The Singapore Free Press, 2 November 1949

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    19 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA I i SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1949. PRICE 10 CENTS
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    DIRECT TRADE WITH RED CHINA HOPES
    280 1 S 'pore traders confident Free Press Staff Reporter gINGAPORE merchants, who have received reports from Hon? Kong that goods are piled high m many of the Communist ports, including Shanghai, predicted yesterday that direct trading between Singapore and the China ports will be possible
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    WORK STARTS ON JAP PEACE
    118 1 LONDON, Wednesday. I London under the direction of Mr. M. E. Dening, permanent I nder-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, md m Washington under Mr. Wallace Butterworth, Ntant Secretary of State. British and American filial* are now working on a draft of the Japanese MM treaty is
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    MANSERGH COMING HERE
    77 1 The British War Office an- nounced yesterday that GenSir Robert Mansergh will 'leave by aircraft on Friday lor Singapore and Hong Kong to confer with the General Headquarters of Far East Land Forces. Far East Air Forces, and Land forces, Hong Kong. He will visit the headquarters*
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    Wants to die sooner
    69 1 NEW DELHI. Tues. A PETITION to the Gov-ernor-General to hang him earlier than Nov. 15, the date, he is due to die. has been sent by Mahatma Gandhi's assassin. Nathuram Vinayak Godse. Godse's lawyers said today (hat Godse has also appealed to the GovernorGeneral to hang
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    ROME BLAZE
    15 1 A seven-hour Are wrecked one of Rome's main electric power station yesterday. A.P.
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    BANDIT AMBUSH KILLS 8
    95 1 BANDIT AMBUSH KILLS 8 Free Press Staff Reporter FIVE special constables and three Chinese, including two children, were killed ln the Bentong area, Pahang. yesterday afternoon following an ambush by armed bandits. One special constable and _o_r labourers were wounded. A party of special cons-table., went to the Cheng Hong
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    6s. Bd. per head
    33 1 British European Airways made a profit of 6s. Bd. for every passenger carried m July*. August and September. the B.E.A. chairman. Lord Douglas of Kirtleside. an- A.P. nounced yesterday.
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    55 DEAD IN U.S. AIR COLLISION
    144 1 WASHINGTON, Wednesday. ALL the 55 persons aboard a Skymaster airliner, including two infants, were officially reported killed yesterday when a small fighter plane piloted by a Bolivian Government official crashed into it as both were coming m for a landing at National Airport. Eric
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    ENVOY ARRIVES
    19 1 Mr. Wang Cilia-slang, ambassador to the USSR from the Chinese Communist Republic, has arrived m Moscow. 0
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    36 1 A Chinese Communist Government $30 currency note. There has been no official international rate of exchange fixed for it and, until thire is. any trading with Red China will have to be on a barter basis.
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    PEACE COST
    15 1 11 ment will T-d a pi record of 5543.500.000.0*t0 hli fiscal t A.P.
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    AMERICA BUYS 165,000 TONS OF RUBBER
    138 1 AMERICA BUYS 165,000 TONS OF RUBBER LONDON. Wed. THE United States bought 164,908 tons of rubber from British territories m South-East Asia between Jan. 1 and Aug. 31 this year, Mr. Douglas Jay, Economic Secretary to the Treasury, told Parliament yesterday. Mr. Leonard Gamm a n s (Cons. said that,
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    Sterling area comes first
    81 1 Sterling area comes first PARIS. Wed. SIR Stafford Cripps. British Chancellor of the Exchequer, told Ministers of the 18 Marshall Plan nations here yesterday that Britain could not integrate her economy into that of Europe ln any way that would prejudice the full discharge of her other responsibilities. These he
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    ARMED ROBBERS
    34 1 Four masked Chinese, two of whom carried pistols, entered an attap house m a kampong off Geylang Serai before dawn today, and robbed two Chinese widows of $862 m cash and jewellery.
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    37 1 General Don Francisco Franco, head of the Spanish Etate, speaking at a banquet during a visit to an infantry school at Mafia. Portugal. At left (foreground looking towards Franco) is Portugal's Minister of Works, Jose Frederico Ulrlch.
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    QUAKE AND A VOLCANO
    64 1 QUAKE AND A VOLCANO HEAVY earthquake damage to buildings is reported from Rabaul on the New Guinea Island of New Britain, where a new tremor lasting three minutes shook the town early yesterday Eruption of a volcano on Bougainville Island, m the Solomon group further east, is reported to have
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    IMPERIAL THANKS
    22 1 Emperor Hirohlto m a speech before the Japanese Diet yesterday thanked the Allied powers for their aid and kindness. Reuter
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    STEEL MISSION
    13 1 A 17-man United States steel mission has arrived m Karachi.— Reuter
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    More bobbies, please
    58 1 <>Ol_H*___ supcrrijlon -< JSucuo.- Aires football 1 matches will m future be strengthened as the result of an incident last Sunday when a British referee, R. H. Maddison, stopped the First Division match between Boca Juniors and the Racing Club. Maddison took this action after some of
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    27 1 The Singapore C.I.D. yesterday arrested 17 Chinese for gambling, one Chinese for assisting m the promotion of "chap-ji-ki" and two Chinese for being alleged secret society gangsters.
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    FLEET SAILS
    14 1 Eleven ships of a Japanese whaling fleet left Tokio Bay yesterday.— Reuter
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    Rubber prices
    52 1 A SPECIAL Market Correspond ent gives the pricea of rubber (m cents per Ib.) at 11 a.m. today as follows: No. 1 RSS. Spot: loose 44% M* F.o.b. In bales Nov. No. 1 R.S.S. 44% UH No. t R.S.S. 42". 43 No. I R.S.S. 40-j, 41 Tone of
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    2 killed in South African labour riots
    149 1 JOHANNESBERG, Wednesday. TWO natives were killed and several wounded L yesterday when Police fired on natives rioting at Krugersdorp, Transvaal, against the new employment contract policy announced by the Native Affairs Department. The Police, m battle formation armed with revolvers, rifles, and a
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    Milton is off again 17 ARRESTED
    81 1 Milton is off again 17 ARRESTED LOS ANGELES, Wed. MILLIONAIRE pen king Milton Reynolds, who made a world's record round-the-world flight m 1947, left here yesterday for New York m seaich of a new round-the-world record this time on scheduled air-liners. After five minutes m New York he will join
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    'Get out' cry to Australians
    196 1 'Get out cry to Australians MANILANS DEMONSTRATE SYDNEY, Wednesday. FILIPINOS demonstrated against Australians who visited Manila during a Far East cruise the Sydney Daily Telegraph said yesterday.. Australian passengers who returned to Sydney yesterday on the liner Taiping from their 42-day cruise, said Filipinos on a Manila wharf and m
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    Sugar to be cheaper
    45 1 THE retail price of sugar m Singapore will b e reduced by four cents per kati from Nov. 10, said an official statement from the Department of Economic Affairs this morning. The wholesale price of this commodity will be reduced accordingly.
