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Title Section19 1950-02-07 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 IiVEI.VE PAGES SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1950. Tpy price ten cents19 words
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Article630 1950-02-07 1 Military Help 'Might Well Be Considered Straits Times Diplomatic Correspondent MILITARY aid for South-East Asia would be 1 considered along with other projects designed to help the area resist Communist aggression, said Dr. Philip C. Jessup, U.S. Ambassador-at-Large, at a press conference in Singapore630 words
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Article83 1950-02-07 1 r\R- Philip Jessup said yesterday in Singapore that he was impressed with the Quality of the leadership In the United States of Indonp- < sla. and with the general spirit of co-operation In the highest circles between the Dutch and the Indonesians. Everyone in Jakarta felt83 words
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Article, Illustration45 1950-02-07 1 MX CHANG MIN TAT. a t«- teller of St. Xavier's Institution, Penang who is one of three Malayans chosen b\ the Federation Govern-lnt-nt to ft) to the I'nited Kingdom to observe the British Reneral elections. Mr. Clung graduated in 1»39 from Kaffirs Colle^f. Singapore.45 words
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Article151 1950-02-07 1 NEW DELHI, Monday. IJAXDIT Nehru. Prime Minister of India, today condemned Pakistan propaganda about Kashmir as "monstrous and scandalous in the extreme." He added: "My patience is getting a bit exhausted with this campaign of calumny, often supported by the foreign Press." Addressing his weekly Press151 words
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Article76 1950-02-07 1 NEW DELHI. Mon. THE Indian Prime Minister Pandit Nehru, told Parliament today that the Portuguese possession of Goa "will have to come to India." He made the statement, which was greeted with prolonged cheers, when asked whether his attention had been drawn to remarksReuter - 76 words
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Article59 1950-02-07 1 CAPETOWN. Mon— lndia/ Pakistan, and South Africa today began preliminary ta!»s in camera on the treatment of Indians in the Union. The talks are to discuss a possible round table confer- ence on the question, as sug- gested by the United Nations I General Assembly about twoReuter - 59 words
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Article260 1950-02-07 1 'SOVIET PLAN TO MARCH ON BERLIN' BONN, Mon. PLANS for a march on r Berlin by 600,000 members of the Soviet zone Free German Youth Movement which would jbe "tantamount to the j occupation of Western Berlin"— were outlined I yesterday by Dr. Kurt i Schumacher, the German Social Democratif260 words
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Article30 1950-02-07 1 TOKYO. Mon.— Seven new cases of eruptive typhus were reported yesterday bringing the total since the first case was reported in Tokyo in December to 105. ReuterjAAP.Reuter-AAP - 30 words
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Article27 1950-02-07 1 BOMBAY. Mon. The Aga Khan has given 350.000 rupees in Pakistan currency to set 'up an economic research centre for Moslem countries. i —Reuter.Reuter - 27 words
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129 1950-02-07 1 MANILA, Monday. THE Public Prosecutor of the Philippines Depart ment of Justice threatened today to start mas: deportations of Chinese found guilty of black marketing and profiteering. He says some 500 Chines nationals have been foum guilty by courts on blackmar keting charges sinceAP - 129 words
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Article, Illustration52 1950-02-07 1 MX. J. C. STERNDALE BENNETT, the new Deputy Commissioner General, Foreign Affairs, photograph- ed on his arrival at Tengah airfield. Singapore, jester- day from Britain. He. sue- ceeds Mr. P. S. Scrivener. who is now British Minister Switzerland. Mrs. Sterniale Bennett will be arriving in Singapore shortly by ship. Straits52 words
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Article, Illustration99 1950-02-07 1 MALAYA yesterday won two gold medals at the British Empire Games at Auckland. New Zealand. Both medal winners were from Malayan weightlifting team. Tho Fook Hung. Penan? goldsmith salesman (seen above) won the first medal with a total lift of 655 Ib. in the bantamweight division. Tho's military press of99 words
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Article148 1950-02-07 1 SAIGON. Monday. If LEON Pignon, French High Commissioner in iT Indo-China, left here today for Vientiane, capital of Laos, where he will later today sign the agreement according Lao's independence within the French Union. Prince Saving, representing the King of Laos, is to sign on behalf ofReuter - 148 words
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Article54 1950-02-07 1 LUNUUN. MOn. QUEEN Mary, mother of the King, has sciatica and is L'onflned to her room at Marlborough House. She cannot walk about, but iias refused to go to bed. Queen Mary, who will be 83 In May. is continuing her needlework and other occupations which doReuter - 54 words
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Article50 1950-02-07 1 LONDON, MML V!n*ine rul«txT prices: Spot 15 IS ltid. March. IS 7 Apr.-Junr. 15\<: Julv«rpt IS 3 lfi: Oct.-Iter. II II 16: Feb.-Mar. r i f MariMt: Steady. losing tin prices: Spot. r-,i»<t i, t_b<Ml: Forward. 1583 t —XM4; Settlement. f.WW: Turnover, morning. 55 tons: afleiniMin. ill lons.50 words
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Article44 1950-02-07 1 DURBAN, Mon.— One hunired armed South Africar police were rushed to the Uatomano area of Durban lasi light to restore order aftei i clash between a small bodj )f African police and a crowc )f Africans. Three Africar aolicemen were injured. ■leuter.Reuter - 44 words
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Article92 1950-02-07 1 TOKYO, Mon. -Leaders of nearly 3.000,000 Japanese trade unionists today threatened the government with a nationwide general strike unless civil servants' wages were increased. The leaders accused the government of disregarding advice by the National Personnel Authority (an advisory board ordered by General Douglas Mac Arthur) thatReuter; Reuter-AAP - 92 words
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Article35 1950-02-07 1 TOKYO, Mon— Gen. Douglas Mac Arthur announced today that the Manila Office of the Allied Supreme Command would shut down because of the "gradual return of trade in Japan to private hands."— Reuter.Reuter - 35 words
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Article36 1950-02-07 1 ALBANY, New York. Mon.— Fourteen Representatives of the Japanese Diet on a "democracy Indoctrination" tour have arrived In New York for a six -day observation of New York State's Government In action. Reuter.Reuter - 36 words
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Article322 1950-02-07 1 GOVT. CANCELS BANISHMENT WARRANT Mr. Tan Kee Gak Released From Our Own Correspondent MALACCA, Monday. y[R. Tan Kee Gak, Malacca Chinese businessman and vice-president of the Malacca Chamber of Commerce, who was arrested on Jan. 27 under the Banishment Ordinance, was released from Malacca Prison yesterday, it was announced in322 words
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Article47 1950-02-07 1 P STALING Tin mad.- t profit of 54.994.1JfJ from minim; operations In the It months to Oct. 31, 194!». The directors rccw mend payment of final dividend of 55 per cent., making th« total 100 per cent. Tor thiyear. [Full report in pai?«- ll],47 words
