The Straits Times, 4 August 1948
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Title Section18 1948-08-04 1 The Straits Times. MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 JK.III PAGES SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 4, 1948 PRICE TEN CEN'lfe18 words
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1921 1948-08-04 1 Supply Of Men And Arms 'Immensely Improved '-MacDonald MORE than four fully manned battalions-worth of reinforcements will soon be helping the existing fighting troops to crush the terrorists in Malaya, said the Commissioner General (Mr. Malcolm Mac- Donald) in a broadcast talk last nig ht. The1,921 words
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Article234 1948-08-04 1 OLYMPIC GAMES MUDDLE LONDON, Tues. DELICATE moves were taking place behind the Olympian scene today to preserve diplomatic peace. A British Cabinet Minister intervened unofficially after a stream of complaints about transport arrangements. Pakistan wrestlers were disqualified from the free-style contest because they were late for the weigh-in through aReuter - 234 words
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Article64 1948-08-04 1 I'roiftOur Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. NIGHT mail trains travelling between Penang and Singapore will be fitted with radio sets soon. This is one of the most Important precautionary steps being taken by the Malayan Railway to ensure the safety of travelling along the line by64 words
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Article, Illustration32 1948-08-04 1 M.R.N.V.R. HEADQUARTERS: Th e former Japanese minelayer Wakatake which is to be the headquarters of the Malayan R.N.V.R. It is m the Singapore Harbour Board's Albert Dock for refitting.— Straits Times picture.32 words
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Article303 1948-08-04 1 Bombs Rockets On Bandit Camp From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH, Tuesday. THE R.A.F. dropped bombs on the terrorists for tin first time today. The target, said a communique wz.-y an important insurgent camp m South Perak. A direct hit destroyed a large concentration of huts adjoining a big headquarters building.303 words
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Article, Illustration41 1948-08-04 1 MALAYAN R.N.V.R. OFFICERS: Commander F. E. W. Lammert, D.S.C., commanding officer of the Malayan RJ*.V.R. (centre) with Lt. Cmdr. E. A. Hooper, D.S.C., M.R.N.V.R. (left), and Lt Cmdr. H. G. Riches, M.R.N.V.R., on board their new headquarters ship. Straits Times picture.41 words
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Article88 1948-08-04 1 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. A COFFEE shop keeper, Mat Chong, told Selangor Assizes to-day that after seeing a man stab a woman, he seized the man, tied him to a tree, and then told the police. Huan Yoke, a labourer, of Simpang Ijok,88 words
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Article201 1948-08-04 1 from Our Stall Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Tues. COMBINED military and v police forces, combing tbe Senai area yesterday, found m an empty hut 20 rounds of Japanese automatic ammunition, three empty Sten gun magazines and Japanese medical supplies. They detained 28 men for screening. During201 words
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223 1948-08-04 1 STALIN TALKS WITH ENVOYS FOR 135 MINS. MOSCOW, Tuesday. MARSHAL Stalin received the three Western IVI Power diplomats at the Kremlin last night and talked with them for two and a quaiter hours mainly on prospects of settling disputes m Europe, particularly m Berlin. The men from Britain, the U.S.Reuter; AP - 223 words
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Article37 1948-08-04 1 The Naval C.-in-C. of the East Indies Fleet, Vice-Ad-miral Woodhouse, will land at Clifford Pier at 10 a.m. tomorrow. He will be received by the Flag officer, Malaya, Rear-Admiral Caslon. A na-val-guard-of-honour will attend.37 words
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Article160 1948-08-04 1 Will Not Jump To Red Whip' BELGRADE, Tues. rpHE chief of Britain's A delegation to the 11nation Danube River Conference flred an angry verbal barrage today at the Russian Deputy Foreign Minister (M. Andrei Vishinsky). Accusing M. Vishinskv of trying to dominate the conference through control of the seven EasternAP - 160 words
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Advertisement66 1948-08-04 1 ELEGANT itWELZRY P. H. HENDRY. IBWMLM <vttr> an established Malava-widt Reputation !h North Hnriei Road Stneanorr c% tORCH»f4/v fOR CM«» Ct THE bouquet of old brandy. H .^BF^I the bite of ripe stilton. Jt t the fragrance of a Church- flH^I <^f man ternu synonymous with 9^^ k the good66 words
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Advertisement48 1948-08-04 1 M^ Kk, CHftISTOTHi* STONt if*'' I 1 you* ear$ m iron mwi Am* 'WJy nyrii Bt-/oco/ Ton* Had*. SOU AGENTS BRIGHT RADIO Co 301 ORCHARD ROAD. SiNGAPORt HALF Tl M E^S| for a I^ffib Extra Malt means Extra STRENCTH Extra Hops mean Extra FLAVOUR Extra Goodness means TIGER48 words
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123 1948-08-04 2 NEW DELHI, Tuesday. DEFENCE counsel m the Gandhi assassination trial yesterday submitted that the evidence of the chiei prosecution witness was inadmissible. Counsel for Madan Lai. one of the accused, said that a grant of pardon to Digambar Ramchandra Badq;e. who turned State'sAP - 123 words
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Article43 1948-08-04 2 AKRON, (Ohio). Toes. A FORMER army WAC who married m New Gninea has given birth to her third set of twins m 27 months. Mrs. Margaret Summers, aged 29 years, says she ia "flabbergasted bat happy." —U.P.UP - 43 words
