The Straits Times, 25 November 1950

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    18 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1950. PRICE TEN CENTS.
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    Mac A DIRECTS 'END WAR' PUSH
    392 1 Advance Goes I 'According To Plan' TOKYO, Friday. (JEXERAL Mac Arthur returned 10 Tokyo tonight after launching a new United Rations oflFensive on the northwest front in Korea and flying defiantly along the Yalu river from where he could see 20 to 40 miles
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    Defence Of Europe: New Approach
    166 1 Defence Of Europe: New Approach STRASBOURG. Fri. •THE European Ccnsultath Assembly urged last nigh thru defence problems b pl-'-ed within its jurisdictioi The Assembly adopted, 1 to 7 with 16 abstentions, I of amendments to th Council of Europe's statuti Including previsions for sup rana tic-nil authorities i I eeonotnle
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    $500 REWARD FOR CHILD KILLER
    35 1 $500 REWARD FOR CHILD KILLER leading to the arrest of the ncrderer of 11-year-old Tan Bo i Kirn at the 18th mile J Road. Singapore, is J.-i i. Investigations into the murder are still proceeding.
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    COURT SITS TILL SEVEN AT NIGHT
    306 1 COURT SITS TILL SEVEN AT NIGHT 1,000 Waited Three Hours To See Maria Leave Court For Home AS Maria Hertogh Adabi left the Singapore High Court last night after Mr. Justice Brown had reserved his decision on her future, a waiting crowd of about 1,000 people broke through a police
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    HEAD HANGING
    35 1 MANILA Fri.—The severed head of Lorenzo Nasal former bodyguard of the Hukbalahap supreme commander, Luis Taruc. today was found hanging from a tree in Pampanga Province. The body was a few feet away.—A.P.
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    PRICE TALKS
    46 1 LONDON, Fri.—Control of the prices of tin, rubber and wool will be discussed when the French Finance Minister, M. Maurice Petsche arrives in London today with the French Minister of Economics, M. Buron. for economic talks with Mr. Hugh Gaitskell, Chancellor of the Exchequer.
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    BACK TO HOLLAND
    30 1 LONDON. Fri. Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands left London today by air for Holland at the end of their three-day State visit to Britain.—Reuter.
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    Opposition Walks Out
    78 1 COLOMBO, Fri. THE Opposition group in the Ceylon Parliament staged a walkout protesting that they had not been given sufficient time to consider some of the Government Bills down for discussion before the House of Representatives today. The walkout was staged when the second reading of the
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    AMMO FOUND
    31 1 A hand grenade and 153 rounds of .303 rifle ammunition were found by the Singapore Police in the compound of a house at the Bth mile Jurong Road yesterday.
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    GOING HOME
    27 1 GENEVA, Fri.—For the first time since the end of the Greek civil war, about 60 Greek children are being reurned from Yugoslavia to Greece tomorrow.—A.P.
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    '25 PER CENT MORE SYNTHETIC RUBBER'
    148 1 WASHINGTON, Frl. A NEW process to get 25 per cent more general purpose synthetic rubber out of American synthetic plants has been perfected by the General Tyre and Rubber Company. The firm said it will disclose its secret to the Government if in return
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    Soviet Reveal Jap Treaty Notes
    333 1 LONDON. Friday. rpHE Soviet Union demanded today to know how U.S. terms for a Japanese peace treaty could be squared with "Big Four" agreements reached at Cairo, Yalta and Potsdam. Tass. the official Soviet news agency disclosed the terms of a note which, it said
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    Tories Otter A New Deal
    68 1 LONDON, Fri. CONSERVATIVES have V added playing cards to the election campaign devices they hope will regain them political power In the next election. In a drive to boost party membership. Maj Gen. Donald Bateman. secretary of the Association of Conservative Clubs, ordered 100,000 packs
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    'OVER OUR DEAD BODIES'
    46 1 BELGRADE, Friday. MARSHAL Tito today said that Yugoslavia never will be conquered "except over the dead bodies of its people." He said that "if our independence is threatened even more" by the Russian-led Cominform countries, "we shall buy arms from the West."—A.P.
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    Briggs And Attlee Meet
    84 1 LONDON, Frl. THE Prime Minister, Mr. Clement Attllee, today held a conference on intensifying the campaign against Communist guerillas in Malaya. The discussions, held at the Prime Minister's official residence. No. 10 Downing Street, were attended by Defence Minister Emanuefl Shinwell, Colonial Secretary James Griffiths and
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    WAGE OFFER REJECTED
    69 1 LONDON. Fri. Negotiations broke down on Wednesday in one of the most prolonged and complex wage disputes in British industry since the war. Three trade unions rejected an offer which would have increased railwaymen's minimum wage rates by 18 pence a week— to 97 shillings and sixpence
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    Sea Captain Flies To Sick Wife
    108 1 Sea Captain Flies To Sick Wife A DUTCH sea captain left Singapore by KLM Constellation yesterday to get to the bedside of his wife who Is seriously ill in Amsterdam. The captain, Mr. G. H. van der Roest, received a phone call from Holland Informing him of her illness when
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    INDIAN ARMY LAYS UP COLOURS
    52 1 DEHRADUN, United Provinces, Fri.— Today, tor the last time, the Indian Army carried the King's Colours, presented by various British monarchs to its famous Regiments. At Dehradun National Defence Academy 36 colours were laid up at a ceremony attended by Sir Archibald Nye, British High
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    OFFICIAL HELD
    31 1 JAKARTA, Frl.— Suria Santoso, the last Secretary of State for Internal Security In the Dutch Indonesian government, was arrested by Government agents last night. No reason was given. U.P.
