The Straits Times, 17 July 1950

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  • 18 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, MONDAY, JULY 17, 1950 PRICE TEN CENTS
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  • 569 1 Mac ARTHUR Pouring In Men, Guns And Ammunition TOKYO, Sunday. rpHE United States will make a "superhuman effort" to pour the necessary men, guns and ammunition into Korea required to drive the Communist invaders back north of the 38th Parallel, General MacArthur's Headquarters announced here today.
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  • 99 1 BOMBS AT MISSION'S HOTEL SAIGON. Sun. VO Frenchmen were in- jured tod-ay when lerrori 's tossed six grenades in of the C intlnental PaHote! whici houses five member! of an American militiTy mission. The terrorists, who threw !e; along tiie Rue Catinat, Saigon's mam street hem-vert to b> members Qund
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  • 41 1 QUEBEC. Sun Six tugs this morning pulled the 20.-000-ton British liner Franc >nia from the rocks of the Si Lawrence river where she h.«d been aground since Wednesday She will go into drvdock at Lauzon, Quebec. R >uter
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  • 23 1 LAKE SUCCESS, Sun. pECRUITMENT of an inIV ternational legion to fight in Korea is being considered by United Nations. U.P.
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  • 195 1 FOUR Lincoln Heavy Bombers, advance guard of No. 1. Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, arrived at Tengah yesterday from Amberley, Queensland, for operations against the bandits. Squadron Leader L. Williamson, commanding the Squadron, and also flying the leading Lincoln, brought his bomber in to a perfect
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  • 61 1 TOKYO. Sun.— A Japanese fishing boat has picked up five survivors of a United States Superfortress which crashed into the sea off Japan on its way to bomb Wonsan In North Korea, it was learned here today. The rescued men had been 11 hours In the water. Search
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  • 123 1 From our suir Correspondent T,t,~ IPOH, Sun. WO Eurasian boys, aged eight and 12, were seriously wounded when terrorists ambushed a Jeep in Perak today. Another boy and the J«ep driver were also woundled. A party consisting of Mr. Cyril Rodrigues. a mine engineer, his
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  • 283 1 "Reds Not Strong Enough To Gain Firm Foothold' TOKYO, Sunday. VTORTH Korean troops in two savage attacks, made a three-way squeeze on Taejon today. At one point they struck to within eight to ten miles of the city. In the sector held by the South Koreans to the south-east, the
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  • 265 1 BRITAIN MAY SEND 'TOKEN' TROOPS LONDON, Sun. T>RITONS generally "seemed resigned today to the possibility that at least a token force of British soldiers would soon be fighting in Korea. The Cabinet meets tomorrow to draft a reply to the United Nations appeal for ground forces and informed sources said
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  • 77 1 TAIPEI, Sun.— The master of the British ship, Glenearn, (9,869 tons) reported today that a Mustang fighter bearing Chinese Nationalist insignia attacked his ship yesterday about 40 mles north of Formosa. The British chief officer and Chinese steward were seriously injured, he said. The ship's telemotor steering
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  • 635 1 'WE MUST HAVE A POLICY AND APLAN'-Gurney From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. THE long-awaited concluding chapters of the Five-year Development Plan for the Federation of Malaya were issued yesterday. The first chapter, covering the proposed development of social services, and chapter two, covering the development of national resources,
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  • 203 1 CINGAPORE Muslims ye_-ter-w day had to celebrate Htui Raya Puasa in the rain. The bad weather prevented many from attending the mass-prayer meeting at the Jalan Besar Stadium. Only about 500 turned up against last* year's total of 10.000 There was a full attendance for
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  • 362 2 "Korea Makes Danger Of Third World War More Apparen t "Korea Makes Dange Of PLYMOUTH, Sunday. ]y|R. WINSTON CHURCHILL said here yesterday that he did not think what was happening in Korea made the dangers of a third world war greater. They were "already grave", he stated. Mr. Churchill, speaking
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  • 33 2 Bee Line To Post Box Stops Him MAiLMAis in nucnigan gaze; respecuuiy at a swarm ot bees which settled on a post I: ox and deterred him from clearing the letters. A.P. picture.
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  • 44 2 PLYMOUTH, Sun. MR. CHURCHILL arrived at Plymouth from London almost two hours late after his express train struck a hay elevator at a railway crossing.. No one was hart. The delay was caused while a new engine was substituted. A.P.
