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Title Section18 1950-08-12 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, AUGUST 12, 1950 PRICE TEN CENTS18 words
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Article373 1950-08-12 1 Vital Port Lost After Bitter Battle TOKYO, Friday. UNITED States and South Korean troops today evacuated the blazing port of Pohang. The city was captured by the Communists after bitter street fighting. Tank-led American and South Korean troops vyere tonight battling desperately outside the fallenReuter; AP; UP - 373 words
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Article91 1950-08-12 1 PRI NCE, AG ED 19 BELGI AN RE GENT BRUSSELS, Fri. nnivrr o m pRINCE Baudouin, 19- year-old son of King Leopold, today became Regent of Belgium and his father's reign ended three m»^i, Ui weeks aft<>r hls return from exile. Both Houses of Parliament < meeting m joint session.91 words
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Article69 1950-08-12 1 The Singapore Government, it is understood, hoped to be able to decide last night whether Turko Westerling. the Dutch leader of the Indonesian Army of Heavenly Host, should be deported immediately. Continuous discussions, it is understood, have been held. The Indonesian Government has already filed an69 words
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214 1950-08-12 1 COUNTER-ATTACK Reds Strive To Stop U.S. Advance WITH THE AMERICAN COUNTER-OFFENSIVE. Fri.— Dust-caked weary United States troops fought off Communist attacks from three sides tonight as they ploughed their way westward towards the flaming remnant of Chinju. Reconnaissance patrols of the 35th. Infantry Regiment and Fifth regimental combat team, theReuter - 214 words
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Article93 1950-08-12 1 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Fri. BUSINESS in cash tin dropped to 10 tons at the midday session and the price shot up to £800. The Ministry of Supply did not sell tin this morning, 10 ton s coming from normal trade sources. London was waiting93 words
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Article35 1950-08-12 1 SYDNEY, Frl.— Australia's coal miners, in a nationwide plebiscite, have rejected x Communist-inspired proposal for an alliance with seamen and dockers to fight ■,he Federal Government's bill to dissolve the Communist Party.— Reuter-AAP.Reuter-AAP - 35 words
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Article37 1950-08-12 1 A 27-year-old Chinese tailor was held up and shot at by an armed robber at the junction of Sim's Avenue and Lorong 17, Geylang, just before midnight last night. He wu wounded in the thigh.37 words
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Article305 1950-08-12 1 LONDON. Friday. IF a general war breaks out on the issue of Formosa, 1 the blame will rest squarely on General Douglas Mac Arthur, according to the current issue of the independent pro-Labour weekly. New Statesman and Nation. ■Such a war. which would j isv^rssxReuter; AP - 305 words
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Article35 1950-08-12 1 A EUROPEAN motor cyclist was seriously injured m this accident with a Singapore Traction Company omnibus about 11 o'clock last night at Crawford Street. He was taken to the General Hospital.— Straits Times pict ure.35 words
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Article214 1950-08-12 1 SAW WIFE FOR THIRTY MINUTES A JAVANESE religious teacher, who was not allowed to land in Singapore because his passport was not in order, saw his wife whom he had not seen for five years for about half an hour yesterday at Kallang airport,214 words
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Article92 1950-08-12 1 REDS SAY 'WE SHOT MR. LI' A Communist document supplement to the Freedom News boasts that "their comrades" shot Mr. Li Chi Wah, Acting Deputy Director of Education (Chinese) in Singapore for three reasons. One reason was that he had taken part in formulating the new Education Ordinance. Disclosing this92 words
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Article31 1950-08-12 1 HONG KONG, FrJ.—lndependent Press reports from Talpeh said Nationalist planes have "paper bombed" the Red China mainland with leaflets saying that "things will start moving" after this autumn.— A.P.AP - 31 words
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Article, Illustration230 1950-08-12 1 Mellersh Gets A Knighthood AIR VICE Marshal F. J. W. Mellersh, Air Officer Commanding Malaya, is awarded a knighthood in the Malayan Honours and Awards List gazetted today. He heads the list of 14 Far East Air Force personnel who have had distinguished service in the Malayan operations recognised. The230 words
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Article24 1950-08-12 1 WASHINGTON, Frl.-De-fence officials today asVed newspapers and radio today to keep secret the movements of most army, nary and air force units.—U.P.UP - 24 words
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Article151 1950-08-12 1 FREE members of the crew of the troopship Orbita arrived at the dockslde yesterday just as ithe was about to pull away ard, though the gangway was raised, tried to clamber aboard. One began to climb up a ship's rope still tied to a capstan151 words
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173 1950-08-12 1 3 CHILDREN HURT IN TOY' EXPLOSION TMREE Chinese children were injured when a "toy 1 with which they were playing in a room in Victoria Street. Singapore, last night, exploded "like a bomb." Thick smoke niled the room after the blast. A portion of the exploded article bore the inscription173 words
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Article79 1950-08-12 1 LONDO'f, Fri. AS the hour drew near today for the birth of s second child to Princess Elizabeth there was mounting excitement, as thousands of curious Britons crowded In front of Clarence House, the London home of the Princess With the crowd growing larger by the hour,AP - 79 words
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Article41 1950-08-12 1 Joyce Mounthaan, the Dutch Eurasian girl who is being consideicred for a leidfin^ P "A tln n C f rOl, Re f e(?H Sn T CW ?nrU» W? Ut?il te hC She told the Straits Times h^c41 words
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Article186 1950-08-12 1 Churchill Calls For Unifie d Army STRASBOURG Fri WINSTON Churchill called for Immedia creation of a "unified Em pean army." His propo.sil came In a motion distributed to the European Consultative Assembly h*'re. just before lie took the Assembly floor for a major address on foreign a Hairs. Mr. Churchill'sAP - 186 words
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Article12 1950-08-12 1 SEBASTIAN STOPS NA I TAWAN F'<ASHY Sebastian .mlime contender .<„ the "Jln'Fh v-12 words
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Advertisement134 1950-08-12 1 PMOttt-9%90 frfJl Malaya's National Newspapers Continue Progress THE STRAITS TIMES and THE SUNDAY TIMES made new sales records in July. The average net sale of THE STRAITS TIMES during July, after deduction of unsold, free voucher copies was 51,517 copies per issue. In June sales were 50,273 THE SUNDAY TIMES134 words
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Advertisement216 1950-08-12 1 ESS How do you make your Ovalitine? W ith holfm.lk, b ftn If water' «#M .mode with water only y? THOUGH tastes may differ as to the ber.t f t^F*% method of preparing 'Ovaltlne' there is fseneral agreement on Its outstanding quality, i 7nu eronomy and value. Remember these Important216 words
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248 1950-08-12 2 Belgian Senate Passes Bill Transferring Powers To Son KING LEOPOLD STRIPPED OF ROYAL PREROGATIVES BRUSSELS, Friday. A £ING LEOPOLD of the Belgians— the "tragic king"— was last night finally stripped of his Royal prerogatives when the Senate, like the Lower House of Parliament, approved the Royal "effacement bill" transferring hisReuter - 248 words
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Article, Illustration26 1950-08-12 2 FRANK AVA IN U.K. THE CROONER, Frank Sinatra, an* the screen actress, Ava Gardner, at a Mayfair restaurant where they danced until after midnight. A.P. picture.AP - 26 words
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Article35 1950-08-12 2 DUSSELDORF, Fri— A British Occupation Court In Dusseldorf (Germany) sentenced four Germans to prison terms ranging from two and a half to seven months for putting up Communist "Yankee go home" posters. AJ*.35 words