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    French Border Post Battle
    235 1 SAIGON Fri. I?<R E N C H reinforce1 ments were today battling their waythrough the mountains of north-eastern IndoChina in an effort to relieve the Chinese frontier post of Thanmay under Communist-led insurgent attack for the past 24 nours. French air force pianos wire bombing and
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    DUKE OPENS GIB COUNCIL
    65 1 GIBRALTAR, Fri. The Duke of Edinburgh opened Gibraltar's first Legislative Council on behalf of the King at a simple ceremony yesterday. The Duke arrived from Malta on Wednesday afternoon in a Viking aircraft of the King's Flight. Princess Margaret will ba leaving England on Dec. 14
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    ERITREA: SOVIET WARNING
    152 2 ERITREA: SOVIET WARNING LAKE SUCCESS, Fri. A Soviet delegate said that acceptance by the United Nations General Assembly of the 14-natlon plan for federating Eritrea, the former Italian colony, with Ethiopia, would result in "open struggle by the Eritrean people to do away with it." Mr. Amazask A. Arutiunian. Soviet
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    US Bussinessmen Want Aid To Europe Cut
    282 2 WASHINGTON, Friday. THE U.S. Chamber of Commerce called last night for cuts in U.S. aid to Eurooe and the consolidation of all foreign aid spending into a "single programme". The Chamber said: "Limited aid should be continued in Europe to meet the continued
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    AFTER CRASH
    25 2 MISS SUSAN Cramsie, British European Airways hostess, back on duty after 11 weeks in hospital followin; an explosion in an airliner. Reuter picture.
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    FILM SHOW FOR JAP CRIMINALS
    65 2 TOKYO, Fri. JAPANESE war criminals serving sentences on Manus Island will be able to see the latest Japanese films this Christmas, through consideration of tbe Australian Government. Mrs. Imamura. wife of former General Hitoshi Imamura, today accepted on behalf of about 350 convicted criminals, including
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    Qantas Get India's OK
    51 2 BOMBAY. Fri. rpHE Indian Government has 1 granted full traffic rights to Qantas Airways for their fortnightly Constellation service through Bombay belween Australia and Britain. The rights include the carrying of passengers, freight and mail in both directions simultaneously with the twice weekly BOAC Argonaut service.
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    RED FREED
    24 2 Mr. Laurence Louis Sharkey, General Secretary of the Australian Communist Party, was released from gaol yesterday after serving 13 months for sedition.
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    Loading Was Wrong 80 Killed
    118 2 LONDON, Fri. T OADING conditions which gave a centre of gravity too far aft were said to have been the moat probable cause of Britain's worst air disaster, in which 80 were killed when a Tudor V airliner crashed at Llandow. Glamorgan, on March 12.
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    MEDAL FOR AIR ACE
    68 2 TOKYO, Fri.— Britain's leading fighter ace during World War 11, Wing Commander James Johnson has received the Air Medal from Brig. Gen. Edward J. Timberlake, vicecommander of the United States sth Air Force. The award was made in recognition of "aerial flights flown by Johnson over
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      Eye Offered To Blind Minister
      255 2 MADRID, Friday. A SPANIARD has offered one of his eyes to Egypt's Minister of Education, Taha Hussein Bey, who has been blind since birth. The offer was made in a letter to a Madrid evening newspaper The letter said the writer was willing to cede
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      She Is A Boy Officially
      75 2 She Is A Boy Officially JULIET, ILLINOIS, Fri. ]MR- and Mrs. Joseph Jeflvl frey have learned that their six-year-old daughter is legally their son. The birth certificate for Jone Jeffrey was filed as "Jon," sex "male." The authorities admitted, there was an "obvious error," but said they did not know
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      Strikers Told 'Stay Out'
      84 2 MELBOURNE, Frl._ Strikes continued today to paralyse shipping in Australia's two main ports and to dislocate rail and road transport. AT SYDNEY: All dockers Idle. No prospect of an early settlement. MELBOURNE: Docks also at a standstill, but a slight chance that the deadlock would be
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    REDS HINT AT PEACE DEAL
    309 3 Pr y ice May Be Withdrawal Of U.S. Fleet NEW YORK, Friday. fJOMMUNIST China's nine-member delegation to the United Nations arrived today and immediately hinted broadly that their price for peace in the Far East is the withdrawal of the United State? Seventh Fleet from
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    ROYAL DRIVER
    28 3 FRINTESS Elizabeth on the footplate of an engine named after her when she visited Suindon railway works. She helped to drive it a short distance. A.P.
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    SHAWWILL FACESTAX PROBLEM
    126 3 SHAWWILL FACES TAX PROBLEM LONDON. Fri. /^EORGE Bornard Shaw's 8.000-word will, when published in full, is almost certain to be considered a literary masterpiece. It may be months before it Is revealed btrause the Public Trustee is faced with taxation problems on Slnw's 1 fortune. 1 i part of the
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    AMERICAN FOOD FOR TITO'S ARMY
    30 3 BELGRADE Fri.— America c fid in the shape of food for Marshal Tito's Army. rcslavia, in return, c mtinuous strategical raw material to tho Unit-
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    MORE AID FOR US!
    33 3 liam C. Foster, administrator of the Economic Cooperation Administration said here to- day that the ECA which had already given Indonesia $101,000,000. was prepared to help her further—Reuter. i
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    15 DIE IN FIRE
    28 3 MEERUT, United Provinces, Fri.—Fifteen people, including 11 children, died in a fire at a camp of pilgrims attending a Hindu religious fair near here.—Reuter.
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    Charge Is Refuted By Britain
    198 3 Charge Is Refuted By Britain LAKE SUCCESS, Fri. THE United Nations Political Committee decided yesterday to refer to "the Little Assembly" Nationalist China's charges of Soviet aggression against China. Voting was 35 in favour, 17 j opposed and seven abstentions. During the debate Britain refuted a charge of "appease- ment"
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    GAOLBIRDS UP A TREE
    59 3 CHAIBAS (Bihar State). Fri. Twelve convicts in the local gaol yesterday staged a three-hour tree top demonstration, demanding restoration of a cut in their rations, i The convicts, perched on a tree, refused to come down until police appeared. A drastic cut in rations had been
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    10,800 PURGED
    19 3 TOKYO. Fri.— Private in- i dustry in Japan has dis- I missed 10,869 Communists and sympathisers.— Reuter.
