The Straits Times, 8 September 1949

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    18 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1949. PRICE TEN CENTS
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    45 1 ROYAL AIR FORCE pilots inspect one of the bandit huts which they destroyed two miles from King's House on Tuesday afternoon. They were on the scene with the ground i i only half an hour after attacking the target from the air. Straits Times picture.
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    PICKETS GREET BEVIN, CRIPPS
    184 1 NEW YORK, Wednesday. BRITAIN'S Foreign Secretary, Mr. Bevin, and the 1J Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Stafford Cripps, M re greeted by 400 pickets when the Mauretania ducked in New York today. The pickets carried -i'.ans "Boycott British and Belfast Materials" and "Mop Marshall Aid To
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    EMPEROR TURNS TO SEA SLUGS
    36 1 TOKYO. Wed. Printing of Emperor Hirohito's book on 20 years' study of sea slugs in Sagaml Bay was completed yesterday. The author is retaining 300 copies In lieu of royalties.— Reuter.
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    Unions To Get Money Back
    98 1 Unions To Get Money Back SYDNEY, Wed. THE Sydney Arbitration court today ordered the Industrial Registrar to return A £54,700 paid into court recently under the National Emergency Coal Strike Act. The money was withdrawn from banks by the Miners Federation, the Iron Workers Association and Waterside Workers Federation during
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    AMBUSHED
    26 1 PARIS. Wed. A French Army convoy of "several dozen" trucks and other vehicles was ambushed by Vietnam troops on Saturday. Casaultles are believed heavy.— U.P.
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    PROFITS SET-OFF REJECTED
    500 1 Seizure Claims Treatment Same As Others gINGAPORE Legislative Council, at an emergency meeting yesterday, rejected the excess profits set-off proposal in the Joint Select Committee's war damage compensation scheme. The Council also agreed that seizure claims should receive the same treatment as any other claims in the
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    BRABAZON'S 2nd FLIGHT
    60 1 FILTON, Bristol. Wed.— The 130-ton Brabazon. largest civil landplane in the world, made its second test flight early today. It took the air for two and a half hours. On Sunday the plane was up for 27 minutes in its maiden flight. Later today it is flying
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    AUSTRALIA TOO
    34 1 CANBERRA, Wed. The Australian Government is examining the possibilities of borrowing more dollars Mr. Joseph Chifley, Australian Prime Minister, announced today In presenting the Australian budget in the House of Representatives. Reuter.
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    CAR CUT NEARLY IN TWO
    149 1 OFFICER KILLED LIEUT Thomas Frederick Jones, aged 28 of the Singapore Naval Base was killed at 12.30 a.m. yesterday when a sports car he was driving collided with a telegraph post at the sth mile, Buklt Timah Road on the way i to Johore. A
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    RUDE AWAKENING
    38 1 OSAKA, Wed. Japanese police raided the Communist Party district headquarters and homes of ten committee members for not paying admission tax on a performance by a Red -sponsored troop of Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream."— UP.
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    Rubber Seized At London Docks
    122 1 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Wednesday. DLBBER worth £8,777 and pepper worth £14,026 has been seized by Customs at London Docks because it was suspected that declarations stating that the goods were going ultimately to China were untrue. The Customs were not satisfled that payment
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    Leap In H.K. Sales
    136 1 OUB3ER dealers in Singa- pore and the Government are wondering why last month's shipments of rubber to Hong Kong should suddenly leap. In August, almost 5,000 tons of rubber left Malaya for Hong Kong During the first seven months of 1949, Just over 7,000 tons were
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    AFTER FLOODS
    24 1 TOKYO, Wed.— A total of 118 cases of contagious disease wer-i reported In the low-lying areas of Tokyo flooded by recent storms.
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    43 1 MEN OF THE 14TH FIELD REGIMENT, K. A. who are on their way to Hong Kong in the trooper Lancashire, are seen boarding tracks for a trip round Singapore soon after the vessel's arrival at the Harbour Board wharves yesterday. Straits Times picture.
