Malaya Tribune, 10 October 1949

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    64 1 MALAYA Tribune BY THE PEOPLE FOR THE PEOPLE Tet Tribune" Spore LARGER SALES THAN ANY AFTERNOON PAPER IN MALAYA Phone 3811/3 Nine Una Published simultaneously at Si ngapore, Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh and Penang. EIGHT PAGES. SINGAPORE, MONDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1949 PRICE TEN CENTS. THE MALAYA TRIBUNE LONDON REPRESENTATIVE B. Maurice
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    WORLD WAR THREE HAS STARTED, SAYS CHIANG
    454 1 Bitter Double Tenth Message U.P. ne added that the "Soviet expansion would be a calamity to mankind." In a message from Formosa marking the 38th anniversary of the overthrow of the Manchu regime on October 10, China's Nationalist leader flatly accused Russia of
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    AMETHYST
    17 1 A.P. ADEN, Sun. -KiwS Amethyst sailed from Aden on Saturday on her way back to Britain.—A.P.
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    Hundreds Of Nationalist Flags Are Raised Today
    172 1 (Tribune Staff Reporter) Hundrerds of Nationalist hags flew from housetops and flagpoles this morning in celebration of Double Tenth—the anniversary of foundation of the Republic of China. Very few flags of the Communist Chinese People's Republic the five yellow stars on a red
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    I Wasn't Running,' Said Rita
    82 1 A.P. PARIS. Sun. Rita Hayworth's horse "Skylarking" ran second at Longchamps yesterday in the third race on the programme. "I can't help It if she didn't win", the former Hollywood actress who recently became Princess Aly Khan said after the race. "I wasn't running". Skylarking
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    BOTH TOGETHER
    51 1 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon.— The first flag of tlie People's Republic was; seen mr Jop,oi v I tMB/ttM* this iiWfrittn* Nflie i ß f^rie j Twentieth Century Company (contractors) flew -three flags from their premises—-the Union Jack, the Nationalist flag and the flag of the Com--1 munist People s
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    SPECIAL PLANE
    31 1 Reuter. LONDON, Sun. The Epfr-j cial plane sent hy President! Truman to take Pandit Nehru from Britain to the United States on Tuesday morning arrived at Louden airport tonight.—Reuter.
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    INDIA'S MOST WANTED MAN
    149 1 A.P. LUCKNOW, India, Sun.— The United Provinces Government has alerted police stations for a thickest man with a gunshot wound in the thigh. He is 33-year-old Birrey who allegedly has to account for 40 murders and 100 dacoities. Recently the police killed gang leader, Giren Singh,
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    Beauty Queens
    64 1 The three girls above and the gir below were happy prize winners at y?s terday's beauty contest at the South Winds Hotel, Tanjong Balai, last night. They are: Miss Joan Darby of Kuala Lumpur, elected Miss Malaya, Miss B. E. Nariman, second, and Mrs. Marjorie Potter of K.L.,
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    IT WAS NOT ALL SMILES
    261 1 MISS Joan May Darby, recently elected Miss Selangor was crowned Iflaa Malaya at the South Winds Hotel last night. She had a total of 679 points while Miss B. E. Nariman. wno took the second prize, had a total of 605 points. A close third
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    S'pore Doubles Population In Sixteen Years
    155 1 Tribune Staff Reporter, fHE total population of Malaya in 1947 was 5,848,910 an increase by more than 1,500.000 over the 1931 census, according to the official report of the 1947 census of population, just released. Singapore's population is given as 940.824 almost double what
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    PROTEST
    47 1 U.P. CAIRO. Sun.—The newspaper Al Misty said today that the Russian legation ha:; lodged a protest with tho Egyptian Foreign Ministry regarding the refusal of local authorities at Port Said to alow the Russian ship Dmitri Donski to obtain supplies of food and medical equipment. U.P.
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    IN SYDNEY TOO
    33 1 A.P. I SYDNEY; Sun Chinese Communists and their sup-ior ors hoisted the new flag oi ihf> "People-. Republic of China" at a celebration in National Park, j near Sydney today.—A.P.
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    BOFFA SNUBBED
    26 1 A.P. VAuiiiMiA, ttan.—A'toc Mairest Labour Party's genera! j conference voted "no coniid- once" today in the party leader and Prime Minister, Dr Paul Boffa.—A.P.
