The Straits Times, 20 July 1949
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Title Section18 1949-07-20 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, JULY 20, 1949. PRICE TEN CENTS.18 words
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Article375 1949-07-20 1 Colonies Will Not Suffer— Creech Jones LONDON, Tuesday. THE Commonwealth Ministers ended their six-day conference last night with a recommendation that Britain and the Commonwealth should cut their dollar expenditure by US$650,000,000 this year. They gave Malaya and other dollar-earning colonial* territories a pledge, however, that,Reuter - 375 words
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Article, Illustration44 1949-07-20 1 AUSTRALIAN POLICEMEN load documents seized from Marx House, Sydney, on to trucks after they were taken during a search for money withdrawn from .banks by trade unions just before a bill was passed to prevent financial aid to striking coal miners A. P. nirture.44 words
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Article, Illustration42 1949-07-20 1 Tilt DUK£ OF EDINBURGH throwing the javelin at the Outward-Bound Sea School sports at Aberdovey, Wales. He threw it 109 yards and won a silver star. Associated with the school is Mr. Spencer Chapman, author of "The Jungle Is Neutral." A.P. picture.AP - 42 words
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Article118 1949-07-20 1 Tanks For H.K. Leave London LONDON, Tues. BEATING the dock strike, the 7,800-ton British ship Benalbanach sailed from London with military stores for Hong Kong last night. Specialist troops worked overtime on the ship last night and on Saturday. The Benalbanach is carrying tanks, jeeps, lorries, bulldozers and armoured scoutReuter; UP - 118 words
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Article104 1949-07-20 1 London. Tues. Fists, iron bars, chairs, bottles, crockery i and even hot coals flew in London's East End last night I in what was described as the city's worst race riot in many i years. 1 Two Negroes were badly I hurt. Eight white men104 words
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Article64 1949-07-20 1 AMSTERDAM, Tues. The < fifteenth Congress of the In- 1 ternational Alliance of Wo- men which opened here today j i adopted a resolution calling 111 1 on the United Nations to take i steps to realise the principle c of the equality of the sexes I laidReuter - 64 words
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Article121 1949-07-20 1 LONDON. Tues. THE Secretary for the Colonies. Mr. Creech Jones, who represented the colonies at the Commonwealth j conference explained today why Malaya was not sepa- rately represented. Mr. Creech Jones said it might be argued that i Malaga should have been separate!) represented be- •%BK tne121 words
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Article204 1949-07-20 1 'SOLUTION IN THE COLONIES' From Our Own C'ji.rspondent LONDON. Tues. ANE of the factors which v was very much In the i minds of the delegates at i Commonwealth Ministers conference was that a large part of the contribution to 3. solution of problems under discussion was in the nands204 words
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Article200 1949-07-20 1 LONDON. Tues. DRITAIN has reached the point In atomic research where she could produce an, atom bomb if she decided to concentrate on the problem, according to informed sources in London. As far as is known, however, Britain has not yet made the momentous decision. AlmostUP - 200 words
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Article62 1949-07-20 1 LONDON, Tues. Britain and Yugoslavia are on the point of sealing a five-year trade pact covering about £300,000,000 worth of business. The pact Is expected to pro- vide Yugoslavia with British bank credits to buy essential imports, such as machinery. Britain, in return, will get IAP - 62 words
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Article63 1949-07-20 1 From Our Staff < in respondent IPOH. Tues. THERE will be no lastminute changes in Perak this year about the Hari Raya Puasa holidays. The interim committee of the Council of Religion and Malay Custom, Perak. meeting here today definitely fixed Wednesday July 27, as63 words
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Article116 1949-07-20 1 GUATEMALA CITY, Tuesday. PRESIDENT Arevalo of Guatemala today declared a state of "grave emergency" after heavy firing here last night. A crisis was precipitated by a split in the armed forces following news of ihe assassination of Col. Francisco Arana, Chief of the Armed Forces. Eye-witnesses saidReuter; AP - 116 words
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Article549 1949-07-20 1 LONDON, Tuesday. JOHN George Haigh, who said he murdered five J women and four men and drank the blood and dissolved their bodies with acid, was today found guilty at Lewes (Sussex) Assizes of the murder of a wealthy widow. Eighty one-year-old Mr. Justice Humphreys549 words
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Article200 1949-07-20 1 AID PLAN MUST NOT BE CUT —Truman CHICAGO. Tues. PRESIDENT Truman said here today that "tenand conflicts to be increasing In Communist areas of th^ vo:'d. Like "the old tyrannies which failed" Communism based on force. Though it might have temporary triumphs In the long run it must either destroyReuter - 200 words
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Article60 1949-07-20 1 CANTON, Tues. Chinese Nationalists today reported the recapture of'Kian, 300 miles north of Canton, in renewed Central China fighting. However, they admitted trie loss of Chishui. ten miles north-east of Kian. Pro-Government patches said Nationalist troops blew up bridges on the CantonHankow railway, north of the MiloAP - 60 words
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Article15 1949-07-20 1 KABUL. Tues. A World Health Organisation mission has arrived here to fight malaria.—Reuter.Reuter - 15 words
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Article84 1949-07-20 1 U.S. Exports To Asia Drop WASHINGTON, Tues. US, exports to Asia dropped from U*****,300,000 in April to U*****,900,000 in May. I the Commerce Department reported yesterday. This was still above the 1948 monthly average of U*****,500,000. Chief changes in exports to Asia were increased shipments to Japan, which rose fromAP - 84 words
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Article61 1949-07-20 1 SYDNfcY, Tues.- Moderate candidates have won control of the previously Communist- dominated Australian Waterside Workers' Federation. Aus- tralian Labour Party members claim. They say that 11 Moderates have been returned against 10 ■*Communists and Communist supporters, reversing last year's position. The Moderates will be able toReuter-AAP - 61 words
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Article52 1949-07-20 1 BATAVIA. Tues.— A high oflicer in the Japanese occu- pation army in Java was sentenced to death by a j Dutch military tribunal yesterday for terrorising and torturing civilians and prisoners of war. Three other officers were given sentences I ranging from seven to 12 years.-52 words
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Article38 1949-07-20 1 TOKYO. Tues.— Surplus coal stocks were being thrown Into the sea at the Kyushu port of Kokura today to avoid the danger of Ignition by the summer heat, accordin to the Japanese MarH*me Bur n.— Reuter.Reuter - 38 words
