Singapore Standard, 23 August 1950
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Title Section20 1950-08-23 1 Singapore Standard 7 A m s VOL. 1 NO. 52. SI NGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23 fflSfl 12 PAGES TEN CENTS20 words
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243 1950-08-23 1 Standard Staff Reporter SINGAPORE Customs officers brought off one of the nicest combined gold and opium seizures m the Colony early this week when they found about 80 pounds of sold and about 90 pounds of opium hidden m a s hip243 words
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Article112 1950-08-23 1 2 Sons See Of Mother Standard Staff Reporter TWO Chinese boys claimed thc\ v.v th»''r mother being: ■tabbed to d«\ith yesterday a! ui noun a few yards from their hut m Uppei Serangoon Road. an, a Toochew, was Phua Toke Hwee. four children. irs, was tending her poultry when the112 words
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Article47 1950-08-23 1 Standard Stall Reporter S ARTHUR and Lady M arrived m terday by Qan- -i from Sydney. ♦he head of the m Australia. Arthur and Lady New- > spent the night S pore as quests of the Singapore and c for the United King-47 words
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39 1950-08-23 1 WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 (UP) International Bank President Eugene Black will announce an Australian loan of reported U5550,000,000 when he holds his 1600 GMT press conference during the day, an authoritative source said today.39 words
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Article, Illustration60 1950-08-23 1 photo. London n??i mS T°i Ia L Mo isOll of th London Times and Christopher Buckley of the ful? m?li£rv y i, Tclegra| h Z ho were kiUed m action m Kot last week we"c interred with full military honours m Taegu Archibald Campbell ofAP - 60 words
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167 1950-08-23 1 NEW YORK. Aug. 22— (Reuter)— One of the biggest railway strikes m the history of the North American continent was spreading throughout the United States and Canada today. In the United States railworkers m Pittsburg and Chicago joined m a five-day token strike called167 words
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119 1950-08-23 1 JAKARTA, Aug. 22— (UP). Reports indicated today that the strike of estate workers which started m West Java on Sunday was now rapidly spreading all over the archipelago, the Dutch news agency, Aneta, reported. Aneta said sources close to the Board of Directors119 words
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180 1950-08-23 1 Vanguard Of HK Officers Flies To Korea HONGKONG, Aug. 22 (UP) A small vanguard of British officers will fly to Korea today to set up a communications network for a full brigade 4,000 men of infantry preparing for "immediate" movement to Korea. Two battalions of Scottish and English infantrymen from180 words
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Article81 1950-08-23 1 ROTTERDAM, Aug. 22 (Reuter)— Queen Juliana here today launched the 9,500-ton ?ruiser De Zeven Provincien claimed by designers as 'among the most modern m the world"— as the latest addition, to Western Union naval defence forces. The cruiser, with a crew of 950 and a speed81 words
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80 1950-08-23 1 PARIS, Aug. 23 (AP)~ The French cabinet on Tuesday decided to send a land force to fight with the United Nations m Korea. The French reinforcements will comprise a special infantry battalion of probably 800 soldiers. Many of them will be volunteers.80 words
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113 1950-08-23 1 DOVER, Aug. 22 (Reuter) Hassan Abd El Rehim of Egypt 42-year-old giant of 17 stones, today won the marathon race across the English Channel, pocketed £1,000 prize and broke a 24-year-old swimming record. He narrowly beat Roger Le Morvan of France who led until113 words
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Article, Illustration172 1950-08-23 1 i IT WAS a great day yesterrtay for more than 5,000 Catholics from all parts of Singapore, who assembled at the Church of Our Lady of Lourdes for a candle procession at the end of a "triduum" Df prayer m preparation for the172 words
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Article, Illustration337 1950-08-23 1 WITH GEN. MACARTHUR'S lIQ FOR KOREA, Aug;. 22 (Reuter-AAP) Communist forces pierced the thin American front 12 miles North of Teagu today but were beaten back with a loss of six tanks. Attacking the American 27th "Wolfhound" Regiment astride the KunwiTaegu337 words
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Article222 1950-08-23 1 TUKYO, Aug. 22 (AP)— Hard fighting American infantrymen today recaptured three key ridges at the gateway to Pusan— the flaming southern end of the Allied beachhead now ringed by nearly 90,000 Communist troops. AP Correspondent Stanley Swinton reported the Yanks had regained all ground222 words
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Article73 1950-08-23 1 Gen. Dean Believed Murdered WITH THE AMERICANS IN KOREA, Aug. 22—UP.—Reliable intelligence reports indicated today that Major General William F. Dean was wounded, captured and murdered by the North Koreans at Taejon. A painstaking investigation had been carried out continuously since July 21 when he was last seen m Taejon.73 words
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Article150 1950-08-23 1 WASHINGTON, Aug. 22— (UP) Defence Secretary Louis Johnson expects the Korean war to last six to eii;ht I months, it was revealed today. Johnson made the estimate on July 25, a month after the war began. If he is right, the fighting would end150 words
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35 1950-08-23 1 WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 (UP)— The Senate on Monday night overwhelmingly passed an economic controls Bill, arming President Truman with authority to mobilize the home front for the Korean war.35 words
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Advertisement48 1950-08-23 1 INSIST OK CORRECT GLASSES m.R SCIENTIFIC PHOROROR MfICHI« MfIKES no MISTfIKE. I 'I iA I** /ft ff JCr jS MtroT xT~a production model Austin A. 40 XX) miles m 10.000 m.nutes at Montlhery The tc^m of drivers comprised Messrs. -i« R. Jcavons, J. F^Walierwnd Aj, T t fuher^48 words
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Advertisement71 1950-08-23 1 On Other Pages Page Westerling Leaves 2 Petition To The King 2 Teachers Quit Govt. Committee 3 Steel Shortage m Federation 3 U.S. Interest m Malaya 4 Unions To Fight For Clerks 4 Women's Page 5 Editorial 6 British Troops For Korea 7 'Use More Synthetic* Law In Sight 871 words
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Advertisement22 1950-08-23 1 QUALITY In Gold or Silver U.S.deSILVA Manufacturing Jeweller I <)<>. OIM'.IIAIU) ROAD. TOLLEYS/ Srfr Admits: McALISTER CO., LTD. Singapore Kuala Lumpur Ipoh Prnang22 words
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Article, Illustration409 1950-08-23 2 KEN JALLEH - KEN JALLEH Standard Staff Reporter By RAYMOND Paul Pierre Westerling: left Singapore yesterday with a small leather suitcase and 1,200 pages of his memoirs, written while he was m Changi prison. The suitcase contained only a few old trousers, some shirts but the409 words
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Article, Illustration400 1950-08-23 2 is no name to my plan." He had read m the local papers aW.rt his rarisitig of an international brigade to fight m Korea. He said he had no such intention but if such a brigade v.ms necessary he would build one. "I know that there400 words
