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Title Section18 1951-04-19 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 1951. PRICE TEN CENTS.18 words
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Article418 1951-04-19 1 PORTSMOUTH, Wednesday. pAINT signals from the British submarine Affray, trapped on the bottom of the English Channel with 75 men, were renewed today after hours of silence. The signals, from a supersonic telegraph set, were so weak that rescue ships had been unable Lo fix theReuter; AP; UP - 418 words
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Article, Illustration84 1951-04-19 1 PRINCESS ELIZABETH with Papal dignitaries when she went to the Vatican for an audience with the Pope. From left are: Monsignor Federico Callori di Vignale, Papal Chamberlain; Princess Elizabeth; Monsignor Diego Vienini, secret waiter to the Pope; Monsignor Beniamino Nardone, Prefect of the Vatican ceremonial staff fur civil ceremonies. TheAP - 84 words
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Article126 1951-04-19 1 rrHE chairman of the Automobile Association of 1 Malaya, Mr. C. A. B. Starling, at the annual meeting last night charged the Singapore Government with delaying recommendations of the Traffic Advisory Committee dealing with traffic control in the Colony. i It is an appalling state126 words
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Article74 1951-04-19 1 From Our Own Correspondent. LONDON, Wed— The War Minister, Mr. J. Strachey, will be asked to make a statement next Tuesday in the House of Commons on the shooting, of Mr. W. E. Evans, Inspector of Mines, Ulu Selangor, by a military sentry in the Kuala Kubu74 words
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Article64 1951-04-19 1 BROKEN HILL. Wed. The lowest paid miners at Broken Hill will .earn V2ti.ls.6d a week from next nvinth. The lead bonus paid to mine employees will reach a record in May of 16.105. for each full week worked. The bonus for May is based64 words
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Article29 1951-04-19 1 BERLIN. Wed.— The Soviet authorities today protested to Major-General Samuel Mathewson. United States Commandant in Berlin, against alleged West Berlin police interferences with Berlin's railway traffic— Reuter.Reuter - 29 words
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188 1951-04-19 1 UOUR Malay witnesses in the Singapore Coroner's 1 court yesterday insisted that a relative had been killed by "a ghost" while he was in the middle of a I nightmare. Medical evidence showed death was due to strangulation, but there were no external marks188 words
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178 1951-04-19 1 Six nations 'pool' coal and steel PARIS. Wed. SIX nations today signed the Schuman Plan treaty merging their coal and steel resources in a vast European pool. i The Foreign Ministers of France. West Germany. Italy, Holland. Belgium and Luxembourg; signed the treaty in the historic clock room of theReuter - 178 words
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Article27 1951-04-19 1 BRISBANE. Wed. The trouble in Persia would not cause any cuts in Australian oil supplies the Fuel Minister. Senator G. S. McLeay. said here yesterday.27 words
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Article19 1951-04-19 1 WASHINGTON. Wed.—President Truman has earmarked $881,000 to build an atomic bomb shelter at the White House.— Reuter.Reuter - 19 words
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Article100 1951-04-19 1 BANGKOK, Wed. A RICE purchase agreement was signed between Siam and Britain yesterday. The agreement stipulates that Siam will export 415,000 tons of rice to British Commonwealth possessions in Malaya, Hong Hong and Sarawak, at a price between £16,000,000 and £17,000,000 sterling or £49 a ton100 words
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Article140 1951-04-19 1 From Ovr Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. rIE Federation of Malaya will be one of several Colonial and Commonwealth countries which will send representatives, as guests of the British Government, to the Festival of Britain celebrations this year. Four members of the Federal Legislative Council chosen140 words
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Article, Illustration59 1951-04-19 1 THE AFFRAY which is stuck on the seabed off the Isle of Wight m the English Channel. One of the newest class of British submarines, it can stay submerged for long periods, weeks if necessary, by use of the 'snort' airline which allows fresh air to replace foul.59 words
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Article195 1951-04-19 1 SAN FRANCISCO. Wed. QENERAL MacArthur arrived here last night from Honolulu and was given a hero's welcome by a crowd of 5,000 at the airport. The General, with his wife and 13-year-old son, who is visiting the States for the first time, stepped from the195 words
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Article, Illustration43 1951-04-19 1 FIFTY-TWO-year-old Mr. L. T. Vanderput. of Singapore, who leaves in the Corfu today for Britain, where he will represent the Ex-Service Association at the British Empire Service League biennial conference, which opens in London on June Xl.— Straits Times picture.43 words
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98 1951-04-19 1 WASHINGTON, Wednesday. ANNOUNCEMENT of an agreement on a tripartite security arrangement between America, Australia and New Zealand is expected to be made in Washington, Canberra and Wellington in the next few days. In effect, it Is expected to give a guarantee to the two98 words
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Article49 1951-04-19 1 PARIS. Wed.— Ex-Marshal Petain. 94. was reported today gravely ill in his prison cell on the bleak island of Dyeu. off the west coast of France. Petain. serving a life spntence for treason, was said to have suffered a relapse yesterday after pneumonia.— A.PAP - 49 words
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175 1951-04-19 1 From Our Own Correspondent BANGKOK, Wednesday. TWO Siamese and a Swede alleged to be working A for an international spy ring are reported to have been arrested in Bangkok for stealing and selling vital official documents to a Communist network. The three are Eugene175 words
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Article49 1951-04-19 1 DURBAN, Wed. Indians throughout South Africa were called on by the Natal Indian Congress today to fast with Manilal Gandhi, second son of the late Mahatma Gandhi, during the last 24 hours of his two-week protest fast which is due to end on Friday. Reuter.Reuter - 49 words
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203 1951-04-19 1 ANOTHER U.N. GENERAL SA YS: BOMB BASES TOKYO, Wednesday. LIEUT.-GEN. Sir Horace Robertson told British Press correspondents in confidence that he supported General Mac Arthur's proposal to bomb Chinese bases in Manchuria, Associated Press reported today, i Sir Horace, Commander-in-Chief, British Commonwealth Occupation Forces, Japan, held his conference one dayReuter; AP; UP - 203 words
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Article32 1951-04-19 1 TAIPEH, Wed.— The British Consul here protested today to the Governor of Formosa after yesterday's demonstration by Chinese Nationalist students who hauled down the British flag at his consulate. Reuter.Reuter - 32 words
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Article135 1951-04-19 1 Police guard sick atom scientist HHHREE Special Branch aeM. tectives guarded Austrstllan atom scientist Dr. Marcus L. Oliphant's room at. Kaffles Hotel last night. The professor was earlier taken ill on a plane returnins to Australia from Calcutta He was "resting comfortably" last night and resume* his journey to Sydney135 words
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Article85 1951-04-19 1 LONDON. Wed.— The Government defeated an Opposition challenge to its budget, proposals by 11 votes, in the House of Commons today when its proposal to increase the tax on petrol by 4Jd a gallon to 3s. 6d. was carried by 300 votes to 289. TheReuter - 85 words
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Advertisement18 1951-04-19 1 U.S.de.SILVA jewellers ,tO*. ORCHARD WOOD TIIH 1-50 per \\x (SINGAPORE PRICE COLD STORAGE Singapore Cold Storage Co., Ltd.18 words
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Advertisement69 1951-04-19 1 CHESTS The PEKING Co., 81. HIGH ST., SPORE. Teak -Wood FURNITURE 1 DIESEL ENGINES A y, *y~~Z The new Petter B 4 Diesel Engine Four Cylinder Twenty-four to Thirty-six B.H.P. at 1000 to 1500 R.P.M. Power from either end of crankshaft See also the PETTER "B 2" "B 3" and69 words
