The Straits Times, 8 November 1947

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    18 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1947 PRICE TEN CENTS
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    ANOTHER ESTATE HOLD-UP IN JOHORE
    241 1 Armed Bandits Take $8,500 Payroll gangsters yesterday afternoon held up a far occupied by the manager of Tangkah Estate, North Johore, and his wife, daughter and supervisor, and robbed them of an $8,500 payroll. The gangsters, armed with sawn-off Army .303 calibre rifles, stopped the
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    91 1 This picture of a smiling Malay girl at work m a Kedah rice-field is one of the delightful studies m STRAITS TIMES PICTURES 1947. Have you sent m the list of names of friends abroad to whom you wish to send copies of this magnificent publication? STRAITS TIMES PICTURES wil
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    Radar Echoes From Moon
    79 1 SYDNEY, Friday.— Scientists attached to the Australian Council of Scientific and Industrial Research today received radar echoes from the moon. Signals were relayed by landlinc from here to a short-wave station m Victoria, whence they were thrown to the moon, 240,000 miles away, within two and
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    DEVELOPMENT OF COLONIES
    103 1 LONDON, Friday.— The British Government yesterday "asked the House of Commons to approve the establishmewt of a Colonial Development Corporation, with borrowing powers up to £100,0f 0,000, to .-peed the development of Britain's Colonial Empire. The Food Minister, Mr. John Strachey, moved the second reading of the
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    FIVE DEPUTIES DISMISSED
    84 1 WARSAW, Friday.— i he provisional executive of the Polish Peasant Party announced yesterday that five of Mr. Mlkolejcyk's closest adherents had been formally stripped of the right to continue as Peasant deputies m parliament. These were: Stanislaw Bancyzk, Stanisaw Wojeck, Franoiszek WoJeikki, Tadeusz Nowak Tadeusz. and Kaziemierz
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    FIVE DEAD IN TRAIN CRASHES
    76 1 LONDON, Friday. Breakdown gangs worked throughout the night to clear the wreckage of yesterday's train collisions at Herne Hill, south-east London, and at Hotspur Park, Surrey, m which five people lost their lives and many were injured. The bodies of three men pinned among the
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    Union Leaders On Theft Charge
    121 1 Union Leaders On Theft Charge THE president of the Singapore Harbour Board Labour Union, Amuthulinggam, the treasurer, P. Govindasamy and three committee members, Veerasenan, Somoo and Barthapan, were charged m the Fourth Police Court yesterday with house-breaking and theft. Amuthulinggam was further charged with carrying a dagger at the same
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    LIBERALS OUT
    46 1 GRAVESEND, Friday.— Liberals will not now contest the Graveser.d by-election caused by the expulsion of Mr. Garry Allighan. The reason given is the short time avai able for the campaign. Mr. Goodfeliow, Liberal candidate m 1945, intends to fight as a National Independent. Reuter.
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    ALL-NIGHT BATTLE IN KASHMIR
    81 1 ALL-NIGHT BATTLE IN KASHMIR NEW DELHI, Friday. INDIAN troops, supported by Spitfires, routed proPakistan forces after a mid-night-to-dawn battle five miles west of Srinagar, unofficial reports from Kashmir State said yesterday. The reports said Royal Indian Air Force planes dropped bombs on towns encircling the capital, where the Muslim invaders
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    Text Of New Arms Bill Published
    426 1 rpHE text of the bill to amend the law relating to the carrying and using of arms, which is to 'be introduced m the Advisory Council shortly, was published m a supplement to the Singapore Government Gazette last night. The bill lays down that
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    27 1 Mr. N. A. K. Nuruddin, hon. secretary of the Pan-Malayan Indian Muslim Conference which is to be held m Penang early next month. Story on Page. 7.
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    49 BANISHED FROM UNION
    99 1 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. During October the Governor, Sir Edward Gent, made 49 orders of banishment against convicted persons and others detained under the banishment laws, it Is officially announced. This compares with the figure of 20 banished from the Malayan Union from
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    BRITAIN'S SHARE IN MARSHALL AID PLAN
    62 1 WASHINGTON, Friday.—Britain Is due to receive United States aid to the extent of $1,800,000,000 as its share In the first year of the operation of the Marshall Plan, If the figure of $16,000,000,000 for the whole plan now being suggested by the Truman Committee
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    S'pore Sweeps Will Touch Million Dollars
    464 1  - S'pore Sweeps Will Touch Million Dollars EPSOM JEEP By THE total pool of the three days" unlimited sweeps for the Singapore Turf Club Re-opening Meeting is certain to touch the million-dollar mark by next week. It is anybody's guess what the ultimate total pool for the three days will amount
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    28 INJURED
    21 1 BOMBAY, Friday. Twentyeifcfot persons were injured, 14 seriously, when an explosive burst m the Fort area last night.— U.P.
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      Douglas Air Crashes Cause Located?
