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Title Section18 1950-08-25 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED W45 WEI.VE PAIiES SINGAPORE. FRIDAY, AUGUST 25, 1950 PRICE TEN CENTS.18 words
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Article432 1950-08-25 1 Briefing To Men For Korea At Hong Kong HONG KONG, Thursday. QENERAL Sir John Harding, Commander-in-Chief of the British Ground Forces in the Far East, today ordered British troops on the eve of their departure for Korea to "shoot fast, shoot straight and shoot to kill".Reuter - 432 words
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Article, Illustration36 1950-08-25 1 V..\ Vl( \K ol Penan;;, the Rev. I) ;!■■> llobson. Mrs. Hnbson. and their "!1 -month-old son. Peter, at Kallang I yesterday on arriva from Sydney. They will go ta Penan)? early next week. Straits Times picture.36 words
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Article170 1950-08-25 1 MORE PLANES SHIPS FOR KOREA TOKYO, Thursday. |\IORE Marine planes and United States warships are on their way to Korea, Admiral Forrest Sherman, Chief of Naval O"«"*!»Hrt«c MiH t.winv '..nrial J. Law ton Collins. 1 Chief of Staff, predlet- I hat the United Nations (round forces will hold their in170 words
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Article35 1950-08-25 1 NICOSIA. Thurs —Sir Owen Dixon, United Nation* m iiator in Kashmir. and I n members of his staff arrived here by air today on their journey to London and Likr- Success. Renter.Reuter - 35 words
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Article, Illustration59 1950-08-25 1 I'M CANDIDATE: Mrs. Edith Sampson, a Chicago lawyer, who will be a deleKate to the United Nations Assembly at New York next month. President Truman is reported to have nominated her as a way of refuting Russian propaganda saying that negroes are an oppressed people without opportunity, influence59 words
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Article65 1950-08-25 1 TOKYO. Thurs. MR. Randolph Churchill, 39-year-old son of Mr. Winston Churchill. was wounded In his right leg when he and Mr. Frank Empry. correspondent for 1.N.5.. accompanied an American patrol across the Naktong River into enemy lines last night Mr. Churchill, war correspondpnt in Korea for theUP - 65 words
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Article112 1950-08-25 1 From Our staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR Thurs ««t» VT Y~' f rpHE first batch of more than 50 police sergeants i— i to leave for England on termlnation of their two-year contract left Kuala Lumpur yesterday and will leave for th? United Kingdom trom Singapore112 words
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Article, Illustration183 1950-08-25 1 BRUSSELS, Thursday. r»APT. "Turko" Westerling landed in Brussels today on his way back from Singapore. He was told that he would not be allowed to stay here. Westerling was met by a large group of reporters and a few security men. He said he would like183 words
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Article20 1950-08-25 1 TOKYO, Thurs.— An earthquake of "light Intensity" shook buildings in Tokyo at today but caused no damage. U.P.UP - 20 words
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Article25 1950-08-25 1 THE HAGUE, Thurs.— Sir Mohammed Zafrullah Khan, Pakistan Foreign Minister, will pay a three -day visit to Holland early next month. Renter.Reuter - 25 words
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94 1950-08-25 1 "AMERICA is ready to send a tosen iorce lo A Malaya if Britain agrees", according to the Daily Graphic cables the Straits Times London correspondent. Singapore reaction wa:s "Why send troops to Malaya when American troops are badly needed in Korea? Mr. John94 words
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Article, Illustration326 1950-08-25 1 Boy Injured As Bomb Explodes A 15-YEAR-OLD breadseller, Koh Ah Mv, was severely injured yesterday afternoon when he tried to open what is believed to be a home-made bomb at his home in the squatter area at the 10th mile Bukit Panjang Road, Singapore. Outside the house326 words
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Article41 1950-08-25 1 NEW DELHI Thurs.— The ashes of the late Colonel Unni Nayar were brought to New Delhi yesterday. The ashes were received at the Willlngdon aerodrome by representatives of the External Affairs Ministry, the Com-mander-ln-Chief and the Press.— GllS41 words
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Article76 1950-08-25 1 LONDON, Thurs. A STRONG rumour that Princess Margaret is engaged to the Earl of Dalkeith swept London yesterday. The Evening Star said that official word of the betrothal "will be the next important event in the Royal Family." As its authority, the Star quoted "friends76 words
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Article222 1950-08-25 1 Malaya Can Aid UK Arms Drive SINGAPORE and the Federation, if given assist the British Government in its nnw the opportunity could defence and re-armn-ment programme, say engineering experts In Singapore They ma'.ntain that Mil can handle $24,000,000 worth of production a year on armament. Small Craft Malaya can build222 words
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Article47 1950-08-25 1 HONG KONG. Ttiura Tha Commissioner-General, Mr. Malcolm MacDonakl. discussed Far Eastern problems day with Hong Koii". civil and military authorities. Presumably, th» dlncuxslon I included problems arising from the dispatch of British forces to Korea, but no official statement was forth" coming.— DP.47 words
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Article132 1950-08-25 2 UK- YEMEN TALKS ON AUG. 29 LONDON, Thurs. BRITAIN and the Arab state of Yemen begin talks next week to improve their uneasy political and economic relations. A Foreign Office spokesman yesterday announced details of the three point agenda which will confront the two countries on Aug. 29. They were:AP - 132 words
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Article76 1950-08-25 2 NEW YORK, Thurs.— Mr. Henry Wallace, Progressive Party candidate in the 1948 United States Presidential elections, claimed today that one half of the party's members supported him In his break wtfh the party over Korea. Mr. Wallace recently resigned the leadership of the Left-wing ProgressiveReuter - 76 words
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Article105 1950-08-25 2 MADRID, Thurs. pORTY-THREE Spanish youths in General Franco's Fascist Falange Party were drowned in a boating accident. They capsized the launch when they all rushed to one side to save one who fell overboard. More than 70 children were rescued by fishermen. U.P. CALAIS, Thurs pO/JTReuter - 105 words
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Article280 1950-08-25 2 CAPETOWN, Thursday. a EUROPEAN Muslim, Neville Ormonde, aged 38, and a coloured woman, Dorothy Jobelin, aged 19, were yesterday sentenced to three months' hard labour for contravening the Immorality Act and their wedding was annulled. The orison sentences were suspended for three years on evidence being280 words
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Article, Illustration34 1950-08-25 2 PRINCESS ALIX, 20-year-old fifth daughter of the Grand Duchess Charlotte of Luxembourg, and Prince Antoine de Llffne, 25-year-old Belgian Air Force pilot, leave the Cathedral in Luxembourg after their wedding. A.P. picture.AP - 34 words
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Article28 1950-08-25 2 PARIS Thurs.— The former Vichy Vice-Admiral Jean Pierre Esteva, sentenced to life imprisonment for treason in 1945, was today released from prison near here. Reuter.Reuter - 28 words
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Article41 1950-08-25 2 LONDON, Thurs. The 4,892-ton Swedish motor vessel Sven Salen, which yesterday struck a submerged wreck in Manila Bay, was freed from the wreck this morning, a Lloyds' report from Manila said. Damage was confined to the propellor. Reuter.Reuter - 41 words