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Article95 1949-07-20 1 SAN FRANCISCO, Tues. AN American-born former footballer player who became a Japanese citizen says "Tokyo Rose" described American soldiers as "dopes" and "my boneheads." Kenkichi Oki, tes'.ifyin* at the treason trial of Mrs. Iva Toguri d'Aquino. identified her as the woman who Broadcast for wartime Radio TokyoAP - 95 words
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Article19 1949-07-20 1 TOKYO, Tues— Twenty persons were buried alive in a landslide caused by the weekend typhoon "Faye". U.P.UP - 19 words
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Advertisement51 1949-07-20 1 IN STERLING SILVER AND E PN WARE P.H.HENDRY(S«w«//«r) It, NORTH BRIDGE BD. PHONE 7421 SINGAPORE. f' I MW..T.I Hv s^^m tiki k f •hwrhmau quality— tubll*. fr j-^V. "t.mftakabU (o th* I »tusoned palate~t>n </iali(y ■y*i»^*'-^^^|^\ <.; luiou' that comer only -^^f^\^ J^i tobacco, ant fi« I^^^UpKyKL^B imokirs art unxha^ably51 words
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Advertisement44 1949-07-20 1 jLVVy J 1011 AGiNU BRIGHT RADIO C° Mt ORCHARD BOAD, SIMOAPOM fcroUsKX L«o SpJ^les. Ph O, (Of. of Phzr) Lesson No. 2. B »tan*. ■>•*"•• That r»t« f lj Th«y shin* and th«y sparkU Like Hi. Kids in »"y class At ways a/- your service44 words
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Advertisement221 1949-07-20 2 3 PLEASANT Si RELIEF i v/ith sparkling! ALKA-SELTZER j I tnst relief from the pains of a licrftiurhe. '.air* Alka -Seltzet. Itv huhblinK. efl>rv«icent action i chiin.-s Alkn-Sell/er'spain reliev- .irtit tn e<> h work f»st Not Ihhlivi- you can tajka) AlknS.li/Ht ut ANY time Dr..p nit m twntJaMttsit a class221 words
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Advertisement447 1949-07-20 2 NOTICES THE PENANG TURF CftJB Will ticket holders In the Special Sweep in aid of the AntiTitberculosto Fund please again note that this Sweep will be drawn on the first race of the forthcoming Meeting on 23rd July. E. H. BULFORD, Secretary. NOTICE RE ESTATE OF J, DUNCAN ROBERTS (DECEASED)447 words
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Advertisement293 1949-07-20 2 NOTICES THE COMPANIES ORDINANCE 1944) Ptrsuat to Section 119 (1) SPECIAL RESOLUTION OF MAI. WAN SPORTS LIMITED At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Members of the abovenamed Company duly convened and held at Singapore on the 14th day of July, 1949, the following special resolution was duly passed: 'That293 words
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Advertisement651 1949-07-20 2 NOTICES NOTICE AUSTRALIANS: Each Australian throughout Malaya Is requested to send to the Australian Commissioner for Malaya, Box 99, Singapore, his name, age. place of birth and present address. HENRY WAUGH 4 CO., LTD. Incorporated in Singapore. NOTICE Is hereby given that an Interim dividend of 10% less Malayan Income651 words
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Advertisement647 1949-07-20 2 TENDER NOTICE D. I. D. TENDER NOTICE Tenders wtll be received at the Office of the State Drainage and Irrigation Engineer, Kedah' Perils, Alor Star, up to noon of the 31st July. 1949, for the construction of Reinforced Concrete Hearlgates (Comprising seven box culverts), near Jltra, Kedah. Plant and specifications647 words
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Advertisement434 1949-07-20 2 NOTICES NOTICE The War Department requires experienced Architectural Draughtsman for employment In Military Engineering Office. Experience of building construction and design essential. Salary scale Is Grade I $210x10— $800 with current C.O.L. Allowance. Applications* should be addressed to the Chief Engineer, H.Q., Singapore District, Fort Canning. Applicant's age. Places of434 words
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Advertisement279 1949-07-20 2 tender notice "tenders Tenders invited for «mpty bottles Quart and Pint sise* In lots of 1,000 sited within 6 miles of the 0.P.0. Tenders in a tcated envelope marked "BOTTLES" to be addressed to Senior District Manager, N. A. A. F.I. 79, Anson Road, Singapore and to arrive not later279 words
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Advertisement103 1949-07-20 2 Th# --S "V--\l proved r^T^ff^J remedy -^A bottle \r* home f <>•». _,i Silver holds a mirror tO her charm. Back through ih« ctntunov silver has always reflected' beauty the beauty of charming women,' of gracious living, of well-loved home*. What hii been true of stiver so long, it )um103 words
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Advertisement157 1949-07-20 3 cs^#6#t# ELECTRIC s' y^y'^f^^^ y poli»h«d floor* with thi» electric s-'/' Will polish Tile, Terraxxo or Wooden floors. H A O I IN CUARANTfIO POR II MONTHS i.12 O THI GENERAL ELECI:.K CO.. LTD.. OP ENGLAND MALACCA Xl AI.A LTjMPUR PENANG if swe .|l Ufli-lE 9£n A«£* HOW? %/y^ You'll157 words
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Advertisement377 1949-07-20 3 SMALL MEDIUM OR GIANT STEAK AND KIDNEY PIES The small size is just right for one person. The 1 Ib size is suitable for a small family. And to special orders we will make pies jp to 10 lbs in size! DELICATESSEN DEPT. SINGAPORE COLD STORAGE CO.. LTD. r-ALHAMBRA-i (Air-Conditioned—377 words
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Article, Illustration1003 1949-07-20 3 "DREAM SPIRIT" MADE HAIGH KILL 9 PEOPLE, DRINK THEIR BLOOD— K.C. LONDON, Tuesday. JOHN George Haigh, 39-year-old company director, murdered five women and four men, drank their blood and dissolved their bodies in acid at the bidding of a dream spirit. His defence counsel, Sir David Maxwell-Fyfe, K.C., said thisReuter; AP - 1,003 words
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Article104 1949-07-20 3 ORIENTAL ACT MAY GO IN U.S. WASHINGTON, Tues. THE U.S. Senate Judiciary Sub-Committee was expected to begin hearings to- day on legislation designed to wipe off the statute books the Oriental Exclusion Act. If Congress passes the bill sponsored by the Republican Representative, Mr Walter Judd. it would restore immigrationUP - 104 words
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Article, Illustration30 1949-07-20 3 I m SIR SARVAPALLI Railharishnan, new Indian ambassador to Moscow. He has lectured, and written many books on Indian Philosophy and the Hindu religion.— A.P. picture.AP - 30 words
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112 1949-07-20 3 WASHINGTON, Tues. Diplomatjc sources forecasi that i the for hcoming U.S. "white paper" on China will include evidence of Soviet backing of the Chinese Comm.ir.Usts. There have been repeated charges that Red Army troops in Manchuria save the Chinese Communists weaoons seizedAP - 112 words
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Article36 1949-07-20 3 CALCUTTA, Tues Major J. R. Bruce, a special officer of the West Bengal Civil Supplies Department, was acquitted yesterday of a charge of falsification of accounts. Bruce was arrested hi June last year. Reuter.Reuter - 36 words
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Article140 1949-07-20 3 Opponent Of Quirino's Pact Plan MANILA, Tues. AN anti-Communist union of Asian states, proposed by Generalissimo Chiang Kaishek and President Quirino, will not find the same ready acceptance in the Philippines it did in hard-pressed Nationalist China While President Quirino's Cabinet and Council of State can be expected to give140 words
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Article37 1949-07-20 3 MELBOURNE, Tues.— Road safety organisation officials state that installation of television in motorcars will be strongly opposed. They were referring to efforts by American car insurance interests to prohibit television being installed in cars.— Reuter-AAP.Reuter-AAP - 37 words
