The Straits Times, 13 January 1951
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Title Section18 1951-01-13 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, JANUARY 13, 1951. PRICE TEN CENTS18 words
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Article351 1951-01-13 1 Reds Build Up For New Drive South TOKYO, Friday. AMERICAN troops captured a strategic hill two miles south-west of abandoned Wonju today while Communists held another key slope south-east of the town. A regiment of the American 2nd Division took Hill 247 in anReuter-AAP - 351 words
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Article, Illustration65 1951-01-13 1 ANCIENT AND MODERN: With all his possessions slung in a bundle over his shoulder. Shah Muhammed waits 1 v.pas M■."'•!> at Kalian? y<*storday for a KLM Constellation to tike him back to Karachi and the four sons h« his not seen for mor« than 30 years. He is well over65 words
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Article151 1951-01-13 1 HONG KONG, Friday. N emergency ordinance making all people of British nationality in Hong Kong subject to immediate military service was announced today. Mr. J. L. Murray. Public Relations Director, said the ordinance applies to all British subjects— men and women. Eurasians and Chineseborn inAP - 151 words
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Article20 1951-01-13 1 TAIPEH. Fri— Formosa wtll ship 2.000 cases of pir/»apples to London this month, the Chinese Press reported today. —ReuterReuter - 20 words
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Article84 1951-01-13 1 HONG KONG, Fri. rpilF.r piIF. ommander-in-Chief of the British ground forces in the Far East disclosed that an agreement bad been reached for the exchange of French and British for reciprocal training in Malaya, Hong Kong and Malaya. General Sir John Harding arrived here from aUP - 84 words
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Article35 1951-01-13 1 SEGUIN. TEXAS. Fri.— Six of the crew of a U.S. Superfortress were killed when the bomber crashed and burst into flames. Five other members of the crew parachuted to safety.— A.P.AP - 35 words
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Article309 1951-01-13 1 TRUMAN SETS 8 TARGETS WASHINGTON, Fri. PRESIDENT Truman today set vast targets for the United States rearmament effort. He devoted most of his annual economic review to Congress to the means by which the strength of the United States and the free nations of the world could be used toReuter - 309 words
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Article36 1951-01-13 1 After ordering out the Malay driver of a General Transport Co. taxi parked along Upper Weld Road, Singapore, early yesterday morning, three Chinese smashed bottle* of petrol on the vehicle and set it abiare36 words
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244 1951-01-13 1 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. CK)UR members of a train escort today ran the 1 gauntlet of a hail of bandit bullets to remove sleepers blocking the path of the East Coast mail train near Kuala Krau. The men received covering fire244 words
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Article86 1951-01-13 1 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. rE Associated Chinese Chambers of Commerce at a secret meeting in Kuala Lumpur today decided to call on the British Government to withdraw their recognition of Communist China, particularly because of that country's aggression in Korea and Indo-China. The.86 words
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Article96 1951-01-13 1 pACKETEERS In Singapore are selling neatly-wrap-ped packets of cardboard for the price of 10 or 20 cl?arette«. The Kice of popular brands ha* jumped— aa It usually doe* before Chines* New Distributors and retailers, harassed by Indignant customers, cannot account for the "dummies," and many now open96 words
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Article, Illustration42 1951-01-13 1 SINGAPORE firemen fight desperately in a vain attempt to control the flames which gutted eight houses and made 50 homeless after fire started In a cushion factory in Jalan Ampas, off Balestier Road, yesterday. Straits Times picture42 words
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170 1951-01-13 1 'OPEN' UMNO Committee Supports Onn's Plan rpHE central working comA mittee of the United Malays National Organisation has accepted in principle Dato Oimi's recent proposal for full membership of UMNO for all races, the organisation announced yesterday. The proposal, however, will not be debated at UMNO's half-yearly general assembly in170 words
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Article204 1951-01-13 1 VI ORE than 50 people were made homeless in Singapore yesterday when eight houses were destroyed by fire which started in a cushion factory in Jalan Ampas, off Balestier Road. A 70-year-old Chinese woman and her daugh-ter-in-law, aged 28, were taken to hospital witn facial burns204 words
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Article76 1951-01-13 1 HONG KONG, Fri, A GUN battle flared up on Hong Kong's frontier with China last night when police caught a gang of Chinese trying to remove parts of the British-built protective wire fence. The gang escaped across the frontier stream into Chinese territory. There were noReuter - 76 words
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Article53 1951-01-13 1 LONDON, Fri.— The engagement was announced here today of Mr. C. M. H. Le Rougetel, only son of Sir John Le Rougetel. British Ambassador to BeGglum, and Miss Anne Penfold daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. De L Penfold, of Victoria Park, Singapore. Mr. Penfold is Controller53 words
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Article24 1951-01-13 1 TOKYO, Fri.— The British Commonwealth Film Corporation will give the jjrpflts in Japan of th* film "Tie Black ffafcL|>ua" to Japan's lepers.24 words
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Article55 1951-01-13 1 WASHINGTON. Fri. rE American Army proposes to call up 50,000 more men because of casualties in Korea, a Defence Department official disclosed yesterday. The Department has already asked for 80.000 men a month for the first three months of this year. Draft calls soReuter - 55 words
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Article307 1951-01-13 1 HKinno danger, says MacD HONG KONG, Fri. TV/fR. Malcolm MacDonald, Commission-er-General for SouthEast Asia, said here tonight that the British authorities do not anticipate any developments in the near future which would expose Hong Kong to danger He added that the BritUh authorities were not at present contemplating giving adviceReuter-AAP - 307 words
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Advertisement8 1951-01-13 1 LINDETEVES (MALAYA) LIMITED KUALA LUMPUR. SINGAPORE. PENANG, IPOH.8 words
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194 1951-01-13 2 LONDON, Friday. JHE British War Ofice today Seated am Egyptian newspaper report thai British officers in Kgypt had been arrested after allegations that they had sold military equipment without authority. A War Office statement said "a British officer has made a number of allegations194 words
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Article, Illustration30 1951-01-13 2 TEDDY TINLINC. 4e£ixuer for "Gorte»»is Gussi*-" a&d other Wimbifdan performers, has sent this two-piece tennis outfit in a display for Usiled States orders. Reuter pictare.Reuter - 30 words
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Article28 1951-01-13 2 MANILA. Fri.— The Philippine Foreign Affairs Department does not contemplate for the present to order the evacuation of over 300 FilipDinos still in Hong Kong.— Reuter-AAP.Reuter-AAP - 28 words
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Article184 1951-01-13 2 NEW YORK, Fri. PRESIDENTIAL adviser Mr. John Steelman declared yesterday that American labour has been purged of the Communist menace and urged U.S. labour organizations and individual workers to Join in a campaign to free EuroDean unions from Communist influence He said such a campaign, that wouldUP - 184 words
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Article35 1951-01-13 2 BERLIK, Fri— lt was announced last night that the United States has officially protested against Soviet interference with Germans travelling in American care on the International highway between Berlin and West Germany. UP.UP - 35 words
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Article, Illustration25 1951-01-13 2 ARCHIE YOKE RADIO PAIR, the ventriloquist Feter Brougfc and feu puppet "Archie Andrews." take a tiding lesson at a London toy «aMp. Eester pic tore.25 words
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Article328 1951-01-13 2 BRITON LIVED 25 YEARS IN MAT HUT RANGOON, friday. FEW at the funeral pyre of Buddhist high priest Prajnananda knew the flames were consuming all that was mortal of a soldier who turned priest because war sickened him. Prajnananda was born Frederick Fletcher in London on328 words
