The Straits Times, 30 October 1948

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    19 1 The Straits Times MALAYA S LEADING NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 TWELVE PACiKS SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1948. PRICE TEN CENTS
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    WEST DENIES STALIN'S CHARGES
    378 1 Commons Plans Secret Debate On Defences PARIS, Friday. I'MTKI) Nations* sources said today that Stalin's attack on the Western Powers may have been prompted by a fear that world opinion is if row m against the Russians, more than ever since the Berlin blockade. The three
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    33 1 MEW MAGISTRATE at the I ■'mirth Police Court. Slnßap.»rr. is Mr. M. 11. MacI >ou gal who. as a member of th<* A.1.F., was a prisoner of war m IVlalaya. Straits Times picture.
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    300,000 NEW 'CIVIL SERVANTS
    102 1 300,000 NEW 'CIVIL SERVANTS LONDON. Fri. Ai 300,000 iron and steel workers will become State .x undf-r the Government* highly controversial Bill for nationalisation of the Industry which was published About £400.000.000 \«s il capital m Britain's third largest Industry will be n the .scope of control. P litical observers
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    Names Retained
    80 1 13 ill decrees that the firms taken over by the State to remain separate units, r" alnlng their names and traditions. The only interference they will have from the proposed Iron and Steel Corporation Is that they will be a^ked to carry out such overall planning and rationalisation
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    JETS FOR INDIA
    28 1 KYRENIA. I Cyprus). FrL—Three Vampire jet fighters. bought m Britain for the Indian Air Force, took oft* from Cyprus for India this nioi nlng. Reuter.
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    ASIAN BEDS TOLD TO GO
    86 1 From Our Own f'orr.-spondpnt MELBOURNE. Frl. The Immigration Minister 'Mr. A. Calwelb said m the House of Representatives today that Asian students who were believed to be Communists had been "ask^d to kave Austra- I lla." Answering questions about discontent among Siamese student*, Mr. Calwell
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    Red Infiltration
    30 1 NEW YORK, Fri—Representative J. Parnell Thomas, chairman of the House UnAmerican Activities Committee, said here the group will investigate Communist in- 1 nitration into "certain Negro organisations."— Reuter.
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    Bevin: War Not Inevitable
    72 1 LONDON, Frl. t'OREIGN Secretary (Mr. r Ernest Be vim said tonight: "I am not one of those who believe that war is inevitable. "With wise guidance, keeping cool, exerclsingpatience and sometimes grim determination to survive, a condition m the world can be created m which peace
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    Fighting On Two Korean Islands
    136 1 Fighting On Two Korean Islands SEOUL, Frl. HEAVY fighting between loyal and rebel forces raged this evening on Tolsan Island, south of recaptured Yosu. A fairly heavy loyal force of troops was landed by the Korean Navy after a rebel-held village was raked by 37 m.m fire. The Navy reported
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    U.S. TANKS QUELL RIOTERS
    121 1 U.S. TANKS QUELL RIOTERS BTUTTGART, Fri. AMERICAN military police used tanks and cavalry against Germans yesterday to break up a riot by thousands demonstrating against the high cost of Hying. Fourteen, Including two policemen, were Injured. The riot followed a mass meeting of 40,000 workers In a two-hour protest strike.
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    47 1 AGREEMENT: The Security Council voted unanimously for a Palestine cease-fire. Delegates (left to right): M. La Tournelle (France), Faris Bey el Khoury (Syria), Mr. V. Tarasenko Ukraine*. Mr. Malik (Soviet Union) Sir Alexander Cadogan (Britain). Dr. Bunche (U.N. Mediator) and Mr. Trygve Lie, Secretary General. A.P. picture.
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    'INDONESIAN TALKS SOON'
    43 1 BATAVIA. Frl. Political negotiations between the Dutch and the Indonesian Republicans will probably be resumed early next month. Dr. Mohamed Roem. leader of the Republican delegation, said today. He added that whatever the result might be "it will be final."—Reuter-AAP.
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    Money For Planes
    17 1 WASHINGTON, Fri— President Truman today approved the expenditure of $134,817,000 to buy new aircraft.—Reuter.
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    MARSHALL AID PLAN FOR COLONIES
    134 1 LONDON. Frl. MR. D. R. Rees-Wllllams. Under Secretary for the I Colonies, said today that the i Colonial Office had discussed i with the European Co- operation Administration i Mission m London, methods of obtaining Marshall Plan assistance for Colonial deve- lopment schemes. This step
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    Colony's $25,000 For Children
    284 1 SINGAPORE Municipal J agreed to donate $25.0 mittee of the United Natli There is a proviso, that this money shall be spent m the Municipality of Singapore. cumin issioners yesterday 00 to the Singapore Com- jns Appeal for Children. The chairman of *he Singapore Committee of
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    THEY WERE IMPRESSED
    71 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. SIR Henry Gurney, the High Commissioner, nut a deputation from the Incorporated Society of Planters this afternoon. "A number of points relating to the Campaign against the terrorists were discussed." said a spokesman. "We were very impressed." The deputation comprised Mr. Andrew Taylor, vicechairman
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    RAF Bull's-Eye On Bandit Camp
    130 1 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. SINCE yesterday afternoon, RAF. Beauflghters and Spitfires have carried out a concentrated attack :en a recently-discovered bandit camp In South Pjftanf. #r.r 2»ntong '-orfpspondent states that the camp was lc the Sungei Perting area north-west of Bentong. An
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    Federation Petrol Ration Up
    187 1 Federation Petrol Ration Up From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. 'PHK value of existing i petrol coupons m the Federation will be increased by 25 per cent on Monday, says an official announcement. This increase will not apply to Singapore coupons. Motorists, and other users of transport will, from
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    PAKISTAN FACES FOOD SHORTAGE
    50 1 PAKISTAN FACES FOOD SHORT AGE i KARACHI. Fri. -Faced with a food deficit of 160.000 tons, the Pakistan Government Is negotiating with Hungary. Yugoslavia and Argentina to procure food grains, it is aui thorltatlvely learned here. Thirty thousand tons of wheat are expected from Russia In exchange for jute.— Reuter.