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356 1949-07-20 3 LOS ANGELES, Tuesday. T^OSSING off her dress in the corridor of a court, 1 Lois Titus, aged 25, startled the gaoler by declaring, "I'm taking a sun bath." She Is accused of shooting a cafe owner, Mark Hansen, last week. The gaoler quicklyReuter - 356 words
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Article, Illustration39 1949-07-20 3 EMIR SAYYED IDRIS El Senussi, leader of the Arabs of Cyrenaica (Libya) who recently left for England where he will discuss the future of his country, which on June 1, declared its independence. A.P. picture.AP - 39 words
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Article441 1949-07-20 4 SAFEGUARD PLEDGE TO MALAYA Common wea lih Talks End LONDON, Tuesday. MALAYA'S dollar earnings and the importance of enabling Malaya and other colonial territories "to maintain and if possible increase that contribution" came in for special discussion at the' Commonwealth financial conference which ended last night. The Chancellor of theReuter - 441 words
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Article, Illustration31 1949-07-20 4 MS. ASD MRS. B. NAKf.\'DER after their recent »eUding at Koala Pilah. Mr. Narinder is at the General Post Office, Kuala Lumpur. The bride was Miss Shanti Deri of Kuala Pilah.31 words
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171 1949-07-20 4 Cripps 'Too Optimistic' Says Eden LONDON, Tues. MR. Anthony Eden, Deputy Leader of the Opposition, last uigiit accused Sir Stafford Cripps. Chancellor of the Exchequer, of trying to "play down the Rravity of Britain' 6 economic situation." He though the Chancellor, who had hitherto never hesitated to put the trueReuter - 171 words
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260 1949-07-20 4 LONDON, Tuesday. T«HE Secretary of State for the Colonies, Mr. A. 1 Creech Jones, announced last night that he was discussing with Colonial Governments the "vital question of the extent to which dollar expenditure might or should be curtailed." He could not sayReuter - 260 words
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Article, Illustration32 1949-07-20 4 DR. ALEXANDER A. MARAMIS, Foreign Minister and Financ Minister in the Emergency Indonesian Republican Government, who prssed through Singapore yesterday on his way back from thr Philippines to Indonesia Dunia Film picture.32 words
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Article52 1949-07-20 4 From Oar Owi Ciuip— deal KOTA BAHRU, Tues.— The Deputy Registrar of Federal Citizenship, Kelantan, Dato i Amar Diraja, says that Mr. T ;W. T. Bangs, manager of Kuala Pergau Estate, (flu j Kelantan. has been the first person in Kelantan to take 1 up52 words
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Article198 1949-07-20 4 Biggest Earner Got Least LONDON, Tuesday. MALAYA— biggest dollar-earning unit in the ComiTl monwealth— and Hong Kong, Borneo and Sarawak, have so far been allotted £1,750,000 ($15,000,000) by Britain under the Colonial Development and Welfare Act. This compares with thf» £41,500,000 which has been or will be spent on Africa,198 words
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Article132 1949-07-20 4 RANGOON, Tues. BURMA Concessions Ltd., representing the Britishowned Burma Oil Co.. the Indo-Burma Oil Co., and the British Burma Oil Co., has challenged statements that the Burmese oilfields evacuation was "a (tab in the back for Burma" and that it was made without the approval132 words
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Article90 1949-07-20 4 From Our Own Correspondent PARIT BUNTAR, Tues.— The Nlbong Tebal Indian Association are sponsoring a charity soccer match and a concert in aid of the University Fund and the Gandhi Memorial Fund. N The soccer match will be the final of the inter-district knockout competition for90 words
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Article68 1949-07-20 4 Pfcaaa On Owa Cwii.ifii4i.tit PORT DICKSON, Tues. The estate staff, labourers and contractors, with their families living on Sendayan Estate, Port Dlckson, gathered recently to bid farewell to the manager, Mr. R. Q. Roden, and Mrs. Roden, before they left Malaya for leave in Europe. A copy of68 words
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138 1949-07-20 4 LONDON, Tue«. A LABOUR Member of Parliament, Mr. Ellis Smith, was ordered out of the House of Commons chamber last night. Mr. Smith, a former Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade had protested against not being asked to speak during the twoday debateReuter - 138 words
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Advertisement319 1949-07-20 4 "tfadf Within a radius of 100 miles of the London docks live a i ,000,000 people, representing L\m\tmf}Ym\mf£-4t C WOrld>S P^ 511 1 COnSUmer market The Port of London Authority with 44 miles of #mv».apfA dce P- water dock q" l^ l >s°° m**J&nr cne, md ym $tO rage capacity,319 words
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Advertisement796 1949-07-20 4 at 120 words a minute! A ntw fast- wrltlrj(t system using only A au tba familiar Ititen tt the akafcaWr learll Dj no books, stroke* or ckele* or aar, AID lIAII otetr-Mitssnsskiliiic. AIR MAIL well as writ, thtm at shorthand tpecd TTOITI LOHOOn —that b Dntton Speedwordi. writers— whauver their796 words
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339 1949-07-20 5 Temporary Clerks Must Sit For S'pore Exams CINGAPORE Municipal clerks, who were employed on a temporary basis at the end of the war, will be the first employees to sit for a special examination under the new Municipal salaries scheme. This has been agreed by the Municipal Examinations Committee, appointed339 words
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Article213 1949-07-20 5 CEMENT DEAL APPEAL THE Singapore Full Court of Civil Appeal yesterday, upholding the tuJgment of the Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Murray-Aynsley, dismissed the appeal of the Sino-British Engineering Corporation of Singapore, against M. A. Namazie and Co. in connection with a deal over 2.200 bags of Indian cement The cement213 words
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Article38 1949-07-20 5 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU. Tues A meeting of the Johore University of Malaya Fund Commi'tee decided to ask District Officers to appoint pommlt f ees on a district level to appeal for funds38 words
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246 1949-07-20 5 AM ANY registered voters were among those who 1 joined in the last-minute rush to get their names on the Singapore Legislative Council and Municipal electoral rolls. They thought they should register again. Many of those who made inquiries from the Reglslra- j tion Office246 words
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Article29 1949-07-20 5 from Our Own Corre-pnndrnt JOHORE BAHRU, Tues.— Convicted on a charge of having no identity card. Chin Jong was today sentenced to two months' rigorous imprisonment29 words
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Article81 1949-07-20 5 TEN thousand tons of high grade Italian rice is expected to arrive in Malaya next month. The rice will be counted against Malaya's allocation for the year of 480,000 tons. Approximately threefifths of this allocation have to date been delivered to Malaya. Singapore will get only81 words
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Article126 1949-07-20 5 D A.F. Spitfires and Harvards made three attacks on bandit hideouts in east and west Johore yesterday and on Monday. Cannon, machinegun and bombs were used in the .attacks. The first attack was made on Monday in west Johore In the Mount Ophir district on126 words
