Malaya Tribune, 20 January 1948
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Title Section60 1948-01-20 1 The Malaya Tribune B y THE PEOPLE FOR THE PEOPLE Larger Sales Than Any Afternoon Paper In Malaya simultaneously in Singapore. 4* Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh Penang. 'Phone 5811 (Three Lines) FIGHT PAGES SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, JANUARY 20, 1948 PRICE TEN CENTS. The Malaya Tribune London AijentsU—Messrs. Colin Turner Ltd., Talbot House,60 words
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44 1948-01-20 1 untitled M. untitled the untitled Far East, ■i a ffotd watch from Mr. David Marshall, on behalf of /> V.' If art Board, ai a farewell un done* held at the Roof garden <>n Sunday. The Rev. Block >s leaving short in for V X44 words
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543 1948-01-20 1 rPOH, Jan. 19—A dramatic plea that hospitals here with adequate medicines and other require ary for the treatment of tuberculosis, is made by T.B. patients in the form of a letter to the Malaya Tribune. While expressing satisI gratitude at the lood543 words
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Article, Illustration379 1948-01-20 1 Mr. Lee Kong Chian On ACCCM Resolution (Tribune Star Reporter) An assurance is given by Mr. L?c Rons Chian, President of the Associated Chinese Chambers of Commerce. Malaya, that the ACCCM has never harboured any thought or aim of creating Sino Malay interracial379 words
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Article33 1948-01-20 1 Shortly before sunrise today, two Malays armed with revolvers who attempted to rob the occupants of a nouse in Aliwal Street, Kampong Java, were chased away by a number of Malaya.33 words
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Article25 1948-01-20 1 According to the latest advice the Dutch liner "Oranje" sailed from Suez on Jan. 17 and is expected in Singapore on Jan. 29.25 words
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Article120 1948-01-20 1 LAKE SUCCESS, Jan. 19. Latest indications on the India Pakistan issue are that the area ol disagreement on proposals tn send a United Nation threeman commission to Kashmir are not as wide as had earlier been been believed. It now appears the Security Council will120 words
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Article42 1948-01-20 1 The ceremony of signing the Johore Agreement, IP4B, and the Federation of Malaya Agreement, 1948 by His Highness, by the Sultan of Johore, will take place In the drawing room of the Istana Bazar, Johore Bahru. tomorrow at 7.45 p.m.42 words
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300 1948-01-20 1 KUALA LUMPUiI, Monday—The increased demand for English education from all sections of the community and the loss of the years of occupation are described as reasons attributing to the present very heavy demands upon English school accommodation in Selangor as in all parts of the300 words
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Article78 1948-01-20 1 Shortly before noon yesterday a Chinese detective fired his revolver at a fleeing gunman in the Kiong Siak Road area. The letective was on rounds when he challenged two Chinese who were behaving in a suspicious manner. The men took to their heels, and they were running off78 words
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Article26 1948-01-20 1 Mr. Donald McCulloch, Question Master cf the famous 8.8.C. Brains Trust, will broadcast over Radio Malaya tonight at 945 on how to run a Brains Trust.26 words
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Article, Illustration418 1948-01-20 1 (Tribune Staff Reporter) A request from tne Singapore Labour Department to the Government of India to send a representativestudent to atc?nd a course on Employment Exchange management in New Delhi has been granted. As a result Mr. Aw Chin Hu. Manager418 words
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Article51 1948-01-20 1 A lecturer at Raffles College, while collecting Insects at Pulau Kusu, near St. John's Island, last Sunday, left a haversack containing three ounces of Potassium Cyanide a deadly poison. The public is warned about this and any one finding the haversack is requested to return It to the51 words
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Article243 1948-01-20 1 (Tribune Staff Reporter) Work on the garden setting of the van Kleef Aquarium to be built in the King George V Park off Tank Road has already begun. Plans include a formal garden in the foreground. This will have lawns sulcable for tennis courts and243 words
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Advertisement81 1948-01-20 1 N a t,onal Employer's J Mutual General MOTOR. I [ENS COMPENSATION. SONAL ACCIDENT I other classes of |\SIBV\CK ASaOCIATION LID. rated In England; j abers. Raffles Place. SINGAPORE. ag er: M S. WISE piIONE 2835. t m Him jj,, m m tmm i m n\m mi ■iflgrqfcw ril e Most81 words
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Advertisement74 1948-01-20 1 MALAYA Dry Cleaning Co. 416. ORCHARD ROAD. SINGAPORE. PHONE *****. Quick and Satisfactory Service 8y Efficient Sharghai Workmen. Best Dry Steam Cleaning, Dyei ing, Durable Pressing, Invisible Mending. Prices Moderate Service Guaranteed within 24 Hours. NON-DRIP MEASURES FOR QUICK AND ACCURATE BAR SERVICE Let us refit your bar with the74 words
