Malaya Tribune, 6 October 1949

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    63 1 MALAYA Tribune BY THE PEOPLE lOR THE PEOPLE Tek Tribune" Spore LARGER SALES THAN ANY AFTERNOON PAPER IN MALAYA Phone Sill/3 Nsrte Lraa ttmultaneoualy at Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh and Penang. EIGHT PAGES. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1949 PRICE TEN CENTS. THE MALAYA TRIBUNE LOS DOM &BPRKBBNTATIVB B. Muuiice GJover,
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    S’PORE POLICE BAN ALL OPEN GATHERINGS ON DOUBLE TENTH
    330 1 Tribune Staff Reporter M R E v Fowler acting Commissioner of Police has banned all processions, assemblies and public meetings in Singapore on October 10 This means that aH Double Tenth celebrations will have to be confined within the prescinds of
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    BIG U.S. STRIKE
    41 1 A.P. WASHINGTON. Wed.- The U.S. Government stepped into the coal strike yesterday and called Union 'oader, John L. Lewis, and soft ccal operators to a meeting on Friday in an effort to end the three-week mine shutdown. -A.P.
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    SUBHAS BOSE IN PEKING?
    152 1 U.P. NEW DELHI. Wed —Subhas Chandra Bose, pro-Axis leader of the war-time Indian National Army, is alive and is with the Chinese Communists in Peking, the daily newspaper. "Netaji." reported here today. "Netali." official organ of •Fotward Bloc" which was founded by Subhas Bose in 1940.
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    FASTER TRAINS BETWEEN K.L. AND PENANG
    141 1 Starting from Monday. Octobei 10. the day mail trains between Kuala Lumpur and Penang will be accelerated by an hour. This has been made possible by patient and unceasing repair of detei ioration to the ttaek which occurred during the Japanese occupation. The "down"
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    France's One Year Cabinet Resigns
    168 1 Reuter. U.P. and A.P. PARIS, Wednesday. JHE French Government of radical Premier Henri Queuille —longest-lived since the liberation—re- signed tonight. Announcing its resignation, M. Queuille said the French ParHament, now in recess. would be summoned on Satutday afternoon instead of Oct. 18, as originally fixed.
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    NEW RED GERMANY TO START FRIDAY
    135 1 Reuter. BERLIN, Wednesday. THE Soviet-sponsored German People's Council has been called to meet in Berlin at midday on Friday to transform itself into a "provisional lower Chamber" —Eastern German's reply to the formation of a West German Government at Bonn. The decision to car
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    WATER TREATMENT?
    22 1 Reuter. SEOUL, Wed. South Korean Assemblymen today c'-iarged that South Korean Army investigators were secretly torturing prisoners during interrogation. —Reuter.
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    NOSE BITE
    35 1 Reuter. MADRID. Wed. One o. the combatants had her nose bitten off during a fight between two gipsy women at Montefiio. near Cranada. She was taken to hospital in a seiious condition. -Reuter.
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    ANOTHER NEGRO BAN
    82 1 Reuter. NEW YORK, Wed. The 28.000 members of the American Contract Bridge League have voted seven to five against admission ofl[ Negro members, the League announced here. Mi Russell Baldain, chairman of the membership committee and business manager for the League, said the findings would go to
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    Recognise Him?
    40 1 An unusual closeup of China's top Communist, Mao Tse-tung, taken during a visit to historic spots just outside his new capital Peking. The picture was brought out by a Kritish Missionary, D. Allan Easton, former paster in Peking.
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    U.S. WARNS NATIONALISTS
    74 1 U.P. WASHINGTON. Wed.—Acting Secretary of State James Webb warned today that the United States would take a serious view of any attack on United States merchant vessels by Chinese Nationalist warships trying to enforce a blockade of the Communistheld coastline. He added at his news conference that
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    SIR FRANKLIN TO SEE PRICE SURVEY TODAY
    99 1 Tribune Staff Reporter The price survey completed by the Secretariat for Economic Affairs yesterday is expected to be placed before the Governor. Sir Franklin Gimson, today. The survey was conducted to assess what the market reaction to the devaluation means to the man
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    GOVT. TO CONTINUE IMPORTING FLOUR
    224 1 Tribune Staff Reporter CLOUR procurement will not be handed back to private trade in the near future, though the transfer was scheduled for December 1, this year. This decision is understood to have followed the rise in the price of Australian wheal after the devaluation.
