The Straits Times, 26 October 1948

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    18 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1948. PRICE TEN CENTS.
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    FOUR BANDITS DIE IN BATTLE
    371 1 'Special 9 With Knife Routs Gun Gang From Our Staff Correspondent SEREMBAN, Monday. j^ GURKHA special constable and a Malay policeman today played a big part m killing four terrorists out of ten m a terrific fight on the five-foot way and narrow main street
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    95 1 IMPORTANT FIGURES at meetings of the United Nations General Assembly m Paris are the session's president and chairmen of its six main committees, who are shown above. In the centre Is Dr. Herbert Evatt, Australian Minister of External Affairs and Assembly President. Others are: (1) Mr. Paul Henri Spaak. Belgium.
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    Picked Up, Packed Up, Locked Up
    157 1 Picked Up, Packed Up, Locked Up From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG. Mon. DFX'AUSE he had heard that he would be banished •oon. a Chinese with 19 previous convictions anueared In rourt today with three suitcases, containing all his bolonclnu "I am willing to return to China as soon as Dossiblo
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    JAP ON TRIAL SACKS COUNSEL
    57 1 HONO KONG. Mon— Form- i er Japanese Army General Eilchi Kinoshita and Sergeant Bunzo Yoshida pleaded not guilty today before a British military war crimes tribunal, to charges of ill-treatment of Shanghai civilians during the Immediately afterwards. 1 Yoshida's lawyer announced that Yoshida no longer
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    AIR CRASH: LAST SURVIVOR DIES
    38 1 KMNBURGH. Mon.-The last survivor of th^ Dutch X.L.M. Constellation airliner, which crashed near Tarbolton Ayrshire. last week William Hendrik Phillipo. a Dutchman, died last night. BU death rai.ed the death roll 'o 40.—Renter.
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    Seeing The Lights
    61 1 I >\DON. Mon. Huse, Is circled Trafalgar Square last night when the King and Queen with the Kins? and Qu<>en of Denmark and Queen Mary and PririC«M Elizabeth motored round the Square to view the fountalni on the last night of the Illuminations. The fountains were lirst
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    Ray Of Hope On Berlin Crisis
    230 1 PARIS. Monday. l\ll. Philip Jessup, the United States delegate, after a week-end of almost complete pessimism, told reporters today that there was "still some chance" of a settlement of the Berlin crisis. Thig startling last-minute change of mood came on the heels of a
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    Troops 'Open Fire" In Rice Riots
    78 1 HONG KONG. Mon. Ric;riots m which troops killed and wounded several hundred people broke out on Pescadores Island. Chinese naval base adjacent to Formosa, a fortnight ago. according to reports just received here. These reports state that Governor Wei Tao-ming had promised to ration
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    MILITARY ALLIANCE TALKS
    107 1 MILITARY ALLIANCE TALKS WASHINGTON, Mon. AN invitation to a conference to draft a military alliance between North America and Western Europe probably will no out soon, after next week's U. 3. presidential election. The nations exoected to take part In the initial Phase are the United States. Canada and Europe*
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    SNAKE BITE
    38 1 A Chinese man was rushed to the General Hospital last night after being bitten by a snake In a rubber factotfy In Kirn Chuan Road, off Paya Lebar. Late last night his condition was "not serloua."
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    CONSTABLE IN ROAD CRASH
    59 1 A Malay constable of the Singapore Mobile Traffic Police returning home on his motor cycle after duty last night met with a road accident m Connaught Drive and was taken to hospital with an Injured face. Trying to avoid hitting a Malay pedestrian he swerved and
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    REUTER MAN SENTENCED
    35 1 BUDAPEST. Mon: T n c People's Court today sentenced Dr. Aurel Varanni. Reuters correspondent m Budapest, to eight months' '.mrrisonment for "repeatedly slandering the state ami inciting people against Hunijarian democracy." -U.P,
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    "MALAYS ONLY"
    38 1 "MALAYS ONLY BRISBANE, Mon.— Mr. Calwell. Minister for Immigration, denied today that tna Darwin pearling industry conference had recommended tha admission of Japanese divers. "Malays have been allowed m to give what expert pearling labour is needed. ReuterA.AP.
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    BOY INJURED A seven year old Chinese
    27 1 BOY INJURED A seven year old Chinese boy was seriously injured when he was knocked down by a motor-lorry at the thirteenth milestone Sembawang Road yesterday afternoon^
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    SAT IT OUT
    41 1 LONDON. Mon. When a bottle ot cleaning fluid burst into namos and st-t fire to Alan Havenai ri a^d 2. of Swinton. near M»xb>rough. his sitter, Sylvia. igri 10. sat him In sinK to quench the flames.— Reuter.
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    SOLDIERS OCCUPY MINES
    232 1 SOLDIERS OCCUPY MINES PARIS, Mon. 4 N army of troops and unofficially estimated at between 25,000 and 30,000 men, entered the Douai -Valenciennes coalfield of northern France at dawn today as French miners' strikes went into its 22nd- day. These forces began occupying pithead installations held by strike pickets. This
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    RAIL CRASH KILLS 4
    48 1 NANKING. Mon— Railway traffic between Nanking and Shanghai was suspended today after a collision about SO miles north-east of Nanking; between a passenger train and a goods train. Four members of the train crew were killed. No casualties were reported among the passengers.— Reuter.
