The Straits Times, 9 January 1947
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Title Section20 1947-01-09 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER ESTABLISHED OVER A CENTURY TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 1947. PRICE TEN CENTS20 words
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Article221 1947-01-09 1 Full Details To Be Issued Soon From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. k SCHEME m supply loans amounting to millions of dollars for the rehabilitation of Malayan industries, including rubber and oil palm estates, has been formulated by the Government. Full details wili be221 words
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Article100 1947-01-09 1 TOKIO. Wed— Hideki Tojo, former Premier of Japan, assumed full responsibility tor Japanese troops' atroci'ies j gainst American and British war j prisoners, recording to evidence introduced m the Tokio war trial today Tojo said that he was tfie responsible party for Japanese outrages when heUP - 100 words
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Article76 1947-01-09 1 NEW YORK. Wed— Fire broke out early today at New York's Central Railway Pier across the Hudson River from New York, reddening the sky behind Manhattan's mid-town skyscrapers Officials said it was one of the worst harbour fires m history. The iiames started mysteriously, sweptUP - 76 words
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Article211 1947-01-09 1 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday •"THE Malay Nationalist Party 1 has not yet taken up membership of the Council of Joint Action, said Dr. Burliannudiu, tne president, to me to-day. He added that the party s newly-elected committee would be deciding this week whether211 words
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Article40 1947-01-09 1 ATHENS. Wed.— Greek guerillas imbushed a train m deep' snow at the villa?e of Sarakli fctavrou, on the Salonika-Alex-andropoulls line, robbing the passengers, looting the train and blowing up the eng.ne, reports lrjin Salonika said today. -Reuter. iReuter - 40 words
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Article241 1947-01-09 1 THE President of the Dyak Association, Dr. C. Mason, and its joint honorary secretary, Mr. Phillip Jitam, have, the Straits Times understands, resigned their posts because both are Government servants m Sarawak. It is understood that by their official resignation from the Association the Association241 words
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Article160 1947-01-09 1 BATAVIA, Wednesday. 'TWENTY thousand regular 1 and irregular Indonesian nationalist soldiers, who have been concentrated around Medan for months, are now fleeing into the inter or of Sumatra m disorder, the Netherlands Army announced to-day. The Army said a large-scale clearing action on Monday swept the nationalistsAP - 160 words
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Article50 1947-01-09 1 JERUSALEM. Wed. Twelve members of the Jewish terrorist organisation, Irgun Zvai Leunii, "including three very important persons," were arrested m a comb-out at Richon Le Zion, near the all-Jewish city of Tel Aviv, today. A total of 18 persons wsre rounded up, en official s'atement disclosed. Reutsr.Reuter - 50 words
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Article72 1947-01-09 1 FRANKFURT. Wed— A bomb exploded m the denazification court at Nuremb:rg last nigtat. it was announced today by the United j States authorities. The bemb completely destroyed the court. Special police are investigating th? incident. There were no casualties. Eleven Germans are already awaiting trial onReuter - 72 words
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Article, Illustration63 1947-01-09 1 A number of girls are ami i\% 120 students of aeronaut k-s vh i are bu'.ld'ng their own 150-mile-an-hour twin-engined mon!THn«*. th? Venturr, at Woodle.v Aerodrome. Reading. The plane, 36 feet long and with a 49-foot win? span, is be'.ng construried as a flvfng laboratory for63 words
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Article130 1947-01-09 1 TOKIO, Wed .—A Japanese colonel facing arrest on charges of massacring 140 Australian soldiers m New Britain returned to his barracks and starved himself to death m the bitter cold rathe r than f-irr trial. Gen. Mac Arthur revealed yesterday He was Colonel Masao Ku^unose, whoAP - 130 words
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130 1947-01-09 1 Ire Times Correspondent NEW DELHI, Wednesday. DELHI reactions to the AllIndia Congress Committee's resolution accepting the British Government's interpretat on of the voting method m sections m the Constituent Assembly are, as expected, strictly along communal lines, j The Congress and Hindu newspapers acclaim the resolutionThe Times - 130 words
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Article82 1947-01-09 1 TWO serious fires were narrowly averted m Singapore yesterday by the only two available engines, manned by soldiers with a civilian officer m charge. About 120 members of the Singapore Fire Brigade have been on strike since New Year's Day. If the two outbreaks, one m ;he82 words
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Article183 1947-01-09 1 HANOI, Wednesday. TN the b.ggest action yet fought m the month-old fighting m Norih Indo-China French paratroops, air force, navy and ground forces have relieved the French garrison at Nam Dinh, 45 miles south of Hanoi, which had be?n re sistin«* determined Vietnamese attacks since before Christ-183 words
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200 1947-01-09 1 WASHINGTON, Wednesday. THE United States policy of firmness and patience towards Russian diplomatic demands is not expected to change m consequence of the replacement of Mr. James F. Byrnes by Gen. George Marshall as Secretary of State, authoritative circles emphasised here tonight. The policyReuter - 200 words
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Article119 1947-01-09 1 From The liana Diplomatic Correspondent LONDON, Wed.— Very few people knew of Mr. Byrnes's des»re to resign and regret is loined with surprise at the news. AH whe watched him at work m last year's long c.nferences admired the tenacity and skill with which he presentedThe Times - 119 words
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Article71 1947-01-09 1 NANKING, Wtd.— Gen. Marshall left by plane today for Guam on his way to the United States, where he will succeed Mr. Byrnes as Secretary of State. From the brief announcement, which^did not mention his new appointment, it seemed ltkelv that he left before the news reachedAP - 71 words
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Article37 1947-01-09 1 LONDON, Wtd. Licut.-Gtn. Sir Sidney C. Kirkman, Deputy Chief of the Imperial General Staff, becomes QuartermasterGeneral to the British Forces from next June m succession tc Gen. Sir Daryl O. Watson, whe is retiring.— Reuter.Reuter - 37 words