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    U.S. STOCKPILES
    42 1 WASHINGTON. Fri. The Economic Co-operation AdI mln Ist ration has offered to i help United States mining i companies to expand abroad 'In order to gather strategic stockpiles of ores. The U.S. hopes to get tin from Indonesia.- U.P. T*»—
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    Private Silk Trade
    25 1 LONDON. Frl. -The Board of Trade announced that prii vatc trade m Japanese raw silk will be resumed from Monday. -Rvu ter.
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    Burma Not Asking For British Aid
    83 1 LONDON. Fri. BURMA'S Foreign Minister, U Kyaw Nyein. told a Press conference today that the situation m Burma, where the Communists are m revolt. Is likely to be 'stabilised" within one year. He said Burma would not ask Britain to send troops to help
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    SEEKING KILLERS
    36 1 RANGOON. Fri.— Police have offered a reward of 10.000 rupees for Information leadIng to the arrest and conviction of the persons involved m the assaslnatlon of the former Foreign Minlter U Tin Tut.— Reuter
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    HUKS KILLED
    20 1 MANILA. Frl— Reports today said that 17 Huks were killed In a clash with a constabulary patrol. U.P.
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    Laughed At The Reds
    209 1 Laughed At The Reds From Our Own Correspondent LONDON. Fri A SCENE created by Communist intruders failed to mar a party at the Colonial Office last night at which Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald and Da to Onn bin Ja'afar met 100 Malayan students. The Dally Worker, giving prominence to the
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    WARRANT FOR EX-PREMIER
    34 1 BANOKOK. Fri. The Biamese police today issued a warrant for the arrest of former Premier Luang Dhan:rong Nawaswasti, for alleged complicity m the recent plot to overthrow the Songkhram Government. Reuter.
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    U.S. Jet Fighter
    23 1 WASHINGTON, Fri.-The U.S. Air Force's newest Jet fighter McDonnell XF-88 today completed successfully its first test flight of 15 minutes—UP.
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      Evil Fire Spirits Worry HK Chinese
      119 2 HONG KONG, Friday. A SERIES of fires within the past few months J A is the work of evil spirits roaming the streets, say superstitious Chinese. To placate these spirits, religious rites in the city's streets are now under way. At these rites, which
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      Alphabet Sought
      56 2 HONO KONG, Fri. Romanisatlon of the Chinese language Is one of the most Important steps towards true democracy m China, says Professor K. P. Chan of the Hong Kong University. Ideograph writing is far too difficult, for the average man to master. Proof of this, he says, is
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      Lost—Both Ways
      58 2 Lost— Both Ways LONDON, Fri.— Wing Com- 1 mander Roger B. Brown,! senior accountant at the R.A.F. station at St. Athan (Wales) took a week oft* for the races. He also took £7,000 of the R.A.F.'s and lost lt all. A Court Martial yesterday I cashiered him and sent him
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      Accent On Accent
      56 2 TORONTO, Fri.— Use of a Yorkshire accent as a party stunt has helped Susan Fletcher to obtain a Hollywood contract. She has been signed up for Metro-Ooldwyn Mayer by a movie director who was at the party. Miss Fletcher Is a cousin of i stage and screen
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      Kite Fright
      40 2 HONO KONG, Fri. Kite flying, favourite summer pastime of thousands of Chinese men and European children, has become a traffic menace •Motorists complain of kites dropping on their windshields and of children dashing out to retrieve kites.— A.P
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      Horseless Cowboys LEGS—BUTSTORY WOULDN'T STAND
      133 2 Horseless Cowboys LEGS— BUT STORY WOULDN'T STAND PARIS, Fri. Thirty-three tired cowboys and girls huddled together In the waiting room of Annemasse railway station hoping they could get visas for Italy. Captain Larry Sunbrock's Texas cowboy troupe was ejected from Switz.-land and their horses were held by the Geneva pol.ee
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      Trains Collide
      25 2 LONDON, Fri.— Four women were injured when an empty Rhondda train crashed Into the rear of a stationary express at Neath iWales).— Reuter.