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    More Yangtse battle awards
    206 1 More Yangtse battle awards LONDON, Tues. TTORTY-ONE awards to x Royal Navy and Royal Air Force officers and men for their part m the now historic Yangtse incident were announced tonight as officers and men of the frigate Amethyst celebrated their homecoming. The awards ranged from an appointment to the
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    Chapman Pincher's Column
    779 2 Chapman Pincher's Column 140 W soundly does a thrush sleet) through Hie night; Scientists have worked for months to settle this question. Now, as often happens when trivi.il points are investigated, they have made a discovery which throws new lighi on a major mystery bird-migration. The chart I righl >
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    INSOMNIA CURE
    47 2 Sixty-six-years-old veteran of the last three wars George Higley. of West Bromwlch, grows hops round the old pump ln his tiny garden He gives matt of the crop to relatives and friends for making hop pillows. George says they are a sure cure for insomnia.
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    17 2 The Baird television set 7vhich costs £36 ira* an attraction at the recent Rudiolympia show m London.
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    THE DOCTOR SAYS..... Remedies for 'S'pore Foot'
    661 2 THE DOCTOR SAYS..... Remedies for 'S'pore Foot' VOR a long time I r have suffered from "Singapore foot" m spite of all attempts to effect a cure with various ointTnents and applications. Only my left foot is now affected m the begin ning it van both, then each foot alternately.
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    Drug may do away with specs
    188 2 THE possibility of a drug which will make glasses unnecessary was discussed recently by leading eyeear, nose and throat doctors of the U.S. gathered m New York In convention. A specialist, insisted that there was no reason m medical theory why it should not
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    Earth Is 500 Million Years Older
    148 2 THE earth is more than "500.000.000 years older than was thought. The oldest rocks on the planet's surface are granites of the socalled Huron claim area of Northern Manitoba abou 1 .000,000,000 years older than those found In Karelia, m northern Russia, which formerly
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    FOREIGN CONFIDENCE REVIVING IN S'HAI
    485 3 Improvement m conditions ™x.__.,_ HONG KONG Wednesday. CONFIDENCE among foreigners m the future lat^l Ka *J as been somewhat revived by p age I leral ""Provement m focal condimE'mJyS* r P J rts "*<*'"* Hong Kong state that this confidence is m sharp contrast to
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    New gold boom town rises in Alaska
    116 3 I FAIRBANKS, Wednesday. town. In), wheel, ha s sprung up m one tfc |i the Arctic irele m Alaska and is already than Fairbanks. This has followed the c ibewerj of i>ea-sized nuggets m a fishperature is 15 degrees below prospectors are pouring
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    55 3 v Trout River. New York, pay 2,400 U.S. ir i.» teach six year-old Carolyn White, IJL here at her v.io studies. There were 13 chilj, ih* h. htMti last year. hut 12 were transferred, EL C%r*\** with the 2.000 dollar- a -> ear ser- ,|< n her Books and heating
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    Asian anti-Red talks in February
    102 3 Asian antiRed talks in February DRIGADIER-General Carlos P. Romulo. President of the United Nations General Assembly, said m New York it was too early to divulge the contents of his report on the proposed conference m the Philippines m February to organize a non-Communisi union of Southeast Asia. The New
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    'MOST IMPORTANT'
    30 3 The Argentine Minis'.-; ol Economy, Mr. Roberto Ares declared recently that Argentina was "on the point of concluding a most important operation" m Its trade with India.— Reuter
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    The bookies were paid to win
    141 3 LONDON, Wednesday LIALF-A-DOZEN English bookmakers had one of the happiest days of their lives at a point-to-point meeting at Ludlow, Shropshire. The fixture was specially staged tor the new Jennifer Jones-David Farrar film. "Gone to Earth." Hundreds of extras were used as racegoers and
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    ISRAEL GETS NEW LOAN
    50 3 ISRAEL was recently granted a U5520,000,000 credit by the Export -Import Bank for the purchase of American equipment and to foster industrial development This brings the total of loans to Israel by the govern-ment-owned bank to US$73,--1.50.000. all provided within the last nine months. A P.
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    THAMES BECOMES 'PLAYGROUND'
    123 3 LONDON, Wednesday. "THE Thames, hitherto primarily a commercial river, has this year emerged as one of Britain's most popular holiday playgrounds. Tens of thousands of peo- pie have cruised m the white "motor buses" which give visitors a new angle view of many famous London "sights" —Including
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    BIG U.S. NAVY CUT
    28 3 U S. naval menfth will be cut by 56,200 by the end cf June next year, a U.S. Defence Department statement said recently.- A.P.
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    Bridge Hands
    261 3 "'PHE bidding can be explained, but hardly justified. South'* two bid was shaded, and what North's idea was when he bid four clubs is still a mystery. He should have bid three notrump (which couldn't have been made). Over four clubs, South couldn't do anything but bid four
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    AUST. REJECTS U.S. PROPOSAL
    58 3 THE Australian Minister of External Affairs, Dr. Herbert V. Evatt. says Australia has rejected an American proposal for joint administration of Antarctic areas by countries claiming territory there. Dr. Evatt added that the Australian Government and several other British Commonwealth countries would prefer to see Antarctica
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    CZECH TABOO ON PARROT
    114 3 DOLLY, the fortune-telling parrot the kind tha: pulls out your horoscope from a deck of cards— has been placed on the taboo list m Prague. Ii Is all a matter of economics, said a write? In Mlada Fronts, organ of the Communist Youth Organization. "Take a
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    WANTS A-BOMB OUTLAWED
    73 3 CiEN. Carlos Romulo. PreI sident of the United Nations General Assembly, is planning to ask all powers who hold the atomic bomb to outlaw Itl use as a weapon of war. it was learned recently at Lake Success. The Philippines President said he had carefully scanned the
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    Revolt spreads to Kachins, Shans
    433 3 BURMA DEVELOPMENT BANGKOK, Wednesday. RIGHTING now raging on the Shan plateau of north-eastern Burma has engulfed m the Burmese insurrection two major tribes that had so far remained largely loyal to the Burma government the Kachins and the Shans. Sections of both these tribes are
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    27 3 Sir Frederick Rowland, who succeeds Sir George Aylwen as Lord Mayor of London. He is 74 years of age and a chartered accountant of 46 years' standing.
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    18 3 /L™gggl .—I Chinese refugees from Canton arriving at Kowloon railway station m the British < olony of Hong Kong.
