The Straits Times, 15 February 1951
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Title Section18 1951-02-15 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1951 PRICE TKN CENTS18 words
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Article682 1951-02-15 1 Livett Tells Inquiry Of Plea To Mob Outside The Mosque TIIK Singapore Riot Commission yesterday opened its inquiry into the December riots. The Commission sat in the Victoria Hall under the chairmanship of Sir Lionel Leach and heard from Mr. G. R. Livett, former Deputy Commissioner of682 words
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Article, Illustration61 1951-02-15 1 W. AFRICAN ELECTION UOLI) COAST candidate (centre) being nominated for last week's elections in which the Nationalist Convention People's Party won all except a few of the elective seats. The party's aim is self-rule. BELOW: Two opposing candidates hold their election symbols, an elephant and a fish. The returning: officerAP - 61 words
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Article, Illustration29 1951-02-15 1 V.tt. l> K. LIVETT. tornier Deputy Commissioner of the Singapore police, who save evidence yesterday at the opening of the riot inquiry. Story in Pa?e Eifiht.29 words
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Article211 1951-02-15 1 LONDON. Wed. Mr. John Dugdale, Minister State lor Colonial said today that if there were "undue" exports of rubber from Malaya to Russia. China and other iron curtain countries, the governi.i -nt would investigate the matter Mr Dugdale said that 14 p r cent of Malaya'sReuter - 211 words
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Article88 1951-02-15 1 rw\HE members of the Riot Inquiry Commission are: Sir Lionel Leach, former Chief Justice of Madras: Mr. John Henry Wenham, Vice-chairman of the Surrey County Council and chairman of the Standing Joint Committee; Captain Henry Studdy, Chief Constable of the West Riding of Yorkshire. Its terms of reference88 words
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Article62 1951-02-15 1 COVENTRY, England, Wed. LADY Godiva rides again on June 23. The Coventry Pageant Committee advertised yesterday for "a woman of mature age, good appearance, good physique, cultured and able to ride a horse at walking pace, sidesaddle." Coventry used to stage Godiva processions every five yearsAP - 62 words
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Article41 1951-02-15 1 NEW DELHI, Wed.— King Tribhuvana of Nepal flew back to Khatmandu yesterday to proclaim a new constitution and a new cabinet. Nepal's constitution was negotiated in New Delhi during conferences between Nepalese and Indian officials.— U.PUP - 41 words
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Article23 1951-02-15 1 OTTAWA. Wed— Dr. Warner Dankwort. Consul-Gen-eral »or the Bonn Government, today arrived to establish the first German Consulate since 1939.— U.P.UP - 23 words
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Article14 1951-02-15 1 CAIRO. Wed. Cerebrospinal meningitis has broken out in Egypt and the Sudan. Reuter.Reuter - 14 words
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Article86 1951-02-15 1 SYDNEY, Wed. OOLICE today broke up a 1 demonstration by more than 100 Communists outside the United States Consulate here. They were protesting. .vof Mr. John Foster Dulles, I President Truman's Special Envoy, to discuss the Japanese i Deace treaty. Twelve men and a woman86 words
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Article183 1951-02-15 1 CAPE TOWN, Wednesday. r)RASTIC new measures to reinforce the law ban- ning Communism in South Africa were introduced into the Lower House yesterday by the Minister of Justice, Mr. C. A. Swart. The Communist Party and all Communist activities were outlawed last June butReuter - 183 words
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Article84 1951-02-15 1 LOS ANGELES, Wed. BRITISH bookmaker, Sid Hales, who said the odds against a world war this year are •lftOO to 1, has refused bets from an American who has taken him up. A Santa Ana resident, Mr. Douglas C. Lauderdale, said he sent Mr. Hales US$2584 words
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Article144 1951-02-15 1 'SEMI- WAR BASIS IN AUSTRALIA CANBERRA, Wednesday. A USTRALIA is to be placed on a "semi-war" footA ing, the Prime Minister, Mr. Robert Menzies, announced today soon after his return from the Commonwealth Conference in London. He said the nation could not be put entirely on a war footing withoutReuter - 144 words
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Article60 1951-02-15 1 LOS ANGELES, Wed. Lloy.d C. Douglas, 73, author of "The Magnificent Obsession" and "The Robe," died last night. His last work was "The Big Fisherman," a sequel to "The Robe". He refused to allow a film to be made of "The Big Fisherman," apparentlyAP - 60 words
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Article198 1951-02-15 1 TOKYO, Wednesday. rH (iH South Korean Marines today struck a surprise blow at the east coast port of Wonsan, 80 miles north of the 38th Parallel. They went ashore under the protection of the heavy guns of the Missouri, the world's biggest battleship, supporteu byReuter - 198 words
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Article56 1951-02-15 1 TWO engines of the Singa- pore Fire Brigade were rushed to the General Post Office, Fullerton Building, last night when an electric cable in the lift in the Postal Department caught fire. One of the employees of the Department handling mailbags put the fire out in56 words
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Article14 1951-02-15 1 CALCUTTA, Wed.— A lifehtntng strike of 30,000 seamen and shore workers yesterday14 words
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Article196 1951-02-15 1 Paper Fights Closing Order MR. Nazir Mallal has filed a writ in the Singapore Hifih Court seeking to quash the Colonial Secretary's order withdrawing the printing licence of the Melayu Raya Pi ess. The Colonial Secretary, Mr. W. L. Blythe, will be asked to attend the Court at 10.30 a.m.196 words
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Article60 1951-02-15 1 SEATTLE. Wed. Betty Graham, 33, one-time war correspondent in the Orient, died suddenly on Monday in Peking, the Communist Chinese Minister of Health notified the father here yesterday. The father was told she wa.s stricken suddenly and died in a Peking hospital. She was oneAP - 60 words
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Article32 1951-02-15 1 DEATHS TREBLED MONTREAL, Wed. The number of deaths for this time of the year has risen owing to a flu epidemic that struck at least 100,000 and killed more than 80.— U.P.UP - 32 words
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Advertisement65 1951-02-15 1 171 uifi i\unnc UJ TIENTSIN CARPETS& RUGS JUST ARRIVED for your early Selection at The PEKING Co., 81, HIGH ST.. SPORE. Phone ***** J. STONE CO. LTD. 1 TONUM BRAND NON-FERROUS METALS STONE'S Bearing Metals STONE'S Casting Bronzes STONE'S Copper Tacks, Nails and Roves (for boat building) STONE'S Phosphor Bronze65 words
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Article536 1951-02-15 2 In 'War Crazy World POLITICIANS OUT OF TOUCH- INDIAN ENVOY] LONDON. Wed. INDIA'S Ambassador to Moscow, Sir S Radhakrishnan, told the United Nations A&suclation of Oxford University last nißht: "People, whether in Washington Moscow or London, are alarmed at the drift to war. "Governments in the United Nations are liningReuter - 536 words
