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Title Section18 1950-05-26 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, FRIDAY. MAY 26, 1950 PRICK TEN CENTS18 words
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Article, Illustration564 1950-05-26 1 Seized His Assailant While Dying \JR. Yong Yit Lin, J.P., former President of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce, was fatally shot yesterday by a Chinese assailant, said by the police to be a former employee, while resting after lunch in his favourite564 words
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Article126 1950-05-26 1 From Our Staff t orrespondent KIALA LUMPUR, Thursday. rpENGKU LATIFF, adopted son of the Yang 1 di-Pertuan Besar of Ne?ri Sembilan, was killed by a grenade yesterday as he charged into a terror- ist camp. Tengku Latiff, a sergeant in I the Ist Battalion, Malay Regiment,126 words
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Article93 1950-05-26 1 HONG KONG. Thurs. A SHANGHAI, report, today said Mr. H. F. Gill, passport officer of the British Consulate there, was ordered to pay 200.000 peoples dollars as compensation to a besRar girl bitten by his dog Shanghai's Liberation I):i:l> said Chen Tao-ying. aged 11.AP - 93 words
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Article35 1950-05-26 1 CANBERRA. Thurs The Indonesian Government had been asked for a full report of the shooting of airline pilot John Dodenck, an Australian vho died at Jakarata on May 1«. Reuter.Reuter - 35 words
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Article52 1950-05-26 1 LONDON. Than. THE British Overseas Airways flagship stralocruiser Caledonia will leave London for flood-stricken Winnipeg tomorrow with the first eight-ton instalment of £100.000 worth of household goods Britain has set aside for Canada's flood and fire disaster victims. The goods are consigned for the Canadian RedReuter - 52 words
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119 1950-05-26 1 SAIGON, Thursday. -THE United States told Bao Dai, head of the Vietx nam state, today that America would establish a special economic mission to Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia to help them back to stability. The United States Legation at Dalat informed him that the119 words
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Article, Illustration44 1950-05-26 1 A STRAITS TIMES picture, taken yesterday at FARELF. Headquarters, Singapore, shojrln* the Minister for War, Mr. John Strachey, in conference with Gen. Sir John Harding, Commander-in-Chief. FARELF. Mr. Strachey spent the entire day nntil his departure for the Federation in consultations with Army Chiefs.44 words
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Article113 1950-05-26 1 Tl PARIS, Thurs. HE United States, Britain and France have agreed to arm the Middle Eastern states against possible Com- munist aggression in return i for pledges that the IsraeliI Arab war will not be renewed. It was announced today. The agreement was reached at the BigReuter; UP - 113 words
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Article, Illustration299 1950-05-26 1 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. A BEAMING Secretary of State for the Colonies and a sober-faced Secretary of State for War, arrived in Kuala Lumpur this afternoon to begin a nhie-day "every-minute-planned" tour of the Federation. The Ministers Mr. James Griffiths and Mr.299 words
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Article105 1950-05-26 1 SAIGON, Thurs. piVE of Saigon's 10 Vietna-. mese dailies were ordered j yesterday to suspend pub-! lication under a censorship order. The announcement said j that one had been suspended I for quoting the New China! News Agency that French forces had suffered 5,000 casualties in105 words
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Article24 1950-05-26 1 TOKYO, Thurs.—SCAP will restore to Nationalist China soon U5556,000 worth of copper ingots and scrap seized by Japanese during the war.— A.P.AP - 24 words
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Article52 1950-05-26 1 HONG KONG, Thurs.— The Legislative Council here today approved a contribution of £1,000,000 for the financial year 1950-51 towards the cost of reinforcing the colony's defences. The contribution was provided in an agreement which Hong Kong's Finance Secretary, Mr. C. G. S. Fellows, made with the52 words
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Article34 1950-05-26 1 SCHIPHOL AIRPORT, Thurs. The Prime Minister of Burma, Thakin Nu, left here by air for Rome today after a four-day visit to Holland at the invitation of the Netherlands Government.— Reuter.Reuter - 34 words
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Article20 1950-05-26 1 NEW DELHI, Thurs.— The Government of India will spend 300,000,000 rupees on refugees from Pakistan during 1950-51.— A.P.AP - 20 words
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Article104 1950-05-26 1 Depression Warning To Europe LAKE SUCCESS. Thurs. UNITED* Nations economists today reported that unemployment had reached "serious proportions" in Belglum, Western Germany and Italy anct suggested 'Jiey should reverse their "deflationary tendencies." If this did not happen, they warned, "tendencies, towards the disintegration of European economy may well be strengthenedReuter - 104 words
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Article256 1950-05-26 1 BEVIN ON MALAYA LONDON, Thurs. VIR. Srnest Bevin, British Foreign Secretary, told Parliament last night he did not think the success of the Communist armies in China was "the cause of the recrudescence of the guerillas" in Malaya. Mr. Bevin was speaking in a debateReuter; AP; UP - 256 words
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Article26 1950-05-26 1 COLOMBO, Thurs.—Britain today called for tenders for 110,000,000 pounds of tea. at the agreed price of four pence a pound above last yur's c>ntract.—Reuter.Reuter - 26 words
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Article15 1950-05-26 1 SEOUL, Thurs.—South Korean officials today annoiuwd the arrest of more than 200 Communists.—A.P.AP - 15 words
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Article226 1950-05-26 2 Ingrid, Roberto Wed By Proxy ROME. Thursday. ■JOBEKTO Rossellini announced here that he l%> married Ingrid Bergman by proxy in Juarez Mexico, early yesterday. Rossellini said his proxies were Marcello Girosi and attorney Cocke, both of whom are Rossellini's personal friends. The marriage took place at10.50 Mexico time, and Rossellini226 words
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Article57 1950-05-26 2 L Q N D O N, Thurs. Mr. Frank Owen, who served under Earl Mountbatteri in South-East Asia during the war as editor of the forces' Journals S. E. AC. and Phoenix, has resigned the editorship of the Daily Mail. Mr. Owen, who is 45, has been editorReuter; Daily Mail - 57 words
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Article34 1950-05-26 2 BEIRUT. Thurs.—The BDOibm Lebanon District Governor rtported four shepherds of Y..t.n tillages, on the Palestine fronti. r, vere captured and brought t>v [srael troops to Israel whr.-v Oi«t ire still, being kept.34 words
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Article, Illustration26 1950-05-26 2 MR. GEORGE TOMI.INSON, British Minister of Education, closes the door as Labour Party leaders ro into conference at a country house near London. A.P. picture.AP - 26 words
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Advertisement38 1950-05-26 2 FONGHIN CO., LTD., 64 Wallich St., Singapore. OWING TO INCREASED VOLUME OF BUSINESS, AS WELL AS ENQUI- RIES WE HAVE NOW HAD FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF ALL OUR CUSTOMERS TWO EXCHANGE NOS:— PHONE NO. ***** PHONE NO. 755738 words