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    DEPUTY PROMOTED
    29 3 Mai. Gen. T. J Winterton, Deputy High Commissioner u> Austria, will succeed L< General Sir Alexander Galloway as British High Commissioner m that country »n Jan. 1
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      79 3 mter-school qjize;: 620 The Rad.o Orchestra m a forty minute am_n° of popular light uric 7 Time Signal News: 7 10 Spore Share Market Report; 7.15 Interlude; 7.30 Rhythm P.-rade— Aweekiv programme for jazz fan, 8 Radio Doctor Answering your question*. 8.10 Classical Mu. ic Shop m whioh we present
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      348 3 of 10.15 mmttat Time lhe Mandolettes; 10. Dance music. KUALA LUMPUR 10.00 a.m. News (alo at 130. 7 and 9.30 1 12 00—1.00 Mala> Programme (As Singapore* 1.00--—2.00 English Programme (A.s Spore); 2.00 Close; 600 Station Opening 6.02 lhe Children's Corner; 6.20 The RaJio Orchestra; 7.10 Share Market Report; 7.30
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      119 3 WHAT'S ON IN K.L. REX: Homicide. PAVILION: Cardinal Richelieu. ODEON: The Bfatory °f Mr. Polly. COLISEUM: When My Baby Smiles At Me. CATHAY: Thyagi tTamll>. MADRAS: Alcma Of the South St as CENTRAL: Swakavi (Tamil. HINDUSTAN: Mohiui (Tamil* EMPIRE: Meera (Tamib. PENANG CATHAY: The Window. REX: The Corpse Came C
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      THEY MAKE POWER FOR THE TORCHES OF SOUTH-EAST ASIA
      715 4  - THEY MAKE POWER FOR THE TORCHES OF SOUTH-EAST ASIA PETER HILL A.C. KOK > Story by Photos by SITUATED against a backdrop of beautiful green hills and trees at the ninth mile. Bukit Timah Road, and m an atmosphere as peaceful as its surroundings is an Americancontrolled factory that turns
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    FRANCE MAKES NEW POLAR BID
    389 5 FRANCE MAKES NEW POLAR BID Expedition to Antarctic rra» bi v PARIS > Wednesday. |HL trench polar expedition ship Commandant Charcot is ploughing southward through the bouth Atlantic with 11 men who are to make a second attempt to spend a year m Adelie Land, the French sector of the
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    24 5 Mmintb.ttten (left) superintendent of St. John's k.i. mr Nurses, sayinc goodbye to two of her charges lSEcthej nem from Xortholt for duty m Malta.
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    Caught by own burglar alarm
    73 5 LONDON, Wednesday. THI issfcUnts were plucking poultry m Mr. Stanley I Chandler's fish simp m Torrington-place, Holbom. London. They looked up. "Mr. Chandler," they dwtsfd, "is out." 00. In Clerkenwell police court, a quarhe was laying down his white ■loves •ly rolled umbrella, his brown
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    Scout MacA's good turn
    52 5 GEN. no re; las macARTHIR, who has accepted the honorary presidency of the Boy Scouts of .lapan. has received a letter from the I.S. Chief Scout. Mr. Arthur A. Schuch. readin?. "As brother Scouts, we dilute you and record our recognition and appreciation of your tjood
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    'Co-ops duty of govts.'
    108 5 'Co-ops duty of govts.' THE plenary session of the Food and Agricultural Organisation technical conference on co-operatives m Asia and the Far East, which sojourned latl Tuesday, met m Lucknow yesterday. It te<_ oil-mended that the promotion of cooperative societies m countries where the movement is not adequately developed or
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    LONDON ON JAP TRADE
    26 5 LONDON ON JAP TRADE /ernment fl r prices »rt s kx na. pro- ■an sai Pr 81--larold Wils ,r Overseai A Q B tto.nl*y. 'S A.P.
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    WHALING FLEET IS ALL SET
    140 5 ALTHOUGH the whaling rk season does not officially begin until Dec. 22 the British expeditions are tuning up fast m preparations of the "off" to spend six months m Artarctic waters. It is the entire whale oil output of these expeditions which the British Government
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    NATIONALISTS" PLAY SAFE
    48 5 CHINESE financial quartern yesterday disclosed tha; Nationalist banks and othe. organs m Hong Kong had been instructed to renvw their assets elsewhere to circumvent a Communist de mand for confiscation of Nl; tionalist property m Hong Kong m case Britain recogni- zes the Reds.- U.P.
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    4 new Strauss songs
    87 5 n ■.•in _V Kilsten Flagstan said m Porthfa. !;r un lh;l Richard Strauss, shortly before r, rV iv her exclusive rights to the first ni sh I, ,r of his unpublished sonns written m ■n >... r... llltr °d«<-« them m London next May dur- uiopoan
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    Lord Mayor's Show-Nov. 9
    132 5 'itiiAMEo watermen, Welsh A fishermen, merchant sailors and lileboatmen will parade through London for the Lord Mayor's show on November 9 There will be fewer marchers than usual, but the show will be one of the most varied Sir Frederick Rowland, the new Lord Mayor, will
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    MIKES 'SPY' ON TEACHERS
    106 5 PARIS, Wednesday. ONE HUNDRED teachers, 30 of them British, at a Paris languages school have threatened to strike because the management is putting microphones m classrooms so that inspectors can listen-in^Jto lectures. i Teachers complained to their unions about the "spy system" when work begnn on
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    47 5 An attempt is being made to salvage the British battleship, Warspite, from the rocks at Prussia Cove, near Penzance, and this picture shows one of the workmen taking >ut a barrel of ojl on the aerial railway. the only way to reach the vessel m rough weather.
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    31 5 The Duke of Edinburgh chatting with Britain's Prime Minister, Mr. Clement Attlee, at the Dorchester Hotel. London, on the occasion of the annual dinner of the United Kingdom Chamber of Commerce.
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    MAY EXPEL NON-GERMANS
    66 5 VVESTERN Germany's three Allied High Commissioners have now announced they had signed a law empowering them m certain condition! to expel any non-German or any German not ordinari ly resident m tho Federal Republic. Under the law, each Uigh Commissioner will also have the power of unilateral
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    U.K. women are 'surplus' at 25
    226 5 U.K. women are 'surplus at 25 LONDON, Wednesday. rROM the time she reaches her 25th birthday, every woman m England and Wales stands a better chance of living into old age than her men contemporaries. Among the results of this, revealed recently, are: A growing surplus of women aged 25
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    BURMA REBELS IN RETREAT
    61 5 CHINESE iinancial quarters have now disclosed that from well fortified positions at Taungup, 140 miles south of the big rice port of Akyab on Burma's coast, a military communique reported. The rebels, who had used Taungup as a stronghold for the past four months, offered stiff
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    NEW BOYS OF 'THE OLD BDE.