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      650 2 NOTICES BRITISH STORES DISPOSAL BOARD (SPORE) ORDER OF THE DIRECTOR OF DISPOSALS. FAR EASTERN AREA (M.0.5.) Ihe following Tenders have been Issued during the past week: SINGAPORE AREA:— Tender 541: Closing date 3/11/48. Blectric Soldering Irons: Radio Scrap: Non ferrous and Miscellaneous Scrap: Generating Set: Servicing Trolley, Joint Clips: Insulators:
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      706 2 NOTICES MALAYAN EXCHANGE BANKS ASSOCIATION All members of the above Association In the Colony of Singapore will be closed for busine.v; on Monday, the Ist November 1948 being 'Deepavall' Holiday. NOTICE Notice is hereby given that I have this day revoked the Power of Attorney dated 24th day of March
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      653 2 NOTICES SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL SECRETARIAT Three APPRENTICE CLERKB required. Must possess a Senior .Cambridge or Standard Eight Certificate and have a knowledge of Typewriting. Apply to Municipal Secretary, on form provldeu, by 13 November 1948. IN THE ESTATES OF ANNIE ALISON RKID BOYD GEORGE OUPHANT CRAIB IVAN CAMERON CHOONO (OHONO) KIT
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      686 2 NOTICES MALACCA MUNICIPALITY SUPPLIEB FOR 1949. Tenders are invited for the supply and delivery of tho following materials and services: (a) Oil A Petroleum (b) Asphalt (c) Road Metal and Sand (d) Building Materials (c) Tools (f) Sundries (g) Water Pipes and Fittings (h) Water Treatment Chemicals (i) Firewood (j)
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      425 2 NOTICES P. W. D. TENDER NOTICE NEW BAUB WATER SUPPLY Tenders, closing at 3.00 p.m. oti 30th Novembei. 1948, at the office of the State Engineer. Pahnng. are invited, from Class A Cou' actors only, for the consti- -on of various buildings and rev- ->rood concrete structures for tl.. New
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    NO COLONIAL TRUSTEES
    239 3 Demand At U.N. Committee PARIS, Friday. \|R. Grantley Adams, leader of the Barbados Assembly, today told the United Nations' General Assembly's trusteeship committee that; British non self-governing territories "do not; wish to be placed under the trusteeship system." 1 Mr. Adams, who created a stir nearly three
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    28 3 OSCAR STRAUS, waltz com poser who Is visiting London talks to actress Diana Napie r. Straus is now an American citizen. He left Vienna In 1939.— Reuter picture.
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    JEWS' 'NO' MAY BRING BLOCKADE
    145 3 TEL AVIV, Frl. ISRAEL yesterday defied the 1 United Nations. She refused flatly to give up Beersheba or other territory captured from Egyptian forces m the recent Negev (southern Palestine) fighting. The Jews had been ordered to withdraw from all territory occupied since Oct. 14.
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    The Tories In Full Cry
    88 3 LONDON, Fri. rl nationalisation of steel suddenly seemed very small matter m Parliament yesterday when horrified Tories discovered plan to outlaw fox-hunting-. Mr. Anthony Greenwood (Labour) said he would introduce a bill to place foxes, l stags, hares and others under the protection of the
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    Chile Says No To U.S.
    72 3 SANTIAGO. Frl. 'VKE Government of Chile -I last night rejected the United States proposal for nternatlonal control of the Antarctic. The Foreign Office declared Chile had "Incontrovertible titles" to her "Antarctic sector" and that lnternationalisation would have unfavourable results. While defending her sovereignty. Chile recognised
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    ARMY CHIEFS SENTENCED
    91 3 NUREMBERG. Fri.— Eleven of Hitler's top military leaders were sentenced tonight to prison terms ranging from three years to life for their part m I ordering and condoning the murder and maltreatment of thousands of Jews. anti-Nazis, war prisoners and suspected Russian partisans. Lightest sentence m the
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    CHIANG'S PRINCIPAL PROBLEMS
    287 3 frt.- w»«u t m rhi«a Ant w m i PEKING. Frl. UNCERTAINTIES stlU mark I 1 the situation m North China and Manchuria. President Chiang Kai-shek, now on hl a sixth and longest visit to the north since Japan s collapse, is cor- recting the Nationalist war
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    Wide Field
    137 3 MISS D. Murray, Lady Superintendent of the writing section, Is also m charge of the 300 women workers employed at the Registration H.Q Her work covers a very wide Held. She settles disputes amongst workers, doles out the work, .supervise* its execution, answers innumerable and often Inconsequential questions
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    Coal Threat
    94 3 In North China. Gen. Fu Tso-yi claims to have regained control of the Peking-Paoting railway, but it might take VMM to get It running again. The North China seaport of Chinwangtao Is stlil cut oIT from the Kialan coal nvnea around Tangshan. The importance ot thU Uei m
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    REDS WANT DELICACY
    64 3 PARIS, Fri.— Russia yesterday asked the United Nations Human Rights Committee to provide for secret trials m; cases of "sex offences and delicate political matters." Mrs. Freda Corbet (Britain) had said m the social committee that all trials should be public. Mr. Alexei Pavlov (Russia) said trials
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    YUAN SABOTAGE PLOT FEARED
    54 3 SHANGHAI, Frl. Chinese economic police have imposed a strict blackout concerning the arrest of a "certain foreigner" alleged to nave been connected with Chinese Red sabotage of gold yuan currency "under protection of a certain diplomat." Unofficial reports identified the suspect as on tht staff of
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    Siam King's Injury
    42 3 GENEVA, Fri.— King Phumiphon Aduldet of Slam, who was injured m a motor accident three weeks ago, has left hospital. It will be several weeks before the seriousness of the injury to his right eye can be determined. A.P.