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Advertisement477 1950-05-26 2 THE PRUDENTIAL ASSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING The One hundred and flr^t Annual General Meeting of The Prudential Assurance Company Limited, was held on 11th May 1950. at 142, Holborn Bars, London. E.C.I, Sir George Lewis Barstow. X.C.8., Chairman of the Company, presiding. ORDINARY BRANCH In the Ordinary branch477 words
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Advertisement353 1950-05-26 2 overseas experience except tat motor vehicle business, which unites to be unfavourable. It will be seen from the accounts that Interest on the Gfneral Branch funds continue-; to increase as a result of their natural growth. There Is a small decrease In taxation due to minor adjustments. The total net353 words
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245 1950-05-26 3 LONDON, Thursday. gRITAIN announced yesterday that she was willing and ready to resume within the United Nations talks with Russia on control of atomic energy as soon as the deadlock over China was settled. The Under-Secretary >,r State for Foreign Affairs. Mr.UP - 245 words
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238 1950-05-26 3 SINGAPORE'S AttorneyGeneral. Mr. C. H. Butter- Held, told the Straits Times yesterday that the Indonesian Government requisition for the extradition of "Turko" Westerllßc was still under, consideration Mr. Buttertield had been asked to comment .on a Reuter report from London which stated that the Singapore Government238 words
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Article73 1950-05-26 3 NEW YORK, Thurs.-The 34 000 tons Cunarder Caronia will call at Singapore on a round-the-world cruise of 111 days and 32,000 miles from New York in January 1951. It will call at 29 other ports on five continents including Panama, Mexico. Los Angeles, Honolulu, Samoa, theAP - 73 words
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Article59 1950-05-26 3 CAIRO, Thurs Etjypt has asked the United Sta!e.s. in a written memorandum, to help to equip her army with American arms, well informed quarters here stated yesterday The Egyptian Government is understood to have asked for fighters, bombers, tanks j and artillery, similar to those Israel is59 words
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Article19 1950-05-26 3 TOKYO Thurs. -Japan has returned anDioximately U5553,000 worth of looted guinln t« the N 'thcrland.v A P.19 words
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Article92 1950-05-26 3 WASHINGTON, Thurs. Senator Edwin C. Johonson, of America's Congressional Atomic Committee, last night predicted further arrests following the interview by F. 8.1, j agents of British atomic spy; Klaus Fuchs. He said the arrest on Tuesday night of the Philadelphia chemist, Harry Gold as anReuter - 92 words
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Article96 1950-05-26 3 LONDON, Thurs. MR. JOHN P. DUGDALE, Minister of State for the Colonies, said in the House of Commons lastnight that he proposed to emphasise to all colonial governors "the need for bringing to an end vthin measurable time the use of whipping or flogging." Mr.Reuter - 96 words
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Article36 1950-05-26 3 GELHEMKIRCHEN, Germany, Thurs.—Three workers I were injured yesterday when j another explosion rocked the Dahlbusch coal mine where a week-end blast claimed 77 lives. Sections of sandbagged walls were damaged in the latest explosion—UP.36 words
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242 1950-05-26 3 KANGOON, Thursday. VHE Burmese Government yesterday announced a cease-fire agreement with the White Band PVO (People's Volunteer Organisation). The group, numbering more than 10.000 men. is one of three rebel forces that has fought the Government for two years. An official announcement saidAP - 242 words
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Article, Illustration50 1950-05-26 3 HELICOPTER hovering over wreckage of another helicopter to which two airmen and a woman clang 300 yards above the Niagara Falls. The men with the boat in the foreground caught one end of a rope dropped from the air and drew the three people to safety. A.P. picture.AP - 50 words
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Article221 1950-05-26 3 BAGUIO, Thursday. T*HE delegates of seven Asian nations meeting here in a secret session today barred official observers from other nations, thus firmly bolting the door against e ven nominal participation by Nationalist China. According to the Philippine Foreign Secretary, General Carlos J». Romulo,AP; UP - 221 words
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Article143 1950-05-26 3 HONG KONG, Tiiurs. QUNFIRE that could be heard in the western section ot Hong Kong island today heralded the beginning of another Chinese Red attempt to take Lapsapmei Island from the Nationalists. Lapsapmei is the key island i of the Wanshan Islands, from whichAP - 143 words
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Article, Illustration32 1950-05-26 3 GENERAL K. M. Cariappa, C.-Hi-C. of the Indian Army, who is taking part in exercises in England attended by generals from the U.S., Western Europe, and the Dominions. A.P. picture.AP - 32 words
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171 1950-05-26 3 LAKE SUCCESS Thurs THE United Nation* EconOmic *°™y °< "«w ln 1949, published yesterday, i' orec ast an intensified world dollar shortage and said the re-emergence of German and Japanese competition was likely to increase trade difflculties. The dollar shortaep mieht *C*® ,ar sn rtaReuter - 171 words
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Article165 1950-05-26 3 Berlin Barges Halted In Red Move BERLIN, Thurs. RUSSIA halted 60 Berlin-bound barges from Western Germany yesterday in a move to cut off Western access to the capital during a giant* Communist youth rally this week-end. Britain's Major General Bourne has sent an official protest to Soviet Major-Ge-neral Alexander KotikovUP - 165 words
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Article123 1950-05-26 3 AUSTRALIA MAY CUT PETROL CANBERRA, Thurs. AUSTRALIA is considering a proposal to cut her petrol imports from dollar areas, the Prime Minister, Mr. Robert Menzies, said in a written reply to a Labour question in the House of Representatives yesterday. Mr. Menzies said a reduction in petrol imports would notReuter-AAP - 123 words
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Article43 1950-05-26 3 LONDON, Thurs. PanAmerican Airways claimed an official speed record of 13 hours 43 mimites yesterday for the London to New York I flight. The record was set up| by a four-engined Stratocruiser carrying 41 passengers and a crew of M.— A.P.AP - 43 words
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Article52 1950-05-26 3 BONN. Thurs.—West Germany may take part In international sporting events, including the Olympic Games, the Allied High Commission yesterday Informed Chancellor Dr. Konrad Adenauer. The Commission said It had no ohfection to the formation of a federation which could co-o'dinafe Germa>- «>n f <t and German participation inReuter - 52 words
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Article52 1950-05-26 3 TAIPEH. Thurs. Victor Collison, of London, former purser of the British steamer Wing Sang, was sentenced in Taipeh yesterday to 18 months' imprisonment for smuggling gold from Formosa to Hong Kong. Collismi, who pleaded guilty oefore the Taipeh District Court on May 18. said he wouldAP - 52 words
