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Title Section19 1950-02-17 1 The Straits Times MALAYA S LEADING NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1X45 rWKI.VF P/UJES SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1950 PRICE TEN CENTS19 words
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Article, Illustration1447 1950-02-17 1 Mercy For 7 Recommended By Assessors From ALAN WOLSTENHOLME Straits Times Special Correspondent SIBU, Thursday. yyihLE spectators gathered around the door in a court room packed to capacity, nine Malays were today sentenced to death by Mr. D. R. Lascelles, Circuit Judge, for abetting the murder1,447 words
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Article175 1950-02-17 1 SYDNEY, Thursday. TWO thousand former prisoners of the Japanese in Malaya held a reunion in Sydney yesterday. They drank beer, sang songs and joked, but got serious when the Japanese were mentioned. The men from the Australian 8th Division which fought in Malaya gathered to markAP - 175 words
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Article121 1950-02-17 1 Work For "Peace" In Calcutta CALCUTTA, Thurs. 'J^ "Centra! Peace Committee" went into action yesterday to restore harmony in this city where sporadic communal disturbances, which began last weok, have been suppressed by Drompt police and mili'ary action. The committee comprises leaders of <U1 Calcutta communities It will work outReuter - 121 words
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Article27 1950-02-17 1 JAKARTA. Thurs.-A Harvard training plane of the Dutch Army Air Force crashed near Kalidjati air base, several miles northeast of Bandoeng this morning. Reuter.Reuter - 27 words
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Article14 1950-02-17 1 The Straits Times wishes Its Chinese readers a Happy New Year.14 words
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Article173 1950-02-17 1 DUTCH ASK FOR SOLDIERS' RELEASE JAKARTA, Thurs. A RELIABLE source said A here today that the Netherlands Ambassador, Dr. H. M. Herschfeld, had asked the Indonesian Government to release a number of Dutch soldiers arrested by the Indonesian Army in Jakarta and Bandoeng. It was believed that the arrested DutchReuter - 173 words
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Article56 1950-02-17 1 BOGOR, Thurs.— Four persons were killed and one wounded when a jeep was shot at by terrorists from an ambush in an estate north of Tjiandjur, south of Djakarta. A Dutch planter, accompanied by an estate foreman and guards, were visiting a rubber plantation when unidentifiedReuter - 56 words
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Article52 1950-02-17 1 WASHINGTON. Thurs. A report from Bangkok that the U.S Secretary of State. Mr. Dean Acheson. would resign within eight weeks was described as "nonsense" by a State Department spokesman yesterday The report also staled that Dr. Philip C. Jessup. President Truman's Ambassador-at-Large. was expected to succeed Mr.Reuter - 52 words
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Article18 1950-02-17 1 An old army tank was found among the bushes at the 15th mile, Seletar Road, yesterday18 words
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Article18 1950-02-17 1 KARACHI. Thurs.—Pakistan ha s agreed to make a loan of £500 000 to Burma—Reuter. i18 words
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Article, Illustration166 1950-02-17 1 SPORE SHIP MYSTERY DEEPENS THE CAUSE OF ALL THE FUSS TiHE mystery of the Hal Hsuan— the Chinese-own-ed vessel which was boarded on Wednesday by several Europeans and eight '"Vans remains unsolved. One of the Europe-.K, said he had flown from Washington to take charge of the No olßclal cc.vnment166 words
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Article, Illustration165 1950-02-17 1 GamboaAnd O'Keefe In, Negroes Out From Our Own Correspondent MELBOURNE. Thurs. THE Australian Immigration Minister, Mr Holt, announced tonight that Mrs. Annie O'Keefe. may definite1 lv stay in Australia. He also said that the Filipino. Sgt. Lorenzo Gamboa, may join his wife and children in Australia permanently, provided he flnda165 words
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Article400 1950-02-17 1 Reaction To SinoSoviet Treaty 'Victory For Mao LONDON DOUND-The-World reaction to the Soviet-Red 1V China treaty announced in Moscow on Tuesday night took up thousads of words in agency messages received in Singapore yesterday. While the United States Secretary of State, Mr. Dean Acheson. described the treaty as "an exact400 words
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381 1950-02-17 1 SPORE TENANTS MAY SOON PAY HIGHER RENTS LANDLORDS are to be permitted to increase the rent of their premises in certain contingencies according to amendments to the Control of Rent Ordinance, 1947, about !o he introduced in the Singapore Legislative Council. The term landlords will not mean tenants who sub-let381 words
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Article127 1950-02-17 1 Overseas Postal Rates To Go Up From Our Staff Correspond nj KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs OVERSEAS postage rates from Malaya have been increased. It was otllrtiillv announced today Letters by surface mail to Commonwealth countries will cost 12 cents for the first ounce and for foreign countries 18 cents for the127 words
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Article90 1950-02-17 1 'TWERE have been 10 casst X of typhoid in Singapore since the beginning of this month, the Municipal Health Officer, Dr. N. A. Canton told the Straits Times last night. He advised the public not to buy iced water, unwrapped ice-cream and popsiclei from unlicensed90 words
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Advertisement41 1950-02-17 1 For USEFUL PLEASING GIFTS In Oold or Stiver Ahmy* ktmtmttr C. Cde SUVA BROS., 3 Kalllrs fiarr, Phone 8311} Singapore i" Bt If M M i I MSMisters wish all their Chinese friends and patrons |J| i HJHP "YAM SENG" \M41 words
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Advertisement19 1950-02-17 1 Record Player* Floor Polishes Vacuum C leaner j AU I Electrical Appliances > Sale* Vi vice < S firmous fit ffavou'L,19 words
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168 1950-02-17 2 JAKARTA, Thursday. PRESIDENT Soekarno yesterday opened the first meeting of the United States of Indonesia Parliament which presided over by the oldest member, 62-year-old Songa Daeng Mattajang of East Indonesia. President Soekarno, in a speech lasting 80 minutes, outlined the authority of Parliament andReuter - 168 words
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150 1950-02-17 2 Berlin Ban Reimposed By Russians WASHINGTON, Thurs. RUSSIA tightened the blockade of Berlin today by imposing new restrictions on canal traffic and halting an American Army passenger train for more than two hours. They also clamped down again on truck traffic and li miting vehicles at the Helmstedt checkpoint toReuter; UP - 150 words
