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Title Section18 1951-08-15 1 The Straits Times J&4L***** NATIONAL NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15, 1951 PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS18 words
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Article314 1951-08-15 1 Big offensive build-up Ridgway THEY EXPLOIT TALKS TOKIO, Tuesday. (JIN. Ridgway, United Nations Commander, today told a Press conference that the Communists were taking into Korea more men and materials than the air force could knock out Ihe Communists, he said, had "very materially" increased theirReuter - 314 words
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Article56 1951-08-15 1 ADVANCE BASE CAMP, Korea, Tues. ALLIED and Communist negotiators made "no progress* at today's ceasefire talks in Kaesong, an official announcement said. It said farther efforts by Admiral Joy to clarify the United Nations' request for a defensible line through logical military reasoning were "withoutReuter - 56 words
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360 1951-08-15 1 —Brawl 3 hours after strike ends 'THREE hours after work was resumed at the Singapore Glass Factory yes- terday after a 24-day strike, police and riot squads were rushed to the factory when a fight broke out between new employees and strikers who had360 words
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Article140 1951-08-15 1 WELLINGTON. Tues. MR. Walter Nash, leader »f the New Zealand Labour Party, tonight issued a sweeping manifesto for the election on Bept. 1. If a Labour government Is returned to power, he promised It will: Reduce the' price of butter from 2s. a pound to Is.AP - 140 words
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125 1951-08-15 1 OPTIMISM GROWS IN THE OIL DISPUTE TEHERAN, Tues. PERSIAN oil delegates 1 who received Britain's proposals to solve the oil dispute last night, held a meeting with the Persian Cabinet today at the bedside of the ailing Prime Minister, Dr. Mohammed Mossadeq. The proposals were handed over by Mr. RichardReuter - 125 words
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Article33 1951-08-15 1 AUCKLAND. Tues.—George Cecil Hurry. 44, was today sentenced to hard labour for life for murdering his wife Mary nine years ago. Her body has never been found. -Reuter.Reuter - 33 words
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Article31 1951-08-15 1 COLOMBO, Tues—The first shipment of rubber from Ceylon to China will leave here shortly aboard a Polish ship. The ship has been chartered to carry 2,500 tons. —UP.UP - 31 words
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Article30 1951-08-15 1 RIO DE JANEIRO, Tues. A Brazilian aeroplane exploded while taking off at Turlassu in Maranhao State, yesterday, killing three passengers and severely injuring the pilot.— Reuter.Reuter - 30 words
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Article100 1951-08-15 1 5. NATIONS IN SEA SEARCH THE HAGUE, Tues. A GERMAN trawler last night reported picking up eight survivors from the abandoned Norwegian steamer Bess. Among the survivors was the commander of the Bess. Less than an hour earlier a Danish fishing boat radioed she had picked up six dead Norwegians.Reuter - 100 words
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Article37 1951-08-15 1 BUDAPET, Tues. The Hungarian Communist Government yesterday accused Yugoslavia of "repeated and aggressive" frontier violations and warned that if they were not stopped immediately, Yugoslavia would be held responsible for "all possible consequences." U.P.UP - 37 words
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Article88 1951-08-15 1 LONDON, Tues rE Foreign Office today announced the appointment of Sir Alvary Douglas Frederick Gascoign c as Ambassador to Moscow in succession to Sir David Kelly, who is retiring Sir Alvary. who is 58. was until recently British political representative m Toyko He was formerly BritishReuter - 88 words
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Article29 1951-08-15 1 LONDON, Tues.— Viscount Bruce of Melbourne, who has been elected Chancellor of the Australian National University will leave for Canberra at the end of this year.— Reuter.Reuter - 29 words
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Article111 1951-08-15 1 Manager killed in Johore KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. J± EUROPEAN estate manager and a special constable were killed by bandits in Johore yesterday. The planter was Mr. James Barnson Stoker, of Eng Kel and Kundong Estates, Tangkak, Johore. He was 49. In the Sitiawan area of Perak, Security Forces engaged 16111 words
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Article58 1951-08-15 1 Peking has a new V J day TOKYO, Tues. DEKINQ radio reported that the Chinese Communist Government had shifted th» date of "Victory against Japan memorial day" from Aug. 15 to Sept. 3. The radio added this was because Japanese forces formally surrendered only on Sept. 3 and Soviet forcesReuter - 58 words
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Article120 1951-08-15 1 SINGAPORE Executive Council has rejected the appeal by Melayu Raya, a Colony newspaper, against the order oi the Colonial Secretary, Mr. W. L. Blythe, withdrawing its printing licence. Action was taken by Mr. Blytiie on Jan. 19 to close the Melayu Raya press "because of its systematic120 words
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Article21 1951-08-15 1 BERLIN, Tues.— A party of 15 former French prisoners of war repatriated by the Russians arrived In Berlin yesterday. AFP.AFP - 21 words
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Article48 1951-08-15 1 JAKARTA, Tues.— Official sources said this morning that during the past three days more than 80 persons were arrested, including: a number of Chinese. The sources added that the arrests were In connection with last week's attack on the Priok harbour area. UP.UP - 48 words
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Article48 1951-08-15 1 COLOMBO. Tues.— Mr. John Clunles-Ross. 22-year-o I d "White King" of the Cocos Islands, arrived here today on his way to England for his postponed wedding to a blonde Lancashire girl. He wiU marry Daphne Parkinson, aged 21, of Burnley, in November. RenterReuter - 48 words
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Article49 1951-08-15 1 HTTCHIN, England, Tues. MR. Eric Martin Smith, 42ye a r-o 1 d Conservative Member of Parliament, died suddenly at his home here today. The death of Mr. Smith means that the Labour Party's majority of fire in the House of Commons is now increased to six.49 words
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Article44 1951-08-15 1 CALCUTTA Tues.— A strong force of Indian troops is cleaning up headhunted in the Noko village, in northeast Assam's Naga territory. Official report* say the he&dhunters beheaded 90 people in Noko. plundered th# village and burned down its rio granary. AJ»44 words
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Article115 1951-08-15 1 NEW DELHI, Toes. THE Indian Foreign Office today accused Britain of waging a campaign of calumny which was a menace to Indo-British friendship. In an independence anniversary review, the Indian Foreign Office charged Pakistan with trying to block the American wheat loan to India and talkedAP - 115 words
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Article, Illustration58 1951-08-15 1 Before 'falls' death plunge— and after n/ILIJAM Red" Hill, 3S-year-oid daredevil river man, shortly before he tried to shoot the Niagara F*n s in barrels made of rubber inner tubes. HU body is still IHJMJH4. Qa the riffct big two brothers and friends searched for his body after finding theAP - 58 words