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  • 124 2 ECUADOR REBELLION SMASHED QUITO, Sun. president Plaza Lasso of Ecuador last night claimed that his troops had quelled a revolution which broke out at dawn in the Republic's seaport of Guayaquil. He said a revolutionary group had occupied army headquarters and Government buildings in Guayaquil. Thanks to the loyalty of
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  • 181 2 NEW YORK, Sunday. piFTY-ONE per cent, of 591 men who tried to enlist in New York since the outbreak of the Korea fighting have been rejected because they failed to pass an intelligence test. The average age of the would-be recruits was 19
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  • 52 2 ANKARA, Sun. Ja Nazlm Hlkmet, Turkey's best known Communist, generally acknowledged as the country's greatest living poet, is to be freed from gaol after 13 years under an amnesty law passed by the National Assembly, a usually trustworthy source reported yesterday. The 50-year-old poet was imprisoned for incitement to
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  • 58 2 NEW YORK. Sun.— Blonde Ann Mather, 30-year-old Boston socialite, and Frank Montero, a negro social worker, who found romance while working to combat race discrimination, were married here yesterday. The families of the bride and groom attended the wedding ceremony, held at the fashionable estate of
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  • 26 2 THE PRIME Minister, Mr. Attlee, attended the R.A.F. display at Farnborough, the Air Force's first fall-scale show -since 1937. Renter picture.
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  • 192 2 PORTSMOUTH, Sunday. ADMIRAL OF THE FLEET Sir Algernon Willis, A Commander-in-Chief of Portsmouth naval base, yesterday announced that there was no reason to suspect sabotage had caused the flre which set off Friday night's violent explosions in Gosport harbour. He made this statement after
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  • 48 2 BOMBAY, Sun.— Thousands of people were rendered homeless, and telegraph communication lines were disrupted, following record seasonal rainfalls in a wide area surrounding Bombay. Nearly 400 houses collapsed in the Rajkot area, while reports from other areas told of train services cancelled and communications severed —UP.
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  • 140 2 HONG KONG, Sun. T*HE longest exit visa list in two months was issued by the police authorities at Shanghai on July 5, a week after the outbreak of Korean war, according to arrivals from the north. The list contained 150 names. Among them were Mr. H. M.
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  • 226 2 JAKARTA, Sun. OADIO AMBON, trans- mitter of the selfstyled South Moluccas Republic, yesterday mid that Indonesian Republican troops landed on the island of Bum on Friday night. The broadcast said fi^hiinir took place between "defenders of the South Moluccas Republic" and Indonesian troops near the town
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  • 31 2 MR. E. H. LOUW, South African Minister of Economic Affairs, asseris that his country is not bound by the decision of the World Court on trusteeship obligations. Reuter picture.
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  • 260 3 WASHINGTON, Sunday. TOP U.S. military officials disclosed yesterday that a powerful new anti-tank weapon has been delivered to American troops in Korea, and they affirmed that "eventually" the United States will win the war. Fresh from talks with General Mac Arthur at
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  • 80 3 NEW U.K. U.S. PLANES NfcW 1-AIKhY 17 anti-submarine prop- jet aircraft (top) showing the mouth -like airintake, the exhaust outlet at the side of the fuselage, and the grappltng-gear for a quick stop after landing on an aircraft carrier. It has contra-rotating propellers. BOTTOM: U.S. Air Force Boeing B-47 Stratojet
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    21 3 M. RENE PLEVEN, former Offence Minister, who has formed a French Cabinet after several weeks of instability. A.P. picutre.
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  • 207 3 Nehru Gets Reply From Kremlin MOSCOW. Sun. STALIN has sent a reply to a message received from the Indian Prime Ministi-r. Pandit Nehru, it was announced here today. The reply was handed to the Indian Ambassador by the Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko. The Indian Embassy did no! aisc'ose
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  • 75 3 WASHINGTON. Sun.— The United States Navy and Marines today asked their ExService Women to volunteer for active duty. The Marine Corps requested women to apply for "extended active duty" in the United States to relieve men in noncombat jobs. Later the Navy sent out a call
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  • 65 3 NEW YORK, Sun. The United States will ask the other signatories of the North Atlantic treaty, this month to increase the size and pace of their military re-armament programme the New York Times diplomatic correspondent. James Reston. reported yesterday from Washington Reuter. CELEBRATING Hari Raya. five
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  • 444 3 ROY MacCARTNEY EXHAUSTED AND DEPRESSED, SAYS: Roy MacCartney, Reuter's correspondent in Korea, arrived back in Tokyo on Saturday night exhausted, frustrated and depressed. Before catching up on lost sleep, he cabled the following account of difficulties facing war correspondents in Korea: The Korean campaign has been
