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Title Section18 1951-03-01 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1545 TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, MARCH I, 1951 PRICE TEN CENTS18 words
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307 1951-03-01 1 Chinese Flee Into The Hills TOKYO, Wednesday. COMMUNIQUES issued by Gen. Mac Arthur and the Kighth Army in Korea indicate that the bogged-down Allied "killer offensive" was gathering momentum with gains yesterday of two to four miles and a break through in the east thatReuter; AP; UP - 307 words
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118 1951-03-01 1 fEN. Sir John Harding. Commander -in Chief of the Far East Land Forces. Vraa flying from Hong Kong to Singapore yesterday when a radio message was received telling him that he had been rd Commander of the Army of the Rhine in September.118 words
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Article73 1951-03-01 1 MARK CROSS. Sussex, Wed. ERNLST Shinwell, son of the D:.nce Minister. Mr. Bmmanuei Shinwell. pleaded guilty \e_ierday to violating b'-iilciinV controls. He was fined £2.000 or three months. Shinwell and a local builder. Oliver Piper, aged 32, were accused of building a house worth €1.500- iwiee the73 words
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Article36 1951-03-01 1 BONN. Wed. The West perman Government has reVealed a plan to apprcrpriate •.000.000.000 marks— USsl. 429Ooo.ooo— to expand key industries gome of them producing fT the Western defence in the next two years.— U.P.UP - 36 words
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Article138 1951-03-01 1 Bandit Dinners LONDON, Wed. THE Colonial Secretary, Mr. James Griffiths, today deprecated senior European police officers dining with surrendered terrorists in Malaya. Mr. Leonard Gammans, Conservative, asked in the House of Commons if it was with his knowledge and approval that senior European police officers dinedReuter - 138 words
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Article59 1951-03-01 1 THE Singapore Riot Com- mission may call members of the public as witnesses even though they have not volunteered to give evidence. Up to yesterday about 30 had asked to be heard. Some people who gave evidence to the C.I.D. riot investigation unit may also be59 words
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Article104 1951-03-01 1 BARONET MUST QUIT LODGINGS STON'ERAVEN. Scotland Wed. SIR John Stuart Knill, 64-year-old baronet, will have to leave his rented room in a Scottish castle and seek lodgings elsewhere, a judge decided here yesterday. With him will be his wife, three children. Chinchilla rabbits, litters of spaniel puppies, cat and aReuter - 104 words
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Article15 1951-03-01 1 NEW DELHI, Wed. The nuirber of jobless in India totalled 115,330 in December.15 words
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Article33 1951-03-01 1 WASHINGTON, Wed.— The United States Atomic Energy Commission has announced that it will offer new prizes, .some as big as $35,000, to prospectors bringing in uranium for atom bomb manufacture. —ReuterReuter - 33 words
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Article23 1951-03-01 1 Lady Helen Song, widow of Sir Ong Slang Song, died last night at her home- in East Coast Road. Singapore.23 words
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Article, Illustration37 1951-03-01 1 ALLIED GUARDS watch helplessly is a gasoline depot with 5,000 drums, a locomotive, and two loaded tank cars are destroyed by fire in Korea. The authorities suspect the fire to have been started by saboteurs. A.P. picture.AP - 37 words
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239 1951-03-01 1 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Wednesday. T«HE hope that India and Pakistan might send troops to Malaya was discouraged by the Government during the debate on defence in the House of Lords. i The suggestion came from Lord Ismay. Mr. Churchill's Chief of Staff239 words
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Article274 1951-03-01 1 From Our Own Correspondent LONDOK, Wednesday. A CABLE from Beirut, capital of the Lebanon, A asking: "Will you marry me?" engagement of Major David Ronald Bridges, Malayan Government welfare officer for the blind in Kuala Lumpur, andiMiss Hftleu Mackenzie, of Oxford They will beUP - 274 words
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Article47 1951-03-01 1 BANGKOK, Wed. THE Siamese Upper House last night rejected a proposal to make a gift of a palace to Prince Yarn Vaidayakorn, Siamese Ambassador to the United States, as a reward for meritorious service. The palace was estimated to cost 823.600 baht.47 words
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Article81 1951-03-01 1 ENGLAND beat Australia 1 by eight wickets in the fifth and final Test match at Melbourne yesterday. The scores were: Australia 217 and 197; England 320 and 95 for two. This was the first time England had won a Test against Australia since the Oval81 words
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Article102 1951-03-01 1 From Oar Own Correspondent BANGKOK. Wed. rE Siamese Government will make another appeal to the King and Queen to return to Bangkok for the birth of the royal baby. The King, who is now In Lausanne with the Queen, had earlier rejected a plea to102 words
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Article33 1951-03-01 1 TAIPEI. Wed.— The Chinese Nationalist Air Fore* was alerted yesterday when an unidentified aircraft carrier was sighted 20 miles off Formosa's east coast. The vesseQ was later identified as British A.PAP - 33 words
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Article23 1951-03-01 1 An unserviceable handgrenade was found last night in the compound of a house in Henderson Road, Singapore, by a police Inspector.23 words
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Article79 1951-03-01 1 SAIGON. Wed. riRENCH Union forces in T Cochin-China killed 60 Vietminh troops and took 39 prisoners In local operations during the last 24 hours, a French army communique announced last night. French Air Force continued attacking positions in the swamps of the Plalne des Jones, westReuter - 79 words
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Article57 1951-03-01 1 SYDNEY, Wed. The full arbitration court today dismissed charges of contempt against the general secretary of the Australian Miners' Union, Mr. George William Grant, and the Union's vicepresident, Mr. William Parkinson. The two men were charged on summons with having broken an undertaking which the Commonwealth allegedReuter-AAP - 57 words
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Article57 1951-03-01 1 STOCKHOLM, Wed. A Stockholm housewife found her flat completely empty last night when she came home from a funeral. Police investigation revealed that someone had hired a lorry and removed the furniture and most of the effects in the apartment. •'This kind of thing happensAP - 57 words
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Article130 1951-03-01 1 SYDNEY. Wed. fiHINESE and Indian students from Malaya have had doors slammed in f heir faces by people because they were Asians, alleged Mrs. Doris Whalan. Sydne> Ur.iversUv housing officer. ;>he said that this happened to students seeking accommodation. "Most of the Malayans areAP - 130 words
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244 1951-03-01 1 cigarette racket in Singapore is breaking down under Government's drive against the racketeers, and Food Control inspectors have reported an improvement in the situation. Seven more retailers ha^c been recommended to have their supplies curtailed. Mr. W. W. Jenkins, Deputy Controller of Sup- I plies,244 words
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Article161 1951-03-01 1 NEW PLAN TO BEAT RAMP THE SINGAPORE Government may soon seek the co-operation, of importers of essential commodities to cut oft* supplies to unscrupulous dealers. This move is being considered by the Food Control Department following the success in curbing cigarette racketeering. Mr W. W. Jenkins Deputy Controller of Supplies,161 words