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Article462 1951-08-15 1 Two Jap treaty shocks inaday LONDON, Tues. TNDIA will not attend the Japanese peace treaty conference In San Francisco in September and will probably conclude her own treaty with Japan soon afterwards, an Indian mission spokesman in Tokyo said today. An Indian Embassy spokesman in Washington, however, said India hadReuter; AFP - 462 words
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Advertisement721 1951-08-15 2 NOTICES THE BORELLI RUBBER COMPANY, LIMITED (Incorporated In the Federation of Malaya) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Second Interim Dividend of 20% less 30% Income Tax Will be paid on 29th August, 1951, to all shareholders whose names appear In the Company's register as at 22nd August, 1951. NOTICE721 words
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Advertisement550 1951-08-15 2 iNxJ I lUES KHALSA ENGLISH SCHOOL PupiU admitted to Primary Classes. School opens on 1.9.51. Apply Khalaa English School. Perkins Road. Kuala Lumpur. SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY TENDER Will all Tenderers for the supply of Fuel Oil for the Electricity Department please note that the closing date has been extended to 12550 words
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Advertisement838 1951-08-15 2 I NOTICES NOTICE OF REMOVAL THE KUALA LUMPUR Office y of the United Kingdom Trade Commissioner In Malaya has removed to the Fourth Floor, Loke 1. Yew Building. The Telephone Number, 4048. P.O. Box 112, and Telegraphic Address, "BRITRAD- COM" remain as heretofore. IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE COLONY838 words
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Advertisement150 1951-08-15 2 OUT of a factory with over fifty years of Automobile Engineering comes this most up to date Fiat model embodying the latest improvements. POWERFUL, GENEROUS ENGINE LIGHT, YET STURDY BODY LOW CONSUMPTION HIGH SPEED SUPERB RIDING COMFORT PROGRESS MOTORS LTD. ORCHARD ROAD SINGAPORE REPRESENTED THROUGHOUT THE FEDERATION BY WEARNE BROS.,150 words
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Article, Illustration84 1951-08-15 3 CADET BGT. HARRISON TKAVIS. aged 20 (left) and Cadet Ronald L. dough, aged 22, who were among the West Point cadets dismissed for alleged cheating, being consoled by Mr. Harrison G. Travis, a retired Lieut. Colonel. The elder Travis, a f«rmer enrin^erir- structor at West Point, is84 words
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190 1951-08-15 3 Jap peace pact: Indies request accepted Tues. THE final draft of the AngloAmerican treaty for Japan disclosed yesterday that an Indonesian demand that Japan's sovereignty be specilically outlined in the treaty has been accepted. But American and British officials have rejected every other suggestion made by Indonesia as well as190 words
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Article33 1951-08-15 3 LONDON, Tues— The British scientist Sir Ben Lockspeiser said In Edinburgh last night that the Comet jet airliner would bring Sydney within 40 hours flying of London. Reuter.Reuter - 33 words
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Article258 1951-08-15 3 PAKISTAN ACCUSES INDIA AS NEW DELHI, Tuesday. T»HE United Nations mediator, Mr. Frank Graham, A yesterday was reported to have suggested that India and Pakistan compromise by pulling back some of their advance troops in the Kashmir dispute. The reports circulated after Mr. Graham talked aloneReuter - 258 words
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Article101 1951-08-15 3 'TIME ON OUR SIDE' HE SAYS WASHINGTON, Tues. TIME is on the side of the Western allies, not the Communists, says Gen. Eisenhower^ Chief of Staff, Lt. Gen. Alfred Gruenther. He told the VS. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee in testimony made public yesterday that the Russians have committedAP - 101 words
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Article70 1951-08-15 3 HONG KONG, Tues. A RICKSHAW PULLER'S unique profession of hiring out a revolver to robbers in Macao ended when he was arrested by police who found a .38 revolver under the seat of the rickshaw. The rickshaw-puller, Yip Mcl, aged 27, was said to be aReuter - 70 words
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Article60 1951-08-15 3 SYDNEY, Tues.— A Japanese fishing boat skipper who disappeared overboard last week has been found alive on an island of the Hermit gronp, Navy Minister. Mr. William McMahon, announced tonight. The man who had been living on coconuts vanished soon after his ship Kyoyo Maru, hadReuter - 60 words
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Article32 1951-08-15 3 BUENOS AIRES, Toes. The Superior Council of the Peronist Party yesterday supported a drive to "draft" President Joan Peron for re-election this autumn, with Mrs. 'Peron running for vicepresident. UJ>.32 words
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Article144 1951-08-15 3 SYDNEY, Tues. SISTER Elizabeth Kenny the Australian nurse whose Simple treatment for infantile paralysis has saved thousands of children from permanent deformity, sat quietly in a Sydney hotel lounge yesterday and said: "I do not know how long I will live. I am suffering fromAP - 144 words
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197 1951-08-15 3 Fear still reigns in many countries GENEVA, Tuesday. Ill ß. G. J. Van Heuven Goedhart, United Nations iT1 High Commissioner for Refugees, yesterday said the failure to achieve the Atlantic Charter's "freedom from fear" was one of the main reasons for refugees. "Fear still reigns in a good deal ofReuter - 197 words
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Article66 1951-08-15 3 LONDON, Tues. THE strongest seismic shock so far recorded this year was reported yesterday by a British seismologist, Mr. W. Pollard, of Dirtlon, Surrey. Mr. Pollard said his instruments recorded the shock at 6.30 p.m. GMT, but that he had not yet computed the location of theAFP - 66 words
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Article22 1951-08-15 3 BRISBANE, Tues.— A Sikorsky S5l helicopter for emergency work in Queensland and northern New South Wales has arrived here. Reuter.Reuter - 22 words
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Article48 1951-08-15 3 BIRMINGHAM, England Tues. OOLICE today were sear 1 chine for "railway Romeos" youths who take girls into compartments ol the slowest local trains and throw the light bulbs away. Courting couples, a railway official said, dispose or more than Z.MO bulbs a month.— C.P.48 words
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508 1951-08-15 3 T'HE Rev. T.T. Shields, 77-year-old pastor of the A Jarvis Street Baptist Church, Toronto, on Monday said that Hitler was not dead. Mr. Shields was telling his congregation of his experiences in Brazil where he attended the PanAmerican Evangelical conference at Sao Paulo. He508 words
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Advertisement134 1951-08-15 3 BURGESS AMERICA'S BEST BURCESS BATTERIES last N> longer, as they are sealed in x plastic and steel. < MACLAINE WATSON I C 9 (M) LTD. ANNOUNCEMENT Upon request of a large percentage of the t«ns of thousands of visitors to our stand at the HAPPY WORLD TRADE EXHIBITION we intend134 words
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Advertisement274 1951-08-15 3 "John, on your way home from the office today..." "A little job for me?" please remember to book our seats for the film tonight." "Yet, Susan." "With a perfunctory answer like that there's not the slightest hope of your remembering!" "My dear, I shall be a positive elephant —I shall274 words
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Article219 1951-08-15 4 -XTY-FIVE pictures taken O y amateur phot ographers ving in the Forces in the ar East wilfl b P on show at the first Inter-Services Sa!on of Photography, to be held at the British Council hall from Aug. 25 to Sept. 1. The pictures were219 words