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Article46 1951-01-13 2 MANILA ML PRESIDENT Q«irino yesterday told a 20-man trade delegation from Hong Konr that the Philippines Government wo«ld grn fail protection to any foreign capital invested In the Philippines. He assured then there wwM be no discrimination against any alien trader. Reuter.-A.AT.Reuter - 46 words
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Article21 1951-01-13 2 WASHINGTON, Fri —The United States Government yesterday made It Illegal to hoard supplies of natural or synthetic rubber. Reuter.Reuter - 21 words
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248 1951-01-13 2 A BURMESE Robinson Crusoe, who lived on almonds while marooned for a year on an island in the Bay of Bengal, will j o back to his home town today. I The 31 -year-old castaway I was caught in tempest while out fishing248 words
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Article39 1951-01-13 2 ST. LOUIS, Friday. \N li -year -old girl, married when she was 13, hat given birth Mr fifth child a fly* pound §trl. She is married to a 28-year-old employee tn the dtp rub'39 words
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Article209 1951-01-13 2 WASHINGTON, Fri. ORBBIDENT Truman 1 appointed Mr John Fosfow Dulles yesterday as an Ambassador to head a special mission to Japan to discuss a Japanese Deare settlement. The mission will leave for Japan In about 10 days. Mr. Dulles is Republican foreign policy adviser toAP - 209 words
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Article100 1951-01-13 2 DURHAM, New Hampshire, Fri.— Mr. Erwin Canham, editor of the Christian Science Monitor, said today it would be a "fatal step" If the United States withdraws its forces from Europe and Asia. Speaking at the University of New Hampshire convocation. Mr. Canham said If the United States "holesUP - 100 words
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Advertisement464 1951-01-13 2 NOTICES NATURALISATION NOTICE is hereby gi*en tnat Mr. Sam Ah Ngaw Of No. 628-1. AJJunied Road, Singapore, is. applying to the Governor ,f or naturalisation and that **9 person wn<> knows any reason why naturalisation should not be granted should send a written signed statement of the facts to the464 words
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Advertisement154 1951-01-13 2 NOTICES CONSTRUCTION OF NEW LAUNCH Tenders will be received at the Office of the Harbour Master, Johore up to noon on 15th February. 1951, lor the construction of one shallow drafted jsea-going launch for the Government of Johore. Further Information regarding th* type of launch may be obtained from the154 words
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Article493 1951-01-13 3 WITH REDS 5-Point Plan On Korea LAKE SUCCESS, Friday. THE United States has officially agreed to hold talks with Communist China and other powers after a cease-fire in Korea. The United States delegate, Mr. Warren Austin, announced this in the U.N. Political Committee. The cease-flreReuter - 493 words
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Article, Illustration17 1951-01-13 3 MK!>. Mr. S. UIFFORD, wile of the new American Amh^siror to Britain. Reuter nicture.Reuter - 17 words
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Article290 1951-01-13 3 'PEACE' PLAN' PRAISED LONDON. Fri. Wr.aN Powers pra.a.'d the Commonwealth's nvep nt peace plin for Korea. bir the nvjjrity were not uptimis ie about the ■.mr Peactlon from various c ;.'!itrios wa s as follows.— YORK: The New \,i Tirms said the main arc- litccts of the Plan were net)290 words
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Article, Illustration39 1951-01-13 3 FRENCH NEGRO troops in the ruins of Daphuc, 20 miles north of Hanoi, after its recapture from Vietminh rebels. The Communists threw several battalions into the assault. BELOW: Wounded receiving; treatment after the battle. A.P. pictures.AP - 39 words
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Article28 1951-01-13 3 LOS ANGELES Frl.— Mr Robert Alexander, one of the leading U.S. architects, leaves tonight for Madras. India, where he will design a garden tv.-A.P.AP - 28 words
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Article236 1951-01-13 3 No Peace At Any Price Truman WASHINGTON, Friday. p EJECTING the ♦•peace-at-any-price" policy, President Truman last night said he puts "honour and justice" above 'fat and ease". At a dinner given by Democratic Party Congress men, the President expressed the hope that his party and Congress "will remember that honourAP - 236 words
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Article63 1951-01-13 3 PARIS. Fri. The French Navy is to be heavily reinforced this year with at least one carrier, "flak" (anti-air-craft) ships, mine sweepers and escort vessels. Twenty new ships, will join the fleet four escort ships of 2.700 tons and 16,300-ton mine sweepers. The conversion of theReuter - 63 words
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Article35 1951-01-13 3 ITHACA. (New York). Fri. Cornell University announced today that it had received a $325,000 grant from the Rockefeller Foundation to support a broadened programme of South-East Asia studies.— Reuter.Reuter - 35 words
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Article39 1951-01-13 3 LONDON. Fri.— The North Atlantic Treaty Production Board today unanimously approved the appointment of an American industrialist as its supreme co-ordinator of production, a spokesman said tonight. The co-ordinator would rank with the Supreme Commander. Genera! Elsenhower.—Reuter.Reuter - 39 words
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Article55 1951-01-13 3 LONDON, Fri. THE War Office yesterday denied reports that the Royal Ulster Rifles Contingent has been "virtually wiped out in recent actions in Korea." All units of the British 29th Brigade are "still in action and in very good heart though the Brigade sustained casualties,"Reuter - 55 words
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Article174 1951-01-13 3 rwTOw NEW YORK, Friday. ITHE Radio Corporation of America has perfected a x civil defence alert system which could spread a nationwide warning of any surprise attack in seconds. i Lights would flash and bells I would clang in hospitals, police stations and civilian defence174 words
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Article110 1951-01-13 3 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON. Fri. PROTESTS have been made to the Colonial Office and the Board of Trade regarding the shipment of 7,000 tons of rubber from Malaya to Russia on the steamer Stanrealm. The protests came from Mr. William Steward, M.P., (Con.) who in a110 words
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Article246 1951-01-13 3 WASHINGTON, Friday. AMERICA has told Britain that her troops will fight on in Korea and they and Allied forces will make every effort to establish a defence position, diplomatic officials said yesterday. They were reporting on the recent visit of inquiry by theReuter; AP - 246 words
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Article31 1951-01-13 3 SEGUIN. (Texas). Frl.— Six men were killed when a B-29 Superfortress crashed and burst into flames near here last night. Five men parachuted to safety.— Reuter.Reuter - 31 words
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Article141 1951-01-13 3 PACIFIC PACT 'URGENT' SYDNEY, Fri. A USTRALIA'S Minister for External Affairs, Mr. Percy Spender, said today the need for a regional pact in the Pacific was becoming more urgent. The majority of countries entitled to participate in the Japanese peace treaty discussions did agree with Australia on the need toReuter - 141 words
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Article43 1951-01-13 3 SAIGON. Frl. Unknown men driving a stolen jeep hurled two grenades into a passing car and kHled the editor of a local French newspaper here today. The editor. M De La Chebrottiere. had survived an earlier attempt on his life. Reuter.Reuter - 43 words
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Article, Illustration22 1951-01-13 3 THE AGA KHAN and the Begum at Cairo before visiting Teheran as guests of the Shah of Persia. A.P. picture.AP - 22 words
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Article170 1951-01-13 3 WASHINGTON, Frl. THE Atomic Energy Commission announced yesterday that it will stage test atomic explosions at the bombing and gunnery range near Las Vegas. It will be the second test in the United States. The first was at Alamogordo, New Mexico, In 1945. The commissionAP - 170 words
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Advertisement269 1951-01-13 3 Sole agents in Malaya and Singapore for Curtis Cm: COLD STORAGE Singapore Cold Storage Co.. Ltd. rr/^ YOUR FEET J lu/'xW^^^ require .special rare in the 1 i/ al^ i IM tropics. Knclosed in shoes H/fefj^F/i i\iJ£s\ throughout (he day (hoy i TJ^}Try^>C-^%j\ tend to crack between and "V?**^^/^ _^>o6rj\269 words