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    C-in-C Calls For Big Effort
    152 1 ARMY LEAVE RESTRICTED From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. ARMY leave has been restricted, training courses stopped and other measures have been taken to make available every possible soldier for operations against the Malayan bandits. This was announced tonight in a statement by the
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    PROFESSORS AS MANNEQUINS'
    45 1 TNIVERSITT professors acted as 'mannequins' when the University of Malaya's robes were displayed in London this week. Blue will be the main colour of the new robes which will arrive in time for Foundation Day on Oct. 8. [Story in Page 3]
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    AIRLINER IS OVERDUE
    71 1 LONDON, Wed.— The New Delhi radio announcer broke into a news bulletin this afternoon to appeal for news of a missing airliner said to be carrying the Governor of Assam and six other passengers. The plane, a twin-engined Dove type, left Willingdon airport, New Delhi, at 10.30
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    942,658 MORE JAPANESE
    55 1 TOKYO, Wed.— The Japanese Government's survey showed Japan's population registered an increase of 942,658 during the first half year of 1949 the highest figure for any six-month period in the past. The figure was 563 more than the corresponding period last year. Births totalled 1,434,722 and deaths
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    "2-EDGED WEAPON" AT WASHINGTON
    131 1 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Wed. ON the eve of the opening of the Washington talks, thp Financial Times Washington correspondent warns that a great deal must not be expected regarding commodity agreements which can be a two-edged weapon. If the British were to ask for
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    BRITAIN AND U.S. PARTNERS SAYS ATTLEE
    445 1 LONDON, Wednesday. gRITAIN will not enter the forthcoming financial talks in Washington as a "mere suppliant for American aid" but as a partner of the United States in dealing with post-war problems, tiie Prime Minister, Mr. Attlee, told the Trade Union Congress at Bridlington,
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    LU MAY COME TO TERMS
    90 1 LU MAY COME TO TERMS HONG KONG, Wed. ■yUNNAN warlord Gen. Lu X Han may come to terms with Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek after his dramatic visit to Chungking four days after his reported coup in Kunming, officials close to Acting President LI Tsungjen said today. These Canton officials thought the
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    STOP PRESS
    84 1 HONG KONG. Wed. A SHIP believed to be carrying ammunition blew up in the harbour here to- night rocking the city with i a terrific explosion. The ship is believed to be the British-owned ton Chakhang, which arrived here from Korea on Sunday. It was anchored in the
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      443 2 NOTICES UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA APPLICATIONS are Invited for the post of Assistant Lecturer In Economics. Honours degree- In Economics essential. Salary $400.00 per month plus allowances. Applications (3 copies) together witl» the names of two referees should be lodged not later than 17th September, 1949, with: The Registrar, University of
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    51 3 \:>\ MMJILNT NOW the signal will flash and R.A.K Signaller L. Hannant (left) will tell the two air-despat-chors in the open doorway of the Dakota to drop the first bundle of surrender leaflets to the bandits below. The Straits Times picture was taken on the first leiAet dropping flight on
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    Amok Kills 13 In U.S. Street
    343 3 NEW YORK, Wednesday. A 27-YEAR-OLD American ex-serviceman ran amok in Camden, New Jersey, yesterday. He shot and killed 13 people and wounded four others. The killer, Howard Unruh, raced madly into shops and homes, firing wildly, and mowed down six men, seven women and
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    FIRST-YEAR LOSS ON STATE TRANSPORT
    127 3 LONDON, Wed. nRITAIN'S nationalised transport— railways, road services, docks and waterways ended its first year of stateownership with a loss of £4,733,000. The first report of the British Transport Commissior published today, of the yea. ending Dec. 31, 1948, summed up the situation as "unsatisfactory"
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    FREEBERG DEAD, SAY U.S. FLIERS
    130 3 MANILA, Wed. THE American flyer, Bobby Freeberg, once called Indonesia's one-man air force, is dead, according to Connie W. Seigrlst and Albert W. Onstctt, two of the American airmen reJeased this week fron" an Indonesian prison. "We did not see any trace of Freeberg, nor
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    VARSITY ROBES SHOWN IN LONDON
    457 3 VARSITY ROBES SHOWN IN LONDON Professors As 'Mannequins QFFICIAL robes for the University of Malaya were displayed in London on Tuesday at a unique function. The robes, which have been completed by one of the leading British makers of academic and ecclesiastical vestments, will be sent to Singapore in time
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      6 Men In A Boat Plan Anti-Red Crusade
      221 3 SYDNEY, Wednesday. OIK former Royal Australian Navy officers will leave this month to sail around the world in a 43-ft. yacht. They will break their tour to help fight Communists in China and Greece. "We have decided to make this torn- because
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    Foundation Day Invitations
    143 3 Foundation Day Invitations UNIVERSITIES from many parts of the British Commonwealth are expected to be represented at the ceremony of Foundation Day of the University of Malaya on Oct. 8 In Singapore. Invitations have been sent to universities in the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Australia, Ceylon, West Indies, West Africa,
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    DIDN'T COME HOME TO DINNER: CRUEL
    79 3 HOLLYWOOD, Wed. Ginger Rogers received a divorce yesterday from her third husband on the grounds of cruelty after explaining that he failed to come home for a dinner she had prepared for aim on their sixth wedding anniversary. The blonde dancing-star said her husband,
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    "FREE BULLETS" PLEA REJECTED
    357 4 KampongGuards Must Buy Them From Our Own Correspondent SEREMBAN, Wednesday. A MALAY unofficial Raja Mohammad Ali bin Raja Alang, 8.E.M., yesterday failed in a plea to the Negri Council of State that Government should give 25 rounds of ammunition free to members of kampong guards. Another
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    7 WASHES FOR PORK POLLUTION
    131 4 From Our Own Correspondent SEREMBAN, Wed. A MUSLIM who gets his body or clothing in contact with any part of a pig is not considered free from contamination merely by washing with wa'er. The wasning should be cairied out once with water mixed with clay,
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    Police Chiefs: Call For Debate In Council
    196 4 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. AMOVE is being made by two unofficial members of Federal Legislative Council for a debate at the next meeting of the Federal Council on the retirements of two Malayan police officers— Mr. B. M. B. O'Connell,
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    25 4 EMBARKING at Penang tomorrow for Britain, 22-year-old Hanapiah bin Hussain will spend six years in London studying accountancy on a Kedah State scholarship. PR. photo.