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    CASUALTIES IN HYDERABAD
    37 1 NEW DELHI. Mon: An Indian official statement said today that 807 Hyderabad. State troops and 1.378 Razakars (militant Muslims) had been killed In the State since Indian troops began operations there last month. Reuter.
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    CARDINAL DYING
    38 1 BERLIN. Mon. Cardinal Konrad Count Von Prevsinar. Bishop of Berlin who was taken to hospital on Saturday aft^r a stroke was t>jis mumIns stated to be "m a serious condition and not exuected to live."— Reuter.
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    CHINESE PAPER SUSPENDED
    64 1 SHANGHAI, Mon. The Ministry ot th« Interlcr has ordered the suspension of the newspaper Shih Shih Kimg Pao for reporting that Wang Tsou-chow, commander of the Self-Protection Corps at Chinhai. had mutinied, according to Chinese Press reports. This is the third Cninese paper m the vicinity of
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    34 1 FIRE WALKING: One of the fire walkers at last night's ceremony at the Sri Mariamamman Temple. He is carrying a Kavadi from which needles pierce his flesh. Story in Pare Seren. Strilt* Times picture.
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    PROFESSORS CRITICISE CHIANG
    138 1 PEKING. Mon. CEVENTEEN University prolessors have condemned the Government's economic policies m a memorandum presented to President Chiang Kai-shek and Premier Wang. Wen-hao. Headed by Dr. Hn Shin, former ambassador to Wa- shlngton. they suggest that m all large cities staple articles such as food, cloth, coal,
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    KOREAN REDS' 2-DAY REIGN OF TERROR
    530 1 KOREAN REDS 2-DAY REIGN OF TERROR SUNCHOxN. KOREA. Monday. OOMB-SPATTERED Sunchon was dark and silent tonight, save for an occasional gunshot. For two days rebels, up from Yosu, ruled the city with murder and brutality. An estimated 600 persons were killed by the Communist-led rebels during two-day rule and before
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      Surgeon's Invention May Save His Own Life
      123 2 NEW YORK, Monday. A YOUNG surgeon who invented a difficult heart operation to aid rheu- matic fever victims is critically ill, and doctors believe that only the same delicate surgery can save his life. Dr. Horace Smithy, 35, gave hope to thousands of
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      Hens Carry On
      55 2 BELFAST, Mon.—Everyone m Belfast gets an extra egg this week because of the strike of dock workers which hinders shipments to England. Food is not coming by sea, but Irish hens are not striking, and officials decided to give priority consumers three eggs this week while the
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      Atom Priorities
      46 2 LONDON, Mon.—The Ministry of Supply has established a committee to decide {priorities In allocating radioactive and stable Isotopes for scientific, medical and industrial research. The chairman will be Sir John D. Cockcroft, director of the Ministry's atomic energy re-! search establishment at Harwell, Berkshire.—Reuter
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      New Monitor
      34 2 "CYPRUS. Mon.—By January or February a $250,000 United States radio station will be ready to monitor Communist broadcasts throughout Eastern Europe. The Cyprus station is the latest product of British American cooperation.—AP.
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      £100 A LOOK
      51 2 SPECULATORS m London are offering tickets for next month's Royal Command variety performance, at which the American comedian, Danny Kaye. will appear, for £100. The normal top price is £20. Kaye personally Invited to participate m the show is the first American ever to receive that honour.
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      Captain Drowned
      47 2 OSLO, Mon. The captain and a deckhand were swept off the bridge and drowned m high seas oft* Lister. South Norway, It was disclosed, when the Swedish steamer Storoo carrying timber to Britain put into Kristlansand. Her bridge was damaged and deck cargo displaced.— Reuter
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      Rice Move
      30 2 MANILA. Mon.— A rice emergency administration may soon be established to effect a complete overhaul of rice production and distribution systems m view of recurring rice shortages. UP
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      Plea For P.o.W.s
      32 2 VIENNA, Mon. Ernest Fischer, a leading Communist, will be sent to Moscow to plead for the immediate return of about 10,000 Austrian prlsoners-of-war still being held by Russia. AP.
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      Holy Communion
      23 2 LONDON, Mon. The British Broadcasting Corporation announced yesterday that after consultations extending over many years a decision had been reached to
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      All Dead
      36 2 LONDON. Mon. Mr W H. Philippo, a Dutchman and the only survivor of the KLM Constellation which crashed i near Prestwlck, Scotland, died last night. This brought the death roll to 40.— U P
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      Royal Visitors
      27 2 LONDON, Mon. King Frederick and Queen Ingrid of Denmark, who are visiting England for the London exbibitlon of Danish art, arrived at Harwich yesterday Reuter.
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      Trade Mission
      55 2 broadcast Holy Communion services. The first broadcast will take place during the Christmas season and It will be repeated experimentally for a year.—AP. BRUSSELS, Mon. A 15-! member Belgian trade delr- I gation will leave India by air on Nov. 15 to pave the wav for a trade
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      To Aid Output
      30 2 WASHINGTON. Mon. The Anglo-American Council on Productivity will meet for the first time In London today. The Council will attempt to Increase production m Britain. A. P.
