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Title Section18 1950-01-23 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 EIGHT PAGES SINGAPORE. MONDAY, JANUARY 23, 1950. PRICE TEN CENTS18 words
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Article286 1950-01-23 1 Gurkhas Score Biggest Victory Yet In Johore From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. (JURKHAS in the Labis (Johore) area today killed 22 bandits, including three women, in a fierce two-hour battle. It was the biggest success for the security forces since the emergency286 words
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Article, Illustration65 1950-01-23 1 AIR JOHN fIUNIES ROSS. 21-year-old "King" of the ocos Islands (centre) on board the P. A O. liner Strathaird at Free mantle Western Australia, after being rescued from a boat in a hurricane off the Islands. Left in Mr. Leslie I.erpiniere and, right. Mr. Cecil B. Millar, who wore also65 words
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Article139 1950-01-23 1 ACCRA, Gold Coast, Sunday. T)K. Kuan? Nkruma, leader of the Convention People's Party (now campaigning for immediate Dominion status for the Gold Coast), several local Communist leaders and two Gold Coast T.U.C. leaders wer c arrested yesterday. Mr. Arthur Creech Jones. I Secretary of State forReuter - 139 words
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Article81 1950-01-23 1 TAIPEH. Sun AN official Nationalist news dispatch said tonight thai combined forces of 30.000 Chinese Communists and IndoChinese rebel troops were attacking French Indo-Chinese troops inside the Indo-Chinese border. From the China Command j Headquarters at Hoihow. it said the combined forces were attacking FrenchUP - 81 words
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Article137 1950-01-23 1 NINE-HUT CAMP STRAFED KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. OAF. planes carried out a successful air strike in The Rawang area, north-east of Batu Arang, Selangor. yesterday morning. A bandit camp of nine huts was hit. Observers In the planes reported seeing blue and red clothing In the south-east corner of the target137 words
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Article50 1950-01-23 1 MANILA. Sun. Detectives revealed today that Mrs. Irene Murphy. United Nations social consultant, was fired upon by two gunmen while riding her automobile near Malacanan Government Palace. The bullets broke the win- i dow but she was not hurt. The gunmen were not caught. —U.P.UP - 50 words
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Article107 1950-01-23 1 LAPAZ (Bolivia), Sun. THHE War Department confirmed tonight that 32 persons were lost yesterday when a military transport plane crashed near the village of Yacopartijo, in Cochabamba province. Among those killed were 28 soldiers going home to be discharged and four crewmembers. An announcement107 words
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Article158 1950-01-23 1 SINGAPORE had 38 accidents and two fires during the week-end. One of the most serious accidents was that to a three-year-old Chinese child, who was knocked I down by a lorry at Tiong Bahru Road on Saturday. A European woman driver hit a tree in Stevens Road158 words
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Article85 1950-01-23 1 WINSTON Churchill "The Man of the Half Century" resumes his treat story of World War II in the Straits Times this week. The new .series which starts on Thursday, takes the account of the war in Furope up to the German (n vision of Sorirt Russia. It85 words
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Article91 1950-01-23 1 WASHINGTON. Sun. DIPLOMATIC reports state that the United States baj warned Israel against any Intervention in tlu> neighb .iring Arab state of Syria. The warning is said to have BOOfie after the Israeli Ambas-si.-lor Mr Biahu Klath. had t'ld the State Ds-partment th-.it he did not believeUP - 91 words
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Article46 1950-01-23 1 The Kwangtung Provincial Bank in Singapore yesterday issued a statement to the effect that regulations and instructions in the future would be received from the Peking Government. This statement followed an emergency meeting of the bank's officials in Singapore on Saturday evening.46 words
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Article28 1950-01-23 1 PARIS. Sun.— The Indonesian Government has asked the group of French banks for 15 billion franc credits to finance reconstruction and public works In Indonesia.—28 words
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69 1950-01-23 1 MANILA. Sun. IME local Chinese Kuo- mintang Party will start an anti-British move- ment in the Philippines tomorrow because Britain has recognised China's Cniiitnunist regime. The party "said the movement will include the boycott of British products, the withdrawal of Chinese deposits from British banks,AP - 69 words
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156 1950-01-23 1 HONG KONG Sun. A FTER a forced march of A 900 miles across some of the world's roughest territory. Chinese Communist troops are reported by Peking Radio to be now 35 miles from Tibet's northern border The number of troops is not stated butReuter; UP - 156 words