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    NAAFI Staffs Form Union
    74 4 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. EMPLOYEES of N.A.A.F.1. E> from all over Malaya have formed a N.A.AJU. Employees' Union (Malaya) The union has been established to "promote better understanding between employer and employees." The following were elected office-bearers for 1949: president, Mr. J. P.
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    DRIVER FINED
    28 4 From Our Owl Correspondent RAUB, Wed.— A. Rajoo was led $35 or three week*' corous Imprisonment for riving in a negligent manner on the Bentong road.
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    36 4 .'.I. Bertrand Jaunez and his Tahiti in wife, who are in Singapore on their way to France for six months' holiday. Tahiti, says M. Jaunez. is no longer the South Sea island paradise.— Straits Times picture.
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    CHILDREN SAW MOTHER SLAIN
    280 4 From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH, Wednesday. TWO young Chinese were sentenced to death here today by Mr. Justice Thomson for killing a Chinese woman in the presence of her two children. The judge described the murder as "one of the most cowardly of the many cowardly
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    CHANGED SEX IN IDENTITY CARD
    52 4 PENANG, Wed. A 27-YEAR-OLD Chinese, Yeoh Soo Siam, pleaded guilty in the Penang First M; gistrate's Court today to changing his name in his identity card and altering his sex. as shown on the cad from "male" to 44 female." The Magistrate deferred sentence till
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    MALA YA >S PRESS 'NOT LED'
    214 4 MALA YA >S PRESS 'NOT LED' From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Wed rpHERE- was no need for I 1 press censorship or restriction in Malaya, declared the Director of Public Relations. Mr. J. N. McHugh at the 26th anniversary celebraI tions here last night of the Chinese-language newspaper Nanyang
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    K.L. NEWSPAPER STRIKE
    88 4 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— Publication of the Malay Mall was suspended today as a result of a strike by members of its staff who belong to the Selangor Press Workers' Union. The strike arises out of a dispute over the retrenchment of two members
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    LEFT 2-DAY-OLD BABY BESIDE A DRAIN
    229 4 LEFT 2-D AY-OLD BABY BESIDE A DRAIN I From Oar Own Correspondent SEGAMAT, Wed. A YOUNG mother, Llm Foo Yong. was yesterday sentenced to a day's imprieonment, and also fined $150 wlti the option of three months tn prison, for leaving her newly-born child beside a drain at Jementah village.
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    RUBBER ROADS MAY BOOST INDUSTRY BY 200,000 TONS
    217 5 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. J^jEALORUB roads the new type of rubber road invented by the Dutch may boost the natural rubber industry by 200,000 tons a year, a Dutch expert told the Straits Times today. The expert. Dr. G.
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    '20-CENT' POSTMAN GAOLED
    144 5 '20-CENT' POSTMAN GAOLED A SINGAPORE postman who attempted to obtain 20 cents "tea money" from an amah, Chim Ah Slew, for delivering a letter from China was sentenced to six months' rigorous imprisonment in the First District Court yesterday. The prosecution stated that the postman, Wong Boon Poh. offered to
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    S.A.T.A. STAMP CONTEST
    112 5 ENTRIES for the Singapore Anti-Tuberculosis Association's competition for a greetings seal stamp will not be collected and sent in for Judging until after the schools are open again. Schoolchildren of all ages are eligible and all local schools are Invited to compete. A prize of $25 is
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    Trisha Owners To Oppose "3rd Party"
    95 5 SINGAPORE trisha owners strongly oppose the introduction of a third party insurance scheme proposed by Municipal authorities. The Singapore Trisha Owners' Association, in a prtitlon tc the Municipal authorities says that the scheme might cause many owners to give up their business. "No Justification"
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    ROAD SAFETY SCHOOLTALKS
    63 5 ROAD SAFETY SCHOOL TALKS With 33 Singapore children of under 16 years involved In traffic accidents last month, the traffic police Intend to conduct lectures in schools on road safety. School signs are being erected where passible and in some cases constables are posted to assist children to cross the
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    MALAYAN ORCHIDS FOR LONDON
    128 5 MALAYAN orchids will be on display at the Evqning News flower show at Olympia, London, towards the end of this monMi. The orchids are being sent by the Orchid Society of Singapore. It Is hoped to send them by air from Singapore on Sept. 17. B.O.A.C.
