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Title Section18 1947-08-27 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 UUHT PAGES SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1947 'RICE TEN CENTS18 words
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781 1947-08-27 1 Proceedings At Secret Debates Now Published pROCEEDINGS at the secret debates of the Singapore Municipal Commissioners on the future constitution of the Commission with an explanation by the Municipal President, Mr. L. Rayman, on why the press and public were excluded from the debates were officially781 words
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Article, Illustration49 1947-08-27 1 Use Kuih the widow of the former commandant of the Buchenwald Concentration Camp, stands with a guard while her life sentence for crimes against humanity is read. ft was stated at the trial at Dachau on August 14 that she made lampshades from the skins of prisoners. A.P. Picture.AP - 49 words
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Article274 1947-08-27 1 LAKE SUCCESS, Tuesday. FRANCE ua«d the big-power veto in the United Nations Security Council yesterday to defeat a Russian proposal to set up an 11-nation truce commission to supervise the operation of the cease-fire order in Indonesia. This was the 20th veto in United Nations274 words
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Article, Illustration13 1947-08-27 1 General Georje C. Kcnney on his arrival in Singapore yesterday Straits Times picture.13 words
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Article270 1947-08-27 1 NEW YORK, Tuesday^ nABBI Banich Korff, leader of the United States Political il Action Coic&ultee for Palestine, intends to parachute into Palestine to prepare the way for a later macs Jewish entry by parachute. The committee's New York headquarters said laat night the mass parachuting ofReuter; UP - 270 words
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Article122 1947-08-27 1 OFFER TO BRITAIN SUGGESTED SYDNEY, Tuesday. lUSTRALIA'S Opposition A Leader, Mr. Robert Menzies, today called for a conference of Dominion Prime Ministers to discuss Britain's economic crisis. He said that the Dominions should tell Britain "We will supply you with £100,000,000 worth of food and materials, wait 50 years forReuter; UP - 122 words
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Article85 1947-08-27 1 World Air Record Of 650 M.P .H. MLROC, California, Tuesday. rpiiE world speed record was 1 broken yesterday by the United States Navy's jet-pro-pelled Douglas Skystreak which thundered through the sky at 650.6 miles an hour. The new record betters by almost 10 miles an hour the previous record. MarineAP - 85 words
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Article58 1947-08-27 1 The Indian plane carrying Red Cross supplies to Jogjakarta returned to Singapore last night and landed at 8 o'clock on a flare-lit runway at Kallang. The plane is scheduled to return to the Republican capital today with the remainder of the 7,000pound Indian consignment of58 words
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Article189 1947-08-27 1 BATAVIA, Tuesday. FIERCE sheUing of the Dutch warship Tidore from Mendol Island, 65 miles southwest of Singapore, was reported in the Dutch Navy communique today. Mendol Island Is off the east coast of Sumatra, at the entrance of the Kampar river. The communique says the shelling, whichReuter - 189 words
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279 1947-08-27 1 rj.EN. George C. Kenney, Commander of the United States Army Strategic Air Forces, arrived yesterday by air in Singapore. Gen. Kenney, who was the best-known Allied air commander in the war against Japan, is making a world tour of United States strategic279 words
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Article143 1947-08-27 1 IN AMERICA: A three-year-old Negro girl, Margaret Harris, has set music critics raving about her first piano recital in which she played unfalteringly compositions by Bach, Mozart, Tchaikowsky, Brahms and Schubert, reports United Press. She played on a baby grand piano with the pedals raised143 words
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Article139 1947-08-27 2 HAMBURG, Tuesday. GERMAN poison gases and explosives dumped by Russian J ships in the Baltic during the war have poisoned rich fishing grounds, killed on e fisherman and blinded and injured others, according to fishermen's reports yesterday from the Baltic ports of Kiel and Flensburg.Reuter - 139 words
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Article, Illustration126 1947-08-27 2 LONDON Tuesday— The American stage success "Tobacco Road," which ran for 8 years on Broadway in New York was yesterday banned from public showing in Britain by the Lord Chamberlain, the Earl of Clarendon. The play, which depicts a sordid and tragic aspect af the "poor White"Reuter - 126 words