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Article62 1951-03-01 1 SAN FRANCISCO, Wed. ]yjOSCOWS hold on the Soviet satellite states is "disintegrating" and mnre purges can be expected behind the Iron Curtain. a former Czechoslovakia!! Communist diplomat said yesterday. Dr. Vladimir Roudek, Czech resident delegate to the United Nations last May. said he believed the Czech President.AP - 62 words
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Article21 1951-03-01 1 ST. MORITZ. Wed. The Princess Royal. the King's sister, will end her holiday In St. Moritz on Friday. Reuter.Reuter - 21 words
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Article44 1951-03-01 1 CJEVEN people were injured »5 in traffic accidents in Singapore last night in two hours and taken to hospital. One. a Chinese motor-cyc-list, was badly injured. Ha was the victim of a hit-and-run motorist near the Paya Lebar police station.44 words
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Advertisement62 1951-03-01 1 GIFTS in Gold or Silver U.S. de SUVA it lewellert 106. ORCHARD ROAD, of tjowt dmnhj (Kidb vie/xfc tune ifoto lw^ fish! V/i> i so much SmCMmm* on prices now, we are proud of our record of keeping coirs down— particularly with fish; We have almost a dozen varieties of62 words
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Advertisement20 1951-03-01 1 I CHESTS The PEKING Co., 81, HIGH ST., SPORE. Teak -Wood j FURNITURE \^jr Makers of the famous Philips radio20 words
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Article, Illustration41 1951-03-01 2 ATHLETIC FLAME OF OLYMPIA GJUtfiM ATHLETE carries a light from the eternal flame at Olympia to the Acropolis, Athens, where it lit an enclosed torch to be flown 6,000 miles to Buenos Aires, Argentina, for the pan- American fames. A.P. picture.AP - 41 words
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Article155 1951-03-01 2 WASHINGTON, Wednesday. THE Foreign Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives yesterday rejected a proposal to put the Indian famine relief programme on a loan basis. The proposal was made by Mr. John Vorys (Republican. Ohio i as a sustitute for a gift of 2.000,000 tonsReuter; UP - 155 words
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Article51 1951-03-01 2 WASHINGTON, Wed. DISCOVERY of a new and fast-m ovine "minor planet" with nnusual characteristics, was claimed here last night by a naval astronomer Dr. William Markowitz. The previously unobserved celestial object, he said, was thought to be an asteroid (presumed fragment ot an exploded planet).Reuter - 51 words
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Article94 1951-03-01 2 LONDON, Wed. LONDON dockers who stopped work yesterday in support of seven colleagues appearing in court charged with conspiring to incite Illegal strikes will return to work today while the court hearing continues. Eight thousand men were out yesterday— second successive week of the token strikeReuter - 94 words
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152 1951-03-01 2 'Had To Do Shooting For Political Reasons' TRUMAN ATTACK TRIAL OPENS WASHINGTON, Wed. (\SCAR COLLAZO, Puer- to Rican nationalist charged with killing a White Houss guard during an attempt to assassinate President Truman, told z hospital nurse he "had tc do some shooting at Blair House for political rea sons",152 words
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Article46 1951-03-01 2 NEW DELHI, Wed. -The newspaper Statesman quotes." reports yesterday that thChinese Communists had moved crack troops to Tibe'. eastern front. A Kalimpong dispatch said the new units were welldisciplined and well-equip-ped, replacing the irregulars who captured the fortress of Chamdo. A. P.46 words
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122 1951-03-01 2 CAIRO, Wednesday. rGYPT is ready to give its full support to French I Moroccos claims to independence, informed sources said here last night. The Arab League's Secre-tary-General. Abdel Rahman Azzam Pasha, conferred yesterday with Egypt's Foreign Minister. Salah el Din Bey. The sources saidUP - 122 words
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Article33 1951-03-01 2 WELLINGTON, Wed. Troops began unloading food from strike-bound ships In New Zealand ports yesterday They were called In after dockers refused a Government order to go back to work. U.P.UP - 33 words
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Article189 1951-03-01 2 UfORKERS in many Brisbane offices and factories TT are to be provided with music after working hours. Firms are to buy seats for Queensland Symphony Orchestra concerts. Employees will get free I tickets. RED BOSS GAOLED— AII Yata, Secretary -General of the Moroccan CommunistAP - 189 words
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Article, Illustration21 1951-03-01 2 EGYPTIAN hat iita tasnion show in Belgrave Square. London, worn by 25-year-old Princess Farah Halim. cousin of King: Farouk A.P. picture.AP - 21 words
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Article48 1951-03-01 2 LONDON, Wed. CIR Hartley Shawcross, the British Attorney-General, has asked the Nobel peace friz* Committee to drop him from the list of 28 candidates for the 1951 aw**d, because "I do not leelfny aqtivitie* Jn I&ftign <Uf«*™ mat* me a. innrth.il candidate!' VJ".48 words
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Advertisement712 1951-03-01 2 NOTICES OPEN LEVtI CROSSING An Open Level Crossing j has been constructed at Telegraph Post 315 13 Terbok between Turnoat and Palekbang on the East Const Line and will be brought Into public use on 10th March, Iflhl The public are warned to exercise caution when using this Cr owing.712 words
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Advertisement384 1951-03-01 2 NOTICES SOLE AGENTS WANTED GERMAN QUALITY TOOLS Works' representative arriving soon INDENTING AGENTS with pest connections to locaJ market apply with references to HHPR c/o ThOB. Cook Son, Spore NOTICE The public is hereby Informed that the power ot attorney granted by me, Jenabal Mavji. daughter of Mavjl of X.L384 words
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Advertisement535 1951-03-01 2 NOTICES SINGAPORE COLD STORAGE COMPANY, LIMITED (Incorporated in the Colony ot Singapore) NOTICE is hereby given that at an Extraordinary General MeetIng of the Company to be held at the Offices of Messrs. Boustead Co. Ltd., Cojlyer Quay, Singapore, on 2Cth March, 1951. at 3.15 p.m., shareholders will be asked535 words
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Advertisement170 1951-03-01 2 Announcement. The following Retail prices of I Dccca r— RECORDS (78 r.p.m.) will be effective from Ist. March, 1951: Singapore Penang. Federation 10" Decca Blue/Black 1.95 2.20 10 Red 2.35 2.65 12" Red 3.00 3.20 12" Cold 3.45 3.85 10" Brunswick Black 2.35 2.65 12 3.00 3.20 Obtainable from all170 words
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500 1951-03-01 3 BritainMustShowThe Way To Build New Malaya LONDON, Wednesday. THE Secretary of State fur the Colonies, Mr. Griffiths told the House *iif Common* last night: "Don't let anyone in Malaya or the Far I „t niSn "hit we agoing back to 1939." To win theReuter; AP; UP - 500 words
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Article, Illustration36 1951-03-01 3 1 ..;u l.\ SOLDIfcK towers over General Dougla^ Mac Arthur, looking i:i;tanii!iar without his braided cap and sunRlasses. The Allied leader was making his 10th visit to the Korean front.— A.P. picture.AP - 36 words
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Article224 1951-03-01 3 'SEND G.I.s AFTER AIR BLOW' —U.S. Senator WASHINGTON. Wed. SENATOR Kenneth Wherry, the Republican floor leader said yesterday that if war broke out no American troops hould go to Europe until Russia has been pulverised by air power. Sending American troops to Europe now was a "foolish venture" he said.Reuter; UP - 224 words
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Article38 1951-03-01 3 OSLO. Wed.— A mad hermit" who killed two men. seriously wounded a third and spread terror among lonely Lapp communities, was caught today after a two-day hunt in the snowy moontftint near Narvik.— Reuter.Reuter - 38 words
