Malaya Tribune, 9 February 1949
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Title Section65 1949-02-09 1 The Malaya Tribune THE PEOPLE FOR THE PEOPI E Larger Sales Than Any Afternoon Paper m Malaya. Printed Simultaneously Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh d Penang. Telegrams: "Tribune Spore." Telephone: 5811 (9 lines J. EIGHT PAGES SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1949 PRICE TEN CENTS THE MALAYA TRIBUNE LONDON REPRESENT ATIV E E.65 words
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Article231 1949-02-09 1 Labour M.P. Urges Talks In Commons Reuter. LONDON, Tues.—The granting of a higher aegree of self-government to Malaya was mentioned in the House of Commons today by Labour Member Frederick Longden. He urged the House to initiate consultations between the Secretaries of State for War andReuter. - 231 words
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Article71 1949-02-09 1 STOP PRESS Mttmiielltn ,f >';::»!>-r fram Malaya Unas laal MM.m'h w/er* up hy -M.H compared with shipneat* :«»r tte previous M ,ri{h. Bui lasl maath'fl afcipineiibi were Js>"» tons lower titdii th* record far btal year. mhtom v.as «i !.<»<)« teas in NwWaiiteTi America took71 words
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Article82 1949-02-09 1 JOHORE BAHRU,. Today. —GarfcteS and Police contacted a large band of terrorist*, in the jungle between Pal Lee Sen and Kota Tlng«ri this morning. A large-scale pitched battle has began and is continuing. Preliminary unconfirmed reports stated thut four bandits arete killed. Three Gurkhas and82 words
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Article118 1949-02-09 1 A.P. BUDAPEST, Wed. The threat of death still hung over .Josef Cardinal Mindstentj last night despite a IVoples' Court decision that he must serve the remainder •>f his life in prison. The higher bench of People's Courts, to whicii the Cardinal has appealed for redeetlteA.P. - 118 words
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Article58 1949-02-09 1 U.P. LONDON, Tues. The Communist Daily Worker today took up the cudgels on behalf of British textile workers against Japanese low-priced labour. "The sweated labour prices of Japanese silks offered for export provide the latest evidence of the growing threat to Britain's textile bid for world markets,"U.P. - 58 words
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219 1949-02-09 1 Reuter. RANGOON, Tues. —Burma Government troops repulsed combined forces of Karens and Communists near Pegu, about 60 miles north of Rangoon and on the railway northwards to Mandaiay, tonight's military communique said. It added that the "rebels" sustained heavy casualties. The communique confirmed that theReuter. - 219 words
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Article, Illustration42 1949-02-09 1 liefug ea wailing for f travel space to the south S al China crewel the piat- i form of the Shanghai j Railway Station. Tfceaa are the families of i tionalist soldiers re- J treating frem the Com- S -.tuiists.42 words
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Article132 1949-02-09 1 Reuter CANBERRA. Tuesday. Dr„ 'RarJffl Usman. Indonesian R« publican representative in Australia, said today that Ulc Republicans are prepared to |lve Mrs, John O'Keef* a visa to enter Republican territory. Usman described O'Kett. ease as pan of a clever Dulrh stunt to embanass the Australian Governnu-n:Reuter - 132 words
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Article81 1949-02-09 1 U.P. WASHINGTON, Tuesday. A State Department ■pokewtaa said today that the United States, Britain and France were engaged in consultations on China. In London, olhcials said the British cabinet lad a'readv a4a« cussed the problem of opening relations with the Chinese com- munist regime, but definiteU.P. - 81 words
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Article33 1949-02-09 1 A.P. HEIDELBERG. Tuesday. U.S. Army headquarters announced today they would try a German woman on February 14 on charges of spying for Cze- choslovakia. She" is Btfriede j Zorlik. A.P.A.P. - 33 words
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Article22 1949-02-09 1 U.P. WASHINGTON, Tues. The House Armed Services Committee today unanimously approved the Bill to authorise a 70 group air force.—U.P.U.P. - 22 words
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278 1949-02-09 1 Reuter. BATAVIA, Tues.—A tentative Dutch plan to offer transfer of sovereignty to Indonesia before the middle of the year was communicated verbally to the Republican delegation before it left on Sunday for talks with detained Indonesian leaders. This was disclosed today when the delegationReuter. - 278 words
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Article42 1949-02-09 1 U.P. NEW YORK, Tuesday. Visitors to the International Automobile Show have placed orders for 60 Hillman Minx and Sunoeam Talbot cars, 30 Jaguars, 12 lienaults and Puegeots, "more tha~ a dozen" Morrises and "several" Aimstrong Siddleys, Tiiumphs and Singers. —U.PU.P. - 42 words
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Article100 1949-02-09 1 SIR GEORGE MAX WWSLL, former < hi. S c c c t a r y of the Federated Malay states, and noted authority on Malaya, has written exc'usltely for the Malaya Tribune a critical review or one of the most vits»» and controversial issues now facing100 words
