The Straits Times, 15 January 1947
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Title Section20 1947-01-15 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER ESTABLISHED OVER A CENTURY EIGHT PAGES SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1947 PRICE TEN CENTS20 words
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Article561 1947-01-15 1 Shelled By Dutch At Palembang THK story of how the 581-ton Chinese trader Coonv bar was subjected to shell and machine-gun fire for three full days by Dutch shore batteries and a Dutch patrol craft while the vessel was berthed alongside the wharves at561 words
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Article196 1947-01-15 1 SINGAPORE police are seart^ 1 ching for a 3-ton Chevro j. Icny with a red bonnet. and a trishaw. No. S-3438, ich are suspected to have carried away about S30.0CC ■vorth of textile^ and perlumery from Messrs. Gian Singh Co's premises at No. ;-l. Raffles196 words
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134 1947-01-15 1 A BILL which will empower the Governor to deler demobllisation of volunteers ai.d members of the Local Defence Corps is about to be introduced) into the Sl-gr.porc Advisory Council. It is officially explained that notwithstanding the dales! provided for the demobilisation ol all volunteers134 words
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Article58 1947-01-15 1 MANILA. TUCS.— Red hot mi: pouring from Mount Mayon. m Central Luzon, threatens the dcotruction of thousands ol homes m tho surrounding Philippines countryside. Five villages were evacuates during the night and this morning with smoke rising over lS.ik-O feel and mountain-foot forest: ablazo from58 words
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Article272 1947-01-15 1 From Our Own respondent LONDON, Tuesday. THE Malayan rubber industry views wit<» very mixed feelings the United States proposal to protect the synthetic industry by permanent legislation, says the London press. There is considerable anxiety to know of how large a proportion of normal American272 words
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Article176 1947-01-15 1 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. A MALAYAN police mission^ is leaving for Bangkok j next Wednesday to confer i with Siamese police officers on J the question of banditry on the Siam-Malaya frontier. The mission comprises Mr. I. C. MacMillan, Deputy Commissioner of Police.176 words
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Article46 1947-01-15 1 LONDON, Tues.— M. Leon Blum, French Prime Minister, who is m London as a guest of Iht British Government, had an early meeting today with IfC.i Clement Attlee at No. 10, Downing Street. The British Foreign! Secretary, Mr. Ernest Bevin, was present— Reuter.Reuter - 46 words
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Article61 1947-01-15 1 LONDON, Tues.— All the 13 men entombed behind the wall o* rock and flame after an explosion m the shale oil pit at West Calder, Midlothian, on Friday, were found dead when resci: squads reached them today. The fires started afterwa.-dt, may burn for yearsReuter - 61 words
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Article85 1947-01-15 1 MALAGA is to become the dumping ground for General Anders's Polish Corps, predicts the I'tusan Mtlayu. the leading Malay language daily newspaper m Malaya The paper says it iuunds its fear on information that "former members of General Anders's Polish Corps are at present learning the85 words
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Article143 1947-01-15 1 BOMBAY, Tuesday. DETECTIVES in Bombay and 1/ Delhi made simultaneous swoops on offices of Indian Communist organisations and houses of Communist leaders aarly today. In New Delnl. offices and homes of Communist leaders were searched and files and documents taken away. In Bombay, the editorReuter - 143 words
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Article63 1947-01-15 1 HANOI, Tucs.— French Spitfires straf?d the airport area of Hanoi today before armoured Jeeps and half tracks went into action in what was described as a "completely successful" mopping up operation At Langson. the Vietnamese are reported to be moving up heavy reinforcements and lar^escale VietnameseReuter - 63 words
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Article73 1947-01-15 1 LONDON, Tucs -The preparation of two registers every r 2ar to ensure a complete list of voters at any election la recommended m a report issued today by ti.e Committee on electoral regis^a tion. Great care has been taken t,o safeguard the rights of service voters73 words
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Article, Illustration41 1947-01-15 1 A gaping six-inch hole m the Chinese-owned vessel Coombar, the result of a shell allegedly fir ed by a Dutch patrol craft at Palembang which penetrated the port side of the cabin of Ca»t. A. Anderson, the master.41 words
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Article225 1947-01-15 1 BATAVIA. Tuesday, i pHE Indonesian Republican Cabinet yesterday renewed Prime Minister Sjahrir's authorization to sign the Shcribon draft agreement and quieted fears that recent bat- j ties between Netherlands and] Nationalist forces m Suma'ra foreshadowed Indonesian re- j iection of the agreement. An official Republican com-AP - 225 words
