The Straits Times, 26 October 1949
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Title Section19 1949-10-26 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1846 TWELVE PAGES PRICE TEN (EN IS. SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1949.19 words
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1153 1949-10-26 1 Tribute To Social Service In Malaya THE United Kingdom and United States delegates to ECAFE both replied yesterday to charges by the Soviet delegate, Mr. S.S. Nemtchina, on Monday, that foreign monopolies were seeking to retard the economic development of countries in the ECAFE1,153 words
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Article, Illustration66 1949-10-26 1 ***** T. Jlngrot and Jugah, three Dyak chieftains of the I'pper he jang River, Sarawak, are seen holding their colourful straw hats on their arrival in Singapore yesterday in the Bruas from Sibu. Standing behind are M* or M. J. Gilliat, representative of the Commissioner General Mr. Malcolm MacDonaid, and66 words
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Article173 1949-10-26 1 NEW YORK, Tuesday. IK. R. E. Dodd, United Nations Food and Agricul'T* ture Organisation Director-General, today called on the world to remedy under-production and maldistribution of food. Otherwise, he said, the world would invite depression and drift toward another war. He said: "The FAO hasReuter - 173 words
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Article79 1949-10-26 1 RANGOON, Tues A POLICE patrol fought a gun battle with a sang of kidnappers here yesterday to free a wealthy Indian merchant held prisoner for 80 days. Mr. Mohammed Hashim Ismail told police he had been held captive in a vll- lage 20 miles from Rangoon byReuter - 79 words
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Article31 1949-10-26 1 MANILA, Tues.— The Philippines War Crimes Commlsi sion has sentenced Lt. Jin- taro Shirota, formerly of the Japanese military police, to death for killing 23 Filipino civilians.— UJ».31 words
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Article132 1949-10-26 1 INDIA CUTS BUDGET NEW DELHI, Tues. THE Indian Deputy Prime Minister, Sardar Vallabbhai Patel. has ordered a £60.000,060 cut In capital expenditure in India's budget for the current financial year, according to authoritative sources today. The cut would bring down budgeted capital expenditure from £157.000.000 to £97,500.000. The order forReuter - 132 words
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Article61 1949-10-26 1 BATAVIA, Tues. Dutch and Republican troops Joined forces yesterday and attacked a rebel band of Darul Islam Irregulars in western Java They killed 14 irregulars and captured a quantity of small arms. The combined operation took place 65 miles south-east of Batavia, near the townAP - 61 words
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Article33 1949-10-26 1 PONTIAC (Michigan), Tues. —A farmer ran amok and shot nine persons In two bars and then killed himself last night. Three of the wounded were In serious condition.— U.P.UP - 33 words
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138 1949-10-26 1 NEW YORK, Tuesday. MR. Henry Wallace, leader of the American Progressive party, told an American Labour Party rally here that President Truman should meet Stalin face to face and end the cold war. Mr. Wallace, former VlcePresident, denounced both the United States -and theReuter - 138 words
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Article43 1949-10-26 1 LONDON, Tues.— Mr. John Robert Clynes, pioneer of the Labour Party and a former Home Secretary, died at his London home last night, aged 80. He began work at 10 as a mill boy and earned 2s. 6d. a week. Reuter.Reuter - 43 words
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Article, Illustration52 1949-10-26 1 WITH THE GURKHAS: The Chief of the Imperial General Staff, Field Marshal Sir William Slim, who is Colonel of the 7th Gurkha Rifles, chatting with wives of Gurkhas during his visit to the camp of the 2/7 th -Gurkhas Rifles in Kuala Lumpur on Monday. Straits Times picture. See also52 words
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Article359 1949-10-26 1 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Tuesday. A LTHOUGH the news that the Metal Exchange will open for tin dealings on Nov. 15 is welcomed in London, it is pointed out that other important Issups are still to be cleared up. One is the price to359 words
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Article51 1949-10-26 1 THE Singapore tin market will be open for dealings on Not. 16, it was trfftdally announced yesterday. Opening of the Metal Exchange for dealings in tin in London will be on Not. 15. The dates vary because of the difference in time between London and51 words
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Article131 1949-10-26 1 LONDON, Tues. THE world's first jet air liner, the British- built De Havilland Comet, made its first overseas test flight from London to Tripoli, North Africa, today at a speed of about 440 miles an hour. The air liner completed the flight to Castel Benito, InAP; UP - 131 words
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Article52 1949-10-26 1 LONDON, Tues.— Dr. Edith Summerskill, Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food, said in the Commons yesterday that the Ministry had bought Malayan sago flour at the market price ruling at the time of purchase. The Ministry's selling pricn in Britain was £38 a ton c*Reuter - 52 words
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Article20 1949-10-26 1 MANILA, Tues.— A tropic, storm with winds of 55 mile an hour is moving toward the Philippines.— UP.UP - 20 words
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Article91 1949-10-26 1 NEW YORK, Tues. An American expedition has discovered a lost city in Afghanistan with houses, fountains and irrigation ditches almost intact. This was announced last night by Mr. Walter A. Falrservls of the Anthropology Department of the American Museum of Natural History, who recently returned from anReuter - 91 words
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Article133 1949-10-26 1 LONDON, Tues. ||R B. Rees-Willlams, Par- I liamentary Secretary at the Colonial Office, left London by air for Hong Kong today on his way to the Singapore conference of British representatives in Sout^ East Asia called for Nov. 2. "It is about time one of usReuter - 133 words
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Article140 1949-10-26 1 Relief On The Stock Exchange LONDON. Tues. LONDON stock exchange reaction to the Government announcement of cuts to meet the economic crisis was one of relief in that it provided no comflrmation of the recent wild rumours. Prices of industrial equities, oil and gold shares soared and recaptured most ofReuter - 140 words
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Article34 1949-10-26 1 BANGKOK. Tues. Siam has arranged the purchase of U5520,000,000 worth of gold bars from the Federal Reserve Bank at a cost of US$35 per ounce, it was authoritatively announced today.— Reuter.Reuter - 34 words
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Article441 1949-10-26 1 Not Enough, Say Critics ECONOMY CUTS LONDON. Tues ONDON newspapers today almost unanimously criticised the Government's £280,000,000 anti-inflations cuts, announced by the Prime Minister, Mr. Clement Attlee, yesterday, as inadequate. The Government organ, the Daily Herald, gave greatest prominence to Mr. Attlee's broadcast appeal last night for an all-out effortReuter - 441 words
