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Title Section18 1951-05-04 1 The Straits TimeS MALAYA'S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 SIXTEEN PAGES SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, MAT 4, 1951. PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS18 words
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Article274 1951-05-04 1 Camp 'school 9 JL will teach them a trade TOKYO, Thursday. JHE United Nations holds nearly 150,000 North Korean and Chinese prisoners of war in a huge camp in South Korea, it was revealed today. UrCol. D. R. Nugent, chief of the United Nations Command'sReuter - 274 words
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Article, Illustration160 1951-05-04 1 TWENTY minutes after 1 stepping off a QantasBOAC Constellation at Kalian? airport yesterday afternoon, ajter a 8.000-mlle journey from Britain, a 27-year-old London girl. Miss Jean Posllethwaite. was married at the Singapore Registry to Sergeant Ronald Williams, of the Royal Marine Commandos, who is stationed in Ipoh (seen above). The160 words
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Article89 1951-05-04 1 JAKARTA. Thurs. THE Dutch luxury liner 1 Oranje, which calls at Singapore on her trips to Europe, was today held up for four hours from moorings at Tandjon* Priok. The tug boat which was to tow the liner into the harbour was prevented from sailing byReuter - 89 words
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Article47 1951-05-04 1 TOKYO, Thurs.— The Middlesex Battalion learned today that their return to Hong Kong will be postponed for another month. They were to have been joined by the remainder of the 27th Brigade moving out of Korea after eight months, in the field.— Reutcr.Reuter - 47 words
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Article35 1951-05-04 1 CAIRO, Thurs.— Eight British servicemen aboard an R.A.F. Valetta transport plane were killed yesterday when the plane, engaged in a sup-ply-dropping demonstration, crashed near Fayid. in the Suez Canal zone.— A.PAP - 35 words
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Article150 1951-05-04 1 A FIREWORKS display (above) by Royal Navy minesweepers lying at the Man o' War anchorage last night surprised crowds on the Esplanade who were looking across the harbour. The display was preceded by a sweep of searchlights over the harbour area Immediately after this, red and150 words
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Article67 1951-05-04 1 PARIS, Thurs. A FRENCH spokesman hinted last night that France may support' the bombing of Chinese Communist bases in Manchuria if heavy air attacks were launched from them against U.N. forces In Korea. The spokesman said: "France long ago made clear its position against any extensionAP - 67 words
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Article32 1951-05-04 1 DURHAM, Thurs. Flight Lieut. W. Bedford, of the Royal Aircraft Establishment. Farnborough, Hampshire, yesterday set up a new British glider record for distance, flybig 253 miles. Reuter.Reuter - 32 words
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Article199 1951-05-04 1 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Thursday. VO new private building will be sanctioned (n 11 Penang, so that the Government may complete its own building' programme. This was announced to- day by the Resident Uommissioner, Mr. A. V. As ion, at a Press conference. Penang Is the199 words
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Article15 1951-05-04 1 MANILA, Thurs.— Nine Philippine Constabulary agents have been suspended in connection with -certain irregularities.—Reuter.Reuter - 15 words
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Article81 1951-05-04 1 PENANG, Thurs. SINGAPORE'S new G.0.C., Major-General A. G. O'Carrell Scott arrived In Penang today in the Chusan. General Scott, who was G.0.C.. Hamburg District said to a Straits Times representative: "I have come straight from Germany and have not had an opportunity to be fully briefed81 words
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76 1951-05-04 1 THE 6,000-strong Singapore Army Civil Service Union has sent a note to the War Minister, Mr. John Strachey, threatening to force the issue in Parliament if its long standing claims. lor higher salaries and cost of living allowance are not settled "within a reasonable period A76 words
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Article123 1951-05-04 1 LONDON. Thurs. fJUNDREDS of Festival visltors to Westminster Abbey found today that not only the Coronation Stone but the Coronation Chair itself was missing from King Edward the Confessor's Chapel. The Coronation Chair had been moved to the Chapel of King Henry VII where it isReuter - 123 words
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160 1951-05-04 1 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. TWO European police officers were killed by 50 x bandits yesterday in the Rawang area of Selangor while they were Investigating the burning of two railway wagons after the line had been sabotaged* They were Chief Inspector160 words
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Article55 1951-05-04 1 CASABLANCA. Thurs.— M Andre Leroy, Secretary-Gen-eral of the Moroccan branch of the Communist-led General Confederation of Labour, was expelled from the Protectorate yesterday. In a May Day speech here he advocated the abolition of French control in Morocco. Yesterday, he was put on board an AirReuter - 55 words
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Article59 1951-05-04 1 TOKYO, Thurs. DATON-ARMED police stop- ped a threatened Labour Union demonstration when thousands of Japanese gathered at the Imperial Palace plaza today to celebrate the fifth anniversary of Japan* post-war constitution. Police made 20 arrests. Japanese flags went up all over Tokyo as the peopleReuter - 59 words
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Article, Illustration17 1951-05-04 1 NEW LABOUR MINISTER Mr. Arwyn Lynn UngoedThomas. K.C., the new Soli-citor-General in Mr. Attlee's Cabinet. Renter picture.Reuter - 17 words
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Article202 1951-05-04 1 LAKE SUCCESS, Thursday. ITNITED States demands for a world-wide embargo against China on all strategic materials including supplies for making atomic bombs, come up today in a United Nations committee on punishments for Peking. Britain and .France are reported holding back from such aUP - 202 words
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Article87 1951-05-04 1 LONDON, Thurs. A BRITISH airliner for the Far East with 30 passengers aboard waited four hours at London airport today for 250 tablets of the American wonder drug cortisone. They were bein* flown in* with 16 tablets of aureomycin, by a strato-cruiser from NewReuter - 87 words
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Article28 1951-05-04 1 BELGRADE. Thurs. Rumanians and Bulgarians fired on Yugoslav border guards, wounding one. In four frontier incidents over the May Day hoMday. the Yugoslav Government reported. U.P.UP - 28 words
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Article224 1951-05-04 1 World rubber stocks are up LONDON, Thurs. WORLD stocks of rub- ber at the end of March were 775,000 long tons, 10,000 tans more than on Jan. 1, the Secretariat of the RubVeiStudy Group stated today. An Increase of 27.500 long tons in consuming areas sines Jan. 1 was due224 words
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Article73 1951-05-04 1 From Our Staff Corr.sponden KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs The Sultan of Selangor has commanded that there should be no celebration of his birthday on Sunday, May 13, The next day will be a public holiday. The Sultan wishes the fund allocated by the State Government to celebrate73 words
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Advertisement69 1951-05-04 1 I jd^k L, jjf^^^V f /|P W Mi Mod«rn machinery I mi a I f W|P *r modern methods of .m .I F 8t N introduce a j modern presentation of fi the familiar red and fjj yellow label as part of II Constant development jgk^/^LjL of new, improved processes69 words
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Advertisement384 1951-05-04 2 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS EDUCATION Department. Pahang. Applications are Invited for appointment* >■ Probationer Teachers, English Schools, to U»e BUte or Pahanf. Applications jiving particulars of qualifications Bhould be addressed to Senior Inspector' of Schools. Raob, Pabang. APPLICATIONS are Invited from Federal dtlsena for the appointment of Clerk and Caretaker In the384 words
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Advertisement247 1951-05-04 2 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS PROGRAMME ASSISTANT (Schools) in the Dept. of Broadcasting. Salary scale is $410 30 A 710 B 780 30A 1.000 p.m. with current COL. and Local Allowances. The appointment will be on a three year agreement in the first Instance witti prospect of permanency and penslonabllity. Age, experience and247 words
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Advertisement566 1951-05-04 2 VICTORIA PEAK EX CADUCEUS Consignee* ar» requested to attend a survey for damaged Cargo at Messrs. Lee Huat Contractors Co., Oodown 14, North Boat Quay, which will take place on the 7th and Mb May. 1951. After the Bth May no further survey will be arranged Mil MESSRS. JOHN (MANNERS566 words
