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Title Section18 1951-08-17 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, AUGUST 17, 1951. PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS18 words
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Article332 1951-08-17 1 Main conference adjourned NOW IT IS UP TO 4 TO END DEADLOCK TOKYO, Thursday. THE Communists today agreed to the man to man talks proposed by Vice-Admiral Joy, chief U.N. delegate, and the main Kaesong peace talks were adjourned indefinitely to give a sub-committee of four timeAP - 332 words
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Article, Illustration38 1951-08-17 1 MISS r.\K, Service girl attached to the North Korean army, arranges her hair as she poses on top of a jeep for U.N. photographers covering the t ruce talks at Kaesong. A. P. picture.38 words
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Article157 1951-08-17 1 U.N. ASKED TO ACT ON SUEZ NEW YORK, Thurs. BRITAIN, France and the United States formally demanded today that the United Nations Security Council call on Egypt to end her restrictions on Suez Canal shipping. The three-Power proposal would find Egypt guilty of acts inconsistent with the objective of aReuter - 157 words
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Article53 1951-08-17 1 WASHINGTON, Thurs. Eunds to give the United States the biggest air force yi th« world were asked yesterday at the resumed hearings of the Senate Appropriations sub-committee. Senator B.R. Maybank (Democrat, South Carolina) said he would offer an amendment to raise the proposed appropriation fromReuter - 53 words
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Article78 1951-08-17 1 JAKARTA, Thurs. SIXTEEN Communist members of parliament were held In custody today on the eve of Indonesia's independence celebration. Strict security measures have been in force during the past three days as Indonesia prepares to celebrate the sixth anniversary of her independence tomorrow. Police andReuter - 78 words
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Article42 1951-08-17 1 ANKARA, Thur«. J)EATHS in the TurMeh earthquake have risen to nearly 100, and the casualty list is still growing, according to reports reaching Kere today. Five villages in Cankiri Province were destroyed. There were heavy livestock losses.— Reuter.Reuter - 42 words
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Article36 1951-08-17 1 WILMINGTON, Delaware, Thurs. The Dupont Co'mfiany announced today that t has developed an economical way to combine its synthetic rubber, Neoprene, with pulp to produce a new type of low cost specialty paper. U.P.UP - 36 words
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Article85 1951-08-17 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. rpHE war against undesirable 1 Chinese books and pamphlets, which have been flooding the country since China became Communistdominated has been intensified With more than $22,000 recently voted for the task by the Legislative Council, officials of the Chinese Secretariat are scrutinising dozens85 words
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Article136 1951-08-17 1 Mystery drug kills two in test NEW YORK, Thursday. TWO University of South Dakota employees died yesterday after receiving injections of a mysterious drug in a "human guinea pig" experiment. The university Immediately put a tight clamp on* news about the deaths of Jack R. Clifford, laboratory technician, and Mrs.UP - 136 words
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Article29 1951-08-17 1 STOCKHOLM, Thurs.—Poland has demanded Sweden hand over 12 Polish sailors who mutinied aboard a minesweeper and brought the craft to a Swedish port on August 2.— A.P.AP - 29 words
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Article205 1951-08-17 1 TEHERAN, Thursday. TUIE British and Persian delegations to the talks on the oil -dispute have agreed to meet again on Saturday to continue discussions over nationalisation of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company. Last night. Mr. Averell Harriman. President Truman's special representative, appealed to both parties toAP - 205 words
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Article115 1951-08-17 1 MUNICH. Thurs. rREE thousand balloons carrying more than 3.500,000 "peace and friendship messages" floated towards Czechoslovakia today after being released from a secret place in Bavaria. It was another phase of the operation "winds of freedom" sponsored by antiCommunist organisations in Europe, Latin America, Canada andReuter - 115 words
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Article61 1951-08-17 1 PARIS, Thurs. Mr. Winston Churchill arrived here today, smiling and relaxed, on his way to a mountain resort in eastern France. Mr. Churchill will go to Annecy, in the French Alps, to work on his memoirs and to paint. He went to a Paris hotel to spend61 words
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Article67 1951-08-17 1 rE United States, told the Soviet Union yesterday that the terms of the Japanese peace treaty would not be subject to negotiation at the peace conference in San Francisco next month. In a note delivered to the Soviet Foreign Ministry in Moscow yesterday the Soviet Union wasReuter - 67 words
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Article152 1951-08-17 1 LONDON, Thurs. THE British Interplanetary Society predicted yeeterday that human beings will make the first piloted return flight to the moon before the end of the century. Such a flight could b£ made in half that tirfie if an effort as great as theReuter - 152 words
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Article434 1951-08-17 1 'Not clear* on Russia's 'Yes' WASHINGTON, Thursday. VJR- John Foster Dulles, Presid ent Truman's special envoy, last night said the United States was confident that any Soviet attempt to wreck the Japanese peace treaty would fail. In a nationwide broadcast, he said it was notReuter - 434 words
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Article, Illustration69 1951-08-17 1 PKIVAXr. First Class William Lepper of McCook, Nebraska, went into action in Korea with this paper bound New Testament in his pocket. It stopped an enemy bullet, he told his parents in a letter; and sent home the Bible to prove it. The bullet hit the back69 words
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Article22 1951-08-17 1 AUCKLAND, Thurs. The New Zealand wool sale slump continued yesterday with the average price estimated at 40 pence per pound.22 words
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Article138 1951-08-17 1 Eden supports Soviet trade LOS ANGELES, Thurs. ME. Anthony Eden. IT deputy leader of the Conservative Party, now in the U.S. on a lecture tour, today backed the statement by Sir Hartley* Shawcross on trade with 1 Russia. Mr. Eden strongly support* ed Anglo-Russian tradinz provided that no "strategic suppliesReuter - 138 words
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Article56 1951-08-17 1 BATON ROUGE, Louisiana Thurs. An explosion rippecthrough a naphtha-treatinf, plant at Standard Oil Company's refinery here early today. Two persons were reported killed and 13 injured. House windows and shop panes were shattered. A tower of black smoke soared from five or six petrol storage tanks.Reuter - 56 words
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Article21 1951-08-17 1 AGENSTEIN, Switzerland. Thurs. Arthur Schnabe!, world famous pianist, died here yesterday after a short illness. He was 69.— A:P.AP - 21 words
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Article25 1951-08-17 1 WASHINGTON, Thurs. Mr. John Foster Dulles said today that the United States was discussing with the Philippines Government a bilateral defence pact. Reuter.Reuter - 25 words
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Advertisement404 1951-08-17 2 MALAY REGmEHT TENDER NOTICE Tender* are invited fur Ux supply of Accommodation Storei to the -Malay Regiment. Tender? will close at 12 o'clock on 30tr August 1951. Schedules can tx obtained :rom "Q 1 Brancn RH< The Malay Retlment, PORI DICKSON on written application EFFECTIVE MOUTH HY6IENE PROMOTES GOOD HEALTH!404 words