    174 5 rpiE Colonel of the South Staffordshire Regiment finds that ihe young soldiers of toaay are quite as devoted to duty as many of the "Old Brigade." Of the men of the 38th. whom He had seen leave for Hong Kong. Sir Guy de Glover
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    Fr.-India referendum
    33 5 Fr. -India referendum India has accepted the names of eight Europeans and Americans from a list of 12 submitted by France as observers for a referendum on French -India on Dec. 11 A.P.
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    ANCIENT PLAIN GETS: An anti-germ war station
    227 5 ANCIENT PLAIN GETS: An anti-germ war station LONDON, Wednesday. fIIUH on Salisbury Plain, where Ancient Britons once fought with stone axes, the world's most modern military establishment a £1,000,000 research station for defence against germ warfare is being built by the British Government. The main block is one of the
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    GERMANS LEAVING RED ZONE
    125 5 GERMANS LEAVING RED ZONE THE Russian zone of Germany had a population shrinkage of 124.000 persons between the Spring of 1948 and 1949. the Wesern German Press reports. The population of the Soviet zone now is 17.800.000. those reports said. The return of 500.000 prisoners of war from the USSR
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    JAP CONCESSION
    18 5 Eleven Japanese banks nave started handling foreign exchange for the first time ..ii.ee the surrender.— Reuter.
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    The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, Nov. 2, 1949. ASKING MEN WHO KNOW
    579 6 The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, Nov. 2, 1949. ASKING MEN WHO KNOW PROBLEM of recognising Communist China will overshadow everything else at the Bukit Serene conference of Britain's highest lepresentatives m Asia, rivil and military, to discuss freely and quietly the problems affecting all British territories m South-east Asia and
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    Onthe Edge of the Iron Curtain
    827 6  - Onthe Edge of the Iron Curtain ALICE HOPE By HELSINKI: JN this troubled little country on the edge of the Iron Curtain, I met recently the three persons whose names make news here two by appointment, the third by chance. My two appointments were with the President, 72-year-old Mr. J.
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    21 6 Students at the National High School Music Camp at Interlochen, Michigan, U.S., have a pictures Que pinewood setting for their rehearsal.
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    NEW RECORDS
    322 6 Krahti-.. Symphony Xo. 2. In 1> played by thc Danish State Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Frits Busch 11 M.v Z7004-7. Sir 'ITiomas Beecham and the L.P.O. have already recorded this symphony so superbly that to some it might seem to border on the sacrilegious to say that
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    Music Supplement on Saturday
    804 6 Music Supplement on Saturday big news of the moment is, of course, next week's series of concerts by the Radio Batavia Philharmonic Orchestra under Vvon Baarspul with Jacques (ienty as soloist. To mark the occasion, the Free Press will on Saturday publish a special 5-page music supplement. This will include
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    GAY LIFE, 1949
    374 6 GA Y LIFE, 1949 %yE have some young Tf teen-age cousins who sometimes worry about me. When you are over 30. they say, you must be careful not to Sink Into A Rut. The other day they worried about me. "Had I visited the London Jazz Club?' I blushed and
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    AN AUDIENCE WITH HIS HOLINESS
    268 6  - AN A UDIENCE WITH HIS HOLINESS JUDY BARDEN b?^" ROME. •tffHETHER you are a f Catholic or not, an audience with the Pope ls something that lives forever In your memory. At first it was an aweinspiring, rather terrifying business. We were ushered into the main hall by Swiss guards
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    S'PORE PLANS COURSE IN UNIONISM
    243 7 S'PORE PLANS COURSE IN UNIONISM Lecture offer to workers Free Press Staff Reporter fHE Singapore Trade Union Department proposes to run a series of lectures on trade unionism and allied subjects for members of the Colony's unions. Requests of such classes had been received by the Department. The tentative plan
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    Driving school for police
    116 7 Driving school for police PK^ Stall K« porter |r v v MPUR,Tues. X, Police Force X* 1 >art.-d its own driv- ?2 -he Police Del^pur. This is urgent need Ofht Snstablei are ■••e course, which tfcs. hi, time they are assss nd of the course has an oral mr is
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    BAIL OPPOSED
    21 7 II Khiang c the let Judge, ng grievmpatriot ago, le, ASP., opi iimds had only cd. 1 huah cus--19.
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    $11,000 sales at M.A.H.A.
    82 7 MORE than $11,000 worth ol Malayan arts and crafts were sold at the M.A. H.A. Exhibition m Kuala Lumpur which ended on Sunday The Trengganu stall sold $4,900 worth. Its outstanding exhibits were a collection of brooches each shaped like a fish which is the symbol
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    Bazaar for Geylang
    96 7 IN aid of the Geylang Methodist Girls" School building fund, the five Methodist schools and churches of Geylang will hold a bazaar m the school compound m Aljunied Road on Saturday from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. There will be a jumble sale, a fish pond, handwork
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    76 7 picture. PICTURED at the opening of the Sandes Soldiers Home m Singapore, at Ayer Raja Road, last night is the Assistant Chaplain General to the Forces m the Colony, Col. (Rev). J. W. J. Steele, dedicating the Home. Opened by the C-in-C FARELF. Lie it.-Cien. Sir John Harding, the Home
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    ADVISER NAMED
    19 7 Mr. Wet. Chong Jin has been appointed a temporary member of th? Emergency Advisory Committee m Singapore
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    FEWER PEOPLE LOOK FOR JOBS
    164 7 Free Press Staff. Reporter rrHE number of people seeking jobs ttirough the Singapore Labour Department's Employment Exchange has been dropping steadily since August this year, according to the latest statistics. From August when 1.661 men. women and children registered for work, the total has dropped
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    THEY PAWN TO AID SCHOLARS
    211 7 Free Press Malay Correspondent MALAYS studying on Government scholarships m Britain say that their families m Malaya have had to pawn their belongings to help them, according to Malay press reports. Dato Onn bin Ja'afar was informed of the students' financial difficulties when he was
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    BETTER TRAIN SERVICES
    33 7 BETTER TRAIN SERVICES THE Government of North Borneo announces improved train services between Beautort-North and Tenom on the west coast area of the Colony. The petrol-driven trains have been replaced by steam locomotives.
