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Title Section18 1949-02-21 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 EIGHT PAGES SINGAPORE, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1949. > PRICE TEN CENTS18 words
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Article308 1949-02-21 1 INDIA- WIDE ROUND-UP OF REDS Action Follow* Big Rail Strike Threat BOiMBAY, Sunday. IN an India-wide round-up yesterday, police arrested over 300 key Communists in an effort to stop a threatened strike of 1,000,000 railway employees. The Communists were held under a law which permits indefinite detention on suspicion andReuter; AP; UP - 308 words
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Article, Illustration53 1949-02-21 1 TO HELP Singapore sick children St. Andrew's Mission Hospital is planning an appeal for $60,000 to help pay tor the re-equipment of the hospital and to meet its running expenses. Picture shows one of the children who needs help three-year-old Won Choong Shen, with a nurse. Story in Page Five.—53 words
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200 1949-02-21 1 LONDON, Sunday. rpHE British Government will be asked this week what steps are bf-'ng taken to meet the Communist drive in South East Asia. The initiative will b e taken in the House of Lords on Wednesday when lord Mancroft and Lord Bridgeman willUP - 200 words
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Article108 1949-02-21 1 10,000 Japs! Homeless After Fire TOKYO, Sun. TEN thousand Japanese were made homeless when a fire, fanned by a strong wind, swept through Noshlro city in northern Honshu early this morning. The death toll reached four by the time the fire was brought under control eight hours later. 500 HurtReuter - 108 words
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Article127 1949-02-21 1 SEOUL. Sun. >Torth Korean forces, estl- mated at 300 men, were reported •to have attacked South Korean posts yesterday south of the 38th parallel in the Poun-Chon and Poun-L; areas. The foray was spread over i an area of about 20 miles. The attacks occurred, the policeReuter - 127 words
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Article, Illustration44 1949-02-21 1 WK. XXX HOCK 001, centre, seen with two of hi. Australian colleagues on the expeditionary vessel, the L.S.T. H.M.A.S. Labuan at Melbourne. Mr. Ree was was born in Penang, is going; as a scientist on Antarctic investigations. Story in Page five. Australian official photo.44 words
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Article158 1949-02-21 1 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. A POLICE party yesterday morning found a large underground arms dump east of Kanga Pulai in the Johore Bahru district. The arms and explosives had been dismantled, heavily greased and placed in gallon drums between two and three feet158 words
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Article144 1949-02-21 1 VATICAN CITY, Sun. rE Pope, in a voice quivering with emotion, told 300,000 Catholics over-flow- 1 lib from St. Peter'j Square today that Cardinal Minds- 1 zenty was equal to the Christian martyrs of ancient Rome, i The Pope made the statement before the largestAP; UP - 144 words
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Article82 1949-02-21 1 From LEE SIKYV YEE GLASGOW, Sun. A FAT man spoilt everything for the Malayan badminton players in Glasgow yesterday. He stepped in between Princess Margaret and the team just as a cameraman was about to take a photograph. The Princess smiled at the Malayans and passed on.82 words
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Article209 1949-02-21 1 LI FLIES TO SEE SUN FO NANKING, Sun. ACTING President LI Tsungjen flew to Canton today to ask Premier Sun Fo to return to Nanking, and thus restore unity to the Nationalist Government. In an almost unprecedented action for the head of the state, General Li undertook the journey which,Reuter; AP - 209 words
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Article105 1949-02-21 1 WASHINGTON, Sun.— Ship- I ment of U5515.000,000-worth i of American cotton to China) was ordered to be resumed i yesterday by the Foreign Aid Administrator <Mr. Paul Hoff- man). Shipments have been halted more than a week be- cause of China's civil war. Cotton shippers whoAP - 105 words
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Article57 1949-02-21 1 LONDON. Sun.— Austria ha* agreed to attend the Big Four deputy Foreign Ministers' meeting this week to hear Yugoslavia's views on the writing of an Austrian treaty of independence. The Yugoslav deputy Foreign Minister is to present his country's claims for 800 square miles of southernAP - 57 words
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Article41 1949-02-21 1 WASHINGTON. Sun.— Ezra Pound, ex-broadcaster for Mussolini, who has been charged with treason to the j United States and who has been adjudged insane, was today awarded a top poetry prize by a committee of leading Ameiican writers.— U.P.UP - 41 words
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Article67 1949-02-21 1 FIREMEN'S 8HOUR FIGHT PARIS, Sun. Firemen from six brigades fought an eighthour battle with flames dur- i ing the night before extin- j gulshing a fire which broke out in Lea Halles, the city's central market, covering more than 10 acres. The fire started in the basement of a buildingReuter - 67 words
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Article87 1949-02-21 1 GIBRALTAR, Sun. THE American freighter William Phils returned to Gibraltar yesterday and put ashore its radio operator after he had suffered a "nervous breakdown" and flashed a scries of frantic messages indicating there was a mutiny aboard. He was taken to hospital. Oarbled messages, oneUP - 87 words
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Article85 1949-02-21 1 LA PAZ (BOLIVIA), Sun The Bolivian Government took "emergency measures" today to avert a rebellion, said to be scheduled for early this morning. It charged in an official communique that two former Bolivian officials now holding Peruvian Government posts were among the leaders of the alleged plot.AP - 85 words