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Advertisement611 1951-08-17 2 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS SETTLEMENT OF MALACCA SCHOLARSHIP Application* are Invited for a Settlement of Malacca student- ship for the purpose of under- taking overseas in 1952 a course of study, facilities for which type of course arc not available In the Federation of Malaya or the Colony of Singapore. The Regulations611 words
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Advertisement738 1951-08-17 2 NOTICES SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY NOTICE It is hereby notified that by a decision of the Commissioners made under By-lav 9 of the Municipal (Hackney Carriage) By-laws, 1950, the date for the compulsory fitment of taximeters to Second Class Hackney Carriages and Taxi-cabs has been extended to 31st March. 1952. IN THE738 words
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Advertisement233 1951-08-17 2 NOTICES CENTRAL ELECTRICITY BOARD SALE OF OIL DRUMS AND SCRAP METAL Sealed Tenders marked "Oil Drums" or "Scrap Metal" will be received qp to noon on 24th August at the office of Suptg. Electrical Engineer Southern Region Malacca for approximately 80 drums and a small amount of scrap cast Iron233 words
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Advertisement909 1951-08-17 2 AUCTION SALE OF HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE CO ARISING Teak Sitting Bedrtx Suites, wardrobes, drea*ine Uu c. sin's bcus dinlnx tablet, sideboard, showcases, miniature billiard v nle. steel fllinc cabinet A cupboard. Iron safes H.M.V. refrigerator, "Schutre" upright piano. Electric Carpet Cleaner etc.. To Be Held At Our Saleroom. No. 1 Prince909 words
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350 1951-08-17 3 Britain promises to let Russians have rubber NO TIMBER IF SUPPLY IS STOPPED TRURO, CORNWALL, Thursday. [RUSSIA has reserved the right to tear up a new timber contract with Britain unless she can use the proceeds to buy British rubber, Sir Hartley Shawcross, President of the Board of Trade, saidAP; AFP - 350 words
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Article, Illustration64 1951-08-17 3 BRITAIN'S new .280 Service rifle (nearer camera) compared with the No. 4 Lee Enfield .303 rifle at present m use shown at the School of Infantry at Warminster, Berkshire. The new gun, lighter and shorter than the old rifle, fires 84 aimed shots m oqeReuter - 64 words
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Article61 1951-08-17 3 HONG KONG, Thurs. THE left-wing vernacular Ta Kung Pao reported yesterday that more than 700 Chinese from Malaya have registered with the Canton authorities for employment in rubber plantations on Hainan island. The first group was said to have left Canton on Monday. TheReuter; Reuter-AAP - 61 words
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Article100 1951-08-17 3 MINZ, Germany, Tues. J]IGHT French and four Saai prisoners of war on theii wav home from Russia sale today that thousands of partisans in the Baltic countries are sabotaging Soviet troorl trains and military installations. The 12 men still clad lr bl.iok Russian prisoner ofUP - 100 words
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Article46 1951-08-17 3 BELFAST, Thurs. TWO Italian motor-cyclists were killed in Belfast yesterday in a crash while making a practice run lor Ulster Grand Prix. Gianni Leoni, a leading entry in the lightweight class, was killed instantly. Santa Geminiani died later in hospital. A.P.AP - 46 words
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Article228 1951-08-17 3 —'Violates international pacts 9 LONDON, Thursday. /CHINA'S Foreign Minister today rejected as "basically unacceptable*' the proposed Japanese peace treaty to be signed in San Francisco next month, the New China News Agency reported last night. Peking Radio, said the agency quoted General Chou En-lai as describingReuter - 228 words
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Article66 1951-08-17 3 PUSAN, Thurs. PRESIDENT Truman told the people of war-ravaged Korea today: "We shall not fail you, nor foresake you His message to the Korean President, Mr. Syngman Rhee was read to 1,000 Korean political leaders, gathered to celebrate the third birthday of the Republic ofAP - 66 words
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Article84 1951-08-17 3 WASHINGTON, Thurs. rpiIE latest draft of the Japanese peace treaty makes it clear that Japan's present economic position rule out her making complete reparations to any country. This reparations provision has however been softened somewhat in language to please the Philip-* pines who threatened84 words
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Article139 1951-08-17 3 Dead for years, may be fathers EDINBURGH, Thurs. DR. A. S. Parkes, of the National Institute of Medical Research, yesterday predicted that science will make it possible for children to be born generations after their fathers have died. H e told the British Association for the Advancement of Science about139 words
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Article77 1951-08-17 3 A man at Newcastle, Australia, found radium worth £800 while he was searching for dandelions to "cure his blood pressure." The radium disappeared a month ago from a hospital. A VS. Narcotics official said that illegal shipments of opium from China have increased since the Communists seized control,77 words
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Article53 1951-08-17 3 Persia has sent a memorandum to the British Ambassador, Sir Francis Shepherd, requesting the dismissal of the British Consul-General at Khorramshahr, Ma]. Francis Capper. The Chinese Nationalist Ambassador to the Argentine, Chen Chieh, died on Wednesday. Police on Wednesday dispersed hundreds of Communist youths who invaded West Berlin53 words
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Article74 1951-08-17 3 Detectives are investigate the fl/e which damaged Ifle Randwick naval stores, Melbourne, containing £200.000 worth of equipment. U.S. battle casualties to Korea reached 80,750 on Wednesday, an increase of 320 since last week. Lifeboats took 5W New Zealand Servicemen and 80 members of the crew of a troopship74 words
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Article, Illustration42 1951-08-17 3 THE EMIH FEISAL, vne Foreign Minister of Saudi Arabia, who is m London on an official visit to discuss Middle East problems with the British Foreign Minister, Mr. Herbert Morrison. The Emir is the second son of Kin; Ibn Saud. Reuter photo.Reuter - 42 words
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Article86 1951-08-17 3 PRETORIA, Thurs. NIECE of the Queen, Lady Nancy Moria Robinson, was granted a divorce In Capetown Supreme Court -yesterday. Her marriage certificate, bearing the Queen's signature as a witness, was produced as ra for restitution of conjugal rights or divorce. Lady Robinson alleged that86 words
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Article27 1951-08-17 3 NEW YORK, Thurs. Mr. John D. Rockefeller Jr. 77-year-old multl millionaire, yesterday married Mrs. Martha Baird Alien, in Providence Rhode Island.— A.P.AP - 27 words
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Article19 1951-08-17 3 WASHIKI3TON, Thurs. President Truman has sent his good wishes to Pakistan which yesterday celebrated Independence Day. Reuter.Reuter - 19 words
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Article169 1951-08-17 3 WASHINGTON, Thursday. pHE Voice of America claimed in a broadcast A yesterday that Mr. Vladimir Rogov. head of the Tass News Agency in Peking, had in a secret report to Moscow, accused the Chinese Communist leaded, Mao Tse-tung, and his Government of directly, actively169 words
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Article105 1951-08-17 3 'BRITAIN WILL FIND A WAY' LONDON, Thurs. MR- Winston Churchill, while speaking at Deal, Kent, yesterday afternoon, expressed his faith that Britain would find a sure way through future perils. Mr. Churchill, who was awarded the title of Honorary Citizen of Deal, added: "When one thinks of all the perilsAFP - 105 words
