The Straits Times, 16 November 1950

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    17 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1950 TEN CENTS
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    300 REDS DIE IN AIR STRIKE
    302 1 300 REDS DIE IN AIR STRIKE Two-Mile Gain By U.S. Troops TOKYO, Wednesday. piFTH Air Force fighters and light bombers made a surprise strike far behind the United Nations lines today, killing 300 by-passed Communists and destroying a Red command post at Kumhwa, just north of the 38th Parallel near
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    CHINESE ENVOYS FLY TO NEW YORK
    220 1 CHINESE ENVOYS FLY TO NEW YORK LAKE SUCCESS. Wed. A CHINESE Communist delegation of nine is flying to New York to press before the United Nations China's charge that the United States has committed aggression in Formosa. To allow them time to re ich New York, the Western i nureed
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    TWO ELECTED
    30 1 WASHINGTON. Wed— Sir Ralph Enfield, of Britain, has been elected first vice-chair-man of the Food and Agricultural Organisation U Myat Tun. of Burma, was elected second vice-chairman. Renter
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    $225,000 CHARGE
    31 1 The cashier and bill collector oi Ban Hock Leon? Oil Mills was arrested by the Singapore C.I.D. yesterday afternoon on a charge of criminal breach of trust of $225,000.
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    LABOUR WIN
    25 1 HAIFA, Wed.— The Government Labour Party received 33 per rent of votes in the municipal elections here, more than any other Party. A.P
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    NO ASIA TALKS ON KOREA
    150 1 NO ASIA TALKS ON KOREA NEW DELHI, Wed. THE Prime Minister of India, Pandit Nehru, told the Indian Parliament today that his Government did not think "world questions" like Korea could be decided by an Asian conference. He had been asked whether the Government had considered calling such a conference
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    TANKS 'DOUBLED'
    24 1 LONDON. Wed.— The War Minister. Mr. Strachey, said yesterday that British tank production will be "more than doubled" as quickly as possible—A.P.
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    'NAVY GROWING'
    24 1 PEARL HARBOUR. Wed.— American naval power in the Pacific is growing steadily the Navy Secretary, Mr. Francis P. Matthews, said— A P
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    WEAVER WEDS
    37 1 TOKYO. Wed. Frank Loyal Weaver, Australian exserviceman now serving a one-year prison term for illegal entry into Japan, was today married to Sachiko Kitakawa in a 15-minute ceremony at the Seikokai Church of Toyko.— ReuterAAP.
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    French Strike Back At Vietminh Reds
    196 1 NAMDINH. (Indo-China), Wednesday. pRENCH troops, supported by artillery and aircraft, struck back at Communist Vietminh rebels in the southern Tonkin delta yesterday capturing three rebel villages and driving a wedge into a previously impenetrable Communist stronghold north of Namdinh. The rebels suffered at least
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    RUBBER MEN TO SEE O.A.G.
    251 1 RUBBER MEN TO SEE O.A.G. From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. A JOINT deputation of representatives of the United Planting Association of Malaya, the Malayan Estate Owners' Association and the Malayan Smallholders' Association, will meet the Officer Administering the Government, Mr. S.W.P. Foster-Sutton, at the end of this week
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    OIL EXPLOSIONS
    33 1 PORT ARTHUR, Texas, Wed. Seven explosions rocked a large gulf of a oil company refinery here today, injuring three men, one critically, and starting fires which blazed for five hours. Reuter.
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    'RICE SURPLUS'
    20 1 SAN FRANCISCO Wed.— Communist China, which had a disastrous famine last year, now claims a rice surplus. A.P.
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    Chinese Reds Enter Burma
    58 1 RANGOON, Wed. (MIINESE Communist deJ tachments have penetrated 50 miles into north Burma and are at present approaching the country's northernmost city ol Putao, the Rangoon Daily Burmese newspaper icith the largest circulation, reported today. The paper said frontier authorities sent a message to the government
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    MILITARY SENTRY SHOT AT
    178 1 MILITARY SENTRY SHOT AT THE "alert" alarm was raised at Pulau Brani early yesterday morning when shots were exchanged between a military sentry and a "dark figure' 1 on the beach. Bullet holes were found on the sentry's cap and boots. Singapore police searched the scene of the shooting and
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    SCHUMAN 'NO' TO SOVIET
    53 1 PARIS. Wed. French Foreign Minister Robert Schuman said that France favoured a Big Four meeting aimed at a general settlement with Russia. But he rejected recent Soviet proposals as the basis for such talks. France would join them only if they were not limited to demilitarization
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    AID AGREEMENT
    18 1 MANILA, Wed. America will give the Philippines $250,000,000 economic aid under an agreement signed today.— Reuter-AAP.
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    Weeping mother is told: 'I have made my choice'
    517 1 DRAMATIC MEETING IN RANGOON ROAD HOME A FTER eight years' separation, Mrs. Adeline Hertogh and her 13-year-old daughter, Bertha Maria, met in Mr. M. A. Majid's house in Rangoon Road, Singapore yesterday morning and disagreed; It was a dramatic meeting during
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    'DEAR SANTA'
    49 1 COPENHAGEN, Wed. Postmen at Copenhagen's main post office are working overtime with more than 20.000 letters from children from all over the Englishspeaking world addressed to "Santa Claus." The Danish Tourist Association will see that Santa sends all the children a Christmas greeting and a present. A.P.
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    Thorez In Moscow
    27 1 LONDON, Wed. Maurice Thorez, French Communist leader, who is believed to have had paralytic stroke, has arrived in Moscow for treatment. Moscow radio said.
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    Wheat For India
    26 1 LONDON, Wed.— Two wheat ships which were to have sailed for Britain will be loaded for India instead to combat a food shortage.
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    SOLDIERS HELP MOTORISTS
    122 1 THE heavy rain yesterday afternoon flooded parts of Buklt Timah Road, Cluny Road and Orchard Road. In the worst areas water rose to more than a foot. Cars reaching tht Bth mile Bukit Timah Road near the R.A.S.C. Base Workshops, where the water was very high, were
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    MARIA TALKS TO HER MOTHER — AFTER EIGHT YEARS
    63 1 MARIA TALKS TO HER MOTHER AFTER EIGHT YEARS TWO DRAMATIC PICTURES taken at yesterday's meeting of Mrs. Adeline Hertogh and her daughter. Maria (Nadra). Left Mrs. Hertogh scolds Maria: "Why did you say you did not want to see me?" Right, Maria replies: "I am not going away from here
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    'UNITE EUROPE WITHOUT U.K.'