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Article56 1950-01-23 1 LONDON, Sun— The Soviet Government newspaper Izvestla today claimed that the British Commonwealth Ministers conference in Colombo "confirmed once more the full dependence of British Imperialism on the imperialism of the dollar." The conference has not justified the hopes of Britain's ruling circles. IzvesMa asserted, accordingReuter - 56 words
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Article20 1950-01-23 1 TOKYO. Sun. A direct wireless-telephone service between Japan and Formosa will be resumed on Jan. 25. —Reuter.Reuter - 20 words
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Article69 1950-01-23 1 The latest list of donations to the University of Malaya Endowment Fund show that the fund has now reached $2,080,232. This Is the 41st donation list to be issued. Its largest item Is of $5,000 given by the Cycle and Carriage, Co.. Singapore. There .were 10 separate69 words
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Article29 1950-01-23 1 CHICAGO. Sun. Flood waters of the St. Francis River surged over houses In a section of Arkansas today increasing to 10.000 the number of homeless persons.— U.P.UP - 29 words
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Article17 1950-01-23 1 TOKYO. Sun.— Japans suicide rate has increased to 20 per day— double that of wartime.—U.P.UP - 17 words
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Article129 1950-01-23 1 WASHINGTON, Sunday. MR. Tom Connally, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said yesterday that the Soviet Foreign Minister. Mr. Andrei Vishinsky, was unstatesmanlike in his attark on the Secretary of State. Mr. Dean Acheson. Mr. Vishinsky In Moscow, accused Mr. Acheson of "unceremonious lying," whenUP - 129 words
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Article, Illustration91 1950-01-23 1 MISS FLORENCE SOONKIN WONG, brilliant Singapore pianist now in the United States, has been giving pianoforte recitals in the United Kingdom and the United States, including a solo recital from Radio City. She hopes to play in Carnegie Hall. She has also given concerts in Canada,91 words
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Article254 1950-01-23 1 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Sunday. A BRITISH sergeant who came to Malaya from x^ Palestine, six Malay constables and a Chinese special constable were killed and six Malay constables seriously wounded in a bandit ambush in Province Wellesley this morning. One wounded bandit254 words
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Article215 1950-01-23 1 Truman Insists: 'Aid Korea WASHINGTON, Sim. pRESIDENT Truman r announced yesterday that he would ask Congress for .a "speedy rectification" of the House of Representatives rejection of a $60,000,000 Korean aid bill. Mr. Truman said in i statement that he would take the matter up with Congressional leaders and urgeReuter; AP - 215 words
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Article75 1950-01-23 1 HONG KONG. Sun— Pn-~ reports continued to speculate < p>a the terms reported on the new Sino-Soviet Treaty between \l.i I Tse-tung's Peking regime ami :ii" Kremlin. The Sing Tao Jin Pao qu..i '-1 well-informrd circles a? .savins the treaty would contain: 1. The immediateReuter; AP - 75 words
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Article174 1950-01-23 2 CALCUTTA. Sun. A BRITISH businessman Tony DaVenport, threaded his way through the crowd at a Christmas Eve dance in a Calcutta club. "Hullo, what about this tango," he said to the tall pretty girl with the American accent. The dance was the beginning of aAP; UP - 174 words
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Article98 1950-01-23 2 LONDON. Sunday. TWO London (.'ounty Council officials and a woman member of the Council's public control committee will privately pre-view -Roberto Rossrilini's Italian film "The Miracle" at the Academy Theatre In London on Wednesday to see whether the British stib-titlr.s pass scruThe committee had ruledAP - 98 words
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Article337 1950-01-23 2 LONDON, Sunday. MR. Herbert Wood, 41, who vanished 26 days ago iT while on his honeymoon, died in hospital yesterday at Carnforth, Lancashire, apparently from starvation. He had been found on the point of death in the barn of a nearby farm. He had been missingAP - 337 words
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Article69 1950-01-23 2 JAKARTA. Sun. Indonesian officials said today that one Republican Army soldier and five civilians were killer! when an armed gang of 200 attacked Pamudjan village 20 miles east of Bandoeng: 44 houses were burned to the ground. The gang was said to have disappeared when Republican ArmyUP - 69 words
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Advertisement660 1950-01-23 2 THE MALAYAN FILM UNIT TLNDrR »OR THE SIPPI.V OF METAL FILM JANS Ter.ofrt are- invited for the ■apply of 1000 film cans in the instance, for containing 1000' roll or film. sample* can be inspected at tlie offire of the Malayan Film Unit. Biingsar Roed, Kuala Lumpur or on application660 words
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Advertisement105 1950-01-23 2 AUCTION SALE 9 Cases Cotton Remnants: 81 Pieces Cotton Piecegoodv 4,432 Sr.eets White Bristol Boards; 216 x 1-lb. Tins Milk Powder: 18 Cases Buck Canvtu Shoe Cream: 19 Cisterns: 15 W.C. Pedestals: A quantity of Latex Teats: Hair Clips; Marble Slabs; Coir Mats; Liquid Gum: Gents Hats; etc. Also 187105 words