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    400,000,000 Study The Question Of Recognising Mao
    394 1 Reuter, U.P and A.P. LAKE SUCCESS, Wednesday. INDIA and Pakistan, with their population of 1 400,000,000, are studying the question of recognising the Communist Chinese People's Republic. Sir Benegal Rama Rau and Sir Mohammed Zafrullah Khan, UN representatives of India and Pakistan respectively
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    Yungoslavia Recognises Red China
    40 1 Reuter. BELGRADE, We L The V'u&cs'av bfft eminent hi/A recognised the Chinese Communist People's RepubUc. Yugoslavia la the seventh country to recognise the new Chinese Communist Government. Others are: Russia, Poland, Hungary, Rumania, Bulgaria and Czechoslovakia.—Reuter.
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    RUSSIA, MAO NAME ENVOYS
    48 1 U.P. LONDON. Wed. The Soviet news agency, Tass, reported from Moscow last night that N. J. Roschchin had been appointed Ambassador to the new "People's Republic of China." It said the Chinese Communist regime in turn appointed Van Tsiasian as Ambassador to Rusia. —U.P.
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    INTERCHANGE
    22 1 Reuter. LONDON. Wed. Interchange of doctors between the British National Health Service and the Colonial Medical Services is being discussed. Reuter.
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    STOP PRESS AHMAD TO ICI l»l t< l<
    79 1 STOP PRESS AHMAD TO ICI l»l t&lt; l&lt; JUNGKU Ahmad, third son of the Sultan, will be appointed Mentri Besar of Johore, if \nd when the resignation of Dato Onn becomes effective. This is revealed in a letter written by the Suitan to friends in Johore. The Sultan also said
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    Rriions (■reel Mao
    76 1 LONDON, Wed.—The five, members of th«- Independent Labour Group in the British House of Commons tonight sent a telegram of greeting to Mao Tse-tung, chairman of iue uewiy ior mcd Central Government of the Chinese People's Republic. It said that the party would call on the British
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    The Eighth
    36 1 Reuter. MOSCOW. w&gt;d.— Th- Korean People's Democratic Republic (formerly cupied Northern Korea) has decided to establish diplomatic relations with Communist China, the Taas Soviet news agency despatch from the capital Phy eng-Yang, said tonight.—Reuter.
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    RED KOREA ASKS FOR ECAFE MEMBERSHIP
    314 3 N I ST p NOrth K re haS applied for admi *sion as a member of the U.N. economic Commission for Asia and tHfe Far East. T^Ai7J'Q e T? PpllC i i tion o Was received in Singapore yesterday m or n i n
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    JUDGE FLAYS TRIAL DELAY
    161 3 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. Mr. Justice Spencer Wilkinson at the Selangor Assizes today criticised police delay in bringing to trial a Chinese rubber tapper from Mentakab. Wong Siew. the tapper was accused of carrying a revolver. The prosecution alleged that he was one of a gang of
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    Father Of 16 Goes To Jail
    86 3 A 47-year-old Chinese contractor, Leong Chee Yeng, with two wives and 16 children, under sontence Qf 21 months' imprisonment on two charges of cheating, left the High Court yesterday to serve his term of imprisonii appeal having been dismissed. l/cong was alleged Lo have
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    Mrs. F. Benin smiles as she cuts the cake at her 43rd. birthday party held at her home at Stamford Road »&•„ recently.
    22 3 Mrs. F. Benin smiles as she cuts the cake at her 43rd. birthday party held at her home at Stamford Road recently.
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    BANDITS CAUSE $200,000 DAMAGE
    186 3 LUMPUR, Wednesday. A force of 200 bandits raided Keemayan Estate m the Mentakab area of Pahang last and burned down the estate bungalow, labourers' quarters, smoke-house, and other buildings. The total damage is estimated at $200,000. Bandits attacked a passea- ger bus carrying mail at the
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    FIRST MEETING
    51 3 The Singapore Distiict Society cf The Corporation ot Certified Secretaries held their fiiot tp.oi.hly ny eting Tuesday. Sixtf members and guests heard a lecture on Finance given by Mr: M. W. Gu-liford, A C A. The District Society plans to obtain other authoritative speakers foi then future monthly
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    HAMLIN WILL BE HAVARD DELEGATE
    114 3 USIS. A delegate from the oldest American university has been appointed to attend the Foundation Day ceremony of the University of Malaya on October 8. T ohn N. Hamlin of the Hrrvard Class of 1923 and at present Consul at the American Consulate General. Singapore,
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    ARMS CONVICTIONS
    35 3 A Teochew, Loh Buck Hee, who pleaded guilty to two charges of possession of arms and ammunition, .vas sentenced to three years' rigorous imprisonment by Mr. Justice Gordon-Smith in the Assise Court yesterday.