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Article38 1949-02-09 1 Reuter. LONDON, Tues. Two Hongkong firemen. Deputy Chief Officer Harold Tiplady and Station Officer Wong Dai-tsoi, have been awarded the King's Medal for gallantry during the fire on September 22 in which 140 people were killed. Reuter.Reuter. - 38 words
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Article40 1949-02-09 1 U.P. LONDON, Tues. British Minister of Supply G.R. Strauss said in the Huu.sc ot Commons today that the following countries have so far received British jet planes: Argentina, France. Sweden, Norway. Belgium, Holland, Canada, India and .Switzerland. U.P.U.P. - 40 words
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Article27 1949-02-09 1 A.P. TKIPOLd, Tues. —r'rince Yaher Bey Caramangi was unanimously elected ruler of Tripoli at the first meeting of the Regency Council this morning.— A.P.A.P. - 27 words
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218 1949-02-09 1 Reuter. TEHERAN, Tues. Newspapers here today reported that investigations into last week's attempt on the life of the 29-year-o'd Shah Mohammed Reza Pavlevi has revealed a plot against "the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Persia." The French language Journal de Teheran said investigations provedReuter. - 218 words
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162 1949-02-09 1 A.P. NANKING, Tues.—-China's dormant civil war flared today on the Yangtze river. Government patrol boats attacked a flotilla of Communist supply craft west of Wuhu. Several Communist boats were sunk. A nava! spokesman denied that the Communists attempted to crors the Yanertze whichA.P. - 162 words
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Article65 1949-02-09 1 Reuter. WASHINGTON—A neet- l n g of Ambassadors ol coun- tries negotiating a North At- lamic defence alliance wsa I called today by the State Department in the midst of American discussions with Norway about th t prop;;ed pact. The State Department announced the meeting, with the NorthReuter. - 65 words
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Article166 1949-02-09 1 U.P. LAKE SUCCESS. Tues. Russian delegate Jacob Malik today called on the United States Nations Security Council to order a one-third reduction of the armed, strength of the Big Five* powers by March 1. 1950.* and to prohibit atomic! we j. pins. Malik also demanded a*U.P. - 166 words
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321 1949-02-09 2 U.P. BERLIN, Tues. THE American-operated broadcasting station 1 RIAS, beamed to the Soviet zone, nas Decome a powerful weapon in the Berlin cold straight news reports and •Voice ot America" casU, RIAS &*jt«lwnl» ncr cent of the BerUn listening public away f?om Soviet-operated RadioU.P. - 321 words
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Article127 1949-02-09 2 U.P. COLOMBO, Tuesday.-- The Venerable Narada Thera, a well-known Buddhist monk a/ the Vajirarama, Colombo, will be proceeding to Europe in March on a Buddhision mission at the imitation of Las Amis dv Bouddhisme, Paris, and the London Buddhist Society. He has brtn hixitrd to visitU.P. - 127 words
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Article29 1949-02-09 2 A.P. LONDON. Tues.—The Ministry of Transport said that 10.869 new cars were registered in Britain last November, compared with 9.551 in October and 8,298 in November 1917.—A.P.A.P. - 29 words
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Article130 1949-02-09 2 U.P. COLOMBO. Tuesday. STRINGENT measures to check trafficking in Indian currency which is said to he conducted on a large seal.: hy certain business men in Colombo arc to be introduced .mortly by Uic pt* change Control authorities here. T'\c new regulations WIU ajso seekU.P. - 130 words
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145 1949-02-09 2 A.P. Srinagar- India. Tuesday. The Indian Army in 1 has been spending daily t.oW rupees <US*2.soo> for the purchase of local vegetables during the past 15 months. An Official press release said the Army has been paying R5.25.000 <US!H6.OOO> per day as wages for labourersA.P. - 145 words
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Article93 1949-02-09 2 Reuter. Manila. Tuesday. Tne. war wounds of people in I locos provinces have apparently not healed up as yet— almost four yearn after the Japanese surrender to the AU4e«. Recently a .lap a near, dance waa staged by high school students in I locos Nort«Reuter. - 93 words
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152 1949-02-09 2 Reuter. MANILA, Tues.—Congressmen would make high "chools in the Philippines produce rather than spend. Their joint committee on education announces that it will include in its proposed educational act of 1949 a plan to revamp secondary schools to make them "not spending schools butReuter. - 152 words
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389 1949-02-09 2 A.P. GENEVA. Tues.—The infantryman will continue to be the backbone of the Swiss Army, but he will have to be a lot smarter and have the support of some fancier weapons in this day of rocket bombs and atoms, Swiss military experts say. KarlA.P. - 389 words
