The Straits Times, 4 November 1947

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    18 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1947 PRICE TEN CENTS TWELVE PAGES
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    Hollywood Testifies
    96 1 In left: i inn cartoon producer Walt Disney giving evidence before the United States House of Representatives Committee on Un-American Activities during the inquiry into Communism m Hollywood. He said Communists had instigated a strike m his studio. Top right: Gary Cooper gestures as he testifies. Bottom left:
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    THE ODD SPOT
    132 1 IJRAN:;: LF.T. Monday.—Three Ur.it.d States Congressman, ending a worid tour said yesterday they regai ded Japan as "the cne bright spot m dark world pi «.ure." Messrs. Stirling Cole, Republic of New York, Walter Norbaid. Republican of Oregon, and rharles Clason, Republican of Massachusetts, members of the
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    $5,000 REWARD FOR BOY
    273 1 FrANGSTER Dangerous Character" Aged 16 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. REWARD of $s,ooo— increased from $500— is now being offered by the Selangor Police for information leading to the arrest of Cham Tham Lin, a 16-year-old member of the Green Dragon Mountain Society, who
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    Siam To Pay £500,000 Immediately
    254 1 Siam To Pay £500,000 Immediately From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Monday. |N addition to an offer to A pay £1,250,000 as compensation for war damage, the Siamese Government has also agreed to maKo rehabilitation advances amount- i ing to 22,000,000 ticals to' British mines m Siam. This was announced today
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    POLISH LEADER NOW IN LONDON
    32 1 LONDON, Monday. The Under-Secretary of Foreign Affairs. Mr. Christopher Mayhew, announced m the House of Commons that Stanlslaw Mikolajczyk, Polish Opposition leader, had arrived m England.— U.P.
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    'HIGH SEAS' KILLING
    37 1 SOUTHAMPTON, Monday. James Camb, 30-year-old deck steward,, of Glasgow, was again remanded for a week when he appeared m the dock today charged with murdering 21-year-old actress Eileen Gibson "on the high seas." Reui
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    BRITAIN PAYS WAR CLAIMS
    79 1 BRITAIN PAYS WAR CLAIMS LONDON, Monday. npHE War Damage Commis1 sion announced yesterday night that cheques for about £100,000,000 will be posted to 106,000 claimants today for total losses through war damage of 140,000 properties. It will be the nrst bulk payment of claims to Britons who had homes and
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    RUBBER FALLS ¼ OF A CENT
    71 1 RUBBER FALLS OF A CENT Rubber closed at 1/4 of a cent below Saturday on the local market yesterday and No. 1 sheet f.o.b. finished at 39 3 'B cents, buyers. Other closing prices last night were:— No. 1 f.o.b. 39 5/8 cents, sellers, spot loose, buyers, 38 3/4 cents
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    ARMY OPERATIONS AT AN END
    73 1 SAIGON, Monday. French military circles here said today that French Army operations begun early m October against Viet Minh (Indochinese autonomist) forces m Tongking might be considered at an end after the capture of Lao Kay (a town m Northern Tongking, near the Chinese border
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    Yesterday's Race Results
    190 1 RACE 1:— TANGRO $106 and $20; Locus Standi $10: The Thistle $21. RACE 2:— GOLDEN OAK $9 and $8; Bull Ring $16. RACE 3:— BITTER SWEET $52 and $14; Golden Slipper $12; Slipstream $15. RACE 4:— DEMOCRAT $18 and $6; Missouri $7, Madam? $7. RACE S:— JACK
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    100 FIRE-WALK IN SINGAPORE
    296 1 100 FIRE- WALK IN SINGAPORE A HUNDRED bare-footed Tamil devotees crossed a pit of red hot wood embers m the courtyard of the Mariamman Temple, Singapore, last night m one of the city's most colourful religious ceremonies. Crowds, which included many Europeans, watched incredible scenes as the de- votees, many
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    Britons Killed In Attack By-Kashmir Rebels
    303 1 Britons Killed In Attack ByKashmir Rebels .NEW DELHI, Monday. ARMED forces headquarters here today received n information that two Britons, Lieutenant-Colonel and Mrs. Dykes, were killed m an attack by tribesmen on the convent at Baramula, a Kashmir town 30 miles west of Srinagar. The reports also said the three
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    8,100 See Gift To Princess
    245 1 VISITORS to Raffles Museum yesterday to inspect the golden casket which is Singapore's wedding gift to Princess Elizabeth numbered 8,100 only 210 less than on Sunday, when record crowds visited the museum. Yesterday's wedding fund collection m the museum totalled $50.15. Broadcasts from London of
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    TRADE CONTRACTS WITH JAPAN
    59 1 TOKIO, Monday— SCAP has approved 371 export contracts, totalling $4,072,000 m value, and 15 import contracts, totalling over $4 104,000 m value, during the first two months of limited private trade with Japan, it was reported today. The figures do not include Gov-ernment-to-Government trii Jers who
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    ITALY PAYS UP
    29 1 SHANGHAI, Monday.— The Italian Government has promised to pay China 100,000,000 lire and United States US $18,498 m war reparations, according to a semiofficial report.— Reuter.
