The Straits Budget, 27 July 1950
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The Straits Budget
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Title Section31 1950-07-27 1 The Straits Budget THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES ESTABLISHED OVER A CENTURY] v Series No. 208. Singapore Thursday, July 27, 1950 Price 40 cents (S.S. Currency) Or 1 sh.31 words
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Advertisement111 1950-07-27 1 RapieR Non-Tilting Concrete Mixers. c^ N Es °< APIE <fcroRS ts <* Two RapieR 6 Standard Mobile Cranes handling 10 ton logs. All types and sizes for loads l to 15 tons. R\ V Sizes: 5 to 28 cu. ft. or larger. Also pneumatic tyres for trailing. RapieR Tilting Concrete111 words
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322 1950-07-27 2 AIK. J. S. Dumeresque. Director of Broadcasting, has missed the boat in his comments (reported by you on July 15) on my letter of July 13 concerning Radio Malaya’s Religion.” He has confused religion, language and race. He has said that “the Red Network322 words
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Article141 1950-07-27 2 IN olden days in the Straits Settlements, when pri- soners were used as labourers to repair roads, buildings, etc.. they were taken out of the gao’l in chains and under a strong armed guard. They were mostlv Indians, i sent here from India to serve their sentences. Children141 words
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Article247 1950-07-27 2 A Plea For A Beauty Spot 1 WAS horrified to read 1 in the Straits Times that the Sennett Realty Estate Company proposes to demolish MkalT Gardens and turn them into hat land for houses 'and maybe some children's playgrounds. Is Singapore so well stocked with public parks247 words
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Article644 1950-07-27 2 1VE seldom have new films up here. “Hamlet” arrived last Christmas or thereabouts, “The Third Man” and “The Heiress” about six weeks ago, I think. In any event, these films, good or bad, arrive unheralded and unsung in the course ot time "A Connecticut Yankee in the644 words
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345 1950-07-27 2 PURELY Messrs. Dasaratha Raj and Raghavan are ueing, to say the least, very selfish in writing to suggest that Radio Malaya should cease to broadcast Christian services on Sundays? I agree that one hour and a half is possibly too great a345 words
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Article179 1950-07-27 2 IT is very strange that most people elsewhere in Malaya have the impression that living conditions in Kelantan are extremely cheap, In actual fact, things ait awfully dear. 1 1 :s absolutely true that things in pla pore and Pi than the: K Vegetab toilet179 words
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Article210 1950-07-27 2 ll time when there are fewer healthy open spaces than there should be in the Colony it is with indignant distress and alarm that one reads about the impending fate of AlkafT Gardens As it eaSant SPOt S aI ady a *l host of l ts Pre-210 words
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Article58 1950-07-27 2 MY neartfelt tii i r appreciation u praporean" for his to the U.S Cons' published in h Forum, as well for so ablv sta n of the case of Korea British vo f erar Mons. Dunkirk. Malaya, and hov such desperate ticns wiii unde. God the tables58 words
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The Straits Budget
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Article651 1950-07-27 3 Straits Times July. 20. r mmunist cease-fire*, and hdrawnl of the North s behind the .°»8th p: tah da- essentia! conditions k :fun of the Korean war. T met be no misuruU rH. ;ihout tliat. There will I approval throughout I world of the firm -s toStraits Times July. 20. - 651 words
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Article441 1950-07-27 3 -Straits Times July. 20. A delicate problem of p diey is raised by recent protests from Indian readers in our correspondence columns against Radjo Malaya’s broadcasts of Christian religious services on Sunday evenings. The Director of Broadcasting has a good answer with regard to Islam. A religious service-Straits Times July. 20. - 441 words
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Article747 1950-07-27 3 Straits Times Julv. 21 When Sir Henry Gurney was appointed High Commission* i for the Federation it was said that he had been picked for that post because of a reputation for ruthlessness in Palestine and for a few months after Sir Henry’s arrival it looked asStraits Times Julv. 21 - 747 words
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Article158 1950-07-27 3 Straits Times July. 21 Make a note* of thr* number of your identity card, s<> that if von lose it you will still have the number That was a piece ol advice given by the Colonial Secretary, Mr. VV. L. Blythe, in his reply to the comments madeStraits Times July. 21 - 158 words
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Article213 1950-07-27 4 —Straits Times July. 22. New circulation records are announced this morning by the Straits Times and the Sunday Times. The daily av~r age circulation of the Straits Times last month was 50,27" Sales of the Sunday Times in June averaged 65,350 copie* each issue. In comparison with June—Straits Times July. 22. - 213 words
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Article389 1950-07-27 4 Straits Times July, 24. A new weapon with which to catch persons trying to dodge the exchange control rcgula tions was approved by *he Singapore Legislative Counci last week, in the shape of twe amendments to the Finance Regulations. Mr. John Laycock delivered a vigorous onslaught on theseStraits Times July, 24. - 389 words
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Article413 1950-07-27 4 -Straits Times July. 24. There are indications that an entirely new method o helping the rubber smallholder in Malaya to attain a higher standard of living i> under consideration. In his speech at Malacca lasi Wednesday Sir Henry suggested that one of the lines on vhieh the new-Straits Times July. 24. - 413 words
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Article304 1950-07-27 4 Straits Times July. 24. The honest Singaporean must often feel depressed over the enormous social arrears that exist in this city and the inadequacy of what is being done to deal with them. On the other hand, the Singaporean who has reached the stage of this life’s journey– Straits Times July. 24. - 304 words
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Article890 1950-07-27 3 Straits Time's July, 22. When governments assume wide powers of control of the press, their motives inevitably are suspect No responsible newspaper in this country, however, will resent the principle which the two Malayan Governments seek to enforce in regulations which empower them to close down anyStraits Time's July, 22. - 890 words
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Article694 1950-07-27 4 v3::.iits Times, July 25. Operations in Korea since the landing of two American diviions on the cast coast last week have taken a decided turn fei the better. Reinforcements, and new equipment, indeed hav< wrought such a change that a word of warning is needed Whilev3::.iits Times, July 25. - 694 words
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Article373 1950-07-27 5 —'Straits Times. July 25. I o Ml of many challenging (I. ;!l in the Six-year DevelB„p:co:it Plan is the reminder Hth. Malaya imports about v 111 millions worth of food a How can this dependHi >rC v he reduced The Plan [|i- pointing from the point—'Straits Times. July 25. - 373 words
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Article400 1950-07-27 5 —Straits Times July, 20 When the Singapore Municipal Commissioners debate theii own proposal to pay themselves an allowance of $3OO a month at their monthly meeting this week, they should be in no doubt about one fact, and that is the most unfavourable public reaction to the prov—Straits Times July, 20 - 400 words