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Article52 1949-02-09 2 A.P. London, Tuesday. Chaiiman L. T. Hlnton of the Radio Communication and Electronic Engineering Association says Britain still leads the world in radar development. He claims exports of British radio communications equipment, navigational aids and industrial apparatus topped £3.000,000 in 19 10, double the figure forA.P. - 52 words
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Article, Illustration88 1949-02-09 2 MAN (right) identified by police as Elmer Stanford, aoout 40, Is questioned by Selective Lieutenant Frank !>emarest (left) after he had been wounded In neck and stomach in gun battle in three storey house at 21'? East 09th Street, New York, on January 30. The man88 words
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Article54 1949-02-09 2 A.P. NEW YORK, Tues. One hundred tractors intended to hclo increase production of French agriculture were shipped from Hampton Roads. Virginia, Jan. 20. the Foreign Traffic Department of American Express Co. reported. The tractors, of two and a half ton capacity, arc for use in farm, vineyardA.P. - 54 words
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113 1949-02-09 2 A.P. CHICAGO. Tues gpecialists have been to he on a closer kx koul tor a rare disease ream liag advanced stomach tan* The affliction is called primary Hodgkin s discas oi the stomach. It rarely diagnosed. Only 23 have been reported to dattA.P. - 113 words
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Article31 1949-02-09 2 A.P. ROME. Tues. Ail Uonal television exposition Congress will be hetd In kiUstn this autumn. Italy waa for the Congress by the Inter, national Technical Oomn on television. —A.P.A.P. - 31 words
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268 1949-02-09 2 A.P. WASHINGTON, Tues.-Top US. OOTemment W officials said they aspect Commurns npare" sDeeches in France and Italy arc propwtanda efforts to wreck the North Atlantic Alliance. These officials said it is possible the seeches represent attempts by Moscow to sec if P theA.P. - 268 words
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95 1949-02-09 2 A.P. New York. Tuesday. The Berlin airlift has advanced flying controls by 10 years. It will pay big dividends to flying in the U.S. This report was made to the Institute of the Aeronautical Sciences b;' Major General Laurence S. Kutcr, Convmanuct of theA.P. - 95 words
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Article73 1949-02-09 2 Reuter. Chester. Tues. The Shell Relining and Marketing Company la making plans to sink 12 new boreholds to create a new oillield employing 10.000 workers at Thornton-lc-Moor. near here. The engineer in charge of the project told a government inquiry here that the CompanyReuter. - 73 words
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Miscellaneous319 1949-02-09 2 On Your Radio Today m rrp v'|TTWORK Songs. 12.45 News. 1.00 Close p k eport in Amoy. 9.15 TeoBLUfc NfcinuiMk gjjj ch^w Requests 945 Fun i "T mH PROGRAMMES 7.00 Programme Summary. Mirth" in Teochcw. 10.00 E «?*nor£ WBK 1»49 7.05 Malay mUßtc by HMV. News in A moy Cantonese319 words
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Article275 1949-02-09 3 KAMPAR, Tues. Bandits murdered an Auvili»ry Policeman, Tang Kok Lin, at Like Kongsi in the fym'MT re:i yesterday. The victim whs the driver oi the towkay of the kongsi. The bandits also set fire to the towkay's car after shoofim; fee driver three times through the275 words
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Article51 1949-02-09 3 Pi,,, i ;ot nment UK) Municipal La> vi Union had a spc.,<d mci ing of delegates on Sorday t0 I,MUKS organisation expansion plarm. Xlk meeting held at the union's headquarters at 32, Rice Course Lane was presidovo: hy Mr. Appaaamy, a Bandore the municipality. one inandorcs attended, as51 words
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Article147 1949-02-09 3 CEYLONESE air crews may go on training flights with Air Ceylon Skymastcrs on the new Sydney-London air service, the Tribune learns. "Laxamana"—an Air Ceylon Skymaster landed in Singapore yesterday from Colombo with an Australian crew on her way to Sydney in preparation for the service147 words
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Article61 1949-02-09 3 Seven men were charged at the Fourth Police Court yesterday with murdering a Chinese •named Poh Seng by knifing him at the junction of Pahang Street-Aliwal Street on May. The accused were Bahari bin Mohamad Ibrahim, Karim bin 'lahni. Granville Froxes, Stepphen Froxes, Dabara Singh, Rasikin61 words
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54 1949-02-09 3 Four year old Wolfgang Glaser chats with his mother Frad Margaret c G'ascr in a hospital in the Schoenl>erg area of Germany. Wo'fgang was saved from injury wh»n his mother Hung him through the window of a blazing Dakota which crashed in th»- liii.H«ian /.one, a few uiile:> nmmi ofA.P. Picture. - 54 words
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121 1949-02-09 3 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. THE third offensive against squatter areas known to he actively assisting bandits was carried out today when security forces rounded up about 500 squatters In Sikamat, five miles east of Seremban. The area had been known to the Police for a long timeto121 words