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    Memorial Site Chosen
    144 5 MR. Tay Koh Yat, chairman of the Appeal Committee for Oversea Chinese Massacred by the Japanese, said yesterday that the Committee had decided to accept an offer by the Singapore Government of nearly two acres of land at the 5 3 i mile Ang Mo Kio as
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    FIRST REPORT
    42 5 Lt. Col. Taan Jahja, carrying the first official report from the Republican delegation on the round-table conference at The Hague, is expected today in Singapore. He is on his way to Jogjakarta to hand the report to the Republican Government.
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    To AID POPPY DAY FUNDS
    36 5 MRS. LINDA KMRR-LINDSAY, one of the many attractive Singapore women who will be assisting at the ball in aid of Poppy Day Funds being held at Raffles Hotel on Oct. 1.
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    25 5 MR. AND MRS. ALBERT XAVIER, after their wedding at the St. Joseph's Church, Singapore, last Saturday. The bride was formerly Miss Vivien Mitchell.— Raffles picture.
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    "SHIP ALREADY BEACHED9'
    373 5 "SHIP ALREADY BEACHED 9 INQUIRY ON RIVER SINKING /GIVING evidence yesterday in the Singapore High v Court at the inquiry into the loss of the motor vessel Kah Hock in the Sarawak River on July 4, the owner of the motor vessel Senang, Ahmad bin Talib, said when he passed
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    ANOTHER $100,000 TO UNIVERSITY
    59 5 TWO Singapore banks ycs- terday each gave $50,000 to the University of Malaya Fund. They were the Chartered Bank and the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation. The S100.000 these two banks have given to the fund plus the $100,000 the Government of Brunei gave on Tuesday
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    INCREASE IN FREE CLASSES
    141 5 INCREASE IN FREE CLASSES THE Singapore Education Department plans to increase the number of free classes in English schools from two at present to four next June or July, for deserving pupils in vernacular schools. Free places in English schools are also to be extended to vernacular school girls. They
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    NO ATTENDANT
    33 5 From Our Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Wed.— Found driving a lorry without employing the services of an attendant, Baba bin Arif, of Seremban, was fined $10 in the police court today.
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      128 5 DORCAS SOCIETY OF THF SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH. Jumble Sale In aid of Welfare Work, Malayan Seminary 399/401 Upper Serangoon Road, 3 p.m. ANSON ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION, Twa Loh Koh practice, 52A Nelson Road. 7.30 p.m. YOUNG PEOPLE'S MEETING, Mr. Gaw Synn Ghee on "Grace and Judgment", Bcthesda, Bras Basah Road.
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    DEATH
    35 6 TOK KIM LUAN, beloved wife of Chla Keng Hean passed away peacefully at her home No. 54 Ceylon Rd. Spore. Funeral by Buddhist rites at 3 p.m. 8 9.49. Malayan Union papers please copy.
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    1032 6 Singapore business circles received an unpleasant surprise when reports were received from London last week suggesting that the Singapore tin market might never be reopened and that this valuable pre-war trade might, under new marketing arrangements, be transferred to London. The Singapore tin market is an old-established one dating back
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  • The Straits Times Singapore, Thurs, Sept, 8,1949
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      31 6 A vivid picture of Trengganu Street, Singapore, wLere, according to a correspondent whose letter is published in column 8, street-hawkers are to bs found day and nigh t. Straits Times picture.
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      Self-government: A Reply To Nik Mahmood
      933 6 Self-government: A Reply To Nik Mahmood T^IK MAHMOODS letter (published on August 29) on the political set-up in Malaya interested me greatly. He accuses the Malays of ingratitude towards the British and entertains misgivings over the UMNO call for selfgovernment. This insinuation, coming from a Malay, can do more harm
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      UNIVERSITY "NOT A NEW IDEA"
      371 6 I AM told that the attitude of the present European community in Singapore towards the University of Malaya is lukewarm. A little history is sometimes a good thing, particularly in a town like Singapore where there are so many newcomers Our Medical College was founded
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      Trengganu Street: From A Resident
      301 6 Trengganu Street: From A Resident AM an unfortunate 1 resident of Trengganu Street, When I return from office I can neither rest nor work due to the noises of unlawful streethawkers who make use of the street as a market throughout the day and night. Besides making Irritating noises, they
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      S.I.T. HOUSES
      63 6 THE tenants of the S.I.T. houses at Kim Keat Road I have at last a champion in Mr. C. F. J. Ess and hope that the authorities concerned will take action soon. I would like to add that many of the roofs of the new houses are leaking.