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Article509 1950-07-27 5 Straits Time's July, 20 As the regulations refilling to identity curds are now in the uublic ('ye, attention may be rviPed to an important judrment which was delivered in hc Federation bv Mr .lust ice Thomson last December, in a '•nse which was sent to him bvStraits Time's July, 20 - 509 words
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Article218 1950-07-27 5 —Straits Times July, 2G. Some Customs officer o» other at Johore Bahru ought U have an uneasy conscience i he read a letter published ir our Forum Page on Saturday The writer, a Chinese mai ried woman, travelling thin! class on the night train on Ju! 10, declared—Straits Times July, 2G. - 218 words
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Article143 1950-07-27 5 From Our Staft Correspondent IPOH, July, 25. A SECOND Chinese terrorist has had his head lopped off by a Malay armed omy With a parang. Early this morning the Malay went out in South Perak to chop wood. Nearby lie saw two Chinese, one of them143 words
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319 1950-07-27 5 SINGAPORE, July 26. "RESIDENTS of Joo Chiat Road, Singapore, reacting quickly to an attemnt by terrorists to destroy an S.T.C. bus by fire at the Raton** bus terminus put out the fire by pouring buckets of water on the roof. This, the third319 words
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Article63 1950-07-27 5 SINGAPORE July. 20. TWO Gurkha riHenuMi an<t Maiay Sergeant-Mu ji.r nave rc?r*f»iVffl n M :ml gaiianfry fighting the bandits in tin* Federation. They are C.S.M Ibrahim )in Mohammed Hanifl ot the Ist RaUalion, Malay Resilient. and Ritleman Ilhim !il Thapa and Rifleman Ke arsing Th ipa63 words
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Article78 1950-07-27 5 GUNTON: On July 19th, 1950. lat Bungsar Hospital, to Lllinne f nee Moxon). wife of Philip Gunton. a daughter. CALLENDER: On 19th oily, at Kandang Kerbau Hospital. Singapore. to Doris, wife o; Marshall Callender, a son (Thomas). DRAPER: To Clemency, wife of John Draper, at Bungsar Hospital. Kuala Lumpur,78 words
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Article204 1950-07-27 5 THE engagement is announced between Miss Vanda Scott and Mr. T. B Green. THE engagement is announced between Henry, Michael. John, son of Mr. Mrs R M Bousfleld. •ate of Klang, now cf Liverpool, and Rita. Marv, daughter of Mr Hr. Mrs O. HinchclifTe of Hong Fall. Sun pel204 words
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Article57 1950-07-27 5 I.ANOLOIS BERTH ELO'l PKOIJH'I At St Andrews Church, Kuala Lumpur, on the 24th lulv, 1050. by the Rev S S I Evans, Guy, second von ot ihe lip* Marc Laiiglnis-B'Tthelot and of M ulame M I mglois-B *rthelot. Paris, to Madeleine, only Uaughtei ot the late A Proust and57 words
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Obituary21 1950-07-27 5 I>KA I'll SCANDUFTT: 11vlrf.i Nntalle, 'vlfliiw of flu* Into A .1 Snandrctt. Ac<(l C8. Funeral at Hididiri 3 80 p m.21 words
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Article, Illustration1750 1950-07-27 6 Cecil S - Cecil S' The Cenotaph a letter in tins page yes- teriiay called attention to the fact that the Cenotaph on tiie Singapore waterfront still makes no reference t» the second world war. It is strange—indeed it i. shameful that Singapor has not yet followed the ex amplePhotograph by C. 4 Gibson- Hill - 1,750 words
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Article133 1950-07-27 7 SINGAPORE July, 22. i METHOD to “make it for people to get .Ir’.titv cards over the weeknow under considers b\ the Singapore police The Deputy Commissioner i Mr W. J. Parks. i the Straits Times yesteris the Registration 0:!ic« i> dosed during weeklies ;><* pie133 words
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Article123 1950-07-27 7 100,000 For University *ft»m Our Staff Correspondent PENANG July 21. 'fHE Penang millionaire banker. Mr. Yeap Chor Mas donated a further $100,000 to the University of Mu! iya. This latest gift briars his total contribution >o t ir to $250,000. Mr. Yeap, who is at present on a short holiday123 words
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318 1950-07-27 7 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, July 21. THF Colonial Development Corporation in 1 partnership with Messrs. Harrisons and ('rossfield and Cadbury Ltd., plan to develop a 1.2(H) acre cocoa estate in Trengganu. it was disc losed in the Corporation s annual report, published318 words
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Article233 1950-07-27 7 Irom Our StalT Correspondent PERANG, July 21. ABOUT 173 workers in the Sungei Nyor Dockyard at Prai stoppea work today in Province Wellesley’s first major strike since the Emergency. The strike was called oy the workers’ leaders last night following the failure of several months’ negotiations233 words
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116 1950-07-27 7 Easier T o Come Direct T o Us ’——Police SINGAPORE, July 22. IT would be far easier and quicker to investigate any irregularities in the Singapore police force if the public would communicate direct with the police, instead of writing to the Press, said the chief of the C.I.D., Mr.116 words
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Article47 1950-07-27 7 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. July 21. The Fung Keong Rubber Manufactory (Malaya) Ltd. has contributed 100 pairs of brown canvas rubber shoes to the Malayan Chinese Association for distribution among the children of squatters in the 3rd mile Port Dickson Road settlement.47 words
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Article181 1950-07-27 7 gut Australian military observers—all of whom <• had jungle warfare ex'erienee in New Guinea—'frived in Singapore yesterrJ;i tor a month’s first-hand v ’ey of all aspects of the a *npaign against the bandits. Ill( leader of the observers, W. Bridge-Quartermaster-General n, A M F. told181 words
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Article210 1950-07-27 7 UNION SENDS ULTIMATUM SINGAPORE, July 22. Singapore Rediffusion Employees Union told their employers yesterday that they will strike unless certain demands are met. Mr. D. N. Booth, president of the union, handed Mr. G. H. Oldridge, general manager of Rediffusion (Singapore) Ltd., a strike notice yesterday210 words
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Article249 1950-07-27 7 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, July 21. A CHINESE woman was killed and a Malay man, two Malay women and a Malay child were slightly wounded when bandits fired on the Kuala Lumpur—Singapore mail train in Johore last night. A security forces249 words
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Article26 1950-07-27 7 SINGAPORE July. 22 Mrs Natalie Elizabeth Baines, wife of the Bislytp of Singapore, has been appointed a Justice of the Peace for Singapore.26 words
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Article224 1950-07-27 7 SINGAPORE July. 22. MR. G. H. Oldridge, general manager of Rediffusion (Singapore) Ltd., commenting on the "strike threat” by his employees, told the Straits Times last night: “The strike notice received by the company this evening came as a complete surprise. “A letter from the Union224 words
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Article54 1950-07-27 7 SINGAPORE July, 22. A bottle in a small rubOLsh fire in a back lane at Burmah Road. Singapore, exploded last night and a neighbour called for the fire brigade thinking it was a bomb. One engine from the Central Fire Station was sent ou f to54 words
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Article57 1950-07-27 7 SINGAPORE July. 22. Tan Tew. a 44-year-old woman living on Jurong Road, was fined $50 in the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday for possessing 1/3 gallon or dutiable samsu. She said that when the revenue officer arrested her she had told him that the liquor was not57 words