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Article54 1949-02-09 3 THIRD meeting of the recently-formed 10-man Sino-Malay Goodwill Committee will be held in Johore Bahru on Feb. 9 and 10, it was learned from a reliable source last night. The Committee first met in Johore Bahru in December last year. Its second meeting was held in54 words
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215 1949-02-09 3 RADIO MALAYA'S second edition of "Variety Fair" will be recorded tonight when artistes will perform to an invited audience of 700 at the Victoria Memorial Hall. Produced and presented hy Ronald Wilde. "Variety Fail" takes the air at 5 p.m., but Singapore will215 words
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89 1949-02-09 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. Thirty-live leading citizens of Johore, Muar and Malacca whose estates have been contributing protection money to bandit organisations have been arrested, it was officially announced here tonight. Some of these people, the statement said, were wealthy and of high social position in89 words
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Article41 1949-02-09 3 Lieutenant Colonel Verle D. Miller of the United States Army General Staff Corps, and Lieutenant Commander SmUh. United States Navy, have been appointed Assistant Military and Naval Attaches to the U.S. embassy in London, with residence in Singapore.41 words
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Article27 1949-02-09 3 The next month'y meeting: of the Rural Board will be held on Thursday. 17th February, in the Council Chamber. Colonial Secretary's Office, at 10 a.m.27 words
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Article97 1949-02-09 3 JOHORE BAHRU. Tuesday.— Four Johore bandit spies including a woman were captured by a Police patrol wlrich was flushing an area behind Senai Village yesterday. Anti-British documents and 3 2 Communist rubber stamps .vcre recovered from the hut in which they were surprised and .aught. The97 words
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Article120 1949-02-09 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday: TWO bandits, Cheng Yun and Lee Yoon Choy, were hanged at Taiping Gaol this morning. Cheng Yun was wounded and captured by Ferret team I near Jalong in the Sungei Siput area on November 10 last. He was caught in possession of a primed grenade.120 words
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Advertisement156 1949-02-09 3 WANT E D IMMEDIATELY Salesmen supervisors v.iLi mcrgv. enterprise and drive fjood prospects With permanency. Apply with full detail to Box A 2039, Tribune Singapore. (F. 681) ~FOR SALE FOR SALS two-bedrocm Bun galow near Stevens Road complete with Pavilion, aret. 10,000 sq. ft. No modern sanitation vacant possessio; March—Unfurnished.156 words
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Advertisement352 1949-02-09 3 UNION FOR MALAY SHORTHAND WRITERS A Malay Stenographers' TT r.ion for Malays wilting English and Malay shorthand is to be formed in Ipoh soon. TWO SECOND-HAND, spright pianos for sale, $1,000/- near:st offer secures—Mess Secreary 223 8.0.D. Officers Mess, Alexandra Road. (E. 678) 'HID ROOKS Available at $40.00. illustrated coloured352 words
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Article501 1949-02-09 4 THE first contingent of Malayan Scouts return from the Australian Jamboree loaded with souvenirs, boomerangs, charm sticks, scarves and pennants. The boys have had a good time in White Australia despite the colour of their skins. They liked the Australians, and the Australians liked them. The Scouts, it501 words
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Article, Illustration1707 1949-02-09 4 FRANCIS THOMAS - By FRANCIS THOMAS Sir. Your leading article of February .'J lightly urges tliat the Federal Constitution needs to be brought more closely in line with the wishes of the people. I would go farther, and say that IMlm we can get some sort of1,707 words
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167 1949-02-09 5 Reuter-AAP. y/DNI v. Tues Ifr, K. Libera] member oi south Wales Le- mb!j rei uriud recently alter s voyage irom iipglaod as paa- :i..si.stant in a carsteamer. He iad seventeen school lillcd with tries which will be ..s of bock. theReuter-AAP. - 167 words
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Article44 1949-02-09 5 U.P. .STOCKHOLM, Tues.— IYi- s.vi-den's biggest bear re found near Hav*esand, North Sweden. Pic shored i f s footprints a breadth of 17 cm and of 45 cm. Normsil:. footprints of even very iarg only measures 13 cm, by :,5 cm. -U.P:U.P. - 44 words
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Article306 1949-02-09 5 A.P. HOin An i, i HOLLYWOOD, Tues year hats—here comes our first "10 best" list of the conductor Ls blonde actress Betty Hutton and she is picking the 10 men with the most sex appeal. You"ll realise it's an unusual selection when you seeA.P. - 306 words
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Article57 1949-02-09 5 NEW DELHI. Tuesday. Dr. John Matthai, Finance Minister, '.old the Legislative Assembly Juring question time India imported 1.792.805 imperial gal'ons of foreign liquor during 1947-48. He added Madia and Bft! I Punjab have introduced total prohibition while four other nrovinces Bombay. Bengal. United Provinces and Centra!57 words
