The Straits Times, 23 July 1946
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Title Section21 1946-07-23 1 The Straits Times i MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER ESTABLISHED OVER A CENTURY EIGHT PAGES SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, JULY 23, 1946. PRICE 10 CENTS.21 words
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Article272 1946-07-23 1 Many Deaths In Jerusalem Outrage JERUSALEM, Monday. JEWISH terrorists today blew up a considerable portion of the King David Hotel, Jerusalem, which houses the. British Army Headquarters and the Palestine Government Secretariat. The number of deaths is not yet known, but estimates vary from tenReuter - 272 words
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Article37 1946-07-23 1 LONDON, Mon.— Senor Giral. "Prime Minister" of the Spanish exiled "Government,"' arrived here from Paris last night on what was officially described as a visit to contact Spanish exiles and British sympathisers. —A. P.37 words
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104 1946-07-23 1 33 Lives Lost When Cyclone Hits Coast ROME, Monday. A CYCLONE hit Adriatic seaports, coastal villages an:l beaches jammed with peopla on ho'iday yesterday, and took at least 33 lives and damaged many thousand pn' lies worth of property. Many vessels were overturned t nd the'r occupants drowned m aUP - 104 words
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Article34 1946-07-23 1 The close of play scorrj i-, the Test match between Enflarri and All-India at Mar.chcstei 'rdav were: Enpland 294: India ICO :or seven wickets. Full Score Page 8.34 words
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Article68 1946-07-23 1 LONDON, Mon. All the 20 members of the crew of two FlyJns Fortresses which collided over the Panama zone on the Pacific Coast and plunged into the sea are believed to have been lost, New York Radio said last night. Roth planes were part ofReuter - 68 words
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Article87 1946-07-23 1 EIGHT Indonesians were k'lled, ten others capiured and the rest driven back into the sea when about 100 Indonesians attacked a Dutch outpost in one of the small islands of the Karimon group on Sunday. The Indonesians used motor boats for the landing, but met stiff87 words
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Article36 1946-07-23 1 LONDON, Mon.— A special meeting of the British Cabinet was held yesterday morning and lasted for two hours. The holding of a cabinet meeting on Sunday is extremely unusual m Britain. Reuter.Reuter - 36 words
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Article41 1946-07-23 1 CAIRO, Mon.— Eleven members of the Misr el Fattat, Greenshirt Organisation with extreme Nationalist aims, were arrested today m connection with the grenade-throwing incident on July 17 at th e British Warrant Officers' and Serjeants' Club m Alexandria —ReuterReuter - 41 words
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Article, Illustration49 1946-07-23 1 Several thousand won.en from all parts of Britain marched to Trafalgar Square, Loj£ on m protest when the British bread rationing scheme was announced Mb. Mary Were, of Cbalf ont St Peter, Buckinghamshire, addressing the merting from the plinth of the Nelson Column m Trafalgar Square.49 words
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Article437 1946-07-23 1 LA PAZ, Monday. THE regime of President Gualbert Villarroel of Bolivia came to a bloody end yesterday, when Senor Villarroel and every one of his associates m the Government Palace were either killed or wounded m a barrage of rifle-fire and grenades hurled into f heUP - 437 words
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Article98 1946-07-23 1 ROME, Mon.— Mr. Fiurello La Guardia, Director-General of UNRRA, arrived in Rom? airport yesterday from Athens. He was I greeted by Mr. J. M Kceny, chief of tha UNRRA organisation in Italy, and Italian and American diplomats. Before his departure from i Athens he said atUP - 98 words
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Article287 1946-07-23 1 BATAVIA, Monday. 1HE Government of India if constantly watching the interests of Indians throughout South-East Asia, Mr. S. K. Chettur, Government ol India representative in Singapore, told a gathering representing the Indian and British communities yesterday at a reception to welcome his visit to Batavia. "The questionReuter - 287 words
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166 1946-07-23 1 THOUSANDS ON STRIKE AT NAVAL BASE OEVERAL thousand men out of the 15,000 skilled and unskilled labour force employed at the Singapore Naval Base went on strike yesterday, demanding higher wages and certain concessions. The decision to strike was reached after several meetings held yesterday morning. Among those who held166 words
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Article125 1946-07-23 1 Singapore's Biggest Haul Of Arms rE biggest seizure of arms in Singapore to date, 48 revolvers, including 40 Smith Wessen 38's, has been made by the offlcer-in-charge and men of the Cantonese subbranch of the C.I.D. Singapore. The guns, wrapped in two gunny sacks, were found close to the railway125 words
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Article119 1946-07-23 1 NANKING, Men.— The Ciiinese Communists have claimed a resounding victory on the vital coastal plain only 60 miles east ->: Nanking. The Communist spokesman, Mr. Wang Pin-slian, asserted thai 12.030 Go\ eminent troops were captured with their commander. Gen. Wang Tieh-han. He said 6,000 or the119 words
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Article102 1946-07-23 1 WASHINGTON. Mon.—According to a most reliable and informed UNRRA source ihe Programme Sub-Committee on Friday decided to reduce the allocation v^ China by $27,000,000 for the jjmainder of this year, because the money is urgently needed elsewhere. Some additions, it was. stated, were made for Austria andUP - 102 words
