The Straits Times, 26 September 1948
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Title Section20 1948-09-26 1 FINAL EDITION THE SUNDAY TIMES LARGEST NETT SALE IN MALAYA No. 687. SINGAPORE, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1948. PRICE 10 CENTS.20 words
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Article, Illustration583 1948-09-26 1 FERRET FORCE HUNTS OUT REDS Chindits lead jungle teams Sunday Times Staff Reporter KUALA LUMPUR, Saturday. "CERRET Force"— teams of specially-trained jungle fighters led by former Chindits and ex-Force 136 officers, and equipped with Dyak scouts is carrying terror to the terrorists in the Malayan jungles. News of the existence583 words
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Article, Illustration22 1948-09-26 1 MU> MALCOLM MACDONALD, wife of the Commis-sioner-General, leads in Billy Carol (Lansdown). winner of the main sprint race at Bukit Timah yesterday.22 words
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Article155 1948-09-26 1 Sunday Times Correspondent MELBOURNE, Saturday. T»HKEE former Qantas stewards put the cash pro- ceeds of smuggled gold more than £A 15,00 the safe of a Singapore hotel, it was said in a Sydney court today. The stewards admitted that they jmußgled the gold from Sydney155 words
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Article105 1948-09-26 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. Since the Emergency began, 76 people have been arrested In possession of arms. Of these, 11 have been hanged, and there are five cases awaiting confirmation of sentence. The rest are awaiting trial. These details were given by the Commissioner of Police, (Mr.105 words
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Article302 1948-09-26 1 Sunday Times Staff Reporter OECAUSE public support is lacking, the Govern- ment Is taking no active steps to enlarge Singapore Cenotaph on the Esplanade. It was proposed to instal two urns containing the ashes of i an unknown soldier and an unknown civilian who died in302 words
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Article103 1948-09-26 1 LONDON. Saturday. fPHE British Supply Ministry A yesterday announced that the Combined Tin Committee had made final allocations of 11.98 C long tons of tin for the second half of 1948— raising the total allotment for the six month period to 43.590 long tons. The finalAP - 103 words
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Article34 1948-09-26 1 Singapore Police Band will perform at the following places at 5.30 p.m. each day: Oct. 5. Farrer Park: Oct. 12. Waterloo Street. Oct. 19. Jalan Besar; Oct. 24. Botanical Garden.34 words
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Article29 1948-09-26 1 RANGOON, Sat.— The body of U. Tin Tut killed by an assassin's bomb last week, will be cremated next Tuesday at the Buddhist cemetery.— A.P.AP - 29 words
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Article73 1948-09-26 1 THE Commissioner-General (Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald) has been travelling in Kelantan and Trengganu. Accompanied by the Mentri Besar (Da to Nik Kamal) and the British Adviser (Mr. W. F. M. Churchill, M.C.S.) In Kelantan, he visited various places on the Siam border. In Trengganu he73 words
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Article38 1948-09-26 1 BERLIN. Sat— Russia today served a blunt notice on the United States and Britain that Soviet war planes will fly in formation through Berlin "control zone" in open violation of four power air safety regulation*. U.P.UP - 38 words
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Article68 1948-09-26 1 THE 4th (Queen's Own) Hussars are to stage a flat march through Singapore on Tuesday morning. Starting from Seranxoon Road at 9.30, about 600 troops complete with band and drums will be taking part. The route which has been chosen is via Lavender Street. Jalan Besar.68 words
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Article23 1948-09-26 1 BENTONO, Sat.— Five Malays who, armed with parangs, captured two armed terrorists at Merapoh, North Pahang, have been rewarded with $1,000.23 words
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Article187 1948-09-26 1 He called the formation o: a Western union a "direct contradiction of the interests of strengthening peace and security of the peoples." He contrasted this '"Western military-political bloc" with the alliances of the "peace-loving European states which are being concluded to prevent the possibility of a newReuter - 187 words
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Article91 1948-09-26 1 PARIS, Saturday. MRS. VIJAYALAKSHMI I PANDIT. India's Ambas- j Isador to the Soviet Union, at yesterday's United Nations i meeting demanded immediate j independence for Indonesia, French Indochina and British I Malaya. "India has the deepest sympathy with the people of these countries in theirAP - 91 words
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Article33 1948-09-26 1 SHANGHAI, Sat. The Communist radio today accused the Nationalist psychological warfare commander in Changchun of employing prostitutes "to sing nocturnal obscene songs and to lure cleanbodied Red Army fighters."— UP.UP - 33 words