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Article117 1950-08-12 2 STRASBOURG, Fri. THE French Foreign Minis1 ter, M. Robert Schuman. has rejected a proposal of Mr. Winston Churchill and the British Conservatives to allow the Council of Europe to administer the French plan to pool Europe's coal and steel. Ifc fears that the proposal would imperilReuter; UP - 117 words
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Article50 1950-08-12 2 WASHINGTON. Fri. The U.S. State Department yesterday denied Communist charges that American planes dropped fire bombs in East Germany. A spokesman said: 'This i» Just a new version of the potato bug hoax. Now the Communists are saying we are burning up their wheat."— U. P.50 words
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Article63 1950-08-12 2 SAN FRANCISCO. Friday. QNE million radio active mosquitoes will be released this week in California. S dentists will follow their flights with geiger counters to determine how far they travel and how long it takes. Radio-active phosphoroit? was injected into tubes in which the mosquitoes were hatched. For63 words
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181 1950-08-12 2 NEW YORK, Friday. ¥\AVID SARNOFF says it may be possible to mass- produce tiny radios at two dollars a set and distribute them in Russia and satellite nations to receive the "Voice of America". Sarnoff, chairman of the Board of Radio Corporation of America,181 words
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Advertisement716 1950-08-12 2 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, KELANTAN. APPLICATIONS are invited i from Federal citiiens or persons eligible for Federal Citiscnship for the appointment of Chief Store Keeper, Public Works Department, Kelantan. The scale of galary will be $180xl0-$250 00 plus Cost of Living Allowance. QUALIFICATIONS:— (a) Shall have pissed Std. I716 words
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Advertisement225 1950-08-12 2 HUME INDUSTRIES (FAR EAST) LIMITED SINGAPORE KUALA LUMPUR PENANG Tel. 5441 (5 Lin««) Tel. 3171 Tel. Prai 216 MANUFACTURERS fr ENGINEERS Asbestos /Cement Building Materials Concrete Pipes Iteel Pipes, Steel Tanks. Structural Steel Engineers Electrical Contractors AGENCIES: W. T. HINLIY? TILIGRAPH WORKS CO. LTD., London lUchic C.bUt and lofnrrng Acctsterbt.225 words
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529 1950-08-12 3 Would Be From 'Living Dead 9 LAKE SUCCESS, Friday. THE United States last night opposed inviting a North Korean representative to the Security Council's debate on Korea, declaring that "Communist imperialism" made the voice of North Korea nothing but a "voice from theReuter - 529 words
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Article39 1950-08-12 3 MANILA. Fri. Fourteen people lost their lives m floods which swept Central Luzon for three days. The typhoon floods damaged or destroyed crops, roads, buildings and bridges throughnut Pamoanga. Tarlac md Nueva Ecija provinces.—Reuter.Reuter - 39 words
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Article149 1950-08-12 3 WASHINGTON. Fri. PRESIDENT Truman ye^ter1 day called the Russian m the United Nation* Security Council a filibuster and ruled out any personal meeting with Premier Jose: Win on the world crisis. Up told a news conference that he favoured anything n.it would i :i!nnr.i?c world peace149 words
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Article89 1950-08-12 3 FOLKESTONE. Fri. Tecret papers on atomic fearch, stolen from an train on Wednesday. been recovered intact nid Yard detectives American intelligence comb.ned m a 48countrywlde hunt for the papers, lost by Mr. Frank Greeniees, a Supply Ministry official, on his way to a resiirch establishment m89 words
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Article45 1950-08-12 3 BALTIMORE. Fri— Four cargo ships, m hecluled to carry war supplies to Korea. v -i tied up yesterday oy a s'.iiko of l.iod employees of the Maryland Drydock Company here. The workers walked oft. ding wage Increase! Hit benefits. UP.UP - 45 words
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77 1950-08-12 3 US Army Not Concealing Casualties WASHINGTON, Fri. T'HE United States Army says that it is "not concealing casualties" from the Korean fighting "and never has." An army spokesman pointed out, however, that the last official tabulation of more than 2.600 casualties probably is more than two weeks old. The spokesmanUP - 77 words
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Article87 1950-08-12 3 CANBERRA, Fri. »pHE Australian Acting Prime Minister, Mr. A. W. Fadden, today scornfully dismissed a reported Moscow press allegation that Australia had agreed to hand over Northern Queensland to the United States for use as a military base. The report was published m the Soviet periodical, NewReuter - 87 words
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Article110 1950-08-12 3 new dklhi, Friday. HPHE Government of India denied yesterday that there had been any Chinese Communist infiltration from Sinkiang Province into Ladakh, the Indian-held sector m the north of Kashmir. The Karachi newspaper Dawn reported from Rawalpindi last week that some 5,000 Chinese Communists hadUP - 110 words
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Article115 1950-08-12 3 HONG KONG, Fri. A FIRST glimpse of the People's Navy was afforded Shanghai residents on Chinese Army Day when about 18 naval units appeared off the Bund to join m the celebration, according to recent arrivals from Shanghai. The ships ranged from LST's toReuter - 115 words
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Article, Illustration19 1950-08-12 3 SUPPLIES for frontline United Nations troops are loaded at a railhead m Korea. A. P. radio picture.19 words
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Article290 1950-08-12 3 TOKYO, Friday. NORTH Korean army officers shot their own men yesterday to prevent them fro m surrendering on a hill five miles south of Waegwan. American Gls, who stormed the hill where remnants of the Communist force which crossed the Naktong River were dug290 words
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Article78 1950-08-12 3 ATHENS, Fri.— A special court martial yesterday sentenced 12 Greek Communists to death at the end of a 24day trial of 61 Party members. The court sentenced two others to life imprisonment; 10. including two women, to 20 years' imprisonment; 20 to minor sentences, and acquitted78 words
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Article30 1950-08-12 3 BERLIN. Fri.— Three high- ranking Liberal Democratic Party officials fled from the Soviet zone to West Berlin I yesterday to escape arrest by East German security police. Reuter.Reuter - 30 words
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Article57 1950-08-12 3 114,454 IN U.K. AUXILIARY FORCE MUAILIMA I iVnvt LONDON. Fri. IJRITAIN'S auxiliary forces stood at 114,154.at the end of June, the Ministry of Defence announced. The strength of the Territorial Army was 7T, i :O6, the Royal Navy 5,803, the Marines 547, the Auxiliary Air Force 6,855, the R.A.F. Volunteer57 words
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Article144 1950-08-12 3 Labour Mission JAKARTA, Fri. DELEGATES of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions say they are beginning to break down the opposition that greeted them on their arrival in Indonesia five days ago. The cool attitude of many labour groups here, and the efforts to break itAP - 144 words
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Article61 1950-08-12 3 TOYKO. Fri-A new Cmna News Agency despatch, monitored here, quoted war correspondents as saying that Phillip Dean (Mike Giganties), correspondent for the London Observer and the International News Service, was captured at Yongdong on July 31. it said that Dean had be<>n sent north to Pyongyang.61 words
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Article191 1950-08-12 3 MOVE TO PROTEC T HONG KON G SHIPS HONG KONG, Friday. A MARINE Department request that all ships approaching Hong Kong from the west radio their expected time of arrival off the Lema Island Group at least 12 hours beforehand was interpreted as a British military decision to protect shipsAP - 191 words
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Article27 1950-08-12 3 TOKYO. Fri.— Air Marshal G. Jones. Australian Chief of Air Staff is expected to arrive m Tokyo from Australia by Lincoln bomber on Sun-day.—Reuter-AAP.Reuter-AAP - 27 words
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Article, Illustration25 1950-08-12 3 U.S. MARINE weeps unashamedly as a train carrying: the Texarkana Marine Reserve unit leaves Texas I for active duty. A.P. picture.AP - 25 words