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138 1951-03-01 3 U.K. Short, But Exports Tinplate-MP LONDON. Wed. MR. John Baker White. Conservative contended in tne House of Commons that the Government had allowed too much tinplate to g) to Argentina when supplies wen- short in Britain. Canning factories were closing clown in Britain, yet 16 400 tons of tinplate wasReuter - 138 words
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165 1951-03-01 3 LAKE SUCCESS, Wednesday. UNITED NATIONS members yesterday awaited speeches by India's Sir Benegal Rau and the Pakistan Foreign Minister, Sir Zafrullah Khan, before taking attitudes on the Anglo-American resolution on Kashmir Both were tentatively scheduled to address the Security Council today and attention was centredUP - 165 words
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Article29 1951-03-01 3 TULSA, Wed. A MidContinent Airlines plane crashed and burned shortly after take-off from Tulsa airport yesterday but only three of the 31 persons aboard were Injured.— A.P.AP - 29 words
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Article184 1951-03-01 3 LONDON. Wednesday. ADMIRAL of the Fleet Lord Cunningham, First A sea Lord and Chief of Naval Staff from 1943 to 1946, today questioned the need for a supreme commander for the Atlantic. In a letter to The Times, he challenged Mr. Atueesi statement that experience ofUP - 184 words
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Article, Illustration48 1951-03-01 3 COMMUNISM in Italy is fought by the Roman Catholc Church attaching 600 chaplains to «>ig factories i wd railway centres, which are recognised as Com unl f s b "3T ing grounds. One of them has climbed a Pjlon j Jf h«hpowered talks with electrical wiremen— A.P. picture.AP - 48 words
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Article42 1951-03-01 3 WASHINGTON, Wed. THE use of natural rubber for 'falsies' in brassieres is to be eliminated from tomorrow, the U.S. National Production Authority announced yesterday. Other products affected include toys, inner tubes, golf balls and tennis balls.42 words
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81 1951-03-01 3 WASHINGTON, Wed. AFTER three' years under sentence of death, seven Nazi war criminals have got another reprieve. The U.S. State Department yesterday ordered that their execution be delayed indefinitely pending action on their appeals by the U.S. Supreme Court. Their graves have been dugReuter - 81 words
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Article45 1951-03-01 3 WASHINGTON, Wed. American exports to Asia were up from U*****,700,000 in November to U*****,000.000 in December, but Imports declined from U*****,400,000 to U*****,200,000. The drop in imports from Asia was attributed to decreased imports from India, from U5525,300,000 to US$l6,900.000.- A.P.AP - 45 words
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Article, Illustration13 1951-03-01 3 GUN. Taksin tfazici. commander of the Turkish Brigade in Korea. Camera press picture.13 words
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Article32 1951-03-01 3 CALCUTTA. Wed.— A 40-year-old Briton. Mr. P. C. Webster, escaped with slight injuries when a leopard attacked him on a hunting trip at Huntihalt 30 miles from here.— Reuter.Reuter - 32 words
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Article42 1951-03-01 3 HONG KONG, Wed.— First prize in today's special cash sweep on the Pearce Memorial Cup will be about HK$ 1,04 1,1 92— a record for Hong Kong Jockey Club. A total of 2.297.000 tickets of $2 each was sold— Reuter.Reuter - 42 words
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Article34 1951-03-01 3 WASHINGTON, Wed.— The U.S. Government yesterday unfroze the retail prices of clothing, furniture, rugs, lamps, drygoods and house hold textiles, and clamped a new "freeze" on the profit margin of retailers.— A.P.AP - 34 words
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Article28 1951-03-01 3 LONDON, Wed.— Sir Ralph Enderaly Harwood, former financial secretary to the King, and Governor of the London School of Economics, died today. He was 67.— A.P.AP - 28 words
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Article168 1951-03-01 3 MAO'S MEN ON YOUR TRAIL WARNING TAIPEH, Wed. THE spread of the Chinese 1 Communist "blood purge" and terrorism beyond the mainland aimed at Chinese fighting the Red ideology was predicted last night by a Nationalist Government spokesman, Sl'tn Changshan Shen warned all loyal overseas Chinese that the Reds hadReuter; UP - 168 words
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Article96 1951-03-01 3 HONG KONG, Wed. The Hong Kong Government had no knowledge of any projected embargo on rubber exports from Hong Kong to the Chinese mainland, according to a report quoting Mr. J. L. Murray. Public Relations Officer. An agency report from Singapore yesterday said rubber purchases in SingaporeReuter; AP - 96 words
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Article93 1951-03-01 3 PARIS. Wed. THE French Premier. M. Rene Pleven., offered his Government's resignation last night because it won by only a narrow margin a vote of confidence on the French election. The National Assembly voted 243 to 216 to consider the Pleven Cabinet's plan for revision of the93 words
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Advertisement295 1951-03-01 3 f f Fly XL M j' j/ and feel at home! I Relax in perfect comfort and enjoy A the excellence of KLM service the perfect culmination of 30 years 7 experience in airline operation. W I For further particulurs apply: A KLM A Royal Dutch Airlines 1, Finlayion Grc«n295 words
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Article2191 1951-03-01 4 108 GANG' TRIED TO WHIP UP RIOT Geylang Hooligans Exploited The Maria Hertogh Case Men 'Toured' The Mobs And Were Cheered, Police Tell Commission THfcKfc) is no indication ti'.at there was any central direction or planning behind the 'lots, Mr. A. H. Frew, A.S.P., told the Singapore Kiot ommission at2,191 words
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Article87 1951-03-01 4 MR. John haycock has sent the following letter to the Straits Times: "As a member of the Finance Committee I would like to appear before the commission now inquiring into the rtbts because I desire to rebut the statements made by Mr. Foulgcr. "I87 words
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Article1730 1951-03-01 4 Mr. Frew said the 131 people inlured during the riots had bean assaulted in Rochore Canal Road, Serangoon Road, North Bridge Road, Geylang Road, Thomson Road, Orchard Road and possibly Bast Coast Road. A total of 119 vehicles had been damaged and 72 burnt. There was1,730 words
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Advertisement35 1951-03-01 4 WELCOME TO R.M.S. CARONIA if Ml Bhl' < «£',9£SilE£^fi^MrikMrifeMribtt^^MtfiM^^^ri^^B4i^^s^b9^^i^i^is^tewi*J^^^tata^^*kitfl^isH The engines of the R.M.S. "CAROJiIA"' are lubricated with. SHELL OIL (SHEIU LYEL Y E A D EJI SH li LUB R I C A/Tjl O N35 words
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Advertisement244 1951-03-01 4 For To-day Only! 3 Shrtws— 3. 6.15 9.15 p.m. Paramount* "MY FRIEND IRMA' starring Marie Wilson John Lund Diana l.ynn Opening To-morrow— M-G-M's E THREE ML'SKKTEERS'* In Technicolor REX JOHORE BAHRU Today 3 Shows: 3.15. 6.45 9.1!^ "DESERT HAWK" (Technicolor)* Atlantic Great World] Today 2 Shows: 7 9.15 "ALOHA" (Malay)244 words
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554 1951-03-01 5 Producers Are Concerned Over Rise In Tin Price TAKING the long view, the recent spectacular rise in the tin price is a matter of concern to producers, according to Mr. J. T. Chappel, chairman of Petaling Tin. He told shareholders at the company's annual meeting in Ipoh yesterday that, under554 words
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Article49 1951-03-01 5 •fWO hundred more "dead Irtters" were received rach week by the Singapore < .t-iirral Post Office la^t year than in 1949. an Assistant «'ontroller of Posts said yesterday. During 1956. there were l.*> 1.966 "dead betters." an increase of about five per cent over 1949.49 words