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Article57 1948-09-26 1 PARIS, Saturday. IRAQ has rejected Count Bernadotte's plan for Palestine and will oppose It before the United Nations, quarters close to the Iraqi delegation to the United Nations Genera^ Assembly here said today. She would also oppose any other proposals which did not recognise theReuter - 57 words
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Article54 1948-09-26 1 Sunday Times Staff Reporter KUALA LUMPUR, Saturday. WIIE K. A.F.S new air tactics against the bandits will be put into operation as soon as the Government approves. The offensive is aimed particularly at the associates and sympathisers of terrorists, said the A.O.C. Malaya, Air Vice-Marshal54 words
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265 1948-09-26 1 it should continue the present emergency It is proposed to .set up 60 registration centres thi out the island. Th?y will be manned by Govcv officers and temporary itafl A central office, where th? identity cards are actually fllled-in. will be in the Volunteer265 words
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Article61 1948-09-26 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. THERE has been no general exodus of Malays from South Siam into the Feder- atlon, said Mr. C. R. Howitt, acting Chief Secretary, at a press conference today. He added that it was not possible to make any state- ment concerning the general61 words
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Article73 1948-09-26 1 LOS ANGELES. Sat.— A British Army officer yesterday 3ued a former U.S. bomber pilot for $3,820 (U A.) he alleged the pilot borrowed while the two were prisoners of the Japanese In Singapore. The suit was filed on behalf of Capt. C. E. D. Clavell,AP - 73 words
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Article, Illustration494 1948-09-26 2 PHOTO NOTES IT is amazing how far a little ingenuity will go towards creating an out-of-the-way picture that will attract a lot of attention and praise for its maker. Take todays illustration, for example. It is a pictuf* that won a big prize in an American snapshot494 words
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Article627 1948-09-26 2 I LEARNED with in- terest and awe the other day the cash value of the empty bottle concession for our little menage. Cook is the concession holder, and it all came out when I asked him something about the disposal of bottles and he misunderstood and thought627 words
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Article917 1948-09-26 2 OLD TIMER recalls WHEN I was a member of St. Andrew's Cathedral choir we had choir boys as well as adults and like all boys they were full of mischief. At one time there was a tree in the Cathedral compound that was infested with the917 words
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Article124 1948-09-26 2 "I am very interested to hear that Old Timer was able to catch Ikan Sepat (Colera vulgaris) with a hook and bait in those days; the intervening years have definitely taught these fish something. "So far as I know, from fishing experience in Malaya extending over a124 words
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Article, Illustration363 1948-09-26 3 Fines help the lesson Sunday Times Staff Reporter CINGAPOREANS are gradually re-learning the "dust-bin drill" that the Japanese allowed them to forget, and the City is getting cleaner every day, but people who still put rubbish in the drains and streets are paying an average363 words
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Article163 1948-09-26 3 Sunday Times Stan* Reporter MOVING of about 350 Singapore families from very old unsafe buildings in Chinatown into new flats built by the Improvement Trust in Smith Street and Sago Street will take place in the middle of next month. i Any overflow o f163 words
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Article44 1948-09-26 3 Sunday Times Staff Reporter. JOHORE BAHRU, Sat.—Arriving from Singapore In a lorry, yesterday Ponnusamy tried to evade paying duty on 54 dozen bottles of rosewater. He was charged In the District Court today and fined $1,950, In default 3 months' simple imprisonment.44 words
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Article117 1948-09-26 3 Sunday Times Staff Reporter. THE Singapore Regional Indian Congress has appealed to the Indian mercantile community in Slnaapore to close their shops on Oct. 2, 1 the 80th anniversary of the birth of Mahatma Gandhi. Hoisting of the Indian National Flag in all Indian homes, prayers117 words
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Article49 1948-09-26 3 SINGAPORE Public Relations Film Unit will give seven shows next week. They are: Monday. Singapore Union of P. T. Workers; Tuesday. Bukit Timah 6 mile Village; Wednesday, Ponggol Village; Thursday. Cantonese Methodist Church; Friday. Government Printing Office; Saturday. C.V.M.A.. Bras Basah Road; Sunday, Tlong Bahru.49 words
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Article132 1948-09-26 3 Sunday Times Staff Reporter. THE French cruiser Duguy Trouin. on which the Annamese Emperor Bao Dal and the French High Commissioner for Indo-Chlna M. Emile Bollaert signed agreements earlier this year, arrived at Singapore Naval Base yesterday. The ship Is on a goodwill mission from Saigon and132 words
