The Straits Times, 20 January 1953
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Title Section14 1953-01-20 1 The Straits Times TWELVE PAGES. Estahliihrd IBiS. SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, JANUARY 20, 1953. 15 CENTS.14 words
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Article350 1953-01-20 1 14 teen-aged raiders rob bride of jewels and husband's pistol gINdAPORE police last night continued their all-day hunt for 14 teen-aged thugs who in the morning had staged a daring, well-planned raid on a house in the Tanglin area and got away with a pistol,350 words
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Article153 1953-01-20 1 JOHORE KAIIRI'. Monday. \IISS Molly Thompson, a sister from the Johore ITI Bahru Hospital, and Miss Tan Moi Kia, a clerk in the Health Department, were killed today when the Anti-Tuberculosis Association van in which they were travelling collided at the 24? mile, Jalan153 words
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Article159 1953-01-20 1 Minister was traitor Sad but true Depu ty Prem ier BERLIN. Mon. THE East German Deputy Prem ip r, Herr Otto Nuschke, claimed yesterday that the alleped treason of Herr Georg Dertinger. former East German Foreign Minister, arrested on Thursday on spy charges, "is unfortunately completely proved." In the EastReuter - 159 words
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Article31 1953-01-20 1 ROME. Mon.— Cardinals, the Roman clergy and over 10.000 people joined last night in a special service for the 60.000.--000 Catholics behind the "Iron Curtain". -ReuterReuter - 31 words
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Article29 1953-01-20 1 CAIRO. Mon. Egyptian security forces have continued the roundup, begun on Wednesday, of people suspected of implication in the conspiracy exposed by the Government on Friday.- Reuter.Reuter - 29 words
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Article31 1953-01-20 1 LONDON. Mon. -Pravda, the Moscow daily, today criticised many Soviet engineering enterprises for failing to achieve the necessary "continuous increase of Cabour efficiency in the Soviet Union."— Reuter.Reuter - 31 words
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Article31 1953-01-20 1 SAN FRANCISCO, Mon.— The truce talks in Korea will never be resumed there, predicts Brig. Gen. William P. Muckols, former official spokesman for the United Nations armistice delegation.— A.P.AP - 31 words
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Article25 1953-01-20 1 TOKYO, Mon.— Japanese delegates will fly to Pusan next week for a conference on disputed fishing grounds, the Kyodo news agency reported. U.P.Kyodo; UP - 25 words
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Article, Illustration251 1953-01-20 1 HUGE CROWDS MASS TO SEE IKE INSTALLED WASHINGTON. Monday. is final preparations were made today for the inauguration tomorrow of Gen. Eisenhower as President of the United States. Washington throbbed with excitement. For the pageantry, hundreds of thousands have flocked to the capital. Every other incoming train and plane isReuter; UP - 251 words
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Article55 1953-01-20 1 COLOMBO. Mon. Ceylon s Prime Minister. Mr D idley Senanayake. said today he had asked Ceylon's Ambassador in Washington, Sir George Corea, for an immediate report on a statement by Mr. Averell Harriman. retiring; American foreign aid chief, that Ceylon's rubber shipments to Communist ChinaReuter - 55 words
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Article24 1953-01-20 1 BERLIN. Mon. Friedrich Kirmer, head of a training college for East Germany's liberal Democratic Party officials, has fled to West Berlin. ReuterReuter - 24 words
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Article29 1953-01-20 1 TOKYO. Mon. The first crash of a Japanese-piloted plane since the end of World War II today killed one man and slightly injured two others. A.PAP - 29 words
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Article16 1953-01-20 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon Floods were reported at the 45th mile. Johore riahru-to-Merslne Road, today.16 words
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156 1953-01-20 1 Strange man 'gave her S2oo'— then rode away A YOUNG woman, Lee Yoke Chan, has told the police that a 50-year-old Chinese stranger tricked her of $20 after apparently giving her $200. A strange man approached her outside the Chungking Theatre in Singapore, yesterday, she said, and invited her for156 words
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Article167 1953-01-20 1 MR. PRITI GETS A GUARD Threat notes KITALE, Kenya. Mon A PLAIN-CLOTHES poll- c guard has been attached to the British lawyer. Mr. D N. Pritt, who is defending Jome Kenyatta and five other Africans on Mau Mau charges, after threats to his life made during the weekend. Mr. PrittReuter - 167 words
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Article25 1953-01-20 1 LONDON, Mon. Mr John Foster Dulles, the new United States Secretary of State, will visit London from Feb. 3 to 5. —Reuter.Reuter - 25 words
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Article55 1953-01-20 1 SEOUL. Mon American Patton tanks on the central Korean front today blasted Red bunkers and trenches in the Iron Triangle sector for the fourth straight day. Allied planes bombed and strafed Communist positions north of the Punchbowl on the eastern front. Pilots reported at least 60AP - 55 words
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Article30 1953-01-20 1 LONDON. Mon— King Hussein, 17-year-old ruler of Jordan, sat beside the Judge in a London court today to watch the British legal system in operation Reuter.Reuter - 30 words
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Article23 1953-01-20 1 SAIGON, Mon.— The Vietnam Government announced today it would start mobilising into the army young Vietnamese who are living abroad —A.P.AP - 23 words
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83 1953-01-20 1 TOKYO. Mon. 17OURTEEN Americans are ■T missing today after Communist shore batteries shot down a Navy patrol plane and a second craft crashed in trying to rescue the patrol craft's crew. A second rescue plane was also fired on by Red shore batteries83 words
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121 1953-01-20 1 SAIGON, Monday. yiFTMIXH rebels inflicted heavy casualties on a French reconnaissance column, several companies stronjj, in central Indo-China on Saturday, the French announced in Saigon today. The casualty figure was not disclosed. The column, attacked when north of An Khe, about 190 miles south-east ofReuter; UP - 121 words
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Article44 1953-01-20 1 10 killed at car race BUENOS AIRES, Mon— Ten spectators were killed and more than 30 injured yesterday when the Maserati driven by Italian motor ace. Giuseppe Farina, jumped off the track into the crowd during th* Grand Prix of the Argentine Republic— Reuter.Reuter - 44 words
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Article18 1953-01-20 1 A car ran into a shophouse in Chulia Street, Singapore yesterday. No one was injured.18 words
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Article144 1953-01-20 1 SYDNEY, Mon. A WOMAN and her seven-year-old nephew* lost four days In the Blue Mountains, 35 miles west of Sydney, have been saved by a c'nance echo. Mrs. Diane Cairns, 40, and lan Cairns were suffering from starvation and leech bites when they were foundReuter - 144 words
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85 1953-01-20 1 PITTSBURGH, Mon. A THOUSAND rioting prisoners who last night set tiro to Pennsylvania Western State Pen'.temlary today passed out 13 "peace demands'" and said they would not release their four hostages until they wer* met Governor John Fine declared: "There will be no deals."Reuter - 85 words
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Article59 1953-01-20 1 VIENNA, Mon.— Mrs. Therese Harris, a naturalised Britcn, was still being "held for questioning" by the American army here today about the alleged Russian spy ring in Austria. She has not been charged, an American spokesman said. Mrs. Harris was detained during the weekend following the arrestReuter - 59 words
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Article36 1953-01-20 1 RANGOON, Mon— The Burmese Army nas started a bin attack to free the British owned Mawchi Wolfram Minos 270 miles norlh-east of Ranzpon, from the rebels, it was Aated in Rangoon today Reuter.Reuter - 36 words
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Article29 1953-01-20 1 PUSAN, Mon— The heivi*-!! snowfall In 47 years blocked roads and halted traffic in central South Korea. Twenty-seven inches yf snow fell at Taegu. Reuter.Reuter - 29 words
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Article182 1953-01-20 1 Bombers back big drive on Reds KUALA LUMPUR Mon. pORDON Highlanders and police have launched extensive operations in the Jasin area of Malacca. Today Lincolns and Hornets of the RAF bombed targets near the area where Gordon Highlanders killed Malacca terrorist commander Choong Nam Wah on Friday. Yesterday a sharp182 words
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Article41 1953-01-20 1 TUNIS, Mon.— Armea terrorists, in two cars, last nitht sprayei an Arab cafe heie with machine-gun fire and threw a bomb into it, wounding six Arabs, some seriousiy. The attack took place in tl-e Bel El Khadra Arab quatter41 words