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Article88 1948-01-20 2 Two B.O.R's from the Htt Soon Transit Camp awaiting acmob, pleaded guilty yesterday at the First District Court to i charge of housebreaking. were Daniel Black and M D. LrwLs. both aged 22. They were alleged to have broken 'nto the Cinema Hall at Nec Suon88 words
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Article99 1948-01-20 2 A young Chinese who br.k>- into two houses, each within hall an hour of the other at 1 West Hill Estate on Dec. 22. was j yesterday sentenced. to 18 niunth.s' rigorous imprisonment j to be followed by 12 months' police supervision, by the First District99 words
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80 1948-01-20 2 A GO-feet hill in Kampong Silat is being excavated o prepare the area Tor the building programme of the Singapore Improvement Trust. A bulldozer, tractors, and scraper, have been working at the hill removing the ted laterite. The site which fronts80 words
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545 1948-01-20 2 (Tribune Staff Reporter) Commenting or the medical report for 1946, rhe Alumni Association of the King Edward Vll College of Medicine attributes the present "unsatisfactory" state of affairs to the general lack of foresight on the part of the administration. With reference545 words
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Article51 1948-01-20 2 Reuter. LONDON. Jan. 19. The Countess of Limerick, Deputy chairman oi the British Red Cross Society, left here by air today for an extensive tour of Red Cross units in the Middle East and the Far East. She is to visit Ceylon. Malaya. Singapore and Rangoon.Reuter. - 51 words
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Article237 1948-01-20 2 KuaJa Lumpur. Jan. 19. A Chinese, Low Cheok, who stated that he was a trishaw-pedallcr. faced his trial before Mr. Justice T. T. Russel at the Assizes, on a charge that h e jointly with two others not in custody attempted to rob on e Lim237 words
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83 1948-01-20 2 Reuter. LONDON, Jan. l'J. Mr. H. Nutcombe Hume, DirectorDoaignate of the British Governments Colonial Dtvelirpment Corporation, is cacpeeted to arrtv* in Singapore about Mar. 9. to make a brief general invefUiyatton for the corporation. He hopes to ha**- exploratory talk* with the Goiemors ofReuter. - 83 words
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Article166 1948-01-20 2 When William Gordon Bryce, aged 49. a European of Cap to! Flats appeared before Mr. E. S. do. Banzie a t th e Second Police Court yesterday on a charge ot cheating, counsel f"r defence, Mr. D. S. Marshall said that the charge was "improper in the166 words
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Article218 1948-01-20 2 Kuala Lumpur. Jan. 19.—For having caused hurt to three Chinese with intent to extort confessions from them during October. 1943. at Port Swettenham, a Japanese regime police detective, named Son Siong Hai, was convicted by Mr. Justice T. T. Russell at the Assizes and sentenced to218 words
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Article163 1948-01-20 2 As a result of a collision between a car and a lorry, the driver of the car, Lim Meng Kong, a businessman from Johore. was admitted into hospital for 16 days, and after that, had to receive psychological treatment for nerves for la months. This was163 words
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431 1948-01-20 2 (Tribune stair Reporter) The second Industrial Nig Jit txbool to be established in Singapore by the Y.W.C.A. Industrial School Committee opened at the Havelock Feeding Centre at 7 p.m. yesterday Within fifteen minutes. 18 Chinese girls whose ages ranged from 12 to 18, were431 words
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Article440 1948-01-20 2 (Tribune-Staff Reporter) i A verbal refusal by the management of United Engineers Limited to a request fn firm's mechanics and workmen who arc on has created a furtner deadlock in the latest tempt at negotiation which took place on Jan. n The request was440 words
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Article57 1948-01-20 2 Two brothers stood in th' dock at the Second Police Court yesterday with fighting in public at Tras Street on Jan. IH. The brothers, Yong Siew Eng (§§j and Yong Sictv Tee i'ti denied the charge saying they were only scolding each other. I The <asc was57 words
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92 1948-01-20 2 Twenty-two person ing 12 Malays, <> Javanese, 3 Indians and one Chinese. in the Fourth Polio C v terday. to answer a chare criminally into ft grounds of 223 8.0 I). Kno 3 p.m. on Jan. 18 Accused told tiu two soldiers had asta92 words
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212 1948-01-20 2 (Tribune St iff Reporter) The exemption from liquor and smokes duty hitherto granted to members of the Services will be replaced from February 1, by a system of remissions or refunds capable of being granted by the Governor-jn-Council. Gazetted during the week-end. the Bill212 words
