The Singapore Free Press, 1 July 1949
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Title Section20 1949-07-01 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA i:.sh SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, JULY 1, 1949 I'KH b 10 F\ IS20 words
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Article292 1949-07-01 1 A^o recognition WASHINGTON, Friday. J»HE United States State Department said yesterday that de facto recognition of Communist China would not be necessary for a resumption of trade with China, now being discussed by American and British officials in London. Mr. Edwin Martin, Deputy292 words
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Article9 1949-07-01 1 Singapore party for U.S. envoy II 5 k I9 words
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Article, Illustration28 1949-07-01 1 photo. Admiral Sir Rhuderick K. McGriffor, C.-in-C. of the British Home Fleet, who commands the combined nival exercises of the Western I nion powers now in progress. ReuterReuter - 28 words
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Article68 1949-07-01 1 CANBERRA. Friday. A BILL to maintain stocks A of ljquid fuel at seaboard and inland depots for defence purposes passed through all its stages in the Australian Senate here last night. The Fuel Minister, Senator William Patrick Ashley, said ending of petrol rationing increased the dutyReuter - 68 words
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Article26 1949-07-01 1 Australia promised the United Nations Trusteeship Council yesterday to give serious consideration to charges of racial discrimination against Chinese workers on Nauru Island. ReuterReuter - 26 words
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Article83 1949-07-01 1 Free Press Staff Reporter. A LIQUOR merchant's failure to keep up-to-date entries la his accounts book was in Penang yesterday attri jilted to his brother's craze for badminton. The merchant Ho Toon Kim, told th First Magistrate. Mr. J. P. Blackledge, that his brother, who was In charge83 words
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Article17 1949-07-01 1 Japan's sacred mountain Fujiyama is opened to cliiiibfrom today, the stall of hiking season. ReuterReuter - 17 words
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Article198 1949-07-01 1 Marshall plan failure vISHINSKY MOSCOW, Friday. rllE Soviet Foreign Minister, Andrei Vishinsky. 1 yesterday claimed a total victory for Russia in the recent Big Four Foreign Ministers' conference in Paris, declaring that the failure of the Marshall Plan had led the western powers to abandon their firm policy toward Russia.U.P. - 198 words
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Article96 1949-07-01 1 WASHINGTON. fTi. THE Atomic Energy Commission disclosed yesterday that 37 of the 4,095 persons granted "emergency clearances" for atomic vork were dismissed later because of information unearthed in F.8.1. investigations. It emphasised. however. that those dismissed were not 'espionage suspects' and that only mm Involved "reasonablyU.P. - 96 words
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Article64 1949-07-01 1 ISRAELI guards at th<> live 1 gates in the barbed-wire fence around the Arab quarter of JaiTa were withdrawn and military rule lifted there and in Lydaa and Ramleh jresterda v Arab inhabitants of JafTa are now free to move within the municipal boundary ofReuter - 64 words
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Article120 1949-07-01 1 RANGOON, Friday. GOVERNMENT reinforcements have been rushed to I* the upper Chindwin district, on the Assam border, where 500 White Band (anti-Government) People's Volunteers attacked the police station at Mingin, a Government communique announces. FightinK is said to be in I progress around Mingin, important river townReuter - 120 words
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Article27 1949-07-01 1 The British Ambassador *o Moscow. Sir David Kelly, accompanied by the Embassy Staff in full re?al!a presented his credentials at thp Kremlin yesterday.- A.P.A.P. - 27 words
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Article, Illustration34 1949-07-01 1 Shanghai crowds turn out to see the Shengking. first J.ritish ship to arrive in -shanghai since the Communists gained control. The ship b. ought 250 Chinese passengers, 21 foreign passengers and a small cargo.34 words
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Article25 1949-07-01 1 All British officers, except some technicians and staff 1 officers, are to leave the Pakistan Army by the end of next year.- ReuterReuter - 25 words
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Article17 1949-07-01 1 Roger D. Lapham has resigned as chief of EGA mission in China. U. P.U.P. - 17 words
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Article114 1949-07-01 1 WASHINGTON, Fri. THE Assistant Director of 1 the British Rayon Fedeu and spokesman for the British Rayon and Weaving Industry team In the U.S., Gavin Fi3her, said yesterday. "It is cornplote and arrant, nonsense to say the -loved British working nun is bettor fed tfcU.P. - 114 words
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Article37 1949-07-01 1 rwsHE Commander-in-Chief of 1 the French Air Force in the Far East Gen. P. L. Bodet. left Tengah by air this morning to return to Saigon ?fter his visit to HQ.. Far East Air Force37 words
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214 1949-07-01 1 London dock strike gets worse worse LONDON. Thursday. IONDOVS dock dispute, arising from the threeJ month-old feud between rival Canadian seamen's unions, spread rapidly today. By noon well over 6,000 men were affected and 70 ships were idle in the port. Over 5 000 workers who reported at the RoyalReuter - 214 words
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Article212 1949-07-01 1 M-aid states 'no' to plan DRAIN ON U.K. COLD AND PARIS, Thursday. I^UROPE'S economic "inner council" failed in two meetings today to agree to a compromise plan to break the deadlock over European payment** and satisfy British fears of further drains on her gold and dollar reserves. Working against theReuter; A.P. - 212 words
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Article86 1949-07-01 1 LONDON. Thins. BRITAIN agreed With the 1 Soviet Foreign Andrei Vishinsky last night that the West and Russia Wttl both havp to make concessions to secure a Cerman dg\v.v settlement. A Foreign Cfflje spokesman told news conference cuestiohen. "A wulincnefcs t>y ooth sides to makf -icns isA.P. - 86 words
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Article72 1949-07-01 1 WASHINGTON. Fri. THE U.S. House Foreign Committee yesterday approved a US$l5O million Ko rcan aid bill, with a proviso that the aid would c« should even on? Communist be included in any future coalition government. Meantime, it was affirmed that the US$l5O million asked byU.P. - 72 words