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Article88 1947-08-27 2 NAPLES, Tuesday.— Railroad officials reported yesterday that three men and one woman were killed and about 30 injured when a passenger express was derailed, near Cazenza. south of here in the mountains. The exact toll is unknown, since rescuers were having trouble in reaching the scene ofAP; UP - 88 words
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Article, Illustration109 1947-08-27 2 EDINBURG, Tuesday.— A new motto "Nothing will do unless it is perfect," was suggested by the Duke of Gloucester when he opened the "Enterprise Scotland" Exhibition yesterday. Accompanied by 'he Duchess he said that old markets must be recaptured and new ones conquered and that this would onlyReuter - 109 words
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Article117 1947-08-27 2 LONDON, Tuesday.— Scotland Yard are making efforts to trace thieves who during the week-end got away with liquor worth more than £3,500 from a bonded warehouse The robbery, discovered yesterday, was one of the biggest sDirit robberies in London for months. The gang drove a motor lorryReuter; UP - 117 words
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Article72 1947-08-27 2 NUREMBERG, Tuesday.— Dr. Curt Rothenberger. 51 -year-old former deputy-president of the Academy of Nazi German Law and now on trial with other Nazi lawyers for crimes again humanity, attempted to commit suicide in his cell in Nuremberg prison early yesterday. He severed an artery of his leftReuter - 72 words
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Article105 1947-08-27 2 SAN FRANCISCO, Tuesday. The Chinese Communist Radio yesterday violently attacked the Wedemeyer mission and American policy in China, claiming that the United States had obtained a series of military bases covering all o' China and the island of Formosa to fit into an American "programme of expansion and105 words
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Article74 1947-08-27 2 STUTTGART, U.S. zone in 3ermanv. Tuesday.— Three people have died and 127 are still ill in a typhoid outbreak at the village of Linsenhofen near Stuttgart, it was learned today. Doctors believe the peak had not yet been reached. The village has been strictly quarantined by police and74 words
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Article137 1947-08-27 2 MOSCOW. y Tuesday.— British authorities were "warping the souls" of Soviet children by forcing them to say Catholic prayers, stated "Pravda" yesterday in a i report from its Berlin correspondent on conditions in the British I Red Cross children's home at Klingenberg, Germany. The report said that RussianReuter - 137 words
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Article86 1947-08-27 2 MANILA, Tuesday. Ambush and counter-ambush marked the continuation of strife in troubled central Luzon, with military police commandoes of the Skull Unit reporting the death of the Hukbalahap commander, "Oliveros," in a surprise raid of his headquarters yesterday. Oliveros, also known as Gervasio, alleged killer of 17AP - 86 words
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Article94 1947-08-27 2 HONGKONG, Tuesday.— lnouve Kanao, Japanese interpreter in the Shamsuipo PoW camp known as "Slaphappy" who has been twice tried and sentenced to death was hanged this morning. A request for an appeal to the Privy Council was rejected by a lull court here on August 11. A fullReuter - 94 words
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Article78 1947-08-27 2 SHANGHAI, Tuesday. ChiSing Fang, captain of the Chinese passenger ship Chikang which collided with another ship and sank in the Yangtse River last January causing the death of 400 persons, was convicted in the District Court yesterday of neglect of duty and sentenced to 16 months' imprisonment.78 words
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476 1947-08-27 2 CHIFLEY OPENS CANBERRA TALKS ON PEACE Session Behind Locked Doors CANBERRA, Tuesday gECURITY officers were posted to strategic points to ?!i! V^ nt nauth o"sed entry when the Commonwealth Conference on the Japanese peace settlement met today behind the locked doors of the House of Representatives Chamber here. The doorsReuter - 476 words
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Article18 1947-08-27 2 SOFIA, Tuesday. The Bulgarian Parliament yesterday unanimously approved the Bulgarian peace treaty with the Allies.— A.P.AP - 18 words
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214 1947-08-27 2 THF lnH.» r~i r^ BATAVIA, Tuesday. THE Indian Red Cross is prepared to send a fully equipped i and staffed 1,000-bed hospital to Jotriakarla mis was stated i n Batavia i today by Dr. P. L. Nirula, leader of th e Red Cross learn which flewReuter; AP - 214 words