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Article130 1949-07-20 5 CIGHTY-EIGHT Singapore babies will take pan :n a Baby show on Sunday organised by Dr. Chen Su-lan and the Chinese Y.M.C.A. The judges will be Dr. G. Haridas, Prof E. S. Monteiro, Dr. (Mrs.) Mah Kee Lui. Dr. 'Miss C. Dencer. Dr. (Miss) Tan Jiak Hoon,130 words
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Article68 1949-07-20 5 From Our Own Correspondent MALACCA, Tues. Four charity cinema shows in aid of the Malacca Anti-T.B. Fund will be held tomorrow at the Rex Cinema. The shows have been arranged by Mr. Tan Soo Ghl, in association with the Malacca Rotary Club, and are under68 words
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Article46 1949-07-20 5 > From Our Own Correspondent PARIT BUNTAR. Tues.— Lo< Kirn Boon, a Chinese shopkeepei, was fined $100 or, in default, six weeks' rigorous imprisonment in the Circuit Magistrates Court hero when he pleaded guilty en charge of possession of fou bottles; of illicit samsu46 words
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Article43 1949-07-20 5 From Our Own Correspondent J JOHORE BAHRU Tues Mohamed bin Rais, charged i with dishonestly retaining an I electric iron and an alarm clock, pleaded not guilty in the police court today. Hearing of the case was fixed for next month.43 words
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Article180 1949-07-20 5 CINGAPORE is to have a "Boys Town," The $300,000 home for orphans and destitute boys which the Order of St. Gabriel Is building at the 9/2 mile Bukit Timah is to be called "Boys Town, Singapore." The building scheme, which incorporates the St. Joseph's180 words
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Advertisement145 1949-07-20 5 LIPTONy HU IMPORTERS IM3 HENRY WAUGH CO LTD SINGAPORE, PKNANG. KUALA LUMPUR. IPOH H^V'-> \jj* Elf 1 jdOmßm UTILITY SERVICE AUTO MA TtC HE A T CONTROLLED /PON AC. C/RO//T ONLY P#O*t ALL GOOD iO LI I>£ALERS BORNEO tJ £NG/N££*M<: O£PAR7M£Mr 'mil iiv ,ij DECORATIVE fINISHESj|j^ //^jjgl/ AVAILAILI MOM STOCK145 words
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Advertisement219 1949-07-20 5 "PLEEfiiimT pyjamas THE NEW m& THIN-WATE Half Sleeve Knee JWff/ |k Length Pyjamas Vl I MT^i for V SUMMER WEAR M 3 SECRETS If f' OF SLKPINO COMFORT I I I |1 IBiSHtniTHI I H GOING HOME WITHOUT CARPETS YOU CAN HAVE A LOOK AT SHROFFS Lpading Carpet Stockists of219 words
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Article26 1949-07-20 6 WILL THOSE KNOWING Mrs. B'rtj.i Berry or William; Cecil and John Shimmec, please communicate their whereabouts to P. Sulrdorf; 8.0.C. (Refineries) •yrlam. Burma. (Sitter enquiring.)26 words
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767 1949-07-20 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Wed., July 20, 1949 THE GREAT PURGE The story of what happened to trade unionism in Malaya in I the eventful year 1948 ie told by Mr. John Brazier, holder of i the pan -Malayan post of Trade Union Adviser, in his annual report, which was767 words
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Article304 1949-07-20 6 A little-known fact of Government finance in Singapore came to light in the sports page of the Straits Times the other day, in an interview with Mr. T- W. Ong, president of the Singapore Chinese Football Association. It was indeed surprising to learn that the tax on304 words
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Article60 1949-07-20 6 rjAN we be informed as to how many of the 6778 new Legislative Council electors in Singapore are the same persons as the 4382 new Municipal electors, and vice i versa? And also as to how many of j the grand totals of ***** Legislative and60 words
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Article, Illustration857 1949-07-20 6 N.K. MENON, J. P - N.K. MENON, J.P. By DR. Dr. Menon came to Malaya as a boy and has lived for over 4s years in Penang. His father, Mr. P.K. Nambyar, was the first Indian to be appointed to the Straits Settlements Legislative Council. Dr. Menon is himself a857 words
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440 1949-07-20 6 J AM a girl student with fond hopes of entering the University of Malaya. I am also a firm believer in equal opportunity for all, men and women alike. But it seems I am heading for disillusionment. At least, that is how440 words
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Letter301 1949-07-20 6 THE GREEN LANES OF PENANG TVHE letter from Mabel L. Button, published In your "Saturday Forum" July 16, under the caption "Oh, For One Green Lane In England," cannot be allowed to pass unanswered. There are few people who do not feel nostalgia for the land of their birth an301 words
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417 1949-07-20 6 T^HE remark in your leader on Monday that the political intelligence of British working-class women is on a par with that of the illiterate Indonesian, Chinese and Indian labouring women of Singapore is typical of the comment which men are so fond of making417 words
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Advertisement784 1949-07-20 6 CLAfc&UIED AM. n 121 TO VICKY, vile of C. 0. U. Huteon, at at report, on Mttri July. '49. a feughUr. STEWART: On the Mtb July, 1949. In Holland, to Oabrielle, •rife of E. M. Stewart. Ulu Remis totatf Layang Layang, a brothe? lor -Nul THE ENOAOKMENT U an■ounced between784 words
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Advertisement76 1949-07-20 6 HOHNER HARMONICAS DIATONIC MODELS. H S B I— TBEMOLJ, 20-hole. 40-reed $6.00 H 8. B 2— ORGAN, 20-hole, 40-reed $6.00 H.B.B.3—ALTO, 90-hole, 40-reed $6.00 11 S m-VAMPKR. 10-hole, 20-reed $3.00 PUCK-VAMFER, 10-hole, M-reed 3.71 CHEN HSIKN Bin fMmw 20-hole. 40-reed 6 50 CHROMATIC MODELS. CHROMONICA— 26O/40 10-hole. 40 rood $12.5*76 words
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Advertisement72 1949-07-20 6 FOR INSURANCETHE COMMERCIAL UNIOH GROUP: COMMERCIAL UNION ASSURANCE CO., LTD. UNION ASSURANCE SOCIETY, LTD. PALATINE INSURANCE CO., LTD. LIVERPOOL VICTORIA INSURANCE CORP: BRITISH GENERAL INSURANCE CO., LTD. BRANCH OFFICES. SINGAPORE. IPQM. P.O. Box 107. Tel. 5077. P.O. Box 47. Tel. 574. Branch Manager: Local Manager: C W. WARREN. B REID.72 words
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Article342 1949-07-20 7 Experts Being Recruited In London A SINGAPORE Government committee is studying: proposals for the formation of administrative machinery so that an extensive housing survey can be carried out for future planning. It is likely that the Singapore Improvement Trust, a Municipal planning organisation since 1927, will342 words
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Article, Illustration38 1949-07-20 7 MISSES WEE GEK IIEOK (left) and Wee Gek Kee (right) members of the Lfherty Musical Party which gave selections daring the visit of the China Society of Singapore to the Sultan's Palace in Johore Bahru. Straits Times picture.38 words
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Article206 1949-07-20 7 A $130,000 science laboratory is to be built for the Victoria School, Singapore, to give tuition in general science to all students from Standard Six upwards. The laboratory will be housed in a two-storey extension to the main building of the school. Mr. R. F.206 words
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Article140 1949-07-20 7 PDtAN and Oylonese women, members of the Singapore Lotus Club, are r>lanmr.R a gala at the South Winds Hotel in Tanjong Balai on Aug. 7 to raise lands for the University of Malaya. The Commissioner -General and Mrs. Mar Donald will be present. The programme includes140 words