    49 1 PARIS. Wed. Two French ex-Premiers, M. Reynatd and M. Bidault, today advocated uniting Europe without Britain. Reflecting the views of some 300 Deputies, they urged that the only way to overcome British hostility to a united Europe was to act quickly, even without Britain." Reuter.
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    Express Crashes
    20 1 OSLO. Wed.— Twenty people were killed or injured today when an express collided with a freight wagon. U.P.
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    TRUMAN ORDERS MORE AID
    91 1 TRUMAN ORDERS MORE AID WASHINGTON. Wed. It >- sident Truman has ordered Government agencies to begin blueprinting a new mult.lbillion dollar foreign aid programme to offer Congress in January. News of the move co;'io out as lawmakers indicated that a searching review of foreign aid programme military nnl economic will
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    MUNGYAT ARRIVES IN KOREA
    46 1 BRUSSELS. Wed.— The International Confederation of Free Tradf Unions, whose headquarters arc in Brussels, today announced that Us Asian representative. Dayan Munyyat. has arrived in Korea from Singapore Mungyat has been assigned to resume contact with Wu» Korean free trade unions.— A.P.
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    Mr. EDE, UNDER FIRE, SAYS 'NO APOLOGIES'
    262 2 Mr. EDE, UNDER FIRE, SA YS 'NO APOLOGIES LONDON, Wednesday. TH E British Government came under fire from both Conservative and Labour M.P.s yesterday for its handling of the Sheffield Peace Congress. Mr. Chuter Ede, the Home Secretary, told the House of Cqpamons that security men at ports and airfields
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    THEY MAY BE STRANDED
    77 2 CANBERRA Wed. Australian delegates to the Warsaw Peace Congress who defy their Government's instructions not to travel to Poland, may be stranded abroad without passports, it was learned authoritatively today. The Immigration Minister, Mr. Harold Holt, is believed to have instructed officials to examine the legal
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    NAVAL CHIEF OF WEST DEFENCE
    33 2 VICE-ADMIRAL Robert Jaujard, Flag Officer of the Western Union defence force inspecting the naval guard of honour at the Royal Air Station at St. Merryn, Cornwall.— Reuter picture.
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    UN WATCH TO CONTINUE
    74 2 LAKE SUCCESS, Wed.— The United Nations Special Committee on the Balkans obtained an extension yesterday on its watchdog activities along Greece's northern frontier because of a continued threat to Greece from her Soviet bloc neighbours. The General Assembly's main political committee voted 52 to six for
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      Marchioness Must Pay For 4 a.m. Accident
      271 2 'JpE Dowager Marchioness of Milford-Haven, aunt of the Duke of Edinburgh, was fined 12,000 francs at Grasse, Prance, and ordered Lo deposit 350,000 francs to cover damages suffered by an Italian farmer who was knocked down by her car over a year ago.
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      FILM CASE: NO ACTION
      86 2 PARIS, Wed.— A French Judge ruled yesterday that Roberto Rossellini's fight with RKO Studios about the distribution of the film Stromboll is outside his scope. The Italian film director appealed to Judge Jean Ausset to nominate a court administrator to control the film's distribution and receipts
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      EGYPTIAN TREATY
      34 2 LAKE SUCCESS, Wed. A British spokesman said today that Britain has no knowledge of reported plans by Egypt to abrogate the 1936 Anglo-Egyptian treaty, which still has six years to run.— UP.
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      NEHRU 61
      14 2 NEW DELHI, Wed.— Pandit Nehru, Indian Prime Minister, as 61 yesterday. Reuter.
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    MUSEUM MISSING COFFINS MYSTERY
    73 2 LONDON. Wednesday. UOMCE arc trying to clear up a mystery of missing Ror--n rofnns at the British Museum. Thr /fGns, made of lead, and fragments of caskets dn' back to Roman times, hare disappeared from :hc asement of the Museum building:. The >ss was discovered tlnrlnr
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      1139 2 NOTICES EDUCATION NOTICE lwo new Regional Scnoo* win accept registration (or admisstcn In January 1951 to clasaw from Primary I to Standard IV beginning from Monday. 20th November until Friday, 24th November 1950 between 8 a.m. and 1 pm. riv** 1 •chools are situated as follows:— (a)) Braddell Rise School
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    '300,000 DENIED RIGHTS IN S. AFRICA'
    267 3 '300,000 DENIED RIGHTS IN S. AFRICA' India's Charges Before U.N. LAKE SUCCESS, Wednesday. TNDIA accused South Africa yesterday of "racial arrogance" through her policy of total segregation, and alleged that she violated basic United Nations principles. The accusation reopened a four-year-old dispute between the two member-countries of the British Commonwealth
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    Low Neck, Fig Leaf Morality
    135 3 ROME. Wed. EYEBROWS were raised in amber of Deput lay over the low ■eckline ol a woman's dress. an.-; aluminium fi« leaves on i]'j t. re male statues lea referred to the d> neckline worn iij; evening last July in a R lurant by Sigi
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    GREECE—TITO AGREEMENT
    41 3 GREECE— TITO AGREEMENT Wed Greek tor. Mr. Sophoi revealed jresteri Greece will allow transit through the B i free zone of food to YugoslaMr. Venizalos added that in ilavia has agreed Greece military prisoners taken i during the civil I A.P.
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    LIBYA TO BE FREE
    20 3 LONDON. Wed— Libya. It-pre-war "colony, will become an independent United Nations-sponsored state oc Nov. 25 A.P.
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    MORE PAY STRIKE
    20 3 ROME, Wed. Factory v.orkers throughout Italy began a four-hour general itrike yesterday. They want pay increases.— UP.
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    Leader Of Assassins Shot Dead
    124 3 Leader Of Assassins Shot Dead CARACAS. Wed. RAFAEL Simon Urbina. leader of the armed yrot:p which assasslna'ed Lieutei.jr; Colon:] Carlos Delgado Chalbaud. head of the three-man junta which rules Venezuela, was shot dead in a fight witn a prison guard yesierday. A Government announcement said Urbina had sought refuge in
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    U.S.I. 'Menacing'On New Guinea
    252 3 U.S.I. 'Menacing' On New Guinea CANBERRA, Wednesday. VIR. Athol Townley yesterday suggested in the iTI House of Representatives that Australia should raise the question of Dutch New Guinea before the United Nations. He said it was time steps were taken to restrain President Soekarno, "who is getting more arrogant and
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    SIAMESE AND SWISS
    32 3 uaamiu, i-uraiai Povlthaypi of the Siamese Army and Colonel Franz Wey, Deputy Chief of the Swiss General Staff. Two Siamese officers are studying: the Swiss defence forces. A.P. picture.