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Article181 1950-08-25 2 REDS HUNT A-BOMB MATERIAL BERLIN, Thurs. THE British say thai So- viet Russia has stepped up its search for uranium In East Germany to a frantic pace far beyond peaceful needs. A ragged army of 300,000 German men, women and childrei has been drafted by the Russians and their German181 words
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Article65 1950-08-25 2 KARACHI, Thurs. Premier Liaquat All Khan of Pakistan is awaiting an invitation to visit Moscow, he said yesterday. He received an invitation in May of last year, he said, and was asked to go there before Aug. 14. He said that he was unable toAP - 65 words
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Article53 1950-08-25 2 TOKYO, Thurs. The Chamber of Commerce and Industry is preparing'to send "comfort bags" to the United Nations troops fighting in Korea. Beginning next week, the Chamber will accept from the Japanese people "pictures of pin-up girls, letters, drawings, souvenirs, trinkets etc," which will be packed intoReuter - 53 words
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Advertisement834 1950-08-25 2 NOTICES NOTICE TO IMPORTERS FITTER AND CHEESE Applications for licences to import butter and cheese from Australia/New Zealand, outside the quotas, will now be considered. Applications must be supported by proof that the appropriate authority in Australia/ New Zealand has Issued to the intended supplier a relevant permit to export834 words
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Advertisement287 1950-08-25 2 NOTICES NATURALISATION NOTICE Is hereby given that TAN SEX HERN of No. 3. Ord Road, Singapore, merchant, is applying to the Governor for naturalisation and that any person who knows any reason why naturalisation should not be zranted should send a written signed statement of the facts to the Colonial287 words
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Article, Illustration346 1950-08-25 3 India Pakistan Charge Kashmir Is Fault Of The Other KARACHI, Thursday. THE Pakistani Premier, Mr. Liaquat AH Khan, said yesterday that the failure of United Nations mediator, Sir Owen Dixou, to settle the Indo-Pakistani dispute over Kashmir "lies squarely on the shoulders of India." He said: "India put forward demandsAP; UP - 346 words
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Article147 1950-08-25 3 NEW DELHI. Thursday. pANDIT M 111(1. Indian Prime Minister, today blamed Pakistan for the failure of the United Nations-sponsored negotiations on Kashmir, but added: "There is no intention on our part to indulge in military operations.'* As both an overall plebiscite and a partial plebisciteReuter - 147 words
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Article126 1950-08-25 3 NEW TIN TALKS IN OCT. lii. Onr Own C >rir»pondrnl LONDON. Thurs. ARRANGEMENTS are being made by the European headquarters of the United Nations for a tin conference c! 50 nations and internai">nul bodies at Geneva on Oct. 25. Reports from Geneva state that the conference will bluffy as its126 words
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Article59 1950-08-25 3 WASHINGTON. Thurs.— The U.S. Senate has passed and sent to the White House a bill extending to June 30, 1956 the authority of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to maintain the domestic tin smelting industry. The House earlier had adopted the Senate-Honv.- conference report which followed59 words
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Article43 1950-08-25 3 LONDON, Thur.s The Admiralty announced yes'.erday that one si>ilor was killed when Russian built Yak fighters bombed and strafed the destroyer Comus off Koroa on Tuesday nisht. it added the damage to the Comm was not yerlous.— UP.UP - 43 words
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Article85 1950-08-25 3 DOVER. Thurs. Philip Mickman. 19-year-old British schoolboy today gave up his attempt to swim the Channel from Britain to France only 500 yards off the French coast. For three hours the swimmer tried to reach shore, arguing his father, accompanying him In a launch, who wantedReuter - 85 words
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Article68 1950-08-25 3 LAKE SUCCESS. Thurs.— Mr. Jacob Malik. Soviet President of the Security Council for August, has informed his Council colleagues that he will observe the usual practice of giving a dinner for them before stepping down from the presidency. It will be held at the68 words
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218 1950-08-25 3 SAIGON, Thursday. THE office of the French High Commissioner said x yesterday that captured documents indicate that Communist China has signed a military pact with the Moscow-backed Ho Chi-Minh regime providing for direct intervention in the Indo-Chinese war by Chinese Red troops in support218 words
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Article, Illustration42 1950-08-25 3 The flag which President Soekarno hoisted on Aug. 17, 1945, when Indonesian independence was first proclaimed, is seen being hoisted m front of the presidential palace m Jakarta on the fifth anniversary of the republic's independence day. —AJ>. picture.42 words
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Article, Illustration57 1950-08-25 3 DIALIA G.i <Til. heanttfnl 26O year-old Egyptian dancer, who is favourite of Egypt's Kin- larouk (below), dances for her kins during the Franco- Egyptian gala at Deauviilr. where Farouk is holidaying. She is performing a ilancf chosen by Farouk, "Fianree of the Nilr." which tells of57 words
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Article174 1950-08-25 3 NEW YORK. Th\ys. AMERICAN railwaymen last night called a nationwide strike to begin on Monday morning. The call was issued after the collapse of White House negotiations to settle their dispute with the railway companies. About 300,000 trainmen and conductors are involved. They are demandingReuter; UP - 174 words
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Article73 1950-08-25 3 n.AVBUP.i. Connecticut. Thursday. THE life <-' little Joe Kcrczynski, whose father jesi terday admitted boring: two holes in his chest with a drill, hunt in the balance today at Danbary hospital. Snrgrons said the 3/16 inch bit had narrowly missed the fonr-and-a-harf-ye»r-old boy's heart, and73 words
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Article212 1950-08-25 3 LAKE SUCCESS. Thursday. DRITAIX, France and Belgium yesterday denied charges by the Indian delegate in the United Nations Special Colonial Committee that they were spending money out of proportion" in educating European children in African colonies while neglecting the native population. Mr. Shiva Ran, of India,Reuter - 212 words
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Article136 1950-08-25 3 LONDON, Thurs. F REIGN Office specialists are inrestigating a Peking radio broadcast which they said strongly indicated that the Soviet Deputy Chairman, Mr. V. M. Molotov, was recently in the Chinese Communist capital. The broadcast, in the Tiberat language on Aug. 14. said that "five-nation discussions"136 words
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Article100 1950-08-25 3 PARIS. Thnrs. DE ARMAMENT talks open here today between the British Defence and Economics Ministers, Mr. Shinwell and Mr Hugh Gaitskell. the British Ambassador, Sir Oliver Harvey, and the French Finance and Economics Minister, M. Maurice Petsche. Meanwhile, the Royal Navy is to refit 80 shipsReuter; UP - 100 words
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Advertisement66 1950-08-25 3 E ASSAM FORKS 3 AND 4 PRONG SAWS T a CHANGKOLS Ori. ff v J\ HORSE aB(J B PED PRUNINC T« 31 4 bl CROSSCUT 1 rniircc KNIVES E WWW* ANDREWS PRUNINC I". '3/32*. BUDCRAFTINC 7/16". i SHOVELS T AXE SQUARE MOUTH No. 3 II HEADS PARANGS O BRADES MALAY66 words