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    16 Pages Tomorrow
    59 1 THE Malaya Tribune will be 16 pages to- morrow. f It will include another J special supplement on the big trade fair and Proi gress Exhibition at the Happy World. Make sure of getting; our copy by ordering; irom your newsagent or nowsvendor. For bulk I orders,
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    DISAPPOINTMENT FELT AT THE HAGUE
    109 1 Reuter. THE HAGUE. Sun.-The Dutch-Indonesian round-table conference on the future of Indonesia ha s drafted the outlines of an agreement on nationality and citizenship, tho weekly progress report said today. Feeling in conference circles at the end of seven weeks of discussions Was one of
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      76 1 [Mobiloiil J; A Progressing rp<, Couolry Needs I j A Good Leaders. With a University Education Your boy may become Tomorrow's leader. You don't have to send him overseas now Your own University is here to help him. But remember the extent of the Uuiversity's help depends on your generosity
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    Hokkien Are Biggest Chinese Group
    77 2 OF the 2,614,667 Chinese hi Malaya in 1947, 827,411 were Hokkien, 641,945 Cantonese, 437,407 Hakka (Kheht, 364,232 Hainanese. and 71, 854 Kwongsai. Of the 599,616 Indians in Malaya, 460.985 were Tamils, 14.33« Malayalres, 24,093 Telugus. 10,132 Sikhs, and 20.460 Partialis. Of the 16,625 '•Europeans." *****
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    ONLY 2 untitled OF 170 PASS TAILOR COURSE
    91 2 Only two Malay girls, out of 170 women students, passed tho six months course in tailoring conducted by the Tenaga Murni" tailoring school. The successful students. Miss. ftoklcah binti Haji Won Mbhnmed and Miss. Fatimah lintl Hail Haron won awarded certificates at
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    NEW MEMBER ON COUNCILS
    47 2 Mr. W. A. C. Goode, Deputy Economic Secretary of the Federation, has been named a temporary official lv mber of the Federal Legislative Council and Federal Executive Council. Mr. Goode will succeed the Economic Secretary. Mr. A during the latter.* absence from Malaya.
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    New Books At Raffles Library
    301 2 The following new hooks and reprints ar* being added to I Raffle* Library: i The Admirable Lady Mary Lewis Gibbs; London* Birds H. S. P. Fitter; The Poet Chaucer. Nevill Coghill: Hail Fellow Weil Met. Sir Seymour Hicks; Prodwits Guide to Writing. C. E. Vulliamy
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    CHINESE OUT-NUMBER ALL RACES IN MALAYA
    1112 2 Tribune Staff Reporter MALAYA'S population has increased in the 16 years [H since the 1931 census by 1,501,206, according to Mr. M. V. Del Tufo's report on the 1947 census released simultaneously in London today. In 1931 the population was 4,347,704. In 1947 it
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    The Guests Rose
    35 2 The guests stand as the 1 Chaneeilor's procession moves down the central aisle of the Oei Tiong Ham Hall. Raffles College, in the Foundation Day ceremony of the niversit\ oi Malaya. ■f
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    Secretary Sends Greetings
    136 2 The Secretary of State for I the Colonies has cabled his hearty congratulations and good wishes to the University cf Malaya. The message was sent to j the Commissioner General. Mr. Maicolm Mac Donald, who is also the first Chancellor of the University. The Secretary of State
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    Fed. Pays Defence Cost
    51 2 Tho War Damage Claims Commission, set up by the Federation Government in April, to consider claims from mines and estates for expenditure on defence measuiosince the Emergency bogan has paid $1,270,863 in settlement of 652 such claims. Payment commenced in mid-June, it was announced in Kuala
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      161 2 eyJ^ M SIX SHOWS TODAY! 9 A.M.; 11 A.M.; 1.45; 4; 6.30 in Her Most Commanding Portrayal f^9Hr^M Dialogue in Mandarin with English sub-Titles MALAYAN RAILWAY ACCELERATED DAY MAIL TRAIN SERVICE PENANG IPOH KUALA LUMPUR as from Monday, 10th October 1949 i 1 -m. j a.m. Penang (Launch) dep. 7.15
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      362 2 BLI E NETWORK s w ajne. 11.00 (lose Down. «.3» p.m. Time Si mil ...rf fcNOLWH PROGRAMMES ,*21 ALAY p K<>™AMMISS Ne»s; «40 Ligh? m 1,,?, "4 1». a.m. News from Kuala V v r m H»d>" Doctor; «..M Recorded l.u.npor; IO.Of, Close Down; 10.33 ""J* V 4rt **l 124«
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    BANDIT TOLL RISES
    291 3 I wenty trilled In johore Alone In September Tribune Staff Correspondent SSSS-1P3: inree Chinese bandits were also Wounded but managed to escam* day-32crmps1n^Dtem t^ r r y Jl aVe b I itZed f enemy ampa at the rate ot "ne a dation for more than 100 perso^
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    A issue of postage stamps will be issued in Malaya and tne r< st oi the world today in commemoration of the 75th ;t'iniversar> ,il the iunmling ot the Ihtiversal Po.ta! I nlon.