      159 2 WASHINGTON, Friday. THE Civil Aeronautics Administration has ordered all fiber 1 glass insolation to be removed from Douglas DC 6 planes because H was found that, m some cases, the insulation became saturated with an inflammable fluid, possibUr from the hydraulic system. The insulation, which
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      Against Islam
      50 2 CAIRO, Friday.— The EgjP*ia n police have confiscated copies of the Oct. 27 Issue ol Time, the American magazine, because it contained a picture of the Prophet Mahomet, and was, therefore, considered contrary to the rules of Islam. The current issue of Time was not affected.— A P.
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      Diplomatic Divorce
      139 2 LONDON, Friday.— Mr. Victor Cavendish-Bentinck, former British Ambassador to Poland, was granted a decree nisi on the grounds of his wife's adultery m the Court of Appeal yesterday. Senor Francisco de Anrnt V Torres, Spanish diplomat who met Mrs. Cavendish-Bentinck at Athens, m 1932, was cited as corespondent.
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      Duke's Chase
      73 2 LONDON. Friday—The 39-year-old Duke of Norfolk, premier peer of Britain and Eari Marshal of England, routed a burzlar from his bedroom m the historic Arundel Castle, m Suasex. o« Wednesday sight. Bounding down wide Kranite stairways and ducking through armour-filled chambers, theDuice, clad m dressing gown and slippers
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      May Be Freed
      117 2 LONDON. Friday.—The case of 34 Irish political prisoners still detained m Parkhurst Prison on the Isle of Wight f'.r Irish Republican outrages m London and the provinces before the war is to be considered by Mr. Chuter Ede, the British Home Secretary. Two Labour members of the
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      Cholera Abating
      39 2 CAIRO, Friday.— A total of 170 people died at cholera m Egypt m the past 24 hoars, the lowest fteure recorded since Oct. 19, and 74 lower than the pTerkms day. i New cases were 398. Renter.
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    SUCCESS OR FAILURE
    206 2 Tbe Formula tor success m industry acd Occupation is an open book There Is no secret .about It. Profit «r Promotion comes when you have trainee yourself to handle bisser lobs and neater responsibilities Prepare yourself NOW for charts that many threaten your hq.iiru-ss or occupational status.
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    MOLOTOV'S ATOM CLAIM
    333 3 'Secret Has Ceased To Exist 9 MOSCOW, Friday. THE Soviet Foreign Minister, Mr. Molotov, annoi -ed yesterday that "the secret of the atomic bomb had ceased to exist"— implying to the world that Russia had an atomic bomb. He was addressing a packed gathering m Moscow following
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    Synthetic Output Problem
    226 3 Synthetic Output Problem NEW YORK, Friday. TTHE chairman of the United 1 States House of Representatives Armed Forces SubCommittee on Rubber, Mr. Paul Shafer, said m Houston (Texas) yesterday that "the Sub-Committee already has determined that the Unfted States must maintain her synthetic rubber industry" and that the immediate problem
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    YMCA WEEK OF PRAYERS
    82 3 The V.M.C.A. week of prayers an<i world feUowsTUp will be observed by the V.M.C.A. of Singapore "A" Orchard Road, In th* form of a series of meetings beginning tomorrow and continuing daily until Saturday, Nov. 15. The meeting tomorrow will begin at 6.46 and successive meetings
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    Killearn's Expenses £424,300
    125 3 Killearn's Expenses £424,300 LONDON, Friday. rrHE total cost of Lord 1 Killearn's organisation was £424,300 up to June 30, stated Mr. Christopher Mayhew, Under-Secretary of Foreign Affairs, m a Parliamentary reply yesterday. There was no question of doing away with the organisation, he added. But it had been decided m
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    WAGES BOARD REPORT
    111 3 The interim report of the Joint Wages Commission has been submitted to Government and acted upon, says an official release. The Commission is now In process of preparing the final report on coQditons of employment. This involves careful investigation and enquiries over m a very wide field.