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Article185 1947-01-09 1 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Wednesday. IAM officially informed that an announcement on the price ot tin is to te expected at any time during the next 43 hours. Mmm? and consuming interests j here consider it most probable that the price will remain at G370185 words
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Article101 1947-01-09 1 At the war crimes trial ot six Japanese officers m Singapore yesterday, Capt. Daw. I.AM.C was m the witness box for the second day. He said that when ne landed at Rabaul there were 34 cases of malaria, dysentery and beri-beri and when he actually took101 words
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Advertisement89 1947-01-09 1 MARCONI RADIOS Sole Agent* Malaya KEE HUAT RADIO CO., 123-124 Orchard Road. Phone 4566 SINGAPORE. Branches: KUALA 1.1 Ml'! X PENANG. l^^^^^f Certificate of Analysis H l Sld9ftfs l^& **Rai H. i nave submiucd tne »ampie ot G:a t.. ■Wm\ <K*<t »MW 'J' l1 116 examination, and find thut BM89 words
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Article367 1947-01-09 2 Aung Sah Prefers The Peaceful Way KARACHI, Tuesday. j AUNG SAN, vice-chairman of Burma's Executive Council, who is leading the delegation which is flying to London for the talks on Burma's future, which open on Monday, said today that Burma is at the crossroads. She will tryReuter - 367 words
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Article161 1947-01-09 2 LONDON. Wednesday. PSTAL deliveries m Britain were threatened today when 900 Royal Mail transjport workers joined the Lonuou Transport strike and failed to turn up for work early this morning. The men employed oy two London haulage firms under contract to the Post Office— reached theirReuter - 161 words
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Article129 1947-01-09 2 NEW YORK. Tues.-The New York Association of Cotton Textile Merchants has strongly opposed the reduction m United States textile tariff barriers on the grounds that textile-hungry countries abroad will sufTer tar more than they will gain since their own populations will be deprived of badlyReuter - 129 words
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Article137 1947-01-09 2 TEHERAN, Wed R.j/.a Afsha-. veteran Iran politician, announ- ced yesterday the formation of a coalition on a platform of opposition to Premier Uiiavam-es-Sultaneh's plan to 0m Russia a huge oil concession m the north. Afshar, member of ttuec prewar parliaments, said four political groups had coalesced137 words
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Article135 1947-01-09 2 'VAIXSEND, (Northumberland), Wed.— Dr. Oswald H. Siung, attached to the Public Health Laboratory of Kings Colleg?, New-castle-on-Tyne, who is a British subject of Chinese origin was last night appointed Medical 'officer of He alth of the Wallsend Corporation at a salary of £960 per year,Reuter - 135 words
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Article52 1947-01-09 2 HERFORD, (Germany), Tues. The freezing of the Ruhr's cai.cl lifelines, announced '.onight, faces the Ruhr with a new iood crisis as foodships are unable to manoeuvre through icebouud canals. The Ruhr is without uotatoes and is una.-ie to get more as frost coditions make unloading of bargesReuter - 52 words
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Article192 1947-01-09 2 NEW DELHI, Wednesday. RE DISTRIBUTION of portfolios m the Indian Interim Government to take place when Asaf Ali, Minister of Transport and Railways, vacates office to go to Washington as Ambassador was officially "announced here last night. Dr. John Mathai (Indian Christian), Minister of industries and Supplies,Reuter - 192 words
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Article79 1947-01-09 2 NUREMBERG, li»s. Former Field-Marshal Milch urged That pr. soni?rs of war worki.ij m Naz! war factories be wniop.'i ana hanged if they shirked or reigned fatigue, evidence produced In h»a j trial rever.led tcday. In a speech btfors Ocnrjtn airforce engineers and c.^'f quariermaster.s baUP - 79 words
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Article134 1947-01-09 2 LONDON. Wed.- Jewish deie;ates are most likely to attend he resumed Palestine comerence n London if Britain ud'ca'es bat she is willing to give jenu'ne onsideration to the Zionis*. plans or an independent Jewish state. )r. Shertok head of lli<! political Lepartment of the JewReuter - 134 words
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Article69 1947-01-09 2 £47,072 FOR A PENNY TICKET LONDON. Wed. -A wo.-.-l football pool record was set up yesterday when Mr. J' Davis, >t Doncaster, won £47,072 for correctly forecasting the ■voltx of 13 English League gamos Ha paid only one penny ft Ms coupon. First counts had cvunecutly said that two otherReuter - 69 words
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Article44 1947-01-09 2 SCRANTON (Pennsyvan a> 'W».d:— Charles Sumner Wcoii worth, a founder of the W;oli worth chain of stores 65 years I ago. died yesterday it ru's fcsnu at the age of 90. He had been •m ill-health for several weeks. I -A. P.44 words
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Article199 1947-01-09 2 PARIS, Wednesday. TTHE black market dollar, sensitive barometer of French economy, fell yesterday to 290 francs as a result of the "Blum experiment." During the crisis which preceded the formation of Leon Blum's Socialist government, the dollar brought as much as 375 francs on the blackUP - 199 words
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Advertisement827 1947-01-09 2 NOTICE NOTICE. EXPERIMENTAL PLANTING CASH DEPOSITS Persons who made Cash Deposits •wth the Controller of Rubber, Malaya under agreements with the Rubber Research Institute of Malaya and the Controller, executed b?fore 31st January 1942. are requested (if they have not already done so), to submit details, together with ar.y documentary827 words
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Advertisement387 1947-01-09 2 NOTICES. THE RAJAH HFTAM COCONUT ESTATE, LTD. i Incorporated m Singapore) Notice is hereby given that m accordance with a Resolution of the Board, an Interim Dividend of 10% on the Share Capital m respect of the year ended 31st December. 1946, has been declared payable on the 15th January,387 words
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Advertisement610 1947-01-09 2 AUCTION SALE OF VALUABLE FREEHOLD AND LEASEHOLD SINGAPORE PROPERTIES. To Be Held At The saleroom of Messrs. Cheong Koon Seng and Co.. Ltd.. No. 10 Chulia Street. Singapore. Oa Wednesday, 15th January. IM7, at Z.St P.M. Lot 1. Freehold land and house No. 41 (formerly No. 31) Blair Road, area610 words
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Advertisement605 1947-01-09 2 TRADE MARK CAUTION NOTICE The notice of the Public is drawn to the fact that THE CONSOLIDATED MINING SMELTINO COMPANY OP CANADA LIMITED, a Company duly incorporated under the laws of the Dominion of Canada, having its place of business at 215. St. James Street, West, m the city of605 words