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Article52 1948-09-26 3 BANDITS HELD AT BAY:GEN.DUNLOP KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. Energetic operations of military forces in conjunction with police In Johore during the past fortnight had succeeded to a large degree in preventing the anticipated increase in terrorist activities, said Major-Gen. D. Dunlop, G.0.C., Singapore District, in a message to a press conference52 words
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Article105 1948-09-26 3 Sunday Times SUIT Reporter. KUALA LUMPUR. Sat. PRIVATES J. H. Flnlay and R. Qreenlees, of the Seaforth Highlanders will each have to serve three years' rigorous Imprisonment for armed robbery at Kota Tlnggl, Johore. on July 8 Their appeals against conviction and sentence, passed at105 words
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Article287 1948-09-26 3 Sunday Times Staff Reporter HPHE biggest and most spectacular fete in A Singapore since the war ended will be held in Government House gardens on Oct. 9 from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. to launch a fund for the Colony's handicapped children. Funds raised 0y287 words
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Article61 1948-09-26 3 THREE Ceylonese of the Royal Pioneer Corps entered a shop at the 14 mile, Woodlands Road on Feb. 5 and robbed the proprietor of $50, the Singapore Seventh Police Magistrate was told yesterday. In the dock were K Podinattaya and Sumanapaha, charged with armed robbery. The61 words
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Article28 1948-09-26 3 SEREMBAN Sat.— A seven- teen-year-old Tamil, Paramaslvam. was charged today with having 21 rounds of .303 Tifle ammunition. The case was postponed to October 2.28 words
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Article126 1948-09-26 3 Sunday Times Staff Reporter THE long arm of the law has not yet fallen x on Singapore's crawling taxicabs as they cruise along, looking for fares. Some time ago. legislation was, planned which would male it a., offence for taxis to move slowly in congested streets,126 words
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Article250 1948-09-26 3 Sunday Times Staff Reporter rpHE annual conference of the delegates of the A Singapore Municipal Services Union decided yesterday to urge its members to give unstinted financial support to the United Nations Children's Fund. Resolutions urging a social insurance scheme for Municipal staff and seeking250 words
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150 1948-09-26 3 Sunday Times Staff Reporter, i AN assurance that Govern- ment fully supports the organising of joint committees, on the Whitley Council principle, In Government Offices was made by the Colonial Secretary, Mr. P. A. B. McKerron, yesterday. < Mr. McKerron wag address- J150 words
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Article38 1948-09-26 3 SEGAMAT, Saturday. Bail tn $1000 with two sureties was offered a middleaged Chinese woman. Tan Slew Heng, of Sesamat when charged in the Magistrate's Court with allowi. g her house to be used for gambling38 words
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Advertisement388 1948-09-26 3 t TUNIC SHIRTS wmj&^u^U 'M^.-. 15/11 TI F S WATERPROOF f 1%1A21-M\ 2t*-o fifj sows* -ri^'Jry I IkM, Ijl.jll.jrtO Ml W.I. -P'O. I W,.,,J I '.".ir,T:r:T o ':rjsls/ii SaisLw *^r-^ 1 hiti°« .U nto ii 04.70 isnsTjii" c **i t~~rt /2 jd. ml I Gwits ENGLISH TWEED J&tetJifiJ^ Slytfr H>388 words
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Article, Illustration834 1948-09-26 4 808 GTLMORE looks at Australia MELBOURNE, Sept. 18 WHILE Britain publicises her awareness of new aggression perils in Europe and Asia, her rearmament programme and her security clamp down on potential traitors in the civil service, Australia publicises her tidapa attitude toward war risks and toward her834 words
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Article736 1948-09-26 4 New superstitions forold FOOLISH, foolish, no foolish fortune" is a common Chinese saying spoken when a person unknowingly defies a superstitious tabu and comes through unscathed The Chinese have such a string of superstitious tabu* that I often wonder how our parents are able to circumvent them all. Our modern736 words
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537 1948-09-26 4 2 BEST-SELLERS AMONG THE NEW BOOKS WRITING an account of one of Mr. Erskine Caldwell's books, an American magazine once hazarded the guess that: "Perhaps some of his appeal is to hunters of the salacious; it is possible to read his novels as if they were extended dirty jokes." That537 words
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Article, Illustration370 1948-09-26 5 But very, very slowly Sunday Times Staff Reporter SINGAPORE is gradually sinking into the sea, Mr. R. V. Morris, a local boring surveyor, who for the past 25 years has been sinking boreholes all over the island, taking bedrock depths, told the Sunday Times yesterday.370 words
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Article78 1948-09-26 5 Sunday Times Staff Reporter MR. Joseph Michael* Con way, 57-year-old ex-passenger agent of the American President Lines, Singapore, has died at Okinawa Island, Japan. He was on his way, in the ship President Tyler, to San I Francisco where he was to take up a78 words