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    SINGAPORE DIARY
    239 3 TODAY: Exhibition of the wedding gift to Prnicees Elizabeth, Silver Room, Raffles Museum, 9 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. Monthly Lunch, St. Andrew's Old Boys' Association, Cecil's Restaurant, 1 p.m. Review and Display, Singapore Battalion of Boys' Brigade, Victoria Memorial Hall, 5 p.m. Reviewing Officer Sir Franklin Gimson, Chairman
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    Johore Malays See Casket Gift
    368 3 More than 16,370 people yesterday attended Raffles Museum to see Singapore's gold casket wedding gift to Prin- cess Elizabeth. Malays were the largest group of visitors, hundreds having come from Johore to see the casket. Yesterday's crowd at the Museum was only 52 people less
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      304 3 RAFFLES HOTEL TODAY— Light Music 12.45 to 2 p.m. 8.15 to 9 p.m. DANCE 9.15 p.m. to midnight POPULAR FLOOR SHOW ATTRACTION MARGARET, MAURICE MARYEA Presenting "Red White Blue"& Lieberstraum Syncopation Admission to Non-residents $1.40 Tomorrow Night in the Pain Court 9.15 p. m. Remembrance Orchestral Concert RAFFLES AUGMENTED ORCHESTRA
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    NEW PROPOSAL FOR PINEAPPLE INDUSTRY
    370 4 NEW PROPOSAL FOR PINEAPPLE INDUSTRY Adviser Suggests Joint Control From Oar Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thwrsday. THE Malayan pineapple industry must be reconstrtreted according to a new design, says the industry's adviser, Mr. C. E. Coortenay. In the first of a series of ai tides m the Malayan Agricultural Journal,
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    Advice For Mentri Besars
    232 4 Malay News From Abdul Asia bin lahak. rJAN Haji Abdul Wah&b, Dato Panglima Bukit Gantang, proposed Mentri Besar, for Perak, and Raja Haji Ahmad, proposed Mentri Besar for Perlia, will leave m a few days for Jofaore Bahru, to receive advice from Dato Onn on the
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    RAFFLES COLLEGE
    52 4 fi Gazette notification published yesterday says that the Governor of Singapore has appointed Prof. A. Oppenheim to be Deputy Principal of Raffles College during the absence oc leave from the Colony of the Principal, Prof. W. E. Dyer. Prof. Dyer is expected to be away on leave for
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    S'pore Muslim Body Revived
    302 4 From Our Muslim Correspondent npHE Muslim Association, 1 Singapore, has been revived with the aim of uniting all Muslims, irrespective of race, who are British and British-protected subjects and who regard Singapore as their real home and the object of their loyalty. The Association will work
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    SMALLDROP IN RUBBER
    159 4 RUBBER eased by of a cent m Singapore yesterday, a slight reaction, not entirely unexpected, setting m after Thursday's high level of 42'/i cents. Last night, No. 1 sheet f.o.b. buyers closed at 41 V 2 cent* per lb. with sellers at 41 3 4 cents. Spot
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    PASSIVE DEFENCES AT THE CENOTAPH
    97 4 The Passive Defence aad Easenitial Services, Singapore, will lay a wreath on Nov. 11, Remembrance Day, at the Cenotaph. Tbe ceremony will start si 7.15 a.m. Members of tfte Passive Defence and Esseuiti*! Services win meet m the Cathedral compound nearest to the Municipal Building
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    CHURCH SERVICES
    339 4 TO-MORROWS services In slna&port I churches are as follows:— Chvek of Enclaad: St. Andrew* Cathedral 1 a.m.. 8 a.m.. 10.30 a.m. 11.15 a.m. and 5.30 p.m.; St. George 1 Garrison Church (TangUn) 1.15 a-in. 9 a.m., 9.45 a.m., 8.30 p.m.; Christ Church (Dorset Road) 8 a.m.. UT.3O a.m.,
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    FASHIONS FOR YOUNG MALAYANS
    133 5 When these pupils of Killarney School modelled the latest children's frocks, they fell into their pos»s with adult aplomb and acted so naturally for the "tea party" picture that most of the cakes used for "props" disappeared. The dainty little blonde (top left) is five-year-old Antoinettee
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    Children's Fancies
    451 5  -  RON McKIE By YOU often hear parents complain that they can't cope with the "lies" of their children. Mother gets irritable ■when Johnny reports that he had seen blue tiger with a black moustache. True, you can't easily distinguish sometimes between an actual lie and a story that
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    The Original Antoine— Coiffure Artist
    658 5 The Original Antoi ne— Coiffure Artist ANTONIO MAGNANINI, famnua Ttalian hnrn l .lamous. Iamous Italian-Dorn hairdresser who uses the name "Antoine," will dress Prinrp«s« VKrjihvth'e haiV nn rnncess iiiizapeth s hair on her wedding day. But Antek Cierpllkowski, famous Polish-born hair-dresser, who is the original "Antoine," has asked a Paris
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Saturday, Nov. 8, 1947. ANYBODY CAN BE A "MELAYU"
    1250 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Saturday, Nov. 8, 1947. ANYBODY CAN BE A "MELAYU" In a lecture on Thursday night at the headquarters of the Malayan Democratic Union m North Bridge Road, Singapore, the first of a series of lectures on the constitutional controversy m Malaya which has been organised by
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  • A Malayan Countryman's Diary
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      HOW HIGH CAN A SAMBHUR DEER JUMP?
      269 6 HOW HIGH CAN A SAMBHUR DEER JUMP? "CIARLY Saturday morn■Ci ing I was awakened by the bark of a sambhur stag. The bark was repeated at intervals until daylight. Do deer bark only when alarmed? Or is it a call to their mates, defiance of rivals, or just the Joy
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      A Silent Stag
      226 6 A friend of mine owned a very overgrown rubber estate m which lived a herd of deer. One day he arranged a battue which I attended, armed with a weapon I never liked, a Winchester. I was given my station and waited for the crash of the
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      Another Hunt
      172 6 WALKING of deer reminds JL me of a hunt I had years ago. I had a Malay with me a man who could use a gun. These people are very careful m the handling of nrearms, which they say have a hantu (ghost or evil spirit). There is,
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      Over Fences?
