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Title Section19 1951-02-23 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1545 TWELVE PACKS SINGAPORE FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 43, 195 L PRICE TF.V CENTS.19 words
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Article496 1951-02-23 1 Action Follows Strong Protest Cable To London From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LLUMPUR, Thursday. MALAYAN rubber producers have been consulted individually on the proposals which have been put forward at the Londi>n conference on rubber which ended its fitst phase yesterday. This followed a strongly-worded cable,496 words
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Article, Illustration42 1951-02-23 1 tFGHANISTAN Undrr-Spiretarv of Minim Seyed Abdul y-,$ (r»n'.rp) nrr>s his lunch pail as h? rides to work with fti'iw r -tti 1 A'.'ii -rs in the United States. He is on a I'n'-d Nat'om i>"ow> hip to study mining methods. W pi?'.uir42 words
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Article174 1951-02-23 1 LEAVE BAN ON RIOT WITNESSES 1 Chairman of the Singapore Riot Commission. Sir L:onel Leach, yesterday ordered that no witness who appears before the Commission may leave the Colony unYil the Commission has completed its business. All the evidence before the Commission yesterday was given by Police officers Mr M174 words
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Article79 1951-02-23 1 NY.'.v rOUC, Tfcun. Joseph Cuvan. Pre- i.:enl of t!i- A»eriNatft« vi Maritime L'uion, said that merchant seamen w'» hare I in Korean waters f i lon-r periods hive ;mn-f(' 'ff!y a'rr tt4 lv the FBI" for avoi&UaUl Ci ">' '.rinUun when they relumed to theReuter - 79 words
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193 1951-02-23 1 TUaiu, lnurs. THE United Nations new offensive along 50 miles of the Korean cen nil front gained upwards of ten miles during the first 21 hours tgatatft the whittled resistance of the Chinese. Genefal Ridgways forces, including trocps of five nationsReuter; AP; UP - 193 words
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Article90 1951-02-23 1 From Our StalT Ci> r; KUALA LUMPUR. 7 r VHE Provident Fund com- mitiee of the Malayan Chinese Association, Se gor branch, decided yesterday to send a 15-potnt memorandum to the Sel t Committee api)O n!e-i It discuss the Provident Fnv.i BiV. The brav.'.n Will sibmit90 words
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Article49 1951-02-23 1 OTTAWA. Thurs. THE Canadian Congress of Labour announced today that it would launch a campaign for funds to train South-East Asians in labour union leadership. It said the programme would be Canadian labour's contribution to the war against Communism in that rpoinn UPUP - 49 words
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Article45 1951-02-23 1 WASHINGTON. Thurs. The United States h^s refused a new Russian request for the right to buy 87 American l<*nd-lease merchant ships and an undisclosed number of small naval craft. American negotiators told the Russians. ttv*t the ships must be returned Immediately. Reuter.Reuter - 45 words
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Article72 1951-02-23 1 fnm Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Thurs— The tendinner, recently given 1 surrendered bandits in Juhore. will be the subject of a question in the House of CommoQf next Wednesday, by Mr. L. D. Oammans (Cons Mr Griffiths will be a.sked If ii was with his72 words
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107 1951-02-23 1 A VAMPIRE jet fighter and a Mosquito twin-engined aircraft which collided over Seletar airfield yester- day landed safely. The Vampire was one of Kt jets which arrived on last -lap of their delivery t from Britain. They were being escorted by the Mosquito. The107 words
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Article180 1951-02-23 1 A Protest, So Mr. Ong Loses Isle THE lease of Pulau Tekong Kechil an island of about 220 acres, 2»/ 2 miles from Changi Point, Singapore—to a Singapore Chinese businessman has now been cancelled. The islande-s— approximately 400 Malays and Chinesehad protested against the deal. This was told to the180 words
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Article164 1951-02-23 1 TALKS ON RUBBER EMBARGO FOR REDS LONDON, Thurs. THE ten-nation intergovernmental conference on world rubber problems discussed, among other subjects, the feasibility of imposing an embargo on shipments of rubber to Russia and her friends, including China, state informed sources. The conference ended its first phase yesterday. The findings haveReuter - 164 words
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Article30 1951-02-23 1 More than 300 replacements for Singapore and Federation Army garrisons and 80 families of Servicemen arrived in Singapore yesterday from Brij tain in the troopship Empire I Winrush.30 words
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Article28 1951-02-23 1 ISTANBUL, Thurs. The Assistant U.S. Secretary of State, Mr. McCihee. said there is a growing trend in the Middle East towards collective security against communism. —A.P.AP - 28 words
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Article201 1951-02-23 1 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Thursday. ™c Colonial Secretary, Mr. James Griffiths, de- clined to make a statement on the Singapore riots to the House of Commons today, preferring not to comment on matters which wer» within the terms of reference of the Inquiry Commission. Mr.201 words
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Article70 1951-02-23 1 HONG KONG, Thurs. MORE than 1.000 Chinese resolved in Peking today to send delegates to see the living conditions of Chinese in Malaya, says Peking Radio. These Chinese, who had returned from abroad, were celebrating the "International Day of the struggle against Colonialism." The resolutionReuter - 70 words
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Article36 1951-02-23 1 FORT LEWIS, Washington, Thurs.— Brigadier M. Rockingham. Commanding Officer, told memoers of Canada's special force in training &i Fort Lewis that between 5,000 and 6,000 of them will leave for Korea soon.— A.P.AP - 36 words
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Article82 1951-02-23 1 CANBERRA. Thurs. r THE King and Queen will arrive at Fremantle on March 1. 1952, for their tour of Australia, the Prime Minister, Mr. Robert Menzies, announced today. The Royal party will leave Brisbane for New Zealand on May 1, 1952. after touring all theReuter - 82 words
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Article186 1951-02-23 1 WASHINGTON. Thurs. PRESIDENT Truman said in a speech yesterday: "We are gradually approaching a position where a third world war can be prevented." All current attempts to build up men and material were an effort to prevent such a war, he told Masonic leaders. Mr. Truman saidReuter - 186 words
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124 1951-02-23 1 LONDON, Thursday. VHE Labour Minister, Mr. Aneurin Be van, reported to the Cabinet today on the breakdown of wage negotiations with 500,000 railroad workers which threatened Britain with the worst industrial crisis since the general strike of 1926. Mr. Bevan hurried from a meeting withUP - 124 words
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Article25 1951-02-23 1 More than 500 sheets of rubber, valued at $1500. were stolen yesterday from Tan Hong Estate at the 10th milestone Jurone road. Singapore25 words
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Article18 1951-02-23 1 Police found the body of j an unknown Chinese woman in the Rochore Canal yesterday.18 words
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Article, Illustration37 1951-02-23 1 SIR HENRY GURNEY, the High Commissioner, watching security forces monarin: bandit-infested area during his tour of south Selan-or til la week. The unit was flnii.; three-inch trench mortar shells.— Pept. of Information picture.37 words
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261 1951-02-23 2 Acheson: Far East Is A Danger Area X4-nUUK A yAT^WwTTn UIT PA if 11. WASHINGTON, Thurs T\HE United States Se- cretary of State, Mr. Dean Acheson, said yesterday "The Pacific area is one of the 24-hour a day preoccupations of the U.S. Government. Aggression and threats of aggression in KoreaReuter - 261 words
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Article25 1951-02-23 2 SRINAOAR. Kashmir. Thurs— Usman Batur. chief of Sinkiang's Nationalist guerillas, has been arrested in Sinkiang by the Communists, Urumchi (Chinese) radio broadcast yesterday. A.P.AP - 25 words