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      694 2 NOTICES Institute of architects of malaya AMENDED ANNOUNCEMENT I. A.M. Examinations for the following Grades will be held In December, 1948. 1. Draughtsman Grade I (Grade n Draughtsmen eligible to alt) 3. Draughtsman Grade XI (Grade I Tracers eligible to sit). 3. Tracer Grade I (Grade 111 Draughtsmen eligible to
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      533 2 NOTICES THE SINGAPORE TRACTION COMPANY LIMITED (Incorporated m the United Kingdom.) With effect from Wednesday 27th October. 1948, Service No. 3 from Oeylang to Outram Road via Oeylang Road. Victoria Street ana New Bridge Road which preoccupation was operated by Trolley Buses and which since the liberation has been operated
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    STRONGER THAN EVER
    334 3 U.S. On Ties Of Commonwealth NEW YORK, Monday. THE London Conference of Prime Ministers 1 proved that Commonwealth ties were as strong as ever, if not stronger. So said New York's two leading newspapers the Times and Herald Tribune— today. The conference provided the world with a
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    17 3 ARMOURED CAR used by the 4th Hussars to carry troops on operations against bandits. Straits Times picture.
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    NEW DEAL DEMAND BY JAPS
    93 3 TOKIO, Mon. NEARLY half th« Japanese electorate U dissatisfied with the scandal-ridden House of Representatives and wants a house-cleaning m politics. This Is revealed by a poll conducted by the newspaper Asahl. Of the 2.091 persons questioned of a cross section of the Japanese public.
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    SABBATH SPORTS
    49 3 LONDON, Mon— The stalwart organisers of a ping pong tournament at Hastings next Sunday brushed aside threats yesterday to disrupt their plans. The Lord's Day Observance Society had informed them that the tournament would be "a serious breach of the law," and legal ac:lon was threatened. U.P.
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    3 CUSTOMS MEN EXECUTED
    39 3 NANKING. Mon. Three staff members of the Shanghai Maritime Customs, found guilty of corruption were executed here today. They had been handed over to the Nanking District Court for trial by the Shanghai authorities.— A.P.
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    NARCOTICS RAID
    32 3 NEW YORK. Mon.— Five men were arrested and narcotic needles and opium were seized m a raid on a building within 100 feet of police headquarters at Portland. Oregon. —A.P.
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    HAMLET IN NEW YORK
    71 3 NEW YORK, Mon.—Entertainment experts here are forecasting that "Hamlet" will break all dollar earning records for a British film— although it has still a long v/ay to go to overtake th? other Shakespeare tilm Henry V", as a box-office attraction. The opening night wag sold out
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    'LegalRuling Essential In India-S. Africa Wrangle'
    167 3 PARIS, Monday. pANADA still considers that a ruling from the International Court of Justice should be given on whether India's complaint of racial discrimination against Indian nationals m South Africa is within the jurisdiction of the United Nations General Assembly, an official Canadian statement
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    Emergency Talks On Palestine
    180 3 LONDON, Monday. THK United Nations Security Council will hold an A emergency meeting m Paris tomorrow to consider Palestine. The meeting was called at the request of the Egyptian Government, which alleged that Jewish forces violated the last truce ordered by the Security Council. i Meanwhile,
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    ANTI-SUB SUBS
    97 3 WASHINGTON, Mon. THE U.S. Navy i s building tiny submarines to fight submarines. Vice-Admiral Earle W. Mills, chief of the Bureau of Ships, said yesterday: The plan for a specialised submarine to fight an enemy submarine developed out of necessity. The United States and other nations are embarked
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    BLOT ON U.N.,' SAYS MARSHALL
    208 3 BLOT ON U.N.,' SAYS MARSHALL PARIS. Mon. THE U.S. Secretary of State 1 (Mr. George Marshall) said last night that the "obstructive attitude" of certain nations was the greatest blot on the United Nations record. His sombre note was sounded during the observation by delegates from 58 countries of the
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    BUSINESS AREA SWEPT BY FIRE
    61 3 MANILA, Mon.— More than i a dozen business premises In Manila were destroyed Dv a fire of unknown origin today. Damage was estimated at U. 5.1500,000. More than 30 students attending classes at a vocational school m a burned building narrowly escaped injury. It was
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    PACIFIC BASE
    34 3 MELBOURNE, Mon. The Royal Australian Navy and Air Force expect to operate the former American Pacific war base on Manus island m about six months, it was authoritatively learned here toda> Reuter-AAP.
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    ZOO TO ZOO
    42 3 MOSCOW. Mon. The newest shipment of animals, birds and snakes from the London Zoo to the Moscow Zoo are on display and attracting crowds here. The shipment is part of an exchange arrangement between the two zoos.— A. P
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    FAST U.S. CARRIER FLEET
    119 3 WASHINGTON, Mon. •THE U.S. Navy has disclosed plans for a fleet of 28 high-speed aircraft-carriers capable of launching the heavy and faster long-range attack planes now being developed. The plans could be brought to completion rapidly m the event of an emergency, said Vice-Admlral Earle Mills.