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Advertisement106 1950-01-23 2 CUSTODIAN QF PROPERTY PROCLAMATION No 14 «f 1945 TRABING WITH -THE ENEMY ORDINANCE N.. 22 of 1939 PROPOSED SALE BY PUBLIC TENDER MINING LEASES AT KEMAMAN. TRENGGANU The Custodian of Property. Singapore, U prepared to accept tenders for the purchase of the I.S.K Mining Leases and lands at Kemaman. Trengganu.106 words
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Advertisement872 1950-01-23 2 NOTICES PRANG BESAR RUBBER ESTATE LTD, ISOLATION GAKDEN *BKU Limited supplies of P. 8.1.0. seeds are expected to be available next Spring. Enquiries should be addressed to:— HARRISONS A CROSFIELD (MALAYA) LTD.. 9«, AMPANO ROAD. KUALA LUMPUR or to The Manager Prang Besat Estate, Kajang. P.W.D., TENDER NOTICE. TENDERS will872 words
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Advertisement257 1950-01-23 2 NOTICES NOTICE Notice \a hereby given that from the 18th January 1850. JHENO YAK SWEE who has been 'working as an assistant Bill Collector is no longer in the employ of HENRY WAUGH CO, 1 LTD.. Singapore. 1 Application for Licence of the «v -.Colonial Secretary i Notice is hereby257 words
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Advertisement381 1950-01-23 2 NOTICES NOTICE Notice is hereby given that RICHARD LAN FU SAN. of No. 357A East Coast Road. Singapore. is applying to the Governor for naturalisation, and that any person who knows any reason why naturalisation should not be 1 granted should send a written I signed statement of the facts381 words
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Advertisement486 1950-01-23 2 REX iOMORi BMRi Lul Day: 3.00— 6.00— 9. M "MAYAVATHI" I Tamil) <;kfvi mtmi i» Atlantic 7—9 IS l-ivc Day ••ADVENTURES OF DONJUAN" in Technicolor SfcW *»«>KII» IMb «.3»— 9 M •oi t:k\ OF Tiu: J1 HOLT n liole ROYAL 3—l SO "KAXNITIN X \THAU" In r»tn;i Opi n.n» 1111486 words
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166 1950-01-23 3 EDINBURGH. Sun. ORD Merriman. president of the Probate. Divorce and Admiralty Division of the High Co irt of Justice, has tied the Archbishop of inter! 1 ry that he will oppose elf ta to encroach on Jish ivorce laws !n favour innu 'lent riie ehbUbop166 words
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416 1950-01-23 3 CHURCHILL OPENS ATTACK: 'REGAIN OUR FREEDOM' LONDON, Sunday. J\JK. WINSTON CHURCHILL, broadcasting to Kritain last night, said that on the results of the forthcoming general election depended Britain's future as a leading nation and her ability to live decently without foreign charity. Launching the Conservative Party's campaign, he said "TheReuter - 416 words
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Article220 1950-01-23 3 Aga Khan: Mystery Of 'Wanderer' PARIS. Sun. Amyaieiious man of British in v;is in police cusnectlon with v )bery of the a •.> Khan and nil wife. r-in-si. W'.itsou. ftged about 50, i ed In Strasbourg ti. Friday uiui taken to les (or questioning. c fie war, Watson v. v220 words
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Article70 1950-01-23 3 HINGTON. Sun— The United Btfttef Government !:*.■> clarified the position of Japanese trade with Communlsi China Japanese may t; ide freely with Communist C lina in all goods that the United States Itself can send t the Communists. This mean.s free trade Is pi^sible exceptUP - 70 words
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Article35 1950-01-23 3 p n— —■—■■■■si V W.C.A. s]>or's club committee f .ng, 8, For' Canning Road, 5 m. INTERNATION W. ARTISTS ASSOCIATION, We cUaa, British Centre. Slum ford Road, 6 p ir to 8.30 p.m.35 words
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Article, Illustration46 1950-01-23 3 MRS. Olive Jones, hon. secretary of St. John's Ambulance Association, receiving from Dato Syed A. M. Alsa4joff, Assl. Commissioner of the Brigade, a tea and loffee set. gift of ihe Association, at a function held in Singapore, prior to her departure on holiday Straits Times picture.46 words
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Article53 1950-01-23 3 SEOUL, Sun.— South Korean currency sagged even further yesterday after United i States rejection of th<« Korean i aid bill on Jan. 20. The black-market rate In this inflation ridden country, I soared from 3.000 to 4,200 won to US$l. The official rate U 600 wonReuter - 53 words
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273 1950-01-23 3 ALLEGATIONS that 1 A and civilians died I were made here today b> who reached here from many needing hospital from the hospital shij: TOKYO, Sunday. 150,000 Japanese soldiers in Russian prison camps t some of 2,500 repatriates Siberia. The repatriates, I treatment, disembarkedReuter - 273 words
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Article189 1950-01-23 3 Western Police Withdraw BERLIN. Sun. THE American authorities In Berlin last night ordered Western sector police to evacuate the railway administration building in the United States sector which they occupied on Tuesday night. Since Tuesday, when t,ne Western police occupied the building with the agreement of the American military gov-Reuter - 189 words
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Article40 1950-01-23 3 KARACHI. Sun The! Pakistan Government has for- 1 bidden civil servants to take i part in activities of the left- j wing Progressive Writers As- j sociations. The organisation has been I declared a political associaI tlon.— Reuter.Reuter - 40 words