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Article57 1948-08-04 2 NEW YORK, Tues—Kenneth Shields, 28-year-old switchman at Moline, Illinois, overslept. Hurrying to work he decided to catch a goods train passing his home. He slipped as he ran and was carried to hospital, where both legs were amputated. His foreman was meanwhile trying to tell him. byAP - 57 words
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111 1948-08-04 2 Govt. Hands Over Last Jap C.-inC. NANKING. Tuea. f lEUTENANT GENER- AL Yasutsugu Okamura, last Japanese Commander -m Chief m China, has at last been handed over to the Chinese War Crimes Tribunal on charges of condoning atrocities. The Government announced yesterday that 64-year-old Okamura, who had been In hospitalAP - 111 words
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89 1948-08-04 2 NEW YORK, Tuesday. 4KM I I), helmeted guards yesterday patrolled the steel-fenced grave of Kuffalo Kill (Colonel Cody) at Lookout Mountain, Colorado They watched for would-be resurrectionists who mißht try to snatch the body of the old frontier scout. The AmericanUP - 89 words
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Article50 1948-08-04 2 MELBOURNE. Tues.—General Tojo. after his trial as a war criminal, has become almost a national hero, according to Mr. MacMahon Ball, former British Commonwealth representative on the Allied Control m Japan. "Speeding up the trials would have helped to Drevnt him becoming a hero." he said yesterday. A.P.AP - 50 words
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Article, Illustration45 1948-08-04 2 Go ering's Widow BMMT GOF.RING. widow of the Nazi leader, seen defending herself m the denazification court at Garmisoh, Bavaria. She was sentenced to a year's imprisonment. This m r ant her immediate release because she had already been detained for 14 months A.P. picture.AP - 45 words
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Article35 1948-08-04 2 NKW YORK. Tues. UKS. Evelyn Lehman ob- taincri a divorce at Reno yesterday from Mr. Allan Lehman, a New York banker. She will receive, it is stated, a settlement of r.5.53.500.000.— A.P.AP - 35 words
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Article56 1948-08-04 2 PARIS, Tues. One Dr. Smith has been sent to gaol m Le Havre for a year for X-raying patients with a machine that was not working. Patients became suspicious when they received bills for radiography, but no X-ray photograph* Dr. Smith will pay 225,000 francs (about Straits $1,500)AP - 56 words
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Article37 1948-08-04 2 BAGHDAD, Tues. Young King Foisal of Iraq arrived m Baghdad yesterday from London to spend his school summer holiday. He drove m state to an official reception, cheered by thousands who lined the streets. A.P.AP - 37 words
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Article39 1948-08-04 2 BERNE, Switzerland, Tues. —The Swiss Political Department stated yesterday that all Swiss consulates m Rumania had been closed by the Rumanian Government. This, it was suggested, was a reprisal for the arrest of a Rumanian couple m Switzerland.—A.P.AP - 39 words
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Article34 1948-08-04 2 KARACHI. Tues— Three of trie four airmen killed on Sunday m a Lancastrian air crash near Karachi were English. The other was Irish. The Lancastrian was flying on air charter.— A.P.AP - 34 words
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Article126 1948-08-04 2 LandReform Likely In South Korea SEOUL. Tues. A FORMER Communist, who split with the post-war Red leadership, will be Minister of Agriculture of the Korean Republic. He lg Cho Dong Am of Inchonic. one of the first four Cabinet Ministers for the new Government In Amerlcanoccupied South Korea. A separateAP - 126 words
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Article35 1948-08-04 2 TOKIO. Tues Two worldcircltnK Superfortresses landed at Yokota Airfield near Toklo today. They enme from Manila after a non-stop flight from Ceylon. Trii- filers plan to leiive for Anchorage, Alaska, on Thursday. A.P.AP - 35 words
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Article58 1948-08-04 2 SAN FRANCISCO, Tuesday. riIINKSK Communists broadcast that they had expelled four European Catholic missionaries for spying for the United States. Four other French priests and a Chinese, the broadcast said, were being sought for trial on similar charges. The Communists said that the defendants all confessedAP - 58 words
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Article100 1948-08-04 2 70.000-T ON RICE PROJECT NEW DELHI. Tues. THE Mor Irrigation Project of the Government of India will bring under cultivation 600.000 acres of land and yield about 70.000 tons of rice. The project comprises a dam and a reservoir m the Santal Pargan&s district of Bihar and a canal system100 words
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Advertisement537 1948-08-04 2 NOTICES NOTICE V»l>inf*rr HpecUl fVuxUhulary Will all Volunteer*, who ha,ve Alrrady rrKUt«rrd and who handM HOn Ounn during this la*t War and have not yet pawd the Police Klrlriß and Handling Te»tt, at.u-rifl at tfi*- Raner at, thr Police Training Hrhool Trom S 30 to 6 30 I> m 7'<dnv537 words
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Advertisement170 1948-08-04 2 SHIPPING NOTICES HOLLAND EAST ASIA LINE S. S. "MOLENKERK'* dur Singapore 5Lh August. 1948 loading cargo alongside S.H.B wharves for: Colombo Aden Port S«ld Alexandria Genoa Marseilles Antwerp Rotterdam Amsterdam Hamburg, and further continental port* If sufficient inducement offers. For cargo nnd pHrtirulnrn nl- asc apply to: NrnKKIAND LINE ROYAL170 words
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Advertisement201 1948-08-04 2 GREAI WORLD GLOBE I— t IS p. as -SANTA FE TRAIL" NEW WORLD. LIDO 7— 15 p m Opening Chaps. I—71 7 "DAI GHTEE OF DON Q" CENTRAL 6.30— 9 15 p.m. Today: One day ONLY! "DARK COMMAND" Tomorrow: Mandarin Picture! -PAX SEONO FAH AOI" ROTAL 9 "SAKUNTHALA" (Hlndmtaal) No201 words