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Article55 1950-02-17 2 HELSINKI. ThurS. Presiident Juho Paasiklvi was re- elected President of Finland for a further six years' term l when the college of 300 electors met this afternoon. He got a majority vote of 171. Before the vote the Finnish i police armed with revolvers i searched the Government 'buildingReuter - 55 words
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Article, Illustration345 1950-02-17 2 GLENBROOK, (Connecticut), Thursday. ANEW "eye" to explore the milky way from a South African vantage point was turned over to science today. i The astronomical eye, while not as laree as the 200-inch mirror at Mount Palomar, California, has unique powers in thatAP - 345 words
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Advertisement265 1950-02-17 2 (S/SITJ S*Ot '-w.wwvwv... I f Its WDM ARK I r J BACK IN ACTION! I ****-^^X r»**^ «*flrt^^tfttfl Ei^^^_ I" I I m^^£/o&^^ hurricane tcenei ever filmed i L TOMORROW] w w5: v.-.v.-.-.v.-.- AT M'NITE jvwvwwg f r.iiix Magazine calls it Rk (I ISTANDING i|^ 0 M A4TJON PICTI RK265 words
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Advertisement693 1950-02-17 2 NOTICES NOTICE This is to notify that Mr. Choo Jule Chlng is no longer In our tmplov as from 1.2.50. CHAN LIN 341, Orchard Road. HAULAGE PERMIT ft We, NAM CHEW TRADING COMPANY, Rubber Dealers and General Merchants, of 92, Jalan s Sultan, Segamat, Johore, hereby al frive notice of693 words
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Advertisement655 1950-02-17 2 NOTICES SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY^ NOTICE Licence fees in respect of the undernoted vehicles not having been paid under Notice within (he period prescribed In Section 8 (7) of the Road Traffic Ordinance, 1941. Warrants for levy and seizure have been executed under Section 8 (8) of the said Ordln- ance: Lying655 words
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Advertisement429 1950-02-17 2 WISHING ALL CHINESE /\\l M FRIENDS AND PATRONS ,/9/f f9 Uy^ f A HAPPY NEW YEAR! 4/0 V If X*§S vC/ ffV '^S^^^ l s^ I ro-d«y To-morrow at 11 am. .^ST^^H ''LUXURY LINER" |p^£^ —in Technicolor— c b# •»""<"'"« «>T servicing by Eiperti in the To-day at 3, 6.15429 words
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Article, Illustration402 1950-02-17 3 "S'PORE ARMS RACKET CENTRE" U, S. A llega tion Denial In K.L. STATEMENT made in Washington yesterday by Mr. Leonard H. Pomeroy, of the U.S. State Department's Munitions Division that a steady flow of arms is being smuggled to Malaya from the "lost 93rd" Chinese Division, stranded in Burma afterAP - 402 words
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Article245 1950-02-17 3 LONDON, Thursday. WK. WINSTON CHURCHILL became a slight ITJ favourite In the betting yesterday to be the next Prime Minister of Britain. But the Labour Partycontinued to be a firm choice to defeat the Conservatives in the national election on Feb. 23. All the betting onReuter; AP - 245 words
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Article79 1950-02-17 3 LONDON. Thurs. QNE of the few Westerners ever permitted to see Soviet science at work >aid yesterday that Russia would probably win the race for the hydropen bomb "if she considers it important enough Prof. J I) Bernal. leftist head of the Physics Department at79 words
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Article234 1950-02-17 3 CHINA NOT SHUTFROM U.S. AID BANGKOK Thurs. 'PHE United States announIJL ced its counter-move to the new Soviet-Chinese pact by ottering to help any State in Asia that f.pplied and Red China was not excluded. The American offer was mtained in a communique issued by the State Department officials andAP; UP - 234 words
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Article39 1950-02-17 3 LONDON. Thurs.— The Big Four Foreign Ministers deputies met for the 250 th time yesterday to negotiate the Austrian peace treaty— and then adjourned for two weeks with the West accusing Russia of blocking an agreement. Reuter.Reuter - 39 words
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Article133 1950-02-17 3 KETCHIKAN. Thurs. I^HE coastguard service re- ported last night the i rescue, off the British Columbian coast, of all 17 persons who were aboard a U.S. Air Force B-36 which had been missing since Monday The huge six-engined air craft disappeared during :i flight fromAP; UP - 133 words
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Article32 1950-02-17 3 1 SEOUL. Thurs. South Korean President Syngman |Rhee announced yesterday, jhe would accept Gen. Maci Arthur's invitation to fly tc Tokio today for three days talks.— Reuter.Reuter - 32 words
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254 1950-02-17 3 From Our Own Correspondent BANGKOK, Thursday. POLITICAL observers predict a minor politic- al crisis in the Siamese Cabinet as a result of th< deadlock over the question of immediate recognition of th e independent States of Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam. While the Premier,254 words
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Article63 1950-02-17 3 LONDON, Thurs. A SECRET experimental flying wing jet fighter, the D.H.108, blew up in the air yesterday, killing its Royai Air Force test pilot. The plane was one of two models owned by the Ministry of Supply. It was on high speed trials from63 words
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Article62 1950-02-17 3 WASHINGTON Thurs.The U.S. Navy will reduce the battlfship Missouri to training *ratu.s and use the mones thus saved to add a third Essex class carrier to th< Pacific Fleet. The addition of a third carrier to the U.S. Pacific Fleet will make it possible U keepUP - 62 words
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Article261 1950-02-17 3 WARNING ISSUED BY SMUTS CAPETOWN, Thurs. OOUTH Africa's all-white Parliament last night debated ways to check the mounting Alrican crisis while Indian and Chinese merchants packed their goods and Af' from Johannesburg s riot areas. Parliament met after two nights of violent disorders on the outskirts of Johannesburg to hearReuter; UP - 261 words
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Advertisement271 1950-02-17 3 IJMWEEN the lirst lighting up and the final pipe down, time can stand still. Dreams are made of smoke rings, ambitions are realised in an aroma which is inimitable, the world is a forgotten nuisance. That is the spell light by the smoking of Balkan ranie Smoking Mixture The only271 words
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Advertisement176 1950-02-17 3 RED SALMON IN TINS For a long time past pepple have been asking "Where has all the red salmon gone?" Here it is, back again! These three brands are all the very finest quality red salmon that people like so much Target Brand Canadian Whole Red Salmon Silver Beauty Alaska176 words