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311 1947-01-09 3 'COTTAGES' READY IN SIX MONTHS Straits Times Reporter AS part of what will eventually be a Malay an- wide project to buy and develop plots of land and build houses on them for sale or rent, 14 new residential houses of the cottage type311 words
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Article186 1947-01-09 3 from Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Wednesday. I*HE publication today of reports of meetings on Dec. 31 at which it was decided to amalgamate Merchiston, Bagan Serai and Glenshiel rubber estates and also to amalgamate Bat-ik Rabit with Straits Rubber by purchase by the latter, has reawakened the186 words
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Article, Illustration45 1947-01-09 3 Fk-ld Marshal Sir Claude Anchi sleek, PflHinMllifT lit ffclrf. m India, recently made an extensive tour of units m the Bombay Area. The C-in-C presenting a flag to the Boys Company of the Royal Bombay Sappers and Miners. Army P.R. picture.45 words
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Article471 1947-01-09 3 T'IIKEE Chinese detectives attached to the Singapore Police 1 Force who allowed themselves to be held up by three gunmen were commended by the Singapore Coroner yesterday "for standing up to the attacks of the gunmen" one of whom they shot m a gun471 words
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Article108 1947-01-09 3 trom.Oiir Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Wed.— A Uhinese gangster robted $1,000 :rom a Chinese rubber dealer at 4' /2 miles, Bentong Road, on Friday after lulling his victim Into a sense of false security by discussing with him the current rubber prices and the future of108 words
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Article75 1947-01-09 3 A Chinese, Lim Seng He-ng was fined $750 or m default six months' rigorous imprisonment wten the Singapore Third Police Magistrate was asked by Mr. J. P. Merson, Customs Prosecuting Officer, to impose a maximum sentence. Lim had abused his position as a lorry escort employed75 words
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Article57 1947-01-09 3 Two Japanese PoW's who were charged on Monday with voluntarily causing hurt by using two small knives on a Chinese at Woodlands Road on Jin. 4. were produced again m the Fourth Court yesterday. The case was withdrawn on the instructions of the D.P.P. They will be57 words
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Article192 1947-01-09 3 SIR Franklin Giuuaon, Governor of Singapore, and Rcur-Ad-miral H.J. Egerton, Flag Omcer, Malaya, were present at the Rotary Club luncheon at the Adelphi Hotel fastenl*?, at which the Rear-Admiral addressed the meeting on his impressions of Russia. Rear-Admiral E^er;on, who was Senior Britisn Naval Onicer, North192 words
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Article244 1947-01-09 3 MURIEL Steinbeck, star of Columbia's first Australian picture, "Smithy," arrived m Singapore yesterday. She intended to be here two days ago but after her smallpox vaccination, she says, she was too ill to travel. She eventually made the 22 hour journey by Lancaster and she intends244 words
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Article82 1947-01-09 3 FROM £1,500 TO £3,500 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Wed. THE promotion of Mr. Thomas "Tikky" Lloyd to succeed Sir George Gater, Permanent Undersecretary at the Colonial Orfice, is considered the wisest possible choice both m Whitehall and outside, and is warmly welcomed. Mr. Lloyd, who is 50, joined the82 words
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Article72 1947-01-09 3 I DON'T see how I can try this man if he is illiterate, deaf and dumb," said Mr. K. M. Byrne, Third Police Magistrate yesterday when a 38-ye?.r-old Chinese, Ah Heey, of Jalan-Seget, was charged with stealing 12 towels from a Singapore Harbour Board godown72 words
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Article56 1947-01-09 3 Robert Watson, a 27-year-old British serviceman attacihed to the 61st Coy. R.A.S.C. was charged m the Third Court yesterday with criminal breach of trust of 20 bales of cloth, valued at approximately $10,000 while employed as a driver on Jan. 3, He was allowed bail of $1,000 and56 words
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Article299 1947-01-09 3 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. MR Lee Kong Chiang, welJ- known Singapore Chinese, interviewed m Kuala Lumpur on the proposed Malayan constitution, declared, "It is only natural Singapore should be included m the Federation of Malaya that is being planned." He added that Singapore,299 words
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Article, Illustration476 1947-01-09 3 FADE and commerce are gradually returning to normal and supplies are arriving m ever-increasing volume, the Officer Administering the Government of North Borneo, Mr. J. A. Calder, states m a report on general conditions of the colony tabled at the North Borneo Advisory Council. Mr.476 words
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Article67 1947-01-09 3 It is officially announced that it is now permissible to include m parcels sent from Singapore, tinned foodstuffs up to the maximum of seven lbs. per parcel, but not more than three lbs of any one item. This does not permit the export of edible67 words
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Article234 1947-01-09 3 nEINFORCEMENTS of 1,000 I* French troops for Fres en mdo-China are on board the Messageries Maritimes lu.er Chfiapollion which is expected to arrive m Singapore at daybreak tomorrow from Marseilles. The ship will proceed to Pulau Bukom fOi bunkering before proceeding to Saigon later m the234 words
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Article93 1947-01-09 3 An attempt of a Sikh to smuggle 1,433 yards of cloth from Silat Panjang (East Indies) into Singapore, later foiled by a Customs search party, was revealed m the Second District. Court before Mr. T. T. Russell yesterday when Jagat Singh was fined $1,000 or six93 words
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Article46 1947-01-09 3 A 22-year-old Teochew, Yeo Teng, of 97 New Bridge Road, was fined $1,000, m default six months' rigorous imprisonment by the Second District Judge. Mr T T. Russell, yesterday when he was convicted of having moved 18 bags of rice without a permit.46 words
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Advertisement77 1947-01-09 3 ROYAL DOULTON DECORATED TEA SETS IN DELIGHTFUL DESIGNS FOR SIX PERSONS $25.00 SHELLEY HAND PAINTED CHINA TEA SETS EXQUISITE SHAPES-DAINTY COLOURING FROM $45.00 CARPET AUCTION SALE 10.30 a.m. Saturday, 11th. January, 1947 M MESSRS. PENO YEW SONS' BUILDING (Ist. floor) 3 Raffles Place, Singapore Now on view: Big: collection of77 words