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Advertisement120 1950-08-12 3 IVC-T^ FAMOUS Cyclt Dynamo Lighting Equipment Sold by all leading dealers. Factory Repi esrntatives: T. V. MITCHELL CO., LTD. SINGAPORE KUALA LUMPUR PENANG SOUTH WINDS HOTEL presents Special l)inr f b» The Johnny Klfinman Quintette To swinj for you every Sunday from 12 noon to 8 p.m. EXCELLENT MKALS SERVED120 words
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Advertisement238 1950-08-12 3 THE TWELFTH THE GROUSE SEASON OPENS TODAY Thanks to modern methods of refrigeration game is no longer just a seasonal treat. Cold Storage game is always m perfect condition and available most of the year. IT'S ALWAYS THE GAME SEASON AT COLD STORAGE Singapore Cold Storage Co., Ltd. QUALITY FOOTWEAR238 words
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446 1950-08-12 4 S'pore Service Unions To Protest To ICFTU Mission CALL FOR REMOVAL OF RESTRICTIONS THE Singapore Federation of Services Unions, in a 13-point memorandum last night, calls for "immediate removal of all unnecessary restrictions imposed by the local governments on trade unions" to enable the unions to play "their legitimate role446 words
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Article99 1950-08-12 4 r p#E "dual functions" of the Malayan Trade Union Adviser are criticised by Federation of Service Unions in its viemorandum to the ICFTU mission. "The fact that the Trade Union Adviser must support Government policy, as well as advising unions, is a source of inevitable mistrust," it99 words
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Article97 1950-08-12 4 From Our Staff Correspondent SEREMBAN, Fri. TWO Negri Chinese business men pleaded guilty here today to summons charges of failing to submit income tax returns in time to the Income Tax Office, Federation of Malaya. Kuala Lumpur. They were Koh Teh, of Kuala Pilah, and97 words
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Article25 1950-08-12 4 For possessing cellulose spray paint without permission, Tan Tian Guan, of Albert Street, was fined $20 in the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday25 words
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Article45 1950-08-12 4 T«HIRTY-FIVE stall-holders A and hawkers pleaded guilty In the Singapore Second Police Court yesterday to having inaccurate scales. Fines ranging from $15 to $25 were Imposed on 24 of them. The rest, whose dachings were in favour of customers, were cautioned and discharged.45 words
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Article, Illustration46 1950-08-12 4 COLIN (3) IS GOING HOME TOO THREE-YEAR-OLD Colin, son of Staff Sargeant V. C. Clarke watches with open-eyed wonderment as the Second Battalion of the Coldstreem Guards march on board the Orbita for tne U.K. Colin and his parents are returning home too. Straits Times picture.46 words
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Article146 1950-08-12 4 RAIDED SCHOOLS TO RE-OPEN, BUT... THE Singapore Chinese High School and the Nanyang Girls* High School will be re -opened on Monday morning, following the withdrawal of the application by the Department of Education submitted to the Governor-in-Council to declare the two schools unlawful. The Straits146 words
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Article80 1950-08-12 4 policeman surpised six Chinese taxi-drivers at the railway station taxi-stand playing 'heads or tails" by tossing coins, it was stated in the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday. One of them, Lim Boon Eng, 35, who was arrested, was found guilty of gambling and fined $5.80 words
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Article65 1950-08-12 4 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Fri.A Chinese woman, Yee Yew Keow, was sentenced to six weeks' rigorous imprisonment by Mr. A. P. Jack in the First Magistrate's Court, Kuala Lumpur, on for theft of 28 katties of scrap rubber from Kent Estate Selangor,65 words
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Article47 1950-08-12 4 From Oar Own Correspondent BATU PAHAT, Fri.— The Games committee of the University Endowment Fund, Batu Pahat, has decided to arrange a soccer game between the Malacca and Johore State teams to be played at Batu Pahat on or about Aug. 27.47 words
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Article184 1950-08-12 4 Police Station 19th Hole Krom Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. A YOUNG Chinese rubber tapper and a Chinese hawker took a holiday yesterday and decided to spend it'playin* golf at the Selangor Golf Club. Kuala Lumpur. They sought the assistance of two golf course attendants who also thought the184 words
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Article144 1950-08-12 4 decision has been taken yet by the Singapore Government as to whether the death penalty should be introduced for arson attempts, the Straits Times learnt yesterday. Government. It was learnt, is still considering the death penalty for arson along with other schemes as a144 words
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Article, Illustration26 1950-08-12 4 MRS. JOYCE WAI HENG KOH of Miiar, who has left on a Federal scholarship to take a health visitor's course at Belfast, Ireland.26 words
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Article31 1950-08-12 4 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Frl. Yusof bin Ibrahim, a trishaw rider, was fined $5 in the Johore Bahru Police Court today for having a defaced Identity card.31 words
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Article246 1950-08-12 4 HE 500 "big" men of the 2nd Battalion, Col* stream Guards said goodbye to Malays yesterday after nearly two years of bandit-fight* ing. They sailed for England in the troopship Orbita. Preceded by the Colour Party bearing the Regimental Colours, the companies were246 words
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Article74 1950-08-12 4 FE prompt arrival of the fire brigade last night at •Cecil Street saved a threestorey house where a chimney fire had broken out. The firemen had to climb to the roof of the house with the help of the turn table and pour buckets of water Into the74 words
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Article75 1950-08-12 4 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU. Frl.— The case against S. K. Bhandra. who Is charged with being in dishonest possession of 14 cases of DDT powder, was brought up in the Johore Bahru Police Court, when the prosecution asked for another month's postponement which was75 words
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Article31 1950-08-12 4 There were 611 births and 225 deaths in Singapore in the week ending Aug. 5. Chief causes of deaths were tuberculosis (.39), pneumonia (27) and enteritis «23>.31 words
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Article11 1950-08-12 4 Singapore Government has excepted the Treasury Bills ol $4,100,000.11 words
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Article76 1950-08-12 4 *I IU /O squatter settlements in South Perak hare been named "Kampoty Coldstream" after tho Guard;: battation and -Kampong Balfour," after its commanding officer. g/.Y Guardsmen were left behind in hospital, two of them nith WOUttdt tamed in battles with bandits. QNE man looking forward to76 words
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Article54 1950-08-12 4 From Our Own Corresponrtrnl JOHORE. BAHRU, Fri. Ponnusamy, a taxi ciriv. r. Angappan, Balvanian, Ri and Krishna, rubber tappi is were each fined $10 for biinij out of doors at Tiram du curfpw hours. Ponnusamy said that he was driving the others to railway station54 words
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Article59 1950-08-12 4 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Fri R. P. Fonseka, a Sinhalese, appeared In the first Magistrate's Court, Kuala Lumpur Rccuued of having in h's posession 14 uncustomed watches, duty on whlcb amounting to $85.35 had not been paid. Foneska claimed trial <i the case was59 words
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Article40 1950-08-12 4 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU. Fri. When charged with using ;,n unlicensed bicycle, Leong Swee stated in the Joh<.re Bahni, Police Court that he borrowed the cycle to teach I his wife to ride He was fined_$2.40 words