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Advertisement211 1950-08-25 3 )i you want to save money and who doesn't' these days? have some of our under-a-dollar fish every week. There are several delicious yet cheap fish you've probably never tried. Ask the counter assistants to tell you about them GOOD CHEAP FISH COLD STORAGE Singapore Cold Storage Co., I A211 words
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Article248 1950-08-25 4 PLAYERS TO BE INSURED News In Brief SINGAPORE'S FOOTBALLERS are to be Insured against injuries under a scheme proposed by the Singapore Amateur Football Association. The scheme Ls estimated to cost about SlO.000 a year. The association also plans tc engage a coach from Britain at a co.st of another248 words
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131 1950-08-25 4 SINGAPORE Malays are making a move to form a 'language council" "to foster and enrich the Malay language". At a meeting called by the Singapore Malay Teachers' Union recently, wellknown Malay literary figures expressed the view that a "language council" was badly needed to meet131 words
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Article112 1950-08-25 4 TO STAND TRIAL AT ASSIZES J£ A. Padmanabhan, a 44- year-old part-time accountant, was yesterday committed to stand trial at the next assizes on two main charges and an alternative charge in connection with a cheque alleged to have been forged for $360. The preliminary inquiry into the case was112 words
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Article24 1950-08-25 4 Singapore had 640 births and 169 deaths in week ending Aug. 19. Chief cause of death was again T.B. with 20 cases.24 words
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122 1950-08-25 4 A CONFERENCE of Far East experts on handi- capped children proposed to be held in New Delhi towards the end of this year, may be attended by Malayan delegates. India has expressed a desire to invite the United Nations to organise such a conference122 words
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Article89 1950-08-25 4 from Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. VURTHER supplies of but- ter and cheese qff the quota are obtainable from Australia. Quantities of "free" butter and cheese—obtained outside the British Ministry of Food contract and at a higher price were also bought last year. As a rgsult,89 words
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Article30 1950-08-25 4 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— The price of rubber for assessment of export duty from Aug. 24 to 30 has been fixed at $1.40 per lb.30 words
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Article, Illustration27 1950-08-25 4 POLICE LANCE CORPORAL training Malay, Indian, and Chinese probationary Asian inspectors at the Federation Police Depot at Kuala Lumpur.— Straits Times picture.27 words
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Article320 1950-08-25 4 Reader's Allegation Answered AN allegation by a Chinese woman who travelled by night mail from Singapore to Kuala Lumpur that she had to pay duty on three used sarongs at Johore Bahru has been investigated by the Comptroller of Customs. He is satisfied that they were320 words
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Article55 1950-08-25 4 I 'rum Our Own Correspondent BL'KIT MERTAJAM. Thurs. A MALAYAN RAILWAY mechanic. Iman Din, told the Province Circuit Magistrate. Inche Abdul Rahman, yesterday that he was "prepared to be "beheaded" if certain tools alleged to be stolen property could be proved to belong to the Malayan55 words
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Article, Illustration349 1950-08-25 4 War Not Absolutely Inevitable gERTRAND RUSSELL, the famous British philosopher, takes a "very gloomy view" of the world situation today but does not regard another war as absolutely inevitable. Lord Russell arrived in Singapore yesterday from Australia. He is on his way home349 words
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Article176 1950-08-25 4 pASTOR V. T. Armstrong of Thomson Road, Singapore, president of the Far Eastern Division of the General Conference of SeventhDay Adventists, was reelected president by the world delegation of Adventists recently convened in San Francisco. Also re-elected at the session were Pastor C. P. Sorenson, division176 words
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Article85 1950-08-25 4 T'HE new Vicar of Penang, the Rev. Douglas Hobson, arrived in Singapore yesterday with Mrs. Hobson and their 21-month-old son, Peter, by QEA-BOAC Constellation from Sydney. They were met at Kallang airport by the Rev. Kinross Nicholson and Mrs. H. W. Baines, wife of the Bishop of85 words
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Article61 1950-08-25 4 From Our Own Correspondent SEGAMAT. Thurs.— Found tapping toddy without a licence. 51-year-old Thamboo was fined $250. with the option of five months' gaol by the President of the Segamat Sessions Court, Inche Abdul Hamid. On a second charge of illegal possession of 10 pints of toddy he61 words
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Article, Illustration46 1950-08-25 4 MR. N. S. MENON of the B.M. H. Singapore and Miss X Padmavathi, niece of Mr. K.V. Menon of Singapore, who were married at their home in McPherson Road on Wednesday. There were more than 200 guests at the reception which was held at Cathay Restaurant.46 words
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Article211 1950-08-25 4 rpHE following passengers wen among those who arrived at Kallang airport yesterday from point* outside Malaya on the varlous air services. Passengers in transit are not included in the lUt Q.E.A.-8.0.A.C. From London: Messrs. H. L Crowther. J. D. Kelly, Q.C.M. Strachan E. C. Dewsnup, and MC.211 words
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Article117 1950-08-25 4 Electricity Supply To Hotel MUNICIPAL Commissioners in committee have recommended the expenditure of $115,000 by the Electrical Department for Improving the electricity supply to the Adelphi Hotel. This recommendation will go before the Commissioners for confirmation at their monthly meeting on Thursday. It is proposed to spend $66 000 on117 words
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Article214 1950-08-25 4 Move To Help Welfare Bodies SINGAPORE Municipal Commissioners in committee have approv n a draft amendment to the Municipal Ordinance which would exempt properties used for welfare purposes from p:v. of assessment The suggested amen will yo before the full board of Commissioners for confirmation at their monthly nrdinary meeting214 words
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Article85 1950-08-25 4 KUALA LUMPUR Thurs pOLICE are offering a reward- of $2,000 for formation leading to im arrest of two Malay and one Chinese bandits in th»- I.; chang area of Mcntakab in Pahang. The bandits are Samah in Mat Kassim. Mansor bin Abu. and 800 Hce alias Wahid85 words
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Article28 1950-08-25 4 frruni Oji <..-. orrespondem SEGAMAT. Thurs. For falling to take out a licence for his dog 63-year-old Hln Bee was fined $5 by the Segamat Magistrate.28 words
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178 1950-08-25 4 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON. Thursday. I EICESTERSHIRE County Council is having stretch on one of the county's principal trunk roads between Hinckley and Ibstock laid with rubberised asphalt. The stretch Is being divided into four sections of which the first will be normal178 words
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Advertisement140 1950-08-25 4 <xhjL (if>p\£XxdbuL t\S|2p*^J Manufactured in LONDON &y ARDATH TOBACCO CO. LTD. 2'_ fir ■BrV*^*\ W/\\ DJE TO CON BOOK YOUR ORDER NOW The Autocar April 14th, 1950 reports. Impt... n.-ived from road testing are those of enthusiasm. The car is willing, very easy to handle, lull of character and equally140 words
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Article319 1950-08-25 5 Concentrated Heavy Dawn-To-Dusk Pounding From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. gOMBERS of the Far East Air Force ran a shuttle service from a Singapore airfield today to pound bandit hide-outs in Johore in attacks which lasted from early morning until well into the evening. After319 words