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Article40 1949-02-09 5 A.P. Frankfurt, Tuesday. lii/o--nal Germany had an adverse trade halance of about US$BOO.--000.000 in 1948. according to figures reported by the Joint Export Import agency. IJisconal exports in 1948 totalled about U*****,000.000 compared with imports of U551,400.000.000. A.P.A.P. - 40 words
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Article98 1949-02-09 5 Reuter. DEAL. Kent, Tues.—English southeast coast fi.siiermen have asked the M:n stry of Agriculture and Fisheries to investigate the repeat» d sudden disappeara.ic** of herring shoals from tMelr fishing ground? tit the height of the season Within 4B hours of fishermen reporting n cord catches theReuter. - 98 words
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Article84 1949-02-09 5 Reuter. LONDON, ruea piga cannot tvar okbe, .>'«_ wearing bright tar-dips A new form of with coloured ear tags kas been tried out in Britain with strange results. Grey metal tags fixed t o pigs* ears wer c quietly accepted in the sty; but any PigReuter. - 84 words
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Article71 1949-02-09 5 A.P. llltl SHANK, Ti«e*. If you're a sigaboiid take a tip Irom an Australian and ■!aap in a cemetery. Francis Keaney, IS, university student, who bus hitch-hiked a few thousand miles in Australia, says: "You can generally count on cemeteries not being well kept. There isA.P. - 71 words
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Article52 1949-02-09 5 A.P. BEXHILL. England Tues. —Advertisement In a news agt nfs window: "Psychic investigations. Poltergeist <ghe«n removers. Phone R. Gordon, Eastbourne 1993 Mayor Randolph Richards, whose home number is 2993. said it be a fake or a mistake: he never chases ghosts and doesn't k"ow any RA.P. - 52 words
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Article387 1949-02-09 5 A.P. HOLLYWOOD, Tuesday. I/ LORSTTA YOUNG has 1 her way, Hollywood's n id be purer than lh> Academy Award-win-ning actress is sole proprte- ft it she (alls -The I xwear" Fund." Anyum who swears uithtn her has ti/ contribute to i Pn reeds goA.P. - 387 words
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Article, Illustration79 1949-02-09 5 Tossing a net 23 foot in dia n-ter ami a tWirfanoc of 40 feet is child's play lot Juan Monta'vo, f.sherman ut Cul>nrs Island Puerto Kigo, who has been doing such things for 45 years, *>h;ee he was 12 years ,ld. The nets, known as "Atarrnya* are madeA.P. Picture. - 79 words
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246 1949-02-09 5 A.P. LAKELAND, Florida, Tues.—A graveyard of prehistoric animals in a small area near here helps feed the whole United States. From this ancient grave; ard comes phosphate of which last year Florida mined 5 fSOO--000 tons—7s per cent of all the phosphate oroduced inA.P. - 246 words
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210 1949-02-09 5 A.P. TAMPA, Florida, Tues. An eye doctor cited case histories to prove that sometimes it pays to be cross-eyed. The simple reason, explained Dr. T. D. Murroughs of Linton, Indiana, is that about one cross-eyed person out of five can look two I HeA.P. - 210 words
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Article48 1949-02-09 5 A.P. Madras, Tuesday. Tin Joverninent of Madias owes tht letitral Indian Government i onsolidated debt of 3U.623.913 upees (5522.400.000). Finance Minister S. Qopak leddj told the provincial Legi.sature that interest was pavd>le at per cent and no payment would be made before April 1060. A.P.A.P. - 48 words
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Miscellaneous81 1949-02-09 5 VIC FLINT- By Michael O'Malley and Ralph Lane OOP ""ByV. T. Hamlin H5O TH' $INc3!Nc5 "i 06HT/ AN' I'LL If THlNgf LL 061 f HW/ N0 OF) YEHf I ViOU LP N'T r A r$ HWE YCU KNOW NICE AN' OUIET THW7 THEY'RE PEAL ON THkST! NOBODY > ■■k v>81 words
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Obituary36 1949-02-09 6 MR. Thiyagarajah and family thank all friends and relatives who attended the funeral of Muthupillai. mother-in-law of Mr. Thiyagarajah, driver, Malayan Railways, Singapore, who passed away on 4th February, 1949. at No. 7, Selangor Flats.36 words
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520 1949-02-09 6 AFTER forcing three successive Mraws in the first three cricket Test matches, India met with a crushing defeat in the Fourth Test at Madras where the West Indians registered their fit\st Test victory of the tour. India had a very good Test520 words
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Advertisement668 1949-02-09 6 #LP.M. LINE I REGULAR PASSENGER I FREIGHT" SERVICES BETWEEN SINGAPORE AND If. Pinang, Dabo, Bllnjoe, P. Pinang, Tg. Pandan, taantok. Batavia, Cheribon, Semarang, Sourabaia, East Java Ports, Benoa, Padangbaal, Boeleleng, Tambelan. Pemangkat, Sambas, rontianak. Koemai, Sampit. Bandjermasin, Belawan-Deli and Penang. Due Sails I alentijn" for Tg. Pandan, Batavia, Cheribon. Semarang,668 words
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Advertisement505 1949-02-09 6 FINANCIAL MONEY AVAILABLE on mortgage. Agent Mr. Tan, 160. Emerald Hill Road. accjommodaSion MiatCANTILfc HOSTEL 13, Queen Street. Accommodation available for students and paying guests. It pays you tfl stay at the Hostel with or without board. Apply: Superintendent. SITUATION VACANT Old" ESTABLISHED European Firm requires the services of an505 words