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Article247 1950-05-26 3 NEW DELHI. Thursday. LOCAL court yesterday refused to grant the Argentine Ambassador, Dr Oscar Tascheret, special diplomatic immunity in the trial of a young Briton who is charged with 'assaulting" the envoy with a pitcher of ice water in a nightclub fray. The police prosecutorUP - 247 words
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Advertisement133 1950-05-26 3 What flavour* KRAFT PROCESSED CHEESE IN 12 OZ TINS Kraft's creamy smooth texture makes it quick and easy to slice or shred, to toast or melt for your cooking. Whichever way you eat it: in sandwiches, with salad, as Welsh Rarebit, n macaroni cheese you'll enjoy Kraft's *lavour. and texture.133 words
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564 1950-05-26 4 'PUT SPIES IN ENEMY RANKS' PLANTER'S TIP TO GOVT. CALL for "modified direction of labour, as in Great Britain during the war," was made by Mr..J. C. Mathison, chairman of the Johore Planters' Association, yesterday when he set out several "outstanding needs" in Malaya's war against terrorism. He deolared that564 words
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Article263 1950-05-26 4 BOMBED PAPER STATES POLICY Inmillui Mali ...'.i.tlent KUALA LUMPUR, Thuis. Is il LOWING the attack on ;hc nremises of the Ciiiiiii Press in Kuala Lump.ir on Tuesday night, when a Sikh watchman was killed i rorlsts, the paper to,);;b'ishecl in editorial under the heading "Our (1 in which its policy263 words
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Article45 1950-05-26 4 From ()nr Staff C'nrirspondent JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs. Pte. Y. J. Willis, of 221 Vehicle Park. Tebrau. was charged at Johore Bahru yesterday with driving a military lorry neeiigently on the Kota TiiiK^i Road and colliding v Ith v Singapore ear. He claimed trial.45 words
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Article34 1950-05-26 4 From Our Staff Cor respondent JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs.— Tiie Johore Civil Service Association has arranged for an educational cinema show at It* premises In Jalan Ayer Moleh on Saturday at 7 p"m.34 words
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Article74 1950-05-26 4 THE first Convocation Cere1 mony of the University of Malaya will be held at 3.30 p.m. on July 8 In the Oel Tiang Ham Hall. A tea party in the University grounds will follow the ceremony. Members of the Guide of Graduates, who want to attend the ceremony,74 words
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Article74 1950-05-26 4 y[R. J. C. Mathison, chairman of the Johore Planters' Association, said yesterday that planters had always held the view that a 'arge part of proceeds of illicit rubber sales found its way into bandit coffers. Honorary Inspectors of Police among members of the Association may be74 words
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Article92 1950-05-26 4 From Our Staff <. ornspondent KUALA LUMPUR Tues.— Alleged to have demanded $500 by putting Fong Theen in fear of having his house burnt, a 20-year-old Chinese, Ng Koon Sang, was yesterday charged with extortion before Mr. A. P. Jack, the First Court Magistrate. Ng, in claiming trial,92 words
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Article91 1950-05-26 4 The Blue Funnel Line pilgrim ship Tyndareus is expected to carry 1,900 Muslims from Singapore and the Federation at increased fares to Mecca when the vessel sails for Jeddah on June 9 for Jeddah. Tomorrow allocation of space from 16 sq. {t. to 20 sq. ft.91 words
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Article, Illustration46 1950-05-26 4 CHINA PRESS newspaper works at Kuala Lumpur where a grenade was thrown through the opening in the top left corner of the window on Tuesday night. The circle on the floor shows where it exploded. Only damage was to some bicycles. Straits Times picture.46 words
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Article261 1950-05-26 4 pEAKS that manufacturers might turn to synthe- tic rubber as being more constant in both price and quality in view of the present high price of natural rubber were expressed by Mr. J. C. Mathison, chairman of the Johore Planters' Association at the annual general meeting261 words
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Article25 1950-05-26 4 MUAR, Thurs.— A hawker, Tan Ow Choon, who sold ice water in a prohibited area at Jalan Hashim, was fined $7 at Muar.25 words
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Article133 1950-05-26 4 White Paper THE Singapore Teachers' Union will soon make representations to the Select Committee on the Recruitment White Paper regarding its demand for a unified Education Service "to remove present discriminations." The Select Committee, headed by Mr. G. W. Davis, acting Commissioner for Labour, has been133 words
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Article139 1950-05-26 4 THE following passengers were among those who disembarked at Kallang Airport, Singapore, from points outside Malaya on the various air services. Passengers in transit are not included In the list. QANTAS EMPIRE AIRWAYS From London: Messrs. S. Ranger, D. O6borne-Jones, W. BeJlam, and D. Livingstone. Prom Calcutta:139 words
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Article140 1950-05-26 4 CINGAPORE Municipal Com- missioners may introduce ocfo™ a system of licensing or registering private maternity homes to ensure that health requirements are observed. Thls subject has been placed before the Commissioners' Healtn Committee but has not yet been discussed. It Is due to come up again140 words
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Article37 1950-05-26 4 From Our Own Correspondent SEGAMAT, Thurs. Bail in $100 was offered 51-year-old Malay driver Othman bin Aji, charged In the Segamat Court with conveying four passengers for hire In his car without a taxi licence.37 words
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Article219 1950-05-26 4 Bandits Wound Young Couple From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH, Thurs. A 21-YEAR-OLD Penang couple. Louis Pa*k Eng Wah. a wireless operator, and his fiancee, Khor Khye Peng, were admitted to Ipoh Hospital today victims of bandit bullets. The girl is in a critical condition. Pak Eng Wah, attached to Cable219 words
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Article75 1950-05-26 4 CTALLHOLDERS of the Kan- dang KeifTau Municipal Market, Singapore, in a memorandum to the Hawker's Inquiry Commission complain of a depression in trade caused by the appearance of unlicensed hawkers near market precincts. They suggest to the Commission that all hawkers should be kept away from streets for75 words
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Article52 1950-05-26 4 From Onr Own orrespomlcnt TAIPING, Thurs.— A "Brintr and Buy" sale will be held at the King Edward Vil Primary School, Taiping, on Saturday. Proceeds will ro to raise the balance require! to send Guides from Nor:h Perafc to the Western Australian Jamboree at Perth52 words
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Article45 1950-05-26 4 From Onr Own Correspondent SEGAMAT, Thurs. "I did stop but the police said it was not long enough," 33-year-old lorry driver Goh Kim Che'oh declared in the Segamat Court in answer to |a charge of ignoring a traffic signal. He was fined $3.45 words
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Article123 1950-05-26 4 DROMPT action by employees of the newspaper Nanyang Siang Pau saved a motor van from destruction when it caught flre just before midnight on Wednesday. The van was parked in a back lane on Robinson Road. Singapore "I was inside the building when I heard someono123 words
