The Straits Times, 17 January 1951
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Title Section18 1951-01-17 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, 'JANUARY 17, 1951. PRICE TEN CENTS18 words
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Article1100 1951-01-17 1 'Public Like Lambs To Blackmarket Slaughter s—Gilmour5 Gilmour 'Consumers Do Not Support Govt. Controls j^ COMMITTEE i s to be appointed by the Singapore Government to report to the Legislative Council next month on 'the extent and urgency of the need for further commodity and price controls".1,100 words
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Article315 1951-01-17 1 FLYING TO SON ON MURDER CHARGE From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Tues. A SMALL, frail and grey-haired woman, who has never left Scotland before will fly to Malaya this week to see lier son, John Stewart, ivho is charged with murder. Ginger Stewart, a 26-year-«ild Royal Artillery bombard-I-r has been315 words
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53 1951-01-17 1 RUBBER PROTEST From Our OWn Correspondent LONDON. Tues— The Malayan Government has protested in London following last weeks scramble for rub-bt-r when one of the big five American companies announced that it was U.S. Government buyer for the January and February shipments, making the market think that they were buying53 words
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Article57 1951-01-17 1 LONDON, Tues. LLL-uilormed Indian sources expressed the view yesterday that Red China was likely to agree to a Korean cease-fire if projected Big Four talks on a general Far Eastern settlement begin at the same time. The informants would give no clue whether their viewAP - 57 words
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Article88 1951-01-17 1 SECOND SHOOTING IN 2 DA YS From Our S'arT Correspondent PENANG, Tues. A NOTHER kampong shooting the second in two days occurred in the Penang rural area this morning when three unknown gunmen shot at 49-year old Neoh Chooi Leong, seriously wounding him. Neoh was at home in a kampong88 words
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Article99 1951-01-17 1 TOKYO, Tues. ONE of the first orders given by Major-Gene-ral Clark RufTer when he took over command of the U.S. Second Division in Korea was for all men to shave. On the orders of the former commander, MajorGeneral Robert Me( lure, the troops had beenAP - 99 words
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Article54 1951-01-17 1 CALCUTTA, Tues. Gangsters yesterday killed a policeman and looted nearly Rs. 25.000 from a payroll. They flung bombs at pursuers, wounding three. A.P. SEES ATTLEE LONDON, Tues— Mr. Liaquat AH Khan, Pakistan Prime Minister, called on Mr. Clement Attlee, British Prime Minister, at No. 10 Downing StreetReuter - 54 words
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Article119 1951-01-17 1 SAIGON, Tues. THIRTY battalions of Vietminh troops launched a new drive today against Hanoi, chief town of north Ii do-China. The Vietminh, said to number nearly 40,000. went into the attack near Vinhyen, 25 miles to the northwest, after an all-right lull In their two-dayReuter - 119 words
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Article, Illustration66 1951-01-17 1 COLONEL DALT, the first racehorse to be flown from Britain to Singapore, being led off the QEA-BOAC plane at Kalian*; airport yesterday. Colonel Daly cost his Penan? owner $'!.">. ooo— the highest price paid for a racehorse in Malaya. Leading the horse is Mr. Jack66 words
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Article254 1951-01-17 1 TOKYO, Tuesday. npHE United States Bth Army recaptured Suwon, 11 miles south of Seoul, today in a mounting counter-attack that threw the Chinese Communist defenders into full retreat. The Chinese rearguards put up only a token fight in Suwon before fleeing north. Al lied fleets rakedUP - 254 words
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Article69 1951-01-17 1 ROME, Tues.— The Vatican's ban on Roman Catholic priests joining the Rotary Club organisation ls also a warning to laymen not to belong to the movement, according to Padre Francesco Pellegrino, influential Jesuit priest. Padre Pellegrino said the Rotary movement educated people to the idea thatReuter - 69 words
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Article36 1951-01-17 1 \yHEN the Italian liner, Surrienio, left Singapore at 3 p.m. yesterday for Naples, it left behind three passengers wh», after sightseel ngr hi ghtgapore failed to ret back to the ship in time.36 words
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Article245 1951-01-17 1 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. THE Briggs Plan, far from breaking down, is gathering speed as resettlement proceeds steadily and as additional staff for resettlement work becomes available, the Federation Secretary of Defence, Mr. D. S. Watherston, said today when he commented on245 words
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Article72 1951-01-17 1 The American Consulate General in Singapore yesterday announced the appointment of Colonel William E. McDonald as Assistant Air Attache to the American Embassy in London and Air Liaison Officer to the Consulate General here. It ls expected that Colonel McDonald will assume this duty about March 1.72 words
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Article39 1951-01-17 1 WASHINGTON, Tues.—Authoritative sources said that the composition of a sevenman mission to Tokyo to discuss a Japanese peace treaty, headed by t.hp Presidential representative, Mr. John Foster Dulles, will be announced "today or tomorrow." U.P.UP - 39 words
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Article35 1951-01-17 1 WASHINGTON. Tues. America has renewed direct talks with Russia in a move to persuade Moscow to settle part of the U5511,000,000,000 lend-!ease supplies she received in the war.— A.P.AP - 35 words
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Article28 1951-01-17 1 VENICE, Tues.— A fisherman was killed and six dockers were injured today when the Italian tanker Luisa blew up in an explosion that shook Venice. Reuter.Reuter - 28 words
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Article35 1951-01-17 1 Aliens in Singapore, with the permission of the Governor, may now join the Colony's special constabulary, with the passing yesterday by the Legislative Council of an amendment to the Police Force Ordinance.35 words
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189 1951-01-17 1 (JOVERNMENT is to introduce new legislation to provide the necessary power to form civil defence units in Singapore, the Colonial Secretary, Mr. W. L. Blythe, announced yesterday. Speaking at the Singapore Legislative Council meeting, Mr. Blythe said that Government had already issued189 words
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Article45 1951-01-17 1 LONDON, Tues.— Lord Layton, chairman of the News Chronicle and Star newspapers and a prominent Liberal, has called for some form of inter-party collaboration In Britain during the present emergency. He suggested either a coalition Government or a political truce. A.P.AP - 45 words
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Article32 1951-01-17 1 COMMANDER OF HK FLIES TO TOKYO HONG KONG. Tues— LieutGen. Mansergh, Commander of Hong Kong forces, today flew to Tokyo to visit Gen. Mac Arthur's headquarters and later British troops in Korea.32 words
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Article159 1951-01-17 1 WHAT is thought to be the wreckage of an aircraft was sighted yesterday by R.A.F. aircraft searching t li ;> area in North Kelantan where the civilian Dakota disappeared on Saturday. Almost at the moment of -lighting. however. the weather closed down and th>* searching159 words
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Article31 1951-01-17 1 WASHINGTON, Tues A total of 3,166 Government employees have quit or hava been dismissed under President Truman's loyalty programme, since it began oa March 21. 1947.— U P31 words