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Article42 1951-08-17 3 NEW YORK, Thurs. The magazine, Newsweek, said today that Mr. W. Averell Harriman, President Truman's diplomatic special envoy, may be sent to try to mediate the Indo-Pakistan dispute over Kashmir If he succeeds in the Anglo-Iranian oil negotiations.—U.P.UP - 42 words
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Article43 1951-08-17 3 SYDNEY, Thurs. About 6,750 waterfront workers struck last night In protest against the suspension of 758 stevedores for refusing to work through the night loading the British freighter Imperial Star. The men are not expected to resume work before Mondav. UP.UP - 43 words
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Advertisement295 1951-08-17 3 Mountain Maid I Thl* to soup w I For lunch today... have a bowl of nourish mi? delicious soup make ture it's Mountain Maid then vo» know it's good. Asparagus .16 or 52c. 10 oz. 37c. fea .10 or. 40c. Vegetable 10 or. 40c. Tomato 10 or. 40c. Singapore ONLY295 words
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Article33 1951-08-17 4 JOHORE BAHRD, Thurs.— Tan Ah Eng and Gan Ah Eng, two women charged with the murder of another woman, Wong Ah Thye, were discharged when the charge against them was withdrawn.33 words
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Article26 1951-08-17 4 For being in fraudulent possession of 17 pieces of fencing iron posts. Yong Ah Chee, aged 21, was fined $25 in Singapore yesterday.26 words
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Article120 1951-08-17 4 FESTIVAL OF BRITAIN EXHIBITION, U.E. Building 9 ajn. to 6 pjn. Y.W.C.A., Raffles Quay; Mandarin (advanced) class 10.30 a.m. New Malay class (beginners) at 9.15 a.m. and 5.30 p.m. k'-M.CA., Orchard Road: Animal Lovers' League meeting, 5.15 pjn.; Judo training, 5.30 pjn.; body-building and weight-lilting 5.30 pjn.: Commercial120 words
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Article130 1951-08-17 4 T<AN Yoke Fong, a 44-year-old Hainanese cook who x broke a leg in an accident in Upper Serangoon Road on October 6, last year, yesterday claimed $4,500 damages in the Singapore High Court Tan was suing Madam Lim Geok Sim. owner of a taxi130 words
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Article27 1951-08-17 4 MODESTY:' GAOL Stanley Soh was in Singapore yesterday gaoled for three months for trying to outrage the modesty of a woman who lived in the same house.27 words
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Article195 1951-08-17 4 He gives list of bad risk areas THE Estates and Fire Brigade Committee of the Municipal Commissioners has been told by the Superintendent of their Fire Department. Mr. J. G. Shaw, of places in Singapore which are considered bad fire risks. In addition to195 words
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Article180 1951-08-17 4 LESLIE MARRO, alias F. W. Thompson, 35, arrested in Hong Kong on a warrant from Singapore, was yesterday tentatively charged before Mr. R. B. I. Pates, the Singapore Second Police Magistrate, on five counts of cheating. Marro is alleged to have cheated W. Sena of180 words
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Article66 1951-08-17 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. ]yjAKKAN SINGH, a 26-year-old store-keeper of the Engineering Supplies Depot, was today cleared of a charge of theft by Mr. D. M. K. Grant. President of the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court. He was alleged to have stolen 61 lengths of steam pipings from the Army66 words
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Article49 1951-08-17 4 Two Hong Kong seamen and a Singapore Chinese Interpreter have been detained by the Singapore SpecialBranch in connection with a seizure of 300 gold coins. The coins were seized Dy the Customs from a ship which, has since left the Colony for Hong Kong.49 words
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Article49 1951-08-17 4 Teng Kam claimed trial In the Singapore Second Police Court yesterday on a charge of criminal breach of trust of 149 precious stones valued at $680 belonging to Urn Kar Weng Tens wa s released on bail in $1,000 pending trial on Aug 2849 words
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Article28 1951-08-17 4 JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs.— Cheong Ah Kiew was sentenced by the Police Court to one day's imprisonment for failing to produce his Identity card for inspection.28 words
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Article, Illustration261 1951-08-17 4 Growing, sense of citizenship in S 'pore Adams INHERE is a growing sense of citizenship in Singa- pore and a feeling of belonging to the community, particularly among younger people, Canon R. K. S. Adams, principal of St. Andrew's School, said yesterday. Canon Adams, who leaves for Adelaide, Australia, next261 words
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Article82 1951-08-17 4 F7O engines of Singapore Fire Brigade went to a furniture factory in Sumbawa Road yesterday, but the fire had already been put out. The fire was in the kitchen on the second floor where Chinese women were cooking for a festival to mark the end of82 words
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Article85 1951-08-17 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. THE Kuala Lumpur First Magistrate, Mr. A. P. Jack, yesterday acquitted today Inspector Yap Chong Shing, 54, of a charge of corruptly accepting money from a toddy shop manager. Yap, who defended by Mr. S. M Yong. was alleged to have demanded $50 when85 words
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Article50 1951-08-17 4 PENANG, Thurs. About 60 graduates of Malaya's oldest Chinese high school, the Chung Ling, will leave Penang this week on an educational tour of Bangkok. They expect to be In Siam for about two weeks. The party will be under the charge of two senior masters50 words
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Article36 1951-08-17 4 JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs Mr. J. M. M* M. Elliott, has been appointed Administrative Officer, Muar, in the place of Mr. D. A. Somerville who is now acting as Commissioner of Lands and Mines. Johore.36 words
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Article75 1951-08-17 4 CINGAPORE Government has accepted a gift by the Singapore Club of a bronze bust of the late Sir Andrew Clarke, one-time Colonel Commandant of the Royal Engineers and Governor of Singapore during 1873-1875. A Government spokesman said that the bust stands on a granite pillar and75 words
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Article104 1951-08-17 4 THE second reading of a Bill to control private electrical installations in rural areas will be deferred until the October meeting of the Legislative Council. The Rural Board was told yesterday by. Its chairman. Mr. A. B. Ramsay, that the Bill needed redrafting. Certain sections of104 words
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Article209 1951-08-17 4 'STUNT' TO LURE CHINESE PLANTERS A REPORT by the Hong Kong left-wing newspaper, Ta Kung Pao, that 700 Malayan Chinese have registered tor work on Hainan rubber estates is part of a Communist publicity stunt to attract rubber planters to China, Singapore Chinese planting circles said yesterday. The Ta Kung209 words
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Article76 1951-08-17 4 THE 300-lb cake, made in 1 Australia and featuring on its thickly iced surface a map of the country a feature of the Australian Pavilion at the Singapore Happy World Trade Fair— will be presented to Mrs. Malcolm Mac Donald, for disposal to charity, next Tuesday76 words
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Advertisement146 1951-08-17 4 There was a rush for s s j "MULLARD" 'DOUBLE-SUPER" nOa the finest receiver of all. We still have a few sets left. If you wish MODEL MAS. 279 to take advantage of our Easy Payment system call today I "jt -T 1 E3 Also available: r I V>i <Cs*~>iq_146 words
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Advertisement95 1951-08-17 4 WBITM FRUIT SQUASHES i with a noble lineage It it no coincidence that Rom'» Froit Squashes havt I the entree to the best ban and most czefauivt clubs V* in the world. The very knowledge that they are mad* if^ by the maker* of Rote't lime Juice it a good95 words