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Article28 1946-07-23 1 LONDON, Mon.— The Exchange Telegraph, quoting the Vatican Radio, reports that the Russian occupation authorities have closed all Catholic Church establishments m their zore m Ko-rea.-U.P.UP - 28 words
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Article71 1946-07-23 1 BATAVIA. Mon.— It is learned here that the Indonesian "Min> stry of Defence" has lodged a formal protest with Allied headquarters against the alleged tombing by Allied planes of Indonesian towns and ships, the Netherlands news agency repor:ea. The protest also complained that Allied planes flyingReuter - 71 words
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234 1946-07-23 2 NAZI'S FIRST CLASS TRIP DENOUNCED Questions May Be Asked In Commons LIVERPOOL, Sunday. IT is understood that Liverpool's Labour members of Parliament intend to question the Government in the House of Commons regarding the arrival here ft Dr. Ernst Wendler as a first class passenger from Singapore. Dr. Wendler travelledReuter - 234 words
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228 1946-07-23 2 LONDON, Sunday. SIR WILLIAM FRASER, Chairman of the Board of the Anglo-Permian Oil Company, states m the company's annur.l report that new pressure drilling technique had overcome production difficulties at Agha Jari. where "extremely difficult" problems were caused by the presence? of salt waterReuter - 228 words
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Article140 1946-07-23 2 All Bombay PostOffices Closed BOMBAY, Mon.— India's strikedemorali?od public commimiea- tions sy?tem was rnreatened with I further complications when officials of the Bombay branch of the Ail IntMa Telegraph Union called j on telegraph employees to strike i at midnight on Sunday. Today, all Bo?<ibay post-offices will be closed Ly140 words
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Article42 1946-07-23 2 WASHINGTON Sat. THE House of Representatives voted tentatively to provide the death penalty for anyone convicted of transmitting secret atomic information to any foreign nation. The amendment is subject to a roll-call vote before final passage.— U.P.UP - 42 words
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Article31 1946-07-23 2 The Foreign Office announced last night that Mr. Lint™ Harry Fowlds, acting counsellor m the Foreign Office, has been appointed Mfnister to the Philippines Republic, reports UP. from London.UP - 31 words
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Article, Illustration39 1946-07-23 2 Miss Jeartptf MacT-onal.i, thi* American >onr?no of o >«*ra and flm3 holds on to her hat as she B'f s from t'lr aircraft on arrival ?t f?<*a-*hro-.v .*<*ro^r m", londo.T, from Hollywood, last mor>-h39 words
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Article100 1946-07-23 2 U.S. REVIVES CONTROL ON PRICES WASHINGTON, Monday. THE U.S. Office of Price Administration i? to be rA r\r. Under ?n freement between l 'he Senate the House of Representa'%s' Joint committee there h provision that major food o remain free of pric c-iMngs until August 20. The a^rfement calls for100 words
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Article84 1946-07-23 2 CALIFORNIA, Sun. Mr George White, the 56-year-old producer at the Scandals" was charged with negligent homicide and hit nnd run driving, afte rhich Killed a 42- y »W daughter, Mr. White was roleasrd from rho county jail afcer having posted a S'i.OOO fTJS) bail. He84 words
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253 1946-07-23 2 Britons Want To Settle In Dominions LONDON, (Sy Air Mail). EVERY day hundreds of inquiries about emigration to the Dominions are made at the offices of the High Commissioners and at the shipping lines' office? here. So far over half a million Britons have applied for passages, statin? that theyj253 words
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146 1946-07-23 2 CALCUTTA, Sun.— Dr. B. N. Basu, deputy director of the Congrcv^ medical mirrion to Malaya, believes the "medical orrangerr.ents in Malays are far l>~ttrr than in any part of India In a letter to Dr. B C. Roy. ser of the Congress medical mission.146 words
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Article53 1946-07-23 2 LONDON, Sun. The Br.'ish afet; odist Church lost 83,000 members m the past decade and is "slowly dying out," the Rev W. Procter told a British Melodist yesterday. Membership m the church deorea.ved by 5,900 during the past yp.ir to a total of 752,679 members, a53 words
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160 1946-07-23 2 PARIS, Sun.— Objections of French Communists :n Constituent Assembly on the right of the pre-war premier M. Edouard Daladier, to sit m the leg slature. were upheld by a vote of 311 to 132 The vote followed ten hours of H ter debate m which M.160 words
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Article186 1946-07-23 2 NEW YORK. Sun- Marshal Koniev is believed to have replaced Marshal Zhukov as commander of all the Red Army ground forces under circumstances suggesting that Red Army commanders who associated more or less with the western allies are bein*» relegated to unimportant positions. No announcement ofUP - 186 words
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Article142 1946-07-23 2 MOSCOW, Sun. "BRITAIN does not want war." This statement, attributed to Mr. J. Silverman, a British Labour MP, was prominently displayed m Moscow newspapers today. Mr, Silverman, who Is touring Russia, ia quoted here as strongly defending the people of Britain and the Government's policy towards142 words
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Article, Illustration50 1946-07-23 2 A new bridge now Hnk* the Norwegian town of Hr.lden and the Swedish to-*n of Stromstad. Th* bridge is over 1.300 ft. ion* and 110 ft. hl;h. An opening i-erem->i>y was performed last month by Kin» ifnakon of Norway and Cro^rn Prince Gu«!tav Adolr of Swedrn.50 words