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Article31 1953-01-20 1 NEW YORK, Mon. A report published in the 1953 Jewish Year Book claimed today that 600.000 Jews of about two million still alive in Russia were in concentration camps.31 words
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Article31 1953-01-20 1 TEHERAN. Mon. The United States Ambassador. Mr. Loy Henderson, met Premier Mohammed Mossadeq today for the eighth time since he returned from the United States last month. Reuter.Reuter - 31 words
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Article27 1953-01-20 1 ROME, Mon.— ltalian Deputies, in continuous session for the past 22 hours, were ■tUI locked in battle today on the Governments proposed election law— A.P.AP - 27 words
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103 1953-01-20 2 LONDON, Monday. A PLEA to the United States to buy more foreign goods was made today by Mr. Anthony Tuke. chairman of Barclays Bank. The United State s and other creditor nations should also Invest in backward areas, he toCd shareholders. "The timeReuter - 103 words
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Article50 1953-01-20 2 TOKYO. Mon.— Japan's first civil air crash since the war pr-sulted in one death today when a light plane crashed into the sea off Tokyo's international airport. Two of the three men aboard were rescued. Thp other went down with the plane, which sank immediately,— Reuter.Reuter - 50 words
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Article32 1953-01-20 2 TOKYO. Mon.— Two peorjle were killed and eisht others injured last night in an explosion at the nitro glycerin factory oi trie Asahi Chemical I Industry Company i32 words
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Article50 1953-01-20 2 NANALNAGAR, Mon.— The 58th plenary session Of the Indian National Congress— the Indian Government party yesterday urged all nat'on s to support the passive resistance movement started In South Afr ca against racial discrimination. Congress accused the South African Government of continuing to flout world opinion. —Reuter.Reuter - 50 words
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Article14 1953-01-20 2 LONDON. Mon. Arthur Wood, conductor and composer, died yesterday, aged 77.— A.P.AP - 14 words
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Article28 1953-01-20 2 MANILA Mon— Ma j. -Gen Richard C. Partridge. U.S Army intelligence chiei. arrived here today and was briefed on the military situation in 'he Philippines U.PUP - 28 words
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154 1953-01-20 2 African crisis getting worse, says cleric LONDON. Mon. CANON John Collins, Chancellor of Paul's Cathedral, yesterday said that only Christian belief -not politics or Communist propaganda -would solve African problems. "It cannot be a political solution." he said. -There are *> many problems involved; each solution offered in pollti!cal termsReuter - 154 words
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Article, Illustration38 1953-01-20 2 TAI-l.r. a Siamese cat, who gets 200 letters a month from fans, with her owner, actor Shelagh Fraser. He speaks for her in the 8.8.C. show "Hello, There," but Tai-lu is always near the microphone herself.38 words
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Article111 1953-01-20 2 WASHINGTON. Mon. OENATOR Robert Taft N yesterday said Republicans were considering a special law to overcome Senate objections to the appointment of a millionaire. Mr. Charles E. Wil«on. as Defence Secretary He was disrus.sina with re- I porters the delay in confirming Mr. Wilson'sReuter - 111 words
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Advertisement775 1953-01-20 2 PUBLIC APPOINTMENT APPLICATIONS are Invitej for the following vacancies in the Public Wnrki Department, Slngapore:(ai Assistant Superintendent of Stores. (bj Assi^tanb Superintendent of Furniture. (1.) Salary Scale is $336 x 12A 420 B 438 x 18A 600 p.m. with present C.O.L. and local allowances. Total emolu- I ments— Single Officer:—775 words
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Advertisement399 1953-01-20 2 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS STATE OK TRENGGANU DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS PIPE LAYING OVERSEER Applications are Invited for the temporary post of pipe laying overseer In Kuala Trengganu. Salary will be In the scale of $150 x 6 218 228 x 12 312 p.m. plus the standard cost of living allowance, and399 words
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Advertisement634 1953-01-20 2 NOTICES THE BANKRUPTCY ORDINANCE (Chapter 45) JN THE HIGH COURT OF THE COLONY OF SINGAPORE ISLAND OF SINGAPORE IN BANKRUPTCY No. 85 of 1952. Re: Yeo Jin Guat. The Official Assignee invites tenders for the purchase of the furniture fittings and stock-in-trade of the Sauce Factory at Nos. 15. 16634 words
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Advertisement181 1953-01-20 2 NOTICE j MR. WrillAM REA of Radio I Malaya wishes to make it clear that he is not the person of that name Involved in the court proceedlnjs reported In th? Straits I Times of 14th January, 1953. NOTICE Patrons are notified that Capitol Limited the proprietors of the Capitol181 words
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Advertisement284 1953-01-20 2 it .aJMaaBHaLJTt *£Sfl^ W Earth-Rolling Blade. The "Cat" Bulldozer's moldboard is shaped co dig a full load quickly and roll it steadily. Heavy Biade Reinforcement. The heavilyreinforced blade is welded for rigidity. Box sections provide great strength for toughest condition.. k* Clear Visibility. No projecting frameworkno neck-craning to watch your284 words
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Article319 1953-01-20 3 Religious leader blocks request for special powers TEHERAN, Monday. PERSIA'S most powerful religious leader challenged the Prime Minister, Dr. Mossadeq, today with the greatest political crisis of his regime while negotiations in Teheran to settle the Anglo-Iranian oil dispute reached a decisive stage. The Persian MajlisReuter; UP - 319 words
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112 1953-01-20 3 500 migrants may leave their hostel SYDNEY. Mon FIVE HUNDRED BRITISH migrants at the Bunnerong Hostel here would walk out today If 23 families were pvicted for contravening meal regulations, Mr. H. Boreham, Federal president of the British Migrants' Association said. Families threatened with pviction are alleged to have cookedReuter - 112 words
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Article56 1953-01-20 3 KOBE. Mon.— The freighter Geikko Maru arrived here yesterday with a sword which Argentina is to present to Japans 19-year-old Crown Frince Akihito. The sword, Argentina's highest award, is a replica of that used by Argentina's liberator Jose de San Martin and will be presented byReuter - 56 words
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161 1953-01-20 3 ADENAUER SAYS: NAZIS ARE NO DANGER NOW BONN. Mon. rE West German Chancellor, Dr. Konrad Adenauer, said today there was "no danger" of Nazis seizing power in West Germany. Dr. Adenauer told five British journalists he did not think that the group of ex-Nazis led by Dr. Werner Naumann, formerReuter - 161 words
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Article52 1953-01-20 3 NEW YORK. Mon. Fires destroyed or damaged an estimated $784,953,000 worth of property in the United States in 1952, Mr. Lewis A. Vincent, general manager of the National Board of Fire Underwriters, said yesterday. This was $53,548,000 more than in 1951 and $96,439,000 higher than inReuter - 52 words
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Article48 1953-01-20 3 NAIROBI, Mon.— Mr. John Hancock. 26-year-old assistant film director on location in East Africa for the Metro Goldwyn Mayer film "Mogambo' was killed when his tar overturned in Tanganyika. He was tho son of M.. Edward Hancock. M.G.M. sales manager in London. ReuW.48 words
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Article21 1953-01-20 3 NEW DELHI, Mon. U.N. Trusteeship director, Dr Ralph Bunche. left for Calcutta today after attending a UNESCO Seminar. A.PAP - 21 words
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Article15 1953-01-20 3 NAPLES. Mon.— Errol Flynn has recovered from jaundice and has left hospital. A.P.AP - 15 words
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Article65 1953-01-20 3 CAIRO. Mon. Seven people 1 were burned to death, 11 Injured and more than 1.300 were homeless when fire swept through -the village of Sahragt El Soghra near Mansura in the delta yesterday. The fire was started by sparks blown from a brazier being carriedAP - 65 words
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Article24 1953-01-20 3 ROME Mon— Admiral Earl Mountbatten, NATO Commander in the Mediterranean, arrived here last night for talks with Italian naval chefs —Reuter.Reuter - 24 words
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Article33 1953-01-20 3 HONOLULU. Mon— Dr. Thomas A. Jaggar, American geologist Internationally known for his study of volcanoes, has died here, aged 82. He travelled all over the world investigating volcanoes and earthquakes. Reuter.Reuter - 33 words
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104 1953-01-20 3 WASHINGTON, Monday. THE U.S. Government has agreed to buy three x months' production of the Bolivian tin mines, including those nationalised. Concentrates containing about 5,000 tons of the metal are being accepted from the Banco Minero De Bolivia by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, whichAP - 104 words