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Article56 1950-05-26 4 From Our Own or: isjinmlent BUKIT MERTAJAM, Thurs. 1 MALAY woman, Johara binte Phee Mohamed, who borrowed some jewellery to attend a wedding, but failed to return it, was today bound over on a charge of criminal breach of trust. The Jewellery, according to the prosecution,56 words
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Article608 1950-05-26 5 Mr. Mac Donald Sums Up The Commonwealth Conference Results Will Yield Fruit To All Nations CUMiMING up the achievement of the Commonwealth Aid for South-East Asia conference held in Sydney, Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald, the Commissioner-General, told pressmen in Singapore yesterday 'The results will yield fruit608 words
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183 1950-05-26 5 A MOVE for the establishment of a central Malayan co-operative bank, with branches in Singapore and the Federation, will be made by Mr Lim Toh Nee, of the Municipal Health Department, at the annual general Meeting of the Singapore Municipal Employees Cooperative Thrift and183 words
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Article73 1950-05-26 5 J£NO< OH apples to keep a great many doctors away from Singapore for a long time were unloaded from the British India motor vessel Carpentaria on Wednesday, when the ship arrived from Australia with 20,6"J5 rases of apples. As each case contains approximately 86 pieces73 words
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Article114 1950-05-26 5 T171TH reference to his repotted comments on loan* to the Singapore Improvement Ttw. at Tuesday's meeting of the Legislative Council, Mr. Thlo Chan Bee writes as follows: What I actually said was: 'The granting of loans to the Trust en easier terms than before,114 words
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Article38 1950-05-26 5 Twenty-two-year-old Yq Kien Chong, of Ilokkien Street, was committed In the Singapore R^l.'ef Court yesttrday for trial at the nexl assizes on a charge of pussessing a Browning automatic pistol m Jalan Besar on Mar. 12.38 words
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Article78 1950-05-26 5 Nineteen year-old reo Cheng Lam pleaded guilty 'yesterday before Mr. S. E. Teh. Singapore Second Police Magistrate, to a charge of falsely stating his age to be 20 years when applying for a learner driver's licence in 1948. He was fined $45. The offence was discovered78 words
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Article161 1950-05-26 5 TOHE story of how a mother's 1 appeal to a crowd to save her son's life went unheeded until she offered money, was told In the Singapore Coroner's Court yesterday. At the end of the inquiry, the Coroner. Mr. Choor Singh, returned a finding of161 words
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Article285 1950-05-26 5 ALLOWED WIFE TO DRIVE CAR AN appeal by an owner-drh er against an order by the Traffic Court disqualifying him from holding a driving licence for one year for permitting his wife, who was an unlicensed driver and not covered by third party insurance to drive285 words
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Article33 1950-05-26 5 From Oat Own Correspondent MUAR, Thurs.— Lai Fook Loi, aged 28, said to have five previous convictions, was sentenced by the Muar Magistrate to two months hard labour for commlttinR house trespass.33 words
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Article73 1950-05-26 5 Y.W.C.A., 5, Raffles Quay. Malay beginners class, 9.15 a.m. and 5.15 p.m., advanced class, 10. JO a.m. YOUTH DRAMA AND MUSIC FESTIVAL, Victoria Theatre. 2.30 p.m. CHINESE Y.M.C.A., Selegle Road, chess club, 9 p.m., weightlifung. 5.30 pin. WESLEY M.YT., annual oratorical contest. Wesley Hall, Fort Canning, 7.45 pm.73 words
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Article, Illustration369 1950-05-26 5 Schoolgirl (13) Makes Festival's Biggest Hit By Our Woman Correspondent AT the first performance of the Youth Drama A and Music Festival presented by th e Singapore Teachers' Union, a 13-year-old Indian girl scored an immediate hit. As her unusual soprano voice filled the Victoria Theatre, teachers, students and members369 words
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Article35 1950-05-26 5 SEGAMAT, Thurs. The Segamat Magistrate, Syed Hashim. today fined a watchman, Llm Lai Seng, $6.- or day in gaol, for being drunk and Incapable In public. Llm did not pay the fine.35 words
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Article364 1950-05-26 5 4 S'PORE APPEALS DISMISSED rK>UK appeals which came up for hearing before the Court of Criminal Appeal at the Singapore Supreme Court yesterday were dismissed. Yu Kien Chong, who appealed against a conviction and sentence of six years on a charge of carrying arms, asked the Chief Justice, Mr Justice364 words
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Article, Illustration134 1950-05-26 5 "VOU will not see spectacular 1 results straight away but time will tell," said Mr. R. H. Scott, of the Foreign Office, who arrived here by air yesterday after attending the Commonwealth conference in Sydney. A number of other delegates .to the conference also134 words
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Obituary58 1950-05-26 6 "jhc fnirnl of Mr and Mrs Jimmy T:in Yew Sin took place yesterday (3S-S-M) at 5 p.m. at Bid;idrri OOW I rv TAN KEE LIAM— Beloved father of Tan See Kiow. See Tit. Mrntakab. Pahang. nas<;- d away ccaccfully at Kuala Lumpur on 24th May. aped 62 yfar-*. Funeral58 words
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Article46 1950-05-26 6 MR. KWIF TIANG BOON rer>»'^ to inform his friends that ewine to the sudden death of Mr. Yonu Yit Tin < father of Mr. Yong Muni s-n? > the wedding receplior in the Cathay Restaurant on Friday. 2r,:h May 1950 will not take D?"W at this date.46 words
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Article51 1950-05-26 6 MR. !.EE PAX YIN and faniily thank all relatives, friends fintl associations who attended the funeral of the late Mrs. Lee Pak Yin cut Madam Hew Nyun Yin>. paid visits. lent cars. sent :ind me^sape* of condolence md to all who rendered assistance In any way in their nun'51 words
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800 1950-05-26 6 The Strait Times Singapore, Fri., May 26, 1050. The China Enigma Except for the oppoitunity it gave to Mr. Bevin to explain the Government's attitude in the diplomatic discussions now going on in Peking, Parliament's debate on Far Eastern affairs does not seem to have risen above other recent occasions800 words
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Article277 1950-05-26 6 There have been almost as many expositions of the qualities considered necessary for a general as there have been generals. Wavell in his brilliant lectures on the art of war invariably quoted Socrates. "The general must know how to get his men their rations and every277 words
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214 1950-05-26 6 Self -Government? Colony Queries SELF-GOVERNMENT is the goal towards which everyone in Malaya is working— so we are told Whether a41 are working in the same direction to achieve this end is, in my opinion, doubtful I cannot recollect having read, or having been told, of the advantages which the214 words
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Letter134 1950-05-26 6 IN the Straits Times of 1 today (May 24) there appeared under "On The Margin" an expression of the need for a guidebook in Singapore. Quite apart from any guidebooks produced by Singapore firms, the Survey Department, in collaboration with the Department of Posts, prepared a "Road134 words