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    BRITAIN TO CONTINUE DOLLAR RESTRICTIONS
    189 3 BRITAIN TO CONTINUE DOLL A R RESTRICTIONS LONDON, Wed. j\/]R. Hugh Gaitskell, Chancellor of the Exchequer, said last night that Britain will continue to conserve dollars despite the recommendation of the International Monetary Fund that she can now relax dollar import restrictions. Mr. Gaitskell said Britain must have regard to
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    NEW GOVERNOR OF JAMAICA
    62 3 LONDON, Wed.— Mr. Hugh Mackintosh Foot, Chief Secretary of Nigeria, has been appointed Captain-General and Governor-in-Chief of Jamaica Mr. James Griffiths, Secretary of State for the Colonies, announced yesterday. He succeeds Sir John Huggins, who left Jamaica last September on six months' retirement leave. Mr. Foot
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    TALKS ON GRAIN
    34 3 GENEVA. Wed— The Soviet Union sent its Deputy Minister of Foreign Trade, Mr. Sergei Borisov, to discuss a major grain agreement with western Europe at a 2i-na-tlsn conference at Geneva AJP.
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    VIETNAM GUARD
    38 3 LMPEROR Bao Dai of Vietnam on arrival at Dalat, pleasant mountain city 140 miles from Saigon, where he maintains his headquarters. He is accompanied by Vietnamese Premier Tran Ven-huu, reviewing a guard of honour. A.P. picture.
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    Rebels 14 Miles From Katmandu
    262 3 NEW DELHI, Wednesday. RATIONALIST forces battling Nepal's autocratic 11 Government have captured a town only 14 miles from Katmandu, the capita], the Calcutta newspaper, The Statesman, said yesterday. The town is Amlekhanj. I The dispatch, filed by a Statesman correspondent touring Nepal, said a minor
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    POLICE IN PHONE STRIKE SCUFFLE
    89 3 PHILADELPHIA, Wed JTOR 45 minutes yesterday there was a push-and-shov e struggle between 150 pickets and police outside the strike-bound Bell Telephone Company exchange. A thin line of 25 policemen broke twice, but held against a third surge by the pickets to halt 13 operators
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    Tibet Peace Claims 'False'
    217 3 Tibet Peace Claims 'False NEW DELHI, Wed. AN Indian Government spokesman said today that reports from Lhasa confirmed that the Chinese Communist drive towards the Tibetan capital has "slowed down", but he said that claims of an agreement between the Tibetan Government and Peking "are entirely false". The spokesman added
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    PROTEST TO INDONESIA
    61 3 JAKARTA, Wed.— The Chinese Communist Ambassador, Mr. Wang Ten-shu, has accused the Indonesian Government of deliberately delaying the establishment of Chinese consulates in key cities. It is understood that the Indonesian Government maintains that consulates can be established only after registration of the Chinese population is completed.
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    ASIA NEEDS FLOW OF FOREIGN CAPITAL
    227 3 QTA NEW YORK, Wednesday. A SIA will need about $1,000,000,000 ol foreign capital a year over the next five to six years to meet essential requirements of economic development. Dr. P. S. Lokanathan, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission fo? As?a and
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      135 3 H^/*Ji^ J&jA Jj f I I MADE ,N MOT R ST CK RANGE ENGLAND up TQ 1(K) Hp •s J ADVT OF THE CENERAL ELECTRIC CO LTD OF ENC« AND SINCAPORE MALACCA KUALA IuMPUK 'INANC CAPITOL-Saturday ffl'nite The picture below shows the explosion of 625 TONS OF &OMBS dropped by
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    Penang May Cable Protest On New Duty To London
    281 4 Penang May Cable Protest On New Duty To London From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG Wed. TO back up any move x which may be made in the House of Commons to oppose the increased duty on Malayan rubber exports, the Penang Rubber Exchange may cable the Secretary of State for
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    JOINT RUBBER PROTEST
    74 4 TMIE joint protest of the X Singapore Chinese and Indian Chambers of Commerce against the proposed increase in the rubber export duty was forwarded to both the Singapore and Federation Governments yesterday in the form of a memorandum The memorandum was drawn up by a sub-com-mittee of
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    R.C. Settlers Get Church In Camp
    318 4 VIORE than 100 Kheh Chinese Roman Catholics gathered yesterday morning to dedicate a. church. The church, of timber and attap, is in the resettlement camp at the 33rd mile Johore BahruAver Hitam road and which the settlers have christened "Free Town". It is the
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    WOMAN GAOLED
    50 4 From Our Staff Correspondent KAJANG. Wed.— A woman rubber tapper. Wan Kien aged 26, was sentenced to one year's imprisonment at Kajang Sessions for being In unlawful possession of three katis of scrap rubber valued at $3. Wan Kien admitted having the rubber on West Country estate, Kajang.
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    SENT TO PRISON
    33 4 Ifom Our Own Correspodent JOHORE BAHRU, Wed Bu Yin was sentenced to six weeks' imprisonment for unlawful possession of two sheets of rubber, at Sungai Dangar, Galan Patah, South Johore.
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    SQUATTER CHURCH
    41 4 SQUATTER WOMEN (upper) who formed part of the congregation at the dedication of their Roman Catholic Church at Free Town, Johore, yesterday. LOWER: The Church was built by voluntary labour aided by a Johore Government donation. Straits Times pictures.