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Article29 1951-08-17 5 Moh Oi Pin, aged 19. was yesterday gaoled for two months' in Singapore for stealing a wrist watch worth S4O at the Tanah Merah Besar beach. Changi.29 words
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155 1951-08-17 5 Civil defence work can't go ahead— too few volunteer CIHIEF COMPLAINS: .STAFF LACKING GINGAPORE'S Civil Defence programme is being held up by lack of adequate staff, Brigadier E. L'E. Davies, Commissioner for Defence, said yesterday. Of the nine important posts available, candidates for six of them have been selected, b.ut155 words
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Article130 1951-08-17 5 TO-DAY Substations liable to load shedding today. Asia Rubber Loronj 3, Sinn Ay Saw Mill, Shell Co., Lee Rubber Works, Mt. Batten Network, Cathay, McDonald House, Armenian St. D. C, Tan Chyo Place Fort Canning, SeaJi St./ Waterloo St. St. Andrews High St./Stamlord Rd., .Albert Street. New Ice130 words
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Article15 1951-08-17 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs— Alfred Reeves, a military driver, was fined $20 for inconsiderate driving.15 words
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160 1951-08-17 5 Singing not a 'must' for radio post YOU don't have to be able to sing to apply for the vacant post of music assistant in Radio Malaya, the Straits Times was told last night.. But candidates must still be a competent pianist (of a standard equivalent to Final Grade 8160 words
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Article, Illustration28 1951-08-17 5 FORM COLONY MARKETS THREE MEMBERS of the crew of the ship C-3 show-in* some of the fish which arrived from Indonesia for local markets yesterday. Straits Times picture.28 words
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Article42 1951-08-17 5 Hashim bin Said, aged 21, claimed trial before the Singapore Fourth Magistrate yesterday on a charge of stealing a fruit and $18 from a woman. The case was postponed to Sept. 15. Hashim being allowed bail in $500.42 words
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Article27 1951-08-17 5 MUAR. Thurs. Goh Kirn How, the owner of a car, who permitted another man without a driving licence to drive the car was fined $20.27 words
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217 1951-08-17 5 gINGAPORE industries will have to provide houses for their workers if Government accepts a proposal made by the chairman of the Rural Board, Mr. A. B. Ramsay, at yesterday's Board meeting. Under the Labour Code any establishment gazetted as an estate must house its217 words
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128 1951-08-17 5 rpHE C-3, a motor fishing vessel from Jakarta x arrived in Singapore yesterday with 15 tons of fish mainly "delah." This represents the first shipment of 40 tons of fresh fish which Indonesia will supply Singapore every month under a recent agreement between128 words
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Article60 1951-08-17 5 Singapore Labour Department will try again today to settle the dispute between the management and workers at the Tang San brick works. Wolskel Road, Singapore. The workers have served two-week strike notice which ends on August 22. They submitted an eight-point demand to the management60 words
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Article92 1951-08-17 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. J£ONQ M3NG, who is charged with assisting In the disposal of stolen property, had his case ordered to be referred back to the Deputy Public Prosecutor by the Kuala Lumpur First Magistrate today. Mr. S. M. Yong, defending Kong, objected to his client's92 words
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Article50 1951-08-17 5 The Blue Flash Badminton Party, of Lorong Melayu, Chaagi, Singapore, will celebrate its second anniversary with a dinner at the home of Mr. John Laycock In Still Road, on Sept. 8 at 7.30 p.m. Mr. Laycock, who Is a Singapore Legislative Councillor, is patren of the Party.50 words
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Article97 1951-08-17 5 No breakout bid from Changi Gaol 1 SENIOR Singapore Gov- eminent official yesterday denied that there was an attempted break-out from Changi Gaol early on Wednesday morning. He aded: "It would be practically impossible for anyone to escape from there He added: "The incident concerned two prisoners who attacked a97 words
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Article37 1951-08-17 5 The Gcvernor of Singapore, Sir Franklin Gimson, will visit the Singapore Festival of Britain exhibition in the United Engineers' building, River Valley Road, today at 11.30. This will be the Governor's first visit.37 words
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Article24 1951-08-17 5 Captain R. P. Mollard, general manager of Malayan Airways, returned to Singapore last night by Qantas Constellation from Sydney after a short holiday.24 words
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108 1951-08-17 5 SINGAPORE Public Works Department Labour Union, representing over 1,200 daily-paid workers, will ask the Colony Government to grant them 15 days paid annual leave in addition to 12 paid public holidays a year. This was decided at annual meetings of four branches of108 words
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Article, Illustration24 1951-08-17 5 MR. G. L. WILKINSON, assistant Trade Union Advisor of the Federation, who leaves for England today on leave. He is due back In January.24 words
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Article41 1951-08-17 5 Ong Song Koh was yesterday produced before the Singapore Third Magistrate on three charges of cheating Ng Koh Huat of a total of $260 at Bsncoolen Street between May 20 and 24. Ong was allowed bail in $1,000.41 words
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Article30 1951-08-17 5 Mr. P. W. Parker, a former manager of the Hong Kong and Malayan divisions of the Standard-Vacuum Oil Company, has been appointed chief executive officer of the company.30 words
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Article101 1951-08-17 5 PERMITS ONUS ON THE PUBLISHER PUBLISHERS of youth, church or school magazines, periodicals, news-letters and news-sheets will not be advised by Government on the classification of their publications under the new Emergency Newspaper Regulations. A spokesman of the Colonial Secretary's office yesterday said that the onus was print would be101 words
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Obituary34 1951-08-17 6 Ut EVER AFFECTIONATE memory of our precious mother, Mrs. Mary Anna Martin, who passed away in State Road. Internment Camp. 17.». IMS. From her sorrowing sons and daughters Rest In the Lord.34 words
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Article11 1951-08-17 6 LAST THREE Days famous tanymed print exhibition Robinsons Fr-'ond floor.11 words
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744 1951-08-17 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Fri., Aug. 17, 1951. Rubber For Russia Never yet has rubber cushioned the shocks in AngloAmerican relations, and it is not likely to start doing so now. On the contrary Sir Hartley Shawcross, in his explanation of rubber sales to Russia, has given America's Anglophobes all744 words
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Article327 1951-08-17 6 The crisis in Indfa's Congress Party which flared^ up with Mr. Nehru's resignation from the Working Committee has died down, but it has not been Tesolyed. If Congress has not already been seriously weakened for the January electoral battle the deviation between Left and Right (for the327 words
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Article265 1951-08-17 6 Private vs. public needs IN last Monday's Straits Times R. J. F. summarised the facts from which the Singapore Club and the Chamber of Commerce derive their claim to a uniquely favourable site in the centre of the city. Put informally, his argument is that the Chamber got a right265 words