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Advertisement516 1948-08-04 2 FITZPATRICK 5 For Selected foods TENDER TASTY BEEF NEW SEASON'S LAMB MILK FED VEAL DELICIOUS PORK AND AUSTRALIA'S FINEST POULTRY ARE ONLY A SMALL SELECTION FROM OUR RANGE OF MIAT DISHES FITZPATRICK'S FOOD SUPPLIES 60 66 ORCHARD ROAD jci 528 1 ORDER DEPT. ltu 5039 EXT TO ALL DEPT New516 words
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Article219 1948-08-04 3 But Would Foot Pensions Bill From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Tuesday. A SELECT Committee suggestion that the British Government should provide expatriation pay for Colonial Service officers has been turned down by the Colonial Office. The Colonial Office suggests Instead that the British Government should219 words
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Article413 1948-08-04 3 NEW DELHI, Tues. MR. J. A. Thivy, Indian Government Representative m Malaya, focussed India's attention on Malayan news during his stay here. His plane is expected to arrive back In Singapore tomorrow. In a series of news conferences and one nation-wide broadcast, Mr. Thivy toldAP - 413 words
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Article115 1948-08-04 3 From Our Own Correspondent MELBOURNE, Tuesday. A USTRALIANS seeking passx\ ports to enter Malaya are being warned here that it almost impossible to secure employment, that cost of living is high and that they may be turned back on arrival. The Australian Commissioner m Malaya (Mr.115 words
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Article89 1948-08-04 3 NEW DELHI, Tues. PROMINENT world figures such as Dr. Albert Einstein and Dr. Albert Schweitzer are expected to attend a conference of religious pacifists m India next January. To discuss means of establishing lasting world peace, the gathering was proposed by the British Society ofAP - 89 words
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Article53 1948-08-04 3 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. CKOM January 1 to July 31 r this year 313 banish. ment orders were approved m the Federation. Last month's figure of 95 banishments is the highest s'nee the return of civil Government. Of the 313 orders, 252 were53 words
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179 1948-08-04 3 T^HE Singapore Government expects to expedite the 1 release of fishermen arrested by the Dutch if no charges are preferred against them. A government spokesman told the Straits Times this yesterday. He said the Government had asked the authorities m Batavia to cable179 words
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Article, Illustration35 1948-08-04 3 M. ASDiIE MARIE, the new French Premier. If, as reported, the Big Four meet to diM-uss the Berlin crisis, he will meet Mr. Attlee, President Truman and Marshal Stalin for the first time. A.P. photo.AP - 35 words
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379 1948-08-04 3 By Our Woman Correspondent need no longer be hampered by restless i children when they do *faeir Saturday morning's shopping. Mrs. Claire Con idon, physical culture expert and dance instructress, will do the looking after for them. But she will not run a creche Instead,379 words
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Article, Illustration36 1948-08-04 3 P.0.W.! HOMEWARD BOUND: The last batch of German prisoners of war, 450 m number, left Harwich, Essex, for Germany last month. Otto Jager, last of the 450 aboard, waved as he mounted the gangway. A.P. picture.AP - 36 words
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Article77 1948-08-04 3 From Our Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU. Tues. L/Cpl Kairi bin Mohd Yassim, of the R.A.S.C., stationed at the Locally Enlisted Personnel Training Centre. Tampoi, near Johore Bahru was yesterday committed by the magistrate to the Assizes for trial on a charge of being in possession of77 words
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Article47 1948-08-04 3 Fiftysix-year-old Ong Tien Wan of Dunlop Street was m the Seventh Police Court yesterday committed for trial at the next Assizes on a charge of theft of a bicycle m North Bridge Road on March 17. Bail was fi.xed at $200 m two sureties.47 words
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Article135 1948-08-04 3 DAKAR, Tues. THERE was little hope today of finding any of the 52 people aboard the six-motor-ed flying boat Latecoere 631, which disappeared on Sunday morning m the South Atlantic. Planes and ships from three continents searched the area, 800 to 900 miles north-west CUP - 135 words
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Advertisement316 1948-08-04 3 i w Pijst taF£ f^-\ Friday 6th, and Sunday Bth, \fnj INCLUDING ICED YOUNG cocoanut Ujj^tf^^ WATER SATAY AT $4.75 And From Henceforth Every lit Friday and Sunday ALSO SERVED OUR USUAL CURRY TIFFIN at $2.50 Always Burning y'THE CHARCOAL GRILL" FOR GOOD STEAK CHICKEN BOOKINGS 2125 2644 PERSIAN BOKHARA316 words
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Advertisement212 1948-08-04 3 Ihink of all the superlatives you know like creamiest... smoothest... richest most luscious most delicious ...and then you've just an idea of Magnolia Ices! There're various flavours in the popular bricks and enough portions for 6 to 8 people. $1.50 is the noteworthy price at any of the three Creameries212 words
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Obituary73 1948-08-04 4 1 he funeral of the late Mrs. Ho Biew Tian will tak.' place on Thursday. sth August, 1948. The cortege will leave 47, Lorong 29, Dg, for Bukit Brown Cornell 00 a.m. Dr. GEORGE S. MATHER— Cr.ble }ias been rec ived of the n death of Dr. George S.73 words
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Obituary36 1948-08-04 4 Mm Kim Gek. only da'-rhter of the late Mr. Lim Tecit Bwee. thanks all friends and relatives who a^visted and attended rml and for expressions 01 s> mnathy In h r rad bereavement on 748.36 words