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Article37 1951-02-23 2 WASHINGTON. Thurs. United States combat casualtries in Korea are now 49.132 an increase of 1,097 since the last official announcement a week ago. It includes 7,408 killed. 32,230 wounded and 9,494 missin* in action.— APAP - 37 words
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Article, Illustration28 1951-02-23 2 NEW ARK RUN BY NAVY FARM ANIMALS from Lundy Island in the Bristol Channel driven aboard a Royal Navy tank-landing craft for transport to the mainland. Reuter picture.Reuter - 28 words
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Article158 1951-02-23 2 CHINA TO GET NO H.K. OIL LONDON, Thursday. ORITAIN announced yesterday that she is taking "steps to prevent further shipments of oil from Hong Kong to China. The Colonial Secretary, Mr. James Griffiths, told the Commons there have been no shipments since October, except for 308 barrels In December to158 words
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Article72 1951-02-23 2 LONDON, Thurs. r VHE Government yesief- day threatened to gaol anyone tnciting military reservists to disobey the call-up orders. This followed the circulation of chain letters urging wartime servicemen to ignore recall for 15 days' training in the summer. A new Government bill tent toReuter - 72 words
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221 1951-02-23 2 Mackey Napier, former British officer, 11 sentenced in Austria to nine years' imprisonment for collecting and selling military information to a Czechoslovak spy, will spend his <uol term at Klagenfurt. The gaol is under Austrian administration. Napier, aged 32, took his conviction calmly. But221 words
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Article, Illustration22 1951-02-23 2 Mil. B. CAL'iT.vrau. a former Governor of Florida and now U.S. Civil Defence Administrator, who has been studying the British system. Reuter.Reuter - 22 words
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113 1951-02-23 2 mmw TEHERAN, Thurs. THE Shah of Persia's chief administrative officer. Mini1 ster of Court, Mr. Ibrahim Hakimi, has resigned; his second-in-command, the Grand Mister of Ceremonies, Mr. .'•jioushiravan Sepahbodi has also resigned, while the Master of ceremonies, Mr. Hornez Pirmia, is reported to be onAP - 113 words
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228 1951-02-23 2 LONDON, Thurs. T ORD Hall, First Lord u of the Admiralty, said yesterday that the maintenance of conscription in Britain since the war has resulted In the training of nearly 1,000,000 men. He said the nation has avoided "what always has happened before" the completeAP - 228 words
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Article31 1951-02-23 2 NICOSIA, Thurs. The Governor of Cyprus, Sir Andrew B. Wright, has signed four anti-sedition laws which provide heavy penalties for provoking civil disturbances and publishing seditious literature.—A.P.AP - 31 words
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Article42 1951-02-23 2 NEW DELHI, Thurs State police of Uttar Pradesh nave crossed the Nepal border to aid Nepalese Government troops in comb Lied operations against rebel bands who killed 65 villagers in a border raid, the Statesman reported yesterday. A. P.42 words
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Advertisement1698 1951-02-23 2 MALAYAN BREWERIES LTD (Incorporated in Singapore) NOTICK IS HEREBY GIVEN i that a Second Interim Dividend of eight cents per Stock Unit on «he Ordinary Stock and eight cents per Share on the Management Shares, both less 30 r Income Tax, has been declared by the Directors on account of1,698 words
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Advertisement332 1951-02-23 2 iiATURALISAllO.1 NOi.^K is hereby given rhat DIANA MALCOLM, of 11 Karlkal Road, Singapore. Is apply to tr.e Governor for naturalisation, nr,d that any person who knows any reasons why naturalisation should not be granted shouM send a, written and signed statement of the facts to the Coloninl Secretary, Singapore. NATURALISATION332 words
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206 1951-02-23 3 INDIA REFUSES TO BUY PAKISTAN FOOD CHARGE WASHINGTON, Thursday. THE House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee yesterday heard charges that India refuses to buy food from Pakistan while seeking a US$l,OOO,OOO gift of grain from America. The allegation, attributed to Pakistan sources, brought an immediate demand that the State DepartmentReuter; AP; UP - 206 words
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Article, Illustration20 1951-02-23 3 THAN VAN HIT. Premier of Vietnam, who is involved in a Cabinet crisis. Camera Press picture.20 words
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Article97 1951-02-23 3 CANBERRA, Thurs. 'pHE Australia Government is to take further proceedings against the leaders of. the miners' strike subject to the advice of counsel, said the Prime Minister, Mr. Menzies, last night. The decision followed an Arbitration Court's dlsmisal of a summons by the Government against theAP - 97 words
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Article78 1951-02-23 3 LONDON, Thurs JY'ORST nations for seltl- ing debts are Russia, Hungary, Poland, Bulgaria, Ecuador, Peru, Guatemala and Costa Rica, says the annual report of the Council of Foreign Bondholders. The Council which seeks to protect British holders of foreign securities by negotiations with Governments says78 words
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Article134 1951-02-23 3 JOHANNESBURG, Thurs. T EATHER thonged whips, home-made truncheons and other weapors were exhibits in Delmas, Transvaal, court yesterday when a 40-year-old farmer, Max Mann, his foreman, 31-year-old Johannes Pieters, and six African "boss" boys appeared at an inquiry into allegations involving 78 counts of assault with134 words
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Article112 1951-02-23 3 LOS ANGELES. Thurs. FILM star Barbara Stanwyck obtained a divorce from Robert Taylor yesterday— a divorce which, she said he requested. Composed and low-voiced, Barbara told the judge "Shortly after Mr. Taylor's return from Italy in December—where he had been making a film— he came to meAP - 112 words
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157 1951-02-23 3 GANDER, Newfoundland, Thursday. THE British twin Jet plane Canberra, the world's first jet bomber, flew from Aldergrove, Northern Ireland, to Gander yesterday in four hours 41 minutes a record for an east to west Atlantic crossing. The distance is 2,000 miles. The pilot was SquadronReuter - 157 words
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Article49 1951-02-23 3 LONDON, Thurs. The House of Commons last night approved In principle a Bill to give the Labour Government temporary emergency powers for carrying out Britain's rearmament. The Bill authorises the Government to apply certain regulations now in force to tht arms nrngramma A P49 words
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Article, Illustration34 1951-02-23 3 BRITISH BUTCHER signs a petition urging the return of the nation's meat buying to private traders. The National Federation of Housewives' Associations is campaign ng against balk buying of meat. Reuter picture.Reuter - 34 words
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269 1951-02-23 3 NEW DELHI. Thursday. DED China has agreed to waive the settlement of claims to Northern Assam to some future date, Foreign Ministry sources said yesterday. But violence by local Communists was officially reported in Assam, India's easternmost province bordering Tibet. The Home Minister.AP - 269 words
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Article45 1951-02-23 3 HONG KONG, Tburs. QOLD worth IIKS250.0OO was seized by customs men aboard the steamship Kwongtung yesterday when the ship arrived from the Portuguese colony of Macao. It was hidden in baskets of cabbage heads and nobody has claimed it yet. A.P.AP - 45 words
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Article64 1951-02-23 3 LONDON, Thurs. The Colonial Secretary, Mr. James Griffiths, told the House of Commons yesterday that recruiting of Chinese for the uniformed branch of the police in Malaya had been encouraging. The first batch of recruits completed their training in December, he said. Mr. Griffiths said that thereReuter - 64 words
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Article25 1951-02-23 3 HONO KONG, Thurs. It is understood here that the Communists in Shanghai have arrested some foreigners. Generally foreigners are still seldom molested.— A.P.AP - 25 words