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Article48 1949-07-01 1 Soviet to run rubber contest THE Soviet Chemical Industry Ministry Is sponsoring a competition for the beat articles mado out of plastics and rubber. The designs are for consumer eoods and are Intended to stimulate the production of more unrt original articles made from the two substances.- A.P.A.P. - 48 words
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Article34 1949-07-01 1 Britain, in a note publish,ed last night, asked the i Soviet Union to reconsider her refusal to co-operate in considering alleged Run.a--i nlan, Hungarian and Bulga- rian peace treaty violations. ReuterReuter - 34 words
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Article15 1949-07-01 1 Constantln Tsaldaria has succeeded in fonr.lna a cabinet for Greece A. P.A.P. - 15 words
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Article159 1949-07-01 1 BtKLHv Frf. RUSSIAN tTOOI ild aimed German ast night blocked the *oads between md west sectors of Berlin :o cut off supplit od from the Soviet MCtOI to :he partially blurkaded \llied sectors. Western Berlin police h» quarters said that S< vlel soldiers and east BerlinU.P. - 159 words
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Article51 1949-07-01 1 PROSPERITY FOR U.S.A THE U.S. Under -Secretary of the Tr H. Foley, Jr declared \v>u rday that all »igna polnl to continue American pros;; ity 'beyond anything g i expoiicncod in I AmtTira's economy it tig, Mr spct > prepay a for the Convention of the luternational Circulation M iagorsA.P. - 51 words
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Article19 1949-07-01 1 1st NEGROPROF. FOR HARVERD HARVARD Univ announces the ar William A Hint n Prof< Immunology In ti Schools.— ReuterReuter - 19 words
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Advertisement66 1949-07-01 1 f{' Splendid S Drink VS..) A r ,h t ho» da>s is BMX«d i old. ft has a tempting >r Us nwn, -cruJs a v»a\e I ilirounK the hod\ on H> tulpmjj to renew strcrujth "i to maintain MM -k M pU, A Bl 82. and D. 'icium and Phosphorus66 words
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Advertisement39 1949-07-01 1 for tht best Food Wine in Town Visit THE SINGAPORE RESTAURANT OAR 79, BRAS BASAH ROAf). Reservations; Phon« 4088 l X. B^ «L 7s U. l f|^v\>| > Rich, fine %^^BBk (oliarco andW^v^ tlie rork-lip for cleaner IMPORTED PROM LQNDON"riNpLANO^39 words
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Article, Illustration658 1949-07-01 2 EDNA McKENNA - SKIRTS SHORTS EDNA McKENNA h^H^H K^^^l ■■DmH AMICBhI B^^d aUttlfl chosen by the British players seek advantage over the American* favoured By SKIRTS or Shorts? The battle is on. Wimbledon is being treated to a beguiling secondary contest between players who favour femininity and the skirt and those who say658 words
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Article266 1949-07-01 2 KAY MI KRAY gives you the latest talking points from New York. fOWBOY FASHION— The "lariat" is dress news here. This versatile slender Silt chain— about 38 inches long with gold tassels- -can be used to girdle your kirtle. Circle your wrist, wind round vour windpipe at play266 words
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Article376 1949-07-01 2 INGRID ETTER - INGRID ETTER By j AM sorry for Mrs. Mallowan, haunted throughout the years by a rather naive and ageins ex-officer and by a very conceited, moustachioed and kind-hearted Belgian. Tq obtain a lew months respite from their comuany Mrs. Mallowan has exiled both, together— thev are376 words
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Advertisement314 1949-07-01 2 Z2^ul V.o^ 2nri. Floor. 13. Battery Road. Is Showing a collection of -SPECTOR SPORTS" Models Suitable for the Races What mother rSP^ li Baoy seems persistently three invaluable complementary hungry and dissatisfied on the cereals wheat, oats and rye; normal breast or bottle feeds, together with blood forming ■nd yet314 words
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Advertisement215 1949-07-01 2 ¥(§s> Tel. K2<>: i) A NAME AND tWML'u TO REMEMBER JOHN 1.1 i u Rafflea S. 278 Orchard Roan Phone 4748 SEA VIEW HOTEL I DANCING NIGHTLI in I IPI MO si M)\y _m (>KMV( CONCERI \Mm i S <*UlY— I MM, SPK< lAI DINNER i Ml >n ii 1215 words
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Miscellaneous93 1949-07-01 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR BOKN today, you are pedestal. hiffhh sensitive to the Be careful lhai you influence of others parti- select someone worthy of c 11'arly those whom you your whole-hearted adlov> and admirr miration. a child \ou will be Since you have a keen an ardent hero-worship- insight into93 words
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Miscellaneous75 1949-07-01 2 F.P. Crossword No. 729 HI Fl Fl Fl Fl Fl ZlZilZiiZtziJZll 8 10 II 12 _i^ LIZ SP^I? 18 19 R0 Ma L__ _HZ 25 26 27 |§28 29 fe CLL'tS ACROSS 1 lake in the .uti^g sense U2); 7 Adorn <5r 9 ,k,. t«,* ix. competition. (4); 15 ExpresJ75 words
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Article, Illustration822 1949-07-01 3 GREGORY BAXTER - GREGORY BAXTER &€r~Uf 'Jt&T'KUI, 133 an 18 ing 'up real had :ng tetecnun him he disand one i Bt m <• '/<,. /rom point o/ pieio, •kncu too much." 1 Tying to think what we should do," Robin said Quickly. "I wonder if it is any use trying to822 words
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Article418 1949-07-01 3 AV' l^" l do you bid? When player who has not passed ght\> a triple raise, it Is a shutout bid. and SUOWB weaker h-^nd than a double niie. But after a player has passed, a jump to game in partner"** suit shows a stronger hand ihnn wov.ld418 words
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Advertisement125 1949-07-01 3 N i i i iuy duth LITTON RUBBER BOOTS M ENGLAND mate iti~j** ~"^p«P /.jfeyy''-^"^ Jl«t^m BUILDING. SPORE. 3D. K. LUMPUR. RD. PENONO. Ijlajq '^'^•WttBSBB BBS! m HHHMHilllllllßalaa MIIIJIjVJiBBViW Music of I TCHAIKOVSKY I "HIS MASTER'S VOICE" RECORDS I B FLAT MINOR. Op. 22 ;>forte> and the nducted bv C125 words
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Advertisement180 1949-07-01 3 Try MACKESON'S r *v* t*'l# I XH ONE ALWAYS LEADS TO ANOTHER SOLE AGENTS: SINGAPORE KUALA LUMPUR* PENANfi Our Packing Dept. is at your service. We ran I pack anything, at anytime, for anywhere, for you. I —^mmi^mm^— £vtAut~lurur cut ot H/o<^L rr -y 9 DOORS SASHES PARTITIONS TEAK PARQUET180 words
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Miscellaneous385 1949-07-01 3 fit }1 f JHf JL Tf tt 3 kSBkKfWk AP^RL '40 Dance music; 7 Time Signal Ne«-s 7.10 Singapore lv Share Market Report; 7.15 Ijet's 11* metres. To The Picture— a weekly veK.L. view of current films by Wats' On; 7 30 Round-up on the Range A >\\ tion of385 words
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The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY, JULY 1, 1949.