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324 1947-01-15 1 MALA YAN RADIO FUTURE TO BE DISCUSSED THE future of Malayan broadcasting, which i*> to bo based on the co-operation of the Malayan and the British Foreign Office authorities, will come under discussion when Mr. Lawson Reece, Controller of F'»r Eastern Broadcasting under Lord Killeatn, Hies to London on Sunday,324 words
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Article138 1947-01-15 1 TPHE Governor-General, Mr. 1 Malcolm MacDonald. and his wife are excected to arrive at Chan^i airfield this atternoon, at the end of their long journey together from Canada. Wh?n they step out of the York aircraft which is scheduled to touch down at five o'clock, they will138 words
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Article37 1947-01-15 1 MELBOURNE, Tues.— The Netherlands Minister to Australia Baron Van Aerssen. has been ap- j pointed Ambassador to China and w.li leave Australia for 1 China about the m ddle of Fcb- ruary— Reuter IReuter - 37 words
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Article48 1947-01-15 1 LONDON Tues.— The Burmese political leaders, when they meet the British Prime Minisi"'- Mr. Clement Attlee, and Cabinet, ministers today for the first or their sell-government talks, w 11 submit a ten-page memorandum which Is in effect a statement of Burma's political aims and demands Rcuter.Reuter - 48 words
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Advertisement16 1947-01-15 1 UIGH-CLASS JEWELLERY m PLATINUM DIAMONDS P. H. HENDRY JEWELLER SINCE 1902 78 North BrMgt Road. Singapore.16 words
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Advertisement27 1947-01-15 1 SCIENTIFIC ?f€ ECAMUMIOH\ A QUALIFIED OPTICIAN C.S. CHOno o a.FKjc I £■■•••"'-••■•> but I can qeh gmk SODA WATER lIP sP with nt ij whisky TH* SINCE £88327 words
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Article272 1947-01-15 2 Some Will Receive Only Half Needs LONDON, Tuesday. MANY British industries are to get less coal for the present some only one-half of their needs. This was announced yesterday by the President of the Board of Trade, Sir Stafford Cripps, and the Minister of FuelReuter - 272 words
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Article263 1947-01-15 2 RANGOON, Tuesday. THIRTY people including 1 four women were seriously injured and many others slightly hurt when Burmese police dispersed with lathi charges a party of 500 "Red Flag" Communists who staged a demonstration at the Burma Government Secretariat yesterday. The police made 22 arrestsReuter - 263 words
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Article118 1947-01-15 2 WASHINGTON, Tues. The United States will export 1,204,000 tons of grain and flour in February— tht largest monthly tonnage sina? the beginning of the 1946-1947 season, the Department of Agriculture announced today. "With unshipped balances of grain and flour from preceding months February shipments of grain andReuter - 118 words
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Article68 1947-01-15 2 WASHINGTON, Tues. The Supreme Court has denied for the second time a hearing to 2Vj Javanese seamen ordered to be deported from the United States after jumping ships in United States' ports and seeking political refuge here. They claimed that their lives were in danger ifUP - 68 words
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Article140 1947-01-15 2 WASHINGTON Tues —The United States has warned Britain against inclusion m the coming blocked sterling agreement^ with Egypt and India of any "loophcle" which would infringe ever technically the spirit of the Anglo-American loan pact, it is learned on good authority today The warning is understoodReuter - 140 words
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Article98 1947-01-15 2 NANKING, Tues.— Radio Yenan broadcast a lengthy Emancipation Daily editorial today charging that 3.300 Cmnese had been killed or wounded in over 3,800 cases of misconduct, assault, rape, robbery, reckless driving and homicide by United States servicemen in the past lb months. Radio Yenan, which daily98 words
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Article46 1947-01-15 2 LONDON, Tues— Mr. Georgi Zarubin, the new Soviet Ambassador in London, arrived in a Russian Dakota at Northolt yesterday. He succeeds Mr. Fedor Gusev. Mr. Zarubin was formerly Soviet Ambassador i n Canada, but left before the Canadian spy trial last year. Reut^r.Reuter - 46 words
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Article99 1947-01-15 2 RADLETT, Tuesday. BRITAIN'S largest multipurpose military transport plane, the Hastings, was among the latest developments m British aviation inspected by Lord Nathan, Minister of Civil Aviation, at the Handley Page Radlett experimental aerodrome yesterday. He also saw an exact replica of the cabin of its civilReuter - 99 words
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Article155 1947-01-15 2 MELBOURNE, Monday. IIEUT.-GEN. John Fullerton L Evetts, head of the longrange weapons organisation m Australia, who arrived here today from Britain with his 11man technical staff, said that only British rockets of the type which was a close secret would be used on the proposed AustralianReuter - 155 words
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Article111 1947-01-15 2 PARIS, Tues The first breaic in the five-day lockout of printers by Paris newspapers occurred last night when France-Soir opened press rooms to printers in time for late editions. The spokesman for France-Soir said the appearance of the pap?r did not indicate a break with Friday's decisionReuter - 111 words