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      CAR SURCHARGE
      37 6 TWO years ago Singapore suffered an apidemlc of car thefts. A 25 per cent, surcharge was then introduced by insurance companies. Today, car-thieving has almost ceased, but the surcharge survires. For what purpose? MOTOKISf. Singapore.
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      386 6 MALARIA v Ml, isi Varaw '^i^S-* 3B^ :^Ef aflii Malaria is the greatest scourge that aitiicis mankind. No pan jl the world, except a corner of North-West Europe, is wholly free from its ravages. About 300,000,000 people have malaria, and every year at least 3,000,000 die of it a total
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    NEW AIR SERVICE TO H.K.
    146 7 Argonauts Grounded STARTING today. Malayan Airways are flying to Hong Kong via Saigon, which will be a stop only for refuelling, and the plane will be back In Singapore by the same route tomorrow Today's flight will carry 12 passengers of a B.O.A.C. Argonaut "stranded"
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    REVIVAL IN JOHORE
    63 7 From Or SUfT Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU. Wed A meeting to revive the Johore branch of the St. John Ambulance Association will be held at the Council Chamber. Government offices, on Sept. 22. Dr. J M. Lowson, *ho is convening the meeting, hopes i that all former members
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    STOLE IDENTITY CARD: GAOLED
    47 7 Seventeen-year-old Gian Ah Tee of Jiak Kirn Street, who was found guilty of having stolen an Identity card from a Malay woman in Arab Street, was yesterday In the Second Police Court sentenced to two months' rigorous Imprisonment. He had one previous conviction.
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    WAR DAMAGE: 'OUR HANDS FORCED'
    1035 7 'Will Not Be Forgotten If Social Services Are To Suffer, Says C.C. Tan IF this country's social and essential services are to suffer as a result of the payments which will be made under the revised War Damage Compensation Scheme, or if there are difficulties
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    CONSCIENCE PRICKED'
    85 7 AT yesterday's debate on War Damage compensation Mr. Lim Tew Bock (Norn.), referred to the '•conscience* of claimants. Saying that there had been no hoe and cry against the profits set-off test as proposed by the Select Committee in their joint report, "because the conscience of the claimants
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    Full Marks To Maureen
    66 7 Pull marks go to Maureen O'Hara whose brilliant acting makes A Woman's Secret a very entertaining film. A girl Is shot during a quarrel with a woman, who becomes suspect Immediately, and the film reaches a climax not altogether expected This forms the basis of an
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    SEAFARERS' BOARD
    25 7 Mr. Chan Mui. Sun has been appointed to be a member of the Seafarers' Administration Board In place of Mr. S. C. King.
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    SEIZURE CLAIMS TO BE EQUALLY TREATED
    783 7 THE application to seizure claims of a profits set off test in the Malayan War Damage compensation scheme "might set up a position in which His Majesty's Government's offer of financial assistance would not be available," the Financial Secretary, Mr. J. D. M. Smith,
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    Expert May Look After Handicapped Children
    156 7 A SOCIAL welfare expert from Britain may be appointed to look after Singapore's handicapped children when homes to house these children have been built, the Straits Times was told. Homes capable of accom- modatlng 20 to 40 handicapped children have been planned by the
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    30 7 FIREMEN fought a fence fire in Emerald Hill Road yesterday. The flames started from a rubbish dump and threatened a house, but were soon put under control. Straits Times picture.
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    Rice Trade Views For Benham
    81 7 Rice Trade Views For Benham rE Economic Adviser to the Commissioner-Gen-eral, Dr. F. C. Benham, met representatives of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce yesterday afternoon to hear their views on the rice trade. It was announced that Dr. Benham would be glad to meet any other interested parties who
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    BIRTHDAY DANCE
    33 7 From Onr Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Wed.— A dance will be held at the Royal Johore International Club on Sept. 17 In honour of the birthday of the Sultan of Johore.
