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Title Section19 1948-05-20 1 The Straits Times MALAYA S LEADING NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, MAY 20, 194* PRICE TEN CENTS19 words
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Article, Illustration567 1948-05-20 1 Midnight Battle At Zion Gate TEL AVIV, Wednesday. THE Israelite army, Haganah, today claimed to have relieved the 1,300 Jews besieged m the old city of Jerusalem, which the Transjordan Arab Legion said last night it had occupied. A Haganah communique said Jews broke into567 words
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Article, Illustration33 1948-05-20 1 The wrecked interior of the customs office at Lydda Airport, Jerusalem, shows damage done when Arabs captured it early this month. It was later occupied by British troops, then again by the Arabs.33 words
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163 1948-05-20 1 U.S. Rejects Stalin Talks Proposal WASHINGTON. Wed. THE United States Gov1 ernment last night formally rejected Marshal Stalin's proposal for bilateral American-Rus-sian talks on the basis of the open letter sent to him by Mr. Henry Wallace. Stalin had accepted the basis for the talks outlined by Mr. Wallace, theReuter - 163 words
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Article23 1948-05-20 1 LONDON. Wednesday. Princess Margaret, 17-year-old younger daughter of the King and Queen, is suffering from an attack of measles. Reuter.Reuter - 23 words
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Article66 1948-05-20 1 British Overseas Airways Corporation has purchased five Constellations from the Irish company, Aer Linte, for the London-Sydney run via Singapore. Costing £315,000 each the planes will replace the Hythe flying boats now on the run. One has been handed over to Qantas, the Australian66 words
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Article72 1948-05-20 1 DETROIT, Wednesday. A formal 10-day notice that a strike is pending for 225,000 General Motors employees was filed yesterday by the Council of Industrial Organisations' United Auto Workers' Union. Meanwhile, negotiations continued m an effort to prevent a second major strike by the motor industry. TheAP - 72 words
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Article174 1948-05-20 1 NANKING, Wednesday. A CHINESE nationalist war plane scored a direct bomb hit on a building when the Communiait president Mao Tze Tung was m conference with 200 of his supporters. This claim was made today by Lieut-General Teng Wen Yi. Eighty of the Communists »ere killedReuter; AP - 174 words
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Article54 1948-05-20 1 BELFAST. Wednesday. The Governments of Great Britain and Northern Ireland are to consider a scheme for a tunnel between the two countries. This was stated in the Ulster House of Commons yesterday. The tunnel under the North Channel, would have to be 21 miles long andReuter - 54 words
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Article269 1948-05-20 1 1948 Rice Figure 425,000 Tons WASHINGTON, Wednesday. A rice allocation to Malaya of 425,000 metric tons this year was approved yesterday by the International Emergency Food Council. This made virtually certain that Malaya and 10 other major claimant nations would receive their suggested quotas. Malaya's 1947 allocation was 326,000 tons.AP - 269 words
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Article108 1948-05-20 1 RESULTS of yesterday's Koala Lumpur races are: RACE I: EASTERN GOLD $22 and $10; Batti II $11; Doris Pet $7. RACE 2: VICTORY $78 and $12; The Pathan $8: Craigmount $7. RACE 3: SIR LANCELOT $18 and $7; J ami-son $9; Moonsunstar $20. RACE 4: ADVANTAGE $60108 words
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Article40 1948-05-20 1 CAMBRIDGE, Wednesday. —Cambridge University has bought for £50,000 Madingley Hall Estate, three miles from Cambridge. The estate includes the village of 220 inhabitants, a hall built m Henry Yin's reign and 1,200 acres of farmland. Reuter.Reuter - 40 words
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Article37 1948-05-20 1 COPENHAGEN, Wednesday. —Two Catalina planes of the Royal Danish Navy took off from Copenhagen early today on a flight to Greenland. In coming months the planes will air-photograph the island on geographical expeditions. —U.P.UP - 37 words
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Article164 1948-05-20 1 THE Archbishop of New 1 York (Cardinal Spellman) who is due m Singapore tomorrow afternoon, i arrived m Batavia late I yesterday for a one-day: visit. An Associated Press message said the Archbishop, who Is accompanied by 13 high-rank-ing clergy of the American I Roman Catholic164 words
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Article26 1948-05-20 1 LONDON. Wednesday. King George, Queen Elizabeth and Princess Margaret returned to Buckingham Palace today from Balmoral Castle, where they spent the Whitsun weekend.—U.P.UP - 26 words
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Article27 1948-05-20 1 DETROIT. Wednesday The Automobile Manufacturers' Association reported to-day that since the war. 23 new companies had announced plans for entering the pas-senger-car market m the United States.—A.PAP - 27 words
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192 1948-05-20 1 BANGKOK, Wednesday. yWO hundred people or more have been killed m 1 recent disturbances m the southern frontier district of Siam. The disturbances have been between Malay-speaking Muslims and Siamese police. The slaughter is reported by a Siamese Muslim M.P., Nai Samat lanviroj,192 words
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291 1948-05-20 1 Warning On Politics "Battle" In Singapore A warning to Chinese language newspapers as well as societies and individuals that tue Government would take steps to stop the current "battle" m Chinese politics m Singapore was made by the Secretary for Chinese Affairs (Mr. G. W. Webb), yesterday. Mr. Webb said291 words
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Article31 1948-05-20 1 Sentences were passed by the Singapore First Judge yesterday on the 88 Chinese found guilty of attending the initiation ceremony of a triad society. Report m Page Four.31 words
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Article53 1948-05-20 1 Rangoon, Wednesday. Communists today blew up the rail bridge at Pyokkw^, on the main Rangoon-Man-dalay line, and burned villages over a wide area. Reports indicated government troops were making headway against, the rebels. Near Kawa, m the Pegu district, troops captured a Communist headquarters andUP - 53 words