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Article191 1950-08-25 5 t n.m Oar Own <»t respondent JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs. rpYE TECK HON. clerk and interpreter, Kluang Detention Camp, was charged in the Sessions Court today with having cheated a worn in detainee by falsely telling her that he was in charge of the Mawal Re-settlement (amp,191 words
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Article37 1950-08-25 5 I mm Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU. Thins.— For abetting an eight-year-old girl to enter the Federation illegally. K >k Chwee Ann, taikong ol ;i vo&sel, lined $25 in the Batu Pahat police court vesterda*37 words
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Article67 1950-08-25 5 V.W.C.A., Raffles Quay. Malay brcinnen class, 9.15 a.m. and o.!3 l< r.i.. Malay advanced class. 10.3J i- in.. Town Pioneers' meeting, -i SINGAPORE CHRISTIAN < Ol NC1L, meeting. Tamil Meihodi.v Church. 1, Short S reet, 5.30 p m. CHINESE Y.M.C.A.. Selegie Rnad. basketball. 5.30 p.m.. Boaia t.f Directors'67 words
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Article171 1950-08-25 5 A REVENUE officer, Leong Seng Wah, was acquitted in the Singapore Second Police Court yesterday on a charge of criminal intim fiction by threatening a stallholder with injury and by causing him alarm at the Peoples' Park on June 8. The migistrate. Mr. S. E. Teh, said171 words
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Article35 1950-08-25 5 From Oar Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— The sale of Victory savings certificates, the Income from which is not subject to Malayan income tax. is to end at the end of the year.35 words
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Article, Illustration65 1950-08-25 5 THREE VICE-CHANCELLORS of Commonwealth universities arrived in Singapore yesterday by QEA-BOAC from Australia. From left are Dr. S. M. Hussain, Vice-Chan-cellor of Dacca University. Mrs. Faris. Dr. F. C. James, Vice- Chancellor of HIcGM University. Dr. D. W. G. Faris. the Dean of the Medical Faculty of the65 words
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Article536 1950-08-25 5 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. INHERE there was knowledge of income tax evasion it was the duty of a citizen to report the matter, the Comptroller-General of Income Tax. Mr. R. B. Heasman, told the Straits Times. Mr. Heasman was replying to questions536 words
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Article142 1950-08-25 5 THE Governor has appointed Mr. Paul Sammy to preside over the Juvenile Court constituted under the "Children's Charter." Mr. Sammy has been acting as honorary magistrate trying Juvenile offenders v.nder the criminal laws for the last three years. Under the children and Young Persons Ordinance, the142 words
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Article48 1950-08-25 5 From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH, Thurs. r FHE crew of a tongkang reported yesterday that they had been held prisoners by armed Chinese off the coast of Perak since Ausr. 18. The pirates had stolen their cargo or 35 tons of Sumatra rubber.48 words
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Article, Illustration259 1950-08-25 5 AN R.A.F.. policeman with a 3,000-mile "beat" will be presented with the Long Service Medal byGroup Captain B. W. S. Smith, Provost Marshal of the Far East Air Command, at a parade at the F.E.A.F. Police School. Telok Paku. Changi tomorrow. He is Warrant Office259 words
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Article62 1950-08-25 5 A 28-year-old Indian, who pleaded guilty to three charges of theft, was sentenced in the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday to three months' imprisonment on each charge and one year's police supervision. He was Raja Retnam, of Selangor Street, who admitted that he stole two shirts, a62 words
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Article102 1950-08-25 5 THREE vice-chancellors of Commonwealth universities arrived in Singapore yesterday by QEA-BOAC Constellation from Australia eager to take a quick look at the University of Malaya. They were Dr. Cyril James of McGill University, Montreal, Professor J. McKinnell of Natal University, and Dr. S. M.102 words
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Article29 1950-08-25 5 For possessing one gallon of dutiable samsu, Ang Choon, a 33-year-old woman, living in Buona Vista Road, was fined $39 in the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday.29 words
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Article90 1950-08-25 5 TpWENTY-FIVE new foreign A companies were registered in the Colony last year. During the same period. Ill local companies with a total nominal capital of $80,940,000 were also registered. The Increase in local companies is a significant indication of the local traders' appreciation of limited90 words
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Article34 1950-08-25 6 I)R MRS. S. SATHIAB, Dr. Mrs. V. Rhjaretnam of late H. M. Hoisington thank all friends Si relatives who fnt wreaths messages of con<"nlenre at the b-.-reavement of their r Mr-- Hannah Sundram.34 words
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655 1950-08-25 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Fri., Aug. 25, 1950. Seats And Parties A new phase has opened in ihe political development of Singapore with the announcement this week that the Secretary of State for the Colonies has approved the increase in j elected seats in the Legislative Council for which the655 words
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Article392 1950-08-25 6 One recent development in Malay education which Mr. Leonard Barnes will have to consider during the inquiry on which he has embarked at the equest of the Federal Government is the decision to teach English in the Malay primary schools, starting in Standard III. "The introduction of English392 words
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Article66 1950-08-25 6 MALACCA. Thurs. Dr Wilfred Nicholas, senior lecturer in public health at the University of Malaya, arrived at Malacca yesterday on a tour of the Federation to study anti-tubercuiosis work. Today he met Dr. A. L Shield, tuberculosis specialist in the Settlement, Dr. W. Glyn Evans, the Chief66 words
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Article, Illustration1775 1950-08-25 6 Fourteen Million Dollars A Year An address given by Mr. C. E. Courtenay, Government Adviser to the Malayan pineapple industry, to the Singapore Rotary Club on Wednesday was the most authoritative review of the industry that has been made in public since the war,1,775 words
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Letter509 1950-08-25 6 I NOTICE with some interest that two of your readers, "Symphonic-Minded" and "John TwoDollars." have in Wednesday's Straits Times been so good as to draw attention to certain matters connected with the Singapore Musical Society. "Symphonic-Minded" was of the opinion that the Singapore Press had in its509 words
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Letter168 1950-08-25 6 AUR attention h^s been KI drawn by our clients. the Lim Seng Bus Company, Penang, to a letter signed by "Action Please" appearing i n your issue of Aug. 21. Our cllems operate the Green Line route and are obviously the alleged offending transport operators referred168 words
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Letter63 1950-08-25 6 I WAS surprised to read in the Sunday Times of Aug. 20 that the Community Church is for sale, and that the reason for its sale is not known even by members of the local church board. You reported that this decision was personal. If so, I63 words