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Article155 1951-03-01 5 TUANDARIN films produced in Red China and imp v i'd through Hon-; Kong ai-> not popular in Malaya beea»»«e of their inferior quality an-i \mattractive themes. ocal Chinese Bin distrtoutora arc not keen to book th m r.s r n ceints ere poor red with155 words
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Article50 1951-03-01 5 A rlrbate on the motion "That the United Nations have madp a gravp error in branding China as an aggressor." will be held by the EastWesi Society and the Raffle' S »clety (University of Malaya 1 at the Central Hall. Faculn of Medicine tonight at 8 to p.m.50 words
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Article89 1951-03-01 5 i:|.lll-M RKI) (ROSS, O!f r c.ub. Wadey Hail, For Canning, 4. 50 p.m. H!NEBE Y.M.r. A.. Beteaie Road sl'iii'Mit-' music, 4.3') p.m.: bad' 1 5 pm.: body bJ tiding, 5.3! ji m ba.'-ke'.ball, 5.30 p.m.; table it'iniLs. 7 30 p.m. V.M.C. A.. Onlu.rd Road, uym nasties, ti pm..89 words
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340 1951-03-01 5 Bomb Thrown In Perak Cinema From Our Stan* Correspondent IPOH, Wednesday. "HOVVN" shouted a Commando in the audience of the cinema at Sungei Siput last night. "Grenade" shouted another. People threw themselves to the ground. Then there was a shattering explosion. Three people were340 words
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Article235 1951-03-01 5 3 Wounded In Double Shooting PENANG. Wed. TWO different gunmen are believed to have been responsible for a double shooting in Penang last night when three people, including a 12-year-old boy. were seriously wounded in different parts of the town As the gunmen wore different clothes, the police think that235 words
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Article26 1951-03-01 5 RAUB, Tues.— For obstructing the five-*foot way with goods, the proprietors of Chop Koong Hing and Chop Yee Hup were fined $10 each here.26 words
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Article, Illustration46 1951-03-01 5 CINEMA GRENADE HOLE IN THE FLOOR of the Wok Loh cinema at Ipoh where the grenade rxploded. The chairs in the left background were occupied by servicemen when the grenade was hurled at then alone the floor, through the railings on the right. Straits Times picture.46 words
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Article111 1951-03-01 5 MALACCA, Tues. SIR Henry Gurney, the Federation High Commissioner, during a 100-mile tour ol Malacca Settlement completed yesterday, visited the Simpang Bekoh resettlement area which will be the first new village to be surrounded by a moat. He saw a dredger at work making the moat111 words
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Article, Illustration47 1951-03-01 5 BRIGADIER WEILER. War Office Provost Marshal, said: "The turn out and drill of all ranks is excellent." when he visited the 17th Gurkha Division Provost Company at Kuala Lumpur. He Is accompanied b y the Company Commander. Major F. A. Clarke.— Army P.R. picture.47 words
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Article96 1951-03-01 5 k GIFT of books has been made by the citizens of Glasgow to the people of Singapore. This was announced at yesterday's meeting of the Municipal Commission. The acting Municipal President. Mr. N. Ward, told Commissioners that tlie books will arrive early this month. Kift.96 words
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Article131 1951-03-01 5 We Want To Be There, UMNO JtnflcKA^iWßmNP TiHE United Malays National Organisation has asked the Federation Government to allow their represent atives to be present, should the authorities decide to screen the evacuated Jenderam villa Rers. The inhabitants of Jenderam, south Selangor. mostly Malays, wer c evacuated to Kluang. Johore.131 words
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Article111 1951-03-01 5 MR. M. Gopala Menon, formerly First Secretary to the Indian delegation to the United Nations at Lake Success, will be the new India Government Representative in Malaya. He is expected to arrive in Singapore during the nrst week of April. Mr. Menon. a Malayalee, was attached111 words
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Article51 1951-03-01 5 Over 100 Singapore Chinese associations will celebrate the first anniversary of Generalissimo Chiang Kalyhek's return to the presidency of Nationalist China at a tea party at the Chung Shin Club, Cecil Street, this morning. Following the party, a photographic exhibition of life In free China will be51 words
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202 1951-03-01 5 "YI ALAYSIAN" is too wide a term to denote a citizen of Malaya and is impractical, said Dato Tan Cheng Lock, president of me Malayan Chinese Association, commenting on the statement by Dato Onn, UMNO president, in Penang that "Malaysian" would probably be the202 words
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Advertisement204 1951-03-01 5 PROVISIONS AT I; BARGAIN PRICES "DIP" PERMANENT PLASTIC ST ARCHER (Contains No Starch) Usually $1.00 SALE 80cts Bottle CONSOL BRAND i MARASCHINO CHERRIES SMALL JAR 75cts 3 for $2.00 MEDIUM $1.05 $3.00 LARGE $1.55— $4.25 MONTSERRAT LIME JUICE $1.50 LARGE BOTTLE OR 3 FOR $4.30 (Usually $1.75 Bottle) 'i SINGAPORE204 words
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Miscellaneous75 1951-03-01 5 Today's Radio SINGAPORE 10 a.m. News; 13.10 Close; 10.45 Schools; 12 Malay; 1 p.m. Light Music; 1.30 News; 1.45 Dinning Sisters; 2 Schools; 2.50 Close; 5 Malay; "Overture"; 6.15 "Calling All Hospitals"; 7 News; 7.12 Radio Scientist; 7.20 Interlude; 7.30 Augmented Radio Orch. (St. David's Day Music); 8 "Forum of75 words
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733 1951-03-01 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Thur. Mar. 1, 1951. The Junior Partner The Malayan debate in the House of Commons on Tuesday was hardly the best of its kind. Even the Secretary of State had little to say that has not been said before, although his statement on the political future733 words
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Article310 1951-03-01 6 Early last month a newsagency message was published in our columns which reported that the Rotary movement had been denounced by the Vatican as '"secret, seditious and condemned". Naturally this caused perplexity both inside and outside Rotary Clubs in Malaya, for nobody would ever call it a310 words
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Obituary15 1951-03-01 6 SUDDENLY on Feb. 25th A!l«tMr Grahame Oitden beloved, son, of Grahame and Kay Ogden.15 words
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Article36 1951-03-01 6 MISS A. BARUCH. Messrs. P A J. Baruch find Mrs. G. A Ivam thank all friends and et who sent wreaths and ins of condolence, and those Who attended the funeral of their «ne' A36 words
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Article, Illustration1217 1951-03-01 6 Malaya under the Emergency— 9 QF all the States in the Federation of Malaya, Negri Sf mbilan has gone farthest on the road towards normalcy and safety by its successes against Communism. The large-scale resettlement schemes which have been pushed through have brought security to thousands1,217 words
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Article, Illustration547 1951-03-01 6 ITNDER the heading "Our Victorian Theatre" the Straits Times recently indulged In some editorial musings on that well-known Municipal institution, the Victoria rheatre. These were followed up bj Mr. J. A. M. Ede, general manager of Associated Theatres, in an interesting letter in which he suggested547 words
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Article468 1951-03-01 6 Flogging Coolies (CONTINUING our discussion on indentured labour In bygone days, I may add that in Nor in Borneo within th« memory of planters still 11* ing in that territory a magistrate could order a coolie to be flogged for deserting from an estate. The following is468 words