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    SIRENS WILL GREET THE AMETHYST
    101 7 SIRENS from ships In the Singapore harbour will greet the sloop, H.M.S. Amethyst on her arrival In Singapore on Sept. 14. In recognition of the sloop's dramatic dash down the Yangtse on July 31. all vessels In the harbour will be "dressed." Vessels will also
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    Lawyer In Colony Court Incident
    357 7 A SINGAPORE lawyer left the Fourth Police Court yesterday after the magistrate had asked him to withdraw a remark he made to the bench during the hearing of a case. The lawyer, Mr. Philip Hoalim, had earlier protested that the magistrate had interrupted his address
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    Soldier Lost Off H.K. Trooper
    178 7 Soldier Lost Off H.K. Trooper A YOUNG British mili- tary policeman on board the Hong Korn--bound trooper Lancashiie disappeared when the ship was in the Straits ofl Malacca on Tuesday. The 11,000 ton Lancashire arrived in Singapore yesterday with the 14 Field Regiment. R.A., and a detachment u| military policemen
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    Suffolks On The Trail
    134 7 Suf folks On The Trail From Our Stan Correbpondr nt KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. MEN of tne Suffolk .Regiment operating agairst the Kajang gang a few mi!' s south of Kuala Lumpur h?" c contacted two of the gan° n Dominion Estate and tured a camp after a bat c on
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      Johore's knights without armour
      1144 8 Johore' s knights without armour 1 By Who said knight errantry was dead? There Is in Johore today a small band of men and women who have set themselves the task of helping the sick and troubled. This is the story of their noble work. TIIFJU: arc no groat city
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      THE PROBLEM OF K.L.'S SQUATTERS
      668 8 T|ECMNTLY, the squatUrs off Kandang Kerbau Road, In the Brickfields area of Kuala Lumpur, were served with an eviction order by the authorities. This order has put the squatters in a quandary. At least this is what one realises after a patient 1 they run
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      293 8 STRAITS TIMES CROSSWORD across 17 Birds do from Mttt to tre« CROSSWORD Np. 196 1 «twnl« mTV.™ of n HBM' TTTTTT 1111 6 Thi. box.f. wei»ht doe. M ™5.V«. S^B H~" H H ill not exceed 116 pounds M yo(j me <>■ the B^ JSJ H 1! M M| (6)
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    Australia's freak weather
    127 9 rpHE weather in Eastern Australia during the past nine months has been among the most unusual in recorded history. It has produced disastrous floods, lowerIng of the snowline, and the appearance of lush pastures in former desert areas. Weathermen paint to the of disastrous cyclo-.-ti'rbances in Queensland
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    With the army in Hong Kong
    1192 9 ARRIVED in Hong Kong early in July, just after the first batch of re-inforce-ments for the garrison had reached the Colony. They consisted, in the main, of the 1st Battalion of the Royal Lei- cestshire Regiment, who had left their home depot in the
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      130 9 Some players have the mistaken notion that after they have once passed, they can take liberties, particularly in the line of doubles which (they fondly Imagine) will be taken out by partner. The actual result of such a bidding technique, however, is apt to be In line with today's deal.
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      196 9 of tricks! South was in complete control of the situation, and thus the doubled contract was fulfilled, giving North -South a vulnerable game and a 700-point rubber. Needless to say, East and West were not pleased by this result! West asked his partner why he hadn't taken out the double.
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      Singapore Rubber
      203 10 AFTER opening firmer yesterday morning, the Singapore rubber market eased considerably on heavy estate offering and lack of support. Prices were quoted at more tiian half a cent per lb. below the opening. Closing prices yesterday were: No. 1 sheet f.o.b. buyer* 36 7 cents, sellers 37 cents;
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      TIN CONSUMPTION
      78 10 The U.S. Bureau of Mines reports that In 1948 the consumption of tin In the production of tinplate and temeplate in the U.S. increased only two per cent, compared with a rise of seven per cent. In the total tinplate and terne- plate output. Straits tin accounted for
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      BETTER TONE IN TIN SECTION
      168 10 From Our Market Correspondent II'ITH London rather steadier yesterday, there was TT a better tone in the tin section of the Malayan share market. One or two issues were marked up. Industrials were again rather steadier. Price changes announced by the Malayan Sharebrok- j K
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      DROP IN U.S. NEW RUBBER I CONSUMPTION
      547 10 WASHINGTON, Wednesday. /CONSUMPTION of new rubber in the U.S.A. dropped to 70,467 long tons in July, the lowest figure since Dec. 1945, according to preliminary statistics reported today by the U.S. Department of Commerce. The July total represents a decline of 16.2 per
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      SHIPPING IN PORT
      93 10 SHIPS in port alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves yesterday (godowns In brackets) were: Main Wharf: Mindoro (33-34), Pyrrhu* (36-37), Asphaliooi (3839), Empire Jamaica (40-41). West Wharf: Corfu (1-2), Nieuw Holland (4-5), Mongolia (8-9). Trevelyan (13-14). Somali (15-16). Empire Dock: President Grant (17-18). Kepong (19). Nahlcoda (23-24>,
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      AUGUST TIN OUTPUTS
      89 10 Tin companies' outputs for August are as follows: Talam Mines 435 plculs; Kuchal Tin 55 piculs Amang-dredge closed down for road deviation and re- pairs) Kuala Lumpur Tin No. 1 dredge worked 546 hours treating i 83,870 cubic yards to produce 177 piculs, and No. 2 dredge
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      Dow Jones Averages
      20 10 Sept. 5. Sept. 6. Industrials 179.38 171.20 Railroads 49.68 45.40 Domestic Bonds 99.52 09.51 Utilities 36.83 36.83
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      London Stocks
      351 10 LONDON, Wed. VESTERDAY was the last of the current trading period In the London Stock Exchange and brought firm conditions to most sections. Closing of bear positions, based on the belief that any sterling devaluation has been discounted, resulted in widespread gains In gilt-edgeds which were generally held
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      1156 10 MAM»*i£i<U CO., LTD. (Incorporated in Singapore) BLUB FUNNEL LWI STRAITS STEAMSHIP CO., Cu.'cii option to proceed othei LTD. 1... M d discharge w|st coast MALAYA kMUM ,«OM UK 6 USA V.*.. Wee"! Carrier's option to proceed via othef vessel for p or j Dickson Week*. p«l fe load and discharge
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      358 10 PRESIDENT LINER SAILINGS TO NEW YORK ANO BOSTON VIA CEYLON. INDIA (CYPT AND MEDITERRANEAN PORTS Spore t> sham Penang Pres. Harding 7/8 Sept 9/12 Sept Prat Van Buren ISI 9 Sept 20/21 Sept. 22/25 Sept. Pres lefterson 28 Sept/4 Oct 3/6 Oct 7/10 Oct. Willamette Victory 12/18 Oct. 19/20 Oct.