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Article, Illustration1225 1947-01-09 4 Jack Smith - Ambitious plan for London 's 1951 Exhibition Jack Smith By AVAST, steel, .spiral framework with buildings rising m terraces to a height of 1,500 feet; roadways and railways winding ever ami umler the Exhibitii n buildings; passenger carriages dropping down guy -lines through pavilions, theatres and restaurants; seif-propelled platforms disclosing1,225 words
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Article630 1947-01-09 4 By The Times Diplomatic Correspondent EXPEDITIONS from t several countries are now heading for the South Polar regions, and as knowledge of their intended destination^ increases, the whole confused question of territorial claims and counterclaims is opened up once again. Admiral Byrd left Norfolk. Virginia,630 words
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Article383 1947-01-09 4 From William Hardcastle, Reuters Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON (Air Mail) A MERICANS chew 646,000 rt miles of gum every year at a cost io themselves of 114,000,000 dollars (about £28,500,000). This is the official figure given by the U.S. Department of Commerce, which reports that the383 words
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Advertisement84 1947-01-09 4 We can instal COMPLETE BURGLAR PROTECTION In your Hone, Office, Godown, Store or Factor} Special Hold-Up Alarms for Shopkeepers Jt costs nothing for our quotation Call for a demon' (rat ion at Sole Agents: SEROCALCIN for the Prevention and Treatment of COLDS MANUFACTURED BY HARDWOODS LABORATORIES, LTD.. ENGLAND. I ETA84 words
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Advertisement314 1947-01-09 4 Trade opportunities Jm ffib > 4 J Many merchants m Malaya have expressed norm appreciation of the specialised xrrvices afforded them by the Bank of New Soulh U "ales lhrmii>h its network of over 700 branches and agencies m Australia, IS'ew Zealand and Fiji. If you tcish to develop and314 words
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Article166 1947-01-09 5 800 Acres Uprooted In Storm From Our Own Correspondent KRIAN, Wednesday. ftAMAGE estimated at a million dollars was caused to (Zedong Estate, six miles from Bagan Serai, m Persic, by a storm which broke early m the evening of Dec. 27. Eight hundred acres of166 words
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Article147 1947-01-09 5 From Our Own Correspondent. MALACCA, Wed.— A working centre for the destitutes of Malaccu will be opened on the Kubu plains shortly and work on the erection of sheds has been going on tor some time. Destitutes, m the meanwhile, have filed m their applications to147 words
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Article89 1947-01-09 5 From Our Own Correspondent MALACCA. Wed:— According to; padi cultivators m Malacca this! year's padi crop will be a bumper one Harvesting has already ueguri m many of the northern areas m the State, while padi m the southern areas is beginning to mature. It will89 words
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Article93 1947-01-09 5 From Our O;.n 1 orrespondt iit MUAR. Wed.- Wong Yew Seek was fined 5250 by the District i Judge. Mr. Hamid bin Mustapha. for moving 1,232 katties of wheat flour r«t Pahog without a written permit from the Assistant Food Controller. In another case aid93 words
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Article66 1947-01-09 5 From Our (>w n Correspondent MALACCA, Wed Chinese members of the Volunteer Forces and the Local Defence Corps will bo paid release benefits before the Chinese New Year, according to the ofT'cvr-in-chnrge of the Volunteer Records Office The official declared Christian volunteers were paid before Christmas66 words
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Article249 1947-01-09 5 I From Our Own Correspondent I KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday I7UALA LUMPUR police who exchanged fire with some Chinese gangsters today m [Cheras village, a few miles out 1 of the town, followed the blood marks over a mile m order to track down the gangsters after249 words
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Article106 1947-01-09 5 From Our Own Correspondent. KRIAN, Wed.--A series of lectures by prominent citizens and education officers, interspersed with socials will form the programme of the N'orih Kyuk Teachers Reiresher Course oeginning on Monday, Jan. 13. The lectures will be held m the King Edward VII Srhool, Taiping.106 words
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Article57 1947-01-09 5 l'n»n Our Own Correspondent MUAR, Wed.— Mr. Syed Kadir Mohammad, Deputy Commissioner of Trades and Customs, Muar, was entertained at a tea party given by the Peninsula Malay Movement at fee Muar Club yesterday Mr. Syed Kadir is going on transfer to Johore Bahru57 words
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Article36 1947-01-09 5 Chinese wemen of Ipoh are organising a charity dance at the Ipoh Town Hall on Saturday January 25. m aid of old and aged Chinese destitutes at Lung Thua Ngam temple m Chemor Road.36 words
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309 1947-01-09 5 A LANDLORD'S view that i1 pre-war tenants should con and expect the return of thei pressed before the War Absen The case arose when Mr. J. H. Reid, of Messrs. Turquand Youngs and McAuliffe, unsuccessfully applied for recovery of his 1941 flat m Lim309 words
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Article89 1947-01-09 5 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Wednesday. J*HE London rubber share market is very quiet, contrasting with liveliness m most other descriptions which, despite the fuel shortage threat to industry, the stock exchange expects to rise generally by 20 per cent or thereabouts m the next three89 words
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Article93 1947-01-09 5 A 10 feet high bronze statue of King George VI, which was ordered for the centenary celebrations of thff Colony of Hong Kong m January, 1941, and on which work had to be stopped because of the war, has now been completed and is awaiting93 words
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Article, Illustration53 1947-01-09 5 Severe fighting has been taking place m Hanoi, capital of Tonkin;? m Indo-China, between nationalists of Vietnam and French troops. Japanese are said to have assisted the Annamites. Picture shows French soldiers diKging-in m a street of Hanoi The tools they are using were left behind53 words
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Article37 1947-01-09 5 From Our Own Correspondent Kuching. Tues.— More than 500 children from nearly all the schools m Kuohing were entertained to a free cinema show at the Sylvia Cinema by the Kuching Rotary Club recently.37 words
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Article198 1947-01-09 5 "ANKING, Wednesday. THE Yellow River problem is i i-t approaching a climax as Mr. Hsuch Tv Pi, Chairman of the National Conservancy Commission, told United Press today that the Government is determined to cose thi m the dykes returning the liver to the old channelUP - 198 words