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Article165 1951-08-15 4 J^flß. W. I. Watson, a senior architect and building surveyor of the Municipality, told the Singapore Coroners Court yesterday that the three-storey building in North Bridge Road, the roof of which cayed ir\ and killed a two-year-old girl, would have to be demolished. Mr. Watson165 words
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Article75 1951-08-15 4 Twenty-four bicycle frames, believed to be stolen property, are in the possession of the police. Claimants should get in touch with the fiecondHand Dealers Sub-branch C.I.D The frame numbers are: A. *****. *****1. AJF. *****, *****5. J. *****8. J. *****3. P *****. L.N.801. KG. 6807. *****8. D.75 words
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Article55 1951-08-15 4 KOTA BAHRU, Tues. Several well known Malay film stars, headed by Tompei, gave a variety entertainment at the Biaritz Amusement Park, Kota Bahru. Present were the Sultan, the Tengku Mahkota and the Raja Perempuan. P. Ramli sang several popular Malay songs while Osman Gumanti and Kasmah55 words
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Article62 1951-08-15 4 Herr Hans Ruecker, proDrietor of the 208-year-old firm of F. C TiUmans. Renmcheid. Germany, manufacturers of tools, hardware and cutlery, was guest of honour at a dinner given by E. Ott and Co. (Malaya) Herr Ruecker. who arrived from Bangkok last week, will leave for62 words
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Article32 1951-08-15 4 Ng Chin Yonjr detained in a ship bound for Sumatra, was charged in Singapore yesterday with trying to take gold out of Malaya Th#» case was postponed to Aur. 21.32 words
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Article18 1951-08-15 4 The Court of Criminal Appeal will sit In the Supreme Court, Singapore, tomorrow at 10.30 a.m.18 words
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Article219 1951-08-15 4 SINGAPORE Social Welfare Department's first new building in their policy of establishing community centres will be built in Inuer S eranpoon this year. The site will be at Lim Ah Pin Road, wherp there was formerly a market. Mr. C de Souza. of the Social Welfare219 words
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Article313 1951-08-15 4 100 WENT TO MECC A AND THEY DIED KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. QNE hundred aged pilgrims who left Malaya for Mecca on the first sailing this year of the Tyndareus died "owing to the climatic and living conditions in the Holy City", the Federation Government announced today. The question of introducing313 words
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Article72 1951-08-15 4 KLANG, Tues. Mr. Long Heng Hua, who received hLs B.A. degree at the last Convocation of the University of Malaya, was given a dinner by the Hainanese community of Klang and Port Swettenham at the Hiananese Association, Klang, on Sunday night. Mr. Long Is the eldest son72 words
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Article61 1951-08-15 4 SEREMBAN, Tues. The first meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Negri Sembilan Non-Malay Scholarship Fund, in which $15,00 C has been apportioned annually, was held in the State Council Chambers, Seremban, during the weekend. Out of 12 applications received by the Board, six applicants61 words
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Article93 1951-08-15 4 Unlike other years, Indians in Singapore will not celebrate the fourth Indian independence day today. Reason: As January 26 is celebrated as Republic day Independence day is considered to be of secondary importance. The Government of India offices in Singapore and the Federation will, however, remain93 words
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Article29 1951-08-15 4 A 31-year-old Singapore clerk, Poh Thian Keang. was killed yesterday at Orchard Road when he collided with a Singapore Traction Company bus whldp cycling to work.29 words
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135 1951-08-15 4 riELEBRATIONS on the grant of City Status by Royal Charter to Singapore on Sept. 22, may include a Chinese procession, and a dinner to be given by the Municipal Commissioners to a number of prominent citizens. A move may be made to get free135 words
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Article61 1951-08-15 4 AN international evangelist, author, lecturer and Bible teacher, now in Singapore on a world preaching tour, is to "reveal the future and fate of Russia, according to Bible prophecy" at the Bethesda Gospel Hall, in Bras Basah Road, tomorrow evening. He is 51-year-old Gavin Hamilton, popularly61 words
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Article57 1951-08-15 4 When a charge of helping in the management of a chap-ji-kee at a house in Havelock Road, Singapore, was read in Singapore Third Police Court yesterday, the magistrate was told that Teo Ah Hock, one of two charged, had died. Woo Swee Lang, aged 33. also charged,57 words
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Article49 1951-08-15 4 The Singapore Trade Union Congress will meet today to finalise arrangements for Its first delegates' conference next month. The secretary, Mr. S. Jaganathan, said yesterday that the T.U.C. has invited all Colony trade unions to send delegates to the conference. The Congress has ten members.49 words
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Article161 1951-08-15 4 CINGAPORE's first official w tourist information centre is to be opened at Kalians Airport by the Public Relations Department early next month. The Colony Finance Committee has voted $3,330 for a kiosk. The Public Relations Department receives many letters every month, from all parts of161 words
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Advertisement189 1951-08-15 4 MOST OtUCKHti COfFttiOU tYIRTASTEP '-ttUVf IN AN INSTANT I' if rri eootxxi. rrV o r to tc ooco E3 A long Rfei cool Jfffit, delicious fijiM drink Lj iy& that does IBjfcg^ your KULJHs system good FOR A HEALTH y, COOL AND DRY SKIN BODY POWDER-p& J t/ §i,i GRAMPIAN189 words
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193 1951-08-15 5 COLONY POLICE WORK IS NOT A GIRL'S JOB, SAY PARENTS 2* needed— only two j^in fOO few women are joining the Volunteer Special Constabulary. And it is because of the parents, said Mrs. Lim Quee Che, one of two women who have sigmed on. Mrs. Lim, who volunteered soon after193 words
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Article, Illustration94 1951-08-15 5 ANDAK Anak Bangin, 35-year-old Dyak from Borneo, has a I'ully-grown body and leys only 7" 2 in. long. He is 36','in. tall and weighs 891 b. He has left the Borneo jangle for the first time and come to Singapore with his manager (left)94 words
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Article181 1951-08-15 5 HE STOLE AS HOMES BURNED CIXTEEN-year-old labourer, tJ Kuan Kirn 80. charged in Singapore Second Police Court yesterday with stealing two sacks of coffee seeds worth $480 belonging to Lim Chian Kee during the Kampong Bug is lire, said: It would have been consumed by the fire anyway." Kuan. who181 words
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Article80 1951-08-15 5 I_|R. Thio Chan Bee, Codony Magistrate Councillor, returned to Singapore yesterday by Qantaa/BOAC ConBtellat on from London He ■aid that the statement attributed to him at the Moral Rearmament Conference in San Francisco that "he had av.-rted with th* heJp of the Commissioner-General a minor civil80 words
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Article31 1951-08-15 5 PENANG. Tues.— Mr. Warren S. Lockwood, Director of the Natural Rubber Bureau Vv :ishinKton. is expected here tomorrow evening by Matayan Airways plane from Kium Lumpur.31 words
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Article98 1951-08-15 5 Lallang to be made into cloth 1 MILL in Alexandra Road .m. m Singapore, to make cloth irom lallang will be opened in October, the Straits Times understand*. A few weeks ago, a German expert was in Singapore, the Federation and North Borneo examining specimens of lallang gross, ramie and98 words