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Article450 1950-08-23 2 IVOR KRAAL - IVOR KRAAL By Standard Staff Reporter CELL NO. I— Refactory BlocV m Changi Prison saw the departure of its most •'famous guest" at 5.15 p.m. yesterday when Raymond Pierre "Turko" Westerling handsome Dutch Army captain, whose half hour seizure of Bandoeng from the Indonesian Republic450 words
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627 1950-08-23 2 TAN JOOX LONG, a coffee shop assistant, m hi defence, yesterday told Mr. Justice Thorogood and a special jury m the Singapore Assize Court, that he was suffering from a mental ailment and could not remember any events leading: to the627 words
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Article41 1950-08-23 2 MEMBERS an I fri< the East-Weal Society, i are supporting Uw I". I W I Mo tnlight Picnic^ are r* cd to meal at the Br Council Hall at 8 •■> p tomorrow. Supper and' refreshments will he per41 words
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Article, Illustration81 1950-08-23 2 McNeice Ap pends Last Signature To S 'pore' s Petition photo. Stand u,| s liff ft The **> ■■•I'lM-niM V'^for il,, yj I* 1 i IN?' tnrre »m uaiij v n nifs Ufaui rrnor v. patrhjn lln pi i mad- my if,,. l n status sill'" St.il The Acting MunicipalStandard - 81 words
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11 1950-08-23 2 Absconded With Firm' s Money Man J ailed i i H11 words
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188 1950-08-23 2 $20,000 Bail Bond Estrea ted By Judge tSAii, ot was estreated by the Singapore Second District Judge, Mr. Tan Ah Tan, yesterday when the bailors, Tan Peng Cheow and Seah Koon Seng could not show reason why it should not be forfeited. The. bail was m respect of a Chinese.188 words
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Article26 1950-08-23 2 fcnZ^ULZ?? h ta *f d< dra S k ome P° ison because she sullerta tontinual headache* during the r last five years.26 words
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Article, Illustration198 1950-08-23 2 I Came To Get News, Not To Give Any Says Labour MP Standard Staff Reporter MR. THOMAS EN. Dribcrg. a British Member of Parliament noted for his "fiery speeches" arrived m Singapore yesterday by a KLM Constellation "much subdued." The reason for "being extremely quiet", he told The Standard at198 words
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18 1950-08-23 2 THE BRITISH Army m to recruit 440 Malayan CM i s18 words
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Article42 1950-08-23 2 A 17-YF.AR-OI.D Ml Mahadfn bin [smoan, \t tioned and discharged m the Sin.-, ipore Fn>t Dittri t < yesterday alter he i guilty to outer Ing the H Board without pwmtt ami failing to produce nil Ida card on Aug. LM42 words
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Article70 1950-08-23 2 A 30-YEAR OLD Malu> DOTH I ed guilty to being m fr .uiriti! *iil p slippers, w» sentenced to one niontli Singapore Second Polife Court v It was stated th it a <ltt t Road on Autr. i> saw Dorus pnttUlß i UI a dustbin and70 words
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Advertisement144 1950-08-23 2 VEHICLE FOR SALE PLYMOUTH 1948 excellent condition Tax Paid Dec. Insured June 1951. Call or write between 9. 4.30 p.m. IA, Rallies Place. After 4.30 p.m. 4, Lorong 33, Geylang. Nearest offer to H4OO. rp |T| ryi ryi rg m Z5 H CWT. G VaN j ideal for localised deliveries.144 words
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Article, Illustration303 1950-08-23 3 Teachers Withdraw Nominee From Govt Committee In July last year, the Government of the Federation of Malaya invited the Tea" chers Unions to nominate one of their members to serve on the Advisory Committee on Education. Mr. Tan Chong Bees name was put forward an^L his nomin ation accepted The303 words
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Article105 1950-08-23 3 Standard Staff Correspondent T* U ALA LUMPUR. Tuess\th w S!!i bllan cele brates his 55th birthday on Thursday. A military parade will be held on that day at the Station Padang Seremban, at 8.30 a.m. m honour of his birthday. Units taking part m the105 words
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Article61 1950-08-23 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues.— Last night m Perak, there was an engagement between security forces and bandits. At least two bandits were wounded. Two rifles, several rounds of ammunition and five packs were recovered. 1° the same State, last night, a Chinese rubber tapper was murdered by bandits.61 words
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Article93 1950-08-23 3 Gifts For Anti-Bandit Fighters From a Special Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tues.— Gift* worth nearly $2,000 will iistributed to Malay Regiand Police personnel t in the jungles of tan on September 22 Han Raya Haii. be the second teh of gifts to the troops the Kelantan Security I Amenities Fund Comi93 words
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Article16 1950-08-23 3 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. An airstrike was made on ban- tai^ets m Johore yesterday.16 words
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Article40 1950-08-23 3 MALACCA, Tues. The Malacca Welfare Committee has distributed 535 food parcels valued $2,675. to poor residents m the Central Alor Gajah and Jasin districts of Malacca. Chinese, Malays, Eurasians and Indians received help from the committee40 words
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Article115 1950-08-23 3 Standard Staff Correspondent j MALACCA, Tues.— A demonstration of the ease and simplicity with which a model: prefab type of house suitable; for squatter re-settlement m! Malacca could be erected, wasj given last evening at the Mal-j acca Pre-cast Company beforej the Resident Commissioner! Mr.115 words
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413 1950-08-23 3 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. A preliminary inquiry into a charge of unlawful possession of one round of Sten gun ammunition against a 19-year-old Chinese, Lim Yoke Long, at Malacca Street, Kuala Lumpur, on July 23, opened before Raja Suleiman m the Second413 words
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125 1950-08-23 3 MUAR. Tues.— ln the Supreme Court here, Abdul Karim bin Komeng, aged 20 years, was sentenced to five years' rigorous imprisonment from the date of his arrest, for voluntarily causing grievous hurt to one Ng Kirn Hui at Parit Raja, Muar. It125 words
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Article21 1950-08-23 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues.— Bandit camps were found m Perak and Pahang during the last 48 hours, by security forces.21 words
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144 1950-08-23 3 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tues.— i The Kuala Lumpur Munici-' pality reaffirmed its policy to- i day of not allowing more than three flats to be built on a oneacre piece of land. The ques- tion, whether the Municipality should relax this rule,144 words
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Article, Illustration323 1950-08-23 3 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The Federation is experiencing a serious steel shortage. Literally, not a scrap is available, a large Kuala Lumpur firm told The Standard. Building contractors are hard hit by this shortage and plans for more houses m Kuala Lumpur323 words
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Article, Illustration121 1950-08-23 3 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. A further batch of 32 Chinese youths have been recruited the Federation Police Force. The recruiting was held at the Seremban Police Station yesterday and was witnessed by Malayan Chinese Association officials, Mr. A. W. D. James,Standard - 121 words