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248 1951-04-19 2 U.K. 'ALWAYS AGREED TO U.S. ADMIRAL' LONDON, Wednesday. BRITAIN has always agreed to the choice of an American admiral to command Atlantic defences under the Atlantic Pact, it was stated officially yesterday. The choice of an American was the unanimous decision of the 12 Atlantic Pact allies, a White Paper248 words
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Article160 1951-04-19 2 TEXAS Carnill can continue to be a caveman a: long as he pays Bs. 6d. a week for the privilege a British court has decided. He and his family live In a cave cut into a rock at Drakelow, Worcestershire. The owner of160 words
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Article, Illustration17 1951-04-19 2 NEW SEASON'S hat at fashion show in London this month. Heater picture.17 words
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Article61 1951-04-19 2 TOKYO, Wed. Five Siamese soldiers, wounded In action in Korea, were today awarded the Korean Ribbon with the Gol.d Cluster at the Tokyo Army Hospital. The awards, comparable to the American. Purple Heart for wounds received in action and the American Bronze Medal, we^e presented by Major61 words
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133 1951-04-19 2 'Mobbed' peer to hand over duties LONDON, Wed. T ORD Russell of Liverpool. Deputy Judge Advocate General of the British Army of the Rhine, is to hand over his duties and return to England at, the end of this month, the House of Commons was told yesterday. He was involvedReuter - 133 words
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Article27 1951-04-19 2 WASHINGTON. Wed.—Democratic Representative Clement Zablocki, Wisconsin, introduced a trill yesterday requesting President Truman to issue a special gold medal for General Douglas Mac Arthur. U.P.UP - 27 words
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Advertisement425 1951-04-19 2 Last 3 Shows— S, «.li *MS p.m R K.O.'S "THE WHITE TOWER" Glenn Ferd VaUl la Teehnleelor— Opening T—s ir—r aotta Century-Pox's "THK BLACK BOSB" —In Teehnleolor— VIGOUR HEALTH ft or aU the family: I Buy Seama today It is rich in tbs vitamins I tnd nourishment that til the425 words
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Advertisement592 1951-04-19 2 PDBLIC APPOINTMENTS APPLICATIONS are Invited from suitably qualified Federal cltlsens for appointment as: (a) Trade Instructon and (b) Assistant Trade Instructors In the Prisons Department. Federation ol Malaya. Vacancies exist for Instructors in Carpentry and Building and for Assistant Instructors in Carpentry, Tailoring. Shoemaking and Tin Smith. The salary scale592 words
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Advertisement574 1951-04-19 2 1 f .JJ.D. TEB,DE< NOTICE i TENDERS will be received by tbt State Engineer, Pahang, at Kuala Llpis, up to 3.00 p.m. on the 24th April, 1951, for the Excavation of Banks, Drains and Borrow Pits between 4} Mile to 13th Mile Temerloh-Maran Road, Temerloh. Pahang. Full particulars are obtainable574 words
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Advertisement183 1951-04-19 2 limed etVtetwy^Jßk urutt a MKAL SINGAPORE TEL *****, PENANG TEL. 1852 THE BUCK WATCHMAN'S CLOCK YOUR PROPERTY GUARDED DANGER OF FIRES REDUCED WORRIES LESSENED AVAILABLE EX-STOCK Sole Agents: MITCHELL COnS co. (Fi.) ltd. 57 ROBINSON ROAD LEE RUBBER 81.1K... SINGAPORE KUALA LUMPUR v m 25 CWT. VAN WITH SLIDING DOORS183 words
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215 1951-04-19 3 Oil company men complain of threats, intimidation ANSWER TO 'NEGLECT OF WORKERS' CHARGE TEHERAN, Wednesday. AXGLO-IRANIAN Oil Company officials declared today that workers in their vast Abadan refinery were being prevented from working by intimidation and threats of personal violence. They were replying to a Persian Foreign Affairs Ministry spokesman'sReuter - 215 words
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Article53 1951-04-19 3 Truman stands down for Mac A WASHINGTON, Wed. LKKSIDENT Truman has cancelled a speech he was to deliver tomorrow be-i.-usp he feels "that Thure- >.v is General Mac Arthur's President Truman was i' ii- to address the Amerii ;n Society of Newspapers' F.ditors here shortly after the General is toReuter - 53 words
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Article143 1951-04-19 3 West waits to hear from Soviet PARIS, Wed. \yESTERN diplomats have to wait until Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko hears from Moscow on their latest compromise proposal to break the MX-week-old deadlock of the Bi? Four Deputies' conference. There was little optimism, however, that the reaction from Russia wouldUP - 143 words
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Article65 1951-04-19 3 MADRID Wed.— Labour authorities today closed all textile factories In the town of Manresa where a "folded arms" strike has spread to cotton mills throughout the town. The strike started last Saturday and since then the cotton workers have been goins: to work at regular hours, butReuter - 65 words
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Article34 1951-04-19 3 PARIS. Wed.— The French Prime Mi .is'cr, M. Queuille won a vote of confidence from the National Assembly last night on his plan to nold a qpneral election on June iO. AP.AP - 34 words
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Article80 1951-04-19 3 CANBERRA Wed AUSTRALIA has asked for American help in designing some of its great Snowy Mountains hydro-electric projects, Mr. R. O. Casey, National Development Minister disclosed today. Mr. Casey said the Australian Government had approached the United States Government requesting the services of the Bureau ofReuter - 80 words
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Article40 1951-04-19 3 MELBOURNE, Wed.— Hotel Kosciusco, premier New South Wales ski resort, was totally gutted by fire today. Clad in pyjamas and flimsy nightwear, 192 guests and staff fled from the blazing two-storey hotel into the snow. Reuter.Reuter - 40 words
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Article183 1951-04-19 3 ROME, Wednesday. THE world's main rubber producers and conA sumers, now meeting here, will soon abandon a second attempt to reach agreement, informed Italian sources predicted Main obstacles precluding agreement, the sources said, were: Difficulty of guaranteeing long-term markets to producer countries in return183 words
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Article195 1951-04-19 3 Reds move more troops to border HONG KONG, Wed. THINESE Communists are again shifting troops and supplies to the Indo-China border. They appear to be stepping up their aid campaign to rebel Vietminh leader Ho Chi Minh. Independent Chinese reports from Chungshan, just north of Macao, say that the RedsAP - 195 words
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Article22 1951-04-19 3 CANNES, Wed.—The Soviet delegation to the Cannes Film Festival was asked last night to withdraw a film called "Liberated China."—22 words
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Article135 1951-04-19 3 CHICAGO, Wed. QEN. Omar Bradley, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, yesterday said that the Korean war might beheaded toward a stalemate, but there was reason to believe that It could be brought to an honourable conclusion. An ultimatum aa method said, and might135 words
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Article, Illustration56 1951-04-19 3 THE STONE OF SCONE, missing from "Westminster Abbey since Christmas Day, was found last week in the ruins of Abroath Abbey in Scotland. It is shown (at left) with the curator and right being removed from the abbey where the Declaration of Scottish IndependenceReuter - 56 words
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Article144 1951-04-19 3 NEW YORK, Wednesday. THE United Nations yesterday was confused by a A communication from North Korea which was interpreted variously as a serious peace offer, a vicious anti-American document or plain pro- paganda. The cf.icial translation of the cable, believed to contain about 3,500 words inAP - 144 words
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Article47 1951-04-19 3 BELGRADE. Wed. A RUMANIAN frontier guard shot one of Marshal Tito's frontier guards yesterday on Yugoslav territory. Tan jug. the Yugoslav official news agency, said. Within an hour there was another frontier incident when ten Rumanians crossed the border, the agency alleged. Reuter.Reuter - 47 words
