The Straits Times, 14 October 1948

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    19 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 TMKIVF PAGES SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1948. Jf PRICE TEN CENTS.
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    47 1 M ..lay children washing clothes m a Singapore street. One of the studies m Straits Times Pictures 1948, on sale parly next month. Straits Times Pictures can be sent to any part of the world for $2.75 cash with order) or nl>t.»ined from your newsagent for S?.."»0.
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    FOOD FOR BERLIN'S WINTER
    334 1 U.S. Plans To Strengthen The Airlift BERLIN, Wednesday. THE United States Air Force yesterday announced plans to "winterise" its Berlin airlift. The Commander of the U.S. airlift (Maj.Gen. William H- Turner), which handles 55 per cent, of the total freight, said that the airlift can not
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    BRITAIN'S TWO OBLIGATIONS
    211 1 LONDON, Wed. ■jMlr. British Commonwealth's urgent need of capital goods from Britain and -the limiting factor liable to be imposed by United Kingdom obligations m respeel of European recovery plans were believed to have been an important theme at the Commonwealth Premiers resumed economic debate today. The
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    "U.S. COUNTER OFFER"
    113 1 LONDON. Wed. Reports from rubber trade circles m Colombo that the United States had made a counter- offer to the Russian bid to buy a large part of Ceylon's rubber output were neither confirmed nor denied here today. The general opinion here I was that United States
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    STEADIED THEM
    69 1 SUNDERLAND. Wed—Eleven men were working 40 feet down m the hold of a new 8.000 ton British tanker here yesterday when there was a blinding explosion. Ten men were badly burned. Imme- dlately after the explosion a voice rang out: "Take your! time lads. youTl all get out"
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    One-Man Aii Force: U.S. To Inquire
    119 1 WASHINGTON. Wed. IMIE reported arrest by the Dutch of "the one-man Indonesian air force" (Mr. Bob Freeberg) is to be investigated by the U.S. ConsulGeneral at Batavia. Thf Indonesian Republican Information service at Singapore reports that Mr. Freeberg is under Dutch arrest after his
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    She Is Covered
    27 1 LONDON. Wed—An elderly woman, bald from the age of six is to be provided with two new wigs under the National Health Service Act.—Reuter
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    FOR WASHINGTON
    32 1 LONDON. Wed.— Mrs. Pan- dit, sister of Pandit Nehru and now Indian- ambassador 'to Moscow, will shortly become ambassador to the Unitied States, it was learned authoritatively today.— U P
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    'The World Waits For One Word'
    198 1 'The World Waits For One Word' PARIS, Wed. BRITAIN charged today that Russia's Fifth Column is sabotaging world reconstruction through Communist parties In every^country of the world. Sir Hartley Shawcross, addressing the 58-nation Political Committee of the United Nations, declared Russia's i offer to lay her cards on the table
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    40 1 Smoke pours from the Liverpool ship Takoradian on fire from stem to stern m Copenhagen Harbour. The ship was unloading oil, cake and palm seed when the fire started. It is feared she will be a total wreck. A.P. picture.
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    Plane Crashes And Burns In Sudan Desert
    127 1 LONDON, Wed. 3 KRC IK V Airways reported today that one of its i iTI twin-engined planes, carrying 20 passengers, had crashed and burned In the desert, about 300, miles from Khartoum m the Sudan about noon yesc terday. A spokesman said that
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    8.8.C. Man Abducted
    70 1 ATHENS, Wed. GREEK authorities said today that guerillas have kidnapped Mr. Kenneth Matthews, a British Broadcasting Corporation correspondent from a hotel In the northeastern Peloponnesus. Police at Argos said Mr. Matthews and a woman, identified as Anne Michael, were abducted by a small band on Sunday, but
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    BURMA CLAIMS WAR DAMAGES
    106 1 RANGOON. Wi>d. L>URMA is claiming from >3ritain a free grant for *a: damages compensation not loss than the sum Britain gave Malaya, or "commensurate with the extent of the Jamage" Burma suffered, ac- I cording to a statement m Parliament today. The British Government agreed In
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    HARI RAYA HAJI
    78 1 riiIOLSANDS of gai!> dressed Singapore Musi liin./ yesterday celebrated (lari Raya Haji, the second Muslim Festival of the year. I Raffles Museum was agaitf a popular centre. Many holiday makers visited the Botanical Gardens and the beaches while others chartered buses and lorries for sightseeing tours m
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    9 Million Herrings
    28 1 LONDON, Wed. -Nine mil-! I lion herrings we e landed at and Lowestoft yesterday m the biggest catch made under the October "herring moon."— Reuter.
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    THE ROYAL TOUR
    35 1 CANBERRA. Wed. The Minister In charge of the Royal tour, (Mr J. I. Armstrong) said today that only war would prevent the King and Queen coming to Australia next year— Reuter, A.A.P.
