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Title Section18 1951-02-13 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1951 PRICE TKN CENTS18 words
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Article, Illustration350 1951-02-13 1 30,000 Men Drive South On Central Front TOKYO, Monday. MORE than 30,000 Communist troops today launched a huge counter-offensive on the central front and drove a seven miles salient into the United Nations line. They stormed their way through the Allied positions between HoensongReuter - 350 words
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Article75 1951-02-13 1 MANILA. Mon. PRESIDENT Quirino and John Foster Dulles. Unitd States adviser on p 'licy, started disis today on the projected Japanese peace treaty in of a Paciiic It is understood that the f other Far Eastern s were also discussed. ascertained that the Philippines will75 words
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Article77 1951-02-13 1 RU33ER, iron bars and provisions worth $12,000 were stolen in Singapore yesterday afi-rnoon. First thett was of 28 bundies of rubber, valued at $8,000. from Telok Aver Basin. it b-ionged to a British company Snortly afterwards. R.A.F. reported th e loss of oOD iron bars worth77 words
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Article24 1951-02-13 1 IANTI.E. Mon. The ii' -w Australian H'mh Comer to Ceylon, Dr. Jnhn Burton, left here today f">r Colombo on Stratheden. Reuter.Reuter - 24 words
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Article199 1951-02-13 1 THE first silting of the Riot Inquiry Commission will be held in the Legislative tOun.il Chamber In the Victoria Memorial Hall, Singapore, tomorrow at 10.30 a.m. An announcement by the Commission's chairman, Sir Lionel Leach said that after tomorrow's sittings the Commission would adjourn until 10.30 a.m.199 words
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Article21 1951-02-13 1 PARIS. Mon. France today ordered a restriction on the movements of Rumanian, Albanian and Bulgarian diolomats in Paris.— Reuter.Reuter - 21 words
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Article117 1951-02-13 1 Ship Loses A Race With Death THE 3.000-ton Panamanian1 registered freighter Marion, which left Singapore at 9 p.m. on Sunday for Canton, turned around six hours later and raced back to Singapore in an attempt to save the life of her Norwegian master. Captain Otto Karlson, aged 40, who was117 words
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Article139 1951-02-13 1 TEHERAN, Monday. S~! Shah of Persia was married today, amid rabian nights splendour, to Soraya Isfandiari, tiful 18-year-old daughter of a tribal leader. The tall, auburn-haired girl, who rode to her wedding in a luxurious limousine, was clad in a Christian Dior gown of silverUP - 139 words
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Article74 1951-02-13 1 MR. R. A. Withers of the firm of Messrs. Urwick. Orr and Partners, Ltd.. London consultants in organisation and management, has been appointed efficiency expert to the Singapore Government. Government in November, 1949. announced the possibility of appointing such an officer. Mr. Withers who arrived in74 words
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Article54 1951-02-13 1 LONDON, Mon. Eight 'housand dock strikers in London today will resume work until seven of their arrested colleagues appear at a magistrate's court next week charged with inciting an illegal strike. Over 9,000 strikers in thp northwestern docks of Liverpool, and Birkenhead were expected54 words
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Article26 1951-02-13 1 SEATTLE, Mon.— A state of emergency was declared in Washington state tonight as the rising Skagit River drove 5.250 people from their homes. -A.P.AP - 26 words
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Article99 1951-02-13 1 CANEA. (Crete) Mon. TiHE trial opened here today of Costa Kephaloyannis, young Cretan leader whose tempestuous wooing of a 19-year-old local beauty brought the Island near civil war last an armed band in connection with the alleged abduction from Heraklion of his bride, the former99 words
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Article340 1951-02-13 1 A GANG of 13 boys and seven girls raided the Presbyterian Boys' School (formerly known as the Choon Guan English School) and the Choon Guan Chinese School, Koon Seng Road, in the Joo Chiat area ef Katong, Singapore and destroyed 195 identity cards yesterday340 words
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Article72 1951-02-13 1 TOKYO, Monday. CIXTEEN careless whales w were cruising; along, not paying much attention to the hazards of travel in the cold weather. They bumped into a clv ter of small icebergs off t.ie northern tip of Hokkaido. Every one of the whales was knockedAP - 72 words
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Article40 1951-02-13 1 LONDON Mon. UOUSE of Commons mem- fcers are still concerned regarding: rubber shipments to Russia and China. Notice has been given of several questions, including: one about two shipments worth £3.500.000 from Singapore to Canton. S.T. Cor.40 words
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Article211 1951-02-13 1 LONDON, Monday. MR. Anthony Eden, Deputy Leader of the Conservative Party, declared today that illness ol the Foreign Secretary, Mr. Ernest Bevin. left Britain sprelv lacking in guidance at a time when direction and explanation were both necessary Opening a House of Commons debate onReuter - 211 words
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Article31 1951-02-13 1 Forty-year-old Tom Cleary, Australian Amateur Billiards Champion for the past three years, arrived at Kallang airport yesterday afternoon by 8.0.A.C. Constellation from India on his way home to Australia.31 words
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Article, Illustration51 1951-02-13 1 A SMILE FROM MISS CEYLON MISS ROSEMARY SOLOMON the reigning "Miss Ceylon" arrived by Australian National Airways in Singapore yesterday from Australia, where she spent a month touring the Dominion under the auspices of the air company. Miss Solomon, aged 22, is a school teacher In Colombo and comes from51 words
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Article48 1951-02-13 1 LONDON. Mon MR. Harold Wolskel. a iormer Singapore Municipal Commissioner who was in business in the Colony for 32 ydfcrs. died at Beaconsfleld on Feb. 9. The late Mr. Wolskel was for 7j years Singapore Chamber of Commerce nominee on the Municipal Commission.48 words
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Article197 1951-02-13 1 AMERICA WANTS NATURAL SHARED From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Mon. THE Rubber Conference in London is discussing the United States demand for a system of allocation of natural rubber and foe European countries to accept some synthetic to free more natural for America, informed sources state. Another point under discussion197 words
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Article51 1951-02-13 1 GENEVA. Mon.— Avakui .i engulfed two Swiss villages today, burying dozens of \)^iple. Snows rolling down ihe valley at Riaclo near the St. Gothard Pass killed six people including two women and two children. Troops were called in to evacuate the whole of tru valley.—Reuter - 51 words
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Article34 1951-02-13 1 NEW YORK, Mon.—Twentytwo members of the Atlantic Union Committee have proposed to Gen. Dwight Eisenhower a single Defence Department and a single Foreign Affairs Department for all 12 Atlantic Pact members. Reuter.Reuter - 34 words
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Advertisement61 1951-02-13 1 fItRITTALLj \>^ WINDOWS r" The Sign of A Well Built House STANDARD STEEL WINDOWS DOORS AVAILABLE FROM STOCK SINGAPORE KUALA LUMPUR IPOH PENANG Crittall Standard Windows are initially and ultimately cheaper than Timber. Full details of types stocked can be supplied on request. You are invited to submit your plans61 words
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234 1951-02-13 2 Send More U.S. Troops To Europe Now Dewey Urges ITSfOf tV; (jTQ, DEHENDONAIRAND SEA POWER NEW YORK Monday. THE Governor of New York, Mr. Dewey, broke with top Republicans last night when he said it would be tolly to depend on air and sea power to protect the United StatesUP - 234 words
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Article, Illustration24 1951-02-13 2 BLACK AND WHITE cherry checked worsted street dress, with a cherry-deco-rated hat. displayed at a Regent Street store m London. Reuter picture.Reuter - 24 words
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Article130 1951-02-13 2 CUDGELS KEEP OFF LOOTERS SALMON BEACH, California, Mon. AS more mud and rock and trees crashed down on Salmon Beach yesterday, grim- faced men and women armed with clubs stood guard against looters. Driving sheets of rain during the night undermined the 400-foot cliff towering over the settlement. Half aUP - 130 words