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Article, Illustration47 1951-02-23 3 FIRE— BLACKENED hills surround the lighthouse at Wilson's Promontory, Victoiia, after a bush fire swept right to the edge of the sea. Only the brick houses saved the people at the lonely settlement where many of the lighthouse buildings were destroyed. A.P. picture.AP - 47 words
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Article172 1951-02-23 3 Indo-China To Get More U.S. Arms SAIGON, Tliurs. THE United States is to increase military aid to Indo-China, said the U.S. Minister in Saigon, Mr.. Donald Heath, today. French and Vietnam troops were fighting the battle against Communism for all South-east Asia, he said. Mr. Heath returned after two weeksUP - 172 words
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Article145 1951-02-23 3 WASHINGTON, Thursday. THE United States is planning to increase its military and economic aid to the Nationalist Government of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek on Formosa during the coming fiscal year, authoritative sources said yesterday. They said that both the ECA and military defence expendituresUP - 145 words
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Article121 1951-02-23 3 LONDON, Thurs. piVE judges in their ruling on an appeal by the Ministry of Labour from the dismissal by the Marylebone magistrate of a summons against the Regent-Street Florida Restaurant Limited, decided that when a customer gives a tip, it becomes the property of the receiver.121 words
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Article32 1951-02-23 3 HONGKONG, Thurs.—General Sir John Harding, C.-in-C. Far East Land Forces, arrived hi Hongkong yesterday from Singapore to direct a four-day' exercises for senior officers of FELF starting today— A.P.AP - 32 words
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Article37 1951-02-23 3 OTTAWA, Thurs. Canadian and American civil defence chiefs stated that they have reached agreement "on all points to ensure complete co-operation on all matters regarding civil defence information, research, planning, organisation and training."—AP.AP - 37 words
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Article119 1951-02-23 3 DURBAN, Thurs. THE British West Indies, when federated, will probably be the next to achieve Commonwealth status, the Secretary of State for. Commonwealth Relations, Mr. Gordon Walker, told a Prtsa He said the date by which Gold Coast would reach Commonwealth status would depend on119 words
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Advertisement72 1951-02-23 3 'SILVER TOWN" BELTING Manufactured By THE INDIA RUBBER, CUTTA PERCHA TELEGRAPH WORKS, CO., LTD. HIGH TEST TRANSMISSION BELTING Available In Sixes From 1" x 3 Ply To 20" x 10 Ply in Either "Super-Flex" Folded Ply Or Raw Edge High Tensile Strength And Age Resistance. CONVEYOR BELTING Full Range Of72 words
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Advertisement206 1951-02-23 3 Everyone likes GREEN'S JELLIES Be smart: servo delicious jelly for an mportant dinner. Be different: serve jelly as a change from gufa malacca after curry. COLD STORAGE Singapore Cold Storage Co., Ltd. teeth Kolynos foniru cleans .ri rCL.ft. f| sffiffa3.-lii.nfk It's between the teeth thai danger lies. That's where bacteria206 words
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Article, Illustration2691 1951-02-23 4 Crowd Planned Assault On Convent: Injured Malay Aided A.S.P. Three Shots Made Two Crowds Flee Mob Incited To Attack Officers Outside Mosque AN Indian came out of the Sultan Mosque on the afternoon of Dec. 11 and incited the crowd outside to attack a European police2,691 words
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Article62 1951-02-23 4 BANGS STARTLE COMMISSION WHILE Chief Inspector Ahmad bin Hussein was describing a threatened attack on Kandang Kerbau police station the Singapore Riot Commission was interrupted yesterday by a series of loud reports from the road outside. Several people in the public gallery looked startled and the chairman. Sir Lionel Leach,62 words
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Article57 1951-02-23 4 SINGAPORE RIOT HERO FOUND THE Riot Investigation Unit h;we got in touch with the person who rescued two European women and a child from a mob at the junction of Mountbatten Road and Tanjong Katong Road during the riots on Dec. 11. Of his own accord the person, who is57 words
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Article63 1951-02-23 4 SIXTEEN members of the t public have now signified their intention to give evidence before the Singapore Riot Commission now sitting at the Victoria Memorial Hall. The Commission is anxious to hear all available evidence. Anyone tvishing to give evidence should get in touch63 words
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Article148 1951-02-23 4 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. MEW entrants to schools In KUala Lumpur are being inoculated against diphtheria by the Municipal Health Department owing to a sudden increase In the Incidence of the disease since last November. from 27 schools in the five to seven148 words
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Advertisement273 1951-02-23 4 Sampling a RUBBER bale Ml ijuantiUk., ot rubbct I/k^B/JAi^a „MM the Port of IAMWi^MMMWt Lnniimi u\A facilities for quick I «j>, efficient checking and •aiiM'lintt are avaiUhle This Uluvtiatea one ol the Th. illustration ihuwi one many facilities offered to thipB*rih<Mi used by the P.L.A A pera o» the Pon273 words
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Advertisement215 1951-02-23 4 I.«5t S Shows: 3. 6.15 A Ml p.m. 20th Century-Fox"s "PINKY" ■tarring Jeanne CHAIN Opening To-morrow Columbia'* "GIRL OF THE YEAR'' In Technicolor Sun. Feb. 25th at 11 a.m. Universal'* "ILLEGAL ENTRYREX JOHORE BAHRU Today at 10.30 a.m. "WOLF DOG" (Serial) Today 3 Shows: 3.15, 6.45 (.11 "TREASURE ISLAND" (Technicolor)215 words
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178 1951-02-23 5 THE Singapore Volunteer Corps (Liaison) is living up to its proud motto: "In Orionte Primus" (First in the Orient) with the best record for volunteers in the Far East. This was told yesterday by the Acting Commandant, Lt.-Col. H. J. Rae.178 words
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Article, Illustration67 1951-02-23 5 HU\ Labour < r, fc.r I ower Perak, j"! popularly known as the ij of l! c Poor," who wi'l he Isavtaf for a train- r eaarse ;r the British !>■ < 1 Libour for six r^onihr.. He has been secI of the District Wclf67 words
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109 1951-02-23 5 LACK of funds by the Association fur the Prevention of Tuberculosis, Klang and Coast, have cut the number of patients that can be nonvally :>■■ rommodated to one half, according to the Association's annual report for 1950. The hospital, opened on May109 words
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Article60 1951-02-23 5 THE Singapore Labour Department is investigating charges against over 100 shopkeepers for carrying on business on their scheduled closing day. More than 15 shopkeepers have already been charged for defying the Weekly Holiday Ordinance, and the remainder will be charged later, when < investigations are complete, Deputy60 words
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Article87 1951-02-23 5 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs. T. A. White, of Sungei Pendas Estate, was fined $15 in the Police Court today and ordered to pay $10 as compensation to Low Kong Jin, a foreman on the estate. Low was backing a lorry when the engine87 words
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Article162 1951-02-23 5 'Tempo Of Crime On Increase' From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH, Thurs. 'THE tempo of murder, extortion and sabotage appears to have increased. It Is only through the courage and steadfastness of the managers and staffs that Malaya's two basic industries have been enabled to maintain their high outputs. The Police162 words
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Article190 1951-02-23 5 (CONDITIONS in the universities of South-Easl Asia are deplorable, Mr. Robin S Bisley, general secretary of the International Student Service in New Zealand told the Straits Times yesterday. Mr. Bisley has been making a survey of university life in India, Pakistan, Ceylon, Burma, Indonesia, and Malaya190 words