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Article93 1947-01-15 2 WASHINGTON, Tues.— Mr. Wallace White, Republican leader from Maine yesterday summoned representatives of the Civil Aeronautics Board and Civil Aeronautics Administration and executives of leading United States air lines before the Senate InterState and Foreign Oommerce Committee to give evidence iri secret session on theReuter - 93 words
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Article39 1947-01-15 2 TOKIO, Tues.— lt was announced here today that four Japanese civilians had been transferred from, Sugamo prison to Singapore for trial as alleged war criminals. They are Masayuki Hashizuma, Mitsugi Shibata. Kenro Tsuchiya and Ando Hayashi.—U.P.UP - 39 words
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Article256 1947-01-15 2 TOXIC, Tuesday. 4 SURVIVOR of the torpedo- 1 ed U.S. merchantship Jean Nicollet told the International Military Tribunal today that the Japanese submarine crew was interrupted m the process of bayonetting to death survivors m 1944 by the approach of U.S. Navy patrol planes. The survivor, John256 words
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Advertisement927 1947-01-15 2 NOTICES. NOTICE. CHINESE NEW YEAR-CRACKER FIRING Order issued by the Commissioner of Police, Singapore, under Section 6 <1 of the Minor Offences Ordinance as to the letting off of fireworks m celebration of Chinese New Year. The Commissioner of Police, Singapore, m exercise of the powers conferred on him. hereby927 words
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Advertisement311 1947-01-15 2 NOTICES. SINGAPORE TURF CLUB. To the Ordinary Members, SINGAPORE TURF CLUB. Singapore. 15th January. 1947. Gentlemen. The Annual General Meeting of the Ordinary Members will be held m the Singapore Chamber of Commerce (Fullerton Building), on Friday, the 24th day of January. 1947. at 5.15 p.m BUSINESS. 1. To confirm311 words
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Advertisement697 1947-01-15 2 NOTICES. NOTICE. The public <8 hereby notified that the Telephone Number of CHENG CHIANG SHIPPING CO.. LTD.. (including their motor-launches services) and CHENG CHIANG TRADING CO.. is *****. ESTATES OF Charles Frederick Ashton-Pryke deed. Mary Foster Clarke deed. John Milward Crombie deed. Andrew Robert Fausset Clarke deed. Colin Frederick Inncs697 words
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Advertisement598 1947-01-15 2 TENDERS TENDER. Tenders are invited from approved Contractors for the DEMOLITION OF BANK OF CHINA BUILDINGS BATTERY ROAD ERECTION OF HOARDINGS. Full particulars may be obta;ne4 from the Architects. PALMER TURWEH French Bank Building, Singapore. SALE BY TENDER GOVERNMENT AiEDICAL STOKE. ERSKINE ROAD SPORE The Chief Pharmacist invites tender* for598 words
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500 1947-01-15 3 SHORT TERM FOOD PRODUCTION From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. ANE of the most interesting experiments in the Malayan Union today is the use of mechanical equipment in clearing jungle areas and the cultivation of the land by modern agricultural machinery manned mostly by500 words
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Article77 1947-01-15 3 I'HE Tea Control Ordinance of 1936 will be repealed i nder a Bill about to be introduced into the Singapore Advisor) Council. The Attorney-Gcneval, Mr. E. J. Davies, states m the Government Gazette that international agreement for restriction of tea-planting m Mala\i expired during the77 words
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Article203 1947-01-15 3 A WOMAN who applied to the British Military Administration In Kuching for a birth certificate fcr a one-year-olct child m December, 1945 did not arouse any suspicions at the time I The woman was sent away to! get an affidavit. Within a fewj days several203 words
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Article103 1947-01-15 3 A FILIPINO wcman Benedicta Raquiza, told a Singapore Police Magistrate yesterday that her Japanese mother-in-law, Sixta Raquiza, had received during the occupation a certificate from the Japanese Premier. Hideki Tojo. for 'services rendered.' Sixta Raquiza appeared before the Fifth Police Magistrate. Mr. Eu Cheow Chya.103 words
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Article92 1947-01-15 3 THE Singapore Federation of Tnzde Unions last night decided to reject the constitution proposals as undemocratic on the ground that all sections of the community were not consulted. It was also decided to set up a committee of two Chinese, two Malays and two Indians to dr-92 words
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Article130 1947-01-15 3 D AIDING a lonely hut off r'ava Lebar Road one nig 'it in November last, Mr. A. R McEwan, A.S.P. attached to the C. I. D. and a party of detectives found seven new automatic Item. pistols, spare parts includirg four magazines and a box130 words
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Article64 1947-01-15 3 THE Coun:il ot Join*. Acticn has invited represent rives from more than 100 trad? unions and represen' ing all scct'ona of the comm :r.iry m Singapore, to attend a <n*cilnf at the Malayan Democrat Union at 12.30 p.m. on Sunday. The meeting h?.s bc\i called to64 words