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Article35 1951-08-15 5 the service and has taken up a rommerciaa appointment Jn Tasmania. JOHORE BAHRU Tues Mr. J P. McNulty. State Finance Officer, Johore who went to England on leave last year has resigned from35 words
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Article23 1951-08-15 5 KLUANO, Tue«— Valllam-* mai, a 53-year-old woman, wa* fined $22 for possession of two bottles of dutiable aamsu at Lambak Estate23 words
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Article24 1951-08-15 5 KUALA LUMPUR, TuesA conductor and a mandore on an estate in the Rawann area of Selantror wi>rp nuirdered by ba" s yesterday24 words
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Article130 1951-08-15 5 SINGAPORE Municipah Club both want a va fronting North Bridee Ro ty and the Union Jack cant piece of Crown land ad in front of the Club The Municipality wants the land to put up showrooms and offices for their Electricity Department. The130 words
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Article92 1951-08-15 5 piRST of a serie* of night r class centres, for adult students learning English will be opened in Outram School in September by Singapore Council for Adult Education Registration is at the schooi between 7 and 8 p.m. on Sept. 3, 4 and 5. Minimum age92 words
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Article45 1951-08-15 5 A 61-year-old Singapore labourer. Goh Im injured his head and left arm yesterday when he slipped into a 20foot hole he was digging beside a house in Holland Road H# was taken to the General Hospital. HU condition is not serious.45 words
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Article45 1951-08-15 5 KLUANG, Tues.— Leong Hup San, 54, was fined $2 for fixing a new photograph on his identity card. He told the Magistrate that the old photograph wa« defaced and that he thought it was advisable to put a new photograph.45 words
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Article65 1951-08-15 5 I The executive council of the Army Civil Service Union will meet today to discuss a proposal by seven branches to hold a mass meeting co protest against delay by the ciakns settlln tnelr The meeting will also discus* a report by th* union president.65 words
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Article42 1951-08-15 5 A Malay Trisha Pedallers Union for the social, economic, political and cultural advancement of ite members has been formed in Johore Bahru One of the main objects of the union is to educate the children of the trisha pedallers.42 words
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Article47 1951-08-15 5 MDAR, Tues— Tan Chir, 41, was fined $50 at Muar I for moving foodstuff within a food restricted area at the 6th milestone, Bukit Pasir Road and $15 for failing to produce hl» identity card when demanded by a police officer.47 words
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Article25 1951-08-15 5 The body of a new-born baby boy was found by Singapore Marine Police on the embankment behind the Beach Road Market, yesterday.25 words
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Article159 1951-08-15 5 Blackout areas Sob-stations liable to loadsheddinf today: DAT Boon Tat Street. Pays Lebar Pumps, Jos Chiat Plac*. JaUn Ennos, Rangoon Road. Tov.ner Road, Scranfoon Road, lolam Ayer, McPherson Road. Kirn Chuan Raa^, Boundary Road. Upper Scrangoon. YJo Cha Kane Road. Govf. Printing Office. Woadleirh Park, Brad d c 1 1159 words
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Article79 1951-08-15 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues THE Conference of Rulers, which meets tomorrow, will be asked to approve a method of selecting students i for the teachers course at I Kirkby College, Lancashire the Straits Times underj stands. There have been a number of suggestions made by Malay organisations that79 words
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Article51 1951-08-15 5 TWELVE Malays and Java- nese three Chinese and one Indian were charged in Singapore yesterday with breaking into the 223 Base Ordnance Depot Depot Road, Alexandra, on Monday with intent to steal. The Indian, K. Subramaniam, pleaded guilty. The others claimed trial. They were all remanded till51 words
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Article35 1951-08-15 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues Bandits in the Kajang area of Selangor yesterday amj bushed a security force patrol but were beaten off and fled leaving a shotgun pack and 1 two sacks of food35 words
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Article31 1951-08-15 5 The condition of Mi*. Kenneth Kenr, a Singapore Traction Company inspector, shot in Arab Street on Saturday, was said at the General Hospital last night to be improving.31 words
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Article28 1951-08-15 5 JOHORE BAHRU I\iesHeng Koh Teng. a pineapple juice manufacturer of Tarnpin, was fined $300 toddy for attempting to evade Customs duty on 20 tins of saccharine.28 words
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Article166 1951-08-15 5 Ardele is nearly a sell-out •IRDELE I the play which has already caused controversy in Singapore, will open at a packed Victoria Memorial Theatre tonight. Nearly every seat has been sold for all three nights of the play's run. Only a few cheaper tickets are left. The Commissioner-General Mr Malcolm166 words
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Advertisement126 1951-08-15 5 ml y^T\ EA J r mk '>"£■: s* tin I J I mk J jJ- T •JO% W&-S y' Ni i UPP lim l" y /A^ i W£*:l'J\* m J f JK afk Mfc B^. jr-L. I tH Kr all r^BORNEOgI for your cool frock mi Spore Air Day, Sept.126 words
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Obituary81 1951-08-15 6 BTOKER —JAMES BARNSON, 4 Manager of Eng Kee and Kundong Estates, Tangkak, Johore, killed by 4 bandit* on Aug. 13. MRS WEE YONO TECK (Ma- 4 dam Chla Oeok Lan), aged 65 years passed away peacefully at her residence No. 11 Lorong 108 Changl Road, on 14th. August 1851.81 words
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Article30 1951-08-15 6 MR KHOR HUN ENG thanks all friends for sending wreaths and 4 messages of condolence, lent car and attended the funeral of his beloved wife, Madam Cheah Slew Poh.30 words
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715 1951-08-15 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Wed. Aug. 15, 1951. Government's Way Out hausttvt fnvesHgatfon el the behaviour of the Police during the riot*, the immediate responsibility of senior Police officers and the causes of the low morale of the Police rank and file, the Commission did an indifferent job. The Inquiry715 words
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Article355 1951-08-15 6 General Ridgway's statement yesterday on the Kaesong truce talks makes clear a fundamental point which the Communists have tried to confuse. The deadlock at Kaesong, the latest of several, concerns the location of the proposed demilitarised zone. The Communists are insistent that this zone must lie along355 words
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Article, Illustration1039 1951-08-15 6 SCRUTATOR - Egypt, Israel, the Suez and— THE proceedings taken against Egypt before the Security Council have an importance beyond the intrinsic issues, serious though the latter are. For they involve the immediate future of the "rule, of law" in international affairs. In days not1,039 words
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289 1951-08-15 6 WOULD not presume to offer any remarks on the "Chinese" side of the romanised Chinese question, but I may be permitted some observations on the "romanised" side. i It Is a gross stretching of the word "romanisation" to offer such a combination of letters as, say,289 words