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Article64 1948-01-20 2 A tape attap house situated n g hin off Seok Wee Road, was visiUd by three Chinese armed with knives about 8 o'clock yesterday morning. Entering a cubicle occupied by a woman whose husband hud gone to work, the men ransacked the room, taking a quantity of jewellery64 words
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Article69 1948-01-20 2 SetUcnct >>t six week* 3 rigerons imprieonmeni ira.s passed on a father of "manu children" at th' Third Police Court. Accused, a middle aged Chinese named Lav Choo Lai. was charged with theft of J bars ot lend ingots valued e.t $15 each, the property of69 words
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60 1948-01-20 2 I Because h e refused to give way to extortioners, the towkay of a bicycK shop in Henderson Road j was beaten up by two Chinese on Sunday. Accosting the proprietor in his shop, the men demanded $10.80. The proprietor said lie had no60 words
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Advertisement158 1948-01-20 2 mf GEVLPfIG PHOPf 6^070 last 3 Shows 1.15: Ashok Kumar and VcfM "NAJMA" (Hindustan: Don't M ss these Urt lf» Shows!'. Tnmorrcw: "ANMQI.t.HM*' Diamond Theatre Return Serceniu, by fm Request TODAY US; MS; MS "MAZDOOR" (Hindustani) SI irrinK: indumnati. Nasir Khan. \w» and Many othersLast Day: JJjjJ? LOUISIANA ''I K<158 words
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Article346 1948-01-20 3 (Trilrine Staff Reporter) Singapore Traffic Police has introduced affic signal* >vhich are authorised under the Itecillations and a>*e in use in the United itrfloin and other parts of the British Empire. C J R. B'i broke. Officer-in-charge of the Branch, explained that four-fifths of accidents <346 words
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Article385 1948-01-20 3 I rriwne SI in Reporter) IN' X WOMEN ARE NOW pTITLEIJ TO VOTE. THE rr CHINESE BRITISH f I VI II >N KEELS THAT IT k BK Kljt >< KINC THEIR WWKKSS IF STRAITS CHTM >h WOMEN A ftE NOT INf 1 j I Tl385 words
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Article145 1948-01-20 3 Reuter. PENANG, Jan. 19. Fire broke out on board the 7,300-ton Dutch ship Bredero and was extinguished today after a 22-hour fight by firemen. The Bredero was anchored li the roads off Penang harbour. There was one casualty. A boatswain fell into the burning hatch butReuter. - 145 words
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Article338 1948-01-20 3 AN EARLY MORNING ENCOUNTER BETWEEN TWO PARTNERS OF A POULTRY AND EGG BUSINESS AND TWO CHINESE ARMED ROBBERS ON JUNE 11 LAST, WHEN A SUM OF 8900 WAS STOLEN FROM ONE OF THEM, WAS NARRATED AT THE SINGAPORE ASSIZES COURT YESTERDAY BEFORE MR. JUSTICE THOROGOOD338 words
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Article62 1948-01-20 3 A middle-aged Chinese woman. Tan Ah Lek. who was alleged to have had possession ol sjx rounds of ammunition, at Kampong Tembang Arang. appeared in the Seventh Police Court en a tentative charge of being in mVawful possession of ammunition. The case was postponed for mention62 words
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Article56 1948-01-20 3 The 812-ton motor-driven tug Nautilus, which left Ho Llo in the PhlUpines on Jan 6, arrived in Singapore with two other tugs the Argonaut and the Flounder, and two ocean lighters in tow. Under the command of skip l>cr Salvador Tenko, the trip had been successfully accomplished56 words
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Article44 1948-01-20 3 Fines totalling $875 were Im posed on 33 Chinese, of whom three were women, at the Eight, Police Court yesterday, for gambling offences. The accused were caught hi various areas of the island part cipatihg in Pai Kow. dice and card games.44 words
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Article128 1948-01-20 3 Saying that as he was invited to a toddy shop by a friend, he took the opportunity of consum ing a« much toddy as he could Slier Mohamed pleaded guilty to a charge of being drunk and incapable of taking car*, of himseP. at128 words
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Advertisement19 1948-01-20 3 PASKOE'S LTD. NOW FULLY EQUIPPED TO PRODUCE FURNITURE, JOINERY AND ALL WOODWORK AT SHORT NOTICE AND AT COMPETITIVE PRICES19 words
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Advertisement831 1948-01-20 3 SITUATIONS VACANT WANTED Canvasser (salary and commission) junior clerks (either sex). Apply stating age saiaiy required <*nd experience if any. Write to Box* A 752, M.T.. Singapore. (U. 486) HAmcU middle aged female Chinese look after two children ages 8 and 6 months, assist house woik. A pp!v Box No.831 words
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Advertisement557 1948-01-20 3 WANTED WANTED Fancy 3 and 4 ounce hotJles 1 ring samples to 771 North Bridge Roaa Singapore. (U. 491» WANTED URGENTLY: A good second-hand piano fox a little school girl of TH. learning to play. Can pay cash or give antique furniture in exchange. Please reply to Box A 746.557 words
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Advertisement576 1948-01-20 3 I SITUATIONS WANTED CHINESE YOUNG MAN just finished. CCS. final Exam. Interested in Auditing seeks suital le Post Audit Firm or Department. Box A 749, C o M.T., S pore. (TAB3>. PARTTIME accounts undertaken statement of accounts and I alancc sheet drawn up for 1947 proper account books opened for576 words