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    Woolton Calls On Labour Govt. To Resign
    318 2 Woolton Calls On Labour Govt. To Resign LONDON, Monday. THE Conservative Party Chairman, Lord Woolton, today called on the Government to resign after the anti-Labour landslide m Britain's municipal elections. Mr. Churchill called it "a splendid victory of Conservative and Liberal-minded men and women over the inept and wrong-headed forces
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    U.S. PLAN FOR GIFTS TO EUROPE
    187 2 WASHINGTON, Monday. •THE Truman administration 1 will probably ask Congress to give outright more than $3,000,000,000 of aid to Western Europe under the Marshall plan next year, it was learned yesterday. President Truman's Council of Economic Advisers told him In a i report made
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      1249 2 NOTICES AUCTION SALE OF VALUABLE PREEHOLD A LEASEHOLD SINGAPORE PROPERTIES Including One iiea-slde week-end bungalow (with vacant possession) to be held at Noa. 4 A 4 1 CoUver Quay. Singapore. TO-DAY at 2 30 p.m. Sal* Lot i 2 Freehold vacant land situate at EVANS ROAD 4 m Bukit Timah
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      844 2 TENDERS TENDER FOR LICENCE BOARDS Tenders* will be received at the office of the Colonial Secretary. Singapore, up to noon of the 15th November. 1947. for the following work: Supply, painting and lettering of 540 Licence Boards made out of zinc or wood, size 9 irches long by 6 Inches
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      405 2 NOTICE NOTICE Is hereby given that Madam Yeoh Saw Kool of No. 89 McNair RoaJ. Singapore has left the house and protection of her husband Mr. Sect Tionit Hin on the 23rd October. 1947. NOTICE is hereby further given that the said Sect Tiong Hin will not be responsible for
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      138 2 P.W.D. TENDER NOTICE. Tenders will be received at the jfflce of the Chairman. Town Board. Kuala Lumpur, up to 3 p.m. of the 7tto November. 1947 for the Construction o: Labour Lines at Temple Road K»als Lumpur. Plans and specifications may be er. and all particulars obtained at the office
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      161 2 CAPITOL AIR-CONDITIONED— PHONE 5159 THE BLAZING STORY OF A "GAMBLER WHO TOOK ONE CHANCE TOO MANY! ACT j^D ANE CLARK k 11 a .m. LAST Wb ZACHARY SCOTT j 2 p.m. 4 %J JAHIS PAIGE I SHOWS I* GAXA GALA PREMIERE -i JL^= PREMIERE t rep -»itis| t 0 Academy
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    "Armies Massing", Says Arab Leader
    305 3 "Armies Massing", Says Arab Leader BAGHDAD, Monday. FE Secretary-General of the Arab League, Mr. Abdul Rahman Azzam, said here last night: "I confirm that the Lebanese, Syrian and Egyptian armies are massing on the Palestine borders now, and. that the Transjordan army is on duty inside Palestine. Mr. Azzam added:
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      U.K.'s Latest Drive: For Films
      137 3 LONDON, Monday. A DRIVE to accelerate production at British film studios got under way today after the announcement of a new £9,250,000 programme, the biggest m the history of British films, by the J. Arthur Rank organisation. Mr. Rank's companies are now engaged m actual
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      Reported Killed
      86 3 NEW DELHI, Monday. Mr. Nicol Smith, American author and travel lecturer who recently returned from western Tibet, said yesterday he had heard repeated reports that a man killed m the Kullu valley of the Northern Punjab was Mr. Theos Bernard, another American author. Mr. Bernard's wife, Mrs. Helen
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      Landlubbers Afloat
      109 3 GLOUCESTER, Massachusetts, I Monday.— The brigantine Yankee sailed yesterday with a mostly landlubber company of 24, including five women, for an 18month world cruise. Under the command of Capt. Irving Johnson, making his fourth such voyage by sail, the former North Sea pilot boat will cruise according to
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      "Thunder-Jets"
      106 3 WASHINGTON. Monday.— The United States Air Force has a jet fighter ready for battle. It has < solved the problem of heavy fire power from aircraft flying at 1 speeds approaching that of sound, I It announced yesterday that i completion of firing tests showed i the P-84 thunder-jets
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      Hughes Takes Off
      70 3 LONG BEACH. California. Monday—Mr. Howard Hughes yesterday flew his $25,000,000 flying boat about one mile at an altitude of 70 feet during taxi runs m the Los Angeles-Long Beach harbour. The unexpected take-off was made at a speed of about 100 miles an hour. Mr. Hughes sai-!
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      Earthquake Toll
      67 3 LIMA, Monday— Official dispatches from Satipo said yesterday at least 40 persons had perished m Saturday's Peruvian earthquake. This brought the total reported death toll to 43. The report from Satipo said the earthquake caused landslides to dam up the Satipo river. Resultant floods washed away a hospital.