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Article79 1951-08-17 6 |F Mr. Laurence D'Alton Henderson would like to see this country descend to the status of the povertystricken peasant lands of Sicily. Italy. Spain and Portugal, where Divine Reason insists upon indiscriminate breeding but does not provide food, clothing and housing, then away with Family Planning. What79 words
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Article761 1951-08-17 6 THE letter which appeared in your issue of Augr. 13, "Handling Crowds," encourages a further letter which has been on the verge of being written since last December. This, of course, concerns the riots in Singapore. But it is interesting to Iqpk back to 1925, when the761 words
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234 1951-08-17 6 'PHERE have been comments about the Singapore A Police Force and the plans to educate its members to look after and protect the public. But the Commissioner of Police may have difficulty in achieving this aim. Early this year I completed a tour of about234 words
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Letter158 1951-08-17 6 QF my own accord, and in appreciation of the good work which Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald has been doing in South-East Asia since he arrived in Singapore, I have the pleasure to enclose a very small cheque for $25. and to ask you kindly to forward158 words
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Article602 1951-08-17 6 RAY FALK - RAY FALK By TOKYO. COME Japanese businessmen, bureaucrats and politicians are trying to turn the clock back to pre-occu-pation days, now that a Japanese peace treaty seems to be Just around the corner. The Tekyo Press is full of stories of demands that the American-inspired reform602 words
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Article411 1951-08-17 6 On the Margin Malacca Poriuguixr I AST Tuesday this column presented a specimen of one of the languages of Malaya which very few people in Malaya have ever heard the Portuguese dialect of Malacca, which has been handed down in the Portuguese Eurasian community of the Settlement from their European411 words
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Advertisement743 1951-08-17 6 CLASSIFIED ADS. j i '< I I i 1 I i j < j 1 TO MRS. W. AHLINO on 15th Auk. a daughter JORIANNA ELIZABETH MARGARRTHA. Rattles Dtapraaary Maternity Clinic. KINO—BRUCE: On eleventh Au|. 1051 at the Methodist Church. Tfciplng by the Rev. O. I) Buchanan, 3 Commando Brigade.743 words
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Advertisement63 1951-08-17 6 DREADER'S igest (AMERICAN EDITION) Read Let r*«ac« Not Oi« of Neglect Why Stalin Was No» How Never to TireW o Act* o* Faith for a Time of Peril Mother pr Planned Parenthood Tkra It Moscow Today If You're Parent. You're Teacher The Sanday After Korea Etc.. Etc 1h Jriy line63 words
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Advertisement116 1951-08-17 6 ff» #^OPTICIBN Fellow Institute Ophthalmic Upticurib (tng Fellow Worshipful Co. of Spectacle-Makers (En* Freeman of the City of London By Appointment to H.M. Forces, South East Asia. 6 Raffles Place Singapore Phone ***** -i- <-^v*Tr. y,. T-^ C»* «W KNSOMED PENS *S^>-^ »y CORROSIVE ACTION OF COMMON UYKS/ IN REVEALING116 words
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Article192 1951-08-17 7 He urges: Review their cases LIVELY COUNCIL MEETING LIKELY LIVELY debates on detainees under the Emergency Regulations and on certain recommendations of the Riot Inquiry Commission are likely at Singapore Legislative Council meeting on Tuesday. Mr. N. A. Mallal (Prog. City), will urge that a detained192 words
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Article92 1951-08-17 7 THE fear of arrest because 1 they are members of trade unions still prevails among certain workers in the Federation, although this attitude is to be found mainly in outlying districts and not in the big towns. Thif was stated to the Straits Times yesterday by the92 words
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Article49 1951-08-17 7 A WELL-KNOWN Malayan cricketer. 39-year-old Lai] Singh, was yesterday acquitted and discharged in Singapore on a charge of criminal breach of trust of a diamond ring worth $525 The DPP withdrew the charge. Lall Singh was also acquitted and discharged on an alternative charge of cheatins49 words
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Article53 1951-08-17 7 Willie Lim, a clerk employed by Guthrie and Company, was yesterday charged at the Singapore First Police Court with criminal breach of trvx of $15,000 belonging to his employers between July 3 and Aug. 9. The case was postponed to Aug. 23 for mention and bail of53 words
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Article, Illustration37 1951-08-17 7 MR. CHIA CHWEE LEONG, JM.Sc, who is the first Asian to be appointed a eh etnist in the Singapore Department of Chemistry. He gained his science degree at the University of Malaya this year. Straits Times picture.37 words
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Article136 1951-08-17 7 TAXES MAY PUT UP BUS FARES BUS tares in Singapore may ro up if Municipal Commissioners raise the tax on Singapore Traction Company. The General Manager of the Company. Mr. A.A. Ewing, saiQ yesterday that the question of increasing fares will depend on the new tax proposals. "I do not136 words
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Article38 1951-08-17 7 MUAR Thurs.— A 48-year-old woman. Basriah binte Moh. was charged with attempted suicide at Jalan Salleh on Aug 12. It was said she stabbed herse!f with a vegetable knife. The case was postponed to Monday38 words
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Article49 1951-08-17 7 Construction of the Nuffleld Swimming Pool at Beach Road, Singapore, will be completed by Sept. 1, an Army spokesman said yesterday. The spokesman added thai the pool will not be opened until the surrounding grounds had been laid out and grass and flowers had grown.49 words
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Article, Illustration119 1951-08-17 7 Two women stabbed in bedroom TWENTY-SEVEN-YEAR-OLD Wan Ai Tee, mother of four, was stabbed yesterday several times in her bedroom at her house in Eastern Reclamation Road, Singapore. Her 48-year-old mother. Ng Swee Lim, was also stabbed when she rushed to the rescue. Ai Tee was alone in the room119 words
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Article162 1951-08-17 7 POLICE SEAL HAI HSUAN'S RADIO TWE radio set on the "here for ever" Red China 1 ship the Hai Hsuan, lying in the Singapore Roads, has been silenced by Government. Men of the Special Branch and Telecommunications Department boarded the ship and sealed her162 words
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Article51 1951-08-17 7 JOHORE BAHRU Thurs. NINE Malay Other Ranks appeared in the Police Court today to show cause why they should not enter into a bond to be of good behaviour. They were orginally charged with being members of an unlawful assembly Hearing was fixed for Aug. 25 and51 words
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Article, Illustration36 1951-08-17 7 THIS PRETTY GIRL is Qantas Airways hostess Miss Valmai Haber. Miss Haber, who comes from Melbourne, passes through Singapore once a fortnight on the 12.000-mile Kangaroo Route' from Britain to Australia. Straits Times picture.36 words
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Article43 1951-08-17 7 MUAR Thurs.— Kaliathan was fined $50, in default 25 days' hard labour, for negligent driving. He had his driving licence also endorsed. On May 17. his car had knocked against a sign board at the 25th mile Tangkak-Segamat Road and overturned.43 words
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Article131 1951-08-17 7 THE site of the pre-war public park at Pastr Panjang, occupied by the Army since liberation, has been handed over to be converted into police quarters, the chairman of the Rural Board told Mr. H. J. C. Kulasingha at the board meeting yester- Mr. Kulasingha appealed131 words