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Advertisement126 1951-05-04 2 ft Ct\ h^s^^^bhl WEIGHBRIDGES FOR ROAD VEHICLES CAPACITY 15 TONS All Steel Platform 16 0 XSO WT AVCDY I Tft OCEAN BUIID!N6 I r\. YEn I LI U. Singapore, phone: ***** 'IN ASSOOATIOH WITH Ww. JACKS (0., (Malay.) LTD. phone *****. >fc^£ *-^^^^^^*"S^BB|Bk a M MERCEDES-BENZ The secret of outstanding126 words
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331 1951-05-04 3 But the Russians -thaVs different WASHINGTON, Thursday. JHE US. Administration's Wake Island documents, made public today, said that (Jeneral Mac Arthur told President Truman there was "very little" chance of China' 9 intervention. Mr. Truman went to Wake Island last October to meet General331 words
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Article67 1951-05-04 3 BRISBANE. Thurs. A miniature radio station is operating from the bed of the Brisbane River. Its effect to halve diving time on jobs. Operator Neil Todkill has installed the equipment, combination microphones and receivers in diving helmets, so men underwater and the supervisor abovesurface can converse.Reuter; Reuter-AAP - 67 words
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Article79 1951-05-04 3 SAIGON, Thurs— Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald, British Commissioner General for South-East Asia, flew here today from Dalat, Southern Annam, where he spent the fourth day of a fact-finding visit to Indo-China with Emperor Bao Dai. Mr. Mac Donald left Immediately to meet the Vietnam Premier, Mr.Reuter - 79 words
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181 1951-05-04 3 TEL AVIV, Thursday. T»HE United Nations Chief of Staff, Maj.-Gen. x -William A. Riley, has ordered an immediate cease-fire in fighting between the Syrians and Israelis which broke out again today along the border north-east of Lake Galilee. A duea between heavy artillery andReuter; UP - 181 words
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156 1951-05-04 3 Britain not bound by oil decision LONDON, Thurs BRITAIN said today that' it was not bound by Persia's nationalisation of the AngloIranian Oil Company. A Foreign Office spokesman said: "The United Kingdom government does not consider the concession to the AneloIranian Oil Company has been terminated. The British government wantsUP - 156 words
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Article48 1951-05-04 3 LONDON. Thurs. The War Office Jast night issued a casualty list containing 312 names of British soldiers killed, wounded or missing in Korea. This was the second list published In two days Yesterday, the biggest list »o far, with 371 names, was issued —Reuter.Reuter - 48 words
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Article28 1951-05-04 3 BRISBANE, Thurs.— Police decided to take no action on the death of a 16-year-old schoolboy who died in hospital after a bare-knuckle fight at school. Reuter.Reuter - 28 words
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Article25 1951-05-04 3 CAPETOWN, Thurs.— South Africa will send five officers of th« Union Defence Force to Join the British Commonwealth division in Korea. Reuter.Reuter - 25 words
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Article33 1951-05-04 3 LONDON, Thurs. RearAdmiral Tufton Percy Beamish, who commanded ships at Jutland and in the battle of the Falkland Islands during the first World War, died in Sussex yesterday aged 76.— Reuter.Reuter - 33 words
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Article, Illustration76 1951-05-04 3 TWO pretty girls, with different tastes in gowns and creations for their crowning glory. Girl with tiara (LEFT), Vicky Vance, wears replica of Queen Victoria's 1851 gown for the opening of the Festival Gardens. The gown has 120 yards of white lace, eight petticoats and costReuter - 76 words
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Article275 1951-05-04 3 London cheers as Festival opens LONDON; Thurs. THE King and Queen drove in state through cheering crowds today to open the Festival ol Britain. < Millions of people— many had slept on the pavements all night—jammed the streets to give an enthusiastic start to the efforts of a nation toReuter - 275 words
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Article54 1951-05-04 3 LONDON, Thurs. Mr. Michael Stewart Financial Secretary to the War Office, has been appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Supply in succession to Mr. John Freeman, who resigned last week. Mr. Stewart will be succeeded at the War Office by Mr Woodrow Wyatt, Member for the Aston_Reuter - 54 words
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204 1951-05-04 3 LONDON, Thursday LORD Vansittart, former permanent under-secre-treat Uncle Sam like Aunt Sally cannot Britain's trade with Com- munist China was "one very valid complaint" by America "That should be stopped in view or casualties inflicted on our own and Allied troops," The Government was tryingAP - 204 words
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Article56 1951-05-04 3 FRANKFURT, Thurs.— The Czechoslovak Government yesterday refused to allow UJS. Vice Consul, Mr. Richard Johnson, to visit William N. Oatis, Imprisoned Associated Press bureau chief. The Czech Foreign Ministry stated, in a reply to a U.S. Embassy request, that Czech* law forbade such a visit atAP - 56 words
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Article135 1951-05-04 3 T TOKYO. Thurs. HE Japanese Shipping Company would *be soon given approval to open a reprular run to North America, Colonel Harold T. Miller, Chief of General Rldgway's headquarter*' transportation Section stated at a meeting of the Japan Shipowners As- sociatlon In Tokyo yesterday Colonel135 words
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Advertisement55 1951-05-04 3 BR'-^S enjoyment ■L depends H^vjjy upon Fitness BOVRIL GIVES STRENGTH &VITALITY .BORNEO \^om»anu limited ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦»»»»»»4»»»» As Sole Agents for JOHN MORRIS SONS LTD. manufacturers of FIRE APPLIANCES 'and WEAVERS OF CANVAS. HOSE i! We Invite Inquiries j; I j JAMES WARREN CO., LTD. h K.LUMPUR Tel 2956 SPORE Teu 790355 words
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Advertisement96 1951-05-04 3 II aid ...on and off WASHINGTON, Thurs. THE United States yesterday lifted a three-week-old ban on Marshall Aid shipments to Belgium. An announcement said the dispute with the Belgian Government over use of American funds had been settled. A. P. QUSPENSION of Marshall Aid both grants and loans to Ireland96 words
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Advertisement80 1951-05-04 3 Z 77 not just on special occasions, but often! No need to tell you vow soft candlelight can be so flattering v so intimate choose from eleven delightful colours Field's "Nell Gwynn" Candles. Singapore price: 75 cents, in boxes of two COLD STORAGE Singapore Cold Storage Co., Ltd. A^CANBfeRJRA WAS80 words
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315 1951-05-04 4 M.P. ASKS ABOUT NAVAL STRENGTH LONDON, Thursday. J«HE 8,000-ton British cruiser Gambia has arrived at the oil port of Bahrein, in the .Persian Gulf. Gambia was transferred at the end of March from the Mediterranean to the East Indies Fleet, which includesReuter - 315 words
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Article, Illustration39 1951-05-04 4 SIGHTS OF LONDON FESTIVAL DRESS FOR FESIIVAL: WnU tais Guardsman in fuU dress Is a young woman in a "Festival coilon dress printed with a Horse Guards' motif. The dress is one of a new range made in Manchester.39 words
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Article, Illustration28 1951-05-04 4 A white Marcella scarf forms this novel summer blouse designed by Dorville. It is held at the waist by a white kid belt.28 words
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Article58 1951-05-04 4 HONG KONG, Thurs. DONALD Charles Thomas ■^Hockridge, 29-year-old businessman, was committed to the Supreme Court for trial yesterday on a charge of possession of arms and ammunition. Hockridge was charged with possessing a 0.45 automatic pistol and a 6.35 mm German automatic pistol, together with some ammunitionReuter - 58 words
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Article125 1951-05-04 4 LONDON, Thurs. THE Secretary of State for 1 the Colonies. Mr. James Griffiths said yesterday that Communist guerilla activity in Malaya was still high and the situation must still be considered serious. While in all respects a slight improvement was noticeable, "we have still a long wayReuter - 125 words
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Article47 1951-05-04 4 LONDON, Thurs. Malaya's attractive stand at the British Industries Fair was visitted yesterday by the Yang diPertuan Besar of Negri Sembilan and the Sultan of Kedah. They brought their womenfolk with them and took then} on a tour of the exhibition. Reuter.Reuter - 47 words
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217 1951-05-04 4 noCTORS and nurses in the Sorrento Maternity Hospital, Birmingham, were near panic on Wednesday when all the babies in the hospital— 23 of them— turned blue. Rows of them; strong, lusty, healthy, hungry infants all turning blue at once. And as the nurses217 words