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      Pedicab Protest
      70 3 SHANGHAI, Monday More than 100 pedicab drivers have been arrested m a short-lived strike by hundreds of coolies m a protest against a raise m hire rate by pedicab owners. Many drivers tried to force a widespread tie-up of traffic by stopping pedicabs and releasing the air from
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      19 Nazis
      88 3 NUREMBERG. Monday—Nineteen high Nazis, from all walks of life m Hitler's Third Reich, were indicted on war crimes charges today m what may be the last case to be prosecuted here by United States authorities. Eight charges, including the waging of aggressive war. plundering of subjugated countries and
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      Anti-Red Actor
      97 3 WASHINGTON.— Robert Montgomery. 43. rilm actor and director, was the chief witness at the Oct. 23 session of the Committee of Un American Act ivities, at Washington, D. C. The committee is investigating the extent of Communist infiltration in Hollywood. Mr. Montgomery is pictured here giving evidence. There
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      Scroll For Princess
      89 3 NANKING, Monday. A 16-year-old Paris- born art student, Sala Chang, now resident m the One Thousand Buddha Caves of Kansu Province, will send Princes Elizabeth a handsome decorative Chinese scroll, entitled "Tribal Princess and Attendants" as a wedding present. In a letter Miss Sala writes"Dear Princess Elizabeth—
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      Beam Wavered
      77 3 KECHIKAN. Alaska. Monday. The United States coast Guard said the radio beam on Annette Island, where a Pan-Amencar. DC4 crashed on Oct. 26 and took 18 lives, was found to be wavering the day after the crash. Neither the Coast Guard nor the civil Aeronautics authorities would comment
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    WAR DESPATCHES OUT NEXT YEAR
    61 3 LONDON, Monday— The official despatches on the Malayan campaign are now being printed and will be published early next year, it was learned today. Certain sections of the original despatches have been revised so as not to provoke harmful criticism. These had been referred to
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    SINGAPORE DIARY
    275 3 TODAY: Exhibition of the wedding gift to Frincess Elizabeth, Silver Room, Baffles Museum, 9 a.m. to 5.30 pjn. Y.W.C.A.: keep lit class, 8, Port Canning Road, 10 a.m., Pioneer Club tor singing and yames, 321, Havelock Road, 2.30 p.m. Annual general meeting, Singapore Stamp Club. Palm Court of
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      195 3 I Latest and the best n entertainment. catering *^eljcious meals. delightful atmosphere. dancing* wine course, only at the lido 4^ MILE PASIR PANJANG. SINGAPORE Telephone ***** You Ye missing a lot if you haven 't been there! IIALY* ITKOL Contains vitamins essential to good health BROOKES HALIBUT OIL with orange
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      273 3 The "KANGAROO" Service Speed with Comfort! FLYING BOAT Services leave Singapore-. for LONDON Dep.rtlng-^unday, Tjicdav, friday. Arriving— Thursday. Saturday, Tuesday. for SIDNEY Departing Saturday, Monday. Wednesday. Arriving Monday, Wednesday, Friday. LANCASTRIAN Services leave Singapore— for LONDON Departing Wednesday, Friday, Sunday. Arriving Friday, Sunday, Tuesday. fef SliJli&X Departing— Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday.
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    U.K. WILL NOT GIVE UP MALAYA"
    288 4 U.K. WILL NOT GIVE UP MALAYA" Indian Proposal Rejected In UNO NEW YORK, Monday. AN Indian motion to place the Malay States, among others, under United Nations trusteeship was repudiated by Mr. Hector McNeil, Great Britain, and rejected m a meeting of the United Nations General Assembly. The motion, which
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    Sultan Shares In Estate
    281 4 Sultan Shares In Estate From Our Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Monday. HIS Highness the Sultan of Johore will share m the estate of his half-sister, the late Tungku Besar Putrie, daughter of th e late Sultan Abubakar, of Johore. Yesterday, the last of her properties was sold by public auction
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    ORANJE BACK TOMORROW
    40 4 The Nederland liner Oranje, bound for Southampton and Amsterdam, will berth alongside Godowns 1, 2 and 3 of the Harbour Board wharves at noon tomorrow. She will embark 127 passengers for Europe and sail the same day.
