The Straits Times, 28 November 1949

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    18 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 FKiHT PAGES SINGAPORE, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1949. PRICE TEN CENTS
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    WARDPHONES-'MY DEPUTY SEIZED'
    375 1 (Chinese Reds Take Young Vice-Consul WASHINGTON, Sunday. JHE chief assistant to Mr. Ajigus Ward, American Consul-General at Mukden, ha* been seized by Communist authorities investigating "spying charges", the U.S. State Depart* ment announced yesterday. The State Department received the news m a telephone message from Mr. Ward,
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    32 1 KKNNETH LAWLER. aged seven, son of Mr. W.L. Lawler, President of the Scottish Terrier Association of Malaya, at the Scottish terrier parade at Buk.it Tltnah. yesterday. strait* Times picture. See page 5.
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    ONE CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT
    170 1 BOGOTA, Sunday. i ONE-PARTY presidential election will be held in Colombia tomorrow, with the Conservative party candidate. Laureano Gomez, the sole contender. Months of bloody strife estimated to have cost upwards of 1.000 lives have preceded the event. The Liberal Party- a maJorify group for the
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    U.N. Plea By Missionary
    115 1 LAKE SUCCESS. SunThe Rev. Michael Scott, speaking for The former mandated territory of Southwest Africa, warned the United Nations that the administration by the Union cf South Africa impaired relations between whites and negroes and placed in Jeopardy the plans for future development of the entire
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    'MUNICH' CHARGE ON CHINA
    219 1 'MUNICH' CHARGE ON CHINA CHUNGKING. Sun. UNITED STATES Senator William F. Knowland, Republican, told a news conference yesterday he was concerned over reports that Britain was considering recognising the Chinese Communist Government. Such recognition, he said, would be "more destructive ot human liberty than was the pact of Munich" with
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    FOUR KILLED IN PIT BLASTS
    37 1 TOKYO. Sun. Four Jail nese roal miners were kill- < J and 44 injured in two Ive gas explosions a mite below the surface In a c 1 mine near Nagasaki today. RoMtpr.
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    FIRST STEPS TO SELF-RULE
    75 1 BATAVIA. Sun. Indonesian leaders, Federalists and Republicans, feverishly making preparations for the assumption of power towards the end of December, tonight constituted 30 men as a national committee to take practical steps for assuming sovereignty on behalf of the free United States of Indonesia Dr. Roem
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    FOREIGN OFFICE MAN SUSPENDED
    40 1 LONDON, Sun.— The British Foreign Office announced last night that one of its officials has been suspended, from duty because he was alleged to be a Communist. They refused to give his name or further details.—U.P.
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    SEAMEN MISSING
    27 1 TOKYO, Sun. Fourteen fishermen are missing and five were rescued from a 35ton Japanese fishing boat which sank after a collision on Nov 26.— Renter.
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    U.S. POPULATION
    25 1 WASHINGTON, Sun.— The Government said yesterday that by 1957 the United Slates population may reach 188,500,000— a gain of 26.4 per cent. UP.
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    ROBBED BY EIGHT MEN
    47 1 A Hokkien living at the IV2 mile, Yio Chu Kang Road, was robbed last night by a gang of six men, all wearing black shirts and black trousers. Two of the gang were Malays. Four were armed with pistols. The police are investigating.
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    Heated Debates At K.L. Likely
    242 1 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. IJEATED comment on the Civil Liability (fermi- nation) Bill is probable at tomorrow's "leeting of the Federal Legislative Council. It has now been ?d that the ex-Services associations do n j the policy of the Bill, which seeks
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    43 FLEE FROM PANAMA
    105 1 43 FLEE FROM PANAMA PANAMA. Sun. |X)RTY-THREE persons, inF eluding three ex-Presi-dents of the Republic and the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, last night took refuge in the United States Canal Zone from the new Panamanian Government of Arnulfo Arias The refugees included former Presidents Daniel Chanis, Enrique Jimenez
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    24 1 LT.-COL Mom Raja Wong Chakranbandu, traffic manager of P.O.A.S. airlines, who arrived in Singapore last night for business discussions in Singapore. Straits Times picture.