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213 1947-08-27 2 LONDON, Tueauuy. THE British Cabinet .as! night rose from its sec >,d emergency me-ting in two weeks without issuing any formal statement on the L>iued States reply to requested suspension of the non-dis-crimination clause in tho Anglo-American loan a-,'iee-ment. But most commentators believed213 words
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Advertisement698 1947-08-27 2 NOTICES NOTICE "LYNDHURST" 39 Newton Rd. First Class accommodation. Bookings now taken, single, double. Phone 3590 foi bDDOint WATER DEPARTMENT. NOTICE TO SUPPLIERS OF STEEL PIPES It is intended to consider inviting tenders for the supply of Steel Pipes of nominal bore 48 Inches. Persons and firms interested should apply698 words
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Advertisement780 1947-08-27 2 NOTICES EXHIBITION OF BRITISH BOOKS. Will all booksellers interested in the holding of an exhibition of British books in Kuala Lumpur please attend a meeting in the Department of Public Relations Office. Oriental Building. Kuala Lumpur, on Wednesday. August 27th. at 4 p.m. THE SINGAPORE AUCTIONEERS FOR SALE "AT AUCTION780 words
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Advertisement126 1947-08-27 2 Patricia's diamond j f^L engagement ring B 1 I W Eyes of mermaid green— skin smooth as porcelain— that's Patricia... |£**ii Patricia is another engaged girl with an ex- to get her face extra clean and extra soft, quisite soft-smooth Pond's complexion. Here Fniinu, thu < i^^zr she every iS^oZzz&z126 words
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Article92 1947-08-27 3 rRTY semi-skilled Indian foundry workers yesterday struck work at the Singapore works of United Engineers in sympathy with 250 skilled Chinese fitters a.kd turners who went on strike last Saturday. The recent dismissal of 15 men at the company's Tanjong Rhu slipway after a breakdown precipitated the strike.92 words
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Article53 1947-08-27 3 A Chinese, Cheah Kheng Guan, was acquitted in the Third District Court yesterday because of lack of evidence on a charge of accepting, on various dates in August, September and October, last year, $350 from Tan Ah Kow to refrain from taking action tin. der the Common53 words
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1220 1947-08-27 3 [written expressly for the Straus Times oy L.cc van Ana, I.N.S. correspondent accompanying Gen. Kenney.] AN AMERICAN B-17 Flying Fortress, with the four stars of a U.S. Airforce general painted near its streamlined nose, arrived in Singapore shortly after noon yesterday. Inside1,220 words
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352 1947-08-27 3 World Food Talks Open With Appeal GENEVA, Tuesday. rE third session of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization opened yesterday, with an official appeal by the Secretariat for "drastic action" to prevent further reduction in food rations in Europe and Asia during the next 12 months. I Before theReuter; UP - 352 words
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113 1947-08-27 3 LONDON, Tuesday. BRITAIN'S major sterling debt, amounting to £1,200,000,000, Is to India, it was disclosed here last night by the release of official figures which set out the sterling credits of the various countries in London. Egypt, with £400,000,000 is second on the list Eire,Reuter - 113 words
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Advertisement258 1947-08-27 3 CATALINA Flying Boats With Australian Certificate of Airworthiness. Price Including delivery. Singapore. •DIESEL Generating sets, complete 20-KVA. 30-KVA. 50-KVA, 100-KVA Immediate Shipment. ASBESTOS Products Corrarated SheeU— Trafford TUet-etc. CEMENT Portland, Belgium Y. E. TAN SONS NUNKB BLDG. SINGAPORE. PHONE 7124. FJiroJ •rail bcuifrt FLIES, MOTHS AND AU INSECTS A* Supplied258 words
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Advertisement200 1947-08-27 3 OPENING TO-DA* 3 Shows: 3. 6.15 9.15 p.m. A ROMANTIC PERIOD MUSICAL) "THE LAUGHING LADY" Nerer Snch tuneful tilting musfef In Technicolor QUEENS THEATRE LAST DAT: 3. 6 30. 9. 1S p.m. Trust and Saspenseful! James Mason Deborah Ken ill HATTER'S CASTLE Opening To-morrow "AER MATA IBOE"— In Malay GREAT200 words
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Article26 1947-08-27 4 Mr. Mrs. N. Vengadasalam of 429. Jalan Kolam Ayer Segamat thank all those who attended their wedding and those who sent in present* and creetincs.26 words