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    Indo-China 'Peace' Demand Rejected
    241 3 PARIS. FYiday. THHE French National Assembly yesterday endorsed 1 the Government's policy in its fight against Vietminh forces in Indo-China and rejected a Communist demand for immediate pear> talks. The Assembly asked the Government to "m3ke representations to the Governments of the free nations concerning the
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    CAPTIVE CHINESE
    21 3 CHINESE COMMUNIST prisoners captured by United Nations forces in North Korea AH were wearing Chinese Army uniforms. A.P. picture.
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    Rail Crash Managemeirt May Go
    111 3 Rail Crash Managemeirt May Go NEW YORK, Fri. DUBLIC officials tonight I* threatened action to oust I the management of the Long Island Railroad, which last* night suffered its third train I wreck of the year with a loss of 77 lives. The 77th victim died today. iAt least 300
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    LONGER CALL-UP
    19 3 PARIS, Fri.—The National i Assembly yesterday passed jthe Bill raising conscription from 12 months to 18. Reuter.
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    124 DIE DURING U.S. HOLIDAY
    58 3 NEW YORK, Fri. AMI K H A s Thanksgiving J\ holiday accidental I deaths rose to 124 by noon yesterday. Forty-one people died in traffic accidents, another six died from various causes, and 77 died in the rail crash last night. Last Thanksgiving, accidental deaths
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    NEVER GIVE UP IN INDOCHINA
    28 3 M. LETOURNEAU, Minister for the Associated States of Indo-China, who has told, the National Assembly that France will never quit. A. P. picture.
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    Sale Of Rice Banned
    98 3 SYDNEY. Frl. •pHE Australian Government has banned the sale of rice in Australia, six weeks after a previous ban had been lifted. During the six weeks, the public had almost bought out the 7,000 tons of rice which millers had in stock on Oct. 5. Sales
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    DIES AT 87
    34 3 PARIS, Fri.— Prof. JeanHyacinthe Vincent, who saved thousands of soldiers from dying of typhoid In World War I, died yesterday at Val De Grace military hospital in Paris, aged 87. Reuter.
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    TANKS FOR EGYPT: COMMONS UPROAR
    483 3 LONDON, Friday. YIK. WINSTON CHURCHILL ended a scene of uproar in the House of Commons yesterday by warning the Government he would hold a censure motion over its head unless Parliament had a debate before tanks were sent to Egypt. The Conservative opposition on Wednesday
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    WORLD TRIP
    42 3 PHILADELPHIA. Fri.— Mr. larold Stassen, president of the University of Pennsylvania and prominent ReI publican, will leave next week on a round-the-world trip to 1 seek Information on economic I and political developments. I especially in Asia and Africa.— Reuter.
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    India, U.K. In Talks On Nepal
    153 3 India, U.K. In Talks On Nepal LONDON, Fri. A FULL exchange of views between Britain and India on the situation in Nepal is now taking place, Mr. Patrick Gordon-Walker, Commonwealth Relations Secretary, said yesterday. Mr. L. D. Gammans, Conservative, had asked In the House of Commons what communications he had
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    ROGGE BREAKS WITH PEACE MEN
    89 3 WARSAW, Frl. ]yjR. O. John Rogge, former United States Assistant Attorney General, announced here last night that he has broken with Peace Partisans themselves with the foreign policy of the Soviet Union. "The second World Congress of Peace Partisans marked the end of one chapter
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    MARIA: JUDGMENT RESERVED
    1675 4 Judge Asks Che Aminah About Her Affidavit \|R. Justice Brown reserved judgment in the Singapore High Court yesterday in the Maria Hertogh custody case after the court had continued in session until 7 p.m. Shortly after 4 o'clock, when the kathi who had performed the marriage ceremony
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    SINGAPORE WEEKEND DIARY
    137 4 T. W. C. A., Raffles Quay, Man- t darln beginners class. 10 am- c YJW.C.A., Orchard Road, chess B club, 3 p.m., tennis tournament, p 5 p.m., movie circle show, 8 p.m. CEYLON TAMIL ASSOCIA- TION, Children's party, 11, Handy Road, 4 p.m. to 6 pjn. C.V.M.A.
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    NO NEED FOR INQUIRIES' KATHI TELLS COURT
    1930 4 to answer my question. I Inche Sardon bin Jubir asked whether the question could be repeated again as it seemed to him that the witness did not understand the word "besides." The question was again repeaftd to Che Aminah and she answered that
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    FED. CLERKS WANT MORE
    324 5 Seek Back PayRetrospective To Aug. 1, 1947 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. fOVERNMENT clerks in the Federation today accepted their $6,000,000 back pay windfall with equanimity and asked for more. The President of the Federation of Government Clerical and Administrative Services Union, Mr. M.
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    POLITICS FOR STUDENTS URGED
    153 5 POLITICS FOR STUDENTS URGED THE hope that University political clubs will be formed in which future leaders of Malays will have ample scope for development was expressed by Mr K. Kanagaratnam, President of the Students' Union, in his presidential message In the Malayan Underurad published last night, progress of this
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    Building Is Halted
    131 5 iN application for an in- junction restraining the i ii Insurance Company or heir agents from carrying on urther construction opertlom on their 18-storey niiding in Finlayson Green re, was made before he Chief Justice. Sir Charles ,1 array- Ay nsley. in the Stnapore Supreme Court on
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    Receiving Order
    76 5 ADJUDICATING and reJ\ ceiving orders were made yesterday in the High Court by the Chief Justice. Sir Charles Murray-Aynsley. against Mr H. A. Raliim Khan on an application by the Assistant f. Mr. T. Kulasm. Mr. P. Chrlvanathan. who annnred for Mr. Rahim a.skod for an adjournment on
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    36 YEARS WITH RAILWAY
    64 5 limn Our Own ((.respondent JOHORE BAHRU. Fri.—Mr. V Seenivasagam. station Blaster at Johore Bahru. has retired after 36 years' service Before going to Johore Bahru elsht years ago. he was for 10 years station master at Kota Bahru. Mr. Seenlvasagam began his career in the Malayan
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    3 YEARS' GAOL
    36 5 Found guilty on two charges of cheating. In respect of a forged cheque for $360. K.A. Padmanadhan was yesterday sentenced by Mr. Justice Evans i n the High Court to three years' Imprisonment.