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Article85 1950-08-23 3 Standard Staff Corr. KUALA LUMPUR. Tuts. Fourteen people died from pneumonia out of 62 cases reported m the Federation for the week endin? Aug. 5. The lirgest number of deaths were m Selangor where four people died, followed by three deaths m Malacca and two each85 words
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Article, Illustration80 1950-08-23 3 MUAR, Tues.— Kvvan Ah Chan, a Chinese, who assaulted his second wife. Lye Chik, was fined $10 by the magistrate, Inche Rauf bin Mohd. Sa'at. Kwan was stated to have slapped his second wife fol lowing a quarrel between her and his first wife and his mother. Mr. and80 words
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183 1950-08-23 3 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tues A claim for $1,500 by a mutton-seller, S. Ramasamy, against a clerk m the Veterinary Department, A. T. Selvarayan, for allegedly causing him to be arrested and detained by the police, was dismissed by Mr Justice E. N. Taylor183 words
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Article26 1950-08-23 3 XL T A[ A MTMPUR, Tues A bandit gang set on (ire and partly damaged two P.W D. lorries m Johore last night26 words
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Miscellaneous360 1950-08-23 3 YMCA Literary section play 9 p.m SELANGOR Today reading 7.30 p.m. Rex: The Fan 12.45. 8. 645 and 9 15 d m Odeon: Jack London 3. 6.45 and SEREMBAN Today Sun: Magic Horse (Tamil) 1. 4.45 915 p m and 8 3 p m Pavilion: 9 Warriors (Chap. 2) Plaza:360 words
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408 1950-08-23 4 Standard Staff Correspondent IPOH, Tues. The Malayan Federation of Clerical and Administrative Staff Unions, m conjunction with the recently formed Malayan Trade Union Council, will continue to fight for the rights of the workers generally. This assurance was given m the report408 words
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Article202 1950-08-23 4 Refuge For Dangerous Junction Standard Staff Correspondent PENANG. Tues.— A letter from the Automobile Association of Malaya. Penang Branch, was read at the meeting of the Pen a n g Settlement Traffic Committee to the effect that certain junction was dangerous as there was a tendency for cars to cut202 words
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Article49 1950-08-23 4 CONSUL-GENERAL Ho Yin of Red China arrived m Singapore yesterday from Hongkong aboard the Tjitjalengka. Accompanied by his staff, the Consul-General is on transit to Jakarta where he is to join the Embassy there. The Tjitjalengka is scheduled to leave for Indonesia today.49 words
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92 1950-08-23 4 Standard Staff Correspdt. BITTER WORTH. Tues. A Penang Chinese, Tan Kirn Hong, was sentenced to four months' imprisonment m the Circuit Magistrate's Court yesterday because his parents refused to stand surety for him. Tan was convicted of stealing a bicycle at the railway92 words
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270 1950-08-23 4 Ha wkers Blamed For Typhoid, Diptheria Standard Staff Correspondent PENANG. Tues. Our obvious policy is to reduce the number of street hawkers gradually and to educate the public not to patronise them. The Acting Municipal Health Officer, Dr. A. A. Byrne stated today. Dr. Byrne had forwarded a memorandum on270 words
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Article, Illustration265 1950-08-23 4 A concert m aid of the Foochow Methodist Church Building fund will be held m the Church premises at Race Course Road on Aug. 25 at 7.30 p.m. Photo above shows some of the children artistes from Prof, andLai Fong - 265 words
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Article44 1950-08-23 4 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tues The names of the two police constables killed during the bandit attack on a police party m Kedah last Sunday areFrontier Force Constable Hassan bin Samsuddin and Frontier Force Constable Mat bin r*uten. picture.44 words
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Article34 1950-08-23 4 Standard Staff Correspondent SEGAMAT. Tucs. Inchc Abdul Aziz bin Hj Sukor of the District Office. Johore Bahru. has arrived at Segamnt to succeed Syed Hashim bin Abdullah as second A.D.O Segamat.34 words
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Article, Illustration215 1950-08-23 4 Standard Stall Correspondent PENANG Tues. The publicity given to accident cases, Particularly m the vernacular press was referred tJ£ *a Chcah Chenjj Poh at the Penang Settlement Traffic Advisory Committee meeting. He suggested that the committce might consider the release of a guide to betterGan Boon Eng - 215 words
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117 1950-08-23 4 Mrs. Stutchbury' s Remains Flown To Hongkong HONGKONG. Aug 22. (AP) —The body of the young Englishwoman killed m Malaya is scheduled to arrive here by plane today, her parents announced. Mr. and Mrs. George Witchell told newsmen the body pi their 26-year-old daughter Norah Evelyn Stutchbury will be brought117 words
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239 1950-08-23 4 United States 'Very Interested In S-E Asia,' Says Consul Standard Staff Correspondent PENANG, Tues. The American Government is very i ed m South-East Asia, particularly Malaya, for durin years, the American people have become aware of the inn this country economically with regard to tin and robber This was stated239 words
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Article198 1950-08-23 4 Standard Stall Correspondent BLTTERWORTH, Tues.Province Wellesley is to be made brighter at night. This was announced by the Chairman of the Rural Board. Mr. S T. Stewart, at its meeting last week. Mr Stewart snid that there were still provisions for a further 80 street198 words
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98 1950-08-23 4 Standard Stall orreMKmdcnt SITIAWAN T TOM.— A ftl h hntma Gandhi memorial building, COflttng about $75""" I be built m Sitiaw Plans for its construction have boon approved and w is expected to stnrt m Sop' ber. it is m >M mmmiinltjF i je<98 words
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Advertisement50 1950-08-23 4 IS NOW ONLY i^ |i«B COP t R I ,H1 IV4I/ I S S« BP^ tHt COCA COLA COMPANt THROUGHOUT SINGAPORE ISLAND AND SOUTH JOHORE N£W "TAKE HQM£" PRICE $3/- PER CASE OF 24 EOTTLES (PLUS DEPOSIT) NEW DfPOS/r CHARGf-R EFUNDABLE 0N RETURN BOTTLES- .05 CENTS EACH CA^ CINTS EACH50 words
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Advertisement52 1950-08-23 4 PHSiIPS k FUSH BULBS V^ IHMIIUI MMII k Jh?^ For i v ''ifl;. istm WHOOPK-i a?V COLSH i/ I BROW n: mum. I high a ww> s All I MM EVERY WEDNESDAY SPECIAL DINNER and DANCE DINNER and o LA CARTE SERVED IN THE 0?c COUNTRY HOTEI 622 BAHTLBV ROAI52 words
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Article865 1950-08-23 5 T™ clo «^s and general O1 m "«Sy dampness of «W«we, dorlngr the PM* few days, made me reel most unenthusiastic a^iit shop window gaz•r?" 1 m at Shriro (China), Raffles Place, I was completely transpbrted. They have received a fairly large consignment of an American K°P<£ Pjastic.865 words
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Article, Illustration194 1950-08-23 5 By stand upright at the side like a little quill! Some imaginative girls ftimpjj wear unc glove, UMUg the other as headgear. Another rage m the town is the T locus Pocus" turban and these are most ingenious. A iirl can buy herself several of Uiese bands, drapingMOLLIE ROSS - 194 words