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Advertisement282 1947-01-09 5 EUROPEAN IMPORT HOUSE Requires v Lndy Secretary -Stenographer. Previous experience necessary. Knowledge of Dutch an asset but not essential. Letters stating full particulars to Box No. 408 Straits Times. WANTED URGENTLY MASTERS MATES tor delivery run Trincomalee (Ceylon) Shanghai Excellent renunerations and all Exs. Phone 494S Captain Cowan daily between282 words
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Miscellaneous592 1947-01-09 5 According to Culbertson The grand-slam contract m to- day's deal was a shade ambitious, but more imaginative play would have brought it home. South, dealer. North-South vulnerabl*NOBTH 854 VJOI 65 A8743 WEST CAST 2 ♦KQJIO976S VQIOI4S 995 982 QlOB2 *J5 SOUTH A VAKB A KQJ 107S K6 The bidding: South592 words
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Obituary18 1947-01-09 6 Mrs. Wee Poh Soon, nee Leong San Neo passed away peacefully on 4.1.47 at General Hosnital. Malacca.18 words
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Article62 1947-01-09 6 The family of the late Mrs. Wee Poh Soon (Leong San Neo) thank the C.M.0.. Doctors, and all the Hospital Staff of the General Hospital. Malacca, also relatives, friends for their wreaths, night visits, loan cars, and at. the graveside. Mr. and Mrs. Aloysius A. Beins express their appreciation62 words
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815 1947-01-09 6 One of the outstanding figures of a world struggling to find a solid basis for peace disappears with tiie resignation of Mr. Byrnes. To a degree rarely equalled m the history of either country the foreign policy of815 words
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332 1947-01-09 6 AN Dec. 30, 1946, the following appeared m your newspaper under the heading "Accommodation Wanted": Owing to lack of other acconi,.iodation, permanent R.A.F. I officer and wife earnestly request olfer to be accepted as paying guests. Box No. 304 ST." On Jan.332 words
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Letter60 1947-01-09 6 Smgap&.vv (The Straits lime* guarantees the authenticity ol the letter signed 'A Worried Man." A young flight-lieute-nant of the R.A.F., his wife and their 7-weeks-old baby arc m desperate need of accommodation. and anyone who can offer part of a h.-iu^c need have no frar of :i60 words
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Letter156 1947-01-09 6 IF any of your readers are still capable of feeling surprise at anything which they read m the Press, they must have experienced a considerable thrill when they read that Government has permitted the prices of cigarettes and tooae co to be raised, on the heartrending plea156 words
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343 1947-01-09 6 {N your leading article of today's date I notice that you still harp on your favourite theme that the Pan-Malayan Council of Joint Action is a Singapore led movement. An impartial examination of the member associations of the PMCJA will reveal that out of twelve which343 words
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Letter109 1947-01-09 6 'j'HERE is every reason for a I sympathetic 'attitude towards the Singapore Fire Brigade strike. We remember seeing firemen playing their heses on blazing buildings and godowns, while enemy bombers roared overhead. We remember seeing the flre- engines going hell-for-leather through the streets while others took shelter.109 words
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Letter60 1947-01-09 6 IN your paper of Jan. 2 "Anak Dusun" complained that the M.N.P.'s way of democracy was to accept a Chinese as their leader. May I ask whether ne would prefer a British bureaucrat for a leader ot the Malay people to a domiciled Malayan who has60 words
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Article1239 1947-01-09 6 E.H. KEELING, M. P - By E. H. KEELING, M. P. In The Spectator, London CIX months before the end of the war President Roosevelt's Government appointed a committee to study the history and effects of the air attack on Germany. Its report, published m America, can now be obtained through1,239 words
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Advertisement825 1947-01-09 6 CLASSIFIED ADS. MARTINE: At Kuching. Sarawak on 26 December 1946 to Patricia, wife ol T.C. Martine, a son. PERSONAL i BEAUMONT OLD BOYS In order that information of interest to Beaumont Old Boys may be circulated, a register of those resident in Malaya and the Far East is beine Dreparfd825 words
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Advertisement48 1947-01-09 6 NEWLY ARRIVED! AMERICAN BAUSCH 10MI (J T l^ I GLASSES These glasses absorb all narmful rays and unwanted glare to the eyes. LIGHT IS MELLOWED THROUGH THESE GLASSFS AND EYES ARE RESTED. Ray-Ban glasses should not be confused with ordinary "coloured glasses" which are habit forming. QUALIFIED OPTICIANS.48 words
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Advertisement102 1947-01-09 6 It'sWfWflfllW IT certainly is wisdom to la ml buy a Wisdom when you EjMl can. It will give your teeth ijfßfl the freshest, briskest clean i||, they've ever had. That's because the tufts of a w««*l Wisdom are made from 'ah II springy, let's-get-at-it," Nylon. They never come 3 I102 words
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649 1947-01-09 7 CLAIM FOR SPECIAL TALKS REJECTED THE British Government cannot recognise the Pan- Malayan Council for Joint Action as "the only body which embraces all Asiatic communities m Malaya, and with which the Government may conduct negotiations on constitutional issues/ This statement is made m649 words
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Article132 1947-01-09 7 f rom Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Wednesday. WHEN the s.s. Jalagopal carrying 1,100 Indians to Malaya arrived In Penang today, some trouble was caused by a number of deck passengers who refused to go into quarantine. The incident occurred because quarantine regulations were tightened as the132 words
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Article135 1947-01-09 7 r IST RUCTIONS for a warrant to be issued for the arrest of a:: absent witness were given byMr. Justice Brown at the Singapore Assizes yesterday In the dock, on trial loi armed robbery, were two young Mu. Ali bin Abdullah and Yusoll bin Osman. Osman stated135 words
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Article97 1947-01-09 7 Knmi Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Wed. WITH two ihips, the Hong Siang and Mau San^. arriving this wee-k, P;nang is well stocked witih China delicacies and other goods vhich are expected to add the prewar touch of festiveness to the Jorthcoming Chinas? New Year. The main97 words