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Article167 1949-02-21 1 WASHINGTON, Sunday. A CLAUSE providing for American military action may be inserted in the final draft of the Atlantic pact as a result of a surprise conference yesterday between Mr Dean Acheson, U.S. Secretary of State, and the Ambassadors of Britain France, Canada, Belgium, HollandAP - 167 words
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313 1949-02-21 1 BRITAIN WILL HELP— BUT ON CONDITIONS LABOUR M.P. TELLS MALAYA: From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. MALAYA'S request to the United Kingdom lor financial assistance in fighting banditry would receive support in the home country but only on certain conditions, said Major Woodrow Wyatt, Labour M.P. for Aston, Birmingham,313 words
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Article171 1949-02-21 1 LONDON, dun BRITAIN'S leading Jet tinhL- er plane, the 500-mile per hour Vanipne. which nu been adopted by India and seven other countries :vs well as the British Navy and Air Force, will soon be appearing iln faster, higher climbing forms. The Vampir?, alreadj bolder ofReuter - 171 words
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Advertisement29 1949-02-21 1 GIRO PEARLS off BOND ST. A notable name in ihe History of Pearls. Sol* AfenU: H. SENA LTD. Bangkok. Peiung S'por* Oft fh* plantations they .say: 'Where's that 129 words
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198 1949-02-21 2 GUERILLAS HOLD UP INDOCHINA RICE EXPORTS SAIGON, Sunday. INDOCHINA'S rice shipments to Asia early this 1 year depend on French military leaders who, for the past month, have stopped all ric c shipments from one of southern Indo-China's chief rice granaries. This is the Trans-Bassac section, at the southern tripAP - 198 words
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Article, Illustration29 1949-02-21 2 MRS, ANNA LOUISE STRONG, American journalist, is to be deported from Russia in a few days. She was arrested by Soviet security police and charged with espionage.. A.P. picture.AP - 29 words
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Article111 1949-02-21 2 WAR— BY G.B.S. ST. LOUIS, Sun.— George Bernard Shaw has sifted truth from falsehood in more than 100 sayings attributed to him in a collection of maxims he edited and returned to Cyril Clemens, his friend in St. Louis. Shaw disclaimed some sayIngs, acknowledged others and re-wrote several. Two wereAP - 111 words
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Article, Illustration42 1949-02-21 2 EABL BALDWIN, Governor of the Leeward Islands, seen after his arrival in London. Reports from various sources indicated that Earl Baldwin was recalled for censure regarding: a speech critical of Whitehall which he made to the Legislative Council of the Leeward Islands—A.P.42 words
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Article149 1949-02-21 2 MORE U.S. DOLLARS FOR U.K. NEW YORK, Sun. rE 130,000 American tourists expected In Britain this year will stay longer and spend more than ever, the British Travel Association reports. Some of the tourists will be ex-soldiers In search of "the girls they left behind them" during the war. TheAP - 149 words
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Article100 1949-02-21 2 KARACHI, Sun. MR. Chaudhrl Khallquzzaman, an associate of Mr. Gandhi In his struggle for Indian Independence after the first world war, was today unanimously elected president of the All-Pakistan Muslim League. Mr. Yusuf Khatak, of the North-West Frontier Province, was elected general secretary. Mr. Khallquzzaman, one ofReuter - 100 words
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Article111 1949-02-21 2 BUENOS AIRES, Sun.—British negotiators who are In Buenos Aires to buy meat for Britain for 1949 hope to sell Argentina, in exchange, larger quantities of goods than at any time since before the war. For the first time in almost 10 years, Britain will have plenty toAP - 111 words
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Article70 1949-02-21 2 GUATEMALA. Sun. Guatemala claims that Britain is trying to sabotage a conference to be held on March 15, at which demands will be made that Britain and other European countries give up their South American colonies. The conference will be held at Havana. A Guatemalan Foreign OfficeAP - 70 words
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Article27 1949-02-21 2 JOHANNESBURG. Sun.— A proposal to import Indians Into Southern Rhodesia as farm labourers has received support of the National Farmers Union there.— A.P.AP - 27 words
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141 1949-02-21 2 PRAGUE, Sun. A GREEK guerilla broadcast said yesterday that guerillas shot down a plane previ- ously reported as having crashed on Thursday In north-west Greece, killing an American and a Briton. A despatch from Phlorina, Greece, near the Albanian frontier said thatUP - 141 words
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Article19 1949-02-21 2 NEW YORK. Sun.—Radar Is being used by American police to trap speeding motorists on Long Island.—Reuter.Reuter - 19 words
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34 Die In French Rail Crash
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Article29 1949-02-21 2 LONDON, Sun.— Mr. Fred Glllman, Quaker hymn writer, and editor of the "Fellowship Hymn Book" of which 1,150,000 copies have been sold, has died, aged 82.— A.P.AP - 29 words
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Article20 1949-02-21 2 BERNE, Sun.— Negotiations for a new Swiss-British trade and payment agreement will be resumed in Berne tomorrow. AJ».20 words
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Article25 1949-02-21 2 LONDON, Sun.— A year-old hen in Bedford laid an egg weighing eight ounces, and measuring nine and a hall Inches In circumference. Reuter.Reuter - 25 words
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Article19 1949-02-21 2 WASHINGTON, Sun.—President Truman has accepted the resignation of Mr. William Draper, as Under-Secre-tary of the Army. U.P.UP - 19 words