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Article97 1951-02-23 5 TAIPING, Thurs. AN estate tindal who bad two wives bat no children went from one temple to another with his younger wife praying for a child. When the prayers were not answered, he hanged himself. The Taipin? Coroner returned a verdict of suicide at the inquest97 words
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Article25 1951-02-23 5 A trisha-rider, Choy Eng Ngan, was fined $12 In the Singapore First Police Court yesterday for using abusive language to a constable.25 words
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Article79 1951-02-23 5 We are informed by the State Secretary of the Government of Johore that the statement in Page 5 of the Straits Times yesterday to the effect that the execution of Karrupiah, sentenced to death for being a bandit agent and collector, had been stayed is untrue. He further79 words
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Article, Illustration122 1951-02-23 5 rpiIESE old buildings at 1 the foot of Fort Canning Hill, which house the junior school of the AngloChinese School, are due for demolition during the next twelve months or so. The Anglo-Cfiinese School was founded on this site in 1887 by the late Bishop W. F.122 words
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Article228 1951-02-23 5 'THE International Confederation of Free Trade x Unions will send a five-man delegation, who will present the "Labour approach" to economic and social development problems of Asia at the seventh session of the U.N. Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East. The228 words
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Article, Illustration31 1951-02-23 5 MISS D. C. M. Duggan, formerly of the Sandycroft services' holiday centre, whose engagement has been announced to Mr. S. V. Adams. Penang Municipal Secretary and Treasurer. Straits Times picture.31 words
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Article60 1951-02-23 5 From Onr Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. 4 $6,000 a year scholarship fund Tun been started by the Overseas Chinese Bank of Malaya for the children of members of its staff. Awards will be based on the progress and conduct of applicants and the financial position of60 words
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Article200 1951-02-23 5 Lonely bandit went hungry From Our Staff Correspondent SEREMBAN. Thurs. A CHINESE bandit who came out of the jungle last night in search of a girl and a flsh meal, got neither. The bandit knocked at the door of a house In a Malay kampong at the two and a200 words
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Article32 1951-02-23 5 From Our SUIT Correspondent IPOH, Thurs.— The Bishop of Singapore, the Rev. H. W. Balnes, and Mrs. Baines, are due in Ipoh next Tuesday lor a fortnight's stay in Perak.32 words
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Article35 1951-02-23 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs.— Lee Kee Klang, proprietor of a provision store in Jalan Ah Fook, who was charged with stocking controlled sugar without keeping proper account books, was acquitted in the Police Court today.35 words
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Article88 1951-02-23 5 Y.W.C.A., Raffles Quay, Malay beginners class, 9.19 a.m. and 9.19 pjn. CHINESE YJM.C.A., Selegle Road, music class, 2.50 p.m., badminton, 9.30 pjn., basketball, 7.30 pjn., table tennis, 7.30 pjn., mouth organ band, 7.30 p.m. WESLEY M.Y.F., "Pood Paire," Wesley Church ground. Fort Canning, 4 p.m. to 888 words
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226 1951-02-23 5 5 WOUNDED OUT OF 7 IN RA WANG GANG From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. SECURITY forces in the Rawang area of Srlangor wounded five Chinese out of a gang of seven bandits last night An auxiliary policeman was killed. In the Grik area of Perak one Chinese bandit226 words
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Article146 1951-02-23 5 Principals To Discuss Education week, cultural Mt programmes and a youth for schoolchildren will be among subjects to be discussed by the principals of schools at a meeting at Raffl-s Institution today. Education week has oten tentatively fixed for April It will be under the charge of Mr. J. D.146 words
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Article57 1951-02-23 5 THEY SWITCHED TO CARDS— PLEA From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs.— Teoh Geok Lan, a woman, pleaded guilty to a charge of managing a common gaming house today, but said that she only allowed the people to play mahjong and that they switched to cards without her knowledge. She57 words
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Advertisement47 1951-02-23 5 Your grandfather ha«. MJch bright and perfect teeth, my son, because he has always used Gibbs Dcntitnce You know how good it rastes, too, and it costs me so little. Dentifrice > CD i.l Hi O w SUM ITS.. lUNOW. u sTu IGOLDEN1 G0LDEN mmm grape Si BRANDY47 words
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Advertisement66 1951-02-23 5 What's the news?4|P II 200 /P OMJ DRESSES \r-T by husseil THEY ALL FIT BEAUTIFULLY COTTON PLAY SUITS $22.50' HIPS 36 TO 40 COTTON MORNING DRESSES c $22.50 HIPB 36 TO 46 COTTON EVENING DRESSES $37.50 HIPS 36 TO 42 RAYON HOUSE COATS IN SCREEN PRINTED DESIGNS $35.00 BUBT 3466 words
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Article65 1951-02-23 6 MR. <k MKS. M. MADHAVAN Of Ki iline Estate, Kerllng, Selangor, thank all friend* and relations for tiif valuable present*, congratul:itory mfssaRes and help rendered on their wedding. THE FAMILY and brother In law of the late Choong Kum Tak lately of R.R.I. Ampan*. thank all their reiaUvet and65 words
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Article14 1951-02-23 6 ANNA— Expert Manicurist now «t Cnrl Joop Hairdressers, 4] Bcotts Rd. Tel. 6C09.14 words
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760 1951-02-23 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Fri., Feb. 23, 1951. Pineapples On Peat Before the war the traveller on the road from Johore Bahru to Kota Tinggi saw a panorama of rounded hills covered with a grey-green texture of pineapples for a distance of several miles. After the war those plantations were760 words
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Article367 1951-02-23 6 With the Gurkha Division doing fine work in the Federation and the Gurkha Contingent taking the place of the old Sikh Contingent in the Colony Police Force, the people of Malaya are now seeing a great deal more of the Gurkhas than they ever did in the past, and367 words
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Article, Illustration1224 1951-02-23 6 Terrorist life in the jungle Malaya under the Emergency 5 Th« itory of Tien Chong, 23-year-old Kheh exbandit. He has become conscious of his looks since he returned to town life and comfort. As he spoke he pulled out a pocket mirror to make frequent inspections of his brilliantined hair,1,224 words
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Article26 1951-02-23 6 THE story of Hithir bin 1 Haji Ibrahim, Indonesian bandit leader, and his death before the carbine of a Guards officer in North Selangor.26 words
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Letter226 1951-02-23 6 T CANNOT understand why the Riot Inquiry Comx mission complains that no civilians have come forward to give evidence in person before the Commission. The C.I.D. Investigation Unit .nust have dozens of statements from civilians who suffered injury during the riots all obtained from persons who voluntarily came226 words
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Letter179 1951-02-23 6 rpHE ban on the caning of M. schoolgirls referred to in your issue of Feb. 15 Is nothing new. The regulations reported last week repeat in this connection the General Regulations for Schools issued in the Government Gazette at least 16 years ago, pertaining to the179 words
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Letter221 1951-02-23 6 JN asking "What is a suitable Malay?" (for appointment in the M.C.S.). your correspondent "Malay" last Saturday presumed that the various applicants for entry to the M.C.S. whom he mentioned were all rejected for reasons connected with their academic qualifications or experience. Is it not likely that221 words
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Article384 1951-02-23 6 Table Talk /YVER a cup of tea. a localborn Chinese friend and I were talking about Communist China. Slowly and thoughtfully, my Chinese friend quoted to me an aphorism which another Chinese had quoted to him: In a Communist country there is Equality but no Freedom. In384 words