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Article58 1948-05-20 1 JOHORE BAHRU, Wednesday. An Indian Muslim named Mahmood, who was riding a motor cycle with another Indian on the pillion, was killed on Monday on the Kota Tinggi Road when he crashed into a car travelling from Johore Bahru to Kota Tinggi. The pillion rider was58 words
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Article144 1948-05-20 1 Polio-Free Day For Singapore NO fresh cases of iniantile paralysis weit) reported m Singapore yesterday. A total of 73 cases has been notified m Singapore so far, 10 of whom have died. Three 'sideshows' at the Royal Air Force's 'At Home' day which will be held at Tengah next Saturday144 words
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105 1948-05-20 2 LONDON, Wednesday. DESCUE workers last night brougFTt six dead and 60 injured from the twisted wreckage of a London-to -Bradford express which left the track about 20 miles south-east of Leeds, Yorkshire, and plunged down an embankment. Miners rushed from a collieryReuter - 105 words
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Article79 1948-05-20 2 LONDON. Wednesday.— Twenty-three-year-old Harry Nicholls was yesterday sentenced to hang for the St. Patrick's day slaying of a fellow inmate of Oxford Prison. "I was singing 111 take you home again Kathleen'" Nicholls testified. The other prisoner woke up and said "if you don't shut your noisy Irish79 words
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Article54 1948-05-20 2 MOSCOW. Wednesday-Mrs. Pandit, Indian Ambassador to Moscow, and her daughters arrived back here by air last night from a short triD to Stockholm. Soviet delegates and two secretarial assistants plan to fly to India next week for the meeting of the Economic Council for Asia and theReuter - 54 words
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Article83 1948-05-20 2 RIO DE JANEIRO, Wednesday.—Nineteen people were reported killed and more than 100 injured by a cylone in Southern Brazil to-day. Houses were destroyed and other extensive damage was caused by the cylone.—Reuter. Welcome Back SYDNEY. Wednesday— Jubilant Chinese seamen and passengers celebrated the reentry of the reconvertedReuter - 83 words
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Article37 1948-05-20 2 OTTAWA, Wednesday. Canada ended the 1947-48 fiscal year with a cash surplus of $1,181,000,000. The Finance Minister, Mr. Douglas Abbott, said this in his budget speech last night to the Canadian House of Commons. Reuter.Reuter - 37 words
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Article59 1948-05-20 2 LONDON. Wednesday. —Sir Thomas Beecham yesterday cancelled one of his concerts because of "lack of interest** in it He said that the concert, featuring works of four British composers had been planned in the belief "that there would be an audience willing to listen to it. especiallyAP - 59 words
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Article21 1948-05-20 2 LONDON, Wednesday.—Dr. W. R. Inge, former Dean of St. Paul's ill in a Middlesex hospital, was "comfortable" to-dav.—Reuter.Reuter - 21 words
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Article33 1948-05-20 2 LONDON, Wednesday.—Dr. Peter Hall, aged 27, employed at Nctherne Mental Hospital at Hedley, Surrey, was found dead in the hospital dispensary today. It is believed death was due to poisoning. Reuter.Reuter - 33 words
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Article54 1948-05-20 2 LONDON, Wednesday—Sir Hubert Ranee, who was Governor of Burma until the country achieved independence in January, is to be res- ponsible for the development of the British West Indies. He has been appointed chairman of a standing committee which is to make recommendations about closer association orReuter - 54 words
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Article47 1948-05-20 2 FRANKFURT. Wednesday The bodies of 13 American soldiers killed in the crash of a, Super Fortress in Saudi Arabia were flown back to Germany yesterday. Only one man survived the crash, which occurred as the "plane was returning to Germany from a training flight. —AP.AP - 47 words
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93 1948-05-20 2 Raid, Chase, Arrest In 9 Minutes LONDON, Wednesday.— Nine minutes after an £800 jewel robbery m CromwellRoad, South Kensington, today a police radio car rammed and stopped the bandits' car m Piccadilly and detained three men. The radio car received a call immediately after the robbery and, within several seconds,93 words
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Article123 1948-05-20 2 LONDON, WednesdayMr. Justice Edward Croom Johnson, at Cambridge yesterday carefully summed up the evidence m a case. "He says he now cannot tell the difference between a cigarette and a cigar" said the judge, speaking of a man seeking: damages for losing his senseUP - 123 words
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Article, Illustration81 1948-05-20 2 NEW YORK. Wednesday. Heavy-weight champion Joe Louis arrived here from his Michigan camp yesterday to begin the final month of training for his second title fight with Jersey Joe Walcott Louis predicted he would win the scheduled 15-round fight m New York on June 23 by a knock-out.81 words
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Article1107 1948-05-20 2 HUGH DRAYTON - HUGH DRAYTON By Distiagwsked Coatribators Some of the leading writers of the day are among the contributors to the Regent Institute's well-known Postal Course in Effective English and Personal EQciency. The new Course, which is based on many years' experience with students in all Darts of the English-speaking1,107 words
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Advertisement625 1948-05-20 2 NOTICES IN VERSAL CARS LIMITED Tclrphone Numbers As from the 20th instant the Private Branch Exchange number of Universal Cars Limited will be 5258 (5 lines) with extensions to all departments SOUTHERN TRONOH TIN DREDGING. LIMITED DIVIDEND NOTICE Notice is hereby given that an Intertn Divic-snd of 7*% less Income625 words