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Article49 1949-10-26 1 From Ow Owa Correspondent LONDON, Tues.— N«tf profit of Paterson Simons and Co. after tax for the year ending Mar. 31, was £42,186. The final dividend of 20 per cent., making 32y 2 per cent, for the year, is the same as for the previous year.49 words
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Advertisement22 1949-10-26 1 THE %e£*6tt RADIO SOU AGENTS BRIGHT RADIO C° M ONCHAMO MOAO SINGAPORE There's always TIME FOR A TIGER in pints and quarts22 words
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179 1949-10-26 2 JAPAN'S INDUSTRY KEYED FOR EXPORT WASHINGTON, Tues JHE U.S. Commerce Department predicts "substantial changes" in the Japanese tax system "within the next year", but its economic review gives no details. The review also reported that Japan's industries are "being keyed to export production so that necessary foodstuJTs and Industrial materialsAP - 179 words
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Article49 1949-10-26 2 COLOMBO, Tues. rhe Royal Navy tug Hengist Is being rushed from Trincomalee to the rescue of the 700-ton boom defence ship H.M S. Barrymore, aground at Minicoy Island, between Colombo and Aden. The Barrymore was standed while exchanging lighthouse personnel on the island —A. P.49 words
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Cable Flashes Confessed Killing Of Japs After 33 Years
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209 1949-10-26 2 NEW YORK. Tuesday. rpHE Federal Bureau of Investigation is checking 1 the story of a shoelace and pencil salesman who said his conscience drove him to confess that he had killed two Japanese men S3 years ago. Joseph Hellback, aged 54, said heReuter - 209 words
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Article67 1949-10-26 2 INDIA'S POWER PROJECT NEW YORK, Tues. The International Bank for Reconstruction and Develop- men. Is considering a loan of U5525,000,000 to India. The money would be for the construction of a power plant in the Damodar valley. The Bank believes that loans to India "are a risk worth taking.' India67 words
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Article52 1949-10-26 2 WASHINGTON, Tues. THE chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen Omar Bradley, is not suffering from insomnia as the Russian paper Pravda asserts since learning of the Russian atom bomb. A "slumber communique" says he is getting six hours of sound sleep every52 words
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330 1949-10-26 2 No Change In India's Relations With Commonwealth, Nehru Promises OTTAWA, Tuesday. pANDIT NEHRU, Prime Minister of Indi;., told a Press conference today that he did not contemplate any change in India's partrw rship in the British Commonwealth when it becomes a republic three months from now. Pandit Nehru accused Pakistan330 words
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Article, Illustration35 1949-10-26 2 THE NEW LORD MAYOR of London, Sir Federick Rowland, accompanied by his wife and daughter, Gladys, when he went to the House of Lords to be received by the Lord Chancellor, Lord Jowitt. Reuter picture.Reuter - 35 words
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Article28 1949-10-26 2 GWALIOR, rues S. D. Sharma, last of the three abscondrrs In the Gandhi murder case, has been arrested at Ghazlpur in the United Provinces. A f.28 words
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Article, Illustration39 1949-10-26 2 PRESIDENT of the South •Si am Security Council, CW-ni rat Mom Luang :hu«ns Seniwongse, who has to nepl with Muslim un MM dnd infiltration of Communist bandits from JVi.ila.vn into the southern p-oviiice s. Straits Times picture39 words
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Article41 1949-10-26 2 BOMBAY. rues. Police at Bombay's main railway Junction, suspicious of a party of mv v carrying their drums with unuspil care, found that the drums we c faked, and contained over iv gallons of illicit liquor e.i -h Reuter.Reuter - 41 words
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Article74 1949-10-26 2 Don't let thai irritating cough make you feel wretched but let DOANS LDNO TONIC give youJ the hapDv relief you so sorely l need DOANS LONG lONIC conlalns natural herbal extracts, glycerine and camphor, and Is made especially for soothing bron-t-niai irritations. You will bei delighted at74 words
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Advertisement778 1949-10-26 2 NOTICES TELOK KRUIN TIN, LIMITED Notice 1« hereby given of the declaration of an interim I dividend ot 20', in respect of the i iirrent year ilew Income Tax at < iwtyable on 28th October, i i i hnrehclder* registered on 2«th o. .cber. 1949. By Order of the Board.778 words
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Advertisement437 1949-10-26 2 NOTICES ANNOUNCEMENT We the undersigned hereby announce that the practice hitherto followed by us of allowing our customers who buy from us coconut oil and/or copra cakes a rebate or refund on their unsold stock of coconut oil and/or copra cakes because of a drop In the market price of437 words
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Advertisement680 1949-10-26 2 NOTICES NOTICE The undermentioned offices of the Assistant Custodian of Kuemy PFopeYty will be closed ss from 31st October, 1949. Kota Bharu KeUntan Kuala Dungun Trengganu Kuantan Pahang. Enquiries thereafter should be addressed to: Custodian of Enemy Property, Federation of Malaya, P.O. Box No. 1057. Kuala Lumpur. Tel. 4295. NOTICF680 words
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Advertisement380 1949-10-26 2 NOTICES AUCTION SALE OF Valuable freehold land situate at Genting Lane Singapore, area 6 acres 0 rood 02.3 Doles. To be held at our saleroom. No. 10 Cr.ulia Street. On Wednesday, 2nd November 1949, at 2 30 P.M. (Pull particulars and plans will be issued). Messrs Tan. Rajah Cheah, Solicitors.380 words
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Advertisement72 1949-10-26 2 DOANS LUWB TOWIC Buy Your X'mas Gifts At M.A.H.A.ARTS& CRAFTS EXHIBITION AT THE Chinese Assembly Hall Friday 28th Oct. 5 10 pa Saturday 29th Oct. 1 0 am -7 pm Sunday 30th Oct. 10 am -7pm ADMISSION 50 Cents !£lfictfuc UOUSTWAI AU PURPOSE SPftttU UNIT 3 With d» TRIPLE Fe*Mr«72 words
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312 1949-10-26 3 HONG KONG, Tuesday. AS Chinese Communist columns today pressed closer to the Indo-China border, ..i "so leaders from the French territory met Nationalist leaders in the threatened city of Kweilin, the Kwangsi capital. The Nationalist Central News Agency said that Chiang Na-hung,Reuter; UP - 312 words
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Article132 1949-10-26 3 Tibet May Get Aid From U.S. WASHINGTON. Tues. THE United States may recognize Tibet as an independent nation now *hat the status of the remote Himalayan land ruled by the 15 -year-old Dalai Uma is "under examination in the light of current developments in Asia." Recognition could :lear the wayUP - 132 words
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Article59 1949-10-26 3 HONG KONG. Tues. More than 500 people were killed or wounded when Nationalist troops blew up the Pearl River bridge linkIng Canton city to Its southern suburbs. Peking (Communist) Radio said last nlitht The bridge, the Radio »dded. was blown up while cars and pedestrians wereReuter - 59 words