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    World Trip For Statue
    86 1 ROME, Sun. A statue of Our Lady ol Fatima, wnich arrived in Rome three days ago from Lisbon, left yesterday by air for India on the second stage of a three-year pilgrimage round the world. There will be brief halts in Athens and Cairo. The journey
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    NO FAMINE, SAYS S. AFRICA
    171 1 WASHINQTON, Sun. Africa yesterday protested against what It called "misleading and untrue statements" published in the Food and Agricultural Organisation's report on the world food situation. The report spoke of widespread malnutrition In the Eastern Cape Province. It was said that many infants had died
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    U.K. To S'pore And Back: $13
    98 1 U.K. To S'pore And Back: $13 LONDON, Sun. BRITAIN'S air-minded youths today learned how to get an air trip to Singapore and back, with food, for 30 shillings instead of the usual £300. The Air Ministry told them that, as from next month, the Royal Air Force Transport Command would
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    Twelve More Bandits Give In
    234 1 Twelve More Bandits Give In From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. T^EWS of 12 more bandit surrenders during the week ending Thursday last was released in Kuala Lumpur today. Nine of the bandits were Malays, one an Indonesian, and two Chinese. Bandits who surrendered in Johore made statements emphasising
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    150,000 PEASANTS AGAINST NEHRU
    53 1 NEW DELHI. Sun. The first organized mass demonstrations of disapproval of Congress Party rule in India were staged last week in Lucknow and Patna. About 150.000 peasants paraded for six hours on Friday along one of the busiest thoroughfares of Lucknow. the capital of Nehru's own
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    NSW Housewives Will Boycott Jap-Made Goods
    245 2 NS W Housewives Will Boycott Jap-Made Goods SYDNEY, Sunday. THE New South Wales Housewives Association has decided to vigorously boycott all Japanese goods imported into Australia under the new trade agreement between Japan and Sterling area countries. "Many of our women are still soul-scarred from what happened to members of
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    £17,500 FOR 'SPY GLASS'
    56 2 LONDON, Sun.— A displaced i person living In France was yesterday awarded £17.500 by Britain for his Invention of a periscope fitted to 40.000 British tanks during the war. The Royal Commission on Awards to Inventors decided on the payment to Rudolf Gundlach after a recent
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    TORY WARNS THE TRADE UNIONS
    56 2 LONDON. Sun— The British Government will destroy the Trade Union movement if It establishes a complete Socialist state in Britain, Sir David Maxwell Fyfe, Conservative M.P.. said yesterday. He added that the "right of the worker to withdraw his labour will vanish because everybody will
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      Aid Wanted In Quest For Lost Children
      260 2 GENEVA, Sunday. THE International Refugee Organisation yesterday 1 appealed to 37 governments for help in tracing 19,334 children separated from their parents in the war. I Russia and other East European countries, India, Pakistan. Spain and Britain were among those appealed to. The
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      18 2 HAT STYLE at a U.S. fashion show. It features a plas.ic hand and white egret feathers. A.P. picture
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      NEW PLAN FOR HOLY CITY
      94 2 LAKE SUCCESS. Sun. The Archbishop of Canterbury has rejected the United Nations Palestine Conciliation Commission's plan for the division of Jerusalem into Arab and Israeli sectors. He has proposed in effect that the Jewish Government be given sovereignty over the new city area, with the
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      DANGER....COMIC STRIPS AHEAD
      89 2 DANGER... .COMIC STRIPS AHEAD LONDON, Sunday. WE Communist newspaper. Daily Worker, yesterday i said that a plot was afoot to flood Britain with "a I ingerous habit-forming drug American comic strips. As newsprint and paper supplies improve here, huge Imerican syndicates are laying plans for a full-scale Invasion which will
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      1198 2 NOTICE JAFFNA COLLEGE VADDUKODDAI New admission to the Secondary School including H.S.C., 17. 8., »nd lit MB Admission will be by an entrance examination. All applications should reach the College Office before the 15th of December slating date of birth, last standard passed and other relevant details. There will be
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      260 2 NOTICE NOTICE is hereby given that long Yoke Sic of Singapore Airport Hotel Ltd., Singapore, it applying to the Governor for naturalisation, and that any person who know* any reason why naturalisation should not be granted should send a written signed statement of the facts to the Colonial Secretary, Singapore.
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    MUSLIM NATIONS PLAN TRADE BLOC AT KARACHI
    258 3 KARACHI, Sunday. WELCOMING delegates to the International Islamic Conference, the Pakistan Premier, Liaquat Ali Khan, made it clear that the meeting had no warlike purpose and was not directed against any other country. He said that because almost all Muslim countries are agricultural
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    A SULTAN BUYS TOYS
    33 3 THE SULTAN of Selangor and the Tungku Ampuan buying toys at the sale in aid of the Selangor Children's Home held in Kuala v- Lumpur last Friday. P.R. picture.