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Article218 1946-07-23 2 BTKFNI ATOLL. Mon—Speaking at a )O>'nt press conference of 31l hi"?h Army and tfavy atom bomb officials. Rear-Admiral William Parsons, vho supervised the arming of all atotr bombs, said that atom bomb Number Five, to be detonated under water on Thursday would beReuter - 218 words
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138 1946-07-23 2 BELFAST. Mon. Deliverymen who distributed most of Northern Ireland's bread rebelled against the British bread rationing system In effect on Sunday, and the Government took action to see that the 1,200.000 consumers got supplies. Deliverymen complained that the handling of ration coupons and the keeping138 words
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Article66 1946-07-23 2 LOS ANGELES, Sat:— Gen. H. H. Arnold, former head of the army air force, told a news conference here there was little use building any more military planes of the present typo. "I don't believe in shoeing any more dead he said, "in a year and a hAP - 66 words
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Article30 1946-07-23 2 Millions of pounds worth of treasure, including Jewels and bonds confiscated by the gestapo m persecuted Europe, have been discovered near Luneburg. says Reuter from Herford, Germany.Reuter - 30 words
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Article327 1946-07-23 2 LONDON, Sunday. AMERICAN and British experts, who have hoon ho!d- iit£ disciisKons on policy m Palestine for more than a week, are believed to he seriously considering i the division of Palestine into separate Arab and Jewish commanities with a central administration. Tlie political correspondent ofReuter - 327 words
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125 1946-07-23 2 WASHINGTON. Mon The U.S. State Department has disclosed that the American consulate m Kunming has given "s-me-tuary' to 11 members of the Chinese Democratic League whom the Consul, Mr. Stanley McCreary, believed "might be m dar assassination A State Department spokesman I said that the 11125 words
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Article81 1946-07-23 2 Ship-Building Booms On The Clyde GLASGOW, Sun. nPHH output of merchant tonnajrc from the Clyde shipyards for tfee first half of 1946 i-oachod the peaee-1 inw total rinea at over i7(>.000 gron ton« comprising 30 vessels. During the month of lone, 12 •CM launched 59,000 tons. iSast Scotland output m81 words
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Article134 1946-07-23 2 SAIGON. Sun communique from the French Hieh Command, a irrave Incident took place m Hon^ay On J'-Jlv >n th<% Fre Vietnamese armed < ith Or?an sation. The clash lv -ter a French soldier had -ren kidnapped and rh« interveni the troops was ieqn The Vie-tnamesp opened134 words
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Article48 1946-07-23 2 The independent journal, La Prensa, published extracts from a speech made by President Perrm saying that the President cussed the possibility of a third world war." hinting that A tina wiil ride with the Unitei States if this happens sa from Buenos A48 words
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Advertisement68 1946-07-23 2 RAFFLES HOTEL TO-WIGHT DANCE 9 p.m. to Midnight raffi.es hotel orchestra Admission to Non Residents $1.20 (Including Tax) Specialises m: TWINES FOR PACKING. STITCHING AND SEWING PURPOSES HEMP. FLAX, AND COTTON FISHING LINES 'ROPES 'LOOM CORDS 'FLAX AND JUTE CANVAS Also acts as buying agent and indent house for Baiaar68 words
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437 1946-07-23 3 ASTIR was caused m the First District Court yesierday when one of 11 Chinese arrested m the recent raid on Pualu Minyak was identified as one of three armed Chinese who broke into a house m Simms' Avenue and got away with aboiK $2,000 worth437 words
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Article14 1946-07-23 3 Mr. T. Eames Hughes. M.C.S.. has been apoointed Assistant Registrar of Trade Unions, Singapore.14 words
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157 1946-07-23 3 Telok Ayer Basin: New Regulations MO vessel undergoing repairs n laying up is allowed to remain in Teluk Ayer Basin or occupy any loading or discharging berth within the port, according to the Singapore Port 'Amendment) Rules, 1946. This rule, however, does not apply in the case of the wharves157 words
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Article71 1946-07-23 3 Ironi Our Own Correspondent MALACCA, Fri. jUOHANNA KRISHNAN. a former Inspector of Police was discaarged and acquitted before tho District «idge, Mr. M. Neal, today on a charge under a summons of causing hurt to two Eurasians rf the Portuguese Settlement, Anni; Fcrnunde: and Adelaide Hendric!:s. It was71 words
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371 1946-07-23 3 U.S. Machines To Help Malayan Grow More Food Drive EFFORTS are being made bv the Malayan Governments to buy American surplus equipment available in Maivla for largescale agriculture. When addition- a! equipment becomes available. it is proposed to train local men lor maintenance work. It is officially stated that the371 words
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Article396 1946-07-23 3 Government; Appointments rpaE following appointments have A oeen gazetted: Mr. C. M. 8!ieridan as Crown Counsel, Colonial Legal Service. Mr. T. J. Mathlas and Mr. J. E. Meredith Cave Lave been appointed cadets in the Malayan Civil Service, Mr. A. P. Jack. Mr. W. A. Bradley, Mr. A. G. W.396 words
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Article71 1946-07-23 3 TWO Javanese. Suparmo bin Singotorono, and Sijan bin Wongoing, were yesterday sentenced to three months' imprisonment each, by Mr. R. C. Hoffman the Fifth Police Magistrate, for the fraudulent possession of 154 tins and 123 tins o* pipe tobacco respectively. They were arrested on July 20, at about71 words
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Article46 1946-07-23 3 There will be a public lecture athe Singapore Lodge theosophical society. No. 8 Cairnhill Road on Thursday. July 25 at 6.30 p.m. on the subject, "Theosophy Is My Adventure" by Mr. j t,. Davidge. a journalist and Tbeasophtet from Adyar. Madras, on his way tc Australia.46 words