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Article51 1949-02-21 2 LONDON, Sun. A lover who greeted his girl friend after a long estrangement with such ardour that he broke one of her ribs is mentioned in the British Medical Journal. The girl admitted that her boy friend, after being away for several months, had embraced her with unusual passion.Reuter - 51 words
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Article26 1949-02-21 2 BELGRADE, Sun.— DJure Salaj, Yugoslavia's Union chief, has protested to the United Nations against the Greek Government's imprisonment of Greek seamen's leaders. A.P.AP - 26 words
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Article37 1949-02-21 2 BBRUJt Sun.— One of the worst fogs t&r years stopped the Allied airlift to Berlin yesterday, soon after a British York had landed with the one millionth ton carried since the Soviet blockade began.— AP.AP - 37 words
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Article31 1949-02-21 2 MANILA. Sun.— All 14 Japanese defendants in a Philippines war crimes trial were sentenced to hang yesterday. They were convicted on 20 charges of murder and rape. A.P.AP - 31 words
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Article19 1949-02-21 2 KARACHI, Sun.— Pakistan and Yugoslavia have signed a trade agreement, lt was officially announced last night. Reuter.Reuter - 19 words
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Article21 1949-02-21 2 VIENNA, Sun.— Linda Christian is giving up her career for marriage, says her new husband. Tyrone Power.— A.P.AP - 21 words
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Article30 1949-02-21 2 LONDON. Sun. Three packs of hounds paraded through the streets of Westerham. Kent, yesterday, as part of a protest demonstration against the anti-hunting Bills In Parliament.— A.P.AP - 30 words
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Article41 1949-02-21 2 MANCHESTER, Sun.— A few hours after a bank robbery a man telephoned a Manchester paper and complained, "I am fed up. This is the second bank robbery I have done in a fortnight and I only got £30." A.P.AP - 41 words
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Article36 1949-02-21 2 LONDON, Sun.— Dr. Mont Folllck, an M.P., has offered to teach his new spelling system of phonetic English to any 10 fellow M.P.S in one hour, or give 100 guineas to charity. A.P.AP - 36 words
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Article207 1949-02-21 2 MANUS 'DESERTED JUNK HEAP' SYDNEY. Sun. MANUS Island, naval base In the Pacific which the Australian Government decided to rebuild, has been allowed to become a "deserted Junk heap overgrown by jungle, the newspaper Sunday Sun said today. Although the Americans evacuated It In 1946. lt, was not until thisReuter - 207 words
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Article116 1949-02-21 2 New Peace Hopes For Palestine RHODES, Sun. mHERE were strong hopes K. here today that an IsraeliEgyptian armistice would be sifrned within the next week. Egyptian and Israeli armistice delegation^ were hindered from final agreement by only a few points, mainly concerning Bersheeba, "capital" of the Negev, an authoritative sourceReuter; UP - 116 words
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Article117 1949-02-21 2 CANBERRA, Sun. BRITAIN has asked Australia to have Its £148,000.000 Snowy River hydro-elec-tric project, which wi!l take 25 years to complete, In operation within 12 years, it was learned In authoritative quarters here today. The main purpose of this would be to enable the transfer ofReuter - 117 words
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Article27 1949-02-21 2 LONDON, Sun.— Tass, the Russian news agency, reported yesterday that a "black book" on Cardinal Mlndszenty's trial was published by the Hungarian Government. 1 A.P.AP - 27 words
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Advertisement701 1949-02-21 2 NOTICES MALAYAN BREWERIES LTD. I osl'RE OF ROAD. NOTICE IS HEREBY OIVEN that the road leading from Alexandra Road to the Company's Brrwery and Staff Quarters la private property and will be closed to the Public from midnight on Saturday, the 26th February. 1949 to midnight on Sunday, the 27th701 words
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Advertisement789 1949-02-21 2 NOTICES WANTED. Kuala Lumpur Municipality. Lady Medical Officer (Registered Medical Practitioner). Experience In t Maternity and Child Welfare l essential. Salary scale $520 X A3O 670/ Bar/720 x A3O r $900. WANTED. Kuala Lumpur Muni- t clpallty. Assistant Health Officer (Registered Medical Practitioner). Previous clinical experience easential and some knowledge789 words
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Advertisement596 1949-02-21 2 NOTICES NOTICE OF REMOVAL Notice is hereby given that as from Feb. 28th, 1949, the Kuala Lumpur Office of Imperial Chemical Industries (Malaya) Ltd., will be removed to Ounlop House, 42 Ampang Road, Kuala Lumpur. SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY Vacancies: ASSESSOR'S OEPARTM E N T Two Probationer Assessment Officers, 18 <o 20596 words
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Advertisement47 1949-02-21 2 MAGNETOS Ex. Stock in single, twin, four and six cylinder types. Clock or anti-clock. Impulse starters. Spares and equipment available for servicing. Complete Magnetos and FULL range of spares in stock. MAGNETOS for FORDSONS $155.00 Soul Agents* Represented throughout the Federation of Malaya by WEARNE BROS. LTD.47 words
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Article249 1949-02-21 3 Big Barrage ByBurmese Troops LONDON, Sunday. A FTER a two-day gun barrage, Burmese Government troops yesterday advanced on the rebel forces holding out at Insein on the outskirts of Rangoon. A War Office despatch said troops made a street-to-street advance through the town of Gyogan,AP; UP - 249 words