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Article46 1951-04-19 3 HELSINKI, Wed. The Communist Party suffered heavy losses in the FUirish Trade Union Council elections, Aku Sumu, president of the TUC, said yesterday. The first returns showed that the Communists obtained about 65 seats out of 222, compared with 430 in 1947.— UP.UP - 46 words
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Article49 1951-04-19 3 SOERAKARTA, Wed.—Richard TregaskLs, script-writer of Republic Pictures, arrived in Soerakarta, cultural centre of Central Indonesia, on Monday to collect data for his new picture. "Fair Wind To Java." The picture will be filmed in Indonesia and the leading man will be John Wayne.— Reuter.Reuter - 49 words
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Article36 1951-04-19 3 TOKYO, Wed.— Lt. Gen Matthew B. Ridgway yesterday moved into the American Embassy which Gen. MacArthur occupied for five and a half years. The new Supreme Commander took only a few personal belongings. Reuter.Reuter - 36 words
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Article95 1951-04-19 3 WASHINGTON, Wed. SENATOR Harry P. Cain {Washington Repubican) yesterday introduced a resolution calling on the U.S. Congress to declare war against Communist China and North Korea. At the same time, he offered another resolution calling for an orderly withdrawal of U.S. forces from Korea. Senator Cain95 words
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127 1951-04-19 3 KARACHI, Vfied. rS Pakistan Constituent Assembly agreed yesterday to a secret trial for the four alleged plotters in the anti-State conspiracy revealed last month. The lour are Maj. Gen Akbar Khan, former Chief of the General Staff, and his wife, Brig. M. A. LatifReuter - 127 words
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Article43 1951-04-19 3 MOSCOW, Wed. The| United States Ambassador to Russia, Admiral Alan O. Kirk, yesterday called on the Soviet Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Valerian Zorin. An American Embassy spokesman said Admiral Kirk talked with Mr. Zorin about "routine matters." Reuter.Reuter - 43 words
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Article26 1951-04-19 3 SYDNEY, Wed A barber who charged a customer three pence for brushing his ooat after a haircut was fined £20 for overcharging on balrcu's.26 words
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Article191 1951-04-19 3 LONDON, Wed. SEVEN dockers' leaders, whose trial for conspiracy brought 9,000 dockers out on strike were discharged as free men today. The Attorney-General. Sir Hartley Shawcross. who prosecuted said that the findings of the jury were illogical and compelled him in fairness to the seven dockersReuter - 191 words
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Article125 1951-04-19 3 HONG KONG, Wed. CHINESE Communists desv cribed themselves today as poor marksmen, but British Hong Kong was not convinced. The newspaper Sing Tao Jih Pao said the Communist authorities on Wanshan Islands, south of Hong Kong, admitted firing on Monday on the Hong Kong-registered freighter VictoriaAP - 125 words
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Article30 1951-04-19 3 LISBON, Wed. Marshal Antonio Oscar Carmona, President of Portugal for the last 25 years, died today, aged 81. He seized power in a bloodless coup in 1926. Reuter.Reuter - 30 words
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Advertisement44 1951-04-19 3 HENRY WAUGH Co., Ltd. (Incorporated in Singapore) BRANCHES IN PENANC. SINGAPORE. KUALA LUMPUR 3ANCKOK, SIBU. IPOH. KUCHINC, lESSELTON. SANDAKAN, KOTA BAHRU. LONDON. MANCHESTER. MILLARS CONCRETE MIXERS PUMPING SETS STONE BREAKERS HIGHWAY COMBINED DRYING MIXING UNITS ETC. Millars Machinery Co., Ltd. Thorley Bishop's Stortford, Herts.44 words
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Advertisement138 1951-04-19 3 PIVcS MORE SHAVES from every Blue Gillette blade Money cannot buy a better razor blade than Blue Gillette. Every blade in every r packet is of the same high quality m and will give you many more cleaner and closer shave*. JfB\ B|ue Ipll Gillettc wkipy Blades GOOD MORNINGS BEGIN138 words
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269 1951-04-19 4 CIR Arthur Morse, chairman and chief manager of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank, 36 years in the Far East, has confidence in Hong Kong's future. And he has an answer for the critics who complain about the Colony's trade with China. He269 words
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Article, Illustration42 1951-04-19 4 SIR ARTHUR MORfe^. chairman and chief manager of the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank, said in Singapore yesterday: "The head office is at Hon? Kong, not in London. I wish more people would realise it." Straits Times picture.42 words
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Article163 1951-04-19 4 Armed theft: youth for trial GOH Swee Choo. the wife of a Singapore second-hand dealer yesterday told the Second Police Court how two Chinese youths heJd her up in her house and robbed her of gold and jewellery valued at $250. One of the youths, Lim Choy Fatt. 20. was163 words
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Article27 1951-04-19 4 The annual general meeting of the Singapore Indian Musical Art Society will be held at No. 221, Race Course Road, on Sunday, at 3 p.m.27 words
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Article87 1951-04-19 4 Chiam Teng Sv.ee, 30, who was found in a house in Tras Street during a police gambling raid, was yesterday fined $3,000 in the Fourth Police Court for assisting in the management of a Ipttery. One-third of the fln° was awarded to the informer. Mr.87 words
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Article48 1951-04-19 4 KUALA LUMBUR. Wed. The Malayan Planting Industries Employers' Asso elation has turned down a claim by the Federation of All Malayan Estates Staff Union for a bonus of two and a half per cent a share in the gross profits earned by companies.48 words
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230 1951-04-19 4 A JOINT petition from the Malaya-China PassageA Brokers' Association and the Singapore Lodging Houses Association will be discussed at the committee meeting of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce this afternoon. The petition, received by the Chamber last Saturday was presented on behalf of 1230 words
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Article, Illustration98 1951-04-19 4 railings are now being erected around the traffic island along Collyer Quay. Municipal authorities have been trying to plant grass along the island ever since it was first constructed, but pedestrians have not given it a chance. The railings will extend from the front of Union Building to98 words
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Article234 1951-04-19 4 rpHE Singapore Government has no intention of L carrying out a "wholesale eviction and demolition" in the Paya Lebar area where the Colony's new civil airport is planned, the 50,000 people living in the area have been assured by the Commissioner of Lands, Mr.234 words
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Article105 1951-04-19 4 Y.W.C.A.. Raffles Quay, dressmaking class, 10 a.m.. Malay iadlanced) class, 5.30 p.m. BRITISH RED CROSS Old Peoples Club. Wesley Hall, Fort Ccrning, 4.30 p.m. < HINESE YJW.C-A.. Stflegie Road, student music. 4.30 p.m.. badminton, 5 p.m.. body building, 5.30 p.m., basketball. 5.30 p.m. table-tennis. 7.30 p.m.. Bible study105 words
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Article39 1951-04-19 4 Eighty-seven divorce petitions 18 more than 1949— were brought before Singapore's High Court last year. Of these, 27 were mafe absolute and 17 were granted a decree nisi, to be made absolute in three months.39 words
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Article98 1951-04-19 4 CINGAPORE Imported nearly nine million gallons of liquor during 1950 two million gallons more than* the previous year. The annual report of the the local breweries produced an pqual qv^tlty of beer ToUJy, wh'_ '"as obtained throughout lije year irom a supplier who was under contract98 words
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Article37 1951-04-19 4 A 42-year-old carpenter. Tang Tye Seng, was found dead, stabbed in the neck at Jalan Besar. Singapore, early yesterday. Tang's wound, said the police, was caused by a chisel. Murder was not suspected.37 words
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Article207 1951-04-19 4 Builders demand a lOp.c. 'saver ALL building contracts drawn up in Singapore since February, will carry an additional 10 per cent to protect contractors against the rising costs of building materials. This Cecision was t«k«m at a meeting on Monday of two of the leading contractors associations Singapore Chinese Contractors207 words