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77 1953-01-20 3 SEVEN KILLED, 40 HURT IN RACE CAR CRASH BUENOS AIRES, Mon. SEVEN people were killed and 40 injured yesterday when the Maserati driven by Italian motor ace Giuseppe Farina jumped off the track into the crowd during the Argentine Grand Prix. Farina escaped with minor leg injuries. The crash occurredReuter - 77 words
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Article45 1953-01-20 3 NEW YORK. Mon.— Bad weather yesterday delayed the departure for Russia of Yuri. Novikov. said to be involved in a Communist spy ring. Novikov, second secretary In the Soviet Embassy In Washington, has been declared persona non grata by the State Department.— Reuter.Reuter - 45 words
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122 1953-01-20 3 SOUTHAMPTON, Mon. AN Inquiry will be held at Amsterdam into the disappearance of a 50-year-old English woman from the Dutch liner Orangefontein 10,547 tons, the police stated here today. British officials went aboard when the liner arrived from South Africa last night to makeReuter - 122 words
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Article126 1953-01-20 3 RUSSIANS MAKE SURVEY BERLIN, Monday. EAST Germany's Communist Party, engineers and works' directors had all gravely failed in developing the country's steel industry, the Heavy Industry Minister. Herr Fritz Selbmann, said in an article in the Communist newspaper. Neves Deutschland. An investigation by Soviet engineersReuter - 126 words
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Article, Illustration31 1953-01-20 3 MR. CHURCHILL is greeted by Mr. Alexander Bustamante. leader of the majority in the Jamaican Legislature, on arriving for a short holiday after meeting President-elect Eisenhower and President Truman. A.P. picture.AP - 31 words
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Article103 1953-01-20 3 BRITISH WORK HARDER LONDON, Mon. MODERN equipment was mainly responsible for the high productivity in United States heavy chemical factories, British experts reported last night. But British factory people worked harder than their American colleagues, the experts said in a survey comparing the two industries. Seventeen workers and managers fromReuter - 103 words
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Article28 1953-01-20 3 TOKYO. Mon— Japans Defence Chief today said Japan was building up its air defences and would buy more than 100 planes and helicopters this year.— U.P.UP - 28 words
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Article381 1953-01-20 3 LONDON, Mon. rpHE markets were a quiet aflalr 1 today and buying emphasis was mainly on better class domestic issues. Oiltedgeds moved slowly higher throughout the day. but demand was mainly from small type Investors. while among industrials, textiles. i breweries and engineerings recorded fairly good price advances.381 words
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Article27 1953-01-20 3 LONDON. Jan. 19— Cash Buyers C 96€; Sellers £967; Forward Buyers £944; Sellers €946: Settlement £968 (up €11). Turnover a.m. 25; p.m. 5 tons.27 words
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Article34 1953-01-20 3 LONDON, Jan. 19— Spot 24-.d Feb KM, March 24>4d., Apr-June 24', d. July-Sept. 23 :i 4 d.. Oct.-Der 23 "ad.. Jan. c.i.f. 24d.. Feb. c.i.f. 24>id. Jan-Mar. cJ.f. 244 d. Market: Dull.34 words
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Advertisement64 1953-01-20 3 diesel yenentlor sel JW2OE socydnotisooßPM. mover under conditions where skilled attention is not available. Special features protect the ingress of dirt or moisture to the generator and ensure perfect ventilation. 3EAIBAGHER WERKE JENBACH AUSTRIA /5\ HENRY WAUGH Pa 7 VY/ AND COMPANY LIMITED J^Ll (Incorporated In Sinfooorr) SOLE AGENTS MALAYA64 words
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Advertisement297 1953-01-20 3 Available in 10- and 16- ounce tins. SINGAPORE COLD STORAGE CO., LTD. ma Mm ■^Tjl v*■ Wk "7^\ a genuine bayer'product. (bayerJ manufactured in VJ^/ LEVERKUSEN. GERMANY WHITEAWAYS right a ways MEN'S 3 PIECE SUITS MADE TO MEASURE-HOME WEIGHTS Birdseye Patterns Usual Price $285/- Plastic Rain Coats. Usual Prior 11/50297 words
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271 1953-01-20 4 STORE PRIMARY EDUCATION REDUCED FROM 7 TO 6 YEARS Old system of teacher training revived THE SCHEME to reduce the period of primary education in Singapore by one year has started with this year, the Director of Education, Mr. R. M. Young, told a Press conference yesterday. Pupils will now271 words
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Article, Illustration26 1953-01-20 4 THE CHIEF JUSTICE, Sir Charles Murray-Aynsley, iosperting the guard-of-honouj of Gurkha policemen at the crrrmonial opening of the first Singapore Assizes for 1953. Straits Times picture.26 words
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91 1953-01-20 4 50 CENTS —Prison for S. C $500 fine for motorist ALOR STAR. Mon. CVDR accepting a bribe of 50 cents to allow a motorist to get through a road block a special constable, Salleh bin Sa'ad was today sent to prison for six months. And the motorist who gave him91 words
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Article54 1953-01-20 4 IPOH. Mon.— About 1 000 Tamils of all creeds— Muslims Christians. Buddhists and Hindus— yesterday celebrated the "Tamil pastoral festival with a meeting lasting four hours at the Klnta Indian Association, In Gurdwara Road. The festival aims at the promotion of greater unity and better understanding among54 words
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Article40 1953-01-20 4 A receiving order was made against Kirn Eng and Co., In the Singapore High Court yesterday on a petition filed by Borneo Sumatra Trading Co., (Malaya* Ltd., a judgment creditor. The Judgment debt amounted to $10.393.40 words
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Article29 1953-01-20 4 PENANG. Mon— Penang and Province Wellesley Indians will celebrate their Republic Day on Monday with a bufTet party at the Indian Association, Bagan Jermal. at 7.30 p.m29 words
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Article29 1953-01-20 4 PENANG, Mon— Penang and Province Wellesley collections for the Madras State Cyclone Relief Fund totalled $5,595 today, according to the 15th list issued by the committee.29 words
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Article34 1953-01-20 4 TAIPING. Mon.— The marriage took place at the Hokkien Hoay Kuan in Taiping yesterday of Mr. Chuah Chong San to Miss Khor Slong Lan, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Khor Chool Tim.34 words
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168 1953-01-20 4 FROM BEHIND HE THRUST $5 INTO HANDS OF POLICEMAN KHOO Eng Cboon, 45, a pork seller, was sentenced to five months' imprisonment by Mr. J. F. McWillnni. the Singapore Third Police Magistrate, for offering a $5 bribe to Police Lieut. Frederick Lidstone at Duxton Road on Sept 18. Mr. Me168 words
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Article154 1953-01-20 4 THE Shell Company tug Naga. which sank off Pulau Bukom two weeks ago, is to be raised by a private salvage company. Still trapped in the Naga are the bodies of two of the three crew members of the tug who lost their lives154 words
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Article68 1953-01-20 4 A Singapore farmer. Toh Kirn Tian, aged 24, and his wife, were taken to hospital last night, with carbide burns to their faces and hands. Toh's wife. Peh Ching, aged 21, last night said that she was holding a kerosene lamp over a tin of carbide68 words
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Article53 1953-01-20 4 TAIPING, Mon— Five Taiplng youths, Chong Thean Bok, Loh Sal Kee, Ghazali, Loh Phin Soon and Tony Monerasinghe, who have Just finished their schooling In the King Edward VII School have been selected as potential officers for the Federation Regiment. They will go to Port Dickson53 words
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152 1953-01-20 4 MR JUSTICE WHITTON, the newly-appointed third puisne Judge of the Singapore High Court, wa s officially wel- I corned at the ceremonial opening of the Assizes yesterday, i The welcome took place In i Court No. 4 at an assembly of i all the152 words
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Article151 1953-01-20 4 Chief Justice reads lesson rNO church services one at St. Andrew's Cathedral and the other at the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd were held in honour of the ceremonial opening of the first Singapore Assizes for the current The Chief Justice. Sir Charles Murray-Aynsley attended the151 words
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Article21 1953-01-20 4 PENANG. Mon.— The Federation Government has allocated an additional $60,000 to improve the quarantine camp in Puhiu Jerejak.21 words
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92 1953-01-20 4 THE Singapore Immigration Department Is investigating the identity of a Malay seaman deported from the United States. The Federal Bureau of Investigation recently arrested him in San Francisco. He arrived back In the Colony by the Steel Admiral on Friday. Immigration92 words