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    MAXWELL HITS AT DUTY
    140 4 MAXWELL HITS AT DUTY LONDON, Wed. STRONG criticism of the Federation Government for imposing the new rubber duty is made by Sir George Maxwell, a former Chief Secretary to the F.M.S. Government, in a letter to The Times. By its action in selecting for penalisation the only industry in which
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    '1,400 Planters Are Holding Malaya'
    247 4 '1,400 Planters Are Holding Malaya LONDON, Wednesday. OIR SYDNEY PALMER, a former rubber leader in Malaya, said yesterday that there are 1,400 men in the front line in Malaya's rubber plantations, and if these men threw their hands in, Britain could say goodbye to Malaya. Sir Sydney was commenting on
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    TINS OF MILK CHARGE: FINED
    61 4 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed.— Othman bin Abdul Rahman, of Ulu Tiram, was fined $75, in default two weeks' imprisonment, for assisting In disposing of 12 tins of condensed milk which he had reason to believe were stolen. On a similar charge in respect of 45 tins
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    TIN INDUSTRY SURVEY URGED
    135 4 I rnni Our Staff Con cspondrnt KI'ALA LUMPUR, Wed. MOTION calling: upon the Federation Government to make a comprehensive surrey of the tin mining industry without delay and to prepare a policy whereby tb* Xuture prospects of the industry will be assured will be introduced at
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    FEDERATION TRADE UNIONS INCREASE BUT FEWER MEN
    404 5 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. 30,000 trade unionists in the Federation ceased to be members last year even although the number of registered trade unions increased by seven and there is no strong 'ing to stimulate an increase in membership. Figures
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    Godown Guards Start Work
    198 5 TWO Malays from kampongs in Malacca were 1 among the first batch of 96 anti-sabotage godown guards to be posted for duty outside 12 godowns and warehouses in various parts of Singapore yesterday morning. Abdul Hadi bin Awal and Mohamed bin Sabudin, both aged 25, will
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    19 5 GROUP CAPTAI..' M. H Kelly who has been appointed A.O.C. Malaya's personal representative at Advanced Air Headquarters, Kuala Lumpur,
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    U.S. Offers Study Trips
    125 5 qnHE United States Information Servioe invites applications from Malayans for ten grants for study in the United States next year. These grants wHI give selected students round-trip travel, tuition and a monthly maximum allowance of $150 In American money. Applicants must regard Malaya as their homeland.
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    FOR HAGUE TALKS
    44 5 The Secretary-General of tihe Netherlands Indonesian Union, Dr. A. K. Pringgodigdo, passed through Singapore yesterday by KLM plane to attend the second Conference of Ministers at the Hague. Other Indonesian officials to the conference are expected to pass through Singapore tomorrow.
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    DOCTOR OFF TO A NEW LIFE
    146 5 DOCTOR OFF TO A NEW LIFE OFF yesterday on board the kfaetsuycker to start life afresh in Australia was Polish-born Dr. M. G Ciezar. wnose wife was killed in Warsaw while he served as a major in the British Royal Army Medical Corps. Dr. Ciezar came to Malaya five years
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    'Army' Member, Say Police
    97 5 PENANG. Wed.— Originally charged with possessing a receipt issued by the underground "Malayan National Liberation Army," Law Seong Hoe claimed trial in the Sessions Court today to an amended charge of being a member of an unlawful society. He was alleged to have been a member
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    Singapore Diary
    144 5 V.M.C.A.: Tennis tournament 5 p.m.; Commercial classes 5.30 p.m.; Billiards tournament 6 p.m.; Leaders' gymnastics class 6 p.ni table-tennis lournament 7 p.m.; Week ol Prayer meej^ng 8 p.m. V.M.C.A.: Billiards tournament ties: J.W.P. Cook vs C. Higgins; G.'i-ald Williams vs Lim Hock Leong: 8 p.m. V W.C..V Fnnch
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    CLERKS ASK FOR TRIBUNAL
    122 5 I inn Our Staff Correspondrnt KUALA LUMPUR, Wed The Federation of Government, Administrative and Clerical Unions is asking the Government to set up an arbitration tribunal simultaneously with the negotiations for a revision o f salaries. The President, Mr. M. Arokiasamy. explained in a letter to
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    MacDONALD LEAVES FOR S'PORE TODAY
    133 5 LONDON, Wednesday. \|R. Malcolm Mac Donald .British CommissionerGeneral for South-East Asia, will leave London by air for Singapore early on Thursday. He returned to London last night from Paris after weekend talks on the war against Communism in South-East Asia with M. Jean Letourneau, French
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    SCHOOL AGREES
    35 5 IPOH— Wed.— The Management Committee of Yuk Choy Chinese School, Ipoh, has decided to accept $564 compensation from Government for damage caused when an RAF plane accidently dropped a rocket over the school.
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    Courageous Effort, Says Co-op Chief
    196 5 THE Commissioner for Co-operative Development, 1 Singapore, Mr. T. F. Carey, describes the building schemes undertaken by the Singapore Government Servants' Co-operative Housing Society as "a courageous effort". In a message published in the society's first anniversary souvenir, Mr. Carey states that co-operative methods have
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    Too 'Gloomy' For Him In Ipoh
    80 5 From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH, Wed. fcECAUSE he found it "very gloomy" in Ipoh, a young Malay constable deserted and went back to rubber tapping in his kampong in Parit. He was sentenced to two months' imprisonment in the police court today. The man
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    TALK BY STAR
    45 5 From Our Staff Correspondrnt KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— The Chinese film actress. Miss Tze Loh Lin, will talk to Kuala Lumpur Rotarians at their weekly lunch on Tuesday. This week Mr. AW. Hodges, of the Income Tax Department, gave his impressions of Australia.
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    Gaol For Second Hand Dealer
    220 5 Gaol For Second Hand Dealer TAN Kok Teng, a 42-year-old second hand dealer, who was charged with criminal breach of trust of a cheque for $1,200 entrusted to him by Peter Robinson, a Singapore businessman, was yesterday convicted by the Singapore Fourth Police magistrate, Mr. P. Claque, and sentenced to
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    Citizenship For 124,900
    68 5 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. A GOVERNMENT statement in Kuala Lumpur today says that 124,903 Federal citizenship certificates have been issued up to Sept. 30. Of these, 46,141 were issued in Perak, 15,034 in Negri Sembilan, 14,829 in Johore, 14,570 in Penang. No Federal citizenship
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    EX-BOXER & SON INJURED
    50 5 EX-BOXER SON INJURED From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Wed. When "Speedy" Hassan, former lightweight boxing champion of Penang, was riding a bicycle with his 10-year-old son Tommy on the bar they collided with a bus yesterday. Both were taken to hospital, where they were reported to be making satisfactory progress.