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101 1950-02-07 1 Man Who Shot At Russian Ship Arrested TOKYO, Mon. SOUTH Korean naval authorities are detaining the :aptain of a mines which reported flrir.j. i warning shot a; a Ruaslao shin in Kore.tsi waten .1 Feb. 3. The captain, who eariier ■eported the ship was on-» mile offshore and hoisted aReuter - 101 words
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236 1950-02-07 2 US. Aid Sought To End IndiaNepal Impasse NEW YORK, Monday. rpHE New York Times reported from Paris yesterday 1 that the United States, "which has immense prestige in India," was being looked to in the hope that its friendly counsel could end a 'prevailing impasse' between India and Nepal. TheReuter - 236 words
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Article90 1950-02-07 2 CAIRO, Mon— The Egypt- ian Government today ended martial law, introduced in May. 1948, on the eve of the outbreak of hostilities in Pal- estine. Censorship of mails and cables abroad, pending settlement of the Palestine question, is retained. Prize courts and the Inspection of shipsReuter - 90 words
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Article187 1950-02-07 2 PRASAD RIDES IN STATE NEW DELHI, Mon. THE President, Rajendra Prasad, yesterday drove In procession in a State carriage drawn by six horses to receive a civic address from the Old Delhi Municipal Council. The half mile long procession was lined by the President's mounted bodyguard on both sides ofAP - 187 words
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Article52 1950-02-07 2 NEW YORK, MOD. A fa-j mous U. S. firm has -sent I 11 lb. o( margarine to Em.je.or Hnilie Selassie of Ethiopia fol- lowing a request from the palace at Addis Ababa. The Ethiopian representatives at New York were unable to suggest why the imperor needed the margarine.52 words
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Article263 1950-02-07 2 MELBOURNE, Monday. IyHEN an 18ft. shark leaped into their small fishing dinghy off Melbourne, two men and a woman fought it for 10 minutes before killing it. Miss Edna Martin said it was th e last time she would go fishing. Fred GayReuter; Reuter-AAP - 263 words
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Article, Illustration36 1950-02-07 2 THREK STRINGS of rtainestones fall in a cascade from the ear in these new ear-rings shown by Pierre Balmain in Paris. The idea is repeated in the bracelet worn high on the arm. A.P. picture.AP - 36 words
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121 1950-02-07 2 TOKIO Mon. TWO hundred policemen and nine fire-engines were called out to the Kauasaki bicycle race track between Tokyo and Yokohama yesterday, when angry fans charging that the race had been "fixed," attacked track officers and racers' quarters and carried aioay a sum of moneyReuter-AAP - 121 words
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Advertisement260 1950-02-07 2 LAfE NEWS Inside sources say Colonel PARADINE'S valet may be important surprise witness in i«> PARADJNE TOMORROW MiLMN RAILM4Y SIN6APORE TOWN CFFICE 15 PHILLIP STREET FOR < GOODS i AND PARCELS m Jit He didn't foxatf to kiss you Honey Poor foolish uife to trust ji,<: a b.uh, ir^tcad or260 words
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Advertisement881 1950-02-07 2 NOTICES THE MOTOR VEHICLES (COMMERCIAL USE) REGULATIONS Neiice »f Application for Variation o* a Haulage Permit. Take Notice that we Plantations Des Terres Rouges (Johore Labis Estate) by occupation Palm Oil and Rubber producers the holder of Permit No. 844 C under which we are authorised to use the following881 words
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Advertisement581 1950-02-07 2 N6T!££s NOTICE CHINESE NEW YEAR FREE GIFTS Messrs. Runme Shaw and Run Run Sr.aw Proprietors of Shaw Brothers Ltd. announce that as last year they will distribute free gifts to the aged Chinese of SingI apore, Penang, Ipor. and Kuala I Lumpur. Two Thousand Gifts 1 will be distributed in581 words
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Advertisement61 1950-02-07 2 —m^mr SIAMESE SAFITY rU^ 1^ COMFORT i|gW>*il aunts: PENANG ond SINGAPORE SIM E. D ARB Y^ v^^^^ M fmrnrnm Www m W wLm mM.mM mi I I ,^^r it meant SAfßfY \^and 10N6 Ufß/r DUNLOP 'THt OUHtOT m>BBER CO (MALAYA! LTD. SINGAPORE mi*.L» <-U<*l>U*. >fNAMt l j^^r you! I ,HH|61 words
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349 1950-02-07 3 HONG K()N<;, Monday. FOURTEEN Chinese Nationalist four-enginei bombers today pounded Shanghai in tin heaviest air raid of the month. The bombers each carrying seven 500-pound bombs, attacke< the Chapei power plant. It was rsportec damaged heavily. A heavy anti-aircraft barrage was put uj against theReuter-AAP - 349 words
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Article, Illustration65 1950-02-07 3 VOLUNTEER NAVAL MEN seated in a new oval igloolike pneumatic-stressed life raft at the Naval Base, Rosyth. making a last-minute check of the equipment they will test in Arctic conditions. In the centre is a cage with Tish and Tosh, two canaries to be used to test airReuter - 65 words
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Article92 1950-02-07 3 TXII'FII, Mon.— Madam Chianß Kai-shek left .he comparative safety of Formosa loday to fly within sight and sound <>f liinese Communist Runs. On the first leg of her pi nmlWiJ vi-.it to troops at t'l- front liiws in NationaI lima. Madam Chiang took off forUP - 92 words
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Article103 1950-02-07 3 U.N Move By U.S.I. Likely LAKE SUCCESS, Mon. TKL (Jint.-d States, ol Indo necla might apply for admission to the United Na- his week. The path for such action Was cleared a week ago when Russia announced she was extending diplomatic recog- the new state. Tap Russians, however, expected to103 words
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Article21 1950-02-07 3 CR EDENTIALS AMSTERDAM. Mon- Mr. fttnmed Roem. Indonesia's High Commissioner In iht Netherlands, today preted his credentials to Qn?n Juliana.- Router.Reuter - 21 words
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Article28 1950-02-07 3 ROME. Mon— ltaly's Somaliland mandate will eventually be supervised by a career diplomat, not a military man, usually reliable Italian Foreign Office sources said yesterdav.—Reuter.Reuter - 28 words
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165 1950-02-07 3 TOKYO. Monday. A STRONGER American military attitude toward Communist Asia may be one result of the visit of the chiefs of staff of the American fighting services who believe that the United States should keep permanent military bases in Japan. They are reportedAP; UP - 165 words
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Article166 1950-02-07 3 'Russia Has New Type Super Bomb' BERLIN, Mon. RUSSIA has "probaoly mastered" a new type of chain reaction that is better than the hydrogen bomb. Prof Robert Hans Havemann, a leading Eas 1 Berlin physicist, wrote yesterday. Prof Havemann's article, published in the Socialist Unity Party news daily, Neves Deutschland,Reuter - 166 words
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Article59 1950-02-07 3 LA PAZ. Bolivia. Mon.— The police stated that they had uncovered a Communist plan to promote general unrest and sabotage the Bolivian econo- j my They said the plans of the •"recently formed" Commu- nist Party that had played a part in the Chilean strikes which endedUP - 59 words
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Article226 1950-02-07 3 ROME, Monday. THE Italian film director, Mr. Roberto Rosselini, said yesterday that he and Miss Ingrid Bergman had received "about 5,000 congratulatory telegrams and messages" since the birth of their son on I Thursday night. Mr. Rossellini said: Mesj iages came from everywhere. Most226 words