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Advertisement599 1949-02-09 6 NOTICE Estate of LEE SIEW BIX, deceased. ALL Persons -having any claim against the Estate of the abovenamcd, deceased, late of 19 Kirn Yam Road. Singapore who died on ihe Ith day of January, 1945 are required to send particulars of their claims in writing to the Undersigned or before599 words
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Advertisement346 1949-02-09 6 NOTICE The Motor Vehicles (Commercial Use) Regulations. Notice of Application for a Haulage Permit. 1, Ho Whuay Nam T/A Leong Yew Co., of No. 135 .Talan Trus, Johore Bahrn hereby give notice of intention to apply for a Haulage Permit to operate one goods vehicle (Van) with a load capacity346 words
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Advertisement638 1949-02-09 6 SHIPPING MANSFIELD CO. LTD. (Incorporated in Singapore) BLUE FUNNEL LINE Carrier's option to proceed via other ports to load and discharge cargo. SAILINGS FROM U.K. U.S.A. '•Achilles" from U.K O** "Talthybius" from U.K Pea i, "Eastwater" from U.S.A. >cb. W ••Mvrmhlon- from U.K. Feb. s "RlnMOf" from U.K. Mar. Sailings638 words
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Article225 1949-02-09 7 Reuter. Tuca The ii in arc the home footjy Bxturcii lor Saturday. C FIRST DIVISION Kirminglunn CttJ v. Everton. Blackpool v. Botton Wanderer*. ECOND DIVISION liP .-.is United v. Rury. Tottenham Hotspur v. Nottingham F. Iftat H tm United v. Grimsby Town. THIFiP DIV. (Southern) Bristol RoversReuter. - 225 words
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Article40 1949-02-09 7 Reuter. U\KRPool, Tucs Tftc v>HtfrU, cup, the Blue Rib E l s* oun wa s won to[jy Mi Lionel Lucas's Life tZI a hla ck dog by Lord a^S° n Rovin ff Ministrel. P ta the final. ReuterReuter. - 40 words
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Article164 1949-02-09 7 Australia To Meet Canada NEW YORK, Tues.—Australia is jetted against Canada in the first round of the American zone of the Davis Cup competition. The draw was made by Trygve Lie, Secre-tary-General of the United Nations, for the 1949 tennis matches. Cuba against Mexico was the164 words
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Article82 1949-02-09 7 THERE are still three bottles of "Challenge" Scotch Whisky to be claimed. A bottU will go to anyone whit donates $2."» or more to the Tribune Cup Fund. The total of the Fund Is 55.027.40 Send your donations 1*» the Tribune Thomas Cup Fund, care of82 words
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Article62 1949-02-09 7 j NEW YORK, Tuesday.—The English women's squash rackets team made a clean sweep in five exhlbiUon matches with players ;in the New York area on Monday. The closest decision in the Anglo-American series was one in which Mrs. R. T. Tcague of England defeated Mrs.62 words
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295 1949-02-09 7 Speed, stamina and opportunism won the game for the Indian Association when they met and trounced the S.C.C. s—l in a hockey match at the padang yesterday Though S.C.C. lost by a wide margin, they made the Indian side "run for it." Hale295 words
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Article38 1949-02-09 7 The table tennis match between Johore EngHsh College and the Tamil Brotherhood Association will on Sunday. Feb. 13. r asked to meet at 87 Pnnscp St and not No. 4 Klang Lane as'stated in yesterdays newspapers.38 words
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Article21 1949-02-09 7 LONDON. Tuca.-Flve cities have submitted >vitaU<ms for the 1956 Olympic Games—uei roft Angeles. Buenos Aires, Mexico City and Mcl-21 words
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Article32 1949-02-09 7 There will be a friendly game of roccer between the Tiong Bahru Rangers and The Raffles School XI at 5.15 p.m. on Saturday. February 12, 1949 on the School ground.32 words
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Article, Illustration29 1949-02-09 7 The S.C.C. women XI beat The G.S.C. "B" by thres Iff to one at hockey on the I'adang on Monday- The Pictures show two Incidents in the game.—Tribune Pictures.29 words
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Article109 1949-02-09 7 Reuter. PHILADELPHIA. Tues.After a furious slugging match Ezzard Charles, regarded as a possible contender for the world heavyweight championship, defeated Johnny Haynes of New York City here last nighc on a knockout in the eighth round of their scheduled ten rounds bout. Charles weighed 12 stoneReuter. - 109 words
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Article76 1949-02-09 7 A.P. I LONDON. Tues. Ma'aya's Thomas Cuj; Badminton Tournament team paid £sf> customs 1 duty on shuttlecocks when it arrived on Dec i 27. Conner vatsve Member of Parliament L. A. Gammans is to ask the Chancellor of Exchequer why the visiting Badminton playersA.P. - 76 words
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Article128 1949-02-09 7 Reuter-AAP. MELBOURNE, Tues.—lotto Bromwich, the Australian lawi tennis star, hps advised th Australian Lawn Tennis Association that he will be available •or the Davis ('up team and the Wimbledon championships. He will captain the Davis Cun .squad, which includes also Frank Sedgman and O.W. <f3ill) Sidwell.Reuter-AAP. - 128 words