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    200 Brawl Over Malay Waitress
    53 4 200 Brawl Over Malay Waitress nOTTLBS were used m brawl over a Malay waitress In a Nee Soon coffee ■hop on Sunday night. Bight Indians were injured m the fight between about 200 Indian and Malay employees of tht R.A.F. Regiment. Police quickly Intervened. Some property m the coffe* shop
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    Governor To Sign Election Bill This Week
    261 4 Governor To Sign Election Bill This Week THE Governor of SingaA pore (Sir Franklin Gimson) this week will sign the Municipal Elections Ordinance approved by the Legislative Council. Eighteen elected Commissioners and nine nominated member* will form the new I Municipal Commission created by the Ordinance. The first Municipal elections
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    Security, Prosperity
    42 4 LONDON, Mon. The War Minister (Mr. Emanuel Shinwell) told a Durham meeting that the problern^was to provide security In the event of attack while taking all steps to increase Industrial production upon which alone sociaj services could be expanded Reuter.
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    25 4 HUSSARS HALT m a village north of Kuala Lumpur un their way for a sweep of squatter areas at Kundang on Saturday.— Straits Times picture.
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    NO RED CROSS IN KASHMIR
    69 4 AN Associated Press report from Pakistan quoting a communique from the socalled "Azad Kashmir Government" that an Indian Air Force aircraft "deliberately i rocket-bombed" a British Red Cross hospital at Bagh ha* been denied by the Offcer-in-Charge, No. 2 British Red Cross Hospital, Rawalpindi. The
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    NEW SCHOOL CODE PROPOSALS
    349 4 TNCLUSION of Chinese and Indian languages m 1 Singapore English school curricula was recommended to the Government by head teachers of the Colony at a recent conference. The conference, represent- < ative o/ the English schools In the Colony, made several proposals to change the existing
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    Prisoner Of The Bandits For A Month
    266 4 from Our S'aff Correspondent SUNGEI PATANI Mon. THE night after a captured constable escaped from their camp, bandits oDeratina on the Kedah-Siamese border held a meeting and decided to free another policeman whom they had kept prisoner for over a month. They blindfolded
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    Too Busy To Check On Pillion Riders
    171 4 MTHILE Penang Police are acting against pillion riding without insurance, surprise checks have not been made m Singapore because trafl police have their hands "very full with more important and pressing matters," said a spokesman yesterday. j yesterday. "Nevertheless." he said, "where an
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    Killed By Blast
    23 4 A mechanic, On« Ah Bah, was killed on Sunday when carbide exploded inside his shop In Upper Serangoon Road, Singapore.
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    CAPTIVE FOR 9 MONTHS
    598 5 How Merchant Escaped Pirates also released "Mr. Parkson Chan and myself determined to escape. "Wo did It on the morning of Sept. 1, when our solitary guard was asleep. "We ran to a customs post m a small Chinese village, and related our story. ''An official
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    MR. OGILVIE -2 CHARGES
    70 5 From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH, Sat. rNG KIM TOON and Tong Tin were charged m the Magistrates Court today with the murder of Mr. J. I. Ogilvie on August 5. The case was adjourned untU Oct. 30. Mr. Ogilvie was the general manager of Meru Tin
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    OPIUM IN SHIP CHARGES
    152 5 OPIUM IN SHIP CHARGES TWO sacks of opium, x weighing more than 100 lbs., were found m the paint store of the ship Bratthein which arrived m Singapore on Oct. 20, it was alleged m the Second District Court yesterday. The chief officer of the ship (Odd Engels Tad) was
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    FANCY DRESS
    37 5 BUTTERWORTh, Mon. A fancy dress ball m aid of the Poppy Day Fund will be held at the residence of the Deputy Commissioner (Mr. O. E. C. Wisdom) on Not. 0. Prizes will be given.
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    DANCE IN AID OF POPPY DAY
    58 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon.— A women's committee is organising a Poppy Day Dance at the Johore Civil Service Club on Nov. 8 at 9.30 p.m. Non-members are welcome. Tickets may be obtained from the Johore Civil Service Club, Johore Cold Storage, Lee Cold Storage, Nam
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    30MoreBedsFor Sick Children
    585 5 From Our Woman Correspondent -THERE will be another 30 beds at least for Singax pore's sick children when the new St. Andrew's Mission Hospital m Tanjong Pagar Road opens m November. i The hospital will be open to all sick children, regardless of race or creed. Applications
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    76 5 CHATTING with one of the patients— Pte D. J. Bream Hi earn (Royal Army Pay Corps)— at Alexandra Military Hospital. Singapore, is the Director of Army Medical Services. Lieut-Gen. W. Cantlle, from the War Office, who ii touring Far East military hospitals. In the centre is the Registrar of Medical
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    Press Powers Of Police
    207 5 ANY publication calculated to stir up trouble locally is likely to be banned m future, an officer of the Special Branch of the police (formerly the Malayan Security Service) said yesterday. He added that the ban applied at present only to publications of the Malayan Communist
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    Singapore, Tues., Oct. 26, 1948 THE MEDICAL TRAGEDY
    1088 6 Singapore, Tues., Oct. 26, 1948 THE MEDICAL TRAGEDY Singapore's appalling medical shortcomings received a very much needed airing at last week's meeting of the Singapore Legislative Council when Mr. C. C Tan, on the one hand, called for "a searching enquiry to get at the truth which is hidden behind
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    Federation Studies—10
    15 6 Federation Studies 10 Photograph by C. A. Qibson-Hill CARGO BOATS UNLOADING AT PORT SWETTENHAM, SELANGOR
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    Chapter And Verse On Old Malacca
    1461 6  - Chapter And Verse On Old Malacca TAN CHENG LOCK, C.B.E. By yOUR Penang correspondent "Soman" aays that (a) Sri VI Jay a was m Kedah, (b) there was no such recognised visit of the Chinese to establish Malacca as a Kingdom, (c) none of the Malay rulers ever accept- 1
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    MODEL CITY THAT WAS
    148 6 V"EARS ago, Singapore A was, to outward appearance, almost a model city. Little did the man m the street realise what a sham It was. We know now how inefficient a Municipal Commission we had. It built one power station with a small reserve instead of
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    Planter's Warning On S.Cs.