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Article, Illustration62 1951-02-13 2 THE DISPUTE between the Egyptian and Ethiopian branches of the Coptic Orthodox Church has been settled with the consecration of the first Ethiopian Patriarch in more than 1,500 years. He is the 114 th Patriarch, but the 113 before him had all been Egyptian. Thomas. Bishop ofAP - 62 words
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76 1951-02-13 2 BRISTOL, Monday. QNE HUNDRED "casualties," with red and grey grease paint "wounds," lay m snow and sleet amid Bristol's unrepaired blitz sites yesterday during Britain's first large-scale exercise against modern air war. Nearly 1,500 troops joined the civil defence services m handling the type of76 words
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Article72 1951-02-13 2 TEHERAN, Mon. PERSIAN motorised army units, aircraft and camel corps men are fighting an Imnclnn r\t lru»ii«fa» nnw spokesman said the swarms, largest to plague the country I for 22 years, threatened a I famine if not destroyed. I Thnii»i»ttri« ftl tons Of POJ- I vading72 words
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Article79 1951-02-13 2 HOLLYWOOD, Mon. A. L. Ghoals learned that it does not pay to swear at a woman, especially one who knows shorthand. Mrs. Lee Hurtado, a 25-year-old blonde secretary, complained that Ghoals walked into the office where she works and proceeded to curse her roundly. SheAP - 79 words
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230 1951-02-13 2 MRS. P. EARENGEY, president of the National Council of Women, told a meeting of London suburban housewives: "spend all your housekeeping money: or if you do save any, hide it." Why? Because women in Britain still have no legal right to money saved out of230 words
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Article29 1951-02-13 2 BELGRADE, Mon. Sreten Zujevic. pro-Cominform Yugoslav Finance Minister who publicly recanted his Cominform "heresies" in November. has been appointed to an important government economic post.— U.P.UP - 29 words
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Article27 1951-02-13 2 MANILA, Mon. Three brothers, Jose, Juan and Eduardo Cojuangco have acquired control of the Philippine Bank of Commerce, a major banking institution in Manila.— A.P.AP - 27 words
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Article, Illustration32 1951-02-13 2 BURMA DAY MEETING IN LONDON DR. EDITH SI MMERSKIIL. Minister of National Insurance, at the reception for the third anniversary of the Republic of the Union of Burma in London. A.P. picture.AP - 32 words
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Article151 1951-02-13 2 LONDON Monday. CIXTY British and American warships sailed into the Mediterranean last night for the biggest peace time joint manoeuvres in history under "strictly wartime conditions.' I The two-day exercises, starting off Malta today, will include every kind of combat trials except amphibious landings. BlankUP - 151 words
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Article, Illustration38 1951-02-13 2 Buckinghamshire housewife, receiving the ''kiss of peace" for winning the 500-year-old pancake race. She ran 415 yards to the church in 72 seconds, flipping the pancake in her pan three times while running. Reuter picture.Reuter - 38 words
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Article187 1951-02-13 2 Assurance Wanted On HK Imports LONDON. Mon. THE United States is seeking an assurance from Britain that American exports to Hong Kong will not reach Communist China. Government consultations are in progress and British experts, in co-operation with the Colonial Office, are drawing up safeguards. America has complained has complainedUP - 187 words
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Article30 1951-02-13 2 SAN FRANCISCO, Mon. Globe Wireless yesterday intercepted a distress call from a landing ship tank, presumably of Chinese registry, disabled in Chegu harbour, its boiler leaking. A.P.AP - 30 words
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Advertisement525 1951-02-13 2 AUCTION SALt OF YM TABLE FREEHOLD SINGAPORE PROPERTIES To be held at our sr.leroom. No. 10 Chulia Street c On Wednesday. 14th February 1951 at 2.30 p.m. Lot 1 Freehold land and house j No 10 Gopeni: Street, area 1.1 II t ki ft Monthly rent $40.- j I <>t525 words
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Advertisement529 1951-02-13 2 NOTICES CENTRAL ELECTRICITY BOARD. Notice Tenders are Invited for the purchase of the following scrap and surplus material*:— Motor trucks. Motor cycles, Cycles and parts. Tyres, Battries. AC DC Motors, Generators. Battery charging sets, Oil Ti?lne parts. Steel girders. Scrap Iron and copper. Empty drums, Brasi rods, Bolts and Nuts.529 words
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Advertisement163 1951-02-13 2 NOTICES WILLIAM JACKS COMPANY (MALAYA) LIMITED (Incorporated In the Colony of Singapore > NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the 22nd Annual General Meeting of Williams Jacks Co. (Malaya) Limited will be held on Saturday. 24th February. IWI, »t the Com-pany-s Registered Office, Ocean Building, Singapore, at 12 o<clock noon. At163 words
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Advertisement312 1951-02-13 2 Thsre is no better remedy 1 for Indigestion, Heartburn i Flatulance etc than j i)rWiHi mACtD 1/tnlTf s POWDER. Always keep a fin J by you in the home p f Also available in 1 ABLET form for use in Office or m Factory. One tablet gives L the necessary312 words
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Article356 1951-02-13 3 UNLIKELY Hopes Of Turn For Better Are 'Very Dim' NEW DELHI, Monday. United Nations "condemn China" resolution had put an end to any attempts at negotiation or settlement of Far East problems at least for the present, the Prime Minister, Mr. Nehru declared in the IndianReuter - 356 words
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Article, Illustration56 1951-02-13 3 X .»i.| f'tfTSM from H.MS. .-.rnei about to land on a tmail platform fitted to the stern of the 9,788-ton Royal V.ivy supply ship Fort Duguesne during a test in the I ngUsh Channel. The aim was to test how helicopters ran be used from merchant ships for defence, comni;AP - 56 words
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Article183 1951-02-13 3 HONG KONG, Monday. rpHE Chinese Communist purge of political enemies and suspitts is spreading through the mainland. Chinese Nationalist intelligence agents said yester«l;»v. The purge has been intensified since the Korean war sar °d the reoorts said. are now *****0 people :.vangiung alone on 1 <spectUP - 183 words
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Article30 1951-02-13 3 WASHINGTON. Mon. Ex1 to the Marshall Plan countries, trying to recapture the United States market for foLd delicacies, are organisspecial display in i to in June.— Reuter.Reuter - 30 words
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Article78 1951-02-13 3 HONG KONG. Mon. VIRTUALLY all Americans have already left Canton or icill leave icithin a fortnight, said an American teacher who has arrived in Hong Kong. Dr. Howard Rhoads, teacher at Lingnam University, said that South China to all intents and purposes had now receded behindUP - 78 words
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Article33 1951-02-13 3 JERUSALEM, Mon. Israel has protested to the United Nations Mixed Armistice Commission against actions by Arab irregulars in the Beit Jibrin area bordering on Jordan's Hebron "nills. South of Jerusalem. Reuter.Reuter - 33 words
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166 1951-02-13 3 AACHEN, Germany, Mon. "I OVE is a stupid thing" commented an Englishwoman when a German court yesterday sentenced her to four months and a week in prison and a fine of £23 on fraud and smuggling charges. Miss Latticia Doriano Nelson, aged 47, wasAP - 166 words
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177 1951-02-13 3 LONDON, Mon. IVERPOOL dockers voted yesterday to continue their unofficial strike at least until their supporters in London decide today whether or not to return to work A similar decision had oeen made in Manchester on Saturday. The strike began when Liverpool dock workers walkedReuter; Reuter-AAP - 177 words
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Article27 1951-02-13 3 NEW YORK. Mon.— Eight New York teachers have been dismissed for refusing to say whether they are Communists. Three others resigned rather than be questioned.— A.PAP - 27 words
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Article33 1951-02-13 3 BEIRUT, Mon.— Palestine refugees are said to have organised a "Black Hand Society" responsible for stealing large quantities of food from a United Nations food depot at ancient Sidon.— A.P.AP - 33 words