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    SHIPS THAT PASS
    47 3 LONDON. Fri. Squadron Leader Sir Gifford Fox (Cons., Henley) will ask the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty, m Commons, for an assurance that Russia will not < be given the Italian warship Giullo Cesare until Russia returns Royal Sovereign to the British Navy.— A. P.
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    Cabaret Girls Help In Registration
    352 3 From Our Woman Correspondent SINGAPORE'S cabaret girls form a considerable proportion of the 112 women clerks who are now earning $6 a day m the writing section of the Registration Headquarters m Beach Road. A new dress for Christmas or more money for the Christmas
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    HORNER CORNERED
    122 3 LONDON, Frl. fVHE Communist general X secretary of the 700.000strong British Miners' Union (Mr. Arthur Homer) has announced that he will carry on with his job despite the union executive's repudiation of his support of the French coal strike. The executive had declared Mr. Homer's statements during his
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    RELIEF FUNDS BLOCKED Boys' Brigade Display
    439 4 RELIEF FUNDS BLOCKED Boys' Brigade Display A llega tions By Commissioner Mala* New. THARITABLE and relief funds totalling hundreds of thousands of dollars are being hoarded in Singapore because, it is alleged, some technicality stands in the way of their expenditure for urgently required schemes. This point was made by
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    49 4 RESIGNED IN PROTEBT. Mr. Chew Hock Leonf, I'nofflcJal member of the Singapore ImproTemcnt Trust, who has resigned because the Trait rejected the lowest tender for the construction of 80 artisans' quarters The second lowest tender was accepted it was $11,000 more than the 159,00* tender rejected. Straits Times picture.
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    KELANTAN OUTLOOK
    154 4 fVom Our MaUy Correspond**! THERE .hould bt no place for DarochladUm in Kelantan today. That Is tht igPinlon of KeUntan's MenTri i Besar. Nik Ahmad Kamil. At a. meeting of the Kelantan Council of State. member obJ.ct«d to th« r«c«nt appointment of a M»Uy. not born in KelanIt^to
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    The Week In Rubber INDIAN LOAN
    180 4 The Week In Rubber INDIAN LOAN 1 further decline m rubber values has taken place this week. A new low level has been reached, says Lewis tt Peat's weekly market report. mctor y Interest has been nea;igble the expected orders from Hamburg hav 9 not materialised These two factors, coupled
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    Singapore Still Has Girl Slaves
    111 4 Singapore Still Has Girl Slaves THINESE "mvi taal," or slave Klrls. are still beinß kept hi Singapore, the As«isi tant Secretary of Social Wel- fare (Mr. J. Buckoke i said yesterday. "It Is difficult to catch up with their owners or guard- < ians because they are now j passed
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    First Case
    79 4 Mr. Buckoke said it was the first case of its kind since the war. A similar case was pending, he added. Under the Ordinance parsed fifteen years ago, any person keeping a"mvia "mvi taal had to register her before July, 1933. Thereafter no more "mvi tsal" were to
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    COLONY POPPY DAY BALL
    64 4 About 700 guests, includhig the Governor, Sir Franklin Olmson and Lady Qlmson, attended last night's gala ball for the Singapore Poppy Day Fund at the Goodwood Park Hotel. The cabaret featured Miss Luanne Shaw and the 'Mystery Voice of Radio Malaya The ball was organised by
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    Temporary Offices To Stay
    370 4 Temporary Offices To Stay A MERE remark of the last Municipal President on the question of temporary buildings must not be Interpreted as being "for ever binding on the public of Singapore," declared Mr. Yap Pheng Greek at a meeting of Commissioners yesterday. In a debate m which he criticised
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    Singapore Diary.
    250 4 Ate V s Men's Ciub. ...r. Scah Yun (Cliong will g.ve a talk on his lniprr>F«JoiM of his stay tc Britain. Cecil's Restaurant. 1.15 p.m International Motor Cycle Club, general meeting, Kyle Ptlmer arid Co.. Tlong Bahiu Read, 3.30 pm. Oobo Memorial Prize distrlbutlon. Chinese YJrt.CA 107. Selegie
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    CHURCH SERVICES
    424 4 lOMOKRo a «frvlce« a B inapore churcnss are as lojow* CHUECH O» »OWN|»r 8t Andrewi Cathedral of Slngapore at 7 a.m.. a.m jo 30 am .11.15 a.m.. 6.30 p.mJ St. Ooorgej Garrison Church Tanglln (open \o civilians) 7 15! ajn. a.m.. 9 45 a.m. a. 30 pm I
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    Officer Denies Car Was Bribe
    178 4 charges of corruption involving a f» small car and 416 tons of soap being disposed of by the Army were denied by Major Samuel James Morley Gregory In the First District Court, Singapore, yesterday. Major Gregory, who- wore WM panted ball of $1,000 advanced by
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    FREE CINEMA
    32 4 There will be a free cinema show at the Clerical Union hall m Rangoon Road at 7.30 tonight. The show is open to members of the Union and their families,
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    Ratepayers' Big Role In Colony's Next Election
    436 5 Ratepayers Big Role In Colony 's Next Election RATEPAYERS had been saddled with the responsibility for the success of the Municipal elections next March, said Mr. Tan Chin Tuan, the president of the Singapore Ratepayers' Association, at the annual meeting last night. He urged that members should rise to the
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    29 5 SEGAMAT WEDDING: Inche Samdon bin Abd. Rahman and his bride Minah blnte Abdullah. Seated at left and right are Che Ara binte Ahmad and Che Zalnab binte Hussen respectively.
