Malaya Tribune, 17 January 1947
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Title Section54 1947-01-17 1 The Malaya Tribune B y THE PEOPLE FOR THE PEOPLE THE ONLY NATIONAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA Now printed simul taneously in Singapore, Kuala L umpur. Ipoh Penang. Phone Numbers: Editor 58U Editorial 5811 Advertising 5812 Circulation Accounts 2005 EIGHT PAGES SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, JANUARY, 17, 1947 TEN CENTS The Malaya Tribune54 words
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148 1947-01-17 1 :IN Jan. 16. A d s armn agreed upon Navy Dcparti Mian called lilt' f«»mp:umise" rhe agreement ighly practical ol unification i approve it" 111 quire Con.pp val. The SecreR b i Path eta j ol the Navy, lan i Uil, wrote148 words
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Article67 1947-01-17 1 Tr -vine Reporter) PT« and attendme local cinemas night protesting ci .pt of Chinese ses. but in the m ether workers ach ;ind shows went •al Theatre, half an i how had begun, r put out the lights. ement refunded their money, tined and suosetsed last67 words
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271 1947-01-17 1 Reported Reprisal ForDairen Incident Reuter U.P. Washington, Jan. 16.—The United States Navy has barred civilians from travelling on American naval vessels calling at Soviet-controlled ports in the Far East, the Statt Department spokesman told a press conference to^ay. He denied that the StateReuter & U.P. - 271 words
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133 1947-01-17 1 U.P. MOSCOW. Jan. 16—Russia's desire to negot.ate a joint defence of Spitzbergen through the 10 vision of th; 1 Paris C nvention was interpreted by foreign observers as the opening move to obtain Arctic b ses to strengthen what the Sovi ts believe asU.P. - 133 words
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Article119 1947-01-17 1 (By Tribune Reporter) European chargehands and industrial Workers at the Naval Base met last in regard to their complaints of alleged discrimination, a d urammously decided to ask for a 44-hour week, which is now being observed at all Government dock I yards in the U.K.119 words
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Article63 1947-01-17 1 Reuter. Hgpe. Jar.. 16—The execution <>t Albert Sabin. 21, a .soldier, for the murder of Dr. Neil MacLeod, 52 f psychiatrist, who formei-ly held posts at Sunderland, Edinburgh, York and Leeds has been fixed for Jan. 30 at Armley jail, Leeds. Sabin, whose home isReuter. - 63 words
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31 1947-01-17 1 U.P. Copenhagen. Jan 16. King Christian of Denmark, 76. is stricken with pneumonia. A bulletin reporting his temperature as 101. said the general condition was satisfactory.--U.P.U.P. - 31 words
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199 1947-01-17 1 Reuter. WASHINGTON. Jan. 16.—Pam W. Shafer (Republican. Michigan) in a speech in the House ot R. prest iitatives today attacked the assistant Secretary of State. William Clayton, alleging ihai he had "misused millions of American tax-money. Mr. Shaler said Mr. Clayton wa QReuter. - 199 words
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Article98 1947-01-17 1 LONDON, ,'an. 17 One former Lieut -Gen. and three former Major-Generals who were leaders of the "White Russian" movement have been condemned to death of hanging and sentences carried out, reported Moscow Radio. They were Lieut.Gen. A. P. ShKuro and Major-Generals Prince Sultan Girel,98 words
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Article283 1947-01-17 1 Reuter. Hanoi, Jan. 16. —French infantry grappling with "suicide squads" of Vietnamese are slowly bringing peace to the rubble strewn streets of Hanoi. French military quarters, however, believe it will be a long time before the last Vietnam fighter is "flushed" from his attic cellar orReuter. - 283 words
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Article120 1947-01-17 1 Three street robberies, two of wmch were armed, •ccurred in Singapore yesterday. In the town ar:a. at the junction of Buffalo Road and Kampong Java Road, a British soldier from Nee Soon Camp was waylaid at 10.15 p.m. yesterday by three Chinese, one of whom was armed120 words
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Article103 1947-01-17 1 Los Angeles. Jan. 16 William ("Big Biir*< Tilden, former world tennis champion, was today sentenced to nine months in the county jail after pleading guilty of contributing to the deliquency of a 14-year-old schoolboy. Ordering Tilden to see a psychiatrist aft? r his release103 words
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128 1947-01-17 1 Reuter. LONDON. Jan. 16.—The which cccured at Burton-on-Trent. Staffordshire in November 1944 when an RAP underground timnp blew up killing 68 eopie and devasting the countryside is officially described a.< the "biggest ever to have occurred in these islands." British experts inReuter. - 128 words
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Article35 1947-01-17 1 U.P. LONDON, Jan. 16.—M:-. Hubert Morrison, the Lord President of the Council, has been ordered to rest for a few days because of superficial thrombosis of the mtt of the left leg.—U.P.U.P. - 35 words
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685 1947-01-17 1 INNOCENT MAN MURDERED Reuter. London, Jan. 17. —Insane jealousy of 66-year-old former State Minister of Justice in Australia for a woman of the same age who was not his wife led to the death of an innocent ex-Army Corporal after a plot to kidnap himReuter. - 685 words
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43 1947-01-17 1 WARSAW, Jan. 16.—The Polish government announced today thatseven men had been hanged for the Christmas Eve murders of eighi Sokolow women and two soldier:* Fifty-one other persnos have been arrested and are awaiting trial in the case.43 words