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Article84 1948-09-26 5 Due from Australia in the Gorgon today are Mr. Leonard E. Buck, chairman of the Unevangellsed Fields Mission, and Mr. George Sexton, field leader of the same mission. These men, who represent several Australian missionary organisations, are to survey missionary work and needs In Indonesia,84 words
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Article67 1948-09-26 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Sat, -A sale of work will be held at St. Andrew's Church Hall next Saturday. The sale is beivg organised by the Church Work Party, and includes a cushion stall, plant section, needlework stall (which ir.cludes Christmas gift) and a cake stall.67 words
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Article19 1948-09-26 5 UNATTENDED $2 PARIT BUNTAR, Sat. For leaving his bicycle unattended, Tan Chang Hottg was fined $2 at Nlbong Tebal.19 words
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Letters to the Editor
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Letter128 1948-09-26 5 Hyderabad India defended SEVERAL readers have written in defence ol India's action against Hyderabad, which was commented upon in a leading article in the Sunday Times last week. Extracts from some of the letters are I*O say India was wrong is easy, but what other action could sne have taken128 words
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Letter63 1948-09-26 5 r criticise an action taken by a democratic India to suppress lawlessness worse than Malaya experiences today, by a band of bloodthirsty, power-grabbing human wolves styled Razakars encouraged by a coup of despotic State nawabs is to my conception a display of prejudice against a new-born nation whose democratic way63 words
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Letter87 1948-09-26 5 THE Indiana t the helm of Indian affairs are not guided by the spirit of the assassin of the Apostle of j Peace. They could not idle away their time when the country was burning with communal frenzy. Their i timely move has saved many and the action has been87 words
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Article23 1948-09-26 5 SEREMBAN. Sat. Tarn Seng, 29, yesterday pleaded guilty to hawking Ice cream at Murray Street without licence He was fined $18.23 words
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Article275 1948-09-26 5 Sunday Times Financial Correspondent SHARE markets experienced another disappointing week, but there were some encouraging features. Lower price levels attracted buying Interest and the early selling pressure disappeared before the close yesterday. Political developments were responsible for the decline, but apparently London overdid the disappointment over275 words
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Article67 1948-09-26 5 The Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association's noon prices yesterday (Sept. 25) were, in cents per lb: Buyers Sellers NO. 1 R.S.S Spot. loose nominal 43% 43* F.o.b. in bales Oct. No. 1 R.S.S 43H 43% No. 2 R.S.S -US. 41Ti No. 3 R.S.S 40 40 U On reg.67 words
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Article92 1948-09-26 5 Sunday Times Staff Reporter. A DRAFT ordinance is to be Introduced at the next meeting of the Singapore Legislative Council to incorporate the office of the Chief Secretary of the Federation. The Corporation formed will take over the property vested in the High Commissioner92 words
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Article81 1948-09-26 5 SEGAMAT, Saturday. After a lapse of years, the Johore Stat^ Medical Board has been reconstituted. Its members are the P.M.0.. the State Under-secretary the D.O. Johore Bahru, the Lady Medical Officer, Shiekh Abu Bakar bin Yahaya, Dr. Ismail bin Abdul Rahman, Dr. T E Che ah.81 words
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Article27 1948-09-26 5 PARIT BTJNTAR, Sat—Da■us bin Salleh. at Nlbong Tebal. was charged with stealing 190 coconuts at Kampong Sungel Udan. The case was postponed to September 2t.27 words
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Page 5 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous170 1948-09-26 5 Pfffi3k^ 135* il3b*S siia*^^K^^iT^»^[s RAOIO MALAYA SDfCAPORE u;.U kes, 4.96 or 7.2 mcs.) 9 a.m. Boston Promenade; 9 30 it-chard Tauber; 1Q..00 Ivor More-! ion, Dave Kay; 10.15 Hit Parade; 11.00 South America, Take It Away; 11.39 Music; 12.00 Close. 1p m Jul.en Foorman; 1.30 News; 1.45 Art Tatum; 2.00170 words
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Miscellaneous329 1948-09-26 5 Violin; 6.00 Magazine 6. 30 News; sing- 11.00 Australian Newt; 6.45 Opera- 7.30 Editorials, 7.45 11.15 Talk- 11.30 Bandstand; I'ma: 8.15 I. ft- In Britain; 8.30' u. 45 C!ose. News; 8.45 All-Tlme Hit Parade;' 9.30 Radio Newsreel; 9.45 Ltssfi Piano Concerto No. 1 In E lU'; 11.00 Children's Hour; 11.30329 words
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626 1948-09-26 6 SINGAPORE, SEPT. 26, 1948. COMMON WEAL CIVIC consciousness is slow in growing in Malaya. Too many people have still not realised that to live as part of an integrated community calls for something from them, something concrete. Singapore today affords three striking instances of citizens wno take all they get626 words