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Article208 1953-01-20 4 SURVEY OF STORE OIL MILLS Govt. move to help workers rpHE SINGAPORE Labour 1 Department yesterday started a survey of the Colony s coconut oil mills to find out how many workers might be affected by falling copra imports from Indonesia. Oil millers said recently that they would have to208 words
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Article77 1953-01-20 4 IPOH, Mon. Forty-one-year-old Mr. M. N. Suppiah, manager of a motor vehicles firm, was admitted to the Ipoh hospital with severe injuries following a car accident at the Bth mile, Ipoh-Chemor Road, yesterday afternoon. Mr. Suppiah who was returning to Ipoh by car was involved in77 words
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Advertisement102 1953-01-20 4 Is tiredness earning you the pity of others? <^-^> If constant tiredness is holding you back in your job, making you a disappointment to your friends, it's time you saw a doctor. He m§ will probably tell you that your everyday meals do not provide T'SSssSSn^ sufficient nourishment of the102 words
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Miscellaneous57 1953-01-20 4 hW^^Ci/ r > A Ve c y Sur/Ve \l B[^iV cSwe ovee wim he's W- 'J ■M!* A \*o&i/e wv \g pi' c*av-5.' he's ew<s/s«eoj_^^-oj A/VO TH€ OOCTOG SAiD ,/iha/ TOO* I */OucC>»/"r M£ AC Of BAiS^V tfOGUCKS Boct. oe* ouc eN&AGC*£N T y I you certainly I g*(/f/?V W57 words
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Article144 1953-01-20 5 Men with gold coins fined WHEN three Frenchmen pleaded guilty yesterday in Singapore Third District Court to importing gold coins without authority, Mr. F. A. i Rodrigues, of the Customs, prosecuting, said that they were bringing in the coin.s to sell them at black market prices. Ga.ston Bellanger. Bernard Laporte144 words
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Article69 1953-01-20 5 Battery Sergeant Major Ahmad bin Abdul Hamid, of the Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, S.V.C.. who was honoured by the Queen in the New Year, was entertained to dinner at the Islamic Restaurant in North Bridge Road, last night by the officers and N.CO-s of his unit. The69 words
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Article33 1953-01-20 5 ALOR STAR. Mon —A total of 74 candidates will contest five village elections in Kedah within the next two weeks. The villages are Lunas, Bedong, Guar Chempedak, Langgar and Slk. Ingaporr33 words
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Article, Illustration357 1953-01-20 5 BLACKOUT THREAT RETURNS Our aristocrats DO laugh in public, say the Malays KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. YfALAY circles in Kuala Lumpur— the comiTl moners as well as the aristocrats today disagreed with the description that "Malay aristocrats will never laugh and seldom even smile in public, for all show of emotion357 words
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Article365 1953-01-20 5 The new station at Pasir Panjang. which was also out of commission on Sunday fo.' repairs, is running again, but will not deliver its full capacity of 25,000 kilowatts until its second boiler comes into operation early in March. Mr. C C. Payne,365 words
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Article145 1953-01-20 5 ALOR STAR. Mon. ANOTHER case of rabies has been reported in Kedah the victim is a police constable. The constable war shopping at Pendang when a dog attacked him. lie was bitten on the elbow and leg. The constable shot the dog dead and brought the145 words
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Article68 1953-01-20 5 Chua Kirn Choo, a young woman who appeared in the Singapore A&size Court yesterday with* a child in her arms, was acquitted following the withdrawal of a charge of attempting to cause Seah Ni, her motner-in-law, to take caustic soda. Chua wa s alleged to have poured68 words
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Article60 1953-01-20 5 Kandasamy Kailasamy, 51, was teaching a friend to drive a car. They were driving along Upper Serangoon Road when the car hit a tree near the Indian cemetery— and Kailasamy was killed This was stated in the Singapore Coroner's Court yesterday at an inquest on Kailasamy60 words
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Article27 1953-01-20 5 PENANG. Mon— Padi planters in Province Wellesley have decided to call a Malaya-wide congress of Malay cultivators. The date and venue will be fixed later.27 words
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119 1953-01-20 5 A CHARGE of causing grievous hurt to their step- father, Tan Peck Ark, by fracturing his skull with a hammer, was made yesterday in Singapore Fourth District Court against Tan Hong Chong and Tan Kirn Chay. Tan Peck Ark said that Chong promised to give119 words
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Article38 1953-01-20 5 IPOH, Mon. Mr. Justice Pretheroe today discharged Mohamed Nor b!n Zalnuddin 37-year-old Police Corporal on a corruption charge without catting lor his defence. Mohamed Nor was charged last Friday with having accepted a bribe of $10.38 words
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91 1953-01-20 5 HOME FOR BABY WHO WAS LEFT BEHIND AFARM-WOUKER and his wife have offered to be temporary fosterparents to a baby left behind when the mother sailed from Britain fur Malaya. The mother, Mrs. Helen Bishorek, was accompanied by her other child, five-year-old Graham, when she sailed to join her husband.91 words
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Article91 1953-01-20 5 THIS SIDE OF THE CAUSEWAY -So he won hang MR. JUSTICE WHITTON told Eng Hen e Leone at t li<Singapore Assizes yesterday that If he had committed the offence for which he was charged in the Federation, he would have been sentenced to death. Mr. Justice Whitton sentenced Eng to91 words
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Article161 1953-01-20 5 rpHE SINGAPORE Dppart- I 1 ment of Civil Aviation Workers' Union said yesterday that it would soon consider strike action in its bid for increased wage s for its members. This was announced after a two-hour meeting between a five-man delegation of the union and161 words
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Advertisement232 1953-01-20 5 > \v^Vil\ wouldn>t \\\C%\ drink N &m this I tow* But... It's still possible that you are being poisoned, particularly if you have rheumatic aches and pains. Few people know that if rhe kidneys do not work perfectly, poisons collect in the blood. And these poisons often cause rheumatic troubles232 words
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Advertisement525 1953-01-20 5 Protect CHEST and LUNGS MRELY OH I Don't In Hcaii.uhc and I'pset I I Stomach \poil your day »oothc I I and fertile your discomforts with I I Alka-Seltirr 1 Pleasant- tasting I I fasijctinK < ont.iiin no laxative' I Motor, Iransformer and Magneto Winding Specialists. KK.U 11ONAL H.P. 3525 words
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Miscellaneous89 1953-01-20 5 MMMNM vim hi tot NCIL: Commit trt Mfctlnic in UYO Room Chlne.so St-tri tanai Kaw-:ock Road. S3O ;> in All >IM AssOtlAllON; CSinlcoPattlologlcal MwUac. falliology LaOoralory. Faculty of Medicine Rtpoy Lmrs 8!5 p.m hum >» IT M.C.A.; Baskrlball. Badmintu and nfiitlitli.'ting i3O pm: ri-r M..i:.fm.UHn Cla<s 530 pm Co 1'89 words
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Obituary63 1953-01-20 6 MR. HO AH KOW (Ho Yee Mcl) i pissed away peacefully at 113, Tanjong Rhu Road on 18th lnst. r"uner;il will take place on Thursday at 12 noon. ONG SENG THONO. (elder brotlvr of Seng Wan and Seng Kay i, agad at Christmas Island on 18th January. 1953. leaving63 words
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Article920 1953-01-20 6 A Republican Era Today Mr. Dwight D. Eisenhower becomes President. A Republican era begins in the United States. Much has happened since Mr. Eisenhower was elected. Mr. Eisenhower himself has been to Korea, a journey which has allayed the fears expressed outside America when it became apparent that Republican pledges920 words
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Article333 1953-01-20 6 Neither Mr. Averell Harriman's report, nor official com- ment from Colombo, seems to tell the whole story of Ceylon's rubber deal with Communist China. Mr. Harriman, the retiring administrator of American foreign aid, has expressed "critical concern" over the deal. It was concluded, he said, after Ceylon333 words
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Article, Illustration987 1953-01-20 6 Thirty-fourth President of the U.S.A. From a Special Correspondent WASHINGTON. ]V|R. Dwight D. Eisen--1-"* hower and Mr. Richard M. Nixon are today being sworn in as respectively President and Vice-President of the United States of America. They will take the oath of office during ceremonies on the steps of the987 words
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266 1953-01-20 6 N YOUR issue of Jan. 6, referring to the increase of house rents, Mr. Eu Cheow Chye, President of he Rent Conciliation Board, is reported as saying, Under the Control of Rent Ordinance, 1947, it is inlawful for a landlord266 words
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Letter123 1953-01-20 6 MY attention has been drawn to a letter which appeared in your columns on Saturday last. A statement In that letter reads, inter alia: "such as Rotary lunches where liquor is known to flow like water. On behalf of fellow Rotarlans generally and of fellow members of123 words