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    Egypt Shows Her Armed Strength
    142 3 Egypt Shows Her Armed Strength CAIRO, Sun. JX.VI-T put a new powerful j aVrny on public display yesterday, which may shift taiance of power in the M East. Column! of Sherman tanks, aiiiiourtd cars and heavy artillery thundered through Cairo's streets, cheered by :mds of spectators. h gbter plants. including
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    PLANS FOR COLOMBO TALKS
    80 3 LONDON, Sun. THE British Government has agreed to a proposal that the Commonwealth Foreign Ministers' conference in Colombo shall be held between Jan. 9 and Jan. 14 next year, a Foreign Office spokesman said today. A formal announcement of the date of the conference will be
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    SALARY CUTS IN INDIA
    106 3 NEW DELHI, Sun.— The Government of India has announced acceptance of an offer from its employees for a voluntary cut in their salaries in the Interests of national economy and the fight against inflation. It said employees of Asian domicile drawing a monthly salary of 3,000
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    FIVE MILLION JAPS WANT TO MIGRATE
    75 3 SYDNEY. San. WITH United Nations approval, Japan hopes to settle 5,000,000 of her people in the Pacific islands in the five years following signature of a peace treaty, according to Richard Hufhes, Tokyo correspondent of the Sydney Sun. Mr. Hughes said that the areas
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    15th Anniversary
    33 3 The Singapore Anson Athletic Association celebrated their 15th anniversary v.ith a dinner party attended by a large gathering of members and guests at their club house in Nelson Road last night.
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    RIOT EMERGENCY IN W. AFRICA
    218 3 LAGOS, Sunday CjIR John MacPherson. Governor of Nigeria, has proclaimed a state of emergency following a series of strike riots in which 19 Africans were killed. The rioting In Nigeria began on Nov. 18 at Enugu, a mining town In an eastern province of Nigeria,
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    JAPANESE REDS
    20 3 TOKYO, Sun.— The Attor-ney-General's Office today estimated that there were 3,400,000 Communists and their fel'ow-travellers in Japan— UP.
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    INDIA TO MAKE LOCOMOTIVES
    60 3 NEW DELHI, Sun. Officials of the Indian Railway Ministry are discussing with four British locomotive experts an overall plan for manufacturing locomotives with British help at a Stateowned factory at Chittaranjan, West Bengal. The Chittaranjan workshops are expected to manufacture 120 locomotives and 50 spare boilers
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    Singapore Diary
    83 3 EXHIBITION OF PAINTING-'. by Saptohoedojo, to be opened Jointly by Mr. A. M. L. Wlnkclman, the Netherlands Cor.sulGeneral, and Dr. Zain, the Deputy Indonesian Representaliv John Little Co., 11.30 a.m. INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS ASSOCIATION, life class, B/itU. Council Centre, Stamford Road, b p.m. to 8.30 p.m. SALVATION ARMY, evangelical
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    U.S. WANTS ATLANTIC PACT SPEED-UP
    142 3 PHILADELPHIA, Sun. THE United States Secretary of Defence, Mr. Louis Johnson, and General Omar Bradley left by plane last night for Paris to urge quick final agreement by Atlantic treaty powers on a strategic defence plan. Informed officials said the plans to be adopted will
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    PI REBELS ESCAPE
    104 3 MANILA. Sun. PHILIPPINE Constabulary patrols, probing the slopes of Mount Tiip, near Batangas city, after two days of bombing and shelling, today sent back word that 600 rebels had escaped eastward Into the mountain jungles of Quezon and Laguna provinces. Manila newspaper reports said that the Constabulary
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    Co-ordination & Defence Powers
    563 3 Co-ordination Defence Powers THE C.-G.'s FUNCTIONS DUTIES THK nature of the functions and duties of the x Commissioner-General for the United Kingdom in South-East Asia, Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald, is defined in the Royal Commission and Instructions and Despatch from the Secretary of State, which are published for general information
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    Record Year Of Labour Peace
    233 3 Record Year Of Labour Peace SINGAPORE lost only 7,074 man-d ays through strikes for the first 10i months of this year, compared with 128,657 man-days lost last year, and 492,708 mandavs lost in 1947. The Assistant Commissioner for Labour. Singapore. Mr. C. W. Lyle, said yesterday that 1949 would almost
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    SLAUGHTER BAN
    40 3 NAOPUR. Sun. Cattle slaughter has been banned in the Central Provinces, subject to exceptions. A slaughter certificate will be granted only If the animal Is older than 14, unfit work or permanently Incapacitated for work or breeding.— A.P.