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Article71 1951-02-13 3 BRISBANE, Mon. gUSH fires raging in south-west Queensland are estimated today to have destroyed 2,500,000 acres of grazing land. An RAAF spotter plane which made a 5 12 hours' flight over 100 miles of the Charleville and Wyandra district saw smoke and flames along the entire71 words
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Article39 1951-02-13 3 VATICAN CITY, Mon. The Vatican's Holy Congregation of Rites yesterday read a decree recognising as valid two miracles attributed to Pope Pius X The two miracles were the curing of two nuns who had malignant growths ReuterReuter - 39 words
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Article26 1951-02-13 3 ACCRA. Mon. N'Krumah. leader of the Gold Coast Convention People's Party which scored heavily in the colony's elections, was released from prison today.— Reuter.Reuter - 26 words
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Article, Illustration35 1951-02-13 3 MR. P. GORDON-WALKER, Secretary of State lor Commonwealth Relations, waves to wives outside the tribal meeting at Serowe, capital of the tribe from which Seretse Khama has been exiled.— Reuter picture.Reuter - 35 words
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Article104 1951-02-13 3 CHICAGO. Mon. ]yjßS.Dorothy Mac Stevens, the "deep freeze" woman who lived despite being literally frozen stiff, said yesterday that she was "feeling very well." Mrs. Stevens, a 23-year-old Negress, continued to improve at the hospital where she was brought on Thursday by two policemen who found her104 words
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Article, Illustration24 1951-02-13 3 WOMEN PROTEST b.wliSlt HOthEVViVKS* travelled by motor coach to present petitions to their mem3 of Parliament protesting against the reduced meat ration.— Renter picture.Reuter - 24 words
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254 1951-02-13 3 T UI WASHINGTON, Monday lit food outlook for Malaya this year is reasonably good Malaga's current large export of rubber and tin at high prices puts her in a favourable position to bu y rice if the supply is available, says theUP - 254 words
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Article50 1951-02-13 3 NEW DELHI, Mon. INDIAN Air Force personnel and police constables are being used to hunt a large wolf in the Lodi Park area of New Delhi. The big animal has been seen roaming near fashionable Katendone Road, where many American and diplomatic families reside. A.P.AP - 50 words
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Article119 1951-02-13 3 INDIA IS SURE OF U.S. WHEAT WASHINGTON, Mon. INFORMED Indian sources in Washington said they did not attach undue importance to difficulties the 2,000,-000-ton wheat deal for India was said to be meeting in certain Congressional circles. Questions said to have been raised at a White House conference were: WithReuter - 119 words
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Article19 1951-02-13 3 R.A.F. VISIT SWEDEN LONDON, Mon. A party of 31 R.A.F. officers and aircrew cadets are to visit Sweden. Reuter.Reuter - 19 words
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Article74 1951-02-13 3 COLUMBIA, Pennysylvania, Mon. THE last drop of drinking water was consumed in Columbia yesterday. State, county and local authorities joined with the Red Cross to bring in water in tanktrucks Twelve thousand residents of the community were rationed to one quart of drinking water a person everyday.UP - 74 words
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Article91 1951-02-13 3 MILAN, Monday. THREE machines to develop solar energy are to be shipped to Egypt for tests in selected areas of the Nile Vul~ ley by the Royal Society of Agriculture. The machines ivere invented by an Italian sngtnser and built by a Lecco f.nn. EgyptUP - 91 words
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Article270 1951-02-13 3 West To Insist On Full Talks WASHINGTON, Mon. THE Russians will have to agree to an unlimited discussion of European tension areas before the Western Powers will set a date for a Big Four deputies conference, authoritative sources safft yesterday. They said the next American, British and French approach to270 words
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Article28 1951-02-13 3 HONG KONG, Mon—:\lr. H. K. Lee former general manager of the Hong Kong Standard, died In Hong Kong yesterday after a lon» illness He was 52.—A.P.AP - 28 words
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Advertisement37 1951-02-13 3 HENRY WAUGH Co., Ltd. .-5 RANCHES IN PtNANG SINCAPORE KUALA LUMPUR 3ANCKOK. SIBU. IPOH, KUCHINC. lESSELTON SANDAKAN. KOTA BAHRU. LONDON. MANCHESTER WALKERS PACKINGS AND JOINTINGS FOR ALL NEEDS JAMES WALKER CO., LTD, "Lion" Works, Wokmg. Surrey, England.37 words
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Advertisement63 1951-02-13 3 SOOW &m IK I is¥l SPECIAL OFFERS Vi| fll 'A small collection of f HU COCKTAIL and l« EVENING DRESSES W II GREATLY REDUCED I Iwtti SIZES 12 16 I IWW usually $125/- to $220/- a^ so a ew Cotton Evening Dresses SIZES 12 to 16 M usually $49.50 to63 words
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228 1951-02-13 4 QUIZ FORM FOR SINGAPORE FIRMS J,]LK( TKK 'ITV for Singapore industries is to be rationed during four hours a day, according to a circular which the Municipal Electrical Engineer. Mr. C. C. Payne, has sent to industrial consumers. The Municipal228 words
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Article87 1951-02-13 4 I lam Our Sufi Correspondent SEREMBAN, Mon. RANTAI' Tamil estate labourer watched in helpless misery as his tliire-year-old daughter Maria, was drowned in the Unral river late yesterday evening The father was unable to 1 > his drowning daughter a* he couldn't vwim. The child .slipped87 words
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Article75 1951-02-13 4 A MALAY soldier. Pte. Mohatned bin Mahmood, of 1 2\ Guard Unit, who at-i-ited himself from his unit 1 >r five months, was yesterday at a Singapore District Cnurt Martial sentenced to 1 months' (.etention. 'tc Mohamed pleaded ity to the charge and no defence, t75 words
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Article45 1951-02-13 4 Indonesia wiil soon have her first British Council book exhibition, which will havr "sections devoted to modern fiction, children's books, popular science, crafts and hobbies. To date. 371 volumes and children's book illustrations by Edward Ardizzone and Kathleen ***lt liav e been45 words
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Article248 1951-02-13 4 PIANO CONTEST IN STORE LADY Gimson. wife of thf Governor of Singapore, nas consented to be patron of the Singapore, amateur plane competition, wnich will b*> held in March. The competition, the first of its kind in Singapore, is sponsored by the Chinese V.M.C.A. and is open to the oublic.248 words
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Article108 1951-02-13 4 A dispute over the tenancy >{ an engineering workshop j n Lavender Street in September last year, had a sequel n the Fourth Police Court /esterday when Wan Sin Narn :i sub-tenant, appeared on a charge of causing mischief V/an vas alleged to have broken a108 words
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Article58 1951-02-13 4 From Our Own Correspondent KAJANG Mon.— There were two Maky weddings at Kaiang over the week-end. Inche Aziz bin Abu Bakar Datok Degang^ JCampong of Kajang, was married to Che Wok binte Lambak at the 13th mile, Cheras road. At the 12th mile, Inche Aziz bin58 words
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Article77 1951-02-13 4 MALAY SOCIETY OF ART. annual exhibition. British Council Hall. Stamford Road. 9 a.m. to 5.30- p.m. Y.W.C.A.. R-.ffles Quay, baHroom dancing 5 p.m. Singapore stamp club. social mpftine. Naafl Hq Beach Road. 5.15 pjn. V.M.C.A., Orchard Road. MaUv class. 5.30 n.ro., first-aid class ■i-30 p.m. ,cymn«stks-. 6 p.m.77 words
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Article, Illustration106 1951-02-13 4 UNVEILS HIS OWN PICTURE THE portrait of Mr. Malcolm Mai Donald in the robes of the Chancellor of the University of Malaya was unveiled at a short ceremony in the Oei Tione Ham Hall. Singapore, yesterday. Before he unveiled his portrait. Mr. Mac Donald said that he enjoyed thoroughly his106 words
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Article75 1951-02-13 4 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG. Mon. Caught throwing some rubber into the sea by a Customs Officer on patrol duty, a sampan man. Goh Oo Buck, was today sentenced to two year's imprisonment. He was charged with unlawfully possessing three piculs and 25 katties of75 words