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Article87 1950-01-23 3 BONN. Sun. THE Social Democratic opposition In West Germany yesterday called on the government to speed up up its battle against unemployment, which on Jan. 15 stood at 1.783.142 more than double the figure of a year ago. The Christian Democrat (Government) Party and the Bavarian Party,Reuter - 87 words
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249 1950-01-23 3 Rubber Price Rise Profits Workers From Our Staff Correspondent iiUALA LUMPUR. Sun. THE continued rise in the price of rubber luring December was passed on to estate labourers in the form of an I Increase in tapping rates, ->id the monthly report of the Department of Labour. Federation of Malaya.249 words
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Article474 1950-01-23 3 FAROUK 'FIANCEE -FATHER SPEAKS Reports that King Farouk of Egypt would marry a young beauty, whose engagement to an Egyptian employee of the United Nations was broken last month, have circulated for weeks outside Egypt. It was said that the King intended to marry the girl. The Egyptian censorship allowed474 words
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106 1950-01-23 3 New Attack By Eritrea n Tribal Terrorists ASMARA, Sunday. tribe terrorists yesterday raided a village 35 miles east of Asmara and killed an independent j party leader, Gheremedhin, according to police reports. Th e Shiftas also slaughtered GheremedhiiTs I cattle. Meanwhile, in Asmara, the authorities have imposed a curfew fromUP - 106 words
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Article98 1950-01-23 3 THE magazine Time, in its report on the Narriman affair, says the most reliable account states ttaar Saki and Narriman had gone shopping for a ring in the Cairo jewellery store of Ahmed Nagib Pasha. "Ahmad, who in his spare time helps out Farouk with98 words
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Article168 1950-01-23 3 THE Federation Government is criticised by students of the University of Malaya in an editorial in the Malayan Undergrad, official newspaper of the students. The paper refers to the Federation Government's "unpopular decision" on scholarship and bursariey, based on the ratio of one award to non-Malay Federal168 words
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Article39 1950-01-23 3 HONO KONG, Sun. -Of the total number of Hong Kong citizens who registered with the Hong Kong Defence Force, 948 hay.? now been attested, says Lieut. Col. J. G. Fisher, the Senior Staff Officer.— Reutei-A A.P.Reuter; AP - 39 words
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Article, Illustration67 1950-01-23 3 MR. G. D. Hunter-Gray, of the Singapore Traffic Police, (left) and Mr. Sandy G. Pillay, Chairman of the Singapore Safety First Committee, pictured yesterday with officials of the new Singapore Junior Safety First Council. They are, left to right, Kwek Ah Jeng, Miss Goh Peng Nu, Miss Rosalind67 words
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Advertisement73 1950-01-23 3 I NATURE'S WONDER FOOD mfe* •i j opening on HH ML J THURSDAY ■PSa^ BOOK !fe*<2o EARLY w IMi cleans everything smoothly and speedily Britain's Best Rainwear Smartly styled and well tailored. J/Skm^^^^^ m Baracuta rainwear is the inevitable choice of the well-dressed man ot RAGLAN STYLE IN WOOL GABERDINE73 words
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996 1950-01-23 4 Since the conclusion of hostilities American policy in the Orient has been something ol an enigma, and within the United .States itself there has been a growing tide of criticism. Secretary of State Derm Acheson took the opportunity996 words
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Letter148 1950-01-23 4 IF "Cinema-goer" (whose letter was published on Jan. 20) visits the cinema regularly, he should know that the normal length of a cinema programme is about two hours. Trailers and advertising slides are not included. '•Cinema-goer" does not mention that, on the afternoon of his visit to148 words
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Letter116 1950-01-23 4 QUR Singapore Traffic policemen seem to spend most of their time writing in their notebooks instead of controlling the busy traffic. As little oi no attention is paid by them to the large and almost entirely irresponsible cycle and trishaw traffic, it can enly be concluded116 words
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Letter147 1950-01-23 4 ALLOW me to add my A bit to what "Cinemagoer" has written on value for money at the cinema. Those of your readers who have been in Western Australia recently will agree that the cinema in Perth knocks spots off aay cinema in Singapore, both in costUP - 147 words
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Letter59 1950-01-23 4 I AM certain Dr. Benham and his committee have in mind the effects of devaluation, and know that import houses have received advice that prices of goods will rise. As circumstances alter cases, there should now be one and only one adjustment, viz; an increment, great or59 words
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Letter, Illustration410 1950-01-23 4 MANY people in Malaya have not had an opportunity to visit and perhaps have not even heard of— the town of Kuala Kubu Bahru. This is easily one of the finest small towns in Malaya, situated on a small hill, with its European-named streets and its410 words