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382 1951-01-13 4 M ALAYA LEADS ALL ASIA IN EXPORTS TO AMERICA WASHINGTON, Friday. VI ALA Y A led all Asian countries in exports to the Inited States in OcUber, with U553 1,700,000 worth of Roods, mainly tin and rubber, compared with U5524,000,000 in September. In each of the two months. <he bought382 words
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Article, Illustration29 1951-01-13 4 CHANGING SKYLINE THE SIX-STOREY extension to tbe Chartered Bank buildim in Battery Road has changed the Singapore skyline. It is expected to be completed in Jane. Straits Times picture.29 words
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Article158 1951-01-13 4 Gurkhas In Mosque 'Mistake From Our^Uff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. THE Federation Government today denied that a platoon of Gurkhas had desecrated a Mosque in Kampong Labu. Bentong. and had torn up a sermon book. The Government statement said that due to a misunderstanding -"for which no one can be158 words
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Article51 1951-01-13 4 From Our Own Correspondent BENTONG. Fri. The Sulia n of Pahang hu appointed Mr. H. F. Walker, acting State Forest Officer, an unofficial member of the Pahang Council of State. Mr. J. R. Spence, acting State Engineer, has been appointed an unofficial member of the51 words
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Article34 1951-01-13 4 From Owr Own C«rresponde»t MUAR. Thurs Mr. Khoo Hong Khim. of Customs and Excise, Muar. has been transferred to Malacca. He has been secretary of the Muar Badminton Association for three years.34 words
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240 1951-01-13 4 Fran Oar Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. THE Board of Arbitration set up to settle the wages dispute between rubber workers unions and the Malayan Planting Industries Employers' Association today announced that partial agreement had been reached. It adjourned to a date to be240 words
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Article42 1951-01-13 4 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. A .gift of $$,000 has been made by the administrators of the estate of the late Mr. Kuok Keng Kang to the Johore Banrn District Assoclat'on for the Prevention of Tuberculosis.42 words
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Article34 1951-01-13 4 Froffi Oar O-vn Vnt rest* nde.it SEGAM/7, Frl. Mr. Lfew Sen" "tm from Raub, has replace i Mr. jUMrhvan, who has *<>ne to Kiftng, US tifflcer-in-rharse of the Electricity Board at Segittliat.34 words
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Article, Illustration35 1951-01-13 4 DR. A SifcWART. a tftfeeceutosiM speci»iKt. who arrive* at Singapore yesterday to work for SATA. He specialised at the sanitorium associated with the Duendin Hospital, New Zealand. Vw eight years.— Straps Times picture.35 words
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Article63 1951-01-13 4 THREE Cantonese women believed involved in trafficking in juvenile prostitution are being sought by the Department of Social Welfare and the police. They are wanted m connection with one of three girls alleged to have been forced Into prostitution. This Is stated in the Department's December63 words
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Article209 1951-01-13 4 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG. Friday. \yiTH their business hours cut down to only one hour a day, the seven Market Street shops and one cigarette stall closed by Government under the new regulations imposing collective punishment for "sealed-lips" areas, report a loss of over %0209 words
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Article95 1951-01-13 4 ¥%OAC stewardess Pamela O Benaatt, who is carrying a silver cup presented by the British magazine. Cycling to the 1950 amateur cycling champion of the world. Australian Jack Hoobin, of Melbourne, arrived in Singapore yesterday by BOAC Constellation trom London, but the cup was not vsith95 words
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68 1951-01-13 4 LICENCE BOARD From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Fri. The President of the Sessions Conrt will be the Chairman of the Johore Bahru licencing Board for 1951 and tfie Deputy Commissioner for Labour the Vice Chairman. Other members are the Health Officer. Johore South, the Secretary, Johore Bahru Town Board68 words
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Article57 1951-01-13 4 From Our Own Correspondent KLUANG. Prt. Hong Peck Fah. Wong Hai Sol Chong Yuit Kwee. Wong Kuan Yin. Wong Meng, Chim Cheong, Goh Chen Tong and Lee Kwee Chin, who stayed out-of-doors in the curfew area without a written permit at Sembrong estate. Layang Layang, were each fined57 words
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Article43 1951-01-13 4 From Owr Own Correspondent BENTONG. Prt. Mr. Liow Hai Fong, formerly assistant superintendent of the Taipmg Detention Camp. Is now headmaster of the Khal Man Primary and Middle School at Bentong In place of Mr. Teng Hiow Nam, who has resigned.43 words
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Article30 1951-01-13 4 Fr«m Oar Own Correspondent KLUANG, Frl. A 94-year-old Sikh, Bhaktor Singh, of Jalan Mersing, who was found drunk and incapable was fined $5 or five days' imprisonment.30 words
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Article90 1951-01-13 4 From Our Own Cotrespmtdent KUANTAN, Friday. A SOT teas playing in front of his home near Kuantan when he called out to his aunt inside: "Look, a biifjalo" His aunt came and a saw tiger "almost as big as a buffalo,' she mid—rurt from the90 words
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Article130 1951-01-13 4 EUROPEAN WOMAN JOINS MCA Frmm Oar Own Concipondent ALOR BTAR. Fri pOR the first time since its formation. Kedah and Perlis branch of the Malayan Chinese Association has admitted a European woman. Mrs. M. E. Barratt, as an associate member. The fourth Kedah European to join the association, Mrs. Barratt130 words
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Article72 1951-01-13 4 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. T<HE Kuala Lumpur Munix cipality will build badminton courts and a basket {ball court on the old canteen site at the foot of Court Hill —if it can obtain State approval to use the land. Mr. Cheah Ewe72 words
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Article68 1951-01-13 4 from Our Own Correspondent KUANTAN. Fri Jusoh bin Abdullah, a special constable at Pasir Kemudi. was at Kuantan gaoled for 15 days for absenting himself from duty for 1» days. Jusoh said that while on leave In Kemaman. his cousin died, then his mother and father fen68 words
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Article68 1951-01-13 4 STABILISER FOR P O SHIPS The British Denny Brown stabiliser, designed to check a ship's rolling, is to be fitted to all future P. O. passenger ships. This decision follows successful trials on the Chusan on the Far East run, the first large ship to be fitted. The cost of68 words
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Article40 1951-01-13 4 From Our Own Correspondent SEGAMAT, Frl. Charged in the Segamat Circuit Court with accepting $100 as a bribe, a 49-year-old special constable. Low Wah was offered bail of $500. The case was postponed to Feb. 3 for trial.40 words
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456 1951-01-13 4 'Men For Varsity Can Be Found In Malaya '-Doctor J^HLRE is clinical teaching ability available locally for the University of Malaya, but the authorities are not making sufficient use of it. This suggestion has been made by Dr. B. R. Sreenivasan. formerly of the Government Medical Service, writing to the456 words
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57 1951-01-13 4 2 TRIALS ONLY From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Frl.— Only two cases are down for trial at Penang Assizes, which opens on Monday. Khoo Theam Hock will be charged with murder of. a shop assistant, Ong Hun. Kee, at his fiancee's house, and Jip Seng, a firewood dealer, will be57 words
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Article80 1951-01-13 4 From Our Own Corresponden JOUORE BAHRI Fri. THE Chinese school at Kulai. which was accidentally bombed last year, has been paid $501 compensation. One of the teachers who was injured by the bombing received $850 while $24* was distributed among tbe pupils who were hart. The80 words
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152 1951-01-13 4 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. THE Selangor Chinese Chamber of Commerce is to x ask the Federation Government to extend th« scope of the Provident Fund Bill to Include all employees. In the case of employees whose salaries exceed $250 a month,152 words