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Article263 1951-02-13 4 Higher Pay Call For Planters From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. A CALL rubber estate owners to raise planters' pay and cost of living allowances is made in The Planter, official publication of the Incorporated Society of Planters. 1 The Planter says in an editorial that pay and cost263 words
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Article34 1951-02-13 4 Froip Oin Own Correspondent KAJANG. N.on.- The nwner >t a motorcycle, Tee Kuan /ew. was fined $25 a.t Kajrjn? for allowing his rnacWne.. to be used, by an uuiicensed"34 words
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289 1951-02-13 4 PUT UP C.O.L. COUNCIL TO BE URGED A MINIMUM rise of $10 in the cost of living allowance* of all Government servants, effective fr >m this month, will be urged by Mr. John Lavcock (North-East) at Sintcaoore Legislative Council on Friday. Mr. Laycock will move that, as an urgent and289 words
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Article92 1951-02-13 4 A YELLOW-TOP taxi driver. £X Noordin bin Sultan, yesterday was convicted in th« Singapore F^rst District Court of failing to produce his identity card and was .allowed to go free after being cautioned by the Judge, Mr. H. E. Kingdon. Mr. M. C. Boyle, A.S.P., prosecuting, said92 words
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Article, Illustration216 1951-02-13 4 From our staff. Correspondent Bentong area last year KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. WHEN a patrol of the 1/10 Gurkha Rifl?s Wiled four bandits m the Bentong area of Pahang a few days ago, they brought their tally of (m»dfts killed to 100 fince the Emergency Itarted.216 words
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Article110 1951-02-13 4 2,500 Had No Permit To Open Shop IT is now estimated that at least 2,500 Chinese shopkeepers In Singapore opened their shops during the Chinese New Year without permission from the Labour Department But only about 100 thops were ra'JKht disobeying the Weekly Holidays law. Prosecutions are now golne on110 words
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Article71 1951-02-13 4 A class in General Orders and Government financial procedure will begin on Thursday in the Singapore Government Civil Service Association canteen building ar Empress Place. Organised bj the Government Administrative and Clerical Serv'ces Union, it is intended to help member* who ar. r/iepuring for the Generd'71 words
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Article52 1951-02-13 4 The following have been elected officers of the Central Sikh Temple for 1951 President, 9. Mangal Sinph: vic?-president, S Sulakhan Singh: hon. secretary, S. Gurdip Singh: vice-secretary, S. Narian Singh; hon. treasurer, 8. Hardit Singh: committee: S. Khem Singh. S. Jwala Singh. 3. Mitt Singh and S.52 words
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Article29 1951-02-13 4 The annual delegates' conference of the Singapore Army Civil Service Union will be on March 18 instead of March 25 —Easter Sunday— at the Viororia Memorial Hall.29 words
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Advertisement163 1951-02-13 4 ,i«e choose The v>i* c 1 »oor*<* mm lake a tip from London and X piF S look for the Cat and Barrel bottle. That's the WKJ to spot yfs *ijPyF famous for Gib since 1726. I yma&SL I CORDIAL OLD TOM FINEST DRY GIN BOORD'S FINEST LONDON GIN SOLE163 words
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Article, Illustration211 1951-02-13 5 The Royal Navy Is There... ...But Not Watching Reds THE presence of the Royal Navy fi>et minesweeper H.M.S. Maenad in the Singapore roads yesterday was stated to have no connection with the largest fleet of Russian snips in harbour at any time since the war. The Russian fleet comprises four211 words
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Article266 1951-02-13 5 THE master of the Ivan Polshunuv, one of the 1 172 1'..i. -built ships lent to Russia during World War II and demanded back last week by the Government «f tiie United States declared yesterday in Singapore: "The Russians will return them. They are no good266 words
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Article54 1951-02-13 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.Mr. P. H. O'Flynn. an officer with 20 years" experience in the Malayan Police has returned as Chief Police Officer. Sehnjor. and took over his duties on Saturday. Mr. I. D. Macdonald. who acted for Mr. O'Flynn. has been transferred to Federal Police Headquarters ag54 words
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Article47 1951-02-13 5 The Municipal Commissioners have fcpproved the closing ot a section of Carlisle Road to all traffic for a distance of about 75 yards from Its intersection with Cambridge Road. This section of the road will cosed for two weeks during the construction of a sewer.47 words
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Article31 1951-02-13 5 KUANTAN. Mon— For fheir Chinese New Year celebrations, the Inmates of the Home for the Aged »nd fnium Kuan tan received fruits. ■M'cea. cigarettes, and $3 'Ang "oxV.31 words
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Article57 1951-02-13 5 IPOH. Mon.-Mr. S. Ayadurai. father of Mr. A. Jegasothy of the tutorial staff of the Anderson School in Ipoh. died yesterday in Jaffna. Ceylon. Mr. Ayadurai retired as chief clerk of the Medical Department Ne«ri Sembilan. in 1932 and left for Ceylon in 1949. He57 words
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228 1951-02-13 5 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. A $14,000 bandit, the district committee secretary x of the Bakri area in the Muar region of Johore 30-year-old N g Kirn Hing, alias Ah lions, has been killed by security forces. Meng Ching. aged 51. personal body228 words
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Article54 1951-02-13 5 From Onr Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Mon Scots Guards in the Kuala Kubti Bahru area oi Selangor killed another ftve bandits yesterday. Their total is now 83 killed and 10 captured. They have killed seven In 48 hours. The ?nd Battalion Scots Guards leaves Mi54 words
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Article103 1951-02-13 5 BANDIT 121 IS HANGED Krom Our SJaff Currespnndrnt KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. A BANDIT whose rifle was snatched away by another bandit as ne fell wounded following a battle with Gurkhas was today hanged at Pudu Gaol, Kuala Lumpur He was Chow Ching tht•l2lst bandit to be executed Chow Ching was103 words
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Article, Illustration56 1951-02-13 5 GENERAL SIR Harold Bribes. Director of Operations, m an informal moment at the dinner relebrgtinr the opening of the All-Malaya Kochow Association at Kuala Lumpur on Sunday. In sm iling mood was Mr. H. S. Lee, president of the association. Others are Mrs. J. B. Hogan. and Mr. E. E.56 words
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Article177 1951-02-13 5 From Onr SUIT rorr«p«ndriii PENANG. Mon. ONLY a few passengers causht flu on tht* Chusan. Mr. No«»l Monks. Far East correspondent of thp London Dally Mall said as he stepped ashorr from the liner in Pening today There was no epidemic. h<. said Mr. Monk*, who177 words
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Article530 1951-02-13 5 Min imum 3, 1 SO Acres Proposed TPHE Singapore Playing Fields Committee, in its report to Government, recommends that the Colony would require a minimum of 3,150 acres of open space^ for playing fields and parks, compared with the existing total of 245 acres. The committee was appointed by530 words
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Article, Illustration152 1951-02-13 5 YW.C.A. workers were de- lighted when their amah. Tan Leona Ni/uk. walked in just before the Chinese New Year with a new perm. "Amah's permed her hair for the Chinese New Year." they laughed. But amah, and her husband, the Y.W.CA. Blue Triangle tea room152 words
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Article268 1951-02-13 5 Fr<»m Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Vlnnday. T^ODAY was everybody's birthday— by a stranffe combination of Chinese characters with double meanings. And according to Chinese custom all Chinese in Kuala Lumpur ate either raw fish or rice porridge to celebrate the unique occasion According268 words
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245 1951-02-13 5 STUDENTS MAY HAVE TO LIVE OUTSIDE FEDERATION students entering the University of Malaya in October this year may have to find their own accommodation in Singapore if the 50 new hostel bungalows beinj; built are not completed in time. Mr. W. G. Mclntosh, Bui sar of the University, tolu the245 words
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Article78 1951-02-13 5 Twenty-tbree people died as a result oi. tuberculosis in Sineaoore last week. A heal'h sta'e-n?nt issued yestpriay st;i'.es that th's figure is seven nore than the to. al number of deaths caused by T.B. during the previous week. Diplithrria C3used three deaths i""inst six for78 words