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285 1950-02-17 4 Siam Rice Talks Holdup May Be Serious From Our Own Correspondent BANGKOK, Thurs. 'PHE Siamese Minister of A Commerce. Ph r a Boribhand Yudhakich, today admitted for the first time that the difficulties delaying negotiations at Bangkok between representatives from Hong Kong. Malaya and Singapore and the Siamese Government for285 words
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Article124 1950-02-17 4 New Housing Society In Taiping From Our own Correspondent TAIPING. Thurs. A NOTHER housing society has been formed in Taiping, following a meet- i ing held at the King Edward VII School on Tuesday presided over by the District Officer. Mr. J. F. Hannyngton. The meeting decided to make the124 words
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Article66 1950-02-17 4 PEN am;. Than A CHINESE votith who brought a diamond ung to lh*W his goldsmith i friend was detained by the Prnanc Police when the goldsmith recognised the ring us similar to one lost by his sister. The ring is said to he one of several jewellery66 words
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Article, Illustration51 1950-02-17 4 SOME OF THE busiest places on Chinese New Year's Eve in Singapore last Bight were the clothing and textile stalls and shops in North and South Bridge Road. Two Chinese sirls are seen here bargaining ever a p>-ce of gaily coloured material. Straits Times picture. See also Page51 words
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Article231 1950-02-17 4 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. pEKTAIN coal deposits in Siam are to be investig ated by a tin mining company incorporated i the Federation of Malaya. The company. Messrs. Tongkah Harbour Tin Dredging Ltd.. has already completed negotiations with the Siamese authorities231 words
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Article38 1950-02-17 4 From Our Own Correspondent MUAR. Thurs.— Tan Ene Swee 1 21 was discharged and acquitted by the president of the Muar Sessions Court on a charge of theft of two shirts and three flower pots. Rembau 4.38 words
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Article, Illustration34 1950-02-17 4 TWENTY-YEAR-OLD Joan Bell, a girl with a passion for horses, is in Singapore taking a holiday from the bloodstor' '-rm which she runs in I.angley Dale. Western Australia. Straits Ti- -s picture.34 words
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Article46 1950-02-17 4 From Our Staff Correspondent SEREMBAN. Thiirs.— Negri Sembilan was free from fatal road accidents last month. There were, nowever, 58 non-fatal road accidents in January as follows: Seremban 23. Kuala Pilah 7. Tampin 1. Port Dickson 10. Mantin 8. Bahau 3. Sepang 2 and46 words
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191 1950-02-17 4 RADIO TELEPHONE TO BRITAIN 'VERY SOON' TESTS arc now being made on the radio telephone link between Malaya and th« United Kingdom and the Federation Director* General of Telecommunications, Mr. A. A. Strachan. hopes that very soon people in this country will be able to book telephone calls to England.191 words
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Article111 1950-02-17 4 From Our Own Correspondent SEGAMAT. Thurs. -Trouble over payment for a truckload of metal led two old Chinese quarry labourers to the Segamat Court today when 46-year-old Lee Kim'Poun summoned Chan Fook. aged 60. for assault Chan admitted striking Lee and was fined SlO and also111 words
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Article114 1950-02-17 4 200 Get New Telephone Numbers gECAUSE about 200 pore telephone nui have i<i ii chi nged i subscribers are asked change their old din for the new cue as soon i possible. Dialling of wrong numbup, said an official of thi tal Telephone and Company, is partly n ble for114 words
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Article48 1950-02-17 4 from Our n«n Correspond muar. Thurs.— Chan I an employer of thi Estate Batu Anam. had his lefl foot crushet a fall* n branch while v [ng, was awarded a compi i tlon I $321 by the Nor'h mmissloner for V.' m pit's rnninpnsntinn48 words
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Advertisement231 1950-02-17 4 The Thi» famoiK /^fl P^^*^W»*l B^i. (■rrllo in /V^S I^HIV li- name from AH Hk\ thr extraorJi /f| P^r v^m9 nar\ Mue li^lil /fll S^7 **?B^^SBHW |it\.uiinu lie II BIT/ > *iV^ fBJ r\ that reminds me.... Ardaih CORK TIPPED r in the LWP packet You'll enjoy the last cigarette231 words
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Advertisement227 1950-02-17 4 48 cities EUROPE within jp kai *cmi 4 8 hours r SINGAPORE-BANGKOK-EUROPE THE SCANDINAVIAN AIRLINES SYSTEM OPERATING LUXURIOUS D.C. 6 PLANES OFFERS YOU HIGH CLASS PASSACE SERVICE ON ITS WORLD— EMBRACING NETWORK OF AIR COMMUNICATIONS RANCINC FROM THE FAR EAST TO THE WHOLE OF EUROPE TO NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA227 words
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Article186 1950-02-17 5 Spore Rural Board Plans Village Halls Pasir Panjang To Benefit SUM of $30,000 will be spent by the Singapore Rural Board on the establishment of two community halls this year, one at Bukit Panjang and the other at Pasir Panjang. Mr. J. A. Harvey,186 words
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Article, Illustration48 1950-02-17 5 ABDULLAH ROWTHER, 78-year-old Indian Muslim of Koala lumpnr, has volunteered to fight against the bandits during Anti-Bandit Month. Abdullah has been 50 year s in Malaya 'and has three wives and 18 children. He is seen being interviewed by Mr. S. Thomas (right) of Radio Malaya. P.R. picture.48 words
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Article162 1950-02-17 5 PLEA FOR RURAL CHILDREN 1 PLEA for the proper edu- cation of overage boys and girls living in rural areai in Singapore was made by Mr. H. J C. Kulasingha. I Chairman of the Pasir PanJang District Committee, at yesterday's meeting of the Rural Board. Mr. Kulasingha pointed out that162 words
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Article143 1950-02-17 5 BOARD TO HAVE OWN BY-LAWS THE Singapore Rural Board has decided to have its own building by-laws, instead of waiting for a uniform set of regulations which may be drawn up by the Singapore Development Board The Chairman Mr. J. A Harvey, told the meeting that the views of the143 words
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Article170 1950-02-17 5 Lights And Sewers For Villages VISIONS of rural villages with electric lights, water and a modern sewage system, were conjured up at yesterday's monthly meeting of the Singapore Rural Board. A discussion stressing the need for looking ahead were started by Mr. E. Galistan. who pointed out that rural areas170 words
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Article, Illustration34 1950-02-17 5 THE MENTRI BESAR of Selangor, Raja Dda seen at the opening of the United States Information Service library in Kuala Lumpur the first USIS library in Malaya Straits Times picture.34 words
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Article101 1950-02-17 5 THE Malayan Air Training Corps may supply training notes to the Sourabaya Air Training Corps, which is being modelled on 'the M.A.T.C The Commandant of Ihe M.A.T.C., has received a letter from the secretary and founder of the Sourabaya Corps. Mr. F. Haag. of Radio101 words