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Mon. Nov. 28, 1949. Tan, Yusoff, Narayanan
    983 4 The Straits Times Singapore, Mon. Nov. 28, 1949. Tan, Yusof f, Narayanan This will be a great day in the lives of the three ordinary" working-class Malayans whose pictures ybu see in this page today, for they will be present at the Free World Labour Conference when it opens in
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    THE NAME IS NOT THE POINT
    132 4 IN reply to Mr. Chong Thutt Pitt (whose letter was published last Friday), the use of an English nom-de-plume is surely permissible to an Englishman, and my Identity has no bearing whatsoever on the question asked. Uie matter is not a personal one between
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    Free World Labour Rally in London Today
    1252 4  - Free World Labour Rally in London Today ROBERT BROWN, By Renter's Correspondent This dispatch from London gives the historical background of the Free World Labour Conference which opens there today, and explains why the unions of the United Kingdom, the United States and other countries have broken away from the
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      A European estate manager's point of view
      348 4 A European estate manager 's point of view MR. P.P- Narayanan, one of two trade union delegates who recently toured estates in Negri Sembilan, subsequently made a somewhat plaintive statement to the Press that some employers are lukewarm in their attitude to the rubber workers' unions. Recalling the record of
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      SMUGGLERS?
      106 4 WITH regard to these Vampire and Headhunting" rumours circulating in Singapore, I am sure that if the police would only dig deeper into tne source, they will find that this is either the handiwork of hoodlums trying to create a certain amount of fear in the minds of people,
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      DISAPPOINTED FATHER
      143 4 IN September I applied for I admission for my son at the Choon Ouan English School, Singapore. He was asked to come and have himself tested. He passed this examination creditably, and was notified that he would be admitted in January 1950. School fees were collected on Oct.
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      MALAY BETROTHAL
      94 4 IT was most surprising to see the photograph displayed in the front page of the Straits Times of Nov. 24 (Dr. Ismail. vt Johore Bahru, ana his fiancee. Che Norashlkln). Never In the history of the Malay race have couples, before being legally married, been pictured together and
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      "COMMONSENSE"
      62 4 IN your issue of November 24, the Rev. Goh Hood Kong, on the subject of birth control, said: "It seems to me that what Is needed in this matter is not birth control, or even self-control, but God control!" Substitute commonsen3e control and you have precisely what sensible people
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    "MALAY SHOULD COME LAST"
    200 5 Views Of S 'pore Ch inese Educa tiona lists £HINESE educationalists m Malaya are m favour of Malay and English being taught m Chinese schools, m addition to Chinese, but they feel that Malay should only be taught after pupils have had a grounding m the
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    TOLL OF TERROR IN JOHORE
    202 5 From Our Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Sunday. VIVE British o«icer s have been killed and six wounded in Johore since the beginning of the Emergency in June 1948. Brttteti and Gurkha other r;Miks lost during the same period were six killed and 37 vounrted Police
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    TWO KILLED BY TIGER
    71 5 From Our Own Corresponds nt SEGAMAT. Sun. A MALAY woman, 56- year-old Penoh binte Gtlam. of Kampong Masirot. was killed by a tiger while <he was watching her padi field. Her screams for help brought four Malays to the scene and in .he subsequent fight with
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    TRADE LECTURE
    41 5 The Singapore District Society of the Corporation of Certified Secretaries will hold Ita nontMlv i^eeting tomorrow in t h<. rv j.u council Hall Stamford Road lecture will be given by Mr R. P. W. Grosman A.C.C.B on "International Trade."
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    ROVERS HAVE NEW DEN
    72 5 ROVERS HAVE NEW DEN Nearly 100 yesterday evening attended the opening of the 32nd Railway Rover Scout Crew's "Samad Den" by the President of the Singapore Municipality Mr. T. P. F. McNiece. Mr. McNiece presented warrants to Assistant Scout Master Mohammed and Assistant Rover Scout L. Zainuddin. The "Samad Den"
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    TAXI CHARGE
    51 5 From Our Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU. SunConvicted on a charge of using a private car as a taxi. Tan Sin Hoo was fined $50 In the Police Court today. On a second charge of fallIng to renew his car licence which had expired in February he was fined
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    TWO INJURED IN FIGHT
    40 5 Two men are in hospital with £tab wounds in the stcaiach following a fight between a group of about 10 Indians in a shop in Delta Road on Saturday night. The police have detained two men.