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Article14 1949-02-09 7 LONDON. Tues. Scottish Cup 2nd. Round replay: St. Mirrcn 1. Dunaee t.14 words
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Article304 1949-02-09 7 ALLAN LEWIS - From ALLAN LEWIS Reuter. IPOH, Tuesday (JOLDEN Slipper (Wadsworth) did the best of the morning three in 37% minutes when the inner grass tracks opened for training this morning. Yesterday s rain has put the tracks in good condition and fast times were recorded. Another goodReuter. - 304 words
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Article15 1949-02-09 7 Reuter. LONDON, Tues.—Hospitals cuptie: Charing Cross Hospital 9 St. George's Hospital o.— Reuter.Reuter. - 15 words
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288 1949-02-09 7 U.P. LONDON. Wed.—Football pools and dog races, both poor men s games In Britain have, in the years since the war, become two of the country's most flourishing business enterprises. In consequence, they have become also the two main objects of attackU.P. - 288 words
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Article433 1949-02-09 7 Reuter. BOMBAY, Tuesday. The fifth and final test match here between India nnd the West Indies ended in a draw today. Set to moke 271 today tor victory, India put on 85 before lunch. Modi pntl Hazare, the not out batsmen, brought the overnightReuter. - 433 words
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Article108 1949-02-09 7 Reuter. LONDON, Tues.—Th" Devon County Cricket < lnh has appbed to the MCI! for adinif»>h»n h» the country cHdMd championship l»> l*>sl. At present Devon compete hi the minor countries competition. The advisory county racket committee of the >X"C will probably discuss th' appiicaUonReuter. - 108 words
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Article90 1949-02-09 7 The Table-Term..? boction of the Chinese V.M.C.A. held its j 2nd Annual General meeting at I the assembly hall on the sth i Feb. 1949. Office bearers for i the year are as follows: Chairman Chotig Kow Thye. M.B.E. (re-elected). Hon. Secretary Trea.micr: M. Hassan (re-elected)L Committee90 words
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Article18 1949-02-09 7 LONDON. Tues. Fencing, of aristocrats, is becoming •<% of aristocras. is becoming a "working man's sport in Britain.18 words
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Advertisement85 1949-02-09 7 ftjd Rheumatism While You Sleep H 1 Nwrp s*abbin C paint. Meedl, M>. »t show* your faulty kid* -'r.V B>_mpto»*j of KM* "iiUj,, r Bu'-'"ng,8u'-'"ng, Itching '""i LLh 1 u Night," Backi L,:k Of En,,„ c rc, e« under Eye*. 55 rr'o I; 9 A !»Petitt. etc OrdU ft*, can85 words
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Advertisement93 1949-02-09 7 Enjoy Your fmfMt g# Chup Ng«> Mcl 1« L I 0 U St v i i»" Jl hup Npi Mcl Hawaiian Music DANCING, SWIMMING AND SUMPTUOUS FOOP Q£ SHARK'S FIN AND FLAVOURED LKJUORS TO BN-JOT. FROM FT AND COURTEOUS SERVICE. wmmmmmm in mi —~r STOMACH agm not behaving mlm' Correct93 words
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Miscellaneous68 1949-02-09 7 rpSf WU2 A F ,F HUBERT HADN'T CONFESSEOf NOT A CHANCE, T BUT GYPSY MARGO MAR6O MAPE A U'l T&WELL-ANYW MKACLE PER- W WHO TU Jp2t\ Ul ,N THAT 9™ s°°*> I'M SURE (COIIV -IT WU* i PREDICTED THAT MISTAKE! IT SEEMS EVERYTHING r««i»lv FORMANCE.!. -f I savj LP HAVE68 words
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Article205 1949-02-09 8 Gandhi Murder Trial A.P. NEW DELHI. TuesdayTrie eight defendants i" the Mahatma Oaudnj Murder Trial w;ll heai i-ie Judgment a( the special Court In tti, Red Knrt, Thursday Tight security measures are being taken throughout India to forestall any pi ggible disturbances ni demonstrat ora AA.P. - 205 words
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123 1949-02-09 8 (Tribune Staff Reporter) THE Government of Singapore will be asked to consider a proposal made by the President of the British Medical Association, Sir Henry Newland, for an exchange between Australian surgeons and those resident in the Colony. Singapore's Director of Medical Services, Dr. W.123 words
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Article126 1949-02-09 8 Reuter. WASHINGTON, Tues. Mr. Averill Harriman. Marshall Aid ambassador-at-large, testifying before the United States House Foreign Affairs Committee today, called on American private investment to press forward vigorously in the development of colonies of European countries. At tne same time he urged that the United States andReuter. - 126 words
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Article, Illustration475 1949-02-09 8 Thousands Protest Against Mindszenty Life Sentence U.P. BUDAPEST* Tues. lOSEF CARDINAL Mindszenty, Roman Catholic Primate of Hungary, J was convicted of treason by a Hungarian Peoples' Court today and sentenced to life imprisonment with confiscation of his property. The decisions were announced at a tense session ofU.P. - 475 words
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Article25 1949-02-09 8 U.P. PARIS, Tuesday Foreign Minister Rob: it Schuma 1 flatly rejected any idea pf Jig Four talks Russia lifts the Berlin blockade.— U.FU.P. - 25 words