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Article19 1947-01-17 1 The Duke of Gloucester, according to the latest advice, will arrive in Singapore some time tomorrow.19 words
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Article253 1947-01-17 1 U.P. Atlanta, Jan. 16.—Governor Talmadge seized possession of Georgia's government today, and, surrounded by his own advisers, denied Governor Ellis Arnall access to his office. Talmadge look over office while Arnall was visiting, overnight, his home in Newnan, Georgia, 30 miles away, accompanied by StateU.P. - 253 words
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95 1947-01-17 1 Reuter. SYDNEY', Jan. 16. --John MacMahon, 19, who has lived m the iron lung for the past ten years, died here yesterday when the luns: stopped because of electricity failure which lasted an hour. The lung drew its power from two separate sub-stations butReuter. - 95 words
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Article102 1947-01-17 1 Reuter. PARIS. Jan. 16.—Professor Johan I Smertenko, Vice-President of the j American League for Free Palestine, today described hi s deportation from England where he arrived ye3--i terday in defiance of the ban a s a j "censorship" and "tyranny" a feW hours after his return hereReuter. - 102 words
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Article54 1947-01-17 1 Reuter. KHARTOUM, Jan. 16—Four Jewish terrorists interned at Sembel camp, four miles from Asmara in Eritrea, escaped on Tuesday night. They were among the 54 terrorists who staged a big getaway last summer. On that occasion most of the escaped internees were later rounded upReuter. - 54 words
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428 1947-01-17 2 (Tribune Stair Reporter) Despite unusually choppy s*as in the Bay of Biscay and with a stream against her in th* Indian Ocean, the Netherland Royal Dutch Mail luxury liner "Oranje" put into port yesterday evening on schedule. She however made an unexpected call on428 words
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Article50 1947-01-17 2 Reuter. WASHINGTON, Jan 16.—Mr. Jame s P. Byrnes, retiring United States Secretary of State, will sign peace treaties with Italy, Rumania Bulgaria and Hungary on Monday, the United States State Department I spokesman announced last niyhr. i The signing will take place at the I State Department.—Reuter.Reuter. - 50 words
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Article47 1947-01-17 2 Reuter. WARSAW. Jan. 16—Edward Osobka Morawski. Polish Socialist Prime Minister, told foreign press correspondents here last night that I the question of any action against the "foreign ambassador" involved lin the Count Grocholski spy trial j War, a "matter for the Government j concerned.'—Reuter.Reuter. - 47 words
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Article91 1947-01-17 2 Reuter. LONDON, Jan. 16.—Childless couples in Britain ha*« recently been adopting children and" using them as a means of petting preferential treatment far houses, according to a spokesman for six societies charged with the welfare of Britain's growing army of illegitimate children. The problem is now UnderReuter. - 91 words
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Article80 1947-01-17 2 U.P. Madrid. Jan. 16.—Handbills demanding the return of Puerto Rico, Gibraltar and Faulkand Islands to Spain or to Latin American control, appeared in the streets of Madrid last night as the Spanish capital prepared to welcome Pedro Radio, the new Argentine Ambassador. Meanwhile a dispatch from BuenosU.P. - 80 words
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Article65 1947-01-17 2 U.P. TOKIO. Jan. 16.—The Kyodo News Agency said today that Professor Mitsuo Muto of Tohoku Imperial University in Sendai city had succeeded in manufacturing a "highly effective" form of penicillin extracted from urine. The paper said that a three-wetk treatment of the penicillin developed by Muto completely curedU.P. - 65 words
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Advertisement565 1947-01-17 2 TRIBtWE PRE-PAID classified advertisements! Casual Advertisements: Wanted, Personal, Situations Vacant, Situations Wanted, For Sale, etc. at $3 .00 per insertion of 20 words, 15 cts. for everji additional word. Public Notices Announcement $4.00 per single column! Inch per insertion. Domestic Occurrences: Death, Engagement, Mar r age, Birth Notices, etc at565 words
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Advertisement966 1947-01-17 2 NOTICES. Government Notification Tenders will be received at the Office ot the Director of Public Works, Singapore up to noon of the 28th January, 1947 for the following works: Miscellaneous supplies for the period of 3 months from date of acceptance of tender: (a) Miscellaneous articles (b) Firewood (c) Timber966 words
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Advertisement252 1947-01-17 2 SHIPPING Silver Line KERR STEAMSHIP CO. INC NEW YORK GENERAL AGENTS SAILINGS To Halifax and New York M-V. "DERWENTHALL'» Singapore „sth January. Agents: HADDEN COMPANY, LIMITED. Chartered Bank Chambers Phone Nos. are:— 7052, 6802. P&O and BRITISH INDIA PASSENGER FREIGHT SERVICES i P O.S.N. Co.--i! s.s. SAMNEAGH from Bombay In252 words
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Article193 1947-01-17 3 A total of 18.000 Indian have been repatriated from Malaya during 1946. said Mr. S K. Chettnr, Representative of the Government of India, at a press conference yesterday In December alone 5.033 were repatriated. Some machinery would be devised within the next few weeks he said, to193 words
