Singapore Standard, 17 August 1950
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Title Section15 1950-08-17 1 Singapore Standard tt J& H 46 SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, AUGUST 17 1950. 12 PAGES TEN CENTS15 words
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666 1950-08-17 1 Standard Staff Reporter I _S^____SsTb^XmZ -r^sSM-tt^ "s unUo d In groups of four and five the youngsters drove the teacher* fr_m. th-J classrooms, put up "protest" posters written in Chinese on The wall* m J/1 m th _!3 and666 words
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247 1950-08-17 1 i MANILA. Aug. 16 (UP) Philippine Foreign I Secretary and United Nations Assembly president' Carlos P. Romulo, in a statement commenting on Harold Stassen's proposal for the creation of a Marshall Plan for Asia, said such a programme is acceptable to free I nations of247 words
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123 1950-08-17 1 TAIPEI, Aug. 16— (UP)— Fourteen unidentified planes were reported by the Air Force over northern Formosa late to-, day. j The report was made by an air defence command unit at Shinchiu. 40 miles south of I T, ipei where United States jets are based.123 words
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119 1950-08-17 1 THE Controller of Immigration. Singapore, last night announced that the Government of Hongkong now requires prior USplication before visas may be granted for entry into or transit through Hongkong. It is essential that applicants be able to give de .ails of accommodation being119 words
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Article, Illustration29 1950-08-17 1 'this was one of the demonstration posters on a Chinese High School black-board which apparently was only partly torn after the police visit to the School yesterday.29 words
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388 1950-08-17 1 5y Kaipii Teatsorth. united fress Staff Correspondent EIGHTH ARMY HEADQUARTERS IN KOREA, Vug. 16 (UP) I watched a fleet of B-29 superfortresses >omb the hell out of the North Koreans for more than in hour I flew along a Naktong River388 words
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99 1950-08-17 1 Britain Not Bound To Defend T 'wan LONDON, Aug. 16. (AP).— Prime Minister Clement Attlee was today quoted as saying Britain's part in the Korean war in no way binds her to defending Formosa against a possible Chinese Communist attack. In a telegram to a Labour legislator, who had called99 words
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Article69 1950-08-17 1 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. The European woman who was captured by bandits after an attack in Pahang yesterday, is Mrs. Nora Evelyn Stutchbury. wife of the District Officer. Bentong. She is still missing, as also is the Chinese interpreter who was with the party69 words
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58 1950-08-17 1 Standard Staff Reporter Police last night arrested a Chinese in Cross Street who was found in possession of an automatic. It is learned that a Second wanted Chinese, who was in the company of the arrested person, managed to make a j get away just58 words
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496 1950-08-17 1 _i T *°_s_ YO Aug U (UP > Thc »i««wt fleet of B-29's of the Korean war rained 1,000 tons of bombs today on 40,000 Communist troops massed west of the IN aktong for an imminent offensive against Taegu. For496 words
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250 1950-08-17 1 TOKYO, Aug. 17 (AP) Red Korean troops were reported retreating in panic across the Naktong River on Wednesday under bombing of 98 B-295. The bomber smash was just short of atomic explosive power in concentrated effect. It was aimed at breaking the back of a250 words
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80 1950-08-17 1 GLASGOW, Aug. 16— (Reu-i ter) The British Labour Gov- 1 ernment's "knife-edge" majority in the House of Commons has been temporarily raised to five by the death of Sir Arthur Young. Scottish Unionist Whip (Party "Manager") in the House. News of80 words
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Article61 1950-08-17 1 HONGKONG, Aug. 16.— (AP).— Mao Tse-tung. head of i the Chinese Communist RepubI lie, left Peking last Friday for I an undisclosed destination, ac- cording to a Chinese Nationali ist report. The report added that he 1 had probably gone to Mukden. Manchuria61 words
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35 1950-08-17 1 WASHINGTON, Aug. 16.— The U.S. Senate has unanimously voted a resolution of cordial greetings to the United States of Indonesia on the occasion of Indonesian Independence Day, August 17.35 words
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81 1950-08-17 1 WASHINGTON. Aug. 16 (AP) Harold Stasscn said last night in a speech prepared for radio delivery that Russians should be notified that war will be carried directly to her soU if "Communist imperial forces'* launch further aggression anywhere in the world. Stasscn said81 words
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245 1950-08-17 1 STRASBOURG, Aug. 16 (Reuter) British Labour and Scandinavian representatives to the Council of Europe today revolted sutc essf ully against a proposal to discuss Mr. Winston Churchill's call for a European army. Mr. Churchill's son-in-law, Conservative Duncan Sandys, withdrew a 20--point plan he had submitltd245 words
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118 1950-08-17 1 WASHINGTON. Aug. 16 (AP) A U.S. Navy shore party Monday blew up a railway tunnel on the Korean east J coast about 40 miles from the Russian border. Telling of the feat, a Defence spokesman said that the I tunnel was located at118 words
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75 1950-08-17 1 HONGKONG, Aug. 16, (Reu-ter-AAP).—The British steamer Tsinan (2.994 tons) struck a mine in the Yangtse River estuary while nearing Shanghai from Hongkong today. There were no casualties. The ship is still afloat. It is hoped to tow her to nearby Woosung or Shanghai tomorrow.75 words
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Advertisement127 1950-08-17 1 MULLARD K ADIOS M ITS BEST! Obtainable from all Milliard Radio Dealers Hpn^ Radio Elect. Service Singpore Johore The "Good Neighbour" Policy ____r _______P_ *_^t I/f&\ Mrs. Young and Mrs. f 'as Yong go about their day's B, 1 i work with no thought of 1 j m.^ setting the127 words
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Advertisement72 1950-08-17 1 Cln Other Pages Page Wcsterling: USI loses Appeal t Yong Yit Lin Murder Inquiry 2 Eight Chinese Stowaways 2 Royal birth Celebrated 3 Villagers Beat Off Bandits 3 Committee To Si-dy Electoral Reforms 4 West Bengal Earthquake 7 Rubber Goods Price Policy 8 Dollar Loan to Australia 8 Big Industrialist72 words
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Article, Illustration582 1950-08-17 2 MR. JUSTICE EVANS in the Singapore Supreme Court, yesterday, refused an application to stay execution of a prohibition order restraining the First District Judge, Mr. H. E. Kin- don, from continuing the hearing of extradition proceedings against Raymond Paul Pierre "Turko" Wcsterling.582 words
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Article124 1950-08-17 2 Champollion Placed In Quarantine Standard Shipping Reporter BECAUSE Saigon, her last place of call, has been declared an infected port, the 13,000-' ton French liner Champollion was placed in quarantine in Singapore Outer Harbour all yesterday, while en route for France. Jj Last week, an outbreak of plague in the124 words
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229 1950-08-17 2 Standard Stall Reporter ALTHOUGH the Singapore Police Force possesses some of the finest barracks in the world, more barrack accommodation is still required, says the Commissioner of Police, Mr. R. E. Foulger, in the annual report of the Force for 1949. At the229 words
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Article31 1950-08-17 2 Thirty-one persons were arrested yesterday evening bj Mr. J. K. Kerr, Officer-in-Charge of the gambling section of the C.1.D., while gambling in an attap house in MacPherson Road.31 words
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308 1950-08-17 2 Standard Staff Reporter IN NAVY-BLIE tunics and navy or khaki "longs," five members of the Rangoon Police arrived in the Sangola yesterday on a month's visit to Singapore, where they will be attached to the Radio Division of the308 words
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Article118 1950-08-17 2 TWO YOUNG Chinese. Tan Chwee Kim and Yang Wah Seng, were sentenced to two months' hard labour in the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday for theft of $375 worth of ignition point sets. It was stated that on Aug. 8 at noon, Tan approached a118 words
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Article38 1950-08-17 2 TWO WOMEN, Yip Ah Kum, 36, and Kok Swee Chan, 17, claimed trial in the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday to a charge of allowing their house in Tembeling Road to be used as a brothel.38 words
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119 1950-08-17 2 A EUROPEAN, Leonard Fred Phipps, was charged in UM Singapore First District Court yesterday with "insulting the modesty" of a woman j on three occasions. The charges alleged that on Sept. 22, Oct. 1, 1947 and Jan. 16, 1948, Phipps, "intending to insult119 words