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Article, Illustration48 1951-02-15 2 Floods Empty A Town HEAVY RAIN has swollen the riven of northern Italy and many of them have broken their banks. The River Reno, which flows about 20 miles north of Bologna, has swamped the town of Poggio Renatico and forced evacuation of its 9.000 inhabitants. A.P. picture.AP - 48 words
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Article166 1951-02-15 2 'PROUD COLONEL DIES IN ACTION TOKYO, Wednesday LIEUT.-COL. Rene den Ouden, commanding officer of the Netherlands detachment with I.N. forces in Korea, was killed in battle on the central front, a spokesman in Tokyo confirmed today. In a tape recording of a message made four days before his death, tellingReuter; Reuter-AAP - 166 words
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Article62 1951-02-15 2 JAKARTA. Wed. A JAPANESE shipping man is in Jakarta to discuss with the Indonesian Government the lifting of ships sunk during the war. He is Masao Srakai, president of the Ninon Kchatan Kabushiki Kaisha. He and a party of three will make a survey tripUP - 62 words
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Article34 1951-02-15 2 LONDON, Wed.— Mr. Leo H. Lamb, formerly a British Minister in Nanking, left by plane yesterday for Peking to become Charge d'Affaires of the British Mission to Communist China.— A. P.34 words
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Article, Illustration37 1951-02-15 2 ytt FRANK DOBSON. A.R.A.. working: on a massire piece of statuary for Battersea Park. London, during; the Festival of Britain. Jacob Epstein has also been commissioned to do sculpture for the exhibition. Reuter picture.Reuter - 37 words
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203 1951-02-15 2 r^ROWSING in his boat, a fisherman at Portland, v Victoria, felt 'his line Jerk sharply. He began to reel in smartly. Jlesistance suggested it would be another that "got away." It was. On the end of the line was a girl who203 words
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Article56 1951-02-15 2 LONDON, Wednesday. SCOTLAND YARD bomb experts yesterday opened a ticking package addressed to the Food Minister,, Mr. Maurice Webb, and found an alarm clock. The package was delivered to the Food Ministry by r. cab driver. An attendant heard the ticking, put it in a bucket56 words
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Article340 1951-02-15 2 US DENIES JAPAN ARMS BUILD-UP TOKYO. Wed. THHE American repre- sentative today accused Russia ot using the Allied Council for Japan for "nefarious ends" after an accusation by a Soviet delegate that General Mac Arthur's demilitarising of Japan was to "forward aggressive plans in Asia especially Korea." The American Ambassador.Reuter - 340 words
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Advertisement602 1951-02-15 2 NOTICES NOTICE TkMESSAGERIES MARITIMES Telephone numbers are new changed to:— ***** ***** PUBLIC NOTICES The Directors of the associated Malayan and Siamese Tin Dredging Companies have decided to pay .ill dividends halfyrarlyinstead of quarterly as heretofore The lolloping Dividends payable per share, in Australian currency at the Companies' registered office602 words
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Advertisement482 1951-02-15 2 NOTICES NOTICE NOTICE is nereoy given that Mr. Dudley X. Booty nas resigned from our service as ntnager (import division) and his authority to transact business on our behalf is hereby withdrawn. Da tod this 14th day of February 1951. Secretary, BAN OIAP CO.. LTD., 83 Cross St., K. Lumpur482 words
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Advertisement550 1951-02-15 2 NOTICES Construction of Cabin Launch TENDERS are Invited for the construction of one m number Cabin launch for the Department of Immigration, Singapore Tenders should state cost ot delivery Singapore Harbour and time required to comple'e 'hi contract from receipt of >rder Sealed Ter.rters vhich should be accompanied by jomplete550 words
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Advertisement311 1951-02-15 2 T^ngcc's exciting Petal-Fin nh ii > Seven Fashion Shades spell irresistible glamour. Thanks 10 its own secret formula Tangee goes on smoother stays on longer Beautiful new cases, too. Use Tangee because He looks at your lips. MOW tVOAUM HAVf USED THAN AHI OTHf (IPSTICK IN THt WOf L 0311 words
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331 1951-02-15 3 WASHINGTON, Wednesday. pENERAL J. Lawton Collins, U.S. Chief of v told the National Press Club yesterday that by July 1, the U.S. Army will have an equivalent of 2\ divisions. That compared with eijfht divisions when the Korean war started, he said.UP - 331 words
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Article, Illustration44 1951-02-15 3 COLONEL LOOkS UP TALLtST AND YOUNGEST of recent boy recruits for the British Army is Brian Tett, 6ft. 6in. and not yet 17 years old. He is seen at the Bournemouth depot where even the lieutenant-colonel has to look up to him. Reuter picture.UP; Reuter - 44 words
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Article, Illustration27 1951-02-15 3 MR. JOB HAttRISON. one or the six London dockers' leaders, on remand after charged with conspiring to organise an illegal strike. Reuter picture.Reuter - 27 words
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Article109 1951-02-15 3 OAYING tribute to a Turkish soldier he had seen in a Tokyo hospital, General Collins said: "He had been wounded in the left arm and his nerves were partially shattered. The doctors told me he was probed with a needle to try to s«>e where the nerves were109 words
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Article165 1951-02-15 3 REDS 'CAN BOMB AMERICA WASHINGTON, Wed. nENBRAL Hoyt S. Vanden-i bore, Chief of the U.S. j Air Fcrce. believes Russia coi Id push at least 70 out of 100 bombers at United States targets in a determined at-! He said in a signed article' in the Saturday Evening Post] that165 words
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165 1951-02-15 3 NEW DELHI. Wednesday. pHINESE troops during their occupation of the easternmost province of Tibet entered Indian territory, but quitted It as soon as they realised it was Indian, Mr. B. V. Kesker, Deputy Minister for External Affairs, told the Indian Parliament today in replyReuter - 165 words
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Article158 1951-02-15 3 COLOMBO, Wednesday. MR. Donald Kennedy, chief American observer told the Commonwealth Aid to Asia conference here yesterday that the United States had not "written off Asia as a bad debt." i Her policy was to give military and economic assistance to combat Communism, he158 words
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Article99 1951-02-15 3 GAINESVILLE (Florida). Wed. MR Sumner Welles, former American Under-Secre-tary of Staie, said here yesterday that to rearm Germany would be "an incrediblt mistake." It would cause resentmeni against the Atlantic Pact nations and be good for Russian propaganda, he said. The Germans themselves wen reluctant toReuter - 99 words