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Article148 1947-01-17 3 Rafpro. Late yesterday afternoon a flight of Lancaster bombers from No. 7 Pathfinder Squadron, R.A.F Bomber Command, roared in to perfect landings on Changi airfieldFrom this bas?. and from Mingaladcrh and Negombo. they will begin a month-long tactical bombing exercise to be known as "Operation Redlion" theRafpro. - 148 words
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Article74 1947-01-17 3 Anwar Urh bm Habib and Csman bin Saffl. *fee had been on trial on a chanre of being in possession of a Japanese rifle, a .38 revolver, 65 rounds of rifle ammunition and five rounds of .38 ammunition, were given the benefit of the doubt74 words
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Article240 1947-01-17 3 > (Tribune Staff Reporter) On Tuesday next the 830-ton relief ship. Soekoemardu, will sail for with a cargo of 100 cases of condensed milk, 10 0 cases of sterilized milk. 100 tons of oats, and quantities of medicines Tor the 5.000 refugees rendered destitute by240 words
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Article103 1947-01-17 3 Reuter j London. Jan. 16.--A-uiough the unofficial strike of London and provincial haulage workers and sympathisers continued this morning bringing the total j strikers to over 40.000, there are I hopes of a successful conclusion at the resumed delegate conference in London today. Meanwhile troopsReuter - 103 words
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Article57 1947-01-17 3 Yeo Pack Nang (171, who was alleged to have been loitering suspiciously in the Liberty Cabaret with a dummy pistol, tucked in his waist on Wednesday night appeared before Second Magistrate L. C. Goh, yesterday. He claimed trial to a charge of loitering and was57 words
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Article52 1947-01-17 3 The marriage took place yesterday before the Registrars between Mr. William McArthur and Mrs. Josephina (Betty) Gates. The reception was held at Raffles Hotel a large number of friends of the bride and bride-groom beinn; present. The bride was attended by Mrs. J. Stiaohan and Mr. Pierre-Point was52 words
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Article49 1947-01-17 3 Reuter. LAUNCESTON, Tasmania, Jan. 15. —The foot complaint from which opening bat Washbrook has been suffering was today diagonised as V wart unrter the sole of the right right foot. He has received treatment and it is hoped he will "be all right by the week-end."—ReuterReuter. - 49 words
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105 1947-01-17 3 Five persons were killed and 43 injured-21 of them seriously in a rail crash in thick fog at Gidea Park Station Essex j near London. Visibility 7ims sa:d to be three feet at the time. Wreckage was hurled on o the station roof and the platforms. Injured vasse7igers end their105 words
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Article165 1947-01-17 3 Handgrenade Incident Seven young Chinese, wh j were stated to he suspected of having been involved in the iiandgrenade incident whtcii oc t rrred in a shop in Hon<* Hons Street on de 16. which resulted I In four people in the shop being injured, appeared165 words
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Article48 1947-01-17 3 TOKIO, Jan. 16. —The Japanese have added 204 ships totalling 40,000 tons to their fishing fleet with th-.' approval of General Mac Arthur, il Was learned today. Since May last, the Allied Com maud has authorised the building of 797 ship* totalling 115,000 tons.48 words
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Article335 1947-01-17 3 Prices quuted below are for pICUI weight except whert otherwise stated. Foodstuffs: Yesterday's quotation "Meehoon": 4iam No. 1 $85; No. 2 $80; Indo-China $70.; Kedah $75. Rice: Siam No. 1 $104; No. 2 $102. Rice milling: Siam $36; Glutinuous rlci; 6:am $90; Kedah $75; Rangoon $60.335 words
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Article89 1947-01-17 3 H. E. the Governor has appointed I Jan. 15 as the day on which the Whole of the Japanese Judgments Mid Civil proceedings Ordinance (.with the exception of Section 5) shall come into force. The Ordinance sets out the procedure to be adopted in making applications89 words
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281 1947-01-17 3 An objection that the Court was prejudiced and that the case should be transferred to a different Court by counsel for the complainant was overruled at the resumed hearing of the summons case in which Slxta Raquiza. an e'dsrly Japanese woman, is on trial281 words
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Article67 1947-01-17 3 U.P. Jerusalem, Jan. 16.—Three powerful bomb explosions blasted Amman, capital of Transjofdah, on Wednesday night. The explosions were blamed on the terrorist \fing of the self-styled "Democrats" a youth movement opposed to the treaty granting the British Government military rights in Transjordari. which is destined to become theU.P. - 67 words
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Advertisement222 1947-01-17 3 WAWN'S LABORATORIES PTY. LtD. Sydney Australia iPROPRIETORS OF WORLD FAMOUS SPECIFICS, METiICIiSS REMEDIES, OFFER YdU-FREE OF CHARCB9 —PROMPT. EXPERT PERSONAL ATTENTION AND AD-' VICE appertaining to yotir particular ailment. WHflfc DIRECT TO WAWN'S LABORATORIES l iV LTil SYDNEY: AUSTRALIA Or via i r P.O. BOX 852, 6INGAPQRE. YOU "HAVE MEN222 words
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Article462 1947-01-17 4 Ihe new customs duti s imposed ir li* Malayan Union arc going to provoke considerable thought, not in the Union alone, but also in Singapore where the duties do not, of course, apply. They are not a very heavy imposition, ranging from fifteen per cent, ad valorem462 words
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1080 1947-01-17 4 T.C.F. McNeice - by T.C.F. McNeice, Director for Social Welfare, Singapore. Almost half the population of Malaya is Chinese, but of this number not more than two in five were born in Malaya. The i rernaindei are immigrants from I China who have come to make1,080 words