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Article1171 1948-09-26 6 C.H.E. DET - MALAYS AND THE HIGHER EDUCATION C.H.E. DET by RECENTLY a Malay member of the Perak Council of State revealed the startling fact that in Perak, out of approximately 17,000 Malay children attending school, less than a hundred attend English schools. This he attributed to the fact that most English schools1,171 words
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Article, Illustration1264 1948-09-26 6 SIT xIN FONG - Police break up chap-ji-kee racket SIT xIN FONG by DACKBONE of 1 v Singapore's $500,000 a day illegal chap-ji-kee racket was broken when a 35--year-old Shanghai woman was banished last month A mysterious figure, rarely seen in publlic, this woman, known as the chap-ji-kee queen of Singapore, with two men1,264 words
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Advertisement557 1948-09-26 6 Copy for Public Notices Tcader Notices etc. should j reach the Straits Times nW.iv by noon two days before publication of the issue in whiih they are required i to ipprar. It will normally be im- possible to publish notices on a specified day unless fopy is received as indicated557 words
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Advertisement12 1948-09-26 6 *S§©lT for better tea-times. Finest Broken Orange Pekoe Price $2.00 per Ib12 words
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Article, Illustration355 1948-09-26 7 Tin and rice not affected Sunday Times Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Saturday. A TTACKS by terrorists during the last fortnight may have been part of their "advertised September offensive;" whatever their successes, however, the situation has not deteriorated and the security forces' position has been strengthened,355 words
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Article102 1948-09-26 7 45 WAS 55 TOO FEW Sunday Times Staff Reporter THE fourth general meeting of tne Singapore Co-Ope-rative Stores Society. Ltd.. had to be abandoned yesterday because only 45 peonle were Dresent. The necessary quorum Is 100. Ths meeting was postponed to Oct. 9 at 3 p.m. The report of the102 words
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Article213 1948-09-26 7 UP UP GOES PEPPER PRICE Sunday Times Staff Reporter PEPPER, one of the world's scarcest commodities, has within nine months become 130 to 250 per cent, more valuable. The price of white pepper (Muntok or Sarawak variety) has risen from $160 in January to about $225 per picul last week-end.213 words
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Article47 1948-09-26 7 THREE Chinese and two In- dlans set upon a pedestrian at Balestler Road yesterday at 9.30 p.m and robbed him of $7.40. The pedestrian, a Johore Bahru resident who came to Singapore on business, told I the police he could identify one of the Indians47 words
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Article327 1948-09-26 7 Sunday Times Staff Correspondent AN R.A.F. Corporal in the Special Investigation rv Branch said in the Singapore Ninth Police Court yesterday that, when told about the theft of a three-ton lorry, a leading aircraftman replied "I will tell you the story." Corporal Benjamin Eymore said327 words
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Article336 1948-09-26 7 Sunday Times Stall' Reporter BY next Sunday, Singapore's electrical engineers at St. James' Power Station hope to have the seven-ton turbine rotor that has been repaired in England spinning at 3,000 revolutions per minute, and doing its bit to relieve the city's power shortage. Mr. C.336 words
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Article101 1948-09-26 7 Sunday Times Staff Reporter. TWELVE of the crew of the S. S. Bust, who are to give evidence in the case in- j volvh g $500 000-worth of opium found in the ship on Sept. 22. appeared before the Second District Judge (Mr J. L.101 words
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Article51 1948-09-26 7 BENTONG, Sat.— Four Chinese terrorists with pistols got a shock when they Wt.re binding a dumb Malay boy to a tree at Kampong Jamburlas, 21 miles from Bentong on the Bentong-Mentakab road. The Malay whipped out his parang and slashed out at them, wounding one51 words
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Article36 1948-09-26 7 A THREE-YEAR-OLD Chinese Hokien girl. Annie Tan. plunged 150 feet to her death when she fell from the fourth floor ofo ne of the Improvement Trust buildings at Chay Van Street, yesterday.36 words
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Article220 1948-09-26 7 Sunday Times Staff Reporter KUALA LI'MPUR, Saturday. OTREPTOMVCUI, the "miracle" drug used for certain types of tuberculosis, will shortly be subject to strictest control in the Federation of Malaya, the Federation T-r^-culosis Advisory Board decided this morning. The Board had heard evidence by Dr. A220 words
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Article24 1948-09-26 7 Sunday Times Staff Reporter A 13-year-old Indian boy was reported yesterday to be missing from 6. New Cemetery Road since Sept. 22.24 words
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Article85 1948-09-26 7 ADMIRAL Sir Denis and Lady Boyd were among the many people who saw the 50 paintings and drawings on exhibition at the Green Room of the Victoria Memorial Hall yesterday morning. The artists Cmdr. R. Kilroy R.N., and Count Bernardino del Boca di Villaregia—85 words