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  • 257 3 MacA Lifts Ban On 'Old Friends' TOKYO. Sun. rE U.S. Army banned two U.S. correspondents from the South Korean front yesterday, but General MacArthur lifted the ban today. Gen. Mac Arthur told Tom Lambert of Associated Press and Peter Kalische of United Press to ge back to the war, adding
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  • 64 3 RANGOON, Sun. AN official announcement said yesterday thai Burmese troops are repulsing a group of Chinese nationalist troops who crosse into Burma last month i the area of Kengtung, in t Southern Shan States. The announcement sail that the fighting was do:itinuing. Chinese casualties were given
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  • 327 3 LONDON, Sun. BRITAIN WILL back the United States in insisting on no negotiations on Korea until the North Koreans cease fire and withdraw to their own territory, a Foreign Office spokesman indicated yesterday. He said a cease fire and withdrawal by the
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  • 86 3 LONDON. Sun SUPPORT for the Singapore Sunday Times criticism of Singapore's air defences comes from a retired WingCommander. H. P. Powell, at Leamington, in a letter to the Daily Telegraph today. He questions a House of Commons statement by the Air Minister that Singapore's Tempests and
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  • 617 4 The Draft Development Plan For The Federation Of Malaya Seeking Utmost Use Of Malaya 9 s Resources From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. THE Federation's policy for trade and industry in the six years beginning in January this year is outlined in chapter three
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  • 104 4 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. r TIIK Draft Development Plan for the Federation warns that even in the most favourable circumstances the local supply of rice and many other foodstuffs will not be equal to the demand, necessitating imports from foreign countries. The report
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  • 61 4 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Sun.— Three societies have been refused registration by the Registrar this month. They are the Persatuan Indonesia of Kota Bahru, Kelantan, the Goh Teik Association of Taiping. Perak, and the Kluang Mm Sian Shie of Kluang. No reasons for
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  • 195 4 S 'pore Ch inese Schools Were Not Closed Down \IK. R. W. Watson-Hyatt, Singapore's Assistant i 1 Director of Education (Chinese), in a statement yesterday, described as "quite false" reports that his Department had closed schools and had turned away thousands of pupils. He said that since the liberation not
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  • 193 4 MR. Bolfry," a Duke of the Infernal Regions, materialised In Singapore on Saturday night on the stage of the Little Theatre In Armeilan Street. This, famous sugared pill by fames Bridie was written during he war. Although dated by conemporary references to Hitler and 4azl
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  • 1218 4 TIN EARNED $264 MILLION LAST YEAR From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. DEALING with the tin mining: industry, the Federation Draft Development Plan, published today, says: "The scale and importance of tin mining is demonstrated by the fact that in 1949, 55,448 tons of tin, valued at $264 million,
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  • 45 4 MR. J. THIVY, Representative of the Government of India, and Mrs. Thivy, were godparents at the christening yesterday at the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd, Singapore, of Juliet Luginia Bastians. The baby's father, Mr. Mathew Bastians is at the left. Straits Times picture.
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  • 751 4 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. PHE Federation of Malaya, according to the Draft Development Plan published today is expected to increase production of all her major products during the next five years. Rubber, palm oil, palm kernels, copra, coconut oil, pineapples, padi
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  • 180 5 RECORD IN RUBBER EXPECTED I-rom Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Sun. 113 M Financial Times, which predicts that the advance in rubber prices will swell Malaya's contribution to the Empires dollar earnings by more than 125,000,000 this y Mr. iayi that wjien the world output for June is anmunced a new
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  • 78 5 Tiic Director-General of Civil Aviation in Australia, Air Vice-Marshall R. Williams, arrived in Singapore yesterday by QANTAS-BOAC Const !la:ion on his way back to Sydney. ■npanied by Mrs. WilUams, he is returning from the Fourth Assembly of the International Civil Aviation Organisation, held in Monti.
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  • 616 5 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. "V[O one can say with certainty what will be the f utur* for rubber in say 10 years' time but it is reasonable to assume that demand for natural rubber will be
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  • 42 5 From Oar Stall Correspondent MALACCA, Sun.—Officers oi the newly-formed Inner Wheel Club. Malacca, are: President. Mrs. C. T Smith vice-president, Mrs. K. T Joseph, secretary, Mrs. L. V Taylor, treasurer. Mrs. A. Wilson, social chairman. Mrs. N X Bain.