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Article113 1947-01-17 4 PARIS The Soviet Government has launched a major drive to get approximately 70.000 White Russian xiles living in France to take Soviet nationality and return to Russia. Already one shipload of 2.153 Russians has left France. The passengers were White Russians Revolution exiles who had not been113 words
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Article169 1947-01-17 4 Prague. They are showing in Prague and Stalin's other satellite capitals now a film called 4 The O.ith" which certainly no one will ever dare bring to Paris. It shows M. Georges Bonnet, French Foreign Minister before the war, lying on a satin sofa listening in to negro169 words
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Article335 1947-01-17 4 Operations for th e ai Uncial insemination of women are now being performed regularly in at least one famous London hor-pi-tal. Such operations have been carried out for over a year at this hospital, and babies have been bom to married couples, formerly childless, who sought advice335 words
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249 1947-01-17 4 THE PEOPLE'S POSTBAG Malays Malaya LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Sir,—It is interesting to read in the editorial column of an Indian paper that it is common knowleage that Malays of this country originally belonged not to but to neighbouring countries such as Sumatra. Java. Celebes and other islands in the249 words
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Article143 1947-01-17 4 Sir,—This is an open letter to all office locally-recruited workers of the Shell Co., the Socony and Caltex to unite, to form a body. Like other specific bodies looking after Uieir particular interests, this proposed body would take care of their interests and rights. It will probably143 words
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Article186 1947-01-17 4 Sir.—I read in your valuable paper that th? Governor had ordered the Immediate Payment' of two months back-pay to all government servants but it is strange that the majority have net been paid yet. Many things have cnanged after the World War. the meaning of the word186 words
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254 1947-01-17 4 Reuter. Shanghai.—Chinas agricultural rehabilitation programme took another big stride forward with the dawn of 1947 as UNRRA extended its tractor farming project to Kwangsi—in southwest China, where over 1,000,000 peasants are said to be destitute —and the Chinese G »v--ernment established three forage crop experimental stations—one inReuter. - 254 words
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Article547 1947-01-17 4 F - <»v F Cres vt idk) After the party comes the clearing up. And the 1940-45 party, the Army is clearing up the English countryside. Tank ditches, 30 or 40 feet wide and deep, miles and masses of barbed wire, unsightly pillboxes, sintrenches and weapon-pits water-logged547 words
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Article169 1947-01-17 4 At Britain's Royal G» cai Society, London, vv merr!ora<:ed the centenary Hak.uyt Society, form d 10° years ago t-j honour U Elizabethan Englishir. n ard Hakluyt, one of the r. a test geograoher.-, of his age- H the first lecture on g ever to be h?ard in En.169 words
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66 1947-01-17 5 fan. 15.— The l. Council d< bate, portrait on the to delay ail February 4. •v. Warren J<>hn*On told request IM incoming Seer*OeotfC C Mart had the opporcouflietiai «iis- pposed the and the VOttil Friday. Soviet proI to block the atomic comvely supported ragJßiil for a i.bmary66 words
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231 1947-01-17 5 They Get No Pay, No Naafi Where kit and gear such as clothing, boots and other wearing apparel are concerned, the Japanese are provided for from Japanese stocks taken over by the British military authorities on the reoccupation of Singapore. me J.S.P, medical services231 words
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341 1947-01-17 5 V Tribune Stall Reporter) importers are faced with losses of tens of dollars incurred during one week in resrted fresh veg( tables from Canton, Swatow X >ng, the market for which is over-stocked. arried the bigents irom South nee pre-war days. Is, including which341 words
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195 1947-01-17 5 The story of a brawl outside a small Indian shop in Kallang which resulted in the death of one person was related yesterday at the Assizes when an lnaian, Nadesan. claimed Ula] to a charge of committing culpable homicide not amounting to murder file195 words
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252 1947-01-17 5 (Our Own Reporter) His Excellency the GovernorGeneral, the Riprht Hon. Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald, and Mrs. MacDonald were among the hundreds who eagerly awaited the Royal Netherlands luxury liner 'Oranje' when she docked at Singapore yesterday evening. Mr. and Mxs. Mac Donald were252 words
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Article69 1947-01-17 5 Due to the arrival of H.R.H. the Duke of Gloucester in Singapore this afternoon, a lecture-meeting of the Hong Kong University Alumni Association, arranged for this evening, has been postponed to Friday Jan. 31. The Public Relations Officer, Singapore, Mr. G. G. Thomson will speak on "Malayan Citizenship"69 words
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145 1947-01-17 5 Mr. S. K. Chettur, Representative of the Government of India, na s asked the various Indian associations throughout Malaya to forward to him immediately their vi«W| on the question of Malayan citizenship as elaborated in the new Constitution proposals. Revealing this at a press conference145 words