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Article81 1951-08-17 7 MALACCA, Thurs.— Mr. A. W.B. Acton, Settlement Councillor, was elected President of the- Malacca Chamber of Commerce at the Chamber's third annual meeting on Tuesday. Other officers are: Vice-presidents, Messrs. Tan Slew Sin and C. tf. Seth: committee. Measrs. A. J. Massie, J C. P. Jansen, L.81 words
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Article, Illustration47 1951-08-17 7 Mil. V. G. UI.VIBLSII. manager vi the Union Jack Club, Singapore, takes his last spoonful of soup in the Club yesterday before going to Britain on leave. Mr. Wimbush, from Birmingham, has been in the Colony for 20 years.— Straits Times picture.47 words
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Article76 1951-08-17 7 - H^WO young women in Singapore are without fountain pens. While helping Singapore branch of the Red Cross Society premiere of the film ''Born Yesterday" at the Capitol on Tuesday night, they lent the pens to people signing raffle tickets. The pens were not returned. Mrs.76 words
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Article108 1951-08-17 7 UR. R. M. Young has been promoted Deputy Director of Education, Singapore, with effect from July 1, 1950, a government statement announced last night. Mr. R. W. Watson-Hyatt has been appointed to act as Senior Inspector of Schools in place of Mr. E. H. S. Bretherton. Mr.108 words
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Article24 1951-08-17 7 A 11-year-old Chinese boy fell from a rambutan tree in Kampong Chantek, Whitley Road, yesterday evening and died before an ambulance arrived.24 words
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Article121 1951-08-17 7 SINGAPORE Government has decided to allow a wider range of food and goods to be imported from Japan as an anti-flationary measure, Mr. I. R. M Willis, Controller of the Imports and Exports Department, said last night The three Chambers of Commerce and121 words
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Article86 1951-08-17 7 IPOH, Thurs.— At yesterday's meeting of the Kinta Town Board, the Chairman, Mr. J. M. Brander, welcomed Mr. Cheah Ghim Leng, who had been on a holiday in England and the Continent, also Dr. O. A. Mott, Acting Deputy State Medical* and Health Officer, who replaced Dr.86 words
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322 1951-08-17 7 MINISTER: WE MUST UNITE OUR SCHOOLS A SINGLE unified pattern of education must be for Singapore and the Federation, and the teachers everywhere must help the authorities, Dato E. E. C. Thuraisingham. Member for Education, Federation of Malaya, said in Singapore last night. *P at Thurai singham was speaking at322 words
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Article63 1951-08-17 7 PENANG, Thurs. Mr. Norman Ward, Acting President of the Singapore Municipality, will arrive In Penang by the middle of September to act as Municipal President for 15 months. Announcing this today at the ordinary meeting of Commissioners, Mr. S. V. Adams Deputy Municipal63 words
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Article26 1951-08-17 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs.— For hawking fowls in Johore Bahru town without a licence, Leong Hun Yee and Heng Kung Yee, were- fined $10 each.26 words
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Article263 1951-08-17 7 More hostel room for students jyjORE hostel accommodation, for Colonial students In Britain is being arranged, •declared the Secretary of State for the Colonies! Mr James Griffiths, in the House of Commons when questioned about shortages an a dispulo between the British Council and 40 students in the Hani Crescent263 words
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Article39 1951-08-17 7 SEREMBAN, Thurs. A rubber tapper, Chan Nam, was fined $25 the maximum for carrying a pillon rider on his bicycle. Chan told the Magistrate he was unaware it was an offence to carry pillion rider.39 words
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Advertisement82 1951-08-17 7 "i Fine Quality Diamond Gem Set I Platinum I I Engagement Rings I Eternity Rings j I Platinum Gold Wedding Rings Newest and Attractive. A Wide Choice of Styles Prices m B. P. De SUVA, LTD. j (Incorporated in (JeylonJ a 1 (Manufacturers Importers of Hißh-Class Jewellery) Singapore I I82 words
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314 1951-08-17 8 'Need for officers who know the men' THE Singapore Police hope to recruit more Malays for its gazetted officer ranks. The Commissioner of Police, Mr. J. P. Pennefathertivans, said yesterday: "With more Malay A.S.P.B, it will be possible to make the Force more314 words
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Article164 1951-08-17 8 League to help the nurses KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.'pRAINED nurse* in Selangor have formed a league. The league, known as the Selangor Trained Nurses League, was first mooted by Miss Bridget Hegarty, a former Principal Matron. Mrs. M. Hughes, the Matron of the Kuala Lumpur Oeneral Hospital, who is president of164 words
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Article74 1951-08-17 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. THE Federation Court of 1 Appeal has dismissed the appeals of two young Chinese, sentenced to death for collecting supplies for the bandits. The appellants, Lee Meow Fah and Leeong Chong, were arrested by police at Mentakab on June 3 this year, standing74 words
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Article42 1951-08-17 8 BATU PAHAT, Thurs.— Ten traders were fined a total of $425 for failing to observe the Price Control Regulations. The traders were summoned following a surprise check by Food and Price Inspectors at Yong Peng early last month.42 words
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Article46 1951-08-17 8 Pakiri Rengasamy, aged 34, was yesterday bound over for one year in $150 by the Singapore Fourth Magistrate for stabbing K. Rengasamy at Jalan Kayu on the night of July 27. Pakiri was also ordered to pay $200 compensation to K. Rengasamy.46 words
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Article45 1951-08-17 8 JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs Doraisamy a special constable, charged in the Police Court with being absent from duty at the 21st mile post, Mersing, was ordered by the magistrate to be sent to Kota Tinggi Police Court trail. He was allowed bail in $250.45 words
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Article34 1951-08-17 8 Gura Singh, aged 32, was yesterday tentatively charged before the Singapore Third Magistrate, Mr. H. B. Livingstone, with murdering Jagat Singh at the Hock Tong Rubber Factory, Jurong Road, on Aug. 14.34 words
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Article99 1951-08-17 8 QPEN air cinemas in the Rural areas will not in future be allowed to perform at any place for more than three month*. In addition, they will not be allowed within a mile of a permanent cinema. This was decided by Singapore Rural Board99 words
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Article, Illustration46 1951-08-17 8 titue Uavid Tan, son of Mr. and Mrs. Tan Chi Kong oi 61-B. Eng Hoon Street Singapore, blows out the candles on his seventh birthday cake at the party on Tuesday. The group around David are his sisters, brothers, cousins, and friends.46 words
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Article310 1951-08-17 8 ACCOMMODATION for Singapore labourers in rural factories is becoming an increasingly pressing problem as more factories are springing up, Government spokesmen said yesterday. They were commenting on a report in yesterday's Straits Times about a model Chinese factory at Jurong which provides free meals and310 words
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287 1951-08-17 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. yHE proposed Money- lenders' Bill will hit hardest at hundreds of small business men in Malaya, the All-Malaya Chettiar Chamber of Commerce said today. Banksfand co-operative loan societies are usually beyond the reach of the average hawker or vendor who is287 words