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Advertisement731 1951-03-01 6 Straits Times Free Press km tfca aaavraiMK* I xitt»irt. rar Raprc<r«t*Hv«< at lat Hmt. Siniapatw CaM Orchard t»J<». w«l VOtNVVw VHUjH MVflf TttW^^drWrSf ■nd •niw«M to boi number! CLASSIFIED ADS. t THE ENGAGEMENT w MiDounced on the 24th Feb.. 1951. between Mr. Tay Ee Lip. the •Icier ton of Mr.731 words
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Advertisement25 1951-03-01 6 fa A WIPE RANGE OF BEST ENGLISH WOOLLEN SUITINGS mmcww F/rrms WORKMANSHIP AT MODERATE PRICES mm. MERCHANT TAILORS PHONE: 6535 I 21, CHULIA ST., SINGAPORE25 words
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250 1951-03-01 7 Was Made Scapegoat Says Merchant RASHID Rastjoni Irani, a 22-year old Indian merchant, yesterday told the Singapore Second District Judge "For whatever wrongs the partners of Russell and Company in Bombay may have committed, I have been made a scapegoat". He was charged with being concerned in the importation of250 words
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Article100 1951-03-01 7 SHIPMENT of 15 tons o[ brown sugar destined for Indonesia may be released to augment Singapore's sugar stocks. A Government spokesman toi-i the Straits Times that this sugar would not be for consumers but for manufacturers and traders who are prepared to use brown sugar The100 words
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Article64 1951-03-01 7 THE Singapore Naval Base Labour Union has. decid«d to establish a benevolent fund scheme for Its 5.000 members. A sub-committee has been appointed to study details of the scheme and draft rules and regulations. The benefits from the scheme may include relief for sickness, unemployment and o!d64 words
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Article249 1951-03-01 7 S 'pore Home For Many China-born Says Chamber THE Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce has asked the Government to grant citizenship rights to China-born Chinese in the Colony. In a statement yesterday, the Chamber stated that it had discussed the matter for some time and249 words
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Article67 1951-03-01 7 The following office-bearers were elected at a meeting of the Singapore Council for Adult Education, last night: President. Profpsso- F. Mason; vice-president. Mr. Lee Kong Chian: secrrtarv, Mr. J. Le Provost: treasurer. Professor R.E. Holttum: committee: Prof, T. H Silcock Mr. J Paul Inch'e Abdui Aziz. Mr.67 words
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Article24 1951-03-01 7 Burglars broke into a Chinese shop in South Bridge Road early yesterday morning and got away with cloth worth $13,400.24 words
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Article178 1951-03-01 7 Musicians. Here On March 17 MUSICIANS Lola Bobesco. violin, and Jacques Genty, piano, will arrive in Singapore from Manila on March 17, in the course of a professional tour of the Far East, to take part in Singapore's Festival of Music from March 20 to 29These two artistes of international178 words
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Article43 1951-03-01 7 The Singapore Municipal Commissioners yesterday decided to take over Still Road, from its junction with Changi Road to Its Junction with Joo Chiat Place This becomes a public street one month from the date of the deed of declara-43 words
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Article154 1951-03-01 7 Shop Thefts Are Mostly By Men LARGE departmental stores in Singapore report that there are more men shoplifters than women. "Professional shoplifting." however, the manager of one of the stores said, "has not yet become the practice in Singapore." Would-be shoplifters, he continued, can easily be detected An amateur shoplifter154 words
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Article252 1951-03-01 7 ORIGINALLY scheduled to call at Bali, the Caronia known in nautical circles as the Green Goddess now on a world cruise, is omitting the tourist's paradise of the East, because of stringent immigration regulations enforced by the Indonesian I authorities. The 34,000-ton liner, carrying252 words
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Article53 1951-03-01 7 Two Russian freighters, the Taras Shevchenko and the Petro Zavodsk, arrived for fuel in Singapore yesterday, en route from Colombo to Vladivostok. The Frencn vessel Cap Tou-ine also arrived yesterday from Saigon, bound for Marseilles. She had 521 civilian passengers, mostly women and children, and53 words
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Article34 1951-03-01 7 Mr C. E. Wurtzburg, former chairman of Straits Steamship Co., Singapore, and now managing director of Glen Line Ltd.. has been appointed President of the Chamber of Shipping of the United Kingdom.34 words
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Article53 1951-03-01 7 TO meet the demands of internal consumption, the Indian Government has decided that only 40 per cent of Indian textiles will bp available for export. The Trade Commissioner for India in Singapore, Sardar Joglndra Singh, last night said that the reduction will not affect cotton textiles already53 words
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Article, Illustration47 1951-03-01 7 ■>■>■■■ MR. R. CHELLJAH, third son of the late Dr. and Mrs. C. Chelliah of Segam.it, will be leaving Singapore this week to study medicine in Melbourne. He was a former student of the St. Andrew's School, Singapore, and the Government English School, Segamat.47 words
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Article117 1951-03-01 7 I^HE Singapore Hire Car Association is appealing to the Municipal Commissioners to come to a decision over the 48 taxi licences that have not been re-issued since their cancellation one and a half years ago. It was decided at a meeting of the association yesterday117 words
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Article53 1951-03-01 7 A Municipal Committee's decision not to permit the Singapore Traction Company to stop at Roweroft Lines in Ayer Rajah Road, was yesterday referred back on a motion by Mr. M. P. D. Nair (Labour South). Mr. Nair said there were more than 700 service families living near53 words
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Article67 1951-03-01 7 Twenty-year-old D. M. Webster, a private of the Royal Army Ordnance Corps, was sentenced by a court martial yesterday to 126 days' detention. Webster was found guilty of lacerating his wrists and arms so as to render himself unfit for service, of using abusive language67 words
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Article22 1951-03-01 7 Clothing and valuables worth more than $380 were stolen last night from a Malay home in Kebun Übi, oft Changi22 words
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97 1951-03-01 7 THHE Aga Khan, spiritual head of ihe Ismaili Muslims, will probably visit Singapore and the Federation early next year. This was revealed by Mr H. A. Jivabhai, local businessman and president of the Aga Khan Legion in Malaya, who returned by ship from97 words
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Article, Illustration252 1951-03-01 7 Tea Party-F lash Back To 1815 TO the sounds of the call to prayer from the Sultan Mosaue, yesterday afternoon the great grand nephew of Sir Stamford Raffles and five descendants of Sultan Hussain, who concluded the treaties which established Singapore, sat down to tea in the home of Tungku252 words
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Article52 1951-03-01 7 The Singapore Municipal Commissioners yesterday approved the appointment of Dr. J. T. Fernandez as a temporary medical officer. He starts work today. The Acting President, Mr. N. Ward, asking for the appointment to be approved, said that Dr. Phay Seng Whatt. of the Middleton Hospital was having52 words
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Article45 1951-03-01 7 Water used for domestic purposes in premises inside Municipal limits will be charged at the rate of 50 cents per 1,000 gallons. Reason: the cost of production of water has gone up to 60 cents per 1.000 gallons. The Commissioners decided ttji^vesterdaY^^^^^^^^^^^_45 words