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Article594 1949-07-01 4 r >i- 1 iiw^e lor the democratic nations i j v, n a Communist < .na is thai it will be i < with the heresy <->: tauonjLlist deviationlsm", t u c th< \&woa belovi d oar Ri'j br< thers. Many i ?ers of the China594 words
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839 1949-07-01 4 Japan Will Be Self-Supporting In 10 Years TOKIO: WITH her productive capacity A about 'M) per cent of prewar levels and exports approximately one tenth of 1930-34 average, Japan is tod.iv in the throes of an uphill struggle to rebuild her export industries t h e liteblood of her economicReuter - 839 words
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Article496 1949-07-01 4 Will They Fight For Formosa By TOM LAMBERT TAIPEH: RATIONALIST military leaders on Formosa this week began a series of conferences which may decide how China will fight for this island if the Reds decide to assault a not very likely possibility in the near future. A conference may settleA.P. - 496 words
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381 1949-07-01 4 CORLEY SMITH - Uncovering a past glory in Pakistan CORLEY SMITH By KARACHI: JIHi Pakistan Government is (o begin large scale excavations of the 4,000-year-old city of Mohenjo-Daro, relic of the ancient civilis;. tion of Indus Valley, next winter. Operations, which will be under the supervision of the famous archaeologist Dr. Mortimer Wheeler,Reuter - 381 words
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322 1949-07-01 4 *T»HE Royal Commis- sion on the Press; whose report of its inquiries into the British newspaper industry was published this week spent £21,442 on its two years of investigation. It sent out questionnaires on editorial policy to 106 newpaper proprietors, five associations representingReuter - 322 words
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Article, Illustration567 1949-07-01 4 He Is Travelling A t Ease people Make new<* Q L 0 B E-TROTT-ING in his shir! sleeves at any cafe as far ns Singapore is concerned a printing press tycoon is here this week. Mr. C T R T I S S. CRAFTS, vice-president of the Goss Printing Press567 words
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Advertisement12 1949-07-01 4 f!j&dfkck \\\\UH t P. H. HENDRY I 18, North Bridge Rd., Spore.12 words
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Advertisement164 1949-07-01 4 An English garden t'^ffg^*' brought to <^ Singapore! BIRDS EYE QUICK FROZEN VEGETABLES Cold Storage s I zero temperature t for Quick F received a si Beans. Brussel v and Rhubarb m Do you know tl 1 you all the fresn' ien vegetable They are p.cke^i deep frozen all means164 words
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Advertisement205 1949-07-01 1 ]|t^^ fr^iS S^ial Supple nwnt On the occasion of the opening of MacDonald House by His Excellency the CommissionerGeneral, The Right Honourable Malcolm _«L<_f I .;^v s^* ___iMEKyjw"^ 4^^ '^IBf^^^ _^bßßßm_^^'^^"^^^^'v^^- 11^ .-.-y> 5'. 111 iflW**'^^^'^^ Wk SvypttSr t— T"TI r _____B___ffT^_B^>^E^^ fV% H 11 N! O t! jPI MJ''^™'''205 words
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Advertisement117 1949-07-01 2 MANUFACTURERS OF:— Concrete Pipes for Water, Sewerage and Culverts: Welded Concrete or Bitumen Spun-in Linings for Steel or Cast Electrical Engineers and Contractors: Structural Representatives for jJ J Representatives for W.T. HENLEY'S TELEGRAPH WORKS *^^&*^~^^^^**^l*s^£^ REYROLLt CO., LTI, Flpptripol r Q k1 ac A A/>pi»«snrip« SwitchgeHT, etc. MA I ft117 words
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Article, Illustration4299 1949-07-01 3 'Keystone of commerce' in the Far East Tite Story Of The Hongkong c& snangitai Bank w Hongkong ft I- -W/'ivißank r 1 s it is univer- n o>vnto U-cm- milHons in the Far < f one qfthose t institutions fth have been res J 1 for the as- '?owth and4,299 words
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Advertisement92 1949-07-01 3 KER -LINDSAY (FAR EF.AST) LTD. y MacDonald House iArchit«ct* \wm*i Raffles College Pavilion Theatre A. B. C. Brewery Singapore Swimming Club <Archiuct»r»aimerOTur««fi Robinson's Restaurant Architect* s~,n u mi aw— i Balestior Road Housing Estate o >Tril^ Sago Street Smith Street Flats) Oversea-Chinese Bank GOOdWOOd Park Hotel <ArcH>t«et«: Palm., T«r M92 words
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Advertisement82 1949-07-01 4 Am> Am f^r JLj JEn' R. BERTELLI) nan a c pnlli M N S FLOORINr HARRISONS CROSFIELD (M) LID. MODERN HOUSES CALL FOR MODERN DOMESTIC APPLIANCES 'U 0030 H k^ H totally enclosed FLUORESCENT LIGHTING flush mounted EQUIPMENT INSTALLED THROUGHOUT HARRISONS LISTER ENGINEERING LTD, AGENTS FOR TH^™^^ LTD ATLAS .NCANDESCENT82 words
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Article, Illustration13 1949-07-01 5 ich o/ the new Hongkong and n Orchard Road. The arehitPalmer and Turner.13 words
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Article, Illustration694 1949-07-01 5 OODOLFO Nolli, a young Italian sculptor with his head full of dreams and glory, left Milan 36 years ago to seek fame, fortune and adventure in the Far East. He made a name for himself both in Bangkok and Singapore, he had Adventures some694 words
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2022 1949-07-01 5 MacDonald House is a testimony to courage MAC DONALD House is a great testimony to the foresight and courage of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation in showing the way to the revival of serious building in Singapore, and in giving the important Orchard Road area the banking facilities it2,022 words
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Advertisement83 1949-07-01 5 MacDonald House Statistics Plan dimension 140 ft. x 100 ft. Total height 13? ft. 3 Inch. Height of facade above Orchard Road 165 ft. Height of Main Stair Window hi ft. Length of flagpole :i" fV Total No. of floors (including Mezzanine) 11 Foundations No. of piles 263 No. of83 words