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    Municipality earns record revenue
    306 7 Free Pres s Staff Reporter SINGAPORE has used m the first six months this year more water, electricity and *as than over the corresponding period last year, according: to a report by the acting Municipal Treasurer, Mr. K. J. O'Dell. Supply of all three municipal services
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    BUILT THEIR OWN ROAD
    83 7 KAMPONG people of Bukit Abal and La bok m the Pasir Puteh and Kota Rahru districts of Kelantan have built a road 10 miles long. It took them a month tn finish a mile. They also built nine bridges along the 10-i .ile stretch. The bridges
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    A 'DREAM COMEDY'
    188 7 ANCE upon a Dream.' Ih light British comedy which opens at the Pavilion today, has the advantage of an original theme, players capable of making the most of it and a song "Time and Time Again*' which has a!! the qualities of a "hit." Ooogie Withers is
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    POPPY DAY FUND
    32 7 TELUK ANSON, Tues.— A dance will be held at the Dew Recreation Club Teluk Anson, on Nov. 12 m aid of the Foppy Day Fund and the Anti-TB. Fund.
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    MUSIC LECTURE
    25 7 Mr. Gordon van Hien will speak at the East Society m the British* Council Hall tomorrow at 5.30 p.m. en "Music and Singing".
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    SQUATTERS MOVE OUT
    63 7 picture. rpHE evacuation of squatters from the George's area, A Singapore, was completed yesterday. One Indian 5™» m anop owner, pictured on the left of this picture, m mm over ment baU to demolish his premises. r. w. D. officials entered his shop and moved out his
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    PROF. T.H. SILCOCK
    30 7 Professor T. H. Sllcock addressed the Singapore District Society of the Corporation of Certified Secretaries on "Relations of Universities to Commerce." m the British Council Hall yesterday.
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    LATEST GIFTS TO BOYS' TOWN
    266 7 DONATIONS during the past week to Singapore Boys' Town Appeal have brought the total to $40,812.16. It Is expected that the work of grading the three terraces on which Boys' Town will be built, at 9V 2 m.s. Bukit Timah Road, will be completed -by
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    Lights on only after 9 p.m.
    152 7 Lights on only after 9 p.m. Free Press Staff Reporter IVICNAIR Road, a private iTI street m Balestier, Singapore, will get It I street lights and when it does, the lights must not be turned on before 9 p.m. nightly. This is the stipu*. «>; the Municipal Commissioners m approving
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    BREACH OF TRUST ALLEGED
    161 7 BREACH OF TRUST ALLEGED Free Press Staff Reporter TWENTY- three-year-old Qua Keng Lian, of New Bridge Road, pleaded guilty m the Singapore Second Police Court yesterday to a charge of criminal breach of trust of $5 000 belonging to his em- j oloyers. Chop Teck Ouan on Oct. 27. Inspector
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    LIBERTY ASSN. TO CELEBRATE
    94 7 THE Liberty Musical and Dramatic Association. Singapore, will celebrate Its fourth anniversary with .i dinner and dance at the residence of one of itj patrons, Mr. Choo Lye Huat, No II Martia Road, on Saturday. The association was founded soon after the liberation m October, 1945,
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    PROMOTIONS
    29 7 Lieut. Peter Howard Burgess has been promoted Lieut Commander of the Malay on Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve < List 11 Joseph Shearman has been appointed Surgeon Lieut Commander. M.R.N.V.R
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    INCREASED OUTPUT OF TIN
    210 8 Frer* rr ess Staff Reporter KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. THE Federation's tin-in-ore production during the three months ending on Sept. 30 totalled 14.010 tons, an increase ot 310 ton s over the pre vious quarter Total tin-in-ore production for the whole year w i| 40.7f .ons. i
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    58 8 picture, BERLINEBS, winding up their most disastrous decade m history, are moving into the fifties with a new spirit of gaiety and recklessness The dance marathon craze has hit Berlin a little late but is going strong. Picture shows Berlin youngsters trying to win fame and fortune by plodding wearily
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    BANDIT UNIT SURRENDERS IN JOHORE
    296 8 BANDIT UNIT SURRENDERS IN JOHORE Hardships m the jungle Free Press Staff Reporter KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. FEDERATION Police Headquarters announced today that a complete section of Chinese and Tamil bandits has surrendered m the Segamat area of Johore. The bandits had been attacked by the R.A.F"., troops and police for
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    N.Y. STOCKS ADVANCE
    71 8 THE NEW YORK Stock Exchange cl eed trom tractions to nearly one dollar (US) higher .n a 1.300.000-j.hare m terciay. Steels remained uncharged -bough thf Bethlehem settlement was expected to rrtsbllsh tlie pattern for a quick settlement of the ■tee! strike. There was moderate activity m rub;
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    SINGAPORE SHIPPING
    132 8 gHIPS alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves yesterday (godowns m brackets) were: Main Wharf: Kamuning (31--32», Antilochu.s *33-34>. Te^elberu (36-37), Bosnlk (40t. Belaga (41 President Polk (42-43). West Wharf: Carthage (1-2). Socotra <4-s>, Rhesus (6-7 Morella (8-9 >, Tyndareu* (111, Japara i 15-16 Fmpir* Dock: Benavon 17-18 1,
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    SAKAI ACCUSED OF MURDER
    89 8 ipoh. Tues.— Alleged to have murdered a Chinese m a mining kongsi at Tanjong Tualang m August. two jroung Sakal were produced before Mr Justice Hill m the Assize Court today. They were Kulop bin Pandak i aped 19 1 and Ngab Ali bin Alang Tawi
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    TWO WOMEN UNDER BED
    81 8 TWO WOMEN UNDER BED MUAR, Tues. WHEN a Customs party raided a house at Jalan Meriam it seemed there was no one at home. But one of the officers lifted the curtain of the bedstead and found two women lying under it with a lighted chandu lamp, chandu. and smoking
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    Union plans youth drama festival
    162 8 A YOITH Drama Festival is to be held m Singapore early next year. Its organisers are the Singapore Teachers' Union. Schools and youth organ- 1 isations are being invited to send m teams for the festival They will be eligible to enter any number of
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    TARZAN
    9 8 In The Death House By Edgar Rice Burroughs
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    Sultan's appeal dismissed
    369 8 Sultan 's appeal dismissed r pHE Singapore Full Court of Appeal, composed of the Chief Justice, Singapore, Mr. Justice MurrayAynsley, the Chief Justice, Federation of Malaya, Sir Harold Willan. and Mr. Justice Evans, held by a majority yesterday that the Sultan of Johore, Major-General Sir IbraTum, b not a sovereign
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    SINCAPORE FANTASY
    54 8 picture. of the children who will take part m the Blue i_!V Bird play to be staged by the DeanOs School. Singapore, at the Victoria Theatre on Dec. 4 and 5. About 100 pupils of the school will participate m the play which is being held m aid
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    TRADE UNION MEN TOUR ESTATES
    194 8 SEREMBAN, Tuesday. TWO men who last January travelled 2.6oo 'mile* m Negri Sembilan and visited 43 estates to tell workers how the emergency affected the trade union movement have just finished touring tin Seremban and Bahau areas explaining the Arbitration Board report to members of
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    Small trade at end of account
    319 8 iaiaEEEffiaas^B IOM)()\ v I JAPANESE bonds were a firm ie UmTSSS t I J Stock Exchange yesterday say, 1 f correspondent. Gains of two ko thre* H\! Hal 1 ed a report from New York that the tif %ll peace treaty with Japan is
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    No free travel for pensioners
    26 8 MA Ll'MPl'R Tna 4 :<_■ V I I I H Th< H H T.O I I I B I I I 1
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    PEPPER MART
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    SIEG HEIL!