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Article89 1946-07-23 3 SURFACE and air mail correspondence may now be sent from the Malayan Union and Singapore to the following destinations in Sumatra and Java, according to information received bv the postal authorities from the Netherlands Indies Post Office. Mail for Sumatra may be sent to Medan. Padang,89 words
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234 1946-07-23 3 Rickshas To Disappear In Singapore Municipality Not To Renew Licences CINGAPORE'S 3,500 rickshas are to be gradually taken off the streets, while no increase is to be allowed m the existing number of 4,000 registered trishaws. At a recent committee meeting of Singapore Municipal Commissioners, it was decided that the234 words
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Article, Illustration61 1946-07-23 3 British Arm, Officers are to live m these buildings which are being erected at the jane* ion of Narier Road and Tanglin Road as part of a scheme to release houses m Singapore, at present orcupied by the seryires, to civilians. Army and civilian61 words
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188 1946-07-23 3 Police Find Alleged Gunman's Body A CORPSE discovered in th2 outskirts of Pontian, in Johore, is believed to be that of one of the gunmen who escaped during the Police raid on Pulau Minyak on July 3 in the early hours of the morning, when several arrests were made and188 words
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81 1946-07-23 3 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG. Sat. GOVERNMENT peons and process servers in Penang and Province Wellesley unanimously decided to send an appeal to Government for higher pay and better conditions of service, following a three-hour meeting here to-day. There was no question •>? resorting81 words
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Article130 1946-07-23 3 New People's Canteen Near Cathay SINGAPORE'S chain of Peoples 3 Restaurants will be lengthened next week by the opening of the fifth restaurant la the emergency car park at the Cathay Cinema in Handy Lane. Permission for the use of this space has been given by the Slnapore Municipal Corrimlssioners130 words
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Article86 1946-07-23 3 From Our Own Correspondent MALACCA, Fri. 4 re-tria« wa- ordered by Mr. Justice Pretheroe in the Appeal Court In the case in which Tan Chin Kim, proprietor of a Chinese druggist shop at Mill Road was convicted by the District Judge for disnonestly receiving stolen86 words
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Article125 1946-07-23 3 Daring Thief In Tanglin District CINGAPORE police ar. looking out for a young European who has already committed one theft in a cool, calm, and brazen manner. He walked into a house in Riuout Road a few days ago, told the boy that his master had sent him for some125 words
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Article237 1946-07-23 3 rJO young members of a secret society. Lee Chee Chiang and Chia See Meng, who attempted to extort "protection money" from two persons were sentenced to 13 months' rigorous imprisonment by Mr. Paul Storr in the First District Court yesterday. Both accused pleaded guilty la237 words
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236 1946-07-23 3 THOUGH he was under oath to speak the truth when he was being interrogated he believed that his duty of projecting his junior officers was more important than telling the truth, said 2nd-Lieut. Shimizu while giving evidence yesterday at the War Crimes Court where236 words
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Article258 1946-07-23 3 Better Sino-Malay Relations (From Our Own Conespondent) MALACCA, Mon. QINO-MALAY clashes in the U past in Malaya should be treated as mere incidents and not as anti Chinese affairs, said Mr. A. C. T. Kwong, the Chinese Consul of Singapore, at a dinner given in his honour by the committee258 words
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Article108 1946-07-23 3 From Our Own Correspondent PENANO, Mon. SIX thirsty" hold-up men made away with an unusual haul in jroad daylight on Saturday,— they stopped an Indian riciir.s along a lonely spot in Green Lane and decamped not only with his tricycle but aLso with four dozen tottles108 words
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Article35 1946-07-23 3 Mrs. Edwin F. Lee, will be the speaker at the usual fortnightly meeting of the Y.W.C.A. <M Thursday, July 25. at 5 p.m. He: subject will be "A Glimpse of th? United States at War."35 words
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Article48 1946-07-23 3 Blanc Hugh, a 38 year-old British seaman, of the S.S Sam Finn' appeared yesterday before Mr. R. C. Hoffman, the Fifth Police Magistrate, for assaulting the third engineer of his sh p. The charge was explained and trp case postponed to July 21. Baii of $50 was offered.48 words
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Advertisement178 1946-07-23 3 ARMY SURPLUS STOCK for CHEAP SALE Now m stores at Adelaide, Melbourne s 'drier All brand new articles. Shipments arranged within C weeks from date o.' ordi i Hems comprising:— ll AßDVV ABES. MACHINERY, TOOLS. MJIUMNG MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENTS. SHIPS STORES, DOMESTIC tiOODS AND TOILET ACCESSORIES. Here are a few178 words
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Article51 1946-07-23 4 liii.nii-.i.; "m wculd be gratefully reeetved of Baldwin Liang who was pre- > i lv employed by the Msilaya Broadcast.i:c; Corporation and left Singapore by BVo n February. 1352 Arjr t>i?ru.>n navm^ j« .nrmat<<-.r> as to the fate or whereabouts of Mr. uid iney pleo*e *rU4 to B^x 351 words
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700 1946-07-23 4 The Straits Times Singapore, Tuesday, July 23, 1946. Australians And Indonesians One of the recurrent topics in the Australian newspapers several months ago was the problem of the Dutch ships tied up :n Australian ports, and those now back in Malaya who followed that controversy have read with interest two700 words