    33 3 A issue of postage stamps will be issued in Malaya and tne r&lt; st oi the world today in commemoration of the 75th ;t'iniversar&gt; ,il the iunmling ot the Ihtiversal Po.ta! I nlon.
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    TOURISTS.' ROUTE
    53 3 A.P. NAIROBI". Kenya. Sun. Trunk roads linking Algiers ;md Caiio to Cape Town have been suggested as a way of boosting tourist tiarfic in Afi ca. The suggestion came rrom the third international congress of African tourism, which ended in Nairobi Saturday with 100 delegates from 30 countries
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    'DECADENT EUROPE'
    39 3 U.P. BRUSSELS, Sun.—Premier P iUi Henri Spaak said tonigh. that a "decadent Europe has been living eft' American aid and charity since 1914 and warned that "if this decadence continued, it may mean eradication of cur culture.—U.P.
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    "Lord" Blears Is A Commoner After All
    256 3 U.P. £HICAGO, Sunday. Lord Blears, a long-haired British wrestler, is just a commoner, after all. he says. Blears, who startles audiences by wearing a top hat and a cape, says he adontcd his "title" to add to his drawing power in the United
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    BAD NEWS SEEN
    72 3 U.P. MIL FORD. Connecticut, Sun. Joseph Farfe'., 53. of Brooklyn. New York, a Dodger fan, committed suicide today after watching the world series game on a television set. police reported. Sgt. Joseph Wlgklow said that Farfel. who was visiting relatives here, went to hiE bedroom shortly after
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    FIRE STATION AFIRE
    113 3 U.P. KOBE. Sun —A lire broke out in the Tarumi fire station and reduced it to ashes today. A man on the watch tower i high above the station looked down and saw he was enve- loped in dames. He climbed down half way, took an outside
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    MADAME SUN ON CHIANG'S BLACK LIST
    83 3 HONG KONG, Sun. The Chinese Nationalist Cabinet has added the name of Madame Sun Vat Sen to ts list of 5 top Communists and Communist sympathizers liable to tiia! for treasonable acts against the Nationalist Government. Cannon reports .said today. The Cabinet's order was
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    THE VERY FIRST
    33 3 U.P. LAS VEGAS, Sun. Actor Joe Kirkwood, Jr.. who plays "Joe Paloolca" Ln movwae mar* ied on Saturday night to actress Cdthy Downs. It waa tho first mawiage for both.—U.P,
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    Buy A Flag And Help The University
    68 3 One baa ill i, I thousand flags were on sale in Selaniror on Saturday in aid of the I niver ,it.v Endowment Fund Two hundred persons from various organisations \ohmteerel to se!l flags. Picture shows &gt;lr. R. J. F. Curtis. British Adviser, Seiangur,
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    Sir Hugh In H.K.