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Article42 1949-02-09 8 Reuter. RHODES, Tues. Transjotdan has accepted the invitation of Dr. Ralph Bunche, acting Palestine mediator, to attend the peace talks with the Israelis here. Transjordan's decision was communicated to the mediator's representative in Amman who cabled it to Dr. Bunche.—Reuter.Reuter. - 42 words
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Article150 1949-02-09 8 THE Rev. Goh Hood Keng. Malaya's first Asian minister to be appointed Justice of Peace, will celebrate bis sixtyfirst birthday with a Chinese New Year Reunion Dinner to be held tomorrow night *t the Stiaits Chinese Methodist Church. More than 300 guests headed hy150 words
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Article138 1949-02-09 8 Reuter. WASHINGTON. Tues Secretary of State Dean Acheson. testifying before a joint session of the United States House and Senate Foreign Relations Committees said Europe's position now was "vastly more encouraging" than two years ago chiefly because of the European Recovery Programme. It was to protect theseReuter. - 138 words
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Article42 1949-02-09 8 Reuter. •NEW DELHI, Tues. Mr. Arthur Bottomley, British Overseas Trade Minister, arrived in New Delhi today from Karachi for informal talks with the Indian Government. A delegation of the British jute industry also arrived here en route to Calcutta.—Reuter.Reuter. - 42 words
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Article31 1949-02-09 8 Reuter. WASHINGTON. Tues. A United States jct-propeled bomber today averaged b07.2 miles per hour over a 2,289-mile course in Washington Stat It covered the distance in I Ins. t6 minutes.—Reuter.Reuter. - 31 words
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Article188 1949-02-09 8 U.P. NEW YORK, Tues. Erie Ewetton, ftl-year-old Swedish chemist, Mtuf today thai man would have to u S e fjerm warfare to win the battle with ftrarrfi for oomtrot of tht I'iorid. He said man »s slowly hwrinn the battle right now because nature is onU.P. - 188 words
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Article, Illustration47 1949-02-09 8 Mr. and Mrs. J. Angus (top) who re urned to ~v ,he UVtIMMP yest rdHV. Mr. Angus .s linguae Eng r r „i the Singapore Mr* klrlgad*. (Ahore) Mr. nod d s. Lait. >ir. Lall hi !»ie IranV Manager ~r the Singapore Harbour Board.47 words
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Article, Illustration362 1949-02-09 8 fTribmm stuff R* />"■ U r) THE 14.500 ton Cattl age. second of the P. O. liners on the Straits iun, arrived at Singapore from the United Kingdom yesterday, with a fair complement of passengers in first and tourist classes. The Carthage and Canton next month362 words
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Article99 1949-02-09 8 H M.S. Nelson, the 33.950 tons battleship used as a target in bombing trials in the Firth of Forth last year, is now to be scrapped. Approval to scrap ber wa announced in January, 1948, by the Pint Lord of the Admiralty (Viscount Hall) but99 words
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327 1949-02-09 8 (Tribune Start Reporter) RECOMMENDATIONS made by tin j uhftre Pineapple Committee to step up M U pineapple industry have received Gover*»jM sanction and are now being implements The recommendations include a new pfcmj in<* programme, a scheme for the modern*, tion of canneries327 words
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Article101 1949-02-09 8 THREE 15-year-old Chmcsc youths, who were oroered by Mi. Justice Evans in the Assize Court yesterday to receive 10 strokes each with a light lotan for housebreaking, screamed and shrieked alou.t when the punishment was administeied to them later in the day. Their ciies weie heard101 words
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Article101 1949-02-09 8 Y.W.r.A., Ka meeting, St. HiUi.; 1.30 p.m. SINGAI'OKK C lll.sv ny v PfONKtUP: T1 round, Y.M.C.A I toad r p. in Y.IM.(-.A., O.vliai irtil Art Club, I» Mi i, "homrion o;j "Tin- v. in Asia,"—6 p.ni TKIKITV i OLLK<;L: D H. Coutts-Milnc, Stai;;, v: Schools' Lady101 words
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Article215 1949-02-09 8 CATHAY: "Wand<:mg V trels" (in Mandanri' with h Kwang and Chun Chiu-H u11 a.m. 1.45, 4.15, 6.45 and S p.m. CAPITOL: "Aloina of t: South Seas" (in teclinice'oa with Dorothy Lam hit and k. Hall—11 a.m., 1.45. 4. G iO <-: S. 15 p.m. PAVILION: Powder Dry. with La\a215 words
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Article47 1949-02-09 8 HOCKEY: S CC. n Changi I>a<iio.s H.<". I KI UKY: R.A .K. i'-lmW I J23 B.O.D. —Chang»; l-Ki v. S H.B. n.F.( Park; G.H.Q- s I Spore En^inconu, Fang; Il.A.K. Se'.ct v. M -Naval Liase nrot* I SOCC EK: Tainn I Assn. v. J barrel" IVrU.47 words
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Advertisement245 1949-02-09 8 The Motor Vehicles (Commercial Use) Regulation, I Notice Of Application For A Haulage Permit I TAKE NOTICE that We, Chop Ban Loo of No. 118. Jalan Trus. Johore l I patton Furniture and Building Contractors, intend to apply to the Commissi* f Transport. Federation of Malaya, for a permit to245 words
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Miscellaneous9 1949-02-09 8 Tide HIGH WATER: 9.22 p.m (0 ft 7 in.)9 words
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