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Article19 1950-07-27 7 SINGAPORE July, 22. Commander Frank Edward Weatherston Lamtnert has been appointed Commanding Oillcer, Malayan Naval Volunteer Reserve.19 words
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251 1950-07-27 8 SINGAPORE, July 22. STUDENTS of the Singapore Chinese High School and Nanyang Girls High Scliool will be required t<> fill in new enrolment forms accepting obedient discipline and providing guarantees for their conduct when the schools re-open possibly early next week. The form requires251 words
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Article59 1950-07-27 8 SINGAPORE July. 22. TWO wallets were found L in P.O. Box 5000 yesterday morning. But apart from containing identity cards they were empty. When the chief of the C.I.D., Mr K C. II. Wiltshire asked if pickpockets could have dropped them in the box, he59 words
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Article158 1950-07-27 8 SINGAPORE July. 21. f PH REE soldiers were each 1- ordered to pay $30 compensation in the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday to three women whom they were alleged to have assaulted in a house in Nee Soon village. The three women alleged that158 words
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Article103 1950-07-27 8 SINGAPORE' July. 22. rE Singapore Bar Committee is calling lor free legal aid to inmates of leper settlements, according to a circular letter which is being sent around by the Secretary of the Committee to about 13 legal firms in the Colony. The letter states: “In103 words
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Article41 1950-07-27 8 SINGAPORE July. 22. The quantity of tin-in-ore mov.-d l r, >m the mainland of the Federation of Malaya to i enang and Singapore in •June amounted to 5.013 tons. pfr-ViJ s 3l 52 lons rami* from 114,2 ,ons lrnm41 words
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Article155 1950-07-27 8 SINGAPORE July, 22. N Indian, Dawood. of Dawood and Company, Rallies Quay, was fined $4O in the Singapore Second Police Court yesterday, for illtreating an Alsatian *****. Mr T. H. Allen, A.S.P.. who prosecuted, said that the dog was seen by Mrs. M. Clemons, an155 words
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Article33 1950-07-27 8 SINGAPORE July. 22. Seven cases of diphtheria were reported in Singapore in week ending July 15. One was fatal. Total number of deaths for the week was 162 against 630 births.33 words
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Article37 1950-07-27 8 SINGAPORE July, 22. Chong Sang Chun, managing partner of the United Drug Company, was yesterday fined $5O in the Singapore First District Court when he pleaded guilty to possessing poison for saie without a licence.37 words
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Article66 1950-07-27 8 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR July. 20. THE appointment of Dato Onn bin Ja afar as a temporary member of the Federal Legislative Council, reported in the Straits Times on July 11, was ofti cially confirmed today. The Federation Government announcement says that the High66 words
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Article57 1950-07-27 8 SINGAPORE July. 22. DAMKHKT has killed 50.000 fowls in the village of Pengarang, Johore. Another 50.000 birds are in danger of infection. To save them, the Veterinary Departments of Johore and Singapore are to conduct a combined operation in the village. Veterinary officers will go to57 words
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Article210 1950-07-27 8 SINGAPORE, July 20. TUIE Law Reports of the Colony are being brought 1 up to date. The work is being done by Mr. Bashir A. Mallal, managing: editor of the ‘’Malayan Law Journal”, and Mr. R. L. Eber and Mr. Ahmad Ibrahim, the revising: editors.210 words
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Article315 1950-07-27 8 $250,000 RUBBER DEAL CASE SINGAPORE, July 22. MEMBERS of three Singapore companies dealing in rubber yesterday told a Singapore court that their firms would not have sold over a quarter of a million dollars' worth of rubber on credit to a company director if they had315 words
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Article54 1950-07-27 8 SINGAPORE July, 22. Liang Seng, of Messrs. Liang Seng Electrical Co., was fined $20 in the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday for an offence against a Water Department by-law. He pleaded guilty to extending a water pipe in a house in Changi when he was not54 words
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Article44 1950-07-27 8 SINGAPORE July, 22. A fine of $25 was imposed in the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday on Ho Yew Cheong, 35. of Lee Kai Tiong laundry. Seletar naval base, who pleaded guilty to entering the Singapore Harbour Board without a permit.44 words
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Article243 1950-07-27 8 SINGAPORE, July AFTER interviewing two eandid;»UJ an( j debating behind closed doors for 21 hour” Singapore Municipal Commissioners yesr.*rdav decided to appoint Mr. J. L. Byrne, the assistant Municipal Welfare Officer, to the new post of Assistant Secretary (Welfare) The other candidate interviewed was Mr243 words
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Article173 1950-07-27 8 From Oar Staff l orrcspondcni KUALA LUMPUR July 21 SECURITY FORCES kil 51 bandits in June, wounded another 15. who escap'd captured four more at’r wounding them and cap’urfour unwounded, according figures issued today. BANDIT MURDERS: Minders by bandits totalled with 43 civilians wounded and173 words
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Article48 1950-07-27 8 SINGAPORE July Members of. A t rV ui Committee to help n ministration of the smtj Section of th< Auxiliary Air Foi named yesterday. They are: Mr A. u‘ D Major Wee Kah K g r H. Al-Juniefi and tin Air Stall Officer. Air Malaya.48 words
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643 1950-07-27 9 f" close down a ..visience would be -nrciuil ri l 1 e(l<ra,lo '> or Singapore whose conI iti, aeainst the terrnrUtl ,al to the successful prosecution” of the rMS Or Which f opposition” t* United j it* regulations were issued in a supplement to643 words
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Article174 1950-07-27 9 SINGAPORE July. 21. THE British Counci. has awarded a six montiLU bursary for the study of indus rial welfare in tne United Kingdom, to M J L. Byrne. Assistant Muacipai Welfare Officer, M R o. Sweet, tne officer in charge of Council's Singapore centre, told174 words
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Article189 1950-07-27 9 SINGAPORE July. 21. Ilf IVES and children of the! »T members of the Singapore Voiurneer Corps were in full attendance at the S.V.C. Headquarters' yesterday evening tor the presentation of Volunteer awards. Major-General D. Dunlop G.O.C. Singapore District, presented the awards. General Dunlop, who was189 words
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Article72 1950-07-27 9 SINGAPORE July, 21. 'IUIK Coldstream Guards, 1 now fighting the bandits in the Federation, are to return to England in the middle of August, the Straits Times understands. The Coldstream Guards will l>o the seeond unit of the original 2nd Guards Brigade to return to the72 words
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Article63 1950-07-27 9 SINGAPORE July. 21. Thomas Locharey. a British marine engineer of the m.v Yun Nam, was fined $5 in the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday alter pleading guilty to reiusing to show his crew pass to a police constable when ordered to do so in the Harbour Board.63 words
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Article, Illustration248 1950-07-27 9 SINGAPORE, July 21. AIETHODISM is advancing in South-East Asia and ItI we iaV o a good many plans which are as vet fluid.” said the first Methodist Bishop of SouthEast Asia. Bishop R. L. Archer, on his return in Singapore yesterday from New York-Straits Times picture. - 248 words