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Article35 1951-02-15 3 LAKE SUCCESS, Wed.— The U.N. Children's Fund is to send $240,000 worth of rice to India for 275,000 children. An additional $112,000 will supplement the malaria control programme In Pakistan.— Reuter.Reuter - 35 words
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Article, Illustration28 1951-02-15 3 SIR RONALD CROSS. 55-year-old Conservative M.P., who has been appointed Governor of Tasmania. He was British High Commissioner in Australia from 1941 to 1946. Reuter picture.Reuter - 28 words
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191 1951-02-15 3 LAKE SUCCESS, Wednesday. THfc United Nations General Assembly last night rejected by 48 votes to fire, with three abstentions, the Soviet charges of United States aggression against China. The vote was on the Soviet resolution alleging that the United States invaded Formosa ond blockadedReuter - 191 words
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Article156 1951-02-15 3 Big Four May Meet In Mid-March WASHINGTON, Wed. QTATE Department officials said today there was "sortie prospect" of a meeting of the Big Four deputy Foreign Ministers by mid-March in Paris, but no definite arrangements had been made. They made the statement in answer to questions about a Paris report156 words
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Article67 1951-02-15 3 LONDON, ,Ved. THE Empire Press Union 1 yesterday changed its name to Commonwealth Press Union and at the same time added "defence of press freedom" to its official objects. It is believed that the Union is the first organisation of newspaper proprietaries within the CommonwealthReuter - 67 words
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Article21 1951-02-15 3 FRANKFURT, Wed. U. S. authorities have forbidden the Press to report on the forthcoming hangings of seven German war criminals.21 words
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Article82 1951-02-15 3 WASHINGTON, Wed. gENATORS Pat McCarran, Democrat and Styles Bridges, Republican, said yesterday that there is little evidence that the United States ha;, .been able to spur Western Europe into serious military defence efforts. McCarran and Bridges Appropriations Committee. Their report contrasted with Gen. Eisenhower's recent82 words
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Advertisement51 1951-02-15 3 HENRY WAUGH Co., Ltd. BRANCHES IN PiNANC SINGAPORE KUALA LUMPUR BANGKOK SIBU. IPOH, KUCHINC. lESSELTON SANDAKAN, KOTA BAHRU. LONDON. MANCHESTER The 2 A hour zitmmnt I^^m ~~^mmt( t RAPID-HARDENING ALUMINOUS CEMENT THE LAFARGE ALUMINOUS CEMENT CO.. LTD. 73, Brook Street, LONDON, W. 1. I Aii-nU la Uim f«dar»U»n •< BtoUy*51 words
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Advertisement359 1951-02-15 3 ■ll |)J|ta *%&dt cut Jtt jbh .Jib VENTILATING UNITS HD FIT IN THE I WINDOW PANE I HARRISONS LISTER ENGINEERING LTD. )Rt KUALA LUMPUR IPOH PENANC YOUR DENTIST'S 3 SIMPLE RULES FOR AN ATTRACTIVE SMILE W&~< I T HE secret of an attractive ennKy^ -A^MJpL. A fident smile lies in359 words
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330 1951-02-15 4 Federal Council Chamber 'To Be Made Fit For The Ministers CUSHIONS, COOL AIR AND CARPETS From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. THE Federal Legislative Council chamber in Kuala Lumpur is to be air-conditioned, expanded, re-decorated, re-furnished and completely re-arranged to meet the netds of the 'member' system. Already $63,000330 words
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Article76 1951-02-15 4 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. TTMH'R unofficial members r of the Federal Executive Council have been reappointed by the High Commissioner for the Federation. Sir Henry Gurney. They are Dato Onn bin Ja afar. Tengku Yaacob Ibni Sultan Abdul Hamid. Col. H. S. Lee and76 words
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Article112 1951-02-15 4 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. ANY postal worker in tlv Federation who revoke: his Federal citizenship wil be regarded as having resigned from government service, under new schemes ol service for the postal service; in the Federation His resignation will take effect from the date112 words
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Article, Illustration220 1951-02-15 4 THE stage of Singapore's Capitol Theatre will be transformed into an ice rink when the Scandinavian Ice Revue, now touring India, visits the Colony in May. At a Pr3Ss conference yesterday. Mr. Strangerup and his business associate, Mr. V. O. Dzuibinski. said220 words
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Article119 1951-02-15 4 MALAY ART SOCIETY, annual exhibition. British Council Hall, Stamford Road. 9 a.m. to 5.30 p.m YOUNG PEOPLE'S GROUP, Beihesda. Bras Basah Road, 6pm Mr Gordon Scott will speak. STRAITS CHINESE METHODIST CHURCH, re-union dinner, Kampong Kapcr Road. 7.30 pjn THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. 8. Sairnhill Road. 6.30 pjn. Address ay119 words
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Article182 1951-02-15 4 All-put Drive To Beat Prices From Out Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPI;R. Wed. A BIG schene to establish rro-operative stores in every town and village in Malaya to fight the rising cose of living is being planned by the Co-operative Societies Department. It is being organised on the lines of the182 words
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Article54 1951-02-15 4 Mohammed Sanwan bin Samaon. a 28-year-old Malay was yesterday acquitted on a charge of rioting during the disturbances in December. The case was dismissed by the Singapoie. Third District Court Judge. Mr. H. L. Wrigglesworth. on the grounds of lack of evidence. The accused was not called on54 words
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Article, Illustration141 1951-02-15 4 VfOKE than auu Sikh men, women ana cnnaren i¥ attended a prayer meeting held by the Sikh spiritual leader, His Holiness Baba Pratap Singhji, at 132-36 Robinson Road, Singapore, yesterday. Baba Pratap Singhji told the gathering "Sikhism is based on universal brotherhood and every deed141 words
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Article, Illustration35 1951-02-15 4 MR. RAMAMOORTHI, 18-year-old son of Mr. N. M. Krishnasamy of the Education Department at [poh, who will leave this week to study civil engineering at the University of West Australia.35 words
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Article82 1951-02-15 4 rE Singapore Malay Seamen's Union will hold a special general meeting on Sunday to consider asking employers for a cost-of-living allowance. inche Yaacob bin Abdullah, president of the 3,000 strong union, said that Malay seamen had not been provided with a cost-of-living allowance because they82 words
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Article19 1951-02-15 4 From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH. Wed.— More IncUan youths have been applying to the Ipoh immigration office19 words
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67 1951-02-15 4 umcers elected at tne annual meeting of the Singa-pore-branch of the Technical Association of Malaya, are: Chairman: Mr. V. W. Frampton; secretary, Mr. A. M. Cherian; treasurer. Mr. V. Rajagopal. committee: Messrs. A. R. Cameron. B. H. Snow, P. h. Carton. Lye Thim Patt. R. H.67 words