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Article367 1950-08-17 2 Standard Staff Reporter THE SOCIETIES Ordinance was re-enforced in Singapore in April, 1947, when it became clear that gangster societies were abusing the freedom allowed them after the Liberation and were committing extortion and intimidation. I r This was stated in the 1949 annual report of367 words
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Article, Illustration47 1950-08-17 2 To Learn Radio Control photo. Five members of the Rangoon Police who arrived ia the Colony yesterday for training in radio work and control administration under the Singapore Police Force. The party consists of an inspector (extreme left), a subinspector (second from left) and three constables. StandardStandard - 47 words
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126 1950-08-17 2 Standard Staff Reporter MR. GARY Wang, Chief Re-, porter of the Hongkong Standard passed through Singapore yesterday on the Champollion ay to the United Kingve?r I'uS* he W^ U fsm stud m S British journalMr. Wang was awarded a British Colonial Office scholarship under126 words
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919 1950-08-17 2 Yong 's Shooting Cold And Calculated Crime-Police THE FATAL shooting of Yong Yit I in K of thc Singapore Chinese Chamber of m^^'^nt the Tong Lam Club, Bukit Pasoh Koad last \i* rce described by the Police in the Singapore R.ii V w yesterday as "a cold and calculated crime"919 words
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274 1950-08-17 2 Standard Staff Reporter PEOPLE can fight Communism not by being fanatics like the Communists, but bv continuing to live the ordinary decent way of life. Professor M. A Linebargcr, of the School of Advanced International Politics, Washington, D. C, said yesterday. Professor Linebarger was274 words
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Article251 1950-08-17 2 Not One Of Them Landed. 8 Sad Stowaways Standard Shipping Reporter EIGHT Chinese who stowed away aboard the Norwegian ship Daviken at Hongkong, because they knew the ship had to go to the Philippines to pick up pilgrim passengers there, will have to travel for four months in the Daviken251 words
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Article19 1950-08-17 2 (.)1) A pore S terday with Tay Yeo K manded in th. after sh< be ji, l19 words
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Advertisement191 1950-08-17 2 FOR SALE Tourer ,"7T dition. I I B 10. HAULAGE NOTICES THK MOTOR \M||(],,' COMMI K( 111 isr 11 RL(.I I .\iins, Notice of Applicitioa for ll.uil.i:;. I». rnnt Wr I•' T__* Civc Notice rranspon variation 4418 viz r a A 4(» Mivfcef Serf I r l 5. :mum I191 words
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Article, Illustration261 1950-08-17 3 KUALA ™£^m?<^___ armed with shot-Tin* i„™__?' kampong, Sembilan when Stoe_^?___M „t I 1 to the place. The taSt? ■f_2*WL_s »PP«2-h A shotgun and? i___ _s_H_ took tM yesterday i__the _ame 23. S£ Pe _J!_ Ck 3? "*»***> when fired npon by a __T? biUMUtsPRO - 261 words
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108 1950-08-17 3 Standard Staff Correspondent MALACCA. Wed.— Pleading guilty to a charge of theft of 200 tins of medicine tablets valued at $3,250 from the General Hospital storeroom in the early hours of the morning of July 29. a young Malay Hospital employee, Majid108 words
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Article97 1950-08-17 3 Standard Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU. Wed. Five Chinese Lee Tee Chick, Chew See Kian, Heng Fook Har. Heng Jee Heng and Lim -v all of Scudai were Charged before Inche A. Kadir the Johore Magistrate, with gambling in a coffee-shop 14. A Police patrol party surthe97 words
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Article58 1950-08-17 3 Wed. -So Cheo Neo. J Chinese woman, was fined M5 by Inche Abdul Rauf. the magistrate, for having assaulten another woman. Tan Siew 7 he incld ent occured *n«e the women were crossing the bridge between the vegetable and fish markets, cr m °PP° sit e58 words
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110 1950-08-17 3 Standard Staff Correspondent SEREMBAN, Wed. At a simple ceremony in Seremban's Council Chambers this morning. Captain Mohamed Salleh bin Haji Sulaiman M.B.E. and Tungku Mohamed bin Tungku Burhanuddin, respectively, became acting Mentri Besar and acting State Secretary of Negri Sembilan. After the warrant110 words
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Article125 1950-08-17 3 Standard Staff Correspondent j JOHORE BAHRU. Wed. The General Secretary of the United Malay Nation Organisation, has received 16 resolutions to be tabled at the forthcoming General Assembly of the UMNO, to be held at Kuala Lumpur on Aug. 27-29. The first motion on the125 words
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Article41 1950-08-17 3 TRAINS ATTACKED BY BANDITS KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The up train from Singapore to Gemas was fired on by banaits in Johore last night. There were no casualties. But yesterday afternoon, the up train from Gemas to Mentakab was derailed by bandits.41 words
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Article, Illustration249 1950-08-17 3 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— Giving evidence today at the continued trial of a Chinese on a charge of abducting a Chettiar on June 11, 1948, Inspector Naidu said that in February last year, he went to Klang to investigate. As far as he knew,249 words
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Article122 1950-08-17 3 Standard Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU. Wed. Indians in Johore Bahru celebrated the third anniversary of gaining of Indian independence with a meeting at the Johore Bahru local Indian Congress premises at Jalan Ibrahim, last evening. They heard addresses by the President of the local Congress Sri M.122 words
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Article48 1950-08-17 3 Standard Staff Correspondent SEGAMAT, Wed.— Charged 1 with breach of trust in respect of 24 katties of rubber belonging to a Chinese towkay Tan Liang Sing, of Chop Hiap Leong, Segamat, Yan Low, 20. was acquitted without being called upon to make his deience. i48 words
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Article, Illustration562 1950-08-17 3 33 BornInColony On Same Day As The Royal Baby Standard Woman Correspondent FOLKS in Singapore yesterday, accepted the news of the birth of a small daughter to Princess Elizabeth, with thcir cups of morning tea and Quietly discussed the event... Ships in harbour were fully dressed, and gladdened the hearts562 words
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Article76 1950-08-17 3 JOHORE BAHRI Wed. Mr. Chong Ching, Secretary of the Kota Tinggi branch of the Malayan Chinese Association, told The Standard Reporter, that his Association has set aside another $2,000 to be sent to the Mawai Resettlement Camp to be distributed among the squatters. Said76 words
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Article83 1950-08-17 3 Standard Staff Correspondent j MALACCA, Wed.— Mr. J. F. i Melby, head of the United States Military Mission, landed I at Batu Parendan airstrip yesterday on a short visit to Malacca. He called at the Presidency where he had lunch with the Resident Councillor, Mr.83 words
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106 1950-08-17 3 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. High government officials and others saw the people of Pulai Musang. a Kampong about 4i miles from Kuala Trengganu, "drive away evil spirits," when work was begun in the $660,000 Trengganu River pumping scheme on Sunday. It is expected that by the106 words
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194 1950-08-17 3 PENANG, Wed. Mr. N. Ponnudurai, president of the Penang Clerical and Administrative Staff Union, told The Standard that one of the subjects he would bring up for discussion with the ICFTU survey mission when it arrives here tomorrow will be the method of194 words
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Article116 1950-08-17 3 MUAR. Wed.— A young Chinese, Lian Ah Whatt. was convicted on a charge of possession of a seditious document in the Magistrate's Court and sentenced to eight months' rigorous imprisonment. Ah Whatt was stopped by a warder on his wa> r to the hospital in116 words
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241 1950-08-17 3 Standard Staff Correspondent > KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Mr. K. K. Benjamin, the Kuala, Lumpur Municipal Commissioner, this morning referring, to a statement reported in a Singapore newspaper tnati tenants in Kampong Satu were being charged $15 for electn-i city a month, said it241 words
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373 1950-08-17 3 Occup^i.o/i Deal Dispute KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— The action brought by a Kuala Lumpur medical practitioner, Dr. J. H. Ponnampalam in the Supreme Court for an order to set aside the transfer of a sale of his two houses at Setapak373 words