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Thurs. Nov. 16, 1950. Basten And Foulger
    684 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Thurs. Nov. 16, 1950. Basten And Foulger Two men who have rendered outstanding service to Singapore are saying goodbye this week. They are Mr. Henry Basten, who has been the chairman of the Harbour Board since the liberation, and Mr. R. E. Foulger, who has commanded
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    Malayan Visas For China
    442 6 The extent to which Chinese public opinion has been aroused by the new visa regulations was revealed to ihe general public by the meeting held in Singapore at the week-end at which every important association and guild of the Chinese population was represented. There appears to
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    A NEW APPROACH TO THE EMERGENCY
    731 6 A NEW APPROACH TO THE EMERGENCY Peking, Formosa And Malaya (From A Correspondent) yyiLL the emergency ever be wound up? It never will unless the British Government realises that the emergency is essentially a Chinese problem which can be solved only in th e Chinese way. Does the Government treat
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    In the Municipal lobbies
    676 6  -  i Bv CIVITAS ■pOR almost a year Mr. T. P. F. McNelce, the former Secretary lor Social Welfare, has held the reins of the Singapore Municipality as its President. Yet he is still described in official circles as acting President. Reports have it that Mr. McNeice
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      The Chinese Visa
      183 6 I SUPPORT your views in respect of the recent protest against the new, discriminatory visa rules instituted by the Governments of Singapore and the Federation of Malaya To my knowledge a good percentage of local-born Chinese have left Malaya armed only with Certificates of Admission. This is
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      TALE OF A TIGER
      67 6 rE story of the tiger In Raffles Hotel billiards rown (which was on the Bras Basah Road side) is quite true. The tiger was shot by Mr. C. M. Phillips, a Queen's Scholar who was assistant principal of Raffles Institution and who was retired as principal.
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      Forced Prayers In Kuala Pilah
      85 6 IREAD with wonder that many of our brethren in Kuala Pilah have been fined 9% each by the Kathl for just absenting themselves from Friday congregation prayers. Congregation p r a y c r s should be attended with willingness. The Kathi should be aware
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      "OUR LADY OF FATIMA"
      138 6 A LETTER headed "Kissing The Statue" on Tuesday referred to the kissing of the statue of Our Lady of Fatima as unhygienic. Does the writer realise that the vessel from which he drinks his morning coffee in a coffeeshop. the chopsticks which he puts into his
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    On the Margin
    453 6 r.rony Stories EWER since I let the crows start cawing in this column the damned birds simply refuse to shut up and let me write about something else A reader has now sent me an article from the Reader's Digest, condensed from Nature Magazine, which shakes my
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    GOVT. WORKS ON PAY SCHEME FOR U.K. DOCTORS
    333 7 GOVT. WORKS ON PAY SCHEME FOR U.K. DOCTORS 12 Vacancies In Spore Hospitals J*HE Singapore Government is working on a salary scheme for doctors who may be transferred from the National Health Service in the United Kingdom to the Colony. This was stated by Dr. R. D. Gross, Deputy Director
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    THEY MARRIED IN SINGAPORE YESTERDAY
    75 7 TWO SINGAPORE WEDDINGS: Left. Miss Doreen Aida Turner and Mr. Arthur Sydney Vernoit after their wedding a t St. Andrew's Cathedral yesterday. The bride arrived I.*?* Jl 1« m two day a for the wed d>ng. Canon R. K. S. Adams offi- r™a'si*ru a a
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    COLONY GUIDE BOOK FOR SAILORS
    234 7 COLONY GUIDE BOOK FOR SAILORS ;A COMPREHENSIVE <A 88-page guide book on Singapore has Just made its appearance and will be issued free to sailors calling at this port. The book is compiled by Mr A. C. WrllLs assistant su. pcrintendent of the Singapore Marine Hostel. Its 88 pages are
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    Rotary Flags Exchanged
    54 7 Flags of the Singapore and Ham.burjs Rotary Clubs were yesterday exchanged at the weekly luncheon meeting of Singapore Rotarians. Mr. H. T. L Partels-Troje. o! the Hamburg Rotary Club, presented his club's flag to Mr Yap Pheng Geek, president of Singapoore Rotary. Mr. Yao latei presenter! the
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    'Will Tackle Flood Problem'
    160 7 'Will Tackle Flood Problem' MR. M. P. D. Nair. Labour candidate in the South Ward in the coming Municipal elections, in his election mainfesto says that owing to the lack of a Labour Commissioner in their ward "they had not benefited to any exMr. Nair said that the South Ward
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    BOUND OVER
    45 7 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU. Wed.— Peh Boon Kah, a labourer working on the construction of the BBC Station at Plentonq, who was charged here with possession of chandu, was bound over in $100 to be of good behaviour for six months.
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    EMERGENCY MEETING
    77 7 An emergency general meeting of the Stamford Club (graduate body of the former Raffles College) will be held at the Teachers' Common Room. Raffles Institution Singapore on Saturday, at 3 p.m. The meeting has been called to discuss the latest draft memorandum of the PanMalayan Council of the
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    INDIAN STABBED
    26 7 An Indian food seller was stabbed by three Chinese in a coffee-shop in Serangoon Road last night. He was taken to the General Hospital.
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    $5,000 Theft Hidden By Curtain
    101 7 $5,000 Theft Hidden By Curtain JEWELLERY and cash worth $5,000 were stolen from a carpet and curio shop. The Old Capital, Stamford Road, Singapore, early yesterday. A thick curtain was said to have been hung In front of the shop to hide the men while they cut a hole round
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    Xmas Party For Lepers
    46 7 THE annual Christmas x party for Singapore lepers will be held at Trafalgar Home. Yio Chu Kang, on Dec. 30 Gifts may be left at the Y.W.C.A.. Raffles Quay, Miss J. Kilgour, of the Leper Welfare Committee, told the Straits Times yesterday.
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    REME TO THE RESCUE
    69 7 OERVICEMEN from the R. E. •J M.E. workshop at the sixth mile Bukit Timah Road, Singapore, again went to the rescue when heavy rain during yesterday's lunch hour flooded several miles of the road. Residents near fifth milestone suffered the worst. The road there was at
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    Y.W.C.A. Centre For Poor Women Soon
    206 7 By Our Woman Correspondent A Y.W.C.A. centre for underprivileged women will be built soon, Miss D. C. Greene, general secretary of the Singapore Y.W.C.A., told the Straits Times yesterday. "We have just received a letter from Mr. J A Harvey the Commissioner of Lands,
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    2 FOUGHT OVER DEBT, FINED
    45 7 Two Teochews, Khoo Tee What and Ng Liat Seng, were fined $1 each In the Singapore Second Police Court yesterday for fighting In Kirn Yam Road. The fight, it was stated, was ovpt a debt, which had since been settled.