      131 6 AMONGST planters there has always been a difference of opinion as to whether deer jump high obstacles or no. Some men are so positive that deer do jump that they erect particularly high fencing. My experience is that they rarely jump except when they can -take off from
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      In Bushey Park
      106 6 DECENTLY, when writing about sambhur deer. I mentioned that the 6tags rubbed their antlers against our forestry saplings on the estate m order to remove the "fur". I have since remembered that the correct term is the "velvet" I am reminded of my ehlMhood days, when we
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      Tock Tock
      103 6 NIGHTJARS Goatsuckers... Fern Owls whatever you prefer to call them, there are two or three species m Malaya. Everybody has heard the Carpenter bird. Another is the Tap-ti-bau, whose cry I liken to "Whip-poor-Will" Both ai* common m Singapore, or, shall I say, were common. One morning lately
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      Tap-ti-bau
      119 6 THE TAP-TI-BAU may be 1 heard of an evening or early morning. According to my bird book nothing is known of its nldification. Under the natural cover of my rubber estate one often flushes a Tock Tock, and the question always arises whether It was merely "lying off", or
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      Gas Attacks
      231 6 A circular letter which I have received from one of the new whlte-ant firms In Malaya, offering their services, has sent my mind back to the methods of combatting this pest which we used m the early days of rubber-planting. My first planting billet was as manager of
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      Beetle Bonus
      159 6 AWAY back m 1908 the manager of an estate at Pelepah had a bright idea to deal with white ants that were destroying his rubber trees. He thought, as many did until lately, that if he caught the queens the colonies would soon die out. Now it Is
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      Garden Secret
      116 6 SOMEONE has wuuen to me to ask about books on Kardening In Malaya. The best is still "A Garden Book For Malaya". by Mrs. Kathleen Gough, based on her experience m her own wonderful earden m Selangor. Years after Major and Mrs. Gough had left the country I
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      Logs In The River
      229 6 AN the town side of the v river last Saturday I saw some logs, which had been floated down the river, being hauled by a man-powered winch on to a lorry which took them to the Forest Checking Station and thence to a mill on the
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    5-YEAR PROGRAMME FOR SINGAPORE
    1101 7 5-YEAR PROGRAMME FOR SINGAPORE on the Rate Fund also gave no grounds for apprehension Mr. Ray man said that when the budget was first considered m committee, the anticipated deficit was $7.8 millions. Tine committee first reduced any annually recurrent votes which showed a tendency towards extravagance. They then turned
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    56 7 Poppy Day Fund sellers, Miss WCe Siew Kheng and Mrs. Tan C hin Tuan miking a sale yesterday to Mr. W. EMred while he was m the Oversea Chinese Bank. Singapore. Tutal collections m Singapore from street sales at 6 p.m. yesterday was $13,772, e^Judins sales m outlying districts and
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    $750,000T0 Build Tenements
    199 7 $750,000T0 Build Tenements •"THE Singapore Improvement 1 Trust will build next year two blocks of tenements m Sago and Smith Streets at an estimated cost of $750,000. The four-storey tenements are the first of a series of buildings which the Trust plans to construct In 1948 tn its biggest project
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    New Office Space For Singapore
    268 7 SIXTY thousand square feet of extra office space will be avai la We m Singapore when the new building to house the branch of the Hongkeng and Shanghai Bank m Orchard Road is completed towards the end of next year. Mi's. Malcolm Mac Donald, wife
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    20 7 Mr. A. Gilmour, Secretary for Economic Affairs, Singapore, has been appointed to be a member of the Singapore Advisory Council.