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Miscellaneous316 1950-08-17 3 n.^r. .Canltol (Klang.: Halfway to H Off— Today Shanghai 3, 6.45 and 9.15 p.m. Citlaen Kane I. 3. 6.45 PENANG— Today and 9 prn Mr. Deeds Goes To Town R^: The Count of Monte kS«3 6.45 and 9nm Cristo 3.15. 6.15 and 9.15 p.m. Bun: Holt of the Se&S" Service316 words
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Article155 1950-08-17 4 Standard Staff Correspondent IPOH, Wed.— Perak s biggest Chinese school, the Ipoh Yuk Choy School, has submitted plans for an additional 14 classrooms to be linked with their present building in Kuaia Kangsar Road. This extension plan is estimated to cost $150,000. The directors are155 words
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60 1950-08-17 4 Standard Staff Correspondent TAIPING, Wed.— To improve the water supply in Taiping, the Water Works Section of the PWD is constructing a titration tank adjoining the present reservoir. When the new filtration tank is completed the present sedimentation beds will be utilised as additional60 words
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Article34 1950-08-17 4 Standard Staff Correspondent IPOH, Wed. Pleading guil- ty to a charge of overcrowding poultry in a basket, a lorry driver. Chai Kum Choy, was fined $20 by the Ipoh Magistrate this morning. I34 words
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307 1950-08-17 4 Standard Staff Reporter THE EXTENT to which the Municipal and Legislative Cornell constituencies can be made to coincide will be decided by a Committee on Electoral Reforms to be set up by Government shortly. Mr George G. Thomson, the Singapore Public307 words
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Article, Illustration25 1950-08-17 4 Che Hassan Kama! af fee Ca.to.in Kota Balrra. Kelat-tan, and Che Yah binte AMullah «f Kuala Kangsar, Perak, who were married ai LK. last Thursday.25 words
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Article, Illustration49 1950-08-17 4 On arrival yesterday, the British Mia User "Saagnia" did not realise that a baby daughter kad been bora to Princess Elizabeth. Within a few miaotes the strip was advised of tbe happy event and soon dags were dying aboard tbe Saagela as gaily as any other ship in harbonr.49 words
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Article98 1950-08-17 4 Standard Staff Reporter THE anti-corruption subbranch investigated 290 cases during 1949, states the annual report of the Singapore Police Force This branch, which was strengthened early last year, obtained 71 convictions out of 105 persons charged in court or departmentally. A number of cases are subjudice. Salutary98 words
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Article65 1950-08-17 4 Standard SUIT Corr. PENANG. Wed. Penang is in the throes of a heat wave. The meteorological station at Bayan Lepas today recorded a temperature of 89 degrees fahrenheit. which is four degrees below the hottest temperature recorded in March this year. Due to the continuous dry65 words
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173 1950-08-17 4 Woman 'sRequestTo Court: 'Shoot Me Standard Staff Correspondent PENANG, Wed. Standing in the dock with her face covered by her hair, a Cantonese girl, Low Poh Khum, today asked the Sessions Court President, Mr. M. R. F. Rogers, to have her shot as many times as the number of charges173 words
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348 1950-08-17 4 Standard Staff Reporter THIRTY Malay fishermen from Padang Terbakar, have handed over a list with their signatures on it to the Secretary of the People's Education Association telling him they want to stuuy English, I They told the Secretary, Mr. J. Paul, that348 words
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Article, Illustration144 1950-08-17 4 Yes, Mister, Please.... Standard Staff Reporter ANT)HIPRA.TA Isnrnnkura. a Ifi year-ol<l Siamese student, has a very limited English vocabulary. AH he can say with confidence is "Thank you" and "Yes, mister, please." But Andhipraja has a burning desire to learn English. So he worried his father, a wealthy Siamese businessman144 words
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Article47 1950-08-17 4 Taiping 's New District Officer Standard SUIT Correspondent TAIPING, Wed.— Mr. H. E. .Tosselyn has assumed duties as District Officer Larut and Matang. He succeeds Mr. C B. Molony who has been officiating in an acting capacity since the departure on leave of Mr. H. F. Hannyngton.47 words
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Article139 1950-08-17 4 Labour Union Praised Standard Staff Correspondent PENANG, Wed— ln a mes- sage to the Municipal and Government Labour Union, the Resident Commissioner. Mr. ;R. P. Bingham, pointed out j that illiteracy and the lack of a common language has been the main obstacle confronting trade union progress in I Malaya.139 words
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Article48 1950-08-17 4 Standard Staff Correspondeat TAIPING, Wed.— A MW market for resident of Assam Kumbang will be built on the site of the former rue godown in front of Kempe ClubIt will be built by tbe m known Taiping resident. Mr T oh Eng Hoe.48 words
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Article72 1950-08-17 4 Standard Staff Corrrspoodeat PENANG. Wod. Messrs Peter Jackson Oversea s» Ltd.. proprietors of the dn Maurier and Peter Jack— cigarettes. yesterday picked Penang as the first town in the F.st to launch their new packet in cigarettes. The new packet is in the form of a72 words
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79 1950-08-17 4 Standard Staff Correspondent SEGAMAT, Wed.— William Henry Monaihan, a soldier stationed at Batu Anam. was convicted by the President of the Sessions Court. Inche Hamid. for theft of a silver watch chain belonging to Tham Foo Tuck. It was alle£ed v that on the pretext79 words
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Article52 1950-08-17 4 MUAR. Wed— A Chinese lorry driver. Yeow Thian Sang. was fined $100 hy Inche Abdul Rauf in the magistrate's court.' for negligent driving. He had knocked down a Malay woman, causing her to sustain fracture of the arm. He was lalso ordered to pay the wo- man52 words
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Article32 1950-08-17 4 Standard SUIT Correspondent IPOH. Wed. —Eight adnlts and one child were killed through accidents in Perak in July, when 146 accidents due to motor vehicles or otherwise were reported.32 words
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Article122 1950-08-17 4 ARREARS of criminal, district and police courts cases have almost been liquidated in 1949 It hough work was hindered by the stabbing of one magistrate and an accident and operation of two others while a district court had been closed towards the end of the vear. The 1949122 words
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282 1950-08-17 4 THE 1949 collection has exceeded the estimate tn all branches, says the annual report of the Estate Duty Office and the Stamp Office. In estate duty $3,022-566 was collected against an estimate of $1,756,060; in stamp duties $221,716 against an estimate of282 words
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Article, Illustration59 1950-08-17 4 'Cheating A Serious Matter' THE nan against t trn^-_f three Justi Ay-.. Pad on a rt tl nathan $160 or no ryottl th« Chiet Sebastian I r n «*o has bnn auardrd, R scholarship f H,l| Uk V B £~<ty. omah Sr J ra 1^ I**, mho is an old59 words
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203 1950-08-17 4 THE TOTAL abolition ol U njggest menace on Sinqapore road the Parking Committee. Th-s rported bv both the Traffic .Vi Safety First Committee, iUt< Singapore Police Force. The report also states i> [the reorganisation of oili, work and card indexing in th.Police TlaAe Branch last203 words
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Article26 1950-08-17 4 THE Bt Sh tarda prints ie S i fi <- I Btnnre Tld h Children'* i: l.uik> Draw: l Guevsinc < omprtiti A26 words
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Article24 1950-08-17 4 Mr. D. E. I>ovett. Superintending Pharmaceutical Chemist, Government Medical Store. Singapore has been appointed to be a member of the Pharmacy Board.24 words
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Miscellaneous217 1950-08-17 4 Crossword Puzzle mwM minors m- r Acnoss p-r*_t« dglifefeßl IPTl P TO S i S -L. _-fi__» o« lettuco $4-In definlto 2. g. _L T E A &\L JETS _~w?* (l€e r rUcl < TUmpTa Rk_______rtks'R t P itffiP B=S£SB" l|Slgs_fffSili }t s Ni h 'r w ITiwithTT Z34iCsit_____A^Rp- J217 words
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Article677 1950-08-17 5 MELROSE GOWER - MELROSE GOWER _L HOLLYWOOD, Aug. 16 Building: big airpi j nes and producing big motion pictures are the twin professions of Howard Hughes, managing director-production a t RKO Radio. Discovering new acting talent and moulding new movie stars may be classed, perhaps, as his677 words
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Article, Illustration369 1950-08-17 5 WILLIAM E. McKENNEY - WILLIAM E. McKENNEY T SUPPOSE one of the most satisfying plays in bridge is the "grand coup." Today's hand came up at the New World Chess and Bridge Club in the Churchill Hotel. New York City. The successful play was made by David369 words