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    Air-Minded Pilgrims
    71 5 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Fri. MALAYANS have become so air-minded that pilgrims wanting to board a ship for Mecca no longer hesitate to fly to Penang. Mr. SJ. Lloyd, new Penang officer in charge of Malayan Airways, said yesterday that ten years ago no pilgrim would have
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    Rubber Firm At Opening But Eases
    247 5 'PHE rubber market opened firm at the beginning of this week on adverse news from Korea, but later eased on lack of support from America and re-selling by Hong Kong in Singapore, says Lewis and Peat's market report, issued yesterday. There has been better
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    JUST ONE OVER
    20 5 TAIPING. Fri.—For carryng an extra passenger in his axi. Mat bin Taib was fined ;25 at Taiping.
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    DEATH OF DR A WANDER
    74 5 T)R. Albert Wander, son of the founder of Ovaltine, had died at his home in Switzerland. Dr. Wander was a great dietician and chemist and was chairman of A. Wander Ltd.. for a great number of years. Only recently, due to ill health, he relinquished
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    'Proofof wedding not established'
    223 5 SUIT AGAINST DOCTOR FAILS A MAINTENANCE suit brought by a woman, Govindammal, against Dr. A. J. Thamboo was dismissed yesterday by the Singapore Second Police Magistrate, Mr. S. E. Teh. The Magistrate said that the case must fail as the proof and validity of the alleged
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    MARRIED AT SPORE REGISTRY
    43 5 MR. D. J. ALFRED Kumanayake. of the Customs and Excise Department. Singapore, and Miss P. Mildred Dias. youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. John Dias. of Ceylon after thpir marriage at the Singapore Registry yesterday.— Straits Times picture.
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    32 5 MISS JEAN MARY SAWTELL and Mr. Thomas Alfred Field, of Australia, who were married by special licence at the Presbyterian Church, Singapore, yesterday. The Rev. R. M. Greer officiated. Straits Times picture.
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    YOUTH MEETING
    27 5 JOHORt BAHRU. Fri.—A general meeting of the UMNO Youth Organisation will be held at Kuala Lumpur in January. Delegates are expected from all over Malaya.
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    UNDERGRAD IS OUT AGAIN
    208 5 fiRITICISM of "some expats trlate members" of the University of Malaya staff "whose contact with local students has Oeen minimal" was made by Mr. K. Kanagaratnam. President of the Students' Union, in his presidential message to the Malayan Undergrad The Undergrad published last night is the
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    Malayan Airways Men To Fly With P.A.A.
    128 5 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Friday. TK) give Malayan Airways employees a first-hand A picture of how other big air lines operate, PanAmerican Airways have introduced a SDecial familiarisation programme", under whien selected employees take a fortnight's trip on Pan-American planes stopping at
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    Man Held Up In Street
    84 5 SINGAPORE police were yesterday searching for a a private Jeep used by two Chinese who held up and robbed a rent collector. Mr. Seow Teng Hong, of $302 in Clemenceau Avenue on Thursday. Mr. B. Lewis Superintendent C.I.D.. said yesterday that the description and registration
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    HAD OPIUM
    34 5 From Our Own Corretponden! JOHORE BAHRU. Frl.— Er Hee Lehg, of Plentong. was In the Sessions Court bound over for IS months for being in possession of chandu, chandn rtross and opium.
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    Sikhs Pray For Universe
    88 5 'pHOUSANDS of Sikhs in Singapore prayed for the welfare of the entire universe one of the teachings of their religious leader, Guru Nanak at a mass meeting in the central Gurdwara in Queen Street, Singapore, yesterday morning. They were celebrating the birthday of Guru Nanak. A
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    F.M. V.F. To Be Set Up In Fed.
    317 5 F.M. V.F. To Be Set Up In Fed. From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. TH E Federation of Malaya is resuscitating the Volunteer movement next year. It will start with a total strength of 2,000 throughout the Federation. Recruiting will begin as soon as the ordinance is approved. The
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Sat., Nov. 25, 1950. Honours In The M.C.S.
    907 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Sat., Nov. 25, 1950. Honours In The M.C.S. bottom. TRe Home Civil Service is a unified service te which the clerical grades, the intermediate grades and the Administrative grades all belong. Qualifications for, and method of selection to, the Malayan Civil Service, on the other hand,
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    Fifty Years Ago. A YEAR WITHOUT A GOVERNOR
    261 6 Fifty Years Ago. A YEAR WITHOUT A GOVERNOR From the Straits Times of Sept. 20—24. 1900) i SINGAPORE appears to have completely slipped out, of the mind and memory of the Colonial Office so far as the appointment of a Governor is concerned; for it is now within three weeks
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    DEATH
    22 6 THE FAMILY OP MRS. CHOMO AH KAI. (deceased) thank all relatives and friends lor condolences, wreaths, etc, during their recent bereavement.
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    31 6 THE children of the late Mr. Goh Tiong Bian, thank all relaives and friends who paid night visits, sent wreaths, scrolls, etc. and attended the funeral of their beloved father.
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    ABORIGINAL STUDIES-V
    26 6 Photograph by Major P. D. R. Williams-Hunt. ABORIGINAL BABY OF THE WEEK is j young Semaq Semelai from Ulu Sungei Lvi, in Negri Sembilan.