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Article143 1950-07-27 9 SINGAPORE July 20. »|»HE Indonesian Government's application for ’h*; extradition of Capf. "Ttt ko Westerling to that country, was yesterday adjourned sine die when Westerling ma<e auother buef appearance in the Singapore First District Court. Postponing the cv>«* tre Judge, M H. E. Knigdon **iid that143 words
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382 1950-07-27 9 SINGAPORE, July 21. COMPANY director who was alleged to have bought over a quarter of a million dollars’ worth of rubber on credit when his company was insolvent, yesterday appeared in (he Singapore Relief Court on tentative charges under the Companies Ordinance. He was382 words
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Article72 1950-07-27 9 SINGAPORE July. 21 r j HREE sailors appeared be fore Mr P. Claque in the Singapore Fourth Police* Court yesterday charged with stearlng a $124 camera from a photographer’s shop in Nee Soon. One sailor. P Hayes, pleaded guilty to the charge. The other two, W. R.72 words
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Article55 1950-07-27 9 SINGAPORE July. 21 Packer Mohd. bin Meera Hussain, a workshop sweeper, pleaded guiltv in the Singa ?)orc Fourth Police Court yes terday to theft of newspapers belonging to the R.E.M.E. in Mukit Timuh Road He v as sentenced to one day’s imprisonment and bound ov»*r lor six months55 words
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472 1950-07-27 10 SINGAPORE, July 20. A MASS literacy campaign for adults between the ages of 18-32 is now being planned by the Singapore Education Department and will be started by the end of the year. The campaign will be part of a community development scheme472 words
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Article62 1950-07-27 10 'SINGAPORE July, 20 MAN, described by the police ns “a bad charac- r was yesterday fined $10 in the Singapore First Distriei Court fo failing to enunee the address on his identity card. v Vv was 37-year-old Lim CiionK who Pleaded ftf ,V, i 1 n romov62 words
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Article91 1950-07-27 10 SINGAPORE July. 20. 'J'HE Singapore Improvement Trust has notified about 750 tenants of its post-war fiats that their standard rents will be reduced by 15 per cent from Aug. 1. These reductions, recently approved by the Trustees, are i based not on the present rentals,91 words
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Article87 1950-07-27 10 SINGAPORE July, 20. TWENTY-FOUR lb of opium were found hidden in the front doors of a Johorebound car when Singapore Customs officers searched it at the Woodlands yesterday. Black market value of this seizure is approximately $7,000 The opium was wrapped in 11 small87 words
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Article36 1950-07-27 10 JOHORE BAHRU, July, ID. Zainal bin Omar ji Singapore, who took a passenger in his car to Johore Bahru without a Public Service Vehicle permit and a Federation licence, was fined $15 here today.36 words
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Article213 1950-07-27 10 SINGAPORE. July 20. PIC KED body ot 40 men will form the nucleus of a reorganised and permanent police force in the Singapore Harbour Hoard. These men have been selected from the 130 sergeants in the force today. They and their families will be sent to213 words
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Article185 1950-07-27 10 *roin Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. July 19. 1 HL bandit system of “democracy'’ has been revealed in documents captured by the Security FnrPPfi 1 n Po Lo nor Forces in Pahang. The bandits may vote tor their leaders and local committees. but only votes for185 words
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Article167 1950-07-27 10 TtHP SINGAPORE Julj 0 THE interim committee A the proposed sir Tenants Association T terday condemned th, v s lim Advisory Board u s ing pledged then 7 inn* 7 for the proposed 7 P n ri rt merits to the R, n t nd Ordinance. l!l167 words
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Article55 1950-07-27 10 SINGAPORE July. 20. Parts of the wall running along Singapore river are to be repaired by the P. W D a f a cost of 5.412. Some of the granite blocks are to be replaced along Clifiord Pier, at the entrance to Singapore river and higher55 words
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Article167 1950-07-27 10 BATTLE IN COFFEE SHOP SINGAPORE, July 20. ’PUREE members of No. 32 a notorious secret society in Singapore, were arrested by Police radio patrol last night while the men were fighting the owner and employees of a coffee shop at Serangoon Road where they had gone167 words
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Article63 1950-07-27 10 SINGAPORE July, 20. 1 Remarking that he did not think the sentence was cx-; cessive, the Chief Justice. St i Charles Murray-Aynsley, m the Supreme Couil yesterday! I dismissed an appeal by V. Subramaniam against 12 l months imprisonment fori cheating. The sentence, imposed by the Second63 words
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Article72 1950-07-27 10 SINGAPORE July. 20. SINGAPORE Municipal Commissioners will into private debate at a special general commit.y meeting called for tomo rov. to select a candidate o mi the post of Assistant Sec tary (Welfare!. Two candidates now stanu in line for the po>: are Mr. J. L. By72 words
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Article43 1950-07-27 10 SINGAPORE Jul J) A Malay corporal and stable of the Marine were acquitted yestej the Singapore Second 1 trict Court of a cluu having corruptly acce 1 $20 bribe from a boa They were Ahmao Wahab and Basil un Baba.43 words
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Article22 1950-07-27 10 SINGAPORE Jdha Chow Ah Hong. 76. yesterday knocked down motor cycle at Buki’ 1 an He was slightly hurt.22 words
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Article86 1950-07-27 11 SINGAPORE July, 20. r fHIS was tho story told in Singapore's Third PuCourt yesterday, when -2-year-old Chinese won was bound over for rmpting to commit ride. The woman went to the it World with a man by -m she was being kept. i d(‘ the park,86 words
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Article327 1950-07-27 11 IPOH, July 19 dEFORE the end of the year it is hoped that (he whole site for the University of Malaya will he bought, said Dr. G. V. Allen, ViceChancellor of the University, when with Sir Alexander Carr Saunders and Professor Silcock, he met representatives327 words
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Article182 1950-07-27 11 I JOHORE BAHRU. July. 19. K \l T ONG KONG, the first perI W n to be charged in the I Fed'Tati n under the new I y Regulations with I ector of supplies I r Kind:*.' was found guilty > n T v' nd day182 words
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Article40 1950-07-27 11 1 'MORE BAHRU. July. 19. Norman Williams. o. r Soon Camp, was lined *n the Johore Bahru PoCourt today for driving armoured car along Kota "i \oad without reasoneo. for ft hers colliding wdth a taxi.40 words
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224 1950-07-27 11 SINGAPORE July. 20. DUDDHISTS in Singa-1 °pore are disappointed that Vesak Day is not to be made a public holiday in the Colony. The Select Committee appointed to consider the Holidays Ordinance and in particular the number of public and bank holidays, in a report to224 words
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Article409 1950-07-27 11 DETAINEES WITHDRAW DEMANDS From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH, July 19. rHREATS were used by a new batch of detainees to force other detainees to go on a “hunger strike”, Mr. P. S. C. Power, superintendent of the Ipoh Detention Camp, told the Straits Times today. One409 words