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Article447 1951-03-01 7 MOHAMED Kassim bin Mohamed Khan, a young Indian boxer known professionally as Little Kassim, was sentenced to two years' imprisonment in the Singapore First District Court >esterday for rioting. The judge Mr. H. L. Wrigglesworth said that that was the maximum penalty he could impose.447 words
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Article164 1951-03-01 7 f HEW Hoe Leng, 22, of Yio Chu Kang Road, Singapore, was shot dead near tna sea at RAF. Hqrs., Selelur. on the afternoon of Feb. 4 when he and two others were stated to have ignored a Malay sentry who ordered them to stop.164 words
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Article182 1951-03-01 7 Paglar For Full Elected Council FjR. C. J. r'ajUar, Pro- gressive Party candidate for Chang] District, yesterday called for the abolition of Chambers of Commerce represent ation on the Singapore Legislative Council. He ''said the Progressive Party stood for a fully ek-cted Council. Dr. Paglar was speaking :it an election182 words
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Article98 1951-03-01 7 TWO Constellation airliner* have been slightly damaged within four days in freak hailstorms between Singapore and Australia. One aircraft landed at Kallang airport with a dent in Its aluminium nose the size of a cricket ball. Ground engineers repaired it. Another aircraft which took oft from Singapore98 words
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Article52 1951-03-01 7 The secretaries of the Federated Malay States Chamber of Commerce have asked us to make it clear that the report In the Straits Times of Feb 27, regarding a scheme for the prepayment of rubber duty was cot commpnicaud to us by the Federated Malay I States Chamber52 words
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Advertisement42 1951-03-01 7 CRAWFORD'S DELIGHTFUL BISCUITS *iKy Eic^H I nf V II I II lJ Also 4 O'CLOCK AFTERNOON TEA BISCUITS TRI-FRUIT SHAPES NO. 1 2 TINS MARIE ASSORTED SHORTBREAD LINJER NUTS CHEESE VARIETIES ETC. Available tit all first class dealers Ajlcnts:— JACKSON CO., LTD.42 words
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Advertisement85 1951-03-01 7 i I Bespoke TAILORING s I Too often a tailor makes not the suit you want but the suit he thinks you ought to want i i i A E believe however that a V V Bespoke Suit should embody the wishes of the customer. Perhaps you would like to85 words
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Article292 1951-03-01 8 SINGAPORE Municipal yesterday decided at their monthly meelm? to take sifps to set up community centres in conjunction witli Government, in sach areas within the Colony Muni--tp;il limits where they were required They also agreed to appoint, together with Government, a Committee with powers to292 words
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Article203 1951-03-01 8 TWE Special Labour Committee set up to deal with all matters concerning wages and conditions of employment of Singapore Municipal open vote employees should be wound up and their functions carried out by the Service Committee. This recommendation was tabled by ihe Labour203 words
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Article98 1951-03-01 8 IJIGHER cost of living allowances, effective from January, were approved yesterday for the Municipal employees. The new rates areMonthly paid employeesThose drawing a basic'salary of $55 or below a month present rate of $35 plus $10. Those between %S5 and $100 60 per cent plus98 words
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Article33 1951-03-01 8 Ahmad bin Musa. a Malayalee. claimed trial in the Singapore Third District Court yesterday to a charge of rioting at St. Andrews Road. Singapore, on Dec. 11. was remanded till April 7.33 words
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Article139 1951-03-01 8 MR. A. P. Rajah iProgres-sive-South) answering criticism on the revised allocation policy with regard to Singapore Improvement Trust flats said that the S.I.T. Board felt that !t was the only fair system. He added, however, that the present policy is a trial. Mr. Rajah said that139 words
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Article, Illustration30 1951-03-01 8 WATCHING yesterday's Free Press come off the press. A croup of airmen from RAF Maintenance Base. Seletar. during an educational visit to our offices yesterday—Straits Times picture.30 words
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Article, Illustration401 1951-03-01 8 STRONG attack on the "shabby treatment" of Municipal Commissioners by the Governor-in Council, and verbal exchanges between Progressive and Labour Party members highlighted yesterday's meeting of the Singapore Municipal Commissioners. The attack on the Government came during the adjournment when Mr.401 words
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Article50 1951-03-01 8 ACTING Municipal President. Mr. N. Ward assured the Municipal Commissioners yesterday that complaints of abusive language on customers by stall-holders in Singapore markets would be investigated. The matter was raised by Mr. J. M. Jumabhoy (Independent—City Ward), who suggested that victims should lodge their complaints with50 words
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Article45 1951-03-01 8 ONLY five cases of poliomyelitis were reported on Singapore during February. compared with 15 cases in January and 32 in December last year. This was announced in yesterday's meeting of the Singapore Municipal Commissioners by the acting President Mr. N. Ward.45 words
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Article73 1951-03-01 8 MR. N. Ward. Acting Municipal President, said yesterday that he would consider by-laws to control dumping of refuse within Municipal limits He was referring to an adjournment spe»:h by Mr. Frank James < ProgressiveEast* in which' he deplored the "obnoxious dump" against a fence on Lim Ah73 words
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Article82 1951-03-01 8 The Municipal Commissioners yesterday agreed to utilise the services of the Water Engineer. Mr. F. G. Hill, during the period of his leave Drlor to retirement in the United Kingdom on matters connected with the Water Department. His expenses will be met by the Commissioners82 words
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Article28 1951-03-01 8 Mr. D. Robertson (Progressive—South) was yesterday appointed to the Board of the Singapore Improvement Trust during the absence of Mr. Pat Johnson fin dependent North)28 words
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225 1951-03-01 8 T*HE duties and responsibilities of the Municipal A Commissioners' representatives to the Singapore Improvement Trust are no different from the other nominated trustees of the S.I.T. Board This was stated at the Municipal Commission meeting yesterday in written replies to questions by Mr.225 words
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Article119 1951-03-01 8 Policy On Quarters For Peons THE provision of quarters for peons employed by the Singapore Municipal Commissioners is a matter of general policy, Mr. M. P. D. Nair (Labour South) was' told yesterday In written answers to questions. Ninety-five of the 131 peons in tne service at the end of119 words
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Article88 1951-03-01 8 AN imp. riant derision taken by the Municipal Commissioners yesterday was to circular!** Municipal employees on the subject of the vacancy for the post <>f an Assistant Municipal Secretary (Supernumerary). Class IV. An earlier decision to fill this po»t >J Uie'r Home Agents was negatived88 words
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Advertisement192 1951-03-01 8 That's worth knowing— I've always thought there wasn't anything to choose 4§T^ M jT' between tyres." "Well, as I say, I've been operating trucks a good few l\ %A KjknUL^t There's a very big difference, lake material:, for a start: ft N^J LmAttk Firestone buy only materials which have passed192 words