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95 1953-01-20 6 IN your Issue of Jan. 15 I noticed that the $1,000,000 Chinese V.M.C.A. building plan was to be postponed at the reauest of the Government, for the reason that there is a shortage in building materials and skilled labour. Now. in the Singapore Free Press95 words
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Letter67 1953-01-20 6 WE hear that for the film "Quo Vadis" the prices of admission will be $7, $5 and $3 I must be voicing the protest of thousands in drawing attention to this attempt to rook picturegoers The remedy Ls in our own hands, but I suppose67 words
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Letter300 1953-01-20 6 IN reply to the letter from Law Co., it is unfortunate that the editor, presumably for lack of space, cut out the last sentence of my previous letter. This read as follows '•Why could they (the coop, lorries* not, on the -eturn journey, have been hirel out300 words
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Article535 1953-01-20 6 No gilded cage IT might have appeared that this corner of the paper was lately developing a fixation on fish. This was but toe fruit of circumstance. Consider for a moment, as a rhange, the strange case of a bird. The subject Is raised in a letter535 words
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Advertisement893 1953-01-20 6 CLASSIFIED ADS. NEISON: On 19th Jan., 1953,! lit Kandang Kerbau Hospital, to Km;-, wife of John A. Nelson, a daughter. Anne Elizabeth. WALLER-MACKINTOSH. The engagement is announced between Gerard, younger son of the late Mi Bertram Waller and Mrs. Waller ot L.ttlehampton. Sussex. England, and Bally, only daughter of Dr.893 words
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Advertisement30 1953-01-20 6 EVERBRIGHT OPTICAL CO. Offering Complete Services essential to Eye Comfort Visual Efficiency. (1) VISUAL ANALYSIS (2) VISUAL TRAINING (3) GLASSES IF NEEDED C.S. CHONG, OPT. D. 19, CHULIA ST. S'PORE-1.30 words
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Advertisement109 1953-01-20 6 "^bj&etyone -declaims \0 THE NIWfS?A w*-/ MODEL' H' (TYPE PE 6O^ Just wait until you hear It 1 In technical f design and cabinet styling, the new PYE ls years ahead. New shape gives an enormous Improvement in the tonal qualities. Controls are conveniently placed on side of cabinet Features109 words
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101 1953-01-20 7 THF Singapore Government is to acquire 192 acres in the Bf-ilok vallry as the first step in its schrme to increase food production. Next month the Government will acquire another 850 acres in the same area. The Government will lease about 1101 words
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Article74 1953-01-20 7 Tan Kow. a 61 -year-old woman, went to a Chinese temple in Narcis Street, Singapore. She prayed for a long time aici then brought out a bottle She took a long drink from it It contained caustic soda. YMtefday in the Singapore Second Police Court. Tan74 words
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Article44 1953-01-20 7 Singapore Hindus celebrate Thaipusam on Jan. 28 and 29. The deity of the Chettiar Templr. in Tank Road, will be taken on procession on Jan. 28. with a ceremonial "Kavadi" procession the next day. The poor will dp fed n Jan.44 words
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Article41 1953-01-20 7 A three-year-old boy. Koh Swee Choon. was found dead in a well near his home at 7 m.s.. Changi Road. B pore, yesterday evenin?. Hi<= body was discovered by his father. Police are Investigating.41 words
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Article83 1953-01-20 7 Abdul Jalil bin Ahmad. 20, found a watch, worth $95, on the top of a showcase in a shop at Nee Soon. Singapore, when he went there to buy seme envelopes. Abdul took the watch when i the proprietor left him to get the83 words
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Article29 1953-01-20 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon.— Inche Rahman bin Jalfar, of the State Secretariat. Johore Bahru, has been chosen by Johore Civil Service Association for nomination to the State Council.29 words
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Article425 1953-01-20 7 United, they tell landlords to withdraw notices SINGAPORE tenants who have been served with "pay more or quit" notices will today jointly demand that their landlords withdraw the notices. Some of the tenants have been asked for increases of rent ranging from 33 1/3 per425 words
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263 1953-01-20 7 MCA PRESIDENT BACKS CALL FOR VARSITY KIM LUMPI'R. Monday. >^IR CHENG-LOCK TAN, president of the Malayan Chinese Association, today urged the establishment of a Chinese university in Malaya. He said that conditions for the admission of Chinese-educated students into the University of Malaya were so rigid that few of these263 words
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Article75 1953-01-20 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon— The $750,000 floating concrete control gate at Parit Subari, part of the Sri Menanti irrigation scheme, was opened this morning by Inche Mahmood bin Mohamed Shah. District OMicer, Muar. This gate will divert wner to irrigate 42.000 acres of agricultural land in and75 words
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Article34 1953-01-20 7 Two women, Mary Tay and Goh Neo Chiang, were each lined $5 after pleading guilty in the Singapore Second Police Court to fighting in public at Upper Serangoon Road on Saturday.34 words
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Article111 1953-01-20 7 Govt. 'ready to talk' with union THE Singapore Government will make a statement i today on its wages dispute with the Mental Hospital Uniformed Staff Union which has threatened to go on strike on Jan. 30. Mr J. G. Griffiths, the Government's negotiator, told the Straits Times that although the111 words
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Article183 1953-01-20 7 Tout who preyed on blind man THE evidence of a blind man, Tan Ifgak Phuan. who recognised by his voice a man who had extorted S5 from him. yesterday sent his persecutor, Eng Chew Seng, to gaol for 10 months. The Singapore First Crimi-183 words
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Article, Illustration58 1953-01-20 7 MR. LEON Mill HIM., chief photographer of the Straits Times, who left Singapore by air yesterday for Melbourne. He is to spend a month at the laboratories of Kodak (Australasia) Pty Ltd., studying the latest developments in photographic colour processes. Mr. Leon took and processed many of the colour pictures58 words
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Article79 1953-01-20 7 WHEN Lim Poh Choon, 35, was offered $60 a month by her husband in a maintenance suit in the Singapore Fifth Police Court yesterday, she said she preferred the court to hear *he case. The court heard the case— and Lim lost the $60 maintenance her79 words
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Article, Illustration58 1953-01-20 7 MICHAEL Traves, aged mne. one v) the 200 children on board the Oranje when it collided uith the Willem Ruys i7i the Red Sea last Tuesday week. With him is his sister Frances, aged seven. Michael told the Straits Times: "The ships went bang like this."58 words
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Article, Illustration277 1953-01-20 7 Now Michael, 9, is no longer keen to be a skipper TWO weeks ago Michael Traves, aged nine, wanted to grow up to be the captain of a big ship. But a terrify- i ing experience that he re- cently went through made him change his mind. Michael was one277 words
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Article42 1953-01-20 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon The final educational course for Chinese leaders from new villages in Johore began in Johore Bahru tcoay. Mr. H. O. M. Horsley. secre- tary for Chinese Affairs, Johore gave a talk to the men.42 words
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Article40 1953-01-20 7 A relic of the Buddha will be presented by the Venerable M. M. Mahawaeera Thero to the Kong Beng Sla (Buddhist mission i on Jan. 25, at their premises at 4, Pulasan Road, off Koon Seng Road, Singapore.40 words
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Article74 1953-01-20 7 A Jalan Besar shopkeeper, Hameed bin Abdullah, told the Singapore First Criminal District Judge. Mr. H. A. Forrcr. yesterday that when he awoke in the early hours of Oct. 18. he found Tan Kirn Poh inside his shop and ore of its shutters displaced Tan. whom he knew74 words
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Article72 1953-01-20 7 H. J. Verhoeff. captain of the Dutch ship Meiiskerk. was yesterday fined a total of $450 by the Singapore Fourth Police Magistrate. Mr. J B Jeyaretnam, on two charges under the Aliens Ordinance. He was lined J250 for failing ;o report to the immigration authorities the72 words
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Article58 1953-01-20 7 Atr Marshal A. C. Sanderson. C-ln-C. Far East Air Force, leaves Changi tomorrow for Clark air base, Philippines, on a two-day visit where he will be the guest of Gen. J. W. Sessums, Commanding General. 13th United States Air Force. This is a return visit to that58 words
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Article28 1953-01-20 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon. The annual meeting of Johore Bahru District Welfare Committee will be held on Jan. 21 at 5 p.m at the Anti-Tuber-culosis Association offices.28 words