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Advertisement626 1948-05-20 2 NOTICES) WEARNE BROTHERS LIMITED Telephone Nnmken As from the 20th instant the Private Branch Exchange number of Wearne Brothers Limited will be 5256 (5 lines) with extensions to all departments. Wearne's Used Car Mart telephone number remains 7974. BY ORDER OF THE SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD. AUCTION SALE of Unclaimed Cargo626 words
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Advertisement649 1948-05-20 2 NOTICES TRONOH MINES, LIMITED (Incorporated In England) DIVIDEND NOTICE Notice is hereby given that Interim Dividends of 10% tn respect of the year ended 31st December 1947 and of 10% In respect of the year ending 31st December 1948 both .less Income Tax at 9 shillings m the have been649 words
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Advertisement224 1948-05-20 2 MARCONI S^ MODEL 71 03 FOR AC MAINS HERE is a radio giving you Overal' Bandspread Coverage, which mean; that you hav e ease and accuracy of tuning over the complete short-wave range In*o Its world-receiving circuit have been incorporated features which combine Marconphone's unsurpassed excellence of tonal reproduction with224 words
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Article415 1948-05-20 3 Peace Hint At Labour Talks LONDON, Wednesday. THE Deputy Prime Minister, Mr. Herbert Morrison, to-day pledged that the British Government would do everything possible, either alone or with other powers, to end the bloodshed in Palestine. He hinted in a speech before the 47th conference ofReuter; UP - 415 words
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Article, Illustration20 1948-05-20 3 JO AN Lbs LIE, in a scene from "Repeat Performance," an Eagle-Lion film now showing at the Cathay Cinema, Singapore.20 words
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Article62 1948-05-20 3 TOklO, Wednesday. WHAT was described byi Gen. MacArthur'sj headquarters as the largest sales contract m textile history was validated today between th* Netherlands Indies and the Foreign Trade andi Commerce Division of SCAP. The sale involved US$37,900,000 (£9,479,500) of cotton textiles. The deal was conducted on62 words
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Article, Illustration30 1948-05-20 3 VEttFtCT BALANCE: America's all-round woman gymnastic champion. Helen Schifano, of New Jersey, doing a "side-arm planche" m the women's final Olympic gymnastic try-outs at Philadelphia earlier this month. A.P. photo.AP - 30 words
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Article60 1948-05-20 3 LOS ANGELES, Wednesday.—The Los Angeles Presbytery announced yesterday that the Rev. Steward P. Macleannan would be tried under the laws of the Presbyterian Church for marrying the film actress, Lana Turner, to the tinplate millionaire. Bob Topping. Church regulations forbid ministers from officiating at the marriageUP - 60 words
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Article94 1948-05-20 3 NANKING, Wednesday. PING of a 21-gun salute at 1 o'clock tomorrow morning will sigI nal the opening of a sixj year term of China's first constitutional President and Vice-President. President Chiang Kai-shek and Vice-Presldent LI TsungJen will take office in a brief I ceremony before anAP - 94 words
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Article125 1948-05-20 3 Execution Of Nazis Is Delayed WASHINGTON, Wedne* day. •THE UJ3. Army Secretary 1 (Mr. Royall) yesterday ordered last-minute stays of execution for 17 Germans convicted of war crimes by the International Tribunal at Nuremberg. Twelve of the 17 were to have been executed tomorrow. Mr. Royall acted after the SupremeUP - 125 words
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Article28 1948-05-20 3 JOHANNESBURG. Wednesday.—A British textile concern, one of the biggest In the world, Is about to start a rayon industry m Natal with a preliminary outlay of £10,000,000.— A.P.AP - 28 words
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Article219 1948-05-20 3 LONDON, Wednesday. ONLY the best men should be recruited for the Colonial Service and the best are those who choose a career in the Colonies through a sense of a mission and a spirit of adventure, says The limes in a leading article based on219 words
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Article40 1948-05-20 3 MANILA, Wednesday.— Luis Taruc and other Hukbalahap leaders were expected to surrender to the government yesterday at an undisclosed rendezvous. Executive Secretary Emilio Abello said the surrender act would be kept secret. The amnesty would follow. —UP.UP - 40 words
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141 1948-05-20 3 FTHE HAGUE, Wednesday. RL gutted Queen Wilhelmina's private apartments m the central section of Noerdcinde Palace, at The Hague, yesterday. The fire, fanned by a strong wind, raged for over an hour before it was brought under control. Non c of the Dutch RoyalAP - 141 words
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190 1948-05-20 3 U.S. Offered To Pay Bill 'With Peanuts" SEOUL, Wednesday. DUSSIAN-dominated North Korea announced today that ft cut off South Korea's power supply last Friday because the Americans tried to pay the bill with chocolate, syrup, peanuts, tobacco and so forth." Kirn Tchaik, vice-chairman of the North Korean Peoples Committee, saidAP - 190 words
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Article78 1948-05-20 3 ATHENS, Wednesday. Greece has replied to the Russian protest against the execution of Communists, and said that all those executed were considered common criminals or rebels against the Government; it was disclosed today. The Soviet protest was handed to Greece's Charge d'Affaires in Moscow. The replyUP - 78 words
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Article36 1948-05-20 3 PARIS. Wednesday. A central provisional government for Vietnam will be discussed m Hanoi tomorrow under the chairmanship of Oen. Nguyen Van Xuan, Premier of Cochin China, the Agency France Press reports Reuter.Reuter - 36 words
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Advertisement226 1948-05-20 3 SAFETY EIECTRIC JK^jjl Artificial silks and /^BB^^^^^'^ y^ dy woolens are easily y^ .s ysr ruined by unre^ul- j S'? ated ironing heat. S *N«; The MORPIIY -^^f s*ESt^ X RICHARDS iro> i.l /HBvK with ifs heat selci f!// -arf/ H^s tin or dial (fives th l^__^^^*"* -^l VW «W226 words
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Advertisement144 1948-05-20 3 IS IN STORE WHEN YOU pLJ-L OPEN THE DOOR I I You will want your new refrigerator to serve you faithfully for a long time te come. Choosing it, then, invites careful thought. The new KELVINATORS are built for you READY STOCKS AVAILABLE Authorised Dealer: New Evrrlifeht Electric Co. 76,144 words