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Advertisement45 1949-07-01 5 CAV. R. NOLLI SCULPTOR AND BUILDING CONTRACTOR A rcliitectiiralj Ornamental PreCast Work. Artificial stone plaster facing of any description. Many of the Principal Buildings in 1 Singapore and Malaya have been Entrusf your next contract m CAV. It. NOLL/ 49, SCOTTS ROAD, SINGAPORE. Telephone 308845 words
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Article, Illustration1074 1949-07-01 6 ']yjAC DONALD House" is the first office building to be completely air conditioned in South East Asia. This building, the leader in modern structures in Malaya, indicates a trend towards the complete air conditioning of new buildings. As a leading architect here recently put It1,074 words
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274 1949-07-01 6 THE electrical installation of MacDonald House completed by Hume Industries (Far East) Ltd., Electrical Department, commences at the main switchboard manufactured by A. Reyrolle and Co. Ltd., which is of the totallyenclosed, m e t a 1-clad, vermin and dust-proof, unit type construction.274 words
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Advertisement111 1949-07-01 6 4*fijftt*j* serves MacDonald House Aptly calied "Weathermaster" the new Carrier Conduit Air-condi- tioning system installed in the MacDonald House will revolutionise *:J|| W&^M^gjt^ working in the tropics. Enervating heat and humidity will no -i3p r> *lJL??v* irr r M* rr 4b W longer sap ambition and energy and the tropics111 words
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Article, Illustration860 1949-07-01 7 'Men With Pride' Work For Chubb's There is no security problem, be it large or small— the "Crown Jewels" or a "Birth Certificate' 1 which those "Men with Pride" at the factories of Chubb and Son's Lock and Safe Co., Ltd., cannot solve. JN 1818 Jeremiah Chubb patented a lock860 words
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Article421 1949-07-01 7 THE facing brickwork on MacDonald House represents a refreshing contrast to the rendering which is all too prevalent in buildings in Singapore today. The effect finally achieved is the result of close and continued cooperation between the Architects, Messrs. Palmer and Turner, and Alexandra Brickworks,421 words
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Advertisement153 1949-07-01 7 1b I t! I 1 low iu^c« brijhtnto, lo«| attractive light aoure* r'educel i* rt in<l hard lh dowß Coo! kurßln tfl r f C J an e GEC flttlnfi for prompt d«llv«ry. txp«rt Li|Min| Enflnetn at CE.C if«»»<h«i %rt at Krv ,ce for coniulution without obllfitlofl. OF THE GENERAL153 words
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Advertisement145 1949-07-01 7 100 YEARS AGO The Cage v)f>Ach protected the Koh-i-noor diamond nearly one hundred years ago was designed and manufactured in the Chubb Factory. In Chubb's old record there is an invoice to the Duke of Wellington,, alongside a "testimonial" from a 19th century cracksman. Those same old records contain historical145 words
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Advertisement113 1949-07-01 7 DIGNIFIED AND SILENT CRESSONITE RUBBER FLOORS are Ideal for Public Buildings and Homes. r \?y^^^^^^ "WMffHP**^^^^SßßHwWb. jt M^v^^* *^PBfctf> IS CRESSONITE INDUSTRIES LTD. I I^VHHHHHHUHIHDHBHHH^ HI Hi I MACDONALD HOUSE ■I II SANDFACED FACING U "Rv I ALEXANDRA BRICKWORKS un SINGAPORE I MM iy L a^ yj m E KIRSCH113 words
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Article, Illustration1534 1949-07-01 8 Malaya's soil makes piling necessary TMlfc piling of the foundations for MacDonald House can be taken as the real start of building operations in Singapore after the war. MacDonald House was p.? maps not the first building to be started but it stands out as a landmark in the postwar1,534 words
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Article309 1949-07-01 8 I^HE sign which stood outside MacDonald House for several months boldly indicating that rubber floors were to be used in the building raised much interest and speculation as to how much rubber would be used in this building. It was gratifying to see that the Hongkong309 words
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Article229 1949-07-01 8 2½ million on contract THE contract for construction of the superstructure of MacDonald House was entrusted to Messrs. Won Hup lor a total sum of about two and half million dollars. Work wa/ to commence At the beginning of the year 1948 and continue through a period of 18 month*229 words
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Advertisement46 1949-07-01 8 '''>^'<v"j^"T^'?^yx3iMiiife^!*x£BBiß^a^aßMMfc^a^a^a^aß^a^a^a^a^a^a^a^a^a^Bfc^KB^BBE >"-jfs.^- 2^,- c- x*xx;"***'«*c v 4^^a&BHvSxk 1 .j'^yty&C,^* v; -f t "y 4 j f£ ,ltl i <v *iii-.* x Changi Prison 40 Nos. Bungjlo^s -v^lli ■■^i.^-l :--|-|f Barrack Blocks, Pengerang /^IU MINISTRY MacDonald House during Construction Married Soldiers* Quarters. Wessex Estate Resurfacing Roads. Changi46 words
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Article, Illustration1130 1949-07-01 9 JnrrouniJi; t he r the S€ Of pi to blast Ui..»ir raciljiice the eyes of ihe observer. ado vs. however, with the lopment of the fluorescent tube lamps this lirect glare problem is net so acute. The relitrge luminous wea of "fluorescent tubes compared the filament1,130 words
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Article140 1949-07-01 9 THE Banking Hall and Offices have been treated with an entirely new technique evolved by Messrs. Ker-Lindsey (Far East) Ltd. This treatment consists of spraying cement based paint in pastel colours with a very pleasing textured finish, obtained with the use of a special spray equipment operated by140 words