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1003 1950-07-27 11 GOVT BILL ON CITIZENSHIP FOR COUNCIL 3 ‘Fronts' Against Reds From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, July 19. Federation Government is to introduce a Bill in September to amend the Federation Agreement so as to provide for citizenship on the lines recommended by the Communities Liaison Committee. Announcing this today1,003 words
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Article48 1950-07-27 11 From Our Own (orre*uoni>nl JOHORE BAHRU, July. 19 Sheikh Abubakar bin Yahaya, who has returned from leave in Australia, has been anpointetd chairman of the Review Committee which deals with appeals tram Johore detainees. He will also be the chat: man of the* Rent Assessment Board48 words
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250 1950-07-27 12 $380,000 Scheme For Commissioners’ Approval SINGAPORE, July 21. A PLAN for the construction of a $380,000 public swimming pool at Tanjong Pagar is now being considered by Singapore Municipal Commissioners. The pool is part of a major development plan of an area of250 words
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Article220 1950-07-27 12 SINGAPORE July, 21. WAITRESSES screamed and customers panicked in a Singapore coffee shop last night when seven Chinese, who had been talking among themselves at a table for more than two hours, suddenly started to fling chairs at one another. The fight caused about $100220 words
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Article103 1950-07-27 12 Ex-Bandits Reformed’ Irom Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR July '>0 SURRENDERED bandits are O bring trained to be good citizens at the Taiping Yuen Rehabilitation Camp the Director of Operations, Lt Oen. Sir Harold Briggs, revealed at a Press conference in Kuala Lumpur today “Those we think we can make103 words
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Article47 1950-07-27 12 I ira 1 A h R h liAHR J J,ll y' 2nf.; 1 Al Ch woe > ‘I club bov, Jt h possession of a t f l chandu, claimed bad liiJI ,n l he chandu n..d b< en planted on hUn triul USe WaS adjourned47 words
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Article211 1950-07-27 12 DEVELOPMENT OF RURAL S PORE SINGAPORE, July 21. T'HE Singapore Rural Board will press Government for the early preparation of an overall i development plan of the Colony to ascertain the rural areas that are to be developed. «cv i, 141 v I V211 words
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Article33 1950-07-27 12 SINGAPORE July 20 Cnang Aii Lien, a 42-yrar-oifl woman, was lined $2 in the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday for selling ice-cream in Queen Street without a licence. Her apparatus was forfeited33 words
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Article95 1950-07-27 12 SINGAPORE July. 21. r J HE Assistant Coroner. Mr. Choor Singh, yesterday returned a finding of de?th by misadventure when an inquiry was held into the drowning of a man whose body has not vet been recovered. The man, a 41-vear-old labourer. Low Ah Kak. was drowned95 words
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Article28 1950-07-27 12 SINGAPORE July. 21. Maiayan ports bandied a total of 504.010 tons of cargo in June. Tonnage for the first six months of the year was 2.787.33528 words
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Article, Illustration24 1950-07-27 12 —K. S. Kong picture.—K. S. Kong picture. - 24 words
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Article335 1950-07-27 12 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, July 20. ASSURANCE that no forces would be withdrawn from Malaya if it would affect the security of the country was given by the Director of Operations, Lt. General Sir Harold Briggs, at a Press conference in Kuala Lumpur today. Gen.335 words
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Article27 1950-07-27 12 SINGAPORE July. 21. The appointment of Mr. Chan Sik Kwan as Secretary of the Singapore Rural Board was confirmed at yesterday’s meeting of the Board.27 words
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Article208 1950-07-27 12 SINGAPORE T u' n A PROPOSAL to base of the Cenotaph with i 1 either side—one ,>nr l* tne remains of a < I soidier anti the u-un n mams of an unknown ;vno died in Wo„ 1 V 4 nas been approved bv'ol eminent. n This208 words
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Article156 1950-07-27 12 From Our Own C’orr^spnndrnl JOHORE BAHRU. July. 20. IOHORE exported >8.946 tons of umber to various parts of the world in KMP compared with 33.564 toils in 1948 Tiie Hi ng Kong ind t nite< Kingdom markets, wivi were the principal buyers, showed a keen demand for156 words
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Article49 1950-07-27 12 SINGAPORE Jul.' 1 A MALAY taxi drive. robbed of $33 by ,'j Europeans early y morning. He told the police iha, uEuropeans told him to on to Woodlands The.! 1 o made him turn into V. n Road where they re-ru him of $33 and walked >49 words
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Article49 1950-07-27 12 SINGAPORE July Sentence of two n imprisonment was impo>' the Singapore Fourth 1 Court magistrate, -vn Clague, yesterday on Yet Chee. 41. for assisting i public lottery in Street Yeo, who pleaded had $137 in chap h when arrested. He n:y previous conviction 1 similar offence.49 words
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1025 1950-07-27 13 OPERATIONS IN JOHORE ENCOURAGING’ BRIGGS REVIEWS ANTI BANDIT WAR I From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, July 20. I rlU results of the new operations against the I terrorists in Johore, which started on June ar “so far encouraging,” Lieut.-Gen. Sir Harold Briggs, Director of Operations, told a l> rt1,025 words
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Article84 1950-07-27 13 From Our Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU. July. 20. “This is a small matter, why do you want to stop me,” a lorry driver. Lim Kim Soh. w f as alleged to have said to a constable who stopped him for his name and address after84 words
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Article393 1950-07-27 13 Tide Is Turning, Says The C G. From Our Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, July 21. fJTHE CommissionerGeneral, Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, speaking at Batu Pahat today declared: “It would be an appalling mistake to be over-optimistic about Malaya but we are going to find the tide turning in our direction. Gradually393 words
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Article28 1950-07-27 13 SINGAPORE July. 22. Fines totalling $631.50 were imposed on 53 persons in the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday for offences against Town Cleansing Department by-laws28 words
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Article387 1950-07-27 13 SINGAPORE, July 22. THE FUTURE of Alkaff Gardens with its artificial lake and hillocks, and its fine trees, is to be reconsidered by its new owners, the Sennett Realty Company, in Singapore. It will either remain where it is, or gardens with “a better lake”387 words
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Article55 1950-07-27 13 SINGAPORE July, 22. A sentence of one month’s rigorous imprisonment was imposed in the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday on Kwan Chin Yew, 23, who pleaded guilty to stealing an alarm clock, a penknife, a shaving set. a cigarette lighter nnd 50 cents from Capt. Keith55 words
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Article38 1950-07-27 13 SINGAPORE July, 22. A Javanese driver. Rais bin Raji. aged 23. was fined $15 in the Singapore Second Police Court yesterday for using indecent language to a Chinese detective at Killiney Road on July 4.38 words
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Article218 1950-07-27 13 SINGAPORE July. 21. NEARLY all major secondary schools in Singapore are to have special science facilities of their own soon. This was stated by Mr. R. F. Bom ford, Science Supervisor of tiie Education Department, speaking to the Straits Times yesterday. He was commenting on the218 words