    66 3 Reuter. r M J^ I !SS™L? m Au Ma?i;ha l W Hugh Lloyd, An Officer Commanding. Far East, i 3 arrivini; in Hon-k'on- by 2£ iJo next Tu^-'Ja y for a brief tour of infection of R.A.F. reinforcements. Governor Str Alexander Grantham returned to the colon
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    More Malayans For Aussie Pearl Dives
    118 3 U.P. MELBOURNE. Sun A special correspondent I of the Melbourne rtetald visiting the pearling poit of Broome was quoted by Aneta today as reporting j that only Malayans will be imported by Austr.i lia's pearling industry because Indonesian penri divers have become very militant
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    A Plane Mistake
    68 3 U.P. LINCOLN, Nebraska. Sun A landing naval leser., plane today narrowly mis-e an automobile that mistaken!' turned on to one of the run ways of the municipal airpor* Angry officials dashed to the car but were :fenced by the indignant lady driver. 'Something i s the matter
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    RANGOON BAN ON TRISHAWS
    64 3 A.P. P.AXGOON, £un. Thee will be no more rickshawhere after January, 1951. They afe killing too many men. rhe City Corporation said it hoped the ban would savi the lives of many men who pull the rickshaws. Numbers cf the pullers now die at an early
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    PROTECT THE WEAK
    557 4 PVERY one of us has been taught that the strong v should defend the weak, and that age deservei respect and protection. And in our private lives most of us try to observe these simple precepts of decent conduct. But how different is the story, and how
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    THE BRABAZON AIRLINER
    854 4  -  AN EXPERIMENT IN SIZE BY BRITAIN'S AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURERS. By Major Oliver Stewart Editor of "Aeronautics" THE size of a transport vehicle plays a large part in determining whether 't l&lt; economic success. The Bristol Brabazon airliner project undertaken by the United Kingdom is intended to produce the
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    LET'S NOW TALK OF SURPLUS MEN
    591 4 Reuter. LONDON AFTER 100 years of "surplus women," Britain may have to begin talking about its "surplus men". The National Marriage Guidance Council says,that it is estimated that about 12 years from now. if no unexpected incident disturbs the present trend, population figures for
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    WORLD'S HIGHEST LAB
    267 4 A.P. Boston, Massachusetts —A blustery pass near the top &gt;f 20,270-foot Mount Mckinky i'l Alaska—where winds of more than 100 miles an hour ar? commonplace and wh?re summer temperatures drop to 20--below-zero—has been proposed for the world's highest permanent cosmic ray laboratory. Bradford Washburn, director of the
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    Never Trust An Educated Insect
    476 4  -  By HAL BOYLE A.P. ANCE upon a time there was a great scientist named Dr. Alfonso Cortex. No mind like his had ever entered the world before. The day he was born he asked the nurse if he could borrow the hospital's microscope. He wouldn't
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    DR. SCHEIB—THE PROFESSIONAL TERRORIST
    794 4  -  Former Stern gang leader says disbanding of underground army was a mistake and wants a new resistance force. By ARYE WALLEN TEL AVIV. THE nucleus of a fanatic underground movement, on similar lines to anti-British terrorist groups during the British mandate over Palestine, is beginning to
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    RAE Gels Business Managers
    224 5 LONDON, Sun.—A revolutionary change in training methods, borrowed from American industry, is to be introduced by the R.A.F. on October 17. Selected junior officers from all stations In the home commands will become instructors in what is to be known as R.A.F. management. Officers Advanced Training
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    A fortune is going abegging
    196 5 LONDON. Sun. Between £50.000 and £100.000 is awaiting anyone who can prove descent from a Victorian doctor's wife who later married the Portuguese Minister in London the Duke of Said mha. The money has been left by Miss Maud Josephine Walpole, direct descendant of Sir
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    BET SHOPS URGED BY POLICE CHIEF
    290 5 n k^r LONDON, Sunday. JJEADY-MONEY betting shops for Britain, as in Eire, are proposed by the chief constable of Dundee, church-going Mr. J. C. Pattison. The city's magistrates, are backing his plan. They intend to put it before other Scottish cities and seek their
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    Frank Did Not Forget
    101 5 1 LONDON, Sun. As j zoys' Frank Thorp and 1 i Billy Warburton went j I to the same church in Lancashire and became firm friends. In later r life one prospered; the other had little luck j with his business yen- tures. 1 Now an
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    REES-WILLIAMS TO ATTEND S'PORE MEET
    100 5 Reuter. LONDON, Sun. -Mr. Davis Rees-Williams. Under-Secre-tary for the British Colonies. U to attend a conference at Singapore in November to be held by the British Commis-sioner-General in South-Eeast Asia. Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald. the Colonial Office announced today. The purpose of the confer ence.