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Article148 1948-09-26 7 Sunday Times Staff Reporter. QINGAPORE Film Society, a small band of enthusiasts whose DroKramme Include the showing of films nor normally se?n in the ordinary cinema is trying to increase its membership. The present membershio Is around 60 and another 100 members are wanted Immediately if148 words
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Article280 1948-09-26 7 Sunday Times Staff Reporter KUALA LUMPUR. Saturday. T<HE question of giving some status or authority to A planters and miners who have helped to raise, train and run the special constabulary is under official consideration, said the Commissioner for Police, Mr. W. D. Gray, at a280 words
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Article34 1948-09-26 7 BULLETS CHARGE $500 BAIL JOHORE BAHRU, Sat Raju, aged 22, of Fraser Estate, Kulal, was today charged with being found with six rounds of ammunition three of them spent. Raju allowed bail in $50034 words
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Article22 1948-09-26 7 Sunday Times Staff Reporter. KUALA LUMPUR, Sat.— Yong Kah Heng, notorious Perak gang robber, has been hanged in Taiping prison.22 words
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Advertisement68 1948-09-26 8 NEW BOOKS Mougham. Catalina (5.50; Raffles of Singapore by Emily Hahn $8.50; Malay Fisherman $1250; Flivver King. Sinclair $4 00, The Musical Companion by A. L. Bacliararn $6.50; The War of 'i»e Worlds by H. O. Wells $300; B. Shaw Through the Camera $8.50. Dictionary of the Unusual Words. Parts68 words
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Advertisement77 1948-09-26 8 What's her number? MANY a young man would like to iave the telephone number of adorable Alice Apple. We're going to let them discover It. The number of Alice's telephone Is composed of four figures whose sum Is her age. The first figure is three times the third and the77 words
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Advertisement202 1948-09-26 8 808 MARTIN'S world-famous preparations FOR DOGS AND CATS •ONDITION POWDERS CAT TOWDERB WORM MEDICINES DISTEMPER POWDERS TN f# lrltio ftf CLE ANBFUR POWDER CANKER LOTION CANKER POWDER BLOOM SHAMPOO Bob Martin's product! INSECT POWDER -rv «*««i"-w« «<>» (Containing DAi.T.)f m+-~ ~*^'^fcA leading Cbemuu and CHALK BLOCK "■^^^ftJkjSftk" 1 Food Sh202 words
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Miscellaneous377 1948-09-26 8 HowtHutUdfitfoul&tow? 15. Old King Cole's fiddlers added up to 16. Total of Little Pigs which built houses was 17. The Wise Men who followed tr*e Christmas Star were in number 18. States In the United States Union having names beginning with G total—? 19. You don't have to be sensitive,377 words
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Miscellaneous179 1948-09-26 8 Sunday Times Crossword ACROSS N l^Maker (7); 7. Lake. (5); 12. 1. Piants (7>; 2. Recline (4); Slit (4); 1». Suggestive (8); 14. 8. Called for a repetition (7); 4. Guards (7); 16. Desert region (5); Expiate (5); 8. Fragment (3); 6. 1 17. Weigh' (S); 18. Imbue (7); Oppose179 words
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Article, Illustration1560 1948-09-26 9 GWEN ROBYNS - PRINCESS ELIZABETH AND HER BABY GWEN ROBYNS by TOWARDS the end of next month two large black cars will speed towards Buckingham Palace. Police cyclists will es2ort them, clearing the way. In one will be the Home Secretary, Mr. J. C miter Ede, and in the other will be the1,560 words
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Article353 1948-09-26 9 1 am in the depths of despair because I cannot heap my friends. 1 place the highest value on friendship and everyone would feel as hopeless as 1 do if everyone who matterc ceased caring Keenness for work alone is not enough. It's time to find out where353 words
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Article, Illustration548 1948-09-26 9 MARY HEATHCOTT calculates LONDON, Sept. 12. OOMEONE was calculating how many hours the average housewife in England spends hanging over the kitchen sink a dreary kind of statistic. I should like to know, too how many hours the average housewife wastes shopping By shopping I do not548 words
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Advertisement127 1948-09-26 9 i I flfo v. ijp Hi TREATMENTS as in the famous Salon* in NEW YORK, LONDON, PA HIS are now beings, given by Miss Arden's Representative Mrs. HORNER Make your appointment mml MAYNARD CO., LTD 11, BATTERY ROAD PHONE 6115 IHt Ooyi-Malaya-AtmoiDt-cr* 6» 3} Gifts.* I Tiny Hindbij Phm 161127 words
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Article129 1948-09-26 10 Blackbeah 17. Guy's Hospital London Scottish 25. Old Merchant Taylors 16; Rosslyn Park 10. Harlequins 19; Aberavon 3. Cwmavon 3; Abertlllery 6. Maesteg 11; Bath 11. Devonport Service* 11: Bedford 8. Richmond 11; Blrkenhead Park 14. Sale 8. Brldgend 8. Cross Keys 10: Bristol 16. Gloucester CardiffReuter - 129 words