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187 1951-05-04 4 LONDON. Thurs. A 28-YEAR-OLD mother of four children, Mabel Gallimore, told the Mid-Che-shire coroner, Mr. R. A. Daniel, at Sandbach, that while she was gossiping for nearly four hours two of her children ate aspirins. Peter age seven months, died. 'This is the worst case187 words
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Article75 1951-05-04 4 MELBOURNE. Thurs. WHEN her store chimney floe refused to draw. Mrs. A. Red path found the cause was a bird's nest In the nest was a £5 note vintage 1893. The bank has agreed to cash it. Other items in the nest were: PartsReuter-AAP - 75 words
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Article32 1951-05-04 4 SEATTLE, Thurs. Senator Warren G. Magnuson, Democrat, Washington, yesterday said that if the United Nations have to fight China, Japanese troops should be used— UP.UP - 32 words
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Article151 1951-05-04 4 MOSCOW, Thursday. pRAVDA, under a London dateline, today reported a secret deal between the United States and Spain, under which the United States pledged support for the transfer of Gibraltar to Spain. It said that the Under- Secretary of State, Mr. Webb, is negotiating151 words
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Article41 1951-05-04 4 HONG KONG, Thurs. Armed with iron bars, five men attacked two Chinese police constables on patrol in the Brew Territories shortly before midnight yesterday and stole their loaded revolvers. One of the constables sustained serious head injuries. Reuter.Reuter - 41 words
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Article36 1951-05-04 4 HEW york, Thurs. Mrs. Teresa Matsudaira, Beattle, Washington, native df Japan and mother of 13 children, was named the "Catholic Mother of 1951" today by the National Catholic Conference on Family Life*— Ip-P-36 words
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Article186 1951-05-04 4 U.S. HAS 'PROOF' OF RED INVASION LAKE SUCCESS. Thurs. THE United States today laid before the United Nations two captured North Korean battle orders which it said "provided complete and perfect proof that "the Communists started the Ko ran war." The case against the North Korean Government was presented inUP - 186 words
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Article110 1951-05-04 4 LONDON. Wed. ORITISH troops flghtin, in R3 Korea are unHkely to campaign medal in addition to the United Nations medal ni>*r proposed Mr. Shinwell told the House of Commons yesterday. Permission to wear a shouldt-r flash bearing the word "Kor.a" was under consideration, but a decision onReuter - 110 words
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Article30 1951-05-04 4 LONDON, Thurs. Mr. J. H. Berry, veteran star of the British comedy stage, died in his cottage overlooking the sea at Heine Bay last night, aged 81. Reuter.Reuter - 30 words
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Advertisement285 1951-05-04 4 W V r OYSTER PERPBTUIi^^ J^ Ycxj are assured of expert Rolex service at the Rolex Air-conditioned Service Station 18-H Battery Road, Singapore, supervised by a European Swiss-trained j watchmaker, uSTng the most modern precision equipment. SOLE A6 ENTS: For convenience of Singa- DADVrA pore Cold Storage, Orchard J/u JDUtiJTIXiU285 words
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Advertisement64 1951-05-04 4 y\l\V/OV^^ FRESH.AROMATIC \i^//^ AND DELICIOUS 1 N if Ld A V \j U is. PACKED IN 1 Ib. VACUUM TINS BY SPECIAL PROCESS PERFECT FRESHNSS GUARANTEED SINGAPORE KUALA LUMPUR PENANG THE SINGAPORE FREE PRESS LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA Place an order tor a regular copy with youi newsagent today64 words
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287 1951-05-04 5 JHE Union Jack Club, the Capitol cinema and a Chinese bus company in Singapore spent yesterday wondering where they could find alternative parking accommodation after they were told that there .may soon be an 80-foot deep, eight storey building on the land287 words
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Article, Illustration126 1951-05-04 5 Beamish is No. two in S 'pore radio ]^|R. H. H. Beamish, known to radio listeners as "Tony" Beamish, has been appointed acting deputy Director of Radio Malaya in Singapore. At 21. Mr. Beamish in 1938 became the youngest announcer, on the 8.8.C. Home Service. During the war he was126 words
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Article38 1951-05-04 5 Mohamed Kassim, son of Kadir Basha, was In Singapore yesterday sent for trial charged with rioting and mischief by setting fire to a car at Rochore Canal Road, Singapore, on Dec. 11. n38 words
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Article108 1951-05-04 5 EDUCATION WEEK: Free film show for school children; Cathay.. 8.30 a.m.; combined schools art and crafts exhibition. Victoria Memorial Hall, 9 a.m. to 5.30 p.m.; radio talk on "Teachers' Training College", 8 p.m. Y.W.C.A., Raffle* Quay, Malay beginners class, 9.15 a.m., and 5.15 p.m.; dance and social, 8108 words
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Article35 1951-05-04 5 From Oar Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs.— Cheang Nyuk Leng, who used a car without renewing the road tax licence for the current year, was fined $10 In the Police Court.35 words
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Article174 1951-05-04 5 It/fORE than 200 teachers of Methodist Mission iTI private schools in Malaya will fet a five per cent increase in their cost-of-living allowance as from April 1 if the recommendation is approved at the mid-year meeting of the Mission's field committee. The increase, based174 words
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Article45 1951-05-04 5 Wong Tal Kock, claimed trial in the Singapore First District Court yesterday to a charge of possessing nine seditious posters, bearing, a Red star and Chinese slogans at Telok Blangah Road Singapore, on Feb. 6. He was remanded until May 18 for hearing.45 words
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Article117 1951-05-04 5 THE report of Mr. R. A. Withers, who was engaged by the Singapore Government early this year to survey the problem of re-organislng the administrative procedure of Government departments, is expected to be made known in the middle of this month. Mr. Withers, who was from117 words
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Article36 1951-05-04 5 1- rom Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Thtrs Tah Poh Seng, a lorry driver, was fined $50 in the Batu Pahat Pollct Court for falling to observe the sign 'Stop, Look, Go.36 words
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287 1951-05-04 5 5 years in S'pore get S.I.T. flats SINGAPORE Improve- merit Trust flats will be available to adult Bri- tish subjects wh 0 have lived in the Colony for a minimum of five years and adult aliens who have been in residence for at least ten years. The length of residonc-.287 words
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Article53 1951-05-04 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs Malays of Slmpanß Jalan Raja Jorak, Muar, have opened a co-operaive store which will cater for nearly 100 families in the area. The store, which is under the direction of Inche Mohamed Omran. co-operative Officer, also operates a coffee shop. 8O P53 words
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Advertisement41 1951-05-04 5 II j Period and Modern Furniture i i A dining room furnished in the modern manner Should you require distinctive and individual furniture. our European Furniture Expert (Mr. R C Jordan) will be glad to assist you in your choice ROBINSONS41 words
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Miscellaneous262 1951-05-04 5 Straits Times Crossword 2 1 *~1 I la I "I I I I 2 1 14 1 1 Il v 1 2' 2? H2S 2* ACROSS 7. Plate i get at the front tt a 1. Menial In a big way (4. 4;. book (5-4) 6. This horn Is in262 words
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Article, Illustration51 1951-05-04 6 MR. QtHEK MENG HUAT. of Singapore, a third-year law student at dray's Inn who arrived in Singapore by Qantas BOA< Constellation yesterday front London for a month's holiday with his parents. He is a nephew of Inspector Quek Mong Siong. of the Singapore Polite. Straits Times51 words
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Article262 1951-05-04 6 1,00(1 workers xwill^ket them "at special rent THE Singapore nwitti-millionaire, and rubber magnate Mr. Lee Kong Chian, will soon build flats similar to those of the Singapore Improvement Trust, for about 1,000 of his employees. Plans have been submitted for approval by the authorities for two blpcks262 words
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125 1951-05-04 6 A 25-YEAR-OLD Austin Seven and a 28-year-old 50 horse power Rolls Royce may race together up the Gap hill climb course at the Singapore Motor Club's meeting there on May 13 if present plans succeed. The two cars, so far the only two125 words
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Article94 1951-05-04 6 MORE than 50 local canidldates have applied to sit for the first general public services examinations under the higher services scheme for Singapore Government departments. The examinations are tentatively fixed for the third week of June. These examinations which should have been conducted In April94 words