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    ACCIDENTAL DEATH OF CONSTABLE
    94 4 The Singapore Coroner, Mr. K. K. Oon, yesterday returned a verdict of accidental death at an inquiry into the tragedy at a coffee stall m Henderson Road on Oct. 28, when a special constable. Teo Kirn Suan. was killed by a rifle bullet. It was stated
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    P.&.0. Liner Due In Spore On Nov. 11
    145 4 P. &.0. Liner Due In Spore On Nov. 11 MAKING her first peacetime voyage as a regular passenger ship, the 1,600-ton P. and O. liner Canton, with more than 100 passengers for Singapore, is due here on November 11. 1 The Canton, the third P. and O. liner to bear
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    MORE INQUIRIES INTO TRAGEDY
    107 4 At an inquiry yesterday into the death of a Chinese schoolgirl, Chan Yut Han. the Singapore Coroner, Mr. W. G. Porter, recommended that the possibility of negligent driving be considered. He returned a verdict of accidental death. The tragedy occurred on Oct. 17. when the motor
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    Deal Over Thousand Grenades Alleged
    189 4 Deal Over Thousand Grenades Alleged •THE trial of three Indians, 1 Mydin bin Yarasai, Kumaran and Razak Kachu bin Mydin, on a charge of unlawful possession of 1,094 handgrenades and 1,080 handgrenade detonators, opened before Mr. Justice Thorogood at the Singapore Assizes yesterday. Evidence for the prosecution was that a
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    REGISTRATION OF CHINESE BEGUN
    205 4 nEGISTRATION of Malayan I* Chinese was started on Saturday at the Singapore Consulate, and at about 170 voluntary organisations of Various sorts, including local and up-country schools, and public bodies of the Chinese community. The particulars contained m the application forms will enable the consulate to
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      245 4 RAFFLES HOTEL Tonight POPULAR FLOOR SHOW ATTRACTION MARGARET, MAURICE <Sc MARYEA PRESENTING THE BLUE DANUBE WALTZ THE SENSATIONAL "MEXICAN MADNESS" Admission to Non-residents $1.40 SUNDAY NIGHT IN THE PALM COURT Remembrance Orchestral Concert RAFFLES AUGMENTED ORCHESTRA (20 Musician) Directed by Joe Speelman-Guest Conductor R. A. Waddle. Guest Artistes Tanessa Day,
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      165 4 Take Vitamins DURING THE WAR MILLIONS OF THE FIGHTING FORCES AND CIVILIANS WERE GIVEN HEALTH AND STRENGTH BY VITAMINS you need Vitamins now more than ever out of 10 people who suffer today ar« Vitamin starved" even though they Cat well. The rich vitamins Nature put* m raw food are
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      490 4 STOP THAT PAIN IN THE BACK WITH DE WITT'S KIDNEY BLADDER PILLS Do you dread getting ud m the morning? That first move to get out of bed means more pain and herald' another day of misery and suffering. But why sutler any longer 'than is necessary? Get a botttle
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      170 4 lAst 3 Shows— .l. 6.15. 4 9.15 p.-n. 'THINGS TO COME" St»rrin»: RALPH RICHARDSON. Openinr To-bmhtow ABBOT COSTELLO m "TIME OF THEIR LIVES" CHUNGKING Tanjone Pagar Phone 3327 Today and Tomorrow: 1.36. 6.30 and 9.00 p.m. "BEYOND THE PECOS" With Rod Cameron Fuzzy Knight Preceded by "THE MUMMY S TOMB"
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    C.I.D Chief Recovers: Men On Charge
    352 5 C.I.D Chief Recovers: Men On Charge From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. OELANGOR'S Criminal IntJ vestijjation Department chief, Mr. C. T. Dobree, who was seriously wounded yesterday during a fight with gangsters at Salak South, was reported today to have made a satisfactory recovery, following a blood transfusion administered
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    FOUR NEW SHIPS FOR THE P & O
    207 5 FOUR NEW SHIPS FOR THE P O NEGOTIATIONS have recently been completed by the P and O Company for lour modern cargo ships m part replacement of heavy war losses. Two of the vessels, of 7,375 tons, were built m Vancouver m *****947 and *re to be renamed Devanha and
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    JAP SUSPECTS ARRIVE HERE
    60 5 Ten Japanese war crime suspects, wanted m connection with offences committed m French Indo-China, arrived m Singapore by the trooper Dilwara yesterday from Kure. They will be kept m Changi Prison and sent to Saigon by the French vessel La Charente later m the month. The
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    Spore To Get New Ambulance
    173 5 Spore To Get New Ambulance T^HE Singapore General Hos1 pital is expecting two new ambulances before the end of the year, and another two next year, the Singapore Chief Medical Officer, Dr. T. F. Strang, told the Straits Times yesterday. The new ambulances, which will be of the most modern
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    CLERK CHARGED
    76 5 A cleric of the Immigration Office, Kwek Seek Hen*, Hokkien ag«d 27, yesterday appeared m the Second Police Court charged with attempting to obtain "tea money" from the secretary of the Killing Chow Kwee Kuen Hainanese Guild, Tan Tat Kain, to show favour m respect of 70 immigration
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    THREE YEARS' GAOL
    48 5 A 16-year old Hokkien, Ng Ec Teck, was yesterday sentenced to three years' rigorous imprisonment by Mr. Justice Jobliog at the Singapore Assizes, when he was found guilty of stealing a head lamp rim and glas. from a taxi a>t Prinsep Street on July 1.