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Article69 1950-02-17 5 British Council centres and hostels In U.K.. which cater for Colonial students need regular supplies of reading material from Malaya to keep the students informed of development and progress in Malaya. A request made to the Government of Singapore is now receiving consideration. The Government69 words
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167 1950-02-17 5 MR. Lim Yew Hock, nominated Unofficial on the Legislative Council and president of the Clerical and Administrative Workers' Union will ask whether clerical workers will be covered by the new Labour Cod c at the Council meeting on Wednesday. 1 He wants to secure for167 words
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Article164 1950-02-17 5 rjUARDSMAN Frederick Sloan of the Scots Guards, now lyin* in the Alexandra Military Hospital in Singapore with severe injuries from a lorry crash in the Federation, has a pleasant surprise coming:. His 21-year-old bride left i their home at Salterwick, Cumberland, on Wednesday night for164 words
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Article162 1950-02-17 5 UNION MEMBERS FEWER From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPRU. Thurs. fTKDR the second month in F succession, trade union membership in the Federation of Malaya dropped last month, according to the Registrar of Trade Unions, Mr. J. P. Prentis. but the number of registered unions remained at 169. At the162 words
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Article92 1950-02-17 5 Under the auspices of the Singapore People's Educational Association there will be six free public lectures In the British Council Hall, Stamford Road, in the next three months. All will start at 5.15 p.m. The speakers will be: Mr. A. W. Frisby, "Community Development," Mar. 22; Dr.92 words
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Article182 1950-02-17 5 J/HE upward trend in rubber prices has continued throughout the week, says Lewis Peats, weekly market report. Contributing lactors have been the Immediate shortage for near shipment of the higher grades and tr.e expectations of ECA buying in the near future. Indonesia is still holding on to182 words
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Article47 1950-02-17 5 Charged in the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday with being a member of an unlawful society, the "San Kwan," 32-year-old Fong Hin pleaded not guilty and said that he had been "compelled to Join the society." He was remanded in custody until Feb. 23.47 words
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Article26 1950-02-17 5 WESLEY METHODIST YOUTH FELLOWSHIP, Chinese New Y«ar Valentine social, Wesley Hall, Port Canning, 7.45 p.m. Y .M.C.A., Orchard Raul, morta circle show 8 pjn.26 words
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Advertisement303 1950-02-17 5 r'^^^tik Restaurant ffyfofflw V PHONi 85/25 T^i mmsl MIN YEA& A ATTRACTIONS j THE SIX SINGING DUTCHMEN 8 AND A CROW (Travelling the World by Royal Command) will entertain you nightly TONIGHT and TOMORROW .2 SPECIAL INTERNATIONAL DINNER $7.50 and of course DANNY DANFORD And hh All-American Band IN THE303 words
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Advertisement259 1950-02-17 5 in s/cJbre^Bry s Dortrts »nd after an illness the rich n^.^nm body-building elements in Rcott'l f\%/ Emulsion restore health and strrnurth r^v./ jjjl H -"-^ST"'-//! In record time. V-s/ I W*^&. II And when you are fit Scott's Emulsion j lil^^^lll keeps you well— gives you vigorous o n\^^Mll ftren*Ui259 words
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1043 1950-02-17 6 SfeftraitsSimrs Singapore, Fri., Feb. 17, 1950. European Officers Two recent episodes have illustrated the difficulties in which the European officers in the public services find themselves in this transitional and crucial stage in the history of Malaya. In the Federation the Legislative Council decided last week not to vote on1,043 words
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Article89 1950-02-17 6 I AM a frequent listener to "Listeners' Requests for Cantonese Records" in Radio Malaya's Chinese broadcasts. I have become fed up with lists of names of those who have requested the records played. The announcer often wastes as much as five or 10 minutes in reading names. This89 words
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Article688 1950-02-17 6 pOPULAR, non-tech-nical books on Malayan flora are almost non-existent. This is partly because there is so much work to be done on the purely scientific side, and so few botanists to do it, that popular books have had to wait; and partly because the enormously rich flora688 words
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321 1950-02-17 6 IN your footnote to "Live and Let LiveV letter of Feb 11 you stated that the polic e were merely obeying orders laid down by the Municipal authorities while carrying out raids on hawkers. Do you mean to say that these guardians of321 words
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Article45 1950-02-17 6 THE situation becomes even more and more unbelievably fantastic. I hear on good authority that we can no longer deport undesirables back to China. If this is true, then what in God's name may we expect to hear next? "H." Fin hong, Selangor.45 words
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Article163 1950-02-17 6 MUCH publicity has been given to the d subject of a Sunday holiy day for local shopkeepers, and one wonders d whether any discrlminZ ation should be shown between them and the people who work for s building contractors. 1 The fleld-workers employed by these concerns163 words
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Article287 1950-02-17 6 AN N.B.C. recording on the Ides of March has just ended. I wonder how many Americans in Singapore heard it. and what amount of pride in their country's culture dissolved as the sorry, unconvincing tale was dragged out to its bitter end. An an Englishman I287 words
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Article330 1950-02-17 6 Murdered Planters: Press Reports MAY I ask if you can change your policy ol presenting news of murdered planters to the public? Several people have said i>» me since the murder of Mi. MacDonald r.i\ir Hi Qtong Monday's rnurdor oi Mr; Winter near Ipoh, "It wag their own fault for330 words
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Article94 1950-02-17 6 IS SALT GOOD Fi r R COCONIT PALMS? THE answer lo "P Wii*." *ho asked n r last article whether good lor coconut seems tc be: "All hi against It, aP ex support.*- it. Experts in the Pm deride the value or I person (<Ily can testify lo the value94 words