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Article110 1949-07-20 7 Grads Drive For Fund FMBERS of the Stamford Club graduates of Raffles College have opened a fund for the University of Malaya Endowment Fund and in Singapore alone, more than $4,000 has been collected, the chairman of the Club. Mr Lee Siow Mong. told th? Si raits Times yesterday. "An110 words
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Article55 1949-07-20 7 Indi.m nxtik-s art- the c l ipest to Malaya and they ill fill the gap created by thi cut on dollar imports, mid the Indian Trade Commissioner in Malaya. Mr. Joginara Singh, yesterday. fofrindra Singh added nd for Indian t bt in Malaya was now tr and55 words
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Article71 1949-07-20 7 THE CalMI Natfwn Bta1 <■«!■■! lihMlMi and CvKvral OiflssillM has t— afcji £tM to k*y *Mks fw Stagmpwß. Km tM has fcwea aUui wtta a L«i4«a ■majuMu to taw cn«t «f ta* Mkctor «f Macatiaa, StagaIt is tateate* to nt tht Varies ar aerea 1 as71 words
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137 1949-07-20 7 LAWS like those In the Malay States to permit the punishment of Muslims who do not fast during the month of Ramadan would be welcomed by the Young Men's Muslim Association in Singapore. Inche Ahmad Ibrahim, president of the association, told th« Straits Times yesterday137 words
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Article137 1949-07-20 7 AFIFTY-year old Chinese who was stated to have trailed a teen-aged working girl for "some time," was fined $25 In the Fourth Police Court for trespass. He was Lee Bah Chye, of Emerald Hill Road. The girl he was alleged to have been a nuisance to was137 words
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Article30 1949-07-20 7 The average selling price of rubber (No. 1, R.S.S.) at Singapore auctions during the quarter ended June 30 was 34.49 cents per pound, it was officially stated yesterday.30 words
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Article30 1949-07-20 7 From Oar Own Correspondent Johore Bahru, Tues—Examinations in practical teaching and oral English for Norma Class students in Kluang anc Segamat began today, anc will continue till Thursday.30 words
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Article126 1949-07-20 7 SINGAPORE'S Mariamman Temple— where annual 0 fire- walking rituals are held will no longer be j the scene of goat sacrifice. me decision to stop this sacrifice was taken at a recent meeting of the management committee and supporters of the temple. The chairman of126 words
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Article40 1949-07-20 7 The East-West Society will discuss Singapore The Cultural Desert." at 830 p.m tomorrow in the British Council Hall. Stamford Road. Members of the pub'le are invited to attend the meeting and express their opinion on the subject.40 words
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Article63 1949-07-20 7 SIM. \PORE vegetarians will discuss at a meeting tomorrow ways and means of savin? Malayan wild animals and monkeys from the fat* of being exported to foreign countries for "exploitation and vivisection." The meeting will be held at 8. Cairnhill Road the premises of the Singapore63 words
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Article190 1949-07-20 7 POTATOES COMING NEXT WEEK THREE thousand tons of po1 tatoes are expected to arrive in Singapore In the I last week of this month. This is expected to improve I 1 the supply position and lower present market prices. Singapore fresh fruit and vegetable Importers have now discussed with the190 words
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Article127 1949-07-20 7 THOUSANDS of plant, fruit and flower seeds have I been sent to overseas gardens I by the Director of the Botaste Gardens, Singapore, during the past year. Some of the places these seeds have been sent to In- i elude the Royal Botanic Gar- dens at Kew,127 words
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Article100 1949-07-20 7 rpHE story of large scale 1 pilfering of rice Imported on Government account from lighters In the Telofc Ayer Basin, was told in the Fourth Police Court yesterday. Answering two separate charges of then involving approximately 14,000 katies ol rice valued at more thar $3,500, were two100 words
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Article, Illustration44 1949-07-20 7 AN ALSATIAN, Ambrose of Coldfall, with his owner, Mr. W. Trafford of the Telecommunications Department, who won live first prizes at a dog show held in Kuala I.nmpur on Saturday In aid of the Toung Women's Christian Association. Pict ure by G. 8. Boparoy.44 words
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222 1949-07-20 7 Woman Punched Woman Constable -Gaoled A WOMAN constable, Miss Susie Gan, was punched A in the eye, dragged up to the first floor of a house and pushed into a room while making a raid on hawkers in Syed Alwi Road, Singapore, on Monday. In the Second Police Court yesterday,222 words
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Article90 1949-07-20 7 CASE OVER -AFTER HANDSHAKE 1 TRAFFIC ln»pector of the Singapore Traction Company, Mr .V. R. Puttee, and a conductor, Mr. Fang ling Chun, apologia to h other and shook hand* In the Second Police Court yesterday. Mr. Fang had summoned Mr. Puttee for alleged assault on June 18. Mr. Pat90 words
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168 1949-07-20 7 J^ FEW demonstration stretches of rubber powder-asphalt road surfacing^ are to be built in Malaya in September, Mr. E. Jago, of the British Rubber Development Board, told the Straits Times yesterday. He added that two of the stretches should obviously be in Singapore and168 words
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Article115 1949-07-20 7 "Don't Pay" Appeal To Chinese From Our Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Tues. AN appeal to all Chinese to stop paving "protection money" to bandits and cooperate with the Government was made at a meeting of Johore Chinese here today. The meeting pledged full support to the Government. It also decided115 words
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Article15 1949-07-20 7 A hand grenade was found at Kallang Airport yesterday hy an extra constable.15 words
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Article206 1949-07-20 7 Bandit Huts Found In Cheras Area From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. FOLLOWING-UP Sunday night's double murdtr on the main 'runk road about three miles from Kuala Lumpur 'own centre. a police jungle squad and two sections of Kuala Lumpur south police yesterday afternoon found two bandit huts in206 words
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Article47 1949-07-20 7 The Headquarters of tiia Far East Air Force announce < that aircraft of the Royal I Air Force flew a total r<f 1 5,400.000 miles on passeng< r and troop carrvin* flights during the month of May. There was only me accident Involving injury.47 words
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Article19 1949-07-20 7 The Wesley Methodist Youth Fellowship will present "We l< Fantasia." a revue of songs ;u.d drama, tonight.19 words
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Miscellaneous26 1949-07-20 7 TO BROADCAST Dr. Robert Lim, a former Minister In the Chinese Government, will broadcast over the Blue network of Radio Malaya at 7 10 p.m. tomorrow26 words