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Article738 1949-07-01 9 *T*HE main theme of decoration of the flats in MacDonald House is in keeping with the best modern English practice, rather restrained in character and without undue elaboration: the walls are treated in soft pastel shades: the furniture, which has been specially made in738 words
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Advertisement13 1949-07-01 9 JL L| *"t 4TH FLOOR* w 9INOAPOIUC* pM BANK BLDd; PHONE NUMBER tlOSti13 words
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Article, Illustration900 1949-07-01 10 Beginning a new more beautiful city IQKHJNI) the facade of this modern and progressive building Mncbonald House lies ni uch that is new to Singapore. The building is the forerunner of this city's plan for rehabilitation as it turns towards the establishment of a new and more beautiful city. )uring900 words
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Article256 1949-07-01 10 Iit ESSRS. Harrisons 1?1 Crosfleld (Malaya) Ltd. as Sole Agents for Messrs. R. Bertelli, Italy, were awarded the contract for the supply and fixing of marble in the new branch of the HongKong Shanghai Bank Building in Orchard Road. Mr. F. Bertelli, a partner of Messrs.256 words
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Article366 1949-07-01 10 THE vital work of protecting the roof areas of the new Hong kong Bank Building, MacDonald House, was entrusted to the AngioThai Corporation Limited, Building and Engineering Department. As agents in Malaya for William Briggs Sons, Ltd., Dundee, specialist manufacturers of roofing fells of all366 words
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Article80 1949-07-01 10 OARQUETRY can 1 divided into broad classes. The which is very rare, consists of inla> tally about a quart*! inch thick, which inset into th( floor. These inlays, ge!. geometrical patten, lar M possible, desi straight-lines to av cult cutting: CUTtf avoided. As a rule, tht woods the colour80 words
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Article, Illustration926 1949-07-01 11 stcst ">--' are MLTbeautiful, y -hi K r;ilu%h (uiUing in Road and lift service "to that in many E,«rld'i lai engineers .ffice \s Hei r nv world's laIdes' manufaciical transequipment, r lifts arc almost matte m all new tSpeed Sen 7 from I the ;rum926 words
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Article124 1949-07-01 11 MO room can be more beautiful than its windows. You cannot hide your windows in some dark corner. They stand in the full light and the eye travels first to the windows when one enters a room. That is why utmost care should be used in the decoration124 words
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749 1949-07-01 11 100 local labour did the steel work QNE hundred per cent local labour, employed by the United Metal Works Rang Road, Paya Lebar, created from imported raw steel the ornamental doors and windows of the new Hongkong and Shanghai Bank Building in Orchard Road. The windows, mostly of the French749 words
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Advertisement155 1949-07-01 11 UNITED METAL WORKS 1059, YIO CHU RANG ROAD, SPORE -TEL ***** I Metal Doors Windows Sand Blasting I (All Types) ry w i Steel Buildings and Tanks M^ ta] 5 {n Zinc I Collapsible Gates Bron7e R lih PI t' etc. (tor rust protection, decoration, Ironwork building up of worr.155 words
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Advertisement56 1949-07-01 12 BRANCH OFFICE lI HM P|/f|\iP P CUANPUAI BANKING SINGAPORE nUllUlVuliU U Ull/lllUll/ll CORPORATION t 1 t m yl* 2k rI <^ f I£^ V/ I \Af I1 r^ I■% C It 3p? O I II Vy V^ I Iw t 1 II I I 111 v7 9 II t \l56 words
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Article244 1949-07-01 13 PUBLIC INFORMERS ARE SCARED Police give assurance Free Press Staff Reporter f piE Singapore public was doing a lot towards helping the police trace law-breakers, but a large majority of those who provided information did not trust the police, a spokesman of the Criminal Investigation Department told the Free Press244 words
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Article, Illustration44 1949-07-01 13 IN connection with the screening o' Alfred Hitchcock's thriller "Rope" which opened yesterday, the management of Capitol Theatre is giving: away 20 pairs of guest tickets for correct or nearest -to-correct guesses of the weight of a coil of rope displayed at the theatre.44 words
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Article, Illustration19 1949-07-01 13 Dm Bo S.n K .wit the tan* nd the enemy monj iris hHd earMcßitchie entlj WctßK Lth heinu laid19 words
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Article29 1949-07-01 13 Free Press Staff Reporter THE Singapore Youth Coun--1 ell is considering affiliation with the World Assembly of Youth, which will hold a conference in Brussels next month29 words
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Article16 1949-07-01 13 Reportei I •aid t:. -ake in f they I 'he Fre I16 words
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Article477 1949-07-01 13 $80,,000,000 PROBLEM Free Press Staff Reporter. T»HE Secretary of State for Colonies has been asked 1 to give a decision on unsettled claims for about 580,000,000 arising out of destruction of property during the war in Malaya These claims, falling under the head of denial477 words
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Article113 1949-07-01 13 F. P. Malay Correspondent WATCHED by hundreds of kanipong folks and passers-by in motor ears on the trunk road from Satan* Malacca to Malacca town a peasant, Mohamad bin Hashim, fought with a wild boar in his sawab at Durian Tunggal, Alor Gajah, and succeeded in113 words
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Article, Illustration49 1949-07-01 13 picture. 1111% h ,,v(: University, *h° beat thUtPf* ,»:nhincd H CoVle£? at Unnis College won the Dr. ih Knw ThallenKf Cop. Picture shows Mrs. G. V. AnJn o? th« Vicl-Ch»nc«Uor of the University of MaUy. pre^ntln, tne e»P to the H.*. pUyers, Donald Lo and Norman Lo. Free PressFree Press - 49 words