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Obituary60 1947-08-27 4 TANIEL. In proud memory of May Daniel (nee Bamford), wife of P. Daniel. Colonial Education Service, end mother of Ann. Elisabeth and Lt. John Daniel, R.A., who returned from Australia on 24 Dec.. 1941, to Malaya Command Signals, G.H.Q. P»r East, Singapore, was captured by the Japanese on60 words
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1127 1947-08-27 4 Singapore, Wed., Aug. 27, 1947. REBELS IN THE UNION The attempt by the Governments of the Malayan Union and Singapore to bring about prompt consideration of the Heasman report on income tax by a joint committee has been frustrated. As in 1940, when the Malayan public was asked to pay1,127 words
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Article177 1947-08-27 4 "Desperate' 1 Rice Situation LONDON, Aug. 13 (Airmail) QUESTIONS which the Under-Secretary for the Colonies, Mr. Ivor Thomas, could not answer were asked in the House of Commons today about Malaya's desperate rice situation. Dr. Haden Guest: "Is it not the case that the rice ration in Japan Is about177 words
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Article, Illustration1543 1947-08-27 4 FRANCIS COORAY - FRANCIS COORAY By (The writer of this article, the senior Asiatic journalist in the English-language Press of Malaya, has been much criticised particularly by Europeans who were in the relative safety of the prison camps for his editorship of a Japanese newspaper in Kuala Lumpur1,543 words
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656 1947-08-27 4 THE other day, after reading 1 in an English newspaper a letter pointing out that the only effective way of enforcing economies in the Services transport was to cut their petrol supplies, I spent two separate half hours "in counting the military vehicles passing along656 words
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Advertisement798 1947-08-27 4 CLASSIFIED ADS. IRVINE-BROWN. On August 33. J847. at Kandang Kerbau Hospital, to Bette. wife of L. Irvine-Brown, a daughter. GRAY at Batu Gajah Hospital on |6th August 1947 to Norma, wife of K. K. Gray, MC Malayan Police, a aon. TO "MARIE" wife of Capt. L. W. Reading. R.E.. a798 words
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Advertisement57 1947-08-27 4 TERRY'S ▲M6LEPOIBE LAMP. The Lamp of IMI Aajlw A touch of your finger and the light is directed and focusted on to your work not on your eyes. A gentle push and It is out of the way. De Luxe finish only— in Cream and Gold mottled. $45.00 EACH (By57 words
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Advertisement130 1947-08-27 4 FOR YOWyNSUfTANC* AEQWPEMENTS s^Zrg THE COMMERCIAL ONION GROUP:- »j| j% Commercial Union Assurance Co, Ltd. J xsJ^L Union Assurance Society, ,Ltd. (London) p^^^S^'i Palatine' Insurance CoT Ltd. V&$S&M^ i Liverpool Victoria Insurance Corp: i British General Insurance Co. Ltd. ff—^,, T Branch Offices:— rpOH (P.O. BoX 47 |SSW SlNaAPOra^^^ <Tei;Js74)130 words
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Article468 1947-08-27 5 OVER 2,000 people last night packed the MPAJA ExService Comrades' Association hall in Queen Street to pay their respects to th c Singapore Communist leader, Lin Ah Liang. He lay in state, after his death at the Singapore General Hospital on Sunday. Pandemonium nearly468 words
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Article136 1947-08-27 5 From Our Own Correspondent TAIPING, Tuesday. TAN TEI KHOON, son of the manager of Chee Seng Rubber Factory, Taiping, was kidnapped in daring circumstances yesterday. Tan was playing badminton with some friends at the factory premises, at the iy% mile, Taiping-Simpang Road, when a Chinese said136 words
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Article62 1947-08-27 5 SEREMBAN, Tuesday. Negrl Sembilan teachers, at a meeting held yesterday, formed themselves into a trade union. They have thus come into line with the teachers of Singapore, Kuala Lumpur and Penang. A meeting of delegates from the Singapore, Selangor and Negri unions is being held today at Port62 words
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Article65 1947-08-27 5 DENANG, Tuesday.— Two Chin- ese schoolgirls, picnicking with a party, were rescued from drowning aft Batu Ferringhi on Monday. The two girls were bathing when they were carried away by a big wave. Or. the alarm being raised, me members of the Saint John Ambulance Brigade who were65 words
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Article60 1947-08-27 5 FE Bishop of Singapore, the Rt. Rev. J. L. Wilson, has appointed Mr. Dong Chui Sin? as the Diocesan Secretary for Schools. Mr. Dong left Singapore last night on a fact-finding and in. spection tour of all Diocesan schools in Malaya. He has 16 schools on his list60 words