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    CLOSING OFFICE
    52 5 General Motors Overseas Corporation will close its Singapore office on Nov. 30 and the Foreign Distributors Division of General Motors Corporation will be resoonsible for the territory with a i representatilve m Singapore. Plans to erect an assembly plant at Katong have been dropped because of economic and
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    HIGH MASS
    39 5 Dr. Paul Yu-pln, Archbishop of Nanking, who recently arrived In Singapore will officiate at a Pontifical High Mass at the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd, on i Sunday, a; 8 a.m.. the feast of Christ the King.
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    Malay Night For Appeal
    225 5 MUSLIM NOTES rHELP the United Nations Appeal for Children, the president of the Malay Women's Welfare Association (Inche Zahara blnte Noor Mohammed) Is sponsoring a Malay Night to gather money for the appeal. It la said that Inche Zahara has Invited the Governor (Sir Franklin Olmson)
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    FOREST RANGERS AS "FERRETS"
    399 5 WHEN Ferret Force di Rangers may take its This is the suggestion of a Ferret officer who during the past three years has spent most of his time working m the Malayan Jungles and river districts. His scheme Is supported by Government and police officials, and
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    $60,000 For St. James's Station
    79 5 $60,000 For St. James's Station CINGAPORE Municipal Com•s mlssioners at their meetIng, yesterday agreed to the expenditure of $60,000 at St. Jame's Power Station. The Commissioners confirmed a committee decision to accept the quotation of Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Export Co. for the supply of one complete set of rotor bladings for
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    ARMY RETURNS BUILDING
    63 5 Major General D. Dun lop. Geenral Officer Commanding Singapore District, will, on behalf of the Army, hand over to Lady Glmson the late Headquarters building of the Royal Engineer Group, at Ang Slang Hill (Mount Ersklne, Maxwell Road) at 9.30 a.m. on Tuesday. The building 1* to
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      238 5 Radio Programmes RADIO MALAYA Baillic; 6.00 Music While You Work; 6.30 The News; 6.40 Home SINGAPORE News From Britain; 7.00 Th« (b2u boa. 4.98 m 1 mc/i.i Show Muit Oo On; 8.00 'Much1.00 p.m. Radio Orchestra; Binding-to-The-Marsh; 9.18 1.30 News; 1.50 Interlude; a. 00 to Orchestras Of The World; 10.30
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Sat., Oct. 30, 1948. ABORIGINAL MALAYS
    978 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Sat., Oct. 30, 1948. ABORIGINAL MALAYS The antiquity of the Malay race m the Malay Peninsula is a conclusion of modern scholarship which has not yet passed into common knowledge m this country. Last Tuesday, m an articis published m this page, Mr. Tan Cheng Lock
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    Fifty Years Ago From the Straits Times of Oct. 30, 1898 :
    93 6 Fifty Years Ago From the Straits Times of Oct. 30, 1898 Mr. Nelson, the Superintendent of Posts and Telegraphs In Perak, Is said to have persuaded the Post-mater-Oeneral of the Colony to secure the acceptance of the Native States stamps by the Postal Union. The change will come Into effect
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    THE JEEP: ROCHORE ROAD?
    2069 6 A Malayan Countryman's Diary CUNDAY, October 24.-This morning the jeep had to be taken to the local motor repairing shop m hopes of having it fitted with a new exhaust pipe, but such was not obtainable. Spare parts can probably only be obtained m Rochore Canal
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    The Gardener
    60 6 OUR gardener, an Indian. Is a typical specimen of that profession. Pint thing he does m the morning is to water some Hydrangeas and other plants under the porch. Some pot* even have saucers. The earth m the pots is always sodden, and yet the plants flourish. Theoretically
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    INCOME TAX FORMS OUTNEXT WEEK
    417 7 Call For Public Co-operation From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. INCOME tax return forms will be despatched to taxpayers m the Federation and Singapore from Monday. The form for the return of income and claim for allowances is being gazetted In the Faderation and
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    31 7 POLICE MAGISTRATE lor the Sixth Singapore Court is Mr. D. A. Fyfe who has ■rrved m the Kuala Lumpur and Singapore Secretariats and been an administrative officer at Mersing.—Straits Times picture.