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    FILM CENSOR
    17 3 The Governor has appointed Mr J. Evans to be the Official Censor cf Cinematograph Films.
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    Ban Keeps Indians Out
    139 3 The restrictions imposed by the Protector Of Emigrants In India on those .caving for Malaya ha? discouraged Singapore Municipal labourers from visiting India when on leave. This is disclosed in the 194$ annual report of the Municipal Welfare Officer, Mr. A. V. Benjafield. The ban on
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    Professor Turner At Exhibition
    67 3 Professor Ralph. E. Turner, representing the American Universities at the Foundation Day Ceremony of the University of Malaya, and Mrs. Turner paid a visit to the Singapore Pr ogress and Trade Exhibition at the Happy World Park. He was accompanied hy Mr. Henry Lawrence. Director of
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    Coining To S’pore
    8 3 THE LSS ST. PAI L
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    AMERICAN ADMIRAL DUE NEXT WEEK
    207 3 USIS. Vice Admiral Russel' S. Berkey. USN, Commander of the 7th Task Fleet based in the Philippine area, is due in Singapore next week on an informal courtesy visit Ho will be aboard the USf&gt; St. Paul, a heavy cruiser of J 6.500 tons commanded
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    POISED IN AIR
    38 3 Miss Goh Soo Nee. charn;;ng interpreter of ballet dancing, will do two solos in the Poppy Day R.-rits! to be given h&gt; pupils of the Taylor Dance Studio at th- Victoria Theatre ~r. November 29.
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    A THIRD PARTY
    530 4 THE controversy over the creation of a Muslim Party in Singapore comes to a with the resignation from the Progressive Party of tnche Ahmad Ihrahim, Municipal Commissioner for the Rochore Ward., J lnche Ahmad attended the meeting at which ■•he formation of the Muslim Party was discussed.
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    TALKING OF SNAKES
    2274 4  -  By CAPT M. MEERENDONK F.Z.S. THERE is an instinctive aversion to snakes in the minds of all members of the human race. A feeling of abhorrence mixed with dread, which has covered snakes in the popular imagination with a shmy coat of superstition, distorting and horrifying the
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    NEW YORK OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE
    989 4  -  Bx PHILIP CLARKE A.P. Ancient Ostia THE 80,000 citizens of Ostia, the seaport of ancient Rome, had the equivalent ol modern-day quick service cafes, central steam heating, indirect lighting, terra-cotta plumbing systems, bronze water pipes with shut-off valves and four-storey apartment buildings: evidences of
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    Feeling Fine
    33 5 The bearded gentleman doesn't ordinarily let anyone play with his soft roatee but h« made an exception for little Carolyn Bateman when she visited him at T foo in StW England.
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    CZECH GOVT. TIGHTENS CHURCH CONTROL
    182 5 A.P. PRAGUE, Wednesday. JHE Czechoslovak Government announced yesterday that it was establishing a new Government Ministry of Churches with the job of bringing a J I churches into line under the "Peoples Democratic Order." The office will &gt;v&gt; pe-&gt;''ed by a Cabinet Minister to be
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    Posed As A Robber For A Thrill
    162 5 U.P. CHICAGO, Wed. A well-to-do engineer told the police tCK.ay when charged with armed lobbery "I wanted to see what is was like to hold a gun on someone and make him give up his valuables. I did it strict'y for the thrill
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    ZYLSTRA SEES PROGRESS EXHIBITION
    81 5 A prominent foreign visitor to the Singapore Progress Exhibition was Mr. John Zylstra. Far East Representative for the N a sh-Kel vinator Corporation. Detriot Mien, anu Ketvmator Cicwc LM England. .vli\ Zylstra was a resident of Singapore be/are tne war. He is en his way to
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    YOU ARE VERY NAUGHTY SAYS MAGISTRATE
    111 5 Yen are v. i y naughty and inconsiderate." the Second Pulice Magistrate. Mr. E.V. A. Peers yesterday said to Lira Hong' "Seng. 37. when acquitting him on a charge of breach of trust. Lim borrowed a bicycle from a friend on April 14. He
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    AUSSIE DELEGATE
    41 5 At the forthcomi'ir Industry and Trade Meeting to be held in Singapore from Oct. 12 to 17, Australia will be represented by Mr. L. R. Mclntyre. who is expected to arrive here by air from Australia on Oct. 9.