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Article52 1950-02-07 3 FISH SAUCE AND SIGN WRITING BANGKOK. Mon. BECAUSE Siamese nationals are unwilling to perform the work, three occupations have been eliminated from a list of pro- fessions banned to aliens. The three are preparation of fish sauce, signboard writing in thp Siamese language and the sale of priest's 1 clothing.—52 words
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Article83 1950-02-07 3 HONG KONG. Mon OEPRESENTATIVES of the IV Hong Kong Tram Workers Union are calling on the Police Commissioner today io ask for the unconditional return of the Union premises They will also seek permission to allow the deported Union officials to return to the Colony, according toReuter; Reuter-AAP - 83 words
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Article76 1950-02-07 3 MERANO. Italy. Mon. Nationalism yesterday halted the procession of a statue of the Madonna at the tiny village of Ora on the ItalianAustrian border near here. The German speaking residents of the village refused t kneel before the Italian-made statue. But finally, after heated argument, a76 words
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Article49 1950-02-07 3 VATICAN CITY, Mon. Maria Desolata Terres jtmta. Spanish founder of the Sister Servants of Mary was beatified on Sunday in SI. Peters Basilica. She was born at Madrid in 1826 and at the age of only 30 she became Superior-General of the new Institute of Servants of Mary.49 words
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Article70 1950-02-07 3 HONG KONG. Mon Radio Peking announced yesterday that the Chinese Communists have agreed to establish diplomatic relations with Pakistan, and invited Pakistan's representative at Nanking to come to Peking I and talk things over. It also said that Poland j had granted recognition to the CommunistUP - 70 words
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Article103 1950-02-07 3 WASHINGTON, Mon. A GROUP representing U.S. business interests yesterday objected to the proposal for Government guarantee of American "Point Four" investments abroad. The United States InterAmeiican Council, part of the Inter-American Council of Commerce and Production, a hemispheric Chamber of Commerce called the "Point Four"AP - 103 words
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Article184 1950-02-07 3 RANGOON, Monday. THE need of a world food census in the light of increasing populations, greater life expectancy and falling death rates, was stressed yesterday by Mr. William H. Cummings, a United Nations food expert. He said that until a world f food census isAP - 184 words
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Article70 1950-02-07 3 MANIIJV, Mon.-- Six aur.dred persons are homeless after a flre> at Cabanatuan, capital of Neuva Eclja Province. Four thousand barrels nj pitch worth £20,000 were lestroyed in a blaze seven niles from Madras. Police md the flre brigade fought five hours to control the flre. AtAP - 70 words
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Article264 1950-02-07 3 Tory Landslide, Says Lady Astor CONDON, Mon. r ADY Astor, the first <lj woman to be elected to the House of Commons, today predicted a Conservative landslide in the Feb. 23 election. She said sh c would not run for Parliament again Lady Astor added that four years of theReuter; UP - 264 words
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Article36 1950-02-07 3 GUAM, Mon.— Nearly 500 armed sailors and marines made surprise raids on two Guam camps, searched more than 3.000 Filipino workers, and found thousands ot knives, 25 firearms, hatchets, I and dynamite.— UP. jUP - 36 words
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Advertisement226 1950-02-07 3 Paris London raved New York damned How will Singapore react to Jean Cocteau's THE EAGLE HAS TWO HEADS a (iuhpted by Ronald Duncan) NIGHTLY at NINE I J ON TUES. 7th, Bth, 9th, 10th, 11th of Feb. I v in the Victoria Theatre 1\ V ■J j <:::^3 :^l^ Si226 words
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Article, Illustration25 1950-02-07 4 MR. SEFTON DELMER, roving correspondent of the London Daily Express, who passed through Singapore yesterday on his way to Australia. Straits Times picture.25 words
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Article123 1950-02-07 4 From Our Stall Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. THE mystery of the 20.000 acre cocoa plantation which an "American" company was reported to be considering opening in Trengganu has been solved. The December report .>! the Federation Labour Department referred to the proposal, but when the Straits123 words
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Article115 1950-02-07 4 YEOW Kwong, a Chinese "kepala," left his motorcycle for repair at a garage in Singapore where Lim Keng Thiam. a mechanic, after repairing the motor cycle took it out "in order to test it." Yesterday Llm pleaded guilty in the Fifth Police Court, Singapore,115 words
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Article, Illustration23 1950-02-07 4 MR. AND |MRS. R. C. SHKPPARD with their three-month-old son Charles, after his baptism at St. Andrew's Cathedral on Sunday.— Straits Times picture.23 words
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Article65 1950-02-07 4 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. rpHE Kuala Lumpur police stated today that persons wishing to shoot pigs by day or night in the vicinity of Kuala Lumpur must first inform the police of the time, place and date of the expedition. If they do not65 words
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529 1950-02-07 4 Mr. Tan Kee Cak Tells His Story "I WAS not interrogated about my arrest, and no reason was given me for my nine days in prison" Mr. Tan Kee Gak told a Straits Times reporter in Singapore yesterday morning. Mr.529 words
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163 1950-02-07 4 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. AN elderly Indian charged in the First Magistrate's Court today with failing to register, said he had spent the last two years "in meditation* and therefore did not know "what took place outside." The man. S. R163 words
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Article31 1950-02-07 4 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Mon.— The first meeting of the Johore Council of State for the year will be held at the Dew an on Feb. 28.31 words
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Article28 1950-02-07 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon For driving a Singapore lorry carrying aerated water bottles without a haulage permit Keng Tee Kuan wa« fined $30 in the Police Court28 words
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354 1950-02-07 4 Girl, 14, Was ShotBriton Accused From Our Own Correspondent SEGAMAT, Monday. THE trial began on Saturday of 28-year-old J- G. Mac Donald, British security officer on Chan Wing Estate, near Bekok. before the Segamat Circuit Magistrate, Inche Abdul Rauf. Mac Donald is charged with causing th e death of Tee354 words
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Article133 1950-02-07 4 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon. IDANDAR Maharani, capital of Muar, will be the venue of the thirteenth general assembly meeting of UMNO which opens of Feb. 24 Preceding this will be the conference of delegates of religious organisations from all over Malaya beginning on Feb. 21. This133 words
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Article100 1950-02-07 4 MR. Gilbert Henry Davis, director and manager of the Singapore branch of Kelly Walsh, who died on Sunday afternoon, was interred yesterday at the Bidadari cemetery. The Rev. B. Eales and Dr. H. B. Amstutz officiated at the funeral. The pall-bearers were Messrs. C O. Burt.100 words