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Article224 1950-08-23 5 Now-It's T he Korean Look ]YEW YORK, Aug. 22— Streamlined versions of Korea styles are appearing on the racks of many American department stores. Traditional Korean frocks have no buttons or button holes. Robinsons are used for belt and fastenings. There are no pockets and the chumuni, a small bag224 words
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Article61 1950-08-23 5 Many straw sandals, silk felt shoes and printed silk house-slippers, made m Japan, are being sold for "genuine Korean" merchandise. EVER heard of long gloves being twisted into tur bans? Well, one New York milliner has designed this fanciful novelty not even forgetting to place61 words
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Article, Illustration54 1950-08-23 5 Perhaps the tun wasn't really strong enoufVi. Perhaps the parasol was only there m case of a threatening shower. Natasha Parry didn't mind taking the sunshine straight between the eyes as she paused m an ap-river jaunt. Natasha is fllmityr "Man Detained" m Britain at the moment. She should54 words
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Article694 1950-08-23 6 TPHE recent visit of the fact finding mission of the X International Confederation of Free Trade Unions has served to spotlight some of the wider issues connected with the development of trade unionism m this country. For, since the outbreak of i+ie Emergency, Malayan trade unions have694 words
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707 1950-08-23 6 They Have Nailed Down Farouk's Mats i KING FAROUK mill have a quiet holiday m France, our DEAUVILLE, SOME kings are not publicity conscious. Farouk of Egypt is. Relaxed m his neatlypressed suit, he stared down 300 ft. over a window box of drooping geraniums from his £15 a day707 words
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Article427 1950-08-23 6 But They Grudge $5 Sir:— The Municipal toties who recently were rebuked by a few traders because they collected S2 to $5 a month as extra remuneration when they are m receipt of monthly salaries fittingly replied that their greediness is merely to supplement their meagre income427 words
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Article64 1950-08-23 6 fANCE it is decreed that f people are to be killed, the "moral" question is fully settled. It was probably far more unpleasant to be disemboweled by the 18-inch sword of the Roman soldier than it will be to vanish m the tta^h of a nuclear reaction.64 words
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Article, Illustration10 1950-08-23 6 She dances 'Bride of Nile for her King SAMIA GAMEL10 words
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Article, Illustration78 1950-08-23 6 I^^ SSS&fiS^ ot the Co<yp USE THEIR (SONS AS SMOKIHO PIPES/ THFY PUT TOBACCO m The BREACHAAC PUFF THROUGH The BARREL Jhf VIRGINIA and TRUCKEE RAILROAD' W£S NOr GO to EITHER VIRGINIA QftTKUCKEE I.C.BRUOER of Hempsteaii.N^ HOOKED 2 BLACK BASS WITH ftMTCAST/ Lake Nahumkeaff. July78 words
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Article, Illustration679 1950-08-23 6 S.E. OEI - S.E.OEI b*l PENANG. TVEWS of the sudden death of the Sessions Court President, Mr. Edmund Arthur Burton, aged 46, on Thursday last at Taiping after he had returned from his normal work earlier m the day. recalls to mind two other sudden deaths here within the last679 words
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Article40 1950-08-23 6 Review of Views All For P e3C c N r, joinii j n<".«. far' i ■< Action Hailed v B r« B to a eoaa*» Wanted: Fair Deal m Cum Tl d wer« of An Admission p j ii t!i. tUf40 words
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Article, Illustration398 1950-08-23 7 LONDON, Aug. 2Z AP) The Royal Marine Commando unit to be nown from England is expected to arrive m Korea within the next two weeks— about the same time as the two battalions being sent from398 words
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Article145 1950-08-23 7 CAIRO. Aug 22 (UP) Arab circles hail the Arab Political Committee's decision to adopt a cornicy of neutrality m the Korean case at the next X Genera] Assembly meeting as a bold step to assert ib League's independent stand between the East and the West145 words
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88 1950-08-23 7 KARACHI. Aug. 22. (Rev—Sir Owen Dixon, U.N. iator m Kashmir, will cave for London and Lake j this week, with India I Pakistan still disagreed on >sue of Kashmir demilitarisation. Owen has spent three m India and Pakisti'tf to pave the way for88 words
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Article94 1950-08-23 7 BIRMINGHAM, Aug. 22 (AP) Britain may be making electric power from uranium within five years, but on an experimental basis, said Sir John Cockroit, uead of the atomic energy research establishment at Harwell, at an "Atomic Energy m the Service of Man" display here. He said94 words
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Article32 1950-08-23 7 TOKYO, Aug. 22 (ReuterAAP): South Korean sources claim that the Commander of the Communist 4th division. Gen. Pak Sung Suk. was killed during the" Changyong battle on Aug. 19.32 words
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222 1950-08-23 7 OTTAWA, Aug. 22 (AP) "Fear and suspicion between some of the less fortunate Asian countries and the European countries have reached a fearful height," said Mr. P. K. Banerjee, Secretary to the Indian High Commissioner m Ottawa, urging the West to give upA.P. - 222 words
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Article32 1950-08-23 7 CAIRO. Aug. 22 (AP):— Tribal Teudiny m the U.N. trust territory of Italian Somaliland has resulted In more than 200 deaths m pitched battles, the Arab agency reports.32 words
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Article, Illustration118 1950-08-23 7 Indian Plan Prospects Are Bright LAKE SUCCESS. Aug. 22.1 (Reuter) The Western bloc 1 having again flatly rejected j new Russian move yesterday to invite North Korean repre- i sentatives to the Security Council, interest is now focussed on the Indian proposal, which appears to have a good chance of118 words
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Article59 1950-08-23 7 OTTAWA, Aug. 22 (Reuter) A Canadian plan to supply the North Atlantic Pact nations of Europe with some of her guns, aircraft and other military equipment, is expected to be discussed by the deputies meeting* m London today. In return for her transfer of armaments, Canada59 words
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62 1950-08-23 7 HONGKONG. Aug. 22 (ReuterAAPV. Chinese right wing union members m Hongkong have begun a movement to take over control of public utility and other major labour unions from left wing leaders, according to labour sources here. The right wing members are supported by the62 words
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Article241 1950-08-23 7 WITH THE BTH ARMY IN KOREA, Aug. 22 (UP) The j Korean war enters its third month this Thursday under battle conditions more favourable to the U.N. forces than at any time since the Communists spilled over the 38th Parallel on June 25. The Red attack241 words
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59 1950-08-23 7 'British People Have Shelved Churchill LONDON, Aug. 22 <AP):— A British opinion poll says that nothing short of another war would restore Mr. Winston Churchill to full popularity with the British people. The poll, made by Mass Observation Ltd., which claims to be non-partisan, says. "With some pity, some resentment,59 words
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81 1950-08-23 7 FONTAINEBLEAU, Aug. 22. (Reuter)— Air Chief Marshal Sir James Robb, British C.-in-C. of Western Union Air Forces, has disclosed that the Western Union is creating an integrated air defence m which men, planes, armament and fuel are interchangeable. Standardisation, he said, is proceeding satisfactorily and81 words