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  • Malayan Round-up
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      Drama Festival For Schools Planned
      182 7 THE Teachers' Repertory of the Singapore Teachers' Union 1 is planning to hold an Inter-School Drama Festival m the middle of next. year. j Singapore schools will be invited to send m as many teams as possible. Schools may enter teams under three categories. Teams
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      Nursing bister
      67 7 Nursing Sister MISS N. M. SHEPPARD, of 10, MUI Road, Steyning, Sussex, has been appointed to the Colonial Service as a nursing sister m Malaya. A State registered" nurse. Miss Sheppard was trained at Hove General Hospital, Sussex, and Southend Municipal Hospital, Rochford, Essex. She has held appointments as sister
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      CHARGES FOR WATER RAISED
      157 7 Charges for water consumption m Singapore will be increased from January next year. The annual licence fee for itinerant hawkers will be increased from $12 to $24. A charge cancelled during the slump and to be reinstated from January next is for water supplies to aerated
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      Muslim Talks
      71 7 APAN-Malayan Muslim Conference, to unite over 100,000 Indian and Pakistan Muslims m a central body under a common name, is being planned to take place In Penang early next month. This was told to the Straits Times by the honorary secretary of the Pan-Malayan Indian Muslim Conference and
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      Church Bazaar
      51 7 HUNDREDS of people visited the first post-war bazaar organised by the Wesley Church m the church compound m Fort Canning Road, Singapore, yesterday. Attractions at the fair were six variety and six eating stalls besides a miniature playground for the children. Collections will go towards rehabilitation of the
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      Mission Due Today
      68 7 rUR members of the British Goodwill Mission to China will arrive m Singapore today. They are Lord Ammon and Mr. W. McLeavy, who will be the guests of the Governor;- Mr. James Harrison, who will be the guest of tiie Colonial Secretary; an<] Mr. Martin Lindsay, who
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      Engineer's Funeral
      96 7 IPOH, Friday.— The funeral of Mr. R. C. Stuckey, 26-year-old European engineer who was killed m a car accident yesterday, took plaoe this afternoon at Batu Gajah. Pall-bearers were Messrs R. W. Taylor, J. Barnard, F. C. S. Tillbrook, P.A.W. Thuell, J. C. London and P. E. Waugh.
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      Murdered
      63 7 PENANQ, Friday— A Chinese whom police believe to be a "cell leader" of the Ang Bin Hoay Triad Society was found murdered here this morning m a lane leading to Armenian Street. The body, m bloodstained green shirt and grey trousers, was lying face downwards. There were stab wounds
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      Killed Cyclist
      104 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Friday. Mahmood bin Abdul Shah was 1 sentenced to six months' rigorous Imprisonment on a charge of causing death of Manikam by driving a lorry m a negligent manner. According to Inspector Abdul Radl, Mahmood was driving an empty lorry from Scgamat to Johore Bahru and,
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      NEW COMMISSIONER
      29 7 Mr. Chin Chye Fong has been appointed a Municipal Commissioner of Singapore during the absence on leave of Mr. T. W. Ong, with effect from Nov. 5.
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    Round-The-World Yacht Arrives In S'pore
    257 7 Round-The-World Yacht Arrives In S'pore AWEATHER-beaten Dutch ketch, the 42-foot Alk, has arrived m Singapore on a round-the-world voyage after taking 16 months to reach here from Rotterdam. The yacht is owned and commandered by a veteran Dutch merchant Capt A. van Nieuwkoop. Capt. van Nieuwkoop said yesterday that he
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    Weekly Report On Rubber
    291 7 Weekly Report On Rubber TTHE upwar& movement In I the rubber market has continued. No marked reaction has been seen th s week, although on Monday it appeared as if a temporary set-back might be seen, says Lewis Peat's weekly market report. The trade buying has decreased m volume and
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    SALE OF WORK
    39 7 The* Presbyterian Church Ladies' Work Party will hold a sale of work m aid of church funds at the Church Hall, Orchard Road, on Thursday, Nov. 13, beginning at 4.30 p.m. All Interested will be welcome.
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    ACTING REGISTRAR
    28 7 Mr. Tan Thoon Lip, who was recently admitted to the Colonial Legal Service, has been appointed to act as tie Registrar of the Supreme Court, Singapore.
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      A Family's Seaside Holiday Sacrificed
      349 8 A Family's Seaside Holiday Sacrificed I HOPE you will permit the wife of one of the teachers' delegates to reply to "Johore Teacher." Firstly, m order to go with the delegation, my husband (and hence the family too) had to go without the seaside holiday to which we had been
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      Haulage Permits In The Union
      273 8 0" F all the silly regulations, I have ever heard of, non c is s llier than the rules formulated by the Road Transport Department, Malayan Union, prohibiting the use of lorries or goods vehicl s without haulage permits. "xDerience has shown me that In
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      Testing Ground For Brakes
      284 8 I WOULD like to draw the attention of the Police Offlcer-in-Charge of Road Traffic, as well as motor firms to the dangerous practice of using the stretch of Clemenceau Avenue between Government House gate and the junction with Cavanagh Road, for the purpose of testing the
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      Pressure On Sub-tenants