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Advertisement282 1951-02-15 4 yeWntts rj M;U....^ CREOSOTE Som \f vu a fltfr ft/ y Asthma Mucus Loosened First Day Ikmi I I'M cuKMne. tnMxlng, chok* k altarka of Uronchllia or Asthma t ,i «l<>ep nnd enerpy another v Khoul loinf MEN. I>ACO Viu» f«»t nitduma It not ft j«.t,..i or apray. but work*282 words
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Article, Illustration48 1951-02-15 5 Singapore Be— till yesterday completed a refresher course at the Boy Scouts' Association headquarters in Armenian Slreet. The- course was conducted hv Mr. F. H. J. Dahl. Travelling Scout Commissioner from Imperial Ileadqir.irters. London. Picture shows a group of Scoutcrs MglffCd in cimpcraft. Times picture.48 words
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Article88 1951-02-15 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. AiMlTTEE representativ- of commercial inompanies and Governmeni Ls meeting to discuss bility of a cotnpulK'iv Insurance scheme in the Fer'eration. The scheme would come int i ■-•<■ it commercial in&iir:incf companies decidrri to st covering losses caused bv the bandits I' would apply88 words
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Article32 1951-02-15 5 Koh Boon Hoo claimed trial in Singapore yesterday to a charge of retaining 18 tyres valued at 52.900 believed to be stolen property. Koh was allowed bail of $5,000.32 words
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Article26 1951-02-15 5 JOHORE B\HRU. Wrd. Low T^:i tipper of Muar. wis riivfi S2uo In the Police Court today on a charge ol smugelinc two wrist watcher26 words
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130 1951-02-15 5 from Om Staff mi r-pondrnt MALACCA. Wi-d. S TONES thrown last week int. i Malay house occupied by an Indian family h tin pon j; I (one Pa.sir Ii iv<- hern blamed on ghosts. Afier a restful week-end the chosts not busy again la>t130 words
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Article56 1951-02-15 5 Officers from Singapore and the Federation will be among those attending a F.A.R.E.L.F. training exercise for senior members from Feb. 22 to 26 in Hong to study thp tactical aspect of defence in modern warfare. Representatives of the War Office, the Royal Navy, the Royal56 words
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156 1951-02-15 5 MCA Likely To Give Non-Chinese Full Status, Change Name THh Malayan Chinese Association may be given a new name if an amendment proposed by Mr. Chong Thutt Pitt, president of the Singapore branch of the MCA, is passed at the annual meeting of the association at Kuala Lumpur in Mr.156 words
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Article63 1951-02-15 5 From Our Staff Correspondent ALOR STAR. Wed. JtfINETEEN-year-old Gan Kooi Hooi was hacked to death, two small girls were stabbed and two men injured by acid in an attack at a house in Pantal Johore Anak Buklt, six miles from Alor Star, today. The woman's husband.63 words
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Article181 1951-02-15 5 From Our Staff Correspondent. KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. THREE more bandits have been killed one in Segamat. Johore, another in the Kuala Lipis raea of Pahang. and the third in Province YVellesley. The dead man in Segamat has been identified as 50-year-old Tai Hwa. Eight bandits181 words
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Article149 1951-02-15 5 The Capitol Is To Be Redecorated U/ORK will begin next week on redecorating the Capitol Cinema. The alterations will take three months to complete, but the work is being planned so that the Cinema can cont'nue to show films and give the least possible inconvenience to patrons. Mr. James Lyall.149 words
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Article54 1951-02-15 5 Chong Joon Chin, aged 21. was yesterday tentatively charged before Mr D. A. Fyfe at a preliminary inquiry in Singapore with attempting to rape a nine-year-old Indian girl He was alternatively charged with using criminal force to the girl intending to outrage her modesty. The inquiry54 words
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Article, Illustration79 1951-02-15 5 JOHORE. BAHRU. Wed. A brochure on dietetics in Romanised Malay for use in Malay schools has been published by Inche Azizah binte Jaffar. Drincipal of the Domestic :r ncp School. MR. SEYMOUR 1. NADLER, t:>- newly appointed Assistant Public Affairs Officer of 1j.5.1.5.. who arrived yesterday79 words
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Article129 1951-02-15 5 Mr. G H. Kiat has been elected 1951 president of the Chinese Association. Singapore. The new vice-presidents are: Dr. Loh Poon Lip Dr. Lav Peck Hiong. Mr Wong Puck Sham and Mr. Anthony P. K. Wee The other officers are: Hon. Secretary, Mr. Hon. Chew .Xi; lion,129 words
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Article, Illustration211 1951-02-15 5 EDUCATED at Eton and Oxford, Major Eric Flint. D£.O.. a descendant of Sir Stamford Raffles, the founder of Singapore, who arrived in the Colony yesterday with his wife, said that his greatest interest in life is his 150-acre farm near Bideford, Devonshire. He211 words
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Article54 1951-02-15 5 A young Chinese, who described himself as the leader of the "Sa Ji Gang" in the Singapore Second DLstrlct Court yesterday, was sentenced to 18 months' rigorous imprisonment. Ng Kwai Peow. pleaded guilty to a charge of attempting to extort $3 from a Chinese coffee shop54 words
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Article84 1951-02-15 5 DR. D. W. O. Faris, Dean ol the Faculty of Medicine. University of Malaya laid a wreath at Harrower Hall yesterday at the foot of the bronze memorial plaque in honour of 11 medical students who died in the Japanese Farls had laid the wreath.84 words
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Article39 1951-02-15 5 The following are the results of the Third Religious Examination of the Buddhist Youth's Dhamma Class of the Singapore Buddhist Association: Teachers' Stage: Wee Yam Khoon: Senior, Sim Choon Kirn. D. P. Wickramadasa. Miss Lily Suvaneris; Junior.39 words
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Article231 1951-02-15 5 in Singapore will be saved the monthly allowance of $500, which every member of the Legislative Council received, during the recess between the dissolution of the present Council on Saturday and the opening of the new Council on April 10. Elected and nominated unofncials, who231 words
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Article84 1951-02-15 5 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. THE only effective way to prevent money from stoleii latex going to the bandits mas to restrict the number of dealers a rubber producer could contract, the Council of th e Malayan Association said today. If a solution could84 words
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Article143 1951-02-15 5 From Oar Staff Curredpondent KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. STRONG protest against the introduction of a provident fund scheme "restrictive in scope and extent" was made today by the Malayan Trade Union Council, in a memorandum to the Select Committee of the Federal Lefdslative Council, considering the143 words