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      360 10 EAST ASIATIC LINE SAILINCS FROM SCANDINAVIA U X SAILINCS TO CONTINENT/ CONTINENT. SCANDINAVIA. m.f. "Morclia" dv* abt. Sept. 8 Load ng at Singapore, Port Swettenham for Manila, H'Kong, Kobe b Penang Yokohama. m.t. "Mongolia Codowns 8/9 m.i. "Sclandia" due abt. Sept. 1 J for Madras, Colombo, Bombay, for Saigon Bangkok.
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    ARMY KEEP UNBEATEN RECORD
    479 11 Henderson Plays Fine Game Singapore Dist. (Army) 4; Navy 2 THE Army maintained their unbeaten record yesterday when they defeated the Navy by four goals to two in a Singapore A.F.A. Community League match played on the H.M.S. Terror ground. Army had the advantage of the
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    NEW CHANNEL RELAY RECORD
    97 11 WISSANT (France) Wed. A SIX-MAN Egyptian swimming; team today set a new relay record or the cross-Channel swim. Their time was It hours and 45 minutes one hoar and 4* minutes under the 12 hours and 35 minutes record set by a French relay team. The
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    Dave Sands Wins Empire Title
    252 11 Dave Sands Wins Empire Title LONDON, Wed. T\AVE SANDS, the Australian triple champion, won the British Empire middleweight championship at Harringay last night, when he knocked out the holder. Dick Turpin In 2 mm. 45 sec. of the first round. Turpin took a terrifae amount of punishment, going down for
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    INNINGS' VICTORY
    51 11 LONDON. Wed The New Zealar.d cricket touring team scored an innings and three runs victory ever the South of England in the first match of the Hastings Festival yesterday. Scores in brief were: N. Zealand lft. Inns. 367. South of England-lst. Inns. 15*. South of England 2nd Inns.
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    SCC HOCKEY TEAM
    55 11 rE following have be?n selected to represent Singapore Cricket Club y P.&T. Union at the Padang tomorrow, bully-off at 5.15 p.m.: Margrave; Dennis. Reeves; Horn*. Macßae, Lowe: Van Stolk, Shepherd. Moolenburgh. Smith, Yarrow. Umpire: Mr. Dean. If any player Is not available he should notify the secretary,
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    S.C.C. CRICKET
    53 11 S.C.C. team to meet R.E.M.E. on Saturday, at 2.1£ p.m. on S.C.C. Padang is: A. Baker. V. L. R. Margrave, R. O. Whlttington. D. Massey, K. L O. Stewart, Rev. J. W. J. Steele. O. W. Colllngs, N. Bradbury, Rev. W. T. Y. Browne, K. C. Graham, and
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    Bankers Force Draw In Last 5 Minutes
    284 11 INDONESIAN League were unfortunate to be held to a one-all draw by the Hongkong Shanghai Bank XI when they met for the championship of Junior A, Group 2. at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. Just when defeat stared them In the face. A. Beins
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    Promoter Denies Police Warning
    265 11 AST night Singapore boxing promoter A. Razak 1 J told the Straits Times that he had so far not received any warning from the Commissioner of Police, Singapore, in connection with staging future boxing promotions at the Happy World Stadium. Mr. Razak was referring to an
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    Amateur B. A. President Explains
    341 11 SPORTS LETTER rTH reference to the article published in tbe Straits Times on Aug. 26 entitled "Services Hamper Us A.B.A. Official", tbe article was somewhat misleading and 1 should be grateful if you could publish this letter in your paper. The non-co-operation complained of referred
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    Good Turnout In J.B. Rugby
    95 11 JOHORE BAERU, Wed There was another good turnout for the South Johore Rugby practice at the English College today when players divided Into two full sides for a full-time game. There will be no practice game on Saturday. Sept. 10, but on the following Saturday,
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    PADANG CRICKET
    24 11 S.R.C. and S.C.C. will meet in an Inter-Club cricket fixture for the Dato Paglar shield on the Padang on Surday, Spet. 18.