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Article, Illustration71 1950-08-17 5 Arlene Dahl came to Hollywood by way of Broadway. Her red head, blue eyes and peaches-and-cream complexion won the heart of talent scout and a movie contract was forthcoming. Her first 3v.ignmt-nt was opposite Dennis Morgan in '•My Wild Irish Rose 7 Her next was "The Bride Goes71 words
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500 1950-08-17 5 BRIAN YOUNG - BRIAN YOUNG _by r f H E GIRL for whom colour motion pictures were invented," a famous Hollywood producer said of Arlene Dahl. And the red-headed, blue-eyed Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer star with a peaches-and-cream complexion justifies the statement. Here is a girl who startled Minneapolis500 words
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Article, Illustration625 1950-08-17 5 LATEST SONG -HITS TO HIT MALAYA By 'DISC-JOCKEY* QVER TWO YEARS ago, v Gene Autry introduced to Malaya the popular hill billy number Someday (You'll Want Me To Want You'). On its arrival in Singapore, this tune straightaway became one of the top nine tunes in "Spot625 words
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Miscellaneous605 1950-08-17 5 I Radio Programmes You Can Hear Today SINGAPORE: 7.30 p.m. dren's Programme: 6.20 Calling with Sig. Tune; 5.02 Songs KUALA LUMPUR Tho Hit Pnrado nf All Hospitals; 7 p.m. Time Signal, Variety; 5.35 Rural Broadcast; a J hrinlfl ™»h News and Singapore Share 5.45 Malay alam Bajans: 6 p.m. »55605 words
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Article711 1950-08-17 6 A UGUST is a significant month in Asian history. Three nations India, Pakistan «nd Korea attained full nationhood in August. It was also the month when the first atom bomb wa_ drooped on Japan and the war in Asia was brought to a close. Therefore it is not711 words
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935 1950-08-17 6 K. Tobing - Mosque Drums Will Throb In Indonesia K. Tobing AT TEH O'CLOCK TODAY.... Djakarta. (PANA) 'T'ODAY at ten o'clock all church bells, Mohammedan mosque drums and sirens will be sounded for ten minutes to celebrate the fifth anniversary of the Proclamation of Indonesian Independence. The federalists structure has also ceased to935 words
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Letter387 1950-08-17 6 Sir, There is probably no more authoritative voice among the present members of the Malayan Civil Service on the civic history of this country than Mr. H. G. Hammett, President of the Penang Municipality as evidenced from his instructive and interesting talk at the last meeting of387 words
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Article, Illustration333 1950-08-17 6 Romeo, Here Is Thy Dowry A JAFFNA TAMIL READER HAS SOME HARSH THINGS TO SAY ABOUT THE DOWRY SYSTEM Anti-Dowry The merits and demerits of marriages consummated with or without the consent of the parents, have been discussed ften enough. AU shades of opinion from men and women old and333 words
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Article218 1950-08-17 6 SINGAPORE hawker* are presently enjoying relaxation of the Law against them. The hawker problem is still being studied by the authorities and meanwhile, there is a sort of amnesty. Were the Federation hawkers to come here, thev would say the Colony is a "heavenly place" for218 words
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Article192 1950-08-17 6 LAUNCHED In the face of adverse criticism, the Family Planning Clinic in Bukit Panjang village is now popular. There is always a queue waiting for attention. By word of mouth, those mothers who cannot support large families, have told others in the same plight of the good192 words
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Article264 1950-08-17 6 Hats Off To USI UTHSAN M< tribute to in, occasion of Day todav During the pan v ->ockarno the Independi the Repu)'. a rebellion and ri "Bv jmitini um of Ifwl government, leaders 61 th, I "the diss.,am<»ng the would be ei same tir... found for f.264 words
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Miscellaneous158 1950-08-17 6 MjSELES^USTACE l^nv&J^H K i "Been done before! A cow I 'ad a bash at it." > P^ Believe /toriVbt/ _j<ltji^*_____! __E fc" LONGEST jl __f^^^_i I :> a Tfl 9 V T_ WOCD flr fl t__i ___sssp b k_* _fl ___t _TJ IM I fa I KV fl fl ll158 words
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Article, Illustration390 1950-08-17 7 C A U I TTA Aug. 16 (Reuter)- Eastern India was ro_k.7 m hv three terrific earthquakes, one nf i_v.j_ir >CKecI as rt «'er as ProtaNy ft"* 0 by n i^ «5i»4 3 Farlv reports say that Independence390 words
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74 1950-08-17 7 GENEVA. Aug. 16 (AP) deserters from the S el armed forces are liable to exile to the remote areas of Siberia" for five years. Mr. T. Corley-Smith. British detold the I'.N. Economic S Council. He V. appointment N Commi-si.»n to investi- tboui in Eastern He74 words
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Article67 1950-08-17 7 PR°fivT TH NAKTONG RON T. A ig. 16 (UP>— MajorJohn H. Church. Commander of the 24th Division. aaid that the North Koreans still have ample manpower to throw into the ar- Tnis is tne main reason rar Ue Communists' success so However, ne General pointed K'67 words
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114 1950-08-17 7 Mahasabha Ultimatum' To Nehru Govt NEW DELHI, Aug. 16. (AP) A "refugee conference" sponsored by the nationalistic AllIndia Hindu Mahasabha has presented demands to the Nehru Government. saying that, if they are not met within four months, "a most serious national crisis" will arise. The conference demanded either an '•immediate114 words
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Article69 1950-08-17 7 SEROWE, Aug. 16 (AP) Ex-London typist Ruth Khama, due to leave by air for London with Seretse and her baby, told correspondents, "It is a wicked lie to say I am anxious to return to London. I came to Africa to be with my husband's people69 words
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Article, Illustration243 1950-08-17 7 Bn L l N r D N Aufr 18-(l 8-( A P) The me of Princess Elizabeths daughter may. be _T_^''y se 7 et as the J? ame «J her brother was, until the christening, perhaps four to six weeks from243 words
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105 1950-08-17 7 India 's Korea Plan May Be Adopted LAKE SUCCESS, Aug. 16 Indian sources feel that their plan for a "Little Six" Committee to plan a Korean peace settlement, which may be formally presented to the Security Council tomorrow, is likely to get the necessary seven votes, says United Press. But105 words
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Article53 1950-08-17 7 HONGKONG, Aug. 16 (AP)— The Hongkong Standard printed on its editorial page a full column letter chastising the Standard's editorial writer for grammatical errors. Replied The Standard: 'The fault of a gentleman,' says Confucius, 'is like the eclipse of the sun: It can be seen by53 words
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Article141 1950-08-17 7 LONDON, Aug. 16— (UP)— Mr. Krishna Menon. Indian High Commissioner, at an Independence Day reception at India House, defended his Government's independent line in foreign affairs. "With China, whatever the rest of the world may think of it. we are in friendly relations." He added. "WhileA.P. - 141 words
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Article37 1950-08-17 7 Russia has returned a Persian officer and three enlisted men after holding then for seven months following a i border clash. Their return was one of the conditions for a resumption of Persian Soviet trade talks.- U.P.U.P. - 37 words
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Article25 1950-08-17 7 The Moscow radio says that 25 persons have been arrested in a raid on the "anti Communist national salvation army" in Tientsin, North China.— U.P.U.P. - 25 words
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Article22 1950-08-17 7 A meat-eating Sydney White Leghorn hen has performed the "million- to-one feal" of laying two eggs a day on three occasions. Reuter-AAPReuter; AAP - 22 words
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Article27 1950-08-17 7 I Russia boycotted the Allied Council in Tokyo on Wednesday for the eighth straight meeting. Egypt's King Farouk visited Marseilles on Thursday on an incognito trip.- A.P.A.P. - 27 words
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Article27 1950-08-17 7 Eight thousand Burmese Buddhist monks condemned the' "godless creed of Communism"; at a conference held at Manda- lay, saying it threatened the sur- vival of Buddhism.- A.P.A.P. - 27 words
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Article39 1950-08-17 7 A U.S. High Commission I Court at Ansbach, (Germany) sentenced an East German youth Kurt Mueeke. to 14 years' imprisonment for spying for Russia. He said he had been working in the service of a Soviet Intelligence major.- A.P.A.P. - 39 words
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Article17 1950-08-17 7 Damage in the recent flood in Ibaraki Prefecture (Japan) is estimated at over £1,000,000.— Reuter— A APReuter - 17 words
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Article36 1950-08-17 7 Poland has withdrawn from the World Health Organisation, bringing to ten the countries which have expressed their intention to leave. They are Albania, Bulgaria. Byelo-Rus-sia. China, Czechoslovakia, Hungarv, Rumania, the Soviet Union, and the Ukraine.- ReuterReuter - 36 words