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    Police Seize Woman Propaganda Agent
    414 1 From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH, Wed. pilE Chinese woman propaganda agent for the terA rorists m the Temoh area of Tapah was captured by police there last night. With four men, who have not yet been identified, she was found m a house, a quarter
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    S. SIAM POLICE FIGHT 100 CHINESE REDS
    207 1 S. SIAM POLICE FIGHT 100 CHINESE REDS From Our Own Corrcspondem BANGKOK, Wednesday. A FORCE of Siamese police which clashed uifh about 100 Chinese Communists m Xarathi|wart, South Siam, lost two men kitted m a twu- hour jungle gun battle. The police found the terrorists' hid?-out m the Bachor district
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    Reuter Man For Trial
    65 1 LONDON, Wed. DOCTOR Aurel Varannai, Reuter's Budapest correspondent, who was arrested by the Hungarian political police on July 31, is to be brought to trial before a special tribui nal of the Hungarian Peoples Court on Oct. 22. The indictment by the Public Prosecutor accuses him
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    DOCK STRIKE IN IN BOMBAY
    62 1 BOMBAY. Wed. Seven ships were unloading cargoes here with the help of 650 labourers recruited by the Bombay Port Trust authorities today when the strike of 20,000 dock workers—including casual labour entered Its second day. Mobile police patrols were i moving about the dock area
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    Robbed In Street
    53 1 Four Chinese last night held up and robbed Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Cheng, of Armenian- J st, m Queen Street and got away with $15 m cash, a gold ring worth $30 and a pair of < earrings. The bandits, who spoke m 111 1 Cantonese, were
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    TERRORISTS BOMBED
    96 1 From Our Staff i orre^iio.uient KUALA LUMPUR. WVd. ROYAL Air Forte Beau fighters and Spitfires attacked an important terrorist concentration m On tra I Perak this morning A large quantity of bombs was dropped and several salvoes of rockets fired on the area, and the site was swept
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    Gun In Hand Celebrations In Jerusalem
    156 1 JERUSALEM. Wed JEWS and Muslims eacn with gun m hand-cele-brated religious festivals :n Jerusalem last night. For the Jews, it was Yum Kippur— the Day ot Atonement—which ended 10 days of penitence at the beginning of the year 5709 m the Judaic calendar. For
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    DOG'S "MAGNET"
    41 1 LONDON. Wed— Dogs came racing from all quarters to Regent's Park, for a tree sweet ration today. A lorry had left its load of molasses 3n the road. Motor police wirelessed for reinforcements to clear the dogs away Reuter.
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    34 2 PART of an emergency war-lime bridge has been removed from the Thames to be re-erected In Uganda for use m connection with the groundnut scheme. Picture shows the span being towed clear.— Reuter picture.
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    Nehru Calls For Indian Link With Britain
    331 2 Nehru Calls For Indian Link With Britain LONDON, Wed. TWO thousand Indians 1 and Britons last night heard Pandit Nehru (Indian Prime Minister) say: "I should like the closest co-operation between the people of India I and the people of Britain." The crowd which gave the ovation to Pandit Nehru's
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    HER MASTERS VOICE SILENT
    79 2 NEW YORK, Wed. A DUTCH airline hostesi who fell m love with an American aboard a plane I and married him by proxy while they were oceans apart was still interned by immigration authorities today. Mrs. Johanna Masters, of The Hague, was told by the authorities
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    INDIA MOVE MEANT ATOM COMPROMISE
    244 2 PARIS, Wednesday. INDIA last night claimed a large share m leading the United Nations atomic sub-committee to agree that the suspended atomic energy commisI sion should resume work Sir Narsinga Rau, Indian chairman of the sub-com-mittee, said that the adoption of a revised Canadian resolution
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    SardarPatel Says "We Must Arm"
    127 2 SardarPatel Says "We Must Arm" DELHI, Wed. DEPUTY Prime Minister Sardar Patel said yesterday it was necessary for India to increase her armed might m view of disturbed conditions m South-East Asia. Sardar Patel was referring to conditions In Malaya. Burma and China. Speaking m Hindustani, at a festival he
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    RIOTERS GAOLED
    38 2 SHANGHAI, Wed.— A special criminal tribunal yesterday announced the longawaited verdict m the Sung Sine Cotton Mill riot, last February, handing down prison terms ranglnz from one year to life imprisonment to 27 accused workers.— Reuter.
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    Hard Diggers
    23 2 LONDON, Wed. Brit aJn'l miners dug more coal last week than m any similar period m the past three months.— A.P.
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    IMPORT CONTROL
    59 2 A small quota of toilet and washing soap is available lot Import from soft currency country" other than United Kingdom. Applications, supported by i firm offer stating the tonnage may be submitted to the Comptroller of Customs, Kuala Lumpui on or before Monday. 25th Octo ber. 1948 D.
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    'Britain Says Thank You' Exhibition
    143 2 LONDON, Wed. rE British Food Minister (Mr. John Strachey) today opened the "Britain Says Thank You" Exhibition of food gifts from overseas. It was announced at the opening ceremony that from December, 1945, to March, 1948, gift food parcels total- ling over 106.596,000 lbs. m
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      'No Divorce No Money' Will Tells Woman
      205 2 WASHINGTON Wednesday T HE Dade (Florida) District Court has b^nLked by Mrs Denise Reid to set aside a will in which her ffther Daniel Weiskopf who died recently, demands that she divorce her husband and remarry a ?5SS r f S.*!K ta &Jf
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      Marquess For U.S.
      54 2 LONDON, Wed. The Marquess of Milford Haven. who resigned from the Navy two months ago to become export director for a radia-tor-manufacturing company. is flying to U.S. soon to sell his firm's product there. The Marquess, who is the Duke of Edinburgh's cousin, was best man at
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      773 2 NOTICES SINGAPORE ST. ANDREWS SOCIETY CELEBRATION OF SAINT ANDREW'S DAT, 1948 The above Celebration will take tht- form of a Dinner and Dance In Raffles Hotel on Friday 26tn November. 1948. Pull particulars can be obtained from <he Hon Secretary. Reel Practices will be held m the Victoria Memorial Hall
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      544 2 NOTICES AUCTION SALE OF~ Valuable freehold and 999 years leasehold land and house No. 37 Sam Leong Road. Singapore, areas 1.671 sq.ft. 103 sq.ft. Monthly rent $50. To be held at The saleroom of Messrs Cheong Koon Seng Co., Ltd.. No. 10 Chulia Street On Wednesday, 20th October. 1948. at
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      183 2 NOTICE Notice is hereby <iven that OON ENG TAY. Dental Surgeou lof Amber Mansions, i Penang Road. Singapore, is applying to the Governor for naturalization and that any person who knows any reason why na'.U' allratlon should not be granted <iould send a written and signed «tatemen~. ol the facts
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      89 2 IMPORTANT TO EXPORTERS Malayan recently returned tc Eire seeks Sole Agency foi Malayan products m Ireland Excellent opportunities tc open new markets. Import Houses m Malaya wishing tc secure Irish manufactures oi i have Commissions executed one also Invited to reply. Replies confidential. BOX NO. A4248 S.T GREY HAIR Use
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      63 2 PLANE TRIP FOR A 2J-HOUR-OLD BABY SYDNEY, Wed. A BABY girl was flown from Parkes to Sydney recently two hours and a half after she was born. She Is believed to be Australia's youngest pi«ne passenger. The baby was prematurely born, at seven month* She has been placed In a
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    33 3 PRISON FAREWELL: Patricia Schmidt. pardoned for shooting her lover John Lester Mcc aboard Mee's yacht m April 1947, saying goodbye to friends In Havana Prison. She was serving a 15-year sentence. A.P. picture.