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    ...And because of a baby
    171 5 LONDON, Sun. Thirty-year-old Harry Tebbs travelled round the world in the Navy looking- for a dream island where he could settle for life with a young bride. He found it four miles from his home in West Kirby, HUbre Island was its name, iv the
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    GATECRASHER
    23 5 LONDON. Sun. An elephant tried to board the steamer Tamai in the Upper Nile province, Sudan. Passengers panicked. The elephant was shot,
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    'AN HONOURABLE JOB,' SAYS MURPHY
    381 5 Ex-Radio Boss Is A Porter Now LONDON, Sunday. pRANK MURPHY, whose photograph made a radio set famous he was always pictured smoking a pipe is now handling luggage as a porter at the Hotel Manitou on Centro Island, a holiday playground in Toronto Harbour. When
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    A MANSION OF MUSHROOMS
    267 5 LONDON. Sunday. are sprouting today in the diningroom, billiards-room, library, wine cellar, servants hall, kitchen, and stables of a 60-roomed mansion in a beautiful Welsh valley. Outwardly Edwinsford, Llandilo, retains its 17-century charm. Inwardly, three Polish exomcers have turned it into a factory. Kich antique furniture
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    PREFERENCE FOR NEHRU
    78 5 Reuter. LONDON, Sun. Shortly before Pandit Nehru's plane was due to touchdown, a PanAmerican Airways Constel'ation which had left for Brussels turned back to London airport reporting that it was 1 Id troub'e. The pilot of the American I plane was asked by raido if he would
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    Mr. Sparks Paints His Pews Red
    82 5 LONDON, Sun.—Eight pews have been iiainted crimson In the 900,-year-old Saxon parish rhureh at Bo!ton-upon-Dearne, South Yorks. Churchgoers will decide If tl»»y prefer th«* crimson to the original varnished pine of the other eight pews. The Rev. Donald Sparks said: "The idt*a Is to
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    BOYS DOWN PENS
    35 5 LONDON, Sun. When a ooy in the Holy Family College, at Abak, Nigeria, was ordered to rewrite a composition 57 of the 58 others in the class went on strike in sympathy.
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      112 5 LIX \K\I It hy A 1 Capp this nooNT'iN IS hqv, N Wf f tsk" fjtfl F a L t tißaßiM lSetwfy V O MISSUS ;nEIGHBOR,V *5 TME SUM TO SHINE ON V o 40 M&gt;" PART IN 7 RISHT.' YOU'RE A NOT ONE THIN n [i WANT YOU« KNOW-HOW,
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    TIN PRICE DOUBTS HIT SHAME
    921 6 it MONDAY holiday and uncertainty regarding the A future tin price were responsible for a lessening in the volume of business in a week when trading was fairly evenly spread ovtr all sections of the market. Sterling tins led a downward drift with London offering
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    CANADA'S COLD RESERVES DOWN
    45 6 Reuter. OTTAWA. Sun. Canada* reserves of gold and United States dollars diopped by 2.--000,000 in September. Finance Minister Dduglas Vbbott announced here last night. Reserves at the end of the month amounted to $985.000 000. A year ago they totalled $855.000.000.—Reuter.
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    U.S. BUDGET DEFICIT UP
    50 6 A.P. WASHINGTON. Sun. The U.S. Government's budget deficit climbed above the U552,000,000,000 mark in litt'e more than three months after this fiscal year began on July 1. The Treasury reported on Friday budget expenditures exceeded receipts by US$2 021.309.000 for the fiscal year to date. A.P.
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    SEARCH FOR MINERALS
    56 6 A.P. DAR ES SALAAM, Sun. A preliminary survey of the mineral wealth of Tanganyika is being undertaken by a team of 3 United States enginocs who have arrived in Dar Es Salaam. They are particularly interested in industrial diamonds lead, copper, tin, graphite and copper for which
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    Produce Market
    144 6 niack pepper Lampong gainm ed $125 on the picul in the course of last week and whice peppers gained $100. The exgodown prices on Saturday as quoted by the Chinese Produce Exchange were: Black pepper Lampong $600, Muntok white pepper $700, Sarawak white pepper $749. A big demand
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    Small Changes In Rubber Market
    180 6 FLUCTUATIONS on the market were only of r a minor nature last week. The steel strike in the U.S.A. is having a somewhat dampening effect thece, but at the same time with price so jar below that of synthetic there appears to be little likelihood
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    WEEK'S PRICES
    86 6 tfllhlil and lowest jrires .luring the week ending October 7, i:49 aie: Spot Loss? X.M.A.I R.S.S. K.O.n. October R.M.A.2 X S.S. F. 0.8. R.M.A.3 R.S.S. F. 0.8. •C" Blanket F. 0.8. R.M'.A.I PMe Crepe S.Q.RiS.S. ON TENDER t k-tober D» &lt; ember January Marrh Highest Lowest C losing
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    TARIFF TALKS NEXT SUMMER
    139 6 A.P. pENEVA, Sunday. A third series of world-wide tariff negotiations, is to begin next Summer within the framework of the 1947 Geneva Tariff Agreement, Brig. Wyndham White, Executive Secretary of the International Trade Organisation, announced today. The nations which may take part include Poland and Western
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    TRADE PACT
    48 6 U.P. BONN, Germany. Sun. A U*****,000,000 trade pact between East and West Germany was announced officially today. Under the agi eminent, the Soviet zone will deliver food and agricultural products, minerals oils and chemical products while the west will ship iron, steel, iubber and textiles. U.P.