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Article21 1951-05-04 6 The period for the issue of new rationing cards has been extended to June 30. it was announced yesterday.21 words
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Article105 1951-05-04 6 MR Justice Fletcher Rogers yesterday told a 23-year-old telegraph messenger. Abdul Waned bin Kudus, in Singapore Assize Court that his conduct "could not be telerated in any civilised community." Abdul was found guilty of rioting and causing mischief by fire on Dec. 11. On the first charge.105 words
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Article51 1951-05-04 6 A FEW youths presumably boy friends mnt up Monht Sophia to >Kit the Methodist Girls' Srhoo!. during the school's Parent's Day on Wednesday. Net being parents, they were not admitted. Policemen had been stationed round the srhool to see that unauthorised persons «1 d not get51 words
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Article, Illustration41 1951-05-04 6 A SECTION of the audience enjoying a concert at the Fairfield Girls' School. Neil Road. Singapore, yesterday. The concert, presented mainly for parents, was part of the school celebrations during Education Week— Straits Times picture. Story in P. 9.41 words
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Article143 1951-05-04 6 A NEW Chinese Communist method of extracting tax from foreign ships was told yesterday by members of the Greek freighter Nicolaos Georgios which passed through Singapore from Dairen with a cargo of Chinese maize aboard. A few minutes before the vessel was to leave Dairen,143 words
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Article56 1951-05-04 6 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs Repairs to the 10,000 kilowatt turbo alternator which broke down at the Bungsar Power Station on Oct. 1 last year and had to be sent to Britain for repairs are now completed and the plant is ready for. shipment back to Malaya56 words
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162 1951-05-04 6 A SINGAPORE Indian priest, Ramasamy, who had three 11-day fasts ii\ recent months will now move to a hill near the Bth mile Buklt Timah Road. Ramasamy had a vision during one of his fasts that he should go to the162 words
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Article31 1951-05-04 6 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs Palani and Chelliah. Singapore labourers, who were charged in the Sessions Court with theft of $100 from a shop In Johore Bahru. were acquitted and discharged.31 words
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Article, Illustration172 1951-05-04 6 200 Jap war criminals will learn of new Japan *pHIS morning in Outram. Road Gaol, Singapore, 200 Japanese war criminals will sit in a recreation room and hear an American, speaking fluent Japanese, tell them all about the postwar Japan they have never seen. The speaker Will be Japan-born American172 words
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Article94 1951-05-04 6 A PTER a six months old child had been killed. Its mother and a woman relative seriously injured with a knife, a Singapore Cantonese, Wong Seng, was found stabbed to death early yesterday. Before the women were stabbed an attempt was made to set fire94 words
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Article93 1951-05-04 6 Eight members of the Singapore Immigration Department have been promoted. It was announced yesterday. Mr. Tan Kal Sher has been appointed Assistant Controller of Immigration. He was first appointed to the Department in 1937 as an Assistant Boardinjt Officer. He was made Inspector of Immigration In 1948.93 words
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Article120 1951-05-04 6 r £HE permission of the Gov> ernor, Sir Franklin Gimson, is necessary before the Progressive Party can introduce in the Singapore Legislative Council its Bill to provide for a central provident fund for the Colony* mercantile employees. This is because the provisions of the Bill will120 words
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389 1951-05-04 7 Planter on $10,000 bail over police objection From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH, Thursday. JEFFREY WATTS-CARTER, 41, European manager of Bedrock Estate, Tapah, who had been remanded in custody at the Batu Gajah gaol since he was first produced in the Tapah Court last Thursday on seven charges under the Emergency389 words
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188 1951-05-04 7 MAJOR General Dermot m Dunlop, G.0.C., Singapore District, performed his second foundation stone-laying ceremony in two days last night when he laid the stone of the new N.A.A.P.I. Club which is being built on Beach Road at a cost of $1,200,000, beside188 words
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Article303 1951-05-04 7 THE Penang Rubber Association has contributed $6,000 to the University of Malaya Endowment Fund. Mr. Tan Hoon Siang of Malacca, has sent a second donation of $2,000. The total of the fund to dite is $3,931,939. In addition to Ui'-al donations the following were received during303 words
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228 1951-05-04 7 T^HE Singapore Union of Postal and TelecomA munications Workers wants Singapore to have a separate postal services department. A resolution to this effect was passed at the annual conference of the Union last Members feel that a separate postal department (cr Singapore will create more228 words
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Article, Illustration55 1951-05-04 7 MR. A. G. A. MOSLEY, senior accountant in the Singapore branch of Shell Company, who is retiring: after nearly 30 years in Malaya. Mr. Mosley first came to Malaya in 1922 and except for two terms in Siam, has worked here ever since. He returns to England55 words
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Article, Illustration48 1951-05-04 7 POPULAR Singapore sports girls Hazel Leach and ~ea.i iy Nesbit. pictured aboard the Charon yesterday shortly before they sailed on a four-months trip to see Australia and its principal cities. The girls have saved for a considerable time to make this trip. Straits Times picture.48 words
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Article286 1951-05-04 7 A DETECTIVE who lost his revolver during the A riots told in Singapore Assize Court yesterday how he made "mental notes" of rioters at the North Bridge Road Bugis Street junction on Dec. 11. In the' dock were three Malays and a Chinese charged with286 words
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Article103 1951-05-04 7 CLANS URGED: UNITE AN appeal to form a federation of olan societies and associations in Singapore has been sent to 100 bodies by Mr. Lee Choon Eng. Hon. general secretary of the Singapore Teochew Lee Clan Mutual Help Society. Mr. Lee said that the proposed Federation would be the central103 words
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Article46 1951-05-04 7 The Singapore Coroner, Mr E. Ebert. returned a finding of death by misadventure on 41-year-old Chong Mun Kut. a hawker, who was killed after a lorry he was riding on had collided with a police radio van at Jurong Road on April 1546 words
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Article85 1951-05-04 7 From Our Staff Correspondent. PENANG, Thurs. THE manpower call-up will start in Penang and Province Wellesley at the end of this month or early in June, the Resident Commissioner. Mr. A. V! Aston, announced at a Press conference today. Mr. Aston said 2,000 youths between 18 and85 words
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Article80 1951-05-04 7 An argument after drinks between two Indian watchmen at Bukit Timah Road. Singapore, on the night of March 17. led to one assaulting the other with a length of iron piping, It was stated in the Third District Court yesterday. Kehar Singh, 32, was sentenced80 words
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Article31 1951-05-04 7 The Army Civil Service Union will be the hosts at Major-Genera 1 D. Dunlop's last official function before he leaves Singapore on retirement, at a farewell teaparty on Wednesday.31 words
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Article85 1951-05-04 7 r;REE new trade unions, the Singapore Brick Workers' Union, the Singapore Building Workers' Union, and the Singapore Sawmill Workers' Union, are applying for registration in Singapore this month. These unions have a potential membership of more than 2,500 members, the organisers told the Straits Times yesterday.85 words
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252 1951-05-04 7 1,000 stranded Chinese leave Spore tomorrow MOST of the 1,000 Swatow-bound Chinese from the Federation who have been stranded in Singapore for nearly two months because of a new entry regulation issued by the Chinese Government will leave for Canton tomorrow. They are among 2,000 Chinese leaving on foui ships,252 words
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Article102 1951-05-04 7 A NEW political organisation for Indians in Malaya, which may be called the Federal Indian Congress; is to be formed in Kuala Lumpur. Membership will be open to individuals and organisations. Its main objects will be to look after the interests of Indians domiciled in Malaya102 words