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    STALIN GREETS KOREA
    238 3 Arrangement To Exchange En voys MOSCOW, Wednesday. MR. Stalin has informed the Peoples Democratic Republic of Korea that the Soviet Republic is prepared to establish diplomatic relations with it. Mr. Stalin's message was to the President of the Republic m Russian-occupied Northern Korea, m response to a
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    POWER CUTS IN FRANCE
    130 3 PARIS, Wed. ELECTRICITY rationing began yesterday throughout France as a result of the nation-wide coal strike now m its second week. The Communist-led National Federation of Labour, at a five-day meeting, denounced the Interior Minister I (M. R. Jules Moch) for al[leging that the Cominform had
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    Obligation, Says Chifley
    90 3 CANBERRA Wed. MR. Chifley, Australia's Prime Minister, told" Mr. Arthur Fadden, Country Party leader, by letter today that there was an imperative obligation on him as a former Minister of State to aid the Government's secret documents enquiry. The letter said the result of the investigation "may
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    King Gustav 111
    14 3 STOCKHOLM, Wed. —Ninety-year-old King Gustav is ill with a cold.- A.P.
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    JUDGE ORDERS CARGO OFF
    69 3 SAN FRANCISCO. Wed.— A Federal Judge yesterday ordered that a cargo of U.S. $150, 000 -worth of coconuts from the Philippines te unloaded from a strike -bound Swedish freighter. The ship was caught In the maritime strike now 41 days old At Tacoma, Washington, Federation of
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    Airmen Shot
    47 3 SHANGHAI. Wed.— Chinese Air Force Major Yu I-Mln« and Lance Corporal Shao Tisen were executed for havinx used Air Force radio circuits to send messages on stock market reports. They were chained with "disturbing the national economy by utilizing official positions to make illrgal pro-nts."-U.P
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    Steel Chief Dies
    20 3 LONDON, Wed. Sir Peter Boswell Brown, outstanding figure m Britain's oteel Industry, has died. dg*d 82.— A.P.
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    23 3 S^d-blut- gull's wuigs sweep across this tailored hat m chocolate fur frit. This hat was shown m a London (ollection recently. Reuter picture.
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    GERMAN Bill FOR MORE STEEL
    142 3 OUSSELDOKF Wed GERMAN stee! [enters asked ei eiC^l asa authorisation vestprdav to raise Germany s annual al, tnlnnnnft.m t steM output to 40.000.000 tons —virtualh the lew if ,irtime production The\ out the muoovi betore the British and American Military Governors (Gen Ro- bertson and
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    'Mussolini Shook With Fear", Says Graziani
    162 3 ROME, Wednesday. iVf AKSriAi. oiaziaai, lormer Italian military leadIT er, testified yesterday that Mussolini, even at his supreme hour of triumph after the Ethiopian war, was "shaking with fear." Graziani. m the second day of his trial for Fascist collaboration, said "It was not
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    M.P.s KICK AND PUNCH
    101 3 ROME, Wed. THE session or the Italian 1 Chamber of Deputies was suspended this afternoon when Communist and neo-Fascist Deputies of the Italian Social Movement fought a pitched battle on the floor of the Chamber. Kicking, punching and yelling;, they struggled m the aisles. The fight
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    UN Argues About Colonies' Future
    252 3 PARIS, Wednesday. OEATED debate over human rights and self-gov-11 eminent m colonies marked committee sessions of the United Nations Assembly yesterday Brigadier-General Carlos Romulo of the Philippines told the Assembly Trusteeship Committee that colonial powers were morally bound to foster independence The Soviet delegate (Mr.
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    "WHITE POLICY" DOUBTS
    142 3 "WHITE POLICY" DOUBTS CANBERRA, Wed. UR. WILLIAM M. HUGHES. Australian Prime Minister m World War I, said m the House of Representatives yesterday that Australia "remaina a white island m a yellow sea." "The United Nations," he declared, "will not continue to tolerate a White Australia policy, unless the population
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    39 4 Against the background of the Eiffel Tower, China's delegate. Dr. T. F. Tsiang, walks past the Republican guards posted at the entrance to the Palais de Chaillot m Paris to attend a session of the Security Council. A.P. picture.
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    MANY COLONY LABOURERS BETTER OFF THAN BRITONS
    478 4 TN many Singapore industries labourers are much better off than labourers m Britain, states the annual report of the Singapore Labour Department by the Commissioner of Labour (Mr. R. P. Bingham.) Unions m Singapore which base their claims on conditions m the U.K.