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Article, Illustration26 1949-02-21 3 SYDNEY fTANLSY, chief witness in the I.ynakey Tribunal, arrives at the Polish consulate in London in connection with a deportation order made against him Keuter photoReuter - 26 words
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Article135 1949-02-21 3 DECREASE IN RICE YIELD Fiom Ojr SUB orrrspondent KUALA I.UMPUR. Sun. WHERE will be a considerI able decrease in Malayan oductton ior tii Department ol Agriculites that reports comDdlcate that the recent prolonged drought has serious damage 'o fiops in several states. Kedah has been the most berlously affected. Only135 words
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Article84 1949-02-21 3 vA. Sun.— The United Nations Trade Committee unanimously approved measures lo increase trade between Europe and the West. Twenty-four European countries and the United States adopted a resolution i asking the U.N. Economic; Commission for Europe and governments concerned to collaborate in exchanging information on what commodities bothUP - 84 words
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Article130 1949-02-21 3 PARIS, Sun. Prince Aly Khan and his English wife met for a minute yesterday In the chambers of the judge who is handling their divorce action. They agreed that no reconciliation was possible and that they wanted a divorce. Aly Khan has announced that he will marry130 words
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Article, Illustration24 1949-02-21 3 MR AND MRS. O'KEEFE with their counsel, discussing legal action in connection with the Australian deportation order against Mrs. O'Keefe and her children.—Her-ald-Sun picture.24 words
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Article170 1949-02-21 3 I SUMATRA PLANTERS KILLED MEDAN. Sun. liHREE Dutch planters were killed and four wounded j when a masked terrorist gang attacked two tobacco estates 14 miles outside Medan. capi- tal city of East Sumatra State, reports Aneta, the Dutch news agency. Seeing flames in the direction of the estates, the170 words
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Article73 1949-02-21 3 Royal Dutch airlines 'K.L. M. i will open a service between Amsterdam and Batavia on Monday. Feb. 28, it was announced yesterday There will be three flights a week in each direction. The service was suspended on Dec. 23, last year, as a reult of the banReuter - 73 words
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Article60 1949-02-21 3 BATAVIA. Sun. -According to a report in the Keng Po of Feb. 16, the authorities here have made no decision regarding the expulsion of Mr. Quentin Pope, the Chicago Tribune correspondent. The paper recently carried an article severely criticising the attitude of the Dutch towards the Republic60 words
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Article160 1949-02-21 3 14 Killed In Mid-Air Collision rOURTEEN people were kill- ed when a British European Airways Dakota and a Royal Air Force Anson plane collided in mid-air near Coventry yesterday. There were no survivors. The Dakota was on a scheduled flight from London to Glasgow, with a crew of four andReuter - 160 words
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Article42 1949-02-21 3 VANCOUVER British Columbia, Sun.— Fire destroyed the control tower and administration buildings of the Dominion Government airport at Sea Island, 12 miles south of Vancouver. Firemen were hampered in their efforts to control the blaze by a swirling snowstorm. —U.P.UP - 42 words
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Article159 1949-02-21 3 NEW YORK. Sun. qritain, struggling with equipment 40 years out of date, has lost her world leadership of industry through failure to modernise her plants, according to an American publisher. Mr. James H. McGraw gave this explanation of Britain's industrial plight in an article appearing in159 words
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Article, Illustration49 1949-02-21 3 ABOVE: The Duke of Edinburgh driving Princess Elizabeth away from their new London home, Clarenie House (seen in background), where both spent a morning inspecting the interior decorations and furnishings. Right: Princess Beatrix and Princess Irene of the Netherlands seen skiing in Austria.— A.P. pictures. jAP - 49 words
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Article166 1949-02-21 3 LAKE SUCCESS. Sun. A U.S. spokesman said today j that the first concrete ideas for setting in motion President Truman's global fair deal will be unfolded by the United State» thi s week .n the United Nations' Economic and Socdal Council. The assistant SecretaryUP - 166 words
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Article73 1949-02-21 3 RICHMOND. Virginia, Sun. —The U.S. Vice-president, Mr. Alben W. Barkley said today that prospects for world peace seem brighter now than at any time since the war. He said, however, that if the United States is to carry out its "world mission,'" it must keep aUP - 73 words
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Article147 1949-02-21 3 TODAY TNT Monday Morning Market, Presbyterian Church Hall, Orchard Road. 830 p.m to noon Y.W.C.A. International Fortnightly Club, Mrs Eric Henton on "Portugal," 5, Raffles Quay, 10 ML St. John Ambulance Association, drill for all women members ot th« nursing divisions. Raffles Girls' School, B p.m. International Artists147 words
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223 1949-02-21 3 "No War For Hundreds Of Years If West Knits Closer" UKiSTUL, Sunday. rpHE Foreign Secretary, Mr. Ernest Bevin, said last x night: "If the West and the other peace-loving nations get together now there will be no war for hundreds of years." "If w e get this co-operation instead ofAP - 223 words
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Article200 1949-02-21 3 TAIWAN TO BE "SEALED" TAIPEH, Taiwan, Sun. AN iron-clad set of security regulations requiring prior registration and what, in effect, will be a special passport for entry into Taiwan, will be effective on March 1 The enforcement of the new regulations will be preceded on Feb. 26 and 27 by200 words