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Article78 1948-09-26 10 Australian tonr:— Wakefltld Trinity IP. Australians 26. Leacme fames: Barrow 13. Swlnton 0; Brainier 24. Leigh 8: Dewsbury 7. 6t Helens 14; Halifax 28. Oldham 0; Bull Kingston Rover* 7. Castleford 14: Hunslet 5. Bradford Northern 10; Liverpool Stanley 18. I Batlev 3: Rochdale Hornets 3. Kelgh levReuter - 78 words
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Article51 1948-09-26 10 'J'HE Nee Soon Garrison R.F O. I beat the Base Workshops' R.E.M.E. by 13 points (two goals and one try) to five (a goal) in a rugger match played at Nee Soon yesterday. This was the Garrison's fifth win In six matches, the previous one having been51 words
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Article39 1948-09-26 10 THE first round tie In the Com-: a--real Houses badminton! tourney between the Cable and Wireless S.C. Rnd the Mansfield S.C. will be played at the Clerl- ral Union Hall on Wednesday, Sept. 29 at 7 p.m.39 words
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Article164 1948-09-26 10 Portsmouth win again LONDON, Saturday. UULL CITY, from the humble English Third Division, took top honours in today's programme by equalling a 45-year-old record in beginning the season with eight successive victories. Inspired by the former England international Raich Carter, their greying player-manager, Hull swept164 words
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Article, Illustration410 1948-09-26 10 Sunday Times Staff Reporter rpHE Singapore Chinese Swimming Club is to have a new half-million dollar swimming pool, which will be the biggest in the Colony. The new pool will be built on approximately one acre ana a half of the Club's own land, directly410 words
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Article222 1948-09-26 10 'NO GIN, NO FUN' FOR OMA LONDON, Saturday. LEE Ohm, the American heavy- j weight boxer who came to London a few weeks ago with a "dollar and a half" and a repertoire of •"wisecracks." flew borne with £4.000 and a badly deflated ego. He confessed that he has beenReuter - 222 words
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Article95 1948-09-26 10 Sunday Times Seremban Sports Correspondent ANEW Negri Sembllan record for the pole vault was created at the Negrl Sembilan amateur athletic meeting yesterday. The record holder. Wong Kee Slang, bettered his own height of 9 ft. 10 In., of last year by clearing ten95 words
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Article94 1948-09-26 10 "pHE S.C.F.A. team to meet the Johore Chinese on O- f 1, will be chosen from the dewing: A. A. A.: Chu Chee Ser.s, Vee Yuen Meng, Thong aim San, Chiam Kirn Seang. Swee L m Swang and Hee Chit Lim; Tiger S.A.: Lee Pak Tong, Foong94 words
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Article374 1948-09-26 10 FEATHER - FEATHER Badminton Notes By pNTKIES for the Inter-team J events have been pretty encouraging judging from the small number of senior players available in Singapore. ne«nlte the fact that there are over^Js affltate? cl^l In sLi£ onlfe^itf of th^maiofXs hfve senf fn tint It^« taown fact374 words
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Article108 1948-09-26 10 THE Combined Indian, were 6fi 1 runs behind with four vickets in hand in the first innings of their cricket match against the R.A.P. Malaya, which began yesterday at Seletar. The match, which will be resumed at 11 this morning, is for the Mahatma108 words
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Article47 1948-09-26 10 !>cpt. :sih Third Division i Northern i. Accrlngton Stanley v Hull City. Sept. tttb Third Division i Southern i: Bournemouth and B.A v Aldershot: Watford t Mtllwall. Sept. 3ath Third Division (Boutt*rnl: Swanae* Town v Swlndon Town. Third Division (Northrrm D-vcaiter Rovers v Stockport City.—ReuUr47 words
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Article263 1948-09-26 10 IN the opening game of the rugger season on the 1 S.C.C. Padang yesterday, the Newcomers defeated the Old XV (Whites) by 16 points (two goals and two tries) to five (a goal) in an exciting game. The game was more in the nature of a263 words
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Article89 1948-09-26 10 Copenhagen. Saturday. f H E England team to meet Denmark here tomorrow was selected after a final practice tbia morning The team will be: Swift, Scott, Aston, Wright, Pranklto, Oockburc, Matthews. Hagan. Lawton, Shackleton arM Langton. The England selectors decided to play ShaekteUn at -ntide-left because ofReuter - 89 words
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Article140 1948-09-26 10 Sunday Times Johore Sports Correspondent FE soccer season is now In Its final phases and the programme for the remaining few weeks of play will be confined to the knock out competition for the Capital Cup, played for annually by teams who took part In the140 words
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Article69 1948-09-26 10 IN the main event of the wrestling promotion at the Great World last night Joglnder Slngn was disqualified in the second round of his bout with King Kong. Other results were: Kid Masque knocked out Curly Connors in the third round: All Riza Bey beat Swaran Singh69 words
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Article57 1948-09-26 10 BOSCA BOA drew with Joglnda: over ten rounds a' the wrestling programme at the Happy World last night. Ho Wah Peng and Greenwood were both counted out while flgh” ing outside the ring. Basropan beat Kunju oy two clear falls, while Smiling Pang beat Majld57 words