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    SPITFIRE PILOT NAMED
    143 7 SPITFIRE PILOT NAMED ROYAL Air Force authorities m Singapore yesterday released the name of the Spitfire pilot killed m an air crash at Sembawang recently He was Flying Officer G c' A Brie, who was until recently Personal Assistant to the former Air Officer CommandIng. Malaya (Air Vlce-Mar-«hal J. Whitworth
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    Writ Motion Postponed
    108 7 THE motion filed by Mr S. H. D. Ellas for an order that a writ of habeas corpus be Issued In connection with the arrest of Carlton Arthur Hire was adjourned until Tuesday next The motion was listed for hearing m the Singapore Supreme Court yesterday be™e
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    IN MEMORY
    34 7 Members of the Singapore Municipal Commissioners yes- j terday stood m silence in' memory of Mr. Doraisamy, an office keeper who died on Oct 13, after serving 37 years with the^ Municipality.
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    Students Not Lured Massey
    149 7 'AUSTRALIA is not luring students to her colleges and universities; that statement is incorrect and misleading." That was Mr. Claude Massey'g reaction yesterday to a Melbourne Herald report on the alleged discontent of Asdan students m Melbourne. The Melbourne Herald charged that Australia was luring Asian
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    Presentations To Police Heroes
    437 7 A BADLY-WOUNDED Malay police constable who fought a lone gun-battle with another Malay m Jurohg one night m August two years ago, was yesterday awarded the Colonial Police Medal for conspicuous gallantry by the Governor of Singapore, (Sir Franklin Gimson). He was P.C. 302, Omar bin
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    Jury Reverses Verdict
    169 7 A SINGAPORE Assize Court Jury yesterday, after 20 minutes' deliberation, reversed a four to three verdict of guilty, to a five to two verdict of' not guilty. The case was one m which a Chinese Royal Army Service Corps trainee was charged witn committing robbery of $30
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    GUNNER CHIEF'S VISIT
    233 7 GUNNER CHIEF'S VISIT MAJOR-GENERAL S. B. Rawlins, the Director of the Royal Artillery at the War Office, will arrive by air m Singapore on Monday, on a visit to Royal Artillery units m Singapore and the Federation. He will stay at Flagstaff House as the guest of the Commander -m
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    GANGSTERS HELD IN RAID
    50 7 Singapore police acting on information, raided a -house In Crawford Road yesterday and arrested three known Chinese gangsters and secret society members. A Browning automatic pistol was found hidden m the rafters of a room of the house. The arrests were made under the Emergency Regulations.
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    Local Openings For Municipal Posts
    249 7 T»HE advertising locally of the post of Assistant x Health Officer at a commencing salary of $510 a month, approved by the Establishments Board, was agreed to at the meeting of Singapore Municipal Commissioners yesterday. The appointment is subject to the officer appointed i undertaking
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    Ambushed Police Patrol Refused To Surrender
    620 7 Ambushed Police Patrol Refused To Surrender From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPI R, Friday. A hTORY of courage and determination not to surrender lies behind yesterday's bandit ambush of a police van m which an inspector and six Malay police constables were killed and five other constables and a woman
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    MUSIC IN MALAYAN SCHOOLS
    997 8 "FEMINA" WRITES 0N..... FUALA Lumpur, Fri.— When the Canton sails from Singapore next week she will have on board, amongst her many passengers, someone who will be very sad to leave this country, whose memories are not of her own contemporaries, but of scores of children
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    Dearer Rice, Cheaper Veg.
    371 8 WITH the announcement that the temporary "bonus" rice issue will be discontinued at the end of this month, prices of "free" rice of various grades made noticeable increases from the preceding week's quotations, states Radio Malaya m its weekly broadcast on Singapore food prices. An all-round
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      389 8 Prepared to repair the consequences Bof neglect Decay, /our dentist will tell you. it the common cause of most dental troubles. Ex« traction the sequel to neglect can be avoided by professional attention m th« Daily Dental Care with Ipana Keeps away Decay To protect teeth from decay and promote
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      Traffic Wardens or S.Cs.?
      361 9 announcement In A Wednesday's Straits Times that the Singapore Police Commissioner has approved the "Traffic Warden" scheme has raised many points, both for and against it. I propose to confine this letter to the points against it and. if I may. offer a suggestion that will
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      IDENTITY MARKS
      40 9 I HAVE seen the identity cards bslns Issued to members of ihe public. In my opinion the authorities have omitted a very important requirement. Visible distinguishing marks or Deculiaritles should be included m the entries. K. KUMARASAMY. Singapore.
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      TROUBLE IN THE JUNGLE
      14 9 ITS NOT FAIR. HE HAD THE KIFI.E LAST TIME 1
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      A Clerk On Housing From Cradle To Grave
      455 9 AS one very concerned with the problem of housing, I must commend you for your leader From Cradle To Grave." Not having had the f opportunity of visiting the United Kingdom, It has been impossible for me to realise the difference between
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      SURRENDER TERMS
      123 9 I WISH to express my 1 deepest appreciation of and complete agreement with your editorial comments m the Straits Times of Oct. 15 under the heading Surrender Terms." I hope the Government will give serious and immediate consideration to your suggestions, as such a gesture on its part
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      SANITARY STAFFS: MORE PAY?