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  • 31 5 PREPARING cases for ketupat from mengkuang leaves ready for Hari Raya celebrations at Singapore. Ketupat is specially cooked rice to be eaten with satay Straits Times picture
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  • 707 5 From Our Staff Correspondent mTirt n KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. JHL Draft Development Plan for the Federation of Malaya, published today, says that in any scheme of land utilisation in this country the policy in regard to smallholdings must be expressed very clearly. "One obvious step would
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  • 72 5 The first bishop of the Methodist Church in SouthEast Asia. Dr. R. L. Archer, who will make Singapore his neadquarters. will arrive In the Colony from America on Wednesday by "The Flying Dloud." Bishop and Mrs. Archer will be the guests of honour at a tea
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  • 88 5 RED CROSS WORKING PARTY, Guide Hut, Clemenceau Avenue, 10 ajn. to noon. ST. JOHN AMBUL.VNCE ASSOCIATION, first-aid class, Headquarters, Stamford Road, 5 p.m. SINGAPORE ART SOCIETY, life class British Council Hall Stamford Road, 6 p.m. to 8 30 pm. TABERNACLE TALK, Mr. R. G. Leonard on "The Table
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  • 83 5 R.I. OLD BOY'S SUCCESS Dr. Lloyd M. Weerekoon, an old boy of Raffles Institution, Singapore, got the Diploma ol Ophthalmic Medicine and Surgery degree at an examination held in London last week-end. He is the second son of Dr. Arthur Weerekoon, a Singapore medical practitioner, whose eldest son, Mr. A.
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  • 34 5 Colonel Viscount John Dalrymple, Commander-in-Chlef of the Coldstream Guards, arrived in Singapore yesterday by QUANTAS-BOAC constellation from London. He Is expected to stay here for a week before returning to United Kingdom.
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  • 160 5 FEDERAL SPECIALS PLAN DEFERRED From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. THE special constabulary In the Federation is not being decreased but increased says the Secretary for Defence, Mr. D. C. Watherston In a statement issued today. Mr. Watherston says that the committee to consider measures for the resettlement in
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  • 73 5 Dr. Norton S. Glnsburg. Research Associate of the University of Chicago, Department of Geography, is to come to Singapore to study the place Singapore occupies in the economy of East and South-East Asia. Dr. Glnsburg, a former Map Intelligence Officer for the Department of State in
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  • 1027 5 l- rom Onr Own Correspondent PARIT BUNTAR. Sun.—Arrested on Llgertwood Estate. Krian Road, 22-year-old Sithral, was charged at Parlt Buntar with enticing away a married woman, Agamah, wife of Nagayah, from Jin Seng Estate. Bagan Serai. Sithral claimed trial and the case was postponed to July
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  • 36 5 MOHAMSD Noor bin Abu Samah, aged ID. was a peon at Singapore Police Headquarters for a year before lif joined the ranks of the rcfataff police with 27 other prons. Straits Times picture.
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    • 336 5 TODAY'S RADIO S'PORE gers; 10 Dance Music (Grlffln Inn) a o m "Ton t,,T.c «f th- v»«-»- 10 30 "Time for Music" (BBC Mid9 a.m. Top Tunes of the Year T1 /-.__v. ■>. 9.30 "Marching Waltzing" land Li 8 nt Orch >' Close (Schools); 10 News from K.L.: PENAHC followed
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  • 41 6 THOMPSON LAING: The rngr.ftemrnt is announced between Trevor Lockwood. youngest son of Mr and Mrs. P. Thompson of Wembley. Middlesex, and Heather Jean, daughter of the late Mr. .1 C. Lainsr and of Mrs. Lain.? of We of Mull. Scotland.
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  • 52 6 MRS. R. L. INDER wishes to ■VH her sincere thanks and appreciation to the Matron. Sisters and Nursing Staff of the General Hospitrl. Ipoh. and to the Officers find men nf the King's Own Yorkshire Lißht Infantry who rendered ituch wonderful assistance to her husband the late Mr. R.
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  • 43 6 ROME, Sun. Preliminary negotiations for the drafting of a treaty of culture and friendship between Italy-and India, were the subject of a meeting yesterday between the Indian Minister of Labour, Mr. Jogjivan Ram. and the Italian Premier, Senor Alcide de Gaspgri.
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  • 32 6 PRAGUE, Sun. Czechoslovakia's new Ministry of National Security will have "the right in principle to set up and run any kind of security force," a Government decree said last night.—Rcuter.