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Article17 1950-08-23 7 India is soon to be connected Iby direct radio telephone with 1 Indonesia. Reuter.17 words
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Article, Illustration377 1950-08-23 7 VATICAN CITY, Aug. 22 (Reuter) —Pope Pius XII has issued a 5,000-word encyclical defining what Roman Catholics may and may not believe about the origin of the human race and giving a new statement of the Catholic view on the unity of Christian churches. Catholics,A.P.; U.P.; Reuter - 377 words
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150 1950-08-23 7 STRASBOURG, Aug. 22 (Renter) Aggression against Yugoslavia by the neighbouring "Iron Curtain" countries of Hungary, Rumania and Albania is imminent, a Yugoslavia leader told the press last night. Mr. Zhivko Topalovich. chairman of the YugoslavSocialist Party who is attending the Council of Europe meeting here,150 words
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Article, Illustration181 1950-08-23 7 'New Volcano Has Burst Out In Tibet CALCUTTA, Aug. 22 (AP) A new volcano must have burst forth In Tibet, the centre of last week's terrific earthquakes, say geologists commenting on reports of a giant red glow m the sky discernible from the Indian border. Waters from the upper reaches181 words
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80 1950-08-23 7 HONGKONG. Aug. 22 (UP>: Members of Urn British diplomatic stafl m Peking cue said here tube trriny to leave China after unsuccessful efforts to establish relations, but exit per- mits have been reiused by the Red authorities. Private information from the northern capital said80 words
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Article28 1950-08-23 7 JAKARTA. Aug. 22 <Reuterl: President Soekarno has called on Mr. Mohamed Natzir, leader of the Masjumi (Republican Muslim) Party, to form Indonesia's first Parliamentary Cabinet.28 words
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Advertisement51 1950-08-23 7 I FOR GOOD IMPRESSIONSIT RIBBONS I AVAI L A B L E^^k I IN MANY COLOURS H FOR ALL MAKES OF I TYPEWRITERS I f^^ff^'fl^ 104 ROBINSON ROAft fl Ijr^V/IjWB SINGAPORE. 1 I IMhHS t E L 6480.1 ALSO mT KUALA LUMPUR t PEHAN6 1 VM dSTABUSHEO 40 YE*"S IN51 words
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Advertisement72 1950-08-23 7 Appeasement Feared LONDON, Aug. 22 (UP):— The Church of England has rejected an "appeal for peace" issued by churchmen m the Soviet Union on grounds that it might be used for "political purposes," pointing out that Hitler's Germany encouraged peace drives to "encourage an attitude of appeasement" m Britain and72 words
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Advertisement67 1950-08-23 7 CASH VOUCHERS $10.00 THIS is AN I \SY IRRANGEMENT FOR j^^L^ THOSi: WHO UlSff TO MARK A GIFT TO P RELATIVES \M> FRIENDS. W YOU SIMPLY BUY A VOUCHER. YOt R FRIENDS EXCHANGE IT FOR GIFTS THEY REALLY WANT IN ANY OF OIR EXTENSIVE DEPARTMENTS IN EITHER OUR SINGAPORE OR67 words
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200 1950-08-23 8 UK Tin Price Rises By £10, Market Erratic LONDON, Aug. ZZ (UP) The tin market was strong but the future was erratic Ten tons from a smelter furnished a little business for spot at £839, <nn. £10 from yesterday afternoon), while 115 tons furnished business for three months of which200 words
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155 1950-08-23 8 BUYING interest m the Singapore rubber market yesterday was small, though prices were firmer on news of the strike of plantation workers m Indonesia. The market opened steadier, but during the afternoon quotations were inclined to be easier, with sellers coming out from upcountry.155 words
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Article44 1950-08-23 8 EGYPT and Pakistan have signed a trade pact under which Pakistan will send Egypt 4.000 tons of raw iute and 200.000 tons of wheat Egypt will supply Pakistan with cotton, cotton yarn, woollen cloth, silk cloth, rice and phar mace'JticaJ products.44 words
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Article36 1950-08-23 8 BOSTON. Aug 22— (AP>— The New England Shoe and Leather Association snid U.S. Commerce Department figures show that Czechoslovakia exported 122.920 1 pairs of women's shoes to the United States during ApriL36 words
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Article, Illustration97 1950-08-23 8 Finance and Commerce Mr. D. M. Dahanukar (left) and Mr. R. N. Agarwal, diretors of two of the largest sugar mills m India, who passed through Singapore by Qantas Constellation on Monday on their way to the International Sugar Technologists Conference m Brisbane. Queensland this month. They told The StandardStandard - 97 words
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Article209 1950-08-23 8 LONDON, Aug. 22 (Renter) Rises m prices of metals brought firmness and activity to base metal shares m the London Stock Exchange today. Coppers, lead, and zincs encountered good demand and recorded useful rises. Rhokana copper was around half a point up at 14!. Elsewhere,209 words
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Article100 1950-08-23 8 HK Trade In July Best Ever HONGKONG. Aug. 22 (AP) —Hongkong had one of its best trading months on record m July. A Government statement said the colony had a favourable trade balancr- of HK$53--800 000 m the month-lel.ev-ed to be the highest m its history. Imports totalled HK$24l--000.000 and100 words
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Article61 1950-08-23 8 RANGOON. Aug. 22. (Reuter)—lndin will purchase 170.--000 tons of Burma rice at £40 per ton and above during the: period ending n*xt June 30. the Ministry of Agriculture and Forests announced. An agreement was signed here today by Indian Ambassador M. A. Rauf. and U Thct61 words
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393 1950-08-23 8 US Govt. Studying Use More Synthetic Order, Says Official I Saving Natnrttt Mabber For Stockpile t WASHINGTON, Aug. 22— (AP)— The U.S. Commerce Department stated today it was considering: an order to the rubber industry to use more synthetic and less natural rubber. However, no specific date has been set393 words
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Article, Illustration138 1950-08-23 8 WASHINGTON. Aug 22 (UP) The Ex port- Import Bank has announced a lonn of US $22,100,000 to Indonesia for purchases of motor vehicles and road-building equipment The money is part of the $100,000.00 credits for Indonesia announced last February The Bank announcement said: "Indonesia's138 words
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203 1950-08-23 8 CHICAGO, All*. 21 (IT) GoldbhitK onf of Chicago's largest department stores, h.iv ottered to bin everything brought over b> torri-n exhibitors for showlag at the International lilic Fair m h mchandise worth "millions" ot dollars I ur tikdl ported Merchandise, or i203 words
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Article151 1950-08-23 8 MUNICIPAL Spore 5 1920 105 00 106 50 4J% 1930 105 -SO 106 50 3 1935 86 00 87 00 3 1937 92.50 03 50 ad 3 1938 92 50 93 50 Jri 4 7« 1939 100 50 102 50 :<*■"! 1948 90 00 91 00 Pcr.ang151 words
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Article38 1950-08-23 8 HOUSTON, Aug. 21.— (AP) —America's domestic crude oil production now is 44 percent higher than 11)41 Oil Industry represent .vives said domestic production m ***** averaged :i.841.700 barrels daily. Current production averages 5.521,550 barrels daily.38 words
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Article33 1950-08-23 8 CO A f U (AP tons of ii m f The Uibuted I furnish m The I ins I to countei pro an have i. A33 words