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Article72 1951-04-19 4 Mr H. C. Shearman, M. A. (Oxon.), will give a public lecture ''Adult Education in a Changing World," at the Oel TionK Ham Hall. University of Malaya, at 5.15 p.m. on Monday Apr. 23. Mr. Shearman is academic adviser for tutorial classes to the University of London,72 words
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Article63 1951-04-19 4 `FANTASY FACT IN INFERTILITY' Dr. Benjamin H. Sheares, Professor of Midwifery and Gynaecology, University of Malaya, will give his inaugural lecture in the Central Hall, Faculty of Medicine, Sepoy Lines, this evening at 6.30 p.m. He will speak on "Fantasy and Fact in the Study of Human Infertility." The lecture63 words
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Article44 1951-04-19 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed. Mrs. Morgan, of Cheshire, England, has sent a gift of £5 to St. Christopher's Church Johore Bahru. in memory of her son. a serviceman who was stationed In Johore Bahru in 1941 and died when a pri-soner-of-war in Bangkok.44 words
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Article, Illustration35 1951-04-19 4 THESE dust-bins are on their way to married quarters of Army personnel. They represent only a few which were loaded yesterday into Army tracks for 223 8.0.D. Straits Times picture.35 words
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Advertisement317 1951-04-19 4 Pains in the Back Impurities left in the system through weak Kidneys are most probably the cause of those pains in the back. A course 0f. De WITT'S PILLS will certainly help to relieve your discomfort-... why not get a bottle to-day Dt Witts, can be used with every confidence317 words
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Advertisement183 1951-04-19 4 J[ WF the only feature that COULD improve the Four doors, four speeds, seating for four. If Of*/ ff H The world's supreme small car buy with the big car features. Torsion bar independent front-wheel suspension gives m a controlled ride over all road surfaces. f•M* tt m Chassis and183 words
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240 1951-04-19 5 'COUNCIL NOT CONSULTED ON MOVE' From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. THE Federation Government will be asked at the first meeting of the new Legislative Council on Wednesday under what authority it has ordered that no rubber can be exported to240 words
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Article, Illustration72 1951-04-19 5 M«1. L J. HARTNEiT, managing: director of th« Hartnett Motor Company of Australia, who arrived m Singapore yesterday afternoon by QEA-BOAC from Sydney. He is on his way to Britain to buy machine tools. An old Singaporean. Mr Hartnett started Guthrie'a motor department m 1924. He72 words
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Article174 1951-04-19 5 Union wants its man in Council THE Government and Muni1 cipal Labour Union with more than 1,800 daily-paid workers on its register is to petition the Singapore Government for the nomination of a Trade Union representative to the Singapore Legislative Council. The union will also ask the Government to revise174 words
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Article28 1951-04-19 5 From Our Staff Correspondent. MALACCA. Wed. Mr. G.H.C. Taylor, a Police Lieutenant, and Miss Au Soi Keng, of Kampar were married at the Malacca Registry recently.28 words
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Article80 1951-04-19 5 A record number of bicycles are now being registered at the Vehicles Registration centre Middle Road every day. This is because the Singapore Municipality has asked cyclists, whose machines were registered before April 6 last, to re-reglster. In addition to bicycle registration, the department is also80 words
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Article72 1951-04-19 5 Prompt action by a Sikh watchman. Jagat Singh, last night saved Ismail Brothers' store. Cecil Street. Singapore from serious damage by flre. He saw smoke rising from the store and ran to an alarm to call the flre brigade. It Is believed that the72 words
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Article64 1951-04-19 5 An incident in the Courts compound on Tuesday morning had its sequel in the Singapore Second Police Court yesterday when Chong Bun Hu, 44, Chan Sam Swee, 35 and Chan Lye Seng. 27, claimed trial to causing hurt to Aw Eng Seng In the compojnd. *he64 words
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Article33 1951-04-19 5 From Our Staff Correspondent. KUALA LUMPUR. Wed.— All the police district of Kuala Langat, including roads and waterways, is under curfew, starting from yesterday, between 7 p.m. and 5 a.m.33 words
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Article185 1951-04-19 5 Mother, 80, was there to watch MISS MARY CHEN, retiring secretary of the Chinese department of the Y.W.C.A.. who has devoted more than half her life to the Association received yesterday the first post-war life membership badge. Watching was an 80-year-old woman in a plain navy blue cheongsum. She could185 words
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Article69 1951-04-19 5 From Our Staff Correspondent. PENANO. Wed.— Mr. W. M. Mathieson. the planter who was found shot yesterday in his bungalow at Sungei Buntar Estate. Bedonjf U reported to be making satisfactory progress in the Penang General Hospital. Mr. Mathieson. who was due to go on hon.t69 words
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Article39 1951-04-19 5 From Oar Own Correspondent. TELUK ANSON, Wed, Mohamed Ramli bin Mohamed Arshad, who carried his wife oji his bicycle, was fined $5. His wife. Che Lai bintl Hussain, was fined 15 for abetting.39 words
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Article179 1951-04-19 5 CINGAPORES Registrar of Societies last year sanctioned prosecutions against 19 people for managing, or being members of unlawful societies. Seven societies were ordered to be dissolved. Eight of those prosecuted were alleged to be members of the Malayan Communist Party, or its connected associations. This is179 words
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Article87 1951-04-19 5 A party of Johore V.I.P.'s will visit R.A.F. Tengah on Friday to inspect the Station and see the bombers and jet fighters engaged in the war against the bandits. The party will include the Regent, the acting Mentri Besar, the Deputy Mentri Besar. the Executive Secretary of87 words
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Article19 1951-04-19 5 SEGAMAT. Wed. Ramnsamy, aged 51, was fined $20 at Segamat yesterday for breaking the curfew at Labis.19 words
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Article192 1951-04-19 5 OECAUSE the number of civil cases in Singapore's High Court increased considerably towards the end of 1950. many cases had to be carried forward to this year. In his annual report for 1950. the acting registrar of 'he Supreme Court, Mr. Tan SLip. says192 words
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Advertisement174 1951-04-19 5 A GUARANTEE OF A PLEASANT EVENING'S ENTERTAINMENT AT RAFFLES ANIGHT POPULAR RENE AND NIEVES featuring SOUTH AMERICAN ARTISTRY AND ANIMATION also SOLIANOS ORCHESTRA (ON THE AIR 10.30 to 11p.m.) with vocalists Rosalie Freddie Jangen D^E IN THE GRILL BOOK YOUR TABLE powhtHT* WALL PRELLE RETURN i» THIS WAS THEIR ANSWER174 words
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Advertisement140 1951-04-19 5 55 NCAp °*tflml r Fir .-'-.-x AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL AIRWAYS PTY.Ltd. 5. PRINCE ST. SINCAPORE TELS .*****. ***** OR ALL TRAVEL ACENCIES AGENTS: ~CALDB_ECK'S DOSE f Relieves INDIGESTION Yes lust one dose of MACLEAN BRAND STOMACH POWDER relieves fMj'^i Indigestion pain and discomfort I This W^' |p wonderfully quick and effective140 words
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Obituary46 1951-04-19 6 REUBEN MANASSEH MEYER j P Jrd son of the late Sir Manasseh Meyer, after a brief Illness In London. TAYLOR: On March, 17th 1951. at Mansfield Road. Eastwood, NotU, James Taylor, aged 68 years, lat« Captain Straits Steamships Co., dearly loved husband of Dora Taylor.46 words
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733 1951-04-19 6 The St raits Ti mes Singapore, Thur. Apr. 19, 1951. The Traffic Nightmare With over nineteen thousand cars on the roads (including taxis), nearly eight thousand commercial lorries, and all the heavy transport of a great Services base in addition, motor traffic in Singapore is now denser than in any733 words