      211 8 r>ER tiie new Rent Ordinance a chief tenant cannot receive, mi n the aggregate, more than 75% of the rent paid by him to the landlord. It is common knowledge that chief tenants at least the majority of them are receiving 1,000% on the original rent and
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      The Comic Artist In Singapore
      93 8 I HAVE noticed that many Malayan newspapers and magazines publish comic strips which are drawn m other countries and contain a form of humour which is not readily understood here. No one seems to have taken advantage of the amount of material, readily at hand,
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      Malaya From The Inside
      293 8 Malaya From The Inside AS a regular cinema-goer I have noticed that the vast majority of films screened m Singapore and the Malayan Union, come from outside sources. Fine as many of these productions are. I should like to see some films about Malaya and the various activities of its
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      AN ANNOUNCER WHO STUMBLES
      234 8 AS a regular listener to the local broadcasting station, I would like to mention that although the programme is fairly good, there are too many interruptions by the Chinese announcer. After all we pay $12 for the licence m order to hear some decent programme* and
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      The Chinese Mine Worker—By A Chinese Miner
      464 8 The Chinese Mine Worker By A Chinese Miner I HAVE just come across an article with photos m a recent issue of the Sunday Times on the training of Javanese for prospecting work by hand-drilling methods. Messrs. Park Francis Ltd., and Mr. OHara have certainly merited the appreciation of the
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      SINKING OF ROMA
      63 8 IN the 1946/47 edition of "Jane's 1 Fighting Ships" it is reported that the 35,000 ton Itnlian Battleship "Roma" was sunk by glider bombs launched from a German aircraft on Sept. 9. 1943, to the west of the Straits of Bonifacio between Corsica anti Sardinia. Can any
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      119 8 THE NEW 1947 SUPER DE LUXE Helene Curtis HAIR DRYER IT'S COT EVERYTHING! jJbT Five Year Guarantee K^ I Care Free Operation THE WORLD'S FASTEST HAIR DRYER! PARAMOUNT TRADERS Sole AKents 95, CROSS STREET, SINGAPORE FOURTEBN SALOON <JJ IMMEDIATE DELIVERY FEDERATED MOTORS LTD. 48 Oniiiril Rd.. Slnjraporr. "MAJESTIC flft HOTEL
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      351 8 It may surprise many players to be told that they can have too many of the opponents' trumps for a really crushing penalty double but such, alas is the easel In today's deal It would hare paid West well to "slip his partner trump, under the tablel'' South, dealer. North-South
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      214 8 4 hearts Double 4 spades Pimb Pan Double Paw Pasa Paw West probably chortled Inwardly when his doubt* of four hearts against which he had only three trumps was rescued in spades, of all suite! That contract (he probably thougnt happily) would be slaughtered! But he was wrong! The diamond
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    THE FIRE-WALKERS
    416 9 CITY of many races and beliefs, Singapore witnessed this week one of its most extraordinary religious ceremonies. One hundred bare-foot Hindu devotees on Monday night crossed a pit of redhot wood embers m the courtyard of the Mariamman Temple. The walk, an act of faith, is made annually
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      25 9 UJOLSELEY NOW AVAILABLE FOR HOME DELIVERY ENGLAND OR AUSTRAUA MALAYAN MOTORS LTD. it Orchard Road, Singapore. Represented ia the Mabajaa Unian by Wearne Bros Ltd.
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      288 9 You need this extra nourishment JiQj cji tins* days il oitca kappesM thai n S\ 'V\ bß fail to get tfce full aoariekv «iV y^\\ \«jV\ >y d to 1-od oormallT j—^^itj "^y^OvJ active Ufe. Loss oi energy, cnistant I \^~~Sj tweduessj and weakness arc signs' yrTTjT t>e« w* an
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    LONDON STOCKS
    415 10 LONDON, Thursday. MARKETS on the London Stock Exchange remained generally firm throughout today's session but without- any increase m activity, says Reuter's financial correspondent. Industrials showed numerous small improvements during the early part of trading and these improvements were also held under idle conditions. Tin shares again advanced.
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    Dow Jones Averages Dow Jones Average*
    23 10 Dow Jones Averages Dow Jones Average* Nov. 5 Nov. 6 Stocks 64.40 64.35 Industrials 181.89 182.00 Rails 48.29 48.02 Utilities 34.7 ft 34\71
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    Singapore Share Prices
    820 10 From Our Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, Friday. rE market was quieter today m the Industrial and Rubber sections. The effects of profit-taking were felt m most of the Tin issues. Prices given today by the Malayan Sbarebrokers' Association were: INDUSTRIALS Atlas Ice 13.00 14.00 Alex. Brick Orda. 1.80
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    PEPPER AND COFFEE ARRIVALS
    305 10 Produce Market From A Market Correspondent THE arrival of 250 tons of Lampong black pepper has weakened the market farther. A reduction of $1 the pical was reported. White pepper continued dull. New shipments of Palembang coffee have also had a depressing effect on prices. Both
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    RUBBER
    66 10 The Singapore Chamber oi Commerce Rubber Association's prices at noon yesterday were: Bayers Sellers Ota. Cta dot tb. er id. No. 1 RJ3 8. Spot loose nominal 41 414 No. 1 RS.S fob m bales Nov. 41% 41% No. 2 R. 8.8. fob m bales Nov 41% 43 V;
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      615 10 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. (InoorDorateo m Singapore) BLUE FUNNEL LINE SAILINGS FROM Cl.fc. AND O.S.A. •Stentor- From OJK. "Melampat" Da. from O.S.A "Anchlses" Dae from UJL. Nov. 11 «s«IMNO!» K«R LIVERPOOL. GLASGOW AND ONTINENTAI PORTS •Knmapu**" Saib for Gonoa. Marseilles Havre. Liverpool A Glasgow Nov. 8 ••Ltc S-U« tor Liverpool Nov.