    349 9 It l rv cry oi the N.t/is is heard again m n While General Sir Brian Robertson, Ritisli High Commissioner, tells British Con- Commission officials "Be respectful, not Germany's "wild men" see the green jn observer reports on the new 'y, a i work m Germany. iti own
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    11 million & nothing to lose...
    73 9 11 million nothing to lose... 11 Jonathan Blow *I (.t'linnn parV n hiil tin < niliHl on \\)V\ will Invo jii s t SU <hl i by I I ugra- I In I i "reto I fe no j elteS I. More •'^ges. iv any employ j '-red one. \::.es
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    He was with Stanley and Livingstone
    642 9  - He was with Stanley and Livingstone O. PHILIP BLAKE survivor of Stanley's march to find ingstone, Sheikh Ali bin Said, 110 years old his ouz?i reckoning, has died. The story of remarkable old man is here told from Dar es Salaam by \()IU)|)V knows for Lain jusi how old Sheikh
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    THE CHINESE PAINTER
    1247 9  -  EDMOND BARRY T&edmtetetaf £6e*t £tc%y by m [y\M Shing was painting the bulkhead on the boat deck ot the Bai yen loch with meticulous care. Steven Brogan paused to watch him. He examined one of the panels that the Chinese boy had already completed. It was impossible
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    The essence is already created
    104 9 The essence is already created a ALTHOUGH no permanent buildings have been erected, the essence of colonial universities has been created by free and vigorous communities of staff and students, says the Inter Universities Council for Higher Education m the Colonies In its second report just published. The report records
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    2ND ROUND OF CUP OPENS TODAY
    699 10 Tigers 9 defeat only surprise By CRUSADER TH X opening of the second round of the Singapore Amateur Football Association Cup competition today sees eight teams left to contest the quarter-finals. They are: S.R.C. (drew a bye); Chinese Athletic (bt. Pulau Brani United 3—1);
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    41 10 picture. The Malayan Indian XI. which lost I—'l1 'I to the Indian touring team. Back row. left to right: Sarathi. O. Paul (goalkeeper). Xavier; second row: Rozario. Ramasamy. Balan: front row: Murugason (capt.). S. Chandra. Nadarajah. Sammanthan. Mohd. Kassim. Free Press
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    London rugby in doldrums
    847 10 London rugby in doldrums By PETER LOVEGKOVE IJL'E are witnessing this season one more episode m the great London rugby clubs' mystery. Nowhere else m the country is there such a concentration of talent. Eleven of the 26 players who were capped for England last year, five Scottish internationals, four
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    SCIENCE IN SOCCER
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    How to beat offside trap
    166 10 By PETEK DOHEKTY DEATING an offside trap is the easiest thing m the world if you have a plan. The Aston Villa defence used to be pastmasters at throwing forwards offside simp' by moving forward a few Daces. Georee Cummings. their left-back, and Callaghan. ritr-'-ha
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    MAYTIME B.P.
    56 10 ()FFICE-B*.ARLR_S of M:y line 8.P.. Singapore lor the ensuinj? year are: President Mr John Taye; vice-president,' Mr." Lim Kwans Str; secretary. Mr. Goh Gek Khoon: treasurer sa* Tay Chin Liang; auditor,' tir. John Chan; sports captain. Mr Lim Kirn Leo; committee* v «a Fr Yogg Chye. Tan Mong
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    ISLAND CLUB OCT. MEDAL
    139 10 T-he l_.i _nd ciuhs Oetobu Monthly Medal g»lf rom^i,tfton resulted aa follow?. "A" Division: R. E. 1.. TlTllflt 83—11—72. nwiv er. Nexi best, returns: W. H. Day 81—7—74: J. W. Y. Eu 82—8—74. P. b. IfaagniiU 86—12 74. S AMMtt 86 2 74 T. O. James
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    8 BOUTS SHARED
    22 10 ITALY and Plnlftatf drew four matches all ln an interna* lonal boxjng ...'.est. m Helsinki mi rufsday.— A P.
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    CSC may repeat victory over Recs
    315 10 Free Press Hockey Reporter CUFFOBTEBS of both clubs are eagerly awaiting kJ the clash of two of the Colony's strongest hockey combinations the first teams of Singapore Recreation Club and Ceylon Sports C lub. The Cevlonese side has been greatly strengthened and may repeat
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    36 PER CENT OF DANES PLAY GAMES
    474 10 36 PER CENT OF DANES PLAY GAMES Sport m other landg From JAMES WHITE ALTHOUGH their schools havo no m games, many Danes become fanatic enthusiasts when their school days arc SPOrts Professionalism m Danish sport, apart fer coaches, is almost unknown. roni The latest statistics show that no Ip
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    21 10 ano the B. rey c 'ne Monthlher] Croa mins. B.M 124 40 n 1 24
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    Visitors confounded the critics
    658 11 By ("KI'SADER tourists Singapore Combined Services 3. Indian tourinf footballers fully deserved the I gobbing which hundreds of their countrymen! arded them after running across the field immediate! v their drawn match against Singapore Combined Services had ended at Jalan Besar Stai\*m last evening. they confounded
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    Changes likely tomorrow
    195 11 r- line-up of the Indian soccer tourists m I to-morrow's fixture against Singapore Combined Eurasians. Europeans and Indians will probably be a slightly different one from the team which put up such a good j show against Combined Services yesterday. Mr. N.R. Murthy. Co-manager ©f the Indian
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    S'PORE HOCKEY TEAM PICKED
    48 11 S'PORE HOCKEY TEAM PICKED THE Singapore hockey team to meet Malacca m Singapore this Saturday, was selected last night as follows: Browne: R. H. Barth. Cpl. Coulter. Pennefather. Doraisamy Veluplllal; Lim Swang, Chai Hon Yam. A. Clarice. B. Coutta and E. Ebert. Reserves: Wing Cdr. Proctor. Vijiaretnam. Vanderput.
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    MANS LEADS
    77 11 PETER Mau., South Alri..**snooker champion. .ecer.Uig 16 points la each frame, led lhe former world champion. Whiter Donaldson, by 13 frames to 11 at ♦he end of the early session today m their 37-frame Newn of the World 'ournament match m London. Herbert Holt of Ealing led H.