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Article82 1949-02-21 3 DUSSiXDGF F, Sun.— Ruhr police yestercay started a widespread hur t for a mystery woman said to be hiring agents to spread propaganda that "Hitler is alive and will return soon." A flood of these leaflets has appeared during the last week in the region. Police announced82 words
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Article113 1949-02-21 3 U.S. 'Smear Policy Condemned NEW YORK. Sun. jyjISS Agnes Smedley. American novelist, thanked the Army Department for "clearing my name and reputation," but said she had already suffered irrevocably from the charge that she had acted a s a Soviet spy in Japan. Miss Smedley's statement, issued by her attorney,UP - 113 words
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Article56 1949-02-21 3 ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Sun. The English housewife who wanted to fly around the world is ready to give up. Mrs. Richard Morrow-Tait, aged 25, returned to Alaska by begging r'.des in mid-win-ter weather. She had vainly tried to raise money to repair her plane, which crashed near Tok56 words
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1028 1949-02-21 4 The Straits Times Singapore, Mon, Feb. 21, 1949 THE OUTLOOK IN CHINA Peace negotiations in China do not appear to be a day nearer than they were when the Communists responded to the Nationalist appeal. Only an unofficial peace mission has visited Peiping. The official Nationalist delegation has yet to1,028 words
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127 1949-02-21 4 Fifty Years Ago. From the Straits Times of Feb. 21, 1899: Shanghai is in no greater haste than Singapore for the erection of the 1897 Jubilee I Memorial, and Hongkong has nothing to boast of apparently over its sister ports. Shanghai has Tls. 21,000 in hand, and the Municipality has127 words
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Article, Illustration1513 1949-02-21 4 The Rt. Hon. WINSTON S. CHURCHILL - By The Rt. Hon. WINSTON S. CHURCHILL The French Attitude In The Hour Of Crisis FUTURE generations may deem it noteworthy that the supreme question of whether we should fight on alone never found a place upon the War Cabinet Agenda It was taken for grant ed and as a1,513 words
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Article605 1949-02-21 4 a FULL and very correct account has already been given of the career of the late Lt.-Col. William Allison Gutsell, E.D., J.P. .The writer had the honour and privilege to be his best friend, and writes these few lines as a last tribute to his memory.605 words
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Advertisement815 1949-02-21 4 ADS. MAAKIAGEB GREEN— HENRY. At Bt. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Kuala 1-umpur. 18th February. 1949. scph Oreen. Chief Controller of mlay», to Henrietta Emma CMMi Henry. Malayan Nursing Bunirsar Hospital. Kuala I.rninnr .JACKSON OKOSE HUTCHIFON The marriage of Barbara May HuU-hlson. to Cyril Jackson Orose. took place at the Presbyterian Chinch815 words
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Advertisement8 1949-02-21 4 Ho punctuality without our Watchei 16 Collyer Quay8 words
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Advertisement66 1949-02-21 4 NEW AND IMPORTANT/ Warm Clothes for your Home Leave H. B. WINTER MERCHANT TAILOR BHIRTMAKKR The Quality of our Tailoring Is Expressed in The Personality of the GARMENT 18-E, Battery Rd First Floor Phone 3660 IfI^OPTICIBM Fellow Institute Ophthalmic Opticians (Eng) Fellow Worshipful Co. of Spectacle-Maker* (Erg) Freemjn of the66 words
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Article293 1949-02-21 5 Doctor Tells Of Problems Ahead In Malaya From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. THE Malayan Government would have to spend a considerable sum of money if it wanted to combat tuberculosis, said a T.B. expert, Dr. Andrew Morland, today. Dr. Morland, who293 words
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Article207 1949-02-21 5 HOSPITAL rates have been Increased In Singapore as a result of a decision by the Hospitals Board, but payment for admission to all third class wards has been abolished, Commenting on the increased rates which affect only the higher wards, the Director of Medical Services,207 words
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Article, Illustration70 1949-02-21 5 V X. -BOUND: Mr. Y. F. Then, of Singapore, who is leaving for the U.K. this wrek by the Canhage to further his studies in law and English literature. Mr. Chen was attached to the Far Eastern Bureau of the British M.0.1, in New Delhi during the war. Besides English,70 words
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Article26 1949-02-21 5 Mr. J. N. McHugh has been gazetted Director of Public Relations Federation of Malaya. He has been acting Director for more than a year.26 words
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Article118 1949-02-21 5 rE Ausralian Commissioner for Malaya, Mr. Claude Massey, gave away a Sydney bride. Barbara May Hutchison, when she married Mr. CyriWackson Gn*e of London at the Presbyterian Church, Singapore, on Saturday evening. Mr. Grose 1« on the staff of Boustead and Co. The bride wore a gown118 words
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315 1949-02-21 5 Budh Singh On Political Education From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sun Fthe Malayan Indian Congress had not g I en political education to Indians in this country they would have been "weaned Into participating In the present campaign of violence," said Mr. Budh Singh, today. He said he had315 words
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Article80 1949-02-21 5 Prayers for "the men who go down to the sea in ships" were said at St. Andrew's Cathedral last night at the annual Seafarers' Service. Seamen and representatives of the shipping Industry were among the large congregation. The lessons were read by Captain Keys of the Royal Navy80 words