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    SIKH IS AIRBORNE AT LAST
    240 5 SIKH IS AIRBORNE AT LAST BALWANT SINGH. 20-year-old Sikh member of the Malayan Air Training Corps, who had to discard turban and top-knot in order to wear a flying helmet, saw the fulfillment of one of his greatest dreams yesterday afternoon when he took off on his first flying lesson.
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    BENEVOLENT SOCIETY
    105 5 An increase in membership is reported In the third annual report of the committee of the Union Benevolent Society which held its meeting yesterday. Membership, which is confined to employees of offices in Union Building, Singapore, has reached 100. of whom 73 are employees of Bousteaa and Co.
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    VISITING CHURCH LEADER
    45 5 The Moderator-General of the Presbyterian Churches of Australia, the Rt. Rev. J. R. Blanchard. preached at the Presbyterian Church in Stamford Road, yesterday ifternoon. The scripture lesson was read by the Officer Administering the Government of Singapore, Mr. P. A. B McKerron.
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    Combined Service
    46 5 A Combined Service of Youth, under the auspices of the Singapore Christian Youth Council, will be held in the V.M.C.A. Hall. Orchard Road, tonight. The speaker will be Commissioner W. B. Davey of the Salvation Army, who is conducting a Far East Spiritual Campaign.
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    214 Jungle Squads Pursue Bandits
    159 5 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. 4 FEDERAL Police statement today reveals that 214 specially trained jungle squads have been raised throughout the country to pursue bandits deep into the jungle, if necessary. The squads, all highly mobile, are employed m all States, either
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    Died As He Pictured Air Attack
    127 5 Died As He Pictured Air Attack From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. AN Army newsreel cameraman who was making special pictures of an air attack on a bandit camp in Pahang was one of two men killed in the crash of a Beauflghter in the Jungle near the Pahang
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    GIRL, 12, CHARGED
    45 5 From Our Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Sun.— A 12-year-old Malay girl who had to answer a charge ot theft was unable to be present in Court today as she was in hospital suffering from malaria, tne Sessions Judge, was informed this morning.
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    MEETING OF THREE RELIGIONS
    156 5 THE Inter-Religious Organisation held its first publie meeting last night -\t the Yong Cheng School hall when I three religions. Islamic, Bud- I dhist and Christian, were! discussed In relation to their place In dally life. The .neetlng was conducted in Chinese. Mr. 8 I. O.
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    FROM SIAM
    85 5 FROM SIAM MISS HELEN ROBERTS, the General Secretary of the World Y.W.C.A. (second from right) arrived in Singapore yesterday from Bangkok by P.O. AS. aircraft. Pictured with her are from right to left: Miss B. Lynch, training secretary of the Y.W.C.A. in Malaya, Mrs. Loh Poon Lip, president of the
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    Mrs. Osman Is Friend Of All
    520 5 Straits Times Woman Reporter ILfRS. Phyllis Osman, who a year ago came to ITI Singapore as the wife of a Malay living m a kampong near Keppel Harbour, told me yesterday about her life since she cried all of the first night m her
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    STRAITS TIMES PICTURES, 1949
    84 5 HAVE you sent copies of Straits Times Pictures 1949 to your friends abroad? If orders are placed before Wednesday they can be despatched by the Willpm Ruys and the books should arrive in Europe at Christ-mas-time. The publication is selling out fast, and orders should be
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    "SCOTTIES" AT A PARTY
    95 5 A large majority of the Scottish terrier population of Singapore nearly 25 of them —spent a social evening at 9C Third Avenue. Buklt Timah, yesterday as "guests" at a parade organised by the Scottish Terrier Association of Malaya. The Association, which Is a specialist club running
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    War Damage ill Week This
    169 5 War Damage ill Week This THE joint select comx mittees appointed by the Governments of Singapore and the Federation to examine th e War Damage Bill will hold their last meeting in Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday. This meeting is expected to put the finishing touches to the Bill to enable
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    Cocoa Seeds May Be Harmed