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    Malay Newt New UMNO Labour Exchanges
    347 5 Malay Newt New UMNO Labour Exchanges From Abdul Aziz bin Ishak nEGISTRATION centres, or A labour exchanges, are to be set up all over the country where UMNO branches operate. There will be a committee of three at each centre. The committees will register applications from Malays seeking employment m
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    MILAN ARTIST'S EXHIBITION
    124 5 From A Correspondent ount Bernardino del Boca di yniaregia, a young Milan artist, Is exhibiting lovely "acquarelles exquisite pen-and-ink drawings an d water colours at Raffles Hotel, Singapore. Most of the subjects are Siamese, the painter having recently visited that country. Cciint Bernardino del Boca has mastered
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    COAL AS GOOD AS GOLD—CRIPPS
    79 5 COAL AS GOOD AS GOLD— CRIPPS LONDON, Monday— "Coal is as good as gold today," said Britain's Minister for Economic Affairs. Sir Stafford Cripps, in a broadcast to the British people. "If only we could export some coal that would be absolutely invaluable for buying food. The quickest improvement of
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    EXPELLED WRITER LEAVES BELGRADE
    76 5 BELGRADE. Monday.— Arthur Meyer Brandel. the New York Times BelRrad* carrespondent who was exoellrd from Yugoslavia "for untruthful reporting and rude and offensive behaviour 1 "ft Yugoslavia today for Trie.**with his wife. Mrs. Brandel. who was correspondent of the United Press Agency, left In spite of
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      328 5 SEAVIEW HOTEL SINGAPORE-NOV. 5, 1947 Under Distinguished Patronage MICHAEL WILLIAMS Presents v OiZit U.TA L I A" A Cabaret Spectacle ot the East Feaiurina ACROBATS JUGGLERS •KNIFE -THROWERS, Etc. AND THE WORLD FAMOUS DRAGON DANCE A Colourful Fireworks Display. Dance to Julian Foorman and Kis popular Soloists. All the Fun
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      299 5 Why WisdomwJm. is made this shape •|§|sfcji)^-*^!^^SZ%3 brush misses asvkward corners, but the oorreot wa» to CLEAN tapered tufts, straight line head, M .DE UPPER.MCX TEETH U crankc< J hand|e Fat upptr tetlk plot* Iht brush /M> r •tow the teeth lint at ihow*. Then with a twist of tht
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    28 6 The family of the late Mrs. Emma Susan Ross Smith thank all kind friends and relatives who s?nt wreaths end attended the funeral of their dear mother.
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    Singapore, Tuesday, Nov. 4, 1947. SINGAPORE AND THE PRINCESS
    1117 6 Singapore, Tuesday, Nov. 4, 1947. SINGAPORE AND THE PRINCESS The main objective of the Princess Elizabeth Wedding Celebration Fund m Singapore has now taken definite shape. It is a block of model workmen's flats, and for that purpose it is hoped to raise half a million dollars or more, over
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    VACANCIES IN RAILWAYS?
    133 6 I HAVE read with considerable interest th c Government Circular dated Oct, 1, which appeared m the Malay Mail recently under the head- 1 ing, "Numerous Vacancies m General Clerical Service." I presume that the circular applies with equal force to the Malayan Railway, where. I believe,
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    MAN-IN-THE-STREET
    44 6 Letters signed with a non-de-plume are not published untecs the -writer's name and address are communicates to the Editor as a guarantee of good faitb. A Singapore building which few Singapore people have seen the Seafarers' Chapel of the Marine Hostel, Anson Road.
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  • The MDU Replies To Puzzled Political Probings
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      STRAITS-BORN QUESTIONS
      138 6 I NOTICE that the Towkay's' Union otherwise known as the Associated Chinese Chambers of Commerce has sent a letter to Whitehall to explain their reasons for calling the wonderful hartal on Oct. 20. Do Mr. Lee Kong Chian and the up-country towkays think this necessary? We thought they
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      IS IT A STEP FORWARD?
      185 6 I WAS very interested to hear Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald express the view m his recent broadcast that universal suffrage without qualification (provided m the new Singapore constitution) was a notable step forward m the political advancement of this country. I feel that the effect
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      RICE SWEEPINGS FOR RATIONS
      65 6 IN the district m which 1 live, all the poor inhabitants have been issued with rice sweepings and! pulot for their week's ration. This I think is scandalous. Do the Food Control expect human beings to consume such rice? I don't think they themselves would oati
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    A Puzzled Malay WHY IS PUTERA ALLIED WITH ALIENS?
    722 6  - A Puzzled Malay WHY IS PUTERA ALLIED WITH ALIENS? "ANAK NEGRI" by AS a Malay, I do not understand why the PUTERA, which claims to be a Malay organisation, should so willingly support the Chinese Chambers of Commerce m organising the hartal on Oct. 20. cr e the members of
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      788 6 CLASSIFIED ADS The Straits Times editorial dept. welcomes information regarding forthcoming weddings. A form setting out the information usually required will oe sent on request. DEAN— to Mariorle. wife of John. A. Dean of 7. Bishop's Gate, a son. Both well. BATCHELLER —To ALMA (ne-? Sheridan), wife of N. G.