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Advertisement814 1950-02-17 6 tm •mmmmmtm on m m I Mooi S.mapot. Cold Stor.ft I I o.eh.ro. eh.ro Roed will receive I .*»«ftiiemn»M between mm i > m Mk CLASSIFIED ADS. GARONER-DOWELL: On Febiimnr 16th at the Singapore Mari ipe Registry. Robert P. Gardner ol Andover. New Hampshire, USA la Jtiin Dowrll of Ptrth814 words
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Advertisement33 1950-02-17 6 GREETINGS to all our Chitwsi' Patrom Sincere Greeiings and All Good Wishes for a HAPPY and PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR. May we serve you always T. M. A. LTD., 61 63 High "Street, Singapore.33 words
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Advertisement51 1950-02-17 6 IP*'! OPTICIAN Fellow Institute Ophthalmic Opticians (Eng.) Fellow Worshipful Co of Spectacle- Makers (Eng). Freeman of the City of London By Appointment to H.M. Forces, South East Asia 6, Raffles Place -Singapore- Phone ***** H soif oirr»«uTo»s B RAJ 0O»Al ITO •«1 WMKMItIM NOUU f O lOX U) imOkKm <X51 words
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Article, Illustration23 1950-02-17 7 CHINESE women making last-minute purchases of cooked ducks and pork in Singapore last night for the Chinese New Year festivities.23 words
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Article171 1950-02-17 7 MALAY WITH GUN TO DIE From Our Own Correspondent RAUB. Thursday. DOLLAH alias Abdullah bin Awang Teh was sentenced to death by Mr. Justice Thomson at the Raub Assize Court on a charge of possession of shot-gun Mr. N L. Cohen, prosecut■ald that on Nov. 11, Mohasned bin Nor. an171 words
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Article67 1950-02-17 7 A 21-year-old Dutchman. Jan Herman Lammerts. who Jjiiieci to register himself with the Registrar of Aliens on arrival in Singapore six months ago. was fined $50 in the Second Police Court yesInday. Jans arrived in Jniy last fur a course of engineering v. iili Gammon t67 words
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Article21 1950-02-17 7 The Ge-.vlang Straits Chinese Methodist Church will })i)k\ a Chinese New Year service this morning at 11 o'clock.21 words
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Article396 1950-02-17 7 'Clear Name Of Municipality From Our Staff Correspondent Xl ALA LUMPUR, Thursday. A SUGGESTION that Kuala Lumpur Municipal Commissioners should set up their own "anti-corruption commission" to receive and investigate any complaints made by the public against Municipal staff was made at a Commissioners' committee396 words
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Article133 1950-02-17 7 SAILORS' PAY TO GO TO FUND From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Thurs. CKDR leaving their ship at F Singapore without permission, five European members of the crew of the motor vessel Stanhall will pay five to six days' wages each to the Merchant Shipping Fund In the magistrates court today133 words
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Article33 1950-02-17 7 From Our Own Correspondent MUAR, Thurs.— Two Indians, Rahman and Pavadai. were each fined $5 by the Muar magistrate for leaving their goats astray in the police compound at Tangkak.33 words
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Article31 1950-02-17 7 from Our Own Correspond' nt TAPAH. Thurs. Renga- samy, a 28-year-old labourer, was charged at Tapah with breaking the curfew at the Bidor-Telok Anson road. He was fined $15.31 words
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Article171 1950-02-17 7 BANDITS KILLED TOTAL 1,051 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. LAST month security force* killed 59 bandits, making a grand total of 1,051 since the emergency. Another 49 were wounded but managed to escape; six were captured wounded; and seven were captured unwounded. In attacks during the month, bandits171 words
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Article156 1950-02-17 7 From Our Stall Corres^ntknl KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. BANDITS tricked a police party into an ambush near Mengkuang. in Pahang this morning killing two policemen and seriously wounding two others. Two labourers from a large estate at Mengkuang reported to the Mengkuang police station this morning156 words
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251 1950-02-17 7 UfHEN 22-year-old Boston Thomas was asked by a j TT police corpora] at a road block to produce his j identity card, he paid "little attention Because he was occupied in kissing" a woman io a taxi, the Singapore First District Court was told251 words
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Article, Illustration36 1950-02-17 7 MISS SOLANGE CANG, a 20-year-old Annamite, who passengers said was the "most beautiful girl" on the French liner, La Marseillaise. She passed through Singapore yesterday on her way to Saigon after holidaying in France.36 words
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Article58 1950-02-17 7 Twenty-three-year-old Ahmad bin Hassan, of Changi Road appeared in the Singapore Sixth Police Court yesterday on a tentative charge of murder of a woman. Habibi. in July .last Ahmad was also charged with having stabbed a Chinese. Lim Tua Tee at Changi, on Tuesday last. He58 words
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Article35 1950-02-17 7 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs -Yusof bin Salleh and Hussaln bin Mat Sam were each fined $25 in the Magistrate's Court. Kuala Kangsar. for failing to register under the National Registration Ordinance.35 words
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Article292 1950-02-17 7 THE Representative of the Government of India tn Malaya, Mr. J. A. Thivy, told the Straits Times yesterday that he had made representations to the High Commissioner for the Federation, Sir Henry Gurney. on the withdrawal from the Indian Agent of the right to inspect292 words
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Article131 1950-02-17 7 From Our Staff Correspondent r KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. j MORE Vb—< '"100 volunteers for Anti-Bandit Month t enrolled throughout the a Federation during the past j 24 hours, bringing the total to i 321.509. Largest number of enrolments were in Selangor and j J Johore131 words
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Article84 1950-02-17 7 Saying that the arrest was illegal, the Chief Justice. Sin- gapore. Mr. Justice Murrayi Aynsley. yesterday allowed the appeal of an Indian, Hiralal Badlo. who had been sentenced to eight months' I rigorous imprisonment under the Prevention of Corruption Ordinance. Mr Mark Morrison, for Badlo, criticised his arrest84 words
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Article59 1950-02-17 7 KUALA KANGSAR, Thurs —The new $15,000 Gandhi Memorial School will be opened at 4.30 p.m. on Feb. 25 by Yang Amat Mulia. the Raja Bendahara of Perak. A tea party will be given by the Kuala Kangsar Indian? that day. A concert will be59 words