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Article32 1950-08-12 4 The sisters' and nurs>s > hostel at the General Hospital is to be named "Bn bner House" after Miss M. Bnbner. Principal Matron. Singapore, who lost her life when Singapore fell.32 words
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Article, Illustration31 1950-08-12 4 MR. S. M. YONG. a Kuala Lumpur lawyer. ;ind Mrs. Yong. who left Singapore by the Surriento yesterday for a four-months' tour of the Continent. Strait* Times picture.31 words
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Article190 1950-08-12 4 PENANG, Frl. A 24-YEAR-OLD seamstress, Wong Ah Mooi, was today sentenced to death In the Penang Assize Court when she was found guilty by a special Jury on a charge of possessing 28 rounds of ammunition at Pahang Road on June 10 this year. Wong was190 words
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Advertisement81 1950-08-12 4 COMFORT T^^k comes with courtesy and ■^1 smooth efficiency on CPA aircraft. Sit back and relax 1 you'll arrive on time and tT refreshed, by Cathay Pacific! i^^^^""""*-— 4 TL&Jfk' Where friends meet to enjoy the "Cockpit's"' Saturday speciality JAVA RIJSTTAFEL with Kathleen Seth entertaining fll at the "Solovox" bis!81 words
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Article433 1950-08-12 5 Documents Due In Colony During Weekend ITP to last night, Maria Hertogh, the young Dutch girl who last week married a 22-year-old Malay school teacher, Inche Mansor Adabi, had still not heard from the acting Dutch Consul-General in Singapore or from her parents' lawyers about the433 words
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Article53 1950-08-12 5 Ong Kim Chow, aged 29, was fined $1,000 in the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday for assisting in the management of a chap ji ki lottery in the back lane of the Upper Welo. Road Municipal labour lines on June 28. i One-third of the fine was paid53 words
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Article156 1950-08-12 5 STUDENTS ARE WORRIED Higher Fees gTUDENTS of the University of Malaya were very concerned yesterday over the 50 p-r cent, increase In tuition f' '"3 from Jan. 1 next year. It was the main topic of conversation among the senior medical students who are doing clinical work. All other students156 words
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Article107 1950-08-12 5 f«MOHT HUNDRED AND FIFTY employees of the recently destroyed Aik Hoe! I/ictory have already found employment with oiher fact >nis in Singapore. Announcing this at a Press conference yesterday, the DeS Commissioner. C.1.D., lr R. C. B. Wiltshire said that the 100 workers still unemployed were107 words
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Article31 1950-08-12 5 I hree hotel k^epors were fined $150 each in the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday for failing to register the names of occupants of rooms in their hotel books.31 words
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Article141 1950-08-12 5 lABILITIES amounting to Lj $5,000 were admitted by M. K. Varma before the Chief Justice. Sir Charles MurrayAynsley. yesterday, when he was examined in bankruptcy proceedings against him and M. S. Varma. who is not in the country at the moment. There was only one141 words
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Article81 1950-08-12 5 THE adul English evening class at the 10th mile. Nee Soon, which was opened last Sunday by the Commissioner of Lands, Mr. J. A. Harvey, started yesterday. Thirty-seven students, comprising Malays. Chinese and Indians, attended the class, which was conducted by Mr. Gabrial Pillay, an Admiralty School81 words
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Article, Illustration255 1950-08-12 5 I lEUT.-COL. G. Warfe, one of the six Australian Army officers who have been touring Malaya as observers, yesterday walked along a row of Australian soldiers' graves at Kranji military cemetery, Singapore, and accidentally saw the name of an old friend. Gil the255 words
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Article80 1950-08-12 5 rE Roman Catholic Archbishop of Indonesia, Mgr. G. de Jonghe D'Ardoye, who passed through Singapore yesterday by KLM plane en route to Jakarta, said that Communism was a black page In the history of the Church but no more than that. The Archbishop, who Is special Minister80 words
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Article25 1950-08-12 5 For depositing rotten onions on the five-foot-way, a Chinese living In Beach Road was fined $5 In the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday.25 words
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134 1950-08-12 5 NEITHER labour nor management of Rediffusion (Singapore) Ltd yesterday the seventh day of the strike —would make any comment on the mediation offer from the SingaDOre federation of Services Unions. Mr. O. H. Oldrittee. Reriiffuslon eeneral manager, merely said that so far no134 words
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Article, Illustration47 1950-08-12 5 THE PIPES AND DRUMS of the 2nd Battalion, Scots Guards, who ltd by Pipe Sgt. R. L. Kilgour, went to the Singapore docks yesterday to play away their colleagues of the 2nd. Battalion, Cold Stream Guards, when they sailed for home on the Orbitra. Straits Times picture.47 words
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Article263 1950-08-12 5 Rivals At College Now To Marry By Our Woman Correspondent THE engagement of Lee Kuan Yew and Kwa Geok Choo, announced yesterday, has long been expected by their friends in Singapore and in England. Former Raffles Collegians can still remember the rivalry between the two freshmen, Lee Kuan Yew and263 words
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Article90 1950-08-12 5 THE following passengers JL were among those who arrived at Kalians yesterday from points outside Malaya on the various air services. Passengers In transit are not included in the list. X.L.M. From Bangkok: Messrs. S. Prasertsikh. A. O. Wernli. and M. Am in. From Amsterdam: Mr. J.90 words
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Article56 1950-08-12 5 Twenty-six scouts of the First Kota Bahru Scout Troop, who are in camp at the Victoria School, Singapore, yesterday were shown round Kallang airport, Singapore. After looking over aircraft and the various departments of the airport, the scouts left to visit the Department of Broadcasting.56 words
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Article78 1950-08-12 5 Y.W.C.A., Raffles Quay, Mandarin classes, 10 »jn. and 11 a.m. V.M.C.A.. Orchard Road, chess club. 3 p.m., movi« circle show. 8 pjn. CHINESE V.M.C.A., Selegte Road, music class, 2.30 p.m., badminton. 5.30 pjn., film show, 7.30 pjn. TOMORROW CHINESE V.M.C.A., Selegie Road, badminton, 7 a.m.. Boy Scouts drill.78 words
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Article68 1950-08-12 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. THE price of rubber for purpose of assessment of export duty for the period Aug. 10 to Aug. 16 has been fixed at $1.41 a pound. For the same purpose and period, the price of copra is 5664 a ton, coconut oil $1,152 a68 words
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Article26 1950-08-12 5 Obstruction— $lo A Chinese trishaw owner who pleaded guilty to obstructing the five-foot-way with nine trishaws was fined $10 in the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday.26 words
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94 1950-08-12 5 Boy's Death Fall, Bible In Pocket From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. r<OH Cheng Hoon, a 20-year-old schoolboy, this evening fell from the fifth floor of the Chan Wing Building under construction In Mountbatten Road and was killed. In his pocket was his identity card, a small copy of94 words
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Article42 1950-08-12 5 Dr. M. Rasief. deputy to the Indonesian High Commissioner in Holland, who is unofficially reported to have been selected to be his country's first Consul-General in Singapore, left the Colony yesterday by KLM for Jakarta after a nine-days' visit.42 words
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Advertisement144 1950-08-12 5 PRE-WAR^^SS^^j^S^^ PACK QUALITY UNCHANGED BUTTER Now available from all leading provision dealers jiii[jiiimiiiiiic3iMiiiiiiMiH!iiiiiiii;ii£3iiimiiiiiiniiii;;iiimt3iimiiiMiit:!"'!ii THE TAVERN (European Residential Hotel) (Open to Non Residents) ALL ROOMS ARE CONNECTED WITH TEL. EXCHANCE Our Coiffeur de Dames is operated by American trained Miss Efhne. Meals A La Carte served up to Midnight Special Dinner144 words