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Article86 1950-02-07 4 COMMANDER Kilroy. capt ain of the yacht, Boleh, v which left Singapore for England last month, has pent a message advising the arrival of the yacht at dlombo. In the message, to the Naval Base, he expresses (he thanks of himself anil his crew for the encouragement86 words
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Advertisement274 1950-02-07 4 AC R AWATTE PURE CEYLON A PERFECT BLENDED TEA FOR HOME DELIVERY Prices inclusive of packing, insurance and postal charges. libs. CHESTS $8.80 jibs. CHESTS $11.75 61bs. CHESTS $20.95 SPECIAL CHEST CONTAININC:- libs. ACRAWATTE }lb. CHINA TEA r $11-95 (KIM LOH HAN) J Sole Agents: NGAPORE KUALA LUMPUR PENANG This274 words
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Advertisement134 1950-02-07 4 r A tiki BKiiß iHM J FOR INSTANT RELIEF FROM X DRY AND IItKITATIM. (OM.II M C<3 O X ff r r- ff r »ith f nee l t h *el th^ eates S 6 rand COl °»r s V *>labl c °^c GOOD/YEARi 5-^-*? two new iml EVERYWHERE1 rij'l134 words
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266 1950-02-07 5 1,000 TO 1 ODDS AGAINST BANDITS IF EVERYONE TRIES: FACER From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. THE anti-bandit month should result in a push that would make "these bad men" wish they had never been born, said Mr. H. H. Facer, president of the United Planting Association of Malaya266 words
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Article, Illustration33 1950-02-07 5 THE NEWLY COMPLETED $100,000 Fooohow Chinese Methodist Church which will be formally opened by Bishop Arthur J. Moore tomorrow, and where the new Methodist Bishop, Dr. Archer will preach today.33 words
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Article263 1950-02-07 5 6 WEEKS' GAOL FOR AIRMAN A YOUNG Royal Air Force aircraftsman who had borne an exemplary record since he volunteered for service in 1947, was sentenced to six weeks' rigorous imprisonment by Mr. Justice Gordon-Smith in the Singapore Assize Court yesterday. He pleadod guilty to a of causing hurt to263 words
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Article19 1950-02-07 5 All ships in Singapore Harbour were "dressed" this morning in honour of the Foundation Day of Singapore.19 words
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Article146 1950-02-07 5 NAVAL Base Police investigating the death of a Somali seaman Shari Mohamed. found on the deck of H.M.S. Loch Glendhu with his head injured while the warship was lying at anchor off Seletar on Jan. 3u. found £200 in the dead man's locker.146 words
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Article25 1950-02-07 5 Sir Eugen Millington-Drake will talk on "Old favourites ri English and American poetries." at the American Club, Cathay Building, at 6.30 p.m. tomorr:v..25 words
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Article68 1950-02-07 5 From Our Sta IT Correspondent MALACCA, Monday. rOI'RTEEN locally recruited probation officers will shortly begin a three- month course in juvenile work at a training school ai Malacca under the Rev. L R. Wilson, "Vicar of Malacca. A fully qualified probation officer, Mr. Wilson has68 words
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Article73 1950-02-07 5 Y.W.C.A., 5, Raffles Quay, Mandarin class. 10 a.m. FILM DISPLAY of the working of the Corporation of the City of Glasgow, Victoria Theatre, 5.15 p.m. V.M.C.A.. Orchard Road. Malay and French classes. 5.30 pjn., gymnastics, 6 p.m., public lecture by Mr. G. G. Thomson on "The Loom of73 words
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Article220 1950-02-07 5 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. TWREE people were injured when bandits removed A a rail from the Kemayan to Bahau railway line and derailed a train in Negri Sembilan yesterday. They took the rail away shortly before the train arrived, derailing two coaches. Two220 words
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Article86 1950-02-07 5 r THE Singapore Government has drawn the special attention of Federation and Johore Governments to the latest bandit attack on the TebrauSingapore water pipeline at Scudai. The acting Municipal President, Mr. T. P. F. MeNeice, told the Straits Times yesterday that Singapore was working hand in glove86 words
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Article88 1950-02-07 5 THE 14.000-ton United States Navy se"aplane tender Salisbury Sound, will arrive in Singapore on Feb. 18 on a five-day operational visit. Under the command of Capt. E. J. S. Young, U.S.N.. the Salisbury Sound is manned by 50 officers and 500 ratings. Capt. Young will pay88 words
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154 1950-02-07 5 AVER 6,000 people, it is estimated, visited the v Singapore Art Society's first Open Photographic Exhibition which closed on Sunday. Since this exhibition has aroused so much interest another will be held next year. Copies of the rules and regulations for the submission of154 words
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163 1950-02-07 5 India Govt. Offers 6 Scholarships THE Government of India has again offered six scholarships to Malayan students. Two of these will be for non-Indian students and four for students of Indian origin domiciled in Malaya. The scholarships are being offered to promote cultural relations between India and Malaya and the163 words
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Article96 1950-02-07 5 From Our Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Mon. ARSHAD bin Junid, a Singapore Municipality employee at Gunong Pulai Waterworks, who was a prosecution witness in a case before the Assizes today was asked by Mr. Justice Laville to show cause why he should not be committed96 words
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Article53 1950-02-07 5 The Shipping and Port Clearance Office, the Seamen's Registration Bureau, the office of the Registrar of Imports and Exports, and the Imports and Exports Control Office (Permits Branch), will be closed on Feb. 17, and will be open from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Feb. 18. (Chinese53 words
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Article82 1950-02-07 5 I «EAR Admiral H. W. Faulk- ne> will arrive in Singapore at noon today in the Corfu to relieve Rear Admiral Caslon as Flag Officer, Malayan area. Rear Admiral Caslon will meet Rear Admiral Faulkner on arrival. Later Rear Admiral Faulkner will call on Admiral Sir Patrick82 words
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Article50 1950-02-07 5 From O-ir O'vn <'r>rr"sn"n<J"n< JOHORE BAHRU. MorT. Balan, a clerk in th" BOD. Singapore, who was charged in the Sessions Court with the theft of a wrist watch, was sentenced to 10 days Imprisonment and a fine of $100 or a further one month's i'MDrisonment50 words
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Article56 1950-02-07 5 THE Commissi -r-Geuera' it. M "'m Mac Donald, and the Of :.3r IKumir -ins ll> Government of Singapore, Sir Futnck McK. > have L mac patrons of the Singapore Repertory C itt%ny ana w'H attend the first night, of the play. Tb *7U Has56 words
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366 1950-02-07 5 'Conspirators' To Give Evidence Against 10 Men SIBU PLOT' TRIAL OPENS From ALAN W OLSTEN HOLME Straits Times Special Correspondent SIBU, Monday. WHEN 10 Malays pleaded not guilty at Sibu today of abetting the murder of the Governor of Sarawak, the Attorney-General, Mr. A. J. Grattan-Bellew, said that "five conspirators"366 words
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Article135 1950-02-07 5 JAPS WELL TREATED IN CEYLON EIGHT Japanese are now in Singapore on their way back to Tokyo after attending the first Regional Asian Conference on Labour in Ceylon. Six of them were observers, and two were interpreters. Miss Golda Stander. chief observer for SCAP at the conference. who travelled with135 words