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Article341 1951-04-19 6 While the difficulties of parents in finding places for their children in English schools are rapidly being eased in Singapore, thanks to the construction of schools of a semi -permanent type under the Frisby Plan and the intensive training of student teachers which is another essential part341 words
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Article282 1951-04-19 6 Price of tea in lbs. dollars umiLE we do not wish to prolong a controversy in your columns regarding local tea prices, we feel we must reply to "Scottish Housewife's" letter in last Saturday's Forum. It carries the inference that local producers selling retail in Malaya are profiteering, regardless of282 words
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Article261 1951-04-19 6 WITH reference to the letter from "Anak Jati" of l*.:iala Lumpur, published In tfct Straits Times of April 12 under the heading "Helpless wrecks: on pension," I take the opportunity to inform him and other pensioners that I took up the matter of additional Cost of Living261 words
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254 1951-04-19 6 THE long line of laden lorries at Woodlands Customs last week-end must have given the impression to many that bandits had blown up the Causeway. Such was not the case, of course, but the hold-up was nevertheless Just as effective. Saturday and Sunday were254 words
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65 1951-04-19 6 IN the article headed "They Still Listen To Mama," which appeared in last Friday's Straits Times, Kay See criticises Chinese mothers who object to their daughters going away from home, and who thus ruin the daughters' chances of getting better jobs. Are there not things of65 words
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Letter184 1951-04-19 6 WITH reference to the public notices now appearing in the Press referring to application forms for any person desirous of having his name registered in the Register of Elections, I called at Tangltn Post Office on Tuesday afternoon at 12.45 and asked for the requisite184 words
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Letter100 1951-04-19 6 IT is a pity that falk like "Always Blue", of Muar. Johore, are allowed to make such statements as the one in his letter to the Straits Times of April 7, in which he says that initial payments of War Damage claims are made100 words
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Letter150 1951-04-19 6 'THERE is a recommendation to Increase the Cost of Living Allowance to Government servants from 60 to 85 per cent. There Is a decision by the Electricity Board to increase the surcharge on electricity by 10 per cent, one reason given being to meet the higher C.O.L.A. to150 words
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Article205 1951-04-19 6 >pHE proposed merger of practice It would not involve UMNO, the MCA. and the surrendering the rights and M.I.C. recently announc- future of the domiciled into tound th oreSe "Xd Tn" hands of the non-domi-wo^able^aTf^a! the IndXn ciled /ighU in minority U con(rerned in its205 words
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Article430 1951-04-19 6 On the Margin 'Crocodile Tears' UAVE you ever heard the origin of the expression "crocodile tears The first dictionary of the English language, compiled by Henry Cockeram and published in 1623, gave this definition of the word crocodile: a beast hatched of a'i egge, yet some of them grow to430 words
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Advertisement723 1951-04-19 6 CLASSIFIED ADS. TRKOEAR: To Una and Cyril, »t Kandang Kcrbau Hospital. 18th April, 1951. a daughter. TH* ENGAGEMENT wu announced yesterday between Miss Laura C. Paulo and Mr. Ronald M Angus. ENGAGEMENT of Mr Cheong Wan Fook. youngest brother of Mr. Cheong Ah Wah and Miss I.ronft Yook Ching, eldest723 words
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Advertisement19 1951-04-19 6 RANGE V OF OUTSTAND/NG X SmtiA WOOLLENS J^wWORSTEDSJ AVA/LABLE FOR YOUR SELECT/ON MT REASONABLE PR/CES PHONE: 6535 \ZI.CHUUA STREET19 words
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Advertisement184 1951-04-19 6 Arsenic Arsenic is a steei- K icy, brittle, crystalline suostai.ee tnai is never found free in nature. It exists combined with sulphur or oxygen as an impurity in the ores of lead, copper or gold, and is produced commercially as a by-product of winning these metals. By far the largest184 words
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Article257 1951-04-19 7 First step to halt rising cost of living jy|RS. Elizabeth Choy, newly-nominated member of Singapore Legislative Council said yesterday: "Singapore housewives will welcome any move by the Government to bring down the rising cost of living." Mrs. Choy was commenting on the speech by257 words
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Article, Illustration30 1951-04-19 7 MR. NICHOLAS GORDON, a Public Works engineer at Port Diikson. and his b--ide. Miss Mavis Seth. of Singapore after their wedding at the Singapore Registry yesterday.— Stra its Times picture.30 words
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Article226 1951-04-19 7 /WHEN St. Andrews Scl programme is complei 1,000 more boys in the aft Canon R. K. S. Adams, principal of the school, said at a press conference yesterday: "We propose to add another floor to the existing building to provide for 13 new classrooms."226 words
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86 1951-04-19 7 SINGAPORE weather men have been Retting free trips in Malayan Airways. X.L.M. and Qantas Empire Airways planes. A conference of directors of the International Meteorological Organisation held in 1947 recommended that meteorological services should arrange for "met men" to make flights from time to86 words
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Article52 1951-04-19 7 From Our Own Correspondent OOHORE BAHRU, Wed. The widow of Wai Kai Yeun, a lorry driver, employed by Lee Saw Mills. Kota Tinggi, who was killed by bandits when driving a lorry at the 17th mile Kota Tinggi road, has been paid compensation of $3,200 by the52 words
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Article125 1951-04-19 7 girls who won the President's Cup for the Singapore Y.W.C.A. in Penang last month, are to be feted again. They will be the guests of Mr. Lim Chuan Geok and Mr. Chan Chee Seng. The Singapore contingent went to Penang last month for the annual Y.W.C.A.125 words
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Article60 1951-04-19 7 From Oar Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Wed Mr. G. Hawkins. Supervisor of Elections, Federation, was af Kuala Lumpur yesterday fined $10 for permitting his car to be used without a road tax licence. Mr. Hawkins said he had been applying for a licence for a long60 words
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Article69 1951-04-19 7 From <)ur Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Wed. Liang Sin Lan, a nun of the Chinese Temple, Senai, was charged at Johore Bahru today with failing to give information to the police about a murder. She pleaded it was very late at night that she got the69 words
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Article52 1951-04-19 7 Mr. EH. Wilson, Principal of Raffles Institution, and Mr. K. M. R. Menon, senior mathematics teacher, are both due to retire soon. A Chinese dinner in their honour is being organised by the Old Rafflesians' Association at Raffles Institution Hall on Friday, April 20., at52 words
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149 1951-04-19 7 Safety first campaign in Singapore rpHE Singapore Safety First A Committee will complete by today the programme for a campaign to make the Colony roads safer. The campaign will be launched when the Highway Code, now being printed in four languages, is ready for distribution to the public. The code149 words
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Article186 1951-04-19 7 THE Singapore Harbour Board has banned the un- loading of textiles into transit sheds on the wharfside as the warehouses are congested at pre- A notice to this effect was served on all consignees of the British India ship Umaria, when she arrived in Singapore186 words
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Article78 1951-04-19 7 THE Governor of Singapore, look over the general position echometer. Sir Franklin Gimson will tne fi shlng Industry In He will meet leading memvuit th. Picv^-t.*. iCm Singapore. bers of the Fish Wholesale visit the Fisheries Control He will al£o vjjsit the pr0 Agents Association78 words