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Advertisement116 1951-01-13 4 y^ SINGAPORE r f/ AMSTERDAM fir jf WTH DIRECT CONNECTION TO Jj LONDON A Less tl:a>' AY houn after leavinn Kallanx in <i luxurious KLM Constellation, you arrive <H London Airport just anothei ,vf exawf)le of the excellence of the KLM P I service. Planes leave every Monday, jA Wednesday116 words
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Article295 1951-01-13 5 No Decision Yet On Singapore Regt. Proposal A (iOVERNMENT spokesman said yesterday that priority in the defence of Singapore must be to increase the strength of the volunteer units— the S.V.C., M.R.N.V.R., and the M.A.A.F. No decision has yet been taken on the proposal of Mr.295 words
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Article102 1951-01-13 5 THE Singapore Police offered $14,000 in rewards last year for conclusive evidence in 13 cases— but not a cent wa s claimed by anybody. The rewards were offered mostly for evidence leading to the arrest of murderers —the highest. $5,000, was for information leading to the arrest of102 words
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Article62 1951-01-13 5 A Chinese, alleged to have made another Chinese hand him $200 so that he could get for him tin goods from the 8.0.D. illegally, was charged in the Singapore First Singapore Police Court yesterday with cheating. He was Chua Yang Chla, who claimed trial. He was allowed62 words
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Article187 1951-01-13 5 Volunteers Increased Three Times •THE strength of Ihe Singapore Volunteer Corps increased nearly threefold during 1950, despite the raising of .standards for recruits both In physical and educational requirements, states the annual report of the cor/s. Actual figures have been withheld from publication, io security reasons. This increase is attributed187 words
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Article90 1951-01-13 5 Mrs. Robert Eu has been appointed vice-president ot the Family Planning Associatlon Singapore. The presi-d-nt. Mr. T. P. F. McNeice. will be going on Home leave shortly. Tht chairman of the executive committee of the association. Mrs. Goh Kok Kee, received the M.B.E. in90 words
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Article70 1951-01-13 5 RED EMSIEM— LIMIT ON USE 1«" IVATS doctors are for- Udca und:r Article 28 (i i r (.»-neva Convention J.ilv 18, 19?». to use the I: i- r<>-»s emblem. Singapore Director > A '<-d lal Services, Dr. W. rrkers. said yesterday t ill if any members of the lublic- >au70 words
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141 1951-01-13 5 FREIGHT rates on rubber cargoes, shipped from r Malaya to the North China ports of Tientsin and Tsingtao are to be increased from Monday, it was announced yesterday by the China Navigation Company and the Indo-China Steam Navigation Company, in Singapore. A spokesman for141 words
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Article, Illustration50 1951-01-13 5 mi YEN. K. SRI Pandit of the Sentul Buddhist Temple at Kuala Lumpur and headmaster of the Sinhalese School, who will leave next week for six months in Ceylon. He is a graduate of the Vidyodaya Oriental College at Colombo and a scholar in Pali Sinhalese. Sans-50 words
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Article37 1951-01-13 5 Chua Slew Boon, aged 21, was found guilty in the Singapore Second Police Court yesterday of dishonestly retaining a bale of stolen rubber, worth $213, at Boat Quay, Singapore, and sentenced to37 words
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Article, Illustration48 1951-01-13 5 THE GOVERNOR addressing the gathering at a tea party given by the Singapore Muslim community at Raffles Hotel yesterday. From left, Mr. M. J. Namacie Sir Franklin Gimson, Maulanm Abdul Aleem Siddiqui. and the Bishop of Singapore, the Rt. Rev. H. VF. Baines. Straits Times picture.48 words
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Article124 1951-01-13 5 47 FREED: 'DON'T BE MISLED' IPOH, Friday. pORTY-SEVEN Malays of North Perak, who were detained in Ipon detention camp about eight months ago. were released today. They were given transport to their homes. The State Secretay, Inche Mustpha Albakri, told them before their release: "You belong to this country and124 words
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Article72 1951-01-13 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Fri. The members of the Mersing Town Board for 1951 are: The District Officer, Mersing, president: the Administrative Officer, Mersing, deputy president; the District Medical and Health Officer, Mersing, the OCJD, Mersing, the Penghulu, Mersing, the Penghulu, Endau, Lt. Col. C T. Htnde, Mr T.V.R. Iyer,72 words
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109 1951-01-13 5 A REPORT on the Musli is to be submitted 1 Advisory Board by Tuan AlsagofT. chairman of 1 im marriage law in Egypt to the Singapore Muslim Syed Ibrahim bin Omar the Board, who recently returned from Egypt. Tuan Syed Ibrahim told the Straits Times109 words
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177 1951-01-13 5 MORE than 80 drivers and 90 conductors of the Singapore Green Bus Company will get an average Increase of a dollar in their dally wage s from yesterday. The agreement was directly negotiated by employers and employees without calling upon the Singapore Labour Department.177 words
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188 1951-01-13 5 DR. Benjamin H. Sheares, the first local man to be appointed to the Chair of Midwifery and Gynaecology in the University of Malaya, took up his new appointment at the beginning of this year. Dr. Sheares. who is the second locally- born and locally-educated person188 words
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491 1951-01-13 5 fOURTS in British territories had established a reputation for Impartiality independence and their desire was to do justice as between man and man, said the Governor of Singapore, Sir Franklin Gimson, at a tea party given by the Muslim Community of Singapore at Raffles491 words
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Article39 1951-01-13 5 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Fri.— A jungle squad saw smoke. They investigated and found Chee Hong distilling samsu. At Johore Bahru Police Court yesterday Chee was fined $200 for having a still without a licence.39 words
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Article83 1951-01-13 5 THE Singapore Muslim Advisory Board has decided to send members to Malay kampongs and settlements in Singapore once a week to explain matters affecting public and welfare. It is understood that one of the subjects is the Nadra case. Tuan Syed Ibrahim bin Omar AlsagofT83 words
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Article20 1951-01-13 5 Haihow, in Hainan, was declared an infected place by the Singapore Government yesterday. There is smallpox at the place.20 words
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Article, Illustration49 1951-01-13 5 MR. EDWARD UCAST. Far East supervisor for Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, speaking at a Press conference yesterday at which a new agreement between Fox Films and the Cathay Organisation was announced. The Alhambra cinema is to be redecorated and will become a first run house. Straits Times picture.49 words
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Article94 1951-01-13 5 Alhambra To Be Renovated MR. Loke Wan Tho, v,hief of the Cathay Oisavisaiion, announced yesterday that the Alhambra cinema in Beach Road, Singapore, s to be reconditioned and will become a first-run house. When redecoralion is completed the New Alhambra. as it will be railed, will show mainly Twfntieth Century94 words
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Article32 1951-01-13 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Frl. The Foon Yew Chinese Public School's new building is finished and ready for occupation. The Regent of Johore has been asked to open the premises on Sunday.32 words
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Article156 1951-01-13 5 HOUSING EXHIBITION. Vic-* toria Memorial Hall, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. and talk on "Your Home »nd Your Leisure Hours." by the Rev. R. K. S. Adams, 5.30 p.m. BRITISH RED CROSS, Handicapped Children's Club outing, Iv Mong Park. 10 a.m. Y.W.C.A., Raffles Quay, ballroom dancing, 2 p.m.156 words
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Advertisement249 1951-01-13 5 COMFORT comes with courtesy and smooth efficiency on CPA 1 aircraft. Sit back and relax 1 you'll arrive on time and fes^~"*^^^s1 refreshed, by Cathay Pacific! Discriminating people make "black white" Scotch JBB. Whisky their first choice because it possesses the trus ZVV-£v flavour and character which cannot be produced249 words
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1050 1951-01-13 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Sat., Jan. 13, 1951. Home, Sweet Home It is no secret that when Sir Henry Gurney gave a warning last year that Home leave for European officers would have to be curtailed, as part of an all-out effort to end the Emergency, the response from the1,050 words