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Advertisement768 1951-02-23 6 CLASSIFIED ADS. «.ITUAT10N8 VACANT WANTED Junior conductor/Srd grade dresser for estate In Pahang. Rtnte salary required and apply with copies of testimonials to the manager. Yeow Cheng Luan Estate. Mentakab. SECURITY Officer required Jonore Est.-\t« Cx Commando prefemd. App'y immediately Box No A4Cr,(j, S.T. Good remuneration. EUROPEAN secretary/stenographrr required by768 words
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Advertisement35 1951-02-23 6 t>v READER'S Digest (AMERICAN EDITION) Every issue of th« Reader Digest contain* ths creim of ths very bsst from over 500 publicatlonsbookm, newspapers, magazines. $1.00 Sole Agents RAJ 6c GOPAL LTD POST BOX 257 SINGAPORE35 words
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Advertisement129 1951-02-23 6 R V 'Jf(WoPTICIBM Fellow ln,:.iute Jpmhalmic Jpticidnj ibng.t Fellow Worshipful Co of Spectacle-Makers 'Engi Freeman of the City of London By Appointment to HM Forces, S Ea <sia. 6 Raffles Place Singapore Room* 4 C^ V^ POJSOMEO PENS \^^<k. WE*/ POINTS EATEN ALIVE CORROSIVE ACTION C^ OF COM/AON INKS .'IN129 words
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Article214 1951-02-23 7 TVo Let-up On Controls, Says Stutchbury QOVERNMENT is quite serious in its determination to combat rising prices, said Mr. A. D. Stutchbury, of the Department of Economic Affairs, yesterday. Mr. Stutchbury, who was secretaiy of the steering committee which investigated the necessity for commodity and price controls,214 words
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91 1951-02-23 7 WHE v ..tie Harbour Board Staff Association has be?i a su-?d by the Board that the costv,~-\.\ allowance wiO be reviewed every three lncn.li The t soelatlon, therefore. )s sntlsCed with the offer of Yz ocr cent Interim Increase, n-.a:i said yesterday. T'.e Association91 words
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Article66 1951-02-23 7 pOH Teng Wee. who had r been fined $15 lor gambling. aVeged in Singapore police court yesterday that ivhile detained in a police lock-up he had been robbed by three Chinese. Poh said they stole a belt, a singlet, and five dollars. Poh,66 words
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Article99 1951-02-23 7 THE Executive Council of, the Singapore Army Civil! Service Union which meet on i Saturday may back the de- 1 tnand of the Army's 1,400 storekeepers for higher wages and better working conditions. The storekeepers, at a mass meeting, threatened to strike if their99 words
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Article81 1951-02-23 7 TAN Buay, a hawker, was yesterday sentenced to four weeks' rigorous imprisonment for offering a police officer a $5 bribe. Singapore Third Police Magistrate, Mr. D. A. Fyfe, remarked while passing sentence, that it was time people realised It was not worth while bribing the police. Tan81 words
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Article54 1951-02-23 7 me necessity 01 oDiaining permission from University authorities before admitting the Press to any union meeting was considered "an unfavourable state of affairs" by the executive committee of the University of Malaya Students' Union, at its recent meeting. The executive committee also decided to conduct "further54 words
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Article23 1951-02-23 7 TELUK ANSON, Thurs.— Because he sold milk without a licence, Garam Singh, a dairyman, was fined $30 in Teluk Anson.23 words
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Article, Illustration119 1951-02-23 7 THE Majestic Theatre was 1 packed last night when a charity performance was held to collect funds for the Kwong Wah Sui Free Hospital. The well-known Chinese actress, Miss Tze Loh Lin, made a personal appearance on the state after which one of her latest films,119 words
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Article177 1951-02-23 7 THE Katong consumers' resistance movement yesterday decided to safeguard all consumers of food, clothing and general merchandise from exploitation by profiteers. At a meeting held at Kulim Place and attended by over 100 housewives and clerks, a 10-man committee to fight spiralling prices was appointed.177 words
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Article86 1951-02-23 7 THE Singapore Advisory 1 Committee, which considers objections from those detained under the Emergency Regulations, yesterday heard objections filed by the five Muslim leaders, who were detained immediately after the December riots. The detainees. Dr. Burhanuddin, Taha Kalu, M. Mustaza, Syed Ali Alattas, and Darus Shariff, members86 words
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Article91 1951-02-23 7 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. THE number of certificates of citizenship issued in the Federation up to the end of November last year numbered 145,405 it was announced in Kuala Lumpur today. More than one third of them were issued in Perak where the figure91 words
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Article33 1951-02-23 7 The Tamil Reform Association will appeal to the Singapore and Federation Governments to adopt Ponggal day as a holiday instead of Thaipusam, "as Ponggal day is a bigger festival than Thaipusam."33 words
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Article31 1951-02-23 7 A special committee to deal with the affairs of students detained under the Emergency Regulations has been appointed by the executive committee of the University Df Malaya Students' Union.31 words
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Article17 1951-02-23 7 Tuan Syed Abdullah bin Yahya and Tuan Mahmud bin Abdul Wahab have been appointed membersoftheMus-.17 words
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Article67 1951-02-23 7 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Thurs. THE Penang and Province j Wellesley branch of the British Red Cross —the first to be formed in the Federation—has set up a sub-com-mittee to consider a scheme to help bed-ridden old people in the Settlement. Activities will include wel-67 words
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Article54 1951-02-23 7 In a paragraph headed "Stole Rubber Charge" in P. 7 of the Straits Times of Feb. 20, one sentence read: "The rubber was alleged to have been removed from a tongkang to Messrs. Paterson, Simons and Co." This should have read: from a tongkeng belonging to Messrs.54 words
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Article, Illustration17 1951-02-23 7 THE KANTJIL, a smart addition to the Shell Bunkering Service, will shortly be plying in Singapore waters.17 words
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Article, Illustration74 1951-02-23 7 f)NE thousand and five U hundred Singapore men have been asked to trust a woman to get things done for them in the Legislative Council. She is Mrs. Vilasini Menon, who is contesting the coming elections as an Independent in the Seletar District. Mrs. Menon told74 words
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Article, Illustration88 1951-02-23 7 THE setting up of hospitals and clinics staffed by trained nurses in the Changi district will be the main concern of Dato C. J. Paglar, Progressive candidate, if elected to the Legislative Council. In a letter to voters, Dato Paglar also said that there should be88 words
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Article98 1951-02-23 7 A CLAIM of $640 for damages brought by the ownerdriver of a taxi, Teo Ah Poh, against the owner of a car, Ng Ah Peng, was dismissed yesterday by the Chief Justice, Sir Charles MurrayAy nsley, in the Singapore High Court. Teo claimed that his taxi had98 words
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Article47 1951-02-23 7 Mr. Pat Johnson, Singapore Municipal Commissioner, left Singapore for Britain this morning in the Canton, accompanied by his daughter Josephine. Mr. Johnson, who is going on a short holiday, only recently left tlie Singapore General Hospital. He was seriously injured in the December riots.47 words
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Article43 1951-02-23 7 TELUK ANSON. Thurs.— A woman, Gan Kirn Bee. was granted bail of $250. when she was charged with unlawful possession of eight bottles of Intoxicating liquor duty on which had not been paid. The case was postponed to Mar. 1.43 words