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Article63 1949-02-21 5 PENANG, Sun. "mHE younger generation JL should grow up as Malayans and not as Malays or Chinese," declared the Malay Federal Councillor, Dr. K. Mohamad Ariff. last night speaking at the annual reunion dinner of the North Malaya Alumni Association of Hong Kong University. Dr. Ariff urged63 words
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Article181 1949-02-21 5 MR. KEE IS OFF exploring; HEARD Island, a lonely icecapped crag midway between Australia and South Africa, is the destination of Penang-born Kee Hock Ooi, the first Chinese to join a group of Australian research scientists engaged on Australia's long-range programme of Antarctic investigations. Mr. 001. aged 30, Is an181 words
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Article122 1949-02-21 5 DR. Sarban Singh, of the City Dispensary, 245 Serangoon Road, believed to be the only Sikh private practitioner in Singapore, died suddenly last night in the General Hospital. He was 32. Dr. Sarban was treasurer of the Singapore Khalsa Association. Born in Malaya, Dr. Sarban received his122 words
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Article61 1949-02-21 5 Mr. Edward Judah and Miss Flossie Judah were married: at the Maghaln Aboth Synagogue In Waterloo Street, yeterday afternoon. The bride, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Judah of Frlncep Street. wa« formerly an office clerk attached, to the Base Ordnance Depot. The bridegroom Is the son of61 words
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Article94 1949-02-21 5 i Yen. Narada Thera Is expected in Singapore tomorrow by plane from Colombo. He Is coming at the invitation of the Singapore Buddhist Association to officiate at the ceremonies of laying the foundation stone for the erection of Sri Lankaramaya (Bud.ihist Temple) at St. Michael's Road,94 words
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Article48 1949-02-21 5 Members of the Singapore Gun Club, fire-arms dealers and officers of the Police Force were present at a dinner party held at the Great World given by Messrs. Ho Cheow Hock and Ho Sim Guan of the Arms Department of I Ho Hock Ann and Company.48 words
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Article322 1949-02-21 5 CHARLES Ferrand, who Is now exhibiting over 50 of his oil paintings at Robinsons, is not a painter of genius. Of much more Interest to the people who will want to buy his pictures, he is a painter of considerable talent, with a properly artistic sense of322 words
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Article340 1949-02-21 5 TO help Singapore's sick children St. Andrew's' Mission Hospital is planning an appeal for $60,000 to help pay for the re-equipment of the hospital and help to meet its running expenses. It is hoped to raise the money from a hospital week to be held340 words
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Article157 1949-02-21 5 BANDIT MESSENGER SHOT From On SUB Correspondent IPOH. Sun. POLICE returning to their I station near Salak Norttt yesterday shot and wounded but failed to catch a Chinese whom they believe to have been carrying food supplies into the Jungle for the bandits. The man was first seen going towards157 words
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264 1949-02-21 5 rpHK Singapore Municipal Salaries report was warmly welcomed yesterday by an official of the Municipal Services Union. "It Is an historic document" he said, "because it is the first salaries report in this country on which representatives of the salary earners whom it affects wer264 words
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Article, Illustration423 1949-02-21 5 Memorials To Gordons, Argylls Unveiled THE Commander-in-Chief, Far East Land Forces, General Sir Neil Ritchie, unveiled two memorial plaques in the Presbyterian Church, Singapore yesterday afternoon. They were in commemoration of "the 808 ifficerr and men of the Gordon Highlanders and the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, who lost their lives423 words
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Article188 1949-02-21 5 PLAN TO PREVENT CRIME rhelp turn potential criminals away from crime and to make a success of the probation system, the Singapore Social Welfare Department is seeking the co-o;;eration of employers in finding jobs for Juveniles committed to its care. Unfortunately, a Depar.ment spokesman said yesterday, few emplofers have offered188 words
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Advertisement64 1949-02-21 5 HA LEX IB B|f BRINGS ADMIRATION TO A HEAD A DELIGHTFUL SELECTION OF LADIES AND 3ENTLEMENS TOILET ACCESSORIES HAVE JUST REACHED US. LADIES 3 AND 4 PIECE TRAVEL SETS IN ZIP LEATHER CASES. PERSPEX AND MILITARY HAIR BRUSHES 3ABY SETS. NAIL BRUSHES. ZOTE SPONGES. J OWDER BOXES, MIRRORS. COMBS. TOOTH64 words
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Article, Illustration1120 1949-02-21 6 Terrorists Had Trenches Dug Around j Johore Camp 'Remarkable Escape' DETAILS of a grim battle between a combined force of Gurkhas and Innisklllings against bandits, who had a 300 yard trench system dug around their camp, in the Kota Tinggi area of Johore were given in a talk by an1,120 words
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Article, Illustration963 1949-02-21 6 From P. 4 party went out into a dripping but sunlit garden, and talked things over for half an hour. On our return I restated our position. We could not agree to a separate peace, however, it might come. Our war aim remained the total defeat963 words
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Advertisement210 1949-02-21 6 LAST DAY! n m 4s e s and 9M p ALSO GAIMONT BRITISH NEWS Showing The Malayan Thomas Cup Team In Action At Wimbledon The House I I /i rß(||/{\y# Phone Of Comfort IW/^\|J I*l MH WELCOME BACK TOMORROW! "j!jfc '-K "SONG OF THE THIN MAN" ...The Newest. M WF210 words
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Advertisement466 1949-02-21 6 m LAST DAY m > m gwatist swoosh** Of FRANCC Mtin a^B mM9^\^o*^^^ ~^fgitf^y bl in color COLUMBIA PICTURES E PARKS/T jyHAPMAN j jap A VICTOR JORY GEORGE MACREADY ■LjjjJ 11 a.m., 1.45 p.m., 4, 6.30 Hz 9.15 ~OPENS TOMORROW! FROM THE STAGE HIT THAT HIT BROADWAY BETWEEN THE EYES466 words