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Article152 1951-01-13 6 (From the Straits Times of Jan. 6-13, 1901) T*HE steady rise in the price of gutta-percha is likely to continue and the outlook is serious for the users of gutta-percha golf balls. Whereas the various .trees yielding the india-rubber of commerce are found growing pretty well over152 words
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Article, Illustration7 1951-01-13 6 Photograph by Hedda Morrison. AFTER THE MARKET7 words
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Article, Illustration1131 1951-01-13 6 Cynicus - Cynicus —By— SINGAPORE residents who have been invited bv an unnamed Government spokesman to tell their friends abroad that things here are not what they seem, now have a postscript to add to their letters They can write of the two Arab taxi-drivers who rescued a1,131 words
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Article1078 1951-01-13 6 AS one who is completely Ignorant of naval matters, I have been Interested to discover a relic of the old sailine; Navy of Nelson's tune still surviving at His Majesty's Dockyard at Seletar. In the minutes of a public charity which come to me as a committee member, I1,078 words
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Advertisement833 1951-01-13 6 CLASSIFIED ADS. I 1 i 1 J i I I 8 j DEVLIN: To Winsomt nee and Edwin, at KandanR JC»rbau Hospital, on 11.1.51. a aon. Poth well. ESKES: Oc Jan. 11th. 1851. to R»et)e. wife oi Charlea D. %*ke*. 218. Prince Edward Sd.. B'kong. a daughter, Nora BDen. THE833 words
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Advertisement71 1951-01-13 6 TOP I ft PRECISION* World Renowned. German I CITT BINUXIT LEI I Mm 8x30 BINOCULARS Distinctive Features:— (1) Unrivalled for Resolution Detail (2) No Colour Distortion. Higher Light Transmission and All Lens-surface* Anti-glare coated (3) Highly built by the sam« Skilful Craftsmen and with the same Special Durable Material for71 words
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Advertisement7 1951-01-13 6 famous TIGER BALM collection Masterpiece of Distinction7 words
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211 1951-01-13 7 Policy Change Likely After Pepler 's A dvice CINGAPORK Improvement Trust may change its policy and concentrate more on building homes for people in the lower income groups. The Straits Times understands thar the Trust will be faced with a decision as a211 words
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Article66 1951-01-13 7 WHEN six men working in a timber yard were carrying a heavy log, one of then; stumbled over a stone and upset the log. The accident killed one of the men and seriously injured another. Yesterday, the Singapore Assistant Coroner, Mr. E. Ebert, returned a finding66 words
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Article59 1951-01-13 7 aged 37 Tan Geah Koon. aged 37, claimed trial in the Singapore Second Police Court yesterday X) a charge of stealing: a bale of rubber worth $255. from Son Peak Yew at Boat Quay, on Thursday. Tan was given bail of $400 in two sureties until Feb.59 words
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Article103 1951-01-13 7 THE curiosity of Letchumanan Piliai over his friend's calendar, depicting a scan-tily-c.ad mother feeding her child, led to him being attacked with a pen-knife, it Ml stated in the Singapore Second Fo.ice Court yesteriay. Govindam Ratnam, a Municipal labourer, pleading guilty to causing hurt to103 words
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Article53 1951-01-13 7 OINGAPORE'S Director of Education. Mr. AW. Frisby, uill declare open the new $195,000 four-storeyed buildIng of the Singapore Catholi: Chir.c-p Hi^h School in Queen Street at 4.30 p.m. today. The new builcTnsr, opposite the Church of Sainis Peter nnd Paul, has 21 classrooms, with accommodation for53 words
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Article31 1951-01-13 7 jvjnvjKC emnivu, ru. —^.ma Pong was nnpd $20 at Johore police court for driving a Icrrv v.ith the load dangerously distributed. The load u;is 61 -fret lensths of timbor31 words
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Article, Illustration56 1951-01-13 7 Students See 'Homes Of The Future THIRTY PRE-UNIVERSITY class students of the AngloChinese School visited the Homes of Singapore" Exhibition in the Victoria Memorial Hall yesterday. Picture shows the students displaying keen interest in a scale model of an artisans home, large numbers of which have been built by the56 words
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Article71 1951-01-13 7 PRICE INDICES SOAR rE import and export price indices of Singapore have been steadily increasing during last year. Until August 1949 they were gradually decreasing. With 1938 indices expressed as 100. the price index of Imports in January last year was 301 gradually rising to 378 in The price index71 words
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58 1951-01-13 7 Volunteers To Train TRAINING starts on Monday of the first members of the Singapore Volunteer Special Constabulary Emergency Squad, which has been raised by Singapore Chamber of Commerce from firms' staffs to help the police. The training, at the Thomson Road Police Training School, will last six days and will58 words
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Article66 1951-01-13 7 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Fri.— Two cinema patrons. Gan Sam Choon, and Cheah Thean Hong who were caught by detectives while pushing other- ticket buyers outside the Lido theatre. Penang, were today fined $10 each for disorderly conduct. Both pleaded guilty They were arrested66 words
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183 1951-01-13 7 T^HE Social Welfare Department Is conducting an A experiment in the running of the Prince Edward Road Hostel. Only boys who need lictle or do supervision are now being admitted to the hostel. Previously, the smallest boys were also admitted, and they had to183 words
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Article49 1951-01-13 7 .Seven-cent meals are bein n served in Singapore, states the December report of the Department of Social Welfare, which adds that the average cost per meal, including kitchen staff and drivers, was 9.56 cents. Altogether 42,681 meals were served in December under the child feeding49 words
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Article76 1951-01-13 7 TWO hundred and ten bars of cold (about 1,050 tahils) are with the Singapore Police awaiting: claimants. They were handed over to the order. A official announcement last nirht said that any person who has a claim to the fold should appear before th« within six76 words
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Article270 1951-01-13 7 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. 4 SURRENDERED bandit Lewis gunner has told the police how another bandit, wounded in an attack on Sikamat Police Post, Johore, was murdered by orders of the political commissar of the platoon. A communique today names the surrendered270 words
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Article48 1951-01-13 7 WHILE aircraft circled the wreekace, troops were yesterday moving through dense jungle in Pahang to reach the RAF Brigand which crashed on Thursday during an attack on bandits. Food and other supplies have been dropped near the plane lor any survivor of her crew of three.48 words
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Article122 1951-01-13 7 lI7HILE some Singapore re- tailers were putting extra cents on cigarette prices yesterday, leading; distributors gave an assurance that there will be no shortage during the Chinese New Year. The following are the official prices DONT PAY MORE: Tins of 50: State Express 555, Churchman122 words
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Article36 1951-01-13 7 A 20-year-old Sinhalese. Edgar Reginald. pleaded guilty in the Singapore Second Police Court yesterday to having a dagger in Lavender Street, on Thursday night. Reginald will be sentenced on Jan. 19.36 words
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Article, Illustration24 1951-01-13 7 ARMY UTILITY TRUCKS for 223 Base Ordinance Depot at Singapore docks yesterday after being unloaded from the Glen Line freighter Pembrokeshire. Straits Times picture.24 words
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364 1951-01-13 7 AS THE main difficulties with an; housing schemes in Singapore rest on skilled labour and materials, Government is considering the establishment of a training school for builders for incorporation in the final Singapore Development Plan, said Mr. A. D. Stutchbury, at U*e Housing Exhibition364 words