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497 1949-07-20 8 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. FEDERATION trade union membership dropped by about 30,000 during the first five 7nonths of this year. Over 20,000 were removed rom trade union books for being in arrears with subscriptions over the period allowed by497 words
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Article, Illustration25 1949-07-20 8 CHINESE ARCHITECTURE: Part of the design of one or the windows in the new Kok Wah Si Temple at Kuala Pllah X. S. Kong picture.25 words
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Article187 1949-07-20 8 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. iT was announced here tonight that the King has approved the award of the Colonial Police Medal for gallantry to an auxiliary policeman All Akop bin Ahmad, a kampong guard in the Muar district of Johore. The citation says that187 words
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Article94 1949-07-20 8 From Our Staff C oir.'-punilent PENANG, Tues. AT a 10-minute ceremony at the Penang Residency this evening, the High Commissioner, Sir Henry Ourney, presented awards to six north Malaya residents for their work during the war. Government officials, Federal and Settlement Councillors watched the presentation. The94 words
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Article44 1949-07-20 8 I rom Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Tues.— Since the liberation the Government of Johore has sent six students, abroad for higher education and three to Singapore. Two more have been placed in the United Kingdom, and six are wailing for vacancies.44 words
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Article, Illustration51 1949-07-20 8 MRS. OETOYO, wife of th* Indonesian Government Representative in Singapore, seen with Dr. Alexander A. Maramis, Foreign Minister and Finance Minister In the Emergency Indonesian Republican Government, who is on his way back to Indonesia after obtaining: a U. 5.52,000,000 loan from the Philippines. Dunia Film51 words
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Article71 1949-07-20 8 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Tues.— The G.O.C. Malaya District, Major General C. H. Boucher, today visited the First Battalion Suffolk Regiment after they had moved into their new camp at Sungei Besi. General Boucher met Lieut.-Col I. L. Wight, Commanding Officer and other officers of71 words
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Article28 1949-07-20 8 From Our Own Correspondent SEGAMAT, Tues— Bail in $250 was offered 22-year-old Gan Poo Kang charged in the Segamat Court with theft of a bicycle.28 words
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178 1949-07-20 8 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Tuesday. rpHE Penang Rubber Exchange today cabled to the Secretary of State for the Colonies details of a [proposed plan to help Malaya's rubber industry. The plan advocated dollar premium based on a 20 per cent, refund of American178 words
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Article101 1949-07-20 8 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. A PROGRAMME of classica and folk music from many parts of the world wil be presented at the Towi Hall, Ktala Lumpur, oi Thursday night in aid of the Young Women's Christian 1 Association Appeal Fund, l The101 words
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Article153 1949-07-20 8 100 Wa i tresses Break The Law From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. V T EARLY 100 waitresses employed in Kuala Lumpur's coffee shops and restaurants are liable to be prosecuted for violating the Municipal by-laws. An amendment, passed In April, to one of the oldest by-laws requires waitresses153 words
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Article194 1949-07-20 8 Kidnapped Ipoh Man Found Dead I From Our Stall Correspondent IPOH, Tues. j THE body of Yong Tet Hian, the soi of a local miner, who was kidnapped at Ipoh on the evening of March 3, was foun^ in the Tasek area near Kapayang yesterday. It wa lying face downwards194 words
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Article103 1949-07-20 8 IfEEN competition in the ic* trade has brought about a sharp fall in 'he Singapore price of ice. An ice manufacturer said yesterday that the price had dropped to $20 per ton, compared with $200 shortly after the liberation and $8' early this year. The present103 words
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Article105 1949-07-20 8 From Our Staff Coriespciniliiit KUALA LUMPUR, Tues.—Members of the Federal I*gislatl»t Council have elected by post, four rrpresentativt's to serve on tlit court of the University of Malaya. They are Messrs J. D. Mead, Klujo Teik Ee. E E. C. Thuralsingharn and Tuan Hajt Mohamcd Eusoff. Mr.105 words
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Article42 1949-07-20 8 JOHORE BAHRU, Tv Two Special Constables, Awang bin Asok and Ramll bin Hassan, were today charged before Ungku Ismail, in the Kota Tinggi Magistrate's Court, with extortion and with having given information to bandlth. They were remanded for further investigations.42 words
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Advertisement234 1949-07-20 8 Behind the Front of Austin Service You've driven past Borneo Motors Orchard Road many times, but are probably quite unaware of the huge organization that exists in that 4-acre area of A I SIIX SERVICE. BEHIND THIS FRONT is a well-trained staff of almost 400 re^dy to give YOU efficient,234 words
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1258 1949-07-20 9 RICHARD DENMAN - Economic Spotlight On The News CRISIS-AND REMEDY RICHARD DENMAN By of The Economist LONDON, July 13. •JHE great debate on the diagnosis of Britain's gold and dollar haemorrhage now holds the centre of the stage and promises to do so for some weeks to come. Although a good deal of1,258 words
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Article, Illustration271 1949-07-20 9 They lent her some paints ...now she's famous IN a West End hotel of 1 London, Fanny Holtzmann known as the world's most successful woman lawyer (most Hollywood stars are among her clients), had time on her hands. An artist friend lent her paints and brushes. That was towards the271 words
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Advertisement281 1949-07-20 9 Ipana and nuu|i it known the world ever as a marvellous atd to chr health of :.««th and fumt But as splendid IK Ipana v. It cannot take the pine of your dentist When you see that f<rst Vng* #B of "pink" on your tooth brush— stt y»m HL itniiit'281 words
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Advertisement169 1949-07-20 9 AVOID DOLLAR RESTRICTIONS Buy British Refrigerating Equipment Manufactured by j. E. Hall Ltd. Dartford, Kent, Enf. Ice -making Cold Storage Air-Conditioning Quick Delivery Competitive Prl«#l ]f==f Lkfc.ZJ Bf fa I A I i k i fa S Pfl P^ 7 a lIP L pACUPFUL^B_™ it X laft't afl *uy ag«169 words
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Miscellaneous587 1949-07-20 9 r- "gl "Alien a small-slpm contr9<" hearts, argued that w'.tti T. n Ic.-:: be considered cold, just from announcing only two kings in his (the bidding, it Is bad bridge to response to the Blackwood five ■tike a chance" and go all out no-trump, it had seemed too to a587 words
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195 1949-07-20 10 War Damage Com mittee Has Long Talks In K.L. From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. LONG meetings were held In Kuala Lumpur yesterday and today by the Federation Select Committee appointed by the Federal Legislative Council to consider the War Damage Compensation Scheme. The Committee, which could not agree195 words