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    As I was Saying
    1438 6 THERE were many good A speeches at the three day meeting o! the Federal Legislative Council, and one of the best was that by Mr. E. B. David in moving the adoption of the Benham Report. Most of the Unofflcials who spoke paid tribute to his
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    Singaporeana
    897 6 A QUAINT bit of Singaporeana which has been given to me is an extract from a letter written in Running In 1887 in which there is a glimpse ol Sultan Abubakar, father of the present Sultan of Johore, and Tyersall Palace In the days of its glory. (It stood
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    RUBBER PAY TALKS BREAK DOWN
    377 7 'No Reason For Panic 9 Says Labour Ch ief From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. NEGOTIATIONS between the All -Malayan Rubber Workers' Negotiating Committee and the Malayan Planting Industries Employers' Association for an increase in the wages of rubber esta'e workers broke down I
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    NEW CORONER
    19 7 Mr. F E. Ebert, of the Straits Settlements Civil Service, has been appointed a Coroner for Singapore.
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    30 7 THREE CHILDREN am^u^; ttie U««taJ hundred fed yesterday at the central Sikh Gurdwara, during the Guru Nanak birthday celebrations at Singapore, received chappati (Indian bread) and sweetmeats. Straits Times picture.
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    MOBILE STAFF TO FIGHT CHILD T.B.
    195 7 MOBILE STAFF TO FIGHT CHILD T.B. SINGAPORE'S School Medical Service will next year have a bigger and more mobile staff which will work from an up-to-date centre, the Director of Medical Services Dr W. J Vickers, told the Straits Times yesterday. Tn this way It was hoprd to tackle more
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    Airport May Be Bigger
    62 7 OINGAPORE Government tnav requisition 57 more acres of land than orieinallv jtnnounred at Pava Lebar for a 'nodern airport. A gazette notification last right saM tliat these n'.ots would fill In en is left in tho r.T-'ier notification Thr mnoi'ncpmcnt was jvndr to forstiii land soeeula-tt-in
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    RADIO WEEKLY'S NEW CONTEST
    68 7 THE Straits Times Radio Weekly published today, contains details of a new weekly c-omTjetition linked with Rad o Malaya's "Movie Magazine" programme which Is prpsentri every Sunday evening at 7.30 film of S2O each will be given l<> thr first three correct entries drawn. Radio Weekly
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    Suicide By Detainee
    43 7 SUICIDE verdict was recorded at a Singapore inquest yesterday on 23-year-old Lee Kirn. a detainee it St. John's Island. L?e, who was detained under the Emergency Regulations in May. was found with throat injuries. He died ■k few days later.
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    CRUELTY, FINED
    30 7 For c? using pain and uiffpring to three ducks by having their legs tied to"e'her. Ohua Seng Thia was fined *20 in the Sineapore Second Police Court yesterday.
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    MONKEYS FOR WAR ON CANCER
    175 7 MONKEYS FOR WAR ON CANCER THE Java Pacific Line ship. Rondo, looked almost more like a menagerie than a smart, round-the-world freighter when she docked in Singapore yesterday with 205 cows and h?ifers on board, three calves, 304 monkeys, i two dogs and a cat. The monkeys Raisins, from Calcutta
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    Delay In Sentence 'Hideous', Says Col.
    187 7 Delay In Sentence 'Hideous Says Col. I T.-COL. A. Whiteley, of the Army Lejal Service, in the Singapore Relief Police Court yesterday, I described as hideous" the delay in passing sentenc- on two 19-year-old British privates of the Roya' Signals, M. F. Hickling and D. J. Nico'.ls. afUr the> had
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    70 7 MR. THOMAS WARN, a Municipal < omtnmee ttctK, receives the Sir Cuthbert Orundy medal from the Governor, Sir Franklin Gimson. yesterday. Mr. Warn won the award for heading the list of candidates throughout the world in the final examination of the Corporation of Certified Secretaries, held last June. The Governor
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    GEN. THOMAS TOURS NORTH
    89 7 Frcm Oar Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR Frl /GENERAL Sir G. Ivor \J Thon.^j. Quartermaster General of the British Army, today visited North Malaya sub-district. He flew to Taiping. accompanied by the G.0.C.. Major General R E. Urquhart. Brigadier Bright In charge of quartering Far Eastern Land
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    LONDON EXAM
    35 7 Private candidates from Singapore who wish to take the City and Guilds of London Institute examination in 1951 should submit their entries before Dec. 31. Entry forms are available at the Education Office
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    BANDITS KILL 5 IN TRAP
    210 7 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. DANDITS today ambushed and killed five police 13 personnel two constables, one extra constable, and two special constables near Bahau, Negri Sembilan, as they were returning from escort duty. The men were shot without a chance of retaliation.
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    RAILMAN SLIPS: KILLED BY TRAIN
    51 7 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. R. GOPAL, aged 50, Indian shunter employed by the Malayan Railway, was killed #by a shunting train at Kuala Lumpur Brickfields Road marshalling yard last night. Gopal was coupling the wagons when he slipped and fell between the
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    Students Go To The Polls Today
    147 7 Students Go To The Polls Today 'THE 713 student members of the University of Malaya Students Union will go to the polls at the various hostels and common-room centres today to elect their new Students Council. The new council will consls' of 30 students elected on a constituency basis and
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    GRENADES FOUNDI
    24 7 GRENADES FOUND I Two unserviceable hand grenades were found by Special Constable Ahmad bin Abdul Rahman near a drain in Towner Road, Singapore, yes'
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    LOTTERY: FINED
    33 7 Tan Jee Ouan, aged 67, who pleaded guilty in the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday to assisting in a chap ji ki lottery was fined $200, in default two months' imprisonment.
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    'COMMON T.U. STAND' CALL
    206 7 'TRADE unionists in Singa- v, 1.1 ♦1, o pore should take a com- mon stand to solve the problem of securing an adequate cost of living, said Mr. P.V. Sarma President of the Singapore Teachers' Union, yesterday, at a meeting of re- presentatlves of trade unions.