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Article64 1951-02-23 7 CINGAPORE'S girl guides •3 celebrated 'Thinking Day" yesterday with an informal cathering at their Guide Hut, Clemenceau Avenue. Led by Commissioners Miss N. Innes of the West Area and Mrs. M. Segaran <J the Central Area, 120 guides renewed their promise, broke Lady Gimson, wife of64 words
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169 1951-02-23 7 jyfß. N. G. Nair, Independent candidate for the Ifl Seletar district in the forthcoming Singapore Legislative Council elections, yesterday urged that April 10— polling day— be declared a h.ili holiday. He said that most of the voters were humble workers, who had to cook169 words
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Article128 1951-02-23 7 J^ SINGAPORE clerk. ,,'.<» chased and caught a thief who had snatched a hand bag frcm a Chinese woman on Seig Poh Read on Jan. 15, was yesterday praised by the Sinqanore Third Pr.u~e Magistrate Mr DA. Fyfe, for his siri,'t action. The tr.ict, Mck r128 words
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Article86 1951-02-23 7 rpHE Imperial Service Medal A has been awarded to Mr Samynathan Peter Benedict who has worked for over 35 years' with the Government Printing Office. Singapore Mr. Benedict retired from the Printing Office in October last year. During the occupation he hid type specimens of work and86 words
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Article56 1951-02-23 7 The Singapore branch of the Malayan Chinese Association is conducting an appeal amongst its 3,000 members for blood donors. Post cards are being circulated asking for volunteers to donate blood to the Blood Bank. Those interested .ihould contact Mr. K. H. Quahe between 9 a.m. and56 words
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Article45 1951-02-23 7 Kassim bin Abdul Rashid pleaded guilty in the Singapore First Police Court yesterday to criminal breach of trust of $100 belonging to Miss M. K. Proshaw. of the S.P.C.K.. Orchard Road. Singapore. Ball of $500 in two sureties was allowed until March 245 words
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Article136 1951-02-23 7 Cloves Get 2 Men Into Trouble EIGHT piculs of cloves wprth $1,G30 wore ord< red to be confiscated by the Singapore First Police Ma- trate. Mr. H. A. Forrer \cstcrday. when he sentenced Scan Tai Gong and Ann E. on Hong to three months' riL rous imprisonment each Scan and136 words
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Article44 1951-02-23 7 The amount of romper sation awarded by the N< -tli Johore Commissioner for Workmen's Comnensation at Muar to Yoo Keong. a laboi rer on the Johore Labla Estate, was $2,670 and not $27,670 as reported in the Straits Times on Feb. 17.44 words
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Advertisement53 1951-02-23 7 Qcmmefer fcJP (y) fro... teff $75 FXPSkT StKtfKE *st£R SALE 16 0 IUAY SINGAPORE ff *Hfc UkOWPO]>* Quality. A/^V^i'' Binoculars sh,* Xfl^jVj w its NEW CHINA OPTICAL CO.. I CAPITOL OPTICAL CO. 71. High St., Singapore. Capitol Bldg.. Singapore Phone: ***** Phone: ***** COMPLETE s-m^s -m^ \kkOo^ AMATEUR PHOT o53 words
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Advertisement30 1951-02-23 7 EXCLUSIVE Evening Cocktail Gowns Also made to order with own materials j CAPITOL GOWN SHOP 9. STAMFORD ROAD SINGAPORE ...WITH M WORLD-FAMOUS (arjsbmj beer Tur ciCT aciati/ 1 r#i im30 words
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Article35 1951-02-23 8 From Our Own Correspondent KAJANG, Thurs.— An elderly wireman, Perumal, at Kajans was gaoled for six months for taking Allagamah, aged 14, from the lawful custody of her mother.35 words
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377 1951-02-23 8 COURT TOLD OF RIOT DAT 'INSOLENCE' ]V]K. K. L. Johnson, Superintendent of Police, South Area, yesterday described in the Singapore First District Court how he was continually bumped and jostled by a young Malay naval rating outside the Supreme Court377 words
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Article124 1951-02-23 8 T:..r.n who cleared the :h Eoad police district i v of several arm- ;n 131G is retiring i the Singapoi ce. He is Mr. K. L. m who will leave for I ri on thr Canton today. An Australian, Mr. Johnson Straits Settlements Force124 words
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Article59 1951-02-23 8 T>mmittee of i>ie Sir ore Municipal CommL haa decided that, pending the introduction :al benefits b pr i u arrangements riunent of senior sbo'i'.rl stand. T i« v.se arrangethe Committee has erred s:2.000 from the endable items of the c."Tt :it year's budget. 3 scheme buttons59 words
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Article89 1951-02-23 8 A SUGGESTION that the Singapore Muslims, in cooperation with the other communities, should form an inter-communal body to consider aid to innocent persons detained after the December riots, io proposed by Mr. G. M. K. Sabai, secretary of the Hindu Association. Mr. Sabai said yesterday that89 words
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Article, Illustration50 1951-02-23 8 MISS JUDITH Webley Parry, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Edgardo Parry of North Borneo, and Mr. George Peter Stretton. son of Mr. and Mrs. George Stretton also of North Borneo, after their marriage at St. Andrew's Cathedral yesterday. The R«v. Kinross Nicholson officiated. Straits Times picture.50 words
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Article, Illustration204 1951-02-23 8 LEARNING— WITH MALAY TOUCH From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. I INKED with the Federal Government's plan to establish a vernacular publications bureau, which will publish suitable works in Malay, Chinese and Tamil, is the arrival in Kuala Lumpur today of an American educationalist. Dr. William P. Fenn. With204 words
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Article130 1951-02-23 8 rIE Singapore Postal Department has 22 vacancies for clerks, but so far have not been able to obtain recruits with the required educational qualifications. Replying to a letter in the Straits Times from Mr. C. W. A. Sennett who stated that Katong Post Office130 words
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266 1951-02-23 8 Villagers Near Jenderam Flee Their Homes From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. VILLAGERS living v near to Jenderam the South Selangor kampong evacuated last week of all its inhabitants are leaving their homes to seek shelter in nearby towns. Eighty of the 90 houses in Kampong Bukit Raya the266 words
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Article45 1951-02-23 8 A three-year-old Malay boy, Majid bin Hassan, was playing near a well at the Bukit Timah Boys' Home on February 11 when he fell In and drowned At an Inquest yesterday, the Coroner, Mr. Choor Singh, returned a verdict of death by misadventure.45 words
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Article42 1951-02-23 8 Two Qantas Constellation aircraft from London and Darwin which were to have arrived In Singapore yesterday, have been delayed for 24 hours. Bad weather was the cause for the London plane's delay and engine trouble delayed the Darwin plane.42 words
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Article31 1951-02-23 8 Mr. R. Craik has been appointed a member of the Singapore Harbour Board for a period of seven months during the absence on leave of Mr. H. J. Payne.31 words
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Article99 1951-02-23 8 GMLU Loses M embers »THE membership of the Sin■jure Government and Municipal Labour Union has < ed frora 6.000 last year to 1.700 because of lack of r meetings of its i vs to discuss day-to-Fo recover lost membership and to put the union on a Ko.md financial and organisational99 words
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Article44 1951-02-23 8 The Singapore Foochow Coffee Merchants Association will celebrate its 30th anniversary on Sunday at the Association's premises, No. 64-B Queen Street, with a dinner party. The S.F.C.M.A. was founded in 1929, and its members own VOX) coffee shops all over the island.44 words
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Article35 1951-02-23 8 The Singapore Coroner, Mr. Choor Singh, yesterday returned a finding of death by misadventure at an inquest on Hussein bin Sukimat, aged four, who was run over by an RAF lorry on Jan. 29.35 words
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Article, Illustration29 1951-02-23 8 MISS HEAU Phee Hong, daughter of the Penang Rubber Exchange president, who will leave next month to study architecture at Manchester. Straits Times picture.29 words