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Letter59 1950-05-26 6 AT LAST we have a Film Censor in Singapore and Malaya who is not afraid to use his good judgment and authority to stamp out gangster and other undesirable films. It Is certainly not the public which protests against these films not being shown, but59 words
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Letter316 1950-05-26 6 VO good citizen would A1 Question the wisdom or right of the Singapore Municipal Commissioners in taking measures to ration water if there were a necessity for it. However, the method adopted by them a surcharge on all water over 90 per cent, of the average used316 words
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Letter123 1950-05-26 6 IN Wednesday's Straits Times I read with interest of the controversy over timber exports, as entered into by Singapore Legislative Councillors and sawmill owners It transpired that the export of hardwood was already restricted in respect of chengai and kapor for building purposes, and that there123 words
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1354 1950-05-26 6 THE RAFFLES CHAIR OF HISTORY From the inaugural lecture delivered by the Raffles Professor of History in the University of Malaya, Professor C. Northcote Parkinson, M. A., Ph. D., F. R. Hist. S., last week. WHAT task awaits the historian in Malaya1,354 words
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Article459 1950-05-26 6 On the Margin Star And Creneeai ALTHOUGH non Muslim* have criticisnl (he inclusion of the Star and Crescent in the new Federation flag, as being unsuitable symbols for Malayans who are not of the Muslim religion. I imagine that must people were not surp< when the Rulers Insisted on these459 words
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Advertisement628 1950-05-26 6 Straits limes ot I ree Press NRkJM owe ftcprcwntJtivt at lit Floor. Singapore Cold Storjß* Orchard Road wiN receive tmall advertisements tnd «n«ct< te boi numbers CLASSIFIED ADS. BROWSE To Joe, wife of Dennis, the gift of a son, Ian Garnet On 24th May, at K.K. Hospital. BERWICK —At Bungsar628 words
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Advertisement62 1950-05-26 6 »»»»■*>»»»»»»»» GARRARD' RC.65A MIXER-CHANGER Plays eight Records of 10", 12" or MIXED in any order. For A.C. Mains, 230 volte 60 cycles. Each Is Guaranteed for Six Months. RC. 65A, I'nit only $112.5* PORTABLE MODEL $125 00 ABLE DE LUXE $185.00 CONSOLE DE LUXE. .$225.00 AC/ DC Unit can be62 words
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Advertisement50 1950-05-26 6 MMK^m^ Thoesm immV/ Oy/////7/ ff» #^OPTICIBM Fellow Instituie Jphthalmic Opticians (Eng.) Fe'low Worshipful Co. of Spectacle-Makers (Eng Freeman of the City of London. Hy Appointment to HM Forces South East Asia 6 Raffles Place Singapore Phone ***** MACHINE V\\C^ DRY-CLEANING EXPERT TAILORING 17. Orchard Boat SINGAPORE. Phone 6'5M. J| ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦+l50 words
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Article, Illustration845 1950-05-26 7 Visits To Police School, Hospital And Colleges TWE Secretary of State for the Colonies, Mr. James Griffiths, was well pleased with what he saw in a five-hour tour of Singapore yesterday. He visited the Police Training School, the SATA Clinic, the General Hospital845 words
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Article156 1950-05-26 7 |NCMEASING indebtedness among: Municipal tmployees is reflected in the annual accounts of the Singapore Municipal Employees Co-operative Thrift and Loan Society which will be tabled at the s 21st annual general meeting this afternoon. Loans made by the society juring the year totalled (131,709 as against156 words
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Article84 1950-05-26 7 Youth Had Red News HAN Chiau Soon pleaded guilty in the Singapore Jiitrict Court yf-sterday to unlawful possession at Boon TVck Street or a seditious publication, the March 30 edition of "Freedom News." Han claimed trial to a second charge of assisting in the management of an unlawful society, the84 words
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Article382 1950-05-26 7 VIP 'Shadows' Show Their Mettle FIRE AT RAFFLES COLLEGE DOLICE and security men shadowing the Secretary 1 of State for the Colonies, Mr. James Griffiths, showed their mettle yesterday when fire broke out at the University of Malaya's Raffles College not 25 yards from where Mr. Griffiths, the Governor of382 words
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Article90 1950-05-26 7 Boy Caught In Trap For Thief LOW Swee Kam, a room boy at the Union Jack Club, was yesterday sentenced to three weeks' rigorous imprisonment in the Singapore Second Police court yesterday, for stealing $3 from a guest. Mr. C. J. Winbush. manager i of the club said as a90 words
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Article37 1950-05-26 7 Mr. C. F. Seston, the Singapore Relief Court magistrate, yesterday committed for trial at the next assizes, two young Malays, Salehan bin Darsin and Supardi bin Sarkawi. on a charge of armed robbery.37 words
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Article33 1950-05-26 7 Singapore police arrested six Chinese under the Emergency Regulations on Wednesday. Five were alleged to have been members of a secret society and one a member of the Malayan Communist Party.33 words
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Article14 1950-05-26 7 Commander G.E.W.W. Bayly has resumed duty as Commissioner of Prisons, Singapore.14 words
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Article33 1950-05-26 7 A Malaya youth. Ismail bin Ahmad, was sentenced to three months' hard labour In the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday for falling to report once monthly while under police supervision.33 words
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Article197 1950-05-26 7 T»HE lack of uniformity in the Army's tropical kit x was the subject of one of the top-level discussions between the Minister for War, Mr. John Strachey, and Far East Army chiefs which went on almost all day yesterday. During a half-hour break in the morning197 words
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Article118 1950-05-26 7 HE FLUNG GRENADE BACK From Our Staff Jor.^uondrnt PENANG. Thurs. A HAND grenade failed to explode when flung Oftt a wall frum the vacant ground behind St. George's Church into the Penang NAAFI canteen in Pitt Street last night. A soldier hurled it bark through the same window. Later that118 words
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Advertisement168 1950-05-26 7 If s<r+ s>i f y I I fiif ilFlilil 1 Hill \<2t" offici; I H l l KKsafe \o/wOL^ lJ m 1 (^JpO lOCK on a Chubb Sal.- his always been IZHZ t >li -drvctive Irature. Ihe boltwork of this S.ifc coiitrnlli-l b) I Quality Sail Lack, with hM MmMh168 words
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Advertisement78 1950-05-26 7 STAPLES SPRING INTERIOR OVERLAYS ■BY APfOlsrxENT m r^JOß^^^^B^^^^^^K^^^ I BEDSTEAD MAKERS The most Luxurious made" An inexpensive but reliable <>\erlay, combining economy with exct-llrnl i-onslriic tion. The Spring Interiors are rori.»trurtr<! with springs interconnected nilh helical spring Hire insulated Hilh a fibre nl, ensuring perfect venlilalion Ilirou^li Ifcc overlay. Upholstered78 words
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Article310 1950-05-26 8 'A dm in is tra tion Is Not Geared" LONDON, Thursday. Ill R. Wood row Wyatt, Labour, told the House of Commons yesterday that Britain had "lamentably failed to adjust her administration in Malaya to postwar needs." He suggested putting Malaya immediately under the Commonwealth Relations Office orReuter - 310 words
