The Straits Times Annual, 1 January 1951

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    • 139 3 Aerial view of ARCHIPELAGO BREWERY 9 r; BE mFi 4* '5» 1 i-".. i The brewery is equipped with the most modem plant for brewing, bottling and distributing its Beer and Stout. Below is shown a plan of the recently completed overhead conveyor bridge and railway siding. INWARD CONVEYOR EMPTY
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    • 26 6/7 SAFEGUARD YOUR PROPERTY WITH FIRE EQUIPMENT I m B II it m r'H.jJfc M Sole Distributors for Malaya McAlister co., ltd. Singapore Kuala Lumpur Ipoh Penang.
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    • 78 10/11 REYKJAVIK COPENHAGEN BRUSSELS LISBON BILBAO MADRID CYPRUS NAIROBI BULAWAYO JOHANNESBURG JACOBS,NATAL CAPE TOWN TORONTO BR.WEST INDIES LA PAZ RIO DE JANEIRO SANTIAGO BUENOS AIRES MONTEVIDEO BOMBAY CALCUTTA MADRAS KARACHI COLOMBO SHANGHAI HONG KONG SINGAPORE MELBOURNE SYDNEY ADELAIDE PERTH BRISBANE WELLINGTON DUNEDIN CHRISTCHURCH W2ML SPICERS PAPER AND BOARDS AND PRINTING MACHINERY
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    • 62 12/13 Ask the man who knows best s V. m DA Ask the man who sells tyres The man who sells tyres knows what’s best for your purpose. It matters little to him which make you buy. But it does matter that he satisfies his customers. That’s why he’ll be glad
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    • 44 14/15 LAND FOR FACTORIES BIG OR SMALL FOR APARTMENT BUILDINGS FOR LARGE RESIDENCES FOR SMALL BUNGALOWS FOR TERRACE HOUSES FOR SHOPHOUSES FOR SHOWROOMS FOR ALL PURPOSES CREDIT FONCIER MEYER CHAMBERS (3rd FLOOR) P.O. BOX 190 CREDIT FONCIER D EXTREME-ORIENT (Incorporated in Belgium with limited liability).
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    223 16/17 Page Malaya Faces New Problems— The Right Hon. Malcolm MacDonald 18 Telok Ayer—Old and New —Pictures by C. A. Gibson-Hill 27 On Kedah Peak —Katharine Sim 28 Malaya’s Own Regiment —Harry Miller 30 Collecting Porcelain —Tony Beamish 35 Malayan Monkey Studies 38 An Old Penang Album— G. L. Peel
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    • 39 16/17 St- C( 'U M m m Mobiloil for sima f, oiPiNOAßuiry S! 3 STOP AT THi SI6N OF ms siyjj'M Si ’Ssjuoms STANDARD-VACUUM OIL COMPANY INCORPORATED IN U.S.A WITH LIMITED LIABILITY SINGAPORE PENANG KUALA LUMPUR IP O H V///
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  • 4559 18/19 MALAYA HAS ALTERED ALMOST BEYOND RECOGNITION IN THE LAST FIFTY YEARS BETWEEN the years 1900 and 1950 Malaya, with Singapore, has changed almost beyond recognition. Let me mention a few simple facts which illustrate the growth that has occurred. At the opening
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  • 134 26/27 TELOK AYER Old and New The contrast between these two pictures tells the story of Telok Ayer Street, once one of the most important business and residential streets of Singapore’s Chinatown, during the last hundred years. 'I lie upper picture was painted by Carpenter from Mount Wallich in 1856 and
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    1567 28/29  -  by Katharine Sim /"kNE hears people say that Penang is dominated by its own Hill. But I am inclined to think it is really Kedah Peak which exerts a spell over the island. To me it is now impossible to consider Penang without including that marvellous blue
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  • 1975 30/31  -  by Harry Miller Today the Malay Regiment lias four battalions fighting the Communist terrorists. The goal of the Federation is a division for the defence of Malaya. “Ta’at dan S t i a “Loyal and Faithful rpHIS motto of tltc Malay Regiment lias been observed countless times
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  • 2054 34/35  -  by Tony Beamish Fragments of classical Chinese porcelain and pottery some more than 2,000 years old—are still being found in Malaya. Sometimes beautiful pieces are unearthed in remote jungle areas, sometimes they lie hidden in the curio shops of the cities. a boat up the Joliore
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    • 167 34/35 I «p» Mg s§i •r i wl CSS;'» fiy Appointment To H.M. The King' r Mo.or Car Manufacturers ‘1 Hum her Limited Miles THE HUMBER SUPER SNIPE SALOON TOURING LIMOUSINE PULLMAN PICK UP STATION WAGON Ahead in PERFORMANCE, COMFORT, SAFETY An outstanding model of a famous British marque, the new
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  • 167 38/39 npHE monkeys in Singapore’s Botanic Gardens are a source of amusement and delight for young and old of all races. But they are not always so popular with the botanist and horticultrist. There are about a hundred of the kra species, the crab-eating macaque, in the Gardens
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  • 2198 40/41  -  BY C. L. PEET A T Home —meaning what the white man in Malaya means by that term —there is nothing remarkable in an old photograph alburn. Indeed, such a thing can be very boring when it is produced to entertain guests on a wet Sunday