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Article48 1947-08-27 5 K LUANG. Tuesday.— While \rmy authorities were cutting lallang and doing excavation work at the Kluang airstrip on Sunday, they discovered 850 dismantled Japanese rifles and a pistol, buried in the earth. Arrangements are being made to dump the guns in the sea off Batu Pahat.48 words
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Article76 1947-08-27 5 PEADING that "she was uneducated and did not know that duty had not been paid," a Chinese woman, Leo Ah 00, was fined $250 or three months' rJ., in the Third Police Court, yesterday for being in possession of 85 tins of dutiable cigarettes. The decision in76 words
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Article77 1947-08-27 5 PKISTAN army officers, In Singapore, who celebrated the inauguration of the new dominion of Pakistan, by giving a buffet supper at the S.V.C. hall on Saturday received a special message from Mr. Mohammed All Jinnah, first Governor-General of Pakistan. The message reads, "Reference your telegram of good wishes77 words
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Article64 1947-08-27 5 SINGAPORE Municipal Commissioners will hold a special meeting after their ordinary monthly meeting on Friday. The special meeting will deal with a supplemental budget covering 1947. At the ordinary meeting, annual reports will be tabled of the Municipal Engineer's Department for 1941 and Jan-Feb. 1942. Electricity Department for64 words
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Article99 1947-08-27 5 A vacancy for the Cowgill Scholarship will occur in September 1948. The Scholarship, tenable at Durham School, is worth £60 a year for the rest of the winner's school life, subject to satisfactory work and good behaviour. Boys between the ages of 13 and 14 who are sons99 words
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Article264 1947-08-27 5 TODAY: Rotary, Mr. R. Dines on "Toe H Defined.' Adelphi, 1 p.m. Autumn Tourney, Chess Club, V.M.C.A., 5 p.m. Art Club, V.M.C.A., 6 p.m.. "Chinese Teachers' Day Dinner," Mayfalr Musical and. Dramatic Association, 112 Robinson Road, 7.30 p.m. "A Soldier for Christmas." presented by Stage Club, Victoria Theatre.264 words
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Article54 1947-08-27 5 The volume of business transacted on the local rubber market yesterday was extremely small and the market was dull. Prices sagged a trifle and No. 1 sheet f.o.b. closed last night at 28% cents per lb. buyers as against 28% cents, on Monday while buyers were54 words
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Article65 1947-08-27 5 An 18 year old Tamil named Anthony appeared before Mr. H. W. Nightingale, yesterday, charged with the theft of a tie, cigarettes, spectacles, a first aid dressing and cigarettes from No. 1 British Transit Camp, Nee Soon, on August 25. Anthony pleaded guilty to stealing certain of the65 words
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370 1947-08-27 5 Hospita I Ro b bed Of Electrical Power From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. THE General Hospital was robbed of its electrical power and Klang and Port Swettenham towns were completely without electricity for four hours, as a result of a fierce squall370 words
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Article87 1947-08-27 5 A 22-year.old Tamil woman, Uthiri, charged in the Fourth Police Court yesterday with the theft of jewellery, valued at $60 the property of Chinathamby, at Johore Bahru, on July 3, said she had been the mistress of the complainant for a year and a half. Uthiri87 words
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Article124 1947-08-27 5 FATALLY BURNED IN BED AN Indian driver employed by Raffles Hotel died on Sunday from burns received whe n his bed caught fire. Another Indian employee of! th e hotel was detained by t-ne Singapore police, on Monday, in connection with the mci-« dent. At 6 a.m. on Sunday, 26-year-old124 words
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Article251 1947-08-27 5 FIVE hundred and sixty one clerks employed by tin Singapore Harbour Board yesterday petitioned the acting chairman, Mr. P. A. T. Chrimes, .to recommend a three months' salary payment to them at the next meeting of the board and to giant meanwhile a more reasonable increase in251 words
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Article18 1947-08-27 5 An outstanding 14-year-old pianist, David Ng, of Penang, will play classical pieces over Radio Malaya tonight at 8.20.18 words
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Article341 1947-08-27 5 •THE Singapore docks re1 turned to normal yesterday after the four-and-a-half-day strike which the Harbour Labour Union called off on Monday night. At the scene of ttve shooting which precipitated the strike, the same road gang were back patching the road. The Officer Administering the341 words