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Article68 1951-04-19 7 Singapore trade unions will meet tonight at the Singapore Teachers' Union office. Onan Road to discuss the Benham Committee recommendations on the cost of living increase. The majority of the month-ly-paid employees' unions have already expressed their willingness to accept the recent cost of living recommendations68 words
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Article89 1951-04-19 7 An 18-year-old British sailor. Raymond Camplin, who got drunk, stole a car and then ran Into a lamppost while being chased by the police, was yesterday flned $100 in the Singapore Second Police Court. A radio patrol van saw a car being driven into Beach Road89 words
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Article61 1951-04-19 7 Mrs. A. H. Simpson, of the Singapore Teachers Training College, said last night that fathers should take an active part in bringing up a child, especially in the early stages. She was speaking on "Children in the Home," the last of three lectures organised by61 words
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Article89 1951-04-19 7 'THERE were more deaths by violence, accidents A and suicides in Singapore last year than in 1949. This was revealed yesterday when the annual report of the Coroner's Department was published. I The total number of deaths rted to the Coroners for apore during89 words
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Article, Illustration93 1951-04-19 7 BERANDAM CEREMONY THE traditional trimming of the eyebrows and the hair of a Royal Malay couple about to be married, known as the "beralidam" ceremony, was yesterday observed m Kuala Lumpur's Istana Selangor during the pre-nuptial rjtes connected with the Sultan of Selangor's daughter and the Sultan of Trengganu's son.93 words
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Article234 1951-04-19 7 OEOPLE who live in Singapore rural areas and on the surrounding islands will elect their own representatives to the rural board if the Progressive Party's Rural Board Elections Bill is passed. The bill will probably be introduced at the May meeting of Singapore Legislative234 words
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Article85 1951-04-19 7 MORE gold smugglers were m found hi Singapore last year, says the Customs and Excise annual report for 1950. In most cases the gold was smuggled from Hong Kong. "Smugglers relied on timehonoured methods of concealment such as the use of waistcoats with special pockets or of85 words
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Article46 1951-04-19 7 A freak fire occurred in Whitley Road last night when a tree caught on fire and the Brigade had to be summoned tgtPut it out. The origin of tn» fire is believed to have been some stray sparks which set the dry wood ablaze.46 words
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Article352 1951-04-19 7 A FRENCH priest, Father Octave Dupoirieux, of the Cannosa Convent, Singapore, told the Singapore First District Court yesterday that police did not help him when he was assaulted by Malays outside Geylang police station on the first night of the riots. Father Dupoirieux was testifying352 words
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Article62 1951-04-19 7 From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH, Wed.— Arrangements have been completed by :tu> organising committee of the Perak branch for the second million dollar sweep of the M.C.A. to be held on April 22 at the Chinese Assembly HaM. Ipoh. Present at the draw will be62 words
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Advertisement31 1951-04-19 7 jt jJpRjW a^/ M' 10 levers giving everyone AF m4$J an exclusive combination. „>? JiJf/f^\\ Registered key design. Personal key recording. Automatic deadlock and Agent:- (I. MCQUCH. P. 0.. BOX 454 Sumahor*31 words
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Advertisement53 1951-04-19 7 MADE LIGHTER L FINDLATERS !ja SHERRY*. I ■Cji Not just a Sherry J^/sftt^s. but a pick-u-upn £^^^m A WINTER'S TALE F^6w| $10.50 Your guests will enjoy glass of Findlaters Sherry before during and after food. \J \j have a glass with your elevenses It will do you good. From ROBINSONS53 words
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Article101 1951-04-19 8 SIR George Pepler, Singapore's Town Planning Consultant, recommends a diagnostic survey of the island before a development plan is suvvi'v. sort-ad over I ■•cars is pstirra 1 I I I cwi the Co'ony $500,000. .ton f< r UK survey will be i -d in the101 words
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Article35 1951-04-19 8 Private roars in tho of Mount Ro.«ie. Malcolm I euant, I.'j;sim Hill and the former opium packing plant at Pasir Panre to be re-conrected !un: i"il Hghtinv .s:'i>Jr t to cc; .'in conditions.35 words
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448 1951-04-19 8 'Racial equality is key to building of Malayan nation' "A MALAYAN nationalism, and a Malayan nation, can be built only on the basis of approximate equality of status among the members of all races". This is one of the conclusions reached by Prof. T. H. Silcock, Professor of Economics and448 words
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Article51 1951-04-19 8 From Our Own Correspondent. JOHORE BAHRU, Wed Abdul Hamid bin Abu, a special constable, was sentenced to two months' imprisonment ■U Johore Bahru today for being absent from duty since Jan. 1. He was arrested on April 14. Abdul pleaded that he lost his51 words
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Article45 1951-04-19 8 Mohamed Kassim, son of Kadir Basha. was allowed $10,000 bail until May 3 after being tentatively charged in the Second Police Court yesterday with rioting at Rochore Canal Road, Singapore, on Dec. 11 and with causing mschief by setting fire to a car.45 words
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Article, Illustration32 1951-04-19 8 `COUPLES OUTFIT' ON DISPLAY C.» oi the most popular i terns at Tuesday night's International Fashion Show at Johore Bahru a "rouples" sunsuit outfit worn by Eileen Kuok and her daughter Elsie.32 words
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Article165 1951-04-19 8 A SUB-COMMITTEE of the Singapore Ratepayers' Association has asked Government to revise the law so that house rents can be raised 20 per cent. The committee says such an increase "would be less than the general increase in the cost of living." The Association has165 words
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Article33 1951-04-19 8 DUTCH MIGRANTS PASS THROUGH Sixty-seven Dutch emigrants to Australia, including three babies and 19 children, arrived in Singapore yesterday by KLM charter aircraft from Amsterdam. They will resume their journey to Sydney today33 words
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Article276 1951-04-19 8 PINGAPORE Malay vernay cular school teachers havp eivpn Slfifi "in tn thp Tlniversitv of Malaya Endow «T »V it ii Mdlaya naow mciii jfuna. During the week ended April 14. donations received brought the fund total up tO; §3,919,849. In addition to the regular donations. the276 words
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Article173 1951-04-19 8 'Rubber permits affect trade SINGAPORE Chinese rubber merchants fear that the issuing of export licences will damage the Colony's trade. Their main complaints are of Inconveniences in applying for permits, delays in securing permits and loss of buyers from countries to which exports are banned, except by speciaa permit. A173 words
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Article90 1951-04-19 8 Malay reaction to Dato Onn's challenge to Inche Hashim Ghani, presicent of ihe Peninsular Malay Union, lor a public debate "on any subject" was o::e of arproval, but many doubted that it would end finally the "mudslinging" that iias t??en going on between UMNO and PMU, Utusan90 words
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Article70 1951-04-19 8 From Our Staff Correspondent. KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. The price of all brands of sweetened condensed milk will be controlled In the Federation from Monday. The Federal Government announced today that the controlled retail price to the public for the following brands will be 65 cents a70 words