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598 1951-02-15 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Thur., Feb. 15, 1951. More Dollars, More Goods Government enquiries into measures to combat inflation have already produced recommendations on which executive action may be expected shortly. The first remedial dose will be pleasant. There Ls to be a more generous import policy, including imports from598 words
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Obituary20 1951-02-15 6 NAYT.ER. At Manchester, on J«th Fl In IMTT 1951. Jack Nayler nf Poi.steHd A- Company, Limited. Ku-iln T i;"iDur.20 words
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Obituary166 1951-02-15 6 Amiorrtr.n <ar regiment I M VF. (Ynnir Ptertam Semenanjon«s> F-b lMh. I»4J. In trr-no-v of the following members of t'>p Ist. ;ind 2nd. Squadinns of the above Rfiment who )cM tliclr lives throuch enewv wounds. missing. or W-.'vt PoW' in MalKva. Siam and EVER kgWWMWWRED BY THOSE WHO166 words
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Article74 1951-02-15 6 MR. SO CHIli SHENG expresses his hearUe't thanks to all relatives and friend* who sent wreath*. Irtters and telegrams of condolfr.re. rendered services and a'.Ifnded the funeral of his mother. Vie Istr Madam Mari.i Ten» Kirn Tta on 12.2.51. THE MEMBERS of the family of the late Mr. T;.n74 words
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Article479 1951-02-15 6 The University's Friends Every week a minor social phenomenon is reflected in our news columns, in the lists of donations issued by the University of Malaya Endowment Fund Most of the money is coming from Chinese businesses and individuals all over the Malay States. Of course there are many names479 words
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Article332 1951-02-15 6 The Colony Polls And Labour YOU conclude your editorial of Feb. 8, headed "Before The Polls." by referring to the majority recommendation of the Electoral Procedure Committee that names of voters should be passed on by presiding officers at the polling stations to representatives of the political parties. You say332 words
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Article417 1951-02-15 6 OANQUETS for Bandits are obviously becoming fashionable, but the atmosphere of stodgy formality apparent in the Straits Tunes picture of Feb. 12 might well discourage other potential guests from the jungle and I should like to submit a few suggestions for livening up future functions. Firstly,417 words
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Article105 1951-02-15 6 tfOU referred in one of your leaders to the ten-course linner, brandy, etc., given to surrendered bandits in Ser:mban. Now we have had the same ;hi..^, including a picture (luckily somewhat blurred), n Malacca. Mr. Editor, what can be the 'eelings of the hundreds of fathers and105 words
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Article225 1951-02-15 6 HIGHER SERVICES ENTRY TWO letters have apx peared In the Straits Times regarding the syllabus for zhv competitive examination for entry to the Higher Services; one from a prospective examinee in Government service and the other (apparently) from an employer. Naturally a good employer desiring to give his old employees225 words
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Article86 1951-02-15 6 TN the Straits Times of Feb. 6 it was reported that a Lady Medi.'al Officer of the Singapore Miiricipal Health Departmsnt had resumed duly. She had teen detai led under the Emergency Regulations. Afany ruooer estate men a.Io had been detained for security reason*", have been released86 words
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Article, Illustration941 1951-02-15 6 AN Monday the Free Press urged Government to blow its own trumpet louder in telling the people what is being done to push on local men in the public services. Perhaps this column can throw light on the position so far as the Municipal service in941 words
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Article407 1951-02-15 6 Jungle Dandy I\ID you notice the extraordinary contrast of the primitive and the civilised In one of the pictures of an aboriginal jamboree at Tapah which the Sunday Times published last Sunday? A naked hillman of the Senoi-Semai race inhabiting the ranges of the PerakKelantan watershed was407 words
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Advertisement600 1951-02-15 6 CLASSIFIED ADS. COLLINOS. On 9th February at Jrthnrr Bahru Hospital to Beryl (Mr Warne). wife Of F A. Burfcr Cdllnits. Police. Kota Tlnfgl, ds»n<?hter. TO RUTH. (Nee Walker), wife of John Fisher, Sarawak Clrll Sa^jcr. «t Kuala BeUlt Ho«pit*l. Bnmet. on Jannary tlnd. 1M1, a kf» David. H11TTON. On 14th600 words
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Advertisement5 1951-02-15 6 international /^oJp GILBEY'S GIN DISTILLERS5 words
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239 1951-02-15 7 Views Of Govt. Committee THE introduction of a grow-more-food campaign throughout the Colony, is believed to be among the major recommendations of the Steering Committee of the Singapore Government, which has been examining the question of commodity and price control. The report of239 words
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Article148 1951-02-15 7 She Blamed Husband For Suicide BEFORE drinking caustic soda Lara Yuet Ngoh, a 24-year-old Cantonese woman, was stated to have written two letters— on e to her parents and the other to the police n both letters she said that her husband had not given her enough for home expenses.148 words
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Article36 1951-02-15 7 FOUGHT— $58 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed Salleh bin Haji Sirat. of the Land Office. Singapore, and Abdul Rahman bin Samat. were each fined $5 for fight- ing in public. The trouble arose at a Modern Joget dance.36 words
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Article, Illustration177 1951-02-15 7 WITH signs of recent tears in her eyes, and wearing a frock printed with red, yellow and blue hearts, SubJnspector Mary Voon's first act on landing in Singapore yesterday from the Chusan was to kiss an unidentified young man who177 words
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Article77 1951-02-15 7 \Ub Singapore Army auI thorities are -actively onsideri'tg" the revision of •ott-of-ttving allowances or their ***** civilian emilovzes This was stated yesterday >!/ the Command Secretary ii reply to Mr. V. K. Nair, i,esident of the Singapore Inftf Civil Service Union, oho wrote requesting an iiate77 words
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Article202 1951-02-15 7 21 Lively Speakers In Contest T.LNTY-ONE speakers proviue.i a lively evening at t;.f tnird annual War Memojuii Elocution Contest held at Central Hall. Faculty ol Medici: c, last night. S. Rasanaiyagam, a fourth v r Medical stuoent. gained first honours. He won a gold medal donated by Dr. D. W.202 words
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Article115 1951-02-15 7 TRAFFIC accidents reached a new nigh for the month of January. Fifteen people were killed, the highest number since February IM9. The 790 accidents reported were a black record. Of those killed, 10 were pedestrians, three were cyclists, one wa s a driver and the115 words
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Article155 1951-02-15 7 THE Singapore Muslim Advi1 sory Board, at a meeting last week, decided that the present Muslim burial ground at Bidadari could last 20 years more, and that there was no necessity for a new cemetery. The meeting also decided that the Muslims required all155 words