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680 1950-01-23 4 q^HE letter from "Cosmopolitan"' (published on x Jan. 14) dealt with the question of immigration very vividly, but I think he failed to impress upon your readers just how important the question of immigration is to the residents of Singapore. Leaving aside all680 words
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520 1950-01-23 4 HOMESICK IN TANGLIN AND CHINATOWN COME day in the not too distant future I shall take me down to Singapore Harbour and board a ship. Maybe it will be a thing of beauty, sleek and fast, white and cream with soothing shades of green, a passenger list of title and520 words
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Article245 1950-01-23 4 a RECENT issue ut the Straits Times contained a Reuter report from Ceylon to the effert that Britain pledges allout aid to the International Labour Ortra sation to improve the of A'-lan ers. The pledge i? Indeed a noble one, and a v augury, provided Vv redeems245 words
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Advertisement736 1950-01-23 4 CLASSIFIED ADS. WII.KINS. On 18 January to Norah. wife of John A. WUkuu. a To Etmc wtfe of Henry Lewln, Bt Singapore on January 21st 19.')0. A son. ALLEN: On January 30th 1050 tt ihe General Hospital Malacca, Margaret (Cameron•, wife of J. W H Allen. Colonial Audit b i\lce,736 words
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Advertisement8 1950-01-23 4 Iwr m I^^ Free Expert Service after Sale8 words
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Advertisement63 1950-01-23 4 R.Kj|fe|f«o |r» #^opricißM Fellow Institute Opnthalmic Opticians (Eng.l FeNow Worshipful Co. of Spectacle-Makers (Eng Freeman of the City of London By Appointment to H.M. Forces. South East Asia 6 Raffles Place Singapore Phone ***** si EESE Sfi GALA FASHION LUNCHEON. Friday bookings now completed. Book for Saturday, 28th. Best Craftsmanship63 words
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Article50 1950-01-23 4 MRS LAU CHOON HAK and thank relatives and friends night visits, kind assistance. dance and wreaths during recent bereavement. The family of the late Mr. i' Yew Loong thanked all Iriose who visited, attended the imn. ?rni wreaths, messages mtlolence and also to those \ery kindly loaned their rars.50 words
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Article169 1950-01-23 5 Gratuities When Labourers Can Work No More THE Singapore Government is considering a scheme for an old-age gratuity to labourers. The proposal is that a workman should contribute five per cent, of his monthly earnings to a fund. The employer would add the same. Both amounts169 words
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Article, Illustration43 1950-01-23 5 MH F I). NIC HOI., American author of rrliKious and church history hooks and rHigiou.s weekly newspaper editor, who spent a husy werk-rnd in Singapore preaching and lecturing at Scvpnth-I).iv Advrntlst meetings. He Ls on bis way to Rangoon. Strai s Times picture.43 words
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Article155 1950-01-23 5 SAILORS' SERVICE AT CATHEDRAL or. ANDREWS Cathedral, Singapore, was last evening filled for the annual seafarers' service. The C-in-C Far East Station. Admiral Sir Patrick Brind. officers and ratings of the Royal Navy and officers and seamen of the Merchant Service were seated alongside representatives of the various shipping companies155 words
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Article30 1950-01-23 5 A 20-year-old Javanese woman, Halimah blnte Kassim, and her one-year-old daughter were *eporled yesterday to have been missing from their house in Slglap Road, Singapore, since Jan. 17.30 words
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Article104 1950-01-23 5 Because management of the affairs of the Silat Road Gurudwara has been "unsatisfactory" since the liberation, the present constitution of the Board of Trustees of the Gurudwara is to be replaced by one similar to that of the Queen Street Gurudwara Board of Trustees. A Bill104 words
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Article67 1950-01-23 5 From Oar Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU. Sun- i Tan Boon Chang of B<jtu Pahat, pleading guilty in the Police Court today to having attempted to evade paying $244 duty on medicines valued at $977. was fined $1,467. The medicines were ordered to be confiscated. Th67 words
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Article21 1950-01-23 5 Froii Our Stall Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Sun. D. T. Rice has been appointed j a Pupil Engineer, P.W.D., Johore.21 words
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Article274 1950-01-23 5 TPHE Singapore Government and Municipality will 1 grant leave to any of their 14,000 Indian labourers who want time off to celebrate the inauguration of the Indian Republic on Thursday. But it will not be a paid holiday. Approval of leave was secured by the Government274 words
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Article148 1950-01-23 5 CINGAPORE Police are investigating the shooting of a young Chinese at the Kampong Kapor-Desker Road Junction early yesterday morning. The victim, 18-year-oid Ang Teng Chye, a bicycle shop assistant of Syed Alwi Road, was admitted to hospital with an injured let; thigh. Ang said that at148 words
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204 1950-01-23 5 From Our Staff Correspondent MALACCA, Sunday. JI/IR. Tan Siew Sin, the Malayan Chinese AssociaiTl tion publicity chief, said today that a provisional committee for a London branch of the Association had been formed. At a meeting of Malayan Chinese in Great Britain on Jan. 12204 words