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Advertisement432 1948-01-20 3 PETS DOGS white West High land Mack Scottish Terrier Bitches for Salt. Hotli peOigt'eed champion .stock thirteen months old excellent condition. Imported from Eng rand last June. Ready for breeding. One litter will return outlay. Cerlitied I value $450 each. 10. Swettenhaii »Road. 1 (Q 448>. j TRANSPORT 27 Seater432 words
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Article735 1948-01-20 4 Various representations are now being made to the Governments of Singapore and the Malayan Union respecting the incidence of income tax. On the official side great stress is laid on the desirability of equitable distribution. Circumstances in Malaya today are such that any such tax will735 words
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Article1298 1948-01-20 4 Lim Keng Hor Inside Indonesia 2 I arrived in Solo, the Indonesian Republic's second largest town, just when secret military manoeuvres were on. A tiny .biplane of Japanese make flew overhead, setting off the air raid alarm when I was in th,e City's Town Hall talking to1,298 words
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Article109 1948-01-20 4 Reuter-AAP. SYDNEY".—A dea' seabir<J s on lon I- an.i, P?| Phillip Ray, is causinjr n.r ■■oncern among Ite&oeiee Mb ralrs s. On '.he island is a old concrete gunpi'? tad ainsfi tion magazine's, tfce t9*h ■> which have disaprv are<l h a par'y of rata trapped numbersReuter-AAP. - 109 words
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210 1948-01-20 4 Letters To The Editor? Sir—With reference to the letter entitled -Nonsense about Volunteer's back pay" please be good enough to publish this in your valuable paper, which has always taken a stand on the b? half of the oppressed and wronged. (1> What210 words
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Article363 1948-01-20 4 Sir.—Your caption "We did not criticize the Kempeitai" in the People's Postbag of today's issue caught my eye and I commenced reading Mr. J. D. S. Aroozoo's letter with avidity but only finished up with that hollow feeling w P all get on being badly "let down". Crltic'sm363 words
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Article205 1948-01-20 4 Sir,—With reference to the Forum by "A Pupil I should say she needs the words of courage and praise to raise the matter in your columns I, too. would like to say a few words of praise to the staff ((especially the pupils), as I am not allowed205 words
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Article81 1948-01-20 4 SIR—I write to say that I agree w T ith the Progressive Party's attitude towards the elections. The M.D.U. should make up its mind once and for all. Either go in and contest the elections or else stay out completely. Do not stand on the side lines and81 words
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Advertisement590 1948-01-20 4 NOTICES SINGAPORE rdUNICIPALITY Tenders are invited for the supply of 4000 6000 Nightsoil Pails and 200 Nightsoil Pail Covers. Tender forms from Municipal Secretariat. Deposit $100- (refundable). Closing in Municipal Secretariat (Rcom 235) noon, 30 January 1948. NOTICE Notice is hereby given that Chew Bock Leong will retire from the590 words
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Advertisement56 1948-01-20 4 Ice Cream Dealers Do you know you can hire small freezers at a small monthly rental? COME AND SEE US. LEE FLETCHER 102-106, Orchard Road, Singapore. Telephone 3338. i Established JS72 Malaya's Leading Jewellers Diamond and Gem Merchants B.P. de Silva, Ltd., (Incorporated in Ceylon) Singapore, Penang. I A 9j2l,56 words
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Advertisement53 1948-01-20 4 I G RECIAN I Goal Ski ii 1 I fMens 1 I f Slippers /j&y I j] i MADE IN L**W/ I I V ENGLAND 1 COLOURS: BROWN. Bill MACK j ALL SIZES. J M-imfa.-lured By CHURCH'S I j England's Best Known Maker EASE and S 14.50 1 j| COMFORT53 words
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Article106 1948-01-20 5 R euter. Y<>RK. Jan. 19. The f met in an editorial entina on Gandhi's nip of his fast, said: "The, urt r i ted t*y Gan- twruiWft to be restored his reinforced thr i jft rtf d by the direction* and by In the intangibles mobih»em\Reuter. - 106 words
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270 1948-01-20 5 PENANG. Monday. itinji Malaya to study th e local fishing methods is Indian Mr. K. Gopinath, Senior Research Fishery Officer in who s at present in Penang. has been specially sent n.;, the Government of India. Mr. Gopinath. who qualified in England, has spent270 words
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Article69 1948-01-20 5 The management of the Great World Cabaret has planned a novel programme tonight. It called "Old Memories Night" Talkie hits and music that were popular about 20 years ago will be presented. Wilson and his boys wiU render such selections as "t T appy Days Are Hqre69 words
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Article36 1948-01-20 5 U.P. BATAVIA. Jan. 19 —The three chief delegates to the United Nations mission to Indonesia will return to New York within the next two weeks to report to the security Council on the DutchIndonesian agreement. U.P.U.P. - 36 words