    270 6 Planter's Warning On S.Cs. MAN-IN-THE-STREET IT is rumoured that m the near future any Special Police Constable, however long and well he may have served this country since the emergency period began, tf now found to have had any criminal conviction recorded against him m earlier years, is to bo
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    97 6 Fifty Years Ago. From the Straits Times Oct. 26, 1898 In Lower Perak, the coconut planters, who work extensive areas there, are afraid that if sufcar-cane cultivation is introduced their trees v% ill be ruined by the beetles which it is allege! will be brought m. Messrs. Quintin Hogg and
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    MISSING RAF WITNESS SOUGHT
    702 7 6 I Am Perturbed 9 Says Counsel A SEARCH is being made for an R.A.F. wit- ness, m the R.A.F. generator case, who has been missing since he gave evidence at the preliminary inquiry m the Singapore Ninth Police Court last Thursday. is Flight Sergeant John
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    35 7 FIRE- WALKING: A milling throng of Hindu spectators seen escorting the statues of two gods after the fire-walk-ing ceremony at the Sri Mariamman Temple, Singapore, last night. See story m this page. Straits Times picture.
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    MANAGER ON $16,000 CHARGE
    159 7 MANAGER ON $16,000 CHARGE Fro n Our Staff Correspondent IPOH, Monday. THE European former x manager and chief clerk of the Taiping branch of Whiteaway Laidlaw were charged today before the Ipoh District Judge (Mr. B. G. Smith) with criminal breach of trust m respect ot $16,005. In the dock
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    KATHI CHOKED BY MEAT AT CAMP
    62 7 A Muslim Kathi (Mohamed Aboobakan was choked to death by a piece of meat m the kitchen of the Ceylon Pioneers camp at Woodlands to which he was attached. The Singapore Coroner (Mr. Choor Singh) yesterday recorded a misadventure verdict. Evidence was given that
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    Airmen For Assizes
    89 7 THREE airmen Ronald Hurst, Edward Irwin Tuck and Michael Emanuel Perez, were committed yesterday for the next Assizes by the Singapore Seventh Police Court Magistrate (Mr A G. Sheares). Hurst and Tuck were charged with theft of a three-<ton truck and a generating set on Jan. 8.
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    Dutch Confiscated Boat, Say Crew
    242 7 AM EMBERS of the crew of a Singapore motor fishing iTI boat, which was detained by a Royal Netherlands Navy patrol boat off the Sea of Ketaman on Sept. 20, say that their boat has been confiscated. The owner of the boat, Mr. Tan Cheng
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    AUSTRALIA TO U.K. TOUR
    104 7 After a tour of Australia and England lasting about I eight months, Mr. C. J. d'Cotta i (who retired from the Registrar of Vehicles Department last year) accompanied by Mrs. d'Cotta will be arriving m Singapore m the Dutch steamer Wilhm Ruys. Mr. and Mrs. d'Cotta
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    "The Silent C.&W."
    99 7 CABLE and Wireless could be compared to the British Navy In that it served the people as silently and as efficiently, the traffic representative of the Singapore branch of Cable and Wireless (Mr. Lim Quee Kay) said on Saturday. He was speaking at a farewell party at
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    SAYS HUSBAND FIRED HOUSE
    58 7 Singapore police arrested a Chinese m connection with an outbreak of fire at an attap house m Aljunied Road on Monday afternoon. A Chinese woman told police that the man her husband "set fire to the house after a quarrel with her." She summoned the Fire
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    ARMY MEDICAL DIRECTOR'S VISIT
    130 7 I^HE Director of the British Army Medical Service (Lieut.-Qeneral N. Cantlie) yesterday inspected Alexandra Military Hospital. Singapore. He also inspected 50 RAMC troops and 50 Local Enlisted Personnel attached to the hospital. He was accompanied by the i Director of Medical Services, Far East (Brig. T.