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736 1948-08-04 4 The Straits Times Singapore, Wed., Aug. 4, 1948. AID FOR THE FEDERATION Yesterday we reminded our readers of a recent act of the Governments of the Federation and Singapore that has passed almost unnoticed by the Malayan public namely the formal adherence by these two Governments to the bilateral agreement736 words
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Article360 1948-08-04 4 We m Cecil Street have been gaping enviously and incredulously at a copy of the Hong Kong Sunday Herald. Those of our colleagues who have recently come from Fleet Street or from provincial newspapers at Home have done more than gape they have positively goggled. The Hong360 words
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Article1139 1948-08-04 4 RICHARD DENMAN - RICHARD DENMAN By of The Economist £5,000,000 for films LONDON, July 30. A GREAT deal of interest has been aroused by the British Government annoucement that it is setting up a Film Finance Corporation which will lend money to film producers. The Corporation is to1,139 words
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924 1948-08-04 4 •T-HE article by Mr. R K. 1 Hardwick, under the heading, "COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS IN SINGAPORE," on July 27. is a striking example of vhat can be done by a witer who is determined to present only one side of a question. Reading924 words
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Letter171 1948-08-04 4 IT is encouraging to read m your issue of July 29, that a firm m Singapore is sending an Asiatic member of its staff to London "to get further experience and facilities for more advanced study." There is no better way of showing appreciation to an171 words
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Letter111 1948-08-04 4 ALL European estates being now guarded by Special Constables, the terrorists have been giving their attention lately to Asian estates, as evidenced by the recent killing Ot two Chinese managers and the burning of one contractor. In both cases no mention was made of Special Constables111 words
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Letter92 1948-08-04 4 T»HE letter from "Volunx teer P.C." m your issue of August 1, should not be allowed to pass without protest from at least one other. Surely if your correspondent accepts the rank and responsibUities of a P.C. he does not expect postumous remuneration on the scale of an92 words
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Advertisement701 1948-08-04 4 CLASSIFIED ADS. Th Enpnuement Is announced and thr marriage will shortly take place b tween Sundar Sankaran thr Idest son of the late Mr. A. K Nair Mrs. Nalr. and Saro1 1 n i the second daughter of Mr. b W. Dovarnia and the late Mrs. Dovarnia sill VIIOVS VACAN1701 words
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Advertisement96 1948-08-04 4 f. M. A. TOYLAND presenta PEDAL RACING CARS for Children. NEW. 1948 TRI ANG RACERS! Body enamelled In Cream Colour with Red upholstery. Chromium plated steering wheel. Hub-caps, Radiator Cap, and Exhaust Pipe. Unbreakable transparent windscreen. Suitable for children, ages 4 to 8. Length: 49 ins., Width: 20 ins., Height96 words
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Advertisement23 1948-08-04 4 STEEL OFFICE FURNITURE 1 STEEL FILING CABINETS STEEL CUPBOARDS STEEL SHELVING STEEL DESKS W. McMULLAN CO. Basement (Hum BMg Eitrnct Unoi Lant Te1.*****23 words
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Article, Illustration319 1948-08-04 5 ltuliansGuarded On Return Visit THREE young Italians, who stowed away on an American freighter in Sardinia and reached Japan before being officially detected, have returned to Singapore in custody. y took pride in telling the Straits Times yesterd how they had evaded wharf and immigration officials319 words
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Article, Illustration35 1948-08-04 5 PKIZE NEEDLEWORK: Embroidery on silk by a girl at the Hwa Chinese school. Seremban, which won first prize for handiwork, higher class, at the Negri Sembilan intrr-Chin se schools art exhibition.— X. S. Kong picture.35 words
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Article157 1948-08-04 5 RMNVR SHIPS NEW PAINT THE 1,890-ton former 1 Japanese minelayer, Wakatake, which will replace H.M.S. Laburnum as the Royal Malayan Naval Volunteer Reserve Headquarters ship, is now in the Singapore Harbour Board's Albert Dock. She is being cleaned and painted. She will be towed out of deck tomorrow morning by157 words
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Article79 1948-08-04 5 Tan Lay Soo. who yesterday pleaded «*uiity in the Fourth Police Court. Singai pore, to a charge of possess- ing dutiable tobacco, was fined $250 or in default four weeks' rigorous imprisonment. It was alleged that on July 26 a sampan whicn he was using was79 words
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Article76 1948-08-04 5 IPOH, Tuos. •TERRORISTS kidnapped I 1 two Chinese, one known to be a KuomintaJig member, from the Cnong Lok Chong mine in Semoliang yesterday. Sten-gun fire raked the side of a European planters' car as it was being driven along the Tanjong Rambutan Road, about76 words
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160 1948-08-04 5 I ITTLE 11 -year-old Lim Choon Hiang, over wh**se L custody a legal battle was fought in the Singapore High Court last week, will continue to remain wi'-h her foster-mother, Lim Keng. Mr. Justice T A Brown, f giving judgment to this effect160 words
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Article342 1948-08-04 5 OIX weeks' simple imprisonment and a $600 fine were imposed on Miss Inez Arisa Quitzow by the District Judge (Mr. E. P. Shanks) yesterday after she had been found guilty on three charges of cheating the Naafi Corporation. It was alleged that Miss Quitzow342 words