      212 9 SANITARY STAFFS: MORE PAY? I AM m full agreement with the correspondent who wrote m the Straits Times: "I feel you have not touched the root of the evil which is the great disparity m the salaries of certain branches of the Government Services revised recently." The Salaries Commission In
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      Thumbs Up—Or Down
      207 9 Poor Singapore. You? fate is hard— From Federation you are barred. No matter how you plead or bind No entrance to the States you'll find Until, like fellow Federal rogues, You follow all our latest vogues And havj your thumbprint firmly placed Upon a card —without distaste.
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      FORGOTTEN SERVICE CLERKS
      163 9 HPHE Services seem very x reluctant to sanction the basic increment of their employees' salaries. The Singapore Government has already done its bit and is going to pay its employees all arrears due. We clerks working m the Services are In the same plight as Government employees
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      Brighter Stamps For Post-war Singapore
      198 9 I QUITE agree with "Senex" of London m his comments published recently regarding the new Singapore stamps. His suggestion of a pictorial issue was excellent, and the designs he submitted well worth considering. Although such a set cannot be issued now, because of the new
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      708 9 South felt cure in today's deal As things turned out, West went that a certain ace was bound to far enough! lie right. Better technique, how- a club lead would have defeated ever, would have made the position the five-heart contract at the go, of that ace a matter of
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    London Stocks
    341 10 LONDON, Frl. DUBBER and Tin sham were unchanged to lower yesterday In th» London Stock Exchange. It was a quiet day with few major alterations m prices, says Reuter's financial correspondent. In the Industrial market, Irpng and Steel* were lower by a few pence. Details of the Qorernment's
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    The Produce Market
    182 10 From A Market Correspondent FAIR business was writtert m, sago flour yesterday oil the Singapore produce market*. A slight pressure to sell, however, caused prices to ease. Sugar quotations also slipped. Elsewhere, conditions were quiet ai:d unchanged. Yesterday* quotations included Rlcf Unclassified: No. 1 $64; I $54;
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    BRIGHT SPOTS IN MALAYAN SHARES
    786 10 From Our Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, Friday. DRIGHT spots in the Malayan share market todav iy were United Engineers Ordinary and Raub Gold. The remainder of the market was quietly steady with little business passing. PtIcm quoted t» th« Maifyan 8ha.rebrokerVAMOcll.tl on today wtr« INVUSTKIALJ Atlas
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    DEEPAVALI
    24 10 THE Malayan Exchange Banks Association, the Malayan share market and the Singapore rubber market will be closed on Monday for the Deepavali holiday.
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    Singapore Rubber
    186 10 Singapore Rubber AFTER steadying, the Sinpore rubber market was quiet and slightly easier yesterday afternoon. It steadied again at the close. Closing prices yesterday were: No. 1 sheet fob buyers 41 cent*, sellers 42 cents; spot loot* buyers 4l\ cents, sellers 42 cents per lb. Phe Singapore Chamber ol commerce
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    SHIPPING IN PORT
    105 10 StiWS m port alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves yesterday igodowns lit bracket*) were: Mala Wharf: Orestes (31-32). Qorgon (33-34), Ntouw Holland (36-37). Tjlbados (38-39). City of Poona (42-43). West Wharf: Lancashire (1-2), Empire Passmore (3), Burnside (4-5), Oleribeg (6-7), Bantam (8-9; Empire Dock: Javanese Prince a7-l8),
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    Tapping Falls Off Slightly
    52 10 RUBBER estate acreage under tapping m Malaya last month was down slightly compared with Auaust's. The total atea m August stood at 1.614.451 acres; last month It was 1,611,574 acres. The estimated tappabl* acreage m the Federation m September was 1.840.273 acre* compared with 1-846.174 acres
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    EAST ASIATIC LINE
    163 10 SAILINCS FROM SCANDINAVIA U X CONTINENT. m.s "Korea' due abt Nov. 10 for Manila, H'Kong, S'hai. Kob* ft Yokohama m.t -Moreka' dv. .61 No* II for Hong Kong Kob* Yokohama mi "Lalandia" date abt No* 24 for Saigon Bangkok m t "Fionla" due abt. Dee 14 for
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    State Hockey Tops Big K.L. Events
    292 11 State Hockey Tops Big K.L. Events UVEK Y sports field m Kuala Lumpur will be m use this week-end for the Federation's biggest sports programme since the re-occupation. Some of the fields will have to be used twice the same day, as K.L. Just does not have enough good grounds
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    Hockey Star Penang's Chief Scorer
    291 11  - Hockey Star Penang's Chief Scorer GCNN CHIT THYE By /iHIEF hope for Penang's \j victory In today's InterState hockey match against against Selangor at Kuala Lumpur will be centred on Jagmohan Vohra. Indian wizard of the stick, who made a welcome return to the game this sea&on. Vohra has been
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    IN PERAK, TOO
    517 11  -  J. P. CHRYSOSTOM By 'THE Perak hockey team Is being knocked into shape with a number of State trials, the most recent of which was held last Saturday and revealed a high standard of play. In the defence Mat Nor was excellent and he was given vigorous
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    Johore On 3-Match Visit To K.L.