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Article85 1951-02-15 7 THE stork visited the new P O liner Chusan for the first time a fortnight ago and brought the only cheer to a voyage overshadowed by the fear of an influenza epidemic. A boy was born prematurly to Mrs. E. Frost, on her way to join85 words
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Article87 1951-02-15 7 To save fisherman in the islands and people in the outlying areas of the Pasir Panjang District expenses they can ill afford, and the loss of valuable time, the Pasir Panjang Rural District Committee is trying to get identity cards issued to them within a day.87 words
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Article45 1951-02-15 7 jytAULANA Abdul Aleem Siddique. Muslim divine, left Singapore by air yesterday to attend a conference at Kuala Lumpur. The conference which will be attended by all the Sultans in the Federation, is to discuss the establishment of a Muslim College in Malaya45 words
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Article46 1951-02-15 7 In the Straits Times of Feb. 12, under the heading "Champion Pulls His Weight," it was stated that Loong Ah Ting, Malayan champion weightlifter, had become a special constable in Kuala Kubu. Mr. Loong writes that he has not joined the special constabulary.46 words
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Article117 1951-02-15 7 CTUDENTS at the University of Malaya are soon to have the services of a resident health officer. This was revealed yesterday by Dr. A. A. Sandosham, member of the Faculty of Medicine staff at Kallang Airport, when he met 21-year-old R. S. Bisley, an engineering student117 words
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Article, Illustration174 1951-02-15 7 AMONG the sea of up- turned faces as the P. O. liner, Chusan came alongside yesterday in Singapore- were 17 eager, expeetant belonging to children who could not see the passenger they had come to meet. They were blind children from the174 words
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Article116 1951-02-15 7 T»HE Singapore Police now have a mobile cinema which gives a show to police families once in 10 days at each of the 10 divisional stations The Singapore Malay Police also have a co-operative thrift and loan society with a membership or 2,000. The Singapore116 words
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Article121 1951-02-15 7 UUSSEIN bin Sulaiman, Mahat bin -Sapar and Hashlm bin Sarpan, who were found guilty of carrying arms md ammunition were told by Mr Justice Storr that they were lucky they were under 17 years of age otherwise they would have been sentenced to death. The Judge121 words
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Article29 1951-02-15 7 THE Singapore Civil Service 1 Association will hold a dinner and dance on Mar. 10 in honour of the members who have been awarded the29 words
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111 1951-02-15 7 "J^LECTTON promises may be made to get votes. bttt I believe in deeds, not promises," Mr. G. H. Klat, who is standing as an Independent candidate for Katong ward, said last night. He was replying to the challenge Issued by Mr. John Laycock111 words
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266 1951-02-15 7 Differences Bar Unity, Stability Of Eurasians OECAUSE of the many differences among thenrD selves, Eurasians have lacked the unity and stability which mark other communities in Malaya, states a feature article entitled "The Eurasian Problem" in the latest number of the Malayan Undergrad. organ of the University of Malawi Students'266 words
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Article97 1951-02-15 7 From Our Stan err rai I KUALA LUMPbJ-l. A MORE radio equipment, projectors and mobile film units are being sent to Malaya to expand the radio and film section of the USIS, said Mr Sheikh M. Bashir, a Kuala Lumpur USIS employee who has J^st97 words
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142 1951-02-15 7 Assault By Son Wife, Says Mother IPOH, wed. i EXPRESSING :.he hope that their family differences would be sett.cd during the three months they would be on bond, Inche Arshad bin Ismail, the Ipoh Magistrate, gave judgment in favour of an Indian mother who had summoned her son and his142 words
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Article40 1951-02-15 7 Countess Albermale. head of the Women's Institute in Britain, arrived In Singapore yesterday from the United Kingdom. She is on her way to Australia as a guest of the Australian Government to attend the Golden Jubilee ceremony.40 words
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Article47 1951-02-15 7 Government last night denied a Singapore newspaper article which said that Dyaks might be recruited into the local Police Force The official denial said: "It is stated that the suggestion (of recruiting Dyaks) ha s never been put to or considered by the Singapore Police."47 words
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Article46 1951-02-15 7 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU Wed. A Sewing Circle has been formed at the Police Depot for police. The Tengku Ampuan Besar Is Patron of the circle and the officers are Inche Amlnah Harun. president. Inche Mairhoonah. secretary and Inche Aisha Yusof. treasurer.46 words
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Article, Illustration45 1951-02-15 7 INCHE ISMAIL bin Haji Ali, District Forest Officer at Temerloh, who will leave for Australia shortly to take a five-year course in forestry on a Forest Department scholarship. He was educated at the Government English School at Muar and- Raffles College.45 words
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Article35 1951-02-15 7 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU Wed Yeo Ah Ham. of Singapore, owner of a taxi, was tot-aY fined $15 at Johore Bhoru >r permitting his taxi to carry an excess passenger35 words
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Advertisement13 1951-02-15 7 AT 10* IMMEDIATE DELIVERIES ENQUIRIES INVITED SINGAPORE HUME INDUSTRIES (far east) LTD. FEDERATION13 words
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Advertisement63 1951-02-15 7 i ENTERPRISE! I ROBINSONS jj Ji Have much pleasure in Va announcing the Opening in w i theii Kuala Lumpur Branch f of an up-to-date 1 fl GENTLEMEN'S W V HAIR DRESSING V SALOON. Fully qualified and long i\ )ft experienced Hair Dressers in V J) attendance 4) A OPENING63 words
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Article, Illustration38 1951-02-15 8 THREE TO INQUIRE INTO RIOT RIOT INQUIRY COMMISSI ON at its first sitting: in the Victoria Memorial Hall Singapore, yesterday. From left are Captain H. Studdy. Sir Lionel Leach. Chairman, and Mr. J. H Wenham. Straits Times picture.38 words
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1575 1951-02-15 8 CROWD VERY EXCITED OVER SHOOTING officers were there at that time? Mr. Linsell and Mr. Johnson will be able to give you those figures. Mr. Liveu said that when he met Mr. W. J. Parks. Assistant Commissioner (Radio* he gave him orders to take over from Mr. Calderuood. whom he1,575 words