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Article41 1951-08-17 8 Abdul Rahim b'n Mohamed Kassim was acquitted in the Singapore Third District Court yesterday on a charg» of obtaining $2 from Yap Koon Chuan at Geylang Road on June 20 by pretending to be employed in the Income Tax Department.41 words
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Advertisement192 1951-08-17 8 CHUNG KHIAW BANK, LTD. (Head Office) Singapore. I I have pleasure in annouW"fs tht, establishment of their branch at Nos. 1 3 Hugh Low Street, Ipoh. Telephone: Ipoh No. 1152 The Bank welcomes your patronage. s < t DULUX" to y° ur OULUX kit provtd Ml oondcrtul qujl<>>« *w— u>4192 words
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Advertisement75 1951-08-17 8 For swift deliveries and easy manocuvering in city and suburban areas, this van is unexcelled (oi the carrying of many types of merchandise. It has an all-steel body with safety sliding doors, and provides excellent visibility for the driver. Loading space is exceptional, no less than 1 50 cubic feet75 words
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Miscellaneous318 1951-08-17 8 30. In the kitchen I'll expect Straits Times Crossword thls materlal DO Uk 1. Trying person, completely m M COW (7). {§^13 3 4 »IS S| 517 2. A current movement without P RSsS I I 3. Shabby and dirty but was p I first In the end (8) -to,318 words
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Article, Illustration742 1951-08-17 9 BRUCE FRASER talking about FILMS THERE must hay been some heart searching among thi Film Censor's staf when the French pic tur e "Manon" cami up before them: j desire not to mutilaU a notable film in Bri tain passed only foi restricted showingmust have742 words
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Article, Illustration211 1951-08-17 9 Jean Anouilh's psychological study of love and its pretences, was acclaimed at its first night at the Victoria Theatre Singapore on Wednesday Tonight will be the last night of its presentation by Donald Moore's Players. The four people seen here are, from the left, Oliver Nicholas, Virginia211 words
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Article206 1951-08-17 9 SCREEN writers In far-from-dry Hollywood are asking themselves: "Is this drink necessary?" Over at Paramount there's a vice-president Frank Freeman, no less who goes around plucking cocktails out of manuscripts. That isn't all he does, ol course. But Freeman feels pretW strongly on the sub ject206 words
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Advertisement263 1951-08-17 9 NOW SHOWING! S|||^| 11 a.m. 1.45. 4.00. «3« and <U0 p.m. for your protectioo, the De?artaait [pi] of Befense Has approval no fins 0f J&\ tMs astounding weapon for public ITT, |J ■_^^W ''"WE- until m«! MpSl 61ENN s i VIHM PFiDllfl 3r to meet the darling of -nj^l |S263 words
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Article342 1951-08-17 10 LONDON, Thurs. 1 MINISTERIAL warning of a large dollar deficit fai Britain's balance of payments checked business in domestic stocks on the London Stock Exchange and brought dullness to British Government securities today. Losses of one-sixteenth to a quarter were recorded by funds but with only a small342 words
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Article249 1951-08-17 10 Russian move, brings an erratic spell From A Market Correspondent fHE Singapore rubber mark«t yesterday opened at 1 about 2i cents a lb. below Wednesday's closing prices. Later, however, a Press report that Russia had reserved the right to tear up her timber contract with the U.K. failing249 words
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Article41 1951-08-17 10 SINGAPORE Thurs., Aug. 16.— 5410,121 (up 75 cts.) London: £847V2 a ton LONDON^ Thurs. Cash Buyer s £847J, Sellers £850; Forward Buyers £822 Vi; Sellers £823; Settlement £840 (up £10). Turn-over: a.m. 45 tons, p.m. 15.41 words
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Article179 1951-08-17 10 COME Hong Kon* buying raised the price of pepper again In the Singapore produc* market yesterday. Muntck and Sarawak white were quoted by sellers at $960 and $955 respectively, a rise of $10 a plcul. Lamponn black rose another $20 a picul to $720. The market was179 words
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Article34 1951-08-17 10 »PHE Malayan Exchange Banks 1 Association announced yesterday that control direct rates for Canadian dollars were: Buying TT 34 13/16, Airmail (OD.) 14 15/1«. (90 days) 38 > 3/16; Selling T.T./O.D. ready 34%.34 words
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192 1951-08-17 10 SHIPS in the Singapore Roads and alongside the Singapore Harbour Board godowna at 4 p.m. yesterday were: Outer Roads: Hal Hsuan. Inchmull. Rebevwett, Asphalion, Luxmi. Kaifuku Maru, San Gabriel. Pakhoi, Tjibesar, Slamat, H M.S. Belfast. Mul Ann. Hong Sianu. Billiton. Warora. Slchang, GlenvUle. Hoi192 words
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Article159 1951-08-17 10 Industrials still steady INDUSTRIALS continued steady in the Malayan share market yesterday. Rubbers and Tins Were slightly easier. Price changes announced by the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association wore: INDUSTRIALS Havers Seller* trascr Neave Ords 3.90 3.95 Oversea* Assur. 11.40 11.70 O Chinese Bank 102.60 103.00 S Steamship 19.50 2000159 words
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Article163 1951-08-17 10 WASHINGTON, Thurs. DECREASED imports of tin may eventuaUy force a cut In United States domestic consumption of the metaj but current allocation levels will Drobablv be maintained through 1951. according to a National Production Authority spokesman. He said yesterday, that Un wu now beingUP - 163 words
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Article35 1951-08-17 10 HONG KONO, Thurs. piREE martet currenc? exchange r for Hong Kong dollars was; quoted at the close today as follows: US$l HK$6.39iA (cash), HKS6.43H (T): £1 HK515.60; one tahil of gold HKS3I4.— UP.UP - 35 words
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Advertisement1341 1951-08-17 10 MANSFIELD 6c CO., LTD. (Incorporated in b ngapote) BLUB rUMNSL LIMB Carrier t option to proce.d «t< oHw. ports to lo.d •"a*"'?*'/.* po'f t« fAILINCS to LIVERPOOL CLASCOW LONDON b CONTINENTAL PORT* Dim Sailt STum penani P*rroclu* tot Marteilles ,6/)|, 6/)| Liverpool 6 Clasgiw l 6'" Tantalus tor^ Havre A1,341 words
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Advertisement386 1951-08-17 10 PRESIDENT LINER SAILINGS To New York and Boston via Ceylon, India. Egypt end Mediterranean Ports. Singapore P Swettenham Penani s.s. "PRESIDENT MONROE" 18Aug. 19/20Aug 21/22Au| s.s. "PRESIDENT HARRISON" 17/23 Aug. 24/26 Au« i.s "PRESIDENT BUCHANAN" 10/10 Sept. 19/20 Sept. 21/22Se«t s.s. "SCHYLER OTIS BLAND" 17/26 Sept. 27/28 Sept. 29 Sept/2386 words
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Advertisement439 1951-08-17 10 EAST ASIATIC LINE SAILINCS FROM SCANDINAVIA/U.K./CONTINENT Soore P.S-ham Penani "Nordvest" t-r Bangkok 29-30 Aug. ,_~T "Falstria" for Saigon B'kok 11 Aug. -3 Sept. 28-30 Au« 24-27 Aug. "Nordhval" for Bangkok 14- 15 Sept "Patagonia" for Bangkok. H'Kong. Manila Kobe Yokohama 15- 19 Sept. 12-14 Sept. .Vil/SS. "Selandia" for Saigon Bangkok439 words
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Advertisement1106 1951-08-17 10 MoALISTER 6c CO., i,TD. felephonc No 5906 ELLERMAN tft BUCKNALL KLAVEKKSS LINE LONDON HAVRE ROTTERDAM 6 LOa ANCELES, SAN FRANCISCO. HAMBURG PORTLAND SEATTLE ft VANCOUVER V&kFT. U Vc«Hn. cargo.^, Cjnjr- 0 South s.s. CIT» O» COVENTRY Spore P. Sham Penang s m SUNNYVILLI 5.16/20A., 21/22A- 23/251-g 2^,;; /4S pt J1,106 words
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Article652 1951-08-17 11 But England lose Hutton Lotvson THE OVAL, Surrey, Thursday. OQUTH Africa, after a dull but safe start which saw 106 on the board for the loss of only one wicket, collapsed badly from about 3 p.m. and were all out for 202 after tea652 words
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Article, Illustration35 1951-08-17 11 COLONY DOUBLES CHAMPIONS: Liem Khe Liang takes a smash in forecourt while his partner Low Kee Pow watches in yesterday's doubles final at S.C.C. against N. 8. Wise and Llm Bong Soo.— Straits Times picture.35 words