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Article, Illustration35 1950-01-23 5 THE staff of Qamas Empire Airways after a teapartv at Raffles Hotel last week to mark the retirement of Mr. D. Addisson (right) of the Accounts department. He leaves for Sydney shortly.— Straus Times picture.35 words
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Article60 1950-01-23 5 From Oar Own di respondent JOHORE BAHRU Sun.-X. Pandian a Pontian taxi driver was convicted in the Police Court of inconsiderate driving in Johore Bahru as a result of which he collided with another car causing damage to the extent of $50. He was fined $30 and60 words
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Article80 1950-01-23 5 Irorr Our Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU. Sun. A VERNACULAR school built by kampong dweldeclared open today jit Tajong Fe'epas. about ah bowr'a journey by boat from I Tus.s in Singapore. The Education Department, Johore. has given the new school the services of a qualified teacher80 words
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Article176 1950-01-23 5 LOTTERIES PLAN FOR T.B. AID From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. A SUGGESTION that Government be asked to approve the first public lottery for anti- tuberculosis work will be fully discussed at the next meeting in February of the council of the Malayan Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis.176 words
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Article82 1950-01-23 5 Officials elected for the Singapore Battalion of the Boys' Brigade are: President: J. M. Fraser; vice-presidents: Rev. T. C. j Gibson: J. R. Richardson; Qan Hock Chuan; hon. secretary: A. M. Cherian; asst. secretary: Lee Thiam Swee; hon. treasurer: L. F. Strange; equipment secretary: J. B. Forbes;82 words
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Article79 1950-01-23 5 From Our Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Sun. Charged with being found with 16 packets of re-prepar-ed chandu when Police raided his room in Tiram, Lee Chiew 56, said in the Sessions Court today that he was an addict before the war and was now making every79 words
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Article128 1950-01-23 5 JOHORE LAW SUCCESSES From Oar Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU. Sun.— Thi following have been successful in the Law exominotion, part 1, r.eld In Johore on November 1 and 2: Ungku Molisin bin Mohameu. Yusof bin Salim, Sheik Abdui Rahman bin Abu Bakar, Abdui Manap bin Haji Mohd. Saflar, Ismail bin128 words
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Article36 1950-01-23 5 From Oar Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU. SunThe Forest Reserve of Bukit Hantu at Layang Layang has been reduced in size Government has excised 1,200 acres. The area cut off reverts to State land.36 words
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Article56 1950-01-23 5 The Government of Indi.i Information Services in Singapore have corrected a news agency message which suggested that Indian prisoners serving sentences ranging from six weeks to nine years would be released on Jan. 26. A G. 1.1.5. statement says the true position is that remission periods will range56 words
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Article, Illustration32 1950-01-23 5 COCOS ISLAND seamen, rescued by the Strathaird from the high seas, pictured on board the liner. Only one man had previously been outside the islands.— Perth Daily News picture.32 words
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Article203 1950-01-23 5 rE Anonymous Lover will not go down In Immortality as one of the great British comedies: the author. Vernon Sylvalne. Is no Coward or even Lonsdale. But a nearcapacity house laughed long, loud and often at the Singapore repertory's production on Saturday night. It is a203 words
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Article, Illustration409 1950-01-23 5 ATHLETE WAS TREATED WELL IN PAKISTAN EARNEST Lindsay King, a member of the All-Rhode- sian 10-men team to the British Empire Games at New Zealand, had nothing but high praise for the courteous manner in which he was treated •»>' the Karachi quarantine officials and the Yellow Fever Isolation Hospital409 words
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Article144 1950-01-23 5 THE Rod Cross In Singapore Ls now compiling a :<- gister of all detail of crippli 1 children in the Colony in crder to equip the home fur crippled children, which it is building in dementi Roaci, with adequate facilities. The names and details of144 words
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Advertisement78 1950-01-23 5 J- 1* ''Is* ft* I a.,,.' Thamar beauty aids Gracious and lovely day and night There is a Madame Thamar range that is especially you quality ami beauty, naturally together, reflecting your own perfect taste. SOUv AGENTS. I LOVELY VISION Jy^ LOVELY TO LOOK AT rjKPE.-' DIFFERENT SHAPES DIFFERENT SHADES78 words
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Article132 1950-01-23 6 WEEK-END rubber prices included the following: Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association* noon prices on Saturday (Jan. ill were in cents per lb.: Buyer SeHet No. 1 R.S.S. Spot loose nominal 49H 49-* FOB. In Bales Feb. No. 1 R.S.S. 40 H 4»% No. I R.S.B. 4* 49M.132 words