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    INDIAN METALS
    30 6 NEW DELHI. Fri. The Government of India has decide to allow exports of metal manufactures, other tn fabricates steel sttucturals, to all permissible destinai.uus without any licensing re3tructions.
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    MANILA CONSIDERS NEW TAXES
    94 6 U.P. MANILA. Sun. The Philippines is considering new tax boosts to meet hard time* ahead. Government economists are working on the problem of meeting the shock when American big sca.e rehabilitation aid dries up in early 1951. They recommend a better collection machinery at once for
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    JAPAN MAY REVISE PRICES
    61 6 Reuter. TOKIO. Sun. Largescan&gt; revision of floor prices on Japanese export goods is predicted in the near future by International Trade and Industiy Minister Heitaro Inagaki. Inagaki's statement at Matsumoto in Nagano prefecture, northern Japan, was inteipieted by Japanese newspaper circles as indicating one measure hinted
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    STORE WERE MASTERS IN SECOND HALF
    874 7 a i P/mn Soccer Reporter A CROWD of nearly 8,000 which included the Rulers Malay states Md the Commissioner(.neeral, Mr Malcolm Mac Donald, saw SZe no^^T^^ 1 victor &gt; the Fede£ ion in the I niversity of Malaya Charity Soccer I\L t*» M .Jalan
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    Sng Wins Jr. Shuttle C'ships
    479 7 SNG Haw Pah (Useful), the player with the best defence and backhand amongst th" junior class. won the men's junior singles championship when he beat Lav Tong Chuan (Mayflower) in the tinal in two set* 15-9.15-9. The lun of pay wei how•nv&gt;r not as convincing
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    U.K. BOXERS FOR U.S.
    21 7 A.P. LONDON, Sun. British amateur boxers may make their first American appearance for years next July. A.P.
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    Mrs. van Daatselaar Quits; '36 and time I gave up,' she says
    288 7 Tribune Sports Reporter gINGAPORE's top woman swimmer, Mrs. J. W. van Daatselaar is retiring from competitive swimming. She saitl rhis immediately after last Saturday's SASA Championships, in which she won two events the women's free style and back
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    ALL SQUARE IN COLLEGES SPORTS
    55 7 Combined graduates and under graduates shared honours in the carnival of sports of the Medical and Raffles Colleges to celebrate the birth of the University of Malaya, yesterday on the Medical College ground. The graduates came off best at hockey and tennis, while the students
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    BAER TO MAKE COMEBACK
    55 7 Reuter. Sactamentc California, San. —Prcmotot Jack King announced here that the former world heavyweight champion Max Baer will box an exhibition in Seattle on Nov. 1, with Ezzard Charles, present champion as recognised by the National Boxing Association. Baer, who is 40, is planning to make
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    R.S.G.C. GOLF
    44 7 Seven qualified for the Royal Singapore Golf Club championships at Bukit Timah yesterday. They were D.A.T. Carson (152), R. J Isherwood (159), C. W. Watson (162), S. A. Beavis (164», J. C. Hutcheaon (165). M. C. Bain. (165) and R. Craik (166).
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    Amusement Does Best Gallop
    179 7  -  From ALLAN LEWIS PENANG, Today. AMUSEMENT did the bent gallop t his morning, going better than Brooking over the three in 40. The following were seen nt work: Pathfinder went the five at three quarter pace. Toboggan did the same work. Darnok ran the three In
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    HARLEQUINS LOSE
    29 7 In one of their best games this season the Khalsa Association beat the Harlequins by four goals to one yesterday when they met at the Khalsa giound.