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Article595 1948-05-20 4 True Protection' TRIAD SENTENCES DEFORE passing sentence on the 88 men, con victed on the charge of having attended an initiation ceremony of a triad society on the night of Mar. 4-5, the District Judge, Mr. E. P. Shanks, yesterday criticised the general public for their595 words
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347 1948-05-20 4 Magistrate's 3 Decisions Reversed TpHREE appeals against 1 the decisions of the Singapore Third Police Court Magistrate (Mr. F. B. Oehlers) were allowed by Mr. Justice Thorogood in the Singapore Supreme Court, yesterday. In one case, the Deputy Public Prosecutor (Mr. M. Buttrose) described the magistrate's action of estreating the347 words
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Article205 1948-05-20 4 Damaged rice and sweepings that are sold m Singapore by the Government are carefully checked, bag by bag, by the Food Control authorities before being put up for tender. The Deputy Controller of Supplies, (Mr. A. D. ButlerMadden) told the Straits Times this yesterday, after205 words
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Article190 1948-05-20 4 Sawmill Workers On Strike TWO hundred workers m 1 two sawmills m Singapore are on strike because of wage cuts. Both sawmills are m the Kallang Road area and are now guarded by police. One hundred men from the Kirn Hock Cheong sawmill m I Kampong Soo Poo struck at190 words
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Article197 1948-05-20 4 TODAY Radio Malaya, broadcast lessons for School Certificate pupils History by Mr. s. K. Wee. 9' a.m. Hygiene by Mr. S. C. Ting, 9 30 Oral English by Mr. P. Thomas 10 a.m.. English Literature (Anthology and Longer Poems) by Miss Brisk. 10.30 a.m. Rural Board, monthly meeting,197 words
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Article426 1948-05-20 4 pERTAIN Malayan curV/ rency notes now m circulation will cease to be legal tender from September 1 this year, said an official announcement yesterday. "The Board of Commissioners of Currency are taking this action" said the statement m order that the old notes, most of which are426 words
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Advertisement200 1948-05-20 4 "'Will ffcttMi alone improve your Eyesight?" NO Prou-ssio.-.) services ana tecQ-n-rai skills are the essential Bin* to vout "seeing ability." tout visual comfort and effleiene» It if- roi tnese services and sKilis nut for glasses alone that you oav fot your fee •Ste* Professional advice Aor glasses at a prxce200 words
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Advertisement102 1948-05-20 4 QUALCAST MODEL "H BALLBEARING LAWN MOWEft There are over two million qualcast users. QMli^feßHsV This Machine has been V specially designed for B tropical grasses and is V delightfully easy to use h Self sharpening high wheel Jk type Sheffield steel blades. jM M 14" $41.50 A Btk. Grass Box102 words
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Article, Illustration2171 1948-05-20 5 The Rt Hon. Winston Churchill - The Rt Hon. Winston Churchill THE SECOND WORLtiWAR—3O By In this instalment Mr. Churchill relates how the magnetic mine was countered. He also gives an impression of Adml. Parian's jealous relations with the French Minister of Marine. IN the first days of 1 November,2,171 words
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Advertisement294 1948-05-20 5 enough to test the quality of JS^ any paint— that is the time Xl/HvJ jj Sidcrosthen has been oa the market, and its reputation is higher _J now than ever. colours uruiimmed and unsullied as it were. IgAr" Heat ami xoraa. tall M air. have mo c#«ct on SdrroMhco. Oa294 words
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Article52 1948-05-20 6 Pang Kirn Plow, Yum Peow, Teng Plow wish to convey their deep gratitude for the wreaths, scrolls, tokens letters of condolence, loan of cars lorries by relatives, friends, European Asiatic staff factory employees of Singapore Glass Hume Industries on the death of their beloved father, the late Mr. Pang52 words
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1014 1948-05-20 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Thur., May 20, 1948 UNIVERSITY IN COUNCIL The University of Malaya, as yet only a plan and a dream, is beginning to run the gauntlet of the Councils. On Tuesday the report of the Carr-Saunders Commission was tabled in the Legislative Council of the Colony. On1,014 words
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Article105 1948-05-20 6 LONDON. Wednesday White-haired "soldiers of the Queen" survivors of Mafeking garrison and forces which relieved them 48 years ago pinned long rows of medals to their chests yesterday and went to London to celebrate the anniversary of the famous occasion. Some were m the eighties.Reuter - 105 words
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Article2467 1948-05-20 6 SIR GEORGE MAXWELL, K.8.E., CM. G - THE MALAY MUST BECOME A MERCHANT SIR GEORGE MAXWELL, K.8.E., CM.G. Past And Present In The Malay States By Sir George Maxwell whose father and grandfather both served m Malaya spent many years m the Malayan Civil Service, and was Chief Secretary of the former F.M.S. Government when he retired.2,467 words
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Letter590 1948-05-20 6 IN the course of a speech on which STRUGGLING EXEMPLAR comments adversely I used these words: "Scholarship can have no basis except m true humility." I suggest that that would be a much better tablet for the University of Malaya than the one he suggests. The590 words
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Advertisement41 1948-05-20 6 1. A skilful qualified eyesight specialist 3. With modern equipment and method* of eye-examination or visual training S. If corrective spectacles are needed, using the finest maNrial!" available. J&x&us&f "EVERBRIGHT" Visual Service v best for you C. S. CHONG. OPT. D.,41 words
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Advertisement235 1948-05-20 6 PALETTE AND EASEL Until comparatively modem times, the artist had to tniy the raw materials for his paints and then purify and compound them himself. Ultramarine, for cxamnle, had to be prepared by crushing lapis lazuli, a process often taking days. The artist now has no such problems. The most235 words