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94 1947-01-17 5 Bail in the sum of $25,000, each was offered .1,00 Wee San and Wu Lian Sang, when Mr. C. J.F. Ess mad? an application for bail before First District Judge Paul Storr. pending appeal. The two men, who formed part of the orew of94 words
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90 1947-01-17 5 Two detectives, Ho Fatt Seng, and Soh Yip Meng. claimed trial to charges of extortion and house trespass when they appeared befoie Second Magistrate L. C. Goh. yesterday. The charges were that the men went to the first floor of an address in Fraser Street in90 words
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Article30 1947-01-17 5 ROME, Jan. 14.—The Church of St. Peters in Rome Was reconstructed and reopened to the public yesterday following a temporary closing after an alleged suicide attempt had taken place inside.30 words
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Article507 1947-01-17 5 An elderly Tamil woman <>f Ipoh a victim of gastric trouble, hanged herself in the P.W.D. quarters :n Lahat Lane. Mr. N. K. Lee, the Penang Chinese Consul is expected to leave for Singapore on the 19th to have discussions with Mr. P. C. Lee the Chinese507 words
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389 1947-01-17 5 "Keep quiet and put your hands up I'm not fooling," said a Chinese armed with a revolver who held up a lawyer's clerk, Charlie Lee, in his home in Sims Avenue on the night of Nov. 23, 1945. Charlie Lee remembered the389 words
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242 1947-01-17 5 Sydney-born author Frank Clune, author of 20 books, mainly of history and travel, arrived in Singapore yesterday after a 14-day tour of Java where he met Dr. Van Mook and Dr.Soekarno and other Indonesian leaders. Among other thing s he discussed with the242 words
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Article147 1947-01-17 5 THAT MAN AGAIN. U.P. FRANKFURT, Jan. 15— KabUr,, today Confessed in the Stuttgart Court that he was an imposter of a S.S. major and told the Court trying him fo r bombing of the German de-Nazification Courts that Adolf Hitler, his right side completely paralyzed, is now hiding in Spain.U.P. - 147 words
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Article95 1947-01-17 5 Found guilty by the Jury of carrying arms, a youthful Sikh, S. Atma Singh, was yesterday sentenced to five years' rigorous imprisonment at the Singapore Assizes. Suspicious of his behaviour while he was walking in Albert Street on the night of Oct. 5 last95 words
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Article16 1947-01-17 5 JERUSALEM, Jan. 15—Three cases containing 492 sticks of nite were found near Jewish school here today.16 words
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93 1947-01-17 5 Reuter. HONGKONG, Jan. 16.—Bricks and bamboo sticks were freely used shortly before midnight last night by a gang of Chinese hooliganv. who attacked and injured two British seamen in Kowloon (Hongkong's mainland) without provocation. The attack It believed to be the sequel ol an earlierReuter. - 93 words
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Article72 1947-01-17 5 Reuter. SAIGON, Jan. 19.—Saigon radio repented today that the Vietnam I Indo-chine-e Nationalist) G« vernment had not replied to the note sent by the American and Chinese Consuls here concerning more than 425 French civilian alleged to be held by the Vietnamese forces. Saigon radio commented:Reuter. - 72 words
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Article65 1947-01-17 5 A finding that the cause of death was unascertainaole was recorded by Mr. W. G. Porter. Singapore's Coroner, at an inquiry yesterday into the death of a woman name, age and nationality unknown whose naked body was found by a gardener, Amat bin Hassan, on the65 words
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Article72 1947-01-17 5 Bail in the sum of $2.000 each, was offered to Dvr. X E. Kitchings and Spr. A. James, who pleaded guilty in the Fourth Magistrate's Court yesterday, to the theft of a battery charger, valued at $1,500 from the E S B D. Alexander Road, on Jan. 15,72 words
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Advertisement81 1947-01-17 5 MANUFACTURERS 7 AND SUPPLIERS OF W v e R hi n g ELECTRICAL |IiKL-9jtSjBLt PIONEERS IN EVERY PHASE 6 OF ELECTRICAL DEVELOPMENT THE GENERAL ELECTRIC COJTD. OF ENGLAND SINGAPORE: 12 BATTERY ROAD. —P.O. Box 203 Telephones 5114, 5115, 5116 KUALA LUMPUR: 1, MOUNTBATTEN ROAD —P.O. Box 256 Telephones 4291, 4292.81 words
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Article90 1947-01-17 6 Reuter. Boston. Mass., Jan. 16 Major-Gen. J. Lawton Collins. Public Information Chief of the United States War Department speaking here on the military strength of the world's leading powers described Britain as> "weakened but still a tremendous factor." Britain would "probably never have again full useReuter. - 90 words
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Article73 1947-01-17 6 Reuter. Shanghai. Jan. 16.—Two Roman Catholic Franciscan missionaries accused of being American spies have been brutally murd.-red by Chinese Communists in Yentou about 60 miles east of the railway city of Hsuchowfu in North Kiangsu. according to an official report received here to-day. They are Erother Benedict Jensen,Reuter. - 73 words
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Article45 1947-01-17 6 Reuter. LONDON, Jan. 16—A new Jewish cultural centre as a memorial to all Jews who died at the hands of the Hitler regime i s to be built in London's East End. The centre will include theatre and lecture halls and a library.—Reuter.Reuter. - 45 words