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Article39 1947-01-15 3 An extraordinary general meeting of the Government Pensioners' Association, Singapore, will be held at the Mercantile Institute, Queen Street, at 4 p.m. m Feo. 1 to discuss the grant of cost of living allowances to the pensioners.39 words
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Article358 1947-01-15 3 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. THE Sehingor Eurasian Association has i&sued invitations 1 to all Eurasian Associations in Malay to send delegates to a round table conference at Kuala Lumpur on Jan. 26 to j discuss the constitutional proposals and the attitude of the358 words
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Article258 1947-01-15 3 CONDITIONS prevailing at the time of intense bombing oy Allied planes after the latter had captured bases m New Guinea and Solomons, were des;riced ov Col. Suwabe, one of the six Japanese officers accused of illtreatk:g Indian PoWs at Rabaul, at the War Crimes Court, yesterday Col.258 words
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Article203 1947-01-15 3 COMMENTING that it was v one of the worst cases of manslaughter within his experience, Mr. Justice Brown sentenced a young Malay guard, Mohamed Zin bin Abdullan, to two years' rigorous imprisonment at the Singapore Assizes yesterday. A guard attached to the Jap war internees'203 words
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Article35 1947-01-15 3 There will be a public lecture at the Singapore Lodge Iheosophical Society. No. 3 Cairnhill Road tomorrow at 6.30 p.m. The subject is 'Hindu Psychology 1 and the speaker will be Swami Bharvasrananda.35 words
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Advertisement357 1947-01-15 3 MADI^ reran mhi i i 5.».. :as now available 0v and DC 230 v ako m stock Bole Dist-ibntrrs-46 Orchard Rd.. Spore. Phone 7295 Bole Imoorten: \YI \RNi: BROS. LTD. Fres h Sh ipment Aluminium Foil for or.eicing T X. O. KIAT tfe CO,, 763. North Bridge Road. SINGAPORE FOR357 words
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Advertisement228 1947-01-15 3 FURniTbRt mnDE TO ORDER Lounge mMm and furniture for the Home, made from newly arrived, weliKfr.otfd Siamese T-alj DIETHELM'S 139 /498. Market Street. Telephone 5326/27. P SPECIALISTS IN TUNING and REPAIRS SEWING MACHINES PARTS NEEDLES REPAIRS New Two Drawer, Drop Head, Treadles In Stock 5368 (a! New One Drawer, Round228 words
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Advertisement208 1947-01-15 3 ba4 $ov~ FLIES, MOTHS AND ALL INSECTS ALSO IN POWDER ?ORM FUBEX PRODUCT (Manufactured m England) Sole ARcnts SIM AH KOW <5c CO., 25, Donham Bldg.. Singapore. Phone 3027 Apart iro:n TYPEWRITER REPAIRING SERVICE, we can supply rypvwriters. Calculators. Adding machines. •Sinobrit" Safes. Steel Furniture and other Office Equipment. We208 words
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Miscellaneous95 1947-01-15 3 RADIO MALAYA Singapore RED NETWORK (Chinese India.. 22-i Kiefres; also 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. 4.323 megacycles per second (61 metre Iran.') and 7.45 p.m. to 9.30 p.m. 4.78 mega rycles per secoi.d (61 metre baud) BLUE NETWORK: (Malay it BT .'i h 485 metres; also 12 p.m. to t95 words
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Miscellaneous101 1947-01-15 3 headlines: 8.18 p.m. Hospital oall hour; 8.45 p.m. Chief Inspector French's cases; 9.00 p.m. Hairy Hackmeyer and his orchestra from Mountbatten Club; 9.30 p.m. News; 9.45 p.m. Cello Recital; 10.00 p.m. What's Being Done "Police"; 10.30 p.m. Dance Music: 11.00 p.m. News headlines and close down BBC 4.:;« p.m. to101 words
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Miscellaneous116 1947-01-15 3 News; 8.40 p.m. London calling: 8.45 p.m. Think on these things; 9.00 p.m. County cavalcade; 9.30 p.m. New records: 10.00 p.m. A note with music; 10.30 p.m. Radio newsreel; 10.45 p.m London calling; 10.50 p.m. Porces favourites: 11.30 p.m. News; 11.40 p.m. From today's paDers. Jan. 16. 7.30 a.m. Radio116 words
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Obituary60 1947-01-15 4 Mrs. Goh Hojk Huat, Mr. Mrs. Qoh Tiang Chin, Mr. <5t Mrs. Goh Tianu: Ghye, Mr. Mrs. Goh Tiang Eng family thank idl thooe who attei.aed the funeral of the late Mr. Goh Ho^k Huat J.P. Beth at Klang Penaiig t* those who sent Motor Cars, W*eai,hj>. Scrolls, Telegrams,60 words
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980 1947-01-15 4 The Straits Times Singapore, Wed., Jan. 15, 1947. Independence For Burma It is ironical to recall that m 1941 tthe Premier of Burma, U Saw, went on a mission to Lonj don to ask for a declaration that j Burma would be granted Dominion status immediately after the war, and980 words
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Article33 1947-01-15 4 (A Singapore old-timer, Mr. Arthur W. Thompson, who was here in the earliest days of the rubber industry, and is now living in Vancouver, sends these reminiscences.)33 words
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Article220 1947-01-15 4 other interesting reading m the Singapore papers recently received by me, there have been references to the Bugis Fleet. The passing of the Bugis Fleet end its adventurous voyages was not due to the development of Macassar as a port, but to the development of the X.P.M., which made it220 words
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MAN IN THE STREET