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Advertisement478 1948-09-26 10 Rheumatism and Backache GoneiniWeek luik Ki*)a*n Wirti Crstas Yo.ll f rsl F.n. iCjratci— th» prrkcrlndon of a fsrnou* ,do< tor— *nda all troublr* due to faulty Ik! lno artlon In d«ublr quirk tlmr. *o. Jt^ u^«VsV t 'L«9 t pTIVs Bo 6*llV«»•! l cl»«"*• Anh'n. Burning. jTilfiiflO PSMIQaa, and be478 words
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Advertisement247 1948-09-26 10 THE WHITE ANT gjgffll^ PREVENTIVE AND A I Jll PRESERVING STAIN Treatment of all I "o*4s &M Timber with Sollgnum I «V 4 JVruM ♦Hiaurai a oermanent hi ;"^!.v.;;;j safeguard against ■•^.""-•■^•"•^if dry-rot and the l\|lji||jijigflj| y expense of costly I"IM f flKgiw \My. renewals caused V^\iJß*P%^ through the Inroad247 words
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Article, Illustration1315 1948-09-26 11 MANNIE SEAMON SAYS Why Joe Louis preferred me MANY people think that a trainer's job begins and ends with his fighter going in the ring and coming out again. I know there are boxers who have never had more help from the men1,315 words
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Article259 1948-09-26 11 "SCREW- BALL - "SCREW-BALL" By AFTER being Hopelessly beaten down to third place by the Chinese Sports Association and the Chin Woo Athletic Association in the senior interclub league championship, the Tiger Sporting Association reclaimed honours by winning three individual events in the Singapore table tennis finals at the259 words
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Article, Illustration34 1948-09-26 11 THE big crowd at Buklt Tim ah look on with admiration as th e Gold Cup horses parade before the grandstand prior to going to the barrier for the start of the big race.34 words
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245 1948-09-26 11 MRS. CHIONH, MISS HENG ENTER FINAL IN a thrilling game Mrs. Chionh H.ok Chor beat Mrs. L. M. Peunefather in the Singapore badminton championships at the Clerical Union hall yesterday. The match was a semi-final v the women's open singles event. Mrs. Chionh made a remarkable recovery in the "rubber"245 words
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Article89 1948-09-26 11 ASCOT, Englaud. Sat. TWO fillies from the Royal stable gave King George VI his second double of the racing season yesterday Angelola won the Princess Royal stakes for three-year-old fillies to win a purse of C 1.445. She finished the one-and-a-half mile course with Jockey EdgarAP - 89 words
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Article65 1948-09-26 11 LONDON, Sat. TT was revealed today that Vu» world flyweight champion Rlnty Monaghan of Belfa«t. has received an offer of $30,000 plus two air transport fares from Slam lehinose manager of Hawalin Dado Marino, for Monaghfui to defend his world title against Marino at Honolulu on Jan.UP - 65 words
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Article63 1948-09-26 11 LONDON, Sat. REO Harris, 1947 world amateur sprint cyclists lost an appeal yesterday to have his professional Ucenoe withdrawn. Thus, he Is a professional in the eyes of the National Cyclist Union. Harris was granted his licence two weeks ago, then asked to have it cancelledAP - 63 words
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Advertisement82 1948-09-26 11 TODAY J^^ 78 deg. Temp, for Sheer Comfort I GIRLS! HOW TO GET RINGS ON YOUR FINGERS In M 3 Eas y Lessons! 111 l I IHBM^Y UunyJ F 2anu<k ptu%u wlj ill ""LINDA DARNELL *6l a ..imh CORNEL WiLDE -IsaJgS ai Bru(> Carlnm RICHARD GREENE l »Jp «^w*t fifflftfif82 words
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Advertisement241 1948-09-26 11 RADIO MALAYA IN ITS REVIEW OF THIS WEEK'S FILMS SAID! "THOROUGHLY GOOD TIME' "AUDIENCE CHEERED HERO AND HISSED VILLAIN" IN COLOR BY TECHNICOLOR TODAY! 7J-2-4.J5-6.30-9J5 CAPITOL FOR RESERVATIONS I'LEASE Phone 5159 IT'S HERE AGAIN THE BRITISH PICTCRr) THAT HAS WON MORE AWARDS THAN ANY OTHER PICTURE OPENS TODAY BIAMB9 i,#&P241 words
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Article, Illustration2793 1948-09-26 12 EPSOM JEEP - EPSOM JEEP Cup Race carried 10,000 win tkts. By DR. L. Melville Thompson's Leoda, a five-year-old bay English mare by Fairchance cut of Honorary Member, won the Singapore Gold Cup, richest prize ever on the Malayan Turf, at Bukit Timah yesterday. Trained by Lt.-Col. T. L.2,793 words
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Article55 1948-09-26 12 THE Johore English College opened lte. hockey season with a match against the 221 Vehicle Company yesterday. The match ended in a victory for the Collegian* by I—o.1—0. Slngara Singh, the College skipper scored. Haibans Singh and Collins, the State player, were outstanding for I the College55 words
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Article142 1948-09-26 12 Sunday Times Malacca Sports Correspondent JOHORE Malays beat Malacca Malays one -nil In a Sultan's Gold Cup soccer fixture played at Banda Hlllr Park, Malacca, yesterday. Johore had the better of the exchanges. In the first minute of play Hao■on scored what proved to be142 words
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