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Article31 1950-08-17 7 A Perth (Australia) boy, who had been treated for two years for appendicitis, pneumonia and lung abscess, comp- I letely recovered when a grass seed was removed from his lungs.- Reuter-AAPReuter; AAP - 31 words
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Article29 1950-08-17 7 The Yamanashi Jiji Shimbun! has joined the nationwide move to exclude Communists and, fellow-travellors from the press. The paper discharged its editor-in-chief and two other staff members.- Reuter— AAPReuter - 29 words
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Article31 1950-08-17 7 Two stripling pines planted, nearly half a century ago at the South Perth Zoo by the late King George V and Queen Mary are now 80ft. high trees., Reuter -A APReuter; AAP - 31 words
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Article13 1950-08-17 7 A streetcar line named "Peace" is being built in Ostra- va, Chechoslovakia. A.P.A.P. - 13 words
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Article34 1950-08-17 7 So far only 39.000 Japanese; have applied for jobs with the newly-authorised 75,000 strong reserve police force authorised! by Gen. MacArthur to augment! the regular nation-wide force of iocnnn i:-.- uj.wii poncing japan.— A.P.A.P. - 34 words
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Article34 1950-08-17 7 Peking radio says that 60,000.- < 000 signatures have been obtained: as far in Red China for the Mos-cow-inspired "world peace appeal" and extra efforts would be made to boost the total to 150.000.000- U.P.U.P. - 34 words
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Article205 1950-08-17 7 Duke Drinks Champagne With Staff LONDON, Aug. 16 (Reuter): l Having phoned the news of! the birth to King George in| Scotland and to Queen Mary,j handsome 29-year-old Prince Philip who hoped for a giri drank a toast in champagne with members of his staff. A few hours later, the205 words
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Article55 1950-08-17 7 JAKARTA, Aug. 16 (Reut- j er-AAP)— President Sockarno has asked the Hatta Cabinet, which resigned after the proclamation of the new unitarian state of Republican Indonesia, 4 to stay on as a caretaker gov- J ernment until the formation o_\ a new Parliamentary govern-* ment,55 words
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Article26 1950-08-17 7 Dr. Frederico Chaves has been j sworn in as President of Para- guay after an election in which he was the sole candidate.26 words
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Article145 1950-08-17 7 LONDON, Aug. 16 (AP) London newspapers were out with congratulatory editorials within a few minutes of the announcement of the birth of a baby girl to Princess Elizabeth. Said The Star. "As the guns roar and bells peal to register tbe national rejoicing the one thought uppermost145 words
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Article78 1950-08-17 7 KURE, Aug. 16. (Reuter— AAP)— A British Seafire pilot, who was shot down by a U.S. superfortress off the Western Korean coast, was today visited by Australian Premier Menzies in the Australian military hospital in Kure. He is 23-year-old commissioned pilot D.R. White, of Burbage,78 words
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Article43 1950-08-17 7 A special legislation to permit US. soldiers to marry and take Korean, Japanese and other Asian brides to the United States is ready for the President's I signature Seven hundred Gl's have already married Japanese girls.— U.P.U.P. - 43 words
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Article74 1950-08-17 7 Making Steaks Tasty, Tender CHICAGO, Aug. 16— (AP)— To make meat more tender and put the flavour inside, a Chicago company has developed what it calls a "savouriser." It looks like a big hypodermic needle and injects spices, flavouring and similar ingredients directly into the roast, steaks, fish or fowl74 words
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106 1950-08-17 7 MOSCOW. Aug. 16 (AP)— President Kim Du Bon ol North Korea, in an article in Pravda, admitted that U.s[ bombing had obliterated tha city of Khynam. where a chemical plant had stood, wrecked Wonsan and reduced to ruin many sections of Pyongyang. He praised106 words
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162 1950-08-17 7 LONDON, Aug. 16 (IP) -The British Government has been urgently asked bv the Inited States to make clear just what stand Britain will take if Red China sends an invasion fleet against Formosa it is learned here. The question is considered to162 words
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239 1950-08-17 7 Peking-Moscow Pact To Send Chinese Red Army To Korea HONGKONG- Aug. 16 (AP) Russian VicePremier Vyacheslav Molotov, says a Taipeh report, has concluded an agreement in Peking under which (1) Red China is to send 150,000 Russian-equipped Chinese troops to the aid of the North Koreans should they be driven239 words
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Article128 1950-08-17 7 WASHINGTON. Aug. 16 (UP) Establishment of a Marshall Plan for Asia has been proposed by Mr. Harold Stassen, former Minnesota Governor and Republican presidential candidate, in a major policy speech broadcast to the nation. Mr. Stassen, now president of Pennsylvania University who may again128 words
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Article84 1950-08-17 7 KURE, Aug. 16 (ReuterAAP) Australian Prime Minister Mr. Robert Menzies, addressing 1.200 BCOF troops oti parade at Anzac Park, made reference to the fact that many would soon l>e fighting in Korea Ninety-eight per cent, of the battalion have volunteered tor service in Korea. "You are84 words
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52 1950-08-17 7 LONDON'. Aug 16 <ITP>: Civic authorities are to "amputate'" the two f<*re legs of one ol the massive stone lions carved at the base of towering Nelson's column in Trafalgar Square. The legs, damaged by German bombs during thc blitz, will be replaced bv52 words
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Advertisement49 1950-08-17 7 THERMOS FLASKS and JUGS 1 I < *-*&f>\ QUART CAPACITY I I /'ln FLASKS $5.50 1 s i/ fp f 2 1 PINT JUGS P^sjjJ I I $28.50 JSI I I If BAKELITE JUGS ll 1 PINT CAPACITY 1 I I GREEN. BROWN, I|f RED OR BLACK. 1 $.9.50 I49 words
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195 1950-08-17 8 M. T. YONG - Rubber Manufacturers To Adopt A Unified Policy On Prices M. T. YONG By Standard Staff Correspondent j KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— Manufacturers in the Federation are to adopt a unified policy in regard to the price of rubber goods. A proposal will be put before the Federation Rubber Goods Manufacturers' Association,195 words
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Article124 1950-08-17 8 RUBBER JUMPS 18½ CTS THE Singapore rubber marI ket was steady yesterday on j further buying orders from Japan and short-covering. Sellers were somewhat reserved in the afternoon, and the market closed very steady ,at $1.22_ per lb. for first grade September shipment, a rise of 18_ cents per lb.124 words
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Article58 1950-08-17 8 AKRON, OHIO. Aug. 16— (AP)— The next 50 years may bring rubber roads that will be more durable and less expensive to maintain than present highways. Harvey S. Firestone, a leading American rubber manufacturer, said. He also said that eventually foamed rubber may replace58 words
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183 1950-08-17 8 Standard Staff Reporter SINGAPORE'S 14 sawmills functioned fairly fully throughout 1949, after two had been closed down and one transferred to Johore. There were no labour troubles during the period, while wages dropped slightly about mid-year. This is stated in the 1949 report of183 words
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Article271 1950-08-17 8 Study Group Reports WASHINGTON: Aug. 15— (USIS)— The Rubber Study Group Secretariat reports that world production of natural rubber reached 157,000 long tons in June, the highest monthly figure ever recorded. The Secretariat says that for the first six months of the year production was estimated271 words
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Article50 1950-08-17 8 TEL AVIV. Aug 16— (AP) Israeli manufacturers are doing a sharp business in razor blades. They exported U*****,000 worth during the past ten months. Trade sources said 24 million blades have been shipped to Poland and five million to Turkey. Another five million is on order from Yogoslavia.50 words
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Article240 1950-08-17 8 Standard Staff Reporter APPLICATIONS for licences to import ham and bacon (gammon and shoulder only) outside Malaya's allocation may now be submitted to the Imports and Exports Control Department, Singapore. An announcement issued by the Department, says these are for cooked and canned ham240 words
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Article28 1950-08-17 8 TOKYO. Aug. 16: -(Reuter AAP>— Trade conferences between the Republic of Spain and Japan are scheduled to begin tomorrow. General MacArthur s headquarters announced today.28 words