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Article123 1951-02-15 8 THREE Chinese, two of them partners of Chop Chip Seng Huat, yesterday appealed against conviction on a charge of concealing sugar in order to withhold sale, before the Chief Justice, Sir Charles Murray-Aynsley in the Singapore Appeal Court. The partners, Kwah Lang Kiah and Lim Swee Kim123 words
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198 1951-02-15 8 Riot Commission Opens, Hears Police Officer's Evidence UVETT DESCRIBES SCENES NEAR COURT, IN STREETS AT its opening hearing J in the Victoria Memo, rial Hall yesterday the Riot Inquiry Commission heard two witnesses Mr. G. R. Liveit former Deputy Commissioner of Police, and Professor E. S Monteiro. Mr. Livett, who198 words
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Article257 1951-02-15 8 •As far as my knowledge goes." said Mr. Livtt. "th»re was no tension and no trouble at all at ♦he Supreme Court or plsewhere on Nov 24." Tbe arrangements made on Dec 11 for the next day's hearing were "very adequate." When asked by the Chairman what257 words
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Article287 1951-02-15 8 j Feeling that there ought to oca a more senior officer on the spot. Mr. Liveit said he gave orders to > Mr. Johnson, Superintendent, South area, to go to the Suprtme I Court and take over. A little later. Mr. R. W. Calder- wood. Supenntpni.ent. North287 words
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Miscellaneous56 1951-02-15 8 TODAY'S RADIO SINGAPORE 10 a.m. News: 10.10 Close; 10.45 Schools; 12 Malay; 1 p.m. LightMusic; 1.30 News; 1.45 Prankle Laine Orch.; 2 Schools: 2.50 Close: 5 Malay: 6 "Overture"; 6.15 'Calling All Hospitals": 7 News: 7.12 Radio Scientist: 7.20 Interlude: 7.30 Augmented Radio Orch 8 "Forum of tht Air"; 8.3056 words
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Article, Illustration1170 1951-02-15 9 R.E HOLTTUM - R.E HOLTTUM By »vHE ordinary man not unreasunauiv regards rove s.'Timp as an uninviting piace. consisting chiefly of deep black mud. and possibly the haunt ol f-rocodiles md other unpleasant beasts, He ;v.ay therelore feel th<u mangrove lias no place 'c a civilised counter, I.nd1,170 words
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Article883 1951-02-15 9 BOB GILMORE - BOB GILMORE Australian Letter By MELBOURNE: IN that the Cominform's avowed aim is to impede essential production and services in "warmongering" nations, the current Communist-led 'one-day strikes" in Australia can result only in victory for the enemy. Because of electricity cuts rnd consequent "lay-off" of workers, stemming directly883 words
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Miscellaneous302 1951-02-15 9 J, -k^^-k 25 Lamp designed to resist the /«.reiis iimes uobiwora Tr 26 Cut^ ono of a pair (7) 27. They cling with pets (7). ~i I rj— i r^— i v L^s W\ P I fa 1 down. SSsg 1. Came to on end (7). lii Tsssj twjs ssjss302 words
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Article, Illustration272 1951-02-15 10 "TUMi:. to ;o to mar-*-ket son." called All "I'll get the donkey saddled." "All right father. I'm ready." Hassan grasped hisbundle. ran into the courtyard, and mounted the donkey. He rode into the village, his father walking beside him. As they passed a knot of272 words
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Article253 1951-02-15 10 CAN you punctuate the following sentences correctly? 1. Ca> It was and I said not but lb> Charles the First walked and talked half an hour after his head was cut off (c) That that Is is that that is not is not is not that253 words
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Article92 1951-02-15 10 PLACE 17 matches in a row. Ask a friend to pick up either one, two or three. Then you do the same. Continue to pick up the matches alternately. The person who picks up the last match loses the game. How can you always win? The solution Is92 words
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Article42 1951-02-15 10 Collect ten of these coupons to become a member of the Children's Corner Club. n P LEASE enrol mc member of the Children's >> Corner Wise Owls Club, and send me a badge. NAME ADDRESS I DATE OF BIRTH42 words
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Article, Illustration24 1951-02-15 10 wonder if the younger t children can help RukiahIThe closing date is Monday Feb. 26. Three prizes will be given for the neatest entries.24 words
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Article129 1951-02-15 10 Rainbow Quiz Contest HERE is the Quiz I promised you based on the adventures of Ah Chan and Lian Soo. It is tbr the over ten group. Send your answers in to Auntie Kathleen, c 0 Straits Times Press, Cecil Street, Singapore. The closing date is Monday Feb. 26. Tftree129 words
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Article85 1951-02-15 10 Geneen Maisher. (16). 29 Queensborough Court, Finchley, London, N. 3, England. Hobbies; animals, and films. Ramlah Ahmad. Malay Girls' College, Kuala Lumpur. Hobbles; correspondence. Ibrahim Abdullah, Jubilee School, Klang, Selangor. Hobbies: reading and radio. Winnie Aw, 281 Telok Kurau Road, Singapore. Hobbies: stamp collecting. P. Dias, (12) c.'o85 words
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527 1951-02-15 10 Dear Boys and Girls, I had a letter from Wilson Heng. of 55 Cairnhill Road, 1 Singapore, this week. He has been sending copies of the Straits Times to a Pen Friend in Ireland, and this is the let1 ter he received from her. "Dear Wilson,527 words
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Advertisement247 1951-02-15 10 Hs' f^ L J 0,,e-! JUST ONE and aren't we enjoying ourselves? Bab/ wonders what all the fuss is about on this particular day the toys, the new frock, the cake and this lovely, lovely candle but what fun And what a happy year it has been on the whole247 words
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Article331 1951-02-15 11 LONDON, Wed. THE London Stock Exchange today began the new account on a quietly firm note. British Government stocks recovered from initial dullness and closed firm and there were many small gains in industrials. The market in steel shares was much quieter than of late and with the331 words
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Article221 1951-02-15 11 Business Between $2.28 And $2.24 A Lb. From A Market Correspondent 'THE Singapore rubber market was .airly steady yesterday with little on offer from up-country. It closed easy at $2.21 a lb. for March Orst- grade, one cent above Tuesday's close. Turn-over in the market was fair. The221 words
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Article42 1951-02-15 11 T'URQTJAND Younga Company announce the following January rubber crops, in lbs: AJor Gajah Est. 22,000 Aver Panas Est. 92,000 GleneaJy Plant. 75.000 KJuang 62,000 Pajam 135.500 Tambalak Est. 27.726 Talisman 31,800 Teluk Anson Est. 54.261 Ulu Bfnut Consol. 51,10042 words
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Article40 1951-02-15 11 SINGAPORE. Wed., Feb. 14 $783 (up $24 to new mil-time record). £1,554 a ton in London LONDON, Wed.. Feb. 14 Spot Buyers £1,554; Forward .C 1,490; Settlement £1,615 (up £95). Turnovers: ».m. 69. p.m. 49 tons.40 words
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Article173 1951-02-15 11 From A Market Correspend*nt CCARCITY, caused by speculation. and increasing overseas inquiries caused pepper prices to reach record figures in the Singapore produce market yesterday. The selling price of Muntok white was quoted at $1,100 a picul for the first time. This showed a jump of $30173 words