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    65 CENTS AN HOUR
    61 4 THE average hourly wage m all non-Government undertakings m Singapore last year was 65 cents (Is. 616 1 id.) for men and 33 cents (9d) for women. This compared with an average of 2s. Bd. an hour for men m the U.K. and Is. 7'-_. for
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    Cremation In Penang For Siam Notable
    140 4 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG. Wed. T^HE remains of Phya ManoI. pakorn Nltlphada Siam's first Premier under the present Constitution will be cremated m Penang next year He died at Bagan Jermal on Oct. 1. after a 15-year stay In -•Penang. and will be
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    28 4 This cherry-red turban, made of fur felt, is gracefully folded and draped, and worn with a list to one side. It was displayed m London recently. Reuter picture.
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    2 Small Industries Are Disappearing
    145 4 pWO small industries which boomed m Singapore 1 after the occupation those making aluminium kitchen utensils and bicycle tyres have rapidly declined. Recording this, the 1947 report of the Labour Deoartment says the number of bicvele tyre manufacturers renistered m 1946 was 47 but dv
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    Malaya Will Get Less Burma Rice
    235 4 AS Burma's rice export figures have decreased by A nearly 200,000 metric tons this year, Malaya, m common with other countries m the South-East Asia pool, will suffer a reduction m her rice allocations from Burma. i Malaya, which has been allocated 445,000 tons
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    GURNEY'S A.D.C.WON MEDAL
    177 4 GURNEY'S A.D.C.WON MEDAL KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. A COLONIAL Police Medal holder. Mr. M. Y. N. Graham, has been appointed aide-de-camp to the High Commissioner (Sir Henry Gurney) Mr. Graham, who is 2? years of age, was awarded the iwpdal for gallantry last year when he was stationed at Kampar. m
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    JAP BAYONET: $30 FINE
    57 4 SEGAMAT, Wed.— A Japanese bayonet found by his younger brother cost 21-year-old Yong Sin Cheng a $30 fine m the Segamat District Court. Yong was charged with fraudulent possession of the bayonet. It was said that it was found m Yong's room on Voules Estate following
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    Singapore Diary
    52 4 TODAY Theoeophical Society, discussion meeting. 8, Cairnhill Road- 6.30 p.m. "Quiet Wedding," a Stage Club presentation, Victoria Theatre, 8.45 p.m. Y.W.C.A., 5. Raffles Quny dressmaking classes. 10 a.m. and 5 p.m., Wayfarers' meeting. 4 p.m. V.M.C.A.. Orchard Road, commercial classes, 5.30 p.m., lending library. 7 p.m., cf^olr practice.
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    174 WORKERS CLAIMED MONEY
    91 4 THE Singapore Labour Department m 1947 heard 174 workers' claims for money. The departments annual report says a quarter of the total claims Involved building contractors, one-fifth crews of small vessels. The most common claims came from electricians mechanics, fitters, moulders. painters. carDenters and drivers Forty-ei?.ht
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    PERAK SHOWS THE FLAG
    304 5 National Anthem Not Compulsory From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH, Wednesday. THE Perak Council of State yesterday decided that the flying of foreign flags m the State should be governed by law. Raja Haji Shahar Shah, introducing the motion, stated that whilst foreign flags were hoisted on
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    CARELESS DRIVER
    43 5 SEGAMAT. Wed.—Private J. R Swindell of the Devon- shire Regiment was fined $25. with the option of two weeks' gaol, by the Segamat Magistrate (Inche Bidin) for negligent driving. It was stated that Swindell drove a military truck into a ditch.
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    Titled Refugees To Stay In Singapore
    581 5 From Our Woman Correspondent TN Singapore for the next three months are Prince 1 and Princess de Windischgroetz, both members of Hungary's aristocracy, and both widely-travelled and fluent linguists. The Prince and Princess are "refugees" from their Communist-riddled country, where most of i their
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    DRIVER HURT IN VAN MISHAP
    41 5 A Singapore Cold Storage Co. van overturned at the Moulmein Road junction with Mandalay Road yesterday when the Chinese driver swerved to avoid collision with a cyclist. The driver received hospital treatment for a cut wrist.
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    Penang School 132 Yrs Old
    65 5 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Wed. Malaya's reputedly oldest school. the Penar.g Free School, will celebrate its 132 nd anniversary on Oct. 21. It will be the last speech day by the Director of Education (Mr. H. R. Cheeseman) before he retires. Mr. Cheeseman started
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    Chevalier Is Back, In A Paris Tale
    241 5 PARIS not the underfed blackmarket city of today but the robust metropolis of the 1890s comes to the screen of the Pavilion Cinema today. Rene Clair has written, directed and produced this film about Paris. "Man about Town" or "Le Silence est d'Or."