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Article1263 1948-05-20 7 'Vote According To Conscience 9 A MOTION that the Progressive Party m Singapore approves the principtoof instituting State lotteries for the purpose of raising funds for establishing T.B. clinics, sanatoria and abolition of slums, was approved by a margin of ten votes at last night's annual meeting1,263 words
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258 1948-05-20 7 RAF Chief Advises On Singapore 'War Insurance' 1 A ROYAL Air Force chief gave Singapore some advice A on defence yesterday while complimenting the Colony on "a good beginning" by contributing to the Chaugi Airport scheme. He was Air Vice-Marshal J. Whitworth-Jones, Air Officer Commanding, Malaya, who, before the Rotary258 words
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Article21 1948-05-20 7 Mr. J. Cumming, Executive Engineer, Malayan Public Works Service, has been appointed to be Executive Engineer, Marine, Public Works Department, Singapore.21 words
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Article62 1948-05-20 7 A DIRECT air connection between Singapore and America will be opened soon. Pan-American Airways officials are m Singapore to prepare for the resumption of their service to the Colony. At present the two round-the-world routes of the Company operate via Bangkok. The routes are to be62 words
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Article115 1948-05-20 7 PINGAPORE Chinese will >J celebrate the installation of General Chiang Kai-shek as the first constitutional president of China today with a rally of 500 Chinese associations and schools. The rally is being held at the premises of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce at 10 a.m. Dr.115 words
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Article52 1948-05-20 7 The Representative of the Government of India m Malaya has been entrusted with the issuing of passports to Indians who wish to proceed abroad from Malaya. Application forms for passports can be obtained from the Office of the Representa- tive (Mr. Thivy) at 98 Robin- son52 words
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Article30 1948-05-20 7 Two gramophone record factories are to be established this year near the old Dutch town of Haarlem. One of them, now sited m Amsterdam, will produce 1,000,000 records a year.30 words
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Article22 1948-05-20 7 The recent dog show at the Happy World Stadium m aid oi the Singapore Rotary Club T.B. Clinic fund raised over $800.22 words
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Article, Illustration426 1948-05-20 7 By Our Woman Correspondent THERE is a Malay woman m Singapore wko is a 1 staunch crusader for the emancipation of her women folk so that they may play flbeir part m Malayan affairs on the same scale as women of the other local communities. She is426 words
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200 1948-05-20 7 THERE was a sequel m 1 the Seventh Police Court yesterday to an incident m North Bridge Road on Tuesday. An 18-year-old Chinese, Ang Chwee Seng .of Bali Lane appeared on a charge of robbery. Ang was alleged to have been one of200 words
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Article170 1948-05-20 7 'Make Charity Tax Free' A recommendation that charitable donations should be exempted from income tax is made by the Income Tax Joint Committee m Its report published on Tuesday. Most unofficial members of the committee, states the report, argued that many schools, In particular, were largely dependent on such donations170 words
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Article74 1948-05-20 7 KUALA Lumpur Municipal Commissioners will decide m June for or against Municipal lottery. The question was debated at their meeting yesterday and the decision to defer the voting was made after the chairman (Mr. H. W. T. Oswell) had advised: "A vote out of hand is74 words
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Article158 1948-05-20 7 THE Singapore CID is investigating a big racket m counterfeit 10-cent notes circulating m Chinatown. The notes* are clever counterfeits which most people would not detect unless warned. Printed in Singapore, they are sold at $40 for 1,000 notes, representing a profit of $60158 words
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Article74 1948-05-20 7 DIPTEEN million cigarettes will come under the auctioner's hammer at Collyer Quay m Singapore at 10 o'clock to-day. The cigarettes are lying at the Customs Bonded Warehouses at Pasir Panjang and Maxwell Estate, and would-be purchasers will have to pay duty on their cigarettes before they can be74 words
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Article80 1948-05-20 7 CEREMBAN, Wednesday.—On a pretext of asking for water, several Chinese overpowered a Malay watchman at 4 a.m. one morning and stole tin valued at $8,300 from a god own at Man tin. The watchman stated this in the Seremban Magistrate's Court yesterday, when Ng Ah Hoo was charged80 words
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Article55 1948-05-20 7 UALA LUMPUR, Wednesday.—Over 400 Khehs and leaders of other communities witnessed the opening ceremony of the Kuala Kangsar District Kheh Association at the premises of the Association in Jalan Raja on Sunday afternoon. Mr. Lav Pak Kuan, of Ipoh, president of the Perak Kheh Association, cut the55 words
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Article76 1948-05-20 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Wednesday.—Counterfeit petrol coupons in the green one, two, three and four-gallon denominations are in circulation, an official statement sjld today. The forgeries were a poor imitation and should be easily detected. Any pump operator finding a forged coupon was asked to take a note of the76 words
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Article60 1948-05-20 7 A LOR STAR, Wednesday.- One Malay died in hospital and another narrowly escaped d?ath from taking a mixture which, they thought, would make their voices more melodious. Jusoh bin Hussin, 40, a Koran reader of Kampong Malau, Jitra, died 28 hours after taking the mixture. His friend Mohamed60 words
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Article86 1948-05-20 7 MALACCA, Wednesday.—The president of Municipal Council (Mr. John Falconer) said today that the council intended to extend the municipal water supply services to Tanjong Kling, seven miles from Malacca. He was replying during a council meeting this morning to an adjournment speech by Captain Ali bin Maidin urging86 words