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626 1950-08-12 6 The St raits Times Singapore, Sat. Aug 12 1950. The Chinese Schools It is a relief to know that the deadlock over the Singapore Chinese High School and the Nanyang Girls' High School has been settled at last and that these schools are to re-open next week. This matter has626 words
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Article269 1950-08-12 6 The people of Singapore are given today the opportunity of expressing in tangible form their appreciation of nearly twelve months of unobtrusive work by the Singapore branch of the British Red Cross Society. What has been done already in Singapore, and in Sarawak and North Borneo where269 words
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Article195 1950-08-12 6 THE MAILS; EIGHT MILES PER HOUR (From the Straits Times of August 5, 1900.) IT has been stated that a syndicate has been formed at home to maintain an improved service of vehicles on the roads in Malaya. Before anything definite is done, it might be well195 words
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Article1306 1950-08-12 6 Cynicus - As I wa s S aying Cynicus -by- "WOT yet has the income tax blow fallen, but it is being prepared. Latest betting (tax free) is two to one on the doubling of the twenty per cent, rate on business profits, and half that increase on individual income. The maximum1,306 words
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Article843 1950-08-12 6 TODAY, thanks to. several local-born Singaporeans whose memories go back well Into the nineteenth century, we are able to clear up the perplexity expressed in this column last Saturday over the existence of two parallel streets, North Canal Road and South Canal Road, in a part of the city843 words
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Advertisement737 1950-08-12 6 Straits Times Free Press foi Ik* convenience of advartitart. Mr RcprtMatarivr at Itl Flaw. S<n|i»«« C«M Storx*. Orchard Road. will receive mtl advertisements *nd aniwers to be» numbers CLASSIFIED ADS. HEAPHY To Gladys, wife of V' K. Heaphy. on 11. 8. '50, at X Kerbau Hospital, a son. Michael John.737 words
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Advertisement77 1950-08-12 6 TOP IN PRECISION! World Renowned, German I C I T 7 B|NUXIT L. C I I Em Bx3o BINOCULARS Ui.sti wttw Features.— (1) Unrivalled for Resolution of Details (2) No Colour Distortion, Higher Light Transmission and All Lens-surfaces Anti-glare coated (3) Highly built by the same Skilful Craftsmen and with77 words
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Advertisement42 1950-08-12 6 1 cPorlraii if n\ eh- v oj 1 /ct tl/-i l cU)istin<suiskQaL7awily I T| O C 7 jfcfa %iiat\Ti J »fflaa^B l ?ii^frnfii(id»»^a<r ifatt^P*"' Sankßißes^^^i*]fu^! M^a^^r* r^»jMi I lPTi?Ttf7 \im^^ 89.-" 1 'yaKBJHEMaYV > .*yS*\^ Far LAMI>S \1 X fiT them all "342 words
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239 1950-08-12 7 Discussion On Effect Of Big Fluctuations THE Governor, Sir Franklin Gimson, on Thursday called a meeting at Government House of representatives of the banks and rubber trade to discuss the effect of the recent big changes m the price of rubber on the economy239 words
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Article118 1950-08-12 7 LABOUR GIVES ITS BACKING TTHF. Labour Party of Singapore, with few alterations, ytrierday supported recommendations made by a Select Committee of the Legislative Council to constitute the Sinpore Development Board The Singapore Developnll came before the Legislative Council in December, 1949, and was passed to the select committee, which i'l'er118 words
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Article50 1950-08-12 7 A 35-vear-olcl labourer, /bclul Rahman bin Din, was found hanging from a tree 100 >;irds away trom his house in Kampong B-.uu Koyak, Pulau Tt'kong. yesterday. The discovery was made by Penman's wile who told the police that her husband hud been missing: for two days.50 words
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Article15 1950-08-12 7 Mr. Chont? Thutt Pitt, of Fingapore. has been appointed a Commissioner for Oaths15 words
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Article196 1950-08-12 7 OF 361 vacancies of the Malayan Establishment, 98 represent Singapore's share. This is disclosed In written answers sent to Mr. C. C. Tan to questions he asked at the last meeting of the Singapore Legislative Council. The replies show that there are I.SBB posts on196 words
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Article57 1950-08-12 7 FE Singapore Government has agreed to lease 83,414 square feet of land at Telok Blanga for 99 years to the Singapore Harbour Board. The lease is for the purpose of building a jetty of mooring vessels, dredging, and development connected with a Cable and Wireless cable57 words
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Article, Illustration58 1950-08-12 7 TITO SCHIPA. the famous Italian singer, with his charming: young wife, photographed b y the Straits Times yesterday, when they passed through Singapore in the Surriento following a concert tour in Australia and New Zealand. The great singer was prevented from broadcasting for a Malayan audience by58 words
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Article290 1950-08-12 7 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. OANDITS last night raided a village in NEGRI SEMBILAN and looted houses and shops. Then they lay in wait for a security force patrol which was rushed to the scene. A British soldier was wounded. Yesterday evening290 words
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Article136 1950-08-12 7 UOR continuing to run a been three times convic it without permission fror Lee Joo Wah, of Tanjong on three charges in the Court yesterday. i Mr. S. V. Hogan, Divisional Sanitary Inspector, prosecuting, told the court that the factory building had been erected during the136 words
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Article49 1950-08-12 7 CLXTEEN young offenders ran away from approved in«s stu>- is m Singapore m July. They v mong the 37 children convicted In the Juvenile C "nrlng the month. Forty-eight children were bron > fore the court. Sixteen i;ose convicted were 15-year-olds and nine were 14-year olds.49 words
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Article80 1950-08-12 7 A HOUSE of assignment for married people and their lovers has been found in Singapore. This was discovered by the Anti-Vice Squad of the Department of Social Welfare in a raid in the Geylang area last month. The Department states that oicing to the circumstances of80 words
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Article12 1950-08-12 7 Saigon has been declared an lnfecttd place owing to plague.12 words
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169 1950-08-12 7 T»HE tale of a mother who gave away her child for A $100 and now wants her back, is disclosed in the July report of the Singapore Department of Social Welfare. A Filipino woman gave her four-year-old daughter to a Malay woman and169 words
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Article, Illustration88 1950-08-12 7 fywo sons of a retired municipal servant and xcell-known Singapore businessman, Tan Sim Hong, are leaving this month for further studies in the United States. They are Ronald Tan, aged 19, and Marden Tan, aged 24, of Cavenagh Road, Singapore. Both will enter Walla Walla88 words
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Article30 1950-08-12 7 The Straits Times has pleasure ln acknowledging receipt of $10 for the Singapore Anti-Tuberculosis Association j and $10 for the Chee orphans from "<\ Straits Times Reader.-30 words
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Article22 1950-08-12 7 A dance, organised by the j Singapore Teachers' union, was held at the Adelphi Hotel Roof Garden last night, i22 words
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Article30 1950-08-12 7 Sentence of two years' rigorous imprisonment was imposed in the Singapore First District Court yesterday on Lee How Hong, aged 22, for dishonestly disposing four stolen car tyres.30 words
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Article30 1950-08-12 7 Ivor Woodall. a 7-year-old European boy, on a cycle was knocked down by a European motorist at East Coast Road, Singapore, yesterday evening. The boy sustained head injuries.30 words