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Advertisement19 1951-01-17 1 rjxffrugj JEWELS ARE LIFE TIME GIFTS P. H. HENDRY, 78. North Bridfe Rd Spore Manufacturing Jeweller r% „,<»rV tl"*19 words
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Advertisement40 1951-01-17 1 fcow right you an s w te cho«. pT/jpg^: DUJfI RADIO •OLE AGENTS BRIGHT RADIO Co. MM ORCHARD ROAD. SINGAPORE ftfffl}fTjf|iifii|| jiji^iyif it V Z :§L v;: I f^. '■> RB^Qt.) s o e*° to BE E R London Exhibition 195040 words
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Article242 1951-01-17 2 JAKARIA, Tues. T<HE Indonesian PresiA dent, Dr. Soekarno, in an unexpected speech last night declared he was convinced that Dutch New Guinea would be returned to Indonesia "before sunrise on Jan 1, 1952, if the Indonesian people are reaJly united". Last year he said frequently that Dutch NewReuter - 242 words
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Article110 1951-01-17 2 KURE, Tues.— Part of the ground of the BCOF "headquarters is to be laid out to represent an area of Taegu, South Korea, where a British soldier Is alleged to have murdered a Korean civilian on the night of Nov. 30, 1950. The general court martialReuter; Reuter-AAP - 110 words
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Article177 1951-01-17 2 riR. Edith Summerskill, British Minister of Nation*J al Insurance, who is in Cairo as guest, of the Egyptian Government, was received in audience by King Farouk. She was accompanied by the British Ambassador, Sir Ralph Stevenson. -i The first woman ever to be received177 words
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Article, Illustration39 1951-01-17 2 FORMER KING SIMEON of Bulgaria, aged IS, watching the international soccer match between an Egyptian team and Vienna's Football Club, mt Cairo. He lives in exile at Alexandria, where he attends an English schooL AT. picture.39 words
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Article, Illustration86 1951-01-17 2 BRITAIN'S national drink is to be freed from Government bulk buying control. The man with the spoon, chief blender of a London firm, is tasting 50 cups and a junior notes down his remarks so that the taster can blend the different varieties of tea into the popular86 words
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Article206 1951-01-17 2 WASHINGTON, Tuesday. T»HE United States State Department announced yesterday that Mr. John Foster Dullrs, Republican adviser on foreign policy, conferred with M. Jacob Malik, Soviet delegate to the UniLed Nations, on the Japanese peace treaty In New York on Saturday. President Truman last Thursday appointed Mr.Reuter - 206 words
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Article, Illustration31 1951-01-17 2 LT.-UEN. A. A. Gruenther, new Chief-of-Sta« of Allied forces in Europe. A member of Gen. Eisenhower's staff in the Second World War, he is considered an expert strategist. USla picture.31 words
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Article136 1951-01-17 2 U.S. Sends More Tanks To Berlin BERLIN. Tues. TTNITED STATES Army tank v reinforcements were called into Berlin yesterday in answer to Russian traffic restrictions, threatening a new "little blockade." Twenty-two big Pershlng tanks rolled Into West Berln's Grunewald station as Allied officials met to consider other retaliatory measures againstUP - 136 words
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Article88 1951-01-17 2 SYDNEY, Tues. ALL Australian aborigines in the remote northwest Australian coastal area have gone on strike for a basic wage of £7 per week, a despatch from Darwin said yesterday. The aborigines now receive £2 per week when employed by the government, in addition toUP - 88 words
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Advertisement528 1951-01-17 2 MALAY REGIMENT TENDER NOTICE Tenders are invited for the supply of Timber to the MALAY Reclment. Tenders will close at 13 o'clock on 2Sth January. 1951. Full particulars sre obtainable from "Q" Branch. RHQ The MALAY RegiBKnt PORT DICKBON. SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY RKMMIS OF ASSESSMENT Claims for refund of assess* inent528 words
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Advertisement393 1951-01-17 2 NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION OF ENGAGEMENT This U to notify the public tbat the engagement between Miss LJm Ouat Yean of Parlt Buntar and Mr James Won* Yuen Lam of Taiptng has been mutually broken. Date: 6th January, 1951. STRAITS/CALCUTTA CONFERENCE The following alterations haw been made to rates of freight393 words
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Advertisement319 1951-01-17 2 NATURALISATION NOTICE to hereby given that LEE DOV KINO, otherwise known as, Simon Matthew King, of IS, Amber Mansions, Penang Road, Singapore, to applying to the Governor for naturalisation, and that any person who knows any reason why naturalisation should not be granted should send a written signed statement of319 words
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Advertisement299 1951-01-17 2 mi itoaas uwaa 10 m v s ultra Modern Rendezvous. "THE CAPITAL HOTEL" Restaurant Bar. The Connoisseurs always come to "CAPITAL" For Delicious Food Ist. Class Drink Excellent Serviced M use VI V ALINE HERBAL HAIK OIL VIVALINE restores the hair ft iU original youthful colour $4 large 53. 5(1299 words
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Advertisement187 1951-01-17 2 Tfcday 1 Sh«wi: V15.'«.4b .< "MID NIGHT" (Egyptian) At'antic Great World Today 2 Straws: 7 I. IS "SECRET LAND" (Te*hHeol«rt San Ntw W»rU Today 2 She**: 7 A n.lj "WAGONMASTEK" Royal at 3.15— «.15 A t.l* "JUNGLE MAN" ttfindastaai) Lasi 3 Shows— J; 8.15 9.15 p.m. 20 fh Cen tar;187 words
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Article219 1951-01-17 3 Strongest-Ever Peace Force To Back Him LONDON, Tuesday. gRITAIN'S defence planners satisfied General Eisenhower last night that* before the end of this year, he will have behind him a Britain stronger than ever before in peace time. At a meeting with mi Supreme Commander ofAP - 219 words
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Article, Illustration29 1951-01-17 3 FRENCH GENERAL Jean Ganeval (left) and the former German General Hans Speidel. after the first Allied-Ger-man unofficial discussions on German participation in the defence of Western Europe. A.P. picture.AP - 29 words
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Article270 1951-01-17 3 LONDON, Tuesday. MX. Jawaharlal Nehru, Indian Prime Minister, told a Press conference here today that "some matters were clarified during the talks :ield on the Kashmir problem by the Commonwealth Prime Ministers in London. H> added: 'It was not ble to come to any final agreement,270 words
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Article30 1951-01-17 3 LONDON. Tues. About 4 5-i j.OOO Londoners travelled 12.5J0.000.000 miles on buses and the underground railways in 1950. Tliis is equal to 500.000 times round the V'irid.— Reuter.Reuter - 30 words
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Article, Illustration47 1951-01-17 3 PANDIT NEHRU contemplatively smells a rose sent him by an Indian dancing girl as be rests at Cairo airport en route to the Commonwealth conference in London. The dancing girl is reported to be an old friend of the Indian Prime Minister. A.P. picture.AP - 47 words
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Article50 1951-01-17 3 From Our Own Correspondnet LONDON, Tues. Lancesergeant John McUbbin, 25, was told by the Camberley, Surrey, magistrate that only his recent "trying period" of service in Malaya saved him from being sent to gaol. McUbbin was fined £10 tor assaulting his son aged two.50 words
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Article63 1951-01-17 3 LONDON, Tues.— P. T. Wong, son of Mr. S. Q. Wong, of Singapore, was among the successful students at the Hilary final examination of Inns of Court. Other successful students were S. W. Barker and C. C. Eu. cf Singapore, and K. S. Chung and A. S. Lee63 words