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Advertisement83 1948-05-20 7 H.M.V. RADIOGRAMS Arriving very shortly The first post-war His Master's Voice radiograms, housed m beautiful figured walnut cabinets, incorporate the most up-to-date features. Traditionally perfect H.M.V. tone quality on radio and record reproduction. Bandspread tuning on five of the eight wavebands and the new H.M.V. automatic record changer playing ten83 words
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Advertisement40 1948-05-20 7 Face Facts T.B. is a menace to all of us m Singapore. Fight it now Singapore AnU-T.B. Association. Hon. treasurer; Mr. W. li. JowU, c/o Mercantile Bank. AH donations, however small, win be st tefally received, tahsorlptato: 110 a yea*.40 words
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Advertisement56 1948-05-20 7 1= FOR KIDDIES 9 Have Just Arrived PALM BEACH SANDALS m Brown or White PRICES from $7.95 pr. LACED RUNABOUT j Brown only Rubber Soles li PRICE $13.50 pr. I PETRONELLA BROWN I Laced Crepe Soles PRICE $14.50 pr. J Good News JUST ARRIVED NEW SEASONS LAMB FITZPATRICK'S FOOD SUPPLIES56 words
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795 1948-05-20 8 JULIE PRITCHARD - JULIE PRITCHARD By THEY came first m the daytime twelve fishermen m twelve different kinds of hats, with shirts and pants a patchwork of every shade of rust. Eleven bare-legged men slipped from the side of the boat into the shallow water; they took795 words
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Article949 1948-05-20 8 MARTIN HUTTON - MARTIN HUTTON By TOTS den Line motor ship Glengyle (10,000 tons) has arrived m Singapore from Britain en route for Hong Kong and Shanghai. The Glengyle is classified as a cargo liner. "As a cargo liner" is the vital phrase. It is by no means the949 words
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Article526 1948-05-20 8 5. DURAIRAJA SING AM - 5. DURAIRAJA SING AM MALAYAN PLACE NAMES— I By IN all ages, place 'names have been favourite beasts of chase. They are noble game and have given exhilarating sport. They continue to do so and, generation after generation, they survive to fascinate and draw526 words
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Advertisement70 1948-05-20 8 Refuse Wagons i 25 Side Loading Refuse Wagons on Bedford long wheel base chassis are being supplied to the Kuala Lumpur Municipality. 5-10 cubic yard, as illustrated, and 20-7 cubic All information on •«it«LI« f»rxw Tipping gear: Power operated by hydraulic available trom end ripping gear. fronT telescopic type, t70 words
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Advertisement108 1948-05-20 8 AUGUST 15th. 1945 Pro afjlictis et captivis. Libera eos Deus Israel ex omnibus trfbulationibus suis. A MEMORIAL CHURCH IS TO BE BUILT AT WYMONDHAM, NORFOLK, TO COMMEMORATE ALI THOSE WHO DIED IN JAPANESE PRISONER OF WAR CAMPS There enshrined will be a great book containing the names of those who108 words
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855 1948-05-20 9 Rampages of a war-created Frankenstein BROTHER DEATH, by John Lodwick (Heinemann, $7.50) FIELD OF THE STRANGER, by Olive Robertson (l)avies, $7.50) JOHN Lodwick m this, his fourth post-war J novel, is quick off the mark to deal with a psychological problem arising from one highly specialised form of brutality developed855 words
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Article, Illustration199 1948-05-20 9 SOME MODERN GEMS "LITTLE TREASURY OF MODERN POETRY" (Routledfe, $6.30). HTHIS treasury cannot be called "little" at all. It contains over 600 pages of verse written after 1896 by English and American poets. Anthologies make searchIng cross-sections of modern life. This one gives plenty of light verse which is just199 words
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Article, Illustration392 1948-05-20 9 On odds and oddities GAMBLER'S GALLERY, by J. Went worth Day (Background Books, Ltd., 3s. 6d.) •THE Epsom grandstand 1 was packed with the flower of Victorian Society. King Edward VII (then Prince of Wales) was m the Royal Box. The Derby was about to start. Suddenly there dashed on392 words
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Article128 1948-05-20 9 SANTIAGO AND OTHER POEMS, by Elizabeth Belloc, (MacMillan 6s). rPODAY, when so much A garbled, esoteric and obscure doggerel is foisted under the guise of poetry upon an unwary public, it is refreshing to come across something of real worth --and ELIZABETH BELLOC'S slim volume is most assuredly128 words
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Advertisement395 1948-05-20 9 Its not hoiv much you eat -it's what you eat that matters. JT^ In th»w> difficult tunes, when the food -^y j£± to which ws ait jeeustomsd it often Mmrl^^w!^ jr*'^ hard to obtain, extra care is needed Im T J7J 7 to see that the food we do eat395 words
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Advertisement182 1948-05-20 9 GROWING CHILDREN NEED TMi^^^^r*"^ VITAL HEALTH-GIVING ELEMENTS SO ABUNDANT IN QUAKER OATS Whole-grain oatmeal— Quaker Oats— atuii'S leads ali otner cereals m elements protein, tooo energy. Vitamio fl, tbat WONDi* promote strength and nourishment lor fooo growth and energy. Children emoy ricb creamy Quaker Oats with sugar and milk tot182 words
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Miscellaneous467 1948-05-20 9 When it is almost certain that declarer has to concede a trick, be should take pains to decide where and how to lose it I Observe this simple case: North, dealer. Both sides vulnerable. NORTH A 10 V X 52 A X QlO 9 9 7 6 WFST KAST 4Q75467 words
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Miscellaneous240 1948-05-20 9 leading a low spade to the nee and capturing Cast's spade jack an the return. Be then started to run off diamonds, ignoring the high spade which was still at large. West ruffed the third diamond and laid down the club queen. Though declarer could ruff this, he now was240 words
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Article322 1948-05-20 10 LONDON, Wednesday. THE new hick levels established on Wall Street during the week-end fonnd immediate reflection m the London stock markets yesterday, says Beater's financial correspondent. There was a sharp demand for those issues which have registered rood tains. Following wer» the dosing middle prices of selected stocks322 words