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Article136 1951-02-23 8 SPACE IS YMCA WORRY HPHE present premises of the V.M.C.A. are insufficient for the post-war activities of the Association, according to its fourth post-war annual report of 1950 just published. The •Association, however, hopes to be able to raise sufficient funds to make a definite start on the proposed hostel136 words
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Article38 1951-02-23 8 An open finding was returned by the Singapore Coroner, at yesterday's inquest on Tan Kok Poon, a 20-year-cld lorry driver, fatally injured when his vehicle crashed into a lamp post in Keppel Road on February 10.38 words
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150 1951-02-23 8 (XTL production from Seria in Brunei, North Borneo, has now reached a record rate of 100,000 barrels a day equal to 5,000,000 tons a year, or five times that of the best pre-war days. Shell Company, In Singapore, disclosed tbis yesterday. Seria, already150 words
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Advertisement26 1951-02-23 8 lS*^& l^\ FRESH AROMATIC AND W \4a DELICIOUS IN FLAVOUR B'pl /35£ -'.JESSI ILB VACCUM TINS \k/3T PACKED BY SPECIAL PR' VW S^J^^\ ENSURING PREFECT FRESHNESS26 words
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Advertisement174 1951-02-23 8 The height oj luxury... Xw^a to USA Kw/ Speeding smoothly towards New York in a mf j/ay luxurious X.L.M. airliner, a feeling of I^' A complete well-being, ease of body and mind, m*y /fly will be yours. Perfect comfort excellent Mf /%y food and drink served free— the finest service174 words
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Miscellaneous292 1951-02-23 8 w 24. This acid la kept In a tlnStraits Times Crossword 299 c m. sup r mmer m. M t^tj i-^j 26. Kind of grapnel (7). 3 H^^UHl 4 HI 5 HI* tH DOWN. |H H mmmm 1. Torpid rodent (7). T^ g 2. A gossip always on tht lookout292 words
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Article, Illustration592 1951-02-23 9 ...and here is her preview of the closely guarded Parisienne yy ELL, here it is— the Spring Shadow of the fasnions Paris is keeping so dark. But this is enough' to let you know that it is basically a straight Tube Line from top to toe, with the592 words
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Article342 1951-02-23 9 TASTY DUCK DISHES Asian Cookery j O ERE are some more n tasty Chinese dishes, this time based on duck. There are several kinds of duck available in Singapore, but the best kind for these dishes are the glazed partlycooked ducks sold in Chinese provision shops. If however you prefer342 words
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Article, Illustration380 1951-02-23 9 BRUCE FRASER talking about FILMS I AM always? wary of 1 films built round children, because the children are usually the horrible Hollywood product, noisy, precocious and at the same time with a nauseatingly smug goodness about them. But in "The Magnet" Michael Balcon has given us380 words
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Advertisement148 1951-02-23 9 x /ft 3?^,nr^«i*«^l^i M PAtIS FOt THi SHOWS #jtf£ £Vl 0 ©/%I1P© KCiWCli®ClS STEPS OUT IN PRI-WAR STYLE fQflP O1D THE SKETCHES -H« not fault Madjinr M«bm« m> rarumair— «a»r man- halt n'p»— »Vh«-r» all I'artMin* it i» a rharaiierMk- tb» r»n m»— wMM' WkawMMl' ron«re«al» SHOULDERS HAT 90ft and148 words
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Advertisement108 1951-02-23 9 BEAUTY PREPARATIONS. '■citation to enchantment p I FACE POWDER ROUGE PERFUME LIPSTICK TALC cold cre/^ i vanishing crea^i brilliantin: hair cream b BOURJO1S DISTRIBUTORS GRAFTON LABORAfORIES LIMITED. SINGAPORE Wffk Tff it tmo W MADE IN ENGLAM) Snug- fitting Non -chafing Perfect Hygiene with complete security SOFT, SAFE, SOLUBLE. AVAILABLE AT108 words
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Article324 1951-02-23 10 LONDON. Thurs. STOCK exchange dealers decided to "go slow" today ponding the outcome of crucial negotiations in the railway dispute. Failure of overnight discussions to reach settlement accentuated existing caution In the markets and price movements were mixed. Falls of a few pence were common place in industrials324 words
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Article215 1951-02-23 10 Buyers Scarce: Price Drops Four Cents From A Market Correspondent T*HE Singapore rubber market yesterday suffered from lack of orders. The price of first-grade rubber for March shipment, at a quiet close, stood at $2.23 a lb., four cents below Wednesday's close. After opening steady at $2.27 for215 words
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Article33 1951-02-23 10 SINGAPORE, Thurs., Feb. 23-4726.50 (down $12.25). £1,480 a ton in London LONDON. Thurs.. Feb. 22. Spot Buyers £1.489; Forward £1,420; Settlement £1,485 (unchanged). Turnovers: a.m. 30, p.m. 50 tons.33 words
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Article87 1951-02-23 10 JANUARY TIN From Oar Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. TirTALAYAN tin mines produced iTA 4.9J5 ton* of tin In ore In January, according to figures published today by the Registrar of Malayan Statistics, Mr. E. J. Phillips. This was the highest monthly output since August, when 5.15987 words
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Article32 1951-02-23 10 HONG KONO, Thurs. P<REE market currency exchange for Hong Kong, dollars was quoted to day as follows: US$l HKs6.o7»i '(cash), HKS6.I2 (T); £1 HK515.60; one tael of -old HKS32B.— UP.UP - 32 words
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Article37 1951-02-23 10 rpHE Malayan Exchange Banks Association announced yesterday that control direct rates for Canadian dollars were: Buying T.T. 34 9/16, Airmail (OJX) 34 11 16, (90 days) 34 15/16; Selling T.T. O.D. ready 34 3 16.37 words
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Article23 1951-02-23 10 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Thurs. T ANADRON Rubber Company an- nounces the sale of Klnrara and Ledbury Estates for £91,000.23 words
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Article23 1951-02-23 10 Harrisons Crosfield From Oar Own Correspondent LONDON, Thurs. lIA RRISONS Crosfield are raising the interim dividend on Deferred Ordinaries to 7'i per cent.23 words
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169 1951-02-23 10 SHIPS in the Singapore Roads and alongside the Singapore Harbour Board godowns yesterday at 4 p.m. were: Outer Roads: Hal Hsuan, Flj-ing Arrow, Chelvsukinetz, Nldar. E. Mountain. Ellas G. Kulukundis, Reyniersz, Sambas, Lipls, Nadir, Hand. Wei Ming, Hal L«e. Tharros. Inner Roads: Tat Ann,169 words
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Article192 1951-02-23 10 Steady Day All Round rE Malayan share market was steady yesterday, with good business passing at around quotations. London still persists In buying Tin shares at unchanged or better rates, with Australia reluctant to sell anything. Industrials were very steady. Rubbers continued to be dealt in at higher192 words
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Article136 1951-02-23 10 From A Market Correspondent T<HE price of white pepper A continued to rise yesterday. Singapore sellers raised their prices another $10 picul. The market was qujetly steady with Muntok white at $1,200 and Sarawak at $1,195. Lampong black remained unchanged. The copra section wa» firm, buyers rising136 words
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Advertisement1321 1951-02-23 10 MANSFIELD 6c CO., LTp. "i.oipoiateo in > ngapore) BLOB FUNNEL LINE Carrier's option to proceed via other ports te load and discharge cargo. SAILINCS to LIVERPOOL. GLASGOW LONDON fr CONTINENTAL PORTS Due Sails P Sham Penang Tantaivs toi Naples. Cenoa M seiles. Havre 6 L'pool Feb. 24/25 Avtolycut for London1,321 words
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Advertisement368 1951-02-23 10 PRESIDENT LINER SAILINGS To New York and Boston via Ceylon, India, Egypt and Mediterranean Ports. Singapore P Swettenham Penang P R PgLK 27 Feb./ 1 Mar. Omit. 5/7 Mar. o2ff ?1? 1 A 1!.\,~ S/ 12/1 Mar 14/1S Mar 111 l S S? 20/26 Mar 27/2(1 Mar 29/30 Mar PRES368 words
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Advertisement448 1951-02-23 10 EAST ASIATIC LINE SAILINCS FROM SCANDINAVIA/U.K./CONTINENT! l o ire P. Sham Penang Kambodia" tor Horn Kong. Koba Yokohama 26 Feb. -2 Mar. "Latandia" for Bangkok 5-7 Mar. 4 4 Mar. 2 3 Mar. "Fionia" for Bangkok 11-14 Mar. 11-12 Mar. 9-10 Mar. "Kvornaas" tor Saigon Bangkok 13-16 Mar. 11-12 Mar.448 words