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    YWCA Stage Pageant
    84 7 MEMBERS of the Singapore Y.W.C.A., with the help of a friend. Gordon Moelcher, of Wesley Guild, tool: part in a pageant, "Light in the Wind,' 1 at Raffles Quay, yesterday. The pageant, written by Lucilr McGregor Campbell and directed by Miss Mabel Mitchell, depicts Christian women all
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    CALL TO H.K. 'VERY CLEAR'
    188 7 CALL TO H.K. 'VERY CLEAR' JM[R. Chean Wai Kwong the manager of Chop Tai Tung Company, a firm of importers and Exporters in South Bridge Road, Singapore was the first caller on the Malaya-Hong Kong telephone service which was inaugurated yesterday. Mr. Chean. who spoke for nearly 10 minutes to
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    ROTAN FOR 'BAD HAT'
    68 7 A Ptmjabl, Snaii Ali bin Kadir Rashi. an estate labourer, of Johore, In the Singapore First District Court yesterday was sentenced to 12 strokes of the heavy rotan and a year's imprisonment for causing grievous hurt to Hajiman blnte Ibrahim, with a knife at an hotel.
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    CONCERT BY MALAYS
    75 7 HPHE art section of the Singapore Malay Teachers' Union will hold a concert towards the end of December. Inche Gu Abdul Rahman bin Haji Mohamed Said, president of the union, told the Straits Times yesterday that the concert would be the first serious post-war attempt of Malay
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    EX-SOLDIER CHARGED
    42 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed.— Joharl bin Sikat, an ex-sofldier, claimed trial here today on a charge of "harbouring perfumery, cosmetics and playing cards" valued at $1,016 on which there was no proof that duty had been paid. Further hearing wu adjourned.
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    'Will Help Create Criminal Class'
    339 7 INDISCRIMINATE' GAOL SENTENCES CRITICISED BY APPEAL JUDGE rtECLARING that indiscriminate gaol sentences In 17 traffic cases merely helped to create a criminal class of people, the Chief Justice, Sir Charles Murray-Aynsley, yesterday fined two traffic offenders who appealed against their prison sentences. His Lordship made
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    Explosion Destroys Latex Tank
    78 7 Explosion Destroys Latex Tank Fro thousand gallons of latex valued at $14,000 was destroyed yesterday afternoon when a latex tank in Cressonite Industries, Paslr Panjang, Singapore, exploded. A 22-year-old labourer Llm Yam Chua was taken to hospital with head and body injuries. He was covered with latex from head to
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    'MOST UNIONS FAVOUR T.U.C.'
    257 7 'MOST UNIONS FAVOUR T.U.C.' T<HE majority of trade unions in Singapore are in favour of the early establishment of a Trade Union Congress, says a report circulated to local trade unions yesterday by the interim committee of the T.U.C. The committee was set up in September to explore the possibility
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    'Death' Plot, 2 Cleared
    101 7 J_)HANAPAL and Govinclasamy. two Tamils, who were charged before the Criminal Assizes at the High Court before Mr. Justice Evans and a common j with abetting the murder ot a man named Chota Bai. "a,n offence not committed", v yesterday acquitted. Dhanapal and Govindasamy, who were
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    H.K. Mission IN S'pore For Trade Talks
    202 8 H.K. Mission IN S'pore For Trade Talks ATHREE-man trade mission representing Chinese manufacturers in Hong Kong arrived in Singapore yesterday afternoon from Bangkok for talks with the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and other commercial organisations to stimulate trade between Hong Kong and Malaya. The mission consists of Mr. Y.
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    37 8 LADY MARY CAMBRIDGE, 26-year-old second cousjn of the King, cutting the cake after her marriage at Newmarket to Mr. Peter Wh itley, only son of Sir Norman Whitley, a former Chief J ustice of Malaya. Reuter picture.
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    Funeral Of Officer
    148 8 THE funeral of Mr. O. W. B. Cain. British police officer, who was killed by bandits in Johore on Tuesday, took place at Bidadari Cemetery. Singapore, yesterday. The Hew W. B Ea!es conducted 'he service. Present were. Mr. P. H. Jackson C.P.O Johore; Mr. Masefleld. deputy C.P.0.;
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    'I WAS ILL' PLEA
    80 8 From Oii; Own (orrespondrnt JOHORE BAHRU. Wed.— When Timang bin Diaman, a special constable, was charged at Johore Bahru with absenting himself from duty he pleaded that he was ill and had sent a letter to his superior officer. As he appeared to be ill. the
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    CRIMINAL RECORD BEGAN AT 13
    86 8 Fr«m Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Wed. Hassan bin Abdullah, charged with stealing sarongs from his adopted mother, said that his name was also Koh Ah Kow and that he was born in Penang of Sliamese parents. Me had adopted the Muslim faith. Sentencing Hassan
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    BANDITS FAIL 70 DERAIL MAIL
    396 8 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. A N abortive attempt by bandits to derail Tuesday's Kuala Lumpur-Singapore night mail train was discovered just in time, but delayed the train for exactly five hours. The train steamed into Singapore station at 1.09 p.m. yesterday, five
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    Film Unit Builds A Kampong
    146 8 Film Unit Builds A Kampong COLOMBO. Wed. ATYPICAL Malay kampong with thatched wooden houses is being fcuilt on stilts in the bed of the River Kelani Ganga as- a set for the background of the* film "Outcast of the Islands" which British film director Carol Reed will make here, owing
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    FOR AUSTRALIA
    35 8 MR. J. A. M. EDE, managing director of the the Lpke Wan Tho interests in Singapore, photographed by the StraJU Times yesterday on board the Maetsuycker before leaving on a visit to Australia.
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    MALACCA HIGH COURT CASE
    90 8 With reference to the staiemeiv made by the Federal Counsel. Mr. W. M McCall. in the Malacca; High Court on Monday last, the last paragraph in our report of his statement should have read: "Government greatly regret the mistake which has been made and j the
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    DANCE IN AID OF ORPHANAGE
    29 8 A masquerade dance and spaghetti dinner will take place at Raffles Hotel, Singapore, on Dec. 5 in aid of the Canossian Orphanage Building Fund.
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    WORKERS TO VOTE ON TODDY
    210 8 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. MALACCA estate labourer., are to hold secret ballots to decide whether they want to drink toddy on estates. At today's meeting of the Malacca Settlement Council, In a written answer to a question by Mr. W. H. C.
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    BONE SHAKER'
    38 8 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed Chen; Hul, of Masai, when charged at Johore Bahru today with riding an unlicensed bicycle, said that It was a "bone-shaker." "But still you rode it," said Xbfi Magistrate, who fined Oheng $3.