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Article269 1951-01-17 3 HONG KONG, Tuesday. SEVERAL straws in the wind during; the last 24 days seem to point toward some early action by the Chinese Communists in Indo-China. This, coupled with the current speedup of Ho Chiminh's campaign against Hanoi in northern IndoChina, has stirred upAP - 269 words
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Article45 1951-01-17 3 CANBERRA, Tues. The Australian Actirg Prime Minister, Mr. A. W. Fadden, said here that Australia is having difficulty in securing supplies from overseas of rubber and aluminium for defence purposes. A scheme for Western democracies to share defence supplies Is considered necessary.— PUP.45 words
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Article135 1951-01-17 3 CHINESE UNFREEZE 'LITTLE MEN' HONG KONG, Tues. JJNDER new regulations governing the freezing of American assets on the Chinese mainland, individuals may withdraw any amount from a bank if the deposits are below Jenmingpiao 30,000.000 (about HK57,143), according to reports reaching here. If individual deposits are above that figure depositorsReuter; Reuter-AAP - 135 words
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Article88 1951-01-17 3 GENEVA, Tues. 'MR. Trygve Lie, the United Nattonx SecretaryGeneral, said in Geneva yesterday he teas convinced that a general war would be avoided. Mr. Lie said he strongly supported the resolution passed by the U.N. Political Committee on Saturday proposing a cease-fire i nReuter - 88 words
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Article, Illustration46 1951-01-17 3 MR. iJAQI AT All Khan, Prime Minister of Pakistan (right) being greeted by the Lord Mayor of Londor Alderman C. F. Denys Lows on, at the Mansion House when the Lord Mayor gave a luncheon to the Commonwealth Prime Ministers. A.P. picture.AP - 46 words
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Article159 1951-01-17 3 LONDON, Tues. DEOPLE will be able to walk through walls "in the not too distant future," Dr. A. J. Glazewski. a Faraday lecturer in physics, told an audience at Newton Abbot, Devon, today. Moreover, it would be possible to disintegrate a man in Europe andReuter - 159 words
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Article, Illustration42 1951-01-17 3 STATI X OF BRITANNIA in Westminster, from which a four- foot sword disappeared shortly after the theft of the Coronation Stone. The statute is part ef a monument to Lord Clyde who relieved Lucknow in the Indian mutiny. A.P. picture.AP - 42 words
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Article153 1951-01-17 3 RANGOON, Tuesday. ORITISH Commissioner-General for South-East Asia, Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald, flew in from IndoChina for eight days of high-level talks on the South-East Asia situation and today saw Sao Khun Hkio, the Burmese Foreign Minister. Afterwards he will meet the Premier, Thakin Nu, andAP - 153 words
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Article33 1951-01-17 3 PRAGUE, Tues.— Two Slovak bishops were sentenced yesterday by the state court of Bratislava to life imprisonment and a third to 24 years on charges of high treason and esionage.33 words
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Article133 1951-01-17 3 MANILA, Tues. THE Philippines is faced with great danger of conquest from without while fighting an "actual war for internal security", President Elpidio Quirino warned the nation in his monthy radio 'Firesldie chat" last night. He appealed to Filipinos for unity and faith In facing the133 words
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Advertisement31 1951-01-17 3 i I FABRIC < i i < MADE OF WIRES COMPLYING WITH BRITISH STA1NDARD < 785 1938 < AS REINFORCEMENT ||C IS EQUIVALENT i IN STRENGTH TO MILD STEEL BARS, WEIGHING AT LEAST 50^> MORE31 words
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Advertisement145 1951-01-17 3 Cur yourself a slice of health VITAMIN ENRICHED BREAD AND S.C.S. CREAMERY BUTTER Stocked by your own dealer COLD STORAGE Singapore Cold Storage Co., Ltd. INDUSTRIAL RUBBER HOSES MINING INDUSTRY :i Armoured or Plain (S^^^R Air Hoses V^i High Pressure Hoses Hk vfV*^t Hydraulic Hoses \SjjlsS3k Palm" OiMHoses tagt \oTr\J^l.145 words
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Article438 1951-01-17 4 A FIVE per cent, contribution from workers earning $100 a month and above, and a five per cent, contribution by employers, is provided for in a bill to set up a Central Provident Fund in Singapore issued by the Progressive Party yesterday. Under the proposed bill workers438 words
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Article40 1951-01-17 4 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Tues.— Mr. Richard West, former private secretary to the Commissioner General has returned from leave arid has been posted to Segamat on March 1 when he will become Administrative Officer, Segamat.40 words
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Article, Illustration314 1951-01-17 4 Dunlophead not worried over rubber LONDON, Tues. "T DO net take a pessimistic view of the future of the natural rubber industry," Mr. G. E. Beharrell, managing director of the Dunlop Rubber Co.. told the Straits Times when Interviewed about his recent suggestion that a synthetic rubber industry should be314 words
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Article85 1951-01-17 4 EXTENSION of the period of operation of eight proclamations by a further six months was approved yesterday by members of the Singapore Legislative Council. Three of them, under the Essential Regulations Proclamation, relate to the payment of compensation under the Compensation Board Rules. Another relates to85 words
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Article30 1951-01-17 4 MUAR, Tueg— A Javanese, Vim bin Wariyo, aged 25, was senterced at Muar to a year's hard labour for unlawful possession of 33 katia of scrap rubber.30 words
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Article167 1951-01-17 4 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. REPRESENTATIVES of rubber producers met in IV Kuala Lumpur today to discuss the mechanics of the new rubber export duty which has been operat1 ing since Jan. 1. Talks this morning centred mainly around the operation of. the re-planting cess.167 words
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Article, Illustration29 1951-01-17 4 MR. DESMOND MACKET, who passed through Singapore yesterday on board the Surriento, after two years' painting and exhibiting all over Australia, New Zealand and New Guinea. Straits Times picture.29 words
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Article23 1951-01-17 4 JOHORE BAHRU, Tues.— Paul David, an Indian Special Constable on Timor Estate Tebrau, claimed trial at Johore Bahru today to a23 words
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Article, Illustration45 1951-01-17 4 GLASGOW UNIVERSITY Rector, Mr. John MacCormick. carries on with his address from a platform littered with eggs and flour bombs thrown by exuberant students last week. A duck was also liberated among the feet of distinguished guests. Proceedings came to an early end.45 words
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338 1951-01-17 4 SINGAPORE Municipal lorry, alleged to have been seized by rioters near Government House on the first night of the December riots, was stopped four and a half hours later at the junction of Anson Road and Keppel Road by five detectives who formed a human338 words
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Article, Illustration43 1951-01-17 4 MR. HAROLD W. B. Baker, president of the Gem and Mineral Society, California, who is on a world tour, collecting opals, garnets, sapphires and geological specimens, was a passenger in the Surriento, which called at Singapore yesterday, bound for Europe. Straits Times picture.43 words