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Advertisement989 1951-02-23 10 McALISTER <Se CO., LTD. Telephone No. 5906. ELLERMAM c. BUCKNALL KLAVENESS '-.IVf LONOON HAVRE ANTWERP LOi ANGELES. >AN FRANCISCO, ROTTERDAM b HAMBURG PORTLANO SEATTLE 0 VANCOUVER and for U.S A North Atlantic Port* Accepting cargo toi Central 6 South and Canada via Colombo American Ports mi CITt Of ""OONA^ aM989 words
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Article715 1951-02-23 11 EPSOM JEEP - TOBOGGAN DOUBTFUL FOR CUP EPSOM JEEP By Richmond (8. 6) Gets Early Vote TWO UGH DEFINITE running plans have not been revealed by the Daniels stable, I expect Happy I Traveller to be "Winmore Stable's" nomination in the Spring Cup (worth anything between $14,000 and $15,000 in stakes and added715 words
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Article51 1951-02-23 11 T«OP weight In the $30,000 Perak Derby to be run over l'«ni at Ipoh on the last day of the Perak Turf Club Taster Meeting on Mar 24 will not exceed 9.7, and not 9.4 as originally innounced, nrrmdin? to the amended conditions of the51 words
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Article95 1951-02-23 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. /^HANGI Royal Air Force women, Singapore knockout hockey champions, played a vigorous game to force a one-all draw against Selangor Women on the Kuala Lumpur padang this evening. The highlights of the game were the speed and determination displayed by both teams in95 words
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Article38 1951-02-23 11 KINGSTON (Jamaica), Thurs. —John Goddard, who led the side wh.ch beat England in the Test series last summer, has accepted the captaincy of the West Indies cricket team to tour Ausralia this year.— Reuter.Reuter - 38 words
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Article90 1951-02-23 11 The Parelf Hockey Association's inter-district championship will begin on March 1. The fixtures are: March 1- Malaya Dist. v Singapore Dist.; Mar. 2: Hong Kong Dist. v Singapore Dist.: Mar. 5: Hong Kong Dist. v Malaya Dist. The inter-unit championship, between the champion unite of Singapore and90 words
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Article28 1951-02-23 11 Rovers Sports Club will hold Its annual general meeting at the residence of Mr. Ang Soon Hoe. No. 14, Irrawady Road, at 12 noon on Sunday.28 words
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Article201 1951-02-23 11 EPSOM JEEP - EPSOM JEEP By DISING GLORY (Mawi) did a xv striking gallop yesterday morning when he beat his stable mate River Patrol (PercrVal) in a 3f. workout in 41 4/5 on a heavy track at Bukit Tlmah. Rising Glory should have the brightest chance in the mile nandicap201 words
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Article, Illustration919 1951-02-23 11 IN his final article today on the past four Tests be1 tween England and Australia, Jack Fingleton praises "the calm and majestic mastery" of England's opening batsman Len Hutton. Hutton, he states, has shoton greater confidence than he did in the 1946-47 tour. This he919 words
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Article21 1951-02-23 11 BOXING: Spore Bate Dlst. in-ter-unit boxing championships, Tanjtlln Barracks. 8 p.m. SOCCER: S.C.C. ff Tamil Brotherhood Assn. on padang.21 words
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Advertisement321 1951-02-23 11 PARKS HALE mv tku FASTESf/ i i COLUMBIA'S OA^BSEMCY It'S tK& OPENING TODAY i.^^^ i 'IS AKTcbNbITIONFnIi \i love-affair/ r ,,NEW ALHAMBRA—<;kt the new alhambra habit; Toj-y: 11am, 1.30, 4.00, 6.45 9.30 s ai "T:ik« Me eMgtfWMIBHB With You!" ■j^.^;l« B The hoodlum > SPNkSsi w&t'Q' 1 and the babe321 words
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Advertisement169 1951-02-23 11 If> 'v >morrow i "".'AMP FIRE" fit Ws, nvni rjj lH7^ Today Daily m DORIS DAY lf\ SINGS DANCES TECHNICOLOR TREAT of TREATS! Tomorrow M'nite ABBOTT COSTELLO LAND HEADLONG ...AND THE LAUGH BATTLE IS ON! A Universal-International Picture Now Showing csa <C\ DAILY 5 TIMES >. (^s> 11. 1.45, 4.169 words
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Miscellaneous166 1951-02-23 11 SINGAPORE TIDES TODAY: 12.10 a.m. (8.7). 11.42 p.m. (9.8); 5.42 a.m. (3.3), 6.13 p.m. (0.8). TOMORROW: 12.31 am. (8.9). 12.17 p.m. (9.9); 6.11 a.m. (2.7), 6.40 p.m. (0 9). Today's Radio SINGAPORE 10 a.m. News: 10.10 Close; 13 Malay; 1 pri Radio Orch.; 1-30 News; 1.45 George Barnejs Ensemble; 3166 words
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Article, Illustration637 1951-02-23 12 COLONY TEAM TO GAMES FULL OF FAITH, HOPE But More Charity Is Urgently Needed JHE SINGAPORE contingent to the First Asian Games to be held at New Delhi fr<»m Mar. 4 to 11 leaves the Colony by air early on Sunday morning full of faith, hope and backed by the637 words
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Article, Illustration60 1951-02-23 12 LLOYD VALBERG, captain of Singapore's athletic team to the Asian Games, with the Colony flag which will be borne by the contingent's manager. Mr. J. S. de Souza in New Delhi. The same flag was carried by Mr. de Souza. at the 1948 Olympics in London,60 words
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145 1951-02-23 12 From Our Own Correspondent NEW DELHI, Thurs FIVE hundred and forty two athletes from ten countries will be seen in action during the First Asian Games at the National Stadium, New Delhi, from March 4 to March 11. Arrangements for staging the games have145 words
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Article57 1951-02-23 12 Ceylon Sports Club proposes to enter two teams for the S.C.A. Tournament during the forthcoming cricket season. Members wishing to take part are requested to sign their names in the register provided for this purpose at the Club, or contact tt Mr. John Plllal.57 words
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Article38 1951-02-23 12 LONDON. Thurs Additional English League First Division fuoibaU. fixtures for next week. Wednesday Feb 28: Chelsea v. Blackpool: Ev rton v. Fulham. i Both subject to there being no F.A Cup Sixth Round replaya). R*uter.Reuter - 38 words
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Article189 1951-02-23 12 MELBOURNE. Thurs. rpREVOR BAILEY, the Essex I pace bowler, returr^ to England's side !n place of John Warr for the fifth and final Test against Australia starting a t Melbourne Oval tomorrow. As expected, this is the only change from the team that playedReuter - 189 words
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Article, Illustration70 1951-02-23 12 A fjrlong out in Race 4 at Bukit Timah on Wednesday L'rsua (Mawi) and Heritor (Tulloh) overtake the leaders Master Bruce and Ouranos and fight out the Issue. Ursus, one of tho two winning French-bred hones of the day. drew away to win by I' 4 lengths Mawi rode a70 words
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Article349 1951-02-23 12 WEIGHTS for all eight races on Saturday, third and last day of the Singapore Turf Club Spring meeting, are: Cl l,Div.l-l M. and 17 yd. Toboggan >••" Happy TraveUer S.IO Kinder Gold 8.09 J'avanca 8.08 Theatre Rai Mahal 8 07 Richmond 8.06 Byron 8.00 ('unco349 words
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423 1951-02-23 12 THE WEIGHTLIFTERS VEXT TO THE swimmers in the Colony team to the Asian Games, the five weightlif ters appear to have the best chance of winning fame for Singapore although they will have iron men of no mean calibre from Iran and Japan423 words
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Article113 1951-02-23 12 KANDY. (Ceylon), Thurs. A FREE-HITTING innings of 170 by the Commonwealth captain Leslie Ames of Kent highlighted the final day's play of the twoday match between the Commonwealth touring side and Ceylon Central Provinces which ended in a draw here. Resuming their first innings In113 words
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Article, Illustration649 1951-02-23 12 rpHE athletic section of Singapore loan to the A Asian Games is made up five men and two women. This side of the Games will undoubtedly be the most popular and the competition will be the keenest of all. Comparing our times and standards with tho.se of the other competing649 words
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Article, Illustration29 1951-02-23 12 JOC'fcL* 601/..V, manager of Staff* Mtc's team to the Asi.«n Gmms. De Souza was the fo'onv'* official representative at the last World Olympic Games at Lon'' Ml.29 words
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