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603 1950-01-23 6 From A Market Correspondent QUIET conditions and small volume of dealing characterised all sections of the share market last week, but, with an Increasing reluctance on the part of sellers, there wa s a hardening of quotations among industrials and tins towards the end of603 words
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Article543 1950-01-23 6 LONDON, Sunday. IT WOll. I) seem reasonable to expect rubber prices,! to go still higher, though restrained by the in- fluence of synthetic rubber offered at the' present price, state the United Baltic Corporation, London t merchants, at the end of a review of the543 words
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Article205 1950-01-23 6 LONDON, Sun. INDUSTRIAL shares on the 1 London Stock Exchange ended the week on a dull note. Prices moved lower In small trading and showed textiles and cements particularly out of favour. The former lost ground following the news that Far Eastern Imports promise lower retail prices than205 words
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Article104 1950-01-23 6 TOKYO. Sun. CHANGES in the official exchange rates for several foreign currencies were announced yesterday by the Peking Communist radio, monitored here.- The announcement said the People's Bank of China wanted overseas Chinese to buy victory bonds. The announcer then quoted the following as the officialAP - 104 words
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Advertisement1129 1950-01-23 6 MANSFIELD tfc CO.. LTD. in Vngauorer BLUB FUNNEL UMI Cjxici 00t..n to proceed via ether ports to toad and *»cbar|e cargaj. SAILINCS to LIVERPOOL, CLASCOW CONTINENTAL PO»TS: Dua Sain P. Sham Penang Ml"M l"r o '^"a. < °g r ow U f>oo lan. i 4 |.n. 27 28/30 |«..31/F.b, 11,129 words
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Advertisement339 1950-01-23 6 PRESIDENT LINER SAILINGS TO NFW YORK ANO BOSTON VIA CEYLON INDIA ECYPI AND MEDITERRANEAN PORTS 8- yy ".Ste 27 P /27 h r." 28/«*uV rres leftersen 1/5 Feb «/7 c.t. x/in r.k WlHiamatl. Victory 14/18 Feb. 19/20^ 21/23 lit Pf Poni 1/5 Mar 6/7 Mar 8/9 Mat TO USA PACIFIC339 words
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Advertisement401 1950-01-23 6 EAST ASIATIC LINE SAILINGS FROM N SCAND.NAV.A/UK./ •^^^SUtBXT^ m/s 'Nordh.at Sue abt reb I Loading at Singapore. Port Swettenham <j Penang. m/s 'Kvernaas due abt Feb 14 for Bangkok. Manila Hong Kong m/ -Nordkyn" Codowns 23/24 Kobe 5 Yokohama!?) t O i Aden Port Said Alexandria Cenoa Antwerp Rotterdam. m/s401 words
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Advertisement1033 1950-01-23 6 MeALISTER CO.. LTD. (tncojooialeo m Vnjaooie) Telephone No. 5906 .LL.RMAN B«C«HAI.L V «H« M Ll*. LOS ANCtttS. SAN FRANCISCO, omoam hivii amtu»s» PORTLAND SiAli.l 6 VANCOUVER lo !orr«DA H M S HA*Mii*" r A £*J,£ n bouth CITY Of COVINTRV F«AN(.l>viiLk e£S°\\/i* M/!« h *iT» iT/ P 2i < i?1,033 words
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Article, Illustration484 1950-01-23 7 Manchester Utd. Lose At Stoke LONDON, Sunday. of the teams leading the football leagues had another bad day yesterday, and Liverpool returned to head Division One by well and truly beating lowly Birmingham while Manchester United, who had taken the leadei ship last week onReuter - 484 words
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Article1114 1950-01-23 7 UK Soccer League Positions LONDON, Sun. FOOTBALL League standings F after yesterday's games are: FIRST DIVISION P D L F A pte Liverpool 27 13 11 3 49 29 37 Manchester U 27 13 9 5 44 24 35 Blackpool 2« 13 9 4 36 21 35 Portsmouth 27 13Reuter - 1,114 words
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Article124 1950-01-23 7 DURBAN, Sun. •pRAPPED on a turning wicket, Australia were shot out for 75 by South Africa here yesterday, second day of the thirl Test. South Africa, who made 311, thus gained a first innings lead of 236 and can enforce the follow on tomorrow. ItReuter - 124 words
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Article32 1950-01-23 7 The Young Soccerites Club beat the Young Companions Youth Club by two goals to nil is a boceer match played at Jalan Btsar Stadium yesterday Avihar Singh anA Zurki scoring.32 words
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Article49 1950-01-23 7 The Australian schoolboys 'A' team beat St. Patricks School by 44 runs In a game of cricket played on St. Patrick's School ground yesterday. St. Patrick's batted first and were all out for 82 runs. The Australian boys totalled 126 runs before their last wicket fell.49 words
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Article234 1950-01-23 7 TWICKENHAM, London, Sunday. WALES decisively beat England in the Rugby Union International here yesterday by a goal, a penalty goal and a try (11 points) to a goal (five points). Thus Wales well and truly laid the bogey which has haunted them in their visitsReuter - 234 words
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Article387 1950-01-23 7 /\VFR 80 yachts, representing all Singapore sailing clubs, entered the fourth annual regatta of the K.A.F. Changi Yacht Club, which was held at Changi yesterday. The winner of the Gammon Trophy, main event of the day for which over 50 competitors took part over a387 words