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34 1950-08-23 8 COP HA an appr. ?44. with si •ant ■< I N>i I conut oil B r\ ducc iii. rket Bel (whole) V cube) Flour $20 I Sl«f (S.ii i34 words
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Advertisement103 1950-08-23 8 RUBBER The latest Singapore rubber prices yesterday (Aug. 22) were per Ib. Buyers Sellers No. 1. RSS Spot loose $1.34 $1.35 No. 1. RSS fob m boles Sept. $1.29 $1.30 No. 2. $i 281 $1,291 No. 3. tt $1,271 $1,281 Tone: Steady quiet. TIN SINGAPORE, Tues., Aug. 22.— The price103 words
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Advertisement109 1950-08-23 8 Baling Money Exchange Rates FREE MARKET CURRENCIES BF.II.iNG n IV I N G SEftfu S^* etTfr b&% r**-^^ New Zealand 2/4 I '3f !l 8 2J2 <M RniKs, jr .is x ?s l/ 1€ i a Buying rates tor Air Mail transmission. CONTROL DIRECT RATES evviNa Air Mall New York109 words
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Advertisement35 1950-08-23 8 DON'T WAIT FOP YOUR PICH mil' START A SAVING? ACCOUNT TO-PAY.' YOU TOO CAN OPEN A SAVINGS ACCOUNT FOR AS LITTLE AS $1 INTERESJ l BE PAID AT 2% PER ANN I CHUHG KHinUI BfInHLTH-35 words
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Miscellaneous161 1950-08-23 8 MALAYAN SOARS PRICES SINGAPORE. Tues. The Malayan share market steadied today on the rise of the tin metal price and bids from London at higher levels. Industrials were still stendv. Rubber shares, however, had small business. Closing quotations were: INDUSTRIALS Bttret Seliei Alex Brtckj Prel 1.110 200 Ord 190 200161 words
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Miscellaneous338 1950-08-23 8 >vt?rsP3^ Assur 10 75 1125 O ("hinesf Bank 61 50 62 50 Kd Raffle* Hotel 1 50 255 Wnbr «<T) *t Co Ist Pref 61 4 H."> 5 00 2nd Prcr 9% 10 00 10 25 Ord S tock 2 a*> 210 Runrjvmede 100 105 S Cold Storage 440 450338 words
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Miscellaneous337 1950-08-23 8 I T:ir.jonfc Tin 7 <'o 7/9 I Sff»variB «/fs >»/ts Siamese 14 3 IS/3 Si id ::.a Sungei Bsot If/- IK '9 SiincH Bidor 3^/- 34 fSc >uthern Kinta 11'- 11/6 S Malayan 25/6 27/S Tronoh 20 ti 21/3 Sun<?ei Kinta 10/6 14/6 Surpel Way 1 70 I 75 T;-.ipin<?337 words
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Article, Illustration190 1950-08-23 9 AM IP, Belgium. (UP) All Belgium's har- d up by a dockers' strike on Monday ere called m Ghent, Zeebrugge, Ostend support of a 24-day-old longshoreman's ;her wages m Antwerp, continental Europe s largest seaport. The Antwerp strike, involving an estimated 14.000 dockers,Michael Goh - 190 words
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Article, Illustration140 1950-08-23 9 HONGKONG. Aug. 22 In another 10 days British Colony will be linked lephone with d possibly four s of the globe, it Learned. 1 Cable and Wirei the American c to include a and Mexico. A feu.r 4 h service to Australia currenj i140 words
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Article53 1950-08-23 9 NORWEGIAN shipping, which has now reached its pre-war strength of about 5 million tons, has difficulty m manning its ships. It is particularly difficult to find junior officers and technical personnel, but there^s a general shortage of all ranks: reports the Motor 1 Ship m one of53 words
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Article126 1950-08-23 9 2nd Post-War Jap Ship Calls Here Standard Shipping: Reporter WITH Japanese steel loaded m Osaka as her cargo, the Kosho Maru was here yesterday m the outer roads. This 3,969-ton freighter is the second Japanese vessel to call at Singapore since the liberation, and is bound for Cape Town and126 words
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Article, Illustration252 1950-08-23 9 NEW YORK, Aug. 22 (AP)— The Cunard Line Queen Elizabeth arrived m New York dock. Monday after a midnight to early morning tussle with a hurricane, which churned the Atlantic, and which passengers said gave the huge liner a shake," making walking her decks "like252 words
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Article65 1950-08-23 9 LARGEST 19 J knot cargo liner, the 10.200-ton M.S. Cirrus, was completed m June by A.B. Gataverken for the Transatlantic S.S. Co., of Gothenburg. The Cirrus is 526 ft. 3 ins. m length overall with a beam of 66 ft. and a draught of j 20 ft. 10J ins.65 words
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361 1950-08-23 9 LShlppiuy ~7v»I-l^._ I the looters Burmese Dolled, dried rice were recovered from While the Master of the lonian Moon Cantain n H. Hogg, of Whitby Bay, and the ChSS ?Offi?e? Mr Foster F. Armstrong, of West Hartlepool, were ashore361 words
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Article, Illustration139 1950-08-23 9 told they might bring it ashore. They did ,so, and were released. Then, m the early hours on Monday morning, the report of the stolen rice from the Master of the lonian Moon was received by the Police. Those four Chinese were arrested. With them yesterday m Singapore139 words
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Article129 1950-08-23 9 CHICAGO -(AP)American railroads have decidejd to increase their freight car ownership by 122,000 cars— the most ambitious car acquisition programme since 1923. This was announced by William T. Faricy, President of the Association of American' Railroads, who met with representatives of most of the nations129 words
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Article107 1950-08-23 9 Standard Shipping Reporter A 2.000-ton cargo of Bengal Jute, m the form of gunny bags, leaves Singapore for Hongkong this morning m the 3,000-ton China coaster Taksang. belonging to Jardine, Matheson Co. Loading of the gunnies finished at Calcutta on August 13 and107 words
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Advertisement48 1950-08-23 9 1 UGCLAI TRANS PACIFIC SERVICE Mr «*t Overland "mo. Los Angeles All American Canadian Cities S.S. "J.l. LUCKENBACH" Hongkong Kobe f cliCO 28 29 Aug. 3/4 3ept 15 Sept. h >H Particulars of dry Cargo. Deep Tanks Passenger Bookings etc. Agents A^LO. FRENCH BENDIXSENS LTD. UPMI *****/3 Penan*48 words
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Advertisement633 1950-08-23 9 H I from Palembang ETA 3.30 Arrivals p™ pan American world DeDarturps AIRWAYS CLIPPER "SLEEPERETTE" KLM CONSTELLATION f kTM M C a S^IIAV^N Ban 6 k a° m k as^rs raCh^ a e^ Qi r s¥A J S ak^^,^ A A^°WA?S CONSTELLATIONS for' Sydney ETD 5 am from London, Rome,633 words
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Miscellaneous57 1950-08-23 9 OUT OF HARBOUR Jf Arrivals i YESTERDAY TJITJALENGKA; HOEGH SILVERLIGHT; MADOERA; SEDENAK; PUSENG: CHAS. MACLEOD; PRES. BUCHANAN. Ships Due TODAY MENTOR (Mansfield) from U.K. BENVENUE (Paterson Simons) from UK/Continent. TOMORROW STRAAT MALAKKA (KPM) from S. America. TOBOALI (KPM) from Pontianak. KVERNAAS (East Asiatic) from Scandinavia/UK/cont. BINTANG (East Asiatic) from Pcnang.57 words
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Miscellaneous64 1950-08-23 9 tIALIUONIAN QUEEN (Islay Kerr) from Bombay. Aug. 26: ESANG (Boustead) from Japan, Hongkong. CHANDPARA (Islay Kerr) from Calcutta. PRODUCE (Mansfield) from Hongkong. Aug. 27: SELANDIA (East Asiatic) from Scandinavia /Continent. BRECONSHIRE (Boustead) from UK/Continent. KILWA (Islay Kerr) from Chittagong. OPHIR (KPM) from Djakarta. ESANG (Boustead) from Japan and Hongkong. Aug.64 words
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Miscellaneous163 1950-08-23 9 Despatches TODAY— United States of America and Canada noon by J.L. Luckenbach; Hongkong and China 6 p.m. by Canton; Japan 6 p.m. by Canton. TOMORROW Thailand (parcels only) 9 a.m. by Bentong; Medan noon by Van der Hagen; Pontianak by Batoebahra; Sibu by Angby; Palembang by Waiwerang. Arrivals AUG. 25163 words