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Advertisement129 1951-03-01 8 W Kirn I k v!iu^^H KARACHI fl j^^Snj r rrfwt? m isp ■^COLOMBO rjt}'^ jl> SINGAPORE *NBi\ Mn cfnoA AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL AIRWAYS Pff- ÜB. 5, PRINCE ST. SINGAPORE TELS *****, Hi>'**s OR ALL TRAVEL AGENCIES MEW CHASSIS DSSW3L,, for 32 passenger Diesel Buses A chassis of advanced design which successfully129 words
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Article, Illustration669 1951-03-01 9 <HE day aftei Lian L Soo had been given Jh'.s magic shirt, he and Ah Chan went to see Ling, the gcitherd. They found him looking -Try sad. "What's the matasked Ah Chan. "I have a fever." said Ling. "I wasn't able669 words
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Article146 1951-03-01 9 THIS we<^ s General 1 knowledge test is a BH of quesf.cns about children's 0.-oks. 1 Wnich of the following characters do you read about in 'Alice in Wonderland?' The White Rabbit, Cinderella. The Ugiy Duchess. The Dodo, the Flamingoes. 2 Was The Tindcrbox.' by The146 words
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Article155 1951-03-01 9 "¥F any of our readers (> 1 want Pen Friends living in England." writes Toh Saw Kin of 7 Immigration )> Road, Penang. 'they should write to me giving details Y> of their age and interests, d and also enclose a letter to their prospective Pen Friend155 words
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Article, Illustration127 1951-03-01 9 You Can Draw Yourself. a Picture n i. >t if in >-j sj X U «-X. Ml 4 1-L »-X k >h k. »-r ii' k n ie si. ic 4 o :<c *-B 'a. II A. 1»F 14. IH. 1-1. 1 N 13 U IS-P it-O l.i.<i US. us.127 words
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Article, Illustration449 1951-03-01 9 > Dear boys and Oirls < Among my post this week is a letter from Sonnie Scow, who tells me that the punctuation test in one of our General knowledge quizes was used at his school for the English lesson I am always very pleased449 words
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Article84 1951-03-01 9 WE already ltave a long waiting list of Pen Pals children, so don't despair if your name is not included this week. Raja Lope Razmans, aged 15, 66 Low Road, Kuala Kangsar, Perak. Hobbies: Stamps and correspondence. Sect Cheng Swee, atjed 16, 340-E Changl Road, Singapore. Hobbies: Badminton84 words
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Article61 1951-03-01 9 sus^oia auieu suies »m ;o aqt uiojj ')Si*X J3AHO sum Aoq aqx '9 -»]doad i[Ktus 3J3M Asm s -Bai auo qii.w ajKJid si-.* JB.\i!s ui)or Suoi > ■5S!.«x Ja-Mto vi ps/CBJiJOd BBJ& Oq.tt M9f X BBM UU)«d g •uasjapuv such *Q uauiJ* SB* xoqjspuix »Ui 7. S3oSuiUlt
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1426 1951-03-01 10 Packers have accepted low grade and immature fruit By C. E. COURTENAY, Adviser, Malayan Pineapple Industry, and R. HENDERSON, State Agricultural Officer, Johore rTHE adverse criti- cisms of the pineapple industry recently published in the Straits Times, particularly with regard to Government's policy of1,426 words
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Letter438 1951-03-01 10 AN Feb. 22 you published a letter by "Responsible Citizen" dealing with taxation on luxury goods, and the effect of such a measure on the cost of living. He informs us that, "in plain English" such a tax "cannot and will not" curb the rising cost of living.438 words
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Letter98 1951-03-01 10 THE housing situation is at present very acute. I think it will continue so for a long time. Yet a movement Is on foot, backed by vested interests, to amend the present Rent Control Ordinance to enable Singapore landlords to regain possession of their properties. Whether or98 words
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Letter209 1951-03-01 10 /CORRESPONDENCE in the v,/ Straits Times has suggested that members of the Katong Consumers' Resistance Movement consider retailers to be the only profiteers This is not so. Our movement is directed against blackmarketeers and profiteers wherever they may be and whoever they are. The fact that we209 words
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Letter45 1951-03-01 10 BUILDING costs have shot up tremendously. Architects' fees have gone up In proportion. When is Government going to bring architects' fees down to a reasonable level? It should not be necessary for architects to sign plans for single-storey realdtnces. TAN AM WEE.45 words
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Advertisement166 1951-03-01 10 THRILL ANEW TODAY! B* I H| 11. 1.45. 4, 6.39 and 9.30 gjyfJJlNGfllO BE REMAN W/^- AXFRED HITCHCOCK S P "^I^P» -S $0 Distributed by SHAW BROS.. LTD. The word goes out... faa oepc*g~fdo fat f the raw (acts behind th s grim command that unleashed gangdom s trigger men166 words
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Advertisement300 1951-03-01 10 OPENING nft4^n)/q|B iHtfThißfl 2- 4 1 5-6.30 TODAY |lAf ILlliil 93°9 3 P m II M AIR CONDITIONED 1 vf VALLI surrendered herself to VOTTEN ...and then his dark past rolled in like black fog! ft^i v c of j| s^«i >The 3rd Man* jU wm.^ n M c LA/300 words
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Miscellaneous65 1951-03-01 10 OLU riOH TO CROSSWORD No. JOJ HSH S KAS(> N O V M I ~S~T s~i§ A*XBBiT!|A^RiM^riy|J 0 I T O V X N N E^| P HONK 1 R A T Ei§ I N X I R M A lt_t OLANCESILOOK I L L OMRSOKgiM^ftMJIA AKTEMI Sir ABH I65 words
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Article298 1951-03-01 11 LONDON, Thurs. FOLLOWING parliamentary report of growing confidence in Malaya, tins and rubbers shares became firm and active while elsewhere there was good tone to oils with Canadian Eagle and Ultramar issues prominent. Closing middle prices 01 selectea stocks, as supplied to the Straits Times by special arrangement298 words
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Article34 1951-03-01 11 HONG KONG, Wed. pREE market currency exchange for Hong Kong, dollars was quoted to day as follows: US$l HKS6 05U (cash), HK16.104 (T); £1 HKJ 15.40; one tael of gold HKS322H. UP.UP - 34 words
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Article230 1951-03-01 11 Two-Cent Drop In Day Of Limited Trading From Our Market Correspondent yRADING was limited in the Singapore rubber A market yesterday with little in the way of a lead from overseas. At a quiet close the price of firstgrade for March shipment stood at $2 26$ a lb.,230 words
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Article71 1951-03-01 11 »pHERE were 5,513 tons of palm 1 oil in stock In the Federation at the end of last month and 1,105 1 tons of kernels, according to the 1 Department of Statistics. During January 4,068 tons of palm oil and 1,178 tons of kernels j71 words
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Article40 1951-03-01 11 fHE Malayan Exchange Banks Association announced yester- day that control direct rates for t Canadian dollars were: Buying 1 T.T. 34 9,16, Airmail (0.D.) 1 34 1116. (90 days) 34 15/16: c Selling T.T. O.D. ready 34 3/16.40 words
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Article37 1951-03-01 11 SINGAPORE, Wed., Feb. 28— 5719.37 >4 (down $11.25.) £1,420 a ton in London LONDON. Wed. Feb. 28.— Spot Buyers £1,420; Forward £1,355; Settlement £1.445 (down £25). Turnovers: a.m. 70. p.m. 40 tons.37 words
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Article203 1951-03-01 11 PETALING TIN pETALING Tin has made a special appropriation to general reserve of $1,500,000, the estimated capital cost of the acquisition of Seaport Estates area and the transfer thereto of Petaling's No. 5 dredge. The chairman, Mr. J. T. Chappel, told Petaling shareholders In Ipoh yesterday203 words
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149 1951-03-01 11 gHIPS in the Singapore Roads and alongside the Singapore Harbour Board godowng at 4 p.m. yesterday were: Ouiar Roads: Hal Hsuan. Islander. Wei Ming Hoegh Silverlight. Nordkep, Anking, Poo'Yu, Cfrion. E Winderush, Mvi Nan. Perndale. Seria Mam. Tonjer Bradevcrret. Djlrek, Phemius. Ja- i lagopal.149 words