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Article354 1947-08-27 5 IN appeal by the Estate and Trust Agency, Ltd., against an t\ order by the Fourth Police Magistrate for the right of possession of two Singapore theatres— the Alhambra and the Marlborough— was dismissed by the Chief Justice, Mr Justice Murray- Ay nsley at the Supreme354 words
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Article, Illustration94 1947-08-27 5 THE first Ko.val Indian Air Force plane to fly from India since Independence arrived in Singapore on Monday night with 4,000 pounds of Red Cross supplies which are being: ferried by Red Cross supervised aircraft to Indonesia this week. The pilot of the aircraft was Wmg-Commander Sherdev Singh, R.I.A.F. (above).94 words
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Article129 1947-08-27 5 $50 MILLION CLAIM SENT TO LONDON THE Secretary for Chinese 1 Affairs, Mr. E. C. S. Adkins, said yesterday tha* a claim for $50 million by the Singapore Chinese Massacre Appeal Committee against the Japanese Governmeret had been included among claims made on behalf of Malaya, The Singapore committee recently129 words
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Advertisement20 1947-08-27 5 CANDY STRIPED GABARDINE IN ASSORTED COLOURS 36" WIDE. $2-95 YARD. "AQUA SPORTS PRINTS." 36" WIDE. $2-50 YARD. GAY DESIGNS COLOURS20 words
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Article227 1947-08-27 6 Threat Of Black-out In Penang From Our Staff Correspondent I PENANG, Tuesday. THE Municipal Electricity 1 Department today warned 'enang householders that there was "very real danger" of regular nightly black-outs being enforced over sections of the town. This warning was issued hi an official statement which stressed the need227 words
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Article286 1947-08-27 6 "Rent Board Not A Court" A SUBMISSION that the Rent Assessment Boaid was not a court was made by Mr. John Laycock in the Singapore High Court yesterday. He was representing Mr. S. C. Gtoho at the continued hearing of a case in which the president of the Rent Assessment286 words
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Article66 1947-08-27 6 The case of a man who was, shot but whose death later was' from natural causes, the result of a kidney disease, was reported yesteTday at the Singapore Coroner's inquiry. The man was Wee Kirn Swee. Midnight intruders fired at him through the door of a66 words
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Article86 1947-08-27 6 A round-the-clock armed police guard ensures complete security for those using the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation's night safe facilities, in Singapore, according to an official of the bank. The guards cover both inside and outside the bank. The offioial was referring to suggestions made by86 words
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Article52 1947-08-27 6 From today, the War Crimes Section, FARELF. will be removed from Goodwood Park Hotel and be re-established in the old English School, Oldham Lane (off Orchard Road, behind Borneo Motors). The telephone and postal address remain the same. The final move out will not be completed until52 words
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Article162 1947-08-27 6 Abdul Majid bin Kader Hussin, stated to have been arrested on a second charge of criminal intimidation wh.le he was out on bail on a similar first charge, was sentenced to six months' rigorous imprisonment tn the Singapore Second Police Court yesterday. The complainant was Mr. K. Oli162 words
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Article, Illustration167 1947-08-27 6 Today's map, one of a series showing yon where to register for a vote in the Singapore elections, is of Divisions XX, XXI an I XXIV. If yon live in any of these divisions you should register as follows: Divn. XX: Mr. J. lee Ah167 words
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Miscellaneous314 1947-08-27 6 RADIO MALAYA KUALA LUM RADIO SEAC 8.35 p.m. Battle of Britain. (An- a.m. Music; 8.45 Morning Star; SINGAPORE nlversary Programme) 9 15 Evening 90 Light Orchestral; 9.35 Pot Luck; c £KSi lp i B »Xy?saii" S£ 8^ Stf.S&ffSStW.: 53TS Cinema Organ. 8.20 Radio Orchestra; Savoyards; 11.30 Studio Pour; 12.00 I314 words
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Article379 1947-08-27 7 LONDON, Tuesday. rpHE majority of today's activity was conducted in British Funds, says Reuter's Financial Correspondent. There was steady improvement in this section with gains between a quarter and one point. This was largely responsible for relieving the dullness of other markets, but the volume of trading: was379 words