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Article145 1948-05-20 10 From Oar Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, Wednesday. rpHE Malayan share market generally was firmer today. J. Several prices were marked up, though the volume of business passing was not large. Price changes announced by the Malayan 8harebrokers' Association were: msiniii Bbjw Seta Consolidated Tin Sraetters (O) »/6 M/« Fnuer145 words
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Article41 1948-05-20 10 NEW YORK. Wednesday The New York stock market dropped abmptly yesterday m one of the sharpest breaks for over three months. Dow Jones Average* Stocks Industrial Roll* Utilitta* 70. 91 6t.W 190.44 1M.M to.Tl 81.25 JS .89 M.M A.P.AP - 41 words
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Article139 1948-05-20 10 TTfEE Singapore- rubber J. market wa« again firm yesterday, with rood trade baying. F.o.b. prices closed half a cent higher than at Tuesday's close. Sellers yesterday were itUl Inclined to hold off for higher prices. Demand iv mainly for neat shipment bat there was a better demand ia139 words
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Article42 1948-05-20 10 (Prom A Market Correspondent) OPTIMISM continued yesterday on the Singapore sago flour market. Slak sago rose again. Pepper qutoations had their first decline of the week. Yesterday* price chsusjes were: Pepper: Muntok white 1171: Sarawak white 8170. Sago: Siak 818.10.42 words
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Advertisement812 1948-05-20 10 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. (Incorporated m Singapore) BLUE FUNNEL LINE SAILINGS FROM U.K. AND U.S.A. "Myrmidon" TmmU.K 0.11 "Talthybins" From USA G. 17/18 •Tydeos- From U.K. to Port "Adrastus" Due from U.K. aad Holland Jaae 3 "Neleus" Dae from U.K Jna* 1 SAILINGS FOR LIVERPOOL, GLASGOW AND CONTINENTAL PORTS "Glaum" '....Sails812 words
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Advertisement366 1948-05-20 10 PRESIDENT LINE SAILINGS It) NEW YORK AND BOSTON via INDIA EGYPT MEDITERRANEAN PORTS SCOTT E. LAND P. S'haaa Arr. May 21 Penang May U MARINE SNAPPER Singapore Arr. May 21 P. Sham May 27 Penang May 38 PRES. POLK Singapore Arr. May 25 Penang May 31 AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINES. LTD.366 words
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Advertisement343 1948-05-20 10 IB* Mm m|^ STRAITS MADRAS SERVICE Owing to the temporary withdrawal of the s.s. VASNA from the above servtee the programme is amended ■*> follows:— RAJULA Sails 22nd May 1941 S.ANGOLA En« May FAJTT-A 7"*^ June ISLAY KERR CO. STNGAPOE PENANG BEN LINE BENLOMOND May Froaa U.K. to Hong Kong343 words
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Advertisement634 1948-05-20 10 ELLERMAN 4 uikucutcr BUCKNALL KIAVfNHS HAVRE, LONDON, PACIPC POBIS "Cni'll^.F" FRANCISVUXF rpore P Sham Penan, f-*£* n CMm 3S/M 24 May il s> Jlin t* May 21 May 21 May 8 Jbb 12 Jun3 Me ALISTER CO., LTD. (Incorporated m Singapore) PHONE 59M BOUSTE AD CO,. LTIX LLOYDS AGENTS Agents634 words
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Article, Illustration109 1948-05-20 11 A COUPLETS "pre-view' of the Horse Guards ceremony of Trooping the Colour was exhibited at the Olj/mpia section of the BJ.F. The set has IJOO pieces, including one of the Duke of Edinburgh on horse-back, all to scale. The whole exhibit has been bought by a Canadian.109 words
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Article57 1948-05-20 11 The total output of the Dutch coal mines at Limburg m the year to last Dec. 24 was 10,000,166 tons. The total output of the collieries for 1948 is estimated at 12,000,000 tons, an average of 40,000 per working day. In the four years preceding the57 words
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Article48 1948-05-20 11 In view of the great demand for passages to South Africa, XI.M. Royal Dutch Airlines have increased the frequency of their Amsterdam-Johan-nesburg service to twice a week. Since Aug. 16, 1940, says the shipping and trade journal Holland, the route has been flown once a week.48 words
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Article37 1948-05-20 11 Dutch salt production set up a new record In 1947. About 240,000 tons were sold. The old record was beaten by 20 per cent. Of the 240,000 tons sold, about 150,000 tons were exported.37 words
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Article118 1948-05-20 11 LONDON, Wednesday. T*HE British Treasury last night announced details of a pending AngloCeylonese financial agreement wherby Britain will release 3,500,000 of Ceylon's blocked pounds to cover its 1948 sterling deficit. An additional 4,000.000 of the blocked pounds will be freed as a working balance to cover any temporary118 words
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Article186 1948-05-20 11 JOGJAKARTA, Wedi I*HE Indonesian Republican Minister of Economic Affairs (Mr. Shefruddin) reports that local technicians have reißtored to full production 15 industries at Solo, Medioen, Kederi, Rembang and Pati. Some of the factories, he said, had been built before the war or during the Japanese occupation, but manyAP - 186 words
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Article405 1948-05-20 11 i PARRYING trophies and iVx souvenirs, the first batch of the Malayan Chinese contingent to the China national athletic meet arrived »t Kallang airport yesterday. They left Shanghai on Tuesday. At Hong Kong, five member* of the party— Miss Chung Kon Yoong. Mrs. Gladys Loke Chua.405 words
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Article278 1948-05-20 11 LONDON, Wednesday. lIAMPSHIRE beat Kent 1 m the last over of the day m their country cricket championship fixture yesterday. Another century by Jack Robertson enabled Middlesex to beat Sussex 35 minutes from time. Toe "Battle of the Roses" ended m a draw wholly mReuter - 278 words
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Advertisement160 1948-05-20 11 RESUMES ITS COURSE! C2)c£olll<**v Opeat Twlay 4 Shows is phone: bQO3 2 THOUSANDS HAD MISSED IT AT THE CAPITOL OWING TO ITS IN TBRRUPTED RUN mmmtmtsz^ .^BjV VPHPSnVW^^^^^ BH 4sW -it" bßbh IWMmM^B WT- JF As* 1 I^/StW^m iWSi m THE DAGGER THE TRIAL BY DUEL COMBAT MEDIEVAL WEAPONS TO160 words