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Article, Illustration189 1951-04-19 8 TWO new major roads, and roundabouts, included in the first half of the Telok Ayer Reclamation plans, are exoected to be opened at the end of May. The reclamation plans de■***L tailed in the 1948 report of the Singapore Government, ire slightly behind189 words
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Article38 1951-04-19 8 From Our Own Correspondent. JOHORE BAHRU. Wed.— Wong Yee Piaw, of Kuala Lumpur, was fined $120 In the Police Court for non-pay-ment of $9 duty on a wrist watch valued at $60. The watch was confiscated.38 words
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Article41 1951-04-19 8 From Our Own Correspondent. JOHORE BAHRU. Wed. Haji Abdul Ohanl bin Kassim, 66, of Teck Seng Estate, Plentong. was charged In Johore Bahru with threatening Hassan bin Baba with a knife. He was allowed bail In $200 pending trial.41 words
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Article62 1951-04-19 8 SINGAPORE 10 a.m. News from KL.; 10.10 Close; 12 Malay; 1 p.m. Light Music; 1.30 News: 1.45 Cy Coleman. pianist; 2 Close; 5 Malay; 6.15 •Calling All Hospitals"; 7 News; 7.12 Radio Scientist: 7.20 Interlude; 7.30 Augmented Radio Orch.; 8 "Forum of the Air"; 8.30 "Hit Parade"; 962 words
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Advertisement147 1951-04-19 8 Jjk B^*^ FOX A MAUVE LOUS W CAMPBELL'S CREAM OF MUSHROOM SOUP Campbell's Cream of Mushroom f Soup, just as it comes from the JUKJK/[&OF** m 2mm7 m can S ives you a rich, smooth gagj S&*" «s^^^H cream sauce plus the luxury of I F^^^jß^^jl fresh hothouse mushrooms. ■S9B-147 words
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Advertisement159 1951-04-19 8 BALLITO I ARROW- BACK NYLONS > > Available In The Following DISTINCTIVE NEW SHADES: > j£ ROMANCE BEICI, I mmk PRINCESS GREY I BROWN SHADOW msSk SMOKE CLOUD jBgML BRONZESKIN > I f SIZES 9TO 10i I )JA $3.75 PAIR I > SINGAPORE S« Si^fporr $0.«5 FedecHoa $0.90 A 1159 words
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Article, Illustration150 1951-04-19 9 r|UR Quiz this week "is for the oldei children, but we will give the Juniors one soon. 1. Can you say which are the capitals of which countries from the following jumble? Oslo, Budapest, Bucharest, Cardiff, Berne, Copenhagen. Hungary, Norway, Switzerland, Denmark, Roumania, Wales. 2. How many150 words
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Article, Illustration585 1951-04-19 9 IytARIAM and Bizz i?1 followed Nanny down the passage to the next cell. This was much .smaller than the Queen Bee's cradles, and inside was a little white egg which Nanny told her was a drone's egg. .VLa.ria;n watched Ivl a wiiile, but nothing happen- ed, so they passed to585 words
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Article, Illustration379 1951-04-19 9 y. Dear Children. y I have been asked this week r if it is necessary to send a ten cent stamp in for competition entries, or for the Pen Pals list. No it is not necessary. The only occasion whpn v^u should L "f send a379 words
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Article, Illustration239 1951-04-19 9 UNCLE BILL - TALKING ABOUT STAMPS UNCLE BILL By ON the 7th October 1769, Captain Cook re-discovered New j Zealand. We use the word 'rediscover' because apparently no one had visited these shores sine* Captain Abel Tasman made a report about this new land, a small part of which he surveyed in I239 words
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Advertisement219 1951-04-19 9 Tboro is nothing in the world so elegantly refreshing YA R D LE V S^idAviK VENDER and Yardley Lavender Soap, K^v^Jx the luxury soap of the world flu"' T* hkitfl Alto dath Saits Putting Powd* Tmlc mnd Brilllentbm •■I?"" TAIDIfV SS OLD BOND ITRBBT LONDOK %sTI"% sTl HALIBUT OIL One219 words
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Advertisement64 1951-04-19 9 pjoa qnsH saoßi pue tiapioiqina— .tun •[boo arisßOMatj ssa Z '»ao Collect six of these coupons t T|.renraao— ua»squscloo ptrer to join the Children's Corn- -*mv9-*a*a k»P«m-btp«o er Club. «iußiuno>j jsajßijona '£roBuriH )S3d«pns '/b.hjok OPO 'I DLEASE enrol me at a member of the Children's ft Corner Wise Owls Club.64 words
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Advertisement294 1951-04-19 9 The leader! This new PARKER^ It's the only pen with the Aero-metric Ink Systems PJCH and graceful -styling leadership in performance these iMfr Mf/ combinetomaketheneH'Parker'Sr j /Aw ''If/ the world's most perfect pen. With /ma M/i I its renaarkable Aero-metric Ink /mm /jf/ I System a wholly new, sciantinc (mf294 words
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Article, Illustration1456 1951-04-19 10 rpHREE nights a week taxi-drivers, farmers, housewives, shopkeepers, hawkers, electricians, fishermen and amahs all over Singapore island spruce themselves up, wrap their exercise books carefully in newspaper and trudge up the road back to school. They want to learn English. No one has forced them1,456 words
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Advertisement246 1951-04-19 10 h KEC i i A Bottle of Coca-Cola will be given frto to every patron at tonight's 9.30 performance with the compliments of LION LTD. Starts Today! 11 a.m.. 1.45. 4.00. 6.30 and 9.30 p.m. m^jM I she will cast 1 \JmM you under her Lf V| .spell! HOWARD HUGHES'246 words
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Advertisement188 1951-04-19 10 mwrn. OPENING TODAY 11 a.m.. 1.45. 4.15. 6.45 and 9.30 p.m. A ROYAL LADY OF THE SCREEN... IRENE DUNNE os QUEEN VICTORIA THE MOTHER IN A LITTLE BOY'S HEART t YwM H 1 > \fl m I. will b ROYAL COMMAND FILM CHOICE iiwtjkMudlark I Wl I The delichtfcil siory188 words
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Miscellaneous165 1951-04-19 10 Straits Times Crossword i !Rir J3J 3 U4U 4 LJ 5 LJ JF*l 13 i« |H '5 16 I? Hi"'®" 9 ■i!ir T H ACROSS. 12. "Prove us. sj" (anag.) (10 I. I OWt no tubs, but numbers 3 Ma blossom in due seasc are taken away by this (11).165 words
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Miscellaneous48 1951-04-19 10 YESTERDAY'S SOL'JTTON. K|^B TOCKBROKK Rfi ACCOUNTAN T^E A R N FRE T» INDIJtECTIV ftclif DSAgWßiftsji R I S T R A I n||H O 8 T B L SMR^T| D loi|Ei^gi SCRAPEIIARKSPUR iL»VH|ioi|T»iiNi| SIDBBADDL EfF ATE »M»L*MiIQ»NiLttOK B A I LIB LI SBFOLLT JaiOß KE NO RO CBRj|48 words
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Article259 1951-04-19 11 LONDON STOCKS HLOSINQ middle prices of selected stock* as sup>lied to the Straits Times by pedal arrangement with rhe Financial Times, were: LOANS ;oniol» **i Mndlm 4% I«M r»r 31* W +1 BANKS •hartered <«S) 1M lercaoiil* (£MI <«13 Pd longkong (tlK) !asUrn 1*51 •> INSURANCE +i ■om. Un. (UU.)259 words
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Article168 1951-04-19 11 Rome deadlock reports f M help the speculators x From A Market Correspondent DEPORTS of a deadlock in the Rome talks conR cerning rubber allocation instilled confidence in speculative buying in the Singapore rubber market yesterday. The market steadied as a result. Business transactions were confined mainly to168 words
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Article25 1951-04-19 11 M ABCH rubber crop announcecl iTX in lbs. are: Malaka Pinda Est. 67,140 New^udai .54 000 Utd. Malacca Es&. 87,490 (11-mth. total 960,845).25 words
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Article35 1951-04-19 11 _rt.T_. m^, HONG KONG, Wed. 171REE market currency exchange for Hong Kong dollars was quoted at the close today as follows: US*l HK»6.04 (cash): HKs6.o9.^ m; £1 ,™C515.60; one tahU of gold HK»3IS.I.—CP.35 words
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Article69 1951-04-19 11 SINGAPORE, Wed., Apr. 18 $567 (unchanged.) £1,125 a ton in London LONDON. Wed.. Apr. 18.— Cash Buyers £1.125. Sellers 1,130; Forward Buyers £1,105. Sellers £1,110; Settement £1,120 (op £10). Turnover: a.m. 55. p.m. 35 tons. USSU2alb.inU.SJV. NEW YORK, Wed.— The Reconstruction Finance Corporation yesterday cut itsAP - 69 words
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Article83 1951-04-19 11 TIN COMPANY OUTPUTS TT rk«i hZehout tjiV ouarter' worlled throughout Uie quarter, No x was stopped for alterations p^b lfJ GOUTHERN Tronoh Tin DredgO j tw(^ dredees working, produced 3,876.6 picuU in the same quarter. gUNGEI Besi Mines' output figures for the first quarter of 1951 Sungei Besi section 1,61383 words
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186 1951-04-19 11 CHIPS in the Singapore Roads and alongside the Singapore Harbour Board godowns at 4 p.m. yesterday were: Outer Roads: *Hai Hsuan. Maxwell Brander, Benavon, Siberoet, Baud, Eastern Venture, Waiwerang. Fred Clover. Talisse, Helios. Rondo, Norvest, Ulysses. Spondilus, Pres. Arthur. Kola. Chandpara. Amersham Hill. Esang,186 words