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Article164 1951-03-01 11 Tins And Rubbers Very Firm TTIN and Rubber shares were again a very nrm market in Singapore yesterday. A number of useful price rises were recorded throughout the list Industrials were steady. Price changes announced by the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association were: I.^UIS 1 HU1UI Bajren Setter* M. Coll*164 words
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Article131 1951-03-01 11 THE pepper section of the Singapore produce market was quietly steady yesterday with no transactions recorded. Prices remained unchanged, Muntok white at $1,190, Sarawak at $1,185 and Lampong black at $670. The copra section was steady but quiet. Buyers opened at $63 'i. sellers at $64. No131 words
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Article72 1951-03-01 11 pOL. H. T. MILLER, chief of the Civil Transportation Section, G.H.Q., SCAP, said in Tokio recently: "The recent decision of the U.S. Federal Maritime Administration to charter 27 Victory ships and to sell 131 vessels including 91 Liberty ships, to American flag operators substantially affected the72 words
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Advertisement388 1951-03-01 11 PRESIDENT LINER SAILINGS To New York and Boston via Ceylon, India, Egypt and Mediterranean Ports. plr Singapore P. Swettenham Penang PRES POLK Codowns 31/32 "PBF< cbaut- Sails Mjr Omlt */7 Mar •pp« 11/16 Mar. 17/18 Mar. 19/20 Mar. PKtl MONBOf- I S ,}i M «/28 Mar. 29/30 Mar PRES MONROE388 words
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Advertisement447 1951-03-01 11 EAST ASIATIC LINE SAILINCS FROM SCANDINAVIA /U.K. /CONTINENT: S'poro Sham Penang Kambodia tor Hong Kong, Kobe Yokohama Cdns. 42/43 for Bangkok 7-9 Mar. 6 6 Mar. 3 5 Mar Fioma toi Bangkok 13-14 Mar. 11-12 Mar. 9-10 Mar. ..E£T* ai tor Sa'gon Bangkok 13-16 Mar. 11-12 Mar. 8-10 Mar "Nordvesf447 words
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Advertisement984 1951-03-01 11 McALISTER tic CO.. LTD. telephone No 5906 ELLERMAM BUCKNALL KLAVENKS9 MMP*** 1 LONDON HAVRE ANTWERP LOS ANCELES. SAN FRANCISCO, ROrFiROAM "hAMBURC PORTLAND SIATTLE b VANCOUVE* and for U.S.A.. North Atlantic Ports Accepting cargo toi Centiai o iouth and Canada via Colombo Amer can Ports m.s. CITY OF POONA ms. CASTLEVILU984 words
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821 1951-03-01 12 ENGLAND TRIUMPH AT LAST v. AUSTRALIA Amazing Scenes Mark The Final Stages From JACK FINGLETON Exclusive To The Straits Times MELBOURNE, Wednesday. GANGLAND are triumphant and Australia are the losers. It has happened at last. At eight minutes to five here this evening in wretched light and drizzling rain, the821 words
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Article, Illustration38 1951-03-01 12 BARTRAM, tl\gt Charlton goalkeeper, slide* down into the mud in front of his goal as the ball hits his head and bounces away in the match against Sunderland at CharMon, London, on Feb. 17. Charlton won 3—o.3 0.38 words
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Article159 1951-03-01 12 AUSTRALIA— 1st Inns.: 217 M.C.C. 1st inns.: 320 AUSTRALIA— 2nd Inns. Morris Ibw b Bedscr 4 Surke c Hutton b Bedser 1 Hassett b Wright »8 llarvry Ibw b Wright 52 Vliller c b Brown Hole b Bailey S3 Johnson c Brown b Wright 0 [indwall b Bedser 14Reuter - 159 words
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Article319 1951-03-01 12 SPORTING THE WINNERS from EPSOM JEEP PENANG, Wed. MY TEN best horses to fol- low at the Penang Spring Meeting are: TrobeUa: A speedy mare by Bellacose who has trained on splen&Wly since her two good efforts at the Penang X'masNew Year meeting. Working extra well and should find her319 words
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Article290 1951-03-01 12 QANTAS Empire Airways beat R.A.A.F. by runs on the first innings in a low scoring, cricket game at Farrer Park yesterday. Batting first. R.A.AJ. were bundled out for 28 in the first innings. None of their batsmen reached the double figure. Qanias replied with 98 runs290 words
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Article39 1951-03-01 12 Q M.S.I. Grainger, with 10 points, won the final of the epee championship of the F.A.R.E.L.F. Individual fencing held at Tanglin gymnasium yesterday. Runner-up was Lt. Baillie Reynolds of Hong Kong Land Forces. He scored eight points.39 words
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Article53 1951-03-01 12 SOCCER: Snr. League at Jalan Besar: Indonesians v 80.D.C.A.; Div. 2 at BOD ground: Kota Raja A Indonesian A; Friendly at Farrer tarV Social t 1.C.1. Pr ta Clnb. -JERVICES I.EAOI K\F Ch»nji v RAF Self tar mi Changl. HOCKEY: Farelf inter-district championships begi.i; Malaya Dist. v Singapore53 words
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Article131 1951-03-01 12 MELBOURNE, Wed. T EN Hutton has won the prize of £1,000 offered by a business house for the best player in the series of five Test matches which ended today. He was awarded three points from his second Innings of 60 not out toReuter - 131 words
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Article160 1951-03-01 12 yHE Singapore Cricket Assoclation, at their committee meeting held at the S.C-C on Tuesday night, decided to run their tournament this year In three sections senior, "A" and "B". The tournament is provisionally fixed to begin on March 18. The full tournament fixtures will b»160 words
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682 1951-03-01 12 SOCCER SEASON STARTS TODAY SINGAPORE'S 1951 soccer season starts today, and in many ways the next six months should prove not only the most interesting of the series but the most important too. S.A.F.A. has now become affiliated with the Football Association of England, and682 words
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Article62 1951-03-01 12 MELBOURNE, Wed. QRICKET authorities in England and Australia are to receive details of what is claimed to be a world-record breaking innings 3/5 runs in 175 minutes knocked up by N. Leslie, a member of Balcombe Military Camp. In one over Leslie scored 38 runs,Reuter-AAP - 62 words
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Article82 1951-03-01 12 Mount Erskine Boys' Club last night won the final of the InterBoys* Clubs Boxing Competition held in the S.V.C. Drill Hall In Beach Road, and carried off the championship trophy presented by the Attorney-General, Mr. E. J. Davies. Five Singapore Boys' Clubs took part In the82 words
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Article220 1951-03-01 12 LONDON Wed. RANDOLPH Turpin, British champion, knocked out Lucien Van Dam of Holland, in 48 seconds, including the count, to win the vacant European middleweight title at Harringay arena last night Turpin attacked immediately, but Van Dam closed with him and punched back spiritedly. But220 words
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219 1951-03-01 12 Wong To Open UK Tour This Weekend From Our Own Corres. LONDON. Wed. UfONG PENCi SOON. the All- England and Malayan badminton champion, makes his first tournament appearance at Wimbledon this week-end wnen he and N. B. Radfura defend their title a«? Surrey doubles champions. As a curtain-raiser to the219 words
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63 1951-03-01 12 Newcastle Wolves In Cup S-finals LONDON. Wed. Newc istle United and Wolverhampton Wanderers tonight Joined Birmingham and Blackpol in the semi-final of the F.A. Cup. Results were:— F.A. Cup Sixth Round Rsplays. Bristol Ro. 1 Newcastle I' 3 Wolves 3 Sunderland 1 League Div. One. Chelsea il Blackpool- S IReuter - 63 words
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Article17 1951-03-01 12 St. Andrew's School table-tennis team defeated the V.M.C.A. by five games to two at Woodsvllle on Tuesday.17 words
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Miscellaneous31 1951-03-01 12 SINGAPORE TIDES TODAY: 2.56 a.m. (8.7>, 424 p.m. (7ft 942 a.m. <1.9i. 9.24 p.m. (4 8 1. TOMORROW: 3.41 a.m. i8.3), 6.44 p.m. (6.8); 11.03 a.m. (2.2), 10 19 p.m. (5.8).31 words
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