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Article410 1950-08-25 6 On the Ma rgin Export Holiness QUR younger son., who is already showing .signs of money-making ab liry totally lacking in his father, Is now opening up an entirely new line in Singapores export trade with Australia. He orders Chine.se joss sticks at five cenus a packet through his mother,410 words
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Advertisement734 1950-08-25 6 CLASSIFIED ADS. 1 i I I WILLIAMS: To Joan. wlf« of CapUta S, Q. Williams, at B M.H n boy. Richard John, on 23rd Auftuftt. 1950. THE engagement is announced befwern John Lyall. son of Mr. 6 Mrs. H. L. Mason, of Crowborough. Sussex, and Kirn, daughter of Mr. W.734 words
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Advertisement83 1950-08-25 6 IN RESPONSE TO NUMEROUS r REQUESTS, I Decca has pre-releasfd a SPECIAL RfCORDS of the CAPTIVATING SONGS In that Famous Film: fk WaltDisnevs INDERELi Decca Record F 9449 CINDERELLA' -Selection Intro: "Cinderella": "The Work Song"; "A dream Is a wish your heart makes"; "Bibbidi-Bibbidi-Boo"; "So this is love"; "A dream83 words
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Advertisement124 1950-08-25 6 fr» #^0PTiaiw Fellow Institute Ophthalmic Opticians (bng Fellow Worshipful Co of Spectacle-Makers (EnR << Freeman of the Cifv of London By Appointment to H M Forces. South East Asia 6 Raffles Place Singapore Phono ***** ...~L ~~~i MERTOK BROwST CO. i MARINE ENGINEERS Designers ft Builders of all Types of124 words
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Article, Illustration27 1950-08-25 7 A SINGAPORE motor firm has applied for permission to «fll these Czech motor trishas for about 51 .825. One was tested in Orchard Road yesterday.27 words
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Article149 1950-08-25 7 LM.YINCi boats like the Princess, a 10-engined turbo |e| aircraft carrying 110 passengers, may be nut hack on the England-Australia air route hy ltS2. i J Binghan*., station manager for BOAC in Southampton, forecast this on hla arrival In Singapore j i *terda y afternoon149 words
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Article64 1950-08-25 7 FAMILY of 12 lias umong the 65 passengers of a chartered X.L.M. Skymaster ivhich landed at Kullang Airport yesterday on three engines. The plane was carrying Dutch immigrants to Australia and developed engine trouble when it was still an hour off Singapore. But the aircraft64 words
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Article31 1950-08-25 7 An Indian trade delegation to promote trade relations between India and Indonesia, is expected to arrive in Singapore, during the second week of September, on their way to Jakarta.31 words
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342 1950-08-25 7 NEW MARRIA GE BILL PUZZLES THE BISHOP THE Methodist Bishop for South-East Asia, Dr. Raymond L. Archer, yesterday said that he was at a loss to understand the bill, gazetted three days ago in the Federation, which validates marriages hitherto solemnised by Methodist ministers Dr. Archer said that he could342 words
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Article121 1950-08-25 7 Labour To Discuss 'Ultimatum' 'THE general council of the Labour Party of Singapore is to meet today to discuss the "ultimatum" given to the Party by its former member and Municipal Commissioner, Mr. Pat Johnson. Mr Johnson has asked the Party to clarify a statement made by its vice-president. Mr.121 words
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Article50 1950-08-25 7 A concert in aid of the church funds will be held tonight at the Foochow Methodist Church, Race Course Road. The concert, which is organised by Mrs. R.N. Fox and Mr. Homer Cheng, features Professor and Mrs Otto Foorman and their students and other guest artistes.50 words
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Article66 1950-08-25 7 The attack on Mr. Chong Thutt Pitt, the Singapore lawyer and president of the Singapore branch of the Malayan Chinese Association, does not appear to bear the Communist stamp, said Mr. R. C. B. Wiltshire, the Deputy Commissioner, C.1.D., yesterday. Mr. Chong, who was attacked by a66 words
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Article53 1950-08-25 7 A 20-year-old Ceylonese, B. A. Benjamin, of Tanglin Road, was charged in the Singapore Second Police Court yesterday with criminal breach of trust of $562.60 on Aug. 23 while In the employ of Messrs. Gattey and Bateman He claimed trial and was granted ball of $25053 words
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Article136 1950-08-25 7 MUNICIPAL labourers who use electricity supplied to their quarters for radios, irons and other power appliances, will have to pay extra for the additional electricity they use. The finance committee o» Municipal Commissioners has approved a warning notice in this connection which will be136 words
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Article87 1950-08-25 7 rE Singapore Dairy Farm Labour Union has asked for a 25 per cent, increase in daily wages, and a housing allowance for employees not provided with housing. The union is also asking for a night allowance and bonus. The management, it is understood has agreed to87 words
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Article50 1950-08-25 7 A 45-year-old woman, Lan Leong Mvi, was yesterday sentenced to one year's simple imprisonment in the Singapore Second District Court for possessing 154 tahils of opium in a house in Neil Road. Notice of appeal was given by Mr. C. H. Koh who appeared for Lan.50 words
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Article54 1950-08-25 7 Ten Indians claimed trial in the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday to being members of an unlawful assembly and rioting at the hospital attendants' quarters in Tlong Poh Road at midnight on Aug. 23. Bail of $200 was allowed to each man and the case was54 words
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Article32 1950-08-25 7 Mr. Mohammad Razif, the new Indonesian ConsulGeneral in Singapore, is expected to arrive from Jakarta tomorrow to assume his post, says an announcement by the Republic of Indonesia Office yesterday.32 words
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Article24 1950-08-25 7 Surjan Singh was acquitted in the Singapore Second Police Court yesterday of behaving in an unruly manner at the Rochore Road police station.24 words
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Article19 1950-08-25 7 Mr. John Dew Haskings, M.C.S., an Assistant Commissioner for Labour, Singapore, has been appointed a Commissioner for Oaths.19 words
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Article62 1950-08-25 7 through the back door A GOOD number of shopkeepers are carrying on business through the back door, with a holiday notice hanging in front of the shops, the Deputy Commissioner of Labour. Mr. C. W. Lyle. told the Straits Times yesterday. He said that checks on shops62 words
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Article, Illustration75 1950-08-25 7 S.Q.M.S. Watterson of 443 Base Ammunition Depot, has a close look at the second Bukit Panjang bomb before exploding it. With him are the investigating officer, Inspector Zain and a British soldier. The firs! bomb home made injured a 15- year-old boy when n« tampered with75 words
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Article, Illustration139 1950-08-25 7 They Want To Join The MAAF SIX women and 25 men were interviewed in Singapore yesterday for selection to do radar work in the Malayan Auxiliary Air Force. The women were Mrs. Richard Gray, a 40-year-old mother. Miss Marjorie Bartels. a dancing teacher; Miss E. Lim, a stenographer. Miss Florence139 words
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186 1950-08-25 7 MR. Henry Hockstadt, a teacher at the Geylang English School, has returned to Singapore after a year's study of speech training and dramatics in the United Kingdom under a British Council scholarship. Mr. Hockstadt graduated in voice training, phonetics, movements, verse and choral speaking186 words