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Article263 1948-01-20 5 JLA LUMPUR, Jan. 19 choon. Chief Clerk te Engineer's office. Kuala Lumpur, apre the District Judge, I i Smith, today on a using the P. WD. iiffici premise! as a common letting house. Ev.fi nee of betting slips found when the Police visited was given by263 words
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495 1948-01-20 5 Bigger Padi Crops SEREMBAN, Jan. 19—The progress which Negri Sembilan is making towards self-sufficiency in foodstuffs is reflected in the monthly report for December issued by the local Agricultural Department. Referring to the food-crops exported from the State, the report I says during December, in495 words
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Article184 1948-01-20 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 19 A large haul of opium which is estimated to be worth about $25.000 was seized by the Klang Police yesterday when they stopped a car on the Klang Road. The car was first noticed proceeding towards Klang from Kuala Lumnur and travelling184 words
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Article64 1948-01-20 5 A tentative charge of having abetted in an attempted armed gang robbery at an address in McPherson Road was explained to a Chinese, Lee Bah Bah. who was produced before the Seventh Magistrate. Mr. A. G. Sheares, yesterday. The attempted armed robbery was stated to have64 words
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Article, Illustration176 1948-01-20 5 Based on the motion picture *V*AR/i7Y GIRL' A THERINE ARRIVED AT THE AUDITION STUDIO AS A TRACK RECORDING WAS BEING MADE, AND AS THEY NEEDED A GIRL SINGER, THEY GAVE HER A SCRIPT AND PUT HER TO WORK. MEANWHI L-E "THE BLONDE" WAS MAKING176 words
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Article, Illustration61 1948-01-20 5 A happy group at the party at the Raffles- Hotel on Sunday night, the occasion being the farewell appearance of the Hotel Orchestra. Left to right (front row) Mrs. Leong Eng Khean and her daughters Dorothy and Sally; {back row) Mrs. Eddie Leant/ Mr. E. Leong, Mrs. K.61 words
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346 1948-01-20 5 PENANG, Jan. 19 —A project Of $500,000 which will iesult in better faculties being provided and the entire racing and other tracks on ihe course being improved, has been planned by the Penang Turf Club, and the adoption of these recommendations will be discussed346 words
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Article114 1948-01-20 5 Reuter. SHANGHAI. Jan. 19. Evacuation of some 7.000 Government employees and families from Manchuria began yesterday with the airlifting from Mukden to Peiping of 32 women and 41 children, according to North China reports today. All members of the party are dependents of the National Resources Commission staffReuter. - 114 words
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Article90 1948-01-20 5 Reuter. Athens. Jan. 19.—The United States has assented to the "unfreezing" of Greek gold lodge! with the Federal Reserve Bank. Mr. Dwight Griswold. head of th e U.S. aid-Greece mission, told the Greek Government today. Gold worth $2,000,000, will be released immcdiatelv and the balanceReuter. - 90 words
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Article72 1948-01-20 5 MALACCA, Jan. 19.—At tne MBE presentation ceremony held at the Malacca Residency Sir Edward Gent declared; "A country owes much to her fV-th-ful senrtors like Haji Abdul Rahman with their qualities ci steadiness and experience. "I congratulate the people of the Settlement on account of the72 words
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Article173 1948-01-20 5 Reuter. SYDNEY, Jan. 19. Emigration authorities in Canberra ruled today that Australian girls recalled from United States services in Japan, the Philippines and Guam must flr3t return home to obtain passports before going abroad and must convert any dollar savings into Australian currency The gifls have noReuter. - 173 words
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Article83 1948-01-20 5 PENANG, Jan. 19.—An anonymous letter demanding $5.000 was reported to have been received by Mr. Ong Soo Beng, a Chinese merchant of Beach Street on Thursday afternoon. Accompanying the demand was a threat that Mr. Ong's life would be endangered if he failed to pay83 words
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Article187 1948-01-20 5 U.P. London. Jan. 19.—The Sund-y newspaper The People, which last week printed an item that somebody in the United States considered Britons can, got such a flood of Utters that today it decided to report that it was wrong by about 7 to 1. Sample quotes forU.P. - 187 words
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Article222 1948-01-20 5 IPOH, Jan. 19.—The decision of th e Chinese National Government to hold a meeting for Overseas Chinese delegates In Nanking in March is hailed by local Chinese cs an important step to cement the relationships of the motherland with her nationals abroad. The meeting, it is understood,222 words
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Advertisement111 1948-01-20 5 Chic comes from poise and inner —Ui dane or to riilHhthf. to swim ictf-confidence... the priceless kno\%- or to pixy t<*nni»—for I 'anon worn ledge iA' freedom to go where you like internally b quite in* isihlc, it so eimand wear what you like, no matter die lenunt. S.if< r,111 words