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    AN OSTRICH OMELETTE SIR?
    74 5 U.P. CHICAGO, Wed. The Brookfleld zoo got ready for omelettes today because Hasche, an ostrich, laid a threepound egg. Robert Bean, Zoo Director, said it was the first ostrich egg at Brookfleld in 10 years. The egg won't hatch, he said, because there is no male
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    'CARE' PARCELS WILL COME EAST SOON
    95 5 Reuter. NEW YORK, Wed. I "CARE" (Co-operative for American Remittances to Europe) will shortly send its i parcels to In Ila. Pakistan. j ransjord m Yugolavia. accc to organisai tion'j executive .lector, Mr. i Paul Com oy Fi r eh. H«- aid he expected
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    STANDING PAT
    36 5 U.P. WASHINGTON, Wed. Defence Secretary Louis Johnson said today the armed services are "standing pat" on their current budget requests and wfil not ask more money despite the recent atomic explosion in Russia. —U.P.
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    HUKS TRY TO KIDNAP MAYOR
    112 5 A.P. MANILA. Wed. A bold attempt by Hukbalahap raiders to kidnap the Mayor of a Central Luzon town was broken yesterday after a half an hour fight with Philippine Constabulary troops. Reports from Aliago In Nueva, Ecija Province said the Huks were trying to seize
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    Consequences Of Wearing Very High Heels Are 'Formidable
    267 5 Reuter. LONDON, Wednesday. THE consequences of wearing high-heeled shoes are'formidable,' according to Dr. Norman C. Lake Senior Surgeon in a London hospital. Writing for the journal "Practitioner," Dr. Lake «tates: "It is a pity that membcis of the pubhc cannot be In*
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    Tram port Essential In Battle Against Want
    325 5 MR. S. Chakravarti of India said yesterday that freedom from want cou*d be solved only by more production and better distribution and this, in turn, depended on better means of transportation. Mr. Chakravarti was unanimously elected chairman of the ECAFE-snonsored Meeting of Inland
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    NEW USIS MAN
    71 5 Kuala i-umpur, Wed. —i-a- wrence van B. Nichols has arrived in Kuala Lumpur to take charge of the United States Information Service attached to the American Consulate. As Associate Director cf U.S.I.S. for the Federation, he has taken over the U.S.I.S. programme from Vice Consul Richard A.
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    Landowner Cleared Of City 'Offence'
    178 5 T\R. Chen Su Lv\n, a private medical practitioner and landowner, who appealed against a conviction for an offence under the Municipal Ordinance and an order to pay $500 as costs of the prosecution, was cleared of the offence in the High Court yesterday. The Chief
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    APPOINTMENT
    44 5 The Governor of .Singapore and the High Commissioner of the Federation of Malaya have appointed Mr. E. J. Phillips to be temporary Chairman of the Board of Management cf the War Risks (Goods) Insurance Fund in place of Mr. J.J. St. L. Carson.
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    BWA PROCESSION OFF
    17 5 The Special procession arranged for Sunday by the Boon Wah Association has been cancelled.
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    TIN PRICE TO WAIT TILL FREE TRADE RESUMES?
    277 6 Reuter. I ONDON, Wednesday. The British Ministry of Supply may not fix a new price of tin for the producers until the tin market is re-opened in Singapore and London when tin wiU find i l s own level Or if a
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    COTTON CROP
    39 6 NEW DELHI. Wed.—The first official estimate of cotton crop of India for 1949-50 puts the area sown at 6.228.000 acres. The estimate 1 elates to early-sown cotton and covers the period up to the beginning of August.
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    TIN EXPORTS DROP TO NEW LOW
    84 6 Foreign exports of tin metal from Malaya fell by nearly half in September as compared with August. Total exports for September were 2.784 tons against 5,294 tons in August. Seotember exports were the lowest for any month this year. The United States took 2.145
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    Easier Again
    25 6 Singapore, Wed. The local tin share I market was again quiet and slightly easier in t sympathy with London. Industrials remained quietly steady.