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    SEAMAN CHARGED WITH CHEATING
    275 8 SEAMAN CHARGED WITH CHEATING A MAN who, the prose- cution said, claimed he was a steward on an American ship and offered to get two men Jobs as second cooks at a salary of U. 5.5169. 5169 a month, yesterday appeared in the Singapore Second District Court on two charges
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    2 NUNS HURT IN ACCIDENT
    66 8 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Wed. Two Singapore nuns in a car accompanying the Statue of Our Lady of Fatima to Kluang from Johore Bahru were injured in an accident near Johore Bahru yesterday. They were taken to Johore Bahru for treatment. Their injuries
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    STOLE WHEEL AND TYRE CHARGE
    53 8 4 22 YEAR OLD Malay. Abdul Azak, claimed trial In the Singapore Second Police Court yesterday to stealii;.; a wheel and a tyre of a car belonging to Toh Chua Per.r. at Bukit Pasoh Road. The case was postponed to Nov. 22 and bail of
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    Racial Prejudice In Sales Alleged
    304 8 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. AN attack on the practice of a store in Kuala Lumpur, which, he alleged, reserved certain things for sale to a particular race was made by Mr. R. Ramani at a meeting of the Kuala Lumpur Municipal Commissioners
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    Day bombing: 'I was sceptical'
    1876 9  - Day bombing: 'I was sceptical' By WINSTON S. CHURCHILL After abortive attempts to persuade Stalin to attend a three-Power conference on future strategy. Mr. Churcbill and President Roosevelt, together with their advisers, met in mid-January. 1943, at Casablanca, in Morocco. ON Jan. 12, I left for North Africa. My journey
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      234 9 ■K I T I as. S^91I T*^ I I i jBj I k T j ttJr* I I ft I ft ft I X SINGAPORE ">** U BFEBS 10 ».m. News, Emergency News f^ 445 pm PrOm the L ndOn from Kl.; 10.10 Close; 10.50 Radio Orch. 8 Jaw: and
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      TWO BIG SURPRISES
      464 10 Dear Children Here are two surprise items for you. The first, (and I know you will a!l be thrilled to hear^it) is that in response to your many letters we have decided to form a Children's Corner club. Beginning from today you will find a coupon printed
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      DO YOU WANT A PEN PAL?
      288 10 DO YOU WANT A PEN PAL? 'yHIS column seems to growlonger every week, childron. The requests for Pen Friends this week are a? follows Charlie Voon Ton Soon, Seranr.or.n English School. Hobbies. fi-hir.g. rc&ding. swimming, cycltnc VdA exchange of photographs. M.uy Martinez, aged 10, wc-ild like some girl correspondents. Her
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      This week's postbag
      162 10 THANK you Michael Mah, of 16 Chancery Lane, Singapore, for your interesting letter, and for the puzzle which I am keeping by me. Stephen Lee writes to ask if he must tell me how he arrived at the answer to our puzzle contest. I have had several
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      Ah Chan and the monkey
      600 10 Chan was playing In the garden one day last week, when he heard his mother calling him. 'Have you seen any of my silver bracelets?" she asked. "No mummy," he replied. "Why, have you lost one?" "Yes," said his mother. I can't understand it. I
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      425 10 The h.i'.ois of the underground Coming fro n Mm lighted Like, were icy, and the children gasp- »he cave w.is ifi; tl.uk ed with shock, but soon they were indeed, and for a frw minutes the swimming strongly towards the children could distinguish nothopposite side. They scrambled out ing, then
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      23 10 PUZZLE PICTURE •i 5 i i *> k*. ,o. «l| 25 m X* *»1 AAOTUO Spr Auntie Ka'.hlrrn's letter for detail* of this competition.
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      LONDON STOCKS
      305 11 LONDON. Wed. A REMINDER of the poesiblllty of increased taxation to pay for armament programmes checked active Interest in the London Stock Exchange at the start of the new account today. Nevertheless, prices generally were firm, with British Government short-dated stocks supported. Closing middle prices of selected stocks
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      H.K. EXCHANGE
      33 11 HONG KONG. Wed. FREE market currency exchange for Hong Kong dollars was quoted today as follows: US$l HK56.4.1 (cash), HK56.49 1 5 (T.); £1 HKSI6: one tael of gold HKS3O3— U.P.
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      Canadian Dollars
      30 11 'pHE Malayan Exchange Banes Association announced yesterday that control direct rates for Canadian dollars were: Buying. T.T. 34 Airmail (O.D.) 34'2. (90 days) 34V Selling T.T.'OD. ready 34.
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      RUBBER MARKET
      247 11 Steady Close After Day Of Fluctuation J*HE Singapore rubber market experienced another day of fluctuating prices yesterday. After the opening, at $2.01 for first-grade December, upcountry selling and poor inquiries locally forced the price down to $1.95. It recovered on trade interest during the afternoon to $1.99. however.
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      The Produce Market
      126 11 From A Market Correspondent rpHE copra section of the Singapore produce market was quietly steady yfsterday with buyers at $44 t a picul, and sellers holding off for $45. Coconut oil was dull with sellers repeating Tuesday's quotation of $74. There was still no buying interest. Pepper
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      TIN: $535 A PICUL
      35 11 SINGAPORE, Wed., Not. 15—5535 (unchanged). €1,055 a ton in London LONDON. Wed.. Nov. 15.— Spot £1,050— £1,060; Forward £1,005— £1,010; a.m. settlement £1.050 (down £25). Turn-overs: a.m. 40 p.m. 100 tons.
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      Ships In The Roads And Alongside
      186 11 CHIPS in the Singapore Roads and alongside Singapore Harbcur Board godowns yesterday were Outer Roads: Hai Hsuan. Milnebaai. Baud, Mui Nan, Demodocus. Chong San, Chas. Macleod. Kum Town, Van Heutss, North Stir, Silidioz. Fred Lykes. Toucolgn, Anchises, Fred Clover, Hiram, Elisabeth Bakke. Benveg. Palopo
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      Malayan Shares
      197 11 Petaling Bonus Issue Mooted INTEREST in the Tin section of the Malayan share market yesterday was centred on the proposed capital reorganisation of Petallng Tin. The proposals Involve a bonus distribution of one fully paid dollar share In respect of each share registered on Nov. 14. The proposals
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      GUTHRIE GROUP
      48 11 /2UTHRIE Company announce VM the following outputs from estates and mines in the Outhrie Group for October and to date 1950, as follows: Rubber (lbs.), 7,629,444, 66,751,414. Black tea (lbs.). 104.000, 1,353.700. Palm oil (tons), 1,391, 12,741. Palm kernels (tons), 348, 3,011. Tin-ore (piculs), 726. 10,956.