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Article, Illustration46 1949-07-20 10 STUDENTS of the Srlangor School of Music who will sing Elgar's setting of "God Save The King" and "Land of Hope And Glory" hi four parts, under the direction of Reginald San dell at a concert in aid of the Kuala Lumpur T.W.C.A. Hostel Fund tomorrow.46 words
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Article108 1949-07-20 10 Froni Our Staff I orri.-ji'judent j IPOH. Tues SIXTY Koran teachers retrenched by the State Qornnmant some time ago j as an economy measure, are j to be reinstated. This decision was made to- day by the Interim Com- mittee of the Council ;>f Re- lision and108 words
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Article92 1949-07-20 10 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Tues— A 25-year-old Malay, Hassan bin I Haji Hashim. appeared in the First Magistrate's Court charged with culpable homicide, not amounting to inur- i der. It was alleged that Hassan shot another Malay, Mohamed Idris bin Ayoup, with a rifle at92 words
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Article168 1949-07-20 10 Search For Murder Gang In Kedah From Our Onn Correspondent ALOR STAR, Tues. I£EDAH police are looking for a gang of three Chinese bandits responsible for the murder of a squatter and his son at Sungei Chlplr, •BukT Selembau. 22 miles east of Sungel Patanl. on June 25. Police stated168 words
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Article119 1949-07-20 10 Foreign companies registered in Singapore have Increased in number since the liberation, Mr. Lee Slow Mong, Registrar of Business Names, told the Straits Times. This was a sign of the growing Importance of the Colony as a commercial centre. Business firms and limited companies had been119 words
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Article83 1949-07-20 10 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Tuesday. VIOLENT crime in Fenang has given place to swindling and cheating, according to the Settlement's new C.I.D. chief, Mr. A. J. W. Slater. Mr. Slater has taken over as officer-in-charite, C.1.D., from Mr. C. M. J. Kirke, who sailed In83 words
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240 1949-07-20 10 From Our Staff Correspondent ALOR STAR, Tuesday. APADI-PLANTER, Salleh bin Mat, described in the Sungei Patani Coroner's Court today how he and several others dived into the Sungel Jurone, a tributary of the "haunted" Kuala Muda River and recovered the body of a 13-year-old240 words
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165 1949-07-20 10 MALAY NEWS Four-Party "United Front" Urged By Our Malay Correspondent MAJLIS, the Kuala Lumpur Malay newspaper, in a leading article, suggests that the four major political organisations the United Malays National Organisation, the Malayan Chinese Association, th- Malayan Indian Congress and the Eurasian Association of Malaya should present a united165 words
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Article97 1949-07-20 10 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Tues.— When V. P. Ismail and four other shopkeepers were charged in the police court with storing ice for sale without a permit, the magistrate asked if ice was a foodstuff. Mr. N. K. Pillay, who prosecuted on behalf97 words
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Article43 1949-07-20 10 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tues.— A young police constable, Yacob bin Monamad Jani was today sentenced to three months' rigorous imprisonment for dishonestly retaining a saxophone and a clarinet, valued at $400 the property of another constable.43 words
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Article113 1949-07-20 10 C i^lJ, .i. OrcboMl Roaci. o p.m. i.s'GAPORE ART CLUB, Life Model Drawing, V.M.C.A., 6 p.m. MALAY CONVERSATIONAL CLASS, V.M.C A., 5.30 p.m. PUBLIC LECTURE, 'The Medical Department In the Machinery of the Government" by Dr. Coutts Milne, Deputy Director of Medical Services, V.M.C.A., 8 p.m MEDICAL COLLEGE113 words
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Article, Illustration52 1949-07-20 10 THIRD ANNUAL reunion dinner at Kuala Lumpur of the Technical College Alumni A-so-iation. From left lo right: Mrs Pelton; Mr. M. R. Holgate, Director of Friucatian; Mr. A. S. Sodhy, (tresident of the association; Dato Onn bin Ja'afar; Mrs. Holgate; Mr. F. Pelton; Mrs. Parsonage.— Lee52 words
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Article64 1949-07-20 10 From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH, Tues— Ball in $500 was allowed a young Indian J. 8. Rao, who appeared before Mr. B. G. Smith In the 1 Sessions Court today and •claimed trial to a charge of i having committed criminal I breacr of trust in respect of64 words
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Advertisement181 1949-07-20 10 "That's how guvs got hurt... trusting a beautiful woman! "I met you in another guy's dream!* m I w "You Ij rin't n COLUMBIA lall I M p r push 1 m around!" II w *$[TuP EXPLOSIVE COMBINATION OF MAN WOMV DYNAMITE WITH BOC.KY I.IT: T ALLY BEATON TO A181 words
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Advertisement287 1949-07-20 10 TODAY at 11-1.45-4.00-6 30-9.30 W&fexim' m- fKJkn ml 'r^ li>ih Century-Fox Rr-pr?sents "LLOYDS of LONDON" The Picture That Skyrocketed TYRONE POWER To Overnight Fame Stardom PHONE W\ T* iO4Z GALA PREMIERE RELEASE Tomorrow t^^ 9 30pm^^^MP\ and mm-m-m-what it said! The Three Wives 'ortrayed By: JEANNE CRAIN •LINDA DARNEL* ANN287 words
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Miscellaneous270 1949-07-20 10 »|»G*FOR* Pnvmmma (As Singapore); a 3 Burmese; 9.45 English; 10.00 10.00 News from Kui' u 100-2. 00 English Programme (As Radio News Heel; 10.15 'Music pur; 10.05 (approx.) Clov .0.55 Singapore) 2.00 Close; 6.00 Pro- for Romance'; 10.45 'Generally t £L S ?n° < £;i. 1 OO i nn° n270 words
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Article364 1949-07-20 11 LONDON, Tues. COMMODITY base metals v and South African industrials eased on small selling on the London Stock Exchange yesterday with operators realising oroflts made during the past week, writes Reuter's financial correspondent. Closing middle prices of selected stocks, m supplied to the Straits Times by special arrangement364 words
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Article89 1949-07-20 11 SHIPS in port alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves yesterday igodowns In brackets)! ere Main Wharf: Bantam (31-32).; Benreoch (33-34), Benvorlich (36- i 37). Mount Mansfield (38-39", Soudan (42-43). Wcs* Wharf: Olengyle (4-5), Katong 16-7). Olaucua (8-9) Soestdijk ill), Silvenvalnut (1516). Empire Dock: Fcrr.side (17-18), Resang 1 19-2089 words
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Article867 1949-07-20 11 From Our Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, Tuesday. I OCAL tin shares continued very steady today with a number of issues wanted. The end of the account period in London was inclined to bring quieter conditions there. Industrials were practically unchanged. Prices quoted by the Malayan867 words
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Article194 1949-07-20 11 rTH both London and New York easier, prices in the Singapore rubber market dropped yesterday. There was a certain amount of liquidation of near shipments. Closing prices yesterday were: No. 1 sheet f.o.b. buyers 33 cents, sellers 33% cents; spot loose, buyers 33 cents, sellers 33 4 cents194 words