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Article50 1951-08-17 11 Unbeaten Marine Department defeated R.N. Keppel Barracks five-nil in their Junior Cup-tie game on the BODCA ground yesterday. Marines led three-nil at halftime, the goals coming from- Omar Sarian and Wahab. In the second half Sarian and All netted two more. Mr. P. Appavoo refereed.50 words
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Article51 1951-08-17 11 SOCCER: Div. 2: Fathul Karib v. K. Sajarah at stadium; Jnr. Cuptie: Rocklites v. S.H.B. at Geylang; Div. 3A: Blue Rovers v. Mental Hosp. S.C. at CVMA. Friendly: Comb. Europeans-Eurasians v. Comb. Services at B.C.C. TENNIS: Exhibition by K. H. Ip *nd others, S.C.C. S pjn.. SRC singles51 words
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Article124 1951-08-17 11 •OI'TH Af KICA— IST. I.NNs. B. sUwan o Hatton k Brown X R. Endean c Brown b Laker 81 Van Kjrnevaid st Brennan b Laker 11 A. D. Naarsa lbw Brown 4 J Cheelkaai lbw Laksr I B. MeLeaa c May b Laker 14 P. ManseH b Tattersall 1124 words
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Article128 1951-08-17 11 BALTIMORE, 1 hurs. Elderly Joe Louis, though pared down to a prewar 303% lb. displayed only flashes of hia. former championship form when he won a unanimous ten-round decision over Jimmy Bivlns at the Memorial Stadium last night. Louis, 37, slowed down during most of the128 words
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Article43 1951-08-17 11 London. Thurs. Middlesex won their County cricket match against Kent by 10 wickets in two days at Lord's today. Scores: Kent 147 and 126 (Phebey 54 no.. Sims 6-60); Middlesex 272 (Dewes 103, Martin 5-85) and 2 for none.— Reuter.Reuter - 43 words
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Article52 1951-08-17 11 The S.C.C. team to meet Cey:on S.C. In Sunday's tournament cricket match at Balestter Is: J. A. If. Ede leapt). L. J. A. Dipiock. P. Francis. A Harrison. O. L. Heard. D I. Price. H. J. C. Rees. J. C. Smith. F Reynolds. H L. Ward H.52 words
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Article31 1951-08-17 11 TODAY: 11. »0 am. <t ft 1. 10.M p.m. 10 31: 513 a.m. (0.5). 6.13 p.m. (4.5>. TOMORROW: 13.20 (t.3). 11.45 p.m. 1106): 533 am 10.5). S.tt p.m. 13.)31 words
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Article62 1951-08-17 11 SINGAPORE 10-10.10 aon. News from K.L.; 1 pjn. Radio Orch.; 1.30 News; 1.45-2 Dance Music; 2.25-4.35 Malayan AtlUetes Ch'ships: commenting from XX.; 6.15 Children; 6.30 "Forces' Favourites"; 7 News; 7.10 Interlude: 7.30 "Personal Choice"; 8 Talk ("Blood GroupIng")- 8.15 "Evening Star"; 8.30 "Friday Prom"; 9JO News; 9.45 "Latin62 words
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Article274 1951-08-17 11 R.A.F. 1; Indians 1. ANYONE going to Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday expecting to see a dull, one-sided match must have been pleasantly surprised w.ben the R.A.P. and the Indians fought the game out almost to exhaustion and ended with one goal each Indians equalising 30274 words
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320 1951-08-17 11 A SUGGESTION that invitations to national teams to visit Malaya should be subordinated to the all-important aim of participation in the 1956 Olympic Games was made by Mr. G E. N. Oehlers, President of the Singapore Hockey Association, in his speech at the annual320 words
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Article92 1951-08-17 11 T/HE SOUTH China Athletic Association :occer tram, due to open their live-game tour this weekend with games against tLe Chinese tomorrow and Malays on Sunday, are not likely to arrive until next weak. Henry Fung, S.C.A.A. secretarr, teM the Straits Times Hong Kont correspondent that Use team92 words
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Article113 1951-08-17 11 TBS Hong Kong and Malayan trip> champion. K. H. Ip. wU be In action on the B.C.C. courts In a series of exhibition matches today. Ip win Play one-set singles matches against Lim Hee Chin, this year's Co'.onv singles champion. and H Kamis. jftst year's113 words
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Article289 1951-08-17 11 Low Kee Pow became the only player this year to win two titles at the Colony tennis championship when yesterday he teamed with former Java junior champion. Llem Khe Liang, to win the men's doubles final from the veteran combination' of N. 8. Wise289 words
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Advertisement54 1951-08-17 11 REX JOHORE BAHRU Today A Sunday at 11.30 a.m. "SWISS MISS' ■UrU Today at 3.15—4.45 A 9.15 p.m. "WEST POINT STORY" Atlantic Great World Last 2 Shows at 7.00 9.15 p.m. "BACKGROUND TO DANGER" <». Neif World Starta Today at 7.00 9.15 p.m. "HAChW DUMA" (Malay) Boyal at 3.00 A54 words
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Advertisement103 1951-08-17 11 .amV 4mttf* l^mV«: mJsmaJK S^muk flmT I TP^^^fc »iamL la' I' immmfV *t J M W-~ m 1$ !ii" ry '..Tf i| -t ■■'■i t&d J&K Your grandfather has such bright and per--feet teeth, my son, because he has always i used Gibbs Dentifrice. You know howj i good it103 words
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Article, Illustration614 1951-08-17 12 All sct for 30th Malayan Games 6 NEW RECORDS ARE LIKELY By SENTINEL THE thirtieth annual Malayan Amateur Athletic Association championships after a record-breaking season athletes from eleven states take to track and field at Kuala Lumpur this afternoon in what I expect to be the most thrilling meeting of614 words
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Article400 1951-08-17 12 rpHt o;tioial list of Malayan records is: 100 yardh: 10 sees. by Poh Kirn Seng (1931), L.D.E. Cullen (1933) and Ke« Tong Chin (1937). 220 yards: 21.8 sees, by LD.E. Cullen (1931). 440 yards: 50 sees, by L.D.E. Cullen (1931). 880 yards: 1 mm 59 sees. Alam400 words
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430 1951-08-17 12 Borneo 's Stephenson is dark horse in sprints Ong Soon Kneng should also •,vin the women's long jump. Three records appear In danger In the men's field events. Existing marks In the Javelin and hammer throws have already been bettered this year, but hav« not pet been confirmed by the430 words
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Article205 1951-08-17 12 TODAY 2.30: Opening ceremony; 3.00: 440 yds. hurdles heats: 8.10: 100 yds. heats: 3.20: 100 yds. (woman) heats; 3.30: throwing the discus heats and hop, step and Jump (final). 3.45: 100 yds. semi-final; 3.55: 880 yds. heats; 4.00: 220 yds. (women) heats; 4.05: 120 yds. hurdlts heats; 4.10-220 yds.205 words
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Article194 1951-08-17 12 C-G WILL OPEN AAA MEETING FANFARES of trumpets r will mark the opening of the 30th Malayan Amateur Athletic championships shortly after 2.30 p.m. on the Kuala Lumpur padang- today. With at least eight Mala> rulers (Including three Regents) and the CommissionerGeneral, Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, present, it will be tho194 words
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Article146 1951-08-17 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. SINGAPORE'S powerful team for the 1951 Malayan A.A.A. championships was the first of the outstation contingents to arrive u» Kuala Lumpur, when all but 11 reached the Federal Capital tn Wednesday evening. Those not yet here are th? nine Servicemen— mostly146 words
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Article73 1951-08-17 12 Kuala Lumpur, Wect. THE annual reunion of the NonBenders Cricket Club of Malaya will be held in Kuala Lumpur on Aug. 25 and 26. A cricket match between teams representing the North and ths South will be played. The annual dinner will be held at Maje-stis Hotel on Aug.73 words
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1051 1951-08-17 12 EVENTS PERAK SINGAPORE SELANGOR PENANG NEGRI SEMBILAN MALACCA JOHORE KELANTAN, 10.8 sees. Tan Foo Keng 10.4 sees. Tan Eng Yoon 10.4 sees. Chong Koon How 11 sees. C. Rozell 10.7 sees. N. Selvarajah 11 sees. Phao Peh 10.8 sees. William Tan 10.1 sees. Sidiqne1,051 words
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