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Article87 1951-01-17 4 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Tuesday. AFTER a four-day religious service attended by over 70 priests, including the chief abbots of several temples, an 82-year-old widow, Mrs. Yeoh Cheang Seng was initiated a nun in the prayer room, of her Northam Road, Penang, home87 words
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Article472 1951-01-17 4 Sergeant Avenges Shot Officer From Oui Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPbR. Tues. UfHILE security forces in the Federation have killed three bandits and wounded a fourth, according to the police, round-up issued tonight, reports indicate that four civilians and two members of the security forces have been killed. One of the472 words
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Article58 1951-01-17 4 Elizabeth Audrey Isherwood, of Singapore, yesterday applied for a Judicial separation on the ground of cruelty, against Robert John Isherwood, in the Singapore High Court. Mr. S.H. Elias appeared for the petitioner, and the respondent was represented by Mr. R.L. Eber. Mrs. Isherwood asked for the custody58 words
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161 1951-01-17 4 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Tuesday. IT is hoped that enough Comets will have been delivered to BOAC this year to introduce the new Jet airliners into regular service by the end of the year, or early in 1952 The third Comet, the161 words
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Article47 1951-01-17 4 Singapore doctors nave been treating an increased number of cases of flu during the last three weeks, especially among children. The increase is attributed to damp weather. Doctors told the Straits Times that there was no evidence of an epidemic in the Colony.47 words
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Advertisement147 1951-01-17 4 t\ C J& 'aDVT. OF THE GENERAL ELECTRIC CO., LTD. OF ENGLAND SINGAPORE MALACCA KUALA LUMPUR PtNANC it it is CIAN SINGH'S it must be good. PI ALL MEM fLOOK SMART GIAN SINGH'S TAILORED SUITS For Remarkable Cut, Lasting Fit Fine Appearance without extra expense f TAILORING DEPT. j *****1147 words
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Advertisement277 1951-01-17 4 ONLY BOROEtVS COFFEE HAS SUM SUPERB FLAVOR K/T"^ I. etSTcorm BECAUSE IT 15 100'/. PUKE COFFEE [2. MAOiC COtNtHitHCt NOPOT-N0 SKOUNOS IUADy IN AN INSTANT 3. THRIFT* TOO/ USERS Siy."/KIO«E OJPS THAN A POUND OF O ROUND COU II AND THtKE IS HO WASTE ft'i f OKNu'i rrt «er rs277 words
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Article487 1951-01-17 5 Union Leader Criticised For Statement WHY an Inofficial member of the Singapore Legislative Council should threaten to defy law and order in the interests of trade unionism was questioned by Mr. N. A. Mallal (Municipality South-West) in the Council yesterday. Mr. Mallal was referring to a487 words
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Article120 1951-01-17 5 EVEN THE BANDITS CAN GET REWARDS From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR Tues. EVEN bandits will be eligible for new rewards offered today by the Federation Government for the recovery of arms. Tlie Government announcerrru today says that people who know of bandit arms should turn their ;e to their120 words
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Article111 1951-01-17 5 More than 800 pejp'.e attended Ih; annual dinner given jointly by M -iv Ou'-vuth Trading Co )Malaya>. the Chpper Trading Company, and Champion Motors. lUr. occasion was also a tare- to Mr. J. H. Van der Laan. MaaaaH of the Netherlands TradIng Society who is111 words
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Article45 1951-01-17 5 Kang Oo Lye. a 49-year old Singapore Municipal labourer, who was thrown off a lorry when it collided with a taxi at the junction of New Cemetery Road and Bukit Timah Road on Sunday morning, died in the General Hospital on Monday night.45 words
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Article183 1951-01-17 5 TALKS ON C.O.L. PA YMENTS rE Singapore Government is considering the appointment of a committee to review cost of living allowances in conjunction with the Federation Government, it was announced in the Legislative Council yesterday. In written replies to questions by Mr. Thio Chan Bee. the Government said it was183 words
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Article27 1951-01-17 5 A woman. Yam Gueh Wah. was acquitted if. the Singapore Second Police Court yesterday of using abusive language to a police constable at Omar Road.27 words
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Article38 1951-01-17 5 Found guilty of stealing i fountain pen. worth $2E from a Buddhist priest In i trolley bus, Cho Hong Nil was sentenced in the Singa pore Second Police Cour yesterday to six months' im prisonment.38 words
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Article, Illustration51 1951-01-17 5 "ANNIE GET YOUR GUN" set at the Kuala Lumpur Flying Club fancy dress dance on Saturday. From left standing: "Sitting Bull," Mrs. A. W Hodges; "Buffalo Bill," Mr. Burnett Rae; "Frank Butler," Mr. H. C. Vanburen; Sitting "Annie Oakley," Mrs. Burnett Rae; "Queen Victoria;" Mr. A. W. Hodges.— Shut Kat51 words
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Article302 1951-01-17 5 WOMAN'S TESTIMONY IN COURT A DENTAL surgeon's wife from Johore Bahru, Bismillah Begum binte Manawar, described at a preliminary inquiry in the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday how she was attacked by four thugs and robbed of her jewellery in the Botanic Gardens, 1 Singapore,302 words
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Article78 1951-01-17 5 OPIUM FOUND IN SHIP CINGAPORE Customs officers yesterday seized $12,000 worth of Persian opium after searching for 11 hours a ship anchored of! Pulau Bukom. The ship, manned by European offlcers and a Chinese crew, arrived from Abadan Iran, on Monday. 1 The opium— 3B lb in all— 1 was78 words
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Article, Illustration183 1951-01-17 5 MR GILES Stedman, vice-president of the United States Shipping Lines, who, as executive officer of USS Westpoint helped with the evacuation of women and children from Singapore in January, 1942, returned to Singapore yesterday by BOAC from Hong Kong. He will be here until183 words
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Article70 1951-01-17 5 HOUSING EXHIBITION, Victoria Memorial Hall, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. V.M.C.A., Orchard Road, chess club, 5 p.m., art club, 6 p.m.. educational film show, 8 p.m. CHINESE V.M.C.A., Selegie Road, basketball, 5 p.m., students badminton tournament, 5.30 p.m., students' table-tennis, 7.30 p.m., table-tennis tournament, 7.30 p.m. POLICE70 words
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297 1951-01-17 5 SINGAPORE Normal teachers have agreed t« amendments in the proposed Unified Education Service which will make them eligible for admission to the highest post in the service, Mr. Thio Chan Be« (Nominated) told the Legislative Council yesterday. The Colonial Secretary, Mr. W. L. Biythe,297 words
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Article41 1951-01-17 5 From Our Own Correspondnet JOHORE BAHRU, Tues AH bin Mohd Tahir, an assistant agricultural officer, Mersing, was sentenced at the Assizes today to three years' imprisonment on three charges of criminal breach of trust of sums totalling $168.41 words
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Article166 1951-01-17 5 'Not Enemies Of Normal Teachers' jy|K. Thio Chan Bee luld ili» Legislative Council yesterday, when speaking on the I'niJied Edurat:on Srrvice scheme, that it had appeared from comments in the Press that the Select Committee were enemies of the Normal teachers. "This is far from the truth.* he said. The166 words