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Article70 1950-07-27 13 SINGAPORE July, Tl. jyiR J.L. Pestana, laboratory 11 assistant attached to the Singapore Botanic Gardens, will leave the Colony on July 27 on a four-months' departmental training course in Hawaii. Mr. Pestana, a well known local orchid expert, will make his headquarters at the Robert D. Warne70 words
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Article41 1950-07-27 13 SINGAPORE July. 22 Forty-four persons pleaded guilty yesterday in the Singapore Second Police Court lor causing obstruction in roads and five-foot-ways of Singapore with their goods and were fined $5 each. Koh Joo Kay. was cautioned and discharged.41 words
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299 1950-07-27 14 SINGAPORE, July 23. TYRES STORE at Kim Yam Road —one of the biggest and most modern in Singapore —was fired by Communist arsonists last night, again using joss sticks soaked in kerosene. This was the third arson attempt by Communists in Singapore during last299 words
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Article198 1950-07-27 14 Deserters are not stranded’ SINGAPORE July, 23. DRITISH seamen are left U in Singapore today because of the acute shortage of accommodation in ships bound for Britain. This is stated by shipping circles in Singapore, commenting on recent reports of seamen walking around Singapore without money or cigarettes. Most homeward198 words
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Article140 1950-07-27 14 Jap girl, prisoner’ SINGAPORE July, 23. gHY. 31-year-old Miss Yakito Ichimura, Japanese and therefore an enemy alien, was put in the “not allowed to land” class when she arrived at Kalland airport yesterday afternoon, by BOAC Argonaut from Hong Kong Yakito. a handicrafts teacher, is on her way to Colombo140 words
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136 1950-07-27 14 SNGAPORE July. 23. FAMOUS Ann director Carol Reed, on his arrival in Singapore yesterday afternoon from Labuan. was unable to say whether 34-year-old Joyce* Mouthon. Dutch Eurasian girl who has been tsted for a star role in his new film. “An Outcast of the136 words
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Article35 1950-07-27 14 SINGAPORE July. 21. Misses Jillian and Hilary Haxsworth. daughters of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. J. Haxsworth. arrived in Singapore yesterday afternoon by Q.E.A.3.0.A.C. Constellation from UK. to spend their summer vacation here.35 words
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Article167 1950-07-27 14 SINGAPORE, July 23. JINCAPORE S Commissioner of Police, Mr. R. E. Foulger, has accepted an important appointment in the Colonial Office in London, the Sunday Times understands. He will be a police advisor to the Secretary of State for the Colonies. No decision has been re:167 words
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Article28 1950-07-27 14 JOHORE BAHRU, July, 22. Mr. C.E. Courtenay, Adviser, Pineapple Planting Industry. Federation of Malaya. has ""turned to Johore Bahru from leave in the United Kingdom.28 words
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Article94 1950-07-27 14 SNGAPORE July. 23. FE St. Hilda’s Church Choir gave a choral concert at the St. Hilda’s School. Singapore, yesterday in honour of their Choir" Mistress Dr. Patricia Elliott. M.B.E who will be leaving on retirement by the Glenartney next week. Besides her w’ork with the St.94 words
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Article348 1950-07-27 14 138,000 land, award $750,000 SINGAPORE, July 23. THE sum of $750,000 was fixed by Mr. Justice Thorogood in the Singapore Supreme Court as the value of three blocks of land at Pasir Panjang. The Collector of Land Revenue had valued it at S700.330. The appeal was brought by the owner.348 words
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Article111 1950-07-27 14 SNGAPORE July, 23 A warning that this was die time when the me&>ase of the Gospel was most needed was made by Bishop R L Archer, first elected Methodist bishop in South-east Amu. when he was welcomed more than 500 Methodists m a reception at cue111 words
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Article46 1950-07-27 14 SNGAPORE July. -JBail of $2,000 in sureties was offered m Singapore Third Police coiu yesterday to Perriema. and Verrappan Chinnatha by. 37, both of Wood. Road, who claimed trial 1 possessing 200 lb. of du tobacco leaf. c Hearing was postponca Aug. 30.46 words
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Article136 1950-07-27 14 JOHORE BAHRU. July. 22. j IM KIM SENG, a druggist from Kedah, was fined $125 in the Johore Bahru Police court today when he pleaded guilty to a charge of tampering with a document. Mr. N. B. Leicester, of Sinapore. who appeared on his behalf, pleaded136 words
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44 1950-07-27 14 M R. Carol Reed, director of film “The Third Man,” arrived back in Singapore on July 22 from Labuan with Miss joyce Mouthon. who has been tested for a leading role in Mr. Reed’s next film, “An Outcast Of The Islands.”— —Sunday Times picture.—Sunday Times picture. - 44 words
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Article320 1950-07-27 15 KUALA LUMPUR, July 25 THE Federation’s two planters’ organisations 1 the Incorporated Society of Planters and the I nited Planting Association of Malaya, are pressing the Government to do everything possible to retain the services of the European police sergeants whose two-year terms are almost completed.320 words
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Article75 1950-07-27 15 SINGAPORE July. 26. CHINESE girl, who was alleged to have handed over her permit after she had entered the Singapore Harbour Board to a Chinese woman to enable her to enter afterwards, was fined S25 in the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday. The girl. 17-year old75 words
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Article201 1950-07-27 15 SINGAPORE July, 26 DLEADING not guilty to 1 a charge of killing two policemen by negligent driving, 34-year-old Lim Chuan Kee told the Singapore First Traffic Court Magistrate, Mr. E. V. A. Peers, yesterday that, at the time of the accident, he had "a sudden201 words
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Article112 1950-07-27 15 SINGAPORE July. 26. 'J'HE pilot ot an RAF Tempest aircraft who baled out while on a navigational training flight over northeast Perak on Monday morning. was found dead near the wrecked plane yesterday by an Army patrol. This was the end of a search in which112 words
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162 1950-07-27 15 SINGAPORE, July 26. r riIREE women labourers were killed and 13 injured yesterday morning when the lorry in which they were travelling ran into a tree on Peck San Teng Road, off the fifth mile Thomson Road, Singapore. An eye-witness said that he162 words
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Article81 1950-07-27 15 IN addition to the three women killed in yesterday’s lorry crash,a 21-year-old Indian learner motorcyclist was killed in a collision with a lorry in Bartley Road at the Paya LebarBraddell Road junction. The dead man was attached to the Royal Signals and was riding81 words
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Article513 1950-07-27 15 FROM AN ESTATE BUNGALOW D OG stories can be tremendously boring, especially when the owners, myself included, relate how clever their animals are when they are probably only, doing what dogs have done :nr centuries. Rut, I did hear a father interesting dog story the513 words
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325 1950-07-27 15 SINGAPORE, July 26. A EUROPEAN master mariner, Captain T. D. Richards, is among the five candidates which the Labour Party of Singapore announced yesterday would contest the Singapore Municipal elections next December. The names of Captain Richards and other candidates were announced after a325 words