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Article46 1951-05-04 7 FRAUDULENT POSSESSION Low Bin Fng, aged 44, was fined $35 by Mr. P. Claque in the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday for fraudulent possession of ten rolls of copper wire. Low was acquitted of offering illegal gratification to Police Constable Yacob bin Mohd. Yassim. ft I46 words
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Advertisement5 1951-05-04 7 IVANHOE DRAWN BY PRTF.R lAIKK«.v5 words
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Advertisement514 1951-05-04 7 0/jg°\i I*° !J ou hurt K^Jj irhvn von mKS^ brush W a^f* U*>ur teeth? raj^B^S Beware of hartb t«x>thbrmh«i with (harft aaav/f /^^aw point! <b»t tear your gum* bbb~ fVaf^^^ 11^ C o t^"' m aarea c H»' el |V^ U Ij Toothbrmhei arc quite Bl Bt» V^. 'If different.514 words
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Article55 1951-05-04 8 THE FAMILY Of the late Mr. Too En* Lin wlah to thank the Mentri Besar. Police Officials and personnel. A.P. Commanders and personnel, all relatives and friends who aent wreaths, telegrams and letters of condolence, loaned cars and assisted at, or attended-the funeral of the late Mr. Poo Eng55 words
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755 1951-05-04 8 The Straits Times Singapore, Fri., May 4. 1951. New Dangers in Korea There may be more fire yet 1 in the Communist Chinese spring offensive, but the first phase at least has gone in the UH.'s favour. The with-. drawal from the Parallel has been orderly at every point, and755 words
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Article382 1951-05-04 8 There is one thing which Singapore people ought not to miss this week, and that is the Combined Schools' Arts and Crafts Exhibition in the Victoria Memorial Hall sponsored by the Singapore Art Society. It is not necessary to have any specialised interest in the theory382 words
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Article, Illustration1080 1951-05-04 8 Is this year the Year of Explosion? asks LORD VANSITTART As Permanent Under-Secretary at the Foreign Office before the last war, Lord Vanstttart (photographed below) became internationally famous for his utterances against Hitler and his henchmen. He advocated scotching the Nazi snake while itwas small. In 1951 he fears that1,080 words
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Article611 1951-05-04 8 GRAHAM JENKINS - GRAHAM JENKINS By- HANOI. PROVIDED General de Lattre, French commander in IndoChina, can solve the French Union Army's manpower replacement problem, many neutral observers in Hanoi believe that the French, backed by Britain and America, can now maintain indefinitely their military stalemate with Ho Chi-minh'sReuter - 611 words
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Article373 1951-05-04 8 BeUicld Bridge THE collapse of one of the two pontoon bridges over the river at Klang last week prompted colleague Mark Foenander. who was born there more than sixty years ago, to tell me that Klang has been unlucky with its bridges. Belfleld Bridge, which first spanned373 words
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Advertisement39 1951-05-04 8 -!->. READER'S Digest (AMERICAN EDITION) Th. R«ad*r Digmt hold* th* uiiqu* record of balng th« most «ide(y-Reaa Magazine In th« World. It has a reading audience of fifty million. *LOO Sole Agents: RAJ 6c GOPAL LID POST BOX 257 SINGAPORE39 words
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Advertisement120 1951-05-04 8 Uttws to the editor will be found in Pag* Eleven. EVEN THE BOTTLE IS BETTER/ ~V^ MO DEEP DIPPING, MO GROPING INTO /r\^ WUKy OePTWS TO FILL YOUR PEN/ j*W SKMP'S EXCLUSIVE TOP-WELL AND WIOE-MOirTHEO BOTTLE KEEP JC//ar^7L~^( FINGERS CLEAN, STAIN-FREE.' CAPTURES OCESSFIMP/ (K3 SsS? ABSORBS FLUID AROUND IV IfihuX.120 words
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Article267 1951-05-04 9 S 'pore call to Federation consumers THE Singapore Consumers' Association, (Tanglin district) formed to fight profiteering, in a report hopes that towns in the Federation will form their own consumer associations so that a pan-Malayan Consumers*' Association can be organised. The report adds that it Is267 words
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Article, Illustration88 1951-05-04 9 MR. H. B. Livingstone. 28, "a distant relative of Dr David Livingstone," who arrived in Singapore by the Canton yesterday to tike up his new appointment as a District Judge, Singapore. Mr. Livingstone served with the Royal Navy in the Mediterranean during the war soon after obtaining88 words
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164 1951-05-04 9 Details were not correct: fined $250 LIM Keng Yaw, manager ot a firm of textile dealers in Singapore, was ttnod $250 in the Singapore First District Court yesterday after pleading guilty to filling in wrong details in a Customs form about dutiable goods. On Oct. 27 last year. Lim, sending164 words
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Article19 1951-05-04 9 A co-operative store is to be formed by the R.E.M.E. Command Workshops employees in Kuala Lumpur19 words
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Article100 1951-05-04 9 THE new P. fe O. cargo liner, Singapore, sails tomorrow to Join her four sister ships, the motor vessels, Somali and Soudan, and the turbine eteamers, Surat and Shillong on the U-K.-Far East service. Built by John Brown k Son at Clydebank, she is100 words
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145 1951-05-04 9 and subsistence allowances for civil x defence volunteers have been recommended to the Singapore Government by the Commissioner for Civil Defence, Brigadier E. L. 'E. Davies. The Civil Defence Bill, passed in the last meeting of the Legislative Council, has been sent to the Secretary145 words
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Article52 1951-05-04 9 From Oar Owa Correspondent PARIT BUNTAR. Thurs. Inspector Santok Singh, of Krian Police Headtruarters. Parit Buntar has been transferred to Kuala Lumpur. He Is succeeded by Inspector Ahmad bin Hajl Yacob of Bagan Serai. Inspector Abdul Razak. formerly of Depot, Kuala Lumpur, has replaced Inspector Ahmad at52 words
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Article40 1951-05-04 9 For offering a bribe of $4 to a constable Phua Teow Siang wa s fined $100 in the Singapore Second Police Court yesterday. The bribe was given to avoid arrest for causing obstruction on the five footway.40 words
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Article27 1951-05-04 9 Fran Our Own Correspondent SEGAMAT, Tues. An 80-year-old Chinese woman, Yaa Chik, was fined $5 at Segamat for falling to produce her identity card.27 words
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Article130 1951-05-04 9 A 32-YEAR-OLD Singapore health inspector, Mr. Patrick E. Taye, has been awarded a Colonial Development and Welfare Fund scholarship for a course leading to a diploma in inspection of meat and other food The scholarship Is tenable for one year In the United Kingdom. Singapore130 words
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Article51 1951-05-04 9 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— Duty from exports of tin in concentrates during the first three months of this year was $22,495,320 an increase of $5,272,483 over that during the last quarter of 1950, states the quarterly bulletin of statistics of the Mines Department, issued51 words
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Article175 1951-05-04 9 SINGAPORE'S tyre wholesalers are confident that their new ruling of "cash on delivery" for all tyre sales will help to break the present black market in tyres. Mr. D. O. Jackson, sales manager of the Firestone Tyre Company, said yester4The new 'cash on delivery*175 words
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Article96 1951-05-04 9 Elizabeth said rain and it did HEAVY rain fell suddenly while nine-year-old Elizabeth Choy, of Standard Two "A", was reciting "The Raindrops" to schoolgirls, teachers and parents at a concert at the Falrfteld Girls' School, Neil Road, Singapore yesterday. The rain stopped as suddenly as it had started when Standard96 words
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Article92 1951-05-04 9 MORE than 50 Singapore Improvement Trust tenants, who were told to leave their flats last week, have petitioned the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce to consider their case. The petition states that about 400 people will be affected. They must move out of their premises by92 words
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Article100 1951-05-04 9 Two American girl students. Miss Beverly Drake, 24, and Miss Phyllis Burke, 21 who arrived in Singapore on their way around the world on a $500 (UJ3.) budget, about a week ago. left yesterday for Perth, as last minute passengers aboard the Charon. Travelling light,100 words
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Article27 1951-05-04 9 The R.E.M.E. workers of Kuala Lumpur want their subscription to the War Department Civilian Staff Association reduced from $1 to 50 cents a month.27 words
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Article383 1951-05-04 9 THE bells of St. Paul's Ca- thedral. London, pealed out sharp and clear in the United Engineers building in Singapore yesterday evening as community leaders and businessmen heard through the radio the King declare open the Festival of Britain in London. Almost at the same383 words