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Article57 1950-08-17 8 RUBBER a T *l% otest Si "9oporc rubber price yesterday (Aug. 16) were, per lb. T No l ecc c Buyers Sellers No.I.RSS fob in boles Sept. $1.22i $1.23V No 1 S l2l *m W: Very's^dy." M TIN of tin S !odo? P w°os tJfSfe Au 9..16.~Tbe peif57 words
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Article784 1950-08-17 8 SINGAPORE, Wed In view of the continued advance of the tin metal price, holders of Malayan tin shares were hoping for better prices though London kept on bidding for tin shares. Industrial shares were steady but rubber shares showed no changes. Closing quotations were: INDUSTRIALS Buyer Seller784 words
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119 1950-08-17 8 London. Aug. 16: (Router) Renewed strength of Briti h C.overnment funds provu:. I I feature of the London Stock Exchange today. Bu c mcss broadened to include most i. sues and gains up to half percent wero recorded. Leading industrials were widely a few pence119 words
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Article, Illustration73 1950-08-17 8 Sir Join and Lady Storey, who arrived ia Singapore by BOAC Constellation from London yesterday. Sir John is one of Australia's biggest industrallsts. Sir John said Britain had great confidence in her scientists in making new products and in her industrial development. He was greatly impressedStandard - 73 words
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Article106 1950-08-17 8 THE MARKET for copra in Singapore opened slightly steadier yesterday with buyers at $43$ and sellers at $44. Business was done at $43 J at which level sellers were maintained throughout the day. The market closed with sellers at $43} but no buyers. Coconut oil and pepper106 words
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196 1950-08-17 8 Standard Staff Reporter BRITAIN is placing "enormous confidence*' in her scientists for industrial development and the discovery of new products, said Sir John Storey, one of Australia's biggest industrialists, yesterday in Singapore. Sir John, who is accompanied by Lady Storey, is returning196 words
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Article64 1950-08-17 8 TEHERAN. Aug. 16— (AP)— The next step in Russia's proposed barter deal with Persia will be up to Russia, a qualißed Persian source said. Premier Razmara and the Finance Minister, Dr. Taqi Nasr, met Russian ambassador Sadchikov and two other Soviet officials on Mondav64 words
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Article50 1950-08-17 8 CALCUTTA Aug. 16-<GIIS> The first boat to sail direct from India to new China left Calcutta on Aug. 14 with a consienment of jute goods for Tientsin The ship is expected to reach the Chinese port on :>ept. 3 The consignment is from a private firm.50 words
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Article108 1950-08-17 8 HONGKONG, Aug Ifl.— fßeuter— AAP)— The directors of the Union Brewery of Shanghai at a meeting here yesterday rcportci the loss of .420.8f>4 for the year ending Sept. 3 Inst year. The repo-t said the Company experienced the worst year of sale on record in108 words
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Article135 1950-08-17 8 EXCHANGE rates now ln force, as supplied bv the Malayan Exchange Banks Association, are are follow? FREE MARKET CURRENCIES {"-UNO B.i i N O London 1/4 1/8 */4 r s/i_ V/V_ i^J 1^ M ft J ,/4 India Ceylon 155 1/4 IM 1/4 ?B7 and Burma135 words
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280 1950-08-17 8 9 WASHINGTON, Au?. 16— (UP)— A United States ■fecial said that the International (World) Bank is "Expected to announce a loan of $50,000,006 for Australia next week. This probably will be the first of six instalments for each of the next fiveA.P. - 280 words
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44 1950-08-17 8 I NEW I). ilndia expe |of ielf- train 195 ""J an a!:- threatened i tons H #__M°° d D Mi I told Pa g,,Vt -w tne de B I import and tl H of Burrri i44 words
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Article, Illustration28 1950-08-17 8 Mi don. who passed t hr^ Singapore frr, n s V dniV?_! cently. He spent nC two months in Australia hi vestigatin* th- m irkri shipping fnm '£> StandardStandard - 28 words
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152 1950-08-17 8 TOKYO, Ail*. 16 (Router A \P) lo stimuhtf Japan's export business the Ciovernment i> studnm the extension of special loans to exporter of industrial plants to South-East Asia, the Minister lor International Trade and Industry, Mr. Shizemi Mem, UIM tod.n. The outbreak152 words
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Advertisement33 1950-08-17 8 DON'T WAIT FOP YOUR RICH UHC.tSTART A SAVING. ACCOUNT TO-PAY YOU TOO CAN OPEN A SAVINGS ACCOUNT FOR AS LITTLE AS $1. INTEREST V/ILI BE PAID AT 2% PER ANNUM CHlfflG KHlfllll BfifMTD33 words
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307 1950-08-17 9 Ccsl Is Expensive LONDON, Aug. 16-(AP)— Coal is now being shovor? ac^ almost all vessel! under construction will burn oil Of all t_L S_T iJ> S ip fuel nd n four still uses coal. au me w <>rld s ships,307 words
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Article142 1950-08-17 9 Two-Men To Cross Atlantic KEW YORK. (UP)— Edward C A. I Cobham, Surrey, set sail to return home to Engrday in his 34 foot yawl hoping to reach there in .0 da] He came to the United States last year after 81 days trip ribraltar. ishman will be g the142 words
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Article31 1950-08-17 9 TOKVO. Aug 15. (Reuter— AAP)— A new weekly Tokyon?kong air service via Okiind Taipeh will be inrtly by NorthAir Lines under a sperial Hongkong the N >rth-West Air fflce announced31 words
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Article35 1950-08-17 9 HONGKONG, Aug. 16— (AP) The Chinese Communists on Tuesday reportedly again warned all foreign ships and aircraft not to infringe on Red territory particularly the southern regions near Hong- kong. j 935 words
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Article118 1950-08-17 9 US Grants Clearance To Jap Ships er-AAP) Clearance has >een granted by the Jnited States government or all Japanese vessels nto American ports, MacArthur's headquarters anlounced today. Col. H. T. Miller, chief of he civil transportation section »f MacArthur's headquarters raid cargoes carried to and rom United States ports and118 words
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205 1950-08-17 9 NEW YORK (AP)— Korean war clouds brought a ray of sunshine to America's declining shipping industry. Overnight, President Truman's request for a U5510,000,000,000 defence fund presented the badly slipping industry with a far brighter economic future than that which it faced only a short205 words
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Article, Illustration111 1950-08-17 9 Here is a stern view ef the former river Clyde (Scotland) paddle steamer Lacy Ashton carrying out the world's first test of pure Jet propulsion on water. The jet engines, as can be seen, are mounted in a bank amidships, and each of the four Rolls Royce Derwent V jet111 words
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Article74 1950-08-17 9 HONGKONG, Aug. 16— Reuter- AAP The Chinese authorities have given special permission to travel from Shanghai direct to Hongkong to the Shanghai press correspondent of Agence France. Mr. Jacques Mart-use and his wife and two children because Mrs. Marcuse was ill— a stretcher case. They74 words
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Article, Illustration212 1950-08-17 9 Standard Shipping Reporter I The semi-final batch of Gurkhas numbering 217,1 including wives and families, disembarked from the I a. I. liner Sangola yesterday morning. Movements of Gurkha troops returning from leave in their hilly country of Nepal to continue fightingMichael Goh - 212 words
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Article78 1950-08-17 9 LONDON. Aug. 15. t Reuter) The British Ministry of Transport has ordered a formal investigation into the loss of the 7,319-ton freighter, Indian Enterprise, which blew up in the Red Sea on June 19. leaving only one survivor. The Indian Enterprise was carrying industrial explosives,78 words
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215 1950-08-17 9 Ship Chandlers Now Have Spiced Pork, Vintage Egg Standard Shipping Reporter NOW that shipping services between Singapore and South China ports are being resumed j in a spasmodic fashion, cargoes ,of dried and salted vegetables much in favour with the Colony's Chinese are once again being sold in the ship215 words
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Article46 1950-08-17 9 OTTAWA, Aug. IG-(AP>— Four Canadian freighters have been engaged by the U.S. Government to help transport supplies to the Korean war zone, a government transport official said. The freighters will fly the Canadian flag and will employ about 140 Canadian seamen.46 words
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Miscellaneous86 1950-08-17 9 5^41 AILS I "if Despatches TODAY— Pontianak fl am. I r Urn (parcels by star Alcyone; noon by Ban Hong rrengganu (parcels Rawang: Bur- *> P-m. by Rebeverett; N. rtan (letters Rebeverett; Pm by Rebehv T Onn° RRr W Java f n€ Islands by ledan by Baud; K (exrepj M86 words