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143 1949-10-26 3 LONDON, Tues. rpHE external trade of Hong X Kong appears set for an all-time record this year, despite war in China. in a written reply to a Labour Member of Parliament's question, the Secretary of State for the Colonies Mr. Creech Jones, indicated thatReuter - 143 words
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Article72 1949-10-26 3 utaacta. rues. ASKED how long he had spent in Jail during the fight for Indian independence, the Indian Prime Minister. Pandit Nehru. smiled as he replied. It's not very easy to be concise. It's confused." Sbown a thesis by an American student who had decidedReuter - 72 words
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182 1949-10-26 3 SEOUL, Tuesday. TWO U.S. State Department foreign service officers said today that the closing of the United States Consulate in Soviet-controlled Dairon has aroused fears of police persecution among 100 Europeans trapped there Mr. Paul Paddock, former United States Consul hi Dairen, and the Vice-Consul,UP - 182 words
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Article97 1949-10-26 3 The Secretary of State for the Colonies has taken up with the Frankfurt authorities the question of claims made by German sellers for increase in prices following devaluation of sterling. In a communication to the Singapore Government, he states that it is felt that if contracts97 words
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Article, Illustration77 1949-10-26 3 MR. BASIL CHILIKIN, chief Interpreter of ECAFE, (right) seems to be taking a class in this picture taken at the United Nations Day cocktail party held In Singapore on Monday. Facing Mr. Chilikin are, from left: two Russian delegates, Mrs. Lokanathan, Mr. S. Chakravartl (India), Mr. S.G.77 words
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Article180 1949-10-26 3 WASHINGTON, Monday. OEVEN countries whose dependencies suffered Japanese invasion will decide among themselves how to split the proceeds from the sale of war loot of unidentified source found in Japan. The Far Eastern Commission announced this decision yesterday. Officials said "several million dollars" areAP - 180 words
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Article34 1949-10-26 3 LONDON, Tues.— Russia is producing two huge four-jet bombers, according to Jane's "All The World's Aircraft." One is being produced by units of the Junkers plant, home of the German Luftwaffe. U.P.UP - 34 words
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Article, Illustration33 1949-10-26 3 THE COMMISSIONER for the southern regions of siam. Phaya Amorithanrong, who is a member of the three-man South Siam Security Council. The Commissioner governs, the whole of South Siam. Straits Times picture.33 words
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Article, Illustration20 1949-10-26 3 TINY PUFF sleeves are featured in this new off-the-shoulder evening gown. The bodice is black eire lace. Renter picture.Reuter - 20 words
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Article129 1949-10-26 3 PARIS, Tues. PRANCE'S third Prime Mini- ster designate in ten days, the Popular Republican leader, M. Georges Bidault, spent yesterday seeking sufficient party support for election in the Assembly today. The country— without a government for 19 days seemed to look on with Indifference. SomeReuter - 129 words
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Article379 1949-10-26 3 Loose Ends In Hague Accord THE HAGUE, Tues. ALTHOUGH the date for the transfer of power In Indonesia has been fixed as Dec. 28, according to Republican sources at The Hague, the future status of New Guinea and the transfer of debts are still unsettled The Indonesians insist that administrativelyReuter - 379 words
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Advertisement71 1949-10-26 3 DApr MARIE WINDSOR V 5 IW UMNO AItMS CAPITOL SATURDAY M NITE I'VITREFLEX I COLOURED GLAZED RAINWATER GOODS NEVER NEED PAINTING* STRONGER THAN CAST IRON MORE ECONOMICAL! I THAN CAST IRON UNAFFECTED BY MARINE OR ACID ATMOSPHERES Protected inside as well us oui GUTTERS, PIPES AND J I ALL ALLIED71 words
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Advertisement167 1949-10-26 3 YOU need Calcium! Calcium is one of the basic necessities in food for keeping bones, teeth, glands, nerves and muscles healthy. One of the richest sources of calcium is cheese So eat plenty of cheese and guard against calcium deficiency. Have you tried AUSTRALIAN GORGONZOLA CHEESE? SINGAPORE COLD STORAGE CO.,167 words
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Article, Illustration50 1949-10-26 4 WITH THE GURKHAS: The Chief of the Imperial General Staff, Fteld Marshal Sir William Slim, who is Colonel of the 7th Gurkha Rifles, is garlanded by Subedar M^jor Thambir Raj. of the 2/7 th Gurkha Rifles, during his visit to the Gurkhas in Kuala Lumpur on Monday. Straits Times pictures.50 words
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Article85 1949-10-26 4 PENANG TO HAV E NEW STADIUM From Our Stafi Correspondent PENANG, Tues. PRELIMINARY plans have been drawn up for a new open air stadium, a covered gymnasium and playing fields for Penang, the Municipal Engineer, Mr. J. W. Clark, revealed in his 1948 report, tabled before the Penang Municipal Commissioners85 words
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Article34 1949-10-26 4 From Our Own Correspondent KLUANG, Tues.— For assaulting Abdul Rahman bin Mahadi near the Kluang Post Office, Abu Hassan was fined $5 by the Kluang Magistrate, Ungku Mohd. Salleh bin Ismail.34 words
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Article190 1949-10-26 4 THE GOOD LOOKERS —BY SLIM From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH. Tues "I'VE been photographed 1 enough. Let's have some good-looking men as well in the photo for a change," Field Marshal Sir William Slim, Chief of the Imperial General Staff, said at Ipoh today. Then he waved to the commanding190 words
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Article, Illustration33 1949-10-26 4 THE PIRAK COUNCIL ol Religion and Malay Custom which was inaugurated by the Sultan of Perak on Sunday. Picture shows the Sultan reading his inaugural address. Malaya Photo Studio picture.33 words
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Article195 1949-10-26 4 r PHE Singapore Government has applied to the 1 British Government for a grant of $1,750,000 to assist in building a new dry dock at Keppel Harbour, to handle modern medium-class ships. This new dock will cost about $3,500,000 unless the effects of devaluation195 words
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Article25 1949-10-26 4 The next meeting of the Singapore Legislative Council will be held at 10 a m on Not. 18' in the Victoria Memorial It25 words
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318 1949-10-26 4 INDIES, SI AM BLAMED FOR 'BAD RUBBER 9 pECENT complaints from American firms concerning unsatisfactory shipments of rubber from Eastern shippers were said yesterday by several leading dealers in Singapore to apply more to Indonesian and Siamese shipments than those from Malaya. These dealers, who are opposed to the proposed318 words
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Article46 1949-10-26 4 From Our Own Correspondent SEREMBAN, Tues. The oil palm estates at Keru and Gemas have now been rehabilitated and harvesting has started, reports the State Agriculture Officer, Negri Sembilan. Dr. W. N. Scott. Palms are also being planted in the Kuala Pilah district.46 words