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186 1947-01-17 6 <Our Own Commercial Correspondent) The local industrial share market continued strong with the exception of Collier ies which came to a new low, business being done yesterday from $2.10 to $2.05. Fraser Neaves changed hands at $2.97} and Traders $15*. Uniteers could be186 words
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60 1947-01-17 6 Encouraged by the favourable reaction of the Malay people to the programme of the nlalay Nationalist Party regarding the new constitutional proposals, the Selangor branch of the MNP is to cov*»ne. a peoples' conference in Kuala T.um pur on Jan. 23, to form the nucleus60 words
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Article69 1947-01-17 6 HONOLULU, Jan. 15._ A P an Haibour victim, the old battleship Oklahoma will be moved tomoiiow into the naval anchorage at Pearl Harbour to be fitted for her last trip to the mainland and the scrap heap at the Moore Drydock. Oakland. Sunk in the first69 words
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Article27 1947-01-17 6 Mr. Yong Nyim Djin. former Headmaster of the A.C.S. Kampar and present Principal of Oldham Hall, Singapore, was feted by old pupils when he visited Kampar recently.27 words
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Article65 1947-01-17 6 COLOMBO, Jan. 16.—When Mr. S. Dnarmaratnam, Ceylon State Councillor, went for a walk in the Jungle after his car had broken down and was being repaired a herd of wild elephants and a Cobra drove him up a tree. There search parties found him without his clothes. In65 words
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172 1947-01-17 6 The largest single group of Singapore Chinese to be repatriated from China by UNRRACNRRA since the liberation will arrive in Singapore at the end of this month. They are part of the 1,000 Malayan Chines? repatriates on the Hai Lee due here on Dec. 30Only172 words
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Article39 1947-01-17 6 U.P. Nanking. Jan. 16 The Chinese Minister of Information, Mr. Peng Hsu-pei announced today that the governor of Sinkiang. Gen. Chang Chih-chung was leaving shortly for Yenan to present the government's peace proposal to the Communists—U.PU.P. - 39 words
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Advertisement109 1947-01-17 6 CHUNGKING Tanjcng Pagar Phone 3327. Last Three Shows 2, 6.30 9 P.M. Double Attraction "HUET CHING YEE LAU CHONG" with Sun Liang Chou supported by "CHEE FAN CHEONG KUAN" with Kong Sun Siew I Cantonese Talkies» Openinr Tomorrow "THE SING OF THE CROSS" Tomorrow Midnight "DESPEPATE JOURNEY *<. \ltltl< X*109 words
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Advertisement190 1947-01-17 6 TO-DAY /^Jw^j^ li a.m.—1.35—4,10 v aĔmwrm ill 6.45 9.30 I HEADING YOUR WAY ..WITH HAPPIStSI with ini«H«»bl< Binf at h» be*c! ich all the hcut of inrompiraMe InRrW "M'-k by the <fcf< touchy of Leo Mc<".r«i wiio five yctt "C 0I N C 'I > INGRfi) a woman of Great-heart190 words
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Article164 1947-01-17 7 U.P. LONDON. Jan. 16.—Britain s incurable walker axci iron mm at 3.30 thi« afternoon began another ma.athon walk. Bert Couzens, who recently walked 3 000 miles in 1,136 1/4 hou;« around Romford v ack near London, -tailed off for a walk ;uund the eocu-t ofU.P. - 164 words
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161 1947-01-17 7 U.P. LONDON. Jan. 16— Henry Cotton. Britain's most colourful golfer, was named today to captain the 1947 British Ryder Cup team. Cotton's appointment will permit h;m to fulfil a role that has been postponed since 1939. when the British team did not sailU.P. - 161 words
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Article141 1947-01-17 7 U.P. NEW YORK, Jan. 16.—Billy Conn who retired from boxing after his H*»r showing when Joe Louis knocked him out in eight rounds last summer, said today that he practically has decided to come back in the light-heavyweight division. "I am sorry the way things had gone,U.P. - 141 words
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Article107 1947-01-17 7 Reuter. Madras, Jan 15.--Contending that betting on horses and the habit of going to races has become widespread among classes who can ill afford it, the Madras Government today published a bill to prohibit betting "even within the race enclosures." The bill which will go beforeReuter. - 107 words
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Article16 1947-01-17 7 The 801 Malayan Chinese repatriates On the Van Heusta will be released from quarantine on Sunday16 words
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Article39 1947-01-17 7 London, Jan. 16. F.A. Cup Third Round Replay Hull City 0, Blackburn Rovers 3. Blackburn Rovers now meet Port Vale at Blackburn In the fourth round. Third Division (Southern) Port vale 8, Leyton Orient 1.39 words
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Article60 1947-01-17 7 U.P. Chicago, Jan 16.--The Municipal Counc.l had authorised Mayor Edward J. Kelly to invite the International Olympic Committee to stage the 1952 Olympics in Chicago. The selection of the site will be made when the committee meets in Stockholm in midJune. Bids were also received from Los Angeles,U.P. - 60 words
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Article, Illustration374 1947-01-17 7 Compton, Hardstaff In Grand Form Launceston, Tasmania.—Cricket writers are already forecasting England's team for the Fourth Test at Adelaide, and in View of the line ftfffd displayed by both Denis Compton and Joe Hardstaff, some critics are predicting that England's captain, Walter HamnfOno374 words