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Article113 1950-07-27 15 SINGAPORE July, 2G. pHDLLOWING up the arson attempt on Messrs. Louis Dreyfus’ godown at Kallang, Singapore, on Monday night the Colony police raided a house tn the city yesterday and found a hidden arms cache. They ar.so arrested a Chinese, in whose house Communist literature was found.113 words
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Article50 1950-07-27 15 SINGAPORE July, 2(i. x \|R John Duclos, head of the Malay Section of Radio Malaya leaves Singapore on Aug. 10 for England on a Government broadcasting scholarship. He will study administration and practical broadcasting W’ork with the B B.C. and Midlands station while in the U K50 words
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352 1950-07-27 16 POLICEMAN KILLED 8 HURT IN CRASH AFTER ARSON BID SINGAPORE, July 25. QNE Malay police constable was killed and eight other people injured when a car last night smashed into a traffic block on Kallang Bridge where police were investigating a terrorist bid to burn down Messrs. Louis Dreyfus rubber352 words
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Article89 1950-07-27 16 SINGAPORE July. 25. MRS A. Pinnick, Pan1TI Maiuyan Ciiief Commissioner for the Girl Guide movement, and her son. John <14> returned to Singapore yesterday afternoon by QEABOAC Constellation from Britain They were met bv Lady Brind. Colony Commissioner ol the Girl Guide movement, and Miss Inge, another89 words
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Article55 1950-07-27 16 SINGAPORE July. 25. Fines amoun’ing to $250 v.ere imposed j i ten women J! 1 Smgaoore Fourth I lire Court yesterday for gambling in a house in gambling in house in Bukit f aniang village on July 23. a no informer in tne case h ies Vl J55 words
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Article47 1950-07-27 16 SINGAPORE July. 25 !5i Ct ll 2, Honk was offer'd bad ot $1,000 t 11 July 81 vdem he pl-aded not gull tv in r :i T )r, S(,(;ond Police Loan yesterday to causing Ll K Hock at extort R ad with lnt( nt to47 words
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Article536 1950-07-27 16 SINGAPORE July. 25. Among the people hurt last night in the road crash was Straits Times reporter S Sivadas. Before going off to hospital for treatment for cuts arid bruises, he wrote the following description of the arson bid and the crash THREE Chinese youths, one of them armed,536 words
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Article225 1950-07-27 16 wooden clogs and some rags by the walls of the godown. Ihen it happened. I was talking to a fireman near to the godown entrance when there was a crash a squeal of brakes and an ap ,>ro&.fling car burst in:o flames The car was heading towards225 words
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264 1950-07-27 16 SINGAPORE, July •>', JNSURANCE companies in Singapore r expected to consider shortly what industrial factories in Singapore can t-.k s prevent Red attempts at arson Jke to At least one rubber factory i n Sineanr.r,, u already instituted a system by which n k264 words
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Article129 1950-07-27 16 SINGAPORE July 25 A TRIBUTE to Mr. Heriry r\ Basten. Chairman of the Singapore Harbour Board for his “reasonable views" in matters aliening the welfare of the members of the Harbour Board Staff Associat'on is paid in their annual report. “The introduction ot the Pension Scheme129 words
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336 1950-07-27 16 SINGAPORE July. 25. that women’s ornaments comprised more than half the value of stolen goods in Singapore’s recent wave of burglaries, Mr. R. C. B. Wiltshire, C.I.D. Chief. yesterday outlined orecautions against jewel thieves. One of the wisest things a336 words
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Article94 1950-07-27 16 ‘SHOOTING’ IN S’ PORE TODAY r.p SINGAPORE, July 25. IE prologue to Carol Reed’s new Rim “Outcast of the Islands”, is to be filmed in Singapore today —along Beach Road. It involves an evacuation bowing panic-stricken Europeans fleeing from their in an unnamed British Colony in the Far East. The94 words
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Advertisement62 1950-07-27 16 STRAITS BUDGET SUBSCRIPTION RATES (PAYABLE IN ADVANCE) Singapore Malaya 1 Town Area (Including Postage) d' 1 No Postage Quarterly 5.20 5.75 V.’ Half-yearly 10.40 11.50 Yearly 20.80 23.00 Tho weekly issues of the Straits Budget can be sent by delivery service to the United Klrgdom only at an inclusive r.nc62 words
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Article285 1950-07-27 17 I SINGAPORE July, 24. I ipoil'S “strong man,” 48I 1 Edwin Ernest I w hortly retire from I m Railway after f v'.'v: for 30 years as an I eiv 'o. e driver. Mr Ware joined the F.M.S Rail* us m 1920 at Prai and285 words
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Article24 1950-07-27 17 JOHORE BAHRU. Julv. ?3. N*<: \h Chiew. a lorry driver. fined $15 in the Johore Bihru Police Court today for datvr«rous driving24 words
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351 1950-07-27 17 S’ PORE TO SPEND $120 MILLION FOR POWER AND WATER SINGAPORE, July 24. 4 T a cost of nearly $120,000,000 and in about .seven years’ time, Singapore will have enough electricity and water to cover the anticipated requirements of the whole island the acting Municipal President, Mr. T. P. F.351 words
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Article82 1950-07-27 17 SINGAPORE Julv. 23. SEVEN men were tentatively charged in the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday in connection with the theft of 18 baies of cottun yarn valued at $9,000 from a store in Cecil Street on July 11. The men were: Ng Choon Huat, Ho Chee82 words
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170 1950-07-27 17 ...And Derek just cooed gurgled SINGAPORE July, 24. SIX-month-okl Derek Michae* Price was the youngest passenger aboard a QEABOAC Constellation which arrived at Kallang airport yesterday from Sydney. And Derek cooed and gurgled in the arms of his mother. Mrs. D. Price—for he had very good reason to feel happy.170 words
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Article310 1950-07-27 17 I r< m Our Staff Correspondent 1 UAL A LUMPUR July. 23. A BRANCH of the “B-P n Cruiid of Old Scouts” may n formed among Federal 1 -illative Councillors by the ief Social Welfare Officer. C. p. Rawson. who is the t :y member of310 words
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423 1950-07-27 17 SINGAPORE, July 24. yWO doctors shared the same table at the science class of the Anglo-Chincse School in Ipoh and fell in love. That was 13 years ago. Yesterday in Singapore they were married. Dr. Elaine Chong and Dr. Wong Poh Lam were married423 words
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148 1950-07-27 17 SINGAPORE July, 23. qualifications J arc being raised in Bri♦ish universities and will, in the near future, be raised in the University of Malaya too, said Sir. Alexander CarrSaunders yesterday. Sir Alexander Carr-Saun-ders is the Director of the London School of Economics, and in 1947148 words
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Article60 1950-07-27 17 SINGAPORE July. 23. Sindar Sahib. 38. and Mohamed Hussein bin Noordin, 25. both of Market Street. Singapore, were lined 35 i. nd $100 respectively in the Singapore Third Police court yesterday for possessing dutiable tobacco Sindar had G50 cigarettes dutiable at $10 89, and Mohamed60 words
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1306 1950-07-27 18 Empire Rose Natural Win: Nerolia Upsets SINGAPORE, July 20. rpARA STREET (Bagby) scored his fifth and greatest win this season when he routed Snowy Owl II and a field of top flight stayers in the $3,000 Singa pore Stakes over a mile and six yards at Bukit Timah yesterday, second1,306 words
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Article200 1950-07-27 18 SINGAPORE, July 24. Swimming Club proved too good for Tigers S.C. when they met in their Singapore Water-Polo League “A” match at the S.S.C. pool yesterday. Europeans won by five goals to one. Van Daatseler was in irresistible form, scoring four goals for Europeans who200 words