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Article38 1950-08-25 7 Lee Kah Meow, 21, of Anson Road, claimed trial in the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday to theft of a fountain pen from Ang Thian Yew. Bail of $200 was allowed until Aug. 31.38 words
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Article254 1950-08-25 7 THE Royal Navy in Singapore wishes to trace a little girl's daddy. Carol, the little girl, has sent her daddy in Singapore a letter and addressed it simply: "To my daddy in Singapore. H.M.S. HUNNO". I Unfortunately there is no such ship in Singapore or254 words
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Article107 1950-08-25 7 Mrs.TanKah Kee For Hong Kong MRS. Tan Kah Kee, wife of the former Malayan Chinese leader, who is now touring Communist China, left on the Canton yesterday for Hong Kong. She was accompanied by two grandchildren, the son and daughter of Mr. Tan Kok Kheng, her eldest son. The party107 words
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Article41 1950-08-25 7 Mr. Edward J. Trost, a new United States vice-consul in Kuala Lumpur, arrived In Singapore yesterday. He succeeds Mr. Allan Mac Lean who has been transferred to Mexico, and will leave for Kuala Lumpur in about a week.41 words
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Article26 1950-08-25 7 Princess Elizabeth has conveyed her "deep appreciation" of the message of congratulations sent by the Singapore Municipal Commission on the birth of her baby.26 words
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Article50 1950-08-25 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs.Ng Yew Liang was charged here today with behaving in a disorderly manner by interfering with people quelng up at a cinema. He was fined $3. Ng told the Court that he only climbed the rails and interfered with no one in the queue.50 words
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Article21 1950-08-25 7 Full moon clay celebrations will be held tomorrow at the Buddhist temple, 263 Outram Road, Singapore at 7.15 p.m.21 words
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Article278 1950-08-25 7 AMONG the 30 boys who will report to the Singapore Police Boys' Cadet School when 'it opens o n Sept. 1 will be 12-year-old Chinese twins. The twins, Yap Chew ;m 1 Yap Sun, are bright boys, but like many other Sinp;;ipore youngsters, they fell278 words
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Article36 1950-08-25 7 Fong Peng Fung, manager of the Thai Seng pawnshop in Selegie Road, was fined $100 in the Singapore Fourlli Police Court yesterday for failing to report stolen property lodged with him to the police.36 words
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Advertisement251 1950-08-25 7 THE AMAZING NEW Once aii-nn. Vflocette engineers have excelled themselves and PNMM to you a machine unique in its construction maner in IU conception and with a performance which represents a new experience in motor cycling. Silence, smoothness, comfort, tleanline.-s and economy are here embodied In a tingle model to251 words
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Advertisement123 1950-08-25 7 I SALE NOW ON j •S FOR 2 WEEKS ONLY 30% discount on our stock of- v Evening, Afternoon Day Dresses I Modern Gown Shoppe f No. 9 Stamford Road. V.V.W.V.V.V.'.V.WiV.W/AV.V.V.V.WA'.V.V^ 8 CONDIMENT SETS 8 ft /TV SOL/Z) S/L F^/? ft (I CHIPPENDALE STYLE i) W 3 PIECE CONDIMENT SET123 words
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324 1950-08-25 8 FEDERATION SETS UP BODY ON MALAY EDUCATION From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. A COMMITTEE on Malay education, under the chairmanship of Mr. L. Barnes, Director of Social Welfare at Oxford University, has been set up to inquire into "the adequacy or otherwise of the educational facilities available for324 words
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Article213 1950-08-25 8 Yam Tuan At Parade In Seremban 55th BIRTHDAY From Our Staff Correspondent SEREMBAN, Thurs. A TRIBUTE to the security forces for their "fine work" during the Emergency was paid here this morning by the Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negri Sembilan when he addressed the Police and the Malay Regiment at213 words
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Article87 1950-08-25 8 From Our Own Correspondent I JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs. WHEN loggers returned to their kongsi after the day's work in a jungle, between Jemaluang and Mercing, they found that one of their party was missing. Owing to the curfew being in force, they were unable to go out87 words
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Article50 1950-08-25 8 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Thurs.— Penant,' Municipal Departments are preparing budget estimates for next year. The Finance Committee will hold a special meeting early next month to consider the 1951 draft budget. This will be formally introduced at the Municipal Commissioners meeting in early November.50 words
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Article61 1950-08-25 8 DRANK- BUT ONLY ONCE A YEAR From Our Own Correspondent BUKIT MERTAJAM. Thurs. /CHARGED with having hidden five pints or toddy among \j some weeds. Thalakodi, a fortune teller, said in court yesterday that bis income was so small he could not afford to drink. "I drink but once a61 words
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Article, Illustration56 1950-08-25 8 SIR HOWARD FLOREY, Professor of Pathology at Oxford University (left) who played a big part m the discovery of penicillin, pictured at Kallang airport, Singapore yesterday afternoon with Professor R. G. S. Macgregor of the University of Malaya who met him on his arrival from Australia. He is on hia56 words
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Article180 1950-08-25 8 From Our Staff Correspondent SEREMBAN. Thursday. MR. Justice Charles Abbott, at the Seremban High Court yesterday, sentenced Juhin bin Hassan, a kampong Malay, to 10 years' rigorous imprisonment for attempted murder by shooting a woman. Ho Lin Yin, aged 20, a rubber tapper, with180 words
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Article107 1950-08-25 8 Crowd Says Farewell To Students TtfORE than 300 people gathered at Singapore docks yesterday to bid farewell to 90 Malayan students returning to Hong Kong in the Canton. As the liner drew away from the quayside a few excited spectators almost fell into the sea in enthusiastic attempts to yell107 words
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Article20 1950-08-25 8 The annual meeting of the Mohammedan Starlight Club will be held at 101 Onan Road, Singapore, on Sunday.20 words
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Article78 1950-08-25 8 From Oar Staff Correspondent MALACCA, Thurs. An Indonesian woman, Latifah binte Omar, who pleaded guilty to a charge of illegal entry into Malaya was fined $50 at Malacca. The prosecution said that Latifah came to Malacca from Indonesia in a fishing boat. When she applied for78 words
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Advertisement133 1950-08-25 8 COLD CREAM and VANISHING CREAM for that lovelier look an f A I -^s FACE POWDER ROUGE /PERFUME LIPSTICK TALC BRILLIANTINE HAIR CREAM BOURJOIS DISTRIBUTORS &RAFTON LABORATORIES LIMITED. SINGAPORE —^^^y- c If* neW it s different t I ir il\ ».»r vooi ha "--^^B W nnifiilaHMi I IVKSONS. 33. WINCHESTER133 words
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Advertisement259 1950-08-25 8 AnmwtS litt nearer you approach the Equator the shorter the shadow* and the longex the glasses. Where your glass is nearly as long as your shadow, thirst is a major industry. There in the glasses of those who really know the subject, you find Rote's Lime Juice, Nature's finest answer259 words
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Article, Illustration43 1950-08-25 9 A scene from Paramount's thrill-a-jninute drama "Captain Carey. U.S.A." Alan Ladd gets Francis Lederer in a corner and lets him have it. Some of the other characters who appears in the film are seen on the right. CELIA LOVSKY WANDA HENDRIX LUIS ALBERNI43 words