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Article434 1946-07-23 4 What is a Malayan citizen? This is a question mu:h discussed at the moment. Our own view is that one criterion of Malayan c:tizenship is concern for the Economic health of this country. Therefore we published a leading article last week support ng the negotiations that are being conducted434 words
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1486 1946-07-23 4 W. BARTLEY, M.C. S - Memories Gf Bygone Singapore— ll The second instalment of recollections of Singapore as it was nearly forty years ago, given by Mr. W. Bartley, of the Malayan Civil Service, President of the Singapore Municipal Commissioners, m a talk to the Singapore1,486 words
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318 1946-07-23 4 F 1 is a sad truth that tne Hindu Moslem harmony that existed m Malaya during the pre-war days is being Jeopardised by Irresponsible elements on both sides. One or two clashes that have occurred here and there m Malaya expose only too318 words
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Letter119 1946-07-23 4 HAVING just read the letter signed "A Schoolboy of Poor Parentage," I consider it to be one of the best you have I übUfllMd m recent VMka, Unfortunately the letter gives no indication of the young, lad s age, but I feel sure bis Daa must119 words
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Letter147 1946-07-23 4 A RECENT correspondent of yours has suggested that we should commemorate the liberation of Malaya by erecting statues of Mountbatten and Mac Arthur. I suggest that a more suitable way of perpetuating their memory would be to inaugurate Mountbatten and Mac Arthur Scholarships yearly, to enable two147 words
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Letter138 1946-07-23 4 MALACCA is the oldest town m Malaya, and it also 1 has the reputation of being the most backward, so much so that it has been given the nickname "Sleepy Hollow." Boys from other places say that our local girls are conservative, oldfashioncd. and unsociable Tney boast138 words
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Advertisement36 1946-07-23 4 Best Materials Supplied at BEECHOW 2/. CHVLIA SZ S'POXtxSr VOGUE'S DEPARTMENT STOREA. PERRY GO. 27, HIGH-STREET, SINGAPORE RE-OPENING *N THE Ist AUGUST 194G Wide range cf various newly arrived goods to be unpacked for the opening.36 words
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411 1946-07-23 5 Trade Union Adviser On 'Silly' Strikes Negotiation Better Than Stoppage From Our Own Correspondent IPOH, Mon. A DDRESSING a meeting of the Central Perak Asia- tic Staffs Association, in Ipoh yesterday evening, Mr. J. A- Brazier, Trade Union Adviser, Malaya, said that during the last two months he had seen411 words
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Article128 1946-07-23 5 From (,'u; 0..n Correspond ent FENANG. Mon. TUB Ben 1 r.cr "Ben Lomond" w'( ich struck a mine m the Straitj o.' Malacca t re; hour; aft:r leaving Tcnang last Thursday and 1a to turn ba k at midi i ht the sam-> n128 words
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253 1946-07-23 5 Malay Charged In Wartime Murder Case (From Our Own Correspondent) PENANG, Mon. TN what has become known as 1 -the Eddie Polo case" (Eddie Polo was a well-known cinema hero in the silent days) which opened at the Penang Assizes today, lollowing a long preliminary Inquiry last month, Seah Thian253 words
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Article92 1946-07-23 5 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. AMASS meet ng of Indian Muslims of the Klang and Coast districts of Selangor was held at Klang recently for the purpose of forming an All India Muslim League in Klang. The meeting was presided over by Janab Abdul92 words
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124 1946-07-23 5 ••rAN you say you were sober at that time?" asked an Indian watchman of a major of the Euffs, in the Second Police Court yesterday when the Indian was charged with the theft of half a bottle of whisky belonging to the124 words
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Article122 1946-07-23 5 2,000 YARDS OF CLOTH FROM INDIA Prom Our Own Correspondent ALOR STAR, Mon. TWO thousand yards of cloth from India for distribution among the needy in Kedah and Perlis will soon be available from the Indian Congress Medical Mission in North Malaya. Already 4,000 yards have been distributed in the122 words
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Article291 1946-07-23 5 Malayans Return From Australia SEVENTY -SEVEN passengers, the majority of whcm were the wives tnd children of Malayans, arrived in Singapore yesterday by the Gorgon from Freemantlo. The vessel will leave S ngapore for Freemantle on July 29. The following; passengers were on board Mrs. E.M. Ansell, Miss CO. Ansell.291 words
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66 1946-07-23 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. AT a special general meeting of the Selansor St. Andrsw's Society held at the Selansor Club on Saturday, the following were aooointed: Chieftain. Mr. G. S. Johrstonp. honorary s°cretary. Mr. Morris FGgar. treasurer, Mr. O. West, Committee: Me-s r s. R. Murray66 words
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Article31 1946-07-23 5 .The Straits Times is now publishing daily a new set of crossword puzzles by arrangement with the Mane hester Guardian. Readers will find puzzle No. 6 on page 7.31 words
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337 1946-07-23 5 IT the conclusion of the pre- liminary Inquiry held yesterday In the Fifth Police Court, two Chinese, Seah Seek Hong<27). and Tan Scow Chew (31). were committed to stand trial at the next assizes on a charge of armed robbery with violence. In addition. Tan337 words