    96 11 Johore On 3-Match Visit To K.L. From Oar Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU. Fri. •*"!IK Johore State Hockey team leave tomorrow on an upcountry tour which includes three inter-State matches, all of which will be played at Kuala Lumpur. ft was hoped to play Neg ri on the way up but
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    And Master Of Them All
    376 11 By LARRY CARROL UIVE feet seven inches and 140 lbs., with good 1 health and good humour, 26-year-old Engineering student A. Vljiaratnam is one of those sportsmen who enjoy the rare privilege of being popular with I the supporters of both his side and his
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    Thomas Cup: A Warning
    332 11  -  LEE SIEW VEE B> \yATLHED by bundr.dn ef cißltant, unbtlieWnj eyes, a short wiry Singaporean moved nimbly about the badminton court aa he scored the malch wiunJn« points agaiawt hi* UM, heaviW-built English opponent. Nest day. Malaya's shuttle public could talk of UUI« efa* bat Le«w
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    Singapore Have Not Started Yet
    557 11 By RALPH MODOER WHILE most states In the Federation hare held their hockey trials and some are playing their first games this weekend. Singapore's first trial will not be held until Thursday. Nov. 4. So far, the first teams of the leading clubs have been
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    EASTERN GOLD AND AZAD REST BETS
    971 12 EASTERN GOLD AND AZAD REST BETS Open Prospects At K.L. Today rrom EFSUM juur KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. I TNBEATEN m his last three starts, Eastern Gold stands out as the best bet on the card at Kuala Lumpur tomorrow, the first day of the Selangor Turf Club's Oct.-Nov. meetingEastern Gold
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    W. Province 386 For 4 v. M.C.C.
    53 12 CAPE TOWN. Friday. THE M.C.C. who opened the-li tour of South Africa with a > match against the Western ProffesM today met formidable batting opposition The Western Province had scored 386 runs for the loss of four wickets m their first innings when
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    Easy Points Win For Jimmy Welch
    248 12 DICTATING the course of the fight from the first gong to the last, Jimmy Welch (129} lb.) easily outpointed Golden Boy (137 lb.) over ten threeminute rounds at the Happy World Stadium last night. The crafty Welch beat Golden Boy with his left hand.
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    Straits Times Selections.
    149 12 EPSOM JEEP CALL BOY POINTER EASTERN GOLD Devon Flying Boots EASTERN GOLD Flight Devon EASTERN GOLD Devon Peggy's Cholee RACE It 2 19 p.m. RACE li 2 45 p.m. AZAD Kaffir Drsert King AZAD Raffle Miss Jewel RAFFLE Aiad Sunny Valley RACE 3: 3.15 p.m. M AMUSE
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    Today,s Race Card
    1209 12 BELOW is the card of events for today's rao«f at Kuala Lumpur. The double totes will be on races j three and four and seven and eight and the big sweep will be drawn on race eight. Race 1—2.15: Class 4, Div. 4— Furs. 403 Perry 1
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    Schoolboy Wins 4 Swimming Events
    517 12 T lONEL Chee gay« a rumarkabla performance to win the Individual Championship Cup presented by Mr. Lim Chuan Qeo* at the first annual Swimming Carnival of the St. Patrick School, held at the Chinese S\v nimmg Club yesterday. Lionel won the 200 metres free style.
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    Player Is Sent Off
    263 12 JTRAYED tempers marred what would otherwise hava been an interesting and thrilling enoounter between th» Singapore Recreation Club and th« Cable and Wireless hockey XI on the padang yesterday. The game ended In a thra«-on« victory fdr the Recs. Th»y play»d against ten men m the
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    Sports Diary
    109 12 TODAY SOCCER: Combined Services v. Combined Civilians for Tay Uan Teck shield— Jalan Bettar Stadium, 9 p.m. RUGBY: Raffles College v. St. Andrew's School College ground; S.C.C. t. Royal Navy— S.C.C. 5 pra.; Police v. S.C.B.C.— Thomson Rd.; B.A.F. Setnbawang t. Nee Soon R.F.C.—Sembawang; G.H.Q. Signal Regt. v.
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    Singapore Aquatics
    44 12 Inter-House medley relay winners: The Brown House team (left to right: Wee Kok En*. Tan Peng Hoe and Edmund Scow), which won the Inter-house "A" division medley relay at St. Patrick School Swimming Carnival held at the Singapore Chinese Swimming Club yesterday.
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    Services v. Civilians
    183 12 THE final gamp of Singapore's official soccer season will be played at Jalan Brsar Stadium tliU evening when the Combined Services nwt the Combined Civilian-. for the Tay Lian Teck Shield at 5.15 p.m. Tli-' Si-rvieos wre the first U> engrave their name on the sliteld when
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    W. INDIES SET FOR EASY WIN
    70 12 INDORE, Prl. WITH all ten second Inning* wickets itr hand, the West Indians need only 51 runs to beat Holkar State tomorrow, third and last day of the game. Replying to the Holkar's Indian total of 117, the West Indiana scored 189 yesterday, and
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