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Letter150 1951-08-15 6 THE OoiJttUHi Plan visua'ises an extension In the Harbour Board Area to provide nine bertha for ocean-going vessels. Ir is necessary to provide, in addition, at least a dozen berths for coastal vessels md lighters, properly equipped witn mechanical handling appliances and adequate i?>l'.uri facilities. The150 words
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96 1951-08-15 6 AS an old A.C.S. student with two sons still studying in the mission school, I am in full agreement with Mr. Harold Wakefield regarding American Principals' personalities and educational principles In Malaya. Two Chinese brothers whose father died during the Japanese occupation are known to96 words
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Letter332 1951-08-15 6 THE EUROPEAN WOMEN WHO HELPED 2 FEEL that I must refer to the recent tragic accident in which a fighter plane crashed at the Bth Mile, East Coast Road, Singapore. No mention has been made of the many European women who rushed to the scene of the catastrophe and gave332 words
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Article415 1951-08-15 6 On the Margin Nona In Malacca MOW, please don't groan when I tell you that I am going to write about "Nona" again. I have been learning all sorts of things as a result of laving got mixed up over, Nona and Nonya in this column, and now I have415 words
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Advertisement713 1951-08-15 6 WALKBR. To Cynthia, wife of Ofoffrey B Walker on 14U1 August at Bungsar Hospital, a daughter. JANTZEN. The child of the year, a bouncing boy. Mother and offspring doing fine. On view from Friday, at home. ANNOI'NCEMENT LAST THREE Days famous 4 ganyrrted print exhibition RoWnsons ttfcond floor. SITUATIONS VACANT713 words
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Advertisement106 1951-08-15 6 Brunswick BING CROSBY sings Six top hit* from Aim:— "MR. MVSIC" 4611 High on the Cist, Life la so peculiar. 4622 And you'll be Home. Accidents will happen. 4654 Milady. Looks like a cold, cold Winter. Bing's other popular Records 4672 Sparrow In the Treetop, Sentimental Music. 4660 80 In106 words
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Advertisement60 1951-08-15 6 o®lZ ys Sm IJ/a Ah your baby will V V—^o^^ r!S\ love the taste of 6?r t r*}X "V^ V,\Yr Allenburya Malted \r{J3>— VW Rusks. They will V '^^^H^'tttm^. courage him to l Hi^^?*^iV ••■■"•JBARLOW b C 9 LTD. ~"\ottA.( »unei»e sin6apom I.T?"?^!) FRiENP W| TH JUSTA NEW LABEL W60 words
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Article193 1951-08-15 7 NURSES ROW ENDS— WITH A DAY OFF After a talk they all agree AND SUPERINTENDENT SAYS: 'SORRY' ALL nurses in the General Hospital, Johore Bahru, are to be given an extra day off duty as soon as it can be organised. This was announced yesterday after a meeting between representatives193 words
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Article160 1951-08-15 7 DIE to the tightening-up of regulations by the Panamanian Government, every ship entering Singapore harbour under the Panamanian flag must now register Singapore as a port of call. Until recently many tankers, flying the Panamanian flag, called at Pulau Bukom or Pulau Samboe. without notifying the160 words
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Article97 1951-08-15 7 COMING to Singapore next week to "look the citizens over" is one of United States most famous .newspaper columnists. Mr. Earl Wilson. He is due at Kallang on Aug. 23. Mr. Wilson, farm-bred country boy who has for years been writing a daily column on Broadway97 words
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Article, Illustration171 1951-08-15 7 NEARLY 100 people, ln- eluding; the Commissioner -General Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald and Mrs. Mac Donald, the Governor of Singapore, Sir Franklin Gimson, and Government and Consular representatives, attended last night's party at the Raffles Hotel in honour of Pakistan's National Day. The party171 words
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Article63 1951-08-15 7 PENANG, Tues. DENANG's electoral registers for the three wards Tanjong, Jelutong and Kelawei —will be open for inspection for two weeks starting on Thursday. Announcing this in a broadcast over Radio Malaya today, the deputy Municipal President, Mr. S. V. Adams, called-on the 14,496 citizens who63 words
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Article17 1951-08-15 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues.— Two bandit food dumps and an ammunition dump were found yesterday17 words
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Article, Illustration77 1951-08-15 7 Silt GEORGE PEPLER SIR GEORGE PEPLER, Singapore's Town Planning Consultant, returned to the Colony by air yesterday after a five-day visit to Australia. He said he had held discussions with the Sydney School Planning on the possibility of sending people from Singapore for a specialized course there.77 words
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Article, Illustration330 1951-08-15 7 He sends it to the poor T'IIVIE spent in Changi gaol has caused one A Japanese war criminal to repent the sorrow and misery he brought on thousands of Chinese in the massacre of the early days of the occupation. A few days ago, one330 words
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Article41 1951-08-15 7 Three Chinese were injured when a car overturned in trying to avoid a motorcycle at the 14th mile Woodlands Road yesterday. The car. was carrying five people. The injured were treated as out-patients at the General Hospital.41 words
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Article133 1951-08-15 7 QNE hundred Methodist lay workers and pastors throughout Malaya will be meeting at the Anglo-Chinese School in Barker Road, Singapore, on Aug. 26 for a fourday conference of Christian workers under the sponsorship of the Commission on Chris- thin Education They will represent Methodist churches,133 words
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Article35 1951-08-15 7 Singapore Import and Export Department's new forms for applications to Import goods will be issued fiom Sept. 15. The present form, known as an A. P., will not be accepted after Sept. 14.35 words
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Article60 1951-08-15 7 SlX'bandit hideout areas in Johore, Selangor and Perak were bombed and straffed in yesterday's RAF operations Brigands. Hornets and Vampires and R.A.A.F. Llncolns made the attacks, some of them on the same target areas at intervals during the day. Nearly 40 aircraft were engaged in the60 words
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Article70 1951-08-15 7 PORT SWETTENHAM, Tues SEVEN people were injured, one seriously, in a heavy storm in the Port Swetten ham area last night. Thp storm brought down an attap house in the settlement camp The house was crowded with five families who recently moved in from Banting Road70 words
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Article30 1951-08-15 7 MUAR, Tues.— Lee Sok Kang was fined $25 at Muar for inconsiderate driving at Sunge! Mati. Tangkak. He knocked down some empty drums on the road.30 words
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Article127 1951-08-15 7 DR. L. C. Hill, an expert from Britain on local Government administration, has arrived in Singapore to study municipal activities in Malaya. His report will be published by the Colonial Office. Dr. Hill said: "Many men have reached the highest ministerial offices after being127 words
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Article68 1951-08-15 7 Six Malayans were among the students from th P Far East, who have arrived in Britain by the Corfu Ung Tat Slan and Scow LI Mong are to study law and Tan Tee Sing is taking his flnafl Ll.B J Ponnandurai is going to Loughborough College68 words