    142 5 Cocoa Seeds May Be Harmed THERE may be a loss in germination power of 6,000 cocoa seeds which were due in Singapore from the Gold Coast on Thursday but have not yet arrived, according to an official of the Malayan Agricultural Department. The seeds which are being flown to Singapore
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    SCENE IN CANTEEN
    76 5 From Our Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU. Sun.— Awang bin Omar, of the Central Canteen. Police Depot, was today charged in the Police Court with using criminal force on a Malay girl. He denied the charge and said that the girl sat on the counter In the canteen
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    COUNCILLOR ROBBED
    89 5 From Our Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Sun Where he was tod by a servant that some of his belongings were lying on the verandah. Dr. Ismail, a member of the Johore Stale Council, searched his bedroom and found a Malay hiding behind some suitcase;}. The Malay, Ahmad bin
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      TIN PRICES
      33 6 Singapore. Saturday, Nov. 26. $300,871 a pica! (up M.25). London. Nov. 25. Spot: £637 (Down €3 10s). 1 Thrre months (buying) £599 (up £4). Three months (after- no«n) £595 (unchanged). i
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      WEEK-END RUBBER PRICES
      141 6 WEEK-END RUBBER PRICES WEEK-END rubber prices include the following: Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association's noon price* on Saturday (Nov. 26) were (m cen.s per lb.): Bayer Seller Tone of market: Quiet. London Rubber No. 1 R. 8.3., c.l.f. European basis port* In pence per lb. closing. Nov. 25 Nov.
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      "RUBBER OUTLOOK BRIGHTER"
      276 6 iFrom Our Own Correspondent! j LONDON, Sun. THE Tubber outlook appears to be brighter than for some considerable time, state the rubber brokers. Gow, Wilson and Stanton in their monthly market Teview which •ints out fiat one of the dominant factors is that production and consumption this
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      WEEKLY MALAYAN SHARE MARKET REPORT
      617 6 WEEKLY MALAYAN SHARE MARKET REPORT From A Market Correspondent QUIET conditions prevailed on Malayan markets and only a moderate turnover was effected during the week. Industrials met a widening demand and were nearly all a turn or more better at the end. Particularly in request were Robinson Ordinary Gammon, Straits
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      RUBBER COSTS
      90 6 .'From Our Own Correspondent) LONDON, Sun. IN his annual statement to shareholders, Mr. R. F. Allmey, chairman of Strathisla (Perak) Rubber Estates Ltd., reoorts that the net sale price for the crop during the year was about ljd. per lb. under the previous yearV fljrme because of lower
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      338 6 LONDON, S'm. WHERE was the usual week JL end reluctance to enter into fresh commitments on the London Stock Exchange. Prices In several sections moved to slightly lower levels in sympathy with the trend of British Government stocks. Following were the closing middle prices or selected stocks w
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    Selangor CRC Score 3-0 Victory
    213 7 Selangor CRC Score 3-0 Victory From Our Staff Correspondent SEREMBAN, Sun THE Negri Sembilan and Selanpor 1 Chinese Recreation Clubs, triple champions In soccer competitions in their respective States this season, played a match in aid of the Malayan Chinese Associations Squatters' Resettlement Fund at Seremban today, the Selangor Chinese
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    C.S.C. MAKE SURE IN REPLAY
    359 7 Hornets Beaten 4 Goals To Nil IN a replay m the Singapore Hockey Association's knockout tournament, Ceylon Sports Club went all out and settled matters by beating the Hornets by four goals to nil on St. George's Road ground yesterday The C.S.C. were a much
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    RJIC Archery Team Win
    111 7 THE Royal Johore International Club beat the Singapore Gun Club by 374 points to 337 in an archery match held at the Gun Club range yesterday. Wilson Heng, who captained the Singapore team, returned the best Individual score of 206 out of a possible 840. The
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    Victoria Well Placed
    268 7 PERTH, Sun. r HEN stumps were drawn v.l the close of the second d^y's play in the Sheffield Shield match here. Victoria, with all their second innings wickets intact were 214 runs ahead of West Australia. West Australia. tacinß a t-ital of 259. were dismissed ye.sterdav for
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    JAVA TOURISTS WIN EASILY
    50 7 £)ISPLAYING as 1 1 y supe-ior tactics, the touring Java basketball men and women's teams scored convincing victories over the Siong 800 and Nam Klauw respectively las- night at the G-eat World. The Java men beat Siong 800 44 to 32, while the women won 35—13.