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Article23 1951-01-17 5 IPOH, Tues.—A dance wa« held at the Istana Iskandariah, Ipoh, last night to celebrate the birthday of the Sultan of Perak.23 words
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Article92 1951-01-17 5 COMMODATION on ships leaving Singapore from the beginning of next month to the end of July fe fully booked. Thomas Cook and Son, the travel agents, have a waiting list of more than 600 names. Cook's Deputy General Manager, Mr. C. Holt, who is visiting the92 words
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Obituary14 1951-01-17 6 GEMMA BOEY HOOD SUNG I «d vay at Penang Mission rtospttal M.I II14 words
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Article29 1951-01-17 6 THE FAMILY of the late Mrs. R M Kieinman ihank all those wreath*, flowers and condolences and attended the funeral »n<l nieh: prayers of thcil beloved no' her.29 words
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Obituary33 1951-01-17 6 IN I.OVINO memory of Mrs 1 ntlda (Hilda) Cordeiro. who i .(I away on ITth. January Deep in our hearts, the Mi-mory is kept of the one we ill never forget.33 words
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619 1951-01-17 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Wed., Jan. 17, 1951. The Unhappy Traveller Singapore Unofficials yesterday lost their battle to make valid again the certificates of admission held by residents now temporarily outside the Colony. On the necessity of excluding the politically undesirable there was but one opinion. The objection which the619 words
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Article472 1951-01-17 6 It had been hoped that Sir Franklin Gimson would have been able yesterday to inform the Singapore Legislative Council of the appointment at least of the chairman of the Commission of Enquiry to investigate the circumstances of the December riots. A judicial official of standing to head472 words
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Article, Illustration936 1951-01-17 6 COMMONWEALTH VIEWPOINTS VI Ron*!? Elli?" *<•* l*P ort? witith Sir Oliver Goonerilleke, High C«ylon in London, on SOCI.. i co. no" mic policy of Ceylom j CEYLON, celebrating her third IndepenHpnrP Hay nn F«V» aence Vay on *eDruary 4, IS the most936 words
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Letter277 1951-01-17 6 OO we are off again. Among the laws recently promulgated to help the High Commissioner implement his determination to end the emergency this year is that which imposes a collective penalty on areas whose residents knowingly withhold information concerning bandit outrages from fche police. This regulation for277 words
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Letter68 1951-01-17 6 A COUNTRYMAN wishes to know why the news (warta berita) is always read out by a man announcer in the Malay section of Radio Malaya. Is it because they don't have a woman announcer capable of doing the Job? Or Is It a lob earmarked for males68 words
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Letter83 1951-01-17 6 rpHIS unit has just received L through the G.O.C. Singapore Base District cheque for $2,442 as Us share of the amount subscribed through your paper in recognition of the work done by the Army in aid of the civil power during the recent riots. As Commanding83 words
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Letter144 1951-01-17 6 J^ FEW weeks ago there was some correspondence in your paper referring to an alleged unfriendly and Inhospitable attitude adopted by some civilians in Malaya towards the soldiers. May I say that, during the period that this battalion has been serving in North Johore and Malacca,144 words
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Letter50 1951-01-17 6 "Q.OOD Manners, Please" was quite right in his letter, in last Saturday's Forum, about surliness among Traffic Police officials. I was recently turned rudely away and told to come back later after waiting about three hours —Just to fix a driving test date. BREEDING. Sin r a. nor*50 words
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356 1951-01-17 6 A SINGAPORE VOICE FROM THE DARK fAN any of your readers tell me why, in a town where the consumer pays more for his electricity than almost anywhere else in the world, he is subjected to frequent and often prolonged blackouts? From time to time, at unspecified intervals, we find356 words
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Article506 1951-01-17 6 More Viewpoints rpWO point* In the series of "Commonwealth Viewpoints" which has been appearing In this page have struck me as relevant to Malayan problems which wer* discussed In the Singapore Legislative Council yesterday —namely, Inflation caused by huge rubber and tin profit*, and, secondly, the steep506 words
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Advertisement759 1951-01-17 6 ROBERTS: TO KNUX wife of H W Robert!, a daughter Jennifer Owenllyan on 16th of January. BENNETT. To June (nee Clivon) and Major Bennett R.E., •t Kowloon on 11.1 51. a daughter, Christina Jessica. TAN— LIN. The encasement Is announced between Mr. Tan Tock San. third son of the late759 words
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Advertisement67 1951-01-17 6 A, A A A A AA.AAAAAAAAAAA.A t A J V T V V W Italian Made GUITARS. Made by Messrs Crmellnda Silvtstri, Catania, Italy. Three models available f:om stock:— Model 61-O $45.00 Model 61-A $50.00 Model 62 O $55.00 Guitars cannot be sent by post. They can, however, be sent67 words
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Advertisement15 1951-01-17 6 HERRINGS FRESH or in TOMATO SAUCF C E MORTON (malaya) LTD. SINGAPORE KUALA LUMPUR PENANG15 words
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Article1349 1951-01-17 7 Govt. Defends New Re-Entry Regulations 'War On Doorstep 9 [JEFENDING Government tightening of passport regulations, Mr. W. L. Blythe, the Colonial Secretary, told the Singapore Legislative Council yesterday that a small body of people known to be undergoing specific courses of indoctrination in Communism outside Malaya1,349 words
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Article199 1951-01-17 7 FLOODS SUBSIDE, RAILWAY CLEARED From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPER, Tues pLOODS in South Malaya were subsiding yesterday and the main Johore Hahru-Ayer Hitam road la now passable. North-south train services Ix-nan ami in after the line had been cleared at 10 a.m. Jrnm avalanches of earth brought clown frcm199 words
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Article68 1951-01-17 7 TPOH. Tues —A Malay fireman, Harun bin Kassim. received serious chest injuries and three others were slightly htirt when a fire engine skidded at the Ashby-Anderson road junction this afternoon and crashed into a lamp standard. The engine, with six aboard waa going to a lallang fire68 words
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145 1951-01-17 7 'SHORTY' (65) GOES ROUND THE WORLD A NEWSPAPER seller who made enough money on the streets of Canada's cities to pay for a cycling tour of Australia passed through Singapore yesterday on the Italian liner Surriento. He was 65-year-old John "Shorty" Rodden, who, on his way to do a bicycle145 words
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Article46 1951-01-17 7 NEGRI Sembilan Mentri Besar, Dato Haji Abdul Malek bin Yusuf. in his annual report, urges the establishment of a co-operative marketing of flsh scheme. Such a scheme was "the only feasible way to break the fish ring and ensure fair prices."46 words
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Article32 1951-01-17 7 While cycling along the 9th mile Bukit Timah road yesterday, 41-year-old Tan Cheng Yoke was knocked down by the trailer of a lorry. His condition was reported to be serious.32 words
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Article25 1951-01-17 7 The office of the Malaya Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve has been moved to H.M.S. Laburnum at No. 2 OodoWn, Telok Ayer Basin, Singapore.25 words