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57 1948-01-20 6 Mr. untitled An untitled who was recently appointed a Justice of thr Peace for Singapore. Be is a member of the Committee of Management of the Indian Chamber of Commerce. Ih n ndered good service as a wu mber of the Indian Pass- age Priority Commit If and is c57 words
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Article73 1948-01-20 6 Reuter. CALCUTTA. —Pojiee re invited applications from monkey catcher? after monkey had beet: "terrorising* the inhabitant.* >f a ins riet m Sou hern Calcutta for several erci ks. Complaint* lodged with 'he police were cf at leas dozen children who bad been either bC ten or scratched sadReuter. - 73 words
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Article611 1948-01-20 6 Reuter. LONDON, Jan. 19. Contact lenses invisible wafer-thin glasses which fit closely to the eyeball under the eyelids although first thought of more than 100 years ago. have now been so developed that they open up a new hope for people in all walks ofReuter. - 611 words
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Article71 1948-01-20 6 Reuter. RANGOON. Jan. 19. Chieftains of the Shan tribes of Burma's frontier areas today expressed dissatisfaction over the appointment of U Tin Myint. AntiFascist Peoples League nominee, as Minister for Shan Affairs in the Burmese Cabinet. The Council of Shan Affairs, representing all 11 Shan Sawbwas (chieftains)Reuter. - 71 words
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247 1948-01-20 6 PENANG, Jan. 19.—1t is au thoritatively learned from Mr. O. N. Merican, the Hon. Secretary of the Postal Uniformed Staff's Union, North Malaya, that the Union's executives will be meeting on Sunday June 18 to discuss the Trusted Salaries Commission Report. The decisions of247 words
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491 1948-01-20 6 KUALA LUMPUii, Jan. 19.—There is a shortage ol doctors the public is told but wh?n 11 new graduates applied for jobs they were informed that there w-3te only thre > vacancies in Singapore. This is revealed in the current issue of the MDU BULLETIN.491 words
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Article159 1948-01-20 6 Kuala Lumpur. .Jan. 19 The Officer-in-Charge of the Traffic Branch. Selangor, in his return of road accidents in Selangor for the fourth quarter of last year, revealed that 20 deaths were recorded from all parts of the State during October. November and December. 1947. as159 words
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Article149 1948-01-20 6 IPOH. Jan 19 —In common with their fellow nationals in other parts o! the country, the Ceylonese o/ Perak are making elaborate preparations to celebrate the attainment by Ceylon of dominion status next month. The Ceylon Association of Peiak have planned an attractive programme to mark149 words
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Article100 1948-01-20 6 PENANG. Jan. 19 —The discovery of 480 rolls of photographic film on a motor boat which was boarded by a Customs party in the harbour, led t G the appearance of Goh All Chye. who pleaded guilty before Mr B J. Jennings, the District Judg\ to a charge100 words
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Article104 1948-01-20 6 PENANG, Jan. 19.—A police constable, while trying to escape after allegedly breaking into a house in Telok Ayer Tawar. province Wellesky, at about 1-30 i.m on Friday, was cut by a woman with a knife The constable was alleged to have climbed over a wall with the104 words
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Article48 1948-01-20 6 I SEW DELHI To i I j f <»od v. ai y; n J I Ministry < A-< high priori y in j food'" r*r j pe;ts <! 1 tnosid< a ik- dan I This lo lIM Us. o<«> I £.v >,ow t ooo) a48 words
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Advertisement584 1948-01-20 6 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. (Incorporated i" Singapore) BLUE FUNNEL LINE SAILINGS FROM My. AND U S A "Mrnelaus" From L T M r"8 •Tantalus" From IT.Xl T .K 2 .Uapenor" Due from IJ.K J an JJ nlchas" Due from IS A J n z Titan Due from V.X et > 4584 words
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Advertisement577 1948-01-20 6 I STATE OF LEE CHOON GUAN, I), l isEli SECOND AUCTION SALE OF VALUABLE FREEHOLD AND LEASEHOLD SlNGAftifti PROPERTIES To be held at The saleroom of Messrs. Cheong Koon Seng Co., I t<i v Chulia Street, Singanore. On Wednesday, 21st laatar* nm at 2.30 P.M Lot 1. 999 years' leasehold577 words
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504 1948-01-20 7 Reuter. I(» [DON, Jan, 18.—The tightening- up of the I National conditions has not had the desired reducing the number of entries, although be admitted there '8 no 'trash" among the entry of 9:} —11 more than last year—for ir's event, which will probably beReuter. - 504 words
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Article73 1948-01-20 7 lhr »H»og .md bard fought j witnessed a! the Id Covered Stadium j c the Singapore I ennis Champton--1 held. following are the resultsquarter linal.s: md Mrs. Cameron M ilpas and Miss •> 1 (i 4 ecund round: s lu»t to Capt. Cait6. 4 6, Sgt West73 words