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Miscellaneous298 1949-02-21 6 sguMBH MHMHj HgP^Bgf lil^^w IBBWWBS HpmwM 8.30 These Men Make „15 Generally Speaking; ..45 jinunruni George Gershwni; 9.00 Stand. Bands withic bands; 8.00 Women's 10.55 Schools' Broadcast; 12.00 fBB^f 88^ 9 30 A Ncw^^ 9 45 Evenl:l programme'; 8.45 BBC Midland Close- 100 Monday Matinee 130 BtK > 100 IMefonso298 words
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633 1949-02-21 7 MALAYAN MARKETS HOLD UP WELL AFTER A WEAK START From A Market Correspondent APEMNG weakly, Malayan markets showed still further easiness until many quotations reached new post-war low points where buyers were attracted. At the end of the week there was a noticeable hardening tendency and in total a fair633 words
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Article291 1949-02-21 7 LONDON, SUH. DOLLAR stocks on the London Stock Exchange on Friday, responded to Wall Street Improvement and registered gains up to one-and-a-half points, says Reuter's financial correspondent. Most other sections were quietly firm. Business transacted was little more than the usual week-end operations. Closing middle prices of selected291 words
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Article144 1949-02-21 7 rpHE Singapore Chamber of J. Commerce Rubber Association's noon prices on Saturday were, in cents per Ib. Buyer Seller No. 1. R.S.S. Spot loose nominal 35 Vi 35% F. 0.8. In bales No. 1 R.S.S. 35% 35% No. 2 R.S.S. 33 34 No. 3 R.SJ3. 32% 33 V144 words
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Article76 1949-02-21 7 From A Market Correspondent DULL week-end trading on Singapore produce markets brought to end an otherwise fairly Urge turnover In a number A f sections. A feature of the week was the strong rise in pepper quotations which, despite their being much In advance of overseas offers, attracted76 words
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Article275 1949-02-21 7 HTHE Board of the British Tin I Investment Corporation has decided, subject to audit, to recommend a final dividend of 7 per cent., l&ss tax, making 10 per cent, for 1948. For 1947 there was one payment of 5 per cent., the distribution for275 words
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128 1949-02-21 7 A NEW cable station at Jesselton in North Borneo will shortly be opened by Cable and Wireles s to provide a link between Borneo, Singapore and Hong I Kong. me caDie line Detween Hong Kong and Labuan has been diverted to Jesselton, a Cable128 words
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Article45 1949-02-21 7 NEW YORK, Son. rE sale of a New York Stock Exchange membership for $40,000 wm announced yesterday. It la the lowest price paid since one was sold for the same amount on Dec. 18, 1943. —A. P. B m I45 words
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Article55 1949-02-21 7 IPOH, Bun. fiOPENG Consolidated, has deVJ clared an Interim dividend ot five per cent on account of the year ending September 30, 1949, payable on March 7. 1949. Ttkka-Tal^ing has declared an Interim dividend of one shilling per share on account of the year ending Oct. 1, 1949,55 words
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Advertisement1194 1949-02-21 7 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. (Incorporated In Singapore) Br.UB FUNNEL UNI fT *AIT» lIIAM.HIP CO~ Carrier's wtiwi te preceed via erker pertt te lead and dieefcarge cargo. LTD. tAIUNCS FROM UK UiA WEST COAST MALAYA "MerKmati" for Muar Feb. 14 t^ rl U l i C C •M«.»rtab" for Malacca Feb 221,194 words
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Advertisement235 1949-02-21 7 PRESIDENT LINER SAILINGS TO NEW YORK AND BOSTON VIA CEYLON. INDIA, ECYPT AND MEDITERRANEAN PORTS. Singapore P Sham Penang Pret. Polk Codowns 13/14 Omit. Feb. 22/25 Sails Feb. 21 Mount Davit Feb 24/ Mar 1 Mar. 4/5 Mar. 6/* Mount Mantfield Mar. 17/22 Mar. 21/24 Mar. 25/28 TC MA PACIFIC235 words
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Advertisement320 1949-02-21 7 EAST ASIATIC LINE i SAILINCS FROM SCANDINAVIA/UK./ CONTINENT. n- .s "Manchuria" due abt. Mar. I for Manila. H'Kong Shanghai. Kobe Yokohama mj. "Malaya" due abt Mar. for Saigon Bangkok m 4 "Mconia" due abt Mar 10 for Saigon b 3angfcok mj. "Kambodia" due abt. Apr. 3 for Manila, H'Konß Shanghai.320 words
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Advertisement975 1949-02-21 7 McALISTER <Sc CO.. LTD. I Incorporated in Singapore) RLLBRMAN BUCK* ALL KLAVENESS LIMB LONDON. HAVRE. ROTTERDAM I v s CANAOIAN PACIFIC PORTS. ft HAMBURG. Accepting cargo tor Central b South CITY OF DURHAM Amer^an Port. Spore P. Sham Penang I CASTLEVILLE 11-18 Mar. 9-12 Mar. 20 Mar. I Spore P975 words
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Article558 1949-02-21 8 MALAYA TIPPED TO BEAT AMERICANS Tonight's Cup Semi-Final From LEE SIEW YEE, Straits Times Staff Reporter with the Thomas Cup team. MALAYA is a firm favourite to beat America in the Thomas Cup semi-final which begins at Kelvin Hall tomorrow night, and ends on Tuesday night. The Scottish players, who558 words
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Article, Illustration42 1949-02-21 8 AUTOGRAPHS were in demand after the Malayans beat England 9—o at Torquay on Feb. 12. Here Lim Kee Fong and Chan Kon Leong oblige a few of the spectators. Ong Poh Lim (left) and Law Teik Hock (right) look on.— A.P. picture.AP - 42 words
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Article293 1949-02-21 8 LONDON, Sunday. jpNGLISH League football form was well and truly upset yesterday. Portsmouth, Newcastle, Derby and Manchester United, top four clubs in the premier division, all suffered defeat away from home while th« four clubs at the foot of the table, Sheffield 1 nited.293 words
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Article314 1949-02-21 8 MAGIC EYE A GREAT SUCCESS From EPSOM JEEP IPOH, Sunday. ANEW chapter in the annals of Malayan Turf history was written when the magic-eye camera was used for the first time to decide close finishes at tht Perak Turf Club February meeting which concluded on Saturday. Turf officials and the314 words