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    Along The Godowns
    50 6 -John liakkp (II); K.dendale/ FwHharus iKSAJJK Sheers Wharf) Aogby (li«); OwanK (3S/37); Krnwwis (J3/84); Maiini (17); Rasa (IS): (Ajax 17/18); Mact-miw-L.t l:&lt; mi .Maxwell Krand«r Iti/iZi; Seroel H«wNaaff («7/CT); Benares (»/:*&gt;; AnUmefton I" 10 I'yrrhus (11); Heutoßg (9); Bestmaedhui Hni.i.i (»&gt;; steel D—lj-aef («/7&gt;; Sirdhana (15); I
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    SEA MAIL
    62 6 Latest time of posting at the G.P.O. to Philippine Islands is noon and to Hongkong. Japan. South China (except Hoi How), N. China (except registered articles and parcels). Gt. Britain. N. Ireland, Eire. Europe. Egypt. North and West Africa, West Indies. Ceylon and Java is 6 p.m. Surface
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    Pepper, Copra Up
    154 6 THE Indonesian Copra Fund will tender today on tne local market 2,000 tons of copra for shipment in November, i Copra prices showed an upward trend yesterday. Busi ness was done at $31 per picul f.o.b. Oct. Sellers were rather hesitant on expectations of fuither rise in
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    RUBBER UP HALF CENT
    108 6 WITH better advices from London and New York, the rubber commodity market yesterday rose by half a cent from Tuesday. With good buying interest incvidcncc there was altogether a better undertone in the market. Closing prices were: Buying Selling No. 1 Oct. RSS 44 44 V
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    TIN OUTPUT
    32 6 The following are tin company outputs in September: Katu Tin Dredging Ltd.: Yards Dredged 106.000. Output 479 piculs. Renong Consol. Tin Dredging Co., Ltd.: Yards Dredged 142.000, Output 173 piculs.
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    Malayan Share Quotations
    804 6 INDUSTRIALS Buyers Sellers Atlas Ice 15.50 16.50 Alex. Bricks Pref. 2.40 2.50 Ord. 2.15 2.22 8.8. Petrol 39/6 40/6 B.M. Trustees 7.50 8.50 Con. Tin Smelt Pref. 21/- 22/Ord. 14/6 15/6 E. Utd. Assur. 40.75 41.75 Est. Trust Ag. 700 8.00 t&gt;d. Dispenj irv 6.50 7.00 Frascr
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    PRATTLIN' WORKS BEST AT PENANG
    245 7  -  RAIN MAKES TRACK HEAVY TODAY From ALLAN LEWIS PENANG, To0»v. JJAJN which fell last night and continued from one aan. this morning made the course very he*Yy when it was opened for training. The best worker was Prntt'in' (Jones) who rail thrco furlongs In' 40
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    11 WILL NOT RUN
    37 7 The following homes will not run at the Penang races Demaratus, Lovely Bore, Heart Of Oak, Nachtegaal, Free Frenchman, Colorado, Hariman, Spit head, Carolina, Lucky Tom, Nobie Light, Shmoo, Sir Fresco, and Biar.
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    S.C.C 'A' and R.A.F. play below standard
    248 7 A SCORELESS draw was a fitting result to yester- day's rugby match on the Pa- I &lt;lang between the Singapore Cricket Club "A" team and the R A.F. Changi XV both of which played far below their standard. The small crowd expecting some
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    New York Yankees Beat Dodgers 1-0
    218 7 Reuter. NEW YORK, Wednesday York Yankees, American league champions, today won the opening game of the best-of-seven-games world baseball series with a I—o victory over Brooklyn Dodgers, winners of the national league, at Yankee Stadium here. A home run by Tommy Hcnrich in the
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    ANNUAL TENNIS
    73 7 MALACCA, Wed. The folio ring- are first-round results of the annual tennis tournament of the Malacca High School which began on Tuesday. Imparaju Chinnfab beat Wee Chwee Seng 6 2. 6-2; Chan Ying Fatt beat Lee Beck Eng 4—6. 6—l. 10—8: Tan Kee Leng beat Ahmad bin Said
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    NOTTS C. BUYS UP DEANS
    117 7 A.P. I O.NDON. Wed. The Notts County Football Club, which leads the Third DivisionSou there Section or the Enp.I I FoothaU League. is apttnding a iot aii money in a bid to gain promotion to the Second Division. rbiTay it added t.i its playing strength
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    Boon Leong Returns To Score 2 Goals
    372 7 THIa BOON LEONG, after a long absence from soccer, scored two goals for the Chinese against the Navy in a Community match at Jalan Besar Stadium, yesterday. Together with two others by Aw Boon Seong and a "gift" by Riddell. who headed into
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    MALACCA M.G.S. HOLD SPORTS
    204 7 MALACCA. Wed. T!,. M. thodist Girls' School held their annua! athletic sj&gt;orts on Tuesday. Champions were Ada Pugh House with 56 pom s. Net ball champions were Tan Kiong Keng House with Zl points. The latter also won the badminton championship with nine i&gt;oints. L.i between
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    FAULKNER LEADS FIELD
    85 7 Reuter. SAINT ANDREWS. Scotland. Wed. Max Faulkner, one of Henry Cotton's assistants at tha Royal Mid-Surrey Club. London, led the field here today after the first 36 holes of the Dunlop Masters professional golf tournament. He had rounds of 72, and 69 on the famous old course
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    S. R. A. LISTS 27 NEW HORSES
    273 7 Latest amendments in th" Straits Racing Association classifications are:— Transfers: From Class 1 to Class 2—Blackpool: Courtenay Crispian; Dear; Glendale (late King Vale); Cl. 2 to Cl. I—Tha Grand Abbot; Cl. 2 to Cl. 3 Double Nine. New Classifications: Class 1— PEROSTAN. b.a.g.