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Article, Illustration40 1948-08-04 5 MELBOURNE BRIDE: Mr. and Mrs. Jack R. Kelaher after their wedding at St. Andrew's Cathedral, Singapore, yesterday. The bride was formerly Miss Jean Paterson of Melbourne, and the groom is on the staff of Sarawak Oilfields, Brunei. Straits Times picture.40 words
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Article95 1948-08-04 5 Mr. Justice T. A. Brown delivered judgment yesterday m the Singapore High Court m the Braga divorce action. The judge dismissed Mrs. Mona Patricia Braga's .petition and. holding that no interest would be served by maintaining the union, c-ed his discretion m favour of Mr. Armand95 words
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Article25 1948-08-04 5 Stowaways Four Chinese stowaways were discovered among the 841 deck passengers from China ports who arrived m Singapore on Monday by the Anhui.25 words
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Article130 1948-08-04 5 Sensitive Singing MISS Ellen Wang gave a vocal recital in the Victoria Memorial Hall last night. Possessing a charming, light soprano voice she was very successful in a group of Chinese lyrics by Liu Hsueh Eu which were simply and sensitively sung. This Chinese lyric style is one which Miss130 words
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Article237 1948-08-04 5 A resolution to form a Singapore Government Servants' Co-opera-tive Housing Society, was passed unanimously at a general meeting of employees held at the Council Chamber, Government Secretariat Building, Singapore, yesterday. A draft of the 52 bye-laws is to be presented to the Registrar of Co-operative237 words
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Article52 1948-08-04 5 From Our Own Correspondent KEMAMAN, Tuesday. A BIG caged tiger on a boat in the Kemaman River is waiting for the first steamer to Singapore. He was caught at Tanjong Batu, five miles from Chukai Town. An agent bought him for a European52 words
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Article26 1948-08-04 5 rE All-Malayan Muslim Missionary Society will observe Hari Raya Puasa at Lorong 12, Geylang, at 4.30 p.m. on Sunday. All Muslims are Invited.26 words
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Article42 1948-08-04 5 SEREMBAN, Tues.—The following officers were elected at the genera) meeting oi the recently revived Saint Paul's Old Boys Association yesterday: President: Inche Bahaman bin Samsudin; vice-pre-sident: Chong Teck Quee; hon. secretary: Thong Ah Chong; hon. treasurer: Lai Kok Chong.42 words
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Article50 1948-08-04 5 CINGAPORE received a ship- ment of 1,556 sheep—the second sheep cargo to arrive from Australia this week—by the Dutch ship Maetsuycker yesterday. The vessel also brought 120 tons of potatoes, 110 tons of onions, 4,000 cases of apples. 340 crates of vegetables a-»d cases of poultry and meat.50 words
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Article63 1948-08-04 5 THE Victoria Memorial Hall will not receive the same grey and green re-decoration as the other Government buildings m Empress Place until some time m 1948. The Straits Times understands that a scheme has been placed before the Muni- cipal Commissioners for the rehabilitation of the theatre on63 words
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Article81 1948-08-04 5 AMA TEURS BEAT PROFESSIONALS PENANG, Tues. Penang amateurs beat Singapore professionals m the three night Inter State Ballroom Dancing Competition which ended at the City Lights dance hall last night. Penang was represented by Messrs. Timothy Lee and J. Morris partnered by Misses Janet Ooi and Lucy Chong, Singapore by81 words
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Article43 1948-08-04 5 PENANG, Tues. Dresses sewn by Service League volunteers have been distributed to 200 destitute women and children at Balik Pulau. Mrs. A. V. Aston, president of the league, supervised the distribution The destitutes also received transport expenses and light refreshments43 words
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Article38 1948-08-04 5 MALACCA, Tues. -St. Peter s Brigade will hold th<?ir annual meeting at 3.30 on Saturday. The brigades ]t*i;or single badminton champiunship final will follow the meeting. Junior members will play football, senior members volley ball.38 words
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Article34 1948-08-04 5 MALACCA, Tuesday.— A pic- ture show by courtesy of the Capitol Theatre and Warner Brothers will be held on Friday at 9 a.m. in aid of St. Francis' Institution Science Fund.34 words
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Advertisement103 1948-08-04 5 topical* example ~>t BKONZBMfl^l WELDING on Cast Iron carried out by the Oxy-Acetylene Process. J'l 1 I-L J. 1 f 1 HEAD OFFICE spti j■a i~ %!L^^^*Ji de ss uza street ■%J^^JL- "fci^^jfc^tl^; SALES WORKS fa if 1 VT J 11 I J,l "lh Mile yi'fii V n I M103 words
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Advertisement43 1948-08-04 5 jttjjZg^ Jfc H^ MmJKmwl cfi?\ SINGAPORE PRICES AIL >£\S SPORTS-ROADSTER Vj f>^) ry^^l RACING MODEL SPORTS MODEL i\\ JUVENILE liU SOLE jit AGENTS DAILY DELIVERIES TO ALL PARTS OF SINGAPORE. M ENTERTAINMENT CONVERTOGRAM MAKES YOUR SET A RADIOGRAM NO. 2 ORCHARD AOAO. SINOAPOftE.43 words
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110 1948-08-04 6 Russia Charters Two Ships For Malayan Rubber THE Russian Government has chartered two ships to lift 18.000 tons of high-grade Malayan rubber from Singapore. The Italian Giam Enttlsta is already m port and *h# Kaston. now m Penang. Is expected In a week. The two ships will load R.S.S. 1.110 words
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Article, Illustration15 1948-08-04 6 MEMBERS of the Korean basket-ball team practice m London for the Olympic Games. A.P. picture.AP - 15 words