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    Chinese Ask Freer Trade
    134 5 CINGAPORE Chinese importv ers and exporters, m a letter to the Republican Government at Jogjakarta, nave asked for relaxation of trade restrictions now enforced m Republican ports. It is generally felt that despite the re-opening recently j of several Republican ports to trade on a barter
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    10-YEAR MEDICAL PLAN & HOUSING
    230 5 10-YEAR MEDICAL PLAN HOUSING OIKGAPORE'S medical plan should be spread over ten years and the housing of the medical staff should be given priority over any expansion programme of the service. There are believed to be among the recommendations of the Selecf Committee m a report which may be tabled
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    Singapore, Thurs., Oct. 14,1948 NURSES CHEAH AND 001
    819 6 Singapore, Thurs., Oct. 14, 1948 NURSES CHEAH AND 001 Miss Alice Cheah, of Singapore, and Miss Ooi Soh Im, of Kuala Kangsar, have been m the headlines this week. Fortunately they are far away, enjoying the sunshine and flowers of the Australian spring, so no doubt they have not been
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    Nine-Thirty News
    176 6 From the minutes of a meeting of the Pahang branch of the 1.5.P., held at the Bentong Club and reported m the latest number of The Planter: Malayan Broadcasting Service. A member complains of the poor standard of Radio Malaya broadcasts and suggests that the times of news
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    Fifty Years Ago
    97 6 From the Straits Times of Oct. 14, 1898 In Ulu Pahang, during July large numbers of Chinese irom Perak and Selangor took out prospecting licenses for tin, and numerous applications for alluvial were made. Were it not for the difficulties of transport, large quantities ol tin ore
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    A DISTRICT OFFICER IN KUALA KUBU
    1888 6  - A DISTRICT OFFICER IN KUALA KUBU LIEUT.-COLONEL W.J.P. HUME, C.M.G. By (Reproduced from the British Malaya Magazine) THE administrative duties and policy of all District Officers are basically the same, but the situations that confront them and even the character and race of those with whom they come in contact
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      The Nurses And The Teachers
      240 6 The N ur ses And The Teachers YOU have devoted two leaders to the subject of nurses, but I feel you have not touched on the root of the evil which is the great disparity in the salaries of certain branches of the Government Services revised recently. I doubt lPthere
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    68 7 X.L.M. COCKTAIL PARTX m honour of Mr. B. G. van Os van Delden, head of the Eastern and Australian division of X.L.M., and Mr. R. Vogels, head of its press department at The Hague was held at the Hotel de L'Europe Singapore, on Tuesday. Among; the guests, left to right:
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    RECORD MALAYAN RUBBER YEAR
    494 7 Output, Exports Highest Ever From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. T AST year was a record year m Malayan rubber history, discloses the Rubber Statistics Handbook for 1947, compiled by the Department of Statistics m the Federation. Production at 646,362 tons for the Federation and
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    U.S. RUBBER BID REPORT
    88 7 COLOMBO, Wed Unconfirmed reports m trade circles here said the United States had made a counter-bid to buy Ceylon rubber, as the Ceylon Cabinet met today m consider the recent Soviet offer to buy rubber stocks on hand and next year's output. Official circles would not
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    SELANGOR MAN GETS AWARD
    252 7 SELANGOR MAN GETS AWARD From Our Start" orrsepondent KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. THE Kings Commendation for brave conduct during the last war has been awarded to Mr. C. R. (Paddy) tin Jr.. Secretary of the j Selangor Turf Club. The announcement was made In the London gazette la*t night and revealed
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    41 7 pARIT BUNTAR. Wed.—Suriamah. 38. a woman, was produced before Inche Abdul Wahab m the Bagarr Serai Magistrates' Court charged with trespass bj entering the house of Santhana Mary at Kampong Padre with lntert to annoy her. A week's postponement was allowed.
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    BUDDHISTVAS FESTIVAL
    129 7 The Yen. M. M. Mahaweera Thera. invited by the Singapore Buddhist Association. Is spending the Vas season at the Association premises. The Vas season ends on Sunday (full moon day). The Singapore Buddhitc Association, Ladles Section, and Mr. M S. Perera of the Malayan Railways, will celebrate the
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    Armed Men Lock-Up, Rob Family
    60 7 Armed Men Lock-Up, Rob Family A Singapore thlnese railway employee, his wife and children were locked up In their Kampong Bahru quarters on Tuesday nieht before being robbed of nearly $300. The robbers were three masked Mandarin-speakinK Chinese one with a pistol and the others with daeeers. They seized the
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    "Ordered To Drive" Plea
    130 7 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Wed. WHEN Abdul Aziz bin Tamby Chlk was charged m the District Court yesterday with causing the death of a Chinese by driving a jeep negligently, and also with driving without a licence, he pleaded not guilty to both charges
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    STROLLER WAS ARRESTED
    76 7 From Our Own Correspondent SEGAMAT,— "I had come to visit my uncle, a contractor, but as I did not know the way I strolled about and was arrested by the European Manager of the estate." So pleaded Er Leong Chuan. 24-year-old sundry shop keeper of Malacca, when
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    Thumb Printing: New Proposal
    135 7 •yHE Governor of Singapore (Sir Franklin Gimson) A is considering a proposal put forward by leaders of all communities that the taking of thumb prints m the Singapore registration scheme be yttspensed with m the case of those able to read and write. This proposal was
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    VILLAGERS WILL GET THE TRUTH
    147 7 From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH, Wed. A SUPPLEMENTARY expenditure of $34,000 out of State funds was j approved by the Perak Council of State yester:day for work arising out of the emergency. The sum included $3,000 tor 'supply of newspapers for penghulus and assistant j
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    Buddhist Wedding
    31 7 TAIPING Wed. Chung Swee Wat. court Interpreter, married Miss Cheah Kok Cheng, a teacher at the Lady Teacher Girls' School, In a Buddhist ceremony before Towkay Lim Huan Lye
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    19 7 MUAR. Wed.—As addition to St. Andrew's School at Jalan Ama, a $40,000 school Is being built at Jalan Hashim.