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155 1951-08-15 7 Seremban court is told SEREMBAN, Tuesday. LETCHUMANAN, a 40-year-old anti-malariai worker, claimed trial in the Seremban Magistrate's Court today when charged with using criminal force on an 11 -year-old Eurasian schoolgirl with intent to outrage her modesty. The girl said that on the155 words
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Article189 1951-08-15 7 laximen say: Court unfair AN attack on tlie set-up and procedure of the Registrar of Vehicles' Court was made toy the President of the Singapore Hire Car Association, Mr. T. A. Simon and representatives of the Trisha Riders' Association. They said Ulfl court w.;s "one s.d'd" and "no p state189 words
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Article61 1951-08-15 7 TAXI IN DRAIN AFTER CRAS H A Singapore taxi careered ten feet from the road and ended up in the drain following a collision with a Sinpapore Traction Company bus ■t the corner of Mounibatten and Arthur Roads last night. The taxi driver Kanusamy, an Indian, and his Europe -mi61 words
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Article28 1951-08-15 7 ALOR STAR, Tues Kedah's first estate co-op store was opened by t:ie British Adviser Mr E V a. Day at Victoria "Estate. Padang Serai, yesterday evening.28 words
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Advertisement71 1951-08-15 7 Godot Compamofts with a bouquet one t&^^^jjy likes to linger over is *Jj $gFs£jJ a departure from the JJ ,3^j£ •~^ll usual in liqueurs. llt^v^^^' II provides a memorable tijtjj^*i&)/J occasion, of supreme f[<rAt -rKt W/J enjoyment as an after- K&&ft}M&£z/i dinner liqueur. WORLD FAMOUS SINCE 1818 radio for r^m71 words
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Advertisement42 1951-08-15 7 I FAMOUS i FOOTWEAR X SHOES FOR COMFORT AND DURABILITY From $39.50 Pair I SOLE AGENTS:— j| < HE N R I RADIO HOUSE 644, GEYLANG RD. SINGAPORE TEL ***** RADIOS, RECORD CHANGERS. SEWING MACHINES -AND ALL ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES. INSTALMENTS CAN BE ARRANGED42 words
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360 1951-08-15 8 EFFICIENCY'S THE THING, SAY TRADERS PENANG, Tuesday. THE appointment of a Penang Port Controller to "co-ordinate existing facilities, advise on the efficient running of the port and recommend all necessary improvements and developments" 19 urged by the Penang Chamber of Commerce360 words
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Article47 1951-08-15 8 JOHORE BAHRU. Tues.— Malacca division will urge the UMNO general assembly on Aug 25 and 26 at Kuala Lumpur to ask Government to pay compensation to the dependants of people* who died whilp working as labourers in Slam for the Japanese during the occupation47 words
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Article27 1951-08-15 8 JOHORE BAHRU, Tues. Coff-e shops raised the price of a cup of tea or coffee by a cent yesterday. A cup now costs 18 cents.27 words
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119 1951-08-15 8 MALACCA. Tues. ]y|R. TAN SIEW SIN. the retiring president of the Malacca Chamber of Commerce, urged today that Muar and Batu Pahat ferries should be replaced with bridges. He was speaking at the third annual meeting of the Chamber. Mr. Tan appreciated the provision119 words
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Article52 1951-08-15 8 A Homer waterproof wristwatch inscribed "with love Yvonne 25-12-50" 'i waiting to be claimed from Singapore police. The watch, No. *****6, is believed to have been stolen from a car at Tanah Merah Besar last Sunday. The claimant should get in touch with Joo Chiat52 words
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Article25 1951-08-15 8 Scow Hock Sam was In Singapore yesterday gaoled lor two months for stealing two bottles of cream from a Singapore Harbour Board godown.25 words
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Article90 1951-08-15 8 SHOW IN AN D OF RED CROSS The Governor ex Singapore, Sir Franklin Gimson, a patron of the Red Cross, and Lady Gimson, president of the Singapore branch oX the British Red Cross Society, Dr. Vickers, deputy president, and Mrs. Blythe, director of the Red Cross, attended the charity premiere90 words
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147 1951-08-15 8 IN American businessman left Singapore yester- day on the Charon with 15 rolls of coloured three-dimensional pictures of typical local scenes and life for the Eastman* Museum, Rochester, New York. I He was Mr. r. P. McGraw, owner of a photographic business in Los147 words
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Article33 1951-08-15 8 Lai Wai Mun, a coppersmith, wan yesterday sentenced to six weeks' Imprisonment by tbe Singapore Third Magistrate Mr H. B. Livingstone, for stealing two pieces of soft solder He pleaded guUty33 words
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Article, Illustration28 1951-08-15 8 IT WAS THEIR HAPPY DAY MS. ifiVfiNS LOITETT. fteirauem SuperinIraieat, G*rer»«enl Mnlical Stores. Singapore who married BBss Joye> EMubeth Sander* yesterday hi St. Andrew's Cathedral.— Straits Times picture.28 words
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Article213 1951-08-15 8 -THIRTEEN Malays were charged yesterday before x Mr. Justice Whitton at the Singapore Assize Court with the murder of James Bnrney, aged 29, a BOR, during the ri«ts. I The murder was alleged to have taken place between 530 p.m. and 10 pan. on213 words
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Article, Illustration26 1951-08-15 8 AM INDIAN FILM MAGNATE, Mr. M. B. BiHimoria, who arrired in Singapore yesterday by KLM Comstellatfon from Bombay on short holiday. Strata Times picture.26 words
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Article182 1951-08-15 8 T% A.F. weather experts at Hi* Changi have just finished a year's study of the winds at heights of 10 miles and move above Malaya research tv smooth the path of high-flying jet aircraft, both military and civil. Special balloons carrying tiny radio transmitters182 words
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Article26 1951-08-15 8 JOHORE BAHRU, Tues. A carnival from Aug. 30 to Sept. 2 will be held In Johore Bahru for the Johore Bah/v district Welfare Association.26 words
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Article18 1951-08-15 8 JOHORE BAHRU Tues. The Religious Department plans to open 28 religious schools in Johore this year18 words
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Article201 1951-08-15 8 SIMCAPORE 10-10.10 a.m. News frum X.L 1 p.m. Heinz Alexander at the Hammond Organ, Capitol Restaurant; 1.30 News; 1.46-3 "LunchTime Prom"; 6.15 fhii^r^ n g.35 Piano Interlude; 6.45 Radio Strlnf Ensemble; 7 News; 7.12 "This fe Jomnrunism"; 7.22 Interlude; 7.30 Rhythm Parade"; a "IB Your Mind's Eye"; 8.15201 words
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Article138 1951-08-15 8 ALTHOUGH standard aircraft win be used, the EAT. squadrons in Malaya and the M.A.A.F. are picking their crack pilots for the air race to be run on Air Day at Kallang on September 1. Conroetltors so far are a Spitfire from the M.A.AJ 1138 words
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Advertisement168 1951-08-15 8 J*^^ f Tf 1 1 1 ILOTION rTT /I /N Tjft A soothing, safe, lotion in an improved dispensing container. Always clean, always ready, always economical. PROTECT YOUR EYES!! ■Oil »«HTt MNCAFOM-Ttl •tJ4 t FINANC TR. »««i THE VITAL DAILY FOOD "OCEAHS" COD LIVER OIL CAPSULES IN \2 PR BOTTLES168 words
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Advertisement381 1951-08-15 8 £BA gW fit: so much more satisfying /mL B^v CEAVEN A out /m^^T^m B^\ tanWfng atwayi cool a9 Wl( t 5 *3I) to t n BMe»8 Me alwy» \«^^^H HfiS9^^M w) kind >o tbe thr< u Wr/ perfectly smooth ao4 Tht largest-, riling Cork-Tipptd Cigar tt I* in th* World381 words