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Article288 1950-05-26 8 JIMMY Tan Yew Sin and Ills wife, who died In the Singapore General Hospital on Wednesday afternoon from injuries received in a motor r<ilhsion in East Coast Road. wi-re buried together in Bidadari Cemetery yesterday evening. Father R. Razario, of tne Cathedral of the Good Shepherd, who288 words
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Article43 1950-05-26 8 From Out SUIT Corrr>pondrnl JOHORE BAHRTJ. Thurs. Liew Tham. aged 67. who failed to report his change of! address was fined $15 in the Kluang Police Court Soh Yew Lee. a tapper was fined $15 for a similar offence43 words
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Article322 1950-05-26 8 From Our Staff i or respondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. rjUNMEN yesterday shot dead a Chinese named yx Ang Kim in his wife's presence, as the couple were feeding their ducks 300 yards from SIMPANG AMPAT police station in Province Wellesley. I Penang police told the322 words
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Article72 1950-05-26 8 LONDON. Thurs. MR. Patrick Donner, (Cons.) yesterday asked whether the Government would take on more jungle experienced North Borneo tribesmen for the "anti-bandit forces in Malaya." Mr. John Dugdale, Minister of State for Colonial Affairs, replied: "The number of Dyaks attached to the forcesReuter - 72 words
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Article66 1950-05-26 8 The 8.520-ton Ellerman Line vessel City of Chester is in Singapore after a record run from Hong Kong to Japanese ports and back to Port Swettenham in 24 days. The vessel, which is claimed to be one of the fastest in the company's fleet, was on66 words
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Article29 1950-05-26 8 From Our Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs. The driving licence of Leong Yin Poo was endorsed when he was fined $35 at Johore Bahru yesterday for negligent driving.29 words
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Article, Illustration31 1950-05-26 8 THE PREMISES of the Tons Lam Association in Bukit Pasoh Road where Mr. Ton; Yit Lin was shot dead yesterday afternoon. (See Page One report). Straits Times picture.31 words
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Article39 1950-05-26 8 SEREMBAN, Thurs. Caught cycling from a toddy shop with two quarts of fermented toddy, Sher Mohamed told the Seremban court that he bought It to make cakes He was fined $20 and hit cycle was confiscated.39 words
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Article629 1950-05-26 8 'NOT GUILTY' VERDICT IS REJECTED Prom Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. TWO Chinese assessors returned a verdict of not guilty, with which the Judge, Mr. Justice Spenser Wilkinson, disagreed and ordered a retrial in the Supreme Court, Kuala Lumpur, today in the case in which 23-year-old Tan Choon Chua629 words
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Article50 1950-05-26 8 The Federation of Malaya had 60,121 tons of rubber in stock at the end of April' against 61,033 tons- at the end of March. In April, 49,076 tons of rubber were produced in the Federation and 4,116 tons were imported. A total of 48,924 tons was exported.50 words
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36 1950-05-26 8 NO CARD: GAOL From Our Own Correspondent TAIPINO, Thurs. Lee Ah Oek, who recently came to Taiping from Kelantan, and who had no Identity card, was sentenced by the Taiping Magistrate to three months' simple Imprisonment.36 words
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183 1950-05-26 8 'THE first private hospital in Malaya to give free 1 treatment to people suffering from tuberculosis has been opened at Klang. It can accommodate 60 patients, but admission will re restricted to those who have a reasonable prospect of arresting thu disease. The hospital,183 words
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Article118 1950-05-26 8 FAMED PILOT IN S'PORE AN Australian figatei phut Ciive ("Killer") Caldwell arrived in Singapore by Cu.isteilation yesterday anu aft'-r a week's stay will continue his journey to Britain Mr. Caldwell, here as a businessman, was nicknamed "Killer" by his comrades. f«>r he is credited with having shot down 21 Nazi118 words
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Article, Illustration29 1950-05-26 8 MX. CLIVK ("Killer"* I !rt well. Royal Air Force veteran who bagged 28 Nazi and Jap planes, arrived in Singapore yesterday by air. Stnrv hf Inn29 words
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Article119 1950-05-26 8 I*HE following appointment* were announced in Singapore yesterday: Mr. C. H. F. .Blake to -fflclaU as a Police magistrate-. Mrs Luanne Stockw-U. Music Assistant, to act as Record Librarian, Department- of Broadcasting. Mr. O. W. Davis. M.OJ9, to act as Commissioner for Labour. Mr. C. J. Hlndley, Deputy119 words
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Advertisement226 1950-05-26 8 HUME INDUSTRIES (FAR EAST) LIMITED SINGAPORE KUALA LUMPUR PENANG Tel. 5441 (5 Lines) Tel. 3171 Tel. Prai 216 MANUFACTURERS ENCINEERS Asbestos /Cement Building Materials Concrete Pipes Steel Pipes. Steel Tanks. Structural Steel Engineers Electrical Contractors AGENCIES: W T HENLEY'S TELECRAPH WORKS CO. LTD.. London Electric Cable, mi MM* Acc M226 words
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Advertisement126 1950-05-26 8 THE FINEST MILK MONEY CAN BUY jESH CANAC nl If <A Canadian Product) w jicc Guaranteed pure and free tmni foreign matter nothing added Prepared in modern plants under supervision of Dr. Oscar Albert 8.5.A.. M.Sc. P.H.D. if- FRESH Packed in vacuum sealed tins keeps indefinitely if. CONVENIENT Anytime, Anywhere126 words
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Article, Illustration1293 1950-05-26 9 VICTOR STAINES - Film Reviews News BRIGHT CHEERFUL VICTOR STAINES by IE laughs were turned round this week in "It's a Great Feeling" in which Warner's take a crack at themselves. Perhaps the debunking goes on for too Ions; but don't worry, there are plenty of laughs alt the way tnrough. And. I1,293 words
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Article, Illustration412 1950-05-26 9 Malay Profiles MIRIAM IS AMBITIOUS By Our Malay Film Reporter 17VERYONE in Fj Malaya anxious v) see locally made films compete with the best of other countries are eagerly watching new Stars arising on the M^avnn screen ma.ayan screen. Miss Miriam hu.i lostered an ambition to be a film star412 words
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Advertisement162 1950-05-26 9 will", ABOVE I ANVIHIN6 .ILSC rov'Tt) TODAY! JW P!i 11 am.. 1.45, 4.15. 6.45 m^^l^Jmk, 24 Hours of \T^&M Hit-tune, |i \^n Hectic, Hilarious Y| Vv Shore-leave Phone .UOO and Book Ijß O MIDNIGHT SATURDAY! A Power-mad Range Tyrant Makes His Last Desperate Stand... I*N_*lU*P ARTISTS PRODUCTION TODAY 11 1162 words
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Advertisement369 1950-05-26 9 LAST SVf^o 1M.45 FIVE '©AWftfOU 4-6.30 PHONE 5159 SHOWS 9.30 PIUS! A United Nations' Short Feature "BATTLE FOR BREAD Morning Show Tomorrow 8.45 a.m. 'TOUR FEATHERS" in TECHNICOLOR A man walks into a Police Station and Says: "I want to report a murder WHEN ASKED; 'Who was murdered?" HE REPLIED;369 words
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Miscellaneous62 1950-05-26 9 SlftUAPOH*. 10 am News from K.L.; 10.05 Close; 12 Malay; 1. p.m. Jay Wi.bur Strings: 1.30 News: 1.45 Dance Music; 2. Close; 6. Light fcfOUC; 6.40 Fred Waring His Pennsylvanlans; 7. News, Share Miirket. Interlude; 7.30 "Alphabetically Yours"; 8. Talk (Commissioner for Road Transport) 8.16 Austral Singers; 8.30 Friday Prom62 words