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Article, Illustration842 1950-08-25 9 Cinema news by J. C. BEHAGUE r»HILD prodigies! So often has this critic had to endure the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune listening to the squeaks and squawks of mothers' darlings— usually spoilt brats quite devoid o f any sense of true musical appreciation that it was842 words
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Article, Illustration128 1950-08-25 9 CARL "Alfalfa" Switzer of "Our Gang" fame celebrated his 15th year as a screen personality by joining the cast of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's "Cause For Alarm." The young actor, remembered as the freckle-faced boy of the famed Hal Roach comedies, will play the role of a reckless driver in the128 words
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Advertisement317 1950-08-25 9 ><+r*jjjfW ATM AS <4j!i&Ly& TODAY! STOP! LOOK! T and laugh tsJ^r-aSjM//, with RED SKELTON (^m^ THE VEIIOW m mm m CAB MAN PIUS! "MOMENTS IN MUSIC Featuring Jose lturhi, Stokowski, Nelson Eddy and Jranrttr .Mac Donald. Bing Crosby, Judy Garland, Mario Lanza etc. An M.G.M. TECHNICOLOUR CARTOON "Heavenly Puns" and317 words
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Advertisement166 1950-08-25 9 s^Tn^ mil Now showing BETTY at her Bubbling Bumptious Be-Dazzling Best/ .■'^mßff 1 SIMCAPOHK A COLON BY VICTOR _______i Tr*i||t|fini nn v *m _H____ h'L EXTRA THE SPECTACULAR "WilKemina" Dance Number will be staged on the Ma^nascreen, TOMORROW M'NITE! Belvedere is Back! this, my great- k mtgKfa __B_Di_r <st ptrform-166 words
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Miscellaneous217 1950-08-25 9 STRAITS TIMES CROSSWORD _w. _T5_n M VfiSrUST of op CROSSWORD No. 149 s.^ anu d r:™,^, ub r M 2 M' LJ 4 LJ_LT LJ 7 ET •£r^=.^ b sl gfF'-^" IHIi_i_ilI_i_I_ 10. Large game-fish (6). sl Dislike a tranilatlon (8). i T §§8 10 12. Thl» rose ii affected217 words
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Article, Illustration696 1950-08-25 10 Island wo man does a man's job 'I^HIS is the story of a woman who was born and brought up on the little island of Pulau Sudong about ten miles away from Singapore. A idas parents and grandparents have also been inmates of that island all their lives. When Aida696 words
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Article280 1950-08-25 10 Cookery Corner CJOME books bid you use a *>• custard foundation; some cream; and some even flour! But what I do use is half a teaspoonful of dissolved gelatine or two tablespoonsful sweetened calve's foot Jelly and I beat mv Ice at least twice during the280 words
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Article, Illustration418 1950-08-25 10 MO matter what its colour or texture, hair can be beautiful If it is healthy and kept in immaculate condition. Shining lustrous hair is a tremendous asset to good looks, so many styles are possible with it, and a permanent wave wi.'t take so tiuch418 words
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Article, Illustration51 1950-08-25 10 Phyilis Battleson, centre, was chosen as "Miss New York City 1950" m a beauty contest at the Riti-Carlton Hotel, New York She will compete for the "Miss America" title next month m Atlantic City. On left is the first runner-up. Gloria Olson, and right. Jacquie Jouffhrey, second runner-up. Paul PoPPer51 words
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Article, Illustration527 1950-08-25 10 MONEY may be the roo of all evil, but the lack of money Is the cause of even more evil and distress. Take the Y.W.C.A. for instance. In order to carry on its work every year, it has to appeal for funds, and to augment527 words
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Advertisement89 1950-08-25 10 \f\ and your ■9 Vi SHADOW (W\ JU will want a new }3\~ VyP) SINGER sewing machine *J y new clothes t to make sma^»V^ a t low cost. YOU SAVE SO MUCH BY SEWING! See the latest models at your local •SINGER shop. THERE'S ONE NEAR TO SERVE YOU!89 words
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Advertisement258 1950-08-25 10 YOUR BABY must ho <he It is not surprising that babies who have Glaxo «re so lively, healthy and goodtempered. For Glaxo is a carefully balanced milk food made by the famous Glaxo Laboratories. Iron is added to make healthy blood, and Vitamin D to help build strong limbs and258 words
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Miscellaneous246 1950-08-25 10 S'PORB I»OMFO» Newt: 9.45 "Just Unpacked"; 955 am. Music; 10 Emergency 10 JO Dance Music; 11 Close, 10 a.m. News, followed by Emer- News- 10.10 Close; 12-2 p.m. As gency New. from K.L, 10.10 Clo*; J^/lJV^VKilJ 4.45 PJ n. "F^'the London 12 Malay; 1 pjn. Light Music; 1.30 Vorhe e246 words
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Article310 1950-08-25 11 LONDON, Thurs. PAUTION and hesitancy In the London Stock Exchange today followed the warning given by the Prime Minister to trade union chiefs of the grave international crisis facing Britain. Business m all sections was small and m some instances the trend was to lower levels. Closing middle310 words
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Article118 1950-08-25 11 From A Market Correspondent T'lN shares remained quietly steady yesterday, with 1 some small London Interest. Industrials were very steady, Rubbers had practically no interest. Price chaftiges announced r yesterday by the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association were: I MM MKU1.1 Bayers B.B. Petrol 28/Fraser Neave Ords118 words
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Article177 1950-08-25 11 From A Market Correspondent T<HE oopra market opened at $45 A per plcul In Singapore yesterday and some business was reported at $45%. With the steady tone, buyers went up to $45%, but sellers withdrew. The coconut oil section was nrm yesterday with the better copra price,177 words
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Article186 1950-08-25 11 SHIPS in the Singapore Outer and Inner Roads and alongside Harbour Board codowns yesterday were: Outer Roads: Hal Hsuan, Chip Lam, Chanpara, M. Brander, Audex, Madoera. Dukat. Toboali, Straat Malakka, Ionian Moon. Kocho Maru, Waiwerang. Inner Beads: Man tin. Tung Hua. Kotanlca, Kelantan, Tung186 words
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Article33 1950-08-25 11 Singapore. Than., Aug. 24— $390.62i (down $6.37i.) £810 a ton in London LONDON, Thurs.. Aug. 24. Spot: £805— £815; Forward, £805— £815; Settlement. £810. Turnover: a.m. 10 tons.33 words
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Article107 1950-08-25 11 58 Per Cent. In Taxation From Our Own correspondent LONDON, Thurs. AT the annual meeting of Din- dings Rubber Estates the chairman, Mr. W. O. T. Packard announced that £3,696 had had to be provided out of the profit of £0,334 to meet Malayan income tax and United Kingdom107 words
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Article32 1950-08-25 11 JJEW SCUDAI shareholders, at the annual meeting in Singapore, adopted the report and accounts and approved payment of a first and final dividend of five per cent, less Income tax.32 words
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Article30 1950-08-25 11 HONO KONG, Thurs. ■pREE market currency exchange A for Hong Kong dollars was quoted today as follows: US$l, HK56.32. £1, HK515.50; one tael of gold HKS3OO.— UP.UP - 30 words
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Article271 1950-08-25 11 RUBBER JJUBBER took another big price jump (12 cents a lb.) in Singapore yesterday, partly as a result of the rise in New York, and partly as a result of some factory and near shipment buying. In two days, the market has Improved by 22 cents.271 words