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    BOXER DIES AFTER FIGHT
    132 7 Reuter. BUFFALO, New York. Wed. Enrico Bertola, Italian hca\&gt;weight boxer, died here today of a brain injury received las! night in his I&lt;&gt; round fight against American-heavyweight Lee Oma. Bertola. who was 27. died 26 hours after the bout and nine hours after a five-hour operation
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    PORTSMOUTH BEAT CLYDE
    64 7 Reuter. CLASGOW. Wed. Portsmouth, English League champions, beat Clyde, Scottish A Division «dub, by three goals lo zero in a friendly soccer match at Clyde today. Lancashire beat Yorkshire by 22 points to IS in a Rugby Union league county match at Warrington today. Today's Rugby Union
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    C.S.C. POOL SHEEP
    26 7 The draw of the C.S.C. New Pool Fund Sweep resulted as follows: *****. *****. *****. *****. »809, *****. *****. *****. *****. and *****.
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    CHINESE RECS GIVE S.R.C. A HARD FIGHT
    362 7 S.R.C. 2 S.C.R.C 1 QNE of the fastest hockey matches this season was seen at the Padang between yesterday when the S.R.C. fought very hard to snatch a narrow two-one victory over the S.C.R.C. Once again, schoolboy Nappd Yap of the Anglo-Chinese School,
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    PLAY WITHIN YOUR OWN GAME
    435 7 HOW TO PLAY GOLF 1W 31 AN inexperienced player f a nu a longer-hit tinu sppet* &gt;. usually lias a tendency t.&gt; press in an effort to remain on e\tn lertns in the distance dcpamnciM. When he docs be is only playing intu h\&lt;j opponent
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    T.B.A. SOCCER
    60 7 The team to represent Tamil Brother.&gt;ood Association ut eOccer against Rockliues Sports Clnl. at Farrer Park on tomorrow at 5.00 p.m \mK be: K. G. Suppiab; Rahiman, K. Thambiraja: A. Caneaan. P. Suppiah. M. Chandra: S3. Durta. Paul T&gt;avis. a. Chandra. Nadaraja G.. G. Thanga. Reserves. I&gt;. S.
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    ALL DUTCH TROOPS OUT AFTER TRANSFER'
    190 8 Soekarno Promises Reuter, U.P. JOGJAKARTA, Wednesday. PRESIDENT Soekarno of the Indonesian Republic, declared yesterday that six months after the transfer of sovereignty to the United States of Indonesia the withdrawal of all Dutch troops from Indonesia would be completed. The task of the Dutch
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    London Prepares To Greet Amethyst
    153 8 A.P. LONDON, Wednesday. THE crew of the British frigate Amethyst, which sped past blockading Chinese Communist guns in a daring dash down the Yangtze river on July 30. will be feted in London on Nov. 16, the Admiralty announced today. The Amethyst is expected at
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    'I'M NOT BROKE, JUST HARD-UP
    82 8 U.P. NEW YORK. Wed. Lady Irish Mountoatten. daughter of the Marques of Carisbrooke and cousin of King George, today denied a London Express report that said she was in the United States without money and living on the generosity of her friends "I am not
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    SHOOTING STARS
    33 8 A.P. MOMBASA, Wed —Steward Granger, Deborah Kerr and Richard Carlson, stars of a new colour version of King Solomon's Mine are expected to arrive in Nairobi by air on October I?.—A.P.