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Article, Illustration129 1951-01-17 7 TED (27) GOES ROUND THE WALL OF DEATH WHIRLING around a steel cage on a motor bike doesn't seem an easy way to make a living, but to 27-year-old Ted Tedson, of Holland, it's the one and only way. Ted, who is on his way back to his home town129 words
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Article161 1951-01-17 7 IpIVE graduands of the University of Malaya, who completed their final examinations in December, will receive their degrees at a special convocation at Oei Tiong Ham Hall, Faculty of Arts, Bukit Timah, on Jan. 30. They are Inche Abu Bakar bin Ibrahim, of Alor Star,161 words
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Article58 1951-01-17 7 STATUTORY provisions to enable Singapore Municipal Commissioners to draw an allowance out of the Municipal Fund were sanctioned by tta« Legislative Council yesterday when it passed amendments to the Municipal Ordinance. The amending clause sanctions "payment to CommlMioneni of such allowance, or expenses as th«58 words
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312 1951-01-17 7 THEY HEARD KILLER SHOTS, 'CANT HELP' A LTHOUGK several people heard the shots that killed a Chinese detective, not one of seven witnesses who were near the scene could tell the Singapore Coroner, Mr. W. G. Porter, yesterday who fired the shots or why. A verdict of murder by a312 words
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Article62 1951-01-17 7 Two British soldters. Craftsman Denis John Arnold and Craftsman Philip Colleiro of the REME, were acquitted and discharged without their defence being called, by a Military Court Martial in Singapore yesterday, on charges of stealing petrol belonging to the War Denartment. They were alleged to have syphoned62 words
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Article47 1951-01-17 7 Father John McCristal. 0.F.M., was a passenger from Sydney on the Surriento when she called at Singapore yesterday. He is on his way to teach English in a Franciscan school In Paris, and then to take his doctorate degree In Historical Method at Louvain University.47 words
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Article71 1951-01-17 7 TROOPS who yrsleniay reached the toeae of last Thursday's X.A l\ I>iKand crash in Pmhatif, reported by radio th<t :ill three members < plane's crew are rirud. Two lust their lives in the crash durinv ;m air iSrike while thp third died tr n injuries soon71 words
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Article93 1951-01-17 7 THROUGH P.O. Box 5000, the Singapore Poiice have received an average of eight letters a day during the past six months from people desiring to help them in their investigations. A senior C.I.D. spokesman told the Straits Times yesterday that since P.O. Box93 words
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Article87 1951-01-17 7 Although there is no necessity for a writer to give his name and address, the police feel it would help them in case there is need to refer back to him. A number of letters that were incorrectly addressed had first to be sent to Police Headquarters and87 words
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Article41 1951-01-17 7 The Singapore Legislative Council accepted the objections of the Singapore Bar Committee to the Limitation (Amendment) Bill and agreed to it being withdrawn by the Attorney-General Mr. E. J Davies, when it came up for its second reading yesterday.41 words
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Advertisement93 1951-01-17 7 TRY THIS REFRESHING LONG DRINK SINGAPORE GIN SLING As a delicious long drink (Ca"_^ Singapore Gin Sling enjoys 0 y[~^\ widespread popularity. CJfc HOW TO MIX: 1 oz CHERRY HEERvT IWm oz in oz Benedictm e. 2 HH dashes Bitters, juice of lemon or lime, VJHF sugar to taste Shake93 words
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Advertisement153 1951-01-17 7 0~0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-oro-0-0-0-0-0-0 o BTir-YTRTTT^I WF 0 o TENNIS NETS: Regulation Size 42 x 3*' 1 Double Netting $42.00 each I TENNIS BALLS: Lighter Quality $32.50 I I PRESSURE PACKED 2 0 TINS OF FOUR Deck Tennis Nets 7.50 1 Slazengers $4.90 i Silver Town $3.75 Tenikoit Nets 5.95 o ■JJJ JJJJM153 words
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270 1951-01-17 8 THK Singapore Government hopes that the Commission of Inquiry to investigate the circumstances of the Singapore riots will be able to arrive here before the end of this month. This was announced by the Governor, Sir Franklin dimson, in the Legislative Council270 words
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Article149 1951-01-17 8 IT not a fact that Indian Clerks and .interpreters known as munshisi Dot granted promotion aTh. ,iuli recommended. Mr. Lin. Yew Hock was told In a < rrunent reply tabled at day's meeting of the ■ii Lporc Legislative Council. H *-as told that two Police149 words
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Article50 1951-01-17 8 YOUTH CHARGED I Oar sun Corresnondent \L.\ I.UMPUR. Tues. H Yahaya bin Haji Ahmad. 20. was today charged "having used criminal ioicf on a Malay woman M.!. am binti Jaafar with moo outrage her modesty." He claimed trial. Bail of 1300 was allowed and the case notponed to Jan. 23.50 words
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Article34 1951-01-17 8 MUAR. Tues— Two Javanese, Abdul Hamid bin Hussein and Hussein bin Sulaiman. and a Chinese. Wong Ah Tong. were committed to the High Court charged with possession of fire arms and ammunition.34 words
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Article, Illustration49 1951-01-17 8 FOUR PEOPLE were seriously injured when this Toong Fongr bus overturned at the junction of Sungei Besi Road and Chan Sow Lin Road. Kuala Lumpur, on Monday. A military truck, driven by a learner driver, is believed to have knocked the bus over. Straits Times picture.49 words
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Article170 1951-01-17 8 CTEPS have been taken 1 Singapore Special Co contingent of the polic* to increase the size of the mstabulary. The Gurkha c force is shortly to be increased considerably. This was part of an official reply tabled at yesterday's meeting of the Legislative Council to170 words
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Article90 1951-01-17 8 New Curfew Power For Government A CURFEW can now be proclaimed by Government throughout the entire island of Singapore, or any part of it, under an amendment to the Emergency Regulations passed at yesterday's meeting of the Singapore Legislative Council. The Colonial Secretary, Mr. W. L. Blythe, said that before,90 words
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230 1951-01-17 8 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. gXTRACTS from a bandit's diary tell how a baby was born to a bandit woman living in the jungle "~l in Johore. The baby was born in the middle of the night. Hearing its cries, an230 words
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Article26 1951-01-17 8 Wong Ngiap Soon, who fell in the kitchen of his bakery in Queen's Street, Singapore, yesterday morning, died before the arrival of an ambulance.26 words
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Article, Illustration155 1951-01-17 8 From Our Own Correspondent SEREMBAN Tues.— The Ma Hwa School at the Negri Sembilan Chinese resettlement area for children of squatters at the 3i mile. Seremban-Port Dlckson road, will be opened on Thursday by Sir Henry Gurney. Built by the Malayan Chinese Association at a cost155 words
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Article75 1951-01-17 8 From Oar Staff Correspondent SEREMBAN, Tues. EMPLOYMENT exchanges are run by lodging houses in Seremban, it is revealed in a NegTi Scmbilan report. "Lodging houses have opened their doors to unemployed persons, who are charged 50 c nts a night for a canvas75 words