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    DEATH DRAWINGS ON NOTE FOR $5,000
    259 7 DEATH DRAWINGS ON NOTE FOR $5,000 Two Men Face Extortion Charge From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. NOTE demanding $5,000 on which was drawn a hand grenade, a gun, and a knife, was exhibited m Selangor Assizes today when two Chinese, Lim Ah Kow and Tan. Hock Beng, were
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    700 Hunger Strike At St. John's
    192 7 QEVEN HUNDRED Chinese iD quarantined m St. John's Island have gone on a hunger strike. They are protesting against the length of their detention and they also say that their food is insufficient. Arrangements have been made to make more food available to them,
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    Broken Homes Blamed For Youth Crime
    190 7 Broken Homes Blamed For Youth Crime BROKEN homes are one of the main causes of juvenile delinquency, the Singapore Juvenile Court Magistrate, Mr. B. L. Chua, said yesterday. Mr. Chua was explaining £he general principles and practice of Juvenile courts at a meeting of social workers sponsored by the Department
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    U.S. NAVY VISIT TO SINGAPORE
    101 7 SHANGHAI, Monday. Admiral M. Cooke. commander of the United S-ates naval forces in!' the Western Pacific, will make an informal visit to Hong Kong from November 12 to 17 and Singapore from 21 to 25, it was officially announce^ tonight. The flagship of Admiral cooke
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    Civil Servants Call Mass Meeting
    191 7 FVom Our Staff Corre*»jpu*uleat KUALA LUMPUR. Monday. MEMBERS of th« Government Junior Civil Servants' Association are to make a final decision on their attitude to Government's back pay award at a mass meeting m Kuala Lumpur on November 14. The meeting has been called by
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    NEW PLANES FOR E. COAST
    105 7 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Monday.— To ensure regularity of service during the monsoon months and also to expand passenger traffic from the East Coast, Malayan Airways are replacing the Consuls with Douglas DC3's on the Singapore-Kuala Lumpur Kuantan Kota Bahru route. The first
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    WORKERS' MIRAGE IN MALAYA
    84 7 NEW DELHI, Monday. A Malayan Union Government delegate to the ILO Asian Regional Conference here today, Mr R. G. Houghton, Commissioner of Labour, said the fundamental problem of improving the workers' standard of living could not be solved 6imply by increasing monthly wages A square deal
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    S. ARMY PARTY
    48 7 A farewell party was given last night at the Women's Industrial Home, Oxley Road, Singapore, m honour of Lieut. Col. J. Wainwrlght. chief of the Salvation Army m Malaya, and Mrs. Wainwright. Col. and Mrs. Wainwright will leave for England on Wednesday by the Oranje.
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      Sultan Signs Letter To Princess
      194 7 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. PITTING at a table in th« control tower of the Koia Bharu u aerodrome, the Sultan of Pahang this morning signed his name to the letter from nine Malayan Rulers which will accompany their wedding gift to Princess
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      Wedding Plans
      180 7 1POH, Monday. The Malayan Union Government has allotted $1,100 to Perak for Princess Elizabeth's wedding celebrations. This sum will probably be used to provide free cinema shows for children in outlying districts. In Ipoh an all communities sports meeting will be heW on November 20. Nine events have
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      Smallpox In Union
      104 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Monday. Latest health statistics for the Malayan Union show that smallpox increased sharply from the previous total of 24 cases for a week co 40 cases. Selangor had the highest incidence with 20 cases and three deaths. Perak was next with 18 cases and two
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      Ahearne Returning
      82 7 ifUALA LUMPUR. Monday.— Mr. C. D. Ahearne, former Malayan Joint Commissioner for War Damage Claims, will leave England for Malaya on November 8 to become secretary of the recently formed Malayan Planting Industries Employers' Association. Offices of the Association will be tn the Mercantile Bank. Before the war.
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      India Lanka
      57 7 MR. K. A. Padmanabhan. of the India Lanka Steam Navigation Co. Ltd., has written in connection with a report published in the Straits Times last Thursday regarding the India Lanka Company. Mr. Padmanabhan said: "Your reporter has misinformed you. I never said, or suggested, that subscriptions for the
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      Sunday Holiday
      41 7 BATU PAHAT, Monday. All textile dealers, gold smiths, tailors and Indian cloth merchants of Batu Pahat observed yesterday as a holiday. The decision to close was reached when the Tailors', Goldsmiths' and Textile Association j held a meeting recently.
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      Welfare Gift
      40 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. At the meeting of the Selangor Welfare Committee, held last week in Kuala Lumpur, it was announced that a donation of $1,514.75 had been received from NAAFI for the Selangor Boys' Home in Kuala Lumpur.
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      Produce Marking
      66 7 I NOTE from the Amerioan Conn sulate-General, Singapore, states that the acceptable markings for produce originating in South-Ea*t Asia and destined for the U.S.A. have recently been changed for the purpose of United Sta<,»s Customs regulations, as follows: Malayan Union, British Malaysia; Colony of Singapore: British North Borneo,
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    Royal Wedding In Kota Bharu
    167 7 Frecn O»r Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. KOTA BHARU is celebrating for the third day m succession m anticipation of the wedding tonight of the younger brother of the SulUrn of Pahang, Tungku .Mohamed KhaUd, and the daughter of Sultan Ibrahim of Kelantan, Tengku Noor-ul-aini.
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    Gaol For Hartal Day Offenders
    223 7 Gaol For Hartal Day Offenders I*WO Hokkien youths who were arrested when a Tay Koh Vat bus was stoned on hartal day, Oct. 20, wtie sentenced to six weeks' simple imprisonment yesterday by th c Singapore Second Court Magistrate, Mr. L. C Goh. Yap Seng Leong and Lim Port Hai.