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Article30 1951-02-13 5 From Our Own Correspondent KAJANG. Mon.-Mr Kred David, who recently passed out from the police depot. Kuala Lumpur, is .now posted in Kajang as probationer Asian insoector.30 words
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Article83 1951-02-13 5 An attractive 18-yoar-uld Chinese girl. Ong Saw Theow. yesterday told the Coroner. Mr. Choor Singh, how her lover had forced her to take a powder to procure an abortion when she told him sh** was expecting a baby This was disclosed when an inquiry was held83 words
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Advertisement191 1951-02-13 5 METALLIZING BUILD U? those wen engine and machinery parts by the METCO method PROTECT your steelwork against corrosion by the METCO method METCO equipment and spray wire manufactured by the Metalizing Equipment Co., Ltd. England is available from ready SINGAPORE Stocks write James MILLER Co., Ltd. S'PORK l\ <>. BOX191 words
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Article63 1951-02-13 6 T;e acs ob.a. Annual Poundtt'% nay Dinner will be held m I'-e Aiulitoriuni at Barker Road. >i w ..i 7.30 p.m. The lharee per person is $6 inclusive. Applications to Mr. Ynp A'; ChlMB ACS. Bnrker Road. FUROPEAN lady wanting to start t n»:rserv «rhooi. Johrrr Jahru Bi-ea. »i<;hc<;63 words
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Article26 1951-02-13 6 TN CSRISHED memory 01 ■\ib»rt (Bertie i Tisslnßton. id by the Japanese en ISth Feb. '42 presumed kiil«.i "In r'ins'ant thought ■AY n! wrtm."26 words
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Article88 1951-02-13 6 >IR. MRS P E CONSIGLIERE c« Pu!oe Samboe thank all their and friends who s?nt letters o: condolence nnJ j«!cnd?d the funeral of their bf)n- od "-on T.ieonhane who died on \he P'li inst;mt. \VU I rfl Mrs. D C. Willis. 28 1 rbv Road. Liverpool 6. on behrlt88 words
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Obituary63 1951-02-13 6 MRS KOH BOH CHUA nee Ilm Slew Tin p:^s ci away lly on 8.?. 51 a?e 51. at her )rs*tirncr 2-i- <? I.im Tua Tow Rfl )»ivin' Iv'^rH h«r husband, four jcr^Koh Eig Pane. Eng Joo Fnc Cher But Plug, tblW dcm-h-Irrs. one son-ln-Uuv <fe seven t rand-children to63 words
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746 1951-02-13 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Tues., Feb. 13, 1951. Across The Parallel Why is the Korean Peoples Army winning such stupendous victories, asked Moscow Radio last week on the third anniversary of the creation of ihis Russian trained and sponsored force. Obviously it was a broadcast prepared some weeks in advance746 words
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Article405 1951-02-13 6 Recognising that afternoon schools are.playjng an indispensable part in English education in this country, the Education Department in the Colony has at last agreed to extend the grant-in-aid scheme, so long in operation for morning schools run by the missions, to the afternoon mission schools as well.405 words
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Article, Illustration781 1951-02-13 6 GRAHAM JENKINS - GRAHAM JENKINS By HANOI. gPECULATORS on the jump3 7 property market here on SouthEast Asia's front line are watching developments in Korea more closely than the fighf ing to their own immediate north as they gamble on what may happen toReuter - 781 words
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Letter258 1951-02-13 6 I READ with great interest "Chinese Wife's" letter, on the weakness of her menfolk, in last Saturday's Forum. My sincere sympathy goes to ner. I gather she Is a faithful and good wife and a loving mother, who certainly does not deserve such an "ang pow" for258 words
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Letter162 1951-02-13 6 AT times I cann. i understand why you permit ridiculous trash to be printed In your columns. Indeed, you did your worst by allowing "Chinese Wife's" letter to go into print in last Saturday's Forum, under the heading 'Why Ate Young Men So Foolish?" I am162 words
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Letter150 1951-02-13 6 AS a result of the recent arrests of University students in Singapore, there is a feeling of grave concern among some Malayan and British students in this country about the action of the Colony Government and its apparent threat to academic and intellectual freedom. This has150 words
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Letter443 1951-02-13 6 IN a recent address to the North Borneo Legislative Council, the Governor referred to proposals which would be submitted early this year for the imposition of a so-called Residents' Tax. Such a tax in this country would cut at the very root of an established principle of the443 words
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Letter195 1951-02-13 6 IT'S all very well for shopkeepers to blame the exorbitant prices they are charging on someone else. Middlemen seem to collect most of the blame. No doubt some middlemen take advantage of. the public, but I am certain that the shopkeepers reap as rich a profit as195 words
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Article424 1951-02-13 6 Emergency Call PLANTER, whose bungalow is under fire and whoM> ractory is a gutted ruin is attempting communicitinn with the local police: Planter: Police Exchange? Voice: Police Exchange *****41 Haroun bin Jaafar chakap. Planter: O.S.P.C. please Voice (glibly): O.SPC t'ada. Planter (in no way abashed): O.C.P.D. then.424 words
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Advertisement619 1951-02-13 6 Straits fimes Free Press Fet Mm eo»»*nt«»ic% ad»*thwi hi Reptetcftrativea at Ift new. Singapore Cold Storm Orchard Road wll receive imatl advertisement! and mnttn to box Humbert CLASSIFIED ADS. COLLINOS. On 9th February «t Johore Bahru Hospital, to Beryl <nee Wirne), wife of Faburke Colllnsis. Police Kota Tlnggl, 2 'APT.619 words
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Advertisement31 1951-02-13 6 £VERBRIGHT OPTICAL CO. Offering Complete Services essential to Eye Comfort Visual Efficiency. (1) VISUAL ANALYSIS (2) VISUAL TRAININF (3) 6LASSES IF REEDED C. S. CHONG, OPT. D. 19. CHULIA ST.. S'PORL31 words
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Advertisement28 1951-02-13 6 Excellent Tonic for B^ Mothers after ChUd "HSHHF Ball's WIN 6 Especially effective S«SLStS after Malaria and all jy > Types of Fever. ggiTixrJ JACKOH CO.. Lf H. Ig^^28 words
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620 1951-02-13 7 She Said 'No/ Displayed Photo Of Another Man From Our Special Correspondent MALACCA, Monday. yyHEN Bombardier John Stewart asked a coffee-stall waitress, Eunice Tan, m Tampin on Oct. 18 last year if he could go home with her, she said "No" and showed him620 words
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Article112 1951-02-13 7 $20,000 STOLEN RUBBER FOUND THE Singapore Police recovered $20,000 worth of stolen rubber at the Bin Seng Rubber Factory 1\ mile Bukit Timah Road, yesterday morning. A Chinose has been arThe rubber was identified as that stolen during a holdup at thr 11th mile, Bukit Tnnah Road, last Saturday afternoon112 words
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Article88 1951-02-13 7 a7K MRS Nuidu. Editor of the Malaya Namban v ill contest the Singapore L' g slatlve Council elections as an independent candidate either In the Seletar or Ba- ri;s;r.ct he 9h independent canoamlaf electionshus still .nori' candidates to In the Rorhore and S'let. rtla M.unvhile the Labour88 words
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Article55 1951-02-13 7 TWO ACCUSED OF STEALING Private Nonr«an Robert.s. of the 32 Coy. R.A.0.C.. Keat nd Eric John Han■esman of the F rrhttt, were charged in jcapore yesterday with Itng a motor-cycle be1 ngttlg to H.M. Services 221 Vehicle Battalion. R.A.O.C. Sunday. ihe case was postponed until Feb. 19. Bail of $1,00055 words
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Article, Illustration160 1951-02-13 7 SETTING up a radio station in Korea for the use of British troops and pressmen is by no means an easy job, according to Mr. N. W. Barnes, Jesselton Manaager of Cable and Wireless, who headed an 11man team to Korea. Mr. Barnes, who arrived160 words
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Article291 1951-02-13 7 tMliAKfcrifcS and textiles were iwo cummuuiues which showed a 10 per cent price increase yesterday an all time high m recent weeks despite the fact the Chinese New Year festivities are drawing to a close. Popular cigarettes like Players, Gold Flake and Double Ace291 words