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    FUTURE OF MALAY SPECIALS
    323 7 FUTURE OF MALAY SPECIALS MALAY NEWS From Our Malay Correspondent THE Utusan Melayu, the Singapore Malay news- j paper, asks, what will happen jto the 20,000 Malay youths now serving m the Special Constabulary and other services when terrorism has been suppressed. In a leading article, the paper says: '•It
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    MOTHER'S PLEA: SON'S HOLIDAY
    155 7 A Singapore mother will appeal to the Australian Government Commissioner m Malaya (Mr. Claude Massey) this morning to help her son join her for Chris* mas m Malaya. The son. who is of Swiss nationality Is at Newington College m New South Wales. Australian immigration offi-
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    Two Died When Car Hit Bus Standard At Night
    206 7 IIIORE than 100 wreaths yesterday lined the grave iTI of Mr. Arthur John Tite, 43-year-old Singapore branch manager of the Shell Co., who was killed earlier m the day when his car crashed into a trolley bus standard m Upper Serangoon
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    3 Points In Registration
    210 7 MALACCA, Wed. THREE important points m Malacca registration were stressed m a broadcast from the local radio station tonight. The points, made by the Chief Registration Officer (Mr. G. L. Gibson) are 1. Get two duplicate photographs as soon as possible. 2. Get an application form
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    Age For Child Labour May Be Raised To 14
    219 7 ITNDER the Labour Ordinance expected to be IJ introduced m Singapore this year the minimum age of child labourers may be increased from 12 *<• 14. Provision is made for compulsory registration »»f young persons. In his 1947 annual report the
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    Work For Women In Singapore
    161 7 f)UT of a total of 124,244 labourers employed m Singapore, 11.990 are women. This :s shown by the Commissioner of Labour. Mr R P. Bingham, m nte report for ast year on the Singapore Labour Department. The women are employed, >ays the report, m a
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    WIMPEY HEAD IN SINGAPORE
    55 7 Sir Godfrey Mitchell, chairman of George Wimpey and Co., Britain's largest civil engineering contractors, arrived In Singapore this afternoon by Qantas aircraft from London, for a three weeks' business tour. This Is Sir Godfreys first visit to Wimpey's Far Eastern Branch m Singapore. During his stay
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    Civil Service Debate
    39 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed.— The Civil Service Association will hold a debate on whether pension scheme la better than a provident Fund. Members at present have a pensions scheme. The debate follows agitation for a Provident fund.
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    TALK TO EASTWEST SOCIETY
    30 7 The East-West Society will meet at 8.30 tonight at the British Council rooms m Stamford Road. Subject— "My Country.' No. 2, the U.S.A: Speaker Dr. Dodsworth.
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      IN A MALA VAN TOWN: BATU PAHAT
      499 8 IN A MALA VAN TOWN: BATU PAHAT Today's picturestory is reproduced by courtesy of the Malayan Pictorial Observer, published by the Department of Public Relations, Fe- ation of Malaya. CITfJATED on the Batu Pahat River which empties into the Straits of Malacca on the west coast of Johore is Bandar
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      Sedgemoor, Balaclava, El Alamein And Malaya
      666 8 THE Charge of thu Light Brigade, the Battle of El Alamein, riots m Trieste and Mr. Winston Churchill all have their place m the long history of the 4th Queen's Own Hussars. In 1685, 24 years after the British standing army was established by
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      Caretaker Of The Cornses
      414 8  -  K. S. CHIA By yERY few of us would revel in his job, but Ah Huat can claim to have one of the strangest professions in the world. He is the caretaker of the dead. The moment a man or a woman dies, he is engaged,
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  • FROM SINGAPORE BOOKSELF
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      The Irish Tracts Of Dean Swift
      534 9 JONATHAN SWIFT: IRISH TRACTS 1720-1723 AND SERMONS. Edited by Herbert Davis. (Basil Blackwell. 145.) THIS is the ninth volume m a new edition of the collected works of Jonathan Swift edited by Herbert Davis, President of Smith College, Massachusetts. It contains the Irish Tracts
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      LION OF MALAYA'
      50 9 Mr. Gurchan Singh, an Inspector attached to the Special Branch, Kuala Lumpur, "has written a book entitled, "Singa, The Lion of Malaya." The book has been edited by Hugh Barnes and will be published shortly by Quality Press Ltd. It will be sold at 15s. a copy.
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      VILLAIN OF THE NEW AGE
      209 9 VILLAIN OF THE NEW AGE A GIANT'S STRENGTH. (A drama m three acts). By Upton Sinclair. (T. Werner Lawrie, 2s. 6d.) or later some- one was bound to write a story with the atom bomb as the villain, so it is perhaps just as well that Upton Sinclair should get
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      ATHENS OF THE NORTH
      224 9 EDINBURGH. By Wolf SThmidt and Richard Moira. (The Outlook Tower Association, 55.). GEORGIAN EDINBURGH, By lan G. Lindsay. (Macmillan, 7s. 6d.). THESE two volumes, the first an art-paper-back, serve m different ways the purpose of introducing the visitor to the Royal burgh and capital of Scotland.
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      New Books At The Library
      386 9 New Books At The Library THE following new books will be added to RaffleLibrary, Singapore, within the next few days: Women m Council <H. Pear Adam), Labour m London iB r ian Barker;, British Trade Unions (N Barou), British Standards for Workshop Practice (J. E. Baty) Full Employment m a
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    According to Culbertson
    341 9 Some players take great liberties m non-vulnerable ovcrcalllng. simply because they know that the r vulnerable left-hand oppo- nents are not inclined to double, preferring to go out for their own two-game rubber. Today's deal! is a typical example of this point. North, dealer. North-Soiith vulnerable NORTH.