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Article, Illustration796 1951-08-15 9 Strange Way To Make A Friend UfUFF wufl, I should like to tell you a story about a dog that came to live next door to me. I am of course, a dog myself. A rather handsome dog I've always thought. I have one of those nice smooth coats— a796 words
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Article175 1951-08-15 9 LAST week we were talking about various sports which have been depicted on stamps and in particular I mentioned the football stamps of Germany and Italy Some of the nicest "sports" stamps I have seen are the Hungarian Peoples Sports Commemoratives issued by the Hungarian Government. These175 words
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Article138 1951-08-15 9 ALL boys and girls from four to sixteen years of age throughout Singapore and the Federation, who can colour simple pictures with c pencil or brush will be given an opportunity 10 show their talents next week in the TORCH SWEETS Colouring Contest sponsored by Fraser138 words
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Article, Illustration491 1951-08-15 9 X 1 O:a boys and wirlb. t J| I hava just finished iudg- <. ing our Sports Quiz, and I *< have to tell you tHat for the 4 Jl first time since Children's 4 Corner began, no one sent <■ in the correct answers How1491 words
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Advertisement163 1951-08-15 9 CAN AC Powdered Whole Milk 28 Butterfaf. Keeps Fresh Indefinitely. Distributors for Malaya: |ohn Little Co.. Ltd. Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh Penang. Teck Huat Co., Ltd.- Singapore. Distributors for B. N. Borneo: Nice Sen;? Seng Kee Singapore NOT ONLY Lovely to Look at IT'S A Remember. Its also the A163 words
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Advertisement24 1951-08-15 9 DLEASE enrol me as a member ot the Children's Corner Wise Owls Club, *nd send me a badge. I NAME ADDRESS DATS OF BIRTH24 words
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Advertisement95 1951-08-15 9 ■•■■■■■■■■■■■HBK American m NYLON DUPONT I Stockings B CANNON 11 Fully Fashioned v f M V ff r -L/- i v v H All colours Sizes. also New Garment*, Panties. Petticoats, Night Dresses and Baby Frocks with Smart Hand Embroidery work g iLIPTO'N'STEA SOLE AGENTS f' HEN RYiWAUGH &*CO LTD95 words
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Article, Illustration1325 1951-08-15 10 BRITAIN GOES TO THE SEA From Our Own Correspondent SOUTH COAST BEACH: AS we recline grace fully on the shing ly sand, ten thousand, or it may be twenty thousand, citizens around us are achiev ing what medical science knows as a p o s t-inflammatorv hyper-pigmentation of no particular1,325 words
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Advertisement234 1951-08-15 10 GEORGE CUKOR TOPMOST FILM DIRECTOR WHO GAVE YOU 'THE PHILADELPHIA STORY" "DAVID COPPERFIELD" ETC. uses his MATCHLESS MAGIC to Provoke 1 LAUGHTER! in COLUMBIA'S #^iiisiii ...ACADEMY AWARD WINNER FOR THE BEST ACTRESS M*jL with LAST YEAR'S OSCAR WINNER BRODERICK s**^ (AH the Kings Men) jfJ A CRAWFORD l9r WILLIAM -W234 words
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Advertisement633 1951-08-15 10 THE FULL IS ROUNDS I st -^^^s^^^B OF THE m ROBINSON -TURPINut FIGHT I A RING-SIDE SEAT FOR ONE f OF THE HARDEST, TOUGHEST f IJBATTLESJ^J^ 46 MINS. 6 REELS SHOWING WITH ACTION BLAZES IN MUD MOWAN FORREST T liCKtt SSS hoowchcm in TRUCOLOR —OPENS TODAY 11 (Owlnx to length633 words
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Miscellaneous142 1951-08-15 10 Straits Times Crossword *"1 FT"r I' I F~ II r I Z lII Z Z ai^ SssS »«S« iMI s^a TS" i 9 20 2- 22 Ii 2* 24 ACKOSS. 16. The Good Samaritan (1. t 1. -Got chirpy" (anag.) (9). 2, 4>. 6. Drink returns In stately 18. It142 words
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Miscellaneous211 1951-08-15 10 (5). 30. It goes into Christmas pies (9). DOWN. 1. Bleak advice to the enthusiast (9). 2. The Fourth Estate 3. Judges come before her (4). 4. Relevant, mostly foreign (7). i. Dark tan drinking vessel (7). 6. Circular with resonant sound (4). 7. Ursa Major (5, 4). 8. Stratum211 words
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Article332 1951-08-15 11 LONDON, Tues. THERE wtus a sharp shake- out in Japanese bonds on the London Stock Exchange today. Prices tumbled by two to three points on Russia's decision to attend the Japanese peace treaty conference. Market dealer* fear that this will mean further delays. Industrials managed to maintain a332 words
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Article78 1951-08-15 11 ALONGSIDE CHIPS alongside the Singapore r Harbour Board godowns at 4 f p.m. yesterday were: 44 Sloterdijk. I 42-43 Mangola. 41 Charon, 38-39 f Toulouse. 36-37 Demodocus, 33-34 P Tairea. 29-30 Benlomond 27-28 Tantalus, 25-26 Waimate, 23-24 p Tjipanas, 21-22 Katong. 19-20 n Benarty. 17-18 Segamat. 18 Pang-78 words
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Article899 1951-08-15 11 From A Market Correspondent lIIGHER tin and rubber commodity prices had a stimulating effect on the Malayan share market yesterday. Tins and Rubbers were again in good demand. Industrials were very steady. Quotations announced by the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association yesterday were: INDUSTRIALS Bajtri St»*t» Alez. Brick*. Pr.f 1.M1899 words
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Article41 1951-08-15 11 SINGAPORE, Tuea., Aii*. 14— $419 50 (up 512.87 V 2 London: £845 ton LONDON, Tues. Cash Buyers £845, Sellers £855; Forward Buyers C820, Sellers £822'/ 2 Settlement £870 (up £39). Turnover: a.m. 55, p.m. 20 tons.41 words
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Article181 1951-08-15 11 THE Singapore rubber market was very sCttive yesterday with better inquiries from London. A price rise of 3 2 cents a lb. over Monday's close was recorded. Turn-over was fair. The market closed very steady with flritgrade, August shipment, buyers at $1.49 a lb. Closing181 words
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Article105 1951-08-15 11 OCARCITY of stocks and good overseas inquiries caused Singapore pepper sellers to raise their price by $30 to $935 a picul for the white Muntok variety in the product market yesterday. However, about 68 plculs changed hands at prices varying from $915 to $920 a picul. Sellers105 words
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Article34 1951-08-15 11 HONO KONO, Tues. rpREE marker currency exchange for Hong Kong dollars was quoted at the close today as follows: US$l HK$6.B9 (Hash). HK16.42H (T); £1 9K515.65 one tahil of gold HKs3l4— U.P.UP - 34 words
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Article34 1951-08-15 11 -"THE Malayan Exchange Bftnkr Association announced yesterday that control direct rates for Canadian dollars were: Buying T.T. 34 IS/16, Airmail (0.D.) 34 15/16. (SO days) IS 1/16; Selling T.T./O.D. ready 14 7[j6.34 words
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Advertisement1363 1951-08-15 11 MANSFIELD <Sc CO., LTD. (Incorporated in Singapore) BLUE FUNNEL LINE Carriers option to proceed via other ports te load and discharge cargo. SAILINCS to LIVERPOOL. CLASCOW LONDON b CONTINENTAL PORTS Oue Sails P. Sham Penang Liverpool Clasgow Aug. 14/1« Aug. 16/18 Tantalus for Havre, Avonmouth Liverpool C. 27/28 Aug. 201,363 words
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Advertisement426 1951-08-15 11 PRESIDENT LINER SAILINGS To New Yorli and Boston via Ceylon. India Egypt and Mediterranean Ports. Singapore P. Swettenham Penang s.s. "PRESIDENT MONROE" 18 Aug. 19/20 Aug. 21/22 Aug. s.s. "PRISIDENT HARRISON" 16/23 Aug. 24/26 Aug. s.s 'PRESIDENT BUCHANAN" 10/lSSept. 19/20 Sept. 21/22 Sept s.s. "PRESIDENT HARDINC" 23/30 Sept. 1/2 Oct.426 words