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265 1950-08-12 7 BLOOD TEST REQUEST IN DIVORCE SUIT THE birth of a child to a petitioner in a divorce suit, after $he had been granted a decree nisi, and a suggestion that she should subject the infant to a blood test to prove parentage were mentioned by the solicitor for the respondent265 words
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Article199 1950-08-12 7 PRETTY WIDOW ACCUSED ATTRACTIVE 25-year-old Tan Ah Lek. whose husI band's body was found In an air-raid shelter more than two years ago, was yesterday [tentatively charged in the Singapore Relief Court with concealing vital information in connection with his death. It is alleged that Tan I helped her lover.199 words
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Article22 1950-08-12 7 Kelantan Scouts will be enitertained to a camp fire by scouts of Victoria School i Singapore at 7 o'clock tonight.22 words
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Article23 1950-08-12 7 sago factory after having :ted on charges of running n the Health Department, Rhu Road, was fined 5750 Singapore Third Police23 words
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Article54 1950-08-12 7 A MALAY girl and a Chinese man were reported missln e In Singapore yesterIday. The girl. 19-year-old Minah binte Ismail, left her home at Queen Street at 8 p.m on Wednesday. The man. 40-year-old Low Kan Jin, has been missing from his home at Pasir PanJang54 words
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Article29 1950-08-12 7 An old unserviceable mor- tar bomb, a relic of the battle for Singapore early In 1942. was found In a building site at Henderson Road yesterday morning.29 words
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Article17 1950-08-12 7 Mr. Ooh Koh Pui has been appointed an officer of the I Labour Service, Singapore.17 words
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Article67 1950-08-12 7 MH. John A. Thivy, who has been the Government of India's Representative in Malaya for the last three years, will sail from Singapore next Saturday for Mauritius on transfer. Mr. and Mrs. Thivy were entertained to tea at Raffles Hotel last evenine by Mr. and Mrs.67 words
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Article14 1950-08-12 7 Mr. Tharam Singh Maan has been appointed to the Colonial Education Service. Singapore.14 words
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Article179 1950-08-12 7 'Answer Question Or Two' Appeal AN APPEAL to "try to answer a question or two" when asked by the police was made yesterday by the Deputy Commissioner. C.I.D. Mr. R. C. B. Wiltshire. He said thaL •whispers" had reachpd the C.I.D. that people handing in Communist documents at police stations179 words
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Article48 1950-08-12 7 The Commissioner Gener.il, Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald. left by air for North Borneo yesterday morning. He has various engagements in the Colony in the next few days. Afterwards he will visit E r i and return to Sint^an the middle of next week.48 words
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Advertisement72 1950-08-12 7 HEAVY DUTY DIESEL ENGINES STATIONARY ano MARINE Ideally suited for Mining, Estate and Industrial Purposes SPARE PARTS READILY AVAILABLE *r soli distributors: Slm E DARBY |M. FLINTER S GRINBERG j 1 Diamonds and I 1 Jewellery j Telephone 7923 67, STAMFORD RD., (Eu Court Sldg) STORE IMI S "\rhi£J IHJ72 words
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343 1950-08-12 8 CHIEF JUSTICE WARNS HUSBAND "THREATS said to have been uttered by a husband against his wife, and an alleged assault on her led to Low Soo Hiat being given severe warning by the Singapore Chief Justice, Sir Charles Murray-Aynsley343 words
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Article23 1950-08-12 8 The New Moon Buddhist Day celebration will be held at 'the Buddhist Temple, 263 Outram Road, Singapore, at 7 p.m. today.23 words
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Article312 1950-08-12 8 Gift From IVrlis Rice Mill l (jIFT of $2,216 Iron the ''Bran Eo? Rice Mill Compapy, of Ana, is one of a i imber of donations which sen made in P.' lis, the of the Federai the University of Endowment Fund. list of dona; ions to this fund312 words
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Article37 1950-08-12 8 All dressed in traditional costume, 41 Malay students of the Malay Religious School, Johore Bahru, i_«aid Kallang airport their first visit yesterday evening. They were accompanied by tlvir principal, Inche Md. bin Hj. Alias.37 words
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Article39 1950-08-12 8 HE WA S DRUNK ALLEGATION Muniappu Kuran. aged 32, <>! rmnjong Rhu. claimed trial in ihe Singapore Third Police Court yesterday when accused of having been drunk and incapable in Tiong Bahru Road. The case was postponed to Aue. 19.39 words
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Article, Illustration29 1950-08-12 8 LAST NIGHT'S FIGHT FLASHY SEBASTIAN unleashing a barrage ol vicious lefts and rigrhts on Nai Tawan in their fight at the Happy World Stadium last night. Straits Times picture.29 words
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Article315 1950-08-12 8 MR. Ralph Bedford, financial manager of Carrier International Ltd., told in the Singapore Second District Court yesterday how when he ordered a stock-check on returning from leave abroad, two air conditioning units were found to be missing. Mi. Bedford was giving evidence at the continued heorins315 words
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Article88 1950-08-12 8 A MAXIMUM fine of $3,000 for assisting in a chap ji ki lottery was imposed in the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday on Teo Hong Teoh aged 25. Teo, who is the manager of an open-air cinema in Pulau Brani, claimed trial. It was stated that88 words
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Article292 1950-08-12 8 Wild Week In The Rubber Market WILD fluctuations have taken place in the rubber price this week on a very nervous market, says Lewis and Peat's market report, issued yesterday. Orders have at times been very difficult to fill, except on a tallies market caused by profit-taking and better Korean292 words
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Article290 1950-08-12 8 FLASHY Sebastian, conqueror of Fahmy and Som Pong ten years ago, scored a technical knockout in the seventh round over Nai Tawan, leading contender for the Siamese middle-weight title, at the Happy World Stadium last night. Sebastian's victory has earned him a crack at. triple-title290 words
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Article148 1950-08-12 8 LONDON, Pri. BOUNTY cricket results today were:At Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset beat Nottinghamshire by 9 wickets. Notts 249 and 170 (Hazell 3 30), Somerset 334 for 9 dec. and 86 for 1. At Leeds. Yorkshire v Northamptonshire match drawn. Yorks 304 for 8 dec. and 281 for 3 de<\ (Hutton148 words
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Article324 1950-08-12 8 ChangiWin Senior Tie fHANGI Airmen took full points when they be«t B.OJ3.CA. by three goals to nil in the S.A.F.A. Senior League game played at Jalan Besar yesterday. All three goals were scored in the first half. Asserting their superiority from the start, the Airmen opened accounts in324 words
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Article394 1950-08-12 8 LONDON, Friday. A MIDST SCENES of great excitement and a record crowd at Birmingham, Warwickshire became the first county to beat the present touring West Indian touring team today. West Indies were all out in their second innings for 222 here this morning leaving394 words
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Advertisement181 1950-08-12 8 j^\ more 4a*s i P lease! I love tfce tasie of STORK Stork Margarine is delicious spread I ♦^cl^^SQgQh on bread or biscuits. Made from the I i^ 41^?*^ finest ingredients, it contains the vita- I ""s^ ***N^sfr mins that give you extra energy and f^^~^v^^ keep you healthy. Use181 words
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Miscellaneous210 1950-08-12 8 TODAY'S RADIO SINGAPORE 10 a.m. News, followed by Emergency News from K.L.; 10.10 Close; 12 Malay. 1.00 p.m. Dance Music; 11.30 News; Weekly Share Market, 1.50 Light Music: 2 "Album of Harmony"; 2.30 'Swing Time"; 2.45 London Studio Melodies; 3.15 "Song Time"; 3.30 "Tea Dance"; 4 •Painted Porcelain"; 5 Interlude;210 words
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Miscellaneous222 1950-08-12 8 STRAITS TIMES CROSSWORD < S! «««"»?««»•<> CROSSWORD No. 138 1 Smoked ham? NonseaMt in fir-oJJ mm ■'(BroweingJ 4. Side-trip (anaj.) C 8). M- In fa»p I wrtour (S>. 10. No light vault (7). 27. Expf nsjye chaag*. o( heart MBMJ T— T~" HB j M^"" SB H~~ ll $$S£VT DOt222 words