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    PERCIVAL GETS FREE H'CAP MOUNT
    533 12  -  Van Breukelen Hopeful About Gold Meridian By EPSOM JEEP FORTY-ONE year-old Roy Percival, Australian jockey who arrived in Singapore on Tuesday to ride for the van Breukelen stable, will have his first Malayan big-race mount on Gold Meridian in the Three-year-old Free Handicap at Bukit
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    44 12 INDIA'S SKIPPER, V M. Merchant, at the wickets in the first "Test" match between All-India and the Commonwealth team, which started at Willingdon Pavilion, Delhi, on Nov. 4 and ended on Nov. 8. The game watched by a mammoth crowd ended in a draw.
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    S.H.B. LOSE LEAD AT THE END
    396 12 GHQ FARELF, who have beaten R.A.F. Seletar and Changi and have drawn with R.A.F. Tengah. had a grim struggle yesterday before they could add Singapore Harbour Board XV to their list of vic;ories. After a fiercely-fought battle in which they were trailing 3-5 for
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    HILL PRINCE U.S. 'HORSE OF YEAR'
    88 12 NEW YORK. Thurs:— Hill Prince, half brother to Prince Simon, has been named American "Horse of the Yetr" In an annual pool by Daily Racing Form. Christopher T. Chenerey's crack three-year old was an overwhelming choice of 31 racing experts of the press who
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    TAMILIANS WIN
    66 12 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. rpAMILIAN Physical Cultural Association beat Charyred Bank in a hard hitting game of hockey played on Brickfields Road ground today. Fernandez, Bankers' centre-for-ward, gave his side the lead. Five minutes before the change over Arumugam equalised. End to end play then
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    Sports Diary
    34 12 HOCKEY: Combined Services v Combined Civilians (Poppy Day Fund), Pa dung; Police S.A. v K.E.M E Civilians. Thomsoa Road; BODCA v Sherwood Foresters, St. George's Road. TENNIS: YMCA tournament, tkraa Basah Ro&d.
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    SPORTING THE WINNERS
    362 12  - SPORTING THE WINNERS (Bj Epsom Jeep i) TEN horses worth keeping an eye on at. the Singapore Turf Club Winter Meeting are: Four o'clock II: Without a doubt one of the best stayers to come out since the war; his second by a short head to Electroplate over l'^rn. with
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    J'AVANCE DANGER TO FOUR O'CLOCK
    357 12 PRECISION to run Four O'clock II at Bukit Timah instead of waiting for the CommissionerGeneral's Cup at Penang in January means that we will see at least one top-notch stayer in action at the Singapore Turf Club Winter Meeting Four o'clock's appearance on Saturday in
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    R.A.S.C. WIN 6-0
    29 12 Scoring two unconverted tries without reply in the second half, R.A.S.C. won their rugger game at Nee Soon over R.A.O.C. yesterday, Scorers were Halliday and Byrne.
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    S.B.B.C. Reasons For 'No' To Oakes
    485 12 I ACK of information about the pugilistic record of Australian Sid Fletcher, that would justify him as a suitable opponent for Orient triple champion. Boy Brooks, made the Singapore Boxing Board of Control reject promoter Wally Oakes card for Friday. Nov. 17. This is
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    Cricket Club Threes Win Day v Police
    284 12 A SUPERIOR back division enabled Singapore Cricket Club first team to inflict a 14 points (goal and three tries) to nothing defeat at rugger on the Police at Thomson Road yesterday. Despit* adverse ground conditions, the Club's threes were seen In many well-executed
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    U.S. OLYMPIC COACH DIES
    63 12 NEW YORK, Thurs.— JaKe WeDer. trainer for six Olympic tracK and field teams between 1920 and 1948. has died. He had always been vague about his age. but it was known he was approschinp 80. His last professional work ws with the 1948 Olympic team. He
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    TEST CRICKET DATES
    59 12 HPHK first Test cricket match between M.C.C. and Australia will be at Brisbane on Dec. 1 to 7. Venues and dates of subsequent Tests are as follows: Second Test at Melbourne on Dec. 22-29; Third Test at Sydney on Jan. 5-11; Fourth Test at Adelaide on Feb.
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    Cheerful Lads A.P.
    43 12 Cheerful Lads Athlrtic Party «i!. Hold their third Annual General Meetmi; on Sunday (Nov. 19) at 1 p.m. sharp at 310 Joo Chiat Road. Singapore Election or offirials for the ensuing ,T;ir v.:'.'. take place. Members are nsked to attend.
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    S.C.C. Meet Selangor Club At K.L.
    208 12 S.C.C. Meet Selangor Club At K.L. From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. I»HE ANNUAL Rugby trophy match between Singapore Cricket Club and Selangor Club will be played on the Kuala Lumpur padang on Saturday, beginning at 5.15 p.m. Selangor Rugby Union, who are making the arrangements for this match,
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    Woodcock Cries Enough And Quits For Good
    471 12 Woodcock Cries Enough And Quits For Good LONDON, Wednesday. JTALF-blinded by a huge, swelling left eye, Bruce Woodcock, sat dejectedly in his corner at the end of the eleventh round and told referee Eugene Henderson he had enough in his British homyweight title defence last night. That Is how 24-year-old
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    Wolves' Offer To Colony Serviceman
    147 12 A SINGAPORE Army footballer has been made an offer to sign on for an English League first division club— Wolverhampton Wanderers on his return to U.K. next year. The offer has been mado by a representative of Wolves In the Colony *to 18-year-old Jimmy Simpson
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    R.S.G.C. ELECTS OFFICIALS
    58 12 DOBERT Renton was elected president at the annual meetIng of the RoyU Singapore Golf Club yesterday. He was president of the club in 1941. Others elected were: Captain: M. M. Paterson; Vlce-Captai H. M. Alexander; Commit H. Day. C. W Watson, R. O Isherwood, J. H. Fenwick.
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      31 12 SINGAPORE TIDES TODAY: 3.56 am. (7.6) and 2.30 p.m. (86); 8.31 (5.6) and 9-54 p.m. (1.8). TOMORROW: 5 16 (7.4) and 3.48 p.m. (8ft.); 9-58 a.m. (5.7) and 11.20 p.m (2.4).
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