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Article118 1950-02-17 7 I mm Our SUIT i uritspoiicienl PENANG, Thurs. IN the first Penang prosecution of it* kind under the Business Registration Ordinance, five traders were fined between $300 and $250 each for failing to submit particulars of their business, as required by the Ordinance. Three partners of118 words
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174 1950-02-17 7 THE first Indian Minister to Japan, Mr. S. K. Chettur, who passed through Singapore yesterday in the French liner. La Marseillaise, on his way to Tokyo, said that India would like to see Japan "on her feet again." Mr Chettur told the174 words
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Article27 1950-02-17 7 OINGAPORE acquired 627 new babies in week ending Feb. It. Deaths in Singapore in the same week were 175. Of this total tuberculosis claimed 30.27 words
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326 1950-02-17 7 (CHINESE New Year— the fifth since the liberation— was ushered in by three million Chinese in Malaya last night and this morning— quietly in the Federation but with tly firing of thousands of dollars worth of firecrackers in Singapore. Singapore326 words
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Article210 1950-02-17 7 14 Navy Base Men Get Jobs Back FOURTEEN out of 37 Indian engine and crane drivers under notice of dismissal from the Naval Base in S» letar got back their jobs yesterday—the last day of noticej after a conference between (he Base authorities and repreaentattvea of the 5,000-5-trong Naval B;'se210 words
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Article48 1950-02-17 7 Enrolment at the 241 Malay vernacular schools in Johore has reached a total of 39.264 pupils of whom 13.425 are girls. This is an increase of 6,000 on 1949. There are also 1.488 pupils attending standard six in 1950 prnina rpH u-itH nnnt. in IQQQ48 words
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Article45 1950-02-17 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs The first meeting of the third session of the Pahang Coundl of State is to be held at the Court House Kuala Litr.s, on Feb. 27 The 20th meeting of the Pahang; Executive Council will be at the Mentri Besar'a45 words
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Advertisement79 1950-02-17 7 Gri%ily B E LWfN G BELTING ijIPSP ARE 1007. PURE JfSZ**, CAMEL HAIR V belting J TRADE MARK Heat separates Balata B«lting Moisture ruins Leather Belting Heat destroys Rubber Belting G Ri P OLY CAN BE USED FOR ANY DRIVE AND IS PRACTICALLY'STRETCHLESS W SI M E, DARBY feftlPlt &JmP||^Xp79 words
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Advertisement145 1950-02-17 7 STAPLES SPRING INTERIOR HH OVERLAYS SIAPUS A to IID I BEDSTEAD MAKEM I MBj*S£f»tT* -vy < «ff§p jVk^. j^tfrj < t^jifl "The most Luxurious made" An inexpensive but reliable overlay, combining economy with excellent construction The Spring Interiors are constructed with springs interconnected with helical spr.ng wire insulated with a145 words
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654 1950-02-17 8 BRADDELL CRITICISES POLICE METHODS IN BRIBE CASE From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Thursday. SIR Roland Braddell -yesterday criticised methods used by police officers concerned in the conviction o? a client sentenced to gaol. for offering an illegal gratification. Sir Roland was arguing the appeal of Teja Singh, who was654 words
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Article197 1950-02-17 8 From Our Owa Can ■■<!■' RAUB, Thurs. A Chinese woman, Yee Ah Fong, aged 22, with her Infant son In her arms, was sentenced by Mr. Justice J. B. Thomson, to seren years' penal servitude at the Raub Assizes on Thursday with consorting with197 words
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Article43 1950-02-17 8 From Our Own Correspondent KAJANG, Thurs.— The Postmaster, Mr. M. Namasivayam, who has been at Kajang for several years, has left on transfer to the General Post Office at Kuala Lumpur. Mr. Alagaratnam, from Kuala Lipis, has taken his place.43 words
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Article92 1950-02-17 8 Frofa Our SUIT Correspondent PENANG. Thursday. A"RONGGENG" performance ended one hour late at a birthday party. As a result, a Penang trader. Law Joo Kuen. was fined $25 in the Magistrate's Court today. Law's counsel. Sir Husein Abdoolcader, said he attended the party. The ronggeng92 words
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Article, Illustration28 1950-02-17 8 THE OFFICERS TEAM firing In the annual rifle meeting of the Ist Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment, held at Nee Soon range in Singapore.— Straits Times picture.28 words
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143 1950-02-17 8 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. A KUALA LUMPUR Municipal Commissioner, Dr. A. E. Doraisamy, today urged that Government should be asked to provide a special hospital for children and maternity cases in Kuala Lumpur. Dr. Doraisamy said that two years ago he143 words
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Article240 1950-02-17 8 SINGAPORE Repertor y triumphed last night in the comedy-thriller Ladies in Retirement a first class choice for the holiday season. If Ladles in Retirement does not pack the Victoria Theatre for its entire run then trw fault will lie with the Singapore public. John Forbes-Sempill was240 words
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254 1950-02-17 8 Singapore May Be Social Welfare 'Model 9 1 For Far East SINGAPORE'S social welfare services are making such large strides that the Colony may become a model for other countries in the Far East. This is the opinion of a United Nations expert, Dr. Jal F. Bulsara, Far Eastern representative254 words
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Article141 1950-02-17 8 RECORD PROVINCE RICE CROP PENANG, Thura. RECORD yields of 600 gantangs of padl per acre have been harvested In several areas in Province Wellesley, the Penang Agricultural Officer states in his January report. Out of a total of 20,206 acres planted, about 17,000 have already been harvested in north Province141 words
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Article145 1950-02-17 8 THREW AWAY GRENADE From Our Own Correspondent RAUB, Thurs. A LAGAN, son of Ramasamy, surrendered himself at Kuala Krau. Jemerloh district, In July IW9. Later, he showed the police the place where he had thrown away a hand-grenade, when on his way to the police to surrender. Pleading guilty to145 words
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Article54 1950-02-17 8 KAJANG, Thursday. The Selangor Normal students and the Pudu English School choir on Monday evening gave a concert in Kuala Lumpur. Among those present wt-re the Senior Normal Instructor, Mrs. N Irving and the Head Mistresses of the Pudu English and the Methodist Giris Schols, Miss Wood54 words
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Article53 1950-02-17 8 From Oar Own Correspondent SEGAMAT, Thurs. When asked his age in the Seganiao Court yesterday, Ong Thow was not sure whether It was 20 or 35. He was charged with failing to register aq4 obtain an identity card. Hearing was adjourned and accused allowed53 words