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189 1947-01-15 4 I T HAVE read m the Straits t 1 Times of the help given by I the Military m the return oil requisitioned buildings irj Singapore, but this is not the case m Kluang, where more than 40 quarters —m additior189 words
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Letter89 1947-01-15 4 jt/OUR correspondent "Another j I Resident Of Amber Man-1 s:ons," reminds me of a similar j lover of his neighbours that I noticed m Poona, India. Th .t thoughtful Indian gentle-j man had printed on his garden i wall— 'COMMIT NO NUISANCE HERE—GO F/VRTHER ON." That there IS89 words
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Letter55 1947-01-15 4 ]VfAY the public be enlightened -*1 as to why the Siameje authorities at Sunsri Colo* collect 50 cts. from ordinary passengers and 10 cts. from Government servants who have got a full ticket, a frontier pass and a vaccination inoculation certificate and who are passing througn Siam55 words
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Letter47 1947-01-15 4 AS one of the schoolgirls who enjoyed seeing "Twelfth Night" at the Victoria Theatre, I take this opportunity of expressing my sincere thanks to the Stage Club for their kindness and trouble m giving Singapore children cuoh a fin a tr»at. A CHINESE GIRL.47 words
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Letter94 1947-01-15 4 j REGARDING the parlous [lit position of the country's i finances, and the unpopular suggestion to remedy this by 'imposing income tax, why not '.revert to the ever-successful method of public lotteries? Judging by the published returns or racing sweeps, it would j not be dlflteOtl to meet94 words
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Letter167 1947-01-15 4 T SHOULD like, m order that 1 other people may not be prejudiced, to reply to the letter from A Misguided Philanthropist m your paper of Jan. 9 stating that he has a por.r opinion of me and my ilk, owing to a delay m his receiving a167 words
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227 1947-01-15 4 AS a soldier who fought against the Japanese, I ieel it is about time somebody replied to such people as A Very Surprised And Angry ex-PoW's Wife", who wants "compulsory birth control" enforced on all Japanese. Apparently it is her desire to sink to227 words
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1031 1947-01-15 4 RANG CHONG PEW - RANG CHONG PEW By [A Washington message published m the Straits Times on Monday reported a group of members of Congress who recently visited China as saying that U.S. troops must stay m China indefinitely to prevent Russia extending her influence and also to1,031 words
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Advertisement863 1947-01-15 4 CLASSIFIED ADS. On January 11, 1947, at Bungsar Hospital, Kuala Lumpur to Sheila, wife of H. A. D. Sandeman, a daughter. BHWADAS KUMAR SHAMILA KARUNAKARAN. Engagement was announced between Mr. Bnavadas Kumar, eldest son of the late Mr. C. K. Kumar Mrs. Lekshmy Kumar and Miss Shamila Karunskaran second daughter863 words
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Advertisement101 1947-01-15 4 RECORDS FOR DANCING. g£*^\ VICTOR X r SILVESTER f^, y STRICT TEMPO ifty^ ORCHESTRA. 4159 Blue Danube— Waltz Count of Luxembourg W. 4196 Anniversary Waltz Elmer's Tune S.F.T. 4426 Moonlight Mood— S.F.T. Kiss Me (Besame Mucho) 4501 Roses of the South W. 1001 Nights— W. 4546 Seven Days a Week101 words
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Advertisement94 1947-01-15 4 fOR YOU^INSURAN^E REQUIREMENTS:THE COMMERCIAL UNION GROUP:Commercial Union Assurance Co., Ltd. Union Assurance Society, Ltd. (London) Palatine Insurance Co., Ltd. Liverpool Victoria Insurance Corp. British General Insurance Co., Ltd. Branch Offices:— I IPOH (P.O. Box 47 SINGAPORE (Tel: 574) (P.O. Box 107 (Tel: 6944) Branch Manager: L 0L 00 1 Manager:94 words
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357 1947-01-15 5 INITIAL SALARY OF $100 FOR CLERKS Straits Times Reporter RECOMMENDATIONS for a higher salary and cost of living allowance for the staffs of the Singapore Municipality and Singapore Improvement Trust have been made to the Government, but they have not yet been approved, Mr.357 words
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Article307 1947-01-15 5 BECAUSE it had not been possible to oXain land fronting the sea at Kateng, it has been decided to merge the International Club w.th the Island Club, members of the International Club were told at a meeting in Singapore yesterday. The Island Club had agreed307 words
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Article300 1947-01-15 5 Straits Times Reporter A STORM of devastating fury which struck the American President Lines "missionary" ship Marine Adder five days out of San Francisco, was responsible for 12 passengers being badly injured, including two persons with fractured skulls. Evidence of the intensity of the storm300 words
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Article135 1947-01-15 5 INDIAN repatriates passing i 1 through Singapore from Java, Sumatra, Borneo and Hong Kong report vast improvement &> the condition of compatriots they left behind according to a statement issued by the Indian Gov- ernment Information Office yfs- terday. "Improvement is nardculavlv I marked m their135 words
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Article37 1947-01-15 5 A salute of 21 cuns was fired by the 10,000- ton French cruiser Duquesne when she arrived in Singapore yesterday afternoon on ner way to oajguii. Singapore shore batteries returned the salute. I37 words