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Article, Illustration35 1946-07-23 5 Sir Ralph Stevenson, new Britis h ambassador to China, and Lord Killearn, Spe.ial Commissioner, South East Asia, photographed m Singapore yesterday prior to the former's departure for Hong Kong and China35 words
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275 1946-07-23 5 I AN DING craft of the "Z" type, which were to have been used on the assault on Malaya last year, are today being used to transport rice from two vessels in the Singapore roads, in unloading operations which have been started by the275 words
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137 1946-07-23 5 Cold-Blooded Murder Of K.L. Planter From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. THE Kuala Lumpur pol'ce are investigating the brutal and cold-blooded murder of Mr. J. L. Stancil, an Indian conductor mi charge of Bangsar estate, Kuaia Lumpur, on Saturday night. It is stated that about ten o'clock a gang137 words
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359 1946-07-23 5 <\NLY m special circumstances, after Aug. 1, will officers be allowed to drive military vehicles, and even then m most cases it will be necessary to obtain authority to drive from an officer not below the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. No officer wi'! be able to359 words
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Article456 1946-07-23 5 THE future of Hong Kong is tc be discussed "in due time" by Generalissimo Chinng Kai-shek and the British Government, said the new British Ambassador to China, Sir Ralph Clarmont Skrinc Stevenson, just before he left Singapore yesterday to continue his journey to Nanking456 words
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Article60 1946-07-23 5 PLANS to erect a glass factory o.T King's Road have been disapproved by Sin~apo-e Municipal Commissioners hecause the proposed fa tory is located m an ar a wiOin uhi h the erection of industrial buildings is prohibited Application lor permission to establish a glass factory60 words
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Article243 1946-07-23 5 Jap Carried Stick To Amuse Wife CGT. Major Mori, a Haroekcs camp 'disciplinary N.C.O nicknamed 'Bamboo' Mori by the PoWs for his free use of the bamboo pole, told the War Crimes Court yesterday that a sticiccarrying habit he had was one he had acquired m civil life when he243 words
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165 1946-07-23 5 Seaman Killed In Boating Accident Aboatins tragedy, i;li ;l which a seamnn was drowned, had its sequel yesterday when a Coroner's inquiry was held into the death of Able Seaman Jack Tyrie, whoso bedy was found on the beach of Pulau Seletar Island on the morning of July 19. In165 words
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Advertisement124 1946-07-23 5 Builds up %1? ilJl Diiunnu/M m HP% IKi KUnUUfT N |HJ Men Women J jil^KIa jfood tonic <■ J* Ire-nourishes your system with a daily Ration of vital Mineral Salts. i'hcconccntrated Mineral food value in Viki-lp is tremendous. Tor instance, one day's supply gives you as much Calcium as in124 words
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Advertisement9 1946-07-23 5 /-v Ike >M% tflwdft RERATER < mWK m i wHHbChJO9 words
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306 1946-07-23 6 By HAROLD K. MILKS, Associated Press correspondent. MANKING, Monday— Twenty nun today began a study which, it is hoped, would result m a programme tor feeding China's millions and re-establish* ing key agricutural exports to furnish the nations economy with essential foreign exchange. The 20306 words
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Article111 1946-07-23 6 'Heavy- Water To Be Immune STOCKHOLM, Sat. 1'HE famous Norwegian headwater factory at Rjukan, blown op by Anglo-Norwegian commandos during the war to prevent the Germans from developing an atomic bomb, is being: rebuilt at a cost of £4,500,000. Completion of the project is expected in 1948, according to the111 words
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Article173 1946-07-23 6 SHANGHAI, Monday.— The u Chinese Government is unlikely to raise customs tariffs in the near future despite strong representations from certain Chinese commercial circles. Most Chinese Cabinet Ministers are of the opinion that any increase in import duties would mean increasing the burden of the people,Reuter - 173 words
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Article101 1946-07-23 6 SHANGHAI, Mjn.— Tun^ oil production in China, once the world's leading exporter, has dropped to 25 per cent of the pre-war figure, a recent survey reveals. There is little likelihood of the former level of production being reached within the next decade, due to theReuter - 101 words
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Article165 1946-07-23 6 'SUICIDE' TO GO INTO ASSEMBLY NEW DELHI, Mon.— Niwabzada Liaqualt Ali Khan, General Secretary of the All- India Muslim League, told the Associated Press of America in an exclusive interview that it would be "suicide* for the Muslims to agree to go into the Constituent Assembly as "the sittuation now165 words
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Article185 1946-07-23 6 CALCUTTA, Monday. Dr. v Schultz, head of the unofficial American food mission that fleW 5,000 miles around India to study the food situation, said in New Delhi before the mission left for New York that "your (India's) government is not making excessive demands on the world185 words
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Article36 1946-07-23 6 NEW DELHI, Mon— Diwan Civimanlal. M.L.A. < Central) who i 3 loading a non-official food mission to Argentina, l^as left India to explore the possibilities of procuring foodgrains for India from that country.— A.P.AP - 36 words
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Article83 1946-07-23 6 CALCUTTA. Sunday.— Two of the problems expected to be disi cussed at the Indian states' ministers conference in Bhopal are an all-India confederation d states and the regional grouping of states. The ministers are preparing brief for their negotiating co;r- mittee in connection with tfte I83 words