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Article63 1949-10-26 4 From Our Own Correspondent TAIPING, Tuea. 1i WO Malays in Batu Kurau fought each other with parangs yesterday over a dispute concerning land property. Wh%n the police arrived, both men were badly wounded. They were taken to Tai ping Hospital, where one of the men63 words
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Article133 1949-10-26 4 NEW USES INU.S.FOR RUBBER WASHINGTON, Tucs. IMERICAN manufacturers are using less new rubber for transportation purposes and more for non-transporta-tion products. The Commerce Department reports that consumption for non-transportation products in August was the highest in its records 30,459 'ong tons. That is 47.6 per cent above July and 11.9AP - 133 words
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Article130 1949-10-26 4 From Oar Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. THE Selangor State Welfare Committee today granted $500 to equip the nursery and dining-room of the Selan?or Children's Home where there are 60 children from the age of three months to 15 years. The furniture given by the Red130 words
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Article55 1949-10-26 4 From Our SUS Correspondent PENANG, Tues.— The funeral took place yesterday of Mrs. Yeoh Eng Kwee, daughter of the late towkay Gan Gnoh Bee, who died on Saturday at her home in MacAlister Road. The cremation was carried out at Thnee Kong Tnuah temple in Ayer Itam.55 words
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Article44 1949-10-26 4 From Our Own Correspondnent SEGAMAT. Tues.— A 35-year-old Indian, M. Mearah of Buloh Kasap, who allowed his cattle to stray Into a neighbour's vegetable garden was fined $3 by the Segamat Magistrate and ordered to pay $1.50 as compensation to the complainant.44 words
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Article46 1949-10-26 4 From Our Own Correspondent KAJANG, Tues. For voluntarily causing grievous hurt to Baruddin bin Noor Mohammed at the Kajang Police canteen, Bachet bin Muslim aged 36. was sentenced to n'ne months' rigorous imprisonment. Bachet gave notice of appeal and was allowed bail of $250.46 words
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Article98 1949-10-26 4 From Our SUS Corrc f mdent PENANG, Tues. BECAUSE the salary of the Penang Municipal President was less than that oi departmental heads serving under him, the Municipal Commission today approved a recomT.f-ndatton of the finance committee to increa»« it to $1,250 a month.98 words
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541 1949-10-26 5 SECRET SOCIETIES BLAMED FOR SERIOUS CRIME IN 1948 VERY large percentage of serious crime in Singapore can be attributed to members of unlawful criminal secret societies, says the Commissioner of Police, Mr. R. E. Foulger, in his annual report for 1948, which was issued yesterday. Mr. Foulger said that that541 words
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Article20 1949-10-26 5 TAIPING, Tues.— Mr. X. A. Nicholas has left Taiping for Kuala Lumpur to become a probationary police inspector.20 words
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Article, Illustration28 1949-10-26 5 THE PERAK RIVER overflowed its banks last week and caused floods in Tetnk Alison. The picture above shows the market at Tehik Alison under water.— Straits Times picture.28 words
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Article307 1949-10-26 5 FESTIVAL OF MUSIC ABOUT $14,000 worth of tickets has been sold for the Singapore Festival of Music, sponsored by the Straits Times and the Music Circle, in association with Radio Malaya, i More than $700 worth of tickets was booked or sold at Robinson's yesterday for307 words
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Article97 1949-10-26 5 Dr. A. Gedet, a director in the economic affairs section of the United Nations, and Dr. C. Hart Schaaf, deputy Executive Secretary, ECAPE, will oppose Mr. J. T. Putucheary and Miss Lam Lai Cheng of Raffles College, at a public debate at Raffles Institution, Singapore, at97 words
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Article33 1949-10-26 5 The 40 Vietnamese who held a tea party at Katong Rest House on Sunday were from Ho Chi-min's Vietnam The pictures oubllshed hi Monday's Straits Times were taken at the party.33 words
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Article, Illustration87 1949-10-26 5 We beluve riut this veal STRAITS TIMES PICTURES Marks a bit ttep totWJld fat recording 'he Malayan icerx Niactcea colour iMmtration* photographed rfcrowghoi Malaya from Penang to SwglplH a*« f lirhfu reproduced in the book The black-and-white Uliutrartom are up ro th«ir miul high standard and87 words
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Article65 1949-10-26 5 An Interim committee has been formed In Singapore to look after the welfare of Pakistanis both in the Colony and in the Federation. The committee consists of A. Sheikh Kadar Saheb. S. M. Marican Thamby, Ohulam Mhaudiu. Mohd Shariff. Mohd Shaffi, Amln Ahmed and M.A. Mannan. The65 words
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Article168 1949-10-26 5 SINGAPORE is being given a chance to sell to the Pakistan Government a very large tonnage of inland water craft If she Is in a position to build them. A Pakistan Government mission is now in the Colony surveying prospects. The mission is also interested in168 words
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Article34 1949-10-26 5 KIUANG, Tues.— Bla Kirn, aged 43, was charged at Kluang with failing to tell the Polir<? of his change of address The case was adlourned and he was allowed ball of $ioo.34 words
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Article90 1949-10-26 5 V.M.c.A., Orchard Road, staff meeting, 9 a.m., art club, 8 p.m. Y.W.C.A., 5, Raffles Quay, Mandarin lessons. 9.30 a.m., beadmaking 3 p.m. I.W.CA Wednesday Morning Club. Presbyterian Church Hall. Orchard Road, 9.30 a.m. Mrs. J. J. Jesudason will give cookery demonstration. MUSLIM WOMEN'S MEETING, All-Malaya Muslim Missionary Society,90 words
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Article79 1949-10-26 5 SINGAPORE police have come to know that some Mala.v youths are altering (heir ages in their identity cards in order to Join up as Malay Other Ranks. The C.I.D. chief, Mr. D. K. Broadhurst, said that this was an offence under the emergency regulations. He said79 words
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183 1949-10-26 5 From Oar Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. r overcome any fears that the emergency is stopping Federation projects for health, social welfare, and education, plans for 1950-55 are being worked out In relation to the resources likely to be available. States are now being183 words
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Obituary32 1949-10-26 6 W. M DETCHON: At his ban* North 8hlelds, England on 2^th. October. Late Chief Engineer, S.S. ••Indragiri." Deeply regretted by members of the Association of Engineers, Singapore, •nd his fellow Officers.32 words
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Article13 1949-10-26 6 Colgley R.A.M.C. 2 Bn. Colditream Guards, Tapah, glad to get In touch.13 words
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1022 1949-10-26 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Wed., Oct. 26, 1949. Labour's Axe In Britain The cuts of £280 million in Government expenditure in the United Kingdom which Mr. Atlee announced on Monday are not as drastic as many people had expected, and it is certain that the Opposition will say in the1,022 words