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    Doctor ton tax charge) says: My tax was paid
    233 7 Doctor ton tax charge) says: My tax was paid r\K. T. Baiasingham, Government inthoio ;•>(.. J Singapore, charged in Singapore y«*s*rrdav wiiii failing to furnish the Income Tax Department with his 1949 income tax returns, said that fh- l nivr«i ty of Malaya had paid his tax for 1947. IMM
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    10-CENT CHEAT: GAOLED
    128 7 pOR attempting to cheat the Singapore T action Co. of a fan of 10 cents. Chnm: Yew Kong, ;> fitter, was sentenced by I ie Singapore First District Jud' c. Mr. H. E. Kinsrdon, yesterday to ?pven days' imp isoriment and fined $10. The conduc'or. Kadil MaiSeen,
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    TOOK BRIBE CHARGE
    53 7 ALLEGED to have accepted $20 from Ong Kee Chong. at Hindoo Road as a reward for forbearing to do an official act, Ong Keng Wee. an overseer of the Municipality and Building Architect's Department, claimed trial in the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday. The case was postponed
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    NOT RETIRED
    27 7 Mr. Duncan Robertson, Singapore Municipal Commissioner (Progressive, South Ward), is not retiring as reported yesterday. He has another two years to serve on he Commission.
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    BOY INJURE
    34 7 old boy of 596C. BaKstier Road, had one finger cut off and his whole hand crushed when he caught his hand in a mach'ne in a works'non in Nam Lock Street yesterday.
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    POSTS CONFIRMED
    32 7 Mr. T. P. F. McN?icn h-<= jeen confirmed as President )f the Singapore Municipal Commissioners ,:nd Mr. L. R. f. Earl as Deputy President, it was officially announced last nieht.
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    The hinge turns: Allies plan onslaught
    2002 8  -  WINSTON S. CHURCHILL By Ifch h the hist chapter in ttir fourth volume of Mr. linn hill's War Memoirs. At the third Washington Conference ("Trident"/ no decision ivas taken whether Sardinia or mainland Italy should be the next goal aflrr Sicily. Mr. Churchill persuaded
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      318 8 "Let's keep rijht," decided All themselves by the water's edge. 1 U,t. "At Mwe -..n't »o rZ:\^^ t ™^TL round in circles that way." He bewilderment. "I don't remempiuuged back into the passages ber that bit rock in the middle once more. At last, after a lone of the water,"
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    WARNING FROM A KELANTAN CHINESE
    487 9 WARNING FROM A KELANTAN CHINESE "Approach To The Emergency" npHE hradina;, "A Now Approach To ihe Emer- Rency/' attracted me very much to the article published by you on Nov. 16. But after reading it I felt confident that it would be enthusiastically hailed by the "comrades" now hidiriß in
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    31 9 "AIMS VUllkTAllf PARTY" >ne of satirical l canvases in the four-woman art exhibition sponsored by the Singapore A society at the British Council Centre, Singapore. The exhibition remains open this week-end/
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      Dato Tan A Kuala Pilah
      186 9 DATO Tan Cheng Lock is to be congratulated on his outspoken criticism, at Kuala Pilah. of Chinese fencesitters as reported in your issue of Nov. 18. Where he falls down, however, is in drawing attention to the fact that "many people are apt to forget
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      A EUROPEAN GIFT
      90 9 ABOUT two weeks ago a report in tthe Straits Times referred to an Indian named Ramasamy. who is blind. Since then a European woman has generously sent $20 lor the helpless man. It is a great disgrace for the Indian community, with so many organisations, to ignore
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      The Salaried Class
      253 9 DETAILS of East Coast of Malaya prices (in the Straits Times of Nov. 17) were surprising, and have brought forth similar details from Sarawak, where the cost of living is popularly supposed (in Singapore) to be even less. The Kuching correspondent who gives the i Sarawak figures
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      The Fears Of The Estate Unions
      382 9 ANE would have thought v th".t the state of emergency was intended to com,bat the Communist thups. but as It is. the public cannot be unaware of the fact ithat many employers, mainly 'planters, have trfken advantage of the Emergency to (hinder the legitimate
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      A Moderate Voice From A Kedah Estate
      359 9 A Moderate Voice From A Kedah Estate YOUR editorial in the Straits Times of Nov. 18 ("Salaries On Estates") was highiy commendable because lit elucidated some ppints concerning Asian staff 'of rubber i estates in the manner which 1 1 consider most appropriate. The one-year-old negotiations conducted by the Federation
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      LUST-NOT LOVE
      172 9 |N this controversy over the 5.ia. ...y. why do.. the Muslim Laycock Marriage Bill we j leaders here join the other must draw a clear distinction i 1 2ligious sects in abolishing a between religious beliefs and custom which is admittedly customs. if nii-social? To interfere with faith
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      A MIRACULOUS ESCAPE
      129 9 I WISH to express my heartfelt gratitude 0 Our Lady of Fatima. to whom we have dedicated our family, and to whom we offer the daily devotion of the "family rosary." for the miraculous escape of our three-year-old twin son He fell 35 feet from the balcony
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      THE COFFEE MERCHANTS
      151 9 IN A CIRCULAR jointly issued by the Foochow Coffee Merchants' Association and the Kheng Kcow Coffeeshop Association, prices in Singapore coiTt shops were announced as increased from Sept. 1 1950 The increased prices are still prevalent. Not long afterwards. Johore coffee shops followed suit, and it sounded
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      Warning To Malays?
      61 9 T HAVE to thank the Straits Times for publishing the letter headed "Jalan Eunos and Freedom," by "Lahar Ikan Mati." last Monday. I hope no Malay has missed reading it. The Malays in Penang and Malacca can draw their own conclusion about what their fate would be
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      A PLEA FOR THE MIXED SCHOOL
      442 9 A PLEA FOR THE MIXED SCHOOL "THE CHINESE TRADITION yOUR admirable leader of Nov. 21, "The Chinese Tradition' goes scarcely far enough It must be the aim of every Government to discourage communalism and sectionalism within its oorders. In an atomic age we must all learn to think internationally. Community
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      POLICEWOMAN WAS HELD UP,ROBBED
      25 9 POLICEWOMAN WAS HELD UP, ROBBED V, «fc Nr«. M| b»M up t>? J two atm<*d <bti.«s« I atiius 7 V.o (fba Kan« K»>»d. »i V
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      MISS TECK KEE
      52 9 "^yiTH reference to the attached cutting from the Straits Times of Nov. 18 may I know whether it is a printino: error, or a rare coincidence, that the street in which the policewoman was robber! bears the same name as hers? READER. Kuala Lumpur. iAn astonishing coincidence—"
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      CROONERS,NOT YODELLERS IN MALACCA
      202 9 CROONERS,NOT YODELLERS IN MALACCA J WISH to sta.e a few facts about sinpinc competitions in Malaga, as I hear that there's to be another here soon. Competitors are enti'.)p' to certain privilccs in those competitions and some ereponcies in tb?m have to bp cleared up When a croon:: 1 cor.'-)
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    London Stocks
    315 10 LONDON, Fri. r THE Sto Exchange ended the week on a cheerful note with sentiment assisted by Gen. Mac Arthur's "end the war" attack In Korea. Improvements were fairly widespread but were most marked in Far Eastern bonds. Leading industrials and commodity shares were slightly higher where changed.