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    TURPIN WINS ON TKO
    43 11 p)ICK TURPIN, British m.ddle- eiKin champion. beat George Ross champion of Canada, m Birmingham las: Bight The referee stopped the bout during the seventh round of v ten-round non-iitle contest owing to Ross havine I m***mmmj" _t-ft eve Reuter
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    H.K. P.I. AQUATICS
    41 11 A HONG KONG swimming t an of 16 members including five K'irls. are _»c*ieduled to airive la Manila by plane today for the annual Hong Kong -Manila Infer- I port swimming meet <»n Nov. j i 4—6.— U.P.
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    B. DOCUSEN WINS
    29 11 BERNARD DOCU^r-S' won h close decision from B-b" iTijtert Ferland of Montreal on Monday night m a ten round A.P. j bout. Both weighed 147 lbs-
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    MALAYAN LIFTERS TO COMBINE
    357 11 MALAYAN LIFTERS TO COMBINE Try outs for 1950 Empire Games PAN-MALAYAN weightlifting federation is to be formed shortly as a result of discussions held between officials of Singapore and the Federation recently. The nucleus of the organisation will consist of three officials each from Singapore and the Federation who will
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    50 11 Big Sweep queue picture. .amort »i"t Club's Bis Sweep total has passed the $600,000 mark. This pic,U that queue up daily for tickets at the Club's premises. This is lime thai Uie Turf dub ha s provided facilities for the direct purchase of mt W Bn; Sweep tickets. Free Press
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    34 11 picture. Todd, the Combined Services* inside-right, smiles as he tries to beat an Indian defender to the ball. The game, played at Jalan Besar Stadium last evening, ended In a three-all draw.- Free Press
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    UK SOCCER FIXTURES
    226 11 PLLOWING are U.K. League soccer fixtures fur Satur-, day, Nov. 5: BWJH \*em*m*Jmm—**** l 1 \r_enal .-h .r.< Hirm.niii.a v Hlarkpool ttolton Newra*t.e Hurale- v Acton V ('brl»ra Portsmouth lkth> Muld.. .ki..-.ii IJverpool m M»o< hr>i. > \mmmtmmm* l. Hu<-...-r.ii<ii S«n*rrUnd < h«r'i..» \N R.oa_«> h v
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    Admiralty XI
    52 11 SINGAPORE Admiralty Local j Staff Union's hockey XI v. HMS. Loch Quioch *A Naval Base on Friday at 5 p.m. Baku Hassan. Mehar Singh md Bakar Sidek; Krishna* Kuttv. Darshan Sinsh and Soi Yong; Khaluff, Mohd. .tamat. Wong Slew Choon. Peter Then. Tan Seng Tong. Reserves: Pass and
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    NSW BEAT QUEENSLAND BY 15 RUNS
    221 11 NSW BEAT QUEENSLAND BY 1 5 RUNS YEW SOUTH WALES beat A Queensland by 15 runs m the Hrst Sheffield Shield erieI ket match of the season at Brisbane yesterday. Final scores were: New South Wales 248. (Keith Miller 80. N. V. Raymer Iqut for 34) and 137 (Len Johnson
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    No Free H'cap at STC meet
    107 11 No Free H'cap at STC meet THE Free Handicap sevenfurlong race for three-year-olds will not be run at the Singapore Turf Club November Meeting opening on Saturday next week. A proposal to run the race j earlier m the year ls being j considered. The object of this move ls
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    RSGC tourney results
    210 11 T^HE Royal .Singapore Golf Clubs m Presidents P_ize. .9.9. com- peUtion (four-ball-best-ball I was played _t Bukit Timah on Sunday i morning and resulted m a win for R.D. Oiliespie <&_ P.J. Monaghan with a net score of 61. The following were the best ;e--turns: R. D
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    EMPIRE XI FAIL TO FORCE WIN
    255 11 AFTER running up the huge score of 613 for seven declared m their first innings, the Commonwealth cricket team failed to force victory m their match against North Zone at Patiala, although they had over two days m which to dismiss their opponents twice.
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    CZECHS WIN CHESS
    24 11 (""ZECHOSL hamth I ieated A* stria by H's P Lafi to s'_ ln a chess matMi conelud< fd I yesterday. A.P.
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    Wolves beaten by Antwerp XI
    336 11 Wolves beaten by Antwerp XI M. WOLVERHAMPTON Wanderers, English F.A. Cup holders and present First Division league leaders, were beaten by two goals to one by an Antwerp XI at Antwerp yesterday. Antwerp led 2 o at halftime. A capacity crowd of 45,000 at the Barchen Stadium saw the Wolves
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    World marksmen get ready
    105 11 World marksmen get ready THE rattle ot rifle and pteto. I echoes over the pleasant i>a:klike suburbs of northern Bueno. Atrcs daily as marksmen from ali over the world bring themselves to the peak for the world shooting championships, opening r)_ Friday. About 400 experts from i 8 countries are
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    TROTTING RECORD
    47 11 pW Hill 1 1 i established a new world trotting record at Westbury. New York for the l i m ti mile distance when she won the 1 second qualifying dash of the David McConnell Memorial Trot 1 In Smir.;.. 07 3. 3 sees.- A.P.
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    Williams to box Dawson for title
    296 11 Williams to box Dawson for title THE world lightweight champion, Ike Williams, has signed to defend his title m a 15--round fight against Freddy Dawson, of Chicago, m Philadelphia on Nov. 28. The promoter, Ph_ po man, said Williams w; aid rejcoive 45 per ccn. and D:_v tl 1 10
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    Mukim as nursery of Negri sport
    232 11 By A Special Correspondent DROMOTERS of sport m Negri Semoilan have struck on the idea of using the Mukim as the basic nursery of sport m .the State. The idea has been encouraged by the Government, judging by the support given by the district
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    SUNDAY BOWLS AT S.C.C.
    63 11 SUNDAY morning bowls ha.» been revived at Singapore Cricket Club. Ten player* look part m a memorable match last Sunday. It is proposed to make it a permanent feature of tht bowls section. A special com- petition will be held shortly for a set of bowls
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    OUTSIDER WINS
    75 11 "poXZAMI 1 16 to 1» *on :.< I Melbourne Cup yesterday «t I Fleming. on racecourse by 1 '-a I lengths from Hoyle (30 to J».j with Benvolo >12 to 1». long' neck further away, third of 31 runners. Foxzami. by Nizann out nf Honevwood cat ned 8.8.