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Article159 1951-02-13 7 SINGAPORE Government 0 will be asked at the next meeting of the Legislative Council on Friday whether it is aware that if the Director of Broadcasting, Mr. J. S. Dumeresque, retires, a number of European and Asian officers in the Broadcasting Department intend to ask for retirement159 words
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Article25 1951-02-13 7 Found in possession of a Japanese bayonet and a scabbard without a licence. Osman bin Bakri was fined $20 in Singapore yesterday.25 words
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Article67 1951-02-13 7 Mr. J. H. Loudon, a managing director of the Royal Dutch Shell group of oil companies, arrived in Singapore yesterday afternoon by Shell aircraft from Borneo for a four day visit to Shell installations in the Singapore area. He was accompanied by Mr. Boldedijk, Shell's67 words
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Article32 1951-02-13 7 The skies over the northwestern part of Singapore were last night pierced by silver beams as searchlights from Port Siloso, Blakang Mali, were turned on, in after dark exercises.32 words
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Article50 1951-02-13 7 TRIED TO STOP CARS, FINED Motorists at the junction of Bukit Timah Road and Jurong Road on Sunday night saw an Indian m the middle of the road trying to stop cars. This was stated m Singapore yesterday when V. Volem was fined $10 for behaving m a disorderly manner.50 words
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Article45 1951-02-13 7 Found In possession of 12 bottles of brandy on which duty had not been paid, Tan Chiap Buck was fined $100, or a month's imprisonment, in Sineapore yesterday. Earlier, Tan said that he had bought the brandy for the Chinese New Year.45 words
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Article127 1951-02-13 7 THE Laycock (Marriage Age) Bill, designed to ban nonMuslim marriages m Singapore between peopl«. under 16 and sent to a Select Committee of the Legislative Couricil m October, will automatically lapse with the proroguing of th« present. Council on Saturday because_Jh£_£flßlfla has not submitted its report.127 words
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Article, Illustration74 1951-02-13 7 But Ah Chan Doesn't Mind They Will Have To Quit— MRS. TAN CHENG GUAN, wife of a clerk, rolling up joss paper for the coming Chinese "Day of the Almighty God" with her children and grandchild. She is one of the 2,000 squatters in Havelock Road asked to quit by74 words
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Article173 1951-02-13 7 POUR masked Chinese dressed in black held up an r Indian in his house in Minto Road, off Jalan Sultan, early yesterday and stole cash and jewellery worth $4,400. The victim was 26-year old Yacob bin Mphd. Abu, Bakar, a mutton-soup seller, who was alone at173 words
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Article82 1951-02-13 7 FE light fleet carrier Warrior sailed from the Naval Base on Sunday for Japan carrying on deck more than twenty twin-engined Meteor jet fighters for the Royal Australian Air Force squadron fighting in Korea. The Meteors, nrst British Jets to Join the Korean fighting, are sealed82 words
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Article17 1951-02-13 7 Mr. R. A. Wright, Veterinary Officer, Malayan Veterinary Service, has been appointed Chief Veterinary Officer, Singapore.17 words
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Article65 1951-02-13 7 SINGAPORE police yetterdav warned residents in Mountbatten Road to watch tor a housebreaker who uses a drill to break open windows. At the week-end he got away with several silver tea-pots from a house in Mountbatten Road. At another house the occupants were awakened by65 words
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Article119 1951-02-13 7 FIEVES stole more than $7,000 in cash, jewellery and valuables in eight robberies, two of which were armed, in Singapore at the week-end. Four Chinese, armed with knives and a revolver, robbed a house in Calvert Road of $3,062 cash and jewellery. Robinson's showcase in Raffles119 words
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Article135 1951-02-13 7 rE month-old Henderson Estate Community Welfare Centre, near Tiong Bahru is seeking office accommodation to conduct its activities. Mr. M. P. D. Nair. Labour member on the Municipal Commission, who is taking up the Centre's case with the SI.T said the authorities should encourage135 words
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Article342 1951-02-13 7 'Control Prices S'pore Dies' IF Government intro1 duced price control, it would mean the "sure" death of Singapore as an entrepot centre. This is stated in a memorandum by a sub-committee of Chinese trade association members of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce addressed to the Secretary for Economic Affairs,342 words
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Article28 1951-02-13 7 Low Kirn Thio. a wharf stevedore, was sentenced to two months' imprisonment in Siingapore yesterday for stealing four yards of rayon material on board a ship.28 words
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Obituary23 1951-02-13 7 GOH TECK CHEOW: On 12.2.51. Goh Teck Cheow. assistant. Islay Kerr Co.. Ltd. Thirtyeight years service with th« P. O. Agency, Singapore.23 words
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Advertisement42 1951-02-13 7 mM m w^AJt s'M^^L 2e THE IDEAL SHORTENING FOfc SOLE AGENTS FOR C "V^NS!!*!^>' SINGAPORE MALAYA. Stninju.t It. K»«6 --.rant id ISSZ FLOORS TILE ASPHALT TEAK PARQUET RUBBER LINOLEUM < FERROGRAN CORK A CLOUET CO, LTD 34 36, Wallich Street. Sin&apor*. Phone 396442 words
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Advertisement41 1951-02-13 7 yilllllllC]IIIIIIIIIIIIC3IIIIIIIIIIHt3lllllllllllll3IIMIIIIIIIIt3IMIIIIIIIIIC3IIIIIIIIIIIIC3ll!lll^ j NOW AVAILABLE IN 3 SIZES I j 'LAGER GLASSES j Lager Glasses with Heavy Base. Gilt Border and Band as il'ustrated. pt. size $1.35 ea. j $1.60 1 I 1 $1-85 J From Th« Hardware Dept. 1 ROBINSONS i41 words
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Article248 1951-02-13 8 Singapore: 2.000 Must Go A SI.O(M),(MH» road to link the junction of Kirn Snitf Road and Havelock Road to Helta Road i*; btinK planned by the Singapore Improvement Trust. Thi road will be 80 ft. wide and will by pirn the <«xistin>r Havelock Road in that248 words
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Article104 1951-02-13 8 75 To Collect Funds For The YWCA SLNUAPOKj* poiice permission !u»s bsen fiiven for 75 mrmbrra of the Y.W.C.A. to no to 'inns, public bodies and Individual!" <*'«In^ 'heir ;innml noon I for funds. wh'ch b is on Thursday until M>- 15 were sent la>t veWc to r, nd ih-104 words
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Article82 1951-02-13 8 KUAI.A LUMPUR. Mon. Police stood guard last night when aoout 400 people attendPd the. dinner given by the All -Malaya Koc'.iow As- 1 soclatlon to celebrate the -ning 01 its 5200.000 pri) Pudu Road Kuala Lumour Mr H S Lee President ol tbr Association, proposed the'82 words
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Article41 1951-02-13 8 From Our SUIT Corre < :>dent JOHORE BAHRU. Mon.— Teo Eean Seng, a lorry attendant, was fined $1,500 or six months' gaol at Johore Banru for importing four slabs of opium, which he said he bought in Singapore for 5960.41 words
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70 1951-02-13 8 ABDUL Rahman bin Sani. aged 17, stole his bro'h.'r-in-law's shoes, clothing and monci while ht was si v ping at his house in K"mpo r i'j AL'xamlra on Jan. Yesterday Abaul Rahman appear e i in the Third Police Court in his70 words
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Article105 1951-02-13 8 A CHINESE boatman. Lee Hen Mm. was yesterday, in the First Police Court, sentenced to three months' imprisonment for being in fraudulent possession 01 eiglv piculs of rubber worth $1,600 L?e was found in possession of the rubber in a sampjn in che sea near the105 words
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Article, Illustration43 1951-02-13 8 FISHMONGER at the Kuala Lumpur central market with two Chinese fish, each weighing about seven katis. for the main item of a special dish of raw fish and raw vegetables served by the Chinese on "everybody's birthday" yesterday. Straits Times picture.43 words
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Article274 1951-02-13 8 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Monday. WHEN the 24,000 ton P. and O. liner Chusan docked in Penang this afternoon, she carried to Malaya a descendant of Singapore's founder, Sir Stamford Raffles. He is Major Eric Flint D.S.O. and he is on his way274 words
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Article19 1951-02-13 8 SANDAKAN, Mon.— From March I. the North Borneo News at Sandakan will apoear as a weekly newspaper.19 words