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      311 9 Obtainable at oil leading store! Solt Manufacturers Oor-ray Ltd 10/ New Bond Stretl London Wl En(>and It takes better care of your teeth ts *RONDAT£V A new Toothbrush with Rondated ncnSmtSrmnylon stiff and strong, smoothly _^3s_fcw trimmed to clean and 6earch every _^_r_Pa\ part of your teeth without scratching m
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      322 9 STRAITS TIMES CROSSWORD l <«,,£T^ w S«T"" CROSSWORD No. 18 > r»ted (7). 34. Betcntmtnl that ends »:tb ~jT a S 4S^5 o 7 a Ctm* to earth and broke wrath <7). up the cir-shed (7) J«. Horses come afterwards In toy BSS ssr --5 All m drink back a
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      New Issue Of Shares
      245 10 PLANTERS' STORES DLANTERS' Stores ajid Agency Company is raising Its issued Ordinary capital to £175,000 by the issue of 50,000 £1 Ordinary shares at 70s. each. The shares are being offered as rights to existing Ordinary stockholders on the register on Bept. 30 m the ratio
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      U.K. & BURMA: NEW STERLING ACCORD
      251 10 U.K. BURMA: NEW STERLING ACCORD LONDON, Wednesday. ORITAIN and Burma have reached agreement on 13 the conservation of hard currency reserves of the sterling area. The agreement was announced yesterday by the British Treasury. It covers the current half of the year to Dec. 31, 1948. Burma will, m addition
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      London Stocks
      324 10 LONDON, Wed. 1 COME hesitancy entered the I Industrial groups yester1 day, the last day of the account in the London Stock Exchange, says Reuter's financial correspondent. Trading was meagre and consisted mainly of a levelling-up of positions. Rubbers were unchanged, Tics Irregular to lower. Brewery and Tobacco
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      Company Affairs 3% DIV. FOR SINGAPORE PARA RUBBER
      281 10 Company Affairs 3% DIV. FOR SINGAPORE PARA RUBBER To rehabilitation reserve £20 000 (£3,000 to replanting reserve) tax £2,000; forward £542, The crop for the year was 75.200 lbs. (624,900 lbs). (Meeting m London, Oct. 18). LENDU RUBBER LENDU Rubbes reports a credit balance m 1,947. after £24 loss on
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      WATERFRONT SHIPPING
      98 10 gHIPS m port alongside the i Singapore Harbour Board i wharves yesterday (godowns m brackets) were: Main Wharf: Segamat (32. Orestes (33-34). Breconshlre (36-37). Chupra (38-39). Charon (40-41). West Wharf: Myrmidon (4-5) I Katong (6-7). Benmacdhul (13-14> St«el Scientist (19-16). Empire Dock: Wosang (19-20) Maxwell Brander (21-22). Benalbanach
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      Sept. Rubber Outputs
      150 10 HARRISONS <fe Crosfleld (Malaya) announce the following September rubber crops m lbs AUenby 35.000 Benta Estate ***** Jeram Kuantan Estate 53 000 Kundorg Estate 38 500 Mentakab 112^000 Sungei Bagan 125,000 Sandycroft 20.000 Tanjong Pau Estate 50 000 EVATT Company announce the following September rubber crops, m
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      RUBBER PRICES
      105 10 CINQAPORE'S share market and rubber commodity market were closed yesterday, Hart Raya Hajl. The same was true of American 'markets on Tuesday (Columbus Day.) Latest lnforma- < tlon of the London rubber commodity market shows: I London Rubber No. 1 R.S.B. c.i.f. European basis ports, m pence, closing:
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      Malaya s Rubber Imports
      99 10 JMPORTS of rubber into Malaya are being maintained at s hgh level. Java, Sumatra. Dutch Borneo' and Sarawak are the main sources of supply. Total imports into .Malaya ourng September were 27,126 tons, j This included 18.151 tons from Sumatra. 3.046 tons trom Sara- wak. 1,575
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      247 10 PRESIDENT LINES General Passenger Agent toi Northwest •jrtnsi i SAILINGS TO NIW YORK AND BOSTON via INDIA. ECYPT MEDITERRANEAN PORTS Marine Fher S pore Oct 14 I Mo nt Mansfield Spore Oct IS Penang Oct. 16 Oct. 24 Pr din. S pore Oct. Jo" 1""*1 H Penan* Nov 6 AMERICAN
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    Singapore Hockey XI To Play lOState Games
    237 11 Singapore Hockey XI To Play lOState Games 'ITOE Singapore Hockey 1 Asoociation has arranged ten inter-State fixtures for this season. These fixtures, however, are tentative, being subject to confirmation by the States concerned. Besides the ten games arranged, there will be the usual North v. South fixture, which will be
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    KHALSA ASSN WIN 8-1
    54 11 THE Singapore Khalse Association beat the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank by eight goals to one m a game of hockey played at St. George's Road yesterday. Scorers for Khalsa were Anoop Singh (4), Mann Singh (2) and Mahinder Singh and Joseph one each. Joe de Souza
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    59 11 AX \KMFUL: Mrs. Yeap Chor Ee. mother of Mr. Yeap Hock Hoe. donor of the M.C.F.A. Cup. presenting the trophy to Yean* Kar (hong, captain of the Penang Chinese team which defeated the Ne*ri Sembilan Chinese 6_2 m the final played at Penanr on Sunday Mr. Yeap Hock Hoe is
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    FRIENDLY SOCCER
    79 11 *THE following will represent the 1 Tlong Bahru Rangers against St. Jo«,eph Old Boys m a friendly soccer match on Saturday at 6 15 p.m. on the St. Joseph School ground Hum Chee Hoong, CSicong Mln, Fan Fook Van. Lye Pak Van, Cheong Kal Seng. Tang Shoe Wah,
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    Woodburn Wins Cesarewitch
    450 11 From VERNON MORGAN followed by Sports Master, Harlech, Fedor, Neville Lodge, Woodburn, Vertencla and Grace Darling. NEWMARKET, Wed. LORD ALLENDALE'S three-year-old colt Woodburn, starting a well-backed 100-9 chance and ridden by Australian jockey Edgar Britt, won a thrilling race for Britain's long distance handicap, the two and
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    MALAY S.A. TENNIS RESULTS