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    Wolves win in last Minute
    410 7 Reuter. J-' ;NT»t&gt;N\ Him.-The «ontim,--u mi.c. o.s oi the two remaining uuh.utc-n riubo. Wolverliamp on he highlight ot yesterday's English Boecei progranune which was 1.0W.0n0 spectators. Nearly 500.. "00 people flmked to the li rTrat D.vision matches Wolverhampton brought off another splendid away win this
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    Weights For 2nd Day At Penang
    408 7 BELOW ar* the weights t.r Wednesday, th« second day of th- Penaa* Turf Club's Autumn meeting-: CLASS 8, DIV. 2 7 FI BS. NORTON "ho BLUE EYES I'mm SOLTARA TOBOGGAN an EXETER C Jj WHISPERING SANDS «10 KINGSFORD HiO THE RAVEN L &lt; ONtENT
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    CORONATION V ROMPS HOME
    92 7 Reuter. PARIS, Sun. Marcel BousSttC's filly Coronation V, who was narrowly beaten in today Won the £30.000 Prix this ycai's Epsom Aaks, be V Ait: L&gt;o x nomphe :k Longehamp. Another hTy. Double Rose, ridden by the joc«.y Bihy RicKaoy and owned by Rita Hayworth (Princess
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    208 FOR SEVEN
    33 7 Reuter. I&gt;o*i£tAY, Sun.- me inujan ™«W|J XI. again*,, whom tne Commonweal en &gt; 'Kvu side began tbetr five--25? tll tour tonay. hart •ttrcd 208 for V when stumps were drawn.- Reutei.
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    CANTON OFFICIALS FLEE
    265 8 20 CHARTERED PLANES READY EOR AIR LIFT Reuter. U.P., A.P. CANTON, Sunday. NEARLY 1,000 Government officials and legislators are leaving C*nton next Tuesday or Wednesday. They are proceecl'ng either to Taiwan or Chungking in 20 chartered Chinese commercial aircraft. It is learned that only a small number
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    Moral Code To Ban Atom Bomb
    185 8 Reuter. LAKE SUCCESS, Sun.— Sir Benegal N. Raj, chief Indian de'egate to the United Nations, today outlined what he described as "the beginning of a moral international code" banning the use of atomic bombs. Sir Benegal. who said he was speaking "as an individual,"
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    BRITON FALLS TO DEATH?
    71 8 A.P. CANTON. Sun. David Thomas Brash, 25. was found dead on the sidewalk outside Canton's Oikwan Hotel this morning. He apparently had thrown himse'f or fallen out of his sixth floor roo;n. His wrists were slashed. Brash, formerly employed by the China Oxygen an-1 Acetylene Company
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    Another Warship Goes Over
    78 8 A.P. PUSAN, KOREA, Sun. —Howard Landbecker, the released U.S. ship, Flying Independent's chief electrician, said that the destroyer escort which detained the Independent went to Shanghai flying a white flag on Sept. 19. Landbecker also learned that the captain of the Nationalist warship had been shot
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    SYRIA DESIRES UNION WITH IRAQ
    85 8 U.P. BEIRUT, Sun. Reliable sources here said that with the potential danger from Israef, Syria desires to unite with Iraq. The Syrian Nationa'ists say that Iraq must not make such a union before Iraq frees herself from her treaty obligations with Britain. It said that'should
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    PRIEST TO GET HIGHEST AWARD
    65 8 U.P. WASHINGTON. Sun. A Defense Department spokesman said that the United States Aimy will give its highest civilian award on Tuesday to Belgian Reverend Andrew Marques for his wartime "bravery anr; devotion to the of freedom." Colonel John Cole of Military Headquarters in Washington said
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    Mails
    45 8 Mails from Australia are exacted on OWL 15. and ihcuc from South India on Oct. 11. Latest fronting dates for Europe, Egypt and Ceylon are Oct. 12 and 21. Latest date for U.S.A. and Canada is on Oct. 15, and for Australia Oct. 13.
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    NEW CHINA FLAGS SEIZED IN BANGKOK
    113 8 Reuter. BANGKOK. Sun. Scores of Chinese Communist flags and large portrait banners of Mao Ssc-tung. China's Red leader, were seized and a number of people was arrested by the Bangkok police today as a precaution against trouble during the Double Tenth celebration. Officials announced
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    MOCH TO BE FRENCH PREMIER?