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    H.K. EXCHANGE
    30 10 HONG KONG, Fri. FREE market currency exchange tor Hone Kong dollars was quoted today as follows: US$l HK56.45 (cash). HK56.49 (T): £1 HK516.05; one tael of gold HK$3OB'L..—U.P.
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    Canadian Dollars
    35 10 T*HE Malayan Exohange Banks Association announced yesterday that control direct rates for Canadian dollars were: Buying. T.T. 34 5 16. Airmail (0.D.) 34 7/16. (90 days) 34 11 lfi; Selling T.T./O.D. ready 34.
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    MALAYAN SHARES
    466 10 From A Market Correspondent rpiN' shares yesterday were fairly steady locally, with moderate buying interest maintained. Rubber shares again eased slightly. Industrials continued Price quotations announced by the Malayan Sharebrokers'Association yesterday were: iNDisTBiAU, Buyers Sdlera Alex. Bricks. Pref. 1.90 Ordi 1.974 Atlas Ice 11.90 B.B. Petrol 39/3 B.M
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    TIN: $517 A PICUL
    460 10 ff cIItN,G/APO(S?£?■ NoV> 24< —$517 (up »M.7!». £1,047^ 9 tOII in Undo! LONDON, Fri.. Nov. 24.S»>t 1.045-£1.050; Forward £960 £965; a.m. settlement £1,040. Turnovers: a.m. 75; p.m. 30 tons. Siamese IVSione 5/8 Southern Kinta 12/10* S Ma.ayau 28/S Tronoh 24/Suugei Besi 18/Sungei Bidor 41/6 Sungei Kinta
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    Rubber: A 5-Ct. Drop
    226 10 RESPITE fairly good trade support, December firstgrade rubber suffered another five-cent drop in price In the Singapore market yesterday. The drop was attributed mainly to pressure of selling from upcountry centres. An irregular tone developed after a steady opening, and the price for December firstgrade dropped
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    PRODUCE MARKET IN SINGAPORE
    79 10 From A Market Correspondent HTHE copra section of the Slnga- pore produce market wa« erratic yesterday. Buyers opened around 'the $45 level and sellers stood at $46. Bids were raised to $45 but. with no busine*Ing, buyers withdrew to $43). Coconut oil was dull, with sellers
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    SHIPS ALONGSIDE
    63 10 SHIPS alongside the Singapore Harbour Board godowns yesterday were: Fernfleld 44; Dartmouth Victory 42-43; Gewang 40; Itela 38-39; Javanese Prince 36-37; Steel Architect 33-34; Anchises 31-32; Nordhval 29-30: St. Croix 27-28: Bradeverett 25-26: Arnold Maersk 23-24; Reginald Kerr 21-22 Benvorlich 17-18:, Chandpara 15-16; City of Ottawa 13-14; Belaga
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    Paterson Simons
    29 10 pATERSON Simons, final Ord. 20 per cent., making 32^; final Pref. three per cent, making six. (Net profit on Malayan business, after tax £32,568, against previous £42.186).
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    QUEENSLAND LOSE 8 FOR 216
    274 11 Carrigan, Missed At 13. Hits 100 BRISBANE, Friday. DLAYING their last match before the opening of the Test series, M.C.C. had an eventful day against Queensland here today. Queensland lost two wickets for 23 but a third wicket stand of 120 by Ken Archer and
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    450 11 Jack Fingleton's Report In P. 11 Only ten minutes' play was possible after lunch, which was taken at 75 for two. b?fore a shower drove the players to the pavilion but that short perioa was full of exitement as the Queensland score jumped by 30 runs of which Carrigan obtained
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    T.B.A. MEETING
    32 11 All sports members of the Tamil Brotherhood Association arp asked to attend a football meeting which will be held at the Association^ premises In Farrer Park today at 6 p.m.
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    SCOREBOARD
    53 11 M a< ka.v c Brown b R*ri«*r H*rv,y Ibw k U.rr Carrlran b HoMIr, mo SgHL^TtE? Wmrr T»Uon c Washbrook k Brdtcr Rajn«T c Uasbkrook b Warr 6 Chapman not oat n Extras 8 t ,L oUI <{" »kU.) tin wmjj? *3-i<3- im BOWLIXG Warr ■•■in.-, 2 Brown 37
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    Inter-Faculty Table-Tennis
    134 11 MEDICALS are all set to win the Inter-faculty table tennis encounter for the Remembrance Cup to be played at the Oei Tiong Ham Hall at 2-45 p.m. today. The Remembrance Cup. which was presented to the Student's Union in J947 by Mr. Yong Kon Vui in memory of
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    SCOTLAND v REST AT K.L.
    111 11 From Oar Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Fri—The following are the two teams for tomorrow's annual St. Andrews Day ***** between Scotland and I The Rfst to be played on the padang. kick-off at 5 p.m:— Scotland: Sgt. Webb; G. P. Burnett. Capt Watson, D. A.