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    TAIPING CO-OP
    63 7 From Our Own Correspondent Taiping. Monday— The Taiping Co-operatire Stores Society, Ltd., opened m January this year, made a net profit of $1,218.20 m six months' trading according to the half-yearly report just issued. The store was opened to assist the clerical classes to combat high living costs.
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    MOTHERCRAFT IN MALAYA Signs Of Baby's Will-Power Are Wholesome
    951 8  - MOTHERCRAFT IN MALAYA Signs Of Baby's WillPower Are Wholesome NURSE ELIZABETH By THE following letter is part of an answer to a mother who, after seeking advice about her little boy's diet, ends her letter with the complaint that he is "very naughty and fidgety during his waking hours and
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    30 8 One or tue newest styles from New York is a tricorne flesign w^m low ov?r*h? right ear. It is made of hunter green brocade ribbon with a brown spotted veil
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    FROM COURT AND KAMPONG
    903 8 From Our Staff Correspondent TTTTAT A T TTMPTTtf KUALA LUMI U«, Monday. THE Malay Girls College, which was formally opened on Saturday by Lady (jrent, t«qv hoonme thP Shermay become me oner bourne of Malaya m the n f ir O j,v« COUlse 01 yeaiS. It
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    Two Of The First Pupils
    77 8 PUPIL? of the new Malay Girls' College which opened m Kuala Lumpur on Saturday: Left, the oldest pupil, Masnah binti Dato Awang, aged 13 years, daughter of Dato Awang of Johore Bahru, and the youngest girl at the college, Zainun binti Salleh. 10. daughter of
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    Grow Your Own Vegetables BITTER CUCUMBER IS A POPULAR DISH
    721 9 Grow Your Own Vegetables BITTER CUCUMBER IS A POPULAR DISH AL AR G E number of rucurb taceous vegetables, i.e. gourds, pumpkins, cucumbers and marrows are grown m Malaya, but have received S2ant attention so far m this series of articles. Several are best grown over a «-ellls. Though the
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    THE MALAYAN GARDENER Trees Will Reward You For Your Care
    791 9  - THE MALAYAN GARDENER Trees Will Reward You For Your Care R.E. HOLTTUM By Director of the Botanic Gardens, Singapore A TREE should live and u.<~^*. remain an object Of beauty for many years; work spent m giving it a good start is therefore a good investment, and mdeed the failure
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    According to Culbertson
    388 9 The fact that a partnership has only seven trumps, divided four m onr hand and three m the other, does not automatically rule out the advisability ol reaching a game contract m that suit. Consider the follnwino typical case South, dealer. Horth -South vulnerable. NORTH ♦Q 8
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      263 9 STRAITS TIMES CROSSWORD H s»™, S- T,,"" 1"*1 CROSS WORD No. 185 6. Conlecuon on a dish made 26 Shouted derisively <«.. 12 3 4 6 a of batier (7). 28 St whisper* (6). L_ 0. Shut yard (anag.J (8) N. Afflrm. «8) m 10. Looked please* with 30. Lets
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    Future Of The Rubber Industry In Ceylon
    1810 10 From The Times Special Correspondent THE Report of the Commission on the Rubber Industry m Ceylon has now been published.' The Commiss ioners, Messrs. E. W. Whitelaw and S. F. H. Perera, with the Government Rubber Technologist, Mr. A. Sundralingam B.Sc., as secretary,
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      80 10 RADIO MALAYA (STORE) 1 p.m. Radio Orch.; 1.40 Rhythm. 8 20 Listeners' Poet; 9.00 ITMA; 9. 45 Talk: "Welfare" b> Lady Gent; 10.00 Play; "Jane Kyre" (Serial, Part I); 10.30 Dance. SCHOOL BROADCASTS TODAY— 11.00 a.m. Lit. St. 3: 'Hansel Gretel' (Part 1): 11.20 Music: St. 3 upwards; 11.45 a.m.