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Advertisement26 1950-02-07 5 if L~., II 1 1 J I r_ mi REPRESENTED IN THE FEDERATION BY UNIVERSAL CARS LTD. PENANG IPOH WEARNE BROS. LTD. KUALA LUMPUR PEREMBAN MALACCA26 words
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Advertisement73 1950-02-07 5 Reproduction THE RADIO OF THE DAY 9- Valve Twin-Speakers-An All-Wave Fully Bundsprtad Receives Strong Signals (no background noise) Perfectly Balanced Tone Price $370/- less 10% for cash Sole Agents: HOE BOON LEONG tic CO., LTD. 25, Thomson Road Singapore Phone 3633 SPECIAL PRE CHINESE NEW YEAR PR I'M HIRE jrdßPP^i^L73 words
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1007 1950-02-07 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Tues. Feb. 7, 1950. Taxing The Cinemas Recent correspondence in the Si raits Times showed strong j public feeling in Singapore that cinema prices in this city are too high. It was also asserted by various correspondents that cinema seats are cheaper in the Federation of1,007 words
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Obituary67 1950-02-07 6 T ME DFATH was announced on Jnd February. at Farmead. Claremnrt. Cni>etown. of J. W. P. Mr.r*h ltitf Mkjw R.A.0.C.. filn<;M)r>rc. :ind formerly Managing Director. The Auto Palace Co Mrt.. Shanghai. X PONNU DURAI It'll Jnnsrn Rd off Hland Rd hjxit. kite Draogbtaaaa, Survey Di-pt Seremban. MuUcca, S'porp. paxsed67 words
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Article131 1950-02-07 6 DR. MRS V. K. TAMBY. PI! lAT -hank all friends, relativM and weU-rcvhers who attrnded the wedding of ty?eir dauehter. Maragaihiuii. to Mr. A undaram. on Jan. 23ili. <md pnaantl or congratulatory UmiigC*. THE FAMILY of Mr Tan Kee H t tli.inks those who paid right vMte, sent wreaths,131 words
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Article147 1950-02-07 6 IN Singapore, the greater your income the greater the income tax. For motor vehicles the greater the horse-power the higher the tax. But for radios there is a flat! ra^c of $12 a year. For an average family j owning a $150 radio this is quite147 words
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393 1950-02-07 6 appears to be considerable misunderstanding of the attitude of the Progessive Party on the question of the appointment of the Deputy Water Engineer, Singapore Municipality. When the first decision of the Establishments Board was made, recommending the appointment of Mr. P. C. Lim, the393 words
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Letter120 1950-02-07 6 THE Singapore races are here again, and I am sure many followers of I the Turf, both in Singapore and the Federation, iare hoping that Radio Malaya will be broadcasting a running commentary of the last two races on Wednesday, Feb. 8. If a dull soccer match can120 words
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Letter94 1950-02-07 6 WITH reference to an official notice in your paper about a fortnight ago, the public was assured by the Food Controller that wheat flour would be available in time for Chinese New Year. I Up to now I have been unable' to obtain even94 words
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Letter94 1950-02-07 6 DEING a regular listener D to Radio Malaya, I have always tuned in every Monday at 6.30 p.m. to listen to the recorded programme of Hawaiian melodies. For the past few months, however, it has been monotonous hearing the same old records played over and over again.94 words
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Letter189 1950-02-07 6 MORE funny business over this Federation flag. First the Government invites people to send in designs. Over 300 are sent The Government has said that only red, blue, white and yellow may 'V used, and that a kris or crescent may be added. The flag committee promptly selects189 words
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Letter124 1950-02-07 6 WISH to write about 1 the Kavadl which is carried on Thaipusam days. I hear the Kavadi custom has been stopped in India, and I hope the same thing will apply from next year in Singapore. This is a very uncivilised thing to witness. I have seen a124 words
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Letter46 1950-02-07 6 WHEN an advertiser in your paper on Jan. 27 referred to bulldog pups that he had for sale as "Churchlllian, was he using that word because it was the correct word for a special breed of bulldogs, or in a figurative sense? INDIGNANT. Singapore.46 words
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Article633 1950-02-07 6 GRAHAM HOUGH - GRAHAM HOUGH By [The Singapore Repertory Company will open its third production. "The Eagl e Has Two Heads" by Jean Cocteau, at the Victoria Theatre tonight In this commentary on th e play, the Professor of English Literature at the University of Malaya says that "this633 words
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Article82 1950-02-07 6 I SHOULD like Mr. Henry Lawrence the United States Information Service, for letting th« general public know something of his organlsati< n through the letter put in the Straits Ti-ne.s .>i Saturday I am sure that many your readers were previous]] unaware of the many actl vifies82 words
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Advertisement600 1950-02-07 6 Our ■•prtt«ntatlv« on tht lit fli»r. Stngjport CoM Storage. Onfcara Ro*«. will rocotvo ««vortit«m*nti Wlnwi V ».m em 4 I em d*Hy CLASSIFIED ADS. MAYNE: On 4th Feb 1860. to Billte <ne> Jamesl, wife of Mayne, a daughter. Liane TAMXIH: At X K. Hospital mn 3id Feb., to Flo and600 words
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Advertisement88 1950-02-07 6 MOW AVAILABLE! World Fumm German LEITZ TTI BINOCULARS. Distinguishing Features:1. From U-.e same manufacturer of I rlca Cameras A Lelti microscopes, the name "Leitz" la Itself a full guarantee of quality A precision. 2. Be'ng made of special alloy, the weight Is considerably below that of ordinary prismatic binoculars. 3.88 words
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Advertisement157 1950-02-07 6 WE have no misgiving about this bnL.ant youngster. We have givrn it a thorough test and. for performance, beauty of tone and ease of tuning, can enthusiastically say that it upholds thr .fine traditions of its distinguished famflv. FEATURES Excellent all round performance, on all hand* teltk fmii tone reproduction.157 words
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Article, Illustration778 1950-02-07 7 SIMPANG TIGA VICTIMS PLAN NEW VILLAGE Will Be Built On Site Of Ruins From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH, Monday. j^HE inhabitants of the little bandit-ravaged village of Simpang Tiga are already planning to re-build their village on the site of the ruins. When a Straits Times reporter visited the scene778 words
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Article206 1950-02-07 7 SWIMMEBB at the Colony's three main holiday resorts, Marine Parade, Changi beach and Tanjong Balai. will soon be able to swim in comparative safety under the watchful eyes of members of the nt-wlv formed Singapore Lifeguard Corps. Mr. B. C. J. Buckeridge, who presided at206 words
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Article99 1950-02-07 7 rr.Mii Our SlaO Cut respondent JOHORE BAHRU. Mon. AMUAR padi planter. Haji Nor Hassan bin Koronoh iw what he thought to be a rat hole in his padi field one morning last week. Curious. hi> stooped down, then inserted his right hand into the hole. 31 turned99 words
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Article23 1950-02-07 7 Three thousand nine huntlr< d tons of cement from Poland arrived In Singapore on Sunday afternoon on the D-»-«sh rmtorshio Nordvhal.23 words