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      149 10 PRESIDENT LINE MARINE SWALLOW SAILS FOB MADRAS A BOMBAY FROM SINGAPORE DEO. 21-1947 Ist class 2nd class 3rd class ItaM. For Ma4ro. $277. M 234. M ISS.N For Bombay 340.00 289.00 170 00 Sail, from Singapore for San Francisco via Hong Kong, Shanghai and Japan Jan. 7-1948 Fares On Application
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      609 10 EUERMAN KIAVENESS LINE D II f 1/ U A I I OncorDorateo with Lunitea SC fl\ I Tl> From Los Ange'e*. •J. V\J», LIU. San Iranclsco &*mJ,t I Vancouver I (Incorporated m England) "SOMKRVILLK" I LONDON ROTTERDAM Dm 17 Nov V nL» I CnT^'cARMSL* Dbfh '7n^ Godown 42/43 -TtOSEVILLE" LONDON
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    Key Match In Union Rugger
    401 11 MALAYAN SPORTS TOPICS By The SPORTS EDITOR fHE H.M.S. Malaya inter-State rugby competition is now m full swing. From the matches which have been played, it is clear that Penan? and Selangor have the strongest fifteens m the Malayan Union and their match at Kuala
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    34 11 r-:~ Georff Akron, Oh». U.S.A., hoists 3193 1%. above his head m the two hands clean and Jerk to captwre the world's lightweight title m Philadelphia during the recent weightlifting championship Meetiag.— A.P. Picture.
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    Selangor XI vs. S'pore
    256 11 From Onr Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMTUR, Friday. AFTER a soccer trial held on the Princes Road padan? yesterday, the foUowinc State side was selected to meet the Singapore Amateur Football Association on Sunday at Singapore m aid of the Singapore Princess Elizabeth wedding celebration fund. Wont
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    A TEST FOR MALAYAN CRICKET?
    199 11 To The Sports Editor, Straits Times r support the suggestion that a match be arranged with the Indian tourists on trjeir way back to India. The suggestion is not so formidable as it looks, provided the persons concerned start the bail rolling m earnest. Such
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    More Jockeys Needed In Malaya
    140 11 To the Sports Editor, Straits Times *T«E Straits Racing Associa1 tion have an overwhelming number of horses racing in Malaya compared with the small number of licensed jockeys. Some of the Jockeys are obliged to ride in all races for the day, so that the
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    PENANG GRIFFINS CLASSIFIED
    169 11 'THE Penang griffins have been classified. The champion, Pat, is m hors, dasc 2; Bright Eyes, Evening Star; Jaunty; Royal Bounty, Winsome II; Bonnie Grey. Bate; Moonsunsuar and Wbiaballc m das* 3 and the rest m class 4. The following is tbe latest classification list issued by
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    TOURISTS WIN
    39 11 LONDON. Friday.— The Australiiii rufsby union towists beat Cambridge Uaircrsity IS 9 yesterday. Reuter. The Singapore Normal Class teachers desire to have a few hockey fixtures Those interested are to contact Mr. J. David, St. Joseph's Instltuyoo.
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      271 11 IC A P I T 6T] Air-Conditioned— Phone 5159 NOW SHOWING DAILY 4 SHOWS 11 a.m. ill fbt TheMotfl 11 a.m. 1 |«Ml«nM \i Hnn/Ufiri 230 Awri Fitaaf 2.30 6 n H Ptetare! CPOvrTime v |i.hi. »mut of t acammx awaiop p.m. 915 f "THE BEST YEARS I 91g VOF
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      106 11 RADIO MALAYA (STORE! 1 p.m. Music; 1.30 Share Market Report; 1.-45 Glenn MSler. 8.2« Sports Round-Up; 8.20 Radio Roundabout; J« Dr. W H. Fisher or "Chinese Industrial Co-operatives" t.iS Those Were The Dm; U.«0 Rhythm kvala Loans I. p.». See 8»re; S.M Par KewJniaOs; 6.1* Urteurs' Choice; *.»5 Music; 8.45
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      124 11 lliMJr 10. Short Stay; n.Ofl niuilwil. U.JO News; Prom Today's Papers; The Detate Continues— the week's prooecdtacs ta the House of Fin 12»«« Untie. KAQJO SKAC 8 a.m. Music; 9.45 Morning Star; (.MBBC On Wings of Song; ».4S BBC ITMA; 10.15 BBC He Sings to Small GtiiUr; 10. *5 Serenade
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      121 11 RADIO AUSTRALIA Two Stations— 9. M I* WU tan the Movies; 8.45 Utufc for Millions; 10.10 Varie*j Bendba*; M.lOfteqoMU; 10.40 Andre Rottdwcti Or*.: 10.45 Songs Tram the Shows; 11.00 Concerto half boor— Rachmaninoff 11. SO Close Down. p.m. Sport: V 40 Music Lawns Hour; 4.45 Richard Tauber Show S JO
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    NEW SOUTH WALES SCORE 387 FOR 4
    869 12 NEW SOUTH WALES SCORE 387 FOR 4 Morris Hits Century Against Indians SYDNEY, Friday. MEW South Wales, batting first against the Indian tourists today, made a fine start and at the end of the day's play had made 387 for the loss of four wickets. Australia's Test opening batsman, left-hander
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    Scoreboard
    83 12 NEW SOUTH WALES— IST. INNS. Morris c Ranvirsinghji b Elahi I*s Lukeman ran oat M Moroney b Elahi M Miller not oat 4« W. Alley c Mankad b Elahi PKUfor* not otft M Extras IS Total (for 4 wkto.) 387 BOWLING O. M. K. W. Phadkar 11 51 0
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    FINE INNINGS BY HASSETT
    80 12 ..ADELAIDE, Friday. A FINE innings by their captain, Lindsay Hassett, put Victoria m a sound position m their Sheffierd Shield match against South Australia at the Adelaide Oval here today, and at the close of play they had scored 360 for the loss of five wickets.