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Article24 1950-02-17 8 from Out Own Corresimndenl SEGAMAT. Thurs Four Chinese cyclists were today fined $3 each by the Segnmat Magistrate for ignoring road signs.24 words
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Article, Illustration609 1950-02-17 9 Cinema news by J. C. Behague THE Two Cities film "The Chiltern Hundreds" Is due for release In Malaya at the same time as the British elections and I can't quite make up my mind whether it is a happy or unhappy coincidence. No slur on609 words
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Article, Illustration638 1950-02-17 9 From FREDERICK COOK New York: If ERE is a question for those who wonder why some London hits flop miser- ably on Broadway, and why some American successes cannot duplicate their success in the West End: Would you think It very funny if, just as you had638 words
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Article271 1950-02-17 9 .Backstage with R.W. BAXTER (^iREAT argument raged all I theatre-goers. Was John company justified in putting Heads? Or should they 6tick to me a* "light sort of Anyone would think that the rep had put on a tragedy in Armenian, instead of a competent English translation of271 words
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Advertisement283 1950-02-17 9 ~V^^j >V-li <i. l| Our (hi new l-rirnds and Patrons i^C /V\ A VERY HAPPY NEW YEARssfr+ And Whit's Mot A >i>rooriate Than A RED PACKET In The Form (And l»<>\. Whit A Form Of ESTHER WILLIAMS, WRAPPED UP IN TECHNICOLOR! IP TECHNICOLOR %M Esther WILLIAMS fMk Red SKELTON M283 words
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Advertisement200 1950-02-17 9 "w Phone 5159 Shaw Bros., Warner Bros, and Danny Kaye wish all Chinese patrons a happy f D \P/oamny\^/ 4.00 0 A /|T AVC\ 6 30 3 V f i%MT E A 9.30 A ll"*P«*t©r) Aw w L Turn over a ne* laug^i vf ffif T New Year' T JSk200 words
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Miscellaneous123 1950-02-17 9 SINGAPORE 9 a.m. Programmes. 9.30 Dance Music. 9.30 Alters Sandier <fc Orch. 10 News from K.L. 10.15 Turner Lay ton. 10.30 Comedians All. 11 Spore Girls' Schools Choirs. 11.30 Music of David Rose. 12 Malay. 1 p.m. Jay Wilbur Strings. 1.30 News. 1.45 Dance Music. 2 Variety Bandbox. 2.30 Time123 words
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Miscellaneous100 1950-02-17 9 S'pore. 8.10 Tempo Time with Silvester. 8.30 Malayan Police Band. 9 Much Binding in the Marsh. 9.30 News. 9.45 Music through the Ages. 10.15 Fred WarIng and his Pennsylvanians.* 10.30 "Emma". 11 Close. PSMANO 9 a.m.— 6 p.m As S'pore. 6.02 Listeners Calling. 7 News. Sl".are Market. 7.15 Piano Parade.100 words
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Miscellaneous127 1950-02-17 9 certs. 6 Indonesian. 6.30 Cantonese. 645 All the Latest. 7.15 French. 7.30 English. 8.15 Thai. 8.45 Dutch, 9 Kuoyu. 9.30 Burmese. 9 45 Interlude. 10 Radio News Reel. 10.15 Lady in a Fog. 10.45 Looking at Britain. 11 Dance Music. 11.16 World Affairs. 1130 News and News Analysis. 11.45 Evening127 words
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Article, Illustration2041 1950-02-17 10 WINSTON S. CHURCHILL - rhe Grand Alliance— Germany Drives East In his preceding article Mr. Churchill described how zarly in April, l') 41, he had sent Stalin a personal 4 warning of German inten- tions. Here he shows the continued self -deception of the Kremlin. [)N May 7,2,041 words
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Advertisement51 1950-02-17 10 'wishing all our chinese friends A HAPPY t PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR BRAND'S ESSENCE OF CHICKEN TEL. ADO. lfi!ff?fc*-n— PMOM« i ENGC «22. BARTLEY ROAD. 8924B SINGAPORE. Tonight and Tomorrow night Extension till la. m. Both nights Special Dinner Dance including (Shark's Fin SoupJ and (Sucking PigJ Bookings ***** <fffr////JLw/ZmM of51 words
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Advertisement393 1950-02-17 10 -rf^f Ili 1 77i#? day's hvst Keep yourself fresh all day, for work or pleasure, by Jl washing with Lifebuoy Toilet Soap whenever you I feel tired. The deep-cleansing lather washes all traces of weariness away, for it gets right down f| into the pores. |^L LIFEBUOY TOILET SOAP for393 words
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Miscellaneous257 1950-02-17 10 STRAITS TIMES CROSSWORD acmm 24. Strap me In ,(*na(.) (9) CROSSWORD NO. 306 1 Ang.hc being round her M. An engraver 'perUhet with t«UDOWU»U IWOW youn* antmaf (6). a recorder (3-«). uktU. I I. I li i UHik Restraint texU.« patUrm Dirt (5). HI 1 3 §S| 5 J I257 words
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Article351 1950-02-17 11 LONDON, Thurs. pRICES of domestic Indus- trial issues spurted to higher levels at the start of new trading on the London Stock Exchange yesterday. The tone was strong In most sections. Closing middle prices o! selected stocks, u supplied to the Straltt Times by special arrangement with The351 words
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Article723 1950-02-17 11 From Our Market Correspondent TPHE firmness of the tin and rubber commodity A prices was inclined to affect the Malayan share market favourably yesterday despite the proximity of the Chinese New Year holidays. The market, closed today, will reopen on Monday. Prices quoted by the Ma- ~r—.723 words
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Article28 1950-02-17 11 SINGAPORE, Thnrs. Feb. 16 $289.25 (up $0.75). LONDON. Thur.v. Feb. 16. Spot: £599}— £600. Ford: £585}— £586. Settlement: £599}. Turnover: morning: 89 tons; afternoon. 66 tons.28 words
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Article178 1950-02-17 11 r PHE Singapore rubber market was rather steadier yesterday. Prices advanced by about three-quarters of a cent per lb. over Wednesday's, although business was on the small side. The market was very steady at noon and, at the close of business at 1 p.m., the first grades were178 words
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Article108 1950-02-17 11 From A Market orresp<m(ienl ALL sections of the Singapore produce market were quiet yesterday. In the coffee market, Rio 5 buyers were quoted at $140 per plcul. No business wag done in copra. buyers of which quoted $37} and sellers $38 per picul. The coconut oil market108 words
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Article15 1950-02-17 11 KKSANO Tin's January tribute figures are: 70.23 plculs of 1 tin-ore, $1,561.15 words
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Advertisement1030 1950-02-17 11 MANSFIELD «> CO., LTD. I incorporated m Singapore) BLOB tUNNH LJMB Carrier* eprlaa te proceed via etbex ports to Mad and discharge cart* tAILINCS te LIVERPOOL CLASCOW CONTINENTAI PORTS' ->uc Sails >'han> •ynhut U" Casabianca Lpool Fcb 17/20 F.b. 21/22 Caacbas tor L'pool &C sow Feb. 18 feb 24 Fee1,030 words