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Article196 1950-02-07 7 from Our Stan correspondent IPOH, Monday. T*HE conduct of 53 Chinese members 1 of the Auxiliary Police in Simpang Tiga, near Sitiawan, which was partially gutted by fire when 60 bandits raided it just before dawn on Saturday morning, was exemplary, said the village headman.AP - 196 words
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Article106 1950-02-07 7 From Oar SUIT Correspondent MALACCA, Mon. MEXT to the bandits, the country's worst enemies are those who, because of fear or selfishness, are not prepared to help end the emergency, Mr. Tan Siew Sin, publicity officer of the Malayan Chinese Association, stated today. Referring to the bandit106 words
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Article63 1950-02-07 7 A $24 wrist-watch brought two Bengalis Into the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday. Shakir All, 18, was charged with the theft of the watch from a house in East Coast Road; Aimun Hak. 30, was charged with dishonestly receiving the watch. Both pleaded not guilty and bail63 words
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Article39 1950-02-07 7 A Chinese youth, Yoh Huan Luang, claimed trial in the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday to a charge of assisting in a public lottery. Ball of $1,000 was allowed, .and the case was postponed > until Mar. 139 words
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Article309 1950-02-07 7 MINISTERS BLIND TO THREAT' THE threat of Communism to Christianity and to A all democratic Institutions was stressed by Dr. H. B. Amstutz at the second annual meeting of the Malayan Christian Council in the Presbyterian Church, Singapore, yesterday. Dr. Amstutz. retiring secretary of the Council309 words
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Article77 1950-02-07 7 —yyHEN I asked my mother if I could get a wife, she drove me out of the house," explained 29-year-old Sol Boh Choo, when he pleaded guilty in the Singapore Second Police Court yesterday to a charge of vagrancy. Soi. who was fourfti sleeping outside the77 words
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Article36 1950-02-07 7 Mr. F. M. Smith has been appointed to act as Principal Assistant Secretary, Social Services Secretariat, Singapore. Mr. D. K. Daniels has been appointed to act as Undersecretary, in place of Mr. J. D. Hodgkinson.36 words
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Article161 1950-02-07 7 AN exhibition of the works of artists resident in Singapore will be formally opened by Sir Patrick McKerron at 5 p.m. on Mar. 11 in the British Council Hall. The exhibition Is being sponsored by the Singapore Art Society. The art exhibition will be opened from161 words
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Article, Illustration64 1950-02-07 7 SOME of the Chinese fashion* on display yesterday: Top. Christina Lee in a crisp moire taffeta, wasp-waisted with a pleated basque. Above. Betty Lim introduces, from left. Lydia Tai. wearing a demure afternoon dress of polka dot chiffon in green and white, and Toni Leong. in64 words
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197 1950-02-07 7 OWNERS of 1,081 taxis will this week launch a Colony-wide pamphlet campaign to enlist public support to avert a taxi transport "crisis" in Singapore. Pamphlets will be printed under the direction of the Singapore Hire Car Association, the Taxi Transport Association, and the197 words
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Article93 1950-02-07 7 THE Singapore Chinese Ladies Association will hold a Chinese Fashion Parade at Raffles Hotel on I Mar. 4. At a cocktail party given by Mrs. Lim Koon Teck last night a preview of the large number of original designs cf the dresses to be shown at the93 words
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Article55 1950-02-07 7 The East -West Society will debate "What U wrong with the world." at 8.30 p.m. on i Thursday in the British I Council Hall. Stamford Road. Singapore. Speakers will include Sir Han Hoe Urn, Archdeacon Maxwell Gregory. Prof. R. E Holttum, Mr. S D. Kalelkar55 words
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Article67 1950-02-07 7 1 thirteen Chinese hawkera were hurt when a lorry overturned early yesterday morning in Jurong Road Singapore, due. It is believed to a burst tyre. Two ambulance :<> (l k the Injured to the General Hospital where eight were admitted. The lorry was carrying hawkers to67 words
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Article48 1950-02-07 7 From Our SUIT Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU. Mon.— Ibrahim bin Abdul Ghaffar. postal agent. Ulu Choh. was I today sentenced to two years' rigorous imprisonment on a charge of criminal breach of trust of $73 worth of postal orders He had a previous conviction for cheating.48 words
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Article43 1950-02-07 7 Singapore police are Investigating the death of a 21-year-old Chinese tri.sha rider K'ng Slang Hong. of Rao Course Road, whose bod^ was found on Marine Paradi beach yesterday morning. An identity card and sonn money were found in h'.s we43 words
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Advertisement146 1950-02-07 7 REG? TRADE MARK JJ Nos *****5/67 lour Symbol of Security is In the tollers 1' MA and thr well-known Roman Warrior dr\lce lor ">0 yrar<; thr CM. A. ha* realouslr maintained a standard in cable i manufacture, uiiMirpavKd thr »orld over. Ifoayi lirM wilh the latent in srientifir disrnvrty and146 words
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Advertisement51 1950-02-07 7 ART SILK CREPE «.W Dainty as a Dream I?) *zS/sk Without Sleeves. V neck and daintily trimmed with ecru lace. In Pink or White Sizes 34, 36. 38 and 42 Bust As illustrated above PRICES 521.50 $22.95 Description as above, but with short sleeves. PRICES $26.95 $28.50 ROBINSONS RAFFLES PUCE51 words
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Article, Illustration2075 1950-02-07 8 WINSTON S. CHURCHILL - British evacuation from Greece: "A tale of tragedy" WINSTON S. CHURCHILL THE GLADE ALLIANCE-GERMANY DRIVES EAST By IN Ihe early morning of April (5. 1941, German armies invaded l>oth Greece and Yugoslavia. Intensive air attacks were at the same time launched on the Pinrus, where our expeditionary convoys were discharging.2,075 words
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Advertisement104 1950-02-07 8 Er i£B^ ll Bja^BHM MMflflU The AW MORRIS Oxford. mg vAI E^ THE MORRIS S/X /^^F^E O Having tested the Morris Oxford in every rcay, we feel justified W^* iPlk in saying "you couldn't ask for ■^^^■HHIeV \iflPlL more." This four-cylinder model "^H jggg J^W wj^fflf is on display now104 words
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Advertisement287 1950-02-07 8 /iW\ mP QA I\/rn If Ttfoerever you are/g£~-i says ELSIE the BORDEN cow 1 1 KLIM uniformity is one of the most famous characteristics ot 1 this trusted, powdered cow's milk. Through every step of \1 production, the high quality of KLIM is constantly saf» IT guarded. You can rely287 words
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Miscellaneous315 1950-02-07 8 SINGAPOHF 1015 J)Kace Music; 10.30 Old "London Dances To;" 7.15 News Time Dance Music; 11.00 Close. < F n eneh .'i u 730 Half Hour; 10 00 News faiso at lan nAt 800 The Composer Perform*"; ™«3«.* «"««> a T s£Sft n a sss!j S^nSSTA? s=™» -ss Dance Music. 2.00315 words
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Article106 1950-02-07 9 Dor's Dove - Dor's Dove Bi LONDON. tt is thtaf that although shot dan were i.-hcd by Royal in England some i when sizewas ajbout ird of an inch ;>nd (Terence made between .■nd left feet— the maul slzlngt tn :.cl and Malaya today f; Tior to the Ar Shoe.- in the106 words