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Miscellaneous236 1950-08-17 9 38^jpB_^ IN and OUT OF HARBOUR L. from Bangkok. Vedby, Benalbanech, Bintang, _&mv_l!c AU <*. M8 AUTOLYCUS Amiee Lykes, Toboali. Hwan«%lllvoi9 (Mansfield) ghai, Modjerkerto, Chit Sein, v.'QTKtti.AV from U.K. Benveg, Sangola, E. Jamaica, SANGO-f^ay Kerr) MSF^ from Calcutta. ADO 20° J^™.ti K pm, INNER EOADS ULYSSES (Mansfield) AUG. 20 SEKOEI236 words
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Article771 1950-08-17 10 your marriage hv Samuel 11 »nd father K Kling. Hot* To Tackle Marital Problems Q. What will help you cope with your marital problems? A First, try to be more objective about them. This isn't easy, of course, because you're so emotionally involved. But you can acquire a more impersonal771 words
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Article517 1950-08-17 10 GEORGE CORNELL - GEORGE CORNELL By NEW YORK. (AP>— lt looks like "Little Blowhard" has come' to our house to stay. He has practically become, ane of the family. And, what is, worse, he acts like one. All this in the space of a year. i But I517 words
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Article, Illustration15 1950-08-17 10 Ed Reed - Ed Reed By **Leap up there and knock down that cobweb, Pavlova!"15 words
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411 1950-08-17 10 FRED DOERFLINGER - FRED DOERFLINGER By LONDON. Aug. 16 (INS)— Princess Elizabeth gave birth yesterday to a girl who became third in line of succession to the British throne. The new baby, born a "royal highness," follows immediately after 24-year-old Princess Elizabeth and her eldest411 words
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133 1950-08-17 10 LONDON. Aug. 11— (INS)— Horace Flack, 53-year-old English bachelor, is planning to sail the Atlantic to America in a home-made, two-masted, 20-foot three-ton boat. With two compasses, 50 gallons of water and tins of beans and meat aboard Flack expects to sail 6,000133 words
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Article262 1950-08-17 10 He Knows All About The Nose NEW YORK, (AP) Nose itch? It means maybe you are going to have company. Or you are going to get angry. Or I that you will get a letter. Or that someone is thinking of j you. It all depends upon I local superstition.262 words
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Article, Illustration375 1950-08-17 10 EDWIN P. JORDAN M. D - EDWIN P. JORDAN M.D. Dangerous Symptoms Should I i Be Dealt w.th i mmdl3Ulj H> wrmen 'or Nfc A OEOPLE should be most care- ful of serious symptoms in themselves and their children. The first question today shows that there are still many people who do not375 words
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Article73 1950-08-17 11 iOYFAROI.D ext.ntmother. Tan Kim fit told the Singapore ____Jrifee Magistrate ond h Jnitrtl to end her ££5?1l financial C'p^ed c-ulty to a Jrte of attempted suiJ by caust,c \k hpr to ill-health, had S'outofuorkShesaid E received very httle financial support from her Kenus and relatives. ,B73 words
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173 1950-08-17 11 0 CHARLES L. Coltman.j formation Officer: Food and Agriculture -„ion of the United Nation? arrived in Singapore rentto dot discussion! witti •tors and public :datitos offlcers. His purpose in visting Singapore is to explain tho n :r po_e_ ofFAOin the Far Eas* FAO.173 words
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36 1950-08-17 11 Inenaoilitation of street lighting to rural areas was carried out toward-, the end of last year by the Municipal Electrical Engineer and the expenses JJW paid by the Rural Board.36 words
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226 1950-08-17 11 standard Staff Reporter raised by Mr. R. Ju m _bh_} cE___? Cha m^ «W» merce) tabled at Tuesday's m£ti_. Council. meeting of the Legislative Mr. Jumabhoy had asked why it is that Indian Interpreters, who were in Grade I in the pre-war226 words
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Article80 1950-08-17 11 Standard Staff Reporter THE Singapore Government nas decided that a maximum grant of $10,000 should be made available to the Malayan Air Training Corps in 1950. This will enable the Corps to increase its efforts to develop interest in flying amongst the youth of Singapore.80 words
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Article43 1950-08-17 11 Standard Staff Reporter ESTATE, stamp and corporration duties netted for the Government a total of $3,861,896 during 1949, states the annual report of the Estate Duty and Stamp Office. This was $1,299,896 more than the estimated collection of $2,562,000.43 words
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137 1950-08-17 11 fI Dnp Standard Staff Reporter V FR gan "Khting and terroristic extortion ol wet societies were practically eliminated during 1949 says a Singapore Police report. •itl ll? decrease ln secret society activity, coincided mi/LiSo m lroduction of the Emergency Regulations in ■uo-l!tt9, the report states.137 words
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Article, Illustration46 1950-08-17 11 photo. Ten year-old Koh Po has been blind since birth, and Henben Jacobs, who became blind during his schooldays takes great trouble to teach Braille to this youngster. Reuben also visits the Nantina Home three times a wee*, ana teaches Braille to blind inmates.- Lillian BuckokeLillian Buckoke - 46 words
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Article73 1950-08-17 11 Standard staff Reporter fey will con- '■•<• fuZ 8y 10n of revising. ii rlay requirements i*: if goVern ment emploK_2 ?PP°rtunity to The r P i esentati °ns on it. L ftffW Secretary Mr. D th??' ea y e this assurv n T^^!av J^S^lative Council vMr. plea, Z**t*\73 words
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176 1950-08-17 11 War Against Bandits Impresses Mission Standard Stalt Correspondent PENANG, Wed CaDt Beckworth Jordan of the US f& a f_, u s me mber of the US Military Mission- which fhS V Sk here y esterd ay. stated that they were impressed with R&mJE the Federation handled the war against the176 words
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82 1950-08-17 11 Standard Staff Reporter ADDITIONAL Chinese broadcasting programmes from Radio Malaya will cost the Singapore Government a special expenditure of $58,000. already approved by the Finance Committee. The increased Chinese broadcasts are between 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. The Finance Committee states that the increase82 words
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Article, Illustration58 1950-08-17 11 1 photo. vari>us Rubber Workers' Unions [a the Federation of Malaya met at Kuala Lumpur recently under tbe chairmanship of Mr. p. p. Narayanan, to discuss tbe points to be aised at the meeting bcween tbe Negotiating Committee ef the Rubbef Jorkers' Unions and th* Kalayau Planting Industry employers' Association.PRO - 58 words
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Article206 1950-08-17 11 Tenancy Suit Dismissed I A SUIT for the possession of the ground and first floors of a house in Choon Guan Street, i brought by two Indian subtenants against the Thye Ann Investment Co. Ltd., was dismissed by the Chief Justice, •Sir Charles Murray-Aynsley, I in the Singapore Supreme Court.206 words
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Article183 1950-08-17 11 Standard Staff Reporter CERTAIN areas in Malaya,; where it would be most profit-; able to undertake field expeditions to explore the flora of the country, are infested with*; terrorists, states the annual reEort of the Botanical Gardens, department for 1949, just issued. However, the work on183 words
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Article99 1950-08-17 11 Standard Staff Reporter The Malayan Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve's vessel Panglima has been detailed for I coastal patrols in conjunction with the Singapore Police Marine Patrol at the request of Singapore police. To enable the patrols to continue for the next months, the Finance Committee has99 words
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Article61 1950-08-17 11 thirty -two-year-old Tan I Kian Tee, who was alleged to j have held up a local race j horse-owner, Mr. Loh Chin, at the point of a pistol and rob- I bed him of $1,000. was com-j mitted for trial at the next] Assizes at the end61 words
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Article109 1950-08-17 11 THREE Chinese, Ng Ah Ee j' i (17), Tan Guan Cheng (41), I and See Kim Kiat (22) who operated a novel kind of i gambling racket called invi- sible numbers," were each fin- ed $10 in the Singapore Third j Police Court. This form of109 words
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Article36 1950-08-17 11 INCHE SARDON bin Haji 1 Jubir, Member for Rural East, asked Government to inform the public at an early date of Whitehall's decision on the three additional elected seats in the Council.36 words
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152 1950-08-17 11 i Standard Staff Reporter SPECIAL constables, who work on a paid full-time basis, number 840, according to the annual report ofl jthe Singapore Police, just issued. These Special Constables have given invaluable' (support to the regular Police, by performing guard' duties at Radio152 words