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Article35 1951-05-04 9 HIT MAN WITH AXE FINED From Ow Own Correspondent PARIT BUNTAR, Thurs.— Subramaniam was fined $50 or six weeks' imprisonment for causing hurt to a compatriot by hitting him on the head with an axe.35 words
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Article35 1951-05-04 9 *Rom Our Own Correspondent TELUK ANSON, Thurs. Teluk Anson will lose a prominent sportsman when Mr. M. N. Kolding, acting subagent of the East Asiatic Company, is transferred to Penang this week.35 words
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Article106 1951-05-04 9 Bujang bin Tunggal, aged 38, a former police inspector and Juvenile court prosecutor, was sentenced to three months' gaol in Singapore yesterday for failing to arrest rioters who assaulted a French priest, Father Octave Dupoirieux, and set fire to his motor-cycle outside a police station on Dec.106 words
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Article, Illustration46 1951-05-04 9 THE BISHOP of S.n?a^.;r?. the Rt. Rev. H. W. Baines, points oat to the acting Chief Justice of Singapore. Mr. Justice T. A. Brown, an interesting feature of an exhibit at the Singapore Festival of Britain which opened yestecday evening. Straits Times picture.46 words
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Article103 1951-05-04 9 MALAYAN pilgrims to Mecca this year should get the right ship or they will miss the pilgrimage. The Federation Government has Issued a statement reminding intending pilgrims who have booked the first pilgrim ship Tyndareus to get aboard when she leaves for Mecca, and not103 words
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179 1951-05-04 9 POLICE EIRE AT 3 MEN, CAPTURE TWO From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. TWO of three men who tried to escape during n A large-scale screening operation in Kuala Lumpur and Salak South were captured after a chase during which the police fired shots in the air. Police believed179 words
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Article111 1951-05-04 9 £)R. YOU POH SENG, Lecturer in Statistics at the University of Malaya, is the first Asian to win the Bowley Prize. The Bowley Price (worth 20 guineas) was founded to commemorate the distinguished services to economic and statistical sciPnce of Professor A. L. Bowley, Professor of111 words
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Article29 1951-05-04 9 rr*m Ow Owa Correspondent PARIT BUNTAR, Thurs Morah bin Siba, aged 38, and Khamis bin Abdulkanid. aged 28, were each fined $5 for fighting In public.29 words
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Article53 1951-05-04 9 From Ow Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs When Kong Chang failed to answer a charge of being in unlawful possession of rubber, his bailor informed the Court that he had been arrested under the Emergency Regulations. The case was postponed to allow the prosecution to investigate53 words
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Article55 1951-05-04 9 MORE than 21 months after the commemvm«nt of work, the Teachers' Training College, Cairnhili Road. Singapore, will be officially opened within the next few weeks. The college was opened in August 1950 and so great was the need for teachers that it got down to55 words
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Advertisement76 1951-05-04 9 fljllrft SARDINES R (kk r > IH TOMATO SAUCE BLjQj ANY VARIETY ANY SOURCE AYAM ARE BETTER! can't be efficient with Fagged Eyes. Jumpy Nerves. Eye Strain Frequent Headaches. Don't Delay! Consult our Opticians Today. NEW CHINA OPTICAL CO. CAPITOL OPTICAL CO 71. High St.. Singapore. Capitol Bldg.. Singapore. Phom:76 words
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Advertisement17 1951-05-04 9 Jc^Mff 1/fivvfe BF POPUtw/ v#m pwsf/ CTTito #r UNIO4 IT* 4«NI Awomrnuiif mw* MMi-en* ft* m. Vi17 words
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Article, Illustration202 1951-05-04 10 Real-Life Cinderella Starlet rjEAL-LIFE Cinderella* are t iV not as common in the i film Industry a» many people like to think, but i just occasionally there is a genuine one here ne i In the attractive shape of 19-year-old John Rice. f f Joan Is now starring In t202 words
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Article, Illustration586 1951-05-04 10 BRUCE FRASER talking about FILMS pOOK Hedy Lamarr: once Delilah, always Delilah in the Hollywood publicity world at least. The advance publicity for "Lady Without A Passport" filled me with the direst forebodings, because Hedy, if no longer in the first fine flush586 words
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Advertisement248 1951-05-04 10 lelev _-y> v £rA_A (Dm/wo s*u^^H!^^^| Bfl^BHr [Kj I TOMORROW! HA\¥|l I Iflliy TODAY FOUR SHOWS A Park Avenue sirl out West where men are men and the women make the most of it A Roundup of Laughs H I/MJ can the West be p Z^W IRENE DUNNE 1 FRED248 words
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Advertisement153 1951-05-04 10 A* yf OPENING V TODAY %l 11 a.m.. 1.39. 4.N. 6.45 and 9.30 p.m. OUT OF THE VIOLENCE AMD MISERY I OP AN INVADED COUNTRY COMES THE SUPREME ACHIEVEMENT OF HEROISM AND I V "">OD! Tyrone V W Micheline J POWER JBpiLE Wm vpg I ttffm I ri SHALL Latest153 words
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Miscellaneous196 1951-05-04 10 Today's Radio Programmes sn.cA.oa> «OAiALOM«m. l&ttl 10 »-m. News from K.L.; 10.10 to— 10 10 am. emergency New«; 10.30 Dance Music; 11 Close. Close; 1 p.m. Radio Orcta.; 1.30 Malay 1—2 2.30 3 45 pjn. News; 1.45 Lawrence Welle Orch.; a, spore' 6 "At Your Service"; 7 B»BB» S^»S:I S^smS196 words
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359 1951-05-04 11 •pHE fact that Dato Onn is reorganising his RIDA scheme Is of the greatest interest. I teems the only scheme which can lead the Malays to a better standard of living. At the same time It U for the good not only of the359 words
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Article218 1951-05-04 11 Statistics of fish in Malaya THE Straits Times Public 1 Appointments advertisements of April 25 Included one by the Fisheries Department for Statistics Clerks requiring that candidates must have "passed the School Certificate Examination with credit In elementary mathematics," and that the duties would "comprise statistical calculations including regression and218 words
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Article49 1951-05-04 11 AS I intend sitting the Association of International Accountants examinations which I understand may be taken m Singapore, i should be Rlad to know whether or not this body is recognised locally, and whether an Associate Is allowed to practise as a Public Accountant. CURIOUS. c49 words
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Article, Illustration26 1951-05-04 11 REAR-ADMIRAL H. W. Faaikner. Fla- Officer. Malaya. 1"?^2"5 «W* h—m 9t Twnpac Sea Sewrts his arrival at Svftan's Pier. Kota Bahrn, last PrMay. Photograph A. Azit.26 words
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200 1951-05-04 11 IN a communique lately Issued from Kuala Lumpur It ts stated that Johore continues to be the worst State in the Federation for bandit activities (in spite of the fact that General Briggs hoped to have cleaned this State up by now) That being the case,200 words
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391 1951-05-04 11 Regrouping: why the planters co-operate in it 4 DUNGA API", in his letter of April 27, points to all the hardships entailed in regrouping of estate labour without offering any alternative solution to the problem of how to pf*r*ejQt food and supplies reaching the bandits fronf^flttwur living in unprotected areas391 words
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214 1951-05-04 11 WHAT ARE OUT-OF-POCKET EXPENSES? J HAVE been closely following the controversy over payment of allowances to Legislative Councillors and Municipal Commissioners, and I must aay I am rather confused about the issue. In the first place, who was Sflr«t proposed that payshould be made to lllors? When the first members214 words
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Letter217 1951-05-04 11 £JOT all members of the public are fools, as some potttfcians to oar midst seem to think. The motion for reducing Legislative, Councillors' allowances from $500 to $250 was lost by seven votes to six. Two votes made the difference, and yet these two votes should217 words
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Letter77 1951-05-04 11 IN the Straits Times on Bfon1 day I read the Governor's message for Education Week. It seems to me most unfortunate that the Governor has not been here this week, in view of the fact that he has repeatedly assured us of his great Interest In the77 words
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Article, Illustration38 1951-05-04 11 The finished, up-to-date. 135,000 building of the Malayan Chinese Association, Dindinjjs branch, at Kampon* Sitiawan Koad. Simpant Ampat, Sitiawan. Mr. One Seok Kirn, an old resident of the district, Is chairman of the branch. The buildings opening ceremony38 words
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Article157 1951-05-04 11 I HAVE read with Interest the recent correspondence in the Straits Times about the "hotel" menace In Singapore, especially hi the residential areas. I strongly support the correspondents* objections and suggest that, come what may, the Government should discourage the licensing of "hotels- tn residential areas. I157 words