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188 1951-02-15 11 CHIPS in the Singapore Roads and alongside the Singapore Harbour Board godowns yesterday were: 6«;er Koads: Hal Hsuan. La Charente. ChelyuskineU. Van Riebeeck. Maxwell Brander Washington Mail. Dr. A. Calamete. Telunin. Chip Lam. Ole; Kosheroi. La Capirena. Norvest*. Straat Soenda. Zemn'ohov, Mvi Ann. Fernbay.188 words
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Article165 1951-02-15 11 Profit-Taking In Tins r2 Malayan share market was quiet yesterday, with further profit-taking in Tin shares. Industrials and Rubbers were steady. Price changes announced by the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association were: Bayers !>ettrr» B.B Pelroi 43/- 44/M. Cold 1 32t 1 40 Robinson Co. Ords t ."lock 2.50 2.5*165 words
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Article47 1951-02-15 11 l/'UALA Lumpur Tin in January iv treated 105,593 cubic yards In 647 hours to produce 479 piculs of tin-ore. ■>'♦".• TONOKAH Compound No. 2 produced 511 piculs after treating 102.996 cubic yards in 520 hours. fTALAM Mines in January pro- duced 452 piculs of tin-ore.47 words
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Article44 1951-02-15 11 T ONDON Asiatic Rubber and Produce is paying a second Interim dividend of 10 per cent on its £1,115,914 capital. This makes 20 per cent., less tax, to date in respect of 1950. against a total 10 per cent for 1949.44 words
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Article31 1951-02-15 11 HONGKONG, Wed. P<REE market currency exchange lor Hong Kong, dollars was quoted today as> follows: DSSI HKSS 99 (cash): HKS6.O3'i (T.t £1 HK515.35: one Uel of gold HK321.875. UP.UP - 31 words
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Article33 1951-02-15 11 r pHE Malayan Exchange Banks Association announced yesterday that control direct rates for Canadian dollars were: Buying T.T. 34-^. Airmail (0.D.) 34'«. (90 days) 35 >,; SeUing T.T.OX). ready 34 7 16.33 words
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Article404 1951-02-15 12 J'avance May Try For Spring Cup By EPSOM JEEP I'AVANCE, Your Highness and Gold Meridian are J definitely not fulfilling their engagements in the 9-f. handicap for Class 1, Div. 1 at Bukit Timah on Saturday and their absence clears the way for Toboggan404 words
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735 1951-02-15 12 RECORDS OF THE NEW HORSES gat in Marcus Beresford Stakes (£669) lm., Sandown April; carr. 90 (Rickaby) 17 ran. lm 44 1/i. Going firm. Started 15-8 favourite. Won Wood Green Plate (£276) lm. 160y. Alexandra Park July carr. 8.2 (3. Richards). 10 ran. lm. 50735 words
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Article22 1951-02-15 12 George Straker, a 16-year-old Australian apprentice Jockey, arrived in Singapore by air on Tuesday to ride for Trainer Keith Daniels.22 words
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198 1951-02-15 12 Fogarthy Cup Golf Reveals 'Prodigy' CTROKE play in the 1951 Lady Fogarty Cup Competition, the R.A.F.'s annual women's golf championship, has highlighted a player who, if she continues In her present form, will be a real dlSCoVery She is Mrs. Joan Aviss. wife of a Technical Wing Warrant Officer at198 words
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Article, Illustration283 1951-02-15 12 Changi Win Women's Hockey Final WRAF CHANGI won the women's seven-a-side hockey competition when they defeated Singapore Cricket Club by a goal and two corners in the final played on the padang yesterday WRAF's main strength lay In their alert forwards whose determined raids soon wore down the opposing defence.283 words
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Article317 1951-02-15 12 EPSOM JEEP - SPOTTING THE WINNERS H.v EPSOM JEEP My len oesi. norses to 101low at the Spring Meeting at Bukit Timah are: Toboggan: A stayer of tremendous possibilities. Brought off great double at Bt. Timah in November, outstaying Raj Mahal, Happy Traveller, J'avance and Kinder Gold over 9f. Has never looked fitter.317 words
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Article233 1951-02-15 12 IT'EEN shooting of a very high standard marked 1V the first post-war competition of the Singapore Base District Rifle Association held at the Nee Soon Rifle Range which concluded yesterday after a three-day meeting. Grand aggregate winner was Major Gray of 4 Supply Reserve Depot233 words
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Article21 1951-02-15 12 RUGBY: GHQ Farelf v R.A.S.C at Tanglin. TABLE TENNIS: P.I. Chinese v Chinese SA. at Happy World, 8 p.m.21 words
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Article48 1951-02-15 12 RANGOON, Wed. The Nam Wah Sports Club soccer team from Singapore today lost to a selected Burma XI by six goals to two. The Burmese team netted four times In the first half while the visitors scored once In each half. —A .P.48 words
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Article79 1951-02-15 12 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Wed. ■p"DDIE Choong, who has been Malaya's leading badminton representative in England, has been practising hard at Wimbledon for the Irish championships this weekend and for the AllEngland championships which open on March 7 at Earl's Court. Although the best English79 words
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Article331 1951-02-15 12 MELBOURNE, Wednesday. T»HE match between Victoria and the M C.C. ended 1 in a tame draw here today after Lindsay Hassett had turned down a suggestion by Denis Compton that they should co-operate to ensure *n interesting finish. At the close of play last night ComptiReuter - 331 words
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Article25 1951-02-15 12 LONDON. Wed— Pulbam beat Chelsea by 3-0 in a replay tonight to enter the sixth round fquarterflnals) of the F.A. Cup competition. Reuter.Reuter - 25 words
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Article56 1951-02-15 12 The Sii.-gapore Amatuer Football Association team to meet Combined Services at Jalan Besar Stadium on Sunday is: Chee Seng; Vass, Mr G rector; Hin Wen*. Murttn, Hep Jon?; I'aram, Boon Seong. Chandra, Boon Leong, Jimmy Tan. Reserves: Narayanam, Joh.ni, Hoon Leong, Kok Peow. Proceeds will56 words
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Article110 1951-02-15 12 penalty kicking by France ana Naylor helped Royal Engineers xv to an easy 15 points (four pi nalties and a try) to five (a goal) victory over Royal Signals in a fast bur. scrappy end-of-season game at Alexandra yesterday. Franco gave the Sappers an early lead110 words
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Article86 1951-02-15 12 Nee Soon Garrison ywttrdaj beat a 13-man R.a.F. Cbangl Rugby side by six points to nil in a hard-fought friendly match played at Nee Soon Both sides went on the field with 13 men but Nee Soon wers at full strength within 10 mi-n-.ites. Before the86 words
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Page 12 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous15 1951-02-15 12 SINGAPORE TIDES TODAY: 4.04 a.m. (8.3), 6.04 p.m. (6.3); 11.13 a.m. (3.1), 10.18 p.m. (5.4).15 words
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