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Miscellaneous112 1948-05-20 11 BAOIO MALAY A (SPORE) EMERGENCY ENGLISH SCHOOLS 1 BROADCASTS: am. History (Mr. 8. K. Wee); 0.30 Hygiene (Mr. 8. O. Ting); 10.00 Oral English (Mr. P. Thomas; 10.30 Bngimi Literature (Mrs. M. Brisk). 10.55 a.m. English Schools Broadcast; 1 pan. Radio Orchestra; 1.30 News; 1.40 Harry Hayes Swing Group; 2.00112 words
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Miscellaneous115 1948-05-20 11 BFEBS 7 p.m. Cantonese. 7.15 English: News; Science Review; English Lesson Verb Tenses. 7. 45 French. 8.00 Siamese: 8.30 Indonesian. 8.45 Dutch. 9.00 Kuoyu. 9.30 Burmese. 9.45 English: News Rubber Prices; 10 Book of Verse; 10.30 Classical Music; 10.46 Science Review; 11.00 Dance Music; 11.30 News News. Analysis; 11.45 British115 words
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Miscellaneous131 1948-05-20 11 6.45 Composer Performs— Fritz Kreister; 7.00 Radio Australia's Variety Band Box; 7.30 Incognito featuring noted Australian and overseas artists; 7.50 Talk; 8.00 Recent Releases; 8.15 Songs from the Shows; 8.30 News; 8.40 Men Their Music; 9.00 Women's Newsletter; 9.10 Wurlitser Interlude; 9.15 Peter Dawson Sings; 9.30 CUve Amadio's Quintet; 9.45131 words
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Article2170 1948-05-20 12 SEVERAL SURPRISES AT K.L. RACES Tolong Lagi Wins First Time Out From EPSOM JEEP KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. A crop of outsiders upset all calculations at Kuala Lumpur today, the third day of the Selangor Turf Club May Meeting. Camden rounded off a day of surprises by winning the last race2,170 words
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Article107 1948-05-20 12 rE Singapore football team to meet the China Olympic Xl at Jalan Besar Stadium on Saturday will be selected from the following 16 players: An gu llia. Aitken; Abdul Rahman, Lawther, Salleh; Chwee Leng. Williams. Vass, Harith: Shariff Madon, Lian Sin, Khamid. Tin Kee, Haji Garhan,107 words
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Article159 1948-05-20 12 Hong Kong Team Drop K.L. Game TpHE Royal Air Force will 1 fly the Hong Kong interport cricket team to Singapore on Thursday, June 17. The team will practise on Friday and will play a match against Singapore on June 19, 20 and 21. There will be no match In159 words
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Article27 1948-05-20 12 SEGAMAI, Wednesday. Segamak qualified to meet Batu Pahat m the final of the Cheah Cup Inter-dlstrlct lawn tennis tournament by beating Johore Bahru last week-end.27 words
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Article33 1948-05-20 12 COVENTRY. Wednesday Dick Turpin, 28-year-old Negro, won the British Empire middleweight boxing title last night by knocking out the champion Bos Murphy of New Zealand, m the first round. A. P.33 words
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Article73 1948-05-20 12 LONDON. Wed T ADDIE OUTSCHOORN J (formerly of Singapore), who played for Worcestershire, was out m a peculiar way against Glamorgan at Worcester. A full-blooded straight drire from Outschoora hit Eddie Coppers' wicket and the ball was smartly thrown back to Outschoorn's wicket. However, he failed to beatReuter - 73 words
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Article142 1948-05-20 12 LONDON, Wednesday. fTHE Australians, playing A Oxford University on the Iflfley ground here, made 404 for 8 before the close of play today. Bradman stood down from the touring side. Hassett, who captains the team, won the tos» and chose to bat on a perfect pitch.142 words
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Article172 1948-05-20 12 THE Chinese Athletic went i down 1-3 to the Tiger BA. after having things almost entirely their own way m their First Division League fixture at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. The Tigers made good use of their opportunities and led 2-0 at the interval, Bwee172 words
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Article26 1948-05-20 12 The Naval Stores XI trounced the Haikowyu S.C. 5-1 m the Third Division of the S.A T A. League at St. Georges' Road yesterday.26 words
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Article63 1948-05-20 12 TODAY SOCCER: S.A.F.A. L*agme, Div. I— I. A. T. A. A. A., Jalau Besar; Dir. II Tigers v. S.H.B. Police, Thomson Road; R. A. F. Tenfah v. Police, Thomson Road; Rovers v. Kota Raja, Geylang; C.A. v. Drvons, 8.0.D. ground; Div. in Unicorns v. Comd. Depot Med. Stores.63 words
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Article662 1948-05-20 12 From Our Staff Correspondent LPOH, Wednesday. A TOTAL of 145 entries have been received for the Perak Turf Ciub Summer Meeting on May 29, June 2 and 5, for horses classes one and two. Entries are: HORSES CLASS 1 First run 6 tun. or662 words
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Article475 1948-05-20 12 LONDON, Wednesday. OUNBAKED wickets everywhere produced hi^h •3 scoring m the County matches ended yesterday, but the championship struggle was completely overshadowed by events at Southend, where the Australians broke all records by maintaining 102 run* an hour for six hours on their opening dayReuter - 475 words
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Article46 1948-05-20 12 The S.A.F.A. League Div. II match played at Geylang Stadium yesterday between the Pulau Bukom Sports Club and the 19th Air Formation Signals ended m a two-all draw. Nanl and Sami scored for Pulau Bukom, and Taylor and McGowan for 19th Air Formation Signals.46 words
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Article20 1948-05-20 12 The Seaforths beat GHQ Signals 4—2 In an S.A.P.A. League Dlv. I match played at Glllman Barracks yesterday.20 words
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Advertisement441 1948-05-20 12 CLASSIFIED ADS. (Continued from Page 6) TUITION. DRIVING LESSONS given by oualifled Instructor. Enquiries: TAY. 53-B Robinson Road: 1131 or ***** f OP SALE FUR COAT three-quarter length Beaver Lamb modern style as new j $290. Box No. A2906. S.T. FOR SALE two American box sprins single beds with matching441 words
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Advertisement18 1948-05-20 12 TRAVAL ALARMS $42. to $52 DUNLOP build the best tyre for every purpose JH4 OUtiUW.tUMM CO. |Jm •M*IAV^kTS^IWKA»OM >18 words
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Miscellaneous17 1948-05-20 12 SINGAPORE TIDES TODAY: High water, 8.45 ajn. (8 It. 2 in.) 9.09 p.m. (8 ft. 2 in.)17 words
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