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Article43 1948-01-20 7 will represent s C .a Uteip hockey cn- <ith the Khalsa Asso1 Si Silva; v. C. Wnkc; 1 »waon; (j. c. Ross 1 t' r, H Rodrigues, I P. T, Muirisey, C. J. B iin. j .,nd E. Phil•i Dt Ifelto.43 words
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Article62 1948-01-20 7 S.itill Jay at the j p Ifrea the Everg-luw I »'i team defeated the by Aye sanies to two. Everylow B.P. players mi Ernest Sheares P»Ue 3.1; Lin. Yew Lye I{. Chin Bm 0-3. Wee Thiam lint Bog Ouan 3-2. 1 -st to Chua Cheng Thlau fee* Uem62 words
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Article180 1948-01-20 7 Seventeen S.CFA. footballera and three "tficials leave K*l- lang Airport by special plan--tor Medan today, where they are du e to play r our matches. The team is not fully representative of the S.C.F.A., but the majority of the stalwarts are n i the tour,180 words
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227 1948-01-20 7 At the meeting ol the SCBA Committee yesterday, a Volunteer Affairs Sub-Committee was formed to deal with the welfare of Volunteers and the provision of relief ior distressed dependents of those killed in the war or massacred by Japanese. Members of thi s committee ar.>227 words
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288 1948-01-20 7 S.R.C C.S.C. Share Points At Hockey SRC. 0 CSC. o I ibe s.R.c. and the cs c shailed honours in a last and excit- ing game of hockey in their league encounter at th e I yesterday, the game ended In a goalless draw. End to end play was witnessed288 words
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Article27 1948-01-20 7 Reuter. BUENOS AIRLS. Jan. A 48 hour proLnst :»trtkc hy dock worluerfi today brou«hi all work to a Atnndfltlll in tlir port of l Buenos Alies HeutetReuter. - 27 words
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Article384 1948-01-20 7 (Tribune Stiff Reporter) Every effort is to be made to send lanky LI oyd Valberg, the Singapore Eurasian high jump champion, and record holder with a jump of 6 ft. 3ins.. to the Olympic Games to be held in London six months hence. This was stated by384 words
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892 1948-01-20 7 Below is ihe rare card tor tomorrow's races at Kuala Lumpur, giving the record of the last three runs, age, weight, trainer and prospects of each candidate:— HORSES—ASS 1-DIV. I—6 FURS. 10 2 Gold Medallist By 9.05 iPattiei Good chance' 01 2 Gran<l Prix892 words
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Article555 1948-01-20 7 The draw for the Singapore Lawn Tennis Association tournament is as follows: MEN'S SINGLES R. R. Macartney v. Chin Kee Onn, C. Reshty v. Lt. J. L. Whitmore, Ong Kheng Chuah v. N. S. Wise. R W P. Rule v. Low Kee Pow. L A. AJsagoff555 words
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Article204 1948-01-20 7 PENANCJr. Jan r9 avnutKing that they were se&ottl ottentes and either of them could b, Dumshable with imprisonment up to ten years. Mr. Justice A. J Boatock Hill u t the Penang Assizes in the Supume Court convicted a 26-year old Chinese. Chan Bee Seng, and204 words
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Article166 1948-01-20 7 IPOH Jan. 19. On tne departure ot th e Regiment from Ipoh. I should like to take this opportunity through the columns of your paper, of thank ing the residents in Perak for all they hav e doPo for us during our nine months' stay.'' states166 words
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Article84 1948-01-20 7 When it comes to taking a 'har r. be m« n for w'.'.om lie was nluned had ncming on Steve iSrodle. The original Steve leaped I'roiu the Brooklyn Bridge on a wager. Steve, the actor, took his chance by permitting Jack Lannan. expert marksman, to shoot84 words
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Advertisement213 1948-01-20 7 If you wish to buy Ladies and Ger.ts W Proof Watches. .Pen, Sheaffer Pen, Waterman Pen and other mikes of pens, you are invited to visit C'HEE KOXG STORE (The Watch and Pen Dealer) i We have the latest models and the prices are moderate, and, 1 engraving free of213 words
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Article419 1948-01-20 8 Laker's Fine Bowling Reuter. BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Jan. 19.—The M.C.Cnearly snatched a win here today in the final day 01 their return match against Barbados, having ta eight Barbados 2nd. mnings wickets for 182 at closei ot plav, before which they had carried their 1st. inningReuter. - 419 words
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Article123 1948-01-20 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Jan. 19,- The following is the Ust of passes in the Federal Institute of Accountants (Australia) Examination held in the Malayan Union in October. 1947 Intermediate; -Teh Khoon Chuar. Auditing; J. S. Crawford, Auditing; Koruth. V. T. Bookkeeping a nd Auditing; Lim Seang Guan, Book-keeping and123 words
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Article84 1948-01-20 8 SUNGEI PATANI. Jan. i.9.— Reports have oeen received that tigers .have been seen in broad daylight on a division of a certain large estate near Sungei Patani. This particular locality which is lallang and blukar, wes notorious for tigers even before the war. Recently two tigers weie84 words