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  • 340 6 University Scholar And His House fiS July 12 Sir Roland Braddell, chairman of the Council of the University of Malaya, was reported in the Straits Times as saying that he believes that Increased research is needed in two fields at the University—anthropology and the study of the history and geography
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  • 304 6 THE reason for the poor ic,«ponse to some of tne new regional schools in Singapore is the "birth •prfficate trouble." The order from the Education Department to headmasters is that they must admit only children who can produce birth certificates. It is reasonable to ask
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  • 1281 6 rROM first to last in the entire film censorship controversy there has been but one chorus, that composed of the film industry, a Mr. Healy and the local Press which, if it did not damn outright, at least damned by faint praise. This chorus of
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  • 70 6 I STRONGLY endorse the suggestion put forward by Mr. C. R. Dasaratha Raj in your columns for total elimination of the Sunday service broadcasts devoted to Christian religionists In the Radio Malaya's programmes. It looks as though a sectarian outlook is In favour when a precious part of
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  • 184 6 YOUR correspondent who signed himself "Learn The Facts Before You Criticise", in defending the payment of $500 to Councillors for the months in which the Federal Legislative Council does not meet, has not stated the full facts. It is not denied that there are unofficial members who work
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  • 434 7 M.C.A. PROVES THE LOYALTY OF CHINESE Most Important Development 'THE Federation of Maiaya annual report picks out "the earnest efforts of Chinese leaders to remove any doubts about the loyalty of the great majority of local Chinese to Malaya", as the most important development in Chinese affairs during 1949. In
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  • 42 7 SQUADRON LEADER L. Williamson, (third from left, standing) commanding officer of the newly arrived Australian Lincoln Squadron, and his, crew, with Air ViceMarshal F. J. F. Mellersh, A.O.C. Malaya, soon after arrival at Tengah yesterday afternoon. Straits Times picture.
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    23 7 MR. PETER Carmifhael, who returned to Singapore >esterday hy QANTASBOAC Constellation after a short business trip to Scotland.—Straits Times picture
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  • 199 7 SINGAPORE'S Acting Colonial Secretary, Mr. W. L. Blythe. said on Saturday that the number of iwrsons who have registered during the six weeks that the electoral registers have been opened is "very encouraging". At the close of registration on Saturday, election authorities announced that 21.648 persons had
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  • 132 7 fHE latest list of donations to the University of Malaya Endowmcni Fund includes the $500,000 gift by the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce on Convocation Day. This is made up of $300,000 from Mr. Tan Lark Sye and Aik Hoe Co., Ltd; $100,000 from Mr. Tan Siak
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  • 126 7 r THE funeral of Mr. Kenneth P. Lee. 28-years-old assistant of Beradln Estate, Paloh. Johore. who was killed by bandits in Johore on Saturday took place yesterday at Bidadari cemetery, Upper Serangoon Road. Singapore Mr. Lee, who was single, leaves a mother in England. Pall-bearers were Messrs.
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  • 345 7 "PHE British Serviceman in Singapore today is i x providing two thirds of the blood which is saving the lives of Asian patients in the This fact is stressed in a statement Issued by the Blood Transfusion Service, General Hospital, at the week-end. This statement
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  • 83 7 I 'HIS is the story of a letter that nearly went astray. Addressed to "The Finnish Mission, Singapore," it set a poser for Post Office and Public Relations Department officers recently. As there is no Finnish Mission or Consulate in the Colony, the Social Welfare
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  • 196 7 Crew Knew War Was In The Air I THE crew of the Javanese x Prince, which left Singapore this morning on another round-the-world trin tn the rouna-me-worio. trip to tne States and back, were not surprised when war broke out in Korea three days after they left the strategic port
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    51 7 MORI- THAN 500 guests attended a dinner at the Tal Tons restaurant in the Happy World, Singapore on Saturday night in celebration of the 25th anniversary of the founGLn* of the Import concern of T. V. Mitchell and Co., Ltd. Mr. Mitchell Is here seen addressing his guests. Straits Times
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  • 333 7 PILGRIM RETURNS BY AIR FRESH from a Holy Year pilgrimage to Rome the Very Rev. Bro. Barnitus, Provincial Visitor for the Christian Brothers' Schools returned to Singapore yesterday by QEA-BOAC Con stellatlon. Bro. Barnitus attended a meeting of Provincial Visitors in Rome convened by the Superior-General and assisted by 12