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  • 2169 43  -  IllllhM The Malays have a legend about Tioman, whose outline resembles a slumbering beast. THE Tioman Isles of the JohorePahang archipelago are without question the loveliest and most interesting group of islands in Malayan waters. The group has no single view to equal the
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  • 698 46/47  - Make Up in the Jungle by P. D. R. Williams Hunt, Adviser on Aborigines Federation of Malaya TT is not generally known that many of Malaya’s hill aborigines—both men and women—elaborately decorate their faces and bodies in gay colours when they feel in the mood. Decoration takes various forms. Once
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    1551 48/49  -  by Sir Richard Winstedt, K.8.E., C.M.G., D. Litt. VTO article of Malay workmanship has excited greater interest than the kris, or creese, as Milton and Tennyson anglicized it, although until lately there was no plausible theory as to its origin. In our own tales of adventure a
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  • 1896 51  -  DATO SIR ROLAND BRADDELL D.LITT. (HON.), M.A. (OXON.), F.R.G.S.. F.R.A.S. The only remains of ancient Singapura still extant are a royal tomb, a piece of inscribed rock and some I4tli century gold jewellery which says Sir Roland liraddell “does our forebears little credit 4
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  • 2259 54/55  -  Todtty I ff r eat es I por e i ar e l Port. L s cl aint //f re 7i! 1 lh <‘ f u/ >o n S r 7! lipeln go e n d So*’ Cenf fr?"L itir ne"n lStearl 7
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  • 354 60/61 BA- ol rTi «*£~£?ss£ Kaya n try They f to the m U Villagelhc from Bin U ie* scatty® 4 ls i a m dis rlC S rive* lO Rcjang i ft naus b ave oa gans ca Ma' a > s Many >' aan V 0
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    1718 62/63  -  or GRACE RAYMOND UROM ancient times, The Golden A Chersonese has figured in the history and legend of the East. It was the ancient classical name for the Malay Peninsula and surrounding islands which, for centuries were as renowned for gold production as Burma is for rubies.
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  • 1775 66/67  -  by Dr. C. Northcote Parkinson, Raffles Professor of History fPHE visitor to Singapore who lands from an ocean liner and gaily directs his taximan to drive to the University is, too often, and unwittingly, undertaking an ambitious and costly project in geographical fieldwork. Looking for the Registrar
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    • 87 66/67 KODAK Captures Time Here is a photograph which has captured—in mid air—something of the grace, beauty and colour of the ballet. It is something you could never see in actual life for more than a split second. Photography can make time stand still. It can capture a fleeting precious moment
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    • 216 70/71 HUME INDUSTRIES (FAR EAST) LIMITED SINGAPORE KUALA LUMPUR PENANG Tel 5441 (5 Lines) Tel. 3171 Tel. Prai 216 MANUFACTURERS ENGINEERS Asbestos/Cement Building Materials Concrete Pipes Steel Pipes. Steel Tanks. Structural Steel Engineers Electrical Contractors AGENCIES: W. T. HENLEY’S TELEGRAPH WORKS CO. LTD., London. A. REYROLLE CO. LTD., Hebburn, England LANCASHIRE
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    136 72/73 Borneo Water Village Picturesque Kampong Brunei is a feature of the little Malay Sultanate, long famed for its silversmiths, gongmakers and weavers and today for its rich oilfield! It was the durian season when these pictures were taken and this boatman hawked his wares along the little landing
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  • 2480 74/75  -  by ALLINGTON KENNARD i, li, dollars for ihc _j_ nrri ea rns ««ore f Britain, Malayan rubber factories tlo Uars to CommonwcaUb eonxn the men Malayan V>« For more than industries bav the ‘”"1 races wh» f ‘£j D „tal»B ,,,,fc product'"»» tpHE importance of Malaya’s
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    • 63 74/75 SYMBOL OF PB.O6RESS mi engine HTTH I ELECTRICAL L REFRICER ATIDH XU ■mum a* SI m a INING EQUIPMENT m AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS If Li n R T 5 is WILLIAM JACKS CO. (MALAYA) LTD. HEAD OFFICE. OCEAN BUILDING, SINGAPORE BRANCHES AT KUALA LUMPUR. IPOH. TAIPING. TELOK ANSON, PENANG, KUCHING LONDON
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  • 2037 78/79  - THE BULL FIGHT Malay Style by Anker Rentse VIfHEN the harvest has been reaped and the barns are full, the Kelantan peasant, like his kind all over the world, makes merry. Months of toil in the rice fields lie behind and there is a song in his heart, for now
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  • 340 84/85 Today the ceremony is less elaborate and costlv than of yore, but the picturesque, old customs still survive. SINGAPORE Malays preserve the ancient marriage customs of their race and Islam, but there is a growing tendency to simplify the wedding and to cut out extravagance. After a