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Article50 1948-01-20 8 Reuter. FELIXSTOWE, Suffolk. Jan. 19. A naval dockyard tug. thought to have been carrying a crew of about 15 blew up and sank off Felixstowe today. An Admiralty spokesman tonight i.aid there would be no official statement until the next of kin of casualties had been informed—Reuter.Reuter. - 50 words
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Article, Illustration32 1948-01-20 8 Reniot Nurse Lee Hiong Ching of the General Hospital, Singapore, deftly dresses a thirteen year old icho.se U fis are in a ]tlaster east due to sexxre arthritis.32 words
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Article177 1948-01-20 8 (From Our Racing Reporter) KUALA LUMPUR. Today: Most ol tomorrow's runners were confined to slow work and ha If pace gallops this morning. Young Lucius <Bagby>, Air Gee (Buang) and Chatster (Daniels) who were given fast gallops, looked in fine trim. Young Lucius did a177 words
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408 1948-01-20 8 Reuter AAP. BATAVIA. Jan. 19.—The Indonesian problem came a step nearer settlement today when Dutch and Indonesian Republicans accepted six principles to form a basis ror a political settlement of their dispute which has lasted two yeais and five months. The six principles, which wereReuter — AAP. - 408 words
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Article47 1948-01-20 8 PARIS. Jan. 19:—M. Emile Bollaert, French High Commissioner in Indochina, is due to leave Paris tomorrow lor Saigon with high hopes of achieving peace in Indochina, where fighting between French troops and Vietminh indochinese autonpmi&t forces has been going on intermittently for more than year.47 words
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Article43 1948-01-20 8 Reuter. JOHANNESBURG. Jan. 19:—Mr. R. S. Haggard, President of the South African Lawn Tennis Union, said here today that South Africa would not compete in this year's Davis Cup competition. The country would not be a teanv overseas, he added. —Reuter.Reuter. - 43 words
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400 1948-01-20 8 U.P. (By Arnold Braekman. United Press Staff Correspondent) BATAVIA. Jan. 19. Foreign exchange regulations for the Netherlands Indies have been amended to strengthen Dutch cqntrols over imparts. The new measures. some of which are already in effect, become final en March 31 ofU.P. - 400 words
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Article61 1948-01-20 8 Thde only woman candidate so far considering to stand for elections in Singapore, is Mrs. K. S. Pillay. Independent candidate, Mrs. Pillay who," so far has not made any definite decision, may contest the seat for Rural West. Mrs. «Pillay is the wife of Mr. EC S. Pillay61 words
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Article35 1948-01-20 8 Reuter. MELBOURNE. Jan. 19:—The Austr:dian Lawn Tennis Association has I deterred the question of entering a i challenge for this year's Davis Cup I competition until the annual conference on Jan. 27. —Reuter.Reuter. - 35 words
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104 1948-01-20 8 Authoritative Chinese quarters ft Malacca revealed that the Ma- lacca Chinese Chamber of Commerce have refused to make any nominations to sit on the Settlement's Council. The same sources told the Tribune that the Fesident Commissioner of Malacca had invited the Chinese Chamber to104 words
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Article133 1948-01-20 8 MALACCA, Monday. The members of the Malacca Settlement Council under the new federal constitution have been named. They will consist o: the Resident Commissioner as President two ex-officio members, seven nominated officials and 10 nominated unofficial members. There will be three seats each for the Malays and133 words
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467 1948-01-20 8 (Tribune StaiX Report r) IPOH, Jan. 20. -The Malayan Union Hi sis-ants' Association, with a membership < 2.000. nas come into line with f2llow goverarj ,i "I ployees and has submitted a lengthy men »rai the authorities citing four main points or over the revised467 words
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Article269 1948-01-20 8 The birth oi the F den of Malaya was Kieteit^l in a fitting B*ani t: with the thanksgiv.r 8 a.m. Following tin rice presented by H B th tan and the Mall cistributcd to th i PM 1 needy. At 9 a.m. H H Peiumpuan dec:,269 words
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Advertisement243 1948-01-20 8 ENGAGEMENT The eftfS* mcrt is announced lift ween Mr. Tim Yew Lye. yt urn'st son of Madam Chua rbrvr N~ n~d tfee late Mr. Lim Tick I o-kt JMid M ss Lim Scan* Nro. Mest daughter of Mr. and VICTORY THEATRE HAPPY WORLD Opening tcdiv 7.15 artd 9 15 p.m.243 words
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Miscellaneous51 1948-01-20 8 TODAY'S VVEATHER REPORT r Weather cloudy with showers during afternoon and evening: cloudy tomorrow morning. Sunset: 1853. Sunrise: 0643. Temp. max. 87. Temp. mm. 73. Rainfall: 0.1 mm. or .004 in. Rel. humidity: 93: 68; 84: 90. USELESS EUSTACE "I'm and is ruddy row!— —now perhaps we can g~t some51 words
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