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  • 176 7 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Sunday. AS Johore was the first State to agitate for the removal of the ban on estate toddy shops, he hoped that a move to object to the reopening of the shops would also start In Johore,
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  • 53 7 Eleven-year-old Miss Quah Neo of 217 Outram Road, Singapore, was all smiles on Saturday when she received two books from Mr. W. Henry Lawrence, Director of United States Information Service, Singapore and the Federation of Malaya, as a gift for being the 10.000 th member of the Singapore
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  • 590 7 COLONY COSTS $5 MILLIONS OVER BUDGET QN account of revised salaries and allowances, and supplementary provisions for public services, the Singapore Government's spend' ings in J949 are estimated to cost the Colony a little over $5,000,000 more than the approved budget expenditure for the year of $101,326,627. The Financial Secretary,
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  • 672 8 Truman picks a man to match the Kremlin Frederick Cook tells why Harriman is a man to watch Ni;\V YORK: nnnouncement itself is v i v brief: W. Avcrell Harriman. has been tilipointed special assistant to the President on foreign affairs. But to those who know America there is big
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  • 128 8 World's best gangways for Southampton JHE £750,000 ocean terminal to be opened at SouthamDton at the end of this month will have the world's first pow°r-operated telescopic gangways. They will be used officially for the first time when New York-bound passengers board the Queen Elizabeth in the early hours of
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  • 511 8 FOLLOWING THE ARTICLE ON THE STRENGTH OF THE RED NAVY LAST WEEK WILLIAM COURTENAY NOW ASKS nnHE Soviet Air Force is an integral part of the Soviet Army and Navy and therefore mainly a tactical weapon, though the fighter air force and the
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  • 388 8 4,000-year-old art relics found in Egypt V'OTABLE dis- coveries in Egyptian archaeology extending back to the Fourth Dynasty, about 2500 B.C have been made by Egyptian archaeologists since the withdrawal of most Europeans and Americans from this work early in the war. They have Just been revealed ln Washington by
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  • 136 8 T I HE exhibitions of the National Book League are among the most attractive of that body's wide range of activities, ana their catalogues have always, in themselves, been of exceptional interest. One of the most stimulating displays that of original editions of the works of English poets,
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  • 342 8 rpHE little English port of Rye will bo "invaded" next year by French "invaders", when the town holds its Festival of Britain Celebration. Six hundred years ago, French raiders burned and sacked Rye. Next year, as during attacks in the Middle Ages, church
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    • 285 8 STRAITS TINES CROSSWORD «c«oii Underhand deliveriti <4). afT} f\OG\X7(\Tt T\ TJn 11A I. Hor.llo! Ih* M. Discard a fragment (Jl. IN O. HO funeral baked menu J7. Part of a buff awning (4). I jj j If Kjjfl I 1} I I h 'I SM The ""day' came for ttl«
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  • 227 9 Penang 's Export Trade Up I I rom Our Stall Correspondent PENANQ, Sun. r>ENANG'S tin and rubber I export trade shot up by over $14,000,000 last month according to the June statistics released yesterday. Rubber shipments rose by $8,000,000 and tin by over $6,000,000. An increase in British consumption from
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  • 252 9 thert. Traders fluctuated to the extent of a dollar over the week, closing $13.25 sellers, and Malayan Collieries rose to $1.70 on better enquiry. Business Done Business done during the week included: Industrials: Fraser Neave Drd. $3.00, William Jacks (Malay*) $2.15, Malayan Breweries
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  • 368 9 From A Mtfket correspondent LAST week's report of company dealings Included the following: Consolidated Tin Smelters Ltd. —Set out In this company's usual :omprehensive manner, the report ind accounts for the year ended U.3.50 showed the highest postwar profit at £236,227 after taxation. This amount. If "grossed up,"
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    • 1252 9 MANSFIELD <Se CO., LTD. I Incorporated in Singapore) BLUE FUNNEL LINE C<rnor option to proceed via other ports to load and discharge in|O SAILINCS t. LIVIRPOOL. CLASGOW LONDON CONTINENTAL PORTS Due Sailt P Sham Penang Tjlt»yb<ut foi t» Sudan Ho land, London Dublin |uly 18/19 •"^rp^i^lasg^"""- Mr 17/18 |«l»l»/20 AnchrsesToitO^lbCo*
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    • 538 9 THE PRODUCE MARKET INTEREST in the Singapore pro- duce Market at the week-end was again centred on pepper business when 15 tons of loose Lampong black was done at »560. Sellers were scarce for white p:pper; stocks were limited. Prices for both varieties remained unchanged. Thj market in general was
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    • 472 9 WEEK-END RUBBER PRICES New York Rubber London Rubber In US. cents per n>. closing: London. July 14.— Spot 30d. \,,i» n r.iiv 14 Au 291 i d 1 27V d Oct Dec July 13 July 14 25 d Jan Mar 24^,1, Apr-June 1 RS.S. July 36.00 36.00 2 2^d. July-Aug.