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Article17 1949-07-01 13 The Suffolk Regiment will arrive in Singaoore today at 3.30 p.m. by the Dilwara.17 words
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Article219 1949-07-01 13 F P. Chinese Correspondent THE* Singapore Government may is,'.ue Formcsan white susar from July to rice card holders as well as conee shops and other licensed sugar consumers, including biscuit manufacturers and bakers- rnA This is because tne large stocks of Formosan sugar now available 'hree219 words
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Article294 1949-07-01 13 Free Press Staff Reporter rpHE decision not to go on tour to Kuala Lumpur A with the Teachers' Repertory production of Bernard Shaw's "Saint Joan" was made with the "greatest reluctance" before th^ play was performed in Singapore, the chairman of Teachers' Repertory, Mr. France's Thomas,294 words
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Article69 1949-07-01 13 A discussion on microfilming as a means of supplementing one's library and as a means of duplicating important documents will b° discussed In the British Council Centre on July 13. at 5 p m. Mr. M. W. F. rweedle, Director of Raffles Museum and Library, will lead69 words
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314 1949-07-01 13 Move to cut powers of S' pore mayor Free Press stall Keporter TUIE Singapore Municipal President, Mr. IV. L. A Blythe. will become no more than the chief executive of the Municipality, and the last rest! of any independent authority he may have will he taken from him if the314 words
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Article35 1949-07-01 13 Free Press Staff Reporter There were 664 blrhs and 177 deaths in Singapore i Municipality during the week ending June 25. Chief causes of death wer* tuberculosis (30>. pneumonia (21) and enteritis (18).35 words
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Article222 1949-07-01 13 TALKS ON JUTE BAN IN S'PORE A RECENT decision taken oy the Government ol Inc ;t to lift the bun on the exp »rt of jute to Hong Kong has ft suited in Singapore Importer! of jute and jute products meeting at the Indian rt;\mber of Commerce to eelc clarification222 words
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Miscellaneous49 1949-07-01 13 No surface mails are expected to reach Singapore today. Closing time for posting surface mails at the G.P.O. are: to the U.S.: 6 p.m. and to Sarawak (except Miti): noon. Amendment to June airmail leailt't. Page 8. Col. 3, amend airmail fees to 10 cents and f> cents respectively.49 words
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Article, Illustration2861 1949-07-01 14 Complete form guide for tomorrow Free Press Racing Correspondent [ONGCHAMPS 11, second in his last three starts, should go one better in the seven-furlong race for top-class horses at Bukit Timah tomorro.w, first day of the Singapore Turf Club July Meeting. This2,861 words
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Article109 1949-07-01 14 mm xgm W *>* I liyiTH some dock workers n sti T? the *^o slow" Movement i- >^.| the offing, there v\.«s little on the London Block B» h u vrsterd in most sections irlfted to an(l >nfc| financial corresnondrnt I JHd Following were the109 words
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Advertisement130 1949-07-01 14 rOr I ENGLISH ELECTRIC SSS; I A WORLD-WIDE ORGANISATION J3tttif>[ r r^^ The English Electric Company is one of the largest manufacturers of W^triJl electrical equipment and allied apparatus in the British Empire, its activities li|^^*|^HS|te Electric extend to all parts of the world. The products of the Company include:130 words
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Article137 1949-07-01 15 THOUGH little importance was attached to the game, both being well below in the the Singapore A.F .A. Senior -me between S.C.C. and yt] signals wsus keen and lnmil draw, each side twice. The Club had a new goalk^per R hjpena an-i he made a Impres137 words
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Article627 1949-07-01 15 GREAT RALLY SAVES U.S. PAIR Schroeder and Mulloy in final From VERNON MORGAN MAGNIFICENT wen's doubles, in which after a battle of 2 J hours, the United States pair, Ted Schroeder and Gardnar Mulloy, ente; ed the final by beating Australia's Geoffrey Brown and Bill Sidwell, yesterday dwarfed the women'sReuter - 627 words
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Article, Illustration41 1949-07-01 15 picture. < ,>l Suleiman (Sembawanu) making his winning effort in the pole vault event at the Far East Air Force athletic r.unpioriships at Seletar on Wednesday. He cleared 9ft hin. Ue is the holder of the F.E.A.F. record 9ft Oin Free PressFree Press - 41 words
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Article237 1949-07-01 15 Free Press Racing Correspondent |>YRON, D.R.B. and Electroplate are doubtful starters in the seven-furlong handicap for topclass horses at Bukit Timah tomorrow and, unless the goin£ improves, Natural and Billy Carol may be taken out. The track was still heavy this morning, when a237 words
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Article117 1949-07-01 15 Inter-State Cup badminton ipoh, rri. k-> effort is being made to reft "ive the inter-State triangu- annual badminton competition ''rr.ong Penang, Selangor and Perak for the Leong Sin Nam rophy i.for men) and the Raja P^rmisurl Cup (for women). Thl« was discussed at a recent ing of the Perak Badminton117 words
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Article14 1949-07-01 15 rh Victoria School annual ..'-porta meet irill be held on tfce vrovkt this «ifterx»ooti# >14 words
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Article147 1949-07-01 15 SOM PONG FIGHTING SEBASTIAN A REPORT from Bangkok says that Nal Som Pong, the: Singapore welterweight champion, i will be fighting Flashy Sebastian, the veteran Filipino boxer, in the Siamese capital on July 10. Som Pong's absence In Bangkok is holding up .arrangements for a return bout in Singapore between147 words