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Article66 1951-01-13 7 OF the numerous families affected by the riots in Singapore last month, only ten applied for financial assistance at the Public Assistance section of the Social Welfare Department in December. This small number, according to a Social Welfare report, was "contrary to expectations." The riots accounted66 words
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Article36 1951-01-13 7 Mr. O. W. Webb, the Secretary for Social Welfare, has been appointed' to be a temporary member of the Singapore Executive Council in the place of Mr. Andrew Gilmour, the Secretary for Economic Affairs.36 words
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Article51 1951-01-13 7 rE Colonial Secretary can refuse to allow any visits to a person under detention in connection with Emergency in Singapore. This was notified yesterday as an amendment of instructions issued by the Colonial Secretary under the Emergency Regulations. The decision of the Colonial Secretary will be51 words
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Article117 1951-01-13 7 'NEWS' OF BRIDE A TRICK IJiOUR Chinese posing as I? "Government men" told a Singapore hotels J&oy, Foo See Hua, yesterday ihat they knew the whereat* uts of his missinc 19-year-old bride. But they disappeared when he asked them to identify themselves. The bride. Phua Cheng Boey. left her house117 words
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Article38 1951-01-13 7 Seven Chinese and a woman were each fined $10 in the Singapore Second Police Court yesterday for gambling at Kampong Bugis. Singapore. A sum of $31,50 was confiscated for the court's poor box.38 words
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28 1951-01-13 7 CHANDU CHARGE From Oar Own Correspondent KUANTAN, Fri.— Phanjt Ng was charged In the Kuantan Sessions Court with possession of chandu. The case was postponed to 15 January.28 words
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Article292 1951-01-13 7 820 must pay for goods on loan riGH T-rvjndred-and- twenty tamilies in Singapore are being asked to pay for the $187,000 worth of furniture they have borrowed from the Custodian of Enemy Property or return them. A bill approving of such action by the Custodian's Department has already come Into292 words
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Article93 1951-01-13 7 /CONVICTED of possessing a \j wire-cutter, for the purpose of housebreaking. at four o'clock in the morning at Kreta Ayer Road. Singapore. Llm Song Heng, aged 24, was sentenced in the Singapore Second Police Court yesterday to one month's Imprisonment. Detective Tan Khay Hong, said that while93 words
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Advertisement58 1951-01-13 7 g~* jc> s7> <5£ €3» t^. LIGHTING FITTINGS FROM ANY OF O I BpfU, SHOWROOMS MMUI fU«CHASE TERMS CAN *t ARRANGE 3 ADVT. Of THB GENERAL ELECTRIC CO.. LTD. OF ENCLANO SINGAPOHI MALACCA KUALA tUMfU> MNANO •«_f 4 I M FLINTER S. GRINBERG Diamonds and |j Jewellery ij Telephone 792358 words
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Article331 1951-01-13 8 GET 30,000 REGISTERS From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. ALREADY 30,000 registers have been handed over to sector wardens in Kuala Lumpur for distribution to chief tenants in the Municipal area, which, from Monday, becomes a Home Guard area. Thousands of copies of a personal331 words
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Article201 1951-01-13 8 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. T federation of Malaya Society of Architects .*!ed at an emergency ing in Kuala Lumpur ni^ht to write to the Mi<^h Commissioner. Sir Henry Ourney, to ask that architects be niiowed to present their to Government concernthe new control and201 words
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Article54 1951-01-13 8 A drop in the incidence of Infantile paralysis is reported for the firs: week of this month by the Singapore Municipal Health authorities. Oaly two fresh cases were reified agilcst four the previous week. There were no d ;iths. Toral number of deaths for the week was 157.54 words
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Article46 1951-01-13 8 DESTITUTE— ASKED FOR A WIFE J± DESTITUTE Malay, who sought admission to a Welfare Home in Johore and later applied for relief to the Singapore Department of Social Welfare, changed his mind on his way home and asked the welfare investigator to find him a wife.46 words
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Article61 1951-01-13 8 Because he found a job again after a long intervai, John Lim asked Mr. P. Claque, the Singapore Fourth Police Magistrate, yesterday lor leniency after pleading guilty to a charge of trespassing into the compound of the R.A.F., Changi. Lim. who told the court that he was an61 words
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Article40 1951-01-13 8 Arrested while he was shouting and running about in front of a cinema at Paya Lebar. Goh Cheng Tee, aged 22. was flned $10 in the Singapore Fourth Police Court for behaving in a disorderly manner in public.40 words
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Article, Illustration34 1951-01-13 8 MR. TOM HARRISSON addressing the University of Malaya last night on the "Ethics of Head Hunting." Seated is Prof. T. H. Silcock, acting Vice-chancellor of the University. Straits Times pi cture.34 words
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Article332 1951-01-13 8 WIDER fields of co-operation are urged in the jubilee bookie' of the Singapore Municipal Employees' Co-operative Thrift and Loan Society. The basis of the co-opera-tive movement must be widened writes Mr. D. E. Siddons. the new chairman. "Already we have stores and housing societies In332 words
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Article184 1951-01-13 8 Price Jump In Rubber Surprising rjSOMEWHAT contrary to O expectations, the rubber market rose sharply this week on buying from America and Russia, says Lewis and Peat's weekly report issued yesterday When the buying had ended, the market reacted sharply and purchases were mainly confined to shorts covering. The discounts184 words
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Article119 1951-01-13 8 MR. TOM MASTERSON, chief of the Singapore bureau of the American news agency. Associated Press, who was badly injured during the rioting on Dec. 11. was discharged from the Genera] Hosoital yesteiday rrornin?: on a stretchei. Mr. Masterson, who had the neck of his right femur119 words
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Article292 1951-01-13 8 Heads Are Handy For Needy Dyaks rWLIUHTENED Government £j officers in Sarawak keep a number of heads and give them to needy Dyaks. said Mr. Tom Harrisson. the Government ethnologist and curator of Sarawak Museum, at the University of Malaya last night. Mr. Harrisson. speaking on the "Ethics of Head292 words
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107 1951-01-13 8 S'pore Gets Assistant Port Officer rE post of Assistant Port Officer. Singapore, vacant since the liberation, has been filled by Captain J. A. L. Pavitt, formerly of the Straits Steamship Company. He started work this week. He has been in Singapore for five years, during which he has been in107 words
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Article26 1951-01-13 8 An Indian, Kathan Se?amutnu pleaded guilty in the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday to allowing his goat to stray unattended He was fined $10.26 words
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Article23 1951-01-13 8 Sixteen Chinese hawkers who pleaded guilty in the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday to causing road obstruction were fined $5 each.23 words
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Article78 1951-01-13 8 i LTHOUGH escape is easy, no girl has tried to run away ri. from the Department of Social Welfare's Girls' Home in Pa-sir Panjang in the past 15 months. The Lady Superintendent said yesterday that it was obvious that the training given at the home78 words
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Advertisement186 1951-01-13 8 T| BALL BEA*M6 FRACTIONAL HP rifui* *JL w£\ domest/c f i Knquires 10. i) CYCLE CARRIAGE CO.. OT> LTD.;m Singapore, Tel: 3938 Ml M««Tff a»f tfnjßPto^Lims I mt Looking for STERLING SILVER AND E.P.N.S. CUTLERY? L Come and inspect our Latest range of same. Finest Sheffield Made that come round186 words
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Miscellaneous177 1951-01-13 8 Straits Times Crossword -rTrTri"-'" r v ™."r W WWI TTTT" .IiITV", «JS."2«.«~»«i."~. T"l 2~1~3~8 l» A girl »hui tn la woUad ,^7, I I I pSfi IL Spirit In S«Mt»n«i4 m —m* |a^ II Send hair for a drama Mat, t h«i «lf» forma ih« o»»go P0 '•baKThSrAif-' »Sn»— 1177 words
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311 1951-01-13 9 1951 PRODSPECTS IN NEGRI SEMBILAN PLANTERS and miners are getting very tired of the emergency in general, the continued risks they run and the bilge and platitudes that emanate from Whitehall. Bukit Serene and King's House. Por instance, the emergency must be finished during 1951. How? We are told the311 words