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    • 1031 9 McALISTER «c CO., LTD. (Incot seated in Singapore) Telephone No. 5906 ELLERMAN dl BUCKNALL KLAVENESS LINK LONDON. HAVRE. ROTTERDAM LOS ANCELES. SAN FRANCISCO. b MAMBURC PORTLAND SEATTLE b VANCOUVER CITT Of COVENTRY Accepting cargo for Central 6 South Spore P. Sham Penang American Potts C.JJ- 36/20 |Mly 21 |yly 22/23
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  • 491 10 More At Home In Wet Conditions S.C.F.A 5; Ne«ri Chinese 1.1 1 iIKI I GOALS in as many minutes and a rain- sodden pitch at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday helped the Singapore Chinese Football Association lo swamp Negri Sernbilan Chinese by five goals to one
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  • 149 10 HONG KONG. Sun. fl\ IE 27 members of the 1 University of Malaya athletic team were warmly greeted by a reception committee of all Hong Kong Unlsports clubs here yesterday. The Hong Kon e University representatives took the 24 nun and three women from
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  • 168 10 p .A.F. Changl beat N.A.A.F.I v by 73 runs in a cricket match a' Changl yesterday. 1: (Changi): Callis lbw b I, Mcllor lbw Doddison 7. Bid le lbw b Carson 7. Ford lbw I on 8, Rose b Doddison 717 1 Robinson b Doddison
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  • 459 10 From Our Staff Correspondent SEREMBAN, Sunday. THE inter-State cricket match here between Ne^rj A Sembilan and Perak was drawn, with honours fairly even after some good batting was seen today from both sides. Negri this morning were saved by an eighth wicket partnership between Bennett
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  • 105 10 Denmark And Sweden In Europe Final DAVIS CUP COPENHAGEN, Sun. DEN?«IARK today qualified to meet Sweden in the European zone final of the Davis Cup competition by beating Italy, the 1949 zone winners, here. At Montreal the favoured Australians won both opening singles matches in straight sets on Friday. Frank
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  • 99 10 S. MUTHU. first in the 100 yards and 440 yards, became "A" division champion of the Singapore Khalsa English and Punjabi School athletic meeting which was held at Victoria School, ground yesterday. Champions in other divisions were: "A" division (girls) Misa Mohinder Kaur; "B" division
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  • 390 10 SINGAPORE JUNIOR BADMINTON MARIGOLD B.P.'s brigh singles title, Ng Cheni the third round with ai Chou Koon Foh (Eclipse 15—5, 15—1. Mak Kim Hong and Tan Guan Hong (Mayflower B.P.) just managed to beat Sean Kee Kwang and Lian Fook Shin (Marigold). This game was by
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  • 345 10 •pHE following are fixtures In the Tanglin Club Tennis tournament for the next thrse days (court Nos. are indicated In brackets) TOMORROW (1) G. T. Holloway v Major K. Greenwood; (2) M. Buttrose J. K. Shaf3r v P. F. Kinsey C. E. Cohlnge (h'cap); (3) Mr.
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  • 417 10  -  TEOH TIAW TEE By PENANCi, Sunday. GOON KOK LEM has done it again. With an unbroken sequence of singles titles since 1938, the 'Penan? tennis champion will now have to look for fresh fields to conquer. His next destination will be the Malayan tennis championships
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  • 33 10 The cricket match between Combined Schools and Singapore Recreation Club A to have been played on the R. I. ground was cancelled yesterday owing *n rain
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  • 299 10 Ooi Law Win To Semi-final From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Sun. DENANG'S Teik Hocks, Ooi and Law, advanced to the semi-finals of the men's singles when they won their quarterfinal ties in the Penane Badminton Championships now being held in the Chung Ling High School Hall. 00l had an easy
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  • 166 10 Drobny Beats Ip In 2 Sets In Final BIRMINGHAM. Sun. JAROSLAV DROBNY, selfexiled Czech star, yesterday won the men's singles championship In the Midland Counties lawn tennis tournament here by beating K. H. Ip. the Malayan champion 6-2 6-2 In the final. Playing on a damp court Drobny, alter losing
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  • 63 10 Singapore Recreation Club beat the SMangor Eurasian Assn. by three matches to nil at billiards in their annual gamss meet, being held this year at S.R.C. The results were: Dr. Tessensohn beat B. Mayo 350- 14S; Dr. Monteiro beat H. G. Stevanage 200-142; E.
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  • 540 11 Record Benefit For Hutton LONDON, Sunday. LH'ERY MATCH in the county cricket programme which began yesterday was affected by rain. Not a ball was bowled at Bristol where Gloucestershire entertained Sussex and play could not be resumed after tea in matches at Leeds, Manchester and
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  • 543 11 LONDON, Sun. ROLAND HARDY of Derbyshire smashed the British all-comers record yesterday in winning the Seven Miles Walk in the English Amateur Athletic Association championships at the White City here. His time of 50 mm. 11.6 sec. beat the previous record of 50 mm.
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  • 277 11 County Positions UK Cricket Averages LONDON, Sun. Placlngs In the English County Cricket Championship table up and including matches ended on Friday are: P. W. L. O L. D. PH. Warwick 17 S 2 7 0 4 112 Surrey 16 8 2 S 0 3 108 Yorkshire 16 2 7
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    42 11 THE PUNTER'S DREAM: Arabian Knight (Maw!) swing* into the straight well clear of Pam Green (Dunwoodie) an 4 Lord Dhoti (I. Donnelly) en the rafiu In the fifth race at Bnkit Tlmah on Saturday. Arabian Knight won to pay |IM.-Stodto Times picture.