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Miscellaneous58 1950-05-26 9 Have to Know the Language: 10.30 Dance Music; 11 Close. K LUMPUK 9.55 a.m. Music; 10. Emergency News; 10.10 Close; 12 2 p.m. As S'pore; 6 "At Your Service"; 7. News, Share Market; 7.12 Louis Voss Orch. 7.30 Jaw 8t Swing; 8. As S'pore: 8.10 K.L. Radio Ranch; 8.30 Malayan58 words
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Miscellaneous57 1950-05-26 9 Syncopaters; 10. Guy Lombardo Orch.: 10.30 "Count of Monte Crlsto"; 11. Close. PENAMC 1 2 p.m. As S'pore; 6. Listeners Calling; 7. News, Share Market, Talk; 7.15 Light Organ Music; 7.30 David Oranville Ensemble; 8. Aa S'pore; 8. IS Variety Bandbox; 8.45 "Just Unpacked"; 9.30 News; •.45 Music in th»57 words
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1106 1950-05-26 10 M. J. KENNAWAY - M. J. KENNAWAY by Malaya's oldest planter, Mr. Mark John Kennaway, tett Singapore for a holiday in the United Kingdom with Mrs. Kennaway b, the Surriento on Tuesday. Before he left, he gave this interview to the Straits Times Tt his memories of the1,106 words
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Article, Illustration71 1950-05-26 10 Margaret Truman daughter of the U.S. President, dances with (left to right): Presisident Gabriel Oonzales Videla of Chile; Ambassador Hernan Santa Cruz, chief of the Chilean Delegation to the United Nations: and Brigadier General Clayton C. Jerome, IS. Marine Cbrps. in the Persian Room of the Hotel Plaza. New York,71 words
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Article, Illustration24 1950-05-26 10 T"n E ia JJ H dd e g/.dg /.d V£A maklnjr thelr roun but waUed Dattntfi --Vh'E* dry Under an uml >rella as she24 words
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Article, Illustration280 1950-05-26 10 ALEXANDRIA: A FEW words muttered by an unconscious, sunsmitten man have started the Egyptian police on a widespread search for smuggled drugs. A coastal aatrol lounri the man, a wealher-beaten fisherman named Gabr M.istala. half conscious en the beach at Anfushy. near Alexandria. NextReuter - 280 words
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751 1950-05-26 10 MICHAEL FRY - Deathrate in Asia gives U.N. a headache MICHAEL FRY By LAKE SUCCESS: T HK high rate of mortality m unde r developed areas of the world is one of the most difficult problems at present faring the United Nations f report just issued by the United Nations Secretariat for theReuter - 751 words
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Advertisement74 1950-05-26 10 because Kolynos foam cleans .fl^vr^-fS.tfifi-fi.r^.rfl. It'i between the teeth that danger U«. lhats where bacteria multiply and go to work— producing the acids that causr decay. Kolynos foam penetrates straight to the danger spots Kolynos aiotM contains special ingredients thai neutralise the acids, destroy bacteria. Kxprrt laboratory test* have proved74 words
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Advertisement274 1950-05-26 10 %4BC: Ift 7/^* W^^^'H SINGAPORE Wk TO SAIGON Il^ \Js Connection* for »M J parts of Indo-China Arritalj frea Saigon NjmV. Thursdays 3.50 p.m. vT^ \%v Oepirtßrtt for Saigon AIR \FRANCE BOOftINC WFK* Ctl(liW CMT Cr^nd Floor I Cl# Urnox «uiUMii«V J ««.rltiii»^ TeL >3900 S Th# rc d W274 words
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Miscellaneous277 1950-05-26 10 STRAITS TIMES CROSSWORD IWmmSZmJ**. ttO^SSSS^ CROSSWORD No. 64 •ham* Thai's false (41 24 The e'.m linil > (l>. HiH H7~*^ kSS*^» KSJJ1 ESS The botanisfa crowfoot Something to play for aa I (>> It "The deeih of each day» I 11 It. lead ..hould have point life, .ore labour a277 words
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Article278 1950-05-26 11 LONDON. Thurs. OEVERAL bright features were provided by Overseas issues in the London Stock Exchange yesterday. Rising price* followed the British proposal to afford unilateral relief In respect of double taxation In case of all countries with whom the United Kingdom has not already In force a double278 words
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Article243 1950-05-26 11 From Our Market Correspondent TTHERE were small Inquiries foi Tins, Rubbers and x Industrials in the Malayan share market yesterday. Business was on a small scale. The market closed quietly steady. Price changes announced by the Malayan Sharebrokers* Association yesterday were: INDUSTRIALS Bayer B«M«r B.B.243 words
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Article27 1950-05-26 11 SINGAPORE, Than., M»y 25— $304 (unchanged). LONDON, Thurs., May 25. —Spot: £602— £603; Forward, £604— £6041: Settlement, £602}. Turnover morning, 225 tons; afternoon, 60 tons.27 words
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Article164 1950-05-26 11 Production And Stocks From Oar Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, ThuM. APRIL rubber production in the Federation of Malaya totalled 49,076 tons, compared with 49,477 tons in March. The April figure brought total production for the first "our months of this year to 210,648 tons. Production In the corresponding164 words
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Article195 1950-05-26 11 THE Singapore rubber market opened firm again yesterday morning on acceptances from abroad. Prices moved up to 82% cents per lb. for first-grade June shipment. However, in the afternoon buyers held off and prices reacted slightly. Closing prices yesterday were, per lb: No. I R.S.S. spot195 words
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Article54 1950-05-26 11 From A Market Correspondent COPRA" in the Singapore produce market was erratic yesterday, opening at $39 buyers and 39' i sellers for June-July, and $38 7« buyers and $39' s sellers fir May —June shipment. However no business was done. Coconut oil remained unchanged In price: Cloves wer*54 words
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99 1950-05-26 11 CHIPS in the Singapore Outer and Inner Roads and alongside S.H.B. wharves yesterday were situated as follows: Outer Roads: Hal Hsuan, Mul Ann, Chong Tong, Neothyris, Islander, Drupa, Surikov. La Colorada. Inner Roads: Renong, Mntang, Rajah Brooke, Kustbrta. Chnntra, Demta. Kampar, Charti Fhibul, Tosari.99 words
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108 1950-05-26 11 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Thursday. ARISE in the cash price of tin is attributed to American and Russian buying In the East. Russia is also in the market in London for British refined tin. As Russia has not supplied the Combined Tin108 words
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Article85 1950-05-26 11 QUNQEI Krian -uober Estate's profit for 1949, afler charging taxation, was £11,420 (£7IHB for 1948). U.K. taxation charged was £8,000 (£ll,500». transfer to replanting reserve £JO,OOO v£4.000): depreciation of buildings and machinery, etc., £4,057 ,£2.491); dividend five per cent ao per cent), less tax. £4,186 'E8.371); carried85 words
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Advertisement1348 1950-05-26 11 MANSFIELD 6c CO., LTD. iirtconMrated m Singapore) -.cob ruNNKL üm Carri.it option t. pt*c**d via eth*t port* t. lead and discharge cargo SAILINCS »c LIV»*OOl CLASCOW LONDON CONTINENTAL PORTS Jue Sails P. Sham Penang P*rs*ut tor Liverpool May 25/27 May 28/29 Clytrnwut toi Genoa. M seines, L poo Dublin b1,348 words
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Advertisement370 1950-05-26 11 PRESIDENT LINER SAILINGS TO NEW YORK AND BOSTON VIA CEYLON. INDIA. EGYPT and MEDITERRANEAN PORTS S'oore P Sham Penan* Pres. Van Buren SI May/2 lune 3/4 lune 3/6 une Pres. Jefferson 6/10 11/12 une 13/13 une V 'l\ g'ant 13/17 lune 18/19 une 20/22 une Pres. Polk 28 |une/3 luly370 words