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210 1953-01-20 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon. MR. N. L. Cohen, President of the Sessions Court today told Maimunah binte Chambang. who abandoned her newly-born child in the jungle: "You nre a woman without a heart." Maimunah. who was sen- tenced to six months' Imprisonment, told210 words
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Article38 1953-01-20 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon.—Mohamed Yuno s bin Ismail, forester, was acquitted In tho Supreme Court here today by Mr. Justice Storr on a charsje of accepting a $30 bribe from a woman Umber dealer. Lav Teng Kam.38 words
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Article77 1953-01-20 7 TEACHERS GET STUDY AWARDS rpHREE Singapore aided school teachers have been offered scholarships {or higher studies by the Department of Education. They are Miss Tan Sock Kern of Singapore Chinese Girls School, Mr. John Tseng, of St. Joseph's Institution, and Mr. Benjamin Khoo of Anglo-Chinese School. Miss Tan and Mr.77 words
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Article215 1953-01-20 7 Guard on gifts at big wedding ARMED police and detectives guarded night and day thousands of dollars" worth of wedding presents on display in Grange Road. Singapore, on Sunday night. It was tne Colony's most glittering Chinese wedding feast for years. A thousand guests watched I the final wedding rites215 words
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Article41 1953-01-20 7 Mr. Y. F. Chen barrister-at-law. Viddle Temple, was admitted to the Singapore Bar by I the Chief Justice, Sir Charles Murray -Aynsley. yesterday. Mr. C F. J. Ess appeared in support of the petition for admission.41 words
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144 1953-01-20 7 'pHERE is nothing wrong with the Singapore Memorial Hall's new piano, which thy French pianist, Germaine Mounier, abandoned in favour of HM old one at hir co.i.eri on Sunday night, txcept that it wants playing-m. like a car." The Hall Superintendent. Mr. Yap Van Hong,144 words
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Advertisement103 1953-01-20 7 Your hcjlth and strength mean a r \^^l^-~}i lot to your family. See that your /^-wßrm V diet is right and good. Take Cod Liver Oil daily. SevenScaS A |V^^ J Pure Cod Liver Oil is (^Mr^r Nature's finest food. •<d^^^\ It is of particular lalut in W^ K^'^Ws heipirf103 words
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Advertisement213 1953-01-20 7 littfcßtiffer j PACKS FLAT FOR TRAVELLING /■a^'Tr^/'V Soundly constructed mainly J[ ■{Zy f of wood and handsomely Sr^/^< Nickclled fittings, strong Xi safety strap and bakelite INVALUABLE TO BABY FROM CRAWLING STAGE TO THREE YEARS Keeps all weight oft Baby's legs, and gives essential exercise. Prevents weak ankles and bandiness.213 words
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Miscellaneous88 1953-01-20 7 The weather WEATHER statistics throughout Malaya yesterday were: Minimum temperature: (7.30 p.m. on Jan. 18 to 7.30 a.m. on Jan. 19 1 Singapore (74 degrees t. Penang (73), Kota Bahru '74', Kuala Lumpur (71 >, Ipoh (69 Kuantan <73>. Maximum temperature: (7.30 a.m. to 7.30 p.m. on Jan. 19); Singapore88 words
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248 1953-01-20 8 PENANG, Monday. JJALAYA'S delegates to the first Asian Socialist conference held recently in Rangoon succeedied in putting forward "very clearly" this country's attitude in rejecting Communist leadership for its national movement. Inche Mohamed Sopiee, leader of the delegation, said248 words
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212 1953-01-20 8 Pianist sets Singapore record —4 ENCORES pERMAINE MOUNIER. the \J French pianist, created something of a Singapore record in encores at her well-at-tended recital on Sunday evening. She was recalled fouj times. Mmc Mounier is a pianist of distinction and considerable verve. Her interpretations of romantic impressionistic works are aliv212 words
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Article38 1953-01-20 8 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon.— Pong Siok. a special constable, was charged in the Sessions Court today with stealing $974.40 from the Staff Officer. Special Constabulary. Johore Bahru, on Dec. 20. He was allowed $1,000 bail pending trial.38 words
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Article34 1953-01-20 8 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon.— I The funeral of Mr. G. Wilson, a stenographer attached to the Police Department, wno waa knocked down and killed by a motor vehicle on Saturday, took Dlace yesterday.34 words
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Article, Illustration192 1953-01-20 8 Coronation honour for bandit fighter A YOUNG English officer. A who a few years ago was fighting Communist terrorists in Malaya, will have a place in the Coronation procession in Westminster Abbey, the only commoner among more than a score of peers. He is Capt. J. L. M. Dymoke. 26.192 words
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Article23 1953-01-20 8 BRUNEI. Mon— Brunei's fish supply has improved after a 10-day shortage caused by rouzh seas in fishing centre.* In Brunei Bay23 words
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Article, Illustration300 1953-01-20 8 f ITTLE Lee Toh Lee, 11, who Li has plaits and spectacles, was selected by teachers of the Stamford Girls' Afternoon School yesterday to receive a year's free education, for which a Chinese businessman will pay. Toh Lee was top of her300 words
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192 1953-01-20 8 rpHE SINGAPORE Government last night gave the names of members of the reconstituted Rural Board, which meets this morning. Of the 18 members of the new Board, six are officials. The rest, seven of whom represent me seven rural districts, are unofficials nominated by192 words
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135 1953-01-20 8 Arbitrator? —it's news to Mr. Elliott MR. T. H. Elliott, lecturer at the University of Malaya, scratched his head last night and told the Straits Times: •'l'm no arbitrator. I'm not even an economist. I'm a pharmacist." He was commenting on a report in another Singapore Daper that he had135 words
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Article40 1953-01-20 8 Yco Ton? Neg, the master of a fishing vessel, was fined $20 in Singapore Third Criminal District Court yesterday for trying to export three gold pendants, two gold necklaces, a bracelet and other j trinkets without a permit.40 words
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Article51 1953-01-20 8 Six Malayan law students passed their final general examination of the Inns of Court held In December They are-Messrs David Anthony tSelangon. Charlie Foo Chee Tung 1 Malacca". P. Hoalim (Singapore). Lai Singh Mukcr (Kuala Lumpur). Tan Peng Khoo (Singapore) and Miss W. A. H. Goh51 words
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Article163 1953-01-20 8 MANAGERS ARE BETTER... But suspicion continues KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. IN a week's tour of estates In south Johore recently, Mr P P. Narayanan, secretary of the 52.000-strong Plantation Workers' Union of Malaya, found "helpful and encouraging" signs of good relationship? between estate management and the workers. He said, however, that163 words
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Article70 1953-01-20 8 BUTTERWORTH. Mon —A n.ember of the Johore Royal family, Tengku Othman bin Abdullah, was ordered to be remanded for another week today whpn he was charged in Butterworth court under the Emergency Regulations. The 18-year-old Tengku Is alleged to have possessed without authority 255 rounds of ammunition,70 words
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Article52 1953-01-20 8 BRUNEI. Mon.— A Malay mother and her child were I thrown overboard when their j sampan capsized in Brunei River. The Chinese pilot of a passing motor loat dived Into the rivpr and saved the child. The woman clung to the sampan and was also52 words
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Article36 1953-01-20 8 Dato A. M. AlsagofT. who was recently awarded the M.8.E.. will be entertained to a dinner by friends and members of the Bradcot tennis party on Thursday at the Chinese Swimming Club. Singapore36 words
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Advertisement555 1953-01-20 8 ONLY 3 MORE DATS! PREMIERE THURS. 22nd AT 8.45 P.M. DAILY THEREAFTER 10 1.45 5.15 8.45 M-G-M'» Color \>y TECHNICOLOR Life and Look maeazmes describe it as "THE MOST COLOSSAL MOVIE EVER MADE!" BOX PLAN OPEN BOOK NOW PRICES S3- S5-S7- INCL. TAX X NOW SHOWING (i^LHMHSA) SU f UOD's555 words
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Advertisement176 1953-01-20 8 FROM 1/11 /I TODAY vMMSSMM^A 6.30, 9.30 "An adult film Wfcleh only UIC Italian- could havr madp. The acting is Superlative" BRIAN CROZIER. I The acting thr-.ughout Is excellent and I strongly recommend the picture to you". JOHN BEIIACII'E.m Thesi- are the L'NWANTKI) WOMKN of the World!... "Women Without Names"176 words
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Miscellaneous286 1953-01-20 8 7'- C' \\v\ IMI I 3 1 HnK W\ U Imm SINGAPORE KW^atß w, SS S ngS: MALACCA 630 am. Tamil Music: 6.40 News 1" am Spore: 10.43-12 in Tamil: 645 Chinese Mu.ic: 7 KUALA LUMPUR g*^.," Suv^mba^Orcn 3 News in Chinese: 7.05 Malay Music: 1 p.m.-3.20 As Spore; 610286 words