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    OPTIMISTIC ABOUT WAR IN CHINA
    228 7 OPTIMISTIC ABOUT WAR IN CHINA lam not a pessimist," said the Archbishop of Nanking (Monsignor Paul Yupin) when asked m Singapore yesterday whether there would ever be a peaceful solution to the civil war In China. Monsignor Yu-pin, who arrived yesterday on a private visit, said that the Roman Catholic
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    3,000 Witness Singapore Fire-Walking Ceremony
    296 7 3,000 Witness Singapore Fire- Walking Ceremony GOME 3,000 spectators— believed to be the largest crowd ever assembled m Singapore to watch such a ceremony— last night witnessed the flreB a id r" thC SH Mariamman Temple, South While 80 Tamils, ran, skipped, or walked unheedingly tnrough the bed of scorching
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    MORE AMMO FOUND
    106 7 The third ammunition cache to be discovered m Singapore within five days was unearthed yesterday at Patfr Pan Jang, near the seven and a half milestone on the West Coast Road. Mr. Ong Cha 800 found a sack containing 2,850 rounds of rifle ammunition and 220 rounds
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    Killer Squad Men Captured At Kuala Selangor
    260 7 Killer Squad Men Captured At Kuala Selangor From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, iMonday. YjORE Police and Army attacks on the terrorists iTI were reported today. Two bandits were killed and others captured, including three "important" men at Kuala Selangor. p Two of the men were Identified a^ members of
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    L.C.C. CLASSES
    36 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon. Fresh classes have recently started at Johore Bahru for those who wish to take the L.C.C. cxaminattOM m April, 1949. There are classes m typewriting and bookkeeping, but none for shorthand.
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    Young Girl Accused Of Murder
    123 7 Young Girl Accused Of Murder 1 14-year-old girl. Ng Kv;ee Hyew. and a woman I'eo Ah Hoon (30) were lentativcly charged m the Singapore Seventh Police Court yesterday with murder. They were alleged to huve killed the caretaker of a rubber plantation m Chansi Road last Saturday afternoon. Mr. L.
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    LABOUR 'PEACE' TALK AFTER STRIKER MOVE
    211 8 A SINGAPORE arbitra- tion board yesterday began considering a labour dispute between the General Lighterage and Transport Company and the Singapore Lighter Workers' Union, which two-and-a-half months ago nearly led to a strike of the company's 200 union lightermen. The dispute arose when the
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    23 8 HEAVY RAIN flooded part of Kuala Lumpur last week. Picture shows men of the Military Transit Camp, Ipoh Road, standing knee-deep m water.
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    MALACCA Y.M.C.A.
    51 8 The V.M.C.A. Malacca branch has started classes m dressmaking and Malay at the T.W.C.A. Hall (behind the former M.V.C. Headquarters) Tha dressmaking class is held weekly oo Thursday at 5 p.m. under the supervision of Mrs. Suffian. Mr. Mohd. Yasln conducts the Malay class every Monday at 5
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    "Jobs Back"Plea Turned Down
    208 8 "Jobs Back" Plea Turned Down 111 ME Industries (Far East) yesterday rejected *1 a signed request for the reinstatement of 75 dis- missed Chinese artisans. The general manager of the company (Mr. C. H. Unbehaun) said: "We dismissed 75 men, but it ought to have been twice that number. There
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    Pakistan's Leader
    159 8 Pakistan 's Leader MUSLIM NOTES From Our Muslim Correspondent KHAWAJA Nazlmuddin, 64-year-old Governor-General of Pakistan, was one of the top-ranking leaders of the Muslim League of pre-parti-tion days. He was Chief Minister of Bengal for several terms and was Premier of East Pakistan when elected to succeed Mr. Jinnah. Khawaja
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    Bentong Library
    20 8 BENTONO, Men.— The Information Centre of the Department of Public Relations, Bentong, has be?n equipped with a library.
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    Johore Weekly Letter
    178 8 Johore Weekly Letter From Our Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU. Mon. DISTRICT Town Board Presidents met at Johore Bahru recently under the chairmanship of the President of Town Boards, Johore (Syed Kadir), to discuss economies m expenditure and additional sources of revenue. No decision was taken to increase local taxes. Investigation
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    WRESTLED WITH INSPECTOR
    80 8 A Police Inspector wrestled for three-quarters of an hour with a 55-year-old woman found counting chap ji kee slips at 11.45 p.m. on Aug. 17, the Second Police Magistrate 'Mr. L. C. Goh) was told yesterday. Inspector Tan Teck Khim said Ong Geok Ho was very violent.
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    Singapore Diary
    150 8 Singapore Stamp CHub. social meeting. Capitol Restaurant. 5.15 p.m. Young People's Group. Mr. Chan Teong Sin on "Salt, 1 Bethesda, Katong. 6 p.m. Singapore Junior Symphony Orchestra, concert, Victoria Memorial Hall,. 6.15 p.m. Singapore PUm Society. Mr. Jack Evans on "Pllm Censorship," "Film Censor Cinema, Customs Building. Maxwell
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      655 8 The hands apt to give trouble I o lose the slam to good players are not those At the second trek SJu'h led that involve advanced plays. The to the diamond ace and returned dangerous one are those that a diamond, to void dummy of the look easy. For examp'e
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    Today's Recipe
    166 9 <.!;()( 111 lagsctteaw: fuur n<lt--)ooiis of \,u'trr or other fat tv.o cups Uuor, tall and ix-pprr. oar cup medium xhitr Muif. or.'.- cup nlk three ■ggß, i\w! o/s. eraled chrese. M II the fat m a piui p,.t m the milk, b:mg U) :he bo,l and add Hour,
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    A Premature Baby: Diet And Care
    913 9  - A Premature Baby: Diet And Care NURSE BRIDGET •purS article is written m answer to a mother seeking advice on the care and general management of her premature baby, who weighed 2| lbs. at birth, but it is equally applicable to all babies weighing under 5 lbs. For the first
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    A SEA-SIDE VIGNETTE
    607 9 QN Sundays we try or at least we did try until savage petroli rationing made even this simple pleasure impossible to right away from noisy Singapore and miii merse our hot and weary bodies m the sea, and to generally relax m the sun after our bathe.