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    Monaveen Wins For Princess
    112 7 SURREY. Sun pRINCESS Elizabeth's steeplechaser, Monaveen, was a 15 lengths winner of the threemile Walton Oreen handicap chase run here yesterday afternoon. Starting 5-2 Joint jrcond favourite and ridden by Tony Graniham. Monaveen Jumped the last fence alonslde the French- bred Marre Salmiana who fell Heavily
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    MUAR SOCCER
    53 7 MUAR, Sun.— Seaforth Highlanders' HQ Co. drew with Muai Youngste/s two-all at soccer on the Club padang an Friday. First to score through Slow Meng, Ypungsters were two-one m arrears 'but a late minute goal by Jalll MaJJd .saw them save th« fint i I Fox scored both
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    Oxford, Cambridge Score Good Wins
    411 7 LONDON, Sunday. QXFORD and Cambridge Universities chalked up v Rugby wins on Saturday m their last games before the Varsity match at Twickenham on Dec. 6. Oxford put up a very impressive show m treuncing London Scottish 32—6, because the Scottish, with the' best pack
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    OXFORD FIFTEEN v. CAMBRIDGE
    103 7 LONDON. Sun. THREE English internationals, L. B. < annell. Clive van Kvneveld and J. M. Kendall Carpenter, and Jack Rotting, a New Zealand international cap, are included in the Oxford University XV to meet Cambridge University in the annual Rugby Union match at Twickenham on Dec.
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    41 7 The Singapore Women's Hockey Association toant a trophy for their knock-out competition (the first ever) which ends on Wednesday- Straits Times sports car' toonist, 'Tosh' thinks this is an opportunity for some gallant individual to earn the gratitude of the ladies
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    VARSITY TEAM TO MEET S.C.C.
    67 7 The Unlversi y of Malaya rugger XV to meet S.C.C. -B on tne padang today will be:— F. Morsingh: Yeo Beng Poh, McCoy, Ratnasabapathy, Ong Cheng Hooi; Hussein Osman. Wong Sze Fook V. de Bruin. Abdullah Majid. All Abdullah, Khalld. Mayo, Teong Ohee. Sintamoney, Sa'ad
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      84 7 W^^^^^^^M^^^^^^m SINGAPORE 10.00 News from Kuala Lumpur; 10.05 Close; 10.55 For (he Schools; 12 Programmes In Malay; 1.00 Monday Matinee; 1.30 News (also at 7 9.30) 2.00 Close; COO Programme Summary; 8.02 Light Music; 6 JO Hawaiian Melodies; 7.30 Movie Magazine; 8.00 World Affairs; 8.13 At Your Request; 9.00 Take
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      93 7 Station Opening; 6.03 light Music; 6.30 Dance Music; 7.15 Paul Weston and his Orchestra; 7.30 Swing Session; 8.00 World Affairs; 8.15 Kenneth Lovalt: 8.30 Whose Body?; 9.00 Record Review; 9.45 Report on Federal Legislative Council; 10.00 Dance Music; 10.30 Old Time; Dance Music; 11.00 Close. B. B. B. a. Including
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      86 7 10.15 'London Studio Melodies': 10.45 "The Jungle is Neutral'; 11.00 Music; 11.15 •Commonwealth Survey'; 11.30 News; 11.45 Evening Serenade'; 12.00 Close. AUSTRALIA 5.30 p.m. Composer of the Week; 6.00 Sonata Recital; 6.30 Overseas and Australian Naws (also at 8.30. 10 11); 7.00 Masters of the Piano; 7.30 Light Entertainment Show;
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    PENANG RALLY, BEAT TOURISTS
    478 8 PENANG RALLY, BEAT TOURISTS 2 Goals In Last Five Minutes From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Sunday. JN A GRAND rally m the last five minutes of play. Penan jj scored twice to beat the Indian football tourists by two goals to one m -a return game on the International club
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    56 8 MORTENSEN scores a beautiful goal for England against Ireland m the World Cup tie at Manchester on Nov. 16. England, who won by nine goal* to two, had earlier beaten Wales, and thus qualified for the opnioetition proper m Brazil next year. Scotland, who have also beaten Ireland and Wales,
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    S.S.C. Win 2 Water-polo Matches
    304 8 S.S.C. Win 2 Water-polo Matches BOTH water-polo teams of the Singapore Swimming Club won tneir fixtures against the Tiger Swimming Club in /friendly matches played at the Singapore Swimming Club pool yesterday. The "A" team won eighttwo, while "B" team won sixthree. Except for the first two minutes of the
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    M.C.F.A. TO PLAY INDIAN TOURISTS
    201 8 From Our SUff Correspondent IPOH, Sun. r)H is to be the renne of what promises to be one of the best soccer encounters this season when the Indian tourists meet a Malayan Chinese Football Association side on the Chinese Assemblj Hall ground on Tuesday, Dec.