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Letter157 1951-01-13 9 IT »aa with dismay that Ii d the other day that] the security fcrces do not qualify for rewards, tnrdy this is not being imaginative? There may be difficulties but Burely they can be overcome? Fil'hy lucre may be the root of evil but it is157 words
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Letter235 1951-01-13 9 T«H£ Federal Governr merit is to be congratulated on the new, ruthless steps It is taking to end the emergency in i 1951 No doubt the ban- dits are shn king— with i laughter. If 70 per cent, of the Fed°*-al Government received five years' leave235 words
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Letter109 1951-01-13 9 rLICE reports state that our University has been used by the Communists for political propaganda prejudicial to the security of this Colony. This brings us back to a sin: ('-<■( '-<■ 1-.2 r>p*neci la— *9Kt. Communist documents were found in the hostels of the Chinese High Schol and109 words
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Letter128 1951-01-13 9 THE magnificent sum ol $10. generously offered by the M.P.1.E.A.. as additional to the existing 30 per cent C.0.L.. really goes a long way exactly 11 miles' bu» travelling for one month for one of my school-going children. Oiners not so fortunate, who live a few128 words
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Letter124 1951-01-13 9 TWO recent letters on Malay1 an Indian leadership prompt me to say that Indians domiciled in Malaya are concerned with pretensions of neither the Federation of Indian Organisations nor the Malayan Indian Association to Indian leadership. Our community expects and demands the services of all Indians124 words
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266 1951-01-13 9 Standard V To Teach In The Primary School? AS a parent, a taxpayer and a Malayan of the Federation, I fully endorse a recent correspondent's view that, for the sake of economy, no ed in our schools. graduates should be engaf I would go a step further and suggest, for266 words
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76 1951-01-13 9 WHAT might be the reason for the omission of meter readings regarding consumption of water. gas and electricity In Municipal bills in respect of Consolidated Accounts? What guarantee Is there that the meter readers are prror-proot. and how can fhe consumer verify his bills? What76 words
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Letter43 1951-01-13 9 I SEND you herewith a letter received from a stamp collector in the Argentine. Will any of your readers be so kind as to tell me how to pronounce his name? It is Zdiislaw Gneszczak. ABU BAKAR IBRAHIM. Batu Pahat.43 words
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Letter176 1951-01-13 9 YESTERDAY I went to the Traffic Office to be tested for my driver's licence. There was a queue, and I (ell into line. When my turn came, the ASP. in charge rudely asked me, "What do you want?" His manner was as Insulting as his question, I176 words
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Letter72 1951-01-13 9 ALL BUSES? AN EIGHT- YEAR-OLD Pe- nang boy was killed by a trolley bus on Monday. I send my heartfelt sympathy to the parents. As a possible help to all parents whose children have to travel to school by. or among, buses, may I suggest that all72 words
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Letter222 1951-01-13 9 ■pHE most important Goverriment Department should be the Education Department. History has proved again and again that a country with several races can be moulded into a nation—for example the United States of America. In this connection we assume that we must have a lingua franca,222 words
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Letter127 1951-01-13 9 J^UALA Lipis, capital of Pahang. has the biggest school in the StateClifford School. But Clifford School is little known to outsiders. The actual school building is not at ail sufficient to house the present pupils. As a result, three neighbouring buildings have been made available127 words
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Letter285 1951-01-13 9 1 FULLY endorse the views expressed by "Sarawak j Resident" fn a recent letter i regarding the immigration regulations now being enforced on persons travelling between Sarawak and Brunei* The Governments of these two territories can very well prevent those they regard a$ "undesirables"285 words
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Letter157 1951-01-13 9 QN Jan. 6 you quoted the Government as having advised the Malayan Information Agency in London that everything was now normal in Singapore, and that residents should advise t&elr friends to that effect. I If conditions are normal in Singapore, perhaps the Singapore Government can advise why157 words
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Letter200 1951-01-13 9 MOST planters and miners IT *will endorse the outspoken address given by Air Commodore Harvey to the Royal Empire Society in London recently. Allow me to extract one or two salient paragraphs: should like to see General Briggs given executive authority in Malaya and more power, because the200 words
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Letter119 1951-01-13 9 J WOULD like to support the sensible sugges;ion that the names of those who are arrested under the Emergency Regulations should be revealed only after definite decisions have been made on their detention or prosecution. All persons should be protected from undue publicity unless it is proved119 words
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Letter194 1951-01-13 9 QNE violently rainy night recently, my car slid into a drain while I was driving up Oxley Rise from Tank Road, Singapore. Fortunately, a number of youths came to my aid and we managed with the use of manpower and a plank to get my enr back194 words
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Advertisement77 1951-01-13 9 THE MOST BREATHLESS, THRILUNG MAN HUNT EVER FILMED jIAIR CONDITIONEDIfl 2 415 6 30 930 pm ■U 'PAAC'IIT JL OM 'JACOLJF^ $FltlvBa^?!lHM Insist on UII I V Ell O CRYSTALS Jellies made witb Chivert Jelly CrysUli always turn out weiL Everyone apprc ciatc* their rich,' hMciong flavour* especially children and77 words
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Article357 1951-01-13 10 LONDON, Frl. I^NCOURAGED by peace Lj plan hopes and overnight strength of Wall Street, buyers entered the market at the opening today -and created widespread nrmness. Subsequently business slackened but gains were generally well hedd. British Government stocks showed fractional advances, leading industrials were widely a few pence better357 words
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Article32 1951-01-13 10 HONG KONG. Frl. p^REE market currency exchange for Hong Kong dollars was quoted today as follows: US*l HK*6.C2 (cash) HK45.98 <Ti £1 *****; one tael ol sold HK»33B. —UP.UP - 32 words
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Article896 1951-01-13 10 From A Market Correspondent OENTIMENT improved in the Malayan share market yesterday, and prices in both the Tin and Rubber sections were inclined to harden. Industrials remained steady, i Price quotations announced by the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association were: inVlSlMAU Barer* seM.r. A.ex Brick* Pref l.SS Ord I stock896 words
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Article35 1951-01-13 10 SINGAPORE, Fri., Jan. 12—*****5 (up $8.25; new record.) £1,2172 a ton in London LONDON. Fri., Jan. 12.— Spot £1,215—£1,220; For ward £1,205—£1,215; Settlement £1.205 (down £70) Turn-over: a.m. 175; p.m. 75 tons.35 words
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Article246 1951-01-13 10 PURCHASES by Hong Kong agents helped to steady the Singapore rubber market yesterday despite the absence of bids from American buyers. The market opened easier with bids at »2.06 a Ib. for January first-grade, and remained at this level until *fter noon, when the irregular tone steadied246 words
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Article53 1951-01-13 10 'THE pepper section of the Singapore produce market was again firm yesterday, with a certain amount of business reported at quotations. The copra section was very steady with buyers at $54 a picul, There were no sellers. Coconut oil was steady, with sellers holding off Against bids of53 words
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Article60 1951-01-13 10 CHIPS alongside the Singapore Harbour Board godowns yesterday were: Muswell Hill 44; Stan Melfco (Sheers Wharf): City of Liverpool 42-43 Buloh 40; Kertsono 38-39: Haren 36-37; Steel Recorder 33-34; Benvenue 31-32; Pembrokeshire 2930; Kilwa 27-28; Merkur 25-26: Sabbang 21-22: Benreoch 17-18: Tantalus 15-16; Querhima 13-14; Pvrrhus 11-12; Radnorshire60 words