    67 8 Reuter. PARIS, Sun. Socialist leader M. Jules Moch 56, today accepted an invitation fiom President Vincent Auriol to undertake an "information mission" on the possibilities of support if he were nominated Pi emler-Designate. M. Moch who was Minister of the Interior in the Government of
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    Swansea Taste 1st. Defeat
    225 8 Reuter. LONDON, Sun. Swansea firm defeat of the season to Ruiibv Union Club met their day in the trame which celebrated their 75th anniversary when they Inst to a powerful fifteen gut together by Wing Commander i&gt;. G. Walker by a goal to zero. So weil
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    JOLLILADS JUST WIN
    84 8 Jollilads beat the Railway Institute by one goal to ni. in a soccer match palyed at the Railway ground yesterday The teams were very evenly matched and pay was fast and thrilling. Jollilads winning goal came from Salahudin's head following a flag kick just before the end
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    PARKER BEATS AMPON
    42 8 Reuter. MEXICA CITY, Son. Fi '-cissinio Anipon cf the Philippines was beaten in the men's singles semi-linal of the Can-America! lawn tennis tournament here tcday by Frank Parker of the United Str.tcs. whe wen 6-2, 3-6. 6-0. (hi —Renter.
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    New Pattern Of World T'rade Is Thrashed Out
    247 8 LaONDON, Sunday. A NEW pattern of world trade affecting 33 nations was announced today. These nations, with a trade estimated at over 80 per cent of the world's total, thrashed out the new pattern in four and a half months of tariff-break
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    PEPPER MARKET
    25 8 U.P. NEW YORK. Sun.- The black pepper market was very strong tOta week, largely due to InJ a's lack of shipment in October.—U.P.
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    STRIKERS MET WITH STEN GUNS
    128 8 A.P. PIKEVILLE TENNESSEE. San. -About 20 members of the striking United Mine Workers Union, visiting a small non-union coal mine near Ptkeville, Tennessee, were halted by sten gun, pistol and rifle Are. Three Union members were wounded, one seriously. Matt Bunch, a Miners' leader said
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    CEYLON CABLE
    36 8 The Prime Minister of Cey'on. Mr. D. S. Senanayake, has cabled to the Governor of Singapore, Sir Henry Gimson. expressing the sorrow of Ceylon's public service at the tragic death of Mr. Benedict Ponniah.
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    BRITAIN STAYS
    36 8 U.P. LONDON, Sun. Informed sources said today that the British garrison would remain in Berlin even if the Soviets, withdraw their troops after signing a peace treaty with the new Eastern German Government.— CP.
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    BAGDAD-BERLIN RAILWAY IS MATERIALISING
    85 8 A.P. BAGHDAD, Sun. Thrtern end of the famed Berlin to Bag'odad railway is und going a US$lO,OOO,OOO modernization. This includes a new UE54.000.000 terminal and administration building in Baghdad to be ready eailv in 1951. The programme also caU&lt;for two new bridges, total ing over U56,000,000.
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    WHAT'S ON TODAY General
    68 8 INTERNATIONAL ART C LI It OF SINGAPORE: L.fe Model Class at the British Council Hall. Stamford Road—6 p.m. FIRE WALKING: At the Sri Mariaman Temple, 242, South Bridge Road—5 p.m. Y.WC.A.: Pastry and Cake making at 5 Raffles Quay—5 p.m. Al« members to attend please. CHINESE
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    Cinema
    148 8 CATHAY: "Takes Me Out To The Ball Game" 10.30 a.111., 1.15 4.00. 6.45 and 9.30 p.m. CAPITOL: "Blood Will Tell" with Pai Kwong. Yen Chin and Han Fei. 11.00 a.m.. 1.45, 4.00. 6.30 and 9.30 p.m. PAVILION: "The History of Mr. Polly," with Sally Ann Howes. Finlay Currie and
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    Sport
    43 8 INTER COMMI NITY LEAGIE j SOCCER: R.A F. Combined vs. Navy at the Jalan Besar stadium I —5.15 p.m. RI'GtrKK: S.C.C. 'B' vs. Navy 'B'. padang. HOCKEY: 'S*|&gt;oie Admiralty Local Staff vs. Naval H.Q.. Farrer Park: B.O.D.C.A. vs. R.E.M.E., B.O D. ground.
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