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    MORE TROUBLE FOR GRAZIANO
    93 12 WASHINGTON, 'Friday. T'HE National Boxing Association yesterday polled association members and a cross section of persons m all walks of life to determine whether the middleweight champion. Rocky Oraziar.o. should be barred from the ring for wartime desertion from the army. The Association said the results
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    WOMAN GOLFER'S AMBITION
    64 12 NEW YORK, Friday.— Mrs. Babe Didriksan Zaharias said yesterday she would try to qualify for next year's United States national open golf tournament. No other woman has ever attempted to enter. The United States Golf Association vice-president, Francis Quimet, said there were no rules against women entering,
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    SOCIAL A. P. TEAM
    97 12 The team to represent the Social Athletic Party, Singapore, m a friendly soccer match to be played against the Scrangoon Association on the Mental Hospital ground tomorrow at 5 p.m. will be chosen from the following: Leow Soon Keong, Ong Swee Hock, Boon Soon San, Lim
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    S'PORE DISTRICT XV
    50 12 The Singapore District XV against the 711 Army Troops R. E. at rugger on the Thomson Road polo ground today at 5 p.m. will be: Legge; Knowles, A. C. Forth; Miller; Clements; Cornish, Bell; Brown; B. C. Forth; Hay wood, Willis; Doyle; Gooch, Smith; Knight. Reserve Andrews
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    Services Trial Drawn
    209 12 IJLAYING a determined game, L The Rest held the Combined Services to a two-all draw m the Services hockey trial yesterday at Tanglin Barracks. Over-confldence at the start cost the Combined side a goal m the tenth minute and another soon after the resumption, but a strong
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    Oaklaw A Former 2-Yr-Old Champion
    564 12 FORM OF NEW IMPORTATIONS— I By EPSOM JEEP AAKLAW, on* of the new horses entered for the Singapore V Turf Club reopening meeting, was a champion two-year-old m Australia m 1943.. H e won the valuable VATC Debutant Stakes (4f) and the Maribyrnong Plate (sf
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    Sports Diary
    197 12 TOUW: EUGBY: Singapore vs. Nepri Sembflftn, Seretnban, 5. 1S p.m.: Selangor vs. remaag, K.L., 3.15 p.m.; Combined Services vs. Johore. Jalan Besar Stadium, 5.15 p.m. (all H.M.S. Malaya Competition fixtmts) Selaagor Com- I btned AdftMm vs. Singapore Combined Asiatics (All Blues Cop), padane, B.M p.m.; Police vs. GHQ
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    GOOD GOALKEEPING BY LEE AH CHIO
    164 12 LEE AXi chio gave a brilliant display m the Singapore Chinese Recreation Club goal m the clubs hockey match yesterday, when they beat the V.M.C.A. 3-1 at Hong Lim Green. Exchanges were even m the first half, with the Chinese attacking more dangerously. Harry
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    SCFA INTER-DISTRICT SOCCER LEAGUE
    93 12 ENTRIES are Invited for the interdistrlct football league to be held under the auspices of the Singapore Chinese Football Association. Players who have been playing In the S.A.F.A. league and cup competitions are not eligible to take part m this competition. The entrance fee is $5
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    7-A-SIDE SOCCER
    91 12 The sports section of the Metrilads Music Association, Singapore, will hold a sevens-side soccer competition some time this month. Members wishing to participate are to be present at 25, Sea Avenue, Katong, on Tuesday 12.30 p.m., when the drawing of players for the teams takes' place and fixtures
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    Stronger Defence Enables "Recs" To Beat College XI
    269 12 Stronger Defence Enables "Recs" To Beat College XI AHARD-fought game of hockey was seen on the padang" yesterday, when the Singapore Recreation Club beat the Raffles College Union by two goals to one. There was little to choose I between th c sides. The S.R.C. v AW had a slightly
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