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196 1951-02-13 8 THE Jalan Eunos, Malay Settlement, Boys' Club is in a bad way due to lack of support from members and the kampong people An official yesterday said :hat the authorities had been told that the use of the nremises as a Social Welfare Department196 words
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Article123 1951-02-13 8 from O»r Own t:orreapoi»denl SKKKVIBAN. Mon A PARTY of Seremban police, several police officers, and the Seremban jungle squad rushrd to the second mile. Tampin Road at ten o'clock last nijcht '<»' lowine reports that several shots had been heard in the area. On arriving123 words
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Article335 1951-02-13 8 DATO ONN CALLS FOR RIDA LEADERS From Our Staff Correspondent [POh Mon. I EADEKS arc to be trained Uj\ the Rural md Industrial Development Authoi.tv Kam30ng people are to he lrged to vol;mteer and take the initiative. Dato Dnn bin Ja'afu told the Straits Times after his| tour of Lower335 words
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Article56 1951-02-13 8 I mm Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Mon— R. Karuppiah. pleading guilty in the First Magistrates Court today to attempted theft of a bicycle worth $160. was sentenced to three months rigorous imprisonment. Karuppiah was caught while trying to unlock a bicycle parked outside a restaurant56 words
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Article65 1951-02-13 8 DAVID Nigel Evans. 31. set up a Singapore record in the British Merchant Navy when he passed his Second Mate's and Master's examinations icithout attending a Marine school. W Un feiv facilities in Singapore for the sludv 01 navigation. Mr. Evans doggedly pursued his65 words
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Article53 1951-02-13 8 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. Mr. J. Brazier, Trade Union Adviser, Federation and Singapore, and Mrs. Brazier, were entertained by a number of friends to dinner at the Hotel Majestic last night. Mr and Mrs. Brazier leave for the United Kingdom later this month on53 words
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Advertisement276 1951-02-13 8 THE SECRET OF A W *~T%^ POND S 7u%9 creams 1 |K&jL|yBr M H«ra't four twofold vlaS^^X 'A Vi kxauty routin*: J Ny V EVEIY NIGHT, cover your face f I with Pond's Cold Cream, and smooth it in, allowing the rich. For fair, lovely skin, you need a twojoia276 words
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Advertisement153 1951-02-13 8 NEW CHASSIS DESIGN... ]or 32 fyassenge?' D?esel Bufcs A chassis of advanced design which successfully meets the operator's demand tor low cost maintenance, and the passenger's demand for comfort. The best chassis tor 20-30 seater luxury touring coaches or 32-seater buses. MODERN ADAPTABLE ECONOMICAL MORRIS-COMMERCIAL MALAYAN ;^7G23 LTD. flrn WEARNE153 words
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Article, Illustration826 1951-02-13 9 GARDENIA - THE GARDENS OF PENANG GARDENIA By '...One Of The Most Lovely Impressions Of Penang Is Its Flowers' fINE of the most de- finite, and certainly one of the most lovely impressions that Penang gives to the newcomer is that of its flowers; the scent and the colour of its treeshaded826 words
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709 1951-02-13 9 K. KAYE - Nothing Is Junk To A Malayan Junk Man K. KAYE By q^HERE is no such thing as junk to a Malayan "junk man." All the knick knacks which we would ordinarily classify as useless eyesores speU dollars and cents Lo one of the most painstaking and astute among this country's709 words
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Article22 1951-02-13 9 THEY even manage to make a living selling the feathers from chickens and ducks, which are then processed and made into hats22 words
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Advertisement164 1951-02-13 9 7.45-4 6.30 9.30 fTWB!T|BTI now showiHG y I > I I 1 rj I Swashbuckling Adventure Starring LOUIS HAYWARD "pirates Ihstrihutfd by Shaw Bros. .Ltd SEASON EX f ENDED! jl W Mala> Film Productions' i^k^ Dramatic Triumph BERDOSA'W/% Starring YEM. ROKIAH. SIPUT (M Jj^LJBF SAKAMAK. ROOMAI NOOR. vi NENC YATIMAH164 words
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Advertisement211 1951-02-13 9 AID rfiNniTl^Nf O* W One of the Best Thrillers lo Comr Out of a British Studio MURDER MYSTERY WITH A DIFFERENCE OIRK BOCARDE s"^^ JOHN McCAUUM 2?" ft susam shaw BBBEawKTaHMBH BBS COMING SOON watch for oprninc; hut* I.*^aV Rjajown Pictures Corporation fr^M. X < i sdM 4fßk NEW ALHAMBRA211 words
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Miscellaneous266 1951-02-13 9 SINGAPORE K. LUMPUR Buzzard"; 10.30 Melac!irino Orch; 11 Closp 9.35 am. Schools; 9.55 Inter- MS a.m. 2.50 p.m. As Spore: BFE B S lude; 10 News; 10.10 Close; 10.45 L'^ mSe l-ri^ T^ka^o 445 p m Prom th London Schools; 12 Malay; 1 p.m. Radio Doctor; 8 Sonata Rfcital (Liszt.266 words
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Article366 1951-02-13 10 Treasure Trove In The Pices -JE FROM AN ESTATE BUNGALOW VTF n ad heard all sorts of strange sqiieakings and scamperings which we had put down to rats and when the waste pipe iron' the bathroom b;(sin became stopped up and general plumbing tailed to shift the tr »nhle we366 words
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Article, Illustration84 1951-02-13 10 INVISIBLE GLOVES, developed" by scientists in the last ivar, are taking the dirt, the distaste and the danger from the housewife's daily routine. With her hands shielded by the barrier cream demonstrated here she can wh '■•> through the dreariest and dirtiest of the day's tasks wath simply in soap84 words
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Article, Illustration422 1951-02-13 10 LIAU NYUK OI - LIAU NYUK OI By SINGAPORE is a city of contrasts where the very ricn live close beside the very poor, and the educated rub shoulders with the illiterate. To feminists the contrast is nowhere more apparent than in the status of the loral women.422 words
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Article802 1951-02-13 10 NURSE JANET - NURSE JANET MOTHERCRAFT IN MALAYA' i By WHEN SHOULD A BABY FORM CLEAN HABITS? SHOULD A BABY BE POTTED WHEN THE 10 P.M. FEED HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED? A MOTHER writes asking the above questions about her first baby, aged 14 months, who is as yet802 words
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Article, Illustration30 1951-02-13 10 TAN ENG 800 a?id Tan Eng Boon, eight -months -old twin sons of Mrs. Tan Wee Chioee of 747 Pasir Panjang Road, Singapore, win this week's $5 bonny baby prize.30 words
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Advertisement78 1951-02-13 10 Bo by Guy /l/J/f Aj*w/I& FOR THE WORLD'S BABIES What a sturdy fellow with nice straight limbs. LACTOGEN hos supplied Guy with the right nutriment which is so necessary for steady growth. If Baby it fed on Lactogen and you are journeying to the United Kingdom, we suggest that on78 words
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Advertisement447 1951-02-13 10 The Perfect Doable: Curtis Gin and J\eiuers Lime Juice Cordial Sole agents in Singapore and Malaya: COLD STORAGE Singapore Cold Storage Co., Ltd. TIME-TESTED IN THE TROPICS— Women know it ensures 4 a lovely skin s- y •HAIEUNKSHOW^^ <»k 1 M. protect* the tkin trom duit y >k and dirt447 words
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Miscellaneous319 1951-02-13 10 p, t* I *\/N/\ 27. She rules the waves (.9). Straits Times Crossword 290 »own „1 mi 1- The playwright of "Th* liH 7 m 3m 3 H HI H6H 6 I 7I 7 IP^ circie (8 7) 2. "And dash the Irom a sSsss To" m y «y e319 words
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Article271 1951-02-13 11 LONDON, Mon. CLOSING middle prices of selected stocks, as supplied to the Straits Times by special arrangement with The Financial Times, were I.O\NS Consols 691 Funding 47* 1061 War Sir. n\ a BAXK8 Chartered i£5 nd.) Uerrunti.e i£25> (£12 pd 22 Honckong <S128> lit iHMl i£Si (I 2J"271 words
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206 1951-02-13 11 SHIPS in the Singapore Roads and alongside the Singapore Harbour Board godowns yesterday were: Outer Roads: Hai Hsuan. La Charante. Shinyo Maru, KascKiszko. Eurymedon, Washington Mail. Chelyuskinetf.z. Anshun. Ivan Polzunov. Britbh Merit. Dr A. Calmette Van Riebeck, Chip Lam, Eastern Trader. Pres. Krucer. Islander.206 words
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Article216 1951-02-13 11 Federation Sellers Out:' Price Down 6^ Cents From A Market Correspondent A FAIR amount of selling from the federation yesterday brought the price of first-grade rubber for February shipment down another 6£ cents from Saturday's close m the Singapore market. The closing price stood at $2.19 a lb.216 words