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    'WE WON'T PAY THOSE DEBTS'
    255 8 A.P. THE HAGUE, Wednesday. INDONESIAN negotiators told the Dutch that they 1 will not pay debts which Holland claims to have incurred on her behalf, it was learned here today. The statement was made during the current roundtable conference. It was a reply to a
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    STOVE RODE PRIMUS HOME
    47 8 Reuter.AAP. PERTH. Wed. —Racehorses in the tropical north-west of Western Australia are often given unusual names. One horse, named Primus, put up a good performance at a recent two-day meeting by winning a double. Primus was ridden by a jockey named Stove. —Reuter.AAP.
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    ROYAL VISIT
    22 8 A.P. COPENHAGEN, Wed. King Frederick and Queen Ingrid of Denmark will pay a private visit to Britain on October 16.—A.P.
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    GENERAL RESIGNS
    26 8 Reuter. SLIOdL, Wed.- Tne South Korean Atmy announced today that the Chief of Stiff. Major General Chei Byung Duk, resigned on Oct. 1. Reuter.
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    Reds Sweep South
    126 8 Reuter. CANTON. Wed.—Chinese Communists today swept further south in their drive on Canton. Nationalist capital, when they menaced Kukong, rail town 125 miles to the north and the capital's first line of defence. Capture of Kukong would give the Communist control of road, rail and river communicatons
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    RRINCESS VIKTORIA ANASTASIA ZITA THYRA ADELHEID HOHENZOLLERN IN NEW YORK
    105 8 U.P. NEW YORK. Wed.—Princess Cacilie Viktoria Anastasia Zita Thyra Adelheid Hohenzollern, granddaughter of the late Kaiser Wilhelm of German}, arrived here aboard the Queen Elizabeth to live in Texas as Mrs. Clyde Han is. "I am very excited about ccmina
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    Nehru Asks Indians To Help Government
    190 8 Reuter. NEW DELHI, Wednesday. DRIME Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru in a nationwide broadcast today—the eve of his departure to the United States—called upon the Indian people to co-operate with the government in tackling various problems facing the country. He said the problems with which
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    Russia Not Ready For War Yet
    108 8 A.P. WASHINGTON. Wed. A British general who served In Mcscow says Russia is very weak militarily and the chances are "extremely small" for a war with the United States before 1945. But "we have got to be prepared," warned the military expert. Lieutenant-General Sir
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    NATIONALISTS TO DETAIN FLYING TRADER
    72 8 A.P. CANTON, Wed. Nationalist quarters indicated yesterday that the United States merchantehip Flying Trader will be detained when it sails out of Com-munist-held Shanghai. The Flying Trader slipped into Shanghai on Monday while her two sister ships, the "Flying Independent" and the "Flying Clipper", were
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    GOLD
    19 8 WASHINGTON. Wed.—Mr. John Snyder, United States Treasury Secretary, today reemphasised his opposition to raising tlie price of gald.
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    STATE OF SIEGE
    23 8 Reuter. ASUNCION. PARAGUAY. Wed. A state of scige has been declared in Paraguay, Which has had six Presidents for countries.--Reuter.
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    WAIT, RUSSIA HAS A PROPOSAL: Malik
    217 8 U.P., Reuter. LAKE SUCCESS, Wednesday. DUSSIA served notice to the United Nations Security Council today that it plans to make some proposals in connection with the plan for a census of the world's armed might. Jacob Malik, returning to the Council after an extended
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    'REDS WILL BE GAINERS'
    111 8 Reuter. LONDON. Wed. Lieutenant Colonel Sir Kerr Fraser-Tytler. a former British Minister in Kabul, stated in "The Commonwealth and Empire Review" that if the countries which lie between the Russian frontier and the borders of India "fall into serious discard and unrest, the onlygainers will be
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    FESTING IN U.K.
    32 8 Reuter. LONDON, Wed.—General F. W. Festing, former Com-mander-in-Chief Hongkong, arrived at London airport yesterday on a stretcher after being flown from Singapore in a British Overseas Airways Corporation airliner.—Reuter.
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    LESS MEAT FOR L.K.
    36 8 U.P. LONDON, Wed.—A meat official today warned Londoners that they will probably be on short rations this weekend because of a go slow strike by meat porters at the Smithfield market.— U.P.