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Advertisement481 1950-05-26 11 EAST ASIATIC LINE SAILINGS FROM SCANOINAVIA/U.K./ SAILINGS TO CONTINENT/ CONTINENT SCANDINAVIA m/s Dansborg" Codown 44 foi Saigon 6 Bangkok Loading at Singapore. Port Swettenham m/i rJJ 1 bJUS* d iM Penan m/ fcl M p' y "'i! L due abt lune 18 m/s "Kambodia" Codowns 38/3 V?i m"* fot Colombo.481 words
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Advertisement1080 1950-05-26 11 McALISTER <S> CO.. LTD. (tncorporatto in %mgapoi«i Telephone No. f«O* KLAVENESS LIMB KLLBRMAM BUCKMALI tO> ANCIm >AN ANC|SCO CONDON. HAVRI, ANTWERP PORTLAND «ATUI 6 VANCOUVfR •OTTEftOAM HAMBURC AceeDtin. cargo to. Central G Scjth Jt CiTt O> CHESTER Po U > Spo i;.,_ P S""*" P«n«n| FRANCISVILLt tC" Ma, mm mm1,080 words
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Article, Illustration31 1950-05-26 12 WINGED feet lend speed to Lance Pierre of Trinidad with the West Indies cricket team now in Britain for a summer tour. Pierre is a fast-medium right -arm bowler. Reuter photo.Reuter - 31 words
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1075 1950-05-26 12 EPSOM JEEP - INDIAN HEATHER TO CARRY 9.7 IN CUP. Owners, Trainers Give Their Views By EPSOM JEEP INDIAN HEATHER, No. 1 stayer on the Malayan Turf, heads the handicap with 9.7 in the Singapore Turf Club's richest ever Governor's Cup race over a mile and a quarter at Bukit Timah tomorrow, final1,075 words
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Article112 1950-05-26 12 EPSOM DOWNS, Wed. BIG French cotton magnate Marcel Boussac today won the Oaks, the fillies' classic, with Asmena, second favourite at 5-1. This filly by Goya, ridden by Rae Johnstone. took the lead halfway up the straight to v; n by a length from another FrenchReuter - 112 words
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Article62 1950-05-26 12 OXFORD. Wed —No olay was possible on the second day of the West Indies match against Oxford University here today. Four hours rain during the morning soaked the wicket and, despue the wind, the turf dried slowly If conditions permit tomorrov the West Indies will resumeReuter - 62 words
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Article278 1950-05-26 12 Indonesians Surprise Pulau Brani DISPLAYING their poorest form this season, Pulau Brani United were beaten one-nil by the Indonesia League in a Singapore A.F.A. Senior League tie at the Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. Facing a blinding sun in the first half, Pulau Brani United never seemed to settle down and278 words
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Article89 1950-05-26 12 rE "Glowing Ooldies the University of Santo Tomas basketball team from Manila, opened their Singapore tour with a sweeping victory by 62 points to 38 over the Singapore Chinese High School Boys at the Happy World Stadium last night. Man for man, th? "Oildles" were better89 words
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Article82 1950-05-26 12 The Singapore Amateur Weightliftlng Federation will hold its 1950 Junior weightlifting and Junior "Mr. Singapore" and "Miss Singapore" body-beautiful coinpetitions at the Great World arena on June 3 and 4 at 8 p.m. Admission will be 30 cents and 50 cents. Entries for the competition close on May82 words
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Article446 1950-05-26 12 THE $5,000 Summer Cup at t'ukit Timah tomorrow x promises to be "the sprint match of the year" between Tara Street and the van Breukele n stable's fine array of sprinters Snowy Owl II, Grey Bloom and Grazing. At the moment the van Breukelen stable446 words
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Article333 1950-05-26 12 rpHE following are Slng.tpvie pricket teams for the weekend: RAF. Seletar t. No. 1 Sing. Regt. R.A. at S:-le'.ar on Sat. 2 p.m: Sgt. Bowman (capt), Cpl. Fleetwood. Cpl Gwilliam, Cpl. Tedder, Cpl. Hewitt, AC. James. AC. Beverley AC. Davies. AC. Hart, AC. Gascoigne AC. Ingbam,333 words
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Article, Illustration33 1950-05-26 12 DAVE SANDS, holder of three Australian titles and British Empire middleweight champion, is greeted by his wife and four-year-old daughter Margaret when he arrived back m Sydney from Singapore last week. A.P. photo.AP - 33 words
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Article367 1950-05-26 12 11TEIGIITS for all eight races for Saturday, the last day of the Singapore lurl Club Governor's Cup GOVERNOR'S CUP CL. 1, DIV. 1—1«/,M. 36 Yds. Indian Heather 9.07 MHlwall 8.10 8.09 Clynor 8.08 Longchamps II 8.07 Beve de Gloire 8.06 Four O'Clock II 8.05 Flying367 words
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316 1950-05-26 12 SPECIAL precautions and improvements at Jalan Besar stadium are being undertaken by the Police and Municipal Authorities for the Hon? Kong Sing Tao Football Club's six games in the Colony. The Straits Times understands that these measures may soon become permanent fixtures if they prove316 words
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Article189 1950-05-26 12 Nine Goals At Geylang PLAYING fast football, H. M. Dockyard defeated Royal Signals by six goals to three in a Singapore A P. A. Junior A-l league game at Geylang Stadium yesterdayv Prom the start Dockyard showed their superiority in both attack and defence, and in the third minute Obad189 words
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Article28 1950-05-26 12 LONDON, Wed.— County r.rlo'iet close of play scores today: At Romford. Essex v Hampshire no play today— rain. Hants 306. Essex two runs for no wtckpr28 words
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325 1950-05-26 12 Sing Tao F.C. Fielding Best Forward Line Today By Our Soccer Reporter OING TAO Football Club of Hong Kong, who scored 36 goals against all the strongest representative opposition in their eight games in Manila, will open their tour against Singaproe "A' at Jalan Besar Stadium today with their best325 words
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Article39 1950-05-26 12 Singapore Cricket Club »:*am'i I "A" team beat WRAF (Cfaangt) "A" by 14 goals to five in n game of netball played on the plimit yesterday. In a "B" team <;'ime, Changl beat S.C.C. 13 to fo-.r.39 words
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Article23 1950-05-26 12 SOCCER: Sine Tao v Singapore 'A' at Jalan Besar. BASKETBALL: St. IMM (Manila) v Yayu Ath. \-sii a Happy World stadium, 1M 1> ">23 words
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Advertisement586 1950-05-26 12 CLASSIFIED /YDS. (Continued from page 6) ACCOMMODATION VACANT TWO double rooms In guest house noted for catering available rnd May. Mrs. Orant Mackle. 2 Tanulin Hill, Tel *****. KATONO ORANGE" seafront. 77 Meyer Rd. near Swlmg club. B-Residenee double room available 1 June. Phone *****. "LLOYD HOUSE." 2 i.loyd »td586 words
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Advertisement89 1950-05-26 12 i V/orld Famous Binoculars are now available "DELTRINTEM" 8,30 am 521 5.00 "BINOCTAR"7xso $315.00 "DEKAREM"io«So $360.00 Obtainable from Amateur Photo Store Ltd., Lyon Photo Co., 109. North Bridge Road, 69, North Bridge Road. Singapore. Singapore. Capitol Optical Co., F. J. Isaac, 159, North Bridge Road, 10, The Arcade, Singapore. Singapore.89 words
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Page 12 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous22 1950-05-26 12 SINGAPORE TIDES TODAY: 4.50 a.m. (7ft. 3in.) and 6.45 pm. (7ft. lin.). TOMORROW: 6.21 a.m. 7ft. 5ln.) and 7.35 p.m. (7ft. bin.).22 words
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