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Advertisement486 1951-01-13 10 EAST ASIATIC LINE SAILINCS FROM SCANOINAVIA/U K./CONTINENTi loore P S^nam ftnanf •Meonia" for Saigon Bangkok 18-19 lan. 16-17 |an. 11-15 |an. "India" for Bangkok. Hong Kong Manila 11-15 Fob "Kambodia" for Hong Kong. Kobe Yokohama 18-21 Feb. "Lalandia" for Bangkok 24-27 Feb. 21-23 Feb 22-22 Feb "Kvernaas" for Saigon Bangkok486 words
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Advertisement964 1951-01-13 10 Telephone No 5906. ELLBRMAM tfs BUCKNALI KLAVENCSS LIKE LONOON, HAVRE, ANTWERP LOS ANCELES. SAN FRANCISCO, ROTTEROAM A- HAMBURC PORTLAND SEATTLE VANCOUVER and for UiA. North Atlantic Pom Accepting rargo for Central South and Canada via Colombo American Ports s.s. CITY OF LIVERPOOL Spora P Sham Penang p,. v FRANCISVILLE C.964 words
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Article, Illustration1233 1951-01-13 11 A Drastic Dose Of Facts IRON CURTAIN HYSTERIA needs Chapman Pinches* warns of the danger of scaring ourselves into defeat AS the»Viennabound plane swung over the Danube into Russian-held territory, my American fellowpassenger looked north-east towards the Kremlin and shud dered. "This part of the trip makes me (eel like,1,233 words
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Article16 1951-01-13 11 Collect ten of these coupon^ to become a member of the Children's Corner Club.16 words
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Advertisement292 1951-01-13 11 C^TO^-Y TODAY 1 1 a.m.. 1.45. 4.15, Ml and 9M p.m. REVEALING FOR THE FIRST TIME THE SECRETS OF MARIHUANA!! fm iff LfARN W£ TRUW fROM tfk ~FU£ GIRL MfO KNOWS--^ I 4^^ v. MADE BY THK PRODITERS OF "SECRETS OF LIFE" ■i no r NEW ALL-COLOR FEATURETTE PLUS J292 words
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Advertisement164 1951-01-13 11 TODAY t rD'^'^PP'n 11-1.45-4 DAILY LJI '[Li JI j J 6.30 9.30 20th Coriary- >», Tyrant *3s^Bw fl^Hv Orson 13th pkJV WELLES CHINA m AUBRY Today 9 a.m.: "MY DREAM IS YOURS" Technicolor Tomorrow: SELECTED CARTOONS AND SHORTS TO NIGHT at MIDNIGHT OUT OF KING ARTHUR'S ROUND TABLE .COMES THE164 words
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Miscellaneous299 1951-01-13 11 TODAY'S RADIO a >« n P"^ 'I 9 Hit Paf" de ot America"; SINGAPORE 9M News 9 45 Pandtt Nehru iAs 10 am. News. Emergency News S-porel; 10 "Mall Bag"; 11 Dance from KL- 10.10 Close; 12 Malay; Music; 11.30 Close. 1 p.m. Dance Music; 1.30 News, PCNAMC Share Market;299 words
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Article463 1951-01-13 12 Mitchell Ousted By Hwee Hock SHY and unassuming English schoolmaster, Tiger Swimming Club's Tan Hwee Hock, sprang the surprise of yesterday's Asian Games trials held in the Singapore Swimming Club pool in defeating Keith Mitchell (S.S.C.) in the 100-metre breast-stroke event. Five swimmers contested the463 words
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Article, Illustration172 1951-01-13 12 THE two Indonesian Chinese, 1 Bobby Njoo and Tan Gwat Tek, are shaping up for their fights next Friday when promoter Abdul Razak will put up what should be a good crowd-drawing card at Singapore's Happy World stadium. Njoo. who is the Indonesia light172 words
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Article57 1951-01-13 12 ARCADIA. California, Fri. THE richest race in the 1 world will be the Santa Monica Manturity, to be run here on Feb. 3. It is expected to net US$2OO,OOO for the winning: owner. Hill Prince, U.S. Horse of the Year in 1950, is expected toAP - 57 words
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Article483 1951-01-13 12 Pestana. they are nevertheless a lit side that wiU play a hard game, never letting up from the first whistle to last. They have been well coached and play grandly togetner as a well-knit combination. This has probably been the main factor of their success483 words
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Article34 1951-01-13 12 TODAY: 2.46 am (8.8) and 2.24 p.m. (9 4); 8.22 a.m. (3.9) and 8.54 p.m. (2.2). TOMORROW: 3.19 a.m. (8.7) and 3 14 p.m. (8.7); 9-08 a.m. (3.7) pnd 9.31 p.m. (3.1).34 words
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Article, Illustration49 1951-01-13 12 No doubt about that one. Archer, Australia's opening bat, caught by England wicketkeeper Evans on the lejrside when he glanced a ball from Bedser in the second day's play of the third Test match played In Sydney. Australia wen the match on Tuesday by an Innings and IS runs.49 words
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Article, Illustration33 1951-01-13 12 DELHI BOUND ASIAN GAMES men: Tan Hwee Hock seen above employing his powerful "butterfly" stroke to easily qualify for New Delhi, and below smiling 18-year-old Wieve VV'olters who also qualified. Straits Times pictures.33 words
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Article244 1951-01-13 12 A LTHOUGH plans are ready and the necessary legislation was passed last month, work on the construction of the $2,000,000 sports stadium for Singapore will not start until the members of the Corporation responsible for its management are appointed. The President of the Singapore Olympic244 words
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Article53 1951-01-13 12 LONDON, Friday.— Surviving a first-half bombardment. Arsenal, the F.A. Cup holders, asserted overwhelming superiority to defeat Carlisle United, a Third Division club, by four goals to one in their third-round Cup replay at Carlisle yesterday. In -a Third Division (Southern) league fixture, Leyton Orient beat Norwich53 words
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Article502 1951-01-13 12 EPSOM JEEP - EPSOM JEEP Three Bred In The Purple By show up in his three engagements as a two year old in 1949 and as a three year old last season, he ran five times without success In minor sprint races. His best effort was a fourth502 words
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Article305 1951-01-13 12 JIM CHAMBERS - JIM CHAMBERS By LONDON, Friday. ENGLAND'S Football Association presumably lj regards this nation as still tops in soccer. The venerable^ gentlemen who control soccer here are getting ready to celebrate the association's 90th birthday by inviting a F.I.F.A. team— which could mean the rest305 words
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Article82 1951-01-13 12 LONDON, Fri,- The Lancashire bowlers Roy TatUrsall and Brian Stathaui Jeft London airport today on their way to Australia, where they are to reinforce the M.C.C. touring team. The two bowlers are due In Sydney on Tuesday. They will practice there while the M.C.C. team isReuter - 82 words
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Article27 1951-01-13 12 LONDON, Fri— Rugby Union results last night were: County championship play off: Warwickshire 3, East Midlands 12. OMirr match: Gloucester 11, The Army 11 Reuter.Reuter - 27 words
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Article36 1951-01-13 12 RUGBY: South Johore f G.H.Q. Farelf, Tangltn; S.C.C. f R.A.S.C. Padanf. HOCKEY: S.H.A. knockout tournament S.R.C. Reds r Police, Padanx. BADMINTON: S.B.A. InterClnb final Bournemouth B.P. v Ecllpae 8.P., Clerical Union Hall 7.30 p.m.36 words
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Article189 1951-01-13 12 MELBOURNE, Fri. BRITISH Empire mid- dleweight champion, Dave Sands of Australia, easily outpointed the triple Orient champion Boy Brooks in a dull flj?ht over 12 rounds at Melbourne sradium tonight. Brook's cageyness saved him from being knock-out every time Sands appeared to have him cornered for theReuter; AP - 189 words
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Article348 1951-01-13 12 A MAGNIFICENT three-man effort culminating in Goh Chin Chye scoring the equaliser witb hardly a second to spare, saved the day for Singtpore Chinese Recreation Club In their semi-final replay against Singapore Cricket on the pad ang yesterday in the SHA tourney. Although 15 minutes' extra time348 words
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Article32 1951-01-13 12 S. S. Benarty drew one-all with the S. S. Benavue in a soccer match played at Ayer Raja Road ground yesterday. Scorers were Doogan (Benarly) and MacSarlan* i Benavue).32 words
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Advertisement799 1951-01-13 12 (Continued from Pftga 6) ACCOMMODATION WANTED COMPANY requires use of fv.rnlshed house In Kuala Lumpur in near future for senior members of staff. Period 8/8 months. Details of house, rent, etc., to Box No. A3525. S.T. TUITION MALAY Jawl. Ruml, Convers: Begin: A Adv: every Mon.. Tues., Wed.. 5.30, commenc:799 words
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Advertisement60 1951-01-13 12 MALAYAN CHINESE ASSOCIATION MILLION LOTTERY Ist Prize $250,000/- 2nd Prize 5150,000/3rd Prize! 50,000/- 4th Prize 20,000/Also 2 Prizes of $10,000/10 Prizes of 5,000/30 Prizes of 2,000/Definite Drawing Date 21st. January, 1951 at Ipoh. Pitas* apply for tickets marly TICKETS: at $1/- each available at all Branches, or P.0. 80x No.60 words
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