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Article33 1951-02-13 11 »T»AIPING Rubber Plantation's A profit for the year to Sept 30, 1950 after tax £22,954. was £***** (previous year £1,226). The flve-per-cent dividend compare., with the previous 2' 2 per cent33 words
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Article37 1951-02-13 11 /^UTHRIE it Company an- nounce the following January outputs from estates and mines in the Guthrie group: Rubbet 6,651..)?2 lbs.: Black t<a 129.000 lbs.; Palm oil 1,261 tons: Palm kernels 356 tons. Tin-ore 1051 piculs.37 words
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Article39 1951-02-13 11 SINGAPORE. Mon., Feb. 12.— 5745 (up $8 to new alltime record. £1,490 a ton in London LONDON. Mon.. Feb. 12.— Spot Buyers, £1,490; Forward £1,460; Settlement £1,475 (up £5). Turnovers; a.m. 40. p.m. 115 tons.39 words
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Article130 1951-02-13 11 From A Market Correspondent FE copra section or the Singapore produce market was quiet yesterday with sellers of March copra quoting 961 and buyers at 859. No business was reported. Except lor pepper, the other sections were also quiet. Sellers of Lampong black increased their price by130 words
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Article15 1951-02-13 11 ■LTESANO Tin's January tribute report figures are: Tin-ore ***** piculs. Tribute $9,872.15 words
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Article372 1951-02-13 11 Prices Rise All Round THE Malayan share market opened the week on a very firm note yesterday, with a strong demand for shares in all sections at higher prices. Price changes .announced by the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association were: INUISTKIALS Buyer. Selterk Con 'Tin Smelt. Ord 20/Frascr 6t Neave372 words
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Article32 1951-02-13 11 HONGKONG. Mon. ■pREE market currency exchange lor Hong Kong, dollars was quoted today as follows: US$l HK55.94 (cash). HK16.01 (T.) £1 HKSIS 30: on#> tael Of gold HKSSIIV— UP.UP - 32 words
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Advertisement1294 1951-02-13 11 MANSFIELD 6* CO., LLD. i nooroorateo m imgapote) fUJUM, rUNNCL LINK Carrier s eptwn to preteU via othei ports to lead Mid durtarge cargo. SAILINCS LIVERPOOL CLASCOW LONDON b CONTINENTAL PORTS Oue Mil* ft Shun »»«n«nf TanraiM toi l*r>oa. Marseilles. Havre Liverpool C. 25/26 Feb. 14 Feb. 15/1« Feb. 17/1,294 words
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Advertisement446 1951-02-13 11 EAST ASIATIC LINE SAILINGS FROM SCANDINAVIA/UK. /CONTINENT: Score P Sham Penan* India" for tiangkoK Motir Kong b Manila 15- IX Feb. -Kambodia" for Hong Kong. Kobe Yokohama 24-28 Feb. Lalandia 1 for Bangkok 2-3 Mar. 1- 1 Mar. 26-28 Feb "Fionia" tor Saigon Bangkok 8-9 Mar- 7 7 Mar. 6-6446 words
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Article329 1951-02-13 12 F.A.M. Revises Cup Byelaw THE Council of the Singapore Amateur Football Association, at a meeting held last night m the Singapore Cricket Club, agreed that it had been "soft" m its dealings'with the Football Association of Malaya and decided to write a "final"329 words
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Article99 1951-02-13 12 'THE S.A.F.A. Council last night agreed to a suggestion by the Hong Kong FA. that Hong Kong and Singapore should take part in inter-port games for a cup to be called the 'A* Ho Memorial Cup." The cost of the cup will be shared by99 words
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Article126 1951-02-13 12 $8, 755 Lost On Tour OA.F.A.'s coach and manager Mr. R. G. I. Pates reported to the Council meeting last night that the association incurred a loss of $8,755 on its recent visit to Manila. Th; s was due to poor gate receipts because there had been a spate of126 words
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Article65 1951-02-13 12 3 A.F.A. will put up a match on Sunday, Feb. 18 in aid of the SO.S.C. team for the Asian Games. The match will be between a SAFA. XI and a Combined Services team. Another benefit match, in aid of Tan Tuck Choon, was also65 words
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Article78 1951-02-13 12 An application from a combined Kota Raja-Chinese Athle;es side to tour Indonesia from tomorrow was turned down by S.A.F.A. Council last night. The refusal was on the grounds that the S.A.F.A. had not received writ'cn approvals from the S.C.F.A. and the M.F.A. It was pointed out that78 words
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Article107 1951-02-13 12 MANILA, Mori The Hong Kong tennis champion K. H. Ip was beaten 6-1. 6-0 by P. Ampon, the Filipino international star, on Saturday in the Philippines national championships. In the doubles, however, Ip partnered Sweden's 9ven Davidsson to beat Filipinos Deyro and Constantino 6-4, 8-6,107 words
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Article50 1951-02-13 12 From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH. Mon.— lpoh's Malay Sports Club decided at Its meeting yesterday to send about $400 to the Poh Lim-Marjan Fund for the Malayan doubles champions to go to the All-England badminton championships. Th? meeting also voted for a new clubhouse costing $50,000.50 words
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Article87 1951-02-13 12 From Our Own Correspondent BANGKOK Mon. pHENG WAH yesterday played grand football to down Bangkok Combined by two goals to nil. Bangkok Combined, who defeated the S A.F.A. touring side, found Cheng Wah goalkeeper Huck Gay, a hard man to beat Cheng Wah got their first87 words
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Article56 1951-02-13 12 LONDON. Mon. The draw for the sixth round of the FA. Cup held today resulted as follows: Birmingham City v. Manchester United; Newcastle United v. Bristol Rovers; Sunderland v. Wolverhampton Wanderers; Blackpool v. Chelsea or Fulham. The matches wIU be played on Feb. 24 with replays onReuter - 56 words
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Article357 1951-02-13 12 KAXPI'K, India, Monday. THE Commonwealth cricketers defeated India by 77 runs in the fifth "Test" here today before 35,000 people. The match ended just before the tea interval Merchant and Hazare resumed their third wicket partnership with India needing 299 runs for victory, but Hazare did357 words
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Article621 1951-02-13 12 WEIGHTS for Saturday, first day of the Stafapore Turf Club Spring meeting, are: Class 1, Dlv. 1— 9 Fur. 6c 8 yd. Happy Traveller 9.09 Kinder Gold 8.13 J'avance 8.12 Toboggan 8.11 Gold Meridian 8.1* Astivel 8.04 Longchamps II 8.03 Battleship 8.03 Kiver Moon 8.02621 words
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Article424 1951-02-13 12 By EPSOM JEEP GOOD racing is in prospect at Bukit Timah on Saturday, first racing day of the new season at Malayan Turf "headquarters." One hundred and twenty two Class 1 and 2 horses have been handicapped in nine races and keen interest will424 words
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Article50 1951-02-13 12 TODAY TABLE TENNIS: P. I. Chinese v. 'Rest of Singapore' at Happy World 8 p.m. TOMORROW RUGBY: GHQ Farelf v. l;U Seletar at Tanglin; RASC v. Royal Engineers at R.E. ground; RAF Changi v. Nee Soon at Nee Soon; RAF T?ng4h v. 221 Veh. Bn. at Battalion ground.50 words
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432 1951-02-13 12 THIS is my third trip to the United Kingdom and I am going there this time with one aim 1'» defend successfully ray All-England singles title, said 32-year-old Wong Peng Soon, Malayan badminton champion, as he boarded a BOA432 words
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Article123 1951-02-13 12 Hassett Puts Up His Best Score MELBOURNE. Mon. T INDSAY Hassett. Victori m and Australian captain, made the highest score of his career today when he made 232 of Victoria's total of 441 against Hie M.C.C. here. The touring side made a bad start in reply losing four wickets for123 words
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Article142 1951-02-13 12 VICTORIA— Ist Inns. C. McDonald b Hollies 27 Meuleman c liutlon b Slatham I HmMH c Washbicuk b Close Harve> b Bailey Loxton b Hollies 1 Turner c Compton b Close I I. Johnson c Close b Hollies Ring: Close b Berry 71 I. McDonald not out 13 Hill142 words
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Article43 1951-02-13 12 The following were el i cted cricket official* for the S.C.R.C. al their cricket meeting held oi Friday:- -Captain. Wee Chorw, Jin; vice-captain. Ong Swli Law; convenor, Cheong Thianr Siew. Pcactice will be up everj I Tuesday and Thursday startim today.43 words
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Page 12 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous27 1951-02-13 12 SINGAPORE TIDES TODAY: 2.53 a.m. (8.7), 3.33 p.m. (7.7); 9.15 a. m. <2.«i, 8.07 pn,. (3.9). TOMORROW: 8 25 a.m. 4 31 p.m. (6.9); 10.00 a.m. (327 words
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