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Article138 1949-10-26 6 I wish to bring the plight of the residents living in Kirn Keat Road, Balestier Road, and the' surrounding area to the notice of the public. With the recent increase of S.I.T. quarters, the population living in this area is apDroximately 70,000. The residents are chiefly138 words
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Article1678 1949-10-26 6 N.L. ALEXANDER, M.C. S - N.L. ALEXANDER, M.C.S. BY That vanished institution of pre-war Malaya, the Chinese Protectorate, was recalled by one of its former officers, Mr. N.L. Alexander, Deputy Commissioner for Labour and Adviser on Chinese Affairs in Penang, in this talk on "My Debt To Malaya*' which he1,678 words
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413 1949-10-26 6 THE reasons advanced L C. F. TOD., Pub FARELF, in your issue providing the load-car our Security Forces wil against bullets do not s convincing. It has been publicly stated by a high Police authority that it is not the policy of the413 words
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Letter157 1949-10-26 6 AS a result of the de- valuation of the pound, the price of rice has risen as well as that of rubber. It Is false to say that devaluation has not Increased prices. It is high time that our high level rid'ninlstrators faced facts157 words
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Letter103 1949-10-26 6 J LISTENED with great interest to a broadcast from Radio Malaya, entited "Citizen of the World," sponsored by the United Nations Organisation. The broadcast was botn inir<ffin:itht and highly instructive, and it occurs to me that, if similar broadcasts could be offered over the air in103 words
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Letter106 1949-10-26 6 MALAi actors ana actresses are just as good as others, but if we see them again and again on the screen in poor stories, we are liable to get tired of them. I refer to the Malay films produced locally. In every one of them a scene106 words
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Letter79 1949-10-26 6 J AM a baker, and, like many other bakers, my flour ration has been cut by the Rationing Officer of the Food Control Department with the excuse that there is a flour shortage in Johore Bahru. If anyone will stand by the Causeway any morning he will79 words
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Advertisement702 1949-10-26 6 Out ••p'«MMt»ttv* it tM 1M Moot Singapore Cold Stottg*. O-chito Road. will r*c««va *d»«Mi**m< «M bctwaan a m 1 ,t.d I o«. dairy i I ASSIFIED ADS. ALTXANDU At Singapore. h Oct->t>er. 1949, to Margot, of ntivtd Alexander, a da-ifhtrr. f'l AHK-WALKEn. On October 22nd 1949 at Brunei. Borneo, Korman702 words
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Advertisement56 1949-10-26 6 HOH N ER "H. 5.8." HARMONICAS The Choice of Millions Used by the Greatest Artiste*. Soloist* and Band Leaders throughout the World tod*y— WHY NOT YOU? if 8211 Tremolo Tuning. $6.00 8212 Organ Tuning. $6. C0 8213 Alto Tuning. $6.00 U214 Vamper Tuning. $3.00 (Postage SO cts extra) T. M.56 words
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Advertisement102 1949-10-26 6 TH E KEY iiilf^^ 8^ TO PEACE OF f i^prKiOOF!!(SI]RANCE k $r rtOWPT CLAIMS SETTLEMENT ■L UNEQUALLED SECURITY fmanWMERCIAL UNION' GROUP OF INSURANCE COMPANIES COMMERCIAL UNION ASSURANCE CO., LTD. UNION ASSURANCE SOCIETY, LTD. PALATINE INSURANCE CO., LTD. LIVERPOOL VICTORIA INSURANCE CORP! BRITISH GENERAL INSURANCE CO., LTD. BRANCH OFFICES. SINCAPOBE. IPQH.102 words
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Article353 1949-10-26 7 —Whether It's Gum Or Caviare, Russians Told THE Philippines, United States and United Kingdom delegates defended, at the ECAFE conference in Singapore yesterday, the rights of Filipinos to chew what they liked American chewing gum or Russian caviare. They were replying to Russian charges made353 words
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Article29 1949-10-26 7 Police yesterday arrested two men, shortly after a report that four Chinese had stopped a Chinese pedestrian in Tanjong Pagar Road, and stripped him of a wristwatch.29 words
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Article, Illustration47 1949-10-26 7 VALERIE GAW (s'^ daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. T. Gaw who will be the youngest soloist to dance in the recital being given by the pupils of the Taylor Dance Studio at the Victoria Theatre on Nov. 29 in aid of Poppy Day Fund.47 words
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Article92 1949-10-26 7 LOANS to the Municipal staff to build their own houses; appropriate medical attention for Municipal officers in the line of a contri 1 butory medical insurance scheme; and loans for private roads and drains, form the main planks in the Singapore Progressive Party's platform for the forthcoming Municipal92 words
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Article19 1949-10-26 7 Lady Noon will address Muslim women in Singapore at a meeting in Geylang today at 3.30 p.m.19 words
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Article147 1949-10-26 7 Fsome or the residents of the t\W.CA. hostel, Fort Canning Road, William Fergusson was ITMA (It's rhat Man Again). When a police party called at the hostel last Saturday night because a man was seen in the compound undressing himself, three of the residents, volunteering147 words
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Article49 1949-10-26 7 pIIAROED with being drunk and incapable, 25-year-old F. Pengelly, an en;ine<-r on board the Fredericq Clover, who appeared in the Singapore Second Police Court yesterday, pleaded, "Definitely guil jr." He was fined $7.30, which was all the money he had on him when arrested.49 words
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Article185 1949-10-26 7 The Ghost Who Wasn't There NEE Soon Village in Singapore has been "cleared" of a ghost woman— by the police. For days, the village was buzzing with a story that a Malay woman had returned from her grave and had gone back to her husband. Except that she had been185 words
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110 1949-10-26 7 pOH KEE YONG, a 13-year-old schoolboy who was drowned off Changi Point on Oct. 16, had acted against strict instructions when he went for a trip in a sampan after a picnic, the Coroner's Court was told yesterday by the headmaster of Chung Hwa Goh was110 words
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Article102 1949-10-26 7 BRIBERY DANCER TH E Commissioner of Police. Mr. R. E. Foulger, in his annual report for 1948, issued yesterday, says that bribery is one danger to good relations between the police and the public. He states: "There is no reason to believe that, comparatively speaking, there is more corruption in102 words
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Article56 1949-10-26 7 Mr. Fred J. Barretto has been appointed to represent the Italian Chamber of Commerce for Great Britain and the British Commonwealth In Singapore, the Federation of Malaya and Borneo. The Chamber is a disinterested business centre, whose aim is to encourage commercial relations between Italy and the56 words