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531 1947-01-17 7 Tiie Singapore First Division Football League will begin in the first week of next month. So far. the S.A.F.A. President has receiv d ten. applica tions from Service and UlTiMas terjris comprising: -3 from the Services, the S.C.C.. the 5. C.F.A.. the Chinese Athletics,531 words
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Article117 1947-01-17 7 Reuter. SYDNE V.—The GovernorGeneral, the Duke ol Gloucester, has presented a cup for campdrafting, to be known as the Gloucester Cup. to the President of the Royal Agricultural Society of New South Wales. Mr. Colin Sinclair. Camp-drafting is a skilled manoeuvre on horseback by whi~hReuter. - 117 words
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71 1947-01-17 7 An all-in- wrestling programme has been arranged by th* Singapore Cigar Workers' Un;,m to held at the Happy World Stadium on Saturday at *Jti In aid of the Singapore Federation of Trades Union fund The card includes: J* archanam Pillay vs. Pargavan: Mond. fcunchu71 words
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Article61 1947-01-17 7 U.P. New York. Jan 16.--Boxing and wrestling alone produced record gross gate receipts of U557,771,000 in 1946 of which the States cut $469,000, Eddie Eagan, Chairman of the State Athletic Commission reported. Hew York spent $6,500,000 in a year to watch fighters and wrestlers paying most of itU.P. - 61 words
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Article63 1947-01-17 7 'Mm innu:<l ir.(pune "f 3, pnpp Am:*teur Sport* Union will be held on Sunday, Jan. 06, at 11 a.m. at the residence of the Hon. Secretary, Mr. Chun Yeow Kwcc, 35 Lorong M. Teluk Kurau. Members of the Amateur Athletic Union are reminded of the spec ai meeting63 words
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Article146 1947-01-17 7 Reuter. SYDNEY.-A Ta-manlan. cricket bat maker claims he hamade a bat which wiU not break The maker, Mr. T. G. Murphy, of Smiehton. has patented the bal. and plans immediate manufacture. The bat i- made from 32 thickness of laminated wood, glik-d together. When tested, the batReuter. - 146 words
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82 1947-01-17 7 Singapore Indians will play a soccer match against Chinese Athletics on Sunday at Jalan i Besar Stadium In aid of the Singapore Tamil School building fund. The Indian team will be selected from the following: O. M. Angullia. Chelliah, Kartar Singh. Ramoo. Sattar, Krishnasamy. Kanagasabai,82 words
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Article81 1947-01-17 7 The H.M6. Sultan sorcir team trounced the Jollilads Athletic Union by ten goals to nil at Blakang Mali ground. Scorer; were Serine Bingham, Connors and James. The following will play for the Jolhdas against the Combined BSD. on Sunday at Lorong 12, Geyiang Stadium at 5 p.m.81 words
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Article79 1947-01-17 7 M.C.C. First Inning*. Hutton c Ronald Thomas b Kiioey 51 Fishlock c Ronald Thomas b Richardson 20 Gibo st Gardiner b Clark 22 Hardstaff b Clark 155 Compton c Richardson b Clark 163 Edrich not out 30 Ikin not out 15 Extras 11 Total vfor 5 wkts.) 46779 words
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Advertisement228 1947-01-17 7 8.30 p M I v: e n'i Beyond ronipare! Pictures' Present "KANNAMMA" x g Sundaxi Bui Midnight ,v request! or 111*«««*) ib. Karan Nawaz and i ..TS. GLOB !•:....<■. W. n. 7 115 PM. unpacked! Action Loaded! -THE DEVIL HORSE" (final chaps.) r rj m Woati Beery 1,1011 x.w. Daily228 words
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Advertisement182 1947-01-17 7 Last Night's Audience Held Spellbound! Believe Us It's A Picture You Will Never Forget! 4 Shows Today At The 1.3&—4—6.30—9.30 p.m. iMkMfir A V^k L)_BSK -rkWILE. OVUJ <&mSJ f AM 4 k M-G-M j Ul r ANGELA LANSaURY PETER lAWFORD LOWELL Gil MORE RICHARD PRAM Owing to the length ol182 words
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503 1947-01-17 8 British Provisional Committee Formed U.P. LONDON, Jan. 16. —Mr. Winston Churchhill today launched a campaign for a United States of Europe with the announcement of the formation of a British provisional committee of "man of goodwill" who subscribe to the doctrine thatU.P. - 503 words
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Article115 1947-01-17 8 Reuter. TIENTSIN. Jan. 15. —Arriving here *fter a three months' sojourn :n Dairen a local Chinese merchant told Reuter: that there are still some 250,000 Japanese in Dair-1 where condition* are not particularly happy with broad daylight holdups frequent while no bod v Ventures out afterReuter. - 115 words
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Article126 1947-01-17 8 U.P. NEW YORK. Jan. 15.— W. B. Courtney, writing in Colliers Ma gazine. s;id Ru-sian scientists tr, ing to find a way to let th ;un's deadly short ultraviolet rays through a "hole' in the earth'- aimo>phere. so that they could instantly destroy any enemy country. BU.P. - 126 words
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Article59 1947-01-17 8 Allesjrd to have extorted $450 by putting Choo Lim Seng in rear of arrest, at a kampong at the 13 1 milestone, Seletar. in Nov. 24 last year. Seah Wee Euan 1231. a Teochew faced tentative charge in the Fourth Police Court yesterday. The case was postponed to59 words
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Article50 1947-01-17 8 A stall in the Great WorTQ Amus- '<•: t Park is to be closed for four days because two Food Control oflicers were overcharged two dollars for two meals. In addition, the Second Dis*r<ct. Judge a find the proprietor, Wong Ling Oon, $200 and the Cashier50 words
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Article18 1947-01-17 8 A total of $17,098.41 (less expendttßr») hfta b"en collected to date i„ Perak for the P'.ppy Day Fund.18 words