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Article157 1948-08-04 6 UNION TALKS ON ARMS MELBOURNE, Tues. p"HE Australian trade union movement's attitude to the Government's decision to send arms and ammunition to Malaya will be discussed at a meeting of the Australian Council of Trade Unions m Melbourne tomorrow. So far, the A.C.T.U. has ~iot declared support either for Mr.157 words
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Article69 1948-08-04 6 Towards the end of mis month, the Singapore Government Public Relations Department hopes to put on short film shows at the Victoria Hall. It was recently fitted out with sound equipment. The programmes would consist of news reels, topical shorts and films made by various69 words
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Article89 1948-08-04 6 TODAY Rotary. Mr. S. D. Kalelkar or "UNO Freedom of Information.' 1 1 p.m. Medical College Alumni Association, Clinico-pathological meeting. Department of Pathology. General Hospital, 8 p.m. V.M.C.A., Kato-f; Groups' meeting, St. Hilda's School, 4 p.m. Indian Association, management committee meeting. 6. Race Course Lane, 6 p.m. Wesley89 words
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Article250 1948-08-04 6 r>EER prices are dropping m Singapore, and will continue to fall as long as production increases. Investigation yesterday showed that prices of local and imported beers were m many places 20 to 30 cents lower a reputed quart bottle than they were six months ago.250 words
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Article145 1948-08-04 6 Muslim Notes From Our Muslim Correspondent DR. S. I. M. IBRAHIM has been appointed to the Muslim Advisory Board, Singapore, m succession to Inche Daud bin Mohamed Shah who has resigned because of illhealth. Dr. Ibrahim is president of the Muslim Association and the Bengal Muslim Association,145 words
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Article93 1948-08-04 6 AN early morning roof top chase of a housebreaker by Inspector S. K. Sundram who jumped after him through an air well and a window was described before the Second District Judge (Mr. J. L. McFall) yesterday. The incident occurred m Middle Road on March 24.93 words
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Article63 1948-08-04 6 CINGAPORE Government v departments wil] be issued free with a nook called "Plain Words." to help them learn how to write brief, lucid letters. Businessmen and service officers can buy the book, a Government publication of 90 pages for 90 cents It is written by63 words
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Article79 1948-08-04 6 A Chinese passenger who 1 fell Dff a moving bus m Upper Serangoon Road yesterday afternoon was taken to the General Hospital. He is believed to have fractured :.is skull. In Beach Road a Chinese motor-cyclist and a Chinese pedestrian who were involved m a collision.79 words
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Article246 1948-08-04 6 NO RED BIAS SAY TEACHERS A LEADING article m the Singapore Teachers' Union magazine Monthly Bulletin emphatically denies a charge that English school-teachers m Malaya are veering towards Communism. "The time has come." says the article, "to dispel fears and doubts. "We state categorically that the S.T.U. has never been.246 words
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Article43 1948-08-04 6 Vacation leave due durine the Japanese occupation but not taken will not be given as a matter oL right to Singapore Municipal employees on resignation. However, Municipal Commissioners have decided that each case will be considered on its merits.43 words
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238 1948-08-04 6 rpHE Singapore Federation of Unions of Public x Employees and Civil Servants, planned about a year ago, has not been formed yet. This is mainly because of misconceptions on the validity of forming the federation and fear of infringement of independent action by individual238 words
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Advertisement251 1948-08-04 6 iiE£s£s» fATIIAV Phone "VaS."° ininHT 3400. 18" MEANS COMFORT. TODAY ONE OF THE HAPPIEST HITS IN MEMORY! mud MiNmit Hy i Jff^M Iflijma lot) *^jt r vlCg. von /Imeche :2^BSs?&!j NEXT CHANGE! All your o\ys you will remember M m A UNIVERSAL INTERNATIONAL HCTURE STIRRING EMOTIONAL DRAMA SUPERBLY TOLD A251 words
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Miscellaneous119 1948-08-04 6 RADIO MALAYA SPORE Frequences: 620 Kc/a. I 96 7 2 Mc/8. 1 p.m. Viva America: 1.30 News: 1.40 Skyrockets Dance Orchestra; 2.00 Close. 8.15 News; 8.20 Dance Club; 8.45 At Your Request: 9.30 News: 9.45 Voices in .larnony: 1000 Music Shop; 10.30 Time for Dancing. 11.00 News Close RADIO MALAYA119 words
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Miscellaneous130 1948-08-04 6 5.45 Listeners' Choice. 6.00 Country Questions: 6.30 News; 6.45 BBC Welsh Orchestra 7 45 Rendezvous Players; 8.00 Merry-go-round Melodies; 8.30 News; 8.45 The Waxwork Mystery. 9.15 Piano. Playtime; 9.30 Radio Newsreel 9.45 Band Parade; 11.00 Milestones i of Melody; 11.30 News 11.40 News Analysis; 11.45 The Balance of Europe 12.00130 words
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Miscellaneous130 1948-08-04 6 Hour Bach; 6.30 World News: 6.45 Special BBC Feature: 7 15 Peter Dawson Sings; 7.30 Musica) Comedy Gems: 7.40 Wrestling Description by Eric Welch: 8.15 Background to Australia; 8.30 News: 8.40 News from United I Nations; 8.45 BBC Symphony conducted by Sir Adrian Boult; 9.15 Sporting Diary: 9.45 Australian Scene:130 words
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Article243 1948-08-04 7 WORK at the Rambutan tin mine was described m the general manager's report at the company's general meeting m England. Since the Japanese occupation much barren sand and stone bad to be removed to return to systematic exploitation. Japanese indiscriminate* removal of higher grade ground, which would normally243 words