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    S. R. C. Whites Oust V.M.C.A, Four-Nil
    269 11 RESPITE stiff resistance, S. R. C. Whites yesterday scored four goals without r«ply from their opponents, the V.M.C.A. Hockey XI, when the two teams played off their first round Singapore Hotkey Association kno^k-out competition fixture on the padang. Two goals were scored in
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    Services To Run Senior Lge Only
    487 11 MACHINERY for running an inter-Services Soccer iTI League competition outside Singapore Amateur F.A's existing competition was set up yesterday afternoon at the inaugural general meeting of United Services (Singapore) Association Football League at Shackle Club. Fifteen teams will participate in the competition, which Is
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    ATHLETIC COACHING NEXT YEAR
    88 11 ALL SINGAPORE athletic coaches who attended the courses conducted by Geoff Dyson, chief coach to the British Amateur Athletic Association, are requested to attend a meeting to be held at Raffles Institution at 6 p.m. on Tuesday. At this meeting coaches will be detailed their duties
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    UNIVERSITY BEAT S.C.C.
    55 11 University beat Singapore Criket Club by three goals to nil in a friendly hockey match played on the S.C.C. padang yesterday- Ronnie McCoy was responsible for the first two University goals, scoring one In each half. The third goal came mid-way in the second half when Wan
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    Win For Williams
    33 11 MILWAUKEE. Fri.— World lightweight champion Ike Williams avenged a previous defeat by taking a ten-round split decision ->ver Joe Miceh. New York, in a nontitle bout here last night.— A.P.
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    PAHANG CALL OFF HOCKEY
    61 11 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. The two hockey matchesbetween Selangor and Pa- hang, and Negri Sembilan and Pahang—to have been played in Kuala Lumpur during the coming weekend have been cancelled. Pahang have telegraphed the secretary of the Selangor Hockey Association saying that they
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    R.A.F.(M)HOCKEY XI
    41 11 The following will represent R.A.F. Malaya against Police in a hockey match at Thomson Road today: W O Davis; W/C Proctor, A/C Hashim; Capt. Smallcross, Sgt. Old. A/C Joyce; P/Lt. Curtis F/O Wood, F/Lt. Burns, A/C Cook, Sgt. Parminter.
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    South Australia 374-4
    40 11 ADELAIDE, Fri.—Some sound batting enabled South Australia to score 374 for four wicketa by the close of play on the first day of their Sheffield Shield match against New South Wales, holders of the trophy, here today.—Reyter.
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    TOBOGGAN ONLY DANGER TO FOUR O'CLOCK
    778 12 Close Finish Expected By EPSOM JEEP THERE can be no two opinions about Four o'Clock ll's ranking as Malaya's top stayer and Ido not like to think he can be beaten in the 9-f. trophy race for Class 1, Div. 1 horses (Race Six)
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    Prince Charming Best Bet
    1240 12 >KINC i; UHAKAlinii coma noi quue cope wun iue«»c» »!<«" Jl --w« 6e ,«w great finish over 7f. on Wednesday, but over 9f. this Fairfax geldinj hnnM mm? into his own and I take him as the best bet in Race Eight v snuuia come miv
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    Pink Gin For Top Sprint
    64 12 OICHMOND is now officially rated as the best three-year-old of the season but many acclaim Pink Gin as the best of his age. Pink Gins form is of the highest order; this generously moulded three-year-old by Pink Flower has now raced five times for two
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    Perak Blues Win By Only Try
    162 12 Perak Blues Win By Only Try From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH, Fri. r>ERAK beat Kedah by an only try of the game on the padang today in the All Blues Rugby Cup competition in a colourless gjme. Rain throughout play precluded good threequarter play and the forwards na< l much
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    US Colts Top Free H'cap
    120 12 LONDON Prl. TWO American-owned colts head the official two-year-old Free Handicap published here today. Mrs- John Bryce's chestnut colt Big Dipper, by Signal Light out of Huntress. Is rated the best two-year-old of 1850 at 9-7, with Mr. William Woodward's Turco II ssed 2 lb
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    Straits Times Selections
    156 12 EPSOM JEEP CALL BOY POINTER BA CE 1 OREGON BONNIE PRINCE OREGON 2. 1S Bonnie Prince Oregon Star of India S'.ar of India Star of India Silver Sequin RACE 2 THEATRE REGMAR THEATRE 2.45 Regmar Theatre Regmar King Arthur Congo King Arthur RACE S THE BLESSING THE
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    Today's Race Card
    983 12 THE card of events for today's races is given below. The double tote will be on Races Five and Eight. The Big Sweep will be drawn on Race Seven. Race 1-2.15: Class 1, Div. 3—6 F. 19 Yds. 1 002 Bonnie Prince Ellery 8.12 Mr. Wee Hian
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    Weekend
    83 12 Sports Diary TODAY All Bluet match: Singapore v RACING: S T C Winter Meet- J»'*n Stadium. Ing, last day, at Bukit Timah from HOCKEY: RAF (M) v Police at 2.15 pjn. Thomson Road. BUOBY: HMS Malaya Comp. TOMORROW tie: Sinfap«r«' Civilians v Johore HILL CLIMB: Singapore Motor «n the
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    43 ENTRIES FOR TOMORROW'S HILL CLIMB
    119 12 43 ENTRIES FOR TOMORROW'S HILL CLIMB SINGAPORE Motor Clubs annual Bukit Batok hill climb takes plare tomorrow off the 8th mile. Bukit Timah Road. The first event will start at 10 a.m. The total entries number 43. The events include one for women (unlimited class, irrespective of vehicle). Two trophies
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    Warr Loses Test Chance With 7th Dropped Catch
    642 12 Warr Loses Test Chance With 7th Dropped Catch By JACK FINGLETON, former Austra.'ian Test Cricketer (Exclusive to the Straits Times) BRISBANE, Friday. John Warr's hands at Brisbane Cricket A Club ground today, where M.C.C. began their four-day game against Queensland, went whatever chances the Cambridge man had of playing next
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    ENGLAND WIN 12-7
    23 12 LONDON. Fri— England bcit Switzerland by 12 to si\en in an international ice hockey match at Wembley last Digbt.— Reuter.
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