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Article462 1950-08-23 10 Samuel G; Esther B. Bling - Samuel G. and Esther B. Bling Xv Some Quarrels Are \eeessary Q. Can you avoid all quarrels with your mate? A. It isn't likely. Few, indeed, are those men and women who have an evenness of temperament which enables them to go through life without occasional spats with their462 words
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637 1950-08-23 10 'Shangri-La' Next By FRED DOERFLINGER LONDON, Aug. 22 (INS) The "roof of the world" may be blown off at any moment. Communism is moving m on its No. 1 target m Asia "Shangri-La." The 15-year-old Dalai Lama, spiritual and temporal637 words
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Article, Illustration17 1950-08-23 10 Ed Deed - Ed Deed Xv "Congratulations, Butch, you're a free man!— Your wife divorced you yesterday!"17 words
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Article142 1950-08-23 10 LONDON, Aug. 22— <INS)— Miss Katina Theodossiou, editor of the Astrological Bulletin, believes Britain's new Princess will 'take after" Queen Elizabeth. The Princess's horoscope is as follows, according to Miss Theodossiou "Leo the -Lion, traditionally associated with rulership, is the baby's sun-sight, and was over the meridian142 words
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Article229 1950-08-23 10 Mysterious Flower-Bed In Britain LONDON, Aug. 22 (INS) For the past two years British botanists have been trying to solve the mystery of the strangest flower-bed m Britain. This flower-bed consists of twenty-five foreign plants growing m a World War II bomb crater near Box Hill. Surrey county. None of229 words
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Article, Illustration308 1950-08-23 10 Asthma May Be Cleared I If Sinus Infection 1$ Th P r By EDWIN P lOK written for n M s Mt > CHORTNESS of breath and wheezes m the chest are the most common sign o f asthma. The diagnosis, however, cannot be made until the308 words
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Advertisement45 1950-08-23 10 77ie Z/O/ig And Short Of It y^^' Friends and neighbours for many years the families Lone, Short, and Little, have cheerfully accepted jokes about their names. Now the Shorts* only da Xh Itei1 te i has married and settled down nearby. Her name is Laiffe.45 words
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Miscellaneous233 1950-08-23 10 Cross word Puzzle To p REVIOC s ,vz 2LE t£ what' manner SIM" 1 c dHty 1 4P "PpSWIL «O E 8-1 et it stand V S P TUBMDfE Vr i4-?"m or timt s-s ort )ack i F?p aiiiEHPWDi 15 M nd 41— Temporary TT^Ej^WjfpPflj^p^ 19 C,; 1 traces JtSSn*!'233 words
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Miscellaneous131 1950-08-23 10 A r^W i Ml I 111 iI 1 I r^^^^N 1 f "^7^ *-i i i H /w^*^ fiifllU 1 om she's! they didnY •> VC'^S} A BLO^DeA w HAVE PCOM < s v l^.^S U Vj> THEY MIRED j S^S^ W.TH BLUE J2STV 5^ MER IN 3fe^>)' (T^O, WHEPEs)131 words
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336 1950-08-23 11 YESTFR S n\ n v ard Staff o 5 e P° rter *fc&IfcRDAY evening:, 28 young men ea up at the Town Headquarters of the Malayan Auxiliary Air Force m Beach Road to answer the call for the possible future defence of336 words
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Article138 1950-08-23 11 ,rd Staff Reporter BAIIRU, Tues.— T>ie f r rent of Johore has o P cne<] W squatters areas m I, Kulai Besar. nd Pekan Nanas In .k g Johore. 'i Donald of the Mines Department Standard "More be opened up In SO far. 1 500138 words
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65 1950-08-23 11 JOHORE BAHRU, Tues.— In th< rate's Court totnxi driver, nit, who drove ieration with two >ound for Batu I ed $20 by Inche ak. explained that permits were Singapore taxis. ild allow a taxi to rs from SingaB miles into the 1 and take65 words
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Article128 1950-08-23 11 Standard Staff Reporter REV. Father Riordan. commended by the former Prime Minister of New Zealand Mr. Peter Fraser, as the "greatest friend of the Maoris". passed through Singapore by Qantas Constellation from Australia on Monday. Father Riordan, who is on his .way to Rome128 words
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Article, Illustration196 1950-08-23 11 Standard Staff Reporter ANOTHER Chinese Union has offered help to RedifTusion strikers, Mr. D.N. Booth. President of the Rediffusion Employees' Union, said yesterday. Meanwhile, Mr. Booth issued a statement appealing "to our many sympathisers and all pub-lic-spirited citizens to help us m our fight for196 words
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250 1950-08-23 11 Standard Staff Correspondent THE Malayan delegates to the International Salvationist Youth Congress m London played a leading part m the activities during the pas 4 week. On the first day, all five delegates Chia Cheong Fook, Lim Tee Heow. Tan Khia Fatt, Mrs.250 words
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Article72 1950-08-23 11 Special To The Standard SEREMBAN, Tues. Che Fatimah binti Musa of the Welfare Department, Muar, has arrived m Seremban to succeed Mr. D. S. Shearer as State Welfare Officer, Negri Sembilan. Che Fatimah will be the first Malay woman to hold the important post m72 words
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341 1950-08-23 11 Standard Staff Correspondent BAN, Tues. Kolandavelu, a keyman atMalayan railways and stationed at Ayer today sentenced by Mr. Justice Abbott to porous imprisonment on each of two tailing to report the activities of armed bandits. tion, conducted Sheppard, Feder- stated that the:■ ted by341 words
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Article194 1950-08-23 11 Stal Reporter. In Singthe antimailed m USA Mio cornnot really spitalfl m even try h team m tin q found that U any. M of the Jh these -aic* v, >.ved boom M i told pre- An official of the Medical Department told The Standard194 words
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Article66 1950-08-23 11 Standard Staff Correspondent IPOH, Tues. The former Chinese Nationalist Vice-Con-sul m Selangor, Mr. Max Huang, is now the supervisor of the amalgamated offices m the Perak Chinese Chamber of Commerce premises. Mr. Huang's task will be to co-ordinate the work of the staffs of the66 words
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119 1950-08-23 11 Standard Staff Reporter LEGAL proceedings may again be started m the Singapore High Court by the lawyers for the Netherlands Consulate General for repatriation of Nadra Adabi, formerly Bertha Hertogh, to Holland. This was stated by an official of the Consulate, who added119 words
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Article40 1950-08-23 11 MUAR, Tues. For selling ice-cream without a licence and failing to report his change of address, a Malay, Hassan bin Ahmad, was fined a total of $20 by Inche Rauf bin Mohd. Sa'at, the magistrate.40 words
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197 1950-08-23 11 Standard Staff Reporter ABOUT 200 Government clerks will sit for their clerical promotion examination on Sept. 18. This number includes about 90 temporary clerks who have been absorbed into the general clerical service. Temporary clerks were taken into the service on March 1197 words
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Article108 1950-08-23 11 THE Y.W.C.A. will hold its annual Flag Day on Saturday. Sept. 2 when about 300 women and girls will do their bit for the association by selling flags m the streets of Singapore. The purpose of the Flag Day. it is stated, is to collect108 words