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  • 93 11 From Our Staff Correspondent TAIPING, Sun. SPLENDID bowling by lelt- hander, Jagdev Singh, who took eight wickets for nine runs, enabled King Edward VII School here yesterday, to bra*, the Clifford School, Kuala Kangsar, in their inter-school cricket ilxture by four wickets. Jagdev Singh
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  • 64 11 Swiss Club, with eight points, won thsir Inter-Club sports meeting against Dutch Club at the Swiss Club yesterday. They won four out of six events. In the shooting event. Swiss Club scored 153 points to Dutch Club's 88. The other events won by the Swiss
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  • 311 11 CHESTERFIELD, Sunday. A FIFTH wicket stand of 157 by Clyde Walcott and Robert Christian! enabled the West Indies to put on 201 for six in their first Innings against Derbyshire here yesterday after their first four wickets had tumbled for 23 runs. West
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  • 173 11 Eric Sturgess v. Seixas In Swiss Final LAUSANNE, Sun. ERIC Sturgess of South Africa defeated Felicislmo Ampon of the Philippines 7-5, 6-3, 6-3 yesterday on the semi-finals of the Swiss international tennis tournament. Sturgess will play Vie Seixas of Philadelphia who defeated Irvin Dorfman of New York 6-2. 6-2. Ampon
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  • 426 12 SINGAPORE A.A.A. PLAN FOR DECATHLON Decision To Be Made Tomorrow By JOHN MARKS SINGAPORE Amateur Athletic Association will the possibilities of organising the first decathlon ever to be staged in Malaya since athletics were first introduced in 1901 at their committee meeting at the S.R.C. at 5 p.m. tomorrow. There
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  • 100 12 LONDON. Sun. TWO NEWCOMERS to Test cricket are included among the 13 players from whom England's team will be picked to meet West Indies in the third Test cricket match starting at Trent Bridge on Thursday They are the Essex captain, 24-year-old O. J.
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  • 248 12 MALAYAN archers entered the scene of inter-nation-al competition for the first time yesterday when members of the Archery Association of Singapore and Malaya shot off a double short international round for the Seefab Cup. Twenty other countries also shot off their rounds yesterday. The
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  • 176 12 ONLY an hour and 50 minutes' play was possible in the inter-State cricket match between Singapore and Johore which started yesterday at the Singapore Cricket Club. In this time Singapore made 80 runs for the loss of two wickets, the first falling at six.
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  • 121 12 QNLY two hours' play was poKfible yesterday on the second day of t.j Conrad Clarke Cup cricket fixture between th» Singapore Recr?atlon Club and the Selangor Eurasian Association. The S.R.C. ent?r the last day's play today i n a strong position. They need 52 runs to
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  • 558 12 WEIGHTS FOR 2nd 3rd DAYS U/1.1'.111n for all eight races at CLASS 1. DIV. 3— 6 Furs. 5 yds. CLASS 2, DIV. 5— 6 Furs. 5 yds. Bukit Timah on Wednesday (second day) and three races on Saturday (final day) are given below: SECOND DAY Double Aries 9.00 Keel Rose
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  • 29 12 CRICKET: Singapore v .lohore. at S.C.C. (ends); Singapore Recreation Club v Selangor Eurasian Assn. on S.R.C padang (ends). TENNIS: V.M.C.A. tourney, S.R.C. T S.E.A, SJt.C 10 am.
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  • 416 12 DAIN robbed the cricket match at Nee Soon between Singapore District (Army) and Indian Association of a decision in the two-day fixture ending yesterday. Army declared at their overnight total of 255 for nine and at close Indians, who followed on 128 runs behind,
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  • 226 12 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. piOR THE first time in its 16 years of competition 1 the Europeans v. the Rest cricket match on the Selangor Club padan? ended in a draw today. The honours, however, must go to the Europeans for
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  • 807 12 By EDIN PETERS KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. DEGGIE TREVOR, crack Perak motor cyclist, Eric Monteiro, the veteran Selangor motor cyclist, and J. N. K. MoncriefT, of the Singapore Motor Club, each set up new records for the Lornie Mile in the speed trials held in
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  • 739 12 FACTS AND FANCIES By EPSOM JEEP piRST-RACE sp ecialist Herb Charles did it again on Smiling Through at Bukit Tim ah on Saturday. Is it just coincidence or has Charles a knack of winning the first race? Let figures speak. Out of 15
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    • 122 12 5 Sun glare and heat used to tire me "Mydear.">hcs;iid."Yiui must proout, made my eyes ache, brought on teclyour eyes. Come and buy abottla headaches. Luckily 1 met Anne of Optrex now— use it every day So. when I got home 1 bathed my eyes When I told Jimhesaid."Wonderrnl! inOptrex,
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