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Advertisement399 1950-02-17 11 PRESIDENT LINER SAILINGS TO NEW YORK ANO BOSTON VIA CEYLON. INDIA ICYPT ANO MCDITFRRANEAN PORTS u/,,- ■> oort P i tvtm Penang WiKumette Victorr 18/19 Feb. 20/22 Feb. L"* n i 1/5 Mar 6/7 Mar 8/9 Mar Mount Oa,.s u/18 Mar 19/20 Mar 21/23 Mar Mount Mantfield 28 Mac /I399 words
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Advertisement407 1950-02-17 11 EAST ASIATIC LINE SA.LINC, FROM SCANDINAVIAN X., lAIUN^ANO,NA^r tNT/ r-UNTINCNT Loading cf Slngaoore Port Swettenham m/s "Kvcrnaas due abt. Feb 1 8 6 Penang for Bangkok Manila Hong Kong Malaya' Codowns 10/11 Kobe for Colombo. Aden Port Slid leddah, Beyrouth. Genoa Antm/» "Morelia' due abt Fcb 22 r P Rotterdam.407 words
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Advertisement1047 1950-02-17 11 McALISTER CO.. LTD. (Incorporatec in >ingepoie) Tvlophoae No. 5906 ELLERMA« B«CK«AI.L «^V«,H... UN. LONOON HAVP.*. ROTTE.OAM WU»»TTt5r} HAMBURG Accepting cargo for Central b SouMl CITT OF HIMBERLEY Am^.can Port. Spore X S-nam Penana CAITLEVILLI ii/ifKb. 26/nr.b. 2iF. h ./iJ*. Mf ?Js; Mif VmS 1 TSX i^a| i M.?, > h1,047 words
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390 1950-02-17 12 EPSOM JEEP - LONGCHAMPS WILL RUN IF RAIN HOLDS OFF Should Beat Perostan By EPSOM JEEP Kuala iimfik, Thursday. T ONGCHAMPS II will not miss his engagement lj on Saturday unless a sudden change in the weather makes the track heavy." Trainer M. van Breukelen told me this after Longchamps II wound up390 words
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Article, Illustration430 1950-02-17 12 'C' Company Win Malaya Shield DEVONS' RIFLE MEET THE Ist Battalion, Devon Regiment, held their annual rifle meeting at Nee Soon Range on Wednesday. The Regimental band played while regulars, national servicemen and officers contested for trophies, some of which are still, in safe-keeping in the Bank of England. •C"430 words
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Article121 1950-02-17 12 THE first annual swimming 1 sports of th° Singapore Boys' Club will' be held at Mount Emily Pool at 4 p.m on Saturday. Feb. 23. under the nu'pices of the Singapore Youth Council. Mr. John Lavcocfc has donated silver challenge cup for competition by the121 words
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Article, Illustration179 1950-02-17 12 LONDON, Thurs.-Wong Peng F in. four timrs champion of Malaya, who flew quietly into r n«1on on Tuesday night. Is "a rprtnin winner, barring accidents" of the all-England singles badminton championship, according to Noel B. Radford. England's Hi 1 ilayci. Th™re is no opponent in Wong'sReuter - 179 words
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Article143 1950-02-17 12 THE Singapore Malay Badminton Chamnionshins for 1950 will start In the first week of March. The tournament will be held at the Clerical Administrative Workers' Union Hall and will be open to all Malay badminton parties affiliated to the Singapore Malays Badminton Association. The Events The143 words
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252 1950-02-17 12 Bright Eyes May Be Saved For Next Run From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. ORIGHT EYES, No Regrets, Dark Brocade and Croydon, four of the finest sprinters in training on the Malayan Turf, speeded up their work on the Kuala Lumpur training track this morning. No Regrets (E. Donnelly)252 words
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Article505 1950-02-17 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. OONNIE PRINCE Planner y) worked freely at threequarter pace on the training track at Kuala Lumpur this morning, indicating that his run at Bukit Timah has improved him a great deal. This strapping chestnut by Hua has all the makings of a505 words
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Article184 1950-02-17 12 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. TPHE Siamese boxer Som See con1 firmed an earlier superiority over Singapore's Malt KaL i£hoon here last night, winning a tenround bout by a wide margin of points. It was aggressive generalship against aggressiveness, and Som See won with the184 words
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Article26 1950-02-17 12 LONDON; Thurs.— P. A. Cup fifth round replays yesterday resulted: Blackpool 1. Wolves 0; Chelsea 3. Chesterfield 0: Portsmouth 1, Manchester U. 3. Reuter.Reuter - 26 words
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Article230 1950-02-17 12 /COMPLETELY recovered from the effects of a severe handling by Alfle Sands three weeks ago, Bobby Njoo of Indonesia will meet Johnny Cinto of Manila at the Happy World Stadium tonight The fight will be staged at the junior welterweight limit of 140 lb so230 words
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Article, Illustration439 1950-02-17 12 FOUR TEAMS— R.A.S.C., Naval Base, Johore and Royal Engineers, now remain out of the record entry of 34 sides In the Singapore Cricket Club's seven-a-side tournament. Having proved themselves the top teams in the competition, they will fight out the semi-finals and the finalAP - 439 words
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Article54 1950-02-17 12 r THE Tamil Brotherhood Associax tion will hold their 6th annual athletic sports at the Jalan Brsar stadium on April 15. There will be 20 track and field events. Members wishing to take part are askrd to contact Mr. S. R. S. Naidu hon. sports secretary, T.8.A., c/o54 words
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Article256 1950-02-17 12 Europeans Meet Rest Today THE FIRST post-war Europeans vs Aest hockey match will be p\&yeA this evening on the S.R.C. padang at 5.15 p.m. The European team has Just been selected. It appears to be a good combination, especially in the defence, and should provide stiff opposition to the Rest,256 words
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Article17 1950-02-17 12 HOCKEY: Europeans v Rest, SRC. BOXING: Bobby Njoo f Johnny Cinto, Happy World 9 p.m.17 words
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Advertisement720 1950-02-17 12 CLASSIFIED ADS. (Continued tro-n Page *> SITI\*.TIONS VACANT WANTED MALE telephone Operator with knowledge of filing and typing. Apply P.O. Box N<> ?.M Singapore. APPRENTICE Survey Draughtsman required, must have academic quallfiration equivalent to Senior Cambridge Examination. Age from IS to 21 years Inclusive salary $100 rising to $250 per720 words
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Advertisement75 1950-02-17 12 TONIGHT at 9 p.m. BOXING at HAPPY WORLD NJOO HEME t^Sk^B PANCHO *j BX3 *■> KARIM Plus two extra B Bcuts Tickets $8. $5. $2.50 on Sale at Happy World Office Tel. §4162 from 9 a.m. till 10 p.m. Wishing Our Chines* Patrons A Happy and Prosperous New Year mmA^tmim75 words
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Miscellaneous29 1950-02-17 12 SINGAPORE TIDES TODAY: Midnight (8 ft. 1 in.) and 11.10 a.m. (9 ft. 6 in.). TOMORROW: 12.25 a.m. (8 ft. 7 in.) and 11.49 p.m. (9 ft. 7 In).29 words
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