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    21 9 Provocative i.ana Morris, who plays the frivolous and fascinating Bouncey Bunming ton m the two Cities Gaiety Girl comedy "Trottic True."
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    From An Estate Bungalow
    391 9 MY husband brought home a Tamil book which he had found at the back of the office drawer, for he knows I have a weakness for the conversational part, especially that related to domestic affairs. These conversations never fail to amuse me for unless the book
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    ENGLAND'S COUNTRYSIDE BEING TORN AWAY
    1295 10 ENGLAND'S COUNTRYSIDE BEING TORN AWAY LONDON, Oct. 11. YOU must have heard and read a great deal about the social revolution which is supposed to have taken place m Britain since 1945. Wealth redistributed, full employment, social security for all, and so forth.. Has mere been a real social revolution?
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    69 10 SOMETIMES a photograph. like a sonnet, catches a moment m time. This was such an incident, as the Household Cavalry, against the green and gold of autumn trees, moved past Buckingham Palace. Although th» London conference of African rulers has ended, two of the delegates, who have remained behind, stop
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    LONDON LETTER
    251 10 coming more frequent and more serious. "With the gradual disappearance of the birds." he went on. "our best insurance against insect pests is going We think our wonderful voison sprays will do the iob better. Our farm animals are losing the kindly shelter of the hedgerow against the]
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      290 10 RADIO MALAYA 10.30 Storks of the Opera: 11.00 Swing Session; 7.45 Yours for th» News 6c Close Asking: 8.30 Sews; 8.45 Pin-up SINGAPORE BBC OVERSEAS Voic« and Snow Lowdown: 9.00 i% m n nt/n ICritique; 9.30 See BBC: 9.4ft 1.00 p.m. The Radio Orclu-*- 30 RevTw I 45 Variety Band
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      DUTCH TIN AS QUID PRO QUO TO U.S.A. FOR MARSHALL AID
      238 11 DUTCH TIN AS QUID PRO QUO TO U.S.A. FOR MARSHALL AID A MERICAS delegation to the third meeting of the International Tin Study Group, which opens at The Hague today, may propose a plan to help Dutch tin output in the Far East back to pre-war levels Observers at The
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      EXCHANGE BANK HOLIDAY
      30 11 ALL members of the L Malayan Exchange Banks Association m the Colony of Singapore will be closed to business this Monday, Not. 1, for the DeepaTati holiday.
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      PRODUCE MARKET
      41 11 From A Market Correspondent AUIET conditions ruled yesterday Vina majority of sections on the Singapore prduce markets. There was little Interest and practically no business recorded. Pepper quotations eas<d to: Muntok white $214: Sarawak whi*e $213; Lampotrg black $330.
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      Singapore Rubber
      114 11 Singapore Rubber DRICES held steady yester1 day In the Singapore rubber market. The market was very quiet. Closing prices yesterday were: No. 1 sheet fob. buyers 43 14 oenta, »*ller« 43 >i cenU; spot loots* buyers Vi cenU, sellers 43 cenU per R\ The Singapore Chamber of 0001merce Rubber Association's
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      SHIPPING IN PORT
      92 11 CHIPS la port alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves yesterday (godowns In brackets) were: Main Wharf: Gorgon (33-34), Nleuw Holland (Sfl-37), TJlbadoa (38-39). BenvorUch (40-41), City of Poona (42-43). West Wharf: Burnside (4-5), Glenbeg (6-7), Denbighshire, (1112), Benlawers (13-14), Katong (15-16) Empire Dock: Javanese Prince (17-18). TweUard
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      REOPENING POSSIBLE
      198 11 Tea Market From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Mon. TEA growers m Malaya will be interested to learn j that the London tea market !may possibly reopen next i year. i A workable scheme for fitting a free market scheme on to a basis of rationing was devised several
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      KALI (JAVA): PROBLEM OF TAXATION
      359 11 Rubber Company Affairs From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Monday. IT'ALI (Java) Rubber Plantations' chairman (Mr. P. J IV Burgess), m his statement circulated with the annual accounts, reiterates the doubts of several planting companies with relation to fiscal polfcy m Dutch Indonesia It la perhaps
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      Malayan Shares
      201 11 From Onr Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, Mon. I CEVERAL price rises m both the Industrial and Tin sections were recorded ln the Malayan share market, which L was steady today. I Price changes announced by the Malayan Sharebrokers' AssocLaMon were: INDUSTRIALS Alex Bricks Pret. 2.90 S.10 Xd Fraser it,
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      APPROPRIATION OF EXCHANGE
      57 11 NANKING, Mon.— The Chinese Government was reported yevter- day to be considering approprla- Uon of U*****.000.000 m foreign exchange to enable mairufacturing enterprises to Import needed raw materials. Such imports, intended to ease prevailing shortages of materials and cotnmodltlons, would be subjected to a oc«-flfth per cent.