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Article285 1947-01-17 8 The Victoria Memorial Hall was the scene of the biggest Chinese social event of the year when Mr. Arthur A. C. T. Kwonjr, Chinese Consul in Singapore, was married to Miss Kay Tan Yeow Kirn, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tan Siak Kuang of Singapore, and granddaughter285 words
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Article87 1947-01-17 8 Reuter. London. Jan. 16.— Major-Ge-neral P. A. Ullman, chief military engin-er in charge at Singapore, who postponed hi* departure yesterday owing to the loss of an attache case containing important papers, left by flying boat to-day for Singapore without the missing attache case having been found.Reuter. - 87 words
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Article141 1947-01-17 8 The Army Rackets Championships will be held at Queen's Club, West Kensington, London, from Monday, March 17. to Saturday, March 22. If necessary, play will continue into the following week. The present-holders of the various titles are: Army Singles ChampionshiD. (Capt. A. R. Taylor. Grenadier Guards). Arrmy141 words
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Article56 1947-01-17 8 Reuter. PARIS. Jan. 16—Vincent Aurlol, on? of the most militant of French Socialists, was to-day elected President of the fourth Republic at a joint session of the two Houses of Parliament st Versailles. Four hundrrd and fifty-two votec wer cast in his favour giving him an absolute majorityReuter. - 56 words
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Article24 1947-01-17 8 The Land Office Sports Club desires soccer and hockey fixtures with Military or civilian teams. Contact S. M. Ortega, c/o Lund Office, Government Offices.24 words
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232 1947-01-17 8 Reuter. London, Jan. 16. —The great British transport strike is over. The delegates meeting this afternoon agreed with only three dissentients to return to work on Saturday. No official disclosure of the terms have been made but it is understood the employers offered toReuter. - 232 words
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Article193 1947-01-17 8 U.P. LONDON. Jan. IS. Common ting on the Indonesian situation today. Pravda quoted by Kadio McseoW said "the successes of the Indonesian Republican Government and *he growing unity of the Indonesian people have compelled Dutch 'mpiT:;>'Tts to make Concessions including the formal recognition of the IndonesianU.P. - 193 words
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Article133 1947-01-17 8 U.P. NEW YORK, Jan. 16.—Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt was deprived of her New York state driving licence by a State Commission, following her admission that she had dozed at the wheel in a collision of her car with two others last August. injuring four. The Commission explainedU.P. - 133 words
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Article64 1947-01-17 8 Ex-members of the Teluk Ayer Methodist Youth Fellow ship (formerly, the Teluk Ayer Epworth League) aye holding a re-union dinner on Friday, Jan. 24, at 7.30 at the Teluk Ayer Church Hall. All these who are interested and who have not been approached, are asked to contact the hon. secretary,64 words
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Article107 1947-01-17 8 Reuter. London, Jan. 16.--Squadron-leader W. A. Waterton flying the Royal Air Force Glos'cer Meteor 4EE-549 which made the world's speed record at 616 miles per hour last September, fi>w from Paris to London today in 21 minutes 11 seconds giving a speed of 618.4 miles per hour. Squadron-LeaderReuter. - 107 words
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Article115 1947-01-17 8 The Resident Commissioner. Pahang, oners a r.-ward of $1.000 ;to any one who gives information leading to the discovery ol the Pahang Registers of Titles I which were lost in Singapore during the Japanese occupation. I These registers were sent by train from Kuala Lipis and were115 words
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Article68 1947-01-17 8 Reuter. PASADENA. Jan. 1 —An earthquake of intensity rated as "destructive" wa s recorded here at 6.30, p.m. GMT yesterday. The California Institues of Technology reported the location a s approximately 700 miles from Pasajiera with the dvrcction ufctder-mint-d. The University of California at Berkeley reported theReuter. - 68 words
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Article40 1947-01-17 8 To-morrow evening at 9.45 p.m. after the News from Singapore Radio Dr. E. H. G. Dobby, Head of the Geography Department of Raffles College, Will speak from Radio Malaya about the geographical background to the rice problem.40 words
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Article117 1947-01-17 8 Reuter. Shanghai, Jan. 16.—Fred and Roy Braddock. the two Australian Shanghai beys who were among the 36 survivors of the FEATI plane crash off North Luzon last Saturday and whose courage and cheerfulness in adversity gained admiration, are en route for Sydney to-day having been aReuter. - 117 words
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Article92 1947-01-17 8 Reuter. London. Jan. 16.—Britain's biggest tanker fleet operated by th» Anglo-Saxon Petrol:urn Organisation will replace all ships lost In the war by the end of 1947 at the cost oi £22,000.000 despite the organisation receiving only £13.000.000 insurance. Wh n all building programme; of theReuter. - 92 words
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359 1947-01-17 8 (From Our Own Reporter} IPOH.- The deaths of two well-known numbers of the Perak government service. Senior Inspector Low Ghee Beng of Sltiawan and interpreter Yap Chow Chong of Kampar were presumed in the Perak Supreme Court when the Hon Justice L E. Cox359 words
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