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Article, Illustration58 1950-02-07 9 With dazzling effect, this fiua blue and black stripe inn of slipper satin was morn X Pr«s.\ Evans when i\h«* arrived for the London prpmifrp of the new Bri<iNh film "The Blue Lamp." In which she plays the sole 1 > male part. Peßqy. who vcars a nvcklare she made58 words
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Article519 1950-02-07 9 ELIZABETH FERGUSON - How not to worry after forty ELIZABETH FERGUSON By POUND my friend Janel busy at the kitchen sink, but I knew from the depressed hump to her shoulders that the onions she was peel* in^ were only partly responsible for her moisture filled eyes. From my usual perch on the519 words
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Article461 1950-02-07 9 IT Ii so interesting to grow something Tor experimental purposes, and most of us secretly hope we will do something to surprise the world Having that sunflower seeds are held in esteem by the Russians. I began to notice other information about them in books and461 words
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Article, Illustration504 1950-02-07 9 Contrariness in a one-year-old child NURSE BRIDGET'S advice to mothers THE mother of a one-year-old writes, "my daughters extreme unwillingness to do certain things for her Amah or myself worries me. She has just reached the age of standing alone and even at meal times will stand up on her504 words
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Article, Illustration135 1950-02-07 9 iN actress can never relax into obscurity. Even /3 when she is not on the stage she ts in the lime- < light and must give her admirers something to look at and talk about! Dorothy Morrell's off-the-stage wear is ahcays interesting and original. She chooses135 words
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Advertisement94 1950-02-07 9 ffV l»fe^ 5, A j\v£ *r* /J\£ Baby Judith. \V/ fe. iKfNIIf "I haven't a core in the world! They A soy I'm bonny, bright and goodj\ natured. Want to know the l\ «ecret? I'm o LACTOGEN Baby." Vi LACTOGEK :< a perfectly-balanced Ji\ food, especially prepared for infants. f94 words
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Advertisement276 1950-02-07 9 'eK The juice gt^ r**^< f k ff/*£ with a halo It has a halo because it is so good good as an appetiser, chilled, before meals good at cocktail parties for those w'io dor.'t like spirits, good for cooking instead of fresh tomatoes, but above all. GOOD FOR YOU276 words
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Miscellaneous245 1950-02-07 9 STRAITS TIMES CROSSWORD .n, S n^u mM <3»" cWtf to mp<rUl C gP SS VVORD No. 298 I It bt really oothln* to ol MM T.H). er 27 "Shut la a dio- (anag.) I H» T 10 Restleii pcraon found in 10 II I j I 12 SoSyliß* S°lrlanS 1rlan245 words
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Article, Illustration1013 1950-02-07 10 "IMPERIALISTIC" CLAIMS CAUSE STIR The Australian Scene By 808 GILMORE MELBOURNE, Feb. I.' il/THOUGH Indonesian envoy IV man Sastroamidjodjo continues to refer to Australia as "Indonesia's Big White Brother", Australian birthday-week feelings toward the brothers in Djakarta were sour. Having had four weeks in which to grow used to the1,013 words
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Article, Illustration903 1950-02-07 10 BILL DAVIDSON - BILL DAVIDSON By Dr. Philip C. Jessup. the U.S. Ambassador-at-Large, who arrived in Singapore on Saturday, is described in this article as being the first American to battle Vishinsky to a standstill (\fi Oct. 4, 1948. Andrei Visliinsky of Soviet Russia made one of his fiery,903 words
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Advertisement258 1950-02-07 10 BOOKINGS PHONi 4042 ¥»^3*_?v TODAY! *V^jC^X[ 11-1.45-4 6.30-9.30 kJ^^Z Jk. WIHtIKSfU i *^-?_fC I RUTH WARRICtC 40S&T fl CHARLOTTE GREENWOOD m ftflkH off HENSt HULL DfiN HOYT 44!_K m hbboiq emu Ma (J GfiMT it tht mvi tor "THt GfttAT PAH PATCH" SOON! A LAUGH EVERY MINUTE A HOWL EVERY258 words
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Advertisement275 1950-02-07 10 11 a.m.. 1.45, 4. 6.30 9.30 p.m. EIGHTH and LAST DAY WHEN MRS. PARADINE' STANDS TRIAL FOR MURDER TOMORROW CHARLES LAUGHTON GREGORY PECK will judge her! will defend her! ANN TODD LOUIS JOURDAN j will hope she lives! hope she dies! mm-* M ''■So* J^r Played by uCVVUU* one of275 words
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Article574 1950-02-07 11 4 PROFIT of $4,994,192 from mining operations is aA reported by Petaling Tin for the 12 months to last Oct. 31. The directors recommend the payment of a final dividend of 55 per cent, making a total of 100 per cent, for the year. This574 words
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Article17 1950-02-07 11 pAHANG Consolidated in 1 January treated 11.000 tons and produced 175 tons of >'n concentrates.17 words
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Article180 1950-02-07 11 From A Market Correspondent WITH London quiet though I fairly steady, buyers of copra in the Singapore produce market yesterday were quoting $36T 8 per picul for February-March and sellers $37 8 per picul for MarchApril. No sellers were in evidence, however. Coconut oil was quoted at $59180 words
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Article36 1950-02-07 11 JANUARY tin-ore outputs are announced, in piculs, as follows: Ipoh Dredging (Puchong sect, i 268 Kinta Kellas Dredging 455 Rahman Hydraulic 979 1 Sungei Kinta Dredging 604 Takuapa Valley Dredging 722 I36 words
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Article12 1950-02-07 11 SINGAPORE, Monday, Feb. 6: $287.25 per picul (up $0.62',). I12 words
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Article216 1950-02-07 11 From Our Market Corresp4»dent WHILE other Tin isiues were unaffected. Petaling's final dividend, making 100 per cent, for the year, brought activity and an improvement In price to that share yesterday. Rubber shares hardened slightly. Industrials tended to ease. Price changes announced by the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association yesterday216 words
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105 1950-02-07 11 SHIPS alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves yesterday (godowiis in brackets) were: Main Wharf: Stanhail (31-321, Aeneas (33-34). Benalder <35-36». Glenartney (38-39). Bentong (4041). Benreoch (42-43). West Wharf: President Jefferson (4-5). Peleus (6-7), Deucalion' (8-9>. Benmhor (11), Kamerlingh Onnes < 13-14 >. Idomeneus (15-16). Empire105 words
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Article161 1950-02-07 11 Rubber At 53*/8 Cts. THE Singapore rubber market again improved in price yesterday, business being done at SZVe cents per lb. for the first grades. Demand continued for nearby shipments with forwards still rather neglected. At noon yesterday the market was very steady at half a cent per lb.161 words
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Advertisement1262 1950-02-07 11 MANSFIELD tit CO., LTD. 1 Incorporated in Singapore) BLOB FUNNEL LIME Carrier's option to proceed via oth.r ports to load a.d dischatf. carte SAILINGS to LIVERPOOL. CLASCOW fr CONTINENTAL PORTS Du. Sail* P Sham Ptnang DtMitM for Holland ondon C. a/9 F.b. Feb. 10/11 P? "^e?po?( C 6 n f*1,262 words
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Advertisement371 1950-02-07 11 PRESIDENT LINER SAILINGS TO NEW YORK AND BOSTON VIA CEYLON INOIA ECYPT AND MEDITERRANEAN PORTS S'oore P Sham Penerg Pres. lefferson Cdns 4/J 8 F.b. 9/10 Feb. Sails 7 Feb. Williamett. Victory 13/17 F.b. 18/19 Feb. 20/22 Feb Pr.s Polk 1/5 Mar. 6/7 Mar. 8/9 Mar Mount Davis 14/18 Mar.371 words