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Article71 1947-08-27 7 The directors of Gadong Coconut Planta'ions have declared a final dividend of 7>4 per cent, making with the previous interim dividend, a total 12 V4 per can* tor 1946. This is the first distribution since the four per cent for 1939. Net profit for last year was71 words
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Article528 1947-08-27 7 (By Our Market Correspondent.) Singapore, Tuesday. FEATURE of the local shar market was a steadier ton among tin shares and the markin up in price of sterling tin issue* following the lead from London. Among the shares marked v] were Tronohs, Kamuntings, Pang nga Rivers, Southern Kinta* Hongkongs and528 words
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Article218 1947-08-27 7 Thabawlelk 45/- 47/-ccr ronekah Harb. 4/3 4/9 Tronoh Mines 19/6 20/6 Ulu Klang .80 .85 Ulu Piah .10 .20 BUBBEB COMPANIES Bayer Seller Allen by .75 90 A lor Oajab .50 .60 Amal. Malay 1.30 1.45 Ayer Hltam .60 .70 Ayer Molek .80 .95 Ayer Pan as .80 .90218 words
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Article312 1947-08-27 7 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Tuesday. A YEAR of constant dis- appointments and delays for Kinta Tin Mines Limited was reported by the chairman, Mr. R. c. Savory, at the com. pany's annual meeting in London. The disappoint, ments referred to both manufacturers' deliveries and shipping. They312 words
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Article316 1947-08-27 7 Produce Market By A Market Correspondent rpHE local stock of copra has X not been replenished for quite some time and the effect of the arrival of 12,000 bags from Indragiri was unexpectedly stimulating on the price, which registered a slight increase. Heavy purchases by the local316 words
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Article63 1947-08-27 7 rhe Singapore Chamber ol Commerce Rubber Association's prices at noon yesterday were: Buyers Sellers Cts. Cto. per ib. oer Ib. No. 1 R.S.S. Spot loose (nominal) 28 28; Nc i tt.S.S cot in bales Sept. 28% 29 Nc 2 R.S.S tot in bales Sept. 28hi 28% No 3 R63 words
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Article113 1947-08-27 7 NEW YORK, Tuesday.—Listless trading found the market holding I around the earlier established low I levels yesterday with recuperative ability negligible. Numerous brokers expect a continuation of the dull sessions and narrow price movements in thia pre-Labour Day holiday week. Economic uncertainties were cited as continued dampersReuter - 113 words
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Article29 1947-08-27 7 NEW YORK, Tuesday.—Crude rubber futures closed yesterday unchanged Sales totalled 10 contracts. December 15.00 cents. (U.S.) bid; Number one ribbed smoked sheets 15.1/4 cents. (U.S) nominal.—A.P. THEAP - 29 words
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Advertisement691 1947-08-27 7 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. (Incorporated r Singapore) BLUE FUNNEL LINE SAILINGb KKOtM UK AND O.S. A. "Prometheus" ...Prom U.K. for Manila and H'Kong Q. it "Calctaat* Due from li X Ang. 29 "Atreus" Dne from U.K Auk. 29 "Alrinous" Dur from U.S. A Sept. 1 "Van T. Hoff" Due from USA691 words
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Advertisement85 1947-08-27 7 PRESIDENT LINE SAILINGS TO NEW YORK AND BOSTON v», INDIA EGYPT MEDITERRANEAN PORTS Arrive* MARINE FLIER SINGAPORE GD. 31/32 PENANG SEPT. 7 MOUNT MANSFIELD SINGAPORE SEPT. 6 PENANG SEPT. 14 Freight Onh AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINES, LTD. UNION BLDG. TELS.: 6228 FRT 6757. PASSAGE 494*. WATERMAN LINE NEW YORK AND BALTIMORE85 words
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Advertisement172 1947-08-27 7 Shippers and others Interested in Shipping Intelligence are referred to Advertisements in col. 1 and 2 opposite page and to Shipping Notice* on Page 2 P. O. AND B. I. P <Se O HOMEWARDS "TREVAYLOR" .For London i,, Port "TRESILLIAN" For GENOA and LONDON due 14 Sept. "TREWIDDEN" .For GENOA172 words
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Article, Illustration33 1947-08-27 8 All-Malayan Indians attacking the Penang goal: a thrilling moment in last Saturday's big match at Penang. The Indians won 5-1, bat lost by three clear goals the following day to the Penang Chinese.33 words
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Article1005 1947-08-27 8 Tretes, Kashmiri Song Fancied From Our Racing Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. THE going on the Kuala Lumpur course tomorrow, the second day of the Selangor Turf Club August Meeting, will be yielding, owing to a heavy rainstorm this morning. Marland's Kashmiri Song and Tretes, who1,005 words