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    SIR PETER'S WAS A ONE-SIDED REPORT
    106 8 A.P. IPSWICH. Weil. Sli Peter Gieenwell made a rueful report to the East Suffolk Council today about a foxhunt. As Chairman of the County Agricultural and Smal! Holdings Committee, he organised an all day drive by 100 men with shotguns against foxes who had
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    CONFIDENTIAL LETTER LEAK TO BE PROBED
    138 8 U.P. WASHINGTON. Wed.—Admiral Louis E. Denfeld, chief of naval operations, tonight moved to crack down on the still unidentified person, who "leaked" a confidential letter in which Denfeld and two other admirals criticised pc'icics. Meanwhile, the House of Representatives Armed Services Committee announced plans
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    COUNTERFEIT RING
    20 8 A.P. VIENNA, U.S. Army criminal investigation agets have smashed a counterfeit ring flooding Austria with bofrus military script.—A.P.
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    No Sign Of Peace In Steel Strike
    209 8 A.P. Pittsburgh. Wed.—The U.S Government is considering clamping down on the export of steel in the face of dwindling inventories which threaten idleness to hundreds of thousands ia American industries. Many companies are taking precautionary steps of their own a 3 the nationwide
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    CZECH DEMAND
    32 8 A.P. PRAGUE, Wed. The Czech Government will demand inventories of all Church property under a new measure adopted by the Cabinet Tuesday, the Prague Press disclosed last nhzht A.P. 6
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    Kwang Hung Da, the r Chinese Oliver Hardy is3r \ always popular with au- ( tograph hunters. Here he – is seen autographing ) I fans sold during a "troops i comfort drive" at the ex- , French Park, Shanghai J I The money collected will \ jhe used for comforting "7 ■ Communist troops.
    48 8 Kwang Hung Da, the r Chinese Oliver Hardy is3r always popular with au- tograph hunters. Here he is seen autographing I fans sold during a "troops i comfort drive" at the ex- French Park, Shanghai J I The money collected will jhe used for comforting "7 Communist troops.
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    CANTON POLICE ARREST CLARK
    177 8 WEDDING ANNIVERSARY MURDER A.P. CANTON, Wed AN American explorer, Leonard Clark, was arrested today on charges of slaying an Englishman, Harold Harris, and an American Willard Freeman, in a wedding anniversary shooting at the Freeman home on September. The 42-year-old San Francisco explorer, who claimed to
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    WHAT'S ON TODAY Ceneral
    118 8 SALVATION AB.MV: Talk on Experiences in Oi»umu n i st Shanghai by Brigadi. r anJ Mrs. H&lt; r.ry Collishaw who are in transit for Sydney -7.45 p.m. Salvation Army Headquarters 30 Oxley Road EAST WEST SOCIETY: Dr. F. C. Benham, economic adviser to the Commissioner General
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    Cinema
    142 8 CATHAY: "Take Me Out to the Ball Game'" 10.?0 a.m.. LU, 4.00, 6.45 and 9.30. CAPITOL: •Superman 11 a.ir... 2.30. 6.00 and 9.30 p.m. PAVILION: Esther Waters 2, 4.5. 6.30 and 9.30 p.uu ALHAMBRA: Wife of Robin Hood" in Mandarin. 1.45. 4.1f.. 6.45 and 8.30 p.m. BEX: -The Girl
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    Sport
    49 8 INTTK C OMMUNITY LKAGl'E SOCCKK: Singapore District vs. Indians—5.15 p.m Jalan Besar. HOCKEY: BODCA v. SHB Pol. BOD ground; Khalsa Assn. v. P T. Khalsa ground; SCC Women 2nd. XI v. Girls SO padattK. KICiGKK: Rntt'cj Inst. v. English College j.ti. &lt;18ih 2nd. XV's) R.I. ground 4 p.in.
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    LONDON SHARES
    170 8 Reuter. LONDON. Wed. Tho new I account or trading-period j ed quietly in the London Stock Rfcehanrre today. Aoart from the South African Void mining tion. the market men were showing little inclination to deal. A note of oution and hesitancy was introduced b&gt; speeches at the bankers
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    PLANE MURDER Alarm Clock Produced
    159 8 Reuter. QUEBEC, Wed.—An alarm clock, fitted to set off an explosive, was produced at the "murder in the cir" trial here today and stated to be similar to one supplied to J. Albert dury. charged with Biurdering his wife by dynamiting a pane in which
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    Do££ar Must Not Be Divided — Bevin
    181 8 Do££ar Must Not Be Divided Bevin U.P. OTTAWA, Wednesday. BRITISH Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin told a Canadian Club luncheon today that the Western world must not allow itself to be permanently divider into dollar and sterling areas. tic said such division might set the western world in conflict against one
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