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Advertisement447 1950-02-07 11 EAST ASIATIC LINE SAILINGS 10 CONTINENT/ SAILINGS FROM N SCAND T .NAVIA/0.K./ ffmSTSSn****** m/s "Nordhval" loadingabt.Feb.il m/s ltaNhv.il Codowns 23/24 for Aden. Port Said. Cyprus, Cenoa. Antwerp. Rotterdam Hamm/t 'K.ernaas ....dn.abr.fab.il burg Oslo. Cothenburg 6 CopenE^WSMS"- Sfe^ a»<tg> leddah. Beyrouth, Cenoa Antm/s "Morelia dv. abt. Fob 21 werp. Rotterdam. Hamburg.447 words
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Advertisement1071 1950-02-07 11 McALISTER <St CO.. LTD. (Incorporated M Smgaporai Telephone No. 5906 ELLERMAN BOCKNAIX "^VEMKM LIMB LONDON. HAVM JOTTERDAM S^mSSFStx^ fiBBEk MAMBURO Accepting cargo for Central So ith CITT Of KIMBERLEY S'por. p Sham P«n«r,. CASTLEVILLE M 30 MW4 OTTSSf Apr. P Sham: Harmon, ft CrotH.ld (Ml Ltd. P. SHam Anflo French1,071 words
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Article, Illustration671 1950-02-07 12 2 GOLD MEDALS, 1 SILVER FOR MALAYA FookHung&Eng Tong First, Saw Pak Second TWO MALAYAN weightlifters, diminutive Tho Fook Hung of Penangr, and Koh Eng Tong of Selangor, yesterday won the bantam and featherweight weightlifting titles in the British Empire Games in Auckland, New Zealand. They have thus won the671 words
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Article, Illustration45 1950-02-07 12 BEAU GESTE, here seen winning the Snipe class race, was the outstanding boat at the Naval Base Yacht Club regatta held on Sunday. Owned by Sq/Ldr. Howard Williams. Beau Geste also won the AU-Comers'race in which more than 80 craft participated. Straits Times pict ure.45 words
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Article97 1950-02-07 12 THE final of the Singapore Hockey Associations knock-out tournament will be played '-his evening on the S.R-C. padung at 5 p.m. between the Ceylon Sports Club and the Singapore Recreation Club. The teams are: S.R.C: R. Minjoot: R H. Barth. P Neubronner; H. Hoedeo. J. Marks.97 words
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Article58 1950-02-07 12 ryHE HONO KONG Combined Services Rugby side arrived by air in Singapore last night to play a series of matches here In the next ten days. They begin their tour tomorrow against a strong Combined Singapore and Malayan Services XV at Jalan Besar and on58 words
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Article61 1950-02-07 12 NEW YORK. Mon .--Hans BJornstad. 21-year-old Norwegian gardener, won the world ski-Jump-ing championship yesterday with leaps of 224 and 223 feet. Thure Lindgren i Sweden* took second place with Jumps of 218 nnd 214 feet. At Rumford. Maine. Swedes won the world ski-relay over a 25-n.lle course in61 words
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Article26 1950-02-07 12 The Ceylun Sports Club will hold its annual general meeting i at 11. Handy Road, on Sunday, j Feb. 12 at 4 30 p.m.26 words
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Article137 1950-02-07 12 CIR PATRICK McKerron. Officer Administering the Government of Singapore, who is a favourite among Malayan weightlifters, was overjoyed last night at hearing the news of the Malayan weightlifting teams success; in Auckland. "I am delighted," he said, "and I shall be sending a, congratulatory telegram to them137 words
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Article96 1950-02-07 12 BOMBAY. Mon.— A Bombay XI drew their three-day mater against the Commonwealth side ben today. In reply to the Commonwealth teams total of 403 for 9. Bomba> scored 388 and then the Commonwealth tit 163 for six wickets it the second innings before stumps The goodReuter - 96 words
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Article44 1950-02-07 12 Due to rain, the Singapore Women's Hockey Association final trial, to have been held yesterday was postponed until tomorrow. The 22 players who were invited to take part In yesterdays trial are asked to be present in\ time for tomorrow'! I game.44 words
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Article43 1950-02-07 12 The following are V.M.C.A. sports officials for 1950: Soccer captain. Charlie Kang; vice-capt., George Culwick; hon. secretary. Yee Teck Wong. Cricket capt C\ L. Holloway: vice- capt. I. B. Suratta; hon secretary and re-, presentative to S. CA. Dennis Hoooer. j43 words
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Article146 1950-02-07 12 LONDON, Monday. BILLY THOMPSON, the British lightweight champion, will fly with his manager Benny Huntman to Singapore during th e first week in March, providing the last details of negotiations with promoter Ka/ak are clinched. 1 Huntman said today thai i he wants two fightsReuter - 146 words
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Article31 1950-02-07 12 The women, medal bogey i competition of the Royal Singapore Golf Club which was to h:iv< been played yesterday was >)ofltixir.ed and will he held on Fridiy F-b. 1031 words
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Article41 1950-02-07 12 Rl'<;UY: Seven-a-slde (cont.) on padang: S.C.C. C v. S.R.E. •A1;A 1 O.H.Q RAF. Ten*ah: H M.S. L'nlcorn v. G.H.Q. Sig- rials: Cardigan Bay v. S.R.A. HOCKEY: 8. HA. knockout final: 8. 8.C. 'Reds* v. Ceylonise on S X pad.-»ng.41 words
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Article375 1950-02-07 12 THREE new records were established at t\e 34th annual championships of the Chinese Swimming Club held at the club pool on Sunday. Lionel Chee broke the Singapore Amateur Swimming Association and C.S.C. 100 metres back stroke record with 76 sec. while Neo Chwee Hock set375 words
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412 1950-02-07 12 EPSOM JEEP - EPSOM JEEP By WITH very little prospect of any improvement in the state of the going at Bukit Timah, stable plans for tomorrow, the second day of the Singapore Turf Club's Spring meeting, "are in the air." Singapore had another wet afternoon yesterday and it412 words
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Article93 1950-02-07 12 ARE straight course races in Ipoh popular with racegoers? The Committee of the Perak Turf Club hope to find out the answer soon as they have started a sort of "Gallup" poll among ordinary members of the Club on a proposal to extend the present93 words
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Article418 1950-02-07 12 NT ESS US is obviously one of those horses who can 1 operate on a firm track only, and I have my doubts if Trainee Keith Daniels will saddle him tomorrow unless there is a definite improvement in the going. Rain has made the Clats418 words
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287 1950-02-07 12 Australians Win 4 Rowing Titles Cycle Road Race AUCKLAND, Monday. A USTRALIA again dominated the Empire Games A events today winning four of the five rowing titles and the big 100 kilometres cycle road race. At Lake Karspire, 100 miles from here, a record New Zealand rowing crowd of 50,000Reuter - 287 words
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Article198 1950-02-07 12 OOYAL Singapore Golf Club's February Medal competition (stroke), played at Bukit Timah during the week-end, resulted in a tie between M J. Evans and F. Gordon-Smith in "A" division with a net score of 71, and a win for P.N.M. Jebb in "B" division with198 words
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Advertisement673 1950-02-07 12 CLASS! FIED ADS. (Continued from Page >> A -.VHIATION VAt VNI •COSMOS" 17 SCOtU Road. ible 15th Feb., small furI pnviHion— full board. t < OMMOMXTION WANTfcLM AMERICAN couple desire fur- 1 ,i flat complete r.ts f,>r 4 to 8 month d Reply Box A 8866, ST. i':NO COUPLE, one673 words
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Miscellaneous23 1950-02-07 12 SINGAPORE TIDES TODAY: 1.44 a.m. Oft.) and 1 37 p.m. ;Oft.l. TOMORROW: 3 15 a. in iWt.l md IM p m. (ft 4tn.).23 words
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