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Article88 1949-02-21 8 Only one record was established when Raffles College held their eleventh annual at'lletlc meet on the College grounds. Yeo Beng Poh. who claimed the best performance trophy, clocked 23 3/4 sees, for the 220 yds. The previous record of 23 4/5 tecs was set up by Wong Hong88 words
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Article74 1949-02-21 8 GLASGOW, Sun. "T^VERY member of team Ju is fit, happy and conndent. I am more confident than ever," said Malaya's manager, Mr. Lim Chuan Geok, in a Cup tie eve interview. Mr. Lim added: "I thank, on behalf of my team, the Malayan public, without whose support74 words
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Article42 1949-02-21 8 mOMGHT'S order of play: 1 Wong Peng Soon vs Mendei. 00l Teik Hock vs Freeman. Yeoh Teck Chye and Chan Kon I.eong vs Clinton Stephens and Bobby Williams. Ooi Teik Hock and Teoh Seng Khoon vs Freeman and Wynn Rogersy.42 words
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Article211 1949-02-21 8 From Our Own Correspondent BANGKOK, Sun. A GOAL scored Jrom a free kick awarded R.A.F. Malaya when a Siamese R.A.F player returned to field after being injured without notifying referee, enabled the R.A.F. Malaya soccer team to beat the Siamese R.A.F. by three goals to two In a211 words
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Article, Illustration263 1949-02-21 8 FAVOURED by good weather and a fair breeze, the biggest poat-war turn-out of sailing craft provided a thrilling day for hundreds of yachting enthusiasts when the 24th annual regatta of the Royal Singapore Yacht Club was held yesterday. Eighty-three sailing craft, ranging from airborne lifeboats to263 words
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Article236 1949-02-21 8 COLOMBO, Sun. AFTER being dismissed for. 122, Ceylon, following on, had scored 119 for 4 wickets when stumps were drawn in the second day of the tJireeday Test match against the West Indies. Jones, 4 for 39, and Trim, 3 for 27, were responsible for Ceylon's236 words
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Article138 1949-02-21 8 THE M.C.F.A. at its first. council meeting for 1949, held in Kuala Lumpur yesterday, elected the following committees: Rules committee: Dr. Teh Hun Yam (chairman) and Messrs. Kok Chong Fook and Choo Kwal Law. Referees board: Messrs. Koe Ewe Teik (chairman), C. B. Tail and Ho Srng138 words
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Article129 1949-02-21 8 BELFAST, Sun.' ONG Poh Lim of Singapore yesterday won the Irish badminton men's singles title here beating Lim Kee Fong of Selangor 15-9, 15-7 in the final. In the semi-final Ong: Poh Lim eliminated the England international, H. Marsland, 15-3, 12-15. 15-11, Lim Kee Fong receivedReuter - 129 words
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Article755 1949-02-21 8 I IRS 1 DIVISOR P D L A pts Portsmouth 29 16 8 ***** 40 Newcastle 2ft 14 9 6 01 36 37 Derby 28 14 7 7 46 40 35 Chailton 29 12 10 7 49 43 34 Manch. U 27 12 9 6 52 28 33 Arsenal 29755 words
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443 1949-02-21 8 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. A STRONG appeal to Government not to plac« sport in the same category as the cinema business and other similar forms >f entertainment in levying entertainment tax, was made by Mr. T. W. Ong at the final council443 words
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Article38 1949-02-21 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. ■pXHILARATINO hockey of jlj a high standard was seen this evening on the Selango** club padang when the Singapore Recreation Club defeated the Selangor Eurasian Association by three goals to one.38 words
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Article43 1949-02-21 8 The R.A.F. (Sembawang) defeated the Indian Association ac cricket yesterday by nine wickets. Cave bowled best for the Airmen taking six for 21. Scores: Indians 89 (Mohini'er Singh 28); R.A.F. 90 Tor 1 (Bowman 38. Hammond 33 n.0.)43 words
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Article113 1949-02-21 8 Benevolent Fund For Players KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. A BENEVOLENT fund for players and their families was approved at the first 1949 council n.eeti:i". of the Malayan Chinese Football Association held at the S.C.R.C. today. This decision was formulated into a new rule which states that the M.C. F.A. council .may113 words
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Article40 1949-02-21 8 The Fotice beat the Colonials cricket XI by seven wickets in a game played at the Police Training School y»sterday. S. K. Sundram and J. C. Cooke scored 72 and 71 runs respectively for the Police.40 words
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Article28 1949-02-21 8 The Shell Company (Wood--lands) soccer team defeated tba Extra Police Constables "A" Divi sion, by three goals to nil Woodslands yesterdjy. Scoir-s: Pungop and Bin (2>~.28 words
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Obituary25 1949-02-21 8 Dr. Sarban Singh, at eight p.m. on February 20 at the Civil General Hospital, leaving behind his wife and a son. Deeply i■•->i■•- > gretted.25 words
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Advertisement646 1949-02-21 8 I \SSIHKD ADS (Continued from page 4) ACCOMMODATION VACANT FULLY FURNISHED Urge modern house In Holland Road area to let for approximately xix months from Ist June. "Nt servants to be retained. Particulars from Box No A 5477. S.T. j < OMMODATION WANTED EUROPEAN requires bedroom and bathroom In Johore646 words
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Miscellaneous32 1949-02-21 8 SINGAPORE TIDES TODAY: High Water, 3.55 a.m. (8 ft. 3 in.), 5.46 p.m. (8 ft. 9 In.) TOMORROW: High Water, 4.50 am. H ft. 9 in.), 8.00 p.m. (6 ft. 8 in.)32 words
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