARKINSON LTD UNITED ENGINEERS LIMITED SINCAPORI KUALA LUMPUR IPOH PENANC MALACCA SIRIMBAN.27 words
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Page 12 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous30 1950-05-02 12 SINGAPORE TIDES TODAY: 10.56 a.m. (8 ft. 9 In and 10.50 pjm. (8 ft 8 in.). TOMORROW: 11.45 ajn. (8 ft. 9 In.) and 11.23 p.m. (9 ft. 1 in.).30 words
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