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Article269 1950-01-23 7 LONDON, Sun. RUGBY Union and Rugby League results yesterday were: RUGBY UNION London Scottish S. London Hospital 13; Old Cranleighans 0. United Ser. Portsmouth 19; Old MIHhlllians 0, Birkenhead Park 12: Old Merchant Taylors 3. Blackheath 14; Richmond 3. Cambridge Univ. 3: Abercarn 3, Pontypool 0 Bedford269 words
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Miscellaneous81 1950-01-23 7 SINGAPORE 9 35 For the Schools; 9.55 Interlude; 10 00 News (also at 1.30. 7 9.30); 10.05 Close; 10.50 For the Schools; 12.00 Programmes in Malay; 1.00 Monday Matinee; 1.45 Cowboy Songs; 2.00 Close; 6.00 Programme Summary; 6.02 L'sht Music: 6.30 Hawaiian Melodies; 7 JO Movie Magazine; 8.00 World Affairs-81 words
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Miscellaneous91 1950-01-23 7 programmes; 1.00 Monday matinee; 1.30 News (also at 7 ft 930); 2.00 Close; 6.00 Programme Summary; 6.02 Listeners Calling; 7.30 Much Binding In the Marsh; 8.00 World Affairs; 8.30 London Studio Melodies; 9.00 Symphony Orchestras of America* 9.45 American Jslm; 10.00 Ghost Story; 10.30 Dance Music: 11.00 Close. B. V91 words
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Miscellaneous93 1950-01-23 7 10.00 Radio News Reel- 10.1* "Travellers" Joy"; 10.45 "Life Jn Britain"; 11.00 Dance Music; 11.16 "Commonwealth Survey' 1 11.30 News; 11.40 News Analysis; 11.45 'Evening Serenade"; 12.00 Close. AUSTRALIA 5.30 p.m. Composer of the Week; 6.00 Sonata Recital; 6.30 Overseas and Australian News (also at 8.30. 10 11); 7.00 Masters93 words
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Article, Illustration877 1950-01-23 8 'WE SHOULD HAVE SOMETHING TO SHOW' Malayans Leave For Empire Games Today Message From The Manager "WE are making no rash promises, but we hope to have something to show when we return home.*' That was the message Mr. E. G. Strickland, manager of the Malayan team to the British877 words
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Article, Illustration187 1950-01-23 8 ILOYD VAI.BERft will be competing In the ISO yards high hurdles and the high jump. He will conrentrate on the hurdle* where, he thinks, h« hai a better chance of being at least placed. Valberg holds the Malayan record lor the high hurdles with 15.5 sec. and won the187 words
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Article, Illustration437 1950-01-23 8 FOXG SAW PAX, 26-year-old lightweight champion of Singapore and Malaya whose be spectaclrd, scholastic appearai.ee belies his terrific strength. Holder of the Slngpore and Malayan clean and jerk record of 290 lb., he is also a physics tutor at the University of Malaya. He will be lejtin*437 words
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Article526 1950-01-23 8 U'Hi.HIS for all ••ighl races for the second day. Wed. Jan. ?5. at Ipoh are: Cl. 4, iHv o Fora. p««-, rsi.i oaa Kenton g.JTj Lovely Bora 8.11 Lena Dear 8.10 f.rpc.ai, Pr.m-e 8.09 Loch Clyde 8.98 K*kama 8.08 Dark Romance 8.07, Klnta Valley526 words
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175 1950-01-23 8 LONDON. Sun. FREDDIE Mills, tough, bar-rel-chested product of the British boxing booth is being tipped to retain nis world light-heavyweight championship and upset the slight odds laid of Joey Maxim. American challenged, at Earls Court. London on Tuesday. This contest of cus'img stylee.Reuter - 175 words
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335 1950-01-23 8 EPSOM JEEP - EPSOM JEEP By IPOH, Sunday. pALL IT coincidence if you like but sweep races, which decide something like a quarter of a million in prize money each time, have provided some of the most spectacular upsets on the Malayan Turf since the war. It335 words
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Article45 1950-01-23 8 OFFICIALS of the Singapore Chinese Recreation Club's cricket section this year mre: Captain Wee Chong Jin vicecaptain; Khoo Ong Lee: convener and representative on the Singapore Cricket Association committee: Cl.eong Thiam Siew; representative on the Clarke Cup committee: V. I. Evan Wong.45 words
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Article30 1950-01-23 8 NAGPUR, Sun. Meeting the Central Province Governor's XI here, the Commonwealth cricket tourists scored 319 for nine yesterday. Langdon scored 61 and Fred Freer 65 not out.— Reuter.Reuter - 30 words
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Article227 1950-01-23 8 HONG KONG, Sunday. A HAT-TRICK by centre-forward Dollah Don and brilliant work in the defence by left-back Haji Grahan and right-back Tan Kai Sow gave the Sino-Malay touring football team a clear-cut four-two victory over Combined Hong Kong today. The Malayans scored first three minutesAP - 227 words
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Article149 1950-01-23 8 TURNING out for the Uhtpeaa 1 Athletes, Bert taglla, Urn Army's star ctntrefanvard of Ust season, accounted 'or five o.' the nine goals which the Athie'c* scored against Headquarter.,, ffingapore District, In a friendly fool ball match at Jalan Dwar Stadium yesterday. District failed149 words
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Article28 1950-01-23 8 HOCKEY: K.O. Tourney semi final C.S.C. T Police, Thomson Rd S.R.C. V Dutch Club, pad .vis. 8.0.D. t V.M.C.A. at Balrstier Rd CiOLF: R.S.G.C. women's g»lf28 words
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Miscellaneous22 1950-01-23 8 SINGAPORE TIDES TODAY: 2.13 a.m. .8ft. 71n.) and 1.50 p.m. <9ft. 4in.). TOMORROW: 2.39 a.m. (8ft. 6in.t and 2.30 p.m. (8ft. 8in.).22 words
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