    182 11 MALAY S.A. TENNIS RESULTS I^HE following are the x results of the Singapore Malay Sports Association's inter team competition. Bostam's Team beat Abdullah H. Ahmad's Team 2 to 1. Scores; Bostam beat Abdullah 6—4, 6—o; Baslr beat Abubakar H. Hassan 6—2, 6—3;6 3; S. Bamadhaj and H. Ibrahim lost to
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    Ryder Cup Players Offer Free Tuition
    371 11 LONDON, Wed. IN an effort to see British golf "put back on the 1 map" two former British Ryder Cup internationals, Dick Burton, 1939 open champion, who is a professional at Combe Hill, Surrey, and W. J. Cox, of Fulwell, Middlesex, have offered to
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      402 11 i 10.45 Music 11 See BBC; 13 SEAC Show; 8.30 See BBC; 9.45 RADIO MAU»A Ota.. SEAC Theatre; 10.45 FgUy^l SINGAPORE BBC OVERSEAS 1150 close. <n 81 oi 21 mc/s> RADIO AUSTRALIA loZo ii W nt oi U ok/».) 7 Accordeom Club; 8 T.p-Top it^wiw «ua*n o i t Tunes;
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    1,200-Gns. Horse To Run At Ipoh
    468 12 From EPSOM JEEP IPOH, Wednesday. TOBOGGAN (late Seven and Six), one of the several new importations entered for the Perak Turf Club's October meeting, was bought m for 1,200 guineas after winning the Snow Hill Selling Plate for two year olds valued at £475
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    AMICABLES BEAT R.A.F. SEMB. 3-0
    604 12 Two Goals In 48th Minute A.A.A 3; Sembawang 0. THE Amicable Athletic Association became Singapore A.F.A. Cup Semi-Finalists with a clear-cut three-nil victory over R.A.F. Sembawang at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. Highlight of the match came m the fortyeighth minute when Chit Lim and Ah
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    Winners On Padang
    34 12 WINNING TEAM: The Nee Soon Garrison Rugby 1 ooiball Club team who beat the Singapore Cricket Club "A" XV by eight points to nil on the padang yesterday. Straits Times picture.
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    Two New Boxers Show Promise
    487 12 By The Sports Editor > i A. mm.. l*n« Waam mi/ta 4«\ A SLOW but promising revive professional be had been, until a fortnig almost one year. Two promotions have so far been held and although the fighters m the main events were those who
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    Other sport in page eleven.
    152 12 There have been several offers from fight managers m Manila to send their boxers over to Singapore, but there are two snags. The purses paid m Manila are much higher than those offered m Singapore. Also, there will be no opponents for these fighters unIcm
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    Straight From The Horse's Eye
    577 12 Straight From The Horse's Eye TOKIO. Wed. THE best race horses have ejes that flow horizontally, says Naonosuke Hazama. assistant professor of Kyoto University, who suggests that punters should gaze into the eyes of horses be- fore buying tickets. Hazama himself has been I peering into the faces of horsea,
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    Raffles College Rallied Too Late
    47 12 S.R.C 4; R.C 2. A SPIRITED rally by Raffles College m the closing stages of the game did not save them from a four-two defeat at the hands of the Singapore Recreation Club m a hockey match played at Bukit Timah yesterday.
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    A.C.S. WIN TWO GAMES
    105 12 THE Anglo Chinese School 1 hockey XI scored a onenil victory over the Raffles Institution XI m a friendly match played on thp R.I. ground yesterday. The A.C.S. forwards showed i better stickwork and were faster than their opponents. The defence on *o<\ sides were sound.
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    33 12 I'litsT Ot'TING: Ihe Medical o'lrse Union Kugby X\ vtM payed their first same on Tuesday when they were beaten by 29 points to nine by the Singapore Chinese Recreation Club. Straits Times picture.
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    CUP-TIE DRAWN
    29 12 From Our Own Correspondin.' KUANTAN, V/t'd Trengganu drew two-all with Pahang In an easterir-region tw. In the Sultans' Gold Cup soccer competition over tlir week-end at Pekan.
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    Sports Diary
    24 12 TODAY SOCCER: S.A.F.A. Cup Iquar- I Ur final), C. A. v. Kota Kaji— Jalan Besar stadium HOCKEY: S.R.C. v. Shell SC. —S.R.C.
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    N.A.A.F.I. WIN FIVE-NIL
    212 12 I'HE N.A.A.F.I. badminton team beat the Mansfield Sports Club five sets to nil m the semi-final round of the Commercial Cup Tournament played at the Clerical Union Hill last night. In the main match of the i evening Wong Peng Soon, the N.A.A.F.I. captain, beat Quek i
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    S.C.C. Women's Hockey
    99 12 THE teams for todays wo- c men's hockey practice j match at the Singapore i Cricket Club are Colours: Ivimy. Cant-ell I s Yetton. Ratfrey. Wilson Mo- erman. D. Still. Fairhurst. Sewell, Hunter. S. Still. Whites: Conville. Mary Holiday. Sheddon. Margaret I Holiday. Wright. Pearcey. Fowler. Riches
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    ECU DEFEATED ATBADMINTON
    138 12 J^AFFLES Institution defeated the Raffles College Union 4-3 m a friendly badminton match played at the R.I. hall yesterday. Results were; (R.I. players mentioned first): SINGLES: Lim Kirn Swee beat Siew Mun Chee 14—14 (o— b). 15 8, 15—3; Lim Kirn Jee beat Tye Cho Yook 15—11,
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    TERROR WIN 36-0
    26 12 A team from H.M.B. Terror trounced the Par East Fed. Sec. 36 0 a game of rugger played at the Naval Base, yesterday.
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    Cross Had Big Share In Victory
    353 12 Nee Soon 8; S.C.C. 0. VIGOROUS tackling and effective touch-find-ing by full-back Cross played a big part m the victory scored by the Nee Soon Garrison Rugby Football Club over a Singapore Cricket Club "A XV on the padang yesterday. A goal and a
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