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Article, Illustration48 1949-10-26 7 R.A.F. POLICE DOGS are taking part in demonstrations at the Happy World, Singapore, during the extension of the Progress Exhibition which ends tomorrow. Gross gate receipts will go to the University of Malaya Endowment Fond. The picture shows an R.A.F. Alsatian in action.48 words
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Article168 1949-10-26 7 lIHREE million dollars worth 1 of Singapore-made prefabricated houses are being transported to Surr>atra. Built by A. O. Dobb and Company at their factory In Paya Lebar. the houses are transported by barges to the d'fferent p ;rts of Sumatra. More th-.n 500 horsps have heen168 words
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Article, Illustration64 1949-10-26 7 DRESSED IN KHAKI SHIRTS and shorts, three Dyak chieftains, Sibat, Jing;ot and Jugah, arrived in Singapore yesterday in the Bruas wearing the straw hats of their districts on the Upper Rejang River in Sarawak. They are the guests of the CommissionerGeneral, Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald, and64 words
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Article306 1949-10-26 7 THREE Dyak chieftains from the Upper Rejang River, Sarawak, arrived in Singapore yesterday in the Bruas to pay reciprocal visits to the Commis-sioner-General, Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald, and the Rev. Dr. H. B. Amstutz, head of the Methodist Mission. They are Penghulus Sibat. Jinggot and306 words
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Article, Illustration66 1949-10-26 7 MR. D. G. JACKSON, Tyre Sales Manager of Firestone Tyre Rubber Co. (S.S.) Ltd., who will be leaving for New York on Monday by 8.0.A.C. Constellation on holiday. En route he will stop in London where he will be joined by his wife and family. Mr. Jackson66 words
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Article45 1949-10-26 7 St. Joseph's Institution will meet St. Andrew's School again tonight in the Singapore Inter-school quiz arranged by Radio Malaya. The ■ast time the two schools net the competition ended in a draw. The broadcast will be on the Blue Network at 6.02 p.m.45 words
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Article99 1949-10-26 7 A FULL house greeted the allMalayan premiere of Christopher Columbus, shown In aid of the University of Malaya Fund at the Cathay last night. The Commissioner General, Mr Malcolm Mac Donald, and the Governor, Sir Franklin Gimson, and delegates and observers of the ECAFE conference were present. The99 words
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Article66 1949-10-26 7 Forty-one-year-old Chia Chin Hock, of Desker Road pleaded not guilty in the Singapore Thlid °olice Court yesterday when charged witr. cheating Lim Fong Ming of $350 It was alleged that Chia got tea money from Lim by representing himself as a "go-be'ween" for a house66 words
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280 1949-10-26 7 Sassoon Told: Can Be Fined $Million pINES in a previous r foreign exchange case in Singapore were inadequate, said Mr. Justice Brown in the Supreme Court yesterday and David Joseph Benjamin Sassoon was liable to the maximum fine of $1,000,000 on a single charge. He was speaking after discussing with280 words
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Article29 1949-10-26 7 The recorded talk by Sir Roland Braddell, "The Story of Singapore," at the EastWest Society a fortnight ago, will be broadcast from Singapore at 10 o'clock tonight.29 words
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Article164 1949-10-26 7 FOUR Malayan Government r officers, two Irom Singapore and two from the Federation, have been nominated to attend a six-week lecture course on Rural Adult Education in Asia to be held in Mysore, India. They are Mr. L. C. Goh, acting Public Relations Secretary, and164 words
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Advertisement66 1949-10-26 7 QMS LJuHne VuUR HOLIDAY PLACE Travel without trouble by Kangaroo Service. On the ground and in the air Q.E.A. and 8.0.A.C. makes your personal comfort a paramount responsibility. r lrn 'cl agent for deinUs OHFBIK It JltWCUlil* CAIRO^ UM •""*"!< IOUMIA IMVA PAKISTAN QANTAt iMPIRE AIRWAYS Auttrallt't Inurnatlonal A/r/ln* pmttanltß66 words
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Advertisement102 1949-10-26 7 FOR THOSE AT HOME POST XMAS FOOD PARCELS i BEFORE NOVEMBER, 2ND. From our extensive stocks, we offer these last minute suggestions. j XMAS "A" $18.75 DANISH CREAM 6 oz. FRENCH STONED GLACE PRUNES 1 Ib. PEACHES I 1 OR APRICOTS 1 Ib. BUTTERSCOTCH 4oz XMAS "B" $16.20 OX TONGUE102 words
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Article, Illustration46 1949-10-26 8 THE SALLEH SHIELD being received by Acting Patrol Leader, Lee Yet Mlnsr. of the 3rd Lower Perak Troop from Mr. E. C. Hicks. State Commissioner for Perak. at the Lower Perak Scout Jubilee Year celebrations at Te!uk Anson last Sunday. Straits Times picture.46 words
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Article102 1949-10-26 8 A debate on whether there should be a change in the present syste-m of marriage and divorce among Muslims In Singapore will be held by the literary section of the Young Men's Muslim Association on Friday. The debate will be held at the All-Malaya Muslim Missionary Society102 words
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Article23 1949-10-26 8 TAIPING, Tues. Vanity in colouring the eyes blue on his identity card photograph cost Kandasamy a $25 fine at Talping.23 words
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Article249 1949-10-26 8 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. 3OME rubber estates in the Kuala Lumpur area have been found to be richer in tin than in ■übber. On at least one estate, a tin dredge is already >eing built, Straits Times inquiries revealed today. <249 words
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232 1949-10-26 8 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. fHE initial solution of one of the most urgent problems in the Federation housing may be taken a practical step further at the next meeting of the Federal Legislative Council. It is generally expected232 words
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Article48 1949-10-26 8 An exhibition of dancing In aid of the Poppy Day Fund will be given by the pupils of the Taylor Dance Studio on Nor. 29 at the Victoria Theatre, Singapore. More than 100 children will be In the cast Tickets are available at Robinson's.48 words
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Article71 1949-10-26 8 From Oar Own Correspondnent BENTONG, lues. KG LOAI ENG, a 16-yrar-olrt girl whose pet dor nas run over by a lorry and killed, was produced in he Bentong Court charged with allowing her dog to stra> on the public road. Asked if she had anything to71 words
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Article40 1949-10-26 8 KLUANG. Tues.— Lee Ah Mok, aged 59, and Lee Kee See. aged 63. were each fined $10 or five days' simple Imprisonment In the Kluang Court for hawking in front of the Kluang Public Canteen without a licence.40 words
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Article57 1949-10-26 8 Eight people have been given commissions, by the Governor of Singapore, in the Volunteer Corps (Liaison Regiment). They are: C. W. Auchmuty, major; C. R. D. Danby, captain; J. E. Oabain, captain; John Read, captain; B. P. Bullock, captain; Dr. Ong Swee Law, lieutenant medical officer) O.57 words