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Article143 1949-07-20 11 From A Market Correspondent QUIET conditions prevailed in most sections of Singapore produce markets. Interest was particularly marked for spot deliveries. Absence of stocks restricted transaction!. Optimism continued in the pepper section with price Increases for both blfics and white pepper. Festeraars quotations were, per picul: Pepper: Muntolc143 words
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Advertisement1206 1949-07-20 11 MANSFIELD tfc CO., LTD. (Incorporated in Singapore) BLUB FUNNEI LINE STRAITS STEAMSHIP CO., Carrier's .eHan te proceed via eMicr LTD. perts te lead and discharge cargo. SAILINCS FROM UK Ui.A. WEST COAST MALAYA Clytoneus from U K./Lont. lar* 24. Sumpitan for Muar luly 20 Myrmidon from U S.A July 251,206 words
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Advertisement279 1949-07-20 11 PRESIDENT LINER SAILINGS TO NEW YORK AND BOSTON VIA CIYLON, INDIA. ICYPT AND MEDITERRANEAN PORTS. Mount Mansfield |uly 18/23 July 24/25 luly'luT/tV Pres Monroe Aug. 5/11 Omit. Aug. 12/15 Pr.s. Buchanan Aug. 18/2J Aug. 24/2$ Aug. 2«/29 Pres. Harding Aug. 31 Sept. 6 Sept. 7/g Sept. »/12 TO USA. PACIFIC279 words
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Advertisement378 1949-07-20 11 EAST ASIATIC LINE SAILINCS FROM SCANDINAVIA 'UK./ SAILINCS TO CONTINENT/ CONTINENT. SCANDINAVIA. Load;n g Sinaapor*. Port Swettenham s.s. "Tranquebar" due abt. luly 22 Penang for Saigon 6 Bangkok m.s. "Malacca" Codowns «/7 «j "Malaya" due abt luly 27 r Colom t>o. Aden, Port Said, for Manila.' Hong Itong IColi rB378 words
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Advertisement949 1949-07-20 11 MeALISTER tfc CO., LTD. (Incorporated In Singapore) ELLERMAN «fc BUCKNALL KLAVENESS LOIS LONDON. HAVRE. ANTWIRf. UJ CANADIAN PACIFIC PORTS. HAMBURG. Accepting cargo tor Central South CITY OF SYDNEY American Port*. rpor. P. s-ham Penan. BOUCAINVILLI 20/22 laly Spore P Sham Penang CITY OF LIVERPOOL !"•»< Aug. 5 Aug. Aug. 18-24949 words
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Article, Illustration431 1949-07-20 12 11-YR-OLD MALAYAN RECORD BROKEN Airman Throws Discus 12 lft, 4 in. WITH a throw of 121 ft. 4 J ins., Sgt. RowsweU of the K.A.F. unofficially smashed the Singapore and Malayan discus records in the friendly triangular athletic meet between the Singapore Chinese Amateur Athletic Fedration, the Royal Air Force431 words
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Article356 1949-07-20 12 Chinese 1; Indians 1. pOINTS were shared In a Singapore A.F.A. inter1 community league match between Chinese and the Indians at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday, each side scoring from a penalty. Fielding a team in which Tee Siang, Boon Seong, Chye Hee> Choon Lye356 words
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514 1949-07-20 12 Nun in .waiava win oe wiinoui me services vi E. Yong, the Perak batsman, in the annual cricket match against the South during the August Bank holidays in Penang. Yong was injured in a motor cycling accident yesterday and C. A. R. Lawrence514 words
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Article239 1949-07-20 12 T AST week's soccer problem iJ atkrel by Hal li don was: i The game has started late. The I referee instructs the teams to j change round immediately at j half-time and re>eomjnr>nce I play. «<ne team refuses and leave* the field of play. iWurn-239 words
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Article477 1949-07-20 12 •jpllf two qualifying rounds of the Singapore golf: 1 championship will be played over the Island Course on Saturday and Sunday. Eight players with the lowest scores will qualify for the match-play stages, which will take place on July 30, 31 and Aug. 1 Draw477 words
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Article250 1949-07-20 12 HfITH the scores tied at one-set all, Ong Chew Bee, singles runner-up in this year's Singapore ennis championships, retired in tils match against On; Keng Chua In the V.M.C.A. tenais ch*m>ion.^ips yesterday. Chew Bee had won the first set it 6 4 but lost the second 5-7.250 words
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Article98 1949-07-20 12 From Our Staff Correspondent PENAXG. Tues. THE Penang Thomas Cup player and vngles champion, Law Teik Hock, was operated on for acute appendicitis today. He will, therefore, not lie i taking part in the 1949 Malayan badminton championships at Kuala Lumpur during the98 words
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429 1949-07-20 12 LONDON. Tues. rE most notable of the five > changes announced In the t England side to meet Nevr Zealand in the third Test beginning at Old I Trafford. Manchester, on Saturday, are thos» of Freddie Brown, the Northamptonshire leader, as capt- ala InsteadReuter - 429 words
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Article35 1949-07-20 12 Tlie Eurasians will meet the Army t S'pore Dist> in a Community League maTh »l Jalan Be^r St.idium today. The Ttaag Bahn; Rangers will meet the S.C.C in friendly rnoUh on the Padang.35 words
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Article236 1949-07-20 12 LONDON, Tues. CURREY scored another easy victory In County cricket championship games ending today, beating Kent by five wickeU. Scores At tbe Oval, Surrey beat Kent by five wickets. Kent 224 and 144 (Laker 7 for 47, Surrey 288 and 81 for 3. At Southampton, Hampshire beatReuter - 236 words
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Article147 1949-07-20 12 Rv EPSOM JEEP PENANO. Tues. A LL WORTH, easy winner of the Singapore Cup at Bukit Timah on July 8. may miss the Oold Cup race over a mile and a quarter at the Penang Turf Club's August Bank Holiday me*ting\ I understand that his147 words
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Article394 1949-07-20 12 LAWS OF FOOTBALL By HAI.UDON I rpHE IM9 governing the tornerX kick contains no difficulties of Interpretation. It I*. simply stated and ea.>y to follow. A cornerkick is awarded to the attacking side as a result of:<a> Tlie ball being played wholly over the goal-line on394 words
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Article81 1949-07-20 12 GLASGOW, Tues.:— New Zealand beat Scotland by ten wlcketa today. Scotland, who were dismissed for 137 in the first Innings in reply to New Zealand's 423, followed on 286 behind, but a fin* first wicket stand of 169 by WiUatt (101) and Crosskey (81) helpedReuter - 81 words
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Article27 1949-07-20 12 IN two games played over ih» week-end, the Commercial High School first and second teams beat the Special Constabulary teams five-three and four-nil respectively.27 words
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Advertisement841 1949-07-20 12 CLASSIFIED ADS. (Continued from page 8) ACCOMMODATION VACANT LEONTE HOUSE. 25 Orangt Rd. t \iranrles occur. Apply 10 a.m. la.1 p.m. and after 4 p.m. Mr». 1 R. P.iyne. Tel. *****. EUROPEAN willing to share nat with Mngle or a couple. eltct. Me etc., furnished at ihlc forms. Box A7023.841 words
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Advertisement44 1949-07-20 12 ACCLAIMED By Last Night's Preview Audience As The Swelled Vk*l SHAW BROS. STUDIOS' Mk Pjfe nasib ty| roomai nor REX SATURDAY AT M'NITE CHOSEN AGAIN. MALAYAN 1949*^"^8 CHAMPIONSHIPS TJunlop 'FORF TENNIS BALLS WOODWORKING MACHINES ■ff^KJl^ PLANER AND JOINTER THICKNESSER KUALA LUMPUR PEitANti ifUH SINGAPORE44 words
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