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Article102 1947-01-15 5 MARKING the next progressive stage in Singapore's only coI operative selling movement, the first of a series of conferences among members of the Singapore Co-operative Stores Society, Ltd is to be called next month The conference is intended to give members the opportunity of presenting their102 words
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374 1947-01-15 5 WITNESS SA YS 'FIVE KILLERS IN COURT' DEFERENCE to "the killers" was made yesterday by L Naik li Inayat Khan, the fifth prosecution witness, at the General Court Martial trying seven Indian soldiers on a charge of mutiny on Christmas Island in March 1942 t J^l asked by the defen374 words
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Article47 1947-01-15 5 TRAFFIC will be diverted ironi 1 Stamford Road Connaughl Drive, Empress Place and St. Andrew's Road while the Duke of Gloucester and official pai*y are in the vicinity of the Municipal Building on their way to Singapore's Government House i on Thursday afternoon.47 words
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Article, Illustration47 1947-01-15 5 A picture of one of the storm- wrenched davits of the American President Lines ship Marine Adder which was cau<ht m a storm of devastating intensity five days after leaving San Francisco. The vessel lost one of her Ufcoats as a result of the aori<i<»r.t.47 words
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Article110 1947-01-15 5 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Tuesday. DETTER living amenities for rural residents in Penang are envisaged in the 1947 estimates which were presented to the Penang Rural Board at a meet in;: held yesterday afternoon. The proposed expenditure includes $174,835 for conservanc;. and $39,000110 words
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Article421 1947-01-15 5 Straits Times Reporter THE extensive damage to pro1 perty and the great toll of Chinese lives during the recent clashes between Indonesian and Dutch forces m Palembang, was described by Mr. Chan Yin Sze Chairman of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce In Pa:embang, at a Singapore421 words
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Article378 1947-01-15 5 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. CAPT. G. H. M. Salt, of Malaya Command Claims and Hirings Dept., a Chinese, H. S. Shang, and a Chinese girl, Alice Wee, said to be a cabaret dancer, appeared m Kuala Lumpur District Court yesterday before Mr.378 words
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Article31 1947-01-15 5 From Our Own Corresnonent. ALOR STAR. TU-S. Three hundred end seventy-fn c labourers of Kuala Ketil estate have returned to work following a settlement with the estate manager.31 words
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Article116 1947-01-15 5 DISCLOSURE of in:onnatior. riquired m "the public interest." for the forthcoming census and widening of the scope of the census will be permitted under a BUI about to be introduced into tt>e Singapore Advisory Council. It is stated m the Government Gazette that "the Superintendent of116 words
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Article68 1947-01-15 5 A 21-year-old Singapore CMnese detective who had been educated at St. John's College, I Hong Kong was sentenced to i three months' rigorous ji.prisonment by the Singapore First District Judge, Mr. Paul Storr. yesterday when he was convicted of having received an illegal gratification. He was Wong Lai68 words
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Advertisement113 1947-01-15 5 S% **Q iU** fit r lip "SZj^C^ 7 MADE IN ENGLAND. Obtainable Everywhere J<?. OO^r QUAY. etN4<AT>ORt f> ~OA Zs<u <* i •IF YOU ARE NOT SATISFIED WITH YOL'B PRESENT ACCOMMODATION. TRY "THE TAVERN" The Newest European Residential Hotel m the Coolest A Healthiest part of Singapore. EVERYTHING UF-TO-DATE 'Spacious113 words
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354 1947-01-15 6 K.L. BAKERY FINED FOR EXCESSIVE PRICES From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. TWO prosecutions of interest have recently occurred under the Price Control Ordinance. In the first instance a bakery was fined $5,000 for selling bread over the controlled price and in the other354 words
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126 1947-01-15 6 From Our Own Correspondent ALOR STAR, Tues —History was made at Balai Besar, Alor Star, yesterday when two Malay women, Che Halimah Tonn of Negri Sembilan and Che Kamariah of Kedah, addressed a dinner party en the part Malay women had to play m126 words
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111 1947-01-15 6 From Our Own Correspondent SEGAMAT. Tues. A sentence of three months' rigorous imprisonment was passed in the District Court on J. D. Samuel, a clerk on Labis Baruu Estate, who was charged with having more than one ration card for himself and his family.111 words
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Article113 1947-01-15 6 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG. Tues. Three hundred and fifty Penang teachers turned up yesterday for special refresher courses which the Education Office is holding this week prior to the reop-ninc of schools Alter an inai'sEuraticij by the Resident Commissioner, Mr. S. N.King, the teachers listened113 words