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Article68 1946-07-23 6 RANGOON, Sat.— Sir Henry Knight, Acting Governor ol Bu'-ma has declared the Commu- nist Party cf Burma and the Red Flag workers' un'or.s unlawful associations, it is officially announced today. The ban was imposed br cause the organisations had as their object .nterference with the maintenanceUP - 68 words
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Article151 1946-07-23 6 TIENTSIN, Monday.— Slightly brighter conditions are beginning to appear enc n the economic horron of lientsin. No longer must Tientsin residents buy all imported ciga- I rettes from the black market, as adequate supplies through im- I porters are now on display at < tobacconists. A cartonReuter - 151 words
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Article111 1946-07-23 6 CALCUTTA, Sunday— The threeweek strike of 90.000 Indian workers of tea plantations la Ceylon has ueen called off. The Congress Working Committee asked the workers to "discontinue the strike with a view to creating an atmosphere favourable to conciliation." The strike was called by th 3111 words
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Advertisement837 1946-07-23 6 GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. Tenders will be received at the Office of the Director of Public Works, Singapore up to noon ot the 29th July. 1946 for the following work:— Supply, delivery of furniture and fitments to the Raffles College, Hostel and Quarters, Singapore: i.e. to supply by (say) 16th September, 1946.837 words
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Advertisement796 1946-07-23 6 REWARD Any one giving Information leading to the recovery of documents, newspaper cuttings and other properties of Dr. R.A. Thompson formerly of 4, The Arcade, Singapore to the undersigned will be suitably rewarded. DAH SIN OPTICAL HOUSE, 325, North Bridge Road, Singapore. ROBINSON CO. LTD. Our premises will be opened796 words
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Advertisement235 1946-07-23 6 COMMERCIAL UNION ASSURANCE CO.. LTD. For ALL XASSES of INSURANCE Icti. OCE: Commercial I mon Hlilg.; Robinson Rd.. SINGAPORE. Manager's Phono: 5O79 Office Phone: 6944. iub'Beli. Offt: Hmfluiof Htafti Chambers. IPOH. Established in 1916. IPTOMETRISTS 6 OPTICIANS 13. Batterv Road. Singapore KELLY WALSH > Dollar Kxchan-e I'ab'f 2/3 to 2/5235 words
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Miscellaneous420 1946-07-23 6 RADIO PROGRAMMES RADIO MALAYA «jft SttW- BED NKTWOEa from noon to D %or tV h o t0 -I cm «news News, 8.35 p.m. Cricket commentary. 2 p.m ano IM M II pa 0B at 1 30 om > »nd 8 15 pm. to U pjn. 8.45 p.m. Homeward bound. 9.00420 words
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596 1946-07-23 7 LONDON PUTS ON PRE-WAR APPEARANCE Demolition speed- Up To Save Children By BERNARD HICKLEY, Reuter's Correspondent l ONDON (By Air Mail) Workmen arc rapidly demolishing surface air-raid shelters, emergency water reservoirs and other such war-time necessities which grew up m almost every street of the capital— and Londoners, for the596 words
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Article150 1946-07-23 7 I ONDON (By Air Mail).— New at- tempts on the world air speed record will be made by the RAF. next month off the coast cf southern England. The machine used will be the Glostcr twin-engined jet fighter, Meteor IV, one of which on November150 words
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Article130 1946-07-23 7 LONDON, (By Air Mail).^ Veneral disease among U.S. soldiers m parts of U.S.occupied Germany has reached a rate cf 50 per cent., says an official announcement. The Chief US Army Surgeons office announced that Increases m venereal disease rate amons U.S. soldiers are exnected. The130 words
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Article79 1946-07-23 7 'Bumper Crop Of Babies MIAMI— A "bumper crop" of babies has caused the National Institute of Diaper Services to postpone its annual convention this month. The organisation's secretary said: "It is necessary to postpone the meeting because of the increased birth-rate, which is keeping diaper operators close to home and79 words
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Article99 1946-07-23 7 Russians Win Over German Classes BERLIN, Sun. Soviet Russia is beating out America and Britain in the art of winning friends, among the German cultural classes. The Russians are making a powerful and apparently increasingly successful bid -or the support of the former Reich's top-night creative and intellectual level byUP - 99 words
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Article172 1946-07-23 7 LONDON. Thursday— Even the Marquesa de Cuevas Rockefeller heiress described as one of the richest women in the world, has to be "careful" what she spends these days because of taxation. Stopping off in London with her husband on her way to estates in France andUP - 172 words
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Article75 1946-07-23 7 LONDON. By air mail— Mr. It L. James, Head Master of Chigwell School, has been aoooinWi FTigh Master of St. Paul's School in place of Mr. W. F. Oakes^.ott, resigned. Mr. Jamf who h?«; been head master of Chigwell since 'T-O. is 40 years of75 words
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Article122 1946-07-23 7 REFORMS IN BRITISH EDUCATION Big educational reforms designed to benefit thousands of Britsh school children were announced some time back by the British Minister of Education, Miss Ellen Wilkinson, in London. Miss Wilkinson announced the abolitica, or, at least, drastic reform as soon as possible, of the school certificate examination.122 words
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198 1946-07-23 7 LONDON, Sunday. Most of the personal servants of King George VI are trade unionist and negotiations to increase their salaries are now being conducted through their union. They are members of Branch 145 of the Civil Service Union, one of the trade unions which recentlyUP - 198 words