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    SWIFT B.P.
    21 11 Swift B.F wUi hold Lli 194» .uurnam nt for "A" and '3". AU entries wIU close on Sept. 15.
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      90 11 SINGAPORE 10.00 News from Kuala Lumpur; 10.05 Close: 12.00 Programmes In Malay; 1.00 Lunch-time music; 1.30 News (also at 7 9.30); 2.00 Close; 6.00 Programme Summary; 6.02 Children's Programme; 6.20 Calling All Hospital*; 7.10 This Is Communism; 7.15 Singapore Share Market Report; 7.30 Guy Lombardo Ray Ellington Quarette; 8.00 Forum
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      86 11 gramme (As Singapore); 100 2j00 English Programme (As S'pore); 2j»0 Close; 6.00 Programme Summary: 6.02 Y.A-FJ, 7.10 This Is Communism; 7.15 Share Market Report; 7.30 Famous Jazz Se Swing Combinations; 8.00 Forum of The Air; 8.30 Thursday Symphony; 0.45 American favourites; 10.00 Happy Anniversary; 11.00 Close. B. 9. K. B.
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      82 11 Burmese; 9.45 English; 10.00 Radio News Reel; 10.15 TjOndon Studio Concerts'; 10.45 'Generally Speaking; 11.00 Dance Music; 11.15 Special Dispatch; 11.30 News; 11.45 Light Music; 12.00 Close. AUSTRALIA 5.30 pjn. Forces Favourites; 6.00 The Swing Show; 8.30 Overseas Sc Australian News (also at 8.30, 10 4c 11); 7.00 Celebrity Violinist;
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    GAUCHO WINS IN BETTER TIME THAN CLASS ONE
    2100 12 GAUCHO WINS IN BETTER TIME THAN CLASS ONE Ross Road Pays Meeting's First 3-figure Dividend By EPSOM JEEP QAUCHO established himself as the best three-year-old in training on the Malayan Turf at the moment when he scored a great win in the six-furlong handicap for Class 3, Div. 1 horses
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    A Referee's Kit: Some Points
    500 12  -  HALLIDON HINTSONREFEREEING... BY TN GENERAL, no specific direction regarding the 1 type of colour of clothing a Football Referee should wear is given by The Football Association. The only exception to this is contained in a decision made by the International Board of The Football
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    SOCCER PROBLEM AND ANSWER
    244 12 Last week's soccer problem set by Hallidon was: A player, taking a throwin fulfils all the conditions of the Law governing the throw-in, but he kicks the ball before another player has touched it. What is the correct decision? Answer: The correct decision is an indirect
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    Big Sweep
    59 12 Total Pool: $232,836. 1st Prize: *****1 $104,776 2nd Prize: *****5 52,388 3rd Prize: *****3 29,104 Starters ($4,850 each): Nos. *****3, *****6, *****0, *****5, *****7, *****4. Consolation Prizes ($1,746 each): Nos. *****2, *****1, *****9, *****6, *****5, *****8, *****7, *****3, *****1, *****9. DOUBLE TOTE The double tote on Races 4
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    3-0 HOCKEY WIN
    35 12 Ceylon Sports Club beat Khai A.«ociatlon three-nil at hockey yesterday at St. George's Rjt Ceylonese lea one nil at tli biterval, Vijiaretnam scoring. Karim then added two more in the second half.
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    TODAY'S SOCCER
    16 12 MALAYS meet R.A.F. Combined in the S.A.F.A. Community League at Jalan Besar Stadium today.
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    Bobby Njoo Unable To Keep Date
    187 12 BOBBY NJOO, the Java Chinese boxer, will not be able to make the trip to Singapore for his flght with Kid Pancho at the Happy World Stadium on Sept. 16 due to Illness In the family. Promoter Razak told the Straits Times that he
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    TANGLIN CLUB TENNIS TIES
    75 12 Fixtures for today and tomorrow in the Tanglin club's tennis tournament are: TODAY Women's Handicap Doubles (FINAL): Mrs Nassim Miss Rhoades v. Mrs Harries Miss Walker-Taylor, Referee: Mr. Kermer Men's Handicap Doubles (FINAL) Dawe Greenwood v Fay Whitmore. TOMORROW Men's Open Singels (FINALS Holloway v. Fay.
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