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Article119 1947-01-09 7 WARNING TO "REFORMER" I r.mi Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Wednesday. A reformer who confined an j Indian woman m a house m Noordin Street m order to "bring her back to the path of virtue" was told m the Police Court yes- i terday that he could not interfere with119 words
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Article39 1947-01-09 7 DRIVE AGAINST PICK -POCKETS The Hoikien sub-branch of the C.I.D. have started a campaign against pick-pockets as a result of numerous complaints. Withir. the last two days 17 your.g Chinese were rounded up and are being detained pending investigations.39 words
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Article43 1947-01-09 7 Singapore clergymen and convent sisters who saw a special preview of 'The Bells of St Marys' the new Bing Urosoy film, at the Capitol cinema yesterday, have asked for special showings of the film at concessional rates for their schoolchildren.43 words
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Article157 1947-01-09 7 'From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Wednesday. DARTIAL relief for sago ;s manufacturers, several of wiiom had to close down their factories iast month, is provided by a Government ruling communicated to local merchants today that m future sago flour "of any age" can be j exported157 words
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Article125 1947-01-09 7 From Our Own Corrtsponucni PENANG, Wed. j THE Acting Governor-General 1 Sir Edward Gent, paid a br.ef visit to Penang today with Dr. L. Ha den Guest, M P for Islington, North Div.. and membei of the Parliamentary Medical Committee, who is at present visiting125 words
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Article243 1947-01-09 7 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Wednesday. THE British ship reported by the British ConsulateGeneral at Batavk to have been attacked and sunk by Dutch aircraft and a gunboat off the Sumatra coast is believed to be a Penang Harbour Board coasial vessel, chartered by a243 words
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Article167 1947-01-09 7 An elderly Chinese woman leaning against the rear emer- i gency exit of a cro.vded bus m Singapore yesterday was fatally! injured when she fell out of th<r moving vehicle. She lay on ;he road for half an hour before an ambulance arrived and died when167 words
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Article, Illustration35 1947-01-09 7 WRECKS IN YELOK AYER BASIN Wartime wrecks are now being cleared m the Telok Ayer Basin, Singapore, which is closed to commercial craft. This Straits Times photo shows some of the wrecks at Telok Ayer.35 words
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Article182 1947-01-09 7 THE prosecution will rely to a large extent on circumstan- tial evidence, there being no eye- witness," stated Mr. A. Bellamy, D.P.P.. at the outset of a similar j trial at the Singapore Assizss yes- terday, before Mr. Justice Brown and a special jury. The182 words
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Article408 1947-01-09 7 Straits Times Reporter. CLES for paying patients m the General Hospital, Singapore are likely to go up m the near future, the Straits Times understands The whole subject of fees is at present under consideration and the authorities studying the position are likely to be408 words
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Article138 1947-01-09 7 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday THIRTY additional appoint1 ments of Asiatic inspectors have been applied for by the Acting Commissioner of police, Malayan Union, stales an official communique to-d«iy. Referring to service m the Malayan Police Force, the communique states that the question of138 words
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177 1947-01-09 7 NO CHINESE CONSCRIPTS FROMS'PORE NO steps are being taken by the Singapore Chine. -c Consulate-General to consci ij t overseas Chinese of military age for the Chinese Gov« li.ment, the Straits Times was authoritatively informed ye-- terday. A repoit trom Shanghai embassies and consulates abroad have been instructed by the177 words
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Article87 1947-01-09 7 F' OUR Chinese armecf w;-,h pistols held up a Chinese clerk at the Singapore Mental Hospital early yesterday afternoon, robbed him and ransacked his quarters. After forcing the clerk to hand over his gold ring and a wristlet watch the robbers herded the cleric, his 18 year-old87 words
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Advertisement87 1947-01-09 7 f >*y T5r llers, selfi lR— contai Cage /^gr^" < C-^-^'^ I Split [C fi s r a:t Split Clamping I w n Ciobe Swivelling, Self All j Ped*staT g4 7 _^*L^jtm 1 OK Si..-. m u» 12 Hi. fn DIAMETER. rf'ui Rapidity installation and inspection these btanngs arc unequalled,87 words
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Advertisement67 1947-01-09 7 COSMETIQUES Now Available by Lending Makers CYCLAX Powder, Rouge, Skin Food. Day Lotion, Blended Lotion, Milk of Roses. Cleansing Lotion, Cleansing Cream, Complexion Milk. Mascara. Foundation Cream. Lipstick. JEAN PATOU Perfume, Powder, Rouge. Lipstick. Eau de Cologne, Lavender, Lnit Nordique. CUTEX Lipstick Refill, Paste Polish, Cuticle Cream. Cuticle Oil Cuticle67 words
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Article, Illustration1084 1947-01-09 8 I'HERE is no doubt that square shoulders have jpne. The question now is: founded shoulder pads or a latural sloping shoulder iMne? So far a completely natural shoulder line has been shown only by Victor Stiebel m a few attcrr.oon dresses with no shoulder1,084 words
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Article273 1947-01-09 8 Barbara Wace - Barbara Wace By IT is not only the scarcity of fine woollen yarn but, particularly, the shortage of working girls and spinners m the mills that makes famous Scottish woollen sweaters so difficult to find m the markets these days. With the war, the knitting centre of Hawicfc,AP - 273 words
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Article577 1947-01-09 8 THE elderly oooiie had hurt nis loot. He managed to limp a mile to the estate hospital— a pity, as had bis injury been lv. .v transpo w^i have been r :r.ngea iin Afcamp.inyirm him v I his old doe. li'is animal lad beei Ml constant comj577 words
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Advertisement217 1947-01-09 8 C^^ A*s£f I i iSS tit iv a wi!>e rule, and one which more and more people arc daily proving for themselves, to take a regular glass ol sparkling Andrews and so make sure of that state of being sweet and clean inside which is the true foundation of everyday217 words
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Advertisement153 1947-01-09 8 Have you discovered A NEW rxAGKANCL FOR TODAI M DE IN ENCUkND IT IN the bath or *T after-as a refresh- O ingly new daytime fragrance you'll be thrilled with Vn^^^^ qua Man bqnd $trkt LvnoW >f Igent: H. G. Parsons, P.O. Box 832. Singapore '^/Ifrj&sAfc TOILET PREPARATIONS l'£fi r^l^Afm^S.153 words