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Article128 1951-05-04 11 IN the Straits Times of last 1 Friday the Chief Secretary (Mr. Dei Tufo) was reported as saying that there were officers In the Federal Got- ernment service, "especially those near the top of the tree," who were constantly asking for permission to retire on pension. These128 words
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Article, Illustration274 1951-05-04 11 "Vt 8.", whose letter you published on April 24 under the heading "RecruitIng for the Income Tax Dept.,", should not be discouraged by the vagaries of Government's employment policy towards accountants In the Income Tax Department. The present policy excludes not only Chartered Secretaries; it Is amusing274 words
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Article360 1951-05-04 11 Latest hi North Dorneo AS there is no really Press In North Borneo, some extracts from one of the latest Ordinances emanating from our legislative sausage -machine may perhaps be given an airinjr In your independent organ. The Ordinance which is the subject of this letter is "The 9 of360 words
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Advertisement129 1951-05-04 11 f aw UK* licf^fMvBj<* 1 Each MaUrtU Vitamin Pill maulit* «.m« tfe^% laUrnati«B«« l'»iU ml ViUalu A and KM I I „f VlUailn D. Tare* nils a da; raaraatre* that /[%y~ ~S^y *"*r 'wWN saflciHii of tkca* rwniul j^SCOTTVI* .Itam.n. v atalauta Wall* .lrtn K ih o BBTT faJ promutt129 words
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Advertisement270 1951-05-04 12 hX .^r*^sv t? V^ MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIRMAN OF For the next five months, Britain will be on show I j| 1 THE FESTIVAL OF BRITAIN COUNCIL l 0 all Nations and their peoples wiU come to this 1 country to see for themselves our achievements in GENERAL LORD ISMAY270 words
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Article, Illustration250 1951-05-04 13 SINGAPORE'S 10th lnter£chool Art Exhibition was opened by the Officer AoVninistering tKe Government, Mr. W.L. Blythe, at the Victoria Memorial -Hall on Wednesday morning. Since then a constant crush of j schoolchildren and parents has invaded the hall to inspect the great variety exhibits. In this250 words
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Article351 1951-05-04 14 LONDON, Thurs. WHERE was rather less actlJL vity on the London Stock Exchange today but taken as a whole markets again moved slowly higher. A little hesitancy was noticeable at the start particularly among Industrials which reflected some disappointing overnight dividends. This section later too"k the lead In351 words
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Article22 1951-05-04 14 OUNGEI Bidor Tin Dredging in April treated 335.900 cubic yards in 608 hours "to produce 1.279 piculs of tin-ore.22 words
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Article200 1951-05-04 14 Lower grades in demand: steadiness results From A Market Correspondent r*OOD Inquiries for lower grades steadied the Singapore rubber market yesterday. The price rose to half a cent alb.a lb. over Thursday's close. Turn-over was moderate, with the price of first-grade May shipment fluctuating narrowly around $1.85 and200 words
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Article35 1951-05-04 14 From Our Staff Correspondent. KUALA LUMPUR Thurs. IT'IMANIS rubber directors recommend a dividend in respect of 1950 of 15 per cent iess tax. payable on June 23. Meeting on June 22.35 words
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Article37 1951-05-04 14 SINGAPORE, Thu«., May 3—5572 (down $8). £1,145 a Un in London LONDON, May, 3—Cash Buyers £1,145, Sellers £1,150; Forward Buyers £1,130, Sellers £1.135; Settlement £1.145 (unchanged). Turnovers: a.m. 60 tons, p.m. 20 tons.37 words
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Article155 1951-05-04 14 from i* vw^rABOUT two tons of Muntok A pepper was sold in the Singapore produce market yesterday at $1 060 a picul. Sellers reduced prices for both the Muntok and Sarawak varieties on continued arrival of stocks from Indonesia The tone. however. remained steady. Copra eased slightly155 words
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Article159 1951-05-04 14 Apathy despite London bids f)ESPITE slightly better bids from London for Tin shares, the Malayan share market was apathetic yesterday. Only a small amount of business was transacted In all sections, at fractionally lower levels. Price changes announced oy the Malayan Sharebrokers" Association yesterday were: Bayers Seism Straits159 words
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Article36 1951-05-04 14 HONO KONO, Thurs. FREE marKet currency exchange lor Hong Kong dollars was quoted at the close today as follows; US$l HKS6.I2 1 (cash), HKS6.I6H (T); £1 HKsl*.6s; one tahil of gold HK$3l7^.— UP.UP - 36 words
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Article31 1951-05-04 14 rpHE Malayan Exchange Banks A Association announced yesterday that control direct rates for Canadian dollars were: Buying T.T. 35. Airmail (OX>.) 35%, (90 days) 35%; Selling T.T.IOJ). ready 34%.31 words
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180 1951-05-04 14 CHIPS in the Singapore Roads and alongside the Singapore Harbour Board godowns at 4 p-m. yesterday were: Outer Roads: Hal Hsuan. Salic 53, Salte 52, Taronga. Aeneas, Eastern Queen, Bokor. Kansas Mam, Mul Ann, Tjimenteng. Steel Artisan, Sinabang, Malika. Shapur, LCT 1348, Sartr thia,180 words
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Advertisement1158 1951-05-04 14 MANSFIELD «c CO., (incorporated in Singapore, BLOB FUNNEL LIMB Carrier option to proce.o other ports to i*a*) add discharge lA*LINCS to LIVERPOOL. CLASCOW LONDON b CONTINENTAL PORT,* Du* Sailt 9. Sham ►'enang Aurt.rn.oon toi L poc' C 33/34 May 10 Aeneas toi Liverpool. lj*O'm Glasgow In Pert May 7 S».nt.c1,158 words
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Advertisement485 1951-05-04 14 EAST ASIATIC LINE SAILINCS CROM SCANDINAVIA/UK. /CONTINENT: S'por* P Sham Penang "Panama" for Bkok. Saigon. H'Kong, Manila, Kobe Yokohama 5-8 May In Port -Selandia" for Bangkok 22-24 May 20-21 May 19-19 May "Malaya" for Bangkok, Hong Kong. Manila. Kobe 5 Yokohama 27-30 May "Kina" for Bangkok Hong Kong Manila 14-18485 words
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Advertisement1028 1951-05-04 14 McALISTER CO.. LTD. relephon* No. 5906 BLLERMAM C BUCKNALL KLAVENESS LIMB LONDON, HAVRE, ROTTERDAM LOS ANCELES. SAN FRANCISCO, HAMBURG PORTLAND SEATTLE b VANCOUVER md for U.S.A.. North Atlantic Ports Accepting cargo for Central South and Canada va Colombo Amer :an Ports t* CITT Of- OTTAWA m.t. SUNNYVILLE Vpoia 9. i'ham1,028 words
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Article304 1951-05-04 15 But county take lead v tourists WORCESTER, Thursday. TWERE was a day of sensational cricket on this x ground today when the second day's play was continued between South African tourists and Worcestershire when a total of 20 wickets fell for 264 runs on a wicketReuter - 304 words
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Article, Illustration38 1951-05-04 15 JOE HARVEY, Newcastle United captain, holds the Association Football Cup as be is chaired by his team at Wembley Stadium. London. April 28, after Blackpool had been beaten two coals to nil in the Cup final. A.P. photo,AP - 38 words
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Article195 1951-05-04 15 WORCESTERSHIRE— I«t INNS Cooper o Endean b Chubb 11 Kenyon b Melle 7 Ontschoorn c Endean b Van RyneveW 2 Hyatt c Endean b A. Rowan 2 Dews c Noorce b A. Rowan Bird not out T 1 Howorth c McClew bA. Rowan 25 Jenkins b Van Ryneveld 19195 words
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Article49 1951-05-04 15 More than 150 athletes will take part in the annual athletic sporis of R.A.F. Changi to be held at Changi on Saturday, May 19. The meet will start at 215 p.m. and there will be 23 events. Mrs. J. L. F. Fuller-Good will 1 eive away the prizes.49 words
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Article92 1951-05-04 15 MpHRILLS and jpyj, m%n plentiful m yesteruays |SA.F.a. Division 3B league game between BODCA 'A' and Royal Navy Keppel Barracks at the BODCA ground. Keppel won by three goals to one. Midway through the first-half BODCA scored when Rasak sent in a hard grounder off a92 words
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Article95 1951-05-04 15 The 21 Guard Unit R.M.P. defeated 4th Supply Reserve Depot by five-nil at Guard Unit ground at Tanglin yesterday. The game was keen and fast and 21 Guard Unit were better able to use their chances. The first half ended with the score at95 words
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Article50 1951-05-04 15 LONDON, Thurs.— Roy Ankarrah. newly-crowned Brtish Empire featherweight champion, has signed to fight Italy's Nicola Funari at Empress Hall, Earl's Court, on May 15. Ankarrah who won his title by outpointing Ronnie Clayton on Monday night Is a non>-stop punching Negro from the Gold Coast. —A P.50 words