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    R.A.F. SELETAR WIN
    26 11 Q.H.Q. Signals went down t RAF. Seletar by fo lr |Oalg to r,.l m a hockey match played on tfK G.H.Q. protmd yesterday.
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    LEAD NATION' APPEAL TO CHIANG
    275 12 Urged to resume presidency HONG KONG, Wednesday. jyjORE than 200 provincial and central Government officials m Chungking have urged Gen. Chiang Kai-shek to resume the presidency and lead Nationalist China against the Reds as reported guerilla incursions from French IndoChina posed a new threat to
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    49 12 photo. The world's first full Jet airliner, the De Havilland Comet, welcomed at London Airport after its return from a "leisurely" 2,980--mile cruise from London to Tripoli and back again at an average speed of 449 miles an hour. This cut the normal flying time of present-day airliners A.P.
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    COLOUR BAR 'SHOCKS'
    121 12 COLOUR BAR 'SHOCKS' CAPETOWN, Wed. DR. YUSUF M. DADOO, President of tht Transvaal Indian Congress, who recently returned to South Africa after a year's visit to Britain. Europe. India, and Pakistan, said here yesterday British public opinion was shocked at the South African Nationalist Government's racial discrimination policy. Britons had
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    They'll leave Dutch service
    79 12 THE HAGULO Wed INDONESIANS at present employed m the Dutch Foreign Service will m principle be transferred to the employment of the United States of Indonesia. Sixteen Indonesians are employed at the Dutch embassies and legations In London. Washington. Paris Brussels, Antwerp. Ottawa. Tokyo, Manila. Rangoon.
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    PUSHTUNISTAN PLANS GOVT.
    52 12 A 'National Assembly of Pushtunistan has set up a special committee to constitute the provisional government of Pushtunistan." lt ls reported from Kabul. Pushtunistan, also known as Pakhtunlstan, alms to unite all the mountainous country northwest of the Indian subcontinent inhabited by the Pushtu-speaking mar- Reuter rial
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    CG: Indo-China?
    27 12 The Commissioner-General for South-East Asia. Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald. will, it is believed, shortly visit the French High Commissioner m Indo-China. M. Leon Plgnon. Reuter
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    70-year-old hubby was too ardent
    105 12 70-year-old hubby was too ardent NEW YORK. Wed. CONCERT pianist Toscatocles, 49, has filed a separation suit ln the Supreme Court against her 70-year-ola husband, Gerhard Harwln complaining against his "amazing virility." She *aid she met the weul-iA retired industrtaliat k. 1946 and he "quickly profe.saed ardent love a_nd swept
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    WEDDING LEADS TO A STRIKE
    50 12 WEDDING LEADS TO A STRIKE A wedding m Romford England, led to a strike. Jack Murton, a meat loader, was married and went off on three-day honeymoon. His three fellow loaders of a meat supply depot asked for a substitute. When one failed to appear, they went on strike. A.P.
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    Yangtse dash medals
    96 12 OFUCERS and men of the battle-scarred Amethyst, which arrived m Plymouth yesterday, learned at acivic welcome home' luncheon that Kin* George VI had awarded them the Naval General Service Medal and a special clasp bearing the inscription Yangtse 1949 1 he clasp and medal are also to
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    CLERKS FLEE FLAMING P.O.
    60 12 WASHINGTON, Wed UUNDREDS of Government clerks and other employees fleeing from the plane-envel-oped main post offlca m Washington heard a terrific explosion, which wracked the eighth floor of the building. Extension ladders were used to rescue three persons from the eighth floor. Three flremen were overcome
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    'NOT OFFICIAL'
    37 12 The Prime Minister Mr Clehient Attlee told the House or Commons yesterday that the Health Minister Mr Anuerln Bevan s bitterly criticised speech predicting "further redistribution of wealth" was not offlcial aov- ernment policy. U.P.
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    A Shakespeare found hanged
    60 12 LONDON, Wed. JUDITH SHAKESPEARE. 18-year-old daughter of Sir Geoffrey Shakespeare and a distant descendant of the playwright, was yesterday found hanged m a locked bathroom at a school where she was being coached for her university exams. Sir Geoffrey wa_» a former Liberal M.P. and private
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    Ex-Regent fears for his life
    201 12 nAI1 SEROWE, Bechuanaland. Wednesday. OOLICE armed with tear gas patrolled Serowe r^w f th^ B m n »wato tribe, yesterday when fu t comm| ssion opened an inquiry into whe- Cr «l retSe Khama ch,ef d «ignate/ should rule tne tribe after his marriage to
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    Czechs take over churches
    59 12 PRAOUE. Tues THE state yesterday for--1 maily took control of tht administration of the property, finances and appointments ot all churches m Czechoslovakia According to church sources about 200 Roman Catholic clergy are still under arrest. Vatican Radio m a Slovak broadcast yesterday warned priests m
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    Agreement at The Hague
    66 12 THE Dutch and Indonesians 1 yesterday officially announced agreement on all problems relating to Dutch transfer of sovereignity over Indonesia to the independent United States of Indonesia. The final plenary session of the round-table conference will formally accept the decisions today. Subject to ratification by the
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    NEHRU REPORT
    24 12 Unconfirmed reports say that Pandit Nehru may sign a treaty of commerce and friendship with the United oiates Deiore he leaves. A.P.
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    'Asian freedom key to peace'
    287 12 BRIG.-GEN. ROMULO NEW YORK, Wednesday. A SIA will not attain staJ >le peace until its people rL have freedom and higher living standards, and until an enforceable world law has been established", Brig-Gen. Carlos Romulo, President of the United Nations General Assembly, declared here yesterday.
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    Sterling talks this month
    82 12 LONDON, Wed A JOINT Anglo-American study of Britain's sterling balances question is expected to begin some time this month. Lord Pakenham Minister of Civil Aviation". mght of L ,rcls last He had been asked what progreis was being made m the study of the sterling balances'
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    50 OLD PUNJABIS SEE THEIR HERO
    127 12 50 OLD PUNJABIS SEE THEIR HERO SAN FRANCISCO Wpriiißcrt.j,--,THE majority of 50 «.ain-a,.* esda >- 1 Indian farmers and a r m»l. homy-handed who had settled m ran f "n,°/' moStlyPunJabis could do no more ,han f °ir« w?th n^ rly 40 yearsmmm their mm^nss ittrsss uiem nere yesterday Mr..
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    NO MORE TILLING
    44 12 The Women's Land Army recruited m U.K. at the start of the war to flll the gaps left 55 u lt farm s by the drafting m.o the armed forces of farmers' sons and land labourers, will be de_Yinhi..<_r>.. t«^«-. A.P.
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    HIGH TIDES
    11 12 Today: 905a.ni; 9.08 p.m Tomorrow: 9.35 a.m, 9.53 pjn.
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