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      83 10 Liverpool Philharmonic Orch.; 10.30 Ten Thirty Tuesday. BFEBS Orange Network 7 p.m. Cantonese; 7.15 English; 7.25 English by Radio; 7.30 Talk "Why Shakespeare? The Answer of a Scholar" by Professor Dover Wilson; 7.45 Music. 8.00 Indonesian: World Affairs; 8.0o Music. 8.45 Dutch: 9.00 Orchestral; 9.30 English: Radio Newsreel; 10.00 Modern
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    S'PORE SHARES
    220 11 From Our Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, Monday. DUSINESS was mainly writ- ten m Tin shares on the local market and prices were written up In the majority of issues. Industrials were m good demand. Changes In quotations given today by the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association were: INDUSTRIALS Borer Seller Fraser
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    Steady Rise In Copra Price
    305 11 Green Pea: Siam small $32; large $31. Peanuts: Slam $28; Slam cooked $40. Lard: No. 1 $125; No. 2 $120. Salt: 81am Spot $3.50; FOB $3.20. Dried Chillies: No. 1 $85; No. 2 $60; No. 3 $30. From A Market Correspondent TIE price of copra
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    RUBBER COMPANY APPOINTMENTS
    56 11 Mr. R. h. Kennaway has been elected a director of Madingley (Malaya) Rubber Estates m place of the late Mr. G. J. Neame. Mr. O. H. M. Sturg .s has been appointed a direr of Caledonian (Selangor) Rubr<t. Mr. A. Rose, chairman of Taiping Rubber Plantations and
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    RUBBER
    64 11 The Singapore Chamber ot Commerce Rubber Association's prices at noon yesterday were: Bu?ers Sellers Ota Ota Dei Ib. w ib. No. 1 R.S.S. Spot loose nominal 38 Ts 39% No. 1 RB.B. lob m bales Nov. 39 ft 39% NO 2 RB.B lob In bales Nov. 39 39 «4
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    DUNLOP MALAYA APPOINTMENT
    84 11 After three years m England, Mr. F. F. Sullivan comes to Singapore to take up an appointment as Dunlop district manager m Southern Malaya. Mr. Sullivan joined the Shanghai branch m 1931 on the sales ''tie and was captured there by the Japanese at the end of
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    GOLDEN OAK, DEMOCRAT WIN EASILY
    1911 12 Tangro Surprises To Pay $106 By EPSOM JEEP PENANG, Monday. THERE was another big upset at Penang today, the last day of the Penang Turf Club's autumn meeting, when Tangro (Woods up), won the griffins' consolation handicap to pay $106 for a win. Bitter Sweet
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    "Epsom Jeep" To Cover Bt. Timah Races
    60 12 THE Straits Times special racing correspondent, "Epsom Jeep," will, as usual, be where Malaya s racehorses are, and this week he will be m Singapore to rover the first post-war meeting at Bukit Timah. "Epsom Jeep*' will report the daily track work and
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    De Franck In Good Form
    221 12 ryE FRANCK was m great form I\3 for the Singapore Cricket Club "B" m rugger matcti against the Singapore District "B" on tine padaxig yesterday, scoring a goal and two tries. The club won by 17 points (a goal and four tries) to 3 (a
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    Ipoh Races Only For CL. 2-3 Horses
    157 12 THE Perak Turf Club's December I meeting, scheduled for Dec. 6, 10 and 13, will provide two runs each for classes 2 and 3 horses. Class 2 horses will run 6f. and sf. straight or 9f.. and class 3 horses sf. straight and
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    LIEN HWA WIN AGAIN
    59 12 From Our Own Correspondent. BANGKOK, Monday. rE Malayan Chinese footballers, Lien Hwa, won the second match of their tour when they defeated the Assumption XI 2-1 here on Sunday. After a scoreless first half, Tee Siang and Boon Leon; of Singapore netted for the visitors. In
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    S.R.C2ndXI Defeated
    191 12 S.R.C2ndXI Defeated rE Police second eleven beat the Singapore Recreation Club's second string 2-1 m a colourless hockey match played on the S.R.C. padang yesterday. The Police showed better combination and were faster than the Recs. Milne and Armstrong, the fullbacks, were prominent m the S.R.C. defence. Vanderput and Lopez
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    U.S. KEEP RYDER CUP
    128 12 ¥>ORTLAND. (Oregon), Monday.— 1 United States professional golfers retained possession of the Ryder Cup yesterday, when they beat Great Britain. The issue was settled when America took the first three of the eight singles, as that ensured that they could not be beaten, as they had
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    RAFFLES COLLEGE BEAT 223 8.0.D.
    82 12 The Rallies College had little difficulty In defeating 223 BOD Alexandra 4-1 at hockey yesterday at Alexandra. The Collegians dominated play throughout the game. Salleh opened the score soon after the start, and T. Retnam added another to give the College a 2-0 lead at
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    INTER-SCHOOL CHESS
    28 12 In a return chess match of nine boards the Victoria School, Singapore, beat St. Andrew's School by 12J points to si. The first encounter was drawn.
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    BELGIUM BEATEN
    14 12 GENEVA, Monoay.—Switzerland defeated Belgium 4—l4—1 m an international soccer match here, yesterday.—Reuter.
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    Sports Diary
    30 12 TODAY: HOCKEY: S.C.R.C. vs. R.A.F. Teniah, Hone Lim Green, 5.15 p.m. TOMORROW HOCKEY: Store Hornets 8 C,C, padang, 5.15 p.m. RUGBY: S.C.C. "A" ts. FoIcle, padang, 5.15 p.m..
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    RAIN STOPS PLAY IN MELBOURNE
    496 12 MELBOURNE, Monday. RAIN, which fell during th c tea interval, deprived the cricket match between the Indians and Victoria of an exciting finish today, the last day of the fixture. The Indian tourists were dismissed m their second innings for 203 this morning, leaving Viotoria
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    Scoreboard
    181 12 INDIA Ist Inns. 103 VICTORIA Ist Inns.— 273 INDIA— 2nd Inns. Mankad Ibw b FolhenciU 59 Sarwate r Baker b Loxton 3 Rangnekar Ibw b Johnson 3 Hararr b Johnston 83 Nayudu b Johnson 5 Ki-lhrnrhand c Baker b Johnston 4 AmarnaO c M. Harvey b Hasset 16 Amir
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