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Article144 1948-08-04 7 MANILA, Tues. OFFICIALS of the Atok Big Wedge Mining Company said today the first electrolytic gold refinery m the East was being built at Manila. The plant will produce so-called trade bars, which are commonly uesd m Eastern gold dealings, as well as rolled sheets of dentalAP - 144 words
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Article55 1948-08-04 7 KELANTAN Rubber* Estates 1933) suffered a net loss for the year to June 30. 1947, of £1,790 (loss of £3.706 the previous year). The crop for the year was 297,844 lb,. valued at £12.010 (1t>3,414). At the Lepan Kabu Estate. 693 acres were brought under tapping 3nd at55 words
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797 1948-08-04 7 MALAYAN SHARE MARKET ENCOURAGEMENT From Our Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, Tuesday. YEWS of the Berlin situation has encouraged the i Malayan share market. Buyers have declared themselves. Sellers are reserved. races quoted Dy we Malayan Sharebrokers' Association today were: INDUSTRIALS Buyer Atlas Ice 14.00 15.00 Alex Brick Ord. 180 1.T0 Pref.797 words
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Article227 1948-08-04 7 From A Market Correspondent A FALLING trend on the Singapore copra market was stopped yesterday when sellers held out 'or better prices. Trading was quiet m most market sections. A little spei culation m black pepper continued. Yesterday's quotations included: Rice Unclassified: No. 1 $6ft- 2227 words
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Article116 1948-08-04 7 rE Singapore rubber market was very quiet yesterday after the holidays. More active conditions will probably be experienced today. Closing prices yesterday were: No. 1 sheet f.o.b. buyers 48% cento, sellers 49% cents per lb.; spot loose buyers 48% cents, sellers 49 cents. The Singapore Chamber ot Commerce116 words
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Article189 1948-08-04 7 SHIPS In port alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves yesterday (godowns in brackets) were: Main Wharf: Sirdhaira (31-32), Oalchas (33-34). Ronde (38-39), Charon (41), Trevose (42-43). West Wharf: Maetsuycker (1-2), Trevethee (4-5), Benares (6-7), Axeldijk (8-9), Katong (11-12). Atxeus (13-14). Empire Dock: Giam Battista (17-18). Hoegh SUverlight189 words
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Article112 1948-08-04 7 £>ATU TIGA (Selangon Rubbers i 1947 rubber sales and stock amounted to £116 938 (£31.630 in 1946). With other income £1.230, this made £118.168 (£32,823 in 1946). To estate expenditure £94.521 (£24.619). building depreciation £1,806, selling expenses £6,372 (£472). London expenses £2498 (£1.548), temporary overdraft interest £56112 words
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Article22 1948-08-04 7 Stocks Industrials Rails Utilities July 29 68.64 183.57 60.89 34.30 i Aug. 2 67.72 181.13 59.83 34.64 —A. P.22 words
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Advertisement1267 1948-08-04 7 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. Uncor*>orat'd m Sinfaf>ore^ BLUB FUNNEL LIMB STRAITS STEAMSHIP GO. SAILINCS FROM U.K. b U.S.A. LTD. A. neat dv from UK Aug. 5 EAST COAST MALAYA "Alcmous' due from UK. Aug. S Vessel for Malacca Aug. 4 "Nanking Victory" due from "Seremban" for P. Sham. T. U j.A1,267 words
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Advertisement181 1948-08-04 7 PRESIDENT LINES General Passenger Agent to Northwest Airlines. SAILINCS TO NEW YORK AND BOSTON via INDIA, ECYPT b MEDITERRANEAN PORTS. President Buchanan arr Spore Aug. i i President Fillmorc arr. Spore Aug. 14 Penang Aug. 10 P. Sham 22 Penang n 24 SAILINCS TO SAN FRANCI SCO AND LOS ANCELES.181 words
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Advertisement228 1948-08-04 7 EAST ASIATIC LINE SA,L,N« FROM SCANO.NAV.A/UJL/ SA.L.NW JO CONTINENT, Loading at Singapore. Port Swettenham and Penane M FlonU due abt Aug. 13 i* "St. CroU" for Bangkok for Madras. Colombo. Aden, Dim abt. Aug. 7 Por Sudan. Port Said. Oenoa. Antwerp, Rotterdam, Hamburg, Oslo. Co- "MongoHa" for Man..*, n^Tk^s 8228 words
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Advertisement967 1948-08-04 7 McALISTER 6c CO.. LTD. (Incorporated m *mgaooie> ELLKRMAN <Sc BUCKNALL KLAVENESS LINE Accepting"*?'"^ uT^th t.ant.c A eDtl Xr.S'S'tV" 1""'" Ports Canada via Colombo American Ports CITY Of CLASCOW ROSEV.LLE S'pora P Sham Penang Spore P Sham i enang 16 Aur. 22 Aug. 24 Aug. 8 Aug. 13 Aug. 14 Aug.967 words
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Article104 1948-08-04 8 Captains A bandon Match SWANSEA, Tuesday. iT»HE St. Helen's pitch, A although no longer under water, was too wet for play today m the Australians v. Glamorgan cricket mat3h. Just before mid-day the j captains abandoned the match. So once again the Glamorgan fixture with the Australians has suffered throughReuter - 104 words
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Article72 1948-08-04 8 Sydney. Tuesday The New South Wales Lawn Tennis A.ssociation will oppose a move to reduce the expense allowances of players m the Australian championships when the quc.Ttion is raised at the Lawn Tennis Association of Australia meeting on Aur. 16. Tlic finance committee of the L.T.A.A. has suggestedReuter-AAP - 72 words
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Article50 1948-08-04 8 Tho Singapore District Works T.E.M.E. beat the Customs Sports Club 4-2 m a Division 111 pmc at McNair Road yesterday. The game was contested at a f,, pai c ci-spite the muddy pitch. \t half-time the score was twonil, but the R.E.M.E. forged nhoad m the second session.50 words
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Article110 1948-08-04 8 LONDON, Tues. 'THE much-favoured x Philippines basketball team fought hard and well, but were unable to hold Chile m the eliminating round of the Olympic basketball contest today, Chile winning by 68 points to 39. The Philippines' team-work j and speed could not master; Chile's sturdy defence andUP - 110 words