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Article38 1949-10-26 8 From Our Own Correspondeoi SEREMBAN, Tues. The rice ration in Negrl Sembilan next month will be In the ratio of 25 per cent Kcdah rice; 25 per cent broken rice and 50 per cent Rangoon rice.38 words
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Article108 1949-10-26 8 Twenty- five per cent of the proceeds of the sales of 32 Chinese oil paintings by Mr. Joseph Go Han Seng at the Singapore Progress Exhibition will be turned over to the University of Malaya Endowment Fund. The paintings will be on display tonight and tomorrow night.108 words
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Article57 1949-10-26 8 Because his passengers were in a hurry to get to church, Tan Neang, a taxi driver, rushed them there as fast as he could. Yesterday he pleaded guilty to a charge of dangerous driving before the Eighth Police Magistrate, Singapore, and was fined $35 and57 words
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Article, Illustration184 1949-10-26 8 THE YM.CA. is planning to 1 build a $100,000 extension to its Stamford Road building in Singapore to cater for young men studying or working in the Colony. The extension will have 30 single rooms and two staff flats. Mr. Roland Lyne, general secretary of the184 words
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Article31 1949-10-26 8 Dr. Morris Huberman, the Forestry Representative of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation, will broadcast over Radio Malaya at 7.10 p.m. tonight about Malayan Forestry problems.31 words
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Article, Illustration27 1949-10-26 8 WHAT REMAINED of a car which ran Into the Chartered Bank building in Koala Lumpur on Sunday morning;.— C. P. Larm picture.27 words
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Advertisement405 1949-10-26 8 REX Johor Bahru Tofts*: VIS— IS— 9. IS "CHKYKNNEC.REAT WORLD Atlantic 7— X 5 •WAKE UP AND DREAM" la Tarhsstrslsr NEW WORLD LIDO 7—t.18 .-REVENGE IS SWEET" Timnttm: "FEDERAL OPERATOR M" A RtprtMß Sort*! ROYAL S— «.l*—rt» -MATAVATHr (Tftssil) rM.IRE 7. 1S Ossly •■G-MEN VS. BLACK DRAGON" A RetwMic Serial405 words
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Advertisement147 1949-10-26 8 X .S^BSSSS S^V>^%BS^Bs! LAURENCE. SCOTT ELECTROMOTORS LTD. Electrical Engineers since 1883 SOLE AGENTS I WHITE) World Famous sweetl ITALIA J I white Vermouth nDV I tl«% Know /our three Itf^ CINZANOS IMifcXs th e best "Mixers" I m Swi in th 9 world SWEET] t Sweet or Dry The Gentlemen147 words
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Article, Illustration1362 1949-10-26 9 These things have not changed From Our Own Correspondent NEAR CIRENCESTER, Glos., Oct. 15. IF you love England, the serene, lovely and strung England of our forefathers, there is no better place of pilgrimage than the countryside of Gloucestershire. Despite the vast social and economic changes which we have all1,362 words
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Article459 1949-10-26 9 (IN the average, it seems, the sum spent on betting on horses in Britain amounts to the equivalent of 2s. for every household in the land on every working day— evidence before the Royal Commission on Betting, Lotteries and Gaming, now sitting in London. a Throughout the country,459 words
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Advertisement172 1949-10-26 9 '^PJ^WBuJhisKi i 25 Cwt FORWARD CONTROL MODELS AS it"****** '^A i* sUH^H Capacious Doaywork on pleas ing modern lines plus all the f\' V^i decided advantages afforded ilt^SmSSS^^^^SS^\v^ H makes the new Comme; I jjK '"lr i\Uul ill 25 cwt Van a notable ad» ■ill tionmg of the driver affords172 words
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Advertisement250 1949-10-26 9 m yQ* Make the most of your good 1ooV« momtnfc ■oon and oighft Use these world-famed beauty pirptrations by Bourjois. Ask for them by name ask lot •Evening in Paris" hair oil solid brilliantine and hair cream.' BOURJOIS iaK uuAl lON I* lOulLa LTD., SOB Collyer Qua} q.ora S.S. V250 words
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Miscellaneous260 1949-10-26 9 grammes lAs Singapore;; 1.00 Siame&e; 8.30 News; B.45 Dutch; SINGAPORE 2.00 English Programme (As 9.00 Kuoyu; 0.30 Burmese; 8.45 in n»o,. from Kuala. Lum- Spore) 2.00 Clos«; 6.00 Station English; 10.00 Radio News Reel; Jr- u?ns To 55 For toe Opening; «.02 Hie Chlldrtns Cor- 10.15 'Band Call'; 10.46 'Minor260 words
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Article324 1949-10-26 10 Successful defence In today's deal consisted simply in letting the declarer guess wrong. North, dealer East-West vulnerable NORTH O A 10 9 9AJ 8 ATI *SI on £*2 a JTj oJT 8 t I 10 1 I 7 J 9 «KBe« 6tl< SOUTH .6 (10 I 3324 words
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Article286 1949-10-26 10 A thing of beauty "THE CANTICLE OF THE ROSE" (Selected Poems 1920-1947) by Edith Sitweli (MacMilian's Overseas Library). F|R. EDITH SITWELL *Ms one of Britain's and, perhaps, the Western World's most eminent poets. Her soaring imagination, ncr encyclopaedic but never stuffy store of classical learning which has stood her in286 words
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Article133 1949-10-26 10 THE following new books and reprints wil be added to Raffles Library within the next few days: •he Making of Music, Oedric Cliff. Ueiight, J.B. Priestley. The Stilwell Papers, General Joseph W. Stilwell. Richard Tauber, Diana NaplerTauber. Pattern without Pain, Allen WSeaby. In the Steps of Moses133 words
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Advertisement184 1949-10-26 10 XV arl^E fls^jCy^y^jy SaaaaK^^^a^ >H 1\ i M^^J^ajlSj— »^**>^y^^^BaasT^^lwa/Tf 5 TIMES TODAY 11 a.m.. 1.45, 4.15, 6.45 ft 930 p.m. COLUMBUS SAILS AGAIN!... ON AN ADVENTURE OF DANGER AND PERIL ON THE HIGH SEAS! THRILL TO THE POMP AND PAGEANTRY OF THE SPANISH COURT IN THE GREATEST HISTORICAL DRAMA EVER!184 words
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Miscellaneous138 1949-10-26 10 STRAITS TIMES CROSSWORD lm^u CROSSWORD No. 222 n«e«rij, 1 dlMM M» > I M M M 7 10. Brae* Ml h. The bat pnwlbh mwI L_ I I I I 1 it Principal 1 Mrniaa. mart* iJ^ unM UnM 1" f| n Ml I 1 f| n ITHIMBLBBIOOI M OB138 words
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Article203 1949-10-26 11 RUBBER MARKET EASIER TiHE Singapore rubber A market eased slightly yesterday on very disappointing advices from New York but at the lower level the market was steady. There were moderately good trading inquiries. Closing price* yesterday were: No. 1 sheet f.o.b. buyers 43 74 cejita sellers 44. cents; spot loose203 words
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Article129 1949-10-26 11 SHIPS alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves yesterday (godowns in brackets) were: Main Wharf: Steel Worker (3334), Idomeneus (36-37). Ulysses (38-39), Kota Nica (40), Straat Malakka (42-43). West Wharf: Talabot (1-2), Cyclops (4-5), India Mail (6-7), TawaU (8-9), Alcinous (11), Glenorchy (13-14), City of Poona (15-16). Empire129 words
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Article18 1949-10-26 11 o 'ndustrialfl Railroads Domestic Bond? >ct. 22. 186.20 48.49 99.43 Oct. a 186.54 4853 99.3518 words
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Article789 1949-10-26 11 From Our Market Correspondent DOPULAR issues in the Malayan share market showed some improvement yesterday mainly due to the absence of any particular deterrent in the British Prime Minister's speech. The market was slightly steadier for tins, while rubber and industrial shares came in for small789 words