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Article75 1947-01-15 6 From Our Own Correspondent MALACCA, Tues.— The prices of textiles m Malacca have fallen since Government took over the release of cloth. The Land Office has been issuing cloth to rural people on production of rice card an«i lately khaki drill has been sol:' at 51.75 words
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Article31 1947-01-15 6 From Our Own Correspondent SEGAMAT. Tuw.— Otie Nrs>. till recently Asst. Controller *A Land Revenue. Stsaroat. haa replaced Che Haro.i bin Mhftad M 3"ganiat Magistrate, who hni:;onc on leave.31 words
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Article149 1947-01-15 6 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Tuesday. AN elderly widow and a young hotel waitress appeared as disputing parties in an interesting application heard by the, Penang Rent Board yesterday when Lam Teng Hoe, the widow, sought the reposses- sion of her house in Hutton 'Lane.149 words
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Article32 1947-01-15 6 The Singapore Clerical Administrative Workers Unjon is holding a floor show and dance demonstration at the Happy World Cabctref on Saturday, Jan. 18. m aid of the Unljn's building fund.32 words
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Advertisement184 1947-01-15 6 Those Those Those IOVELY GLAMOROUS SCANDALOUS DOLLY SISTERS! DOLLY SISTERS! DOLLY SISTERS! What makes them so Glorious....is what makes this so Great! GRAND OPENING TO-DAY! fcfT— f'T^r^Tl^ a.m.— 2 p.m.— 4.1j pm. |tl ni J$ 6.30 p.m.— 9.15 p.m. Tm m Jj The Best Sound m Town! §1 |L\ TAll184 words
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Advertisement231 1947-01-15 6 Screen s Thundering Drama closes (Tel. 5281) m l .^r Loaded with Gun-Blazing THRILLS, BjKSmj 33 adventure. IVt'coflcd by tfc ATOMIC POWER" "THE BELLS OF ST? MARY'S" q^/t^Mer Grand Opening fSI TO-MORROW HEADING YOUR WAY m @m&^±*f w.ih ill fhc hcut al ii»™j»nM< ln S J Wf^^ UilAi'TZ*— m»d< bf231 words
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Miscellaneous712 1947-01-15 6 A hand which originally shapes up as a minimum bid may, as the bidding proceeds, improve a great deal. Consider the following d3al. Rubber bridge. Beth sides vulnerable. North, dealer. NORTH 73 9 K6 QJ lOg < QJ73 WEST EAST KI62 105 ***** VQJ43 K976 >A5432 9 4104 SOUTH AQ984712 words
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Article701 1947-01-15 7 SINGAPORE, Tuesday. Share quotations according to th Malayan Sharebrokers Association (Sin l gapore) today were as foUows: INDUSTRIALS Alexandra Brickwork* Ords. 1.80 13.00 Alexandra Brickwork* Prefs. 8. 90 S.10 Brit Malaya Trustee Executor Oo a.oo 1. 00 Consolidated Tin Smelters Ord. 20/- 22/6 do Prefs. 26/- 28/701 words
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Article415 1947-01-15 7 SHIPS positions ir. Singapore yesterday were: MAIN WHARF Godown 33-34: Samshee. Godown 35-36: Eemdijk. Godown 39: Samavon. Godown 41 Glc-n^trae. Godown 42-43: Marine Addee. WEST WHARF Godown 1-2: Priam. Godown 6-7: Fort Kilmar. Godown 8-9: Glenogle. Godown 14-11: Overijsel. Oodown 13-14: Azalea City. Godown 15-16: Empire Mayport. KM415 words
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251 1947-01-15 7 By Our Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, Tuesday. INDUSTRIALS were steady, on the whole, in the 1 local share market today. Business was done in Breweries at $15.75 while Fraser and Neaves had several markings at $2.97 '/z. United Engineers changed hands at $11.70 and Wearnes at $18.90251 words
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Article311 1947-01-15 7 SING' HOKK, Tuesd* TODAY'S prodti' .ricp were: RICE: Siamest: N I Slo4. No. 2 $103, Rangoon $75, v n-ia No. 1 $30, No. 2 $27, Broken $30.50. PULOH RICE: Siamese $80. Ked.ih $50. KICE NOODLES: No. I Siam-'« $92, Kedah $65, Indo-China $85, China $92, Local $65. BROKEN311 words
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Article67 1947-01-15 7 NEW YORK. Tues— Uirctj points were lost early m the session m fairly active trading. Sellers e.\;rted pressure on a wide front with Steels, Aviations, Chemicals, Motors. Minings and Rails leading the decline. Although pressure abated m the afternoon rallying attempts were feeble and drew little following cautiousReuter - 67 words
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Article60 1947-01-15 7 The Singapore Chamber of Commerce 'Rubber Association's rubber prices yesterday at noon were: Buyers Sellers No. 1 R.S S Spot loose 41 H 42 No. 1 R.S S. fob in bales Feb. 42% 43 No. 2 R.S.S. fob in bales Feb. 42»4 42 4 No. 3 R.S S60 words
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Article22 1947-01-15 7 SHAI, Tues. Today's quotations on the Shanghai black market exchange are: U.S. dollar CN56,400; Gold CN $371,000; Hongkong CN$ 1.280.—22 words
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Advertisement750 1947-01-15 7 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. (incorporated m Singapore) BLUE FUNNEL LINE Sailings to and from United Kingdom "Priam" from U.K. for Hongkong A Shanghai.. In Port ■s ama von" from V K. for Hongkong A Shanghai In Port "Tarakan" dae from V.S.A Jan. 17 "Rondo" due from U.S. A Jan. 17 "Rhesus"750 words
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Advertisement86 1947-01-15 7 SINGAPORE TIDES Tide times today are: tai*h, 4.50 a.m. and 5.18 p.m.: low, 11.05 a.m. and 11.12 p.m. SILVER LINE. KERR STEAMSHIP CO., INC. NEW YORK GENERAL AGENTS SAILINGS To Halifax and New York M.V "DERWENTHALL" Singapore early Februar Agents: HADDEN COMPANY, LIMITED. Chartered Bank Chambers Phone Nos. are: 7052,86 words