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Article121 1950-08-17 11 Standard Staff Reporter SINGAPORE Malays are awakening to the benefits of co-operative societies, says the acting Director of Cooperation, Mr. T. F. Carey, in his Annual Report jnst issued. l-ast year, special attention was paid to the formation of thrift and investment societies' among Malay121 words
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126 1950-08-17 11 Permanent Jobs For Temporary Clerks In Govt. Standard Staff Reporter. IN CASES where this has not already been done. the Singapore Government is giving due consideration to the merits of each and every individual case of temporary Government employees to absorb them into the permanent service. This was stated officially126 words
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Article88 1950-08-17 11 SLUR BY GOV 'T OFFICERS DENIED I Standard Staff Reporter THE Singapore Government 1 denied that any of its responsible officers had by statements, directly or by implication, cast any slur on any community. This was the official reply to Mr. Balwant Singh (Rural West), who alleged in the Legislative88 words
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Article61 1950-08-17 11 When the Governor of Singapore. Sir Franklin Gintson wants to record letters or minutes ia tbe evening after office hours, he will use a wire recorder instead of a stenographer. The Finance Committee, approving purchase of a wire recorder at $495 states that it is "an61 words
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Article, Illustration75 1950-08-17 11 A pleasant function was held by the Federal Secretariat Staff at the Government Offices Canteen in Holland Road, Kuala Lumpur, in honour of Mr. R. P. Nathan (x) who has been trans- ferred to the Audit Office. Ipoh. There was a full attendance. Several speeches were made eulogising the j75 words
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94 1950-08-17 11 SINGAPORE Rotarians at their weekly luncheon meeting at the Capitol Blue Room yesterday, expressed felicitations to the second baby of Princess Elizabeth. Toasts were drunk to the infant princess who was born on Tuesday. Rotarians also toasted the three new Asian republics of India.94 words
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Article36 1950-08-17 11 THE SINGAPORE First District Judge. Mr. H. E. Kingdon. yesterday cautioned and discharged young Yap Chai Lian. after he claimed that he was too poor to get an identity caid.36 words
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225 1950-08-17 11 Developing Civic Consciousness In Rural Areas MMrfetf €fmwmmttu.timt Progress Standard Staff Reporter THE work of the district committees In Singapore progressed last year, and is now helping to develop a f*vic consciousness among the people in the rural areas. f The Singapore Rural Board states that the committees have helped225 words
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Article73 1950-08-17 11 I Mandarin-speaking Mr. Os- car V. Armstrong had arrived in Singapore to take up duties i as American vice consul. Mr. f Armstrong came here from Saigon, where he had been on temporary assignment. The new vice consul was born at Hsuchowfu, China, in 1918 and73 words
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Article32 1950-08-17 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— Selangor Chinese Athletic Association ha. donated a Phillips "practix" equipment which will be useful for the purpose of mass screening of inhabitants to detect TB contacts.32 words
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Article64 1950-08-17 11 SINCE tbe beginning of this year, there has heen only one prosecution in Singapore in respect of the offence of spitting in public. It resulted in a conviction and tbe person was fined $10. This was stated by the Government in reply to a question64 words
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140 1950-08-17 11 Standard Staff Reporter THERE was a decrease of the more serious crimes during the last year, states the annual report of the Criminal District and Police Courts. The report states: "An upright magistracy, a vigilant Police and an undeviating impartiality in the administration of140 words
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Article35 1950-08-17 11 Standard Staff Correspondent IPOH, Wed— For allowing ten heads of cattle to stray into a compound in Gopeng Road. an elderly Sikh. Dharian Singh, had to pay $50 in the Magistrate Court yesterday.35 words
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Article42 1950-08-17 12 KUALA PILAH. Tuesday.— Green Howards the soccer; team champions in the Kuala Pilah league lost yesterday toi the Police XI by three goals to< two The Howards drew first blood] through Mills and Mcintosh; added the second goal. i42 words
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334 1950-08-17 12 IN one of the best games of the Community League SO far, Royal Navy surprised the Singapore Chinese winning by three goals to one at Jalan Besar Stadiumyesterday. The Sailors, apparently still smarting over their defeat by Eurasians a few days ago,334 words
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Article166 1950-08-17 12 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed.— Giving one of their best exhi-J bitions of soccer this season,' the Selangor Eurasians scored well-merited victory over the Tamilian Physical Association, by two goals to one in the second round of the First Division I Selangor League at Taylor Road this166 words
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Article174 1950-08-17 12 Casuals Outplag S C C THE Chinese Casuals beat the Singapore Cricket Club by three goals to nil when they clashed in a first division league match at the Padang yesterday.. Casuals kicked off and end to end play followed. Casuals opened the scoring in a melee. Chew Chip slipping174 words
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Article, Illustration36 1950-08-17 12 Worrell Pulls A Fast One photo. The Test begins. Worrell pulls a ball from D. V. P. Wright. Wicket keeper Maclntyre swings out but sees the ball flash past him, and Rae prepares to run. AFAFP - 36 words
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188 1950-08-17 12 BUFFALO. NEW YORK, Aug. 15 (Reuter) The world heavyweight championship fight tonight between Ezzard Charles and Freddie Beshore was stopped two minutes, 53 seconds after the start of the fourteenth j round when Beshore seemed helpless as Charles tore after him with188 words
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126 1950-08-17 12 A COMBINED soccer team from Indonesia comprising Chinese, Indonesians, Eurasians and Ambonese will play a series of matches in Singapore in October. The team, sponsored by the Banka and Billiton Sporting Association of Djakarta, is a very strong combination and includes the well-known players Saderman126 words
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Article115 1950-08-17 12 The Junior Cup replay between the Tuan Mong O.BA «™i he CSA Played on the i BODCA ground at St. George's I Road yesterday ended in a [draw of two all after 10 min,utes extra time had been callled for. TMOBA scored first through Kim Heng late115 words
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Article148 1950-08-17 12 CONTRARY to expectations. Guthrie Sports ClUb beat a strong Bukom Sports Club two goals to nil in a Business House League "B" soccer match at Geylahg Stadium yesterday. After about 20 minutes play, when both sides attacked in S U amWe U nS ne S red148 words
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Article32 1950-08-17 12 Cluh __ni S n pore Recreation ™LJ.- W1 l! hoTd a special games meeting tomorrow at 5.30 p m. to elect the Games sub-conimitte« fox hockey and billiarcfi. mmiWe<32 words
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100 1950-08-17 12 TOKYO, Aug. 15: (Reuter- 1 AAP).— "Flying Fish of Fujiyama Hironoshin Furuhashi tonight redeemed himself by beating the American high; school star Ford Konno in the 500-yard free-style event at Osaka. Furuhashi set a new world's record for the event in the 500--yard pool with100 words
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Article113 1950-08-17 12 IN a Junior Cup football match played on the CYMA ground at St. George's Road yesterday the Mental Hospital SC beat the Indonesia 'A' by three goals to one. Five minutes before the interval the Mental Hospital opened accounts through Yusoff who scored with a113 words
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Article47 1950-08-17 12 LONDON. Aug 15: (Reuter) West Ham beat Harriivgay in a National Speed wav League match at West Ham tonight bv 52 points to 31. Rob Lawson, Australian challenger for the British match race championship. was top scorer for the winners, being unbeaten in four rides.47 words
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Article699 1950-08-17 12 A TOTAL of 162 horses 110 Class Three and 52 Class Four have been entered for the Selangor Turf Club Autumn meeting. Nine horses (all from Class Three) will be racing for the first time on a Malayan course Announce, Braton, Constellation, Full Till, Greater699 words
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881 1950-08-17 12 THE OVAL, London, Aur. 16 /Pp.., Indies won the final Test against &V -V 1 -with it the present series by three m?f nd ►one. Forced to follow on with Ml fa f 7 Q_S indies' first inning 503, K f JJ £g881 words
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