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Article, Illustration723 1953-01-20 9 THOMAS R. HENRY - THOMAS R. HENRY liy 4 MALICIOUS will-o'- the-wisp is the common cold. The "cold" itself is elusive, even more elusive is whatever is responsible for it. The worci now means very little. Tnere are a score perhaps a hundred or more kinas of723 words
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Article437 1953-01-20 9 LOUISE PETRIE - CORONATION WEAR FOR ALL PURSES LOUISE PETRIE By £ORONATION year Is going to be gay in dress. The soft muted tones which have predominated in recent summers are being succeeded by bold dramatic shades. At a preview of a popular range of fashions. I was particularly attracted to the variety437 words
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Advertisement254 1953-01-20 9 THE CHLOROPHYLL TOOTHPASTE! Clean Resh Mocrrii All Da/ long! A NEW miracle toothpaste "had breath." Hours after brushgrrtn Mentasol now gives you ing their teeth with Mentasol, safer teeth and gums, and a clean, 98" O had no unpleasant mouth fresh mouth and breath all day. It odour! doesn't just254 words
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Advertisement14 1953-01-20 9 c. c. c. Collect six of these coupons to join the Children's Corner Club.14 words
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Advertisement196 1953-01-20 9 Specially made for baby's tender skin Only the best Is good enough for baby. Johnson's Baby Powder Is safe, pure and hygienically packed. It's as perfect as modern science cc.n make it. Use Johnson't /fZs* Baby Powder regularly, freely kj^j; *-t>*Jfr l OfK wiln cco mP ete confidence. 4 nd196 words
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Miscellaneous379 1953-01-20 9 Straits Times Crossword 23 ST. BOlfers prMentlment 26. Ascetic garb (4. S). 27. It's about ten. «o rush (5). SsS§ 3 1 4 I s I g I H b^tjs>&U 28. Thpy are made a fool of (12). DOWN wwj r-T-r L-— rjrjs I].- RwS SSSS 2. Danco with redolence,379 words
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Article95 1953-01-20 10 rE PROFIT of the Bank of India. Ltd.. including the sum of Rs. 560,616 brought forward, amounted on Dec. 31 to Rs. 8,311,553. Tax for the year accounted for Rs. 3,100,000; interim dividend of 6 per cent absorbed Rs. 1,500.000; available for distribution Rs. 3,711,553. The95 words
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262 1953-01-20 10 CONSTRUCTION OF 600-TON TANK WILL REDUCE COSTS AND DEL AYS SINGAPORE coconut oil millers are to modernise their distribution methods by opening a bulk installation tank at the Singapore Harbour Board in June. The tank which will be capable of holding 600 tons of262 words
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343 1953-01-20 10 REPORTS of the decision taken by the Singapore Coconut Oil Millers' Association to approach Government with a view to setting up a Copra Allocation Board have now been elucidated. The millers say that they are not getting a big enough share of copra imports into343 words
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Article36 1953-01-20 10 Tin ore outputs of companies in the Burma-Malay tin grojp last month were: Katu Tin Dredging Ltd: 502 plculs (111.000 yards dredged i; Rencng Consolidated Tin Dredetng Co. Ltd: 359 plculs 1209.000 yards dredged).36 words
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Article, Illustration80 1953-01-20 10 MR. W. P. BRITT. Export Manager of the Outboard Marine Manufacturing Co. of the I.S., who is on a visit to agents of the Evinrude and Elto outboard motors. The outboard motor materialised from an invention by Ole Evinrude, who thought up the idea after80 words
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141 1953-01-20 10 No delegates named for ECAFE talks >TO LOCAL delegates have I yet been named for the ECAFE Trade Promotion Conference to be attended by over 30 countries at Manila from Feb. 23 to Mar. 4. Th: s is an extension of the conference held in Singapore in October 1951, over141 words
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Article, Illustration210 1953-01-20 10 Leaders of business in Malaya MR. R. JOHNSON. Managing Director of the Dun 1 o p Rubber Co.. (Malaya) Ltd., which markets all the manufactured products of the Dunlop Group in Singapore, the Federation of Malaya. Siam. British North l.orneo and Sarawak, first came to Singapore in 1932. Born and210 words
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164 1953-01-20 10 Republicans won 't continue synthetic policy IT CAN be reasonably expected that the Republican 1 administration will not continue the present synthetic rubber policy, in the view of the Financial Times, because it is pledged to oppose socialism in any form i- Pointing out that artificially priced synthetic has bee164 words
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Article79 1953-01-20 10 Shipbuilders in Malaya, U.K., Australia, Iceland and Portugal are being supplied by J. and H. McLaren, Ltd. of Great Britain, with M-type engines, ranging from two to j eight cylinders. Orders include 25 marine auxiliary sets of 50 to 176 b.h.p.. coupled to 25 to 80 k.w.79 words
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Article, Illustration61 1953-01-20 10 MR. T. T. BARTELS, chief engineer of the Billiton Tin MM, who is at present managing the mines on Banka Island, was in Singapore last week. Billiton Tin MIJ manages the Banka mines for the Indonesian Government which owns 5 Bth. of the Billiton mines.61 words
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158 1953-01-20 10 £45,000 contract for electric generators in new villages ITNDER a contract totalling £45,000. fifty-eight generating sets are being supplied by a British company for use in the new villagrs in Malaya. It forms part of the Government's efforts to establish better social conditions in Malaya, and the order has been158 words
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Article44 1953-01-20 10 Mr. Harold Crooks, export manager of the Elswick-Hopper Cycle and Motor Co., Ltd., who has just visited Malaya, told the Penang Cycle and Motor Traders' Association that of all the eastern countries he had visited. Malaya had given him the warmest welcome.44 words
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Article, Illustration144 1953-01-20 10 MR. W. H. WILLIAMS, Chairman or Glass Bulbs Ltd.. a fifty-fifty G.E.C.B.T.H. venture, which is the only company outside the U.S. to produce electric light bulbs by the ribbon method, arrived in Singapore last week. The ribbon method manufactures bulbs which are untouched by hand until144 words
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Article64 1953-01-20 10 When the Perak Rivet Hydro-Electric Co., Ltd., resumed control of their properties after the Japanese war, the peak load was only 8,000 k.w. This has been steadily bull', up to 57,000 k.w. and by the time that rehabilitation If completed— expected to be the middle of this year64 words
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Article137 1953-01-20 11 INFLUENCE OF INDONESIA'S CHINA PACT By Our Market Correspondent rE Singapore Rubber Marmet was still under the Influence yesterday of speculative reports that Indonesia and China had condued a rubberr.<v deal. The effect was to send up the prire by 1\ cents a Ib, February137 words
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Article129 1953-01-20 11 SINGAPORE, Mon. Today's tin price $471 a picul (down 25 cents). Closing prices yesterday were in cents per lb No. 1 R.SS Spot loose buyers 841 sellers 84%: No. 1 RSS. fob. In bales Feb. buyers 85 sellers 85 7 No 2 buyers 80' i. >eliers129 words
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Article29 1953-01-20 11 NEW YORK. Mon. No. 1 R.S.S. March contract (in I .S. rents per Ib.) Thursday's Friday's closing closinf 2R.?5 to 25.35 traded 2R-30 traded > Tone: Steady (unofficial).29 words
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Article21 1953-01-20 11 The rate of the State Bank of Pakistan remains unchanged for 1953 at 3 per cent per annum. I21 words
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253 1953-01-20 11 Continued 'boycott 9 of rubbers BROKERS repovted a good volume of business in tin* and industrials on the Singapore Share Markel and these sections were reported firm. Investors still continued their "boycott" of rubbers. The official list of price changes agreed by the253 words
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Article36 1953-01-20 11 TTie following dividends were announced last week: Hongkong and shanghai Bank. £3 final. Payable on Feb. 27. Books close Feb. 13 to 27. Bent a Rubber. 20 per cent final, less 3 per cent tax.36 words
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Article74 1953-01-20 11 Sincapore Chinese Produce Ex chance moon prices): Copr, and coconut oil were reporter steady, quiet— Copra: 841' a buyer a picul fob.; sellers $42<*. Coe* nut oil: sellers $64. Pepper: Quiet, no business pass ing— Muntok (white) $500. S.ira wak B 485; Lampong (black) $40C Lewis and Peat74 words
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Article35 1953-01-20 11 HONG KONG, Mon.— Free mar Ice currency exchange of Hong Kom dollars was quoted at the close toda as follows: US4I, HK*6.O1 7 cash HK$6.O5 (T.T.»; HK515.65. Oni Uel of gold HKI2B5 135 words
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197 1953-01-20 11 U.S. expert discusses the price of synthetic 2 1 1 1 LONDON. Mon. IN VIEW of thr fact that proposiK are understood to be I a under discussion at the Rubber a t Working Party Conference for I 1 tying the price of No. 3 sheet of natural rubber to197 words