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Article117 1951-05-04 15 LONDON. Thurs. JACK Gardner British European and British Empire heavyweight champion, will have hi-! nottnnnwi uuh th« Ame^arSsar^on^S the White City stadium, London, on Don Coekell British European and British Empire lighiheavyweight champion, and Randolph Turpin. holder of the British and European middleweightReuter - 117 words
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Article591 1951-05-04 15 JIM CHAMBERS - JIM CHAMBERS English cricket prospects... s By LONDON, Thursday. .NOTTINGHAMSHIRE hope to regain a lot of their 1 lost glory this summer. They finished 15th in the county cricket championship table last year and no one in th e country liked that one little bit.591 words
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Article69 1951-05-04 15 ntwrm ocnooi tresent ooys beat the Old Boys by five-three at Victoria School ground yesterday to win the Ong Eng Lian Challenge Cup. The game was highlighted by a brilliant performance in the first half by young left-wing Avthar Singh who scored three goals. Present Boys'69 words
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Article67 1951-05-04 15 Singapore Swimming CJlub defeated Tiger Swimming Club t>y 13 goals to eight at water-polo at the S.S.C. yesterday. The Mitchell brothers, Keith and Barry and Wiebe Wolters were responsible for practically all the S.S.C. goals, Keith scoring" sU, and Barry and Wiebe three each.67 words
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Article34 1951-05-04 15 Ford S-C. beat Outhries S.C. three-nil in a Business House League "B" soccer game played at Parrer Park yesterday. Scorers for Ford S.C. were Yew Wah, Boon Sow and Harun.34 words
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Article237 1951-05-04 15 DETROIT, Inurs. TOE Louis won an unanimous tenround decision over lanky Omelio Agramonte of Cuba last night. It was the fifth win in the former heavyweight boxing champion's comeback drive. The Brown Bomber switched from his traditional shuffle, and bored in to floor Agramonte for237 words
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Advertisement374 1951-05-04 15 MORNING'S AT SEVEN SITTING her horse with easy confidence, this young rider is off for an early morning canter across the downs. When she tells you that only last night «he threw a ve.ry lively party, you may wonder at her sparkling eyes and radiant complexion. The solution is a374 words
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Advertisement135 1951-05-04 15 What do you know about ENOP DO YOU KNOW that a glass apg-jp HU correct the effects of [over* pny?iCfliiy Sold in bottles for lasting freshness Eno's 'Fruit Salt' keep fresh nil day.. A I MM LIFEBUOY TOILET SOAP You'll feel so fresh and full of vigour after you've washed135 words
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Article419 1951-05-04 16 CL 3, Div. 1 sprint will be close From EPSOM JEEP PENANG, Thursday. PEGASUS, Dante's Idyll and Brunice, all recent winners at Bukit Timah, are likely to stage a thrilling battle in the Class 3, Div. 1, ss-f. sprint at Penang on Saturday, first day of the419 words
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Article, Illustration46 1951-05-04 16 FARM SAVES: George Farm, Blackpool goalkeeper, falls as he makes a save in the Cup final against Newcastle United at Wembley Stadium on April 28 which Newcastle won 2—o. Behind at left is Newcastle insideleft, George Robledo, and at right Hugh Kelly Blackpool left-half.— A.P. photo.AP - 46 words
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160 1951-05-04 16 I^IFTY Grand and Sweet Maisie, Class Two horses who scored doubles at the recent Selangor Meeting, have been promoted. Other amendments to the classification list are: Cl. 2 to Cl. 3: Achilles, Man O'War, Tahiti, Ursinia, Atlantas, Ashok, Berubah, Blue Eyes, Grand Day,160 words
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Article46 1951-05-04 16 SINGAPORE "A" team to meet the All-Indonesian tourists at soccer on Sunday is: Narayanan; Johan, McGregor; Yassin, Hoon Leone, Ismail Bujang (capt.) Ibrahim Eusoff, Ismail Vusoff, Ibrahim Dollah, Yeo Ah Hoe, Rahim Omar. Reserves: Balen, William Tan, Good Sons, Talib.46 words
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Article283 1951-05-04 16 From EPSOM JEEP PENANG, Thursday. STAGE SHOW and Dewar, two promising youngsters who opened their winning accounts at Bukit Timah last month, appear to dominate the field in the class 3, div. 2, 7-f. handicap on Saturday. It is certainly hard to choose between them. Stage283 words
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Article176 1951-05-04 16 Barnstaple has struck top form From EPSOM JEEP. PENANG, Thurs. PETER and Galway Greer should have the finish to themselves in the Class 3, Div. 3. 7-f. handicap on Saturday. Both did their winding-up gallops in attractive style today. Peter, with McCloud up, worked faultlessly at threequarter pace while Galway176 words
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Article118 1951-05-04 16 LONDON, Thurs.— By their twoone win over Newport County last night Nottingham Forest have made certain of promotion from Third Division (Southern) of the Football League ENGLISH II ACIE— DIV. 1 Blackpool 0 Arsenal 1 I-'ul ham 1 Portsmouth 4 Wolves 0 Newcastle 1Reuter - 118 words
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Article57 1951-05-04 16 N.T.S. Dunlop share points Netherlands Trading Society S-C. and Dunlop S.C. drew oneall in a Business Houses Football League 'B" game played on the V.M.C.A. ground yesterday. A NT.S. defender's mistake gave Dunlop their goal in the 15th minute of the first half. A penalty converged by Andrad? gave N.T.S.57 words
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Article, Illustration68 1951-05-04 16 WORCESTER LEAP TOURISTS— P. 15 The All-IndonesU Asian Games soccer team arrived in Singapore yesterday by air from Jakarta with thei* manager Dr. Kosasih. They will play five matches In toe Colony, the first against Singapore Malays at Jalan Besar Stadium tomorrow. OnUr half the team —15 player* and officials68 words
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208 1951-05-04 16 BOURNEMOUTH, Thurs. 'THE Malayan triple tennis champion, Ong Chew Bee, was eliminated from the men's doubles in the British hard court championships today when he and D. A. Samaii (South Africa) were beaten by V. Cernik and J. Drobny (Egypt) 6—3, 6—1, 6—2.Reuter; AP - 208 words
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Article33 1951-05-04 16 Singapore Rifle Association will hold a spoon shoot at Seletar Range on Sunday, May 13, from 8.30 a.m. Members are requested to bring and fire their own ammunition.33 words
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302 1951-05-04 16 /CHINESE Casuals were lucky to force a one-all draw in yesterday's S-AF.A. First Division game against Amicable Athletic Association at Jalan Besar Stadium. The equaliser came seven minutes from time off a free kick 20 yards from the A.A.A. goal. Centre-half Weng Chew, who302 words
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Article197 1951-05-04 16 Beaty, Fay beat SCRC holders From Our Staff Correspondent. KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. C C. BEATY, 1948 Malayan «J» tennis champion, won his second title in the Selangor Chinese R. C. open invitation tournament when he and B. C. Fay beat holders Goon Kok Ying and H. J. Sinclair 6-4, 6-3197 words
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Article66 1951-05-04 16 PKJURTEEN Combined Services footballers will travel to Seremban for their first Malaya Cup match, against Negrl Sembl* lan, on Saturday. The team will not be decided until after arrival. Selectors have chosen Mutton (Royal Navy), Robinson (R.A.F.), Boniface (Army), Jack (R.N), Marsdon (Army), Sears (R.A.F.), Dover66 words
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Article145 1951-05-04 16 Later too good for M.G.C. LONDON, Thurs. Q.REAT bowling by Jim Laker, whose rightarm off-spins got him a bag of six wickets for 19 runs, with strong support from the rightarm fast Surridge (three for 24) saw Surrey finish their fixture against M.C.C. on the second day today to winReuter - 145 words
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Article124 1951-05-04 16 CINGAPORE Amateur Footv ball Association held an emergency Council meeting last night to hear the reports of the president, Mr. W. McG. Watt, who had flown to K.L. on Tuesday to make a lastminute bid for Singapore's inclusion in this year's Malaya Cup competition. Mr. Watt124 words
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Article48 1951-05-04 16 Advance sales of $3 tickets (reserved seaU) for the soccer game* against the All-Indonesia tourists will be mad* at Jalan Besar Studium every evening. No bookings will be accepted unless they are paid for. Altogether there will be 168 reserved seats for each game.48 words
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Article51 1951-05-04 16 SOCCER: DIV. 1: S.R.C. r Indonesians at Stadium; DIV: 2t Spore Dlst. Signals v Indonesian? 'A' at Geylang; DIV. 3A: Netajt M.F.C. v Hotspurs at C.YJW.A.: BUSINESS HSE. LGE. A: Shell S.C. v Sime Darby at Shell ground. BASKETBALL: Manila v Siong 800 etc. at Happy World 851 words
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Miscellaneous15 1951-05-04 16 SINGAPORE TIDES TODAY:. 10.10 a.m. (8.5), 10.16 p.m. (8.3); 4 a.m. (1.7), 4.22 p.m. (2.1).15 words
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