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Advertisement443 1951-08-15 11 EAST ASIATIC LINE SAILINCS FROM SCANDINAVIA/U K. /CONTINENT: Spore P. Sham Penang "Nordvest" for Bangkok 29-30 Aug. "Falstria" for Saigon Bkok 31Aug.-3S.pt. 28-30 Aug. 24-27 Aug. "Nordhval" for Bangkok 14-15 Sept. "Patagonia" for Bangkok. H'Kong, Manila. Kobe Yokohama 15-19 Sept. 12-14 Sept. 8-11 Sept FROM lAPAN/MANILA "Produce" for Banckok 24-27443 words
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Advertisement1051 1951-08-15 11 CO., FTIL rclephon. No 5906 GERMAN tfc BUCKNAIX KLAV2J4£M Ll«r DON, HAVRE ROTTERDAM LOS ANCELES. SAN FRAN^IICO, 1IC4 HA MBURC PORTLAND SEATTLl b VANCOUVER for U.S.A.. North Atlantic Ports and Canada via Colombo Accenting cargo tot Central £j CITY Of POONAt 10 OeV. FRANCISVILLE Calif Havre First in*?'*. P Sham1,051 words
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Article, Illustration662 1951-08-15 12 LIM HEE CHIN WINS COLONY TITLE Steadiness wears down Khe Liang I 1M HEE Chin, at 34, won the singles title of the Singapore Lawn Tennis championships for the first time when he beat Liem Khe Liang yesterday in the final, on the S.C.C. courts, by 7_5, 6—o. It was662 words
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Article114 1951-08-15 12 WOMAN DELEGATE ON A. A. A: Singapore plan QINGAPORE Amateur Athle3 tic Association may invite women athletea to nominate a delegate to the committee in the near future. "The increasing number of women ahletes In the Colony warrants this move," said A.A.A. president Mr. E. Strickland, who will propose to114 words
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Article69 1951-08-15 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. OKLANOOR champions S. C. Beaty and I. Fraser played fine tennis to beat K. H. Ip, Malayan champion, and W. Ramu. Malayan Indo-Ceylonese champion, by 6-2, 6-4 In an exhibition match played on the Selangor Club courts this evening. Next Ip,69 words
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Article46 1951-08-15 12 Bat* Spoits Club defeated Netherland Trading Society Sports Club by five goals to three in a Business House League Cup fixture played at Farrer Park yesterday. Scorers for Bata were Kee Slang (2). Peck Whye (3). N.T.S. scorers were Eng Slong (2) and46 words
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Article262 1951-08-15 12 JR. LX YT7N SHU, manager Of the North Borneo continent to the Malayan A.A.A. cham.ionshlps to be held In Kuala umpur on Friday and Saturday, old the Straits Times on his arrlval at Kallang airport yesterday oy a Malayan Airways plane. "This is the262 words
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Article111 1951-08-15 12 IPOH, Tues. IN recognition of their services to the state, the eleven players who battled gallantly to enable Perak to enter the Malaya Cup soccer final for the first time in 20 years are to be presented with striped blazers lnathe state colours and bearing111 words
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Article223 1951-08-15 12 KUALA LUMPUR. Tuesday. T*HE Football Association of Malaya Cup knock-out A competition, which is scheduled to start after the Malaya Cup Final, will be divided into four zones. The zones are North: Perils, Kedah, Pehang and Perak; East: Kelantan and Trengganu; Central: Malacca, Selangor,223 words
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Article67 1951-08-15 12 .JOHORE, BAHRU, Tues. Mr. J. N. Davies, who is vice-president of the Sputh Johore Rugby Football Club, has been elected VlcePresident of the Malayan Rugby Union. Mr. Davies, who Is Headmaster of the English College Johore Bahru, has done% much to encourage the boys of the67 words
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Article62 1951-08-15 12 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues.— Chinese Spcfts Association. Singapore, beat Penang 3-2 at tab.c tennis yesterday Results were: Lolc Sek CheonK lost to Lok Man Chew 0-3; Lam Kwonic Menu beat Kok Kwai Seng 3-1: Won« Ton* Goon lost to Yau Yee Hung 0-3: Chow Seong Sing beat62 words
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Article, Illustration16 1951-08-15 12 J. A. STEPHENSON, captain of the North Borneo team at Kallang airport yesterday. Straits Times picture.16 words
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Article36 1951-08-15 12 D.C.R.E. (Spore City) trounced D.C.R.E 'Nee Soon) by nine goals to nothing in a C.R.E. Cup (semifinal) played at Farrer Park yesterday. Scorers for the winners were Monawar (3), Khalid (4) All and Wing.36 words
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Article54 1951-08-15 12 Singapore Teachers gained two wins and suffered one defeat when they met Federation Teachers at tennis, badminton and football at the University ground, Bukit Timah, yesterday. Singapore won 4-1 at tennis and 4-0 at badminton, but were beaten in the football match by two goals54 words
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Article34 1951-08-15 12 BALTIMORE. Tue«.— Heavyweight Joe Louis and Jimmy Bivins planned only light workouts today as they no'.ishrd off the training for their ten-round bout at the Memorial Stadium tomorrow Tiight.— UJ>.34 words
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Article71 1951-08-15 12 T<HE well-known Singapore sporting institution, the Girls' Sports Club, will celebrate Its 21st anniversary on Sept. 1 and members are planning a "Cotning-of-Age Ball" at Raffles Hotel on Aug. 31 to see their new year In. Tickets at $2 each may be had from any71 words
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Article39 1951-08-15 12 SOCCER: Com. League: Europeans v Chinese, Jalan Besar; Third Dlt. B: Cosmos v Jellilads. St. George's Road; Gandhi Cup: Indian Youngsters v. Air Base Indians Farrer Park. TENNIS: Singapore championships (women's singles and boys' singles finals), Padang.39 words
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Article253 1951-08-15 12 LONDON. Tun. rpHE match between South Africa and Sussex ended In a draw at Suuez today. Score* la brief were: Sussex— 1st. Inns.: 213: 8. Africa— 1st. Inns.: 314 iFullerton 6J. McGlew 80: Martar 2-87. Oakes 2-45. J. Langrldr* 2-13. James 2-551 Sussex— 2nd. Inns.: 15Reuter - 253 words
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Article215 1951-08-15 12 THE Singapore Society of Rugby Union Referees decided yesterday at their fortnightly discussion meeting to put their own interpretation on a new amendment to the scrummaging laws unless they receive notification to the contrary. The" amendment discussed was that a scrum-half must now stand215 words
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Article323 1951-08-15 12 Eurasians 1; Malays t. pi'RASIANS caused the biggest upset of the season when they beat 1950 S.A.F.A. Community League champions, Malays, by one goal to nil at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. Eurasians, after a shaky start, scored a 12th-minute goal and then defended in depth to323 words
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Article922 1951-08-15 12 n m i I, ,i i I, I nnHE Malaya Cup flnal will be played in Kuala I A Lumpur on Sept. 2— but not at the P.W.D I ground at Cheras Road, the best in the Federal i Capital. The Football Association of Malaya922 words
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Advertisement115 1951-08-15 12 Mo other watch winds itself as smoothly, as quietly, aud with- out inter ruption at doe* the Eterna- r-y^^^V Matic. For no other watch contain* jf^^^jk the Lngeoiou* patented ball bearing winding principle. IW ♦N^JpS**^^ ETERNn-MATIP New illustrated catalogue availauic. 16 Co&u&i Quay S+nffcyocAA ATTENTION TRAVELLERS!! FOR YOUR ENTIRE COMFORT115 words
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Page 12 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous35 1951-08-15 12 SINGAPORE TIDES TODAY: 10 3C a.m. <8.2) and 9.07 p.m. i9.1): 3.31 a.m. H.6) and 3.44 p.m lit). TOMOESOW: 11.16 a.m. lt.7) and 10.08 pm (9 8); 4.M a.m. 10.9) and 4.35 p.m. 1 5.2).35 words
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