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Article504 1947-01-09 9 WHEN Singapore sees 'The Jolscn Story" m about two months' time, the first question asked will be how they managed to find an unknown actor who could match so closely the famous mannerisms of Al Jolson, from that sweeping gait to the curl of the lower504 words
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Article, Illustration160 1947-01-09 9 MARIA MONTEZ .md her husband, Jean Pierre Aumont, will at last appear m a picture together The terms of her contract at Universal-International Studios permit Miss Montez to take one n role annually at another studio. She has chosen the film "Atlantis," to be made by SeymourAP - 160 words
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Article120 1947-01-09 9 TREEN is a favourite colour with screen actress Rosalind Russell, and this preference is readily apparent m a visit to her home. The white &:uccd house is cover- ed with green vines and surroundjed by spacious lawns Inside-, i creen is to be seen somewhere m120 words
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Article87 1947-01-09 9 FILM stars Joan Crawford and Raymond Massey and members of Warner Brothers' studio came m and watched while a patient was undergoing an operation m Pasadena Sanatorium. Subsequently ihe patient. Mrs. j Charles McKay, of Hollywood, sued Miss Crawford and Warner Brothers for £50.000 damages.87 words
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Article, Illustration118 1947-01-09 9 DOUGLAS Fairbanks, Jr., who will film "The Exile," has concluded a four-month search for a young actress who speaks English with a trace of foreign accent. She is Paul? Croset, now signed to a contract for the role of Lorraine. More than 130 girls were con-118 words
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Article204 1947-01-09 9 IDA Lupino has the lead m 1"The1 "The African Queen," It's her last picture for I Warners on her present I contract. No, she does not! black her face. "I play a j I cockney," Ida says. She wants Gary Grant m the lead opposite her he'd be204 words
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Article, Illustration485 1947-01-09 9 I AUREL and Hardy are at their funniest m "The Dancing Masters/ which opens today at the Alhambra. Ollie and Stan, co-owners of a dance studio on its last legs, show themselves masters of side-splitting buffoonery. Stan performs The Dying Swan and Ollte" caps it with La485 words
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Article44 1947-01-09 9 CHARLES, brother of lovely British star, Sally Gray, has never seen his sister on the screen! And it is not because his homo town of Grong-Grong, m New South Wales. Australia, boasts no cinemas, but besause he hates films) I44 words
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Advertisement140 1947-01-09 9 *I!J^ TO-DAY 11 a.m. 2 p.m. 4.15, 6.30 AT THE 9.15 SESSION i'nder the Distinguished Patronage and m U»« Presence of His Excellency Sir Franklin Charles Ginvson, K.C.M.G., Governor and C.-in-C. Singapore, and Lady Gimscn. \JL r) If /yf'y-^^tt^k (To bo introduced I)' /^/fIK i»\- v The Australian //'Vffl m\m\140 words
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Advertisement186 1947-01-09 9 FOOD PARCELS FROM AUSTRALIA To ENGLAND, EUROPE and BRITISH OCCUPIED GERMANY CHOICE OF 11 PARCELS .To save you worry, loss of time and money BOOK YOUR MONTHLY ORDERS NOW WILLIAM J. BERNARD Union Building Tel! *°4*5 singaoore M Post Box 830 n B d P B British I Films Limited186 words
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Article, Illustration833 1947-01-09 10 Frank Mottram - CEME TER Y OF THE SEA Frank Mottram By ANOTHER American ship has gone asbore on the Goodwin sands, that dangerous line of shoals at the entrance to the Strait of Dover. The Goodwins are one of the most treacherous bunkers of the sea. They form a shelter for the833 words
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Article149 1947-01-09 10 SYDNEY: i.By Air Mail)— Anglers, who want to net the Cotter River "bluepool" for a 101 b. trout that has been breaking their tackle, are to ask the Department of the Interior to allow them to net the pool. They have hooked the trout a dozen times,Reuter - 149 words
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Article205 1947-01-09 10 RESPITE the difficulties of get- ting some ponies to the course because of quarantine precautions and an inadequate jeep train shuttle service. Jesselton Gymkhana Club m British Nortti Borneo conducted a successful Christmas race meeting on December 21 Quarantine precautions prevented a number of ponies205 words
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Article523 1947-01-09 10 Linesman - Linesman Sportiight By "THIS week's Sportiight plays 1 on 500 Royal Engineers who live m tents at the Gap. If, as an old Army maxim has it. d. sporting camp is a happy camp, then Tyer Raja R.E. Camp must b 2 among the523 words
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Advertisement182 1947-01-09 10 LAST DAY AT THE flj »Jj \fj 1 1 l[lV|C 4 Shovs 1.30 -4 6.30 930 p.m \^p&r3l, n~* hhaSJ^ml K4EIGH/—OLIVIEII IfIPYIHHMILTOM, OPENING TOMORROW SAM GOLDWYN Brin's You BETTE DAVIS As You Really Lova Her. And Thi» r-,~»^h Artrre TERESA WRIGHT of "Mrs. Minirer" SAMUEL tllllll Pm..ts TA* Most Merciless182 words
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Advertisement345 1947-01-09 10 O ATUAV 4 SHOWS AT Phone lift I ilfll 2p.m., 4.15, 6.30, 9.30 f>4oo BETTER AND BRIGHTER THAN "PYGMALION"! KITTY Pauk-tte Goddard m the Saucy Minx! Ray Mil Und as the IngraUatinc Pop! A Spicy 18th Century Tale When Men weren't Gentlemen! That Scandalous London Hussy Sweeps To Tbe Screen/345 words
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Article744 1947-01-09 11 Share quotations as at Jan. 7 according to the Malayan Sharebrokers Association <yiDgapore> were as follows: INDCSTBIALS Bayer Seller Alexandra Brickwork* Ords. l 80 »2.00 Alexandra Brickworks Prefs. a. 90 1.10 But Malaya Tnute* ft Executor Co 00 B 00 Consolidated Tin Smelters Ord. 20/- 22/6 do744 words
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Article369 1947-01-09 11 SINGAPORE. Tuesday. TODAY'S produce prices were: RICE: Siamese No. 1 $102. No. 2 $100. Rangoon $75, Indo-China No. 1 $30, No. 2 $27, Broken $30.50. PULOH RICE: Siamese $80. Kedab $«iO. KlCfc .NOODLES: Mi I Sumfw $85, Kedah $66, Indo-China $80. China $88. Local No. 1 $65369 words
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Article467 1947-01-09 11 FRASER NEAVES ADVANCE TO $2.75 By Our Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, Wednesday. I EADING industrials were again m demand m the local L share market today. Fraser and Neaves advanced and changed hands at $2.75 with further buyers and no declared sellers. Malayan Breweries were taken at $15, Hammers at $37Reuter; AP - 467 words