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175 1950-08-12 9 THE SYMPATHY OF A CHINESE MOTHER MARIAS MARRIAGE IjWERY word you said last Wednesday in the J editorial footnote to a letter on Maria Hertogh's marriage was sound. I congratulate you. I don't believe for a moment that you indulged in any hypothetical assumption of facts The fact that the175 words
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Letter201 1950-08-12 9 I AM sure that, if Che 1 Aminah had in the first place been asked in the proper way, she would have been happy to consent to Maria's return to her parents in Holland. But who would not feel ill when somebody came to demand the giving201 words
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Letter68 1950-08-12 9 I WISH to express, through your paper, my profound platitude to the efficient doctor, the European sister and 'he nurses in charge of Ward 8. Tan Tock Seng Hospital, for their devoted attention to their patients. I am a new patient here. With their untiring efforts In68 words
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Letter173 1950-08-12 9 REGARDING Maria Hertogh's marriage, her foster-mother must, of course, accept all the criticism she has received The one saving point, to Muslims and Christians alike, must, be that Maria has married a sensible young man who will naturally take great care of his child bride,173 words
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Letter117 1950-08-12 9 I AM hot a Muslim but I have hosts of Muslim friends, many of whom are enlightened people, and I also count some Muslims among my relatives. I view the Maria or Mrs. Adabi controversy primarily as a purely legal issue. It appears that the cry "Religion in117 words
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Letter65 1950-08-12 9 MARIA has a very strong attachment to her fostermother and now this marriage nas added another. If she is ordered to go back to her parents in Holland, the cumulative effect of these attachments will make separation crucially painful for her and its impact may wreck her future65 words
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Letter426 1950-08-12 9 AS a newcomer to Singapore I view with misgiving what seems to be the fate of English families in the Colony. Last Sunday's issue of the Sunday Times, which presumably is read mainly for its entertainment value, stave me cause for grave concern instead. The two426 words
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Letter104 1950-08-12 9 TS it not time the police made some effort to enforce the law that motor horns shall not be sounded in the Singapore Municipal area between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m.? Occupiers of flats In the Stamford Road area have to suffer the raucous shriek104 words
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308 1950-08-12 9 "fUMULO-NIMBUS" (which is a refreshing change of name, if not of outlook, from "Cassandra") has propounded some interesting points in his letter of Aug. 7 headed "Questions Of The Moment For Our Leaders." Why does the British Government, having recognised Communist China, now not help308 words
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Letter113 1950-08-12 9 T LIKE an occasional pint of toddy but, alas, it has to be drunk under most awkward conditions. Many middle and upper-class men drink toddy and would not exchange a pint of it for one of beer. But one feels embarrassed and even ashamed to113 words
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Letter113 1950-08-12 9 A Singapore Gift nHHE pitiful appeal for a radio, in your correspondence column of Aug. 8, from the T. B. Ward, General Hospital, Kuala Lipis, Pahang, is one that calls for an immediate and hearty response. Indeed, I would be happy to know that113 words
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Letter139 1950-08-12 9 I AM wholly in accord 1 with "Cinemagoer". who, in a letter published on Aug. 9 under the heading "Swollen Eyes", suggested a ban on smoking in Singapore cinemas. My experience last Saturday night confirms that the main t)fTenders are Europeans, and the worst type139 words
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Letter122 1950-08-12 9 I WOULD inform Skippy, whose letter of Aug. 8 requested Radio Malaya to present the Bill of Human Rights, that on a Sunday evening about two months ago a one-hour programme entitled "Document 777" was broadcast by Radio Malaya, Singapore. I regret 1 am unable to122 words
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Letter234 1950-08-12 9 AN UMNO branch is reported by you as having recently passed a resolution that it was expedient to ask the Government to afford Chinese squatters in Malaya the opportunity of taking part in padi planting. This was as a step towards solving the food problem of the234 words
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426 1950-08-12 9 I HEAD with interest your editorial of Aug. 4, headed "Exploiting the Landlord." Your impartial survey of the problem needs no further comment from me. It cannot be too strongly emphasised that the sensible property owner in Singapore today has every sympathy with the426 words
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Letter39 1950-08-12 9 U/AS it a mere coincidence that your report in the Straits Times of Aug. 10 headed "Loans to 'Camps' Scaled Down" appeared side by side with another headed "Thefts and Robberies Up In July? HONI SOIT. Singapore.39 words
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229 1950-08-12 9 THE BISHOP'S VIEW OF LOTTERIES I T»HE Bishop of SingaJ pore has voiced hit opposition to the idea of Government sponsored i lotteries. He seems to I confuse gambling with lotteries. In a game of chance one s skill is required, in a lott try one's luck. To play on229 words
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Letter134 1950-08-12 9 YOU recently reported n American news it (in describing the effects "fa herb called •catnip" on lions and other denizens of the 7<o. Can anybody say what this herb is and what its active principle is that makes In r< c animals behave like content! <i134 words
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Advertisement14 1950-08-12 9 Built in Singapore T/ioruycroff. .X «gft ff^Nn nil V^ v I -y. is—ay— jh14 words
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Article374 1950-08-12 10 LONDON. Fri. A LTHOUGH subdued by I\ events in Korea, the London Stock Exchange was not without features today. The week ended on a firm note with widespread gains in British Government securities following good institutional demand. Tin .shares were a strong fentwrv of the commodity section. The374 words
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Article986 1950-08-12 10 From A Market Correspondent I ONDON buyers came m for Tin shares at improved prices, yesterday m the Malayan share market but local holders were disinclined to part with their shares at these still low levels. Industrials were a fraction steadier m some cases. Price quotations announced yesterday986 words
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Article45 1950-08-12 10 SINGAPORE. Fri., Aut;. 11—9400 (up 513.62.. to a new record). LONDON. Fri Aug. 11 Spot £802 £SO4; Forward: iv MS £804; Settlement: £805. Turnover: Morning. 25 tons, afternoon. 165 tons. It is understood the Ministry of Supply sold a small quantity this afternoon.45 words
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Article218 1950-08-12 10 WITH the -very hemvy drop m prices m New York and London, it was expected that Singapore rubber prices would be considerably lower yesterday The market, however, behaved very well, with the price of first-grade, August shipment, around $1.20 a Ib., easing down to $1.17. In tr-e afternoon,218 words
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Article130 1950-08-12 10 SHIPS in the Singapore Outer and Inner Roads and alongside Harbour Board godowns yesterday were: OuUr Roads: Hal Hsuan. Mvi Hock, Hai Heng. Falstria. Ribnovsk, Gorozavodsk. La Capirena, Duiat. M. Brander. Vedbay. Antonia. Theoginnetor. Sldajoe. Ovula. Inner Roads: Halvdan. Katong, Mrntfikab. Batoebahra, Hock Heng,130 words
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Article29 1950-08-12 10 HONG KONG. Fri. pREE market currency exchange for Hong Kong dollars was quoted today as follows: VS*\. HKs6.4o'i: £1. HKJ15.65; one Uel of gold HK»3IB.SO— U.P.UP - 29 words