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Article227 1947-08-27 8 I Malays 1; Chinese Juniors 0' FINISHING weakly, vhe Malays beat the Chinese Juniors one-nil in the second round S-A.F.A. league at the Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. After the six-week break caused by the fasting month, the Malays displayed poor form yesterday. Their forwards lacked combination.227 words
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Article77 1947-08-27 8 LONDON, Tuesday. The.M.C.C. are inviting the following cricket team to tour West Indies next winter: O. O. Allen of Middlesex (captain) K. Cranston. Lancashire, W. J. Edrich, Middlesex, S.C. Griffith, Sussex, T. E. Bailey, Essex, J. Robertson, Middlesex, T. G. Evans, Kent. H. J. Butler,Reuter - 77 words
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Article41 1947-08-27 8 Following were elected onicebearers of the Singapore Chinese Recreation Club's hockey seation at the meeting held on Sunday: captain, Mr. Swee Llm Swans: vice-captain, Mr. Cheong Thiam Slew; convenor. Mr. Chor.g Kow Thye; representative, Mr. Chua Boon Unn.41 words
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Article255 1947-08-27 8 RALLYING strongly after being two goals in arrears at ttie interval, the Singapore Swimming Club shared six goals with the G. H. Q. FARELF in a water-p>olo match at Tanglin Bafracks yesterday. There were some exciting moments in the early stages, when both teams made determined255 words
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Article110 1947-08-27 8 LONDON, Tuesday. AT Lord's, Middlesex beat Surrey by eight wickets. Middlesex 462 for 7 declared and 51 for 2; Surrey 202 and 309 (Parker 75, Laker 60). At Taunton, Somerset drew with Kent, Kent 102 for nine declared and 192 for six declared, Somerset 248 and 248Reuter - 110 words
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Article191 1947-08-27 8 Making their highest score of the season No. 1 British Transit Camp scored an overwhelming victory over the R.A.S.C. Trainine; School at cricket last Sunday. The Transit Camp declared at 203 for five (Stock 133). The Training School were skittled out for 24 (Gant seven191 words
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Article25 1947-08-27 8 TODAY: Hi*h water. 8 44 a.m. (7 1 ft). 7.21 p.m. (8,0 ft), TOMORROW: 941 a.m. (7 5 ft). 830 pm. (#3 ft).25 words
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Article157 1947-08-27 8 LONDON. Tuesday. THE Stoke City team which missed the English Football League first division championship last season after looking assured winners appeared to be setting the pace in the present campaign. They won at Bolton on Saturday and followed this success with an odd coal in157 words
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Article73 1947-08-27 8 LONDON, Tuesday. Ghaus Mohamed, Indian Davis Cup player, opened his bid for the men's singles in the New Maiden lawn tennis tournament, which marks the opening of the London hard courts season, in fine form. Receiving a bye into the second round, he raced through hisReuter - 73 words
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Article14 1947-08-27 8 SOUTHEND. Tues.— The South Africans today beat Essex by eight wickets. Reuter.Reuter - 14 words
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Article312 1947-08-27 8 By James R. Chamber, Associated Pre^s Correspondent LONDON, Tuesday. /CHINESE footballers of the Sing Tao Club of Hong Kong will v play nine matches against amateur clubs and league combinations on their tour, which started on Aug. 23 the opening day of312 words
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Article1021 1947-08-27 8 JJELO W are the fields for today, the second day of the Selangor Turf Club August meeting. The double totes are on races three and five, and races seven and eight. The big sweep is on race eight. ICace One 3.00 Horses Class 4, Div. 2—62 61,021 words
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Advertisement739 1947-08-27 8 CLASSIFIED ADS. (Continued from page 4) ACCOMMODATION WANTED EUROPEAN LADY requires room with modern san. with or without board. Box No. A 204. S.T. WANTED Bungalows In Tanglin or Katong areas for Europeans. Please Communicate with Box No. AlB6, S.T. WANTED TO RENT for 1 of li years a large739 words
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Advertisement87 1947-08-27 8 Final K.L. Selections RACE I— SHEFFIELD PLATE, Skipper. RACE 2 THEO WEST, Democrat. RACE 3— NEW ERA, Golden Grove. RACE 4 GAT SELECTION, Rontella. RACE S— UNITED SAGITTARIUS. Lady Ruth. RACE 6— DISTINCTION, Red Plane. RACE 7— KASHMIRI SONG, Victory March. RACE B—TRETES.8 TRETES. Prince Colin. By Trespasser' RACE I—87 words
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