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Article41 1949-07-01 15 JVANHOE. by Norwest out of 1 Aurella. imported as a foal from Ireland together with his dam, won the Grand Prix of Madrid yesterday for the Spanish Military Stud, repeating his last years success in the race. ReuterReuter - 41 words
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Article321 1949-07-01 15 /CHRISTOPHER Davidge, the Oxford University stroke, led Trinity College to a brilliant victory over Roevereeninging de Delftsche Sport of Amsterdam in the Grand Challenge Cup at Henley Royal Regatta yesterday. Trinity held a slender lead early on, but trie Dutch crew passed them and led. ThenReuter - 321 words
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Article62 1949-07-01 15 THE Singapore Khalsa Association hua received an invitation from the Selangor Bikh Union to participate in ine all-Malayan Sikh athletic meet to be held at Kuala Lumpur on July 29 and 30. Members and others desirous ot taking part are to contact Mr. Mohlnder Singh, 7962 words
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Article606 1949-07-01 15 OATSMEN thoroughly enjoyed themselves on hard, fast pitches yesterday and no fewer than nine players obtained centuries in the seven county cricket matches. The highest individual county score of the day went to Jack Robertson, Middlesex's opening batsman, who followed his Test century with a brilliantReuter - 606 words
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Article, Illustration31 1949-07-01 15 picture. MRS. D. C. A. FRASER. who won the women's singles title at the recent Penang tennis championships. She beat Miss Mary Millet* c ft 6-0 in the final.- Free PressFree Press - 31 words
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Article172 1949-07-01 15 THE New Zealand* scoria a well-deserved victory ever a Combined Services XI at Gillingham yesterday by u innings and 50 runs. The fi.ial scores were: Combined Services 72 and 347; New Zealanders 469 for 7 declared. Verdun Scott, the tall New Zealand opening batsman, stayed through172 words
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Article101 1949-07-01 15 BEHVICES— Ind Inns. f.oton c Sutcliffe b CnilUll 1 Parnaby c Cowlr b Burkr 10 Xinsworth Wallace b Cowle 17 May Ibw SntrlltTe Manners b Cressuell W Ford st Mooney b Sutctttle (I ShlrrefT Ibw rress«.-u 14 Delfhton c Smith b Burke o» WPson o WMUcc b Rurke GayReuter - 101 words
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Article58 1949-07-01 15 BO B Mathias, Olympic Games decathlon champion, retaind his American decathlon title at Tiilare, California, before 6,000 cheering home town admirers on Wednesday. Tathias won the trophy again with a score of 7,556 points the highest unrirr the present system of scoriim since Glen Morris set theReuter - 58 words
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Article68 1949-07-01 15 QFFIC E>BEAKERS of the Singapore Chinese Recreation Clut for 1949 are: president. Sir Han Hoe Lim: vice-presidents: Messrs. Chua Choon Leong, Lien Ying Chow, Lim Siow Eng und Dr C J. Poh; secretary, Mr. Evan Wong; asst. secretary. Mr. Khoo Ong Lee: treasurer, Mr. Tan Luan Kia; committee.68 words
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Article69 1949-07-01 15 THE lollowlng ill repre&tm tIM x Khalsa Association at crlcktt against the SiriS-v^ore Cricket Club on Sunday on the Khal a ground (off St. Geoige's Road) Jlalwant Singli (fapittn) Ourdial Singh; Tharam Singh- Cnoor Singh: M. B. Sin-h; B. S. Soln: Pardunvm Singh: Ba tadar Btogb; Balwan69 words
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Miscellaneous9 1949-07-01 15 CRAZY SPORTLINE Double fault rf6W^^^**^it^^_i 4* l^* g^ M^'f9 words
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Article15 1949-07-01 16 DA, wife of W. K Ord, ii daughter, Chribthis morning at VCerteV Hospital. Both15 words
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Article62 1949-07-01 16 O ol the Municipal T i ;w,iy peacefully >4 Vee isnmy Road en 28.6.49. :1 v. ill >l-f> place on Satur- ;it 2 ivn. Deeply regretted. (ADAM ONO YAM NEO, afred j beloved mother of Mrs. Chla S -■< h. passed away peacefully I No. 4 CMrnhill Circle yesterj62 words
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Article324 1949-07-01 16 Delhi charges discritn {nation NEW DELHI, Friday. CHARGING that there is "a tendency by the Malayan Government to try to eliminate Indians from Malaya so far as possible, the Indian Deputy Foreign Minister, Dr. B. V. Keskar, yesterday said that the Delhi Government is "disquieted"A.P. - 324 words
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Article, Illustration77 1949-07-01 16 photo. For over 150 years, the little wine village of Genzano ~0 miles from Rome, has held an annual flower ««ival. but this year the village did not have funds and so the Rome City Council decided to sponsor its own festival. Picture shows a section of the Armenia SquareA.P. - 77 words
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Article39 1949-07-01 16 BOMBAY, Fri. 7NDIAS 2,200 cinemas closed yesterday in protest against "oppressive" taxation by the Govern' meni. The strike passed off without incident. The Indian cinema entertainment tax ranges from 15 to 50 per cent. ReuterReuter - 39 words
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Article78 1949-07-01 16 NEW YORK. Fri. THE New York Stock Fx- change made some further limited progress yesterday morning but activity v.as slow with many operators watchina: the domestic labour .situation closely and awaiting develoDments at. Hie economic discussions. Irregularly higher tendencies of mainly fractions prevailed at midday with biddingReuter - 78 words