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    Sports Diary
    37 8 HOCKEY TOURNEY: G.11.Q. FARELF v. R.A.F. Srmbawang at Tanglln. WOMEN'S HOCKEY: St C. T. WAAF. thangi, padang. HOCKEY FRIENDLY: SRC. t. Dutch Club, padang; Varsity v. Ceyloneae, Sepoy Lines. RUGBY: S.C.C. *B v. Variliy, padanr-
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    Commonwealth In Strong Position
    314 8 LAHORE, Sunday. T"HE Commonwealth cricket team had scored 327 1 for the loss 01 seven wickets when stumps were drawn yesterday in the second day's unofficial test match against Pakistan, whose first innings had realised 176. The feature of the day's batting was John Holt's undefeated
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    GSC OFFICIALS ELECTED
    93 8 THE Girls Sports Club held their annual general meeting at the S.R.C. on Saturday and the following were elected officebearers: President: Mr.s. O. A. Tessensohn; vice-president: Mrs. M. da Silva; hon. secretary: Mrs. K. Devlin; hon. treasurer: Miss L. de Souza; asst Hon. treasurer: Miss K. de
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    Miss Heng Regains Title
    216 8 Miss Heng Regains Title MISS Helen Heng, the Malayan women's singles badminton champion, won the Singapore women's title when she defeated Mrs. Ong Heng Kwee (Diehard) in straight sets of 11-7, 11-0 at the Clerical Union hall last night. Miss Heng, who lost the Singapore title last year to Mrs.
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    U.K. Soccer Results
    345 8 F.A. CUP FIRST DIVISION tslon Villa 1 Arsenal Blackpool 3 Manchester 1 8 Charltoa A, 0 Bolton W. Everton 2 Stoke C. 1 Kulhini 0 Derby Co. Huddrrsfield T. 1 Burnley Manchester C. Birmingham Middlesbrough 2 Chelsea 1 Newcastle li. 5 W. Bromwich Portsmouth 2 Sunderland S
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    U.K. Football League Tables
    668 8 LONDON, Sun. Football League standings after yes erday's matches were: FIRST DIVISION P W D L F A pts Liverpool 18 10 8 0 31 14 28 Man'ster U. 18 9 7 235)6 25 Arsenal 19 10 4 5 40 28 24 Wolves 18 9 6
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    NO SHOCKS IN F.A. CUP OPENING TIES
    394 8 LONDON, Sunday. r rms year the Football Association Cup failed to 1 produce the customary shocks in the 34 first round matches played yesterday. All seven of the remaining amateur clubs, Bromley, Leytonstone. Tilbury. Wealdstone, Gilllngham S.R., Romford and Walthamstow, were knocked out,
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    NEW RECORD FOR SHOTPUT
    128 8 NEW RECORD FOR SHOT PUT CAMBRIDGE. Sun— John Savidge, g Royal Marines corporal created a new British ihot put record of 51 ft. 4tt iiw. when competing for the Empire Games team against a combined Oxford and Cambridge side here yesterday. Savidge's magnificent eflort broke his own previous British record
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    Australians Hit Out: 306 For 3
    215 8 Australians Hit Out: 306 For 3 BLOEMFONTEIN. Sun. T^HL Australian cricket tourx ists severely punished the opposing attack for nearly three hours before rain forced an early close on the first day of their three-day match with Orange Free State and Basutoland here yesterday. When stumps were drawn shortly after
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    EXHIBITION GOLF AT ISLAND CLUB
    76 8 JACKETS are now on sale JL at Robinson's and G. H. Cafe for the exhibition golf matches in which the Australian professionals Norman von Nida and Peter Thomson, and American Dick Metz will play at the Island Club on Wednesday, starting at 4.15 p.m. Tickets
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    Liverpool Set Up Post-war Record
    317 8  -  JIM CHAMBERS By LONDON, Sunday. IVERPOOL, the leaders of the First Division of the English Football League, set a post-war record yesterday in playing 18 games from the start of the series without being defeated. L;\erpool came through <t tough test in drawing cne-all with
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