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Advertisement1379 1950-08-25 11 MANSFIELD 6* CO., LTD. iincoiooijleO*4n Singapore) BLOB FUNNEL LINE Carrier's option to proceed «la othir parts to load and discharge cir«,o SAILINCS to LIVERPOOL. CLASCOW LONDON CONTINENTAL PORTS Dua Sails P Sham Penang Ulyttet for Liverpool b (:.is K ow C. 13/14 A«f. 26 Aug. 27/29 Aag. 30/ Sept ■biirwi1,379 words
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Advertisement423 1950-08-25 11 PRESIDENT LINER SAILINGS TO NEW YORK AND BOSTON VIA CEYLON. INDIA. ECYPT and MEDITERRANEAN PORTS b'-jore P S'ham Pansng Pres. Buchanan Cdns. 4/5 Sails 27 Aug. 28/29 Aug. JO Aug./1 Sept. Pres. Harding 6/10 Sept. 11/12 Sept 13/15 Sept E ref Y<? Mren 20 24 *••>♦• 2 5 /26 *««>♦423 words
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Advertisement487 1950-08-25 11 EAST ASIATIC LINE SAILINCS FROM^CANDINAVIA/U K./ JAILINCS TO CONTINENT/ SCANDINAVIA m/s "Kvernaas' Codown 44 Lo* din8 Singapore. Port Swettennam tor Manila, Hong Kong. Kobe Penang fir Yokohama m/s 'Selandia du* abt Aug /7 m/s "Kambodia" due abt. Sept. 20 for Colombo. Aden. Port Said, for Bangkok Manila H Kong c^^487 words
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Advertisement1046 1950-08-25 11 McALISTER <St CO.. LTD. (Incorporatcc in Singapore) Telephone No. 59O6 BIAERMAN 4s BUCKNALL KLAVENESS LINE LONDON HAVRE ANTWFBP LOi ANClLli SAN FRANCISCO. ROTTBMM b HA.Sc PORTLAND SEATUI VANCOUVER CITY Of FLORENCE Accepting -arm tor c.ntial G South American Potts. S'pore P Sham Penang sunnyvilli 31A«g./6Sept In Port 27/30 Aug. 261,046 words
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Article633 1950-08-25 12 Pegasus A Iso Has Trained On By EPSOM JEEP KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. LM I I- TILL, a handsome three-year-old bay by Full Bloom, did a splendid gallop this morning when he left another newcomer, Independence, standing in a smart sprint down the straight. Mickey633 words
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Article60 1950-08-25 12 BOMBAY, Thurs. MALAYAN badminton player Tan Jin Eong joined his countryman A. PiruE in the quarter-finals of the Cricket Club of India championships today by defeating G. P. Shirke of India. 15—6. 15—4. Piruz qualified for the quarter-finals on Wednesday with an overwhelming victory ofUP - 60 words
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359 1950-08-25 12 Zatopek And Holden Score Great Wins Brussels, Thurs. EMIL Zatoj.ek, Czech Olympic champion, broke his owr official work' record in winning the 10,000 metre in 29 min. 12 sec. on the opening day of the European athletic championships yesterday. The official lecord is 29 min. 21.2 sec. but the CzechReuter; AP - 359 words
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Article198 1950-08-25 12 DLAYING fust, snappy footI ball, Fraser and Neave Sports Club defeated Simc Darby Sports Club by five goals to one in a Business Houses "A" league game at Oeylang stadium yesterday. Though Sime Darby scored first hrough Hussein In the opening minutes ol the game,198 words
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Article188 1950-08-25 12 R.A.F. Combined 2; Indians Combined 0. /COMBINED Airmen defeated Indians by two goals J to nil in the Community League match at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. It was Indians' first game in the League. Param and S. Y. All, Indians' chief goal-scoring hopea for their Bardhan188 words
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Article31 1950-08-25 12 THE FREE PRESS Form Guide for the Selangor Turf Club meeting which begins tomorrow appears today in a special supplement which includes turf features by Allan Lewis.31 words
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163 1950-08-25 12 ELEVEN schoolboys from all parts of the United Kingdom who are now on their summer vacation in Singapore enjoyed a rollicking boys' golf competition played over nine holes at the Island Club yesterday. The ages of the competitors ranged from nine to163 words
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Article313 1950-08-25 12 The second round draw for the S.A.F.A. Junior Cup competition is: R.A.F. Tengah v Town Rangers or Blue Rovers; Cosmos or C.8.A. v Police. 8.HJB. Aux. Police or 30 Bn. R.A.O.C. v IRC "A"; H. M. Dockyard or Cheerful Lads v CYMA; Mental Hospital v Aston or313 words
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Article, Illustration46 1950-08-25 12 F Ait M Blackpool goalkeeper, savins from Bennett. Tottenham Hotspur inside-left m the Football League (First Division) match at White Hart Lane, London, last Saturday. Spurs, promoted from last year and making their first appearance m the First Division for 15 years, lost four-one. Reuter photo.Reuter - 46 words
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Article323 1950-08-25 12 LETTERS TO THE SPORTS EDITOR f N WEDNESDAY'S Straits Times, there was a 1 report about the Singapore Chinese A.A.F. barring the Swifts from competing in the Malayan Chinese Athletic Meet. I have followed athletics in Malaya very closely and I have noticed the successes of323 words
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Article91 1950-08-25 12 O.C.A.A.F.'s decision to bar the KJ Switt Athletes from competing In the Malayan Chinese A.A.A. meet, harsh though it may seem, is fair under the circumstances. S.C.A.A.F. cannot be expected to sacrifice their regular and loyal athletes for those who throughout the season found it more convenient to91 words
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246 1950-08-25 12 New I.A.A.F. Rule Affects Colonies BRUSSELS, Thurs. COMMONWEALTH athletes A* will be affected by a nev rule, governing international athletic meetings and qualifications of competitors, which was passed when the International Amateur Athletic Federation Congress continued here today. In future, In Olympic Games and European championships, citizens of a colonyReuter - 246 words
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Article102 1950-08-25 12 "THE Hong Kong Chinese football team have cabled the Malayan Chinese F.A. hon secretary, Mr. Choo Kwai Low, that they will leave Hong Kong today at 7 a.m. to arrive in Singapore this evening. Eight fixtures have been tentatively allocated to the tourists. The inter-port Ho102 words
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724 1950-08-25 12 By OUR BADMINTON REPORTER HPHE Singapore badminton season enters a most x interesting phase this week-end with the Singapore Badminton Association's junior championships reachng their final stages and the open championships starting. For the past few years the open event has always posed the724 words
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Article42 1950-08-25 12 LONDON. Thui. and Surrey, wfcti are r^h the County crlcke, champions!<io. botb lined Bni Innln i today. Scorp; wereAt Manrheslrr. Warwick M, I-ancs 87 for 1 irain». At The Oval. Surrey Bad in for 8. Worcester 175. Heater.42 words
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Article28 1950-08-25 12 SOUTHENI Thursday. Bno* ained a lead of 16 runs on West :ndies today. Scores: Bsaex md 49 for 3. W. liul ißailev 5 for 44). Reuter.Reuter - 28 words
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Article42 1950-08-25 12 SOCCER: Community 1,.;*: Kurasians v CMmm a( I -'m Besar stadium: Business Hs^ B: Cable TTtllllM v Borneo v('. al C.pylang; Jnr. Cup-tie: C'>*mos S.C. v Chinese S. V il 8.0.D.; Business Bm. R: Btrtlla rimes v Chartered Rank. CYMA.42 words
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Advertisement695 1950-08-25 12 CLASSIFIED ADS. (Continued from page ff) ACCOMMODATION WANTED KUROPEAN Company urgently i ■niires furnished or unfurnished ii" or house. "Phone 5217 OFFICER and family require 111 1 c or bungalow. Furnished or nished. For Ist Sept. or Box No AlB7O. S.T. '•IKRICAN Company urgently I «mall modern house or flat695 words
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Advertisement20 1950-08-25 12 SINGAPORE TIDES TODAY: 10.24 a.m. (8ft. 2in.) jnd 9 p.m. (8ft.). TOMORROW: 11.02 (8ft. Sin.) ar.d 10.01 p.m. Oft. 4in.).20 words
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