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Advertisement1333 1950-08-12 10 MANSFIELD di CO.. LTD. iln.o'oomeo in Singapore) BLUB FUNNEL LINE SAIUNGS "e'uVfRPOOL' CLASCOw' LONDON, b CONTINENTAI PORTS > Vmls S>iam t*orts '7'!^hlTC"o Aug. 14 Aug. 17/11 A.g 19/20 Automtdon toi N Atnca Lonoon. tj Hamburg C 17/18 Aag. 1 1 Aug 12/11 Aug. 14 i d-°d lOnC C 29/30 Aug..1,333 words
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Advertisement382 1950-08-12 10 PRESIDENT LINER SAILINGS TO NEW YORK AND BOSTON VIA CEYLON. INDIA fCYPT and MfniTfRBANEAN PORTS Voot* P Sham Panang Pr« Monroe 14/17 Aug. 18 Aug 1»/20 Aug. Pres Buchanan 22/27 Aug 28/29 Aug. 30 Aug./l Scat. Prcs Harding 5/10 Sept 11 12 Sept. U/15 fc-pt Pres Van Bu-cn 20/24 Sept382 words
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Advertisement424 1950-08-12 10 EAST ASIATIC LINE SAILINCS FROM SCANDINAVIA/UK./ CONTINENT m/s "Mconia" due abt Aug. 12 for Sa.gon G Bangkok SAILINCS TO CONTINENT/ m/s -Selandia due abt Aug. 12 SCANDINAVIA for Bangkok m/s "Kvernaas'" due abt Aug. 21 for Manila Hong Kong Kobe Loading at Singapore. Port iwetterhem Yokohama Takubar Penang m/s "Kambodia"424 words
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Advertisement970 1950-08-12 10 McALISTER tit CO.. LTD. Oncorporafec m imgeooie; Telephone No. 5906 ELLERMAN BUCKNALL KLAVENESS LINE LONDON HAVRt ANTWERP LO ANCELES. aAN FRANCISCO ROTTERDAM b MAMBU-X PORTLAND SEATTLE ft VANCOUVER CITY OF FLORENCE Acceotme cargo toi wentiai v y>uih M/&& nmSSS »i AugTi^pt mmmrmu t Sept. Vporo sham rerung Sham. Harrisons U970 words
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Article552 1950-08-12 11 EPSOM JEEP - EPSOM JEEP Unlucky Clynor Well In It Too By PENANG, Friday. /GOVERNOR'S CUP winner Four O'Clock II is the "class" horse in the Penang Gold Cup race tomorrow (Race Six), concluding day of the Penang Turf Club August Bank Holiday Meeting but the heavy552 words
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Article838 1950-08-12 11 ARABIAN KNIGHT is a doubtful starter in the A Penang Cup (Race Seven) and with No Regrets, Miss Nathan and Byron out of the race, speedy Permita Dormez looks a reasonably good each way wager. Persian Lord, too, is a probable non-starter although he has838 words
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Article114 1950-08-12 11 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Fri. THERE is a much better social atmosphere in Malayan racing than is provided by the English Turf, Penang Round Tabler T. L. Gething writes In his club's 1950 digest published today. "Whatever might have happened financially, Malayan race goers generally get114 words
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Article126 1950-08-12 11 From Our SlarT Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Frl. QN TOUR ol the Federation, the v Singapore Raffles Institution today beat the Methodist Boys' School at cricket by 71 runs. Raffles Institution bowlers were In fine form to dismiss the mission school for a mere 59 runs126 words
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Article24 1950-08-12 11 Hong Kong, Frl. —The r Singapore basketball team last night w.i their third straight game wh. they defeated Chung Shlng 61 to 41.—Reuter, AAP.Reuter; Reuter-AAP - 24 words
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Article147 1950-08-12 11 ACE 1 2.3» ACE 2 3.00 ACE 3 3.30 .ACE 4 4.00 RACE S 4 30 RACE 5.05 ACE 7 5 46 ACE 8 6.15 EPSOM JEE RAMILLIES Pathfinder Merlin TEMPEST Kanda Airmail EVERBRIGHT The Blessing Golden Harvest TEXAS Jack's Darling star of India EASTERN PICTURE Grecian147 words
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Article1026 1950-08-12 11 Race 1—2.30: Class 3, Div. 2—6 Furs. 1. 000 Maryland Little 9.00 Mr. Cheong Thiam Chye Rodgers 2. 413 Merlin Healey 8.13 Mesdames Cheah Chan Parker I. 000 Firemaster Ingram 8.10 "Levee Kongsi" Rodßers 4. 000 Yotoi Ellery 8.09 'Mr. Kwik" Pox 5. 201 Ascot Vale Lansdown1,026 words
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Advertisement314 1950-08-12 11 FIVE TIMES: 11 1.45 4 6.30 9.30 srARnyG today *H' I 1 t fj j ROARING J^lsstdJ JOLT 0F A JET WjffmTfMfTf Comes the #sU^^^/ FASTEST RO9€T bolt of BOG ART YET! feternp?f< BOCART JPk PWWIR N Wv 'N Wainu B»os. V t~; The Screen's First Story ABOUT THE JET314 words
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Advertisement204 1950-08-12 11 2nd SMASH **Snow White" box office record broken by "Cinderella" see it and you'll know why /7> MltDimey's -sa^iik rviNDEREUAffi^ m^l^i cior by TECHNICOLOR Special News Supplied By U.S 1.5.: "IV. Aid The Republir tooayC ATM AV v BK4VMIDNIGHT TONIGHT Anyone who trusts that "Baby" face... WILL GET HURT! Dynamic204 words
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Article, Illustration2175 1950-08-12 12 24th Malaya Cup Soccer Final Today But Penang Hope To Be Third Time Lucky THIS evening's Malaya Cup final at Kuala Lumpur will be the 24th in the series whi eh started in 1921. Singapore, the Southern finalists, are making their 22nd appearance. For Penang,2,175 words
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Article55 1950-08-12 12 pHE Sultan of Selangor will present the Malaya Cup and medals to the teams at the conclusion of the final today. Mr. J, Keating a Selangor and Combined Services referee, will be In charge ot the game. His linesmen will be Mr. lionr.is De55 words
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Article58 1950-08-12 12 "INHERE was no play in the 1 V.M.C.A. tennis tournament yesterday. Today's ties are: Novices open singles (final): Nayagam v W. E. Tan. Novices open doubles (final) Dr. Ong Swee Law <t Un Hon Kun v Poh Guan Chwee <& Poh Guan Cheng. Class A h'rap singles (final)58 words
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Article30 1950-08-12 12 Today's cricket fixture between Christian Brother s 0.8.A and Anglo-Chine c e School 0.8.A. in the Ev.an Wong Shield competition has been postponed to next Saturday, August 19.30 words
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Article149 1950-08-12 12 TOD \Y SOCCER: i Community League) R.A.F. v Europeans at Jalan Besar; (Junfcr vup-tin Police S.A. T Jollilads at GcylMf; (Bse. Hse. B) O.T.E.C. S.C. v Borneo S.C. at Police Depot. CRICKET: (Friendly) S.R.C. t Singhalese A*sn. at S.R.C; S'pore Cold Storage v MrNair Youngster* at Farrer Park.149 words
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Article404 1950-08-12 12 DENANG'S Cup Final team flew to Kuala Lumpur yesterday quietly hopeful of upsetting morefancied Singapore in their first post-war Malaya Cup final today. This confidence is shared by the two prime movers in Penang's Cup successes this year, Mr. Yeap Hock Hoe, President of the404 words
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Article168 1950-08-12 12 FILL list of Mal«r* tap h,,..i rctalto IKSI Sincapor* oeji s, augur z-l. 19'J'i Srlangar beat Singapore S-t MM Singapore brat rtrak I l!i'!4 Singapore beat Selangor I v Singapore beat Stlanror -I 1928 Perak beat Singapore l-u. 1»27 Selangor beat Singapore HI Singapore drew with !>rijn»or168 words
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Article454 1950-08-12 12 Team Work Singapore's Trump Card IN THEIR first post-war Malaya Cup final at Kuala Lumpur today, Singapore will not rel.v mainly on their inch idual stars to win the game. The.r trump card will r»a team work, a combined eftori. by a group of players between whom a strong bond454 words
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Advertisement766 1950-08-12 12 CLASSIFIED ADS. (Continued from oagt «i ACCOMMODATION VACANT LEONTF HODSE, 25 Orange Road. One vacancy occurs. Apply Mrs. 1. H Payne Telephone ***** FURNISHED double room suitable for family, witb verandah, available full board Telephone K2RIO 15 Scotts Rd MLVERBANK. Double room with verandah MS bath avallsbK central and select.766 words
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Advertisement59 1950-08-12 12 am Forever loveh r M x^^i*^i3 expansion band. Sole Agents:E. NASSIM 6c SONS <^^- 381, North Bridge Road, Singapore. STOP PRESS! STORM WARNING! TIDAL WAVE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY Greatest windstorm and tidal wave ever to hit Singapore will arrive on Wednesday when the Capitol presents on Its screen the exciting drama59 words
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Page 12 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous27 1950-08-12 12 I SINGAPORE TID'S, i ODAV: 11.01 a.m. cHi; t and B.si p.m. 1 9ft. lin.i. TOMORROW: 11.3H r m U I 4in.> and 10.35 p.m. <9fi 6ii27 words
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