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Article, Illustration222 1950-08-23 11 Special Commission May Handle SMC Staff Problems Standard Staff Reporter THE appointment of a Public Service Commission for recruitments to and promotions m the Singapore Municipal Services is now being considered by a special Municipal committee. x Thisfollows a suggestion made at the June meeting of the Municipal Commissioners by222 words
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130 1950-08-23 11 Standard Staff Reporter THE Singapore Clerical and Administrative Workers Union, has sent a memorandum to the Select Committee on the Rent Control (Amendment) Ordinance Bill suggesting that the English calendar should be the basis for reckoning all monthly rents. The memorandum also suggests there130 words
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Article48 1950-08-23 11 MUAR. Tues.— The revival of the Chinese Christian Youth Fellowship was discussed by several members of the Church at a recent meeting. It was decided to enrol members at an early date and to make improvements to the new building just bought by the Church.48 words
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Article109 1950-08-23 11 Standard Staff Reporter THE Municipal Secretary. Mr. T M. Stevens, has asked the Government and Municipal Labour Union to" submit a detailed statement of its objections to the Wages Commission Report for consideration by the Special Labour Committee nowstudying the subject. During the recent meetings109 words
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165 1950-08-23 11 Note To Whitehall Standard Staff Reporter THE Government and Municipal Labour Union is sending a reminder to the Secretary of State for Colonies. Mr. .James Griffiths, about its demand for three seats m the Legislative Council to be reserved for trade unions. The demand165 words
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Article75 1950-08-23 11 Standard Staff Reporter JOHORE BAHRU T resSentence of eight months' rigorous imprisonment was imposed by Mr. W. B. Sutherland. President of A he Johore Sessions Court today on a Chinese. Tan Liang Huat. of I ulau Miang oil Singapore whon he was found guilty of possessing chandu.75 words
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Advertisement81 1950-08-23 11 There are many "Tiger" brands.., I but only ONE— TIGER BALM THE FAMOUS HOUSEHOLD REMEDY i Other Members of the famous "Tiger" Family of Medicinal Products Are: o RALASHIN SAI Or Pat Kwa Tan. keeps the Itreath fr<--!i and ill* mouth clean. HEADACHE CURE For Headaches, Nerve Pains, Neuralgia. Cold?,81 words
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Article, Illustration719 1950-08-23 12 A SWIFT attack which brought them a goal m the first two minutes of a hard-fought game, gave victory to Katong m the Singapore Boys Club's cup final on the Padang yesterday. The match was a replay after the two719 words
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Article118 1950-08-23 12 The Foundation Shield soccer league ftnal organised by the Sin- i S;'Pore Harbour Board will be played between Head Office nnd Traffic Department at Keppel Harbour ground on Sunday. Both teams co-nnleted the series with 32 points each and Sundays game will be the deciding match.118 words
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Article, Illustration166 1950-08-23 12 i TIGER STANDARD scored a runaway victory over Malayan Airways m a Business Houses League game played at the Police Training School m Thomson Road yesterday, winning by 10 goals to two. The half-time score was 4-1. Awang Bakar, Kam Poh and Chong Mun (2)166 words
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Article, Illustration136 1950-08-23 12 English Soccer Results LONDON, Aug. 22 (ReuterAP)— Sheffield Wednesday, one of the two football teams promoted to the First Div. of the English League at the end of last season, edged Portsmouth, current champions, 2 l m an evening game on Monday. Blackpool, who trounced Tottenham Hotspur 4 l m136 words
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Article48 1950-08-23 12 TAIPING. Tues. Yesterd-iv evening the Taiping Police Foott l l' .XI drew 1-all with the Taiping R.E j Sports Club m the The R.E.s scored first through Arumugam who headed m the coal at close range beating Sgt Boorman. B Hamid equalised for the Police.48 words
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Article363 1950-08-23 12 lhe following ties m the Singapore Badminton Championships will be played off this weekend at the Clerical Union Hall: Saturday, August 26 at 2.30 pm. Inter-school semi-finals: St Andrew's v St. Joseph's. Tournament Official: Tan Cheng Chia. Umpire: Teo Boon Eng, Referee: Lee Hock San. Saturday August363 words
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Article, Illustration818 1950-08-23 12 DOVER, Aug. 22— (AP, UP, Renter)— Massive 41-year-old Egyptian army lieutenant Hassan Abd El Rehim, swam across the English Channel to-day faster than anyone m history to beat 23 other swimmers m a race for a £1,000 prize offerred by The818 words
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Article173 1950-08-23 12 OFFICIALS of the Malayan Chinese Sports Federation will make a decision today which may bar some of Singapore's best athletes from taking part m the forthcoming Malayan Chinese Olympics." The decision concerns members of the Chinese section of the Singapore Swift Athletic Association. Included m173 words
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Article88 1950-08-23 12 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA KANGSAR. Aug. 20 The Kuala Kangsar District Malay football team beat Krian Malays by four goals to one m a charity soccer match played m aid of the Uni\ersity of Malaya Endowment fund. Che Gu Osman. scored an early goal for88 words
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Article142 1950-08-23 12 Singapore Junior Cup Tie THE Indian Rrcrcation Club A" >„ Singapore Medical Worker! 1 I':, n m a listless junior Cup soccer at the Geylang Stadium. The Medicals opened the scoring through Hamid shortly afterwards the Indians equalised through Bala. The Indians exerted more pressure and142 words
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Article73 1950-08-23 12 romiiu \u S v < l"P». ViMtm. M.iliwn badminton stars Tjo Jia I Baai md Pirus won I an MtJ IV J I.VI viiion over M Dokfa .md Dukle ol India m thf third round of thf I doubles rnkft luh of j India73 words
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116 1950-08-23 12 By 01 1 it: ivnii:* KIM A I I Ml'l I Tuf>CliMkinu II mm lor thf ihrff m the company of heritablemate Sanlam.i < k ir. rhrxtniit EBfUsh Bait *vi By Vallrj irad xho»«J up best on th«* Hf(ttnd tr.uk at the Kuala116 words
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Page 12 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous274 1950-08-23 12 UK LEAGUE SOCCER LONDON. Aug. 22: (Reuter). —Following are the football fixtures from Saturday, August 26, to Thursday, August 31: 5a turday 9 August 26: ENGLISH LEAGUE FIRST DIVISION Arsenal v Tottenham Blackpool v Charlton Bolton v Manchester Utd. Derby v Asion Villa Fulham v Wolverhampton Huddersfield v Portsmouth Liverpool274 words
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Miscellaneous257 1950-08-23 12 SECOND DIVISION Cardiff v Manchester City Leicester v Birmingham" Sheffield Utd v Swansea THIRD DIVISION: SOITII Bristol R. v Aldershot THIRD DIVISION: NORTH Gateshead v Carlisle Halifax v Barrow Hartlepools v York Stockport v Rotherham Tuesday, August 29: FIRST DIVISION Burnley v Blackpool THIRD DIVISION: SOITII Southend v Millwall THIRD257 words
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Miscellaneous38 1950-08-23 12 T I WE^g! TIMES iI,:, Udei ft Ml Mi it pm I'OMOKR' 111 lo I iin »> it 10 p. ill v ft no: .i m i ft (•MM pin 2» 1 n M > |fft I 10.."> 1 pm.38 words
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