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Article48 1950-07-27 18 SNGAPORE July, 23. In a friendly soccer match played at Port, Canning yesterday, the football team from the s.s. Ben Alder beat Singapore District by two goals to one. Tomorrow, the Ben Alder team will meet a team from the Ben Venue on the same grounds.48 words
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Article549 1950-07-27 18 EDIN PETERS - By EDIN PETERS \V ,TH ONL a da y ,ef t before close of ei.tr r. the Johore Grand Prix on Aug. 6 the nn.-,' 0 ur Singapore Motor Club, are continuing to stream of entries. Of Federation entries T'' u so far. Penang549 words
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Article107 1950-07-27 18 SINGAPORE! July. 20. SOUTH team for the annual North v South cricket match to be played at Ipoh on August 5. 6 and 7 was announced last night. The team is: Lall Singh. Opt. (Singapore), Cheong Thiam Stew (Singapore). M. C. Kailasapathy (Malacca). Khoo Ong Lee (Singapore),107 words
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Article95 1950-07-27 18 SINGAPORE July. 4 IlfKlILE the h;in on n ,„j J r ation Mf the Malayan Turf will continue indefinitely. Straits Racing Association at a meeting yesterdav authorised the four Turf C lubs to jointly import 24 hor-.s on a modified gritlin scheme. .These horses must be95 words
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Article291 1950-07-27 18 Mom Our Sturt t’orrrspondeni PENANG. July 23 T'HE Rost defeated Europeans by an innings and 14 runs in their annual cricket “test” on the Penane Sports Club ground today to win the B. P. de Silva Cup for the fifth year in succession since291 words
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Article1134 1950-07-27 19 TT vmp T SINGAPORE, July 23. p\|II,hSHlP vlulloh) battled on iviih n lying Arrow II (Ayres) by a nose in reat v gamcnes! I, to beat i' miles and >t> yards at Rukit Tim h e Singapore Cup over dii of the Singapore Turf1,134 words
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Article153 1950-07-27 19 KUALA LUMPUR, July 23. /ANE Malayan and eight Selangor records were shattered and one Malayan record was equalled at the conclusion of the two-day 11th Selangor annual amateur athletic on the Kuala Lumpur padang yesterday. The best uerformance trophy was awarded to Chong: Hup Mun of153 words
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Article71 1950-07-27 19 SNGAPORE July. 23. 1>ESULTS of yesterday's tennis ties at the Tanglin Club were: "Vl-n’s Open Double*: Paul Clerr and W A Kermer bt. J. S. Nathan and M. Buttro.se 6-3, 6-0; Paul Clere and W A Kermer bt. Brin W G Fryer and Lt -Col. J Hoyland71 words
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Article233 1950-07-27 19 SINGAPORE, July 26. JPLENDID performances were put up by schoolboys in the heats of the third post-war interschool athletic championships which were held at Victoria School yesterday. The best performance, perhaps. was that of Victoria School’s champion athlete, Ibrahim Falli, who clocked 10.2 sec. for the233 words
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Article202 1950-07-27 19 SINGAPORE July. 24. I /"VLD Rafltesians and Old Victor- Ians drew In their Evan Wong Shield cricket tie yesterda/ on the CSC. ground. i ORA., batting first. toade 147 runs. Going in to bat at .>.10 p n... I Old Victorians scored 80 runs202 words
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177 1950-07-27 19 From Our Staff Coi respondent KUALA LUMPUR July. 23. THE Badminton Association of Malaya has rereived an invitation from the Cricket Club of India I imited to piav in Bombay. The Club has asked for two of Malaya's best plavers. It is understood177 words
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Article89 1950-07-27 19 SINGAPORE July. 26. 'pWENTY-YEAR-OLD Tan Soo Liat, the 19 19 schoolboy hurdles champion, ran an exhibition 120 yards medium hurdles at the Inter-School Sports heats at Victoria School ground yesterday. Running alone, Soo Liat Hashed to the post in 14.9 sec. He has entered89 words
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Article248 1950-07-27 19 SINGAPORE July. 26 A TOTAL of 181 entries from nine States and British North Borneo had been rereived up to yesterday evening for the Malayan Amateur Athletic Association championship meeting which will be held at the University of Malaya ground, Singapore, on Aug. 4 and248 words
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Article199 1950-07-27 19 SINGAPORE July. 24. |N SPITE of splendid bowling bv A. Kang of St.. Andrew’s Old Boys, who took four wickets for six runs, the Christians Brothers Old Boys managed to put up in** good score of 219 for nine wickets declared in the Evan199 words
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632 1950-07-27 20 From A Market Correspondent ONLY moderate trading took place on the Malayan share market last week -a business week shortened by the Hari Raya Puasa holiday. Operators, influenced to a great extent by events on the Korean front, were heedless632 words
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Article264 1950-07-27 20 From A Market Correspondent -Chinese Banking Corporation. that strongly entrenched Singapore concern, with its numerous branches m East Asia, recorded another successful year in 1949. The profit, after income tux. was $1,344,587 (13.4 per cent.) Dividends and bonus to a total oi 9\ per cent, were paid against264 words
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Article170 1950-07-27 20 BUSINESS done in the Malayan share market last week included: Industrials "raser Neave On *3. Fraser Neave p $6, Hammer $34 cum div., William Jacks iMalaya> $2.15 cum div. to *2 ex. Malayan Breweries S 4 85, McAlister S3B to $38.50. Oversea--0 Bank 562. Raffles Hotel $2.50.170 words
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Article246 1950-07-27 20 From Our Own Correspondent rjIVING (he general trade position of At ii‘ U C. M. Seth, retiring President of t ?,t m"'V ,r Chamber of Commerce, told the Chamber ;Uca general meeting. “The trade of this old s lual has suffered an eclipse since she lost246 words
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Article73 1950-07-27 20 JDUTEH Tin Dredging's whole undertaking including all its mining leases, mining certificates lands buildings, goods, chattels, monies, credits, etc., is to be sold o Lower Perak Tin Dredging for 50.000 shares of 4s. ?ach in the capital of the latter compam An extraordinary general meeting of Puteh73 words
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Article34 1950-07-27 20 1TINTA Kellas Tin Drcdg»n?’ c directors recommend payment of a final dividend of 10 per cent.. less tax. payable on Sept 18. Rooks will be closed from Sept 1-17 in1 elusive.34 words
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Article358 1950-07-27 20 ALJ AGAR Rubber I announce torw I j respect of its 1950 cr I at 13.45d per pound. L I equivalent, and 135 t. I per pound oi th t 195: I Amherst Estatt I Rubber 120 t. I per pound in resper I crop and 120358 words
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Article53 1950-07-27 20 KUALA LUV-Pt’.S "DERJUNTAI Tin made a profit c- last year compared in the previous year. Tlie chairman. Mr. Warren, told the nnr. t of the company in Ku at the week-end that th* had made a donate University of Mala Fund. The donation earmarked for the f53 words
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Article38 1950-07-27 20 QUNGE1 BIDOR Tin V: Aug. 11 will P aV of A2s. plus a bonus o. per share to shareho c'' tered on the local reg-‘ 2. Local transfer rei Aug. 3-11 Inclusive.38 words
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Article1019 1950-07-27 20 SINGAPORE July. 25. I\IM STKI\LW Huur* sellers A.ex Bricks pr< 1 I 95 2 05 Xd Orti* 1 95 2 00 xd Atlas let- 11 so > j.x U b Petro. 3] 'fl "p H M rrtlsUH- 7 00 7 Vo r Tin r .7 .-U :j1,019 words