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    • 109 86 i > mik London Correspondents SHAW DARBY Co., Ltd., 14 19 Leadenhall Street, LONDON, E.C. 3. J SWI RWAY ir SWEDEN '///great '"BRITAIN FRANCE -SPAI. AFRICA ll v 1 s KS3 Registered Head Office AMBER BUILDING, 5 MALACCA STREET, SINGAPORE. .CANADA UNITED STATES -/AMERICA r "'SARAWAK a j^SIHBAPORE^ 1/ SOUTH
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  • 1992 87  -  by Wu k’an Hai AS dusk falls in Singapore, actors and actresses who perform nightly in the Chinese wayangs at the amusement parks arrive backstage and the box-office abacus starts to click. One of the most fascinating features of Malayan amusement park night-life is the legitimate drama
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    627 90/91 Orchid-growing in Malaya is an increasingly popular hobby. ln England it is a thriving and dollar earning industry. In this article, an “orchid widow gives her views on her husband's struggles with just a few of the 30,000 kinds of orchids that exist. ViyHEN I came out from England
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    101 92/93 The Borneo peak (13,500 ft.) is Malaysia’s highest mountain. Crowned with a great mass of bare rock, carved into crags and chasms, Kinabalu must he approached from the sea along more than 50 miles of bridle paths. These pictures were taken by llcdda Morrison. Above: One of Kinabalu's cragy
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    • 83 94/95 "-\^rv cinra LLOYDS AGENTS IN SINGAPORE ——.—•—■—-—s—— BUNKER COAL CONTRACTORS INSURANCE AND BANKINC ACENTS m SECRETARIES AND ACENTS ACENTS AND CHARTER ACENTS •V ISIS Si r Xr m&Mi* 1 c% t% m kn i&m RUBBER SHIPPINC '.’.’s M «11 OCX X COPRA AIRWAYS Sf W> WtWM SINGAPORE mv TIN MININC
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  • 1477 96/97  -  by Marlin Ilullon SPHERE are nut many Siklis in Malaya. The last census gave the total as 10,132 with 2,196 of these in Singapore. But the part they play in Malayan life is out of all proportion to their numbers. Everyone knows the
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  • 413 100/101 IVleet tlie Sateh Seller, with his portable kitchen and delicious wayside fare pieces of beef or mutton, highly seasoned, skewered on sharp sticks from the coconut leaf and grilled to a rich, golden brown over bis charcoal fire. It’s ten cents a stick, with sliced onion and
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    1876 102/103 Here on Malaya's East Coast the romantic past still lingers but the people of this predominantly Malay State look with a new faith to their future in a Federation of the Peninsula, whose goal is nationhood. THE Dakota aircraft banks over groves of coconut palms. Hidden among them are
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  • 1110 108/109  -  by Geoffrey Geldard This is the story of the men of the Special Constabulary, who have guarded rubber estates and tin mines against Communist terrorism and played no small part in helping these industries to maintain production during the Emergency. TT is almost midnight, but the cold glare
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  • 53 112/113 Against the setting of an ancient Balinese temple this boy dancer performs the Kebyar, one of the most modern of the island's dance forms. Purely demonstrative in character the dancer interprets the moods of the music played by the picturesque gamelan orchestra. Photographed by
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    • 94 116/117 HYDROCARBON VERSATILITY J m m 9 m V 0-0 4 4 Chemicals for the treatment of fabrics and leather Raw materials for the manufacture 0-0 it Fuels for power and Lubricants .7* of moulding powders (synthetic resins) that help the wheels of industry revolve Solvents for printing inks and for
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  • 88 118/119  -  by Topolski THESE sketches of the Malayan Security Forces were done by Feliks Topolski, the famous British official war artist, during a visit to this country early in 1950. He had been here earlier with SouthEast Asia Command. Topolski works at lightning speed on his sketches and in
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    1285 120/121  -  The Game at Which Malaya Leads the World by Lee Siew Yee, who accompanied the victorious Thomas Cup team to Europe, recalls some great players and great matches of the past. IpVER since Malaya won the Thomas Cup nearly two years ago, badminton lovers here have fixed their eyes
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  • 96 124/125 These Hne studies of North Borneo were taken by J. E. Long Held. North Borneo, which was governed by a chartered company until the Japanese occupation of South-East Asia, became a British Crown Colony after the war. It has made good progress with the heavy task of
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    • 90 128/129 Consider the Ants ....so runs the old adage. They work and reckon against the days when they no longer may work. Have you reckoned against those days when you retire? Adequate Insurance will give you THEN just what you are able to plan NOW. Guaranteed Regular Income during retirement? A
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