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Advertisement640 1947-01-15 7 PRESIDENT LINE ELLERMA Bucit u stum,, S. S. CO., LTD. Tla India and Mediterranean Ports HALIFAX IRAQ VICTORY Godown 29 A 30 Samtweed Godowil 17 18 SS. WILLIS VICKERI D« Feb 6 FQR LONDON RUTLAND VICTORY to New Tork, via m v i i Pacific. Hong Kong, Manila, San f640 words
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306 1947-01-15 8 RAF RUGBY WIN ON PAD ANG Tengah Team Beat SCC 12-6 r AISLE to master their opponents in scrums and in the loose, an S.C.C. rugby side lost six points (penalty and try) to 12 (four tries) to R.A.F. Tengah in yesterday's Padang match. Outstanding for the winners were Exley306 words
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Article139 1947-01-15 8 Mr. Jim's not been back m Singapore as yet on account of urgent business up-country. We therefore got hold of his messenger, whereupon the latter told us that he did often hear something about timers, but he doubt if they have anvthine to do with those he had139 words
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Article, Illustration88 1947-01-15 8 Last ball bowled in the Third Test in Melbourne was the signal for this wild scramble by players and umpires for stumps as souvenirs and a rush by spectators to see the wicket on which England forced a draw but lost all chance88 words
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Article108 1947-01-15 8 CRICKET The Special Commissioner's Cricket Club recorded their eleventh successive win by beating the Colonial C.C. by 59 runs on Sunday S.C.C.C. passed the Colonials' score with the loss of four wickets. Scores:— Colonial C.C.,* 60 (A. Fernando, 23, J. Mattock 7-25); S.C.C.C., 119 (R. G.108 words
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139 1947-01-15 8 A meetins will be neld in the S.C.C. on Friday. January 24. at 5.30 p.m. to arrange cricket fixtures on the Club padang for the coining season. All Club and service secretaries the latter not representing any units of less than regimental strength who wish139 words
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Article359 1947-01-15 8 LONDON, Tuesday.—Draw for the fourth round of the F.A. Cup to be Dlayed on Saturday Jan. 25: Wolverhampton Wdrs vs. Sheffield Utd. Chester vs. Tottenham or Stoke. Birmingham vs. Portsmouth. Chelsea or Arsenal vs. Derby County. Mar.ehenttr UnitPd vs. Notts Forest. Queens Par-: Rgrs. or Middlesborough vs.359 words
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Article28 1947-01-15 8 The new court of the Brighton B.P. at No. 1778 Haif? Road is ready for practices from next Saturday. Practice days will be Wednsdays. Saturdays, Sundays and holidays.28 words
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Article79 1947-01-15 8 MELBOURNE, Tues— The Aus-i tralian Lawn Tennis Association decided today that Australia will challenge for the 1947 Davis Cup m the North American zone. It also decided to send a team of four men and two women to South Africa and a team of four men to79 words
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Article161 1947-01-15 8 IPOH, Tuesday. rerak drew with Penang, one-all, in a fast and evenly contested hockey match here on Saturday. Pank scored after a goal-leas first half when Caleb took a pass frcm Navaretnam on the right wing. In the I last 10 minutes Penang made a spirited rally161 words
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Article23 1947-01-15 8 Because of Injuries, the Army will be unable to field a rugby side against S.C.C. at Jalan Besar on Saturday.23 words
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Article20 1947-01-15 8 LONDON. Tuesday.—Rugby Union rpsults: Dovonport Services 3. Newport 15; Inter 0. Neath 15; Newbridge 11, Oxford University Greyhounds 0 neuter.Reuter - 20 words
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Article269 1947-01-15 8 TWENTY-FOUR teams have en tered the Singapore seven-a- side Rugby tournament conduct- ed by the S.C.C. and due to be- 1 2ln on Friday on the Padang with the following: three ties: Sea- forth Rep.t. 2 v Kota Raj an; j R.C.C. Scottish v 4th269 words
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203 1947-01-15 8 From Our Own Correspondent SYDNEY, Tuesday. AUSTRALIAN welterweight Tommy Burns' impetuosity H, contributed to his defeat last nij?ht by British lightweight champion, Ronnie James. Burns hit the Welshman Wiien he was off his fe~i in the fourth round and was disqualified. James will be203 words
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Article82 1947-01-15 8 Mr. G. Balakrishnan"s badminton team wili play 3 singles and 2 doubles against Mr. A.K. Piliay's team on Sunday at 10. a.m. at The "Rocklites 1 Court" at 116. Everitt Road. Mr. G. Balakrishnan's Team: Singles: —E. Snclling Chan Swee Lee Chew Beng Tcck. Doubles: E. Snellintj G. Balakrishnan; Chan82 words
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Advertisement364 1947-01-15 8 THE HALL FOR QUALITY SOUND PROJECTION! 3- l?£g?l ?£g?£ r a 3LAMOUR-SPY! A TWO-TIMING MODERN MATA HAllI! She's Deadly! f, lowly decoy for A deadly Trap I NEXT CHANGE 1 V*> It's that debonair, cynical jk *U*^*«* vL^s- Tyf GEORGE SANDERS J^* W&S& [WOMAN-HATER?] 2b Involved m the PlfV A/YIAA/364 words
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