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      205 11 From H.K.S.B. To Bank Of England h jy|R. D. O. M. BERNARD, re« c«ntly appointed Deputy Governor of the Bank or England, la 60. In his younger days he served for a short period In the Royal i r. Navy. K-, In 1911 h e Joined Jardine Ma- 1 ie
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    MALAYAN BID FOR 2 WORLD TITLES
    671 12  - MALAYAN BID FOR 2 WORLD TITLES LEE SIEW YEE By Plans For Cup Badminton Team WHEN Malaya's Thomas Cup tourists set sail on Dec. 2 for England, plans will have been finalised to bring every player to concert pitch in this country's effort to bring home two world championships. The
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    29 12 JAVA BOUND: The Chinese flyweight, Mok Kai Khoon (left) and Jagior Singh, Sikh bantamweight, who leave Singapore today to fulfil a number of engagements m Batavla.— Straits Times picture.
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    Johnston Gate For K.L. Meet
    171 12 TURF TOPICS By EPSOM JEEP 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. 1 •THE five-strain John- ston barrier will be used for the first time on t the Kuala Lumpur race- c course this coming meeting, i Already m use at Buklt Timah, the Johnston gate is t
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    COLLEGE AND j POSTALS DRAW!
    105 12 COLLEGE AND j POSTALS DRAW! IN a game m which wild hitting and inaccuracy m the circle were all too frequent, the hockey teams of Raffles College and the Posts and Telegraphs drew one-all at Bukit Timah yesterday. Both sets of forwards missed a series of opportunities and it was
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    SerembanToHave Football Stadium
    255 12 From Our Staff Correspondent SEREMBAN, Monday. T»HE President of the Negri Sembilan Football A Association, Mr. G. B. Folliott, speaking at a tea; party m honour of the State team which won the Malaya Cup, said that the time had come when Seremban should have a football
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    Recs ßeat C.S.C. 3-0
    184 12 Singapore Recreat on Club '< beat the Ceylon Sports Club by three goals to nil m a second- team hockey match on the pa- dan* yesterday. The CSC. played the first 15 minutes of the match without a j goal-keeper, Arlaxetnam then com ng to fill
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    35 PROBABLES TOMORROW
    184 12 LONDON. Mon. r pHREE are 35 probable starters for the Cam- brldgeshire Handicap to be run over one mile and one 1 furlong at Newmarket on Wednesday. Probables and jockeys are: Royal Tara, C. Smirk Soie I Deuyon, W. T. Evans; Patchouly. I W. Johnstone; Impeccable. E.
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    SCHOOLBOYS WIN
    53 12 RAFFLES Institution beat the Colonial Secretary's Office by two goals to one In a Rame of hockey played on the R.I. ground yesterday. The R.I. scored their goals In the first half vhroufth V ncent and Reid. In the seconJ naif the CS O. reduced th c deflrit
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    I.A- XI v. B.O.D.
    49 12 The following will represent the Indian Association at hockey against the BO D on the B O.D. ground, at 5.15 pm. today: Jean Pierre. Solakar Singh, Charanjit Singh; B. S Soln. Mahlnder Singh. J. David; Jerome Augustine, Rattan Singh, V. Dass, Anoop Singh, Ibrahim Isa.
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    Mrs Grundy Takes Honours
    349 12 MRS. A. ORUNDY. the Naval Base Ladles Hockey Clvb 1 left full Back, was the outstanding player In yesterday's 1 women's hockey match on the padang. Playing a cool, clever game, she took most of the credit for preventing a strong Singapore Cricket Club Wotnen'a j
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    R.E.M.E. Speed Was Decisive
    375 12 RE.M.E.'s Rugby victory over a Singapore Cricket Club "B" team on the Padang yesterday by a try (three points) to nil was due to speed. Being younger, the soldiers were lighter and speedier and were always on the ball. Most impressive was Hoadley, the full back,
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    WALCOTT HITS 73 NOT OUT
    287 12 WALCOTT HITS 73 NOT OUT BARODA, Monday. THE three-day cricket match between the West Indian tourists and the Indian States ended m a draw today. The West Indians declared their second innings closed at 183 for three wickets, leav- ing the Indian States to get ***** 247 rung for victory.
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    SCOTTISH LEAGUE
    297 12 FOLLOWING are Scottish Leagu« table* up to and including matches played on Oct. 23: DIVISION A P.W. D. L. F. A. P. Hibernian 7 5 2 0 26 14 12 St. Mlrren 7 9 1 1 13 8 11 East rife 7 5 0 2 17 10 10
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    Penang T.C. Pays $862,000 Tax
    222 12 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG. Monday. nnHE Penang Turf Club paid Government a total 1 tax of $862,708.20 during the past year, according to the annual report, to be presented at the Club's annual general meeting on Nov. 5. The Club had another good year.
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    Sport Diary
    31 12 TODAY HOCKFY: 8.0.1K1 v. I. A. —St. Georges !M; S.ltC. v Dutch XI— S.R.C; CSC. v. R.A-F. Sembawang Sembawang. WEIGHT MI-TING: < hine*» V.MX.A 107, Stiegle Rd. 6 30 p.m.
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    Sergeants Win Tennis
    120 12 NO. 1, Sergeants' Mess, Royal Air Force, Seletar, beat the Malay Sports Association by four matches to two m a friendly tennis match played at Seletar on Sunday. Results (M.S.A. players mentioned first* were: Singles: Bo.tarn lost to W O Doyle 4-6. 6-4, 0-6; Haji Jamil ium,
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