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Article222 1947-01-09 11 QHIPS positions In Singapore yesteiday were: MAIN WHARF Godown 33-34: Canara. Godown 35-36: Glenstrae. Godown 38-39: Burnside. Godown 41-42: Rimau. WEST WHARF Godown 1-2 Priam. Godown 3-4: Bruas Godown 6-7: Port KUnar. Godown 10: Overijsel. Godown 15-16: S ten tor. EMPIRE DOCK Godown 17-18: Hong Kheng.222 words
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Advertisement733 1947-01-09 11 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. uncorporatea m Singapore) BLUE FUNNEL LINE Sailings to and from United Kingdom "Teocer" from U.K. for Hongkong In Port "Priam" from U.K. for Hongkong A Shanghai.. In Port ""Menelans" due from U.K J-»n. 9 "Samavon" dne from U.K Jan 11 "Olenntrse" *ail* for Liverpool A Glasgow Jan733 words
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Advertisement524 1947-01-09 11 PRESIDENT LINE. Sailing* NKW TOES A HAVANA via India and Mediterranean Ports IRAQ VICTORY Due lan 11 PRESIDENT MONROE Due Jan. 12 S.S. WILLIS VICKERY Dne Feb. 6 S. S. MARINE ADDER Due Jan, 14 Sailing same day For Madras and Bombay Some accommodations all clasnes available SAILING FEB. 4524 words
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Advertisement158 1947-01-09 11 ELLERMAN FOR NEW YORK HALIFAX Samtweed Godown 17 18 FOR IX)NDON City of Yokohama early Feb. KLAVC N E S S LINE. FOR PACIFIC PORTS Ssilin-n to be resumed Shortly. Agents:— McALISXER <Sf CO., LTD. PHONES :^37— r.9»6 COMMKRCIAL AIRIJM> iNC. Ne\t Departures Jan 10th IMk r« BANGKOK HONGKONG. MANILA158 words
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Miscellaneous90 1947-01-09 11 Radio Malaya And B.B.C. RADIO MALAYA Singapore KfcU NtlWOBK (Chinese lnaUn> 225 inelret; also 12 p.m to I p.m. 1.325 megacycles per second (61 metre bind; and 7.45 p.m to 9.30 p.m. 4.78 me»acvcle* per second [Cl metre bandi Bill- NtTWOHK iMalaj firut list. «8S rneirea: also 12 p.m loioni90 words
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Miscellaneous112 1947-01-09 11 News Headlines: 8.18 p.m. Musical memories; 8.30 p.m. Radio orchestra; 9.00 p.m. Itma; 9.30 p.m. News; 9.45 p.m. Talk on fish prospects in South East Asia; 10 p.m. Picture parade; 10.30 p.m. Dance Music li.00 p.m. News headlines and close down BBC 30 pro to lt.« p.m GSV I hi!112 words
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Miscellaneous117 1947-01-09 11 TIDE TIMES Tide lim,s today are: high 12.45 a.m. and 11.45 a.m.: low, 5.58 a.m. and G.40 p.m. Jazz society; 9.30 p.m. 8.8.C. Scottish orchestra; 10.30 p.m. Radio newsreel; 10.45 p.m. London calling; 10.50 p.m. Interlude; 11.00 p.m. Mucn binding m the marsh; 11.30 p.m. News: 11.40 p.m. Prom today's117 words
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Article, Illustration107 1947-01-09 12 II t'hhghts of the Third Test match which ended on Tuesday m a draw:— (Above left) Wright jumps to allow a fi?rce stra'ght drive by McCool m Australia's first in«»"- to n to the boundary Wright had stopped the previous ball and 1 ii rt his107 words
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Article239 1947-01-09 12 I SAN FRANCISCO, Wednesday. A VIRTUALLY unknown colored boxer from Chicago Harold Dade hammered his way to fistic fame last night when he won a 15 round point decision to take the worlds bantamweight championship from the Mexican Manuel Ortiz. Lightly regarded as a challenger,UP - 239 words
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Article634 1947-01-09 12 CRIENDLY tetduuntc.il maces 1 played this week resulted. Brign.on B p s.rin^ o .m the ban •B string oy 4 games to three ut the latters courc last Tuesaay. Scores I Brighton players mentions a fir&u 5 ngies: Kon Cheng Hock beat OUunan Obot 15-6; 15-2; £eah634 words
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Article52 1947-01-09 12 LONDON. Wednesday. Word is drifting back to London of a squash lackets wizard named Mahmud who is to good that even the b?st British players can scarcely score a single nsint a game against him. He plays for '>» "••rlra Club In Cairo and Is exi^'cted to visitUP - 52 words
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Article64 1947-01-09 12 The Fourth Test match v. ill be played m Adelaide from January 31 to February 6. In the meantime the English team y.:il play a Combined Australian team m Ilobart, January 10 to 13; Tasmania at Launceston, January 15 to 17; a Victorian country team at64 words
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Article177 1947-01-09 12 From Our Own Correspondent SEREMBAN, WedMEGRI will play their fourth inter-state hockey match of the season on Saturday, when they will meet Singapore. Fielding depleted teams at Malacca and Negri, Negri drew with Malacca and lost 3-0 to Perak. A team representative of the real strength of Negri177 words
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Article231 1947-01-09 12 Up'Conntry Soccer From Our Own Correspondent. BATU PAH AT, WedENTRIES for the Vicory Cup competition have closed with 14 entries from the town and outlying villages. The competition will be on the knockout system and the draw will be m-'.de on Friday. The trophy for the231 words
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Article67 1947-01-09 12 Tie 52nd annual general meeting of the Royal Singapore Golf Club will be held In the club house on Saturday, January 18. at 6.30 p.m. The meetIng will receive the committee's report end balance sheet for the year ended September 30. 1946. and will elect a committee of67 words
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Article341 1947-01-09 12 SCORES obtained Dy Sirgjp ore rifle teams m the ani.-ial Inter-Colonial Full Bore hostai match conducted on December 15 were released yesterday This competition Is conducted throughout the colonies by the National Rifle Association m England and is sponsored by the British Government. Cards had341 words
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Article239 1947-01-09 12 rom Our Own Correspondent IPOH, Wed— Excellent entries including 20 new horses have be:n entered for the Perak Turf Club meetings on January 18 and 25 The entries will make possible s.-ver. events each day. Official training starts next Saturday, when weights for the239 words
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Advertisement556 1947-01-09 12 CLASSIFIED ADS. (Continued Prom P'ge 6) TUITION SHORTHAND. New 6-month Session starts Jan. 14. Also Daily Speed «la.^ej. Instr F.1.P.5.. P.C.T.S. Interviews 5.30 p.m.. Room 6. 222 Queen St. COACHING over-age pupils English. Maths. French. Box 419 S.T. ICENCILS BUYER OFFERS experience and services to merchants requiring Austra1 "i merchandise556 words
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Advertisement348 1947-01-09 12 TO SYDNEY mil TOLONDON 3 F Flymo 0./J' iutga^jrt. LMOST any urae you with, you can leave by AIR on the Kangaroo route from Singapore— and be m England or Australia within ju*t a few days. Priority restrictions are lifted and a generous baceaee allowance is made. Yon promenade m348 words
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