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Article243 1951-04-19 11 Tins and Rubbers easier again rN and Rubber shares In r the Malayan share mar- ket were again easier yesterday. Industrials were quietly steady. Price changes announced by the Malayan Sharebrokers- Association were: Bay"* Gammons 3.15 M. Colll 1.75 Koblmon Co. Ord f stock 2.95 Spore Cold Storage243 words
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Article110 1951-04-19 11 THE PRODUCE MARKET COPRA was 'quiet and steady in the Singapore produce market yesterday, with sellers quoting $53 a plcul against bids of $52. There was no buying Interest in coconut oil. Sellers stood at $88 a picul. Pepper prices remained unchanged in a steady market. Selling prices (per picul110 words
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Advertisement877 1951-04-19 11 PRESIDENT LINER SAILINGS EAST ASIATIC LINE To MM York and Boston v, Cev.on. India Egypt and AILINCS 0M »CAND.NAVIA/U.K./CONTINENT, Mediterranean Pert*. Spora P. Sham p-n *lBl B p 5,.,,.t«r,K«m Penan* "Nordhval" for Bangkok 20-22 Apr. In Port "PRES monbof cJ.i^Aa. iwettennam r>enang "Panama 1 for Bkok, Saigon. H Kong. PRES.877 words
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Advertisement965 1951-04-19 11 McALISTER tfc CO., LTD. Telephone No 590«. ELLERMAM <k BUCKNALL KLAVENESS LINE LONDON. HAVRE. ROTTERDAM LOS ANCELES. SAN FRANCISCO, HAMSURC PORTLAND SEATTLE VANCOUVER W&S-M 1 ffi PorH A i cpo?t';"&c po?t';" hu!h m.s. CITY Of POONA m.a. SUNNYVILLI P. Sham Penang Spore P. Sham Penang In Port/21 Apt. 22/23 Apr.965 words
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Article, Illustration736 1951-04-19 12 S'PORE A FORWARDS IN FINE DISPLAY But fail to reply to Navy's goal THE FOURTH Singapore "A" talent-finding soccer team met Royal Navy at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday, and the forward line made a good impression even though they were not able to reply to an only goal scored by736 words
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154 1951-04-19 12 From EPSOM JEEP KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. rcope with the steadily increasing place betting on the totallsator. the committee of the Sclangor Turf Club has derided to adopt the method of calculating place dividends which has been operating at Singapore and Ipoh for some time.154 words
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Article143 1951-04-19 12 ■p\OWN by two goals to one in the LJ first half. Bata S.C. played well after resumption to win by 4-2 in their Business House B League soccer match against Malayan Airways at Police Depot yesterday. A few minutes after the start Malayan Airways opened scoring143 words
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301 1951-04-19 12 I^HE first athletic meet of the Singapore Teachers' Training College will be held at the Victoria School ground on June 9 This athletic meeting will be run on similar lines as the Singapore Amateur Athletic Assn. sports. A tentative programme of 31 events has301 words
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Article110 1951-04-19 12 From Onr Staff Correspondent IPOH, Wed. tVHRTH Hussars did almost 1 what they liked with Police in a Div. 1 league soccer match, played on the Ipoh padang today, to win by 12 goals to nil. Fred Worrel, Perak SUte cen-tre-half who led the110 words
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Article42 1951-04-19 12 Chin Nayagan win doubles Playing with better combination, Chin Yoon Fook and Nayagan yesterday won the V.M.C.A. open junior doubles tennis title after a three-set victory over Yau Meng Fal and Ong Beng Bee. Chin and Nayagan won by 6-2, 4-6. 6-2.42 words
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Article64 1951-04-19 12 LONDON. Wed.—Dave Sands, Australian holder of the Empire middleweight title, will train at Newcastle for the defence of his title against Randolph Turpin, the British and European champion this summer. He Is expected to arrive In England on May 8. Sands trained at Newcastle when64 words
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Article45 1951-04-19 12 Borneo Motors S.C. beat Malaya Publishing House 4-1 in a Business Houses League match at Brewery groui'd on Tuesday. A. Webster scored two goals for Borneo Motors and A. Angullla and Ah Yeow had one each. Hamid scored for M.P.H.45 words
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Article27 1951-04-19 12 MELBOURNE, Wed.—Chicquita. greatest stake winning mare racing in Australia, was Injured at trackwork yesterday. She Injured her near foreleg and her future Is In doubt.27 words
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Article387 1951-04-19 12 rnEAMS for week-end cricket I matches are: INDIAN ASSN. Saturday v Non Benders C.C. on I.A. ground at 2.15: P. K. Baskaran, Oorbex Singh, M. J. Chandy, D. DharmaraJ, Selakan Singh, O. K. Gosain, Charanjit Singh, Hyder Sithawalla, D. K. Samy, Yacoob Madarl, M. S. Gill. Reserves:387 words
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Article383 1951-04-19 12 SPOTTING THE WINNERS From Epsom Jeep. KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. MY ten best horses to follow at the Selangor April Meeting which starts on Saturday are: SHAHPERE: With Piraeus and Waterloo out, this four-year-okl has a bright chance of finding his winning turn on Saturday. Ran prominently at Bukit Timah when383 words
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115 1951-04-19 12 The Marine Department defeated Hotspurs by six-nil in a Division 3A League game at Geylang stadium yesterday. Playing an offensive game throughout, the Marine Department were held to two goals at half time. Marines chalked up another four goals during the second half.115 words
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276 1951-04-19 12 TiHE annual University of Malaya's North v. South soccer match was won by South at Bukit Timah yesterday. The score was 4—l4 1 and the winners received the Keith Memorial trophy presented by Dato C. J. Paglar. South had the greater share of the game,276 words
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Article171 1951-04-19 12 ROYAL Air Force (Malaya) beat Eurasians four-two in a thrilling friendly game of soccer on the S.R.C. ground yesterday. v Eurasians, playing with unusual dash and determination, soon carried play to their opponents' half and had a stroke of luck early in the game when they171 words
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Article41 1951-04-19 12 SAARBRUECKEN, Wed. The Indian table tennis team continued their successful European tour today by decisively beating the Saar. In the men's match India won by 6-0. The women's team won 3-0, also without dropping a game. —Reuter.Reuter - 41 words
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Article47 1951-04-19 12 LONDON, Wed. Yesterday's U.K. soccer results were: English League. Div. 3 (Northern): Oldham Athletic 0. Crewe Alex 2; Rochdale 3. Lincoln City 0; Southport 1. Halifax Town 1; Tranmere Rovers 1. Hartlepools United 0. Scottish League "A" Division: St. Mlrren 3, Motherwell o.— Reuter, A.P.Reuter; AP - 47 words
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367 1951-04-19 12 Class two fields greatly reduced for K.L. races By EPSOM JEEP KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday pLASS 2 fields at the Selangoj- Turf Club April v meeting will be drastically reduced. Best Bet and Decanter have been promoted to the top class after their resounding wins at Bukit Timah and therefore cannot367 words
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Article79 1951-04-19 12 LONDON, Wed— Following are the U.K. Cricket fixtures for April (all are 3-day matches unless otherwise stated): Apr. 21 Oxford: Oxford Unlrerslty First Trial; 23 Cambridge: Cambridge University Freshmen's Match (2 days); 25— Oxford: Oxford University Second Trial; 25 Cambridge: Cambridge University Seniors' Match (2 days). Apr. 28—Reuter - 79 words
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Article53 1951-04-19 12 SOCCER: Div. 1: Indonesians v Indian R.C. at stadium: Div. 2: Kola Raja 'A' v Star Soccerites at Geylang; Div. 3B: 8.0.D.C.A. \V v V.M.M.A. at BODCA; Business Hse. Lge. A: Pulau Bukom v Breweries at YMCA; Business Hs;-. Lge. B: Guthries v Mansfield at Farrer Park. TENNIS:53 words
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Miscellaneous28 1951-04-19 12 SINGAPORE TIDES TODAY: 8.57 am (7.5), 9.50 pti (7.5); 3.11 am (3.7). 3.31 pm (1.8». TOMORROW: 9.45 am <8ft). 10.15 pm (7.9); 3.45 am (.2.8). 4.05 pm (1.7).28 words
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