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Advertisement790 1946-07-23 7 AUCTION SALE OF VALUABLE FREEHOLD A LEASEHOLD SINGAPORE PKOl'bKllfcS. To be held at The calerootn of Messrs. CHEONG KOON 8ENO A CO., LTD., No. 10 Chulla Street, Singapore. On Wednesday, 24th July l'J4«, at 2.30 P.M. Lot 1. Freehold land and house No 182 S?rangoon Road, area 1,029 sq. ft.790 words
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Advertisement500 1946-07-23 7 Mansfield Co., \td. (Incorporated m Singapore I BLUE FUNNEL LINE Sailings to and from Un.ttd Kingdom Bellentphon Due from U.K. 23 July Samjark Due frcm U.K. 27 July Teur r Sails for U.K. 29 July Glenbeg Sails for U.K. 31 JulBeniinnen due from I R. 1 August Western Australia The500 words
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Miscellaneous901 1946-07-23 7 East had a very difficult do- what looked like a safe exit his clsion to make in today's deal, remaining trump and went wrong His real mis- Verv luckily for Nor th-South. iZ rt^ n l- howe 4 Y er la y in tne a ct the declarer was able901 words
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452 1946-07-23 8 England 294: India 160 For Seven MANCHESTER, Mon. ITNEVEN fortunes marked the second day's play m the second Test match between England and All India at Old Trafford to-day. After India had dismissed England's six remaining batsmen for 58 runs and a total452 words
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Article, Illustration28 1946-07-23 8 Dr. Wu Paak-Shin, the Chinese Consul General, kicks off in Sunday's charity soccer match between the Northampton's (in picture) and Chinese Athletic Assn. The Northampstoru won four one.28 words
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Article187 1946-07-23 8 ENGLAND—Ist Inns Washbr m k c Hindlrkar b Mankad 52 lluttrn c Mnshtao Ali b Mankad 67 t'ompton lbw Amarnath 51 j Hammond b Amarn.vli 69 j Diirdstall c Merchant b .'.marnalh 5 Gibb b Mankad 24 Ikin c Mankad b Amarnath 2 Voce b Mnnkad 9 Pollard notReuter - 187 words
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Article284 1946-07-23 8 Penang Race Weights For Saturday (From Our Own Correspondent) PENANG. Mon. I^OR the first time since the resumption of post-war racing In Penang, handicapping for the forthcoming July meeting has been taken over by the official handlcapper of the Straits Racing Association, Mr. R.J. Norton, over whose name appear the284 words
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Article77 1946-07-23 8 (From Our Own Correspondent > SEGAMAT, Mon. IN a league soccer fixture, the Sega1 gamat Club (Malays) scored a two-ore win over the Overseas Chin<\>?. The winners were the better side and should have won by a larger margin. In the first half, the Malays scored77 words
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Article32 1946-07-23 8 NEEDAH. Wisconsin, Mon. 22. DILLY TALBERT of Wilmington, Delaware, retained the men's singles title m the western hard courts tennis championship defeating Felicismo Ampon, No. 1 Philippines Davbs Cup player, 6-3, 6-2.32 words
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Article127 1946-07-23 8 PARIS Sat. A LL the leading American women were left In after ths third round of the singles with the exception of Mrs. Pat Todd who wa;> unexpectedly beaten 6-2. 6-3 by Nelly Landry. The only British entry left is Mrs. Betty Hilton who bt-at Miss J.Reuter - 127 words
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Article60 1946-07-23 8 CHICAGO, July 22— Defending champion Byron Nelson, so aiigu-t-ed after his first round that he threatened to quit, came back with below par scores on five holes to win the $20,000 (Straits) Chicago Victory National Open Oolf tournament with 279, two strokes over Harold McSpaden. Chandler60 words
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302 1946-07-23 8 (From Our Owj C.n-Fvenondont > KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. THE Navy team from Umgupjiv. who defeated the combined services by the odd goal Id seven on Thursday, looked like carrying off another victory when they met a combined Civilian team on Saturday, but m the302 words
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Article408 1946-07-23 8 WITH ten targets m full suing it made shooting much more interesting when 63 members of the Singapore Rifle Association turned up at Mandai Rifle Range on Sunday to compete for a spoon presented by the Club. There were four details and two competitors408 words
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137 1946-07-23 8 The Singapore Chinese Football As orialion will play a series of matches against teams In the Malayan I nion over the August Bank Holiday week-end. The first match wiU be against the Selaneor Chinese Recreation Club on Saturday, Aug. 3. Tne following day137 words
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Article213 1946-07-23 8 HAT-TRICK IN CHANGI CRICKET IN a cricket match played at 1 Changi on Sunday, Rocklites beat Alfsigs by 28 runs, features of the match were some fine, bowling, first by Gaunt, who took five for 19, including a hat-trick, and then by Freddie Van Rooyen who took seven wickets for213 words
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Article90 1946-07-23 8 (From Our Own Correspondent) SEREMBAN, Sunday. THE Negri Sembilan Chinese Fxcreation Club were well beaten by three goals to nil at Seremban yesterday by the Singapore Rovers. The scorers were. Boon Leong, H.G. Yusof and Leembruggen. The Chinese team made a comeback m the second half,90 words
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Article54 1946-07-23 8 THE following will represent the Y.M.C.A. at volleyball against the 70 Coy. R.I.A.S.C. on the Tennis ground at 5.15 p.m. on Friday: Chia Kok Leong, Yow Wah Sung, Toh Shung Chce. Wee Boon Hal fCapt.). Au Tat c.i u. Chla Kok Wai. Au Kow Chu, Jfrbe.t Chan, Lee Hon54 words
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