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Article345 1949-10-26 11 LONDON, Tues. FE London Stock Exchange waa calm yesterday and showed a generally firmer trend. Whether the calm will be followed by a storm remains to be seen, but there was an atmosphere of uneasy uncertainty whilst awaiting the Government statement on the economic situation. Idle conditions persisted345 words
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Advertisement323 1949-10-26 11 PRESIDENT LINER SAILINGS TO NEW YORK AND BOSTON VIA CEYLON INDIA ECYPT AND MEDITERRANEAN PORTS Vocit P STvam Penang Pres Polk 29 Oct /3 No* 4/5 Nov. 6/7 Nov Mount Davis 9/15 Nov 16/17 Nov 18/21 Nev Mount ManvMeld 23/29 Nov. JO Nov /I Oec 2/5 Ooe Pres. Monroe 10/15323 words
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Advertisement424 1949-10-26 11 EAST ASIATIC LINE SAILINGS FROM KANOINAVIA/U X H »l^eSS.eSSwS V**"**' rnwrikiruT SCANDINAVIA 1 Loadine al Singapore, Port Swettenham "Rorea due abt Nov 10 mm Penan for Bangkok ManiTa H Kone ms '•"""•w" Codowns 8/9 Kobe b VotarfiemT Coi Aden a Port *>*■ Conoa Antwerp floHotdam Hamburg Oslo. Cothennurg "LaUn*a' d«e424 words
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Advertisement998 1949-10-26 11 pkZ^Tl McAUSTER tfc CO., LTD. (Incorporated in Singapore) £yj\t I Telephone No. 5906 JPM ellerman KLAVENESS LINE CITY OF POONA CAST^EVILLE •5 0,t."27/29 Oc, JOOC./1 N.v. "^l"" *N Cllt Of wrltSlfcK nu "OUCAINVILLE •/IS Nev. 16/17 Nev. 18/20 Nov. 1°!??* s°« n «c. P Sham Harrisons b Crostitlo IMI Lto998 words
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Article, Illustration516 1949-10-26 12 Play Like Malays But Are More Accurate A CONSIDERABLE number of soccer enthusiasts had an opportunity of gauging the prowess of the All-India touring soccer team yesterday at Jalan Besar Stadium when they loosened-up for 15 minutes. The players had arrived in the morning, after an516 words
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Article169 1949-10-26 12 •TWENTY-NINE year old Sam 1 Langford, bantam and featherweight champion of Ceylon, arrived by air In Singapore yesterday morning with the All-India soccer team. Langford is tentatively billed to fight on Nov. 11, and he will probably meet Mok Kai Khoon. the sturdy Singapore Chinese who has169 words
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Article683 1949-10-26 12 DEN-SKETCHES (given below) of the Indian Soccer players who arrived yesterday morning, reveal many facts that go to show that our visitors are a team of experienced players who are likely to beat the best we can produce in Malaya. They come from many683 words
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Article97 1949-10-26 12 me Singapore Asian n.ugoy Union will be holding a "gettogether" ronggeng at the International Rhylhm Club, Great World, on Saturday, Oct. 29 at 8.30 p.m. The ronggeng will also be in aid of the Singapore Asian R.U. fund, and all rugby players are welcome. Tickets which are priced97 words
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Article53 1949-10-26 12 The S.C.C. Women's hockey team to meet the Naval Base Ladles on the paaang today will be: Miss A. Hunter: Miss Maiy Holiday, Miss E. Shedden; Mrs. M. Farwell. Mrs. T. Jenkins. Mrs. A. O. Sutton; Mrs. D. Roper, Miss Clarkson. Mrs. E. Landoll. Miss D. McCaw,53 words
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Article21 1949-10-26 12 TODAY: 1.34 ajn. (9ft) and 13.50 pjn. (9ft. stn). TOMORROW: 2.25 a.m. (Bft. 2tn) and 1.27 p.m. (9ft. lin).21 words
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Article24 1949-10-26 12 The finals of the BO.D.CA. badminton championships will be held at the S.V.C. Drill Hall, Beach Road, today starting at 3 MB.24 words
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Article299 1949-10-26 12 WEIGHTS for Sat., the last day ol the Selanror Turf Club October Meetlnf, are: CL. 2. DIV. 1—8 Furi. Happy Quadrant 9.00 Silver Sequin 8.1S Pamary 8.12 April Shower* 8.12 Trumpinfton 8.12 MlM Nathan 8J1 Grand Day 8.16 Uttle Bean 8.07 Air Port 8.N Inspiration299 words
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Article319 1949-10-26 12 By EPSOM JEEP KUALA LUMPUR, Tues pUNTERS "dropped" nearly $10,000 on the new horses at Kuula Lumpur on Monday, jecond day of the Selangor meeting. All failed to finish in the money and the best performance was Radar's fourth tc Red Hackle in the319 words
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Article275 1949-10-26 12 PLAYING their first game of hockey this season as a combined side, the R.A.F. (Malaya) drew with the S.C.C. with a goal each when they met on the padang yesterday. The game was unenterprising and listless, the players obviously being affected by the great heat of275 words
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Article156 1949-10-26 12 fiWENTY TWO Singapore I A scouts passed the first postwar life-saving examination conducted by Messrs. R. Lyne, George Creighton and Lee Hon Ming at the Haw Par swimming pool at Paslr Panjang on Monday. Those who qualified for the Intermediate Certificate and Bronze Medallion were ray Bang156 words
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Article61 1949-10-26 12 SOCCER: All -India v. SI noMalaya, J. Beaar. RUGGER: S.C.C. 'A' v. All Bines, padanj; RAF SeleUr T. RAF Tenpah. at Tengali; XAF SeleUr 'A' v. G.H.Q., at G.H.Q.; Police v. G.M.Q. Signals, Thomson Rd. HOCKEY: RAF SeleUr 'A' v. SJt.C. 'A', padang; S.C.C. Women v. Naval Base61 words
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443 1949-10-26 12 Royal Navy Win Despite Bank s Rough Tactics Royal Navy 3; Hongkong Sh. Bank 2. VTAVY won their S.A.F.A. cup match against Hong- kong and Shanghai Bank S.C. at Jalan Besar yesterday by three goals to two, in a fast and thrilling game before a good crowd. Frequent rough play443 words
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Article95 1949-10-26 12 The Qualifying round for the Island Club's Siamese Cup golf competition took place on Sunday and the following eight women qualified Mrs. Quentln 100-31=69; Mrs. Crocker 97-27=70; Miss E. Lee 110-36=74: Mrs. S. F. Ho *****=74; Mrs. K. T. San 08-24 -74: Mrs. Mayor 91-16=75, Mrs. Carroll95 words
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Article20 1949-10-26 12 LONDON, Tues: Sheffield beat Glasgow by four goals to two In an Inter city soccer match yesterday.— Reuter.Reuter - 20 words
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Article183 1949-10-26 12 rpHE Hospital Assistants' Union A won their hockey fixture against the S.C.R.C. on Hong Lim Oreen yesterday by two goals to nil. For the major part of the first half, the Hospital men were pinned to their own territory but the Chinese could not score. In a183 words
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Article28 1949-10-26 12 LONDON, Tues. Yesterday's UJC. Rugby Uniort results were: Northampton 5, Cardiff 3; United Services Chatham 6, Devonport Services 19; Palgnton 3, Guys Hospital o.— Reuter.Reuter - 28 words
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326 1949-10-26 12 HOCKEY masters of local schools welcome the Singapore Hockey Association's proposal to start Inter-school hockey competition sometime in December. This step, the masters think will create even greater Interest among the schools In the game, and Is a step towards lifting the standard in schools.326 words
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