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Article77 1951-01-17 8 The recent arrests in Singapore under the Emergency Regulations were referred to briefly by the Colonial Secretary at yesterday's meeting of the Legislative CouncH. Mr. Blythe said he would have liked to have made some announcment on the arrests, but after consultation with the Atttorney-General, "I77 words
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Article64 1951-01-17 8 72- YEAR-OLD MAN CLAIMS TRIAL From Oar Own Correspondent TAIPING, Tues.— Tang Joo Ngi, 72, claimed trial before the Taiplng Magistrate on a charge of unlawful possession of 13 katls of scrap rubber valued at $13. Tang said he got the rubber in exchange for fish from a Malay. The64 words
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Article30 1951-01-17 8 IPOH, TufiS.— .The Director of Manpower, Federation of Malaya, Mr. S. W. P. Foster Sutton, met leaders of the Chinese community and officials In Ipoh today to dls-30 words
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Article208 1951-01-17 8 EX-STORE MAN STILL MISSING IUYSTERY still surrounds 1 the fate of Commissioner Herbert A. Lord, of the Salvation Army who was in Seoul when it was taken by the North Koreans the fir&t time in June. Commissioner Lord, before going to Korea, had been head of the Salvation Army in208 words
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229 1951-01-17 8 From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH, Tues. ANE of the biggest fines to be imposed In local courts was meted out by Mr. J. R. Whimster, President of the Sessions Court, when he fined, Lee Ec Beng, a Penang businessman, described by the prosecuting officer229 words
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136 1951-01-17 8 'THE greatest single cause x of accidents In Singapore was inattention, of drivers of vehicles, said Mr. O. D. Hunter, acting Superintendent of Traffic Police. H« said that there were more traffic accidents in the Colony last year than In 1949—7,973 accidents in l»50,136 words
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Advertisement712 1951-01-17 8 What You Should Know About Your English i pc you content with the way you speak show you how to make the most of your \'md write 'Are you sure that you are personality and of your opportunities in life. j; S; n^ StakeS that CaUSP Pe Ple Why So712 words
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Advertisement171 1951-01-17 8 experience choose.. People of ta»te aud /^A B^X refinement find in A their mellow '.^^J w^P T^^ Hf )A > goodness the I mi. A*f j greater aati»faetion J^bl^MbHf of outstanding Wr quality. The largnt-selling Cork-Tipped Cigarette in thi World lMl'Oltllll FROM I.O.\lM>\, I X.I AM» An Ideal Gift, j171 words
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Article, Illustration1548 1951-01-17 9 MINISTERS VIEW EACH OTHER ON THE AIR iMjlt^llfW From Our Own Correspondent LONDON: IKT me describe to you some of the sights you might have seen had you been in Britain these past few days: Setting for the first scene— a hi«h ceilin^ed drawing room, gracefully proportioned, with fascinating and1,548 words
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Article, Illustration17 1951-01-17 9 "Bert! Bert: Come up I I'm SURE we can manage with logs. Can you hear me? Bert...t"17 words
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Article233 1951-01-17 9 Looking At life "DOTH the Conservative I I and the Socialist Parties will have to f abandon much of their cherished programmes 1 and policies if Britain is v to emerge successfully from the per'ls of the I L present world situation public opinion must t be mobilised to the233 words
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Advertisement133 1951-01-17 9 NEW FEATURES VENIILATION WINDING WINDOWS Ji^f^^^V DASH BOARD TWIN TAIL LIGHTS i&mo&^i &m0&^ REXINE UPHOLSTERY CYCLE CARRIAGE CO f1926) LTD EASY STEERING WHEEL orchard road -Singapore -tel. 3938 REPRESENTED THROUGHOUT THE FEDERATION aVsw Carmen Miranda, |A *lgsNi the exotic Brazilian star, says JH I I always use Lux Toilet Soap!133 words
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Advertisement198 1951-01-17 9 1 of 4 great features that set a -«N new world standard for air travel y-> y NOW! YOU GET SLEEPERETTE' ON PAN AMERICAN'S DOUBLE-DECKED CLIPPERS* On all flight* to the U.S.A. (via Manila) enjoy the bed-length comfort of luxurious Sleeperette. No extra charge! Full-size berths free to Honolulu only198 words
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Miscellaneous251 1951-01-17 9 Straits Times Crossword mm m mm— *«v» CROSSWORD No. 267 I and Kiuhlcunih-ccnlury 2& *fip'>n n bird of prat t novel «8. if> <5» ft J H «j l» 111 Abomtnaß (iff) MA towar hip H naa«c« tar _is&_ rf.. J X H..PP.1..M Diit ma* D-"'P"« n*s» hit* on <f251 words
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Article1218 1951-01-17 10 DIFFERENT WORLD OUTLOOK I BOB GILMORE'S Australian Letter IH1IMM11I IIIMiiK MELBOURNE: STATEMENTS by New Zealand Prime Minister Holland on his transit to London emphasise differences of world-outlook between the neighbour dominions. In line with the World War II policy of the New Zealand Vabour Government, Tory i»rime Minister Holland (to1,218 words
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377 1951-01-17 10 Chapman Pincher - Chapman Pincher By WHY does a boring Sunday tire you out as much as a full days work? Why c«oes a stale story start you yawning? Why do you find yourself nodding off at a dull speech? Doctors have just put iorward a startling'.y simpleLondon Express - 377 words
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Article13 1951-01-17 10 Collect ten of these coupons join ll. r Children's Corner Club.13 words
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Advertisement264 1951-01-17 10 NOW SHOWING pLP I^^TT' li ri 11 1.45-4 6.30 9.30 LJ«LIJ-^JJ*I*J FIRST TIME in SINGAPORE! Egyptian M "CHEESECAKE" in You II be... iL FASCINATED CAPTIVATED ygL ENCHANTED BEWITCHED Ml/ by the 7) SAUCY dances .'V NIFTY numbers! DARING €ostumes! N Wilh Full KNGUBB Sub-Titles Starring C AMELIA NAIMA AKEF },<264 words
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Advertisement294 1951-01-17 10 OPENS TODAY Jpfc THE SONG THAT jKV] CAPTURED THE HEARTS OF .■Wfejkfc. MILLIONS!! I A MISS SOFIA Jsi [Iflß (Sensation of "Bengawan Solo") H Bit, iin 1N lIKR LATEST 195 Wm MUSICAL— DRAMA With MOH. and RADIN MOCHTAR and a Cast of Popular Screen Stars ALL-NEW DIFFERENT FROM THE PRE^294 words
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Miscellaneous331 1951-01-17 10 SINGAPORE tOMPO BFEBS 10 a.m. News; 1-7.30 p.m. As 10 a.m. News, Emergency News S'pore; 7.30 Record Review; 8 **5 p.m. 'Prom the London from K.L.; 10.10 Close; 10.45 show of Shows; 8.30 Radio Editorials'- 4 55 Drtnusv- sis Schools; 12 Malay; 1 p.m. Dance Theatre: 'Hamlet"; 9.30 News; talM>rIals331 words
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Article295 1951-01-17 11 London Stocks LONDON, Tues. r THE undertone ol the London Stock Exchange remained fairly solid today but there was little breadth or depth to business. With little in the news to excite or upset markets the end of the account was the main preoccupation with operators. Oil shares moved rather295 words
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Article81 1951-01-17 11 From A Market Correspondent ■CXDREIGN inquiries for pepper in r the Singapore produce market increased again yesterday. Sellers wer? reported very reserved. Sellers quotations, however, remained unchanged, with Muntoir. at $1,030. Sarawak at $1,025 and Lampong black at $640 the picul. The copra market wan dull, with buyers81 words
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Article847 1951-01-17 11 U7ITH support from London, Tins and Rubbers In the Malayan share market again sbowed gains yesterday. The volume of business, however, was restricted 'by lack of scrip. ItiduitriaLs continued steady. Price quotations announced by the Malayan Sharebroksrs' Association yesterday were: Bayers I SeKcr* Alex. Bricki. Pref iNI Ords847 words