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Article59 1949-07-01 16 THE Egyptian Prime Minister. Ibrahim Abdel Hadi Pasha, said in Cairo yesterday that the Government would crush any attempt at violence during the general elections in October. The Wafdist leader, Mustapha el Nahas Pasha, himself a former Premier, had predicted that "blood will flow In rivers"U.P. - 59 words
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Article211 1949-07-01 16 k.f R. Philip Noel-Baker, the Commonwealth Rela'A tions Minister, said last night that the British government would support Pakistan against any ggressive territorial claims by Afghanistan. He made the statement to the Commons on the ituation concerning the North-West Frontier Proince, now Pakistan territory, inU.P. - 211 words
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Article60 1949-07-01 16 TWO Hindu priests in Sam--1 balDur iOrissa> were fined 25 rupees each foi* refusal to admit untouchables into the temple. The Orissa Government had passed a law penalising refusal o! access to all public places, including temples. wells, tanks, rivers and parks. The sight of anA.P. - 60 words
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Article75 1949-07-01 16 r\VO mombors of the Japanese Government's Population Research Institute lave predicted that, even if •very Japanese family were imited in future to two children, increase in the coun:ry's population will not stop Defore 1975 and a total population Of 100.000.000. The prediction was made by Mr.Reuter - 75 words
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Article132 1949-07-01 16 S. Africa is not logical' -INDIA 1 NEW DELHI, Fri. AN Indian External Affairs Ministry i spokesman said last night of a South African suggestion for "repatriation' of Indians now in the Union that it would be "as logical or ethical" to ask for return to their original homes of132 words
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119 1949-07-01 16 SIX 'DOOMED MEN CHEATED TUBERCULOSIS JOHANNESBURG. Fri. SIX tubercular men in Twickenham. England, told they had only six months to live, decided to set out together to see as much of the globe as possible In their previous time. That was 24 > ago. The last sur. Ilr A EA.P. - 119 words
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Article198 1949-07-01 16 NEW DELHI, Friday. IN response to 815 letters written by children oi 1 Japan, appealing for a large, charming elephant, which still lives with us only in dream," the Prime Minister of India. Pandit' Nehru, has decided to make a gift of a large pachyderm198 words
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Article24 1949-07-01 16 The second World Health Assembly decided in Rome yesterday to hold Its next conference in Geneva on May 7, 1950- ReuterReuter - 24 words
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Article22 1949-07-01 16 W. H.O. admits Korea A plena: :on of the World Ho alt 0 ittan ratified the adi. of South Korea vesterdav.- A.P.A.P. - 22 words
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Article52 1949-07-01 16 SOMK 13.000 Nation trgofM wt re killrd or wounded by Communist foi on the Bhensi front dm the 21) days ending Jun< says a Red army claim. Nationalist losses included 9.771 officers and men killed, including a divisional commander under Muslim Governor Ma Pu-fans. the statementReuter - 52 words
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Article30 1949-07-01 16 PANDIT NRHRU, Indian Prime Minister, has accepted an invitation from Canadian Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent, to visit Canada when he goo* to tho United Stales in October.30 words
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Article94 1949-07-01 16 ATLATIC CITY, Fri THE U.S. Defence Secretary, i Mr. Louis Johnson, said last niKht that, there was peace in the world because "Russia knows America is ready at four a.m. 1 "I firmly believe that peace In the world vill be maintained so longU.P. - 94 words
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Article75 1949-07-01 16 Malaya earned more than UK NEW YORK. Fri. MALAYA and India made the biggest contributions to the sterling area U.S. dollar pool in 1948. Analysis of trade returns, issued by the U.S. Commerce Department here, shows total visible imports (including gold and silver) from Malty* were U.S. $269,544,000 and fromReuter - 75 words
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Article85 1949-07-01 16 at every meal, except breakfast, is one of the secrets of longevity. Mrs. Cecilia Cifferi said in Reading (Penna.) on her 103rd birthday yesterday. Born in Italy, she has outlived all except one of her 11 hildren. a daughter with whom she now lives. ToA.P. - 85 words
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Advertisement486 1949-07-01 16 PERSONAL I KUKN I Will Mrs. Mary Smith please contact t).; G 'deles Rallies Hottl. Wit RUSSLL W. Manning of I < n <v Manning, Optician and i r;irv Optom* trist to the Fre- Community Hospital, Frejoined the firm of ,r-\ z Sons, Optical Singapore. SITUATION WANTED I QPEAN— Public486 words
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Advertisement90 1949-07-01 16 SUPER WRESTLING GREAT WORLD ARENA SAT. 2nd JULY '49 at 9 P.M. 5 SUPER PAIRS BILL VERNA 6x5 GUY LOMBARDO CHARLIE SAINT 6x5 BOODH SINGH MOHD. KUNJI) 6x3 KOK CHING MOHAN SINGH 6x3 W. SMITH BOCK LIM 6x3 BABY KONG Reduced Prices: $2 $1-. 50 CENTS Today and Tomorrow at90 words
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Advertisement217 1949-07-01 16 Top ay* Wmm 1 6th Announceme n t W stands for Winner Its F N. you bet; Its the only dead cert" You ever will t L. K. Low. "X" unknown quantity. Kept up their sleeve. Brings highest awards To Fraser and Nea*e B. J. P. Joaquim, 11 p. There217 words
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Miscellaneous18 1949-07-01 16 HIGH TIDES Today: 1.16 a.m. Ml p m Tomorrow: M>9 a.m. 3.37 p.m THE SAINT by Leslie Charteris18 words
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