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Article, Illustration26 1948-08-04 8 Emma Reed (kneeling;), woman high-jumper m the United States Olympic team, measures the height she has cleared m training. Assisting her is her friend, Alice Coachman.26 words
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Article132 1948-08-04 8 LONDON, Tuesday— Erik Von Frenckell, president of the Olym1 pic Organising Committee for I the 1952 games, said today that I the Bank of Finland had reI fused facilities for 150 tourists to come to Britain for the Olympic i Games "We had already bought tic- ketsReuter - 132 words
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Article63 1948-08-04 8 DURBAN, Tuesday.— Mr. R. C. Haidman's six-year-old broww horse, Lochiel (8.7), by Cameron Lad out of Roebuck, won the £5 000 Durban Gold Cup, over two miles here yesterday, beating six-year-old Concentration (8.13) by 2 'A lengths. King's Guard (8.8) was IVi lengths away third. There were 16Reuter - 63 words
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Article18 1948-08-04 8 The Naval Stores XI beat the 'C.Y.M.A. 2-1 In a Third Division League soccer match yesterday.18 words
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Article310 1948-08-04 8 Rovers 2; S.C.C 1. tyHE Rover Sports Club were held to a 2 1 margin x by the Singapore Cricket Club in their S.A.F.A. I League Div. I fixture at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. z The S.C.C. gave an excellent display, but as usual,310 words
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Article1315 1948-08-04 8 Patton Wins 200 Metres Final LONDON, Tuesday. ANOTHER impressive list of Olympic records was broken today, the old times being shattered by representatives of Britain, Australia, Sweden, the United States, Holland, Denmark, France and Italy. India's strong hope m the hop, step and jump event, H.1,315 words
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Article, Illustration54 1948-08-04 8 OPENING OF OLYMPICS: The Cambridge University athlete, John Mark, holds the Olympic Flame aloft m salute as he pauses before making: his circuit of the Olympic track at the opening of the Games last Thursday. Above him is a quotation from Baron Pierre de Coubertin, the founder of the modern54 words
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Article257 1948-08-04 8 From EPSOM JEEP PENANG, Tuesday. SOME Class has been allotted lOst. 41b. m the Penang Gold Cup race (over a mile and a quarter), giving 3st. to the bottomweight, Mac Scott. Fourteen horses have I been handicapped in the "classic," which will be run on257 words
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Article139 1948-08-04 8 TODAY'S ties m the Taitglin Club's tennis tournament Eire: Go-down Doubles (quarter final): B. C. Fay and N. O. Morris v. A. J. Tite and D. F. L Anderson Men's Handicap Doubles (semifinal): J. H. Kuiper and J. Clarke v. W. H. Williams and S. L. McNee.139 words
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Article45 1948-08-04 8 LONDON, Tuesday.— A protest by the United States after their Olympic match against Sweden today was overruled by the International Wat>rpok> Appeal Board. Sweden won the match by seven goals to nil. The U.nited States are cow eliminated from the contest. Reuter.Reuter - 45 words
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Article36 1948-08-04 8 TODAY SOCCER: S.A.F.A. League, Div. I SRC. v. 'ndiaiu, Jalan Besar stadinm; Div. ll— RAF. Sembawang y. Pulati Bukom S.C., Geylang; i>iv 111 Haikowyu S.C. T. S-'ran/foon Association, C.V.M.A. ground. TENNIS: Tan^lin Club tournanwßt.36 words
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Article365 1948-08-04 8 rIGHTS for the third day (Friday) ol the Penang Turf Club's August Bank Holiday Meeting are: CLASS 1 7 FURLONGS Liberty Win The Man 9.07 Peace 8.04 Renoir 9.00 Electroplate Princess 8.00 Guinevere 8. 11 Dear 7.13 High Port" 8.09 Wings 7.11 Coup] an 8.06 Kingsford 7.08365 words
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Article85 1948-08-04 8 PROVISIONAL dates for the Malaya Cup soccer final and the replay between Kedah and Selangor m the North division were announced last night. The Cup final will most probably take place on Aug. 28 at Kuafo Lumpur The replay between Kedah and Selangor is being arranged85 words
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232 1948-08-04 8 Federation vs. Colony Tennis Next Whitsun From Our Special Tennis Correspondent PENANG, Tuesday A FEDERATION v. Singapore tennis tournament will probably be held during the Whit sun holidays next year. The Lawn Tennis Association of Malaya, at a meeting held In Penang during the August bank holiday championships, decided that232 words
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Article104 1948-08-04 8 From EPSOM JEEP. PENANG, Tuesday. RACING circles here are pleasantly surprised at the "generous" stakes offered by the Singapore Turf Club for the Gold Cup race next month. Owners are expressing the hope that other turf clubs win follow Singapore's lead. The Singapore Gold Cup will104 words
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Article209 1948-08-04 8 A LAST-MINUTE goal scored by Salaudin enabled the Indians to share points with tne Dockyard XI in their S.A.F.A. Second Division league match at Geylang Stadium yesterday. Both sidps scored twice. The Indians dominated play throughout, but their forwards showed poor marksmanship Osman and Salaudin209 words
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Article25 1948-08-04 8 The R.A.F. Tengah boat the p 19th. Air Formation Signals 2-1 m an S.A.F.A. League Div. j II fixture at Tengah yesterday.25 words
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Miscellaneous25 1948-08-04 8 SINGAPORE TIDES Today: High water, 10.56 a.m. (8ft. 3in.); 9.40 p.m. Oft I 5in) Tomorrow High water, 11.36 a.m. (8ft. 7in.); 10.31 .p.m. (10ft. linj.25 words
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