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Article37 1951-01-17 11 SINGAPORE, Tues. Jan. 16 $653 (up $9.25.) £1,197£ a ton in London LONDON, Toes.. Jan. 16.— Spot £1.195— £1.200; Forward £1,190— £1.195; Settlement £1,180 (unchanged). Turn-overs: a.m. 145. p.m. 65 tons. TEL. 5991-2-1.37 words
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Article225 1951-01-17 11 REDUCED foreign buying orders quietened the Singapore rubber market one yesterday. The day's ransacvions, which were on a united scale, registered a Irop of four cents in the lb. or February first-grade shipnent. The market opened at low«r evels and, with little baying from Hong Kong, the tone225 words
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Article59 1951-01-17 11 QHIPS alongside the Singapore Harbour Board godowns yesterday were: Bradeverett 44; Stan Meifo (Sheers Wharf): City of Liverpool 42-43; Serdang 41- Kepong 40. Perseus 38-39; Eenattow 36-37; Steel Rover 33-34; Japan 31-32; Kilwa 27-28; Merkur 23-24; Bintang 21-22; Benvenue 17-18; Katong 15; Malim 16; Querimba 13-14; Karen 11-12;59 words
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Article31 1951-01-17 11 HONG KONG, Tues. IfREE market currency exchange r for Hong Kong dollars was quoted today as follows: US»I HK15.94 (cash), HK55.93 (T.) £1 $15.40- one tael of gold HK8332.31 words
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Article35 1951-01-17 11 I*HE Malayan Exchange Banks 1 Association announced yesterday that control direct rater for Canadian dollars were: Buying, TT S4 11/16. Airmail (O D.) 34 13/16. (90 days) 35 1/16; Selling T.T./OX). ready 34%.35 words
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Advertisement1236 1951-01-17 11 lincorporatad *-> SiAgapse*) BtOB rumtati. lihi earner's option te prseesd via ether parts ta lead and discharge carga SAILINCS ta LIVERPOOL. CLASCOW LONDON CONTINENTAL PORTS Jut Sail* P. Sham Pananß *uZ?txrt bb M c!algow C. 38/39 I— IS |.n. 19/20 |.n. 20/21 Tyndareus to. Liverpool, M, «nd b Glasgow lan1,236 words
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Advertisement384 1951-01-17 11 PRESIDENT LINER SAILINGS TO NEW YORK AND BOSTON VIA CEYLON. INDIA, ECYPT and MEDITERRANEAN PORTS. Sooie Sharr. TT^k Prcs. Harding 23/29 |an. 30/31 |an. Pres Van Buren 29 |an./3 Feb. 4/5 Feb. 6/7 Feb. Prcs. leHerson 5/11 Feb. 12/13 Feb. 14/1$ Feb Pres. Pelk 23/28 Feb. Omit ...I/?.. 1 To384 words
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Advertisement462 1951-01-17 11 EAST ASIATIC LINE SAILINCS FROM SCANDINAVIA/UK /CONTINENT: »oore P S-nain Pananß -Meonia" for Saigon b Bangkok 18-19 lan. In Port '"India" for Bangkok. Hong Kong Manila 11-15 Feb. "Kjmbodia" for Hong Kong. .•La K .an^ fc'^SK* I^ *Sj g Lt "Kvernaas" for Saigon Bangkok 5-9 Mar. 3 4 Mar 1462 words
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Advertisement1016 1951-01-17 11 CLLBRMAN 6s SOCMALt ttLAVENSSS LINB LONDON. HAVRE. ANIWERP LOS ANCELES. SAN FRANCISCO, ROTTIRDAM fr HAMBURG PORTLAND SEATTLE fr VANCOUVER vkj to U.S.A. North Atlantic Potii Accaotinp. cargo toi Central SoutH mnd Canada via Colombo American Ports •.S. CITY O» LIVERPOOL Spora P Sham Penang m% FRANCISVILLE C 42-43/18 lan. 19/201,016 words
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Article486 1951-01-17 12 Abbeystead Also Impressive From EPSOM JEEP IPOH, Tuesday. RIVER PATROL (late Brief Silence) a five-year-old French-bred gelding by Epigram, made track watchers sit up and take notice when he held Best Bet (Percival) in a rousing gallop over Bf. in 38 seconds this morning. Running wide out, River Patrol486 words
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Article, Illustration54 1951-01-17 12 COLOX^L CALX rrumch.-s a little of the straw which had been hi s bedding; on the York aircraft after bis lone journey from London. Mr. M. van Breukelen, who will train this expensive importation in I poh. is obviously pleased with his introduction to this well built thoroughbred.54 words
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Article71 1951-01-17 12 The Colony Badminton singles title will be decided at 7.30 tonight at the Clerical Union hall when Wong Peng Soon defends his crown against Cheong Hock Leng. The mixed doubles final will also be played, between Ong Poh Lim and Mrs. L. M. Pennefatfcer and Lav Teng Siah71 words
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Article16 1951-01-17 12 TODAY: 5.21 p.m. (8.3). 7.05 p.m. (7fl.>; 12.28 pjn. (3.5), 11 32 p.m. (5.4).16 words
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Article300 1951-01-17 12 Ladies Flame Shaping Well TWE .Majestic Scholar-Ladies Flame clash should provide one of the highlights of the Perak Turf Club January Meeting. They are closely handicapped in the Class 2 Div. 1 five-furlong straight race on the second day. Ladies Flame may not be a world beater, but she can300 words
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Article, Illustration54 1951-01-17 12 The Singapore Amateur Football Association team photographed before their departure o n their Manila tour by air last night. The central figures are Mr. W. McGregor Watt, (third from right), president who wa« present to wish the team goodbye, Mr. Soh Ghee Boon and Mr. R. Pates (turn, coach and54 words
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Article376 1951-01-17 12 From JACK FINGLETON Exclusive To The Straits Times HOBART, Tuesday. DLAYING their brightest cricket since their first match, at Adelaide in October, the M.C.C. gave the clock and Tasmania a severe lacing here today to win a most brilliant victory by nine wickets. Compton finished the376 words
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Article195 1951-01-17 12 TASMANIA—IMt INNS—I 9! MCC—lst. INNS—2J4 TASMANIA—2nd Inns.: 229 MCC 2nd. INNINGS Simpson c Davidson b Rlchardaon 43 Shepp*rd not out 67 Compton not otit 77 Extras 1 Total (for 1 wkt.) 188 "daisy clippers." This, for brilliancy of stroke play, is the most beautiful innings I have 4e?n Compton195 words
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Article59 1951-01-17 12 MADRAS, Tues. A courageous third-wicket partnership of 179. though saving the Madras Oovernor's XI from an innings defeat, could not prevent the Commonwealth touring team from winning by ten wickets here yesterday. Scores: Commonwealth 319 for 8 dec., and 75 for none; Governor's XI 101Reuter - 59 words
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450 1951-01-17 12 F. W. ROBINSON - Horse Makes Malayan Turf Air History F. W. ROBINSON By POLONEL DALY, a four-year-old thoioughbr.-d gelding, made Malayan turf and aviation history when he walked quietly off a QEA BO AC York freighter at Kallang Airport, Singapore, yesterday. Colonel Daly, at $25,000, is the most expensive racehorse to be imported;450 words
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224 1951-01-17 12 'TPHK selection oi Singap re "a contingent (o the Ann Games In New Delhi on March 4—ll4 11 will be made at a meeting of the Sinjc-M"" 1 Olympir ml Sports Council this evening. The Council must deride th* strength of224 words
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Article108 1951-01-17 12 yyHETHER more Malayan race- bone owners would deside ia bring horses to Malaya by air instead of sea would largely depend on Colonel Daly's general condition and behaviour during ihe next few weeks, Mr. J. A Speixeii Malayan representative of the English Bloodstock Agency, told108 words
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Advertisement790 1951-01-17 12 tuooiuiueo trom Pact I) SITI'ATION VACANT WANTED manageress (or small European Boarding House near tovn Ring ***** lunch hour or •fter 7 p.m. WANTED for Kuala Lumpur DMrict Laboratory Assistant with experience of testing and analysing rubber la'ex Apply stating experience and salary required. Box No A561. ST.. K.L. WANTED790 words
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