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Article178 1953-01-20 11 §HIPS iv.ng alongnide the Singapore Harbour Brard wharves or txorclti there today, are Oeorgic l/t; Chov sini 4 i Lasem CP.: Benmhor. 6 7: strrl Admiral. < 9 Olenorciiv 11: ChakraU. 13/14- Btnnnne* 1& 18: Diluwah 18- Asiifrialion. 19/20. KamD-ir ss 2 :2 Eurvades 23/24. Bfn\fi 2S178 words
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171 1953-01-20 11 From Our Own Correspondent MELBOURNE, Mon. rjEMAND for first class investment issues was stronger on the Stock Exchange today and prices oviT.ill showed a new deflni'e uptrend. Shares of industrial acceptance, hire purchase. hou?e financiers, etc. moved up smartly. Profit has advanced and171 words
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Advertisement1438 1953-01-20 11 oi"^ MANSFIELD tic CO., LTD. S£s Pvssoge (Inrorrorotr-d in Singopore) AH e that BLUE FUNNEL LINE Dept, Carrier* option to proceed via other ports to load and discharge cargo SAILINGS to LIVEJtI'OOL. GLASGOW, LONDON ft CONTINENTAL PORTS Due Sails P. S'hom Penang uryades for Mnrviltes, .Liverpool, Havre Holland 'i G.1,438 words
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Advertisement1161 1953-01-20 11 MeALISTER tic CO., LTD. TEL: No. 5906 BLLERMAH c* BUCKNALL KI.AVEMFSS LHtS LONDON, HAVRE TT OAM LOS ANGELES, SAN FRANCISCO, and for US A .^tTVtlontic Port, ">-.TLANO, SEATTLE VANCOUVER. IB Jon/3 Fab In Part/24 Jan 25/27 Jon "FRANCISVILLE" "CITY OF BIRK.fr.MiAD S'oore P Sham Ponong S'pora P. Sham Penang 281,161 words
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476 1953-01-20 12 THREE-QUARTERS WERE SUPERIOR IN a fast-moving and hard-fought game at Seletar yesterday, No. 1 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force beat 390 Maintenance Unit by 18 points (four tries, dropped goal and penalty) to three points (try) in the Sanderson Cup rugby final. Maintenance Unit were476 words
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Article, Illustration52 1953-01-20 12 THIRTEEN-YEAR-OLD Dawn Smith (centre), who won the girls' diving, two lengths backstroke and three lengths freestyle events at the Ipoh Swimming Club's children's gala on Sunday. On Dawn's left and right are the Caldicott sisters, Alison and Susan, who took second and third places respectively in the three events. Straits52 words
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332 1953-01-20 12 SPORTS FORUM Yearly turf statistics YjyiTH reference to the comments by Pet«r Blue. Racegoer, and your footnote, on the winning raitiers list: You are all wrong. Take a look at page 404 of the S.R.A. Calendar. 1951, under the heading. TRAINERS WINS 1951 1. van Breukelen M. 71V? 2. Spencer332 words
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Article145 1953-01-20 12 NEW DEAL FOR SAFA'S JUNIORS JUNIOR Division clubs affiliated to the Singapore Amateur Football Association took the first official steps last night to seek a new deal from the parent body. At a meeting of Junior Division delegates held at the SAFA headquarters in Jalan Besar. 28 representatives yesterday appointed145 words
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Article107 1953-01-20 12 Singapore Cricket Club "B beat R A. (Blakang Math by 14 points (goal, three tries) to three (penalty goal! in a friendly rugger match played on the S.C.C. padang yesterday SC.C. led by six points to nil at the interval, the tries being scored by McMullen107 words
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Article55 1953-01-20 12 PANAMA. Mon. Argentine professional Roberto de Vicenio won the US$5,OOO Panama Open Gdf Tournament yesterday for the second straight year, with a recordbreaking 274 for 72 holes. US. professionals Sam Snead, Charles Harper and Clayton Haefner tied for second place with 277 De Vicenro collectedAP - 55 words
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Article84 1953-01-20 12 LONDON. Mon. R. Khoo. of Malaya, won the men's singles title in the London badmintcn championships here last night, defeating his compatriot W. S. Slow 15-2, 15-11 in the final. Khoo and B.S. Saw, of Malaya, von the men's doubles, defeating another Malayan pair, E. L.Reuter - 84 words
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Article69 1953-01-20 12 CRAIG— NOW HE'S LIKE THUMPER From JACK FINGLETON SYDNEY. Mon. A rSTRAMA'S legendary cricket hero. Victor Trumper, has now been introduced into the career of wiling lan Craig. Describing an innings by (he new Test batsman in a charity came yefttfrday, the Sydney Daily Teleri i|ih says he forced balls69 words
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Article502 1953-01-20 12 Rich clubs must help the poor U.K. SOCCER CRISIS LONDON, Monday. MORE than half the 92 clubs in the English Football I. (\is up are in serious financial difficulties chiefly, it is said, because of a 33 per cent entertain- ments tax. But. though pessimists aie standing round the ailingReuter - 502 words
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Article118 1953-01-20 12 BALTIMORE, Mon. TACK KRAMER beat Frank Srdrman 23-20 last night in one of the longest and most exel ing contests in tennis history. A rapacity crowd gavped as the two players fired vnll.v after volley at each other for 4S games probably a record for118 words
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Article519 1953-01-20 12 NOVICES BOXING WEEK'S BIG EVENT R.A.F. Tengah sport... .by Taffy ROYAL Air Force Tengah's enthusiastic band of sportsmen are looking forward to an interesting week and hope It will be the beginning of Increase sporting activity fcr Tengah teams, I both on the station and elsewhere I in Singapore. The519 words
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266 1953-01-20 12 COLOMBO. Monday. TAKING advantage of the enthusiasm created by the visit of the famous West Indian all-rounder. Learie Constantine, to develop cricketing talent in Ceylon, the Ceylon Cricket Association has decided that now is the time to plan for sending a Ceylon cricket teamUP - 266 words
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Article156 1953-01-20 12 BRISBANE. Mon. t ICTORIA defeated Queensland by seven wickets today In a Sheffield Shield match. Scores: Queensland 301 and 14b; Victoria 365 and 88 for three. Bill Johnston, the Test leftarm .swing bowler, caused Queensland's co. lapse when he took six of their second Innings wickets inReuter-AAP - 156 words
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Article112 1953-01-20 12 LAUNCESTON. Tasmania. Mon. losing six wickets for 13 runs after tea. were all out for 131 on the opening day of the second of their three-day games with the South African touring ♦earn today. The South Africans replied with 36 for no wicket. Going on withReuter; Reuter-AAP - 112 words
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Article, Illustration564 1953-01-20 12 By OUR TENNIS REPORTER iDINGAPORE tennis will get off to an excellent sCa this year with an exhibition match today amor the very best exponents of the i..mic in Malaya. If the weather is kind, the first /match will brgi at 4.45, at564 words
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177 1953-01-20 12 year. Wortlehock stars in Nee Soon wir >JEi; Snon Garrison trounce i R.A.SiC. by 15 p'i|n (four tries. ]rx-nalty |OM) 1 nil in a friendly rugge mat'eh at Nnc Soon yrsterda' For the hr». 10 minute- RAS played wiih on lv 13 men and afti this nitli one nan short.177 words
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Article37 1953-01-20 12 The Smith Joliore rucbv ream I play R.A.F (Cr-aingii at Chanci t« morrow i.v T Ottrm: Unirfcn Ibrahim. Ro!>rt Hobbs. Richards: Miirohv. Edinctori Mooncv. Dustenn. Gee. Mac ConvlHi Robertson Your'T. Hudson A. I I",!37 words
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Advertisement910 1953-01-20 12 CLASSIFIED ADS. iContlnued from Page 6) "accommodation vacant single accommodation with board. Central. European only. T-. 1 7573. "VILLA LOUISA" 87 Cavenagh Rri. d'ble rm. w, ver'h. 16th. Double/ rm. bath, sit r. end Jan. European full bonrd no children. 6866, 10-11/ 430-5.30. KATONO: Furnished Bedrooms/ Bati. M.S.. Sitting Dining910 words
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Advertisement339 1953-01-20 12 CLASSIFIED ADS. j KOR SALE TUGS FOR PALE One Unlcraft Motor Tug ste"l hull fitted wtl Francis Shaw 3 c linder 48 BHP Knsine. Length 47 ft. Mould' r depth 4.7 ft. Mean draft 2.5 ft. On» Motor Tug steel hul). fitted with! Kromheut 2 eyUodcr 30 bhp i Enrine.339 words
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Advertisement37 1953-01-20 12 T the Best Cigarettes In the World Spore: $2 10 per tin. Fed. $2.30 per tin. Manufactured in LONDON by ARDATH TOBACCO CO. LTD ROSKOPF| n J J p aXef(C v SINCE 1867 AVAILABLE THROUGHOUT MALAYA BORNEO37 words
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Miscellaneous57 1953-01-20 12 HO( XXV SEXIOIi K O.: learners T.C. v S.C.C. at 3 BOD ground ML S. Yogara.iah and I It. Storrvi: Inivrr-iitv v Police at I'niversilv I Maj. Camp and M. S. Menon). FAULT CHAMPIONSHIP: Singapore v Malaya .it I .ins'in (PO Mohd. Yassin and V. O 1 M. Potters). KRIEMILY:57 words
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Miscellaneous37 1953-01-20 12 SINGAPORE TIDES TODAY: High 02M hr« 10 2 ftl and 1354 <:o]l Low 0745 <3 1i and 2020 11 II IOMOKKOW: HlKh 0241 (9 11 and 1448 »5i Low M 34 (2 9 j and 2100 (2H37 words
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